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Look Portland/Vancouver! There's a third bridge over the Columbia River.
But you will need to go to the Tri-Cities to cross it.
Next week we give the Tri-Cities _ Richland, Kennewick, Pasco _ some loving, while we ogle their three Columbia River bridges. We will also be there to check out the new Columbia River interpretive center/museum, called the Reach, which celebrates its grand opening July 1-6.
More than a decade in the works, the Reach will be the signature feature for the Tri-Cities, its tourism anchor, for decades to come.
Yes, the Tri-Cities have not always been thought of as the jewel of the Northwest: a hard-scrabble desert, no mountains on any horizon and the aura of Hanford, which contributed to the making of the first atom bombs, always looming over the shoulder.
But Tri-Cities has changed over the years, with its well-educated and highly paid work force. Ongoing federal cleanup at Hanford helped the area barely notice the bottom fall out when the Great Recession hit in 2008.
The metro area has grown to a population of 253,000. Think about it! All of Oregon east of U.S. 97 barely has that many people.
Tri-Cities has culture, sports, fine dining and the other things that come with a population of a quarter million.
And it also is on the cusp of becoming the undisputed capital of the Northwest wine industry, when Washington State University completes and opens a $23 million Wine Science Center in Richland next year. Walla Walla and Woodinville will always have more tasting rooms, but Richland will have the main wine research and teaching campus north of Davis, Calif., and west of Ithaca, N.Y.
So, Tri-Cities, help Portland get to know you better, beyond the great hockey rivalry between the Portland Winterhawks and Tri-City Americans. Tell us what you like best about your cities by using the form below.
I will be in the Tri-Cities area from Monday to Sunday, June 23-29, with jaunts out toward Prosser and Walla Walla thrown in. So remember, visittri-cities.com.
-- Terry Richard

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By the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Millions of people are waking up every morning without a job and with dwindling hopes of finding one. Their faith in the American Dream is flagging. Their aspirations for a middle class life are being dashed.
This is a national emergency. Unemployment is unacceptably high, more than 9 percent, with more and more Americans slipping into poverty. The number of children in poverty has climbed to nearly 15 million, a moral outrage that must be remedied.
Economic despair is afflicting Americans of all stripes — urban and rural, blue and white collar, those with advanced degrees, high school diplomas and GED.'s alike. They haven't failed; their leaders have failed them.
For communities of color, the pain is even more acute – a 15.9 percent unemployment rate for African-Americans and 11.3 percent for Latinos. Youth joblessness is also persistent (a staggering 25 percent unemployment rate for those age 16 to 19), as qualified young people move into a job market that has nothing to offer them but rejection letters and crushed hopes.
The size of the federal budget deficit is not keeping the American people up at night ; they're worried about how to pay for groceries. That's what members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus found when we traveled across the country on a jobs tour this summer, listening to struggling Americans and seeking to elevate their voices over the misleading noise from Washington.
We regularly heard from families struggling to stay afloat, losing their homes, and emptying their savings just to pay the bills.
It's time for their challenges to become the nation's challenges. Republicans have proven uninterested in real job-creation efforts.
An early glimpse at their so-called jobs agenda reveals little more than additional tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations, a rollback of environmental regulations and continued attacks on labor rights.
It's up to the president to offer an ambitious proposal designed to have an immediate and lasting impact. All members of Congress should support a plan that can create good jobs — putting money in people's pockets that they can pump back into the economy.
We urge our colleagues to support the president in the restoration of the American Dream.
What should such a plan look like?
First, we must have an emergency jobs legislation that puts America back to work now. We need to create at least 3 million jobs in 2012, which will prevent a double-dip recession and strengthen the economy right away.
For our long-term success, it should include a strategy to revive our manufacturing base — so that the words "Made in America" mean something again.
Any jobs package should advance the green industrial revolution that will likely define the economy of tomorrow, and make major investments in U.S. infrastructure.
We have projects that are ready to go but need funding. We can put people to work by rebuilding roads, bridges and schools, and laying the fiber optic cable that is to the 21st century what railroads were to the 19th century.
A serious jobs plan should extend unemployment benefits — particularly for the long-term jobless whose benefits have expired after 99 weeks. It should also expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.
To achieve significant economic recovery that produces jobs, investments at the level of hundreds of billions will be required. Many in Washington are likely to argue that we don't have the money. But these same critics want to hand out more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
As outlined in The People's Budget, by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, we can afford to improve our economy and solve our long-term deficits. Tax reform that eliminates corporate loopholes and asks everyone to pay their fair share is the right move.
In addition, by spurring job growth, we create the taxpayers who can close the deficit. It's an article of faith among most economists that a recession calls not for belt-tightening but for an increase in federal investment to stimulate consumer demand and give the economy the jolt it needs.
We speak for many members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus when we say this is not a moment for incremental steps or timid half-measures. We cannot afford to play small ball when American families are hurting this much.
America is in the throes of a national crisis. The country is demanding a big, bold, brave jobs plan. It's up to the president to deliver. We – and, more important, the American people – will support him as he does the right thing.
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Molecules 2014, 19(1), 9-21; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules19010009
Influence of Temperature on the Enantioselectivity of Koga Tetraamines on Amylose Chiral Stationary Phases
Analytical Research and Development, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA
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Received: 25 October 2013 / Revised: 4 December 2013 / Accepted: 10 December 2013 / Published: 19 December 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Stereochemistry)
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AbstractEnantioseparation is largely based on the formation of transitional complexes, the solvation species, the stationary phase configurations or the diastereomeric complexes formed by analytes and the chiral stationary phase. Temperature and the chemical nature and composition of the eluent play significant roles during that process. In this study; unique temperature-induced behaviors were observed during the enantioseparation of Koga tetraamines, also known as Koga bases, on polysaccharide chiral stationary phases, in which van't Hoff plots were acquired over a temperature range of 10 °C to 40 °C with 5 °C increments. Koga bases were eluted by a mixture of methanol and 2-propanol with 0.03% triethylamine as a modifier. The van't Hoff plots are linear in the case of eluent containing equal volumes of methanol and 2-propanol. Increasing 2-propanol concentration from 50% to 85% in volume led to non-linear van't Hoff plots over the entire temperature range studied. Examination of the individual non-linear plots revealed two linear regions of 10 °C–20 °C and 20 °C–40 °C. Transition from one linear region to the other at 20 °C indicates alterations of chiral stationary phase conformation and/or enantioseparation mechanism as a result of temperature changes. View Full-Text
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Susanna Reid has shrugged off her straight-laced presenting persona to become the latest sex symbol to emerge from this year's BBC Strictly Come Dancing.
The 42-year-old news presenter has sent male pulses racing with her tousled locks and sexy outfits on the hit weekend show.
Now, the mum-of-three has come clean about the thrill she gets from dancing, cheekily revealing it's the role-playing that gives her the greatest buzz.
"The whole idea is just to provide pleasure and it's a glorious thing to be involved in," said Susanna, in an interview with The Sun. "I don't have a problem letting my hair down."
"I love the fact that on Strictly I can play a different character and throw myself into the dance. I enjoy getting into the character."
The busty beauty and her professional dance partner Kevin Clifton have so far avoided the ill-fated bottom two and have left Strictly judges and viewers open-mouthed each week with their sexy dance antics.
The BBC Breakfast host is the fifth favourite to win on odds of 9/1. But she admits her new found sex bomb status baffles her.
"My partner thinks it's hilarious. If people saw me first thing in the morning they'd think again," said Susanna, who has been with sports reporter Dominic Cotton for 15 years.
But shaking those hips has paid off, after she recently revealed how she'd shed 7lbs since starting the show and toned up her wobbly bits.
Who knew role-playing could be that good, eh?
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Billy Storto was at that stage of life people call just arriving: He was 22 years old, had recently graduated from Arizona State University and had just passed Series Seven, an exam that would allow him to be a stockbroker.
But one summer day in 1992, a truck driver in Arizona pulled into an intersection overgrown with trees and shrubs and didn't see an approaching motorcycle. Cyclist Billy Storto died at the scene.


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Ever since the public became aware about the dangers of smoking a few decades ago, many people have found quitting the tobacco habit hard. Companies have been innovating and manufacturing smoking cessation products for many years now. From nicotine patches to gum, nicotine addicts have been using them to quit their habit.
Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes and electric cigarettes) are the newest product on the market. They are designed to look and feel like real cigarettes, even down to emitting artificial smoke (Vape Oil) however they do not actually contain any tobacco. Users inhale nicotine vapour which looks like smoke without any of the carcinogens found in tobacco smoke which are harmful to the smoker and others around him.
As with many popular products, there have been a great number of cheap CBD Vape Oils Chinese imitations flooding the market. They are usually half the price of a branded electronic cigarette and look like the real thing as well. It is inadvisable to use these because they have not been subject to the same rigorous testing the official electronic cigarettes have and can potentially be highly damaging to the user's health.
As electronic cigarettes become more and more popular, they are increasingly used to smoke in pubs and clubs with a smoking ban. Electronic cigarettes seem to be the next thing and may soon replace real cigarettes in clubs.
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There are many triggers linked to feelings of depersonalization and derealization but lately a high rate of reactivity to Vaping is reaching noticeable levels.
Symptoms of Vaping Use include:
- Feelings of Unreality and Detachment
- Severe Anxiety leading to Panic Attacks
- Severe Chest Pains when Breathing (which stop when use is discontinued)
- Lightheadedness, often extreme
- Racing Heart, Palpitations
- Insomnia
- Sweating and Irritability
- Excitability
- Inability to Concentrate
Recovery from Symptoms
1 - Discontinue Vaping
The symptoms often abate when usage is discontinued with the exception of those who become sensitized to these reactions, creating further symptoms until they learn to interrupt the process of fearful worry.
Choose true methods of relaxation such as:
Proper Breathing, which makes a huge difference in our physical and mental health.
Meditation (short 5 minute meditation is often a great release of tension)
Breathing Correctly
Bottom line, you are in charge of how you feel and you have choices. When the mind and body are signaling you to stop using substances that result in negative reactions, LISTEN. Heed these signals and choose to nurture rather than hinder your body.
Feelings of anxiety and depersonalization are essentially red flags that you are doing something to interfere with proper functioning of both mind and body. It is your choice, always your choice, to create a lifestyle that fuels good health. Make that choice and notice an immediate improvement in both mind and body.
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If you have been using your personal vaporizer for some time, you may want to graduate to a more advanced device which is also known as a vape mod. These devices have evolved a lot over the years and these days, you can easily find a variety of devices that allow you to modify various aspects and personalize everything. There are many different types of vape mods available in the market including mechanical mods as well as regulated mods. In this article, you will discover various things related to vaping mods.
Vape Mods 101
This an interesting story behind the evolution of vaping mods. The vaporizer pens that were originally launched in the market lacked in functionality as well as battery power. Some enterprising individuals started tinkering with various objects to boost the subpar battery life as well as get more amount of vapor from their devices.
They used to call these devices advanced personal vaporizer as these devices offered much more functionality and battery power as compared to the traditional vaporizer pens available at that time. Due to the popularity of these devices, the manufacturers also took notice and started launching their own products that were much more polished and professional. This is the reason that the vaping mods available in the market today are much better in terms of functionality as well as looks.
The vaping mods offer much more functionality as compared to the smaller vaping pens as these not only have a much better battery life but also produce much more volume of vapor, and provide infinitely more control to the users. Almost all the vaping mods available in the market these days allow you to completely customize the experience by allowing users to change the voltage, wattage and various other such aspects to influence the warmth as well as the volume of the vapor coming out of the vaping device.
These days, users have a number of features to choose from including variable wattage, variable voltage, multiple sized batteries, various types of wires, rebuildable atomizers and various other such things.
As mentioned above, there are two kinds of vaping mods, namely mechanical mods and regulated mods. Mechanical mods refer to the casing in which batteries are installed which is then attached to an atomizer for vaporizing the vape juice. Users can attach regular cartomizers but most users build their own coils when they are using mechanical mods. In simple words, mechanical mods may be defined as a barebones mod without any complex circuitry or complex chips to prevent battery from overheating and other such issues.
This is the reason that people should only use mechanical mods if they have a deep understanding of voltage and resistance. In other words, only advanced users should use mechanical mods as things can quickly go wrong if they are not aware of the danger of various components.
On the other hand, regulated mods available in the market not only offer finer control over temperature, voltage and wattage but they are also packed with various safety features which make sure that your vaping experience does not turn into a horror show. There have been some cases where enthusiasts without enough experience have been successful in exploding batteries. The regulated mods have well-designed chips and circuitry that prevent issues and automatically switch off the vaporizer when excess temperature or heat is detected by the sensors inside the mod.
Overall, vaping mods available in the market these days are packed with a lot of features. However, it is important that you buy a vaping mode only after reading the reviews from various websites to ensure that the mod is safe and has everything you need to have an excellent vaping experience.


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Are there any anti-inflammatory medicines and antioxidants that are beneficial to insulin resistant type 2 diabetics in view of inflammation related to insulin resistance? If yes, which medicines can be suitable?
To date, no medical therapies have been shown to be effective anti-oxidants with the benefit of preventing diabetes or end-organ complications. For an update, see Oxidative Stress as a Major Culprit in Kidney Disease in Diabetes in the June issue of Diabetes and the perspectives section to review the most recent information about anti-oxidants in diabetes care. Anti-inflammatory therapy is being tested in the U.S. in patients using salicylates in order to prevent type 2 diabetes. Previous trials with aminoguanidine did not work. There is some question regarding how to give anti-oxidant therapy. Many people feel it should be to targets within the mitochondria.
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This is just a quick post to say that I have various pontifications about the future and imagined futures elsewhere:
Jose at the MemeTherapy blog sent me a bunch of questions I wasn't the least bit qualified to offer comment on, but I did anyway, and the results are being posted, along with other people's more interesting responses, as "Brain Parades" on future shock, wiki democracy, and technological alienation.
Also, over at Strange Horizons, I have a review of One Million A.D., an anthology of far future stories edited by Gardner Dozois, wherein I pontificate on fantasy vs. science fiction, imagination, dullness, writing, etc. I wish this had been able to be one of the joint reviews SH sometimes runs, where people offer differing perspectives on a book, because I would love to have seen how somebody who is more of a fan of hard SF than I am reacted to it. Lacking that, here are links to some other reviews: Visions of Paradise on "Good Mountain" by Robert Reed and the rest of the book; SF Signal review; SF Site review; Best SF.net review.


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So far Sprint is the only carrier that's officially on board with Google Wallet, but a new report has suggested that Google may be working to get more operators on board. According to Bloomberg's sources, Google is said to be considering sharing revenue from Wallet with carriers like AT&T and Verizon to get them to back the service. When asked to comment on the report, AT&T had nothing to say, but Verizon did mention that it's "continuing [its] commercial discussions with Google on this issue." Google's said in a statement that it continues to "work hard to develop Google Wallet and build the partner ecosystem to make it possible for everyone to pay with their phones and get great deals while shopping."
The Bloomberg report goes on to claim that if Google is unable to get other operators to support Wallet, it may try to sidestep them altogether rely more on in-store terminals to complete transactions. Sources say that this move could require more hardware and software in the stores as well as additional software that would be needed on Google's servers.
It's interesting to hear that Google has approached AT&T and Verizon about Wallet, especially considering that both AT&T and Verizon are already part of a group of companies backing the Isis mobile payment system. Still, it makes sense for Google to try and work with those two carriers in order to help grow Wallet's adoption. Sprint has said that it plans to introduce 10 Wallet-capable devices this year, but getting the support of the two biggest carriers in the U.S. would certainly help boost the adoption of Google's payment service. How many of you have used Google Wallet? If you haven't, do you think it's something you'd be interested in if your carrier/device supported it?
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"Szynkowicz" Surname
Frequency of "Szynkowicz" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Szynkowicz" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Szynkowicz" ranked #67,320 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
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Equire, based in Colorado in the U.S., is also backed by DMW Worldwide Inc., a U.S. e-business solution company, and U.S. Internet consultancy Harrison Associates. Its first client is world-famous London toy retailer Hamleys, for whom Equire is targeting the U.S. premium gift market. Equire's services range from strategy and business planning, marketing and operational management, through to fulfillment -- including gift wrapping, three-day delivery to anywhere in the U.S. and a 24-hour customer call center.
Nucleus, based in Thames Ditton, Surrey, has evolved from a corporate branding consultancy into a digital communications agency over its 20-year history. However, the U.K. still lags far behind the U.S. in terms of e-commerce development.
Copyright February 1999, Crain Communications Inc.


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Ten years ago today, Ian Kini Lindo was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We don't know much about his birth or his first 18 months, but we do know that God created him just the way he is for His perfect purpose and for His Glory! And, we also know that for the last 8 1/2 years, he has been in a wonderful children's home, called Robin's Nest, where he has been loved and cared for and quite possibly, doted over. :-) We are most thankful that the same God that created Ian and watches over him, laid it on our hearts to bring him home and make him part of our family. So, even though we aren't actually celebrating his birthday for 2 more weeks (we wanted everyone to be able to be here!), we are thanking God for him today and for the joy he is! Happy Birthday, Ian! We love you and are so glad you are here!!!
I snapped this picture of the birthday boy this morning! Ian Lindo Humphrey


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The Metolius 10.2mm Gym Rope is a monster rope for climbing at the gym. The 10.2mm diameter is great for easy handling and the sheath is all about high abrasion resistance. Certified by UIAA and CE, the UIAA has rated the rope at 7 falls. While it won't be the lightest rope around, you can be thankful that you can use it day after day in the gym for quite some time.
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2005 Holden Viva from Australia and New Zealand
Worse than a lemon
Timing belt at 45000km.
A/C problem (not sure how many kms).
Throttle body at 68000km.
Coil pack, spark plug, head gasket, oil pump at 70000km.
Oil pump at 72000km.
A/C problem at 76000km.
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This is the worst car built, courtesy of Daewoo, slap a Holden badge on the front and you have instant brand recognition - BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, it screams, I am a mighty Holden. Wrong. I have had the misfortune of owning a Holden Viva for 2 years and something has broken down, on average, every 4 months. Holden service keep saying it's wear and tear, and I keep challenging; at 70,000km, no self respecting car should need the front end of the engine replaced. 3 months out of my 6 year extended warranty (which you of course pay extra for) the problems started, and Holden couldn't care less; their reputation it seems, doesn't matter to them.
It started with a timing belt, then it was dust on the throttle body, then a spark plug, later the coil pack, something or other in the A/C, the coil pack again, and head gasket and oil pump and timing belt, then the oil pump again, and just most recently a sensor in the A/C. In between all these repairs, the engine light comes on, several times, we take it to Holden, and they say it was "a bad bit of fuel" or "an anomaly, we can't reproduce it" - that is, until something else major breaks down.
I'm now $6,500 into repairs in 2 years, and have reached the point where I am trading it in for $5,800 because I can't afford to keep fixing Holden's problem child. More importantly, I'll never EVER buy another Holden, and I'll make damn sure to dissuade anyone I hear being silly enough to consider it.
Shame on you Holden, shame on you.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 17th April, 2013
20th Apr 2013, 06:23
I agree, the Viva is a horrible vehicle. My ex had one that was purchased new in 2006 and sold privately in 2009 for $8K with only 25,000km on the clock. Although it was sold due to being surplus to requirements, it wasn't a pleasant car to drive. The auto transmission was one of the worst I've ever encountered. Slurry and sluggish gear changes. Poor paint quality. The top radiator hose kept blowing off and dumping the coolant. This once happened at traffic lights on busy Bowen Bridge Road in Brisbane and the car stalled in the process; took me ages to get it started again so I could pull out of traffic and call a tow truck.
I have a 2007 Focus that was used at the same time, and you couldn't compare the two; the Focus is far superior. I still have it and will keep it till the wheels fall off. The selling dealer told my ex during the purchase of the Viva that it was 'the Australian version of the Astra'. Hahahah, yeah right. Played on the fact my ex knew nothing about cars.
7th Mar 2015, 00:42
Holden Viva JF (2007).
I disagree with some of the comments. The car has been extremely reliable for over 7 years (bought new) and is still going well.
8th Apr 2015, 13:11
I totally agree 100%... I HATE my Viva!!! Nothing but problem after problem... I have spent $2,000 in total on repairs in the past 2 years, and now the engine light flashes like a disco light non stop!!! My air con has completely died and they want $950 to fix it!!!
I WILL NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER BUY A HOLDEN AGAIN, AND WILL MAKE SURE NO ONE I KNOW BUYS ONE!!! What's sad is Holden has wiped their hands of helping me any more with my car!!! They actually said it's a total lemon the last time I brought it in... Too bad I spent all my hard earned savings on buying this car brand new in 2007!!! I feel sad, angry and sick thinking about it!!!
15th Oct 2015, 09:53
The engines in these cars don't last long and can now be found in Holden's new 4WD vehicles. I've never seen an engine that requires a total strip down to replace a water pump. This is what the Free Trade Agreement did to us, replaced our good manufacturers with O/S junk that is basically unfixable as it is 'junk'.
7th Nov 2015, 06:50
Although we have made some pretty good cars here in the past, and most better than this rebadged Daewoo rubbish, don't get too nostalgic for Aussie cars, past or present, as some were really bad! (Remember the Camira, actually, better to forget it!) And some of the imports these days are really good.
27th Aug 2016, 05:40
Hi. Well I love my Viva and reckon you guys probably did not keep servicing it properly. I am a foreigner in OZ, and have had a great experience with my Viva.


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An occasional series of fictitious movies bound for Oscar glory.
Saturday, 2 February 2013
"Back To The Futures Market"
FYC: "Back To The Futures Market" - Family-fun farce for all ages in which Marty McFly must use Doc's magic car to go back in time and precipitate a brutal, genocidal war in Congo, otherwise his highly leveraged coltan-mineral deal will go sour and his employer's hedge-fund will collapse. Rated PG for grisly amputations of African civilians, and also the wrinkled grey nudity of Warren Buffet and George Soros in a steamy one-of-a-kind erotic cameo.
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text: Dave is a sculptor by trade. Amy is a textile designer. After they met and fell in love, they decided that their dream was to make art together from home, working side by side. Now before you cue the lovey dovey music and put on the gauzy filter, you should know that they were creating a line of custom voodoo dolls. They soon discovered that people loved the rustic display cases even more than their vexing creations, so a whole line of furniture evolved from there. Dave still brings his sculptural sensibilities to each piece—and Amy brings the designer's eye. But I'd still think twice about getting on their bad side, just in case.


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The consensus among City analysts is that Morrisons will report a 2pc fall in underlying sales for the first quarter of its financial year, following a 2.1pc reverse over the previous 12 months.
Clive Black, analyst at Shore Capital, said: "Morrisons has been underperforming the British supermarket scene since Q4 2011, despite considerable in-store category reviews, a material store modernisation programme and the opening of new space on a par in percentage terms with its major competitors, Asda and Tesco, both of which are ratcheting down store development programmes."
The retailer is lagging its rivals partly because it does not sell food online and has only a small convenience store business, which are the fastest growing segments of the food retailing industry.
However, Morrisons is also losing customers in its heartland of northern England to discounters such as Aldi.
Morrisons does have plans to launch an online food business, and is in talks with Ocado about a potential tie-up.
Caroline Gulliver, analyst at Espirito Santo, said that Morrisons should begin to recover this year but that margins and profits could be sacrificed to drive sales.
She said: "It is well known that Morrisons is underperforming due to its reduced exposure to convenience store and online sales growth. However, we also know from our survey results that customer perceptions of Morrisons' quality, price and promotions are also under pressure."


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The idea for this painting has been brewing in my head for almost a year and a half now. I've only seen a handful of artist self portraits that incorporate other figures or elements, but those are usually the most fascinating to me. The one I felt most inspired by for this project was a self portrait by Gustav Osterman, "Self Portrait with His Dog". If you take a closer look at the dog, you can just make out one crazed eye which, for me, completely makes this painting!
For my own interpretation, I wanted to depict my dog the way she is when she's impatiently waiting to go for our walk. Whether I'm at my computer or my easel, she frequently comes up to me and places her head on my lap, looking up with those sad puppy eyes. I originally considered doing something where she had her leash dangling from her collar, but when I sat down on my studio couch one day, and looked over at the full-length mirror that I had stuffed in the corner of the room, the idea for this composition occurred to me and I decided I had to give it a try.
I painted essentially what I saw in the mirror. A 28x12" canvas worked perfectly for the long, rectangular composition. I completed my head and much of the block-in during the first sitting, which took several hours (maybe... I don't really keep track of the time when I'm painting self portraits, nor do I give myself many breaks--a very bad habit).
This was day 1. Bella was finished in a matter of minutes. I posed her on my lap by placing a cracker on my leg, and awarded it to her after quickly blocking in her form. I had to finish some of the details from a photo I shot on my phone, but she did a very good job of staying put for as long as could be expected of a hyper Springer Spaniel.
The tricky part arrived when it was time to paint the hands. Since my left hand was always moving as I worked on the painting, I wasn't sure what to do with it. At first I thought it would be important to be holding a brush, so that's what I tried to do. But after hours and hours of frustrating work on it, I started to hate it and wondered if I'd made a terrible mistake. At that point, it was time to put the painting aside for a few days - completely out of sight - and give myself some time away from it. That was the best decision I made. Below is the painting with a very sad looking arm and hand...
After coming back to it two days later, I realized that as humbling as it would be, I needed to repaint the entire arm and hand. I got back into position in front of the mirror, and carefully posed my arm in a way that was simpler and also better for the composition - something that would lead the eye into the painting instead of causing a visual stopping point. I had to scrape and sand some of the paint off to smooth the surface, but after completing that, and going over the whole arm with a fresh coat of middle-value flesh tone, I was able to repaint the whole thing in a fraction of the time it took on my first attempt. I was infinitely happier with it this time around, and was so glad I had decided to risk it!
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I've already gotten a number of insightful interpretations of this portrait. While I can't always help what happens with my own expression (the focused look and parted lips always happen), this painting somehow ended up a little different than all of my previous self portraits. It has a feeling of openness and vulnerability that I've never shown before. Am I really that transparent? That insecure? I suppose the bare feet betray me. The dog, too, represents more than a literal image of my precious Bella. She is, in essence, everything that competes with my work, for better or for worse. She is the laundry, the grocery shopping, the phone calls, the social life. She represents the balance I must find in my life in order to make great art. One can't just work. There should be room for play. :-)


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Fish Bowl Premieres Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, at 6 P.M. ET and 3 P.M. PT on Nat Geo WILD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Nat Geo WILD's newest star, Goldie, welcomes us into her "bowl" for an intimate look at how she is prepping for her debut on Fish Bowl, premiering Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at 6 p.m. ET and 3 p.m. PT. We sat down with Goldie to get a better idea of what we'll see, who she'll be wearing for the red carpet, and how she is preparing for the big day.
Q: What can we expect to see on Fish Bowl?
A: Fans at home will see me take the stage in the first ever Fish Bowl. My special guests include puppies, cats, kids, a scuba diver, crazy red crabs and even a surprise visit from my good friends at Nat Geo WILD, Dr. Pol and Cesar Millan. We're not holding back, this event will be complete with plenty of salsa, guacamole, pizza and chips for all!
Q: How did you land this role?
A: I auditioned a few months back in Los Angeles. There were so many upcoming goldfish actresses who wanted the part, I was so pleased when I got the call from Geoff Daniels, Nat Geo WILD's EVP and General Manager. What an honor!
Q: What are you doing to prep for Fish Bowl?
A: I've been watching my water intake to ensure I don't get dehydrated and making multiple laps around the bowl to keep the endurance up.
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A: I'm really excited to wear a new designer called au naturale.
Q: Any tips you can give us on getting ready and staying relaxed?
A: I always get my beauty sleep and make sure I have the best hair and makeup team at my side.
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Most leaders of totalitarian states do not display much humor in public. But Ricardo Alarcon, the president of Cuba's National Assembly, has a flair for satire. How else to interpret his recent piece on The Nation's website, in which he nostalgically ruminates about C. Wright Mills, noted sociologist and author, on the 45th anniversary of Mills' death? Alarcon hails Mills for having led an "intense, creative and noble life" and publishing books "in the midst of McCarthyism and the cold war"–including his classic The Power Elite–that "unmasked the true nature of capitalism." But the Mills book of most interest to Alarcon is Listen, Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba, which was based partly on long conversations Mills had with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the summer of 1960. As Alarcon writes, "Written without great academic pretensions, told in straightforward language through the voice of an imaginary and anonymous Cuban revolutionary, the book aimed to reach ordinary Americans. It quickly became a bestseller." The book obviously was sympathetic to Castro and his revolution.
Alarcon decries the FBI for having attempted to undermine Mills' book. The Bureau unsuccessfully tried, Alarcon notes, to persuade Mills' publisher to put out a competing book criticizing the Cuban revolution. The FBI was spying on Mills at this time, and Mills, according to FBI files, believed he might be targeted for assassination by the FBI or another American agency. "Mills's friends," Alarcon writes, "recall that he was concerned not only for himself but for his family, and that he had indeed acquired a handgun, which he even kept next to his bed while he slept." After Mills suffered a heart attack, Castro invited him to recuperate in Cuba. Alarcon's narrative: while the FBI chased Mills, Castro sought to help the noble intellectual. "C. Wright Mills paid a high price for his passionate love of truth," Alarcon declares.
Mills was hounded for challenging the conventional wisdom of his day. But Alarcon's concern for the plight of this one author is comical–in a dark fashion–for he heads a government that does not allow its citizens to challenge openly the conventional wisdom of the Castro regime. There is no free press in Alarcon's country, no freedom of expression. There is no "passionate love of truth" among the rulers of Cuba. Alarcon is crying for Mills, while his government does even worse to Cuban writers than the FBI did to Mills.


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"I'm excited to publish this, and delighted to have a book in a series devoted to increasing literacy. It was a lot of fun to write a classic yarn where I got to explore the adventure stories that turned me into a reader when I was young."
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Everyone expects Obama's imminent jobs plan and related speeches to include a pitch to pass Bush's leftover Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Korea, Colombia and Panama. We got the preview of this during Obama's bus tour.
Problem is, whatever one thinks about the idea of "free trade," the federal government's own studies predict that these three deals would increase the U.S. trade deficit. Higher deficits mean more jobs will be displaced by imports than are created by exports.
This was a critical factoid largely missed by reporters covering Obama's speeches after the debt ceiling deal -- with many stories simply repeating Obama's claim that these FTAs were vote-ready job-creators for Congress to take up ASAP. See Minority Leader Pelosi challenging that claim of job gains when NBC's Andrea Mitchell assumed it into a question during an interview. (The FTA comments are at 11:40.)
The Korea FTA, the most economically significant FTA since NAFTA, is not only projected to increase the U.S. trade deficit. The Korea FTA would especially slam seven industrial sectors that include many of those "jobs of the future" Obama touts in alternative energy and transportation, high tech and more. This is the conclusion of the official U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) study on the pact.
Yes, this is the same agency that systematically employs such optimistic assumptions about trade deals that it projected NAFTA would create a new trade surplus and China's WTO entry would have little effect on our trade balance, a projection that was off by hundreds of billions in greater trade deficits. Here's the USITC study data mashed with state-by-state data, which shows jobs at risk by state and congressional district in a searchable form.
Some other questions to consider about the trade aspects of Obama's plan:
- If Obama's underlying trade goal is to double exports, as announced in his State of the Union speech, then why is he pushing Bush's old NAFTA-style trade deals -- given the data is conclusive that U.S. export growth to countries with which we have such FTAs is half of that to countries with which we have no FTA? If the difference between the U.S. FTA partner and non-FTA export growth rates for goods for each year were to be put in dollar terms, the total U.S. FTA export "penalty" would be $72 billion over the past decade.
- And, if the goal is to double exports, why is the first and only major trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration the Trans-Pacific FTA? This is a prospective deal with eight countries, except the U.S. already has FTAs with the four countries (Singapore, Australia, Chile and Peru) that comprise 80 percent of the combined $2.3 trillion GDP of the participating nations. Hardly seems Vietnam (per capita annual income $1,168), Brunei (population 417,000), or New Zealand (annual GDP $139 billion -- less than half of Maryland) are worth receiving priority in U.S. trade agency resources. Yet, while Obama was giving his Detroit Labor Day speech, trade negotiators from nine Pacific Rim nations descended on Chicago to start a Trans-Pacific FTA summit -- and were greeted by labor and other activists at a protest demanding a fair new deal or no deal.
- What about the majorities of GOP, Independent and Democratic voters who, according to numerous polls, oppose more NAFTA-style deals and think current U.S. trade policy is a jobs killer? Why has Obama decided to flip-flop on his campaign promises for trade policy reform and take ownership of Bush's NAFTA-style deal rather than creating a new American trade agreement model that might actually create jobs here?
And then there is the Motor City, Korea trade and autos angle: If Obama uses his Detroit speech to tout "broad support" for the Korea FTA, after he tweaked Bush's text by slightly delaying the deal's auto tariff phase-outs, its worth noting that a the recent USITC study of just the auto sector changes still predicts that the Korea deal will increase the U.S. trade deficit in autos and auto parts by hundreds of millions of dollars. Obama's "new" deal also requires Korea to waive environmental and safety standards for U.S. cars, undermining Korean consumer demand for our cars. And the AFL-CIO will be scoring each of these FTA votes -- having opposed all three after Obama's "renegotiation" -- as have a wide range of unions including Teamsters, Carpenters, Communication Workers, Steelworkers, Machinists, IBEW, ILWU, and more.
In sum, pretty crazy twist for President Obama to include in his emergency job creation plan a trio of leftover Bush trade agreements that official government studies show will increase the U.S. trade deficit and continue the NAFTA model reviled as job killers by a diversity of American voters who agree on little else...


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This book offers a full account of thermodynamic systems in chemical engineering. It provides a solid understanding of the basic concepts of the laws of thermodynamics as well as their applications with a thorough discussion of phase and chemical reaction equilibria. At the outset the text explains the various key terms of thermodynamics with suitable examples and then thoroughly deals with the virial and cubic equations of state by showing the P-V-T (pressure, molar volume and temperature) relation of fluids. It elaborates on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and their applications with the help of numerous engineering examples. The text further discusses the concepts of exergy, standard property changes of chemical reactions, thermodynamic property relations and fugacity. The book also includes detailed discussions on residual and excess properties of mixtures, various activity coefficient models, local composition models, and group contribution methods. In addition, the text focuses on vapour-liquid and other phase equilibrium calculations, and analyzes chemical reaction equilibria and adiabatic reaction temperature for systems with complete and incomplete conversion of reactants. key Features in Includes a large number of fully worked-out examples to help students master the concepts discussed. in Provides well-graded problems with answers at the end of each chapter to test and foster studentsa conceptual understanding of the subject. The total number of solved examples and end-chapter exercises in the book are over 600. in Contains chapter summaries that review the major concepts covered. The book is primarily designed for the undergraduate students of chemical engineering and its related disciplines such as petroleum engineering and polymer engineering. It can also be useful to professionals. The Solution Manual containing the complete worked-out solutions to chapter-end exercises and problems is available for instructors.The Solutions Manual providing solutions to the end-chapter exercises is available from the publisher, on request by the instructors teaching ... A list of books referred by the author for the preparation of class notes is given in references. ... The author is also grateful to Mr. Darshan Kumar, Mr. Sudarshan Das, Mr. Shivendu Bhushan Pandey and Mr. Pankaj Manohar of PHI Learning for their cooperation.
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Xbox pushed out the summer update for Xbox One users, the update includes addition of Cortana (just say 'Hey Cortana' and it'll launch the app), now you can play music in background, updated location and language settings (for instance now you can choose your location separately from your system language) and improved Games & App section.
The update will be live by 10 AM PDT / 5 PM GMT, if the update doesn't land in your console on listed time then you need not to worry, your console will soon be rolling out with the update. To manually check if the update is available for you or not just double tap the Xbox logo button on your controller or if you are using Kinect (a motion sensing input device) then just say "Xbox, go to settings" then head to All Settings, select system from there and then select Console Info & Updates. That'll tell you if the update is available for your console or not.
Here's the full changelog for the Summer Update:
OS version: 10.0.14393.1018 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160725-1822)Release date: 7/29/2016Cortana available in the U.S. and UKTalk to Cortana on your Xbox One with your headset or Kinect. To start, just say "Hey Cortana" or launch the Cortana app. If you're not sure what to say, try "Hey Cortana, what can I say?"If you're using Kinect, turn on your console by saying, "Hey Cortana, Xbox on."Background musicMusic apps will now be able to play music in the background. In an app that supports background music, just start some music. You'll be able to switch to other apps and games while the music plays.After starting your music: To play, pause, skip, and adjust music volume from anywhere, double-tap the Xbox button to open the guide, choose Multitasking, then select your music controls.The app must support background music. An updated Pandora app in the U.S. is the first app to support background music—and more are coming soon.My games & appsYour stuff is closer. From Home, move right and select My games & apps. In My games & apps, there are new sorting options. "Ready to Install" has its own area, so you can quickly find the games and apps you've purchased but haven't installed. Game and app updates will show up in their own area, when available. The queue area now tells you what's been recently installed in addition to what's in your queue.Language & location settingsYou can now choose your location separately from your system language. To change your language and location, double-tap the Xbox button to open the guide, select Settings > All settings, then choose System > Language & location.All languages aren't available for all locations. When you choose a language that isn't usually associated with your location, most of the system will be in your chosen language, but you may see a mix of languages in areas like Store or online content.Top PC games on Xbox LiveTop PC games now have game hubs on Xbox Live. Whether you're on PC, Xbox, or mobile, you'll see what PC games your friends are playing, share PC game clips and screenshots, and message friends on Xbox Live. On Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, you can join a party chat with your friends no matter what they're doing.New StoreXbox Store and the Windows Store have come together, making the shopping experience more streamlined. From Home, move right to Store to start browsing all content.Preorders now get charged closer to game launch instead of at time of purchase. You can also cancel and change your payment option for preorders anytime ataccount.microsoft.com.Customers in the U.S., Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Germany, and Finland can now use mobile operator billing to make purchases. Customers in China can now use China Union Pay.Find Facebook friendsFind friends from Facebook by linking your Facebook and Xbox Live accounts. In the guide, go to the Friends tab, then choose Friends > Suggestions. Select Find Facebook friends and follow the steps. Your Facebook friends that have done the same will start showing up in your suggestions.Control automatic sharingYou can now choose to automatically share your achievements, screenshots, and game clips to your activity feed. To change your sharing settings, go to Settings > Preferences > Activity feed
How many of you have already receive the update? If yes, which is the feature that you liked the most in this summer update. Do let us know via comments below!


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Romeo and Juliet in Scotland. That is the easiest way to sum up Gaetano Donizetti's dramatic opera, Lucia di Lammermoor.
It is, perhaps, unfair to summarize this opera so succinctly, when it is so famous, so much a "classic" of the opera genre. Following the links on Wikipedia, I learned that Lucia was based on a Waverly novel by Sir Walter Scott - The Bride of Lammermoor - which in turn was apparently based on true events. That might explain why it is somewhat more credible, and more compelling, than Romeo and Juliet, even though the plot runs nearly parallel.
The Ashton family is archenemies with the Ravenswood family (what a splendid name!). As these things go, Lucia Ashton (Anna Netrebko) falls in love with Edgardo Ravenswood (Piotr Beczala). She happens to have a brother, Enrico (Mariusz Kwiecien), and because he is a baritone, we know whose side he's not on. Taking her love for Edgardo as a betrayal, Enrico schemes to force his sister into a marriage to Lord Arturo Bucklaw, a political ally. It does not get better from there.


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By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's national soccer coach Dunga, having already named the 23 man squad going to the World Cup, has one fresh worry ahead of their opening fixture on June 15th. Influential playmaker Kaká pulled up in training on May 28th with a calf complaint, and now faces something of a race against time to be fit in time to face North Korea.
The Real Madrid galactico has spent the last few days in the company of the national team doctors, and despite an inconsistent season by his own high standards in Spain, Dunga will be be hoping the talismanic attacking midfielder recovers quickly having left out several of his more creative players from the squad.
The view across the country is that Kaká is the one man with the key to Brazil's World Cup fortunes and with the squad possessing few household names, it is the versatile attacker who started his career at São Paulo who remains the Seleção's danger man.
The Brazilian has played in just 22 games since the start of the year, so his latest injury hints at the susceptibility of the team's target man to wear and tear, but Dunga has opted not to change his squad at the last minute, confirming with FIFA on deadline day the same 23 names he announced last week, somewhat earlier than the majority of his rivals.
England coach Fabio Capello, for example, left his final decision to the last minute, announcing at 4PM on Tuesday his final 23 players, with few surprises other than the rejection of young winger Theo Walcott. England play America in their opening game, which promises to set the tone for both team's potential in the tournament this year, and Capello's men will be looking for a stronger display than that shown during an unconvincing 2-1 win against Japan at the weekend, relying on two own goals for victory.
While most coaches have used recent friendlies to decide their final squad, the final Brazilian selection flew to South Africa at the end of last week and the coach appears to already know his strongest team, using the last day's training before departure to focus on different tactics and formations for the three group games against North Korea, Ivory Coast and Portugal.
Ivory Coast squandered a two goal lead against Paraguay on Sunday to draw their latest warm up game 2-2. Front man and Chelsea star Didier Drogba was in fine form, heading in the opener and causing problems all afternoon for the South Americans.
Brazil's other group rivals Portugal faced Cameroon in a friendly on Tuesday as coach Carlos Queiroz still tries to work out his strongest side, and much fancied Spain looked like they were stuttering through the gears, narrowly overcoming Saudi Arabia 3-2 on Saturday.
Brazil start their own pre-World Cup friendlies today against Zimbabwe, before playing Tanzania on June 7th. Dunga will now look to try out some other options in Kaká's position or consider changing the formation, a risky strategy at such a late stage in preparations. One likely replacement is Julio Baptista, who has never shone in the famous yellow jersey in the same way as his team mate.
Brazil kick off their World Cup campaign on Tuesday June 15th, and Dunga's first setback has already occurred. With just two warm up games left to experiment with his squad, the country is waiting to see how their coach responds.


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- (old) Mik to create initial "architectural walkthrough" material for mylyn. One more to follow before publicly announcing?
- (old) MichaelS to draft an E-Mail about the "plugin granularity" idea, searching for people to lead the effort
- (old) Michael to flesh out the Patterns idea and remind the EAC
- (old) Everyone to hyperlink to their Bio on the Architecture Council/Members and Mentors page
- (old) Everyone to hyperlink on the new Architecture Council/Links Collection to interesting architecture-related blogs, articles or other resources
- (old) All PMC's to list mentor-less projects in their domain on the Architecture Council/Members and Mentors#Projects that need mentors page: Wayne for Technology, McQ for Eclipse, Ed for Modeling, Tom for RT; WTP to add ATF to the page
- Wayne to file bug for portal to add fields for project mentors
- Ed, Gunnar, Karsten to E-Mail their affiliation to Anne Jacko <email@example.com>
- Georg bug 250348 questions / things unclear for him as a new AC member
- Martin to start a Wiki page explaining what's good about having a mentor
- Martin to contact David Orme - he wants to think about it
- Martin bug 250320 ask webmaster to create eclipse.org-committers-announce mailing list
- Martin bug 250315 asking for better attendance tracking at AC meetings
- Martin bug 250317 for discussing ways of spreading EMO information
- New Members: Tom Schindl (appointed), Karsten Schmidt (Strategic Consumer Rep), Sven Efftinge (new Strategic Member)
- Linda Chan proposal
- Tracking Meeting Attendance - Doodle
- 4 members became dormant - see Architecture Council/Members and Mentors
- Some Bio's still not filled in: Bjorn (and some others) to become dormant?
- Dormant status mostly to reflect responsiveness to voting. Richard Gronback for instance been very responsive but not involved in discussions.
- Firefly in need of a Mentor - bug 254906
- COSMOS in need of a Mentor - file a bug?
- How do projects find/attract a mentor? Filing bug is good for us, but I'm told it's inconvenient for projects... do we just need to document it better? Or allow them to contact AC members privately... bug 251747 private discussions?
- Janet's E-Mail asking PMC's and AC to answer IP/Legal related questions:
- PMC's and AC are expected to know the FAQ's better, we can answer questions by pointing at the FAQ's
- We need a good backup channel to the EMO for IP/Legal questions we cannot answer. MikeM: going to create a "closed group" on IPZilla for asking Mike's opinion.
- Architecture Council/F2F ESE 2008
- Everybody signed up who can be there?
- Martin would like some actual work discussions, not just informal gathering, we've got enough bugs to discuss.. agenda?
News from the EMO & Councils
- Don: StAC meeting at Eclipse World -- outcome?
- Wayne: Community Development for Eclipse Projects page
- bug 252015 Here is something you should know, can we start implementing it? who will back it?
- EMO: bug 250317 How to officially communicate Requirements (as per the board, dev process, IP policy...) to the PMCs, Project Leads, Committers?
- RC - Roadmap Process: RequirementsCouncilThemesAndPriorities - are we happy with it?
- PC - Richard Gronback: New Galileo Requirements from the Planning Council?
- Must do: Use only Published API by M6
- Must do: Provide basic Capability / Activity Definitions by M6
- Must do: Use Babel by M6
- bug 167144 "eclipse.common" bundle -- Bundle / Project granularity?
- Nexus Project Proposal vs. Faceted Project proposal.
- What can we do to foster fine granular re-use of functionality?
- Much of it seems a timing (release train) issue, as well as communication. It's easy for established mature technology but hard for incubating one.
Recent EAC bugs on Process and other topics
- bug 253889 JIRA vs bugzilla - just close it?
- bug 249371 The new Eclipse.org homepage
- bug 249959 Copyright Header in checked-in generated artifacts
- bug 249745 Repository Best Practices (Subversive vs Subclipse); Mercurial, Git Bazaar
- bug 246840 Jobs and ISchedulingRules - discussion concluded - what is CCRC?
- bug 246945 Interfacing with Libs that are not EPL Compatible (mostly LGPL)
How to start Releng?
- How to start a releng project for unattended builds on the ML - PDE build docs are good but only half the story
- Bjorn, NickB & Denis CBI Build Workshop 3: Build Hard With A Purpose but is that an answer for now? Current status?
- CBI being adopted by Paul Webster for e4
- Refer people to clone existing projects' releng? Which ones are good?
Top Ten Recommendations
- Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations - should we start sorting them?
- Architecture Council/Links Collection - want more, more, more!
Relationship to E4
- E4/Pervasive Themes - Performance, Memory Footprint, Bloat (Boris' Blog), Concurrency
- Invite E4 to present to the EAC?
- Examples: bug 245573 comment 12 (Dali JPA Tools Deadlock, John CC'd to EAC); bug 246840 discussion about ISchedulingRule (saving project preferences)
- What is causing issues?
- work performed during class loading (Activator.start()) - unknown context, can run at unpredictable times
- work performed in callbacks - unknown context, avoid synchronous callbacks
- General recommendations: (e.g. avoid synchronous callbacks, avoid in Activator.start(), static initializers or Singleton getters) - a general recommendation could be to avoid performing work at unpredictable times, but that would recommend against lazy initialization in general
- Does anybody have a well-working, consistent model on top of the current infrastructure?
- Totally new concurrency mechanism as part of E4 ?
- David Orme mentions DataBinding Realms and the Threads Considered Harmful blog which references Erlang message-based concurrence
- Would it help to become more asynchronous under the hood, even if old APIs need to remain for compatibility?
- Are there any other good known models for concurrency?
- Better Javadoc ?
- Example: ISchedulingRule.isConflicting() vs. ISchedulingRule.contains(), and how does it relate to RuleFactory and MultiRule?
- Articles ? - John referenced the resource-deltas article
Mentoring New Projects
- We need more Architecture Council members to step up and become project mentors
- New projects require two mentors (a Good Thing™)
- How do new projects find/attract a mentor?
- Mailing list, bugzilla?
- "Work the crowd"
- Experiences?
- What could be improved?
- Webpage improvements: more pre-canned content for new projects (like Sourceforge)?
Other Ideas for Discussion
- Mentoring Galileo: What could be improved?
- Running each project's unittests with full Galileo installed; especially interesting for Performance tests
- Don't duplicate work done by the Planning Council
- Integrated bug reporting: Mylyn is providing a bug/error/enhancement reporting facility that will provide a flexible and product-configurable mapping between features, bundles and bug trackers bug 212209 (Example: http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/8/86/Mylyn-Bug-Reporting-Example.jpg ). Do we want this for Galileo?
- E4 now has bi-weekly calls -- won't discuss E4 on the EAC unless asked / invited
- Eclipse Pain Points
- Performance & Memory Footprint, Bloat
- Restrictions on Resource model (Maven)
- IP due diligence and the processes around it
- Lots of these issues are already worked on by E4, and/or Committer Representatives at the Board, and/or the Planning Council
- But the EAC's charter includes identifying and naming pain pionts... anything not yet being addressed?
- Re-activate Top Ten Architectural Problems in all of Eclipse ?
- Re-activate Architecture Council Discovery and Reuse Activity ?


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Go to hardware store or online and purchase a new " roll pin" Take a small punch and drive the old one out, then new one in.
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All good stuff to know when doing a restoration of the famous Speed King. Thanks for sharing!
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This thread is great!
Now what I'd really love would be some help similar for fixing up my Tama King Beat pedal.
I'm keen and ready to strip, clean and restore it, but I'd hate to get anything wrong!
Any ideas from anyone who's done this already?
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I just wanted to share my photos and results from my Speed King Restore. I'll give the rundown of what I did:
-Took the foot board off and scrubbed it with a Gold (non-scratching) wire brush and CLR, rinsed with water, then did the same with Windex. Rinsed off again and towel dried. Surprisingly, the hinge at the base of the heel plate looked good, and the holes were not chewed or elongated.
-Took off the end caps (by using the rubber mallet trick) and the spring tension screws (with a lot of lube and strength!) and had to pry out the pistons/springs through the plaster (oops I mean old grease!) by inserting an awl at the piston hole where the axle is and tapping lightly with a hammer until they worked themselves out the bottom. I was able to finagle the bearings out was well, by tapping the "goalpost" with a rubber mallet until they worked themselves out. I put the end caps, bearings, pistons, springs and tension screws in a Snapple bottle filled with paint thinner and let it soak for 24 hours. I wiped away what gunk I could by hand first. Looked like Crisco shortening on the end caps at the axle!
-Took the "chassis" and poured Acetone (Nail Polish remover, but I made sure it was 100% Acetone with no weird ingredients) down the two empty piston shafts and chased it with a stiff bottle brush several times. I then soaked the entire chassis in a bucket of paint thinner, just enough to cover the whole thing and let it soak for 24 hours (yes, it's a lot of paint thinner, but well worth it). I did this and let it soak OUTSIDE! Nasty smelling stuff, and just a drop of paint thinner will make your whole house stink for days! Also, the freezing point of paint thinner is approximately -144 degrees Fahrenheit, so I didn't have to worry about it freezing.
-After 24 hours, I emptied the Snapple bottle into a wire/mesh strainer (like you would use for noodles) and meticulously scrubbed all parts with a wire brush, holding each part with needle nose pliers as I did so. Once they were all very clean, I refilled the Snapple bottle with fresh paint thinner and let them all soak again overnight. As far as the chassis goes, after 24 hours, I took it out, ran a bottle brush up and down the piston shafts several times, then put it back in the bucket to let it soak overnight.
-The next day, I drained the Snapple bottle and everything was very clean. I put them back in the bottle one more time with hot, soapy water, and then thoroughly rinsed and towel dried all the parts. I brushed the shafts of the chassis one more time for good measure and then took it out of the bucket and let it dry naturally outdoors. When it was dry, I brought it back in and used a small wire brush attachment for a Dremel or drill (See Photo 1 below) and ran that up and down the shafts a few times. I then thoroughly rinsed the chassis with hot, soapy water and towel dried it.
You can see from the photos how clean I was able to get everything, particulary the tops of the pistons. Re-assembly was easy. I put in the bearings, sprayed them with lubricant (I use Tri-Flow). I then put the pistons in, sprayed them liberally, put the springs in, sprayed them liberally, and then inserted the spring tension screws. Finally, I gave the bearings one last good spray and put the end caps back on. I then lubricated the heel plate of the foot board, and where the metal hook for the foot board attached to the chassis (anything that moves can eventually squeak!) and then worked it out like crazy. I wiped up the excess, put a brand new beater in, and she works like a dream. Amazing difference. I've always felt "meh" about Speed Kings in the past, but this one is now so smooth like butter, that I might enjoy playing this one! I'm letting sit on paper towels overnight to get any excess drainage, and then it will be gig worthy.
I'm glad I took the time to do this. It's 4000% better than it was when I got it a few weeks ago.
I hope this post helps you all in the future,
"The worst thing to happen to drums from the 60's and early 70's was the 80's!"-clubdate64
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