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When I was asked to write about why McCormick has been important to me and how I still feel connected here, I was surprised at the depth of feelings and memories that came to me as I thought about what I would write. One thing I am sure of is that my McCormick experience and what I learned from it will be something I carry with me and play forward to wherever God calls me to go.
When I began my studies at McCormick, I wasn't even sure of what questions to ask, much less having a clue of where I was going. From a very early age I knew God had a plan for me, but instead of letting myself be led I spent the next forty years or so rationalizing that the life choices I had made were what God wanted for me instead.
During a particularly challenging nexus of life events back in 2001, I was lamenting to a clergyperson who was a close friend about what God wanted from me and why haven't I found it yet? His answer really shocked me; "Mark, ever since you were seven years old you have tried to find God and every time you convinced yourself you had, it turned out not to be the case. You don't go out and find God, instead it's God who calls you. God called you a long time ago, and you have spent your life trying to get out of it. I think its time you finally listened." Tipping point? Indeed.
That episode sent me on two-year path of discernment, prayer and trying everything I could to convince myself that this really couldn't be what God wanted. However, it just wouldn't go away. After researching different institutions, I applied to McCormick because I felt that I would be the most challenged by the curriculum and faculty to really examine this journey I was taking. I needed to know. When I was accepted, I was scared and excited at the same time. As I said earlier, I had no idea even what questions to ask, so I decided to go with the empty cup and pockets of the pilgrim, and let God and the Holy Spirit fill them as they saw fit.
I began my studies in 2004, going part-time at first, then full time until I graduated in 2009. That time was the probably the most intense, fearful, transformative and joyful experiences of my life. There were times I wanted to quit, and times I thought God was giving me too much to shoulder. However, through the support of the faculty and fellow students, I saw it all through. My cup and pockets had been filled to overflow.
The curriculum was challenging as it was thought and faith provoking. The ecumenical nature of both the student body and faculty gave me new and different perspectives on faith and made for the best kind of learning and discourse. I grew in ways I never thought possible and found spiritual gifts that I never knew I had. McCormick made me dig deep to discern my call, helped me to give it life and voice, and finally called me to both challenge and live it.
One of the best lessons I learned from McCormick is how to use and play forward the gifts I developed there, and how my life experiences are gifts to be used in ministry as well. I learned how to play all of that forward into my Ministry. I do this wherever I can, and wherever it finds me.
Since graduating from McCormick in 2009, there has been a variety of ways this has happened. Before I came to McCormick I was in Information Technology, and used my skills to create the McCormick Alumni/ae Association Facebook group, and taught courses on Social Networking for Ministry at the Leadership Education and Development Conferences (LEAD) sponsored by McCormick and Chicago Presbytery in 2010-11.
I am on the Board of Deacons and a Confirmation leader at Fourth Presbyterian Church, and part of the LEAD conference-planning group. I am also an active member of the Worship Music and Arts committee at the Presbytery level. However, one interesting place where I found a ministry that I didn't know was there was through living one of my great passions, sailing.
Sailing has been my summer passion for many years. I have raced here and abroad, and have many Chicago-Mackinac and Hook races under my belt. I also help teach beginners to sail too. For me, part of my passion for the sport is how the water is such a "thin place" for me and how close I feel to God when I am out on one of the core elements of creation.
Several years ago, I became involved with the Adaptive Sailing program here in Chicago. This program helps the disabled learn to sail, and participate in the sport in spite of disability. My role is that of an able-bodied crewperson. In short, I am the arms, legs and strength of the crew while the skipper gives me the commands of what he or she wants me to do.
It is an incredible privilege to work with these courageous, wonderful people and I am truly blessed to simply be a part of it. Unfortunately, physical disability still has a strong stigma in this society but these people prove that wrong. My ministry comes through being able to use my sailing skills and physical ability to help show that these people are as healthy as you or I in mind and spirit. Physical disability should be no barrier to inclusion either. To serve those who through their courage, passion and faith serve notice to the rest of us that this is the case, is a blessing indeed.
- by Mark Schimmelpfennig (Class of 2009)


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Bach for a lifetime
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Theatre Works, Inc. opens reservations for 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'
Reservations are now open for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Theatre Works' third show of their 29th season.
This hilarious musical, written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart with music by Stephen Sondheim, focuses on Pseudolus, a slave in ancient Rome, and his desperate attempt to win his freedom by helping his young master, Hero, earn the love of the courtesan, Philia. The show is filled with slapstick, mayhem and lots of great music. Connie Anderson (Woonsocket) directs – Mary Jo Rett (Uxbridge) handles the musical.
The forum features:
Edward Benjamin III (Cumberland) as Pseudolus;
Shelly Whittle (Providence) as Hysterium;
Kevin Fish (Woonsocket) as Hero;
Frankie Gallucci (Wakefield) as Philia;
David Schrag (Providence) as Senex;
Lisa Forsgard (North Attleboroo) as Domina;
Christopher Kibbe (North Attleborough) as Marcus Lycus;
Joseph Casey (Bellingham) as Miles Gloriosus;
Frank O'Donnell (North Providence) as Erronius; and
Mark Anderson (Woonsocket) as Erronius (March 17 only).
Rounding out the cast as The Proteans are Bethany Giammarco (Warwick), Lynn Nadrowski (Providence) and Bill Beatini (Providence); and The Courtesans are Lydia Mattera, Katrina Claflin and Karen DiOrio (all of Cumberland), Nicole Cayer (North Providence), and Jessica Albaum (Pawtucket).
Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays, March 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, March 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. Theatre Works is located at 142 Clinton St., Woonsocket. Tickets are $18 and $15. Reservations can be made by calling Theatre Works at 766-1898. Visit www.twri.org.


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Country Farm Life new Fort Ransom program
Special to the Times-Record
A new program is debuting at Fort Ransom State Park this year called "Country Farm Life: Portraits of North Dakota Living at the Turn of the Century," announces FRSP Manager John Kwapinski.
Each Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. programs featuring pioneer living in North Dakota will be held at the park's Sunne Demonstration Farm.
Special guests will showcase different aspects of pioneer living including: cooking demonstrations, holiday traditions and celebrating threshing season. Various buildings making up the Sunne Demonstration Farm will be open to the public to view how the buildings and items in it were once used.
A schedule detailing the presentations will be posted on the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department website at www.parkrec.nd.gov.
These are found on the Fort Ransom State Park page under Interpretive Activities.
Fort Ransom State Park, located in the scenic Sheyenne River Valley, south of Valley City and just outside the community of Fort Ransom, provides camping, hiking trails, canoe rentals and corrals for horses.
More information about Fort Ransom State Park and North Dakota's 12 other state parks can be found on the NDPRD website at www.parkrec.nd.gov or by calling 701-328-5357.
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*This edition of the MoOnDoG is a fill-in for the regularly scheduled Saturday 7-10pm Latin show, Jibaro Jazz with Ferdinand Montalvo. It went 4 hrs. I had a blast; hope the listeners did too. And thanks to everyone who called in. Let the suits know you like the show by going to email@example.com Going forward through the Spring semester, I'll be doing such unscheduled fill-in shows to keep WHRW lit and live. If you enjoy the music, stay in touch for last minute show times.
Welcome to a Prayer- Pat Martino
I want to hug you- Bobby Murray
I loved another woman- Jay Aston
Racketeer Blues- Charlie Hart
Traveling Riverside Blues- Nigel Watson
Let's face the music- Diana Krall
God bless the child- Blood, Seat and Tears
The Galloping Latin- Illinois Jacquet
Watcha gonna do?- Jeff Allen
Nine below zero- Nine below zero
Closing my eyes- Naked Blue
Fire and water- Free
Manteca- Red Garland
Dinner for one- Branford Marsalis
They say falling in love- John Coltrane w/ Johnny Hartman
My one and only love- Coltrane w/ Hartman
My funny valentine- Chet Baker
One more mile- Lou Martin
I've got news for you- Clem Clemson
The Supernatural- Clas Yngstrom
Black Magic Woman- Larry McCray
The fault's all my own- Indigenous
Hellhound on my trail- Ken Hensley
If you be my baby- Southside Johnny
People get ready- The Chambers Brothers
Looking for somebody-Snowy White & Rabbit Bundrich
Oh Well- Billy Sheehan & Roy Z
Stoned- Blackie and The Rodeo Kings
The gentleman is a dope- Jo Stafford
Merry Go Round- Luther Grosvenor
Bad like Jesse James- Vince Converse
Judgement Day- The Pretty Things
Dirty Boulevard- Lou Reed
Flexible Man- Dave's True Story
Mingus Eyes- Richard Thompson
Blind Man- Maggie Bell & Big Jim Sullivan
Lazy Poker Blues- Ray Gomez & Troy Turner
Driftin'- Top Topham & Jim McCarty
A fool no more- Kim Limbo
Back in the doghouse- Seasick Steve
8:05- Mobey Grape
Sleepwalk- Santo and Johnny
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'Patriotism is definitely in ... trash TV is out," says Gary Edgerton, who sees a discernable shift in what's on television since the tragedies of Sept. 11.
The changes may not last, he and other experts say, but for the moment, "audiences are gravitating toward the familiar and comfortable.... Everybody is loving 'Raymond' or loving 'Friends,' " says Professor Edgerton, chairman of the Communications and Theater Arts Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
Though "Friends" depicts an impossible dream of intimacy among a small group of young adults who keep changing sexual partners among themselves, the kindliness of their friendships seems more pleasant than ever.
And the two biggest hits of the fall season were two servings of TV comfort food: a nostalgic Carol Burnett comedy special and the last game of the World Series.
"Audiences are going back to the tried and true," Edgerton says. "[They want] less spiteful programs." But he also cautions that this may be only a short-term effect. No one can predict how responsive television will remain to the Sept. 11 tragedies - or for how long.
Of course, ABC's "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" special (or was it a commercial?) in November proves that trash TV still lives in prime time.
"But in terms of the TV landscape, nastiness seemed to abate a bit," Edgerton says. Irony has always been a mainstay of humor and has helped debunk all kinds of nonsense, but on TV it had descended into simple-minded cheap shots. That seems to have moderated. Even the "queen of mean," Anne Robinson of the prime-time NBC game show "Weakest Link," has toned down somewhat, Edgerton says.
After the televised events of Sept. 11, "reality TV" doesn't look so real anymore.
"This is the genre that was specifically negatively affected," says John Rash, senior vice president and director of broadcast negotiations at Campbell Withun, an advertising agency in Minneapolis. His job is to know which shows are hot - or not - and why.
Reality shows, he says, represent "a kind of reverse escapism - fleeing the good life for one that is harder. That began to look remarkably self-indulgent [after Sept. 11]. People were not coming together in a crisis, but driving each other apart."
Reality TV is a reflection of Americans' insular naiveté, Mr. Rash says, and America was suddenly jolted into a new global awareness on Sept. 11. Americans may have realized that some elements of American culture are beacons to the rest of the world, he says, but other elements advertise decadence. They may have seen the folly of looking like a bickering, self-indulgent, money-grubbing people - an image they may not want to project to the rest of the world, he says.
True reality "is what happened on Sept. 11," says Marc Berman, senior television writer at Mediaweek.com, which keeps tabs on ratings and trends. " 'Reality' [TV] took a major hit. 'Survivor' is still doing well, but it was the best one of the staged games. 'The Mole,' 'Temptation Island,' and 'Pop Stars' were D.O.A...."
The aftermath of Sept. 11, Mr. Berman points out, pushed back the new fall TV season a week or more. Some films were pulled from cable channels. The Emmy Awards show was postponed twice before it finally aired. ABC canceled the reality game show "The Runner" and pushed back the season première of the caustic, though hilarious, "The Job," in which Denis Leary played a hard-drinking, womanizing, rule-breaking New York cop.
CBS could not air the pilot episode of its new drama "The Agency" because its story line involved terrorism. That meant the show got off to a slow start because the first episode established the premise and the characters, Berman says.
Before Fox's innovative drama "24" premièred in November, a scene of a plane exploding in midair was cut. NBC dumped plans for a "Law & Order" miniseries about a terrorist attack on New York that would have featured the casts of all three of its popular series: "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit," and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
Still, NBC chief Jeff Zucker insists that NBC is not planning its programming with any special attention to Sept. 11. Of course, his network did air a special episode of "West Wing" - a smart, helpful civics lesson about America's relationship to the Middle East, told with a good deal of passion and a splash of condescension. And two weeks ago, the show's President Bartlet found himself confronting a mad-cow-disease crisis that could just as easily have been anthrax. And there was a special installment of "Third Watch," in which New York firemen told their own stories.
Writers on shows that take place in current times and want to be seen as realistic, if not exactly real, have felt the need to reflect the changes the tragedies have wrought in American society.
In a coming episode of CBS's "The Guardian" (Dec. 11), a Middle-Eastern restaurant owner uses a baseball bat to defend himself, his daughter, and his property from an intruder. The teenage vandal has sprayed a racial epithet on the door. The teenager's parents try to sue the Muslim man for breaking the boy's arm, claiming irreparable damage. But writer-producer David Hollander resolves the problem creatively - and the surprising ending carries a significance it would never have had before now.
"Sept. 11 is an undeniable part of our culture now," Mr. Hollander explains. "People are caught up in fear and speculation and mistrust right now. No artist is immune to [his] culture. Part of our job is to reflect it.... I write what I feel. I write every day in this world, so the [tragedy] is in the 'white noise' around the characters ... but we are all trying actively not to make it part of programming...."
In less-realistic shows, from situation comedies to espionage thrillers, shows that do not depend on the real world for verisimilitude, writers are avoiding references to Sept. 11.
J.J. Abrams produces and writes for both WB's "Felicity" and ABC's "Alias." "The effect it's had on all of us is yet to be determined," he says. "It's evident that people are looking for more life-affirming entertainment. I'm aware of the importance of bringing people shows that are compelling and still have a romantic and respectful quality to them."
"Alias," he says, is hyper-real, larger than life. But what it is really about (besides entertaining people) is the age-old reconciliation of father and daughter. "In the wake of 9/11, I see that as especially poignant." But he says he does not intend ever to refer to the events of that day because for him to do so in the context of his shows would be to trivialize those events.
If these are times that try men's (and women's) souls, we're watching the trial on TV: More people than ever are watching television. Cable news channels have rushed to complete or re-air documentaries about the Middle East, Osama bin Laden, and the problems of Muslim women living "beneath the veil."
National Geographic has been investigating the cultures of Afghanistan since 1902, and National Geographic Explorer on MSNBC, in the tradition of its parent magazine, saw the need to send a reporter to interview anti-Taliban Gen. Ahmad Shah Masoud (later assassinated), long before any of the network news organizations did.
Even A&E, the arts and entertainment network, has tried to inform the public on timely issues through its outstanding "Biography" series, profiling important figures such as New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush, and Osama bin Laden.
News traditionally is cheaper to air than dramas and comedies. But the cost of producing the news since 9/11 has increased dramatically. Round-the-clock news coverage immediately after Sept. 11, without benefit of advertising dollars, was extremely costly.
The recession and the scarcity of advertising dollars, in tandem with Sept. 11, may have caused a strange phenomenon. Over the last three months, entertainment shows that would ordinarily have been pulled for poor ratings are staying on the air, such as NBC's "Emeril," "UC Undercover," and "Inside Schwartz," and CBS's "The Ellen Show" and "The Agency."
Fox's critically acclaimed "24" has not been the hit the network had hoped for. But Fox recently committed to running all 24 one-hour episodes of the real-time thriller about a terrorist assassination attempt on the life of an African-American presidential candidate. "24" is having trouble picking up new viewers because the story arc is so tight and late-comers get lost: It's a true serialized cliffhanger, TV analyst Rash points out. "It's also in a challenging time slot, across from 'Frasier' [NBC] and 'Smallville' [WB]."
What is the most distressing trend, post-Sept. 11? How about the exploitation of patriotism in ads? This isn't an impulse to show solidarity, such as the placing of an American flag in the corner of the screen might represent. It's nothing more than crass commercialism: Why is that Jeep driving up the face of the Statue of Liberty? And is Chevy really just trying to "keep America rolling?"


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1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel Christy Mathewson - PSA EX 5
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $2,252
Graded EX 5 by PSA. Exceptionally high-grade example of Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson from the very scarce E95 Philadelphia Caramel series. This 25-card set was issued in 1909 by the Philadelphia Caramel Co. of Camden, New Jersey. Mathewson, of course, is one of the key cards in the set. This is also one of Mathewson's most highly regarded cards from any set, and is considerably rarer than the popular T205 and T206 cards of Matty from the same era. The E95 set was almost certainly inspired by the great success that tobacco companies were having with their cards. This set is of even greater significance in that the E95 artwork was not reissued by other manufacturers, as was so widespread with other "E" card issues. The designs used in E95 are unique to the set. These cards have a very distinctive look to them and the artwork is definitely a cut above their rivals of the time. Due to the thin stock on which they are printed, E95 Philadelphia Caramel cards are rarely found in such high grade. This card is bright and clean, both front and back, with a bold yellow background, a perfect surface with no creases, just the slightest hint of even wear to the corners, and virtually perfect centering. The reverse is featuring a very boldly printed checklist for the set. It is interesting to note that Mathewson's name is misspelled as "Matthewson." This card is in extraordinary condition, especially for a caramel card, which because they were issued with candy, one card per package, tend to survive in lesser condition than their more common tobacco-card counterparts. A grade of EX 5 might not be that big a deal for a T206 or a 1933 Goudey, but it is an extremely high grade for an E95. This is a stunning high-grade example of one of Mathewson's most striking cards from one of the most popular and colorful of all "E" card issues, and one that would be a worthy addition to any extremely high quality classic Hall of Fame, E95, or Christy Mathewson card collection. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000+. SOLD FOR $2,252
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PowerColor Devil 13 HD 7990 Review
Part first-person shooter, part survival horror, Metro 2033 is based on the novel of the same name, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. You play as Artyom in a post-apocalyptic Moscow, where you'll spend most of your time traversing the metro system, with occasional trips to the surface. Despite the dark atmosphere and bleak future for mankind, the visuals are anything but bleak. Powered by the 4A Engine, with support for DirectX 11, NVIDIA PhysX, and NVIDIA 3D Vision, the tunnels are extremely varied – in your travels, you'll come across human outposts, bandit settlements, and even half-eaten corpses. Ensuring you feel all the tension, there is no map and no health meter. Get lost without enough gas mask filters and adrenaline shots and you may soon wind up as one of those half-eaten corpses, chewed up by some horrifying manner of irradiated beast that hides in the shadows just waiting for some hapless soul to wander by.
- DirectX 11
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- Global settings = Very High
- PhysX = Off
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March 10, 2012
My Birthday | Day Trip to East Hampton
We had a great lunch at Rowdy Hall - fantastic burger, Blue Moon for me and a bottle for Emma.
Emma mostly window shopped. Her favorite?
Ralph Lauren Kids, of course. You might remember our trip to East Hampton last year in March. We gushed over the Easter window... little did we know that we'd be back in 12 months shopping for her Easter dress.
The day started rainy, then the sun came out. We went down to the beach to see the big waves the storm had brought in.
First time to the beach!
Labels: east hampton, My Life, Travel
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My stroller is amazing. It is so lightweight and sturdy. Best part? It was $99 from target! It is the Baby Trend Jogger.
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- Optional: True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference (item 37054; no charge when ordered by units for young women ages 14-18). Also available for individual purchase (item 36863; U.S. $2.00).
Leaders can also ensure that each young woman has access to a set of scriptures for her personal study and Sunday classes.


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Delightful presentation of peanut butter and jelly and chicken nuggets for the younger set. Looks just like the real thing, they will clean their plates.
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- Prepare maki: Flatten bread slices and spread with peanut butter and preserves; roll up and cut into 1-in. pieces.
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Just to keep her hand in, so to speak, Tami Kerr still visits and helps out on the family dairy farm in Tillamook County.
"I was 11 when I started milking," she says. "It still is a favorite job."
That continued connection should provide a solid grounding as Kerr moves into her new job as executive director of the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association. She starts work Feb. 1, replacing the well-regarded Jim Krahn, who retired.
Kerr comes to the position from Oregon State University, where she's headed the Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation for the past 14 years. The program promotes agricultural "literacy," in part by working with teachers, organizing "Plant-A-Seed" field trips and providing classroom materials such as maps of where Oregon crops are grown.
She'd previously worked for Landmark Genetics Inc., an animal breeding business, but the OSU job appealed to her interest in education and in seeing agriculture accurately represented and explained in the classroom. "Teaching students where their food comes from," Kerr said.
Kerr said she was perfectly happy in her OSU job when the dairy association board came calling and urged her to apply.
"That was humbling," she said. "I was familiar with the position, but I hadn't thought of myself in that capacity."
The association, she said, wanted someone with a dairy background and with her ties to OSU's College of Agricultural Science, to the Oregon Department of Agriculture and to commodity groups. It was an offer that appealed to her sense of where she came from.
"I thought it would be interesting and challenging," Kerr said. Part of the job will involve outreach to dairy farmers who don't have time to stay on top of issues, she said.
Gervais dairy farmer Jerome Rosa said the association is excited to have Kerr take the position.
"She is a self-starter that is well-connected throughout all of Oregon," Rosa said in an email. "Her enthusiasm for the dairy industry is unparalleled."
Kerr said she's getting up to speed on issues, including GMOs, CAFO regulations, food safety and animal care. Oregon has about 270 dairy farms, most of them family operations and some of them organic, and about 120,000 dairy cows.
Kerr will speak farmers' language. Her family in Tillamook has operated a dairy, Mistvale Farm Inc., for more than 40 years. Her parents, Marion and Anita Fletcher; brother Daryl Fletcher; and sister Kristi Sherer are active in the business. In addition, her husband, Bryan Kerr, works for Helena Chemical Co., which sells crop protection and productivity inputs.
"I want to help continue an environment where we have dairy producers," she said, "and they have a viable future."


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Rule Gives Some Banks Reprieve From Daily Calculation Requirement
WASHINGTON—U.S. regulators provided some relief to large U.S. banks by adjusting a new rule designed to ensure firms don't run out of cash in a crisis but said more regulations are coming as Washington continues to try and bolster the financial system.
The rule adopted Wednesday will require more than 30 of the biggest U.S. banks to add a combined $100 billion more in cash or cash-like assets than they currently hold, regulators estimated. Banks were previously expected to have to raise about $200 billion to meet the rule,...


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When we talked with Casey Miser, the owner of this '05 Dodge SRT-10 Quad Cab, we kept asking him, why an SRT-10? He responded, "I wanted something exotic, unique, and fast." Well, Casey, you got it. After seeing the all-silver Dodge inside of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the '06 SEMA Show, we were in awe by its subtlety and clean appearance, which struck us with intrigue, and to be honest, any truck with 500 hp is just cool.
Working for All American Truck & SUV Centers, in Salem, Oregon, Casey sees cool trucks roll in and out of shops all day long, so building something different was at the top of his list. It all started in April of 2006, when he picked up the '05 SRT-10 and decided to take this build a little less extreme than previous rigs he'd built. Starting with the suspension, a good ride was important, and the addition of a McGaughy's 2-inch front and 4-1/2-inch rear drop kit was the perfect blend of form and function. The stock 22-inch wheels were replaced with 24x10-inch black-face Detata Cross wheels with 285/40R24 Toyo tires keeping the rubber on the road. Factory 15-inch four-piston calipers stop the fullsize Viper truck at any speed.
Powering the Dodge is an 8.3L V-10 with 500 hp off the lot. Adding several ponies to the mix are Bassani ceramic shorty headers, polished Bassani exhaust with X-pipe, a K&N intake, and throttle-body spacer. Removal of two of the four catalytic converters and the stock resonator really woke up the exhaust note and added some power. All American Truck & SUV Centers, also in Salem, handled all of the performance mods.
Every bit of chrome on the truck was eliminated and brushed All Sales door and tailgate handles now call the Dodge home. The killer flat black-painted Lund elliptical billet grille adds to the menacing front end, whereas real Viper car badges on the hood and the tailgate help on-lookers realize the performance potential of this four-door. Creating a unique look, Matrix projector and Halo-style headlights replaced the factory pieces and smoked taillights make wondering what blew by you an even more difficult task. Mitch Kim was called in to pinstripe the truck and he proceeded to add an awesome, silver-leaf strip all around the truck with gray and white separating the pattern from the custom silver paint, which was applied by Chicles in Salem. Microscopic stick figures were pinstriped onto the truck performing X-rated acts, which adds to the unique personality of the truck. Finishing off the exterior, Casey added Street Scene Equipment's turn signal mirrors and a billet gas door that Mitch airbrushed a grimacing skull onto.
Inside of the Quad Cab, stock leather and suede SRT seats reside along with the factory navigation headunit which is equipped with a SIRIUS satellite radio. Scosche EFX mids and highs replaced all of the stock speakers. Two Scosche amps power those speakers as well as a custom sub box under the rear seat. Kraemer's performed all of the audio work inside the SRT-10.
Subtle? Yes; but without question, it's custom. Casey's Dodge is a perfect example of how cool a truck can be without going overboard. If you see a silver streak while you're up in Oregon, don't worry, he has insurance.


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Two different languages are supported. The one called Corewars is easy to learn and described in the README file. The second language, called Redcode, is harder to learn but also more powerful.
Use corewars-cmd --help to get a list of supported command line options.
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It was announced yesterday that PepsiCo, a corporate leader in the fight against manmade climate change, has ceased its funding of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing climate-denial organization.
PepsiCo has now also admitted to being a past funder of the climate-denial think tank Heartland Institute. In a statement to ThinkProgress Green, the $57-billion food and beverages giant indicated that its funding was for Heartland's efforts against soda and junk food taxes, not for its promotion that climate change is a "myth." A PepsiCo spokeswoman explained that the company "is currently not a member of the Heartland Institute":
PepsiCo was a member of the Heartland Institute specifically related to taxes on the consumption of food and beverage products. PepsiCo is currently not a member of the Heartland Institute nor did we engage with them on climate issues while a member.
The Heartland Institute has argued that "sin taxes" on soda, liquor, or cigarettes "lead to smuggling across state lines" and "gang activity." An article attacking state-level soda taxes questioned "how bad the obesity problem is." Instead of improving public health with taxes on products that degrade children's health, Heartland argues, we should be "privatizing non-core functions of government." The institute even railed against governmental "obesity police" for proposing voluntary children's advertising guidelines for the junk-food industry.
An internal document leaked from the anti-science group showed that PepsiCo gave at least $5000 in tax-deductible contributions in 2010 for Heartland's Budget and Tax News Initiative. It is unknown whether PepsiCo gave earlier contributions. PepsiCo's public page listing its charitable contributions in 2010 does not list the Heartland Institute as a recipient. PepsiCo has spent nearly $20 million on Washington DC lobbying since 2009.
PepsiCo's support for Heartland's attacks on public-health-driven policy is not an isolated incident. In an article at the City University of New York Law Review, public health lawyer Michele Simon argues that PepsiCo is "coopting the scientific conversation around public health and diet." As a member of the industry front groups Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative and the Sensible Food Policy Coalition, PepsiCo has opposed even voluntary regulation of the junk food that drives PepsiCo's profits and America's obesity epidemic.
Simon argues that PepsiCo's hiring of internationally renowned public health experts like Derek Yach and Dr. George Mensah is an attempt to subvert public-health science rather than to make their business healthier.
PepsiCo's past willingness to support the Heartland Institute — which even argues against the health threat of cigarette smoking — does raise questions about the earnestness of PepsiCo's pledge to improve the public-health impact of their products.
However, PepsiCo has one of the strongest public stances on the threat of man-made global warming in corporate America:
It is clear that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have an adverse impact on global temperatures, weather patterns and the frequency and severity of extreme weather and natural disasters. Because these changes could have an impact on the availability or pricing of certain commodities that are necessary for our products, we are continuously working to address climate change, from scaling up the company's use of renewable fuel sources to reducing energy consumption.
In 2009, PepsiCo joined the Ceres company network, pledging its "executive-level commitment to improve environmental and social performance" and "public reporting on sustainability strategy, commitments and performance." As a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, PepsiCo lobbied in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, comprehensive climate legislation that would have dramatically advanced the future of global public health.
The PepsiCo spokesperson contacted by ThinkProgress Green did not made any public commitments about future funding for the climate-denial think tank.
NOTE: One in a series of posts about the Heartland Institute's inner workings, from internal documents acquired by ThinkProgress Green. ThinkProgress is among several publications to have published documents attributed to the Heartland Institute and sent to us from an anonymous and then unknown source. The source later revealed himself. Heartland Institute has issued several press releases claiming that one document ("2012 Climate Strategy") is fake and asserting other claims regarding the other documents. ThinkProgress has taken down the "2012 Climate Strategy" document as it determines the document's authenticity.


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Expert: DNA evidence links suspect to strangling in Los Angeles in 1980s
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LOS ANGELES – DNA evidence taken from the clothing and body of Carol Alford a quarter-century after her death linked her slaying to a serial killing suspect with such certainty that no other person on Earth could have deposited the cells, an expert testified Tuesday.
Forensic DNA analyst Amanda Mendoza was asked during the trial if she had made a positive match of the DNA to defendant Samuel Little.
"That's correct," she said after tossing out extravagant statistics.
Alford was the first of three women whose killings were being scientifically dissected for jurors at the trial. The cold cases had baffled authorities for decades until the DNA technology made prosecution possible.
Little, 74, could face life in prison if he is convicted of killing the three women who were found nude below the waist after being dragged into debris-strewn alleys.
He was arrested in 2012 after detectives from Los Angeles found him living in a Christian shelter in Kentucky.
His 100-page rap sheet details crimes in 24 states spread over 56 years — mostly assault, burglary, armed robbery, shoplifting and drug violations. In that time, authorities say, he served less than 10 years in prison.
Los Angeles authorities say they linked the former boxer to the three killings through evidence recovered at scenes and his DNA data stored in a criminal database.
Prosecutor Beth Silverman called witnesses to show that Alford fit the pattern of victims in the case. She had cocaine in her blood, had been strangled and had semen on her clothing but was not raped.
The victims were Alford, 41, who was found on July 13, 1987; Audrey Nelson, 35, found on Aug. 14, 1989; and Guadalupe Apodaca, 46, found on Sept. 3, 1989.
The trial is the first involving murder charges against Little, but Silverman said outside court he is likely responsible for at least 40 killings nationwide dating back to 1980.
Authorities in California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Ohio are scouring their cold case files for possible ties to Little.
Darryl Lee, a police officer who went to the scene of the Alford killing in 1987, testified he remembered it well. It was one of the first homicides of his career and he said he pulled his police car across the alley to shield the half-naked woman's body from a gathering crowd "to give her a little dignity."
"It appeared to me the crime didn't happen there and the victim was dumped," he said.
He called Alford's daughter to the scene to identify the body and said when she saw her mother, "She screamed and started crying."


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Lakers' World Peace has meniscus tear
Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Lakers announced Tuesday that forward Metta World Peace has a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee.
World Peace, who was injured in Monday's loss at Golden State, underwent an MRI on Tuesday in Minneapolis which revealed the tear.
The 33-year-old veteran will return to Los Angeles on Wednesday and will be examined by team doctor Steve Lombardo. A time table for his return will be issued after the examination.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution today acquired midfielder Paolo DelPiccolo through the MLS Waiver Draft. He will be formally added to the team's roster upon receipt of his International Transfer Certificate. Per league and club policies, further contract details were not released.
DelPiccolo, 22, was waived by the Montreal Impact at the conclusion of the 2013 season and was eligible for selection by other teams in today's Waiver Draft. He was originally drafted in the second round (27th overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal, but signed with the Impact later on July 5, after a brief stint in Germany.
"Paolo provides us another option in the midfield," General Manager Michael Burns said. "We believe he has the potential to be a productive player in MLS."
While DelPiccolo did not see any action with the Montreal first team in 2013, the midfielder scored two goals in the MLS Reserve League and appeared in the Impact's Under-21 international friendly against the Haitian national team on June 22, at Stade Saputo.
Before joining the Impact, DelPiccolo played seven games with Eintracht Frankfurt II – the Bundesliga side's Under-23 team – recording one assist.
DelPiccolo played four seasons with the University of Louisville Cardinals, recording a school record 23 career assists, and scoring five goals.
The Colorado native has represented the U.S. at the youth level, earning three caps with the U.S. Under-20 squad as a defender during the 2008 Copa Chivas in Mexico, and participating in the 2009 Milk Cup in Northern Ireland as a member of the U.S. Under-18 team.
TRANSACTION: New England Revolution (MLS) – Selected M Paolo DelPiccolo in MLS Waiver Draft.
Pronunciation: del PIK-uh-loh
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: May 28, 1991 (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)
Hometown: Wheat Ridge, Colo.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 165 lbs.
Previous Club: Montreal Impact (MLS)
College: Louisville
Youth Club: Colorado Rush AS Monaco
Nationality: U.S.A.
Status: Senior Roster
Jersey Number: TBA
Twitter: @pdp03


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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - Dmitry and Pavel
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Pavel Modelon and Ruslan Tarovsky are two fabulous models. In this scene Pavel encounters Ruslan Tarovsky in the park, and has a chat to him, which ends up with them deciding they want some fun. What a lot of fun it was too as, firstly, Pavel works on Ruslan Tarovsky, feeling him up in his football shorts, and then pulling the dick out and making him hard. Then Ruslan Tarovsky lays on the bed and Pavel plays with his ass, fingering the hole as he sucks Ruslan Tarovsky's dick. Having opened him up sufficiently Pavel slides his rock hard dick into Ruslan Tarovsky's gaping hole. Ruslan Tarovsky has certainly learned how to take it, in the short while he has been with us and does it very well in this scene, changing positions, ending up by riding Pavel's dick. Then Ruslan Tarovsky decides to get Pavel off by sucking him and, at the last minute Pavel pulls out of Ruslan Tarovsky's mouth and squirts over his face. Ruslan Tarovsky then returns the favor, and Pavel, loving it, has a string of cum hanging from his chin as he sucks on Ruslan Tarovsky's dick again.
Fanda Modry is aged 23 and lives in Brno, where he works in security. He enjoys football and hockey. Fanda is a very good looking guy. In this erotic video he gives us a great look at himself as he gets naked and works on his dick, before exposing his ass. As he is lying there, wanking himself a helping hand starts to oil his body and then takes hold of his dick and works on that too. Before long the hands move to his ass and a couple of fingers open it up before using a vibrator and finally a nice thick dildo slides in there to make sure that Fanda is opened up really well.
Albert Mikan and Petr Kristen are the stars of this Raunchy Duo. Albert had already done a shoot and I was very keen to try him in a duo. When we chatted to him about it he was quite keen to try something unusual so we set this Raunchy Duo up, with Petr Kristen. It seems that Albert is game for anything, and enjoyed the setting up, as we chained him up and blindfolded him. He was almost hard as we did it, and then Petr arrived and started to torment Albert, sucking his cock and slapping him, and then sitting on his face until Albert decided to lick Petr's hole. Then, after feeding him some cock, and having a chow down himself Petr slipped his dick into Albert's waiting hole and fucked him deep and hard. Then changing positions, so that Albert was upright we can see Petr continuing the action, while Albert's dick is rock hard. Finally Albert jacks himself, while he sucks on Petr again, until he shoots his load, and Petr rewards him with a very nice facial. What a good scene this is, one that I will savor for a long time.
Ondrej Gulaska is 21 years old and lives in Odolena Voda. He is a student who like winter sports, particularly snowboarding. I like Ondrej very much indeed. He has a great look, such a lovely face and a very nice body. He does very well in this stills session. He clothes suit his look, and then when he is naked we see it all, including some quite low hangers and a well developed dickey doo, as well as a very nice pucker. I enjoyed this shoot immensely and am sure his video shoot will be even better.


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Town officials will name a temporary police chief Tuesday to allow more time to find a replacement for the outgoing David McAllister.
McAllister leaves Aug. 1 for an undisclosed private security firm in Atlanta after a six-year tenure noted for organizational gains as well as lawsuits over personnel decisions and relations, with three still active and two settled.
Mayor Lisa Sulka said the town will likely hire a permanent replacement in September or October.
Town Manager Anthony Barrett will deliver a hiring process update while announcing an interim head tomorrow at a town council meeting.
Human Resources Director Jessie Hershey reported receiving more than 100 applications late last month.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) March 14, 2012
Mount Sinai's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory has been awarded New York State's highest "two-star" safety rating in the categories of overall and non-emergency cases for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to new data released March 13, 2012 that examine patient discharges from 2007 – 2009.
The Lab achieved these results while also performing the highest number of PCI procedures in the state – 5,060 in 2009, and 13,993 for the entire three-year period from 2007 to 2009. The report, produced by the New York State Department of Health, assessed data for all 54 cardiac catheterization labs in the state.
"We have shown that teamwork and adherence to meticulous standardized medical protocols can drive complication rates to their minimum, and this is evident by the 'two-star' safety rating we have achieved for the last 15 years," said Samin Sharma, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "In addition, we strictly adhere to the published guidelines for PCI, so that our patients consistently receive the most appropriate treatment."
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, said, "This success is made even more notable by the type of complex cases Mount Sinai Heart cath physicians routinely treat. In addition to the expertise and dedication of our interventionalists, our first-class patient outreach and education programs, as well as affiliate partnerships throughout the region, increase the quality of care and improve patient outcomes."
PCI is a minimally invasive technique used to treat patients with diseased or blocked coronary arteries. During the procedure, a catheter is threaded through the body, typically from an artery in the groin to a blocked or occluded vessel in the heart. The occlusion is removed and a stent is often inserted to maintain flow within the blood vessel.
The condition of patients entering a cardiac catheterization lab can vary widely, from those experiencing early symptoms of heart disease up to those in the middle of a major myocardial infarction (heart attack). Dr. Sharma stressed that to obtain the highest two-star safety rating from New York State, where data are risk-adjusted to account for the varying level of difficulty involved in treating each patient, a cardiac center has to accept difficult cases and complete them with virtually no complications.
"Our strong leadership team encourages open communication among the medical team so that information flows not just from the top down, but also to everyone involved in patient care," said Annapoorna Kini, MD, newly-appointed Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. "We emphasize constant incremental improvement in every area, establishing protocols by teamwork, and an open discussion of policy among clinical staff."
"It is very important that everyone is on the same page in terms of the protocol of the lab so that there is a tested system in place to manage any situation that may occur. We continuously educate staff and change our practices based on available data. We review cases as a group and stay in constant communication. Senior attending interventionalists are present whenever the lab is open, which is six days a week," Dr. Sharma explained.
New York State tracks PCI data in three categories: overall, non-emergency, and emergency. Mount Sinai's Cardiac Catheterization Lab achieved the highest two-star safety rating in the overall and non-emergency categories.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by US News and World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, US News and World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and US News and World Report and whose hospital is on the US News and World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org/.
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quick test of the accelerometer & orientation sensors in the phone....this was a success! The next step will be to try and spit whatever info im getting from these sensors over to the arduino, via bluetooth of course!
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GRAND COULEE A minor ground fault occurred Oct. 23 at Grand Coulee Dam, but there were no injuries or damage to the lines, generator or transformer.
Some minor surface damage occurred to the concrete on the face of the dam at the fault location, officials said.
The incident happened above the left powerhouse as the No. 8 generator penstock was being filled with water after undergoing maintenance, officials said. As the penstock filled, air releasing through the vent valve on the face of the dam forced water out of the vent.
The water stream was close enough to an energized power line to cause a path for electricity to flow from the line to the source of the water at the vent outlet, officials said.
The Bureau of Reclamation is performing technical analysis on the cause of the fault to prevent similar events in the future.
The bureau oversees dam operations.
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1943-1949 Cuban Baseball-Card Collection (572 cards) Including Dihigo
Starting Bid - $2,000.00, Sold For - $2,666.25
Tremendous collection of 572 assorted Cuban baseball cards from the 1940s, including several near-complete sets and representing five different quality issues, highlighted by Hall of Famers Martin Dihigo, Ray Dandridge, and Ray Brown, as well as many Negro League stars and Major Leaguers. This lot originates from the collection of legendary collector Joe Pelaez and appeared in REA's 2012 Auction as lot 735. It has been consigned to this auction directly from the purchaser at that auction. 1) 1943 Ambrosia Amateur Cuban Baseball (173 cards): 105 cards mounted in the original album as intended. The album grades Fair and, without reference to the mounting, the cards range from Gd to Ex with a few exceptions (averaging Vg). An additional sixty-three cards (plus five duplicates for a total of sixty-eight) are also included. These cards range from Pr to Vg. 2) 1945-1946 Caramelo Deportivo (255 cards): Complete set of 100 minus only a single card (the virtually impossible #73 Reyes chase card) for completion. As intended, all the cards have been mounted in an album, a very common practice with these cards as the album was issued specifically for that purpose. The album is in overall Fair condition. Without reference to the mounting, the cards range in condition from Gd to Ex with a few exceptions (averaging Vg). Keys: #8 Marsans (Vg), 25 Dandridge RC (HOF, Vg), 27 Minoso RC (Gd), 30 Brown (HOF, Gd), 55 Luque (Ex), 65 Dihigo (HOF, Vg). A second album (Pr condition) with eighty-nine cards mounted inside is also included. Without reference to the mounting, the cards range in condition from Pr to Vg-Ex with a few exceptions (averaging Gd). Keys: #8 Marsans (Pr), 25 Dandridge RC (HOF, Pr), 27 Minoso RC (Gd), 30 Brown (HOF, Fr), 55 Luque (Gd), 65 Dihigo (HOF, Vg). An additional sixty-seven cards (fifty-five different) are also included. All but five cards have wear to the backs including some loss of lettering that is typical for these cards, and related to the fact that they were at one time mounted into albums as intended. Gd overall. 3) 1946-1947 Caramelo Deportivo (29 cards): #17, 20, 30, 34, 37, 38, two 40, 47 M. Garcia, 63, two 68, 69, 84 Minoso, 85, two 88, 89, 113, 128, 136, 142, 147, 149, 151, 153, 161, 165, and 172. Fair condition overall. 4) 1946-1947 Propagandas Montiel Los Reyes del Deporte (46 cards): The set includes Major League ballplayers (both those current at the time and long retired), Florida International League players (minor league), a handful of Cuban League players, a few wrestlers, as well as a selection of boxers past and present. The group consists of the following: #4 Jeffries (boxer), 7 Willard (boxer), 14 Braddock (boxer), 24, 25, 26 (boxer), 27, 29 Luque, 31, 37, 38, 39 Dihigo (Pr), 47, 48 Marsans, two 49, 56a Dickey/error (photo actually Gabby Hartnett), 56b Dickey/correct, 61, 62, 63, 65 Ott, 66, 69, 75, 76 Mize, 77, 80, two 81, 82, two 83, 84, 98, 102, 110, 111, 113, 114, 116, 119, 121, two 123, and 125. The cards range from Pr to Gd. 5) 1949-1950 Alerta Antonio Alcalde Premium Pictures Set Minus 1 (69/70): Near-complete set (minus 1) of sixty-nine Alerta Antonio Alcalde Premium Pictures issued in Cuba during the late 1940s/early 1950s. According to The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, this set was issued by a newspaper or sports periodical. The sixty-nine premiums, each printed on semi-gloss paper, feature black-and-white photos of players from four different teams: the Almendares Scorpions; the Cienfuegos Elephants; the Habana Lions; and the Marianao Tigers. The premiums for each team are color coded along the base in blue, green, red, or orange. There are eighteen subjects for both Almendares and Habana clubs (missing one), and seventeen each for the other two clubs. The most prominent star in the set is Hall of Famer Ray Dandridge (Gd). Little information is known about this set and exactly how it was issued. Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches each. Clean set, a few minor surface wrinkles here and there. Overall Very Good condition (with a few exceptions including two trimmed). Total: 572 cards. Reserve $2,000. Estimate $3,000+. SOLD FOR $2,666.25
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Best Buy will cut the price of all Windows 8 touch-screen PCs by $100 starting Sunday, February 24. The promotion lasts for two weeks and applies to Windows 8-based portable computers, and desktop PCs with touch-screen capabilities. (Related: "Windows 8 Tablets.")
Note: The discount doesn't apply to tablets, including Microsoft's Surface devices.
The price cut, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is being absorbed collectively by the retailer, Microsoft, Intel, and the PC makers. It's aimed at offsetting what is arguably the major downside to such devices, which are more expensive than non-touch devices. But Windows 8 is also more natural with a touch screen, and Best Buy research shows that consumers who bought touch-screen Windows 8 devices were much happier than those who bought traditional, non-touch PCs.
According to this research, 74 percent of customers who purchased touch-screen Windows 8 PCs said they liked the new OS "very much" or "somewhat." But only 53 percent of customers who purchased traditional PCs running Windows 8 rated the OS that highly.
"Touch unlocks an entirely new way to interact with Windows that we believe represents the future of computing," Microsoft Senior Director Janelle Poole told The Wall Street Journal. "We're pleased to see how retailers such as Best Buy are promoting this at their stores, including their latest promotion that starts this weekend."
As you might recall, there was some controversy around Windows 8 sales over its initial launch period, which encompassed the 2012 holiday selling season. That quarter, PC sales fell year-over-year and when compared with the Windows 7 launch period—the first time a new version of Windows didn't provide a significant boost to PC sales in over a decade. As I exclusively revealed, Microsoft internally blamed its PC maker partners for this shortfall: Those firms didn't deliver the innovative touch-based PCs they promised in time for the holiday selling period, instead relying, as ever, on cheap, low-end, non-touch PCs.
Not coincidentally, Best Buy reports that only 35 percent of the Windows 8-based PCs it currently sells include multi-touch functionality. But while it hopes to raise that percentage to at least 50 percent by the 2013 holiday season, even a cursory examination at a local Best Buy location shows that things have improved dramatically: On a recent trip to the Best Buy in Dedham, Massachusetts, I encountered a surprisingly large selection of PCs, including many new touch-based PC hybrid devices.


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Clingston sits perched on its rocky outcropping in the Narraganaset bay of Rhode Island. The house with it's 4 stories and 23 rooms (10 of which are bedrooms) has a center hall design from which all rooms radiate.
In 1961, the present owner, Henry Wood ( a Boston architect) bought the dear old house which had sat empty for over 2 decades, the price? a mere, $3,600.


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Kardatzke Wellness Center
The $17.4 million 132,000 square-foot Kardatzke Wellness Center provides programming for health, recreation, and wellness in all forms-spiritual, emotional, physical, and social. The Wellness Center is ADA accessible and connects the existing O.C. Lewis Gymnasium and Bennett Natatorium at the northeast end of the campus. The facility is the largest building project in the university's 100-year history and includes approximately $600,000 of instructional athletic equipment addressing various areas of fitness and development.
The Kardatzke Wellness Center opened to students, faculty, and staff in the fall of 2002 as part of Anderson University's ongoing mission to foster the well-being of the mind, body, and spirit for more than 2,000 students and 400 faculty and staff. In this building, students will train to be teachers, therapists, and fitness leaders. And intramural activities and personal fitness in the weight room, swimming pool, and walking track will strengthen each student's mind, body, and spirit for a life of faith and service in the church and society.
The lower level of the Wellness Center features an open middle concourse allowing main access to the facility from the north and the south. On the west end of the lower level is a multipurpose fieldhouse offering four regulation basketball courts that provide and support the full range of educational instruction, a 200 meter regulation indoor running track, and access to Bennett Natatorium. Also located on the lower level of the center are several meeting facilities and a variety of specialized areas for human performance, sports medicine therapy, and rehabilitation.
The top level of the Kardatzke Wellness Center provides a main reception area leading into central access for the existing O.C. Lewis Gymnasium, a comprehensive fitness evaluation area, faculty and staff offices, and a conferencing area.
The Wellness Center allows for additional programming in counseling, recreation, and popular intramural campus activities. Spiritual wellness is also a unique quality of the Kardatzke Wellness Center, and a Prayer Alcove is open to anyone seeking a quiet space for spiritual reflection. The center will focus on holistic approaches to health---specifically in the areas of recreation, evaluation, education, and human performance.
The state-of-the-art facility strategically brings together the departments of Athletics and Kinesiology with programs in Exercise Science, Athletic Training, Sports Recreational Leadership, Physical Education, and Health. In addition, the center houses the Athletic departments for 18 varsity sports teams for men and women.


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India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram plans to meet investors in Asia and Europe this month in a drive to try and boost capital flows into Asia's third-largest economy, four sources with direct knowledge of the plan said.
He is expected to start his foreign tour in Hong Kong on Jan. 22 and visit Singapore the following day, and will be seeking to reassure investors given concerns about the health of the Indian economy and fate of proposed reforms, the sources said.
They did not wish to be named as the details are not yet public.
(Read More: Why India's Economy Isn't as Bad as Headlines Suggest)
Chidambaram, who will be accompanied by economic affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram, also plans to visit Frankfurt and London after the Asia roadshows, the sources said.
India's economy is set to post its lowest growth in a decade in the fiscal year ending in March and its investment grade credit rating is at risk if the government fails to mend its finances and rein in a bloated fiscal deficit.
The current account deficit widened to 5.4 percent of gross domestic product in the September quarter, although Chidambaram said this month that foreign investment flows should be able to finance the deficit without drawing on currency reserves.
Banks including Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank are organising the roadshows, the sources said. The Mumbai-based spokesmen for the banks declined to comment.
Chidambaram may visit the United States to meet institutional investors after presenting the federal budget next month, two of the sources said.


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Celebrity Apprentice returns with eighteen celebrities for Season 5 on NBC February 19.
I've watched all of the previous seasons of the show, which have been full of crazy challenges and great conflicts between celebrities (ie- Gary Busey vs. Meatloaf) playing the game for charity.
Plus there's Donald Trump, who — no matter what you think of his politics — is a crazy production all on his own. (And I'm not just talking about his hair.)
This season is mega-sized with a series-high 18 participants. And as a bonus, the majority of them can actually be considered celebrities, which hasn't always been the case in previous seasons.
Claymates will love Clay Aiken, Trekkies will enjoy George Takei, comedy fans will be excited about Arsenio Hall and Lisa Lampanelli, racing fans can cheer on Michael Andretti, television fans have Adam Carolla and Lou Ferrigno, 80's fans can cheer on Debbie Gibson and Cheryl Tiegs, and reality tv fans have Victoria Gotti, Teresa Giudice, and Paul Teutel Sr. They also threw in Aubrey O'Day, Tia Carere, and Patricia Velasquez for good measure.
From what I've read, the two teams of celebrities will be divided by sex — men versus women — with the team names being Unanimous for the guys and Forte for the women.
It will be 12 weeks of celebrities competing for charity, Donald Trump's notorious boardrooms, and plenty of "YAAAAH FIIIIYAAAAHHDDD!"
I'll be recapping each week's episode here at CityCynic.com, complete with an updated celebrity contestant graphic. So feel free to leave your comments and thoughts about the show… and enjoy!


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Hello and welcome!
Co-written by Sarah Mitz and Svea Boyda-Vikander, Mama to Mama is a space for empowered, sassy, attachment parenting. We write when we want about what we want - challenges in breast feeding one week, and quitting Facebook the next. We are always looking for your input and feedback, and sometimes we even interview you, too.
Motherhood can be isolating, but it shouldn't be. Let's connect, share a hug, and pretend we don't smell like rancid milk.
Love, Sarah and Svea


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Singles Scene
Michael Korb explores the flirty, funny and sometimes frightening world of dating in Southwest Florida
July 2012
OMG! How could she? Doesn't she understand what "soul mate" means? They were the most perfect couple since Liz and Dick and now we are all left to pick up the Twihard With a Vengance pieces. Obviously, we're referring to the catastrophic news that Kristen Stewart, 22, was caught cheating on her live-in boyfriend and Twilight co-star, Robert Pattinson, 26. We can't deny the quirky appeal of Rupert Sanders, 41, but he is no sparkling vampire—surely, we can all agree on that. Regardless, the entire ordeal has shaken singles across the globe, and left us to wonder if relationships are even worth it. Why put yourself out there if your "soul mate" is just going to… well you read the tabloids, right? While there are exceptions to every rule, there are universal truths...
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1 U.S. Code § 110 - Saving clause of Revised Statutes
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Saving clause of Revised Statutes
All acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses, or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures, embraced in the Revised Statutes and covered by the repeal contained therein, shall not be affected thereby, but all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising, or acts done or committed prior to said repeal, may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time as if said repeal had not been made.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
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