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HOUSTON - Dangling on the end of a shaky robotic arm today, a NASA astronaut rescued a torn solar blanket and ensured the short-term future of the International Space Station (ISS).
Mission managers feared the crumpled, torn solar wing would threaten the completion of the orbital laboratory, as the space agency's aging space shuttle fleet is set to retire in 2010. With the array now patched up and fully deployed, however, NASA mission managers have one less power-managing headache to remedy.
Veteran astronaut Scott Parazynski led the unprecedented spacewalk, patching up the solar array at the far end of the unfinished space station.
"What an accomplishment, beautiful," Parazynski said as he watched the freshly repaired array unfurl from his vantage on the end of an extended robotic arm. "It's as taut as a sail. Everything looks completely intact."
Spacewalker Doug Wheelock watched Parazynski traverse through space, ensuring robotic arm operators did not bump him into the electrified solar arrays during his 45-minute journey.
"This is just beyond description," Parazynski said of his view of Earth during the ride to the damage site.
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The troubling solar wing, one of four anchored to the Port 6 (P6) solar array truss, snagged and tore about 80 percent through its deployment on Oct. 30. The damage came just two days after astronaut Dan Tani discovered worrisome metallic shavings in a set of solar-array-rotating gears.
Mission managers huddled to decide which one of the problems most threatened the arrival of the Columbus module, which is scheduled to arrive in December on the space shuttle Atlantis.
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Teams of engineers descended on Johnson Space Center (JSC) in response, throwing a spacewalk plan together in little more than two days. Mission managers said comparative spacewalks take months to plan.
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Parazynski, also a medical doctor, endured the seven hour and 19 minute spacewalk with Wheelock to revive the solar wing.
"It's a bit of a reach here," Parazynski said as he reached out to clip frayed wires and stitch in five hand-made cuff links to strengthen the weakened blanket.
"That's what those monkey arms are for," said Pamela Melroy, space shuttle Discovery commander.
"My arms are long, but not that long," responded Parazynski, also known as "Longbow," who is an impressive 6 feet, 2 inches.
Once the blanket was sewn up, robotic arm operators Tani and Stephanie Wilson pulled Parazynski away from the array. Parazynski looked on as Mission Control deployed the solar blanket.
"Beautiful," he said when the array extended to a full 110 feet (33.5 meters).
Missing tool
Parazynski and Wheelock's success was marred only by the loss of a pair of needle-nose pliers, which drifted away as they entered the Quest airlock.
The spacewalking duo began the extravehicular activity (EVA) at 6:03 a.m. EDT (1003 GMT), and endured seven hours and 19 minutes of time working in the vacuum of space. Parazynski now has 47 hours and 5 minutes of spacewalking time under his belt while Wheelock now has 21 hours and 41 minutes.
The spacewalk was the fourth and final EVA of the STS-120 mission and the 96th to build the space station.
Shortly after Parazynski and Wheelock climbed into the airlock, Melroy announced two awards for the star spacewalkers. The Order of Saint Michael-an impressive military award-for Wheelock, and a less formal award for Parazynski.
"Scott, you never were able to get a medal at the Olympics," Melroy said of Parazynski's luge experience. "But I think everybody would say that you received the EVA gold medal today."
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-astronaut crew is slated to undock with the ISS on Nov. 5 and land in daylight on Nov. 7.
- SPACE.com Video Interplayer: Delivering 'Harmony' with NASA's STS-120 Mission
- Looking Back on 50 Years of Spaceflight
- Complete Space Shuttle Mission Coverage

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Turkish Airlines (THY) has selected GE's CF6-80E1 engines to power its fleet of 15 firm Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Delivery will begin next year.
THY has also signed a 12-year OnPointSM solutions agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its new CF6-80E1 engines.
The total engine order and OnPoint agreement is valued at more than $ 1 billion (USD).
Temel Kotil, Turkish Airlines' CEO said, "As THY readies for another round of intercontinental expansion, we have chosen aircraft and engines that are proven, reliable and will further enhance the travel experience on Turkish Airlines."
"Turkish Airline's selection of CF6-80E1 engines demonstrates the airline's continued confidence in the performance and reliability of GE's engines," said Muhammad Al-Lamadani, senior executive for European sales at GE Aviation. "This order further strengthens our relationship with THY, and we look forward to an even stronger cooperation."
With a fleet of 200 aircraft, THY is the major airline in Turkey operating routes to Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. In 2011, Turkish Airlines carried about 33 million passengers and was named the 2012 best airline in Europe by Skytrax.
GE's CF6 engines have been among the most utilized and reliable in the industry. Powering more than 10 models of wide-body aircraft, the engine family has established an unparalleled record of reliability and has compiled more than 375 million flight-hours in service with close to 200 customers worldwide.
Source: GE Aviation
Date: Nov 19, 2012


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I LOVE your backgrounds, but I can't seem to get them to work on Typepad. Do you know why that might be? I'd love to use one of them but I can't get it to show up.
P.s. Your buttons (accessories) show up, it's just the bkgd. that wont show up.ReplyDelete
Thanks, kelly
These backgrounds work only with Blogger, and I don't know, if there is a way to make these for typepad too. But I will find out. But all other accessories should work in all kinds of web sites.
I found this from TypePad Support:
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I will think about this thing, and maybe I will make backgrounds for typepad too.
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Ever since I found this site, I have changed my blog 4 times.....obviously, I can't decide which one I love the best. My friends keep saying that I am changing my blog every 5 minutes! Thank you so much for adding a new purple one, which I think will be my final decision. Love so many of your designs, and with a widescreen monitor it is heaven!ReplyDelete
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And of course all backgrounds look at their best with a widescreen monitor. :)
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I just found your site, and I adore your backgrounds! I have immediately changed mine on both blogs. i would love the Shabby Chic one to be a 3-column background - however, I like it so much I have reverted back to 2 columns! Your designs are very unique, very richly detailed, and I certainly wouldn't describe them as cute (having seen some of the cute ones out there.ReplyDelete
I have mentioned the site in a post, and also put your button into the side bar. Hope that's OK?
On the down side, just to let you know: your striped header and teardrop headers are not showing on your site, just empty boxes, which is a shame!
Thank you so much for your lovely words, and I'm more than pleased about your nice and flattering post.:)
But very strange is that you don't see those headers, cause I see them, and I've seen them also on other blogs on use. And also an other strange thing is, that I can see background on your 1st Floor Flat-blog, but not on the BLADE RUBBER BLOG, I can see only my banner on the left upper corner.
By the way, your 1 st Floor Flat looks really cool, you picked one of my own favorite background!
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Hmm, must be one of life's mysteries! I still can't see your headers (I looked in IE as well as Firefox) and the BladeRubber one looks fine at my end. Weird! Perhaps these problems will fix themselves, given time.
An idea for a 3-column template (I don't know whether it's possible...) What puts me off a lot of the 3-column blogs I see is that they appear very crowded. Maybe if there was a larger gap between each column, very distinct (or a piece of ribbon or whatever, to separate them) they would appear easier to read. And default the side columns to fully justified type, or the left-hand one alone to justify right... I think it's the type from the left-hand column looking as if it drifts into the central column that looks so messy.
The problem is always that the two side columns seem to overwhelm the central one (not yours though - I'm just speaking generally).
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I just looked, and now I see Blade Rubber, looks fine. Maybe one day you will see the headers.
About 3 column, you can change the widths of them, and also leave more space between columns. My 3 column is quite narrow, cause I want also the background sides to be seen.
But I've add some smaller pictures on the sidebars and I feel that they kind of give more space and the sidebars don't look so growded.
But making changes to template HTML, you can adjust the widths, but then the background must be also designed to fit with with wider template.
Hi, first of all I LOVE all your backgrounds ♥ReplyDelete
But I have one question: I have changed my background and I never seem to see the whole sides. Just the middle and a small portion of the sides. And those are the ones I really love, the angels are so cute.
(hope you know what i mean, lol.)
I have changed to a 3 column blog, but prefer the 2 column ones. Do you have any cute PINK shabby chic backgrounds for a 2 column blog, that also show the side bar and the cute added pics on the sidebar??
CLEAR as mud I guess :(
Hugs from Marian
PS maybe I can't see it all because I don't have a wide screen (yet) ??ReplyDelete
As you thought, it really depends on the screen you have. I try to design the backgrounds so, that the main thing is seen in every size screen.
I have a small laptop screen and a huge 22" screen, I always check with both.
Background has nothing to do with sidebars, if you want changes there, you must change the html code, and after all I have much more designs for 2 column blogs.
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890 Morse Ave
Sacramento, CA 95864
Class Sign-in begins at 8:30am
Artisans' Display begins at 10am and runs until 4pm
Classes begin at 9:00 and run until 5pm
Feast Begins at 5:30
Feast hall closes at 10:00 pm
Classes will be hosted both indoors and outdoors. Strict no tobacco or firearm policy. During feast, table cloths are encouraged and light candles are permitted
Driving Directions:
Take Hwy 50 to Sacramento, Exit Watt Ave going North. Turn Left at Fair Oaks Blvd. Turn right onto Morse Ave. Church is on the Right hand side.
Site Fee (Feast not included)
Adult Site Fee: $8 (age 18+)
Ages 12-17 Site Fee: $5
Under 12: Free
Feast Tickets: (Feast Only)
Ages 12 and over: $12
Ages 5 -12 : $8
Under 5: $0
Discount Combo for attending both Event and Feast:
Youth/Adults (ages 12+): $15
Artisan's Display Information:
The Aritsan's Display is a highlight of the event. Everyone enjoys the opportunity to see completed works as well as works-in-progress. Please contact Sabrina de le Bere if you'd like to participate by sharing your art or volunteering to help attend the display.
Ascelin Meere of Ravenslocke (Denise Robello)
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Feast Steward is Juana Isabella de Montoya y Ramirez
The Feast at Spring Collegium will be a late period Spanish feast, with a few late period Portuguese recipes as well.
One of the concerns of the late period Spaniard was religion. At that time, all the Jews and Moors in Spain were expected to have left or converted. There is a lot of pork and pork fat used in Spanish cuisine at this time. I believe it was a test to see whether or not an individual's conversion was sincere. Therefore, there is a fair amount of pork in this feast, so it is not vegetarian or kosher friendly. This is not inteded to comment on or insult anyone's personal choices, I just wanted to explain the dietery implications of the chosen feast theme.
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Collegium Patrons
We are also inviting groups and individuals to become Collegium Patrons by sponsoring a classroom for either half a day or a whole day. A donation of $30 sponsors a classroom for a half a day of classes and a donation of $60 sponsors a classroom for a full day. With the sponsorship comes a lovely thankyou sign posted at the entrance of the class room and a couple of Thank You CDs.
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Robertson, speaking after former England 2018 chairperson Lord David Triesman accused FIFA voters of "improper and unethical" conduct, said the organisation should follow the example of the Olympics after the Salt Lake City scandal.
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"I think we have to be honest as a country that Lord Triesman made these allegations in Parliament but they are going to be very difficult to actually prove because these were just conversations he had with individuals."
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See few things, but see them very clearly
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Just saying
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Yeah, achieving good things takes such a long time. But sometimes, perfection can be done in a heart-beat. :) I usually hate to wait for things. Yesterday was a perfect example of me&my husbands take on life: we had a small chaos waiting at home, when we moved back in, after the renovation, and had to clean And unpack at the same time. Multitasking and still married. :)ReplyDelete
How about you? Are you more temperamental or just cool and calm, most of the time? (Oops, I think I answered my own question: I've never seen an angry picture about you, or lots of negative ideas written by you on your blog..)
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That's a great reminder! Thank youReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 5, 2014 at 9:11 AM
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Here are six things you need to know about Amazon's request to fly drones:
1. If the FAA grants Amazon an exemption, it does not mean Amazon drones will be flying down your street.
Amazon is not asking to fly drones up and down the streets of Seattle or any other public place for that matter. Their request is very clear, the company wants to to engage in private, non‐commercial research and development operations involving drones on their own property.
Amazon wants to operate what they refer to as their "own private model airplane field, but with additional safeguards that go far beyond those that FAA has long‐held provide a sufficient level of safety for public model airplane fields." Amazon's operations, if allowed, will be conducted in a confined area over isolated Amazon private property. The company plans to locate their private air field a sufficient distance away from any airport, heliport, seaplane base, spaceport or other location with aviation activities. They plan to do so away from densely populated areas and any military or U.S. government installations or airfields.
Not surprisingly, the company plans to impose strict security controls on access to their test facility. Testing operations at the private airfield will occur only in the presence of Amazon employees, contract personnel, and invitees. The company plans to implement security measures to deter unauthorized access.
2. Amazon claims their drone technology has advanced significantly in just five months.
Demonstrating how innovation can occur rapidly when a company has the will and resources to experiment, Amazon claims to have rapidly prototyped their systems using indoor research labs in Seattle. The company has quickly developed highly-automated aerial vehicles with advanced capabilities and claims to be on the ninth generation of their drone.
The company has tested the full spectrum of their drone's capabilities including agility, flight duration and redundancy. They also claim to have developed sense-and-avoid sensors and algorithms that will allow the Prime Air drones to see obstacles and automatically avoid collisions. The battery powered drones are a rotor based system capable of flying at 50mph, and can carry a five pound payload --- which is sufficient to deliver 86% of the products in Amazon's inventory.
3. Amazon wants to innovate and knows that it can't under the FAA's burdensome regulatory regime.
The company has conducted rapid prototyping indoors (where the FAA does not control the airspace), but now they want to transition to testing outdoors. Doing so will allow them to evaluate how the drones will operate in more realistic, non-lab like conditions. However, once the company moves outside they will be subjected to the FAA's burdensome regulations which stifle innovation.
The FAA currently requires all test aircraft to fly only at FAA test-sites, and to seek special "airworthiness certificates." Certificates generally go to aircraft that have already gone through a lengthy period of R&D --- but Amazon wants an exemption so that they can conduct R&D and prototyping. The company says that it would be impractical for them to only fly at FAA test-sites or apply for a special "airworthiness certificate" for each of the drones they are evaluating.
The company has a strong argument given the fact that in a mere five months Amazon has advanced through nine versions of their drone. Imagine the restriction on innovation that would have occurred if Amazon had to stop testing and researching while they waited for a bureaucrat at the FAA to approve each new version of their drone. As Amazon stated, "it would be an unreasonable burden on both the FAA and Amazon if we were required to apply for a special airworthiness certificate for every sUAS design or testing configuration while we are in R&D and conducting rapid prototyping."
4. Amazon plans to self-regulate, with procedures that exceed current FAA rules for model aircraft.
Amazon compares their drones to model aircraft, which makes sense because manned aircraft are simply impractical for the type of delivery operations the company wants to test and eventually implement. Amazon seeks to operate their drones (on their private airfield) within the visual line of sight of the operator and/or one or more observers, at less than 400 feet above ground level, and within Class G airspace.
Amazon plans to implement procedures to ensure that drone operators and observers are not distracted while flying their drones. The operator will be considered a "pilot in command" and will have responsibility for the operation of the drone and will hold a private pilot certificate or will have completed FAA private pilot ground instruction and passed the FAA private pilot written examination. The company plans to only use operators who have "completed training on the normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures in specific details and demonstrated proficiency with the sUAS being operated." Operators and observers will be in constant contact and if contact is broken between them, or if either individual spots a safety risk, the operator will immediately conclude the flight.
5. Amazon plans to use technology to keep their operations safe.
The company is embracing technology to ensure operations are safe. Rather than merely relying on the skill of a pilot to ensure that the drone stays within the test site, the company will instead use geofencing to keep the drone below 400 feet above ground level and within the boundaries of the test facility. Geofencing is a feature in a software program that uses GPS or radio frequency triangulation to define geographical boundaries, effectively drawing a virtual barrier within which a drone can be confined. This feature is one that is already available on many commercial drones. As an example the DJI Phantom's newest firmware update (see video below) includes safety software that automatically prevents the drone from flying near an airport.


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LONDON (Jan. 17)
Sir Stephen Pierssene, director general of the central office of the Conservative Party of Britain, this week-end spoke out against the exclusion of Jews from membership in the Conservative Club of St. Anne's, a British resort town. The club has admitted that it refuses to accept Jews as members.
Sir Stephen declared: "The Conservative Party has always set its face strongly against religious discrimination in any form and will continue to discourage any such tendency. The Conservative Clubs, however, are independent bodies over which party headquarters has no control."


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Former Iran President Criticizes Ahmadinejad Ahead of Nuclear Talks
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of the country's Expediency Discernment Council, urges Supreme Leader to engage in direct talks with U.S.
Former Iranian President, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who currently serves as the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran, spoke against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads foreign policy, urging Ayatollah Ali Khameini engage in direct discussions with the United States.
In an interview published last week in the Iranian quarterly International Research," Rasjafani said that Iran's current foreign policy regarding the U.S. – by which we do not speak with them and they do not speak with us, cannot continue.
Rasjafani, who served as Irans president from 1989 to 1997, said that the U.S. is the strongest nation in the world. What really is the difference between the U.S. and Europe, or Russia, or China? If we speak to those countries, why not speak to the U.S.? It does not mean that we are giving in. Discussions are meant to understand if the U.S. accepts our position, or if we accept theirs. Nothing more.
Since being president, Rasjafani said that he wanted to establish relations with Egypt, but I could not. I wanted to start negotiations with the U.S., but I couldnt. I couldnt, but that doesnt mean I didnt want to. In his statements, Rasjafani hinted that the supreme leader did not allow him to.
The former Iranian president's comments about Israel were slightly out of the ordinary.
I said once to that nuclear weapons are not in the Israeli conquering governments best interest. If a nuclear war were to break out, Israel is a small country that cannot absorb a nuclear strike. Even though they understood my statement as a threat, I believe with all of my heart that the whole area should be free of nuclear weapons. That was always our policy, said Rasjafani.
Rasjafani also blamed Ahmadinejad for Irans poor relations with Saudi Arabia. He said that if Teheran and Riyadh had better relations, the latter would not have been willing to produce more oil do offset the shortage created by sanctions on Iran. That way, Rasjafani claimed, the west would have a harder time placing more sanctions on the Iranian regime.
Rasjafani made another unusual comment for an Iranian official on the nature of Tehran's ties with Hezbollah and Hamas, saying that if the Islamic Republic continued "providing support to Lebanon and the Palestinians [Hezbollah and Hamas] within the correct framework of international policy, there would be no problem."
"If we want to improve our relations with the world, we must make a distinction on this subject. It is possible to defend aid to Lebanon and the Palestinians as long as they arent using it to create problems for others, and without deciding how aid should be used. When the Iranian government is not being adventurous, aid to Lebanon and the Palestinians becomes tolerable, the former Iranian president said.
Meanwhile, the head of the Iranian nuclear agency, Pridon Abassi, stated on Sunday that Tehran would enrich uranium to 20% in a quantity in line with to our needs, and no more.
Abassi said in an interview with local media that Iran needs uranium enriched to 20% for research purposes, in conjunction with plans to create a nuclear research center for medical needs. According to Abassi, after producing the amount requested by Teheran, Iran will cease enriching uranium at 20%, and will return to 3.5%.
This is the first time that Iran has defined in terms of quantity, albeit vaguely, its threshold for enriching uranium to a level of 20%. Perhaps this is Irans first concessional gesture leading up the negotiations with western powers this weekend.
Abassi also rejected the possibility of purchasing enriched uranium from other nations: We have invested substantial sums in our production facilities and are capable of exporting enriched uranium to other nations.
Negotiations between the permanent members of the security council plus Germany, and Iran, are expected to begin in Istanbul on Saturday. Recently, a message from US President Barack Obama was passed to Ayatollah Khameini, permitting Iran to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes only.
The message was said to have been carried by Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who met with Khameini last week. The Turkish ambassador to Iran however, denied that Erdogan passed any message from Obama to Khameini.
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My little SureFire E1L Outdoorsman survived a grueling wheat harvest season. It traveled from Electra, Texas, to Shelby, Montana, and never once failed. And now it will make the journey all over. One night I was called off from driving the truck just so the boss could use my flashlight when we had a midnight breakdown of one of the combines. When I arrived, he had a huge four-D-cell light with a faded yellow beam; I think a lighter would have given off more light. I pulled my E1L out of my pocket, and it lit up the engine compartment bright as day. With all of the rain Texas had in 2007, downtime was not an option. We replaced the part and the combine was up and running by morning. It's nice to know that my SureFire helped fix breakdowns but never had one.
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Live 31 May 1973 (WGOE-FM) version
Well I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade
And I combed my hair till it looked just right and commanded the night brigade
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch
Well, I strode all alone into a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched
I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd, when they said "sit down" I stood up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
Well the flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing
I pushed B-52 and bombed 'em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing
Well, I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, and never once gave thought to landing
I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd, when they said "come down" I threw up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
W'all right now
Well I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere, and you know it's really hard to hold your breath
Swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, was the cosmic kid in full costume dress
But my feet they finally took root in the earth, but I got me a nice little place somewhere in the stars
Well I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car
I hid in the mother breast of the crowd, when they said "pull down" I pulled up
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
Oh, ah, alright
Ooh, ooh, growin' up
Yeah. Oh!
(Thank you!)
The above lyrics are for the live 31 May 1973 radio performance of GROWIN' UP as broadcast on Richmond's WGOE-FM. The song was played in a full-band acoustic arrangement.
Bruce Springsteen's 31 May 1973 radio performance was broadcast live on Richmond's WGOE-FM. The show took place at Alpha Sound Studios in Richmond, VA, and the radio station broadcasted it via remote hook-up. While all his other radio shows were merely recorded inside the DJ broadcast room, this was the only time that Springsteen ever played for a radio broadcast from an actual recording studio. Besides the WGOE DJ, the small audience heard inside the studio with the band includes Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, and David Sancious who had yet to join the band but was employed at the studio at the time.
After the show, Mike Appel took possession of the master tape, so none of the performance was ever re-broadcast by the station. The complete radio show was taped by a listener and has since circulated among fans, but the sound quality is weak. A low generation copy of the entire original master tape first surfaced in very limited hands in the early nineties. The complete master tape in perfect sound quality finally emerged into the wider collector community in early 2007.
The 31 May 1973 WGOE-FM radio broadcast was commercially released in Europe. Since 2005 some enterprising record labels in Europe (mostly in the UK) have been releasing Bruce Springsteen radio and TV broadcasts (and some soundboard recordings) from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Though these releases are not authorized by Bruce Springsteen or his record company, they are lawful due to a legal loophole in Europe.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake). Most of the above info about this radio performance is taken from Brucebase.
List of available versions of GROWIN' UP on this website:GROWIN' UP [Album version]


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Lenovo ThinkPad tablet
Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad besides issuing P1 tablets based on Windows 7 also issued two other Android tablet is Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet at which time we discussed aritkel Thinkpad Tablet.
Lenovo ThinkPad tablet has a USB port and SD card slot traditionally. Lenovo offers a special Android interface, which gives users instant access to the main features, and other app. Applications that are installed on this tablet are: including Norton Mobile Security, Documents to Go, and free access to 2GB of Cloud based storage / cloud.
A 10.1-inch tablet running the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. Lenovo ThinkPad tablet is targeted to business audiences weighing 1.57 pounds and 14mm thick.
The tablet is all black and rectangular corners and the buttons look better. It includes two cameras, a rear 5-megapixel amera and a 2-megapixel camera on the front (just like the Lenovo IdeaPad K1). The screen resolution is higher than the Apple iPad since the tablet screen is capable of displaying a resolution of 1280 × 800 pixel types IPS and even features a mini HDMI port (1080p capable).
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This post is for prosperity's sake. I am beginning the process of phasing out our main website in favor of my blog, so I needed to make a post about my stitching so that I could link to it from my blog sidebar. Some of you will know all this already, but perhaps this will be new for some.I began stitching when I was 17, the summer after graduating high school. My mother used to stitch when I was younger, and I finally asked her to show me how to do it. Well, she did and it was on from there, I was hooked! I stitched off an on throughout school, and then starting in grad school, I started to stitch more frequently. Then, once I finished my master's I began stitching obsessively. That time period lasted for about five years. Then, I had my daughter, and over the past couple of years, my stitching has seriously dwindled. The fact that I have also taken up new hobbies has also contributed to that. But, my love for it remains as high as ever and I know that in the next few years, I can look forward to having more time for it.
The last piece that I finished was this from an issue of Stitcher's World. I finished in in March 2006 (just at a year ago at the time of this post).
Here are links to some of my stitching activities:
- My Works in Progress (though, currently I am more of a one-at-a-time stitcher)
- My Finished Projects – All the pieces I have finished.
- XS Magazine Database – another site I created so it would be easier to look up magazine patterns.


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Seagate to release a 3TB 3.5-inch hard drive and a 1TB 2.5-inchthis year
The FCC Steps Up To Protect Net Neutrality. But Does It Go Far Enough?
Whoa there, Seagate. A 3TB hard drive? That's nearly enough to hold all of John's adult materials.
The Constellation ES 3TB hard drive is said to come later this year and bring along a 6Gbit/s interface. The enterprise drive will replace the Barracuda ES, which currently maxes out at a measly 2TB. Plus the company is working on a a 1TB 2.5-inch drive that will be the largest in its class when it launches. That is of course if Western Digital or Toshiba doesn't out one before Seagate. Of course there's no word on the pricing just yet, but chances are when these drives drop, the older 2TB drives should decrease nicely in price.


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The OWB
Our Story
Old World Balloonery was established in 1975 by Dale Points. Today, Old World Balloonery is owned and operated by Jason Jones. Jason got started in hot-air ballooning at the young age of 5, as part of the chase crew for his mother, Annie Laurie Points in Indianola, Iowa. After many years of chasing, Jason started training to become a hot air balloon pilot in 1986. Since then Jason has flown hot-air balloons all over the country and has logged over 1000 hours as pilot-in-command. Jason and his wife Kim live in Overland Park, Kansas, and have great pride in Old World Balloonery. They are eager to share their passion and enthusiasm for the sport of hot-air ballooning with you.
History of Ballooning
The sport of Hot Air Ballooning started in France in 1783 by the Mongolfier brothers. The two brothers were paper makers and were intrigued by how smoke and fire lifted small pieces of paper. So they began making small balloons, lighting them, and chasing them into the countryside. After doing this several times, they decide to attach a cage to a small balloon and they sent a sheep, a chicken, and a goose up into the countryside. Shortly after the animals survived their first flight, the first man was sent up in a balloon. Modern day hot-air ballooning became popular during the 1960's in the United States.
The Balloonist Prayer
The winds have welcomed you with softness,
The sun has blessed you with his warm hands,
You have flown so high and so well,
That God has joined you in your laughter,
And set you gently back again into the loving arms of Mother Earth.


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To Have 2020 Vision You Have to See Green
By Katrina Nelson
Admittedly, 2015 wasn't too shabby. In fact, it was quite the opposite—2015 saw an enormous boost of structure, at least where sustainable building is concerned. With demands from aware homeowners as loud as ever, the pressure to push buildings into maximizing their energy-efficient potential headed impressive developments in the industry.
While many companies scrambled to enter the movement, ACT, Inc.'s lifelong dedication to the environment looks forward to carrying exciting new residential and commercial projects into 2016.
The upcoming year looks so overall promising because, well—
Residentially: 2015 allowed their National Builders Program to meet individual agreements with TriPointe and Meritage Homes to put their water and energy saving systems in thousands of homes across the country. It's worth noting that Meritage is involved in a 2016 California energy-use evaluation project of building 20 zero net energy houses, ACT products included.
Commercially: 2015 saw the reinvention of D'MAND Kontrols® Systems involvement with SoCal Gas Company's ODE program, likewise projecting savings into a new dimension of environmental impact.
Aware of the significant contribution their electronic on-demand water distribution systems has brought (and will bring!) to the statistics, the company beams at the progressive "green" data wracking in.
The above graph reveals the positive reaction of the construction industry's wallet to the demand for responsible living, outpacing all other sectors of construction growth in 2015 (according to the USGBC's study). When considering the 2.3 million Americans employed by the green building market in 2015, it's apparent that the modern buyer's influence is pushing down prices of smart homes and creating overall more awareness.
ACT, Inc. applauds the recent national achievements:
"The 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study shows that the green building industry contributes more than $134 million in labor income in the U.S."
But refuses to accept less than significant leaps into the future:
"The same report reveals that the number of jobs generated in green construction will exceed 3.3 million over the next three years—representing more than one-third of the entire U.S. construction sector."
With the growing group clarity of investors, appraisers, designers, and homeowners, there's an expectation that half of the major homebuilders will be doing at least 60% of their new homes green. Lifting our scope to 5 years ahead, we get a 2020 vision of a solid, energy-efficient standard for building.
Overall advice? What's good for the planet is good for builders… and having been in business since 1992, ACT, Inc. is on top of the list.
100% made in America, 100% made for Earth – call 800-200-1965 or visit GotHotWater.com to join the movement with your new or existing home's potential for greatness greenness.


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Chet & Curt: The structure is plastic, Walthers modules, molded in a light sand color, I did the usual pre-wash with dawn and warm water, then air dried it. Not my first paint job, so it's got to be the paint. I'm going to look for the Tamika. Alternative is to thin this stuff by 50% and shoot it.
Sherrel: Neat headline. Remember, the discomfort and pain will pass, hope you feel better soon.


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WorkShift: Future of the office
Back in 1981, Dolly Parton sang about 'working nine to five'. Now, we are in an era where a workforce can collaborate across time zones and territories with people they may never meet in person. We can be talking to Sydney at 10pm and Mumbai at 6am. So nine to five simply doesn't feature; 5am to 9pm might be more appropriate!
With seismic shifts in global working practices, do we need to rethink the fabric of the jobs that we do, the offices that we work in and the tools that we use? Dr. Nicola Millard explores the in a WorkShift paper: "Future of the office", which can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
As both consumers and employees, we often move faster than the organisations that serve and employ us. Consumer thinking may be with us in the home but it doesn't suddenly leave us as we walk through the doors of the office. The fact that the office may also be the home, blurs the boundaries even more. With the WiFi wings to fly employees into the cloud, they can potentially work anywhere, with any device – work becomes a state of mind rather than a place. Which leads us to ask some basic questions: What are offices for? Is it time to look beyond the office?
The future of work is one where employees become as demanding and innovative as they are as customers. If the technology they have at work is slower, heavier and so locked down that they are unable to access the tools and apps they find useful, the likelihood is that employees will start to use their own better technologies to get the job done. Immense creativity can be unleashed if the employer understands the forces driving these new ways of working and encourages employees to adopt them. One size increasingly doesn't fit all in terms of tools and technologies for work. That can challenge the IT department to ensure that their business is secure. Is it time to look beyond the desktop?
Technology has also freed us from some of the more mundane tasks but it has also served to accelerate work – as we become a slave to the little flashing light on our BlackBerries. However, are these very tools that were designed to increase our productivity, actually serving to slow us down as we struggle to juggle multiple tasks and, worse still, continuously task switch and end up achieving nothing? Is email our lifeblood or a black hole for collaboration? Is social media a new way of collaborating or a distraction? Are there other ways of working across boundaries using a combination of new and old tools? Is it time to look beyond collaboration?
Jobs are also undergoing a radical rethink. Thomas Frey suggests that "In the future, people will worry far less about how safe their current job is and far more about where their next job will be coming from". We are entering an era where work is the focus, rather than fixed jobs. Hours are irrelevant, as long as you get the task done. Microworkers can be paid for as little as 15-minute shifts for multiple employers. Expertise is valued, as customer demands get more complex – and experts can network together in 'swarms' with passion and commitment. How do organisations harness the power of networked expertise to solve problems in customer time, rather than corporate time? Is it time to look beyond the job?
New attitudes and technologies are changing business paradigms. In fact, the only certainty in work today is change. Let's start looking beyond using 20th century models to run 21st century businesses.
In this paper, which can be downloaded below, Dr. Nicola Millard investigates the ways in which employees are leading the change in the way that they are working as a consequence of becoming untethered from their desks. It looks at the changing nature of the fixed office environment, how employees are using third places to work away from both office and home and the influx of their own devices into the work environment. It also looks at the changing patterns of knowledge working which may, ultimately, lead to the death of the job.
First of three in a WorkShift series by Dr. Nicola Millard examining changes in the work place.


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BERWYN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) was selected by Textron Aviation Inc. to supply aluminum machined parts for the new Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize aircraft. Triumph Precision Components' Complex High Speed Center of Excellence based in Wichita will produce the aluminum spars and wing skins for the Longitude program.
To add manufacturing capacity, Triumph invested in a new Makino A6 5-axis horizontal machining center that became operational in August 2016. The A6 machine is built specifically for high-efficiency machining of complex aluminum monolithic parts of up to six meters in length.
"We are pleased to see our relationship with Textron Aviation continue with the Longitude program," said Rick Rosenjack, executive vice president for Triumph Precision Components. "Our focus on performance coupled with our investment in new technology provided us with this opportunity to further demonstrate our capability in high- speed, complex monolithic machining."
The new agreement continues a long-standing relationship between Triumph and Textron Aviation. Triumph currently provides a number of structural components and systems for Textron Aviation, including stringers, bulkheads, frames and spar caps.
This agreement will contribute to organic growth for Triumph. Delivering on customer commitments, becoming predictably profitable, and driving organic growth are fundamental to the company's long-term strategy.
Triumph Group, Inc., headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aircraft structures, components, accessories, subassemblies and systems. The company serves a broad, worldwide spectrum of the aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business and military aircraft and aircraft components, as well as commercial and regional airlines and air cargo carriers.
More information about Triumph can be found on the company's website at http://www.triumphgroup.com.
Statements in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements of prospects for organic growth. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could affect the company's actual results and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the company. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results can be found in Triumph Group's reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.


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Ukulele Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter
Download Kara Square's Biography
Download Kara Square's One Sheet for "Too Depressed for the Ukulele (Featuring Friends)"
Download Kara Square's One Sheet for Love Songs for Everyone but Especially Uke
Questions for Kara Square? Email kara[at]thinkrootrecords[dot]com
Kara Square is a ukulele slinging nerd who will write a song about anything. Her latest release is a depression-crushing ukulele rock anthem sing-along featuring a chorus of ten friends and three types of ukuleles called "Too Depressed for the Ukulele (Featuring Friends)." Kara released her first solo folk pop album, Love Songs for Everyone but Especially Uke, in March of 2013. She is currently composing an ongoing instrumental album called Ukulele Duels by sharing the tracks as they are created.
Kara Square loves collaborations. She has a Tex-Mex guitar and ukulele surfer pop rock album in the works with Piero Peluche (Italian multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, and producer) called Square Meter. She has produced music with Rich Ratvasky as Team Smile and Nod for over nine years (Look Both Ways Before You Die [2008], Mourning Time [2011], Dust from the Stars [upcoming album release]). Kara Square is an active member of the international Creative Commons remix website ccMixter.org.
In 2010, Kara Square began her solo efforts by recording comedic songs that didn't fit the style of Team Smile and Nod. She made videos to accompany them and blogged about it as Mind Map That. One of these videos, "How Do Lesbians Have Sex?" now has over 36,500 views on YouTube. "Polydactyl Super Cat" has over 10,500 YouTube views. Her video, "Think About Poop," won Water For People's Support a Movement Video Competition in December of 2010.
As Kara recorded her comedy songs, she posted each track's stems on ccMixter.org. Since joining ccMixter in June of 2010, her songs have been remixed over 440 times by a talented community of musicians. Based on her enthusiastic participation and her choice to embrace Creative Commons, she was invited to be an Admin on ccMixter in August of 2011. Her music has been released on many compilation albums including Free! Music! Sampler Freeloaded [2010], ccMixter's Emergence [2011], Lawrence Lessig and ccMixter's Strike the Root [2011], CMR Ohio's Occupy Columbus [2011], and ccMixter's double album The Best Time of the Year [2012]. Her vocals are featured on acclaimed Turkish musician, Murat Ses' album Light Cone [2012] (track 2, "Chiral of Past").
In 2011, Kara Square wrote a love song instead of a comedy song. This switch was exhilarating. She also started playing the ukulele more and more. She felt revitalized while strumming the little instrument. The small neck and nylon strings made it much easier to play with her post-carpal-tunnel-surgery-hands than her former instrument of choice, the acoustic guitar. The release of Love Songs for Everyone but Especially Uke solidified her love of the ukulele. It is now her go-to instrument for songwriting and musical exploration.
"Kara is definitely 'doing something right' with Love Songs for Everyone. Kara's voice is rich with emotion. Her songs speak straight to the heart. And her ukulele takes many styles and tones and has certainly expanded my adoration of the instrument. This album would be perfectly sandwiched between Dar Williams and k.d. lang."
Emily Richards, CEO of ArtisTech Media


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Recent research undertaken by the Australian Consumers Association has found that Bank of Queensland's credit cards are among the 'best and fairest' currently on the market.
ACA researched 15 major credit card providers, looking at both low- and high-rate cards, and focused on what happens to customers who occasionally pay their bill late or not in full and end up accruing interest.
BOQ was rated among the fairest both for its No Interest-Free Days credit card and for its Low Rate Visa Card.
BOQ received 'fairest' raps for the way it calculates interest, as well as for the way it treats customers' interest-free periods.
In terms of the way interest is calculated, in one specific example used by the ACA, one of the majors charges 70% more interest on its 17.24% card than BOQ does on its 17.25% card.
The ACA also found that BOQ offers an interest-free period on a new purchase, even if the cardholder has carried an unpaid balance from the previous month, whereas some of BOQ's competitors would charge daily interest on a new purchase from either the transaction or the posting date.
These differences in the way card providers calculate interest and treat interest-free periods can lead to significant savings for customers.
BOQ's General Manager, Brand and Marketing, Mark Franzmann, said it was no surprise BOQ's credit cards were among the 'fairest'.
"We were thrilled to see the Australian Consumers Association report on credit cards, though I must admit it was no surprise to us.
"We designed our Low-Rate Visa Card to offer 'one simple solution', as it is one of the very few cards on the market where the rate actually stays low (currently 9.99% p.a.), and which applies not only to balances transferred from other cards but also to new purchases and cash advances.
"The card is a great idea for those consolidating outstanding balances, as it doesn't have the "honeymoon" rates that often get consumers into trouble," said Mr Franzmann.
"Many people get caught after they transfer their debts onto a supposedly low rate card, only to have the interest rates – and their repayments – blow out after a short introductory period.
"By using so-called honeymoon rates, banks are able to offer unsustainably low rates for a few months, before upping rates to much higher levels, often at the top end of the market, once customers are signed up.
"This can actually leave customers worse off than when they started, with their debt steadily growing, not shrinking. In addition, these honeymoon rates generally only cover the amount transferred and don't apply to new purchases or cash advances.
"By contrast, our Low Rate Visa Card boasts one of the best interest rates available in the market which will not jump after an introductory period."


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The King & The Bear: Florida's First Coast Adds Another Gem
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - What happens when you pool the combined resources of golf's two greatest champions and give them carte blanche to design a course? What does nearly a century of competitive golf at the highest level, the considerable breadth of golf course experience and intellect, not to mention two of the largest and most dynamic design teams, ultimately produce?
The answer is, of course, The King & The Bear, the newest addition to the golf lineup at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida. The course is the first collaborative effort between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, who between them hold 25 major titles, over 130 PGA Tour victories, and some 350 golf course designs to their credit.
As one might expect, The King & The Bear is a course that exudes great class and polish. World Golf Village is a beautiful and well-conceived operation, a superlative ode to golf, and its two courses (including the Bobby Weed designed The Slammer & The Squire) are grand, beautiful products.
Already, The King & The Bear is garnering the type of attention that few golf courses can ever hope to procure. Profiles in numerous golf magazines including Golf Digest, a special presentation on the Golf Channel, and a head-to-head match on the course between Jack and Arnie for Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, have showcased the course since its debut in November of 2000.
Getting Palmer and Nicklaus together will naturally produce this magnitude of hype-these are two of the greatest figures not just in golf but in all of sport. The pairing is as big as it gets, and The King & The Bear is a one of a kind co-design.
What a great coup for World Golf Village. Nearly 10,000 spectators turned out to witness the two legendary figures play the inaugural round, and as the new home of the Senior PGA Tour's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, the course will be televised nationally each Spring. The publicity from The King & The Bear, along with all the other interactive features of the Village, continues to elevate the resort on the national stage.
The King & The Bear is set two miles southwest of the World Golf Village complex, so it's not physically linked to the resort, and the terrain is not the same as The Slammer & The Squire. While it shares the common trait with the initial course of having two distinct nines, one open and one wooded, the feel of each layout is different. Aesthetic elements were prioritized at the newer course, with the crushed coquina rock hazards and cart paths, the artistic bunkering, and the rock walls that support a number of the greens, being particularly popular touches.
So what is the actual result? Is it a series of Jack holes followed by a series of Arnie's? Do their fingerprints smudge out the others'? Hardly.
The King & The Bear is a smooth composite of the better aspects of each firm's design style. Trademark Palmer and Nicklaus features are still evident, but rather than compete, they perform in a complimentary fashion. Palmer's team did the original routing, Nicklaus' tackled the strategic elements next, and then the two golfers walked the course on several occasions to further enhance it to their specs and supply directives to their engineers.
"There are elements of both [in the design]," Craig Medvid, Golf Shop Manager and Assistant Pro says. "It's not like Nicklaus did the front and Palmer did the back. They were both very involved in the overall design." How do the player's distinct approaches blend? "Very naturally," says Medvid. "Maybe you can see how Palmer influenced the right-to-left holes and Nicklaus the left-to-right, as that's how they played. You see strong signs of Palmer in places and then signs of Nicklaus, especially with his angled greens and chipping areas."
The combination accentuates the stronger points in each style. The influence of Nicklaus lends the Palmer vogue an added element of completeness and comprehensiveness, and Palmer's eye for easy lines and visual flow softens Nicklaus' traditional penchant for stark contrast and out of control scale.
Together they add to the layout a mandate for professional-caliber thinking and course management. Most of the holes at The King & The Bear force the golfer to make difficult decisions, particularly off the tee.
"This is a player's course," states Medvid. "It's designed to be tournament ready. The reaction has reflected that. It's been incredibly positive and supportive." Par is 72, and at its championship length it reaches 7,279 yards, though the measure is as little as 5,119 yards from shortest tees, with three sets in between.
That this is a "driver's" course should come as no surprise as both Palmer and Nicklaus wielded awesome power games in their primes. Whereas at The Slammer & The Squire scoring is less dependent on driving ability than iron and short-game execution, driver distance and placement is the key to success at The King & The Bear.
When the course is on its game, it forces players to manage the hole from the tee. The choice is always either a direct line of attack that brings water or bunkers into play but ultimately yields superior angles of approach, or to hit it to the wider portions of the fairways and settle for longer second and third shots. Eleven out of the fourteen non-par three holes provide risk-reward opportunities that flirt with hazards and improve approach position.
The fourth hole is typical of the course's demeanor, a 383-yard (from the championship tees) par four called "Gambler's Delight." Two sloped cross-bunkers guard the fairway to the right and a group of tall trees defend the left slightly further up. In between is a "speed slot" that will project the ball through the gap and add significant yardage to the drive. The safe play is to bail left, then hit over or to the right of the trees to the well bunkered tri-cornered green with a short iron. But taking a shot at threading a drive through the slot leaves nothing more than a short chip shot and a chance for birdie.
The fifth and seventh holes are mirror-image par fives, 546 yards and 573 yards respectively that turn at right angles around lakes on the inside corner.
The fifth, a strong dogleg right, is a replica of Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s famous par five at The Dunes Golf Club. Bold drives will cut over the water and sprawling bunker at the inside corner of the dogleg and leave a tempting look, again over water, at a green that snuggles close to the lake. The seventh is a reverse image of this, this one bending left and slightly longer with a more severe green. Both holes reward a drive that runs as close as possible to the water.
Once the back nine is gained, the scenery changes, introducing to the experience hardwood forests and awkward, but quite striking, top-heavy pines called loblollies.
The holes on this side, while every bit as opportunistic as those on the outward nine, are visually beautiful as well. 14 through 18 particularly are eye candy and provide for picturesque golf shots and a memorable finish.
The climax, literally and figuratively, is the eighteenth, called "Bear's Claw," a proverbial name that seems to show up on so many Nicklaus courses.
At 563 yards the hole may seem out of range for most, but is set up in such a way that going for the green is not only possible but encouraged. Choices abound here. The fairway is the largest on the course and the tee shot can be directed any number of places. Pines and wetland define the extreme left side of the hole along with a vast crushed-coquina waste area that runs up to the green.
Well-struck drives (that avoid the bunker on the right) will leave 230 to 260 yards across the wasteland to the open green. An abundance of fairway room exists on the right of the waste area and green, but that angle brings into play three greenside traps. There are probably a dozen ways to approach this hole. It's the best hole on the course, and one of the best in the region.
Any time a project of this magnitude and profile is undertaken, there is always the possibility for underachievement, or at least letdown. There is a joy and enthusiasm, however, that permeates throughout the design here, at a level that is often missing at many courses designed by either man individually. It's hard to imagine many chagrined rounds or displeased visitors. The course exudes a professionalism and quality that will carry it as far, if not beyond, its cachet value.
The King & The Bear has been nominated by Golf Digest as one of the "Best New Resort Courses in America," the first of many awards and accolades to come. It is the ideal accompaniment to World Golf Village, a layout worthy of destination status that will undoubtedly be on the serious golfer's "must play" list when in northern Florida.
Fees range from a low of $125 in the summer months to $200 during March and April.
Visit their website at www.kingandbear.com
It's important to note that The King & The Bear is not located on property with World Golf Village. To get there from the Village entrance turn right (west) on International Golf Parkway and travel 1.5 miles to the intersection of Highway 16. Go through the intersection and you'll be on Pacetti Road. The entrance is approximately ½ mile on the right.


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Top 10: Night Lights
We were surprised that AT:Chicago's survey on night lights showed that not that many people have night lights in their bathrooms. We actually find our little night light welcome at 4 am, when we need just a bit of illumination. It has a switch so it's not on all the time, which we like more than the ever-glowing ones. We think, however, that these might supplant it in our affections. Do you have any to add to round out our Top 10?
• Resin Cube - Merkled
• Leaf Night Light - VivaTerra
• Star Egg Night Light - J Schatz
• Candela, Candeloo, Guardian - Vessel
• Owl Night Light - Happy Owl Glassworks
• Aduki Light
• Fern Nightlight - VivaTerra
Image: Merkled's Resin Cube
03/08: Please see our updated post here: Best Night Lights


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You need to exercise caution and be careful while furniture and clock shopping. You need to be sure that what you're buying is of good quality and will last a while. That said, you don't want to blow your budget. Below are some great tips to make your shopping experience easier. You can also get cheap Clocks by Hermie – All Found at Clockshops.com.
Whenever you buy furniture made from wood, especially antiques, look beyond the surface. Open the drawers, look underneath and check the back too. In most cases, this visual inspection will give you a better idea of the condition of the piece than the surface wood. It's sometimes called secondary wood and these surfaces can help you figure out the construction quality, along with the age of the piece.
Make sure it works in-store if you're buying a sofa or recliner. This is often overlooked by shoppers, which leads to disappointment at home when it is malfunctioning. Sometimes, once you purchase an item and have it delivered, it can be very difficult to get it replaced.
Neutral furniture items are the best type for your home. The more neutral the colors are, the easier it is to change the style of a room. These pieces match more variety of decors and expand your decorating choices. There are a wealth of neutral furnishings in the marketplace that will work perfectly with your existing furnishings.
When you're looking at sofas, ask questions regarding the springing system. If you're not able to get any information from a seller on the springing system then you may want to talk to another person. Press down on the couch to feel the springs, and ensure they go front to back across the piece.
Take a look at the legs on any tables you are considering. The legs need to be heavy and joined to the frame. plastic, Metal and rubber legs scratch up floors and are weaker than wood. Be sure that the legs are joined to the frame and not nailed in at the bottom.
Prior to going clock and furniture shopping, you should ensure that you work out what your spending limit is. Every piece of furniture is going to have a different price. If you don't go into the process with a realistic idea of what you can spend, you might wind up spending a lot more than you should. Knowing how much you can afford will prevent you from over spending.
If the company you're buying from is legitimate, when you're buying furniture online you need to figure out. Check out online reviews so that you can determine customer satisfaction rates. In addition, you should check out the BBB. Don't forget to determine whether you will be charged for shipping and taxes.
When you shop for furniture, check manufacturer reviews online. While you may not find the same pieces you want online, checking these reviews can help you see the level of quality and customer service for that one company. It is best not to purchase anything from them if you find that a manufacturer has a lot of bad reviews.
You want to make the most of your money so there are some things you need to know when you are shopping for new furniture. With the advice you have read here, you will be able to have a positive experience. Enjoy the process of purchasing wonderful furniture.


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In deals where investors don't have counsel, the term sheet usually says that each party will bear its own legal fees and expenses. It wouldn't be unusual for investors to not engage counsel in an early stage convertible note financing with friends and family. If one of the investors wants to have the documents reviewed by counsel, those fees typically are paid by the company, which is customary in any VC financing. The amount of fees to investor counsel can be as low as $2500 for a quick look at documents and no due diligence in a seed stage deal, to over $15K, depending on the amount of diligence and the complexity of the documents. Investor's counsel may conduct UCC searches and extensive due diligence, especially if the note is secured. In complex deals, investor's counsel fees may exceed $50K to $100K. Investor counsel fees payable by the company are typically capped, with the investors responsible for any excess over the cap.
Company counsel fees could be under $10K if there is no negotiation on terms and a single investor to over $30K if there is extensive due diligence and complexity. Company counsel fees on convertible loans may exceed $100K for later stage companies or extremely complicated deals. Company counsel fees are higher than investor's counsel fees because company counsel drafts documents (on the West Coast) and needs to solve diligence issues. In addition, there is typically some deferred corporate housekeeping that needs to be done by company counsel before the financing.


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As Maid Brigade's new Consumer Health Advocate, I believe that ?green? living is such an important step in healthy living. I feel there are still so many people that are confused with what is ?green and healthy? for their families and the environment and what is not, especially when it comes to green products and green cleaning. I can understand how doing research on this topic can be very time consuming, so through my role as Consumer Health Advocate, I plan to do the research and keep our readers informed about proper green cleaning and how this way of life is healthier for our families. This way you can focus your time on more important things in life.
I also bring first-hand knowledge of the potential health risks associated with cleaning chemicals. The first job that I ever had was working in a boatyard cleaning boats. The chemicals that the boatyard used were so strong I remember getting headaches from the strong chemical odors. I would breathe in the fumes of these chemicals all day long and it sometimes hurt to breathe. To this day, I suffer from headaches and asthma. Using chemicals to clean pose such a health hazard, why would anyone want to expose their families to this?
Maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle is very important. Finding a healthier way to clean is a key factor in maintaining balance and achieving overall well-being. After all, when your house is clean, you are in a better frame of mind. Green cleaning promotes well-being because it is a safe and effective way to remove airborne asthma and allergy triggers in the home. Using green clean certified solutions which are chemical free allows both the body and mind to function better. Living in a clutter-free home also promotes a calmer environment. When your house is "green" cleaned, your physical and mental states are more relaxed and able to function optimally. When your house is free of clutter, your family can enjoy a safer and healthier environment. When you are relaxed, you feel happier, more balanced. When you have more "balance', you have more time to focus on what you want to do, whether it is spending time with yourself, your family, or both.
De-cluttering your home is a great thing to do during the winter months. Too much physical clutter can lead to mental clutter. Properly sorting through and organizing things can create a calmer, more harmonized environment. Completing this task during the winter will put you in a positive, more prepared frame of mind for the upcoming spring green cleaning months. If an item doesn?t stand for what you love or who you are, or if it doesn?t have any significance in your life, than that item is probably something you can get rid of. Donating, selling or recycling are great GREEN ways to find new homes for used items.
I look forward to sharing all of my research on toxic chemicals and explaining how conventional cleaning chemicals are linked to certain health issues, such as asthma, autism, ADHD, and even cancer. I will write about how living green is so much healthier for our families, our pets and our environment. I will help to educate people on which green products are really "green". But most of all, I hope that the information I share will help people get a better understanding of how green cleaning and green living can affect the mental and physical aspects of balance in our lives.


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Kevin Strootman's agent says there has been no contact from Manchester United regarding his client, adding that the player wants to play in the Champions League.
The Dutchman starred for Roma this season as the Giallorossi finished the Serie A season as runners-up to Juventus.
However, he suffered knee ligament damage during a match against Napoli in March and now seems set to be out of action until after the start of the new season.
This has not prevented speculation linking Strootman to the Red Devils, who have appointed his compatriot Louis Van Gaal as their new manager to take over at Old Trafford after the World Cup.
Despite this, Chiel Dekker insisted the 24-year-old is happy where he is.
"The player won't be back before the autumn," Dekker said. "Will Van Gaal want him? Maybe, but he's at Roma and he has had a fantastic season.
"There has been nothing between Roma and Manchester United, nor between Strootman and Van Gaal.
"There is speculation, but that doesn't mean it's about Manchester United. Roma don't want to sell him and it would be difficult to leave a fantastic club who have supported him during an injury.
"He is happy where he is and he wants to stay and play in the Champions League next year."
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk


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CMT Brings Exclusive "Elvis: Viva Las Vegas" Blu-ray to Wal-Mart
CMT plans to release the TV special from last year, "Viva Las Vegas" on Blu-ray and Standard DVD on August 11th. Both will be available exclusively at Wal-mart and Sam's Club stores. The special includes Elvis tribute performances by today's country and pop stars. No technical specifications have been released. The price is listed at $18.99 for the Blu-ray version.
Peace in the Valley - Faith Hill
Heartbreak Hotel - Paul McCartney
Jailhouse Rock - Miranda Lambert
Love Me Tender - Chris Isaak & Brandi Carlile
Don't Be Cruel - Chris Isaak & Brandi Carlile
In the Ghetto - Three Six Mafia
Daughtry - "Suspicious Minds"
Mystery Train - Toby Keith with Joe Perry
Love Me - The Little Willies featuring Lee Alexander, James Campilongo, Norah Jones, Richard Julian, and Dan Rieser
Looking for Elvis - Patti Sciafia with Nils Lofgren, Steve Jordan, Willie Weeks, and Bruce Springsteen
Can't Help Falling In Love - Celine Dion
Bonus Footage:
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson, Jon Bon Jovi & Ritchie Sambora
And Interviews with:
50 Cent, Beyonce, Brandi Carlile, Chris Daughtry, Joe Esposito, Faith Hill, Chris Isaak, Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson, Tom Jones, Toby Keith, Joe Perry, George Klein, Miranda Lambert, David Lynch, Willie Nelson, Priscilla Presley, Jerry Schilling, Patti Scialfa, Nancy Sinatra, Rob Tomas and Three 6 Mafia.
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After Rockingham, storm brings destruction through Wheatbelt towns of Kulin, Kondinin
Wild weather ripped the roof off a primary school, flattened sheds and stranded livestock in Western Australia's Wheatbelt as a severe front that pummelled southern Perth yesterday wreaked a path of destruction through the southern half of the state.
Flooding rain soaks eastern states
The heaviest rain in more than a year inundated parts of Queensland, NSW and the ACT during the last 24 hours.
Canberra emergency services face big clean-up after parts of city cop 1-in-100 weather event
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1. Are you a member of the New York Air National Guard?
2. Do you have the following minimum qualifications?
Experience or training which demonstrates the ability to follow instructions and to safely operate the type of equipment required to accomplish the duties of the position.
Do you meet the following requirements?
Experience or training pumping gasoline, oil, jet fuel, or other similar products, handling lines and hoses at dock operations, and measuring fuels as they are received, stored, transferred, or loaded into equipment. Experience operating one or more relatively routine work stations and demonstrating skill in manipulating a few controls to regulate the flow of the liquids in a safe and efficient manner.
A. Yes
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Experience or training working in activities such as large fuel depots or fuel farms with complex, interconnecting line and pipe arrangements, and frequent requirements for large scale movement and transfer of a variety of liquid fuels.
A. Yes
What is your current AFSC or MOS?
What is your current unit of assignment?
What is your rank?
5. Are you are currently an Officer, Warrant Officer, Enlisted Member, or a Civilian (Non-dual status)?