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Actors' Equity Association Audition Center to Close for Renovations; ECC Sign-Ups to Move to Visitor Center, 2/1
Attention all actors! According to a recent announcement on the Actors' Equity Association website, the organization's ongoing renovations, including building a new Audition Center on the 16th floor of the Equity building, will cause several temporary changes, listed below.
Beginning Friday February 1st, the current Audition Center (on the second floor) will close, and there will be no auditions in the Equity building until the new Audition Center opens.Starting on Friday February 1st, all Equity Chorus Call Sign-Ups will be moved to the Times Square Visitor Center, which is the current entry-point to the building. There will be a desk staffed by an AEA monitor where you can sign up from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Sign-Up for EPAs will continue to occur as they always have at the venue where they are scheduled. Doors to the Times Square Visitor Center open at 8 am, but Sign-Ups will not begin until 9:30 am.
As always, the primary source for information about upcoming auditions is Casting Call on Equity's website which can be viewed HERE. Auditions at other locations throughout the city will NOT be affected by these temporary changes. Check BroadwayWorld's Equity page for the latest audition opportunities.Over the next two years or so, major renovations and improvements will be made to the Equity Building located at West 46 Street, NYC. The Equity Offices, including Membership and Auditions, and VITA are all open for business as usual and will not be affected during the renovations.
Actors' Equity Association ("AEA" or "Equity"), founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society.
Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.


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If there is something the Braves can find bigger than one game in a dramatic come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants Saturday afternoon, it's the fact that BJ Upton has found his groove in the month of June.
During his hitting slump the newly acquired Braves outfielder spent countless hours in the batting cages working on the timing of his leg kick and his swing, now the benefits of his hard work are finally coming to fruition .
Upton went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of homers, his first multi-homer game in a Braves uniform and sixth of his career.
"B.J. is a hard worker," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "He is always in the cage tweaking something and now we are starting to see his hard work pay off."
In the month of June Upton leads the team in homeruns (4) and has a .250 average with a .388 on base percentage, the third best on the team amongst everyday starters.
During his struggles early in the season, Gonzalez stood by Upton and despite an overwhelming pressure to bench the player worth $72.5 million over the course of five years Gonzalez didn't waver in his beliefs.
"You just have to stick with your players and be a little patient, he had some good at bats and stole a base for us. It's gotta be good for him," Gonzalez said.
Upton's first homer was a 450 feet mammoth shot, (or mammo as former Brave Chipper Jones would say), over the left field fence to give Atlanta an early 1-0 lead. His second shot was a two-run homer that came on a 3-2 pitch to set up the late inning heroics from Freddie Freeman with a bases loaded single to win the game.
Despite his good fortune in June, Upton still has a way to go to erase an abysmal start to the season. Upton has the second lowest batting average (.166) in the National League behind New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis. Hopefully this will be a start of good things to come from the highly touted outfielder.
"This definitely gives me some momentum," Upton said. "Things haven't quite worked out the way I wanted but it's all starting to come together,"
The Braves will close out its series against San Francisco and welcome the New York Mets to Turner Field for a five game series starting Monday and a double header Tuesday.

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- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- 2 cups milk
- 3 cups cooked chicken or turkey cut into bite size pieces
- 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
- 4 cups cooked rice
- ¼ cup sliced almonds optional
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- In a saucepan or small skillet, melt butter.
- Add mushrooms and saute for just a minute or two.
- Sprinkle in flour and crumbled bouillon, stir until blended and slowly stir in milk.
- Cook over medium heat until mixture is bubbly and thick.
- Stir in chicken.
- Spread rice evenly in a greased casserole dish.
- Pour chicken mixture over rice. Sprinkle with cheese and almonds.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
- Serve with a salad, butter carrots or broccoli
Terri's Notes
~ You can mix this up for tomorrow night, while you're cleaning up supper tonight!
~ Add a layer of leftover chopped broccoli between the rice and chicken. (You might replace a cup of rice for a cup of chopped broccoli or peas.)
~ I make lots of rice at one time, mix brown with white and freeze the leftovers for recipes just like this one!
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We are looking to create a new corporate logo that is clear, powerful and engaging to be used as our brand for establishing our presence in the global community.
The logo will be used on our new website which will be located at http://www.componentworx.com, as well as business cards and company letterhead.
We are going to run web design contest based on the winning design so this piece is a critical first step!
Component Worx is a software development company that specializes in creating applications that will be used on smart phones and Windows environments.
Be as creative as you want, since this is a completely new logo we are open to any ideas and color combination.
Our flagship product will be geared toward the stock market and financial sector helping investors develop new trading strategies for investing in today's market using high definition charting and real-time market scanners.
Our company will also develop products that may not be geared toward the financial sector so we would like to see any creative idea!
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As such we need the Component Worx logo to work in both color and B&W.
Ideally we want to use only 1 or 2 colors not including black and white.
The logo will be used on a website (contest will follow this one) business card, letterhead and will also be used on smartphone apps such as iPhone and Android.
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The new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S (991) PDK using launch control and accelerating from 0 to 313 km/hWe know the new 991 Carrera S is fast. We also know it is faster with the PDK than with the manual. If you need help being convinced of this the video below should provide plenty of evidence. The 991 Carrera S is launched using the launch control feature which revs the car up to about 6300 rpm and then it just slingshots away with minimal wheelspin. Absolutely incredible the way it was it takes off and bangs through the gears in rapid succession all the way up to 313 km/h. It's fast, very fast.
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Faulconer, the most senior member of the City Council, played a prominent role in negotiating the terms in which Filner agreed to leave office, Ly confirmed at the Town Council's Aug. 25 meeting.
Faulconer formally announced his candidacy for the mayor's race Sept. 4.
Asked why Faulconer wound up joining Council President Todd Gloria at the negotiating table and not Sherri Lightner, the council's president pro-tem, Ly said it was likely a nod to Faulconer's seniority. Faulconer will complete the final year of his second term next year and is limited by law from running for a third term.
And in the wake of Filner's departure, Faulconer will continue to maintain a high profile. Faulconer will chair an Audit Committee hearing Sept. 9 to look into expenses stemming from a trip to Paris that Filner took in June, Ly said.
"We're concerned the city may have paid for this and we want this money back in the general fund," Ly said.
That prompted a playful question from OBTC president Dave Martin.
"Should I call you 'Your Honor's aide' yet?" joked Martin during the Aug. 25 meeting.
Ly said he hadn't heard about Faulconer's plans at that point. Candidates have until Sept. 20 to file for the special election, which will he held Nov. 19.
• Local Congressman Scott Peters, who last appeared at a Town Council-sponsored town hall meeting in April, will make a return visit at the next monthly OBTC meeting Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Point Loma Masonic Lodge, 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
• Local Assemblywoman Toni Atkins will be the special guest at a free seminar that offers tips on how to grow your business by maximizing Facebook, said Atkins aide Rachel Gregg. The Facebook Small Business Boost takes place Sept. 24 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Ocean Beach Playhouse, 4944 Newport Ave., Suite E. Registration information is available at facebookboostsandiego.eventbrite.com.
• Voting continues until Sept. 9 in annual elections for the OBTC's 15-member board of directors, but suspense may be lacking this year. Exactly eight citizens declared themselves candidates for the eight slots available for two-year terms. Seven of the eight hopefuls were in attendance to make their pitches in person: incumbents Marin Green, Melinda Therkalsen, Jim Musgrove and Gretchen Kinney Newsome; and newcomers Jenn Avoledo, Jody Thompson and Anthony Palmiotto. The eighth candidate is Jon Carr, an incumbent. OBTC members who are up to date in paying their $20 annual dues were to have received a ballot by email.
• A poll asking what to do about the annual Marshmallow Wars — the tradition that brought notoriety to Ocean Beach this last Fourth of July for the mess and questionable behavior from some participants — received 234 votes, said Dave Cieslak, public relations chair. The board will form a recommendation at its Sept. 11 closed meeting and release the decision at its Sept. 25 public meeting, said Martin.
• Integrated Sign Associates has been selected among four companies invited to submit bids to replace the weather-worn, termite-infested OB entryway sign on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, said Jim Musgrove, who chairs the Community Enhancement Committee. No funding has yet been secured for the project, which is estimated at more than $7,000, Musgrove said.
• As many as 1,000 people are expected to chow down on scrambled eggs, sausages and flapjacks at the annual OB Pier Pancake Breakfast on Sept. 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Musgrove said. Tickets, available at some local businesses and at the event, cost $10 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds benefit the annual OB Toy and Food Drive, which helps more than 80 local families and seniors in need during the upcoming holiday season.
• With summer ending, two police officers well-known in Ocean Beach are going back to school, sort of. The two officers deployed here for the seasonal Beach Team have been reassigned to the Juvenile Service Team, a resource for local schools, said David Surwilo, community services officer. The Beach Team provides a special emphasis to the pier parking lot, Dog Beach, Newport Avenue and other areas with a high level of service calls. The team changed from year-round deployment to summer-only several years ago because of budget constraints, Surwilo said.
• Three times a year, officers swap shifts to get a better view of community issues that take place at different times of the day. The next shift change takes place Sept. 14, Surwilo said. Officers on day watch move to 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.; night-watch police move to 2 p.m. to midnight; and the afternoon force moves to 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.


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Bakugan: Battle Brawlers Info:
Plot Summary: Mysterious cards appear in front of the children of the world, with the powers to summon monsters from an alternate dimension. When card-fighting group Battle Brothers Dan unleashes the power of Drago card in battle, he's sucked into an alternate dimension causing a break in the balance of both worlds and possibilty the end to all humanity.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Venice Bridge
40 comments:
- TJ Phan said...
Ah yieah--another post! Another masterpiece! Beautiful.
- January 28, 2008 at 7:50 AM
- Gia said...
That's nice, your consistency in your pieces are amazing.
- January 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- PEDRO NUÑEZ said...
amazing work Erwin, I love the atmosphere in all your paintings. This is perfect to speak about this city.
cheers Erwin¡¡
- January 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- Jackson Sze said...
- January 28, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- Pandagun said...
Excellent! It was nice to begin with...
- January 28, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Leighton Hickman said...
Great piece! It's masterful how much breadth you achieve with such graphic simplicity.
- January 30, 2008 at 1:07 AM
- C.B. Canga said...
nice. make me want to go back...
i see some classic disney influence starting to creep in your work. very cool. funny how all kinds of influences start to creep in as the years go by.
- January 31, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- dq said...
Awesome work!
I was playing through Uncharted the other night and was looking through the concept galleries. I was wondering who created some of the images and it was a coincidence that someone directed me to your site the next day.
Keep up the good work!
- January 31, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- Kinman said...
- February 2, 2008 at 1:17 AM
- Erwin Madrid said...
Thanks for the comments guys!
- February 2, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Rick Dolishny said...
Can you describe your process of creating your images? They have such a wonderful blocky quality while retaining airy-ness for lack of a better word.
- February 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Joshua James said...
Yo Erwin Long time Man...
These are great -n- Effiecient!
I didn't know you had a blog!!
- February 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM
- Rodrigo Lara said...
WWWoooWW ... the effect realistic in his paintings is impressive, beautiful work done here, come back here more often !!!!!
Congratulations !!!!!
Rodrigo Lara
Http: / / rodlaradesign.blogspot.com /
- February 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- Benjamin Plouffe said...
nice contrast and colour balance in this!!! I like the water colour.
- February 4, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- Alina Chau said...
STUNNING artworks!
- February 5, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Kyri Kyprianou said...
omg! your work really blows me away. beautiful. i'm gonna add you to my links!
pass by my new blog if you like:
all the best
- February 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Brian Yam said...
Masterful work!
- February 5, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- Ty Carter said...
This is beautiful. Amazing eye for design.
- February 7, 2008 at 2:17 PM
- Erwin Madrid said...
Rick Dolishny asked,
"Can you describe your process of creating your images? They have such a wonderful blocky quality while retaining atmosphere.."
I use the lasso tool sometimes when I draw hard surface shapes. So after selecting the lasso tool I hold down the alt button to get straight edges. For the antennas and windows in the background I used the line tool and select fill pixels so its like drawing but with lines. Everything else I use a hard edge brush with 100% opacity and no pen presure. My eraser is also a hard edge brush.
I paint everything in layers and organize them in folders so I can go back and resize them later. I then turn the pen pressure on to paint in my textures and atmosphere but I do it within the shapes that I made by selecting the layer and hiding the selection. The water was done by using a pen pressure brush and I smeared it around with the smudge tool.
- February 8, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- abeoh! said...
wow this peice looks so awesome!
- February 10, 2008 at 12:53 AM
- cdeboda said...
Great blog! I've been missing out.
- February 10, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- RoB said...
Just AMAZING!!! So much inspiration here dude!
- February 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Marcos Mateu said...
Fantastic color, light and sense of composition. Extremely simple, extremely well put!
(same for the woman on balcony one!)
- February 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- samacleod said...
Just beautiful. The colors are incredible! My goodness...
- February 29, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Jeff Harter said...
Erwin, this is great. Love your site.
- March 2, 2008 at 4:38 AM
- Raymond Xu said...
lovely work!
- March 2, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Monica Grue said...
I love your work! Your sense of composition and perfect simplicity is awesome. I hope to learn a lot from your approach... keep bloggin!
- March 10, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- El Benicio said...
wonderful yet again. love the Venice bridge one.
- April 10, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Andrea said...
What a beautiful piece of art. Have you ever been to Venice? It is my favorite place in the world. Your art work is all very nicely done. Keep up the fantastic work!
- May 1, 2008 at 12:20 AM
- Erwin Madrid said...
Thanks Andrea for the compliment!
Yes, I have been to Venice a couple of times. The last time was two years ago in '06.
- May 1, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- FinnFactory said...
wonderful use of shadows - on all your work.
- June 1, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- alxart said...
nice, love the clean yet fun feel to this.
Nice work!
- November 12, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- graphic design brisbane said...
Beautiful, really nice warm colours used!
- November 23, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Raymond Santos said...
incredible work! i rarely say this word since im a manly man and all but this is beautiful
- December 19, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Denis Zilber said...
Amazing amazing amazing!
- May 25, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Tristan Zerafa said...
Love your work Erwin, if you have time could u make a post dedicated to the stages of one of your paintings? Id love to see your process.
- November 4, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Andrea Pucci said...
Very beautiful drawings! Great!
- November 15, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- caronava said...
I caught your images are like the best shot of a great movie. What computer programs do you use? and what specific program you used for this illustration? thanks
Tus imagenes me atrapan, son como la mejor toma de una excelente pelicula. ¿que programas de computadora usas? y ¿qué programa en especifico utilizaste para esta ilustración? Gracias
- June 20, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Erwin Madrid said...
Thanks Caronava, I use photoshop to do my digital paintings. Thanks for visiting!!
- June 20, 2012 at 6:59 PM
- caronava said...
Thank you very much for answer mi question.
You are very kind
- June 20, 2012 at 8:04 PM


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Posted: Mar 12, 2008 12:54 am
Post subject: Hey I Made the News on Vacation!!
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Posted: Mar 12, 2008 1:19 am
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And he's coming your way Turdle...
It's the reincarnate of GNATHAN!
We need to regroup! Time to talk strategy! and...beer! Gnomes are pushovers for beer! That one looks like it's had a dozen already!
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Posted: Mar 12, 2008 2:20 am
Post subject: PS Gnathan is NOT dead...
He is alive and well - just like Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden. He's just travelling incognito right now. No one can kill a gnome with only human tools. It was a conspiracy hatched by various factions of the geocaching community in Manitoba to undermine the UPRISING of the Gnomes.
To prove a conspiracy theory wrong you must produce all of the below 1. the actual BODY 2. A Grave 3. A DNA match to family 4. Videotape of death
P.S. HUMANS wishing it were so doesn't kill us HAH!!
After all, no one has ever proven that the wee folk don't exist...
And as any good scientist will admit,
absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
There are over 20 million of us in the world so be careful...
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Posted: Mar 14, 2008 7:00 pm
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Must.... fend.... off.... evil Thoughts.......
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Cam Mealeon
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Posts: 8
Posted: Mar 14, 2008 9:59 pm
Post subject: A Little Help...
During my investigation of Gnathan's murder, I found that I was having trouble understanding the disdain that Gnomes and humans shared for each other. I needed to understand more completely.
After some inquiries, I came up with the following site.
Lawn Gnomes United
They are a group of Gnomes and sympathetic humans devoted to mending the strained relationship shared between humans and gnomes.
On the other, shadier, site of the issue, are the folks who run the
Die Screaming With Sharp Things in Your Head
I must tell you I am greatly understating my reaction when I tell you, this website disturbed me greatly. And it is interesting to note that there are quite a large number of Manitoba geocachers who are active members of this site.
I dare say that this winter's murder investigation of Gnathan Gnome's death will not be the last time you see Detective Cam Mealeon in Manitoba....
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Posted: Mar 15, 2008 6:00 am
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Has anyone noticed that this "creepy gnome" is in South America? Has anyone noticed that one of the suspects in Gnathan's murder is ALSO in South America? Coincidence? Methinks not!
Could it be a conspiracy? Were they working together?
Or could it be that the murder suspect is in danger, potentially being stalked by a relative of Gnathan? Do Gnomes have a mob-like organization? The Cosa Gnostra? Are they Gninjas?
I think someone has opened a can of worms. Glad I'm not a suspect!
I use multi-billion dollar military satellite systems to find Tupperware in the forest.
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Posted: Mar 15, 2008 7:18 am
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I use multi-billion dollar military satellite systems to find Tupperware in the forest.
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Posted: Mar 15, 2008 7:14 pm
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I received the most Shocking emails from an anonymous sender! But I do believe the evidence speaks for itself! There is a gnome uprising This is a warning I believe. I am not sure what it could mean, and have yet to decipher the context, but I think there is a target group in mind...
Turdles everywhere, Don your armor!
I'm behind you all the way Mr.Turdle. Miles and miles behind! In fact, I'm nowhere in sight! You're on your own man! These Gnomes are crazed!
Gnomes plotting their attack!
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Turdles against Gninja Gnomes!
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Posted: Mar 15, 2008 7:41 pm
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As a parting gift for you Mr. Turdle, I have designed an outfit that I think will aide you in your efforts to fly below the radar awhile! At least until this all dies down!
Eeek! Did I say DIES?
Since spring seems to be sprunging around here
I followed the Kabuthunk school of thought for camouflage, and came up with this!
What do ya think?
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This TOTALLY freaked me out. I swear on my Tiara collection that this is a true story.
I just got home from running errands and turned on the TV. As is usual, it was tuned to the Space Channel. A show called "Destination Truth" was on, and about half way through. They were talking about something called "El Pombero" in Argentina.
After watching the show, and reading up on it on Wikipedia. I'm wondering if this is what those kids had on their video tape. Kind of freaky that this specific episode was on just when we started talking about the gnomes in South America.
El Pombero
I use multi-billion dollar military satellite systems to find Tupperware in the forest.
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Posted: Mar 16, 2008 12:45 am
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cigarettes and rum?
And here I thought they were beer drinkers!
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Posted: Mar 16, 2008 7:22 am
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Just as I was about to take my siesta I received another threatening email! This time, I was shown a series of pictures. I believe there is enough evidence in here to clearly show that the little elf like freaks are plotting something VILE and destructive!
What do you make of it?
Notice how the FUNGI is perched and READY to be dropped heavily upon the unsuspecting turtles head?
And here! Notice how graceful and caring this Gnome is to the Butterfly? Yet LOOK at the precarious position of the turtle?
And last but certainly NOT Least!
I really cannot comment on this one...
Quite precarious as well, I would say...
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Posted: Mar 16, 2008 5:35 pm
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Sure am glad I was eating chicken madras for lunch. That last picture made me laugh so hard that curried jasmine rice came out my nose.
I need to go buy a new keyboard now.
Have you hugged a lizard today?
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Gnathan the Gnomes alive!
Safeguarded by the Brazilian witness protection program, the Turdles have been helping shelter Gnathan Gnome from members of the
Lizards of Honour
on the island of Nauru. Gnathan, a member of rival faction
Cosa Gnostra El Pombero Kuarahy Jára del Kurupi
, was prepared to testify and expose members of the
. The Brazilian government needed to gather more evidence so Gnathan had to disappear for a while. Undercover Brazilian spy code named HulaHz stated the nefarious
Lizards of Honour
and the
are soon to be kaput.
Very few have heard about the underground Gnome slave trade first exposed in
Box of Moon Light
. Fewer still can link this to the
Lizards of Honour
, but only Gnathan can connect the evil mastermind known simply as
to this world wide network of Gnome crime.
Evil e
has been behind the resale of hapless Gnomes throughout the world. Bought to languish in gardens and unkempt yards, condemned to a life of abuse and thievery ... one can only imagine the plight of the Gnome.
HulaHz, clearly sympathetic to the Gnome troubles, has been collecting evidence to expose this evil ring but has unwittingly exposed supporters of the Gnomish community to attack. Anti-Gnomite
has been linked with repeated attempts to send poisoned cookie packages and exploding GPSs to resistance members of
Lawn Gnomes United
Ive been left to take the rap for Gnathans obviously staged murder, but supporter
has come forward with letters and photographs sent by Gnathan proving hes alive! The vacation photos clearly show how close the Gnome and I are. Rather than give up the one chance to capture the mastermind
evil e
and shut down Gnome slave trade, the Brazilian government has chosen to turn a blind eye to these latest attacks by
. Although Ive been convicted of Gnathans supposed murder,
s new evidence will vindicate me of all charges!
I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!
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Diabetes & the Essential Benefits of the ACA
By Catherine Carver, MS, ANP, CDE
Vice President, Advocacy and Planning
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A co-pay or deductible should never keep you from getting the medical treatment you need. In taking care of chronic conditions like diabetes, the bills can add up fast, discouraging you from important check-ups or testing. The good news is, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), managing your diabetes gets better with improved coverage.
Diabetes is among many common chronic conditions that requires a lot of planning and budgeting in order to be managed effectively. Over 26 million Americans are diabetic. It disproportionately affects some communities -- 19 percent of African Americans and 12 percent of Hispanics over 20 are diagnosed diabetic. With so many people affected, across every background, there is a lot at stake with the new changes to health insurance taking place.
That's why it's important that in Diabetes Awareness Month, we raise awareness not only about the condition, but about the ways the health care law has fundamentally improved coverage.
Under ACA, all policies must no longer deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions. For the first time, Americans can live free from fear of denial or getting dropped because of conditions like diabetes. Also, there are now caps on annual out of pocket expenses. Moreover, the ACA requires "essential health benefits" that are of particular value to people with diabetes, such as coverage for outpatient care, mental health care, lab tests and prescription medications.
For those without coverage or whose current coverage is unaffordable, you may be eligible for health insurance through the new exchanges found through healthcare.gov. These exchanges offer a wide range of policies and options for coverage. Plans differ on how benefits are offered and how much people will pay in out-of-pocket expenses for care and supplies. The kicker? For some, these plans are made more affordable by a subsidy provided that's determined by your income. If you have tried shopping for private insurance plans before, you know premiums with a diabetes diagnosis can mean a huge monthly premium or a denial. That's simply no longer the case.
It will pay to take the time to see what you are eligible for yourself or find a resource in your community who can show you your options. During Diabetes Awareness Month, Joslin Diabetes Center is taking the opportunity to highlight these provisions and what you should look for under the new law. A few pointers in reconsidering your current plan or deciding to get covered in the marketplace include:
1. Know your ambulatory patient services or outpatient care needs. If you have type 1 diabetes, you will want to look for a plan that provides you with the opportunity to see your endocrinologist at least four times a year. If you have type 2 diabetes, you may need to see your PCP four times a year, as well. There are costs associated with each and you should consider your network carefully.
2. Research prescription drug coverage. Under the ACA, all individual and small-group plans cover at least one drug in every category and class. If you have diabetes you will want to look for a plan that covers the individualized medication you need. You should also check to see how drug and supply costs will be counted towards out-of-pocket caps on medical expenses.
3. Price out the costs in the payment structure. Two things you must must, must, must consider when selecting new coverage are the cost of coverage and out-of-pocket expenses. Depending on where you live and what is being offered in the marketplace, you most likely have cost options. One of those options is a high-deductible health insurance (HDHI) plan. Another would be a plan with high co-pays. Both are financially attractive since they help keep premiums low, but can have long-term, detrimental consequences for people with diabetes. Do the math over a year of medical costs and do not just consider the monthly premium.
In addition to the Joslins Diabetes Center, there are organizations like Get Covered America that have resources to tell you specifically about your new options under the ACA. Whether you are knowledgeable yourself and can volunteer or need more guidance – do yourself a favor this month and get educated.
Taking care of diabetes will get better under the Affordable Care Act. You should never have to decide between managing your diabetes and managing your budget. But only if you step up and find out your options.
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A Libyan security guard who said he was at the U.S. consulate here when it was attacked Tuesday night has provided new evidence that the assault on the compound that left four Americans dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, was a planned attack by armed Islamists and not the outgrowth of a protest over an online video that mocks Islam and its founder, the Prophet Muhammad.
The guard, interviewed Thursday in the hospital where he is being treated for five shrapnel wounds in one leg and two bullet wounds in the other, said that the consulate area was quiet – "there wasn't a single ant outside," he said – until about 9:35 p.m., when as many as 125 armed men descended on the compound from all directions.
The men lobbed grenades into the compound, wounding the guard and knocking him to the ground, then stormed through the facility's main gate, shouting "God is great" and moving to one of the many villas that make up the consulate compound. He said there had been no warning that an attack was imminent.
"Wouldn't you expect if there were protesters outside that the Americans would leave?" the guard said.
The guard, located by searching hospitals for people injured Tuesday night, said he was 27 years old but declined to give his name. He asked that the hospital where he is being treated not be identified for fear that militants would track him down and kill him. He said he was able to escape by telling one of the attackers that he was only a gardener at the compound. The attacker took him to the hospital, the guard said.
Libyan authorities told reporters Thursday that they had made four arrests in connection with the consulate assault, but they cautioned that leaders of the group blamed for the attack, an Islamist organization known as Ansar al Shariah, denied that they had given the order to attack. But the guard's tale suggested that whoever ordered the assault had been able to call upon a large number of people to carry out what appeared to be an organized attack.
Wanis al Sharif, the deputy interior minister responsible for Libya's eastern region, which includes Benghazi, told a group of local reporters that in addition to the four people under arrest, authorities were monitoring others for possible involvement in the attack.
"There is a group under our control, and there is another we are monitoring," Sharif said.
Sharif said that Ansar al Shariah's leaders had suggested that those carrying the group's flag during the assault were rogue members acting on their own.
"They called me and told me you have wronged us," Sharif said. "They told me that there may be individual acts."
Ansar al Shariah – Partisans of Islamic law – which is based in Benghazi, is one of the largest Islamic extremist groups now operating in Libya, according to an analysis published Wednesday by Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
The shadowy organization is led by Muhammad Zahawi and maintains "online connections" to a similarly named group in Tunisia. A unit, or katiba, based in Derna, an eastern town from which extremists made their way to fight U.S. forces in Iraq, is commanded by a former Guantanamo prison detainee, Abu Sufayan bin Qumu, according to Zelin.
Where Sharif's findings would fit in the U.S. investigation into the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the other Americans remained unclear. But the guard's tale suggests that there were many more than four people involved in the attack.
The attack itself, the guard said, was immediate and bold, initiated by a group of men who approached the compound and lobbed grenades over the wall. Just behind them were scores of men, shooting wildly and yelling "God is great."
The guard, who said he'd been hired seven months ago by a British company to protect the compound, said the first explosion knocked him to the ground, and he was unable to fire his weapon. Four other contracted guards and three members of Libya's 17th of February Brigade, a group formed during the first days of the anti-Gadhafi uprising and now considered part of Libya's military, were protecting the outside perimeter of the compound.
After storming through the gate, the guard said, the men rushed into one of the compound's buildings, meeting no resistance. The guard did not say whether that was the building where the ambassador was.
Thirty minutes later, the guard said, he realized he was about to lose consciousness and asked one of the attackers for help, saying he was merely a gardener at the compound. The man agreed to drive him to the hospital. As they were leaving, the guard said he saw the attackers enter a second villa on the compound.
Stevens and consulate computer expert Sean Smith are believed to have been overcome by smoke in the main consulate building. Two other State Department employees were shot and killed by the invaders at another building on the compound where Americans had sought refuge. The two men, both former Navy SEALs who were working as security contractors, were identified by family members as Glen A. Doherty, 42, a native of Winchester, Mass., and Tyrone Woods, 41, of Imperial Beach, Calif. At least three other embassy employees were wounded.
A Libyan emergency room doctor who treated Stevens said Libyan security guards brought him to the hospital at 1 a.m., his lips black and his body reeking of smoke.
He was officially pronounced dead at 1:45 a.m. from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning, but the doctor who tried to revive him, Ziad Bouzaid, 31, said Stevens was dead on arrival. Bouzaid said the body bore no other signs of injury.
The guard's tale is consistent with a version offered Wednesday by the man who had leased the compound to the United States.
Standing outside the fire-gutted compound, Mohammad al Bishari said the attack began with assailants carrying assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and the black flag of Ansar al Shariah moving from two directions against the compound.
The FBI has launched its own investigation into what took place, and two American destroyers, the USS Laboon and the USS McFaul, were expected to take up positions by early next off the coast near Benghazi in what many here interpreted as preparations for a possible retaliatory attack. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama promised justice in the case.
Meanwhile, fallout continued Thursday from anger over an online video that Muslims said denigrated their religion.
In Sanaa, Yemen, demonstrators protesting the video tried to storm the U.S. Embassy, making it past an initial security line but failing to make it to any of the main embassy compound buildings. Demonstrators burned tires and spray-painted "Death of America" on the wall surrounding the compound before they were repulsed by Yemeni security forces firing tear gas and warning shots.
No embassy staff was injured, but four demonstrators were killed and as many as 30 others injured.
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi quickly condemned the attack and vowed to punish those responsible for it.
Unrest continued as well Thursday in Cairo, where on Tuesday protesters breached the embassy compound's wall and tore down and burned the American flag. Protests continued Thursday, even though Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, speaking publicly on the attacks for the first time, condemned them.
No one has claimed responsibility for the consulate assault, something that perhaps is unsurprising in this part of Libya, where Stevens was a popular ambassador representing a nation many here believed saved Benghazi from a massacre during the rebellion against toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi's tanks were on the edge of the city, preparing to overrun it, when NATO jets began their bombing campaign March 19, 2011.
Indeed, throughout the day Thursday, Libyans nationwide held rallies in support of the ambassador, carrying signs in Arabic and at times broken English offering their support.
"Sorry People of America, this not the Pehavior our Islam and Profit," one read.
A young man in Benghazi carried a sign that read: "Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyan people"
Zway reported from Benghazi, Libya, and Youssef from Cairo. McClatchy special correspondents Adam Baron from Sanaa, Yemen, and Mel Frykberg from Cairo contributed.


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July 11, 2011
The 39th Annual Opportunities to Learn About Business Program is underway on the campus of Wabash College. Founded in 1973, OLAB is a week-long summer business immersion for high school seniors.
This year, 53 students from seven states and two foreign countries have come to Wabash. Since OLAB's founding, more than 2,400 students have participated in the program.
While on campus, students will attend lectures and participate in workshops and a series of games and competitions to reinforce the concepts they learn in the classroom. Over the course of the week, they'll learn about finance, accounting, production, marketing, advertising, public speaking, the stock market, and they'll even negotiate a labor contract.
"The students arrived early Sunday and have been hard at work ever since," said program director Jim Amidon. "We have a student from France and students from both coasts — California and Connecticut. Every year it's amazing to me how quickly the students get to know one another. By mid-week, they've become good friends and are working on teams in a complicated computer game that simulates all aspects of running a large business."
The faculty for this year's program includes Rhetoric Professor Todd McDorman, Economics Professor Humberto Barreto, Game-master Greg Shaheen, Amidon, and attorney Davey Neal, who is chief of staff for the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission.
In addition, students will also attend workshops led by Chris Cotterill, Chief of Staff for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, and Joan Scott, who manages Nike's corporate relationships with colleges and universities.
Attorneys Jon Pactor, Greg Estelle, Brad Johnson, Rick Cavanaugh, Scott Benedict, Tim Craft, and Rick Dennerline will serve as volunteer labor negotiators this year.
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Rain Moves Daytona 500 to Under Lights
The Daytona 500 is going prime time -- weather permitting.
One day after being postponed by weather for the first time in its long history, NASCAR's biggest race was moved under the lights by more persistent rain that continued in the area Monday morning. The hope had been for the Daytona 500 to go green at 12:13 p.m. ET, but it soon became clear that the elements would not cooperate. Shortly after 10 a.m., series and track officials announced the event had been rescheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
Should the weather clear, it would mark the first time the Daytona 500 has started in prime time. It's ended under the lights before, but never gone green that late. Fox television will broadcast the event.
"We try to make the decision that's good for the entire industry," NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "But certainly, we would have liked for the Daytona 500 to run on schedule [Sunday] on a bright sunny day, but it didn't quite happen that way. So now we're trying to get it done as correctly as we can."
That continued an effort that began Sunday, when soggy conditions forced the Daytona 500 to be pushed back from its original 1:29 p.m. start time, and then to another day for the first time in the event's 54-year history. On both days, jet dryers occasionally ventured out onto the race track to try to take advantage of any potential break in the weather. And as was the case Sunday, NASCAR is prepared to go a little later into the night if necessary.
"The flexibility throughout [Sunday] still exists [Monday]," Helton said. "We're targeting 7 o'clock because we feel like it's realistic. If it takes a little bit longer to get ready to go, I think everybody is willing to do that to accomplish the conclusion of the Daytona 500 within a reasonable amount of time. So 7 o'clock is not a drop-dead, critical moment. It's just the time that we felt like it gave us our best shot right now. But we could go a little bit later if it's necessary."
Helton said the decision was made because of the heavy chance of rain forecast throughout the rest of the day Monday. The exact green flag time is 7:02 p.m.
"The last thing we wanted to do was have our fans wait through another long day of rain delays and jet dryer activity," said Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III, "so we felt like this gives them some clarity so they can come up with their plans, and hopefully that means stay at home, stay at their hotel, rest, whatever it is they need to do and they can come out and enjoy the event this evening."
It takes between two and three hours to dry the 2.5-mile track surface, an effort Helton said would continue throughout the day. "Based on the weather, based on NASCAR, we think 7 o'clock is realistic," Chitwood said. "We also have some buffer if we had to delay a little longer than that."
And if the rain persists Monday night? "Tuesday is an option," Helton said. "We're focused on [Monday] and [Monday] afternoon right now, but just so everyone knows, Tuesday is an option before we'd have to reconsider packing up and leaving. But [Tuesday] is an option."
Helton added that the Sprint Cup cars were secured in their garage stalls, and that teams would be allowed to start them and get the engines up to temperature before they roll off the grid. Pre-race ceremonies will be reduced to an invocation, the national anthem, and the command to start engines. And then, hopefully, the Great American Race will at last take place.
"Certainly, we like to think that when we do run the Daytona 500," Helton said, "and the trophy is handed to the winner, and there is a Daytona 500 champion for 2012, that sustains and launches us into the 2012 season with all the right efforts and promotions."


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Dave also continues to serve as chair of the college's Athletic Advisory Council, faculty adviser for the Student Association, faculty adviser for the Psychology Club and now the faculty adviser for the newly recognized/formed Beta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society. James Nagle, associate professor of education, presented two papers in November 2012 at the annual conference of the Association of Middle Level Educators (AMLE) in Portland, OR. The papers were entitled "Co-teaching to enhance science literacy" and "Professional development using the Vermont policy document - Middle school is not a building." In January he co-hosted, with Penny Bishop from University of Vermont and Kathleen Brinegar from Johnson State College, the Vermont Middle Grades Conference – an annual showcase of middle-level teaching throughout Vermont. Reza Ramazani, professor of economics, recently wrote two book reviews in his field. 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Patrick also published a short piece on adaptive Nordic skiing for the Vermont Recreation and Parks Association newsletter and gave a presentation and clinic on Nordic sit-skiing at Middlebury's Rikert Nordic Center as part of the National Wintertrail's Day Celebration. Tim Whiteford, associate professor of education, had his paper, "Is Mathematics a Universal Language," accepted for the New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics conference on April 5, 2013, in Manchester, N.H. Bill Wilson, emeritus professor of political science, continues to offer a first-year seminar at Saint Michael's and volunteer in the MOVE Refugee Reachout program. Bill also has joined the faculty of CCV-Saint Albans and offers seminars for entering students and a capstone course. He remains active as a Board member of Vermont Adult Learning, which provides high school completion, basic skills, and English courses. "Beyond this, Mary and I spend as much time as we can spoiling our granddaughter, Willa, and we regularly retreat to our cabin in Walden: no utilities, no cell/wifi access, and . . . no zip code," he says. Joan Wry, associate dean of the college, has a paper in the current issue of The Explicator: "Perception, Representation, and the 'property in the horizon': Thoreau's and Emerson's Differing Versions of a Liminal Aesthetic" (70:4, 264-267). Another article, "Emerson, the Genius Tradition, and the Aspirant Poems of Margaret Fuller," was published in The CEA Critic 73.2, 21-33. Joan will be presenting two papers at conferences this spring, the first at the College English Association conference in Savannah, GA, on April 4-7, and the second at the Transatlantic Women Writers II international conference in Florence, Italy on June 6-9. 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Three Monkeys
There are few symbols or emblems which are commonly understood in many cultures, but one is the symbol of the three monkeys.
The first three-dimensional depiction of the three wise negations in the form of three monkeys originates from the early 16th century in Japan. The three monkeys are a well-known allegory. Blind, deaf, and dumb, they hold their hands over their eyes, ears, and mouth respectively, so that they will not be able to tell the gods about the wickedness of humankind.
Whereas in Japan the three monkeys actually symbolized "to wisely disregard evil," in the Western world they are instead interpreted as "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" and carry a connotation of denial. This shift in meaning allows the three monkeys to serve as a socially critical symbol representing an ability to disassociate oneself with recent events and block out unpleasant truths.
And this is what the three moneys in the room convey. Smaller objects in Plexiglas vitrines are stand-ins for things we prefer to ignore or do not wish to acknowledge: war, environmental catastrophe, climate change, lack of civil courage, poverty Reminders of our apathy and inertia.
The artist Patricia Waller consciously plays with the "housewife art" appearance of her work. At first glance the objects appear innocent, with the painstaking handicraft initially softening viewers' impressions. The harmlessness that comes with the hand-made nature of the objects, which superficially summon the image of the sweet crochet blanket, disappears the moment one begins to reflect on the content.


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Cervélo TestTeam's special R3 machines for Paris-Roubaix are almost the same as the bikes the company has provided its sponsored teams since 2006 – which in this case, is a good thing. After all, the only slightly modified frames boast an enviable track record with wins in both 2006 and 2007 and second-place finishes in 2008, 2009 and now 2010, courtesy of Hushovd himself.
Save for a new paint scheme, Thor Hushovd's R3 is a virtual carbon copy of its predecessors with 10mm-longer chain stays and increased rake on the fork for a longer and more stable wheelbase that measures almost exactly a full meter. The longer stays also lend additional tyre clearance out back while a wider fork crown accomplishes the same goal up front. Otherwise, Cervélo principal Gerard Vroomen says the carbon lay-up, tube shapes and angles are identical to those of the stock R3 that consumers can currently buy, complete with the company's trademark 'Squoval' profiles and pencil-thin seat stays.
Cervélo TestTeam has made a switch in componentry, however, leaving behind the complete Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 package it used in the past and moving to SRAM Red. Notable exceptions from the full group on Hushovd's bike include the quieter and more mud-tolerant PG-1070 cassette, Shimano carbon-specific brake blocks, and the clever Rotor 3D crank that the Norwegian strong man helped inspire since he thought the Agilis model wasn't stiff enough.
Tight gearing and Rotor Agilis cranks with round rings
Gearing is typical Paris-Roubaix with 53/44T chainrings matched to an 11-23T cassette and Hushovd's bike is also fitted with SRAM's latest PC-1091R chain with more aggressively chamfered outer plates for smoother running. Even though team sponsor Rotor makes a chain watcher, Hushovd goes without here – perhaps a habit gleaned from his old Crédit Agricole mechanic Pascal Ridel, who told us two years ago that the tight chainring spacing provided enough security.
Vittoria Pavé Evo-CG tubular on Zipp 303 carbon rims did the job for Hushovd on Sunday
Rolling duties are handled by Zipp's latest 303 carbon tubulars and giant 27mm-wide Vittoria Pavé Evo-CG tubulars, both specifically geared towards survival through Paris-Roubaix's notorious cobbles. In the case of the former, Zipp says the new rim's wider rim bed, larger-radius edges and revised fibre blend lend themselves to fewer pinch flats and rim breakages. As for the tyres, their fine file tread may help provide a little extra grip on the slippery stones and when it comes to Paris-Roubaix, there's simply no substitute for air volume.
Unlike many riders in the peloton, Hushovd doesn't bother with additional padding for his hands or even double-wrapped bars – apparently the R3's relatively cushy ride and the big tyres suffice.
Finishing things off are an alloy traditional-bend handlebar, forged alloy stem and carbon seatpost from 3T, standard Speedplay Zero Stainless pedals, a fi'zi:k Arione CX k:ium saddle, a pair of trusty Elite Ciussi Gel bottle cages and a CycleOps Cervo 2.4 computer.
Hushovd's cockpit is sturdy and light
Some Paris-Roubaix bikes we've profiled have been inordinately heavy – over 8.2kg (18.1lb) in fact. Hushovd's bike, however, weighs in just barely above the UCI-mandated minimum at only 7.10kg (15.65lb) but given the flat parcours, weight ultimately doesn't matter quite as much as usual. Previous performances have shown this setup to be adequately durable, though, so little if anything has been lost in the gram-shaving process.
All things being equal the reduced mass certainly doesn't hurt and in Paris-Roubaix, every little bit helps.
Complete bike specifications
- Frame: Cervélo R3 Paris-Roubaix, size 56cm
- Fork: Carbon fibre special for Paris-Roubaix
- Headset: FSA Orbit integrated
- Stem: 3T ARX Team, 14cm x -6°
- Handlebars: 3T Rotundo Pro, 44cm (c-c)
- Tape/grips: 3T
- Front brake: SRAM Red with Shimano carbon-specific pads
- Rear brake: SRAM Red with Shimano carbon-specific pads
- Brake levers: SRAM Red DoubleTap
- Front derailleur: SRAM Red with Force steel cage
- Rear derailleur: SRAM Red
- Shift levers: SRAM Red DoubleTap
- Cassette: SRAM PG-1070, 11-23T
- Chain: SRAM PC-1091R
- Crankset: Rotor 3D, 175mm, 53/44T
- Bottom bracket: Rotor BB1
- Pedals: Speedplay Zero Stainless
- Wheelset: Zipp 303 tubular
- Front tire: Vittoria Pavé Evo-CG tubular, 27mm
- Rear tire: Vittoria Pavé Evo-CG tubular, 27mm
- Saddle: fi'zi:k Arione CX k:ium
- Seat post: 3T Dorico Team
- Bottle cages: Elite Ciussi Gel (2)
- Computer: CycleOps Cervo 2.4
- Other accessories: Gore Low-Friction derailleur cables and housing by Gore Ride-On
Critical measurements
- Rider's height: 1.83m (6' 0")
- Rider's weight: 83kg (183lb)
- Saddle height, from BB (c-t): 777mm
- Saddle setback: 75mm
- Seat tube length, c-t: 534mm
- Seat tube length, c-c: 487mm
- Tip of saddle nose to C of bars (next to stem): 600mm
- Saddle-to-bar drop (vertical): 106mm
- Head tube length: 160mm
- Top tube length: 565mm
- Total bicycle weight: 7.10kg (15.65lb)


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From: Inward letters - Surnames, McKen - McLac, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0424 (16 digitised items). Correspondents:John McKenzie, Wellington, 1864 re dispute with his father Hugh over land at Te Whiti (1 letter); John McKenzie, Maraekakaho, 1864 (1 letter); Rev Lachlan McKenzie, Jura Manse, Scotland, 1870 (1 letter); Roderick McKenzie, Auckland, 1845-1846 (3 letters); William MacKenzie (to H M Matheson), Achandunie (near Black Isle) re emigration of Highlanders to NZ, 1870 (1 letter); William McKenzie, Palmerston, 1872 (2 letters).George Mackie, Patea, 1874 (1 letter); John McKinnon, Glencoe, 1863 (1 letter); Neil McKinnon, Auckland, 1870 (1 letter); William A MacKinnon, Taranaki & Auckland, 1862-1865 (3 letters); Duncan McLachlan, Mataicuna, 1860 (1 letter)
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Our Mission: Literary Manhattan was formed to promote literacy and the benefits of reading and to bolster the general public's awareness of Manhattan's rich literary history. Literary Manhattan intends to accomplish this purpose through its website, which will contain literary information and resources, by conducting guided tours of areas of literary significance in Manhattan, by developing resources for literacy programs, by sponsoring writing contests and scholarships, and establishing a museum in the future.
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The homepage should introduce three elements of our company: Education, Tourism and Local Interest. See our existing website. We prefer our audience to access our information through a particular author so the homepage should give priority to the author category. Other categories are libraries, bookstores, publishing houses, entertainment (literary bars, restaurants, hotels), organizations, a literary map of Manhattan, a calender of events and finally, news. Also, Facebook and Twitter access.
Page two is the list of locations within each category and a brief description of the location
Page three is an expanded profile of each location and a way to reorganize your search. So, for example, if you click on Authors from the homepage, then select Mark Twain from the list of authors, this page will have a bio, including the ability to crossreference with related items in other categories. We are using Tags in our current Wordpress site. Try the Mark Twain example, and look at Hotel Chelsea to see how we're currently cross-referencing other items.
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Three Tips to Lower Insurance on Luxury Homes
For some luxury homeowners, one home insurance policy isn't enough to get full coverage. MarketWatch's Christopher Noble discusses three ways that will help owners of property worth $1 million and more to lower insurance costs. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Wearing only a T-shirt and pants, Curry County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Brown clutched the teenager in his arms, struggling to keep both of their heads above the surface of the frigid Pacific Ocean.
"We're going to make it. We're going to make it," Brown kept telling 14-year-old Joshua Peterson. Meanwhile, hypothermia was creeping in, and Brown's strength was failing.
The teen and his rescuer were caught in swirling currents 150 feet offshore at Brookings' Harris Beach Monday evening. They struggled to stay afloat in the 52-degree water as people stood helpless on the shore, waiting for more help to arrive. The two spent nearly an hour in the water before they were rescued.
What started out as a fun, sunny afternoon at the beach for the Brookings teen turned into near-tragedy once he stepped into the ocean.
Peterson, visiting the beach with a friend and his friend's family, was playing in the relatively calm surf when a wave knocked him off his feet. A second wave prevented him from standing, and the undertow swiftly sucked him away from shore.
"I couldn't put my feet on the ground, and the waves kept pulling me out. I started yelling for help," Peterson said from his Brookings home Tuesday afternoon.
"I was really scared at first. I was out there for about 20 minutes until Terry showed up," he said. "If he hadn't come out, I would have been a goner."
The teen's mother, Jill Peterson, was at work Monday when she received a call that her son had been taken to the hospital.
"I am so thankful that Terry and everyone else was there. I could have lost him," she said.
Brown, responding to a 911 call of a boy in the surf, was one of the first deputies to arrive at Harris Beach parking lot. He sprinted across the beach and, seeing Peterson was struggling to stay afloat, stripped down to his T-shirt and pants, donned a lifejacket and grabbed a lifeline so others could pull him and the youth to shore.
Brown struggled through the crisscrossing shore break and the riptide to reach Peterson, but he had to ditch the rope in order to hold on to the youth and keep him afloat.
Other authorities arrived on scene, and the U.S. Coast Guard launched a lifeboat from the Chetco River Station. Air ambulances staged at Harris Beach and the Coast Guard station, not knowing where Brown and Peterson would be taken. A flurry of radio communications occurred as Brookings Police dispatch, officers and other agencies coordinated their efforts.
The riptide pulled Brown and Peterson north and south along the beach, hampering rescue efforts. At one point, several Brookings police officers, including Officer Kyle Kennedy, waded out through crashing waves between the rocks to toss a lifeline to the two, but without success.
Frustration grew among a crowd of 30 people on the beach as efforts to reach Brown and Peterson failed and the Coast Guard boat had yet to arrive.
Curry County Search and Rescue swimmer Logan Couch, who lives in Brookings, arrived and donned a wet suit and swimming gear. He climbed into a borrowed kayak and launched it into the waves, only to have it capsize. He continued to swim out to Brown and the teen. However, the three — Peterson, Brown and Couch — were swept farther from shore.
The U.S. Coast Guard boat arrived, but it could not get close enough to reach the three. A Coast Guardsman tossed a lifeline to the trio, but it didn't reach them.
"I started to get scared again when the Coast Guard couldn't reach us," Peterson said. "And then Terry started throwing up."
Meanwhile, Sheriff Lt. John Ward, dressed in swim gear and carrying a lifeline, waded through the surf, climbed onto a rock, jumped into the water and swam about 60 feet to Brown, Couch and Peterson.
"When I got to them, Terry was done. He absolutely risked his life and saved that boy's life," Ward said.
The three men and the teen held onto one another as search-and-rescue members and police officers on the beach slowly reeled in the rope, bringing all four people through the surf and safely to shore.
Peterson, with help from others, stumbled to the beach. He was suffering from hypothermia but was in better shape than Brown, who had slipped into unconsciousness. Authorities later reported that Brown's core body temperature had dropped to 93 degrees.
Brown arrived at the hospital in critical condition and Peterson in stable condition. The two stayed in the hospital overnight. Peterson said the first thing he did upon waking Tuesday morning was find Brown and thank him.
Both were released Tuesday afternoon. Brown was at home Tuesday but was too exhausted to return phone calls, Bishop said.
"He basically saved that boy's life," Bishop said about Brown. "Then the rest of the team saved both their lives. The teamwork was outstanding."
Peterson was back home with his family Tuesday and contemplating the ordeal.
"I want to thank everybody, especially Terry, for saving my life," he said.


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UT Imaging Bellaire TX – One of the Best Imaging Centers
When you are looking for the best imagine services, you may want to consider searching online to view different clinics that specialize in radiology services. Most people will opt to have their x-ray done in hospitals or clinics like the very popular UT imaging Bellaire TX located in 6700 West Loop S Ste 100. Services that are offered in this clinic are top notch and a lot of people are saying that it's way better than the others. You will see that there is a wide variety of imaging centers out there. Read reviews on the Internet and understand what people have to say. It's very rare to find a negative UT imaging Bellaire review.
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An Olympian Lifespan for Medalists
Olympic medal winners live an average of 2.8 years longer than the general population, according to a new study that looked at the games going back to 1896.
A second paper in the same journal looked at all Olympians from 1896 to 1936 and found that, after adjusting for sex and other factors, those in sports with high cardiovascular intensity (such as cycling) lived no longer than those in sports with low cardiovascular intensity, such as golf. But an 11% higher risk of death was found among those who played contact sports such as boxing or rugby.
An accompanying editorial notes that non-Olympians can enjoy a significant survival advantage—from one to several years—simply by engaging in 150 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity.