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Its 02:30 and we're doing 2.5 knots against a swell and headwinds of 15knots. Wind is 180 degrees from where it should be. Only good news is we have about a knot of current in our favour. Ian is at the helm having called me as a ship was passing close by half a hour ago and Phil just got up for a pee. I'm on watch in half an hour to see the dawn coming up. Forecast is for wind to go north @ 15 -20 then NNE @ 25 then finally west but dropping to 10. Right now our eta Azores is 24th. As I need to be in Paris for 23rd we better get some decent wind.
Phil spent the afternoon fixing our cockpit table while Dougie sawed in his own way catching sleep below. Not much to report other than it's painfully slow.
Wind got up to 30 knots from east. Straight from the Azores and we've spent all night flogging against headwinds and big seas; 3 - 4 metre with smallish breaking crests. Noisy and wet and going the wrong direction but quite safe. The 30 knots did for the staysail so if it calms down, it's coming off for a look and maybe a sew job. Wind is easing and backing so hopefully a) we can switch off the damn engine and b) start making some headway. Add that to the Azores shopping list. Need a Yanmar mechanic, a dodger fixer And a sail maker and Dougie says he wants a massage. Phil is on the helm just now. Not bad for a beginner piloting us through the seas and weather. Takes the odd wave in the face but seems to be enjoying it. Dougie and I trying to get some kip as, once the wind backs we should be reaching fast for 2-3 days as the trade winds finally settle in.
Fuel and water at ½ and we're just shy of half way distance but surely with all the rubbish weather there can't be another ½ in time. The sun is out and it's actually cracking sailing weather - just in the wrong direction. Hopefully better news tomorrow.
8th June will now been known as Phil's day. Over the last few days in our rolling flat calms we've had to motor for 10 - 24 hours at a time. On two occasions, the engine has overheated and we've had to refill the cooling system. On the last occasion, about 09:00 yesterday we tracked the problem to a corroded and leaking core plug. Not many people would know where to start with this as to replace the plug (which we didn't have anyway) means taking off the manifold, all the pipes, alternators and gubbins, putting in a new plug and reassembling. Given we'd no plug Phil considered the options which was... like an episode of Junk Yard wars. Step one, take one 25mm dia stainless engine compartment fire extinguisher cover, two a piece of Dino's rubber gasket, five 25 cent coins and a G clamp. Phil assembled a plug from the stainless cover, rubber and coins and then sawed the screw section off my trusty 30 year old G clamp and using that as a compression bar, jammed the cobbled core plug into place using the G clamp piece as a reverse bottle screw to force the necessary pressure. That took Phil 4 hours in the wallowing sea, lying on his back and, apart from being an ingenious solution officially makes him my hero for 2008.
Back under way, with the engine running fine, we still rocked and rolled eastwards with the highlight of the day being a passing Leatherback turtle. He gave us a wave and flapped off to his horizon. (Probably got a burd on a beach somewhere).
The trip so far has been highlighted by calms and the incessant rolling. Quite trying after 20 minutes. After a week it really gets on your nerves. However, the good news is it's helping Dougie sloshing the dirty clothes around in the bucket to make us all smell nice.
Just as we were preparing for the night, concerns I'd had about the Hydrovane steering gear all day crystallised as I could clearly see it had slipped down it's mounting by about 50mm. It had also pulled out about 20 mm on the bottom bracket. I ordered this unit because it had a good report, and indeed, it sailed us all night downwind in the 30 - 40 knots and big seas perfectly. However, after I bought it I read the fitting instructions which were so complex that I tried to cancel the order. Foolishly I let the sales guy talk me into staying with them and despite 2 fittings, first by "professional" riggers (well guys with T shirts that said Riggers on them) then Phil trying to salvage their bodge. As part of "Phil's Day" we then had the poor man hanging off the back of the boat in the middle of the Atlantic with spanners and hammers putting it back together. Seems OK now.
Back to engining along, Phil called me about 11pm to say we were motoring towards an electrical storm. Perfect end to a perfect 24 hours! It's a bit disconcerting to be the only lightning conductor in the middle of a lightning storm lighting up the skies all around and thunder booming all round. We tried to scan the storm on the radar and tried for an hour to find routes out of it but in the end, in a squall with driving rain we hove to and stood down below waiting for it to pass. Dougie slept through it all.
So starts another day, engine on a rolling east. We're going way too slow however, wind fills in tomorrow for next 3 -4 days from N and NW at 15 - 25 knots so that should get us hurtling along towards sanity.
We're at 39 49.0N 57 01W again in no wind and motoring. Highlights; we caught a fish. Well a shark actually. Only 3foot long but it had real big teeth. We motored for 24 solid hours yesterday only getting wind at midnight; and that only lasted 'til 03:00. While it lasted we cracked on at 8.5 knots and were at last making good time. Now we're back to 5knots and probably having to wait until tomorrow before the forecast wind fills in from the south. We're turning this into a sea based road trip the damn engine's been on so often. The stress has caused a few wee issues but nothing Phil hasn't been able to fix (when's his birthday?). What we'd have done without Phil is beyond me. He has been an absolute hero this trip.
Pretty quiet all day yesterday, more dolphins and some kind of seagull; looks like a sea version of a number 2. All is well but we're slipping behind schedule.
After the overnight blow and yesterday morning's big seas we spent a relatively leisurely day "recovering" reaching under part genoa and staysail in bright sunshine in big seas with the odd small breaking crest. If that's what 40 knots produces, what's it like when it's windy? Lunch provided the energy to get the sails up and get going again and we had a good afternoon and evening doing 6+ in calmer seas.
Dougie organised a ship's Tombola this morning and, to increase your chances of winning you paid an extra 50p to get your name in twice. Little did us suckers know the prize was cleaning the heads. Poor Phil; fixes the steering, fits the lee cloths, repairs the engine and is currently cleaning the bogs - then he's going to make lunch!
Plenty wind in the boat today but hee haw outside. . On sailing; we had good winds until about 23:00 when the wind turned east, on the nose and faded to a few knots. The engine has therefore been running for the last 10 hours and we're all going deaf. We should be getting 14 - 20 knots from NE but for the last 6 hours we've had nothing except 2 metre swell and no wind and the boat is again rolling like a pig and, despite our attempts last night to pad everything so we could run quiet, life inside is back to the spanners in a washing machine deal. It seems as if the boat gets into a critical cadence with the waves and the roll gets more and more wild until the rhythm is broken and we roll into an oncoming waves and that stabilises us again - until the next one.
We just started a roll pattern again and our lucky Tombola winner flew out the bog followed by his bucket, cleaning fluids and mop. Poor Phil is now mopping the rest of the cabin. Really not what we expected in Trade Wind sailing. however, there are signs the wind will fill in shortly so that will help.
Last night motoring east. following the stars for navigation, just like Captain Fred, (Letton folk lore has it that "Cap'n Fred" navigated to Perth Australia from the UK without charts following the stars; and got bollocked by his bosses for it)
Dougie and Phil embarrassed me by producing a fresh version of my tinned lunchtime extravaganza of beans and more beans; a hedonistic mix of Heinz UK and Boston beans.
Did a stock count this morning and we're down to our last 28 litres of orange juice and 40 litres of milk. We've so much water we're going to shower once every 5 days whether we need it or not.
Lunch today looking like stew and corn currently defrosting on the worktop, the floor, the nav table....
We've had to motor so much the freezer has kept the ice from the 1st still frozen solid.
We've attempted to do our sun sights but, apart from creating stress fractures in our right arms from holding what seems like a 10lb sextant, the violent motion of the rolling makes it totally impossible.
Undeterred, Dougie is currently rushing to get it out, head on deck and get a sight. Given he could hardly get up the companionway the chances of getting it are pretty much nil.
Midday now passed and opinion is that it's absolutely impossible.
We crossed our first time zone last night so we are making progress. All is swell (get it?).
A week ago we were looking at a succession of highs moving across to the Azores finally consolidating as one big high. Back then our biggest concern was no wind. Yesterdays forecast shows a succession of lows marching across and we've been in and around one for 24 hours now. It started with the dull, 0 - 5 knot variable winds, with us sloshing around in swells from 10 directions. This was accompanied by rain for about 8 hours varying from bad day in the hills to monsoon. This of course has searched out the leaky bits and consequently the forward cabin is soaked with drips still coming from the hatch. Anyway, a fresh breeze came in the afternoon and we were able to switch off the engine after about 6 or 8 hours; and that's when the ride started. The wind increased over a few hours into darkness and by midnight we had 30 - 40 knots (42.7 tops) with seas I was quite glad I could only hear. (Having your iPod up loud really helps!)
We ran off ahead of it with just a scrap of staysail out keeping to 4knots for steerage. Pretty wild night but the boat was fine but about as comfortable and noisy as being in a washing machine with a pile of spanners. The blow was preceded by the start of the end our dodger. We once had a tent that after many years use was still giving good camping until one morning when taking it down we put our finger through the fabric as if it was tissue. The whole thing then pretty much fell apart in our hands so we packed it straight into the nearest bin. Well, the dodger tore and we went to sew it up and much the same has happened. We'll try again later but it looks as if it's a template for a new one and it too will find a home in some sail makers bin.
This morning, the front has gone through and we've huge (for us anyway) seas (you look behind and there's just this wall of water; above you!) However, the boat just lifts and skooshes of to the next crash into the wave in front and the pots, pans, cups, everything join in the chorus while the locker doors swing open to applaud.
I guess it's out here you find out whether you have a blue water boat or not. Anyway, the sun is out, the forecast is for winds to ease and we can get re-charged. The wind vane is doing all the steering and after a fraught installation, salvaged by Phil is performing reasonably well. Lastly, we lost our lure to some big monster fish yesterday that took a bite and swam off with hundreds of feet of our line. Fortunately, the line broke as we reeled it in and we've been spared fish for the rest of the trip. All good fun; beards all round and plenty to keep us amused. How I ever thought I'd get time to read a book is beyond me right now.
Off to get breakfast, weather and start sewing.
5th June
(From Anne - Dad wants distance run from your log each day. Are you doing noon sights yet???)
So do we. Log is bust so we can only do dist run retrospectively from GPS coordinates. Probably going to screw our astro work. Haven't seen sun for 2 days. Currently in thick fog, motoring and we've only scratched the surface of the trip. Just had brekky. Dougie eating muesli as we're out of bacon and conserving gas.
Time Bandit 5th June 08:30 local 41.45.9N 64.13.7 W
What a difference a day makes. We've been sailing in the influence of the Gulf Stream which has been pushing us north and that, coupled with head winds meant we were effectively tracking for the UK. Once darkness fell we got a fantastic show of phosphorescence with every breaking wave top lit like neon in pitch blackness. (Total cloud and no moon yet). About 2am we crossed a distinct line, from north easterly Gulf Stream to southerly Arctic currents. In 20 yards the difference in currents shifted our track from UK to Azores. Unfortunately, the cold water from 't north hitting the warm south east air meant in that same 20 yards we sailed into a blanket of fog. We've sailed all night in 15-20 knots in heavy rain that has only just let up. 08:30 local and the fog (and the dolphins) is still here but no useful wind so we're currently motoring at 5kn on 105M direction Azores. Forecast for later is 20 - 25 knots from NE so if that comes we should get a good blast. Unfortunately, the heavy rain is showing up the leaky bits and there's a bit of water, mostly down the mast from a bodged seal by our rigger. Yesterday evening we changed to single watches with one on and one stand-by (we'd been standing watches in pairs so far) so everyone is now getting well rested. Looking forward to some sunshine though. When we plot our wee noon position or look at our position on the chart there seems a long way to go. All is well ha harr!
Woke up last night about 2am flying airborne across my bunk, landing in the lee cloth as Ian and Dougie had us steaming eastwards at 9 knots. Pretty busy day yesterday surrounded by and chased by dolphins for hours. Same again this morning. Highlight; the shoal of fish the dolphins were chomping on was also the dinner table for a pod of hump backs - big tails, "thar she blows and everything". Woke up again at 06:00 to thick fog as we left the warm, 250ft Boston shelf waters and entered 3000ft colder Atlantic. This morning, as the fog cleared only slamming the wheel down saved us running down a sleeping humpback. Passed within 50yards. We've passed out first waypoint on en route to "P" at Lat 40N Long 60W where we'll take a left for the Azores. Gas consumption way ahead of plan so microwaving stuff to conserve. Fuel and water still at 4/4 in tanks. Duogen, towing generator is pumping in the amps so we're OK for power. Also out of 12oz steaks! Arteries hardening by the minute.
All OK, bit slow apart from really charging along last night. All getting enough sleep and morale OK. Down a bit because of the gas deal but consumption has been high and left on three times by accident plus we spent 6 days in port and should have refilled. Learning a lot!
Good morning. First night at sea and all went pretty much OK. Ellen MacArthur has gone up in all our estimations. Perfect intro to Atlantic sailing (ish). We had to motor for fist 45 miles/ 12 hours and, about 04:20, just as we were getting wind; 10kn from south east, the engine temp alarm sounded. We shut down, put up the rags and have been sailing in calm seas and now sunshine for last 5 hours. Everyone is happy, Phil is about to look at the engine (poor man is now Dan the engineer). Forecast for today is 10kn form SW dropping to 5 tomorrow then 25 on 5th.Bacon and eggs for brekky, Ian in the master suite watching a movie. All going great, boat is running well.


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Oct. 26, 2012
PROVO, Utah - Camille Cheng, Yvette Kong, Elizabeth Pelton and Kelly Naze won two individual events each as defending NCAA champion California topped host BYU, 158-118, in the Golden Bears' dual-meet opener on Friday at the Richards Building Pool. Cal won 14 of 16 events.
Cal head coach Teri McKeever was pleased with the performance by her team, which arrived in Provo this morning.
"There was some good racing today," she said. "It was a very long day, but the team raced tough, and it was good to compete against a new team. We had good energy, too."
The Bears won every swimming event, though Cal won the very first event of the day - the 200-yard medley relay - by just one hundredth of a second. The quartet of sophomore Melanie Klaren, Kong, Pelton and sophomore Kaylin Bing edged the Cougars, 1:44.78-1:44.79.
A sophomore, Cheng captured both the 100- (51.43) and 200-yard (1:51.76) freestyles, and Kong, another sophomore, won the 100 (1:03.91) and 200 (2:20.51) breaststrokes. Pelton won the 1000 freestyle (10:24.38) and 200 backstroke (1:56.89) and fellow freshman Naze won the 100 butterfly (55.98) and 200 individual medley (2:04.39).
Cheng also swam the third leg of the winning 400-free relay, the last event of the day that included Bing, Klaren and sophomore Catherine Breed. The Bears clocked a time of 3:28.29 to beat BYU's top relay (3:34.15) by almost six seconds.
Cal senior and U.S. Olympian Caitlin Leverenz won the 200 butterfly by more than three seconds over BYU's Kim Doroghian, 2:02.39-2:05.93. The defending NCAA champ in both the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM, Leverenz did not swim in either event.
Junior Cindy Tran, the defending NCAA champ in the 100 backstroke, won her signature event in a time of 56.52, Bing captured the 50 free in a time of 23.90 and Breed clocked a winning time of 5:01.16 to win the 500 free.
In diving, freshman Annie Kastler posted Cal's top finish on the one-meter springboard with a score of 275.10 to take third. BYU's Dayna Christensen won the event (291.68) and also took the three-meter springboard (316.65). Junior Kahley Rowell collected Cal's top finish at three meters (265.28).
On Saturday, Cal remains in the Beehive state to take on Utah in Salt Lake City on at 11 a.m. PT/noon MT.
Cal at BYU
Oct. 26 in Provo, Utah
Cal Results
200-Yard Medley Relay
1. Cal C (Melanie Klaren, Yvette Kong, Elizabeth Pelton, Kaylin Bing) 1:44.78. 3. Cal B (Stephanie Au, Kelly Naze, Cindy Tran, Caroline Piehl) 1:44.96. 4. Cal A (Rachel Bootsma, Melissa Bates, Rachael Acker, Camille Cheng) 1:45.40.
1000-Yard Freestyle
1. Elizabeth Pelton 10:24.38. 2. Melanie Klaren 10:28.48. 3. Taylor Nanfria 10:29.64. 4. Stephanie Au 10:35.77.
200-Yard Freestyle
1. Camille Cheng 1:51.76. 2. Caroline Piehl 1:52.41. 3. Caitlin Leverenz 1:52.76. 5. Mikkel-Ane Stipe 1:55.80.
100-Yard Backstroke
1. Cindy Tran 56.52. 3. Lauren Driscoll 58.16. 4. Catherine Breed 58.86.
100-Yard Breaststroke
1. Yvette Kong 1:03.91. 4. Kelly Naze 1:06.70. 5. Casey Mims 1:07.98.
200-Yard Butterfly
1. Caitlin Leverenz 2:02.39.
50-Yard Freestyle
1. Kaylin Bing 23.90.
One-Meter Springboard
3. Annie Kastler 275.10. 6. Kahley Rowell 236.18. 7. Sara-Lina Boushakra 230.48.
100-Yard Freestyle
1. Camille Cheng 51.43.
200-Yard Backstroke
1. Elizabeth Pelton 1:56.89.
200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Yvette Kong 2:20.51.
500-Yard Freestyle
1. Catherine Breed 5:01.16. 2. Lauren Driscoll 5:04.60. 3. Taylor Nanfria 5:06.55. 4. Alicia Grima 5:08.42.
100-Yard Butterfly
1. Kelly Naze 55.98.
Three-Meter Springboard
3. Kahley Rowell 265.28. 6. Sara-Lina Boushakra 247.73. 7. Annie Kastler 225.53.
200-Yard Individual Medley
1. Kelly Naze 2:04.39.
400-Yard Medley Relay
1. Cal A (Kaylin Bing, Melanie Klaren, Camille Cheng, Catherine Breed) 3:28.39.

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3DS third-party publishers split on effect of price cut
Ubisoft "very pleased" with eight-fold boost to European software sales, but unnamed publisher's rep describes retail reaction as "not euphoric."
Ubisoft "very pleased" with eight-fold boost to European software sales, but unnamed publisher's rep describes retail reaction as "not euphoric."
Ubisoft Motion Pictures already planning trio of live-action projects based on games; Rabbids animated series also in the works.
French publisher posts 19% revenue growth during fiscal 2011 to $1.87 billion; reveal of online title in "top gamer franchise" coming in days.
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The rabbids are five years old!
Nintendo will ship 3DS remake of Legend of Zelda classic on June 19; new bundle to feature Wii Remote Plus, all-new minigame compilation; full spring schedule inside.
A weather-shifting strategy game, a shiny new port of a long-awaited RPG, and two different flavors of dance games populate this week's game shelves.
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Winger says he wants to stay at Chelsea
08:07 25 May 2012
Chelsea transfer news: Florent Malouda would like to play for the Blues next season
Chelsea winger Florent Malouda has declared that he wants to remain with the Blues next season.
The French international was used mainly as a substitute under interim boss Roberto Di Matteo and with one year left on his current deal it was thought the west Londoners were keen to move the former Lyon man on.
However, when asked by fifa.com if he wished to remain at Stamford Bridge Malouda said: "Yes, and Chelsea know it.
"During the last two transfer windows, the club have said that I was not available for transfer. I knew at the beginning of the season I would not play all that often.
"This season has reminded of my first season at Chelsea. You have to accept it. I finished the previous campaign as Chelsea's leading scorer in the league and I started the next season on the bench."


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Granite Bay goes 10-0 in SFL, eyes sixth section tennis banner in a row
Granite Bay High School begins its quest for a sixth consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section girls tennis banner Tuesday.
After winning five Division II titles in a row, the Grizzlies have moved into Division I and will act as hosts to either Delta Valley Conference runner-up Elk Grove or Monticello Empire League No. 3 Napa. Elk Grove and Napa play Monday.
Granite Bay completed a 10-0 run to the Sierra Foothill League championship with a 5-4 victory over Rocklin.
Kammy Kecki, Kayla Cline and Lauren Bonham won in straight sets at Nos. 1-3 singles, and the Grizzlies won two matches in doubles, coming back from a set down in each match. No. 1 Marissa Hayes and Brooke Williams won 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, and No. 2 Kristen Hilburn and Hailey Lederer won 5-7, 7-6, 10-7.
Rocklin will be host to Tri-City Athletic League No. 3 Lodi-Tokay on Monday, and SFL No. 3 Del Oro will travel to play San Joaquin Athletic Association No. 2 Tracy.
In Division II, CVC third seed Oakmont (6-4) will visit Metro No. 2 Kennedy on Monday. The winner advances to play WAC champ Los Banos on Tuesday.
The Vikings wrapped up the CVC campaign with 8-1 victories over Rio Linda and Casa Roble.
Girls volleyball
Roseville 3, Woodcreek 0 — The visiting Tigers (22-15, 4-3 SFL) made just six hitting errors in their 25-19, 25-18, 26-24 sweep of the Timberwolves.
With Jessica Yaranon setting, Abby Jensen had four of her team-high nine kills in the second set. Gabby Lyttle, filling in for the injured Kirsten Merlino, had eight kills, and outside hitter Jayme Lee had four of her eight kills in the first set.
"While not being very tall, Jayme makes up for her lack of height with a good jump and a strong approach," Tigers coach Ron Grove said.
Jennifer Simon served for 11 points in the second set, including three aces, and libero Hayley Barnes and Corinne Smith led the digging effort in the back row.
Boys water polo
Granite Bay 23, Nevada Union 6 — Red-hot Max Vigeant pumped in eight goals, and Jack Ellinthorpe and Nathan Pinkney scored four apiece to lead the Grizzlies over the Miners.
Alek Dendall scored three goals and Frankie Cervantes two. Max Munsell blocked five shots and Tyler Kenney four.
Roseville 15, Whitney 10 — The Tigers bounced back from a 20-15 loss to Bear River with a victory over the Wildcats on Monday.
Evan Artica had four goals and three assists for Roseville, and Nick Sapp had two goals and four assists. Each has 55 goals this season. Justin Young, Jacob Darby, Eric Waters and Jared Samsel had two goals each, and Elijah Keaton had a goal and three assists. Chance Owen totaled 37 saves in the two matches.
Girls water polo
Granite Bay 5, Nevada Union 3 — Stiff defense and 17 blocked shots by goalie Sara Northam lifted the Grizzlies over the Miners.
Junior driver Grace Reego pumped a shot into the high corner and gave Granite Bay a 2-1 lead with a five-meter shot in the second quarter. Senior Hayley McAvoy, playing her last home game, scored two late goals, and sophomore Kat Conen gave the Grizzlies a 5-1 lead with a goal from four meters.
"We are very proud of how our girls kept their composure throughout most of the game," coach Mike Saldana said. "They knew this was a must win, and everyone had great intensity in their defensive efforts."


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Singles club
Feb 10 2014
Some extremely useful but not so popular single-purpose websites
Yet, websites still skirt this muddy, medley of multipurpose multitasking mould. Therefore, single-minded, single-purpose websites lurk in various nooks and crannies of the web. Some are famous, but the majority are little-known, unsung, unknown squatters in cyberspace. Here are some extremely useful but not so popular ones that you can point your browser to when the need arises.
Reverse image search
If you ever want to trace the source point of an image, or find out if an Facebook account photo is fake, or if someone is misusing a photo of yours, w-w-wing down www.tineye.com. This reverse photo search engine allows you to upload an image (or point it to a url) to seek out where that particular pixel-package came from. Not just that, TinEye will also report how the image is being used and if any modified renditions of it are around on the internet. It will also help you sniff out higher resolution versions of the picture. Even though TinEye has indexed 4,559,885,821 images from the web, it is far from foolproof. But it's better that the others for sure.
Hey, your zip is open!
Ever been stuck with a compressed zip file that you don't know how to open? Try Wobzip at www.wobzip.org, an online tool for decompressing files. All you need to do is upload your file to the site and enter the password for the compressed file, if it has one. The site handles an alphabet soup of formats, including 7z, arj, bzip2, cab, chm, cpio, cramFS, deb, dmg, fat, gzip, hfs, iso, lzh, lzma, mbr, msi, nsis, ntfs, rar, rpm, squashFS, tar, udf, vhd, xar, xz, z, and of course zip. Size-wise, it can tackle even a 200 meg file.
Burn after reading
Want to send a super-secret confidential message — not necessarily a love note, it could a confidential message to someone at work or in the family--that you don't want passed around? Go to https://privnote.com. Create a note and copy the generated web link. Send the link to the person for whom the note is intended via mail or instant messenger. And forget about the link. The note will self-destruct after it has been read. You can even receive a notification on when this note gets read. No user registration fuss. No passwords. No messing around later. The note is read-once. If the recipient tries going to the link a second time, a "this note was read before" error message is all that is visible. The reader can of course copy the message and keep it but there is no evidence that you've sent it in the first place.
Wait, watch, fly
Frequent business flyers across the world have one thing in common: they want to waste minimum time waiting around at airports. There is nothing they value more than flight time statistics and status updates. An excellent global flight tracker and travel planning website and mobile app, FlightStats gives such jetsetters real-time flight status reports, departures and arrivals, airport delays, and airport information. You also get to know security wait times as well as weather details. Apart from the scheduled departure and landing times, the actual take-off and projected landing timing are also displayed. You can chose to receive e-mail or SMS alerts about flight status changes, if the airline you have selected doesn't offer such a feature. Then there's information about airports, frequent flier programmes as well as fares. The site has a wealth of information for travellers that is also easily available though the FlightStats mobile apps (Android, iOS, Windows) for checking on your air chariot on the go.. zz
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May 25, 2016
Education took center stage in Mississippi as former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige joined other leaders for a town hall meeting.
"The most frequently cited reason for children leaving high school early is boredom, lack of real world relevance," said Dr. Butch Rosser, professor of surgery, Morehouse College of Medicine.
"The first thing we must do to solve our education shortcomings is to face the facts," said Paige.
The facts right now? Less than two-thirds of Mississippians graduate from high school on time. That number shows an increase compared to past years.
"What we've been doing ain't working, and we're going to try something else," Rosser said.
And that something else, according to professor Rosser? Video games.
"Children have to engage with it, and not want to put it down," Rosser said.
Rosser wants to see the cell phones and other tech tools that sometimes distract students from class used as a teaching tool in class.
He presented a program at the meeting that lets you virtually dissect a frog.
"What if you had instant correlation to the human heart?" asked Rosser.
And an instant correlation to what could be a next step for education.
And to go along with the call for technology in education, Hinds Community College streamed the meeting live on the Web.
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Smart & Final Recalls Chef's Review® Nonfat Dry Milk Because of Possible Health Risk
Randall Oliver
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Commerce, CA -- September 28, 2004 -- Smart & Final Stores of Commerce, California is recalling 5 pound Chef's Review Nonfat Dry Milk because it may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Consumers with the above symptoms should consult their physician.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
The recall was initiated after Smart & Final's packer, Custom Foods Incorporated of Santa Fe Springs, California was notified that its supplier, Michigan Milk Producers of Novi, Michigan had received notice of a positive test for salmonella in the product as a result of a USDA inspection of their plant in Constantine, Michigan. Michigan Milk Producers independent testing did not detect the organism and USDA inspectors are retesting the plant and awaiting results.
The affected product was distributed through Smart & Final retail stores in California and Nevada.
The product is packed in a brown 5-pound bag with the brand name "Chef's Review". Recalled lots can be identified by a sticker located on the bottom right-hand side of the back panel containing the Use By Date 12-14-2005 and the lot code 425801 or the Use By Date 12-21-2005 and the lot code 426501.
Smart & Final stands behind all of its private label products and follows the most stringent quality assurance practices. Consistent with Smart & Final's guarantee, consumers who have purchased this product are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Smart & Final at 1-800-894-0511.
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i attempted to come up with a top ten songs of the year list, but the problem with that is that a lot of shit is not postable. now, if you know anything about this site or me, i have rarely cared about the legalities or ramifications of posting questionable material. luckily, knock on wood, other than that one dick taper with the shitty westerberg bootleg i posted a few years back, i have not been asked to take anything down. still, to post ten songs that are off new records, and by bands/artists i know and respect, i just didnt want to go there. so, i am going to post just one song, which is my favorite of the year. i know a lot of you are going to be like "what the fuck is this?"
"what the fuck is this?" is probably a understandable reaction, not only to this song, but the record as a whole. "inventory" is the opening track to richmond fontaine's the high country, a what the fuck is this kind of record. i, admittedly, am a richmond fontaine fan boy, or whatever that means. the high country is a complicated and challenging listen. its not challenging in the way that listening to a gg allin record may be, but requires the listener to actually pay attention and give a shit. richmond fontaine is a records band, not singles. sure you can pick up any given fontaine record and skip to your favorite song, the high country included, but much like life its all about the ride, not a single experience.
"inventory," which i deem to be my favorite song of the year, sets up the ride that is the high country perfectly. its not even sung by willy, but deborah kelly who acts as a bit of narrator and gives a little background on the situation happening in this oregon logging community. it is a concept record, btw, in case you didnt know. now, maybe you'll understand why its a bit of challenge. a record about some of the more fucked up inhabitants of a logging community? yeah, that was my first reaction too.
in regards to my other favorite songs of the year, refer to my top 14 list which pretty much covers em, minus "plane" by mount moriah which may have been my most listened to song of the year.


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London Mayor Boris Johnson could bring back the London Games Festival according to a research proposal from the Mayor's Office obtained by GamesIndustry International.
"The Government expects to launch a similar tax relief for video games which could have a corresponding growth impact on the games sector. The UK has the largest consumer market in Europe, while London's studios contributed £224m to UK GDP last year, and £96.6m was spent on London-based games development," says the research request, entitled "Growing the Games Sector in London."
"Nevertheless, London has slipped from 3rd to 5th place in global games production, and this year's London Games Festival was cancelled. The Mayor could extend his creative industries portfolio to include games – an intervention that could address market failures in the sector and help the capital's games businesses promote themselves to international markets."
The document also mentions the trade group UKIE, who hopes to secure funding in partnership with Film London and London & Partners.
"They the partners are seeking GLA funding to target overseas games investors and increase London-based development and sales in London. The Culture Team has also identified an opportunity to (re) launch the London Games Festival with a brand new B2B event."
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Big 12 women's basketball power rankings: 1. Baylor; 2. Iowa State; 3. Texas Tech
Nos. 1, 8, 9 and 10 continue to be pretty straight-forward. Between them, though, any team is clearly capable of beating any other squad.
With that, here are the Big 12 women's basketball power rankings for this week.
1. Baylor (24-1, 14-0 Big 12)
Last week: 1
Baylor has won 22 straight games and remains the nation's No. 1-ranked team in both the AP and coaches' polls.
2. Iowa State (18-6, 9-5)
Last week: 2
Iowa State had its four-game win streak snapped Sunday in a home loss to West Virginia, but the Cyclones also earned an important win at Oklahoma last week.
3. Texas Tech (19-7, 9-5)
Last week: 4
Tech lost at Baylor and beat Texas at home in the last week. The Raiders get an entire week off before playing next Sunday at Kansas.
4. Oklahoma (18-7, 8-5)
Last week: 3
The Sooners lost back-to-back games for the first time this season with Thursday's home loss to Iowa State and Sunday's defeat at Kansas. OU hosts Kansas State before next Saturday's important Bedlam rematch in Stillwater.
5. Oklahoma State (18-6, 7-6)
Last week: 6
After being routed by Oklahoma in Norman, the Cowgirls earned an impressive win at West Virginia, and then easily handled Kansas State at home. OSU plays next Wednesday at TCU, then hosts OU next Saturday.
6. West Virginia (15-10, 7-7)
Last week: 5
West Virginia remains tough to figure out. The Mountaineers lost at home to Oklahoma State, then pulled a big upset at Iowa State.
7. Kansas (16-8, 7-6)
Last week: 7
Last week, Kansas barely squeaked by last-place TCU, but then comfortably handled Oklahoma in an upset at home. The Jayhawks play at Texas, then host Texas Tech this week.
8. Kansas State (13-12, 4-9)
Last week: 8
Kansas State beat Texas, then was obliterated at Oklahoma State last week. Next, the Wildcats play Wednesday at Oklahoma, which has lost two games in a row, then hosts Iowa State on Saturday.
9. Texas (9-15, 2-11)
Last week: 9
Texas continues to struggle through a tough 2012-13 season. The Longhorns started 0-7 in Big 12 play, then won two straight, and are now back on a four-game losing streak. Wednesday, Texas hosts Kansas, then plays at No. 1 Baylor on Saturday.
Last week: 10
TCU continues to struggle through its first Big 12 season. This week, the Horned Frogs get two home games to try and earn that elusive first conference game, but neither contest will be easy. TCU hosts Oklahoma State on Wednesday, then West Virginia on Saturday.


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Marines assault beach at Steel Knight exercise
Ops at sea and Asia deployments increasing in post-Afghan era
CAMP PENDLETON — Waves of amphibious assault vehicles crashed onto the beach Monday at Camp Pendleton, launching the 1st Marine Division back to the Corps' seafaring roots and ahead to its peacetime future.
About 10,000 of the division's 23,000 Marines and sailors have been participating in Steel Knight, a three-week exercise that ends Dec. 18.
As deployments to Afghanistan wind down, the Corps is preparing its forces for a more diverse range of operations projected from ships at sea, from humanitarian assistance to conventional warfare. It's part of the U.S. shift of military personnel and resources toward the Pacific.
Last year a landlocked round of Steel Knight involving fewer troops focused on counterinsurgency, the main thrust for the military during the last 11-plus years of combat.
This year, the training event was revamped and expanded to include a sunrise assault on Red Beach as well as live-fire exercises at the Twentynine Palms Marine base.
"Many of the Marines have never been involved in amphibious operations. So we have to start from ground zero in making sure those young Marines who are very good at counterinsurgency now upgrade their skill set," said Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division headquartered at Camp Pendleton.
Counterinsurgency isn't going away, Bailey added. "It's absolutely important and critical to maintain that skill set," he said. "But as you know the president has turned our focus to Asia and the Pacific."
That region is of strategic importance to the United States, a global maritime nation that moves 90 percent of its commerce by sea, he said. "Amphibious operations are "a skill that our Marines must understand in terms of how it is organized, how the waves come in, how we conduct assaults and the different types of amphibious operations."
In a parallel exercise called Valiant Mark, an infantry battalion from Singapore stormed the beach alongside the American Marines and sailors.
The effort to seize Red Beach began Saturday night, when reconnaissance Marines landed to assess conditions such as the number of enemy forces and whether the soil and other aspects of the terrain were suitable for an amphibious landing.
"They're already here, you just can't see them, which is good," Col. Scott Wertz, the division's director of operations and training, said Monday morning.
A company of amphibious assault vehicles clattered onto the beach just before 7 a.m., carrying an infantry battalion in their steel seafaring bellies. As the sun rose over the bluff, the vehicles spread out across the beach. The ramps fell, and out popped infantrymen with rifles drawn.
According to the scenario, there weren't many enemy fighters around to shoot at. The Corps trains to avoid beaches dug in with large numbers of enemy troops, preferring to use reconnaissance or naval gunfire and airstrikes to clear the way. The idea is to race ahead to secure territory without getting bogged down in fierce battles with heavy casualties, like the one on Iwo Jima in World War II.
"If it was heavily defended, we wouldn't land here," Wertz said.
Lt. Col. Brad Tippett, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, said, "While accepting we are going to have to do a little bit of fighting, we're not up against that brick wall.
"What we did in World War II and what we did in Korea and those amphibious assaults, with advances in technology, are not tenable anymore. So we are being selective in what we do and trying to pick points to maneuver and exploit gaps ... widening them with fires, softening them up and then going through that gap."


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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez has named three assistants to his new staff and all have direct ties to his previous tenures at Michigan and West Virginia.
Rodriguez announced Monday that Calvin Magee will serve as associate head coach and offensive coordinator, Tony Gibson will be the Wildcats' secondary coach and Tony Dews will be the receivers coach.
All three resigned their jobs at Pittsburgh last weekend.
Magee was associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Michigan under Rodriguez from 2008-10 and was running backs coach from 2001-07 at West Virginia for Rodriguez.
Gibson was assistant head coach and defensive backs coach under Rodriguez at Michigan and defensive backs coach for West Virginia from 2001-07.


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"Back when I was in school, we went when the windchill was 30 below!"
In November of 2001 the National Weather Service updated its wind chill chart. With worked with Canadian weather officials and scientists to create a chart that reflected the affect on human skin. The full story of the old and new charts can be found here.
In a nutshell, a windchill of -44 below today was registered as -60 prior to November of 2001. More info here.
Here's the OLD windchill chart. You can leave a comment below.


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After 10 years of service at OMI Sales Partner, PeaceWorks Computer Consulting, I joined OMI as Client Project Manager. As a Project Manager I spends much of my work time coordinating OMI resources to ensure that a client's OMI's experience is a positive one. Outside of work I enjoy's playing hockey, slow-pitch, and spending time with my wife and two girls. interactive session Book keeping Investment and data processing
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I'm trying Java's fullscreen-exclusive-mode with a java.awt.Frame.
In Windows 7 it works finely, but when I run it in Ubuntu 11.04 it doesn't work.
In Ubuntu 11.04 I keep seeing the gnome top bar and when I go with my mouse to this left the "menu" is still going to slice in screen.
I've already searched much on the internet, but none of the given solutions worked for me.
Does someone know how to set a Frame to fullscreen in Ubuntu 11.04?
GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); GraphicsDevice gs = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice(); if(gs.isFullScreenSupported()){ Frame frame = new Frame(); frame.setUndecorated(true); gs.setFullScreenWindow(frame); }
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Hyper Smith is a very practical and self working mental effect. It allows you to reveal a word and a symbol randomly selected by two spectators. No fishing and nothing is written or forced. With Hyper Smith you can create a sensation at your parlor or close up show. Very visual and easy to do.
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PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania Professor and Nobel Laureate Alan G. MacDiarmid received the Friendship Award today from Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu at a ceremony in Beijing. This year, the annual Friendship Award was conferred on 84 foreign experts for their outstanding contributions to China's economic and social development.
MacDiarmid was honored for his work as chairman of the Alan G. MacDiarmid Institute at Jilin University in ChangChun, China, and professor in Jilin University Chemistry Department.
In 2000, MacDiarmid, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry in Penn School of Arts and Sciences, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to the discovery of how plastic polymers can conduct electricity, a development that ushered in a new field of study and led to array of industrial and consumer products.
Born in Masterton, New Zealand, MacDiarmid is author or co-author of more than 600 research papers. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of New Zealand and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Cambridge in England. MacDiarmid is also the James Von Her Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he also holds an appointment as professor of chemistry and physics.


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PETTS, John
Born: 1914, London, England
Died: 1991, Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales
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I was amazed at the arrogance of suggesting that the "new heaven and new earth" would be more like a move to the right than the left. When Jesus dealt with the religious leaders of His day, it was the conservative Pharisees going up against the liberal Jesus. Numerous times the Pharisees tried to trick Jesus into defining the world in their simplistic "black-and-white" boxes. Jesus never fell for their traps. I think the new kingdom will look a little more like the example of the King. - Steven Reiff, Tokyo, Japan
Joel Belz is correct about syncretism. The Hegelian dialectic (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) operates as relentlessly as Adam Smith's unseen hand. Hegel saw his system as leading to utopia, but history has shown him to be wrong. - Ralph W. Hahn, Glenns Ferry, Idaho
Two reports in the Aug. 16 issue illustrate that the right-to-left drift does occur: "Formally heretical" (on the current debacle in the Episcopal Church USA) and "AG speaks to the AG" (on the increased flexibility afforded to Assembly of God ministers when it comes to marriages of divorced people). This tendency results in the birth of new organizations on the right. - Richard Engelmann, Cincinnati, Ohio
Read the book
To Gene Edward Veith's comment ("Christian Christ-killers," Aug. 16) that maybe a "movie on the centrality of the cross can set the record straight," I would add, "Read the book!" - Jeff Cottrell, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
Mr. Veith hit the nail on the head (if I may use that expression) when he wrote about Mel Gibson's Passion movie. I applaud Mr. Gibson's stance and his endurance to see this project finished, despite political consequences. If people see this movie as anti-Semitic or Jew-bashing, they've got a wrong perspective of both the story and the man who's producing it. - Ruth Romansky, Pennsville, N.J.
I enjoyed Mrs. Seu's "Playing with words" (Aug. 16). I, too, have become more and more disillusioned with writers as I have forayed into the world of writing. I and some fellow homeschooled teenagers from around the country have started a newsletter; going through the process of writing myself has made me much more critical of others' work. - Sarah Fowler, Groveland, Fla.
Many in the media (including WORLD) have used the term openly gay to describe the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, recently elected bishop in the Episcopal Church ("Formally heretical," Aug. 16). May we use the more accurate biblical terms unrepentantly homosexual? The first should disqualify him even more than the second. The formalization of heresy can only come after many years of its celebration and affirmation in practice (ordaining homosexual priests, blessing same-sex unions, etc.). No Episcopalian leader has a right to feign shock over this heretical development. - Joel Mark Solliday, Brooklyn Park, Minn.
I took heart recently when two unbelievers I know expressed their disgust at the tone that television has been taking in its glorification of homosexuality. It is a sign that Christians may no longer be alone in believing that there is a long-term plan to legitimize that lifestyle throughout all of American society. The latest attempt to forcibly gain respectability by placing an openly gay bishop shows clearly that they needed a churchand they got one. - Elaine Neumeyer, Big Canoe, Ga.
Christians are infamous for killing their wounded, so I really appreciate the charitable yet honest tone of the article. It is easy for our small "vices" to become monsters. We should examine our own hearts and behaviors lest we too wake up one morning to discover that our witness has been devoured by habits that once seemed innocent. - Anne Johnson, Newport, Ore.
Based on an incorrect reading of a published report, WORLD wrongly stated that Nimir Petroleum took kickbacks from the purchase of Iraqi oil to finance terrorist activities ("Fueling terrorism," Aug. 9). The article also incorrectly asserted that Khalid bin Mahfouz is "head" of Nimir Petroleum. His sons Abdulrahman bin Mahfouz and Sultan bin Mahfouz are, respectively, chairman of the board and deputy chairman of the board of Nimir Group Ltd. WORLD regrets these errors.
Nothing falls up
I loved the two columns by Joel Belz on the drift from right to left in organizations and in all of life's institutions from family on up ("One-way traffic," Aug. 9; "Unlikely as uphill erosion," Aug. 16). It reminds me of Jonathan Edwards's famous text on Deuteronomy 32:35: "Their foot shall slide in due time." From Adam on, innocence dissipates before disobedience, and life turns to death. Nothing falls up. Praise the Lord for Joel Belz's courage to say what he did when people are breaking their arms patting each other on the back for their own goodness. - James A. DeWeerd, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The suggestion that the right-to-left trend is part of an "overall back-and-forth fluctuation" is partially right. I would add that short of the outpouring of the grace of God, there would be no rightward recovery to our leftward drift. - Tom Hatcher, San Jose, Calif.
Great observations. But some of Mr. Belz's friends verge on blaming the environment for institutional erosion, things such as technological advancement, memory loss, familiarity, and a desire for growth. The primary cause of organizational drift is evil hearts; the secondary causes are all those things we use to justify the practice of evil. - B. Winship, Laurence Harbor, N.J.
Those objecting to the bloodiness of Mel Gibson's new movie need to remember that "nothing but the blood of Jesus" can save them or me. A graphic portrayal may well be necessary to impress each of us with the price He paid. - Erica Kennedy, Plainfield, Ind.
The headline, "Christian Christ-killers," should remind all Christians who bears the responsibility for Jesus' death. The song asks, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" Spiritually, I was there, and it should cause me to tremble. - Mary A. Bell, Portland, Ore.
You quoted Anglican theologian Kendall Harmon saying that the threatened split is "catastrophic ... the most serious crisis Anglicanism has faced since its founding." Anglicanism was founded as the result of a schism by King Henry VIII, who sought to redefine the institution of marriage in his own terms. It seems ironic that Anglicanism's "most serious crisis" may lead to a schism resulting in part from a modern attempt to redefine marriage. - Jay Ryan, Cleveland, Ohio
Clear as mud
I have some questions for Bill Bennett ("To become a better man," Aug. 9): If gambling was "wrong in the use of my time and resources in that way," then for whom is gambling a wise, proper, and godly use of time and resources? If gambling is not sin at root, then why not courageously correct the mistaken public notion? And if it is sin, then why not confess it? I think the equivocation is worse than the deed: It sends a moral message as clear as mud. - Chris Cobb, Greenville, Ohio
The way
I was truly gratified to see Edward E. Plowman's story on the passing of Bill Bright ("End of an era, or new beginning," Aug. 2). I am one of the millions who have been profoundly affected by him. My sorority sister was saved through Campus Crusade in 1970. Several months later she shared the Four Laws with me, and in the fall of 1971 I chose to believe that, yes, Jesus is truly the way, the truth, and the life. - Carolyn G. Marshall, Columbia, Mo.


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VantagePoint Capital Partners has led a $10m financing round for financial technology company InvestLab.
The venture firm was joined in the Series A round by Citi Ventures, a unit of global financial services company Citigroup.
VantagePoint managing director and head of emerging markets Asia, Melissa Guzy, will join the InvestLab board of directors alongside founder Mark Munoz and Nate Emerson.
The company's products includeTradepop.com, a social investing website which uses sentiment analysis to rank and rate stocks, and cross-border retail trading solution MIX.
Guzy said, "VantagePoint funds transformative technologies that answer obvious social and business needs.
"As Asian economies mature, investors across the region are increasingly seeking new investment platforms that leverage new technologies to break down the barriers to global markets.
"InvestLab is developing solutions that respond directly to those needs."
Munoz said, "The capital helps us further grow our global community of investors on Tradepop, expand our sentiment platform and deliver our trading technology to clients."
Earlier this week fellow VantagePoint portfolio company MiaSolé secured $55m in venture funding to push forward its next wave of growth.
Silicon Valley-based VantagePoint has more than $4.5bn in committed capital invested across more than 70 companies.
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Founder of All'asta to hold Lexington event
Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 10:56 a.m.
The founder of All'asta, Kerry Shea Penland, will be in Lexington on Saturday to hold an Experience All'asta event. This is a chance for anyone who may be curious about the company or interested in starting an All'asta business to learn firsthand how it all works.
The Experience All'asta event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at 402 W. Second Ave. The event will include an overview and history of the company as well as information about the All'asta business opportunity and other upcoming company events. There will be time for Q&A.
All'asta is a new direct-selling company that combines a silent auction with the company's Signature catalog of lifestyle accessories for home and outfit. The company started in Lexington just over a year ago and has grown to include approximately 100 independent All'asta consultants around the country.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Greene questionable for Wednesday's game; Boulton eager to return; Devils go Hollywood with House MD
Devils coach Pete DeBoer said defenseman Andy Greene is "questionable" for Wednesday's game in Colorado after not practicing for the second day in a row.
"He's got some bumps and bruises, nothing long-term," DeBoer said. "It's definitely day to day. He couldn't skate today, so we'll see how he is tomorrow."
The decision on whether Greene will play against the Avalanche will be made after the morning skate, which Greene hopes to participate in.
"We're still trying to get it right," Greene said. "It's still a little sore today."
Greene said he was "hoping to" practice today.
"But I think it was just better to stay off it one more day and try and get it right," he said.
DeBoer expects Greene to play at some point during this trip, which also includes games in Minnesota on Friday and in Winnipeg on Saturday, so they felt no need to bring along rookie defenseman Alex Urbom, who was returned to Albany (AHL) today. The Devils will return home after Saturday's game before flying to Toronto Monday for a game against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
"We brought him on the trip because we expect he'll be available at some point, whether it's tomorrow or the weekend," DeBoer said.
Left wing Eric Boulton said again today that he's ready to return from a non-displaced fracture in his right hand. Boulton has not played since Oct. 21 against San Jose. He injured his hand in that game in a fight with Douglas Murray.
"If he can get through the morning skate tomorrow he'll play," DeBoer said. "There's no reason shouldn't be (ready). He played a game already in the American League (with Albany)."
Boulton still has to be activated from injured reserve. He is understandably eager to get back in the lineup.
"It's tested my patience," he said of his injury. "It's something that was out of my control. It just needed time to heal, but it's good to be back."
Boulton has broken his thumb in the past, but never his hand.
"It depends on whether it's your top hand or your bottom hand, how you grip your stick." he said. "This was right in the middle of my hand and with the grip strength, you couldn't hold on to the stick. But that's fixed now. Sometimes you get broken fingers and thumbs that you can play with, but this was one of those things."
Boulton said no one approached him to fight during his conditioning assignment with Albany, but he would have avoided dropping his gloves if he was.
"I wasn't going to risk anything anyway," he said.
He said he is ready to fight if needed Wednesday night.
"Obviously, I have a job to do and if the situation arises, I'll be ready."
Martin Brodeur will start in net Wednesday for the sixth time in seven games.
Brodeur and Johan Hedberg were both excited about having their names mentioned during Monday night's episode of House M.D. on Fox. Zach Parise, Ilya Kovalchuk and ex-Devil Jason Arnott were also mentioned during the scene.
Brodeur said his brother called him last night to tell him about it.
"They asked our permission to use our names, but it was a long time ago, so I forgot about it" Brodeur said.
In the scene, a fictional game between the Devils and the Rangers on Oct. 8, 2011 was used as part of an alibi in a trial. The witness claimed he was watching the game on television with the defendant.
Kovalchuk (his name is mispronounced in the scene) scored two goals and Parise and Arnott also scored in the game, which the Devils won 4-0. The key piece of the story involves which goaltender started in net – Broduer or Hedberg.
"Now, I just wait for the money," Hedberg joked.
If you haven't seen it already, here's a link to the pertinent scene:
DeBoer on center Brad Mills, who was placed on waivers today with the intent of sending him to Albany: "He gave us some good minutes. It's never for lack of effort. Again, the organization has some depth in role players and we're going to interchange those guys to make sure we're getting maximum energy out of them."


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Just trying to figure out the compatibility of the following....
I am parting out an 08 "Poprad" Disc, it has BB7s on it.."6 bolt" w/ 160mm rotors. I had an offer from someone to buy the front caliper and rotor and he mentioned that he had a "Fox Float Fork" would this work? if so, would he need an adapter for said setup?


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Italian Style Green Beans Recipe
Fresh green beans and mushrooms star in this pretty dish from Gloria Warczak of Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Lightly coated with olive oil, lemon and basil, the beans are cooked to perfection.
- 1-1/2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1. Place beans in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain.
- 2. In a large nonstick skillet, saute mushrooms in oil until crisp-tender; stir in the beans. Sprinkle with basil, lemon peel, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until combined. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup equals 46 calories, 2 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 79 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 fat.
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Adam Levine Makes Acting Debut, But Will He Leave The Voice?
April 28, 2014 08:00 AM by Lisa Princ
Could Adam Levine be the next mentor to leave The Voice? That seems to be the burning question on most Facebook and Twitter fans' minds these days, especially since the fan favorite mentor has made his acting debut. Well, the Maroon 5 front man spoke about his acting debut recently, where he also dished about his future on The Voice.
Adam Levine is definitely one of the fan favorite mentors on NBC's hit show, The Voice. Levine, however, he recently stepped out of his comfort zone to make his acting debut, as he will star opposite Keira Knightley in Begin Again, which will hit theaters in August. At the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend, Levine dished about his first time acting, stating: "My experience was so much fun. It made me kind of start to like acting a little bit, but I don't know. I don't think you can really make those bold declarations, but we'll see."
But since Levine had such a great experience with his acting debut, what does that mean for his future on The Voice? Adam was asked about whether or not he will return to The Voice, and he simply said: "I've got to check my schedule." Yeah, I know, not the answer that anyone wanted to hear, but at least he didn't say that he would not return, right? I don't know about you, but I certainly could not imagine watching The Voice without Adam Levine and Blake Shelton and their bantering back and forth. In my opinion, that is one of the things that sets the show apart from the other singing competitions out there.
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April 28th, 2014 at 9:16 am
Hasn't he already had an acting debut? He appeared in American Horror Story.


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Isles' optimistic outlook takes hit with OT loss
UNIONDALE, N.Y. The New York Islanders' rallying cry in their return to the postseason for the first time in six years is "Believe."
Even the most ardent of supporters might find that optimism difficult following a deflating home loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Buoyed by a split of the first two games of the first-round series in Pittsburgh, the Islanders came home to Nassau Coliseum with the feeling they could upset the Penguins - the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference. New York jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first period on Sunday only to be behind by the time the intermission arrived.
The Islanders then climbed out of a two-goal hole in the third period, but couldn't seal the deal before falling 5-4 in overtime on Chris Kunitz's second power-play goal of the game.
Pittsburgh has a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, yet this advantage seems to be even greater.
"The sun is going to come up tomorrow," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said shortly after the sudden loss. "It takes four to win the series."
While that is true, the Islanders were counting on winning these two games at Nassau Coliseum to build off their Game 2 victory and keep home-ice advantage in their favor. Now the best New York can hope for is to go back to Pittsburgh tied at 2 after Game 4 on Tuesday.
If the Islanders lose again, they will face elimination without any guarantee of returning home for another game.
"We played a good game," said star forward John Tavares, whose first NHL playoff goal lifted the Islanders into a 4-4 tie in the third. "We need to regroup and know that we're playing some good hockey. We're creating opportunities and believe in ourselves."
There is that hopeful word again.
Very few expected the Islanders to rally from a 3-1 deficit to win Game 2 on the road, but they did. Perhaps they have another surprising comeback in them.
It isn't often that four goals isn't enough to win a playoff game, so if they can keep the offense rolling and figure out a way to slow the Penguins' power play, they could turn the series back around.
Kunitz scored Pittsburgh's third man-advantage goal of the game 8:44 into overtime, off the third assist of the day by Sidney Crosby, and the Penguins rode a slew of ups and downs en route to the win.
Crosby, playing his second game after missing a month because of a broken jaw, drew the decisive penalty against Brian Strait, who held the Penguins captain as he drove the net 33 seconds before the winning goal.
"He kind of wrapped me up," Crosby said. "I pulled up looking for someone. I didn't see anyone, so I thought I would take it to the net.
"We were hoping we could get it done quickly."
The Penguins went 3 for 5 on the power play and yielded Kyle Okposo's short-handed goal, but held New York scoreless on its three advantages.
"We had our chances. They scored on the power plays and we didn't," said Capuano, who declined to comment on the officiating.
When New York scored twice in the first 5:41 to go up 2-0 in Game 3, old Nassau Coliseum rocked as it did in the Stanley Cup-winning days of the early 1980s. However, this was the Islanders' first home playoff game since 2007, and the fans were soaking it all in.
Not so fast.
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So i was shopping today, and My wife said she saw me in a different aisle, asked how I changed clothes so fast...MUST READ
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I was at Meijers today with my wife. We were alone and seperated. I went to the automotive section, I don't know where she was. After about 30 minutes or so, I ran into her, and she started laughing, asking why I was trying on different clothes and shoes and stuff. I had no idea what she was talking about. She said she had just seen me with different clothes on, down a different aisle. She thought nothing of it. I laughed it off. She swore up and down she had seen me, we almost started to fight over it. So we started looking for this guy who looked like me. We asked a lady where she said she saw me, and she said yes, I was just there, but with different clothes, to my surprise. Now this got my attention, did this guy look so much like me that my wife and another person said it was me? She even said she remembered my 6 point wedding ring (it's a 13/16 shaped like a nut gold)...I was floored....when we were leaving the store my wife yelled at me, there he was on the walk outside the store, i saw him, and it kinda looked like me, but he turned, and started walking fast away. I yelled for him to wait a minute...he started to run, and avoided me clearly. I also noticed my wedding ring. I couldn't catch this guy, and he seemed to just disappear. I walked back to my wife in awe. Could I have just seen myself from the future, and caught myself? I just got accepted to U of M and start in January, and was going to take some classes of a higher level. Did I get into something that allowed me to come back to see myself? I am just creeped out now.
doppleganger. apparently i have one who lives in a neighboring town. i can't tell you how many of my friends say they saw me and would swear it was me.
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458 archive John Peel shows on Soundcloud – listen while you can
I don't actually follow @ttfb on Twitter, but via retweets, that is the person who brought to our attention the availability of 458 archive John Peels shows on Soundcloud.
The length of show varies, as these aren't just your later years. The oldest shows (Perfumed Garden) date back on 1967, with the archive of shows running until 13th October 2004. As you probably know, the godfather of evening radio died soon after, whilst on holiday in late October of that year.
This selection doesn't look to be official, more a labour of love compiled over three years and with that in mind, we have no idea how long they will stay for – so enjoy while you can. The mid to late 1980s is a particularly fine vintage. 23/03/1983 has sessions by The Fall and Ivor Cutler, which pretty much is a pinnacle.


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Aura restaurant in the Seaport Boston Hotel is once again offering an elegant menu of traditional tea time offerings to compliment the Boston Flower and Garden Show and welcome spring! Guests arriving via coach are easily accommodated to ensure their trip home.
After enjoying the beautiful array of flora at the show, guests can relax and unwind with a fabulous afternoon tea in Boston at Aura!
Choose from an assortment of pastries, sandwiches and teas; sample a special blooming tea with each bud producing a different flower (pictured below & as a photo attachment). Blooming tea flavors include Floral Passion, Noble Madam, Oriental Beauty or Camellia Joy.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 12 - Sunday, March 16, 2014
1:00 to 4:00 PM
WHERE: Aura restaurant in the Seaport Boston Hotel
One Seaport Lane, Boston
COST: $31 per person, plus tax & service or $35per person, plus tax & service for blooming teas; guests may also select the Tea Royale, which includes a glass of Prosecco for $38 per person, plus tax & service.
HOW: For reservations call 617.385.4300 or go to OpenTable.com
Tea Sandwiches
English Cucumber
Smoked Salmon
Egg Salad
Tea Pastries
Black Currant Scones
Devonshire Cream
Fruit Tartlets
Assorted Tea Breads
Selection of Assorted Teas Including
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Decaf Breakfast
Oasis Green
Citrus Mint
Chamomile Citron
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