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It went somehow like this a few years ago, when a blog friend from Germany mentioned me the Italian band Il Malpertugio because he thought he would be able to discuss with someone acquainted with them about how much he was digging them and so on. I had no idea, and I blushed,even if nobody was looking at me. It was not the only time, actually, especially with bands of my own country, when not of my own city. It is not the first time that I mention the situation in my country, where a substantial number of great underground bands suffer isolation and almost complete lack of interest by media and labels. Bands like Il Malpertugio, that practice their art in Southern Italy, are even more "hidden" than many others here in Northern Italy (from where I am writing) because there it is even more difficult to emerge. But tough people like the guys in Il Malpertugio did it, amidst of many difficulties related to everyday life and to the necessary DIY attitude with much much much more difficulties than the northern underground bands. But, as we say in Italy, "class" is heavier than water. As a matter of fact, these guys have a lot of class, and they play heavy!
Il Malpertugio is an unsigned, eclectic psychedelic stoner metal band from Caserta, near Naples.
The line-up includes 5 musicians. Guitarists Emilio Cuoco and Antonio Zannone together with bassist Antonio Nardone (replacing previous bassist Giuseppe Marino) and drummer Gianluca Zannone provide the riff machine and a crafted wall of sound to the great vocal parts by Ivan "Barrett" Franzini.
The name of this band has a literary origin, as it stems from Boccaccio's Decameron as the name of a location of grim fame where people with doubtful virtues dwell. Basically a slum from the Middle Age …
The band started making noise basically ten years ago, in 2002, but the musical project was better defined after vocalist Ivan and guitarist Emilio joined the band. Some touring activity inside and outside Italy between 2005 and 2009, with the first prize at an Italian rock festival at Ceprano, and the collaboration with film-makers, gained some attention to the band and more than positive reviews and comments on many Italian and foreign fanzine and webzines (Perkele, DesertRock.it, Psychotropic Zone, Novamuzique, EUTK.net, Shapelesszine, Metaldemons, Rockshock.it, Metal Zone, Raw and Wild Zine, etc.) besides a warm and convinced support by a growing fan base.
The band released a cool début EP, The Blues Demon's Show, back in 2007. Last Halloween night 2011 saw the release of their début full-length album, Sunset Screaming in a big concert in their town together with the Greek stoner-desert band 1000Mods as enthusiastic guest.
Since I knew this band some time ago I have kept in contact. The followers of the Sludgeswamp know them for that cool début EP, for their unreleased track into the second edition of the Swamp Comp and for cool videos made by guitarist Antonio Zannone who is involved in the film direction activity.
With a name sounding both old-fashioned and sinister, atmospheres of doom may be evoked. However these guys do not play classic doom. Previously I wrote that Il Malpertugio is an "eclectic" stoner metal band. This means that their style can broadly be referred to as Stoner Rock, because the band's sounds owes much to other styles and sources of inspiration as well, inside, and even outside, the realms of rock and metal. As I had written in the past, Il Malpertugio's heavy and groovy style is an enthusiastic but quite personal hommage to stoner and psychedelic rock monsters such as Dozer, Orange Goblin, Kyuss, Roachpowder, to the unavoidable Sabbathian dark and acid rock from the 70's as well as to heavy music of the 80's and 90's, like classic heavy metal, grunge (e.g., Soundgarden) as well as noisy, proggy to experimental/jazzy metal (e.g., Tool, Primus, etc.). While listening to Il Malpertugio you'll also find some elements of atmospheric world/folk music, just hints, but enough to root back their music into the latitude they belong, the sunny cradle of cultures of the Mediterranean Sea.
All this means that Il Malpertugio's songs are polyedric constructions that can be appreciated barely for their powerful, groovy and heavy mid- to up-tempo charges, but that can also be "explored" to different levels.
Malpertugio's distorted riffs and drumming charges often follow rather complex, sometimes unexpected patterns with frequent tempo changes that cope well with Ivan Franzini's impressive vocals. The latter, in particular, are not simply powerful but sometimes also "unusual". Ivan's voice is clean, but because of its strength and for the "acid", moderately strained tones that Ivan is sometimes able to produce, the vocal parts do contribute to convey wicked, painful or dramatic sensations or atmospheres.
All Malpertugio's lyrics are in English.
The band has always produced their own music at remarkably high quality standards sound-wise, if compared with many bands when at their early releases. The debut full-length album follows that path: it is a blend of new songs with some of the best tracks of the 2007 EP with some remastering, and it is proudly top-quality self-produced.
Album Sunset Screaming includes 9 tracks for slightly less than 37 minutes. In average songs last between 3 and 4 and a half minutes, although by an over 6 minutes-long suite closes the album. In detail: Bugs, Shotgun, Enmity, Obsession, One Hour of Weakness, In This Bloody Night, Deranged, Sunset Screaming and Let the Shit In.
Four tracks are from the 2007 EP: the opening track Bugs, Obsession, Sunset Screaming and the final track, Let The Shit In. As to the other previously unreleased tracks, the Sludgeswamp aficionados will remember track Deranged, kindly donated for the Swamp Comp no. 2 just after the first mastering.
"Bugs" is the track that made me fall in love with the style of this band, boosted riffing over a cool bass base and those great vocal tricks done by singer Ivan with his voice ranging from acid to deformed and even almost echoing like a muezzin's call. The tempo, the riffage and the drum charges grow together with Ivan's voice. The singing gets faster and almost frenetic to the utmost till the end where all is mixed and almost chaotic.
Track Shotgun is more homogenenous, is more firmly rooted into stoner rock and pays a hommage to the old-school hard rock of the 70's as well, especially with those cool riffs knitted in the central part.
"Enmity" briefly starts with the classic combination of relentless riffs and Ivano's tight acid singing but soon a magic, acoustic interval evoking Middle Eastern, or better Mediterranean atmospheres, takes over. There Ivano's vocals are warm, deep and echoing. This beautiful song sees two mind states, lead by frenzy or by calmness, alternating several times, in a sort of charming conflict.
"Obsession" is a cool, headbang-inducing, old-flavoured stoner- heavy doom metal track lead by a hypnotizing plodding rhythm produced by the downtuned guitars and periodically interrupted by some catchy accelerations. Towards the end the pace of these accelerations gets higher, almost punkish, and Ivano's vocals follow and close with some raging growls!
The other tracks, both brand new and remastered, develop the multifaceted style of this band in similar ways as described until now, i.e. by and mixing many diverse genres, experimenting on them but never leaving the paths of groove-laden metal with modern dynamics sounds but deeply rooted in the past. The result is a sequence of highly enjoyable songs lead by clever melodies able to grasp attention in a different way any time and, at the same time, making you feel like headbanging to them. The last three tracks of the album, Deranged, Sunset Screaming and Let The Shit In, are very familiar to me and are among my favourite ones of this album. I listened to them many times. It may not be a case that the first two of them, Deranged and Sunset Screaming, were chosen for building up two cool official videos. "Sunset Screaming" is more indebted to acid desert rock à-la-QOTSA, and is very atmospheric and almost melancholic. The desert evoked is a Southern Mediterranean desert especially thanks the employment of a typical Sicilian mouth instrument towards the end of the track. Track Deranged is fast and "nasty" and the video duly shows the musicians and their friends (at work and in life) acting like wicked doctors into a deranged asylum and all ending up taking part into a grotesque satanic-like ritual. An album like this can't but end with a hommage to the "old school". Track "Let the Shit in" is modern in its dynamics and in its clear, crispy sounds, but it's drenched with the vibe of the hard and psychedelic rock from the 70's, and duly ends with some minutes of trippy, space noisy effects slowly fading away.
As it was for the début EP, also in the new album Il Malpertugio confirm their love for energetic groovy metal and develop their curiosity towards a wide range of styles although they never stray too much from the boundaries of the heavier forms of stoner rock. The combination of the rich, solid, sulphurous mid-tempo riff attacks by the axemen with the outstanding, peculiar vocal parts by singer Ivan Franzini results in performances which are not only expression of great combined technical skill by all musicians but also fresh and involving.
The début album can be entirely streamed on the band's official website and is available for purchase directly from the band at the contacts below.
If you like stoner and you like heavy metal, but you are "curious" and you like to be "surprised" and you also like when a record does not get "dull" after only two or three spinnings, well, you'll have good time with Il Malpertugio...... 9/10
Review by Marilena Moroni
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Not having the stalling issue right now I can tell you what I would try as a workaround until the fix was brought out by triumph...I would get the bike nice and hot, then adjust the throttle slack such that it had just enough tension to raise the rpm by 100 or so. Then I would ride it and see if that kept it from stalling if so, great if not I would up it again. That would at least allow me to not always have the "is it gonna stall?" sitting in my head every time I came to a stop while I waited for triumph to provide an update.
Basically the thought behind this is to put in just enough input to the tps to prevent the ecu from falling into the the bad idle mode. This is distinctly different than upping the ecu default idle speed...
My thoughts on that is that you could make the situation worse because if it's the TPS that's at fault, as I suspect, every time you turn the key, your new cable position would be "zero" for the TPS. IMO it's the TPS zero position that's too low which is forcing the tickover lower than it should be and the engine then stalls.
What I'd like someone to do (because I don't have the problem) is :-
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Flavor Palm Beach Begins
September 2, 2012
PALM BEACH – The fifth-annual month-long dining event held each September is breathing new life into its program, starting with a newly formed partnership with Share Our Strength, one of the nation's leading not-for-profit organizations. Flavor Palm Beach has also launched a head turning photo campaign featuring local familiar faces, and changed the format of the kick off events.
Flavor is proud to announce its new partnership with Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit that is ending childhood hunger in America. The organization's highest priority is to make sure that every child in America gets the nutritious food he or she needs to learn, grow, and thrive, – Flavor Palm Beach is helping reach that goal. As an activist for the organization, Flavor will be donating all event proceeds to SOS.
To help continue to entice residents to dine out all month while offering restaurants a creative platform to present their food, Flavor Palm Beach introduces a new program with local kick off parties replacing the one central event of years past. The premiere event on August 29, which will serve as Flavor's kickoff event and the launch of the new program, will be relocated from Downtown Waterfront to local restaurant Top of the Point also in downtown. Flavor will host weekly Meet the Chef events every Wednesday in September, each time highlighting a different restaurant in the county starting with Sept 5th at III Forks and Cantina Laredo at Midtown in Palm Beach Gardens, Sept 12th at the Historic Sundy House in Boca Raton, and a finale at PB Catch on Sept 26th, tickets and more information are available on the company's website. The evenings will include small bites, an evening signature beverage, silent auction and more.
The photo campaign features familiar local faces telling the story of why they love Flavor Palm Beach. LILA Photo shot the campaign which features James Beard award nominated chefs Clay Conley and Zach Bell, world famous collage artist Bruce Helander, award winning food journalist Jan Norris, some adorable babies with a tongue in cheek reason and many more. The campaign has already worked with over 1500 new fans on the Facebook page.
Flavor Palm Beach invites foodies to take advantage of extraordinarily priced three-course lunches and dinners from Palm Beach County's best restaurants. The three-course lunch is priced at $20 and the three-course dinner is $30/$35per person. September is your chance to discover new restaurants and enjoy all your favorites at a discounted price! Almost 50 restaurants include Café Boulud, Renato's, III Forks Steakhouse, Capital Grille, PB Catch, Pistache French Bistro, Ruth's Chris, Talay Thai, Café Chardonnay, Flagler Steakhouse, 3800 Ocean, Charley's Crab, The Sundy House, Vic and Angelos, Sundy House, Imoto, The Office, Top of the Point, The Italian Restaurant at The Beakers, Rosso Italia, Patio Delray, The Restaurant at the Four Seasons, The Leopard Lounge at the Chesterfield Hotel. City Oyster, Josef's Table, Red the Steakhouse, and many more. For a complete list, menus and reservations visit FlavorPB.com
For more information on Flavor Palm Beach, visit www.flavorpb.com. Learn more about Share Our Strength at www.strength.org.
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Children's Trust Event For Kids Sept. 15
September 1, 2012
MIAMI — The Children's Trust invites South Florida families to enjoy the 6th Annual FREE Family Expo from 10 AM to 6 PM on Sat., September 15th, 2012, at the Miami- Dade County Fair & Exposition, located at 10901 Coral Way (SW 24th Street) in Miami. Read more
Bass Museum Hosts Jazz Series With Brian Murphy, Fernando Ulibarri Quartet
June 27, 2012
MIAMI BEACH – The Bass Museum of Art resumed its celebrated HOT NIGHTS COOL JAZZ concert series through Friday, July 27 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The four-week summer series will run every other Friday evening andwill feature some of the best contemporary Jazz artists in South Florida. Read more
Florida Watercolors Set for November 2011 Opening
October 18, 2011
DAYTONA BEACH – The most comprehensive and prestigious collection of Florida Watercolors will open this November at the Museum of Arts & Sciences (MOAS) as part of Reflections II – Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000, from the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown.
Featured artists include John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Doris Lee, Reginald Marsh, Thomas Moran, Jane Peterson, Ogden Minton Pleissner, Anthony Thieme, Laura Woodward, and Andrew Wyeth.
The exhibit opens to the public on November 13 and will run through March, 2012. Read more
Ladies' Fishing Series Set for Islamorada
October 18, 2011
Women are invited to explore the finest of fishing at the next "Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!" seminar, Nov. 11-13 at the Holiday Isle Resort and Marina in Islamorada.
"Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!" is a national organization dedicated to attracting more women to sport fishing and to promoting conservation and responsible angling. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is co-hosting the event through the Sport Fish Restoration Program.
During the three-day, hands-on event, FWC educators will demonstrate ethical angler habits such as safe hook removal, release techniques and more. Local fishing guides will provide instruction on fishing techniques and methods.
"Our Islamorada seminar provides women with a unique experiential vacation getaway where they can learn, network and enjoy the fabulous Florida Keys and all of its remarkable fishing," said Betty Bauman, founder of the series.
On the final day of the seminar, women may embark on an optional fishing trip.
See www.ladiesletsgofishing.com, call 954-475-9068,
Pan Am-ers Visit Thriving Piece of Pan Am Brand
September 23, 2011
MIAMI – Pan Am International Flight Academy is a scheduled stop for the much anticipated "Worldwide Family Reunion" of former Pan Am Employees being held October 20 – 23, 2011 in Miami, Florida.
Former employees, friends and family of Pan Am International Flight Academy's founding airline, Pan American Airways, affectionately known as Pan Am, together with aviation aficionados from all over the globe and every division of the company, are expected to attend the reunion being held in the Dinner Key/Coconut Grove area of Miami. Read more
Gag Grouper Reopens Sept. 16
September 16, 2011
The 2011 recreational harvest of gag grouper in all Gulf of Mexico waters off Florida, except Monroe County, reopens Sept.16 for two months. This season will allow anglers in both federal and state Gulf waters an opportunity to harvest gag grouper. The gag grouper season has been closed in state waters since June 1 and in federal waters since Jan. 1.
During the open season, from Sept.16 through Nov.15, recreational anglers may keep two gag grouper within the four-grouper aggregate daily limit in all Gulf waters off Florida except Monroe County state waters. The minimum size limit for gag grouper in these waters is 22 inches total length.
These harvest dates for gag grouper apply in 2011 only. More information on grouper management is available online at MyFWC.com/Fishing; click on "Saltwater" and "Regulations" then "Groupers."
Florida Folk Festival Memorial Day Weekend 2011
May 25, 2011
WHITE SPRINGS – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Park Service will host the 59th Annual Florida Folk Festival at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park Memorial Day weekend, Friday, May 27, 2011 through Sunday, May 29, 2011. The Florida Folk Festival is the state's premier heritage event, celebrating Florida's land, people and diverse culture. Festivities will begin Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the banks of the Suwannee River featuring a performance by Grammy Award-winning country artist Billy Dean. Read more
MangoMania in Pine Island Set for July 30, 31
May 22, 2011
CAPE CORAL – The mango is the star attraction for two days each summer on Pine Island. Go wild for fruit as
you sample locally-grown delicacies at this annual affair, an unusual celebration of all the tropical fruit grown on the island, which also includes lychee, carambola, longan, papaya, and "chocolate pudding fruit."
Fruit, exotic fruit trees, and fruit-related products are available for purchase. The festival also offers live music, kids' activities and rides. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission: $6 for adults; free for ages 9 and younger. July 30-31, 2011 at the German-American Social Club, 2101 Pine Island Road. Call 239-283-4842 or see www.mangomaniafl.com
Winter Party – Young Artists Studio Concert
February 24, 2011
MIAMI BEACH – Surround yourself with art and beauty Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. as you listen to selections from the upcoming productions of Don Giovanni and Cyrano as sung by members of Florida Grand Opera's Young Artist Studio. A wine and cheese reception follows immediately in the lobby sponsored by SAVE Dade.
This event is FREE and open to the public, sponsored by The Miami Foundation. The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139


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As CRM gets more social, Microsoft had little choice but to follow some of its competitors such as Salesforce.com and make that shift with Microsoft Dynamics too. That's why it was significant when Microsoft announced two social partnerships last week -- one with its own Yammer and the other with Moxie.
That the first involved Microsoft's recently acquired Yammer is hardly surprising. One of the reasons Microsoft paid a hefty 1.2 billion for Yammer in June was because it wanted the ability to make many of its applications including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, more social.
According to Microsoft, the integration involves what they are calling the Enterprise Social graph and includes the ability to embed Yammer social functionality including Like and Follow buttons and Yammer feeds inside Microsoft Dynamics.
Frank Lee, a Microsoft MVP and owner at Workopia, a firm that helps SMBs implement Microsoft Dynamics, believes that Yammer has an advantage over other social vendors simply being part of Microsoft.
"Yammer has some leg up in terms of immersing/integrating itself with Dynamics CRM now that it is part of Microsoft. It is imperative for Yammer to help Dynamic CRM to become the de-facto social CRM vendor of choice to justify that $1.2 billion," he said.
But other vendors aren't standing still: today, enterprise social platform Moxie announced some integration of its own.
Brent Leary, owner at CRM Essentials, a firm that helps firms implement a variety of CRM solutions, says Moxie is coming at this from more of a customer angle, while Yammer is more of an internal social approach.
"I think the main focus of Yammer integration is that it brings more general social and collaboration functionality to companies in order to better interact within the organization, with partners, and with customers," Leary said.
He adds, "But with Moxie, and their focus on customer experience in the enterprise, the integration is more specialized to help contact center agents and sales professionals share information to allow for a more efficient, complete understanding of where the relationship with the customer is." This means if a customer service agent is within Moxie assisting a customer via chat, email, or other channels, those interactions will be available to a sales professional in Dynamics CRM. And if a cross-sell or up-sell opportunity comes out of a service exchanges a lead can be created from Moxie into Dynamics CRM.
Leary says that both of these announcements show that Microsoft is serious about integrating social across the board, and knows that it has to do it in a way that takes advantage of both highly-used general tools as well as services that are built for specific functional processes.
Lee agrees saying Microsoft had little choice but to start getting more social. "Social CRM (CRM 2.0) has proven its value and is here to stay. Dynamics CRM has to embrace this fully to "keep up with the Jones" (Microsoft CRM's public enemy #1 being Salesforce.com)," he said
Microsoft may be a little late to the social CRM game, but these two announcements show they recognize the importance of making their product increasingly social to keep up with the Oracle and Salesforce.com and the acquisitions they have made in the last 18 months to make their products more social.


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Grey Towers National Historic Site
Frequently Asked Questions
The questions people ask the most are answered below, or links are provided to more detailed information.
What is Grey Towers?
Grey Towers is a National Historic Site administered by the USDA Forest Service, donated by Gifford Pinchot's son, Dr. Gifford Bryce Pinchot, to carry on his father's conservation legacy.
What can we do at Grey Towers?
You can take a guided tour of the first floor of the mansion and surrounding gardens, walk around the grounds and see the historic gardens, take a hike on the trails or attend a conservation education program or "Off-the-Shelf" public program.
When can I take a tour?
Tours of the mansion and surrounding gardens are conducted daily on the hour from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. from Memorial Day Weekend through the end of October. More information on Tours
Is there a fee for touring Grey Towers?
Yes, prices are as follows:
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How do I get to Grey Towers?
Click here for directions.
What about parking at Grey Towers?
The Visitor Parking Lot is situated about 600 yards from the mansion. The walkway is designed to mimic the original carriageway and visitors are encouraged to enjoy the meandering walk approaching the mansion. There is a slight incline and benches along the way are intended to provide rest stops. Allow about 10 minutes from the parking lot to the mansion and please do not rush.
There are two handicap parking spots adjacent to the mansion for those with appropriate vehicle identification. Please follow the handicap parking signs straight up the driveway.
For those with limited mobility, please consider the drop-off option at the handicap parking area adjacent to the mansion; after dropping off, please have your driver park in the parking lot to keep the handicap parking spaces open. You can get picked up at the handicap parking area after your visit.
The parking lot gates are locked at 5:30 pm from Memorial Day Weekend - Nov 1. All other times the gates are locked at 4:30 pm. All vehicles must be removed from the parking lot before the gates are locked.
For more information please call 570-296-9630.
Who was Gifford Pinchot?
As founder and first chief of the USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot implemented the groundbreaking concept of conservation, or sustainable use of our natural resources. An eminent conservationist, he helped create the National Forest System, which today comprises nearly 193 million acres. As two-term governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford along with his wife Cornelia, made tremendous changes in the economic, social and political climate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. More information on Gifford Pinchot.
Who were James and Mary Pinchot?
James and Mary Pinchot, Gifford's parents, built Grey Towers in 1886. James was a wealthy businessman who made a fortune in wallpaper. A patron of the arts, he was a supporter of the Hudson River School of Painting and was cofounder of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He had a strong conservation ethic and encouraged his son Gifford to pursue forestry as a career. More information on James and Mary Pinchot.
Who can use the Conference Center at Grey Towers?
The Forest Service and other natural resource agencies, groups, associations and organizations and our partners can use the conference facilities. More information on the Conference Center at Grey Towers
Can I have my wedding at Grey Towers?
As nice as the landscape is, it is not within the scope of the Grey Towers mission to host weddings or other private social functions.
Is Grey Towers haunted?
There have been no documented sightings of ghosts, though some claim to have "felt" a presence. It depends on your personal interpretation.
Why isn't there a dining room in the house?
Grey Towers served mainly as a summer home. Gifford and Cornelia Pinchot spent a lot of time outdoors. The outdoor dining table, also known as the Finger Bowl, served as their dining room.
Are pets allowed at Grey Towers?
While you and your pet are welcome, there are some regulations to follow in order to make your visit a safe and enjoyable one for you and other visitors:
Please help keep the site open to your animal companions by respecting the resources and other visitors.
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Actions Needed to Promote Competitiveness and International Cooperation
February 7, 2012
The United States and other G-7 countries have ECAs that support domestic exports, but Ex-Im differs from other ECAs in several important ways, including its explicit mission to promote domestic employment. The G-7 ECAs range from government agencies to private companies contracted by governments. Most of these ECAs, including Ex-Im, are expected to supplement, not compete with, the private market. Ex-Im offers direct loans, which were increasingly utilized during the recent financial crisis, while European ECAs do not.
Ex-Im has specific mandates in areas where other G-7 ECAs have broad directives. Ex-Im has specific mandates to support small business and environmentally beneficial exports, while other ECAs are broadly directed to support such exports. In addition, Ex-Im has other mandates and legal requirements, such as shipping certain exports on U.S.-flagged carriers and conducting economic impact assessments for large transactions, which other G-7 ECAs do not.
Ex-Im's requirements for the level of domestic content in the exports it fully finances are higher and generally less flexible than those of other G-7 ECAs. Ex-Im requires 85 percent domestic content for medium- and long-term transactions to receive full financing, while other ECAs' domestic content requirements generally range between zero and 51 percent. Ex-Im's policy on supporting local costs can result in more foreign content support in some transactions. While Ex-Im has modified its method for calculating domestic content, its threshold for receiving full financing for medium- and long-term transactions has not changed since 1987, and the policy and its overall impact on jobs has not been studied systematically. Other ECAs have modified their policies in recent years, citing increasing global content of industrial production. In its charter, Ex-Im is directed to provide financing competitive with that of other ECAs, as well as to support U.S. jobs.


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President Ronald Reagan recently honored the American Automobile Association (AAA) and its affiliated motor clubs, including the Lehigh Valley Motor Club, with a ceremony at the White House.
For their role in sponsoring school safety patrols, President Reagan presented AAA with a Presidential Citation Award for Private Sector Initiatives. AAA President James B. Creal accepted the award on behalf of all AAA clubs.


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Finder no longer uses Preview to open images?
Hi All - still a 'newbie' to Apple OS X and ran into an image association issue - just returned from a vacation and I wanted an app that would allow me to quickly preview the images on my camera's SD card (i.e. delete those not wanted and save those to my MBP) - before when I opened Finder and click on an image, Preview would then open allowing me to crop & resize images.
But after downloading an app called Xee which seemed to 'fit my needs' - I was able to preview images on the card, trash those not wanted, and export to my MBP (running most recent version of Mtn Lion). Well, I opened Finder now, clicked on an image and PhotoSync 'pops up' (I had installed this weeks ago to sync w/ my iPad) - searching in the preferences of Finder, Xee, & PhotoSync, I cannot determine how to dissociate these file associations and get back to using Preview? Must be a simple solution? Also, I cannot find Xee in Launchpad to even try a deletion of the app? Thanks for comments & help - Dave
Right-click on one of the files - Choose Get Info (or select and file and press CMD+I)
Change the 'Open with...' drop to Preview. Then hit the Change All button. Repeat for any other file types that are giving you issues
Thanks Mrplow - your suggestion(s) worked fine - know that I had read about file associations in OS X but forgot - still not sure why these were switched over to PhotoSync but now corrected! Dave :)
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United Nations – The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN: membership now totals 189 countries.
When States become Members of the United Nations, they agree to accept the obligations of the UN Charter, an international treaty which sets out basic principles of international relations. According to the Charter, the UN has four purposes: to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights, and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
UN Members are sovereign countries. The United Nations is not a world government, and it does not make laws. It does, however, provide the means to help resolve international conflict and formulate policies on matters affecting all of us. At the UN, all the Member States – large and small, rich and poor, with differing political views and social systems – have a voice and vote in this process.
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My Laundry Question
I have some poly/cotton blend sheets that have yellowed while in storage. They were quite white when I put them in storage in a cardboard box. Will chlorine bleach help or cause more yellowing?
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The yellowing is generalized, no stains. I do know that chlorine bleach tends to yellow some white fabrics, but not sure which fabric content does this. I thought polyester was one that does yellow with chlorine bleach, but not sure.
Lessons Learned
- Have not tried anything yet. I have seen yellowing caused by bleach and did not want to make my problem worse.
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60% cotton and 40% polyester
Mary Marlowe Leverette, About.com Laundry & Laundry Rooms, says:
You have very good instincts. Because of the polyester fibers in the sheets, chlorine bleach will cause yellowing. It should only be used on cotton fibers and in small amounts.To whiten your sheets, use an oxygen based bleach (OxiClean, Clorox 2, Country Save Bleach, Purex 2 Color Safe Bleach ) . Mix a solution, following the directions on the package, in warm water. Submerge the sheets and allow them to soak overnight. Then, wash as usual.
Storing linens in cardboard causes the yellowing as the acid from the paper is transferred to the fabric. Choose a plastic container made of cast polypropylene to be safe for fabrics. Look for the #5 within the recycling triangle or the letters "PP" to be sure that you have the correct type of box.


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The invention provides a method for monitoring a patient, comprising the following steps: 1) outfitting the patient with a ambulatory blood pressure monitor that features an optical system for measuring blood pressure without using a cuff, and a wireless system configured to send and receive information sent from an Internet-based system through a wireless network; 2) sending from the Internet-based system to the ambulatory blood pressure monitor a signal that indicates a blood pressure level; 3) comparing a blood pressure value measured with the ambulatory blood pressure monitor to the blood pressure level; and 4) generating a signal in response to the comparing step.
1. A system for continuously monitoring an ambulatory patient's blood pressure, comprising:
a patch sensor that attaches to the patient's skin, comprising: i) an optical sensor comprising at least one light source and a photodetector configured to detect radiation reflected from the patient's blood vessel and configured to generate an optical signal; and ii) an electrode that substantially surrounds the optical sensor and is configured to detect an electrical impulse from a patient to generate an electrical signal; and,
a processing component configured to be worn on the patient's body, the processing component in electrical communication with the patch sensor and housed in an enclosure and separated from the patch sensor through a cable, and comprising a microprocessor configured to: i) process the optical and electrical signals to generate optical and electrical waveforms; ii) operate an algorithm that continuously determines blood pressure values by processing the optical and electrical waveforms based on a time difference between the arrivals of these waveforms to determine a transit time; iii) receive and store pre-determined calibration parameters and blood pressure threshold values; iv) continuously calculate blood pressure values from the transit time and pre-determined calibration parameters; and v) determine an alert condition from the continuously monitored blood pressure values and the blood pressure threshold value;
a wireless transceiver component comprised by the processing component and configured to transmit and receive information from a remote device, the wireless transceiver configured to: i) receive patient-specific calibration parameters describing a mathematical relationship between transit time and blood pressure; ii) receive blood pressure threshold values; and, iii) transmit blood pressure information; and,
an alert system designed to identify alert conditions, the alert system comprising algorithms to: i) generate an alert based on the patient's high or low blood pressures; and ii) generate a visual and audio display of the alert condition.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/906,665, filed Mar. 1, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/752,198, filed on Jan. 6, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,396,330.
The present invention relates to medical devices for monitoring vital signs such as heart rate, pulse oximetry, and blood pressure, and using this information to condition a patient's response.
Pulse oximeters are medical devices featuring an optical module, typically worn on a patient's finger or ear lobe, and a processing module that analyzes data generated by the optical module. The optical module typically includes first and second light sources (e.g., light-emitting diodes, or LEDs) that transmit optical radiation at, respectively, red (λ˜630-670 nm) and infrared (λ˜800-1200 nm) wavelengths. The optical module also features a photodetector that detects radiation transmitted or reflected by an underlying artery. Typically the red and infrared LEDs sequentially emit radiation that is partially absorbed by blood flowing in the artery. The photodetector is synchronized with the LEDs to detect transmitted or reflected radiation. In response, the photodetector generates a separate radiation-induced signal for each wavelength. The signal, called a plethysmograph, varies in a time-dependent manner as each heartbeat varies the volume of arterial blood and hence the amount of transmitted or reflected radiation. A microprocessor in the pulse oximeter processes the relative absorption of red and infrared radiation to determine the oxygen saturation in the patient's blood. A number between 94%-100% is considered normal, while a value below 85% typically indicates the patient requires hospitalization. In addition, the microprocessor analyzes time-dependent features in the plethysmograph to determine the patient's heart rate.
Pulse oximeters work best when the appendage they attach to (e.g., a finger) is at rest. If the finger is moving, for example, the light source and photodetector within the optical module typically move relative to the hand. This generates 'noise' in the plethysmograph, which in turn can lead to motion-related artifacts in data describing pulse oximetry and heart rate. Ultimately this reduces the accuracy of the measurement. Various methods have been disclosed for using pulse oximeters to obtain arterial blood pressure values for a patient. One such method is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,990 to Jones et al., for a 'Method Of Measuring Blood Pressure With a Photoplethysmograph'. The '990 Patent discloses using a pulse oximeter with a calibrated auxiliary blood pressure monitor to generate a constant that is specific to a patient's blood pressure. Another method for using a pulse oximeter to measure blood pressure is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,616,613 to Goodman for a 'Physiological Signal Monitoring System'. The '613 Patent discloses processing a pulse oximetry signal in combination with information from a calibrating device to determine a patient's blood pressure.
The present invention provides a cuffless blood-pressure monitor that features a behavior modification system. The blood pressure monitor is typically worn on a patient's head and makes a transdermal, optical measurement of blood pressure, which it then sends to a processing component (e.g., a PDA). The processing component preferably features an embedded, short-range wireless transceiver and a software platform that displays, analyzes, and then transmits the information through a wireless network to an Internet-based system. This system generates an audio or visual alarm when the patient's blood pressure trends high, and thus the patient may modify their behavior through conditioned response. In addition, a medical professional can continuously monitor a patient's blood pressure during their day-to-day activities. Monitoring patients in this manner minimizes erroneous measurements due to 'white coat syndrome', increases the accuracy of a blood-pressure measurement and additionally allows patients to modify behavior to lower blood pressure while wearing the device.
The invention has many advantages. In particular, one aspect of the invention provides a system that continuously monitors a patient's blood pressure using a cuffless blood pressure monitor and an off-the-shelf mobile communication device. Information describing the blood pressure can be viewed using an Internet-based website, using a personal computer, or simply by viewing a display on the mobile device. Blood-pressure information measured continuously throughout the day provides a relatively comprehensive data set compared to that measured during isolated medical appointments. This approach identifies trends in a patient's blood pressure, such as a gradual increase or decrease, which allows for the patient to view and conditionally respond to high blood pressure through behavior modification such as breathing exercises. The monitor can also characterize the patient's heart rate and blood oxygen saturation using the same optical system for the blood-pressure measurement. This information can be wirelessly transmitted along with blood-pressure information and used to further diagnose the patient's cardiac condition. The monitor is small, easily worn by the patient during periods of exercise or day-to-day activities, and makes a non-invasive blood-pressure measurement in a matter of seconds. The resulting information has many uses for patients, medical professionals, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmaceutical agencies conducting clinical trials, and organizations for home-health monitoring.
In one aspect, the invention provides a system for measuring blood pressure from a patient that features: 1) an optical module configured to be worn on (or in) the patient's head that includes at least one optical source and a photodetector; 2) a calibration source configured to make a blood pressure measurement; and, 3) a processing module configured to: i) receive a first signal from the optical module; ii) receive a second signal from the calibration source; iii) process the first and second signals to generate a calibration table; and iv) receive a third signal from the optical module and compare it to the calibration table to determine the patient's blood pressure.
The preferred invention includes a response alert system designed to alert the patient when escalated vital signs reach dangerously harmful levels. The alert system alerts the patient when blood pressure levels reach dangerous levels caused by stress and anxiety. Each patient's blood pressure level parameters are set during the time of calibration by a physician.
In embodiments, the blood pressure monitor features a head-worn clip that includes the optical module (e.g., a photodetector and first and second LEDs that emit, respectively, red radiation and infrared radiation). The optical calibration source is typically a cuff-based blood pressure module that includes a cuff and a pump worn around the patient's arm. In other embodiments, the optical module includes a short-range wireless transmitter configured to send signals to the processing module, which in turn may include a matched short-range wireless receiver.
The short-range wireless transceiver preferably operates on a wireless protocol such as Bluetooth™, 802.15.4 or 802.11. The long-range wireless transmitter preferably transmits information over a terrestrial, satellite, or 802.11-based wireless network. Suitable networks include those operating at least one of the following protocols: CDMA, GSM, GPRS, Mobitex, DataTac, iDEN, and analogs and derivatives thereof. In addition, the cuffless blood pressure-measuring device of the invention combines all the benefits of conventional cuff-based blood-pressure measuring devices without any of the obvious drawbacks (e.g., restrictive, uncomfortable cuffs). Its measurement is basically unobtrusive to the patient, and thus alleviates conditions, such as a poorly fitting cuff, that can erroneously affect a blood-pressure measurement.
The device is small and makes a non-invasive blood-pressure measurement in a matter of seconds. An on-board or remote processor can analyze the time-dependent measurements to generate statistics on a patient's blood pressure (e.g., average pressures, standard deviation, beat-to-beat pressure variations) that are not available with conventional devices that only measure systolic and diastolic blood pressure. These and other advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and from the claims.
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Methods for processing the optical and electrical waveform to determine blood pressure are described in the following co-pending patent applications, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference: 1) CUFFLESS BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITOR AND ACCOMPANYING WIRELESS, INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM (U.S. Ser. No. 10/709,015; filed Apr. 7, 2004); 2) CUFFLESS SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE (U.S. Ser. No. 10/709,014; filed Apr. 7, 2004); 3) CUFFLESS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR AND ACCOMPANYING WEB SERVICES INTERFACE (U.S. Ser. No. 10/810,237; filed Mar. 26, 2004); 4) VITAL-SIGN MONITOR FOR ATHLETIC APPLICATIONS (U.S. Ser. No.; filed Sep. 13, 2004); 5) CUFFLESS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR AND ACCOMPANYING WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE (U.S. Ser. No. 10/967,511; filed Oct. 18, 2004); 6) BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE FEATURING A CALIBRATION-BASED ANALYSIS (U.S. Ser. No. 10/967,610; filed Oct. 18, 2004); 7) PERSONAL COMPUTER-BASED VITAL SIGN MONITOR (U.S. Ser. No. 10/906,342; filed Feb. 15, 2005); and 8) PATCH SENSOR FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE WITHOUT A CUFF (U.S. Ser. No. 10/906,315; filed Feb. 14, 2005).
The processing component 18 preferably supports a custom firmware application that displays and analyzes information for the ABPM 20. The firmware application is typically written to operate on a variety of mobile device operating systems including BREW, Palm OS, Java, Pocket PC, Windows CE, and Symbian. A more detailed explanation of the custom firmware application is disclosed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/967,511, filed on Oct. 18, 2004, for a CUFFLESS BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITOR AND ACCOMPANYING WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE, the contents of which have been previously incorporated by reference.
Once the ABPM 20 is calibrated, the physician enters blood pressure limits into the personal computer 15. The blood pressure limits pass through the wired connection 34 to the processing component 19, where they are stored in memory. During an actual measurement, the processing module 19 compares the patient's blood pressure measured with the ABPM 20 to the blood pressure limits stored in memory to determine if the patient's blood pressure is trending high or low. If this is the case, the controller 19 initiates an audio and/or visual alert as described above.
During typical operation, the patient continuously wears the ABPM 20 for a period of time, ranging from a 1-2 days to weeks. For longer-term monitoring (e.g. several months), the patient may wear the ABPM 20 for shorter periods of time during the day. To view information sent from the ABPM 20, the patient or medical professional accesses a user interface hosted on the web site 66 through the Internet 67 from the secondary computer system 69. The system 53 may also include a call center, typically staffed with medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, or nurse practioners, whom access a care-provider interface hosted on the same website 66.
In an alternate embodiment, the host computer system 57 includes a web services interface 70 that sends information using an XML-based web services link to a secondary, web-based computer application 71. This application 71, for example, could be a data-management system operating at a hospital.
During operation, the cable 218 snaps into a plastic header 216 disposed on a top portion of the patch sensor 205. Both the cable 218 and header 216 include matched electrical leads that supply power and ground to the LEDs 210, 212, photodetector 214, and electrode 219. The cable 218 and header 216 additionally supply a high-frequency electrical signal to the electrode that helps generate the electrical waveform. When the patch sensor 205 is not measuring optical and electrical waveforms (e.g., when the patient is sleeping), the cable 218 unsnaps from the header 216, while the sensor 205 remains adhered to the patient's skin. In this way a single sensor can be used for several days. After use, the patient removes and then discards the sensor 205.
To measure blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse oximetry, the LEDs 210, 212 generate, respectively, red and infrared radiation that irradiates an underlying artery. Blood volume increases and then decreases as the heart pumps blood through the patient's artery. Blood cells within the blood absorb and transmit varying amounts of the red and infrared radiation depending the on the blood volume and how much oxygen binds to the cells' hemoglobin. The photodetector 214 detects a portion of the radiation that reflects off an underlying artery, and in response sends a radiation-induced photocurrent to an analog-to-digital converter embedded within the processing component. The analog-to-digital converter digitizes the photocurrent to generate a time-dependent optical waveform for each wavelength. In addition, the microprocessor analyzes waveforms generated at both red and infrared wavelengths, and compares a ratio of the relative absorption to a calibration table coded in its firmware to determine pulse oximetry. The microprocessor additionally analyzes the time-dependent properties of one of the optical waveforms to determine the patient's heart rate.
Concurrent with measurement of the optical waveform, the electrode 219 detects an electrical impulse from the patient's skin that the processing component processes to generate an electrical waveform. The electrical impulse is generated each time the patient's heart beats.
The patch sensor 205 preferably has a diameter, 'D', ranging from 0.5 centimeter ('cm') to 10 cm, more preferably from 1.5 cm to 3.0 cm, and most preferably 2.5 cm. The patch sensor 205 preferably has a thickness, 'T', ranging from 1.0 millimeter ("mm") to 3 mm, more preferably from 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm, and most preferably 1.25 mm. The patch sensor 205 preferably includes a body composed of a polymeric material such as a neoprene rubber. The body is preferably colored to match a patient's skin color, and is preferably opaque to reduce the affects of ambient light. The body is preferably circular in shape, but can also be non-circular, e.g. an oval, square, rectangular, triangular or other shape.
In still other embodiments, the above-described system can receive inputs from other measurement devices, such as weight scales, glucometers, EKG/ECG monitors, cuff-based blood pressure monitors, dietary monitors, pedometers and other exercise monitors, and GPS systems.
Still other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
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Before you research funding sources, you should have already developed a GIS project plan. The focus of your plan is to address the problem or challenge your organization is facing and a solution that can include both GIS-related and other components to support the goal. Good planning is fundamental to submitting an effective grant application.
Here are a few questions you should ask yourself when defining your GIS project plan.
You should be able to answer the following questions:
Tip: Most federal grants only have a 30–60-day period in which an applicant can apply, which is a very short time period. It is best if you do some research, have a clear project overview ready, and prepare collaborations/partnerships and management support ahead of time. This gives you the best chance for success. Refer to Funding Resources for more information on how to do research and prepare grants.


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RNC state delegations plan for 2012 convention.
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Wednesday the RNC began a week of meetings in preparation for next year's Republican National Convention in Tampa. State party chair members gathered in the afternoon to review election strategy and convention plans.
Next year, Tampa, Florida can expect to see one of the largest events ever in the city's history. The RNC is planning to draw hundreds of thousands of people to the city, and will broadcast their party platform to the world. Pennsylvania RNC Chairman Rob Gleason hopes the convention will bring in revenue for local businesses during the week long event.
They hope not only to bring in short term dollars, but long term attention to the Greater Tampa Bay Area. Colorado RNC Chair Ryan Call said that the DNC convention did just that for his state in 2008.
In 2008, the RNC convention in Minnesota drew more than 10,000 protesters, and Florida's may attract even more. As the state is a popular vacation destination, the RNC is expecting both increased support and opposition to come for the convention. While the RNC will be focusing on defeating President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, Call says that Republican criticism of the current president will be more positive and interesting than anyone protesting the Republican Party.
Although the Republican Party has argued for virtually no additional federal government spending in recent months, party conventions can run high risks, and usually get some national funding for security. Just recently Tampa's Mayor Bob Buckhorn lobbied the federal government for $50 million dollars to pay for security. Ryan Call says that there should be public and private partnerships to invest in the event's safety.
Despite a platform of fiscal responsibility and sound money, the RNC is still more than ten million dollars in debt, compared to Democrats, who have more than $20 million in the bank. But Call says the RNC is looking to tighten its belt.
And while Republicans and Democrats have been battling head to head over the debt debate, Call agreed that both parties may see a benefit in making corporations and big banks pay TARP and bailout money back to the government.
Gleason said winning both Florida and Pennsylvania is a major strategic goal for the RNC.
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Meanwhile in Charlotte, NC⦠âThe DNC War on Public Transportationâ continues⦠The Charlotte Area Transit System said itâs gotten a âstrong indicationâ that the main bus station uptown will have to be moved because of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and officials have started planning where they can create a temporary transit center. www.nationalreview.com/planet-gore/273712/dnc-war-public-transportation-greg-pollowitz#
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Opera Mini becomes world's most downloaded app
Independent app store GetJar has announced that the Opera Mini mobile browser has been downloaded more than 25 million times from its store.
GetJar claims this means the browser is the most downloaded app ever from any app store to date.
The latest version of Opera Mini (v4.2) has received nearly 7.5 million downloads since the beginning of the year on GetJar.
The stats are cross-platform with consumers using Java, Android, BREW, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile devices to download the mobile browser.


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In 1992, under the direction of consultant Alfredo Alonso and manager Alfredo Rodriguez KSKQ was turned into a Banda music station KLAX, simply called "La Equis," the station became the first Spanish-language station in Los Angeles to attain the number one rated highest station in the market.
In 2002, KLAX dropped the contemporary hits, probably due to co-ownership with "La Nueva" KSCA, went to the more focused regional format, and became "La Raza."
In 1997 KLAX-FM moved its city of license from Long Beach to East Los Angeles.
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The Nakuru Municipal Council will soon arrest fake landlords. Town clerk Wilson Maroa said former council employees allocated houses in the 1970s did not surrender them after retirement.
These former employees have rented out the houses charging the same fee as the private housing sector. "These self-proclaimed landlords are making a lot of money from the council's houses. A two-bedroomed house is charged at double the council fee which is Sh3,000," added Maroa.
The council is planning to ratify the valid occupancy of its houses. The clerk said they will track the details and scrutinise the records during the re-registration exercise to net the impostors.
The private housing sector provides more than 80 per cent of rental houses in Nakuru town. However, the council offers cheaper houses in 15 estates which include Baharini, Dedan Kimathi, Kaloleni, Kivumbini, Paul Machanga, Lower Misonge, Lumumba, Shauri Yako, Nakuru Press, Ojuke, Ngala flats, Moi flats and Flamingo Phase I and II.
"If we calculate how much has been lost, it will run to millions considering that these houses were handed out in the 1970s," Maroa said.


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Let's Get Real ...
Ten Things I Think I Think
1. I think I always love getting the Ourlads Guide to the NFL Draft in the mail—you can order it at ourlads.com—and thumbing through to read who Tom Hepler, Dan Shonka and company are high (and low) on. Interesting notes this year: Ourlads has Washington State free safety Deone Bucannon going 13th overall, to the Rams … The quarterback picks are interesting: The first one off the board, Ourlads says, will be Johnny Manziel, 26th to Cleveland; then Blake Bortles 33rd to Houston, Teddy Bridgewater 39th to Jacksonville and Jimmy Garoppolo 40th to Minnesota.
2. I think the one consistent whine about the schedule I heard in the past few days was the Oakland fandom complaining about opening at the Jets, then returning to play at New England in Week 3 and London in Week 4. That's a tough start for sure. But the Raiders—as most western teams do when they have to play in England—requested a Week 3 East Coast game so the trip to England would be 5.5 hours instead of 10. So the only beef is playing Week 1 on the East Coast. And who cares, really? Oakland has six games two or more time zones away. It's logical, not onerous, that one could be in Week 1.
3. I think the one thing that surprised me being inside the scheduling process on Wednesday was scheduling czar Howard Katz saying he wouldn't have had a problem making Seattle play a three-game road swing that seems, on its face, pretty mountainous: at St. Louis, at Washington (on a Monday night), at Kansas City. He'd prefer not to, and the schedule Seattle will play doesn't have a three-game road trip. But the slate with that three-gamer came in second when the league made its final decision on which schedule to play.
4. I think one of the smartest things I read last week came from John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, about the importance of continuity with the offensive system and how lack of continuity contributes to the failure of so many quarterbacks. McClain talked to David Carr, the first pick of the Texans 12 years ago, and summed up his Houston football life thusly: "In his five seasons, Carr had two head coaches, three offensive coordinators, three different schemes, three quarterback coaches and four offensive line coaches. 'You can have a talented offensive line that gives up a lot of sacks, and that's the fault of the system,' Carr said. 'I think you can have talented coordinators that have bad offensive lines, and that's a fault of that bad offensive line. You have to have a combination of those two things.'"
5. I think if Blake Bortles sat in the front row at a Rays or Marlins game with his girlfriend, no one would say, "Hey, why isn't Blake Bortles concentrating on football and staying out of the public eye before the draft?" First: it's possible directors and camera people wouldn't know what Blake Bortles looks like, so he might not even be noticed. But also, if they did know it was Bortles and put his mug on TV, I can't imagine anyone questioning his dedication or decision-making because he chose one evening to sit in the stands at a baseball game.
6. I think, also, I'd like to know the difference between J.J. Watt and Russell Wilson being on-site at the NCAA basketball tournament, and Johnny Manziel being there.
7. I think I get the part about folks wondering if Manziel is devoted to his craft when they see him in the bars at 2 a.m. But going to sports events is a different story entirely. If you're an NFL GM or coach and wonder about Manziel's dedication, I'm okay with that. But I'm not okay if you say, "What's Manziel doing at a baseball game at night instead of working out or studying tape?" I mean, how do you know he wasn't working out as normal during the day? Do you know, for instance, that Manziel, on the day he visited with the Texans in Houston, was in the gym at 6:15 a.m.working out before he had to be in front of the Texans brass? My point about all of this: It's fair game to doubt Manziel. But I think it is folly to suggest that being at a ballgame or The Masters is a black mark against his dedication to football.
8. I think the Texans are doing a good camouflage job, 10 days out from the draft. Very good, in fact.
9. I think I'd like to congratulate our writers at The MMQB for a fine week. When the NFL pushed the draft back two weeks, I wanted to avoid two extra weeks of nothing but draft coverage, because I think we're already inundated with it for two full months, starting at the combine. So this week, while not ignoring the draft, our writers wrote solid pieces on other things. Robert Klemko reported from California on the harrowing story of a Jaguars player whose career was ended by a stroke on the field … Jenny Vrentas reported from Harvard, and learned that Richard Sherman is one of Bill Clinton's favorite players … And from Santa Clara, Calif., Greg Bedard dug into the widely reported fractured relationship between San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh and GM Trent Baalke, with an interview with both men … Business of Football columnist Andrew Brandt contributed a smart draft-related column about how agents of marginal players get their clients seen and heard by the NFL powers that be … I threw in the behind-the-scenes story about the NFL schedule. When I walked into Sports Illustrated managing editor Chris Stone's office Friday, he said, "What a week you guys had!'' That is my bow for the week. Hope you don't mind me bragging about our troops.
10. I think these are my non-football thoughts of the week:
a. The only remaining question about Donald Sterling: When's he selling the team?
b. I like the two guys at the Clippers-Warriors game in Oakland on Sunday, one white and one black. The white guy held a sign reading: "I brought a black guy 2 the game." The black guy's sign: "I'm black."
c. Brandon Morrow, pitcher of the Blue Jays, faced 14 Red Sox batters Saturday. The 14 results: walk, pop out, walk, double-play groundout; walk, walk, fly out, double-play groundout; strikeout, fly out, walk, walk, walk, walk.
d. He walked eight in less than three innings … and the amazing thing is, when he left the field, he'd only given up one run. Reliever Chad Jenkins took care of that, giving up a grand slam to A.J. Pierzynski on the first pitch he threw.
e. Daniel Murphy stole his 27th straight base Sunday. I dropped my dentures when I heard who held the Mets' record for consecutive stolen bases: Kevin McReynolds, with 33. How is that possible?
f. Dice-K a closer? A nibbler closing? Impossible. That's it. I am officially a baseball dunce.
g. I am also officially a TV dope. I have missed "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men." Totally. Every episode.
h. Apropos of very little: Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984. Richard Nixon died on April 22, 1994. Pat Tillman died on April 22, 2004.
i. Coffeenerdness: Six shots of espresso Sunday, before 3 p.m. It is officially close to the draft.
j. Beernerdness: Had a swell Bronx Pale Ale the other day. Strongly recommended. Lots of taste, and a great story by brewers who went out on a limb to do what they love to do, which is making beer.
k. If I could print the best lines each week in "Veep,'' I would. If Elaine Benes were saying them, they'd be printable. But Selena Meyer? Too edgy for a family website.
The Adieu Haiku
So, Donald Sterling:
You had to open your mouth.
Long past time to go.
If only the Falcons held their guns and got Doug Baldwin(27th) instead of Julio, while the Ravens waited over a trade balk that had them take Jimmy Smith(who lost that shot). Think Atlanta now sees itself movin' on up and you note the Rams seem likely trade bait. Oakland moved back for less than value before as well, part of it getting more bodies in the wake of Carson Palmer trade.
'I think if Blake Bortles sat in the front row at a Rays or Marlins game with his girlfriend, no one would say, "Hey, why isn't Blake Bortles concentrating on football and staying out of the public eye before the draft?"'
You got this right but your reasoning is wrong Mr King. No one would be saying that because everyone would be too busy checking out his girlfriend.
The Sterling story is far from over. Peter hasn't even turned the loud mouthed punk, Richard Sherman, loose on a 3 page rant on Sterling yet.....
"h. Apropos of very little: Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984. Richard Nixon died on April 22, 1994. Pat Tillman died on April 22, 2004."
Two great men, one ... not so much. I'll leave it to you to decide which is which.
(hint: I'm a vet. OTOH, I am a photographer. On the Gripping Hand, I remember Cheering for Nixon election night 1972. Be careful what you wish for...)
This point isn't as big as the people who are saying the opposite, but Sterling has been a registered Republican since 1998. Stop just denying it -- just go look it up.
No Sterling does not represent the very worse of America....I still believe that Americans who own business, franchises or whatever, should have the right to say who they want working for them and " SOCIALIZING " with them. That is what is called an unalienable right. But all these courts, congresses and presidents are on a pity party and have changed the ideas of what real rights and freedoms are. To their limited shoe box rights and freedoms. I think Sterling has an unabridged right to tell his girlfriend to leave anybody out of his personal life and arena if he feels its an abject social suspect. My first response would be, to every person including Obama. To butt out of my business...what I said, is what I meant it to sound like. Analyze it any way you want, but it will not change my idea about who I am. And what I demand of my personal freedoms. And to all those black players on my team if you do not like me, pack your bags and go play some where else. I will get all white's to play on my team, to show the world why I do not want blacks socializing with me. Because when my all white team would hit the courts the black prejudiced players on those other teams would show their true colors by being antagonistic intimidating and even illegally violent. In attempt to show " them white boys " that we have rights above and beyond you now. I'm not racial, but I know the propensity of blacks. Spent twenty two years in prison with them. As a gang, they create noise and scream so the brothers will come running. But one white man on one black, when there aren't any other blacks around he hardly will open his mouth. Same thing you see right now vibrating across the United States. They are all hollering out to their brothers to make noise. And even the H.N.I.C. in Washington D.C. is jumping on the band wagon. Even The Bible says in Jeremiah Chapter 13 verse 23 " Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard its spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil ". Can even a black man change his skin color? If so, then all you who think evil of Sterling, would be able to do good.
And as far as Sterling's girlfriend, if she was my girl friend she'd be the first to be dumped....let one of this silent protesting Clipper players have her. She was the literal cause for all of this crap anyway. I personally can testify, that being white gives me no more privileges than any black man never got. When I committed a crime, I was sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary for what I did. That nine white and three black jury, sent me to prison for what I did. Nine of my won race laced me up...its because I did something against The Lord and the law of the land. So there was no racial bias for me to get leniency. And after hitting the penitentiary there was not mercy from that administration either. It wasn't until I received Christ into my life. That things changed and He decided to allow me to come home. But I served twenty two years altogether for my crime and still have to be on parole until 2031. I have been out almost 11 years. Praise The Lord....but being free, is not being free, when you find yourself being subdued by a government like what we have now.
The thing about Sterling is, he was in a very small club of owners. Anyone who's been in a small club know what that's like. He's the longest-tenured owner in the group. David Stern, Adam Silver and the rest of the front office know Donald Sterling. This isn't some aberrant behavior. All the other owners and the NBA front office know that Sterling is a reprehensible human being and they let it slide. I think some of the blame has to fall on the NBA front office's shoulders. They had to have known and yet did nothing about it. Sad.
Thank god Sterling is a Democrat I would not be able to listen to the TV or Radio if he where a Republican
It's so sad to see people come to the defense of a man like Donald Sterling. He represents the very worst of America, and there is NO room for him in professional sports. I was hoping his kind were dying out, but judging from all the irresponsible comments, I'm afraid not.
"Morrall should go down in history as one of the best handful (three, four?) of backup quarterbacks in the 94-season history of the NFL."
Wow. So who is keeping you from proclaiming him as the best backup of all-time? Steve Young, perhaps?
BTW, McReynolds was a savvy base stealer that picked his opportunities carefully. When he ran, just about no one expected it. Except the Mets faithful.
I do not agree with anything Donald Sterling said on the call. But the reaction is way over the top, and not about facts of the stupid call.
This was a phonecall, not a public statement. Like it or not, the Constitution of the United States of America allow it's citizens to have unpopular opinions. The laws of the country can block you from promoting racist views and opinions, but it can and should not stop a private citizen expressing his or her personal opinion in a private setting.
Regardless of how poor an opinion it is.
Donald Sterling is being victimized instead of ridiculed the reaction is a complete overreaction, and as far as I am concerned the NBA does not have or should not have a leg to stand on if thinking of sanctions.
The only black mark on Earl Morral's resume is tanking super bowl III. I don't know what the NFL offered him and Shula, maybe a trip to the nice warm sunny Miami Dolphins. I felt sorry for all the other Colts who played their hearts out not knowing he was just going to throw interceptions all day. He had Jimmy Orr wide open in the end zone on a trick play and throws it into the arms of a defender on the opposite side of the field. The NFL couldn't afford another AFL super bowl loss since they were merging leagues. Even Unitas admitted in private that it was a fixed game.
A broadcast team might not know who Bortles is but the cameramen would have noticed his girlfriend and put Bortles on camera without knowing it.
to me there is few people that don't seem to have a problem that this was a private conversation. you know why rock-head rocker was really hammered, it was his was an interview in SI, so it was public, plus again you have sterling in depositions, so you know this guy is a racist and stern rightly or wrongly turned a blind eye to it
The draft is 11 days later this year. Not two weeks. People are acting like it's 3 months later. It's 11 days. Big deal.
Patiently waiting for the day when all this media-driven, ego boosting Manziel hype burns out just as fast or faster than Linsanity.
No comment on the Sterling issue.
I hope the Falcons trade up and lose more depth and draft capital. Clowney is good and I think he'll be a star quickly, but they have many more needs on that D than just one pass rusher. If I'm them, I'm looking to trade down and build the back end of my secondary. They have nothing at safety, while my Saints and the Bucs have strong secondaries that will challenge their receivers.
They've been one step behind during this Smith-Dimitroff era. Don't make the mistake of staying one step behind.
I kinda wish PK would have talked about the knucklehead 49er fan that is suing for $50M because he couldn't buy tickets to the NFCCG.
!. Sterling is a registered democrat
2.Sterling is Jewish
3.All will be forgiven
@ninozowi BFD. Both sides had idiots and racists. Obama is the worst racist in the country right now. He's a clown that should be ignored just like Donald Sterling.
@jbs50221 Christ obviously did you no good in the thinking department. Nothing like years in prison and imaginary entities to make one a real crack thinker and philosopher.
@jbs50221 Keep drinking the Fox Lies. You'll pass out soon enough.
The real world will clean up your puke later.
@jbs50221 ... and the government isn't doing anything to Donald Sterling. Its protected speech, but its not protected from being shouted down as ignorant by others or for a company to distance itself by pulling sponsorship or from people gathering peacefully in protest outside the Staples center. Most people who spout on about free speech don't actually understand what that actually entails.
@Raiderforlife BZZZT! Wrong answer. Registered Republican. Try another lie instead.
@Raiderforlife Check your facts
@Rickapolis People aren't coming to his defense as much as they're just shrugging their shoulders because Sterling has ALWAYS been this way so this latest overblown incident is nothing new - yet the media is treating it as if another planet were discovered or another celebrity came out of the closet.
@EdwardKirby Steve Young was a brief backup and HOF starter. If you're going to try to rip PK then at least try and come up with something less stupid.
@LenaBrun Yeah, another multi millionaire victim --- shot by his own big mouth and ignorance. I'm crying. Maybe he'll send you a check for your support.
@LenaBrun The whole point is a private entity (the NBA) might have a problem with the owner of one of its franchises. If you lived in a country where (I assume you're a woman) women were once enslaved---& then you had to go to work for a person who said "don't bring women to my place of business, and don't commiserate with them publicly"---do you think---
1)any women would ever want to work for that owner? Especially considering the majority of people in the owner's business were (in this example) women?
2)you'd be A-OK with the whole "free speech" thing? It's so idiotic to decry the reaction against Sterling, while trumping up "free speech". He's allowed to say what he wants, people are allowed to react how they want. However, this is different, because the NBA is in the public relations business (just like any private entity, except x100), *&*, the city of Los Angeles has its name ATTACHED to this gentleman's franchise. So you're saying the NBA will allow & be happy with every player asking to be traded off Sterling's roster, & an entire empty arena? Do you not see how "speech" leads to "bad business"?
@number18 Sterling is a registered Rethug. !8? Let me guess: IQ?
@number18 you got that right Peter King was soft on him
@number18 Actually, Sterling has been a registered Republican since 1998. I don't think his political party is at all relevant in this situation, but if you are going to post it, at least do it correctly.
@number18 You forgot to add:
- Sterling has been doing this for 40+ years
- Sterling was going to be given a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP and has been previously honored by this organization for his support of minority children
- The NBA Bylaws for owners (which are not published) allegedly contain more information about what the NBA can do to owners that can't meet their financial obligations versus anything about conduct or behavior so the NBA may not be able to do anything outside of a fine/suspension but will fall short of being able to force Sterling to sell the Clippers
@number18 unfortunately, you're probably right. Should have put #2 up at #1, though
There are dem bigots and repub bigots. The unifying factor is that they're all conservatives.
@wlewisiii You aren't the brightest bulb are you? I saw nothing about party affiliation in @jbs50221 post. You just want everything to fit in you very limited world-view and let the TV do the thinking and talking for you. Have fun being a narrow-minded drone.
@wlewisiii @jbs50221 Look! The other side of the racist coin!
@wlewisiii Has nothing to do with Fox... Sigh. Party Patriots need a cranial-rectal retraction. Both parties, and their cheering sections (the news agencies on both sides) lie. It's what they do. Meanwhile they drain our wallets while you watch the world's biggest "reality show".
@wlewisiii @Raiderforlife he was a democrat
@shoota79 @Raiderforlife you check your facts he was giving money to democrats for years. Lets put it another way the liberal media is not calling him a republican that tells you all you need to know you moon bat
@liquidmuse3 @LenaBrun It's not different; there's nothing the NBA can do about it - just watch.
@hayhowesq @ScrambleNot when there is billions of dollars riding on it.
Are you just stupid, or what?
@BillieBob @number18 ... and people like this can vote... scary.
@BillieBob @number18 Really? Alec Baldwin? You?
@BillieBob @number18 ????
@Mike26 @liquidmuse3 @LenaBrun Actually, Mike that is not true. He can be fined and suspended.
@BrownTrout Stupid is as stupid does, BrownTrout.


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Letters to the Editor: 04.12.10
A select few
Only taxpayers who voted to fund and build Memorial Coliseum should be allowed to vote to tear it down.
Gene E. Eisenhauer
Rubber headstones
As I exercise with my dog, walking down old Holly Road between Flour Bluff Drive and Oso Bay, we stop at the old train tracks and look out onto the water. There are new, huge electrical poles buried in the bay and fishermen are doing their thing off the old train track bed.
As the water recedes, more and more tires break the surface and, in an eerie way, bear a resemblance to rubber tombstones embedded in the muddy, sandy soil. I can almost see such names as: BF Goodrich, Michelin, Falken, Cooper, Kelly, etc., engraved on the tire headstones.
However, in reality they are simply tires littering the bay. Maybe, just maybe, if Corpus Christi, would initiate a tire-recycling program, tires would not be seen on roadways, open properties, ditches, parking lots, and Oso Bay, etc. There must be enough littered tires in the city to resurface Flour Bluff Drive between SPID and Yorktown Road. And yes, when will glass recycling begin?
John M. Gonsalves
Online textbooks right move
Governor Perry's call to move to online textbooks ("Perry: Texas should make move to online textbooks," April 8) is the kind of leadership that makes Texas great. This could be the biggest improvement in education in decades. It could make Texas students competitive with any in the world.
Prof. Negroponte at MIT's Media Lab has championed "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) for years with increasing acceptance and success. Four years ago, the state of Maine gave a few thousand OLPCs to their schools as a pilot project. At first the teachers and school administrators would rather have had the money, but the students loved it. Within a year, truancy and discipline problems dropped, parent involvement shot up, and teachers found it was fun. The schools had to turn off the servers at night because the teachers were getting too many e-mails.
Just this week, President Saakashvili, of the Republic of Georgia, announced that next year every first grader in Georgia will be given an OLPC instead of textbooks. Georgia is a small country; if Texas follows Gov. Perry's call, we could shape learning at home and around the world.
Our universities and our computer industries can make this happen. Let's do it.
Bill Lehmann, Port Aransas
Kindness of strangers
This happened to me a few days ago, and I wanted to share it so others can see that there are still kindhearted people.
Due to an upcoming job, I was out shopping at a local clothing store and struck up a conversation with the woman in line in front of me. I mentioned that I have been a stay-at-home mom for some years and am about to start a new job. At one point during our conversation another woman walked in and was looking for a cart for her small grandchildren. There weren't any left in the front, so I offered my cart. The lady I was talking to commended me for my kindness, noting that so few people would do that these days. When she reached the register, she turned to me and insisted that she would like to purchase my items for me! I was speechless. I have never had such kindness shown to me by a complete stranger. I am so very grateful, as she didn't know how tight my budget really was. So thank you Barbara, for your generosity, I will carry this with me forever.
Amy Rodriguez
Stop protesters at soldier funerals
I want to congratulate the Caller-Times for Leonard Pitts' column "A court ruling that will turn your stomach" on April 4 on Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq, and about the protesters that showed up at his funeral. If your readers will remember, the protesters tried that here and thanks to the many heroic motorcycle riders, my son included, and others, the protesters did not show up.
If showing up at our soldiers funerals with horrible, vulgar signs is allowed in this country under the auspices of free speech, something is terribly wrong and we need to change it now. Go to the Web site www.matthewsnyder.org and it will fill you in on what you need to know and how we can go about changing it, making a law through our legislators to protect us from this kind of awful desecration at funerals. These horrible people have now sued Matthew Snyder's father and his is not a wealthy person. His lawyer, God bless him, is not charging to defend him.
Please help. Lance Cpl. Snyder went to Iraq to defend us and it's the least we can do for him and the precious soldiers like him that protect us.
Legislators, I hope you are listening. It is up to you to stop this.
Jim Fowler, Rockport
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