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My best-mid air encounter
Crazy title for a post…"my best mid-air encounter." Usually when someone utters the words, "mid-air" they mean, as in, mid-air collision which can make for a really bad day. This however, although it started out nerve wracking, turned out to be one of my cooler moments in flying.
I was making a short 15 minute flight in a Baron between two local airports. The weather had been crummy all morning and was just starting to improve with 2,800′ broken clouds with decent visibility below the deck. I was getting my last vector for the ILS approach where the Baron is hangared when approach notified me of VFR traffic at 12 o'clock and less than a mile which appeared to be descending. A quick glance at my Garmin confirmed what they had said with a traffic symbol showing the traffic was indeed 500′ above, 12 o'clock and showing a descent. I was right at the bases of the clouds, joining the LOC and couldn't understand where this traffic could be and why they weren't talking to approach control when it was obvious the traffic was in less than VFR conditions. Just about when I was really getting worried, I popped out of the cloud I was in…and there, 100 feet above and less than a 1/4 mile was a flight of four P-51 Mustangs. I had to hold back the tears, it was beautiful.
Apparently my traffic was on their way to Rickenbacker airport in Columbus, Ohio for a Mustang fly-in and thought the weather was good enough to scud run over.
There was something about that day; maybe the clouds or the green grass from the recent rain that made the scene I beheld somewhat surreal. I obviously, was never in Europe during WWII when those magnificent airplanes ruled the sky but, when I saw those airplanes at 12 o'clock high with a cumulus cloud and rolling green background it reminded me of what I always pictured it would have looked like. Four fighters back from a hard sortie, thankful to fight another mission, on their way to get more fuel and try again. I wish I had the wherewithal to break off my approach and go chasing after them. Maybe they would have let me join them even for a minute or two.
Maybe we could have scared some Skyhawk or other Baron into a similar terrifying fit of patrioism.

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Trafalgar and West Pier both eased to victory in their respective re-arranged Kenward Cup games, while in division two, leaders Shakespeare were made to battle for a 3-3 home draw with West Pier Reserves and high-flying Commercial lost 4-0 at Scarborough Sports in division three.
Kenward Cup
Filey Flyers 1 Trafalgar 12 (B Salt 4, Jenkinson 3, L Cooper 2, M Tate, Thomas)
New signing Neil Thomas was the star of the show for Traf in this one-sided match against Flyers at Clarence Drive.
Thomas, who has made the switch from Traf's arch-rivals West Pier, impressed throughout his debut, marking a man-of-the-match display - playing just behind the strikers - with a goal.
Ben Salt led the way up front with four goals, while Luke Jenkinson also banged in a hat-trick for the visitors.
Mike Tate also smashed in two goals as the away team ran riot.
West Riding 3 (Tolliday, R Link, Anderson) West Pier 12 (Bell 4, Speight 3, Bradshaw 2, Sygrove 2, M Cooper)
Pier coped well without Thomas in their cup-tie, with the visitors' new recruit Gareth Sygrove netting twice on his debut - sinking his old teammates in the process.
Dave Bell, who has been on Pier's books for a while but has been sidelined by the poor weather, banged in four goals for Paddy Parke's side, who made the trip to a foggy Oliver's Mounty with just 11 players, although hosts Riding also had a depleted line-up.
Rob Speight's goalscoring exploits continued with a hat-trick, while man of the match Jamie Bradshaw scored twice and Martin Cooper also netted.
Parke said: "Jamie was outstanding as one of the three forward players, scoring twice and setting up four goals, he was a constant menace all morning against them.
"It was good to get back on the pitch as the weather has kept us out of action for ages."
Sunday League division two
Shakespeare 3 (T Barker 2, Jenking) West Pier Reserves 3 (Watson pen, Swinger, Hooper)
Leaders Shakespeare's 100 per cent record was halted by an inspired West Pier Reserves outfit, the hosts twice having to come back from behind before snatching a point at the death.
Neither side could break through in a first half dominated by the home side, Aaron Jenking coming closest for Col Jenkinson's side with a thumping shot that cannoned back off the crossbar.
Pier took the lead after the break when Daz Swinger was brought down in the penalty area, Chris Watson blasting home the resultant penalty.
The home side hit back with two quick goals as the game was turned on its head, with Jenking and Mikey Barker on target for Shakespeare.
Jenking's levellerwas a fine strike after a mix-up in the Pier defence, then Barker fired home after fine work by Jamie Patterson.
Five minutes later Pier got back on level terms with a superb run and finish from Swinger, the left-winger cutting inside onto his right foot before drilling the ball low into the net past the home keeper.
Pier then went back in front, James Temple's inch-perfect cross met by bullet header from 12 yards out by veteran Dave Hooper.
With five minutes remaining, Shakespeare earned a point, Patterson's quick thinking at a free-kick putting Barker through and he slid his shot home to make it 3-3.
Proud Pier chief Mark Tucker said: "I was delighted with that display, every single one of them deserves a share of the man-of-the-match award. I had a load of players let me down on the morning, and was left with 11 players - nearly all of them having to play out of position, I had full-backs up front and people roped in who were retired."
Jenkinson added: "We were let down by seven players who cried off on the morning of the game, but we still should have won the game. We dominated the first half, but did not take our chances and fair play to Pier they did well in the second half.
"Jon Cairns played well for us after moving up front at half-time, while Jordan Aitkens and Tom Scales also impressed.
Division three
Scarborough Sports 4 (Collins 4) Commercial 0
A four-goal blast from Danny Collins steered Sports to a shock home victory against promotion hopefuls Commercial.
The visiting manager Geoff Osguthorpe was disgusted by his team's performance.
He said: "I am really embarrassed by the way my team played, although Sports did play very well and deserved the win - Danny Collins was the difference between the two sides.
"If we play like this we are not good enough to stay in the top two in the division."
Newlands Reserves 10 (Delve 6, R Cooper 3, Mackenzie-Fenwick) Alma 0
Newlands boosted their promotion credentials with a convincing defeat of Alma.
Luke Delve, having recently stepped up to the first team after impressing for the second team, returned to the reserves with a bang, scoring six goals for the home side.
Ryan Cooper, also dropping down from the first team, banged in a hat-trick, while youngster Thomas Mackenzie-Fenwick scoered the goal of the game, a cracking 20-yard shot set up by man of the match John Wood. The latter earned the plaudits after setting up seven of the 10 goals during a superb display on the right wing.
Johnny Hayes was the only Alma player to shine, putting in a good shift in central midfield.
Other result
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AUSTIN – This week, Representative Ed Thompson (R - District 29) was chosen as a recipient of the Award for Conservative Excellence by the American Conservative Union Foundation (ACU). Thompson is one of 13 Texas House Members (out of a total of 150) to receive this award from the ACU, scoring over 90% on their bill ratings.
"It is an honor to be recognized for the Conservative Excellence Award by the ACU," Thompson said. This acknowledgment is a testament to my dedication to living out conservative principles in the votes I made during the 84th Legislative Session. We grappled with a myriad of controversial issues, and I hope to continue represent the fine people of District 29 in the Texas House with integrity."
"Texas deserves a gold medal. It has one of the finest legislative bodies in the country. Both chambers passed legislation recognizing the sanctity of life and protecting the freedom of pastors and religious organizations to act upon their faith," said Matt Schlapp, ACU Chairman. "Furthermore, the legislature passed common-sense fiscal legislation reducing the franchise tax and killing a bill that would have created a bureaucracy to give loans to grocery stores placed in low income neighborhoods."
ACU's State Ratings reflect how elected officials view the role of government in an individual's life. Texas legislators with the strongest scores consistently voted with the ideals articulated in the U.S. Constitution. ACU researches and selects a wide range of bills that reflect a member's adherence to conservative principles. They select bills that focus on former President Ronald Reagan's philosophy of the "three-legged stool": 1) economic: taxes, budgets, regulation, spending, healthcare, and property; 2) social and cultural: 2nd Amendment, religious freedom, life, welfare, and education; and 3) government integrity: voting, individual liberty, privacy, and transparency. The range of issues selected have been specifically designed to convey to voters the most accurate assessment of Texas's elected officials who can be counted on to defend the principles of a free society: Life, Liberty, and Property.
To view the Texas ratings guide, visit http://acuratings.conservative.org/state-ratings-2015/ and click on Texas.
Representative Ed Thompson is currently serving in his second term in the Texas House of Representatives, encompassing Pearland, Alvin, Manvel, Brookside Village, Hillcrest, Iowa Colony, and Liverpool. He is the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management and is a member of the House Environmental Regulation Committee.


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The question, as always, is "do you believe they'll do it?"
The idea of beer in grocery stores is presently transitory. It exists only in an article in Martin Regg Cohn's column in the Toronto Star. His word, although convincing and no doubt backed by leaks from the provincial government, is impermanent. At this point, beer in grocery stores exists only as an idea.
It is a good idea.
When Brewer's Warehousing was started after prohibition, the main idea was to take the onus off the provinicial government. They wanted control, but could not afford the warehousing that went with storage and transportation of beer. Originally, Brewer's Warehousing was a co-op between the brewers of the province. They worked together to have their products spread out as far as the individual breweries deigned fit.
The 20th century, both here and in America saw consolidation in breweries. The part unique to Canada was that the organization was government sanctioned. It ended up eventually with a small number of foreign owned corporations in control of a system that was meant to benefit small, local business. Currently, The Beer Store does not do the thing it was designed for. That enough is reason to seek reform.
It is inequitable. It is perverse: It perverts the intent of fair dealing that was established by the government in 1927.
It is unlikely that you will see the small brewers of this province come out in their own support in the coming days. They are terrified of the punishment that may be exacted against them. They deal with a system in The Beer Store that will gladly cut them down at any sign of trouble. They depend on the goodwill of their competitors at the moment for their existence. In what world is that a fair deal?
The Ontario Brewers, whether they be members of the Ontario Craft Brewers or not, are subject to poor circumstances. They may sell their product at their own brewery, of course, but further afield they run into difficulty. The LCBO is not obligated to take their product, and frankly, were they obligated so to do, they do not possess the shelf space to accommodate. The Beer Store requires that small brewers pay an organization owned by their largest competitors for the privilege of wholly inadequate representation. Even if everyone foolishly wished to do business with their largest competitors there would not be shelf space. It is an anachronistic model, outdated now by decades.
The difficulty is simply this: There must be change.
At last count, there are 233 breweries extant and in planning in Ontario and no room for them. In every county, maybe in every town, there will soon be a craft brewery. Mind you that the quality of the beer may vary from county to county, but I am not speaking to you as a critic. I speak only of the pride in geographical place that brewery may offer you. It is an additional institution in your community of which to be proud. It will provide business and tourism, employment and philanthropy to your community. It has been so in the United States for decades and in Europe for centuries.
I see legitimate complaint about the idea of beer sales through grocery stores. At most recent hearing, the information is that there will be 300 licenses auctioned off to large grocery stores. Naysayers are of the opinion such action will favour the large brewers. Personally, I believe them shortsighted. Were you to find yourself in America today in a grocery store in even the smallest town you would find craft beer. In Chattauqua County, New York, the Southern Tier Brewing Company brewed a beer that came second only to Busch on local shelves. In Anniston, Alabama, on the shelves of the Piggly Wiggly, you'll find craft beer. In Utah, though it be only 4% alcohol, you will find small, local breweries on grocery store shelves.
The addition of grocery stores to the market will create hundreds of thousands of feet of shelf space in which craft brewers are adequately represented. For perhaps the first time in a hundred years in a non-governmentally sanctioned space, consumers will be able to view the product they are buying with their own eyes.
It is not an action without its problems: Larger craft brewers will dominate. Mill Street and Steam Whistle, Muskoka and Nickel Brook (once its expansion is complete) will take the majority of the craft beer space. This is simply a question of scale. Smaller brewers may not have the ability to compete immediately. This is an opportunity for the strong. If ever there were a tailfeather with which to attract investment, this is it. The craft sector will see expansion if the rumoured legislation is tabled and approved.
I worry about the smallest brewers: Those only now starting up. After all, had things gone only slightly differently, I could have been one of them.
Currently before the Ontario legislature (having passed its second reading) is Bill 67. Raised by Todd Smith, MPP for Belleville, it would see Ontario breweries enjoy cross sales. That is to say that the smallest breweries would be able to help each other along by offering the sales of each other's products in their own stores. It costs taxpayers nothing and allows for growth and expansion in the parts of the market that are most helped by incremental improvement. It will serve the consumer with additional selection at little or no additional cost. It will help the small brewers immensely in the short term. To fail to lend them your support will simply strangle industry in its cradle and rob your community of employment and tax revenue.
As citizens of Ontario, it is in your interest to forget the question of whether grocery store sales are the best step forward in terms of consumer consumption. At this point ANY step forward is positive and the status quo will kill jobs. 233 businesses hang in the balance and in that number exist thousands of jobs that cannot be challenged by automation or outsourcing. Each of these breweries houses an entrepreneur who is doing his or her damnedest to provide you with a quality product. In a province where businesses like Blackberry and Heinz lay off employees to the detriment of the towns they exist in, it is ridiculous not to to support your local brewery. Your local brewery will provide a partner in your community for the long term in a way that the large brewers that own The Beer Store simply cannot.
I will ask you only this: to bet on the future of Ontario. Support beer in grocery stores and support Bill 67. Do not wait to see whether the government will do it. You employ them. Make them do it.


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The future of the, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), following the Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, is unclear, United Nations officials said today.
The officials said that after the accord is implemented the Security Council will have to convene in a special session to decide if the mandate of UNIFIL should continue or if there should be any changes regarding its composition and operation.
UNIFIL's mandate was extended in January for another six-months period. The 6,000 member UNIFIL was established by the Security Council in 1978 to monitor the peace in south Lebanon.


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Package name: com.battlefield , Last Update: 2012-04-12 04:45:39
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What's new in this version (2.47):
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River-Bottom Claw Marks Provide Evidence Of Dinosaurs' Swimming Prowess
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Researchers have found new evidence that dinosaurs were excellent swimmers, according to a study published in Monday´s edition of Chinese Science Bulletin, an academic journal co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.In fact, an international team of experts, which included University of Alberta graduate student Scott Persons, located what is being called "strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances."
They examined a series of unusual claw marks that were left on the bottom of a Chinese river that is known to have been commonly used by traveling dinosaurs. In addition to easily identified footprints of several Cretaceous era animals, including giant long-neck dinosaurs, Persons and his colleagues discovered claw marks that they claim clearly indicates a coordinated left-right, left-right progression.
"What we have are scratches left by the tips of a two-legged dinosaur's feet," Persons said in a statement. "The dinosaur's claw marks show it was swimming along in this river and just its tippy toes were touching bottom."
The claw marks covered a distance of 15 meters (nearly 50 feet), which the authors cite as evidence that dinosaurs had the ability to swim using coordinated leg movements. These particular tracks were made by a carnivorous theropod dinosaur which is believed to have stood an estimated one meter at the hip.
Based on fossilized rippling and the evidence of mud cracks, the researchers report that the river — which is located in what is now the Szechuan Province — went through both wet and dry cycles more than 100 million years ago. Persons describes the river bed as a "dinosaur super-highway," adding that it has provided he and his colleagues with several other full dinosaur footprints, including those of other theropods and gigantic four-legged sauropods.
Unfortunately, since the researchers only have the river-bottom claw marks to work with, Persons said that they are unable to identify exactly which dinosaur was responsible for paddling across the body of water. However, he believes it could have been either an early tyrannosaur or a Sinocalliopteryx — two species of predators which were known to have lived in that area of the Asian country.


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These comments are presented on behalf of the Kansas Chapter of the Sierra Club. More extensive written comments will be provided by representatives of the National Sierra Club.
I want to thank the USEPA for scheduling this hearing at the request of local citizens in Kansas City, Kansas, because we have two large fiberglass insulation manufacturing plants, Certainteed and Owens Corning, located within a mile of each other in the Fairfax Industrial District.
However, this hearing came about, in part, because of long running legal actions by the National Air Toxics Taskforce of the Sierra Club, who challenged, among other things, the use of particulate matter measures as a surrogate for potentially volatile heavy metal compounds. It was only because USEPA finally recognized the need to require specific measurements of certain HAP metal emissions that they discovered that Certainteed's K2 "Oxyfuel" glass melting furnace was emitting an unexpectedly large amount of hexavalent chromium.
Hexavalent chromium is a confirmed human cancer-causing agent that can also cause asthma attacks and damage to the nose and respiratory system in sufficient concentrations. This incident serves as the poster child as to why EPA should minimize the use of surrogates in all regulated industries. It also demonstrates why EPA has the duty under the MACT review (Sec 112d6) both to "look back" at HAP reductions now achievable and to "look around" at developments in technology, processes and work practices to update the rule to obtain all appropriate emission reductions.
We agree with EPA's assessment that the health risk from this source category is currently unacceptable. However, for the following reasons, we are not convinced that the proposed new standard provides an ample margin of safety for the health of the community.
The Owens Corning plant, which has one "Oxyfuel" glass melting furnace similar to Certainteed's K2, also showed emissions of hexavalent chromium though in much smaller quantities. The most recent stack tests at Owens Corning's 70 north and 70 south furnaces showed that hexavalent was 25 and 16% of total chromium emissions respectively, while their K5 "Oxyfuel" furnace was 86% hexavalent similar to the 92% found at Certainteed.
This indicates that the higher temperature Oxyfuel design is part of the problem. This is of special concern in KCK because Owens Corning has reported sizable air emissions of chromium to the Toxic Release Inventory (120 to 250 lbs. annually since 2001) apparently without checking to determine the type of chromium emitted. So it is likely that citizens near the plant have been exposed to higher hexavalent chromium emissions than was assumed in the health risk assessment conducted by EPA. Even the EPA's limited analysis showed that the Owens Corning plant adds about 25% to the risk calculated from the Certainteed operation.
A subsequent test at Certainteed's K2 furnace showed a much lower emission of hexavalent chromium. Nonetheless EPA did the right thing by initiating direct monitoring of the air in Vara Garland Park just south of the plant.
The health risk assessment is not conservative for other reasons as well. The EPA's model did not consider risks from other nearby sources of industrial pollution that include a medical waste incinerator, the General Motors Assembly Plant, and the Quindaro coal-fired power station. The area is also home to large numbers of diesel trucks and trains.
Some neighboring residents live on the bluffs overlooking the Fairfax Industrial District at an elevation above the tops of some smoke stacks. While EPA's model does take nearby terrain into account, it makes the exposure calculation only at the center of the census tract. This would underestimate the risk to residents living on the edge of the tract towards the stacks. Nor would the modeling adequately consider the risks to anyone working regularly just beyond the fence line of the Certainteed plant.
The model does not fully take into account the lifetime harm that can be caused when a child is exposed at an early age to toxic chemicals. EPA's own recent draft toxicological review in 2010 discusses scientific research showing that the cancer risk assessment for hexavalent chromium causes mutagenic effects. EPA should follow this and the scientifically supported approach of the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and use age-dependent adjustment factors for all carcinogens including hexavalent chromium.
Finally it's obvious from the way these hexavalent chromium emissions were only discovered after these plants have operated for many years, and from how the numbers vary, that EPA needs to collect much more data from the industry. Thus we conclude that EPA's health risk assessment is not conservative, and additional analysis is needed.
Certainteed very recently shut down their K2 glass melting furnace until 2013 because, they said, of unfavorable market conditions. Thus the currently planned 6 months of monitoring at Vara Garland Park is likely to capture no emissions at all from that furnace and to greatly underestimate the risk that will occur when K2 starts up again. EPA should extend the monitoring program to at least six months after Certainteed's K2 furnace returns to service. Considering also that the risk in KCK falls disproportionately on minorities and people who are economically disadvantaged, additional monitoring is a matter of fairness as well.
Regarding formaldehyde, an industry letter in the docket indicated that OC had changed their curing process to eliminate the emission of this toxic pollutant. However the data inputs to EPA's modeling showed OC's KC plant among the highest emitters. That is consistent with TRI data showing emission of some 60,000 pounds of formaldehyde in 2010 down from a peak 86,000 in 2005. EPA needs to confirm when OC made the change. The industry letter also indicated that CT had not yet followed suit but was planning to do so. This is important because of the aforementioned concentration of facilities in KCK and the fact that formaldehyde is one of the risk drivers.
It is crucial that EPA follow through on their intention to regulate area sources in this category because the elimination of formaldehyde emissions may allow a plant to become technically a minor source while still posing a serious risk from highly dangerous pollutants like hexavalent chromium.
There appears to be some inconsistency in the actual number for the chromium limit. On page 72792 of the narrative it's given as 0.006 pounds per 1000 tons of glass pulled while on page 72801 it's 0.06 pounds per 1000 tons of glass pulled. In the draft rule, 63.182, it says 0.00006 pounds per ton. We urge EPA to set the strongest chromium limit and to set robust limits on all other toxic air pollutants to ensure that the Kansas City community receives the required "ample" level of protection for our health.
Kansas Chapter, Sierra Club January 4, 2012
National EPA hearing held in KCK. On Jan 4, 1012 USEPA held a public hearing to take comment on their update of the rules governing toxic air pollutants from the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Industry. Two large fiberglass insulation plants are located within one mile of each other in Kansas City, Ks. and recent stack tests showed an unexpectedly large emission of the cancer-causing agent, hexavalent chromium, from one of them. The chapter prepared a fact sheet and guide to assist members of the predominantly minority community living near the plants. The chapter received valuable assistance from the Club's National Air Toxics Task Force and our attorney, Earth Justice. Chapter Air Quality Chair, Craig Volland, testified for the Chapter, and ex-com member, Richard Mabion, presented on behalf of the NAACP. If you would like a copy of the Chapter's testimony email Craig Volland <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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|Reviews for Sleepless Night
| Laurie M chapter 1 . 2/21/2008
Aw, that was really sweet. I love Albie and Stacie as friends, they have such a wonderful spark together and you write them beautifully.
| Morgan Stuart chapter 1 . 4/25/2007
This is wonderful! I wish we'd seen this at the end of the episode. Perfect characterizations. I love the last lines, as she thinks about the fact she has the best. You've captured the special connection between Albie and Stacie, as well. Great job.
| Selphie Ivy chapter 1 . 4/8/2007
Wow. I can really hear the characters speaking those words. It was really in character, and great story! Well done!
| sn0zb0z chapter 1 . 2/28/2007
Great story. Well written and you got the characters perfect. Well done!


text: Mysteres d'Angkor Siem Reap Lodge puts you within a 15-minute drive of Angkor Wat and offers an airport pick-up service (available on request) for USD 10 per vehicle. Guests indulge in massages, then grab a bite to eat at the restaurant. There are 2 bars/lounges and an outdoor pool, and rooms offer balconies and LCD TVs.


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The value perspective
Welcome to another one of our famous value analyses, which adds capacity and pricing to the performance data we've explored over the preceding pages. With the exception of the Samsung 830 Series, which is out of stock at most vendors, we used Newegg prices for all the SSDs. We didn't take mail-in rebates into account when performing our calculations.
First, we'll look at the all-important cost per gigabyte, which we've obtained using the amount of storage capacity accessible to users in Windows.
Although there are many SSDs priced below a dollar per gigabyte, the Samsung 840 Pro Series isn't one of 'em. Only the OCZ Vector and a couple of premium-priced Intel SSDs join the 840 Pro beyond the dollar-per-gigabyte threshold. The old 830 Series is up there, as well, but it's a bit of an outlier. The drive has been discontinued and is only available from a limited selection of vendors at inflated prices.
Our remaining value calculation uses a single performance score that we've derived by comparing how each drive stacks up against a common baseline provided by the Momentus 5400.4, a 2.5" notebook drive with a painfully slow 5,400-RPM spindle speed. This index uses a subset of our performance data described on this page of our last SSD round-up.
The Samsung 830 Series was only recently unseated from the top of our overall performance rankings by the OCZ Vector. While the 840 Pro is an improvement over its predecessor, it's not fast enough to match the Vector in this metric. Note the difference made by the new firmware. Our overall score includes used-state FileBench results, which is why the 840 Pro ranks so much higher with the latest release. The standard 840 Series also gets a boost from its new firmware revision, but the magnitude of the boost is much smaller than it is for the 840 Pro.
Now for the real magic. We can plot this overall score on one axis and each drive's cost per gigabyte on the other to create a scatter plot of performance per dollar per gigabyte. The best place on the plot is the upper-left corner, which combines high performance with a low price.
From a purely performance-per-dollar perspective, the Samsung 840 Pro Series doesn't look like a compelling deal. It costs as much as the OCZ Vector but isn't quite as fast overall. Neither of those high-end SSDs has a particularly appealing value proposition; you could pay a fair amount less for an Intel 335 Series or a Corsair Neutron without giving up too much performance.


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It has been a cold, snowy winter here in North Carolina. With all the frozen flakes of white(even here in ENC), photographers are shooting plenty of snowy scenes. This brings me to a question I got recently:
Q: I took a picture of a snow scene and it turned out with a bluish cast. What causes that? How can I fix it so it will look natural not blue?
I've experienced the same problem especially during cold weather in low light conditions. To understand what's going on and, of course, how to correct it, first you need to know a little about visible light. Let's start with some basic physics. Hold on. This won't be a elaborate technical discussion from a science textbook. It is however, important to know something about how light behaves. In photography, after all light is the first element of creation. The more you know, the more you can practice good photographic techniques. I'll keep the technical stuff to a minimum.
Lighting, Camera, Action!
Visible light (what your eyes see) is composed of different wavelengths or color spectrum. Violet light is at one end of the spectrum with red at the other. You can see these different colors in a rainbow or when sunlight is refracted by a glass prism (see image below).
Refracted light by a prism
The spectrum of colors are said to have a color temperature measured in degrees Kelvin(K), and refer to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. Light with a higher color temperature (larger Kelvin value) has more bluish tones while light with a lower color temperature (smaller Kelvin value) had more reddish tones. I included the chart below as reference so readers will have a idea of what the numeric temperatures mean in real life situations.
Why are the colors of light measured as a temperature? In the late 1800s British physicist Lord Kelvin heated a block of carbon until it glowed. As the carbon got hotter, it produced a range of different colors. The black cube first produced a dim red light, increasing to yellow as the temperature rose. Eventually it glowed with a bright blue-white at the highest temperature. In his honor, color temperatures are measured in degrees Kelvin. For a more in-depth discussion check out What is Color Temperature? by Jim Zuckerman.
Color Temperature in Photography
Now with the technical details out of the way, let's focus on the application of color temperature in photography. A digital camera has a sensor which captures the incoming light from a subject then records the image. The problem is the camera doesn't always capture what we see as "natural coloration". The color temperature or white balance simply doesn't appear like our eyes see it. Hence some images come out looking the wrong color. So what is white balance(WB)?
A simple explanation is WB is the process of removing unnatural color casts, so that subjects which appear white by our eyes are rendered white in the photo. Our eyes are very good at judging what is white under various light sources, however digital camera sensors sometimes get it wrong especially when shooting in the incorrect WB mode. A wrong WB can result in pictures turning out with a unsightly yellow, orange or blue cast. A prime example is a winter snow scene with the unwelcome bluish tinge (see Figure 1). Sometimes, the blue adds to the mood of the picture, but at other times you may want it to look natural as your eyes see it.
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snow scene shot in Daylight WB
Here's how to make the blue cast disappear.
First step is to consult your camera's manual and determine how to change the WB. This will vary from model to model. It's important to become familiar with all the WB settings so that you can quickly change them as needed. Shoot the scene at several different WB settings. Cameras with live preview will show on the LCD screen how the image will appear before you take the picture. For guidance on which to use, see the chart below.
|WB Mode
|Lighting Conditions
Camera's best guess for a color temperature between 3000-4000K and at 7000K
Outdoors with overcast skies, shady areas or twilight skies
Outdoors on a clear day or to capture the reds in a sunset or colors in fireworks
Indoors with incandescent lighting. Use outdoors for enhanced blue effect
Optimal white balance setting when camera is pointed at a solid white object(see note)
Note: some cameras allow the shooter to set a custom WB. Consult your manual for details.
For Easy Color Correction Shoot RAW
Many cameras allow the shooter to save images in more than one format: JPEG and/or RAW. Referred to as a digital negative, RAW gives you much more flexibility. When you save an image in RAW file format, you are saving it the way the image sensor sees it without applying any adjustments including white balance. In fact, the camera ignores the WB settings. Bottom line: with RAW you can correct mistakes made in the field. Let's say you get home from a trip only to discover your images have the wrong color. You can correct the error in post processing.
Image Editing With Photoshop Elements
Here is a short tutorial on how to remove a blue color cast. It's by no means detailed instructions on all the post editing features. I'll save that for another article. Using Figure 1 as an example, open your image in Photoshop Elements. The image has an unsightly blue cast we want to remove. On the right panel you will see White Balance with a drop down menu and below that a Temperature line with Kelvin values. The current WB is "Daylight" which corresponds to a temperature of 5500K.
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RAW image in PSE with blue cast
By changing the WB you can correct the color cast to a more normal, realistic look. With a bit of practice you can achieve just what your eyes really saw. Below is the same image with the custom WB temperature adjusted to 6200K. Notice the blue cast is gone.
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RAW image in PSE with custom WB
With a couple of tweaks(exposure, contrast, clarity, etc) the snowy scene looks real-to-life. So next time you are out in the snow, remember to shoot, shoot, shoot and experiment with different settings. You may not have the opportunity to capture the same scene again(at least not this year).
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Final image with WB correction
Color Cast Correction of JPEGs
With JPEGs, you can remove unwanted color casts with Remove Color Cast found under the Enhance-->Adjust Color menu. A box with a eyedropper will appear. Inside the box, you will see instructions on removing the unwanted cast. The key is clicking on area of gray, white or black then see if the cast changes to a natural look. This technique is more trial and error so it will take a few attempts to get it right. Note: sometimes it is very hard to get a JPEG color cast exactly correct. Unlike RAW files, JPEGs have the shot settings(WB, exposure, etc) saved into the file. It's not always easy to undo what's already saved in the file.
Figure 5
JPEG image after using Remove Color Cast
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5 keys to a Red Sox victory
Credit: AP
The Red Sox went 3-4 against the Tigers this year, and they'll need to flip those numbers to advance to the World Series for the first time since 2007. Here are five keys to knocking off the defending AL champs.
1. Neutralize Austin Jackson
The Tigers leadoff man had a mediocre season (.272-12-49) and an atrocious ALDS against the A's (2-for-20, 1 R, 13 Ks). However, he has been an absolute thorn for the Red Sox since arriving in Motown. He hit .478 against them this year and .478 against them last year, going 11-for-23 each time. If he maintains those numbers, the Sox will be in trouble.
2. Stay away from Miguel Cabrera
As in, literally, away. If the slugger's injuries (abdominal, groin, hip) have robbed him of anything, it's the opposite-field power that makes him such a complete hitter. The A's worked the outer half against him almost exclusively all series ... until Game 5, when Sonny Gray came inside and Cabrera muscled a two-run homer to left. Cabrera has lacked opposite-field home run power for the last six weeks, so make him hit the ball to right.
3. The 5-6 split
The most dangerous spot in the Tigers order isn't the 3-4 of Cabrera and Prince Fielder (who has struggled all year), but the 5-6 of old friend Victor Martinez and recent suspendee Jhonny Peralta. The former hit .369 over his final 38 games and carried that blistering pace into the ALDS, where he led the Tigers with a .450 average. The latter shuttled between left field and short to hit .417 with a homer. They're Detroit's two best hitters.
4. Get something from Mike Napoli
The notoriously streaky Napoli could've been World Series MVP in 2011 if the Rangers had just held on in St. Louis. He had a brutal ALDS (2-for-13) hitting behind David Ortiz, and he won't get to face any left-handed starters this series. He has done next to nothing with Doug Fister and Max Scherzer over his career (3-for-27, .111, combined), though he has hit Justin Verlander (.304, 1 HR). Ortiz needs help, and Napoli's his protection.
5. Win in six games
The Red Sox won't see Tigers ace Justin Verlander in Fenway for Games 1 or 2, but he'll be on regular rest for Game 3 in Detroit ... and then Game 7, if things go that far. Judging from what Verlander did to the A's — 15 shutout innings, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh in Game 5 — the Sox do not want to put themselves in the position of having to beat him to advance. Take care of business against everyone else and hope you only see him once.


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So… this is where we do the mea culpa about "oh my gosh, it's been so busy, the blog has been woefully neglected…" Phew! Got that out of the way ;) {In reality, all the action is going on at our Facebook page!}
However, we've got the perfect post for our triumphant return!
Sarah & Brian, one of our newest couples in our 2011 Alante family. We spent a crisp Halloween day with them and amazingly, these two images represent two beginnings. Their engagement, of course begins with the ring. Interestingly, their engagement session, began with the image to the right. Always a good way to kick things off!
I'm super, SUPER looking forward to their wedding as it's going to be at the chic Museum of Glass. The wheels are already turning with the awesome-ness that we can create ;)
luv, Kimberly
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Motivations for social media marketing vary. Not every business owner wants to tweet, post, blog or YouTube exactly the same way -- nor should they.
That being said, using social media for your small business can be tricky. And after watching lots of successful people Instagram their way to the top, I've learned a thing or two about what works, what doesn't, and what is crazy enough to try at least once.
#1: It's not all about you
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then get out there and flatter somebody. You shouldn't try to be anyone but yourself. However, watching the leaders in your industry and understanding the social landscape and hierarchy (yes, unfortunately, there is a hierarchy) makes social interaction a lot easier. As my momma says, you have to learn the rules before you're allowed to break them.
Rule of thumb: Spend at least one month watching what smart people in your space do before jumping into a new platform.
#2: It is all about you
I know, confusing right? But when you have a small business, it's really important to recognize that people are probably highly focused on your reputation as well as you as a person. If you appear disorganized, uptight, unprofessional or gossip-y, it not only affects your personal bottom line, but that of your colleagues and employees.
Rule of thumb: In general, be funny but not crass, snarky but not a bully, informative but willing to learn. And FYI, no one wants to see your feet (unless you are selling shoes or have abnormally beautiful feet).
#3: Picture this
People want to do business with people they know. And they have no way of knowing you unless you paint (or Instagram) them a picture. So tell them what your colleagues are like, show them your office space, do an in-office video karaoke spoof or create inspiration boards of your favorite tools.
Rule of thumb: Showing is better when learning is involved. Have your employees hold up signs with factoids or Instagram tips on your favorite time-saving applications.
#4: Back it up
Social media is a valuable tool for any small business. But you have no business being on social unless you are getting your work done. No one believes the folks who are constantly posting how busy they are on social media. It belies poor time management. Be able to back up your funny, interesting social presence with real results.
Rule of thumb: If you are 30 minutes away from a deadline and tweeting about it….you're doing it wrong.
Billy Mays knew it: infomercials are the best. I don't know about you, but I can't usually change the channel. That's because unlike regular commercials (which we all fast forward) they are entertaining, informative and produce -- at least on TV! -- real business results. Do the same with your social presence, and grow your small business quickly.


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PARIS (Jun. 7)
Dr. Eliahu Ben Elissar, a close associate of Likud leader Menachem Begin, said at a press conference here last night that Begin will go to Washington in July for talks with President Carter and will raise new ideas for solving the Middle East conflict.
"Up till now diplomatic initiatives generally stemmed from Washington or Cairo. From now on Jerusalem will launch new diplomatic initiatives," Elissar said. But he refused to say what those initiatives might be. He forecast that the Geneva peace conference would reconvene later this year probably in November or December. He said that a Palestinian delegation would be barred from participating in any from whatever.
Elissar, who is regarded as a Likud spokesman, is in Paris on what he called a semi-private visit. He said Likud would try to explain its positions to Jewish communities throughout the world and planned to convene a world conference of Jewish communities shortly for that purpose.
The Likud victory in Israel's parliamentary elections has disturbed many prominent members of the French-Jewish community. One of them, former Socialist Minister Daniel Mayer, has resigned from the board of the bi-weekly publication of the French Zionist Federation, La Terre Retrouve (The Re-Found Land) and announced that he will discontinue the column he has been writing for the last six years.
"People read my column to know my views, but what should I do if the new Israeli government adopts policies which I condemn? To pay no attention is out of the question. To denounce such possible policies would strengthen Israel's enemies who could say that even an unconditional pro-Israel supporter opposes such or such a move," Mayer wrote in his final column.


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With autumn at our doorstep, the desire for something to warm our soul returns. That's why we decided to suggest one of the sweetest family desserts using Angela Missoni's recipe. English in origin and named for the eponymous Queen Charlotte, we have chosen to serve this dessert on our Missoni Home with Richard Ginori "Claret" dish set. Alternating colours – white and burgundy– really exalt autumnal shades.
Ingredients for a 26 cm-size pan:
350 grams of 00 flour
25 grams of unsweetened cocoa
250 grams of butter
120 grams of sugar
1 egg
800 grams of Decana pears (not too ripe)
3-4 dry biscuits, crumbled
Mix the flour, cocoa, sugar, butter and egg by hand or with a mixer.
Mix quickly and just enough to thoroughly combine the ingredients. If you mix it too much, the pastry will be dry and crumbly.
Roll out the dough using very little flour and put 3/4 of the dough in an oven-safe mould lined with buttered aluminium foil.
Spread the crumbled biscuits in the bottom of the pan.
Peel and slice the pears thinly and line the entire pan with the slices.
Cover the entire pan using the remaining dough (that you have t into a disk) and pinch the borders to close tightly.
Let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
Cook in the oven for at least an hour and a half.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve cold or warm.


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The Grammys are upon us again, and you know what that means.
Alternately awkward and amazing pairings. Long-winded speeches. Head-scratching winners. And, hopefully, a few WOW moments.
Tonight's show includes performances from the Bob Dylan and Mumford & Sons in a salute to acoustic music; Dr. Dre Eminem and Adam Levine; Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Muse, Katy Perry, and Barbra Streisand; Yolanda Adams, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride and current nominee Florence Welch in a special Aretha Franklin segment; nominees Justin Bieber and Usher, with Jaden Smith; nominees B.o.B, Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monáe; nominees Drake and Rihanna; nominee Cee Lo Green, with Gwyneth Paltrow and the Jim Henson Company Puppets; Mick Jagger with Raphael Saadiq; and Esperanza Spalding performing with members of the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles and GRAMMY Camp.
Oh, yeah — and some awards, too. Eminem leads with 10 nominations.
Join me during the show — and a few select members of the Twitter-ati — as we offer live commentary via the box above. Vote in polls and join in the conversation, too, starting around 6 p.m. (The actual televised show kicks off at 7 p.m. on CBS.) You can also follow me directly on on Twitter.
And check out what some Houston artists had to say about this year's best new artist category.


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If you are interested; please contact me for more details and a showing.
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It's the first Wednesday of the month. That means, it's time for another post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group.
The Summer Of My Insecurity As A Writer – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Thanks to all of my fellow insecure writers for your help and encouragement.


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DAYTON, Ohio – New information on a Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy put on suspension for violating the department's ethical conduct policy.
It was a gig to make extra money, but instead it cost K-9 Deputy Gerald Bemis three days of pay.
An order of suspension obtained by 2 NEWS Investigates from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office shows Deputy Bemis was buying and selling phones for a couple of months this winter.
That's not illegal, but doing it at work, in uniform is against the sheriff's office professional conduct manual. He was in violation of several rules including employment outside a sheriff's office.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, all part time work has to be approved.
2 NEWS Investigates found Bemis had followed the rules in the past. We found at least six requests in his personnel record to work "off-duty" for different companies since 1997.
But, he did not have approval to sell and buy cell phones especially while he's working and being paid with taxpayer dollars.
Of the 5 performance reviews included in our public records request, Bemis is described as a well-liked and respected deputy.
The sheriff's office agrees with that, but says it has high standards. It believes Bemis was punished adequately and this is a mistake he won't repeat.
We asked Major Daryl Wilson with the Sheriff's Office about those cell phones Bemis was buying and selling. He said they were all legal and he was using Craigslist to find buyers.
We left a message with a family member of Bemis' and have still not heard back from him.


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Children with special needs taught me to use art in inspired and exemplary ways not the other way around.
We, as art teachers, know the power of the arts. We have seen children's lives shaped and changed through art classes. We offer success. We offer challenge and risk taking. We offer the opportunity to invent and explore—all with a unique product that only that student can own.
So why can't the arts be a mainstay in teaching children with special needs? Why isn't art embedded in teaching reading and writing to children with special needs? Why aren't we using art to enhance their lives?
In response to those questions and many more, I created the Masters in Art Education with an Emphasis in Special Populations graduate program. I along with some awesomely dedicated people at Moore College of Art & Design are setting out to prove the value of art in the education of children with disabilities.
Art Education Graduate Advisory Board
• Lynette Brown, School District of Philadelphia Middle School Art Teacher
• John Gallagher, Principal, School District of Philadelphia
• Kim Gavin, MA in Art Education alum, 2011
• Miriam Green, Parent of a daughter with Autism
• Patricia Hutman, MA in Art Ed Alum, 2010
• Pat Roberts, Executive Director and CEO of the Academy in Manayunk, Teaching Children with learning Disabilities through the Arts
• Melissa Rivera, Parent of a child with Asperger's Syndrome
• Agnes Romano, Supervisor of Special Education, Centennial School District
• Lauren Stichter, Art Teacher at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Philadelphia, PA
• Street Thoma, Manager of Accessible Programs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Jean Woodley, Liaison between the Philadelphia Museum of Art's School and Teacher Programs and the School District of Philadelphia
• Ian Verstegen, Director of the Graduate Programs at Moore College of Art & Design
This Masters Program is the nation's only graduate program with an emphasis in special needs students.
The program was created to support the working art teacher. It's non-traditional schedule allows working art teachers the flexibility to meet curricular demands and to have time in the field for research. During the 15-month program, (four semesters) candidates acquire knowledge and resources to work with special needs students and to assume positions of leadership in schools and universities in the area of art and special needs. With art and special needs at the heart of the program, there are many doors to open and lives to empower. We are on our way to making a difference.
The success of my graduate students IS my success.
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A few thoughts on The Black Eyed Peas performance*.
1. If Oprah wasn't involved I might be inclined to believe this was a flash mob & not just a publicity stunt.
2. Where the hell does a group of people this large practice, let alone coordinate something like this?
3. The thing has gained so much momentum, they've created a viral campaign to teach these people to dance like the Peas. According to the official video:
"will.i.am had a great idea… after watching the flash mob surprise for oprah's 24th season kickoff party – he thought it would be cool to create a video to teach the 'oprah/black eyed peas dance'."
4. I'm still amazed how far the Peas have come from their humble beginnings.
* I haven't seen it yet. The episode airs Monday September, 14th to kick off Oprah's 24th season…for those interested.


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SYDNEY: Australia's women footballers have beaten South Korea 2-1 in a semi-final of the Asian Women's Cup in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Matildas will now face Japan in Sunday's final after the reigning world champions and Olympic silver medallists edged China with a dramatic 1-0 extra-time win in their semi-final.
The decisive moment for Australia came 14 minutes from fulltime as midfielder Elise Kellond-Knight delivered a low free-kick from near the sideline which crept past the far post after deceiving both the defence and goalkeeper.
Katrina Gorry had given the defending champions a perfect start to the second half with a superb strike from outside the penalty area for her third goal in as many matches.
However Korea drew level within a matter of minutes as Park Eun Sun netted from the penalty spot following a questionable spot-kick awarded against Michelle Heyman.
Australia started the match strongly but goalkeeper Lydia Williams was soon required to make a crucial close-range block from Yoo Young A, while at the other end was Heyman was similarly denied by Kim Jung Mi.
Heyman hit the crossbar with a towering header midway through the second half and, although Australia dominated lengthy periods of the contest, extra time was looming before Kellond-Knight's intervention.
Substitute Sam Kerr seemed to have extended Australia's lead with a superb first-time shot in the dying minutes only to be denied by a line-ball offside decision.
Earlier on Thursday night Japan won through to the final in dramatic circumstances with Azusa Iwashimizu netting the winner with the last kick of extra time.
"We have a little bit of an edge for the final given Japan had extra time, but of course they are world champs so we face a massive challenge on Sunday," said Australia coach Alen Stajcic.
"I think this was our best performance of the tournament. We had so many chances and controlled them at the back. I couldn't be happier with how we played, I'm ecstatic."
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CEO Matthew Szulik declined to comment about whether Red Hat is now in negotiations with Microsoft over signing a patent deal, seemingly contradicting his previous outright rejection of the proposal. I don't like the sound of that at all. That sounds far too much like a "maybe" to me, rather than the unambiguous "no" I would have expected.
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Insiders: 22 Confessions Of A Former Dell Sales Manager - Consumerist
A former Dell kiosk manager writes us to share helpful tips about doing business with Dell. He has no particular problems with Dell, he just wanted to share some helpful tips for consumers looking to get the best deal. He includes info on getting the best deal from the website, different kinds of promotions the Dell offers, insider details on how the kiosk sales reps are compensated, what coupons and deals they have to offer you to close the deal, the email format for Dell in case you're thinking of launching an EECB, where to take your Dell credit card complaints, which extended warranties to avoid, how to get a domestic tech support rep... and more. It's very comprehensive. Enjoy!
This article mysteriously disapeared from Bloomberg shortly after it was published.
I wonder why?
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Microsoft faces antitrust challenge on Windows Vista operating system
By James Rowley
Antitrust officials may demand that Microsoft Corp. change its Windows Vista operating system to address a complaint that the program's design hurts competing software, said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
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Grand Av - Newtown Subway Station is just a 10-minute walk away. Times Square can be reached within 30 minutes by subway. LaGuardia Airport is just a 10-minute drive away, whilst John F Kennedy International Airport is just a 15-minute drive away.
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Jason's place was great! It was so close to the subway, clean and easy to get to. There were great restaurants and even a market across the street. I would recommend anyone to stay at one of his properties.
Really good appartement, clean and close to public transit. Sometimes you can feel vibrations in the appartment from the subway, but we didn't mind. We had a lot of water bottles for free and one beer in the appartement. Towels are provided. Jason was very courteous, came to the subway for picking us up, stayed in touch via whatsapp. Alltogether, very comfortable stay without any problems.
Appartamento ottimo, pulito e molto ben localizzato (metro, supermercati ecc.). Complimenti anche a Jason sempre disponibile.
An diesem Gastgeber können sich einige ein Beispiel nehmen. An Hilfsbereitschaft nicht zu überbieten! Ankunft und Übergabe absolut unproblematisch und er hat auch zur Not immer einen kostenlosen Parkplatz an der Hand (Wir standen tatsächlich wie von ihm vermutet im absoluten Park und Halteverbot). Die Unterkunft ist groß, wenig Schnick Schnack, super WLAN und TV Program. Abzug gibt es da es etwas staubig ist, nicht barrierefrei (Das hieß es eigentlich auf der Seite) und die Decke renovierungsbedürftig ist. Mit Kindern super, mit Kinderwagen eher nicht.
Thank you Jason! Easy communications, beautiful place exactly as the pictures, great location. Jason make our stay in NYC, a really easy trip. We definitely come back again!
Una estancia genial, Jason muy amable. El apartamento es justo lo que se ve en las fotos, perfecto para estar.
Lovely appartment with really all the convenience you would need. It felt to us as a home away from home.
Jason is a host is super helpful and a kind person overall.
Appartment is located about 200 metres from express subway station which makes the manhattan trip (5th ave - central park) in about 20 minutes.
Everything from supermarkets, wendy's, pizza, subway sandwhich store and a (very) large queens shopping mall are within short walking distance.
The appartment surroundings are busy with traffic but thats normal in a big city. The neighboorhood of Elmhurst is safe and crowded and you can walk the streets in the evening without feeling unsafe. There are always people everywhere.
I recommend this appartment!
Un logement très propre et bien agencé, sans oublier l'accueil et informations réservés par Jason.
Good location to explore New York. The apartment is very closed to a strategic metro station to explore Downtown and to arrive at La Guarda Airport.
The apartment was clean and confortable.
The host is very kind and communicative.
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Husband and a hujass picture of our kids.
It all started with this picture, that Husband is obsessed with...
I had said, "It kinda looks like an album cover, or an ad right??"
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While Girlfriend just wants to know who the heck those kids are?!!
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PS.... I clean during nap time, and these pictures were taken as soon as the kids woke up. I don't ever pretend to have a perfectly clean house, so if you're wondering how the faaaahhhhhhh my house looks so clean with two kids running around... they had only been awake for 5 minutes, and by 10 minutes it was trashed again. #keepinitreal


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Skip to comments.Amish Romance Meets Teen Vampire Fiction
Posted on 03/28/2010 9:07:56 AM PDT by mattstat
In a Books-A-Million in Lakeland, Florida I happened down an entire row, yards and yards long, of Amish Romances, a genre I had heard of but scarcely believed existed. Each book featured a bonneted woman staring pensively into the middle distance, her face hovering over a farm on which a horse and buggy are seen driving away.
But to get to that row, I had to pass through an aisle of Teen Fictionhundreds more titles, each evidently staring a vampire-as-superhero-slash-seducer, Twilight style.
As I thought about the popularity of all these books, it hit me: a new genre, which must be a publishing sensation.
Vampire Amish!
And so I preview for you today, the opening scene of my forthcoming novel: Lancaster Countys Dark Secret.
Jacob Burkholder glanced at his schedule and double-checked the room number for his first period Biology class. The teacher was Mister Harding, who, rumor had it, was Harrisburg Highs easiest A.
Jacob needed a soft class because this was his first semester in an actual, public school. One that was more than just one room and shared by children of all ages, that is.
This was because young Jacob was Amish. He was sixteen, out living among the English on his rumspringa, the time of youthful rebellion where Amish young men and women decide if they want to remain part of the fold or forever leave it behind. Whether they would accept the Baptism or renounce the Order and be forever sworn to secrecy. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at wmbriggs.com ...
I'm waiting for a novel to come out about a teen who morphs into an angel and goes about inpiring other teens to become the best that they can be in their lives and to contrbute all that is good, true and beautiful to our country and the world.
Mennonite bodice-rippers!
If that doesn't work, then with a bit of tweaking he could surely turn it into a Bestselling HUMOR selection?
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Tag Archive: Commercial Galleries
Hauser & Wirth: 20 Years
While convention dictates that the art museum is the appropriate context in which to mount important and critical exhibitions that contextualize both contemporary and historical art, over the past few decades commercial galleries have begun to blur the divide between business enterprise and scholarly investigation. In fact, some of the most compelling and ambitious exhibitions … (More →)
Fran Herndon at Blanket Gallery
I was surprised to see paintings dating from 1958-63 on a recent visit to Blanket since they are better known for their representation of contemporary artists, many of whom focus on abstraction. Guest Curated by Lee Plestead, their current exhibition presents the early paintings … (More →)
Andreas Gursky at Gagosian Hong Kong
Two heavy weights of the art world – Gursky and Gagosian Gallery – have come together to put on what is surprisingly billed as the artist's first ever exhibition in Asia. An all-time highlight of the Vancouver … (More →)
CSA Space
Self-billed as an independent "project space", CSA Space is owned and operated by Christopher Brayshaw, Adam Harrison and Steven Tong. Each of these curators multi-tasks: Brayshaw, once an Assistant Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery, is now proprietor of Pulp Fiction Books and pens occasional art reviews; Tong and Harrison are practicing artists. CSA Space … (More →)
Catriona Jeffries Gallery
Exhibiting local heavyweights such as Ian Wallace, Brian Jungen and Geoffrey Farmer, Catriona Jeffries Gallery relocated in 2006 to its current space – a large warehouse in East Vancouver renovated by architect and artist Robert Kleyn. Jeffries' roster of artists focuses on those who work has contributed and grown out of the celebrated conceptual art … (More →)
Monte Clark Gallery
Run by the animated and age-defying Monte Clark, his eponymous gallery, which has an additional outpost in Toronto, represents both emerging and senior artists such as Mark Lewis, Canada's representative to the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. With many of his artists living and working in Vancouver, the city and its environs figure prominently as … (More →)
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Blanket Gallery recently became a neighbour to the Satellite Gallery space which houses outposts of the Helen and Morris Belkin Gallery, Presentation House and the Museum of Anthropology. Founded in 2005, the Gallery works with artists in all media including video, painting, installation and sculpture. Perhaps the most notable thread in their roll call of … (More →)
Equinox Gallery
Like school, the art season starts in the fall, and every year for as long as I can remember, Equinox Gallery has opened the season with celebrated BC-based painter, Gordon Smith. Now in his nineties, he is as prolific as ever, producing poetic paintings of the landscape, often around his home in West Vancouver, canvases … (More →)


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In White Light-Mothers Daughters Strength & Love
- Artist: Mae Robertson
- Genre: Folk
- Release Date: 8/12/2008
In 2005, my friend Cathy Friedman invited me to perform a benefit concert celebrating mothers and daughters to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama. This cause was close to my heart for several reasons: my friend, Rachel Bissex, who wrote this album's title song, had recently died of breast cancer; Penny Nichols, who sings most of the harmonies and Irene Young, who took all of the photos, had both recently been diagnosed (I'm happy to report that both are now cancer free); and my mother-in-law, Jennie Robertson, was a longtime breast cancer survivor. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance to lend my voice to the cause. The first concert was held in 2005 at The Virginia Samford Theatre, which was named for my mother and my daughter Cally joined me on the stage that evening. For me, it was literally a celebration of mothers and daughters. This recording is a joyful extension of these concerts, which have become a continuing tradition. In White Light includes 8 songs that have never been released - 4 of these are sung by me and 4 are sung by Cally. The other 12 songs were released on previous albums I recorded. I want to give special thanks to Cally for lending her beautiful voice to this project. Her contribution is immeasurable.
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Coach who ran illegal play is 'unfit to teach high school in any capacity'
Editor:In Billy Byler's Nov 11 column, he described Lakeside High coach Jody Grooms as a model citizen and a high-class person who made a mistake by using an illegal "trick play" in a high school football game. This obviously was not a heat-of-the-moment thing, so let's consider what actually happened.
Cheerleaders' reactions give 'remarkable example of sportsmanship'
Editor: I am writing to share a remarkable example of perseverance and sportsmanship involving three Columbia County schools.
County anticipates getting $89 million
Columbia County property owners face a 5 p.m. Thursday deadline to pay their taxes.
Students honor wounded veterans with letters, candy
The soldiers in the Active Duty Rehab Gym at the Uptown Division of the Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers received a different type of therapy Thursday.
Fellowship of faiths
A Martinez church will play host Sunday to a service of thanksgiving featuring three of the world's great religions.
Course will teach teens driving skills
Car crashes are the No. 1 killer among teens in the state, and one local watchdog group is hoping to do something to change that.
Educator celebrates her 95th birthday
The Bessie Thomas Senior Center was packed with well-wishers on Sunday, as friends, family members and former students gathered to wish a happy 95th birthday to the center's namesake.
Take precautions to heat home safely
Victoria C. Quiller, 87, died Feb. 6 after her Martinez home caught fire.
Home destroyed in morning blaze
No one was injured in a Saturday morning fire that caused "extensive damage" to a home in Evans, Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue officials said.
Current Events
The Harlem City Council meeting normally held on the third Monday of the month has been rescheduled. A work session will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at city hall, with a meeting to follow.
Time Capsule
As reported 51 years ago in The Columbia News, Thursday, Nov. 8, 1956:
Police Blotter
The following accounts were taken from reports filed with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office:
Euchee Creek Elementary
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Get Up and Go
Vendors are wanted for the seventh annual Stevens Creek Elementary Shopping Extravaganza, to be held from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 29 at the school. For information, call Donna at (706) 868-3705.
Columbia County schools celebrate Veterans Day
The Lakeside Middle School chorus sings Who's There during the Americana program at First Baptist Church.
Evans Elementary School Honor Roll
First Nine Weeks
Lewiston Elementary School Honor Roll
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Pet of the week
This blue-eyed female Husky is between 3 and 4 years old and is available for adoption from Columbia County Animal Care and Control. For more information, call 541-4077 or visit www.columbiacountyga.gov and follow the links to Animal Care and Control. Adult animals, such as today's Pet of the Week, cost $25 to adopt and the adoption fee for puppies and kittens cost $20. All adopted animals must be spayed or neutered. Visitors must wear closed-in shoes to visit the kennel area.
Harlem wins drama awards
The Harlem drama department cast and crew won Region 3-AAA on Oct. 29 for their production of The Rainmaker by Richard N. Nash at Georgia Southern University. Individual awards went to: Jonna Hundley, Best Actress; Eric Mills, Best Supporting Actor and Josh Overby, Best Actor. They also won Best Set and Best Costumes. The cast will present a public performance on Thursday at Harlem High School at 7 p.m. in preparation for the State AAA one-act competition.
Greenbrier Middle School Honor Roll
First Nine Weeks
Alpha Delta Kappa gives to children
Columbia County School Superintendent Charles Nagle signs a proclamation declaring October as Alpha Delta Kappa Month in Columbia County, with Alpha Epsilon Chapter President Bette Wilcher.
Memories of the county fair
Thomson brothers Jordan Tankersley, 12, left, and Jameson Tankersley, right, watch their sister Jenna Tankersley, 9, try to win a goldfish at the fair.
Greene made example for all
Joe Greene never signed my book.
Coaching scandal will run its course
We all know the story.
Embattled Lakeside coach should keep his job
Editors' Note: The Columbia County School Board met Tuesday night to discuss Lakeside High School head football coach Jody Grooms, after this column went to press .
Evans clinches state playoff berth
Regular season football is done, but Evans isn't.
Athlete Spotlight
A young Augusta Christian defense began the season with a challenge. It started in the secondary.
Pigskin Picks
Week 11 proved to be another good week with 83 qualifiers and only 43 non-qualifiers, along with some late entries. No one picked all 10 games correctly, and only four picked nine games correctly. A reminder: Entries are limited to one per person and two per household, per week. Multiple or late entries are disqualified.
Coach Holder speaks about Grooms scandal
On Friday, Nov. 2, Lakeside football coach Jody Grooms called an illegal play that he might never live down. It happened in the closing minutes of a 7-0 loss to Effingham County and didn't go according to plan both on the field and off.
Lakeside's Bowles finishes third
Lakeside freshman Anna Bowles topped off her first year as a competitive cross country runner with a finish at the state meet most experienced senior runners could only dream of.
Lions roar into state finals
Consider the rematch set.
Harlem marks homecoming
The Bulldogs' loss to Cross Creek High School couldn't spoil a special night Friday for Harlem High's Kacee Camp, who was named the school's homecoming queen for 2007.
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