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Chez Marie Reine 8.4Km
Bed and Breakfast in town for those who want to enjoy the city tourism center has 10 minutes on foot. Staying with one artist.
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Clos de L'Arthonnet 12.5Km
In the Périgord Limousin regional park, quiet and comfort await you in the countryside just 4 km. the RN 21. 3 Bedrooms 2 people, each with bathroom and toilets that open onto a private terrace and wood adjoining the car park and garden. A great silence reigns on himself instead. visit the nursery of perennials, 3 donkeys Property, Walking and fishing locally. Just 3 km beach and swimming. Discount dice the second night
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La Ferme du Haut Le.. 17.5Km
55 for a room breakfast included. 15 per extra person. Arrival time : 6PM onwards. Pic Nic area indoor or outdoor. Restaurant close by. Breakfast served at approx 8 o'clock.
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La Boussole 19.0Km
In nature in the countryside, stay in a sheepfold completely restored eighteenth century, which quickly became a family home where everyone likes to be. You will be welcomed by Jacques and Patricia who will share with you the serenity. Jacques will prepare good food (for those who want it) and you make breakfast with brioches, croissants breads, and jams. The whole "homemade". The Compass is: 2 spacious rooms with private bathroom and toilet 1 family suite with three bedrooms, bathroom, large lounge with a library, a conservatory land a pool on the weekend or your holidays in authentic you will find calmness and relaxation
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La Maison Ancienne 20.8Km
La Maison Ancienne Bed and Breakfast is situated on the edge of Limousin, in the Haute-Vienne region of the stunning Perigord Limousin National Park. In the heart of South West France La Maison Ancienne Bed and Breakfast is perfectly placed for exploring one of the most scenic regions of France.
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Les Ecuries des Cro.. 21.1Km
10 minutes from St Yrieix and 30 minutes from Limoges Sud. A few steps from the meadows with grazing horses, our home offers 3 guest rooms.
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Au Fil Du Temps 21.6Km
Charming family room in a boutique guest house in a town historically famous by the epic of King Richard the Lionheart. On the 1st floor of the house, vintage style room for 2 people (possibility for 3 persons).
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Le Domaine des Tuil.. 28.0Km
On the road of the lake of Vassivière, in 20 minutes of Limoges, Marylène welcomes you in its host's house of charm restored tastefully, which opens on a shaded and flowery park.
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Le Queyroix-Martin .. 29.2Km
A sympathetically renovated barn offering en suite accommodation and the opportunity to enjoy home cooked food in the peaceful surroundings of the Monts De Blond. Situated in a hamlet of 3 houses and surrounded by a large garden which hosts visits from deer, squirrels, hares and many different birds. Walkers and cyclists have direct access to the numerous trails through the fields and forests of the Monts De Blond.
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Château de la Chabr.. 3.6Km
Isle (Limoges)
Closest to Limoges, and the most romantic, swimming pool, large park in the middle of a farm of one hundred hectare.
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Sutdio Limoges Mair.. 7.7Km
Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. Please inform Sutdio Limoges Mairie! in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation. A damage deposit of EUR 300 is required. This will be collected by credit card. You should be reimbursed on check-out. Your deposit will be refunded in full via credit card, subject to an inspection of the property.
Americans in France 8.1Km
Americans in France is located at 10-minute walk from the heart of Limoges. Free Wi-Fi access is available, as well as a garden and a shared kitchen. Featuring a bath or a shower, the private bathrooms also come with a hairdryer and a bathrobe. Other room facilities at Americans in France include an electric kettle. The continental breakfast includes tea, coffee, hot chocolate, homemade bread and marmalade. Savoury items are also available on request. Evening meals made with local and organic produce can be booked 48 hours before guests wish to dine. The bed and breakfast is 3 km from Limoges Golf, 4.2 km from Zénith de Limoges and 4.3 km from Parc des expositions. Limoges Airport is 9 km away and the property offers free parking.
Chambres D'Hôtes à .. 9.2Km
Situated in landscaped gardens, this bed and breakfast is just 3 km from the centre of Limoges. Free Wi-Fi access and a TV are provided in each en suite room. Chambres D'Hôtes à la Fontanille offers a continental breakfast every morning which can be delivered directly to guests? rooms. Guests also have access to a kitchen area with a microwave, refrigerator and facilities for making hot drinks. Popular outdoor activities in the area include tennis, horse riding and fishing. Saint-Lazare golf course is 5 km from Chambres D'Hôtes à la Fontanille. The A20 motorway is 650 metres from the guest house and local shops are just 700 metres away. Limoges-Bénédictins Train Station is 5 km away.
Spacieux T3 Limoges 9.5Km
Spacieux T3 Limoges is an apartment located in Limoges, 2.8 km from Zénith de Limoges, 2.9 km from Parc des expositions, and 3.3 km from ESTER Limoges Technopole. The accommodation is 1.3 km from the Limoges High Court. This apartment has a fully equipped kitchen, a dining area and a flat-screen TV. Limoges Town Hall is 1.7 km from the apartment, while Francophone Multimedia Library is 1.8 km from the property. The nearest airport is Limoges International Airport, 6 km from the property.
Chez Fanny 9.6Km
Ideally located in the heart of the city and its activities, our accommodation is ideal for business trips, events, to relax or making a stop on a long travel. Our rooms in Limoges city center are within 10 minutes drive of the wilderness. You have access to all amenities whilst having the opportunity to experience both urban and rural heritage of our beautiful region.
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Nathalie Quesada 10.0Km
- a studio about 20 m2, accommodation facilities up to 3 people (bed 140 cms + sofa reads 120 cms (entered independent/access separated), with kitchen area (microwave oven, refrigerator, electric cooktop, kettle, steakhouse-bread), TV, DTT/USB/HDMI, Wi-Fi, table, hairdryer, machine wash/to dry linen etc. - a separate room of bath/toilets - closed garden Got out of it from city, in the peace. At 15 minutes of Limoges Close friend any conveniences: businesses, administrations, public transportation serving Limoges and surroundings.
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Chez-Marie Reine 10.4Km
The individually designed rooms, are in a house of artists in a very quiet area in the center north of Limoges, international city of the arts of fire? The railway station and city center are 10 m by car, bus and shops and 150 meters from the house. A small kitchen next to the rooms is available. In summer you can enjoy breakfast in the garden.
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Gate Soleil 11.2Km
Apartment in quiet, independent house in 10 minutes from Limoges
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Chambres d'Hôtes de.. 11.7Km
Chambres d?Hôtes de l?Auraine is a 10-minute drive from the centre of Limoges and 4 km from the A20 motorway. It offers a garden, a terrace and individually decorated rooms with free Wi-Fi access. All rooms feature a seating area and a private bathroom with a shower. Some of them include a terrace. A continental breakfast with yoghurts and pastries is served every morning in the dining room or on the terrace. Tea cakes and facilities for making tea and coffee are provided in each room. This property is 100 metres from Parc de l?Aurance and 3 km from Parc des Expositions de Limoges. Free private parking is available on site.
Domaine du Gue de L.. 13.4Km
Saint Yrieix Sous Aixe
is 12 minutes from the center of Limoges, house of 19 ° S in the middle of a park of 2 Ha, 5 rooms with shower, heated pool
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La Forge 13.8Km
17km south of Limoges, in a small village in the valley of Brianza, an old forge, nicely renovated, 4 bedrooms on one level, great room with fireplace opening onto a flower garden. birds and butterflies insured.
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Les Drouilles Bleue.. 14.3Km
in the "high Limousin" this house of character of the eleventh s is located on top of a hill (30 km from Limoges) in the middle of castles, in a relaxing countryside at the gates of the Natural Park "Périgord-Limousin". 2 bedroom duplex and a family suite on two levels. Maïthé and Paul welcome you all year. They offer the guest table with them. atmosphere "cozy".
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La Croix de la Jugi.. 15.7Km
At the heart of the Limousin countryside, Martine and Jacques have renovated an old farmhouse of the XVIII century opening onto a pleasant park with trees and flowers. They provide you with: the ground floor a spacious room with romantic setting for two and two upstairs rooms of charm. Breakfast is served in the family dining room, living room or terrace. Open all year.
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Domaine de Charlet 16.7Km
At Charlet a warm welcome awaits you in our anglo-french family. Set in it's own green valley (135acres)with a beautiful garden and lakes . 4 en suite bedrooms ,large reception rooms at your disposal. Gourmet cooking Evening meals on request, open all year . (Open all hours!!) Animal accepted on demand. Wiriless broadband NOW AVAILABLE
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Les Loriots 18.2Km
Visit us and enjoy high quality accomodation and food in the calm and tranquility of the Limousin countryside
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Domaine De Puycheny 18.3Km
Wonderful gite near Brantome for a couple and children's Parc 2 ha with beautiful swimming pool Quiet area ,possibility to rent all the domaine for wedding
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Les Azalees 18.5Km
Situated between Limoges and Bellac at 2kms from the RN147, our bed and breakfast are situated in a park with sauna, fitness ans swimming pool ( see our conditions on our web site). For 4 persons maximum insuite. Reservation for 2 nights minimum
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Les Bois De Saint A.. 18.7Km
Charming bed and breakfast in an atypical thatched cottage,
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Puy La Brune 19.0Km
30km south of Limoges close to the A20, we offer guest rooms with separate bathroom and toilet. The entrance is independent, pets are allowed. You will discover a charming small village, hiking, many sites to visit. At your disposal: heated pool, summer kitchen equipped (fridge, grill, gas), table tennis, park ... .. Price: 50.00 / 2 pers. with breakfast Meals on reservation: 15 / pers. Aperitif and wine included
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Le Domaine des Ange.. 19.1Km
At the foot of a charming village, next to the vineyards of "Grande Champagne, the Domaine des Anges, a 19th century house of Napoleonic style, welcomes you for a pleasant stay in the Charente region. It's shady park, swimming pool, lounge and billard room, à dining room and two spacious bedrooms an one family suite, are at your disposal. You can rent the whole house for your holidays (Upon request)
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Maison 19.6Km
large and luminous room,in a quiet limousin village,at limit of the forest.the room includes a private bath room,with italian shower,and private toilet. I'll receive you,as my friends, italian, french and english ,and i 'll answer to your questions in the three language(if you don't speak to quickly..). I may cook for you , a family cooking,with fresh vegetables and local meat I may organise for you an horse riding in the forest beside,to may observe wild animals,just before the night,or at the begining of the day. A private lake,with a good population of wilde carps,may give you good sensations if you like nokill fishing. I OFFER THE FISHING,for every people who reserve for the less 2 nights if i receive the reservation before MARCH 15th(2013) THE parking his free what ever is your car or van Every friday you are welcome in a party with our neighbours MARCUS &LISA (You will have not to drink to much,to may pass through the street .to go to bed.
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Le Champsac 20.7Km
Enjoy a restful nights sleep in one of Le Champsac beautiful bedrooms with views of the surrounding countryside. All rooms have a spacious private shower en-suite. Join us in the morning for a complimentary continental breakfast. The small commune of Champsac is in Perigord National Park, where you can enjoy many outdoor activities, including: walking ,cycling, horse riding, golf, fishing and many lakes and rivers to enjoy. We are on the route of Richard the lion heart, with many historical chateaux to visit.
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Gîte le Nid 20.9Km
Beautiful detached house in the town of Chalus. It was renovated and enjoys a privileged location in the heart of the Périgord Limousin regional park and the route of Richard the Lionheart. Rating 3 keys, 4 persons, Clévacances
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La Musardière 21.2Km
Situated in the green countryside of the French Limousin region La Musardière, converted barn featuring a large stone fireplace and a mezzanine, offers five guest rooms with en-suite shower rooms. Family sute available. Near Limoges international airport and near the martyr village of Oradour sur Glane.
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Firon 21.8Km
Firon in Châlus provides accommodation with barbecue facilities and a garden. This bed and breakfast offers free WiFi. Each room is fitted with a terrace. At the bed and breakfast, the rooms are fitted with a wardrobe and a TV. All guest rooms will provide guests with a fridge. Limoges is 30 km from Firon, while Brantôme is 41 km from the property. The nearest airport is Limoges International Airport, 28 km from the property.
La Croix de Camargu.. 22.5Km
Hosts' rooms Oradour sur Glane
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Gîte des Bordes 22.5Km
Recently renovated barn for 6 people. French and English Speaking owners. Located on the edge of the Natural Regional Périgord Limousin Reserve, this gîte is the ideal place to spend a relaxing time in a quality environment which has managed to keep its natural surroundings and its authenticity. A 110m² detached house with a 30m² terrace opening out onto a large garden (1500 m² ) with a swimming pool (9 m x 4 m), shared with the owners.
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La Cabane du Safran 22.7Km
Enjoy a break nature in the heart of Périgord Limousin Natural Regional Park, nestled on a hillside in a grove of chestnut, the Hut Safran offers peace and serenity. Come and enjoy the charm and color of the campaign, you will discover the flavors of saffron and sweet in the garden. Close to the tourist attractions of the Dordogne and Haute Vienne we will be happy to share with you the heart of our region. Hiking and mountain biking. Recreation area to 2mm (swimming, bike-rail, tree climbing, themed walks..)
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Les Jardins de Lily 23.4Km
In a medieval village, 4 rooms, one of wich is a family room, with privates facilities and showers, in a renovated house with a large garden. internet with wifi. Private parking.
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La Clairière 23.5Km
If you love nature, tranquility, the campaign, if you want to relax, so ... Welcome! Ideally located in the Perigord Limousin Natural Park in the heart of a green and flowers, the Glade is a charming house with swimming pool. At the edge of the woods, you will appreciate the serenity and enjoy your stay. We, Pierrette, and Thierry, offer you two comfortable and independent. We cultivate our own garden in a natural way and we want you to enjoy. So you can enjoy dishes made from vegetables and seasonal fruits that are served at the dinner in the communal dining room.
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Le Jardin des Lys 24.3Km
Beautiful "hôtel particulier" facing the Collégiale church in the center of St Léonard de Noblat. Large rooms very nicely renovated. Terrase and garden
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Château de Frugie 26.9Km
Nestled in the heart of the Parc Naturel Régional Périgord-Limousin, Frugie is a castle of the XIV - XV century historical monument.
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La Ferme de Michèle 27.1Km
Nice room very quiet and comfortable with bathroom and toilet.
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La Residence Limous.. 27.5Km
A luxury 4* chambre d'hote in the centre of Saint Yrieix la Perche, with 3 beautiful ensuite rooms, with modern luxury showers. Each room has been individually designed with antique furniture, luxury bedlinen, a seating area and tea and coffee facilities. There is also a beatiful and private walled garden for dining al fresco. We are ideally located for many local Locally attractions, including Oradore sur Glane, Segur le Chateau, Hautefort, Arnac Pompadour, Parc Reynou to name a few.
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Vacances Vertes les.. 27.5Km
Well -equipped and tastefully decorated spacious traditional Limousin village house in St Germain les Belles . Can Accommodate up to 14 persons in 6 bedrooms , 5 of Which Have then bathrooms. A short walk to village shops , restaurants and sandy swimming beach - fantastic , free Fun for kids in the summer ! Gorgeous countryside views from the large, private garden and dining terrace. A great destination for groups or families . Free wireless internet connection ! 30 minutes south of Limoges .
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Le Clos de La Muse 27.6Km
Le Clos de la Muse is happy to welcome you and make every effort to make your vacation a memorable 2 bedrooms and 2 suites dedicated to painters have been carefully designed so that everyone can find peace and comfort of good quality in respect of the premises.
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Appartement L'Arédi.. 27.6Km
Appartement L'Arédien is an apartment set in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Guests staying at this apartment have access to a fully equipped kitchenette. The apartment is fitted with a flat-screen TV. Limoges is 36 km from the apartment, while Brive-la-Gaillarde is 47 km from the property. The nearest airport is Limoges International Airport, 39 km from Appartement L'Arédien.
Le Gorlot 28.0Km
Quiet, well-being and relaxation define your stay with us in the pool, or hiking on foot or bike on trails and paths from the house we invite you to discover our Limousin countryside, particularly the Mountains Blond where you will discover the particular circuit megaliths including: rocky stone BOSCARTUS (huge granite block whose weight is estimated at 120 tonnes and rests only a few contact points on an elevated rock. It is slightly inclined and less effort can make it oscillate).
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Maison Taupe 28.8Km
MAISON TAUPE is in the small hamlet of Les Tuilières, just outside Oradour-sur-Vayres.The property is just 35 minutes south west of Limoges and the A20, one of the main routes through to the south of France, Andorra, Spain and Portugal. There are daily flights from Stansted to Limoges with RyanAir. Car hire is available, at reasonable prices, from the airport. For those of you travelling by road, it is about 7 hours from Calais.
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L'étable des Saveur.. 29.5Km
Stay in one of the 3 guest rooms in the barn of flavors, in a quiet and green. This small farmhouse student some red cows and farm poultry for the enjoyment of children. To make a step on the road vacation or stay a few days, you can recharge through the hiking trails (hiking, mountain biking, horseback...) Or the heart of our beautiful villages, Mortemart Montrol Senard, visit the martyr village of Oradour sur Glane. Upon reservation, you can also enjoy local products at the breakfast table.
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Chateau de Corrige 29.8Km
Chateau de Corrige is a 16th century hillside castle, set in the beautiful Limousin countryside.The accomodation boasts well appointed spacious and comfortable en-suite rooms.Each room provides you complimentary toiletries, sumptuous bathrobes and towels.All of our rooms have fine French furniture and the beds are a comfy retreat with sateeen , quality bedlinen.Each bedroom has a sitting area, with magazines and books provided for your reading pleasure. A wholesome breakfast using local organic produce (in season). Evening meals are also available, with a good selection of wines and spirits
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La Bastide 29.9Km
La Bastide a small domain of 18 000 m2 vacation with vacation houses for 7 2 upto 10 persons tents and luxurious house of 36 m2. La Bastide HAS Its Own littlle river. And You Can Walk To The Village Were Is A bakery, butcher and grocery.
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Gardinier, Inc.
List of Deals
- 1973 acquisition of fertilizer operations of Cities Service Company; issuance of first mortgages, notes, warrants, and second mortgage notes
A coalition of French companies banded together to finance Gardinier, Inc., in 1973. Gardinier was incorporated in Florida in order to buy phosphate rock reserves from Cities Service Company. Cities Service held phosphatic fertilizer manufacturing plants in East Tampa and Fort Meade, Florida (together known as the Tampa Agricultural Chemical Operation, or TACO), as well as mines and lands in Polk, Hardee, and Manatee Counties in Florida. The TACO plants had been mining and processing the phosphate into fertilizer since 1927.
Gardinier was wholly owned by a French holding company, SOPAG International. SOPAG International was in turn owned 60 percent by Société des Participations Gardinier-SOPAG (representing the Gardinier family) and 40 percent by a group of French financial institutions including Compagnie du Nord, Crédit Lyonnais, and Banque de Suez et de L'Union des Mines. The money for Gardinier to purchase Cities Service was raised in a 1973 deal in which Gardinier issued 8.75 percent first mortgage notes for $30 million due in 1988. In that deal, Gardinier also issued second mortgage notes at 9.25 percent for $15 million due in 1983 to Cities Service. Gardinier also issued common stock worth $16 million. At that time, the TACO facilities had sales of $11.6 million, with net cash flow of $12.9 million. Sales had fluctuated widely over the previous ten years, ranging from $636,000 to $11.6 million.
The New York Times called the Gardinier family's investment in Florida phosphates "probably the most successful French investment in American resources" (Ann Crittenden, "The American Connection," New York Times, Jan. 16, 1977, p. 95). Phosphate fertilizer prices rose drastically in 1973 and pushed Gardinier's annual profits to $35 million.
The Gardinier fertilizer plants in Florida declared bankruptcy in 1985 and were purchased by Cargill. By that time, the mountains of radioactive industrial waste produced by Gardinier at the East Tampa plant had marred the firm's reputation.

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Metropolitan Media Console
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- Overview
Our stylish Metropolitan console adds organization to busy family spaces. Carefully built to last for years to come, it features a compact profile and simple silhouette that make it perfect for smaller spaces.
- Legs are crafted of solid alder.
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- Shelves are constructed of alder veneer over engineered wood.
- Finished by hand using a multistep process that includes sanding, staining, glazing, and sealing with lacquer for moisture resistance.
- Features flared moldings and tapered legs.
- MDF is an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures the console's structural integrity over time.
- Console: 48.5'' wide x 16.5'' deep x 30'' high
- Simple assembly required.
- Adjustable levelers provide stability on uneven surfaces.
- Imported.
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- Overall: 48.5'' wide x 16.5'' deep x 30'' high
- Top only: 48'' wide x 16'' deep x 1'' thick
- Shelf: 45'' wide x 13'' deep x approximately 1'' thick
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- Distance between legs on front and back: 43'', 11"
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Wow, you can not miss this!
Hi all, I found a new game for which I spend my whole weekend on! Lol I was about to go
shopping with my friend but this game- Food Processing just attracted me so much and finally my friend went shopping himself.lol.
The game is Food Processing and for me I may call it food-processing battle, yes, it can be fairly described as a battle, a finger operation battle with lots of funs espesically when dealing with the lovely food in high speed!
First of all, you can find ?how to play? in the main menu and the detailed picture-word lesson will teach you how to play this game but I can tell you simply here coz it was very easy to go with, when it comes Green Soybeans tap and pod the three beans inside, when Corn comes, slide (means cut in game) twice on it, as for Walnut,tap it twice, crossing slide for pumpkin, head slide for eggplant! Yea, easy though lots of fun inside!
Secondly, I would like to share some of my experiences with it, the speed is not so quick when it was just started, you can see your score on the upleft and three X on the upright, the X is green at first and when you missed (did nothing with) a food, a X will turn red and three red X means, hur, you will have to start again.lol.when you get perfect, you get 3 marks, 2 marks for good,1 mark for bad, if you get 7 consecutive perfects you get a combo,which worth 5 marks. I get 213 marks the first time for I missed three pumpkins, I just thought it was like the eggplant that should be cut at the head or something but I was wrong, It need to be cross-cutted which means cut twice, horizontal and vertical, a crossing, yea. Then I get 460 marks(within 1 combo lol) the second time after knowing how to deal with the pumpkins lol. The leading ten high scores can be noted after this round.
Thirdly, the speed becomes extremely fast and I think now the real battle comes, the food comes in a crazy speed and my finger just like dancing on the screen-tapping,sliding and tapping mixed with sliding, moving and soooooo on, it is very interesting and the speed really challenged my reaction.
Fourthly, oh god I almost forget one thing, the graphics! Yep what my impression about the graphics is that I just forget that I was playing a game because the graphics made me, you know ,like a real worker who was standing by the conveyor dealing with the real food! Really, its something out of my expection I have to say, fantastic graphics everything seemed so real and reasonable, found nothing uncomfortable with it.
However, what I played is just the lite version which means some of the mode, food , scene, tools are still locked but yet, it?s really really good, you can have a try free now and I m sure you can not stop yourself to share your exciting just like I did. Lol.. BTW, I saw some fresh elements on the main menu including some new food(may be the new food in full version? Not sure), some kinds of new tools?,change conveyor button (for themes changing? Still not sure) and so on, I m eager for the formal version to be released, actually,none of the other games attracted me so much and I believe this might be a new epochal one so I may be proud to be the early player!lol!
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another decent cost effective signing.....
Decent pass-catcher and blocker.....
TE...any thoughts??
another decent cost effective signing.....
Decent pass-catcher and blocker.....
This will fill the blocking TE need for the Jets, which, strangely enough, has been harder to fill for them than the pass catching TE.
If its around $1m, sure, why not? Anything to stop having 6 lineman play 40% of the snaps.
Big, tall guy who has been an effective red-zone target (11 TDs on only 47 career receptions), but whose real value is as a blocker.
He drove the Bears crazy as a starter because of drops but, as a cheap potential #2 blocking TE, he could be a nice addition.
I like celebrities with one name:
He is a total JAG. But it goes along with what Idzik is doing. Signing guys that can be cut at anytime. We just need to fill out a roster this year.
What (if anything) does this mean for Hayden Smith I wonder.
Jet will HAVE to draft a TE in the first 5 rounds. They have nobody.
No one is really a shoe in there. And the fact that they have potentially 4 JAGs at TE doesn't preclude them from taking a TE in the draft.
I'd rather take a chance on Fred Davis.
Fred Davis would be nice
Davis has physical tools, but terrible hands. He killed a lot of drives in Chicago.
Keller wasn't great but his departure is a loss. People seem to like Cumberland but I remember him looking very unathletic and stiff, struggling to make an easy catch. TE looks to be a glaring hole on the team now. Davis doesn't sound like the answer, nor is there anyone else really in FA, looks like they might be gearing up to address this in the draft.


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Standalone XBee
In most of the projects the XBee modules appear as interfaces, serving only for the wireless connection, but the they can do much more, they have seven analog input channels, nine digital I/O channels and two PWM outputs, it is almost like a micro controller the difference is that you can't actually load your own control firmware, this needs to run on the PC, but this can be taken as a feature used in your advance since you can make complicated applications in any language and communicate over the serial port. The USB to serial converter should be a problem because the operating system will use it as a virtual serial port, no USB programming required.
With this advanced inputs and outputs you could make complicated robotics applications, smart sensors, and even closed loop systems, not being limited by the code size and speed only your imagination is the limit.
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LITTLE ROCK • Lawmakers have been working on numerous issues in preparation for the regular session that begins January 2009.
As always, the major issues are public education, the rising costs of getting a college degree, criminal justice and prisons, transportation, health care and
economic development.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision out of Seattle and Louisville may require the Arkansas legislature to change school choice laws, which allow students to transfer to schools outside the districts in which they live.
Several Arkansas school districts have been through desegregation lawsuits, and they restrict student transfers that make schools more racially segregated. Those policies may have to change because the Supreme Court limited the use of race as a factor in assigning children to public schools.
The Senate will consider legislation to strengthen a school bus safety law first passed in 2007. Act 718 requires school bus drivers to report motor vehicles that pass their buses while they're stopped and children are getting on or off. It hasn't been effective, though, because prosecutors said they need more solid proof of who was driving the offending vehicle. Lawmakers said prosecutors could be more responsive to reports of violations.
State-supported universities have approved their budgets for the coming school year that include increases in tuition and fees.
The cost of a college education has consistently gone up faster than the general inflation rate, but faculty salaries have not increased at the same pace as tuition and fees. Some legislators have questions about how much state aid is needed so universities can hold down tuition.
The state Board of Correction, which oversees state prisons, has discussed a plan for expanding prison capacity. The proposal requires legislative approval.
There are about 14,000 inmates in the state prison system. On any given day, however, as many as 1,000 may be in county jails awaiting transfer into the state system.
The state reimburses county sheriffs for the costs of housing those inmates, but in counties where the local jails are full to capacity, the presence of state inmates limits the number of criminal suspects who can be locked up. Often, non-violent offenders are released on bond rather than booked into jail.
In the past few years, drug courts have been effective in keeping some non-violent drug offenders out of the prison system. When those offenders go through drug court, they must agree to take random testing and strict rehabilitation programs. It's cheaper to put them through drug court than prison, therefore the legislature is likely to consider an expansion of the system.
Plans are being worked up to add drug courts in areas of Arkansas that don't have one, and to create drug courts for juveniles.
A restructuring of the state Martin Luther King Commission is expected to come up in the 2009 session. Currently, it has 26 members and its size makes it difficult to get a quorum and conduct business.


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(03-23-2011, 05:12 PM)mwoody Wrote: We utimately used the old rule of thumb the CC mentioned for the probe depth, but does that meet the intent of the ASTM and Wagner for acceptabitily?
I found this in the do's and don't thread:
"When measuring concrete poured in a fluted pan, take the thickness of the concrete above the flutes (i.e. 4") and add 1/2 of the depth of the flutes (2" fluted pan means you would add 1" to the 4" for a total of 5") and drill your hole 40% of that measurement. I have not seen official documentation on this issue released yet, so please check beforehand. I believe the new ASTM will address this."
Yes, that was my quote and it may have been from before the official release of Wagner's specification.
I suggest we follow Jason's specification to find the thickest point of the concrete and install probes there.
Now for the arguable points: (because it's me!! )
We always must install 3 probes for the first thousand square feet and 1 per thousand after that. We always take the highest reading in consideration. We always investigate why our readings are what they are.
That said, when you see concrete poured in a fluted pan, most of the time the center of a bay will be thicker than the column line beams. Many slabs will be 2" thicker in the center. So when you are told you have a 5" slab, look at some cores a plumber or electrician drilled through the slab and measure them.
Part of an installer's job is to recognize these variances and spread probes out to read these areas. You should always take readings within 3' of an outside wall, the center, each different pour, and anywhere the concrete changes depth.
We don't always know for sure what the concrete thickness is. Even a slab on grade may vary by several inches! The path the cement truck drove over while delivering concrete will be a deep trench, irregular grading and utility trenches will cause variations too. But by sprinkling probes through a job site we will get a solid reading overall, and we can go back and revisit a high reading to find out if something is wrong there.
My next point is, and don't expect any flooring manufacturers to admit this, the 75% RH standard is really low. There's some buffer room built in there. There has to be. I have worked on a lot of projects where we pushed the limit, the RH envelope if you will, and the testing gets really precise because we really need to be sure our numbers are spot on. If a manufacturer agrees to allow 80% or 85%, they want to be sure the slab isn't actually 88% and the readings were off a bit. This is how I first came to depend on Wagner Rapid RH, when we started working on projects where we needed precision RH readings because we were working on multi-million dollar floors where a point or two in RH could mean hundred$ of thousand$ in change orders. (Keep in mind I do not do flooring, this isn't my money we're talking about )
So I want to leave you with this: Floors aren't perfect, spreading RH probes around minimizes compounding errors, and look into discrepancies for the reason.
JD Grafton
Concrete Answers for Flooring Problems


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ByKelly Greene
A new survey finds that more employers are offering some type of contributions in their defined-contribution plans – but many are considering changes in how they work.
International Business Machines, a leader on the employee-benefits front, told workers last week that it will shift to making contributions to employee 401(k) accounts once a year in a lump-sum payment, rather than making contributions each pay period.
An IBM spokesman said in a written statement that the change is being made to maintain "business competitiveness in a challenging economic environment."
Other companies are considering changes in the way they structure contributions to workers' 401(k) accounts as well – but with a different motive, at least in part.
Of the 118 plan sponsors surveyed for the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association between March 1 and April 6, 22% said that they are likely to change the structure of their employer contribution. The reason: to try to get workers to save more money within those accounts.
The survey also found that more plans are enrolling workers automatically – 56%, up from 44% in 2010, with a third of those who don't use automatic enrollment expecting to add it within the next year. Plans that added it increased workers' participation rates by 12 percentage points, to 81%.
But even though most plan sponsors say workers should set aside at least 10% of their pay, most plans with automatic enrollment set the default contribution rates very low – more than half at 3% or less, the survey found.


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I've been playing World of Warcraft for nearly three of it's four year run. It's kind of amazing to me to see how things have changed over time. Many of the adjustments have been by player suggestions, and most of them for the good. The folks I've been playing with lately don't have nearly as much time in the game. I find myself reminiscing and thinking about the way things were, and telling them how good they have it now. Some things I remember least fondly are:
- Single-server battlegrounds, and sometimes waiting hours for a queue.
- The old battleground ranking system, with one High Warlord per server.
- 40-man instances, if you think keeping 25 people in line is challenging, give this one a go.
- Epic ground mounts for 1000 gold in a time when cash did not flow so freely.
- Horde had no Paladins and Alliance had no Shamans.
- Before the report feature, I got a whisper message from a gold spammer about every thirty seconds.
- Many more limitations on where mounts were allowed.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Sen. Marco Rubio gave a wide-ranging interview to "GQ" magazine, even listing his top three rap songs.
Rubio, a fan of hip-hop, said his top three are "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A, "Killuminati" by Tupac and "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.
"The only guy that speaks at any sort of depth is, in my mind, Eminem," Rubio said in the interview. "He's a guy that does music that talks about the struggles of addiction and before that violence, with growing up in a broken family, not being a good enough father. So, you know, that's what I enjoy about it. It's harder to listen to than ever before because I have a bunch of kids and you just can't put it on."
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HECTOR - Dogs without collars or tags are roaming the streets of Hector, intimidating people and attacking livestock, Mayor Martha Owens told the city council during its monthly meeting Thursday.
Owens shared a personal story of a stray dog growling at her - something that frightened her enough to seek shelter in her vehicle.
"I honestly believe that dog would've attacked me," she said. "Can you imagine what it would have done to a child?"
Hector resident Bucky Snider sent the council a letter about neighborhood dogs killing his chickens. He noted the dogs had done about $100 worth of damage to his property.
Carroll Owens, the mayor's husband, said non-vicious dogs without collars were becoming a problem at the school, and pens were being built to try to deal with dogs on the playground.
The ordinance, passed several years ago, prohibits uncollared dogs from roaming at-large in the city and mandates that dogs not be vicious.
"That ordinance is not strong enough," Carroll Owens said.
But City Attorney William Smith thought the ordinance was enforceable and would have an effect on the number of dogs roaming in Hector's city limits.
The council decided to mail the ordinance to residents with a letter explaining the police would be enforcing the ordinance because of the number of complaints.
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Discussion in 'Sports and Fitness' started by tomalak301, Apr 2, 2012.
More batshit crazy than Gordon?
Welcome to the controversy
Yeah, I guess I just figured they were going to rest him awhile in September. It's going to be hard to justify not pitching him in the post season without a legitimate injury. Even Leo Mazzone thinks it's stupid and that ought to tell you something.
I actually know one person who has a true solid claim to being a Nats fan. He's a DC resident originally from Montreal who was an Expos fan before they moved.
I'm so happy about the Nats. I may be a Mets fan first, but damn it's nice to have a local team on top.
The Dodgers are close to acquiring Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto from the Red Sox.
Holy crap.
I mean, you'd have to take some bad apples in order to get your hands on A-Gon, but ... what. I can't imagine any trade for that package that isn't hilariously bad for at least one team, so I am all for this.
I'd also like to imagine Cherington said, "We will give you Gonzalez, Crawford, and Beckett in exchange for (whatever)" but the Dodgers refused to consider it unless Nick Punto was added.
Or that the Red Sox are insisting on getting Mattingly in return, since they appear to have begun their traditional institutional hatchet job on Bobby V.
Edit: Punto and Gonzalez have been scratched from the lineup. James Loney on the Dodgers, too. Holy hell, this is actually going to happen.
I'd love to hear some thoughts on the Red Sox. My opinion is that the clubhouse is divided with the old corps players (Pedroia, Beckett, Gonzalez, Lester, Otiz) and then the younger players (Middlebrooks, Ellsbury etc.) I feel like those corps players made up their mind before the season started that they weren't even going to give Bobby V a chance. Ironically most of these corps players are having shitty years. I feel like the younger players don't have the status yet to rock the boat, so they just shut up and play ball. At some point the owners need to just dive in and say, "look this guy isn't going anywhere." What a mess.
It's that they're an incredibly dysfunctional organization. Remember that Robert Andino is the butterfly that flapped his beautiful backup infielder wings, and in doing so caused hundreds of millions of dollars of property damage to the Red Sox brand. Without him they'd probably still have Francona and Epstein and be firing on all cylinders; the team's management seems to have gotten very caught up in the dramatics since then, to the massive detriment of the organization. (I know I harp on this a lot, but just look at the way they traded Kevin Youkilis for a bag of dogshit -- only to release the dogshit soon after -- when there was no need to trade him.)
They are and have been a very, very fucked-up organization for quite some time, as evidenced by how no one leaves without having a massive hatchet job done on them. Bobby V's is already in progress, and Lucchino's going to plant a story in the papers that Adrian Gonzalez was molesting puppies in the clubhouse or something similarly absurd within a few weeks of this trade going through.
Yeah I think that is spot on. Bobby V is going to get crucified for this and now they are unloading all of those ridiculous contracts on LA somehow. I don't like Bobby V all that much but I swear it's almost like these players are sabotaging him. I can't stand Pedroia. ESPN loves to prop this guy up with all of that, "he's small and scrappy, he just loves the game, blah blah blah." He's the ringleader in all of this I feel. He also continues to have a season that is subpar. I get it Boston, you miss Terry F. Grow up.
Not sure what to say on this one yet. Hate getting rid of Gonzo, and Crawford was showing what he could be since he came back (minus detour to have TJ surgery). Beckett HAD to go, though, and not a Punto fan. I guess to clear that much money (rumor is LA paying all but like 10 mil total of this one), Gonzo was the price to pay.
On one hand, plenty of room to do whatever now, and a ton more prospects to play with in trades over the winter, or incorporate some and trade some of ours, whatever.
It's definitely a blow it up and rebuild moment, though. This one just wasn't getting it done, but still drastic. Bobby V had better go, as well as clearing out most of the staff in the offseason.
This should also be the way that Ellsbury gets his money to stay with the Sox. He gets Crawford's deal, give or take...
No way Bobby V goes. Well I guess he could, but I just don't think it will happen. Obviously from all the trades, they are pitching this directly on the players. So they will clear everyone out and give Bobby V a few veterans and some young players and see what he can do in three years.
According to Jon Heyman on Twitter, Carl Crawford has approved the trade to the Dodgers (he had a few teams on a no-trade list in his contract, and they were one of them), and Beckett has also agreed to the trade. Apparently all that's left is Beckett's physical.
Damn. Once this goes through, the Red Sox payroll will drop to like $45 million, I think. Or that might be next year's payroll (not including any deals between now and then).
I just hope they don't immediately blow all that extra space on bad contracts again. They need to go back to building up their farm system and developing talent from the ground up.
As for Valentine, he won't be here in three years. He might stick around next year if the Sox think they have a shot at getting John Farrell after his deal ends with the Blue Jays, but otherwise all bets are off.
And I'm not sure that the Red Sox will want to give Ellsbury a Craword-type deal even with their new flexibility. They've got Jackie Bradley, Jr. waiting in the wings, and all indications are that he's going to be excellent.
I think this trade all but makes it certain that Bobby V will stay on as manager. They are unloading some of the problem children here and I suspect they might move some more of them in the off season.
Also, man how do the Dodgers afford all of this. They went nuts during the trade deadline and now they bring in all of this. They upgrade everywhere.
Gonzo > Loney
Punto > Ellis
Beckett might be rejuvenated to be on a contender. Look what it did for Hanley Ramirez
Crawford is an upgrade in left. The Dodgers are ready to go all in this year.
We all know they're going to get desperate in the offseason and offer Hamilton the first billion-dollar contract.
Eh, they can afford it due to new ownership trying to prove that they aren't corrupt sacks of shit like Frank McCourt. While Gonzalez over Loney is about as big of an improvement as you can possibly make at that position, Punto doesn't play plus defense anymore and he's hitting at the Mendoza line, so he's really a wash. As for Beckett, I suspect that moving from Fenway to Dodger Stadium will probably make him look a lot more like old Josh Beckett than 2012 Josh Beckett.
Holy fucking LOL, the Sox haven't even waited until the trade is finalized to begin the hatchet job:
Never mind that the Crawford deal was John Henry's doing all the way, until it became clear that Epstein was on the way out and Henry decided to blame it on him...
I can't wait to see the shit-talking they plant about Punto.
Ugh, that's probably my least favorite part about being a Red Sox fan. I hate the way the organization treats (most) people that are on their way out.
I can't think of the last dude with any name value who left the organization without getting ripped to shreds in the media. They put the screws to Pedro Martinez, for fuck's sake.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see these players elevate their game in LA too. The NL west isn't really loaded with offense so even Beckett should get some confidence back.
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The senior author of a paper has posted its entire contents, including additional data that do not appear in the version sent to your publication, on his academic department's Web site. The author did not mention this online version to the journal editors. He has already signed the publisher's copyright transfer form. Is this a problem? How do you proceed?
The Internet has opened many new doors for the dissemination of scientific information, but it has also created new dilemmas. Just because it's easy to post or send information to more than one place does not mean that this practice is acceptable.
As noted in the AMA Manual of Style, duplicate publication is the simultaneous or subsequent reporting of essentially the same information, article, or major components of an article 2 or more times in 1 or more forms of media (either print or electronic format) (see 5.3, Duplicate Publication).1(p148)
JAMA's Instructions for Authors notes that submissions are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously in print or electronic format and are not under consideration by another publication or electronic medium.2 Copies of related or possibly duplicative materials (ie, those containing substantially similar content or using the same or similar data) that have been previously published or are under consideration elsewhere must be provided at the time of manuscript submission.
According to the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), publication of complete manuscripts in proceedings of meetings in print or online may preclude consideration for publication in a primary-source journal.3
Thus, the answer to the first question above is yes, this is a problem. Duplicate submission/publication is an offense to the author–journal relationship and an affront to the ethical reporting of biomedical research. In addition, if the author has transferred copyright or a license to publish the manuscript to the journal, he/she also could violate copyright law. The type of Web site that has posted the article is not relevant; whether it's another journal, an institutional site, or even a blog, online posting is publication.
To resolve the situation, it is important to know where in the publication process that manuscript is and to have a frank conversation with the corresponding author. One of the simplest options is for the journal to insist on the immediate removal of the content on the academic department's Web site. Another approach is for the journal to reject the paper on the basis of previous publication, provided it has not published the manuscript already. In the worst-case scenario, the author refuses to take the paper off the Web site and the journal has already published it as well. This could lead to a notice of duplicate publication, consultation with the senior author's institutional supervisor, and/or banning the author from publishing in that journal for a specified time.
After publication, some journals permit authors to post a copy of the published article (eg, a PDF) on their academic department or institutional Web site or establish toll-free links from these Web sites to the author's article on the journal's Web site. This is an acceptable form of secondary publication (see 5.3.1, Secondary Publication).
Extensive discussion of various examples and consequences of duplicate submission/publication appear in the AMA Manual of Style1 and the ICMJE guidelines.3 The new wrinkle is the ease (and speed) with which researchers can post information online. It may be easy to forget that the Internet, while seemingly ethereal, is a publication venue all the same.—Stacy L. Christiansen, MA
1. Iverson C, Christiansen S, Flanagin A, et al. The AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2007.
2. JAMA Instructions for Authors: Duplicate/Previous Publication or Submission. http://jama.ama-assn.org/site/misc/ifora.xhtml#DuplicatePreviousPublicationorSubmission. Updated March 15, 2011. Accessed April 13, 2011.
3. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Publishing and Editorial Issues Related to Publication in Biomedical Journals—Overlapping Publications. ICMJE Web site. http://www.icmje.org/publishing_4overlap.html. Updated 2009. Accessed April 13, 2011.


text: The Measure Of A Man If Star Trek: The Next Generation was going to prove to the world that it could be both a Star Trek show while not adhering to the old ways of The Original Series that had plagued it during the first season, "The Measure Of A Man" is undoubtedly the episode that makes that statement. Melinda M. Snodgrass started her career by studying law and working as a lawyer for many years before she went on into writing. Her first experience in writing for Star Trek came in the form of a 1984 novel, "The Tears Of The Singers". So when the time came where she wrote a story set in The Next Generation, she decided to make it a court room drama. Doesn't sound very much like a Star Trek story until, but having Data be the center of attention and asking the questions "Is Data, an Android, his own being or is he property that we can do with as we please?". Well, the results spoke for themselves. "The Measure Of A Man" would become one of TNG's most critically acclaimed episodes in it's entire seven season run and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Episodic Drama". Even our "Bane to human existence" Maurice Hurley called the episode "Stunning". I know there are many who look at this episode as a great tale of what it means to be human, but I personally see it as an episode that explores how we as a race take our own humanity for granted in determining what has rights and what does not. Concluding that an android has no rights is one thing, but this still applies to humans even today. Just look at how America treated woman and other non-caucasion races just a century ago. It's true that "what it means to be human" element plays a lot in Data's stories, but the points that are brought up in this episode aren't points that argue Data is human, but a new form of life. Despite what many episodes would say, Data does display a sense of want, fear and curiosity while at the same time performing feats that a normal human couldn't. In the end, we don't accept Data as human, we accept him for who he is. Picard makes this point clear. Picard: You see he's met two of your three criteria for sentience, so what if he meets the third, consciousness, in even the smallest degree? What is he then? It's also worth mentioning that the Season 2 BluRay set contains not one, but two versions of the episode. The Extended Edition is so well remastered and re-edited that the new footage look and feel like it was always in the episode to begin with. The new character moments are sincere and in my opinion adds something to this episode. Definitely my preferred version of the episode. It's comforting to know that Star Trek stories like "The Measure of a Man" are still looked back on with fondness. With new Star Trek material being reduced to one story every three to four years with nothing but wall to wall action stories, it's nice that we can have episodes like "The Measure Of A Man" that can tell a story with no action and no crazy antics while still being a great story that is without a doubt a STAR TREK story. Stinger: Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting.


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ST. CLOUD, Fla. - Investigators probing a recent rash of "quick change" crimes in St. Cloud are looking for a man who they think may be involved in at least one of the incidents.
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St. Cloud police say Harper S. Jackson, 60, of Orlando, is currently wanted by the Winter Garden Police Department for the same type of crime.
Detectives in St. Cloud say three cases of "quick change" crimes have happened at a Fire House Subs, a Publix grocery store and a Meat-N-Fire restaurant within the last month.
In each of these situations, one or more men present a $50 bill and confuse the cashier while they're counting out change. After they leave the store, the cash drawers ended up being short as much as $150.
The latest crime happened on Jan. 25 at the Meat-N-Fire restaurant, 1925 Narcoosee Road.
"I came back to the register, rang him up for a sweet tea, and that's when the whole money mix-up happened," said cashier Emily Hughes. "Honestly, I started crying."
"For somebody to think it's okay to do that to a small business, it hurts," said manager Josselyn Downs. "One hundred-fifty dollars hurts a small business."
In this case, witnesses saw the man get into the passenger side of a blue Toyota Camry with another man behind the steering wheel.
Detectives tell Local 6 Jackson has been seen driving a blue Nissan.
If you have any information about this crime, call St. Cloud police at (407)891-6700 or CrimeLine at (800)423-TIPS.
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The Advocate:When and how did you realize you were headed for a creative life?
Peter De Potter: When I was little I didn't play much outside — I wasted my time away drawing and making little scrapbooks at the kitchen table of my parents' house in the countryside. There wasn't much encouragement, but nobody ever disapproved either: as a child you do whatever comes naturally to you and nobody questions you — for the time being. There is this ongoing discussion whether talent is something you possess or something that needs to be tutored, but in my experience I think it's more important that you come across the right examples at the right moment. People from the past or from the present that show you that all these little frilly things you're doing can actually lead to something grand and worthwhile — this sheer notion of possibility. My defining moment came when I was 14, finding out about Andy Warhol, seeing these images of his Factory, unearthing the Paul Morrissey films. It was this perfect capsule that hit my little world, something I never recovered from — luckily, I would say. There was this vibrant, unapologetic art and this striking, slightly sinister imagery, but on the same level, without distinction, there were these crazy girls, the naked boys, the slapdash drag queens, this uncompromising, strangely sweet music. Each element infecting the other, poisoning even, into this ... rush. I remember being jealous that I could never be part of it — it was all over and very much done with by the time I found out about it. But I learned there was a visual language out there, a particular mind-set I could relate to and tap into. And it was an international, universally comprehensible language — that mattered a lot because in those days the Internet wasn't even on the horizon yet.
The way you present the work in "Angelic Upstarts" seems so fresh and immediate. Do you labor over these images? Or do you just respond?
"Immediate" — I take that as a big compliment. I want my art to be direct and speaking clearly, aimed at all the senses at the same time. Art shouldn't look labored or overwrought; the artist as the virtuoso, that's such an outmoded and dishonest notion. It's wrong when an artwork tries to wow the viewer with its technicalities or its bravura; not only does it make the artist look like a circus act, but, more importantly, it blocks any communication between the work and the audience.
The series "Angelic Starts" is basically a list of virtues. Some virtues might read like bad afterthoughts, while others might just seem obvious. But they're all very human, very modern, and very universal. The virtues are written all over male bodies — the bodies functioning as statues, carrying the virtues with pride or with resentment, it depends. The list of virtues came first — in order to finish the work I need to produce an image that fits the word or the sentence. And it can take a long time before one finds the other. I want the works in "Angelic Starts" to have both a glorious as well as an introspective quality. Not so much to point out the tension between those two things — in fact, I'd like to illustrate that they very much can be the same thing.
There seems to be a suggestion that men present one way and have occult messages below the surface. Would you talk about how men present themselves? Masculinity?
In fact, in my work I don't really speak about masculinity. Instead I use it as a tool to convey emotions and thoughts and ideas that I try to make as universal as possible. At the same time I think that the male figure is strangely lacking in contemporary art — and when he appears it's either in a strictly idealized, sexualized way or in a cynical, male-versus-female way. I think both of those options are quite passive. I want to bring a more emblematic male figure, more complex, more psychological.
Apart from what I do in my artwork, I'm quite intrigued by the way vanity has crept back into the mind of the regular guy in today's society. When you ask how men present themselves nowadays, I think you should take the word "present" quite literally here. We do live in a completely visual society, image and message are everything — and contrary to women, men weren't used anymore to be gazed at, to be ranked or to be in the eye of the visual storm. The advent of the social network sites also heralded the concept of the profile picture: All of a sudden guys all over the world were forced to be their own homegrown PR machine. You would expect them to emphasize those "typical" male traits like status or cool factor in their self-representation, but instead you see guys flexing muscles again, showing a six-pack, flaunting their beauty. Especially the straight ones. In a way that's really fresh but the downside is that the male bimbo is now amongst us, well, at least in the visual culture. My Yes Darling picture was a direct response to that phenomena, trying to inject some humor back into it.
What has the experience been like sharing your work so freely on the Internet?
Putting my work on the Internet is both the most common and obvious gesture — millions of us are posting images without giving it a second thought — as well as an art practice in itself. I think it's important that artists share their work publicly instead of being obscure about it. And it also makes total sense because my work is very much about the Internet itself, the way we now live and breathe and communicate by means of images and homemade video, the impact it has on our minds and our hearts and our groins, the way we deal with new concepts like distance, webcam contact, the fact of being watched and judged 24/7.
What I post online are the Internet versions of my work; they obviously take on a different form in the "real" version. To some people it's not art precisely because it's presented on a site like Tumblr. Some people only respond to the guys in the images. Others pick up on the layered messages. I get all kinds of comments but always about the image itself, which pleases me to no end. Because it means that the work itself gets across, instead of the context or my own persona. Precisely by bringing my work in a context-free, reference-free place like an Internet page, people have no choice but to respond to the emotional charge of the image. Which is what I set out to do with my work.
How do you know you have an image you want to work with? Tell us about your hunting process.
It might not be too clear now — I've only been showing a few series — but collecting and archiving is a huge part of what I do. Ever since the social network sites appeared there has been an avalanche of new imagery, millions of millions of new ones every day. They speak of the now and they show a very detailed image of the world's psyche. But of course it's the task of the artist to make some sort of sense of it all, to edit or redirect or whatever you want to call it. Every artist takes from his surroundings — the Internet happens to be my most familiar one. I look at it as a form of archaeology. Saving certain images from oblivion. And giving them an appropriate platform. At the same time I make my own photographs, but I've noticed that most people can't tell them apart from the appropriated images. That's perfectly fine. Every image I work with should already have an emotional resonance before I even touch it. Because I think that's the most important ingredient. I mean, you can really like the composition of a picture or its colors, or the scene depicted on it might appeal to you. But that's only your mind responding. But when an image gets to you emotionally or sexually as well, then you can fall in love. And don't we all want that?
Peter De Potter (born 1970) studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, from 1988 to 1992. Since 1996 he has written for both Belgian and international publications.
Besides his writing he is involved in varied projects, which have included the exhibitions "The Fourth Sex" (Pitti Immagine, Florence, Ita;y, 2003); "Excess" (Pitti Immagine, Florence, 2004); and "Transmission 1— Avant/Garde Diaries" in Berlin (July of this year).
He was curator of "NEO80" (Pitti Immagine, Florence, 2004), where his video installation The Young Gods was shown.
He has collaborated with Raf Simons since 2001; his work has been used on clothing, invitations, and publications.
De Potter's work is published in various magazines, including Doingbird, Dust, Beople, Arena Homme Plus, Another Magazine, and Atmosphere.


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Our Sun Escapes
Jamaica – Our first Caribbean villa trip with allergies was to Silver Sands resort about an hour east of Montego Bay. Silver Sands (www.mysilversands.com) is a small community of about 40 villas and cottages built around a beautiful beach on Jamaica's north coast. There are one- to seven-bedroom villas that are clean and comfortable.
Most have private pools and all are within a few minutes walk of the beach. All villas include a cook and maid who work six days a week to prepare meals, clean and do your laundry.
We think the villas here are the best value in Jamaica and, possibly, the Caribbean. The beach is amazing. However, the facilities are limited to a tennis court, a playground and a small beach bar.
On our next trip, we decided to try a luxury villa at Tryall Club, also in Jamaica. Tryall Club (www.tryallclub.com) is a high-end resort of 76 villas built on a championship golf course and beach, 30 minutes east of Montego Bay (Hillary Clinton has vacationed here).
They have two- to eight-bedroom deluxe villas, all with private pools and all are within a few minutes walk or golf cart ride of the beach.
All villas include a cook and maid who work seven days a week to prepare and serve meals as well as clean and do your laundry. Tryall also has a range of facilities including a restaurant, beach bar, kids' club, fitness club and golf course, although the beach is nothing special. The villas here are more affordable in the low season.
Grenada – Our most recent trip was with 17 people (friends and family) to our nicest villa yet. Grenada is a small island with far fewer people and tourists than Jamaica and weekly direct flights from Toronto. We rented two villas next door to each other through Nick Hughes at Spice Isle Villas (www.spiceislevillas.com).
Hughes knows the island and the villas well, and can also organize tours and a car rental for you. He has a range of villas from one to five bedrooms, most with private pools, and all with maid service.
Most villas do not include a cook, but excellent catering services are available. The villas are reasonably priced and the beaches are beautiful, but we did have to drive to the beach.
If you go: A must-see is the Grenada Chocolate Co. factory (www.grenadachocolate.com). They make delicious peanut-free, nut-free, dairy-free, organic, fair-trade chocolate using solar power. I brought home 50 bars!
Morocco – Our most exotic villa trip so far was to Morocco with a group of 13 people, including another family with a daughter allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. There are daily direct flights from Montreal to Casablanca.
We rented the six-bedroom, six-bathroom villa (www.hotel-baoussala-essaouira.com) with a small pool directly from the French owner.
The stay included breakfast and dinner near the laid-back, walled town of Essaouira. Before going, I e-mailed and spoke to the owner about the allergies and food requirements, and she said she could manage them. Each day we planned that night's dinner menu together with the owner or manager (who spoke English), and they explained it to the cook.
The food was excellent, with homemade nut-free, egg-free and dairy-free bread, freshly squeezed orange juice and great dinners to accommodate vegetarians, meat eaters and allergies. We were just a 10-minute drive from several beautiful, white sand beaches, which were miles long and practically deserted.
Our children loved the camel rides on the beach and getting henna art on their hands. One day a herd of goats jumped the wall of our villa and started eating the garden plants. The young boy herding the animals had to come in to get them out.
Our children thought it was very funny to see the boy chasing goats through the garden. Another day, we went for a walk and found someone had "parked" their camels in front of the villa for the day by tying them to a tree. These are the kinds of things you just never see in Canada.
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What's Really In Your Dog's Food?
Have you ever given much thought to what's in that cheap brand of dog food? Do you take the time to read the label on your dog's food or simply purchase it because of the popular commercial you've seen. Now, I'm not talking about the better quality dog foods. I'm talking about a popular inexpensive brand with artificial colors.
Why do you think these big dog food companies believe that dogs, while not color blind, but with significantly less chromatic acuity than humans need to have these bright colors added to their food. The reason is not for dogs but for the humans buying this food for their pets. It simply looks better and sells more. The dog food may appear to have color from the vegetables added to it but it is Red 40 Yellow 5, Blue 2 and Yellow6, The Poison Rainbow.
While artificial colors are not the only thing that bothers me. Do you ever wonder why there are so many grains in your carnivorous canine's foods? The answer is simple, they're cheap.
There is much controversy whether dogs can sufficiently digest corn or wheat, which are often found in these well-known dog foods. The fact is that corn and corn meal have a significant high glycemic index. These just turn to sugar in your dog's blood. You might compare it to you eating fast food for every meal.
The fact is today corn is so genetically modified. There are many studies that show GM corn to be a major health concern. Studies where rats fed a diet containing GM corn shows they not only died earlier than rats on a standard diet, they developed mammary tumors and severe kidney and liver damage as well. Do you really want your dog eating this every day for the rest of his life?
Can you even imagine how ground yellow corn, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, rice flour, soy flour, thrown in with some chicken by-product meal (slaughterhouse waste) and some animal digest could be something good to feed your dog? (see picture below)
If you happen to be a person who still can't see spending a little more money for your dog food, I'm reminded of an old motor oil commercial that goes something like "Pay me now or pay me later." What you may not realize is what you save now is what you could end up spending later at the veterinarian.
You should know that I am not promoting a specific dog food, because for me the best food is something you fix yourself for your dog, I only recommend you know what's in your dog's food. If you want to see how your dog food stands up check out the Dog Food Advisor.
So, what's in your dog's food?
I found this picture of ingredients in that cheap brand of dog food so you may have a better concept of what is really in that bag.
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right of way
See also: right-of-way
Alternative formsEdit
right of way (countable and uncountable, plural rights of way or right of ways)
- (uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
1994, Di Goodman and Ian Brodie, Learning to Sail[1], ISBN 0070240140, page 86:
- Even when you have the right of way, you must take action to avoid a collision if another boat fails to give way.
- (countable) A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.
- 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4)[2],
- "restricted byway" means a highway over which the public have restricted byway rights, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the highway, but no other rights of way.
- 2000, "Countryside and Rights of Way Act (2000) (c.37)" (UK), II.48(4)[2],
- (countable) A legal easement granted for the construction of a roadway or railway.
1941, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs[3], page 307:
- Phillips granted a right-of-way to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1873.
- (countable) Land on which a right of way exists.
1970, Diana L. Reische, Problems of Mass Transportation[4], ISBN 0824204131, page 143:
- New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a rail line on an unused right of way of the Long Island Rail Road between JFK and Penn Station to whisk passengers to midtown Manhattan in twenty minutes.
- (countable) The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
1948, Howard Rothmann Bowen, Toward Social Economy[5], page 71:
- For example, if a railroad is required to connect a mine and a smelter, it is necessary to construct a right of way, to lay tracks, etc.
2006, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, "Ferrell Parkway", in Echoes from the Poisoned Well: Global Memories of Environmental Injustice[6], ISBN 0739114328, page 187:
- Mayne, speaking at the 1999 meeting, ranked the trees along the right-of-way as "old growth" or "rare," although she never defined these terms.
- (fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
2002, Elaine Cheris, Fencing: Steps to Success[7], ISBN 087322972X, page 63:
- In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last.
Usage notesEdit
- The plural "rights of way" can be used for all senses. The alternative plural "right of ways" is generally used only when referring to an easement or a physical stretch of land, and may be regarded as an error.
- In sense 1 the phrase is often used without a preceding article; e.g. to have right of way.
right to proceed first in traffic
legal right of passage
legal easement granted for the construction of a roadway or railway
land on which a right of way exists
area modified for passage of a railway
See alsoEdit
- Right-of-way on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


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Schierholtz, Saunders homer in Cubs' loss to Rangers
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
LAS VEGAS -- Mitch Moreland hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Joey Gallo added a three-run shot in the sixth, powering the Rangers to an 8-5 victory over the Cubs in split-squad action on Sunday.
Moreland connected with one on and one out in the first against Carlos Villanueva, who was making his fourth spring start. A.J. Pierzynski singled, and one out later, scored on Julio Borbon's triple to open a three-run lead.
Moreland went 2-for-3 and is now the only Rangers player with three home runs this spring. He also leads the team in RBIs, with 10, and is hitting .361. Last spring he hit .283 with three home runs and nine RBIs while recovering from offseason wrist surgery.
"I pretty much approach every spring the same," Moreland said. "This offseason I was able to get more done as opposed to the last offseason, when I was just trying to get back healthy. I feel pretty good, and it's coming along well. I'm trying to keep grinding it out. So far it has been a lot of fun."
Villanueva, who will open the season in the rotation because of injuries to Matt Garza and Scott Baker, gave up four hits and three walks over four innings while striking out two.
"The good thing about today is that I know from experience that I'm going to have days like today," Villanueva said. "To be honest, I felt I had nothing."
There wasn't anything wrong physically; he just didn't have a good feel for his pitches. His three previous starts had been quick, so he actually welcomed the work.
"Games like this, I think, are necessary, especially in spring," he said. "You can't really plan them out."
The 10-mph wind blowing out to right field certainly prepared him for Wrigley Field.
"You're going to have those days," he said. "Some guys get it blowing in, some guys get it blowing out."
Lefty Robbie Ross, a candidate for the fifth spot in the Rangers' rotation, threw three scoreless innings, giving up four hits and walking three.
The Cubs loaded the bases in the third, but Ross got Dioner Navarro to fly out and end the inning.
Gallo's homer came off Esmailin Caridad in the sixth.
Nate Schierholtz greeted Collin Balester with a home run leading off the Chicago sixth to make it 6-1.
Jose Felix added a two-run homer in the seventh for the Rangers, and Timothy Saunders closed the scoring with a two-run homer in the eighth.
The Cubs and Rangers, who will square off in Interleague games from April 16-18 at Wrigley Field, split the weekend series at Cashman Field.
Up next: After three days of split-squad games, the Cubs have two weeks to fine-tune before the start of the regular season. On Monday, they'll travel to Peoria to face the Padres. Expect to see Javier Baez and Jorge Soler in the lineup backing Edwin Jackson, who will make his fourth Cactus League start. Jackson has given up three runs on seven hits over nine innings. The game will be broadcast on Cubs.com.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This review almost didn't happen. But we'll get to that in a minute. First, I have to say it's not often that a company impresses me. The first time I ordered a CalDigit product, I was in a bind, and I begged for help from the customer service reps. They didn't know me from anyone and had no reason to go above and beyond. But they did. And I became a fan of CalDigit that day. So back to why this article almost didn't happen. We have several CalDigit drives running in our studio, and when I heard about the AV Drive, I knew it could serve a special purpose for us as wedding filmmakers. I read that the AV Drive is a small, easily portable drive that features the power of USB 3.0 and the ability to bring that technology to the Mac platform. It sounded like the perfect drive for a same-day edit (SDE) production.
After my first awesome experience with CalDigit reps and two subsequent instances in which they went beyond the call, I really wanted to give something back. So when I saw the specs for the AV Drive, I decided that reviewing it would give me the perfect opportunity to help out a company with great products and great service.
The first AV Drive that CalDigit sent me failed after a few days. I was ready to drop the review because I'm an honest person, and I knew I would have to mention this fact. CalDigit encouraged me to go ahead and do the review. Another drive was shipped to me ASAP. While it was in transit, I discovered that I had probably caused the drive failure via an improper ejection of the drive.
So the replacement drive arrived. I dutifully installed the USB 3.0 driver and restarted my Mac, only to have my system go to a gray screen that prompted me to shut down and restart again. I complied, with a huge knot in my stomach. Again, I got the gray screen. The third time was not the charm.
At this point I was sick to my stomach and very upset, and I had no intention of doing a review for the drive. My only purpose was to get my beloved MacBook Pro back up and running. So I called CalDigit and asked for my contacts, who were either out of the country or out of the office. But the guy who answered the phone, my new best friend Leslie, immediately offered to try to help me out.
Over the next several hours, most of which I spent trying to iron out internet difficulties in our studio (everything has to stop working at once, right?), we got the problem solved. But there's more to the story than that.
I recently had my Xbox Live account hacked and had to contact Microsoft to get it fixed. Let's just say that Microsoft could learn a lot from CalDigit when it comes to customer service.
Unlike the people I dealt with at Microsoft, when Leslie said he would call me back in 5 minutes, he did. In fact, I think he called me back about a dozen times. He was amazingly patient and pleasant during the whole ordeal, and his attitude actually helped calm my nerves.
In the end, he also proved ingenious as he guided me through a process so he could access my laptop remotely from across the country and identify the problem, which turned out to be a driver from a router. Removing the driver fixed the problem instantly.
Right about now you're probably wondering if this is actually a review of the AV Drive or not. It is and it isn't. You see, the moment my computer locked up, I was ready to be done with CalDigit and the AV Drive. But because of the company's amazing customer service, I changed my mind. I went from wanting nothing to do with the AV Drive to wanting, once again, to promote it. I've always believed that a great company will show greatness in every area, and CalDigit is one of the few that does. I hope someone from Microsoft is reading this.
But what about the AV Drive? Did it also stand up to the test? Let's take a look.
Simulated SDE Testing I ran a series of tests to simulate the potential situations of a SDE and to assess how the AV Drive would perform as my editing drive under those conditions. I used three different drives for comparison: a standard Western Digital (WD) My Passport USB 2.0 drive, a CalDigit VR Mini (two 1TB drives formatted for RAID 0 for speed) using FireWire 800, and the CalDigit AV Drive with USB 3.0. All tests were done using my 2.66 GHz Macbook Pro i7 with a solid-state internal drive and 8GB RAM running Mac OS 10.6.5.
The first test was a simple file transfer. I hooked up a SanDisk card reader and popped in a SanDisk 32GB 60MB/sec CF card. I had a folder of Canon 7D video files that measured 6.23GB in size. I copied this entire folder over to each drive setup. Here are the transfer times for the three drives (times in minutes:seconds):
• WD My Passport (USB 2.0)—3:31 • CalDigit VR Mini (FireWire)—2:32 • CalDigit AV Drive (USB 3.0)—1:52
As you can see, the AV Drive blows away the USB 2.0 drive and beats the FireWire 800 drive as well. This is hugely important for editing an SDE, for which you need to get video files transferred as quickly as possible. If you transferred 10 times the footage, it would save you more than 23 minutes of transfer time to use the AV Drive. Given that SDE productions sometimes come right down to the wire, gaining an extra 20 or 30 minutes could be critical.
The next test was to run a 48.5MB video file through MPEG Streamclip to prepare the clip for editing. The conversion was set to Apple ProRes 422 and 100% quality. Here's how the drives fared:
• WD My Passport (USB 2.0)—0:16.1 • CalDigit VR Mini (FireWire)—0:12.8 • CalDigit AV Drive (USB 3.0)—0:12
Again, the AV Drive trumps both the USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 drive. Again, with SDEs, production time is the ultimate killer, and shaving off 5, 10, or 15 minutes can really make a difference on the day of the wedding.
Next, I wanted to see how the USB 3.0 technology affected the use of filters and rendering. There didn't seem to be any difference between the various drives in terms of the number of stackable filters before rendering was required. To test the rendering on the different drives, I applied a basic vignette filter to an 8-second clip and then rendered. Here are the results:
• WD My Passport (USB 2.0)—0:42 • CalDigit VR Mini (FireWire)—0:38.4 • CalDigit AV Drive (USB 3.0)—0:37.7
The AV Drive once again beat out the other drives. The time difference was much smaller, but the cumulative effect could be useful on a wedding day; even a savings of 5 minutes can be huge when putting together a SDE. I also tested an export of the clip to a self-contained QuickTime file. Both the CalDigit VR Mini and the CalDigit AV exported the clip instantly, while the WD My Passport took a little less than 5 seconds.
The bottom line is that if you're used to editing via USB 2.0 drives, then the AV is going to impress you in a number of areas. Transfer of clips from CF cards alone can save you quite a bit of time with the USB 3.0 technology.
Travis Cossel (cinema at beyondordinary.net) is cofounder, with his wife, Candice, of Serendipity Studios, an EventDV 25 all-star cinema/photo outfit based in the Miami area. Travis was a featured speaker on editing techniques at WEVA Expo 2010.


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Author of The Jordan Rules, Bulls.com columnist and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Sam Smith.
Our conversation begins with Sam's early career at the Chicago Tribune. He talks about meeting Michael Jordan for the first time, covering the Bulls in the 1980s and his continued friendship with all-time great, Phil Jackson. We cover his relationship with iconic commentators, Johnny 'Red' Kerr and Jim Durham, plus the incredible access Sam had to players and coaches whilst writing his New York Times best-selling book.
Sam shares a great behind-the-scenes story about 'The Shot' (Jordan over Ehlo in the 1989 NBA Playoffs) and we discuss his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame, for contributions to the game. We finish up with some modern day Bulls basketball chat, including the latest on Derrick Rose's return.
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table tag *does not* contain
tr tags, and hasn't since 1999! Tables must contain
tbody tags (and optionally
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tfoot tags), and that's where the
tr tags go.
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Start tag: optional, End tag: optional
I thought that XHTML 1.0's reliance on the HTML 4.0 spec was a problem here, but C.11. #2 seems to address this specifically:
User agents that access XHTML documents served as Internet media types text/xml, application/xml, or application/xhtml+xml can also use the XML DOM. Elements and attributes will be returned in lower-case. Also, some XHTML elements may or may not appear in the object tree because they are optional in the content model (e.g. the tbody element [emphasis added] within table). This occur


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Cust, Johnson share Player of Week
Two Athletics earn honor for week ending May 13
By Patrick Brown / MLB.com
What happens when two players on one team both have a career week? Simple. Honor both of them as the American League Player of the Week. That's just what happened when Oakland Athletics teammates Jack Cust and Dan Johnson were named co-Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week recipients for the week ending May 13, marking the first time in either of their careers they have won the award. The two were teammates in Triple-A Sacramento in 2005, and both contributed significantly to Oakland's 5-2 week. Johnson went 12-for-22 at the plate, including three doubles, three home runs, six RBIs and 10 runs scored. Add a 1.091 slugging percentage and .630 on-base percentage, and that's usually enough to run away with the weekly honor. Not this week, though. Cust proved to be equally valuable to the A's this week. In a sometimes frustrating career, Cust never seemed to be able to get over the hump in the Majors. That all changed on May 4 when he joined the A's. Cust hit .348 last week with one double, five home runs -- one of which was Sunday's walk-off against Cleveland -- and 13 RBIs. His home run streak reached four straight games, not bad for a player who had hit just five total home runs in 70 Major League games prior to this streak. "I sat for seven years in Triple-A, and you just have to stay positive [and believe] that good things are going to happen," Cust said. "People, especially my dad and my wife, told me to keep at it. They have been extremely positive about the whole experience." Cust's power ability was no secret to A's manager Bob Geren, who said he's "seen him since 1999." "I've always respected the way he swings the bat," Geren said. "Our offense early in the year was sputtering a bit, but now the power numbers are starting to come back." That sputtering offense is no more. Johnson, in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak, earned the award for the first time in his three-year Major League career, and has given the A's quite a 1-2 punch at the plate. It's certainly a week of firsts -- and seconds -- for Johnson. A two-home run performance in Thursday's 17-3 rout of Kansas City was his second two-home run game of his career, and he just missed hitting for the cycle in the game, falling a triple short. After his second home run of the game barely cleared the wall, Johnson joked that he wouldn't have made it around the bags if the ball hadn't just inched over the wall. "It literally takes me a full calendar day to get to third," Johnson cracked, "so all three outfielders would have to collide and knock each other out for me to get a triple." Cycle or not, the A's are just happy to have their offense back, compliments of Cust and Johnson.
Patrick Brown is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.