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9/6 9/10 Yet another pause in the Trip
Our last stop before leaving the US was a familial obligation visit with the in-laws in northeastern Ohio. One last chance to do some maintenance on the bikes before we pack them up. Yay! And one last chance to listen to my in-laws express their disapproval of our lives. Boo! Tuesday was an easy day of slacking off and sleeping late. The in-laws have 100 acres of land that used to be a rod-and-gun club, complete with a 10 acre or so lake. My father-in-law recently purchased a small pontoon boat with a 2hp electric motor for general lake duty. In the afternoon the sun made one of its very few appearances for the week and in order to take advantage of it, we took the boat out for a cruise and some fishing. The rest of the evening we again tried to explain our reasons for this trip, to little avail. Wednesday we borrowed a car and rode into town for some last minute supplies and to get out of the house for a while. We picked up fresh oil and a new blue tarp to replace the custom bike cover that we somehow lost in Raleigh. It rained most of the day, so it wasn't very conducive to getting much else done. Fortunately we went out to dinner so we could make polite small talk about the food instead of hearing how we are throwing our educations away (again).
Thursday was a better day as it was not raining too much and we could escape to the garage to do some bike maintenance. Our rear tires were shot and needed to be replaced. We had been carrying a new Michelin Gazelle each in case the stockers didn't last this far, but they did an admirable job for the last 5500 miles. Changing the tires couldn't have been easier. No bead breaker was required, just a firm squeeze with the hands, and no more than one tire iron was ever needed. We did Rebekah's bike first, the tire was easily removed and a tire iron was only needed to start the first bead over the rim. The tube was still in good shape, so it went back in and the new tire popped right back on. On installation, a tire lever was only required for the last couple of inches of the second bead. Sweet.
We aired up the tires using our Lezyne manual pump and it only took 270 strokes to reach 38 psi. The owner's manual has you remove the exhaust to facilitate getting the tire in and out of position, but I just lifted the back of the bike off of the ground as Re wiggled the tire back in place. Another advantage to a 200 pound bike! I just removed the tire from my bike since I was still (somewhat nervously) awaiting the delivery of my replacement spoke. I also took the opportunity to change the oil in both bikes and to adjust the valves. The valve adjustment is easiest with two people and only takes about 30 minutes, including removing and re-installing the leg shields. The intakes were less than .02mm loose and were easy to put right thanks to screw-type valve adjusters. The exhausts were both still good at .12mm, so we just buttoned them back up. A visual inspection of the chains showed no real change since the initial adjustment after installation. The sun made a brief appearance later that afternoon so we grabbed the binoculars and went out for a bird watching cruise on the lake before another uncomfortable dinner.
Friday was a nervous day, waiting for the UPS man to arrive with my spokes. This was the last chance for them to be delivered before we left for Canada and Africa, so I was more than a little anxious. We spent the morning shopping for my belated birthday dinner and having lunch at a great little hotdog shop in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The UPS man finally showed up around 3 pm with my spokes. Yay! Once again I would like to say Thanks to Chris at
Ooty's Scooters
for saving my butt and sending me these spokes. One of the most pleasant surprises of this trip has been the kindness of complete strangers who have helped us when we needed it. I installed the replacement spoke and popped the new tire on and lifted the rear of the bike so Re could wiggle the wheel back into place. Re got the wheel into the gap, and when I set the back end of the bike back down, we both saw and heard a nut fall out of the rear end of my bike... Well now, that's not right. Re pulled the rear wheel back out, and we soon found where the nut came from. The rear wheel of the Symba actually fits on a splined hub that remains attached to the bike when the wheel is removed. Similar to the set-up on bikes with single-sided swingarms, it's a nice system because you don't have to disturb the chain when you remove the wheel. The rear sprocket is bolted to the splined hub by four bolts that are held in place by tabbed washers. This is where the nut came from. Closer examination revealed that only one bolt was mostly snug, one had lost its nut entirely and the nuts were almost off on the other two... More worryingly still was that one bolt head had clearly been rubbing against the inside of the swingarm and had machined some thickness off of the bolt head. Not cool. The tabs on the washers appeared to have not done much good as they were all partially bent away from the bolt heads. I removed the hub from the bike, removed the bolts, re-flattened the washer tabs, and put it all back together and re-staked the tabs as tightly as I could. We then put it all back together and fit the wheel in place once more. We tightened everything back up, adjusted the chain and pronounced the bikes (after I inspected the bolts on Re's) fit for Africa! Ahem.
Saturday was our last day in Ohio and most of the day was taken up by lunch with members of Re's extended family, which was nice; it was good to catch up with some people we haven't seen in a long time. The not so nice part was the 1.5 hour ride each way with the in-laws. Later that evening we had another big discussion about our life choices over dinner. Re and I both know that our lives make some people very uncomfortable. We have chosen an unconventional path and Re's parents are the poster children for the conventional life. We don't see eye to eye. We certainly never try to push our way of life onto other people and we wish other people would do the same. After another awkward evening, we headed to bed early so we could be on the road in the morning.
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Dropping internet but not signal from WN802T
I have a WGR614v10 router (remember a g wifi router) set up on my network,connected to this is a GS608v3 ethernet switch and finally connected to this is the WN802T (a n wifi access point)
So my laptop has no problem connecting to the access point, hooks up to the network and the internet but after a few minutes my laptop loses internet and i have to disconnect and reconnect which instantly gives me back internet. This last somewhere between 2 -10 minutes.
I have set the PPoE to be on all the time on my router still has the problem. Now I am using the router to also great a g wifi network which never has these problems. My wife uses the g (older laptop) network awhile I am trying to use the n. my laptop is a Toshiba protege
Re: Dropping internet but not signal from WN802T
Hello all o/
Been plagued by this problem myself for a while now (its a sign of age that I've put up with it for so long before bothering to do something)
same symptoms, internet access drops periodically, although wireless network is all there (can still print etc) - a reconnect sorts the problem until the next time.
I've run through my entire network set-up again (Step by step, looking for something obvious) - testing it now to to see if its magically gone (did you resolve your own issues wlabar ? (if so how ?)
Was reading something somewhere else about WPA encryption causing issues, so if it persists I may try switching to WEP.
One other observations I have is that the daughters PC upstairs does not seem to do it (different OS's, adapters etc - so not much help there)
- any body with any stab in the dark suggestions ?
- If problem does persist I'll add some set-up info etc
Re: Dropping internet but not signal from WN802T
I've got exactly the same problem. My Windows 7 machine with Realtek RTL8191SE will connect in "N" for a couple of minutes, then drop the internet connection. If I reconnect it (the PC) to my other WiFi (G only) it connects fine and is steady as a rock. Likewise, if I disable "N" in either the PC or the WN802T, then it also connects fine.
As soon as N is enabled, the "internet" connection drops, but I can still ping the WAP and my NAS fine. It's as if it has lost the DNS, but all the status windows say it is fine.
I've tried every combination of encryption, including none - and every combination of QoS, IPv6 and other settings on and off. I can't nail down what the problem is.
I have 4 other PCs in the house which all connect perfectly, but are all XP based and don't have 'N' (and like I said if I throttle this one down to G it is fine too.)
I don't know whether it is Windows 7, the network adapter, the router, or what. So any bright ideas would be gratefully received as I'm going mental with this.
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Bill Broadley wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 08:27:03PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > 1. In my experience, Mandrake is superior to RedHat in every way -- they
> > took RedHat and made it better and bundled with better/more software.
> > HOWEVER -- I've never tried RedHat *Professional*.
> I've never tried Mandrake. I do know that on numerous application
> development mailing lists that all error reports from mandrake users
> were regularly ignored. They used a known broken pgcc compiler who's
> strongest attestment to compiler functionality is that they hadn't found
> a file that when compressed with the pgcc compiled gzip produced the
> wrong file when gunziped. No idea if things have improved since then.
I've never had any problems.
> > 2. Current versions of Mandrake and RedHat are 7.2 and 7.0,
> > respectively. But RedHat 7.0 has been giving us a lot of problems
> > so it's probably better to use RedHat 6.2 than 7.0. Mandrake
> > 7.2 has also given some of us some problems but it seems to be
> > an occasional problem with certain shaky hardware.
> I'm curious what problems you've had with rh7.0 and if it was patched.
> I'm having better luck with rh7.0 then any older distributions I've
> tried (once patched)
RH7 has had most problems with its experimental gcc that's incompatible
with many applications. Perhaps the patch fixes it -- it's an extra step
John has to go through, tho.
> > 3. I'd think a BSD would be better for server purposes than Linux.
> > Have you tried OpenBSD? That's what I'd go with personally.
> > Many argue Linux is just as good as BSD or better; I think each
> > has its strengths/weaknesses and we should make good use of it.
> Have you quantified any differences?
BSD development is done very carefully, and developments are always done
with server usage in mind (I'd think with a higher priority than any
desktop usage). They always come bundled to do server work, too. Yahoo
uses FreeBSD. OpenBSD comes with maximum security setting. BSD also has
years of usage behind it, and it's been tested left and right.
Linux, on the other hand is developed with the latest hardware and desktop
in mind. One person makes all the calls -- what goes in the kernel, and
what isn't. People who buy Linux generally want to know what hardware
will work with it, and what the latest and greatest software is available;
that leads to secondary attention to security, stability, optimal
performance (still waaaay better than Windows, but that's not a fair
comparison since Windows is so terrible to begin with... unfortunately
we've come to expect so little from software :(
People also disagree with *that* assessment. But that's where the
cultures are so that's what the tendencies become.
> > 4. Don't know nothin' about MySQL... It suffices to say the current/
> > most stable version (at the time of production) of MySQL comes
> > with many Linux distributions including Mandrake and probably RedHat.
> I've used mysql extensively with no problems.
I don't doubt -- MySQL is a widely used program... like for Slashdot...
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We're not gonna lie -- watching and covering a Major League game from the press box is pretty sweet. Great vantage point, good conversation among reporters and depending on the venue, pretty good food and drink, too.
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The foul ball shattered Sheldon's computer, before he had submitted the story. All work, gone. All everything, gone.
Dear @MLB, Mark's recap may be delayed. RT @m_sheldon: RIP my laptop. Sandoval foul hit it #reds pic.twitter.com/13oTqEyZ2j— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 4, 2014
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You're very welcome. If I remember I try to replace any photos I take during the winter since the quality isn't up to my normal standards.
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I fulfilled a request a couple of years ago for someone requesting photos for Richard & Michael Rutledge (your memorials) and I can't remember who requested them. I remember that I took the photos during the winter and wasn't 100% happy with the quality, especially with Michael's.
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All four of the Higgins that you have listed in the "Old Glenrock Cemetery" are buried in the Glenrock Cemetery. I think they all have photos posted. Ken
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Woud you consider transferring Comora Ellen King Shepherd Glaze over to me?
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Harrison Carroll was my cousin. Could I ask you to please add his birth and death dates on the memorial?
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Harrison was owner of Sun Motor Exchange in Phoenix for many, many years. He was born in Drumright, Creek Co., Oklahoma.
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Hello,do you have any further back info on the Beard family?
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This versiion of the famous island seasoning is from Ann Marie Whittaker, who noted: "This is found in almost every home and is the secret to the success for many mouth-watering Bajan dishes." One of the favorite uses is to place it between the meat and skin of chicken pieces before grilling, baking, or frying.
Note: This recipe requires advance preparation.
Believe it or not, the macadamia nut tree was first grown only for ornamental purposes. Thankfully, someone experimented with the nuts and discovered their butter-like, slightly sweet nature. This bread is so rich you won't need to butter it.
This recipe appeared in the article Chile-Spiced Brunch Ideas for Mother's Day on the Burn! Blog.
Grilled beans! What will they think of next? We're not suggesting you grill them bean by bean, but rather these are little bean torpedos bound together by mushrooms and bread crumbs. And go ahead, use black beans, kidney beans, whatever. Shape them into patties and serve them on hamburger buns. The chipotles in the sour cream add just the smoky flavor needed to complete the grilled bean experience. Serve with a corn and poblano chile strips salad and Mexican rice.
Although the title of this Cajun-based recipe is Barbecue Shrimp, the dish is actually cooked, not barbecued. Using the sauce as a condiment reduces the need for a number of ingredients as well as making it very easy to prepare.
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Colin Cowherd is host of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd, broadcast nationally from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Monday – Friday from ESPN Radio's studios in Bristol, Conn., and simulcast on ESPNU. In September 2013, Colin's New Football Show, which looks at college and professional football through Cowherd's singular prism, debuted at 9 a.m. on ESPN2.
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Colin's New Football Show, with a set designed as a kitchen and living room, features highlights, fantasy, interviews, commentary and more each week. Cowherd has also hosted various programs for ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN Classic. He was the original co-host of SportsNation, a one-hour, live studio show on ESPN2.
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In 1941 Allen Curnow published a poem about the effect of Canterbury's wild winds on the iron roofs of settler houses and sheds. Rather like W.H. Auden's "Night Mail" (1935), "Wild Iron" is a poem delighting in the sounds its subject generates. But it is also a poem about the effects of place on the mind ("Thoughts go wild, wild with the sound/Of iron on the old shed swinging, clanging"). This is a subject close to the centre of Curnow's concerns throughout an extraordinarily long and rich career in poetry, from early work where place torments and excites consciousness with its difference from the world where language and thought once had their home, to the late work where the observed world "looks …
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FOR all the boasting that Namibia is a rich country, we live like a poor family - unable to get out of the 'hand to mouth' cycle. It need not be like that because compared to many countries, Namibia really is an 'upper-middle income country' where no one should go to bed without a meal as more than 500,000 Namibians do currently.
It is not too late to change. But the truth is that the entire country is now caught up in an unsustainable bubble that needs strong-willed political and economic leaders to fundamentally change course.
A few major news stories this week must serve as a wake-up call to the reality that Namibians, no less the government, are living way beyond their means and that it might happen sooner rather than later that we join the Western nations whose governments are technically bankrupt. Already, several state-owned companies, which ought to be self-sustainable, are not doing so, and these are major role players in society like TransNamib.
Among indicators from news reports this week about just what is wrong with the status quo were the salaries of politicians and government employees [civil servants]. The main drivers for the demand or push of the pay packages of government employees have become the high and ever-rising cost of living (inflation).
Little regard is given to affordability and, most importantly, value for money i.e. performance so that everyone can rest assured tax funds are not used to prop up trendy lifestyles of people who would rather spend work time doing their private business.
Some may think interrogating this issue is much ado about nothing, but the numbers are scary. By the end of March the government would have spent about N$15.5 billion on paying its employees and politicians, a sum of about 100,000 people. Three years from now that figure will have risen close to N$20 billion. Add to the salaries the running costs merely to keep the state machinery going at current levels and the total spending will be N$32 billion by March, with half of it attributable to salaries for less than one percent of the Namibian population. Don't forget that the government sustains state-owned enterprises that should have been self sufficient.
By contrast, state revenue it is hoped will be N$35 billion by March, leaving little to build new infrastructure for our growing population of 2.1 million, consisting more than 65 percent of which are youth.
The government borrowed N$11 billion last year [N$5b this year, N$6 billion the following one and nearly N$470m in 2014/15] to have some money for development.
With the widespread waste that we have become accustomed to Namibians must be concerned that even the borrowed funds may not spur the country to development, never mind more equitable distribution of the resources.
The cold hard numbers suggest it will be a hard journey along the path we are treading despite our pretence that all is rosy in our resource-endowed country.
When Judge President Petrus Damaseb emphasised that politicians and their appointees must get a pay hike of 31 percent as a matter of "biting the bullet" now rather than later; in reality what is needed in 'biting the bullet' is a fundamental reorganisation of our government structures and systems.
Performance monitoring aside, it cannot be sustainable to have 406,000 taxpayers in a country of 2.1m and more than 100,000 of them [including parastatals and government agencies that are always dependant on state bailouts] paid from the same tax revenue pool. It makes no sense to keep economically active people dependent on taxpayers with the government pretending to be an employment agency while it is not involved in direct generation of taxable wealth.
For 2013 and beyond, the government leaders must bite the bullet by reducing the tax burden on the minority shouldering the majority if the country is to sustain itself for decades.
In addition, the government of the day must get serious about accountability. It helps no one having, for instance a minister presiding over a ministry which cannot hire and fire top staff members yet is expected to deliver. The same applies to the lip-service paid to decentralisation - let the voters decide on their ward and constituency councillors and allow the elected officials to appoint and run institutions to deliver. Only then can they account directly to the electorate in their communities.
The year 2013 should be an opportunity for the President and other elected officers to show purposeful leadership instead of placating the voters with cosmetic changes such as reshuffles of ministers and permanent secretaries as a mark of decisiveness.
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I could be wrong, but I thought the release of that thing got moved back to 1/08.
Beretta web site indicates release date of Jan 08. It looks like a pretty nice gun, so it may be worth waiting for.
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opinionBy John Weah
Upon my last visit to Liberia, my cousin asked me to take him to the "Bank." I pulled up to the Moneygram and said "that is not a bank, it is money sending and receiving company. He stated "to us here in Liberia, we call them banks because we go there to get money."
The visit was congested, hot, and lengthy. I overheard many of the conversations by weary customers and the common theme was "I waiting for my money from the states." Or "they only sending me small something." "That all they send, they don't know Liberia is hard, eh?"I got plenty relatives in the states so they send me money every month."Etc.
Are we Liberians in the Diaspora really assisting our relatives or making them dependent on handouts? Here in America, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 promoted the "Great Society" where welfare became the order of the day. Welfare has caused many African Americans to be dependent on a measly gratuity from the Federal Government on a monthly basis instead of going out into the marketplace and earning a living. It has created generations of low-income poverty stricken individuals who cycle the mentality of being dependent to their offspring.
The Correlation: Liberians are following in the footsteps of the Welfare Society by being much too dependent on the Diaspora Liberians especially those in America for monthly support by way of Moneygram and Western Union. Despondent, they are not using the money wisely. We, here in America, have to punch a clock, not be tardy, and work the complete 8 hours (unlike Liberians who sit around the average office gossiping and conniving about how to screw the government out of money)." The monies sent provide our relatives and friends with cash that is not used wisely and within a month, the request is made for additional monies... ... .just like the Welfare System in America.
That day, one fellow said "let's go to the entertainment center (cheap low class bar) and look for woman" to his companion, after receiving his generous gift. Here in the states, many of the welfare recipients drink, smoke cigarettes, dope and blow all of their money and wait for their welfare cards to be recharged with their monthly allotments. They hardly go out and work because they know that they know the American govern will send out the welfare. Liberians will go the Moneygram and Western Union and pickup cash rather than open up a business or go looking for a job. They say "I have malaria or typhoid" "need school fees" "relative just died" "rogues broke into the house" "no food" "children need clothes and books" etc. just to get money.
After my last visit, I sat down with my wife and decided that instead of sending money to Liberia on a monthly or quarterly basis, I would just say "here is $200 go and buy some DK (used clothes) sit in Red Light District, make money and rebuy DK. IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT I SAY "NO MORE MONEY." GIVE A MAN A LOAF OF BREAD AND HE IS HUNGRY TOMORROW. TEACH HIM TO FISH AND IT LASTS A LIFETIME.
The time has come for us to create relationships that are not dependent. The constant flow of monies to relatives and friends without putting limitations on the productive use of it makes us an enabling entity: One that relishes the power of having others beg and continually depend on them for gratuity. Since I instituted that policy, I have not had one early morning call with all of the usually whining about money.
Although it costs us over $2000 (most of our IRS refund) it was worth it for both mine and my wife's families. I am tired standing in line, paying sending fees ($10 to $20), and neglecting my own children's needs just to pay for someone to go out and get drunk and blow my hard earned money needlessly. You may think I am an idiot but just think about how much money you have sent over the past 10 or 20 years, add it up, plus interest.
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MIRANDA KERR poses nude in the British edition of "GQ" and tells us more than we need to know about her sexuality. She's a member of the Mile High Club, she's open to GIRL-ON-GIRL action and she always asks for a critique from her partner after sex.
Sources say KATY PERRY dumped JOHN MAYER because she found out he was having kinky sex with KELLY MONACO. One source says, quote, "[Kelly] was open to the things that John's into, like sexy toys, tying each other up and threesomes. He couldn't get enough." Katy reportedly found texts between them and sent John packing.
In the new issue of "Interview" magazine, JOHNNY DEPP admits that he smokes A LOT. Asked how many cigarettes he burns down in a day, he says, quote, "I'll bet a thousand. I'm working my way up to ten thousand." Obviously he's exaggerating, since that would be 50 packs A DAY.
According to a new survey, ANNE HATHAWAY is the most unfairly hated and mocked celebrity. JAY LENO is second. The poll also found that TAYLOR SWIFT is considered the biggest celebrity "player" . . . and DESTINY'S CHILD is the group most people want to do a reunion tour.
Lindsay Lohan's longtime assistant, Matt Harrell, has reportedly quit because she couldn't afford to pay him anymore. After production on her reality show wrapped for Oprah's OWN network, Lohan told him that she couldn't really afford to keep him on her payroll. A source says that Matt still agreed to accompany Lindsay to do press for the reality show, but isn't working for her.


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In the US alone, 17.9 million people suffer from diabetes. In the entire world, at least 171 million have to deal with various aspects of the disease on a day-to-day basis. One such aspect involves testing one's blood glucose level – which can, for diabetes sufferers, become dangerously low or high. For some time now, we've been hearing whispers of an iPhone connected blood glucose monitor: a device which could, quite literally, change the lives of millions.
Today, TUAW reports that such a device is now closer than ever to being released. The pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis has recently announced the iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter – a blood glucose meter which ingeniously plugs directly into your iPhone's Dock Connector port.
Currently, the device is about to be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While exact information on the blood glucose meter is hazy, we do know that it works with an app similar to the free Wavesense Diabetes Manager, which is available in the App Store now. Users will be able to test their blood glucose level using the device and the application. Additionally, they'll be able to use the app to email a physician if they have any questions regarding their illness.
As you can see from the above screenshot, users place a test strip (containing a droplet of blood) into the device, which connects to the Dock Connector port at the bottom of the handset. It's pure genius.
We'll be reporting on the iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter as soon as more information becomes available. In the meantime, you can check out the device's site for more information. And, be sure to let us know whether this will change your life in the comments below!


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A crew from McMinnville Public Works slowly took the front off the Park Theatre on Wednesday and unveiled a shock — the building is in good shape.
Public Works director Bill Brock says he had braced himself for the worst prior to work beginning.
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YOUR sweater could one day provide all the power you need to run your MP3 player, mobile phone or palmtop computeras long as you're not standing in a darkened room, that is. The idea comes from scientists in Germany, who have developed synthetic fibres that generate electricity when exposed to light. The researchers say the fibres could be woven into machine-washable clothes to make the ultimate in portable solar cells.
The discovery may provide a big boost for developers of wearable computers, who've been plugging their devices into mini fuel cells or plain old batteries. A sail made of solar fabric might even be able to provide power for a boat's electronics, says Martin Rojahn of the Institute of Physical Electronics at the University of Stuttgart.
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Roca Salon and SpaRead MoreRoca Salon & Spa's roots draw upon more than 35 years of styling history, adventure, and love. It began with Vidal Sassoon–trained hairstylist Rod Cavner running a small Main Street salon named Blondie's, where he was joined by his soon-to-be wife, and fellow Vidal Sassoon–trained hairstylist, Rhonda. After marrying and moving to Hawaii for four years, the duo returned with innovative new services, design concepts, and island-themed nicknames for friends. The result was Rhonda's three-year makeover of the space, which now includes eco-friendly, energy-efficient lighting and appliances as well as eye-catching decor. The couple's time spent island hopping is evident in the pedicure room, where bamboo reaches up toward a sparkling chandelier that shines upon backlit purple-and-pink glass basins, in which toes bask in hot stones and Hawaiian mud. Stacey Soble of Salon Today interviewed Rhonda when the salon was named the third runner-up in the magazine's Salon of the Year design competition. Cavner said, "The bonus wow factor is the entire styling area floor has embedded phosphorescent chips which cause the floor to glow in the dark when the lights suddenly go off!" But the decor isn't the only thing that earned the company recognition as one of KC Magazine's best Kansas City salons in 2012. The talented team includes hair colorists who have trained in London, Paris, and Beverly Hills, as well as skilled aestheticians, massage therapists, and nail technicians. The color experts work their magic in an elegant, modern area with see-through chairs, potted white orchids, and long strings of crystal beads that divide the space and give visiting Spider-Men an easy way to reach the ceiling.1200 W 39th StKansas City, MO US
Embassy Suites Kansas CityRead MoreProperty Location Embassy Suites Kansas City - Plaza is centrally located in Kansas City, walking distance from Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and close to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This hotel is within close proximity of Country Club Plaza and Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 266 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have private balconies. Premium TV channels and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, while wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and complimentary weekday newspapers, as well as multi-line phones with voice mail. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an indoor pool, a sauna, and a steam room. This hotel also features wireless Internet access (surcharge), a concierge desk, and gift shops/newsstands. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the complimentary area shuttle that operates within 2 mi. Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves lunch and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at a complimentary manager's reception, held daily at evening. At the end of the day, relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a business center, business services, and audiovisual equipment. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a ballroom. Parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.220 W 43rd StKansas City, MO US
Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City AirportRead MoreProperty Location With a stay at Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City Airport in Kansas City, you'll be near the airport and close to Harley Davidson Factory and Tiffany Greens Golf Course. This hotel is within the vicinity of Zona Rosa Shopping Mall. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 200 air-conditioned guestrooms. Relax and take in pool views from the privacy of your room. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including a fitness facility and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, a fireplace in the lobby, and a television in the lobby. If you'd like to spend the day shopping, you can hop on the complimentary shuttle. Dining Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar and a pool view. You can also stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). At the end of the day, relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and business services. Planning an event in Kansas City? This hotel has 3000 square feet (270 square meters) of space consisting of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a ballroom. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available on request).11828 NW Plaza CirKansas City, MO US


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In 1840, four years after Texas won independence from Mexico, settlers in Texas, for the most part, did not have to worry about the threat of Mexican intervention.
However, the steady flow of newcomer settlers to Texas still had to contend with the threat of the Indians, primarily the Comanches.
The Comanches still posed serious problems in a large region of the Republic of Texas. The region was best known as the Comancheria lands that reached from the plains and mountains of what is now south-central Colorado to the Trans-Texas Pecos region of Texas.
As a result, the Comanches controlled all of the Hill Country and the Nueces River area, knowing no boundaries.
They pillaged and terrorized the lands and settlers between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, including Laredo, and struck in the northern stretches of Mexico.
A Monterrey newspaper published an editorial in 1840 commenting on the fury of the Indians that came from the Texas side of the border. The translation of the editorial, in part, said:
"To our shame, the Indians have appeared very early, making their raids and murders, and the (only) company...that has organized, has to fight Indians in many different locations, in a manner that has augmented more and more the boldness of the barbarians, that without injury commit all types of bad things."
In a nutshell, the message to the residents of Monterrey and towns read that resistance only served to enraged the Comanches to do more harm.
The Indians of New Spain (Toltecs, Mayas, Aztecs, Mexicas) learned to hate the Spanish conquerors and later their Mexican oppressors. The Incas felt the same way in South America.
More than a century after settling villages in Comancheria, the Comanches moved began to move south to hit on the Mexican frontier. Their favorite targets were the ranches of the Mexican provinces of the desert north. Northern Mexico historical entries describe the Indian assaults in Agualeguas, Cadereyta Jimenez, Cerralvo, Villaldama, Sabinas Hidalgo, Lampazos and ranching communities like Punteagudo, Nogales, Escondida and Cieneguita.
The raiders for the most part were Comanches, although other bands of Coahuiltecans, Lipan Apaches, Kiowas and Mescalero Apaches did their share of harm.
The post-Texas Independence Comanches were no dummies. They discovered it was easier to raid the defenseless ranchers and towns in northern Mexico than to send their bows and arrows against the more effective long rifles of the Anglo-Celtic Texans - the Texas Rangers.
If the Indians in Mexico and the U.S. southwest frontier hated their oppressors with a passion, the Spaniards and the Mexicans felt the same way for the Indians. In the U.S., particularly the border regions of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, people had the same attitude toward the war-like Indians.
Texans in particular had their hands full with the Indians. White settlers who came to Texas under Spain and later Mexico had to deal with the different bands of Indians. The situation for Texans prevailed before and after Texas independence from Mexico. These Indian groups included the Wichita, the Caddo, Tonkawa, Karankawa, Tonkawa, Coahuiltecan, Juamno, Mercalero Apaches, Lipan Apaches.
Nuevo Leon historian Don Ernesto Zertuche Gonzalez, who at age 92 authored a book on the history of Lampazos, described the horrors suffered by people in northern Mexico communities at the hands of Lipan Apaches, Comanches and Kickapoos. Don Ernesto, who earned his military laurels at Mexico's West Point (Honorable Colegio Militar) and received degrees in topography-engineering and journalism, wrote that his home community of Lampazos suffered greatly from the horrors of the barbarous Indians.
Who were these Indians? The author identified them as Payagunes, Cibolos, Tobosos, Rayados, Lipanes, Apaches, Catujanes and others.
Don Ernesto pointed out that the Indian ravages on the Lampazos community were of such magnitude that the domesticated and peaceful Tlaxcaltecas abandoned the mission. It prompted the Lamapazeńos to join 10 other vecino communities into what became known as San Juan Baustisa de Horcasitas. Thereafter, the residents took up the name of simply Lampazos for their townsite.
In colonial times, the Lampazos region was the Land of Live War (Tierra de Guerra Viva) because of the constant assaults by the Indians. In his 17th Century book, Historia del Nuevo Reino de Leon, Don Alonso de Leon wrote about the Indians that roamed the northern frontiers of Mexico: "These people are the fury of the earth."
Don Alonso noted that the Lampazos area was part of a northern region literally ignored by the conquest. Higher authority, he wrote, was blind to the cruel and inhuman treatment of the natives by the conquistadores. Don Alonso, therefore, justified the natives' behavior "because they had no alternative but to rebel."
Carlos V of Spain had decreed an end to the abuse of the natives in his Laws of the Indians (Leyes de Indias). In addition, the Crown mandated proper care, treatment and freedom for the natives. These dictates, according to Don Alonso, were ignored.
The encomenderos were established to correct the inhumanities against the Indians, but the things remained the same: Indians were treated like slaves and were sold at auctions like pieces of merchandise.
Facing protests from the Church and the Crown, Don Francisco Barbadillo y Vitoria, governor of the Nuevo Reino de Nuevo Leon, in 1715 shut down the system of encomienda and imposed controls on compensation and hours of work for the servitude (slaves). It didn't work either. Don Francisco returned to the Nuevo Reino to enforce the rules over a period from 1719 to 1723, 32 years before the arrival of Tomás Sanchez at Villa de San Agustin de Laredo. The domesticated natives began to see change for the better by the middle of the 18th Century.
Meanwhile, in the northern frontier regions, other bands of Indians continued pillaging and killing mercilessly. They were the nomad Native Americans who were being pushed out of their lands by the American colonial movement to the west and southwest.
"These people don't honor law, King or God," De Leon wrote from what he saw what he heard and what he knew from others' accounts.
De Leon described the natives: "They sleep on the ground with a pile of grass or deer rack for a head rest. They are pigs, run about naked, tie animal hide on their feet for protection against stones and thorns, paint their faces and body parts in various colors, cover their genitals with grass, those who can wear a deer hide in front and back, They are tall, fast on foot, walk and run like a horse. They eat meat from a kill, fish, and in winter, eat hot mezquitamal; in hot weather, the cacti, the mesquite and every kind of bird or animal in the absence of buffalo. They don't cultivate crops. They live in promiscuity and practice cannibalism. Women eat the flesh of a friend. The men, if they drink in mixed company (men and women), eat human bones, burned and grinded in mezquitamal.
"In battle, they kill the opponent, one and all, regardless of gender or age. They sack and take everything. And what is not taken is destroyed by fire. They scalp the kill and attach the scalp to a pole."
In his journals now housed in the Obispado in Monterrey, Don Ernesto Zertuche Gonzalez tells of the suffering in Lampazos at the hands of the Lipans and Comanches. Zertuche quoted Juan Bautista Chapa wherein the Conde of Galvez suggested in 1786 that the only solution to the Indian problem was their extinction.
Finally, chased out of the border regions of Tamaulipas with Texas by cracked Escandón forces, the Indians crossed the Rio Grande to resume the pillage north of the river.
The insurgency of Indians in the vast territories of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila continued through the 19th Century.
According to Don Ernesto Zertuche Gonzalez the authorities ordered the evacuation of Leon (now Cerralvo), the capital, in 1591 because the town militia could not defend against Indian assaults. Strangely enough, 38 years earlier, in a gesture of goodwill and pacification, the Nuevo Leon state government agreed to provide the Indians land, water and communal units.
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The motorbike section saw a change of hands in terms of the overall lead as Frenchman Olivier Pain, who timed 10:10:38, took over from compatriot and four-time winner Cyril Despres who is on 10:13: 47.
The stage was won by Spanish rider Joan Barreda Bort on a Husqvarna, who recorded his second stage win of this year's race in beating Pain by 8minutes 23seconds after finishing the stage with a time of 03:41:09, while another Frenchman David Casteu was third.
Pain leads Casteu in the overall standings by 2minutes 24seconds over second placed Castu on 10:13: 02 with defending champion Despres, dropping to third 3minutes 09seconds adrift.