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What specifies the most effective traveler bikes? Specifying "ideal" is entirely family member, so considering the needs of a traveler; we thought of the complying with Schitz Popinov.
1 – They fit
Nobody prefers to be visiting as well as from deal with any type of tension or stress, or perhaps discomfort in their physical body. Component of this is to using placement, however discovering an accordingly comfy bike for your commute is essential.
2 – They're Cost effective
Reaching and also from operate should not gnaw at your revenue. Biking needs to be less expensive general compared to anything. Also including biking on a little component of your quest could aid reduce the expense of travelling as compared to public transportation or driving.
3 – They fast
Biking overall has to have the ability to match or minimize the moment it require to commute to as well as from job. Bikes could usually take a trip with website traffic fairly effortlessly, sustain a high typical rate and also take much shorter, a lot more straight courses (if you recognize your faster ways well), yet the most effective traveler bikes need to be quickly.
4 – They DON'T need a shower at the various other end!
There is an option which covers all these factors. The very best traveler bikes are electrical bikes. Electric bikes showcase a little battery and also electric motor which gives support to you as you pedal or supplies "power on need" to provide you that essential improvement.
In recap, the most effective traveler bikes are collapsible and also electrical considering that they're quicker, a lot more economical and also you do not require a shower after biking to function.
On bicyclists "sweaty match disorder" Schitz Popinov travelers passing by electrical bike do not need to shower and also adjustment after reaching function. The pedal-assist or "huge red power switch" suggests you could do as little (or as much) job as you such as. Even more over, the wind-chill result from biking at a greater rate will certainly aid maintain you cool down much easier.
Whether you intend to easily navigate throughout a city, or reduce the expense of your commute, or perhaps obtain much healthier – electrical bikes are without a doubt the very best means.
In order to fold up as tiny as feasible, folding electrical bikes have a tendency to have smaller sized wheels which do not take as kindly to an off-road transmitting as a hill bike. If you're quest does include taking a trip on filth a whole lot, a folding bike could not be one of the most ideal, despite having an electrical motor to Schitz Popinov assist you along.
If you do not require to fold up your bike typically to obtain it on a train or in the workplace, or if you have a lot more gas mileage to cover that could be a little harder with smaller sized wheels, a devoted roadway bike could be a lot more up your road.
The scourge of a bicyclist that commutes is the "sweaty match disorder". Put simply, it suggests you need to have a shower, or at the very least obtain transformed after you get to job. This makes rationale of conserving time on your trip rather meaningless, as well as companies "depression" over needing to offer shower centers.
… As well as did you understand that electrical bike workout is most likely to assist you come to be fitter compared to typical biking?
On the topic of bicyclists "sweaty fit disorder" travelers taking a trip by electrical bike do not have to shower as well as adjustment after obtaining to function. Electric bikes music DJ are additionally a lot a lot more inexpensive each day, mile or any type of various other statistics you might potentially contrast them with compared to public transportation or driving. Bicyclists are able to take much shorter, much more straight paths to function – however specifically around roadways and also hectic joints, an electrical motor could make all the distinction in obtaining away from the increasing web traffic.
The ideal traveler bikes are electrical bikes. Electric bikes include a tiny battery as well as electric motor which supplies support to you as you pedal or offers "power on need" to offer you that all crucial improvement.
Electric bikes are likewise a lot more inexpensive daily, mile or other statistics you can potentially contrast them with compared to public transportation or driving. Not just are they far more inexpensive however they're likewise quicker. Bicyclists have the ability to take much shorter, a lot more straight courses to function – yet especially around roadways and also hectic joints, an electrical motor could make all the distinction in escaping the speeding up website traffic.
Like "standard" bikes, electrical powered bikes can be found in numerous different kinds, each with varying benefits. The very best electrical bikes for travelling are folding electrical bikes considering that they could small down right into a rucksack or bag so you could conveniently lug them on a train, or a bus – also in the workplace (so no concerns of your bike being nicked outside) as well as could be made all set to use in as couple of as 15 secs on some versions.


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That's the way it appears to me. I can see altering the xmit freq from the ISS to suit the area covered, but on semi-duplex usage, what 's the point of splitting the t/r freqs? Not that it makes any real difference in the long range of things, as long as we know what it is. This would make a real difference if it was full duplex. I 'spose that if there are a lot of satellite ops in your immediate area that aren't set up correctly, it might make a difference in your recieve ability. Larry On Friday, December 26, 2003, at 08:48 AM, Christensen, Eric wrote: > Yeah, but it isn't full duplex. When it is transmitting, it isn't > listening > on the up freq. So it might as well have been a collision because the > radio > didn't hear it. > > 73s, > Eric KF4OTN > At 02:31 AM 26/12/2003, Christensen, Eric wrote: >> Why go with the frequency pair? I am hoping for more time on the >> digipeater >> (-4) and I think the duplex is just added "stuff" to have to deal >> with. Is >> there a bonus for having the split? >> >> Eric KF4OTN > > Cuts the traffic (and hence the probability of colliding packets) > in > half. I would think the "hidden transmitter syndrome" is greatly > enhanced > when trying to work a moving target with just a 12-15 minute window. > Split > operation helps this. > > 73/DX Paul VE1DX (QSL via VE1YX) ________________________________________________________ Larry Faehling Amateur Radio KL7IBV in Wisconsin Wondering about Wisconsin weather? Visit http://www.frontiernet.net/~lfaehl/weather.htm Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to email@example.com
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Thayer: Gov. Beshear "has broken the law," Jack Conway is a "complicit partner"
GEORGETOWN — Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer is known for his ability to stir the pot when it comes to partisan politics.
Thayer, R-Georgetown, is doing just that in the gubernatorial election by connecting Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jack Conway, the state's attorney general, to an imbalance in university board appointments in the state which has landed a previous Republican governor in court.
"The for sale sign is up" in the executive branch, Thayer said, pointing to reporting done by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and Louisville Courier-Journal showing university boards around the state are out-of-whack with the partisan makeup of the state.
Because of the political disparity in university board appointments, which also landed former Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher in hot water during his term, Thayer said it's time to clean house in the executive branch, adding that the current attorney general should be suing Beshear.
In 2007, then-Attorney General Greg Stumbo filed suit against Fletcher for the partisan makeup of university boards.
"I believe that the governor has broken the law. The statute is clear that when it comes to board appointments for our universities that it must reflect the partisan makeup of the two major parties" Thayer told Pure Politics. (6:19) "The Democrats only represent 52 percent of registered voters in Kentucky yet if you look at the appointments to the U of L, UK and KCTCS boards, the Democrats represented on there make up 70 to over 80 percent of the board appointments. That is against the law.
"And Jack Conway is a complicit partner," Thayer continued. "As Attorney General he should be suing the governor to get him to correct the overly hyper partisan appointments to the university boards. And he's not doing it. And it's exact proof of why Jack Conway is not fit to be our next governor."
Allison Martin, spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, told Pure Politics that the "matter is under review, and it is the policy of the Office of the Attorney General to refrain from commenting on pending matters."
Terry Sebastian, the governor's communications director, said Beshear looks at a list of qualified names first provided by the Postsecondary Education's Nominating Committee, when making board appointments.
"(T)he Governor looks for experience, relevant subject matter expertise and a host of other factors to ensure qualified representatives on the university boards," Sebastian said in a statement. "The process does go through cycles where board members' terms expire at staggered times and new appointees are needed at different times, but the Governor makes every effort to meet all of the different factors that are in the statutes –- geography, race, gender and political party.
"While any one time there may be a board whose membership is off balance somewhere, the Governor does his best to fulfill the intention of the statutes when appointing members."
With Conway unlikely to bring a lawsuit against Beshear, Thayer told Pure Politics that suit could still be brought from outside of Frankfort — though he does not know of anyone currently working on that case.
Thayer continued his attack on Conway in the interview, saying his decision not to pursue legal action against Beshear wasn't the first time he's "abdicated his responsibilities," pointing to Conway's March 4, 2014, announcement that he would not appeal U.S. District Court Judge John G. Heyburn's ruling striking down Kentucky's ban on same-sex marriage.
On the campaign trail Conway has said he was within the boundaries of his job as attorney general to choose which lawsuits to pursue. Furthermore, Conway told reporters that he didn't appeal Heyburn's ruling because he though thought the law would be found unconstitutional.
"So Jack Conway has a crystal ball? He was able to predict how the Supreme Court would rule? … I throw the flag on that," Thayer said in the interview. "I call foul. Fifteen-yard penalty, disqualification from being able to hold the office of Governor."
In the interview, Thayer said the Republican Party is uniting behind their nominee Matt Bevin, and the state Senate Republican leadership team, of which Thayer is a member, has been coaching Bevin in the general election.
"Matt almost immediately after the primary reached out to Senate Republican leadership and we've had several meetings and conference calls with him, talking about how to help him win the race," Thayer said.
"We talk about everything," Thayer said of the phone calls. "We talk about scheduling. We talk about policy. We talk about what we can do to help him win. He has been very collaborative, and I think people should know that."
Bevin is reaching out to "everyone" Thayer said, but at least one conservative columnist, WDRB's John David Dyche, is not a fan. Recently Dyche penned a column linking Bevin and controversial presidential GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
"Bevin and Trump are –- how shall I say this politely? -– abrasive. Maybe confrontational. Perhaps pugnacious is a better word. You know what I mean so supply your own adjective," Dyche wrote.
Thayer, who said he likes Dyche, said he has been "a little hard on Matt."
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[All images by Billy Farrell for PMc] The Plaza Hotel really has gone to the dogs, hasn't it? Katherine Heigl and Isaac Mizrahi were joined by Philly the Dog at ASPCA's Bergh Ball last night at last night's ASPCA Bergh Ball.
The event was a black tie affair; even the dogs were dressed in their best. The women wore long gowns, and the men looked dapper in their bow-ties, and tuxes. Steve Tanger added a little flair with a plaid waist band.
Guests enjoyed dinner and champagne as Ed Sayres, the President of the ASPCA, spoke about the program. On the dinner tables were paper masks of dog and cat faces, which everyone had fun posing with. The rest of the evening was spent dancing, and enjoying the night.
Katherine Heigl was honored with the President's Award, a welcome boost to her much maligned public image.
Joining Heigl were model Maggie Rizer, Anisha Lakhani, Alexandra Lind Rose, Somers Farkas, Liliana Cavendish, and Katherine's mom.
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Alum Discovers Global Perspectives in Medicine
"Eastern medicine is very much centered around yin and yang; the concept of balance," says Catholic University graduate Timmy Le. He discovered a different sort of balance when he participated in a one-month volunteer program at the National Hospital of Acupuncture in Hanoi, Vietnam: the balance of cultures within medicine.
Le, who graduated from CUA just last year with a BS in Biochemistry, participated in an initiative last summer run through the organization Projects Abroad, an international program which provides volunteers for project sites around the world. He traveled to Vietnam, where he was placed in the pediatric cerebral palsy department at the acupuncture hospital.
While working in the program, Le learned the concepts and methods of Eastern medicine, which revolve around the idea of internal balance and view illness as a disturbance of the systems within our bodies.
While becoming acquainted with unfamiliar medicinal procedures, Le also learned the value of understanding the variety of approaches to medicine around the globe. "I think it's vital for medicine to understand that different cultures have different ideas of normal," said Le.
Serving as a volunteer increased the value of his experience, said Le. "I got to learn the stories of the kids I was working with," Le said. "When you volunteer you're not operating from a paycheck-to-paycheck mentality; you're really focused on what you're doing and the lives you're changing."
When asked if he would recommend this program to other students, Le nodded vigorously. "Everyone was so welcoming. It was such an amazing experience — you're able to do so much with relatively little money and little time."
Le was born with spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that affects motor control in the patient's legs. Having this personal experience with the condition helped him when working with patients in Vietnam and enabled him to bring personal recommendations and credibility to the discussions he had with families about treatment plans. "I feel that I can help patients not just with my medical knowledge, but with my life experience," said Le.
His condition has also inspired him in his pursuit of a career as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, he said. Le notes that when he was undergoing treatment as a child, the role of a doctor was almost synonymous with that of a superhero. He also found encouragement from the example of his peers in the waiting room.
Upon encountering other kids with conditions similar to his in the hospital waiting room, Le recalled turning to his mother and declaring: "I don't want to be a Power Ranger anymore; I want to be a doctor!"
Le, the son of first-generation immigrants from Vietnam, was strongly influenced by the culture and language of his household in Springfield, MA. Le discovered and selected the Projects Abroad program in Vietnam through his own initiative, inspired by his family's traditional roots and the chance to immerse himself in Vietnamese culture while studying medicine.
His experience in Vietnam provided him with additional insight into a family's perspective of having a child with cerebral palsy. Le said his personal experiences as well as his knowledge of the Vietnamese language were very helpful in building faster, more trusting relationships with patients and their families at the acupuncture hospital during a very difficult time for them. "The most important lessons I learned were the ones taught to me by my patients," he said. "Their stories were the most valuable part of this experience."
Le said he is confident that his time in this program will greatly benefit his future career in medicine as well as his own personal outlook. "This experience forced me to look beyond the Western culture I was used to and to see things from a different cultural perspective. I was able to learn how culture truly shapes medicine."
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Favorite class while at CUA: Biochemistry
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A HeatMaster outdoor wood burning furnace provides lower energy and utility costs, increased health and safety, and multiple heating applications, and it is better for the environment. Because the furnace uses an all-natural wood fuel, owners do not need to purchase nonrenewable fossil fuels continually.
Reducing the need to purchase fossil fuels reduces owners' overall energy consumption costs. This cost saving is in addition to reducing environmentally detrimental carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels.
The placement of the furnace outside of the dwelling also makes it safer. The owner does not have to worry about risks that are generally associated with indoor fired heating systems, such as chimney fires, carbon monoxide poisoning or oxygen depletion. Because the furnace is outside, the owner doesn't have to deal with smoke, ashes, odor, soot buildup or air-quality complications within the dwelling either.
HeatMaster's outdoor furnaces are versatile enough to handle a number of heating applications at once, such as homes, barns, garages, hot-water reservoirs and pools. The furnace is compatible with most heating systems, so owners do not need to replace old systems to accommodate the furnace. All of the HeatMaster outdoor wood furnaces also come with a lifelong workmanship and corrosion warranty.


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When you are away from home, do you really know what is going on? I have recently captured these events and I must say it is a bit disconcerting. I didn't know they could even read.
All I can say is... don't take your safety for granted! No one wants to think their "Pretty Little Kitty" could be involved in some nefarious plot against humanity, but Your little Fur Puff could even be a Ring Leader! Check your computer for odd activity, and when you are away, it might not hurt to unplug all computers. After all, it is hard to pug a cord into a socket when you don't have thumbs.
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Disciples of Christ
As Christians, we are called to be Disciples of Christ, and the cost of this discipleship is everything. This will require giving up things in your life that are taking away from your relationship with Christ. This will require you to say no to temptations and things of this world. The Bible talks about the cost of following Christ in detail. We are told in Luke 9:23 (in reference to Jesus) "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." You will face trials, loneliness and suffering but the reward far outweighs the trials, loneliness or suffering you will face during this earthly life. Are you looking to grow across the course of a lifetime into a more prayerful, mature disciple of Christ? Here are six ways to balance life and discipleship, inspired by the book "Living in the Sacred" by Ronald Rolheiser.


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One Month into the Centurion Method
Something I really like about this program is that I feel more "solid." It's not the same kind of feeling from lifting weights or body weight exercises, exactly. While I do feel stronger in some ways, there is an element of toughness involved in the training. That never-say-die attitude that drives you forward in the workouts becomes evident in your body within a month's time. I'm not sure what else is ahead, but I'm looking forward to seeing what it will be like.
On a side note, I am mindful of overtraining and the possibility of injury, for a few of the participants in the January release of the program have experienced some injuries to date. I am not entirely certain if this is due to the Centurion Method and repetitive use injuries or if it is merely something that is unrelated.
I've also determined some anime/manga that would be good pairings with the Centurion Method. I'll be making a post about that soon.
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Jammu, February 29: In a case solved after 5-years, Miran Sahib police has arrested a nephew accused of killing his aunt.
The case belongs to the murder of a lady identified as Neelam Devi alias Leela Devi. She was the resident of village Langotian located in Miran Sahib and was admitted in the Sub District Hospital, RS Pura on June 14, 2011. She was brought there in critical condition by Vicky, son of Baldev Raj, a resident of Village Makhyal Kanachak. The boy told her family members that the woman met with an accident.
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The lady was later shifted to Government Medical Hospital at Bakshi Nagar for advance treatment. However, the police failed to record any statement and she died on June 19.
The police started investigation vide DDR.No. 17 dated 19-6-2011 since the injuries were suspicious. During the course of investigation, the police came to know that one of her nephews, Manga Ram, had escaped the city without informing anybody. Police investigated more and found out that the deceased lady had illicit relations with Manga Ram. Her medical report also said that the injuries caused to the lady were due to assault and not by accident.
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Police finally completed the investigation and registered a case under FIR Number 36/16 under Section 302 RPC against the accused Manga Ram and arrested him. The accused also broke down and accepted to commit the crime during interrogation by police.
The man gave a statement that he had developed illicit relation with his deceased aunt but then he found out that the lady had similar relationship with other man too and he had caught both of them together during the intervening night of June 13 and 14. This made him furious and he finally killed her on the morning on June 14.
The man went to her aunt's house that morning took her with him in his Tata Winger bearing registration number JKO2AH-8354 with the assurance that he will discuss the matter somewhere else and at a secluded place on Langotian-Khour Road, Miran Sahib. When he reached such place, she started beating the deceased lady with fists, blows and hit her head with an iron rod number of times. He also hit her with the vehicle. Once the lady got unconscious, he took her to the hospital there he told the relatives that she met with an accident.
The case was solved by SHO Police Station Miran Sahib with the assistance of SI Hilal Azhar under the supervision of SDPO RS Pura Harjeet Singh, SP Headquarters RC Kotwal and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand.


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In 1937, playwrights George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart won a Pulitzer Prize for their zany farce ''You Can't Take It With You.'' Henry Travers and Josephine Hull starred.
In 1938 it was done as a movie starring Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington, with Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Ann Miller, and Mischa Auer thrown in for good measure.
It has been constantly done by regional resident acting companies and has been revived On and Off Broadway several times.
In 1979, it was done on CBS with Art Carney and Jean Stapleton.
Last year, the play was once again revived on Broadway, starring Jason Robards, Elizabeth Wilson, George Rose and Colleen Dewhurst - to ecstatic reviews. It was videotaped on the stage of the Royale Theatre in New York, and now it comes to television's ''Great Performances'': You Can't Take It With You (PBS, Friday, Nov. 16, 9-11 p.m.).
''YCTIWY'' may be an old play - but it has very young ideas. In a series of hilarious turns, the play focuses on a cast of Characters with a capital C. They are proud of themselves in all their offbeat wackiness, unselfconscious idiosyncrasies, fey behavior. There are mainly older people with young ideas and younger people with old ideas. If there is a single theme, it is ''Be Thyself.'' Or perhaps: ''Eccentricities are in the eye of the beholder.''
Directed for the stage with verve and constantly erupting hilarity by Ellis Raab, the producers were wise enough to summon TV director Kirk Browning to restage it for television. He has managed to retain the theatrical ensemble feel , despite the fact that the small screen makes it impossible to permit all the widely varied activities to appear on camera simultaneously. That isolation of individual performaces was the major problem with the previous TV production directed by Paul Bogart, which one critic described as ''ten schticks in search of a farce'' (yes, it was I).
The madcap story line doesn't need retelling, because it doesn't really matter - after all, this is a play about the amazing variety in the human spectrum. Outstanding among the performers are George Rose as the balletmaster Kolenkhov, Colleen Dewhurst as Grand Duchess Olga, Rosetta Lenoire as Rheba, and , of course, Jason Robards as Grandpa Vanderhof. Only Carol Andronsky, as the constantly twirling Essie, seems a bit miscast - she seems almost as old as her mother, the youthful-looking Elizabeth Wilson.
Although there is a constant flow of hilarity, some of it contemporary and some amusing because of its dated quality, ''You Can't Take It With You'' is basically a timeless comedy of manners. The only kind of manners that count: acceptance of other human beings as they are.


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Renita Jablonski: At the New York Stock Exchange this morning, a moment of silence will be observed before the opening bell as Wall Street marks the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After that day, major Wall Street firms moved their offices away from lower Manhattan. Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson looks at impact of those moves seven years later.
Jeremy Hobson: Since 9/11, Wall Street firms have moved thousands of employees to mid-town Manhattan, Jersey City and beyond. John Boyd helps relocate Fortune 500 companies. He says the No. 1 advantage of a move away from Wall Street is the bottom line.
John Boyd: A close-in move to Jersey City would reduce operating costs substantially. And a more remote move could result in an operating cost savings in the 30 to 40 percent range.
Boyd says his modeling shows a company in Manhattan with 75 employees costs about $21 million a year to run. The same company could cut its costs in half by moving to, say, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. And Boyd says even if firms stay headquartered in New York, having a number of locations doesn't hurt.
Boyd: Companies are factoring in both man-made risks and natural disasters.
He says one downside to leaving Manhattan is that it's harder to recruit experienced financial services employees elsewhere.
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Anyone who has followed Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) over the past few years knows the company has had its fair share of struggles, the biggest of which was digesting its $2 billion acquisition of rival pharmacy Eckerd.
Trouble integrating Eckerd's stores and managing the debt taken on to finance the 2008 deal caused a string of painful money-losing years that resulted in Rite Aid's shares sinking below $1 in 2010.
However, thanks to an aggressive plan to close stores and restructure debt, Rite Aid is back in the black. And after years of sitting on its hands while competitors CVS (NYSE:CVS) and Walgreen (NASDAQ:WBA) have branched more deeply into the health-care supply chain, Rite Aid is finally able to start committing to growth again.
Rite Aid inked a deal earlier this month to buy RediClinic, a Texas chain of retail health-care clinics. Since that deal kick-starts Rite Aid's retail clinic business, let's take a closer look at what the acquisition may mean for investors.
Chasing the leaders
CVS and Walgreen pioneered the pharmacy retail clinic concept, launching hundreds of clinics within their stores over the past few years. While both have made big inroads into this emerging care solution, CVS is the dominant player.
CVS operates more than 800 MinuteClinic retail sites nationwide, including 74 new clinics opened in the fourth quarter alone. As a result, CVS' MinuteClinic sales grew more than 10% in the last three months of 2013 despite tough comparisons from the prior year tied to a particularly busy flu season.
Those MinuteClinics are winning business away from primary care doctors and emergency rooms by targeting easy-to-address services such as flu shots, immunizations, blood pressure testing, and, more recently, care for chronic disease.
The combination of convenience -- clinics mirror the hours of the stores -- and pricing is being embraced by payers eager to avoid expenses tied to high-cost health care. As a result, about 85% of CVS MinuteClinic total sales last year were paid by employers and health insurance, rather than paid directly by patients.
Since health care payers are increasingly recommending retail clinics as a viable alternative for members, CVS and Walgreen, which operates 400 clinics and plans to open 100 more this year, are benefiting from a new revenue stream and from increased foot traffic that is boosting prescription volume and front-end sales.
Rite Aid's RediClinic strategy
CVS and Walgreen may have a head start, but that doesn't mean Rite Aid can't steal away market share. Especially if the company can leverage the RediClinic brand across multiple retailers.
Currently, all 30 RediClinics are found in H.E.B. grocery stores in Texas. In fact, Rite Aid doesn't now operate stores in the state.
That suggests that Rite Aid has two opportunities to grow RediClinic. It can launch clinics in its own stores -- it plans to open 70 new RediClinics in the next year and a half -- or it can roll them out at regional grocers using the store-in-store concept.
Since Rite Aid doesn't operate stores in key retirement markets such as Texas and Florida, the ability to scale RediClinic as a stand-alone brand in those markets could be critical to the company's long-term growth plans.
According to Rite Aid's fiscal fourth-quarter conference call, the company is open to pursuing both options.
"The real opportunity with RediClinic is to, I think, one, bring it to Rite Aid stores, and two, to continue to support their business like they've done with their very good partner down in Texas," said CEO John Standley.
Fool-worthy final thoughts
CVS expects to operate more than 1,500 MinuteClinics in 35 states by 2017, while Walgreen's deep pockets and huge store footprint should mean that it will continue to grow over the next few years, too. That means Rite Aid has a lot of work to catch up, but it also means that there's still plenty of room to grow.
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Pamela was one of the youngest people elected to serve on the Malibu City Council in 2004, and was re-elected in 2008. She has served Malibu as the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem and is currently a City Councilmember. During her tenure, the City of Malibu has made protecting and preserving the environment a priority. Malibu purchased Legacy Park in the heart of Malibu which will help clean the ocean, built a stormwater treatment facility, and banned both smoking on the beach and plastic bags in Malibu. She is determined to insure the City helps build a wastewater treatment facility which will help address pollution concerns in the Civic Center area. In addition, Malibu defeated a proposed Liquefied Natural Gas terminal off the precious Coast. The City also recently purchased its first City Hall and will begin a $4million Library Renewal Project. Despite all these improvements, Pamela is grateful the City of Malibu has managed to maintain a $9 million rainy day fund.
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The day after the fight with the creatures in the ice cave Mercutio appeared in the common room. This was their last morning meal before leaving for the lair of the silver dragon.
"You look troubled," noted Beren, handing him a plate with a chunk of bread and a large wedge of fragrant cheese.
"I had the most peculiar dream," the psion said taking a seat. He nodded thanks for the offered food.
"What was it about?" Beren asked, not really interested in finding out about the dream itself. However, he was still curious about this person and wanted to know as much as he could about his motives and possible affiliations.
"I was stuck in a perilous dark void," he said, his face gaining a grim facade. "I was there and I could feel others there in the darkness with me. All the while something evil was siphoning off my… energy… and… for lack of a better word, soul. I could feel myself being broken down and torn away."
He paused to grab a chalice of wine off the tray toward the centre of the table and took a long drink. "All the while there was some kind of dread in the darkness. A kind of hopelessness and overpowering urge to give up. Yet, I did not. I continued to struggle."
"Just when I thought I could feel my defenses finally breaking down I saw a light, as if the darkness was a covering that was torn open. From that light I saw a man reaching for me and he pulled me out of the void."
"That's an interesting dream," Beren said, only half-listening. He was more focused on his spellbook at the moment.
"What's strange…," Mercutio said, as he sat back chewing a mouthful of bread. He continued to chew without finishing his setence. Instead he looked thoughtful as he ate. Absently he scratched the side of his face.
"What's strange," he began again, jarring Beren into attentiveness, "is that this man… this saviour. He was the same man that saved me as I lay dying in the windy desolation of the plane of air. I only recognize him now that I saw him the dream again. He had flowing locks of white hair and was hideously scared by dark magics on one side of his body."
Beren looked up. "Sounds familiar," he said. He knew he had heard the description before, but where and from whom?
Mercutio was silent for some time. Beren struggled for a while with his memory, but finally giving up, he turned to his spellbook again. He was interrupted by the psion.
"It was Nethys," he said. "He's the one that saved me on the plane of air and sent me here. Yet it was not I, Mercutio, who was trapped in that void."
Beren had a strange feeling looking at the pison. In the pit of his stomach there was a weight and he knew what was coming.
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2003 November Newsletter
Federal Appeal to be filed on December 14, 2003
The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) asserts that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) erred when it approved Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) proposal to construct and operate a new facility for high level radioactive waste at the site of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. MFP claims that the NRC was required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to publish an Environmental Impact Statement (EIR) addressing:
* the environmental impacts of terrorists attack or other acts of malice or insanity against the facility, and
* alternatives for mitigating or avoiding the facility. Furthermore, the NRC refused to hold hearings on the issues brought forward by MFP and other intervenors.
On December 14, 2003, MFP and the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club will file a federal appeal in the 9th Circuit. This appeal will be the first in the nation to challenge the NRC's refusal to provide environmental accountability under NEPA and its refusal to hold hearings. This legal case has the potential to effect safety at all of the nation's nuclear reactors. This precedent-setting appeal has the support of numerous environmental organizations – both within and outside California - and elected officials.
Legal fees and court costs are estimated at $100,000. We need to raise the $50,000 retainer by mid-December, and we need your help County of San Luis Obispo Comments have been filed on the County Planning Department's draft Environmental Impact Report regarding PG&E's proposed nuclear waste facility. A decision by the Planning Commission is due early next year. Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceedings on license renewals for reactor operations are being held twenty years in advance of current license termination!
On July 15, 2003, the NRC held a public hearing on environmental impacts of renewing nuclear power plant licenses for an additional 20 years. MFP attended and provided comments. Letters of opposition to premature license renewal were collected on the MFP website and sent to the NRC in early September. PG&E has stated under oath that the company would NOT commit to delaying a license renewal application before 2005. It has also stated it is in the process of feasibility studies for a license renewal which would result in additional radioactive waste production for decades. This waste could be stored on an earthquake-prone coastal zone for a century, if not forever.
MFP requested a Resolution from the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors advising that a license renewal be denied until numerous safety issues have been resolved. With the support of the community (and many children), the resolution passed 3-2. California Public Utilities Commission MFP has filed a Petition with the Commission to reorganize the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee. It has asked that:
* PG&E be removed from the nomination process;
* a qualified public member of our community be added to the Committee,
* the office currently located in Monterey be relocated to San Luis Obispo,
* the Safety Committee's meeting be video recorded for additional public outreach.
Resolution of this issue is expected early in 2004. Cross-examination by the MFP and other consumer resulted in the removal of preparation costs for aging components in the PG&E General Rate Case. PG&E is expected to file for recovery of these costs, but for the first time in nuclear generation history, a cost-benefit analysis of replacement of aging components versus phasing out nuclear power is expected to be conducted.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says the state has postponed $185 million worth of construction projects because of a looming shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund.
The delayed projects include the widening of Interstate 65 and various highway repaving projects. Beshear blamed Congress for the shortfall and said he hopes they can pass a bill fixing the problem so the projects can begin this fall.
Kentucky receives about $650 million each year from the federal Highway Trust Fund. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appeared at a news conference with Beshear on Wednesday at the Capitol and said unless Congress acts, states can expect cuts of 28 percent on average.
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Accounting rule change expected to take effect for Apple soonWhile Apple has until December of 2010 to implement new rules for reporting its earnings, a report predicts that Apple will adopt the changes by its next financial quarter.
In his latest research note to investors, analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said that the changes to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, formally adopted Wednesday, will boost the company's reported earnings per share from $5.71 to $8.21. In addition, he believes the impact in the 2010 fiscal year will go from $6.00 per share to $8.90.
Munster has raised his price target for AAPL stock to $235, up from $186.
Apple heavily lobbied the FASB in an effort to change the GAAP rules. Under the previous restrictions, the company was forced to use "subscription accounting" and spread revenue from the iPhone and Apple TV over two years.
"However, the vast majority of the value of the device was realized at the time of purchase," Munster said. "While the value at the time of purchase as a percentage of the purchase price is debatable, we believe about 90 percent of the value of an iPhone is realized at the time of purchase. Under the previous rules, Apple was only allowed to recognize 12.5 percent (1/8th) of the revenue from each sale; under the new rules, the percentage will be decided on a case-by-case basis for each given product."
Apple is predicted to provide more details on the change, including when it will be implemented in the company's financial reports, during its conference call for the September 2009 quarter. That quarter, and the company's fiscal year, ends next week.
However, the new rules will not completely close the distance between GAAP and non-GAAP numbers, Munster said.
"Under the previous rules, there was about a 35 percent difference between the GAAP and non-GAAP numbers," he said. "Under the new rules, we expect there to be a less than 5 percent difference between the GAAP and non-GAAP numbers."
For 2009, he predicts a new GAAP earnings per share total of $8.21, while the non-GAAP will be $8.65. For 2009, he projects $8.90 vs. a non-GAAP of $9.30.


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The world of sports brings so much emotion into the mix of human nature.
Perhaps that is what makes any athletic endeavor all the more intriguing.
It goes right to the inner soul, the inner heart, the mind of an individual � and in the case of team sports such as football, basketball, soccer or baseball � how the greater group of that team performs and reacts to the events of the day.
On Saturday, such was the occasion for the Scott City Beavers football team.
This was the day that the Beavers were going to finally break through that proverbial glass ceiling of disappointment and bring home a state championship to a school, and a community that was thirsting for one.
It had been more than two decades since the Beavers last won a state football championship.
In intervening years, the school had produced state championships in boys basketball, cross country, track and field. There had been numerous individual state champions in various sports as well.
But there's nothing like football, especially in Scott City, to thirst for a championship.
On Saturday, though, every physical and mental roadblock, every pothole that could possibly be thrown at the Beavers could have caused a lesser group to buckle.
First, it was senior running back Dalton Buehler's gimpy left ankle, a high ankle sprain suffered late in the team's semifinal victory over Beloit a week earlier, that caused uncertainty for the Beavers. Would he be able to play? How long could he go? Would he be able to dominate a game on offense like no other player on his team? Nobody really knew for sure.
Then, senior quarterback Brett O'Neil, the coach's son, team leader on both sides of the ball and specialty kicker (punting and placekicking) came up with flu-like symptoms early Saturday morning at the team's nearby hotel. He didn't travel to the stadium with his teammates. Nobody knew if Brett would be able to don his uniform and get on the field.
That uncertainty caused much angst among his teammates, the coaching staff, and certainly the fans who had traveled to Hutchinson for the big game.
When you lose a tire on your car, it doesn't move very well. When the battery cable is loose, there is usually a short in the vehicle, and it can't operate properly.
Maybe that's how the Beavers felt late Saturday morning upon their arrival at Gowans Stadium. Would the vehicle run as smoothly as it had all season? Would all the parts function?
At first, the Beavers played like a car that was in need of a tune-up � sputtering as it left the driveway � and falling behind by three touchowns to a team that also had not tasted defeat all season, and was a seasoned program in state championship games.
Then, somehow, perhaps miraculously, this group of Beavers with seniors leading the way, fixed whatever was causing the sputtering, and then played like a well-oiled machine.
They came up with big plays on offense, even bigger plays on defense, and blocked a punt on special teams that contributed to a game-tying touchdown.
Seniors were all over this year's Beaver roster and they, along with the complement of underclassmen, found a way to dig deep, to go into their inner soul, their inner heart and their mind, to produce a comeback that will long be remembered.
The disappointment of seasons past had been erased. They could stand as one � a group that defines the word team. The whole was greater than the sum of its parts.
This group of seniors shined more brightly than any Beavers of recent past.
They were the state football champions � and they had made their dream come true.
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By Connie Berry
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Brother Jim Moore looked relaxed in a pair of baggy shorts and his Ol' Miss. t-shirt, a gift from his niece. He wore a simple wooden tau cross around his neck bespeaks his Franciscan spirituality and membership with Franciscan friars who serve in the diocese. He met for an interview before heading back to help with this year's FrancisCorps orientation. The Franciscans have been here since the 1800s — their residence on North Salina Street the oldest of their order in North America. The Franciscans, both the women and men religious, have been serving the underserved in the diocese for all that time. Brother Jim is a native of Syracuse and when it was time to develop and find a base for FrancisCorps, Syracuse was a natural choice. Now after founding the organization and being involved in every aspect, he is stepping away for a nine month sabbatical and leaving the organization in the capable hands of fellow friar Rick Riccioli. Brother Jim will help the new friar with the orientation and training of this year's six Syracuse members. There are five members who will spend this year serving FrancisCorps in Costa Rica, another area where the Conventual Friars serve.
FrancisCorps, celebrating 13 years this year, is a faith-based Catholic volunteer service program that pairs a dozen young adults, ages 21-25, with sites such as the Refugee Resettlement Program, Dorothy Day House, Vincent House and other Onondaga County Catholic Charities sites. The young people put in a full year of service to the marginalized and in return they get a life-changing experience.
Brother Jim said the past 13 years have shaped his life in so many ways. He strived to make FrancisCorps different from other faith-based models. FrancisCorps volunteers live, eat and pray together when they aren't working.
"Fifty percent of FrancisCorps is good, Catholic Chrisitian social work which is really no different than the other faith based volunteer programs," Brother Jim explained. "The other 50 percent is in place so they can make a real difference in their communities. They must not only live simply and work with the underserved, but they must also come together and pray every night and share at least one meal every single day. They also have five opportunities for retreat and reflection throughout the year. We didn't want to copy, but to create our own program."
Brother Jim said the Gospel is the guide for FrancisCorps.
"Look at what Jesus did," Brother Jim said. "He washed the feet of the disciples. He took care of them. They made up a community. They ate together — that meal was prayer. Then they went out to do the work. Our volunteers know this is what is expected of them when they come. They all come with different experiences and different ideas about prayer. And they blow me away."
A good example, Brother Jim explained, was when he went to dinner at the FrancisCorps home one evening. The food was good, he said, despite the fact that each volunteer receives just $80 per month for groceries. They pool their resources, clip coupons and frequent the farmers' markets. After dinner it was time for prayer so Brother Jim sat down in the living room. One volunteer lit a candle and they all gathered around. But, Brother Jim said, one member had his laptop computer open and was busy with it.
"I thought to myself, 'What's he doing? Checking his email. This is prayer time,'" Brother Jim said. "Then he turned the computer around and there was the FrancisCorps group from Costa Rica via Skype. They would provide the guitar music for that evening's prayer. They were teaching me. I wasn't teaching them."
It's a bittersweet good-bye for Brother Jim. He said after 13 years he felt it was time to move on and let the Holy Spirit guide the program and his own future.
"It is hard letting go," he said. "But I've done this before in my life. You have to let God work in your life and I have to let the Spirit work. I don't know what God has in mind for me."
Brother Jim will leave Sept. 10 for a Franciscan study pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. He'll be in Assisi when Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the 25th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace. He'll also spend some time on retreat in the desert of Sante Fe, New Mexico, where he says he might get his answer as to "what is next."
A Franciscan friar for 40-plus years now, Brother Jim grew up in St. Anthony's Parish on the city's south side. "Father Esposito is still one of my best buddies," Brother Jim said. "We had the Sisters of St. Joseph serving there and they were excellent role models for living in community. I found the Franciscans and found out what a brother is. I've been a high school teacher, formation director, vocations director and just before FrancisCorps, I was in the Office of Residence Life at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. I got my master's at Notre Dame. I've been around young people throughout my life. They keep me young."
It was at a Franciscan Chapter Meeting several years ago when Brother Jim was inspired to agree that sharing the Franciscan charism with young people should be a priority of the order. He envisioned a program that would fit between a young person's college years and professional life, and his religious community gave him the support to get the program up and running.
Funds for the FrancisCorps program include the money to sustain the volunteers with a very simple lifestyle, as well as money needed for recruitment trips at universities all over the country. Brother Jim explained that the volunteers in Costa Rica have to come up with their own money for travel. There is a network of FrancisCorps supporters and even "FrancisCorps Families" who provide a supportive family environment while the volunteers are in Syracuse. FrancisCorps has no significant fund-raising events and relies on gifts that come in through their newsletters.
The impact the experience has on the young people can be enormous. Many of them stay connected long after their FrancisCorps year. Some are married now with children of their own.
"I feel like the FrancisCorps Grandpa," Brother Jim said. "This experience is life-changing for them. It is family."
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An all-out effort to keep Leona M. Helmsley out of jail, with platoons of lawyers filing appeals and public relations people trying to get out her side of the story, apparently ended in failure yesterday when a Federal judge ordered her to serve a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud.
Judge Thomas P. Griesa told the 71-year-old self-styled queen of a hotel and real-estate empire to surrender on April 15, the deadline for millions of Americans to pay their taxes -- something she was convicted of underpaying over three years in the mid-1980's. Her former maid testified at her 1989 trial that Mrs. Helmsley once bragged that "only the little people pay taxes."
The United States Supreme Court turned down her appeal last month, clearing the way for yesterday's hearing. He upheld her original sentence of four years in prison and a fine of $7 million, along with restitution of $2 million.
Mrs. Helmsley, who has been free on $25 million bail, has asked for a new trial. If Judge Griesa rules in her favor on that request, her prison date would be put off.
One of her lawyers, Alan M. Dershowitz, said the request was based on new evidence that he maintained would prove she was unaware of any tax fraud. But Federal prosecutors said the evidence was not new and expressed confidence that the judge would deny the motion. It was not clear when he would rule on that point.Continue reading the main story
Judge Griesa's courtroom was packed for the sentencing hearing, and Mrs. Helmsley was swamped by reporters and camera crews on her way in and out of Federal District Court in Manhattan. At one point on her slow procession to her limousine, she appeared to tremble and slip towards the pavement.
Last night, she was admitted to the cardiac care unit of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. The hospital issued a statement that quoted R. A. Rees Pritchett, her physician, as saying she had a heart irregularity and hypertension. Her lawyers say she has suffered several small strokes in the last few years that will make it difficult for her to do prison time.
Asked how Mrs. Helmsley was doing, Diana S. Goldin, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said: "How could she seem? She didn't have a very good day." The Trouble With Harry
Earlier, outside the courthouse in Foley Square, Mrs. Helmsley had said her husband, Harry, would die if she could not be with him. "He has nobody in the world that loves and cares for him," she said, stifling sobs. "All he has is me."
Mr. Helmsley, 83 years old, was originally indicted on the same charges as his wife was, but he was found incompetent to stand trial. Mrs. Helmsley was convicted of underpaying Federal income taxes by $1.2 million when, a jury found, she and Mr. Helmsley billed $2.6 million in personal expenses to their real-estate enterprises. Most of the money went for renovations to their estate in Greenwich, Conn.
Yesterday, another of Mrs. Helmsley's lawyers, Sandor Frankel, said that Mrs. Helmsley's health was poor and that she had a life expectancy of four to five years.
"A prison sentence would be a death sentence for him and a life sentence for her," he said.
But the judge said that allowing Mrs. Helmsley to remain free so she could care for her husband would constitute "an unwarranted interference in the legitimate interests of the community and the nation." After saying that Mr. Helmsley already had received "a great benefit" by escaping prosecution himself, Judge Griesa rejected Mrs. Helmsley's request for community service and ordered her to prison. The Helmsley Prison
She is expected to be sent to a Federal medical prison in Lexington, Ky., which has its own accredited hospital.
There, the hotel executive who was said to castigate maids whose "hospital corners" were off by a millimeter may have to make her own bed. Inmates "are required if medically able to maintain their living area, which includes making their bed," said Mike Easton, a unit manager at the prison. "We don't provide or have other inmates provide that service to inmates who are physically able to do that."
The majority of the 1,700 prisoners at the prison are serving time for drug or alcohol offenses, he said. About 340 were convicted of white-collar crimes, like tax fraud.
Mrs. Helmsley's lawyers filed appeal after appeal to try to keep her out of prison, and outside court she was represented by people like the public-relations executive Howard J. Rubenstein. But he said the interviews he helped arrange were not aimed at influencing Judge Griesa.
"Absolutely not," Mr. Rubenstein said, asserting that the purpose of trying to get her story out was to maintain the good will of potential hotel customers. "The issue of the judge and so forth -- that's a legal issue. That is not a p.r. issue."Continue reading the main story


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an attempt or chance to do something
This phrase is often used in the negative to express the idea that you will not get a second chance (a second bite at the cherry). If you take two attempts to do something, especially some quite small task, this is taking two bites at the (same) cherry or another bite at the cherry.
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a bowl of cherries
a very pleasant or enjoyable situation or experience
the cherry on the cake
a desirable feature perceived as the finishing touch to something that is already inviting or worth having
pop her cherry
to take away a girl's virginity
to break her intact cherry
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Carolina Herrera was honoured at the Night of Stars gala, held yesterday evening at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
She was presented with the award by her number-one celebrity client, Renee Zellweger, who has been M.I.A. on the red carpet for a while.
Both ladies were of course decked out in Carolina Herrera.
Renee looked beautiful wearing a slate-grey off-the-shoulder dress with a criss-cross pleated bodice and a pencil skirt.
Christian Louboutin sparkling 'Pigalle' pumps and an embroidered clutch completed the look.
For me it's all about Carolina Herrera; she optimizes effortless chic in her own Fall 2012 creation.
She teamed a deep navy, black and indigo embroidered grosgrain top with a flared black skirt, accessorizing with a navy cuff and sapphire-and-diamond earrings.
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I never thought I'd say this on a public forum, but, well, here it is: I am getting old.
It's true. My senior moments are becoming senior hours. Jumping out of bed in the morning now takes 10 minutes. When I walk into a new place I not only scan for fire exits, I locate the closest restrooms as well. Even my aches and pains have aches and pains. But few things worry me more than losing the ability to remember and think critically.
I've said it before, as have many before me, the brain is like a muscle. If you don't use it, stretch it, stress it, then that grey stuff between our ears can becomes as weak and flabby as my old Aunt Bessie's biceps. (Not a pretty sight. Trust me.)
Giving the contents of your aging noodle a good workout every so often isn't just for the mentally sedentary, even those who have to focus on specific mental tasks daily can benefit from workouts that change the routine and forces us to think about things differently. It isn't just using the mind that makes it stronger, it's also how we use it.
Going back to the muscle analogy, if weight lifting builds muscle mass, stretching keeps those muscle be pliant and efficient. Stretching your brain a bit with tasks that force critical thinking keeps you mentally pliant.
With an iDevice its easy to keep your cerebrum running tip top shape, and that's the subject of this week's Free on iTunes. It's easy to find brainteaser for iOS devices, but I prefer to the more traditional methods.
Puzzle games have been around for a very long time. I used to think that playing them was a waste of time, but early studies have shown that puzzle games can sharpen the mind in many ways regardless of your age group, and puzzles can even inhibit the onset of some age-related mental illnesses.
If you don't feel as sharp as you used to then maybe you've got a bit of brain-flab. Here are three iOS freebies that might help bulk up your grey muscle. So lets get to it.
Sudoku :) [6.1 MB, runs on all iOS devices capable of running iOS 7.0 or later, Maker: Mind the Frog Inc]
Free and easy Sudoku :)
With a name like Sudoku one might think that the game originated in Japan or China. While variations have been around for a long time, the Sudoku we know was invented by a 74 year old retired architect from Indiana. (Howard Garns was his name and the first Sudoku puzzle was published in 1979. Who knew?!?)
Today you'd be hard pressed to find a popular newspaper that doesn't have a Sudoku puzzle somewhere near the crossword puzzle.
The concept is simple; a 3x3 grid each subdivided 3x3 so that you have 9 3x3 grids and 9 spaces along any one side. The puzzle is preloaded such that each row, column, and sub-grid contains numbers from 1 through 9 and the number are unique to each row, column and sub-grid, but some of the numbers in the series are missing. You job is to complete the puzzle.
Sudoku :) gives you endless numbers of Sudoku puzzles. The free version only offer easy puzzles. The interface is simple and easy to learn. It has a note options in case you need to make those little tick marks to help you solve a puzzle. If you need more of a challenge then you'll have to pony up a buck.
Stick with the free version and see how fast you can complete and easy puzzle. You'll have to put up with small ads, but you'll get the same benefit.
Word Search Puzzles [2.2 MB, runs on all iOS devices capable of running iOS 5.0 or later, Maker: IceMochi LLC]
Again, if you glance through the puzzle section of most newspaper, along with Sudoku and crossword puzzles, you'll likely also find a word search puzzle. These are simple pattern matching games where individual words in a list is hidden in a large grid of letters. The letters are always consecutive, but the word can appear in any direction. Word Search Puzzles gives you puzzles for free!
Find the words. It's easy!
The game includes a timer, word counter, and theme based words. The easy puzzles are free and you can get up to 7 premium puzzle packs for a buck each.
If you're just looking for a time waster while standing in line, the free version should suffice.
Crossword Jewels [27.7 MB, runs on all iOS devices capable of running iOS 4.3 or later, Maker: Boy Howdy Technology LLC]
Here's an interesting twist on crossword puzzles. In Crossword Jewels you've got empty spots and a handful of letters. Your task is to figure out which letter goes in which spot.
A twist on traditional crossword puzzles.
The easy one are really easy, but the harder ones have more empty spaces. There's only one solution. It's actually a fun pattern matching romp.
The app is ad supported, but the ads are small, and you get all the difficulty levels. Nothing more to buy.
There's really not much more to it that that. If you like puzzles then this is an easy download.
And that's a wrap.
This week's free App of the Week is Republique. The free Single of the Week is Night Like This by LP.


text: Vis'l was a young Jedi Knight. In 40 ABY, after Vis'l returned from the a final training mission with a Jedi Master, the Jedi was at the Ossus Academy when the Galactic Alliance Guard (GAG) attempted to "secure" it, holding the students hostage. Vis'l was on guard duty when GAG Major Salle Serpa moved against the Jedi, and was killed by snipers.


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The problem, and the virtue, of beliefs is that we don't all have the same ones at the same time. Let me dwell awhile on the problem side of this equation.
I recently had an epiphany of the most mind-boggling magnitude. Rather an apt choice of phrase that, for it was all about how the mind can get boggled.
And now, some of my former best friends treat me with utter suspicion – the suspicion that I have completely lost my marbles.
"For why?" you ask.
I have a theory that possibly explains the origin of every religion that has occurred on this planet. Every single one. (Now stop looking at me like that – it is only a theory, put up for discussion and discourse. But since it attacks the core beliefs of just about every person of faith, no wonder most of them think I might be stark raving mad. Or that I am the latest mutation of the Darwin Disease).
First: my new theory. I call it my new theory, for I am certain that I have never heard it elsewhere. If this is all old hat, I promise you, no plagiarism was ever intended,
The human mind is rather like a massive information processor. I am told the average brain processes about 4 billion bits of data per second (impressive – huh?) And a similar source says that the conscious part of human awareness is processing about 2,000 bits a second. But there is a lot of evidence that the interface between the conscious part and the rest is a bit flakey.
Have you ever found yourself in mid-sentence of a conversation, and suddenly realized that you have no idea what topic is under discussion? What has happened, is that your short term memory has dumped, and long term memory is too busy to make up the shortfall. An event so common, it is often now called a brain-skip.
If an implanted or otherwise false memory exists in the subconscious, it is the very devil to convince the awareness part of the brain that the false-memory is indeed false. It is though we are hard wired with a basic philosophy "What affects me, is". Testimony given at trial that subsequently was proven to be inaccurate is not always the result of ulterior motives.
Now, suppose you arrive for the very first time at a new location, and within the first second or so of arrival, you have a similar sort of short term memory dump. You may find yourself with a long term memory of a place that you know you have never seen before, and no short term memory of it at all. Again, such a common experience we have given it the name déj– vu – possibly an early source for the concept of reincarnation and a latter one for movies that revel in unsound science.
If you try to tell believers of reincarnation that their faith may be based on some sort of brain skip, you may well be in for a pretty severe verbal bashing.
But, try to get a grasp of the epiphany that I had.
Suppose at a moment of great stress, or emotion, or quiet contemplation, the aware part of your brain became conscious of the rest of your brain. What could you make of it?
You had been in the presence of something with an apparent IQ of about 2 million, that knows every single detail of your life, and is always present wherever you may be. A god-like creature, indeed. And it is not you. Of that you are certain. You haven't a single shred of godhood about you. You cannot even remember where you left your library ticket – what chance have you of performing a miracle or too?
And you have an unshakable memory of meeting this god-like being. It affects you, therefore it is a real being that you met.
Further, when you got around to sharing your experience with others of your tribe, some of them had experienced the identical experience. It would seem that this invisible omnipotent being knows everything about everybody and is permanently everywhere.
Those with the shared experience become people of faith. Filling in the missing pieces was simply a matter for the theologists.
So, there you have it. I have a theory that all religion may be caused by man's inability to describe a particular type of brain-skip.
So to the consequences.
The big mistake I made was trying to get others to discuss with me the pro's and con's of my new theory, in a polite and constructive debate. See where it leads to. A mental adventure of the greatest kind, perhaps.
My friend, should it happen to you that you might consider believing in something radical, may I counsel you to pick on something not too radical?
I would rather have friends and family who are comfortable in my presence, and not constantly eyeing the location of the nearest cell phone, exit or safe haven. People who like being with me, not wondering if my delusions might turn into something nasty and violent. And I am convinced that you would want the same comfortable life yourself.
So don't go proposing things too extreme.
And if there is a God – why did he pick on me to stumble onto my new theory? Is it the ultimate irony delivered by the one who moves in mysterious ways?
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I think most people would tend to agree with Albert Einstein when he stated "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I also would tend to agree. The last couple of weeks, at least, at work have me truly pondering this statement. I have made probably 3,000 welding tips over the last couple of weeks. Although there were two different part numbers, there is no real difference in the manufacturing process. So to me they are all pretty much the same. Making the same part for the better part of two weeks now really has me doubting my sanity. I knew I was borderline, at best, before, but holy cow how much can one guy take. I knew when I started being a machinist there would be days, perhaps even weeks like this: therefore I was selective in choosing where I wanted to work. I know some shops guys run the same two or three operations on the same one or two parts for many years, and are content, I just know I would not be. I am one of those people that doesn't do well with too much change either though. Where I worked before I was the only one that ran new programs/ parts. I kind of enjoyed it, but it would have been nice if someone else was competent enough to finish one so I didn't have to stay late or go way above and beyond just to not really be appreciated for all my hard work.
Am I insane? Perhaps this is like most other things, where I am over thinking it. I have a tendency to do that, and besides what else am I suppose to do while running the same parts over and over again. When I am stuck in a routine my mind wanders to all kinds of topics. This raises questions, doubts, and even some fears in my life. There is also the point of that my sanity would depend upon others perspective of my mental state. What exactly is sane? Is it going through some sort of daily ritual pretending to be "happy" only to come home to see how all my on-line friends are doing? When did we become a society that valued on-line friendships more than those that we could possibly make with a real person if only we got out from in front of the computer every now and then? (This should be another post later) Is sanity only truly a matter of perspective? Maybe we will never really know the answers to these question and so many more that tend to arise in my mind when I am manufacturing welding tips. Dang welding tips anyhow. Till next time. Joe


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Originally posted by TinfoilTP
He didn't win a popular vote count in any State. That fact alone justifies these turn of events.
LOL - another Zionist lackey, trying to tell us all - "Don't vote for Ron Paul, he can't win - because WE say so".
What a joke. He didn't win a popular vote?
Anything to say?
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
Thanks for the 142 flags in my last thread:
BUT YOU MIGHT want to remove them because of this..
Mitt Romney's campaign announced Friday that Ron Paul would receive a video tribute at the convention — part of an effort to appease Paul supporters and to highlight Romney's supposedly warm relationship with the Texas congressman
"We are pleased that Ron Paul was denied any formal speaking role at the convention and that the RNC has worked so that his name will not even be put in nomination," RJC executive director Matt Brooks told TPM in a statement. "This reflects the broad consensus that Ron Paul and his views are outside of the mainstream of the Republican Party."
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
reply to post by jimmyx
Ron Paul won't be at Tampa Bay, Florida and neither will VP Joe Biden.
Originally posted by six67seven
To me, after some thought, I do think the repubs want Obama out more than they want to silence RP and his supporters. Again, totally strategic thought.
Originally posted by lobotomizemecapin
Also why would they want Ron Paul supporters there? I know it is a small amount of the group but you know there will be some loud obnoxious tools making a scene.


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In addition to oatmeal, which I tabulated in a recent post, I frequently eat cereal in the mornings. It sounds boring and almost immature to me when people over the age of 19 used to say they still eat cereal, but I have come around.
Cereal is not just Lucky Charms and Cocoa Krispies anymore. There are so many great and nutrient dense choices these days and the best part, they are generic brand. I don't know about you, but I don't think spending over $3 for a box of cereal that lasts me three bowls is worth it.
Let's talk nutrition first. Whole grain cereal with nuts is perfect for me when I get done with my morning run. It is hearty, goes down easily and quick to make. Whole grains have fiber, vitamins and minerals that are important for recovery but also because after breakfast I am onto the next activity, which requires energy. I add peanut butter first because I love it and second because I found it keeps me fuller longer. Combining carbohydrates with a fat helps them digest slower and provides sustained energy. I began adding walnuts on top after finding them in my pantry and remembering how much I love them. Walnuts are both delicious, and also stay crunchy after the milk has made the cereal soggy. Oh yea, they also have something called Omega-3s for your brain or whatever. Regardless, they take the cereal up a level in flavor town.
Now, let's talk budget. Cereal is more pricey per calorie than oats or another slow cooking grain. It is not however more pricey than bread. The bread I'm talking about is not the dollar per loaf cheap bread. If I've learned anything from my time at CTB, it's that higher quality bread, even full of gluten and carbohydrates, is better for your body. Ingredients matter even if you're on a budget.
Back to cereal, my local grocer sells most of its generic brand at $1.69-$1.99 per box. Because I combine two cereals usually when I eat it, and I add nuts and peanut butter, I get more bowls per box. I will be honest, if I just ate the cereal with milk and that's it, I would get at the most three breakfasts. By adding in healthy, higher calorie foods, I can justify spending $2 on a box of cereal when that $2 might go further in terms of oats or rice.
This is my favorite bowl of cereal, broken down cost and calories.
Whole Grain Cereal with Peanut Butter and Nuts
1 c Fiber Cereal (Wegmans Brand): $0.62
1/2 c Wheat Berries Cereal (Wegmans Brand): $0.31
2 T peanut butter (Skippy Super Chunk): $0.19
1/2 c walnuts (Aldi's brand): $1.08
1/2 c almond milk (Almond Breeze brand): $0.21
Total Cost: $2.41
Total Calorie: 860 (my fitness pal)
On a different note, I'm starting to send out my newsletter again. Links and films I've consumed and also I want to give more budget tips. Should I do those in the newsletter and more what I eat in a day on the blog? Should I do the money part on the blog and then the calorie part in the newsletter?
Help me organize!


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It's OK To Be Jealous Of Playmobil's New Ultra-Modern Luxury Mansion
Our toys have always lived far more lavish lifestyles than we could ever dream of. Barbie has owned everything from motorhomes to planes, G.I. Joe was better equipped than the U.S. Military, and now your child's Playmobil figures have a gorgeous ultra-modern mansion to call home.


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Your phone is very smart. With Angry Birds, Facebook and mobile office applications, it's all too easy to forget that some of the features we use most were often available on those very old mobile phones as well. Obviously, that includes calling and texting, but recording audio isn't a cutting-edge technology either.
Nevertheless, recording audio with your smartphone or tablet hasn't always been a walk in the park. The microphones traditionally found in mobile devices weren't something to write home about. With HD cameras, the need for better audio is put in a new light.
Even now, with ever better technology in our pockets, recorded audio is often of inferior quality; choppy and with a low tolerance for loud and chaotic environments. Below are a number of tips to get better audio recordings.
1. Eliminate Distractions Coming From Your Phone
While using your smartphone or tablet to record audio, you shouldn't forget it's a multifunction device. Nothing is more distracting than an instant messaging conversation intruding upon your recording, with shrill notifications making the main subject ineligible.
So before you hit that record button, make sure you strip your phone or tablet from the ability to intrude, by turning off its phone and messaging capabilities, or (at the very least) the audible notifications.
2. Properly Configure Your Phone
If your mobile device only has a big record button you can skip this step, although it might be time to download a more versatile audio recording application. However, most often even the simplest of recording applications have a few settings you can play with.
Regardless of the microphone housed in your device, you don't want to lose data through over-compression. Quite often, the recording quality of these devices is set very low to preserve storage space. If you know you have enough memory to hold the recording, crank up the recording quality—you can always compress the audio during post-production.
3. Take Note Of Your Surroundings
Every room and situation is different. It's easy to overlook those little sounds that are all around you. You get used to recurring and environmental sounds even after being only a minute in a room. Before you start recording, take a moment to look at (and listen to) your surroundings.
Better yet, take a short recording to sample the sound in the room; you can keep the file to patch up irregularities in the sound during post-production. These sounds usually become apparent when you listen to the recording after the event, but a little advance care can take you a long way.
Are you able to walk closer to the subject of interest? Do so! Are you standing close to a distracting source of secondary audio, like an AC unit, a window, or a doorway? Try to scoot over! If you're interviewing someone, or recording a meeting, put something soft underneath your phone to lessen the sound of mouse-clicks, elbowing and water glasses that are put down.
4. Plug In An External Microphone
Although the built-in microphones are getting better with every release, there's only so much you can put in a phone. Depending on the regularity with which you record, and the quality is expected, a smartphone or tablet might just not suffice.
Luckily, a lot of devices also have a microphone jack (or an output jack that doubles as an input jack). You can purchase an external microphone to plug into your smartphone or tablet, and increase the quality tenfold. Not only do you get more clarity, microphones with sensitivity control give you the flexibility to make great recordings in quiet and chaotic rooms alike.
5. Use Tape To Record In Loud Environments
The microphone on your smartphone or tablet likely isn't intended to tape the live performance of a band or the speaker at a conference. Rather, they're supposed to be used as dictaphones. Those microphones are attuned to a specific (and rather narrow) range of sound intensity.
When you're recording a particularly loud event, like a performance, the sound may well be beyond the microphone's sensitivity range, meaning some of the sound simply doesn't register. By using a bit of tape and placing it over your device's microphone (making sure there are no creases or air bubbles), you can mute the input and record sounds that would otherwise be beyond a microphone's sensitivity range. Different kinds of tape render different results, so experiment with using regular, duct, and paper tape.
Do you have any smart tricks up your sleeve to record audio with your smartphone or tablet? Let us know in the comments section below the article!
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Should i use a paper tape or plastic
What kind of tape should i use a paper tape or plastic tape
Which one between headphone mic and smartphone mic?
Just did this and it did NOT work. Totally muffled crappy sounding audio. A terrible tip that ruined my attempt to record my son's band play. Did you try this before you decided to share this golden nugget?
Ever heard of trial-and-error? I think the author intended that people would try beforehand, different options to fine-tune the results. How would the author have known how loud your son's band performance would be?
I discovered to my surprise once when I was vacationing that when my phone was encased in a waterproof holder intended to allow me to swim with it, that the quality of the sound was so much better than when it was not in the case. For starters, there was much less wind noise on the recordings.
Last night i recorded a thunderstorm in very windy conditions. The recording sounds great. A small piece of kitchen sponge (about half thumb size) taped over the microphone hole, cut out the wind noise all together. :)
The tip is don't east time device of a tablet is strong for CPU butt junk for recording audio I about got pisss off and bust my tablet on the ground got a otg cable and to find out the micro USB so dumb it can't power up USB inter face with out a shelf power USB hub I'm afraid to wast more money and get a hub than it steel don't work you be better off getting a laptop for Mobil recording or a note book case a tablet is only good for Mobil net and a phone is just a phone
I think plugin an external microphone is the best way to get the best sound quality.
But not many device that have the slot.
This might come handy for my upcoming project! Thanks!
I'll try to use tape next time, hope it will work.
Wow! very interesting! would never thought to use a tap to boost my mic's sensitivity range. thank you very much for this great article.
good article
I never knew my phone can record audio.I wonder what else a smartphone can do
Interesting tip there regarding the use of tape to mute the input while recording sound in loud environments. I certainly learned something new.
yeah thats something you probably would never know, thanks!


text: U.S. Navy fires two commanders after 'losing confidence in their abilities to command' as sea accidents leave 17 dead --It was the fourth major incident in the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year | 18 Sept 2017 | The U.S. Navy dismissed two senior officers, an admiral and a captain, on Monday after a series of collisions involving Seventh Fleet warships in Asia, citing a loss of confidence in their ability to command. Rear Admiral Charles Williams, commander of Task Force 70, and Captain Jeffrey Bennett, commander of Destroyer Squadron 15, were fired by Seventh Fleet commander Vice Admiral Phil Sawyer, the Navy said. In August, Sawyer replaced fleet commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, who was fired after the accidents.


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What's better than taking hands-on cooking classes with Shauna and Danny Ahern of Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef? How about taking them in Italy? It's a rare opportunity made possible by Jovial Foods, and it benefits our work at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA).
The trip runs May 27-June 2, 2012 in beautiful Lucca, Italy. Here's what's included:
There are currently eight room options available at the Italian villa, ranging from $2,250 for two twin beds and an ensuite bathroom, to $3,000 for a suite with two bedrooms and an ensuite bathroom. Yes, it's a splurge, but having studied abroad in Italy (albeit in less glamorous accommodations), I can tell you – this is a one-in-a-lifetime trip.
To sweeten the deal, Jovial Foods will donate 25% of the proceeds to NFCA, so you'll be helping others with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity while you're fawning over a homemade, authentic Italian gluten-free meal.
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Autodesk 123D
123D is a great little 3D modeling application that is simple to use. I can spend hours playing with this software.
Autodesk Design Review
Design Review is one of best application for sharing your design documents.
DWG Viewer
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Web Applications
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David Weiss to speak about "A Heart on Fire" at the Friday Local Author Series
Location: Main Library
Audience: Adults
Westbrook author, David C. Weiss, announces the release of his first poetry collection, A Heart on Fire, published by Maine Authors Publishing.
This collection of poems draws from Weiss's near-death experiences as a young boy. In his adult life, Weiss has come to believe his childhood was filled with the numinous presence of the Divine. Some of his poems express warmth, playfulness, and a heart open to love. Other poems convey loss, grief, forgiveness, and healing. Weiss uses earthly images to give voice to his passion and gratefulness for life, as well as his awareness of aging and death.
Weiss has a writing style that reflects his experience of the Divine and invites readers to travel a path that can lead them to discover the Divine within themselves. According to William Boyd Grove, Bishop, United Methodist Church, "These poems…express a spirituality that is born of his life experiences and is lodged deep in his heart. They reach deep into the life of the reader and awaken there an awareness of connection to a kindred spirit."
Weiss is a presenter, workshop leader, and consultant in the areas of spiritual growth and group development. He has a master's degree in theology and a doctorate in pastoral psychology from Boston University and practiced for thirty-five years as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Boston, Mass. and Portland, Maine. Weiss now spends part of the year teaching poetry to Tibetan Buddhist monks at Sera Jhy Monastic University in South India.
A Heart on Fire is now available from www.maineauthorspublishing.com, www.davidcweiss.com, Amazon, and local bookstores.
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The Local Author Series is a new series featuring Maine authors. Authors are scheduled on a weekly basis and are encouraged to invite their readers for a lecture and question and answer session. Books will be available for purchase and signing through the authors. Free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your lunch!
The Friday Local Author Series is held from 12pm-1pm in the Main Library's Meeting Room 5.
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