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Our roving photographer captured London's most stylish men and women (plus, a few chic visitors) at LFW — all doing what they do best. Looking fabulous, striking a pose (or not) and generally being spectacular in their ever-inventive ways of dressing up. Click through to see the entire roundup — and vote for your favourite look in the comments below.


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S6 E15 The Time Warp
Richard has completed rehab but he won't get his job back until the board approves. In the meantime, Derek offers him a spot as a "general attending surgeon," and he refuses. But he does take Derek up on his offer to be part of the lecture series.
Miranda starts off the series with a case from 2003. We flashback to when she was an intern with long braided hair and called herself "Mandy!" Her resident couldn't stand her, since Miranda was clearly better at diagnosing. Richard notices the animosity and tells her, "Surgery is a shark tank. Make sure you're a shark too, not a minnow."
After several surgeries fail to turn up a cause for a patient's abdominal pain, Miranda diagnoses her as having porphyria and takes the bold step of canceling her attending's surgery. We cheer when Miranda chews out the attending and, in full earshot of Richard, calls her a "supercilious fool!" Richard summons Miranda to his office, but we smile when, instead of reprimanding her, he tells her, "You're going to make a hell of a surgeon."
Callie presents a case of a a man with severely deformed legs from polio. Alex, who assisted on the surgery after lying that he was the "heart in the elevator guy," helps jog her memory. When she promised the patient she could make him walk, Richard told her, "All right, Dr. Torres. Your career lives and dies on this." The surgeries eventually succeed and the patient is able to walk. And we gasp to see that there was a celebratory Alex/Callie hookup afterward!
Richard presents a case from when he was a resident in 1982 that he worked on with Ellis Gray that he says changed his life. We flashback to Richard and Ellis when they were young and ambitious—and carrying on a hot affair, even though both were married. They land a case they diagnose as GRID, which is what AIDS was known as at the time. The patient is so upset at the diagnosis that he threatens to sue for slander. When the patient returns with visible lesions on his face, he admits, "You were right about everything. Please help me." Their attending tells them the patient is a "lost cause" but they insist on operating on his twisted bowel anyway. "We weren't more noble, just more arrogant. We had more to prove," Richard says of himself and Ellis. The surgery is successful, but we can see how crushed they were when the patient died of pneumonia.
Richard tried to break it off with Ellis, but she says, "We should leave them. You leave Adele and I'll leave Thatcher."
We're so moved when Richard tells the audience, "It changes you, this work. Your patients, your colleagues, you change each other. You never think you'll lose your way." He repeats the physician's oath and we might get a little choked up when he does. He's met with thunderous applause and a standing ovation. Later, Derek tells him the job offer still stands. "We'll see," he says.
And we see that it was Ellis who started Richard drinking. "It's time to act like a grown-up," she says as she orders him a vodka. "It's time to leave her." And so Richard took his first drink.


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AUGUSTA, Maine — Dave Tracy said he can understand thieves snatching ice cream from one of the Hershey's delivery trucks he manages. But stealing a hood off the truck? The branch manager at Hershey's Augusta warehouse said "nothing like this has ever happened."
Tracy said the fiberglass hood, at 7 1/2 by 6 feet and 4 feet deep, is "not exactly small." He said that even if the thieves had a pickup truck, the hood wouldn't be easy to carry off.
Tracy, who's worked for Hershey's for 23 years, discovered the theft when he got to work Monday morning. Augusta police said the thieves probably needed a hood identical to the one on the ice cream truck.
Hershey's Augusta warehouse has six trucks that deliver through Maine and northern New Hampshire.
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DES MOINES- Thousands of talented Iowa educators lead and inspire their students, but only one is chosen annually as the state's top teacher. The deadline to nominate the 2014 Iowa Teacher of the Year is April 26.
The award is an opportunity to recognize an exceptional Iowa teacher who is helping to redefine education. Nominations will be accepted from anyone, including students, parents, school administrators, colleagues, college faculty members and associations.
Nomination forms can be found on the following webpage: educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=686&Itemid=2683
The Iowa Teacher of the Year award was established in 1958. The annual program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education through an appropriation from the Iowa Legislature. Winners are chosen by a committee that includes representatives of the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa State Education Association, the School Administrators of Iowa, the Parent Teachers Association and the current Iowa Teacher of the Year.
The Teacher of the Year serves as an ambassador to education and as a liaison to primary and secondary schools, higher education and organizations across the state.
Tania Johnson of Cedar Rapids was named the 2013 Teacher of the Year.
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SAO PAULO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Brazilian engineering company Avibras Air and Naval Division Inc. is joining the capital structure of Harpia Systems for marketing unmanned aerial systems.
Avibras specializes in engineering that conceptualizes, develops and manufactures products for the defense and civilian markets, including artillery rocket systems, autonomous and guided missiles, anti-aircraft defense systems and unmanned aircraft systems.
Luiz Carlos Aguiar, president of Embraer Defense and Security and chairman of the board of directors of Harpia, said, "Avibras' participation increases domestic shareholding in Harpia Systems, which will now meet all requirements of a Strategic Defense Company, in accordance with (Brazilian) Law 12.598."
"In addition, Avibras will bring additional technical competence to Harpia."
Embraer Defense and Security is the majority stakeholder in Harpia Systems and with the inclusion of Avibras will own 51 percent of Harpia. AEL Systems, a Brazilian subsidiary of Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd., and another Harpia shareholder, will control 40 percent. Avibras will hold the remaining shares.
"Avibras brings to the company the best in know-how that was developed independently in Brazil regarding unmanned aircraft," said Shlomo Erez, president of AEL Systems, Inc. "This makes Harpia, which already enjoyed the extensive capabilities of Embraer and AEL, a company that brings together all elements necessary for the successful development in Brazil of state-of-the-art UAS that will meet our country's needs."


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A career in Petrophysics at Shell will see you make a significant impact on our Upstream business, working alongside industry-leading specialists from a range of disciplines (including Engineering, Geology and Geophysics). Benefitting from access to cutting-edge technologies, Shell Petrophysicists have a direct influence in areas such as Geological Mapping, Remote Sensing and Seismic Monitoring.
We are looking for passionate and creative individuals who can help develop innovative ways of searching for new reserves around the world. Candidates should have proven technical experience as well as a good understanding of the complex science and technology involved in advanced Petrophysics.
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Bollywood's latest obsession with movies that gross 100 crores in record breaking time, is both amusing and somewhat alarming. It has given birth to a brand new caste system in which the film industry is neatly divided into those who belong to the elite club and those that don't. The latest entrant is Ek Tha Tiger, a movie riddled with so many absurdities, it's pointless to list them. Not that it matters. It has crossed the magic number and who cares about anything else? The box office is king. And nobody argues with that. The problem is not with mass entertainers like Ek Tha Tiger raking in the big bucks, it is with the less than enthusiastic response to the real gems that fail to make this kind of insane money.
Also, because of this 100 crore divide, movie makers have started to judge talent and success using this single yardstick and scoff at those who disagree. The 100 crorewallas really don't care a damn what anybody thinks of their films. Most have taken to mocking movie critics who don't gush over these crazily successful blockbusters. I have read interviews in which producers / directors sneer, "Who cares for critics? We pay zero attention to reviews and reviewers… we only look at the box office returns." In such a complacent environment, there is no room for healthy debate, which is a pity. Given the profile of movie goers, there is ample space for all sorts of films… as the modest success of several indies has convincingly established. But so long as we only measure success using the 100 crore benchmark, we will be stuck with movies like 'Ek Tha Tiger' or 'Bol Bachchan', which are fun, but certainly not brilliant on any level. Tiger is not Chulbul Pandey, and Ek Tha is not a patch on Dabbang. But its stupendous commercial success will be thrown in the face of anybody who displays a less than ecstatic response to the movie. The pressures on any ambitious film maker now is to aim for that 100 crore target – that's it. And stars who have been a part of this 100 crore phenomenon are suddenly throwing attitude and jacking up their fees, even if their performances have been lousy… and their roles, idiotic.
I watched Gangs of Wasseypur-2 inside a half empty hall at a multiplex. This was on a Saturday night. A few hours earlier, Mumbai had been ravaged by rioting mobs, and the atmosphere at the multiplex was tense. I attributed the thin attendance to the fear factor. There was a red alert in the city, and I had been advised by concerned friends to stay home. As the movie unfolded, I started to get goose bumps – the violence on the big screen was as grisly as the one Mumbai had endured a couple of hours earlier. An eerie case of life imitating art – or the other way around? I was totally riveted from the opening scene itself and found it difficult to breathe normally. Every aspect of the movie was powerfully dealt with – from the characterisation, dialogues, costumes, cinematography, music (Oh! What music!) to the gory dance of death during the climax. Despite the bloodbaths that splatter across the screen at regular intervals, there was no gratuitous violence… and that's precisely what made the film so chillingly real. As for Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Faisal Khan, it is one screen role that will go on to define the genre. Much like Bhiku Mhatre or Langda Tyagi. Zeeshan Quadri as 'Definite' is an amazing find, and will go places really fast. But it is Huma Quereshi's raw sexuality that sets the movie on fire. Huma makes most of our Bollywood's 100 crore ladies look like insipid, sexless nannies. She is earthy, voluptuous and effortlessly gobbles up the screen. By any standards, GoW-2 is superb cinema. A must watch just to observe how seamlessly one gets drawn into the most terrible tale of revenge and retribution. But will it ever crack that 100 crore club? Naah. And that 'crime' will be held against it while a pretty shallow Ek Tha… will keep the industry folks rocking till the next monster hit comes along at Diwali. If great movies were only about great destinations, would we need the 'Discovery Channel'?


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In their latest movie adventure, Madagascar 3: Europe' Most Wanted, Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) have washed up on the shores of Europe in another misguided attempt to migrate back to the Big Apple
There are two things that immediately pop to mind while looking closely at this poster, First, Skipper the Penguin is doing the classic "DreamWorks face" which leads me to believe that the folks over there are just making fun of themselves now. The other thing is that this poster doesn't have the subheading "Europe's Most Wanted." Perhaps it's because this is just a teaser poster, but why cut it out?
2011 was a rather fantastic year for DreamWorks Animation. Though they relied entirely on sequels or spin-offs to already successful franchises, both Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots were praised by critics, earned a good chunk of cash at the box office, and landed Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature. It's success that will be hard to duplicate...
Both Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa were massively successful here in America, pulling in nearly $200 million each, but their totals domestically are nothing compared to how the movies perform overseas. When the first Madagascar film came out in 2005 in pulled in $339 million in foreign markets and its sequel somehow managed even more, banking $423 million.


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I don't know if it was coincidence or the South, but I began to notice that it was in quiet asides, not in the midst of big group conversations, that female relatives would put a gentle hand on my arm and ask "So you were with him, honey?". These beautiful, kind, strong cousins, and their husbands, that made everything possible. I was with him. And I thought that the images of his last six hours would always stay, indelible, forever pristine and painful - that I would never forget the labor of his breathing, the sound of his last breaths, my horror and wonder, the lightness of his hand, the different realities before and after 4:14 a.m. when he "crossed over" (a phrase that makes more sense than "died" for what I saw). But my heart already doesn't pound the same way to think of it - there is more marveling, less anguish. The tight space of his death expands to include a flood of images of trees and rivers and lovely loving faces. My sadness is diffused in others' memories of him, their stories, their eagerness to tell them. Death trumped the brain injury, the wheelchair, the bed - it wrenched him free of what truly had become a mortal coil. Down in North Carolina, Dad was vibrant once again: we pulled out old letters and pictures, realized that there are entire chapters yet to be discovered. Steve will start working through the multiple boxes of letters; I will look to the 8,000 slides.
I am not actually sure what happens next. I will combat these feelings of emptiness, the creeping doubt that after all the rituals are at an end, there might be nothing. Even as I know that rituals are full of the emotions we can't otherwise contain. Because they, these rituals, they were something. My father had never been one to talk about WWII, watch the History Channel, reminisce and in any way glorify his nine years in the Navy. But after the brain injury, he talked about it more often, and I wonder if the brain injury didn't free him up to ask for a military presence at the funeral. It doesn't matter. What mattered was the way those two young men held the flag as "Taps" (yes) played; the way they folded it in full length and time; the way one knelt before my mother, took off his hat, gave her the flag and spoke "on behalf of a grateful nation." This greater institution (I wouldn't have minded if God Himself had come down) acknowledging that my dad was a wonderful man - that was nice. And then, the small voice of my Oliver, beginning with "Actually..." as he sought to correct Pastor Ben in a reminiscence about my dad - precisely what Dad would have done had an anecdote presented wayward information. Was it laughter or the transmigration of souls that made us feel so glad?
I can hear my dad's laugh much more clearly now. I can more easily tell the kids the stories about the Creek, the War, Caracas, Mumbai, more travel always travel, Citibank, the "Jupiter Rex" certificate from Pan Am commemorating his crossing the equator (!), tenderness when we were sick, endless algebra sessions, trips, discussions of Ben Hur, more books always books, and (looping around) tales of his grandmother, catching soft shell crab as a kid, resting on the banks on the river. I can quote a letter that Steve found from February 21, 1971 (preserved in carbon copy!) that dad wrote to his mother and whose tender beginning makes me love him all the more for how it describes a moment so many of us share, or will:
"Watching the clock, I come to my desk to tell you of simple things with profound meaning, of a father's love for his family, of his home which he seeks to shield from the harsh aspects of life outside, not only for wife and daughter but for himself as well."


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Over the course of a five-day archeological investigation, researchers from the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the University of New Hampshire and Stanford University have documented two major debris fields associated with the submerged wreck site of the rigid airship USS Macon, a U.S. Navy dirigible lost off California's Big Sur coast in 1935.
During the September 17-22 research cruise aboard MBARI's Western Flyer, more than 40 hours of deepwater surveys were completed utilizing MBARI's remotely operated vehicle Tiburon. The surveys recorded the visual wreckage USS Macon through high-definition videotape and still imagery that will be used to create a photo-mosaic of the two debris fields.
Distinguishable features included the airship's hangar bay containing four Sparrowhawk biplanes and their detached landing gear. Five of the Macon's eight German-built Maybach 12 cylinder gasoline engines also were identified. Objects from the ship's galley were found, including two sections of the aluminum stove, propane tanks that supplied fuel for it, and the enlisted men's dining table and bench. A second debris field contained the Macon's bow section including the mooring mast receptacle assembly. This field also contains aluminum chairs and desks that may have been in a port side officers' or meteorologist's office.
"We are pleased to report that the first archeological survey conducted in NOAA's Monterey Bay Sanctuary was successful with all of our mission goals accomplished," said Robert Schwemmer, West Coast maritime heritage coordinator for the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program and co-principal investigator for the expedition. "Most notably, the advanced cameras and computer imaging provided by MBARI's expert team allowed us to better survey and document the Macon's historic wreckage, and over 10,000 individual Internet addresses from five continents signed up to view our live streaming video."
The USS Macon's two debris fields, designated by scientists as debris fields A and B, measure 60 meters in diameter and are elevated several meters above the seafloor. The fields are separated by a distance of 250 meters and show an accumulation of several centimeters of sediment since initial surveys conducted in 1990. Scientists also have concluded that sections of the aluminum girder show signs of degradation after 71 years in the marine environment.
"We are extremely happy with the underwater survey results, the performance of the offshore equipment and operations team and the collaboration with NOAA and the National Marine Sanctuary Program," said Chris Grech, MBARI deputy director for marine operations and co-principal investigator for the expedition. "Visiting the site again was like visiting an old friend that you haven't seen in years."
The expedition was designed to build upon information gathered by the U.S. Navy and MBARI, who first recorded the aircraft's remains during expeditions in 1990 and 1991. An initial survey involving NOAA, MBARI, U.S. Geological Survey and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories was completed in May 2005 utilizing side-scan sonar deployed from the NOAA research vessel McArthur II.
The expedition was a collaborative venture involving the NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, NOAA Office of Exploration, NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Stanford University, University of New Hampshire, U.S. Navy, state of California, Monterey Maritime and History Museum, and Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum. Noah Doughty, an educator from Mission College Preparatory High School in San Luis Obispo, Calif., participated as a NOAA "Teacher-at-Sea" and provided daily science and technology Web-based logs.
The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is to achieve and maintain a position as a world center for advanced research and education in ocean science and technology, and to do so through the development of better instruments, systems, and methods for scientific research in the deep waters of the ocean. MBARI emphasizes the peer relationship between engineers and scientists as a basic principle of its operation. All of the activities of MBARI must be characterized by excellence, innovation,and vision.
The NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary stretches along 276 miles of central California coast and encompasses more than 5,300 square miles of ocean area. Renowned for its scenic beauty and remarkable productivity, the sanctuary supports one of the world's most diverse marine ecosystems, including 33 species of marine mammals, 94 species of seabirds, 345 species of fishes and thousands of marine invertebrates and plants.
The NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program is committed to preserving historical, cultural and archaeological resources and seeks to increase public awareness of America's maritime heritage by conducting scientific research, monitoring, exploration and educational programs. Today, the sanctuary program manages 13 national marine sanctuaries and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument that together encompass more than 150,000 square miles of America's ocean and Great Lakes natural and cultural resources.
In 2007 NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, celebrates 200 years of science and service to the nation. Starting with the establishment of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA. The agency is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of the nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 60 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.
Relevant Web Sites
• USS Macon Expedition 2006
• NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
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Portable, cryogen-free material characterization platform
VersaLab from QuantumDesign
The VersaLab is Quantum Design's first portable PPMS like system. It provides most of the capabilities of the PPMS in a very compact size, and without the need for any liquid cryogens. The system uses a small, two-stage cryocooler for both the superconducting magnet and the temperature control system, providing PPMS measurement versatility with minimal infrastructure requirements.
|Performs fully automated measurements
|Modular design offers variety of applications
|Temperature range 50 K to 400 K
|Magnetic field up to ±3 T
|Cryogen-free and no helium gas consumption
A novel thermal switch design in the VersaLab cryostat enables a temperature range of 50 K to 400 K without any consumption of helium gas. It does this while providing the fully automated, state-of-the-art temperature control QuantumDesign customers have come to expect. The VersaLab sample chamber enjoys compatibility with PPMS sample "pucks" by offering the same 25mm bore, sample isothermal region, and robust 12-pin sample puck interface but in a shorter overall length of approximately 350 mm.
The VersaLab comes equipped with a 3 tesla conduction-cooled switch-less superconducting magnet which is powered by a hybrid digital/analog magnet controller. An integrated magnetic shield maintains the 5 gauss line inside the body of the VersaLab, allowing these systems to be installed close to other sensitive instruments for better lab space utilization.
The VersaLab also comes equipped with an integrated cryopump and vacuum gauge for controlling the sample environment.
VersaLab Optix
The Optix Version adds an optical platform to the well-established VersaLab PPMS. A turnkey Raman spectrograph and open-architecture optical measuring insert are available. Optix is perfectly suited to combine photonics, quantum electronics, with electro-transport and magneto-optic materials characterization measurements at cryogenic temperatures and in high magnetic fields. All regular VersaLab options are also available for VersLab Optix. The optical breadboard allows the easy integration of free beam or fiber-based experiments.
Vibrating sample magnetometer
The vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) is a powerful measurement system to be used for magnetic sample characterization. The VSM option transforms your PPMS into a sensitive DC magnetometer for fast data acquisition. The movement of the sample is done by a special sample transport, which has a linear characteristic and thus is very precise and flexible. Further options extend the capability of the VSM:
- Rapid and completely automated centering operation of the sample
- Sensitive DC magnetic moment measurement up to the maximum field of the magnet
- VSM measurement system is based on the CAN network protocol and includes the model 1000 CAN tower
- Sweeping of the magnetic field or of the temperature
AC susceptibility option ACMSII
The AC measurement system (ACMS) provides you with the capability to perform both AC susceptibility and extraction DC magnetization measurements:
- For measurement of AC susceptibility and DC magnetization.
- Direct phase nulling technique measures and cancels background AC shifts at every measurement.
Heat capacity
The Quantum Design heat capacity option measures the heat capacity at constant pressure Cp.
This option controls the heat added to and removed from a sample while monitoring the resulting change in temperature. During a measurement, a known amount of heat is applied at constant power for a fixed time, and then this heating period is followed by a cooling period of the same time. This option uses a relaxation technique that combines the best measurement accuracy with robust analysis techniques.
Electro-transport option ETO
The electrical transport option enables users to make several different types of transport measurements over a wide range of resistance values and sample types. The option contains two separate channels each with their own dedicated electronics to allow simultaneous, continuous resistance measurement of two different samples. Each channel's electronics consists of a precision current source and voltage preamplifier coupled to a digital signal processor (DSP).
- Resistance in 2- or 4-wire mode
- The classic 4-wire mode has two leads for the current and two leads for the potential drop
- Current-voltage curves
- Differential resistance curves
"The Quantum Design VersaLab-VSM including the Electrical Transport Option ETO has been delivered to our institute. A technician from LOT-QuantumDesign GmbH installed the system. The apparatus is intensively used for magnetization and magneto-resistance measurements of magnetic and thermoelectric nanostructures between 50 K and 400 K in magnetic fields up to 3 tesla."
- D. Görlitz, Multifunctional Nanostructures, Universität Hamburg


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This role involves being out on the road, visiting patients in their own home or care setting and providing both eye tests and full dispense in the community.
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- 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays (pro-rated for part time).
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Redwood Lodge Arabians was founded by Sue Patrick in 1982 with its origins set on 120 picturesque acres at Jimboomba in Queensland, Australia. The foundation mares are key to the extraordinary success of Redwood Lodge with the Matriarch being the only straight Spanish daughter of Estopa, Malikah Estopa by An Malik, a mare of exceptional quality and temperament.
The Redwood Lodge programme has continued to provide clients throughout the world with the satisfaction of success both in the continuance of the breeding programme and in the international show arena with championships in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Middle East, New Zealand and Australia.
Redwood Lodge Arabians has since established a world class breeding facility in France in 2006 on 16th Century Chateau de la Bernardiere. Under the expert management of Steve Patrick and his team they continue the dedication of producing world class purebred Arabians with super conformation, movement and temperament.
Redwood Lodge Arabians and the Patrick Family hope that you enjoy our horses and we welcome visitors to the farm at any time by appointment, to share with us the beauty of the Arabian horse.
Owner: Trevor & Sue Patrick
Trainer: Manager: Steve Patrick


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Thursday, January 5, 2012
* Just Hanging Around Fun Photo Bookmarks!
I saw the idea for these adorable bookmarks on Pinterest
and had to make some with my own girls.
The idea seems to have originated from the Creative Family Moments blog
and Valerie's super cute homemade tea tags from the Frugal Family Fun blog.
She made hers with clear contact paper/shelf liner, I used my little laminator.
We made a set of bookmarks for Grandpa's birthday (and one for my own books.)
They're so cute, I think I need to make some for Grandmas and Great Grandmas too!
We started with a photo shoot in the playroom.
I asked both of the girls to pretend they were hanging from a rope
and we got some fun photos.
It was a bit trickier explaining the concept to "C" (age 4)
but we got a shot we could use.
Then, I printed the girls' photos out on our printer
and cut them out carefully.
I laminated the photos with my little laminator.
And once again cut them out but this time I left a bit of a border
to make them sturdier.
Then, we punched a small hole by their hands
and tied on some embroidery floss as a tassel.
Fun and easy bookmarks.
I think these would be great teacher gifts too!
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A more caring touch
In the two years left of its tenure, the UPA must return to a just system of governance that offers dignity, justice and hope to the lives ordinary people lead. Harsh Mander writes.columns Updated: Jul 12, 2012 01:18 IST
There is a widespread perception of policy paralysis in the corridors of power. The two remaining years of the UPA's term is still not too short to reverse the current drift, but time is rapidly running out. The damaged economy needs urgent fixing as does restoring the credibility of an executive racked by scandals and the absence of a sense of direction. The people of the country long for clean, decisive governance. But what is less widely recognised is that they also seek a leadership which is caring.
When the UPA was emphatically returned to power in 2009, confounding most predictions, what decisively weighed with the people was not the pace of 'economic reforms' or even economic growth, nor the successful negotiation of the nuclear deal. I believe that it was programmes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) which despite implementation flaws, still offered India's poorest people a dignified alternative to starvation, debt, bondage and distress migration, which most influenced the millions left out of India's growth story, when they pressed the ballot button.
It is to the essentials of just and caring governance that the UPA must return if it has any claim to a third term of power. To begin with, it must end the disastrous symbolism of a government willing to let food rot in its warehouses, or export it at subsidised rates, but not distribute it to masses who toil but sleep hungry and malnourished. The first and highest priority of this government must be the early passage of the Food Security Bill.
All or most households should be covered by subsidised food. The law would also guarantee feeding and nutrition programmes for small children, school meals, universal maternity entitlements, destitute feeding and soup kitchens for subsidised cooked meals to migrants and homeless persons. Any further procrastination will render impossible the rolling out of the complex implementation architecture of this ambitious programme of social protection, in the two years left for this government.
Equally important is to address the distress of farmers, who continue to languish in poverty and despair, manifested in unabated farmers' suicides. The revival of agriculture would require basic income support and insurance especially for the small and middle farmers; a massive expansion of farm credit; a guarantee of purchase of all farmers' produce at remunerative minimum support prices; and a major expansion of watershed development programmes. It is also imperative to revive the agenda of land reforms for the landless poor and tenants.
Decisive action is needed on corruption to build early consensus with the political opposition and diverse citizen opinion for the early passage of a law to establish a strong, independent and accountable lokpal, along with a comprehensive basket of anti-corruption measures. These include long-delayed electoral, administrative and judicial reforms and measures for effective grievance redressal at the levels of the village and city settlement.
There is also need for extensive backroom lobbying with the UPA, the Left and the BJP, to mobilise sufficient support for early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, and a comprehensive law against sexual violence. For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the government must establish ironclad systems to ensure sufficient flow of budgetary resources to enable them to bridge the development gaps. A strengthened SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act would better protect them from continued violence. A special programme would be in order to guarantee basic services of clean water, sanitation, child-care centres and roads to all SC and ST settlements.
In addition, tribal people desperately require effective amendments and implementation of the Forest Rights Act and Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, which restores their control over their lands, natural resources and governance systems. They would also benefit from the early passage and implementation of laws which give a much fairer deal to persons affected and displaced by land-acquisition and mining.
The UPA promised in 2004 a law to prevent communal violence, but it has not been able to muster the political nerve to introduce a strong bill which would make public officials accountable for failures to protect people in communal riots. Other measures for religious minorities should include universal scholarships for all children from religious minorities excluding wealthy groups; a special programme of residential schools, including for girls, in all minority blocks; and guarantee of basic services in all minority settlements.
In India's troubled conflict areas, a healing touch would require a new commitment to human rights, including by ending and punishing encounter killings and torture, and abrogating laws like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Public Safety Act, Disturbed Areas Act and other preventive detention laws. This would spur a new mood of reconciliation in these states.
There is need for substantial increases in investment in public health services (and not private health insurance); and a programme for free or affordable generic medicines, building on the successful experiment in Rajasthan. The early passage of an improved Social Security Bill for Unorganised Workers, a universal old age pension; and unconditional income transfers to families of persons with disabilities, will reach out to other disadvantaged groups. For the millions who migrate to cities, programmes and laws which guarantee land tenure rights and basic services to slum residents and to street vendors, would enable them to escape the violence, State oppression and squalor that characterise the lives of the urban poor.
What ordinary people hope from their governments is not just that they will control prices, promote economic growth and offer clean governance. They expect support in their daily struggles to build a life of dignity, justice and ultimately hope. It is this expectation that governments, once elected, most easily forget.
Harsh Mander is a member of the National Advisory Council. The views expressed by the author are personal.
First Published: Jun 24, 2012 22:49 IST


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C & L ENTERPRISES, INC. v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
certiorari to the court of civil appeals of oklahoma
Respondent, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, proposed and entered into a standard form construction contract with petitioner C & L Enterprises, Inc. (C & L), for the installation of a roof on a Tribe-owned commercial building in Oklahoma. The property in question lies outside the Tribes reservation and is not held by the Federal Government in trust for the Tribe. The contract contains two key provisions. First, a clause provides that [a]ll … disputes … arising out of … the Contract … shall be decided by arbitration in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association … . The award rendered by the arbitrator … shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The referenced American Arbitration Association Rules provide: Parties to these rules shall be deemed to have consented that judgment upon the arbitration award may be entered in any federal or state court having jurisdiction thereof. Second, the contract includes a choice-of-law clause that reads: The contract shall be governed by the law of the place where the Project is located. Oklahoma has adopted a Uniform Arbitration Act, which instructs that [t]he making of an agreement … providing for arbitration in this state confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement under this act and to enter judgment on an award thereunder. The Act defines court as any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. After execution of the contract but before C & L commenced performance, the Tribe decided to change the roofing material specified in the contract. The Tribe solicited new bids and retained another company to install the roof. C & L, claiming that the Tribe had dishonored the contract, submitted an arbitration demand. The Tribe asserted sovereign immunity and declined to participate in the arbitration proceeding. It notified the arbitrator, however, that it had several substantive defenses to C & Ls claim. The arbitrator received evidence and rendered an award in favor of C & L. The contractor filed suit to enforce the award in the District Court of Oklahoma County, a state court of general, first instance, jurisdiction. The Tribe appeared in court for the limited purpose of moving to dismiss the action on the ground that, as a sovereign, it was immune from suit. The District Court denied the motion and entered a judgment confirming the award. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. While the Tribes certiorari petition was pending here, this Court decided Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 523 U. S. 751, holding that an Indian tribe is not subject to suit in a state courteven for breach of contract involving off-reservation commercial conductunless Congress has authorized the suit or the tribe has waived its immunity, id. , at 754, 760. On remand for reconsideration in light of Kiowa, the Court of Civil Appeals held that the Tribe here was immune from suit on its contract with C & L. Although noting that the arbitration agreement and the contract language as to judicial enforcement seem to indicate the Tribes willingness to expose itself to suit on the contract, the court concluded that the Tribe had not waived its suit immunity with the requisite clarity. The court therefore instructed the trial court to dismiss the case.
Held: By the clear import of the arbitration clause, the Tribe is amenable to a state-court suit to enforce an arbitral award in favor of C & L. Like Kiowa , this case arises out of the breach of a commercial, off-reservation contract by a federally recognized Indian Tribe. C & L does not contend that Congress has abrogated tribal immunity in this setting. The question presented is whether the Tribe has waived its immunity. To relinquish its immunity, a tribes waiver must be clear. Oklahoma Tax Commn v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U. S. 505. The construction contracts arbitration provision and related prescriptions lead to the conclusion that the Tribe in this case has waived its immunity with the requisite clarity. The arbitration clause requires resolution of all contract-related disputes between the parties by binding arbitration; ensuing arbitral awards may be reduced to judgment in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction thereof. For governance of arbitral proceedings, the clause specifies American Arbitration Association Rules, under which the arbitration award may be entered in any federal or state court having jurisdiction thereof. The contracts choice-of-law clause makes it plain enough that a court having jurisdiction to enforce the award in question is the Oklahoma state court in which C & L filed suit. By selecting Oklahoma law (the law of the place where the Project is located) to govern the contract, the parties have effectively consented to confirmation of the award in accordance with the Oklahoma Uniform Arbitration Act, which prescribes that, when an agreement … provid[es] for arbitration in Oklahoma, jurisdiction to enforce the agreement vests in any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. On any sensible reading of the Act, the District Court of Oklahoma County, a local court of general jurisdiction, fits that statutory description. This Court rejects the Tribes contention that an arbitration clause is not a waiver of immunity from suit, but simply a waiver of the parties rights to a court trial of contractual disputes. Under the clause, the Tribe recognizes, the parties must arbitrate. The clause no doubt memorializes the Tribes commitment to adhere to the contracts dispute resolution regime. That regime has a real world objective; it is not designed for regulation of a game lacking practical consequences. And to the real world end, the contract specifically authorizes judicial enforcement of the resolution arrived at through arbitration. Also rejected is the Tribes assertion that a form contract, designed principally for private parties who have no immunity to waive, cannot establish a clear waiver of tribal suit immunity. In appropriate cases, this Court applies the common-law rule of contract interpretation that a court should construe ambiguous language against the interest of the party that drafted it. That rule is inapposite here for two evident reasons. First, the contract is not ambiguous. Second, the Tribe did not find itself holding the short end of an adhesion contract stick: The Tribe proposed and prepared the contract; C & L foisted no form on the Tribe. Pp. 511.
Reversed and remanded.
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Daily roundup of what's hot online right now with an update on the 2012 Olympics, an 88-person, all-female skydiving team and a viral video of a man who plays a prank on his sleeping wife.
Trending topic: Olympics 2012
The U.S. Olympic soccer team beat out France yesterday. Vying for their third straight Olympic gold, the team made a huge comeback after giving up two goals as the game barely started. But they quickly regained their mojo, ending with a score of 4 to 2. Click the link above to read more.
Check this out: 88 skydivers set world record
An 88-member, all-female skydiving team in Russia broke the world record last weekend for largest all-female skydive. The "Pearls of Russia," as they are called, created an amazing floral design in the sky during the stunt. Click the link above to watch the amazing video.
Video: Man pulls hilarious prank on sleeping wife
Hilarious viral video of a man playing a prank on his wife while she's sleeping in the car. Scroll down to watch the video.
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Annex D3(a) provides a good example of sizing your overcurrent protection device (OCPD). This example shows a common problem. The size you come up with doesn't fit a standard breaker.
That's where the rule for the next size up comes in handy. But what exactly is this rule, and where does it come from? It's shorthand for the rules found in 240.4(B) and 240.4(C). The essence is that, if you've calculated an OCPD size that doesn't fit the standard sizes [240.6(A)], you can use the standard size that is next on the list of standard sizes (going from smaller to larger). In this example, the calculation is 136A so you can use a 150A breaker.
240.4(B) lets you use the next size up without increasing your conductor size, while 240.4(C) requires you to ensure your conductor ampacity is equal to or greater than that of the OCPD rating.
Doing your calculations in the same sequence shown in all the Annex examples will provide you with several advantages. One of becomes clear in this situation. To comply with 240.4(C), you just recalculate the VA by using the OCPD rating instead of the actual load.
Depending on the application, other Articles may apply [240.4] and those will complicate or even prevent your use of the next size up rule.


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Big Guns Bobblehead
"The best way to win an argument is to be the loudest." -- Big Guns +10
Fort Constantine is your destination for the Big Guns Bobblehead, though you won't need to enter the fortress itself in order to acquire said Bobblehead. Instead, you'll want to sniff out the CO's Quarters and look in there, which is adjacent to the fort's actual large frame. Where is Fort Constantine, you ask? Well, it's simple enough to find, indeed. Fort Constantine is located in the northwest corner of the map. It's due east of Raven Rock (the northwestern-most point on the map) and is both east and west of two separate SatCom Arrays (NN-03d to the east and NW-05a on the west).
When you've found the tattered and destroyed Fort Constantine, you're going to want to look for a building adjacent to it that's still very much intact. Very much the trailer-looking building, the CO's Quarters is void of enemies except for a Protectron or two. Search for an already-open safe within (too bad you couldn't crack it yourself!), and amongst the myriad Bottle Caps and ammunition within will clearly be the Bobblehead sought after. So grab it and be on your way!
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Mets' Vaughn, Flores in the groove
Top prospects form a dynamic duo for Minors' best team
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | May 1, 2012 6:44 PM
While Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia are likely to vie for spots in the big league rotation in the not-too-distant future, outfielder Cory Vaughn and third baseman Wilmer Flores could be called on to fill spots in the batting order.
On Tuesday, the pair continued to make noise for Class A Advanced St. Lucie.
Vaughn went 3-for-6 with four RBIs and missed the cycle by a triple out of the No. 3 spot and cleanup hitter Flores homered as part of a 4-for-6 performance in the Mets' 15-6 romp over the Jupiter Hammerheads.
"I really enjoy having Wilmer behind me because he's a great hitter and plays very well," said Vaughn, who celebrated his 23th birthday with his eighth multi-hit game of the season. "I know that if I get on base, he'll put the ball in play."
Vaughn's homer was his sixth of the year and marked the fourth time he's gone yard in the last five games. Flores, the Mets' No. 6 prospect, has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games and leads the team with a .322 average.
After grounding out in their first at-bats, Vaughn and Flores recorded consecutive singles in a nine-run second. Flores beat out an infield hit in the third after Vaughn struck out, and the duo smacked back-to-back homers off reliever Michael Ojala in the fifth.
"It was a 1-0 count and I got fastball down and in. I just didn't miss it," Flores said of his fourth homer of the season. "It was a pretty good day. I was making some adjustments, staying back a little bit more, and that worked for me."
Vaughn, the Mets' No. 15 prospect, said, "The first pitch was a breaking ball that I took, but then I got a 1-0 fastball that I got my bat head on. The first at-bat, I was too amped up. I was swinging at balls in the dirt and getting outside my game plan."
Flores collected his fourth hit with a single in the seventh and Vaughn plated two more runs with a two-out double in the eighth.
Flores, a 20-year-old Venezuelan, is (13-for-42) over his last 10 games and said the changes he made at the plate Tuesday night were indicative of minor adjustments he began making last weekend.
"The last three games, I have been going forward too much," Flores explained. "When I'm going forward, I'm pulling the balls and hitting ground balls to short and ground balls to third. When I'm staying back, I see the ball longer and I'm able to go the other way."
That's particularly important when the first baseman is holding Vaughn close to the bag, leaving a big hole on the right side of the infield.
"He's a very strong guy and he can put the ball in play," Flores said of Vaughn, whose father, Greg, hit 355 homers during a 15-year big league career. "He's pretty good. Hopefully, I can keep hitting and playing the way I'm doing."
While Flores' changes have been purely mechanical, Vaughn's have been as much mental as physical.
"I really have to give a lot of credit to hitting coach Benny DiStefano," the San Diego State product said. "Last week, I was not loading my hands. I was going from standing still to swinging and he told me to have separation so that I could get the bat out there. I also did a lot of yoga and Pilates this winter and gained 15-20 pounds of muscle, so I'm now sitting at 238 and I'm more flexible and my speed is the same if not better.
"My mind is better, too. Last year, I was just going through the motions, so I really tried to work on my mental preparation with Andy McKay at Sacramento City Junior College this year. Last year, I was doing things out of fear. I was thinking that if I didn't hit in the cage I wouldn't be good, instead of practicing to be the best player I could be. I need to control what I can control and stay in the present."
Richard Lucas homered and plated four runs, Robbie Shields added a three-run blast and Cesar Puello collected three of St. Lucie's season-high 19 hits. Mets starter Yohan Almonte (2-0) got the win, despite allowing six runs -- four earned -- on six hits and three walks over 5 1/3 innings. Four relievers gave up two hits the rest of the way.
The 15 runs and five homers also were season highs for the Mets, who have won six in a row and own the Minor Leagues' best record at 21-4.
Jupiter starter Edgar Olmos (0-1) surrendered seven runs on six hits and two walks over 1 2/3 frames.
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Stories from the annals of music history are rife throughout Don Pingree's business in Northwood. Along with his wife, Colleen, Pingree sells music and memorabilia out of the couple's antiques shop, R.S. Butler's Trading Company. He has been collecting music for decades, and he struggles to even guess at the number of vinyl records in his possession.
NORTHWOOD — Last week, Don Pingree sold a pair of tickets to a Led Zeppelin concert that never happened.
The tickets fetched $777, a sum that left even Pingree, a record dealer and vintage music connoisseur, surprised. A friend had been holding on to them for years. She finally asked Pingree to put them up for sale through his online music store "Wingo's Wecords."
Like much of Pingree's merchandise, the tickets are steeped in musical history. They were printed for a concert scheduled to take place at the old Boston Garden in 1975. Pingree says Boston Mayor Kevin White refused to issue a license for the rock show because he believed people waiting to buy tickets had damaged the venue. The band had to scrap the Boston show and play in Long Island instead.
Stories from the annals of music history are rife throughout Pingree's business in Northwood. Along with his wife, Colleen, Pingree sells music and memorabilia out of the couple's antiques shop, R.S. Butler's Trading Company.
Now 61, Pingree has been collecting music for decades, and he struggles to even guess at the number of vinyl records in his possession. He also has scores of magazines, promotional posters for bands, cardboard cutouts from record stores, vintage T-shirts and other musical ephemera.
Vinyl records have become a hot commodity once again, and Pingree has developed into the sole supplier for Bullmoose Music's stores in Portsmouth and Salem. Pingree says he moves between about 500 and 600 pieces of vinyl between the two stores each week.
But the most profitable part of his business takes place online, where a wide array of record collectors have tapped into his store on the auction site eBay. When he was contacted on one recent Monday, Pingree had shipped 49 boxes of records -- mainly to dealers overseas who purchase them one at a time.
Located on Northwood's "Antiques Alley," there are few signs on the outside of Pingree's business that would indicate the 19th-century building is home to a stash of significant music memorabilia. And little on the exterior of the lavender building would reveal that the collection inside is curated by a man who also helped to uncover a gem in the history of North American soul music.
But walk inside, and the signs of someone with a deep respect for musical history are on display. In one corner hangs a poster advertising a 1990s-era performance by The Meters, a personal favorite from Pingree's college radio days. A framed picture of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles hangs in another portion of the shop. A message on the photo, which is signed by singer Pete Moore, reads: "To Donnie and Colleen."
Mike Cohen, owner of Pitchfork Records in Concord, says he's been in the business for 39 years, but he continues to pick up new tips about music history from Pingree.
"He's the eBay king, and he's probably the most knowledgeable person that I know of in the industry," Cohen said.
Crate digging
For Pingree, the thrill of collecting vinyl is in finding rare items, which are laced throughout his stacks of music.
During a recent tour, he flipped through a pile of records and produced a copy of Ozzy Osbourne's tribute album to late guitarist Randy Rhoads. Osbourne had signed it twice on the back -- once in red, and once in blue. From another pile, Pingree pulled out a copy of the 1956 album "Songs for Lazy Afternoon," by the beat poet Rod McKuen. "To my friend Joe, with warmest wishes," read a signature on the back. "Thanks for the pills, Rod."
"It's easy to sell rare stuff online," Pingree said. "When you have rare stuff, but the key is, you know, Rush is a perfect example. I never paid attention to Rush because I never listened to them ... but they sell like crazy."
Pingree doesn't advertise, but through word of mouth, his business has been picking up, driven in part by interest from University of New Hampshire students. For years, Pingree didn't sell any $1 records — he was donating 20,000 to 30,000 records a year to Goodwill. But he's recently outfitted his antiques shop with a new vinyl section.
The collection runs the gamut — rock, easy listening, jazz, spoken word, soundtracks, original casts, comedy albums, country music, 12-inch singles, box sets, rhythm and blues, soul. With his reputation as a dealer established in the area, Pingree receives calls everyday from people looking to sell vinyl.
Pingree has tens of thousands of records in storage. The "heavy stuff" — items that will sell well -- goes on eBay as soon as he finds it. Some of the most sought-after records on the market these days are the so-called "garage records" cut by smaller bands that didn't gain a large following. Rare "northern soul" records can also go for thousands of dollars. The genre includes obscure soul albums from the 1960s — a time when the Motown sound was being replicated in pockets around the country.
Starting out in business
Pingree didn't begin amassing his collection in earnest until he began working at a record store in Portsmouth in the late 80s. However, his musical interest grew from a young age.
Pingree grew up in Georgetown, Mass., with three older brothers and a younger sister. His father worked at General Electric, and his mother was a nurse. His older brothers got him into soul music when he was a teenager, bringing home Otis Redding, Ray Charles and others in the 1960s.
In 1966, when he was in high school, Pingree subscribed to the music trade magazine Billboard, which cost $40 a year at the time, without telling his father.
"It started coming to the door and my father went nuts," he said. "We laugh about now that I'm making a living selling records."
Don's collection was modest — a couple of hundred records — before college. Then he launched a radio show from Springfield College's 10-watt radio station while he was enrolled there.
"I listened to every new release that came in," he said. "I spent more time in the radio station than I did in classes."
Pingree broadcast from 10 p.m. Sunday to 2 a.m. Monday. The time slot gave him the flexibility to play anything he chose, and he queued up rock, soul and jazz recordings each week, ranging from Curtis Mayfield to Gram Parsons, Gil Scott-Heron and Steely Dan.
"At that time in colleges, there was a real dividing line between black music and white music," he remembered, "and you almost had a station drawn along racial lines, and I would have none of that. I played everything on my show."
After playing as captain of his college basketball team, Pingree left the country after graduating in 1975 to play professional basketball in Venezuela for one year. In the disco days that followed, Pingree was going to clubs, listening to music and buying records. He then embarked on a career as a record dealer while working at a record store in Portsmouth.
With an ear for soul music and funk, Pingree chose a good time to get into business, because the classic vinyl recordings of the past two decades were about to be in heavy demand.
The sounds of joy
In the 1980s and 1990s, music producers in New York City looked to rare vinyl records to provide the building blocks for the rap beats that would later become famous. It was this same music that Pingree had been seeking out for years.
"I had foreigners coming to my house, because I knew that at that time the 70s, 60s R&B was very hot, and funky music, and I knew the stuff, because I used to play it back in my college days..." he said. "Then I started selling breakbeats to a guy in NY, a dealer in NY. I knew what they were looking for to sample, the rappers, and he was selling directly to A Tribe Called Quest."
The dealer was John Carraro, whose father was a noted record collector. Carraro developed a reputation for having records on the cutting edge of the hip-hop scene, and he became a source for some of the prominent producers of the time.
Pingree says he knew what Carraro was looking for in the records — maybe a drumbeat, or a guitar riff — something that could be looped into a new musical form.
"It was like a paycheck for me," Pingree said. "Every week, he'd buy $200 or $500 bucks worth of records off me. I'd play him a little bit over the phone, and he'd say, 'Yah, what do you want for that?'"
None of Pingree's finds made a bigger splash, however, than a lost Canadian funk album called "Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy." Produced in 1970, the album had been all but forgotten to history due to a fire in the warehouse where copies of the original records were stored.
Pingree said he found a copy in a store in Keene, N.H., and played it for Carraro over the phone. Pingree said he was drawn to the recording because it reminded him of the Meters.
Carraro quickly sold the album, which became highly sought-after in the vinyl-collecting world.
"I probably sold him the record for $40 bucks and it became a $1,000 record overnight when somebody sampled it," Pingree said.
Carraro offered the same recollection of events when he was interviewed by disc jockey and music journalist Kevin Howes. In a review that appears on the website of The Museum of Canadian Music, Carraro discussed purchasing the album from Pingree in 1995. In his interview with Howes, Carraro said he sold the first copy of Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy to a rapper named Prince Be, from the hip-hop duo PM Dawn.
"I put the needle down on the break beat and he just looked at me and with his hands was like 'Up, take it off. Take it off!' I took it off, handed it to him, and he hid it. The first one went for $300." Carraro said he went on to sell additional copies of the record to producers Pete Rock, Gary G-Whiz, of the group Public Enemy, and others, who used samples from the music to build hip-hop beats.
Selling records online
For a time, Don expanded the business to the point where he was traveling as far away as Florida to pick up promising stashes of vinyl, shipping home between 500 and 1,000 records at a time.
Then the inception of the internet changed the business — specifically eBay, which Pingree and his wife began using heavily around 1998. While it takes more work, selling on eBay has opened Pingree up to a wide array of collectors across the globe.
Nowadays, the CD player in Pingree's car is broken, and he spends most of his commuting time listening to sports talk radio. When he does have music on at home, he likes to listen to alternative country and bebop jazz, though everything is fair game.
Pingree says the vinyl market looks to be expanding once again — particularly in the last year-and-a-half. Even records that came out in the 1990s in limited releases, such as some Pearl Jam records, can fetch a fair price as well.
"The collectibility of it is amazing," he said.
Pingree said he understands the desire some new consumers might feel for a physical connection with the culture they consume.
"Holding a record in your hand while you're listening to it and reading that cover, that got lost with CDs, and even more lost with iPods and downloads," he said.
Still, Pingree said he's surprised at the resurgence of vinyl sales. It seems like every kid at UNH has a turntable now, he says.
"I think that there was a unique time in culture, the 50s and 60s and 70s, and there's a lot of kids that grew up in these times now that kind of wish they had grown up then," Pingree said. "You know what I mean? I really do ... But there's going to be nostalgia for this time period, too."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The 2013 Harvard baseball schedule has been released and is available for viewing. First-year head coach Bill Decker and the Crimson will play a 40-game regular season schedule beginning March 1.
The Crimson opens play the weekend of March 1-3, playing four games in Charlottesville, Va. with two against the host University of Virginia and two against Bucknell.
The following weekend sees the team travel to Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the Coastal Carolina Invitational. Harvard will play single games against Ohio State (March 8), Coastal Carolina (March 9) and Ball State (March 10).
March 15 sees the team back in the air as Harvard travels to Texas for 10 games in nine days starting with a three-game set against Rice March 15-17. On the 18th, Harvard plays at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi before playing a doubleheader at McNeese State on March 19. The following day, March 20, sees the team play a single game at the University of Houston before a day off. Harvard finishes its trip with single games over three days at Houston Baptist March 22-24.
Once back north, Harvard plays its home opener March 27 against in-state rival Holy Cross.
The Crimson begins Ivy League play against the Gehrig Division on the road March 30-31 with twinbills at Columbia and Penn, respectively.
After a midweek game at Boston College on April 2, the Crimson hosts Gehrig Division foes Cornell and Princeton, respectively, April 6-7.
Harvard will once again compete in the annual Beanpot Tournament with Boston College, Northeastern and Massachusetts. Dates for those games are currently April 10 and 29. Harvard takes on Northeastern in the first round in a rematch of last year's championship game at a location to be announced.
On April 13-14, Harvard hosts a four-game weekend set against Yale before traveling to Brown for a four-game weekend series April 20-21.
A home-and-home doubleheader series against Dartmouth begins in Hanover, N.H. on April 27 before moving back down to Cambridge the following day.
The Ivy League championship series is slated for May 4-5 at the site of the higher seeded team. NCAA Tournament play begins May 31.


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A judge in the case of a former neighborhood watch leader accused of shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin denied a request by defense attorneys to delay the trial Tuesday.
George Zimmerman's attorneys presented a motion Tuesday asking Judge Debra Nelson to push the trial from mid-June back to November because they say the prosecutor has been slow to turn over needed evidence. The state attorney has denied the accusation.
Prosecutor Against Delaying Zimmerman Trial
Nelson denied the motion and said the trial will begin on June 10. She noted that Zimmerman's lead attorney has been on the case for nearly a year and a half and said the problems he's having getting evidence are not insurmountable.
Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, said he wants to try the case in June but also wants to do it the right way.
"I will call my wife as an expert witness that I want this case tried in June," O'Mara said Tuesday. "There is no benefit to the defense team, there is certainly no benefit to Mr. Zimmerman and there is no benefit to the Martin family to keep this case going. I am very sensitive to that, but the reality is we have to try it once.
Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda argued that the amount of preparation for the case is the result of Zimmerman's attorneys.
"I have never had a case, at least here in central Florida, as a normal thing where the defense creates their own website, creates their own Facebook , creates their own Twitter and just publishes stuff out there, encourages discussion among various groups," de la Rionda said. "I find it ironic that the defense complains they are now having to address all these issues, that with all due respect to the defense, they helped create."
Zimmerman is claiming he acted in self-defense in shooting Martin last year and has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.
Zimmerman to Stay on GPS Monitoring
Tuesday also happens to be what would have been Martin's 18th birthday, and his parents plan to celebrate the occasion with events throughout the week.
Community leaders and college students said a prayer and sang "Happy Birthday" before Tuesday's hearing in Sanford, and community leaders will be holding a "Banding Together for Peace" event later in the day.
On Saturday, Martin's parents will hold a "Peace Walk" at 10 a.m. at Ives Estate Park in Miami. On Sunday, they will hold a "remembrance Dinner" at 5 p.m. at the DoubleTree Miami Airport Hotel.
All of the proceeds for the event will go to the Trayvon Martin Foundation.


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A cage full of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Overfishing has driven the magnificent species close to commercial extinction.
The European Union (EU) governs the largest maritime zone in the world, but European seas are also amongst the most degraded waters on the planet. Decades of bad fisheries management have led to depleted fish stocks, a damaged marine environment and significant job losses in the fishing sector.
EU governments have agreed to:
EU fisheries policy
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which sets the main fishing rules in the EU, was reformed in 2014. This reform was initiated against the backdrop of severe stock depletion. In 2008, 30 percent of the stocks for which information existed were assessed to be outside safe biological levels, meaning they had a reduced capacity for reproduction, and 80 percent of stocks were being overfished.
Failing fisheries come at a high price. Compiling global data on fisheries in a one-off report, the World Bank calculated in 2009 that failing fisheries management is costing the world around $50 billion annually (€45 billion approx.).
The new CFP could now bring much needed changes in European fisheries, provided the rules are respected by EU countries and their fishing sectors. In summary, they are required to:
- end overfishing and recover fish stock populations to healthy levels;
- remove excessive fishing capacity within their fleet;
- minimise destructive and wasteful fishing practices ;
- promote sustainable and low-impact fishing by giving preferential access to fishing grounds to those fishermen that use fishing methods with a low impact on the marine environment and contribute most to the local economy; and
- ensure their fleets fish sustainably also when they operate outside EU waters.
Greenpeace is campaigning across Europe to push governments to end overfishing, eliminate excess fishing capacity in the EU fleet and shift towards sustainable and low-impact fishing.
EU marine conservation laws
The EU's marine strategy framework directive (MSFD) requires member states to reach a good environmental status for Europe's seas by 2020 by implementing national marine strategies. Governments must act to protect and preserve the marine environment, including by preventing and reducing harmful inputs, establishing marine protected areas and by implementing an ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities to ensure that the collective pressure of such activities is kept within levels compatible with the achievement of 'good environmental status'. The MSFD builds on and is complemented by the habitats and birds directives, the water framework directive and other EU legislation aimed at reducing pollution.
Greenpeace is campaigning for the protection of marine reserves, including by challenging EU governments to eliminate impacts from fishing in such reserves. A map of the areas that governments have committed to protect can be found here.
'Plenty more fish in the sea' no more
Many coastal fishermen struggle to make a living and more than 60 percent of the seafood on the European market has to be imported. A study by the New Economic Foundation shows that restoring just 43 European fish stocks in the Northern Seas to sustainable levels would generate more than €3 billion in additional landings, which could support the creation of more than 100,000 additional jobs in the sector.
According to the European Commission, the EU fleet is capable of catching between two and three times the amount of fish that would be acceptable to keep our fish stocks healthy. As a consequence, fishing often exceeds sustainable levels. In the Mediterranean Sea the situation is very worrying: nine out of ten stocks are overfished. In the Atlantic and the North Sea, the situation seems to be improving due to the recent strengthening of management measures, but the majority of stocks are still overfished.
Greenpeace recently singled out some of the largest and most destructive fishing vessels operating under European flags, ownership or management, which have received most of the subsidies for decades and still have access to the biggest share of fishing opportunities.
The solution - sustainable and low impact fishing
The new CFP requires EU governments to set fishing limits at a sustainable level, eliminate the most destructive part of their fleet and give preferential access to fishing grounds to low-impact fishermen. To achieve this, they must allocate access to fishing grounds on the basis of environmental, social and economic criteria. This should favour sustainable small-scale fishing, create jobs in the fishing industry and restore fish stocks.
Greenpeace works with low-impact fishermen to bring pressure on governments to discontinue destructive fishing and promote a shift to low-impact fishing.
Leading civil society organisations in Europe have written to Commission President Juncker and Vice-President Timmermans to request your active intervention in In view of the situation in Hungary.
20 health and environmental organisations wrote to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, Mr. Geert Dancet, to express concerns regarding conflicts of interest and transparency at the agency.
Amsterdam/Geneva – Greenpeace Netherlands has released unpublished texts from the TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement) negotiations and conducted an in-depth analysis of the energy chapter, which indicates serious threats to international climate...
177 European and national civil society organisations and trade unions signed this common statement, ahead of the EU27 Summit in Bratislava on 16 September 2016.
Letter to EU leaders by environmental organisations ahead of special summit in Bratislava.
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Engaging Students Curiosity With New Technologies
While teaching reluctant writers as a Title I reading teacher, I discovered the lesson "Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images." In this lesson, students create a Microsoft Photo Story book using the Curious George character that so many children love. I used this lesson to help students plan scenarious about the troubles that Curious George gets into when he visits our school and then create a story. For my group of six first-grade students, each student chose one setting and staged it, and then I photographed it for them. I printed the pictures and pasted them onto the Storyboard Screen Sheet. Each student wrote a page on the storyboard and then narrated their page within the Photo Story software. The students were so excited to be using the technology that they could hardly wait to come to class. They were so proud! We broadcasted their book on our school's closed circuit TV for the whole school to see!
My students excitement about using technology in this lesson inspired me to increase my knowledge of technologies available to me. The inclusion of technology in this lesson engaged and motivated my students to create and express themselves through writing projects.
I have been teaching many years, 13 of which were other people's children. I have 3 grown children of my own all married with their own families now. I live in the mountains of North Carolina near my two young grandchildren. I enjoy reading, traveling, gardening, and cooking. When I retire, if I get to retire, I hope it will be to a hobby farm for me and my family and friends to enjoy together for many years.


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SO Sofitel Bangkok, Bangkok
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
SO Sofitel Bangkok, Bangkokfrom $146
- Room, View (So Comfy, Park or City view)
- Room, View (So Cozy)
- Signature Suite, City View (So Suite Park or City view)
- Signature Room, View (So Club, Park or City View)
- Signature Studio, View (CLUB SIGNATURE BENEFITS)
- Room, View (So comfy Park or city view)
- Room, View (So Cozy)
- Signature Loft, City View
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What's around SO Sofitel Bangkok, Bangkok
- In Bangkok City Centre
- Lumphini Park - 3 min walk
- Patpong Night Market - 17 min walk
- Erawan Shrine - 30 min walk
- CentralWorld Shopping Complex - 32 min walk
- Terminal 21 Shopping Mall - 38 min walk
- Pratunam Market - 39 min walk
- Platinum Fashion Mall - 39 min walk
Getting around
- Bangkok (BKK-Suvarnabhumi Intl.) - 22 min drive
- Bangkok (DMK-Don Mueang Intl.) - 19 min drive
- Bangkok Hua Lamphong Station - 4 min drive
- Bangkok Makkasan Station - 4 min drive
- Asok Railway Station - 5 min drive
- Lumphini Station - 3 min walk
- Lumpini Station - 5 min walk
- Silom Station - 12 min walk
- Free area shuttle
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 237 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free valet parking
- Free area shuttle
Payment types at the property
- Cash
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- 2 bars/lounges
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free bicycles on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 4058
- Conference space size (meters) - 377
- Business services
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Year Built - 2012
- Elevator
- ATM/banking
- Designated smoking areas
- Terrace
- Wheelchair accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Thai
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Pillow menu
- Turndown service
- Sofa bed
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 40-inch LCD TV
- Premium TV channels
- In-room computer
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
Also popular with travelers from the USA
Special features
SoSPA has 7 treatment rooms. Services include sports massages, Swedish massages, Thai massages, and facials. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and thalassotherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
DiningPark Society Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Red Oven - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
Chocolab - This café serves lunch only. Open daily.
MIXO Bar - Onsite bar. Open daily.
HI-SO Rooftop Bar - Onsite rooftop bar. Open daily.
SO Sofitel Bangkok, Bangkok's small print
Also known as
- Bangkok So
- Sofitel So Hotel Bangkok
- SO Sofitel Bangkok Hotel
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- SO Sofitel Bangkok Hotel Bangkok
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Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
Deposit: THB 3000.00 per night
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability)
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability)
Rollaway beds are available for THB 3531.0 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 1,000.45 for adults and THB 500.5 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of THB 4500 per vehicle (roundtrip)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Superb 9.0 From 612 reviews
Super friendly staff. An oasis amidst the chaos that is Bangkok!
Great service and amazing hotel in general. Love the infinity pool! So comfortable and modern room. Only thing is the location, nothing special to find around in that area, but Grab works perfectly and not soooo far from center.
Very pleasant stay, good set up of the hotel and very good lunch menu. Good chocolate bar on the ground floor
Coming from the US, I thought the cost of the hotel for the qualify of it was very reasonable. We were greeted warmed and whoever it was that made up our room was AMAZING!!! They not only organized the room, they organized our stuff that we spread out everywhere. The hotel is located in a more quiet area right across from Limpini park.
Bangkok is awesome and so is Sofitel, great location, great breakfast, great room and views !
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It's summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime. Three glorious months without school—which means it's up to you to keep the kids occupied. Fortunately, there are ways to keep them entertained for not a lot of money.
Catch popular kid's movies all summer long for an extremely low price.
- Watch 10 films for $5 when you join the Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse.
- Enjoy flicks like Rio and Parental Guidance for $1 on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at participating Regal Cinemas.
- See 10 movies including Ice Age 4 and Rise of the Guardians for less than $1 each this summer at Harkins Theatres.
Look for retailers offering free or low-priced kids' workshops.
- Home Depot offers free workshops on the first Saturday of every month.
- Build a wooden project at Lowe's Build & Grow workshops and go home with a free apron, goggles, and patch.
- Michael's hosts $2 craft workshops where kids can paint planters, string necklaces, and more.
Kids can get two free games of bowling every day this summer when their parents register at KidsBowlFree.com.
Factory tours are a surprisingly great and inexpensive way to keep kids occupied or break up a road trip. Factory Tours USA lists 571 to choose from including some very kid-friendly tours like the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, California or the Stuffington Bear Factory in Phoenix, Arizona.
One more tip: Towns across the country are hosting summer music series, so check your city's website for free concerts in the park.


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Description of 5317 Natures Color Lane, North Charleston, SC 29418
Lowcountry Style! As you enter,the quality and workmanship sets this home apart. Hwd Flooring, tiled flooring in all baths, the design of the great room, formal dining room and kitchen make this the perfect home for entertaining. The open kitchen has granite counter tops and cabinets with crown molding. A large pantry/mudroom is also featured. The 2nd level has a huge owners suite with multiple closets and a spa like bath for the ultimate in relaxation. Laundry room is on this level as are two large bedrooms w/ walk-ins closets & full bath . The 3rd level has a great bonus room and also features a large bedroom and bath. This home features a study or 5th BR on the main level with a full bath.A screened porch can be added.Last Opportunity to be a part of this 37 home intimate community!
Property Features of 5317 Natures Color Lane, North Charleston, SC 29418
Single Family Detached
Indigo Fields
N. Chas/Summerville/Ladson-Dor
|Elementary school: Windsor Hill
|Middle school: River Oaks
|High school: Ft. Dorchester
|Central air
|Natural gas heat
|Two car garage
|Attached parking
|Vinyl siding
|Lot acreage is: 0.21
|Subdivision: Indigo Fields
|Cable television available
|Ceramic tile flooring
|Wood floors
|Wall to wall carpeting
|Walk-in closet(s)
|Fiberglass shingle roof
|Slab Foundation
|New construction
Rooms & Dimensions
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