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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by thecrusher956, May 4, 2013.
He's using the new graphene speed mold at the BMW Open at Munich.
cool dude.
He's also using completely new string. Looks like 4G to me.
looks kinda like 4g or pro hurricane tour
Not only the Mold but the Graphene Speed racquet.
So he's finally given up on his Fischers?
Probably needs the money since the Germans sent Cyprus down the toilet.
Hope he can control the power of Head GRaphine. I think it will help his serves. and overall game.
Graphene didn't help the beat down he got from Korolev in R1 at the open. His game looks like it has changed a bit with the new racket, but that's just my opinion.
I'm pretty sure they ran out of blue paint
True, Marcos was constantly looking at his racket after every unforced error. Never seen him going that with the Fischers. Looks like he was playing flatter as well...imho...
You guys are looking into these pictures way too hard.
hes back to blue racket for citi open
Ya, back to the good Fischer.
Some photos from today's match:
Cyprus wasn't the only one...
We all know the main reason why Cyprus went bankrupt was the Baghdatis racquet sponsorship.
I really like the Fischer frame that he is currently using. It is the same frame that Kafelnikov used under different names.
yep i was in string room today at citi open.......they are not fishcer......and he uses gut
LOL. signed in to acknowledge this
If I could buy brandnew fischer-racquets today, i would buy 30 frames and never use anything else in my life.
im wondering where marcos is getting those racquets from?!? and he seems to get a lot of them, as he is destroying them without hesitation.
Any idea what they are?
If not Fischer, can you tell what mold it is?
Dont know what you saw being strung but he was definitely using the old Fischer Vacuum Pro 98 painted blue in his matches.
i guess he gave up in the head speed and went back to his fishcer racket.
well i dont think i am supposed to say.....but you guys are fairly close
Please enlighten us. There is only one mold that blue racquet can be and that is the old Fischer which Pacific currently has the rights to.........
Aww c'mon, I'm sure Homeland Security will make an exception in this case... :twisted::twisted::twisted:
lets just say hes using the same as previous years
Then that would be the Fischer.
The "Tecnifibre" was just a copy of the Fischer
You rocked my world!!!
So you just wanted to to joke around or what?
you guys are hopeless. i already said its not fischer. but you know what, you believe whatever you want. i dont care
So enlighten us poor hopeless folk. You have stringers posting photos on here and you cant tell us?
But I'm still going with Fischer Vacuum Pro 98/Pro No. 1
I wonder if he would by one off of me since they can't be to easy to find nowadays? unless pacific is still making them for him and not sponsoring him
how did you get one
So you got hung-up on the Pacific name which I already talked about?
Pacific still does make the old Fischer Pro No. 1 for the players. I got to hit with one that was made for a certain Italian Professional.
Pacific makes BEAUTIFUL frames!
surely zapvor does know that pacific bought the fischer tennis line. no?!?
he probably gets them unpainted...
lol you guys.
i am in teh string room, and i am chatting with the head stringer. and lets just say we talked about isner and del potro and dimitrov and baggys rackets. now i am not a pro stringer or anything and what other stringers do on here has nothing to do with me. he was nice enough to chat with me and offer some insights that he did not want to leave the room. but you guys of course are all 5.5 blasting 125mph serves and know the difference between 295 grams and 295.4617 grams. its TT. i dont really care.
you are the one who tries to sound smart with your top-secret stuff.
i dont know what bs you believe, i go with the fischer-mold.
The blue stick is his old Fischer mold (now owned by Pacific) that he's been using for years. END OF STORY.
Anyone who says otherwise is either plain out lying, misinformed or just doesn't know anything.
He obviously does not know much about Fischer racquets......
Why would you post about any of this if you didn't care? And the best part is that you posted no information (because you have none), it was all name dropping. Pretty lame.
Tell us about Serena's racquet again.
So I'm not the only one who thinks that Zapvor's full of crap most of the time?
I just don't understand why if Pacific is still making him sticks(I can only assume since they own the molds) why he has to paint them baby blue?
Can they not afford to throw him a few bones? Their Pjs are sweet looking anyway,not much diff than the speeds actually.
^ Pacific is probably afraid of MB breaking rackets faster than Pacific can make them, if the rackets were free to MB, LOL.
You are definitely not the only one
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"I won," Commissioner Terry Gans typed in a text message to his sons.
"What, the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections is reporting you lost by 10 votes?" one son replied.
Gans, though, was right: At 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, he learned in a phone call from Town Clerk Trish Granger he had held onto his Longboat Key Town Commission seat by just 27 votes.
Gans, who refused to go into a party with his fellow commissioners until he learned the results, was sitting in his car in the parking lot of the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort with his wife, Diane, when Granger's phone call came.
The results his son read didn't include the Manatee County portion of the Key, which chose Gans for the seat.
"For a moment, my heart stopped," Gans said. "I texted him back and told him I'm glad he didn't give me that news 10 minutes earlier."
Gans received 50.54% of the vote, or 1,262 votes, compared to challenger Irwin Pastor's 49.46%, or 1,235 votes.
Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioner Phill Younger also kept their commission seats, but they had the luxury of being informed they won by three-digit vote margins. Brown won a third term in the District 4 seat by 301 votes over challenger Larry Grossman. Younger won a second term in his at-large seat by 479 votes over challenger Gene Jaleski.
Brown was the first to receive the news from Granger. After the phone call, he ran back into a second-floor dining room at the Hilton that overlooks the Gulf shouting, "We won 'em all!"
"We couldn't have done this without everyone's support," Brown said. "The voters have spoken."
Younger was so ecstatic about the news that he grabbed his wife, Fanny, and picked her up to celebrate.
"I think this is a very, very good day for Longboat Key," Younger said. "We all worked very hard for this."
Gans, meanwhile, finally made his way into the party after he heard the results.
Just after 7:30 p.m., he walked into cheers from the more than 100 people in attendance who started chanting, "Terry! Terry! Terry!"
Gans immediately broke into a smile and was swarmed by friends and supporters.
"Every vote truly counts," Gans said. "We had to overcome a very hardcore and effective group of challengers. In the end, though, our victories are an endorsement we are on the right path."
Brown and Younger won two more years on the commission, while Gans acquired the one-year partial term left on his seat.
The incumbents urged voters during the election season to allow them to continue working as one cohesive unit with their fellow commissioners.
Now, the winners of Tuesday's election get to help guide the town through an overhaul of its codes and Comprehensive Plan. It's a process they have all stated is their
No. 1 priority moving forward. It's also an effort that will include public input and the help of a code/planning consultant.
They will also get a chance to help Town Manager Dave Bullock work to freeze the Longboat Key Police Department pension plan and oversee a beach renourishment project scheduled to start this summer.
Individually on their to-do lists, Brown has his third and final term left to try and bring a community center project to the forefront; Younger gets to oversee a beach project he formulated that saved the town more than $30 million; and Gans can finish out a term to help oversee the Key's revitalization efforts and plan a roadmap for future terms.
The most contested race this year, both in terms of voter margin and campaign contributions, belonged to the at-large race between Gans and Pastor.
Gans squeaked out victories in both, though, collecting $20,435 in total campaign contributions. Pastor collected $20,395.01 in campaign contributions.
Pastor described the race as a "good, competitive election."
"I think we both took the high road, and I think that's good," he said. "That's what elections are about."
In the other at-large race, Younger overcame Jaleski who tried to regain the same seat he resigned from in 2010.
Younger received 59.66% of the vote, or 1,479 votes, compared to Jaleski's 40.34%, or 1,000 votes.
Jaleski said he thought the election was a "spirited race," but he wished there were more forums to discuss Key issues.
He said he enjoyed running and will stay active in town issues.
"I am an activist and will always be one, and I will continue to serve my community," Jaleski said.
Brown received 56.05% of the vote, or 1,395 votes, compared to Grossman's 43.95%, or 1,094 votes.
Grossman described himself as "neither elated nor deflated."
He said he has only lived on the island for four years and didn't have a base prior to the election.
"The first time you run, you see what kind of support you have," he said. "Now, I know what kind of support I have. Before, I had nothing."
Even though the Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside renovation-and-expansion project is a moot point for the Key at this time, it still was the most contentious campaign issue for the fifth campaign year in a row.
Challengers and Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White blamed the incumbents for voting for the project, which was never built and led to a court ruling that mandates the town's forthcoming code changes.
The incumbents also won despite thousands of dollars that numerous Islandside residents and Islandside Property Owners Coalition supporters contributed to the campaigns of Pastor, Jaleski and Grossman.
"You can't buy Longboat Key," Brown said.
The turnout for Election Day was a bit higher than last year, even though a cold front brought rainy weather for most of the morning that kept polling stations quiet during early-morning hours that are usually bustling with early-bird voters.
This year, 2,509 total votes were cast Key-wide in the municipal election, with 40.06% of the town's 6,263 registered voters casting a ballot. In last year's March election, 2,334 total votes were cast Key-wide, with 37.06% of the town's 6,298 voters casting a ballot.
The town had 917 votes cast on Election Day this year for three races, compared to 852 votes cast on Election Day in 2012 that included just one commission race. In that March 2012 race, Vice Mayor David Brenner won by 90 votes against challenger Ray Rajewski.
During the celebration Tuesday night, Brenner called his race outcome last year and the outcomes of his fellow commissioners this year "a big sign."
"For us, it's confirmation the voters not only like what we have been doing, but are motivated about what we have planned for the future of this Key," he said.
Additional reporting by City Editor Robin Hartill.

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Don't know if it was mentioned. I'm sure everyone noticed that when Kakashi stabbed Rin it was raining, but still, what really kept my attention is that Kakashi is crying! I don't think that is just the rain. I think that Kishi put the rain so we miss this. IMO Kakashi was ordered to kill Rin
I think that "It's because you LET Rin die" can be interpreted in many different ways
I don't think they r Zetsu clones or they r under genjutsu... Obito saw throug Kakashi's eye maybe Rin was a clone but c'mon that is not a good twist!
But still Madara said that he was sure Obito where to came back...
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A reminder to hikers as you return to the deep woods: You are in cougar country.
And even if you never see them, they might be keeping an eye on you. To get you ready for your next excursion into the forest, the Adopt A Stream Foundation and Snohomish County Parks presents "Cougars" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett.
Brian Kertson will lead a lecture on cougar ecology, behavior and management. Learn how to identify cougar signs in the woods and the keys to co-existing with cougars where you live and in their habitat.
Kertson will show several "deep forest" photos and ask people to "find the cougar." The first one to meet the challenge will receive an Adopt A Stream Foundation poster of sockeye salmon.
Kertson has 12 years of experience conducting field-based cougar research in the Cascade Range. His current research examines the potential influences of expanding housing developments on cougar-human interaction in Western Washington.
This show is geared for sixth-graders and older. Call 425 316-8592 to reserve a seat. Fee is $5 for Adopt A Stream members and $7 for nonmembers
For a listing of more events go to www.streamkeeper.org.
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Competing proposals for the Brooklyn rail right-of-way, including possible use for revived freight traffic should a Cross-Harbor freight rail link be built between Brooklyn and New Jersey, could prove problematic. RPA's Zupan, however, noted freight and passenger service could co-exist.
Not surprisingly, critics of the plan Thursday advance bus alternatives as a cheaper and quicker alternative for the route.
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Thursday the Tri-Boro RX plan presents a number of challenges, including funding, but the agency is open to hearing more about the idea. That stance was more welcoming than previous, brusque MTA dismissals of the plan, usually citing cost as the fatal flaw.
The Regional Plan Association, founded in 1922, "aims to improve the New York metropolitan region's economic health, environmental sustainability and quality of life through research, planning and advocacy."


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Rout makes Game 7 reality to Tribe
Carmona chased in third inning as Indians face elimination
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
BOSTON -- Casey Blake sat stoically at his locker in the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park, fiddling aimlessly with his belt buckle and rehashing the events of the previous three hours. A group of reporters descended upon him, and Blake suddenly looked up, shook off the disappointment of what had transpired and uttered what can only be described as the Indians' mission statement, now that Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox is on the horizon. "There's no sense sitting here dwelling on what happened in the past," Blake said. "We've got to have a warrior mentality. We have no future, and we have no past. We've got to just show up and get the job done." That did not happen on Saturday night for the second straight game, a 12-2 loss in Game 6 of the ALCS to even the series at three games apiece. In fact, this one was all but over by the end of the third inning, with Fausto Carmona and reliever Rafael Perez profoundly pummeled by a patient and potent Red Sox offense. But while the Tribe's erstwhile 3-1 advantage is gone, the series is not. With a win in Game 7, the Tribe can still become the first Indians team to reach the World Series in a decade. And just one victory, tonight, keeps alive the dream of becoming the first Indians team to win the World Series since 1948 and snap the longest championship drought in the American League, second only to the Cubs' 99 years (and counting) of futility. The swiftness with which the Sox settled this game at least gave the Indians a head start on the mental preparation for Sunday night's 8:23 p.m. ET affair, in which Jake Westbrook will get the starting nod opposite Daisuke Matsuzaka. The two squared off in Game 3 at Jacobs Field, with Westbrook spinning 6 2/3 innings of nearly flawless ball, while Matsuzaka was unable to escape the fifth inning, as the Indians took a 2-1 lead in the series. So was Game 6 a bummer? Sure. But if told that the Indians would lose three of the four starts by their dynamic duo in this series ... well, simply put, being alive for Sunday's do-or-die scenario certainly beats the alternative. "Hey," manager Eric Wedge said, "it's going to come down to Game 7 [between] the two teams that won more baseball games than anybody in the regular season, two teams that have beat up on each other a little bit over the course of the past week, and that's the way it should be. It's something everybody should look forward to." That's a good mentality, because looking back on this loss and the Game 5 defeat that preceded it does nothing but damage to the psyche. The Indians, for the second straight game, put their faith in one of their 19-game winners. This time, it was Carmona's charge to eliminate the Fenway factor and deliver the type of outing the Indians had come to expect from him all season. Once J.D. Drew's first-inning grand slam cleared the center-field fence, Carmona was hurting. Once the Red Sox began to put together their crippling six-run third inning, Carmona was history.So, too, is what transpired the past two games. Perhaps that's why the clubhouse didn't have the deadened atmosphere one might expect after such a loss. Where defeats are usually accompanied by silent stares and quiet meals, players sat around after this one watching the LSU-Auburn college football game on a big-screen TV. They talked of Game 7 not in hushed tones. Rather, some treated it like just another game on the schedule. "This is a baseball game," catcher Victor Martinez said. "You never know what's going to happen. If we can't get it done, we'll take our suitcases and go home." These are, of course, the same Indians players who packed their bags earlier this season for a home series in Milwaukee. The same Indians who trailed the Tigers by a game in the AL Central standings as recently as Aug. 14, only to go on a late-season roll that earned them an October. The same Indians who persevered through limited off-days while trying to make up an entire snowed-out series with the Mariners, even playing a "home" game at Safeco Field the final week of the season. The same Indians who heard the national talking heads pick them to fall to the vaunted Yankees in the AL Division Series, only to take that series in convincing fashion. They feel like they've seen it all this year and overcome hurdles once thought impossible. "We're extremely happy with where we are and very confident," right fielder Trot Nixon said. "I don't think anybody picked us to be in this position right now. We're fortunate to be where we are." But beyond the philosophical, the Indians also have tangible reasons to believe this series hasn't passed them by. Yes, their dual aces, Carmona and C.C. Sabathia, faltered. But it was Westbrook's solid work in Game 3, in which he allowed just a pair of runs on seven hits, that gave them their series lead in the first place. "We're just looking for [Westbrook] to go out there and give us a chance to win the ballgame," Wedge said. "Jake has pitched some big games for us, and he's aggressive. He knows what he needs to do to be successful. We need him to go out there and pitch his game and give us a chance to win." And if Westbrook struggles, the Indians will have a stacked bullpen at their disposal, beginning with fourth starter Paul Byrd, whose performance in Game 4 of the ALDS and Game 4 of the ALCS resulted in a pair of victories. "It's all hands on deck," Byrd said. "Everybody who is available will be in the bullpen. It will be a big party out there." This ALCS party continues. And the Indians aren't entering its final hour with the awkwardness of an uninvited guest. Game 7? Bring it on. "Whatever happened the last two games has to be water off a duck's back right now," Blake said. "We've had a lot of adversity this year, and we've pulled through as a team. This is an important game, but it's just another game. We've got one more game, and we've got to put everything into it."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he is seeking part of a $3 million federal grant to help identify buried remains at a defunct boys' reform school in the Florida Panhandle.
The Florida Democrat spoke at a news conference Wednesday. The grant money is meant for exhuming bodies and identifying them through DNA.
University of South Florida anthropologists have previously said they found 50 gravesites on the grounds of the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. The anthropologists say additional research will turn up more gravesites.
Former students have alleged that physical and sexual abuse and even wrongful deaths occurred at the school. It opened in 1900 and closed in 2011.
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Dear TRs,
My son is growing (which is good) but that also means that he can reach higher up (which is good as well, but also bad for whatever fragile object he gets his hands on). So I want to move my HTPC/file server/Web server higher up because I got some critical stuff running on there and can't have him bother with that machine. In order to do that, I would really like to shrink the case from what is currently a big and airy Silverstone. But I haven't found the perfect replacement yet, so I thought I'd ask you folks for help.
What's important is that I need 1x2.5" (SSD) and 2x3.5" (redundant storage) bays, no more, no less (meaning no optical drive). The current board is microATX and the CPU an undervolted dual-core Sandy Bridge. I use a picoPSU for silence and efficiency. So I'm looking for the smallest case I can fit that hardware into and cool it silently (full system power at load is < 70W on the outlet). If anybody has an idea, it would be highly appreciated.


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Oceanside's ability to fully develop a 465-acre former sand mine in the heart of the city into a massive public park, sports complex and commercial center may hinge on the public's willingness to help pay for it, city officials say.
"If you want El Corazon and you want all of the recreational facilities, the meandering roads and the infrastructure, somewhere someone needs to pay for it," City Manager Peter Weiss said in an interview last week. "If we as a community are not willing to put some money in it now, we have to lower everybody's expectations and say it's not going to happen for the foreseeable future."
Weiss said he will ask the City Council on Wednesday to allocate $22,000 to update a 2009 study that outlined the costs of public improvements planned for El Corazon and what it would take to pay for them.
He said he will also ask the council to agree in principle to go to the public at a later date with proposals for how to raise the money.
Those proposals could include a temporary sales tax increase or a temporary citywide property tax assessment.
Mayor Jim Wood told the city Economic Development Commission recently that he'd support a temporary sales tax hike to pay for the improvements, but any talk of raising taxes or imposing fees has been opposed by the three-member council majority of Gary Felien, Jerry Kern and Jack Feller.
Felien said Wednesday that he's not familiar with the 2009 study for El Corazon, but that he thought no public money was required to develop the property.
"In terms of any general tax increases or things like that, I don't see that going forward," Felien said. "Generally speaking, I've not been in favor of any tax increases of any kind."
Diane Nygaard of Friends of El Corazon said it's too soon to ask the council to make any commitments on how to pay for public improvements at El Corazon.
"There's any number of ways this could be done," Nygaard said. "If I was sitting in their seats, I don't think I'd be ready to make a decision."
Nygaard said the city first must update it park-impact fees, which are levied on new developments to help fund the cost of creating needed parks and recreational spaces. Oceanside hasn't updated its fees since 1995, she said.
The 2009 study by Willdan Financial Services pegged the cost of public improvements envisioned for El Corazon at $172.4 million.
That included $88.1 million to grade the site;
$13.3 million to provide water and sewer services; $42 million for nine smaller parks within El Corazon; $8 million for a community center; $15 million for an aquatic center; $1.7 million for a skate park; and $528,000 for nature trails.
Part of those costs would be covered by fees that developers pay to build in the area, but the 2009 study said the city would need to come up with an additional $140 million.
"The development fees alone are not going to be enough to build major portions of El Corazon," Weiss said.
Taxes and other revenue generated from commercial development on El Corazon also would be used to help pay for the public improvements, but Weiss said none of those sources would raise enough to fully develop the site.
Oceanside's plan calls for the city to work out partnerships for development of some portions of El Corazon, as it has in its agreement with Sudberry Properties of San Diego to develop 97 acres of the site as soccer fields.
Weiss said the city will continue looking for similar partnerships, but that most companies who might be interested in building at El Corazon would require that roads, utilities and other infrastructure be in place.
"They run baseball fields, they run restaurants. They don't build massive parks," Weiss said. "This is unique in that it's a raw site."


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There are two very distinct sides to the Los Angeles Motor Show.
On the one hand, you have the new Porsche Macan and the Jaguar F-Type Coupe, the new Mini and Mercedes GLA AMG. On the other you have Maria Sharapova, Usain Bolt, a truckload of trucks, and a 500bhp bespoke 'thing' called the Youabian Puma. Welcome to downtown LA.
For every new Audi A3 saloon US model offensive, there's a pink Lamborghini. And a truck. For every new Subaru Legacy Concept and WRX, there's a Fiat 500 with a flared arch bodykit and a roof rack. And some more trucks.
To steer you round the newness and the oddness, here's Top Gear's rough guide to the Los Angeles Motor Show. Warning: contains Sharapova. And trucks.
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A Sinkhole Ate Eight Rare Corvettes This Morning
A sinkhole opened in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum Wednesday morning, swallowing eight rare cars. The hole, which resulted from underground caves, is 40 feet wide and at least 20 feet deep. The room with the sinkhole has been closed, but the rest of the museum remains open for business.


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Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan after eight years in self-imposed exile is being touted by her party as a promise of democracy and a better future for Pakistan. But not everyone is excited about her return.
While a media parade and a massive crowd of supporters met her at the airport, Bhutto was also met with skepticism from a weary public, tired of party politics and the looming threat of instability.
"First of all, I think this is all crap about her supporting democracy, this is all a lie," said S. Akbar Zaidi, a Karachi-based independent economist and social scientist. "I don't think she has any democratic sentiment in her at all." Read full article »
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By Meredith, Pure Matters
Let's face it: After awhile, our routine starts to feel ... well, routine. Our workout routines aren't immune from the plague of boredom -- which is probably why gyms are constantly adding and subtracting new group fitness classes to their lineups. Here are a few of the up-and-coming hot new fitness classes you might start seeing on the lineup at your club.
Zumba Sentao
You've mastered the moves at your regular Zumba class, and you're loving getting your sweat on in class every week ... so why not kick the difficulty up a notch? That's the aim of Sentao, which introduces a chair into the mix. You'll probably bump into it now and then, but the chair also enables you to focus more deeply on your core (think lots of twists) and incorporates more traditional fitness moves like pushups, squats, and lunges. Oh, and your arms better be ready for a workout -- you'll be doing lots and lots of tricep dips.
Best for: Zumba regulars who are ready for another challenge.
Short for metabolic conditioning, METCON classes are high intensity boot camps designed to kick your metabolism into high gear. They're highly scripted (and sort of similar to Tabata,) mixing cardio and strength moves for a set period of time -- typically a minute but shorter or longer depending on the class level. The principles behind METCON originated with CrossFit, with many gyms now adopting and adapting the method -- expect lots of sprints, suicides, box jumps, and squats.
Best for: Boot campers who are bored with jumping jacks.
Aerial Dance
Now popping up in some yoga studios, aerial dance classes aren't for the faint of heart (or those, like me, who are afraid of heights). During class, you'll use a pair of nylon silks connected to the ceiling to lift, twist, and spin -- be prepared to use muscles you've rarely put to work before -- similar to what you've seen from acrobats. The movements, like inversions, foot locks, and foot rollups, are typically taught to newcomers via one-on-one instruction.
Best for: Yogis who daydream of running away and joining the circus.
Blame it on Black Swan: Ballet-inspired workouts are so popular right now, there are no less than five different philosophies offering dancer-inspired fitness classes. The basics are going to be largely the same regardless of the class you take -- expect to use the barre to do low-impact, low-weight exercises at high reps. Your core will ache the next day, as will your arms. (A word of advice -- don't be a hero and grab the heaviest hand weights, start light. You'll feel it the next day regardless.)
Best for: Pilates fans looking for an extra strength boost.
Source: http://blog.purematters.com/fitness/5-trends-in-group-fitness-classes
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with all forcings, both natural and anthropogenic. The thick line shows the instrumental data while the thin lines show the individual model simulations in the ensemble of four members. Note that the data are annual mean values. The model data are only sampled at the locations where there are observations. The changes in sulphate aerosol are calculated interactively, and changes in tropospheric ozone were calculated offline using a chemical transport model. Changes in cloud brightness (the first indirect effect of sulphate aerosols) were calculated by an off line simulation and included in the model. The changes in stratospheric ozone were based on observations. The volcanic and solar forcing were based on published combinations of measured and proxy data. The net anthropogenic forcing at 1990 was 1.0 Wm
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"This all-Strauss disc is one of the best, distinguished by the remarkable collaboration of Gould and soprano Elizabeth Schwarzkopf in the 'Ophelia Lieder,' and the vivid way Gould and Claude Rains makes the Tennyson text come alive in 'Enoch Arden.' The solo piano works were written when Strauss was 16 and were described by Gould as 'minor miracles'."Buffalo News
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DETROIT - The president of the Detroit City Council says he can't afford the mortgage on his condominium and might walk away from the property.
In a statement Friday, Charles Pugh said he, like others in the city, was not immune to financial challenges.
"I knew when I decided to run for office that it would come with many sacrifices, and like other citizens, I would need to make tough personal decisions," he said.
Pugh, the mayor and other council members are trying to get Detroit in better financial shape to prevent a state takeover.
Pugh's full statement:
"This is a difficult time for individuals and families economically in Detroit and throughout the state and I am not immune from these financial challenges. I knew when I decided to run for office that it would come with many sacrifices and like other citizens, I would need to make tough personal decisions. I faced foreclosure near the end of my campaign after having no salary for nearly a year and accepting a pay that is one-third of what I earned working at Fox 2. To the credit of the Wayne County Foreclosure Prevention program, they helped me to renegotiate my mortgage to a lower, more affordable payment from nearly $4,000 per month down to under $3,000 plus association fees. However, immediately after taking office in January 2010, I joined Council in voting to take a 10 percent wage cut bringing my take home pay down to approximately $1900 every two weeks - making my mortgage payments has been a struggle for me since. I fought hard to stay in my condo because I had an attachment to it, but I can no longer afford to do so. I am devoted to this City and helping us to move forward despite wage cuts and personal sacrifices such as foreclosing on my own home. These are the tough choices Detroiters make every day and I am no different."
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It seems somewhat counterintuitive that taking out systems could somehow make an airplane more reliable. But when that system is a failure-prone vacuum pump, and it's replaced by a standby alternator, increased reliability and safety often are the result.
Reliability and safety are exactly what Mike Hall was looking for when he made this transition. More than 20 percent of the roughly 230 hours a year he spends in his 1994 Mooney M20J is at night in instrument conditions in the Northeast. That type of flying would make anyone look for a better way to do business.
When Hall—based at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport in Ithaca, New York—purchased the Mooney in 2000, it was well configured, but more or less stock. Almost from the beginning he began looking for backups to all his systems. He put in a loran receiver to back up the Garmin GNS 530 and VOR navigators, and he installed a Mid-Continent Lifesaver—an electric attitude indicator with a self-contained battery backup—to provide redundancy for his attitude indicator.
That attitude indicator was his first step forward into an all-electric cockpit. The Lifesaver replaced his turn coordinator, an instrument he never liked anyway. "That turn coordinator tended to look like a bird flapping its wings," he said. With that upgrade he had two attitude instruments—one vacuum powered, and one electrically powered. "I felt like I pushed reliability forward," he said. "But the weakest system all along was the alternator."
Quest for redundancy. With that assumption in mind, Hall went on a search for the best and most reliable system he could find. He tried two different brands, neither of which made him happy. He even carried an extra alternator with him in the baggage compartment, so that if he ever got stuck somewhere, he at least would have the part. As time went on, however, he began to get suspicious of all sorts of other potential weak points in the electrical system, including the voltage regulator, the wiring, and all of the other components.
Hall's quest for redundancy became even more critical when he upgraded to a Garmin G500 primary flight and multifunction display. He now had a glass airplane with one primary electrical source. "And this doesn't seem like such a good idea," he said. "Now if I lose the alternator, I'm going to lose a lot more than I did before." So he started to look at a dual electrical system.
Unless the engine has an additional accessory pad and can accept a second alternator, the vacuum system first must be removed, and an alternator is then installed in its place. And this is the tricky part—adding additional systems usually is easier than taking factory systems away. According to Todd Adams, the manager at Lancaster Avionics in Lititz, Pennsylvania, the first place to look is the aircraft's type certificate data sheet. If this document lists the vacuum pump as required equipment, the approval process is more complicated—not impossible, but not easy, either. If the vacuum pump isn't listed, taking it out and replacing it could be as easy as getting the shop to sign off on a Form 337 as a field approval and going on your way.
Unfortunately for Hall, clearly listed in black and white on page 38 of the Mooney's type certificate data sheet are five acceptable vacuum pumps, one of which must be installed, or the aircraft is considered VFR only. Hope seems to come in the form of a note stating that removal of the vacuum pump is possible if an STCed alternative is installed and it meets the applicable regulations. Alas, Hall couldn't find a backup alternator that was STCed for the M20J.
Adams says the easiest road is an STCed system. "In these cases, it doesn't matter what the type certificate says. Look for an STC that will get it done for you."
There are specific steps that must be followed if you want to get rid of your vacuum pump.
Finding help. Knowing the removal wasn't going to be easy, Hall set about trying to find some help. He reached out to the Mooney factory; the folks at B&C Specialty Products, which makes the backup alternator; Weber Aircraft Distributors; and his contacts at the local FSDO. When Hall learned that installing a B&C alternator was technically possible, he then had to figure out how to get the approvals. In this case the factory proved to be a big resource; it was able to provide the drawings and give him the approved data that the FAA could work on for a final sign-off.
Adams says that other owners in Hall's situation probably would have to hire a FAA designated engineering representative (DER) to create approved data that can be used as the basis for a one-time field approval. The last time Lancaster Avionics used a DER to make this happen, it cost $3,500 and took about two months. "Not just any DER will do," Adams said. "I found a really good one and things went smoothly. Trying to find the right guy can get challenging." Hall elected to save the money by doing most of the legwork himself. "He basically handed it to us on a platter," Adams said.
"To do this was not trivial," Hall explained. He has nothing but good things to say about everyone who was involved, but the difference in success came down to three factors.
The first and biggest decision is picking the right shop, he said. Weber, an aircraft dealer and maintenance shop based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, did the vacuum pump removal and backup alternator installation. Hall calls Weber's Dorn Clare a "genius" for figuring out a workaround to deal with the unusual tachometer and its space limitations, and for installing new equipment and wiring in a tight Mooney cowling. He's been going to Weber since he bought the airplane, and it's clear that a good relationship with the shop helped the process. Hall also gives praise to Lancaster Avionics. "They did a phenomenal job. It's better than the OEM," he said. "If you're going to do something like this, going to a top-rated shop is worth it."
Another area that clearly helped Hall was having a good working relationship with the Rochester Flight Standards District Office. He had worked with the office previously on unrelated business, and he said he's found that having a good attitude of partnership and teamwork with the FAA goes a long way toward getting the resolution you want. Ultimately his case had to be sent to the New York Certification Office, but once there it was relatively painless. "The paperwork was easy because I understood clearly what I wanted to do and how I wanted to go about it," he said. "If I had been sloppy, there would have been delays. When I hear complaints about the FAA bureaucracy, I often wonder who is really at fault."
Finally, patience seems to have been a virtue in this case. The entire process took about two years, from the tire-kicking stage to final approval, even though the paperwork was only with the FAA for two months. Hall's patience and willingness to work through the process got him a great panel at less cost. But that's certainly not the route for everyone.
A few options. Adams says you can do as Hall did and save yourself some money, but there are a number of ways to go about getting rid of the airplane's vacuum pump if you're looking for options. Assuming an STC isn't available for a second alternator, you can go the DER route and pay for drawings. If you do that, he advises timing the process so that the two months the DER requires to do the work are completed prior to the install. It's forbidden for a shop to begin altering the airplane beforehand.
If you don't want to go with a second alternator, there are alternatives, depending on the type of equipment the owner is putting in the panel. The FAA has specific guidance on battery backup options, making those a possible—if potentially problematic—option. Those batteries could be self-contained as part of the unit, additional stand-alone backup power, or a number of other options, he says. Regardless of the solution, the installation must act as two independent power sources, as Hall's primary and backup alternator do.
Now two years after the installation, Hall says everything is running perfectly. "I feel hugely better," he says. He loves the panel, and feels confident in the redundancy. "The chances of a complete electrical failure are small. The standby alternator manages itself." He also says he doesn't have any regrets, despite being the first person to go through the process with the New York Certification Office—if not one of the first nationally in an M20J. In fact, the only thing he said he would change at this point is to put in a digital engine management system. That promises to be just a little bit easier than ripping out the vacuum system.
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HOUSTON - In the wake of the deadly shooting massacre in Colorado, the city of Houston has released a video to teach people how to react during a workplace shooting.
It is called "Run. Hide. Fight."
In the nearly five-and-a-half-minute graphic video, an ordinary day at the office takes a horrifying turn when a man in dark clothing and sunglasses decides to go on a deadly shooting spree.
The idea is to teach citizens what do do during an active shooting scene.
"We're not telling them what steps to take, exactly how to respond. We are giving them three suggestions on how they can act should they find themselves in that situation," said Rick Retz of the city of Houston.
The city of Houston Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security produced the informational video. It was funded with $200,000 in federal grants. It was reportedly released early because of last month's shooting in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and dozens of others injured.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of Aurora's tragic shooting, along with their friends, family and community," said Mayor Annise Parker. "I can't imagine the horror and grief. If it is at all possible for any good to come out of it, perhaps it can be letting people know the options to consider if it happens again."
The video can be viewed in English and in Spanish at http://www.readyhoustontx.gov/iWatchHouston/videos.html.
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Some news for everyone who is celebrating a birthday on Facebook today, or possibly forever: will.i.am has dropped a single that give your friends a new option instead of posting the Beatles "Birthday" or Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" yet again.
That might seriously be his intention here. After the Black Eyed Peas inadvertently cornered the bar and bat mitzvah markets with "I Gotta Feeling" and their "l'chaim" shout out, it is totally conceivable that will.i.am is coming after your birthday. World domination is the name of his game and there aren't many better paths to total saturation than birthdays. Everybody's got one and most people love to celebrate it.
The video is a huge feature spot for Cody Wise who sings about turning up and living his fantasy while all the birthday tropes are explored: the hats, the blowers, the presents and, of course, the cake.
As it progresses, director Ben Mor (Britney Spears, Pitbull) takes the video progressively more literal. Wise acts out being hot and getting fanned as he sings the lyric "ooh it's hot" and when will.i.am sings "dolla dolla dolla," three extras are smacked across the face with dollar bills. It's a brilliant troll, and we are all suckers. Happy Birthday.
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Predictable semiconductor cycle ahead?
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Despite the increasingly negative predictions of semiconductor forecasters, predictable change in the semiconductor industry comes from monitoring capital investment.
Despite the increasingly negative predictions of semiconductor forecasters, predictable change in the semiconductor industry comes from monitoring capital investment. From this, we can predict the supply side of the supply/demand balance. Macro-economic factors tend to drive the demand side and these are currently uncertain.
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But there is a big change in semiconductor supply characteristics in progress today and it will have a significant impact (Figure 1 below).
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For the decade from 1998 to 2009, pure play silicon foundries invested a relatively constant amount per year in capital equipment, averaging $6.8B. In 2010, this amount doubled to $14B. It increased again in 2011 to $18.7B. It is forecasted to continue at a high level in 2012 at about $17B. Currently, capacity that is capable of producing these 28nm and 20nm families of technology constitutes about 22% of the total silicon area in production (Figure 2 below).
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Although yield and throughput of 28 and 20nm wafers is still in a relatively early phase, the ramp-up is progressing at least as rapidly as the previous major generation at 40/45nm and 65nm (Figure 3 below).
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As with every semiconductor generation in history, yield and throughput will continue to improve. As this happens, the shortages of today will disappear and foundries will aggressively encourage their customers to execute more designs at the 28 and 20nm generation nodes. While differences in 28 and 20nm processes, such as double patterning, create challenges, the generation of capital equipment is largely compatible with both.
With such a high volume of wafers, the foundry learning curve and the large available capacity will cause increasingly aggressive wafer pricing over time. Fabless semiconductor companies (or fab-lite ones) will be encouraged to re-design older products into the 28nm generation of technology to remain cost competitive, or to add new features. Cost-effective wafers from foundries will encourage totally new designs that would not have been possible at todays wafer cost. This market dynamic is already a foregone conclusion. It means that we are entering a period of significant growth in design activity that should last at least two years.
But what about the inevitable consequences of lower wafer costs on semiconductor average selling prices (ASPs), you may say? Wont the lower wafer costs lead to lower component ASPs? They will indeed. And eventually they can lead to lower end equipment costs and prices, or at least to more capability for the same price.
And once again you may ask, Isnt that what weve historically called a price-driven semiconductor recession? Maybe. But this time is different. Previous price-driven semiconductor recessions have been stimulated first by excess memory capacity. Equipment companies can quickly adjust to this kind of change by doubling the memory in their systems so that, while the memory suppliers may feel some impact, the electronic equipment selling prices remain relatively constant.
In the last two years, however, investment in capacity for memory, both DRAM and FLASH, has been light. Because of pricing pressures, memory producers have been much less aggressive in the capital spending than the silicon foundries.
So, for the first time in history, we are likely to have a semiconductor cycle where memory pricing remains stronger than SoC pricing. Equipment companies will have some challenges taking advantage of this situation since they will need to do redesigns of their systems. Its possible that the market pricing pressure will be delayed until memory capital investment catches up. That could take some time.
Whatever happens, the capital investment already in place assures that the 28nm and 20nm families of technology will be one of the most prolific generations in semiconductor history. Expanded design activity, aggressive yield improvement and other volume-driven efficiencies will stimulate new design and manufacturing innovations. And they will make possible another wave of new applications.
Despite concern about near term demand, semiconductor design innovation in the next two years is destined to accelerate.
Walden Rhines is chairman and CEO of EDA tool vendor Mentor Graphics Corp.


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2012-13 DePauw Theatre Season Opens with Into the Woods
September 18, 2012
In Into the Woods, DePauw Theatre's first production of the 2012-13 season, audiences are met with familiar fairy tale characters like Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Rapunzel. But the musical soon diverges from the common narrative to pose some difficult questions about the meaning of community and how we treat each other. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine and direction by DePauw associate professor of communication and theatre Tim Good, Into the Woods carefully balances the macabre and comic and it negotiates the morals of traditional German folklore. (top photo: Emily Barnash/Witch, Erik Erlandson/Baker, Claire Wilkinson/Baker's Wife)
The production opens Thursday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts. Performances will continue Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, at 7:30 p.m., followed by a matinee performance on Sunday, September 30, at 3 p.m. (photo at left: Elleka Okerstrom/Little Red Riding Hood)
Into the Woods draws its inspiration from Children's and Household Tales, a collection of German fairy tales compiled by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. The Grimm versions, as many are surprised to discover, place a heavier emphasis on violence and sexuality than today's re-tellings, intending to showcase the consequences of characters' actions. By similarly refusing to reduce the themes of a fairy tale to the predictable "good versus evil," Into the Woods demands that audiences constantly reexamine its characters actions and motivations. Every act -- including the morally upright and even the banal -- has unforeseen consequences on all of the characters. Who, for instance, could anticipate that a bean Cinderella carelessly tosses away would produce the beanstalk from which a vengeful Giant will descend? And appearances are not always as they seem. As the Baker tells us in Act II, "Witches can be right, giants can be good."
Premiering on Broadway in 1987, Into the Woods was the winner of several Tony Awards, including Best Score and Best Book, and originally featured critically acclaimed performances by Bernadette Peters (Witch) and Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife). Into the Woodscomes to life on the DePauw University stage through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and cooperation between DePauw's department of communication and theatre and the School of Music. (seen at right: Claire Wilkinson/Baker's Wife, Erik Erlandson/Baker, Joey Leppek/Jack, Emily Barnash/Witch, Emily Smith/Cinderella, Elleka Okerstrom/Little Red Riding Hood)
Supported by a full orchestra, the stirring music of Stephen Sondheim is brought to life to remind us that even though the "woods" are dark and dim, our strength lies in the fact that we all depend on "you, me, her and him."
Tickets for Into the Woods are $3 for students and $6 for adults and are available for purchase at the Green Center for the Performing Arts Center Box Office, which is open Monday-through-Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are available online. Get information by calling (765) 658-4827 or email email@example.com. (bottom image: Emily Smith/Cinderella)Back


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Trinity College dining hall (cafeteria) with tables and chairs arranged in dining style. Overhead lighting fixtures have a futuristic look to them. Undated but may be 1950s. McAuley Hall? Photo #?
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SNOW HILL – If the Route 50 service road design is not changed, it might never happen, a local land use lawyer told the County Commissioners this week, since some of the development to pay for it is impossible with the current alignment.
Attorney Mark Cropper went before the County Commissioners this week to present a proposal on realigning the design of the unbuilt road to allow several area property owners he represents to develop their commercial sites.
Fees from those developers would fund the road, he said. If those landowners cannot develop their properties, there will be no road funding.
With the current alignment of the road essentially parallel to Route 50, some properties crossed by the road are cut in half and rendered unsuitable for development, according to Cropper. On one parcel, the road goes right through the only uplands on the property, which prevents installation of an onsite sewer system.
"If you can't get sewer, you can't develop your property," Cropper said.
Three developers attempted to create development plans on properties crossed by the service road, but realized that the road made it impossible to build, according to Cropper.
Environmental impacts should not be much more than with the current alignment, he said, with wetland impacts increasing from .49 acres to .58 acres, and buffer impacts increasing from .68 acres to 1.01 acres.
Cropper could not say how the area would be affected by traffic on the service road, which depends on what is developed there.
No decisions were made on the realignment Tuesday.
Cropper still has to meet with the Board of Education over concerns on the service road, which would run from Holly Grove Rd. to Seahawk Rd., home to Stephen Decatur High and Middle schools.
The school board staff has some questions over bus access to schools when traffic on Seahawk Rd. increases after the service road is built.
A change in road alignment would be a positive, according to Cropper.
"You will have property owners willing to agree to an alignment you the commissioners will not have to debate with them," Cropper said.
"My concern is getting the traffic into Ocean City," said Commission President Louise Gulyas. "The lights will hold up the traffic and make it much slower."
The commissioners have said in the past that they do not support more lights on Route 50, she said.
"We want as few as possible," Cropper said.
The Board of Education buses do need a controlled signal to get onto Route 50, Cropper said.
Commissioner Virgil Shockley, a bus driver, said he makes right turns at the dangerous Routes 113 and 12 intersection every day without benefit of a traffic signal.
The county has already had a public hearing on the service road alignment, Commissioner Judy Boggs said.
"We've gone through all the formalities. It's decided," Boggs said. "The issues are the same. The public hearing was held…it seems to me it's more of a profitability issue."
Many affected property owners were unaware of previous meetings and unable to participate, Cropper said. The impacts of the road only became clear when owners tried to develop their land.
The money issue affects those who want to develop their land and the county, which wants to build a service road without paying out of pocket for it, Cropper explained.
"It affects the county and the property owners together," he said. "It's not just one sided."
It is the responsibility of property owners to take advantage of public hearings, Boggs said.
Some of the road changes came after the fact, Cropper said. The service road is still in the planning stages and could be changed, he continued.
"Nobody really made a mistake here," said Commissioner Bud Church. "If the developers don't pay for it, the county won't pay for it, and it won't be developed."
Gulyas asked if the Worcester County Planning Commission had looked at the realignment. It has not, Cropper said.
The county also needs to hear from the school board and hold a public hearing on the change sought by the service road area developers, Gulyas said. Tuesday was the first time the commissioners had seen the proposal.
"We'll take your plan under advisement and get back to you," said Gulyas.


text: I spied a fish out of water on East 5th Street this morning. It was a Citroen DS. Lovingly referred to as the 'goddess,' it was first introduced in 1955 at the Paris Motor Show and must have been at least part of Hanna-Barbera's inspiration for The Jetson's which didn't air until 1962. Somehow, this 1972 version has managed to make it a full 41 years after being one of only 38,000 to hit these shores out of 1.5 million produced worldwide in their 20 year run. The DS was incredibly innovative in that it used a full hydraulic system to run everything from the power steering to its clutch.It also sported the hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension system introduced the year before on its big brother, Citroen's Traction Avant. That's why when these babies are parked, they look like someone chopped a foot out at the knees. Don't let that droopy look fool you, though. The Citroen DS took home 1st at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1959 and 1966 as well as a 1962 victory at the 1000 Lakes Rally. Automobile Magazine put it at #5 of the coolest cars of all time and it ranked as the most beautiful car ever by a renowned panel of judges at Classic & Sports Car magazine. This one is pretty banged up, but I've seen it parked around the East Village for a while now. I love its guppy-like design features and how it so seamlessly blends in and contrasts with the turn of the century tenements of Alphabet City. These Citroens were considered to be some of the most luxurious executive cars of the time, so if any of you know who owns this one, please let them know that Jesse and Greg want a ride. Maybe we can muster up a donation for them to take us to the First Annual On The Real Gala we're planning to hold at Donald Trump's mecca of gold and poo on the Fifth of Never! Here's to you, Old Frenchman. We love having you in the neighborhood.


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Contoso Riders Quick App
Hey, what's a couple of years between posts right?
I recently had the opportunity to demo our Contoso Riders Quick App at EnergizeIT in Toronto. A big thanks to Jean-Luc David and Chris Dufour for being such great hosts and for making our Services track a great success!
So you might be asking yourself; "What's a Quick App?"
Quick Apps are projects that showcase the Microsoft Live Platform service offerings and also serve as templates which developers can use as a springboard to base their own projects off of. They are open-source projects release under Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL).
In the case of Contoso Riders, we implemented services and APIs such as:
- Live ID for user authentication
- Live Messenger Presence API and IM Control for Instant Messenging
- Virtual Earth Map Control to display and Virtual Earth Collections for storing map and routing information
- Silverlight Streaming for hosting videos
- Live Spaces Weblogs and the Metaweblog API to store and manage content
- Live Spaces Photo Albums to store photos
You can download the source for Contoso Riders on CodePlex as part of the Windows Live Quick Apps project.


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If there's a sucker born every minute, that person is probably hoping to find a crazy-cheap deal on an iPad or iPhone in the newspaper.
The San Francisco Examiner published an article about Apple's flap with local government over their withdrawal from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment (EPEAT) rating system with a half-page ad selling discount iPads right below it. An ad that was way, way too good to be true.


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This year, the San Jose Earthquakes have partnered with Bay Area Self Storage to ask players one question: What item don't they have room for, but can't live without?
SJEarthquakes.com sat down with goalkeeper Jon Busch to talk about his item of choice: His barbeque.
SJEArthquakes.com: What is your favorite thing to BBQ and Why?
Jon Busch: Usually for me, I like chicken and peppers. I like to put the peppers in aluminum foil and put a little balsamic vinegar or some Paul Newman's on there and barbeque up. It's quite tasty.
SJEQ: What is your favorite marinade?
JB: Balsamic vinegar is my favorite. It's easy and it adds a really good flavor to whatever you are cooking. You can't go wrong with it.
SJEQ: What is the most obscure or weirdest thing you have ever barbequed?
JB: I don't get out of my box too often when it comes to barbequing. Once we grilled up some asparagus, but that was about as obscure or out of my comfort zone as I was willing to go. I am not too adventurous; I like to keep it simple.
SJEQ: What is your preference: Gas or charcoal? What brand do you prefer and for what reason?
JB: I have a propane grill. They are easy to start and there is less time between prepping the food, cooking the food and eating the food. No having to warm up the charcoals or whatever. And my favorite brand is Weber. It's just a good quality grill.
SJEQ: What do you like to do while you bbq?
JB: Usually we barbeque with the neighbors. I'm out there with a beverage of some sort in one hand and my handy spatula in the other.
SJEQ: Do wear a quirky outfit while you BBQ?
JB: No, no quirky outfit. I am not like Chef Ramsay or anything. I have to stay within myself. Can't get too crazy while you're at the grill, don't want anything to get in my way.
SJEQ: What side dishes do you like the most?
JB: We pretty much do anything and everything. Broccoli and corn on the cob are two of the most popular. For me, I love peppers. Whether it's red peppers, yellow peppers or green peppers, the more the merrier. It's usually a safe bet to assume I've got peppers cooking.
SJEQ: Who would you invite to a summer BBQ and why?
JB: Mark Messier, Michael Jordon and Steven Lenhart. Mark Messier because to me he was an amazing leader for so many years and so many teams. He is a legend in the hockey world. Michael because he was the similar thing, but in the basketball world. And Lenny because Lenny makes anything interesting. You could be anywhere at any time and he will make it interesting. He would spice it up that's for sure.
SJEQ: Have you ever had a BBQ mishap or disaster?
JB: Yeah. it was a choice of saving the beverage falling or saving the chicken. I made the split second decision to save the beverage. So unfortunately we didn't have any chicken that night."
SJEQ: Be honest - does your wife enjoy your barbequing?
JB: She does, she is a big fan, a huge fan! She's like me; she is pretty easy going, some chicken, beef, fish or whatever. She knows that I can't get too complicated, so she doesn't make it too complicated on me.
SJEQ: What is your best dish to BBQ?
JB: I would say my steaks or chicken. Those are my go to dishes. It's hard for me to mess either of those two up.
SJEQ: How often do you BBQ?
JB: Unfortunately not at all here because we don't have room for it back at our apartment. But back in the day when we had the house in Columbus, it was every Sunday. Every Sunday afternoon we would have the neighbors over and some of the boys on the team would come over. We would grill out in the afternoon and hang out on the back patio. That's my favorite place to cook. It was every Sunday as long as the weather was good and allowed us too.
SJEQ: How did you learn to barbeque? Are you picking up any tips from the Food Network?
JB: I figured it out as I went. I didn't blow anything up so life was good. The only thing I like to watch is Hell's Kitchen because I like to watch Chef Ramsay yell at people. But I don't really watch any of the Food Network shows.
SJEQ: How do you think you would fare in a BBQ throw down with one of those guys from the Food Network?
JB: No chance. It wouldn't even be close, I would be too focused on what they were cooking and wanting some to worry about what I was trying to cook on my own grill. Those guys are pros when it comes to cooking so I will stick to cooking on my patio for friends and my wife.


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Today we celebrate mothers, but Jennifer Campbell looks forward to another joyous day. Hannah Mae, her beautiful blue-eyed baby, turns 1 on Saturday.
A first birthday is a happy time for all parents. For this Everett family, one candle on a cake is miraculous.
Last Sept. 24, at 4 months old, Hannah Mae had a heart transplant.
The seven-hour surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital came after months of hospitalization, dozens of blood transfusions and several meetings when doctors warned Jonathan and Jennifer Campbell that their daughter might not survive the night.
"Multiple times they said she's not going to make it, but she did," Jennifer Campbell said Friday as she cradled the sleepy girl in her arms.
Insisting that Hannah Mae doesn't need presents, the Campbells have planned an event at their church to help provide lifesaving gifts to others. What the family is calling a "birthday bash-blood drive" will be held 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Everett.
The Puget Sound Blood Center will be there for blood donors. And staff from LifeCenter Northwest will be available with information about organ donation.
"The need for donated organs and tissues continues to be great," said Kevin O'Connor, president and CEO of LifeCenter Northwest. That agency is one of the country's 58 federally designated nonprofit organ procurement organizations. LifeCenter Northwest works with nearly 200 hospitals, serving people in Washington, northern Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
O'Connor said 120,000 people nationwide are now awaiting an organ transplant, 2,000 of them in the Northwest. "Every day, 18 people die for lack of an organ," he said.
Beyond heart, liver or kidney transplants, there is a need for corneas, skin, bone and vessels. O'Connor encourages people to register as organ donors, and to talk with loved ones about it.
For the Campbells, it wasn't until after the transplant that they learned a previous diagnosis wasn't what threatened Hannah Mae's life. Doctors examining the heart that was removed found a very rare condition, diffuse rhabdomyomatosis, a benign tumor in the heart's muscle wall.
Jennifer Campbell said doctors have gone to conferences to talk about Hannah Mae's case, and have told them their baby is the only known survivor of the condition.
In some ways, Hannah Mae is a typical 1-year-old. "She is great at sitting up," her mother said. She is learning to walk holding her parents' hands. She scoots on her bottom, but hasn't learned to crawl or roll over.
There are still challenges. Just last week, she had surgery to put a feeding tube into her stomach. That's because she has trouble swallowing, a result of having had a breathing tube down her throat for a long time. She will learn to eat normally, but can't do it yet.
All her life, she will need anti-rejection drugs. That strong medicine has caused heavier than normal hair growth, her parents said.
In all, the Campbells feel blessed. Hannah Mae is home and thriving with her brothers, 9-year-old Cavan, and Bryce, 7.
Often in their prayers is the 13-month-boy whose heart Hannah Mae received. "We have prayed a lot for Hannah's little angel," Jennifer Campbell said. Last December, the couple got an anonymous letter, through a foundation, from the boy's mother.
It said that the baby died in an accident. The mother asked for brief updates from the two families whose children now have her son's organs. His kidneys were donated to another child.
"My son was a free spirit," the letter said. "He loved to dance with his two big sisters."
The Campbells will be forever thankful for the choice that family made.
The Everett mom can't help but remember last Mother's Day. Hannah Mae was due last May 8. But by Mother's Day 2012, five days past the due date, she had not arrived. It was supposed to be her baptismal day, but instead a very pregnant mom and her husband invited extended family for a cookout.
Later at Seattle Children's, their baby was baptized because they feared she would die.
Next Sunday, with grandparents in town for a first birthday party, there will be an affirmation of Hannah Mae's baptism at Our Savior's Lutheran.
"She's a miracle baby, that's for sure," Jennifer Campbell said.
Julie Muhlstein: 425-339-3460; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Blood drive Friday
Our Savior's Lutheran Church will host a blood drive, with the Puget Sound Blood Center, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday as a celebration of Hannah Mae Campbell's first birthday. There will be food, children's activities and LifeCenter Northwest representatives to talk about organ donation. The church is at 215 W. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett.
To reserve a blood donation time: www.psbc.org/programs/drive.asp?url=3853
Information: www.facebook.com/HopeForHannahMae or www.hannahmaeneedsaheart.com
More about organ donation: www.lcnw.org


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'For all his skills – vision, speed, strength, passing, shooting and scoring – the thing that may be most impressive about Crosby is the nickname is still there. Young players with potential often get an unreachable moniker placed on them. They soon wither. But the next Wayne Gretzky is accomplishing things as if he really is the next Wayne Gretzky.'
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Hello all,
I've been playing around with the experimental lambda branch of GCC, and I'm finding lambdas to be pretty handy to have. Well, that is, unless you are using members of the Qt framework's own template library. Let's take a look at a simple example:
This code results in a bunch of errors. Replacing QMap with std::map makes this work. The errors are along the lines of "no match for call (main()::<lambda>(std::pair<int, std::basic_string<char> >)) (std::basic_string<char>&)Code:#include <iostream> #include <string> #include <algorithm> #include <QMap> using namespace std; int main() { QMap<int,string> my_map; my_map[1] = "test"; my_map[2] = "lolololol"; for_each(my_map.begin(), my_map.end(), [](pair<int, string > test){ std::cout << test.second << "\n"; std::cout << test.first << "\n";}); return 0; }
note: note: candidates are: main()::<lambda>(std::pair<int, std::basic_string<char> >)
This isn't a problem for me, but for others, it might be. So I thought I'd point it out.


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Some competitive runners hoping to improve upon their best-ever finishing times hear time clocks ticking in their heads. Some even dream about busting through the tape at the finish line. Adrienne Ramsey isn't one of those runners. She's a marathoner who first turned to running as a tool for coping with stress and now uses it as way to manage a chronic illness.
Some competitive runners hoping to improve upon their best-ever finishing times hear time clocks ticking in their heads. Some even dream about busting through the tape at the finish line.
Adrienne Ramsey isn't one of those runners. She's a marathoner who first turned to running as a tool for coping with stress and now uses it as way to manage a chronic illness.
"Multiple sclerosis comes in many facets. Mine causes a lot of numbness on the entire left side of my body, especially the hand and foot," Ramsey said Sunday as she sat in a Quincy cafe. "Basically, my coordination on my left side is not there. I have to be careful. I am a little bit clumsier than most."
If you think all 27,000 athletes in today's Boston Marathon are paragons of perfect health, think again.
Ramsey, a 34-year-old Quincy native who lives in Hingham, is one of 112 competitors who are mobility-impaired.
Unlike the paraplegics and amputees who will compete using special wheelchairs, Ramsey uses no aid and outwardly doesn't look like someone fighting a considerable impairment.
"A lot of people have far greater diagnoses than I," she said.
The wildcard for Ramsey is that she never knows how her disease will manifest itself. It's unpredictable.
"I don't know if my body's going to cooperate that day," she said. "It's relapsing, remitting. I don't have progressive MS."
First diagnosed in 2007, Ramsey has gone on to run in five Boston Marathons. Today will be her sixth.
On Sunday, she was fighting off a cold, further taxing a body that already has an autoimmune disease.
To Ramsey, running is about anchoring herself in the present. Her main reason for electing to run 26 miles is that she has the ability to do it now.
"My MS is a ticking time bomb," she said. "There may be a day when it gets really bad and I won't be able to run. It's a huge privilege to be able to run it."
With that attitude, Ramsey isn't racing a clock.
"I don't get all wrapped up in the times," she said.
The goal is to finish.
Ramsey began running the streets of Quincy as a 23-year-old who was worried about her boyfriend, an Army soldier just deployed to Afghanistan. He came home and they got married.
But Ramsey was already hooked and kept running, then racing.
"How could I not like running?" she said.
Now she believes that pounding out the miles from her Hingham doorstep helps control her disease.
"Exercise cuts down on inflammation. My doctor agrees with me," she said. "It's become a key to managing my MS."
More than that, Ramsey thrills to the pageantry of the Boston Marathon.
"People come from all over the world," she said. "There's nothing like that morning when you see the international teams parading through, for instance, with a Japanese flag."
Ramsey's two children – a 2-year-old and a 9-month-old – are too young to cheer her along the course. But she does think of them.
"They'll watch how I act, how I react to setbacks, and do I follow my dreams?" she said.
Today Ramsey is dreaming of the last few miles of the marathon – clearing Heartbreak Hill in Newton and then slogging down Beacon Street in Brookline.
"You come into Audubon Circle," she said. "You see the Citgo sign and you think to yourself: 'I've got this. I'm almost there.'"
Chris Burrell is at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow on Twitter @Burrell_Ledger.
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Clarkson University Sustainable Energy Research Receives First Prize at National Meeting
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A technical poster on electrochemical supercapacitors, reported by three graduate students and three faculty members from the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Physics departments of Clarkson University, received first place at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) last semester.
The work, presented as a poster titled "Electrochemical Supercapacitors Based on Polymerizable Ionic Liquids," was authored by Clarkson Professors Ruth Baltus, Sitaraman Krishnan, and Dipankar Roy, in collaboration with graduate students Joshua Close, Surya Moganty and Pubudu Goonetilleke.
The poster received first place among 161 (national and international) posters presented at a technical session of the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division.
Surya Moganty, the primary author of the award-winning poster, is a doctoral student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department, working under the supervision of Prof. Ruth Baltus, department chair. Joshua Close is a master's student in the same department, working with Baltus. Sitaraman Krishnan is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Pubudu Goonetilleke recently received his Ph.D. in physics under the supervision of Dipankar Roy, professor of physics. Goonetilleke has joined the Intel Corporation as a process engineer.
The work is part of Clarkson University's ongoing research efforts involving novel materials and techniques for sustainable energy storage and conversion.
Electrochemical supercapacitors are efficient systems for the storage and delivery of electrical energy, and they can function in complementary/hybrid modes with certain batteries, such as lithium ion rechargeable batteries.
The Clarkson researchers are developing and characterizing novel materials for advanced supercapacitors that will have high energy-storage capacities, strong resistance against decomposition, as well as a wide range of operational temperatures.
Ionic liquids are low melting organic salts that are liquid at room temperature. The Clarkson team has polymerized these liquids in the presence of carbon nanotubes and is investigating these polymer films for supercapacitor electrolytes.
When sandwiched between thin metal electrodes, these materials can provide small, light-weight supercapacitors that also have rather high charge-storage capabilities. In this compact configuration, the mechanical stability of the device improves, and other problems (such as leakage of electrolytes) associated with liquid-based capacitors are avoided.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: A technical poster on electrochemical supercapacitors, reported by three graduate students and three faculty members from the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Physics departments of Clarkson University, received first place at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) last semester. Left to right: Prof. Dipankar Roy, Prof. Ruth Baltus and doctoral student Surya Moganty, primary author of the award-winning poster.