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Editor�s note: Each year, The Voice section of The State Journal-Register asks area residents to nominate teens throughout central Illinois for Top Teen award, which recognizes teens making a difference in their communities.
Four members of The Voice staff � themselves high school students � sifted through the nominations and selected five finalists. They interviewed each of the finalists and selected a winner. The Voice congratulates Cody Prosperini (profiled below) as this year�s winner, and finalists Isabel Butterfield, Taylour Jones, Jonathan Miller and Rene Runions for their service to the community. The State Journal-Register will make a donation in Cody�s name to the organization of his choice.
Please read about these outstanding teens and the contributions they make. Thank you to everyone who nominated a teen for the award.
A few years ago, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School junior Cody Prosperini realized a passion for service.
When he was in middle school, he organized several car washes as fundraisers. He donated the $1,100 profit from one car wash to the family of Danielle Loftus, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2010 in a Jet Ski accident. Cody didn�t personally know Danielle, but knew he wanted to help.
�I wanted to show that my generation cares ... I figured that I was just as good as any other person to start showing that,� he said.
For this passion to help others, Cody is The State Journal-Register�s 2014 Top Teen. The award is given each year to recognize central Illinois teens who are making a difference in their communities.
�He has a big heart and cares for others a great deal,� said Marie South, a family friend. South nominated Cody for the award.
Cody served as president of the Key Club at SHG. He�s currently the group�s appointed district project chair, newsletter editor and webmaster. The primary goal of Key Club, sponsored by the worldwide volunteer organization Kiwanis International, is to raise money for nonprofit organizations, including UNICEF. UNICEF is working to stop preventable child deaths.
Cody is the district project chair for a region that includes Illinois and eastern Iowa. He�s responsible for raising money and awareness for spastic paralysis research, looking to cure diseases of the central nervous system. With spastic paralysis, muscle movement is limited.
�I really enjoy being able to ... show that being a leader is one of the best ways that we can help others,� Cody said about his Key Club membership. �It is just a group of students my age that are wanting to do service so much.
�I think it�s nice being able to see the passion in people my age�
Cody works on The Eliminate Project. The project�s mission is to eradicate maternal and neonatal tetanus. Cody raised money for the project by asking for small donations instead of Halloween candy.
�Cody has been a great leader for this year�s Key Club board and the Key Club members. He has set goals. He�s worked hard to help the team achieve those goals,� said Paul Palazzolo, the club�s adviser.
Out to save the world
Cody hopes to continue expanding his service work.
�I think working for all kinds of charities and volunteering in foreign countries will be in the future,� he said. �I just want to show that I know that I was put here for a reason and I want to show that I can take advantage of all the talents that I have and put them to good use.�
At SHG, Cody is a student ambassador. He promotes his school in the community.
�It�s very similar to Key Club in the aspect that I can see leadership roles in my peers,� Cody said.
He has also worked on Thanksgiving food drives, helping raise about $8,000 each year of his high school career. Furthermore, Cody assisted the St. Patrick Catholic School after-school program.
In addition to other service work, Cody is a member of National Honor Society and is treasurer of the a Spanish club at his school, having previously served as president. Cody is on SHG�s academic team and is passionate about learning.
�I am just one of those people that wants to know everything about everything,� he said.
He�s participated in Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering and the Science Olympiad. This year, Cody placed second in a regional and sectional chemistry testing competition through the Youth in Science program.
�I am impressed by the way Cody strives to understand these difficult concepts. He is able to apply concepts from one area to another rather than just memorizing material,� said Michelle McHenry, SHG�s Youth in Science adviser.
Students in the Science Olympiad learn about forensics, anatomy and physiology.
�Cody is a very responsible, conscientious and goal-oriented student. He brings a great level of knowledge into a classroom discussion,� said Donna Brayfield, SHG�s Science Olympiad adviser.
Cody wants to be a neuroscientist.
�What I think I like about science so much is there is the potential to serve with science ... I want to do research so I want to be curing diseases,� he said. �To me, that�s just as good a service as working at a food bank.�
Amber Campbell is a senior at Tri-City High School.


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'History won't repeat itself': Vodafone on network problems
The telco expects its new 4G network to reduce the technical problems that plagued it in the past.
Vodafone Australia's chief technology officer says there is "no way" history will repeat itself when it comes to the network problems the telco faced in 2010.
But new Australian chief executive Inaki Berroeta has refused to recommit to a pledge by the company's former chief, Bill Morrow, that it would recover from customer losses by the end of 2014.
"There is no way that history is going to repeat itself," Vodafone chief technology officer, Benoit Hanssen, said. "Our network is very robust ... it's very versatile, it's flexible," he said.
"We have two engineers running the company," Mr Berroeta said to reassure people that the technical problems that plagued service and drove customers to competitors would not resurface.
However, Mr Berroeta, who has been in the job since January after leaving his post as Romanian Vodafone chief, was reluctant to recommit to a pledge about customer numbers by Vodafone Australia's former chief Bill Morrow.
Mr Morrow, who is now chief executive of NBN Co, the company building Australia's national broadband network, said that by the end of the year Vodafone customer losses would turn around.
"2014 will be where you see that indicator as a turnaround of the company and I'm quite confident about that," Mr Morrow said in September before leaving the company.
Despite this, Mr Berroeta did not want to make the same commitment. "I'm very reluctant to commit today to anything," he said. "What I don't want to do is ... set a target before I have a clearer view of how we are performing in the market and how we are going to perform in the market.
"I need to set my targets for this year yet, but we'll see. I think we are very close to becoming a [net] positive business."
Mr Berroeta said that while Vodafone Australia had been in the black a year and a half ago, he believed the telco's new 4G network would help turn its customer losses around.
In the 2013 calendar year, Vodafone's total customer base declined 1,231,000 to just over 5.3 million.
"I think that the dynamics of the market have changed dramatically," Mr Berroeta said.
"So it is important for me also to understand how that is going to continue. But I'm very confident about the business. I don't know if it's going to be in the middle of 2014, at the end of 2014, in February or April [when customer losses turn around].
"I will come out with some targets that we will set for the business. But I think we are very close because the foundation is very solid."
The telco also disclosed on Wednesday that its mobile networks - 4G, 3G and other types - covered 96 per cent of the Australian population.
Vodafone had stopped disclosing its coverage area for years until Wednesday.
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Scientists have proven the existence of a rock strata beneath the crust of the earth made of a substance called ringwoodite. The mineral exists largely only at great depths and pressures but it has the interesting characteristic that it can bind and hold lots of hydrogen in the form of water.
Up until now it seems scientists didn't really know where all that water on the Earth's surface came from, the prevailing theory was that it fell to Earth on icy meteorites and such. But the existence of this subsurface water storing rock now suggests that the water actually came from the Earth itself, being released as ringwoodite was raised towards the surface and melted. What is even more interesting is the scientists are saying this layer of ringwoodite could hold up to THREE TIMES the water that is on the surface!
I'm just waiting for some religious theorists to point to this as the mythical source of the waters for the great flood.
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ARMSTRONG - North Union's defense struggled to stop Pocahontas Area in the first half, but the Warriors fought toe-to-toe with the visitors in the second half before falling 32-30.
The visiting Indians took their first two drives into the end zone, the first on a 67-yard run at the 7:14 mark in the first quarter.
On Pocahontas Area's second drive, the Warriors had a chance to stop them on fourth-and-4 from the North Union 28. But the Indians first pass play from Aaron Youngberg to Logan Jepsen went right to the end zone as the visitors led 14-0 with 3:11 left in the first quarter.
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North Union's Ty Anderson scored his team's first touchdown on this 1-yard dive in the first half against Pocahontas Area on Friday.
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North Union finally got a break on the Indians' next drive as the visitors fumbled. Garrett Johnson jumped on the ball at the Warriors had the ball at the Pocahontas 34.
The Warriors' offense took heart. Even after a fumble on a long snap, runs by Ty Anderson and Marshall Klingenberg took the ball to the 1-yard line.
There, Anderson bulled his way in from a yard out with 9:15 left in the first half as the Warriors cut the deficit to 14-7.
Pocahontas didn't take long to strike back though. They returned the ensuing kickoff to the North Union 46.
A penalty later in the drive gave the Indians first and 18 from the 29, but Youngberg and Jepsen connected again for another to get the ball to the 1-yard line.
Jay Brinkman took the ball in from there on the next play.
The Indians put together one more drive before the end of the half, but North Union came up with a stop as the defense knocked down a pass in the end zone on fourth-and-5 with 5 seconds on the clock.
North Union outscored the visitors 14-6 in the third quarter with Anderson scoring again, this time from 15 yards out, and Cody Runskmeier scoring on a 1-yard run as North Union trailed 26-21.
Jannis Lesko kicked a 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and Braddock scored on a 33-yard run late in the game.
Trailing by two, North Union went for the two-point conversion and failed as the Indians left town with the win.
North Union finished the night with 247 rushing yards compared to 334 by the visitors. However Pocahontas was 7of-10 passing for 94 yards while Braddock was just 2-4 for 10 yards.
Braddock had 78 yards on the ground on 11 carries. Runksmeier had 59 yards on five carries while Klingenberg had 53 yards on 13 carries and Anderson had 49 yards on eight carries. Also Jake Adams had 8 yards on two carries.
Adams caught both passes.
Defensively, Runksmeier and Johnson each had 10 tackles while Aric Runge had six. Anderson also recovered a fumble.
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Mosquitos suffer during tough winter
After a warm and rainy winter in 2011, area mosquito control divisions are seeing a sharp decline in calls for service, especially during the winter months of 2012.
Patrick Beebe, director of the Orange County Mosquito Control District, presented Orange County Commissioners with a quarterly report from the end of last year and an annual mosquito-borne viral activity report on Monday, Jan. 14 at their regular meeting. The report spanned months Oct., Nov. and Dec. of 2012. While the mosquito population was lower than at the same time in 2011, instances of viruses, including the West Nile Virus, were up significantly for 2012.
Beebe reported the volume of requests for service during the last quarter of 2012 was much lower than the volume of requests at the same time in 2011. He said weather, along with the mosquito control measures in use by the county, are factors in the reduced mosquito population in the area. According to Beebe, in Oct. and Nov. of 2012, his office received only 6 calls per month. In Dec., his office received no service request calls. In Oct. 2011, Beebe said his office received 453 requests for service rather than the mere 6 received last year at the same time.
Regarding mosquito-borne viral activity, Beebe said, "(Texas) had a bad year in 2012." In Orange County in 2012, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed five collections of mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus, one collection testing positive for the Keystone virus and one collection testing positive for an unknown "something," which was sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for identification. Beebe said the DSHS also confirmed two human West Nile fever cases. He said the fever cases, while disturbing, are not as serious as the West Nile Neuroinvasive disease that the virus could cause. The DSHS reported no cases of the neuroinvasive disease in Orange County as of Nov. 30, 2012.
Kevin Sexton, director of the mosquito control division in Jefferson County, said he too has seen a marked decline in mosquito activity.
"This winter is in direct contrast to last winter," he said. "I mean, total opposites."
Sexton went on to say the weather has directly impacted the decline.
"This winter it's been perfect as far as not having them (mosquitoes) because we've had a lot of cold spells," he said. "We've had plenty of rain, but the water temperature is really too cold for them to be hatching."
Sexton said his department will begin its annual testing for West Nile virus at the start of the mosquito season, during the spring of 2013.
"We don't start testing until around early to the middle of May, and then we'll quit testing around the first of October," he said. "That's really the peak months."
According to DSHS in Jefferson County, West Nile tests resulted in 13 total cases, including seven human cases of West Nile fever and four cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease.
Sexton said he's glad area residents haven't been inundated with mosquitos as they were during the winter of 2011.
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Booth 2818 – Series WT Tigerflex is a heavy-duty PVC food-grade material-handling hose for use with pellets or dry food products. Series WE is a heavy-duty PVC food-grade hose with an embedded grounding wire for the handling of pellets or powders. Series 2001 is a polyurethane-lined PVC food-grade hose with an embedded grounding wire for indoor abrasive applications. It handles pellets, grains, and powders. Aluminum compression adapters and quick couplers, along with quick-acting couplings and special spiral double-bolt clamps, are offered to complete the connection.
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Round Maintenance Gate
Booth 1453 – Available in sizes from 6 to 16 in., this round maintenance gate mounts above airlocks or below bins and hoppers to handle dry material during periodic maintenance shutdowns. The interior of the gate is fully lined with polymer to eliminate friction problems. Actuation of the gate is performed using a hand crank, a handwheel, or a chain wheel, depending on the processor's preference. Contact points are made of Type 304 stainless steel, and the blade is made of polished stainless steel. Built in a narrow profile, the gate's frame is made of lightweight aluminum.
Lorenz, ON, Canada 905-372-2240 www.lorenz.ca
Metal Detector
Booths 1733 & 2015 – Designed to serve the plastics, rubber, recycling, and chemical industries, the state-of-the-art E-Z Tec 9100 metal detector can be used for free-fall or gravity-fed applications, especially where vertical space is limited. It ensures detection and rejection of very small ferrous, nonferrous, and stainless-steel metals. Employing a balanced coil technology, the unit offers a higher sensitivity than its predecessors. While primarily designed for inspecting plastic pellets and regrind, this metal detector also has applications in various other industries.
Eriez, Erie, PA 888-300-3743 www.eriez.com
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Booth 1234 – With an innovative yet simple transport design and unique drive system, these fluid-bed dryers and coolers are ideal for conditioning a wide variety of food, chemical, dairy, pharmaceutical, and aggregate products. With its high-amplitude, low-frequency construction, the equipment offers true product-plug flow, accurate product residence-time adjustments, and low air requirements for energy savings. Because the units have a simple drive system, processors are assured that product is transported in a first-in–first-out series, one of the biggest advantages the mechanism offers over vibratory drives. The entire time-proven drive system has few moving parts, making it easy to maintain and mechanically reliable. A new dimension to these fluid-bed dryers and coolers is that subfluidized conditioning is achieved with an exclusive shaking mechanism. In this process, product is kept at the fluidization threshold, so there is little or no axial or longitudinal mixing and the spread of residence times between particles is minimized.
Ventilex USA, West Chester, OH 513-874-4451 www.ventilex.net
Material-Handling Systems and Subsystems
This new brochure details the company's ability to custom design, engineer, and manufacture integrated systems that meet customer-specific production processes for single or multiple operations. The designs include a line layout, structural support steel, equipment, and integrated controls for a wide range of dry-solids operations. The brochure includes a broad overview of the company's capabilities, industry experience, and engineered offerings for a wide range of dry-bulk-solids-handling applications. Systems perform continuous gravimetric feeding, minor-ingredient feeding, or feeding based on recipe. With PLC control functionality, they also regulate flow or meter product discharge into a continuous process, perform continuous blending or batching by weight or volume, feed and convey, and perform bulk container filling and emptying.
Metalfab Inc., Vernon, NJ 800-764-2999 www.metalfabinc.com
Silo Fluidizer
Booth 2625 – The patent-pending Mini Disk silo fluidizer prevents bridging, rat-holing, and compacting in silos, bins, and hoppers. The new 2-in.-diam unit fits in pipes, chutes, and small hoppers as well as in tight-curvature chambers with diameters as small as 4 in. The compact size provides material-handling engineers and designers with many pneumatic conveying options. The fluidizer utilizes directional airflow along the wall of the chamber to loosen product and move it to the discharge point. Gentle vibration is provided at the outer edges of the disk to help keep powders and bulk solids flowing. Because the disk seals tightly against the chamber wall, there is minimum backpressure. This design advantage also prevents air-line plugging. The unit's aerators are compatible with food-grade materials and are FDA approved. The aerators withstand temperatures to 350°F. The silicone material used on the standard and Mini Disk will not tear or absorb moisture.
Solimar Pneumatics, Minneapolis, MN 800-233-7109 www.solimarpneumatics.com
Vacuum Transfer Systems
These vacuum transfer systems (VTSs) allow for controlled and contained charging of reactors and mix tanks. Product can also be charged and discharged in an oxygen-free inert atmosphere, if necessary. The systems eliminate all of the containment, safety, and ergonomic issues previously associated with manually scooping powders from a drum, climbing a ladder, and dumping powder through a man-way or a small charge port of a tank or reactor. The VTS simply clamps to a sanitary ferrule on the mix tank. It is completely pneumatic and therefore inherently safe. All that is needed is a ½-in. compressed-air line and it is ready to operate. The systems are compact, easily handled, and easily cleaned. With virtually no moving parts, the design ensures that powder transfer is complete, with no product hang-up.
IEDCO, Turnersville, NJ 856-728-6400 www.iedco.com


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With Deion Sanders and the speed, I don't think anyone on here can say one way or the other, but I imagine that it is very close either way. As I noted earlier, Hamilton hit just .196 on infield groundballs for Dayton last year. Hamilton isn't going to be getting faster and the defenses and fields will be getting better. His infield hit rate is going to dry up some compared to what it has been in his career. What he has done this year on infield groundballs is just insane. There is no reason to think it will continue or even come close to continuing at anything near the rate it has been for April.
Stat of the day: Billy Hamilton has 61% more steals than the guy in 2nd place in the minor leagues.


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A group of Rockford-area educators and business-people think they have an answer to one of the region's employment problems: they've developed a path to take talented students all the way from high school to careers in the aerospace industry.
There are more than 200 aerospace-related companies in the Rockford region. And many of them need engineers. Lots of engineers. Tim Gillis is director of Engineering at Hamilton Sundstrand. He says in the midst of the recession, his company's workload is at an all time high. They've been hiring engineers every year. And with 30% of their employees over the age of 54, it's time to get serious about replenishing their workforce. He says on one hand, Hamilton Sundstrand has seen impressive growth. On the other hand, there's a chronic shortage of talented engineers.
Jeff Kaney of Kaney Aerospace says the group he chairs, the Rockford Area Aerospace Network, identified one of the reasons for that: he says it's difficult to get talented employees to commit to staying in the region. The solution? Grow your own talent. And that's what's behind the creation of The Joint Institute of Engineering and Technology – Aerospace. "JiET A" – pronounce it "Jet A" because the "i" is silent. The acronym delights Ken Dufour, who is on the Board of Trustees for Embry-Riddle, an aeronautical university that offers classes in Rockford. Jet A is jet fuel. And like jet fuel, Dufour says JiET A is going to make things move fast.
So JiET A is a pipeline: area students with specific talents and goals can enter while still in high school, coming out the other end with a degree and a career with a local aerospace company. Janyce Fadden is president of the Rockford Area Economic Development Council. She says these students will be mentored throughout their challenging education path in engineering, math, and science.
Northern Illinois University, Rockford College, Rock Valley College, and Embry-Riddle make up the higher education component of JiET A. Promod Vohra is dean of the College of Engineering at NIU. He says the programs making up the Joint institute of Engineering and Technology Aerospace are nothing new, but it's a "unified vision toward a strategic vision."
So the journey goes something like this for a student, according to NIU's Rena Cotsones, who's in charge of regional engagement: students transition from the last few years of high school into NIU or Rock Valley College or another partner, then graduate. From there, they intern with a local aerospace company, which will hopefully lead to a job.
Cotsones says they're hoping for about 50 students a year to start. Among the aerospace companies offering internships: Hamilton Sudnstrand, GE Aviation, Woodward, and Jeff Kaney's company, Kaney Aerospace. Kaney says JiET A is good for the students, good for the companies, and good for the future of the region. He says providing existing employers with a strong workforce will also help attract new employers.
Rockford-area school districts and city governments such as Rockford and Loves Park have joined in on the JiET A collaboration. Plus, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and the Rockford Chamber of Commerce plan to support it through student scholarships.


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MOORHEAD, Minn. – With just one more meet remaining prior to the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship, North Dakota's throwers proved more than ready last night at the Cobber Twilight.
Several UND throwers achieved personal records during the one-night competition, which was originally scheduled for last Tuesday until poor field conditions caused its postponement.
UND freshman Cody Mach hit personal records in both the discus and the hammer. The Faribault, Minn., native hit a discus PR of 43.55 meters (142'10.5") and a hammer PR of 47.95 meters (157'3").
Junior Shawn Johnson added 10 centimeters to his discus PR and moved up two spots on the NCAA list with a mark of 52.75 meters (173'0"). Johnson won the event, with teammate Roman Waldera (Jr., Minot, N.D.), who was competing unattached, placing second. Waldera hit a mark of 51 meters (167'4").
Waldera also recorded a PR in the hammer, placing third with a throw of 54.58 meters (179'1"). UND's Jakob Bissell (Jr., Plymouth, Minn.), also competed unattached, was the runner-up with a PR of 56.22 meters (184'5").
Click on the PDF link for complete results.
UND will have one final meet – the NDSU Tune-Up on Friday – before taking part in the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship May 8-11 in Portland, Ore.


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Jason confronts Franco, someone shoots at Sonny, and Ethan gets closer to Cassandra.
Jax talks to his mother on the phone in a dimly lit room and tells them he has to stay out of sight, but he will be careful.
Sonny tries to talk Michael down in his office from going after the suspect in the stripper case. Michael says if Sonny doesn't handle it, he will. Kate enters as they debate it. Michael knows Sonny has had no problem pulling the trigger before. Sonny says he won't whack someone on a hunch. Michael storms out, leaving Kate and Sonny to discuss his son. Sonny blames the way he raised Michael for his attitude. Kate thinks food can fix everything and they discuss the remodel on the restaurant, as Jax hides behind the shelving. They talk about the past again and Sonny says he's tired of hanging on to it. He throws the key to the brownstone in the garbage. He wants to start fresh with new memories. Sonny kisses Kate, but she has to leave for a shoot. Before she goes, Sonny says he wants the new restaurant to be something they've done together. Alone, Sonny gets a call. Someone shoots at him when he picks up the phone.
As Jason holds him at gunpoint in his studio, Franco cryptically talks about why he let Jason find him. He muses that maybe his finale will lead to something much worse for Jason. Jason doesn't think that's possible, but Franco tells him not to assume. Jason says it doesn't matter, but Franco knows this is what keeps him up at night. Jason shoots him. Franco says Jason will never know why he came into his life if he dies. Jason shoots him again and yells, "Know what?" Blood runs down Franco's lip as he closes he eyes. Later, Jason drives away from the studio, which is engulfed in flames.
Sam worries at the penthouse about Jason going after Franco. Michael stops by to hire Sam to go after the suspect the cops released. He says he wants to kill him so he doesn't hurt more women. Sam tries to reason with him and asks him not to do anything impulsive. Michael sees a gun on the table and says, "Like you were about to do?" After Michael has left, Jason returns. Sam runs into his arms relieved he's home. Jason tells her Franco is out of their lives for good. Sam counters, "I'm pregnant."
Michael buys a gun off someone in the alley.
Elizabeth finds Patrick at the hub annoying Epiphany. He's worried that Robin hasn't called yet from Africa. Robin finally calls and tells him she's on her way into a seminar. She promises to call again when she can. After hanging up, Robin walks into a Seattle hospital. After Patrick calls Emma, he expresses his concern over Robin. Liz breaks and admits Robin is sick.
From the Haunted Star, Luke makes a call to try and track down Helena.
Cassandra pulls away from kissing Ethan at Wyndemere. She continues to talk about not having an identity, which is freeing on the one hand, but devastating on the other. Helena still lurks as the two discuss love. Cassandra thinks she'd know if she had ever been in love and believes if anyone loved her, they would have found her. As they muse on who she really is, Ethan passionately kisses her, which leads to sex in front of the fire. She tells him that was the most beautiful experience she's ever had. He points out, "As far as you know." Ethan gets a text from Luke, who urgently wants to meet with him. He asks Cassandra to go with him, but she will be fine there. After Ethan has left, Ewen shows up. He warns her away from seeing anyone. She accuses him of becoming obsessive, but he says staying away from Ethan will be best for both of them.
Once Ethan is at the Star, Luke asks for his son's help digging up Zacchara family secrets. He suggests using Skye to do it. Ethan hesitates leaving Port Charles to charm Skye. He fills Luke in on Cassandra, leading Luke to warn Ethan about monogamy. Luke also says nothing ever good happens on Spoon Island. Ethan thinks he might be surprised.
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Someone follows Maxie.
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Queen Dowager, Hedvid Eleonora, headed many large construction projects at Strömsholm. She built the new palace and around twenty other buildings in the palace grounds.
The palace was completed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, however work with the interiors came to a halt. Members of the Royal Family liked to overnight here on their way southbound.
The palace with its extensive green surroundings is a cherished day-trip destination. Couples getting married often choose the romantic palace chapel for their ceremonies.
Noteworthy things to see include the impressive interiors from the 1700s and an important collection of Swedish paintings.
Today, Strömsholm is a hippological centre, where equestrian competitions are held each year.
The castle is open to the public during the summer months. Group visits are possible all year round via advance booking.


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Found this today.. Sad thing is that a colleague of mine was the one who installed it.. Can you spot the problem?
At least there is a circuit breaker on the transformer..
Haha you're quick.. And he had the "control mode" set to on which without power on 1/3 the NO contacts wouldn't close even without a voltage or phase issue..
Funny thing is the wiring diagram is right there on the phase monitor.
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Futures for the leading stock indexes are up less than 1% this morning, ahead of Thursday's bell. Data this morning showed jobless claims rose last week, though as Reuters says, seasonal volatility makes it hard to tell what the numbers really mean.
Falling in premarket action are shares of Tiffany & Co. (TIF), which are down 8% after Tiffany reported US comparable store sales dropped 2% over the holiday period, and CEO Michael Kowalski offered a gloomy outlook:
"Holiday period sales growth was at the low-end of our expectations, and we now expect that net earnings for the year ending January 31(st) will be at the lower-end of the forecast that we issued on November 29(th) of $3.20 – $3.40 per diluted share. Looking forward, we are formulating plans for continued store expansion and new product introductions in 2013. We will provide detailed financial guidance when we report our full year results in March but, due to uncertainty about general economic conditions in all our major markets, management is planning sales growth conservatively for 2013 and at this point expects net earnings growth of 6% – 9%."
Another retailer issuing poor holiday season sales is Aeropostale (ARO), which said comparable store sales fell 9%; the company also lowered its quarterly earnings guidance; its stock is down 9% at the latest. Shares of restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday (RT) are also down, falling 6% after disappointing on its quarterly earnings (which was a loss).
Also falling is Molycorp (MCP) stock, after the rare earth company said that its 2013 revenue will fall short of expectations and wasn't as clear about its cash requirements as observers would have liked, according to The Wall Street Journal. The stock is down about 12%.
Among the big gainers this morning are shares of Ford (F), after the automaker said it was doubling its quarterly dividend, to 10 cents a share. Ford's stock is up about 2.8% in latest trades.
And for those of you have an interest in such things, the Oscar nominations have been released.


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The increase in the award allows for right-of-way acquisition associated with the project and does not require an increase in the matching local funds being provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The increase was made to the original $21 million awarded from the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) 2012 discretionary grant program. The city received notice of the first award on June 22, 2012. The grant was intended to pay for the rail infrastructure required to move passenger services from the existing Amtrak station to a location inside the railroad wye.
The city was previously awarded a $10 million TIGER 2013 grant to complete the rehabilitation of the former Dillon Supply warehouse Downtown to the main passenger terminal.
"We are thrilled by the news of this grant and appreciate the continued support of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Railroad Administration to help secure funding to move the station forward," said Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane at the time the award was given.
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Submission + - Earbook? Apple Plans Hearing Aid Social Networking
theodp writes: Apple may have killed off Ping, its attempt at a music social network, but the USPTO on Thursday disclosed that Apple has patent-pending plans for a hearing aid-based social network. So, if Apple's granted patents covering its Social Network for Sharing a Hearing Aid Setting and method of Remotely Updating a Hearing Aid Profile, will it use them to 'go thermonuclear' on Google when the search giant gets around to improving its current offerings for the hard of hearing?


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The Flodin Boys and Girls Club is currently holding registration for Pre-K thru Grade 2 (Biddy – Pre K & K / Jr. Mite Grades 1 & 2) boys and girls basketball.
This league will emphasize fundamentals, skill development, sportsmanship, fun, and a better overall understanding of the sport of basketball. All participants must meet their grade requirement by March 1, 2013.
Practices begin February 11 with one practice per week for 3 weeks. Games begin March 2. Mail or drop off applications at the Club, 1000 Mill Road between noon and 6 PM Monday thru Friday.
The $65 fee covers player's fee, team T-Shirt and award. All players must provide a copy of birth certificate and complete a sports application. Fee must be paid in full prior to the first scheduled practice. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Additional information is available by calling the Flodin Unit at (815)332-4988


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David Poole Collection - Heritage 1/2013:4809, $7,050
David Hall: The 1944 is the highest mintage pre-1962 Washington quarter. It is not the most common issue in Gem MS65 or better...that "honor" falls to the very low mintage 1946-S, 1947-S, and 1958, the three issues that because of their very low mintages were hoarded extensively by the roll...but the 1943 is relatively easy to find in Gem condition. Many are fully lustrous, well struck Gems.
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My sweet loving Riley was diagnosed on Thurs with SM. He was MRI'd that morning so we have a definite diagnosis. I had posted as late as Sept. 16th with a question about his scratching. I had a gut feeling but didn't want to hear that Riley really had the disease. We have found a great neurologist at a state of the art hospital. Riley has started treatment and we are going back next week for another visit to probably change medications as per the Dr.
I am going to try to keep a positive attitude and am actually relieved that now I know for sure and can get Riley the best possible care. Thanks for all of the info here, I have learned alot already.


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This question is in the exercises associated with reference angles. I understand the reference angle part, but there is a question, which I don't know how to work with or without a calculator.
Approximate to three decimal places:
a) sin 73deg 20'
b) cos 0.68
The answers are a) .958 and b) .778 though I don't know where to start. I don't know what the 20' means either.
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The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into Etihad Airways' shareholding and control of several European airlines, including Air Berlin and Air Serbia, Aviation Week has learned.
The EC has also launched a parallel probe of Delta Air Lines' 49% stake and control of Virgin Atlantic.
Commissioners have doubts whether the Etihad and Delta investments are in line with European Union rules on ownership and effective control of EU airlines. The tests of ownership and control are separate and both have to be met to achieve compliance and for an airline to keep its EU "nationality" and traffic rights.
The Commission has sent letters to the German government and to the government of Serbia requesting detailed information on Etihad's influence and control of Air Berlin and Air Serbia respectively.
The investigation is unwelcome news for the Abu Dhabi-owned airline, which seems to be seeking to boost its stake from 29.2% to 49% in Air Berlin (see related story page one).
The EC has also sent a letter to UK government asking to look into the Delta/Virgin Atlantic Airways relationship. Atlanta-based Delta last year acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic for $360 million from Singapore Airlines as part of its efforts to get greater access to the London Heathrow and strengthen its position on the transatlantic market.
The EC has no concerns on the ownership structure, but it feels that the U.S. airline has effective control of Virgin Atlantic. Delta has three seats on Virgin Atlantic's seven-member board and CEO Craig Kreeger is a U.S. national.
The Commission has also asked Switzerland to examine Etihad's purchase of 33.3% of Darwin Airline and to identify whether it is effectively controlled by Swiss national, or rather by the Abu Dhabi airline. Switzerland is not a member of the EU but there is a comprehensive air transport agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation.
"The appointment of an Etihad employee holding a Swiss passport to the board appears to have been devised for no purpose other than compliance with control criteria," a senior EU official notes.
It has also warned the Italian government that a restructuring of its struggling national carrier Alitalia with the help of Etihad will have to respect the EU rules on ownership and control.


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|2008-06-20, 04:42
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Well, it's a bit less clearcut than that, but it certainly leans towards masculine rather than being gender-neutral like you want it to be. In my dictionary, the first definition is "a man or a boy" with later definitions allowing gender neutrality in specific contexts.
|2008-06-21, 08:52
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Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
Wow this light novel was just amazing, I stumbled onto the light novel after reading the manga, but I have to say the novel is by far the better medium. The emotions and descriptions were done in so much more detail in the light novel that halfway through ch 3 I just couldn't take my eyes off it until i've read 5 chapters that were translated!!
The relationship between Taiga and Ryuuji are very intriguing, the chemistry is definitely there and I really like the interaction. Their relationship could even topple the chemistry between louise and Saito (which i hold as the top love-hate/tsundere relationship). No words can describe how good this light novel is, chapter 5 was just wow!!!!
Anyone who's read ch 5 can't deny the emotion and feelings that were displayed, my mouse scroll and my reading speed couldn't digest it fast enough!!!
Oh by the way i read the 44% translated ch 6 and I only have one thing to say! Way to partly translate to a cliffhanger lol!! Omg i'm dying to see what happens after that scene.
p.s. kudos to kinny for starting this translation, really a great novel and i can see why people are going to animate it!
|2008-06-21, 10:41
|Link #44
Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
|2008-06-21, 23:32
|Link #45
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
It was a bad move for me cause it left me with a even bigger cliffhanger lol. I've had one sleepless night yesterday lol!
EDIT: arghh i couldn't resist so i read more of ch 6 that was translated, it got me through the first cliffhanger but why oh why kinny did you stop at another one lol!!
On a side note
Spoiler for ch6:
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|2008-06-28, 09:22
|Link #46
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Join Date: Apr 2004
The first translation for volume 1 of Toradora is now up and available. If you wish to edit for any grammar or spelling mistakes, please feel free to register yourself on the wiki.
Now that's 3 months of hard work out of the way.
To the person that dismissed my working on this as being immoral because of petty copyright issues, I couldn't give a damn about what you think with your arrogant and hypocritical views. In fact, it's thanks to your ignorant holier-than-thou attitude that I was motivated to translate this more than anything.
|2008-06-28, 13:46
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
Damn, someone's translating this? Impressive.
I'm halfway through chapter 5 of the first volume, having purchased parts 1-3 from Amazon.co.jp (along with 45 other light novels), and this is remarkably good. In fact, it's so good that I had to run here and find a thread to post about how awesome it is, and here we are!
While it's riddled with clichés, it still manages to feel fresh and unique, mostly because of the approach it takes, with the main characters having no interest in each other, but in other people altogether. Taiga is certainly very similar to Louise (and Shana and all the other tsundere chicks), but she feels much more vulnerable and her character genuinely interests me. Ryuuji, too, is sufficiently fleshed out to be something other than Generic Romcom Protagonist, keeping me happy to be "in his shoes", as it were.
I've laughed out loud reading this more times than I did through 11 volumes of Zero no Tsukaima and 4 Kanokon put together, yet I'm nearly in tears at the family restaurant scene. The writing is smart and witty, while still keeping it surmountable (unlike Spice & Wolf, which got so complex that I had to give up for now), and miles above the clunky ZnT.
I heard this is going to be animated this autumn already, and I hope they do the characters justice, but there doesn't appear to be much overarching plot to rape (poor ZnT/Kanokon), so if they just stick to the script, maybe, just maybe... In any case, I predict it'll be a huge hit, and rightfully so.
Too bad I didn't get the rest of the series all in one go.
|2008-06-29, 01:27
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Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
|2008-06-29, 16:18
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 28
Just finished volume 1. It seems like our boy Takasu-kun still doesn't understand himself and the difference between a crush and -- gasp! -- love.
I wonder which volume will we get the zomg series climax confession scene, and from whose side. I'd love it if it's Taiga who delivers it though.
Already started volume 2; will read chapter 4 today. So far though, it seems we've got a -- more gasp! -- two-faced bishoujo! Curiously enough, while I'm usually driven to genocidal tendencies (+ depression and hatred at all things shoujo) whenever I'm exposed to a "two-faced bitch who ruins the main lead's life" type of character, this girl is a lot more tolerable so far. I predict she'll even become a love rival on Ryuji's side after the end of this volume. That is, if she's not already in love with her childhood friend Mr. Maruo.
|2008-06-30, 14:56
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Black Panther
Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 38
The pdf version of volume 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?d2ex9jjvooy
|2008-07-04, 01:05
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Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
So far the manga has followed the novel very nicely, seriously it's almost identical so you can read the novel then read the manga if you desire a more "illustrated" version.
Off course that's not saying much as the manga only just started.
|2008-07-09, 23:18
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Finished volume 2... Cliffhanger, huh... Mah, shiruka yo...
Oh, and for Taiga... \(^o^)/オワタ
That's the problem, you know~
The novel describes Ami as "oh my god, she's so utterly cute let's all cling to her", but thanks to the fact Yasu's illustrations aren't exactly the best in the out there (in fact, there are a few illustrations that might pop up in my nightmare if I stare at it too long), I can't really see what's so cute about her. In fact, Sumire's character design (that resembles Ami slightly......) looks better than her's... Slightly over-exaggerating, but Ami looks as attractive as Yuusaku does (=not at all)...
Then again, I'm sure the anime will straighten the art out.
Spoiler for vol.2 thoughts:
Here's a wallpaper of 逆ギレ大河 (you know, thinking about it, there was a yugioh card called gyakugire panda too...):
|2008-07-10, 01:27
|Link #58
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 28
The Toradora novel illustrations...they don't do much for me.
I wonder how will Ami-chan look when she shows up in the manga? I also wonder if the anime will take after the novel, the manga, or if it will take on its own style.
|2008-07-17, 22:49
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC, NY
Age: 40
Though it did cure my insomnia
Now back to finishing Index before the fall (ten more volumes to go)
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What started out as a comparatively weak holiday season for giving finished up being a record breaking year according to Envoy Craig Fanning of the Salvation Army on the Kenai Peninsula. "I admit I was a little nervous when the season started, we knew the needs would be greater and that we would have to make up for a few large donations that wouldn't be coming this year and our Kettles were down the first few weeks compared to other years. Then I think when folks got their own needs taken care of they started coming through for us at the Kettles and we broke our goal from last year by about 5% and for the first time our Kettle drive broke the $40,000.00 ceiling which was a record on the Peninsula," reported Fanning.
In the annual Rotary Club bell ringing competition there were three winners this year and all from the Central Peninsula, "I had a small club division, a medium club division, and a large club division and all three local clubs won their divisions," laughed Fanning, "It was amazing the three Rotary clubs together raised more than $13,000 which is more than $4,000 more than their average and at least $3,000 more than they have ever done before collectively. Rotarians accounted for more than 221 volunteer Kettle hours which was more than half of the 400 bell ringing hours totaled this year," he said. In the end the annual golden bell trophy that goes to the club with the highest total was retained for another year by the Soldotna Rotary Club. "It's something our members feel good about, they have fun doing it and of course we got a great start from Rotarian Charlie Wiemer and the FNBA check, but even Hobo Jim came by our Kettle this year so we are proud to have the bell for another year," said Soldotna club president Mark Hill. The contributions given at the Kettle this year went to serve 400 local families, more than 500 children, and the distribution of 4,000 gifts according to Fanning.


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The Golf Club at Magnolia Landing
North Fort Myers, Fla. • June 11 - 14
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Andrew Colvin of Longwood, Fla., fired off a personal-best, 8-under-par 64 during the final round of the Taylor Woodrow Junior at Magnolia Landing Thursday to claim the Boys Division title with a tournament total 16-under-par 200. Doris Chen of Bradenton, Fla., was the winner for the girls after carding a 6-under-par 66 in the final round for a three-day total of 2-under-par 214.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Taylor Woodrow Junior at Magnolia Landing was a 54-hole stroke play event held at The Golf Club at Magnolia Landing. The 84-player field featured players from 15 states, the Cayman Islands, Switzerland and Poland. The Girls Division played the The Golf Club at Magnolia Landing at 6,043 yards, while the Boys Division played it at 6,843 yards.
Colvin recorded six birdies and an eagle during the final round on the way to his first AJGA victory. He said the win helped him feel more confident about his game.
"It's kind of a feeling of relief knowing I can do it now," Colvin said. "I was able to give myself options on the course and that seemed to allow me to score a lot better."
Behind Colvin in the Boys Division was Phillip Choi of Orlando, Fla., who shot a 6-under-par 66 during the final round to finish at 11-under-par 205 for the tournament. Two strokes behind Choi in third place was Mateusz Jedrzejczyk of Warsaw, Poland, who finished with a 9-under-par 207. Joe David of Madison, Tenn., finished fourth with a 7-under-par 209, and Zhong Yang Fu rounded out the top five, carding a three-day total of 6-under-par 210.
Doris Chen turned things around after an opening round of 6-over-par 78, carding seven birdies on the day. Her 6-under-par 66 was the only sub-par round of the day in the Girls Division and helped Chen secure her first AJGA title.
"I feel really good — great actually." Chen said. "I don't have other feelings now, but I will yell and celebrate a little too."
In second place for the girls was Michelle Shin of Cape Coral, Fla., who finished at even-par 216 for the tournament. Christina Miller of Bradenton, Fla., came in third with a three-day total of 4-over-par 220.
Taylor Woodrow is in its first year of sponsoring an AJGA event. Taylor Woodrow has more than 80 active developments in North America, with communities in Arizona, Florida, Texas, California and Ontario, Canada.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA, the largest Association of its kind, has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and 25 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner.
The largest Association of its kind, the AJGA has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of more than 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 25 foreign countries.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
For more information on the Taylor Woodrow Junior at Magnolia Landing, please contact National Headquarters at (877) 373-2542.


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Wasting primetime college years not getting laid.
It's a tech college. There's no women there.
I took my daughter who is considering graphic design up to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) a while back --- when we returned, and my wife asked her over dinner what the most interesting thing she had learned was, her response?
``There aren't many girls attending, so the girls all have their choice of boys, so everyone has a _really_ nice boyfriend.''
So the solution is to be one of the nicest guys (as perceived by the girls) around.
RIT has a saying: The girls are like parking spaces. The good ones are handicapped or taken.
Oh god, I'm going to hell.
Huh? We're talking about Northwestern, right? [about.com]
My experience in a similar situation was the 99% female nursing college was about 100 feet from the electronics lab building. There was a biz school with excellent M/F ratio a couple blocks away, but the nurses outnumbered us guys, so never bothered with the bean counters. Technically there were no women, you had to walk at least 100 feet. The key isn't how many women are signed up, its how many women per square mile in the greater campus area. Are there "tech schools" out there that are sausage fests surrounded by 100 miles of nervous sheep with no NEARBY women?
Not quite a hundred miles, but Michigan Tech fluctuates between 4 to 1 and 3 to 1 (used to be 8 to 1) male to female ratio, and the nearest school with even close to a 50/50 ratio is a 2 hour drive away through wilderness. The end result is a lot of drinking and any girl with an interest in anything technical is extremely popular.
At my college/university, I think it was 3 (females) to 1 (males) ratio back in the late 1990s/90s. Its computer science (CS) department were right next to the nursing department in the same building on the other end. They both shared the same entrances and exits. I never saw both groups talk to each other. Lots of attractive gals too. I only knew one CIS major who dated a nurse from there. Of course, me still a virgin and single as of today.
Huh? Northwestern is divided into separate "colleges," but they're all on the same campus and students can take courses from all of them. There is nothing (aside from lack of social skills) preventing a student in Tech from spending most of his free time with theater majors.
Of course the theater / Radio / TV / Film majors tend to drop out and head to Hollywood after a year, so there's that.
Northwestern University has more female than male undergrads [collegeprowler.com]. Oops, my nerd-streak is showing, I shouldn't let the facts get in the way of a good joke.
That's the excuse all the beta males use to justify why they're not getting laid. Meanwhile the confident dudes at the school have no problem pulling fine ass all day long.
I don't see any tell-tale creeper scars in there. I bet he wasn't even mapping in survival mode; cheater.
A site which doesn't use that craptacularly insecure Flash to display simple pictures.
And on one page no less!
Maybe that supposed Mayan prediction is coming true after all.
Here is your Flash Fix [planetminecraft.com]
Coool. I want to print-out the internal map for Link to Zelda. (Or maybe just a giant GIF.)
>>>A site which doesn't use that craptacularly insecure Flash to display simple pictures.
Wow? I've never seen sites that use Flash just to display pictures. Well a few but not that many. Most websites download just fine as JIFs and JPEGs.
Wouldn't this violate the copyright held by the architect?
Interesting question, but there are numerous architects, and this would be protected as "fair use" for a number of reasons. See Google Maps, Google Earth, etc for similar representation of copyright-protected architecture.
Typical education vs training situation. Never seen the campus but if the architecture of the campus is worth anything, he probably learned an awful lot via osmosis if nothing else. Although, yes if you're in training to be a solidworks operator, spending 600 hours on minecraft is a complete waste of TRAINING time. I don't know why you'd pay extreme money to go to a university merely to get training on a specific software package, I'd rather get an education in architecture or engineering for that kind o
You might be interested in the history of the project [reddit.com], which shows it's what you might expect: guys starts out small with Minecraft, goes into "gotta build it all" mode. Ben didn't have a plan at first, didn't get paid, and did it mostly because it was fun and exciting. From what I can see, no real PR stunt, which is a nice change of pace.
This sounds eerily like a page taken from the Dresden Files books, in which the titular character builds a model of Chicago in his basement in order to better keep an eye over his home town using magic.
Seriously the last line just kills it. "Models cost as little as".
Yeah, I should have said that better. The sad thing is that people see, "$2000 to $2500" and conclude "nope, I couldn't ever afford that myself". So excuse my weaksauce "order by midnight tomorrow" text; how about, "Small models are quite cheap"?
how much time would it take to make that model in blender instead?
Assuming you know how to use Blender. Likely far less time, a simple object like a cube is dead easy to duplicate numerous times in Blender, you can create multiple sets in one go and the camera controls for editing are superior to that of what you can get in Minecraft.
The Worldedit plugin for Minecraft can vastly decrease the amount of time needed to create buildings and such.
No idea if it was used in this creation or not.
Right, he used WorldEdit, MCEdit, and Spritecraft, as it says in the caption [imgur.com].
In fact, this particular material is called "sandstone" (really, a gypsum powder glued together, then coated with superglue). It's heavy and a bit cold to the touch, and is definitely bumpy - see this closeup [flickr.com], for example. There are plenty of other materials out there, this just happens to be the one that Shapeways provides that can print with a wide range of colors. That said, they don't have any really great smooth plastic multicolor material available now. Here's an example [google.com] (excuse my crappy camera phone
Shapeways has a good materials cost chart [shapeways.com] (I don't work for Shapeways, by the way, I just use them a fair bit). Cost is all by weight (plus a fixed fee per model), so complexity is free. From what I can tell, their markup for labor doesn't seem to be all that much, maybe 50% above "retail" materials, if you had your own ($70k) color 3D printer? I suspect I'm spending someone's venture capital when I make an order, as their prices seem pretty low all in all.
Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.


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Twitter App Showdown: Echofon Pro vs Tweetie 2
Twitter is a necessary evil. And so is the iPhone. (But that has nothing to do with this review at all.)
It's an unholy amalgamation. But so much information is readily available on Twitter that it's become an undeniable necessity amongst Internet junkies. Like everything else in Apple's App Store there's an absurd amount of …
The Techland Show: Guest Host Edition
We've got a guest star for this week's Techland Show: Me. Mr. culture/tv/movies. The guy who can't really play video games – though I did have a glorious few years as a devoted player of Counter Strike. I was the sniper on Dust, who waited patiently to pick you off one by one. You mocked me for slowing down the gameplay.
Now …
Box Art Reviews: The Death Of Fun Edition
Video games are supposed to be fun, right? But in this week's round of box art reviews, where we look at the covers of new game releases, we wonder if the box art designers forgot that fact…
Learn Science (DS)
What's on the box: Some test tubes filled with colored liquid, a telescope, a dinosaur skeleton, Einstein's relativity …
OTA Update Coming for Verizon Droid
Droid Owners-
A fix is forthcoming for the horrendous auto-focus issues you've been having with the camera. The OTA update will also alleviate any issues you've had with voice reception. No firm roll out date, but expect to see it in the coming weeks. That is all.
More on Time.com:
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
Penny Arcade Explains Logitech's PSPgo Rumor
There's a rumor going around that Logitech is making a UMD add-on accessory for the PSPGo. It's a pretty dumb rumor. Rather than circulating rumors, I've decided to share Penny Arcade's latest webcomic with you. It sums up the situation nicely.
I excluded the last panel in the hopes that those of you who don't read Penny …
Kodak Sells OLED Business to LG
Times are tough and $1000 digital photo frames just aren't flying off the shelves fast enough for Kodak. In not so random twist of fate, Kodak announced that they would be selling off their OLED business to LG.
"As we said earlier this year, OLED is one of the businesses we wanted to reposition to maximize Kodak's competitive
Let The Parodies Begin: The Tiger Woods 'Parking Slam' Game
It's been just one week since world-famous golfer Tiger Woods got into a car accident due to his wife allegedly chasing after him with a golf club.
So of course there's already an online game making fun of him for it (in addition to this ridiculous virtual re-enactment).
Today AddictingGames.com, the maker of timely Flash games …
Avatar the Book: Skim it Online
Remember when you first saw Star Wars, and started learning the rules of the Force for the very first time? Or how about Blade Runner or Minority Report, when you first peeked over the shoulders of Rick Deckard and John Anderton, looking out at their futuristic cityscapes?
Over the last six months, as I've talked Avatar with a good …
Joss Whedon: Dollhouse Too Sexy for Fox?
The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan just posted a fascinating interview with Joss Whedon, about the final days of his doomed series Dollhouse – one of the more intriguing shows on TV today.
It's a lengthy chat, that goes beyond Dollhouse to also talk about Dr. Horrible, the writers' strike, Glee – which he'll be directing in …
New episode of "Sanctuary" airs on Syfy
Syfy's Alice: Shooting Up Wonderland
After much debate, I think I like the flying flamingo hovercrafts the best.
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Conferences/Events (Upcoming Events) > Event Details
Cancun, , Mexico.
May 20 - 23, 2012.
Additional info at ALTA
ALTA CCMA marks its first return to the turquoise, crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean since 2006, with CCMA 2012 to be held in Cancun May 20-22. For decades, CCMA has been bringing together Latin American & Caribbean airline technical buyers and industry suppliers in a unique, four-day event that provides the opportunity for interaction and networking between suppliers and airline representatives. Last-year's very successful conference set new records by any measurement. Over 840 representatives from over 350 companies and more than 100 airline from throughout the region participated. More than 2,800 one-on-one mini-meetings, 13% over the previous year, took place between airlines and suppliers. Over 85 companies showcased their services and products during the interactive tabletop exhibition. Built on a 49-year history of service to the Latin America and Caribbean region, CCMA is the oldest commercial aviation committee in the region, representing over one billion dollars in industry purchasing power.
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Piranha's free-to-play stompy robot game MechWarrior Online is aiming to offer multiplayer mech melee in size 12v12, assuming it can deliver a "solid play experience" at that scale. This revelation and more come from a new community Q&A, covering topics including cosmetic customization, mercenary contracts, and influencing key historic battles in the world's story.
If MechWarrior Online isn't up for 12v12, technical director Matt Craig explained in the Q&A, Piranha will knock it down to 8v8--two 'lances' of four mechs per team. Fingers crossed for large-scale mechanised mayhem, everyone.
As for customizing your shiny toys with logos and skins, creative director Bryan Ekman notes, "We plan to provide players with a set of tools and in-game content for Mech and Merc Corp customization." The ability to import your own external graphics won't be available at launch, at least.
MechWarrior Online's story will run in 'real time' within the well-established lore, so key battles and events are already scripted, but it's not yet clear whether players will be able to take part in these. "The problem with historic battles is they have predictable and necessary outcomes," Ekman explained. "We are looking at creative ways to involve the community in these key events."
Piranha is also looking into the possibility of imbalance in faction membership. Lead designer Paul Inouye explains, "Certain incentives can be provided to join a specific House and there can be kickbacks in terms of lower operating costs if you are in a less populated House. We are still addressing this issue and will let you know in a future update as to our conclusion."
MechWarrior Online is slated to launch in 2012.


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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Starting pitcher: M.C. O'Connor
Yes, it is Velez Time here at RMC. There isn't much to get excited about offensively, as we well know, but our boy Eugenio is, to borrow a phrase from JCP, a "human highlight film." What do we make of this? Does he have the chops to be an impact big-leaguer? Take a quick look at FanGraphs, they have a nice display that includes his stats from the minors and the "projections" of the various systems out there. They aren't particularly kind, they have him striking out too much and walking too little, with a high SB potential and no power. But I see a ray of light: he was a consistent .350 OBP guy in A and AA, then made the leap to the majors with little AAA service. He'll be 26 in May. Perhaps he is just at the cusp--finally putting it all together. If so, he could be a serviceable lead-off man, especially if he continues to improve, and the fact that he's a switch-hitter is a nice bonus. It seems painfully obvious that we have to ship Roberts and Durham. Velez can do both: lead off and play 2B. We have too many OFs, and Frandsen will be back next year to compete at 2B. Learn to say "you-HAY-nee-oh." And if you need some data overload, check out the "community projection" about Sr. Velez on McChronic.
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- JC Parsons said...
What really excites me about Velez is the ugly factor. This guy is almost, not quite...(dare I say it?)...he is just about as ugly as Willie McGee!!!!
I can't tell you how long I have waited for that kind of ugly.
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UN Accuses Israel of Torturing Palestinian Children
Friday, 05 July 2013 12:00 By Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network | Video Report
Shir Hever: Israeli forces proven to be using Palestinian children as human shields despite attempts to cover it up to protect image.
JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore.
A United Nations human rights body recently accused Israeli forces of abusing Palestinian children. There is a whole list of abuses, ranging from torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.
Here to discuss all this is Shir Hever. Shir is an economist studying the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories for the Alternative Information Center, a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization dedicated to publishing alternative information and analysis.
Thank you for joining us, Shir.
SHIR HEVER, ECONOMIST, ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION CENTER: Thank you for having me.
DESVARIEUX: So, Shir, what is actually new about this report?
HEVER: In many ways this is not new at all. The Israeli forces have been abusing Palestinian children ever since the occupation began, and especially starting from 1987 with the first intifada. Israel has arrested thousands of minors, and as young as seven years old, and have kept them in solitary confinement at times. Some of them were kept in administrative detention, which means that no charges were pressed against them and they were nevertheless kept in prison. And that sort of treatment certainly is not something new, but periodically the international organizations look a little bit more into that.
Now, what's starting to be a bit new now is the fact that an Israeli organization, actually, called B'Tselem published a report called No Minor Matter. And this report was published in 2011. It takes the UN a little bit of time to process this data, and they found that based on this information, there is a real concern that the human rights of Palestinian children are regularly violated by the Israeli army and by the Israeli police. And now they published their report two years later, by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
DESVARIEUX: And why would the Israeli government continue to do such things, continue with these practices, essentially, if it's just such terrible PR for them?
HEVER: The Israeli government is very concerned about its international image, and you're right that the sort of activities that the Israeli government is doing, when they get publication, when there are videos that come out that show Israeli soldiers beating Palestinian children or torturing them, that is something that of course harms Israel's image around the world.
I think the Israeli government is much more concerned about the image than about the moral concerns, than about the actual lives and safety of Palestinian children. And indeed the Israeli government is trying to limit those bad-looking incidents, those bad PR instances. In a law from September 2011, Israel has recognized for the first time after about 45 years of occupation that Palestinian children would be considered children until the age of 18 rather than until of age of 16. So they would have the same age categories as Israeli children.
But despite that decision, Palestinian children are still being tried by martial court, by military court, and in the Hebrew language, which is not their language, so often they don't understand what they're being accused of, what they're signing, what they are admitting. They are not allowed the rights to see a lawyer, to have an adult or their parent in the room while they're being interrogated is not observed. So these violations continue.
And one of the reasons for this is that there is a sort of disconnect inside the Israeli political and military system between the part that looks outward, that tries to improve Israel's foreign relations, and the part that looks inward that is more concerned with gaining popularity and mobilizing the public for more solidarity with the national cause against Palestinians and for the occupation.
The Israeli army has hired philosophers to write its ethical code, and these military philosophers wrote that when it comes to choosing between the safety of Israeli soldiers and the safety of enemies or even foreign civilians regardless of their age, the Israeli soldiers should always prefer the safety of themselves, of the Israeli soldiers. And an Israeli blogger, Yossi Gurvitz, commented on that--not legislation--that recommendation that it actually means that if the Israelis would believe that they could tie Palestinian children to their tank and surround their tank by bodies of Palestinian children to deter Palestinians from shooting at that tank, there is actually no moral reason for them not to do so according to this ethical book of the Israeli military. This is the sort of message that the Israeli soldiers are receiving--Palestinian children are dispensable and the lives of Israeli soldiers is sacred. And that's why one of the most key issues in that report by the United Nations human rights council, but also in other reports, is the issue of human shields.
DESVARIEUX: And the issue of human shields, have you looked at the data? Have you seen that there's an increase of abuses in the recent government, the Netanyahu government, compared to the governments of the past?
HEVER: I think the amount of human shield use that we see or the frequency of the use of human shields is not correlated to which government is in power, but it's correlated to when there are wars, when there are invasions.
Actually, the Netanyahu government is a bit concerned about launching a massive invasion into Gaza like the previous government in 2008 until the beginning of 2009. And in that attack, a group of soldiers actually forced Palestinian children at gunpoint to open doors for them or to check suspicious objects for them for fear that they might be bombed, so if it is a bomb, the child would explode rather than the soldiers.
And in one case there were two Israeli soldiers that were actually accused in an Israeli court of using that procedure, because according to the Israeli law this is illegal. These two soldiers have forced at gunpoint Palestinian children to open bags for them, so that if there's a bomb in the bag, the child will be harmed rather than the soldier. And even though they were convicted, they only received suspended sentences. So they didn't serve one day in jail for something that is a very serious offense. And, of course, that sends a message to the other soldiers: they can continue to do so. So that's the real story about human shields.
I think since that attack on Gaza in 2008, 2009, there were fewer cases in which Israeli soldiers needed to resort to using Palestinian children as human shields, although, according to the UN report, there were cases nevertheless. But I think next time the Israeli army invades a Palestinian city and starts going door-to-door, the Israeli soldiers have already gotten the message that if they use Palestinian children as human shields, they're probably not going to be punished by an Israeli court.
DESVARIEUX: Well, thank you for joining us, Shir.
HEVER: Thank you, Jessica.
DESVARIEUX: And thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.
This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license.
Spain: We were Told Snowden was on Bolivia Plane
MADRID (AP) — Spain on Friday said it had been warned along with other European countries that former U.S. intelligence worker Edward Snowden was aboard the Bolivian presidential plane this week, an acknowledgement that the manhunt for the fugitive leaker had something to do with the plane's unexpected diversion to Austria. It is unclear whether the United States, which has told its European allies that it wants Snowden back, warned Madrid about the Bolivian president's plane. U.S. officials will not detail their conversations with European countries, except to say that they have stated the U.S.'s general position that it wants Snowden back.
President Barack Obama has publicly displayed a relaxed attitude toward Snowden's movements, saying last month that he wouldn't be "scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker."
But the drama surrounding the flight of Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose plane was abruptly rerouted to Vienna after apparently being denied permission to fly over France, suggests that pressure is being applied behind the scenes.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told Spanish National Television that "they told us that the information was clear, that he was inside."
He did not identify who "they" were and declined to say whether he had been in contact with the U.S. But he said that European countries' decisions were based on the tip. France has since sent a letter of apology to the Bolivian government.
Meanwhile, secret-spilling website WikiLeaks said that Snowden, who is still believed to be stuck in a Moscow airport's transit area, had put in asylum applications to six new countries.
The organization said in a message posted to Twitter on Friday that it wouldn't be identifying the countries involved "due to attempted U.S. interference."
A number of countries have already rejected asylum applications from Snowden.


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The housing crisis is still ongoing. While the national conversation has shifted away from foreclosures in favor of unemployment and big government bailouts, many Americans are still in trouble with their mortgages. I seem to remember there used to be a time where, if you were in trouble with a loan, you would pay any little bit you could. Maybe you paid half at the beginning of the month and half on your next paycheck. Maybe it was even less than that. What counted was that you were making the effort. You work with your lender to avoid going into foreclosure at all costs.
That was then. Now, the new hotness is just to say to hell with paying your mortgage. Homeowners are letting themselves go into foreclosure with no intention of paying their mortgages, so that they can use the extra money on truly important things… like going out to eat at Outback and taking trips to the Hard Rock Casino.
For Alex Pemberton and Susan Reboyras, foreclosure is becoming a way of life — something they did not want but are in no hurry to get out of.
Foreclosure has allowed them to stabilize the family business. Go to Outback occasionally for a steak. Take their gas-guzzling airboat out for the weekend. Visit the Hard Rock Casino.
"Instead of the house dragging us down, it's become a life raft," said Mr. Pemberton, who stopped paying the mortgage on their house here last summer. "It's really been a blessing."
A growing number of the people whose homes are in foreclosure are refusing to slink away in shame. They are fashioning a sort of homemade mortgage modification, one that brings their payments all the way down to zero. They use the money they save to get back on their feet or just get by.
This type of modification does not beg for a lender's permission but is delivered as an ultimatum: Force me out if you can. Any moral qualms are overshadowed by a conviction that the banks created the crisis by snookering homeowners with loans that got them in over their heads.
"I tried to explain my situation to the lender, but they wouldn't help," said Mr. Pemberton's mother, Wendy Pemberton, herself in foreclosure on a small house a few blocks away from her son's. She stopped paying her mortgage two years ago after a bout with lung cancer. "They're all crooks."
Get that? In today's loony liberal land, it's all the lender's fault. It couldn't possibly be the homeowner's fault that they bought a house they couldn't afford. Right?
Maybe not. The couple quoted in this story, Mr. Pemberton and Ms. Reboyras, aren't exactly blameless in this situation. Just like most people who go into foreclosure, really.
The couple owe $280,000 on the house, where they live with Ms. Reboyras's two daughters, their two dogs and a very round pet raccoon named Roxanne. The house is worth less than half that amount — which they say would be their starting point in future negotiations with their lender.
"If they took the house from us, that's all they would end up getting for it anyway," said Ms. Reboyras, 46.
One reason the house is worth so much less than the debt is because of the real estate crash. But the couple also refinanced at the height of the market, taking out cash to buy a truck they used as a contest prize for their hired animal trappers.
It was a stupid move by their lender, according to Mr. Pemberton. "They went outside their own guidelines on debt to income," he said. "And when they did, they put themselves in jeopardy."
So they refinanced their home to buy a new truck — not even a truck that they needed for themselves, but a truck to give away. And yet, this was a stupid move by the lender?! Right. It's the big bad predatory lender's fault for not telling poor Mr. Pemberton that he was a big fat idiot.
And by coincidence, I'm sure, Mr. Pemberton and Ms. Reboyras' lawyer seeks out these kinds of cases and encourages people to not pay their mortgages. This way, you get to live in your house — for free!
Both generations of Pembertons have hired a local lawyer, Mark P. Stopa. He sends out letters — 1,700 in a recent week — to Floridians who have had a foreclosure suit filed against them by a lender.
Even if you have "no defenses," the form letter says, "you may be able to keep living in your home for weeks, months or even years without paying your mortgage."
About 10 new clients a week sign up, according to Mr. Stopa, who says he now has 350 clients in foreclosure, each of whom pays $1,500 a year for a maximum of six hours of attorney time. "I just do as much as needs to be done to force the bank to prove its case," Mr. Stopa said.
It's sickening, really. There are people out there milking the system for all its worth, taking no responsibility for their bad decisions, and then blaming the lenders when they end up in trouble. It's usually the bad decisions of the borrowers that put them into foreclosure to begin with, and then they just want to sit back and do nothing, because somehow, everyone is apparently entitled to live in their home without paying the mortgage on it now. There are always alternatives, ways to avoid foreclosure. It isn't like selling the home isn't an option, but no one wants to do that. They can't renegotiate their loan either, because the lenders are big bad predatory crooks out to get them. Apparently, the right thing to do is to squat in a house you don't even fully own yet without paying what you legally owe.
In reality, this is theft. It's a crime, and the bums should be thrown out on the street like they deserve. I have no sympathy for someone who pays nothing on their mortgage and willingly goes into foreclosure so that they can go out to eat, go on airboat rides, and gamble at the Hard Rock Casino.
Part of this is thanks to Democrats and Obama in particular. The endless demonizing of Wall Street and banks and big business has given people like these bums a ready-made excuse to stop paying their mortgages, yet still expect to live in their house. These people said so themselves. The banks are crooks. Lenders are greedy. They're getting what's coming to them, right? No one forced these people to take these loans, no one made them refinance, but it's always someone else's fault.
I understand that people sometimes fall on hard times. Honest people don't use that as an excuse to abandon all responsibility and ignore their own bad decision-making. What is happening here is theft and the lowlifes should be thrown out on the street where they belong.
Hey, if they live on the street, they can still use their money on what really matters, like steak at Outback and gambling at a casino.
These parasites don't deserve a roof over their heads.
I'm sorry, but I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for people like this who flagrantly puts themselves into debt that is so bad that their neighbors (and all the rest of us taxpayers) have to pick up the tab, then laugh it off and go out for steak.
This is the anti-American dream. Rather than following the rules, earning your place, and working hard for what you've got, this lazy, parasitic mindset is what is allowing Mexicans to illegally cross our borders and demand 'rights', property, and government benefits. This is what is enabling an entire generation of young people to pass from grade level to grade level without passing scores simply because their feelings might be hurt otherwise. This is what is preventing summer soccer leagues from keeping score because, GOD FORBID someone has to lose! This is what's allowing frivolous lawsuits over hot coffee. It's sheer idiocy, and it all boils down to the fact that people want to leech off of the productivity and success of others without having to do any real work or put for any real effort on their own.
It's one of the most insidious effects of rampant liberalism, and it is extremely hard to root out once it's taken hold. I read an article the other day (I would cite it but I don't recall where I saw it) about how this entitlement mentality is similar to a drug addiction - the first hit is free, and every time after that the addict gets more and more desperate for a bigger and bigger snort. The only way out is to hit rock bottom and gut through the horrendous withdrawal symptoms on the way to a true recovery.
Does America have the wisdom to find its way to rock bottom? Does it have the fortitude to gut through the withdrawal symptoms? Facing a historically unprecedented mountain of debt that will bury future generations as surely as a literal mountain of dirt and rock, that appears to be the situation we must answer.
Thieving slackers like the Pembertons are prime examples of entitlement, and prime examples of why America has an existential problem. If the Pembertons and other parasites like them can't beat their own addiction, they'll drag all of the rest of us down with them, and we're all in for some historically unprecedented pain.
There's my two cents.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Hulu is now the exclusive streaming home for the full run of Comedy Central's bad-boy animated series, "South Park" — all 244-and-counting episodes.
New episodes will continue to also appear on Comedy Central's website as well as the website of South Park Studios.
The announcement was made Saturday at the summer TV critics' tour, where the "South Park" creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, made an unbilled appearance.
They didn't stay long.
"Tomorrow we have to start another new episode," said Stone.
The pair, who introduced "South Park" to an unsuspecting Comedy Central audience in 1997, have since built an empire that includes films, a video game and their record-breaking Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon."
Asked why they have stuck with the punishing "South Park" grind this long, Parker explained that the show for them "is sort of the band. We go into the studio once a year and make an album, and each episode is a song. We still write and direct each episode ourselves, and that's the nuts-and-bolts of everything.
"It would be pretty jarring to live without it."
Contact Frazier Moore at http://twitter.com/tvfrazier


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EJ swaped GL 10 no air form defrot vents
Posted 17 December 2012 - 02:14 AM
So dose anyone know were the door that controls the defrost is at or were the diaphragm that moves it is at I'm guessing thats were my problem is at.
But what I don't get is why the defrost is the only part not working in any other car I've driven if something fails in the HVAC system it will default to only defrost for safety. But on the GL it all just comes out the main vents seems like a crapy design to me.
Posted 17 December 2012 - 05:44 AM
press your hvac buttons and make sure they move if they do press the defrost.
which should turn the gears to almost the end of their teeth.
i had this problem on my car, turned one of the gears and havent had a problem since/
i hope you can understand me, its late and i'm feeling under the weather..
Posted 17 December 2012 - 10:48 AM
Posted 17 December 2012 - 10:54 AM
It's just to right of where the drivers right foot would be, kinda on the side of the whole HVAC box.
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:16 AM
Nope, the switch is fed vaccum from the pastic cannister on the firewall in the engine bay side which is fed vacuum from the intake manifold of the engine. There is no vaccum pump, except on cruise control models and that's only for the cruise control.
The vacuum pump that generates the suction that operates the defrost duct gates, is in the dashboard switch. The engine vacuum system is completely different.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:47 AM
Thanks for all the help on what and were to look at so I could get this fixed. oh and this car did have the vac motor and I had removed it back when I did the swap so I think it was just for cruse control.
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MARSEILLES — Brock Pollmann knew he wanted to be involved in energy long before he became an engineer at Exelon's La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles.
His father was in coal, and Pollmann — who describes himself as a "very mechanical person" — became interested in nuclear energy as the future of the industry.
"We're getting away from coal," Pollmann said. "I think we're going to be pushing pretty hard for nuclear in the years to come."
Pollmann, who now lives in Morris, attended University of Illinois for engineering, interned two years at La Salle Station and, after graduating in 2011, was hired by Exelon as a systems engineer.
That's made him part of an industry that's been in the thick of one of the biggest debates in the menu of American discourse.
To get to that point, Pollmann had to get a competitive internship, complete two summer projects, and convince the top brass at Exelon to hire him full time.
But in many ways, it seems, his path began a lot earlier.
Growing up in southern Illinois, Pollmann and his father always worked on things together — mechanical things, like cars.
"I'm a very mechanical person," Pollmann said. "I always liked working with my hands."
He recalls a design project he undertook during college, where he was part of a team tasked with building a fuel-efficient car for an Eco-marathon — an annual competition hosted by Shell Global featuring more than 100 teams.
Pollmann's team designed two cars — one using gasoline and another using alternative fuel. They won first place for an Ethanol engine they created.
That stuck with him — the desire to work toward something that would ultimately better the world.
"I wanted to do something that made a difference," Pollmann said.
During his sophomore year, about 100 companies came to his college campus in Champaign-Urbana to recruit for internships. After talking with a representative from Exelon, Pollmann decided to apply.
It was a competitive process.
"I felt like one of a hundred [to get the internship]," Pollmann said.
He'd intern two summers at La Salle Station.
Each time, he had to complete a project and give a presentation on it.
The first project involved helping to redesign the way new valves are installed on machinery.
"I loved my first internship," Pollmann said.
The second year, he worked on what he called component maintenance optimization.
In English, that basically means Pollmann had to find a way to do preliminary inspections of equipment to determine when it had to be replaced.
During those internships, he also got to go through various types of training, learn the interworkings of La Salle Station, and the differences between it and other nuclear power plants.
"I learned a ton," Pollmann said.
At the end of the summer, interns deliver a presentation on their project to "big dogs" at Exelon, who also interview them for potential employment.
According to Megan Borchers, community relations manager at La Salle Station, 300 interns companywide are hired by Exelon Generation. Ninety-nine nuclear interns are hired.
"[Exelon's] retention rate is incredible," Pollmann said, noting that several people he interned with are now co-workers.
Since graduating in 2011, Pollmann has worked as a plant systems engineer in a team of nine other engineers. His responsibility is to manage the turbine and auxillary systems of the plant.
To understand what that means, you have to have a basic idea of how nuclear energy works.
The process begins when uranium atoms are split using fission, producing energy that becomes heat. The heat boils water, which spins turbines and then spins a generator shaft.
This spins wire coils in a magnetic field, producing electricity.
Pollmann's job is to monitor aspects of the process and equipment, and predict possible failures.
"It's just making sure the system is as healthy as it should be," Pollmann said.
La Salle County Generating Station has two units that began operating in 1982 and 1984, respectively.
In 2012, the station generated 19.2 million megawatt hours, operating at a capacity of 94.9 percent.
It serves Chicago and other parts of Northern Illinois with electricity.
Though natural gas is cheaper right now, Pollmann said, he believes nuclear is the future of energy.
"I really think it's the way the world is going to go," Pollman said.
Thirteen percent of the world's electricity is nuclear energy, and it is considered cleaner than many other energy sources, such as coal.
"It's pretty much the safest thing that's out there," Pollmann said.
But there have been concerns about its safety in the wake of several high-profile disasters, such as the one that occurred following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011.
During a tour of La Salle Station, though, Pollmann said such disasters are rare and that the facility is extremely safe, with system upon back-up system ensuring problems do not arise.
He also said that, unlike many other industries, nuclear energy producers around the world constantly share information.
"It's a very different industry," Pollmann said. "That's one of the coolest things about it."
Communications Director Borchers emphasized the importance of safety at the plant.
"It is important for us to be open with the public and educate them about this," Borchers said. "First and foremost, we're about providing safe energy."
While time will tell what energy source ultimately owns the market, people like Pollmann will be necessary to make it happen.
"The internship is great for us," Borchers said. "We're lucky to have people like Brock who go through the internship and educate themselves and do great things."


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For now, the cine folks are waiting to hear the formal announcement on their happy moment which is expected soon. Till such time, here's wishing advance congratulations to Hemachandra and Shravana Bhargavi!!
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