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OAKLAND — With BART and its unions facing off over partially approved labor contracts, Bay Area commuters may well wonder what fresh hell awaits them.
For the time being, anyway, BART workers are operating trains normally under the terms of two labor contracts that expired June 30. And union leaders have called it "premature" to talk about a third strike.
But the BART board appears likely Thursday to reject four-year contracts that Amalgamated Transit and Service Employee International members ratified Nov. 1.
The board last week sent its managers back to the negotiating table, citing an expensive paid leave provision they say was mistakenly included in the contract language.
"Given the cost, I have to put my concerns for the riders and the taxpayers ahead of the considerations of what the employees might do if the contracts are rejected," BART Vice President Joel Keller said.
Keller also said he will ask the unions Thursday to take the contracts back to their members — sans the leave provision — for another vote as quickly as possible.
Although SEIU Local 1021 representatives attended a meeting with BART managers in Oakland on Monday to discuss how the transit agency determined the costs of the family leave provision, no one "should interpret our participation or the meeting as a bargaining session," said union spokeswoman Cecille Isidro late on Tuesday.
The disputed clause provides workers up to six weeks of paid family time off in addition to vacation and sick leave to take care of a seriously ill child, spouse, parent or domestic partner, or to bond with a new child.
BART estimates the perk could pile anywhere from $5.8 million to $44.2 million over four years — depending on how many take it — onto the cost of the $67 million package. ATU President Antonette Bryant estimated last week that it would cost only $1.4 million per year.
Without factoring the family leave price tag, the deal netted workers an 11.7 percent increase in wages and other benefits, after subtracting their increased contributions to pensions and health care.
The unions have refused to withdraw the family leave provision, and Bryant flatly rejected BART leaders' characterization of it as an error.
"The first thing people need to know is that this was not a mistake," said Bryant, speaking by telephone between meetings on the subject. "This was not a glitch. This provision was agreed on in July. The district was well aware that we were voting on it."
Not true, countered BART managers who say a temporary employee inadvertently included the rejected clause back in July.
Agency staffers found the disputed section during their document review Nov. 4 — three days after the unions ratified the contracts — and notified the unions.
The evidence points toward a sloppy mistake rather than a major district concession, Keller said.
If BART managers had agreed to what would be a very generous perk by almost any measure, why didn't union leaders play it up to their members before the vote? Keller asked.
Federal and state law mandates employers provide workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave for bonding with a new child or caring for a seriously ill spouse, parent or child.
But most employers require workers to first exhaust their unused vacation and sick leave.
Employees at public agencies and private companies whose employers participate in California's disability insurance program are eligible to receive 55 percent of their weekly pay or $1,067, whichever is less, for up to six weeks per year. The insurance premiums are withheld from their paychecks.
The disputed leave provision in the two BART contracts provides workers at no cost six weeks of full salary over a 12-month period in addition to their accrued vacation, sick or other leave.
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As a tradition-bound industry, skiing is known more for reliance on what has worked in the past rather than being receptive to change. But two California companies whose founders have Massachusetts roots are transforming the way resorts make business decisions: Liftopia and AlpineReplay are evolving into leaders in snow sports data mining — even though neither set out to do so.
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Dr. Raehl was the founding Chair (1996) for the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the nation's first new publicly funded School of Pharmacy in over 50 years – the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy. In July 2013, Dr. Raehl moved to the youngest of the School's four campuses, Abilene, to serve as Regional Dean. Dr. Raehl was a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy for 16 years. She served on the FDA advisory committee for Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Expert Committee on Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs. Along with her husband, Dr. C.A. Bond (deceased), Dr. Raehl is internationally recognized for health services research focused on the outcomes associated with hospital-affiliated clinical pharmacy services. Their 20 year study of over 1000 U.S. hospitals demonstrated the associations of clinical pharmacists with: reduced mortality rates, reduced total cost of care, reduced length of stay, reduced drugs costs, and reduced medication errors. Dr. Raehl was the 2007-2008 President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the 1994-1995 President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Among her awards are: 2006 Texans Caring for Texans Award, 8 times recipient of an ASHP Research and Education Foundation Research Award, 3 times Teacher of the Year Award, National Award of Merit from the Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Past President and Pharmacist of the Year (Wisconsin Society of Hospital Pharmacists), lifetime honorary member of the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists, University of Wisconsin Citation, TTUHSC President's Outstanding Professor Award and fellow of ASHP and ACCP.Dr. Raehl's current clinical practice is based at the Hendrick Health System CHF Clinic in Abilene.
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BERLIN –"The Milky Life" is one of the most bizarre concepts in memory, and one of the worst executed. This tasteless and painfully unfunny film, a Euro-pudding with no distinguishing features, will probably emerge as a cult item because of its very awfulness. Imagine Mickey Rooney with shaved head wearing nothing but diapers and talking baby talk. That's the gimmick here, and it's an unworthy one. Rooney plays Barry Reilly, an 80-year-old millionaire who lives in a huge castle on the California coast with his sponging family, including William Hootkins as his oafish son. When his promiscuous granddaughter gives birth to a baby boy, the old man becomes attached to the cuddly little sprig. He thereupon decides to become a baby himself, and has his lawyer draw up papers demanding his appalled family's acceptance of the situation. He cuts off their funds, cancels their credit cards and reverts to early childhood. Enter Marianne Sagebrecht (of "Bagdad Cafe" fame) who becomes his wet nurse. Scenes in which Rooney suckles the portly femme, and later gets into bed with her, will have little appeal for most audiences. Also, the actor is pushed around in a pram, bathed and generally treated like an infant. Things get even worse when burglars rob the mansion and hit Barry over the head. He wakes up able to speak only baby talk, but can communicate with his great-grandson (their "dialogue" is translated in subtitles). By a wide stretch of the imagination, this might have worked if the script had been witty, but wit is totally absent. Rooney gives it the old college try, but this was a role he wasn't born to play. Sagebrecht looks embarrassed, as well she might. The rest don't register, though the baby is cute. Mark this down as a major folly.La Vida Lactea the Milky Life
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As we all know, Mac OS X has support for what is called 'fat binaries'. These are binaries that can carry code for for instance multiple architectures - in the case of the Mac, PowerPC and x86. Ryan Gordon was working on an implementation of fat binaries for Linux - but due to the conduct of the Linux maintainers, Gordon has halted the effort.
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I for one am glad this got dropped. It does absolutely nothing that a tarball with a script to start the correct executable based on the environment can't already do, at the cost of many invasive changes to the very bottom of the stack.
Now if there were huge numbers of proprietary apps out there running into some problem detecting what system they were running on then this might make sense. But there isn't. The hard part is actually fixing the code to know that pointers aren't necessarily the same size as an int, and that bit endianess might be swapped. Packaging has always been dead simple.


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David Beckham is really fond of getting tattoos on his body to mark special occasions … like the birth of his sons, his wedding anniversary … Tuesday … so it should come as no surprise that he has, apparently, already gotten a new tattoo to commemorate the birth of his 3 week old newborn daughter Harper Seven. In a new interview filmed this week, a new tattoo can be seen peeking out of the top of Becks's shirt. Now the full tattoo is not visible … but it looks like he had the name Harper Seven tattooed in script on his collarbone.
He's famously already got body art dedicated to his wife Victoria and sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz – so it was only a matter of time before David Beckham got a new inscription to mark the birth of daughter Harper Seven. The couple's first baby girl was born earlier this month and proud father David gave a teasing glimpse of the new inking on his neck this week during a television interview for his club LA Galaxy. The new design appears to be of curled lettering, suggesting he has had Harper Seven's name inscribed in a fancy font. The inking sits just above his tattoo of Jesus being carried by three cherubs, which are meant to symbolise sons Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight and Cruz, six. Beckham said at the time: 'It's Jesus being carried by three cherubs and obviously the cherubs are my boys and so my thought of it is that at some point my boys are going to need to look after me and that's what they're doing in the picture. It means a lot.' The 36-year-old LA Galaxy star is known for his array of tattoos, many of which are dedicated to his family. As well as the cherubs David already has the names of his three boys and an inscription of Victoria's name written in Hindi. He also a six-inch tattoo of Victoria as an angel, accompanied with the words 'til death do us part.' David has previously said his tattoos are a way of expressing how he's feeling, explaining: 'Most of my tattoos are memories and things that mean things to me. There's not one tattoo that I've got on me that doesn't mean something.'
It is very likely that in addition to Harper's name in script, Becks added another cherub to his Jesus tattoo. Becks sure does love his tattoos so it really is no surprise that he was itching to get a new one in honor of Harper … but he must've really been anxious to get it done. The girl isn't even a month old yet. I'm sure we'll be seeing a photo of Becks's newest tattoo soon enough. Can't wait to see it.


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The news surrounding Neon Indian's much anticipated sophomore album, Era Extrana, just keeps on coming. Last week, we heard what was then the latest single in "Fallout." And today, he's delivered a brand-new cut ("Polish Girl"), unveiled the album's track list, and announced that you can buy a deluxe version of the album that includes a customized mini-synthesizer. The package, which costs $50, includes the mini-synth, an autographed poster, vinyl and CD versions of Era Extrana, and a T-shirt. Not too shabby.
Neon Indian issued the following statement regarding the synth, which is just the best:
"We teamed up with our brethren homies in Austin, Bleep Labs, to proudly bring you the PAL 198X. It's a triple triangle-wave oscillator noisemaking device with interchangeable controls for maximal sonic contortion. You can attach knobs, light-reactive photocells, and a variety of other devices for semi-modular capabilities. It can interact with a variety of objects around your house whether electronic in nature or not. It can even interact with your pet. It does not make the same sound twice. Basically, I want you to hack this fucking thing."
You can view the track listing and stream a sample of the synth below. You can hear the new single, "Polish Girl," by liking Neon Indian on Facebook. Era Extrana is due out Sept. 13.
01 Heart: Attack
02 Polish Girl
03 Blindside Kiss
04 Hex Girlfriend
05 Heart: Decay
06 Fall Out
07 Era Extraña
08 Halogen (I Could Be a Shadow)
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Jay-Z allegedly denies recent rumors that wife Beyonce is pregnant with the couple's second child. The program director of New York radio station Hot 97 said on-air that Jay-Z responded to a congratulatory e-mail saying, 'It's not true. The news is worse than blogs.' Kristina Behr has the rest.
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Remember when Ryan Murphy and Co. ruined Chrismukkah with that appalling holiday episode of "Glee" last month? Me neither, because I purposefully drank enough eggnog to kill each brain cell that contained memories of that offensive dreck.
Thankfully, the Glee gods started 2012 with a whole lot of YES and very little no.
Really the only negatives for me were at the very beginning, because despite obligatory slumber party screenings and wedding DJ mash-ups, I do not like "Grease." Mercedes looked fantastic and Sam hit Travolta's song-ending money note, but I'll still pass on "Summer Nights." And for a no-within-a-no, I have two words: Rachel's outfit.
Marriage was on everybody's mind at WMHS. Only that shameless hussy Becky was out for a hook-up, no "I do" required. We'll get to her later.
Just like in real life, a variety of proposal/wedding tropes exist on TV. Excluding shotguns, green cards, and wealthy geezers on death's doorstep, this episode presented us with some of the most familiar scenarios involving putting a ring on it.
First, we had the quickie elopement from Coach Beiste and Cooter Menkins. A Christmas Eve run for the border turned into a trip to the 24-hour wedding chapel for those two lovebirds. They must have ordered the Nachos Wedding Bell Grande. (Tip your servers, I'm here all week.) Despite the impulsiveness of it all, this union is bound to last.
Then there was the more traditional meet-flirt-date-move-in-propose development from Schue and Emma. Failed marriages to other people along the way? Sure. But this duo has been on a path to happily-ever-after for years now. If anyone on the show was going to get the flashy (and ultimately splashy) proposal treatment, it was them.
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Plus Schue's plan to propose with the perfect song provided an easy tie-in for musical numbers, as members of New Directions offered up various suggestions.
Aside: I don't have a Tumblr, but I'd like to start two: one for exclusively posting headshots people would send me of their wild "I just had sex" hair, and one for posting clips of amazingly good or devastatingly bad musical numbers. An example of the latter would almost surely be Taylor Swift and Amanda Seyfried's rendition of "A Heart Full of Love" in the future Les Miserables movie, while most of the numbers from this episode would fit in the former category.
Anyway, the writers had to create a little suspense, so they brought back Emma's bigot parents to potentially frighten Schue away from life with their OCDelightful daughter. They got to him enough that he asked Emma how she might deal with baby vomit, etc. Jayma Mays performed Emma's reaction and rebuttal so well, with equal parts vulnerability and strength, that I just wanted to squeeze her.
Just in time for a rousing aquatic finale, Schue realized Emma balanced him out perfectly, and they got engaged.
The episode was rounded out with a third twist on matrimony involving Finn and Rachel. We'll consider this the "Wait nooo, don't do it, I'm not listening, la-la-la-la-la" proposal.
Not only are they so young, they've always treated their relationship like a revolving door, and their life goals are totally different. Basically, Finn was freaked out because he learned his dad was a PTSD-plagued, drug-addicted vet, which caused him to reevaluate his future. He landed on the idea that devoting his life to loving Rachel was the best he could do. Rachel has little hope for her NYADA dreams at the moment, but I don't see her fantasizing about being an Ohio-bound teen bride. We won't know her answer for another two weeks, but it's possible that Finn will soon be joining Sue and Becky for "Beaches" in the Land of the Dumped.
What do we know about Becky Faye Jackson? She likes pizza, dancing, Spielberg and Pixar. She is a capable sexter. Her inner monologues have a distinctly royal intonation. She doesn't care for hot dogs, and she's a little bit racist.
And because she has Down syndrome, she has to deal with cruelty, condescension, and coddling from many other people. So when Artie rejected her romantic advances, she questioned whether it was because of her condition. Whether or not that was the case, few things hurt worse than unrequited teenage love, so she was obviously in a lot of pain.
Enough with the sad stuff, here's more that had me saying "Yes!"
Best musical number: I was equally crazy about "Wedding Bell Blues" (because Sue and Beiste as backup singers and bridesmaids was the stuff of delicious fantasy, and original songstress Laura Nyro is divine), "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (because it made my ears really happy), and "Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin' Jack Flash" (because even this gay girl thought Artie, Mike, and Schue's dancing was smokin' hot).
Best Sue-ism: While Michael Chiklis in a wig was good, and I'm increasingly curious about the Boreanaz affair, I'm going with her triple slam at Artie's Muppet voice, Porsche gloves, and geriatric style.
Best once and future voiceover: Dame Helen Mirren is fine. Her getting "reals" is very fine indeed. Especially when she says "He looks like an insane person."
Surprisingly snappy housewife appearance: Word on the street (read: unsourced internet gossip) is that NeNe Leakes has graced a few scripted TV and film sets before, and it shows. Maybe when she's done with synchronized swimming, she can coach Damian in acting.
New favorite Pillsbury pamphlet: "So You're a Spinster"
And here's a short "No" list:
Worst musical number: "Summer Nights." Uninspired copycat staging.
Worst best man: Finn? Really?


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Our friends at Southern California Public Radio, home of KPCC, begin something new this evening, Thursday, August 16. NEXT: People | Science | Tomorrow is a live event series that I am very honored to host. We will ask how the accelerating pace of scientific discovery and technological innovation are changing society, civilization, and human nature. Each monthly conversation in SCPR's Crawford Family Forum will consider an aspect of what's to come for our species. A lot of very smart people are issuing forecasts of an abundant, tech-enabled future, one in which such age-old curses as poverty, famine, war and even mortality become no more than painful memories.
But what new challenges will arise? Will intelligent machines surpass or replace their makers? Or might we merge with our creations in a cyber singularity that spreads throughout the galaxy? We'll leap into this topic with scientist, futurist and award-winning science fiction author David Brin, and Professor Paul Rosenbloom of USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, where they are building virtual humans.
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Prisoners from the Fort Madison State Penitentiary were supposed to be moving to the new prison this month, but the date keeps getting pushed back.
Warden, Nick Ludwick, says there's still some important construction that needs to be finished before the big move….
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3 Reasons Momentum Stock Investors Will Love Energy Recovery (ERII)
Many investors like to look for momentum in stocks, but this can be very tough to define. There is great debate regarding which metrics are the best to focus on in this regard, and which are not really quality indicators of future performance. Fortunately, with our new style score systemwe have identified the key statistics to pay close attention to and thus which stocks might be the best for momentum investors in the near term.
This method discovered several great candidates for momentum-oriented investors, but today let's focus in on Energy Recovery, Inc. (ERII - Free Report) as this stock is looking especially impressive right now. And while there are numerous ways in which this company could be a great choice, we have highlighted three of the most vital reasons for ERII's status as a solid momentum stock below:
Short Term Price Change for Energy Recovery
A great place to look for finding momentum stocks is by inspecting short term price activity. This can help to reflect the current interest in a stock and if buyers or sellers have the upper hand right now. It is especially useful to compare it to the industry as this can help investors pinpoint the top companies in a particular area.
With a one week price change of 11.6% compared to an industry average of -0.9%, ERII is certainly well-positioned in this regard. The stock is also looking quite well from a longer time frame too, as the four week price change compares favorably with the industry at large as well.
Longer Term Price Change for Energy Recovery
While any stock can see a spike in price, it takes a real winner to consistently outperform the market. That is why looking at longer term price metrics—such as performance over the past three months or year-- and comparing these to an industry at large can be very useful.
And in the case of ERII, the results are quite impressive. The company has beaten out the industry at large over the past 12 weeks by a margin of 85.3% to 3.8% while it has also outperformed when looking at the past year, putting up a significant gain. Clearly, ERII is riding a bit of a hot streak and is worth a closer look by investors.
ERII Earnings Estimate Revisions Moving in the Right Direction
While the great momentum factors outlined in the preceding paragraphs might be enough for some investors, we should also take into account broad earnings estimate revision trends. A nice path here can really help to show us a promising stock, and we have actually been seeing that with ERII as of late too.
Over the past two months, 1 earnings estimate has gone higher compared to none lower for the full year, while we are also seeing that 1 estimate has moved upwards with no downward revision for the next year time frame too. These revisions have helped to boost the consensus estimate as two months ago ERII was expected to post earnings of 50 cents/share for the full year, though today it looks to have EPS of 55 cents for the full year now, representing a solid increase which is something that should definitely be welcomed news to would-be investors.
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Given these factors, investors shouldn't be surprised to note that we have ERII as a security with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and a Momentum Score of 'B'. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here
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WOW...yes, I know what you mean
There is a lot of VK out there that is such good music its worth listening to anyway. Versailles is definitely one of them. Malice Mizer is as well. X Japan was at last year's lollapalooza, they practically started the genre alongside Buck-Tick even though their image never really strayed from hair metal save for the animal faces and Hide's pink hair.
A lot of the newer stuff makes me wonder whether or not some bands know how to write music though, or if they even do.
SUG/Lolita23ku/Zoro come to mind among others...I really do enjoy there pv's and keep mp3 dscogs of all their stuff but they almost seem like a brash attempt by big labels to take some of the market...
Edit: Yes I know SUG/Zoro are actually oshare kei
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It is very common suffer to from cough during the change of season. And just because it is common, we find it perfectly reasonable to ignore it until it gives us sleepless nights. Now even if we actually admit that the cough is really becoming a nuisance, we usually save the trip to a doctor for the weekend. In the meanwhile, we self medicate ourselves with whatever cough syrup happens to be there at home.
This practice can actually kill you. There are many different types of cough and each has a different procedure of treatment. See the symptoms of different types of cough to understand what you need to do.
What Type Of Cough Do You Have?
1. Phlegm Cough: This is the most common kind of cough that you have when you catch a bad cold. The most striking characteristic of this cough is that, it comes straight from the chest. When you cough, you can feel the phlegm in your lungs churning and bits of it will come out from your mouth. When you have this kind of cough, you are 'coughing out' something. So, it is vital that you do not take a cough suppressant syrup. Instead inhale steam so that it liquifies the phlegm in your lungs and makes it easier for you to clear it out.
2. Dry Cough: This type of cough is an exact antithesis of the phlegm cough. This usually happens when your phlegm dries up or is totally removed from the lungs. Unlike the previous kind of cough, this cough comes from the throat. It happens because something is irritating your throat. A smoker's cough is usually a dry cough that they develop over a period of time.
3. Allergic Cough: This type of cough occurs largely among people who are asthmatic or severely allergic to certain environmental elements like dust or pollen. A strange thing about this cough is that it can occur at any time even if you do not have a cold. Every time the lining of your oesophagus is exposed to the allergic substance, you will cough. There are special types of cough syrups for allergic cough depending on the type of allergen that troubles you.
4. Reflux Cough: Acidity can also make you cough. If you have a persistent cough that just refuses to go away, then it could be an acid reflux. When the food is not digested properly in your stomach it flushes upwards towards the food pipe and makes you cough. This can lead to puking and heart burns too.
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PNNL's concentrating solar power system reduces greenhouse emissions — at a price that's competitive with fossil fuel power
April 11, 2013
A close-up look of PNNL's concentrating solar power system for natural gas power plants.
PNNL's thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. The device converts natural gas into the more energy-rich fuel syngas, which power plants can burn to use less fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
PNNL's concentrating solar power system for natural gas power plants, installed on a mirrored parabolic dish.Download high-resolution image via Flickr.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Natural gas power plants can use about 20 percent less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The system converts natural gas and sunlight into a more energy-rich fuel called syngas, which power plants can burn to make electricity.
"Our system will enable power plants to use less natural gas to produce the same amount of electricity they already make," said PNNL engineer Bob Wegeng, who is leading the project. "At the same time, the system lowers a power plant's greenhouse gas emissions at a cost that's competitive with traditional fossil fuel power."
PNNL will conduct field tests of the system at its sunny campus in Richland, Wash., this summer.
With the U.S. increasingly relying on inexpensive natural gas for energy, this system can reduce the carbon footprint of power generation. DOE's Energy Information Administration estimates natural gas will make up 27 percent of the nation's electricity by 2020. Wegeng noted PNNL's system is best suited for power plants located in sunshine-drenched areas such as the American Southwest.
Installing PNNL's system in front of natural gas power plants turns them into hybrid solar-gas power plants. The system uses solar heat to convert natural gas into syngas, a fuel containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Because syngas has a higher energy content, a power plant equipped with the system can consume about 20 percent less natural gas while producing the same amount of electricity.
This decreased fuel usage is made possible with concentrating solar power, which uses a reflecting surface to concentrate the sun's rays like a magnifying glass. PNNL's system uses a mirrored parabolic dish to direct sunbeams to a central point, where a PNNL-developed device absorbs the solar heat to make syngas.
Macro savings, micro technology
About four feet long and two feet wide, the device contains a chemical reactor and several heat exchangers. The reactor has narrow channels that are as wide as six dimes stacked on top of each other. Concentrated sunlight heats up the natural gas flowing through the reactor's channels, which hold a catalyst that helps turn natural gas into syngas.
The heat exchanger features narrower channels that are a couple times thicker than a strand of human hair. The exchanger's channels help recycle heat left over from the chemical reaction gas. By reusing the heat, solar energy is used more efficiently to convert natural gas into syngas. Tests on an earlier prototype of the device showed more than 60 percent of the solar energy that hit the system's mirrored dish was converted into chemical energy contained in the syngas.
Lower-carbon cousin to traditional power plants
PNNL is refining the earlier prototype to increase its efficiency while creating a design that can be made at a reasonable price. The project includes developing cost-effective manufacturing techniques that could be used for the mass production. The manufacturing methods will be developed by PNNL staff at the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a research and development facility in Corvallis, Ore., that is jointly managed by PNNL and Oregon State University.
Wegeng's team aims to keep the system's overall cost low enough so that the electricity produced by a natural gas power plant equipped with the system would cost no more than 6 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2020. Such a price tag would make hybrid solar-gas power plants competitive with conventional, fossil fuel-burning power plants while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The system is adaptable to a large range of natural gas power plant sizes. The number of PNNL devices needed depends on a particular power plant's size. For example, a 500 MW plant would need roughly 3,000 dishes equipped with PNNL's device.
Unlike many other solar technologies, PNNL's system doesn't require power plants to cease operations when the sun sets or clouds cover the sky. Power plants can bypass the system and burn natural gas directly.
Though outside the scope of the current project, Wegeng also envisions a day when PNNL's solar-driven system could be used to create transportation fuels. Syngas can also be used to make synthetic crude oil, which can be refined into diesel and gasoline than runs our cars.
The current project is receiving about $4.3 million combined from DOE's SunShot Initiative, which aims to advance American-made solar technologies, and industrial partner SolarThermoChemical LLC of Santa Maria, Calif. SolarThermoChemcial has a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for the project and plans to manufacture and sell the system after the project ends.
More information about PNNL's concentrating solar power system for natural gas power plants.
REFERENCE: RS Wegeng, DR Palo, RA Dagle, PH Humble, JA Lizarazo-Adarme, SK, SD Leith, CJ Pestak, S Qiu, B Boler, J Modrell, G McFadden, "Development and Demonstration of a Prototype Solar Methane Reforming System for Thermochemical Energy Storage — Including Preliminary Shakedown Testing Results," 9th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, July-August 2011, http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2011-5899.
Tags: Energy, Solar Power, Green Energy, Energy Production
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an annual budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. As the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.


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The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will inject $1.8 million into six struggling Massachusetts cities as part of its first ever effort to transform urban neighborhoods by fostering civic leadership through long-term collaboration between government, business, and non-profits.
If the initiative is successful, Boston Fed officials hope to expand the competitive grant program throughout New England and provide a model for the 11 other Federal Reserve banks across the country to extend their roles in community development.
"Our desire is to have a more direct impact, real impact on these cities," said Boston Fed president Eric S. Rosengren.
Rosengren on Wednesday will announce the first six communities to win grants of between $100,000 and $700,000, using funds provided by private foundations and the state.


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Weekend Reader: Shinseki Leaves the VA; Ukraine Heats Up
Friday, May 30, 2014Secretary Eric Shinseki formally submits his resignation as head of Veterans Affairs. Foreign Policy has the story. Even as the chorus of voices calling for his resignation grew, the tone remained often respectful: Shinseki was always "a good man." As the Huffington Post's David Wood recounts, Shinseki, who took the reins of the VA following a 38-year Army career—where he rose to become Army Chief of Staff—may simply have trusted too much given his organization's complexity and inherent flaws. Time will tell who can replace him.


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Are you able to give her a small Elmo doll? This could be a great transitional object for her to carry with her while she is doing other things when you don't want her watching TV
Yes we have two elmo dolls that sometimes work. She has my stubborn gene I think :)
I guess it is one of the many experiences you will have as she begins to test the limits and how firm you will be with them.


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Lunacy and Solvation in the Cosmic Funhouse
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It is a truism that the psychospiritual left is the cult of weirdos -- of misfits, the alienated, the bitter, the troubled, the unhappy, the envious, the reflexively treasonous, the generally abnormal (in the sense of celebrating their deviation from the real human ideal). Chesterton offers some insight as to why these people also tend to be secular, since they are too preoccupied with their externalized concerns to focus on reality.
Furthermore, they reject the idea of "original sin" while implicitly believing that our falleness is susceptible to political remedy. In short, politics is their substitute religion through which they hope to heal their own spiritual alienation by means of political action. As such, they miss out on the true oddness of reality, for "Oddities do not strike odd people. This is why ordinary people have a much more exciting time; while odd people are always complaining about the dulness of life."
Chesterton discusses the irrational folly of trying to comprehend the world with reason alone. Polanyi recognized the same thing, but spelled it out in a more systematic way, showing how every act of perception is an imaginative leap of irreducible creativity. As Chesterton writes, "poetry is sane because it floats easily in an infinite sea," but "reason seeks to cross the infinite sea, and so to make it finite.... The poet asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits."
And why is it so difficult to have a rational discussion with these hyper-rational people? For the simple reason that their minds are not impeded by the distraction of reality. Think of a watch dog. The reason why a dog can be so effective at guarding your property is that it can exclude everything irrelevant to the task. Similarly, "The madman's explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory," but at the cost of moving "in a perfect but narrow circle."
This foreshadows Gödel's theorems, which proved that a formal system can be complete or consistent, but not both. Thus, the end result of atheistic scientism is "a combination between a logical completeness and a spiritual contraction" -- which is why all these atheistic popularizers amount to much ado about everything. By definition, the more they explain, the more they leave out.
As Chesterton points out, the atheist's metaphysic "explains a large number of things" but not "in a large way." But it's difficult to oppose this "insane simplicity," since it requires not so much "arguing with a philosopher" as "casting out a devil." Such a person doesn't need more arguments but more air, which is to say, more breathing room outside the monomaniacal suffocation of their one Big Idea. This idea is actually a trap, a snare, a "clean, well-lit prison," a disability turned into a virtue. Oh, but
How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos, scattering the stars like spangles, and leave you in the open, free like other men to look up as well as down!
For that is what a human being is: situated halfway between the stars above and the dust below -- or between freedom and determinacy, matter and spirit, security and adventure, animal and God, part and whole, time and eternity. So,
Look up -- look up
And seek your maker
Before Mr. Gabriel blows his horn --Francis Albert
If the world were as simple as the atheist insists it is, not only would it not be worth understanding, but it would be too simple to have ever given rise to understanders. And it is "certainly more limiting than any religion," the reason being that the properly religious person should have no difficulty fitting the entire world of the materialist into his metaphysic, whereas the materialist cannot allow for the merest speck of religion. Hence, their fanaticism.
For example, in my neck of the woods, the ACLU carried out a fanatical campaign to remove a tiny cross from the seal of Los Angeles County. The cross had been there for some 50 years, and no one had even noticed it before, much less taken it to be an endorsement of a state religion, but there you go. By definition, any reminders of religion must be effaced in order to make the victimized atheist feel comfortable in their narrow fantasy world.
Are there religious people who think and behave like atheists? Of course. But this is not because of religion; rather, the opposite. It is generally because of their materialism -- for example, insisting on a literal reading of Genesis, for what could be more materialistic than that? Thus, as usual, extremes meet: like the religious literalist, "the materialist's world is quite simple and solid.... materialists and madmen never have doubts."
Real spiritual doctrines do not limit the mind, but allow it to soar, while materialistic prose just makes your aesthetic sensibilities sore. I can't imagine how boring the world would be if I were still trapped behind those bars. Even if God couldn't be proven, I would still be a believer, if only because it's so much more fun:
"Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity." The spiritual person situates a Mystery -- O -- at the heart of his metaphysic, which also happens to coincide with the human heart -- which is to say, the higher mind. This mystery grows, even as we illuminate more of it -- just as a flashlight shined into the night time sky only emphasizes the darkness engulfing the narrow beam.
For in the end, "the one created thing which we cannot look at is the one thing in the light of which we look at everything." We share in the light of that central spiritual sun, which cannot be seen but is that by which we see -- and know. On the other hand, the detached intellectualism of materialism is "all moonshine; for it is light without heat, and it is secondary light, reflected from a dead world."
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why dont you bring your story to 20/20Oct 27, 2003 Hi Nelson, Many people with hiv disease dont have adequate medical attention, healthcosts, insurance denials, and even people infected with hiv-2 dont know which drugs to take? Why dont you call 20/20 and get them to take another look at hiv and get the country rolling back to support us into action. I facial wasting without meds for one, and have no idea what to do? I need help. MW |
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Franklin has been without a doctor for quite a number of years, but it certainly has not always been the case. Around the turn of the century, there were four physicians practicing in the village. Perhaps the first to come were Doctors Rosenberg and Jerald, followed by Smith, Tandy, Clark (who was also the pastor of the Franklin M. E. Church), McClain, Hill Hughes, Manly, Metcalf, Perkins, Elder, Henderson, Ladenheim, and Kearns. The last two were here only a short time. Dr. Ladenheim entered the military service, and Dr. Kearns died soon after moving to Franklin. Many present residents of the area have been patients of at least one of those fine doctors, and they regret that small towns do not attract young physicians anymore. Dr. Glenn was a dentist here for many years. His home with his office nearby was located here Mrs. Kate Coultas lives now. Mrs. Glenn and her daughter Dorthy Sargent were telephone operators at the local exchange for many years. We have no record of who the first operators were or where the first exchange was located, but for a period of time, it was maintained in the house where Evelyn Seymour lives and operates a beauty shop. It was later moved to the corner of Main and Prairie Streets. Here Dorothy and Ruth Brewer and others served the public as operators for many years. Modern technology has eliminated much of the personal services rendered by these ladies. It is impossible to recall or find records of all those who have been a part of the Franklin business community. In the twentieth century we had the firm of Whitlock and Berryman, implement dealers, and the Hall Brothers implement dealership which was operated by A. J. Tranbarger, after he closed his own business. Al Steward ran a clothing store for a time and sold it to J. O. Rolston, who later entered the grocery and general merchandise business and continued to do so here in Franklin and at the Rees Station for about forty years. The Broverman Brothers took over the clothing store. Charles luther, John Schuler, Jim Wright, and Aaron Jolly had meat markets. George (Job) Jolly took over the meat business, supplying the community with good, home-killed meat for many years from his store and through the Rolston store. Franklin had a bakery for a long time and was operated at different times by Davis and Son, the Eaves Brothers, and Fred Huddlestone. Elmer Roberts had a furniture and hardware store which was purchased by J. A. Williamson in the early 20's, who also owned a tin shop. The local grain, lumber, and coal dealer was W. C. Calhoun. This business was sold to Clarence Jewsbury in 1944. Jewsbury sold it to Edward Bergschneider in 1957 and purchased the lumber and hardware business operated by C. A. Dawson and Co. Mr. Bergschneider built a new and much larger grain elevator and is this year celebrating his twenty-sixth year in business. His sons Mike and Tony, and his brother Jack are now his business associates. Mr. Jewsbury retired in 1967 after selling his business to John Roach and Wayne Gray. They have been the local hardware and lumber dealers since that time. Fred and Maud Patterson owned and operated a drug store, and were followed by J. E. Miles who store was destroyed by fire in 1938. The livery stable on South Main Street was owned by J. W. Stewart, and the Woods Brothers owned the one on the west side of the square. John Votsmier and Son owned a livery stable on the east side of the square, and later converted it into an auto sales and repair shop. Glen Harney, Charles Beerup, Otto Beerup, and Porter Armstrong were long-time barbers followed by Weldon and John Tranbarger, and Darrell Wilner. The first creamery was owned by E. D. Scott. A creamery and poultry business was also owned by A. F. Ruble, who later established an auto agency and a garage. Edmond Featherstone also had a creamery. J. W. Stewart and Charles Armstrong were veterinarians. C. E. Puckett, John Bland, Bert Cullum, and Joe Williamson were tinners. Local blacksmiths included W. C. Hart (who also served as Justice of the Peace), Mr. Yeager, Delbert Sublett, and Walter White, the most recent blacksmith and welder. Garage and/or service station operators included the Hills brothers, Seymour and Hamilton, T. A. Calhoun, Lowell Hughes, John Marguire, Earl Hayer, Emery Mann, Richard Hembrough, Don Thady, John Slocum, Leroy Seymour, and Mike Elliott who now operate a garage on Route 104. The man who has been in this business longer than any other in Franklin is Allen "Pete" Ebrey. Pete took over the Standard station on Main Street in 1935 and now has 46 years of continuous service to his credit. Grocers not previously mentioned were Tom Miller, George Dunston, John Smith, Leonard Hills, William Bull, Calhoun and Topliff, Harry Whitlock (over 40 years), A. A. Hart and Son, Wayne Rolston, J. E. Hubbell, the Points Brothers, and Ina Bridges who now owns a combination grocery, lunch room and recreation room. A few of the previously owned and operated restaurants and lunch rooms were run by W. C. Teaney, the Matlock Brothers, Chambers and Matlock, Ber Kidd, Charles Minor, James and Shirley Slocum, Ray Jones, Lawrence and Della McNeely, Jack Slaughter, Grover M. and Ruby Caldwell, Wayne and Bernice Rolston, C. D. (Pat) Kenny ran the Shamrock, Mrs. Clements, and now Majorie White who has a business on Route 104. One of the leading businesses here in Franklin is the Hamilton Catering Service. Started in 1975 by George Hamilton, Sr., who had been in the restaurant business in Jacksonville for many years, the venture prospered. After Mr. Hamilton's death in 1978, his son George Jr. took over the management, and with an average of seven employees and five delivery vans, services a large area of central Illinois. Another well established, local business is the Kenny-Kingston Insurance Agency. Joe Kingston also conducts a real estate business as well. There are three beauty shops in town operated by Gertrude Leadill, Evelyn Seymour, and Bonnie Stewart. Mrs. Robert Jones is the owner of the "Franklin Station," a very attractive gift and craft shop. James Newell and his wife have a fine paint and decorating shop and offer classes in various craft techniques. The Neece Funeral Home was established more than fifty years ago by W. H. Neece in the east part of town. He purchased a large house from the Keplinger estate located where Miller Keplinger built the brick home now owned by "Bill" Caldwell. The house was moved to a lot at the end of E. Prairie Street. The former office building of Dr. Perkins on Main Street was purchased and moved to the same location and attached to the house. After considerable reconstruction, the funeral home was completed and served the public for fifty years. In 1960, William Neece, Jr. purchased the business from his father, and the same excellent service that had always been given was continued until 1980. At that time, the vacated Franklin Bank building on Main Street was acquired. After renovation and redecoration, the funeral home was re-established here. About this time the Neece Funeral Homes of Waverly, Palmyra, and Franklin merged with the Airman-Hiresman Funeral Homes and are continuing the same superb service that our community has appreciated in the past. Housing has been considerably increased in recent years with the opening of new subdivisions, the building of new homes and apartments by Reggie Toler, a local contractor. We hope that economic conditions will soon by such that more construction can be done. In recalling the founders and builders of the Village of Franklin and subsequent business firms contricuted to its survival and growth, we cannot forget that it was the farmer and stock raiser in the surrounding area upon whom we have been dependent to a larger degree. We cannot give too much credit to these early settlers. Courageous and well acquainted with danger and hard work, they tamed the prairies, built homes, and endured long days of toil in doing so. They took time to build churches and schools throughout the countryside, most of which are now gone, but served for many years. Many descendants of those early pioneers still live in this area. 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Which mission of all already done or begun would you consider to be the one indicating that mankind or Earth is for is becomming a spcae civilisation.
I personally consider the Voyager mission to be this one. The project is going since 1970s, it's still going on and it will last one more decade at least. The project is exploring the edge and border of the solar system and reaches out into the interstellar space. If any alien could observe any impacts of the two voyagers on the particles and gas of the solar system then there might be a chance that they wonder about it and suspect that intelligence might be behind it. What about your choices? Dipl.-Volkswirt (bdvb) Augustin (Political Economist) |
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I consider Apollo as the qualifying missions. I will settle for nothing less than people setting foot on another world.
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I agree.
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likewise. So far nothing compares with Apollo. A sustainable proffitable lunar colony or space station would, but we're not there yet.
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My personal reason is that the Voyager project is reaching out far more than Apollo. Apollo explored the Moon while the Voyager project eplores the borders of the solar system and will explore the beginning of the interstellar space also - the project is reaching beyond our stellar home and the probes leave this home for the regions between the stars. ...
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Repairing BP's Gulf Coast Devastation
We have convened hundreds of top scientists and engineers from around the world. This is the largest response to an environmental
disaster of this kind in the history of our country.
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Yesterday, I visited Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana -- one of the first places to feel the devastation wrought by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
While I was here, at Camerdelle's Live Bait shop, I met with a group of local residents and small business owners.
Folks like Floyd Lasseigne, a fourth-generation oyster fisherman. This is the time of year when he ordinarily earns a lot of his income. But his oyster bed has likely been destroyed by the spill.
Terry Vegas had a similar story. He quit the 8th grade to become a shrimper with his grandfather. Ever since, he's earned his living during shrimping season -- working long, grueling days so that he could earn enough money to support himself year-round. But today, the waters where he has worked are closed. And every day, as the spill worsens, he loses hope that he will be able to return to the life he built.
Here, this spill has not just damaged livelihoods. It has upended whole communities. And the fury people feel is not just about the money they have lost. It is about the wrenching recognition that this time their lives may never be the same.
These people work hard. They meet their responsibilities. But now because of a manmade catastrophe -- one that is not their fault and beyond their control -- their lives have been thrown into turmoil. It is brutally unfair. And what I told these men and women is that I will stand with the people of the Gulf Coast until they are again made whole.
That is why, from the beginning, we have worked to deploy every tool at our disposal to respond to this crisis. Today, there are more than 20,000 people working around the clock to contain and clean up this spill. I have authorized 17,500 National Guard troops to participate in the response. More than 1,900 vessels are aiding in the containment and cleanup effort. We have convened hundreds of top scientists and engineers from around the world. This is the largest response to an environmental
disaster of this kind in the history of our country.
We have also ordered BP to pay economic injury claims, and this week, the federal government sent BP a preliminary bill for $69 million to pay back American taxpayers for some of the costs of the response so far.
In addition, after an emergency safety review, we're putting in place aggressive new operating standards for offshore drilling. And I have appointed a bipartisan commission to look into the causes of this spill. If laws are inadequate, they will be changed. If oversight was lacking, it will be strengthened. And if laws were broken, those responsible will be brought to justice.
These are hard times in Louisiana and across the Gulf Coast, an area that has already seen more than its fair share of troubles. The people of this region have met this terrible catastrophe with seemingly boundless strength and character in defense of their way of life.
What we owe them is a commitment by our nation to match the resilience they have shown. That is our mission. And it is one we will fulfill.
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Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to hopefully restore sanity in America, and just have some fun. There is no official number of how many people attended but it is said that over 250,000 attended. Stephen Colbert estimated the size of the crowd to be at least 6 Billion on his Twitter! The event kicked off with a performance by The Roots and John Legend, before Jon Stewart came out, followed by Stephen and many other stars.
1. There were rumors that The Boss himself would show up, but there was no Bruce Springsteen. John Legend and The Roots performed for about an hour, getting political with songs "I Can't Write Left Handed." I love The Roots and they are quickly becoming "America's Band."
2. I was Team Stewart, but for a couple of minutes I was Team Colbert when Ozzy Osbourne was brought out to sing his hit "Crazy Train" while Yusaf Islam (better known as Cat Stevens) was singing his 1971 song "Peace Train." The fact that someone even thought this up is amazing. Islam and Osbourne sang their songs until they were joined onstage by the O'Jays who performed "Love Train."
3. Stephen Colbert emerging from the stage like a Chilean miner. Right after a pre-taped video message of him from "underground." The Evel Knievel costume made it even more special.
4. Matching American flad pull over fleece jackets. So tacky and so right.
6. Sam Waterson reading a poem written by Colbert, that may have been co-written by Dr. Seuss.
7. Colbert and Stewart both handed out medals, Jon giving one to Velma Hart who disagreed, respectfully, with the President at a town hall meeting. If only I could get a 'Medal of Reasonableness' every time I let someone go ahead of me in line and then they end up taking forever.
8. The sing a long at the end. Tony Bennett appeared to sing his rendition of "American The Beautiful" and then everyone gathered on stage to sing with Mavis Staples to "I'll Take You There."
9. The Signs!
Stewart's closing message was simple, but profound. "If we amplify everything, we hear nothing," he said. "Americans don't live on cable TV… most Americans don't live their lives as Democrats or Republicans or liberals or conservatives. Most live their lives as people a little bit late for something they have to do… making little, reasonable compromises we all make… we have to work together to get from the darkness to the light."
There was no agenda, no one was pushing a message that everyone couldn't live by. It was a fun event, meant to calm everyone down. I'm sure it was no coincidence that this was held the weekend before the midterm elections. At a press conference after the event, Stephen and Jon revealed that they had been planning the rally since March.
I hope they do something like this again–that is, hoping that people chill out and we won't need to restore sanity.


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I live in Norway, I go to school at Berkeley, but I see your point. I was mainly replying to MjPhilips´s comment, and using his example the cost of buying a suit vs. renting would be about the same.
Further I completely agree with you, Manton, that going to a formal event, and feeling good about what you wear is a great feeling. Thank you for your input thou
Further I completely agree with you, Manton, that going to a formal event, and feeling good about what you wear is a great feeling. Thank you for your input thou
I don't think he advocated renting, just buying a cheap one for now, which I don't entirely disagree with. I say that not even because your body type will change, but because if you go to these types of events often spills are more likely to happen and you don't want to risk ruining something nice. However, if you'll need it once a year and it's a tamer party (I imagine sorority parties are tamer than fraternity but don't really have a basis to compare) then why not.
While I was never involved in Greek life during college, we did have a senior formal for the entire class and for that I got my tux at Jos. A Bank for $150. Wasn't proper by SF standards, but it served its purpose very well and also got me through a couple of weddings until I replaced it this year with a good tux.
Try the RL tux and if you love it then buy it, but I think something like the Z-Zegna might make more sense for now in terms of the cost to how much use you'll get from it ratio. If you do go that route, here's something else to consider: with the shawl version (they make that too) I think you could easily wear the jacket with some nice jeans and a white shirt for casual but sharp nights out if you decide after college to retire the tux and get a better one. Just food for thought.


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(EDITORS: Please note correct date for GHOST WHISPERER is Friday, Oct. 20).
Costumes, Ghosts, Curses and the Bizarre Weave Their Way Through Special Episodes of "The Class," "CSI: Miami," "Ghost Whisperer," "NCIS" and "Jericho"
CBS celebrates Halloween with costumes, ghosts, curses and the bizarre as the Network offers up a caldron full of holiday-themed series episodes.
THE CLASS, CSI: MIAMI, GHOST WHISPERER, NCIS and JERICHO get into trick-or-treat mode with Halloween-themed episodes.
Friday, Oct. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM) GHOST WHISPERER -- When Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) visits Andrea's grave, she meets a confused ghost who says he's buried in the wrong grave.
Monday, Oct. 23 (8:30-9:00 PM) THE CLASS -- Kat (Lizzy Caplan) and Ethan's (Jason Ritter) departure for a Halloween party is severely delayed when she criticizes his Superman costume and claims that she's stronger than he is. Meanwhile, Perry (Sam Harris) decides to dress his daughter as Audrey Hepburn for Halloween and Lina (Heather Goldenhersh) gets creative and decides to be FDR for the holiday.
Monday, Oct. 23 (10:00-11:00 PM) CSI: MIAMI -- As Halloween approaches, the CSIs must investigate a strange case involving voodoo and are spooked when bizarre accidents start happening around the lab. Lauralee Bell ("The Young and the Restless") guest stars as the woman whose murder launches the investigation.
Tuesday, Oct. 31 (8:00-9:00 PM) NCIS -- The NCIS team investigates the attempted murder of a marine and the apparent kidnapping of his daughter on Halloween. Meanwhile, Abby's (Pauley Perrette) Halloween costume renders McGee (Sean Murray) and Tony (Michael Weatherly) speechless.
Wednesday, Nov. 1 (8:00-9:00 PM) JERICHO -- As the town prepares for a traditional Halloween celebration, Gray Anderson (Michael Gatson) returns to Jericho and reports back on the things he saw while he was away.


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I have them both and all I can say is that pinnacle boosts the sounds and makes them sound very good. I love the sound of TB Pinnacle.
EWS64XL has got more effects and midi stuff. Unfortunately I have to critise the sound quality of the card. No matter if you have 100 type of effects if the sound result is like a bread without butter on it.
Terratec. Support section sucks..
I got a EWS64XL. But the size is restricted for samplings up to 265kB. Too small, i think. In fewer days, Terratec said, that it could be possible to enlarge it.
Do you know more about that, or do you have later informations about that ? Is there a possible restricted use of the whole systemmemory for samplings, like creative made it possible in its new cards. I dont want to buy a new card, but the EWS is not satisfying me. Please help !
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text: This abandoned Soviet particle accelerator would have been the biggest in the worldAlasdair Wilkins2/24/11 1:40pmFiled to: Modern ruinsparticle acceleratorabandonedSoviet UnionUssrUnkProton acceleratorEngineeringSciencetweetFb41EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkIn the twilight days of the Cold War, the Soviets began building UNK, a proton accelerator in the town of Provtino that would have been the biggest in the world. It was never completed...but its ghostly remains are still there.AdvertisementThe photo up top shows the vast underground tunnels the Soviets were building for UNK - it actually wasn't necessary to build the tunnels that big, but all the builders had available was subway construction equipment. For more incredible photos of the above ground construction site and the abandoned tunnels underneath, check out English Russia, and check out Discovery News for more on the site's history.


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Sunday night's crushing 38-14 win over the Chargers was about redemption. Redemption for the players. Redemption for the Head Coach. And also redemption for the Foxboro Faithful.
Patriots fans went into the confessional over the past week, said the Act of Contrition and a few Our Fathers and then began the process of moving on. After such a long week of wondering about the ethics and foundation of the franchise, it was a relief just to watch a football game and forget about the witch hunt that "video-gate" is thought to be.
Of course, I hold my breath when I say "witch hunt" because if Lord forbid the other shoe drops and the Patriots are caught putting microphones on players or other such egregious acts, then all bets are off. Some of the national uprising on this stuff is justified but a lot of it is not. The feeling around Patriot Nation -- thanks to extensive research conducted in parking lots, on my cell phone and while listening to the radio -- is that this Patriot-bashing is nothing more than jealousy. Exhibit A is Hines Ward wanting to replay two AFC Championship games because somehow the Patriots cheated in both games.
The larger question that is falling on deaf ears up until this point nationally is why isn't the NFL asking the other 31 teams to step into the confessional on their own deceptive, unethical tactics. Given the widely acknowledged view that the Patriots are not be alone in engaging in questionable activities, such an undertaking is the only clear way for Commissioner Roger Goodell to ensure the NFL fan base that he is indeed comprehensively addressing the issue. If you listened to media outlets from outside New England, you would quickly discover that the Patriots are heading for excommunication while everyone else in the League is a candidate for the priesthood.
Until this blows over or the other shoe drops, let's forget about it and focus on the jaw-dropping performance of the Patriots on Sunday night and what it means as the season unfolds.
My guess is that most longtime observers and fans of the team (present company included, ahem) predicted that this was going to be a blowout. It was a perfect storm that combined an immature Chargers team, a prideful Patriot locker room and a Head Coach who finally had a legitimate "Us vs. the World" argument to utilize.
It was a playoff-style atmosphere at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night reminiscent of the Colts playoff games from a few years ago. From a pure football standpoint, it was a beautiful demonstration of outstanding game planning and execution. With plays like the touchdown passes to Moss and the interception and blazing runback by Adalius Thomas, fans in the stadium unleashed the aggravation that the last week had built up inside of them. The defining statement to the Chargers and the League was the 10-minute drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a 4th-and-goal touchdown plunge by Sammy Morris. Echoing Tedy Bruschi's post-game remarks, Patriot fans went home satisfied that their well-earned pride delivered the goods once again. On Sunday night, there was nothing that required an apology.
Without question, the 2007 Patriots have a chance to deliver as one of the most dominant teams ever to be assembled. Now let's just hope no more bad news on "video-gate" is delivered from an address in Manhattan.
Idle Zinger thoughts while being thrilled with the new seat location in Section 118:
Just how much Coors Light would you agree to drink if they could somehow get the Hooded One to agree to have some press conference footage spliced into one of those commercials?
To the male viewers of Sunday Night Football: Has your heart rate returned to normal after watching Faith Hill sing the show's theme song?
Don't tell the other members of the vestry, but my favorite show on television is "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on FX. One of the few bright spots of "Videogate" week was the season premiere last Thursday night.
So now that I have disclosed my secret affection for dark humor, perhaps you can see why I almost bowled over with laughter when I heard "Stayin' Alive" from the Bee Gees coming over the PA system at my grandfather's nursing home the other day.


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Three inducted into Tapestry of Diverse Talents
The Tapestry of Diverse Talents recognized three new members during the induction ceremony on Dec. 12 in the Memorial Union Century Theater. William Frazier, assistant director of apartments and facilities; Kris Mickelson, assistant director of TRIO Programs; and Christina Weber, assistant professor of sociology, were honored.
The Tapestry of Diverse Talents is a program of the Memorial Union. It is a pictorial mosaic that recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni for their contributions to supporting and encouraging diversity at NDSU. Individuals are inducted, reflecting the ages, classes, abilities, ethnicities, genders, races, regional differences, sexual orientations, beliefs and values of the university community.