text:
They are fully machined with sliding dovetail fittings, drilled and countersunk for attachment. Outside slides are machined slightly proud to eliminate top friction and are ridged for stable attachment. They are slightly arched to compensate for sag; the four-legged table extender is convex and the pedestal style is concave. Equalizers (to prevent tipping) are used only on the pedestal style.
With a closed length of 26" or 46", the maximum table opening is 26" or 46" (less 1/4" for pedestal tables) and the slides extend to 51" and 92" respectively.
Made in Canada.


text:
CHRIS POWELLNo heroism in Connecticut? Don't be ridiculous
Complaining about a defamatory error in Steven Spielberg's new movie, "Lincoln" -- the false depiction of Connecticut congressmen voting against the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery -- U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney has started a controversy. It's not just over whether the movie's contrivance goes beyond ordinary artistic license but whether Connecticut deserves admiration at all in regard to the struggle against slavery.
A history professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Matthew Warshauer, argues in a newspaper essay that Connecticut does not deserve such admiration. But to make the argument Warshauer grossly misquotes Courtney.
About the vote on the 13th Amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives in January 1865, Courtney wrote to Spielberg: "Even in a delegation that included both Democrats and Republicans, Connecticut provided a unified front against slavery."
Warshauer truncates this, removing Courtney's reference to the congressional delegation, and denies what the congressmen did not write: that "Connecticut provided a unified front against slavery." Warshauer's point is that "Connecticut was hugely divided over fighting the war over slavery" and shouldn't now "whitewash" its past lest it "fail to do justice to the still-lingering problems of race."
This is straining to change the subject to the agenda of political correctness, which holds that no one and nothing imperfect can be admired until that agenda is fulfilled -- as if perfection ever can be achieved in human affairs.
Yes, Connecticut was divided over slavery and the Civil War, but so what? That was better than the South, which almost fully supported slavery and the war to defend it.
Yes, Connecticut didn't outlaw slavery until 1848, but the state enacted gradual emancipation statutes in 1784 and 1797 and had few slaves after that. By contrast, of course, the South had slavery until the Confederacy's last breath in 1865.
Yes, at first Lincoln advocated not the abolition of slavery but only its containment, its exclusion from the national territories. He was sympathetic to sending freed slaves to colonize Africa. But even these positions acknowledged slavery as evil and so drew attacks. That's what the presidential election of 1860 was about: whether to recognize slavery as evil and contain it. Connecticut voted in the affirmative.
Yes, far from abolishing slavery, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation accepted slavery on its own terms and, as a military order, liberated slaves as contraband property only in areas in rebellion.
And yes, slavery came to be opposed in Connecticut and throughout the North less because of any love for the oppressed than because of recognition that slavery devalued all labor.
But back then the slaves themselves had no trouble discerning their friends and enemies. Even today those slaves expose the problem of political correctness in denying the country anything to admire about itself: the problem of taking historical figures out of the context of their time. For the judgment of history is not whether those who made it were perfect but whether they were better than those they lived among and whether they strove or put themselves at risk for a world that might be better too.
Yes, as that politically correct professor says, there are still problems of race, but so what? There will problems of race as long as there is race and some people are mean and stupid -- forever. All that can be hoped is that they will be diminishing problems.
Supporting Lincoln's election twice and sacrificing mightily in the Civil War, Connecticut helped end slavery and can be admired at least for that. Besides, if the ascent of man continues, eventually almost everyone is going to seem quaint or even ridiculous. Those who would make imperfection a disqualification for heroism are ridiculous already.
Chris Powell is managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
pitbullmamaliz wrote:*stands up* My name is Liz, and I'm addicted to my new Droid, the LG Vortex. *sits back down*
Hoyden wrote:I got so frustrated with trying to post new fabrics to my website yesterday that I THREW the wireless mouse across the house. (It was the mouses fault, it refuses to talk to the damn laptop despite software updates, reloading software, etc....)
Birdie fetched it back for me like a good dog and looked at me like I was just stupid.
She is now sleeping with the wireless mouse and I am using one with the annoying wire until the new one gets here.
ArtGypsy wrote:TheRedQueen wrote:iluvk9 wrote:It's better than being The Crazy Cat Lady, or worse, just The Crazy Lady. Like we think of Debby.
Weeelllllll...doesn't Grace have some cats too?
Ahem. Five.
at one time, I had FOURTEEN.
((not INTENTIONALLY, of course. two preggie females dumped and WEll. VIOLA'. Cat Farm))
TheRedQueen wrote:I don't tell people how many cats I have either...usually. (five)
I do have another foster dog...she arrived tonight (long story, for another time). I'm going to test her out for flyball, since I don't have a flyball dog to train right now. That makes two foster dogs, one SDiT, 9 foster puppies, six of my own dogs, a GSD who is boarding...and a Bouvier for board/flyball-train. I'm tired...but happy that everyone's tired and happy tonight...
TheRedQueen wrote:I'm bitter and jaded this morning. I sit here, reading FB updates about the new litter of BCs that a friend has bred. Great parents, fantastic breeding, everything that needs to be done is done...the pups are all spoken for already...to flyball/agility people. Yet, I'm annoyed. I sit here with 8 little pups that no one wants, that no one has spoken for...and there is more breeding going on.
I'm all for good breedings...I really am...but today, I'm sad and frustrated.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users


text:
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Senior Krista Chauvin (Seekonk, Mass.) was named Little East Conference (LEC) Field Athlete of the Week, while freshman Kevin Cutler earned Co-Field Athlete of the Week.
Chauvin defeated the weight throw field at the Tufts Invitational this past weekend by nearly two meters. The Seekonk, Mass. product registered a throw of 16.34 meters to capture the event and is currently ranked sixth in Division III in the weight throw. Back at the UMass Boston Invitational on Dec. 7, she posted a first place toss of 54' 8 ¼'' in the weight throw, shattering her own indoor hammer throw record (53' 1 ½'') she set in the 2012-13 season.
Cutler edged 2013 NCAA participant and teammate Adam Jones for the top spot on the podium in the high jump event this past weekend at the Tufts University Invitational. The freshman from Attleboro, Mass. cleared 1.98 meters to out leap the 12-person field. In his first collegiate meet at the UMass Boston Invitational earlier this season, Cutler jumped 6' 10 ¼'' in the indoor high jump competition, succeeding the previous UMass Dartmouth Indoor high jump record (6' 9 ¾'') set by Jones during last year's campaign.
Both the men and the women track and field teams will compete in the MIT Invitational on Saturday.


text:
We can cater to anyone who wants a bar with a difference! No party is too big or too small. We can make your day even more special. Barrington Events will always provide the most professional Bartenders whatever your needs, no matter where you are.
Cocktail Man is designed by people with years of experience in the Hospitality trade, with the aim to provide a unique service of quality drinks and canape food on a very personal level. We pride ourselves on our innovative food and drink design, not only to the corporate market, but to private functions of all sizes. All our quotes are bespoke and priced to suit all functions.
Cotswold Bars Ltd offer a professional Mobile Bar Hire and Cocktail Bar Hire service supplying outside mobile bars and cocktails bars for all types of events such as weddings, private functions, corporate events, festivals and shows in the south & south west regions. We can take all the stress and worry away and do all the hard work leaving you to enjoy your event.
Esco.bar is a premium mobile cocktail bar service for events all over the country. With stylish bars, professionally trained cocktail bartenders, and a mouthwatering selection of cocktails!


text:
Hai people. People used to call me "Leles". actually, Alisia James is my Name. i am getting old this year. Turning 17Teen years old. That's mean i am going to sit a big exam.Currently im taking Civil engineering studies at Litech secondary school,Likas. Proud to be sabahan. I believe everything happen for a reason. I am taken by MR.Oliver allexsius. Whatever happen to myself, i called it as a LIFE.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Taken❒ Single❒ Waiting✔
Posted by
Alisia James
Email This
Share to Twitter
Share to Facebook
Share to Pinterest
No comments:
Post a Comment
Newer Post
Older Post
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Though the next election is three years away, Republicans are gathering this weekend to mull their presidential chances. One poll finds that Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, would be in the best position to compete against potential Democratic president candidates Joe Biden (the current vice president), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is far and away the strongest choice among Democrats in polls at this early stage. Christie, however, was not invited to speak to the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend because he's too moderate. Another strong possibility for Republicans is Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012. Which GOP candidate would you bet on to get the nomination for 2016?
Christie is most competitive Republican vs. Democrats in 2016
Reuters, March 15
Romney re-emerges at CPAC to pass the Republican torch
NBC News, March 15
What the GOP's old bulls versus young bucks skirmish says
The Fix blog, Washington Post, March 15
Laura Bush: Some GOP candidates 'frightened' women
Post Politics blog, Washington Post, March 12


text:
Don't see your question? Visit our help section.
Get access to great in-store deals and local pick-up
Sign up for our email deals newsletter!
Be fast, be first and be famous as the race returns in GRID 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed, multimillion-selling GRID. Experience aggressive racing against advanced AI and become immersed in the race with GRID 2's new TrueFeel Handling system which powers edge of control exhilaration behind the wheel of every iconic car. The next generation of the EGO Game Technology Platform delivers genre-defining visuals and jaw-dropping damage as you prove yourself across three continents in a new, evolving world of motorsport. Earn fame, fans and fortune as you blaze your way to the top in intense, relentless races on licensed circuits, beautifully realised city streets and lethal mountain roads. GRID 2 will also set the new standard for multiplayer racing with innovative modes, an entirely separate progression system and deep integration with RaceNet, the free online extension for Codemasters Racing games.
GRID 2 is racing, redefined.
In GRID 2 we're delighted to offer you the chance to drive some of the most exciting cars in the world, every one bursting with personality.
Our eclectic, handpicked vehicle selection is split into four tiers, grouping together contrasting classes of cars, each delivering a unique driving experience and requiring different skills to handle, but competing on an equal footing in the same events.
We believe you shouldn't have to earn a license or grind your way through the tiers to drive something truly special, so from the first race we're putting you in some of the most spectacular vehicles from manufacturers that you might or might not have seen out on the roads.
These aspirational vehicles span five different, contrasting classes featuring stunning vehicles from all over the world - dive into Classic Muscle cars, Hot Hatches, contemporary Sport Coupes, turbo-charged Japanese speed machines and classic European Marques.
You've earned your stripes, now it's time to push things forward.
Each of the vehicles in this class is a mouth-watering, shining example of automotive engineering excellence that'll put a smile on your face every time you get behind the wheel.
Contemporary European Roadsters, Japanese Performance cars and race-ready road cars from only the best manufacturers from around the world, each present a distinct driving challenge where the rewards keep on coming.
It's time to drive the dream - awe-inspiring, head-turning cars rarely seen on public roads are what you'll find in tier three.
Weight and power combine for brutal speed on the edge-of-control in GRID 2's stunning GT class, perfect for blistering straight line speed and exhilarating to throw around corners.
The Lightweight class offers visceral thrills of a contrasting nature - feel exceptional acceleration and nuanced control as these low-profile rockets-on-wheels deliver mind-blowing power-to-weight ratio for undeniable excitement in each and every race.
Welcome to the best of the best. Only the most exclusive and exciting supercars sourced from across the world make the grade in GRID 2's tier four selection.
These outrageous vehicles demand you to find your limit, then go beyond it with top speeds in excess of 250mph.
No one said it'd be easy, and mastering these cars is a true challenge, but if you want the ultimate in racing rewards and to compete with the elite at the top level of GRID 2's new world of motorsport, tier four represents unadulterated driving nirvana.
Fall in love with racing again as you speed through some of the world's most iconic cities in GRID 2's street races.
From Paris to Chicago and beyond, feel the sheer exhilaration that comes from getting behind the wheel of the most exciting cars ever created and unleashing them on urban asphalt.
Freed from gridlock, each beautifully realised city becomes an automotive auditorium flooded with cheering fans as sparks fly and paint is traded from racers tearing through the streets.
It's not just a range of handcrafted circuits - our city circuits play host to GRID 2's LiveRoutes events, the ground-breaking new system which dynamically changes the race on the fly.
Offering an unpredictable challenge with near limitless possibilities, test your reactions and racecraft in events where you never know which way the track will turn next.
For many, shaving seconds off every lap is the purest form of motorsport - it's about nailing each apex, carving your way through the pack and taking the chequered flag as you send the crowds in the grandstands wild.
Test yourself here - from the sheer thrill of racing open-wheeled speed machines to piloting turbo-charged street cars and more around legendary circuits with enviable heritage like Brands Hatch and contemporary classics like Red Bull Ring and Yas Marina.
We select only circuits bursting with personality that beg for repeat racing - then it's down to you.
There's nothing quite like the unchained feeling of hurtling full-throttle out on the open road and GRID 2's road racing events will take you to that special place again and again and again.
From insanely fast cliff-top roads to barrelling down the sides of spectacular mountains, these events demand that you become at one with the car, whatever lies ahead.
Whether you wrestle the car around each hairpin or prefer to pick the perfect line to glide through these stunning landscapes, performing under pressure when there's no safety net is what's required to conquer the competition.
Patrick Callahan is the driving force behind a new motorsports series.
It's always been his dream to crack what he sees as the closed shop of the professional sports market, and enjoy the profile that goes with it.
This series combines his passion for speed and driving with the chance to break new ground and enjoy the financial rewards that go with success. He loves success.
Starting from scratch, Patrick Callahan is approaching different Car Clubs from across the world - the best of the best - to come together in one unified, globe-trotting series to set racers from different disciplines against each other to find out who is the greatest.
To get where he wants to be, he knows he needs stars - racers whose performance and personality will make the front pages of newspapers, will be invited to movie premieres and transcend the sport to become part of popular culture.
Have you got what it takes to become Callahan's rising star?
He'll be in touch...
Name: Patrick Callahan
Age: 51
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Patrick Callahan is the man behind a new motorsports series which sets out to find the ultimate racer.
Callahan is a petrol head, racing superfan, sports junkie and promoter.
From humble beginnings, he's become a self-made multimillionaire who moves in high circles. His friends include sports stars, celebrities and CEOs of major corporations. He hosts the hottest parties in Hollywood.
However, Callahan is no playboy. He is focussed. Driven. A workaholic. And it's his dream to crack the closed shop of the professional sports marketplace.
Patrick Callahan believes life is a race. And he intends to win. But to set up a new mototsports series, and get the rewards he craves, he needs a star.
That's where you come in...
GRID was pretty, GRID 2 is taking things to another level. So today we asked Technical Art Director Jorge Hernández Soria and Associate Art Director Daniel Oxford to reveal how GRID 2 will put you in the race like never before.
Our lighting model evolves through the development of all of our racing titles, with each project highlighting specific, unique requirements that influence the lighting technology. GRID 2 has allowed us to concentrate on per-instance lightmaps, skymaps, real time shadows, improved layered fog and sky simulation; all of which combine to achieve a lighting direction that feels grounded in reality, and a huge step forward from the original game. The single biggest visual achievement would have to be the development of our spherical harmonics system, which gives us accurate lighting calculations based on the car position within its surroundings. This means the car looks and feels fully integrated into the scene - Jorge Hernández Soria (Technical Art Director).
We begin by sourcing reference photography and imagery and use this to inspire and inform the base lighting. Once the sun position for the track is locked down, we then define the right colour and contrast values for the sun, sky, ambient and all scenery (physically) placed light sources and values. These values are then baked into the lightmaps, from where the terrain and buildings derive their detailed ambient and bounced light information. These lightmaps include shadows, which allows us to have seamless, consistent shadows across not only the track (as in DiRT3), but also the buildings.
The technology that really defines the visual style of the game is the post-process system. This is another element we've upgraded, with the inclusion of colour palettes facilitating the ability to change the look of the whole track instantly, whilst retaining the richness of the underlying lighting - similar to how you would grade film or photographic imagery. A simpler version of the colour palette system was utilised with great success in DiRT 3, but amongst other enhancement tweaks, we have improved them by including gradient maps in their creation process.
The application of these palettes is unlimited and can be easily shared between tracks to create a coherent look for the whole game - Jorge Hernández Soria (Technical Art Director).
GRID was obviously ahead of the game when it came to the sheer drama and emotion evoked by the lighting and presentation of the race. We've ensured we retain the highly effective meta-real' look we pioneered in this genre, but cranked it up to the next level. Inspiration is drawn from the best Hollywood films, both in terms of cinematography styles and the pacing of the action.
The technology we utilise, as Jorge says, has advanced to the point where we can control the lighting and grading like a movie director - from unifying palettes to give each location a flavour to selecting hero' tones to exaggerate, enabling car liveries to standout for example - Daniel Oxford (Associate Art Director).
Having such a powerful suite of lighting controls means we can carefully light and grade each race and location. We can emphasise the underground, edgy flavour of early races by setting them in a dramatic sunset scenario. The presentation evolves with player progress, so when you move through the ranks, the lighting will reflect the more glitzy, professional nature of the action. By the time you get to the top level of your career, it will be full on prime time' - fully illuminated night racing tracks, with the highest end flood lighting setups and race day pyrotechnics - Daniel Oxford (Associate Art Director).
GRID 2 is the blockbuster, "Hollywood-movie" title amongst the Codemasters Racing portfolio - we are at the cutting edge of all the technological advancements made in the DiRT and F1 games and GRID 2 harnesses this power through the lens of an action film director. We're aiming at Total Race Day Immersion. It will be the most cinematic, intense, action packed game we've ever made, all centred on serving that core racing experience - if you've ever wanted to be a driving superstar, at the very pinnacle of the racing world, GRID 2 is the game that will take you there - Daniel Oxford (Associate Art Director).
Since we've announced GRID 2 it's been great to speak more openly about its development. Many of the recurring questions we've had involve TrueFeel - our new handling model for GRID 2. I thought I'd take a little time out to explain why we think it's so important and how it will help make GRID 2 become one of the most immersive and rewarding racers... ever? Why not? We aim high.
TrueFeel is the result of our unique approach and process of vehicle handling development that we've developed for GRID 2. Within the Racing Studio we're nuts about cars and we really care about communicating the unique character of each of the amazing vehicles we have in the game to the player. We want you to understand how each car truly drives, moves on the track, carries/shifts its weight, when/how it breaks traction and ultimately how easy or tough it is to recover when things go wrong. These character traits (along with a multitude of other subtleties) represent the true spirit of each individual car. It's this spirit that we want to share with people who play GRID 2.
When we set out designing GRID 2, capturing a car's true personality for players was our goal. In order to achieve this we had to make a number of decisions. One of these was that GRID 2 should not feature any artificial assists. While our racing team have done fantastic work with assists for previous titles, ultimately having a system artificially braking or modulating your throttle input and potentially even turning into corners for you all detracts from the direct connection the player should have with their car. We want the player to feel everything the car is doing in order to fully understand how it reacts and adapt their behaviour accordingly. This way the player will truly understand the unique character of some of the greatest cars in existence. "Reflecting world class engineering" is a phrase we coined in the studio... some of the world's leading automotive engineers ploughed years of their lives into refining the handling models of many of our vehicles, it would be criminal not to accurately reflect these handling models in GRID 2.
You may be reading this thinking "well that's all well and good, but I didn't think GRID classed itself as a simulation title?" You'd be right; we don't class, and it never has been. This is where TrueFeel comes in. This process allows our handling team to develop each vehicle to retain the core handling characteristics and subtlties which define the real world car, and by allowing players to feel that connection, enable a spectrum of performance for a range of players. Novices will be able to get the car around the track, but experts will be able to take advantage of TrueFeel's depth to really push their car to the limit and dominate races.
When initially setting the car up from a purely "simulation" perspective we aim to involve drivers with real-world experience of the car. We've been lucky enough to work with some amazing drivers over the years, along with several manufacturers' in-house test drivers. These guys are invaluable when it comes to ensuring that the character of each vehicle is captured and reflected in-game.
The handling team (working with real-world drivers where possible) will then identify the defining characteristics of each vehicle. These could be the way the car handles on corner entry, how it shifts its weight through bends, how traction is lost in various conditions and so on. Once identified, these characteristics must be maintained.
Once everybody is happy with the car from a simulation perspective the level of feel' is explored and iterated. Essentially, the handling team will assess any "blocking characteristics" that the vehicle may have, for example this could be excessive under-steer on corner entry leading to players repeatedly running wide or off-track. Elements of the vehicle setup will then be very carefully tweaked, rolling back the blocking characteristics to an acceptable level while ensuring that everything identified in step 2 is maintained. This is where the talent within our handling team really comes into play, coupled with the depth of our handling/physics systems - the team have in excess of 300 parameters to carefully balance here.
This approach doesn't mean one difficulty level nor dumbing down. It's about connection. When you connect with the car, you get the most out of it. Pushing yourself and the car becomes intuitive, keeping you in the moment. And it reflects reality - drive a monstrously powerful "over-steery" rear-wheel drive hyper-car in the same way you might a lesser powered, front-wheel drive road car and you will get your ass kicked. The diverse selection of cars necessarily demands a learning curve, so our vehicles are divided into a tier structure, becoming available to the player as they progress through the game (but that's for another article...).
Ultimately, we want players to truly experience and understand the defining characteristics of some of the greatest cars in the world - TrueFeel is how we're going to do that. - Toby Evan-Jones, Associate Producer
One of the things we're very excited about with GRID 2 is our new LiveRoutes system, so we thought we'd look at the thinking behind it and what we believe makes it a game-changer. LiveRoutes is our new system which gives players unpredictable, dynamically changing routes through our city environments. It adds a new way to experience racing. You have to be on your game - you can't predict what's coming next, because we can't either.
The original GRID has two key development ideals. Firstly, a push to over-deliver on the core racing experience; making the title all about the race - tension, moment-to-moment excitement, intuitive decision making and how the cars feel on track... The second ideal was innovation - that desire to do things that hadn't been done before. This gave us focus yet a lot of scope for new ideas. And those overarching ideals remain at the core of GRID 2.
LiveRoutes was a product of the latter aspiration to break new ground. Our game design and level design teams devised the system along with the support of a number of other teams within the studio as a way to provoke the player's driving instincts and produce unexpected gameplay scenarios which keep the action fresh.
In a race, you generally have to have the basic criteria of a start and end point. Without those criteria, it's easy to find yourself drifting into the realms of just "driving", which is not what GRID 2 is about at all. However, we wanted to investigate how we make the race experience more variable. Open world games have many benefits; the sense of awe a player has when something happens they didn't expect, the variety of gameplay, finding new challenges , etc. However, retaining a clear focus for players is pivotal to racing - without that purpose, you're just driving around.
So we took some open-world sensibilities - near limitless possibilities and permeations - but framed them inside a system with clear goals. In simple terms, LiveRoutes gives players variation whilst retaining the competitive nature of getting somewhere faster than your competition.
How does it work? LiveRoutes dynamically streams in alternate sections of city tracks seamlessly. When LiveRoutes is running, the system selects which direction the track should go in at various junction points at random and on the fly - be it straight on, left or right. It does this a number of junction points ahead of the player. This means that the relevant crowd, barriers and race-day placement - grandstands, signage and so on - are all loaded into the environment seamlessly to suit the direction the race will then travel in.
We're devising a number of race types in GRID 2 which have had LiveRoutes specifically in mind. Players will get these in a mixture of scenarios - scattered throughout sections of the career mode and in custom race setups. The real beauty of the system is that we can do everything I've explained in the online modes. More to come on this another time...
The most important thing with LiveRoutes was to change the race experience. With LiveRoutes the focus is no longer to better yourself a lap at a time - that's something we serve up in our other modes. Instead, LiveRoutes challenges players to better their reaction times, driving skill and intuition. If you turn left on the same junction twice - who's telling what speed you'll be entering that corner the second time round - it could be 80mph as you come out of a tight chicane, or over 200mph as you fly into the corner from a flat out straight. The nuances of the challenge LiveRoutes poses are not quite infinite, but pretty close! We can't wait for you to experience it yourself. - Iain Smith (Producer)
The USA is home to some of the world's best Race Clubs. Two have emerged as candidates for Patrick Callahan's new racing series. Let's check them out.
An international crew come together in a club with all-American style, pushing their classic US Muscle cars to the absolute limits in whichever race they enter. Lead by American Harrison Carter in his Chevrolet Camaro SS 1970 and Mexican Jorge Espinosa in his Dodge Chaser RT, New Union Race Club are rightly feared and respected.
These guys race one on one. Faceoff, as it's known, is racing stripped right down to the bare bones - two racers, one winner. The Pacers are fearless drivers who love their cars, regardless of where they're from - classic American, European and Japanese marques all sport the TransAmerica Pacers livery. Look out for Brazilian Bruno Silva who makes his Mercedes Benz 190e25 fly and Félix Wilson, the Canadian who drives his Nissan Fairlady 300 2x like he stole it (he didn't by the way - he won it fair and square in a pink slips race before he went legit). They'll push you. You're gonna have to push back.
Speed down insanely fast and dangerous cliff-top roads against the stunning backdrop of the California coast. Prove yourself in heart-pounding point-to-point races in iconic American Muscle cars, from 70s legends to modern classics.
Racing gets wild in the Windy City as you trade paint underneath the El train and weave between soaring skyscrapers. We're closing down huge sections of this town, creating circuits out of the city streets and flooding the stands with fans - it's an ideal stage for GRID 2's aggressive racing experience where each inch of asphalt must be fought for.
And more...
Here are just two examples of GRID 2's roster of American cars...
Feel the power - this modern-day incarnation of the classic muscle car delivers nearly 450bhp through the rear wheels, epitomising the raw, untamed character you'd expect from an American icon with a motorsport heritage stretching back to the 1960s.
Brave the beast - the Original Camaro was built as a direct competitor to the Ford Mustang (codename Panther) and proved a more than worthy rival. This is our favourite example - a second generation model with a big block engine pumping out a brutal 350bhp. At over 15.5 feet long, it's a car with undeniable presence that delivers thrills every time you get behind the wheel.
European racing clubs are home to some of the most naturally talented drivers in the world. Here's who you have to impress...
It's not unusual to see the Eliminacion livery through the windshield when you enter Elimination events - this team pioneered them after all.
Led by Portuguese Miguel Sousa and Spanish driver Lorenzo Vela, they pilot outrageous Japanese imports and the finest sports coupes to give them the performance and precision that's earned them a continent-wide reputation in this discipline.
Europe is the home of circuit racing and Euro Rand are the current lords of the ring. They've long attracted speed merchants famed for powering through the pack and doing whatever it takes to get on the podium.
Brit driver Callum Kirkwood and German Christian Bergmann represent the finest this team have to offer - a natural talent for racing, refined with traditional motorsport schooling.
DiviZéro specialise in hitting the redline. Time attack events are their speciality and they are formidable opponents in races where it's all about hitting the perfect racing line.
Frenchman Lucien Galfione and Italian Enzo Frittelli lead this team who eke every last ounce of performance out of the hot-hatches and sports cars adorned with the DiviZéro livery.
Here are just three of GRID 2's stunning locations in Europe...
Scream through the south of France and tackle the climbs, plunges and hairpins set amongst some of the most stunning scenery in the world.
Experience white-knuckle racing as you clatter through tunnels and speed along roads cut into the cliffside.
Experience the $250 Million, state of the art Algarve International Circuit in Portugal which makes its console debut in GRID 2.
Commonly known as Portimao Circuit, the track was opened in 2008 and has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most exciting circuits in motorsport, with constantly undulating asphalt and wide areas built for overtaking.
Fall in love with driving again as you speed through the City of Lights, rendered with unprecedented detail.
Paris is the perfect canvas to experience GRID 2's handpicked selection of outrageous supercars to blast down magnificent boulevards, slingshot around the Arc de Triomphe and speed past the Eiffel Tower.
Check out three examples from GRID 2's roster of European cars...
Feel the phenomenal power of the ultimate light-weight, open-wheel sports car brought to life with GRID 2's TrueFeel system.
Developed by the Ariel Motor Company in Somerset UK, its huge amount of grip, face-shredding acceleration and unique exoskeleton design, where the majority of the chassis is visible from the outside, has quickly established the Arial Atom as a modern icon of motoring.
Don't be fooled by the elegant lines of this Grand Tourer - the Vanquish generates monstrous power from its mighty 6 litre V12 engine delivered through the rear wheels to give a ride as aggressive as you want it.
No wonder it's the choice of ride for the world's most famous secret agent.
Why drive a car when you can drive a hypercar?
The Koenigsegg Agera R represents the bleeding edge of automotive engineering with outrageous styling and unbelievable performance powered by a 927 bhp 5 litre twin-turbo V8.
Dreamt up and developed in Sweden, it's quicker than a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and is full of tricks, including an auto-adjusting rear wing which angles itself based on air-flow for maximum downforce.
The Koenigsegg Agera R truly is a behind-the-wheel experience like no other.
Whether you want to dive in to a quick race, be rewarded for specialising in your favourite events or become one of the best cross-discipline racers in the world GRID 2 offers a multiplayer experience that revolves around your play style.
GRID 2's wide range of game modes can be played online with up to twelve-player races, including custom races based on your own preferences, choosing from pre-defined playlists or creating your own events.
This is just the start though - GRID 2 multiplayer offers an entirely distinct progression system, separate from career mode, which gives you constant challenges and objectives and rewards your progress with new car unlocks and modifications.
In GRID 2 multiplayer, every race matters - earn XP and cash for unlocks as you expand your garage and move through the tiers.
You can also modify your car with performance upgrades and customise cars with a simple yet powerful tool which allows you to create your own paint jobs, and choose wheels and sponsors. GRID 2 multiplayer offers depth, flexibility and progression, bringing the finest aspects of modern online gaming to the racing genre, offering you a customisable and persistent multiplayer experience that opens up a whole new world of online racing.
Game modes: Race (Including LiveRoutes), Endurance, Drift, Tougue, Checkpoint, Face Off, Time Attack. Global Challenge events also includes Overtake and Power Lap.
RaceNet, Codemasters' free online extension which tracks your races, rivals and rewards launches fully with GRID 2.
Visualising your progress in-game online is only just the start of the platform - RaceNet is the beating heart of the GRID 2's entirely separate multiplayer mode and is integrated fully in the game.
Providing you with new objectives, rivals and rewards for progress, RaceNet ensures you always have a new challenge whenever you fire up GRID 2. You can also track community stats, leaderboards and participate in weekly Global Challenge Events, earning RaceNet Awards and more for your achievements.
RaceNet can also be accessed on your desktop, tablet or mobile device and with dedicated apps set to land around launch you can keep track of your GRID 2 activity wherever you are.
Always have someone to play and always have a challenge with the GRID 2 Rivals system.
Compete directly in races or make progress towards objectives even if your opponent is not online with asynchronous challenges against your Rivals.
You can choose four social Rivals to challenge your friends or settle scores with people you've previously raced. RaceNet also automatically selects a weekly rival for you to compete against based on your ability and activity in the game so you'll always have a well-matched challenger and you can choose a Custom Rival where you can select your own parameters, for instance, on event type or geographical location.
Desperate to beat a Croatian in a Drift event? We're not here to ask why. We're here to make that happen.
GRID 2's Rivals system means every race matters.
Do the business on the track and gain online fame by increasing your RaceNet follower base.
Every race counts as you look to grow the number of followers you have. The better you perform, and the more objectives you complete, the larger the increase in followers you'll get - and you can steal followers from others by beating your Rivals.
You can also gain followers on RaceNet by taking part in online competitions, participating in community Global Challenges, completing RaceNet Objectives and uploading highlights of epic crashes and spectacular overtaking moves to YouTube. You'll also unlock RaceNet Rivals cards on the site to show off your follower achievements.


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
I wanted to take the time to acknowledge and say thank you to an OUTSTANDING group of men and women at the Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Just recently I was in Carroll County Memorial for a reoccurring health problem. I can't tell you how wonderful the nursing staff is and how lucky we are to have them.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The News-Democrat, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Seemingly making good on its promise to give Java the love and respect that most command-line centric professionals would agree is due, Oracle has announced its next plans for advancing the Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) with a roadmap for future Mac OS X releases and an update on Java SE 8.
As of now, the company is releasing technology previews of both Java SE 7 and Java FX 2.0 on Mac OS X, with plans to release Java SE 7 on Mac OS X for developers in Q2 2012 followed by a consumer version later in 2012. As the OpenJDK Community hosts the development of Java SE 7 on Mac OS X and JDK 8, the prototype reference implementation of Java SE 8 will need to be fully available to the community if it is to benefit from and "thrive with contributions" from individual programmers and groups alike.
The most recent addition to the OpenJDK Community is social media big gun Twitter. The company's engineers can now participate fully in OpenJDK development and say that they plan to contribute some of their internal improvements to the HotSpot Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to OpenJDK. Oracle meanwhile says it is continuing its work to merge the Oracle Java HotSpot JVM and the Oracle JRockit JVM into a converged offering that leverages the best features of each of these market-leading implementations.
As Java SE 8 comes into view, Oracle is announcing a revised roadmap for a release with "expanded scope", expected in summer 2013. Features include lambda expressions ("closures") for higher developer productivity, better leveraging of multi-core CPUs, as well as bulk data-processing enhancements to the Java collections APIs.
"A Java-native module system ("Project Jigsaw") which will simplify the construction, packaging, and deployment of applications, and also enable a fully modular Java platform which allows customized deployments on servers, clients, and embedded systems," said Adam Messinger, vice president of development, Oracle Fusion Middleware. "It's an exciting time in Java development and we'll continue to move Java forward with updates like the Mac OS X port and our plans for Java SE 8."


text:
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Ginger, Jack, Eric, "Econjohn" & Doug Kass
When Paul McCartney came up with the riff for "Get Back"--the Beatles' upbeat, second-to-last Number One single--the lyrics he kicked around during rehearsals were actually a harsh commentary on the growing wave of anti-immigration sentiment prevalent in the UK at that time.
"Get back to Pakistan, back where you belong," were the original lyrics, as heard on bootleg recordings of the "Let It Be" rehearsals, from which the song originated.
Polished up for release, however, the lyrics were sanitized to a vague, harmless image of "Jojo," a man who "thought he was a loner, but he knew it wouldn't last," and therefore "left his home in Tuscon, Arizona, for some California grass."
In other words, the kind of lyrics McCartney wrote while Lennon was off with Yoko doing primal scream therapy. ("Okay, Paul, whatever," as my daughter might say.)
If the Beatles were still together, I think Sir Paul might well be writing a new version of "Get Back," with an altogether different inspiration. This time, it is Eastern European immigrants that have sparked a fierce debate, as well as a surprisingly widespread dislike of Tony Blair and his government.
Racism is something nobody likes to acknowledge, and normally people talk about such things only in certain codes, especially to a stranger from America who happens to share a train seat or a cab ride. And I've been amazed at the deep-seated anger about the Blair government's policy towards immigrants who, to hear it from people at both ends of the economic and social scale, are coming in droves from Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Russia and elsewhere--taking benefits, jobs and opportunity away from regular upstanding Brits.
I make this observation not because I care who wins the election here on Thursday--I do not. Nor do I profess any sense of superiority being from America, where we have our own immigration debate.
But learning "something completely different," to cop an old Monty Python line, is always interesting.
And if Tony Blair's party loses its majority on Thursday--which absolutely nobody expects to happen--you can say, perhaps, "I read it here, first."
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
P.S. The Cream concert was sensational. Ginger, Jack and Eric were in very good form--surprisingly good form, given the 30+ years since their last gig at Royal Albert Hall and the fact that they are in their 60's. The best part was they all liked playing together, and it came through in the music.
Both "Econjohn," who posted the correct response, and Doug Kass, my old friend and ace columnist/hedge fund manager/market maven, who emailed the answer, deserved to be included in the title of this post for correctly guessing the reason for my presence in London.
But, no, I am no "BSD," as "The Unknown Broker" would have it. I spent today touring the facilities of one of my largest investments, asking questions, taking notes...and answering a lot of questions about the concert last night.
6 comments:
- Mithrophon said...
Which investment were you touring, if I may ask? I certainly enjoy reading your rants on various companies worth shorting, but the occasional long idea would be fun to read as well.
Glad you enjoyed the concert! Kind of sounded impossible NOT to enjoy, actually.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Absolutely fair question to ask--unfortunately the company I visited here in the UK is very thinly traded, and I am uncomfortable talking about it.
I'll keep your suggestion to discuss a few favorable investment ideas in mind.
For the record, I have highlighted Google's product development activities very favorably in comparison to Microsoft and Overstock, and Google is a stock I own even though it possess none of the value characteristics of the stocks I normally buy--except that the numbers are going through the roof and I believe people will look back on it years from now, as they did with Microsoft, and say, "Why didn't I see it?"
But I assume Google is not an undiscovered name for most readers (although I do believe it is misunderstood) and, therefore, have not walked through its potential investment merits.
- econjohn said...
man, i can only hope this is the beginning of a long string of synchronicity between doug kass and myself...
- MD said...
Have you used Picasa? I recently downloaded Google's picture viewing program and was blown away.
It automatically archives all the pictures on your hard drive into one easy to use console. And the editing features were powerful and easy to use. Compare this to Microsoft, which uses Paint as its default editing software.
Another reason, in my opinion, why Google will eventually outgrow Microsoft.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Have not used Picasa although I plan to try it on the pictures from this trip to see how it works.
I assume you've used Google Maps, which is terrific--you'll never use Mapquest or Yahoo again for maps; and the Google desktop search is very easy and very slick, but not as useful as Maps, in my experience.
- The Unknown Broker said...
I find the Google desktop search to be extremely useful for one application in particular.
I have over 10,000 e-mails stored on my computer (in Outlook.) On occasion I need to find something that I wrote to somebody (or vice-versa) but I can't recall the header of the e-mail.
Doing a keyword search in Outlook itself is very slow. Google desktop search is much faster.


text:
News editor
With a conditional use permit for a 45-foot radio tower approved by Marion City Council on Nov. 13, Marion County now has a timetable to move emergency communications to its new home.
The tower will be installed the last week of November, and the communications department will move from the old jail to the new jail the first week of December, Sheriff Rob Craft said Monday. There will be no gaps in service with the move, he said.
Jail inmates have already moved. There were 17 inmates on Friday, but the number fluctuated quite a bit during the weekend. With the new jail, it was much easier to manage those fluctuations, Craft said.
Marion County Commission hopes to have a ribbon cutting and flag ceremony at the new jail either mid-December or early January.
County Clerk-elect Tina Spencer told the commission that the county received a credit of $19,513 from Treanor Architects P.A. for overpayment on jail work.
Closed hotel's back taxes
Charles Hui Yang, owner of the closed Hillcrest Motel in Hillsboro, requested the commission's help with a back tax bill. He said he sold the hotel in 2008, but after never receiving payment, he received the property back via quitclaim deed earlier this year. But when he got the property back, it came with a huge back tax bill: $22,899. The motel is appraised at $90,000.
Commission Chairman Dan Holub advised Yang that the commission can't reduce his back taxes. That would require intervention by the State of Kansas.
Yang said he hopes to get the motel up and running again but can't at this time. Holub said he would look into if there is anything that can be done about the delinquent taxes, but suggested Yang hire a lawyer if he has an issue with the person he sold the motel to.
In other business:
- The commission approved a one-year lease with Countryside Feed of Hillsboro for space to store communications trailers for $250 a month.
- A conditional use permit for Wynn and Ardith Schroeder for a Christmas tree farm at 994 Meridian, Newton, near Goessel was approved.
- The county is seeking applicants for a new deputy county clerk.
- Spencer said the commission budgeted for raises in 2013 and encouraged commissioners to begin thinking about how to allocate raises.
- The commission met in closed session for 10 minutes to discuss personnel matters. No action was taken on return to open session.
- Larry Starkey in the Sheriff's Department received a longevity raise from $17.77 to $18.11 per hour.
- Derek Fetrow received a raise from $15.25 to $15.76 per hour for working in the Sheriff's Department six months.
- Craft met with the commission in closed session for five minutes to discuss personnel. No action was taken on return to open session.
- Health Department Administrator Diedre Serene met with the commission in closed session for 10 minutes to discuss personnel. No action was taken on return to open session.
- Licensed practical nurse Cindy Reeh received a raise from $15.10 to $15.71 per hour with the Health Department.
- The Health Department has received a $4,000 grant for a community health assessment.
- Martin Combs was hired as part-time help for the Transfer Station at $10 per hour.
- Transfer Station Director Rollin Schmidt said he expects Butler County Landfill will increase its tipping fee by $1 per ton Jan. 1.
- Noxious Weed Department will purchase four Firestone tires from Rod's Tire in Hillsboro for $194 each. Other bids were $200 each at Goessel Station and $230 each at Cardie Oil & Tire in Marion.
- Noxious Weed Department will purchase 600 gallons of 2,4-D herbicide from Ag Service for $8,364. Markley Service bid $9,576. Schmidt said the purchase was to get ahead of an expected increase in the price of 2,4-D, reflected in Markley Service's bid.
The next commission meeting is scheduled for Monday.


text:
Brother Hl-L2300d Driver Download – The Brother HL-L2300D Monochrome Laser Printer with Duplex Printing, The Printer Brother HL-L2300D personal laser printer could be a reputable alternative for your property or business office. This desk-friendly, compact laser printer using an around 250-sheet capability tray connects without difficulty for your laptop or computer by using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface and prints crisp black and white documents at as much as 27ppm.
Automated duplex printing can help save paper. The 1-year minimal warranty also free telephone support for all times of the merchandise.
Brother Hl-L2300d Driver Download
Brother Hl-L2300d Driver Download Compatibility Operating System
Windows 7 / Windows 7 (x64) / Windows 8 / Windows 8 (x64) / Windows 8.1 / Windows 8.1 (x64) / Windows 10 / Windows 10 (x64) / Windows Vista / Windows Vista (x64) / Windows XP / MacOS 10.14/HIgh Sierra v10.13 / Mac OS X v10.11 / Mac OS X v10.10 /Mac OS X v10.9 / Mac OS X v10.8 / Mac OS X v10.7 / Mac OS X v10.6 / Mac OS X v10.5
Brother Hl-L2300d Driver Download Driver & Software Package
Windows Driver Details
- Adding: 12/04/2014
Description: We recommend this download to get the most functionality out of your Brother machine. This is a comprehensive file containing available drivers and software for the Brother machine.
Version: B1
- Compatible Operating Systems: Windows 10 (32-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit),Windows 7 (32-bit), Windows 7 (64-bit),Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit),Windows XP (32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit)
- Download Link
- Size: 44.8 MB
Windows Installation Notes:
- The instructions may vary depending on the version of your operating system.
- You must be logged on as an Administrator.
- Make a temporary folder on your HDD [hard disk drive] as the location to save the downloaded self-extracting file. e.g., C:brodnt
- Disconnect your Brother machine from your computer if you already connected an interface cable.
Get Full Driver & Software Package Brother HL-L2300D


text:
The CCRI Knights' men's soccer team traveled to Rochester, NY to play the Tribunes of Monroe Community College. The Knights lost to the Tribunes 5-1. With the loss the Knights' record is now 0-5 on the season.
The Knights suited up for a rainy, dark day on the turf in Rochester. Head Coach Gabe Toro came out with a new formation to play to the strengths of the team which has been several players injured early in the season. He stated that "I have never in my coaching or playing career seen so many injuries early in the season." Toro added "I am more frustrated because the injuries have come from ugly out of control tackles by opponents, and it is hard to recover quickly from these types of injuries. The players' fitness has not been related to the injuries, so when you see a fit player go down after a bad tackle, it can be extremely frustrating." Due to the injuries the coaching staff has been trying to put together a new with the remaining healthy players. The Knights came out sticking to the game plan and played a smart tactical game in the first 20 minutes of the game. They were getting use to the new system and the overall team shape looked really good. Monroe had a set piece outside the box and it resulted in a goal for them making the score 1-0. The Knights were able to hold them back during the regular flow of the game, but whenever the Tribunes had a set piece, they were able to capitalize with their size and strength. The Knights also were not able to get up and contest these incoming crosses.
Adam Corey (North Kingstown, RI), Luis Navas (Pawtucket, RI) and Justin Kue (West Warwick, RI) did well in the midfield. While the Knights had some scoring opportunities utilizing Luis Duarte (Pawtucket, RI) and Freddie Korsah (Accra, Ghana) up top. Not far from the end of the first half, another unnecessary tackle injured the CCRI goalkeeper Rob Gallucci (Coventry, RI). The Tribune player slid into a ball that had been covered by Gallucci, the player, did however receive a yellow card for his brutal tackle. Making matters worse the Knights' back-up keeper is also out injured, so Coach Toro had to look for a replacement after Rob had to exit the game. The call was answered by defender Clarence Early (Cranston, RI). At the half the score was 5-0.
In the second half, Clarence Early made some amazing saves as he was thrown into a position that he had not played in a long time. Adam Corey also moved to the back line and together with Andrew Grenier (Greenville, RI) the defense made the necessary adjustments to stop the scoring completely in the second half. The coaching staff and players were extremely impressed with Early's ability and the energy he brought to the team. In addition, Freddie Korsah was able to score a goal late in the game, utilizing this positive energy created by Early's performance in the net. The final score of the game was 5-1 Monroe CC. After the game Tri-Captain keeper Rob Gallucci gave Clarence Early an embrace, as a sign of respect for his performance in a very tough position.
The Knights' next game will be Tuesday September 24th at 3:30pm in Lincoln when they will host the Cougars of Holyoke Community College for a Region XXI non-league game.
The Community College of Rhode Island, New England's largest comprehensive community college, enrolls nearly 18,000 students in credit courses and thousands more in non-credit and job training classes. Its athletic program boasts 12 varsity programs and an academic support program for all student-athletes.
This page developed and maintained by CCRI Athletics. Send comments and suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Ready to Change the World?
We'll show you how.
The Latest From Mizzou
Health & Medicine
New alliance for precision health
Siemens Healthineers, University of Missouri System and University of Missouri Health Care announce formation of new strategic alliance
Record-breaking year of giving
Large and small gifts helped the university raise a record-breaking $200 million in 2019
Follow Your Ambition
Study what matters
Connect and Collaborate
Get involved
Learn While Doing
Start discovering
Success Stories
Tigers Earn Their Stripes
Strength in Numbers
Show Me the Facts
Top 10
Universities in the country for undergraduate research
Spent on financial aid during the 2017-18 academic year
Of Mizzou students graduate with no debt
Meet Mizzou
An incredibly beautiful campus with endless opportunities to learn and explore? Yep. It's a good time to be a Tiger. Visit Columbia for a tour. It'll feel like home in no time.


text:
Hilton Leeds City4
Neville Street, Leeds, LS1 4BX
Price FromView Rooms
- Very Good
- 331 guest reviews
"bathroom dirty and needs updating..."
"Had a great time in leeds. Didn't stay in the room much as we was celebrating a fends birthday. Would like to go back again for a chilled wk..."
"Just what was expected of Hilton...."
"Excellent hotel. Food was excellent and quality of the room was great. Excellent value for money. Only feedback would be that I would have p..."
"We enjoyed our stay the room was clean and comfortable. The staff were very helpful...."
About the hotel
Set in the vibrant heart of the city, Hilton Leeds City Hotel is steps from Leeds Central railway station, minutes from the M62 and less than 25 minutes from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA). Walk to restaurants, bars and shops including the premium shopping center, Victoria Quarter and Trinity Leeds, a brand new 1 million sq. ft.
shopping center. Other amenities close by include Leeds Grand Theatre and soon to be Leeds Arena (September 2013). This really is the perfect base for both business and leisure guests. Relax in front of the 32-inch LCD TV in a stylish guest room and stay connected with WiFi at the desk. Enjoy river or city views from a deluxe room, or unwind on the sofa of a suite. For those travelling without laptops there is a complimentary Connectivity Centre offering PCs, WiFi and printing facilities. Discover British bistro classics at the City 3 Restaurant, sip a Costa coffee over the morning papers at Caffe Cino, and enjoy cocktails at City 3 Bar. Free WiFi is offered in the lobby, lounge and bar. Meeting rooms vary in size, accommodating 2 to 300 people. The Brigante Suite is perfect for holding a conference or private dinner and the fourth floor foyer is an ideal break-out area. The hotel's LivingWell Health Club offers modern cardio machines and free weights. Swim in the heated indoor pool and relax in the sauna and spa pool. For pampering, Serenity's expert therapists offer treatments from Swedish massage to spray tanning.
Read MoreLess
Facilities Show/hide
- Business
- Meeting Facilities, Wi-Fi Available In Public Areas
- Dining
- Restaurant
- Accessibility
- Disabled Access Public Areas
Useful Info Show/hide
- 15:00
- 12:00
- Up to 8 years old
- The price shown is based on the occupancy and dates you have searched for. Prices and availability are subject to change based on the arrival date, number of nights and occupancy searched for. All prices are inclusive of all local taxes.
- Pets are not allowed
Customer Reviews
Our reviews are from genuine LateRooms.com customers. We verify that the customer has stayed before leaving a review.
Very Good
77% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
Shambles room was dirty no bath robe or slippers like it said noisey
Absoulute disgrace lady 28 week pregnant asked for a low room got 5th floor was mucky noisey small very dated no luxurys don't believe what you read no slippers or bath robe and certainly not a deluxe room I'm shocked how poor the standards is
bathroom dirty and needs updating...


text:
5th Founder Showcase Recap
TheFunded.com News
Posted by donAdeo on 2010-10-26
BreezyPrint, who makes software that lets you print and fax from mobile devices, won the Grand Prize at the Founder Showcase in Mountain View last week. Jared Hansen, Founder and CEO of BreezyPrint, got the most votes from the sold out 315 person crowd and the majority vote of the Judging Panel, winning $2500 cash, a slot on stage at the Keiretsu Forum EXPO, a free 6 month trial to the Position2 Brand Monitor System, a $250 credit for a market research survey on AskYourTargetMarket.com, an HP Notebook Companion Projector, and a free ticket to BizTechDay San Francisco.
BreezyPrint is a graduate of the Founder Institute Silicon Valley Chapter. You can get a free trial at BreezyPrint.com, or watch the video of their winning pitch here;
Micromobs, a group messaging service, was the Runner-Up.
Mike Maples Jr. of FLOODGATE also gave a great speech on "Thunder Lizards" and business model pivots - a must watch for any first time entrepreneur. The video is below, and TechCrunch did a great write up here.
The next Founder Showcase will be scheduled for January, 2011. We will be announcing the final date and a limited number of half-priced tickets in the next few weeks - to get this update and keep track of the event, like us on Facebook.
Thanks to everyone who attended.PRIVATE: Members Only


text:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is in Houston while his son undergoes medical tests.
Beau Biden, the Delaware attorney general, is undergoing tests Tuesday to determine why he experienced weakness and disorientation last week. The younger Biden tweeted that he's touched by well wishes and will share an update when it's available.
A Delaware Department of Justice spokesman says the younger Biden, who suffered a mild stroke in 2010, began experiencing the new symptoms after driving to Indiana for a family vacation. The 44-year-old was admitted to a Chicago hospital, then consulted with his doctor in Philadelphia.
The White House says the vice president had been home in Delaware and accompanied his son to Houston. It's not clear how long the vice president will stay, but he's scheduled to join the president in Scranton, Pa., this week.
Associated Press writer Josh Lederman contributed to this report from Washington.


text:
Randal received an honorary doctorate at the School of Biosciences graduation ceremony and the day concluded with a photo shoot of Darwin-descendent Randal alongside Huxley-descendent Adam Tickell, plus strawberries and champagne in the VC's office.
Here is a video record of selected snippets from the day:
Unfortunately I was not allowed to film the graduation ceremony, nor does the University seem to realise that "information wants to be free", so the only way to get footage of the ceremony is to fork out for a DVD!
At the graduation ceremony, Randal gave a speech in which he highlighted the links between the Lunar Society of Birmingham, his ancestors (Erasmus and Charles Darwin), Joseph Priestley and the birth of the scientific method. Randal was introduced with a speech from University orator Professor John Raine, which John wrote with help from Randal and myself. A hypertext-linked version of the speech follows.
Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Graduates, Graduands and Guests,
The concept of conservation is one that associates equally with the natural environment of plants and animals and with the human-created world of architecture and buildings. Most conservationists usually work in one arena or the other, but today before us stands an individual whose contribution spans both and who can therefore properly be described as a conservationist in the most comprehensive and generic of senses.
Randal is from a renowned lineage of English families – notably the Keyneses, the Adrians, the Darwins and the Wedgwoods. Born on July 29th 1948, he is a great nephew of the eminent economist, John Maynard Keynes; and he is also the great-great-grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin. In 1839 Charles Darwin had married Emma Wedgwood, descendant of Josiah Wedgwood the 18th century founder of industrialised pottery manufacture, and who, along with his friend Erasmus Darwin and other prominent Midlands figures, were founding members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham which played such an important role in science for the Industrial Revolution.
Randal's father was the eminent Cambridge physiologist Professor Richard Darwin Keynes and his father, Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, was a distinguished surgeon and scholar whose work in developing blood transfusion saved thousands of lives in the First World War. On the other side of his family, Randal's mother, Mrs Anne Pinsent Keynes, whom we are delighted to welcome here in the Great Hall with us today, is also of very distinguished lineage. Her mother, Hester, was Lady Adrian, a renowned penal reformer, and her father, Lord Adrian, was a Nobel Prize-winner in 1932 for his discoveries about the workings of the nerve cell.
And Anne's grandmother was Birmingham's own Dame Ellen Pinsent – who is 1911 was the first woman to be elected to the City of Birmingham Council, and a pioneer in the education of children with special needs. She, for one, would have been delighted that last year Ofsted found the special school named after her in South Birmingham – The Dame Ellen Pinsent School – to be 'outstanding'. Dame Ellen was awarded an honorary MA by this University in 1919, while her husband – Anne's grandfather - Hume Chancellor Pinsent – a solicitor in this city, was Treasurer of this University until his retirement in 1913.
It is also a great pleasure today to welcome Randal's wife Zelfa Hourani. Unfortunately their two offspring – Soumaya and Skandar – are otherwise engaged today. Soumaya works as an economist and Skandar is at university (and is widely known, having played the character of Edmund Pevensie in the three Nania films – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian; and Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
But back to Randal. As a boy, he spent many of his summer holidays with his Darwin-side grandmother at her home in the Suffolk countryside, and it was there that he gained some of his earliest insights on his family ancestry as she talked of the holidays she had spent as a child with her grandmother at the Darwins' home of Down House, just south of London. But it was some years later before Randal's imagination was stirred to discover more about his Darwinian heritage. Indeed, for most of his adolescent years, Randal had found the pressures of his ancestry somewhat oppressive. When it came to university, for example, he broke away from the family tradition of reading science at Cambridge to study philology and anthropology at Oxford.
On graduating he decided upon a DPhil, to explore the anthropological connections between some ideas in Anglo-Saxon and Ancient Icelandic writings. But when an attractive job came up in the Ministry of Defence he decided instead to join the civil service where he went on to pursue the significant part of his career. As well as working at the MoD in London, he had secondments to Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles' and so, last week he will no doubt have particularly appreciated the reconciliation of former foes epitomised in that historic handshake.
He also served for a spell with the Parliamentary Ombudsman and in 1992 he was awarded an OBE for his work at the MoD during the Gulf War. It was while a civil servant that he began to devote more and more of his spare time to aspects of conservation. He became active in the Victorian Society, campaigning for the protection and restoration of our outstanding Victorian and Edwardian architectural heritage. And his campaigning took on a personal dimension in the 1980s, when the neighbourhood in which he lived, just east of Kings Cross station, became the subject of clearance proposals to make way for the new channel tunnel rail link into central London. Randal was at the forefront of a well-organised campaign – and which also involved debate in Parliament – that led to the line being re-routed into the adjacent St Pancras station, now the marvellous 'St Pancras International' with its fabulously restored Gilbert Scott-designed hotel on the front. Meanwhile, Randal's previously condemned neighbourhood was sympathetically regenerated – and the full story of its rescue and conservation can be read in a soon-to-be-published book, King's Cross: A Sense of Place, which includes a chapter by Randal.
Since then, his attentions have turned to another piece of architectural heritage – again one in which Randal could claim a personal interest – Charles' Darwin's Down House in North Kent – where the great naturalist had spent the last forty years of his life, undertaken many of his studies of natural life and written his 'Origin of Species'. Here, the conservation challenge has been to withstand the pressures for property development over the very landscape where Charles Darwin had conducted so many of his investigations of animals, insects and birds and where he had built his evidence base for his Theory of Evolution. To this end, Randal has provided the case which the Government has now put to UNESCO to make Down House and its surroundings a World Heritage Site for the history of science. More than this, Randal has played a leading role in gathering together and researching all the surviving material about Darwin's life and work at Down House.
His own family home had itself been something of a treasure-house of Darwinian material and, in his adult years, he took on the task of sifting systematically through his father's inherited pieces. In doing so, in a chest of drawers, he happened upon a writing case that had belonged to Charles Darwin's daughter, Annie, containing her pale yellow ribbon stitched with small glass beads, her goose-feather quills with which she wrote, her sealing wax, a thick lock of her fine brown hair, a fold of paper on which was written 'April 23rd 1851' - the date of Annie's death at the age of just ten - and a leaf from a pocket book with a map of the churchyard in Malvern where she is buried. The story of that personal tragedy and the experience that influenced Darwin's revolutionary understanding of humankind's place in nature, has been painstakingly researched by Randal and crafted into his biography 'Annie's Box', first published in 2001, and described by one literary critic as ' the best non-fiction book I have read all year'.
And of course Randal's research on Darwin and his commitment to conservation has had to encompass the Galapagos Islands – which unlike Down House, already enjoys the status of being a World Heritage Site. Even so, the archipelago is still facing extreme dangers as a result of rapid growth in eco-tourism and immigration from the Ecuadorean mainland. Randal is a member of the Board of Directors of The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands – an international scientific organization that leads the science for the conservation of their uniquely valuable wildlife. He travels there frequently and is focusing particularly on communicating the Island's story and its inestimable importance to the world.
He is also a Board member of the Charles Darwin Trust which promotes the use of Darwin's inspiration in science education. He works hard helping young people around the world to grasp the legacy of Darwin through his life in science and, in the Darwin bicentenary year, he took part in the national Evolving Words initiative, which here in Birmingham culminated in poetry recitals by children from inner city neighbourhoods. He has also provided invaluable support to the Rap Guide to Evolution, a Wellcome Trust-sponsored celebration of Darwin's life and legacy through the unlikely medium of Hip Hop!
Chancellor, there are, as indicated, significant connections between Randal's family and this great University and City of Birmingham. Indeed, his ancestors in the Lunar Society were part of a select group of individuals that could perhaps be said to have provided the genesis for the modern world here in the heart of England. Charles Darwin's statue is, of course, to be found in the line of distinguished individuals that form the frieze over the entrance to this Aston Webb building, and our special archive collections here include a first-edition copy of his 'Origin of Species'. But irrespective of such historical connections, the contribution of Randal Keynes to conservation, to education and to outreach, locally, nationally and internationally, itself deserves to be recognized and marked by this University – an institution that shares with him a commitment to diligent research and to respecting, protecting and making best use of important heritage.
So to you, and to the University, I present Randal Hume Keynes, deemed worthy to be awarded the degree of Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa.


text:
The car only shows up in the last ten seconds of this video, but some of you will recognize it long before then.
It's an Audi Quattro S1 Group B rally car run by Jozef Béreš. Horsepower is something in the high 500 range out of the massively turbocharged five cylinder.
If you're hungering for more of the car, here's plenty of extra video.
And here's Jozef giving a ten-year-old girl a joyride. Lucky lady.


text:
KEENE, N.H. – After a very slow start in the first set, volleyball (15-7, 6-0 Little East) managed to bounce back and return to their dominating form and took the next three sets in order to defeat the host Owls of Keene State College (14-12, 3-2 Little East) by the final of 3-1 Thursday evening at Spaulding Gym. With the victory the Beacons locked-up their fourth straight Little East Conference regular season title and the top-seed in the conference tournament.
Keene State opened up Thursday's match with 25-20 victory to gain some early momentum. However the Beacons, overcame their poor showing in the first set to defeat the host Owls by the final of 25-17 to tie the score at 1-1. From there, UMB rolled to a 25-19 victory in the third and completely shut down Keene State in the third with their 25-10 decision.
Fueling the UMass Boston offense was senior Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, Calif.) with her match-high 24 kills and .320 attack percentage. As a team, UMass hit just .025 in the first set, but progressively got better as the match continued. In the second they finished hitting .125, then .242 in the third, and finally .333 in the game-winning set. On the night UMB hit .176, while the late shift limited the host Owls to just .100 attack percentage.
Behind Thompson offensively was Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.) who finished with nine kills on 24 attempts. Emma Rocha (Boynton Beach, Fla.) anchored the offense with her match-high 25 assists, followed by Megan Pollock (Wilton, Calif.) who finished with 12 helpers.
At the end-line UMB was solid scoring 12 aces, with five of those belonging to Rocha. Thompson finished the match with four aces, while Pollock recorded two and Brooke Nemethy (Oviedo, Fla.) one.
Defensively Kayla Wilson (San Jose, Calif.) anchored the Beacons back court with her 13 digs, with Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, Calif.) also adding some support with her 10 digs.
At the net Briana Sousa (Swansea, Mass.) posted a match-best four block assists, while Thompson and Morrison tallied three block assists. Thompson also recorded two solo blocks.
Volleyball returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to Plymouth State University for their regular season conference match. Start time is scheduled for 6 p.m. The Little East Conference tournament is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 30. UMB as well as the number two seed, which is yet to be determined received a first-round bye.
The semi-final round of the tournament is scheduled for November 3, with the championship set to be played on Sunday. The winner of the conference tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III regional tournament.


text:
Locations|Contact Us|Careers
The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
Apply for a Personal Loan
Apply for a Home Equity Loan
Apply for a Home Loan
Loan Calculators
Find an ATM
Find a Business Advisor
Remote Deposit Capture Login
Payments Insider
Horizon is a community bank serving northern and central Indiana, and southern, central and the Great Lakes Bay regions of Michigan. Our focus is to anticipate and fulfill customer needs with exceptional service and sensible advice. This philosophy is what has kept us growing stronger than ever since 1873.
This is a busy time of year for everyone, and it's easy to forget about important financial decisions that are best made now. At Horizon Bank, we encourage you to take a little time out to make some strategic choices before December 31st.
Why now?
Because, while tax advantages should not be the only thing driving your investment decisions, making key choices before the year ends could minimize your tax bill next April! Here are seven top tips for handling investment income and losses for 2015:
1. Make sure your portfolio is balanced. You may choose to sell some assets and use the money to buy different investments — and your broker can help you determine whether this could offer tax benefits as well.
2. See if you're investments are meeting your financial goals. You could be more aggressive if you want bigger earnings in a shorter amount of time — or you may need to set a more conservative strategy if you're close to retirement.
3. If you're thinking of selling, look at how long you've owned each investment. This matters because when you sell assets held for a year or less, you generate short-term capital gains — which are taxed as ordinary income. Long-term capital gains, on the other hand, are taxed at a lower rate. Be sure to talk to your broker for details on the various tax rates if you're considering selling off some of your portfolio.
4. Look at offsetting gains with losses. Any losses over and above the amount of your gains could be used to offset up to $3000 of ordinary income (or $1500 for a married person filing separately). Or you can carry your loss forward to reduce taxes in future years.
5. Consider the timing. If you have losses you want to document for tax purposes, but you still believe in a specific investment, be sure to consider your timing. For instance:
6. Take a closer look at tax-deferred accounts. Believe it or not, it isn't beneficial to use these with all investments. In some cases, you may not get any additional tax advantages — or you may end up having to pay even higher taxes when you withdraw funds years down the road.
7. Be selective about selling. If you want to unload some of your shares, consider which ones will help minimize your taxes. Different actions can help you achieve different goals, from offsetting gains with losses, to simply keeping your gains to a minimum.
Don't hesitate to ask for help!
Each financial decision is complex, and could have a variety of outcomes. A financial advisor at Horizon Bank can help answer your questions and provide guidance on investment decisions. To learn more about your Investment options, Find a financial advisor near you or call 888-873-2640.


text:
Get the Rest of the Story!
Already a subscriber? Login at right ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
State House News Service subscribers include media outlets, corporations, non-profits and law offices of every size. You may request a free 21-day trial of the News Service for your company by submitting the form below.
Note to political campaigns: We do not accept trial requests from campaigns from June 24 through Election Day. However, we would be happy to start a pre-paid subscription for your campaign (except for constitutional offices, congressional offices and statewide campaigns) at a deeply-discounted rate of $22/week, paid through the election. Simply email Virginia Cummings to set up this subscription; she'll send you further instructions.
If you are already a subscriber and need access to SHNS, please send an email to email@example.com or call 617-722-2439.


text:
Witnesses: Man lit himself on fire and jumped from San Antonio bridge
Officials say police found a receipt for lighter fluid on the body
Officials say police found a receipt for lighter fluid on the body
A man who was on fire jumped from a bridge, killing himself Thursday on the Northeast Side near Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, according to police and witnesses who saw the man jump.
Paramedics responded to the incident around 11:30 a.m. near Thousand Oaks and Quarry Park.
San Antonio Police Department Detective Richard Richardson said police found a receipt for lighter fluid on the body. The purchase was made this morning.
He said the man apparently lit himself on fire, jumped off the bridge with a rope around his neck and then fell.
"Everything melted," he said. "It's gonna be a while before we ID him."
Khiari Brown and Michael Ray, two employees of an AC and heating company, said they were driving down Thousand Oaks when they saw a man on fire climbing over the bridge's railing.
"We seen him on this side, halfway on fire just scootin' down, and then... you know," Ray said.
The two drove down to the bed of the quarry and found the man dead, burning on the ground.
"I didn't touch him," Brown said. "I didn't have anything to put on him anyway."
The man appears to have jumped from Thousand Oaks, which passes over a shared parking lot between NEISD's Heroes Stadium, the STAR Soccer Complex, Morgan's Wonderland and SAFC's Toyota Field.


text:
Composites for infrastructure: a guide for civil engineers
Ray Publishing, 1998 - Technology & Engineering
From inside the book
17 pages matching corrosion resistance in this book
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 17
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Common terms and phrases
AASHTO adhesive ANSI/ASTM approximately aramid ASTM axial bending bolts bond bridge deck C-BAR carbon fiber Chemical civil engineering columns components composite beams composite cables composite materials composite structural compression construction corrosion corrosion resistance cost cracks cured deflection DERAKANE durability E-glass Electrical Insulating epoxy fabric fasteners fiberglass fiberglass rebar filament winding flanges Flexural FRP rebar girders glass fiber grating grid I-beam inches industry infrastructure applications installed laminate layer lightweight load longitudinal manufacturing Martin Marietta Materials matrix ment modulus mold percent piles poles polyester polymer prepreg prestressing pultruded rebar Reinforced Plastic retrofit rods roving seismic Seismic retrofit Services shear strength specifications standard steel rebar stiffness strands stress Strongwell struc structural shapes surface Technology temperature tendons tensile strength tension Test Method thermoset tion transverse truss tube vinyl ester vinyl ester resin weight woven yarns


text:
Boutique Quality Shabby Flower Headbands
Just $0.75 Each!
We absolutely love these shabby flower headbands! These dainty boutique quality headbands are so lovely adorned with a shabby flower. We are sure to have one to match every outfit! We even have one made especially for those cute Halloween photos and the Christmas ones too. Babies wearing a cute, chic hairband are just so cute. We have plenty of outfits that would look great with one of these too, so be sure to look around our whole website to see what goodies we have in store for you in our shop. We always have low sale, cheap wholesale pricing that you can't find anywhere else.
Thank you,


text:
harper 2.5 seater sofa
Our custom made sofas come in a variety of colours and fabrics so you can create your perfect style. Crafted by hand from 100% Australian wood in our Sydney workshop.
This made to order item is custom made and will be dispatched from our Sydney workshop in 6-8 weeks. Made to order furniture will incur a delivery charge of $50-$150 (calculated at checkout) and is non-refundable unless faulty. Good things come to those who wait. While we are currently unable to deliver furniture to Western Australia, Far North Queensland and Northern Territory; we look forward to offering this service in the near future.
Make a stylish living room statement without compromising on comfort with the Harper 2.5 Seater Sofa. With its sleek modern lines and gold finished legs, your search for the perfect lounge may well be over. The Harper 2.5 Seater Sofa is made to order in your choice of upholstery fabrics, with an assortment of colours and textures in premium quality fabrications available. Our extensive selection of fabrics and co-ordinating furniture items will ensure that your entire living room look is tailored to your individual style.
Fabric Description
Densely woven and richly textured with an understated square weave pattern, Denham is a beautiful, soft handle fabric with a durable finish. Denham is available in range of contemporary colours to suit any room or style.
Fabric Description
Our choice of Toorak fabrics offer an ultrasoft, velvet feel and rich colour with vintage, luxe appeal. Hardwearing yet elegant, Toorak is available in a range of opulent, jewel tones.
Key Features
Solid Plantation Pine framework
Australian Victorian Ash base and feet
Upholstered by hand
Dunlop Stamina Foam Seating with 400g of Dacron
395 gsm
100% polyester
|Bundle Product Type
|Simples are different products (for product bundling/grouping)
|Member Price
|Vimeo URL MP4
|Vimeo URL Streaming
General Care
When arranging your furniture, avoid direct sunlight, as prolonged exposure can cause colours to fade in furnishing fabrics. Care should also be taken to avoid furniture touching external walls or radiators, as this could cause problems of moisture build-up/scorching damage. Take care to prevent sharp objects (e.g. belt or shoe buckles, pet claws) from coming into contact with your furniture, as this may cause snagging or tearing of the fabric. Vacuum regularly (weekly) using low suction. Rotate reversible cushions regularly. Pilling can occur occasionally as a result of normal daily wear and should not be considered as a fault. Fibre pills can be removed by a battery operated pilling tool available from most haberdashery stores.
Spot Cleaning
Treat spills and stains as soon as possible. Gently scrape any soil or mop any liquid from the surface of the fabric.
By following our recommended care instructions you will prolong the life of your purchase and be able to enjoy it for many years to come.
ESTIMATED DISPATCH TIME: 2-3 business days.
STANDARD DELIVERY – FREE for signed in members, otherwise $50.
Metro: 5 business days.
Regional: up to 8 business days.
Tracking available through Australian Post using the tracking number in your dispatch email.
Rugs and Furniture that have not been made to order, may be returned for change of mind at the customer's cost or by arranging pick up via customer service where a cost of $50 will be deducted off refund amount.
Rug samples can be purchased for $25 with FREE shipping. This can be returned (as per our return policy) for a full refund whether or not you wish to purchase the full sized rug.
DISPATCH TIME: 6-8 weeks.
STANDARD DELIVERY – $50 - $150 (calculated at checkout).
Production on Made to Order furniture starts immediately and takes between 6-8 weeks to dispatch. Once your item is ready, our Customer Service team will contact you to arrange a courier delivery time at your convenience.
Unless the goods are faulty we do not offer a return or exchange for change of mind on made to order furniture.<
Fabric samples are FREE but will incur a $5 shipping fee unless purchased with other items.
DISPATCH TIME: 2-3 weeks.
Tracking available through Australian Post using the tracking number in your dispatch email.
Each wallpaper order is produced individually and may vary between each batch so please ensure you order accurately. Sheridan will not be responsible for overage or shortage based on calculations using our wallpaper calculators.
Unless the goods are faulty we do not offer a return or exchange for change of mind on made to order furniture.
Note: Each wallpaper order is produced individually and may vary between each batch so please ensure you order accurately. Sheridan will not be responsible for overage or shortage based on calculations using our wallpaper calculators.
Wallpaper samples are FREE but will incur a $5 shipping fee unless purchased with other items.
All shipping is automatically calculated at checkout. Maximum shipping charge for any online order is capped at $150.
We will accept returns for all faulty goods. Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage.
For more information, please see refer to our full Shipping & Returns policy.


text:
We use cookies to provide you with the best possible user experience. If you continue to use the site without changing your cookie settings, we assume you are fine with our cookies and the way we use them. The cookies store information about how you use our website, and help you use some of the functions on the site. Our cookies do not store any sensitive information, and we never use your cookies for targeted advertising. If you want, you can change your computer's settings so that it does not accept cookies. We have information here on how you can do that.
Today, about 80% of the total lifecycle costs are in the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) phase of the asset lifecycle. Yet, we know that the O&M cost is largely determined in the design stage. So why is it that the majority of reliability analyses (up to today) have been conducted on older assets? The reason is that reliability and maintenance were not considered seriously as part of the design phase. This thinking is changing, fast.
Watch this webinar to understand how you can change the future of reliability analysis at your company and ensure a comprehensive view of information relevant to managing your assets from the cradle to end of life.
You can earn 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) from Bentley Institute for attending this 1-hour event. To review/access your learning history/transcript, log in to your person portal. You may then use your online learning history/transcript to self-report learning to your organization, licensing board, or professional association as proof of your continued professional development to maintain your credentials. Please note that organizations' requirements vary, and they make the ultimate decision about whether to accept Bentley Institute Professional Development Hours. We recommend you confirm your own board's or association's terms and conditions.


text:
I need to touch on a problem in the north of Hackney... where orthodox Jewish families will be severely hit. Such families typically have more than four children, and many of them live in the private rented sector, so the limit on benefit will have a devastating impact. The council and social landlords in Hackney will be unable to take the strain, so I need answers from the Minister on how councils will be supported in dealing with that.Now guess who it came from? The Tribune? Nah, too busy defending the Emanuhell racists and condemning the disinterment of yet more bones somewhere in Israel? The Hamodia? Also not I'm afraid. Their preoccupation is some other Israeli 'scandal' which concerns very few of us as well as of course the Hello style Rebbes page where their Divinities are shown in various forms of ecstasy celebrating the Redemption of the Firstborn of their 5th cousin 7 times disputed. Not the JC either who are more interested when we're caught with our trousers down or drugs in our baggage than in our social needs. Perhaps one of our councillors, or the 'Rabbi', or the Buffoon, or the latest prick on the block competing with the 'Rabbi' over the number of constables he can be seen with and the number of Get Out of Jail cards he can dispense (though without mentioning how much is paid on passing Go).
The words above were by none other than the Labour MP for Hackney. But not the leadership contender and our MP Diane Abbott who is too busy with the Yemenites but rather by Meg Hillier, MP for Hackney South. And who quoted her and discussed at length the effect of the benefits cap on our community? None other than the goyishe blogger Blood and Property. And our leaders bless 'em will keep on telling us to vote Tory because, I'm not too sure because what but that's what heimishe guys do and don't ask question and just do as you're told.
And for those who want to delve further into the figures here is something that won't be music to many people's ears. According to this undated paper, Orthodox Jew make up about 7% of the Borough's population. An ethnic breakdown of Housing Benefit claimants shows us at 6% which is just under our percentage of the population. However, where the numbers become interesting is when you consider how the £400 cap affects our community. Take a look at this and you will understand why according to this report:
Ethnicity analysis of those LHA claimants who will be adversely affected by the cap proposal (see below), clearly shows that the Charedi community will be the most severely affected.But you needn't worry. Our press and rabbis won't mention it because it may cause some heretics to query why it is so and whether it has been ordained that it must remain so. Let them carry on with their demos against NVQs G-d forbid and carry coffins round Kensington and leave such nonsense as housing to our Dear Leaders who have our best interests in their hearts and pockets and they will sort it out for the best as they always do. And if not there is always the Book of Psalms to turn to which neither Tories nor Trotskys can deprive us of.


text:
Appliance (Electronic Equipment)
For manufacturers of the following appliances, which are NOT under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair and Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation, refer to the association listed below.
Compactors, Dehumidifiers, water heaters, Sewing machines, Gas Incinerators, Vacuum cleaners, Disposals, Hair dryers, Curling irons, Bread makers, Air conditioners (re: installation, refer to Contractors State License Board)
Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
2500 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22201
(703) 907-7500
(703) 907-7501 (fax)
EIA is not a resolution source. They will provide listings of manufacturers and contacts for consumers if there's no resolution at retail level.
Consumer Resource & Referral Guide
Directory of State Agencies
Directory of Federal Agencies
Return to DCA Home Page


text:
Surf Carving
The Spray
The Wave
The Surf
Oahu Swells
Modern Swells
Lining It Up
Barrel 2
The Final Stretch
Don't Look Back
Surf The Barrel
Surf The Barrel
I have a ton of surf photos from Hawaii and I am trying to figure out what to do with them all! I think I might put together a black & white series with some of them, try something a little different.
I am so glad I picked up a 2x extender for my 70-200mm, making it 400mm. Thanks +Hawaii Photo Rental :)
Pirate Ship Surfing
*Pirate Ship Surfing*
A quick edit from sunset yesterday and headed back out. — at Kakaako Waterfront Park.
Sunset Surfing
*Sunset Surfing*
Shooting at China Walls last night for sunset.
Pipeline Barrels
Ripping Pipeline
Kaito Kino
Zak Noyle Getting the Shot
North Shore Barrels
Modern Surf 1
2013Juneactionbarrelblack whiteblack and whitecanonhawaiiislandsnik softwareoahuoceanphotographymodernsurfpicturesridingsilver efex prosportsurfersurfingswellstelephototoby harrimanwaterwavesLining
From M O D E R N - S U R F


text:
Hey guys! I just bought an 04 Trailblazer Ls. I've had many Jeep's and trucks over the years so not new to off-road but definitely new to TBs. Looking to make my new baby more off-road worthy on a budget so I'm here for tips and inspiration.
Sent using Tapatalk