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BIG DEAL; Apartment Prices May Be Up, But Tyco Sells at a Discount
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Published: September 19, 2004
IN a real estate boom where prices keep on climbing, who sells a luxury apartment on Central Park for less than they paid for it?
Tyco International, that's who.
In one of the stranger deals of this annus mirabilis of Manhattan real estate, the scandal-plagued company sold the Central Park South apartment of its former chief financial officer, Mark Swartz, for $3 million less than it paid two years ago.
The 4,729-square-foot apartment at 50 Central Park South, above the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, was bought with Tyco funds for $15.274 million in December 2001. The closing, just after Christmas, came less than three weeks after Tyco disclosed that it was under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for its accounting practices, the first public signs of the unraveling that eventually led to the corporate looting charges against Mr. Swartz and the company's chief executive, L. Dennis Kozlowski.
A lengthy and sensational trial for the two men ended in a mistrial last April, and they are expected to go before a jury a second time early next year.
The company put Mr. Swartz's 33rd-floor apartment on the market early this year, listing it with brokers at Brown Harris Stevens and asking $15.5 million.
Not surprisingly, in the heat of the current market, a bidding war developed for the high-end property. But in this case, the bidding started well below the asking price, and the winner finally emerged in mid-March with a high offer of $12 million.
The winner turned out to be a Brooklyn-born millionaire, Gerard L. Cafesjian, a former top executive with West Publishing, the legal publisher based in Minnesota.
John Waters Jr., a vice president at Mr. Cafesjian's firm, GLC Enterprises, said the relatively low price came about because the transaction was viewed as a kind of distress sale that could not be completed without the approval of a judge. Mr. Swartz, who was listed as the apartment's ''nominal owner,'' also signed off on the sale, which closed in July, said Charles Stillman, his lawyer. Mr. Stillman defended the original apartment purchase as ''a perfectly proper transaction.''
Now, the apartment is back on the market, listed with Brown Harris Stevens at an asking price of $20 million. The apartment is also being offered for sale in conjunction with a duplex (with another owner) immediately above it, creating a fantasy 10,000-square-foot triplex for a Time Warneresque $45.5 million.
Mr. Waters said that the apartment had been ''soft listed'' and that Mr. Cafesjian was not yet sure if he wanted to keep it or sell it. That's because he has also entered into contract to buy two condos in the Time Warner Center. It will take time, he said, to combine those units, and in the meantime, Mr. Cafesjian will use the apartment above the Ritz.
In another Tyco deal, an apartment at 590 Fifth Avenue bought for Mr. Kozlowski by the company has also gone into contract. It was on the market for $24.95 million. The apartment originally cost $18 million and Mr. Kozlowski's lavish decoration included the infamous $6,000 shower curtain and $15,000 umbrella stand.
A Tyco spokesman, David Polk, said he could not discuss most details of the sales. Regarding the Central Park South condo, he said, ''We did not lose money on that transaction.'' Because of depreciation, he said, the sale was not recorded as a loss on the company's books.
The sale of Mr. Swartz's apartment is the first activity in some time at 50 Central Park South. The 35-story building, which once housed the St. Moritz Hotel, was renovated by Millennium Partners and reopened in early 2002, with the Ritz-Carlton as the new hotel operator and the top 11 floors offered as ultraluxury condominiums with access to hotel services.
Millennium created 11 full-floor units on the building's top stories, offering most of them as raw space. The developer found six buyers, who signed contracts before Sept. 11, 2001, paying as much as $23.7 million.
But the rest of the apartments languished without buyers after the terrorist attack. Earlier this year, Millennium split one floor into two separate fully finished apartments, hoping to draw buyers at a somewhat lower price. The new units, on the 24th floor, were originally listed at $17 million and $14 million. Those prices were cut last month to $14 million and $12 million.
Matthew Hall, Millennium's vice president of sales and marketing for the property, said the firm had also raised the commission paid to a broker who brings in a buyer, to 4 percent from 3 percent of the sale price.
Finally, this summer, after more than two years without a new sale, Millennium found a buyer for the 9,455-square-foot apartment on the 23rd floor. Richard P. McWilliam, president of the Upper Deck Company, paid $20.8 million in early August for the apartment, which had been listed at $28 million.
More Development In Hudson Square
The developers of the new condominium building at 505 Greenwich Street have reached an agreement to buy a vacant lot out their back door, where they plan to start work on a look-alike apartment house.
''The idea is to build something that is very consistent with the first building in terms of its skin and its interiors but which is innovative and one step more interesting,'' said Richard Mack, a managing partner at Apollo Real Estate Advisors.
Apollo and its co-developer, Metropolitan Housing Partners, decided to buy the second site after seeing the strong demand for condo units at 505 Greenwich, which will be ready for new owners to move in next month.
Mr. Mack said 100 of the 104 units at 505 Greenwich, in the Hudson Square neighborhood, had been sold. Prices ranged from $495,000 for a one-bedroom to $3.7 million for a penthouse.
The new owners include the interior designer Thom Filicia of the television show ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.''
Mr. Mack declined to say exactly how much he was paying for the new lot, a 14,995-square-foot parcel, between Hudson and Renwick Streets, north of Canal Street. But he said it would work out to close to double the approximately $120 a buildable square foot the firm paid for the property at 505 Greenwich. ''We've definitely created value in the neighborhood,'' Mr. Mack said.
Like 505 Greenwich, the new building is being designed by Handel Architects, but it will be smaller, with about 65 one- and two-bedroom units, with prices of $800,000 to $2 million.
Apollo, which was the majority investor in the Time Warner Center, is seeking to expand its New York portfolio. ''We are looking to do close to $1 billion in deals over the next two years,'' Mr. Mack said.


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Building a CPU Part I – Implementing logic gates
For a long time now, I was thinking to myself: "I know how to develop softwares, And I also have a little bit of practice with drivers and compiling operation systems (I even tried to write my own code to a boot sector and run it), But I never really understood how CPU works".
So I've decided to take matter into hands and try to build a CPU. At first I thought about creating it all from scratch, But quick enough I discovered that the amount of transistors I will have to solder is enormous (I will soon enough show that even a simple NAND gate requires 4 transistors). So I've decided to build it on FPGA which will make life easier, and instead of creating my own architecture, I've decided to try and mimic the 6502 microprocessor, which is the CPU used by NES. If everything will go according to plan, I will be able to play Super-Mario on my own CPU.
The first post will have nothing to do with FPGA, as logic gates are provided out-of-the-box when using FPGA, so this part will have nothing to do with my implementation of the 6502 microprocessor. But according to my belief this part is the most important one, because the logic gates are the basic building blocks of any electronic device, in particular a CPU.

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Facebook has announced an update in its 'Activity Log' where users can now delete their search activities logged till now. It is believed that within a few weeks, the feature will roll out across all users where they can see their search history and delete it too.
Quoting Facebook, "You'll be able to see the searches you're making on Facebook. Just as you can choose to delete any of your posts, you can use the same inline control on Activity Log to remove any of your searches at any time. It's important to remember that no one else can see your Activity Log, including your search activity."
The feature is being released over the next couple weeks to all Facebook users. Till now users could see and delete their status updates and other activities in the Activity Log. But after this roll out, search history can also be deleted. Speculations are rife about Facebook moving in the search industry. What do you think?Facebook Updates Activity Log & Enables Deletion of Search Activity!,


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Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid: 'We'll be having sex until the very end'
Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid have been together for ten months, and there's no sign of the honeymoon period wearing off.
When they arrive at our shoot in London, Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid are all gooey-eyed and can't keep their hands off each other.
Alex is stroking Chantelle's growing bump as she gently pushes her fingers through his hair. In between shots, we catch Alex, 36, grabbing his fiancée's boobs. We almost feel we should leave them to it…
It's difficult to believe that this is the same couple who were recently rumoured to be on the verge of a split after a string of arguments.
While the pair, who began dating in April last year, admit to a few rucks over the washing up, they assure new! that they are definitely not breaking up.
In fact, they reveal that their sex life is better than ever! And while they haven't had much time to plan it, the wedding is still very much on.
Here, we chat to five months pregnant Chantelle, 28, and Alex about their little girl, who is due in June, and the truth about their bust-ups…
Well, it's clear you haven't split up! But have you been arguing?
Chantelle: Everyone has the odd row. I don't think you would be human if you didn't, so of course we have. But we're so far from splitting up – we're still getting married!
What do you argue about?
C: Silly things, like who does the washing up. One night, I didn't want to be on my own, and Alex took that as I didn't want him to go out.
Alex: In the end, I cancelled what I was doing and thought I'd use the time to read a script quietly. But Chantelle was talking. I ended up going out to my car to get a break! She was being a bit emotional.
C: But the minute we've had an argument, Alex will poke his tongue out and make me laugh. It's a bit different from packing your bags and taking your ring off, isn't it?
Have the split stories upset you?
C: Usually it doesn't bother me, but I was really upset. I couldn't sleep one night so I went on Twitter and people were saying we had split. I woke Alex up and said, "Did we split up?" It has really affected me.
Do you feel like you're more sensitive because you are pregnant?
C: Probably. I think, "Give me a break!" I'm pregnant and it's not nice to read that. It's caused me a lot of stress. Even people on Twitter have upset me.
What have they said?
C: I was really upset the other day because someone had a go because I spelt pigeon wrong. Sorry, I put a "d" in it! But I felt like I was being physically attacked by the Twitter world.
You must get some really nasty comments, too…
C: Some nasty bloke said, "I hope you have a miscarriage," and someone else said our baby would have a low IQ. It makes me really angry and I feel protective over my child. It's disgusting.
A: It's assault. People should be careful as it can get reported to the police. Cyberbullying is disgusting.
So you've had a lot to deal with in recent weeks?
C: Yeah, I just want people to give me a break. I don't want to be stressed or angry because of what someone has written or said.
The Only Way Is Essex's Joey Essex made some mean comments about your past, Chantelle…
C: I think he was givena good line to put in a magazine.
A: He's a silly boy. It upset me as he was nice to me. I thought he was nice, but… We've all made mistakes, God I have, but he needs to learn from it. We would still like an apology.
How is the pregnancy going?
C: Really well, thank you. I'm just tired. I was really ill with flu last week and had to go to the emergency doctor. Sometimes I feel really out of breath but I think that's because everything moves up. At the end of the day, when you get into bed, oh my God, it's the feeling of your body being held by something else.
How about emotionally?
C: Obviously, I'm a bit emotional sometimes but that's my hormones.
Alex, are you aware of how Chantelle is feeling?
A: From my friends who have had children, they've said your missus can be insecure and hard work for a bit. But I'm so madly in love with her, it doesn't matter to me.
You found out you're having a girl!
C: Yeah, we got the wrong day for the appointment and Alex was working, so I ended up going to the doctor's on my own. I asked them to write it [the sex] down and put it in an envelope. I got home and Alex wanted to open it straight away but I didn't want to. So we ordered a Chinese, ate that, and I still wasn't ready.
How did you react when you finally opened the envelope?
A: Well, it said, "Please turn over," so I was like, "Oh!"and Chantelle thought I was upset. But then I turned over and it said "girl".
C: I was so shocked and he didn't speak for an hour.
A: We were adamant it was a boy.
C: I cried. It was so shocking. I felt like I knew that little boy. When I found out it was a girl, I missed him. It took a while to sink in.
But you are happy now?
C: Yeah, we didn't have a preference. It was just that I had a strong feeling it was a boy. I didn't expect it.
A: We will have one of each.
C: All right! It's me that has to go through this.
A: She keeps saying this but she has to. She has no choice, she's going to get Reidernated again [laughs].
Some celeb mums opt for a C-section. Are you going to?
C: No, I'm just going to go with it, see what happens. I want it to be as natural as possible. Obviously, if I needed a C-section then I would have one, but I wouldn't opt for it. It's a major operation.
A: I wonder what happens after a natural birth.
C: What do you mean? What it's like down there?
Er, are you talking about sex, Alex?
A: Yeah!
C: He always is!
So your bump hasn't slowed down your sex life at all?
C: No, not at all! Obviously, you can't go mental. That's the only bit that has changed [laughs]! It's a bit… nicer.
A: It's been really good actually…
Some women lose their sex drive during pregnancy…
C: Really? Oh no, I'm going to keep on going [through this pregnancy]. You've got to keep your man happy. If not he will go somewhere else [laughs]!
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Q. I've had a five-year, ''on-again, off-again'' affair with a married man. He comforted me after my husband of 25 years left me for another woman. I ended it because he talked about leaving his marriage but wasn't going to, and I felt guilty about his wife. I still have feelings for him and fear contacting him at a weak, lonely moment. He has pursued me after previous splits, and I've contacted him, hoping for more than an email update on his life. I've now blocked his email and avoid places where our paths might cross. How can I stay strong?
A. It sounds as though you are ready to bring this affair to an end at last. It is bound to be difficult for you because your lover played a huge role in your life at a particularly vulnerable time. You share memories and perhaps one day you will be able to be friends, but not right now.
It is ironic that you got together when you were suffering the very pain that you almost inflicted on this man's wife. An unscrupulous person might have been tempted to bring things to a head by informing his wife in the hope that she would leave him, thus setting him free. You were wise to leave that ball in his court, thereby forcing him to demonstrate that he was not truly committed to you. Although you have been hurt, you have avoided what would likely have been another unhappy marriage.
What you now need is to put some time and space between the two of you. Is it possible to go away on a holiday? Even a day spa would do. There is nothing like a new environment to help you see things through new eyes. Be kind to yourself. Enjoy your own company. Be in the moment.
You might consider indulging in a mini makeover. Change your hairstyle or colour, buy some new clothes, or change your routine. Try to visit places you did not visit with your lover. Do something new. Some sort of exercise is great for lifting your mood. Gym visits, yoga, walking clubs, swimming, sport - you will meet new people and feel great about yourself.
Making new friends will offer you a new social circle. This is often easier said than done, but modern technology and social media offer increasingly interesting ways to do this. Last week, I discovered meetup.com. This site provides information about a vast array of groups operating near you. Whether you are into flower arranging, bushwalking, personal development or computers, you will find a group of like-minded people. Even the process of exploring the groups and getting yourself together to attend one will distract you from the thoughts circling in your brain.
There is no doubt the best cure for a bruised heart is to fall in love again. But I would resist the urge to go to dating sites or join groups with the sole purpose of looking for love. You were with this man for five years after a 25-year marriage, so you have not flown solo for 30 years. You need to get to know and like yourself as an independent individual. Once you are content in yourself, you are more likely to choose potential partners wisely. You will not come across as needy or vulnerable. If you do start dating again, try to keep things light for a while, enjoying what it is for its own sake. Make friends, without a hidden agenda.
Now that you have left your relationship, do not beat yourself up about past mistakes. That man's marriage is an issue between him and his wife. He was the one who risked causing pain or feelings of betrayal. It is his responsibility to work things out, or to move on. You are responsible for yourself, your future life and your happiness.
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The measure is designed to lure them from near permanent retirement on welfare benefits.
Brown, who has targeted youth unemployment in past Budgets, has become increasingly concerned by the growing phenomenon of unskilled older people thrown out of work and heading for a new form of premature idleness. There are 2.5 million such unemployed, most of them men.
The New Deal for the over-fifties is seen within the Treasury as a key element of Brown's Budget speech.
The Chancellor will also announce that he is sticking to his forecast of between 1 and 1.5 per cent growth this year. Despite a healthy surplus of nearly £5 billion, the Budget will be broadly fiscally neutral.
It will feature abolition of one middle class perk - tax relief on mortgages - and action to tighten inheritance tax.
A revamp of the much-criticised Training and Enterprise Councils and better protection for consumers will also be announced, as well as a date for implementing Brown's new 10p tax band.
Under the scheme to help the older jobless, Brown will offer £60 a week tax free credit to anyone who is over 50 and unemployed who returns to work full time.
Anyone unemployed in the same age group returning to part time work will be given a lower credit of £40 a week. The credit, available for a year, is designed to make it far more attractive for the unemployed to leave the welfare rolls.
Many newly redundant older workers from declining industries have outdated skills and face massive pay cuts if they return to work.
The Treasury calculates that the credit, together with the national minimum wage of £3.60 an hour due to come into force next month, will guaranteed older workers a minimum income of £175 a week.
The older workers credit will also be tapered with the Working Families Tax Credit, a separate new in work benefit due to start this Spring.
A third of all men aged between 50 and 64, the male retirement age, are now not in work - a figure that has doubled since 1979. Among women 40 per cent of those aged between 55 and 64 are jobless, a figure that has also doubled since 1979.
The total number of men and women aged between 50 and 64 registered as out of work is only 275,000, but a further 2.5m are economically inactive and on some state benefit, many of them on incapacity benefit.
The Treasury is also proposing that anyone aged over 50 and unemployed for more than six months will be offered a personalised advice service to help them find work. They will also be given a one-off, no-strings, £750 grant if they find work to help them with training. The money will be put into a individual training accounts.
Treasury officials are sensitive to charges of dragooning genuinely ill older workers off incapacity benefit and on to the labour market. They insist the scheme will be voluntary, although the Welfare Bill currently going through the Commons will require new incapacity benefit claimants to attend job advice interviews as a condition of benefit.
Most of those out of work are unskilled from declining industries and with salaries that put them in the bottom quarter of the wages league.
Overall, the Budget will be presented with the public sector's finances in better shape than in any year since Nigel Lawson's famous tax cutting Budget of 1988.
It is estimated that the Chancellor has a surplus of up to £5bn. which he could use for tax cuts if he wanted to. The extent of the change-around in financial market sentiment about the Chancellor is shown by the fact that six months ago some of these analysts were predicting a 'black hole' in the public finances.
By strict control on spending, lower than expected unemployed, rises in 'stealth taxes' Gordon Brown has produced a dramatic transformation of the budgetary position.
The budget judgement of 'fiscal neutrality' will not be as harsh as it seems. After the initial two-year freeze on public spending, Brown has already announced dramatic increases in spending on health and education for the rest of the Parliament, beginning in the 1999-2,000 financial year.
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You mean the folks too young for AOL Instant Messenger? And the folks too young for IRC?
Yeah, we're the ones who had to turn the fucker off every time we got a new Windows machine.
Snake your way through the admin console and find services and turn it off.
Have to go back to using ICQ.
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out
No, wait. Nobody cares.
Says the guy with the hotmail email address.
BAH! Back in my day we had to walk across the room to the teletype machine, barefoot, uphill both ways...
When asked about the demise of it's long-time rival, ICQ responded only with "uh oh".
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Cloud Backup - Navigating the User Panel
Moving your organization to a collaborative platform such as Google Drive can do wonders for productivity, but it also introduces new security and backup concerns. In order to ensure your files and other critical data are always protected and available, you need tools specifically built for this kind of protection.
In this helpful video, explore one such backup for Google Apps, and get an in-depth look at its user control panel. Learn how to switch from an administrative account to "impersonating" one of your other users, enabling you to export important emails, calendars, or contacts.
Also, learn how to customize your backup and view backup history, to ensure all your backups have been executed effectively.


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Old Dead Futures
by Tina Connolly
Edited by Melissa Frain
Cover Artist: Wesley Allsbrook
Review by Sam Tomaino
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Date: 29 July 2013
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Every month, Tor posts stories on their webiste (see the link section at the top of this article) along with excerpts from novels, comics and articles. They are free so I recommend you check them out. Each new story will be reviewed separately. This was one of five stories posted July 17, 2013 to celebrate Tor.com's fifth anniversary.
"Old Dead Futures" by Tina Connolly -- A boy named Henry has the power to change futures and men from the government constantly make him use it. The problem is that it confines him to a wheelchair, even worse, makes something he calls "the red" come out. This makes him dangerous and he worries about his mother. Can he make a future to protect her? Pretty good.
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Allardyce: No Reward For Rovers Efforts!!
Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce discusses his thoughts on our defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday with Sky Sports.
Allardyce believed that we deserved something more from our efforts against Tottenham at Ewood Park, however, all we got was a 2-0 defeat!! The Rovers manager knows how much of a threat Spurs are so he was happy with how we contained such an attack minded side, however, despite matching (if not bettering) Spurs in most areas the two goals from Peter Crouch (one after fouling Ryan Nelsen) proved the difference. You are able to watch and listen to what Big Sam thought here:
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Friday's Weekly Travel Photo – Reflecting at the Grand Canyon
One of the perks of living in Arizona for years was relatively easy access to the Grand Canyon. This shot was taken during a weekend trip from Phoenix, up to Flagstaff and then on to the Grand Canyon where I relaxed until the sun set. This photo is from the south rim where we paused and relaxed soaking up the afternoon's warm rays. The Grand Canyon is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World – and rightfully so. In all of my travels I've never seen another natural formation quite like it. When you have the opportunity to visit I highly recommend arriving in the afternoon and giving yourself time to watch the sun set over the canyon. It is mystical.
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India's wealth of human resources puts it in an enviable position. Specially because the quality of the resources available is very high. That there is a perennial demand for qualified Indians, irrespective of socio-political factors, is of no surprise. The Government of Tamilnadu realized the multiple advantages in meetings this demand. More Indians working abroad would mean greater inflow of foreign exchange, improvement in the quality of life of the families of such Indians and a step towards solving ever-growing unemployment problem. Also there is a large number of Indians aspiring to work abroad.


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Title: Life As We Knew It
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Genre: YA dystopian fiction
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Print copy from the library
First line: Lisa is pregnant.
Life As We Knew It is the first book in Susan Beth Pfeffer's Moon series, and is another book I picked up because of all the chat about it on Twitter. (Between book blogs and Twitter, I now have enough books on my to-read list that I'll never be able to read them all before I die. Not that I'm complaining.) And, once again, my fellow bloggers were right – this is a fantastic book and a promising start to the trilogy.
Miranda is a normal high school junior, living in Pennsylvania with her mother and her younger brother, Jonny. Her dad lives with his new wife, Lisa, who is expecting a baby, and her older brother, Matt, is away at college. Everyone is buzzing about the upcoming lunar event – an asteroid bigger than any in known history is going to collide with the moon. It's big enough that the collision will be easily seen with binoculars or telescopes. The town all gathers on the appointed night, but instead of awe and excitement, the event is terrifying. The asteroid is bigger than astronomers predicted, and actually pushes the moon closer to Earth. The result is devastation: tsunamis, volcanoes, climate changes, famine.
Life As We Knew It takes the form of Miranda's journal – and her thoughts and experiences place you right in the middle of the horror that her family is experiencing. At first, it seems like the crisis will be fairly minor and temporary, but as it becomes evident that it is much more serious than they thought, Miranda's family must go into self-preservation mode.
I loved getting to know all the characters through Miranda's eyes, and I also appreciated that Miranda often gave in to her typical teenage instincts, railing against the unfairness of the world and taking her anger out on her mom. I think this would have been a completely different book, and in some ways, more difficult to read, if it had been told from the viewpoint of Miranda's mom. A mother – especially a single mother – has a fierce need to protect and care for her children, and when the power to do that is taken away, it brings about a desperation that only a mother can imagine.
My only negative is that there were a few places where I felt like the story could have moved along more quickly. This shouldn't stop you from picking it up, though – it's a great read. I have requested the sequel, which is about another family's experience with the lunar event, from my library.


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LUBBOCK (AP) - Davis Webb won't be competing for the starting job at Texas Tech this fall.
Coach Kliff Kingsbury has already tapped the sophomore to lead the offense.
The 6-foot-4 Webb and the rest of the Red Raiders play the team's spring game Saturday. It doesn't hurt that the two quarterbacks Webb battled for the starting spot last season have transferred. But Kingsbury said what Webb went through last season seasoned him in ways that will benefit the team going forward.
It will be a different type of pressure this season. Instead of wondering if he'll get the nod to start, Webb knows the team's success next season rests on his shoulders.
Webb won MVP in the Red Raiders' Holiday Bowl win over then-No. 16 Arizona State.


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I remember you from the Roadfly days and it seems like we were having this same debate over the PS2, S03, F1GSD3 back in 04. Dave01M3 Dave04M3 lol...
The conventional wisdom is go with what is known to be good from objective tests and subjective reviews, the PSS.
I don't see the point in trying the Vredestien latest tires when you have PSS for mixed street performance driving and Conti DW for good ride/good wet, the RS3/AD08/RE11A for HPDE use. It took Vredestein a while to match the performance of the original PS2 with the Sessanta. I doubt they've come up with a PSS killer with their newest tire just yet.
Since tires are the only part of the car that touch the road, I say always get the best money can buy. The uniformity standards and quality of Michelin puts them at the top of the heap for me for performance street driving. I run PS2's for normal driving and PSS's when I want some more grip. thinking about replacing PS2's with Conti DW's for my street wheels since the PS2's are discontinued and the PSS XL sidewall is a little rough for the broken norcal pavement.
I know you've probably thought about this but to digress to another topic, you're running 285/30's which I would never do; shorter diameter than stock throws off speedo and records more miles. I really can't think of a reason to do it when bump compliance is already so marginal with 19's and a 35 profile tire to begin with. (Crappy Cali roads)
I love the 285/30/19s...sticking with them. The amount of difference between a 285/30/19 vs. a 265/35/19 is negligible to me. Hate the look of 35 series tires back there. I think the 285/30/19 is a perfect fit actually for the ZCP 10" wheel. As far as bump compliance a non issue for me.
Thats why I may even going with a 275/30/19 front and 295/30/19 rear Mich PSS. Not that much different in price..plus I could always go to a wider wheel sometime down the line.
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In August 1990 an international coalition led by the United States began preparations for war. Called Operation Desert Shield, it involved the coordination and prepositioning of military forces that would be deployed in Desert Storm. One warship included in the buildup was USS IWO JIMA (LPH 2). She was a 30-year old amphibious assault ship with a crew of over 700 and capable of transporting a Marine aviation squadron and landing team of over 1,500. She was dependable and deployable. Just weeks after the start of Desert Shield, she participated in maneuvers meant to confuse the Iraqi army. In late October, the ship transmitted a maintenance request to the Navy's repair unit in the region, Ship Repair Unit Detachment Bahrain (SRU), for repairs to components in her propulsion plant which required repairs before returning to the operational theater. An item added later, which did not have to be repaired before returning to sea, was main steam valve 2MS-7, which provided steam generated from #2 boiler to a turbo service generator. IWO JIMA requested it be added "to maximize valve maintenance" and "correct a myriad of small packing and flexitallic gasket leaks". SRU requested additional information about 2MS-7 and ship's force personnel responded with information, a part of which indicated it was a six-inch globe valve. In reality it was a four-inch gate valve.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next >>
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DEERFIELD BEACH -- Residents and city officials have argued since at least 1987 whether to build a sidewalk on the north or south side of Hillsboro Beach Boulevard from State Road A1A east to the oceanfront.
More than two years later, still unable to make a decision, City Commissioners have decided on a compromise of sorts -- the one-block long sidewalk will be built on the north and the south sides.
``I`m very grateful,`` said Cecilia Knox, who first wrote the commission inquiring about building a sidewalk on the north side on Nov. 16, 1987. ``This is going to make a lot of people happy.``
Knox had wanted the sidewalk built on the more populous north side, where her apartment in the Hillsboro Cove condominium is located. Knox and other residents argued the sidewalk should be on the north side so residents walking to the beach would not have to cross busy Hillsboro Boulevard.
But complaints from a longtime resident on the north side who said the sidewalk would ``ruin my place`` stalled the plan to build on that side, city commissioners said. Thomas Newman and his wife, Edith, had lived at a home in the 2000 block of East Hillsboro Boulevard for 30 years.
The home had been built in 1937, before the city had strict zoning codes, Newman said. The sidewalk would have been about 10 feet from his house. He suggested the city build the sidewalk on the south side.
In January, Knox presented the commission with a 173-signature petition asking that the sidewalk be built on the north side between State Road A1A and 21st Avenue.
Newman said he was dismayed by the commission`s decision.
``It`s going to cut my driveway in half,`` he said. ``If I have guests, I don`t know where they`re going to park.``


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bill-swift - March 12, 2013
Well, well, well, what have we here? High school dancing instructor? Married? Illicit affair with student? Why, that must be the luckiest boy in all of the Humble School District outside of Houston. What's that you say? No boy was involved? But if no male student was involved that could only mean...My God. A swingin' sapphic sex scandal with soundtrack provided by the Scissor Sisters! These things only come along about as often as Haley's Comet.
But that is exactly what we have on our hands here thanks to Amanda Feenstra, 30, the Texas dance instructor who apparently also doubled as her school's muff diving coach after starting a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student who only came to the authorities about the affair, which involved sex at school in Feenstra's office, as well as at her home while Feenstra's husband was away getting the rug pulled out from under him, only when the teacher began stalking the student after the young girl wanted to end the affair. But as someone who owns Women in Cages on laserdisc, something tells me that although this dastardly dancing award winner is currently out on $30,000 bond, she's really going to enjoy her time in prison.


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I realize that I'm about 3 years behind with this one, but I think those who have seen Randy Pausch's: The Last Lecture would agree his message is timeless. I can't describe it any more eloquently than has already been done, so I'll lead with an excerpt from his website:
On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.
Randy's lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.
I've had a copy of this lecture for almost 2 years now and, for whatever reason, only sat down to watch it tonight. Randy's message, his delivery and his spirit would have been more than enough to inspire me to pass his message along, regardless of its relevance to this site. Imagine my delight when Jesse Schell and other components of my game-related universe started cropping up in Randy's talk.
I knew when I sat down to watch this that the lecture was going to be about life goals and personal reflection, about how you can impact others' lives and maybe even about changing the world. These are all things I think about, and so I expected his words would have a great deal of meaning to me. I had no idea game design would be among the topics.
On a daily basis I wonder about what I'm doing with my life and whether it has meaning beyond meeting my day to day needs. When the theme of games turned up, I felt like I was cresting the first drop of a roller coaster that I hadn't been told I was riding. My obsessive introspection cast into the same room with my love of play, of games, was a lot to take. It hit me in a way that I haven't quite fully grasped yet. The thoughts it's jarred loose are still a bit too tender (and maybe too incomplete) to even begin to share, but I can feel the approaching impact.
As I said earlier, I know I'm late to the party but I'm sure there are plenty who still have not seen this. If you haven't, you can watch it below. You should watch it. It was so thought provoking that I'm certain I could ramble on for a few thousand more words without batting an eye (or dotting one, the computer does that automatically….har har). Instead I'll leave you with this:
I don't believe in luck, I never have. It's how the lazy explain their misfortune and the shortsighted hope for success. My dad once told me, "There's no such thing as right place, right time. Only right place, right time, right person." I've discovered there's a lot of truth to that. Toward the end of the lecture Randy shares a quote, "Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity". As a result I've updated my feelings on luck, because I think that definition truly explains the phenomenon casual observers tend to describe as luck. The better prepared you are, the more likely you'll be equipped to take hold of the right opportunity when it comes along. I'll admit that's not the most insightful statement anyone's ever made, in fact it's well deserving of a "no shit Sherlock…". But as a person who likes to make his own way, I'm a lot more comfortable with the idea of luck floating around if I can think of it simply as an opportunity landing on the right person. Randy's lecture is filled with moments like that.
Whether you're a fellow soul searcher, game designer or just a person with 70 minutes to spare, The Last Lecture is for you.
This lecture has changed me. I'm excited to find out how. Thank you, Randy.


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Martha Asks: Heat-loving plants
August can be one of the toughest months in the garden. With its blistering heat, many plants begin to wilt or cease to flower. I keep my garden looking vibrant by planting plants that relish the hot weather. There are dahlias, lantana, pelargoniums, angelonia, petunias and verbena thriving in my garden right now. What heat-loving plants do you have success growing?
Post your success stories – and bragging rights photos of them – here!
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In the song Dotcom says that US politics is being taken over by Hollywood and this is killing innovation. The Megaupload founder released the song through his newly unveiled website notes TorentFreak. Kim Dotcom believes that Barack Obama has played an important role in the destruction of Megaupload.
"The war for the Internet has begun. Hollywood is in control of politics. The Government is killing innovation. Don't let them get away with that." are the opening words of the newly released song. Dotcom hasn't quit in his fight against the law enforcements in what is described as one of "the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States." and is actively fighting the investigation using both online and offline methods.
Kim Dotcom believes that Vice President of US, Joe Biden, was the one who had order the closure of Megaupload and that this was a "gift" to Hollywood from the corrupt forces inside the US government.
The video and the track can be viewed below or online at kim.com.


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My first was a ward that utilized dark and light energy and called a spirit to choose being a guardian of said area for the time that the ward is up.
Simple spells to start out with are more of realizing that mundane acts can reflect spiritually (most people call this sympathetic magick). Wrap a ribbon around a poppet to bind, sweep to get rid of negative energy, wave steam through a room to cleanse, etc. The possibilities are endless if you're not trying to break the laws of physics.
That really depends on what you want to try. Also keep in mind that occult practices encompass more than spells.


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Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic admits they need to prove themselves today against Arsenal.
United need to win today's Old Trafford showdown against leaders Arsenal to prove they are more than flat-track bullies.
"We have to step up for a big game like this," said Vidic in a rallying cry to his team-mates. "We have to prove to everyone, including our fans and ourselves, that we are good. That is the challenge for us.
"Arsenal have played really well this season but we have to show we can do better than we did in games like Manchester City (United lost 4-1). I have seen signs we are getting better but good players raise their performances in big games and Arsenal is definitely a big game and one we're looking forward to."
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<the Caps Road Crew asked those of us who had been present when Alex Ovechkin was drafted to write up a few thoughts from our time at the draft, this is what I sent to them>
Those who know me are aware that I have been a Washington Capitals hockey fan for a long time.
The basis for that does not come from any personal hockey experience, the few times I have tried to skate, I spent the vast majority of the time falling down. My mother was born in Winnipeg Manitoba and all of my cousins even the lamest and least coordinated were great skaters and loved hockey. Because of them when young I became a big Toronto Maple Leafs fan, many of the cousins lived in Toronto.
Shortly after Washington received an NHL hockey franchise, my allegiance transferred to my hometown team and I became a junior member of a season ticket group. Over a period of years, the group slowly dissolved until I ended up the last one standing. The Capitals were willing to transfer the season tickets to me (do they still do that)? And since then I have grown the group back up and increased the number of tickets we purchase from two seats to six, scattered all around the arena.
I will not spend time going over all of the reasons why rooting for the Washington Capitals in hockey has a lot of similarities to rooting for the Chicago Cubs in baseball; other than to mention in passing that I am one of those people who was at the famous Easter Sunday seventh game of the Islander playoff series, so-called because of when it ended not when it started, which limped into closure a bit after 2am in the fourth overtime (a Capitals loss of course); as well as seeing Dale Hunter beat Philadelphia in overtime; and seeing the Capitals beat the Penguins at the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh.
Ten years ago this month, I took my first trip with the Caps Road Crew, a group collectively even more fanatic than me, to Raleigh, NC, home of the Carolina Hurricanes. Between the Road Crew and the Capitals Fan Club, more than five buses of fans (more perhaps) went to the draft.
The lower bowl of the arena was reserved for Hurricane season ticket holders, fans of other clubs were upstairs. While the ratio of Hurricane fans to Capitals fans was 100's to 1, there was no question that we were by far the louder, supplemented by the many (many) horns present. Those plus our shouting every time the name Ovechkin was mentioned on the floor got the attention of the staff below us.
I remember an interview with George McPhee, the Caps General Manager, where he said it was the loudest he had ever heard a hockey crowd outside of a game when a goal scored.
When Ovechkin was finally drafted and walked off the floor I remember him waving at us as he passed underneath the stands. After the draft, Ted Leonsis held a reception for Ovechkin and all of the other drafted players and invited everyone who had come down to the draft, which was a really nice gesture. I remember getting to meet all of the players and being able to meet Ovechkin's father as well as Ray Bourque, a true hockey legend, since we had also drafted his diminutive son, Chris.
During the day it was really exciting to meet many hockey players and staff who we otherwise would have had little chance to get to talk to. I was able to spend time with one of my favorite Capitals former coaches, Ron Wilson, who was kind enough to put up with many, many questions I had about what it was like to coach a hockey team. It turned out he lived off-season in Hilton Head, SC, where my wife's parents lived, and still are, and in fact where we will be going to visit later this month.
Of course, thanks to the lockout we were not able to see Ovechkin's first game until the 2005-6 season.


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Justin Bieber posted an angry rant including a nasty slam on Lindsay Lohan ... but then tried to take it back. Why's JB lashing out -- and more importantly, why throw LiLo under the bus?? Plus, Charlie Sheen's also going off ... on his daughter's school! Charlie thinks his little girl was bullied, and now he's taking it out on the school with a crappy call to arms. Is that fair? And, Jennifer Lawrence is so likable ... not even hate groups hate her.


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Gunmen storm Libyan parliament after attacking building
A man walks past destroyed warehouses following Friday's clashes between Libyan irregular forces and Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
TRIPOLI - Heavily armed gunmen stormed into Libya's parliament on Sunday after attacking the building with anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses and residents said.
Details of the armed group were unclear, but a spokesman for retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar said his irregular forces had carried out the assault as part of his campaign against Islamist militants.
"These are members of the Libyan National Army," Mohamed al-Hejazi, spokesman for the group said, using the name of the irregular forces loyal to Haftar.
Heavy smoke billowed from the parliament building, and a Reuters reporter said gunmen had closed the streets leading to legislature. Another witness said gunmen had kidnapped two people from the congress.
Lawmaker Omar Bushah told Reuters gunmen had stormed into the General National Congress, raiding lawmakers' offices and set the building on fire. Witnesses reported heavy fighting outside the parliament.
One resident said the attackers later left and that armed locals were now protecting the area. A Reuters reporter saw dozens of armed people near parliament. It was not possible to verify which group they might represent.
Libya's parliament has been paralysed by divisions between Islamist parties and more nationalist rivals. Many Libyans blame the congress for their failure to progress toward democratic transition since the fall of veteran ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Haftar, a former rebel in the war against Gaddafi, sent his fighters into Benghazi on Friday against Islamist militants based in the city after, saying Libya's government had failed to halt violence there.
After the ousting of Gaddafi, Libya's weak government and army have been unable to impose state authority over heavily armed brigades of former rebels and militias who have become the North African country's powerbrokers.
New Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq has formed a government pending parliamentary approval this week, officials said on Sunday, after the country went nearly two months without a functioning government.


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I talked to Joe Nieuwendyk and he said to expect a quiet week. Assistant GM Frank Provenzano, who does all of the work on contract negotiations, is on vacation. Nieuwendyk said the contract situations remain status quo, which means none will probably get done anytime soon.
Nicklas Grossman is probably the closest, so there is hope.
I e-mailed Jere Lehtinen's agent, Don Baizley, and he said Lehtinen has not made a decision about retirement and he has not set a timeline. The Stars appear to be willing to wait on Lehtinen (as long as Lehtinen comes in at a low price).
I texted Mike Modano and he said there is no plan at this time for a meeting with people from Minnesota or San Jose (who have expressed interest in signing Modano). He said he is working out off-ice and still plans to skate in early August. He said he will make a decision on if he wants to play after he skates.
As has been reported earlier, Detroit is willing to wait for that decision.
I also talked to the agent for Marty Turco, Kurt Overhardt, and he said Turco will end up as the No. 1 goalie on a competitive team. He said expect a decision in the next 7-10 days.


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Paper Quilling
The Paper Quiling workshop is part of the Tatinis popup store event at our beautiful venue, Heritage 25.
Quilling is an intricate craft which involves rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper to form beautiful designs. Traditionally, it is used for decorating surfaces, greeting cards, invitation cards etc but modern quillers further use it to design jewellery, accessories and other useful products.
It is an extremely fun, easy and 'addictive' craft to take up which can be practiced by people of all age groups and gender and requires no special skills.
In this workshop, the participants will be learning how to create beautiful motifs and create their own patterns as well as taking home their creations.
There will be plenty of other finished designs and pieces for their inspiration too. All materials will be provided.
The artist Priyanka Gupta Sarvaiya has been a quiller for 8 years now and works with paper to create everything from greeting cards, photo frames, pendants and earrings to designing artworks for reputed agencies.
Learn the tricks and get the best tips from Priyanka regarding quilling and you will be amazed at the versatility of what humble paper can do.
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When I used to worked in Plaza Damas for a short period of time, my colleagues and I used to hang out in this eatery after work, definitely one of my favourite places for Japanese styled Italian food in KL. On one of the weekends I visited the restaurant for lunch. The restaurant was located […]


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CHRISTMAS!!!December 25th, 2013 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
31 Blogs of Christmas
Day 25
Made it! I've wrapped all the presents, we've bought all the food, decorated the house, decorated the tree, sung the carols, watched the movies, all that's left now is to enjoy the day. Hurray for Christmas. I'm so glad I took the time to enjoy the season this year. (and even more glad that I'm extending it 3 extra days…AH HA AHAHAH)
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In the 2010 census, 65% of Brazil's 191 million people said that they are Catholics. In the last previous census, in 2000, 74% said that they were Catholic. That figure was 92% in the 1970 census.
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Germany is carefully pulling back from the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which has been worrying free web advocates all over the world.
Touted as a bill designed to stamp out counterfit goods imports, ACTA has worrying implications for online liberty. Germany was expected to sign the bill but in the wake of increasing flak from the public, the country's government doesn't want to appear quite so enthusiastic.
Germany's home office hasn't outright decided against the bill, but will instead delay its decision until the EU makes up its mind in June. ZDNet UK's Berlin correspondent, David Meyer, reports that signing ACTA has turned into a "complicated discussion", adding that the "German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, of the FDP has decided to withdraw the formal signing of ACTA". Nevertheless, this does not mean Germany has changed its mind and a decision will be made at a later date.
In Eastern Europe, public scrutiny has put pressure on governments to delay ratification. Understanding the political suicide of openly supporting ACTA has seen politicians claim they are for an open web and wouldn't sign away the rights of their citizens.
ACTA is particularly worrying because it's a global treaty, discussed and penned by governments behind closed doors with very little transparency.
Meanwhile, in the UK, business secretary Mark Prisk announced in the house of commons that discussing web blocking measures would be happening "imminently" and was welcoming proposals. Since, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has denied Prisk's announcement in the Commons, saying that measures to block the web are unneccessary – because ISPs already can.
Increasingly, the world is waking up to how much it is under the thumb of Big Content and Hollywood. The increasing calls for web censorship mirror the bully-boy actions of the United States in forcing an extradition of British citizen Richard O'Dwyer through to its shores, for the heinous crime of linking to copyrighted content. Sweden, too, has been heavily leant on by the USA to harshly deal with the founders of torrent website, The Pirate Bay.
Further protests against ACTA have been organised for this Saturday, all over Europe. Fight for the Future has compiled a handy map of every one of them. Here in London, the protest will begin at 2pm, outside the British Music House.
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About the first book in this fantasy series by N.D. Wilson, I wrote: The Dragon's Tooth by N.D. Wilson. Too much action and it moved way too fast for me. I think there was a sub-text that I just didn't get, and I think Mr. Wilson is too smart for my Very Little Brain.
Reading the second book in the series helped my little brain a little bit, but I really should just wait until all of the (three?) books in the Ashtown Burials series are out and then I could read them all together. I'm pretty sure my little brain would thank me for not asking it to remember a book I read over a year ago and put it together with a book that I'm reading now that demands a lot of thought and remembering on its own merits.
Anyway, The Dragon's Tooth is "the only object in the world capable of killing the long-lived transmortals, and Phoenix (the bad guy) has been tracking them down one-by-one, and murdering them." Cyrus and Antigone Smith had the dragon's tooth in the first book, but they lost it to the bad guys, and now almost everyone is mad at them. Transmortal Gilgamesh is especially angry, and he and his fellow transmortals have come to Ashtown to demand that the Order of Brendan offer protection or justice or something. So Antigone and Cyrus end up on the run from the Order, from Gilgamesh, from Phoenix, and from other evil characters who are out to destroy everything and take over the world.
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Main :: POD 2.0, PODxt Family, Pocket POD, FloorPODs
by ChrisBailey2011 on 2010-12-11 07:28:48.8510
Ok so I have been looking around the forums for fixes to this problem with no avail...
My problem is as follows:
When I switch on my PODxt Live the screen is blank, and the Amp, Stomp, Mod lights light up... THATS IT! Nothing else happens.
What I have tried...
Holding Save + Edit then pressing Output = After 3 seconds of pressing it, goes blank....
Booting up in safe mode, USB will not recognise it at all. Safe mode or not... (Not Using a USB Hub, just straight in the port)
SRAM Test has passed with no problem... then restart and back to a blank screen...
I really want to try and Flash the memory but when I try and connect it does not even notice its there. I have tried to install the drivers, but at the end it says something like "Now connect your device via USB to complete" So I do, and I says complete... Start up Monkey and it says its still not installed... I cant afford it to be repaired and nothing has happened to this like dropped ect, so please ANYONE give me another way of trying to fix it please!
My serial is
(If that changes anything)
Thanks in advance...
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by TheRealZap on 2010-12-11 08:35:19.7270
you will likely need repair from the sounds of it... BUT... you need to boot the XT in safe mode... not the computer...
Q: How do I reflash in "safe mode"?
A: Safe mode can be used when a unit cannot be reflashed using the normal reflash procedure. Hold the first black soft key from the left (under the LCD readout) while powering the PODxt to start your unit in safe mode.
if you were able to test the SRAM you must have gotten into safe mode...
anyway once you are in safe mode on the xt... leave it alone.. go to your pc and run monkey, and tell it to reinstall the latest.
you can also try another machine, if possible...
by ChrisBailey2011 on 2010-12-12 08:59:51.4630
No I meant I booted up the POD in safe mode, not the computer. Guess Its fucked.
Oh well..
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Late fire chief Sunil Nesarikar's final gift to Mumbai
Mumbai's fire brigade will get its tallest ladder, which can reach up to 30 floors by this month's end, thanks to late Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar, who had visited Finland days before Kalbadevi blaze to test it
Days before the fateful fire in the Kalbadevi building which killed Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar, he had gone to Finland to test a new ladder to ensure his department was prepared better to fight fires.
While Nesarikar is no more to see his efforts come to fruition, he leaves behind a gift for the fire brigade its tallest ever ladder that will prove vital to future firefighting operations in high-rises.
Nesarikar had shared these pictures of him trying out the Bronto Skylift F 90 HLA in Finland with mid-day, days before he suffered critical injuries in the Kalbadevi blaze on May 9, which ultimately led to his death
Before the Gokul Niwas blaze on May 9, in which Nesarikar suffered 50 per cent third-degree burns that resulted in his death, he had shared the pictures of his test drive with this reporter. The Bronto Skylift F 90 HLA is a hydraulic platform ladder vehicle with a working height of 90 metres.
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Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar
Mumbai fire brigade's tallest ladder, as of now, is 68 metres tall and can reach up to 22 floors. The F 90 HLA, which is expected to arrive in the city by the end of this month, can reach up to 30 floors. With residential and commercial spaces in the city reaching new heights, literally, the civic body decided to purchase the F 90 HLA to ensure they were adequately prepared to douse fires in these skyscrapers.
Bronto Skylift F 90 HLA during his test drive in Finland
Nesarikar had visited Finland in the first week of May and personally tested the entire unit. Having landed in Mumbai thereafter, he had narrated his experience to this reporter. "This is a new machine for the Mumbai fire brigade and it is the tallest ladder we will have. Till now, we have a ladder that is 68 metres tall, but this one will be better.
Going all the way to the 30th floor was an amazing experience," he had told mid-day then, adding, "this vehicle will be very helpful to our department, as Mumbai has many high-rise buildings now." Speaking about the technical prowess of the vehicle, Nesarikar had said that though the ladder is powered by a main engine, it can also be operated using a small stand-by pump, should the main system break down.
"We have multiple options ensuring the vehicle never stops functioning. If both the engine and SSP (stand-by pump) fail, we can operate the ladder using electric supply," Nesarikar had described to mid-day. This first-of-its-kind vehicle will have Byculla fire station as its home. The equipment will cost the BMC approximately Rs 15 crore.
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Mumbai fire chief Sunil Nesarikar given guard of honour, laid to rest
Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar, who succumbed to the burn injuries he sustained in the Kalbadevi fire, was given a guard of honour yesterday; the fire department grieves losing their man of action. (Click here to read the full story)
Kalbadevi blaze: Mumbai fire brigade loses its chief
Chief Fire Officer Sunil Nesarikar yesterday succumbed to the burn injuries he had sustained while trying to put out the blaze that consumed Kalbadevi's Gokul Niwas on May 9; the cause of death is multiple organ failure. (Click here to read the full story)
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P S Rahandale, acting chief fire officer, said this exclusive vehicle would reach Mumbai by the end of June. "The vehicle will be stationed at Byculla fire station.
It will be transported by ship from Finland in its entirety, without having to assemble it in Mumbai. The 90-metre ladder of the vehicle is the first-of-its-kind and will better equip the department," he said.
Present ladders
Here are the different kinds of ladders the fire stations are currently equipped with.
Fire stations with aerial ladder platform
Byculla: 42 metres
Nariman Point: 42 metres
Worli: 27 metres
Mulund: 42 metres
Chembur: 42 metres
Kandivli: 32 metres
Fire stations with turntable ladders
Fort: 30 metres
Andheri: 37 metres
Bandra-Kurla Complex: 37 metres
Vikhroli: 37 metres
Byculla: 55 metres
Goregaon: 30 metres
Fire stations with hydraulic platform ladders
Byculla: 68 metres and 25 metres
Kandivli: 25 metres
A tall order
Length of ladder: 90 metres
Length of truck: 16 metres
Weight: 50 tonnes
Cost: Rs 15 crore