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Hello Everybody,
I'm about to get a WL-500g (as soon as supplies are available in Germany) and have been reading up in all the forums I can find (I'm very much a noob in routers/LAN).
Here's my problem:
At present with a USB-Dsl modem I use two ISP's - One with a volume limit and no time limit, plus another provider where I pay by the minute - this one I use when my volume is used up, for e-mail and for my homepage. I don't want to use both providers at the same time.
From one computer this is no problem but, from what I have read in various other forums, when using a router it seems that the PPPoE user information must be changed in the router setup every time.
But in reading the latest manual for the WL-500g I see the point "Enable PPPoE Relay - allows stations in LAN to setup individual PPPoE connections that are passthrough NAT".
Can I use this to solve my problem? It certainly sounds like it should be possible to specify my provider from the client computer. If so how could I do this?
I'm running XPpro on all 3 computers in the LAN (wireless comes as soon as I can afford it!)


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Serious questions can be raised about Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim's legal legitimacy to sign such an agreement, says Charles Santiago.
Serious questions can be raised about Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim's legal legitimacy to sign such an agreement, says Charles Santiago.
Penang Forum supports the recent announcement by the Penang Chief Minister, who is also the PBA chairman, that the domestic water tariff in Penang should be raised.
While many Selangor residents endure water-rationing, Chris Chong takes time out to provide a round-up of the week's events.
CYBERJAYA, 18 Jan — Gabungan Menentang Penswastaan Air (CAWP) mengkritik Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (Span) kerana tidak tegas mengambil tindakan ke atas dua syarikat konsesi air, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) dan Puncak Niaga, di atas masalah bekalan air di negeri tersebut.
We, the undersigned NGOs, support Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim' decision to exercise its right to take over the operations of state water concessionaire Syabas, apparently provided for under clause 32 of the concession agreement.
Sarawak is not a poor state and it has an income that is similar to Selangor's. But a short distance away from towns lie settlements where people do not have electricity and piped water and use pit-latrines. Where has all the money gone, wonders SD.
If children cannot be protected against an exploitative and unjust system, what is the rationale for standing in their way when they participate in actions to demand their rights, asks Rani Rasiah.
Organisers of an inter-faith forum on water filed a formal complaint with Suhakam on the conduct of the Special Branch based in Dang Wangi police station.
Representatives of the main religious groups in Malaysia came together and sign a joint declaration that reiterates that water is God's gift to the people.
Perak recently raised water tariffs even though the Perak Water Board has been making healthy profits for the past five years. Jeyakumar Devaraj writes on the turbulence sparked by the hike and the controversial move to corporatise the Board.

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The interwebs are a strange place... and today, a Hulk Hogan sex tape has emerged. The video originally obtained by Gawker shows Hulk Hogan and a woman who is said to be the ex-wife of his best friend.
I haven't watched the video myself, and you should only view at your own risk.


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Quality Based Rankings of Irish Economists 1990-2000
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Patriots reportedly still considering options regarding Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders |
03.16.13 at 7:43 am ET |
There are conflicting reports about whether the Patriots have made an offer to Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders.
According to a story on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website posted just after midnight, the Patriots did present an offer to the restricted free agent. However, no major media outlets verified that information, and ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted early Saturday morning that the Patriots were "still mulling whether to sign" Sanders.
If the Patriots sign Sanders and the Steelers — who are having salary cap issues — fail to match the offer within seven days, New England would get Sanders but lose a third-round pick in next month's draft.
The Patriots, known for loading up on draft picks, previously traded away their picks in the fourth round (Aqib Talib), fifth round (Albert Haynesworth) and sixth round (Chad Ochocinco). They have five picks remaining (one each in Rounds 1, 2 and 3, and two in Round 7).
Sanders, due to make $1.3 million if he plays in Pittsburgh in 2013, reportedly visited with Patriots brass Friday.
Sanders, who turns 26 Sunday, caught 44 passes for 626 yards and one touchdown in 2012, starting seven games. In his three-year career, Sanders has 94 receptions for 1,290 yards and five TDs. A third-round pick in 2010 out of SMU, he was expected to start in 2013 for Pittsburgh, which already lost free agent receiver Mike Wallace to the Dolphins this week.
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Before the match against Rifle, the Moffat County High School volleyball team huddled in the locker room and planned for a victory.
"We got together and said 'This is a win tonight and this is how we're going to do it,'" junior Jenna Stiefel said. "It pumped us up and we seemed a lot more focused than Rifle tonight."
The Bulldogs had been preparing for their 15-9, 15-7 win over the Bears since Saturday's loss to Eagle Valley. According to head coach Rosie Lear, the practices were a key to the team's play Thursday.
"The girls were focused on regaining confidence this week in practice," she said. "The losses to Steamboat and Eagle Valley were tough on us mentally but we put it together tonight and played well."
Junior Brittany Hutton and sophomore Brandie Telfer led the Bulldog attack with four kills apiece. Senior Kate Schafer also contributed three kills.
"It was a well-balanced attack," Lear said. "We worked as a team and that was the key to the win."
Stiefel said she thought an important part of the match was that the team learned from its mistakes.
"We covered our blocks really well tonight, something we hadn't been doing," she said. "There were a lot fewer mistakes and we showed a lot of improvement."
The victory was the first in conference play for the Bulldogs and first win against Rifle in two seasons.
"It's exhilarating to go down to Rifle and get the win," Stiefel said. "The confidence we gained from tonight is going to keep us going for a while."


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Drogba To Join Batista In Shanghai
(AFP) – Ex-Argentina manager Sergio Batista said Chelsea's Didier Drogba could soon join him at Shanghai Shenhua as he was unveiled as Chinese football's latest star acquisition on Wednesday.
Batista indicated Drogba, who has already announced his departure from the European champions, could arrive within weeks at the Chinese club, where he would link up with former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka.
"The people from the club are doing the best things to get Drogba here," Batista told journalists through a translator, adding the Ivorian striker could soon be a Shenhua player "if everything is okay".
"I think every coach in the world wants to get Drogba on the team and I hope everything is okay. Anelka too," he said.
Batista, who lifted the 1986 World Cup as a player and led Argentina to Olympic gold in 2008, takes the job vacated by Frenchman Jean Tigana, who was sacked in April after a weak start to his first season in charge.
He joins World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, who arrived at Guangzhou Evergrande two weeks ago, in the ever-growing ranks of big names in the Chinese Super League, whose ambitious club-owners are on a recruitment spree.
French striker Anelka, who became the league's most famous signing in December, had reportedly opposed Batista's appointment after he was named as player-coach following Tigana's ousting.
But Batista, 49, played down speculation of a rift and said he was hoping for a strong contribution from the much-travelled star — although final decisions would rest with the coach.
"It's another moment. He's a player. I'm open to hear Anelka and all the players on the team speak about what's happening on the field. Obviously, the final decision is from the coach," he said.
Batista added: "Anelka can give to all the players his experience, on the field and off the field.
"I don't want Anelka to play only to score goals. He is one of the best players in the world, but I want to keep him back on the field to play with his partners on the team."
Shenhua officials said they hoped Batista's South American approach could boost their team, now lying ninth in the 16th-club league.
They said Batista has signed a six-month contract, taking him through the rest of the season, with an option for another year. His salary was not revealed.
He will coach his first league match on June 16 against Changchun Yatai, now just ahead of Shenhua in the table. Batista is accompanied by two long-serving assistants, Alberto Osvaldo Rodriguez and Alejandro Daniel Tocalli.
Drogba, 34, departs Chelsea after a match-winning performance in this month's Champions League final and as one of the English Premier League's most feared strikers.


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Blaze 17-game win streak comes to end
For the first time since opening day, the Langley Blaze were on the short-end of a score.
The U18 baseball team won their first three games of the weekend before falling 3-0 on Sunday afternoon to see their 17-game winning streak come to an end.
The Blaze, who lead the B.C. Premier Baseball League with a record of 17-2, were in Victoria over the weekend, sweeping the Victoria Mariners on Saturday 4-0 and 1-0 before splitting with the Victoria Eagles 8-4 and 3-0 on Sunday.
The weekend began with another gem from Kyle Ross, who has yet to allow a run this season in 26 innings pitched.
Ross improved to 4-0 with a two-hit shutout, striking out 11 along the way.
Mitchell Robinson and Brendan Halstrom both had RBI doubles and Connor Chorpita had the other RBI. Kyle McComb also had a double as three of Langley's five hits went for extra-bases.
Saturday's second game saw Luke Horanski drive in the game's only run in the top of the first inning.
That was enough offence for Cooper Misic who was two outs away from a complete game. Misic surrendered seven hits and one walk and struck out two, but no runs as he improved to 4-0.
Jonathan Keltie came on two nail down the final two outs with they tying run on third base.
Against the Eagles, Langley had to rally from an early 4-0 hole as Victoria scored four times in the bottom of the first inning.
But Kurtis Horne settled down from that point and allowed no more runs the rest of the way.
Brendan Halstrom fueled the offence with two doubles and four RBIs.
The second game saw the Eagles take advantage of the base-on-balls to score three runs in a 3-0 victory. Victoria scored once in the first and twice in the second of Kristjan Storrie.
Ryan Braun came on in relief and allowed just one hit over five innings but the Blaze bats mustered just one hit themselves.
Langley is back in action on Friday (May 16) as they travel to Abbotsford's Delair Park to face the Cardinals (8-6).
The team then hosts the North Shore Twins (9-3) in a doubleheader at McLeod Park on May 17. First pitch is noon.


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(Redirected from Waffle fries)
Crinkle-cutting is slicing that leaves a corrugated surface. This is done with corrugated knives or mandoline blades.
Crinkle-cut potato chips are sometimes called ruffled, by analogy with a ruffle in sewing. French fries or sweet potato fries may also be crinkle-cut, and may be called "wavy fries".
If the potato is turned 90° between cuts, the result is waffle fries.
Waffle fries[edit]
Pommes gaufrettes, waffle fries, or criss-cross fries are crisps obtained by quarter-turning the potato before each pass over the corrugated blade of a mandoline and deep-frying.[1]
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- Ruffles
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love that quote...sometimes it is tough to keep stepping, especially when out of shape, but the important thing is to start stepping, and take it one step at a time.
Thank you! Have a great week!
So true. There comes a time when we have to move to action and we often forget this. Thanks for the reminder :)
Great quote! That photo is really cool too!!! ~Val
Great quote!! Too often I think we stand there staring at whatever it is, instead of tackling it. :-)
Very true. Great quote, Valerie!
Your thoughts and ideas are an important part of the conversation, thanks for sharing!


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1.8: Problem-Solving Strategies: Make a Table and Look for a Pattern
Learning Objectives
- Read and understand given problem situations.
- Develop and use the strategy "make a table."
- Develop and use the strategy "look for a pattern."
- Plan and compare alternative approaches to solving a problem.
- Solve real-world problems using the above strategies as part of a plan.
In this section, we will apply the problem-solving plan you learned about in the last section to solve several real-world problems. You will learn how to develop and use the methods make a table and look for a pattern.
Read and Understand Given Problem Situations
The most difficult parts of problem-solving are most often the first two steps in our problem-solving plan. You need to read the problem and make sure you understand what you are being asked. Once you understand the problem, you can devise a strategy to solve it.
Let's apply the first two steps to the following problem.
Example 1:
Six friends are buying pizza together and they are planning to split the check equally. After the pizza was ordered, one of the friends had to leave suddenly, before the pizza arrived. Everyone left had to pay $1 extra as a result. How much was the total bill?
We want to find how much the pizza cost.
We know that five people had to pay an extra $1 each when one of the original six friends had to leave.
We can start by making a list of possible amounts for the total bill.
We divide the amount by six and then by five. The total divided by five should equal $1 more than the total divided by six.
Look for any patterns in the numbers that might lead you to the correct answer.
In the rest of this section you will learn how to make a table or look for a pattern to figure out a solution for this type of problem. After you finish reading the rest of the section, you can finish solving this problem for homework.
Develop and Use the Strategy: Make a Table
The method "Make a Table" is helpful when solving problems involving numerical relationships. When data is organized in a table, it is easier to recognize patterns and relationships between numbers. Let's apply this strategy to the following example.
Example 2
Josie takes up jogging. On the first week she jogs for 10 minutes per day, on the second week she jogs for 12 minutes per day. Each week, she wants to increase her jogging time by 2 minutes per day. If she jogs six days each week, what will be her total jogging time on the sixth week?
We know in the first week Josie jogs 10 minutes per day for six days.
We know in the second week Josie jogs 12 minutes per day for six days.
Each week, she increases her jogging time by 2 minutes per day and she jogs 6 days per week.
We want to find her total jogging time in week six.
A good strategy is to list the data we have been given in a table and use the information we have been given to find new information.
We are told that Josie jogs 10 minutes per day for six days in the first week and 12 minutes per day for six days in the second week. We can enter this information in a table:
Week | Minutes per Day | Minutes per Week |
1 | 10 | 60 |
2 | 12 | 72 |
You are told that each week Josie increases her jogging time by 2 minutes per day and jogs 6 times per week. We can use this information to continue filling in the table until we get to week six.
Week | Minutes per Day | Minutes per Week |
1 | 10 | 60 |
2 | 12 | 72 |
3 | 14 | 84 |
4 | 16 | 96 |
5 | 18 | 108 |
6 | 20 | 120 |
Apply strategy/solve
To get the answer we read the entry for week six.
Answer: In week six Josie jogs a total of 120 minutes.
Josie increases her jogging time by two minutes per day. She jogs six days per week. This means that she increases her jogging time by 12 minutes per week.
Josie starts at 60 minutes per week and she increases by 12 minutes per week for five weeks.
That means the total jogging time is \begin{align*}60 + 12 \times 5 = 120 \ minutes\end{align*}
The answer checks out.
You can see that making a table helped us organize and clarify the information we were given, and helped guide us in the next steps of the problem. We solved this problem solely by making a table; in many situations, we would combine this strategy with others to get a solution.
Develop and Use the Strategy: Look for a Pattern
Looking for a pattern is another strategy that you can use to solve problems. The goal is to look for items or numbers that are repeated or a series of events that repeat. The following problem can be solved by finding a pattern.
Example 3
You arrange tennis balls in triangular shapes as shown. How many balls will there be in a triangle that has 8 rows?
We know that we arrange tennis balls in triangles as shown.
We want to know how many balls there are in a triangle that has 8 rows.
A good strategy is to make a table and list how many balls are in triangles of different rows.
One row: It is simple to see that a triangle with one row has only one ball.
Two rows: For a triangle with two rows, we add the balls from the top row to the balls from the bottom row. It is useful to make a sketch of the separate rows in the triangle.
\begin{align*}3 = 1 + 2\end{align*}
Three rows: We add the balls from the top triangle to the balls from the bottom row.
\begin{align*}6 = 3 + 3\end{align*}
Now we can fill in the first three rows of a table.
Number of Rows | Number of Balls |
1 | 1 |
2 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
We can see a pattern.
To create the next triangle, we add a new bottom row to the existing triangle.
The new bottom row has the same number of balls as there are rows. (For example, a triangle with 3 rows has 3 balls in the bottom row.)
To get the total number of balls for the new triangle, we add the number of balls in the old triangle to the number of balls in the new bottom row.
Apply strategy/solve:
We can complete the table by following the pattern we discovered.
Number of balls = number of balls in previous triangle + number of rows in the new triangle
Number of Rows | Number of Balls |
1 | 1 |
2 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
4 |
\begin{align*}6 + 4 = 10\end{align*} |
5 |
\begin{align*}10 + 5 = 15\end{align*} |
6 |
\begin{align*}15 + 6 = 21\end{align*} |
7 |
\begin{align*}21 + 7 = 28\end{align*} |
8 |
\begin{align*}28 + 8 = 36 \end{align*} |
Answer There are 36 balls in a triangle arrangement with 8 rows.
Each row of the triangle has one more ball than the previous one. In a triangle with 8 rows,
row 1 has 1 ball, row 2 has 2 balls, row 3 has 3 balls, row 4 has 4 balls, row 5 has 5 balls, row 6 has 6 balls, row 7 has 7 balls, row 8 has 8 balls.
When we add these we get: \begin{align*}1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36 \ balls\end{align*}
The answer checks out.
Notice that in this example we made tables and drew diagrams to help us organize our information and find a pattern. Using several methods together is a very common practice and is very useful in solving word problems.
Plan and Compare Alternative Approaches to Solving Problems
In this section, we will compare the methods of "Making a Table" and "Looking for a Pattern" by using each method in turn to solve a problem.
Example 4
Andrew cashes a $180 check and wants the money in $10 and $20 bills. The bank teller gives him 12 bills. How many of each kind of bill does he receive?
Method 1: Making a Table
Andrew gives the bank teller a $180 check.
The bank teller gives Andrew 12 bills. These bills are a mix of $10 bills and $20 bills.
We want to know how many of each kind of bill Andrew receives.
Let's start by making a table of the different ways Andrew can have twelve bills in tens and twenties.
Andrew could have twelve $10 bills and zero $20 bills, or eleven $10 bills and one $20 bill, and so on.
We can calculate the total amount of money for each case.
Apply strategy/solve
$10 bills | $ 20 bills | Total amount |
12 | 0 |
\begin{align*}\$10(12) + \$20(0) = \$120\end{align*} |
11 | 1 |
\begin{align*}\$10(11) + \$20(1) = \$130\end{align*} |
10 | 2 | \begin{align*}\$10(10) + \$20(2) = \$140\end{align*} |
9 | 3 | \begin{align*}\$10(9) + \$20(3) = \$150\end{align*} |
8 | 4 | \begin{align*}\$10(8) + \$20(4) = \$160\end{align*} |
7 | 5 | \begin{align*}\$10(7) + \$20(5) = \$170\end{align*} |
6 | 6 | \begin{align*}\$10(6) + \$20(6) = \$180\end{align*} |
5 | 7 | \begin{align*}\$10(5) + \$20(7) = \$190\end{align*} |
4 | 8 | \begin{align*}\$10(4) + \$20(8) = \$200\end{align*} |
3 | 9 | \begin{align*}\$10(3) + \$20(9) = \$210\end{align*} |
2 | 10 | \begin{align*}\$10(2) + \$20(10) = \$220\end{align*} |
1 | 11 | \begin{align*}\$10(1) + \$20(11) = \$230 \end{align*} |
0 | 12 | \begin{align*}\$10(0) + \$20(12) = \$240\end{align*} |
In the table we listed all the possible ways you can get twelve $10 bills and $20 bills and the total amount of money for each possibility. The correct amount is given when Andrew has six $10 bills and six $20 bills.
Answer: Andrew gets six $10 bills and six $20 bills.
Six $10 bills and six $20 bills \begin{align*}\rightarrow 6(\$10) + 6(\$20) = \$60 + \$120 = \$180\end{align*}
The answer checks out.
Let's solve the same problem using the method "Look for a Pattern."
Method 2: Looking for a Pattern
Andrew gives the bank teller a $180 check.
The bank teller gives Andrew 12 bills. These bills are a mix of $10 bills and $20 bills.
We want to know how many of each kind of bill Andrew receives.
Let's start by making a table just as we did above. However, this time we will look for patterns in the table that can be used to find the solution.
Apply strategy/solve
Let's fill in the rows of the table until we see a pattern.
$10 bills | $20 bills | Total amount |
12 | 0 | \begin{align*}\$10(12) + \$20(0) = \$120\end{align*} |
11 | 1 | \begin{align*}\$10(11) + \$20(1) = \$130\end{align*} |
10 | 2 | \begin{align*}\$10(10) + \$20(2) = \$140 \end{align*} |
We see that every time we reduce the number of $10 bills by one and increase the number of $20 bills by one, the total amount increases by $10. The last entry in the table gives a total amount of $140, so we have $40 to go until we reach our goal. This means that we should reduce the number of $10 bills by four and increase the number of $20 bills by four. That would give us six $10 bills and six $20 bills.
\begin{align*}6(\$10) + 6(\$20) = \$60 + 120 = \$180\end{align*}
Answer: Andrew gets six $10 bills and six $20 bills.
Six $10 bills and six $20 bills \begin{align*}\rightarrow 6(\$10) + 6(\$20) = \$60 + 120 = \$180\end{align*}
The answer checks out.
You can see that the second method we used for solving the problem was less tedious. In the first method, we listed all the possible options and found the answer we were seeking. In the second method, we started by listing the options, but we found a pattern that helped us find the solution faster. The methods of "Making a Table" and "Looking for a Pattern" are both more powerful if used alongside other problem-solving methods.
Solve Real-World Problems Using Selected Strategies as Part of a Plan
Example 5
Anne is making a box without a lid. She starts with a 20 in. square piece of cardboard and cuts out four equal squares from each corner of the cardboard as shown. She then folds the sides of the box and glues the edges together. How big does she need to cut the corner squares in order to make the box with the biggest volume?
Step 1:
Anne makes a box out of a \begin{align*}20 \ in \times 20 \ in\end{align*} piece of cardboard.
She cuts out four equal squares from the corners of the cardboard.
She folds the sides and glues them to make a box.
How big should the cut out squares be to make the box with the biggest volume?
Step 2:
We need to remember the formula for the volume of a box.
\begin{align*}\text{Volume} = \text{Area of base} \times \text{height}\end{align*}
\begin{align*}\text{Volume} = \text{width} \times \text{length} \times \text{height}\end{align*}
Make a table of values by picking different values for the side of the squares that we are cutting out and calculate the volume.
Step 3:
Apply strategy/solve
Let's "make" a box by cutting out four corner squares with sides equal to 1 inch. The diagram will look like this:
You see that when we fold the sides over to make the box, the height becomes 1 inch, the width becomes 18 inches and the length becomes 18 inches.
\begin{align*}\text{Volume} = \text{width} \times \text{length} \times \text{height}\end{align*}
\begin{align*}\text{Volume} = 18 \times 18 \times 1 = 324 \ in^3\end{align*}
Let's make a table that shows the value of the box for different square sizes:
Side of Square | Box Height | Box Width | Box Length | Volume |
1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | \begin{align*}18 \times 18 \times 1 = 324\end{align*} |
2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | \begin{align*}16 \times 16 \times 2 = 512\end{align*} |
3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | \begin{align*}14 \times 14 \times 3 = 588\end{align*} |
4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | \begin{align*}12 \times 12 \times 4 = 576\end{align*} |
5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | \begin{align*}10 \times 10 \times 5 = 500\end{align*} |
6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | \begin{align*}8 \times 8 \times 6 = 384\end{align*} |
7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | \begin{align*}6 \times 6 \times 7 = 252\end{align*} |
8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | \begin{align*}4 \times 4 \times 8 = 128\end{align*} |
9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | \begin{align*}2 \times 2 \times 9 = 36\end{align*} |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | \begin{align*}0 \times 0 \times 10 = 0 \end{align*} |
We stop at a square of 10 inches because at this point we have cut out all of the cardboard and we can't make a box any more. From the table we see that we can make the biggest box if we cut out squares with a side length of three inches. This gives us a volume of \begin{align*}588 \ in^3\end{align*}.
Answer The box of greatest volume is made if we cut out squares with a side length of three inches.
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We see that \begin{align*}588 \ in^3\end{align*} is the largest volume appearing in the table. We picked integer values for the sides of the squares that we are cut out. Is it possible to get a larger value for the volume if we pick non-integer values? Since we get the largest volume for the side length equal to three inches, let's make another table with values close to three inches that is split into smaller increments:
Side of Square | Box Height | Box Width | Box Length | Volume |
2.5 | 2.5 | 15 | 15 | \begin{align*}15 \ \times \ 15 \ \times \ 2.5 = 562.5\end{align*} |
2.6 | 2.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | \begin{align*}14.8 \times 14.8 \times 2.6 = 569.5\end{align*} |
2.7 | 2.7 | 14.6 | 14.6 | \begin{align*}14.6 \times 14.6 \times 2.7 = 575.5\end{align*} |
2.8 | 2.8 | 14.4 | 14.4 | \begin{align*}14.4 \times 14.4 \times 2.8 = 580.6\end{align*} |
2.9 | 2.9 | 14.2 | 14.2 | \begin{align*}14.2 \times 14.2 \times 2.9 = 584.8\end{align*} |
3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | \begin{align*}14 \times 14 \times 3 = 588\end{align*} |
3.1 | 3.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | \begin{align*}13.8 \times 13.8 \times 3.1 = 590.4\end{align*} |
3.2 | 3.2 | 13.6 | 13.6 | \begin{align*}13.6 \times13.6 \times 3.2 = 591.9\end{align*} |
3.3 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | \begin{align*}13.4 \times 13.4 \times 3.3 = 592.5\end{align*} |
3.4 | 3.4 | 13.2 | 13.2 | \begin{align*}13.2 \times 13.2 \times 3.4 = 592.4\end{align*} |
3.5 | 3.5 | 13 | 13 | \begin{align*}13 \ \times \ 13 \ \times \ 3.5 = 591.5 \end{align*} |
Notice that the largest volume is not when the side of the square is three inches, but rather when the side of the square is 3.3 inches.
Our original answer was not incorrect, but it was not as accurate as it could be. We can get an even more accurate answer if we take even smaller increments of the side length of the square. To do that, we would choose smaller measurements that are in the neighborhood of 3.3 inches.
Meanwhile, our first answer checks out if we want it rounded to zero decimal places, but a more accurate answer is 3.3 inches.
Review Questions
- Go back and find the solution to the problem in Example 1.
- Britt has $2.25 in nickels and dimes. If she has 40 coins in total, how many of each coin does she have?
- Jeremy divides a 160-square-foot garden into plots that are either 10 or 12 square feet each. If there are 14 plots in all, how many plots are there of each size?
- A pattern of squares is put together as shown. How many squares are in the \begin{align*}12^{th}\end{align*} diagram? \begin{align*}\;\end{align*}
- In Harrisville, local housing laws specify how many people can live in a house or apartment: the maximum number of people allowed is twice the number of bedrooms, plus one. If Jan, Pat, and their four children want to rent a house, how many bedrooms must it have?
- A restaurant hosts children's birthday parties for a cost of $120 for the first six children (including the birthday child) and $30 for each additional child. If Jaden's parents have a budget of $200 to spend on his birthday party, how many guests can Jaden invite?
- A movie theater with 200 seats charges $8 general admission and $5 for students. If the 5:00 showing is sold out and the theater took in $1468 for that showing, how many of the seats are occupied by students?
- Oswald is trying to cut down on drinking coffee. His goal is to cut down to 6 cups per week. If he starts with 24 cups the first week, then cuts down to 21 cups the second week and 18 cups the third week, how many weeks will it take him to reach his goal?
- Taylor checked out a book from the library and it is now 5 days late. The late fee is 10 cents per day. How much is the fine?
- Mikhail is filling a sack with oranges.
- If each orange weighs 5 ounces and the sack will hold 2 pounds, how many oranges will the sack hold before it bursts?
- Mikhail plans to use these oranges to make breakfast smoothies. If each smoothie requires \begin{align*}\frac{3}{4}\end{align*} cup of orange juice, and each orange will yield half a cup, how many smoothies can he make?
- Jessamyn takes out a $150 loan from an agency that charges 12% of the original loan amount in interest each week. If she takes five weeks to pay off the loan, what is the total amount (loan plus interest) she will need to pay back?
- How many hours will a car traveling at 75 miles per hour take to catch up to a car traveling at 55 miles per hour if the slower car starts two hours before the faster car?
- Grace starts biking at 12 miles per hour. One hour later, Dan starts biking at 15 miles per hour, following the same route. How long will it take him to catch up with Grace?
- A new theme park opens in Milford. On opening day, the park has 120 visitors; on each of the next three days, the park has 10 more visitors than the day before; and on each of the three days after that, the park has 20 more visitors than the day before.
- How many visitors does the park have on the seventh day?
- How many total visitors does the park have all week?
- Lemuel wants to enclose a rectangular plot of land with a fence. He has 24 feet of fencing. What is the largest possible area that he could enclose with the fence?
- Quizzes in Keiko's history class are worth 20 points each. Keiko scored 15 and 18 points on her last two quizzes. What score does she need on her third quiz to get an average score of 17 on all three?
- Tickets to an event go on sale for $20 six weeks before the event, and go up in price by $5 each week. What is the price of tickets one week before the event?
- Mark is three years older than Janet, and the sum of their ages is 15. How old are Mark and Janet?
- In a one-on-one basketball game, Jane scored \begin{align*}1 \frac{1}{2}\end{align*} times as many points as Russell. If the two of them together scored 10 points, how many points did Jane score?
- Scientists are tracking two pods of whales during their migratory season. On the first day of June, one pod is 120 miles north of a certain group of islands, and every day thereafter it gets 15 miles closer to the islands. The second pod starts out 160 miles east of the islands on June 3, and heads toward the islands at a rate of 20 miles a day.
- Which pod will arrive at the islands first, and on what day?
- How long after that will it take the other pod to reach the islands?
- Suppose the pod that reaches the islands first immediately heads south from the islands at a rate of 15 miles a day, and the pod that gets there second also heads south from there at a rate of 25 miles a day. On what day will the second pod catch up with the first?
- How far will both pods be from the islands on that day?
Texas Instruments Resources
In the CK-12 Texas Instruments Algebra I FlexBook, there are graphing calculator activities designed to supplement the objectives for some of the lessons in this chapter. See http://www.ck12.org/flexr/chapter/9611.
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TORRANCE, Calif. The body of a U.S. soldier found in the Euphrates River in Iraq was identified today as a California man who was abducted with two comrades a week and a half ago, a relative said.
Military officials told the family of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. of Torrance that a commanding officer identified the body, but that DNA tests were still pending.
They told us, We re sorry to inform you the body we found has been identified as Joe, said the soldier s aunt, Debbie Anzack. I m in disbelief.
Anzack, 20, was one of three soldiers who vanished after their combat team was ambushed May 12 about 20 miles outside of Baghdad. Five others, including an Iraqi, were killed in the ambush, subsequently claimed by al-Qaeda.
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Turkey Marinade
Turkey Marinade is a way to tenderize, moist and add flavor to the turkey pieces used for cooking. There are many turkey marinade recipes to try, although the basic set of ingredients remains the same. Turkey marinade mostly uses citrus or acidic liquids like lime juice, vinegar, wine, orange juice etc along with other favorite seasonings to flavor the turkey. Marinated turkey needs to be left for at least a couple of hours so that the flavors blend in well.


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This is the first study I'm aware of that looked specifically at female physique athletes and the effects of a higher protein intake, and comes from Dr. Bill Campbell's lab via the University of South Florida, Performance & Physique Enhancement Laboratory, which I gave a talk at recently and presented at conferences. It's interesting to note they found increased LBM with higher protein off season:
Effects of a high (2.4 g/kg) vs. low/moderate (1.2 g/kg) protein intake on body composition in aspiring female physique athletes engaging in an 8-week resistance training program
Bill I. Campbell, Danielle Aguilar, Andres Vargas, Laurin Conlin, Amey Sanders, Paola Fink-Irizarry, Layne Norton, Ross Perry, Ryley McCallum, Matthew R. Wynn, Jack Lenton.
University of South Florida, Performance & Physique Enhancement Laboratory, Tampa, FL, USA
Aspiring female physique athletes are often encouraged to ingest relatively high levels of dietary protein in conjunction with their resistance-training programs. However, there is little to no research investigating higher vs. lower protein intakes in this population. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of a high protein diet vs. a low protein diet in resistance trained, aspiring female physique athletes.
17 resistance-trained female subjects (21.2±2.1 years; 165.1±5.1 cm; 61±6.1 kg) participated in this investigation. At baseline and following 8-weeks of a periodized daily undulating resistance-training program (DUP), participants were assessed for body composition (body weight [BW], fat mass [FM], body fat % [BF%], and lean body mass [LBM]). After baseline testing, participants were matched according to total FM and randomized to the high protein group (HP; n = 8) or the low/moderate protein group (LP; n = 9). Participants in the high protein group were instructed to ingest at least 2.4 grams of protein/kg body mass per day and participants in the low protein group were instructed to ingest no more than 1.2 grams of protein/kg body mass. There were no restrictions or guidelines placed on dietary CHO or Fat intake during the study intervention for either group. Body composition was assessed via ultrasound (A mode, 2.5-MHz transmitter). The DUP program consisted of two lower body and two upper body workouts conducted a total of 4 times per week for 8 weeks. Data were analyzed via a 2-factor [2x2] between-subjects repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). The criterion for significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.


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BigMusicGeek.com recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
BigMusicGeek.com: Has a replacement for [departed drummer] Mike [Portnoy] been found? Are the auditions now finished? James: We've already completed the auditioning process. At this point, it's all just a matter of us coming to a decision and announcing it when the time is truly right. The auditioning process took place in October in New York and, unfortunately, I can't really speak of it any further that that. It happened and we're now moving forward. Once everything can be revealed and known to the fans, we will definitely be putting the word out. BigMusicGeek.com: Were there any obvious precursors to Mike had become displeased or, at the very least, wanted a change? James: Absolutely not. And I think that's why it came as such a shock to every one of us. It wasn't like we were all bangin' each other's heads, not seeing eye-to-eye or wanting to be in the same room with one another. None of that was going on. Everything was cool. It was quite simply a surprise. Mike had mentioned that it wasn't something that was spur of the moment. He just doesn't operate like that. When he mentioned to us that he had been thinking about it off and on over the last year, it was obvious that he had been having these feelings for quite some time, wanting to separate himself from anything regarding the future of DREAM THEATER. It was simply something that we didn't see coming in any way, shape or form. It was just an absolute surprise. BigMusicGeek.com: Would you describe the relations between everyone as "stable" prior to Mike announcing he was leaving? James: I think we got along a lot better than most other bands, ya know? You hear about some bands fighting and scrappin' offstage and whatever. That's not to say that we didn't have our differences over the years We've been together for over twenty five years. It's bound to happen where you have a difference in opinions and don't see eye-to-eye. We're five individuals with our own idiosyncrasies and personalities. Let's face it; when you're around someone long enough, you either need to learn how to deal with it or it becomes something that has to be confronted. We've always been able to work through any difficult periods and come over to a stronger situation. I wish him the best. He's a great drummer. He'll always be involved with something, no doubt about it. He's not the type of person who can just sit at home and twiddle his thumbs. It's impossible. BigMusicGeek.com: What type of impact will the departure of Mike have on the songwriting dynamic within DREAM THEATER? James: It might shift the dynamic as far as the involvement. There may be a bit more involvement from (bassist) John Myung. Basically, (keyboardist) Jordan (Rudess) and (guitarist) John (Petrrucci) are the main contributors to the music, so a lot of that is going to remain the same, but there might be some more involvement from John Myung and myself, ya know? We'll just have to get in there and start feelin' things out. This is a whole new chapter for us or a whole new dynamic, as you put it, for us to be going into. If anything, I think it will be overwhelmingly positive, very exciting and something different. It's going to be very different and a new experience for all of us. I think it's going to bring up a lot of things that might not have otherwise been noticed or known. There's a certain potential that it brings and that's why I do my solo albums, ya know? My inspiration is that I get to reveal who James LaBrie is outside of being the singer for DREAM THEATER and who I am as a writer and producer and a singer. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds within the studio. BigMusicGeek.com: When the group once again begins touring, are there plans to continue with the "An Evening With" format? James: It's definitely something we're going to talk about, but I think it's a bit premature to answer something like that. It's something we're going to entertain or at least discuss. It's definitely a conversation that needs to be had. And if we don't go ahead and do "An Evening With," I think we would have only one opening act and then do a two-hour or two-hour-plus set. That's what our fans want and we know that. Our fans are coming to our shows to see DREAM THEATER and they want to see a lot, so we're going to do as much as we're comfortable doing. I know that eventually and inevitably the idea for "An Evening With" will come up again. Is it something that's going to happen on the next tour? I don't honestly know. Rest assured, it's a conversation we will have. We'll be talking about it again once we begin recording. Those types of topics always come up. Read the entire interview at BigMusicGeek.com.DREAM THEATER Singer Says MIKE PORTNOY's Departure 'Came As A Shock'
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Toscanini is a gestural interface configured to be used with the Texas Instruments EZ-430 Chronos watch.
I used cv.jit for barycentre tracking of the hands in front of the camera in real time.
Since February 2010 I've worked on a series of applications which allow motion capture for performance as part of the Visuosonics research project at Southampton Solent University.
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William Makepeace Thackeray's witty assessment of the British class system, as seen through the experiences of one young woman, is brought to the screen with some serious star power in this period comedy drama. Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is a bright and ambitious girl born to a poor British family. Becky is determined to make something of herself however she can, and after accepting a job as a nanny for the children of the powerful...more
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Download Size: 105 MBTime Played: 3.7 hrs.Ending: GreenFinal Grade: C-What I'd Pay: $10Steam Price (4/25/12): $10Day 13. I woke up and turned on the radio. It spat and hiss, then I heard something say in a raspy voice, "We're... waiting... for you..." No idea who, or what. Went to the kitchen, cooked some beans to eat over a gas stove (no electricity), then checked my supplies: 2 flashlight batteries, 1 clip of ammo, 1 emergency flare, some sleeping pills, an old squid-on-a-stick and a jar of pi...
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Lone Survivor is a survival horror game that really makes you feel both the survival and the horror and thirdly the horror of survival.Right off the bat LS has a demo out there, so you should give that a couple minutes to see if you can handle the retro graphics.Not for you? Move on.Pixel lover? Let's dig in.LS takes quite a few cues from other survival games, like an auto updating mapping system and flashlight that needs new batteries constantly, but really the game remains largely unique. You ...
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After years of lackluster or even non-existent showings from the big horror franchises – Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame – hope was all but lost for terror-seeking genre junkies like myself. Aside from the occasional Dead Space or Metro title, survival horror seemed to have been tossed back through the mirror, left to die in the twisted universe it originally shambled out from.This is not the case.The time has come to clean off those gigantic blood-stained scissors, don our rusty pyr...
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This little indie game from Superflat games has left me in awe. I've been watching for it to come out for a while now, hoping that it would scratch the survival horror itch I've wanting to scratch for so long, and let me tell you, it does just that. You play as "You", stuck inside your apartment building that is crawling with inside out people that have been infected by a mysterious plague. Food is scarce, ammo more so. Your sanity teeters on the edge of a cliff, reined in only by a handful of p...
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Robbie Montgomery spent 20 years as a backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones and other A-list acts — but it's her second act as the life force behind a pair of popular St. Louis eateries and star of OWN's breakout hit "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" that made her more famous than she could imagine.
Content to fill her customers up on the soul food she learned to cook from her mother, Miss Robbie's fierce devotion to family led her back into show business. "My son Tim wanted to do something on his own, but when this opportunity became available, he was like, 'Mom, you gotta do it. You gotta do it!' " she tells Zap2it, "So to help him along with his dream, I did it. I never thought that I would be back in the business again!"
Nor could she imagine how her faithful TV audience would carry the family through when Tim's first child, T.J., arrived three months early, in the midst of filming. "It was so amazing that the whole world was praying with us," the grateful grandmother says. "When people see us now, the first thing they ask is, 'How's the baby?' And God has blessed us so tremendously that this baby is all right. In fact, he was at the restaurant yesterday. I took him into the kitchen and I told all the workers, 'If anybody messes up, I'm grooming him to step in your place!' "
With T.J. thriving, Montgomery has turned her attention to her newest baby, The Upper Crust — the third restaurant in the Sweetie Pie's franchise, for which Montgomery got the go-ahead in the fall finale. "That's part of our show now, seeing the construction," she says of the spring season, which begins Saturday, March 31, "and you're going to see the baby come home, and we're planning for a wedding!" Though Montgomery says she and Tim will add a few health-minded options to The Upper Crust menu, "my thing is if it's not broke, don't fix it."
What will never change is Montgomery's devotion to her customers, who now arrive from around the globe and wait in line for hours to get a taste of the Sweetie Pie's experience. "I am honored to go out there and take pictures, and they tell me how I'm an inspiration to them," she says. "It makes me feel very warmhearted. I love my customers and they seem to love Miss Robbie. I eat it up! I just eat it up!"
What are you currently reading?
"I'm at work seven days a week, so if I read, it's cookbooks because I'm always trying to improve my ideas and my menu."
What did you have for dinner last night?
"I had collard greens, turkey wings, macaroni and cheese, and cornbread — at Sweetie Pie's!"
What is your next project?
"We're going to have new products coming out — T-shirts, things like that."
Where and when was the last vacation you took?
"Two years ago I went to Las Vegas. I love Vegas! I always stay at the MGM, and I know that hotel like the back of my hand."


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I was wondering if it is possible (as an intended design feature) to interpolate between three or more slots using the pattr system– if not can I be forthcoming and request this as a feature, ie send a list of labelled weights as a message to pattstorage (instead of a float as an intermediate value between two adjacent slots), so that you can interpolate between non-contiguous slots. Something like: [4 0.6 5 0.4] would be the equivalent of [4.4] in the current usage (interpolating between slots 4 and 5), but more flexible, because you could do [4 0.6 10 0.4] (interpolate between non-adjacent slots, equivalent to the current [recall 4 10 0.4]) But wait there's more! You could even have [4 0.6 10 0.3 6 0.1] (interpolate between 3 slots using weightings, where the weightings add up to 1.0). This could be extended to any arbitrary number of slots.
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'The Walking Dead' finale: Did all the characters make it through?
'The Walking Dead' finale featured a few bait-and-switches that fooled viewers into believing they knew where the plot was heading. 'The Walking Dead' finale finished its third season.
It's safe to say that since the introduction of the Governor, The Walking Dead season 3 has been leading up to a climactic showdown between Philip's well-armed citizen soldiers and Rick's group of bedraggled survivors back at the prison.
At the end of last week's 'This Sorrowful Life,' Rick gave everyone at the prison the opportunity to decide whether or not their new home was worth fighting (and probably dying) for, or if they'd simply be better off by cutting their losses and moving on down the road – maybe move in with Morgan and help him build his zombie obstacle course.
Surprisingly, The Walking Dead opted out of spending a significant portion of the season finale showing democracy in action and instead went the bait-and-switch route by insinuating that the group had decided the relative, yet creepy security provided them by the mostly-sturdy walls of the prison were not worth dying over. Carl was seen packing up his belongings and shrugging off his father's attempts at conversation, leading us to believe that perhaps the vote didn't go his way and despite his child-soldier protestations, the group was headed for the road once more.
But, of course, that's not what happened, and it's also not the only bait-and-switch 'Welcome to the Tombs' has to offer.
Early on, Philip is seen giving someone a brutal beating, which, considering it plays out from the POV of the victim, the audience may initially believe it to be Andrea – who was last seen wide-eyed and shackled in Philip's dental/torture chair. Regardless how problematic and inconsistent her character had become, it's hard to believe anyone was looking forward to an episode wherein the Governor actually tortures Andrea, and thankfully, the writers' better judgment won out and no such event occurred. Instead, Philip turns on Milton for setting fire to the walkers and then leaves him to die in the same room as the shackled Andrea.
Ultimately, this would prove to seal Andrea and Milton's fate. As the two of them wait for the grievously injured Milton to expire, he alerts Andrea to the pair of pliers he stashed before the Governor did him in. It's as tense a scene as it is maddeningly simplistic, which, oddly enough, when coupled with the is-he-still-breathing check-ins on Milton manages to actually heighten the suspense, if not the desire for the viewer to yell at their television.
The Andrea and Milton situation plays out over the course of the entire episode, which eventually ends up in the most likely place: Milton goes full-zombie and attacks Andrea just as she frees herself. There's a moment where the viewer is left to wonder exactly what happened. Did Milton chow down on Andrea, or did she manage to get the better of him? As it turns out, it's a bit of both. Andrea suffers an undead Milton-bite and although she's able to dispatch the zombie, it's basically curtains for another character that certainly had her fair share of detractors, recently.
And it's here that The Walking Dead is able to play to its strengths. Much as the series did with last week's farewell to Merle, and earlier in the season with the deaths of Lori and T-Dog, the characters seem to be given a better shake in death than they ever were while they were still drawing breath.
Which brings the discussion back around to the Governor – another potentially strong character who was mostly a ball of inconsistent characterization and questionable motivations this season. And here in 'Welcome to the Tombs,' he seems to exist solely to serve the plot rather than develop into a more interesting character.
As far as climactic battles are concerned, there's no doubt the one that'd been hinted at during the season's various time-filling episodes would have been considered serious fan service. But instead, the finale decided to go in a different direction by watching as Philip essentially self-destructs; first getting his people caught in a trap set by Rick and Co., and then gunning all but one of them down after they tuck tail and run.
While this sadly leaves the door wide open for the Governor to return, it also allowed for a somewhat refreshingly optimistic turn of events that, although it made Rick look absurdly fickle yet again, brought out an interesting ideological conflict between him and Carl.
In the end 'Welcome to the Tombs' worked out in much the same way as 'This Sorrowful Life' and, to a certain degree, like season 3 as a whole. About half of the season (mostly the pre-hiatus portion aside from 'Clear') was fairly strong, but those moments were mostly undone by muddied characterizations and a drawn-out conflict that, as we see here, didn't really deliver.
Kevin Yeoman blogs at Screen Rant.
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One day a man named Ted decided to go fishing. After locating a spot and starting to fish, he noticed another fisherman a little ways away. As he observed the other fisherman throughout the day, he noticed that when he caught fish, he only kept the small ones and threw back all the larger ones. Ted's curiosity finally got the best of him, so he walked over and asked the other fisherman why he kept the smaller fish and released the larger ones. The fisherman answered, "It's simple, I only have a 10-inch skillet and the large fish won't fit!"
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Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers have received no shortage of kudos since they first recorded together five years ago. Ray Manzarek's signature keyboard sound was a cornerstone of The Doors - one of the most iconic rock bands of the 60's. An inductee into the R&R Hall of Fame - he certainly needs no introduction. In the pantheon of music, The Doors' music continues to be one of the most revered rock song catalogs of any band. Slide guitarist Roy Rogers has been lauded not only for his own recordings but for his long-time collaboration with harmonica master Norton Buffalo as well as his producing of 4 CD projects for blues icon John Lee Hooker and folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott. He is well known worldwide for his mastery of slide guitar and has received 8 Grammy nominations for his work as artist and producer.
In 2011 Manzarek-Rogers released 'Translucent Blues'- a blues-rock collection of songs tinged with poetry and literary references. The project reached #1 on the Americana Roots chart and debuted at #6 on the Billboard blues chart. The lyrical contributions came from such diverse co-writers as Jim Carroll, Warren Zevon and poet Michael McClure, among others. 'Twisted Tales' draws from some of those same writers to tell very different stories. Featured musicians are Kevin Hayes on drums, formerly with the Robert Cray Band; Steve Evans on bass who has performed with the Elvin Bishop Band; and George Brooks on saxophones, who has performed with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain.
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Full Moon Rising: Part 2
Firo Robertson
Fiction, Bestiality, Body modification, Bondage and restriction, Cannibalism, Domination/submission, Erotica, Extreme, First Time, Hardcore, Male/Teen Female, Mind Control, Monster, School, Teen Male/Teen Female, Virginity
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Thank so much for reading my stories. And I did try hard to fix my spelling and grammar for my stories. And for the unknown person that wrote about my transitionings thank you. I will work on that. When I right it is as if I see it as a movie and I try to write down what I see and hear. Some time I get caught in the visual, or the audial of a story and forget about one or the other. For those who wanted a transformation, Calder may not transform the was you think. I gave you many hints in the first installment. And the clues were caldera last name and his fan in his room. Look up the name and you will find out a clue about calders ancestry that not even he knows. Also, I have started to put picture on my profile if you want to see what my character look like. http://forum.xnxx.com/member.php?u=565917. Thank you again for reading and enjoy the next chapter of Full Moon Rising.
Full Moon Rising: Part 2
I heard Amy's thoughts, that is impossible. Its one thing to see it on tv, or read about it in a book. But to actually hear Amy's thoughts. I must be imagining thing.
In the buzzing vortex of freaking out all I could think was, I need to get away. And in a blink of an eye, both Amy and I were in darkness.
Amy was still lost in her afterglow, but even a deaf person would feel the smack on their ass when we fell on hard concrete. To give a description of it, it would be like, when you go to sit down and someone pulls the chair from right under you. Yeah, not fun.
Anyway, Amy, bolted up having a freak storm of her own. "Where are we;" and how did we get here? I can't see, i can't see. Why can't I see? Wait; "Calder," her voice had a tremor of fear, "Are you in here?"
I mimicked her fear so she would cosider me a victim to, "Yes?"
I could see everything, right down to the worry lines on her face. "I can't see," she orally iterated.
I looked, really looked around our surroundings. Even though it is a darker shade, I could see perfectly. We were trapped in a supply closet. Amy was still mentally freaking. Going from alien attack, to drugging to take her organs, and a lovely little fantasy rape. Wow, what a little freak. Who knew the angelic, black haired, blue eyed, freckled faced, petite little lady before my was into bondage. I could sense her getting wet.
I came up behind her. Rapping, my arms around her waist. I moved my head slowly to her hair. I smelled lake water with a hint of cinnamon. As I nipped at her neck I asked, "Did you take a dip in the lake today?" Then a picture of her skinny dipping in the mist covered lake popped in my head. Her shapely leg running down the dock, with her firm round ass giving a seductive dance. When she took the jump she turned around in the air, so her back was to the water. Her pussy lips were the first thing I saw. They were wet, and swollen. And I could see a hint of her clit poking out of the fold. As I trailed up I noticed she shaved her pubic hair only leaving a strip on her pubic bone. She stills had some baby fat to her stomach, but it looked like a smooth path to her tight, perfect, c cup breasts. Her areola the size of an euro. It was like looking at the statue of Venus's tits in the flesh. No tan lines, but a small number of freckles going up to her face. Which was hidden in a veil of curly strands of hair. Then I was back in the room.
Apparently I could see thing now to. But before I could ask anymore question. It was all interrupted by the moan, and hip grinding to my now hard dick.
Amy's hard breathing, moaning, and grinding was getting to me, and the after images of the lake scene was also affecting me. As I started grinding back at her ass will nipping her neck. I moved my hand to her belt buckle, and unfastened it. Then I hooked my figures around her pants and panties, and started pushing down, not even bothering with the button or zipper.
Amy took the hint and helped slither her pant to her knees. The feel of her slithering them down felt tortures. Amy felt the urgency in my hip movement. As she went to free my erection she cooed, "My little man must be hurting in there."
As she freed me I stroked her soaking wet pussy with my right hand and slid up my left to her tits. And the path up her stomach was as smooth and soft as I imaged it would be when I had seen it in the vision.
What brought me back from my daze, was feeling something wet at the tip of my cock. I pulled my hips back and Amy moan, "please put it in me. I need to feel you deep with in me. Do what every you want, just FUCK ME." the last words were a demand, and I would accept it as I moved back into her curves to rest my dick in the valley of her ass checks. I was going to lose my virginity to Amy.
I felt her legs open and a dainty hand guided my cock to the promise land. When I felt her lips kiss the head of my cock I drove it home. "Oh, your a god!" The cry of ecstasy from Amy was intoxicating. As I dove in, my right hand started playing with her clit, will my left played with her tits. The sweet musky smell of her flooding vagina, making each thrust deeper to the point where something deep within her started to kiss the tip of my cock. "oh... Oh... Oh, don't stop. Don't you dare... Stop!" Whatever it was it set her off. Each thrust brought her to new heights.
The animal passion was too much for her. Her breathing ragged, her face set to a silent scream of ecstasy as her legs turned to jello. I has holding on to her, but her constant milking of my cock became too much. As I pumped as deep as I could, I pinched and pulled Amy's left nipple and clit. On my second deep thrust the thing kissing my dick gave way and her entire pussy clamped down in a grip of epic proportions. I could not get out. My dick was locked in her as she twitched in my arms uncontrollable. And as I ground my hips. I came in a torrent. The passion was so great I bit her neck hard. As the blood came in my mouth, i could fell Amy's emotions and interpret the muttering of non coherent words coming out of her head. Joy, Peace, and for the first time in her life Love.
As I drank her blood I felt a bonding happening, the only way to explain would be almost like Stephanie Meyer's wolf imprinting. Were our body, mind, and soul clicked into a whole. We were one.
I set her gently down to the floor with me. As we cuddled in the afterglow, I though; God I love this woman.
"What did you say," Amy ask? Turning with a hopeful glint in her eyes, eyes as blue as sapphires.
Uh-oh; I thought; What have I done?
"Done? what do you me, done?" in her after sex haze, it took her a will before it hit her. "Did I just hear your thoughts?"
In unison, we thought; What's going on. I looked at her and recognition that we both heard each other clearly brought astonishment to our faces.
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amazing story i is a little short but i can live with that what i cant live with is not being able to keep reading more chapters of full moon rising
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Love the story ,a little short though . Need more hurry
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2013-08-24 03:07:35
Wow..couple of small redundnacy issues, but all in all it was a very fun read. Please write more!
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DOVER — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the Spaulding Turnpike widening project Thursday.
At 7 p.m. at Dover City Hall, the NHDOT will provide an update on the overall status of the design and construction for the widening of Route 16.
"The purpose of the meeting is to present citizens and public officials with information regarding the proposed project and to solicit public input in order to ensure that project decisions meet public transportation needs, community goals, and protect and enhance the environment," a public statement reads.
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Supervalu to sell Albertsons stores
Supervalu Inc. announced Thursday that it will sell its Albertsons supermarkets and related in-store pharmacies as part of a broader divestment of five grocery chains to an investment group led by New York-based Cerberus Capital Management.
In Orange County, 39 Albertsons supermarkets are included in the sale, along with 404 Albertsons and Lucky stores in other parts of Southern California, Southern Nevada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Albertsons' regional operations are based in Fullerton.
The Orange County locations face growing competition from its long-standing supermarket rivals, big box stores offering groceries that have expanded locally, and smaller markets that carry more international or specialty foods. Last year, Supervalu shut down four Albertsons stores in Orange County – in Garden Grove, Fullerton, Buena Park and Anaheim.
"The sale will not immediately affect how we operate our stores or our team members focus on delivering the best experience for our customers," said Mike Siemienas, spokesman for the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu.
Industry consultant David Livingston predicted Thursday that the sale likely means underperforming stores will close.
"This is mostly a real estate deal," Livingston said. "This will be a nice boost for some of the competition that will buy some of the stores."
Under the agreement, a new entity – Albertson's or AB Acquisition LLC – will own stock of New Albertsons, Inc., a subsidiary of Supervalu Inc., in exchange for $100 million in cash and will assume approximately $3.2 billion in debt. The deal is expected to close in mid-March.
There are two sets of Albertsons supermarkets in the U.S.
In 2006, Supervalu bought Albertsons and Lucky stores from the company known as Albertsons Inc. Albertson's LLC in Boise, Ida. retained the remaining Albertsons stores in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas and called them Albertsons Market.
The new sale will reunite and place under one banner Albertsons stores under Supervalu with the Albertsons Market stores under Albertson's LLC, which has been owned by the Cerberus-led consortium for five years. That group includes Kimco Realty Corp., Klaff Realty, Lubert-Adler Partners and Schottenstein Stores Corp.
Albertson's LLC operates two Super Saver Foods stores in Utah and 190 Albertsons Market-branded locations.
After the new acquisition, Albertson's LLC and its subsidiaries will jump to 1,069 stores and 12 distribution centers, and employ approximately 110,000 workers.
"We see great potential to improve operations, drive new energy and create a 'winning attitude' with our store-level associates, and earn back our customers' trust and business," said Bob Miller, CEO of Albertson's LLC.
"In 2006, we acquired a set of stores that lacked investment and were in tough shape, but with our great associates taking care of our customers every day we have grown into a solid regional supermarket chain with growing sales," Miller said. "I believe we can be successful again."
Albertson's LLC faces a daunting supermarket scene in Orange County, with Target stores now offering groceries and Walmart opening more locations stocked with food and fresh produce, said Livingston, a supermarket industry consultant and president of DJL Research in Minneapolis.
Walmart last month opened its first Irvine store, and is scheduled to open another store in the northwestern part of Irvine soon. The city has five Albertsons supermarkets.
Albertsons in Orange County also has to contend with expanding grocery companies, such as Whole Foods Market as well as with long-time rivals such as Ralphs and Pavilions/Vons.
"Albertsons is not interested in making a change (to keep up with competitors)," Livingston said.
The likely scenario is that underperforming stores will be sold or closed within the next five to seven years, given the history of Albertson's LLC, he said.
There's a significant ripple effect when major supermarkets such as Albertsons close in neighborhoods, Livingston said. "Honestly, there's some blight. When the supermarket is the main draw and it shuts down, the other retailers in the center get hurt. There's less traffic coming into the shopping center."
Still, such closures also open the doors for other supermarkets, Livingston said. International or ethnic supermarkets are on the rise in Orange County, and those are among the likely retailers that might take over spaces vacated by the big grocery stores such as Albertsons, Livingston said. The arrival of international supermarkets reflects the changes in the demographics of the neighborhoods, not the other way around.
That's a trend that's been taking place throughout the county.
Five years ago, Zion Market, a supermarket on Irvine Boulevard in Irvine that offers grocery staples as well as specialty goods favored by Korean American and Chinese American shoppers, took over a location vacated by Vons.
In Anaheim, a Wholesome Choice international market replaced an Albertsons that was shuttered on East La Palma Avenue.
No Albertsons closures are planned, according to Christine Wilcox, spokeswoman for Albertson's LLC.
"Our focus is very simple: to grow our same store sales," Wilcox said.
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NEW YORK, Thursday—The last two days have been fairly busy. I came into New York on Monday night by the midnight train in order to keep some appointments that I had made here for Tuesday.
One of the engagements was with some of the newspaper women who had been to the first pre-inauguration press conference in Washington in 1933 and some who had not been at that one but who had attended later ones. We got together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that first press conference, and we talked a little about the first one that came after the inauguration. There was some reminiscing and some talk of things that had happened more nearly in the present, such as recollections of my visit to India last winter with one of the correspondents. We had fun and I think reunions of this kind are pleasant reminders of the past.
I went out to Rockville Center, Long Island, for an evening meeting on Tuesday to talk about the Near East and the United Nations. Then I got back to the city just in time to make the midnight train to Washington, since it looked as though there would be little chance of the planes flying normally early Wednesday morning.
In Washington I attended the board of governors' meeting of the American Association for the United Nations at the Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday morning, and my plan of organization and of work was approved.
I was reminded of something that I had already known, namely, that having a plan and putting it into operation are two very different things. It is difficult to find people who will do work on a volunteer basis. Good organizers do not grow on every bush. I don't know who should know that better than I do, having watched government programs in which some people achieve good results in one place and poor ones in another. But in any project one must make a beginning and if one finds that things do not work just as one hoped, one must then try to make the needed adjustments and changes.
I took the one o'clock train back to New York City because the planes were uncertain, for I had an engagement after dinner to speak on the United Nations at the National Democratic Club here in the city.
The four and a half hours on the train were rather a Godsend and I devoted much of the time to correspondence. I had been appalled at the amount of mail I had found at my hotel on Tuesday, so I took some of it along to Washington. On the way back on the train I signed letters. Heaven knows whether anyone will be able to read my signature because the train shook considerably. I read all the other letters that needed marking, so I was not so worried when I reached home to find another fairly sizable mountain of mail awaiting me. But it was not what it would have been if I had not toted along a briefcase full.
I must record here the fact that I inadvertently or through a clerical error offended several people in a recent column by alluding to the Republic of China. Apparently they would like me to say the People's Communist Republic of China. As a matter of fact, Chiang Kai Shek's government on Formosa is called the Nationalist Government of China. I make this explanation to calm some of the people who seem to think that I did not know the difference between the two and was using the wrong name.