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The effects of allowing City Corp. of Russellville to adjust its outflow from Whig Creek to the Arkansas River has been thoroughly studied, said Morteza "Mo" Shafii, technical assistant manager with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
"We have to use the data that's available," Shafii said Tuesday night at Arkansas Tech University, adding if new data arose suggesting a negative environmental impact, the outfall would be remodified.
"We do our (own) research. We have a problem with nitrates and copper (in Whig Creek). We have the data, it's our job to check on those," he said to about 20 people from Pope and Yell counties, including Russellville and Dardanelle leaders, about the process of granting City Corp. a permit to move its outflow pipeline and answering questions during the public hearing.
A Powerpoint presentation stated the purpose of the hearing was to provide an opportunity for the public to give formal, oral testimony on the proposed permit.
Running Russellville's waste outfall to the Arkansas River instead of Whig Creek, which eventually goes into the same river, would be better for the environment, said Philip Massirer, water resources engineer with FTN Associates, City Corp.'s consultant firm.
Whig Creek is on the impaired water bodies list, and the new pipeline would help clean the creek, Massirer said. The river would also dilute waste more quickly than the creek could, because Whig Creek has no flow capacity.
Without City Corp.'s outfall, the creek would dry up during the summer, said Craig Noble, general manager of City Corp., Russellville's water utility.
City Corp.'s plan to pipe wastewater to the river is not considered a new permit, but a modification of the existing permit for Whig Creek.
The proposed permit would allow an outflow of about 7.3 million gallons per day, according to a handout at the public hearing. The permit would allow City Corp. to build about 1,400 feet downstream of the Highway 7 overpass bridge and about 600 feet upstream from the mouth of Whig Creek with the outfall located at the bottom of the river. A diffuser would be used, Shafii said.
More than eight years ago, City Corp. was denied a permit for an outfall close to the Dardanelle Lock and Dam. ADEQ and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied the permit because the water in that area either was or became impaired.
"EPA decided that segment was impaired," said Shane Byrum, staff engineer with ADEQ. "EPA never approved it."
But the EPA, along with about four other agencies, approved this modified permit. Those agencies included the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Arkansas Department of Heritage, Shafii said.
In the future, the amount of pollutants allowed into the river could be increased to account for additional industrial waste or city growth. ADEQ could adjust the permit later, Shafii said.
He said the effects of the modified permit were reviewed.
"The EPA reviewed our permit," Shafii said, adding it usually took five days to review a permit, but the agency reviewed this one for 30 days.
ADEQ is supposed to protect water designated as drinking water, which is what Whig Creek has been designated. The creek is not currently being used for water supply, Noble said.
Because the creek no longer meets the environmental standards, the outfall line needs to be moved, he said.
The proposed location, however, puts the outfall directly across from one of Dardanelle's main aquifers, used for drinking water. It also puts recreational and fishing facilities at risk, said Jim Wood, a volunteer with the Yell County Wildlife Federation.
He said the outfall affected the region and may require a full environmental impact statement (EIS). The risks justified further study, he said.
"The state health department says the well (Dardanelle aquifer) is directly replenished by the river," Wood said after the public hearing.
He noted the outfall was outside Russellville and effected Dardanelle and Yell County more directly.
"That's where the controversy is," he said of the placement.
Joint resolution
To further complicate the matter, on May 12, 2002, City Corp. and Russellville signed a certified, joint resolution to put the outfall line below Dardanelle's city limits in exchange for Dardanelle's help to raise funds for the project, estimated to cost about $4.5 million.
The resolution is signed by Mayors Carolyn McGee and Raye Turner, the clerks from the three parties and then City Corp. chairman.
Dardanelle recently filed a lawsuit against Russellville and City Corp. over the proposed outfall site.
The permit is not final until after ADEQ reviews and responds to public's and City Corp.'s comments, Shafii said. After that, the permit may be issued or denied.
The public can send a written comment to ADEQ until July 12 at 4:30 p.m. Comments can be e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com or sent to Mo Shafii, ADEQ Water Division; P.O. Box 8913; Little Rock, Ark. 72219-8913.


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i recently pulled the trigger on a new pc purchase* and decided to go with the radeon 6770 with dual dvi. its been a while since i had my dual head config running and it was overdue to get it back. anywho, i finally get fedora 17 running, with the card in the machine, but i have to use the dvi-to-vga adapter because the monitors are so old the card is not backwards compatible with the dvi-d spec they have. whatever, i dont give a crap about that, since i am not gaming on this box.
the last couple of days have been filled with updates, installs and data copying. yippee. i love making the machine mine and getting my mitts all up in that shit. except when the shit crashes beyond dead. x will die so hard that pressing and holding the power button on the box does not shut it off, even after a whole 30 seconds goes by with the button in... ??? the only remedy is to shut off the power switch on the power supply. this happened a couple of times on subsequent reboots, and whats interesting is one of the fans kicked into overdrive for some reason. i think it was the video cards fan.
my thinking is that the radeon driver is having an issue and causing some serious failures. the fact that stellarium (a stars and sky app that uses the hardware acceleration) routinely causes the crash to occur.
does anyone have experience with the catalyst drivers, or is able to compare the stability of the two? i dont care about 3d or all the bells and whistles, since this is a workstation and not a gaming pc. my wants/needs/desires are around stability and reliability.
* by the way, a huge EFF YOU to the goat-f%&^er that posted the review and links to the zareason.com products the day after i made my purchase. i would have been all over that, if not for the fact that i already bought.
Catalyst drivers are shit, IMO. People will cry and moan about how the open source drivers do not have nearly the same level of features and performance as the proprietary drivers.. and they are absolutely correct. However the open source drivers do have the overwhelming advantage allowing you to not have to deal with the Catalyst drivers.
The OSS drivers work for me and I am interested in having 3D performance using open source drivers that exceeds what I can get using Intel GPUs and they are able to deliver that. I cannot really recommend them to anybody.. the only thing you can really do is find out what other people are using and if they have success then copy them. Some video cards will work better then others. Some stability issues can be encountered (for Example: Firefox would crash my laptop sometimes for a while. Newer updates seems to have made that go away)
The button thing on the front of the computer sounds more like a issue with your motherboard then anything else. It may be triggered by your video card going all wacky, but it doesn't make sense that holding the button down wouldn't shut it off unless the mainboard was completely out to lunch. I'd boot up memtest86 and let that run for a while just to be safe. A side note: On the last few 'PC' computers I've built I've always ran into memory issues just through incompatibilities on properly spec'd motherboards and memory configurations. I've found that I get best results by buying memory faster then what I need then underclocking it. I think memory people may be cutting corners to get prices down.
My advice:
If you want better stability then what you can get with OSS radeon then go Intel. If you want to have the best performance and still have good stability, or you can't go Intel, then you need to ditch the Radeon and go with a Nvidia proprietary drivers. That being said I am content with the open source Radeon drivers. I have two AMD machines I am using and they both work fine. Suspend and all that.
Some tips:
If your using Debian they have a nasty thing were they remove some of the more objectionable non-OSS bits of the Linux kernel. You need to make sure that you have the proper firmware packages install for Linux non-free (IIRC) if you want things to work properly.
Make sure everything is up to date and your using the latest kernel you can find.
If your using Flash on Linux get the Google Chrome version from Google's own repos and not Chromium. If you get a new enough version you get the new Pepper API version of Adobe flash which absolutely blows the older Netscape version of Flash away completely. It's night and day. Much better performance, much better playback, better stability... then go into Chrome and into the security settings and choose 'disable all plugins'. This is easily the best feature of Chrome and it allows you to selectively turn on plugin elements on pages or enable plugins for websites.
I tried out stellarium and it worked ok for me. I used it in Gnome-shell and was able to switch applications and such so it should be a good test. But I am not saying that it rules out driver issues.
Good luck.
the pc i bought is an HP p7-1430, and i added in a 600 watt power supply and the video card. the memory is the stock memory that came in the box. the mainboard is an asus and i wanted to keep the AMD/ATI pairing between the CPU and GPU. nvidia or intel are not options at this point since its an additional buy. i am running fedora 17 on it, and i always run with up to date packages. its nearly nightly that i run updates. i do have the rpmfusion repo enabled for free, non-free, etc and i dont think i have any missing pieces of the kernel or stuff like that. in terms of flash, i have the adobe repo enabled and have their flash version installed. do you think i should remove that? from experience gnash is garbage, but i have not use googles version. also, i dont have chrome or chromium installed. just firefox and konqueror.
AFAIK I don't think Google's version works outside Chrome itself.
That said - yeah, seriously, it's night-and-day. Adobe Flash on Linux is abandonware. They're done with it. It's all Google from here on out.
If somebody knows different about Google's Flash (ie, being able to use it as a plug-in with FF or whatever) please let me know, I'm all ears. I personally use Chrome and like it, but I do use FF occasionally to test things, and my wife prefers it, so...
i ran memtest from the boot image of fedora 17 and it completed without any failures. the memory in the box is fine, so i am left to believe my issue is with the drivers.

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The head of Minnesota's Republican Party is making his boldest statements yet about a potential court case that could follow a statewide recount in the governor's race.
GOP Chairman Tony Sutton said Tuesday he's not surprised that the recount hasn't produced significant gains for Republican Tom Emmer so far.
Sutton says "there's definitely some issues that merit review" in a possible legal challenge known as an election contest, while also emphasizing that Emmer has the final call.
Sutton says the issues include matching the number of votes and voters and a procedure known as vouching, where a registered voter can attest to the residency of an unregistered voter.
Emmer trailed Democrat Mark Dayton by more than 8,700 votes as the recount started Monday.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, June 23, 2012, 11:35 PM
Town Square
Stevens Creek Trail extension opens
Original post made on Jun 24, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, June 23, 2012, 11:35 PM
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 24, 2012 at 8:51 am
This trail is a fantastic city resource. Hundreds of people bike to work or school on the trail every weekday and hundreds of families use it for recreation every weekend. Hwy 85 was a monumental barrier for pedestrians and bicyclists; forcing them to bike down El Camino Real to commute between Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The new bridge on the trail is a fantastic improvement, greatly improving safety and encouraging many more people to bike to work. Without this trail, hundreds more cars would be on our streets every day of the year.
We need more trails like this. The cost is trivial compared to the benefits. An equivalent amount of freeway would cost 100 times as much. Kind of ironic that a primary benefit of this trail is to give bicyclists and pedestrians safe routes around our monster freeways.
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Jun 25, 2012 at 10:10 am
Can't wait to check it out this week!
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 25, 2012 at 8:51 pm
That's $2,800 per foot. I'm still glad it's *finally* open.
The sign was changed from Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor, to a fresh, new sign with Jerry Brown, governor, just prior to opening.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Jun 25, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Next up, I hope, the Hetch Hetch right of way trail in Mountain View now only partially completed
a resident of another community
on Jun 28, 2012 at 11:57 am
They did a much better job designing the access to this bridge over 85. The chicanes are far enough apart that I can ride my bike through and the ramps are not wood and a reasonable grade. I hope my town, Sunnyvale, gets off the bench and works out the next part of the route.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 29, 2012 at 11:08 am
After 3 days of riding this ramp it should be noted that auto traffic on Heatherstone has yet to adjust to the new influx of bikes and pedestrians. Each time I've come off the ramp, I've observed cars FLYING around the corner, obviously over the speed limit, then having to slam on their brakes when they see the trail users. Hopefully once drivers get used to the new situation here, they'll slow down to at least the speed limit
Until that happens, though, please use extreme caution, esp when exiting onto Heatherstone. We've had enough people killed by cars around here recently.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 29, 2012 at 12:33 pm
I agree that the blind corner is a terrible place for a trailhead. The city is going to have to install a stop light pretty soon.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Feb 20, 2013 at 2:54 pm
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The people who buy phones evidently are not convinced. They've bought few of the HTC First phones, which were the first to ship with Facebook Home pre-installed.
Consumers have purchased only about 15,000 of the devices through last week, according to Boy Genius Report (BGR), prompting AT&T to decide to discontinue selling the phone and to return unsold inventory to HTC.
[ What will this year's Google developers' conference reveal? Read Google I/O 2013 Preview. ]
Both Facebook and HTC declined to comment. An AT&T spokesman said a response would be forthcoming, but declined to say when. In the past, AT&T has characterized price drops as regular marketing events unrelated to product performance.
A warning sign came last week when AT&T dropped the price of the HTC First to $0.99 with a two-year contract. When launched on April 12, the phone was offered for $99.
For HTC, disinterest in the HTC First arrives at a bad time. The Taiwan-based smartphone maker last month reported that its first quarter net income fell 98%, its sixth consecutive quarter of decline. Its revenue drop has been attributed to competition with other smartphone makers and component shortages that delayed the availability of the HTC One smartphone.
For Facebook, the repudiation might sting but it validates the company's decision not to manufacture its own mobile phone. When Facebook Home launched last month, Ovum chief telecom analyst Jan Dawson characterized Facebook's decision to build an app rather than a phone as a low-risk bet.
A survey of 3,269 people published last month by consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo.com found that 82% of respondents were not interested in buying a Facebook phone.
Evidently, that disinterest extends to the Facebook Home app. Through Google Play, Facebook Home has just passed a million downloads, a respectable number for a stand-alone app but hardly what a service with over a billion users might hope for.
To make matter worse, Facebook Home is plagued by poor reviews. The app at the moment has more one-star reviews (8,866) than two-star through five-star reviews combined (7,962). Its average rating is 2.2.


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Cain hopes to leg out healthy season
Outfielder hopes offseason conditioning translates into fewer injuries
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- If the Royals held their breath a few days ago when Lorenzo Cain took a pickoff throw off his noggin, it's understandable.
Cain always seemed to be getting hurt in 2012 and, after beginning last season as the regular center fielder, he wound up playing just 61 games. So every time there's a twinge, tweak or awkward twist or turn, there's concern. Such as the strained right hand which cost him a few days early in camp.
The toss to first base took a chip out from the back of his protective helmet and stunned him for a moment but Cain stayed in the game with no ill effects.
"I'm fine, trust me," he said. "Everything is fine."
That's been Cain's theme song during Spring Training.
No wonder. Last year, which was to be his coming-out season as a Major League regular, he banged into the center-field wall at Oakland in the season's fifth game and came away with a left groin strain. While away on Minor League rehab, he tore his left hip flexor.
Finally, Cain got back on July 13 and played for two months before straining his right hamstring on Sept. 13. He missed the rest of the season.
"It was definitely very disappointing, having the spring that I did and starting off like that and getting hurt was definitely a big blow to me," he said. "But I stayed focused and bounced back to eventually get back on the field, although it took me until the All-Star break. I did pretty well and ended up getting hurt again so it was definitely a rough season for me."
So far this year the legs are fine.
"He's in a great shape," manager Ned Yost said. "He worked really hard on his legs this year. All aspects of it. He refined his gait, worked on his running, worked with a track coach. He really went the whole distance."
One possible challenge to Cain, hot prospect outfielder Wil Myers, was removed by the major trade with Tampa Bay. Cain still had to face competition from super-swift Jarrod Dyson, but Yost seems set on a healthy Cain.
During the winter, Cain worked with running coaches during visits to Kansas City and also with his personal strength coach, Tim Overman, at his Norman, Okla., home.
"I was kind of a long strider and it was more to allow my quads to work and other areas to work, to kind of balance out, so I wouldn't have to put all the force on my hamstrings," he said. "I was all hamstrings and putting more pressure on them. Throughout a long season, it's tough if they're working every single day like that. So [I wanted] to just kind of balance it out, use my quads, my hip flexors, other parts of my legs so I can last throughout the season."
Cain's legs obviously are important for ranging far and wide between left fielder Alex Gordon and right fielder Jeff Francoeur. All three of them are so proficient defensively that Yost mentions all three as possible Gold Glove winners -- something that Gordon has been the last two years and that Francoeur was in 2007 as well as being a finalist last year.
For Cain, Gold Glove time lies in the future.
His hitting at the Major League level has proved promising in what, so far, has been limited exposure. In a total of 110 games with Milwaukee and Kansas City, Cain's average is .281 with 32 extra-base hits and 45 RBIs. As a rookie with the Brewers in 2010, he batted .306.
Entering the last week of the Cactus League, Cain is 19-for-45, .422. Last Wednesday, he socked his first home run.
"He's an above-average defender in center field, he has very good power potential for a center fielder, he drives the ball from gap to gap, so we think he can be an above-average producer and defender in center," Yost said.
His speed has not translated into huge stolen base numbers as yet, although he was 10-for-10 in his attempts last year for the Royals. In 2010, he accumulated 33 steals in 37 tries for two Minor League teams and Milwaukee.
If Cain needed any tips, he could just cross the clubhouse and talk to the Royals' all-time leader in steals (612), Willie Wilson, who was in camp last week as a special instructor along with other Royals Hall of Famers, Dennis Leonard and John Mayberry.
"We talked a little bit in the dugout. He was talking about the things they used to do," Cain said. "Those guys could really play, so those are guys you could look up to and learn from."
Along with speed, Cain shares the same uniform number with Wilson.
"No. 6, I wear it proud," Cain said.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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by Christopher Freeburn | December 6, 2012 9:48 am
[1]Move over Hollywood. Video games are producing grosses that beat even Tinseletown's glitziest blockbusters[2].
Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ:ATVI[3]) much anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops II, released just over two weeks ago, generated sales of $1 billion in just 16 days, Bloomberg noted.
By contrast Avatar, James Cameron's alien world blockbuster, took 17 days to reach pull in the same amount in ticket sales when it hit the silver screen three years ago.
Call of Duty's continuing success comes as good news for Activision, which shook off last year's sluggish video game sales to beat Wall Street estimates for this year's third-quarter earnings and revenue.
In fact, sales generated by the entire Call of Duty video game franchise have exceeded world wide ticket sales produced by even Hollywood's heaviest hitters, the Star Wars and Harry Potter series of films.
Call of Duty games can be played on various gaming consoles, including Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT[4]) Xbox, Sony's (NYSE:SNE[5]) Playstation 3 and Nintendo's (PINK:NTDOY[6]) Wii U.
Shares of Activision rose fractionally in Thursday morning trading.
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Closer to returning, Hart's left foot injury improving
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
Braun says no problems between Crew, Mets
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun expected nothing out of the ordinary in Friday's game against the Mets, the teams' first matchup since the tense night in May on which Braun was plunked and David Wright was removed early to avoid the possibility of retaliation.It was May 15, and Braun was hit by a suspicious D.J. Carrasco pitch immediately after Rickie Weeks' seventh-inning home run gave the Brewers an 8-0 lead. Wright, due to bat for the Mets leading off the bottom of the inning, was pulled from the game by manager Terry Collins over Wright's visible objection. On Friday, Braun confirmed an ESPN New York report that both Wright and Collins approached him at the All-Star Game to smooth things over. Besides, Braun said, the Brewers are more concerned about their bid for the postseason. "We have far bigger things to worry about than what happened four months ago," Braun said. "As far as I'm concerned, it's done and over with. "I like David, too. He's my boy. So I hope we don't do anything." Publicly, manager Ron Roenicke did not sound like a man plotting retaliation. "That's so long ago, that doesn't even come into my mind," Roenicke said. "We're at a point right now we need to worry about beating these guys and winning as many games as we can." It's notable that Carrasco is no longer with the Mets. And Friday's Brewers starter, Mike Fiers, was still pitching at Triple-A Nashville on May 15. Collins said he had "no concern" over retaliation.
"I think it's done," Collins said. "I understand, being there, I certainly thought the same thing. Our pitcher said he didn't do it on purpose. OK ... the perception was he did. But I don't think anything's going to fester now. It's been a long time, and that guy's not here now."
Brewers honor top Minors players Morris, Burgos
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers honored Minor League Player of the Year Hunter Morris and Minor League Pitcher of the Year Hiram Burgos in a pregame ceremony at Miller Park on Friday, but Morris' season isn't over and Burgos hopes his isn't, either.Morris will play in the Arizona Fall League beginning next month, and Burgos revealed Friday that he has been throwing at the Brewers' training complex in Phoenix, just in case he's needed before the big league season is over. "The good thing is that I [am] available, I am healthy, I am still throwing my bullpens," said Burgos, who was discussed as a September callup candidate. "I'm still ready to go. Anything can happen, so right now I'm not disappointed or anything. I made a big jump this year, going through three levels." Burgos, 25, was 10-4 with a 1.95 ERA in 28 starts and one relief appearance in a 2012 season that began at advanced Class A Brevard County and took him to Double-A Huntsville and Triple-A Nashville. The former sixth-round Draft pick held his own at the franchise's top affiliate, posting a 2.91 ERA in eight starts at Nashville. "It was my fourth year at the Minor League level, and it was time to put everything together," he said. The same went for Morris, 23, a fourth-round Draft pick in 2010 who played his third Minor League season and added strong defense to his potent bat. The Brewers have long known Morris could hit -- and he did again in 2012, batting .303 with 28 home runs and 113 RBIs for Huntsville -- but challenged him at the end of last season to improve at first base. Morris had an experienced teacher in Huntsville manager Darnell Coles, who played all over the diamond during 13 Major League seasons. "This year it all seemed to come together. It clicked," Morris said. "Out of the 139 games we played, before about 130 of them, I was out for early work for nothing but defense. That was my biggest focus this year, and it made a huge difference. Being comfortable at first base on the defensive side of it took a lot of pressure off at the plate." And he thrived at the plate, becoming the first Huntsville player to win Southern League MVP honors since Corey Hart in 2003.
Brewers attach black ribbon to American flag
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers fastened a black ribbon to the American flag at Miller Park to honor the Americans killed in Libya this week.President Obama ordered flags on all government buildings to be flown at half-staff beginning Wednesday, and Major League Baseball directed its clubs to follow that directive. Because the flag inside Miller Park is affixed to one of the roof supports and does not fly on a flagpole, the ribbon was attached instead. U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, 52, was among the four Americans killed.
Last call
Center fielder Carlos Gomez was back in the Brewers' lineup Friday after bruising his right leg in a hard slide at second base on Wednesday.
While the Brewers were off Thursday, the team announced a two-year extension of its player development contract with Double-A Huntsville, through 2014. Like he did days earlier, when the Brewers extended their affiliation with Triple-A Nashville, general manager Doug Melvin expressed dissatisfaction with the stadium situation in Huntsville.
"The current facility and conditions provide a number of challenges on the player development front and we support Miles Prentice and his ownership group in their continued efforts to get a much needed new park," Melvin said in a statement. "The Southern League continues to provide a competitive environment for our players at the Double-A level and we look towards continuing our long-time affiliation with the Huntsville Stars."
The Stars have been a Brewers' affiliate since 1999.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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6 Hour automatic charger
Energy efficient technology automatically shuts down the unit once your devices are fully charged. Great for smartphones, iPod, iPhone, iPad. See all benefits
Power button turns on AC outlets and USB ports and automatically shuts off after 6 hours once devices are charged
USB charging port allows you to charge USB devices
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This LED alert lights up to indicate that the power multipier is drawing power from the AC outlet.


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Tombstone Tuesday – Richard Ruel Tarrant (1859-1911)
My family and I took a recent road trip to Tyler, Texas. On the way, I took pictures of Pleasant Hill Cemetery, located southwest of Bullard, Texas on FM 2137.
Richard Ruel Tarrant, my 3rd great grand uncle, was born 8/13/1859 in Cherokee County, Texas. Richard was 51 years-old at the time of his death. His gravesite, along with those of his wife, Melissa Gabrielle Tarrant (Cole), and several members of her family are located at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Brian Davis – James Michael Davis – James Nead Davis – Margie Leaine Davis (Kirkpatrick) – Woodie Tarrant Kirkpatrick – Mary Louise Oliphant/Kirkpatrick (Tarrant/sister of Richard Ruel Tarrant)


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Congress scrambles to finish business
In advance of the winter break, members of Congress worked to resolve some pending issues, including some important to veterans:
• The federal budget: Members of a House-Senate conference committee announced last week an agreement for the fiscal year 2014 budget (H.J. Res 59). The measure constitutes the agreement reached between House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senate Budget Chairman Patty Murray of Washington to partially roll-back the sequester of discretionary spending scheduled for fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2015 and increase discretionary caps for those two years.
• The National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year 2014. House-Senate conferees agreed Wednesday on H.R. 3304, which ensures that a Defense authorization measure is enacted before Congress leaves for the year. It authorizes $632.8 billion for the Pentagon and defense-related programs for FY 2014, including $80.7 billion for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas contingency activities. The bill's authorization for regular defense funding is roughly equal to the president's request and slightly more than the current spending level.
The agreement establishes new procedures to combat sexual assault in the military and provides the president's request of a 1 percent pay raise for servicemembers.
• The Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013. On Dec. 10, the House passed this bill (H.R. 3521) by a vote of 346-1. The bill would authorize $237 million in fiscal 2014 for VA leases at 27 major medical facilities around the country. Federal law requires the VA to obtain congressional authorization for leases of VA medical facilities with an annual cost of at least $1 million. According to the VA, using leasing authority rather than constructing VA-owned facilities allows the VA to quickly establish convenient primary care facilities for veterans in their communities. The bill, sponsored by House Veterans Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., would require the VA to submit a copy of a proposed lease and an analysis of it to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees at least 30 days before entering a lease.
In other news:
VA accuracy questioned: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Undersecretary Alison Hickey on Dec. 11 testified before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (SVAC) about the growing questions about the validity of VA's recent numbers on improving accuracy in the disability claims process. The American Legion has said that VA is inflating the accuracy numbers.
SWS visits: Two System Worth Saving site visits were conducted last week, one in Kansas and one in West Virginia. The details:
• In Kansas, the Rev. Daniel J. Seehafer, a SWS task force member, and Roscoe Butler, assistant director for health care conducted, visited Leavenworth Dec. 9-11. They held a town hall meeting at American Legion Post 94 for veterans to discuss the care offered at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center. Seehafer and Butler held a site visit at the medical center on Dec. 10-11, focusing on VA's accomplishments and progress over the past 10 years, current issues and concerns as well as VA's five-year strategic plan for several program areas, such as: VA's budget, campus alignment, staffing, enrollment/outreach, hospital programs, information technology and construction programs.
• In West Virginia, task force member Vickie D. Smith-Dikes and Derrick Redd, national field service representative, held a town hall meeting at American Legion Post 16 in Huntington for veterans to discuss the care offered at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center. Smith-Dikes and Redd toured the Huntington VA facility and focused on the same issues as the group in Kansas.
Teaming up with USDA, Purdue: The Employment and Education Division met on Dec. 9 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to discuss the Returning Veterans to Agriculture Project. This pilot program will be spearheaded and implemented through a partnership with Purdue University, which will include many resource partners. USDA has reached out to the Legion to discuss ways that we can work together in ensuring that the implementation will be a success and how we can avoid common pitfalls in marketing the program. The initial meeting will take place at Purdue University on Dec. 19.
Job fair: On Dec. 3, a Hiring Our Heroes job fair was held at the RR Donnelley headquarters building in Warrenville, Ill. Overall, there were 40 in-person interviews conducted and eight veterans were hired. Special thanks goes to RR Donnelley for hosting the event and conducting 6 employment workshops throughout the day, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for their role in planning this event, along with The American Legion Department of Illinois Gary Jenson (assistant adjutant) for hosting an outreach table, and the Illinois Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, whose outreach for this event ensured that this event would be a success.
Claims: During the week ending Dec. 6, the Board of Veterans' Appeals reached dispositions on 192 American Legion represented appeals. Of those dispositions 73 percent of the denials were overturned with outcomes favorable to the veteran. In 60 cases, the board granted benefits outright after considering The American Legion's arguments. In 80 cases, The American Legion was able to point out errors in the development of the veteran's claims that mandated corrective action under the law. Of the total number of dispositions, 46 (24 percent) were outright denied.


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Philadelphia Phillies – Awards: Most Valuable Player Award.
During the almost 70 years that the award has been voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), five Phils have won the award a total of seven times.
The first Phil to win the just reformed title (1931) was Hall of Famer Chuck Klein in 1933, the year that he won the batting Triple Crown, by posting a batting average of .368, hitting 28 home runs and knocking in 120 RBIs. The next Phil to win the award would be relief pitcher Jim Konstanty in 1950, as he would appear in 74 regular season games, all in relief, as he had a 16-7 record with a 2.66 ERA, while saving 22 more games, as he help lead the Whiz Kids to the team's first NL pennant since 1915. The next Phil to be voted MVP by the writers would be Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt in 1980, as he help lead the team to their third NL pennant and their first World Series Championship by batting .286 with 48 home runs and 121 RBIs. He would receive his second MVP, and the team's fourth, in the strike shortened year of 1981, as he batted .316, hitting 31 home runs, while knocking in 91 RBIs. Schmidt would win his third and final MVP award in 1986, as he batted .290, hitting 37 home runs and knocking in 119 RBIs. The sixth Phil to be elected the NL MVP would be Ryan Howard in 2006, as he hit 58 home runs and knocked in 149 RBIs, while batting .313. The fifth and, at the moment, final Phil to win the award was Jimmy Rollins, who did it in 2007, the year that the Phils made the playoffs for the first time since 1993. In that year, Rollins batted .296, hitting 30 home runs, as he knocked in 94 runs.
Of the seven titles, five were won in the 20th century and two in the 21st. One title was won in the 1930s, one in the 1950s, three in the 1980s and two in the 2000s. Mike Schmidt has won the most MVPs awards won by a Phil player by winning three, with two of them in consecutive seasons. Of the title winners, two are presently in the Hall of Fame. Six of the awards were won by position players, all but one by an infielder, and one by a relief pitcher.
Which Phil will next win the award? Depending on how 2011 shapes up, Ryan Howard could regain the title or Chase Utley could gain his first, if either player can regain their form during the off-season.


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Name: Kaavya Parsa'15
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa.
Major/minor: Literary studies.
My favorite class so far, and why you should take it: I think my favorite class would still be my FYI, which I took with Jingjing Lou. The group and Jingjing were amazing, active, and supportive, and the course material was interesting, combining issues of spirituality and ecology in different societies.
You may have seen me: In the 609 kitchen cooking for vegan co-op.
The best book I've read at Beloit: There have been a lot, but one that comes to mind is The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which we read in Cynthia McCown's English 190 class.
What are you working on? Long term, I'm working on a career as an animal rights lawyer. Short term, I'm working on a poem called "The Queen of Hearts and the Head of State."
What's on your desert island jukebox? I know this is dorky, but a lot of K-pop, Bollywood, everything happy from Andy Grammar to the Beatles, and some jazz and classical.
Any advice? Once you find your purpose, go for it. Don't question it or feel nervous, because your gut instinct is probably right. For me, no matter what questions or obstacles I've faced, I've always come back to animal rights law as my future.
Who are your top-three fantasy dinner party guests? Alanna the Lioness, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Deepika Padukone (a Bollywood actress).
What gets you up in the morning? My alarm. Slowly, but (mostly) surely. In the summer and spring, the flowers and the birds!
What's your favorite hidden gem here in the area? Turtle creek. It's beautiful, peaceful, in walking distance, and a great swim.


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sillydogz hey djdawg, i fully agree with what you're saying. all of the carts in my area are basic. hot dogs with basic toppings and chili dogs made with crappy chili. They're all around the 2 dollar mark. 1 guy even sells for 1.75. Some nickel and dime you for condiments others its included. My business plan is focusing more on specialty dogs. One of my specials is going to be a field roast frankfurter topped with vegan friendly chili and offer rice milk cheese for a full on vegan friendly chili dog. In talking with friends and friends of friends who are vegetarian or vegan they are all excited that they'll actually have an option for street food. I'll also be offering the organic dog and when paired with the vegan chili will be an organic friendly chili dog. Then my menu will consist of dogs topped with pulled pork, mac n cheese, chili, bacon, etc etc. I think 2.50 is a fair price for this area and some people will load up on condiments while others won't. I think whats going to really draw people to my cart are the specialty dogs. This area is full of foodies and has a buzzing restaurant scene so offering something out of the ordinary is always a plus
sillydogz Thanks, I'll def keep you posted. And I'm not sure if it was clear, 2.50 is for a regular hot dog only. My specialty dogs will be more. 4-5 dollars.
Fishbilly I talked with a friend of mine who owns a B&M stand. I asked him what he's paying for Vienna Beef dogs. He said somewhere around 4.39/lb. Vienna also sent out notice that they will be raising prices again this year. He is serving 9's for a regular. He's concerned because customers don't want to pay $3.50 for a hot dog when those new prices hit. His thought was offer a lower price option and pay a premium for the Vienna. I'm not quite sure about that move. I've added or changed product on my cart that give me better margins just to keep dog prices the same for my customers for the past two years. I don't know how much longer I can keep my dog prices down. I do plan on keeping them at last years levels. That again depends on the increases.


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Piven Could Be Forced To Pay 'Plow' Producers Under 'Liar Liar Pants On Fire' Statute
Though Jeremy Piven's ungraceful, sushi-related exit from Speed-the-Plow has at least secured him future savings on his Matsuhisa tab, he may part with that extra cash if the play's backers have their (angry) say.
According to the New York Post, many involved with the production are pushing to have Piven's high mercury claims examined by a non-musclebound, non-teevee doctor, and they're hoping the result may "squeeze some money out of him." Why has it taken this long to get a second opinion? A lack of insurance:
The producers didn't have star insurance on Piven. If they had, their insurance company would almost certainly investigate the actor's claim before paying out any money.
But under the Actors' Equity contract, the producers are entitled to have Piven's medical records examined by another doctor. If they suspect fraud, they can sue him.
"If it turns out this is phony, it can really kill him," says a veteran producer who's not involved in "Speed-the-Plow." [...]
Several top Broadway producers say that if "Speed-the-Plow" were their show, they'd go after Piven.
"I'd kill the jerk," one says, bluntly.
Though we'd love to brainstorm the sort of hit on Piven that Broadway producers might organize (would it be a murder already beloved on film, but then adapted for musical theater in a splashy megamillion production?), we have a feeling that the Pivs won't be returning to New York anytime soon, depriving them of the pleasure. Will producers then plot out a long-distance attack on his pocketbook and reputation, leaving him with nothing but a 23-year-old rack to cry on? Or will Entourage begin a new season with Ari mysteriously holed up in Canada?


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Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mozzarella Recipe
Red wine vinaigrette perks up this medley of crisp cucumbers, bright red tomatoes and creamy mozzarella cheese. This one looks just as good as it tastes. Thanks to Renae Boothroyd of Raeford, North Carolina for sharing the recipe.
- 5 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1 medium cucumber, coarsely chopped
- 8 ounces cubed part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup red or white wine vinaigrette
- 1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the tomatoes, cucumber and cheese. Add dressing; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes. Serve with a slotted spoon. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup: 188 calories, 15g fat (4g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 632mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 8g protein.
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"Wow was this good. I used a red wine vinaigrette dressing from Wegman's and added some red onion, salt and pepper. It was so easy and super delicious. I will make this all summer and for parties."
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"Our entire family loves this salad! Instead of the vinaigrette, I use Italian dressing. It adds a bit more flavor, and we love it!"
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text: Hey everyone, I am looking at DMing a couple of Star Trek tabletop RPGs and was curious about others' experiences in this area. I found all of the Decipher sourcebooks for very cheap, so I ordered all of them, waiting on most of them to arrive in the mail. I also ordered the Starfleet Universe "Prime Directive" D20 Modern sourcebook, but that has yet to get here. Has anyone tried either of these games? Care to talk about the story of the game you ran and how you felt the rules worked? I am also thinking about using a game like Bridge Commander or Starfleet Command 2 to simulate combat instead of the book rules. Has anyone done a similar approach?


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(Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction)
In 1987, while working on A Southern Family, Godwin wrote "All my protagonists . . . disguised by gender or species, occupation or social class or hardly disguised at all—are parts of myself." This novel, apparently written in response to a shattering event in Godwin's own family, has at least eight protagonists—and, if we believe Godwin's statement, each one is a part of its author. The central figure, Theo Quick, dies before page eighty of this six-hundred page book, after he has spoken for himself in only scattered bits of dialogue. The remaining seven major characters—Theo's half sister, Clare; his estranged wife, Snow; his brother, Rafe; his mother and father, Lily and Ralph; Clare's boyfriend, Felix; and her best friend, Julia—spend the rest of the book searching for keys to Theo, and, in doing so, they learn a great deal about themselves and reveal even more to the reader. At the same time, they all examine class and, of course, the Southern family.
Theo was a gentle and confused young man who alternated between charming and repelling those he should have loved and those who should have loved him. At twenty-eight, he had yet to find a satisfying direction for his life (not all that unusual in the Quick family), and his only passion was his son Jason. During the last twenty-four hours before he takes his own life in a dramatic murder/suicide, he speaks with each of the other protagonists, and in each case, what he said would be interpreted as an unanswered plea for help. The one exception is Felix who, although he had not spoken with him for months, had his own reasons for feeling that he had let Theo down.
In the remainder of the book, each of the survivors tries to figure out what motivated this peaceable and romantic, if antisocial, young man to commit his final violent act, made more violent by the fact that it was witnessed by a child. Julia, a college professor, who sacrificed a promising career to return to her home town and a second-rate university to care for her ailing parents, seems to be the most stable of the lot, but her exploration of her own contribution to Theo's suffering reveals a profound defensiveness about the uncomplicated life she has chosen.
Ralph has made a tenuous leap from his working-class background into the prosperous middle class, but his efforts to endow his sons with its benefits have been unproductive at best, destructive at worst. Not unlike the lawns of his not-too-distant cousins in Appalachia, Ralph's house is surrounded by the more luxurious detritus of his economically successful life. Neither of his sons was comfortable in the prestigious prep school he attended, and each contrived not to graduate. Ralph is left to pick up the pieces...
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Congress, W.H.: Get serious on debt
The continual fiscal brinkmanship of the past two years — in which policymakers go from crisis to crisis, avoiding catastrophe at the last moment and providing nothing more than usual "small ball" solutions that fail to address our underlying structural problems — has ground all progress to a halt.
The failure to get our debt under control, reform our Tax Code and put our entitlement programs on a fiscally sustainable course is robbing us of the ability to invest in our future and will leave us without the resources we need to meet other challenges facing our nation. And moving forward will be out of our reach as long as we continue to "pass the buck" on the debt crisis. It is critical that leaders in both parties come together in an honest and meaningful way to put our fiscal house in order if they have any hope of addressing the other challenges and opportunities that we face as a nation.
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Congress could barely come to agreement on a last-minute, short-term compromise on the fiscal cliff at year's end. All Washington has managed to do since our commission submitted its report is the easy stuff. Through a combination of the work done in the continuing resolution, the Budget Control Act and the pitiful revenue deal at year end, Washington has capped discretionary spending without being specific on what it will actually cut, and it has raised taxes on the rich. It has done nothing to reform the Tax Code or reduce the rate of growth of health care spending to no more than 1 percent above the rate of growth in the economy. Nor has it done anything to make Social Security sustainably solvent. This is the hard stuff that must be done to finally put our nation's fiscal house in order.
An agreement large enough to complete the job may seem out of reach. However, looking at where the parties were in the negotiations last year, it seems clear that it is possible to reach agreement on a plan if both sides are willing to go beyond their comfort zones and come to a principled compromise.
President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner originally made substantial progress toward a comprehensive deficit reduction plan that could have gotten us most of the way. Importantly, these negotiations focused beyond the near-term crisis, with real discussions on structural entitlement reforms as well as comprehensive tax reforms. Both sides identified potential areas of agreement: using chained CPI to index both spending programs and the Tax Code with protections for low vulnerable populations; identifying additional savings from defense and domestic discretionary programs and unjustified subsidies; and finding savings in mandatory programs that can and should be included in a comprehensive deficit reduction plan.
That last round of negotiations should be the starting point for the next round — however, both sides will have to go further.


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The second album from this 25-member choral symphonic outfit from Dallas is awash in sound. The musicians play everything from trombone to theramin combined with choral style singing to create ambient, sunny, melodious soundscapes. 6/25/2004 - Don Yates
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In August, 109 homes were sold in Pope County, up 41.56 percent from the same month last year, when only 77 homes were sold. The number of units sold year-to-date is up more than 8 percent from 2012, with 601 sold compared to last year's 556.
Statewide, 24.02 percent more units were sold than in August 2012, and year-to-date numbers are up 12.74 percent.
While the average price of units sold in Pope County in August decreased, down to $126,551 compared to $133,203 in August 2012, the year-to-date home prices are still up 2.3 percent over 2012.
Across the 43-county area surveyed by the ARA, the average price of a home sold in August was $164,373, with a year-to-date average of $159,615, which is nearly 3 percent above 2012.
With 504 units sold, Benton County had the highest number of sales in August, followed by Pulaski County with 423 units, Washington County with 291 units, Saline County with 162 units and Garland County with 150 units.
The county with the highest average home price in August was Perry County, with an average unit price of $259,833 — in August 2012, that county had an average home price of $75,000 — followed by Pulaski County at $196,374, Benton County at $195,755, Washington County at $186,067 and Craighead County at $183,484.


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After honing skills and building his name, saddle maker launches his own shop
In his lifetime, leather craftsman and custom saddle maker Mark Hurley has made 819 saddles. Many of them he made while he worked at the iconic Luskey's/Ryon's shop in Fort Worth.
"I made 623 there," he said.
After 23 years specializing in roping saddles with Luskey's/Ryon's, Hurley decided to open his own shop in Denton, off Interstate 35 next to Smith Brothers, in January 2012.
For eight months that year, Hurley, 55, worked on his barn to get it ready for opening. He started from scratch.
"I had lights, but it was on an extension cord and water was out of hose in the back," he said. "That is all a saddle shop needs — good lighting and water — and we are still working on it."
The 24-by-36-foot barn that houses Hurley Saddlery has all the equipment he needs to create custom saddles, from the leather to his tools to the trees — the initial foundation for the saddle. The shop also make custom albums, coasters, purses, cellphone and tablet cases and other items.
The shop is adorned with photos of its owner's roping days, including a picture of one of his many wins, like amateur team roping at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1995.
Being part of the rodeo for so long helped him understand what's needed to make a good saddle.
"You see so many horses get sore because the saddle does not fit them," he said.
Sometimes, Hurley said, it's the other way around: The saddle doesn't fit the rider.
"So I would take the saddle apart and add leather or take away leather, so it would fit them," he said.
In his early days, he would make four to five saddles per year, so that professional trainers and horse people would try them at cost. Seeing people come to him now, to thank him for creating what many consider a piece of art, is rewarding, he said.
"They [clients] go to the shows and let other people know where I am now," he said.
Hurley's saddles are midrange in price. On his Facebook page, some of his elaborate saddles are priced around $2,000.
He said most cowboys just want plain saddles with not a lot of "bling."
Making saddles
Hurley said there are companies that make around 700 saddles per month, selling for $600 to $700 each.
"They are put together pretty quick and in an assembly line," he said. "We build one at a time."
Last year, Hurley made 15 saddles. He can make a plain one in four days and an elaborate one in about three weeks.
"It takes eight to 10 weeks to get the trees," he said.
Hurley said he hasn't yet had a single client return a saddle.
He said clients have gotten so excited about Hurley building their saddles that they start calling days after placing an order.
"It is like a kid at Christmas," Hurley said.
Getting his start
Hurley began roping at 19. His parents were professional horse trainers. They did not rope, but they thought Hurley needed to.
Primarily, Hurley said, his parents believed he should not be in rodeo all his life.
"Rodeo paid for my saddle shop, and then my saddle shop paid for my rodeoing," Hurley said.
He was part of the rodeo world for 14 years, winning many competitions, and even losing a portion of his right index finger when he roped in 1993.
During rodeo events, Hurley said he noticed a lot of his saddles would tear and need repair, so he began his work out of necessity.
After graduating from Denton High School in 1975, he went on to saddle making school in Amarillo. He spent two years welding and making his own shop in Marietta, Okla.. He also went to another school for six months to study the craft in Oklahoma, on a rodeo scholarship.
"But you really do not know what you are doing until you have built at least 50 of them," Hurley said.
Through the years, Hurley saddles have become known for their workmanship.
"His workmanship is so precise," said Max Wheeler, a Hurley saddle fan and a friend for about 40 years. "He does not cut corners on anything. That saddle I got will last me for the rest of my life."
Wheeler met Hurley during their sophomore year at Denton High. They both were part of the city's rodeo team in 1975. They lost touch after high school, but reconnected nine years ago.
"I bought the last saddle he made for Luskey's/Ryon's in Fort Worth, about a year and a half ago," Wheeler said. "The day I got my saddle, that was the day Mark left and started his own business. He always talked about wanting to go on his own."
Hurley said his wife, Leslie, inspired him to start his business.
"She is a godsend," he said. "I would have probably not opened my business if it was not for her. She talked me into it and is also a rider."
They have four children and one grandchild. His wife, who works in the health care industry, helps him with his filing at the shop. On most days, Jackson, his ranch dog, also comes to visit. And his kids, who range in age from 13 to 21, also stop by.
Sharing his knowledge
Hurley loves to share what he knows. He said that when he started, not a lot of saddle makers were willing to share their knowledge.
Dylan White, 19, stops at Hurley Saddlery at least twice a week. He said he does a little bit of work for Hurley as a silversmith, but he primarily works for Hurley's tooler, Eli Ganzer.
White said Hurley is always willing to help him, and one day he wants to be a saddle maker himself.
Hurley said he wants to pay it forward and help aspiring saddle makers learn the trade. When he began in the profession, Gary Luskey, founder of Luskey's Western Stores, invited him to work in his shop in Fort Worth. He said Luskey asked him to build saddles for his business and even granted him his own space.
"That is what every saddle maker wants to be," Hurley said. "He promoted me like crazy and I was still pretty green. He had a lot of faith in me."
Hurley hopes to one day offer classes for people interested in saddle making.
"I am showing these guys all the hard parts of the job because I did not get that opportunity [at first]," Hurley said. "It a mental thing too — it is not just physical craft. I think they find that out as they work. At times it can be kind of stressful."
KARINA RAMÍREZ can be reached at 940-566-6878 and via Twitter at @KarinaFRamirez.


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Casting for the third Twilight movie has begun.How exciting! Thanks, Dilia!
We got our hands on a casting notice for at least three characters in Eclipse.
Find out just what director David Slade is looking for. However, we must warn you that there are a few spoilers…
Riley "is a handsome, blond, clean-cut college boy who falls victim to Victoria," the notice reads. He's in his early to mid 20s and "plays an integral role in Victoria's attempt to murder Bella Swan."
There are two more members of the Quileute tribe and La Push wolf pack in Eclipse. Like New Moon, they are looking for Native American or First Nations actors to fill the roles.
"Seth Clearwater is a "tall, gangly-limbed boy with a huge, happy grin," the notice reads. "Seth idolizes Jacob."
Seth's big sister is 19-year-old Leah Clearwater and the only female member of La Push: "She is tall and slender with beautiful skin and short cropped black hair. She would be considered gorgeous if not for the perpetual scowl she carries due to a broken heart and her anger issues."
June 2, 2009
Eclipse Casting for Riley, Seth and Leah Underway
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Leah cropped her hair?ReplyDelete
I don't remember that.
- AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Does anyone know where and when casting is taking place?ReplyDelete
yes everyone in the pack crop their hair because of the fur or something lolReplyDelete
follow me on twitter @alicia_08 and on myspace @ myspace.com/lachica_regiaReplyDelete
let me know if i should cast for the movie ill try to post a video (soon) in which i introduce myself or something so yall can get to know me =)
take care
lots of love
Alice R.
I heard Chaning Tatum was being looked at for Riley...?ReplyDelete
sage galesi looks the part of leah.ReplyDelete
wow!That fast and that soon?So kewl!!!!Cant wait.Isn't Leah and Seth in the 3rd book New Moon?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM
SETH!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
My favorite wolf on screen!!!!
*does a happy dance*
They better include his friendship with Edward or will personally kick their asses all the way to Forks!!
Melissa Rossenburg had suggested that she'd like Chaning Tatum in the role of Riley. But she doesn't seem to get the book or the story right. He's too old and doesn't seem naive enough to play riley. In my opinion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Nicole Lee Smith for Leah Clearwater!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, Native American (actually from Washington State!), and sassy.
She was rumored for Emily but maybe they're holding out to give her a bigger role...?
- bree cullen☮June 5, 2009 at 1:01 AM
i agree with the Nicole Lee Smith idea for leah. look at her! she screams "leah".ReplyDelete
I too agree, Nicole Lee Smith is my first choice for Leah!!! Hopefully the casting directors agree!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Leah is supposed to be "exotic looking" with "almond shaped eyes" and though not outright stated, should obviously be BROWN eyes...not just someone with contacts...IMO...ReplyDelete
And sorry to everyone who wants all the "little" girls and young women who are 5'2" (such as Q)..
Just because she's the "only one" people may know of Indigenous ancestry and she's a great person, doesn't make her right for the role...her next role will be what is meant for her, just like all of us in life
My vote is for Sara Tomko to play Leah Clearwater. Sara ROCKS! I saw this youtube video on her http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49v2zAHrZ5M that a fan made. Sara looks the part (she's Native American) and then I went to her website and watched her acting reels and she acts the part of Leah. Her website is www.saratomko.comReplyDelete
Nicole Lee Smith is perfect, she is Native American AND exotic looking! I always read Leah as being smaller than the guys... Taylor L. is only 5'10" and Leah should be noticeably shorter than Jacob!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 4:56 AM
Can a black person play leah?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 4:58 AM
are there any black teen girls in breaking dawn? If there are give a brief description please?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2009 at 6:09 PM
well bella is supposed to have brown eyes and kristen stewart's eyes are green so she wears contacts...lol. anybody can, it's the movies, it will look totally natural. i have looked at all of these other actresses and nicole lee smith is still my pick!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2009 at 6:05 AM
i want tyler posey to be seth!!! he would be so perfect!!!ReplyDelete


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http://mmajunkie.com Eddie Alvarez is already MMA's biggest free agent – and he still has one fight left on his deal with Bellator Fighting Championships.
Alvarez (23-3 MMA, 7-1 BFC) now has the date and location of that fight. Alvarez will fight at an as-yet unannounced show on Oct. 12 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, expected to be Bellator 76. The fight, against an opponent expected to be named in the coming days, will take place at Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Thursday confirmed the location and Alvarez's participation on the card with sources close to the event. It was first reported by MMA Fighting.
Alvarez, the former Bellator lightweight champion, in April got back in the win column with a quick TKO of Shinya Aoki at Bellator 66 in Cleveland. That win took some of the sting off a 2011 that saw him go 1-1 and lose his 155-pound title.
In April 2011, Alvarez needed all five rounds to get past current featherweight champion Pat Curran to defend his belt at UFC 39. That decision win snapped a streak of seven straight stoppages in his victories. The win over Curran was Alvarez's first defense of the lightweight title he won at Bellator 12 as the promotion's first lightweight tournament champion. After that, his next two Bellator wins were catchweight non-title fights before the matchup with Curran.
But this past November, Alvarez met Season 4 lightweight tournament winner Michael Chandler. And after a back-and-forth fight, Chandler submitted Alvarez midway through the fourth round, snapping his seven-fight win streak and handing him his first loss in nearly three years. The fight earned acclaim as one of the best fights of 2011 – and some publications even had it ahead of UFC 139's main event between Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
But with the Aoki win, Alvarez got back on track. Now he is expected to be one of the most highly prized free agents in recent memory. According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Bellator can match any other contract offer Alvarez might receive after he becomes a free agent. The promotion has three months to do so.
This past May, Alvarez, a Philadelphia-based fighter, attended UFC on FOX 3 in East Rutherford, N.J., and was shown sitting next to UFC president Dana White – adding to speculation that the UFC would be pursuing the 155-pounder once his deal with Bellator was complete.
Not long before that, the UFC signed what had been the most prized free agent from Bellator, middleweight champion Hector Lombard. Lombard debuted with the UFC this past week at UFC 149, losing a split decision to Tim Boetsch in the co-main event in Calgary.
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VANCOUVER, BC – It appears as if Vancouver Whitecaps FC will have a virtually full squad for their away match against New England Revolution on Saturday (11 a.m. PT, CTV BC).
This as Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson said on Wednesday that Russell Teibert (hamstring), Andy O'Brien (deadleg) and Johnny Leverón (concussion) all looked as if they'd be able to fly out with the squad on Thursday to the East Coast.
The energetic Teibert's return in particular should be encouraging for the 'Caps, who played to a 1-1 draw against 10-men Chivas USA last weekend.
"He's sporting a new haircut today, so that might tell me he's available," Robinson told reporters at the University of British Columbia following Wednesday's training session. "He looks quite bright out there. He's one of a number of players that are pushing for starts."
After sitting out last weekend's match, the player himself is eager to once again return to action and make a contribution.
"Every weekend we're looking to improve on all levels because it is the beginning of the season and there's a lot of games to go," Teibert said. "I wouldn't say we're there yet, and I wouldn't even say we're close. Because this team has a lot of potential and I think what we can achieve this season is limitless.
"This weekend will be a great weekend for us to show what we're capable of and how we will bounce back."
- Find more Vancouver news at WhitecapsFC.com
As for O'Brien and Leverón, that should allow Vancouver to keep their backline intact to start a match for the third game on the hop, with O'Brien slotting in at centre back alongside Jay DeMerit, and Leverón coming in for Christian Dean as the lone defender on the bench.
"Andy's fine," Robinson said. "Andy's come back [after the offseason] in great shape and has been very, very good for us over the first two games. Johnny had the slight concussion. He's back into full training now and I think you've seen today what he brings to the table. It's important having him back in the fold as well."
Martin MacMahon covers Vancouver Whitecaps FC for MLSsoccer.com.
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text: > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:58:12 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mark Hahn <hahn at mcmaster.ca> > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] size of swap partition > To: Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> > Cc: Mikhail Kuzminsky <kus at free.net>, beowulf at beowulf.org > Message-ID: > <Pine.LNX.4.64.0806092012030.29774 at coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > We have the potential to have to swap whole jobs out of memory on a complete > > node. > > that was our intent as well. among other things, this scheme enables > running the cluster "split-personality" - mostly shorter/smaller even > interactive jobs during the day, with big/long jobs running at night. > unfortunately, you need a smart scheduler to do this, and ours is dumb. > > >> beleive, it is 2 or more GB per core; we have 16 GB per dual-socket > >> quad-core Opteron node). What is typical modern swap size today? > > are you willing to use a node which is actually occupying 16 GB of swap? > > it is possible to tune how the kernel responds to memory crunches - > for instance, you can always avoid OOM with the vm.overcommit_memory=2 > sysctl (you'll need to tune vm.overcommit_ratio and the amount of swap > to get the desired limits.) in this mode, the kernel tracks how much VM > it actually needs (worst-case, reflected in Committed_AS in /proc/meminfo) > and compares that to a commit limit that reflects ram and swap. > > if you don't use overcommit_memory=2, you are basically borrowing VM > space in hopes of not needing it. that can still be reasonable, considering > how often processes have a lot of shared VM, and how many processes > allocate but never touch lots of pages. but you have to ask yourself: > would I like a system that was actually _using_ 16 GB of swap? if you > have 16x disks, perhaps, but 16G will suck if you only have 1 disk. > at least for overcommit_memory != 2, I don't see the point of configuring > a lot of swap, since the only time you'd use it is if you were thrashing. > sort of a "quality of life" argument. > > >> But what are the reccomendations of modern praxis ? > > it depends a lot on the size variance of your jobs, as well as > their real/virtual ratio. the kernel only enforces RLIMIT_AS > (vsz in ps),assuming a 2.6 kernel - I forget whether 2.4 did > RLIMIT_RSS or not. > > if you use overcommit_memory=2, your desired max VM size determines > the amount of swap. otherwise, go with something modest - memory size > or so. but given that the smallest reasonable single disk these days > is probably about 320GB, it's hard to justify being _too_ tight. Is anyone using those Gigabyte i-RAM type devices from swap? Or is RAM cheaper? What about using these devices as swap to "add RAM" to older equipment that is at the maximum mobo supported RAM limit?


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Black American Perspectives [United States]: The Future of Civil Rights, November 11-25, 1991 (ICPSR 4028)
Principal Investigator(s): The Detroit News
This study sought to gather Black Americans' perspectives on the effectiveness of Civil Rights Organizations (CROs) and to better understand their views on the future of civil rights in the United States. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding (1) their attachments to CROs, (2) the effectiveness of CROs and related institutions, (3) future programs of CROs, (4) political and racially based attitudes and beliefs, and (5) social, economic, and demographic measures. The CROs inquired about were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), The Urban League, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Background information on respondents includes age, highest level of education, and income.
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The Detroit News. BLACK AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES [UNITED STATES]: THE FUTURE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, NOVEMBER 11-25, 1991. ICPSR04028-v1. Rochester, NY: Gordon S. Black Corp. [producer], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04028.v1
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Subject Terms: African Americans, civil rights, Civil Rights Act (1964-USA), community leaders, community organizations, Congress on Racial Equality, NAACP, National Urban League, racial attitudes
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1991-11
- 1991-11-11--1991-11-25
Unit of Observation: individuals
Universe: Black Americans at least 18 years of age residing in the United States.
Sample: Data were collected from two national random samples. The first sample consisted of a random selection of listed and unlisted residential telephone numbers. A total of 400 respondents was obtained from this source. The second sample consisted of a random selection of listed household telephone numbers from census tracts in which there was at least a 30 percent incidence of Blacks. A total of 811 respondents was obtained from this source. Two weights were applied to the samples to make them comparable to the population of adult Blacks nationwide. First, the second sample was weighted according to the distribution of the geographic location of the first sample. Second, both samples were weighted according to the age distribution of Blacks as reported in the 1990 estimates from the Bureau of the Census.
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Willis ready to return to Tigers
Left-hander will start on Wednesday against the Twins
By David Just / Special to MLB.com
Tigers manager Jim Leyland announced Thursday that the left-hander will rejoin the team in Cleveland and make his first start of the season on Wednesday against the Twins.
Willis has been on the 15-day disabled list due to an anxiety disorder since March 29. He has made four rehab starts in the Minor Leagues, culminating with Wednesday night's two-run outing in 7 2/3 innings. The hurler has compiled a 3.85 ERA over 25 2/3 innings in rehab starts at three different levels.
"The basic report was they think it's time," Leyland said. "He's throwing pretty much around the plate all the time, 89-to-93 [mph] -- some good breaking balls, some changeups. So he's used his pitches.
"He can't really benefit anymore down there. So it's time to find out. I think that's good. I think it's time to find out, too."
Willis will not be activated in Cleveland, but he will get side work in until his scheduled Wednesday start. Zach Miner will move to the bullpen to make way for the left-hander, who hasn't started a regular-season game since Sept. 27, 2008.
At Triple-A Toledo, Willis made two starts, striking out eight while walking six. When asked what expectations Leyland had for Willis upon his return, the Tigers skipper was adamant.
"I'll make that perfectly clear," Leyland said. "My expectations are for him to win games, like it is for every other pitcher that I put out there. There's no bones about that. This is not a gimmie situation. This is the big leagues, and we're trying to win.
"My expectations are that he will do well. I think he's got a very good chance to do that. We will see. But I'm 100 percent behind the move to get him here and to find out. This is not a trial. This is not experimental. This is not developmental. This is the big leagues."
Leyland suggested that another missing piece in the Detroit rotation, right-hander Jeremy Bonderman, could make a rehab start soon. Bonderman has been on the 15-day disabled list since March 30 as he recovers from thoracic outlet compression syndrome surgery.
"It looks like we're moving toward a point where [Bonderman] will be assigned somewhere, unless there are some surprising setbacks," said Leyland, adding that Bonderman threw six painless innings in extended spring training on Wednesday.
The potential return of both Willis and Bonderman finally would give Leyland a chance to use his full arsenal of arms.
Added Leyland: "I'm looking forward to having problems putting everything together."
David Just is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs."
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm [PhysTEC 2007 Conference] Documents
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm
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Cherry Murray
This presentation is a summary of the report of the National Academies' Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century, "Gathering Storm", and some of its subsequent response. The author was a member of this committee, which was created in 2005 to respond to the request by Senators Lamar Alexander and Jeff Bingaman, with endorsement of Representatives Sherwood Boehlert and Bart Gordon. The task of the committee was to delineate the top ten actions, in priority order, that federal policymakers could take to enhance the science and technology enterprise so that the US can successfully compete, prosper, and be secure in the global community of the 21st century.
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Dallas Observer BrewFest took over the Dallas Arts District on Saturday night with more than 150 brewing companies at the event.
From the gates opening at 6 until security finally pushed everyone out at 11 p.m., the FC Dallas Girls were passing out pint glasses, tshirts, and posters to the crowd of more than 3,000 people.
At the FC Dallas booth, Brewfest attendees entered our raffle of the night which promised the lucky winners an autographed ball or tickets to the final regular season home game against Chivas USA.


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New York Times New York City Poll, January 2003 (ICPSR 3741)
Principal Investigator(s): The New York Times
This special topic poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted in part to assess respondents' opinions and concerns about the state of New York City under the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Residents of the city were asked to give their opinions of Mayor Bloomberg and his handling of education, crime, the budget, the economy, and overall quality of life issues in New York City, as well as their views on what issue(s) should garner the most attention. Their opinions were also sought on New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, including their satisfaction with the quality of public schools in the city. A series of questions addressed Bloomberg's plan to balance the budget. Questions focused on respondents' views regarding the severity of the budget problems, the cuts in services and tax increases already made, and whether the fire and police departments should have been included in those cuts. Respondents' opinions were sought on the progress made by the Bloomberg administration in the following areas: improving neighborhood public schools, keeping New York City safe from crime, helping the city recover from the 2001 terrorist attacks, creating affordable housing, and balancing the city's budget. Those polled answered questions about their concern regarding another terrorist attack in New York City and whether the city would be prepared, the proposals for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site including their preferred plan, the speed of the redevelopment of the site, and whether Bloomberg or Governor George Pataki should have more influence. Respondents were asked whether their encounters with panhandlers bothered them, whether they had seen more homeless people and/or people using/selling drugs in recent months, whether the city seemed cleaner or dirtier than one year ago, and whether they approved of the new smoking law banning smoking in almost all bars and restaurants in New York City. Additional questions probed the seriousness of the following issues: affordability and availability of housing, noise, unemployment, and whether Blacks and Whites were treated fairly by the New York City Police Department. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party, political orientation, voter registration and participation history, education, religion, marital status, employment status, Hispanic descent, race, use of tobacco products, crime victimization history, length of residence in New York City, borough of residence, household income, children in household and whether they were enrolled in public, private, or parochial school.
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The New York Times. New York Times New York City Poll, January 2003. ICPSR03741-v4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-11-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03741.v4
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Subject Terms: attitudes, Bloomberg, Michael, crime, housing, municipal services, public opinion, public safety, public schools, quality of life, schools, social issues, terrorist attacks, unemployment
Geographic Coverage: New York (state), New York City, United States
- 2003-01
- 2003-01-11--2003-01-15
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Adult population of New York City aged 18 and over having a telephone at home.
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Sample: A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963).
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This holiday season, family travel will be merrier and more memorable when Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta introduces "City Escapes" to start the season of celebration from 10 December 2013 to 10 February 2014.
Guests booking City Escapes for a Deluxe or One Bedroom Suite at the Best Available Rate will be entitled to complimentary breakfast and up to USD 50 credit per stay to use for hotel dining or for pampering treatments at CHI, The Spa. The festive package also enables Golden Circle members to earn double Golden Circle Award Points (GC Award Points) when reserving a regular room or suite during the promotion period.
Even children under the age of six (up to a maximum of two) who are accompanied by a paying adult can enjoy complimentary buffet meals in SATOO. For additional children aged between six and 12, a 50% discount off the buffet price will be included.
While counting down to the holidays, guests can peruse a selection of over 70 Shangri-La properties located in key city destinations, namely Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, mainland China, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Each City Escape, designed to welcome Christmas and Chinese New Year in style and elegance, will offer great value and the convenience of being close to sites of interest. Reservations for City Escapes packages will be accepted from 3 December 2013.
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Good morning! Do you eat breakfast every day? I weave in and out – sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But I figure it's about time I established some consistency. Wake up 30-minutes earlier than usual, prepare a quick meal. I'm not a cold breakfast person, especially during fall/winter. Hot dishes and "real" food preferred. Today, two scrambled eggs topped with trout roe and olive oil crackers. I beat some crème fraîche with the eggs to make it extra-rich, but usually just add whole milk or cream. The trout roe is gifted from California Caviar Company, so decadent, and this particular one is infused with bourbon. And that's how we'll start the day off right.
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October 26, 2011
HA! You are clearly the youngest gal with the most sophisticated tastebuds I have ever met! Me? Breakfast consists of oatmeal & juice! And trout roe? You'd never find such a thing in my pantry!
October 26, 2011
The eggs look so yum! I admit that sometimes breakfast is a Fiber One bar. Sometimes, leftovers from the night before.
October 27, 2011
Hey Kathy – That looks divine! I actually like ikura-rice for breakfast…..
October 27, 2011
yum! definitely need breakfast or I'll be grouchy the whole day :)
October 27, 2011
Hi Stephanie! Haha, thanks! Oatmeal + juice is a classic combo, can't go wrong there ^_^Hi Soos! Leftovers make the best breakfast! Especially if it's a rice or pasta-based dish :)Hi Kirk! Yes!! I was thinking along the same lines…only there wasn't enough time to cook rice! Gotta wake up even earlier I guess heh ;)Hi Kat! Sometimes that happens to me too heheh ^_^


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By Staff Writer | March 5, 2014
New York City-based charter and tour operator Liberty Helicopters has taken delivery of two AS350B2 AStars purchased from Airbus Helicopters Inc. The first went into service in December and the second will enter service by March. Part of a planned fleet upgrade, the two new B2s bring Liberty's fleet to 15 Airbus Helicopters aircraft owned or managed for both tour and charter work. The fleet includes 10 AStars, three AS355 Twin Stars, an AS365 Dauphin and an EC135.
Airbus Helicopters is installing a full assembly line in its Columbus, Miss. Production facility for the AS350 series helicopters, with the first aircraft to be rolled out in the fourth quarter of 2014.


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Giants rally for another win over Arizona
Madison Bumgarner bounced back after giving up two first-inning home runs, and Aubrey Huff continued to swing a hot bat as the Giants rallied for a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
"He looked like he was just overthrowing there early, but he got back in sync and started locating better," manager Bruce Bochy said of Bumgarner. "He just got the ball up there early in the game and paid for it."
Bumgarner gave up a lead-off home run to Chris Young, then gave up another solo shot to Justin Upton two batters later.
But he bounced back to post three scoreless innnings after that. He finished giving up two runs on four hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out six.
Bumgarner might have returned for the fifth inning. But after collecting a single in the top of the fifth, he was replaced by pinch-runner Darren Ford.
Andres Torres followed with an RBI groundout, and then Huff belted a two-run homer to complete a three-run fifth for San Francisco. Huff finished 2 for 4 with two RBI and a run. He's hitting .351 this spring.
Other highlights:
FREDDY SANCHEZ: The second baseman continues to show good pop this spring, going 2 for 4 with his second spring home run.
MIGUEL TEJADA: Tejada went 2 for 4 to lift his spring average to .257.
TRAVIS ISHIKAWA: Ishikawa came off the bench to play left field. He doubled home Emmanuel Burriss ,running for Tejada, with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth.
SERGIO ROMO: The reliever gave up his first spring run when he gave up a game-tying solo home run to Geraldo Parra in the bottom of the eighth.
Coming Wednesday
Tim Lincecum is on the mound as the Giants face the White Sox at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday. The game will be broadcast on MLB Network.