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In April 2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $2,400,000 in funding to 12 cities across the country for the development of solar power projects. The DOE's Solar America Cities were chosen for their commitment and comprehensive approach to the deployment of solar technologies and the development of sustainable solar infrastructures. These projects further President Bush's Solar America Initiative (SAI), which aims to make electricity from solar photovoltaics cost-competitive with conventional electricity by 2015.
The Solar America Cities—Denver; Houston; Knoxville, Tenn.; Milwaukee; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Orlando, Fla.; Philadelphia; Sacramento, Calif.; San Antonio; San Jose, Calif.; Santa Rosa, Calif.; and Seattle—will each receive $200,000 from the DOE to integrate a variety of solar energy technologies throughout the city.
In addition to investing up to $2.4 million, the DOE also will provide hands-on assistance from technical experts to help cities integrate solar technologies into energy planning, zoning and facilities; streamline local regulations and practices that affect solar adoption by residents and businesses; present solar financing options; and promote solar technology among residents and local businesses through outreach, curriculum development and incentive programs.
The selected cities have varying degrees of solar resources and experience with solar technologies. Each will adopt a variety of approaches to building up their solar infrastructure and deploying cutting-edge technologies, which include solar water heating, photovoltaics and large-scale solar thermal technology. Sacramento, for example, will use the money to put photovoltaic panels on some city buildings, paving the way for more panels atop businesses and homes. The city's goal is to have five megawatts of solar panels on city buildings within two years and 40 megawatts of power from renewable energy sources by 2017. Currently, two buildings in the city are outfitted with panels, one appropriately at the California Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and a second at the Sacramento Zoo. The city also plans to use the federal assistance to help fund a regional incentives zone for sustainable businesses and a solar technician program at the local community college district.


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Jaguar XJ12 SI
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Welcome to Leaping Jaguar
The distant year of 1972 was a year full of stories, Bloody Sunday, Watergate, Munich Massacre, Godfather and SALT 1. Among all these news, an astonishing motor car emerged in July, threatening the Jaguar XJ6 as the Best Car in the World.
Welcome the Jaguar XJ12, brainchild and favourite cat of Williams Lyons, Jaguar's boss. Sporting the famous all alloy OHC V12 engine, displacing 5343cc and producing 309BHP SAE, 147mph top speed with 0-60 in 7.4 sec, making it the fastest four door on earth (and the most beautiful). It was an immediate success only dampened later by the 1973 Energy Crisis.
After the abandon of Le Mans racer XJ13 V12 DOHC project due to British Leyland pressures, Walter Hassan (Bentley, Coventry Climax), Harry Mundy (BRM, Coventry Climax, Autocar technical editor) and William Heynes turned their attention to produce a road going V12 engine. It was required to be cost effective to manufacture, obey future US emissions legislation and still produce adequate torque figures, more important than outright power on a luxury four door saloon, as the incoming XJ4 project was always intended to receive the V12 engine.
Several prototypes were experimented, including single cylinder engines to analyse different combustion chambers shape. Although the DOHC Hemi version produced incredible amounts of power (in excess of 500BHP), it was found that an OHC Heron head engine had similar if not superior torque figures up to 5000rpm, making it nicer to drive on a luxury four door saloon.
Unfortunately, due to Brico Ltd failing to develop a Fuel Injection system for this engine and other technical difficulties, the introduction of this engine was delayed, only first seen on the 1971 SIII E-type sports car, so in 1968 Jaguar was forced to re-use the venerable if somewhat ancient (introduced in 1948) straight six XK engine in the XJ6, the reason why all XJ series sport a central hump in their bonnets!
When Jaguar introduced their Jaguar XJ6 in 1968 it took the motoring world by storm, setting unprecedented standards in the industry. Here was a car that handled better than a sports car and was more comfortable and quieter than a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, for a fraction of its cost! Such was the demand for this car that a black market developed itself for it, causing such strange actions as a group of Swiss gentlemen travelling on purpose to protest at Jaguar London headquarters as they couldn't obtain a XJ6 back home!
Bob Knight, William Heynes and Tom Jones (not that one) were the men responsible for the engineering side of this beauty. Knight once mentioned that in his childhood, he was often mesmerised by the elegance and silence of Rolls Royce and other alike that would pass by him in Mayfair, London. It has driven him to develop the best car in the world, surpassing Rolls Royce and the Mercedes Benz's Teutonic austerity.
The XJ featured the famous Jaguar independent rear suspension with its four shock absorbers (IRS), limited slip differential (Salisbury 3.31:1) with the brake discs attached to it to reduce unsprung weight at the rear wheels. The front suspension possessed built-in anti-dive geometry and ventilated discs with three pot callipers developed later into 4 pot. All encased in sub-frames completely detached from the bodywork by Metalastick bushes, isolating further road noise and harshness of suspension movement. There's a double bulkhead (Lyons insisted on it) to further isolate the cabin from outside noise.
Williams Lyons personally instilled his styling genius in the XJ, making a worthy car to the Grace, Space and Pace Company's motto. The original XJ represents the acumen of Jaguar styling and engineering best efforts, with the elegant yet aggressive design by the legendary Lyons' talent, who hardly drew but used his company's carpenters to do mock ups until he felt the shape was right. It was so low in fact that Bob Knight once remarked as he stood by the car with Lyons, that if you came running out the house, you may trip over the car!
In these next few pages, you will find all kind of information relating these sublime automobiles and my personal odyssey to resurect my own XJ12 back to life!
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Advanced Metering Management System Architecture Ensuring Long-term AMM Success with the Right System Architecture
As smart metering grows in importance across the world's energy markets, one highly significant topic is the architecture design of Advanced Metering Management (AMM) systems, or smart metering systems as they are also called. In this document these terms are used in parallel. A Residential Advanced Metering Management system needs to gather data from hundreds of thousands, or millions of meters and send it all to a server within a very short space of time, compiled and verified for invoicing and other business requirements. Clearly this presents challenges to a system's architecture.


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Indigo Creek Apartments offers several options, as homes are available in a wide variety of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans to suit all needs. These spacious, modern layouts were designed with stylish finishes and include amenities that help make you feel right at home.
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In the neighborhood of Thornton you'll find your home at Indigo Creek Apartments. Along with the tall and contemporary architecture, our Thornton, CO apartments offer amenities such as a residential clubhouse with high ceilings and a grand fireplace, a resort-style pool, and a modern fitness center for your daily workouts.
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Not to mention, our apartments in Thornton, Colorado are crafted for beauty and comfort, featuring appointed kitchens with blonde wood cabinets and dark countertops, spacious bedrooms with attached baths and walk-in closets, and living rooms with plush carpeting and expansive windows. Are you searching for apartments in Thornton, CO? Come home to the best of modern living at Indigo Creek Apartments.
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You'll love the convenient location of Indigo Creek, a community of Thornton apartments. From various shopping and dining options, the Thornton area has plenty to offer—and you're near it all.
What's for dinner? Whether you feel like dining on American, Italian, or Mexican cuisine, there is no shortage of restaurants to suit your taste buds. Try 3 Margaritas, Denny's, Old Chicago, The Egg and I, or Cinzetti's Italian. If you need something on the go, there's Jack in the Box, Sonic Drive-In, and Wendy's.
Grab groceries and other home essentials at stores like Walmart Supercenter, Safeway, Kohl's, Target, and more. Outdoor enthusiasts can grab all their gear at Bass Pro Shop and Cabela's or visit a handful of specialty shops for winter sports like skiing and snowboarding.
These Thornton apartments are within easy access to Interstates 25 and 76, putting you minutes to down Denver and a short drive to Boulder parks and mountain resorts. So on the weekends, you can take a short drive to Echo Mountain or Winter Park Resort to hit the slopes.
Come discover comfort, convenience, and resort-style living in Thornton. The area is a great place to settle down and begin your life. Everything you need for your daily life is in close proximity. And when you want to seek adventure, hop on the Interstate and explore.
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Westminster, Colorado 80023Bluebird Theater3317 E Colfax Ave
Denver, Colorado 80206Colorado Rockies2001 Blake St
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Denver, CO 80229Meadow Community School9150 Monroe St.
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Oceans, Seas and Maritime photos
{Photography.74.1063}: Jil {rabbit} Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:59:25 CDT (1 line)
Oooh, I could all but live on lobster.
{Photography.74.1064}: Coyote {coyote} Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:49:41 CDT (1 line)
The raft is too funny! A floating living room.
{Photography.74.1065}: Coyote {coyote} Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:51:00 CDT (1 line)
I changed my mind. It's a floating man cave :-)
{Photography.74.1066}: TJ {tj2} Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:05:10 CDT (1 line)
I think it needs a railing...
{Photography.74.1067}: Glen Marks {wotan} Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:07:33 CST (4 lines)
Is this what the end of the world will look like?: "http://news.yahoo.com/magnificent-blue-glow-hong-kong-seas-disturbing- 212943493.html"
{Photography.74.1068}: Glen Marks {wotan} Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:20:41 CST (4 lines)
Is this better?: "http://qz.com/332233/photos-hong-kongs-toxic-pollution-creates- gorgeous-neon-blue-algae-blooms/"
{Photography.74.1069}: Jak King {jakking49} Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:21:37 CST (1 line)
The Fleet In Fog
{Photography.74.1070}: Jil {rabbit} Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:02:31 CST (1 line)
Very nice.
{Photography.74.1071}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:40:45 CST (2 lines)
Ooo... that's really nice. I love the soft vanishing point in the fog, and the bits of boat colors in the grayness.
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{Photography.74.1073}: Tom Coleman {tomcoleman} Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:20:16 CST (HTML)
{Photography.74.1074}: Jak King {jakking49} Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:34:28 CST (1 line)
Thanks all!
{Photography.74.1075}: Jak King {jakking49} Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:17:24 CST (1 line)
Rope, Metal, Wpod and Water
{Photography.74.1076}: Coyote {coyote} Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:17:11 CST (2 lines)
Nice! Line, texture, contrast, plus a combo of curvy and straight lines. Not to mention the diagonal bisection and great lighting.
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{Photography.74.1078}: Glen Marks {wotan} Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:40:19 CDT (4 lines)
Algal blooms as seen from space: "http://en.yibada.com/articles/25490/20150409/stunning-images-algal- blooms-taken-nasa-satellites-space.htm"
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{Photography.74.1084}: Coyote {coyote} Thu, 28 May 2015 12:49:59 CDT (1 line)
Each photo has such a different mood! Location?
{Photography.74.1085}: Frank Vehafric {fvehafric} Thu, 28 May 2015 14:12:23 CDT (2 lines)
The first two are the Oregon coast near Florence, the third one is more to the north, but I'm not sure where exactly, it's been awhile.
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{Photography.74.1087}: Glen Marks {wotan} Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:47:22 CST (4 lines)
The ocean floor beneath Antarctica": "https://gizmodo.com/the-seafloor-under-antarctica-is-shockingly- beautiful-1790361496"
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It is an exciting time in the national boat building community—the last surviving whaleship and oldest commercial vessel in America is being restored by Mystic Seaport. Built in 1841 in New Bedford, MA at the yard of Jethro and Zachariah Hillman, Charles W. Morgan had a successful 80-year career and made 37 voyages before her last sail in 1921. The Morgan retired at Colonel Edward H.R. Green's estate at Round Hill in South Dartmouth, MA and then moved to Mystic, CT in 1941. On November 1, 2008, she was hauled for restoration and relaunched in 2013.
The Morgan's overall length is 113 feet, with a 27-foot 6-inch beam and depth of 17 feet 6 inches. Her main truck is 110 feet above the deck; fully-rigged, and she is capable of carrying approximately 13,000 square feet of sail. The huge try-pots used for converting blubber into whale oil are forward; below are the cramped quarters in which her officers and crew lived for years at a time.
The Charles W. Morgan has a new life ahead of her, but her future depends on continual preservation. A major program of restoration and preservation began in 1968 to repair her structurally, and during the course of this work, it was decided to restore her to the rig of a double-topsail bark, which she carried from the early 1880s through the end of her whaling career. She appears as she was during most of her active career.
Mystic Seaport Museum posts up-to-date information on the restoration of Charles W. Morgan.
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Visit these websites for more information about individual whaleboat projects and updates.
Photographs from the 38th Voyage
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An photographer with a love of land and seascapes. I try to bring to my work the feelings and emotions that I am experiencing at the time of taking the photograph and I find that black & white captures those things perfectly.
My influences are varied but photographically those that I admire most, some obvious, some maybe not so, are Ansel Adams, John Gay, Eugene Atget, Nick Brandt, Sir Simon Marsden and Joe Cornish to name but a few.
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September 12
490 BC Athenian and Plataean Hoplites commanded by General Miltiades drive back a Persian invasion force under General Datis at Marathon.
1213 Simon de Montfort defeats Raymond of Toulouse and Peter II of Aragon at Muret, France.
1609 Henry Hudson sails into what is now New York Harbor aboard his sloop Half Moon.
1662 Governor Berkley of Virginia is denied his attempts to repeal the Navigation Acts.
1683 A combined Austrian and Polish army defeats the Turks at Kahlenberg and lifts the siege on Vienna, Austria.
1722 The Treaty of St. Petersburg puts an end to the Russo-Persian War.
1786 Despite his failed efforts to suppress the American Revolution, Lord Cornwallis is appointed governor general of India.
1836 Mexican authorities crush the revolt which broke out on August 25.
1918 British troops retake Havincourt, Moeuvres, and Trescault along the Western Front.
1919 Adolf Hitler joins German Worker's Party.
1939 In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany. On this day they reach their furthest penetration-five miles.
1940 Italian forces begin an offensive into Egypt from Libya.
1940 The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered.
1944 American troops fight their way into Germany.
1945 French troops land in Indochina.
1969 President Richard Nixon orders a resumption in bombing North Vietnam.
Born on September 12
1812 Richard March Hoe, who built the first successful rotary printing press.
1829 Charles Dudley Warner, essayist and novelist who, with Mark Twain, wrote The Guilded Age.
1880 H.L. Mencken, jornalist and iconoclast known as the "Sage of Baltimore."
1888 Maurice Chevalier, singer, dancer and actor.
1892 Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher.
1910 Alexander D. Langmuir, epidemiologist, created and led the U.S. Epidemic Intelligence Service.
1913 Jesse Owens, track and field athlete who won four medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
1931 Kristin Hunter, author (God Bless the Child, The Survivors).
1931 George Jones, country singer.
1943 Michael Ondaatje, Canadian novelist and poet (The English Patient)
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And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
1844 - Henri Castro and 35 colonists held an election to choose two justices of the peace, a constable and the name Castroville for their town.
1866 - At Oil Springs in Nacogdoches County, the first producing oil well in Texas came in.
1909 - Country singer Kenneth Threadgill was born in Peniel, TX.
1912 - Armando Marroquin was born in Alice, TX. He founded Four Star Records and Ideal Records.
1958 - The integrated circuit was successfully tested. The device was developed by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments.
1967 - The Texas Tourist Development Agency gave its official sanction to the President's Ranch Trail. This paved the way for the incorporation of the President's Ranch Trail Association later in the year.
1988 - Hurricane Gilbert hit the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The storm killed at least 260 people and caused about 19 tornadoes in Texas. (September 12-17)It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Jeff Withey had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Ben McLemore added 14 points and No. 9 Kansas used another big first-half run to help put away Richmond, 87-59 on Tuesday night.
Travis Releford and Naadir Tharpe each added 11 points, and Elijah Johnson had seven assists for the Jayhawks (9-1), who will ride an eight-game win streak into Saturday's showdown at No. 7 Ohio State - a rematch of last year's national semifinal won by Kansas.
The Jayhawks used an 18-0 first-half run to bury the Spiders, allowing them to push their home winning streak to 28 games, tied for the sixth-longest in school history.
Derrick Williams had 14 points and Cedrick Lindsay finished with 12 for the Spiders (9-3), who had been 7-3 in their last 10 games against ranked opponents.
The Jayhawks had an easier time with Richmond than the last time the teams met at Allen Fieldhouse. In January 2004, the Spiders waltzed into one of the most intimidating environments in college basketball and beat Kansas with a jumper in the final second.
It's one of the seven home losses in coach Bill Self's 10 seasons at Kansas.
Their game Tuesday night never had the same kind of drama.
Richmond appeared stunned by the boisterous crowd of 16,300 in the opening minutes, allowing the Jayhawks to get out to a quick lead. The Spiders' 3-point shooting allowed them to crawl within 15-11 with 11 1/2 minutes left before everything suddenly went cold.
Johnson started the Jayhawks' big scoring binge with a third-chance basket, McLemore buried his second 3 of the half and fellow freshman Perry Ellis scored inside. On the next possession, McLemore scored and went to the foul line, missed the free throw and watched as Ellis put it back for a four-point trip and a 26-11 lead with 8:20 remaining on the clock.
Withey got into the act with a bucket and then a three-point play, and Johnson finished off the 18-0 run with a couple of free throws that made it 33-11 with 4:26 to go.
Williams, a burly junior forward, provided the basket that ended the Spiders' 8-minute-plus drought, and two more baskets by Richmond trimmed the lead to 15 points.
It was the closest the Spiders would get the rest of the way.
Kansas answered with another four-point trip - Withey scored and missed his foul shot, and Kevin Young was there for the follow. And then with 1.5 seconds left, Releford went to the foul line and made good on both of his free throws, getting a second chance after missing the second when Williams was called for a lane violation.
It all amounted to a 39-18 lead at halftime, with the Jayhawks shooting 57 percent from the field and holding a 24-10 edge on the glass.
The Jayhawks were merely in it for style points in the second half, at one point putting together another 18-2 run that made it 73-35 with 5:21 left. Kansas went through the motions down the stretch as it started to turn its attention toward the Buckeyes.
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How does a bird handle the wind, hanging effortlessly while battered by gusts and darting through clusters of trees with seamless precision? Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor Russ Tedrake wants to understand how birds can operate under such conditions and create machines that can do the same. His current goal is to develop an aircraft that can fly like a bird, darting through trees and narrowly avoiding obstacles during fast-paced flight.
Tedrake and the Robot Locomotion Group, his research group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), recently unveiled a video of a new computer-controlled aircraft that is able to accurately perform knife-edge turns, rolling 90 degrees to dart through an opening narrower than the aircraft's wingspan.
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"The plane is like a three-dimensional, high-tech, jigsaw puzzle that contains almost no glue. It consists of over 30 independent pieces, many of which slide or snap together," says Tim Jenks, a senior in mechanical engineering who is working in Tedrake's research group. "Many of these pieces are laser-cut designs that could easily be produced in large quantities."
At present, the plane is operated using a motion-capture system similar to those used in Hollywood, but in the future researchers are planning to implement a vision system for guiding and controlling the aircraft.
Controlling an aircraft that is performing such dexterous movements at high speeds is difficult due to the complexity and unpredictability of airflow at high angles of attack, such as when performing a knife-edge turn. Before flight, computer models allow the researchers to plan a trajectory through the obstacles. Then, thanks to a time-varying linear quadratic control system, the plane can be accurately guided through knife-edge maneuvers. During flight, a remote computer computes the trajectory of the aircraft and sends the results wirelessly to the plane, where onboard computers send electrical signals to the motors, which activate the aircraft's wings.
The team decided to test its work with a knife-edge demonstration because the maneuver forced them to solve a tricky control problem.
"We picked the knife-edge experiment because it forces us to solve all the right problems," Barry says. "It's a challenge and control problem, as the aircraft has to be able to fly accurately and really quickly. Also, it's tricky to get the aircraft to roll accurately because the air flow isn't necessarily smooth."
"The challenge for the knife-edge task was to generate trajectories for the plane that pushed the hardware to the boundary of what it is capable of while still being able to follow the trajectory consistently and safely," says Anirudha Majumdar, a graduate student in Tedrake's group. "I see the task in the video as a small step toward the broader task that we've set ourselves of flying through cluttered environments like forests. The approach would be to have a large 'library' of trajectories similar to the one in the video that the plane can choose from as its sensors provide more information about the trees/obstacles in front of it."
Ultimately, the goal of Tedrake's work is to gain a better understanding for control theory, and how to operate machines under complex and varying conditions such as aerodynamic disturbances. Working on a project like developing an aircraft that can fly like a bird and perform knife-edge turns allows Tedrake and his team to test the effectiveness of their control systems with pretty clear results.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is the author. The first edition was by Delacorte Press in 1969. Several other publishers throughout the years, some in paperback.
Pseudo science-fiction. Or rather, uses time-travel as a prop.
Give me the Author and publisher please.
I am going over to the university library this week. A bit easier to look up in the serials list there.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is the author. The first edition was by Delacorte Press in 1969. Several other publishers throughout the years, some in paperback.
Pseudo science-fiction. Or rather, uses time-travel as a prop.
Thanks, sounds like a very good one to have out on the long nights on the drilling rigs.
My take is that Obama is quietly telling the other middle eastern leaders we won't help Israel if they continue with the oil to us as long as he's president and keep prices down so the public wont lynch him, as Iran builds a nuke and he do's nothing to stop them. In return hell short shift Israel with U.S. funding and make Israel give back 67 captured lands for a peace deal What Obama doesn't know is that every Arab is expected to lie as our troops know that are serving in the region. Our economy is going to tank as every middle eastern country dumps dollars for euros. With out of control inflation our inner city's will implode with violence like the 60.s race wars. SHTF will be local to the area your in. Food will be out of sight and it will be traded for goods and services with an underground economy. A lot of this will depend on how long the truckers will keep moving food to stores. If they get stoned by protesters from over passes on thruways things could come to a head real quick. I hope I'm wrong but ????
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I really think OBAMA is going to win. There are more HAVE NOTS right now than HAVES! He will promise to feed them and their kids. That will be all it takes.
Something along the lines of the world will screw over Israel. When that comes to pass, all of the stage will be set for the END!
And, when our goods and or products are worth only pennys on the dollar to the rest of the world, eveybody will be in line to take them all a bite. Nothing is going to operate as normal business. It will be a free for all.
Sorry to say, you are not wrong Frogman.
i have been an rn for over 2 years, while in nursing school ( this is a 2nd career, at the time i was 41), a fellow student (male) and i had a conversation about the number of nuclear devices isreal has, and when they will be using one or more of them. Iran being nuked by isreal is a common discussion at work. Obama doesn't know his ass from second base.
OBAMA is the very one needed to mess it up to happen nice for the enemy. It all falls into place. At this time in the line, it just all fits.
I saw a thing on Nostradomas this morning. His along with a couple of other people's predictions place the END to happen 12-12-12. If the END is supposed to happen at the end of the tribulation, we are currently just less than 7 years till this date. So, we are either awful close or a few of us are left behind?
Second career huh? I am thinking about that. Sitting in a box like cubicle all day is beginning to play a toll on my soul as an Electrical Engineer. More and more like Dilbertville.
maybe obama is the antichrist....
The antichrist is not supposed to make his play for power till the middle of the tribulation when EVERYTHING goes completely to SHIT! OBAMA will just be an orchestrator over here.
The Anticrist is going to be smart and highly intelligent. OBUNGA don't fit this requirement, yet. The Antichrist will arise from the Italian nation supposedly.
The Dome of the Rock is supposed to be destroyed before the rapture. This is the only thing which has not be fulfilled yet. Some nut with an RPG could cut loose on that building and make quick work of it.
I think there may be some distortion in the reasoning with the end of time date being 12-12-12? If the end of time being thought of as half way through the tribulation that would be 3.5 years from the start of that. If the world gets destroyed with a huge comet and the physics of nature change like it says in Revelation after 3.5 years into the 7 year period that will put 12-3.5=8.5. Or, half way through 2008!
We are half way through 2008 right now as when the Rapture should occur. So, I think a bit of distortion exist in the time speculated by these sophist. Nostradomas and the Mayans did not quite correctly measure the date 12-XX-12 as the end time?
But, don't live for the end! We are instructed not to live this way. Only GOD knows the hour of the end. But, it is something to ponder in ones head. And, I will say, I believe the end is getting close.
HUMM, I just thought of something else.
12-12-12 is almost January of 2013
12/30=0.4 months=0.4/12 years=0.03 years
11/12=0.92 years
S0, 2012 is 12 years. Add the time from the start of 2012 and this makes,
12.0+0.92+0.03 years=12.95 years.
Now, subtract the the half way point in the tribulation from this,
12.95-3.5=9.45 years
So now, this translates to the year 2009 and .45 years into it.
.45 years*(12 months/year)=5.4 months.
Could this put the rapture time at about the middle of June in 2009?
Who is to say???
It quit raining.
Time to go home.


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1The LORD is king,* robed with majesty;
the LORD is robed, girded with might.a
The world will surely stand in place,
never to be moved.b
2Your throne stands firm from of old;
you are from everlasting.c
3*The flood has raised up, LORD;
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the flood has raised its pounding waves.
4More powerful than the roar of many waters,
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5Your decrees are firmly established;
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* [Psalm 93] A hymn celebrating the kingship of God, who created the world (Ps 93:1–2) by defeating the sea (Ps 93:3–4). In the ancient myth that is alluded to here, Sea completely covered the land, making it impossible for the human community to live. Sea, or Flood, roars in anger against God, who is personified in the storm. God's utterances or decrees are given authority by the victory over Sea (Ps 93:5).
* [93:1] The LORD is king: lit., "the LORD reigns." This Psalm, and Ps 47; 96–99, are sometimes called enthronement Psalms. They may have been used in a special liturgy during which God's ascent to the throne was ritually reenacted. They have also been interpreted eschatologically, pointing to the coming of God as king at the end-time.
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All my husband and I needed was a Torino + Piemonte Card and a bus pass and the city was ours. We found Torino, Italy to be a "hidden treasure". I accompanied my husband to a world congress that was held on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Torino, Italy. Waiting for our luggage at the airport, chatting with other visitors, many at the airport were coming to meetings.
We learned that Torino was the start of many things that were later shared with the world-chocolate, the slow food movement, films in Italy, the largest market in Europe and more. Our first stop was our hotel, which was unique and remarkable. Once the Fiat Factory, it was converted to a multi-purpose building by architect Renzo Piano. It was amazing to see the way a restored Fiat factory became a designer hotel. This is a remarkable hotel, architecturally and historically. We learn from the website that "The building was restored by architect Renzo Piano and features a large central hall with natural light from the glass-roof above. The hotel's café and restaurant serves contemporary cuisine in a unique atmosphere. Rooms at the NH Lingotto Tech include allergy-free materials, floor-to-ceiling windows, and bathroom with multi-sensory shower. Guests have free access to the running track on the roof, originally the FIAT test track." The hotel was built in 1995 Connected to Lingotto Conference Centre, near Politecnico University, and offers many modern features including LCD TV and WiFi.
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As our cab approached our hotel, we noticed Eataly, which we thought was a restaurant. However,on closer inspection, we learned it was a delightful combination of food market, cooking school and restaurant. It is expanding into various Italian cities as well as Japan and Manhattan, and we are thrilled to learn it will soon be in our city, Chicago. The first Eataly was founded by Oscar Farinetti and opened its doors in Turin in 2007. Eatly website We found wonderful and exotic foods of all kinds in the market areas and then observed several restaurants offering different fare, which we enjoyed as well as amazing gelato.
Eataly's relationship to the Slow Food movement is a great explanation for why it began in Turin. Slow Food is an organization founded in 1989 in response to the concept of fast food and all it brings with it: fast life, disconnection from the origins of our food supply and disappearance of local food traditions. Its emphasis is on protecting the heritage of food and culture by strengthening the connections between plate and planet. Its belief is that farmers, producers, cooks and consumers must work together to protect the world's food heritage.
The Slow Food organization is a consultant for Eataly. Among other things, its members inspect Eataly's producers and farmers to ensure that the quality of their products is not compromised to satisfy growing demand. Slow Food helps Eataly showcase sustainable agriculture and artisanal food production. Slow Food website
Monday was my first day to explore Turin. With many museums closed, it was a perfect time for the Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour. It was a great way to get an understanding of the city architecturally, historically, and culturally. I was also better able to decide in what way I wanted to spend my time in the remaining days. Hop-On, Hop-Off Website
Some of the "must sees" included "The Shroud of Turin", the Egyptian Museum (Museo delle Antichità Egizie), The National Cinema Museum of Torino, and less well known, Reggia di Venaria which is part of the "Crown of Delights". Each of these is remarkable.
The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist where the Shroud of Turin is kept in the royal chapel seemed hard to find. In fact, it was very close to the Visitor Information office in at Piazza Castello, which seems to be the center of all kinds of activities in Turin. The Visitor Information Offices were easy to find and very helpful for us. It was easy to pass the church because it is unassuming and open for only a few hours in the morning and afternoon. It is well worth a visit not so much for the shroud, which can only be viewed as a photo since the original no longer exists, but the chapel is exquisite. Shroud of Turin Website
The Egyptian Museum, Museo delle Antichità Egizie is the only museum other than the Cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. The extent and quality of the collection seen here really impressed us. This in comparison to many other collections of artifacts from Egypt, at Chicago's Oriental Museum, the British Museum and so on. We have not been to Cairo so this museum was wonderful to see. Since the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion, who came to Turin in 1824, spend much time pouring over the collections, many international scholars have benefited from working here. It was Champollion who famously wrote, "The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin". The collections that make up the Museo delle Antichità Egizie today were enlarged by the excavations conducted in Egypt by the Museum's archaeological mission between 1900 and 1935 (a period when finds were divided between the excavators and Egypt). Museum Website
On the Hop-on, Hop-off bus tour, it was pointed out that Turin is home to many different cultures. Great Synagogue of Turin (Synagogue, Shul) is the Moorish style synagogue we went to see. The current building was designed by Enrico Petiti was inaugurated in 1884. During World War II, in 1942, the building was bombed. Its interior decorations and furnishings were destroyed. The reconstruction of the building, which largely copied the original, was completed in 1949. Currently, there is room for up to 1400 people with a second floor women's gallery that wraps around three sides of the sanctuary.
Around the corner was a wonderful restaurant on the 3rd floor at C.so Virrotio Emanuele, 41, C'era una volta. We loved the Chicago Blues that accompanied our amazing meal. C'era una volta website
On our bus tour, the Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of the City of Torino, could be seen from many locations since it is the tallest building in the city. My husband and I visited it one day and found it so fascinating we could hardly pull ourselves away. Our Torino Pass gained our admission and then we were given the choice of the line for the elevator for Mole Antonelliana or visiting The National Cinema Museum of Torino, which is housed there. We began on the elevator, which was a very exciting ride to the top of the building from which one can see the city and surrounding areas. The building has a fascinating history. Constructed by Alessandro Antonelliana during the second halfof the 19th century as a synagogue, the Jewish community found it too expensive and in 1869 with the base complete, they decided to donate the building to the city. On completion the structure rose to 167.5 meters, a record for the time. After viewing Torino we descended and now entered The National Cinema Museum of Torino.
The museum was especially fascinating to my husband and me having grown up in Los Angeles and being familiar with movies and loving them. But above and beyond that, this has to be the most remarkable museums of this kind anywhere. The fascinating museum setup, created by the Swiss set designer François Confino, leads visitors along an itinerary that is organized vertically on various levels. The museum is one of the most important of its kind in the world thanks to it vast collection and the many different scientific and educational activities it carries out. There are spectacular presentations that offer visitors continuous and unexpected visual and acoustic stimuli, just like when we watch a film that involves and moves us. We were mesmerized and so totally involved in all that we saw we had to drag ourselves away, reluctantly. Fortunately, this was a day of leisure and we did not need to cut the visit short. It is hard to say if it was the layout or the collection that was of most interest but the package is unbeatable. One of the most interesting displays was that of find a way to convey the sense of three-dimensional images that could move. The Cinema Museum Website has helpful interesting information.
During our visit we were fortunate to be able to see an important exhibition that included material from and about Martin Scorsese, which you can also see at the Scorsese Website
To our surprise and delight our our Turin card made it possible to ride a special shuttle and gain admission to Reggia di Venaria, one of the Royal Residences that comprise the "Crown of Delights", which was declared a World Heritage Site in1997. The Savoy Family, which was responsible for ruling and developing Turin and the surrounding countryside, created beautiful residences, which are unique in Europe. My husband and I had a delightful afternoon wandering the grounds of one and were amazed at the beauty and calm of the area outside the city. Learn more from the Residenze Reali Piedmonte website
As we boarded our train to Florence, we looked out at the Alps and were glad we had the chance to explore Torino.
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My fabrics... Moda Swell charms, Kona Snow, & Kona Lake
I'm so excited for everyone to be joining me! This is going to be a lot of fun whether you are a brand new quilter or even an advanced quilter. Will your quilt be perfect? Nah. Will you love it? I sure hope so... :)
This week we need to gather our fabric and supplies. I promised to keep this as basic as possible for the new quilters so feel free to read ahead if you already have your quilting supplies. Here are the basic supplies:
- rotary cutter & self healing cutting mat
- a quilter's ruler {a 6"x24" works well}
- scissors
- seam ripper {grrr...}
- thread in a neutral color {I like Gutermann}
- a basic sewing machine
- iron & ironing board
- hand sewing needle
- straight pins
- fabric marking pen/pencil
Charm packs are great because you get a whole line of fabric {approx 42 squares} for around $8. A charm square is 5"x5" and is easy to work with in a lot of different projects.
Our Quilt Along Design... Simple & Modern
In this quilt, the charm square will be the feature of each block. Like I said in my previous post, you could easily use squares cut from fat quarters, etc because variety isn't that important.
I plan to put a white border around each of my charm squares, add some wonkiness, and then add a larger border of color. You can vary this however you would like. I will need approximately 1 yard of white and 2 yards of light blue.
I use Kona solids. Please don't confuse Kona with broadcloth if you are in a store like Joann's. Broadcloth does not wash or hold up well. Trust me on this one. :(
When selecting your fabrics, you want the charms to "pop", float in the neutral border, and then have a nice contrast to the larger border fabric. That's my vision at least. You could easily reverse this and have the color border your charm and then white be your larger border.
If you have any questions selecting your fabrics or about the quilt along in general feel free to post here or send me an email! I have also set up a Flickr group so we can share our progress, ask questions, and have some fun getting to know each other.
Happy fabric shopping!!
P.S. My blog button on the left sidebar is working now! Feel free to grab it and invite your friends to quilt along with us :)
To clarify... this quilt will measure approximately 54" x 63" and yes, it will use all 42 charm squares. My sketch didn't include all 42 squares... I was a little tired and cross-eyed after a late softball game. ;)


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I run a club in a school with a 10 week programme taken from the resources on the Raspberry Pi website.
The list is:
Demo Programs
Getting Started With Scratch
Sonic Pi
Turtle Snowflakes
Minecraft Pi
Burping Jelly Baby
Robot Antenna
For the 10th week they can pick any project they want.
We have a raspberry pi each and some leds, resistors, jumper cables etc. for everyone, but limited other equipment (e.g we have only 3 cameras, 3 sense hats etc.)
We started with primary 7 children and they have been fine and understood the projects and were able to experiment at the end of each session.
Primary 6 children were also okay with a bit of guidance along the way.
We are now onto primary 5 children and I'm finding they are struggling, especially using python as it is unforgiving, and even subtle errors, such as an incorrect capital letter, will mean they are not getting the code to work, and need adult help to debug.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep it fun and engaging for this age group or projects that are easier and are rewarding immediately?


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Mystery around St Patricks Day tragedy which left 3 teenagers dead
CO. TYRONE, Northern Ireland - A major investigation is continuing into the events of Sunday night in Cookstown, in County Tyrone, which have resulted in the deaths of three teenagers aged between 16 and seventeen.
A fourth teenager, aged 16, is in stable condition in hospital, while 2 other teenagers were treated for injuries received on the night.
"First and foremost my thoughts this morning are very much with the families of the three young people who passed away and those who were injured. It is heart-breaking that an event which should have been fun for these youngsters on St Patrick's night should end in such a terrible tragedy," PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said on Monday morning.
Events unfolded shortly before 9.30pm Sunday night when the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call with reports of people injured outside the hotel. They declared it a major incident and police, Fire Service and Environmental Health then also attended the scene.
Police arrived within two minutes of the call from the Ambulance Service and quickly secured the scene. They made an urgent appeal via social media to parents of the young people to come and collect them from a Friends and Family Centre which was established in the nearby Glenavon Hotel.
The investigation is at an early stage, and while the exact cause of the incident is still unknown, there were reports of a crush at the scene and initial enquiries indicate that a large group of young people were waiting to enter a disco. Police also had reports of some fighting after the incident commenced and at least one person has reported that they were assaulted.
Police on Tuesday named the three teenagers who died in the incident as 16-year-old Connor Currie from the Dungannon area, 17-year-old Lauren Bullock from the Donaghmore area and 17-year-old Morgan Barnard also from the Dungannon area.
"It is now just over 24 hours since we launched our investigation into the tragedy that unfolded at the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on Sunday night," Detective Chief Superintendent Raymond Murray, Head of Serious Crime Branch, said Tuesday.
"Over a day into our investigation I can tell you we have already traced the identities of over 160 witnesses and have already spoken to a number of young people who were in the queue at the Greenvale Hotel on Sunday night. Arrangements have been made to speak to many more over the coming days."
"I want to thank everyone who has spoken with us so far, however, there is still a significant number of people who were there that night, in the queue, and I need them to come forward to speak to police so we can understand what happened. Initial CCTV viewing would lead us to estimate that perhaps as many as 400 people were in the queue or car park at that time," the detective chief superintendent said.
"A number of parents have indicated they are concerned that their children, who may have been underage, were trying to enter a licensed premises. I want to reassure you, the focus of our investigation is not the age of people who were at the event – it is about trying to find answers for the families of the three teenagers who tragically died – we need to know what you saw so the heartbroken families of Connor, Lauren and Morgan know what happened to their children."
"I would urge parents to talk with your children, support them and encourage them to come forward and tell their story to police so we can get an accurate picture of events that night," Murray said.
"Talk to your children, reassure them, we know they may be scared, but again I can assure you we are only interested in establishing what happened. Their account of events on Sunday night could be crucial to establishing how Connor, Lauren and Morgan died."
"There are a number of ways you can talk to us. Detectives can be contacted at the dedicated incident room at Dungannon police station by calling 101, extension 53055. You can visit the dedicated room at the Burnavon Arts Centre in Cookstown – this is open from 10am."
Anyone with any information, images or footage can also pass it to police via this link.


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The 4th of July is just around the corner! I don't go all out decorating for this holiday, but I do like to have a few patriotic touches out in the house. I fill my white pitcher with American flags and, this year, I glued red, white, and blue stars (punched out of scrapbook paper) onto clear thread that I tied onto the light fixture above our table. The thread is sandwiched between two stars.
This "shower of stars" is a simple and inexpensive way to add a touch of patriotic flavor to our summer decor.
Linked to: Hookin Up with HOH
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
4th of July Decorations
Posted by frillsfluffandtrucks at 7:00 AM
Labels: crafts, decorating
5 comments:
- Brittanie Gordon said...
We have that same light fixture! I love what you did with it!
- June 21, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- PJ | Patriotic Home and Garden Decorations said...
Simple but very nice. I don't like when people overdue their decorations. I love your creation. Less is very often more. :)
Best Regards
Paula Jo
- June 21, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Sheila said...
Very cute!
- June 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Tiffanee said...
I really love this idea! Thanks I am going to make me some!!
- June 24, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Tiffanee said...
I made some and hung them over my banister from upstairs to down. Looks so cool!! Thanks a ton!!
- July 8, 2011 at 10:25 PM
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Rehab going well, but Marcum may need extra start
DENVER -- Right-hander Shaun Marcum continued his rehab Thursday with a 41-pitch outing on a back field in Florida, striking out five over four perfect innings of an extended spring camp game.
Earlier Thursday, manager Terry Collins said he expected Marcum to throw 65-70 pitches in the outing, then increase his workload to 90 pitches next time out -- his last step before returning from the disabled list. But because Marcum threw only 41 pitches Thursday, he may need multiple additional outings to reach 90.
The Mets do not need a fifth starter again until April 27, but it is unclear if Marcum will be ready by that point. He has been on the disabled list since Opening Day with nerve inflammation in his neck, but Marcum currently feels no pain, according to Collins.
"We'll have to see how he comes out of the game today," Collins said. "I don't have anything written down as a time frame."
Also rehabbing in Florida are relievers Frank Francisco (right elbow inflammation) and Pedro Feliciano (left shoulder weakness). Both pitchers fired scoreless innings Wednesday for Class A St. Lucie, but neither has a timetable for his return.


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Mustang MonthlyProject Vehicles
1966 Ford Mustang - Project '66 - Engine Detailing - How To: Detail A 289 Engine
Make your vintage small-block look showroom new with the "right stuff."
Whether at a local burger-joint cruise or a Mustang Club of America National, one of the first areas a budding enthusiast or knowledgeable Mustanger will look at is your Mustang's engine compartment. If your Mustang is a daily driver that's serviced by the local auto parts chain without N.O.S. parts, the non-Autolite distributor cap, yellow plug wires, and flex fan can be forgiven as long as things are clean, painted, and presentable. But when it comes to being correct and standing tall next to your competitors on the show field in concours classes, it's going to take some serious elbow grease and a paycheck or two to get that 289 spiffed up and ready for the judges.
Our 289 for Project '66 was in just such form. The engine builder had painted it, but that's about it. We're not complaining, mind you, because that isn't the engine builder's job. So we had our 289 on an engine stand ready to be dressed; and dressed it will be, with all the right parts to make an MCA judge nod in approval. We once again picked the brains of the folks at National Parts Depot, who helped us determine what we needed for our project. NPD supplied just about everything we needed to get our 289 in top shape.
When it comes to concours detailing, take your time, research your project, and don't be afraid to ask questions and make a decision based on multiple "right" answers. We've seen all sorts of assembly line guffaws, so if your engine had a sticker in a certain place, feel free to put it back where it was originally. And if you're performing a V-8 conversion project like we did on our project car, be ready to locate pulleys, brackets, and such if your engine didn't come with them.
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Jon Enyeart and his crew at Pony Carburetors can take the grungiest-looking chunk of carburetor aluminum and steel and make it into a show-winning centerpiece for your engine restoration and detailing project. We asked Jon to help us convert to the dealer-installed single 4V Induction Kit (C6AZ-6B068-A). We shipped our tired Autolite 2100 2V to Jon, and he prepared the correct 4100 4V to complete our 4V conversion. While we already had a good, used intake and the proper linkage, return spring, and return spring bracket, Pony Carburetors has everything you'll need to make the switch to 4V induction, including the 4V cast-iron intake. If you want to get even more exotic, Pony Carburetors offers a three 2V setup with the fuel log and linkage.


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This Wednesday, the founders of Eat Sleep Play, Scott Campbell and David Jaffe, joins us for our weekly podcast and to take your calls.
Scott Campbell, former head of Incognito Entertainment and co-director of Twisted Metal, and David Jaffe, director of the Twisted Metal series and God of War, will be on Kotaku Talk Radio this Wednesday at 11 a.m. Kotaku Time (that's 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT), giving you a chance to quiz them on, well everything. Of course, that doesn't mean that the duo will talk about whether their next project is Twisted Metal or what they think of God of War III, but we'll see.
Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 11:00 a.m. mountain time (1:00 p.m. ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live a few minutes after the hour. If you're too busy, nervous, or shy to call in to ask your questions, you can always Tweet me during the show with them.
Subscribe to "Kotaku Talk Radio" in iTunes to continue to follow our show if you so choose. We'll also continue to provide direct downloads of the show a couple of hours after showtime each Wednesday.
You can also get us through Zune. And through RSS.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo.- Substitute Marvin Chavez scored two second half goals against his old club to help Chivas to a 3-1 victory at a snow-covered Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Sunday afternoon.
Traded to Chivas USA by the Rapids on Thursday, Chavez took advantage of his first MLS start of the season, scoring two goals against the team he reportedly requested a trade from last week.
Ex-Rapid midfielder Martin Rivero set up Erick Torres for his eighth goal of the season in the 56th minute, and then Chavez blasted home his two goals to send Chivas to their first win since their season opener on March 9th.
With Mother Nature making the elements difficult on Mother's Day, scoring chances were few and far between in the early going. Making his first start in nearly a full calendar year, Rapids forward Danny Mwanga had the first chance of the game in the 18th minute, but his open shot went well over the crossbar.
In the 25th minute, Rapids rookie midfielder Dillon Serna had the best chance of the half for either side, with his shot from 20 yards out barely missing Dan Kennedy's goal. Serna had another crack on goal eight minutes later, but the 20-year-old fired high again.
Rapids midfielder Jose Mari zig-zagged his way around two Chivas defenders to blast the half's only shot on goal, but Kennedy made the save on the Spaniard.
But with the wind and snow picking up as the half wore on, scoring opportunities were snuffed out as a result, and the game was scoreless at the break.
After not registering a single scoring chance in the first half, however, the visitors capitalized on their first chance of the match in the 56th minute. A simple cross from midfielder Martin Rivero – making his first start for the goats after his acquisition from Colorado - found a wide open Torres who headed in the goal (WATCH).
Then, the floodgates opened.
Chavez sprinted down the heart of the field, taking advantage of a huge gaffe in the Colorado back line to sprint 70 yards down the field and chipped over Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin for the 2-0 lead (WATCH).
Nine minutes later, Chavez started dancing after his second goal of the game. In the 76th minute, Marc Burch mis-played a back pass to Irwin, and the Honduran international pounced, firing home for his second goal of the game and ensuring a happy trip back to L.A. for the visitors (WATCH).
Deshorn Brown netted a 93rd minute consolation, but it was far too little, too late for the Rapids (WATCH).
The Rapids travel to Salt Lake City for the opening round of the Subaru Rocky Mountain Cup on Saturday night (9:30 p.m. MT, watch it on MLS Live), while Chivas finishes a two-game road swing with a trip to face FC Dallas (8:30 p.m. ET, watch it on MLS Live), where Chivas coach Wilmer Cabrera will face his old boss, FC Dallas skipper Oscar Pareja.
Chris Bianchi covers the Colorado Rapids for MLSsoccer.com.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Marvin Chavez (CHV)
|The Honduran international came back to burn his former team with two goals off the bench just days after being traded to Chivas.
|Bobby Burling (CHV)
|Defender made it look simple - reading plays well, stepping in to deny Rapids players from getting behind the defense.
|Jose Mari (COL)
Midfielder had a solid first half with solid holding play and creative passes, shots offensively


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My Must Watch Summer Movies for 2014
Summer movie season will soon be upon us and one must make plans what to watch now, when to watch later, and what not to watch all. So I got hold of Entertainment Weekly's Summer Move Preview issue:
105 films have been listed and I've chosen to watch only four on their release.
1. Jupiter Ascending A science fiction film directed by the Wachowskis. What else do you need to know?
2. A Most Wanted Man The late Philip Seymour Hoffman in a movie based on a John le Carre novel and directed by Anton Corbijn, who gave us the lush, smoldering thriller The American.
3. Frank's Miller Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Frank Miller is back to co-direct, bringing to life the next volume of his noirish Sin City series of graphic novels.
4. Lucy Scarlett Johansson and Luc Besson in one film. Obviously, I don't need to say more.
These are the only movies I will spend my hard-earned money, schlep down to my local movie theatre, buy overpriced, bland-tasting snacks, sit in the dark and enjoy the show. I have ignored such obvious blockbusters like Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. They just don't interest me except as RedBox rentals.


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We intend this open access journal to serve as a platform for synergistic interaction among academic and research institutions and engineers in industry on all aspects of structural changes in solids.
Thus the aim of this journal is to bring together researchers and engineers whose interest lie in the mechanics and applications of micro and macro structural changes that occur (or can be induced) in a wide range of solids. Such changes would relate to phenomena in metals, ceramics, polymers and biomaterials such as inelasticity, solid to solid phase transformations, buckling and similar instabilities that can be usefully exploited, growth, properties of multiconstituent materials , ageing, damage and time dependent effects.
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Vol 5 (2013)
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Modeling bending response of shape memory alloy wires/beams under superelastic conditions - A two species thermodynamic Preisach approach
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Numerical Solution of Many-body Wave Scattering Problem and Creating Materials with A Desired Refraction Coefficient
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by Tom Utescher
With last Tuesday night's victory over the visiting Wilmington Wildcats coming on the heels of a successful outing against Post University the previous weekend, the women's basketball squad at Chestnut Hill College chalked up back-to-back wins for the first time since mid-November.
The Griffins had started out the season 2-0, but then fell into a 2-11 funk before their recent consecutive victories. Besting Wilmington last week, 66-55, Chestnut Hill improved to 4-6 within the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, and 6-11 overall.
"We're seeing better decision-making in our offense; we're being patient in order to get the best possible shots," pointed out CHC coach Kiesha King. "We're containing the driving lanes on defense and forcing people to shoot outside, and we're trying to stop giving up easy points by keeping the other team off the foul line."
Going into the holiday break, sophomore Lindsay Alexander was the leading scorer and rebounder for CHC, and if opponents could contain her to any extent, the Griffins often found themselves in trouble. Lately other players have stepped up to make Chestnut Hill a more balanced ballclub.
Against Wilmington, Ashlen Stayrook netted a game-high 19 points and another junior forward, Ebony Washington, scored 12 points and led all rebounders, with 10.
"Both of them have definitely been more confident recently, and they're stepping out on the court and showing their abilities," noted Coach King.
Their efforts have been balanced by some solid performances in the backcourt from the likes of junior Kamia Smith, who had 11 points, four rebounds, and four assists against the Wildcats.
King explained, "Asha Jones being back [from injury] definitely gives us a lift. She's a very gritty, tough, quick guard to go along with Kamia, who's more of a distributing guard. We're still learning to play with one another, but we're developing some chemistry now, and I expect us to keep moving forward."
Jones, a sophomore, recorded eight points, six rebounds, and four assists in last Tuesday's victory.
The teams fought to a 26-26 draw in the first half, and the leading scorers – Washington for CHC and Ashley Davision for the Wildcats – each had 10 points. In the second period, the Griffins got out of the gate with a 9-0 run that included field goals by Stayrook, Alexander (seven points, four rebounds total) and senior center Cecilia Herald (five points, four rebounds) and a three-pointer by Smith.
The Wildcats stayed close behind for quite a while, narrowing the gap to two points with just under six minutes to go, but from there the Griffins expanded their lead into double digits, allowing the home crowd to relax a bit as the teams came down the stretch.
Chestnut Hill's Stayrook and Smith had gone from a combined total of seven points in the first half to 23 in the second. Davison finished with a team-high 15 points for Wilmington.


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