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A subscale version of an eleven-place, twin turboprop, high-performance business aircraft developed for Beech Aircraft Corporation.
The Model 133-4.62 ATTT proof-of-concept demonstrator is a 62% scaled version of an airplane designed to challenging STOL and long range requirements.
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The all-composite Triumph, an 8,500 lb, pressurized 8-place business aircraft, was designed around the brand-new, never flown, Williams FJ-44 turbofan engine.
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Last month the City of Chicago arranged for a Open Data Hackaton in which a collection of programmers gathered together to develop and write programs that utilize a new resource, open access to city information.
For my part, I spent the data writing a PHP class file that wraps around the Chicago Transit Authority's web-based application programming interface, enabling access to CTA bus, rail and service information for PHP driven applications. As I've noted in the README file, "this class brings all three APIs together into one object with related methods."
The following in a quick rundown of how to incorporate this new class file into a working PHP application.
The first step is to download the class.cta.php file from GitHub and save it in a location that the PHP application has read access.
The next step is to include the file using the include (or similar require) function in the PHP application itself:
// Load the class file in our current directory include_once( 'class.cta.php' );
Once the class file has been loaded, the next step is to instantiate the class:
$transit = new CTA ( 'YOUR-TRAIN-API_KEY_HERE', 'YOUR-BUS-API-KEY-HERE', false );
Notice that initialization of transit includes providing two API keys. API Keys can be requested from the CTA. For an API Key for Train Tracker, use the Train Tracker API Application form. For Bus Tracker, first sign into Bus Tracker, then request an Developer Key under "My Account".1
If no valid API keys are provided the only methods that will return valid information are the Customer Alert functions for system status information. Specificity the two functions statusRoutes and statusAlerts. This is because the Customer Alert API does not require an API key for access.
To invoke a method simply use the object and related function, providing any additional information as parameters, if required. For example, to get information about all of the bus stops the east-bound route 81 bus makes:
// Get an array result of all stops for an east-bound 81 bus. $EastBoundStops = $transit->busGetStops( '81', 'East Bound' ));
All methods return an array which can be accessed to retrieve desired information. PHP's print_r or var_dump functions provide insight into all information returned by a specific function:
echo '<pre>'; print_r( $transit->busGetStops( '81', 'East Bound' )); echo '</pre>';
The output will look something akin to this:
SimpleXMLElement Object ( [stop] => Array ( [0] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [stpid] => 3751 [stpnm] => 2900 W Lawrence [lat] => 41.968500785328 [lon] => -87.701137661934 ) ... [49] => SimpleXMLElement Object ( [stpid] => 3725 [stpnm] => Milwaukee & Higgins [lat] => 41.969027266773 [lon] => -87.761798501015 ) ) )
In order to generate the following output listing the location of the Lawrence & Kimball stop:
Lawrence & Kimball (Brown Line) At 41.968405060961 North and -87.713229060173 West
The following PHP code will provide the latitude and longitude of the Kimball stop, which is also a transfer point to the El's Brown Line:
$EastBoundStops = $transit->busGetStops( '81', 'East Bound' ); foreach( $EastBoundStops as $stop ) { if ( preg_match( '/kimball/i', $stop->stpnm )) { echo $stop->stpnm; echo 'At ' .$stop->lat. 'North and ' .$stop->lon. ' West'; } }
Notice that while the list of stops is provided in an array, each element in the array is a SimpleXMLElement object, thus the use of the object syntax for accessing each element.
The train function will allow for the determination of rail information, for example when the next Brown line train will be leaving the Kimball stop. However, while the previous example included a stop id for the route 81 bus at Kimball, the stop id is unique to the route 81 bus and does not translate to the stop id of the Brown line El at Kimball. Therefore, the first step is to locate the relevant GTFS2 data for the Kimball station:
/* Per the CTA's website, El routes are identified as follows: Red = Red Line Blue = Blue Line Brn = Brown Line G = Green Line Org = Orange Line P = Purple Line Pink = Pink Line Y = Yellow Line Which means our Brown line is 'brn' */ $brownStops = $transit->train( '', '', '', 'brn' ); foreach( $brownStops as $stop ) { if ( preg_match( '/kimball/i', $stop->staNm )) { echo "$stop->staNm train is destined for $stop->stpDe "; echo "Scheduled to arrive/depart at $stop->arrT"; } }
Which provides output similar to the following:
Kimball train is destined for Service toward Loop
Scheduled to arrive/depart at 20110821 17:17:01
One should note that the Brown line stop at Kimball is the northern end point for the Brown line, which means any trains leaving the station will only be bound in one direction, south, toward the Loop. If the string comparison is changed to 'irving' for the Irving Park station, the output changes to something similar, with trains running in both directions:
Irving Park train is destined for Service toward Kimball
Scheduled to arrive/depart at 20110821 17:19:34
Irving Park train is destined for Service toward Kimball
Scheduled to arrive/depart at 20110821 17:23:13
Irving Park train is destined for Service toward Loop
Scheduled to arrive/depart at 20110821 17:19:44
Irving Park train is destined for Service toward Kimball
Scheduled to arrive/depart at 20110821 17:32:19
In Review
class.cta.php is a single PHP class file that provides access to all three CTA APIs for Bus, Train and Service information. The class implement functions for access to all API methods and returns an array of SimpleXMLElement objects that a PHP developer can use to incorporate real-time information about Chicago's public transit system.
Additional information about the CTA's APIs, including terms of use and how to request API Keys, can be found on the CTA's Developer page.
1 Why two different API Keys, one for train and one for bus information? Due to the evolution of the CTA's API interfaces, there are three distinct APIs, one for Bus, Train and Customer Alerts information. As a result there are three distinct URI endpoints and two distinct API keys.
2 The CTA provides its data based on the Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) which is becoming a common format for public transportation agencies to publishing schedules and associated geographic information. The CTA generates and distributes, about once a week, an up-to-date zip compressed collection of files that includes basic agency information, route, transfer and stop locations, and other related service information. Note that ids 0-29999 are bus stops, ids 30000-39999 are train stops and 40000-49999 train stations (parent stops).

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What: Donnie Sundal & Special Guests @ The Hub on 30A
When: Monday, June 29, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
The Hub, located along Scenic Highway 30A in front of the resort communities of Prominence and WaterSound Beach. Sample food items from The Hub's line-up of incredible new restaurants.
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Revs part ways with midfielder
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution today waived Honduran midfielder Mauricio Castro.
Castro, 28, signed with the Revolution in February 2008 from Olimpia of Honduras' Liga Nactional. He made 30 appearances with the Revolution, with 25 starts, while recording four assists.
"We want to thank Mauricio for his time with us, and wish him the best in his future endeavors," Burns said.
The Revs will return to action on Saturday, May 15, when they host the San Jose Earthquakes at Gillette Stadium. That match will be broadcast live in high definition on Comcast SportsNet New England beginning at 6 p.m. 98.5 The Sports Hub will also broadcast the match live.


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Part of planning for your future involves making educated decisions about managing your wealth and savings. Our Financial Services Representatives have the knowledge to guide you through the increasingly complex roadmap of investments that are available to you in today's growing financial market.
An investment is an up-front commitment of capital to purchase financial products with the intention of generating future profit based on interest or appreciation of the capital invested. Most investments also contain the risk that investors may lose part or all of their investment. Investors should be aware of the risk/return potential of any investment products they consider for purchase, as typically the greater the return potential of a given investment, the greater the risk potential. Investors should also consider their own comfort with risk, the length of time they have to invest, the fees charged by the investments they are considering, and their ultimate goal for the investment when making investment decisions.
The financial market offers a wide variety of different investment products for investors to purchase—from relatively straightforward investment types (securities) like stocks, bonds and short-term/cash-equivalent investments to portfolios that combine these investment types within various products, such as mutual funds, annuities and variable life insurance policies.
Investors may choose different investment products to meet a variety of needs, including retirement and estate planning, education financing and for funding purchases of all sizes. Financial Services Representatives can help select appropriate investment products based on an investor's goal for the investment, individual profile (comfort with risk, length of time to invest) and a product's fees and tax considerations (many investment products have built-in tax advantages).
Your Financial Services Representative can help you develop a plan for your investments that takes these key factors into consideration.
There are three basic types of investments (called asset classes):
Investing is also about taking steps to protect your financial future. Investors should develop a plan that addresses specific short- and long-term goals and that can be maintained and adjusted, as appropriate.
On the road to financial independence, you don't have to go it alone and risk making the wrong projections. If you don't have expertise in financial products and planning, a Financial Services Representative can help you make educated decisions and develop a plan.
Offices operating under an alternative marketing name may offer products, services, or guidance outside of their relationship with MassMutual, MML Investors Services, or their affiliated companies. Any such offices are not subsidiaries or affiliates of MassMutual or its affiliated companies.
Securities, investment advisory and financial planning services offered through qualified registered representatives of MML Investors Services, LLC, Member SIPC. Supervisory Office: 200 West Forsyth Street, Suite 600, Jacksonville, FL 32202; Phone: 904-998-7300.
MassMutual is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. Local sales agencies are not subsidiaries of MassMutual or its affiliated companies. Agency officers are not officers of MassMutual.
Financial services representatives are independent contractors and are not employees of MassMutual, its subsidiaries, or of general agents with whom they contract.
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Macromedia Studio MX Plus is a special edition of Macromedia Studio MX which has everything you need to create the entire spectrum of web solutions, from websites to Rich Internet Applications-all in one powerful, approachable, completely integrated solution.
Macromedia Studio MX Plus includes:
There isn't a much hardware to install that is as easy to setup as a web cam. The first thing you must do is to make sure you read the instructions. All of the hardware's drivers are on the CD's that come in the box, it is a very simple setup that takes little over five minutes to complete. Once the drivers are installed you are then told that you can attach the camera to your USB port...after that everything is just about complete and you are almost ready to use the web cam straight away.


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From... A State Of Winter, United States
Once upon a time, in the far north reaches of Idaho, in a place called The Big Piney Woods, there lived four cats. Three lived inside the cabin; there to be loved, honored, and waited on. One chose to live outside, in the magical woods; there to be loved, honored, and eat mice. This is their blog, as told by them, in smart kitty fashion. You must overlook grammer and spelling; they are cats, after all. You will find their pictures and stories below, in the order they came here, to become part of our family.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings,
Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
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Photos taken with my Kodak digital camera. Ask to use. Thanks!
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Cosmoprof's Fashion Frenzy: Jessica Fair Announced As Winner!
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THE EVENT: Cosmoprof's FASHION FRENZY, the student competition for fashionable hairstyling.
THE DETAILS: The six finalists of Cosmprof's competition were invited to compete during the Intercoiffure Spring Symposium, held in Hollywood, Florida. The finalists, all attending beauty schools in North America, were selected from hundreds of entries of finished looks on mannequin heads.
AND THE WINNER IS: Jessica Fair from Empire Beauty School, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, was announced as the overall winner. The announcement came live on stage from Fashion Frenzy MC Luis Alvarez and Intercoiffure president Lois Christie. Second place (a tie!) went to Erin Phenix (Regency Beauty Institute, Duluth) and Valentina Perez (Tricoci University, Chicago) and the third place honor went to Chelsea Hall (Capitol Beauty School, Omaha). The other finalists included Royse Wilson (Maryland Community College, Asheville, NC) and Anna Peters (Durham College, Ontario).
THE MENTORS: What made this competition even more exciting for the students was the mentorship offered during their Florida visit. In addition to Luis Alvarez (Aquage), Rocky Vitelli (Farouk) offered behind the scenes technical assistance and The Doves (Wella) offered guidance and inspiration.
THE PRIZES: All six finalists received gifts from Wella, Farouk (CHI Red Splash straightening iron and travel pack of products), Aquage and GHD (the one inch Gold Flat iron) and an invitation to attend an Aquage Master Class Academy. Jessica Fair won the new GHD Air Blowdryer, CHI Touch Dryer, a photo shoot with Babek and Luis Alvarez for the cover of the Cosmprof September Shopping Guide and an invitation to attend the Intercoiffure Atelier this fall in NYC.
THE LAST WORD: "I am so excited, trying not to cry but trying to just hold myself together," says Fair. I'm thankful and grateful to Cosmoprof for offering this opportunity. Thank you to everyone."
Check out these pictures from the event, and three great videos: 1-Jessica Fair is announced as winner (check out what happens!), 2-Jessica Fair just after announcement, offering a reaction and a break down of the winning look, 3-Luis Alvarez chats about the whole Cosmoprof Fashion Frenzy competition and how others can get involved. 4-Farouk's Rocky Vitelli shares backstage insight, and offers tips on winning a competition.


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On March 11, 1996, a draft Comptroller's memorandum was disseminated to all agencies regarding a requirement to allow SAMAS to assign agency voucher numbers. All agencies were asked to provide comments or concerns. Based on the feedback received from agencies, we concur that an April 15, 1996, implementation date for those agencies that do not allow SAMAS to assign voucher numbers would be premature. We request, that any agency currently assigning voucher numbers and any that can make necessary changes by July 1, 1996, please notify this office by May 15, 1996. Our intent with the Comptroller's Memorandum draft was to identify as many agencies as possible to include in the "fast-pay processes". In doing so, we have been made aware and are sensitive to the fact that many agencies have included the agency voucher number as an intricate part of their daily process. At this point, we have not developed a means for including those agencies in any further accelerated invoice payment processing.
We will pursue immediately a SAMAS-based solution with our Division of Information Systems, that either will allow agencies that assign voucher numbers to participate in "fast-pay" or develop a means to program the voucher number "dependency factor" out of the voucher audit process.
Some of the accelerated invoice payment processes we are pursuing include expanded sampling criteria, "fast-pay processing" for low-risk transactions, and recurring payments (i.e., leases, utilities, etc.). We feel these options could reduce the preaudit cycle within the Comptroller's Office (for low-risk transactions) to 24 to 48 hours and will also improve overall prompt payment compliance Statewide. Vendors will also receive payment for goods or services more timely, while allowing agencies to close their paid files quickly.
We will continue to pursue the philosophy of accelerated invoice payment and fiscal preaudit cycle reduction opportunities. We will remain open to agencies that do not foresee a July 1, 1996, start date, but would like to be involved. We are available to meet with agencies to develop longer conversion time(s) or discuss other alternatives. We are willing to conduct one-on-one work sessions (with those agencies providing us written responses to the draft memorandum) to resolve any outstanding questions or issues.
If you have any other questions regarding this memorandum, please contact the Bureau of Auditing at 410-9194, Suncom 210-9194.


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NWSB Managing editor and Portland Trail Blazers writer "Q" tells us the complete Blazers team schedule and 2012 Matchups. The NBA Season is over, the awards have been given out, the NBA draft is behind us too. Does the NBA season really stop? The Trail Blazers tip-off their 43rd NBA season by hosting the Steve Nash & Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, Oct. 31. LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews get ready.
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COLUMBUS — A soldier is being hailed as a hero for pulling two boys from the Chattahoochee River in Columbus.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports 2nd Lt. James Lamoreaux was exploring a Chattahoochee River island with his wife, Shannon, when he heard screaming and spotted two boys struggling in the strong current.
Shannon Lamoreaux said her husband swam after them and then pulled them onto the rocks before fire crews arrived on Saturday afternoon.
Fire Marshal Ricky Shores said they were grateful Lamoreaux was there to help. Shores said if he had not acted quickly, the boys could have drowned.
"He caught up to them and pulled him onto the rocks," Shannon said. "He still had his phone and keys in his pocket. His phone was ruined, but the kids were safe." After Lamoreaux pulled the boys to safety, the boat crew took them back to shore.
He spotted two boys — 9 years old and 15 years old — struggling in the current. "My husband heard the screams of the other people, and just jumped in," Shannon said. Water rescue crews were dispatched within minutes of the boys falling into the water, Fire Marshal Ricky Shores said. But by the time the Columbus Fire Department's swift water rescue team arrived, Lamoreaux had already pulled both children to shore.
The 9 year old initially fell into the water while testing its depths, Shores said. When the first boy fell in, the teen followed in an attempt to save him. "It's very common that people will jump in after others when they fall in, and it's also very common that the would-be rescuer becomes a victim as well," Shores said.
Luckily, Lamoreaux was a strong swimmer. If he hadn't acted quickly, the situation could have been fatal. "I spoke to the boat crew leader," Shores said. "He felt confident that both kids would have drowned if he hadn't been able to get to them quickly." Shores said Lamoreaux would receive a commendation from the Fire Department at a future date.
"We're very grateful that he was there to assist that day," Shores said. "These swift waters are very difficult to navigate, and even adults can be overpowered by them."


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This website contains about 1: How to be a Real Estate Investor: Volume 1 six thousand ebooks from countless authors. The bunch of these publications come in the following types: fictions/novels, short stories, poems, essays, represents, nonfictions. Many of such books are classic works of National Literature, English Novels, and Irish Books from well-known authors including William Shakespeare, Indicate Twain, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Robert Ice, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pope, Arthur Conan Doyle, Her Austen. and more authors' works will probably be added to the online collection. Throughout these 1: How to be a Real Estate Investor: Volume 1 exclusive pages, you'll find many award winning publications readily available for your on the net reading. Enjoy and you need to tell a buddy, thanks.
Description : America's most trusted real estate investing mentor and coach, Phil Pustejovsky, shows you step by step, how to be a real estate investor, regardless of how much money you have, your credit rating or your experience level. This book was created for anyone looking for a simple to read, easy to follow guide on real estate investment in today's market.


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eamong needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We are gambling related, http://www.betjacks.com, require graphics for online casino, poker, bingo and sports betting
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I need a set of quality banners in Flash and Gif for a Casino Site betjacks.com. Ideally, seperate banners for Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports Betting. Only requirement is that they must display the url and either the word Casino, Poker, Bingo, Sports at all times. Don't use copyrighted images. File sizes of finished banners should be as small as possible. I would like to see concepts/ideas before you spend time creating flash. Winner should also be prepared to make numerous edits/alterations without extra cost.


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Product Review: Using Agorapulse for Facebook Page Management
Agorapulse is a Facebook Page management application that combines monitoring, analysis, ROI measurement and Engagement. It's designed as an affordable solution to enable companies of any size to manage their Facebook presence and systematically increase engagement and fan numbers over time. You can read a simple review of Agorapulse here. For a more in-depth look [...]Read more


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Outdoor Idaho "Eating Local" Most of our food travels about 1,500 miles before it ever reaches our kitchen tables. But there are a growing number of food producers and consumers who prefer to eat locally grown food; they say it's healthier and tastier. Today, more than 50 farmers markets operate throughout the state, allowing farmers and consumers to meet and learn from each other. It's a trend that harkens back to a simpler time, when communities supported local farmers and people knew where their food came from. Outdoor Idaho explores the growing fascination with eating local.G
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Oregon Field Guide "Backpacking The Olympic Coast" Backpacking the Olympic coast, Columbia River toxics, Portland fruit tree projectG
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Call The Midwife "S1 E3" Jenny makes calls on the nursing roster and seeks to learn why a new patient seems upset by her latest pregnancy. Part 3 of 6G
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Masterpiece Mystery! "Inspector Lewis, Series VI: Down Among The Fearful" Kevin Whately returns for a sixth season as Inspector Lewis. He and his young partner DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) tackle murder in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford. When a psychic is found murdered, the detectives soon discover that the victim is really an Oxford psychology research fellow.G
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New Tricks "Blue Flower" The UCOS team investigates the case of 16-year-old tennis champion Alice Kemp, who fell to her death from the balcony of a penthouse apartment after losing a crucial match. As team members delve into this competitive world, Standing wonders if he did enough to encourage his own daughter's sporting ambitions.G
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British Antiques Roadshow "Hatfield 1" Fiona Bruce and the team are in Hertfordshire where they find a collection of almost 500 ornamental pigs, doll house furniture made out of shell cases on the Somme in World War I, and three small tiles salvaged by a builder that turn out to be worth a fortune.G


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This video was filmed earlier today after Friday prayer in New Cairo where President Mohamed Morsi was praying.
This video shows his departure while people , angry people screaming "Leave, leave" or like the Tunisians say it "degage" in French. You can see a woman trying to approach and to speak to the President but the presidential guards and president's security stopped her just like in the days of Mubarak.
I wonder what the president's men from the Muslim brotherhood will tell regarding this no so warming departure and reception of the public !!
After one week Morsi will celebrate his 1st anniversary in office and people are telling him to leave outside the mosque !!


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- Mysteries along I-45 -
Since 1971, 21 women and girls have been reported missing along the Interstate 45 corridor in Galveston County in cases that remain unsolved. Police have recovered the remains of 14 from fields, parks and bodies of water. Their killers remain at large. The other seven are missing, their fates unknown.
July, 1971:
Brenda Jones, 14, disappeared while walking to UTMB to visit an aunt. Her body was found next day, floating in Galveston Bay a short distance away. She had a slip stuffed in her mouth and she died of a head wound.
November, 1971:
The mother of Allison Craven, 12, returned home from running errands to find her daughter gone. Police found partial remains in a nearby field, about three months later.
November, 1971:
The half-nude bodies of Ball High School students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson, both 15, were found in Turner's Bayou. Both had been shot to death.
September, 1974:
Brooks Bracewell, 12, and Georgia Geer, 14, disappeared from a convenience store after skipping school. Their bodies were found near water, but the location was undisclosed.
October, 1983:
Sondra Ramber, 14, left for school, but never arrived. Her father reported her missing to the police the day after he returned home to find the doors to his house unlocked and his daughter missing.
October, 1985:
Michelle Doherty Thomas, 17, disappeared after leaving her Alta Loma home with a group of friends. Investigators believe she might have been kidnapped and killed because she had served as a police informant in a drug bust.
April, 1986:
Police recover a woman's headless body from a garbage bag in a state park in Galveston. The body remains unidentified.
May, 1986:
Shelley Sikes, 19, left her summer job at Gaido's restaurant for her Texas City home, but never made it. Her car was found on Interstate 45's northbound feeder road, just north of the Causeway. Her body was never recovered, but Bayview resident John Robert King and El Lago resident Gerald Peter Zwarst later were convicted of aggravated kidnapping, the most severe charge prosecutors could pursue without a body, in the case.
October, 1988:
Suzanne Rene Richerson, 22, disappeared from the lobby of the Casa Del Mar Condominiums on Galveston's Seawall Boulevard. One of her shoes was found, but no one has been able to turn up any other trace of her.
September, 1991:
The remains of an unidentified woman, known as "Janet Doe," were found in a Calder Road field. Her body was the fourth found in the field since 1984. Heidi Villareal Fye, 25, disappeared in 1983 and Laura Miller, 16, disappeared in 1984, both from the same convenience store. The bodies of Fye and Miller later turned up in the field, as did another unidentified woman, known only as "Jane Doe."
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Krystal Jean Baker, 13, was reported missing from her Texas City home. Her body later was found near Interstate 10 and the Trinity River in Chambers County.
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Laura Kate Smither, 12, disappeared while jogging near her Friendswood home. Her body was found weeks later in a Pasadena retention pond.
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Jessica Lee Cain, 17, disappeared on her way home from a Bennigan's restaurant in Webster. Her father, C.H. Cain, found her tan 1992 Ford extended-cab pickup truck on the shoulder of Interstate 45 South, between Exits 7 and 8 in La Marque. Her wallet and keys were inside.
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Jo Ann Sendejas, 39, disappeared from the San Leon house she occupied with her sister. She could have been intoxicated, according to a witness who said he saw her shortly before her disappearance, and investigators said she could have injured herself climbing out of a window to leave the house.
July, 2001:
Tot Tran Harriman, 57, visiting relatives in League City, drove off one morning, bound for a friend's home in South Texas. She and her vehicle were never seen again.
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It's a distinctly different style from that of Mahony, whom Pope John Paul II nicknamed "Hollywood" for his frequent media appearances.
"Cardinal Mahony was pretty much everywhere," said parishioner Carlos De Leon as he departed from Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels last week. "Archbishop Gomez seems much more behind the scenes. It's a different management style."
Yet Gomez has begun quietly making his mark on the archdiocese, the nation's largest with 4.5 million Roman Catholics in 120 Southern California cities.
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(Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 in double overtime on Saturday to win the Western Conference title and join the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Kings, last season's NHL champions, had tied the game with just 10 seconds left in regulation but Patrick Kane completed his hat-trick with the winning goal at 11:40 of the second overtime period.
Chicago, who won the Presidents' Trophy for scoring the most points in the regular season, will host the Stanley Cup opener on Wednesday at the United Center.
Kane took a pass from Jonathan Toews on a two-on-one breakaway and rifled the puck past Kings' netminder Jonathan Quick to seal the Blackhawks place in the Final against Boston, who swept Pittsburgh 4-0 to win the East.
"I knew it was coming as soon as he picked up the puck," Kane said of the winning goal. "Johnny made a great pass and I just tried to get it off as quick as I could."
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The Final will pit 2010 winners Chicago against 2011 champions Boston.
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"It's unbelievable, it's surreal, it's been a dream of mine since I was a little kid, but all the excitement in the room, we have got to compose that," Shaw said.
"We have a big series ahead of us with a great team. The boys are going to bring the intensity and energy we had tonight and it's going to be a great series."
Chicago got off to the best possible start, defenseman Duncan Keith sending in a long-range shot that sneaked between Quick's pads after less than four minutes.
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Here it is, my new skirt, which is now among my favorites and how could it not be, just look at that delicious print! It gives me such a romantic and feminine feeling, just the way I like it. And speaking of which, I found in stores these days sooo many lace dresses, they somehow broken my heart when I left them there, but maybe I will get my hands on one of them, I have to actually! I am obsessed with lace, and a dress of this brilliant fabric is just what is missing from my closet. But you know..there is no such thing of a complete wardrobe, isn't it? We will always crave for something new.
So tomorrow Spring is supposed to begin, but we still have some snow, and boy, I can't wait for flowers and warmer weather!
Many thanks to Andreea for the photos and for lending me those shoes!
Wearing: self-made skirt, Stradivarius blazer, vintage shirt, bag and bow accesory, New Look shoes


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W and Z bosons
|Elementary particle
|Weak interaction
|Glashow, Weinberg, Salam (1968)
|UA1 and UA2 collaborations, CERN, 1983
W: ±0.015 GeV/c2[1] 80.385
Z: ±0.0021 GeV/c2[1][2] 91.1876
|Decay width
W: ±0.042 GeV/c2[1] 2.085
Z: ±0.0023 GeV/c2 [1] 2.4952
|Electric charge
W: ±1 e
Z: 0 e
The W and Z bosons (together known as the weak bosons or, less specifically, the intermediate vector bosons) are the elementary particles that mediate the weak interaction; their symbols are W+, W−, and Z. The W bosons have a positive and negative electric charge of 1 elementary charge respectively and are each other's antiparticles. The Z boson is electrically neutral and is its own antiparticle. The three particles have a spin of 1, and the W bosons have a magnetic moment, while the Z has none. All three of these particles are very short-lived, with a half-life of about ×10−25 s. Their discovery was a major success for what is now called the 3Standard Model of particle physics.
The W bosons are named after the weak force. The physicist Steven Weinberg named the additional particle the "Z particle",[3] later giving the explanation that it was the last additional particle needed by the model – the W bosons had already been named – and that it has zero electric charge.[4]
The two W bosons are best known as mediators of neutrino absorption and emission, where their charge is associated with electron or positron emission or absorption, always causing nuclear transmutation. The Z boson is not involved in the absorption or emission of electrons and positrons.
The Z boson mediates the transfer of momentum, spin, and energy when neutrinos scatter elastically from matter, something that must happen without the production or absorption of new, charged particles. Such behaviour (which is almost as common as inelastic neutrino interactions) is seen in bubble chambers irradiated with neutrino beams. Whenever an electron simply "appears" in such a chamber as a new free particle suddenly moving with kinetic energy, and moves in the direction of the neutrinos as the apparent result of a new impulse, and this behavior happens more often when the neutrino beam is present, it is inferred to be a result of a neutrino interacting directly with the electron. Here, the neutrino simply strikes the electron and scatters away from it, transferring some of the neutrino's momentum to the electron. Since (i) neither neutrinos nor electrons are affected by the strong force, (ii) neutrinos are electrically neutral (therefore don't interact electromagnetically), and (iii) the incredibly small masses of these particles make any gravitational force between them negligible, such an interaction can only happen via the weak force. Since such an electron is not created from a nucleon, and is unchanged except for the new force impulse imparted by the neutrino, this weak force interaction between the neutrino and the electron must be mediated by a weak-force boson particle with no charge. Thus, this interaction requires a Z boson.
- Basic properties 1
Weak nuclear force 2
- W bosons 2.1
- Z boson 2.2
- Predicting the W and Z 3
- Discovery 4
Decay 5
- W bosons 5.1
- Z bosons 5.2
- See also 6
- References 7
- External links 8
Basic properties
These bosons are among the heavyweights of the elementary particles. With masses of and 80.4 GeV/c2, respectively, the W and Z bosons are almost 100 times as large as the 91.2 GeV/c2proton – heavier, even, than entire atoms of iron. The masses of these bosons are significant because they act as the force carriers of a quite short-range fundamental force: their high masses thus limit the range of the weak nuclear force. By way of contrast, the electromagnetic force has an infinite range, because its force carrier, the photon, has zero mass, and the same is supposed of the hypothetical graviton.
All three bosons have particle spin s = 1. The emission of a W+ or W− boson either raises or lowers the electric charge of the emitting particle by one unit, and also alters the spin by one unit. At the same time, the emission or absorption of a W boson can change the type of the particle – for example changing a strange quark into an up quark. The neutral Z boson cannot change the electric charge of any particle, nor can it change any other of the so-called "charges" (such as strangeness, baryon number, charm, etc.). The emission or absorption of a Z boson can only change the spin, momentum, and energy of the other particle. (See also weak neutral current.)
Weak nuclear force
The W and Z bosons are carrier particles that mediate the weak nuclear force, much as the photon is the carrier particle for the electromagnetic force.
W bosons
The W bosons are best known for their role in nuclear decay. Consider, for example, the beta decay of cobalt-60.
This reaction does not involve the whole cobalt-60 nucleus, but affects only one of its 33 neutrons. The neutron is converted into a proton while also emitting an electron (called a beta particle in this context) and an electron antineutrino:
Again, the neutron is not an elementary particle but a composite of an up quark and two down quarks (udd). It is in fact one of the down quarks that interacts in beta decay, turning into an up quark to form a proton (uud). At the most fundamental level, then, the weak force changes the flavour of a single quark:
which is immediately followed by decay of the W− itself:
Z boson
The Z boson is its own antiparticle. Thus, all of its flavour quantum numbers and charges are zero. The exchange of a Z boson between particles, called a neutral current interaction, therefore leaves the interacting particles unaffected, except for a transfer of momentum. Z boson interactions involving neutrinos have distinctive signatures: They provide the only known mechanism for elastic scattering of neutrinos in matter; neutrinos are almost as likely to scatter elastically (via Z boson exchange) as inelastically (via W boson exchange). The first prediction of Z bosons was made by Brazilian physicist José Leite Lopes in 1958,[5] by devising an equation which showed the analogy of the weak nuclear interactions with electromagnetism. Steve Weinberg, Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam used later these results to develop the electroweak unification,[6] in 1973. Weak neutral currents via Z boson exchange were confirmed shortly thereafter in 1974, in a neutrino experiment in the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN.
Predicting the W and Z
Following the spectacular success of quantum electrodynamics in the 1950s, attempts were undertaken to formulate a similar theory of the weak nuclear force. This culminated around 1968 in a unified theory of electromagnetism and weak interactions by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam, for which they shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.[7] Their electroweak theory postulated not only the W bosons necessary to explain beta decay, but also a new Z boson that had never been observed.
The fact that the W and Z bosons have mass while photons are massless was a major obstacle in developing electroweak theory. These particles are accurately described by an SU(2) gauge theory, but the bosons in a gauge theory must be massless. As a case in point, the photon is massless because electromagnetism is described by a U(1) gauge theory. Some mechanism is required to break the SU(2) symmetry, giving mass to the W and Z in the process. One explanation, the Higgs mechanism, was forwarded by the 1964 PRL symmetry breaking papers. It predicts the existence of yet another new particle; the Higgs boson. Of the four components of a Goldstone boson created by the Higgs field, three are "eaten" by the W+, Z0, and W− bosons to form their longitudinal components and the remainder appears as the spin 0 Higgs boson.
The combination of the SU(2) gauge theory of the weak interaction, the electromagnetic interaction, and the Higgs mechanism is known as the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model. These days it is widely accepted as one of the pillars of the Standard Model of particle physics. As of 13 December 2011, intensive search for the Higgs boson carried out at CERN has indicated that if the particle is to be found, it seems likely to be found around 125 GeV. On 4 July 2012, the CMS and the ATLAS experimental collaborations at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle with a mass of 125.3 ± 0.6 GeV that appears consistent with a Higgs boson.
Unlike beta decay, the observation of neutral current interactions that involve particles other than neutrinos requires huge investments in particle accelerators and detectors, such as are available in only a few high-energy physics laboratories in the world (and then only after 1983). This is because Z-bosons behave in somewhat the same manner as photons, but do not become important until the energy of the interaction is comparable with the relatively huge mass of the Z boson.
The discovery of the W and Z bosons was considered a major success for CERN. First, in 1973, came the observation of neutral current interactions as predicted by electroweak theory. The huge Gargamelle bubble chamber photographed the tracks of a few electrons suddenly starting to move, seemingly of their own accord. This is interpreted as a neutrino interacting with the electron by the exchange of an unseen Z boson. The neutrino is otherwise undetectable, so the only observable effect is the momentum imparted to the electron by the interaction.
The discovery of the W and Z bosons themselves had to wait for the construction of a particle accelerator powerful enough to produce them. The first such machine that became available was the Super Proton Synchrotron, where unambiguous signals of W bosons were seen in January 1983 during a series of experiments made possible by Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer. The actual experiments were called UA1 (led by Rubbia) and UA2 (led by Pierre Darriulat),[8] and were the collaborative effort of many people. Van der Meer was the driving force on the accelerator end (stochastic cooling). UA1 and UA2 found the Z boson a few months later, in May 1983. Rubbia and van der Meer were promptly awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics, a most unusual step for the conservative Nobel Foundation.[9]
The W+, W−, and Z0 bosons, together with the photon (γ), comprise the four gauge bosons of the electroweak interaction.
The W and Z bosons decay to fermion–antifermion pairs but neither the W nor the Z bosons can decay into the higher-mass top quark. Neglecting phase space effects and higher order corrections, simple estimates of their branching fractions can be calculated from the coupling constants.
W bosons
W bosons can decay to a lepton and neutrino or to an up-type quark and a down-type quark. The decay width of the W boson to a quark–antiquark pair is proportional to the corresponding squared CKM matrix element and the number of quark colours, NC = 3. The decay widths for the W bosons are then proportional to:
|Up quarks
|Charm quarks
Here, e+, μ+, τ+ denote the three flavours of leptons (more exactly, the positive charged antileptons). ν
e, ν
μ, ν
τ denote the three flavours of neutrinos. The other particles, starting with u and d, all denote quarks and antiquarks (factor NC is applied). The various Vij denote the corresponding CKM matrix coefficients.
Unitarity of the CKM matrix implies that |Vud|2 + |Vus|2 + |Vub|2 = |Vcd|2 + |Vcs|2 + |Vcb|2 = 1. Therefore the leptonic branching ratios of the W boson are approximately B(e+ν
e) = B(μ+ν
μ) = B(τ+ν
τ) = 1⁄9. The hadronic branching ratio is dominated by the CKM-favored ud and cs final states. The sum of the hadronic branching ratios has been measured experimentally to be ±0.27%, with B(l+νl) = 67.60±0.09%.[1] 10.80
Z bosons
Z bosons decay into a fermion and its antiparticle. As the Z-boson is a mixture of the pre-symmetry-breaking W0 and B0 bosons (see weak mixing angle), each vertex factor includes a factor T3 − Qsin2θW, where T3 is the third component of the weak isospin of the fermion, Q is the electric charge of the fermion (in units of the elementary charge), and θW is the weak mixing angle. Because the weak isospin is different for fermions of different chirality, either left-handed or right-handed, the coupling is different as well.
The relative strengths of each coupling can be estimated by considering that the decay rates include the square of these factors, and all possible diagrams (e.g. sum over quark families, and left and right contributions). This is just an estimate, as we are considering only tree-level diagrams in the Fermi theory.
|Effective charge
|Relative factor
|Branching ratio
|Predicted for x = 0.23
|Experimental measurements[10]
|Neutrinos (all)
e, ν
μ, ν
|±0.06% 20.00
|Charged leptons (all)
|e−, μ−, τ−
|3((−1⁄2 + x)2 + x2)
|±0.003% 10.097
|−1⁄2 + x
|(−1⁄2 + x)2 + x2
|±0.004% 3.363
|−1⁄2 + x
|(−1⁄2 + x)2 + x2
|±0.007% 3.366
|−1⁄2 + x
|(−1⁄2 + x)2 + x2
|±0.008% 3.367
|Hadrons (all)
|±0.06% 69.91
|Down-type quarks
|d, s, b
|−1⁄2 + 1⁄3x
|3(−1⁄2 + 1⁄3x)2 + 3(1⁄3x)2
|±0.4% 15.6
|Up-type quarks
|u, c
|1⁄2 − 2⁄3x
|3(1⁄2 − 2⁄3x)2 + 3(−2⁄3x)2
|±0.6% 11.6
Here, L and R denote the left- and right-handed chiralities of the fermions respectively. (The right-handed neutrinos do not exist in the standard model. However, in some extensions beyond the standard model they do.) The notation x = sin2θW is used.
See also
- Bose–Einstein statistics
- Boson
- List of particles
- Standard Model (mathematical formulation)
- W' and Z' bosons
- X and Y bosons: analogous pair of bosons predicted by the Grand Unified Theory
- ^ a b c d e J. Beringer; et al. (2012). "2012 Review of Particle Physics - Gauge and Higgs Bosons" (PDF). Physical Review D 86: 1.
- ^ (PDF) http://pdg.lbl.gov/2013/reviews/rpp2013-rev-w-mass.pdf.
- ^ Steven Weinberg, A Model of Leptons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 19, 1264–1266 (1967) – the electroweak unification paper.
- ^ Weinberg, Steven (1993). Dreams of a Final Theory: the search for the fundamental laws of nature. Vintage Press. p. 94.
- ^ "Forty years of the first attempt at the electroweak unification and of the prediction of the weak neutral boson".
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979".
- ^ Nobel Prize in Physics for 1979 (see also Nobel Prize in Physics on WorldHeritage)
- ^ The UA2 Collaboration collection
- ^ 1984 Nobel Prize in physics
- ^ C. Amsler et al. (Particle Data Group), PL B667, 1 (2008) and 2009 partial update for the 2010 edition
External links
- The Review of Particle Physics, the ultimate source of information on particle properties.
- The W and Z particles: a personal recollection by Pierre Darriulat
- When CERN saw the end of the alphabet by Daniel Denegri
- W and Z particles at Hyperphysics


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An Eweek.com Site
I know that when I try and view a profile when not logged on it asks me to log on, but when viewing who was online I noticed that it said a guest was viewing a profile. Why did it say that.
More than likely it means they are idling. When a user idles you will see one of a few things. I believe "Editing Signature .." is one and another is "Viewing profile .."
Goodbye, Mittens (1992-2008). My pillow will be cold without your purring beside my head
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Why don't they just say "User is inactive"? I guess that would be too easy.
I think JP did it so that it looks like people are doing things..
For some reason, I think Jup Media has a PHP script that just adds random "Guests" to the list and shows them doing something..
[pong][shadow]Why won\'t anyone give me greenies???[/shadow] [/pong]
on a different note.. " :-\ " I see you purposely chose that handle to bypass the antipoint system.. taking advantage of it to prove a point, perhaps ? <evil grin>
Originally posted here by :-\
LOL.. someone doesn't know about the old bug.. look at my handle.. try assigning something the normal way....
Originally posted here by sumdumguy
on a different note.. " :-\ " I see you purposely chose that handle to bypass the antipoint system.. taking advantage of it to prove a point, perhaps ? <evil grin>
Point being my good man?
hehehe.. you are a funny one.. funny/humorous and funny/sly..
point being.. oh I don't know.. i forget.. oh.. that maybe either the bug gets fixed or
you get your account taken away..
btw, you DO have mention in a thread in the addicts forum.. so you can consider yourself "famous" in this regard.. if JP was here.. you know that this account would of been taken out immediately after it was noticed that it defeated the system.
still, I think your days are numbered under this nick, so I'll say goodbye now.
Oh yea.. I know I'm famous.. I know there's a thread about illegal names started by Tedob or some other moderator.. forgot which one.. in the Addicts forum..
And this account doesn't really matter.. just something to blow off... and I know all of the people there and you yourself know that I can easily be banned using the HTTP way of assigning APs to people...
As for JP, he's still here, lurking the forums, I see him post every once in a while.. and I don't really care... look at the bugs that are posted... you really think Jup will do anything?
/me starts to count his days.. "1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 days left, take one down, pass it around, and 99999999999999999999999999999999999999 days left..."
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Our man Josh Dougherty has his finger firmly on the pulse of the Seattle Sounders in the 2012 season of MLS soccer. This time out, Josh gives us his match preview of the Sounders FC vs. New England Revolution matchup. This is a difficult game to call. The Sounders will be motivated after receiving just short of an ultimatum form their General Manager. Cordell Cato is hungry to perform. He should see playing time this weekend.
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Blog Carnival: Midwifery & Racism
Pamela Hines (Midwife: Sage Femme, Hebamme, Comadrona, Partera) and I were commenting in Facebook the other day about Midwives of Color when I asked:
"Why is this segment of midwifery invisible to me? (My own [unrealized] bigotry?)"
A short discussion ensued about white privilege, how midwifery is so incredibly expensive to pursue and how it would be great to hear more thoughts about this topic. Pamela said she'd been thinking about a Blog Carnival, too, so here, I ask:
Who's game?
Shall we set a date of September 30 for the date of posting?
Please pass this around and let's write, shall we?


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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (March 17, 2010) - The ETSU track and field team opens up its 2010 outdoor season this weekend when the Buccaneers travel to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to compete in the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational.
The three-day meet kicks off on Thursday morning inside Doug Shaw Stadium when Jordan Briggs (
On Friday the multis conclude with the 1500m; while the rest of the Buccaneer team will arrive to compete in their respective events.
ETSU is sending 35 total athletes to the meet this weekend to compete in 18 different event areas.
Highlighting the Bucs this weekend include senior Duronal Monal (
Monal and James will both compete in the 100m, 200m, while James will also see action in the 110mH. Rotich and Ronoh are expected to race the 5000m and Rotich is scheduled to run in the 1500m as well. Beaver will compete in both the long and triple jump; while Chernikow is slated for the long jump and javelin.
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|Leftover Graupel Seen on the Way Home From Work
We had graupel this morning. It just seemed like round snow to me. I guess I'll never be a television weatherperson...
|Leftover Graupel Seen on the Way Home From Work
I do enjoy a good graupel once in a while. It's been a while since it graupelled where I ride, though. 2011, I believe.
North Texas does has introduced me to a whole new range of events also. In Houston, when the fronts blow through, it's the always predictable 34 degrees and rain.
Postal mix!
I too have learned from the North Texas weather. I just don't always care for it.
And yesterday it was 79 F for a high on my weather station...
We have been having permanent Postal mix!!


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I've thought of writing about ticket prices at Portman Road for a while. I'm particularly concerned about the cost for visiting fans, but I'd almost decided against it until today when I saw yet another complaint about our ticket prices, this time from a Bolton Wanderers' fan on Twitter:
When I first started supporting Town, I was surprised and a little bit pleased at the reaction of friends who supported other clubs. We had a reputation for being a decent club with a history of playing good, entertaining football and hospitality – I don't mean the Mr. John type of boardroom largesse, but the generally warm and welcoming atmosphere at PR. I can remember Pat Murphy on 5Live waxing lyrical about ITFC's return to the Premiership in 2000: "a town with good football, good people and good beer," he'd said, having possibly enjoyed a couple of pints of Broadside first. We were a kind of anti-Millwall: "Everybody likes us and we're feeling quite nonchalant about it."
The Trotters' fan's tweet was by no means the first that I've seen complaining about ticket prices. It's becoming quite common. And, let's face it, we've hardly been offering much in return for their money. However much I enjoyed myself at the game on Saturday – and I really did enjoy it – it's a long time since we've been the most attractive team to watch. I used to sit next to the away supporters' area in the Cobbold and it's not exactly the most luxurious environment either.
At a time when it's tough financially for most football supporters, it seems wrong somehow to be acquiring a reputation for ripping people off. The growing area of empty blue seats in the away section means that people are staying away and the atmosphere at Portman Road will, in my humble opinion, be the worse for it.


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It is with heavy heart that I have to inform everyone that Continental's days are numbered. Sometime late this year, this entire corner will be knocked down and developed.
It's truly heartbreaking that we and so many Old Skool places are falling by the wayside but unless you own your building that's how it goes.
This Bar has been my life. First as a Rock Club and then as a Dive Bar and I've loved every minute of it (mostly speaking).
Don't hate my landlords. They're older now, got a great deal and I can't blame them
and I want to thank them; Eddie, Ruth and Jack (RIP) for treating me like Family and always giving me an affordable rent and I also want to thank Jeff Bezos for not selling Beer.
Special Thanks to my Staff- especially Noel and Bingo, the Bands, the Regulars and the rest of you lunatics for coming to my bar all these years!
I'm grateful and honored that we're part of NYC Rock History and I'm also very proud of this incarnation, what I call a Classy, Dive Bar.
When I was bartending my way through college- this was my Dream and it happened!
I will always be so deeply grateful for this experience...Trigger
P.S. if we're very, very busy for the remainder, it's possible that we'll have the funds to relocate!!!
P.P.S. to the haters, trollers and people we denied entry to (let me guess- you've never owned or managed a bar)- get a life.
A busy, centrally located, bar without a Door Policy will soon devolve into chaos, violence and things disappearing. At the Community Board & Precinct meetings, Continental was never in the conversations re underage drinking, bar fights or pocketbook, cell phone or any other common bar theft.
Our door policy was strictly about dress code and vibe code. That's it. And I'm absolutely certain that we denied entry to more intoxicated, caucasian, bro types than any other group or race.
P.P.P.S. While it's true that we're not closing next week, time flies, so make sure you stop by before we're done!
10) Location, Location, Location
9) It's ALWAYS Happy Hour here!
8) Best looking clientele in the world - and that means you!
7) At Continental "The Customer's always WRONG" Trigger
6) The absolute, hands down, best Dive Bar Jukebox in the world.
5) "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." Tom Waits
4) What happens at Continental - stays at Continental.
3) Nothing rhymes with Continental!
2) Iggy Pop drank here.
1) 5 Shots of Anything $12 All Day/All Night
Why drink anywhere else?
Welcome to Continental - The concept here is Classy, Dive Bar. We have the best Jukebox in NYC and super cheap drink prices. That combined with a great, accessible location makes it a no brainer for your PRE GAME, GAME and POST GAME drinking needs!
For the few people that don't appreciate my bar or really get the concept- that's fine- let them go to the Meat Packing District and spend $20 for a drink and $10 plus for a shot.
But I can assure you of a few things;
- Not only are the shots not "watered down" but this practice of diluting good brand name liquor with cheaper, generic stuff has never happened in my bar!!! Not once! Let alone as an ongoing practice.
- I understand that people can't believe the 5 Shot deal so they assume that it's got to be a scam but I can personally guarantee you that it's for real. Want to verify this for yourself???
- I've given my bartenders permission to let customers choose a random bottle from our back up stock that's in plain view and you, yourself can open the bottle and feel the seal break when you open it!!! (except on weekend nights when we're slammed but you can request this early or late on a weekend night)
- You can also order 1 or more shots from the bottle you just opened and compare it to the liquor that you've originally ordered from the already opened bottle! I absolutely guarantee that there will be no difference whatsoever.
- The only shot ingredients and taste that might vary slightly are the popular mixed shots such as SoCo Lime, Red Headed Sluts etc. which is understandable.
- I don't make money on the shots. It's my gimmick to draw people in as we don't have food, karaoke, live music or any of the other things most places have one or more of. So please... come in and see for yourself!
If you read my response on this site re comments about my door policy you have to agree that someone's race or color is completely irrelevant to me and my staff. The City investigated 3 times and backs me up on this. Try coming with a black male dressed normally and a white guy whose pants are sagging off his butt and watch what happens. 9 times out of 10 (as long as we catch it) the saggy guy (regardless of color) will be denied and the others will get in. Probably 10 times out of 10. We also deny the "Jersey Shore" knucklehead types and anyone else we get a vibe from whom we think might be difficult once inside. So to all of the complainers that see the shot glass as half empty and don't really know what they're talking about- I dare you to take me up on these two suggestions of mine! Just one more thing- when you've been proven wrong please have the integrity to speak up about it. On Yelp or wherever.
And to all of the people that keep coming back and appreciate our throwback drink prices, great music and an extremely safe, comfortable and fun environment... Thanks for your support! It's true- my bouncers are strict but they're also very professional. I've never seen a fight in my bar and hopefully never will! We also don't have the extremely common problem a lot of bars in NYC have -iphones, bags and wallets being stolen and I KNOW this is because of our very strict door policy.You may be surprised to hear this but this is the #1 topic at the Precinct and Community Board meetings that we bar owners are invited to attend. I'm willing to deny entry to dozens of people a night and the $ they'd spend if that's what it takes to have and maintain a safe environment. I'm in it for the long haul so I'll take that trade off every day and apparently the Regulars and tons of people that keep returning to my bar agree!
Allie Conti is an unprofessional creep:
Allie Conti wrote an article stating that I'm a racist because we were investigated three times regarding our Door Policy. I have contacted her to remind her that while that part is true she doesn't mention that all 3 investigations were completed and then dismissed, but she hasn't made that correction.
This is a typical example of; profound unprofessionalism, subjective reporting and an obviously miserable, persons hateful projections.
Why else would she leave the most important fact out?


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