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Used Truck - 2003 Saturn VUE 4D Sport Utility in Anchorage, Ak
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3.0L V6 DOHC, AWD, and Cloth. Low miles indicate the vehicle is merely gently used. Dare to compare! Stop clicking the mouse because this 2003 Saturn VUE is the SUV you've been searching for. It's as fresh an example as you'll find on the market and will still look as good as new for years to come.
- 6 Speaker System
- 6 Speakers
- Am/fm Radio
- Am/fm Stereo W/cd
- Cd Player
- Air Conditioning
- Rear Window Defroster
- Power Steering
- Power Windows
- Remote Keyless Entry
- Four Wheel Independent Suspension
- Speed-sensing Steering
- Dual Front Impact Airbags
- Front Anti-roll Bar
- Rear Anti-roll Bar
- Front Fog Lights
- Panic Alarm
- Security System
- Speed Control
- Bumpers: Body-color
- Power Door Mirrors
- Roof Rack: Rails Only
- Auto-dimming Rear-view Mirror
- Cloth Seat Trim
- Compass
- Driver Door Bin
- Driver Vanity Mirror
- Front Reading Lights
- Illuminated Entry
- Outside Temperature Display
- Passenger Seat Mounted Armrest
- Passenger Vanity Mirror
- Tachometer
- Tilt Steering Wheel
- Driver's Seat Mounted Armrest
- Front Bucket Seats
- Reclining Front Bucket Seats
- Split Folding Rear Seat
- Passenger Door Bin
- Alloy Wheels
- Rear Window Wiper
- Variably Intermittent Wipers
- 2.60 Axle Ratio
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2003 Saturn VUE ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Saturn's view of the SUV.
Saturn created the Vue for young families who want a manageable, but highly functional, sport-utility, one that can haul plenty of gear without requiring huge parking spaces and a big garage.
Saturn is best known for friendly sales and service. It's also known for innovation and the Vue is no exception. Like Saturn cars, the Vue is fitted with polymer body panels to resist dents. It's also available with a continuously variable transmission. Its long wheelbase makes for a roomy interior. These features, combined with a competitive price, help the Vue to stand out in the increasingly popular compact sport-utility market.
All-wheel-drive models add all-weather capability. Vue comes standard with a four-cylinder engine. With the optional V6, the Vue can tow a small boat, jet ski or snow machine.
For 2003, the Vue boasts an expanded model lineup with optional leather seating, seat heaters, and 180-watt audio.
The 2003 Saturn Vue is available in four models, all designed to be highly configurable.
The base Vue ($16,325) comes with a 143-horsepower four-cylinder engine, a five-speed manual transmission, and front-wheel-drive. It can navigate dirt roads, but is not designed for off-road driving.
There's also a four-cylinder model with the VTi automatic transmission ($18,495). It's a continuously variable transmission that uses pulleys and belts rather than gears for seamless acceleration.
All-wheel drive is available with the four-cylinder engine and automatic transmission ($19,170) for improved all-weather capability.
New for 2003 is a V6 model with front-wheel drive ($21,070). At the top is a V6 AWD model ($22,720). All V6 models come with a more conventional five-speed automatic transmission. V6 models also come with more standard equipment, including cruise control, power exterior mirrors, an auto-dimming interior mirror, and aluminum wheels.
Electronic traction control is only available on the four-cylinder model with five-speed manual and comes packaged with anti-lock brakes ($600). ABS for AWD models does not include traction control but costs the same $600.
All versions of the Vue can be ordered in one of two themes, which Saturn calls Outdoor Expression and Urban Expression. The hardy Outdoorsman sports a front brush bar, a prominent roof rack, and 16-inch wheels with all-terrain tires. Interior features include a rubberized cargo area and floor covering, Ostrich leather accents and a plug-in handheld GPS unit. The Urban warrior comes with 18-inch wheels, performance tires and a lowered suspension. Inside is an integrated navigation system and rear-seat gaming system.
A leather upholstery package has been added for 2003 that includes driver lumbar support and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. Another new option is an advanced audio system with an eight-inch subwoofer, 180-watt amplifier, and six door-mounted speakers. Also available is a power sunroof ($725).
The Saturn Vue is distinctive and visually striking, but it is not necessarily a head-turner. Its exterior design is more sensible than sensational, with looks that are modern and practical, and strong lines that avoid the bubble effect that curvy, cutesy imported mini-utilities share. New for 2003 are badges that have a three-dimensional effect.
The front end is thick and snubbed, with headlamps that ride high atop an exaggerated grille. From the side, the Vue is boxy and nondescript, except for its high beltline. Its large, back-end liftgate with floodlights provides easy and efficient access to the rear cargo area.
Vue does offer serious strength and stability underneath its slightly bland facade. Polymer body panels provide a rugged, dent-resistant exterior without the clutter of lower-body cladding. Car-height bumpers offer enhanced protection from parking lot damage and help create a smoother appearance. The spare tire is mounted inside the vehicle, which significantly reduces potential damage from low-speed rear impacts.
The Saturn Vue has an interesting interior. Instruments and controls are straightforward, but creative stowage innovations appear throughout the interior.
A 70/30 split folding rear seat provides more versatile stowage of longer items while carrying rear passengers. Even the front passenger seat folds flat, allowing room for an eight-foot ladder or a surfboard or something else from the local home-improvement center. Three power outlets provide opportunities to plug in toys or tools.
The flat load floor in the rear is a result of the compact all-wheel-drive system. Of particular note are the configurable cargo spaces: A cargo organizer folds out of the floor to corral smaller objects. There are hooks for grocery bags and two compartments sized specifically for gallon jugs, a welcome convenience on late-night food runs. Tie-downs provide for the safe transport of a wide variety of goods. Apparently, Saturn forgot about dry cleaning, however, as we could not find a good place to hang it.
Getting inside Vue is easy, thanks to wide door openings and a low step-in height. Despite the Vue's high beltline, visibility is good, with a panoramic feel to the interior. Big mirrors afford good visibility rearward.
Most of the switchgear is well designed and easy to operate. The stereo is nicely designed and attractive. Heating and air conditioning controls are straightforward and easy to operate, but look like they came from a compact car. Oddly enough, the window switches are located on the center console, harder to find than if they were on the door. Usually this is done to make for easier conversion to right-hand steering, but we can't imagine Saturn exports many vehicles overseas. Some of the interior trim looks like low-grade plastic, however, and flashing can be seen on trim pieces. The center console lid is flimsy and the steering wheel feels cheap.
In the safety department, the Vue gets high marks. Laudable are its space-age frame and optional curtain airbags ($395) designed to provide head protection in a side impact or rollover. The Vue also comes with a rear-center shoulder belt, not found on many compact SUVs. Vue also comes with child-seat tether anchors.
Driving Impression
The Saturn Vue performs well when equipped with the V6 engine. The V6 works well with the five-speed automatic transmission, which downshifts smoothly, quietly and without fanfare to fourth gear when called upon for more power. The V6 delivers responsive acceleration performance. It's capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in a very respectable 8.4 seconds. The V6 with AWD is rated 19/25 mpg.
Slowest is the four-cylinder all-wheel-drive model with the continuously variable automatic, which compares with a 0 to 60 time of 11.1 seconds. That's a big difference. The VTi continuously variable transmission actually offers better acceleration than the standard five-speed manual (0-60 mph in 10.2 seconds for the VTi versus 11.0 seconds for the manual on front-drive models). The manual transmission delivers good fuel economy, however, with an EPA rating of 23/28 mpg City/Highway. City fuel economy suffers by 2 mpg with the VTi.
The AWD system provides improved traction on unpaved roads and adverse-weather driving. It works automatically with no input required from the driver. It is designed to withstand extremely cold weather. But it is not intended for serious off-road driving.
We were disappointed in the amount of torque steer exhibited by the all-wheel-drive V6 model. Stand on the gas and you'll feel the steering wheel tug to the right as power is applied to the front tires. Apparently the rear wheels do not come into play until the front wheels begin to spin. So, if the front wheels have good traction on dry pavement, the result will be torque steer.
Vue's ride quality lacks sophistication. Road noise and vibration are evident and there's a general lack of smoothness around town. Handling is not razor-sharp, either, but the Vue navigates well over a variety of driving terrain. The speed-sensitive power steering offers precise, easy steering in parking lots, yet adjusts for good road feel and stability on the highway. It's programmable for the customer's preferences, and uses a torque sensor to automatically boost assistance during emergency avoidance maneuvers.
Vue gets rear drum brakes instead of the preferable disc brakes. An anti-lock brake system (ABS) is optional on all versions and models and we recommend it because it helps the driver to maintain control of the steering in a panic stop.
The best thing about the Vue is that it's backed by Saturn's highly regarded sales and service people. If you don't like the local Saturn dealer, look somewhere else.
Model Lineup
FWD 5-speed ($16,325); FWD automatic ($17,720); AWD ($19,170); V6 FWD ($21,070); V6 AWD ($22,720).
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Options As Tested
ABS ($600); head curtain airbags ($395); OnStar communications system ($695).
Model Tested
Saturn Vue V6 AWD ($22,720).
10100 Old Seward Hwy
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I am a real estate broker in Arlington, Virginia (US), an urban area adjacent to Washington, DC. My niche market is condominium buyers and sellers in an urban market. You can read more about me here:
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Condominium owners and buyers. The demographic is professional, young, health conscious, urban and highly educated. The Arlington condo sub-market is adjacent to Washington, DC. Very urban and mobile. Also, very hard working in general (too many lawyers!) with very busy lives (= short attention span).
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The games in each round will start no more than one week apart. The 2nd game of the round will start one week after the first begins. So you could potentially have 4 tourney games going at once, though with it being 4-player and escalating, you probably won't. Nevertheless, this tourney will be a challenge for non-premium members.
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From the Allergic Living archives; this popular article was published in the magazine in 2009.
IT DOES sound, if not "hysterical," then at least over the top. One single peanut is noticed on the floor of a school bus and the 10-year-old riders are all told to get out immediately, because of food allergy risks.
The anecdote appears in an opinion article, written by Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard Medical School, and published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal. Christakis uses the bus incident, which took place at his children's school in Massachusetts, as a starting point for this thesis: accommodations made for food-allergic students are an unnecessary "charade" based on fears that "represent a gross over-reaction to the magnitude of the threat."
As an expert on how health conditions affect others in one's social network, Christakis goes a big step farther, raising the specter that school responses to food allergies bear "the hallmarks of mass psychogenic illness." In other words, what used to be called "epidemic hysteria": the eruptions of fear in towns, schools or hospitals based on the threat of contamination involving, the professor says, "otherwise healthy people in a cascade of anxiety."
His article quickly grabbed the attention of news outlets around the world. He was interviewed by Time magazine, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Canada's National Post. Media articles were circulated on websites. The blogosphere had a field day. Suddenly it was fashionable to dismiss food allergy as a made-up phenomenon.
Parents seeking accommodations for kids at school were no longer taking sensible precautions – they were portrayed as hysterical, anxiety-ridden and even needing to "feel special." Food allergy groups and parents of kids living with the risk of anaphylaxis were put on the defensive, while leading allergists only got to add their brief comments on the media debate as responses to Christakis's statements.
The fallout from one editorial was remarkable. Yet in writing of needless hysteria, Christakis in fact increased the anxiety within the food allergy community. The widespread attention has had a polarizing effect on those on either side of the school accommodations issue, and now, after many advances have been won to protect students at risk of anaphylaxis, at least one major newspaper is asking: "Can schools bring back the humble peanut?"
Backlash, however, is not entirely new. "There have always been people who are doubtful that food allergy even exists," says Anne Muñoz-Furlong, founder of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN, which is now FARE), the Virginia-based non-profit that focuses on awareness, education and research.
Of course, the condition is real, it can result in severe and even fatal reactions, and it is more common than ever. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2008 reported an 18 per cent increase in the number of children with food allergy from 1997 to 2007. Meantime, a study from the Mayo Clinic in December found that anaphylactic reactions to food are responsible for 50,000 emergency visits each year in the United States, up from a previous estimate of 30,000.
With a rise in food allergies, particularly in children, has come a heightened awareness of the need to keep kids with the condition safe when they are away from their parents. School, of course, is where they spend the bulk of their "away" time, and where foods and snacks are part of daily life. This has led to advocacy, followed by measures to reduce the risk of allergic reactions, mandated by law in places such as New York state, New Jersey, and Ontario, Canada.
"There are a lot of schools that are dealing well with these allergies," says Laurie Harada, executive director of Anaphylaxis Canada. "And they're not all hysterical and living in fear. It has become a part of their norm." Muñoz-Furlong agrees, pointing out that evacuating a bus due to a peanut is a rare and extreme example. "In the U.S., we have two million school-age children with food allergies. They go to school, they participate in class parties and field trips, they're on the bus and they are mingling – just like every other child."
ALL THE SAME, the backlash has grown. The current rumblings date back to January 2008, when Harper's magazine published an article in which writer Meredith Broussard did not mince words. "The rash of fatal food allergies is mostly myth," she wrote, "a cultural hysteria cooked up with a few ingredients: fearful parents in an age of increased anxiety, sensationalist news coverage and a coterie of well-placed advocates whose dubious science has fed the frenzy."
She slammed FAAN for its fatality statistics that estimate 150 people a year die from food allergies, but neglected to mention that those figures, which emanated from a Mayo Clinic study in Minnesota, were derived using widely accepted methods.
When Christakis came forward to similarly cast doubt on the wisdom of school accommodations, his words carried considerable weight in the media, since he wrote as a Harvard professor and physician, and did so in the august BMJ. Within the scientific community, however, his views quickly became divisive.
In a letter to the BMJ, Dr. Jonathan Hourihane, a well-regarded Irish pediatric allergist, took issue. Hourihane said, for instance, that the professor had distorted the question of false positive allergy tests: "There is no such thing as 'meaningless' allergies to nuts, or else we have to accept the terms 'meaningless' asthma and 'meaningless' cancer," he wrote.
Christakis turned down Allergic Living's repeated interview requests, but several weeks later, Hourihane is still fuming about that BMJ article. In an interview from his office in Cork, he says: "The fact that food allergy doesn't affect one particular individual doesn't make it trivial to those who are affected." He adds: "If [Christakis's] child had a food allergy, I would imagine he would be down there banging on the door of the school saying, 'You've got to protect my child or I'll sue ….'"
Hourihane says it's a question of finding the balance between the cost society is prepared to pay, and the protection of the food allergic. For example, while restricting all food allergens completely is clearly unreasonable, keeping egg out of a particular daycare facility might be prudent, since many infants are allergic to this food.
"Christakis is saying that because we now ask people not to send their children to school with peanuts or nuts, we're making everyone scared of these foods. We're not. What we're doing is we're slightly inconveniencing people in their dietary choices to ensure the health and safety of a small group of people who really do need protection," he says.
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
Impressions of Bergamo
I will go anywhere in Italy at the slightest opportunity, but I have a special relationship with Bergamo. I've been travelling to this small city about 45 minutes north of Milan for about 10 years to visit my Canadian friend Roisin, who teaches medieval Italian history.
Italians don't think of Bergamo as the most romantic destination - let's face it, they have Venice and Verona to compare it to - but you will see chic Milanese strolling its cobbled medieval streets on weekends, jostling for gelato and window-shopping in the high-end clothing shops that are gradually taking over the walled upper city.
I've always loved the upper city, with its direct connection by funicular to the surprisingly lush surrounding hills, but this time I also spent a few very pleasant hours in the increasingly up-and-coming lower city. I can personally live without the sleek new lounge bars that are popping up everywhere, but they are a sign that Bergamo is keeping up with the times. Luckily, some things haven't changed: Angelo, the frutti vendolo (fruit seller) in the upper city, was so pleased to see us that he gave me a packet of Bergamo's famed stone-ground polenta, adding that a previous pope insisted it be made with water from Bergamo. (Perhaps a certain historian who might be reading this could remind me of which pope it was?)
To celebrate my arrival Roisin and I made our usual pilgrimage to the café La Marianna for an aperitivo. We both indulged in the Negroni, a cocktail made of equal parts Campari, gin and sweet vermouth. These are not diluted with anything, so when you see the size of this glass you can understand why I felt extremely cheerful afterwards.
I learned for the first time, thanks to a Slow Food article posted on the door, that stracciatella ice cream was invented here in 1962 by Enrico Panattoni, who was the owner at that time. He apparently named it after an egg soup, as the soft chocolate in the creamy gelato reminded him of strands of egg floating in broth. I resolved to come back and taste their stracciatella but, as you'll see later, got sidetracked by a new gelato shop.
The nostalgia trip continued with dinner at Donizetti, a wine bar that I love for its terrace under arcades that might once have been a market. The German Shepherd that could once be seen lounging outside the door (and is still pictured on the business card) is no longer there, but the salumi misti (cured meats) plate is still as succulent as ever. I honed in on the culatello, a deluxe cured ham made from the pork buttock rather than the shoulder, which gives it more marbled fat.
The next morning I wandered off on my own into the lower city and quickly came across a new gelato shop, Grom. A glance at the list of flavors told me this was no ordinary gelateria: first, they were referred to as "July flavors," and second, some of them had the Slow Food snail next to them. Little bells went off in my head reminding me that I had read about Grom on various blogs - founded in Turin, it now has 15 shops around Italy and the world including one in New York.
With only a slight pang of guilt at not sharing this experience with Roisin, I asked for the pistachio gelato made with the prized nuts from Bronte. Unlike most pistachio ice creams this one was not exactly green - in truth, it was closer to brown. Most surprising was the texture, so soft that the conista was able to swirl it around itself like a ribbon. Passers-by stared at me, at first because I was photographing my cone and then because I was so obviously enjoying this solitary ice cream (sorry Roisin).
I made it up to Roisin with lunch at Enotica la Lanterna on a cobbled pedestrian street in the lower city.
The people of Lombardy have no qualms about eating heavy food all year round - polenta with cheese was on the menu at Donizetti - but with the temperature approaching 35 C we felt like something a bit lighter. At this inviting wine bar with arched brick ceilings and contemporary art, we both ordered the sea bream with octopus, cherry tomatoes and capers. It tasted at least as fresh as anything I might eat in Nice.
I then dragged my not-so-reluctant friend back to Grom so that she could try the gelato made with lemons from Amalfi. I could hardly just stand by and watch, so I ordered the lemon granita. I've always thought that lemon was a good test of a gelateria's worthiness, and Grom passed with flying colors - neither of us could detect any bitterness.
Then it was time for a walk in the hills to build up our appetite for dinner. As one Italian guidebook puts it, "There are many wonderful paths, but it is best to discover them on your own." We took the funicular from the upper city and wandered up and down paved roads and stony paths, with views of the valleys beyond. On the way we admired the well-tended gardens - look at this lavender.
Shopping for dinner is at least as much fun as eating in a restaurant in Bergamo, so we picked up some casoncelli - bonbon-shaped ravioli stuffed with various meats and cheese - along with a thick slice of pancetta, top-quality Italian butter and some parmesan that the man in the shop happily grated for us. To complete the dish all we would need was fresh sage and salad from Angelo down the street.
Before heading back to the apartment we treated ourselves to a Bellini at a café on Piazza Vecchia. I love the aperitivo ritual in Italy, with its little toasts and sandwiches - if I lived there I'm convinced I would gain a lot of weight and drink far too much. But I would also be extremely cheerful all the time.
The next morning, by a weird twist of fate, I missed my train to Milan and therefore to Nice (note to future travellers: the 1A bus does not always stop at the train station!). I spent little time bemoaning my plight, as this meant there was time for one last coffee. At a café next door to Grom, whose closed door I stared at longingly, I was reminded that even when things go wrong in Italy, someone always seems to care.
13 comments:
- Wendy said...
Great post! Think I'll move to Lombardy - I have no qualms about eating heavy food all year round too. :)
- July 29, 2007 at 9:24 a.m.
Hey Rosa, this is wonderful, thanks for the comprehensive coverage of our time together! After you left I wanted to eat more gelato at Grom, but time constraints meant I went to La Marianna instead for a yogurt and frutti di bosco cone - wonderful flavour and a great way to say goodbye to Bergamo yet again. And the pope you mentioned was John XXIII, the "good pope", as the Bergamaschi often call him, who was from Sotto il Monte (nearby - I think we have been there together!) Strangely, he was also a medieval historian earlier in his life...
- July 29, 2007 at 2:57 p.m.
- Lucy said...
Sounds and looks like an incredibly beautiful part of Italy. As if there weren't enough beautiful parts already!
I love that when you're travelling you can never quite have enough meals. There's always room for a gelato, a coffee...
- July 30, 2007 at 12:58 a.m.
- Rosa said...
Wendy: I was tempted to bring back a bottle of tap water from Bergamo to make the polenta - it really does have a special taste there!
Thanks Roisin, I knew I could count on you to identify the pope! You mean you went back to La Marianna and didn't have the stracciatella? Oh well, there will always be a next time...
Lucy, many people don't appreciate Lombardy with the Veneto nearby, but I've always loved this part of Italy. Then again, I've never met a part of Italy that I didn't like! I always think that twice a day is a minimum for gelato in Italy.
- July 30, 2007 at 7:56 a.m.
- Rose said...
What a lovely time you had with your friend. I bet you missed the train in purpose so you can have this last coffee.
- July 30, 2007 at 3:21 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Rose, it felt like an accident at the time but maybe something subconscious was going on...!
- July 30, 2007 at 4:29 p.m.
- Susan said...
Grand travelogue, Rosa! Haven't had a Negroni in ages. I do love Campari.
PS - Found a huge basket of orange kiwanos at my grocer last week. Almost fell over - then I backed away very slowly. : )
- August 1, 2007 at 4:52 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Well, Susan, if I had to choose my favorite orange food/drink, the kiwano would definitely come after Campari - even if it does have more vitamins!
- August 1, 2007 at 5:09 p.m.
I just stumbled upon your blog... very nice. I linked to this post on Bergamo since me and my husband spent (sadly!) only a day there at the beginning of July this past summer. We absolutely loved this town and wished we had booked to stay a few nights. Instead of taking the funicular (the cable car-like thing that for a few euros will whisk you up the hill to the walled city), we opted on a hot July day to walk from the bottom where we parked to the top. Not a bad walk... not sure why so many guidebooks tell you not to do it (unless of course you are in horrendous shape or have just had heart surgery!). Sorry, for the rambling, but bottom line is, we loved this area of the world. Thanks for bringing me back, even if for a moment. I'm kind of depressed now! Amy @ neverfull.wordpress.com
- September 30, 2007 at 3:39 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Hi Amy, glad you've found my blog! Well, one day in Bergamo is better than nothing. You'll definitely have to plan another trip, if only to taste the ice cream at Grom (oh, and the famous polenta, and a Negroni at La Marianna...).
- September 30, 2007 at 6:56 p.m.
- Ian said...
Hi Rosa, what a wonderful evocative post. My wife and I are off to Bergamo on Thursday for a few days and your blog has made the anticipation even more acute. I was already planning to eat at Donizetti, but have now added a Negroni at La Marianna and gelati at Grom to our plans. Thanks for the info.
- February 25, 2008 at 12:35 a.m.
- Rosa said...
Ian: Grom and La Marianna are two absolute musts in Bergamo. You will love them, I'm sure!
- February 25, 2008 at 6:34 a.m.
- cmoore said...
Ahhh, you make me yearn for Europe! What a lovely blog, I look forward to reading about your future adventures, culinary and otherwise.
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WILLIAMSBURG, February 18, 1775.
Whereas we, the Subscribers, have laid out a Town on James River, below the great Mountains, in Amherst County, Virginia, and near the upper end of Navigation with small Craft in said River, in a very healthy convenient Place for Trade and Tradesmen, where good Wheat may yearly be bought at 2s. 6d. a Bushel, and Indian Corn figures 1s. 6d. To 2s. a Bushel, and other Grain on very reasonable Terms, also good fat Beef from 1 1/2d. to 2d. a Pound, and fat Hogs from 2d. To 3d. a Pound; and being determined to do every thing in our Power to promote the said Town, and encourage all Inhabitants: We hereby give public Notice thereof, and likewise that we rent Lots in said Town (called Bethel) for Lives, or any Term of Years, 5s. Per Year the first seven Years, 10s. Per Year the next seven Years, and 15s. Per Year the next seven Years; also will rent several Acres of Land convenient thereto, at 2s. 6d. an Acre yearly Rent, and give the first Settlers some Timber for building. The Trades most wanting in the said Town, at this Time, are, a good Blacksmith, a Tailor, a Shoemaker, a Weaver, a Cutler, a Cabinet-Maker, a Wheelwright, and Persons that understand Mines, there being great and many Signs of Tin, Lead, and Copper; and as the Lands therebouts are very fertile and kind for Flax, Hemp, or any Sort of Grain, we are desirous of establishing a Linen Factory, a Rope-Walk, and a Brewhouse; so that all Persons well skilled in said Trades, and who settle in said Town, may expect all reasonable encouragement from NICHOLAS DAVIES. HENRY LANGDON DAVIES.
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Jack Unruh has that power, and what's more he came by it honestly. He has probably spent more time hunting and fishing in the wild than any illustrator since Audubon. As John Cuneo wrote, "Here is a man for whom 'back to the drawing board' usually involves pissing on a campfire."
Unruh's time spent in nature seems to have left him with an intense, granular appreciation for nature's textures and patterns.
By themselves, his small, lacy marks would probably be be too refined for my taste. Those rough black additions contribute power and structure.
There is nothing rustic about Unruh's work. When he returns from pissing on campfires, he does highly sophisticated (some might even say urbane), surrealistic or whimsical pictures:
These pictures are nothing like the art of more conventional wildlife illustrators, such as Audubon, Bateman, Meltzoff or Matternes. Kinda makes you wonder what Unruh thinks about, out there in the wilderness at night. For clues, his web site is divided into "what is real and what is not."


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John Parkinson: Spread Data Backup Around Your Network
Over the 20-plus years I've been using computers, I've experienced only three hard drive failures-not bad, considering how many hours of hard drive time I've logged. Still, each of those failures was a major event, though I back up my data regularly and keep redundant copies of every critical file. It's not that I ever lost anything permanently-just that retrieving files was time-consuming and costly. On several occasions I even had to effectively rebuild my hard drive after a major software failure-something that happens if you habitually test beta applications. So I'm always on the lookout for a better way to protect my data, and I've tried just about everything....or so I thought.
Too Big for Online Backup
My current "working set" totals about 30 GB (that doesn't count the 2 TB of images and other content residing on network-attached storage connected to my home network), and it's moderately volatile-about 10 percent of my files change each week, and the total grows by about 500 MB a month. The biggest culprit, of course, is my Outlook personal folders (.pst) file, which contains all my saved e-mail and attachments-that's about 2 GB and growing.
This just about rules out the use of online backup services-I've tried them in the past, but the costs and bandwidth requirements for such a large amount of frequently changing data make them prohibitive now. My current solution is a weekly backup to a network drive and a daily incremental backup to a portable USB drive powered by my laptop which works fine, unless I forget to leave all my equipment powered on, or my laptop drive gets fried. Fortunately, the laptop will boot from a USB stick, so I have a workaround if the drive fails while I'm traveling (at the cost of a second copy of Windows, of course). But it was a big job to set up this "automation," and it's still not truly automatic. Some files can't be copied if they're "in use," so I have to shut down certain applications (Outlook again) during backup. And recovery (aka copying files back to a new hard drive), should it ever come to that, would require at least an hour.
The Best Laid Plans
All this is why most users-at home and at work-fail to back up their data regularly, despite good intentions, and why corporate IT support people dread "failed hard drive" incidents. Lost or stolen laptops present even tougher challenges-lose your laptop and, unless you've backed up to another drive somewhere, your data is gone for good. What's more, most encryption schemes are relatively easy to break, so even "protected" data isn't safe if it falls into the wrong hands.
What's the solution? Is there some affordable product or service that will protect data while it's on a vulnerable platform; make backups without user interaction or performance impact; and ensure fast, easy recovery if necessary? Maybe, just maybe, there finally is.
Back in the early days of client/server computing, someone somewhere (I think it was at Berkeley but I can't find any documentation) suggested a strangely simple backup scheme called LOCSS-Lots of Copies Saves Stuff. The idea was that by keeping several copies of every file scattered across the network, there'd always be a good copy available somewhere. It was ahead of its time-it required a good directory system, plenty of bandwidth and cheap storage-but it was great in theory. It worked at the file level, so when part of a file changed you had to update every copy of the entire file, but you could extend the principle by chopping a file into fragments, giving the fragments unique but meaningless identifiers, then scattering the fragments and only updating those that had changed. In practice this would involve some computing cost for large, constantly changing files, but overall it would yield a good performance tradeoff, especially as desktop compute cycles became more plentiful and less expensive.
Now imagine encrypting each fragment as you stored it. Because the file would be scattered in so many places, it would be hard to get all the pieces back together without using the directory engine, and even if you did (in theory, you could use file system metadata), you still couldn't read the contents without the decryption engine and keys.
And now suppose you could do all this 100 percent reliably. Could you find a place to store all the copies of all the fragments you've created? Turns out the answer is yes.
The median corporate desktop configuration these days is 120 GB heading toward 200 GB, but most corporate desktops use less than 20 GB for operating system, applications, local storage, swap file-the works. So we have all this unused disk space on the network, which is generally at least a 10-MB Ethernet connection and most often 100-MB Fast Ethernet. You can easily afford to store three or four copies of every file there, even if you don't bother with on-the-fly fragment compression.
Objections, Anyone?
- Desktops are added and removed from the network unpredictably. No problem. Your new system will reconstruct fragments that go missing from lingering copies. You'll have to be a bit more careful with the directories, but even they can be distributed as encrypted fragments, so you're unlikely to lose a whole directory.
- It won't work for laptops. Actually, it will. As long as the overhead of resynchronizing changed fragments isn't overwhelming, you can sync up each laptop every time it shows up on the network-you just can't use it for storage of other people's files. And if it's a laptop that stays connected to the network, you can just treat it as if it were a desktop.
- Too big a performance hit on the network, desktop and/or file server. That depends. On an overloaded shared Ethernet network segment you could see a traffic increase of several percentage points-but in most cases the performance impact is less than three percent, and often less than one percent. You won't even notice that unless you're already running at your limit (but most corporate networks aren't).
- Too complicated. Not at all. In fact, after you make a few simple decisions-how much storage to dedicate, how many copies to keep-it's entirely invisible to the user. Just like part of the file system.
- Too expensive. Not as expensive as lost data and the potential damage that can result from it-think security breaches, compliance failures, lost productivity and the like-nor as costly as all those conventional backup and recovery systems everyone buys but nobody uses.
Just When You Thought It Was Safe....
So what's the downside? This data backup solution, called SANware, comes from a tiny company struggling to get the word out about its product and approach. I think it's worth a look. So go tell your support team or your favorite VAR to check it out at www.revstor.com. And tell Russ I sent you.
John Parkinson has been a business and technology consultant for more than 20 years.
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Mayor Don Wesely today announced that Randy Hoskins will begin work Monday, February 4 as the city's Traffic Engineer. Hoskins, who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1986, has been the Traffic Engineer for the City of Yuma, Arizona since January 1995.
"Residents have identified traffic as one of their main concerns in the city, and improving traffic flow is a priority for city government," said Wesely. "Hiring a full-time Traffic Engineer is an important step in making sure traffic continues to move smoothly as our city grows. Randy's experience in other communities make him well suited to take on this responsibility."
Hoskins has been employed as a Traffic Engineer for the cities of Wichita, Kansas and Loveland, Colorado. He also worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation as a Signing Engineer and Assistant and Associate Traffic Engineer. Since 1999, he has also done consulting work in the area of corridor studies and traffic impact studies.
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Keep Your Lettuce Longer
Last week I mentioned how to save wilted lettuce, but how do you keep it from getting that way to begin with?
- For starters you should discard any leaves that have brown or black spots.
- Then soak them in an ice water bath for 15-30 minutes.
- Spin them dry (or gently pat them dry with a kitchen towel) and wrap loosely in dry paper towels.
- Finally put them in a ziploc bag, squeeze as much air as possible (don't crush the leaves), seal the bag 3/4 of the way and store in your fridge's produce drawer.
This entire process will help slow the deterioration process down and will hopefully, depending on the state it was in when you purchased it, allow your lettuce to last for up to two weeks.


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The zerg are entirely unlike the terrans and the protoss. They are composed of many different species that were integrated into the Swarm via zerg infestation. Such creatures are rapidly and selectively evolved into ruthless killing machines to further the driving zerg imperative of achieving absolute domination. The zerg make no use of technology to create their weapons, armor, or starships. Instead, these functions are efficiently fulfilled through biological adaptation and planned mutation of zerg strains. Even zerg structures are in fact specialized organs within the living, growing organism of a zerg nest.


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Is it me or has the price of food suddenly become astronomical?
On my way home, I popped into the local A&P to pick up a few odds and ends until I can do my big shopping on the weekend. I bought 1 rotisserie chicken, a package of turkey dogs (better for you), a bag of salad, 4 apples, a 5lb bag of potatoes (99 cents on sale), a carton of grape tomatoes, a carton of eggs, a quart of goat milk (really love it in coffee), 6 cans of cat food, a box of the cat food in pouches that they like and a carton of strawberry ice cream (yeah, yeah, I know, but it was on sale). 47 bucks? Even after the Price Plus card. Whaaat! I don't want to use credit at the grocery store!
While I was there, I noticed an old man in the dairy/bread aisle. He was holding a bag of store-brand white bread and reading the nutrition label. I thought it was odd. He then moved down the aisle to the milk and was carefully looking at all the price tags on the shelf. There were very few items in his cart. It struck me. How are retired people faring in this tough economy? What about families with kids? The price of gas is outrageous and now food costs are going through the roof.
Forget organic. Or going to Whole Foods. I am going to start shopping at the local Asian market near where I work. I'm going to start buying the Sunday paper with the most coupons. I am going to start using said coupons. I am going to start eating less. I am going to start entertaining less. Well, right after Easter. Or do you think I can serve Turkey Dogs?
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Harumpf. Whole Foods? Who can afford Whole Foods? I feel your pain. Kim
- March 12, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- djbrown said...
Ummmmm....turkey dogs for Easter dinner? Maybe I will bring 2 pies....
- March 13, 2008 at 5:20 AM
- Bevson said...
Fear not DJB, the ham has already been ordered.
- March 13, 2008 at 5:54 AM
So, did you buy the Sunday paper and carefully cut out coupons?
- March 17, 2008 at 5:29 AM
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A flair bottle is a shatterproof bottle which is used by flair bartenders and amateurs when practising flair moves and tricks, eliminating the risk of breaking glass bottles. A flair bottle is usually weighted to be the same weight as an empty 70cl bottle and exactly the same size and shape. Flair bottles are often reproductions of popular spirit and liqueur brand bottles.
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Community development at Homan Square began in 1988. Located on Chicago's West Side in North Lawndale, the original Sears, Roebuck and Co. property was built in 1905 and included multiple buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
North Lawndale had not fared as well. It was ravished by the riots of the 60's; unemployment skyrocketed when factories closed; crime rates were high; schools were below average; and there were few prospects for change. North Lawndale had all the characteristics of communities throughout the Rust Belt that had been under-served and neglected for decades.
Although Sears had been a responsible owner and maintained their buildings, most were empty, and the prospects for redevelopment within the existing environment were slim. Starting in 1989, developer Charlie Shaw, Sears chairman Ed Brennan and retired Sears vice president Charley Moran, developed a concept plan designed to reinvigorate the community and revitalize the neighborhood of North Lawndale.
Shaw met with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, elected officials, and community and business leaders. These meetings revealed not only deep concern over the future of the community, but clear ideas for what was needed. Community leaders expressed support for a three-pronged development strategy to include new housing, commercial development and community services, including recreational and health care facilities. Shaw knew that such a project would require a massive and long-term partnership of the public, private and community sectors. Mayor Daley showed enormous leadership by committing the City to millions of dollars in road, sewer and infrastructure improvements. Sears made significant commitments of support. With pledges of private investment, city commitment, and community support in hand, Shaw told Sears that the project was a go. The vision for Homan Square was born.
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Students will test various materials to determine if any can shield their "magnetometer" (compass) from an external magnetic field using their own experimental design. If no suitable material is available, they will devise another method to protect... (View More) their instrument. Includes background science for the teacher, worksheets, adaptations and extensions. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are also identified. (View Less)
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In this lesson, learners will construct a 3D scale model of one of the MMS satellites. After, they will calculate the octagonal area of the top and bottom of the satellites, given the measurements of the satellite. Then, learners will compare the... (View More) octagonal cross-section area of the satellites with the circular cross-section area of the launch vehicle to determine if the eight-sided spacecraft will fit the circular rocket hull. This is lesson one of the MMS Mission Educator's Instructional Guide, which uses examples from the MMS Mission to introduce mathematics (focusing on geometry) in a real-world context. The lessons use the 5E instructional cycle. Note: MMS launched March 12, 2015. For the latest science and news, visit the MMS Mission Website under Related & Supplemental Resources (right side of this page). (View Less)
This is an activity about cause and effect. Learners will investigate various online sources to find data and other pertinent information regarding reported effects on Earth for the solar events they identified in the previous activities in this... (View More) curriculum set. Then, they will summarize their findings for this activity as part of the overall Space Weather project. This is Activity 13 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about observing and mapping sunspots by direct solar observation. Learners will use a small telescope, binoculars, or a Sunspotter to create a projected image of the Sun and trace the position of any observed sunspots on a piece... (View More) of paper. Additionally, learners will mark the direction of the Sun image's motion. This is Activity 2 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about measurement. Learners will label key points and features on a rectangular equal-area map and measure the distance between pairs of points in order to calculate the actual physical distance on the Sun that the point pairs... (View More) represent. This is Activity 5 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about cause and effect. Learners will calculate the approximate travel time of each solar wind event identified in the previous activity in this set to estimate the time at which the disturbance would have left the Sun. Then,... (View More) they will examine solar images in an attempt to identify the event on the Sun that may have caused the specific solar wind episode. This is Activity 12 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about solar rotation and sunspot motion. Learners will use a sphere or ball to model the Sun and compare the observed lateral motion of sunspots to their line-of-sight motion. This is Activity 1 of the Space Weather Forecast... (View More) curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about searching online data archives for solar wind events. Learners will find at least three episodes of increased solar wind activity impacting Earth using direct measurements of solar wind velocity and density. Then, they will... (View More) characterize each events by its rise time, the time it takes for the solar wind speed to rise from normal levels to the peak speed of the event, and the percentage increase in solar wind velocity. This is Activity 11 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about the period of the Sun's rotation. Learners will use image of the Sun from the SOHO spacecraft and a transparent latitude/ longitude grid called a Stonyhurst Disk to track the motion of sunspots in terms of degrees of... (View More) longitude. Using this angular motion measurement, learners will then calculate the sunspot's angular velocity in order to determine the rotation period of the Sun. This activity requires access to the internet to obtain images from the SOHO image archive. This is Activity 4 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum. (View Less)


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In order to survey how many students addict to the Internet, we designed a questionnaire with 10 questions. We implemented the survey at the eighth-grade students of Yangmei Junior High School and requested them to fill it out. To distinguish whether theyre addicted or not, we designed 10 questions and 5 different frequencies. We also requested them to write down their gender. By the calculation, the survey showed no matter what gender they are, most of the eighth grade students are addicted to the Internet.


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King's lonely fight vs. 'Cruz wing'
If Peter King's brand of Republicanism seems to be on the wane these days, the Long Island congressman isn't letting it go quietly.
King, 69, has long been one of the Hill's most quotable and irascible troublemakers, a frequent presence on cable television with an apparently boundless capacity for outrage. He has fumed over topics as serious as Hurricane Sandy relief and aid for Sept. 11 responders, and as comparatively trivial as the White House party crashers and the death of Michael Jackson (whom he called a "lowlife" and a "pervert.") King broke with Newt Gingrich over the government shutdowns of the mid-1990s and earned the gratitude of the Clinton clan when he rebuked his own party for impeaching a president for sexual indiscretions.
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So while it's not a surprise that King would be one of the Republican Party's most prominent internal critics these days, even the congressman's friends say there's a new intensity and urgency to the lawmaker's indignation.
( Also on POLITICO: Peter King won't sign discharge petition)
King has thundered away in recent months against what he calls the "Ted Cruz wing" of the Republican Party, criticizing the GOP's libertarian drift on issues such as domestic surveillance and assailing what he views as the utter pointlessness of the House's effort to defund Obamacare at the cost of a government shutdown. He has floated the idea of a 2016 presidential campaign largely out of opposition to the tea party crowd.
His frustration, friends say, reflects a deepening conviction that Republicans have lost touch with the working-class, middle-of-the-road voters who sent King to Congress in the first place, and who used to make Republican candidates for the Senate and the presidency competitive in downstate New York.
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For a veteran pol like King, the plain reality is, there has never been a lonelier time on the Hill to be a blue-collar Republican from Nassau County. When he tried to trigger a revolt against the shutdown this week, only one moderate-leaning Republican – Pennsylvania's Charlie Dent – joined the effort.
Speaking to POLITICO in his Capitol Hill office, King rejected the notion that he, rather than the great majority of his colleagues who have supported the shutdown, is out of step with the national Republican electorate.
"I don't consider these guys conservatives. I think the party is going in an isolationist trend. It's appealing to the lowest common denominator in many ways. And this whole threat of defunding the government, to me, is not conservative at all," said King, who added later: "Maybe we do live in different worlds. These guys from the Ted Cruz wing live in their own echo chamber."
( POLITICO's full shutdown coverage)
The vast cultural gulf that separates King from many of his Republican colleagues is evident from a quick glance around the walls of his office. In a heavily Southern-inflected GOP conference, King is an Irish policeman's son; he is surely the only member with photos of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca on his wall, and a piece of the destroyed Secret Service office at 7 World Trade Center on his desk.
Yet King insists he is not the outlier in the Republican-held House. On the contrary, he argues, his district has a mix of voters that more closely approximates a winning national electorate than those of most of his GOP colleagues.
"It basically would be right-of-center Republicans and Reagan Democrats, people who belong to building trade unions, cops, firefighters, middle-class families who are fighting to get ahead, but also realize that life isn't that simple," King said. "There's a big building trade constituency in Ohio and Pennsylvania, for instance. I think a blue-collar conservative could carry Pennsylvania for president, could carry Ohio, for instance, but we alienate those groups."
( Also on POLITICO: Shutdown: The right's new litmus test)
His current breach with the national GOP stems from a profoundly resonant local issue: aid for Hurricane Sandy, which the House delayed approving and ultimately cleared against opposition from dozens of his Republican colleagues. At the time, King called on New York donors to snub the National Republican Congressional Committee; he has denounced Republican opponents of Sandy aid, such as Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who have visited the Empire State since then.
That wound is clearly still raw for King, who alluded in the interview to how "politicians walk around with their arms around each other saying how much they love their colleague, like guys always did to me until they screwed me on Sandy." He noted that Colorado Republicans who opposed Sandy relief didn't have any reservations about seeking federal money for flood aid in their state.
Former Sen. Al D'Amato, a longtime King ally and the last Republican to represent New York in the Senate, said his fellow Long Islander was right to slap around his GOP cohorts — first for disrespecting New York, and now for steering the party into a dead-end confrontation with Obama.
( Also on POLITICO: Cruz: 'We're winning')
"It was a ploy that has obviously failed, and even the yahoos must realize that it has failed," said D'Amato, who grumbled that "the Northeast in particular [isn't] held in high esteem by some of our Republican colleagues."


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MoFo Wellness necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
MoFo Wellness
We are going to make the wellness industry fun! MoFo (coming from the first two letters for "Moving Forward) is a new and unique wellness company.
To start, the company will comprise of a social networking site to chat, blog, read, watch, and discuss about everything wellness in a fun, humorous, and unique way. Wellness is a combination of a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
The other division will be apparel and accessories of the MoFo brand. The goal is to present MoFo in a new and fun way...think Affliction meets Nike...new age and fun, yet classy.
The difference with MoFo with our social site is that we are talking to everyone who wants to become even a little healthier. Wellness has become an industry where only the die-hard healthy individuals seem to care and has become a niche market. Wellness can be a minor change to your lifestyle. The bottom line is, we want this to be fun and unique...not a stuffy wellness company.
However, MoFo is also a place for the serious wellness individuals to chat and read some very detailed wellness information written by our staff that includes Registered Dieticians, Body Builders, Professional Athletes, and other professionals in the wellness and other industries.
The overall goal is to make wellness interesting to everyone and possibly bring some humor to the industry as well.
As mentioned, we will also be launching an apparel and accessory line with the start-up. So, the winning designer has large opportunities to design our clothing and accessories lines, ranging from compression shirts, shorts, and the like all the way to cooking aprons and boxing gloves.
MoFo is targeting the wellness (mind, body, spirit) conscience (or thinking of becoming wellness conscience) individual and/or group. MoFo will lighten up and have fun with the wellness industry, so we do not target a "stuffy" audience that cannot laugh a little at the same time. Humor will be a big part of the apparel and accessories division.
Since the logo will appear on the apparel and accessories, the logo, whether is is just a design of the name "MoFo" or a designed symbol, should represent a possible symbol that becomes easily identifiable and helps build the brand recognition.
There are no color schemes yet defined. Our team has some ideas, but please start to present in any color scheme and we will lead you along to our likes and dislikes as the contest goes on.
It would be great if it leaves room for designing the apparel. Examples of the apparel would be a shirt that read, "One Healthy MoFo", "One Jacked MoFo", "One Tough MoFo", or "One Focused MoFo". Another example is a cooking apron that reads, "This MoFo can cook!"
We would like a versatile logo that can be used for the website, apparel, and wherever else this venture may lead.
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techstudio necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 168 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
We are a UK based web development and digital marketing company looking for a fresh simple logo that is obviously technology related.
Being on the web all the time, and having lots of experience working with designers we will give good quick feedback to all entries, lets face it we want you to do the best job you can!
The Technology Studio
We are looking for a logo that looks modern and fresh but without being over complicated.
We are very open to ideas for colours and fonts as well as possibly using different sizes of font for the different parts of the name.
Ratings System:
2 star and below - not really what I'm looking for.
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your
4 star - design is being considered
5 star - I really like the design and will make the final selections from these.
- Simple not heavy illustration
- Vector based font (ideally .ai)
- Long logo where its wider than it is heigh
- Modern font, maybe curvey
- Work well on white and black background (can change text colours to make it work)
- Some kind of icon or symbol to go with the text
- Needs to look professional and inovative
- Needs to work well at different sizes, nothing to ornate
- We may add a tagline but will consider with and without, if you want to try a tagline just make it up for now
- Square shaped logos
- Tall logos (not heigher than they are wide)
- Nothing that might be related to maps, or geography (no map globes) as we need to distinguish from our other brand
- No cartoon fonts or imagery
- Stay away from any icons that might make us look like a design house, we are developers
- No computer / matrix fonts
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Dr Swan passed away while at his home on 14 February.
His work covered all aspects of whisky production and was instrumental in the success of distilleries including King Car in Taiwan, Penderyn in Wales and many across Scotland.
His most recent work was with Lindores Abbey Distillery, Fife, which is due to open in the summer.
Dr Swan graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 1979 with a PhD in Chemistry and Biological Sciences. He authored numerous scientific research papers and managed various UK Government and European Union research programmes.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Swan was awarded Fellowship of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.
His influence and knowledge is felt internationally.
Everyone at Whisky Magazine sends its condolences to his family and friends.
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"Eligibility for graduation with honors requires a combined grade-point average ( Berry and transfer work) of 3.5. Students must also have a 3.5 grade point average on work completed at Berry. Students whose combined cumulative grade point average ( Berry and transfer work) is at least 3.5 but less than 3.7 will be graduated cum laude; 3.7 but less than 3.9, magna cum laude; and 3.9 and above, summa cum laude.
Honors are determined on the Friday before graduation and include all graded work through the student's last term in school. Courses that are graded S, H, or U do not affect the students' grade point average and do not affect Honors designation. Honors information will be available at graduation rehearsal.
The Application for Graduation (AFG) is completed on-line at the beginning of each semester by all undergraduate and graduate students who plan to graduate in the next semester (apply in Fall for the Spring graduation or in Spring for the Fall graduation). During the posted time apply on Viking Web. Log on and indicate your 'diploma name', then check to see that the degree/major/minor and graduation date are correct. If anything is incorrect, tell us about the changes in the comment section. If the changes involve the degree/major/minor submit a 'blue form' immediately because any changes will not be accepted once the office begins working on the degree audits. The graduation fee ($40.00 for undergraduates and $60.00 for graduates) will be added to the last semester's bill.
Failure to file the AFG by the posted deadline may result in a delay in graduation.
Once the on-line AFG closes the Registrar's office will check all prospective graduates who have applied to verify that they are on track to graduate the following semester. The advising worksheet is updated so that prospective applicants can check to be sure they preregister for the correct courses and complete the minimum number of hours to graduate. If there are glaring concerns (missing classes, low gpa, etc) the Registrar's office will send the student and his/her advisor an e-mail indicating the concern.
A graduation fee of $40 (undergraduate) and $60 (graduate) is charged each applicant for each degree. This fee for undergraduates and graduates will be added to the bill for the last term of residence. All financial obligations to the College must be discharged prior to the issuing of the diploma.
An undergraduate student is awarded one of three degrees at graduation: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Music (BMUS), or Bachelor of Science (BS).
Students who successfully complete the Berry College Honors Program receive their degree with the honors designation (BAH, BMH, BSH).
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Rmery1229 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Social Ding
Social Ding is a newly formed event planning company based in Texas. We are searching for the ideal logo for our company that is both "fun," yet professional. Our initial events will be organized, themed bar crawls. The themes of the events will vary based on the season or the upcoming holiday. The types of events will eventually expand to scavenger hunts, weekly/monthly happy hours, beer and wine tours, and private party planning.
Our target audience is students and young professionals between the ages of 21-35. Specifically, we will target those students and young professionals that are outgoing, social, and have an affinity for the nightlife.
We need the logo to be "fun" and also convey that everyone at these events are social and having a great time. Also we need the logo to be professional for when we approach bar owners, liquor and beer sponsors, and banks. The logo should convey a sense of seriousness and professionalism without turning off the target audience.
The following are suggestions, and are not required. We thought that the word "Ding" would be the key term in our name and that "Social" could possibly take a back seat. It is okay (and possibly preferable) if Ding is accentuated in some way to a greater extent than "Social." We want the logo to represent what "Ding" is. The problem is, we couldn't agree on exactly what "Ding" is. We toyed with the idea of a burst, a vibration, a star, etc. Whatever you think "Ding" is, should be represented in your logo. If you have any ideas, please feel free to think creatively as to what "Ding" is and how you could incorporate that idea into the logo. If you think this is a stupid idea, then please feel free to ignore it entirely and do your own creative thing.
Another suggestion is that we wanted to keep the logo with lively colors. The current mock up we have is a shiny blue color, which everyone seems to prefer. We are not bound to this color, so feel free to be creative. Try to avoid any dark or gloomy colors.
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Reviewed by Leah O (age 9)
I thought the book was good because I love frogs. The thought of Mom turning into a frog made me laugh. My favorite part was when Jason thought Mom was a frog. He even said the frog looked like his mom.
Jason was funny because he really believed that his Mom was a frog.He was even going to kiss a frog because he thought it was Mom. The story does not remind me of my real life because I know my mom would not turn into a frog and I am glad about that. She will always be just my mom.
I recommend this book to a 3rd grader and up. They would enjoy a story about frogs and warts. I know I did.


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Dell has unveiled new enterprise storage and networking solutions designed to help campuses meet increasing demands for IT performance and network access, including new W-Series gigabit wireless access points, which offer data rates up to 1.3 gigabits per second for end-to-end 802.11ac wireless networks.
According to the company, the new EqualLogic storage technologies are scalable, easy to manage, and optimized for highly virtualized environments, and the new suite of Dell Networking campus solutions are designed to help educational institutions deploy and scale campus networks quickly, improve efficiency, and improve network visibility from a single console.
New Dell EqualLogic storage solutions include:
Some of the new EqualLogic features are particularly useful for virtualized environments. According to the company, the new PS6210 flash-enabled storage arrays can support 2.4 times the virtual desktops with half the latency of prior-generation arrays, and the latest version of the EqualLogic Array Software streamlines administration of storage for virtualization.
New Dell Networking campus solutions include:
According to the company, the W-Series is designed specifically for the 802.11ac standard and simplifies 802.11ac wireless implementations because it doesn't require an add-on module to support the new standard. The N-Series is designed to help modernize campus networks that are still using 10/100 Mbps speeds at the edge and 1 GbE in the core. The C-Series are designed for high-density enterprises and data center environments.
The new Dell EqualLogic solutions will be available this month. The Dell Networking W-series is available now and the N-series should be available in early 2014. The C-series with PoE+ and 10 G line cards is available now, and the 40 G line cards should be available in the first quarter of 2014.
Further information about the new Dell storage and networking solutions is available at dell.com.
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