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Peterborough Labyrinth draws contemplative crowd on New Year's Eve and DayBy Meghan Pierce
Union Leader Correspondent
January 01. 2013 3:35AM
When asked why she brought her family to walk the Peterborough Labyrinth at the Town House New Year's Eve, Heather Stockwell of Dublin used words like 'refreshing, rebirth' and a 'new start' for the meditative exercise.
'Just thought it would be a good-feeling activity,' Stockwell said, who came to walk the labyrinth with her husband Dan and 11-year-old son Woody.
She had walked the Labyrinth years ago and wanted to return this year, she said. 'I just think we needed something, something inspirational for the New Year and it seemed to fit the bill.'
Before entering the upper hall where the Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in Chartres, France, had been carefully replicated on the wood floor by volunteers with black tape that morning, Stockwell said she would think about the New Year, and letting go.
'Think of things and people you need to let go of,' she said.
The path of the labyrinth has no tricks for the travelers, no walls or dead ends, just a continuous path that spirals into and then out of the center.
The use of labyrinths for an opportunity for reflection and deep thought are found in the Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu and Muslim religions and in ancient, Greek, Roman and South American cultures as well as the Hopi and Navaho Native American cultures.
New Year's Eve in the late afternoon about 20 people walked the labyrinth, slowly, heads down, watching the path.
As visitors completed the walk, others were just beginning it.
Organizers of the event suggest participants meditate on a thought or question, prayer or repeat a mantra while walking.
When the walkers come to the center of the labyrinth they stop and stand for a moment or several minutes before continuing on their journey.
One woman leaving with a peaceful, serene look on her face said she didn't want to talk about her inner journey through the labyrinth.
First time visitor Peterborough farmer Dan Holmes said he has wanted to walk the labyrinth in the past, but with it only being up two days each year, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, he hasn't found the time before.
While he too wanted to keep the experience of the walk to himself, he said. 'I feel better having done it. It's given me a more positive outlook.'
The Peterborough Labyrinth is open to visitors each New Year's Eve till 9 p.m. and then on New Year's Day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. After a closing ceremony the black tape is stripped away and the labyrinth disappears for another year.
The labyrinth is sponsored by the Mariposa Museum each year and run by volunteers. The labyrinth is free, but donations are accepted on behalf of the Monadnock Area Food Bank.
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It began with a forgettable game on Sept. 30, 2001.
Peyton Manning, the No. 1 pick in the 1998 NFL draft, was a 25-year-old, fourth-year quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He was making his 51st career regular season start as he led his 2-0 Colts into Foxborough that Sunday afternoon.
Tom Brady, the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL draft, was 24 years old and making his first career start after filling in for the injured Drew Bledsoe the week before. The Patriots were 0-2, losing to the Bengals and Jets to start the season.
How did the NFL's greatest rivalry begin? With Brady and the Patriots beating Manning and the Colts 44-13 in a game defined more by defense than...


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By Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will keep its strong relationship with the United States even if it votes to leave the European Union in a planned referendum, a leading Republican senator tipped as a possible 2016 presidential contender said on Tuesday.
In a speech on Anglo-American ties in London, Marco Rubio, a first-term U.S. senator from Florida, said the United States must respect the wishes of the British electorate in any vote on its membership of the 28-nation bloc.
The comments from a politician seen as an early favorite for the Republican presidential nomination offer some support for Prime Minister David Cameron, accused by critics of risking Britain's global standing with his pledge to hold an EU vote.
"Our alliance, our partnership and our affection for your nation will continue regardless of the road you choose," Rubio said in a speech at the Chatham House think-tank.
The remarks contrast with an unusually strong warning from a senior member of Democratic President Barack Obama's administration in January that Britain must avoid "turning inwards" over Europe.
Obama told Cameron in the same month that he wanted a "strong UK in a strong EU", according to a summary of a phone call between the two released by the White House.
Cameron's promise to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership before an in/out referendum by 2017 was welcomed by Eurosceptics in his ruling Conservative Party, who are trailing in the polls and face a threat at the 2015 election from the small UK Independence Party, which wants to leave the bloc.
But the pledge left him open to claims he had endangered Britain's long-term interests for short-term political gains.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, leader of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, who share power with the Conservatives, has said the United States would not take Britain seriously if it were "isolated and irrelevant" in Europe.
Clegg said in October the "special relationship" with the United States - a notion successive British leaders have promoted since World War Two - was based partly on Britain "being valuable to our American friends".
In a speech about the future of that relationship, Rubio said Washington needed a strong EU to help stabilize the continent and act as a global partner.
But the Cuban-American - who rose to prominence with the backing of the conservative Tea Party movement before positioning himself as an internationalist - said it was up to Britain to decide if it wanted to remain in the bloc.
"As for Britain's role in Europe, that should be a matter for the British people to decide and for your American partners to respect whatever decision you make," Rubio said.
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Skip to comments.Phil Hendrie coming to WTKK in Boston
Posted on 08/25/2007 8:04:10 PM PDT by raccoonradio
WTKK 96.9FM has been in its own frustrating morning limbo since Don Imus got tossed off the air five months ago. The FM talker still cant put a claim on Howie Carr as its new morning guy until his legal woes with WRKO get cleared up, however, the station will have a new overnight personality come September 10th. Phil Hendries syndicated show gets installed in stations overnight schedule. About a year and a half ago, Hendrie left his national radio show syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, to star in the NBC sitcom Teachers. He also starred in the Fox/CBS pilot The Giants of Radio. But he returned to radio in late June with a new syndicator -Central Point, ORs Talk Radio Network - which also syndicates Michael Savage(WRKO), Jerry Doyle(WRKO), Laura Ingraham(WTKK). Hendries show will air from 1am to 4am on WTKK-FM
Howie Carr Show ping; who knows, you may find it interesting if you're up 1-4 am.
He is a really great voice performer! I used to have to stop driving, he made me laugh so hard. Played the busybodies who called in to his show like a drum!
phil was phunny
10 years ago.
Boston talk radio fans:
alert...Morgan White Jr will talk to Gene Burns just after the midnight hour tonight (Sat going into Sunday)
and tomorrow night from 10 pm to midnight he will have Don Kent and Dave Maynard on...WBZ 1030.
can only take him in small doses, but the guy can be awful funny!
This youtube video is basically audio clips of his "first
show back". The comments are mostly ANTI-the new show...
we'll see...
Phil rocks.
I wish he wasback on down here in NC
My favorite is the kid who goes to the military school.
That is funny stuff
Also, the Ted's of Beverly Hills.
What was his shtick?
The first few times I heard Phil Hendrie, I just thought he went and found some nutjobs for staged interviews. It took me a while to catch on that HE was doing all the voices. His character "Bobbie" used to attract a lot of angry callers!
Don't forget the crying guy and Mr. "I'm a gay man and a gay journalist".
Love that.
I love the kid from the military school.
"I will fight for two words: Poon Tang!"
Phil Hendrie debuted on WTKK last night; he has described himself as a Democrat who isn't all that fond
of today's Dem politicians. Hendrie's first bit was a mixture of a Brittney Spears song with some
of the air traffic controller conversations with Flight 93 on 9/11/01 (at one point, Cleveland Control
keeps trying to reach the pilots on the flight who had said that someone claimed to have a bomb
on board; they're unsuccessful...by this time the plane had probably gone down in Shanksville, PA)
The message? Maybe "here we have Young Hollywood, celebutards, partying it up and 9/11 is just
an annoying thing from the past—oh yuk, they're bringing it up again. Why can't we just party, like,
y'know?" Then Hendrie had a segment where he talked to Bobbie Dooley and her husband Steve
who have protested against the war for years but were really upset at some of the peace protesters
who were interrupting Petreus at the Capitol...Bobbie said she was so upset at THAT that she turned
around and was now supporting the war.
Oh, for those not familiar with Hendrie, he (and maybe one other person) does all the voices. His
own...the "guests"...callers. It's all a talk show spoof but has a point. It's satire—which is not
just cheap laughs but humor with a point to get across.
Is he on the Right? Not totally. According to Wikipedia: "Hendrie is also adamantly pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, and pro-amnesty for illegal immigrants. At the same time, he is extremely supportive of the Iraq War as well as the War on Terror"
Hendrie was also the voice of I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E in "Team America."
Hey, phil's still funny
for about a week.
Hey, phil's still funny
for about a week.
Yup! Saw that.
Whether or not he proves to be funny it'll be something worth listening to at that hour. Leveille on WBZ's OK sometimes,
and there's Coast to Coast with Noory, but I can't see
myself getting into either of those two shows. Hendrie,
though, makes it interesting.
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Kitchen Cure Check-In: Decluttered Cabinets and Storage
• Cure Clock: 4 weeks (plus a weekend) remaining
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How is Week 2 of the Kitchen Cure? Are your cupboards and kitchen gear freshly decluttered and organized yet? Or are you saving this part for the weekend?
Here's a little inspiration for your Kitchen Cure efforts: a check-in with your fellow Cure-takers, a great storage idea for cookbooks, a look at my formerly embarrassing tool drawer, and more results of my own Kitchen Curing. Don't forget to check back in tomorrow, too, for another Kitchen Cure download goodie!
Here's my own progress. You can also see how I reorganized my pots, pans, pot lids, and plastic food storage boxes here. Where's your photos? Show us what you're reorganizing in the kitchen. Even if you just neaten up and restack your kitchen equipment, it can feel so good.
• 1, 2, 3 - My own freshly decluttered tool drawer. My drawer is too shallow for a knife tray to fit in front to back, so I had to place it sidewise. Three bamboo trays from The Container Store round out the organizational setup. These are low enough to stack, if I ever want to add another layer. I got rid of some duplicate tools, too, and moved serving utensils like pie servers to the flatware drawer where there is plenty of room for them.
• 4 - Divided tool jar into two. I don't have a BEFORE photo of this, but the tool crock was jammed so full of spatulas and spoons it was almost impossible to pull one out. I purged duplicates and plastic gear that I never use, and divided the tools between two glass jars (I had these jars on hand already).
• 5 - Second tool jar and whisk cup. The first jar holds metal spatulas and tongs. This jar holds plastic spatulas and wooden spoons. The small cup holds my little whisks. (I have a whisk addiction!) I also put the olive oil on a small plate.
• 6 - Seasoning tray. I took a ceramic tray that I already had and arranged all the little seasonings that sit out on the counter on it. This neatens things visually and will hopefully catch stray pepper and soy sauce drips. (That adorable soy sauce pot was a wedding gift from Dana. It's from Rare Device.)
• 7 - Stand mixer attachments.I took Elizabeth's advice and took these attachments out of the cupboard and tucked them directly into my KitchenAid instead.
• 8 - Veronica's cookbook storage. Veronica lives in Chicago, and she says:
Our pantry is completely over-stuffed — I freed up over a foot of shelf space by moving our cookbooks into the kitchen. The microwave used to sit on two wooden crates turned upside down — I moved one crate to the top of the stack and turned it on its side. Luckily all of our cookbooks fit perfectly inside. Now it's way easier to see the books, and I think it's pretty darn cute too.
• 9 - yivich is catching up... yivich is just checking into the Kitchen Cure - welcome! Like many of you, she is just getting started, so she is doing last week's assignment. She says:
I'm getting a late start so I'm still working on Week 1's assignment, here are the pictures of my fridge, freezer, and pantry. Unfortunately finding good prices at the store yesterday has led to all 3 being MORE full now, not less . . .
• 10 - jkdmb03's BEFORE pots and pans. This is from the Flickr Kitchen Cure pool. jkdmb03 writes:
These lids drive me insane. I swear there is one big one that does not fit a single pot or pan in our possession
What about you? Are you decluttering equipment and tools, and restacking your baking pans? Are you still doing some work from Week 1? If so, that is absolutely fine, but try to tackle at least one organizational issue in your kitchen this weekend. And send us photos! Don't forget to take a look at all the knife organization photos your fellow readers sent us:
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Check back in tomorrow for a download goodie. You can find last week's here:
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Kitchen Cure 2009 Process
• The week's assignment is posted on Monday - You have a week and a full weekend to get it done before moving onto the next thing.
• Check-in and update is posted on Friday - We'll do a check-in like this one every Friday, so you can see how it's going for everyone and get some inspiration to push you through the weekend.
• Assignment-related posts every day! - Every day we'll post one or two tips, good ideas, or resources to help you complete this week's assignment.
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NEC and Fujitsu complete Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)
Map of Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) system
NEC Corporation and Fujitsu Limited have completed construction of all initially planned segments of the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) system, the two technology firms announced today.
ASE is a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that extends across approximately 7,800 km to link Japan with the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
According to a media statement by NEC, NTT Communications, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Telekom Malaysia and StarHub placed an order for the new system in January 2011.
The IT and network technologies integrator said that the connection of Hong Kong to the system, in addition to Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia (already operational) means that ASE now connects major cities in East and Southeast Asia as a high capacity (40Gbps per wave, max capacity 15Tbps) submarine cable system employed in services offered by NTT Communications and other participating carriers.
NEC provided the submarine cables, submersible repeaters and submersible OADM branching units, as well as subsea monitoring equipment and power feeding equipment for the new system.
Fujitsu provided the Submarine Line Terminal Equipment and the Networking Management System.
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The Haunted Theme Park
For several decades this remote theme park was a popular tourist attraction for people of all ages. Starting as a small fairground it was built into the land's largest and most sought after family holiday destination, the entire island eventually converted into one enormous theme park incorporating hundreds of rides, entertainment venues, and showcases. Contests were held, friendly trainer battles took place, children were even allowed to hire Pokémon for the day to either keep them company or to battle with in special kiddie events. When the park became so popular that families wished to stay longer than a single day in order to experience everything there was to offer, a grand hotel was built offering special and affordable deals for families and trainers alike. Then one day, several years ago and during the height of the theme park's popularity, a devastating fire on the Ghost Train responsible for the deaths of several adults, trainers, and dozens of children, closed the fairground to the public. Reconstruction work began immediately, but after many unexplained happenings involving serious injury, and in a few cases the death of construction workers, the repairs were put on hold. The spooky events continued long after, with many curious trespassers, as well as the security guards hired to keep them away, disappearing, never to be seen again, or turning up on the mainland frightened out of their wits with no memory of why, or of how they got there. Any and all attempts at reconstruction have since failed, leaving the theme park shrouded in an aura of darkness and mystery. As a result very few dared to venture here, the stench of death and misery allowing the theme park to become a breeding ground for the darker side of the Pokémon world. As supernatural activity in the deserted park increased, a strange purple haze began to appear until eventually the entire island was surrounded by it resulting in a permanent state of darkness shrouding it as natural light was unable to properly filter through. This of course deterred even more people from approaching the area as they deemed it far too dangerous. In recent weeks, however, some rather bizarre events are rumoured to be taking place, and as word spreads of the park once again being open, only now run by ghosts, the theme park has been renamed "The Phantom Isle". Now, some of the more daring adventurers in the land have been contemplating returning to the park to discover for themselves if there is indeed any truth to these amazing stories.
The Park
Despite the lack of human activity in the park during its closure, it seems those from the realm of the dead are quite active in these parts. All of the popular rides remain the same as they were prior to the ghost train event, but over time they seem to have become populated by very unsavoury characters in the form of spectres, poltergeists, and even some of the more mischievous Pokémon who want to manipulate anyone brave enough to enter such a place. If you dare to venture here, you'd best have your wits about you.
The largest rollercoaster in the park, this ride is designed around the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza and its home, the Sky Pillar of the Hoenn region. The highest peak of the ride reaches, much like the Pokémon itself, high into the clouds above the fog shrouding the park. The final drop leading the rider to a darkened tunnel where people have apparently gone missing for days at a time, reporting a bizarre force as they plunged deep into the shadows.
The Funhouse:
The name speaks for itself, though the fun you'll have might not be the sort of fun you are acquainted with. A strange entity exists in the building which seems to emanate evil from the walls and floors, causing even the most nimble of trainers to have trouble keeping their balance in the various rooms.
Mantine Mania:
A water-based ride with a twist, not only do you ride through what used to be the serene decorative gardens, there is a waterfall drop and even an underwater segment. Pokémon are rumoured to live in the water and the various surroundings, but if you plan on leaving the ride be wary of getting lost in the now-jungle-like gardens as it could prove to be a very dangerous trek.
Salty Sam's Pirate Ship:
Don't be fooled by its light hearted name, this pendulum-like ship ride with its dummy captain is more than it looks. Rumour has it that if the carriage goes completely upside down, the bizarre events begin to unfold with your escape being the last thing on the captain's one-track mind.
Helter Skelter:
Seems like your regular climb up, slide down, helter skelter but, unbeknown to its riders, there is more of a twist than you would expect...
Sideshow Alley:
Contains all of the normal things you would find in a sideshow with one exception - a memorial wall set up with dozens of plaques in honor of the deceased children who never made it off the ride of a lifetime. Each plaque has a space for flowers to honor their memories if you wish, but beware, for the sad and gloomy atmosphere around here attracts more than curious trainers.
Looks just like a normal Merry-Go-Round right? Think again. Take the trip of a lifetime, or maybe just your life, and see what mysteries lie within the maze beneath the Merry-Go-Round. Not such a fun-filled looking ride now is it?
The Circus Tent:
Want to see the show of a lifetime? Enter the Circus Tent and challenge the bloodthirty ghosts within to a battle upon the stage. Defeat four in a row to reach the Champion - A Dark Pokémon whose identity remains a mystery as nobody has ever made it far enough to win.
Fortune Teller's Tent:
Situated in the shadows cast by the majestic circus tent is a much smaller tent which once housed a mystical woman who was said to have powers beyond that of a regular human, being able to see not only into the past, but also into the future. She passed away not too long before the closure of the theme park but nobody thought anything of it, since she was getting on in years. Today, there is still a light coming from her tent, so could it be she still lingers in the theme park, waiting for her next customer?
The Big Wheel:
Seems like any old wheel ride, but on a much greater scale. Each carriage can easily hold ten people and the top of the wheel is so high that it cannot be seen from the ground due to it being shrouded in the bizarre violet fog. Recently, there have been rumours of it speeding up, its riders lost, but where?
Ghost Train:
Enter if you dare - The Ghost Train, the site of the disaster responsible for the closure of the theme park. Ghostly visits from children lost are reported to have scared many a construction crew away from this site while some of the strongest and darkest Pokémon of all are rumoured to dwell within the burnt out remains of this once popular ride.
House of Mirrors:
Reflections aren't the only things you'll find in these mirrors...
Contest Halls:
Scattered throughout the park are five contest halls, each devoted to a specific contest type; Beauty, Cool, Cute, Smart, and Tough. One contest was held in each hall each day at noon while the park was open, with people flocking in to watch. The contests are now back, though a little different to before, the entry deadline being midnight. Better not be late.
Kiddie Arenas:
Sixteen kiddie battle arenas are scattered throughout the park, each devoted to a specific Pokémon type. They're not very big as these were simply a testing ground for children under ten to practice their battle skills with rented Pokémon, though these days they're a little more treacherous.
The Hotel
Situated at the back of the theme park is a grand hotel where guests and their Pokémon stayed whilst visiting. The ground floor has the usual areas such as lobby, restaurant, boutique, and entertainment room, while the downstairs levels house a storeroom and very special casino for its patrons. The hotel is still very active but its guests are far different than you might be used to encountering. The eight upper floors containing the suites are more often than not inhabited by spirits, some being those who perished in the fateful incident that closed the park. Some are restless not realising they are dead, and some are harmless, while others are not. Wander around the hotel and you may find more than you'd bargained for.
The Lobby:
Upon entering the hotel's main doors, you reach a marble-floored lobby with a check-in desk and huge chandeliers that flicker ominously. Behind the desk lies most of the keys to the various hotels rooms, but an unseen power prevents you from taking more than one at a time. A lone elevator sits at one end, leading up to the rest of the rooms or down to the storeroom and casino.
Through a set of ornate double-doors lies what used to be one of the finest restaurants in the world. All of its tables and chairs remain untouched and the food seems to be frozen in time, no signs of decay at all. Candelabras decorate the tables but they have been seen flying around the room. The kitchen has become a dangerous place, however, located through a saloon door behind the food counters. The walls, still lined with the sinister, sharp utensils previously used by the various chefs glint in the moonlight and seem to sway on their own. A wrong move could lead to you being the latest delicacy.
A gift shop selling theme park souvenirs, you might find more than a keyring or two floating about in here.
Entertainment Room:
A place for visitors to unwind after spending a long day wandering around the park. A pool table is it's central focal point, although there are several arcade machines lining the walls as well as many tables set out with board games for children to play. Tron and Jumanji are child's play compared to what goes on in here nowadays.
A vast room filled with everything the hotel might need and plenty of spare hotel furniture of all kinds. Pokémon have taken the furniture as an invitation to make themselves at home and quite a large variety of Pokémon can be found here not wanting to be disturbed by anything, let alone humans.
Members-Only Casino:
Situated beneath the hotel is a large casino that was previously members-only. Reports speak of a barrier that you still seemingly cannot pass without possessing one of the members' cards handed out to adults who visited the hotel and casino in its heyday. You might end up gambling more than you bargained for, however, so beware...
The Upper Floors:
There are eight upper floors to the hotel where the park's guests stayed, and some still dwell. One great mystery seems to be surrounding the sixth floor, or lack thereof, as the entire level seems to have vanished. Curious, as it's clearly visible from the outside, it just doesn't appear to exist within. The key to room thirteen is also rumoured to be located somewhere within the hotel, its sinister contents being protected as best they can. Can these two mysteries possibly be connected?
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On March 5, Penélope Cruz — who is expecting her second child with husband Javier Bardem — put her growing belly on full display in a tiny black bikini while splashing around in the ocean in Barbados.
The actress, 38, later took 2-year-old son Leo for a quick dip near the Sandy Lane Hotel's Garden Orchard Suites, where she and her family stayed.
Despite swirling rumors of a pregnancy earlier this year, Cruz was characteristically silent on the topic before her rep finally confirmed the news in February.
And since we rarely got a glimpse off her bump during her last pregnancy, we're more than excited for this peek at her growing curves this time around.
One thing's for sure, Cruz will do her best to keep her children out of the spotlight.
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"I want my son — and my kids if I have more — to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible," she explained. "The fact that his father and I have chosen to do the work that we do, doesn't give anybody the right to invade our privacy."
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The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? As world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading Maryanne Wolf explains in this impassioned book, we taught our brain to read only a few thousand years ago, and in the process changed the intellectual evolution of our species.
Wolf tells us that the brain that examined tiny clay tablets in the cuneiform script of the Sumerians is configured differently from the brain that reads alphabets or of one literate in today's technology.
There are critical implications to such an evolving brain. Just as writing reduced the need for memory, the proliferation of information and the particular requirements of digital culture may short-circuit some of written language's unique contributions—with potentially profound consequences for our future.
Turning her attention to the development of the individual reading brain, Wolf draws on her expertise in dyslexia to investigate what happens when the brain finds it difficult to read. Interweaving her vast knowledge of neuroscience, psychology, literature, and linguistics, Wolf takes the reader from the brains of a pre-literate Homer to a literacy-ambivalent Plato, from an infant listening to Goodnight Moon to an expert reader of Proust, and finally to an often misunderstood child with dyslexia whose gifts may be as real as the challenges he or she faces.
As we come to appreciate how the evolution and development of reading have changed the very arrangement of our brain and our intellectual life, we begin to realize with ever greater comprehension that we truly are what we read. Ambitious, provocative, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid celebrates reading, one of the single most remarkable inventions in history. Once embarked on this magnificent story of the reading brain, you will never again take for granted your ability to absorb the written word.
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"The squid of Wolf's title represents the neurobiological approach to the study of reading....Given the panic that takes hold of humanists when the decline of reading is discussed, her cold-blooded perspective is opportune."
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"Enjoyable....Wolf, with remarkable agility in a relatively compact book (intended for both aficionados and the uninitiated), transitions seamlessly between disciplines as diverse as linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and archeology, among others. Her voice comes through clearly; she is fascinated by reading and shares that energy."
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OK...total newb to LinuxMCE here but I need a little guidance. Installing under VMware (host is Ubuntu 12.04) and all seemed to be going well until the AVWizard. No matter what resolution I select, I get the AVWizard display resolution confirmation screen for just a second and then it disappears and the system reboots. I searched the forums etc. but can't seem to find anything quite like this described. So, what does the AVwizard do at that point that might be causing a failure? My guess is that it is doing something with X-Windows or video drivers and something is croaking. The host OS is using the Ubuntu ATI Radeon (RS780) driver. I guess maybe I need to try to break out of the AVWizard at boot and see if there are some MCE or Kubuntu log files that might give me a clue. I am fishing for any hints. This is LinuxMCE 8.10-Final


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It's really not hard to believe
Inside my front door and up a few steps on the left, a distressed metal word rests on top of the ledge.
The curvy red letters serve as a reminder as I come and go ... BELIEVE.
It's a common decoration, likely found in thousands of homes.
But how many times do we stop and think about what we believe?
Here is an entirely random list of what zoomed through my mind when I answered this question today:
I believe in the power of prayer, that we don't need a reason to help people and that it's always more fulfilling to work toward a cause than for applause.
I believe in doing the right thing, even if it's hard.
I believe that some bad decisions lead to great memories but you shouldn't do anything that wouldn't make your grandma proud.
I believe very few people in this world are gifted with the ability to fold a fitted sheet, clean a windshield without streaks or properly parallel park.
I believe that "dry clean only" is a challenge, "slippery when wet" is a warning and "men at work" is a joke.
I believe it's essential to admit when you're wrong, that the most difficult person to forgive is yourself and that you should give people more than they expect, regularly.
I believe happiness is not based on possessions, power, prestige or money but on the relationships you have with the people you love and respect.
I believe it is possible to make one trip from the garage to the kitchen with every bag of groceries, no matter how full the trunk is.
I believe that being a good person is like being a goalie ... no matter how many goals you save, some people will remember only the one you missed.
I believe in ghosts, karma and that everything happens for a reason.
I believe age refers simply to years of life and that there is no specific number associated with "old enough to know better."
I believe sometimes you have to be your own hero and that the loudest messages are often spoken in the silence of the heart.
I believe in gratitude, even for the little things, that it is necessary to make peace with your past before it screws up your future and that we create our own opportunities.
I believe we change for two reasons: We either learn enough that we want to or we've been hurt enough that we have to.
And lastly, at least for today, I believe whole-heartedly in the words of Roald Dahl: "Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
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HIV risk for 400 in Vic town
A patient felt "sick in the stomach" when she learnt she had potentially been exposed to HIV during a medical procedure in a Victorian town.
Almost 400 people in an eastern Victoria town have been asked to undergo precautionary HIV testing, after a local healthcare worker was found to have contracted the virus.
"Liz" said she got a letter from the Victorian health department asking her to get a blood test for the disease.
"(I felt) pretty sick actually, very sick in the stomach," she told Fairfax radio on Tuesday.
"You wake up in the morning and then go to bed at night thinking you might be infected."
Liz said her test results were not back yet.
"I don't know where I (may have) got it because it's all very secret at the moment," she said.
Health Minister David Davis said the tests were precautionary, as the possibility of contracting HIV was very low.
"As I understand it the latest numbers are, of the 399, contact has been made with 248, 88 have had tests and all of those tests have been negative," Mr Davis told reporters.
Mr Davis would not say which town was involved, saying only it was in the state's east.
"What I can say is a health professional was detected with HIV, they have ceased practising," Mr Davis said.
"I can indicate that in this town there are 399 people who are (involved) in a careful look-back process by the chief health officer.
"They have been sent individual letters, phone calls are following."
Victoria's chief health officer Dr Rosemary Lester said the health care worker, who stopped undertaking procedures after being diagnosed, was co-operating fully with the department.
"While the news may be a surprise to the patients we have contacted, I would like to reassure them there is no need for undue concern," Dr Lester said in a statement.
"A team of specialist public health staff is on hand to provide advice to each of the patients."
The identity of the health care worker involved or any details around which procedure led to potential exposure cannot be revealed for legal reasons.
By law, all HIV cases must be reported to the Department of Health.
Mr Davis said counselling was being offered to those affected, and the testing is free.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- July 3, 2002 -- Artisan Components Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI - News), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced it will release earnings and hold a conference call for the third quarter of fiscal 2002 after the close of trading on Thursday, July 18, 2002. The conference call will begin at 2:00 p.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. EDT) and will be hosted by Mark Templeton, president and CEO and Joy Leo, chief financial officer, both at Artisan Components.
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Iced is this guy from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
He's a bad guy
Works for Dio
That's all I got, Treacherous can fill in more
His main power is kind of complicated. He eats himself and curls into a little ball. Bout the size of a small dog. Then he creates a forcefield around him which sucks everything it touches into oblivion. But while he's doing that, he can't see or hear.
He's also strong enough to rip people in half at least.
All of his powers stem from his stand (soul, aura, battle buddy) Named Cream. But Cream only dies if Iced does.
Points: More than Bison
Give me half.
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Let Hammy have his Bison. I've got Zod.
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Heh, he's Dio's chief henchman (assassin). He's a vampire too. His stand (power) is to create an unstoppable void that engulfs him and devours ANYTHING in it's path. While in it, he cannot see nor hear. However, he doesn't need to. If he's in it. He's aiming to kill everything around. He just flies around ripping through everything. Every once in a while, he'll peek out to see if he's killed everything. He's extremely dangerous in the void. It's best to get out of dodge, unless you can happen to catch him peeking out of it every now and then. Even then, you better be quick to cut him before he ducks back in and charges you.
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Report: 'Cash for Clunkers to end Monday'
The Department of Transportation's "Cash for Clunkers" program will end Monday, DOT announced this afternoon.
"This program has been a lifeline to the automobile industry, jump starting a major sector of the economy and putting people back to work," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a released statement. "At the same time, we've been able to take old, polluting cars off the road and help consumers purchase fuel efficient vehicles."
The DOT credits the program with 457,000 "dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates."
LaHood reiterated the CARS program has been "the best economic news story in America."
DOT also claims, "Most consumers have turned in trucks and SUV's in exchange for passenger cars, with an improved gas mileage of about 60 percent."
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"Based on conservative estimates of valid transactions so far, DOT analysts have projected that there is enough money to continue accepting submissions until the Monday deadline," according to its release.
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RD im not talking about everyone here. u know what im saying though. i can pm u all of the members and what they are saying if u want. there are a few who think they will get u tossed lol. i have proof too.
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Man Accused of Threatening Daughter with AK-47
ST. PAUL (AP) - A St. Paul father is accused of threatening his teenage daughter with an assault rifle because she failed to make straight A's and instead got two B's in school.
A criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court Friday charges 51-year-old Kirill Bartashevitch with making terrorist threats. Bartashevitch is accused of pointing the gun at his 15-year-old daughter and his wife during an argument at their house Jan. 17.
The complaint says he had recently bought the AK-47 because he feared the gun would be banned. Prosecutors say Bartashevitch admitted pointing the gun at his daughter and wife, but argued that it wasn't loaded.
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4628 Spatz Avenue has a Walk Score of 21 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
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Whisky Review: Wiser's 18 Years Old Limited Release Canadian Whisky
Posted by Arctic Wolf on June 4, 2010
I am going to admit right up front that this whisky has, for the last fifteen years or so, been one of my very favourites. This stretches well back in time before I was even considering a hobby as a spirits writer. My review, as a result, may at times be a little over zealous in its praise, but I guess I feel it is more honest that way, as I am truly passionate about the Wiser's 18 Years Old Canadian Whisky. I have believed, ever since my first swallow fifteen years ago. that it is one of the very best whiskies that Canada has to offer.
In fact it was a bottle of the Wiser's 18 Years Old which began my passion for collecting and writing about spirits. About five years ago, a bottle of this whisky which had been purchased in 1980, and then saved for about 25 years was opened for me when I was visiting my Brother-in Law. His sharing of a special whisky, led me to seek out a special whisky of my own that I could share with him. The whisky I found during that search was Wiser's Red Letter Whisky. But it was during that search for a special whisky that I sampled and tasted my way into a passion for spirits that resulted in my blog. So it is really a pleasure to finally review the current version of the whisky which started it all, Wiser's 18 Years Old Limited Release Canadian Whisky.
Here is an Excerpt from my review:
"…A rich mahogany and copper coloured whisky greeted my eyes when I poured a glass of Wiser's 18 into my glass. I tilted the glass and slowly turned it to impart a nice thick oily sheen upon the sides. Then I sat back and watched fat droopy droplets of whisky slide slowly back …"
You may read the full review here:
Review:Wiser's 18 Years Old Limited Release Canadian Whisky
4 Responses to "Whisky Review: Wiser's 18 Years Old Limited Release Canadian Whisky"
January 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm
$39.95 USD per bottle at Froogal McDougal's in Rock Hill SC, they keep it in stock
November 30, 2010 at 10:23 pm
How much would a bottle of the 18 year limited release go for?
I'd like to try a bottle.
July 20, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Enjoy Wisers 18 while fishing in Canada….bring some back….hard to find in US…friend in Fla gets is down there…probably because a lot of Canadians winter or move down there…great stuff
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I just open a box of 2008-09 UD MVP Hobby and put on the SCFchannel for you to see. I like this set and want to make the base set and catch my PC, all other are for trade. Got lucky latly with better then average pull. Today was a other good box.
List of insert and rookie pulled below.
Here a break on video of 4 Blaster but I went and bought 4 more so 8 blaster total. So 64 packs in all and I am pretty happy with my YG`s
here the video in two part.
List below of all the top picks
Here a box a 2008-09 Upper Deck Seire 1 Hobby on video. both video last about 9 minutes and all cards are seen.
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One video showing my break I did today of a 2008-09 UD Artifacts Hobby box.
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CAConrad writes: "(Soma)tic poetry rituals aim our attention at two basic principles: (1)Everything around us has a creative viability with the potential to spur new modes of thought and imaginative output and (2)The most vital ingredient to bringing sustainable, humane changes to our world is creativity."
In this program, based upon A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics, Conrad will lead us through his philosophy of poets and poetry as a means to help solve the planet's ills and to "resist the urge to subdue our spirits and lose ourselves in the hypnotic beep of machines, of war, and the banal need for power, and things."
CAConrad's books of poetry are A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon (2012), The City Real & Imagined (2010), which he wrote with Frank Sherlock, The Book of Frank (2009), which won the Gil Ott Book Award, and Deviant Propulsion (2006). He is also the author of a book of essays, Advanced Elvis Course (2009). He has received fellowships from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the Ucross Foundation, and the Banff Centre. He is a visiting faculty member at the Summer Writing Program of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. He lives in Philadelphia.


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Gemma Atkinson: Fully Loaded Babe
2006 will be forever known as "Year of the Bombs". Not only did North Korea perform their first nuclear tests in 2006, but it was also the year Gemma Atkinson had her breasts enlarged to size 32E bombs. Yes that's right, "E" as in "enormous". Since then, the 30 year old blonde bombshell has graced the pages of men's magazines such as Arena, FHM, Loaded, Maxim, Zoo and Nuts. Gemma is also a regular on British reality TV. She has turned her naturally given talents into a bit of an acting career in recent years, but we prefer to remember her from these older modeling photos :


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Grand Prix moved to Labor Day weekend
City officials and organizers have moved Baltimore's first Grand Prix to the long Labor Day weekend next year, which they say will draw larger crowds and cause fewer hassles than the August date for which the event had been planned. "We really want people to be able to come to this for the full three days, and not just for the Sunday race," said Baltimore Racing Development's president, Jay Davidson, who announced the date change. "This makes it marketable as an entire weekend in Baltimore City." Organizers also changed the race course, which now runs around rather than simply past Oriole Park at Camden Yards; introduced a pit area outside the baseball stadium and moved the paddock area indoors. City officials had long been angling to host the racing festival — which includes an expo, children's events and a series of smaller speed contests — over the long weekend, but scheduled it for the first weekend in August because of potential conflicts with Orioles and Ravens games. Officials said the race now was poised to attract more than the 100,000 spectators and garner more than the $65 million in economic benefits originally anticipated. "It's really helpful that it's happening on a holiday weekend," said City Councilman William H. Cole IV, who represents the downtown area and has been one of the race's most vocal backers. "It makes the travel a little easier and the hotels may be able to translate it into an extra night's stay."
Baltimore Sun photo by Jed Kirschbaum
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Ingredients - Kibbe Nayeh:
- 600g mutton leg
- 1 big cup of bourghoul (ground wheat)
- 1 onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
- Wash the bourghoul well by rinsing it in a deep dish so that the scraps float and are evacuated with the water.
- Cover the bourghoul with water and let it soak for half an hour. In the meanwhile, very finely chop the meat and onion together -- they must take the consistency of a dough. Add salt and pepper. Press the bourghoul between your hands to squeeze out the water and add it to the meat and onion. Knead at length with the palm of the hand, often dipping your fingers in cold water.
- Spread in a dish, not too thickly. Decorate with fresh mint leaves and store about 15 minutes in the fridge before serving.
- Serve with olive oil on the side for the guests to pour on their plate if they wish.


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WCSU to sponsor carnival to benefit Wounded Warrior Project
DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University will hold its second annual carnival to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, on the lawn of the Science Building on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Admission will be $10 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. The carnival will feature a live band, a meet-and-greet with veterans, carnival games, inflatables, a volleyball competition and an all-you-can-eat barbecue. WCSU students will be admitted free with valid school I.D. All proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit national effort to aid injured and ill service members by providing programs and services tailored to their ever-evolving needs in addition to raising public awareness and enlisting community support.
Maribeth Griffin, WCSU director of residential programs and staff, oversaw the organizing of the event. "The carnival is a significant event for Danbury because it brings home the idea that even if you may not know someone personally who has served, these people are still out there and in need of our support."
The carnival was first co-chaired and organized by Jesse Meade and Nicolle Donadio, WestConn students and Litchfield Hall residents at the time. Meade, a resident assistant, and Donadio, an academic resource mentor for Litchfield Residence Hall, brought their plan to host a fundraising event to the university's housing office to gain their support and so that the event could become part of the hall's programming, thus allowing for a wide outreach.
A member of the 143rd Military Police Company and just deployed to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard for 10 months, Meade felt compelled to assist injured and ill veterans.
"Because of the student's close attachment to the issue it was a nice way for him to contribute and show support," Griffin said. Meade received further confirmation that the event truly does make a difference after seeing aid being provided to a friend who had been injured at war.
Donadio, a senior nursing student, remains chair of the committee as the cause holds special significance to her as well. She is a member of the CT National Guard and will become a combat medic after completing advanced individual training next summer. Meade and Donadio received a Connecticut Higher Education Community Service Award this year for their dedication to raising awareness and support for veterans.
This year, the goal is to expand the carnival by involving more local organizations and volunteers to make it bigger and better. Griffin said the carnival is mostly about having fun, yet at the same time is also intended to "open students' eyes to the difficult transition of being deployed and adjusting back to campus life." She said it is important to encourage students to think more consciously about the veterans among us, how campus life can affect them and the sensitivity that must be shown toward their needs." Sometimes students forget that it's the very people around them who are going off to war and we may not always know who's a vet or who's soon to be deployed because they don't always like to identify themselves.
"The fact that we have veterans and students on campus is just one of our wonderful diversities here at WestConn," Griffin added. "The carnival is a way to say thank you and recognize that they're around us."
For more information, call (203) 837-8486.
Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England's best small private universities.


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Train Derailment Injures Dozens
Service Disruption on Busy Commuter Corridor Could Last Days
A commuter train heading east from New York City derailed and collided with another train in Fairfield, Conn., during the busy Friday evening rush hour, injuring 60 people, including five that state officials said are in critical condition.
The accident of the Metro-North trains shut down much of Connecticut's commuter-rail service Friday evening. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York-area agency that runs Metro-North, said there was major damage to tracks and that rail service on the busy...


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The UF swimming and diving teams open the 2013-14 season by hosting the fourth annual Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational starting Friday in the O'Connell Center.
Coming off a year in which the Florida Gators won their first Southeastern Conference men's title since 1993 and both the men and women recorded sixth-place NCAA finishes, the UF swimming and diving teams open the 2013-14 season by hosting the fourth annual Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational starting today in the O'Connell Center.
Joining UF for the three-day meet will be squads from Miami, Florida State, North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Nova Southeastern and Florida Southern.
"We're deep everywhere," head coach Gregg Troy said. "The men, if there's a weakness at all, we're a little bit inexperienced and farther down the depth charts in some of the sprint events, but we feel like we can cover that real well. The divers have improved a lot over the summer, but we've got to get a little bit better there.
"On the women's side, diving is tremendous. We've got good depth and people who can swim all over the place, and it's going to allow the younger people to compete without necessarily being under the gun right away."
Seniors Sebastien Rousseau, Marcin Cieslak, Brad deBorde and Connor Signorin head a group of 11 returning All-Americans for the UF men.
The Gators, who ended a 16-year run of SEC championships by Auburn last year after finishing runners-up to the Tigers 11 consecutive times, are focused on more than repeating as SEC champs.
"We haven't lost a dual meet in, I believe, 2 1/2 years," Troy said. "They've got a lot of pride in what they're doing. There's been a lot of enthusiasm, and there's a lot more guys holding one another accountable.
"They took a lot of pride in winning that (SEC) last year. We might have a little bit of a target on us because we return a lot of folks and we can race well, but we feel like there are some bigger goals out there for us."
The UF women, who won the 2010 NCAA title, return nine All-Americans, led by senior and two-time U.S. Olympian Elizabeth Beisel.
"Elizabeth Beisel can swim everything, so she gives you a great mainstay to build around," Troy said.
"This year's sophomore class, last year's freshmen, were a real surprise. Natalie Hinds and Sinead Russell were just fantastic, and we had a big breakthrough over the summer from Alicia Mathieu, a senior."
Preliminaries start at 10 a.m. today with finals at 7 p.m., while Saturday and Sunday, prelims begin at 9 a.m and finals at 4 p.m. Diving will take place approximately one hour after the morning sessions today and Saturday, and admission is free all weekend.


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Small, Cool Kitchens 2012 Is Almost Here! 10 Favorite Entries from Contests Past
It's almost heeeere! Our annual Small, Cool Kitchens contest launches later today (look for it soon on the site), so in celebration we went through past years' contests and pulled a few favorites. Do you remember Kathleen's totally serene rental kitchen? Or Megumi's metal file cabinets that she repurposed as kitchen cabinets? Check 'em all out above, and be inspired. There's no kitchen too small for style, functionality, and some serious cooking.
• Jana and Peter's Labor of Love (2011 US winner)
• Jenn's Smart, Cheap Toronto Kitchen (2011 International Winner)
• Kathleen's Serene Rental Kitchen with a View (2011 Finalist)
• Elizabeth's Bold, Under $500 Kitchen Makeover (2011 Finalist)
• Tanya's Former Light Bulb Factory Kitchen in East Boston (2010 US Winner)
• Megumi's Handmade Brussels Kitchen (2010 International Winner)
• Theresa's Sweet and Modern San Francisco Kitchen (2010 finalist)
• Phoebe's Crisp Organic Kitchen (2007 US Winner)
• Jessica's Blue and Silver Flair (2007 Finalist)
• Inés' Opened-Up Barcelona Kitchen (2010 Finalist)
What are you looking forward to about this year's Small, Cool Kitchens Contest? What are your particular small kitchen challenges?
• Real People, Real Kitchens: 15 Small, Cool Kitchens You Won't Want to Miss
• Real People, Real Kitchens: 15 More Small, Cool Kitchens To Check Out
• Real People, Real Kitchens: The Newest Small, Cool Kitchens to Check Out
(Images: The Kitchn)


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Lenovo ThinkPad T430s
Known issues
The following are known problems and workarounds for the Lenovo Thinkpad T430s, and likely also for the related models (X230, T430, T530).
Open issues
- The usual issue with laptop hard drives and disk head parking: see here
- At least on one T430s, using QCad with SNA would reliably crash Xorg. A workaround is using UXA instead of SNA. (FS#31617)
- Sometimes, switching the keyboard backlight on via
Spacedoesn't work properly: at first the backlight just stays off, and when one presses the combination again, it goes to directly to 'high', skipping the 'low' mode.
- Fixed: when opening/closing the lid, the screen would freeze. One could recover from this by suspending and waking up again. (FS#30690])
- Backlight works out of the box again now.
- The microphone button didn't work, it neither generated ACPI events nor keypresses. Works now (emits XF86AudioMicMute).
- Fixed accurately setting the brightness levels with the Fn + brightness up/down shortcut keys. (Solution)
Laptop Settings
Xbindkeys can be used to customize keybindings provided by this machine, e.g. to shutdown monitor with the black button next to microphone button, add following to
~/.xbindkeysrc, and then run
# Close display "xset dpms force off" m:0x0 + c:156 XF86Launch1
other options can be found from Lenovo ThinkPad T420#Volume up/down not changing volume


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Whiteman AFB Academic Programs
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The following programs are offered at the Webster University - Whiteman Air Force Base campus location:
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Brown Files Criminal Charges Against Broker who Masterminded Elaborate Real Estate Scheme
February 20, 2009
Contact: Christine Gasparac (916) 324-5500
Brown Files Criminal Charges Against Broker who Masterminded Elaborate Real Estate Scheme
NEVADA COUNTY – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Nevada County District Attorney Cliff Newell today announced that criminal charges were filed against a hard-money real estate broker who "brazenly deceived" investors and borrowers, embezzled fees, and filed false paperwork.
"This man brazenly deceived investors and borrowers, promising high returns and easy loans, ripping off his customers for his own personal enrichment," Attorney General Brown said. "Ultimately, this criminal scheme collapsed when many of these loans failed, costing hundreds of people more than $20 million."
Seventy-three criminal counts were filed against Thomas Hastert in the Nevada County Superior Court this morning for embezzlement, securities fraud, and filing false documents.
Hastert brokered over 270 hard-money loans in Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Butte, Placer, and Yolo Counties between September 2004 and September 2007 for real estate development projects. Hard-money loans typically provide high returns for private investors and are secured through collateral such as real estate.
In this case, Hastert secured $20 million from several investors, using the funds to broker hard-money loans to borrowers seeking to develop homes on real estate.
In the criminal complaint, Hastert is alleged to have:
• Misled investors. Hastert told investors that borrowers had excellent credit scores and were capable of repaying the loans. This proved to be untrue. Many borrowers had poor credit scores, did not make regular payments on the loans, and held properties that were in foreclosure.
o The loans that Hastert brokered were required by law to be placed into a special trust account overseen by a third-party escrow firm. The firm had to verify whether funds being withdrawn by borrowers were being used for construction projects. Despite telling investors he had established such a trust account, Hastert never did, and the money was regularly withdrawn and misused by borrowers with no oversight.
o Hastert told investors he would personally oversee the development of the land. In one instance, he was asked by investors to drive them to a particular property that was supposedly under development. Hastert could not locate the property.
• Set up fake investors, known as "straw men," to keep concerned investors at bay. Hastert filed documents with a county recorder's office saying that his secretary owned a majority interest in the investment, despite the fact that she had never invested a single dollar. If a legitimate investor tried to initiate foreclosure proceedings, Hastert would contend that the supposed majority owner opposed the action.
• Embezzled fees. Hastert was entitled to collect a 3% fee on loans he brokered. However, he took all his fees up-front as if the loan were fully funded. In fact, some loans never fully funded, and others took more than a year to fully fund.
If convicted, he could face up to 11 years and 4 months in prison. Bail was set at $540,000. A warrant was issued for his arrest today.
The complaint and declaration are attached.


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I have a Carrier Weathermaker gas unit in my basement. It appears to be high efficiency using large bore pvc for air in and exhaust. It has an evaporator coil mounted on top connected to a 21 year old Carrier compressor (38EB048350, couldn't locate info on it. Any help?). I don't know if the evaporator is as old as I can't see it. It may have been upgraded when the furnace was installed. Out of curiosity, what was a "high" efficiency seer rating 20 years ago?
The house is a Capital Hill town house built around 1912.
Put some gauges on the compressor and it had what seemed like a low discharge pressure, about 150. Suction was around 45 and suction temp about 50F. I expect that the unit is close to done if not over.
Learned a lot in the last few hours reading over the postings and thought I seek some specific input regarding efficiency and equipment selection.
I expect to stay here 20 years or more.
While I have the high eff natural gas furnace, I don't think the blower is VS. How much would a VS unit contribute to efficiency? Comfort?
I live in Washington DC? Is a heat pump an economical choice, considering I already have a HE furnace?
What about modding the blower? Are there retrofit kits for this kind of thing to convert to VS or do you have to buy an entire furnace (since this blower is part of the existing furnace)?
The ducting is at least as old as the AC and it is sheetmetal insulated with board (inside) through the crawl space. The radiator system has been replaced with forced air and the duct work serves double duty for forced hot air and cool air. The first floor comes up through the floor vents and the second down from the crawl space.
Electricity here runs me about 10 cents per kwh. They deregulated and now have complex bills itemizing production and distribution charges. I simply divided the dollars by the kwh's.
I'll search for opinions on Goodman and others but feel free to name drop. Thanks. What a resource!
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The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy will ultimately cost billions of dollars to repair, which has researchers wondering what the global cost of climate change could be. With so many of the world's megacities at or below sea level, rising oceans and stronger storms present significant risks, not only to people living in these areas, but also to business activity. By some estimates, 9 percent of the world's GDP will be taken up by the effects of climate change on just 10 of these coastal megacities by the middle of the century.
Conservative estimates place rising sea levels at 18 inches by 2070, while others expect an even higher rise once the melting Greenland and Arctic Ice sheets are factored in, resulting in an increase of 3 to 6 feet. As cities such as Calcutta, Shanghai, Mumbai and Bangkok continue to see explosive growth, the rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms pose an even greater risk. Combined with existing at-risk cities like New Orleans, New York, Tokyo and Amsterdam, the result is a costly and dangerous situation that could result in massive damage and loss of life worldwide.
Many established cities like Amsterdam and London have floodgates and levees in place to protect against flooding and once-in-a-lifetime storms. But many growing cities have little or no protection at all. Some of these cities are important industrial centers, producing goods for the planet that may be at risk. The floods in Bangkok, which disrupted computer and automobile manufacturing, made this particularly evident last year.
While there aren't any easy solutions to the problem, what is evident is the fact that costly, significant steps will be increasingly necessary in order to protect the people and infrastructure of cities along the coasts. With estimated $35 trillion dollars at stake by 2070, it is clear that we simply can't afford to wait.
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Open Cisco Connect then click Guest access. The password is displayed under the Password header.
To go to the Guest access option using Cisco Connect, follow the steps below:
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Select Guest access at the main screen of Cisco Connect.
NOTE: For instructions on how to launch Cisco Connect on a Windows or a Mac computer, click here.
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In the Guests access settings window, you can enable or disable the Allow guest access, change and check the password for the guest network, or change the number of Total guests allowed.
NOTE: The Guest network name is the main network's SSID with -guest as a suffix. If you want to change the guest network's name, you will need to change the main network's SSID. To know more on how to do this, click here.


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Pittsfield woman, Barnstead man charged after Concord court security officer misplaces gunBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 27. 2013 10:45PM
CONCORD -- State police have arrested a Pittsfield woman and a Barnstead man Saturday, charged with taking a handgun that a Concord District Court security officer misplaced while she was using a bathroom.
According to New Hampshire State Police, officers from Troop D responded to Concord District Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday to investigate a report that a court security officer had a sidearm that was unaccounted for.
Court Security Officer Julie Bickford reported that her sidearm was missing from her holster, and that she believed that she might have misplaced the gun while using a bathroom. The courthouse was searched by troopers, a K-9 team, and court security personnel, but the weapon was not located.
State police reviewed Concord District Court security tapes and identified a female, Courtney Rojek, 24, of Pittsfield, seen exiting the women's bathroom with a handgun in her hand within minutes of Bickford exiting the women's bathroom.
Police said Rojek was seen placing the semi-automatic handgun on a table in the vestibule just outside the bathroom, and motioning a male subject over to her, identified by police as Jacob Noury, 33, of Barnstead.
On video, state police say Noury was seen handling the handgun and then placing it in Rojek's waistband. Rojek and Noury are then seen exiting the court and leaving in a vehicle.
Arrest warrants were initiated for Rojek and Noury for Class A felony charges of theft of lost or mislaid property and Class b felony charges for possession of a firearm in a district or superior court facility.
State police, along with Chichester police, located both Rojek and Noury at a tattoo parlor owned by Noury on Route 4 in Chichester Saturday evening. Both were taken into custody without incident.
A search warrant was requested and granted for Noury's residence in Barnstead. A search was conducted and the missing sidearm, a Glock 40mm semi-automatic pistol, was located inside the residence, according to police.
Noury and Rojek were held on $10,000 cash bail at the Merrimack County Jail. They are due to be arraigned Monday, in Concord District Court.


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Drum Beat: The Chester Drum Casebook
Five Star, Jul 2003, 25.95, 254 pp. ISBN: 0786243155 This anthology consists of a novel (Drum Beat � Dominique) and several short stories all written in the 1960s. All the short stories are well written enhancing the image of Chet Drum as a no nonsense private investigator who cares for his clients. Drum Beat � Dominique. Government �ghoul� Jack Morley looks like the pits when old friend Chet Drum meets with him in Paris. Jack explains that...


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