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Unlike more general fitness trackers like the Nike FuelBand or Fitbit, quite a few of this year's devices tend to target an ultra-specific type of user, such as a cycler, weight lifter or someone who slouches.
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Just after assuming office, US Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed the US' commitments to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act and also indicated support for Taiwan's participation in international bodies, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization.
In response to questions from US senators on Washington's adherence to the act and former US president Ronald Reagan's "six assurances," Kerry reiterated that the US would supply Taiwan with weapons to maintain adequate defense capability.
It is good that US commitments have been reiterated by the new secretary of state, but while a number of sales have been initiated over the past few years, little movement has occurred on the all-important sale of F-16C/Ds which has been under discussion for years.
The balance of air power across the Taiwan Strait has been tilting heavily against Taipei: Beijing has been building up its fleet, continuously adding advanced fighters, while on the Taiwanese side the fleet consists of a motley collection of aging fighters, some dating back to the Vietnam War.
The only modernization of the Taiwanese fleet being prepared is that of the existing F-16A/Bs, but to implement this upgrade, a significant number of aircraft have to be taken out of operation, further reducing the operational capabilities of the nation's air defense. A US decision on the F-16C/Ds is in order.
On the Taiwan side, a firmer commitment to its own defense is needed. US Senator John Cornyn of Texas recently expressed his disappointment that Taiwan's government has not pushed harder for the sale, saying there was a "puzzling sense of complacency in Taipei."
Then there are the mixed signals given off by Taipei over the past months about the disputed Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), which Taiwan claims sovereignty over, along with Japan, which calls them the Senkakus, and China.
Former US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Randy Schriver hit the nail on the head when he said recently that Taiwan should play a more constructive role in the dispute and "… avoid the appearance of collusion with China," saying that such a move would "be viewed unfavorably" by the US.
Japan is a key security partner for Taiwan. Taipei should ensure that relations with Tokyo improve instead of following a downward drift, as was the case last year.
In his speech at the Heritage Foundation on Feb. 8, Schriver also pointed out: "Japan is arguably Taiwan's second-most important security partner. If Taiwan undertakes activities that cause problems with Tokyo, that will cause problems with the United States and that should be avoided." There are others who argue that Taiwan should do more to help itself.
James Holmes of the Naval War College spoke on the issue at a seminar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on Feb. 26. Holmes said that China's primary strategy seems to be to deter Washington from intervening on Taiwan's behalf through an array of anti-access measures, such as its new anti-ship missiles. He added that Taipei should rededicate itself to its defense by helping the US counter these measures.
Holmes added that Taiwan needs to "pivot to its own defense" by raising defense spending to 3 percent of its GDP and by enhancing its defense capabilities in coordination with its allies Japan and the US.


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Some of the best canoeing and kayaking in the state is found at nearby Alexander and Juniper Springs. Crystal clear water in a tropical setting with turtles, wading birds and alligators sunning on logs are all guaranteed sightings sure to delight everyone, from families, to serious adventurers, to photographers and artists.
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How To Adjust the Bowl Height of Your Stand Mixer
In the world of stand mixers, there's two different types. Those with a tilting head and those with a bowl that raises and lowers while the head stays still. I've never been much for tilting models, but the process of adjusting both styles is nearly identical. It's easier than you think and will make your appliance last longer and food taste better!
What You Need
Stand mixer
Flat beater blade (not a whisk or dough hook)
Flat head screwdriver
1. How to know whether your mixer needs adjustments: Listen to it
Let's start at the very beginning. How do you know whether your mixer needs adjusting? There's no magical bell or whistle that sounds or light that signals your attention, so how do you know?
For starters, you listen. If your bowl height is too high, you'll hear the adjustment needing to be made before you see any signs of damage to your bowl or blades. It sounds like, well, metal on metal. If your bowl is too low, you won't hear it, but will notice that the bottom and sides are continually not being scraped down.
2. How to know whether your mixer needs adjustments: Check for signs of damage
Once your bowl height has shifted, the more you use it without taking a moment to adjust it, the more damage it will cause. Check the bottom of the beater blade and the inside bottom of the bowl for wear and tear. If there are loose bits of metal, it might be time to get a new beater, and if there's an issue with the finish or deep scratches, then it might be time to look into another bowl for sanitary reasons. Mostly, it will just look gnarly, but be just fine. You just don't want any loose metal in your food.
3. Unplug the mixer
This is the first rule in any electronic repair. Safety first!
4. Locate the adjusting screw
• For Stationary head models: The screw on a model with a stationary head will be directly behind the piece that contains the arms that hold the bowl. When it's in the down or lowered position you'll be able to see it. When the bowl is raised, it will go into hiding, so lower those bowls!
• For tilt head models: If you have a tilt head model, the screw is almost in the same place. It will sit right below where the head attaches to the stand. You'll need to have the head tilted back in order to see it!
5. Making the adjustment
To make the beater and the bowl further apart (so lowering your bowl or raising your head depending on the model), you'll turn the screw to the right. If you need to shorten the distance (if it keeps leaving food on the sides and bottom), turn the screw to the left.
6. Reattach the parts
Add your beater blade back onto your mixer and put your bowl into place. Lock things in and check first to see if your blade is touching in places it shouldn't. Checking visually first will help in case you turned the screw the wrong direction and will save you before you grind your blade into your bowl.
7. Test the mixer
With everything hooked up, plug the mixer in and turn it on. Start it on low and listen. Hopefully you shouldn't have any metallic sounds coming from the mixer. Turn the speed up and listen again. Turn the mixer off.
8. Make further adjustments
After you've tested it out, there's a good chance you'll be a little off. Make the needed adjustments, turning the screw left or right as needed until you find the right spot.
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Now that you know how to adjust things and just how simple it is, make sure you take care of it the first time you notice things being a bit off! Even a little rubbing of the two parts can cause metal to end up in your food and although we're always looking for more ways to get a little iron in our diets, that's probably not one of them!
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Looks like I'll be forking over ¥1,000 to play Growlanser and Disgaea on the PS Vita.
Siliconera notes that this is roughly 3/7 of the total PSP games currently on the PSN for download. (Well, they give the numbers themselves; I provided the fraction, because fractions are awesome. Who can't immediately visualize 3/7?)
Square Enix, Capcom, and Namco Bandai haven't joined in yet, but this list isn't comprehensive; Sony's original news regarding the UMD Passport program listed Falcom (and Square Enix, for that matter). I figure it will be updated as they work out the licensing arrangements with the various developers.
That said, I've decided to bite the bullet and get a PS Vita at the US launch (using a combination of various credits, coupons, game trade-ins, and the like to lower my price at amazon by a great deal). I'll probably just pick up Uncharted: Golden Abyss from the US launch lineup; I'll also have Tales of Innocence R (which releases in Japan ~1 month before the US system launch), and with Growlanser and Disgaea, that should keep me busy for some time.**
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WALTHAM, Mass. - Brandeis University scored twice in a span of less than two minutes and made the margin hold up on the defensive end, earning the Judges a 2-0 non-conference victory over MIT at Gordon Field on Wednesday afternoon.
Brandeis (5-3-2) picked up its first home win of the season after failing to earn one in three previous overtime contests thanks to senior Evan Duval's three-point performance. Duval headed home a cross from rookie Steve Keucharian in the 14th minute to open the scoring. Less than two minutes later, Duval streaked down the left sideline and crossed a ball to the middle, where Keucharian headed it along to sophomore midfielder Alex Zenerovitz, who knocked it home for his second tally of the campaign.
MIT (5-4-1) increased its pressure in the second half, opening the stanza with a flurry. The Engineers out-shot Brandeis, 11-4, after intermission, including a 5-1 margin in the first 10 minutes. Judges sophomore keeper Taylor Bracken was solid in net, though, making five saves in the second and six overall for his third shutout of the campaign. Engineer junior Tom Caldwell had two stops in the losing effort.
Brandeis will head to Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, Oct. 6, to take on seventh-ranked Case Western Reserve University in a University Athletic Association match-up at 1:00 p.m., while MIT is off until next Thursday, Oct. 11, when it will travel Johnson and Wales University at 7:00 p.m.


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Yesterday I wrote about the Iraqi/American meeting with Iran over the weekend. I wrote before learning of the subsequent Iranian detention of three American citizens on espionage charges. According to the New York Post, the State Department blasted the charges as "absurd." But has it remembered to say "please" in asking for the release of our fellow citizens? And does it think it's time to go back to the table for more talks with Iran? (The Post also runs a good editorial on the subject.)
I've previously written (here and here) and at NRO about Mark Bowden's Guests of the Ayatollah (the history of the 1979-81 hostage crisis) and Bowden's account of the behavior of hostage Michael Metrinko. At Contentions, Max Boot takes a timely look at Bowden's book and is also struck by Metrinko's remarkable example.
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The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has been presented the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" in the 2010 Governor's Service Award program.
The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has been presented the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" in the 2010 Governor's Service Award program.
Coordinated by the Michigan Community Service Commission, the Governor's Service Awards are given annually to individuals, businesses, and organizations to acknowledge their commitment to serving their communities through volunteerism.
The award was presented Thursday, June 25, by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm at the Governor's Service Awards ceremony, "An Evening with the Stars," at the Gem Theatre in Detroit. The award presented to Fonda Green, executive director of the CASA program.
"Michigan's volunteers give of their time and talent without thought of praise or recognition," said Governor Granholm. "Volunteers are making a real difference in their communities. Recognizing them for their efforts is a simple way of thanking them for their commitment to service and honoring their accomplishments across the state."
The "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" honors an extraordinary mentoring program or organization that provides high-quality mentoring with significant results for children in Michigan.
CASA, a community organization housed at Hope, provides academic and cultural enrichment for at-risk first- through fifth-grade students. The program, which runs year-round, is intended to improve the students' academic performance by providing the tools they need to succeed in school.
During the school year, the students meet after school twice per week in one-on-one sessions with volunteer tutors, most of whom are Hope students. During a six-week summer session, CASA runs five classes, each led by a certified teacher and assistant, four mornings a week. This year's summer session began on Monday, June 21, and features the theme "Science Explosion: Our Future Comes to Life."
The academic-year and summer programs serve Holland and West Ottawa students. A total of 150 elementary-age students participated in CASA during the 2009-10 year.
CASA was established in 1987 by Marge Rivera Bermann and Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP) and originally housed at First United Methodist Church. CASA moved to Hope College in 1989.
The other finalists in the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" category are the Art of Leadership Foundation of Detroit; the Explore Mentor PLUS Program of Alma; The Henry Ford Youth Mentorship Program of Dearborn; and Lunch Buddies-Central Michigan University Volunteer Center of Mount Pleasant.


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The Advanced Chip-to-Wafer (AC2W) bonding concept separates the two processes of chip placement on the wafer and the actual chip-to-wafer bonding process. The individual chips are temporarily bonded to the processed wafer using a volatile adhesive. The partially or fully populated wafer is then transferred to a bond chamber, where the permanent bond is established by applying force and temperature in an inert or reducing environment. (Figure 1)The closed chamber design enables an inert environment that avoids oxidation of the bond pads. In addition, a reducing atmosphere can be created by forming gas or formic acid enriched nitrogen, which allows removal of surface oxides.
The post-bond alignment accuracy of C2W integration depends on the alignment capability of the pick-and-place system, the pre-bond alignment accuracy, the capability of the bonding system to maintain the alignment accuracy during the bond process, and the process parameters. The chip thickness variation has a significant impact on the post-bond alignment accuracy. Typically, the individual chips will originate from different wafers, which might have different thicknesses due to wafer thinning inaccuracies. This chip thickness variation has to be compensated for by using a compliant layer on the bonding equipment. The compliancy capability has been qualified for 3 ìm thickness variation for 1 mm lateral distance [1].
Maintaining the alignment accuracy requires that pressure during bonding be only applied perpendicular to the bond interface of each die. Due to throughput optimization, it is highly advantageous not to place dies on known bad dies on the base wafer. Avoiding this action results in partially populated base wafers, which require an adjustable force application of the bonding system to ensure that the force is applied on each die in a purely perpendicular fashion. Figure 2 shows the concept of adjustable force application.[1] A. Jourdain, S. Stoukatch, P. De Moor, W. Ruythooren, S. Pargfrieder, B. Swinnen, E. Beyne, Simultaneous Cu-Cu and compliant dielectric bonding for 3D stacking of ICs, IITC, June 4-6, 2007, Burlingame
Figure 1: Process flow for the Advanced Chip-to-Wafer (AC2W) bonding concept; The individual chips are temporarily bonded to the processed wafer using a volatile adhesive. The partially or fully populated wafer is then transferred to a bond chamber, where the permanent bond is established by applying force and temperature in an inert or reducing environment.
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How can I work spring trends into my winter wardrobe?
We've already splurged on some enviable spring pieces, and are excited to wear them. Fortunately, you don't have to wait for the gray skies to clear to test-drive some of the season's biggest looks. Here are four standout trends that can easily be integrated into your winter wardrobe now.
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While we often think of floral as sweet and spring-y, it can take on an entirely new feel when paired with a darker, edgier palette.
A black leather jacket mixes well with a floral skirt, and a floral top can feel rich teamed with suede or dark pants.
To make a full skirt work on a colder day, throw on thick, opaque tights and a chic little pullover sweater. Stick to darker hues, like deep burgundy, black, or taupe.
A statement sweatshirt can easily be layered in the winter. Try it over a collared shirt or with traditional men's suiting pants.
When it comes to fringe in the winter, go big or go home! Think: a fringe leather jacket, a nubby sweater with large fringe detailing, huge fringe earrings, or a necklace.
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Comet is located in the Central Highlands, 39 kilometres east of Emerald on the Capricorn Highway. Comet was established in association with the westward development of the railway line from Rockhampton.
The town was named after the 'Comet River' which runs close to the township. The river itself was named after Ludwig Leichhardt's observation of Haley's Comet in the skies during his travels through Central Queensland in the late 1800's.
Here you can see the tree trunk that Ludwig Leichhardt marked with 'Dig' during his exploration of the region in 1844. 'Dig' indicated to those who followed that he had buried food and journals in this spot.
The small rural town is also a service centre for the local farming community.
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John Deere Ag Management Solutions and Raven Industries have announced an agreement to supply customers with a broad suite of application control solutions in the precision agricultural market.
"We're targeting this August to combine technologies from John Deere and Raven. We'll be able to offer an expanded line of universal solutions to customers through our John Deere dealer network," says Nick Block, business development manager for John Deere Ag Management Solutions.
Now customers in the U.S., Canada, and Australia will be able to purchase select Raven application control products at John Deere dealerships.
Matt Burkhart, general manager for Raven's Applied Technology Division, says customers will ultimately be the biggest beneficiaries of the agreement.
"Both companies share a common focus to provide customers with market-leading, innovative products, plus offer exceptional support for those products," Burkhart says. "By offering Raven products through John Deere dealerships, we can reach more customers with compatible solutions that help them improve their farming operations," he adds.
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The Role Of Viral Videos In The Context Of Digital Marketing
Quite simply, a decent viral video is a piece video content that managed to achieve great popularity and score millions of views due to the active sharing via email, social networking platforms or YouTube by viewers themselves.
Even though an average studio will strongly recommend creating instructional and informational videos, these types rarely become viral. As a rule, entertaining and humorous videos are way more likely to hit the spot. These videos quickly spread across the Internet and get into the mainstream media charts. However, the success cannot be purchased – the viral video is considered to be successful when it walks around the web naturally. The approached was confirmed in a research carried out by HTP digital marketing Manchester enterprise – the company focusing on brand promotion and specialised in analytical techniques (roughly, the ROI is 65% more than in common videos).
The 'hit or miss' nature of viral videos
Tempted by the prospect of incredible publicity, a business owner is looking to resort to the option as soon as possible. Of course, the best of the best may create a video that reaches millions of views, and maybe satisfy the pride of the client (and perhaps, facilitate the construction of major brands such as Budweiser), but certainly it is not the most successful goal for conventional marketer. For most companies attracting the attention of a couple of thousands of potential customers is both more profitable and more realistic task (especially in comparison with taking the fancy of millions of innocent people not motivated to purchase some product).
So even though the achievement of 'viral' status seems to be extremely attractive, frankly speaking, the strategy can hardly boast a one-fits-all status (definitely, not every business can adopt the strategy). Another aspect to underline is an extremely tough production; thus, in aspiration to gain the desired viral status a better part of commercials cause nothing but irritation, causing the opposite effect. (more…)


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Rotterdam police have adopted the Piet disguise, daubing their faces with blacking and donning a curly wig, to observe "suspicious" behaviour on the streets of Rotterdam
Officers have already caught one suspected thief in possession of a stolen iPad by adopting the controversial camouflage of Black Peter, who accompanies a white Sinterklass in the run-up to and during celebrations of Saint Nicholas eve on Wednesday.
But as well as catching out thieves, the police have found themselves handing warnings for insulting behaviour as the blacked up officers disguised as Zwarte Pieten came in for "discriminatory and dirty sexual remarks".
"You would not want to know all the things that are shouted at Piets," a police spokesman told the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.
Christmas celebrations begin this week in the low countries with the appearance of Sinterklaas and his Black Peter assistants, usually young people in blackface with made-up big red lips, a black curly-haired wig and dressed up like a 17th century page.
The Dutch Santa and his black assistants take to the streets with bags of sweets for good children and, traditionally, a broom for spanking the badly behaved.
In recent years the Zwarte Pieten have become controversial and sparked accusations of racism despite a strong defence of the tradition by most Dutch and Belgian who enjoy the Sinterklaas festivities.
Jessica Silversmith, director of the regional Anti-Discrimination Bureau for Amsterdam, said that the campaign against Black Peter had growing support.
"Nobody is against the Sinterklaas celebration or is calling people who celebrate it racist," she told AP.
"But it is time to consider whether this is offensive, whether there actually are racist ideas underlying Zwarte Piet."
Last year, there were violent clashes with the police when four men were arrested for wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Zwarte Piet is Racism" on a Sinterklaas.
Zwarte Pieten were also banned from a traditional Santa Claus festival in Suriname, a former Dutch colony, for being "racist" during Christmas in 2011.


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Hey all. There are many tools out there that can detect Rogue Wireless AP's, and this is another one that I have found, that some of you may not have heard of.
There is an article about AirTraf here
And you can download AirTraf (Linux only) here
[glowpurple]There were so many fewer questions when the stars where still just the holes to heaven - JJ[/glowpurple] [gloworange]I sure could use a vacation from this bull$hit, three ringed circus side show of freaks. - Tool. [/gloworange]
This sounds pretty interesting Soggy. Nice post! I especially like the idea of strategically-placed wireless sensors reporting to a central console, which can be viewed with a web browser. Kismet has some, but not all of this functionality. I haven't tested it yet, but it's supposed to be able to have several Kismet drones that report to the central server.
I will have to look into this Airtraf. Let us know if you are able to evaluate/test this software and what your opinions are.
Opinions are like holes - everybody\'s got\'em.
Things are pretty hectic at work, and I havent had the time I would like to test all this stuff out. Im still playing around with kismet (which is pretty tidy!).
This one looked pretty useful, and with any luck, I may have some time to play around with it. When (or if) I do, I will be sure to post my findings...
Just in case you wanna check out wireless security tools http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk/wireless.htm
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O.b.s.e.s.s.e.d. I've probably mentioned this fact once or twice. But not obsessed like hanging their glossy photos on my wall Tiger Beat style (though they are a fine, fine looking group of men) but more like obsessed in the "I can barely stop myself from listening to them every single day, I need my fix" sort of way. And I've had this obsession off and on for the past two year. Every day. I need them.
And so when the chance to see them live popped up this spring, I bought advanced, groupie nerd pre-sale tickets as soon as humanly possible. Oh, did I mention that this show I bought tickets for was a three hour drive away? I was pretty sure they'd be coming to Kansas City sometime this summer, but I couldn't wait, because what if they didn't? What if I had let a three hour drive to Springfield make me miss seeing my favorite band? The potential tragedy of it all!
So tickets secured and tragedy averted, the anticipation building over the last couple of months, it was concert weekend! So we hopped into the car on a Saturday morning, threw our bags in the trunk and set off on our weekend road trip. There's a sense of glee in a totally free weekend away from home. No obligations, just our whims and the concert to look forward to, and the random sparks of fun injected into our leisurely road trip.
And do you want to know what the best part of Osceola Cheese is? And no, it's not the mouse statue out front or the mouse cut out (Frankly the "Um' Good" on that mouse's belly looks a little suggestive if you ask me) it's the fact that of all the 100 plus cheeses available for purchase, nearly every single one, you can sample for free! See those little plastic containers, open that lid, grab a toothpick and sample away. Can you say, thanks for the free lunch?
So our tummies filled with tiny samples of roughly 20 cheeses, we bought a small sampler pack, a Sarsaparilla to share, some crackers, and hit the road again.
And then we saw another sight to hit: the vast, dark, dusty, mystery of Moccasin Trails Antiques. Based on my earlier post this week, Joe and I love antique stores. Hunting for treasures, looking at the strange things people consider valuable, and basically walking back in time, only if time were all merged together on a variety of card tables and bookshelves in your grandmother's attic.
We weren't really in a buying mood. We saw some Fiestaware, but it was overpriced, a couple of racist salt and pepper shakers, I'll pass. Though Joe bought a very cool old wooden and metal box that is now sitting on our fireplace, stacked high with books. It is sturdy and well crafted and has these interesting metal edges and handles. It's cool. So back in the car and on our way to Springfield and the big show.....
We checked into our newly renovated eco-friendly hotel with a lovely view of the Girl Scouts offices and the highway. The location deeply troubled the man checking in in front of us. "So I have to choose between the noise of the highway or the noise of the train?" he snarled at the front desk staff. "Yes, sir, you do." she deadpanned. He huffed away to "examine the room." You could barely hear anything once you were in the room. And this isn't the Four Seasons, it's a budget hotel in Springfield, MO, come on.
Each room was assigned an animal, I suppose to go along with the ecology theme, a little picture of your animal visible right under the room number, which made it kind of fun to walk up and down the halls and check out our neighbors: the Salamander, Giraffe and Wolverine. We were in the Hippo room, which really should have come with the board game Hungry Hungry Hippos which was all I could think of when we checked in. And I'm sure the noise of that game would have really pissed off our highway/train noise sensitive neighbor. (He chose highway, by the way.)
So after checking in, taking a nap, washing all the cheese off our faces, and changing clothes, we headed out for dinner before the concert, at a little restaurant that Joe found on Yelp called The Big Easy Grill. This isn't a fancy place. It's in a strip mall. You can watch the cooks working from your table, there are maybe 8 tables in the whole place, and one waiter. But the food was outstanding. Spicy and crispy perfect Po' Boy sandwiches, sweet potato fries, fried oysters, and excellent Jambalaya. We needed sustenance for the long night of standing, jumping, dancing and merriment ahead. So well fed, we headed over to the venue to get in line.
On the campus of Drury University, the O'Reilly Family Center, holds a few thousand seats, and plenty of floor space which we stood on for the next four hours. So after waiting in line, and working some magic to get the staff to open up the will call window (which was illogically closed for some reason) we headed into the show. Since we got there about an hour before the doors opened, we were very close to the front of the line and able to get nearly front row standing spots. It was wonderful. See?
Surrounded by a bunch of chatty, friendly 22-25 year olds, we certainly weren't the oldest people in the crowd, but maybe the oldest people that close to the stage. All the older fans had the smarts to buy actual seats. But we wanted to be close to the stage and we got our wish. And since this isn't exactly a serious moshing crowd, there was minimal pushing/shoving/surfing going on. Because as Murtaugh says "I'm too old for this shit." We made friends with the people all around us since we had time to kill before the show started. We took random photos, we speculated about the set list, and then it was show time.
Here's the set list, because I am that kind of nerd. Though I certainly wasn't the only one. The 23 year old guy standing behind me politely tapped me on the arm and asked me if I was writing down the set list since I pulled out my phone at the beginning of each song. I rather sheepishly said yes, thinking the light on my phone was irritating him, but he gave me a big smile and asked if he could just crib off my song titles. It made the whole thing that much more fun, knowing I was surrounded by like minded nerds. So the show, oh, the show. It was glorious.
I Killed Sally's Lover
Die Die Die
Distraction #74
Down With The Shine
Go to Sleep
January Wedding
Will You Return?
The Once and Future Carpenter
Living of Love
Tine Man
Backwards With Time
When I Drink
Murder in the City
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
The Fall
I and Love and You
Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane
Left on Laura Left on Lisa
Talk on Indolence
Kick Drum Heart
Prettiest Thing
Ballad of Love and Hate
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
Laundry Room
The show. It was everything I wanted it to be. They played 99% of the songs I love. All of the energy and raw talent and chaos and enthusiasm and passion for performance that they exhibit every time I've seen a recorded performance of one of their concerts. Seth, in particular, seems incredibly grateful and appreciative of the crowd and our support, constantly thanking us with his soft lilting Southern accent. They all just seem kind. And incredibly talented. So anyway, back to the music.
These guys attack the songs and the stage with all of themselves. They played for nearly three straight hours. They dove headlong into the music with such an excitement and joy that it's visible through out. They love the music and the lyrics they've written, and the songs always sounds more free and vibrant and unpolished than their recorded albums. There is no Rick Rubin on stage to smooth out the shouting and screaming and the angsty memory of the regret of love lost pouring out of that guitar.
This isn't a flashy stage show with wild artistic lighting and moving back drops. The focus is on the music, the emotion, the care with which the music and lyrics are crafted and the frenzy and intensity that the band brings to the stage. It's contagious. I danced and sang along for three straight hours. Exhausted and invigorated by the whole thing.
What I love about The Avett Brothers is the combination of skillful musicianship and what feels like a truly American, thoroughly unique hybrid of musical genres that they've rendered down into their own style. So the music itself kills me with it's melodies and bridges and occasionally intentional disharmony, and then the lyrics. A song like Laundry Room takes me back to being a giddy teenager with the blush of first love. I listen to 10,000 Words and I feel the struggle of trying to create and write and wrangle the right words to express myself. January Wedding and I'm a newlywed again. I and Love and You is filled with regrets and mistakes and change. Listen to Colorshow and I want to let all my strangeness out for the world to see. Their lyrics reach something in me that is emotional, and tender and hurt and it heals something by letting me feel those emotions for just three perfect minutes. It's a fleeting, beautiful three minutes.
And this concert was three perfect hours. Joe took some amazing photos, these are obviously his scattered throughout, because we were so close and the iPhone camera is so good, I feel like he managed a pretty excellent capture of the vibe of the concert. The fervor, the sometimes sad, sometimes angry, sometimes joyful physicality of the performance will stick with me for a long time.
Today I bought tickets for their July concert here in Kansas City. I hope it will equal their Springfield performance. Really I have no doubt that it will. But mostly I can't wait to see them in Kansas City since my parents and brother are joining Joe and I at the show. I want to share this experience with them. Because even if I'm the only one in our group who is quite so o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d, I know they'll enjoy themselves. I think it would be impossible for them not to. The Avett Brothers just won't let them. And neither will I.
After the excitement of the night, we went back to our hippo room and collapsed. We woke up fairly early the next day, got dressed, and headed out for breakfast at what has to be one of my favorite restaurants anywhere. The Aviary, is a cafe and creperie, and if I owned a restaurant it is exactly what I would want mine to be, in pretty much every way. Gorgeous old white tile, eclectic art all over, globes and candles hanging down, a huge glass and metal tree sculpture in the middle of the room, comfy booths and cafe tables scattered about, it's lovely and sweet. You could watch the chef making crepes from a little window that overlooked our table. Our check arrived in the library card flap of a small picture book. Oh, the twee adorableness was overwhelming. And the menu, full of crepes and baked goods and homemade delights, it was amazing. Seriously. See me in my happiness coma below. Eggs Benedict crepe in my belly and coffee in my hand. I would almost drive to Springfield just to eat at The Aviary again.
And that draws our weekend to a close. We drove home in the gloomy rain, but with smiles on our faces. I cleaned up my set list on the way home, bouncing around the songs on Joe's iPod to find some of the more obscure titles. We talked and relaxed and relived the weekend, because sometimes isn't that the best part? Talking about it, remembering it again, crafting the story in our heads, cementing the memory with our own words and descriptions of the experience. It was simply one of the top five concerts I've ever attended. And my saying that here, to you, cements it. Now go and buy some Avett Brothers music, right now. Go on!


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In simple terms, currency counting machines are those machines that help you count money, both banknotes and coins. Whether a business is small, medium or large, currency counting machines are always a necessity. Apart from the regular retail stores, the currency counters can be used in vending machines to determine the amount of money deposited by customers. They can also be used with automated teller machines to allow customers to make cash deposits without envelopes as they can identify the inserted bank notes along with the number of notes inserted.
There are several benefits attached with currency counting machines; some of them are as follows:
l Speed: No matter how fast we are, humans can never be faster than machines. The latest currency counting machines are capable of counting several bundles of banknotes in handful of minutes. Also, as the machines work quickly, your business operations won't be impacted even if the employee manning the cash counter is slow.
l Accuracy: To err is human. Machines, however, rarely err. It's always easier to maintain accuracy in the processes completed by machines. Also, the performance of the currency counters are guaranteed by the manufacturers, and hence, you will end up with the value products every time.
l Easy to detect counterfeit notes: No matter how much you train your employees for detecting fake notes, there's always a chance of ending up with fake banknotes in the cash till. One of the ways to resolve this issue is to use currency counting machines. These machines are equipped with sophisticated technology such as ultraviolet rays and magnetic detectors to detect counterfeit banknotes in a blink.
l Controls costs: Due to currency counting machines, you do not need extra employees to manage your cash till. Secondly, due to successful identification of counterfeit banknotes, the business loss arising out of fake notes can be controlled easily.
There are many types of currency counting machines available in the market, including mechanical and electronic. Broadly, the currency counting machines can be divided into banknote counters, coin sorter, and banknote and coin counters.
Earlier banknote counters could only provide a total count of the notes, but the newer ones can also identify the bank note denomination and offer total currency value of mixed banknotes.
Coin sorters are perfect for segregating the coins into separate bins for various denominations. These counters, however, are built for the specific currency as several countries use different currencies having similarly sized coins of different values.
Banknote and coin counters can process banknotes as well as coins simultaneously. Also, these counters are sophisticated enough that they can identify the denomination of the bank notes and coins as well as can count the exact quantity to offer the total value of the currencies.
The kind of machine you need will depend on the needs of your business. If you have relatively a smaller business operation, you should go for no-frills currency counting machine. However, if you are operating a huge business operation with heavy cash flow throughout the day, you should opt for the most sophisticated machines that come with anti-counterfeiting systems, ultraviolent reflection, infrared spectroscopy and magnetic detectors.
At Acedepot store, you can find any and all types of currency counting machines, including brands such as Accubanker, Cassida, Cashscan, Ribao Technology, Royal Sovereign, Magnif Coin Sorters, Semacon, Coin Mate, and Banlivo. Check out the features of the counters and compare it with your business needs to make an informed buying decision.


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Mother's Day Ideas for Moms in Tri-Cities
When is Mother's Day in 2013? It's Sunday, May 12. That means it's time to start planning. We have a few suggestions:
Tickets to an event
- If the woman in your life gets her greatest joy by having fun with her kids, we recommend tickets to "Sesame Street Live" coming to Toyota Center May 15.
- If she'd prefer "Elvis Lives!" -- the tribute concert featuring excellent Elvis impersonators, then you'll have to give her gift early since the show is May 7.
- If the woman in your life would puke at the idea of Sesame Street or Elvis, Lamb of God is coming in June.
- If her idea of a good time is a fun run, you could pay for her registration to our mud run in August.
- The Untapped Blues & Brews Festival is May 11 from noon to 11 p.m. at Clover Island Inn.
- The musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone will be at Hanford High School on May 11 as well.
- What's free and great for karaoke fans? The Sunday evening party at Columbia Center Red Lion. The place heats up around 9 p.m. If you're in Walla Walla, enjoy some free Salsa dance lessons starting at 7 p.m.
Let's face it, no matter how well we know our moms there are some years we just don't have a clue what to get her. When that happens, I always fall back on super local gifts.
Day Spa/Massage/Beauty Treatments
Here are a few places my coworkers have tried:
- We're fans of Bonefish Grill for either dinner or Sunday Brunch.
- Faith Martin enjoyed City Buffet in Richland.
- These places have great gluten-free menus.
- Here are four suggestions my co-workers came up with in 2011.


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Just because you gave your GPU new clothes doesn't mean we won't notice it is the same inside
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 20, 2011 - 03:38 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gpu, amd, nvidia, turks, Caicos, graphics core next, GCN, cape verde, HD7770, kepler
Rebranding and rebadging is becoming a very bad habit for both major GPU manufacturers. It is fair to imply that NVIDIA was the first to start doing so on a regular basis but AMD has noticed that they have successfully managed it on several different chip families and has since joined in on crushing enthusiasts hopes in the holy name of the profit margin. On the other hand, with the financial difficulties that both companies are experiencing it is a viable strategy no matter how much enthusiasts dislike the practice.
Just two weeks ago we received information about the mobile chips from NVIDIA and AMD and the news was not good. From AMD we have rebranded Turks and Caicos chips with improved clock speeds but the same base technology already on the market. NVIDIA didn't even go that far and released the exact same chips as the previous generation, under new names.
We have heard rumours that AMD will also be applying that marketing strategy to at least some of the upcoming HD 7xxx series cards but thanks to a link from VR-Zone we know where the new chips will start. The HD7770 will feature Graphics Core Next and a 128-bit memory interface, replacing the ageing Juniper chips. As far as power there seems to be only a single PCIe 6 pin connector needed, which should keep the power draw to around 100W. If you are planning on picking a new AMD card when they arrive on the market ensure you do not look lower in the family as you will be picking up a rebranded card.
There was also a leak on the NVIDIA side today, with a single slide marked for internal use only appearing at a site called EXP Review. These types of slides and the benchmarks on them should always be taken with at least your daily allowance of sodium, if not more as the rules for what optimizations can be done to the benchmarks are very different for internal testing. They do show a nice performance difference, the GTX780 ranges from 190% to 230% of the performance of a GTX580. Astute readers will immediately start wondering what happened to the GTX6xx family, as according to this slide NVIDIA seems to be skipping an entire series with Kepler. Perhaps that is where rebranded Fermi chips could find a niche?
The coming year looks dangerous for GPU buyers, with older cards masquerading as newer models, thanks to AMD mixing VLIW4/5 cards with GCN cards and NVIDIA's suspicious naming scheme. While we have a bit of information about AMD's new cards, no indication of their performance has tipped up on the net. If NVIDIA's benchmarks are even close to reality a doubling of performance in a single generation would be a coup for them, as that type of increase in such a short time is almost unheard of. Then again, NVIDIA has been working on this architecture for a long while now. We will find out more over the coming months as both products come closer to their first appearance on the market, likely by the end of Q1.
Mobile madness minus benchmarks; new mobile GPUs from AMD & NVIDIA
Subject: General Tech | December 7, 2011 - 12:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, mobile gpu, 7400M, 7500M, 7600M, nvidia, GT635M, GT630M, 610M, turks, Caicos, GF106, GF108, GF119
Before you start to get too excited when you read about the AMD Radeon 7000M announcement today; realize this is a rebranding of Turks and Caicos, not the arrival of Southern Islands. While AMD might disappoint, at least the performance of the chips has been increased; NVIDIA went for a straight rebadge. Even if you squint, the stats for the GT630M are the same as the GT540M and same with the 610M and 520MX. There looks to be a slight difference in memory bandwidth between the 635M and 555M but AnandTech is doubtful that it is truly the case.
While we still don't know the exact frequencies that the so called 7000M chips will have in the end, they will be higher than the parts that they replace and will come in two flavours. The less expensive part will be DDR3, with a DDR5 alternative for those who want a bit more performance. Read on for all the gritty details or just look at the tables below.
"We just covered the AMD side of things, but yesterday NVIDIA quietly refreshed their entry-level and midrange mobile GPUs in a similar manner. We weren't briefed on the updates, most likely because there's not much to say. Like AMD there are three "new" 600M parts. Here's the overview of what NVIDIA is offering, with the previous generation equivalents listed for reference."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- AMD Launches the HD 7000M; Mobile Market Déjà Vu? @ Hardware Canucks
- Windows 8 beta coming in February, too late for a final release in 2012? @ ExtremeTech
- Physical computing just got a lot easier @ Hack a Day
- Intel, Micron double single-chip flash capacity @ The Register
- US military pays SETI to check Kepler-22b for aliens @ The Register
- Military contractor warns of new Adobe Reader exploit @ The Register
- Sunwayman V20C T6 Tactical Flashlight @ 3DVelocity
- SteelSeries Desmo Digital Eyewear @ Benchmark Reviews
- Ars Technica's 2011 holiday gift guide extravaganza
A sub $200 AMD FirePro benchmarked on Linux
Subject: Graphics Cards | November 3, 2011 - 01:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, firepro, V4900, linux, turks
Workstation graphics cards tend to be significantly more expensive than their desktop counterparts, something the new AMD FirePro V4900 seeks to overcome. The card is available for less than $200 but still comes with the advantages of the FirePro series, workstation application certification, a three-year hardware warranty and greater technical support than with a desktop GPU. Performance wise, the benchmarks that Phoronix ran showed the card to be nicely between the V4800 and V5800 so perhaps not worth immediately running out and upgrading from the previous low end model but definitely worth considering for new machines.
"AMD is announcing today a new FirePro workstation graphics card. What is being announced is not a new ultra high-end creation, but instead it's a new entry-level graphics card to fit in between the FirePro V4800 and FirePro V5800 / V5900: it's the AMD FirePro V4900. The FirePro V4900 will retail for less than $200 USD while offering up some nice capabilities for the price. Here is a launch-day look at the FirePro V4900 along with the first Linux benchmarks of this latest AMD workstation graphics creation."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ 1GB @ Legion Hardware
- VTX3D Radeon HD6770 & HD6670 Streamer Edition @ Kitguru
- Catalyst 11.10 Windows 7 Driver Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD6970 Battlefield 3 Flex Edition @ Guru3D
- i3DSpeed, October 2011 @ iXBT Labs
- The Effect of GPU Memory on Surround & Stereo 3D Performance @ Hardware Canucks
- KFA2 GeForce GTX 580 Anarchy Edition SLI @ kitguru
Looking at the lower end of AMD's graphics, Caicos and Turks
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 3, 2011 - 04:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: HD 6670, HD 6570, HD 6450, amd, Caicos, turks
On the lower end of AMD's GPU lineup you will find the HD 6670, HD 6570 and HD 6450 of which the first two are based on the Turks architecture and the last on the Caicos architecture. They mark a jump in transitor, shader and ALU counts from the previous low end cards, the HD5670 and HD 5450. That increase has also brough with it higher power requirements and more heat to disappate which, at least on the reference cards X-bit Labs tried, results in a louder card. They do still help a Llano based system score significantly better in gaming, but don't add a lot to the APUs abilities as a high definition player.
If you are looking for something a little stronger, Josh just poured out a few thousand words on the MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition for you.
"Smartphones, nettops, notebooks and tablets have taken over our everyday life. But what if you don't feel like leaving the cozy living-room and would gladly watch a blockbuster Blue-ray movie or play your favorite game for a few hours? The answer is simple: HTPC with a good graphics accelerator inside will do the trick. Let's check out the new solutions AMD has recently rolled out for this particular market."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Multiply by Two: PowerColor Radeon HD 6870X2 @ X-bit Labs
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB TOXIC @ Tweaktown
- Diamond Multimedia Radeon HD 6770 XOC 1GB DX11 Video Card Review @Hi Tech Legion
- AMD Catalyst 11.7 Driver Analysis @ eTeknix
- Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler @ Tweaktown
- Thermalright T-RAD² VGA Cooler Review @ eTeknix
- Zalman VF3000F Dual Turbine VGA Cooler @ Tweaktown
- Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- Mesa 7.11 Brings Much-Needed Linux Graphics Driver Improvements @ Phoronix
- ASUS ENGTX560 Ti DirectCU II TOP @ [H]ard|OCP
Introduction and the new Turks GPU
It seems that the graphics card wars have really heated up recently. With the release of the Radeon HD 6990 4GB and the GeForce GTX 590 3GB card it might seem that EVERYONE was spending $600 on their next GPU purchase. Obviously that isn't the case and the world of the sub-$100 card, while way less sexy, is just as important.
This week AMD has announced a slew of new options to address this market including the Radeon HD 6670, HD 6570 and even the HD 6450. Topping out at $99, the Radeon HD 6670 offers good performance, strong HTPC features and low power consumption. NVIDIA's competition is still reasonable though as we compare how the now price-dropped GeForce GTS 450 sits into the stack.
Adding to the sub-$100 GPU market with the Radeon 6670 and 6570
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 19, 2011 - 01:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: turks, northern islands, gpu, amd
The new Turk based Radeon HD 6670 and HD 6570 are intended to replace the Redwood-based HD 5670 and HD 5570 at a price of $99 and $79 respectively. The cards are very similar to the cards they replace so you should not expect miracles from them. They do have reduced power draw and are both low profile cards making them a good choice for HTPCs and AnandTech is quick to point out that these are the fastest cards not requiring an external power supply on the market right now.
"Two weeks ago we saw the paper launch of the Radeon HD 6450, the low-end member of AMD's Northern Islands family of GPUs. It was a solid product for HTPC use and a very notable improvement over the 5450 it replaced, but it was an uncharacteristically delayed launch for AMD. At the same time we noted that the Northern Islands family had one more GPU we had not seen: Turks."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Sapphire Radeon HD6570 @ Techware Labs
- HIS IceQ X HD 6850 Review @ t-break
- AMD's Sub-$100 Line-up: Radeon HD 6450, 6570 & 6670 Review @ Techgage
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 and HD 6570 @ Tweaktown
- AMD Radeon HD 6670 & HD 6570 Review @ Neoseeker
- AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB & HD 6570 512MB Review @ Hardware Canucks
- AMD Radeon HD 6670 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- AMD Radeon HD 6450 & 6570: The Line-up is Complete @ InsideHW
- AMD Radeon HD 6450 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- XFX's Radeon HD 6950 1GB takes on Zotac's GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMP @ The Tech Report


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Campus Accommodations
Community visitors are welcome at all university-sponsored, on campus events and activities. All departmental activities and university-sponsored events must be accessible to community members with disabilities. Each group or entity sponsoring an event or activity is responsible for ensuring individuals with disabilities are provided appropriate accommodations. Events include, but are not limited to: conferences, lectures, rallies, workshops, exhibits, and performances.
Campus Accessibility
Blue Curb parking for individuals with disabilities is available in all parking lot locations around campus and can be found on the Campus Parking Map.
For information special access for driving on campus and being dropped off on campus please view the Campus Access Map or contact the Office of Parking and Transportation at 559.278.2950, 2311 E. Barstow Ave or online at: www.fresnostate.edu/police/traffic/disabled
For information regarding accessibility to campus: Buildings, elevators, classrooms, bathrooms, labs, auditoriums, sports facilities, etc. Please view the Facility Accessibility Maps online.
Schedule rides for visitors with disabilities by contacting the campus department sponsoring the event or activity. For additional information, call 559.278.1900 or visit the web page at: www.fresnostate.edu/police/transportation/escorts/scout.shtml
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Call or locate an emergency phone to request a safety escort officer or call 559.278.8400. Radio-equipped, uniformed, and trained safety escort officers will accompany persons to their destinations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Visit the web at: www.fresnostate.edu/police/transportation/escorts.


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Gold futures fell the most in five weeks after the U.S. added more jobs last month than forecast, curbing demand for a haven asset.
The addition of 288,000 jobs followed a 224,000 gain in the prior month, Labor Department figures showed today. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 215,000 advance. U.S. equities climbed to a record.
Gold through yesterday advanced 11 percent this year as the Federal Reserve said it will keep interest rates low for a considerable time after ending bond purchases, while unrest in Iraq and Ukraine spurred demand for a haven. The metal plunged 28 percent in 2013, the most in three decades, as the U.S. economy gained traction.
"The job numbers are telling us that the economy is healthy, and people don't need a lot of safe haven going forward," Alfonso Esparza, a senior currency analyst in Toronto at Oanda Corp., said in a telephone interview. "Gold will probably now start weakening again."
On the Comex in New York, gold futures for August delivery fell 0.9 percent to $1,319.30 an ounce at 10:04 a.m. A close at that price would mark the biggest drop for a most-active contract since May 27. On July 1, the metal reached $1,334.90, the highest since March 24.
Trading was 21 percent more that the average for the past 100 days for this time, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Jobs recovery
Gold climbed 70 percent from December 2008 to June 2011 as the central bank bought debt and held borrowing costs near zero percent to bolster the economy.
The metal last year ended a 12-year bull run amid an equity rally to a record and concern the Fed would taper bond buying.
The central bank trimmed purchases for a fifth consecutive time, to $35 billion, at its June meeting. Rising home and equity prices and an improving global economy should help stoke above-trend growth in the U.S., Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on June 18.
"Today's jobs data was a very good indicator that the economy is healing," Chris Gaffney, the senior market strategist at EverBank Wealth Management in St. Louis, said in a telephone interview. "Gold will suffer as people think that the chances of the Fed considering raising interest rates has increased."
Silver futures for September delivery dropped 0.7 percent to $21.145 an ounce on the Comex. Yesterday, the price reached $21.335, the highest since March 17.
Palladium rally
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, palladium futures for September delivery rose 0.8 percent to $864 an ounce. Earlier, the metal reached $867.45, the highest since Feb. 23, 2001. The price headed for the ninth straight gain, extending the longest rally since Sept. 14, 2012.
In South Africa, 220,000 workers in the steel and engineering industry started an indefinite strike two days ago, a week after platinum mineworkers ended a five-month walkout. The country is the top producer of platinum and the second- largest for palladium, trailing Russia.
Platinum futures for October delivery fell 0.2 percent to $1,508 an ounce on the Nymex. Yesterday, the price reached $1,523, the highest since Sept. 4.
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About Faculty Delivery Service
The Vanderbilt Libraries provide faculty with deliveries of library materials and interlibrary loans through a single service. Faculty and Faculty Proxies are eligible for delivery services.
Faculty Delivery Service is available for Arts & Science, Divinity, Engineering, Management, Music, and Peabody faculty. The Law School Library provides service to Law School faculty directly, and the Biomedical Library offers a separate document delivery service for Medical and Nursing School faculty.
For fastest delivery: log into the Library Catalog, find the item to be delivered, and use the "Deliver" button to request a loan or copy of the item of interest. In general, delivery will be completed within four working days. Some items, such as materials in storage, may take longer to deliver, and we will contact you if we expect a substantial delay.
Requests may also be initiated by utilizing the Findit@VU service, which is found in many library databases. Submitting a new Interlibrary Loan request initiates a delivery.
Articles are scanned and delivered electronically.
Circulating items will be delivered to you on campus, generally at your department's office. Once delivered, library materials are checked out to the borrower, and may be reviewed in the borrower's Acorn account. Your book delivery preferences are stored with your ILL user account information, so you need not specify on your request form.
Please note that only circulating materials are delivered. Noncirculating items will be placed on hold for you, and we are also happy to scan a specified portion (article, chapter, etc.) for electronic delivery.
Tips and Other Information
If a requested item is not immediately available in the Vanderbilt Libraries, we will obtain it through other means, such as interlibrary loan, item recall, or rush processing.
If you request a large number of items, or don't use the online forms to submit requests, processing will of course take longer.
Copy service (online delivery) is subject to copyright restrictions.
If you prefer to have your requested items held for you to pick up at your campus library's circulation/service desk, please let us know. You can email us at email@example.com or set delivery preferences in your ILL account.


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Technical Support
Here are some helpful guides to keep your Canyon in top shape! Just pick the relevant category to find the solution to your issue.
Use of VCLS Post 2.0
Initial steps
1. Remove the bolts on the head of the seat post.
2. Position the saddle on the seat post head. If the saddle rails are not made of carbon, apply a thin film of grease to the clamped area. Always remain within the marked clamping zones indicated on the saddle rails.
3. Mount the saddle with both outer clamps and bolts (M5x50mm). Both outer clamps must point in the same direction and be congruent. The flat sides of the springs must always be parallel to each other. In addition, you can fit the seat clamp at an angle of 180°, thereby increasing the range of adjustment. In this case you fit all the 4 parts of the seat clamp on the other side.
4. Tighten the bolts to 5Nm. Picture 1 If you can't tighten the bolts because the saddle rails are oval, do not use force. In such cases please contact our Service Center.
Adjusting the saddle position
1. Loosen and remove the adjusting screw which connects the two flat springs. Picture 2
2. Apply carbon assembly paste to the insides of the flat springs. Picture 3
3. Tighten the screw which connects the two flat springs loosely by hand. DANGER! This is only for adjusting the seat post! Do never ride or sit on the bicycle while any screws are not tightened with the correct torque!
4. Clean the inside of the seat tube. Picture 4 The seat tube must be free from grease and dirt when the seat post is fitted. Also check that the seat tube is free of grooves and sharp edges.
5. Apply carbon assembly paste to the outside of the seat post. Picture 5
6. Push the post into the seat tube. Now you can move the flat springs against each other.Picture 6 When you have found the correct saddle position, pull out the seat post.
7. Tighten the adjusting screw which connects the two flat springs with 7NM. Make sure to place the washer underneath the head of the screw!
Mounting of seat post
1. Insert the seat post into the top tube. Ensure that you adhere to the maximum and minimum insertion length for the seat post. The seat post must be inserted at least as far into the seat tube so that the bottom edge of the seat post is positioned below the bottom of the top tube.
2. Tighten the seat post clamp to a maximum torque of 7 Nm. Picture 7 You should not be able to turn the saddle. Wipe off any excess carbon paste. Picture 8
Always remain within the adjustment range indicated on the seat post. Pay particular attention to the minimum and maximum insertion limits. The bottom edge of the seat post must be inserted at least as far down as the bottom edge of the top tube.


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Happiness in over the Himalayas
Bhutan guarantees its citizens the right to happiness, and that's how this small kingdom became a Shangri-La for visitors from the West who come in search of meaning. Now, though, budget tourism and geopolitics are threatening to destroy the idyll.
The journey to happiness begins with a dragon ride. Left, right, nose down; left, right, dip further down – as the A319 belonging to Drukair, the state airline of the Kingdom of Bhutan, dances around the Himalayan peaks. A moment ago, I could see the top of Mount Everest glinting in the sunshine from my window seat, and now I am looking at rock faces. The call of the mountain is a little too loud here. Houses come into view, trees, a flock of goats. Then we touch down. The passengers clap. We're happy already!
Only a handful of pilots are qualified to land at Paro Airport. The runway intersects a narrow valley basin at 2236 meters, and the pilot has to fly by sight and intuition. Sometimes the dragons – "druk" means exactly that, dragon, in Dzongkha, or Bhutanese, the official language of Bhutan – circle in the air for a long time before finally pushing through a gap in the blanket of cloud. Traveling to Bhutan is still an adventure – even today.
The country, which is roughly the size of Switzerland but has a population of just 800 000, for a long time had no interest in anyone going there. Sandwiched between the two top dogs India and China, the ruling nobility and clerics feared it could become a pawn in geopolitical power games. It was not until the early 1960s that Bhutan had a paved road. The state television channel first broadcast in 1999 and the Internet arrived four years later. To this day, not a single set of traffic lights regulates the traffic in the capital city, Thimphu: easy going in the Himalayas.
A good 100 000 people live in Thimphu. The roads are clean, the houses are sturdy and have pitched roofs reminiscent of Austria and Switzerland. Bhutan cultivates good relations with both countries – the Austrians have opened a hotel training academy there and the Swiss are building bridges – but with China, they are a little strained. In the border region, the red giant has built a road into Bhutan, just like that, unasked, even though the border is officially closed. India, Bhutan's protecting power, sent in troops, which resulted in the soldiers of two superpowers tugging at each other's jackets and throwing a few stones. Videos of the absurd incident became a YouTube hit last summer, but no one in Thimphu was amused. Instead, people there began to realize that not always is the small kingdom the architect of its own happiness.
Yet that is exactly what Bhutan is known for in the West: for its people's happiness. The right to happiness is enshrined in the constitution, which decrees that "if the government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the government to exist." But how can it be possible to unite the entire population of a country in happiness?
Doesn't such an aspiration damn every government to failure? How happy are the people of Bhutan really? In Germany, happiness is not a matter for the Federal Chancellery to deal with, but a branch of business in which coaches advise managers how to attain it. The managers then hand in their notice and write bestsellers on the subject. Happiness comes to us via app or as a tea, as the result of a yoga class or in the form of a steaming bowl of food at a vegan cooking course. Magazines like Country Living, Flow and Mindful are paper promises of happiness that attract millions of readers. Happiness in Germany is consumable; it costs money, although money is becoming less and less the defining factor these days. Once upon a time, happiness was having plenty of cash in the bank; today it is often having plenty of endorphins coursing through your veins.
The quest for happiness also has the science community electrified. With its Happy Planet Index, a British think tank attempts to compare countries' happiness levels. Indicators, such as economic growth and personal well-being, play into the national ranking. Costa Rica, Mexico and Columbia top the index, while Germany ranks 49th and Bhutan only places 56th. No matter, say the happiness officers of young King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 37. We have our own concept, Gross National Happiness, which has been in place since 1979 – and since 2008, the country has also had a survey to monitor the concept's success. The most recent score was 0.756. What does that figure tell us?
An arrows hums through the air on the training ground of the Archery Federation of Bhutan. Thud – bull's-eye. The tension in Karma's features melts away. The 27-year-old reaches into her quiver, pulls out a new arrow and fits it into her 2000-dollar carbon bow, takes aim and lets fly. Thud. Archery is a silent sport, a system of eternal repetition. Archery is also the national sport of Bhutan. And Karma – yes, that really is her name; many people in Bhutan have only one name – is a national hero. In 2016, she was one of two athletes who represented her country at the Olympic Games in Rio.
"I am not a hero," says Karma during a break in her training program, "I'm just a woman who's good with a bow and arrow." She smiles shyly, braids bobbing either side of her head. She opens a sunshade and walks across to the target in the midday heat. The rush of a mountain stream can be heard in the distance, the conifer forest gleams a lush green against the tall mountaintops. Bhutan looks like the backdrop for a Heidi film. When Karma returns with her fiberglass arrows, I ask her what the word "happiness" means to her. "Being here. Being able to practice my sport with this fantastic view. I love my country." In Rio, she carried her country's flag in the Parade of Nations. On television, she looked very happy.
We drive from Thimphu to Punakha. Along the way, we pass the world's tallest statue of Buddha, a gleaming gold, 52-meter figure of the religion founder set high above the valley. A businessman from Hong Kong financed this XXL pilgrimage site. The Chinese are not just building roads here, but sacred monuments, as well. Then our all-terrain vehicle climbs over the Dochula Pass, 3100 meters up. Fog robs us of our visibility. Where chinks appear, we catch sight of steep bluffs rising from the bottle-green jungle. Believers have hung prayer flags between the crags – colorful floss in the jaws of a giant.
A langur monkey sits by the roadside chewing leaves; cows lie sprawled across the road. They have nothing to fear, since Buddhists eat no meat. Bhutan is a huge open-air zoo. In the north, black-necked cranes fly over the Himalayas, while Indian elephants roam the forests of the south. Tigers and snow leopards, yaks and red pandas populate the different climate zones. To make sure that's how it stays, domestic policy here means environmental protection takes precedence. The law prescribes that 70 percent of the country must be woodland.
Dorij Pelden, 35, sits in front of his house, carving a large phallus, a fertility symbol in pinewood. "When things go well, I can make three of these in a day," says the artist, looking very hipster-like in check shirt and leather loafers. The products of the last few weeks are arranged in rows in the window of his small shop – an army of fertility. Follow the muddy track up the hill and you come to the Temple of the Divine Madman, a drunk and womanizer who reputedly subdued and destroyed demons in Bhutan back in the 15th century – with his "flaming thunderbolt of wisdom," of course, which is why Pelden carves what he carves.
Couples visit the temple of the Divine Madman when they want to have children but their attempts to conceive have so far failed. The lovers donate money, receive the monks' blessing – and take a wooden talisman home with them. "This place has tremendous energy," Pelden firmly believes. His wife, Sarita, 22, joins us, a child in her arms. "Three months after we visited the temple, my wife fell pregnant." They called their little girl Kinley after one of the temple monks. Kinley cries – their happiness is hungry.
Bhutan does not want to end up like its neighbor, Nepal; it wants to keep out the mountains of trash and cheap hostels
Business is good close to the temple because it attracts not only Bhutanese couples, but more and more tourists, too. Ten years ago, only 21 700 people visited Bhutan, but by 2017 that figure had already risen to 150 000, despite Bhutan being very expensive. Visitors have to pay 250 dollars a day and on top of that a kind of admission fee, not to mention the high cost of flying there. Everything must be planned and booked in advance; individuals are not permitted to tour on their own. The reason for the supposed exclusivity: Bhutan does not want to end up like Nepal, so it aims to keep out mountains of garbage and cheap hostels. But there's a snag to the system: The rules do not apply to guests from India because Bhutan does not want to provoke its protector. As a result, the flow of visitors from the south is growing, unfortunately bringing with it more trash than cash.
In Punakha, an old farmhouse serves as a luxury hostelry. To get there, we cross a suspension bridge over the torrential Mo Chhu River. This lodge is one of five hotels run by the Aman Resorts group in Bhutan. It has only eight rooms, and its architecture becomes one with the surroundings thanks to floor-length windows that give onto forests, mountain peaks and rice terraces. This is the kind of tourism the king would approve of. In the gleaming kitchen, Viknesh Victor, 27, wields his wooden spoon. He looks ten years younger than his age and sports boxy nerd glasses. "We're going on an expedition tomorrow morning," he murmurs mysteriously.
The market in Punakha is a challenge. It's loud, colorful and a riot of odors. Every Saturday, farmers and vendors from the east of the country come here to sell their wares: plums and passionfruits, pumpkins and papayas, dried trout and green asparagus. Victor strolls from stall to stall, sizing up the produce, an Indiana Jones of good taste exclaiming, "Oh, I'll make a gazpacho with these cucumbers!" and, "Wow, I've never seen that variety of tomato before!" Victor is from Malaysia, his mother from China and his father from India. He learned his craft at the Shangri-La luxury hotel in Kuala Lumpur, where his master chefs had been pupils of Alain Ducasse and Ferran Adrià. Since spring 2016, he has been working as a chef in Bhutan, where the only stars are in the night sky.
Most people in Bhutan have never seen an aggressive person
"The peace and seclusion do me good," he raves over dinner. "I come from a tough city, where everything revolves around work, money and status symbols. It's different here." He now has seven people working under him. Most of them have never experienced an aggressive person, he tells us. "I really had a lot of adjusting to do," says Victor, adding with a smile that in the old days, he would also throw the occasional pan across the kitchen. Then he serves up braised yak with red rice, pumpkin curry, yellow lentils and the national dish, ema datse – green chili with yak cheese. All of Bhutan is crazy about chili peppers.
The hot spiciness of the peppers isn't really a flavor, according to scientists, but a pain stimulus. And it triggers the release of happiness hormones in the brain. So in Bhutan, you get happiness on a plate. "The people look very happy to me," says Victor. Every rock here is steeped in Buddhism; respect for humans, animals and nature is all embracing. Even if many Bhutanese live in abject poverty by our standards, they still possess a great deal: "Their family, a strong village community, and their own four walls with a garden full of fruit and vegetables."
In terms of gross domestic product, Bhutan currently ranks 130th in the world, between Vanuatu and Honduras. But to Bhutan itself, that means nothing. In 2020, the King's officers will set out once more to determine the nation's happiness. The aim is for the index to rise from 0,756 to a straight one. The catalogue contains 300 questions. "How much do you enjoy your life?" is one of them. What would your answer be?
This story first appeared in Lufthansa Exclusive, the frequent traveller magazine. For more information about Lufthansa Miles & More offers, please click here.


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Governor Dannel P. Malloy in a press release today announced that the Hartford Business Improvement District will host a victory parade and rally in Hartford on Sunday, April 13 to congratulate the University of Connecticut Men's and Women's Basketball Teams for winning their 2014 NCAA Basketball National Championships.
The parade, which will begin and end at the State Capitol, starts at 4 p.m. and will be immediately followed by a victory rally on the north steps of the State Capitol building. Parade and rally organizers are relying on private donations to finance both events.
"A decade after claiming both titles, UConn Women and Men have once again focused the spotlight of college basketball on Connecticut by bringing home another dual national championship and proving to the nation why the road to the Final Four always runs through Connecticut," Malloy said in a press release. "I'm looking forward to joining thousands of Husky fans in Hartford on Sunday to let the both teams and Coaches Auriemma and Ollie know how proud we are of their success this season."
Malloy added in the release, "I want to thank the Hartford Business Improvement District for again hosting this event, organizing its sponsors, and allowing Connecticut residents to celebrate another dual national championship from our state."
Organizers continue to rely on private funds to support the parade and the rally. This celebratory event is produced by the Hartford Business Improvement District, in collaboration with the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut, and a number of civic and business organizations. Companies may choose from several sponsorship levels ranging from $10,000 to $2,500 or less.
To discuss parade sponsorship opportunities, quickly contact Michael Zaleski at the Hartford Business Improvement District (HBID) at 860-728-2274 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
The parade will begin at the State Capitol, travel north on Trinity Street, take a right on Jewell Street, bear left at Gold Street, turn right onto Main Street and then make a right onto Capitol Avenue before returning to the State Capitol where the rally will be held.


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The Sanxingdui Museum, located in the city of Guanghan just 40 kilometres from Chengdu, lies in a quiet setting among the hills. However, several thousand years ago, these same hills were part of the city wall that surrounded a Bronze Age city. The Sanxingdui Museum displays a rich collection of finds from this lost civilization. The ghostly masks in particular speak to the imagination.
Approximately 3500 years ago, the Sanxingdui civilization evolved on the banks of the Yazi River in the Chinese province of Sichuan. A few centuries later there was no sign of this culture. It seemed to have vanished, leaving no written or oral references to its existence. In 1986, a large amount of art treasures were found leading to the rediscovery of this forgotten civilization and making headline news around the world. This architectural find proved that the origins of Chinese civilization were a lot more complicated than had been assumed. The history books had to be rewritten.
The story about the rediscovery of Sanxingdui begins a relatively short time ago. First evidence that the city had ever existed was only found in 1929, when a farmer digging a well encountered a large number of jade objects. Although this immediately piqued the curiosity of archaeologists, their initial excavations turned up almost nothing. There was no further interest until 1986, when workers from a local brick factory were stunned to stumble across a sacrificial pit filled with thousands of ceramics, gold, bronze and jade objects – a veritable treasure trove. Some art historians believe the artistic value of these objects is even greater than that of the famous Terracotta Army of Xi'an.
The find, however, was riddled with mystery; there were no written records about this civilization, and the style seemed completely different from any other society in the same period. However, contemporaries never mentioned a different culture and it quickly became clear that something very special had happened in this far-flung corner of Sichuan. Before, it had always been assumed that the cradle of the Chinese civilization was found on the banks of the Yellow River. Sanxingdui did not fit the bill, but the strange masks with bulging eyeballs and trunks and elephant ears suddenly had to be included in the history. That turned out to be no simple task: to this day little is known about this culture.
Although the history of the images on display in the museum goes back thousands of years, the museum itself is pretty modern. The many dark rooms emphasize the mysterious atmosphere. The exhibit space is spread over 2 halls. The first is devoted to ceramics and jade and gold artefacts that have been found in the region. The second hall displays most of the bronze showpieces. The 2.62-metre-high bronze statue and enormous 1.34-metre-wide bronze mask are incredibly impressive.
"Dark exhibit rooms emphasize the mysterious atmosphere"


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Binds the graphics state values of a port to a list of arguments and executes a body of code.
with-graphics-state (
&key transform foreground background
operation thickness scale-thickness dashed
dash line-end-style line-joint-style mask font
state fill-style stipple pattern mask-x mask-y )
body => result
macro binds the graphics state values for the specified port to the values specified in the
list. The keyword arguments args correspond to the slots in the graphics state, as described in set-graphics-state. See make-graphics-state for valid values for
(with-graphics-state (port :thickness 12
:foreground fore-color) ...)
Arguments that are not supplied default to the current state of that slot in the graphics state. The arguments fill-style , stipple , pattern , mask-x and mask-y are used only on Unix.
An extra keyword argument
can be used. The value must be a graphics state object created by a call to make-graphics-state. The contents of the graphics state object passed are used instead of the port's state.
(setf gstate (make-graphics-state))
(setf (graphics-state-foreground gstate) my-color)
(with-graphics-state (port :state gstate)
(draw-rectangle port image-1 100 100))