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ATRIO Wine Bar|Restaurant presents New American cuisine featuring carefully-sourced, seasonally-inspired ingredients with authentic flavors in every dish. Our menu is paired with curated wines, both interesting and approachable, and handcrafted cocktails in a refined, yet casual setting. Offering breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch and dinner, ATRIO Wine Bar|Restaurant provides guests with a unique dining experience that is welcoming, contemporary and constantly evolving.
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ATRIO Restaurant:
Breakfast: Daily: 6:30AM - 11:00AM
Lunch: Daily: 11:30AM - 3:00PM
Brunch: Saturdays & Sundays Only: 11:30AM - 3:00PM
Dinner: Daily: 5:00PM - 10:00PM
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Drinks & Snacks: 12:00PM - 12:00AM (1:00AM on Friday & Saturday)
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Loopy Doopy Rooftop Bar is open for the season and available for large party buyouts of up to 75 guests at one time. Atrio's private dining room is very charming with high ceilings and large windows featuring views of the Hudson River and the Irish Hunger Memorial. We also have spaces in our bar area that can be reserved for groups between 10 and 150 people.
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We were there for breakfast and we decided on the buffet. Everything was cold from the potatoes to french toast. Potoatoes tasted old, previously frozen and plain in flavor. We thought for the Conrad hotel the breakfast would have been a better quality. We also waited after sitting down for about 10 min before someone coming over to greet us. We were even by the waiter stand, my husband and I were about to leave when the man came over to the table. All around not a great experience and not worth the price.
The Conrad is a lovely hotel - but the atrium level Atrio Restaurant is NOT a good value. To hit hotel guests up for $25 + for a simple breakfast entree is absurd. They don't offer you complimentary toast, English Muffin or Bagel. Extra charges for each coffee and soda poured at over $4.00 each + a 18% automatic gratuity charge. I ended up paying $343 for breakfast for 9 people. I know its a fancy hotel - but I won't do it again.
Wow a fancy place at a fancy hotel but such a disappointment. We booked this breakfast based on proximity to the 9-11 museum and figured a good breakfast so we would arrive timely. The service was spotty at best and really pushed for "buffet"....it looked good but....the cheese was cheap and underwhelming in spite of a beautiful display. The hot options were abysmal with near raw potatoes, undercooked and burnt bacon ( none cooked properly) . I found crunchy burnt scrambled eggs so asked for an omelet. I was told that only comes on the a la Cart menu while the cook promptly burned an ordered omelet in front of me. After finishing, we waited longer than the time we were eating to get someone to get our check and process the card.
Do not bother to go here...walk a few blocks where they still respect the customer and d not insult them
Situated off the vast, visually stunning lobby area of the Conrad hotel. The atmosphere was calm and relaxed. A bar area with seating around the counter occupied part of the area, but far enough away so not to disturb diners. Service was unobtrusive and efficient. Staff were charming and helpful. Food was delicious. The octopus salad starter was cooked just right, and very tender. Main of scallops also the same. All the dishes were beautifully presented. A reasonable selection of wines by the glass. My only criticism was the price, but somewhere I would go back to.
We did go for restaurant week, however the expectation should be the food would be good. We ordered the salt and pepper calamari, there was no salt. The entrees came out salty across the board. The desserts were not good at all. The service was exceptionally slow, which was odd since the restaurant was exceptionally empty. The decor was definitely above par. And the wine list was great.
Recently needed to host a business lunch for 7 folks on February 14th near the World Trade Center. There is not a lot of nicer restaurant options in that area, and I was familiar with Atrio as I'd stayed at the Conrad before. I was easily able to book for 7, and then increase it to 10 with no difficulty.
We arrived early and were seated but were informed we couldn't order before 11:30 when they officially open for lunch. I understand if the kitchen is ready yet, but it makes no sense for us to not be able to place an order and get in the queue.
The food was good, and I was happy to see that the portions were large, and thus it could be considered good value (if that's possible in Manhattan). As we wound up the meal service got a bit too lax; business diners really want to get in and out (or at least have that option).
One potentially important side note: near the end of the meal I glanced over at a 3-top by the window. There was what appeared to be a service dog beneath one of the chairs (black lab mix wearing a pink tabard and it had a handle). Looking over again later that dog had gotten up on one of the seats and was actively sniffing/licking items on the table. I could then see that it was NOT a service dog, but just dressed up to look like one. The dog was not disruptive, but as much as I love dogs I do not want them licking tables, especially if it's at a restaurant. I've noticed over the last 6 months the large increase in airports of so-called "comfort" dogs. While I have some sympathy for those who get anxious traveling the number of incidents of misbehaving I have seen (mainly in airports) is a disturbing trend (licking, urination, etc.). I hope airports, hotels, and restaurants start addressing this issue.
We visited for breakfast on Sunday morning. We had a 930am reservation and had to wait until 955am to be seated. We waited 10 minutes at the table and a server never came to say hi, offer coffee, give us a menu, or take an order. We gave up and grabbed food from the buffet. We ate our food. Still, no one ever came to our table. We caught the maitre d' on our way out to report that we'd never been served and never received a check. He sent us on our way and apologized.
Atrio Wine and Bar is a wonderful place to go whether for a romantic dinner or just go hang with friends. The decor and atmosphere is nice and you can easily talk. The restaurant is spacious and has comfortable sofas. The helpings are a bit small though for the price. But the food is tasty. I would definitely go again.
My husband and I were staying at the Conrad Hotel and decided to try their dining room. Normally we don't eat at hotel dining rooms, but boy are we glad we dined at this one. All 3-courses of the Summer Restaurant Week menu were delicious. For starters we had grilled Portuguese octopus and braised Berkshire pork belly, then striped bass and Niman Ranch NY strip steak, followed by pistachio creme brûlée. Our table faced the Hudson River at sunset. We will definitely return for another meal.
A relaxed yet elegant place to celebrate a special event or if you are just looking for an excellent meal. Appetizers of meatballs, frito misto, grilled octopus were delicious. Main courses ranging from pasta to grilled scallops were equally impressive. We are definitely coming back!
As hotel guests, we Open Table reserved and breakfasted at Atrio 2 mornings in a row. The 2nd morning, we had to wait 10 minutes, but self-serve coffee, juice, and continental breakfast items were offered for wait. Eggs were moist both days, and the unsweetened yoghurt with granola was excellent. Coffee press on the table was nice to keep the coffee flowing during scarce service, but the coffee quality was poor. Competitively priced for the neighborhood. Relatively quiet for breakfast.
This restaurant is inside the Conrad Hotel building. The food was good, most tender grilled octopus I've had in a while and the steak was good, too. The service was excellent and the ambiance was fine - I guess I was thinking it would be an unusual space because the name means "atrium" in Italian and have a view but it didn't. The atrium of the hotel from which you enter the trestaurant, however, is an impressive space and you can sit there and enjoy a cokltail as well.
Upon arriving at Atrio, the hostess spent 10 minutes handling a man who was trying to make a reservation without even looking at my friend and I to greet us, let alone seat the two people who clearly had a reservation. I had to go into the restaurant and find a manager to seat us (still never greeted by hostess). Once we sat, the waiter made it clear to us he does not like his job. He poured our wine by reaching from behind us and put my glass next to my friends as opposed to each glass at their recipient's place setting. The service was so bad, that I ended up commandeering another server to fill in the gaps. No wonder the manager never came around checking on the diner experiences. It was obvious all experiences were less than enchanting let alone subpar.
My friend and I are both gluten free and both liked the same dish but the only problem it is typically served on a crunchy bread...our waiter saved the day by letting us know that they have gluten free bread and he would be happy to substitute it for us...impeccable service, delicious food
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A UK woman with two vaginas has captured the attention of the news world. Hazel Jones insists she has no interest in cashing in on this irregularity, however.
Jones revealed she was diagnosed with uterus didelphys, an uncommon condition which means she has two wombs and two cervixes, earlier this week.
The 27-year-old has since been approached by - who else - Vivid Entertainment about starring in an adult film for $1 million. NO chance, she says.
According to the Daily Mail (UK), she said: "I would never even consider such an offer, let alone actually do it in million years ... I just want to be left alone."
Vivid Founder/CEO Steven Hirsch, who's made similar pitches to everyone from Octomom (often) to Casey Anthony (later withdrawn), wrote Jones:
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He did not release any plot details for this potential erotic masterpiece.
Vivid has become the leader in "legit" celebrity sex tapes, with raw footage of Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian and others netting the company millions.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You should have so much patience to solder nanowires to nanoelectrodes. Talk about fine work. That's why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.
The process removes many difficulties. "All of the electroplating is done in parallel," says Sean Hearne, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher at the Center for Integrated Technologies (CINT). "Everywhere there's a metal contact, the electroplated nickel grows over the nanowire, capturing it."
CINT is a DOE Office of Science nanotechnology center led by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Previous methods connected electrodes to nanowires one contact at a time. That kind of service may sound great in stockbroker ads; in a lab, it's merely tedious.
Other methods required complex processes that included masking, metal deposition, and stripping, which often damaged the nano-wires.
The process could be important for commercial applications of semiconducting nanowires used in electronic sensor arrays, because it allows for the parallel processing of millions of nano-wires on a single wafer at lower cost than previous lithographic techniques.
In the team's approach, microarrays of composite gold electrodes were lithographically formed on oxidized silicon substrates, followed by electric-field-assisted alignment of silicon nanowires between the electrodes.
The nanowire ends were then embedded in nickel by selective electrodeposition over the prepatterned electrodes. Annealing to 300 °C provided good electrical contacts for the doped nanowires.
The approach provides a parallel, maskless method to establish metal contacts to nanowires without need of high-resolution electron beam lithography for electrical and mechanical applications.
Hearne, who developed the electroplating process, worked with Arizona State University research leads and Tom Picraux, CINT chief scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The overall work was led by former ASU School of Materials student Sarang Ingole, an advisee of Picraux. It was part of an ASU User Proposal with CINT titled "Doped SiGe Nanowires for Functional Nanodevices." The subject was proposed by principal investigator Steve Goodnick and co-principal investigator Clarence Tracy, both at ASU.
The work, titled "Directed Assembly of Nanowire-Metal Contacts," was chiefly conducted at CINT's Los Alamos and Albuquerque sites. It appeared in a July 2007 issue of Applied Physics Letters as both a Letter and a cover image.
The Nano 50 will be presented at a special awards dinner to be held during the NASA Tech Briefs National Nano Engineering Conference in Boston on Nov. 12-13.
Winners are judged by a team of nanotechnology experts. They select the top 50 technologies, products, and innovators that have significantly impacted — or are expected to impact — the state of the art in nanotechnology.
The 2008 Awards are posted at: www.nanotechbriefs.com/nano50/ … no50.winners.08.html
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We are excited to announce Another Century of Narrow Gauge Steam II: Preserving a World Class Historic Property. We seek to raise $2 million over the next five years. Building on the success of the first campaign, this fundraising program will allow us to take the next steps to restore and preserve the unique historic assets of the C&TS. The priorities for this new effort come directly from the Friends' strategic plan, and 100% of the Board of Directors have already made pledges. To strengthen our endeavor we will reach out to corporations, foundations and appropriate government entities. And, as in the past, we will also focus on the generosity of our membership.
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Interpretation and Education
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The Friends' mission includes interpreting the history and educating the public about the rich legacy of the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge system, which dates back to 1870. This living museum is in fact, more than just a spectacular historic train ride. It is the experience of stepping back in time that grips all the senses. Three key components of retaining and sustaining this will be: building a Railroad Visitor Center in Chama, achieving museum accreditation on behalf of the railroad from the American Association of Museums, and achieving Landmark status on the National Register of Historic Places. Funding of this initiative will allow the organization to reach out to visitors to the region. It will also provide the opportunity to develop an educational curriculum and activities for children and youth. Each new milestone in interpretation is intended to enhance the visitor experience and turn tourist dollars into economic stimulus for Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
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Efforts to rehabilitate and preserve the historic rolling stock fleet are now enhanced with the development of a long-range restoration plan. A new car restoration facility has been constructed in Antonito, Colorado. Highlights of future projects include: completing restoration of pile driver OB in 2008 (over twelve years of volunteer labor already invested), manufacturing of new trucks for a variety of cars, restoring rotary snowplow OY, and beginning interior work on passenger coaches and RPOs. In addition, covered car storage and a car restoration facility are planned for Chama.
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The Friends have stabilized these structures during its annual work sessions, but more significant structural repairs are necessary to preserve them for the next 100 years.
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Funding from ACNGS I helped to rebuild K-36 locomotives 484, 487, and 488. K-36 489 is expected to be completed in the summer of 2007. Additional funds will be required to rebuild 463, a K-27. Having five operating locomotives will enable the C&TS to operate more revenue trains and maximize passenger carrying capacity. It also affords the opportunity for the Friends to operate special charters like maintenance-of-way trains or freight consists, and sets the stage for the possibility of running rotary snowplow OY to clear winter snowfall.
Railroad and Operator Assistance
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Where reasonable and appropriate, the Friends will provide volunteer labor and/or funding in the form of loans and grants to meet critical needs of the railroad. Some past examples include right-of-way clean-up, matching funds for locomotive and track work, and repairs to equipment such as speeders.
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Preserving the past includes preparing for the future.
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Campaign Contributions and Pledges (ACNGS II has concluded. Please consider making your Pledge or Donation to our current campaign. Thank you!)
You can make a donation or pledge to the ACNGS II campaign online right now! (This will now take you to our Donation Page where you may make a donation to our current campaign or other fund.)
Our full-color Another Century of Narrow Gauge Steam II campaign booklet provides in-depth background information about the railroad, its economic and cultural significance, and the Friends. You may view it online in PDF Format.
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There are still some musical gems hidden in the programme for the final week of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's, including folk legend Peggy Seeger next Thursday (October 29).
As Pete Seeger's half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger's daughter, Peggy was in the vanguard of the 60s folk movement, and was the inspiration for Ewan MacColl's classic, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
Known for her activist songwriting, Seeger will be joined at the Elmwood Hall by one of Britain's most influential folk bands, Waterson:Carthy.
The group features Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy with their daughter, singer and fiddle player, Eliza Carthy, plus returning original member, Saul Rose.
Meanwhile, traditional music fans can wallow in a true Feast of Trad at the Ulster Hall tomorrow night (October 24) with the electrifying trad trio of Mairtin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd.
The bill also includes Lunasa and Liadan, whose ethereal harmonies are reminiscent of an early Clannad.
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Ashkan Soltani: The FTC's New Online Privacy Guru and CTO
It's a new year, and the FTC's sporting a new chief technology officer. Ashkan Soltani is his name, and online privacy programming is his game. A bona fide tech-head, over the past 15 years Soltani has worked on several high-profile, large-scale, Internet-related projects.
- In 2012, Soltani consulted on the FTC's mobile forensics lab.
- He served as lead researcher for the Wall Street Journal's ground-breaking "What Do They Know" series.
- Soltani helped develop and sell "Mobilescope," a privacy app intended to improve "transparency" in the smartphone marketplace.
- As a grad student, Ashkan Soltani helped bring the issue of "Flash Cookie Respawning" to the fore.
Soltani's Goals: "More Geeks and Better Tools"
A direct report to Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Soltani says he plans "to work on expanding the agency's tech capacity, or in other words, bringing on more geeks and better tools."
When introducing himself to the press and public, the FTC's new CTO also verbally felled an oft-argued criticism regarding the commission's technological prowess, commenting:
"They've always addressed new markets even from the history of regulating emissions and cigarettes. While the agency may have enhanced those capabilities recently, it's mistaken to say the FTC is just getting into tech."
So, what issues does Soltani want to tackle during his tenure at the Federal Trade Commission? In his words:
"Algorithmic transparency. The idea is for the FTC to have better insight into how companies such as e-commerce, travel and financial services firms feed web behavior, location, demographic and other data into algorithms that determine variable prices."
He also wants to explore issues related to "big data personalization" and:
"Create tools that would let a researcher or anyone identify how different people might see a website or service."
In interviews, Soltani has made it clear that he's not "setting policy." Instead, he wants to help "the Commission…understand the way that privacy issues come into play as technology moves forward."
Is Ashkan Soltani good for the FTC or bad?
Par for any political appointee, a schtikle of controversy surrounds Soltani's employment. Skeptics consider his past projects and worry he may be a radical online privacy wolf in a politically neutral sheep's clothing. But Soltani promised:
"My role at the FTC is not to set policy — the Chairwoman and the bipartisan members of the Commission do that — but I do play a role in helping I think a person with a strong track record of researching and investigating consumer privacy issues is, frankly, exactly who would be most effective in this role."
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These pictures were taken at the student shopping night at Eldon Square earlier in the week. I had just come straight from uni after spending 8 hours on my feet in labs (I didn't even have time to eat!) so comfort was definitely my top priority with this outfit. I bought the jacket for £8 from the vintage section at The British Red Cross in Newcastle. When I bought it it had horrendous shoulder pads but I hacked the buggers out as soon as I got home and thankfully it fitted okay without them.
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I have been loving this lip balm recently! It's the perfect colour for when I want a red lip but can't be bothered with the maintenance as it fades evenly and you can apply it without a mirror. It's really pigmented and a great dupe if you can't justify paying £16 for a chubby stick. I do however prefer the formula of my chubby- I find it to be more moisturising and I really don't like the menthol scent of the Revlon one but maybe that's just me?
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|shoes- hi top Converse
*Cue Converse tangent*
I am not a trainer person at all and I have been so surprised at the amount of wear I get out of these! I got the black ones with the black soles so that they wouldn't cut my legs off and so that I wouldn't look like I was reverting back to the days when "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was my favourite album. They go with everything and they're so comfy! Who'd have thought it!


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CHICAGO — Printed on every pamphlet and emblazoned mechanically on the walls at the recent conference of the Associated Writers and Writing Programs convention here was the motto: "Helping Writers Since 1967." And it's true. AWP has helped countless writers, especially in academic settings, find work, progress in their careers and has even published many of them through its award series. Still, it was hard to find anyone among the nearly 9,000 writers who attended who could list any specific way in which the organization had actually helped them.
"No, not directly," said Chris Howell, a poet from Washington. He thought for a minute. "Maybe by increasing benefits for writers."
"It's good to put faces with names," said Natalie Wright, reaching. "Meeting editors of literary magazines is helpful."
But Kate Haake got it. "The pedagogy panels," she said. "I've gotten a lot of good ideas for teaching workshops from those."
One thing writers have never needed help with is having a good time. Between the multitudinous receptions, parties, readings and dinners, it certainly seemed as if people were enjoying themselves. Of course the greatest pleasure at this annual carnival of creation is seeing old friends while avoiding ancient enemies. In this sense, it's rather like a high school reunion and at times the schadenfreude hung like fog in the convention halls.
Among the writers in attendance were Charlie Baxter, Stan Plumly, Patricia Henley, Toni Nelson, Robert Boswell, Amy Hempel, Ron Carlson, Bob Butler and Frank Bidart. Still, the most interesting people I met in Chicago were novelist Bharati Mukherjee and her husband, Clark Blaise, who seem to have been everywhere and met every literary light worth meeting since falling in love at the Iowa Writers Workshop 40 years ago.
"We are among the oldest living writing couples still together," Blaise said proudly, a feat that's hardly worth checking since I couldn't think of any other long-married literary couples.
The rumor around Iowa City in those days was that Mukherjee was a princess and indeed she still looks like one, with striking eyes and dramatic coloring, but she's quick to correct the impression. "I was not a princess," she said sternly. "I don't know how that got started. But I was a Brahmin, which meant my father had someone appropriate picked out for me back in India. Instead, I married Clark."
There seemed to be no regrets on this score when I interviewed them in their suite, though getting a word in edgewise was a challenge. Over two hours, the two talked over each other constantly and laughed a lot, but Mukherjee turned somber when describing the current literary situation. Despite the fact that her last book, "The Tree Bride," was a best seller, her publisher folded the imprint under which it was published and since then she has had three editors yanked out from under her in succession.
"The days of writers being valued and nurtured by publishers are over," she said. "Now we have a division between entertainments and literary fiction. I hope there will be a growth of smaller publishers who sustain literature, but the rest is all the equivalent of TV shows."
As depressing as this is, Mukherjee says, "For me, more disturbing is the disappearance of stand-alone book sections in newspapers and daily reviews. Book reviews have an authority you can't find on blogs and not just for writers, but also for the general public. In the past, newspaper reviews were respected and important to society. Now we have only blogs, which are little more than self-expression for the bloggers — no editing, no authority."
Sobering indeed, so it was in a way poetic justice to immediately run into David Kipen, who was a book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle before being sacked. Kipen is director of The Big Read, a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts that is about to be adopted by Denver.
Kipen was pleased to know they'd made it in Denver, but his ambitions go far beyond us. "We want to get the word out to as many people as we can. We have 200 cities and towns down with God knows how many more to go."
To that end he was hawking CDs of "The Maltese Falcon" and "Age of Innocence." I grabbed a couple, but Kipen's an insistent guy. "You don't know any sports books, do you?" he asked. "Guys like sports books."
I was pleased to see that the griping about AWP's size seems to have subsided, a good thing, since this meeting was even bigger than last year's, giving the lie to the idea that there is a recession going on. More than 500 presses, large and small, and an equal number of literary magazines were represented, ranging from well-known houses like W.W. Norton to Five Fingers and Effing Press. And while there was the expected amount of self-promotion and skillful distortion about who and what was being published, it was encouraging to see this much excitement generated by writing that is strictly literary.
Not to say some people weren't just playing it for laughs. At the table promoting Diagram, an online magazine, for example, one could buy a T-shirt with "Die Poet, Die" written in red letters superimposed over what looked like a .45. Asked about this, the editors said they really weren't against poets at all. "It's really more about schematics," a young woman told me.
As usual, much of the entertainment lay in the hundreds of panel discussions, along with a bewildering variety of readings and celebrations of writers as disparate as William Gass, Eric Bogosian, Bruce Jay Friedman, Dorothy Allison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Aleksander Hemon and Art Spiegelman, who gave the keynote address. An embarrassment of riches for those who love writers and literature.
AWP has now gotten so big that only certain cities can handle the convention, but the good news for locals is that next year the conference is coming to Denver for the third time. Proposals for panels may be submitted beginning May 1 and the early word is that there will be at least one devoted to the late John Williams. Perhaps we can get Mayor John Hickenlooper to make an appearance. See you there.
David Milofsky is a Denver novelist and professor of English at Colorado State University. You can reach him at email@example.com.


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Novel Carbon Foam Electrodes for Electrochemical Oxidation and Capacitive Deionization
Award Information
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AbstractThe novel staged electrochemical oxidation/ capacitive deionization (EO/CDI) treatment system proposed here is based upon a multi-stage treatment approach using: (1) physical filtration to remove macroscopic solid particles, followed by (2) capacitive deionization (CDI) with a novel activated mesocarbon foam, (3) a unique flow-through electrochemical oxidation cell which both promotes direct oxidation at the electrode surface while producing soluble oxidizing compounds (e.g. ozone, hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxide and solvated electrons) in situ, and (4) a second CDI stage to remove by products produced during oxidation and/or salts. For the current solicitation, probably the most important novel feature of the EO/CDI process is its effectiveness in simultaneously oxidizing chemical contaminants, capturing metal ions, inactivating bacteria, viruses, and other water-borne microorganisms with a low power input and a low pressure drop. The EO/CDI technology, if successful, would allow the point-of-use treatment of available water supplies. It has the capability for use in individual units while retaining the ability for scale-up to small stationary water treatment plants. The electrode materials are effective and inexpensive. EO/CDI could provide protection from inorganic and organic compounds in water while minimizing the potential for producing disinfection by-products (DBP's), sludges, and harmful residues.
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British television is usually only interested in two sorts of schools: the best and the worst. Everywhere must be very posh or an apocalyptic ghetto comp, the children all Little Lord Fauntleroys or Asbo menaces. The schools in the middle hardly get a look in, which is why Channel 4's Educating Essex was such a relief when it aired in 2011. It showed the everyday trials of a new academy that had just been rated "outstanding" by Ofsted. In a non-judgmental, fly-on-the-wall style, it brought us the everyday tribulations of teachers and pupils, and it made an unlikely star of a patient, kindly head of year called Mr Drew, who was a stickler for discipline.
The series was nominated for a Bafta, and the formula has now been applied to Thornhill Academy in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Dewsbury is a complex town, with a large and relatively recent immigrant population, and Thornhill has been a troubled school. Educating Yorkshire, which begins on Thursday offers equal insight into the difficult work that teachers do, and the frustrating lack of options felt by some pupils. Meanwhile, in the same week, Sky1 is offering a very different view of education in the UK. Harrow: a Very British School is a fly-on-the-wall look at the famous public school in north-west London.
On the face of it, these two programmes adhere to the traditional aristocrat/urchin dichotomy, but both are more subtle than they seem at first, and the latter provides a remarkable contrast to the former. Seen together, the gulf in expectations between the two institutions, from students and teachers alike, is startling. From both programmes it is clear that schooling starts with discipline. If children don't mostly do what they're told, they can't be told what they need to do. In Yorkshire, the impression is of street war, in which the teachers are slowly gaining ground but not without losses. At Harrow, the teachers, or "beaks" maintain total superiority at all times.
Thornhill's headmaster, Jonny Mitchell, aims to make Thornhill somewhere local parents are happy for their children to go. Harrow's teachers remind their charges of the heritage of Byron and Churchill. "You feel like you're part of history," says one boy, awestruck.
Mr Mitchell suggests that staff members try opening doors for students in corridors to create a more pleasant atmosphere. At Harrow, the new first-year boys ("shells") are reminded to doff their boater hats whenever they see a beak. The worst things they are pulled up for are being seen without these precious hats in the street, forgetting a textbook or cheating on a minor test. They are punished with lines ("double") or having to report for uniform inspection early in the morning.
Children at Thornhill, by comparison, smoke, fight in the loos, accuse each other of racist language and throw snowballs at the elderly. The threat of exclusion hovers like a vulture over the worst behaved. This is a real problem. Teachers at Thornhill are providing a government-funded utility, and must try to do their best for even the worst students with limited resources. Harrow staff preside over an exclusive, £30,000-a-year-plus members' club, with layers of sports, music, art, and pastoral care that help to keep adolescent minds from wandering. Harrow might seem old-fashioned, but its traditions come with 21st-century support networks.
Of course the Harrow programme is not without its snigger-at-the-toffs moments. Any estate agent or financial advisor knows how useful vocabulary can be when you want to bewilder your opponent (or "client", as some traditionalists call them). Harrow has a different word for everything. School uniform consists of "bluers" and "greyers" (jackets and trousers), prefects are "bums" and new boys have to learn all the correct terms when they arrive. Once they've mastered them, they feel as if they're part of the tradition, and work to uphold it. A clever ruse, though a four-foot pipsqueak in a straw hat still sounds patently absurd boasting about his "send ups" (commendations). At one point, new boy Sachin from Leicester, explains to camera that he has to leave to go down to "bill". "It's a fancy word for register," he adds.
Michael Gove's attempts to reverse grade inflation ("Congratulations, minister, exam results are down!") and revise the curriculum have put old-fashioned methods back in the news. Not everyone is happy about his proposals. Yet on the evidence of these programmes, Thornhill is crying out for some old-fashioned discipline, to allow its hard-working teachers the freedom to teach, rather than spend their days sorting out break-time ruckuses. For all its modern flourishes, Harrow still clings to some absurdly eccentric traditions. One thing is clear above all: our appetite to learn about how other people learn is as voracious as ever.
Harrow: A Very British School is on Sky1 on Wednesday, September 4 at 8.00pm; Educating Yorkshire is on Channel 4 on Thursday, September 5 at 9.00pm


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Smyrna police are continuing to investigate after employees of an area bakery were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night.
According to a report in the Daily News Journal, the robbery occurred at Azteca Bakery located on Nissan Drive just after 9 p.m.
The victims reported to police three or four armed men entered the bakery and forced all of the employees into the back of the business.
The men are said to have gotten away with an undisclosed amount of money, as well as cell phones belonging to bakery employees.
The suspects fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.
Police said the suspects are described as Hispanic males. At the time of the robbery they were all wearing hoods over there heads.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 615-459-6644.
*The Daily News Journal contributed to this report.


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Can Post Nasal Drip Cause Acid Reflux?
Post nasal drip does not cause acid reflux
More Info: Individuals who suffer from acid reflux at times simultaneously experience symptoms of post-nasal drip, leading them to conclude that either one causes the other. But there is little evidence to show that post-nasal drip causes acid reflux. The reverse however is true: acid reflux can cause post-nasal drip.
Post Nasal Drip Caused by Acid Reflux
Post-nasal discharge or PND is caused by either swallowing disorders, excessive or thick mucous accumulation in the throat and throat muscle disorders . When any of these conditions occur, they result in a sensation that mucous is dripping from the back of the nose, which is why it is also known as post-nasal drip.
One of the causes of swallowing disorders in particular is gastroesophageal reflux disease, better known as acid reflux disease. This condition is characterized by the backwards movement or reflux of the contents of the stomach or small intestine into the esophagus . The root cause of acid reflux is the weakening or loosening of the lower esophageal sphincter, the muscle band which closes off the stomach . The substances that reflux into the esophagus include acid, pepsin and bile. They not only cause heartburn, regurgitation, vomiting and nausea; but can cause ulcers, damage in the esophagus and even esophageal cancer.
Acid reflux can also affect swallowing because the acid and other stomach contents accumulate in the throat as it moves up from the esophagus . Acid reflux can also cause or aggravate asthma or sinusitis, which in turn result in post-nasal drip .
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Post-Nasal Drip
Another condition very similar to gastroesophageal reflux disease or acid reflux creates the sensation of post-nasal drip in the throat. This condition is called laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). Laryngopharyngeal reflux or LPR refers to the chronic symptoms or mucosal changes, such as postnasal drip sensation and sore throat, which are caused by the regurgitation of the gastric contents into the laryngopharynx . Unlike acid reflux however, the patient does not experience the symptoms of heartburn and nausea .
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Species of the Fusobacterium genus can be found in the mouth, gut and genitalia of humans. However, they are more common in animals than in humans—so humans can become infected through being bitten by an animal. Fusobacterium can also be a common cause of sore throats.
There are about 20 species of bacteria in the genus Fusobacterium (pronounced "FEW-so-back-TEE-ree-um), the majority of which are considered pathogenic, or disease-causing.
1. Afra, K., Laupland, K., Leal, J., Lloyd, T., & Gregson, D. (2013). Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of Fusobacterium species bacteremia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13(1), 1.
2. Citron, D. M. (2002). Update on the Taxonomy and Clinical Aspects of the Genus Fusobacterium, 35(Suppl 1), S22–S27.
3. Riordan, T. (2007). Human Infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum ( Necrobacillosis ), with a Focus on Lemierre's Syndrome. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 20(4), 622–659.
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Bedroom Furniture Sets For Your Kids
Bedroom furniture sets are the things that people need to think abut when they want to create comfortable bedroom. It is surely not easy especially when you look for the furniture sets for your kids bedroom. Kids are hard to make satisfied, they often pout when the things that happen or they have not suitable with their favor. Thats why if you dont want to feel trouble because your kids want to change the furniture sets that you already bought for their bedroom then you better get the right one.
How to Find the Right Bedroom Furniture Sets
If you look for the right furniture sets for your kids bedroom then you need to consider a few things. First; you have to make sure that the sets consist of the furniture that your kids needed. The needs of kids are different from adult even teen, so you have to make sure that you have the furniture that your kids need to help their development. Second; you have to choose the one which has cheer up color. Kids love cheerful color since the color look more fun than the dark color. Third; you better buy the one which has their favorite character picture. This way, your kids will really love the furniture until you dont worry they want to change it.
Furniture Sets To Decorate Your Bedroom
Furniture sets often become peoples first choice because they dont have to worry about the other thing that they should buy to complete their room since the set already equipped all the things that needed in a room. The furniture sets are actually not only to complete the room but also to make the room feel more comfortable. The same goes for furniture sets for bedroom, your bedroom will become more complete and comfortable if you just can find the right furniture sets.


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One of the best things about working here at Envato is that we have an awesome team of people building, managing, writing, reviewing and working on our sites. Yep, things have come a long way since the early days when there was just a few of us trying to do everything!
Recently our awesome Tuts+ interviewer Emil asked if I minded being video interviewed with some questions put forward by the Psdtuts+ readers. Since no-one really wants to see my enormous head on screen for too long a period of time, I asked my lovely wife and partner in crime Cyan if she'd be in on the interview and we thought we'd put up the video to help celebrate 3 years of Envato.
The Interview
So without further ado, if you've ever wondered about how Envato started or about who we are, I hope you enjoy this little interview of us!
YouTube as individual questions
Here's to Another 3 Years!
It's kinda hard to believe it's been three years already! I still think of us as a startup. I can't stress enough how thankful we are for all the readers, users, authors, buyers, and staff who have helped us these last three years. Something that's really come home to me since we started Envato is that you don't build great companies without lots and lots of great people. From all the positive comments we get, the good natured communities that have grown around our sites, the amazing files that get sold on our marketplaces and the kick-ass tutorials that people contribute to our blogs. I know I have a tendency of overusing the word awesome and I am guilty of typing far too many exclamation marks in my day, but hey what else can I say … it's pretty awesome!!!
So enjoy the rest of our celebrations. I'll be back tomorrow with some announcements of upcoming Envato sites that we'll be releasing in the forthcoming weeks, so stay tuned!
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Yep, this is the best set of sites on the web. Great work!
Awesome interview – I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Fantastic interview guys. It's great to see the human side of your business and learn that, just like the rest of us, you guys started out small too! It provides inspiration for the rest of us, that bigger things are possible if you work for them.
Cyan, my jaw dropped when you mentioned that your mum was French and dad, Greek. That is the exact some combo of rare genetics that make me!!
Kudos to basing your amazing network in Melbourne too!! The best city in the world, IMO (well… one of the best :) )
All the best for the future with the envato network!
Very Inspiring :-)


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Ghadially and Tucker Award Application Guidelines
Eligibility Requirements
- Abstract must be accepted for presentation at the poster session of the USCAP.
- First author must be an individual in training (including residents, fellows, graduate students, and medical students).
Materials to be Submitted
- Abstract (this is the same format as the abstract for the USCAP).
- Application cover letter stating that the abstract should be considered for the Ghadially-Tucker Award. Please include your name, level of residency training (if applicable), institution, mailing address, daytime phone number, fax number and email address.
- Letter from the program chair / department head validating your status in a training program.
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- The abstract(s) and application cover letter can be forwarded by fax or email.
- Use snail mail to send the validation letter from the program chairman or department head.
- If the validation letter is not received before the deadline for entries, your abstract will not be considered.
Winner Notification
Winners will be notified by mail. An announcement will follow on the SUP website.
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Critique with Stuart Shils at the Certosa
I'd like to offer a glimpse into my recent trip to Rome for a couple of weeks as well as my 4 weeks at the Certosa
Jerusalem Studio School Summer Art Program in Siena, Italy. Hopefully I will avoid boring anyone by having this post be less of a travelogue and instead offer a few thoughts and images of real interest. I want to keep the focus of this blog be about a wide variety of perceptual painters work and issues but not my own work. However, I thought I would make an exception as it perhaps in the context of this Italian setting might raise some issues of interest to a wider audience of perceptual painters.
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The Master's Laundry
All of the faculty at the Certosa had many thought provoking ways of teaching that often centered around discussing the painting's structure, focus and visual clarity in responding to the landscape and perception in general. Perhaps the biggest draw for me in choosing this particular venue was not just the stellar reputations of the faculty members but also their more modern emphasis that is still grounded in the great art of the past. That aspects of the work of such painters as Piero della Francesca, Cezanne or Morandi could be discussed along side of ways to respond to painting rows of grapevines or distant houses.
It was refreshing to get to listen and talk about how great landscape painting isn't about perfecting some system of technique or how to best paint marketable cliches. I'm planning on a future articles with interviews over the next couple of months about the work and thoughts of all of the faculty including Israel Hershberg, Ken Kewley, Stuart Shils, Amy Weiskopf and Yael Jane Scalia. Also I am working on editing a video about Lennart Anderson's slide talk there.
Many of the other students were older like myself and have been painting for many years but many of the younger students are higher accomplished as well. Despite the level skill or experience a common problem for many of us often stems from lack of clarity or understanding about the need to make paintings with "Significant Form". How to translate the visual experience into the language of painting that transcends reportage into poetry. I just read this article, "Art and Significant Form" by Clive Bell From Art, 1913. that takes on this issue in depth. Worth the read it you haven't yet read it.
Painting from observation is great in how it offers us limitless inspiration of form, color, light and mood but nature also seduces us like Sirens and crash upon the rocks by focusing on the seductive minutia and loosing sight of the bigger forms and design. As Stuart Shils likes to say something like; in the landscape all the trees and other shapes crying out to "paint me, no paint me too" you have to be in control and tell them all to sit down and shut up. The goal of the painter should be in orchestrating a poetic response to the subject, to simplify and edit in such a way to best show the viewer what your focus and intent is behind this painting. That in the large masses you find the essential color and value that best represents the infinite range of nuances or the shape that best sums up the most important gestures and play a clear role in the structure of the painting.
Another pervasive issue was avoiding kitsch and cliche. There was much discussion about the need to be visually innovative and to make the painting first about making a powerful underlying abstract design that is the real subject of the painting. Consciously or not, many of us tend to make images that will impress your gallery dealer, friends or family. If a painting subject and style has worked for us in the past we tend to not stray too far from what we expect will sell or win praise. We sometimes conform to what other people's notions of what is a proper subject or viewpoint. An artist responding to looking a building or olive grove might be more concerned with making the view be easily recognizable rather than the real subject be the experience of the artist looking carefully and showing the magic of light and form transformed into paint.
Future articles will go into these issues in depth and will take on a much greater importance on this blog in general.
My first two weeks in Italy were mainly in Rome where my wife and I stayed in a hotel near the Colosseum. I then went up to Sienna to the Certosa di Pontignano, a 14th Century monastery that is now owned by the University of Siena.
Here are some choice photos that might give you a glimpse of how special a place it is. I can probably talk better responding to specific questions or thoughts so I'm keeping the words to an minimum here. It is good to be back and I look forward to continuing to make this blog be a great place for perceptual painters to find interesting stuff.
Our hotel terrace in Rome with Colosseum view
A view in the Forum of Palatine Hill. where the word "Palace" comes from. I spent several hours marveling around the Forum and related sites. Perhaps my favorite experience in Rome.
Inside the Colosseum. It's hard to fathom what people are capable of – such great feats and such great depravity. Reading about what went on here is truly frightening.
Perhaps one of the earliest landscape and still-life painting in existence. Frescos from the Villa of Livia reinstalled at the Palazzo Massimo
Here is a link to more photos of the Garden Frescoes at the Villa di Livia – … worth a look.
Here is an ancient Roman mosaic I admired also from the Palazzo Massimo in Rome.
We visited the Pantheon the ultimate temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome and now a Roman Catholic church. The day we visited we were able to appreciate a very rare event I should imagine.
It took a minute or two before it suddenly dawned on people, hey what's a naked guy doing in the Pantheon! This gentleman clearly wanted to make a point about something – exactly what we never did figure out but it seemed to have to do with Raphael as he lied down here next to Raphael's tomb.
Pagan performance art?
After about 10 or 15 minutes some men dressed up like Roman Centurions came with the police to literally drag him outside the building. Very surreal to say the least.
I believe this was a original Greek Bronze of Hercules – This sculpture was truly amazing, seemed timeless. I forget which Museum in Rome it was from.
Not sure what the story is here.
I also saw some more contemporary artists such as the big Philip Guston show of his "Roma Series" with over 40 works, oils on paper, painted by Philip Guston between 1970 and 1971, when he was a Resident at the American Academy in Rome. at the Museo Carlo Bilotti There was also a very good catalog of the show Philip Guston: Roma which I didn't get yet but soon will be available from Amazon (see link to book).
There was also a wonderful show of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres drawings and a few paintings along with drawings and paintings by Ellsworth Kelly at the French Academy at the Villa Medici, Rome. Ingres was once the director of Villa Medici as was the painter Balthus much later.
Perhaps my most memorable experience was much later when I visited Bologna to see the Morandi Museum.
Giorgio Morandi Landscape, 1962 Oil on canvas; 11 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.
The Museo Morandi had a large selection of paintings over 60 I think as well as many drawings and prints that made a very big impression on me. I also saw several terrific landscapes and still-lifes by him at the Vatican Museum but this museum was a life changing event. If you missed the major show of his paintings at the Metropolitan Museum like I sadly did – you can get a very good catalog of the show from this link to Amazon – Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964: Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality.
Also, much of Janet Abramowicz's book; Giorgio Morandi: the art of silence is available free online via Google Books. Janet Abramowicz was a teacher's assistant to Morandi and was a friend to his sisters as well. There are a number of excellent photos and much information. If you wish to order the whole book you can also buy this book from Amazon here. Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence
During the program of study at the Certosa I was fortunate to go on the group outings to Florence, Siena and the very special Piero della Francesca tour where we went to Sansepolcro, Arezzo and Urbino.
Detail from the Legend of the True Cross 1452-66 Fresco Cycle in the Cappella Maggiore of San Francesco in Arezzo
I found this great link that goes into explaining the iconography and story behind this Fresco Cycle by Piero della Francesca.
Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection (1463) Palazzo Communale of Borgo, Sansepolcro
Flagellation. c. 1470. Mixed technique on panel. 58.4 x 81.5 cm. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, Italy.
Ken and Stuart leaning on an Urbino wall
Israel Hershberg with reflections of Urbino
Israel Hershberg's photo of a marvelous, very rare ancient portrait made from etched glass and silvery gold leaf that he encouraged us all to see. My photo wasn't remotely as good as the one he took.
Urbino was a spectacular city.
Here are some views from Siena
Finally, here are some more photos of the Certosa which was just outside of Siena.
Ken using a collage of brick and tile fragments, stones and other elements to discussed thoughts on color and painting
Here is a close up photo (taken by Mark Weber) of his demonstration collage
Finally, here are some of my painting – most are oil on paper and a few oil on linen all are relatively small – nothing much bigger than 14 by 18 inches I think.
Most are one sitting and a couple two sittings.
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BREF RAPPEL: "Trust in the name of the Cohens."
Who else could take Homer's Odyssey, transpose it into smacky, pun-filled jaunt through the swampy south of the 1920's and make it work? The characters are actually so over the top, they become just stomach-grabbing funny. Humor aside, the film is sprinkled with some sobering moments to remind us how far civilization hasn't really progressed since Homer's days.
George Clooney, John Tuturro, and Tim Blake Nelson are individually hilarious. As the Soggy Bottom Boys, they sing up the screen and display another facet of their great talent. Credit Joel Cohen for letting the reins loose and giving them a chance to show off.
The photography was exceptional, capturing the heat of a Mississippi drought in blanched exposures and dripping warm tones. Typical of Cohen dialog, at times you couldn't understand the local lingo, but it never really matters, because the intent is always evident. And casting a few unadorned locals adds the perfect pieces that complete the scenes – who needs all their teeth anyway?
In a nutcase, "O Brother…" is best pitched as – Wandering Cow meets Speeding Model A. Oui, Cyclops, Sirens and Blind Soothsayers-in-disguise abound, but my favorite credit was for Ed Snodderly as The Village Idiot.
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That's the One I Want!
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Oh I love jewelry!ReplyDelete
That's strange... my wife says almost the exact same thing. I wonder if it is something in the water? ;-)ReplyDelete
Happy WW!
They're beautiful!ReplyDelete
I think I would want that too.... Thanks for the hop :))ReplyDelete
Wonderful ! She want this ring...ReplyDelete
Oh yes, I'll take two of those please.ReplyDelete
Beautiful :)ReplyDelete
I used to wear lots of jewelry, but don't any more. I love going to jewelry stores and looking at all the sparkly things though and buy for family members.ReplyDelete
Here's Mine
Oh BTW, I hope you get the one you want!ReplyDelete
Love the picture. Beautiful display, case, and jewelry.ReplyDelete
They are pretty! :)ReplyDelete
lol, I hope you get it! Thanks for stopping by KreativeKaring for Wordless Wednesday! :) She hasn't used the picture as her profile pic but you're right, it would look cool. I think I am planning on offering to make them for people for like $5. It would be nice to have an income again and it would be cool to hook people up with neat profile pictures or framed photos. :)ReplyDelete
Hope you visit again soon!
Would "the one" be a ring, or the entire case :)ReplyDelete


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"Quantum, Quantum, Quantum, Quantum."

Ah, Engelbert Humperdinck. How I would love to get your version of Cuando, Cuando out of my freaking head.

Yep, being the weirdo that I am, I end up getting my grandpa's favorite "Cuando, Cuando" song stuck in my head every time I hear LG Quantum. I can only hope that you know the song and it's stuck in your head, too. After all, misery certainly loves company. And boy, do I feel miserable now. Uh, you're welcome?

But enough about me. Let's talk about you. That and your need for help in removing the back cover of an LG Quantum (argh, there goes the song again!). I'm certainly more than happy to help. I mean, it's the least I could do for getting an Engelbert Humperdinck song stuck in your head.

As for folks who don't have the song stuck in their heads, well, I hate your guts. Now onward to the LG Quantum (gah! get it out of my head!) back cover tutorial.

If you've ever wondered why humans have opposable thumbs, well, this is your lucky day, buster. Check the side of the LG Quantum and you'll notice a slit that just feels like it's made for your nails. I know, I know, now your life will never be the same. Anywho, just get your thumb nail in there and pry it open. Think of it like an oyster. Except less gritty and grimy and gooey. Yes, I'm getting all sorts of undesirable things stuck in your head. If it makes you feel better, I'm getting the same stuff stuck in my head, too.

Voila. Now the back of your LG Quantum is as naked as a streaking Will Ferrell in Old School. With the back cover out of the way, you now have access to the battery and SIM card. Just note that to access either of these, the battery always has to be removed first. Gotta follow the proper steps.

OK, this is so easy that I worry about the future of the human race if anyone says they can't figure this out. To take out the LG Quantum battery, just place one of your fingers in the indentation next to it and pull out.

With the battery out of the way, you can now simply slide out the SIM card with those good, old opposable thumbs. Thank you, evolution.

To cover up that bad boy, you'll need to re-align the protective back of the of the LG Quantum. Personally, I've found that re-aligning the cover from the side as shown in the image above (as opposed to the top or bottom) was the easiest way to put back the phone's cover.

Once you've got everything lined up perfectly, simply press the LG Quantum back cover on the sides until everything clicks back into place. There you go, now your Quantum, Quantum, Quantum, Quantum is all back to normal. Now if I could only say the same for my Engelbert Humperdinck-infested brain. For folks who have upgraded to newer phones, don't forget to check our other cover tutorials for smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and even the curvy LG G Flex 2.


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PowerLineBlog just kicks butt on their reporting. Is there a better blog?
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Powerline make this obvious lie.
"…And John Kerry wants to base his campaign on the claim that this constitutes "incompetence" on the part of the U.S. Army?"
Kerry wants to base his campaign on claiming the US Army is incompetent??? Do they believe that? This signals to me that Powerline's article is simple Rovian hack-analysis. Can you imagine if the New York Times article closed with that line? How upset the rightwing would be about the biased, lying, liberal media?
Actually what's more interesting than the hackdom Powerline yadda-yadda is what President Bush's Iraqi arms inspector David Kay had to say about the issue:
"…Well, at least with regard to this one bunker and the film shows one seal, one bunker, one group of soldiers going through and there were others there that were sealed, with this one, I think it is game, set and match.
There was HMX, RDX in there. The seal was broken and quite frankly to me the most frightening thing is not only is the seal broken and the lock broken but the soldiers left after opening it up. I mean to rephrase the so-called (UNINTELLIGIBLE) rule if you open an arms bunker, you own it. You have to provide security."
Even as a Kerry supporter, I can't get worked up about this issue. But it doesn't look good for Bush, IMHO, if this is the story that dominates the weekend. And it's David Kay's word against the Republican hacks?


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WASHINGTON — Gio Gonzalez dominated over seven innings and had to wait out a nervous ninth with Brad Lidge on the mound before his first win with the Washington Nationals was secure.
Lidge gave up a double to his first hitter and walked the next batter before retiring three in a row and earning his second save in the Nationals' 1-0 win against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
"Man, one of these times I'll get a 1-2-3 (inning)," Lidge said. "I'm sure I gave a lot of people a heart attack today. That's kind of how I've done it for a while."
Gonzalez didn't acknowledge having any doubts over the outcome.
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The late dramatics stood in sharp contrast to the innings with Gonzalez on the mound, when the Astros rarely got the ball out of the infield.
Gonzalez (1-0) allowed two hits, walked two and struck out eight in his third start for Washington. The left-hander, acquired from Oakland in the offseason, also earned a standing ovation at the plate when he flied out to the warning track.
Gonzalez gave up a leadoff single to Justin Maxwell, who was later caught stealing second, and didn't allow another hit until the sixth. After Gonzalez walked J.D. Martinez in the first, he retired 13 straight.
Gonzalez ran into a little trouble in the sixth when he gave up a leadoff single to Jose Altuve and later walked Jed Lowrie to put runners on the corners with one out. Gonzalez credited catcher Jesus Flores for a well-timed visit to the mound to help him get out of the jam.
"He came out to the mound and he goes, 'Hey, you're giving in a little bit. Your confidence is going down. Keep it up, and try to pound that strike zone,'" Gonzalez said. "When a catcher does that, all you can do is just boost it up a little bit more."
Wandy Rodriguez (0-2) nearly matched Gonzalez, allowing one run on five hits in seven innings. Rodriguez lost his second straight despite not walking a batter and striking out three.
The Nationals scored their run on a pair of two-out bloop hits in the fourth.


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