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Spotify, a music streaming service, is strategically partnering up with…a soft drink company. Yep. Today in New York, Spotify held a big press conference announcing its new "strategic" partnership with Coca Cola. Coke will soon have its own app in the Spotify marketplace where it will promote music it likes (and has paid for), and the two companies will co-promote each other in many ways throughout 2012 and beyond.
Despite the big shebang and full-scale press conference, neither Coke nor Spotify seemed to have a strong sense of how they will actually work together. Coke executives say that the company will "leverage the Spotify platform" and help "bring Spotify to the world" using Coke's massive marketing budget and global soft drink penetration.
Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek commented a few times at the oddly sparse press conference, but seemed fidgety and somewhat uncomfortable — a stark difference from the energetic enthusiasm he usually displays. "We've found that Coca Cola really understands what Spoitfy is about," said Ek.
One reporter asked a good question: When is the Spotify iPad app coming? Ek said it's coming along, but wouldn't comment further.
Jeff Levick, chief marketing solutions officer at Spotify, was as vague as everyone else on stage, saying that the new partnership has four key areas: Global, Technology, Social, and Music. Wonder what exactly that means? So do we.
This partnership is undoubted good for the future of Spotify. Coke executives said that "Spotify will be at the core of Coke's 2012 efforts," which can't be a bad thing. If there's one thing Spotify could use right now, it's greater exposure. Still, will there be any end benefit of this partnership to users? From everything we heard today, unless you want to download the Coke Spotify app, or are a regular visitor to the Coca Cola Facebook page, this deal really won't affect you much.
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''Some spots of the camp were under nearly a foot of water,'' Amnesty's Graham Thom told Fairfax after visiting the centre. ''Shoes were floating on the water, some of the tent floorboards were floating. It was extraordinary how much like a pond the front of some of the tents had become in a very quick period of time.''
The heavy rain followed a reported suicide attempt at the centre by an Iranian asylum seeker on Wednesday night after the Gillard government announced that many of the asylum seekers who have arrived since offshore processing resumed would be released into the community on bridging visas.
Immigration officials confirmed an ''incident of attempted self-harm'' at the centre, saying the injuries were minor and the man had been treated on site, where 387 asylum seekers are accommodated in tents.
Refugee advocates said the Iranian tried to take his life after hearing of the new policy under which the ''no advantage'' principle intended to apply to those sent to Nauru has been adapted for those who will remain in Australia. They said that the injured man had been taken to the facility's medical centre and remained separated from other detainees.
Amnesty officials, who were at the centre as asylum seekers became aware of the news, reported that many asylum seekers were in a highly anxious state, and asking why they had been sent to Nauru, when others who arrived at the same time would be released into the community.
Despite assurances that they would be allowed to photograph detainees and conditions inside the centre on Thursday, the Amnesty officials were refused permission to record any images.
Dr Thom said the theme of interviews with asylum seekers over the past three days was how unfair they considered their situation. ''They said, 'Look at what we have been going through for the last few months, and now it's even worse for us'.
''A lot of them said, 'We're happy those people are going to be out in the community, but why have we been forgotten? Why have we been cast aside, pushed into a corner? Why are we locked up like this?' Again and again, they just spoke of the injustice of the situation.''
There was also despair after Immigration Minister Chris Bowen confirmed that they could be waiting five years before being resettled in Australia if their claims for refugee status are upheld.
''I think the news came as a real kick in the guts to the guys inside,'' Dr Thom said. ''Those aware of the five years said, 'Come and look where we live? How can we stay like this for five years? We are going to die here.'''
Aside from the uncertainty of their situations, Dr Thom said that the leaking tents had left many with wet bedding and led to skin conditions before Thursday's heavy rain.
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.

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It settled in my suitcase and I started reading it on a very rainy day in Perast in Montenegro. A quiet town, off season, and not quite used to so much rain. I could see the hills opposite through the terrace doors and mist over the bay. I opened the book and started reading the first story and it felt a little like holding my breath. I stared out of the window for a long time when I finished reading it, as all the details soaked in. I thought, I need to read these stories slowly, one at a time. That first story, in fact all of them, so absorbing, I wanted to fully immerse myself and make sure I felt every word.
So, I read more outside a restaurant on a terrace that jutted out over the bay on a windy morning where I needed a second cardigan, but I couldn't put the book down until I'd completed the next story. And I read more inside the same restaurant while I lingered over two cups of green tea and waited for the waiter (a man I spent four days with) to stop at my table and smile or share a few words. And I read more in the early hours one morning when I couldn't sleep and the rain lashed down and although my body felt drained, my mind felt so awake.
Most of the stories are set in Ireland and so I was staying in a strange country, reading about another unfamiliar country. But the characters and the geography began to seem very familiar in my mind, so much so that it was like living three different lives at once. The lives of my characters, my own brief life away from home for that short holiday, and my ongoing life, the one it was good to escape from for a while.
Yesterday, I finished the collection. I stayed in bed late into the morning and read the final story Night of the Quicken Trees. A 40-page story inspired by an Irish fairy tale called 'Feet Water' and containing some elements of a fairy tale, but so grounded and earthy and rich in detail, it felt as if I could be Margaret in this story.
The two main characters are so fiercely individual and strange. I am in awe at how real their characters have been developed by the writer. I could see them so vividly in my mind as I read, but I also felt as if I could step inside their shoes and feel everything they felt, even outside of the words written in the story. They are isolated through choice, loving the solitary confines of their lives in two adjoining cottages. Margaret is not yet forty, pisses outside because 'she wanted to pass water on every blade of grass around her house, she could not say why.' She lost a child from cot death, she can heal people, and she loves to lie on the cliff and look over the edge. Stack who lives next door is nearly fifty. He shares his bed with his goat, Josephine, cuts turf from the bogs, loves fried eel. They are peculiar people, stubborn in their own ways, affected by the past, and have been brought to where they are by circumstance.
I love the way we see each character through their own eyes and through each other's eyes. So Stack sees Margaret like this: 'And now a woman was living next door, setting fire to the priests good furniture, walking the roads with her hair all tangled same as she didn't own a comb.'
I loved every detail about how Margaret settles into her new house. It's as if she is exorcising the past by staying there. I won't say why. The story needs to be enjoyed to find this out.
I found myself connected to the story more and more as it progressed, knowing there was sadness written into every word, not in a pitying way, but an everyday tragic way: how solitariness can become a habit and familiar, and the strangeness of other people is just comparative to our own strangeness, and how loss can slowly eat away at people without them even knowing it.
The connection formed between Stack and Margaret is beautifully found and explored in the story, without cliches or sentiment and how it progresses is not what I expected, and at the same time everything that I should have expected.
And maybe there are elements of the story that reflect my own life, or mean a lot to me right now, because I've been thinking a lot about isolation and connection, about getting older and being alone and relationships, and this story explores all these things. And I feel there is a lot about me that is fiercely strange and this story gives no apologies for the strangeness of these characters, in fact it celebrates it.
It is a story filled with dreams and superstitions. It is poetic and dirty and beautiful and filled with tenderness and sadness. I don't think I will ever forget it.
I will leave you with these lines.
Margaret came home, pulled the priest's bed out of the room, took it down to the field, and doused it with paraffin. It was slow to burn at first, then blazed and turned into a bed of ash. She went inside and began to knock a hole in the wall between the two houses. Stack stood in this own house at the dividing wall and felt afraid. When that wall came down nothing would ever be the same. He could feel the grief of Margaret Flusk. Her grief was beyond comparison. And her strength; Margaret has the strength of two men. Weren't her legs and arms the same as in his dream? He stood there and hear the plaster loosen, then the stones.


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After searching nationwide for a method to keep hazardous snow and ice from flying from the tops of truckers' rigs, Connecticut Motor Transportation Association head Michael Riley thinks he's found the solution ... in Beacon Falls.
That's where Wilmar Valverde, a self-styled inventor from Seymour, and his partners have built and tested a model for a patented snow removal system they hope will become standard equipment in the trucking industry.
And Riley in particular hopes this "Snow B Gone" system -- a blade fastened between two tracks atop trailers with temperature sensors to detect frozen condensation -- will be ready by Dec. 31, 2013. That's when, under state law, Connecticut police can begin ticketing motorists who fail to remove snow and ice from their vehicles.
Riley had for years successfully fought passage of such a law because there have been no easy and safe solutions to clean the high tops of truck rigs. State lawmakers acknowledged the challenge when they passed the fines in 2010 and gave the industry nearly four years to figure out a solution.
"I went from booth to booth to booth at the American Trucking Association's exhibition in Texas in October and asked trailer manufacturers, truck manufacturers, people that had gizmos and doodads and thingamajigs if they were working on this and didn't find anybody," Riley said.
Valverde contacted Riley last summer, but he actually began thinking about Snow B Gone several years ago after witnessing an accident while driving on Interstate 91.
"A sheet of ice fell out of the truck, hit the windshield of this old lady," Valverde recalled. "She panicked, lost control, spun ... She ended up hitting a guardrail." The woman was uninjured but the incident inspired the inventor to get to work.
In January 2008 Valverde filed his designs with the U.S. Patent Office. They were approved last April.
Mark Nowotarski, a patent agent in Stamford, on Thursday reviewed Valverde's patent online for Hearst Connecticut Media Group to confirm its legitimacy. Nowotarski said, "This was allowed without any rejections at all, which is pretty unusual for a patent. So good for him and good for his patent attorney. They all did a good job."
Now, Nowotarski said, Valverde has the rights to his invention for 20 years before it can be made and sold by anybody.
Valverde has formed a corporation with fellow investors Richard DeCapua of Shelton, truck driver and construction worker Michael DeFelice of New Haven, and Bart Hogestyn, CEO of Ansonia Steel Fabrication Co. Inc.
Hogestyn's business on Pines Bridge Road in Beacon Falls is home to a table-mounted Snow B Gone model.
"This is the initial device just to get there and prove the theory," Hogestyn said Wednesday when Hearst visited.
The next step is to install a sensor -- technology Hogestyn said is used in snow-melting devices installed in driveways -- that will automatically trigger the Snow B Gone blade, and then begin testing the model.
"It's the right idea," said Riley, who also stopped by Ansonia Steel Wednesday. "The answer is vehicle-based, not land-based, so this goes with the truck." He also expected the equipment is simple enough to be affordable.
Riley is urging a full-scale model be ready to display to lawmakers in Hartford this winter.
"I'm dying to see it," House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, R-Norwalk, who spearheaded the snow-removal legislation, said Thursday. "In order to get the bill through -- there was so much opposition -- I had to compromise on the 2013 date. I figured better late than never, and I'm just glad people are starting to do more than think about it."
DeCapua said by this time next year he is hoping to have deals with manufacturers and Snow B Gone on the market.
Riley is thinking big.
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Looking over my posts, they're rather dense and I really should have left out the bit about hindenburgs for now, as that's something you should go over with your instructor when the time comes. And perhaps I shouldn't have gone into such gross detail about kite tuning except for the fact that you're have a 4-line foil and I know how finicky they can be to get dialed-in. Besides, you seem like a capable guy who'll be able to extract the relevant bits from the wall of text that I put up.
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In a ceremony honoring the late pitcher on October 18, the 150th anniversary of his death, men who play in a baseball league that still uses 19th century rules provided a look into the past as Eric Miklich, one of the players and historian of vintage baseball, mimicked Creighton's unique pitching style.
The players sported the vintage uniforms, played with an old fashion baseball, and demonstrated how much different pitching is thanks to Creighton.
In 1860s baseball, the pitcher wouldn't dictate the game as they do today. Instead the batter would ask the pitcher to deliver the ball exactly where they wanted to hit it. Then the pitcher would lightly toss the ball underhanded to the batter and leave everything up to the fielders to make the play. All pitchers practiced this, except for Creighton.
He would throw the equivalent of a modern day fastball that was accused of being illegal and unsportsmanlike throughout the league. Creighton would whip the ball and snap his wrist toward the batter, releasing the ball at an estimated 85 mph. With hitters at the time being accustomed to seeing pitches cross the plate at below 50 mph, he quickly dominated the game.
As a result, the rules of the game changed as others pitchers imitated Creighton's unique style. Officials instituted a ruling that two lines be drawn 3 feet apart limiting the distance the pitcher had to wind up, which they hoped would limit the speed generated by Creighton's style. This would eventually lead to the pitching rubber that is used today.
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In the U.S., the polio vaccine is recommended to be given at the following ages:
- 2 months
- 4 months
- Between 6 and 18 months
- Between 4 and 6 years
Vaccines include:
- IPV. Inactivated poliovirus vaccine is given by a shot (injection). This vaccine is given at all 4 immunization visits. IPV can't cause polio because the virus has been killed and is safe to use for people with weak immune systems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have an allergy to neomycin, streptomycin, or polymyxin B, as you may not be able to receive the IPV.
- OPV. Oral poliovirus vaccine is given by mouth. In very rare cases, OPV has been known to cause vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis. It is now recommended that the OPV not be given routinely and that only IPV be given. OPV should NOT be given to anyone with a weak immune system.
Living with polio
Polio can have various effects on your lifestyle, depending on the severity of your symptoms. Types of treatment and support can include:
- Assistive devices for movement, such as braces, canes, orthotics, and wheelchairs
- Breathing help, such as extra oxygen or a ventilator
- Physical and occupational therapy to assist with movement
- Nutritional therapy, such as special diets or assistance with eating
- Lifestyle changes to adapt to your symptoms
When should I call my healthcare provider?
If your symptoms get worse or you have new symptoms, let your healthcare provider know. Certain signs and symptoms should be reported immediately, such as:
- Breathing trouble
- Swallowing trouble
- Problems with walking or other types of movement
- Weakness or extreme fatigue
Key points about polio
- Polio is an infectious disease caused by any 1 of 3 types of poliovirus. It is easily spread from person to person.
- Polio can cause paralysis. But, most people who are infected with polio have no symptoms and a few have mild symptoms.
- Since the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955, polio in the U.S. has nearly been eliminated.
- Poor or underdeveloped countries may not have access to the vaccine. Polio is still a concern, especially for infants and children.
- While there is prevention of the polio, there is no specific treatment for infected people.
Next steps
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider:
- Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen.
- Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
- Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you.
- At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis, and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you.
- Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed, and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are.
- Ask if your condition can be treated in other ways.
- Know why a test or procedure is recommended and what the results could mean.
- Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure.
- If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
- Know how you can contact your provider if you have questions.
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"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"
The quote from "The Graduate," one of the most famous in movie history, is accompanied by one of the most famous poses in movie history. There sits Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), using her legs seductively, as Ben (Dustin Hoffman) asks the question in the 1967 comedy.
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Your Quick-Change Rearend Should Be Inspected And Potentially Rebuilt At Least Once A Year, So Why Not Do It Yourself?
Given enough time and use, everything on your car will eventually wear out, or worse, break. And of course, Murphy's Law dictates that the component on your race car that you least expect to fail will give out on the night that a win looks like a sure thing.
Most gear specialists recommend inspecting and rebuilding your rearend every off-season, even if everything goes perfectly (and how often does that happen?). You should rebuild more often if you are racing a high-horsepower car in long-distance races. And whenever you suspect you may have damaged the rearend-especially if you have been in a wreck and a rim on a rear tire is bent or flattened-you should perform an inspection before the next race to ensure you won't take to the racetrack with a rearend that's likely to fail.
We traveled to Tiger Rear Ends, in Mount Ulla, North Carolina, to get a better idea of what should be done when rebuilding a quick-change rear. Along with the Ford 9-inch, a quick-change rear is easily the most popular type of rearend used in auto racing. The beauty of the quick-change is that the gears can be changed quickly and easily to achieve a wide array of final gear ratios. There are different companies making quick-changes, and each has its own design, but they all work on the same principles and many of the processes detailed here are applicable to all makes of quick-change rearends.
Unless there are significant problems, most rebuilds include pulling and inspecting both axles, removing at least one axle tube and bell, removing the locker or spool and pinion gear, and even rebuilding the differential if necessary. A fully assembled centersection is the most complex component of the entire rearend. It includes the pinion gear, the yoke, the jackshaft, and several sets of bearings-all of which must be installed with the correct amount of crush. Crush is the amount of preload on the differential bearings. Also, before you can even get started with a complete disassembly of the centersection, its housing must be baked in an oven to open up the housing bore diameters. Fortunately, Wayne Ingram, one of Tiger's gear specialists, says that most quick-changes can go through a few rebuild cycles without needing the centersection disassembled. And when it is necessary, it is often sent to a specialist, such as Tiger, that has the setup necessary to perform the task. For most in-shop rebuilds, like the one we tackle here, the centersection is left alone.
When you begin the teardown, take a moment to check your gear oil. The lubricant in a rearend that has been run too hot will have a distinct "burnt" smell. It is hard to describe in print, but even if you've never smelled it before it is safe to say that once you do you will know exactly what we're talking about. The smell is more noticeable in mineral-based lubricants, which are more sensitive to temperature, but it can also be present in synthetic lubricants. It is a good idea to run the lubricant through a fine mesh strainer to see if there is any metal debris. If that's the case, you must find the culprit: It is usually a gear or bearing gone bad.
Teardown requires pulling the bearing from the spool or locker inside the rearend. Without the proper tools, it is very easy to damage the bearing races, so make sure you have the correct tools, such as a bearing puller. Tiger sells a rearend rebuild toolkit that includes everything needed to tear down just about any quick-change rear and properly measure lash on the rebuild.
Finally, visually inspect the rest of the components. Check all gears for discoloration. Specifically, look for a blue or brown sheen, which can be a sign of overheating. In addition, be on the lookout for chips, hairline cracks, and excessive wear. Make sure all bearings spin freely without grinding or catching. Inspect your seals for cracks or deterioration and follow that up by inspecting both bells and the centersection for cracks or other damage. Once you have identified all the parts that can be reused, thoroughly clean them to prepare for the rebuild.
You may be surprised to learn that Ingram says the greatest area of wear on a typical rearend isn't the ring-and-pinion gears, but the locker. Lockers take a little abuse every time they activate, and the more horsepower you add to the mix, the tougher that abuse gets. One of the most sensitive components always seems to be the locker springs, no matter what brand is used. A good way to extend the effectiveness of your locker is to run an oil cooler, especially if you regularly participate in races that are 100 laps or longer.
After disassembling the locker, inspect the teeth on all the dog gears. They should have sharp, defined edges. Even if the drive isn't abusive, over time they will wear and will need to be replaced. If any of those edges are worn, replace them. Begin by placing the steel rings inside the locker housing that keeps the dogs from eating into the aluminum housing.
When reassembling the dogs, Ingram cautions that you should always use enough oil or gear lube to create a film between all the mating surfaces. When reassembled, the teeth of the dogs fit very tightly together and are held that way by the springs. So, even if the locker is surrounded by gear lube, it is possible for the dogs to remain dry until you get out on the track. It's also a good idea to replace the springs at least once per season. As mentioned before, it always seems to be the locker springs that are most susceptible to heat, and simply replacing them regularly is cheap insurance.
The locker assembly goes back together into the housing, sandwiched with a spring on either side. The locker springs are quite strong, and it can be a frustrating task if you don't have a locker spring compressor, which is the proper tool for the job. Most gear specialists use a piece of threaded rod with flanges welded to nuts so that the rod can be inserted through the locker and the nuts can be threaded down to compress the locker enough for it to be bolted together. You can fabricate your own, but Tiger sells a locker spring compressor in its toolkit that works quite well.
Before final assembly of the ring gear to the locker (or spool, if that is what you are using), you should make sure there are no burrs or dings in the material of either the ring gear or the locker that can affect the alignment. Sometimes the smallest grit caught between the back of the ring gear and the locker can throw off the ring-gear alignment enough to cause lash problems. Clean both surfaces with Emery cloth or a flat honing stone. Finally, don't forget to use red Loctite on all the ring-gear bolts, torque to spec, and safety-wire each of the bolts.
On a rebuild, you can usually use the same shims that came out of the assembly and get the correct amount of lash, but it is still a good idea to recheck everything just in case. Ingram says the correct amount of gear lash is between 0.008 and 0.013 inch, but he aims for the tight side because lash will always open up after the gears have been run in. On a rebuild, normal use will open up the lash to around 0.020, which isn't a concern.
Ingram always sets lash with the left side of the bell and axle tube attached to the centersection and pointed down. This means he builds from the right side of the housing. The ring gear and locker are set into place, and the centersection is dropped into place on top of that. Be sure to install the wear pad now so you won't forget and have to tear the rearend down again later.
Both lash and crush are adjusted by inserting and removing shims behind the carrier bearings. Lash is the amount of play between the ring-and-pinion gear teeth. It can be adjusted by changing the amount of shimmed distance between the left- and right-side carrier bearings. The total amount of shimmed distance sets the crush, while the manner in which the total amount is split between the two bearings sets the lash. The process of getting both of these amounts correct is quite labor intensive and usually requires installing and removing the bearings and shims several times. Because of this, Ingram uses a set of setup bearings that have been ground on the inside diameter to allow them to slide onto the locker easily without having to be pressed on. You can do the same with a set of old bearings and a hand grinder.
On a new rearend, Ingram normally begins by inserting 0.034 inch worth of shims on the left side of the locker and 0.056 on the right side and adjusts from there. With the setup bearings in place, install the assembly into the left-side bell and install the centersection on top of that with no gasket or O-ring.
Ingram checks crush by placing the right-side bell and tube in place with three 0.010-inch shims between the centersection and the right-side bell. These shims should be spaced equally around the centersection. Press down on the bell using only mild force. If there is still space even with the spacers, some spacers will need to be removed from behind the bearings. You can tell when you don't have enough spacers behind the bearings if the right-side bell rocks after removing one of the 0.010 spacers. When everything is perfect, the 0.010 shims should fit the gap between the centersection and the bell perfectly. Also remember that you will lose crush on final assembly if you are using a set of setup bearings, so try to err on the tight side.
Once the crush is correctly set, reassemble everything (with four bolts holding both bells to the centersection) and check the lash at the pinion gear. Before setting up your lash gauges, spin the gear several times to make sure there are no rough spots from a bearing hanging up. Check the lash at four places in 90-degree increments on the pinion gear.
Ideally, you want between 0.008 and 0.010 lash at the pinion gear. If the lash is too tight, remove some shims from the ride side of the locker or spool and add the same amount to the left side. This will move the ring gear away from the pinion. If the lash is too loose, you can move the ring gear closer to the pinion by removing some shims from the left side of the locker or spool and adding the same amount to the left side. Remember, you should never change the total amount of shim distance because this will change the crush. You only want to move shims from one side of the locker or spool to the other.
Once you have the correct amount of spacing for both crush and lash, remove your setup bearings and press on the bearings you actually plan to use. For peace of mind, check both your crush and lash again to make sure nothing changed when you added your race bearings. If everything is correct, you can begin final assembly. If not, start over, but use the race bearings. Install your tube seals if necessary. Insert O-rings between the bells and centersection, along with a thin film of silicone, and torque the bolts into place. Finally, set your wear pad adjuster. You can do this by threading the adjuster all the way in until it makes contact between the wear pad and the back of the ring gear. Then back off on the adjuster a quarter of a turn.
The last step is to reinstall your rearend cooler, if you run one. Then get everything back underneath your race car and add your gear lube. In all, a complete rebuild should only require a couple of hours and can save you from a lot of heartburn at the racetrack.


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With it's iconic rooster emblem, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue is one of the most recognizable and revered producers of the Cote de Nuits. Much of this has to do with the estate owning nearly three-quarters of the grand cru Musigny, considered by some to be the finest Pinot Noir vineyard in the world.
Founded in 1450, Comte Georges de Vogue managed to gain early stakes in some of Burgundy's most exceptional vineyards. The Domaine currently holds 12.52 hectares including 7.12 hectares of the Grand Cru Musigny, 2.6 hectares of the Grand Cru Bonnes Mares, as well as parcels of Premier Cru Les Amoureuses, Premiers Crus Les Fuées and Premiers Crus Les Baudes. The Domaine is in its 20th generation in the same family and is currently run by Claire de Causans and Marie de Ladoucette, granddaughters of Comte Georges de Vogue.
Together with winemaker François Millet and vineyard manager Eric Bourgogne, they strive for balance in the vineyards and cellar; modern and traditional techniques are employed (though naturalistic approaches in the vineyard are emphasized) and stylistic variances adopted according to the characteristics of vineyard, vintage, and varietal. Millet does however go easy on the new oak in the Domaine's Grand Crus. In general though, the wines are powerful, dense, rich and expensive, requiring extensive cellaring to display their inherent complexity. If there's a value here, it's the Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru, made from vines younger than 25 years that the estate chooses to declassify within its Grand Cru Musigny holdings.
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WorldNetDaily Exclusive
'Gay' threats target Christians over same-sex 'marriage' ban
'Burn their f---ing churches, then tax charred timbers'
Decisions by voters in Florida, Arizona and California to join residents of 27 other states with constitutional protections for traditional marriage have prompted threats of violence against Christians and their churches.
"Burn their f—ing churches to the ground, and then tax the charred timbers," wrote "World O Jeff" on the JoeMyGod blogspot today within hours of California officials declaring Proposition 8 had been approved by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent. Confirmation on voter approval of amendments in Florida and Arizona came earlier.
The amendments in all three states essentially limit marriage to one man and one woman. In California, the measure states the only marriages "valid and recognized" in the state are those between one man and one woman.
Thirty states now have adopted marriage amendments. However, in California, the vitriol appeared especially high since the state Supreme Court in May created same-sex marriage for homosexuals. Proposition 8 overruled the court decision, readopting the marriage definition California votersadopted in 2000.
On a blog website, "Tread" wrote, "I hope the No on 8 people have a long list and long knives."
Another contributor to the JoeMyGod website said, "While financially I supported the Vote No, and was vocal to everyone and anyone who would listen, I have never considered being a violent radical extremist for our equal rights. But now I think maybe I should consider becoming one. Perhaps that is the only thing that will affect the change we so desperately need and deserve."
A contributor identifying himself as "Joe" said, "I swear, I'd murder people with my bare hands this morning."
Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs for Liberty Counsel, called the statements "hate crimes" for their intent to create violence against someone based on their beliefs.
"This is not just a matter of some people blowing off steam because they're not happy with a political outcome. This is criminal activity," he said. "The homosexual lobby is always calling for 'tolerance' and 'diversity' and playing the role of victim. They claim to deplore violence and 'hate.' Here we have homosexuals inciting, and directly threatening, violence against Christians."
On the "Queerty" website, "Stenar" asked, "Can someone in CA please go burn down the Mormon temples there, PLEASE. I mean seriously. DO IT."
"I'm going to give them something to be f—ing scared of. … I'm a radical who is now on a mission to make them all pay for what they've done," wrote "Jonathan."
Liberty Counsel's Barber said, "This is not free speech; these are 'hate crimes' under the existing definition. Imagine if Christian websites were advocating such violence against homosexuals. There'd be outrage, and rightfully so. It'd be national front-page news. Federal authorities should immediately investigate these threats and prosecute the perpetrators to the fullest extent of the law."
On yet another site, "Americablog," "scottinsf" wrote, "Trust me. I've got a big list of names of mormons and catholics that were big supporters of Prop 8. … As far as mormons and catholics … I warn them to watch their backs."
"I hope they all rot in hell, those servants of a lying, corrupt devil! BAN RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM," wrote Angelo.
One contributor went so far as to threaten to take out his frustrations on his own family.
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The writer continued, "Remember, I'm angry. And I'm strong from my years at the gym and really am ready to take my frustration out on someone or something."
Barber said the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and "other leaders within the homosexual lobby" should call immediately for an end to such threats.
There were suggestions of a different type of violence, too.
"Hope the gay waiters at their hotel p—ed in all the drinks they served these cretins," "Jake" wrote about protectors of traditional marriage.
"If you're planning a heterosexual wedding in California … be prepared for picketers. Designate someone to watch the parking lot … You're going to have lots of unexpected expenses. Add $500 to your budget for security. … Be prepared for the flowers not lasting to the reception or the tuxedos showing up two sizes too small or the music at the reception being a way too loud or the cake tasting a little funny," stated another threat. "Be afraid. Be very afraid. We are everywhere."
Another even listed addresses of Mormon facilities. Mormon, Catholic and other religious groups were active in supporting the marriage definition.
"I do not openly advocate firebombing or vandalism. What you do with the information is your own choice," wrote Jeremy.


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Driven by the huge surge in activity, the scale of PV Taiwan 2010 has grown 25% over the previous year. The exposition hosted 251 companies who are using 626 booths to link every endeavor in solar. A total of 11,437 visitors from 57 countries around the world visiting the exposition—a testament of Taiwan's emerging leadership in PV cell production. PV Taiwan 2011 that encompasses the breakthroughs is proudly presented by TAITRA and SEMI to shed more light on Asia's hottest industry.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Max Chilton laughingly suggested that he would have happily cut off his right arm to secure his place on the Formula One starting grid.
That would have been counter-productive, of course, but fortunately for the glamour sport's youngest and newest British racer, his father Grahame came up with an altogether less painful solution that could be the way of the future for Formula One.
He turned his son into a private company to raise the cash.
Chilton, three races into his rookie career with tail-enders Marussia, has effectively sold a cut of his future earnings to private investors willing to take a risk on a 21-year-old hopeful and gain tax benefits for doing so.
"With the current (financial) situation in Formula One, probably 75 percent plus of the drivers on this grid have to bring something to the team," Chilton senior explained to Reuters at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday.
"In the UK, you have what's called an Enterprise Investment Scheme... and the new venture here is investing in a young and up-and-coming driver," added the multi-millionaire who made his fortune in reinsurance.
Grahame Chilton said a group of some 35 to 40 investors had joined the EIS scheme to date, paying from 20,000 pounds ($30,800) to much greater sums with no individual allowed to contribute more than 20 percent of the invested funds.
Chilton senior has not invested anything, having paid enough already over the years to get his son to the threshold of Formula One.
"People have taken a share in his (Max's) potential future earnings and/or opportunities... I think in the F1 of tomorrow, many of the drivers will be making a greater part of their living out of the commercial backing that they get as opposed to the teams necessarily just paying them to be there," he said.
Britain's Justin Wilson formed himself into a public limited company (Plc) when he joined now-defunct Minardi in 2003, selling shares in his future to raise 1.2 million pounds, but he lasted only a season and the company has since been wound up.
Formula One has long been divided into 'haves' and 'have nots', but the dire economic climate in much of the world has exacerbated the situation.
There are the champions like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen, whose earnings are in the tens of millions of dollars.
And then there are the 'pay drivers', whose presence depends on what they can bring to the party through sponsorship or hard cash. Men like Chilton, desperate for a chance to show what they are made of.
"Obviously it's not the dream way of doing it because you're giving away part of your future," added the blond Briton, tall and photogenic.
"But any driver on this grid would chop their right arm off to get the chance of being in F1. If doing what we're doing now gives you a chance to get on the grid, that's the way to go about it.
"It's a good way of doing it and I think a lot of people will start doing it in the future."
Marussia cannot afford to pay their drivers - they dispensed with Germany's Timo Glock and his Brazilian replacement Luiz Razia for financial reasons before the season had started - in a sport where an annual team budget of $60 million is a pittance.
"We thought it was fairly important, and Max did, that actually we made this commercially viable," Chilton said. "He didn't want me to be just paying for his drive.
"You need to have the commercial nous to have people who wish to back you and I think Max is commercially attractive to sponsors potentially. He looks the part, he talks the part, but more importantly I think he drives the part."
Before Max Chilton arrived in Formula One, rumors swirled that his father was bankrolling the drive and had even bought into the team.
The former chairman of re-insurers Aon Benfield laughed at the reports: "I know the team well, but I haven't invested in the team," he said.
What he has done is take joint ownership of Carlin Motorsport, a top team in various junior categories whose ex-drivers include some of those currently on the F1 grid, including triple world champion Vettel.
Max Chilton also raced there on his way up the ladder.
"I didn't invest in it (Carlin) when Max drove for them because I didn't feel that was appropriate," said Chilton. "I invested post-Max being there in Formula Three.
"The company had some difficulties as a lot of motorsport companies do. I felt it was fairly important for British motorsport that we had a premier junior motorsport."
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Editing by John O'Brien


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Issue 1: This issue contains the writer's thoughts and experiences, like quitting her waitressing job and her mother going to prison. It also includes art work and inserts from contributors, like a poem titled 'The Story of a Girl'.
Issue 2: In this issue Mel deals with a bad break up and other confusions. Poems and inserts about poverty, insecurities, and a 'Rushed Girl's Wish list'.
Issue 3: The newest issue, released in June 2012. It is about how the writer's life has changed in the past six years since the last time Cadillac Girl was published; being a mother, a wife, and finding herself again.
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Although a fire occurring in an operating room is a relatively rare occurrence, the consequences can be devastating. This training module will provide information that can be taken to prevent fires in areas with an oxygen enriched environment, as well as steps to take when a fire occurs.
After reading the computer-based training module, participants will be able to:
- Identify the components of the fire triangle
- Identify the action to take if a fire occurs at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Identify proper handling of electrosurgical cautery pencil
- Identify appropriate fire safety steps to take when performing head and neck surgery
Safe usage of medical equipment and supplies has to be achieved through the education and vigilance of the personnel who are actually using these supplies and equipment in operative or procedural settings. The elements of the fire triangle must be kept apart.
Thank you for your participation in this very important safety matter. Review the following information before taking the test (link to test below).
Fire Triangle
Understanding the "fire triangle" is the most basic concept in fire prevention and control. In order for any fire to occur, three critical elements must be present:
- A fuel or combustible material.
- An ignition or heat source.
- Oxygen in sufficient quantities to support combustion.
When all three of these elements come together, combustion is the result. However, if only one of these elements is removed from contact with the other two, the threat of fire can be minimized. Thus, if oxygen, heat or the fuel supply can be removed, there is minimal risk of fire.
O.R. Environment
In normal situations we are usually safe when the three elements are kept apart. In the operating room, however, factors come into play that increase the risk of these three elements coming into intimate contact:
- The O.R. environment contains combustible materials of all types, including gauze sponges, towels, drapes and plastic materials (such as various tubes, syringes and suction canisters)
- The use of high-energy heat or ignition sources is increasingly common, including lasers, fiberoptic light sources, ESUs and other electrical equipment (such as microscopes, endoscopes, monitors and hyperthermia units)
- There is an oxygen-enriched environment. Oxygen-enriched atmospheres exist routinely wherever inhalation anesthesia is used. In many instances of regional or local anesthesia, the patient receives supplemental oxygen to counteract the respiratory depressant effects of sedation. Nitrous oxide, which is frequently used as an adjunct to anesthesia, will support combustion just as readily as oxygen.
The O.R. team must be aware that all of these elements (fuel, ignition sources and oxygen) are present in an operating room every time there is a procedure and must take every precaution to ensure that they are kept apart.
During head and neck procedures particular attention must be given to prepping, draping and positioning the patient, as patients with their heads draped are more susceptible to fire because supplemental oxygen can accumulate under the drapes. To decrease the risk of fire, the prep solution must be given adequate time to dry (2-3 minutes) - especially if there is alcohol in the solution. Draping and positioning the patient should be performed in a manner that does not allow pooling of oxygen under the drapes. Every effort should be made to use no more oxygen than is necessary to maintain adequate oxygen levels. If possible, provide room air or less than or equal to 30% oxygen, depending on patient needs. Oxygen can also be combined with air to decrease the risk of fire. If facial hair is exposed, coat the hair with a water-soluble surgical lubricating jelly to make it nonflammable. Additionally, moisten sponges, gauze and pledgets (and their strings) to render them ignition resistant. This is also true for chest procedures, where oxygen may pool in the open body cavity.
During all procedures, as a proactive safety measure, sterile water or saline must be on the back table prior to ESU, argon beam coagulator (ABC) or lasers being used. Additional safety measures that should be taken when performing electrosurgery, electrocautery or laser surgery are as follows:
- Stop supplemental O2 at least one minute before and during use of the unit, if possible. (Surgical team communication is essential.)
- Activate the unit only when the active tip is in view, especially if looking through a microscope
- Deactivate the unit before the tip leaves the surgical site
- Place electrosurgical electrodes in a holster or another location off the patient when not in active use (i.e., when not needed within the next few moments)
- Place lasers in standby mode when not in active use
- Do not place rubber catheter sleeves over electrosurgical electrodes
Fiberoptic Light Sources
Fiberoptic light sources can start fires. Complete all cable connections before activating the source. Place the light source in standby mode, or turn the unit off when disconnecting cables. Never leave a light cord that is still luminating on top of the patient drapes. Although surgical drapes are fire retardant, they are still flammable.
Fire Extinguishers
The fire extinguishers of choice in an operative or procedural environment are halon or CO2 extinguishers. These are readily available and routinely checked for expiration dates at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
In Case of a Fire at Cedars-Sinai
If a fire does occur, initiate SKATE. (This information is also located on the back of your employee badge.)
Additionally, in operative or procedural areas the following steps should be taken in order:
- Immediately smother/put out the fire (when safe to do so)
- Remove the burning material from contacting the patient (drapes, ETT, etc.)
- Have the anesthesiologist stop the flow of gases (i.e., O2, N2O, Desflurane, etc.)
- Set off the fire alarm (pull station), and call security at x 35511
- Evacuate the patient, if necessary
- Save any material/devices for follow-up investigation
Post Test
This post test will evaluate your understanding of the fire prevention concepts.
Association of Operating Room Nurses. "Fires in the OR - Prevention and Preparedness." AORN Journal, July, 2004, 41-54
Association of Operating Room Nurses. "Surgical Fires - Learn not to burn." AORN Journal, July, 2004, 23-40.
Bruner, John, M.R., "Fire in the Operating Room." American Society of Anesthesiologists. 22-26.
Eggen, M.A., and Brock-Utne, J.G. (1994). "Fiberoptic Illuminating Systems Can Serve as a Source of Smoldering Fires." Journal of Clinical Monitoring, 10, (4), 244-246.
Emergency Care Research Institute (1980). "Fires During Surgery of the Head and Neck Area." Health Devices. ECRI Publication.
Emergency Care Research Institute (1980). "The patient is on Fire! A Surgical Fires Primer," ECRI Guidance 21, (January, 1992), 19-34.
Mathias, Judith M. (1995). "A Brief Historical Review of Non-Anesthetic Causes of Fires and Explosions I the Operating Room." British Journal of Anesthesia, 73, 847-856.
Reyes, Roland, J. et.al.(1995). "Supplemental Oxygen: Ensuring its Safe Delivery During Facial Surgery." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 95, (5), 924-928.


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2006 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
All-new, bigger, roomier, built more like a car.
Mercedes-Benz popularized the luxury sport-utility class seven years ago with its first ML 320, its first product built in the U.S. since the early 1900s and its first consumer-oriented SUV, built to a price under $30,000. A lot of water has gone over the dam since then, and this brand new M-Class has been completely re-engineered for a new generation of luxury SUV buyers.
Instead of the original body-on-frame truck-style design, this new one has welded unibody construction with isolated front and rear subframes, a technique that emphasizes high strength and low weight, and reduces the overall height, making it easier for families to get in and out of.
It's been re-proportioned, too. The wheelbase is almost four inches longer, the body almost six inches longer, and nearly three inches wider, all the better to accommodate larger American individuals and families, and an indication that the original was simply too small. In the bargain, the coefficient of drag or Cd number, has dropped from a bricklike 0.40 to a sylphlike 0.34, on a par with many passenger cars that are much lower to the ground. This means quieter highway ride and better fuel economy.
The new look and larger size are accompanied by a new double-wishbone front suspension and a new four-link independent rear suspension. The optional side-facing rear seats of the old model are gone. This is strictly a five-seater (which makes room in the lineup for the new R-Class six-seat sports tourer.
For 2005, there are only two M-Class models to choose from, the ML 350 with a brand-new four-valve-per-cylinder 3.5-liter V6 engine, and the ML 500, with the tried-and-true three-valve-per-cylinder, twin-spark 5.0-liter V8. (Later on, there will be an additional high-performance model using an AMG V8 engine, probably the new 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V8 they're working on. In calendar year 2007, the new 3.2-liter diesel V6 will be added to the ML lineup.)
Both gas engines come with a seven-speed automatic transmission (called the 7G-Tronic). All models also come with the next generation of Mercedes-Benz's full-time, brake-based 4ETS electronic all-wheel-drive and traction control system.
With either engine, the package of standard equipment is staggering. After all, this is a Mercedes-Benz, and they don't stint on power, luxury, or entertainment equipment in these trucks. They tried that on the first ML, customer reaction was negative, and they won't do that again.
Mercedes-Benz's renowned commitment to occupant safety means that the 2006 M-Class comes standard with ABS, ESP stability control, traction control, two-stage adaptive airbags for the driver and front passenger, curtain side airbags and adaptive belt tensioners and belt force limiters for all seating positions. A rollover sensor can activate both the belt tensioner and curtain airbags if the vehicle senses an imminent rollover. A passive tire pressure warning system is also standard.
The old Mercedes ML had one original design and one facelift during its seven-year life cycle, and this new one starts way ahead of where the old one left off in terms of physical and visceral excitement. The designers have made the front end much more aggressive, much bolder, and more interesting to look at, with ventilated grille bars, a power-dome hood design, a new approach to the bumper and lower grille element, and wild-looking new integrated headlamps.
The body shell is much more aerodynamic, with much larger and more prominent wheel arches front and rear, a new character line that rises as it goes rearward, and a heavily forward-slanting C-pillar that leads to a new trapezoidal rear side glass panel. The side window shapes go hand-in-hand with the grille, the body shell and roof angles to say to the onlooker 'Hi. I'm here to kick some butt.'
Scratch-resistant paint, an interesting technology, will be standard on all models, and will be welcomed by those who really do take their M-Class vehicles off the road and into the shrubbery or those who have kids who brush up against the car. Also, a new power liftgate operated by the key fob will be optional, along with a cargo organizer for the load floor.
The instrument panel, door panels, seats, and carpeting are all completely new, and they go very well with the aggressive new exterior design. There are four huge round air vents spread across the dash panel, dominated by a deeply hooded instrument cluster with sharp new graphics, and more chrome trim around the tachometer and speedometer. A central information window can be programmed to supply about as much driving and maintenance information as one driver can stand to absorb.
The steering wheel is a new four-spoke design with the top half in wood and the bottom half in leather, the two lower spokes done in brushed metal finish and a nice, thick rim that's reassuring when you're off the road. The steering wheel houses four sets of controls for information, telephone, navigation and entertainment systems. The center console is dominated by the elements of the COMAND system and a 16:9 wide-screen display which can be used for entertainment, telephone, or navigation displays.
One new element is the simple up-down-in short-stalk shifter on the right side of the steering column for P-R-N-D selection, with backup shifter buttons on the steering wheel. This change has made for a more open, more elegant and more useful center console, since the shifter has been relocated from there to the column. Power seat controls have been relocated from the door to the outboard side of the seat.
The front bucket seats are all-day comfortable, the rear seats are similarly comfortable and spacious, and all of the wood, leather, plastic and metal finishes are top-drawer, as they should be at this price. There's a lot more room inside the new M-Class as well, with the rear seat 15 mm farther back from the front seat, 35 mm more knee room, and 32 mm more elbow room than the previous model.
Driving Impression
During several days of hard driving in the south of France, we found the all-new 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML 500 an absolute hoot to drive. The V8 engine will take its 4600-pound package from 0-60 mph in less than seven seconds flat, and then settles down to a background burble by the time you reach seventh-gear overdrive. The seven-speed automatic offers a manual-shift mode and is one of the strongest and most flexible automatics ever built.
The completely revised suspension is very good at keeping the truck's attitude nice and flat in high-speed corners, and it will hop over rocks and dip into potholes as though they weren't really there. The AirMatic air suspension system we drove in France, which will be optional on U.S. models, is downright supple, which trucks aren't supposed to be. The larger standard 18-inch wheels and tires on the V8 and the power rack-and-pinion steering combined with the new steering wheel give a nice feel of the road, and quick reactions when necessary. At high speeds through mountain passes, the ML 500 leans over a little, takes a set, and then grabs the ground and turns the corners. Steering is hefty and linear.
While some critics carp about the electronically actuated and modulated Sensotronic brake system that Mercedes-Benz has been feeding gradually into all of its models over the last three years or so, we're well used to them by now, and we enjoy using their enormous power with just a little hard dab at the pedal. These are very serious brakes, and once you get used to them you will appreciate them every day for their directness and power.
Off the road, the ML 500 has two significant added features, a Downhill Speed Regulation software control that won't let you and it go any faster than about 7 mph downhill, and a Start-Off Assist that keeps the vehicle from drifting backward in Drive or forward in Reverse on steep hills. Very handy, indeed, and easy to learn.
Both versions of the new M-Class, the ML 350 and the ML 500, are rated at 5000-pound towing capacity when you order the optional Class III towing package, and we have no doubt that the ML 500 has enough torque to handle loads of that magnitude. While the ML 350 comes with 17-inch wheels and tires and the ML 500 comes with 18s, both are available with two different optional 19-inch tire and wheel packages, one set in the Appearance Package and one set of AMG wheels and high-performance tires in the Sport Package.
Since the Mercedes-Benz ML 320 popularized this class of vehicle seven years ago, others have come from Europe, Japan, and America to compete, and many of them are very, very good at what they do. But Mercedes-Benz knew they had to leapfrog all of that competition, and they have done it with this new ML, and repriced it accordingly. We don't find it as stiff and unforgiving as some of the others, or as mushy off-road as some of the others, and it's certainly not overly styled or decorated like some of the others. If you're ready to step up to a Mercedes-Benz, then this ML is ready for you. The new best-in-class.
New Car Test Drive contributor Jim McCraw filed this report from Provence, France.
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Mercedes-Benz ML 500 ($48,500).Mercedes-Benz popularized the luxury sport-utility class with the first models in the M-Class. The brand new M-Class has been completely re-engineered for a new generation of luxury SUV buyers. The ML 350 gets a brand-new four-valve-per-cylinder 3.5-liter V6 engine. It comes with a seven-speed automatic transmission (called the 7G-Tronic). All models also come with the next generation of Mercedes-Benz's full-time, brake-based 4ETS electronic all-wheel-drive and traction control system. Standard safety features include ABS, ESP stability control, traction control, two-stage adaptive airbags for the driver and front passenger, curtain side airbags and adaptive belt tensioners and belt force limiters for all seating positions. A rollover sensor can activate both the belt tensioner and curtain airbags if the vehicle senses an imminent rollover. A passive tire pressure warning system is also standard. For 2006, the Mercedes-Benz M-Class is fully redesigned.
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Florida gymnasts Ashanée Dickerson and Mackenzie Caquatto earned Southeastern Conference accolades Wednesday as the senior and junior stunned fans with their performances in the Gators' 197.30-194.625 victory against Missouri last weekend.
Dickerson was named SEC Gymnast of the Week and Caquatto was named SEC Specialist of the Week. Dickerson notched three events while Caquatto landed a perfect 10.0 on her uneven bars routine.
Dickerson won the vault (9.975), floor (9.90) and all-around (39.575) to claim three events against the Tigers. The senior All-American grabbed her 15th career all-around event title as she earned a season-best total of 39.575. Dickerson has earned five event titles for the season and 63 for her career. The All-American stands fifth on the Gators' all-time list.
"It was a lot of fun," Dickerson said. "I heard the crowd and they were really loud and that just made me want to dance even more. Seeing my teammates and the rest of the crowd going crazy is just exciting."
Dickerson also received 2012 All-America accolades in each of the three events she won against Missouri and now holds eight All-America honors. This is the fourth SEC Gymnast of the Week honor of Dickerson's career.
Caquatto anchored Florida's bar lineup with a perfect 10.0 score making her the first collegiate gymnast to earn a 10.0 in any event this season.
"That was a really great feeling," Caquatto said. "I was actually surprised. When I stuck the dismount, I knew it was one of the best routines I did and was happy I could contribute to the team. It was a good moment and I will never forget it."
With Caquatto's perfect mark, she becomes just the fifth Gator in the history of the program to earn a perfect score on uneven bars and first since 2009 when All-American Melanie Sinclair accomplished the feat. Caquatto has now earned 11 bars titles during her career.
The No. 3 Florida Gators (2-1, 1-1 SEC) are back in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 to compete against No. 18 Auburn (0-5, 0-2 SEC). Friday is also Florida's seventh annual Link to Pink Meet to help raise breast cancer awareness.
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Steve4 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
Hi, we are Dorothy and Steve - entreprenuers. I am one of the experts on A&E's hit tv show, "Hoarders," and between the two of us, Steve and I own 5 companies. We are both organized, like clean lines and curves, laugh a lot and are responsible people. We will be carrying the "Chelsea Taylor" Jewelry line and it is made of Swarovski cyrstals (and all the pieces come in 19 colors)! This website will be an enormous success and hope you will join in our project.
Our target audience is women (and men who buy for women)! Because we carry over 2000 pieces of jewelry and offer all the pieces in 19 colors - women have a choice. Our target age group is boundryless - we have youthful jewels for teens and tasteful pieces for our aging grandparents too (and everything in between). Because I already have a following on Twitter & FB due to my tv show and organizing books (Chicken Soup for the Soul - How to Organize and Balance Your World) , I suspect I'll have a stronger response from women in the 25 - 65 year old age bracket. By the way, Steve and I like graduated color - particularly purple.
Dear Amazing Designer,
We do have some preferences and have listed them here. We really appreciate your efforts and look forward to your designs(s):
1. Not too sexy - even if we are "lacing women with jewels"
2. We don't want to use a magnifying glass to read the print. We request
that the print be easy to read in size and style please.
3. No cartoons
4. Feeling of Julia Roberts receiving a luscious and sparkely necklace from Richard Gere near the awaiting helicopter (Pretty Woman) is an ideal image in my mind - or the image of Leonardo DiCaprio bowing to Kate Winslett - both dressed to the nines on the romantic staircase (Titanic) comes to mind too.
Well, you decide. Can't wait to see what you've got! Oh and to see the various jewelry pieces we'll be carrying, you can visit: http://www.ChelseaTaylor.com. Our website will be totally different - but at least you can get a sense of the product. We do like the opening page of http://www.HarryWinston.com if that helps........
All the best to you,
Dorothy & Steve
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Polda METRO JAYA(Metro Jaya Regional Police) is one of the 32 Police region administration offices in the Metro Jaya province. Opens from Monday to Saturday for public services, starting 8.00 am to 04.00 pm serving public services such as STNK registration, BPKB, SIM, security, escort and other police services.
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