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Le Guglie B&B se situe dans un élégant édifice jaune dans le centre historique de Venise, aux alentours de l'ancien quartier juif à quelques pas de Rialto et Place San Marco. L'immeuble se trouve sur le canal de Cannaregio qui est... Plus d'informations
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B&B Ca' Bella is a colourful, traditional Venetian home with a cozy private courtyard, hugged by a quiet canal, situated at short walking distance to the Rialto bridge and Piazza S.Marco. It's easy to find and invites to explore... Plus d'informations
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Phantoms Recall Defenseman Cullen Eddy
December 31, 2010
The Adirondack Phantoms announced today that they have recalled defenseman Cullen Eddy from the Greenville (SC) Road Warriors of the ECHL. Eddy will be available for the December 31 game against the Springfield Falcons.
Eddy appeared in four games with the Phantoms from November 17 through November 24 recording one assist. The Mercyhust College product has played in 16 games with Greenville this year with one goal and three assists. This includes 7 games since his most recent return to Greenville on November 25. He scored his first professional goal on October 29 in a game against South Carolina. His first call-up to the Phantoms on November 17 was a day before his 22nd birthday. The 6'0"
righty shooter is from Hidden Valley, PA.
This is Eddy's third call to the Phantoms although the first two happened a couple days from each other while Adirondack was on the road in Charlotte. Eddy also played with the Phantoms during the preseason and scored a goal in the October 3rd exhibition game at Syracuse.
Friday afternoon is the traditional New Year's Eve game with a 3:00 start time presented by Nemer Ford. All of the Phantoms players will be appearing in Heritage Hall after the game to meet with the fans, sign autographs and take pictures.
Saturday night at 7:00 is the first game of 2011 as the Phantoms renew their Time Warner Cable Cup rivalry with the Albany Devils.
Don't be left out! Tickets for all Phantoms games are on sale now.
Discount rates are available for groups of 15 or more. Save off the individual ticket price by asking the Phantoms about their great group rate packages.
The AHL is celebrating their 75th anniversary season and is the top development league for the NHL. More than 85 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates and more than 6 million fans attend AHL games every year.
Come watch future NHL stars and up-and-coming Flyers prospects with exciting Adirondack Phantoms hockey! A variety of ticket packages for all the fast-paced action are on sale now. The Phantoms selection of discount ticket packages includes 3-packs, 6-packs, 12 and 22 Select Plans, full season plans and Flex Packs. Choose the plan that works best for you! Get your tickets at the Phantoms office inside the Glens Falls Civic Center, online at ticketmaster.com, or by calling the Phantoms at 518-480-3355.

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It's no Alibaba, but the Citizens Financial Group offering is important to the market.
- Can Sears, Rite Aid come back?
Only one of these troubled companies is worth owning, Jim Cramer says.
- Fracking gives energy boom room to run
Wells have become more productive -- a trend that should keep the fuels flowing.
U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit.
By Alyce Lomax
Wal-Mart's (WMT) third-quarter results summed up a retailer that's stuck between a rock and a hard place. The discount giant has finally reversed the course of its long-declining U.S. sales. However, it has sacrificed some profitability in its drive to lower prices to increase sales.
Third-quarter net income from continuing operations dipped 2.9% to $3.34 billion, or $0.97 per share. On the other hand, net sales increased by 8.1% to $110.23 billion.
These stocks were debut darlings of 2010, rising sharply in their first year of trading. Now, after suffering some growing pains, they can be bought at a much better price.
By Stockpickr Staff
When it comes to investable ideas, you don't need to always search for new ideas that may or may not appreciate in value. Instead, you can focus on stocks that have already proven themselves to hold appeal in the past. Often, these same stocks can fall in value as the market hits a speed bump. With that in mind, we're re-visiting these strong IPO plays of a year ago, focusing on those names that delivered solid gain in their first year of trading, followed by profit-taking in their sophomore year.
For those that missed these highflyers the first time around, the current sell-off may represent a buying opportunity. Here are three IPO stocks that could rebound in 2012.
New-home construction is still extremely weak, and is the main reason this recovery feels so anemic.
By: Dirk Van Dijk
We got some fairly good news on the housing front Thursday morning. Housing starts fell in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 628,000 from 630,000 in August, a drop of 0.3%.
The number was better than the expected level of 603,000.
However, the September numbers were revised sharply lower from 658,000, and it looked like a lot of the starts got pushed into October. So call the beat of expectations and the downward revisions a wash.
The IPOs are coming in at a fast and furious pace after a prolonged freeze.
Angie's List (ANGI) saw a quick 40% pop on its first day of trading, rising as high as $18.75 before settling back to $16.50 in the afternoon.
The consumer-reviews site didn't have the first-day buzz of many of its Internet peers, but its gains showed that the IPO environment for even smaller companies is becoming more friendly.
From autos to cloud computing, this company helps manufacturers produce more efficient devices.
Ansys (ANSS) is a company right in the middle of figuring out where power comes from, where it goes and how best to use it.
The company designs and runs complex and critical simulations for manufacturers of every stripe. Its customer base exceeds 40,000 and includes 96 of the top 100 industrial companies in the U.S.
The retail-sales outlook has been grim, but actual numbers have been surprisingly strong. Should you look to buy in?
By Tom Aspray, MoneyShow.com
October's jump in retail sales caught some by surprise, and suggested that consumer spending is healthier than many think. This was the fifth consecutive monthly increase. Electronics and building supplies led the way.
On the other hand, department-store and retail-apparel sales were down. The strong seasonal period for retail, as I noted last month, generally runs until at least the start of December, if not all the way until Christmas.
The company will focus on expanding in the UK and Ireland in the next few months.
The company has made some progress recently by signing content deals and expanding its reach on mobile devices. Even hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who famously shorted the stock, is now long.
As the European debt crisis threatens to spiral out of control, banks are desperately seeking shelter from the storm.
By Shanthi Bharatwaj, TheStreet
As the European debt crisis threatens to spiral out of control, banks are scrambling behind the scenes to protect their balance sheets and hedge their exposure to ride-out an increasingly scary 2012.
But while some of the moves may help mitigate the losses from Armageddon, market watchers say certain financial insurance policies -- particularly credit default swaps on sovereign debt -- may not work in a new financial crisis.
More shopping options and jobs are good, but low wages and competition for mom-and-pop business may be bad.
Wal-Mart (WMT) has taken a beating lately. Disappointing earnings showed higher costs sapped profits, and the retailer recently lowered its full-year forecast. Costco (COST) and others continue to overshadow Wal-Mart in the discount market. WMT stock has gone pretty much nowhere in two years.
But there are signs that things could be turning around. The company has stopped its slide in U.S. same-store sales at its stores recently and is embarking on an ambitious campaign to tap into urban markets.
A better sales mix should give a boost to the automaker's share of the North American car market.
However, Ford's car sales have improved 7% year to date from 2010. Its Fiesta, Fusion and Focus models have seen strong retail sales, and a better sales mix in the medium term should boost its share in the North American car market. Ford mainly competes with General Motors (GM), Toyota (TM), and Honda (HMC).
Earnings projections suggest the stock is now at bargain levels for long-term investors.
Target (TGT), a 'buy' on our recommended list, just delivered a stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit; gains were driven by solid sales in higher-margin categories like is signature apparel lines and home goods.
The credit card unit also performed well as the penetration of the company's REDcard rewards credit card, which gives cardholders a 5% discount on purchases, rose to 9.5% from 5.5%.
Will Eddie Lampert's retail empire ever get its act together?
Sears Holdings (SHLD) CEO Lou D'Ambrosio deserves credit for not sugar-coating lousy quarterly earnings. Too bad talk is cheap.
The struggling retail empire controlled by investor Eddie Lampert reported a net loss of $421 million, or $3.95 per share, significantly worse than the loss of $218 million, or $1.98, a year earlier. Sales slumped for the 19th straight quarter, tumbling 1.2% to $9.57 billion.
A number of carriers plan to launch new international and domestic routes next year while curtailing non-profitable flights.
By: Zacks Equity Research
After a prolonged battle with soaring fuel prices and capacity pullback to optimize the cost structure, airline companies are on a spree to expand network capacity.
Companies like Delta (DAL), JetBlue (JBLU) and Southwest (LUV) are the latest to join the bandwagon after United Continental (UAL) announced last week that it will launch flights in new international routes in the first half of 2012.
The company has seen rapid customer growth, which analysts think reflects market acceptance of enterprise cloud computing.
By: Zacks Equity Research
Salesforce.com (CRM) is scheduled to announce its third-quarter results Thursday afternoon, and we see limited movement in analyst estimates to date.
Second Quarter Overview
Salesforce.com delivered decent second-quarter results, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate on the bottom line. The quarter's adjusted earnings came in at 6 cents per share, 3 cents ahead of our expectation.
With each bond auction worse than the previous one, we're caught in an endless downward spiral.
If you know that every bond auction of almost every country in Europe is going to go badly from now on, if you know that any particular country, like Spain or Italy, has endless financing needs and no institution can afford to show that it has that paper on the books, then you are set up for an endless spiral down. You can't break it. It's as if every day a new Macondo well goes off and the only way to stop it is to let it run out.
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Love Stinks Playlist
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
In honor of the Candy 95 Love Stinks Ball I have decided to make a playlist. These are my top 10 picks for mostly empowering, somewhat mean, make you happy to be single not-love songs.
1. Noah and the Whale – 2 Atoms in a Molecule
2. Hailey Wojcik – Anglerfish
3. Gives You Hell – All American Rejects
4. Jack Johnson – Sitting Waiting Wishing
5. Brand New- Mix Tape
6. Beck – Lost Cause
7. Motion City Soundtrack – Last Night
8. Alanis Morsette – You Oughta Know
9. Dynamite Hack – Anyway
10. Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
If you are flying solo this Valentines weekend come out and party with us for the 8th annual Love Stinks Ball at the Tap this Saturday Feb.12th.
Also let me know what you think of the playlist or if youve got some not-love songs of your own.


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Seven years later Robert was still mentally impaired and his personality far different than before the accident, but he knew his family, knew he had had a brain injury that upended their lives, and asked lots of questions. He carried with him at all times a reporter's notebook, in which he had written the information most important to him: his daughters' ages — 9 and 11 — and that he has "known my honey" 18 years.
He could remember snippets of his pre-injury life — the made-up song he and [his wife] Page sang to their girls, his nicknames for colleagues, that he had been an Eagle Scout. And though he still broke Page's heart every day with a sweet and childlike simple-mindedness — repeating his plans to "take meds, wash hands and brush teeth" like a mantra, or excitedly announcing that he'd won a candy bar at a penny toss "and didn't cheat at all" — once in a while, he would say something insightful and completely on point.
Just days earlier, at the Sunrise assisted-living facility where he lived for several years, Robert had looked at Page with earnest eyes and the relaxed demeanor he used to have and asked if it was hard for her to pack up the house: "Does that cause you distress, darlin'? Make you sad?" Page took his hand, and her eyes filled with tears. "We had the best days of our lives and the worst days of our lives in that house," she said quietly. "So, it's very bittersweet to leave it."
"It is bittersweet," Robert echoed.
We read this one all the way through. Heartbreaking, but uplifting.
People who live at the bottom of the social order, especially at the bottom of more than one of its hierarchies, are frequently condemned to a life of crippling disadvantage. The existence of such mutually reinforcing power hierarchies calls the social order itself into question as a matter…
The idea that an ugly face might hide a subtle mind has attracted scientific inquiries for many years. At first, scientists wanted to know whether it was possible to read someone's intelligence from the shape of his face. In 1918, a researcher in Ohio showed a dozen photographic portraits of well-dressed children to a group of physicians and teachers, and asked the adults to rank the kids from smartest to dumbest. A couple of years later, a Pittsburgh psychologist ran a similar experiment using headshots of 69 employees from a department store. In both studies, seemingly naive guesses were compared to actual test scores, and turned out to be accurate more often than not.
Nigeria has closed its borders, as the United Nations shares a report warning that Nigeria's Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, may have established links with the north African affiliate of Al Qaeda. The border closures are designed to prevent infiltration by such groups.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is a sin," reportedly aims to "abolish the secular system and establish an Islamic state" in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north, and has been blamed in the deaths of 510 people in the past year. Its techniques have largely been of an unsophisticated sort, with gunmen spraying gunfire into crowded areas such as Christian churches and businesses. But it has shown increasing sophistication with car bomb attacks on the nation's capital of Abuja and the use of suicide bombers.
On Tuesday night, gunmen opened fire on customers at a local beer hall in the town of Potiskum in Yobe state, killing eight civilians and four policemen.
Tension in Nigeria – Africa's largest oil exporter – has been felt far outside its borders, as the violence and an ongoing series of protest strikes contributed to the rise of crude oil prices, with the price of Brent Crude rising 83 cents to $113.28 on Tuesday.
In New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru to discuss the current troubles in Nigeria, and the regional rise of violent militant groups.
Mr. Ban shared a report with Mr. Ashiru, which flagged "growing concern in the region about possible linkages between Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb," a north African terror group that has been blamed for terror attacks, assassinations, and kidnappings inMauritania, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
Citizens groups and interfaith networks have called on the Nigerian government to deal with the Boko Haram threat. In the northern state of Kaduna, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed – head of an interfaith group called the Kaduna Roundtable – issued an appeal for help.


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2012 Baseball Preview — Top 10 Relievers
1. Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees – Still the best closer in baseball, despite being 42 years old. Rivera has amassed 603 career saves and last season finished second in the American League with 45. He has finished with a sub-2.00 ERA the past four seasons.
2. Jonny Venters, Atlanta Braves – Despite not being his team's closer, Venters might be the game's most dominating reliever. He throws a mid-90's fastball with wicked movement to go along with his knee buckling slider leaving many helpless in the batter's box. In his first two seasons as a big-leaguer, Venters struck out 189 batters, pitched 171 innings, and gave up only three homers.
3. Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves – The 23-year-old is the only one standing in the way of Venters being the Braves full-time closer. If you can believe it, Kimbrel's fastball is both harder (high 90's) and has more movement than Venters. Kimbrel set a National League rookie record by saving 46 games last year. If he can improve his control (3.7 BB/9 last year), he might challenge Rivera's saves record by the time he's 35.
4. John Axford, Milwaukee Brewers - Has beaten out a 600-career saves man (Trevor Hoffman) and the single-season saves record holder (Francisco Rodriguez) the past two years to earn the closers job in Milwaukee. Axford led the NL in saves last season with 46.
5. Jose Valverde, Detroit Tigers – Finished last season perfect, saving 49 of 49 games, and leading all of Major League Baseball in saves.
6. J.J. Putz, Arizona Diamondbacks – After a few seasons of being forced (by the Mets and White Sox) into a set-up role, where he is not comfortable, Putz flourished as closer of the resurgent Arizona Diamondbacks. He logged a career-best 45 saves and had an ERA of 2.17, helping the D-Backs complete a worst-to-first season.
7. Eric O'Flaherty, Atlanta Braves – O'Flaherty is the third man in the Braves "Nasty Boys 2.0" and had, statistically, the best year of any of them, finishing the season with an 0.98 ERA in 73.2 innings.
8. Brian Wilson, San Francisco Giants – Last year was frustrating. Even before battling injuries down the stretch, Wilson struggled to hold onto leads early in the season, but he was able to eventually get it together until having to sit out half of August and most of September because of an elbow injury. However, the one thing that Wilson does not lack is confidence, and assuming he has good health, he figures to have a strong rebound season.
9. Jonathan Papelbon, Philadelphia Phillies – Has not been the same pitcher he was early in his Boston career, but a change in leagues and teams gives him a fresh start and a clear mind.
10. Heath Bell, Miami Marlins – Miami signed Bell in the offseason to solidify the back end of the bullpen. Bell has 134 career saves and had at least 40 in the past three years, all with San Diego.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Cincinnati Reds closer Ryan Madson was ranked seventh on this list, but was recently lost for the season to an elbow injury and will have Tommy John surgery.
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How Often Should I Change My Filters? Why Is It Important To Change Them?
How Often Should I Change My Filters? Why Is It Important To Change Them?
By Mark Jackson
The filter on your furnace serves two purposes? It filters particulates in your home's air to protect your family. The filter also keeps contaminants from damaging the efficiency and effectiveness of your furnace operation. Did you know that because of things such as dust, pet hair, pollen, and volatile organic chemicals in carpeting, paint, and cleaning agents the air inside your home can be as much as 5 times as dirty as the air outside the house. The only thing protecting you is that little 1" filter down at the furnace location.
When you are standing in the filter aisle at the local home center the task of deciding which filter to buy can be pretty daunting. Let's try to help you out a little. Here is my first rule of thumb; if you can see through the filter, don't buy it. That filter will do nothing to protect the health of your family, and very little to protect the life of your equipment. To help you a little more, let me introduce to my buddy MERV. Filter efficiency MERV, which stands for Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, is a rating that was developed by ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers), and it is used to assess the filtering power of an air conditioner or furnace filter.
The MERV scale consists of ratings from 1 to 16, with filter performance being greater as the number increases. On the MERV scale, dirt particles are graded from 0.3 microns to 10 microns. A micron is 1 millionth of a millimeter, and just to give you an idea of just how small that is, you can look at the size of a single human hair. The average strand of human hair is about 100 microns thick, so imagine just how small 0.3 microns of dirt is! Why is MERV Rating Important?
While all filters will provide you with the filtering efficiency needed to improve the air quality of your home, depending on the particular needs of your family, you may require a filter that has a higher MERV rating. Cases in which this is likely are those when you or someone in your home suffers from allergies, respiratory problems, or other similar incidences. Then again, you may just want to get the best filter for your family so that the indoor air quality around your home is the best it can be.
Often the filter will have a recommended change cycle on it. Usually, the higher the MERV rating, the longer the cycle between changes, but this isn't always the case. High activity homes with pets and children may require more frequent filter changes. Visual inspection of the filter is the best method for determining if it's time to change the filter. Write the date of the filter change on the filter. Then, when you inspect the filter, you begin a to get a feeling for when it is best to change to a new filter.


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( 1717–80), Archduchess of Austria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740–80. The daughter of the Emperor Charles VI, she succeeded to the Habsburg dominions in 1740 by virtue of the Pragmatic Sanction. Her accession triggered the War of the Austrian Succession, which in turn led to the Seven Years War.
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Today, the White House released President Obama's proposal for health care reform in advance of the bi-partisan health summit to be held this Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.
According to the White House's website, "The President's Proposal builds off of the legislation that passed the Senate and improves on it by bridging key differences between the House and the Senate as well as by incorporating Republican provisions that strengthen the proposal."
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Among new provisions not previously included in either the House or Senate bill, a new Health Insurance Rate Authority would be created to provide Federal assistance and oversight to States in conducting reviews of unreasonable rate increases and other unfair practices of insurance plans.
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By Andrew R. Johnson
Higher-than-expected expenses at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) and Northern Trust Corp. (NTRS) outweighed revenue and earnings gains in the fourth quarter, sending shares of the trust banks down Wednesday.
Bank of New York Mellon's profit rose 26% to $635 million, or 53 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, driven by increases in assets under management and assets under custody.
Its earnings matched analysts' estimates of 53 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters, though investors reacted to a 4.4% increase in expenses from the third quarter, driven by rising compensation, professional services and merger and restructuring-related costs.
Similarly, higher costs also hurt Northern Trust, despite reporting a 28.8% increase in earnings. Non-interest expenses rose 6.5% from the third quarter to $741.5 million, the company said Wednesday, citing higher "outside services" costs, including consulting and legal services, as well as increased business promotion expenses, account servicing activities and restructuring charges.
"Core expenses were much higher than expected" for Northern Trust, Ken Usdin, an analyst with Jefferies, wrote in a research note on Wednesday.
Northern Trust reported a profit of $167.7 million, or 69 cents per share, up from $130.2 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast earnings of 75 cents per share.
Shares of Bank of New York Mellon were down 2.4% at $26.15 in recent trading. They have risen more than 21% over the past 12 months.
Northern Trust's shares were down 3.3% at $51.06 in recent trading, though its shares have also risen more than 21% over the past 12 months.
Shares of State Street Corp. (STT), another trust bank scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings Friday, were also down 1.4% at $50.10 in recent trading.
Trust banks act as custodians and servicers for corporations and Wall Street and make most of their money collecting fees for various servicing activities, leaving results heavily dependent on market forces.
Revenue increased year-over-year for both Bank of New York Mellon and Northern Trust, thanks to higher income.
Bank of New York Mellon said revenue increased 2.2% from a year earlier to $3.62 billion, while Northern Trust's revenue increased 1.5% to $969.7 million.
Gerald Hassell, chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of New York Mellon, said during a conference call Wednesday that the "market environment continues to be challenging" to some of its revenue streams, citing low interest rates and "tepid capital markets."
The company was able to offset revenue declines in businesses such as depository receipts and foreign exchange with "growth in investment management and other investment services businesses" that also carry higher costs, Mr. Hassell said.
"The shift in the revenue mix was the principal cause of the growth in expenses year-over-year and sequentially above the level that you might have expected," he added.
The company's provision for credit losses was a credit of $61 million, driven by a reduction in the allowance for loan losses related to its residential mortgage loan portfolio, compared with a credit of $5 million in the prior quarter and a loss of $23 million a year ago.
Assets under management were up 10% from the previous year to $1.4 trillion, while assets under custody and administration climbed 9% to $26.7 trillion.
Northern Trust said its assets under management increased 14% to $758.9 billion and assets under custody increased 13% to $4.8 trillion, both from the year-ago quarter.
Loan-loss provisions were down sharply at $5 million from $12.5 million a year earlier.
New business from financial institutions looking to cut costs by outsourcing some activities they would have normally done themselves has helped to bolster fee revenue for custody banks.
Fees from trust, investment and other services rose 15% to $622.6 million reflecting strong new business, the favorable impact of equity markets on fees and lower waived fees on money-market mutual funds, Northern Trust said.
--Ben Fox Rubin and Tess Stynes contributed to this story.
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January, February, March
Have You Heard? This will be a Member Owned and Operated Gliderport! Just as we are all concerned about the future of soaring in Northern California, Rex Mayes has a project West of Williams, CA, and near the Mendocino Mountains, to build a member owned and operated Gliderport.
Interested? www.californiaskyranch.com
Wave season is upon us in PASCO-land, and it's time to review some considerations of flying at high altitudes for extended periods of time. The first consideration, because it can kill, is hypoxia... (~ by Fred LaSor -- read the full article in the articles section: More ...)
See West Wind for details of the AGM (Annual General Meeting) and PASCO goals for 2009 http://www.pacificsoaring.org/westwind/westwind.html.
More and more pilots are taking advantage of the PASCO website and the wealth of information it contains.
Thanks to Larry Roberts! View the PASCO Awards page.
Region 11 (Hawaii) pilot and Hawaii State Altitude record holder David Bigelow was killed in a January 2009 altitude record attempt above Mauna Loa, Hawaii. http://www.hawaii247.org/tag/david-bigelow/
Local FAA contacts expect this to happen this year - We'll update as soon as we find out.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has authorized (and will in future authorize) wind energy site testing towers on a number of mountain peaks in Nevada and California. Most of these towers are a metal pole 6" in diameter rising to a height of 180' above ground, and guyed by an array of wires coming down at an angle. The towers might have a flashing red light on top, or no marking device at all. PASCO will try and ascertain the coordinates of these masts, to help improve local pilot awareness.
Planned and approved areas for these testing towers is available at http://www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/Map.jsp?MAP=Energy
Click the box on the right labeled "Wind Energy Rights of Way", then zoom in to see the colored areas on the map.
This beautiful Trans-American trophy, (photo in the left column of this page) the brainchild of Sergio Colacevich, has been funded through a significant PASCO donation. Follow Alby's voyage at: http://albysvoyage.blogspot.com/
PASCO supports up to 4 students a year with rating exam cost support – but no-one is applying!! Instructors – please review the PASCO Scholarship page for details of how you can take advantage of this program to encourage youth soaring.
The Northern California Soaring Association (NCSA) also supports students with the Dave Cunningham Youth Scholarship.
John is shown with his parents, John and
Katherine. He was about to pre-flight NCSA's
Blanik L-13 glider.
The NCSA had their annual Safety Seminar this February in Byron, California - with 58 in attendance. Five of our Junior members were present, aged 13 to 21.
One of these was John Pericich, aged 13 who is the first recipient of the NCSA Cunningham Memorial Youth Scholarship, (in honor of Dave Cunningham who died last year). John is passionate about flying and very serious about his flight training with us and we fully expect him to solo on his 14th birthday. He will apply to receive PASCO support for his Private Pilot Glider checkride when he is ready two years later.
SSA Regional Governor Marc Ramsey is spearheading a small group of folks interested in starting a Winch Launch Club to establish winch launch training and lower cost launches in the region.
View Video – the goal here is to create critical mass of winch launch access and training to lower the cost of soaring and encourage more of the public to soar. Check out: The Winch Launch Forum
There has been a lot of interest in gliders, triggered by Hudson River landing, see article at: www.AOPA.org
View the Hudson Landing Video by Cactus 1549. A very well done graphical video dramatization with the actual audio recordings of the flight.


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Good but Reasonable?
I'm volunteering with my daughter for several days in New Orleans beginning this Wednesday. We both love great food but my pocketbook doesn't always go along for the ride! Many of the dinner suggestions here sound wonderful - but really expensive. Any suggestions for good lunches/dinners that top out at the $20 -30.00 range? Not expecting that to include alcohol, of course. Thanks for any suggestions.
Napoleon House and Pierre Maspero's in the French Quarter are great for classics and decaying charm.
Try Adolfo's on Frenchman St. It is above a bar, sort of divey, but great food. In the French Quarter, Coop's Place is good, and I've heard good things about Eat. Uptown try Casamento's and Crepe Nanou. Jacque-Imo's would be in that price range if you refrain from a bunch of appetizers, you get a very large amount of food with the entree, so they are not really necessary.
re: deuceisboss
Where is Eat? Our extended family has a trip planned in June to the French Quarter and I have been reading and gathering all the info about the best places to eat. Have not been able to google any info on Eat.
re: zetcat
Dauphine and Dumaine if I am correct...it good for both breakfat and lunch/dinner, and pretty reasonable especially when you consider its BYO.
The Eggs Dauphine are great.
re: bbares81
Thank you...makes me hungry now! Can't wait. Certainly will check it out! Where do you suggest for the best seafood gumbo ..and having grown up in Gulf Shores I have not found many places that live up to my expectations of GOOD seafood gumbo.
Juan's Flying Burrito is a fun Magazine St. hangout, and I really like the middle eastern food at Mona's (Carrollton near Claiborne, and Magazine St. also). Jacques Imo's is outstanding, one of the best at any price range. Only open for dinner, and can get crowded- and they don't take reservations, so showing up around 5:00 makes it work. That's on Oak St.off Carrollton.
I just went to Coyocan last night and had some great Mexican fare in a REALLY authentic place. The dining room is pretty upscale, and they have expensive dishes and drinks to complement that, but they also have $4 burritos and the like. It's right on St. charles at Martin Luther King Dr.
In the quarter, Acme Oyster house does great friend seafood and the Gumbo Shop does nice traditional New Orleans food, if a tad overpriced due to it's location.
2 nights ago, my wife, 7 month old and I all went for dinner at Liuzza's by the Track on Lopez St. off Esplanade. It's a unique neighborhood bar/restaurant. Really small, only like 10 tables. Really friendly staff, and most of the patrons seemed to all live in the neighborhood and were really friendly. They have a small menu of po-boys, red beans and rice, etc. I had a good fried seafood platter for $15. They have music on Thursdays, and we saw a little blues band around 7:30 PM. Our baby's first!
Do you know what part of the area you'll be working/staying in?
We've been in Slidell at least ten times and the traffic is much worse than before K and the restaurants still close early and have limited menus.
Uptown, the small restaurants near Tulane are open and reasonable.
Parking in the French Quarter is the nightmare it always has been (and for over a decade we owned a place there and could search for a legal parking place.)
IF you are going to Plaquemines Parish, ask locally if Rocky and Carlos or if Favolare's Italian Food Store Restaurant have reopened.
Do the foodstores in Metairie still have entrees made in the store packed for take out?
re: shallots
Thanks for all of these suggestions - you're wonderful. We've had to cobble together places in different locations because there's a huge cardiology convention this weekend. We're staying two nights in the French Quarter, 1 night in the garden district, we still don't have anything for Saturday night, and Sunday night we'll have to stay near the airport! Thanks again for all of the help. I love this site!!!
Make sure you grab a lunch at Mother's (love that place) and you can't go home without a famous Muffelatta Sandwich at Central Grocer in the french quarter. The best roast beef po-boys are at Parasols - little irish pub in the garden district (fun trolley ride in a nice area of New Orleans).
In the Quarter, Croissant d'Ore (pronounced cressent door) on Ursulines between Chartres and Royal was our morning place. You need to taste Cafe au Lait ( cafe ole) and decide if you want to become addicted to coffee with chicory (which you will take home with you from Community Coffee either as regular or dark roast).
Gumbo Shack upriver from Jackson Square was also always reasonable.
Re: directions. forget north south east and west. Up river versus down river. Toward the lake or away from the lake.
Good and reasonable also includes Cafe Reconcile, on Oretha Castle Haley. It's only open for lunch, Monday through Friday, so that may be an obstacle for you. I always liked the white beans and shrimp (available Thursday only!) and my husband loved the fried catfish. I don't know if they are offering "table service" yet; it was cafeteria style the last few times I was there. $8 for your entree, sides, desert and drink isn't bad, and it's a good cause. The webiste is http://www.cafereconcile.com/index.asp - click on Cafe Reconcile on the right and you can view the menu from the drop-down. Take a cab if you go - it's in a strange place (I guess the Warehouse District????)
I second Parasols - mmmmmmmmmmm - and I really like Adolfos, too.
Perhaps a less expensive way to eat in a nice place - IF it's being offered right now - are the 3 appetizers/glass of wine for $25 at Bacco (in the Quarter) or Ralphs (by City Park). I don't know if it's a summer only thing, but I do know that the wine choices were pretty good and the three appetizers did just fine for filling me up. I went to their websites, but neither mentioned the special, so it may be a summer only thing; it might be worth a phone call to find out. I second Jacques Imos and Casamentos as reasonable and tasty!
re: deeta
What sushi restaurants are great? Pre_K we tried a sushi restaurant out on Oak very near Jacques Imo's (mainly because we couldn't get in to JM's and we were starving...as we always are in that wonderful city). Don't remember the name of it but it was not good. In subsequent years' visits we've stuck with the local cuisine....but it'd be great to know where an excellent sushi restaurant might be. We'll be there again for Jazz Fest, staying in the Garden District. A quick bite of maguro would be a nice option. Thanks.
re: deltagirl
Horinoya, on Poydras, between O'Keefe & Baronne, is really good. Not quite as good, but passable, is Sushi Brothers on St. Charles near Melpomene/MLK.
Also try Bon Ton Cafe, downtown on Magazine St. Casamento's won't set you back a whole bunch, nor will a poboy at Domilese, Parasol's, Parkway Bakery, or a meal at Liuzza's on Bienville or Liuzza's by the Track on N. Lopez.
re: deltagirl
Sounds like you went to Ninja. I've mostly had decent experiences there (it's close to my house, so we end up there a lot), but, like Celeste, I MUCH prefer Horinoya. It's pristine. My second choice is Kyoto, on Prytania. I haven't been to Wasabi, another one people seem to like.
Hmn, some of these suggestions still sound a little pricey to me. I'm a student so I'm always eating on a budget, but I'm a foodie so I won't eat just anywhere... and as evidenced by my posts on this board, I do splurge sometimes :)
I don't know what kind of transportation you'll have available, that might affect where you decide to go...but here are some places I think are great that are on my regular rotation.
I saw someone suggested Juan's Flying Burritos and I second that.
Someone also suggested Acme oysterhouse - I prefer Felix's, but I agree with that suggestion.
Cafe Rani, uptown, is salads and sandwiches and very reasonable and good food.
Ignatius is delicious and rather inexpensive, also uptown.
If you like middle eastern/mediterranean food, there are a whole bunch of inexpensive places -- Nile, Byblos, Mona's, Lebanon, Pyramid... each slightly different in style and location but pretty much equivalent in my opinion, possibly depending on what you order.
There are also a dozen good sushi places -- fish here in general is pretty high quality, and if you like Sushi I recommend taking advantage.
Superior Grill is texmex, not especially authentic but definitely tasty and cheap.
In the quarter, Bennachin is very reasonable - it's African food but isn't super-esoteric in terms of the flavor profiles they offer - and the menu is huge.
Good luck!
Those are great suggestions and I love this thread because I am a student on somewhat of a budget as well...I would add Commander's Palace (for lunch only), Fire (for lunch) and Joey K's in the Garden District. The first two have cheaper lunch prices, and are a good way to do a nicer restaurant cheaper.
While there are plenty of inexpensive places that don't serve new Orleans cuisine, I'll stick to those that do:
Two Sisters Restaurant -- great soul food with parking across the side street (lunch only)
In the Quarter, Mena's Palace, Coop's, Fiorella's, Napoleon House
Bywater -- Elizabeth's
In the Marigny (I think), Lil Dizzy's
In mid-city, Mandina's and Liuzza's by the Track
Jefferson Hwy -- Crabby Jacks (lunch)
good for you for volunteering...i'll also be there next week. used to live there.
ok. please go to Domilise's Po-boys at 5240 Annunciation St for fabulous, cheap poboys. it's uptown.
here's a link to a page written by a native. great suggestions divided by price (lots of good cheap ones):
don't forget Domilise's! the poboys are the best!!!!!
re: la_vena
Now, don't go saying that Domilese's has the best. In my family that always starts not only a fight, but a round of po'boy eating all over town. We have to start trying them all just to compare one more time to see if anything has changed. Liuzza's on Bienville, Parkway, Bozo's, Parasol's, a few neighborhood joints, an Oyster Load at Casamonto's. Then somebody starts getting misty about Sid-Mar's or Brunning's or wondering if Meme's will ever open again.
Not the worst thing that can happen, come to think of it. So many po'boys, so little time. My favorite is usually the one I'm eating.
re: MakingSense
well i will second domileses for oyster or shrimp...parkway for roast beef....shortstop for hot sausage....radostas for veal parm...galley for softshell crab obviously
Just got back from there, so missed the OP. If you haven't tried it, I would highly recommend Cochon for great reasonably priced eats. Haven't been for lunch, but at dinner the most expensive entree on the menu is $19. The original poster had asked about meals in the $20-$30 dollar range, and that could easily be done at Cochon for dinner and most certainly for lunch.


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Engineered Garments Expedition jacket; photo via Steven Alan.
"Pockets are a must, for storing your necessaries. Knife, money, tobacco, frogs, string, marbles, bullets. Read your Twain for suggested pocket wares."— Nick Offerman prescribes your everyday carry
Engineered Garments Expedition jacket; photo via Steven Alan.
Plackets and Pockets: Know the Details
For classic men's style, expressions are often in the tiniest of tiny details. Closed eyelets on shoes express formality, cuffs on trousers express casualness, and structured shoulders give a sense of rigidity and authority.
The details of a button up shirt are just as expressive. The length of your collar points, shape of your collar, and cut of your cuffs all hold certain meanings. I'll cover those some other time, but today I'll discuss something you may not have considered - plackets and pockets.
A placket is that extra piece of material at the front of the shirt where the buttonholes are placed. It's usually created by folding the shirt's material onto the front, or by sewing a separate piece of material onto this area. This design not only helps give support and strength to the opening of the shirt, where most stress is placed, but it also creates a visual center when the shirt is buttoned. Most shirts you've seen (and almost certainly the one you're wearing right now) have plackets.
The alternative is the French front (also known as the "plain center"). Here the material is folded to the underside of the shirt so that it's not visible. It is then secured by the stitching on the buttonholes.
There's no right or wrong way to choose between these details, but you should know what effect each will have. Getting a shirt without a placket or pocket, like the shirt above, will look cleaner, and since simplicity tends towards formality, it will also be dressier. A shirt with a placket and pocket, then, will conversely be a bit more causal.
I also find that shirts without plackets and pockets look more Continental European, while shirts with these details look more American. As such, you should choose shirts that most accords with your personal sense of style. I happen to favor shirts without them, as I like dressier, tailored Italian clothes, but someone who likes a more casual American style should get shirts with these details.
However you choose, note that some shirts should be made in certain ways. An oxford cloth button down, for example, is inherently casual and very American, so I think it looks best with a placket and pocket. If you want it to be even more American, you get the pocket with a flap, like this. This design detail was invented by J. Press and has since been strongly associated with the trad/ Ivy League crowd. Again, it's all about knowing what these details mean and choosing accordingly.
Q and Answer: Where Do I Put My Cell Phone?
Eric writes: I'm always in a quandary about what to do with my cell phone. Other sites say to never wear a cell phone on a belt—apparently it's this generation's pocket protector or Batman utility belt accessory. On the other hand, I don't like the way a cell phone in the front pocket breaks up the line of my always flat front dress pants. What's a guy to do?
There are a pair of answers to this question, which we get a lot in our email inbox.
The first is to carry a bag. You're describing work; my presumption is that you're bringing a briefcase of some kind with you. There's plenty of room for wallets, phones, keys and all other manner of miscellanea in there.
The second is to put it in your jacket pocket. I tend to use the upper pocket (seen above) for my cardholder, and the lower pocket for my phone. Neither breaks the line of my jacket significantly.
Generally speaking, these are the solutions to all your stuff-carrying problems. I generally carry a car key and two house keys, a small card holder, and some folded cash in addition to my phone. It all goes either in jacket pockets or a bag unless I'm not wearing/carrying either. In that case, it fits fine in the pockets of my jeans.
You're right to think that the belt clip is the pocket protector of our generation. There is absolutely no excuse for it. It is embarassing, and if you own one of these grotesque monstrosities, you should throw it away now, lest you be tempted to wear it in the future.


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For the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area (Northwest Arkansas), see Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area.
Springdale is the fourth-largest city in Arkansas, and is located in both Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas. Located on the Springfield Plateau deep in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale has long been an important industrial city for the region.[3] In addition to several trucking companies, the city is home to the world headquarters of Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat producing company.[4] Originally named Shiloh, the city changed its name to Springdale when applying for a post office in 1872.[3] The four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 69,797 at the 2010 Census.[5]
Springdale has been experiencing a population boom in recent years, as indicated by a 133% growth in population between the 1990 and 2010 censuses.[3] During this period of rapid growth, the city has seen a new Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, the establishment of a Springdale campus of Northwest Arkansas Community College and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals minor league baseball team move into Arvest Ballpark. Tyson remains the city's top employer, and is visible throughout the city. Many public features bear the Tyson name, including the Randal Tyson Recreational Complex, Don Tyson Parkway, Helen Tyson Middle School and John Tyson Elementary. Governor Mike Beebe signed an act into law recognizing Springdale as the "The Poultry Capital Of The World" in 2013.[1][2]
Springdale was founded in 1838 and was originally known as Shiloh.
In 1840, a Baptist church was founded in the town. The building was burned down during the Civil War but rebuilt in 1868. In 1878, the town was incorporated with the name of Springdale.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 108.9 square miles (282 km2), of which, 108.3 square miles (280 km2) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it, or 0.62%, is water.[5] The city limits extend north into southern Benton County. Springdale is bordered by the cities of Cave Springs, Lowell, and Bethel Heights to the north, by Elm Springs and Tontitown to the west, and by Johnson and Fayetteville to the south.
The city is located in both Benton and Washington counties along Interstate 49/US Highway 62/US Highway 71 (I-49/US 62/US 71).[7] This is the only fully controlled access route through the area, which replaced the winding US 71 (now US 71B) in the 1990s.[8] An interstate connection with Fort Smith to the south and Kansas City, Missouri to the north has greatly helped to grow Springdale.[3] Within Washington County, Springdale is bordered along the south by Fayetteville and Johnson. In some locations, this transition is seamless.[8] The city extends west and east along Highway 412 toward Tontitown and Beaver Lake, respectively.[8]
Springdale is located on the Springfield Plateau, a subset of The Ozarks which run through northwest Arkansas, southern Missouri, and Northeastern Oklahoma.[9] In the Springdale area, sandstones and shales were deposited on top of the Springfield Plateau during the Pennsylvanian Period. These were eroded after the Ouachita orogeny and uplift, exposing Mississippian limestone formations of the Springfield Plateau visible today.
Metropolitan area
The Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area consists of three Arkansas counties: Benton, Madison, and Washington, and McDonald County, Missouri.[10] The area had a population of 347,045 at the 2000 census which had increased to 463,204 by the 2010 Census (an increase of 33.47 per cent).
Springdale lies in the humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa) with influence from the humid continental climate type. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
July is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 89 °F (31.7 °C) and an average low of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Temperatures above 100 °F (37.8 °C) are rare but not uncommon, occurring on average twice a year, with 57 days over 90 °F (32.2 °C) annually. January is the coldest month with an average high of 46 °F (8 °C) and an average low of 26 °F (−3 °C). The city's highest temperature was 111 °F (43.9 °C), recorded in 1954. The lowest temperature recorded was −24 °F (−31.1 °C), in 1899.[11][12] Precipitation is weakly seasonal, with a bimodal pattern: wet seasons in the spring and fall, and relatively drier summers and winters, but some rain in all months.
As of the census[13] of 2010, there were 69,797 people, 22,805 households, and 16,640 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.7% White, 1.8% Black or black, 1.8% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 5.7% Pacific Islander, 22% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. 35.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 22,678 households out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.54.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,523, and the median income for a family was $46,407. Males had a median income of $31,495 versus $26,492 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,645. 21.3% of the population and 17.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 33.6% of those under the age of 18 and 6.3% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.[14]
56.8% of Springdale's population describes themselves as religious, slightly above the national average of 48.8%.[15] 25.6% of people in Fayetteville who describe themselves as having a religion are Baptist (14.5% of the city's total population). 12.5% of people holding a religion are Catholic (7.1% of the city's total population). There are also higher proportions of Methodists, Episcopalians, and Pentecostals above the national average.[15]
2000 Census
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According to the 2000 Census statistics, there was a significant community of about 4,000 Marshall Islanders, and the city is home to a Consulate of the Marshall Islands.[16] This estimate is projected to have heavily increased since then.[17]
There were 22,805 households, out of which 46.0% had individuals under 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02, and the average family size was 3.54.
In the city the population had a median age was 29.6 years. For every 100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.
See also: Economy of Arkansas
Companies based in Springdale include SafeTV and Tyson Foods.
Top employers
According to the Springdale Chamber of Commerce,[18] the top employers in the city are:
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Secondary education
In 2008, the Wichita Wranglers minor league baseball team of the Texas League moved to Springdale and play baseball in Arvest Ballpark[19] as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill serves Springdale and other communities in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area.
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