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Nextdoor on Wednesday announced it has received $110 million in venture capital to grow its neighborhood-based network of residents and vendors. Nextdoor plans to use the money to develop additional ways for members to benefit from the recommendations shared on the social network. "People don't know their neighbors -- but we are changing that," said spokesperson Jennifer Burke.
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February 23, 2015
Users who want to sign on to GigaPower by AT&T, the carrier's 1-gigabit-per-second Internet service that just become available in Kansas City, Missouri, have an interesting choice. They can pay $70 with the understanding that their online movements will be tracked for commercial purposes -- or they can pay an additional $29 a month to avoid the monitoring.
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February 19, 2015
Lenovo has come under fire for preinstalling spyware on some of its laptops. The software, Superfish, uses the same techniques cybercriminals often employ to crack encrypted traffic. "Superfish is purposely designed to bypass the security of HTTPS websites in a manner that would allow malware and attackers to also bypass the security provided by HTTPS," said Bluebox cofounder Adam Ely.
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February 4, 2015
With Wall Street breathing down its neck for growth, Twitter on Tuesday launched a new advertising initiative that aims to boost revenues and add to its more than 284 million members. The initiative aims to expand the reach of "Promoted Tweets" on Twitter. Promoted Tweets are ads that Twitter inserts into its members timelines. Now, the company wants them to be seen elsewhere, too.
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February 3, 2015
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January 29, 2015
Dish Network has announced that subscribers to its satellite TV service can enable Reverse AutoHop for this Sunday's Super Bowl. This feature will enable viewers with the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR to watch the commercials alone without having to fast-forward through the game. To utilize Reverse AutoHop, customers need only have the PrimeTime Anytime feature enabled for NBC prior to kickoff.
Twitter Adds Cliques and Flicks
January 28, 2015
Twitter on Tuesday announced two new offerings that could bolster its efforts to compete with Facebook. The new group functionality will let them direct message up to 20 members of a group simultaneously. They also will be able to shoot, edit and share video from within Twitter's mobile app. Twitter will be rolling out the new features in the coming weeks.
Verizon's Cookies Never Crumble
January 16, 2015
Verizon advertising partner Turn is using the carrier's Unique Identifier Header, or UIDH, to maintain tracking cookies on smartphones even after privacy-minded users have deleted them, Jonathan Mayer, a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford University, reported this week. Turn shares the cookies with dozens of major websites and advertising networks.
Auto Insurance? Just Google It
January 12, 2015
Google reportedly is gearing up to launch a shopping and comparison site for auto insurance in the United States. The company has been operating such a site in the UK, dubbed "Google Compare," for the past two years. Although it apparently has been beset by delays, an entity called "Google Compare Auto Insurance Services Inc." now is licensed to do business in 26 states.
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December 29, 2014
It's well known that certain second-rate media outlets use provocatively misleading headlines to attract viewers and parlay those figures into increased ad revenue, but some better known outlets appear to be resorting to clickbait as well. For example, a host of online headlines recently implied that Americans were more fearful of hacking than pretty much anything else, including murder.
Retargeting May Work, but Pretargeting May Work Better
December 18, 2014
The practice of repeatedly serving up ads for products consumers previously viewed or asked about -- called "retargeting" -- not only works, but works so well that its use is spreading beyond simple marketing. So says a recent survey of marketers conducted by Adroll, which provides this type of ad technology. The company released the results this week.
Google Sets Its Sights on the Under-12 Set
December 8, 2014
Google soon will begin targeting kids 12 and under with tailored versions of its products, likely including its search functionality, along with offerings such as YouTube and Chrome. The company is pushing to change make its products fun and safe for children, Pavni Diwanji, Google vice president of engineering, said last week. The new initiative reportedly will begin next year.
Google Dips a Toe in Ad-Free Waters
November 21, 2014
Google on Friday unveiled Contributor, an experimental service that lets users make a donation to support the websites they visit instead of viewing ads. Currently available only by invitation, Contributor begins by asking users to set a monthly contribution amount between $1 and $3. Then, when they visit a participating website, part of their contribution goes to the creators of that site.
Twitter Opens Entire Multibillion-Tweet Gold Mine to Searchers
November 20, 2014
Twitter this week began indexing every public tweet posted since it began operating in 2006. "Our long-standing goal has been to let people search through every tweet ever published," said Yi Zhuang, who led the project team. Use cases Zhuang cited for the new infrastructure include results for entire TV and sports seasons, conferences, industry discussions and long-lived hashtag conversations.
Facebook May Punch In at Work
November 18, 2014
Facebook is preparing to plunge into the office collaboration and communication space with something it's calling "Facebook At Work," according to a Monday report. The new offering will be similar to the consumer version of Facebook, but it will allow workers to chat with each other, connect with their professional contacts, and collaborate on projects.
Facebook Lubes PR Gears to Dampen Privacy Worries
November 14, 2014
Facebook on Thursday announced Privacy Basics, a set of interactive guides to answer the most commonly questions about how users can control their information on its site. It also aired proposed updates to its terms, data policy and cookies policy; improvements to ad targeting; and expansion of user control over ads. "This is mostly a messaging exercise," said tech analyst Rob Enderle.
Monster Tiptoes Onto Twitter
November 5, 2014
Monster Worldwide last week announced that it was rolling out a beta of a social recruitment ad platform, starting this Thursday. Monster Social Ads uses Twitter's Ads API to serve tailored job listings to Twitter users, based on career attributes such as occupation or industry type. A number of U.S. companies have signed on for the beta, including eBay, T-Mobile and UPS.
Investors Quiver Over Twitter's Shaky Prospects
October 29, 2014
Twitter shares closed Tuesday at $43.78, down almost 10 percent, even though the company's Q3 earnings report showed monthly active users grew 23 percent. Granted, that was down a tick from the previous quarter's 24 percent growth -- but recall the World Cup was being held at that time, driving user growth explosively. Germany's win saw Twitter use peak at nearly 619,000 tweets a minute.
Ello Sets Its Ad-Free Promise in Stone
October 23, 2014
Ello on Thursday made its ad-free philosophy official by incorporating it into a new company charter. Now converted to a public benefit corporation, the social network has stipulated not only that it will never make money from selling ads or user data, but also that any new owners will have to comply by those terms as well, in the event it's ever sold.
Top 5 Ways to Make Money With Software
October 20, 2014
While app developers generally aim to make money off their creations, this goal is often relegated to second-tier status by programmers who but the product first and foremost, as they should. Therefore, in order to minimize the time needed to devote to a monetization strategy, developers generally choose one of the following tried-and-true methods.
Facebook Sharpens Audience Network Targeting
October 8, 2014
Facebook on Tuesday further opened its Audience Network to third-party developers and publishers. It debuted the platform in April, positioning it as a mobile monetization tool that would leverage Facebook's 1.5 million advertisers and the millions of users who sign into apps using their Facebook credentials. The platform is now available to developers and publishers around the world.
Make Your List and Check It Twice: Preparing for the 2014 Holiday Season
October 8, 2014
With summer behind us, brands and retailers are busy finalizing their plans for the upcoming holiday rush. Like last year, this holiday season will be a short one, with just 26 days between Black Friday and Christmas. With this condensed shopping period and digital commerce on an aggressive upswing, the holiday season is no time for retailers to take chances.
Intel Pulls Ads Under Pressure From Angry Antifeminist Gamers
October 6, 2014
Intel confirmed that it pulled its advertising from a gaming website and community hub after it received feedback from its customers. Intel takes customer feedback very seriously when it relates to contextually relevant content and placements, the company reportedly said. However, the fact that Intel pulled its ads from Gamasutra is just one part of a story that involved a coordinated campaign.
Restless Shareholders Pelt Mayer With Yahoo Merger Proposals
October 1, 2014
Alternative Investment Management this weekend sent a letter to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, urging her to consider merging with SoftBank. That request came a few days after Starboard Value sent Mayer a missive recommending that Yahoo acquire AOL. The proposals are independent of one another, but the investors making them are following the same line of reasoning. Shareholders want to see results.
Can Ello Convince Facebook Fans to Say Farewell?
September 30, 2014
Facebook may have garnered 1.3 billion users since its inception a decade or so ago, but today there's an upstart contender that has set its sights on much of that same social networking world. "Simple, beautiful and ad-free" is Ello's tagline, and the new social network is gaining considerable attention.
Facebook Launches Atlas to Shoulder the Whole Digital-Advertising World
September 29, 2014
Facebook on Monday announced Atlas, a rebuilt ad platform that gives marketers access to its vast troves of user data and helps them direct highly targeted ads across the Web. "Atlas delivers people-based marketing, helping marketers reach real people across devices, platforms and publishers," explained Erik Johnson, head of the new Facebook service.
Facebook Asks Users to Bare Souls Over Ad Hiding
September 12, 2014
Facebook has updated its ad policy with two changes. One gives users the option of explaining why they don't want to see a specific ad in their News Feed. The second update takes this new policy a step further by giving more weight to the feedback provided from users who rarely hide ads. Facebook's goal is to identify ads that aren't good fits or are generally offensive.
Twitter Cautiously Experiments With Buy Button
September 9, 2014
Twitter on Monday began testing a new Buy button with a small percentage of its users in the U.S. -- one of the first steps in a larger initiative to build purchase functionality into the service. A small group of brands, including Burberry, Home Depot, Keith Urban, the Nature Conservatory and Soundgarden, are participating by sending offers that are unique for Twitter users.
YouTube Does Social Media Marketing Best
September 8, 2014
It is a given that a marketing campaign must include a social media element -- especially when a brand is rolling out a new product. What is less certain is on which channel the brand should focus its time and resources. An answer was provided last week by Aol Platforms, which released the results of a study that tracked social purchase interactions through Convertro.
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Twitter this week announced that its analytics tool now can be used by everyone. Twitter's analytics tool lets users click on any tweet to see how people engage with it in real time. They can compare their tweet activity month over month and see how they trend over time. Users also can click on a tweet to see the number of retweets, replies, favorites, follows or clicks received.


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Hi I am new to this forum. For the last 2 years I have owned and loved a kds60xbrl. When hearing of Sony's withdrawl from the market and the excellent reviews of the kdsr70xbr2, I frantically tried to track one down in LA. I finally found one in San Diego, went the distance and got it. However, all is not well. The box kinda of looked like it had been around the block and had probably had been repacked. My picture suffers from noise, some motion problems and maybe type of focus problems. Qualex a sony rep replaced a circuit board by diagnosing he problem on the phone. Still have problems. Would love to get a new one, but I don't know where to get one. Does anybody know who can properly fix this problem of where to get a new one?
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get i2s from CEC superlink?
Hi all,
I have got a CEC TL-51X transport.
There is a 9-pin D-sub connector at the rear panel of the transport, and it is marked as 'superlink'.
I have searched for the term 'superlink'.
It seems an digital interface between the transport and DAC of CEC.
This is the diagram of 'superlink':
Since the superlink is consist of data, bitclock, master clock, could/how I got the i2s data via this interface?
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|2nd October 2009, 11:34 PM
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After a series of experiments, something new regarding to the CEC superlink has been found.
1) The pinout of the 9-pin D-sub connector is:
Pin 1 - Ground.
Pin 2 - Bit clock (BCK)
Pin 4 - Word clock (WCK)
Pin 6 - Audio data (DOUT)
Pin 8 - De-emphasis (DEEM) (inverted)
Pin 9 - Master clock (MCLK) input
2) To activate the superlink output, it is required that a master clock sent to the CD-transport. The frequency is 16.9344MHz.
3) The digital output from superlink is encoded in Sony/BB format. It is difficult to convert to I2S. Fortunately, the TDA1543A works well with superlink, if you are a NOS fan .
4) Whether or not to get the digital output from superlink, it is always a good idea to reclock the CEC transport through the superlink interface.
In my current configuration, a 16.9344MHz clock generated by a TXCO is sent to CEC TL-51X, and the SPDIF output from the transport is sent to the DAC (A NOS TDA1541A).
Under the new clock, the CEC is actually improved on the whole. The sound is much solid (especially in the bass) and refined.
Other clocks such as KC-7 are also good for this application.
More information regarding to the CEC is posted on my blog
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|4th October 2009, 10:06 AM
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Are you saying it may be worthwhile to link this same clock to the pin 9 of the D Sub? would this enable/activate some synchronising of the digital output with the main clock like Theta does for eg?
|4th October 2009, 03:15 PM
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In my case, the NOS DAC does not need the master clock, thus the external master clock is sent to the transport independently.
In contrasting to NOS DAC, OS DAC usually need the master clock to be synchronized with the transport. In general, the master clock is generated in the transport, and the DAC obtains the master clock by decoding the SPDIF in the digital receiver chip (PLL). However, it is better to place the master clock in the DAC and sent it back to the transport in a separate connection.
As you said, it is a good idea to synchronize the DAC with the transport via the superlink interface. To do that, a little modification of the DAC should be performed. Perhaps the following way works though I have not tried:
The DAC still receives the digital data from SPDIF, but now the master clock (16.9344Mhz) is generated in the DAC, and sent it back to the transport by a 9-pin D-Sub connector. At this time, only 2 rails are used in the connector, pin 1 for the ground and pin 9 for the master clock. That is all. No modification on the transport is needed.
It is actually worthwhile to sync the both in this way rather than the usually PLL decoding.
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|4th October 2009, 09:06 PM
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Question then is, if the original crystal/cap clock has been removed of the digital board and now a better clock (audiocom ultraclock) feeds it, is there any point in feeding a clock in to the d sub (assuming this clock was not better then the new internal clock)?
|4th October 2009, 10:02 PM
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If I understand your post correctly, your question is that a good clock in transport vs. a not-so-good clock in DAC, which is the better?
It depends on how good the clock in the transport is and how bad the clock in the DAC is. Anyway, the best solution is that you put the good clock in the DAC, and feed it back to transport with the superlink interface.
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|4th October 2009, 10:17 PM
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No, not at all, rather lets say you put your tent clock inside the TL, replacing the original basic clock cct of the player, would there be any benefit running the set up like you are doing with an identical clock circuit feeding in to the d sub as well?
|4th October 2009, 10:37 PM
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Okay. Your intention is to feed the transport an external clock through the superlink rather than synchronize the transport with the master clock generated in the DAC.
In the TL-51X, there is a simple logic circuit deciding the source of the master clock between the internal crystal and the superlink input.
If there is a clock input from superlink, then the internal clock is disabled.
Therefore, it is non sensible to feed the superlink a clock worse then the internal one.
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|4th October 2009, 10:56 PM
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So, assuming internal clock and external stand alone clock are of identical quality, there is no benefit to the external clock if not part of the DAC? ie no buffers are enabled as a result of ext clock for eg.
|4th October 2009, 11:21 PM
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However, it is complicated for such cases.
Given two identical clocks, one is in the transport, and the other is in an external box. The internal one shares the power of the transport, and has a clock rail shorter than the external one. The external clock has a stand alone box, a dedicated power supply, and a longer path to the transport. Considering these factors, it is hard to say which one is better.
The external clock is preferred to me because I do not want to mod the TL-51X at all.
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Mister Nepenthes sanguinea is getting huge! He's been popping out pitchers fairly consistently, but they're get bigger and bigger. I just busted out the tape measure, and they're six inches long! Maybe the ant feed back in October has something to do with his success? Here's another picture of Matti holding him up for scale. We picked him up probably two years ago during our annual summer day trip to California Carnivores in Sebastopol (if you live in the Bay Area you MUST go). It's an amazing place! I was a little nervous about growing Nepenthes at first. Maybe because they're so cool you'd think they have to be hard to grow. We mist em' every once in awhile, and make sure their little trays don't dry out, but that's it.
When Matti picked out this Cryptanthus during last year's birthday plant extravaganza to wholesale interior plant wonderland I wasn't thrilled with it, but hey it was his birthday. Now, I absolutely LOVE it, and want more! It's a terrestrial bromeliad. They come in all kinds of funky colors. Ours is looking a little moist in this picture, since he just had a Neem shower. There were a couple evil Mealybugs hanging out on it. Mealybugs, scale, indoor aphid outbreaks, ants you name it we've had it. I used to freak the heck out about all these pests, but a little Neem every once in awhile seems to keep them under control. For more info about "Earth Stars" check out the Cryptanthus Society's culture sheet.
Here's one that Matti's never been fond of. We picked him up at a Succulent Society meeting over a year ago, and I have to admit there are times when it has looked a little dead. It's looking exceptionally green right now. We should be seeing some little flowers on it soon. It's a weird Madagascar native. I still like it.
Here's another weirdo we picked up at a SF Succulent Society meeting last January. I just googled the name, and the only info that popped up were our flickr picture of it and the blog post about bringing it home. The litvivia variation must be rare. The only info I've been able to find on it, is that it's native to Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda. We haven't had any flower action on it, but when we do it's should be exciting. It's closely related to Stapelias known for their star-shaped, rotten flesh perfumed flowers. If anyone out there has any additional info about this guy we'd love to hear about it.
Sanseverias are crazy EASY! They come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors! You're probably familiar with the strappy green and yellow one commonly known as "Mother-in-law's Tongue," popular in the 70′s. This weird one came from someone at the SF Bromeliad Society tagless (Clarke/PATSP help!) My best guess is: Sansevieria suffruticosa.
We've got more pictures of our indoor babies right here on flickr.
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Robbo Robertson's Beneteau First 40 Lunchtime Legend remained in first place in the IRC Division after the fourth race of the SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2012.
Tony Ross's Beneteau First 40 Black Label and Leon Thomas's Sydney 38 Guilty Pleasures IV ended in second and third places respectively on handicap.
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I'm convinced that most people want to live a life of purpose.
The vast popularity of Rick Warren's book The Purpose-Drive Life was in part based on this desire, which became evident when millions of people bought the book.
Rick writes, "Humans were made to have meaning. Without purpose, life is meaningless. A meaningless life is a life without hope or significance. This is a profound statement and one that everyone should spend time pondering. God gives purpose. Purpose gives meaning. Meaning gives hope and significance. There is awesome truth contained within that logic."
Just think of the difference knowing this message would make to a young person just starting his or her life. When I read Rick's book, it was an affirmation of how I have lived. I got so excited about it that I wanted to buy it and give it to every twenty-year-old I knew. Purpose empowers significance.
Everyone Has a Why
I believe every person has a why and has the ability to find it. Do you believe that too? If not, are you willing to accept the idea? If you haven't already found yours, I believe you can. Why am I convinced of that?
- Every person was created to do his or her part to better mankind. That includes you!
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Maybe you already have a strong sense of your why. If so, you already have a great head start on your significance journey. However, if you're like most people, you would be grateful to have some help figuring out your why. I want to help you with that.
Ask Yourself a Lot Of Questions
The process begins with questions. I love to ask questions. They have unlocked more doors of opportunity for me than anything else I have ever done. So I ask questions in any and every kind of situation. And then I listen to the answers. That's where learning begins to happen.
The first question you must ask yourself is this: How can I add value to others? If you can quiet yourself enough to listen for that answer from within yourself, you will begin to understand your why. I have to tell you that this question has been the foundation and driver of every significant act in my life. Did you get that? Having a life that matters comes from the ability to add value to others. This is where significance starts. Let that idea stir within you while I show you more specifically how to find your why.
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Another way to help you discover your why is to focus on the core of who you are and see what grows from that. In his book Aspire! Kevin Hall writes, "The first thing I do when I'm coaching someone who aspires to stretch, grow and go higher in life is to have that person select the one word that best describes him or her. Once a person does that, it's as if he or she has turned to a page in a book and highlighted one word. Instead of seeing three hundred different words on the page, the person's attention, and intention, is focused immediately on that single word, that single gift. What the individual focuses on expands."
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By far the most common use of a redouble in tournament play is to show first-round control when a cue bid is doubled by an opponent – a good reason not to make such doubles, because they usually only give the enemy more space in which to describe their hands. Robert Mundy, who played in the TGRs Auction Pairs, described to me a deal on which he had used an old-fashioned redouble of a game contract that went one down when the trumps divided 5-0. While such a redouble would be fine at money bridge, it is a losing bet at pairs play because if you make a doubled contract, you will score close to a top anyway. If on the other hand you go down in a redoubled contract, that will convert a poor score into a complete bottom. Undaunted, Robert tried the experiment again on the most dramatic deal of the tournament. North-South vulnerable, dealer South.
(1) Showing both minor suits. (2) Although it's true that 2NT won't make, the opponents won't play in it. Regular tournament players would have all manner of gadgets to show spade support together with short clubs, or long hearts, or whatever – a double in this auction usually shows a desire to penalise a minor suit. But it might work as a diversionary measure, convincing the opponents you are out to get them at a low level; if they believe you, they might not pre-empt at a high level, and you will have more room. (3) The disbelieving sort. (4) The opponents had not yet reached a slam, but the Lightner principle still applies: when a hand that has pre-empted doubles a strong bid by an opponent, he wants a lead other than the suit he has bid. (5) Once bitten, but still far from shy.
Six spades is an excellent contract on the North-South cards, but that is before you see the East-West cards. The defence was ruthless: West led a diamond for East to ruff; East led a heart to West's ace; West gave East another diamond ruff; East gave West a heart ruff; and a third round of diamonds brought the East-West tally to five tricks and a penalty of 1,600.


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Happy Mother's Day. I got up early so I could Skype with my mom before my race.
I got to the race sight early, registered, and got the bike prep'd and ready to rock. I also got kitted up in our SWEEEEET new Quadzilla Racing Voler kits. It would be the first time we've raced in them and I was kinda looking forward to it. I went out on my warmup lap (with my awesome new Quadzilla Racing jacket!!!) and tried to stay out of the way of the Cat3 riders who were racing. I wasn't taking the warmup too seriously and I know this because I stopped and helped a kid get his drivetrain working and straighten and tighten his handlebars. Further into the warmup, I happened upon a VeloGirl rider who had taken a bit of spill so I stopped to make sure she was okay and caution traffic as she regained her composure. After repairing her bike for her a bit and making sure she was okay, the "warmup" continued.
The course was gonna be super fast and only really contained one real climb, so I'm not sure that it really favored me, but I was gonna ride it anyway. I could feel before the race started that I didn't quite have my usual pop, possibly from the training week, but my stomach also didn't feel great.
As we lined up, I chatted with the usual suspects and got ready to race. As the wave went off, my drivetrain skipped a bit and I found myself at the very back of the field where I found Brian Butler and I joked with him for a bit before I started riding up the field. I knew I would see him again since that's just his style of riding – I can't do that… my ego won't let me.
So I pushed up the field making sure to get position ahead of as many singlespeeders as possible. William Kemper jumped out and started leading a bit of a charge, so I figured I should get on his wheel and together with a few others, we built a fast train which was moving hard through the course. I had no idea how many riders were up the road from me and I didn't really care. For some reason I was feeling a bit blasé about the race – not 100% sure why either.
As we finished up the first lap, I figured that William had pulled for long enough and I would share the work load with him. I passed him saying "I'll pull for a while…" and I went to the front of the pack and put my head down. I pulled for a full fast lap and I looked behind me to see Marshall hanging out with no apparent desire to pull, so I just kept on riding, not really wanting to let the pace drop and not really caring even though it was pretty windy. We're smoking through the field, but since it's a short fast lap and the Sport riders also got sent off in our field, we start getting into lap traffic really quickly and I'm surprised how fast we're getting into it.
I pull the train for another couple laps with small intermittent breaks behind Alex Wild and another Cat1 racer until he mechanicals and pulls off. Alex is yo-yoing off the front of our group after an apparent mechanical of some sort. At this point, I'm feeling a bit tired, but I keep the pace as high as practicable. I hear some commotion behind me and I know that something's up. William passes me and tries to make a bit of a break. I talked to him about joining Quadzilla, so I give him a bit of a gap, but that's quickly filled by Marshall and Brian – and THAT is how you go from running first one the trail to 4th on the trail in about 10 seconds. I regain my composure and cling to the back of the pack, who was joined with Alex now and is charging like a locomotive through the trails. We're dealing with a lot of lap traffic now and I realize that it's probably going to be an issue, but I just haven't got the pop to do anything about it after having pulled at the front for so long.
At one point, we come up on a bigger Cat2 rider who is taking up the whole trail. Alex, Brian, and Marshall sneak through, but as William makes the pass, the Cat2 rider runs him off his line and they both crash in front of me on the trail, blocking the entire area. William recovers and we get back on the trail fairly quickly but with any momentum we had gone and the group definitely got away right there. I get back on the front and start trying to track down the other guys, but at this point, I'm pretty fried and the other guys have a pretty good gap. In my mind, I know I'm just fighting to salvage some pride and stay on the podium. I crush out the last half lap by myself having dropped William somewhere behind me, but I check over my should quickly on one of the last straights knowing he can't be too far behind and not wanting to be surprised.
I cross the line in 3rd behind Marshall and Brian. Beaten by the Usual Suspects. Am I disappointed? Maybe a bit, but I knew what I was doing and I didn't really care, so why should I be disappointed? I see Brian in the medical tent and as Marshall recounts to me how he felt trying to keep my wheel for the 4 laps that I was pulling, I feel better, knowing that I can crush speed out and that if I just ride a bit more strategically, I can accomplish what I want. At least I got the kit onto the podium at its inaugural race.


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Instrument Flying: Instrument Trainer Instruction Guide
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Autumn Son
by Mary Alexandra Stiefvater
Genre: Poetry
Written and narrated by Mary Stiefvater
Copyright ©2013 by Mary Stiefvater
Their October moon
Their autumn son
You are their blessing
Their thrill, their fun
You cannot know
Or yet understand…
about the author
Mary Alexandra Stiefvater was born in Chico, California and grew up in Stockton, where she was first introduced to theater and dance at a young age. Educated at The University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater, she also studied French cinema and philosophy abroad at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) and Le Centre Parisien d'Études Critiques. After graduation, she moved to England to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Five days after graduating from LAMDA, she packed her suitcase for New York to pursue work in theater, film, television and modeling. As well as being a skilled dancer, Mary Alexandra received her stage combat certificate from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. She is trained in a variety of different weapons and unarmed combat.
Her first break came on The Late Show with David Letterman where she regularly appeared in comedy skits. At the same time, did motion capture work for the character of Mona Sax in Max Payne 2 with Rockstar Games. The collaboration with Rockstar Games continued on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Warriors.
Later, she moved to Los Angeles, where further success came in television (The Mentalist, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Wedding Bells & Happy Hour). Known mainly for her work in independent films (Supergator, Bear, Speed-Dating, Driving By Braille, Loveless in Los Angeles, The Perfect Boyfriend, Easy Rider: The Ride Back, & Four Lane Highway), she has also appeared in numerous print ads (Verizon, Babies-R-Us, Fera Skiwear, Quenchwear, Cargo magazine, Stuff magazine & The San Francisco Embarcadero Christmas Catalog), commercials (Bud Light, Volvo, Lupus PSA, Red Bull Sugar-free, Style Network, 1-800-Collect & TGIFriday's) and web-series (Playdate & Rules of the League).
In order to sustain longevity in the ever-changing entertainment industry, she started producing and writing. In 2006 she produced the award-winning short film, Bad Habits, with the production company she helped found, Habit Forming Films. Stiefvater then produced Wedding for One, 11-44, and The Room, each directed by Kristina Lloyd. The two met in acting class at UCLA and have collaborated on several projects together. After many years of co-writing, her first, solo, full-length script, Squaw, was nominated for Best Screenplay in two festivals. In 2012, her first books, In My Contrary Garden and Cocoa For Saturdays were published. Her sophomore effort, On The Merry-Go-Round was released in 2013 with The Sun She Sets and Fair The Rose following in 2014.
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"Where do babies come from?"
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BOSTON (WWLP) – In a story you saw first on wwlp.com and 22News, Governor Deval Patrick will appoint Richard Sullivan as his Chief of Staff for the remainder of his administration. Sullivan, the former mayor of Westfield from 1994 to 2007, is currently the Secretary of Energy and Environmental affairs. Between those two positions, he was the head of the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The official announcement was made at 11:00 Thursday morning.
Sullivan will become Gov. Patrick's Chief of Staff on June 9th.
Maeve Vallely Bartlett, the current EEA undersecretary will replace Sullivan in that department.
22News State House Reporter Tiffany Chan spoke with Sullivan about his new position Thursday. Click here to see the complete interview.
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Are you potty training? If you are, then you can get a FREE Carry Pack of Huggies Pull Ups. It's actually a £2 off voucher but Asda, Morrisons and Tesco have the Carry Packs reduced to just £2 at the moment, so you can get them for FREE.
All you need to do is click the link above, enter your name and email address, then print off your voucher.
Just hand over your voucher for the FREE Huggies Pull Ups Carry Pack as you pay.
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Cheers Hun x
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Great to use for just travelling a to b for my lg just now just need to print my voucher out
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I got some other day in Morrison's .. Had 2 packs for free
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£2 coupon.... £2 in tescos atm making them free!!!
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Our rubber expedition is heading now to Ireland, and the year is 1888. We're in the city of Belfast, in what will someday become Northern Ireland. 1888 was a good time to be a veterinarian. Horses, donkey, mules and oxen pull wagons and plows. No one could get much done without them. However, this will soon change when new fangled automobiles and farm tractors put the horses out to pasture.
Dunlop's tires are pneumatic, that is they were inflatable. Until then most tires were made out of solid rubber. But pneumatic tires gives a much smoother ride.
He isn't the first to do this. Another Scottish inventor named Robert Thompson had invented an inflatable tire back in 1845, but no one paid much attention to it. So it was left to Dunlop to reinvent the pneumatic tire forty-three years later.
Cartoon of the first pneumatic tires
made commercially in the U.S.
Dunlop's tires are made of polyisoprene, natural rubber. But natural rubber has a big problem. Have you ever blown up a balloon, and then noticed how it slowly will get smaller as the days pass? This is because air can pass through natural rubber. It happens slowly, but it does happen. Eventually the air will leak out of the balloon, and it will deflate. Inner tubes made from natural rubber will suffer from the same problem, at least until the invention of a gas-impermeable synthetic rubber called butyl rubber. But that is still some years away.
1888: In Germany, radio waves are discovered by Heinrich Hertz.
1890: In Japan, the Diet meets for the first time. It is the country's first parliament.
2. Benson, Alistair. Scottish Scientists and Inventors
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Art Damaged punk rock from Akron, Ohio. C.D. Truth has been writing and performing their brand of punk, alternative, experimental type songs for over a decade. This starts off w/ a totally great tune called \'Simpler Way\' that\'s kind of like WEEN jamming w/CHIXDIGGIT! Real pop but real twisted underneath too. Happily they continue the damaged trend, but they don\'t seem boxed-in by any particular style. They just use what they got to construct melodic and catchy punk rock that sounds like it got left too close to a radiator for a while. Sometimes they\'re like the ANGRY SAMOANS hooking up w/FLIPPER, sometimes they just revel in globs of deranged art rock and distorted confusion and we really like \'em. Wilder than Robert Downey Jr. at a pill party. Seedy gets weirder and darker the longer it goes on, like a stranger that persuaded you into his car w/ sweets and then really started scarin\' ya once you were buckled up. Great off-the-wall shit, a real refreshing and interesting change from the norm. Concentrate on the size of the fingers reaching for you.


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Mergers and acquisitions activity is picking up across sectors, with Facebook acquiring WhatsApp and RF Micro Devices merging with TriQuint Semiconductor. RealMoney Pro contributor Chris Versace explains what's behind the increase in recent M&A and what companies stand to potentially lose out amid the activity. Versace says when it comes to the RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor merger, companies like Anadigics and Peregrine Semiconductor could wind up losing out as a result of the deal.


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A splash of Spanish with side of Latin at West Allis' Antigua
At Antigua Latin Restaurant in West Allis, the lunch and dinner menus are like a tour of Latin America and Spain. Naturally, the Sunday brunch menu is, too.
Every meal at Antigua starts with a complimentary plate of tiny empanada, croquette and quesadilla, delicious bites that should take the edge off that hunger before brunch entrées arrive.
Antigua serves an especially flavorful version of chilaquiles ($10.29), the Mexican version of bread pudding: Tortilla chips bathed in red salsa (instead of the more common green salsa) to absorb and incorporate the sauce are baked, garnished with queso fresco and sour cream and served with excellent grilled beef, garlicky and tender. It's become my favorite of the chilaquiles offered around town. (That red salsa made with chiles de arbol, by the way, is the house's signature salsa that it also bottles and sells.)
Spain is represented with tortilla Española ($8.29), the skillet-sized potato-and-onion omelet. Antigua embellishes the minimalist version with red and green bell peppers.
I loved the pork-filled arepa, or corn cake, served with perico de Venezuela ($8.29), eggs scrambled with onions, tomato and bell peppers, but undercooked vegetables made this dish too watery.
Besides traditional dishes, Antigua has plates such as breakfast sliders ($8.79), a trio of house-baked rolls filled with scrambled eggs, avocado and cheese, and seasoned with chipotle mayonnaise.
A plate of platanos Salvadoreños ($5.79), fried plaintain abundantly drizzled with sour cream, is enough for a table of three or four to share as a side dish or an appetizer.
Molletes ($6.99) could be another plate to share, but I'd be inclined to keep this one to myself: savory refried beans spread on a cut bolillo roll and baked with Chihuahua cheese until warm and melting. It's topped with pico de gallo.
I like (need?) a stronger cup of coffee than the one served at one brunch. It was better the next time, although it could be stronger still. The featured brunch drink at Antigua long has been sangria; this summer the restaurant added that Milwaukee essential, the Bloody Mary. It's made with tequila instead of vodka, light on the spice.
Citlali Mendieta-Ramos, who owns Antigua with her husband, chef Nicolas Ramos, moved the restaurant from downtown Milwaukee to West Allis in 2006, into an open, modern space. With walls in vibrant shades of terra cotta and with contemporary Latin music in the background, it's a good place to start the day.
Listen to dining critic Carol Deptolla's At the Table reports on WTMJ-AM (620) at 8:22 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. Fridays, and at 7:20 a.m. Sunday.
5823 W. Burnham St., West Allis
(414) 321-5775
Brunch is served: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays
Prices: $6.99-$10.79
Parking: Adjacent lot
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|This old chapel in Llanvaches was built on the site of the first Nonconformist
outpost in Wales. The original was built in 1639 as a Congregationalist
chapel, just before the English civil war. Two hundred years later
the great linguist and traveller George Borrow passed this chapel
while walking the old Chepstow Road on a journey he later wrote up in Wild
Wales. The first Welsh Baptist chapel was at Ilston in Glamorgan and
dates from 1649.
The 1660 restoration of the monarchy in England was followed by religious intolerance and a severe regime lasted until the 1689 Toleration Act. The Quaker movement was established in 1668 and several writers have pointed out that Quakerism had an appeal to the Welsh landowning class of the time. This, combined with the fact that Quakers faced the most severe persecution, led to the high representation of the Welsh in the new colony of Pennsylvania.
Muriel Bowen Evans (Nonconformity in the 2nd edition of Welsh
Family History) says that " ... the roles of Nonconformity were
so dynamic that if those searching for their Welsh ancestors wish to understand
their social milieu they must take account of it. Moreover, by the second
half of the nineteenth century, the proportion of chapel adherents among
those who attended places of worship was so high that almost all researchers
into family history in Wales must expect to have had some Nonconformist
|Note: A Nonconformist is a member of a religious group detached from the official Church of England (and in Wales, from the Church in Wales). Quakers, Baptists, Congregationalists, Unitarians and Methodists represent some of the different flavours of Nonconformity.


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Enterprise collaboration company Jive Software has acquired Seattle-based OffiSync, a start-up that enables web-based collaboration on Microsoft Office products.
The deal will give Jive the ability to offer enterprises an easy way to make Microsoft Word and Outlook instantly social and tightly integrated with Jive. It could be a major move in this space.
Terms were not disclosed but the deal was valued at $25 to $30 million according to Israel-based The Marker.
Jive already has 3,000 customers and more than 15 million users. But this will provide an on-ramp for a whole new set of Jive customers that may have been hesitant to sign up because they did not want to leave Microsoft Office to collaborate. Now they don't have to.
Jive acquired data and recommendation start-up Proximal Labs in February. Then in March Jive added high-profile board members from McAfee, Intel, Facebook and Google. But this OffiSync acquisition may end up being bigger than either of those moves.
Previous to this, if people were collaborating on a Word document, they had do the document editing and collaboration parts separately. But there was no real way to collaborate within the document itself. (I'm leaving aside Word's markup feature, since that doesn't integrate with other collaboration software.)
With OffiSync, people can upload a Word or PowerPoint file into the browser in Jive, then comment on it, discuss it and collaborate with others in the Jive environment. Or they can just open Word or PowerPoint as they normally do. With the OffiSync (and now Jive) plug-in, they will see a pane inside Word to do the same things--add comments, tag content, invite others to collaborate, and see other people's edits in real-time as they happen.


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Depends on the load you have to lift. If I wanted to perform a quick bucket-sort, then I'd use PHP, VBScript or any other non-compact scripting language. But if I had to make a syntax processor (like I have: http://camendesign.com/code/remarkable ), then there's no way I'd do it without regex. I'd have to practically reimplement a hard-coded regex engine in the process of handling the byte-by-byte matching for all the use-cases.
Sure the likes of sed and awk are hard to use, but there's wizards out there who can, and those of us who can't -- it's not ours to say that one tool is better than the other, when in the right hands.
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I turned 25 back in 1973 - I'm still here.You'll be okay!
Feel you hven't accomplished what you wanted outta life? This early on? Come on, ya got nothin but time, so enjoy it and make the most of it
just loving it honey.........you too will
just don't think about how you lived a quarter of a century thus far..lol...C'mon now,it's a privilege!! you know how many people would have loved to live that long but didn't?? You're still very young in the grand scheme of things,live it up..
I'm not so sure we ever completely let go of that.But thinking from another person's perspective a good way to approach situations you are grappling with.Happy birthday,btw.
Just pretend your 27
You're breakin' my heart
just wait til 30 ..enjoy 25
I passed my second and working on my 3rd quarter century. Got a few years yet. But I plan to out run this one too!
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(Phys.org)—The solution to a biochemical puzzle over the molecular make-up of a coral reef sea sponge (Theonella swinhoei) has revealed the origin of its extremely toxic agents.
A team of international scientists, including academics at The University of Nottingham, have discovered that polytheonamides— highly toxic and chemically complex compounds which are key to the sponge's defences—are produced by the organism in disguise.
And in a final twist they found that the polytheonamides are not even made by the sponge itself but by a bacterium living with it in symbiosis.
Their discoveries, published on the Science Express website last week, could have implications for human medicine too—the highly effective nature of the sponge's toxins, and their means of production, could be the starting point for new antibiotics and anti-cancer therapies.
Polytheonamides belong to a class of molecules known as peptides, which are polymers built from amino acid units. Peptides and proteins are normally made by the ribosome, a molecular machine which translates the genetic code, originating from DNA, into the amino acid code required to assemble proteins.
The ribosome uses only 22 amino acids in its 'vocabulary' and because polytheonamides contain many other unusual amino acids they have previously been classified as non-ribosomal peptides, which are made by enzymes like the vast majority of natural products and not read directly from the genetic code.
The international team, which also included scientists from Bonn and Tokyo, has demonstrated that, despite their highly unusual amino acid content, the polytheonamides are in fact ribosomal products in disguise which have undergone an unprecedented degree of modification in their early formation.
The experts believe that toxicity lies at the heart of this baffling but ingenious piece of bioengineering. The modifications change the three dimensional shape of the peptide into a helix that can insert into a cell membrane to make an ion channel which disrupts the membrane's electrical potential and kills the cell.
Dr Neil Oldham, of The University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry, said: "Understanding how these molecules are produced has been a real challenge: they are almost unrecognisable as products of the ribosome."
"Cell kill activity is the starting point for many anti-cancer and antibiotic strategies. Having direct control over the structure of these molecules may allow modulation of activity through 'designed biosynthesis' potentially leading to future therapies centred on the more effective targeting of cancerous cells or microorganisms."
The scientists believe that they now know all the enzymes needed to produce polytheonamide from its unmodified post-ribosomal state.
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The Canton of Steltonwald invites one and all to come and fling your arrows and other sharp pointy objects at this year's Archers to the Wald. Many of the well-known archery marshals of our Kingdom including many Scarlet Guard members will be running various ranges throughout the day, including several roving, novelty and long distance ranges. There may even be some archery classes offered.
Members of the Scarlet Guard have agreed to make themselves available for one-on-one coaching, tips and techniques throughout the day. After feast it is rumored that there may even be a flaming arrow shoot to behold!
In addition to all things archery, there is plenty of space for a thrown weapons range, heavy weapons and fencing as well. We welcome merchants, but please contact the Autocrat as inside/table space is limited.
The day will end with a fabulous feast created by none other than Countess Aid an ni Leir. Feast is limited to 64. Please consider pre- registering for this event as the numbers for feast will be based on our preregistration numbers. If you have any special dietary concerns, please contact Aidan at firstname.lastname@example.com
This event will be held on September 27, 2007 at the Beaver Valley Archery (BVA) Club, 277 Rothart Dr, New Brighton, PA 15066. The BVA Club is a mundane archery club featuring over 53 acres available for shooting. The site opens at 10 am and closes at 10 pm., and is discretely damp. Site Fees for this event are $9.00 for adults, $4 for children 6-17 and free for babes in arms (5 and under). Site fee includes a light lunch. Feast fee is $7 for adults, $4 for children under 17.
The autocrat for this event is THL Gianna di Aurelio firstname.lastname@example.com Please send reservations to Muirgheal inghen Dubhghaill email@example.com Reservations need to be received by September 22, 2007. Please make checks payable to SCA Inc. - Canton of Steltonwald.
From the South:
Make your best way to I-79 N. Take exit 87 for PA-68 toward Zelienople. Turn left at end of exit ramp onto at Evans City Rd/PA- 68. Continue to follow PA-68. You will make a Left turn onto N Main St/PA-68 ( approx 1 mile). Turn right at W Beaver St/PA-68 (approx 1/4 mile)(Please note there is a 7Eleven on the far right corner of this intersection). Continue to follow PA-68 for about 6 miles. You will make a right onto Rothart Road. There is a large metal sign for the Archery Club on the corner. Follow Rothart Road for about 1 mile. Turn Left into the Archery Club.
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Make your best way to I-79 S. Take exit 88 Zelienople. At end of ramp turn right onto Little Creek Road continue for about ? mile and turn Left onto Perry Hwy/US 19. In approx 1.5 miles, turn right at W Beaver St/PA-6 8 (Please note there is a 7Eleven on the far right corner of this intersection). Continue to follow PA-68 for about 6 miles. You will make a right onto Rothart Road. There is a large metal sign for the Archery Club on the corner. Follow Rothart Road for about 1 mile. Turn Left into the Archery Club. Location:
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Carrie Underwood is officially off the market! The country singer and Ottawa Senator hockey player Mike Fisher are engaged, reports Us Magazine.
"I'm happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn't be happier," Carrie's rep said. "No wedding date has been set at this time."
While Carrie has traditionally kept her relationships out of the media, the 26-year-old included her beau in the liner notes of her latest CD, 'Play On,' writing: "Thank you #12. You are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and have had such an amazing hand in the building of this album and in the growth of me as a person. I love you so much! You make my life better in every way! I thank God for you every day... xoxo, Carrie."
The couple met through a "friend of a friend" at a concert last October, the hockey center told NHL Online. They have been dating for just over one year. Congratulations, Carrie and Mike!


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Fiji Time: 12:15 AM on Tuesday 20 February
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Rashneel Kumar
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
SUVA football coach Gurjit Singh is up against the element of time as he works to prepare a formidable side for the Fiji Sun/Skipper Tuna National Football League opener against Labasa this Saturday.
The former national mentor's preparation plan was disrupted last week with a poor turnout of players. However, Singh is happy with the turnout this week, and hopes the week-long preparation is enough to overcome the Babasiga Lions at the ANZ Stadium in Laucala Bay this weekend.
"We don't have much time, so the concentration is basically to get the combination together although the time is very short to achieve this," he said.
"It's good that we have some senior players in the team and three players in the national Under 20 camp who'll be joining us."
Suva will rely heavily on youngsters Kolinio Sivoki, Jale Dreloa and Nikhil Chand who are part of the Fiji U20 squad.
Singh said he also hoped to get the services of goalkeeper Emori Ragata and defenders Amit Kanhaiya and Leone Damudamu for the crucial match.
"We haven't played a 90-minute game since the national league last year.
"Labasa has a bit of an advantage as they have been training for some time.
"We were supposed to play a friendly against Navua over the weekend but they didn't turn up.
"This is a very important game and competition as the team which finishes last will be demoted."
Singh said Labasa had not beaten them in the past two seasons and would try to break the jinx this Saturday.
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Now that utilities and Congressional Republicans have failed to protect our electricity supply against EPA overreach, there's a conspiracy afoot to protect the utilities from their own failure. This must be opposed.
Environment and Energy Daily reports:
Two congressional Republicans in the House and Senate are considering a legislative fix to prevent energy companies from being fined or sued when juggling new environmental regulations and grid reliability standards.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) are both considering legislative language to address concerns that utilities have raised.
At issue is the Energy secretary's authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to order plants to keep running in an emergency.
Power companies told federal regulators last year that they could face lawsuits and fines if DOE orders them to operate for reliability reasons and forces the plants to violate air pollution rules (E&ENews PM, Nov. 30, 2011).
Such was the case for Mirant Corp., the predecessor of GenOn Energy, which was forced to choose between complying with environmental rules or violating reliability standards.


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British expats fighting for their voting rights to be restored have been given a lifeline by the European Commission.
The commission will seek to enable Britons abroad to keep their right to vote in the UK - a right they currently lose after 15 years of living overseas.
There have been a number of high-profile court cases recently of British expats fighting to keep their votes, all of which have ended in defeat.
Earlier this month, 91-year-old British war veteran Harry Shindler, a long-term resident of Italy, lost his European Court battle to win back his vote.
However, in a press conference last week to present the 2013 EU Citizenship Report, commission vice-president Viviane Reding said: "We will work on ways to enable EU citizens to keep their right to vote in national elections in their country of origin.
"The practice in some member states of depriving their citizens of their right to vote once they move to another EU country is effectively tantamount to punishing citizens for having exercised their right to free movement."
The EU has no legal power to force the UK to change its rules, but the commission is highlighting the issue to put political pressure on countries that disenfranchise citizens such as the UK, Ireland and Denmark.
Giles Goodall, chair of Brussels and Europe Liberal Democrats, said: "The main argument for the 15-year rule - that people's links with the UK diminish over time - is simply no longer valid in today's world. These days it's as easy to stay in touch and engaged in politics whether you live on the Costa del Sol or in the Cotswolds."
There are about 1.7 million Brits living in other EU countries who could see their voting rights restored. It is hoped any U-turn by the Government would apply to all Britons living overseas, not just those in the EU.
While the commission has merely made a proposal, with no formal procedure announced, it is still positive news for millions of Britons across the globe shut out of national politics.
Mr Goodall noted: "The key thing is that the commission has taken this up and is making it a European issue now - this in itself is progress and will put pressure on the UK to reconsider the policy."
One solution used elsewhere in the EU is the Austrian model, where they have an "opt-in" system for overseas citizens to regularly renew their registration on the electoral roll. Those who are no longer interested in voting at home just drop off the list.
Brian Cave, a France-based expat who has campaigned for many years for the right to vote, said: "A British person abroad in Europe is an ambassador of Britain. It is logical that he or she has a right to have an opinion in both camps just a Pole or German living in Britain should enjoy the right to express an opinion in both countries."
Some Britons abroad are allowed to keep their voting rights such as those serving in the armed forces. However, those living in British Territories such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands are treated as residing overseas.


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Originally posted by fritz
So my friend, I do know my subject although for the life of me I do admit in failling to understand how biological and chemical agents which can kill at best, only a few hundred people, can be classed as WMDs when in fact
they are not.
I reiterate what I have said before:
Chemical weapons are an ideal first strike weapon when mixed with tubed or rocket artillery strikes during an initial bombardment of enemy positions and are thus deemed to be battlefield weapons;
Biological weapons on the other hand are better suited to infecting the civil and military population behind the forward staging areas, thus hindering the resupply of enemy forces, clogging roads and overwhelming the local medical services.
Biological agents do not have to kill in order to achieve the strategic aims of the country using them but they are a double edged weapon and their use must be carefully considered.
Originally posted by fritz
On a side note, have you read about one of our 'foes', that acursed man, Retseh?
Originally posted by spiritualzombie
As a Republican I'm all for nukes, as long as its us nuking them. We bombed Japan to end a war which saved countless lives... however, if Hitler had dropped 2 atomic bombs on L.A. and New York to end a war with the U.S., that would have been a cowardly mass murder of countless civilians... an atrocity even.
As a Republican I'm all for torture as long as its us torturing them. If they torture us, that's breaking geneva convention rules which would be cowardly and dishonorable and definitely a war crime.
As a Republican I'm all for invading countries because if we don't fight them over there, then we will have to fight them here. But when other countries do that, like Hitler using the same justifications, I condemn those actions... such cowards picking on small countries...
Originally posted by DarkStormCrow
Question for Daedalus3,
Do you think that only America would have used the bomb?
Do you think the Soviets would have hesitated to use it, or the Germans or the Japanese had they obtained it first?
58 percent of the deaths in WW II were Allied civilians, while Axis civilians accounted for 4 percent of the casualties.
American male population of all ages in 1940 was 66 million by 1945 America had 16 million men in the services which was virtually every man of fighting age, America was at the end of its manpower and most allied countries were in the same shape.
I think the Cold war and Arms race were on no matter which nation Soviets or Americans got the bomb.
I actually believe that if the Soviets had of gotten the bomb first they would have used it on Germany and Finland then used it on whatever Allied forces were on the European continent.
Stalin like Hitler had no boundaries. I could very easily see the Soviets becoming allies with the Japanese and then using the bomb against Allied forces in Asia.
Originally posted by fritz
I seriously doubt that as mad as Stalin was, he would not have used an atomic bomb against Germany. What would have been the point?
Originally posted by fooks
the japanese military blew off the first explosion. hiroshima.
the emperor was appalled.
when nagasaki happened he gave the order to surrender.
so it worked, 1 week they surrendered.
Originally posted by StellarX
Hi Fooks,
Originally posted by fooks
the japanese military blew off the first explosion. hiroshima.
The Japanese military did not 'blow off' the first explosion and it in fact too a while to assess what had actually happened. Whatever the case may be in how long that assessment took fact is that destroying defenseless cities that has practically zero military/strategic value ( other than the fact that it's destroyed) is no way to convince dictatorial states to give up their power. In the same way that the strategic bombing campaign drove Germans closer to Hitler so nuclear weapons would just prove to the Japanese civilians that they were fighting a enemy that had little respect for human life. Since few Japanese would have had an idea of what were being done by the army in China or other colonies they lacked the knowledge required to know that they were just getting back what was being done in their name.
the emperor was appalled.
The emperor's opinion mattered but only in so far as it agreed with the IJA.
when nagasaki happened he gave the order to surrender.
By which time it was fast becoming clear that they had in a few days lost a substantial portion of their million man army in China and that they would lose it ALL long before nuclear they could run out of cities for the Americans to nuke into oblivion. In fact losing that army in so short a space of time opened up a relatively short term threat of Soviet Invasion long before the Americans could redeploy their forces from the ETO for a sustained and well supplied invasion of the Japanese home Islands. Essentially the Japanese chose surrendering to the USA rather than invasion and occupation by the SU; arguably the most intelligent thing they managed to do since attacking Pearly harbor.
so it worked, 1 week they surrendered.
As with most things in life history tends to seem simplistic when you know practically nothing of it.
Originally posted by fooks
great retorte to my simplistic post. i really did sum that up in a nut shell. wasn't it 3 days between bombs? aug, 12, was when hirohito decided to surrender to the us. they were not going to surrender the homeland in a conventional war. i think it's horrible but i think it was the best way to end an ugly time. imagine if russia was in on an invasion? japan made it out of that pretty good. still a nutshell. sorry!
At least get your historical dates right if you're going to correct somebody yourself. According to Boeing (they know) the B29 Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Aug 6, 1945. Bockscar delivered the second bomb on Aug 9, 1945. Here's the link: www.boeing.com...
Tinman 67, as for your assertion that Russia was in possession of B29s, I think you'll find that far from giving the Russians B29s on Lease/Lend, the Russians were able to back engineer the aircraft from the 3 aircraft that made forced landings in Russia during late 1944, going as far as stripping one a/c down to individual nuts and bolts!
Indeed, according to Tupolev who carried out the work, the resulting Tu-4 did not fly until 19 May 1947, two years after Nazi Germany had surrendered.
For more detailed information about the design and development of the Tu-4, may I suggest you read the following book: Kerber, Leonid. "Tu-4 bomber epic". militera.lib.ru: a compilation of articles published in 1988 & 1990 (in Russian). Retrieved: 29 December 2009.