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In the former home of the great John Jameson of whiskey fame, and one of the leading Dublin restaurants, Chapter One was our Restaurant of the Year way back in 2001 when everybody thought southside was the place to be.
Since then many others have discovered that one of Ireland's finest restaurants resides in this arched basement beneath the Irish Writers Museum and - despite being the darling of the media these days - it remains a favourite with the Guide when dining out in Dublin.
Together with an exceptional team including sommelier Edward Jolliffe, who joined the team in 2010, the proprietors - chef-patron Ross Lewis and front of house manager Martin Corbett - have earned an enviable reputation here, for outstanding modern Irish cooking and superb service from friendly, enthusiastic and well-informed staff.
It's an atmospheric room with original granite walls and old brickwork contrasting with elegant modern décor and a growing art collection. The comfy reception area is a smart place for an aperitif, but arrive in good time as service is prompt and you are likely to be taken to your immaculately presented table without delay.
The cooking at Chapter One is classic French, lightly tempered by modern influences, but it showcases specialist Irish produce whenever possible. Credited suppliers include many of Ireland's finest producers, including Maurice Kettyle of Fermanagh (beef), Jack McCarthy of Kanturk (black pudding), and Mark Winterbotham and Alan Pierce of Gold River Farm, Co Wicklow (vegetables). A notable speciality is a magnificent charcuterie trolley, which highlights West Cork producer Fingal Ferguson, among others, and is a treat not to be missed.
Other specialities include slow cooked meat, with rare breed pork among the favourites – middle neck of Tamworth pork, for example, served with braised cheek, fricassée of puy lentils, lettuce purée, bay turnip cooked in sherry and roast endive. Then, of course, there is the cheese menu, which not only offers a lovely range of handmade Irish and continental cheeses in peak condition, but also tasting notes for each one.
But many guests will stall at dessert, as an utterly irresistible choice of half a dozen delectable dishes is offered – especially recommended is the warm chocolate mousse, a divine creation combining caramel jelly, espresso mousse, lime ice cream and honeycomb.
An excellent wine list leans towards the classics and offers many fairly priced treats for the wine buff, and also carefully selected house wines and wines by the glass, including a range of dessert wines. The outstanding service which is so much a part of Chapter One applies to the wine too, with knowledgeable assistance always at hand to guide each table to the best choice for their food choices and budget.
Another special treat is the perfectly timed pre-theatre menu, for which Chapter One is rightly renowned: the food is delectable - and you can be sure of perfect timing, every time, so no need to fret about getting to the performance while enjoying your meal. And, like the lunch menu, early dinner offers outstanding value.
For more leisurely occasions, why not consider an evening of culinary theatre at the Chef's Table? Offering a unique dining experience, the table – which is made of glazed volcanic rock, with sleek chocolate brown leather banquettes – is safely ensconced in a sleek glass box, allowing full view of everything that's going on in the kitchen without interrupting the smooth flow of work (and allowing guests to enjoy their own party too).The special 6 course menu includes a glass of champagne, in association with Laurent Perrier Gilbeys of Ireland.
In recognition of his skill and dedication to promoting Irish food culture, Ross Lewis - a Euro-Toques commissioner (and former Commissioner General) - was invited to cook the State Banquet given on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's historic visit to Ireland in 2011; a hymn to quality Irish produce, it was received with acclaim.


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Brittle Innings
Bantam Books, 1995 - Fiction - 516 pages
For seventeen-year-old Danny Boles, a 5'5" shortstop out of Tenkiller, Oklahoma, the summer of 1943 would be a season to remember. The country's at war, and professional baseball needs able-bodied men. Danny's headed for Highbridge, Georgia - home of the Goober Pride peanut butter factory and the Highbridge Hellbenders, a Class C farm club in the Chattahoochee Valley League. He's a scrappy player with one minor quirk: a violent encounter on the train to Georgia has rendered him mute, his vocal cords tied up in knots. Danny's idiosyncrasy, however, is nothing compared to that of his new Hellbender roommate, an erudite seven-foot giant by the name of Jumbo Hank Clerval. With his yellow eyes, strangely scarred face, and sausage-sized fingers, Hank seems to have been put together in a meat-packing plant. But he plays a mean first base and can hit the ball a mile. With the Hellbenders in a pennant race as hot as the relentless Georgia sun, the eloquent Clerval forms a special kinship with the speechless kid from Oklahoma. Danny soon realizes that Hank is not an ordinary man but something more complex...more mysterious than he'd imagined. These two very different ballplayers forge a bond as the season moves inexorably toward its dramatic, and ultimately violent, conclusion. Both want a shot at the major leagues and both want to know what it's like to be a man. But they are about to discover how ambition and desire can turn even the gentlest soul into the worst kind of monster. At turns funny, tragic, and ultimately uplifting, Brittle Innings is a brilliant evocation of a uniquely American drama: a season-long contest in which fantasies are engaged, heroes are created and destroyed, andinnocence is lost forever.
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It is clear that Microsoft intends to go all out for its Xbox One launch day; the company's "Day One" edition of its console with special limited edition controller and achievement token has already sold out at various retailers including Amazon and Best Buy. Now, the company is introducing preorders for a "Day One" edition of Xbox Live Gold.
The new Day One Xbox Live Gold package costs $59.99 and includes a 12 month Live Gold membership along with a copy of Xbox One digital game, Killer Instinct: Round One, and a commemorative gold membership card.
Microsoft's standard 12 month Gold membership can be picked up for as low as $45 on Amazon, so we aren't exactly sure if this special "Day One" edition is much of a deal. Either way, the Day One Xbox Live Gold Membership card can be preordered now at Microsoft's online retail store.
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A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as �The Collector� is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer�s booby-trapped warehouse.
� Playing at: 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05 and 9:15 p.m.
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Killing Them Softly
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
� Playing at: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and 9:15 p.m.
Rated R
Life of Pi
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor � a fearsome Bengal tiger.
� (3D) Playing at: 12:30, 3:20, 6:10 and 9 p.m.
� (2D) Playing at: 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30 p.m.
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Red Dawn
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
� Playing at: 1:20, 2, 4, 4:40, 6:40, 7:20, 9:20 and 10 p.m.
Rated PG-13
Rise of the Guardians
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
� (3D) Playing at: 2:05, 4:30, 6:55 and 9:20 p.m.
� (2D) Playing at: 1:15, 3:40, 6:05 and 8:30 p.m. Rated PG
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
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As the Civil War continues to rage, America�s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
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Bond�s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
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An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
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A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
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Deep under the Academy are massive lockers holding specimens from around the golbe.
Harbor Porpoise which we have in the SF Bay. With skin on they look like this... We see hundreds of them around the Golden Gate Bridge when we're out sailing. Here's some video of someone else spotting them.
Tiffany Bozic getting her Grizzly Bear Skull on.
Old scientific journals from around the 1880's.
Had to sign the guest book... Scientists and us.
Drawers and drawers of eggs.
Jack's specialty are the birds of paradise from Papa New Guinea. He's traveled there to study them dozens of times... Only the males have the bright and feathery plumage.
Looks good on the wifey.
Can you imagine seeing this guy in the wild?!
Of course.
Yep, there it is.
Paxton Gate would shit their pants.
In a very cold room lies hundreds of stuffed animals and their pelts.
Someone tried smuggling this tiger flying back from Thailand.
Loads of pelts.
Imagine looking up at a tree in the wild and seeing that guy.
That guy could F* you up.
Just a shelf with stuffed koala, monkey, armadillo, duck billed platypus, etc...
The reason we were there was to see "Perceiving Home: An Ecological Tour of the Cosmos" at the Planetarium presented by The Buckminster Fuller Institute.
My mother-in-law had seen 3 different Planetarium shows and this one she said was the best.
If you've yet to get to the Planetarium, get there. It's amazing. Not sure of the normal daily presentations, but this one was really amazing.
Perceiving Home is an immersive journey across vast scales of time and space, revealing the systemic interconnections that create and sustain life. Participants will be guided by David McConville (http://elumenati.com/) on an interactive exploration of beautifully rendered Earth and space science visualizations, illuminating the meaning behind Buckminster Fuller's admonition to "Start with Universe."
Violist Christen Lien (http://itsnotaviolin.com/) will provide live musical accompaniment with her haunting ambient and melodic soundscapes. Solo performances will proceed and close the presentation as well.
Watch a really interesting talk Jack gave about his travels and research in Papa New Guinea studying birds.
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Bill Plaschke on the best spot to do lunch in Los Angeles:
What I really wanted to hear, of course, was what the Dodgers thought about folks just walking into their house and hanging out in the middle of the day, so I phoned club spokesman Josh Rawitch with the news.
"I want to tell you about my favorite place to have lunch," I said.
"Top of the park at Dodger Stadium, right?" he said.
"How did you know?" I said.
"You're not the only one," he said.
It turns out, other folks are aware of this place, and the Dodgers tolerate it for the good of the town.
"There are a lot of fans who refer to the top of the park as the best-kept secret lunch spot in Los Angeles, and it's hard to argue with them," Rawitch said. "While we don't openly encourage it, the fact that it has become known this way is a reminder of just how special Dodger Stadium is to our fans, even when it's empty."
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In the early 1900s, problems with existing adding machines led inventor William Hopkins to find ways for the adding machine to operate from a single set of digit keys. He placed the numbers on his machine to gears on a moveable carriage that was controlled by a moving handle. He applied for a patent in 1892.
The new machine was advertised at the National Banker's Convention in 1896, and he started selling it in 1899. An office publication at the time hailed the machine as a "modern life preserver" that ended the drudgery of traditional bookkeeping. By January 1905, the company had sold over 3,400 machines. This ad appeared in a 1904 issue of Harper's Magazine.


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Like many newspapers (the ones that are still running) the Houston Chronicle announced severe budget cuts and layoffs this week. The changes reportedly mean that the paper will be cutting all of its college sports beats.
That means no more U. of Houston, Rice or Texas Southern coverage from local writers in the hometown paper. And presumably no mentions of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, SMU .... Fortunately, people in Texas don't really take college sports that seriously. Oh, and 12% of the paper's employees (sports and non-sports) are out of jobs.
Yeah, this economy thing sucks.
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Left: Photo by Richard Avedon, 1970 via They Roared Vintage // Right: Photo by JP Zachariasen, 1971 via They Roared Vintage
I love how these two photos correspond with one another.
Yes, they really do! Beautiful symmetry.
they both have impeccable style and composition; it is cold, but i still yearn for those long flowing dresses!
Beautiful! I have always loved 70's fashion.
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2013 Senior Bowlers Kawann Short, Lane Johnson and Jonathan Cyprien returned to Mobile to play in the Senior Bowl/GoDaddy.com Bowl golf tournament. Check out Short and Johnson on the course.
Phil Savage talks about our latest HOF Class and our Rookie of the Year, Dak Prescott.
The Executive Director of the Reese' Senior Bowl breaks down the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft: best value pick, who will make an immediate impact, who got the biggest 'bump' from the Reese's Senior Bowl.
Mariota talks with seniorbowl.com about the upcoming 2014 season at Pac-12 Media Days.
Reese's Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage examines what scouts look for when evaluating the QB position -- using examples from Georgia's Aaron Murray and LSU's Zack Mettenberger.
With our new title sponsor, the Reese's brand, we look forward to the 2014 Reese's Senior Bowl with a 'look back' at last year's week on the field.
Executive Director Phil Savage talks about the new Field Turf at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, home of the Senior Bowl since 1951.
Executive Director Phil Savage talks about the camp for 6-12 year olds held at Mobile's Hank Aaron Stadium.
Johnny Manziel on his offseason; Phil Savage, Rob Lehocky talk SEC football
Patton, the 49ers' 4th-round pick wears a wire at Senior Bowl practice and shows -- at least in the personality department -- he is a first-round pick.
Rob Lehocky and Phil Savage breakdown the first round of the NFL Draft, where 10 Senior Bowl players were drafted.
Senior Bowl PR Director Rob Lehocky profiles Barner. Features Barner 'miked-up' at Senior Bowl practice.
Eric Fisher, 'In his own words,' profile at Senior Bowl.
Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage examines which players boosted their stock the most while at the Senior Bowl.
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Mary Gertrude (Davis) Berard, 88, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late Paul F. Berard.
Born in Pawtucket, a daughter of the late Christopher and Catherine (Goodwin) Davis, she resided in Cumberland since 1955. Mrs. Berard had been employed by Fram; the Cumberland School Lunch Program; and Texas Instruments, until retiring in 1988.
She was a former volunteer at the Memorial Hospital of RI and was a longtime member of St. Patrick's Bowling League.
She leaves two daughters, Karen M. Stott and her husband Gary and Leslie A. Vartanian and her husband, Michael, all of Lincoln; five grandchildren, Alison and Jonathan Stott, Kristen, Lisa and Mitchell Vartanian; and several nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Agnes Andrews, Catherine Boyle, Veronica Gingras and Joseph Davis.
Her funeral will be held Thursday at 8:45 a.m. from the CHEETHAM Funeral Home, 1012 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude Church, 301 Front St., Lincoln. Interment will follow at Mt. St. Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket. VISITATION will be Wednesday 5 - 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to St. Antoine Residents Activities Fund, 10 Rhodes Ave., North Smithfield, RI 02896 would be appreciated. www.CHEETHAMFuneralHome.com


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The past couple days I have been visiting websites talking about the immigration march I went to in D.C. on Sunday. Some of the blogs I've come across are run by ignorant, xenophobic racists.
One of the worst websites I came across was Youth for Western Civilization. After reading William L. Houston's extremely biased and vile "report" of the immigration march, I was filled with so much sadness for the ignorance that fills his young head.
I tried to comment multiple times. I presented intelligent arguments, and for this, my comments were deleted. I suppose those who run the website are too cowardly and ignorant to respond to factual truth. Meanwhile, they eagerly publish racist ranting comments which are written by people who obviously do not know how to turn off the CAPS lock.
Well, I will not be silenced. So William, and all the rest of you – I'm calling you out on my own blog and you can not delete me here. I will have my say, (even if it is just throwing pearls to swine.) And because you tried to shut me up, I will yell it even louder.
You went to the march/rally with the sole intent of finding "evidence" to jibe with your own misguided beliefs. You took photos of people waving non-U.S. flags just so you could call them unpatriotic. You and I both know, those people were in the minority and that the vast majority of the 200,000+ people proudly waved AMERICAN flags… Besides, even if people showed pride in their roots, how is it wrong? Is it any different than the Republicans who wave Israeli flags, (or worse, Confederate flags), or Caucasians who wear "Kiss me, I'm Irish!" T-shirts?
Second, those with Che Guevara shirts and things of that nature were also few in numbers. I saw ONE person and I was there for several hours. You must have really gotten a lot of exercise walking through the crowd and searching these people out.
In any crowd and at any event, at any gathering of any race or political party, you are going to find people with a different agenda. This rally was full of peaceful, hopeful people and you know it.
You say, "This wasn't a spontatneous [sic] outburst of American patriotism like you see at the Tea Parties. Rather, it was tens of thousands of people waving small American flags (which the organizers provided them with) … because they want something in return, namely, American citizenship and access to taxpayer subsidized public services."
You also say, "Some Latino demonstraters [sic] had bigoted, anti- European signs. There were signs at the rally which claimed that North America is a "Bronze Continent" that belongs to Indians and Latinos. There were others which claimed that Europeans were illegal immigrants."
You are railing against the Latinos at the rally for being bigoted which is the epitome of irony. You also praise Teabaggers for their patriotism. Do I even have to explain how ridiculous that is? So, Latinos are bigots in your mind for suggesting a historically true fact, (that North America was stolen from the Indigenous people), yet Teabaggers, who are absolutely vile racists who most recently shouted "N*gg*r" and spit on a Black Congressman, are cool with you? … You are so far down the wrong path that even a top-of-the-line GPS couldn't help you find your way back to reality.
Lastly, about that video you shot of people unintentionally walking over a little U.S. flag on the ground… You say:
"As we were leaving, we noticed Latino demonstrators walking over a discarded American flag on the sidewalk. We shot some video of those patriotic Americans which we will share on YouTube."
Did you ever consider that perhaps the little flag slipped out of someone's hand, (perhaps a child's), accidentally, and it was totally unbeknownst to the person who dropped it? The people who are walking over it are not stomping on it, they simply fail to notice it is there. How does that make them unpatriotic? … You, on the other hand, saw your beloved flag on the ground being trampled. Not only did you leave it there, but you watched, and you took the time to video tape it. What does that make you?


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Ministers in drive to stay in EU
Tory and Liberal Democrat cabinet ministers are joining forces for a drive to keep Britain in the European Union.
Conservative "big beast" Ken Clarke and Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will spearhead a "patriotic fightback" against eurosceptics.
Labour's former business secretary Lord Mandelson is also due to speak at the launch of the Centre for British Influence campaign.
The cross-party push comes after David Cameron set out plans last week to hold an in-out referendum by 2017.
The Prime Minister said he wanted to renegotiate the UK's relationship with Europe, and then put the new package to a public vote.
The speech delighted many on the Tory right who have been demanding looser ties, but also drew warnings that Britain was "sleepwalking" towards an EU exit.
Tory strategists are planning to make the issue a key dividing line at the next general election, claiming Labour and the Lib Dems are trying to stop people having their say.
Mr Clarke, a former chancellor and home secretary, and currently minister without portfolio - is the party's leading europhile but has kept a low profile since Mr Cameron's speech.
He is expected to highlight the benefits of membership today, and challenge misconceptions among the general public.


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Electric cars power needs hinder driver freedom, sales
The message is out there: greener means greener pastures.
But all the marketing in the world, coupled with crushing fuel prices, and even massive government incentives, are carrying little weight. It's not the message, apparently, but the reality of electric-car ownership that's stalling their acceptance.
The reasons are many, well known, logical and perhaps painfully obvious. Most analysts point to high vehicle prices, tech phobia, mistrust of battery packs and a lack of recharging infrastructure as the main issues most undermining consumer confidence. And don't discount that internal-combustion vehicles and hybrids are getting better.
Any one of those issues could kill a sale, but all of them at once? That's not good in a market still run by consumer dollars and not by government will being dictated to automakers.
General Motors with its Volt, and Nissan with its Leaf, are just two automakers sweating the EV sales stall, especially in North America.
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn reportedly set a target to double Leaf sales during this current fiscal year that runs through March 2013.
But according to a story by FOX Business, the Leaf may need a shot of "Rapid Grow" if it's going to reach those lofty expectations, especially in the United States.
The Leaf is showing a slight sales increase in European markets. Yet, U.S. demand is down 56 percent from April 2011 through August of this year, compared to the same five-month timeframe of the 2011-'12 fiscal cycle.
Sagging sales numbers even caused Nissan North American spokesman David Reuter to deliver kind of an EV disclaimer.
"We know that the wide majority of U.S. drivers drive no more than 40 miles a day," Reuter said. "The Nissan Leaf is a perfect vehicle for those individuals. For those who drive more than that, it may not be."
To that end, Nissan is taking out some content to cut the price and make the Leaf more attractive. The scary part, perhaps, is that sales are soft despite huge government subsidies for buyers, which implies that whatever perceived value there is in electric cars is a false reading anyway.
Old driving habits die hard, and even the gas-greedy Nissan big-rig battleship known as the Armada (with an estimated 14 combined mpg) holds its own in sales comparisons with the greener Leaf, which might come as a shock.
But there's more. Lamborghini is expected to sell more $380,000 Aventador sports cars than Honda will sell of its Fit EV. Toyota also recently announced it was scrapping plans to mass produce its eQ plug-in model (based on the tiny Scion iQ) and moving its research-and-development dollars into a tiny 20-vehicle fleet of new gasoline-electric combo hybrids. Over at Fiat, the new 500e is considered no more than a compliance vehicle to appease California legislation.
Automakers know the market is too thin to justify the development dollars with infrastructure remaining the greatest hurdle for both manufactures and marketers. After all, having a plug-in vehicle without anywhere to plug it in while on the road. . . well, that would ruin a road trip in a big hurry.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy and the Census Bureau, there are currently about 5,000 EV charging stations throughout the United States compared to 130,000 gas stations with multiple pumps that can top up a car in a few minutes.
By contrast, using a standard 120-volt home outlet, the Chevrolet Volt needs all night to reach a full charge. And the fact that the Volt runs on gas, just in case, clearly show's that internal combustion is still the fuel drivers can count on.
The challenge for the industry is to build faster and readily available "refueling" stations where drivers can power up and move on in minutes, instead of hours.
"Without a network available to charge quickly, ownership of an electric vehicle is very limiting," said Shanna Hendricks from Tesla Motors, a car-builder solely focused on plug-ins.
In a story for the Detroit Free Press newspaper Hendricks explained that as long as vacation navigation requires a phone app to map charging stations, skepticism in this market rules. After all, it leaves little room for error, because when you're out of power, you're stuck.
"By putting down the infrastructure for fast charging, it opens up the possibilities and the destinations that you can travel in an electric vehicle," Hendricks said.
A recent study from Pike Research confirmed what automakers already knew: interest in the plug-in vehicle is fading throughout the United States and Canada. In a survey of 1,001 potential North American new-car buyers, Pike found the consumer ratings of "extremely interested" or "very interested" for purchasing an EV slipped four percent this year from 2011. This slide coming during an economic and fuel-price period where EV popularity was expected to reach record levels.
The survey indicated mileage-range dissatisfaction as the primary reason for growing consumer indifference. Battery safety and a fear of being stranded weren't far behind. Of course, the relatively high cost of an EV adds to consumer skittishness.
Although covered under warranty for many years, the battery in the Ford Focus Electric can cost more than $12,000, or nearly one third of the $39,000 sticker price. You can buy a new Fiesta for $13,200 plus destination charges.
Not unlike the chicken-or-the-egg debate, would an infrastructure investment help to spark EV sales? Or is increased EV demand necessary first (by making a better EV) to create investor interest?
The immediate future of the EV might be uncertain, but it's only just beginning.
Enthusiast magazine Motor Trend recently named the Tesla Model S its 2013 Car of the Year, which is the first all-electric winner.
"At its core, the Tesla Model S is simply a damned good car you happen to plug in to refuel," wrote Motor Trend editor-at-large Angus MacKenzie.
Whether another EV will ever again make that kind of industry spark remains to be seen. But if you trust consumer chatter and sales trends, until infrastructure grows and prices shrink, the EV will continue to look for its spark.
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ADVANSYS(4) BSD Programmer's Manual ADVANSYS(4)
advansys - AdvanSys PCI SCSI Host Adapters
adv* at pci? dev ? function ? scsibus* at adv? adw* at pci? dev ? function ? scsibus* at adw?
The advansys drivers support most AdvanSys PCI SCSI host adapters, as shown in this table: adv adw ABP-920 ABP-940UW ABP-930 (1) ABP-940UWD ABP-930U ABP-970UW ABP-930UA ASB-3940UW-00 ABP-940 ASB-3940U2W-00 ABP-940U ASB-3950U160 ABP-940UA ABP-950 ABP-960 (2) ABP-960U (2) ABP-970 ABP-970U ABP-980 ABP-980U 1. This board has been sold by SIIG as the Fast SCSI Pro PCI. 2. This board has been sold by Iomega as a Jaz Jet PCI adapter. The adw driver will log some host adapter errors with general messages such as adw0:0:0: host adapter error 0x12. See adw(4). adw0:0:0: host adapter error 0x12, resetting bus. See adw(4). Some further information on the meaning of such errors can be obtained from the following table derived from the source code provided by Con- nectCom. Error Define Name Comment 0x12 QHSTA_M_SXFR_XFR_OFLW SXFR_STATUS Transfer Overflow 0x13 QHSTA_M_UNEXPECTED_BUS_FREE 0x15 QHSTA_M_QUEUE_ABORTED 0x16 QHSTA_M_SXFR_SDMA_ERR SXFR_STATUS SCSI DMA Error 0x17 QHSTA_M_SXFR_SXFR_PERR SXFR_STATUS SCSI Bus Parity Error 0x18 QHSTA_M_RDMA_PERR RISC PCI DMA parity error 0x19 QHSTA_M_SXFR_OFF_UFLW SXFR_STATUS Offset Underflow 0x20 QHSTA_M_SXFR_OFF_OFLW SXFR_STATUS Offset Overflow 0x21 QHSTA_M_SXFR_WD_TMO SXFR_STATUS Watchdog Timeout 0x22 QHSTA_M_SXFR_DESELECTED SXFR_STATUS Deselected 0x24 QHSTA_M_SXFR_XFR_PH_ERR SXFR_STATUS Transfer Phase Error 0x25 QHSTA_M_SXFR_UNKNOWN_ERROR SXFR_STATUS Unknown Error 0x30 QHSTA_M_SCSI_BUS_RESET Request aborted from SBR 0x31 QHSTA_M_SCSI_BUS_RESET_UNSOL Request aborted from unsolicited SBR 0x32 QHSTA_M_BUS_DEVICE_RESET Request aborted from BDR 0x35 QHSTA_M_DIRECTION_ERR Data Phase mismatch 0x36 QHSTA_M_DIRECTION_ERR_HUNG Data Phase mismatch and bus hang 0x41 QHSTA_M_WTM_TIMEOUT 0x42 QHSTA_M_BAD_CMPL_STATUS_IN 0x43 QHSTA_M_NO_AUTO_REQ_SENSE 0x44 QHSTA_M_AUTO_REQ_SENSE_FAIL 0x45 QHSTA_M_INVALID_DEVICE Bad target ID 0x46 QHSTA_M_FROZEN_TIDQ TID Queue frozen 0x47 QHSTA_M_SGBACKUP_ERROR Scatter-Gather backup error
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Last weekend we attended the annual Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine, about an hour's drive north of Coveside. The fair is sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), the oldest and largest organization of organic food producers in the United States. The event — the largest such fair in America — is a grand harvest celebration, complete with everything usually associated with state fairs, except perhaps horse racing and a midway. The twist is that all the agricultural products are organic, the exhibitors emphasize earth-friendly products and processes, and the typical fair-goers resemble refugees (of various ages) from the 1960s. This would be a great place to recruit entrants for a Willy Nelson look-alike contest.
A major attraction is the food — scores of venders selling everything from organic beef hamburgers and pulled pork, to vegetarian brick-oven pizza, to organic gelato, to fabulous fried potatoes, to foreign food. Some examples:
Among the livestock at the fair we especially liked the oxen:
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Some of you could be familiar with the suggestion of cosplaying. It's a popular point to do at follower conventions these days. Generally, it involves sprucing up as popular personalities or in themed costumes. Now, you might be wondering, "is cosplay attractive." The solution is indeed, although many individuals do it for enjoyable, it could additionally be really valuable in the bed room As opposed to spicing things up with a generic maid costume, why not attempt a sexy cosplay of a sexy character from the media or your companion's preferred character? It can be a remarkably reliable method to reignite your sex life as well as transform points up. With that said in mind, let's present you to the globe of cosplaying in the room, so you and your partner could start having some real enjoyable in the room.
Cosplay Categories
The most effective method to present and also describe cosplaying to you is by explaining the numerous sort of cosplaying costumes around. This will certainly not just help you understand the charm of a hot cosplay, yet it will also aid you discover very attractive outfits simpler if you determine to begin looking for some premade costumes online.
Video Game Based Costumes
A lot of males out there play computer game, and as a matter of fact, lots of couples play them with each other. They have actually gone from being kids's toys to points that several grownups likewise take part in. So, it should be not a surprise that video game-based cosplay outfits are a significant point, as well as yes, this consists of hot outfits.
Generally the costumes are based around well-known computer game franchise business and/or characters. For instance, you may locate a sexy Mario costume. This is certainly a preferred selection since the personality is very well-known. One more very popular choice is Laura Croft costumes (additionally known as the Tomb Raider). However, the selection of outfits isn't simply relegated to really renowned franchises as well as personalities. You could find outfits based upon whatever specific franchise business you and/or your partner have an interest in. For instance, Assassin's Creed is a much less prominent game franchise business, but you can still find sexy Assassin's Creed outfits. So, if you or your companion have a certain preference, the chances ready that you could locate an outfit to match it.
Anime Based Costumes
Another incredibly popular category for cosplayers is well-known anime personalities. This is a really wide group that includes both classic animation personalities and more modern-day animation personalities. For example, on the one hand, you can find a crazy hatter outfit or an Alice in Paradise costume. You can likewise find standards, like a little red riding hood costume or a read more Cinderella costume. On the other hand, you additionally have much more contemporary costumes. For instance, an incredibly popular item is the Sailor Moon cosplay costume (for those that don't know regarding Seafarer Moon, it was a popular anime in the 90s).
Classic Personality Costumes
So, most likely by far one of the most popular category of cosplay costume are those kind of traditional dream character outfits. They typically aren't related to any type of particular brand, motion picture, or anything else, they are simply widely known common personalities. A great instance of this is mermaid outfits. A mermaid costume can be incredibly sexy. Although some people may link mermaids with certain flicks (the Disney cartoon comes to mind), the costumes aren't actually based off any type of details circumstances. Various other fine examples of this would certainly consist of college lady outfits, registered nurse outfits, house maid costumes, and other similar costumes.
Historical eras and numbers additionally make for very popular as well as very attractive cosplay choices. For instance, you could find plenty of outfits based around Old Greek personalities, Ancient Egyptians, The American West, and so on. The costumes are often extremely one-of-a-kind as well as could truly wow your companion. If you're aiming to attempt an one-of-a-kind historical outfit in the bedroom, why not attempt something like a flapper gown? It's both unique looking and also very sexy.
Celebrity Costumes
A great deal of celebs have really one-of-a-kind appearances or styles. So, as you could most likely think, there are kinds of costumes that look for to reproduce the look of that particular star. This can be a terrific means to surprise your partner on a wedding, like their birthday. You could spruce up as their individual preferred celebrity or their celeb crush, or you can do exactly what other do and also dress up as your own individual favorite celebrity. You can find outfits based upon Margot Robbie (which is particularly prominent given her sexy look in Suicide Team), Nikki Bella, and many others.
Halloween and Other Holiday-Themed Costumes
As always, holiday-themed sexy costumes are always big sellers. At first, they could appear a little bit weird, after all, you could not assume a skeleton outfit is all that sexy, however they could wind up being quite titillating. Halloween is without a doubt the most preferred holiday for costumes (for noticeable reasons). Other holidays, like Christmas and also Valentine's Day, do have outfits related to them, however they typically aren't as preferred.
In regards to exactly what to anticipate when it involves Halloween themed cosplay costumes, it's rather basic. You have your regular beast outfits; so, you can discover an adversary outfit, a werewolf costume, alien outfit, and so on. However, you could also discover more one-of-a-kind choices. For example, one fad that has come to be popular just recently is costumes focused
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AUSTIN — A.J. White, a reserve junior cornerback who played in 17 games during his first two seasons at Texas, has decided to transfer from the program, the Longhorns announced Friday.
White, a former DeSoto standout, was buried on UT's depth chart behind starters Carrington Byndom and Quandre Diggs and backups Josh Turner, Leroy Scott and Duke Thomas. In a statement released by the school, White said he "needed a change and a fresh start."


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7:30 a.m. weekly, Business Connections of Nevada, 475 Marks St., 702-839-8586, www.businessconnectionsnv.com.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Monday, Northern Voices Toastmasters, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Suite 112, firstname.lastname@example.com.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Monday, Nevada Holistic Chamber of Commerce Toastmasters, Nevada Holistic Chamber of Commerce, 4485 S. Buffalo Drive, 702-845-6129.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Southwest Rotary Club, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, 702-870-4655.
5:30 p.m. first and third Monday, Virtualization Users Group, Mimi's Café, 596 N. Stephanie St., 702-340-8996.
5:30 p.m. weekly, Premier Toastmasters Club, Barrett &Co. Realty, 2885 S. Jones Blvd.
6 p.m. first and third Monday, Socially Speaking, Nacho Daddy, The Loco Room, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-375-2641.
6 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Toastmaster En Español, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, 300 N. 13th St. (corner of 13th Street and Stewart Avenue), firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:15 p.m. first Monday, Powerhouse Pros Toastmasters, Pololu Robotics and Electronics, 920 Pilot Road, 702-434-8452.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Monday, TNT Toastmasters, 2800 E. Warm Springs Road, 702-561-5619.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Monday, VYP's Toastmasters, Emergency Arts second floor, 520 Fremont St., firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:30 p.m. first and third Monday, Silver State Patriots, Findlay VW, 7500 W. Azure Drive, firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:45 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Republican Toastmasters Club, Rancho Lake Condominium Clubhouse, 2075 N. Rancho Drive, 702-286-8957.
7 p.m. first and third Monday, Toastmasters, Findlay Chevrolet, 6800 South Torrey Pines, 702-677-1502 or firstname.lastname@example.com. 7:15 p.m. second and fourth Monday, Sourcerers Club, Unity Center in the Valley, 3037 E. Warm Springs Road, Building 10, Suite 300, 702-372-6773.
7 a.m. weekly, Business Connectors, Bacon Bar, 3520 N. Rancho Drive, 702-448-2422.
7 a.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Downtown Talkers, 110 City Parkway, conference room, 702-339-8604.
7 a.m. second Tuesday, U.S. Green Building Council, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-952-2468 or www.usgbcnv.org.
7 a.m., third Tuesday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 702-565-8951 or www.hendersonchamber.com.
7 a.m. fourth Tuesday, Building Owners and Managers Association Nevada, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 702-938-2662 or www.bomanevada.org.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of West Desert, Durango Hills Golf Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 702-561-4500.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Summerlin, Norm's Eggs Cafe, 3655 S. Durango Drive, 702-499-4071.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of High Desert, Mimi's Cafe, 11215 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-676-7774.
7:10 a.m. weekly, Las Vegas Summerlin Rotary Club, Tournament Players Club Summerlin, 1700 Village Center Circle, 702-838-4550 or www.rotarysummerlin.org.
7:30 a.m. first Tuesday, LAMBDA Breakfast Power Club, Omelet House, 2160 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-731-2114.
8:30 a.m. first and third Tuesday, Women and Network Southwest Chapter, Mimi's Cafe, 7315 Arroyo Crossing, 702-644-7465.
11 a.m. second Tuesday, Society for Marketing Professional Services, Maggiano's Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.smpslasvegas.com.
11:15 a.m. weekly, CAI-Nevada Chapter, Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 702-648-8408 or www.cai-nevada.org.
11:30 a.m. first Tuesday, International Association of Business Communicators, Maggiano's Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.iabclasvegas.com.
11:30 a.m. second Tuesday, Japan America Society of Nevada, call for location, 702-455-8259 or www.jasnlasvegas.org.
11:30 a.m. first Tuesday, defining: WOMEN West Chapter, Sedona Restaurant, 9580 W. Flamingo Road, 877-440-9944, opt. 2.
11:30 a.m. fourth Tuesday, National Association of Women Business Owners, Cili at Bali Hai, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-571-0462 or www.nawbosnv.org.
11:30 a.m. weekly, Women and Network Green Valley Chapter, Olive Garden, 4400 E. Sunset Road, 702-644-7465.
11:30 a.m. second Tuesday, Kiwanis Club of Neon Lights, The Salvation Army, 2900 Palomino Lane, 702-241-6779.
12 p.m. weekly, Henderson Rotary Club, The McCaw School of Mines, 57 Lynn Lane, www.hendersonrotaryclub.org.
12 p.m. every other Tuesday, H2orators Club, Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1001 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-258-3804.
12 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Say Watt Club, NV Energy, 6226 W. Sahara Ave., 702-324-5266.
12 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Host Lions Club, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 702-585-3500.
12 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Southern Nevada Continuity of Care Association, Health South Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas, 1250 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-870-4124 or www.sncca.com.
12 p.m. weekly, Fremont Rotary Club, Hugo's Cellar Restaurant, Four Queens, 202 E. Fremont St. 702-735-9333 or www.lasvegasfremontrotary.org.
12:10 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Ethics in the Marketplace by Father Max Oliva, Guardian Angel Cathedral, 302 Cathedral Way, www.ethicsinthemarketplace.com.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas West Rotary Club, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 702-567-4176 or www.lasvegaswestrotary.org.
4 p.m. first and third Tuesday, NLV Tech Pros, ITT Technical Institute, 3825 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 600, 702-245-5924.
5:15 p.m. weekly, Corporate Power Talkers, 4882 Frank Sinatra Drive.
5:15 p.m. every other Tuesday, Cheers Toastmasters, Ameriprise Financial, 280 Pilot Road.
6 p.m. weekly, Pyramid Power Talkers Club, The Learning Center at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-521-9839.
6 p.m. every other Tuesday, Opening Doors, Nevada State Bank, second floor, 3688 S. Jones Blvd., 702-427-6685.
6:15 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Desert Democrats, Clark County Government Center, Gold Room, 4000 Grand Central Parkway, 702-326-9616.
6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Wordsmiths Toastmasters Club, Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-595-6996.
6:30 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Starmasters Toastmasters Club, Desert BMW, second floor, 6900 W. Sahara Ave.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Toast of Sierra Toastmasters, Palo Verde High School, 333 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-255-9100.
6:30 p.m. first Tuesday, Las Vegas Young Professionals Kiwanis, Paymon's Mediterranean Cafe, 4147 Maryland Parkway, www.lvypkiwanis.org.
6:30 p.m. second Tuesday, ABWA Desert Dawn Chapter, American Legion, 425 E. Van Wagenen St., 702-274-6771.
7 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday, Summerlin Toastmasters, Peccole Ranch Clubhouse, 9501 Red Hill Road, 702-279-9712.
6:30 a.m. weekly, Early Risers Toastmasters, The Coffee Pub, 2800 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 2A, 702-429-0242.
7 a.m. weekly, Infinity Networking Group — Morning Chapter, Schuck's Tavern, 9338 W. Flamingo Road, 702-534-4697.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Board of Directors, Black Mountain Grille, 11021 S. Eastern Ave., 702-731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Money in Motion, Island Sushi, 9400 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 103, 702-731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Westside Winners, Magoo's, 7360 W. Cheyenne Ave., 702-731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Integrity Business Pros, Wildhorse Golf Course Clubhouse, 3100 Warm Springs Road, 702-731-6065.
7 a.m. weekly, The Executive Leads Group, Charlie's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave., 702-932-2906.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of West Valley, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 702-379-5626.
7:15 a.m. second Wednesday, Commercial Marketing Group, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, cmglv.com.
7:15 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Las Vegas, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 702-265-4118 or www.letiplv.com.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Windjammers Toastmasters, Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway., windjammers.toastmastersclubs.org.
8 a.m. weekly, TEAM Referral Network Las Vegas Henderson Chapter, Village Pub, 10900 S Eastern Ave., Henderson, 702-938-2505 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
8:30 a.m. first Wednesday, defining: WOMEN Aliante North, Morrissey's Irish Pub, 6788 N. Fifth St., 877-440-9944, option 2.
9 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Women and Network Northwest Chapter, 6760 N. Durango Drive, 702-644-7465.
10:45 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Chamber Voices Club, PENTA Building Group, 181 E. Warm Springs Road, 702-312-2048.
11:30 a.m. weekly, BNI Referral Pros, Giuseppe's Bar &Grille, 6065 S. Durango Drive, 702-948-9277.
11:30 a.m. weekly, Speakers and Leaders of Summerlin, Desert Springs United Methodist Church, 120 Pavilion Center Drive, 702-677-1502.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Energizers Club, DOE/NV Support Facility C-1 Building, Room 6510, 232 Energy Way, firstname.lastname@example.com.
11:30 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Network Pros, Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-328-6387.
11:30 a.m. first and third Wednesday, Women and Network Summerlin Chapter, Gordon Biersch, 750 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-644-7465.
11:30 a.m. second Wednesday, LAMBDA Lunch Meeting, Las Palmas, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-893-2088.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Wednesday, defining: WOMEN, Network Centennial Hills Chapter, Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, 7160 N. Durango Drive, 877-440-9944, option 2.
11:30 a.m. fourth Wednesday, Southern Nevada Chapter CCIM, The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-798-5156, ext. 204.
11:30 a.m., fourth Wednesday, Convention Services Association, call for location, 702-260-8387 or www.conventionservicesassociationlasvegas.org.
11:30 a.m. first Wednesday, Women's Council of Realtors Las Vegas Chapter, Durango Hills Country Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, www.wcrlv.org.
11:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, BizPack Leaders, Egg Works II, 6960 S. Rainbow Blvd. Call JR at 702-328-6387.
11:30 a.m. first and third Thursday, BizPack United, Road Runner, 9820 W. Flamingo Road. Call JR at 702-328-6387.
11:31 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Henderson, Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-364-1650.
11:45 a.m. fourth Wednesday, Association for Financial Professionals, Southern Nevada, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, www.snafp.com.
12 p.m. weekly, Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave.,702-630-3414, www.kiwaniscluboflasvegas.org.
12 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Central Rotary Club, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, 702-731-3163 or www.lvcentralrotary.com.
12 p.m. first and third Wednesday, High Noon Neighbors Toastmasters, 8329 W. Sunset Road, Suite 100, highnoonneighbors.toastmastersclubs.org.
12:05 p.m. weekly, Boulder Voices Club, Bureau of Reclamation, 500 Date St., Building 100, Boulder City, 702-293-8445.
12:05 p.m. second and fourth Wednesday, To Your Health, Southern Nevada Health District, 3330 Valley View Blvd., 702-759-1289.
4 p.m. weekly, UNLV Toastmasters, UNLV Student Union, second floor, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3925.
5:30 p.m. second Wednesday, Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 702-293-2034.
5:30 p.m. fourth Wednesday, Toastmasters 116, CAI Office, 9171 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 100, 702-563-9391.
5:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Las Vegas Toastmasters, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority HR offices, 3107 Joe W. Brown Drive, 702-892-7591.
5:30 p.m. third Wednesday, TMA of Nevada, Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, email@example.com or 702-403-3162.
6 p.m. first, second and third Wednesday, North Las Vegas Kiwanis Club, TGIFriday's at Aliante, 7300 Aliante Parkway, 702-399-7373.
6 p.m. third Wednesday, National Association of Women in Construction, Elk's Lodge, 4100 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-796-9986 or www.nawiclasvegas.com.
6 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Toastmasters at the V Club, Victory Mission Baptist Church, 500 W. Monroe Ave., 702-648-2286.
6 p.m. second and fourth Wednesday, Summerlin Sounders Club, Bank of America, 1351 Town Center Drive, 702-891-6420.
6 p.m. third Wednesday, Los Vaqueros Las Vegas, Platinum, 211 E. Flamingo Road, 702-439-0860.
6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Summerlin Lions Club, TPC Grille, 9851 Canyon Run Drive, 702-763-5156 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
6:30 p.m. weekly, B&B Toastmasters, Gordon Biersch, 750 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-444-6078.
6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Curtain Call Toastmasters, 3081 Maryland Parkway, 702-248-6009.
6:30 p.m.. fourth Wednesday, Red Rock Democratic Club, Veteran's Memorial Leisure Services Center, 101 Center Drive, 702-768-3436 or www.redrockdemocrats.com.
7 p.m. first Wednesday, Henderson Democratic Club, International Union of Painters and Allied Trade, 1701 Ramrod Ave., 702-379-2525 or www.hendemsclub.com.
Call for time weekly, Nevada Small Business Development Center, UNLV Paradise Campus, 851 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-895-4270 or www.nsbdc.org.
6:59 a.m. weekly, LeTip Southwest, Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive, 702-561-4500.
7 a.m. every other Thursday, Opening Doors, Oasis Room at Nevada State Bank, 3688 S. Jones Blvd., 702-427-6685.
7 a.m. weekly, BNI Money Makers, Marie Callender's, 8175 W. Sahara Ave., 702-731-6065 or www.bnilasvegas.com.
7 a.m. weekly, Green Valley Rotary Club, Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm Springs Road, www.greenvalleyrotary.org.
7 a.m. weekly, Northwest LeTip International, Durango Hills Golf Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 702-469-2216.
7 a.m. weekly, ProNet of Las Vegas, Omelet House, 2160 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-384-1504.
7:01 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Southeast Las Vegas, Marie Callender's, 530 N. Stephanie St., 888-650-9820.
7:05 a.m. weekly, Savage Network, call for location, 702-261-9048 or www.thesavagenetwork.com.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Business Connections of Nevada, 6220 S. Rainbow Blvd., 702-839-8586, www.businessconnectionsnv.com.
7:30 a.m., second and fourth Thursday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce's Roadmap to Success workshop, Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., www.hendersonchamber.com/events.
7:30 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Las Vegas Sales Lead Group, Mimi's Café, 1121 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-544-9821.
7:45 a.m. every other Thursday, Professional Business Networking, Fireside Restaurant &Tavern, 1785 E. Cactus Ave., www.professionalbusinessnetworking.org.
8:30 a.m. fourth Thursday, defining: WOMEN Summerlin Chapter, Road Runner, 921 N. Buffalo Drive, 877-440-9944, opt. 2.
9 a.m. fourth Thursday, Women's Chamber — New Member Forum, Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, www.womenschamberofnevada.org.
9:15 a.m. third Thursday, Business Educational Workshop, Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, 702-592-4848 or www.womenschamberofnevada.org.
11 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Power Partners, Republic Kitchen, 9470 S. Eastern Ave., call Robin at 702-517-3078 or visit www.power-partners-networking.com.
11:30 a.m. second Thursday, Commercial Real Estate Women of Las Vegas, call for location, 702-798-5156 or www.crewlv.org.
11:30 a.m. second Thursday, Democratic Women's Club of Clark County, The Social Club at Main Street Station, 12 E. Ogden Ave., 702-615-4522.
11:30 a.m. fourth Thursday, PRSA Las Vegas Valley Chapter, Cili, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.prsalasvegas.com, 702-568-2892.
12 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Viva Las Voices Club, Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St., sixth floor, 702-677-1542.
12 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Speak Easy Club, James Gibson-Henderson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 702-339-9945.
12 p.m. weekly, Voice Links Toastmasters, Acuity Financial Center, 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., firstname.lastname@example.com
12 p.m. weekly, Vocal Vegans Club, Gold Room at Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-487-1206.
12 p.m. weekly, Leads Club Westside, Charlie's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave., www.leadsclub.com.
12:15 p.m. weekly, Las Vegas Rotary Club, Lawry's The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, www.lasvegasrotary.com.
5 p.m., fourth Thursday, Henderson Chamber of Commerce, call for location, 702-565-8951 or www.hendersonchamber.com.
5:30 p.m. first and third Thursday, West Charleston Lions Club, Las Vegas Golf Club, 4300 W. Washington Ave., www.westcharlestonlions.com02-378-8963.
6 p.m. first and third Thursday, Burnt Toast II Club, Arbecy Systems, 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., 702-824-2877.
6 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Lion's Roar Club, MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-256-1699.
6 p.m. third Thursday, American Society for Quality, Blue Ox, 5825 W. Sahara Ave., www.asqlv.org.
6 p.m. third Thursday, Young Professional Women's Club, call for location, 702-733-3955.
6:30 p.m., third Thursday, SolarNV, Greenspun Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-507-0093.
6:30 p.m. weekly, I'll Drink To That Toastmaster Club, The Stake Out, 4800 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-505-6367.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, Centennial Hills Toasters, Findlay North Volkswagen, 7500 W. Azure Drive, email@example.com.
7 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Centennial Hills, Durango Hills Country Club, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 702-217-5525.
7 a.m. weekly, Women in Networking, IHOP, 1401 S. Decatur Blvd, 702-487-2022.
7 a.m. weekly, LeTip of Red Rock, Red Rock Country Club, 2250 Red Springs Drive, www.letipofredrock.com.
7 a.m. second and fourth Friday, BizPack NorthStars, 5555 Painted Mirage Road. Call JR at 702-328-6387.
7:15 a.m. weekly, Green Valley Kiwanis Club, Green's Supper Club, 2241 N. Green Valley Parkway, 702-617-1979.
7:30 a.m. second Friday, Business Connection Cafe, call for location, 702-733-3955, www.womenschamberofnevada.org.
7:30 a.m. weekly, North Las Vegas Rotary Club, Los Prados Country Club, 5150 Los Prados Circle, 702-491-8498 or www.nlvrc.org.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Kiwanis Club Las Vegas Strip, A Tyme For All Seasons, 310 E. Warm Springs Road, 702-595-3733.
7:30 a.m. weekly, Valley Voices &Vices Club, Nevada One Credit Union, 2645 S. Mojave Road, 702-824-6221.
8 a.m. third Friday, American Society of Training and Development, Southwest Gas Auditorium, 5241 Spring Mountain Road, Building C, www.lasvegas.astd.org.
10 a.m. fourth Friday, defining: WOMEN Downtown Chapter, The Beat Coffee House, 520 Fremont St., 877-440-9944 opt. 2.
11 a.m. fourth Friday, Urban Chamber of Commerce, Culinary Training Academy, 710 W. Lake Mead, www.urbanchamber.org.
11:30 a.m. second Friday, BYU Management Society, Brady Industries, 7055 Lindell Road, 702-395-5887 or www.byulvms.org.
11:30 a.m. last Friday, PRSA Las Vegas, Cili Bali Hai, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-967-2222 or www.prsalasvegas.com.
12 p.m. second and fourth Friday, TNT Club, University United Methodist Church, 4412 S. Maryland Parkway.
1 p.m. weekly, High Noon Lectern Club, Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway, firstname.lastname@example.com.
6 p.m. third Friday, Bon Appetit Club, call for location, 702-255-9100.
6:30 p.m. last Friday, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals — Nevada Chapter, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.nvahrep.org.
6:30 p.m. second and fourth Friday, T.G.I. Toastmasters, 8114 Blue Hope Diamond Lane, 702-278-4278.
10 a.m. second and fourth Saturday, Saturday Morning Toastmasters Club, Wardley Real Estate, 2470 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 100, 702-851-5050.
11 a.m. first and third Saturday, DeVry Toastmasters, DeVry University, 2490 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 150, firstname.lastname@example.com.
1 p.m. second and fourth Saturday, The Lunatics, call for location, 702-378-0937.
4 p.m. second and fourth Saturday, Speak No Evil, Southwest Central Christian Church, 5670 La Costa Canyon Court, 702-506-3984.
1 p.m. second and fourth Sunday, Jackpot Speakers, IHOP Restaurant, 9651 Trailwood Drive, 702-302-1473.
1:15 p.m. second Sunday, New Life Trail Blazers Toastmasters, New Life Christian Church Annex, 1229 E. Carson St.
1:30 p.m., third Sunday, The American Legion, Spirit of Freedom Post 76, YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive, nvpost76.webs.com.
6 p.m. fourth Sunday, New Life Trail Blazers Toastmasters, New Life Christian Church Annex, 1229 E. Carson Ave.


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Pidgin for Windows Build Instructions
Set up your build environment
The easy way
- Install the Cygwin Bash shell. Make sure to select Unix file mode during setup.
Also make sure you install bash, bzip2, coreutils, gawk, grep, gzip, make, patch, sed, monotone, tar, unzip, and wget (several of these are selected by default, those in bold are not). Be sure to add Cygwin versions of any programs you may use that require Cygwin path names (for example, if you want to use vim to edit monotone commit messages, you need to install the Cygwin version of vim -- native Win32 vim will be unable to read Cygwin-style paths).
You may prefer to use the native Windows monotone binary available here.
- Download the Build Environment Fetcher script. Follow the instructions on the website to fetch and install most of the needed build dependencies. The script can fetch Pidgin's source code from either Subversion or a source distribution; you will be prompted to choose which you'd like to use.
Note that this script is sometimes out of date, in which case you will need to perform some of the manual steps in addition.
- Skip the The manual way, Install Pidgin's build dependencies, and Get the Pidgin source code sections and go straight to Build Pidgin.
The manual way
- Install the Cygwin Bash shell.
Also make sure you install bash, bzip2, coreutils, gawk, grep, gzip, make, patch, sed, monotone, tar, unzip, and wget (several of these are selected by default, those in bold are not).
You may prefer to use the native Windows monotone binary available here.
- Install the MinGW "current" packages from the MinGW site.
The easiest way to install these is to use the Automated MinGW Installer.
Specifically, you will need gcc-core 3.4.2, binutils 2.15.91, mingw-runtime 3.9 and win32api 3.9 (or newer).
You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your PATH.
For Example (You can add the following to your ~/.bashrc file (create the file if it doesn't exist yet)):
export PATH=/cygdrive/c/MinGW/bin:$PATHYou do not want to use any of Cygwin's build tools, with one exception; you need to use Cygwin's make utility. If typing which make produces MinGW's make utility, then just rename the make.exe in the MinGW bin directory to something else so that cygwin's make utility will be used instead. This shouldn't be a problem with recent versions of MinGW.
- The following instructions were written under the assumption that the Pidgin source will be extracted or checked out into $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version> and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev (the point being that the pidgin source root and win32-dev directories should be on the same level). Some users may find the instructions for customizing their build environment useful.
You don't have to actually define an environment variable called PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT, it is simply used here as a placeholder.
Note: You should avoid using a $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT path that contains spaces as that can cause unnecessary complications.
People are sometimes confused about the directory structure, so here is an example structure after all the dependencies have been installed ($PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT is c:/development/pidgin_dev in this example):C:\development\pidgin_dev (The following is the source tree root, containing config.h.mingw and libpurple.) C:\development\pidgin_dev\pidgin-<version> C:\development\pidgin_dev\win32-dev (If the following file is present, your structure is probably correct.) C:\development\pidgin_dev\win32-dev\gtk_2_0\include\libintl.h
Install Pidgin's build dependencies
Pidgin depends on GTK+ 2.6.10 (newer runtime versions can be used, but building against newer headers will prevent Win98/ME compatibility). For your convenience, we have included all of GTK's dependencies in one tarball. Extract gtk-dev-2.6.10-rev-a.tar.gz within $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev.
If you wish to run Pidgin from the win32-install-dir directory once it is built, you will need to make sure that you have installed the GTK+ runtime, and make sure that its bin dir is in your PATH.
Visit the GTK+ website for official binary and source releases.
Download and extract libxml2-2.6.30.tar.gz to win32-dev. (older version: 2.6.24)
Perl 5.8
Install Perl 5.8 for Windows (I use ActivePerl), to C:\Perl. If you install Perl anywhere else, you will need to override the PERL and EXTUTILS variables in your pidgin/local.mak file. You will also need to install perl582.tar.gz under $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev (Containing headers and import lib for mingw gcc).
Note: do not install Perl 5.10 until #5137 is resolved. Otherwise you may get an error about PL_unitcheckav undefined.
Tcl 8.4.5
Download and extract tcl-8.4.5.tar.gz to win32-dev
GtkSpell / Aspell
- Download the following development packages for GtkSpell and Aspell, and extract them under win32-dev:
- aspell-dev-0-50-3-3.zip
- gtkspell-2.0.11-daa1.tar.gz (older versions: 2.0.11, 2.0.6)
Mozilla NSS
- Download and unzip the following under $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev:
SILC Toolkit
Download and extract silc-toolkit-1.1.5.tar.gz to win32-dev. (older versions: 1.0.2, 1.1.2)
Download and extract meanwhile-1.0.2_daa1-win32.zip to win32-dev. (older version: 1.0.2)
Bonjour SDK
Download the Bonjour SDK for Windows from the Apple developer website and install it to win32-dev/Bonjour_SDK.
Cyrus SASL
Download and extract cyrus-sasl-2.1.22.zip to win32-dev.
(this also contains the MIT GSSAPI module)
Get the Pidgin source code
The source for Pidgin 2.4.0 is available here.
The development source is available via monotone. See UsingPidginMonotone for more information.
Build Pidgin
Run the following:$ cd $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version> $ make -f Makefile.mingw install
Now just wait and let your compiler do its thing. When finished, Pidgin will be in $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version>/win32-install-dir.
Build the Pidgin Installer
- If you want to build the Pidgin installer, do the following (skip to the make command below if you chose to use the Build Environment Fetcher):
- Download and install NSIS. Include NSIS to your PATH. For information on the NSIS installer, visit the NSIS website.
- Download gtk-2.12.1-rev-a-installer.tar.gz and extract it to $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/. From within the new gtk_installer directory, run . build.sh (this builds the GTK+ runtime installer, which the Pidgin installer will include).
- Download pidgin-inst-deps.tar.gz and extract under $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev.
- Now you can actually build the installer.
There are 3 different installers: "Normal" (with GTK+), "No GTK+" and "Debug". The Makefile targets for these are installer, installer_nogtk, and installer_debug respectively. To build all 3, use the installers target.
$ cd $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version> $ make -f Makefile.mingw installers
Customizing the Build Environment
Most people will find that the standard build evironment directory is completely adequate. It is, however, possible to override the locations of the various dependencies and target directories. This is often useful to test against a development version of a library dependency or to override compiler flags.
This done is by overridding the various Makefile variables in a local.mak file in the $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version> directory. This file does not exist by default.
Most of the variables that can be overridden with this method are defined in the libpurple/win32/global.mak file. For example, to install Pidgin over C:\Program Files\Pidgin instead of $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin/win32-install-dir, create a $PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin/local.mak containing:#Override the install location PIDGIN_INSTALL_DIR = /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Pidgin PURPLE_INSTALL_DIR = /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Pidgin
One nice use of the local.mak file is for cross compiling, there is an additional example in the section below.
There is a quite good Just In Time debugger for MinGW: drmingw. You can download it here.
There is also a version of gdb available from MinGW, if you prefer.
Cross Compiling
It is quite easy to cross compile Pidgin for Windows on a Linux machine.
To begin, you'll need to install MinGW. On Debian/Ubuntu?, this involves installing packages mingw32, mingw32-binutils, and mingw32-runtime. On other distributions, the packages may be named differently.
Set up a build environment as described above, skipping steps 1 and 2.
Create a local.mak file in the source directory root to override the Makefile variables - mine looks like this:CC := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-cc GMSGFMT := msgfmt MAKENSIS := /usr/bin/makensis PERL := /usr/bin/perl EXTUTILS := /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils WINDRES := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-windres STRIP := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-strip INCLUDE_PATHS := -I$(PIDGIN_TREE_TOP)/../win32-dev/w32api/include LIB_PATHS := -L$(PIDGIN_TREE_TOP)/../win32-dev/w32api/lib
If your distribution doesn't include a recent enough win32api, you can download it from the MinGW site, extract it into your win32-dev directory, and override the INCLUDE_PATHS and LIB_PATHS variables in your local.mak as I have done.
Once this is set up, you should be able to follow the building instructions above.
Note: I haven't been able to get the NSIS installer to build correctly on my 64-bit Linux system.
Note 2: If you receive this error:dnsquery.c: In function `dns_thread': dnsquery.c:685: error: implicit declaration of function `getaddrinfo' dnsquery.c:685: warning: nested extern declaration of `getaddrinfo' dnsquery.c:694: error: implicit declaration of function `freeaddrinfo' dnsquery.c:694: warning: nested extern declaration of `freeaddrinfo' make[1]: *** [dnsquery.o] Error 1
then you probably have a leftover config.h from a native build that defines HAVE_GETADDRINFO. I deleted config.h and was able to build successfully.


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Originally, I decided to do the run because some folks from work were putting a team together (there's been a fair amount of joking about the electrocution obstacle for the past few months at work). However, it didn't quite work out as a team event for me... by yesterday, one of the guys had bailed, and I had created a scheduling conflict for myself, so couldn't make our designated wave start. The remaining team members had afternoon commitments, so couldn't really wait for me. I figured I'd just go down anyway and see what happened.
What happened was that nobody cared at all about assigned start times, which was nice. You show up, check in, drop your bags, and start whenever you want, basically (I think they really wouldn't stop you from running it multiple times on the day, if you were so inclined). So that was good. I started with the noon group, which I quickly moved toward the front of, on account of starting off basically going up a ski slope. I was surprised (perhaps because I'm not too bright) by all the people walking so much throughout the day. Ok, sure, I can understand not trying to run up a ski slope (though I've recently decided I sort of like testing my going up-ability), but... 10 minutes in I had already caught up to some folks from the wave ahead of me, and I think waves were separated by about 20 minutes. Anyway, I rarely mind passing people, especially on hills, so I'm not complaining.
I was fairly nervous about some of the obstacles (beyond electrocution). I don't have much in the way of upper body strength, so things like 'Get over a 12 foot wall', 'Carry a log up a ski slope', 'Cross monkey bars over a water pool' (the temperature was in the 50s today) had me a bit anxious. I surprised myself with the monkey bars (namely, I made it), and the logs weren't just cut to size assuming people would be in groups (probably I could have picked up a solo from another group, if I'd needed to, but they had individual-sized logs too).
The 12 foot wall I only made it over because there was a great amount of camaraderie among the
There was always the possibility of simply skipping an obstacle, but there were always lots of folks around the harder ones, which helps the motivation. It does lead to a fair amount of down time, waiting for your turn to try to run up a half-pipe, or get over that 12 foot wall, or crawl under the cargo wire. My overall time was 2:45 (which was probably reasonably ahead of the average - I heard several folks talking about 4+ hour times, and I don't think many people passed me), but I wouldn't be surprised if 20-30 minutes were just waiting around at obstacles. I definitely didn't mind the break, though. Even without the obstacles, that was a tough 10 mile run, with so much vertical gain and loss.
I got a little banged up, but nothing too bad. Mostly just my knees and shins picked up some scratches and light bruising from the crawling around at various obstacles (elbows were probably only spared because I wore long sleeves). I think I picked up a bruise on my hip at the slip and slide (did I mention it was in the 50s?), from the rocks underneath, but honestly that part was smoother than I expected. I'm guessing this is a reasonably typical Mudder experience (plus some additional knee pains on this course - ski slopes, people). My teammates who ran earlier than me, and I ran in to at the finish area, said they heard a guy behind them required medical attention for a broken leg (like, bone coming out of the skin broken). I heard some folks behind me requesting attention on one of the downhills, but I don't really know what the issues was.
The obstacles we actually had didn't exactly agree with the obstacles on the course map, though certainly the most memorable ones are on there, and it doesn't much matter. Mostly they weren't particularly scary, though there was certainly some scattered moments of concern on my part ('that looks like a big drop'). Interspersed between obstacles were a few aid stations. Mostly they seemed pretty simple (coming out of ultras which have had lots of tasty options) - bananas and water (I think there were occasionally some clif products). The water was mostly distributed in bottles (12 oz?), which sort of struck me. It was too much water to drink passing through the aid station, but more than I wanted to carry. I downed what I could, but generally ended up with at least a little left in the bottle before tossing it (ah, waste).
I didn't actually get electrocuted (and my teammate who said he did get hit said it wasn't really too bad), so, for me, the worst obstacle was the 'Chernobyl Jacuzzi' (I think I'm not alone in this assessment). Per the course description:
Jump in and out of an icy mixture of assorted carcinogens. The additional limbs you'll grow will surely help you on later obstacles.The key word here is 'icy' (carcinogens maybe meant food coloring... I think my pool was purple). I mentioned it was in the 50s, right? So, this was one of the obstacles with a slight backup. We're standing there in line and see an earth mover sort of vehicle off to the side, coming up to the side of the shipping containers we're about to hop in. We notice the bucket it's about to dump is full of ice, and start yelling at the people ahead of us to hurry up. Alas. Ice was dumped, and then I got my chance to jump in. Damn that's cold. Oh, and there's barbed wire over a wooden divider in the shipping container, which you have to go under. Head fully under in icy water. Brrrr. I got out and took off in a run, trying to keep moving, and not thinking about the cold. One of the nice things at the event was that the cold (in general, not just from this obstacle) was anticipated, so they had lots of those metallic space blankets around (I don't envy the clean-up crew). I was able to mostly keep up a jog, so on the next up-hill in the sun, I didn't feel too bad. For folks taking things at more of a walking pace, the space blankets were (presumably) basically a necessity.
Tough Mudder bills itself as 'Probably the toughest event on the planet'. I'm honored to consider among my friends people who cover 100 miles on their own two feet in one go (up and down mountains, through deserts, ...) so I can't really say I agree with the Mudder's self-assessment. All the same, it's a fun, festive, generally well-organized event. There was some issue with drop bags today... though drop bags had numbers on them, and tables listed ranges of numbers for drop bags to expect there, the obvious system of putting bags where they should be didn't seem to be in affect today. I don't know how long I spent looking for my bag, and the bag of my teammate, but it was probably on the order of 20-30 minutes. That said, the organizers seem to be on their game, and sent out an apology in the afternoon (before I'd made it back to the parking lot), with a 20% discount if we register for another Tough Mudder in the next few weeks. Parking was well handled, the volunteers were all approachable and helpful.
So, there's that. And now I'm going to bed. Fear not the obstacles.


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Cards take series in San Diego; Lyons wins debut
San Diego, CA – St. Louis left-hander Tyler Lyons had a lead before he even threw a single pitch in his MLB debut.
Behind an early outburst and solid work from the rookie hurler, the Cardinals topped the San Diego Padres, 5-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Petco Park.
Lyons (1-0) held the Padres to just one run and four hits over seven innings, with the lone blemish being a Jedd Gyorko solo shot. The 25-year-old Lyons made the start in place of Jaime Garcia, who is reportedly set to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Yadier Molina had four hits and knocked in a run for St. Louis, which has won four of its last six games.
It was another brief outing for San Diego's Burch Smith (0-1), who for the second time in three career starting assignments failed to make it through the second inning. He was optioned to Triple-A Tucson following the game.
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St. Louis quickly jumped on the rookie righty, plating three runs in the first.
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Match.com Upset That Other Dating Sites Cite Stats About Themselves, Like It Does
from the less-wrong deptOnline dating site Match.com sent a letter from its lawyer to rival Plentyoffish.com last week, accusing it of citing statistics about itself and its members (like the fact that they'll go on 18 million dates this year) that Match says can't be supported. It then went on to "demand that [Plentyoffish] immediately cease and desist"... or provide Match with user data to back them up. Ever the friendly rival, Match's lawyer said the company would be glad to sign a confidentiality agreement before taking a gander and Plentyoffish's proprietary data. POF's founder basically told Match to get lost, highlighting several figures that Match touts about its service, including one saying that an average of nearly 1000 people per day get married after first meeting on Match. To be honest, a lot of the figures cited by both parties are a little hard to believe, and sound like little more than attempts by the sites to sell hope to prospective users. But starting a fight over a rival's claims -- when all that's likely to do is call attention to your own -- may not be the wisest move for anybody in the online dating business.
Filed Under: rivals, studies
Companies: match.com, plentyoffish


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We're so excited to visit Australia and New Zealand on our all-new voyages starting next year. From serious wildlife to a laid-back, good-times culture, everything about Australia is chock full of fun and surprises.
We've got some exceptional tours planned for the trip, too, beyond the usual landmarks and into an authentic cultural experience — the "real" Australia and New Zealand if you will. Here's nine reasons why we can't wait to go!
1. Aboriginal Art
We love the art created by indigenous Australians. Full of animal motifs and eye-boggling geometry, the tribal expressions in the galleries of Melbourne and other cities is incredible. We'll be meeting up with Stan Yarramunua of Art Yarramunua in Melbourne to learn more about it.
2. Sheep Farms
New Zealand has the highest density of sheep in the world. Introduced in the 18th century by the infamous Captain Cook, there are now about 30 million sheep in the country — compared to just under 5 million people. We're going behind the scenery on a real, working New Zealand sheep farm in Picton to see how people and sheep live together. Yes, we know we'll be outnumbered.
3. Major Flora
If you think there's a lot of sheep, check out the flora — in fact, check it out with us! With more plant species than 95% of the world, Australia is considered a "mega-diverse" nation, a real term for plenty of plants. About 90% of these plants are endemic, meaning they're only here. We're traveling to The Botanical Ark, a private reserve at the edge of the Daintree Rainforest to see as many of them as we can. It's bound to be 100% awesome.
4. Pearl Culture
We're going to sneak a bonus reason in here. We love how Australia packs so much culture into one floating continent. Official Reason #4 is the pearl culture and history. Japanese pearlers have lived on the remote Friday Island, just beyond Thursday Island, for about 150 years. They still rely on rain collection and they don't have wired electricity, but they have beautiful pearls everywhere. Good trade if you ask us.
5. Environmentalism
Since we #lovetravel so much, we also #lovetheearth. It's where we travel! Australians agree with us. The country claims to be the world's first to have a political Green Party and a leading researcher at James Cook University — no political affiliation — is cracking the secrets of bioenergy right now. We're intrigued, so we're paying her a visit to see how her team is using algae to convert waste into tons of things humanity uses from biodegradable plastic to cosmetic pigments. Respect!
6. Crocs
Of course, loving the earth means loving all its creatures, right? At least from a safe distance, anyway. No journey to Australia is complete without a glimpse of a crocodile. Toothy, scaly and super-speedy in water and on land, crocs send shivers down our spines. We want to see them anyway and we're going to on a — safe! definitely safe! — nighttime cruise on a historic paddle boat through Dickson Inlet in Port Douglas.
7. Sydney Harbour
The rumors — rumours? — are true. Sydney Harbour is astonishing, particularly at night when everything is all lit up. The architecture, the skyline, the inky night blending into the deep harbour — harbor? — water. No matter how you like your spelling, everyone loves Sydney Harbour. We'll be cruising it from coast to coast after sunset for a spectacular city panorama.
8. Animal Encounters
So you probably don't want to "encounter" a crocodile per se. Viewing is enough. But what about a koala? Or even a Tasmanian Devil? Would you be interested in feeding some snacks to a wombat? What is a wombat, anyway? (It's a squat, furry little marsupial.) We know just where to find these critters at Bonorong Wildlife Park in Tasmania. We'll even bring snacks just for you.
9. The Bush
It's a rite of passage for Australians to go on a walkabout. But it's a big deal in New Zealand, too. The bush holds adventure, mystery and unbelievable, breathtaking scenery. We've got a guy — make that, a guide — who knows how to make it through the bush unscathed and highly enriched by the experience. That's not all, though. We're going at night. This is going to be so good. Beyond good. Beyond all you imagined.
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Birth defects and fertility after radiation for testicular cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I was diagnosed with stage I seminoma in December 2002 and had my left testicle removed shortly after. In March 2004, I was told I had to get radiation treatments because the cancer reappeared in the para-aortic lymph nodes. I received 27 treatments covering an area beneath the sternum to the pelvis.
This week, my wife, who was close to nine months (37 weeks) pregnant, lost the baby she was carrying for no apparent reason and we are devastated by this news. We are talking of trying again for another baby.
My oncologist suggested we should wait for at least a year before conceiving again. I read somewhere that there should be no reason for us to wait that long since the effects of the radiation on the other testicle are "gone". How long should I wait before trying to conceive again?
Richard Whittington, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
The reason that one year is recommended is based on what was called the "mega mouse experiment." Researchers exposed millions of mice to radiation so they could determine the risk of birth defects. It seems that there is no standard birth defect that one can attribute to radiation, but rather that all birth defects occur more commonly. In the general population, about 3% of all infants have some sort of birth defect and most are very minor. The risk of birth defects after radiation is slightly increased for a period of 8 to 9 months. However, the risk is generally less than 10%, and probably less than 5%. It is for this reason that most radiation oncologists recommend a year to be safe. It took literally millions of mice to find this risk and quantitate it. A small series of people from the military hospitals looked at infants conceived in the first year and there were only about 80 pregnancies and found no increased risk. It must be remembered that although the risk is low, having a child with birth defects can bring on enormous unexpected responsibilities and feelings of guilt.