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The Bruins signed Tyler Seguin to a six-year, $34.5 million contract last September, just a little over two years after taking him with the second pick in the NHL draft. He was expected to be the next face of the Spoked-B. But before that contract ever took effect, the Bruins cut ties with the immature 21-year-old.
The Bruins signed Tyler Seguin to a six-year, $34.5 million contract last September, just a little over two years after taking him with the second pick in the NHL draft.
He was expected to be the next face of the Spoked-B.
But before that contract ever took effect, the Bruins cut ties with the immature 21-year-old.
Seguin was traded Thursday afternoon to the Dallas Stars in a blockbuster move, heading to Texas along with Rich Peverley and a prospect in exchange for winger Loui Eriksson and three prospects.
General manager Peter Chiarelli, who said Sunday that Seguin needed to "become more of a professional" and questioned his focus, looked to unload the young forward while his value was high, opening up salary cap space to reload the team in free agency while getting a proven scorer and two-way player.
"There's an opportunity to get a very good player, who's a natural winger, and to get some good prospects and to lower your cap and then maybe to improve in the next market starting tomorrow," Chiarelli said on a conference call. "So … listen, I had some comments on Tyler at the draft regarding his professionalism and him acting like a professional. I prefaced that by saying he's only 21 and he'll figure it out.
"You know what you have to manage your team, you have to manage your players, you have to manage your cap, and that was part of the reason why we made this move."
The prospects the Bruins acquired were defenseman Joe Morrow, a 2011 first-round pick, and wingers Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser, who Chiarelli said will challenge for a roster spot. The Stars got lightly regarded defense prospect Ryan Button.
Seguin came to the Bruins in 2010 after being hyped along with No. 1 pick Taylor Hall as franchise-changing playmakers. The Oilers took Hall first and he averaged better than a point per game this season. The Bruins were happy at the time to be left with Seguin.
After a breakout sophomore season with a team-high 67 points, Seguin slumped in 2013. He had 32 points in 48 games in the lockout-shortened regular season, then contributed just one goal and seven assists in 22 playoff games. The Bruins weren't happy with how he played in his hometown of Toronto in Games 3 and 4 of the first round; he was moved down to the third line shortly after and never rejoined the top-six forwards.
His Boston career ends with 58 goals and 65 assists in 203 regular-season games and expectations never met.
Chiarelli clarified that his comments about being professional were more about Seguin being focused to play than off-ice shenanigans, although he admitted Seguin enjoyed the perks of being a professional hockey player. He may have enjoyed those more than actually being a hockey player, something he'll be expected to figure out in Dallas.
"He's a 21-year-old that played as an 18-year-old, and I think he was just a 21-year-old kid," Chiarelli said. "He was maturing and growing up, and he liked to have fun like the rest of them. I don't really think it was such a big deal. But when I said earlier about focus, just about little things, about preparing to play, it was nothing about extracurricular activities."
Seguin will play center with the Stars, a position he grew up playing and where he says he can play faster than at right wing where he spent most of his Boston career. Former Bruins teammate Mark Recchi now works in the Stars front office and is familiar with Seguin.
Seguin is expected to be Dallas' No. 1 center, with Peverley centering the second line.
Eriksson will be used as a right wing for the Bruins as one replacement for departing wingers Nathan Horton and Seguin. Eriksson would fit in well on the second line with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron, a spot previously held by Recchi and Seguin.
In the last three full seasons, the 27-year-old Eriksson has scored 71, 73 and 71 points. He has 150 career goals and can play on the penalty kill. A left-hand shot, he'll provide better balance to a power play that's been right-hand heavy.
"He can play the right side, and he has left shot skill," Chiarelli said. "He spreads out your power play. He's a fast and a good two-way player. There's a lot of his game that fits into how we play."
By freeing themselves from the cap hits of Seguin ($5.75 million) and Peverley ($3.25 million) and only taking back Eriksson's salary ($4.25 million for three years), the Bruins opened up $4.75 million in cap space. They now have about $9 million to work with, and can exceed that by $4 million by placing Marc Savard on long-term injured reserve.
Even with a long-term deal for Tuukka Rask that could be around $7 million a year still not finalized, the Bruins have the room to be aggressive in the free agent market as they look for more right wings. Chiarelli spoke to Daniel Alfredsson again Thursday as the 40-year-old gets close to a decision, which could come Friday when players are allowed to sign contracts.
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The UMC Central Conferences are those conferences outside the United States. Central Conference Pensions provides long-term retirement security for faithful UMC servants in the central conferences that need it. Thirteen pension plans are now in place across Africa, the Philippines and Europe, covering more than 2,800 retirees and surviving spouses.
Read the June 2019 CCP Update.
A Special Message from
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"In my many years as clergy and a missionary in Africa, I have lived to see retired pastors die in abject poverty and without dignity. I have seen many young people shy away from full-time itinerant ministry because it was like intentionally signing-on for a life of permanent poverty. Through the Central Conference Pensions, you and your colleagues restored dignity to ordained ministry. Today in Africa, we celebrate the lives of the many young people who now see ordained ministry as a vocation worth pursuing. And we continue to see retired pastors live healthier and longer—and with dignity."
A General Conference 2000 mandate focused the denomination's attention on the issue of clergy pensions by creating an inter-agency task force charged with "launching a pension support plan for the central conferences." The Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI)—a Church-wide fundraising campaign—was begun under the auspices of Wespath Benefits and Investments (Wespath). Donations from individuals, local churches and conferences were collected in support of this effort. CCPI achieved its challenge goal of $25 million in October 2013—making it possible to transition from fundraising to full-time pension administration and support. As a result, the term "Initiative" was retired and the program was re-named—Central Conference Pensions (CCP).
Payments are administered by Wespath and funded by the investment earnings on the $25 million raised. To date, over $5 million has been distributed to plan participants, providing needed retirement resources to the central conferences, giving them time to build their own contribution base for future retirees.
CCP-developed pension programs require contributions from active clergy and local churches. These programs use a deferred compensation model (similar to U.S. pension plans)—setting aside and investing money from today's earnings for the participant's future retirement needs.
An ongoing Wespath goal is to help the CCP plans become self-funded, self-governed and self-sustaining pension programs. CCP plans are the sole source of retirement support in many central conferences; in others they supplement existing government-funded retirement systems to provide adequate retirement, assuring that all eligible clergy in the Central Conferences have reliable pension support.
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Haiti (known as Saint-Domingue until it gained its independence from France in 1804) had a noted economic and political impact on the United States during the era of the American Revolution, when it forced U.S. statesmen to confront issues they had generally avoided, most prominently racism and slavery. But the impact of the Haitian Revolution was most tangible in areas like commerce, territorial expansion, and diplomacy. Saint-Domingue served as a staging ground for the French military and navy during the American Revolution and provided troops to the siege of Savannah in 1779. It became the United States' second-largest commercial partner during the 1780s and 1790s. After Saint-Domingue's slaves revolted in 1791, many of its inhabitants found refuge in the United States, most notably in Philadelphia, Charleston, and New Orleans. Fears (or hopes) that the slave revolt would spread to the United States were prevalent in public opinion. As Saint-Domingue achieved quasi-autonomous status under the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, it occupied a central place in the diplomacy of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Louisiana Purchase was made possible in part by the failure of a French expedition to Saint-Domingue in 1802–1803. Bilateral trade declined after Saint-Domingue acquired its independence from France in 1804 (after which Saint-Domingue became known as Haiti), but Haiti continued to loom large in the African-American imagination, and there were several attempts to use Haiti as a haven for U.S. freedmen. The U.S. diplomatic recognition of Haiti also served as a reference point for antebellum debates on slavery, the slave trade, and the status of free people of color in the United States.
Keywords: Haiti, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, Louisiana Purchase
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PCB | April 25, 2007
Eltek receives sizeable follow – on<br>quarterly order
Israel based company Eltek has announced that a major U.S. industrial manufacturer has placed a follow-on order for flex-rigid PCBs that will be used in the production of advanced industrial equipment.
This order valued at $750,000 is anticipated to be supplied during the second quarter of 2007. "We are very pleased to receive this sizeable follow-on quarterly order from this prestigious U.S. customer, the largest order won since we entered into framework agreement with them in mid – 2006," said Arieh Reichart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eltek.
Intel to reclaim No.1 semiconductor supplier ranking in 2019 IC Insights says that only three among the top-15 semiconductor suppliers are forecasted to show growth this year.
Veoneer joins Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium Veoneer has joined the Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC) to speed autonomous driving vehicle development.
Ongoing trade issues have opened up Chinese market for Viscom According to Carsten Salewski, Chinas move towards more independence has resulted in more customers from the region; especially within the automotive sector.
Don't forget about human inclusion in industry 4.0 Michael Ford from Aegis Software is reminding the industry in the midst of connectivity that our most powerful asset is still the human employee.
Sponsored content by Z ElektronikaZ Elektronika opens new factory in Pécs To keep up with rapid growth of the company, on the 13th September Z Elektronika celebrated the grand opening of its new electronic design and manufacturing facility close to the highway in Pécs, Hungary, which adds new features and production site to its nearby location.
East West Manufacturing acquires Adcotron EMS East West Manufacturing has acquired Adcotron EMS, a provider of specialized electronics manufacturing services, including advanced printed circuit board assemblies, box-build assemblies, testing, and new product introduction services.
Benchmark's Thailand facility earns MedAccred PCBA accreditation The EMS provider announces that its facility in Ayutthaya, Thailand has earned the MedAccred Printed Circuit Board Assembly accreditation.
HZO unveils larger HQ in North Carolina HZO, known for protective nano coatings designed to help electronics withstand corrosive liquid environments, held an open house at its new headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina this week.
Luminator Technology relocates some production to Texas Luminator Technology Group has relocated production of its Apollo Video Technology RoadRunner mobile video security solutions to Luminator's headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Sponsored content by EsemdaContract manufacturer Esemda opens new facility in Vilnius and expands EMS The new facility has been built with reserved space for future expansions. As Esemda constantly grows, it is of great importance to be able to rapidly increase production capacity in large volumes.
Kurtz Ersa invests heavily in development to stay on top With more than 30 percent of its employees involved in research and development, the company is making sure that it is able to respond to its customers needs at all times.
BMW's new battery cell centre to handle everything from material to prototyping The BMW Group is looking fortify its position in the world of electric mobility and has pooled its many years of experience with battery cells and extensive knowledge in the field in a new Competence Centre.
Cicor selected as production partner for drug delivery system Cicor announces that it has won a major new customer in the medical technology sector, one of the company's strategic target markets.
Keysight, FormFactor and CompoundTek to collaborate Keysight, FormFactor and CompoundTek, have formed a joint plan to provide an advanced photonics on-wafer testing solution to include automated alignment, simultaneous optical-optical and optical-electrical device tests.
Sponsored content by SourcengineComponent Aggregators vs E-Commerce Marketplaces What is the difference between electronic component aggregators and a marketplace?
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Wireless Telecom buys Holzworth Instrumentation Wireless Telecom Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Holzworth Instrumentation Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based provider of specialty phase noise analyzers and signal generators.
NCAB Group acquires Altus-PCB in USA Altus-PCB is a full-service supplier of PCBs based in New Jersey, USA, that has a business model similar to NCAB's. The US company has a high level of technical expertise and sells mainly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Mycronic's Thomas Stetter looks back at a successful year As the company is moving more and more towards becoming a full solutions provider, business is taking off and the numbers show very much confirms that the Mycronic's strategy is working.
IBL Löttechnik reviews 2019 IBL Löttechnik GmbH is staying on top of the market thanks to continues R&D investments.
Second install for EFI at Mid America Display Silicon Valley's EFI will install a second EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass inkjet, direct-to-board printer later this month to Mid America Display.
Ron Jakeman of Electrolube looks back at a successful 2019 Electrolube has been growing, both in terms of its footprint and financially, for a number of years not; Ron Jakeman details the company's progress.
Etteplan and Scanfil to start strategic cooperation in joint customer projects Engineering company Etteplan and contract manufacturer Scanfil have today agreed to enter a strategic partnership in Finland.
The lovechild of ACE Production and InterSelect Carlos Bouras of Nordson Select gave us the rundown of the result of the integration and combination of ACE Production and InterSelect GmbH - the new Integra.
American Battery Metals, U.S. lawmakers convene American Battery Metals Corporation has completed a series of meetings with lawmakers and personnel in the Department of Energy and Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., to discuss issues critical to the domestic battery production and storage industry.
Cogiscan, Critical Mfg. form strategic partnership Quebec, Canada-based Cogiscan and Critical Manufacturing, headquartered in Portugal, have forged a strategic partnership to deliver smart factory solutions for electronics manufacturers.
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"Consumers don't fully understand the benefit of low rolling resistant tires. They believe they are forfeiting important aspects of tire performance by opting for low rolling resistant tires, yet don't know how much improvement in fuel efficiency they should expect in return."
Exactly. The consumers are right, by the way. They are either paying more for a LRR tire, or they are accepting a tradeoff in braking performance, ride, noise, life and robustness in return for an unknown improvement in mpg which they might achieve by blowing some nicer tires up a bit.
I was gently nulling over your jibe about clever people defining tests. There is one cracker of an example. The standard EEC test for braking from 60 mph (100 kph) involved starting to brake as you pass a witches hat, and then measuring the distance covered to rest.
The test designed by smart people(German magazine AMS) starts braking at 110 kph. You then read off the distance covered from 100 kph to rest. This eliminates anticipation and buildup to max braking, and measures the effective tire and brake performance more accurately. The spread in results is much smaller. In the real world I agree that buildup does matter, when I'm back at work I'll have a look and see how significant that is (gut feel is not very)
Another example is the driveby test - the American test is far more realistic than the EEC one- you just drive along in D and floor the thing, no defined gear ratios, no silliness.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team lost to Rhodes College, who shot nearly 60 percent from the field, Sunday afternoon, 81-70 in Memphis.
The Panthers fall to 12-8 overall and 6-4 in the Southern Athletic Association; the Lynx move to 13-8 and also 6-4 in conference play.
Four Panthers scored in double figures, led by senior Griffin Schamp with 22 points on 7-10 shooting. He and junior Larry Thomas led the team with six rebounds apiece. Thomas recorded 19 points, sophomore Ross Welch had 13, and senior Jason Holland had 10.
Rhodes never trailed in the game, steadily expanding its lead in the first half out to as much as 12, 27-15, at the 5:55 mark before leading 32-26 at halftime. The Lynx scored six straight points to open the second half, but BSC stayed on their heels, battling back to cut the lead to two, 52-50, at the 10:17 mark. Rhodes kept shooting and kept scoring, though, using a 68 percent second-half showing to pull back ahead and win by 11, 81-70.
Rhodes' Drew Miller led all players with 30 points on 10-14 shooting, while two other Lynx players added 10 points and Johnny Dunavant led on the boards with five rebounds.
The Lynx shot 58 percent (29-50) from the field, hitting 38.5 percent (5-13) from three-point range, while BSC shot 42.2 percent (19-45) overall and 33.3 percent (7-21) from beyond the arc.
The Panthers also pulled down a season-low 20 rebounds and got out-rebounded 28-20, tying the largest rebounding margin of the season. Turnovers were even at 14 for each team.
BSC returns home next weekend, hosting conference leader Centre on Friday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m., and Sewanee on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.


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Sphax PureBDCraft Texture Pack
It is extremely difficult to find the right texture pack. It really depends on the taste of the one searching. Texture packs are all designed in their own way. It is completely up to the artist about how detailed the texture pack will be, what he/she has decided its theme will be based on. For example, an artist may put an amazing amount of detail into his/her texture pack, however the packs theme is a strange mixture of medieval and modern, 2 out of 3 people who looked over this kind of texture pack would turn it down. A theme should really be based around one genre. The SpaxPureBDCraft's theme is simply based on a cartoon look. However, the artist has worked on this texture pack with an intense amount of effort and time, making it amazingly detailed. The detail of a texture pack must fit in with its designated look, which a lot of texture pack artists fail to do.
A great aspect about the design of this texturepack, it comes in multiple detail versions. Ranging from 16x, 32x, 64x, 128x, and 256x. This aspect allows players to choose how they want to experience their pack, instead of using a high detailed version they could settle for the basic, simple looking version which will also not affect FPS usage as much as a higher detailed texture pack would do. However, this choice is completely up to the player and each person has their own mind set and personal preference.
Mod Compatibility
It really goes to show, the amount of time the artist has put into his/her work when they go into the trouble of adding unnecessary textures to mods that may or may not be installed on the players game. Many players would find mod textures useless and indeed find them, unnecessary. However, the use of the specific mods would look strange compared to the rest of the default textures. In many ways, making the rest of the pack look out of place compared to the mod, or even the other way around.
This texture pack works with 3 different mods. Each mod also very different to each other. The mods this texturepack alters are the Zipline mod, the Aether mod, and the clay soldiers mod. Each of these mods uses their own textures and some have their own blocks and particles. All the aspects of the mod(s) have been significantly altered using the texture pack.
The one problem I have with this texture pack, as great as it may be, is that some of the blocks have been changed so significantly that some of them I cannot identify straight away, or without hovering my mouse over the block first. However this problem can be easily fixed and most players will be able to adapt to the texturepack easier than I do.
Also, some of the blocks can be extremely similar to each other, making the texturepack a little frustrating sometimes. Even so, just like my previous statement, it is only a small problem and can be easily ignored or adapted to.
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I need some advice, folks. I live in a quaint little 1950s home in Casa Linda, and I've spent the
worst better part of 4 1/2 years remodeling it. It's come a long way, people, believe me. But today, I ran into one of my most perplexing decisions while trying to finish up the guest bath before our house guests come in for the weekend. Where the hell should I hang the toilet paper holder?
This is what it looked like before I took a sledge hammer and crow bar to it.
This is after.
The guest bath isn't spacious by any means, so I don't really have room for a stand. Before I demoed the bathroom, the tp holder was between the toilet and tub, but it felt a little cramped and made for an awkward exchange. I might ad that I'm also about to install a pedestal sink, so I have misgivings about putting my tp on display. Since I went cheap doing a lot of the work myself, I splurged (for me) on all Moen faucets and accessories, but still, it's a toilet paper holder, right? Who wants to see that?
So this is where you come in, our all-knowing CandsyDirt followers…where do I put this damn thing?


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Pneumatic retinopexy is an effective
surgery for certain types of
retinal detachments. It uses a bubble of gas to push
retina against the wall of the eye, allowing fluid to
be pumped out from beneath the retina. It is usually an
outpatient procedure done with
local anesthesia.
During pneumatic
retinopexy, the eye doctor (ophthalmologist) injects a gas bubble
into the middle of the eyeball. Your head is positioned so that the gas bubble
floats to the detached area and presses lightly against the detachment. The
bubble flattens the retina so that the fluid can be pumped out from beneath it.
The eye doctor then uses a freezing probe (cryopexy) or laser
beam (photocoagulation) to seal the tear in the
The bubble remains for about 1 to 3 weeks to help flatten the
retina, until a seal forms between the retina and the wall of the eye. The eye
gradually absorbs the gas bubble.
variation of this surgery uses a large bubble of silicone oil instead of a gas
bubble to close and flatten the retina. A vitrectomy procedure, in which the
vitreous gel is removed, is required to inject
silicone oil. Because the silicone oil cannot be absorbed, a second procedure
is needed to remove the oil after the retinal detachment has healed.
Recovery from pneumatic retinopexy
takes about 3 weeks. The local anesthetic affects only the eye and wears off
The hardest part of the recovery is keeping the gas
bubble in the right place until a seal forms around the tear in the
When silicone oil is used instead of gas, there may be less
need to keep your head and eye in a precise position, because the oil bubble
does not move as readily as a gas bubble. This may make the surgery and
recovery easier for older adults, young children, and anyone who may have
trouble keeping his or her head and eye in the proper position.
Contact your doctor right away if you notice any signs of
complications after surgery, such as:
The location and size of a tear in
the retina determines whether pneumatic retinopexy can be used. Pneumatic
retinopexy can be useful when:
The break must be in the upper half of the eyeball for
pneumatic retinopexy to be practical. You have to be able to position your head
so that the break and the bubble are at the highest point. If the break was on
the bottom of the eyeball, you would have to stay upside down during your
recovery, which would not be practical.
A single treatment with pneumatic
retinopexy reattaches the retina most of the time. With additional treatments
such as vitrectomy or scleral buckling, the surgery is successful nearly all
the time.
Chances for good vision after surgery are higher if the
macula was still attached before surgery. If the
detachment affected the macula, good vision after surgery is still possible but
less likely.
The most frequent problems from pneumatic
retinopexy include:
Although they do not occur very often, other complications
Pneumatic retinopexy can be
done on an
outpatient basis.
The success of pneumatic
retinopexy depends on keeping the gas bubble against the retina until it
flattens. This will require you to hold your head and eye in the proper
position for long periods of time. Do not have the procedure if a medical
condition or other situation will make you unable to stay in the right
position for the time required.
There are a
few ways to repair a retinal detachment. The chance that each surgery type can
help restore good vision varies from case to case. The cause, location, and
type of detachment usually determine which surgery will work best. Other
conditions or eye problems may also play a role in the
You may
need more than one surgery to reattach the retina if scar tissue from the first surgery grows over the surface of your retina.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
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Adding to the wind sector's gloom is the realisation that a recent government allocation was not as large as it first appeared.
Last May, wind projects were halted after the industry ministry required central government approval for all new projects that were not yet registered as fully operational. Without approval, projects were not eligible for wind power production incentives. AEE estimates that 5000 jobs directly related to wind were lost during the half-year freeze on building projects following that decree.
In November, the government said it would approve 6.4GW of 14GW of pending wind project applications. Dates of commissioning for the projects stretched to end-2012 (Windpower Monthly, January 2010).
Though Spain's wind sector initially greeted the allocation as evidence that its frozen market was thawing, optimism has faded. The 6.4GW is not enough to sustain the industry, claims AEE president Jose Donoso. Without firmer support from government, AEE reckons Spain's wind manufacturing base will shift abroad.
Honeymoon over
Warmer relations between the wind sector and regulators followed the government's November announcement. The AEE was relieved that the 6.4GW allocation was not much lower, as it had earlier feared. Another welcome development was the extension of the production incentive for new wind capacity.
A 2005 renewable energy plan had set 2010 as the final year for that incentive, but the November allocation extended the support through the end of 2012. The AEE was also cheered by the new 23GW target for total cumulative wind power capacity by end-2012, compared to the 20GW by 2010 earlier stipulated. The wind industry publicly welcomed the two-year breathing space, but with reservation. "Wind plants take up to seven years to develop," says Donoso. "We need at least five years' regulation visibility if we are to keep financiers and investors onboard."
The honeymoon soon ended. Wind firms at first believed the 6.4GW comprised new projects, as ministry communications had implied. But AEE says information reveals that just over 4GW of the allocation is actually for projects already under construction - or, in some cases, already online - meaning demand for new turbines will be much lower than initially believed. The remainder of the allocation will result in average annual turbine orders of just 780MW, 37% below the 2.1GW annual demand in 2004-2008.
Moreover, AEE has identified 660MW of wind capacity that was under construction or completed as of April 2009, but not commissioned - and thus ineligible under the rules established in May for the statutory wind power incentive. AEE declines to reveal a breakdown of how much is built or under construction, but offers as an indication that a handful of projects scheduled under the register to connect as late as 2012 are already producing power. Developers should not be penalised under the new rules, says Donoso. "Projects advanced under legally binding regulation in place before the rules suddenly changed in May, regardless of contracts and supply chains already set in motion," he says.
For AEE, negotiating a special arrangement for the excluded 660MW is top priority, especially as it is still unknown whether that capacity will receive permission to feed power into the grid even at non-subsidised electricity market rates.
At a forthcoming meeting, AEE also plans to urge the ministry to publish by the end of March a draft regulation for a new support mechanism for wind after 2012. Further demands include wind allocations at average 2004-2008 levels of 2.1GW a year. Furthermore, AEE wants the government to set a 45GW wind target for 2020, including 5GW offshore - a level of commitment the wind industry says is required to comply with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive.
Clash of renewables
Rebuffing wind industry complaints about last year's hiatus, energy secretary Pedro Marin last month insisted that wind and other renewables have not suffered paralysis. Rather, he said, they have exceeded targets set in 2005. The AEE acknowledges that installed wind capacity is 13% beyond Renewable Energy Plan targets. But it rejects any suggestion that the wind sector is bloated, drawing comparisons to solar photovoltaic and solar thermoelectric capacity that it says exceed targets by 1089% and 368% respectively. Wind produced 44% of all renewables generation in Spain in 2009 while only using 22% of all renewables production incentives paid by the electricity system, says AEE. In contrast, the two solar technologies combined accounted for just 9% of total renewables generation but received 48% of total renewables incentives in 2009, it says.
"Wind has proved its sustainability," says Donoso. "The minimum we and the EU require is 2.1GW of new capacity a year."


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|Bulletins of The Serving Library #1Summer 2011
Edited by Stuart Bailey, Angie Keefer, David Reinfurt
Bulletins of The Serving Library is the new biannual publication from Dexter Sinister, which continues where the final issue of their previous house journal DOT DOT DOT left off. It will be published under the umbrella of their nascent Serving Library, a non-profit institution founded on a cooperatively-built archive that assembles itself by publishing. The pilot issue addresses the twin themes of Time generally and Libraries specifically, and includes texts by Angie Keefer, Rob Giampietro and David Reinfurt, and Bruce Sterling.


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PORTSMOUTH — Two occupants of a sinking tugboat escaped to safety Wednesday in the waters off the Memorial Bridge construction project.
Video courtesy Bruce Addison.
PORTSMOUTH — Two crew members escaped from a sinking tugboat Wednesday in the waters near the Memorial Bridge construction project.
The Coast Guard, Marine Patrol and Portsmouth Fire Department responded to the scene when the tugboat began to sink at about 11:45 a.m.
An employee of a nearby construction site said the boat sank within minutes after it tipped over and began taking on water.
The Benjamin Bailey, the 1,200 horsepower tugboat that sank, was being contracted by Archer Western Contractors, the company running the Memorial Bridge project. It is owned by Riverside and Pickering Marine Contractors in Eliot, Maine, and was staffed by local crew members who have knowledge of the area, according to Archer Western spokeswoman Carol Morris.
A video of the accident shows the 55-foot boat pinned up against a structure at the Memorial Bridge construction site. A crew member can be seen leaping from the overturned cabin of the ship.
Morris said salvage crews were attempting to lift the ship from the water in the afternoon.
"We don't know why it went down yet," Morris said. "Obviously there's going to be an investigation."
Staffers from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services were also at the scene Wednesday afternoon. DES Public Information Officer Jim Martin said there were no indications that material was leaking from the ship into the river as of 2 p.m.
"Obviously that is a situation that could change as they're righting the tug," he added.


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It is time to reveal our plans for NYCC:
Zenescope Entertainment has announced its plans for New York Comic Con 2012 at the Javits Center in New York City from October 11th through the 14th. The company will be appearing at booth # 1657 and will have on hand the most products and content it ever has in the 7 years Zenescope has been attending the east coast's largest Comic Con.
Brand new issues debuting at the booth will be the Grimm Fairy Tales 2012 Halloween Edition, the Grimm Fairy Tales Animated Comic and the Grimm Fairy Tales Giant Sized 2012.
Zenescope will also have 12 limited edition New York Comic Con Exclusive Covers available from artists such as EBAS, Anthony Spay, Jamie Tyndall, Elias Chatzoudis and many more! Many artists are going to be available to sign at different times throughout the weekend.
Other Zenescope merchandise will include Wonderland Board Games, Action Figures, T-shirts, Art Prints and all the latest Trade Paperbacks, Graphic Novels and Exclusives fans are looking for!
Meanwhile the Zenescope booth has FREE signings and FREE Giveaways all weekend long. Some of the creators appearing at booth 1657 include writers Raven Gregory, Ralph Tedesco, Joe Brusha and Patrick Shand; artists include Anthony Spay, Jamie Tyndall, Elias Chatzoudis and more.
There will be more special appearances from Grimm Fairy Tales Animated director Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, Venture Bros.) and Grimm Fairy Tales animated actress Briana Evigan (The Devil's Carnival, Sorority Row).
Also appearing will be Cosplay queen Jessica Nigri and of course the gorgeous Zenescope Booth Babes! See below for is a complete list of Exclusives and Appearances.
The biggest news of the weekend is the premiere of the Grimm Fairy Tales Animated Pilot which was fan-funded through Kickstarter and produced by Zenescope, Titmouse and Schneppzone. The pilot will make its much-anticipated debut on the evening of October 13th with a screening party and fairy tale-themed burlesque show performed by Ink & Paint Burlesque. The event is being held at Times Scare in New York City on Saturday, October 13th, with doors opening at 9:30pm.
Limited tickets for the event will be available for sale at the Zenescope booth or online athttps://www.zenescope.com/comics/51-grimm-fairy-tales-the-animated-series/issues/427
Lastly, there will be a Zenescope panel that will premiere a first look sneak peek at Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales Animated pilot. The panel will feature director Jon Schnepp, Grimm Fairy Tales writers and creators Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco and actress Brianna Evigan. It will be Friday, from 7:45pm – 8:45pm in panel room 1A14.
If you are an aspiring artist looking to become a member of the Zenescope creative team, they will be doing portfolio reviews on Friday through Sunday from 12:00pm – 2:00pm at the booth (1657). Please bring examples of your work, including sequentials, penciled pages, pin-up. The company is also actively seeking colorists so colorists are welcome.
Here are the exclusives for New York Comic Con 2012:
Actress Briana Evigan will be signing at the Zenescope booth Friday and Saturday from 5-6 pm
There will be an ultra-limited variant of this cover available at the booth.
*The cover artist Anthony Spay will be signing at the Zenescope booth Friday and Saturday.
There will be an ultra-limited variant of this cover available at the booth.
*The cover artist Elias Chatzoudis will be signing at the Zenescope booth Friday and Saturday , from 1 – 2 pm and again from 4-5 pm.
*The cover artist Elias Chatzoudis and writer Pat Shand will be signing at the Zenescope booth Friday and Saturday , from 1 – 2 pm and again from 4-5 pm.
*The cover artist Jamie Tyndall will be signing this issue at the Zenescope booth Friday, from 2:30 – 3:30pm (booth 1657) for the Robyn Hood launch signing.
Here is the list of New York Comic Con exclusives we will have available at the booth (Booth #1657) Grimm Fairy Tales presents Robyn Hood #1, Grimm Fairy Tales #78, Grimm Fairy Tales 2012 Halloween Edition, Wonderland #3, Grimm Fairy Tales Myths and Legends #21, Godstorm #1, and Grimm Fairy Tales the Animated Series One-Shot.
Appearing and signing at the Zenescope booth #1657 during the show: Briana Evigan, Jon Schnepp, Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco, Raven Gregory, Patrick Shand, Jessica Nigri, Elias Chatzoudis, Jamie Tyndall, Anthony Spay, Mark L Miller, Joey Esposito, Jesse Wichmann.
Most signings will include giveaways so check www.facebook.com/zenescope for updated signing schedules. Here is the planned schedule:
Thursday (3pm – 9pm) (Preview Day)
5:00pm – Jesse Wichmann
Friday (10am -7pm)
11:00am – Anthony Spay
12:00pm – Raven Gregory
1:00pm – Elias Chatzoudis
2:30pm- 3:30pm – Robyn Hood Launch Signing! – Writer Pat Shand, Cover Artist Jamie Tyndall, Cosplayer Jessica Nigri
4:00pm – Elias Chatzoudis, Pat Shand
5:00pm – Briana Evigan
Saturday (10am -7pm)
11:00am – Joey Esposito, Raven Gregory
12:00pm – Mark L. Miller, Raven Gregory
1:00pm – Elias Chatzoudis, Pat Shand
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2:30 -3:30pm – Jessica Nigri
2:00 to 4:00pm – Raven Gregory
4:00pm – Elias Chatzoudis, Pat Shand
5:00pm – Briana Evigan, Jon Schnepp
Sunday (10am -5pm
11:00am – Raven Gregory
12:00pm – Pat Shand
1:00pm – Jesse Wichmann
2:00pm – Anthony Spay


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Linda Robertson: Real rivalry, real affection as US, Canada pairs finish with gold, silver
They harbor no secrets, hold no grudges. How could they? American ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White train together every day at the same rink in Michigan with their Canadian counterparts, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
They know each others' music down to the last note, could imitate each others' programs blindfolded. They share a coach. They have shared so many medal podiums they've lost count.
The two teams were together again at the Sochi Olympics, only this time it was Davis and White on the top step, bending down to hug Virtue and Moir.
The affection was not fake, even in a sport of heavy makeup and frozen smiles.
Davis and White, waltzing across the ice with dazzling speed and daring acrobatic lifts, defeated their rivals by a convincing 4.53 points Monday in figure skating's equivalent to ballroom dancing.
"We're linked forever," White said of the Canadians, who won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where the Americans took silver.
Davis and White made history by becoming the first U.S. couple to win an Olympic gold medal in a discipline other than singles skating. The U.S. has won a record seven men's and seven women's gold medals, but never gold in dance or pairs.
Davis and White's victory was also the first for the U.S. here outside the mountain Extreme Park venue, where Americans have won four golds in slopestyle skiing and snowboarding — referred to dismissively as "trash sports" by traditionalists.
Ice dancing is only marginally a sport, too, but the Americans and Canadians, coached by their envelope-pushing mentor Marina Zueva, have led the evolution of the discipline from one that was mocked for its campy costumes, simple twizzles and preordained placements by deal-brokering judges to one of legitimate athleticism.
Working to outdo each other daily, Davis and White and Virtue and Moir mastered tougher tricks and forced the opposition to raise the level of difficulty.
Davis and White whirled through their long program Monday to "Scheherazade" by Rimsky-Korsakov, he the sultan wearing deep purple, she the princess spinning 1,001 stories in a lilac dress adorned with gems. On one lift, he slung her around his back. On another, around his neck. He held her upside down with her feet in the air. He twirled round and round while she did the splits in his outstretched hands. She balanced with her left skate blade on his right thigh.
It's not an event for anybody squeamish about severing their femoral or carotid arteries.
The Canadians skated three places earlier, evoking a beautiful but exhausting romance. They gazed into each other's eyes with aching devotion, then she flipped backward into his arms as he raised her onto his shoulders for six dizzying revolutions.
While some Canadians complained that the fix was in, Virtue and Moir did not. They've seen their training partners practice and perform hundreds of times. While the Canadians emote better, the Americans skate with more power and agility.
Watching the drama unfold with mixed feelings was Zueva, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, a former ice dancer and choreographer of the incomparable pairs team Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov until Grinkov's untimely death in 1995.
Zueva, 57, who moved to Michigan in 2001, deserves a medal podium of her own, on which she would have to straddle the top two steps. Her two teams have traded gold and silver in 18 of the past 20 major competitions. Her pupils' styles are different, and she knows how to play to their strengths.
"Tessa and Scott have special chemistry," she said. "When they were boy and girl, very natural together. Now man and woman.
"Meryl and Charlie are more muscular. I try to make them more artistic, more dramatic. I work with them and they are more actors now."
As the Americans and Canadians posed with their medals and their flags, Zueva stood in the middle, beaming.
"I always enjoy for the team who wins and cry for the team who loses," she said. "I keep my heart in both."
Davis, 27, and White, 26, and Virtue, 24, and Moir, 26, have trained together at the Arctic Edge rink in Canton, Mich., near Detroit since they were teens.
"They grew up together," Zueva said.
What's remarkable is their harmony. It's as if Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal decided to train at the same court under the same coach. Zueva is like co-manager of the Yankees and Red Sox, flitting from dugout to dugout. It works because it's not a contact sport.
"I don't like to compare ourselves to Meryl and Chuckie," Moir said. "Kurt Browning told me once – you don't have to defeat your opponent. You can have different moments."
Both teams formed when the skaters were in elementary school, when they were put together on play dates, Davis said. White, then 10, was initially "annoyed" to be paired with a girl who was below his skill level.
"But it was pretty obvious she was going to hold her own no matter what we did," he said. "We were sticking together like glue."
Nothing has come between them, even though the shy Davis and gregarious White are very different personalities. Nothing has eroded their friendship with Virtue and Moir, even in a sport of tumultuous partner-switching, cold mornings, tedious workouts, frustrating falls.
Zueva has kept them together, yet distinct as all five – four North Americans guided by a Russian – pledged to build respect for ice dancing.
"We've used up all our unison," Moir joked as he and Virtue interrupted each other in praising their rivals. "Nobody likes to sit in this position, but it is easier when you see how hard they work every single day."


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Gatecrashers 'change the game forever'
It's difficult to know whether anyone will even have the energy to engage in kitchen-ruling tonight, after being so thoroughly stunned by last night's Twist That Will Change The Game Forever. But the whole country waits with bated breath to see what this strange new gatecrasher-heavy world will bring, fascinated and thrilled by Channel Seven's discovery of a brilliant new way to prolong this series well beyond the next Winter Olympics.
We begin with "previously on My Kitchen Rules", which sadly is to be taken literally, as the over-excited narrator takes us through everything that has happened so far, which turns out to have been a little dull.
Then we are introduced to the gatecrashers, who we were also introduced to last night. On first appearances it looks like "gatecrashing" involves a lot of arm-folding and possibly some dirty looks.
We enter the present, where Angela and Melina are preparing to "gatecrash the party", in the sense of "having everyone over for dinner". Angela and Melina are "real housewives", which I think means they put a lot of electricity through their hair while they sleep. They would describe their cooking as rustic, peasant-style food, so we can expect a lot of mud in the dishes.
Angela and Melina set off to shop, casually mentioning Coles by coincidence. A cutaway to Samuel reveals that he thinks the gatecrashers probably think they have a "bit of a chance", yet again proving that Samuel's uncanny insight into the hidden truth of things is without parallel.
Angela and Melina reveal that their nonnas make stuffed eggplant with their eyes closed, which seems an extremely dangerous way to cook. Hopefully the gatecrashers themselves will be a little more responsible in the kitchen. They then experience minor orgasms over beef cheeks at Coles, which is only natural I suppose. Melina notes that when jumping up and down and squealing, "the little nonnas and yia-yias" were looking at them, just to make sure we realise they are ethnic.
Back to the house, where there is a bit more squealing and some cutlery and a bit more over-enunciation of Italian words. They begin to prepare their beef cheeks, and Angela explains they will be preparing their vegetables with a complex and sophisticated method called "cooking". Pete pops up to inform us that if the beef cheeks are not cooked well, they will not be well-cooked, and then Melina begins making the mango and passionfruit summer delight, a dessert that confuses Manu. "I don't know what it is – do they?" he asks, brow creasing in Gallic puzzlement. Yes, Manu, they do. They're making it.
Now it's time to make the entrée, stuffed eggplants and zucchini flowers, the pair having fallen for the oldest trick the devil ever pulled: convincing people that zucchini flowers are a valuable use of resources.
Suddenly, disaster strikes – Angela has lost her shoes! Suddenly, non-disaster strikes – she's found them! But there are bigger fish to fry, and sadly not in a literal sense: the cakey thing in the oven is turning out wrong somehow. I don't know how – it's too yellow or something.
The guests stride toward the house. Lisa lets us know that the gatecrashers will pull out all stops, and that she has still not released Stefano from captivity. Gatecrasher Ashlee lets us know that she loves being a gatecrasher, because she enjoys doing less work than other people. Gatecrasher Nastassia lets us know that this is just like Star Wars, in that there are people competing against other people, just like in Star Wars. We look forward to more of Nastassia's analysis, and how MKR is also a lot like Rocky, Saving Private Ryan, Troop Beverly Hills and the Olympic water polo.
Then suddenly the entire house bursts into flames, but unfortunately it's just an ad for Packed to the Rafters.
Back to "reality", where Angela and Melina welcome their guests by holding hands and shrieking at each other in the kitchen while they wait outside. Samuel is bewildered by the ladies' ability to wear makeup and do their hair. Melina has taken note of the aggressive way that Ashlee and Sophia kiss without using their hands – if you don't manhandle Melina when you come in the door, it is ON, bitches.
Stefano finds the Italian-themed restaurant vaguely familiar, as Lisa has yet to erase his memory completely. Ashlee, on the other hand, doesn't feel like she's in Italy at all, which seems a fairly high bar to set.
We now detour into the life story of Ashlee and Sophia, who would definitely give you an education if you called them Westies, because they have a lot of spare time on their hands. For Sophia, going on MKR is an homage to her parents, who used to produce competitive reality shows in Cambodia. They love rustic food and hearty food, which they demonstrate by dumping some lettuce in a bowl of pink water. They are also "hard-arses" and in no way token Asians.
Now we get to know Kieran and Nastassia, who identify as nerds. Nastassia is a real estate agent, while Kieran is a bearded lady who plays with dolls. Kieran likes to take people on a journey to somewhere they haven't been before when he cooks, hoping to carve out a niche as Australia's first professional chef-cum-kidnapper. He also wears a cape sometimes, so he's basically a lunatic.
At the table, Nastassia tells everyone that she will be trying to do her best, causing the other teams to immediately revise their planned "don't bother" strategy.
Back in the kitchen, Angela and Melina are saying "nonna" a bit more. Also it sounds like they are putting "nail polish" in their food, but it's possible I misheard.
Pete and Manu ring the doorbell, and Angela and Melina shriek a bit more. Sooner or later they're going to rupture something. "The judges walk in and I'm dying … I'm not only dying, I'm already dead," says Sophia, who has been watching the previous episodes keenly and is determined to be the most annoying person who has ever been on the show. What she means is, she wants to activate Pete's almonds.
Ashlee and Sophia think the menu is boring, while Kieran, who has styled his hair for the maximum Miranda Otto lookalike effect, thinks it's fairly traditional, which should suit him down to the ground given the whole cape thing.
Pete interrogates the diners as to who thinks they will be on top of the leaderboard. Everyone says they will, although Dan looks like he's only opening his mouth because a producer is hiding behind his chair with a cattle prod. Nastassia notes that they want to prove that nerds can cook in order to dispel a stereotype that doesn't exist.
Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsay is playing soccer in someone's yard.
Back at the "restaurant", the zucchini flowers are being stuffed with ricotta in a prime example of the irrevocable decline of western civilisation. Angela believes the zucchini flowers look beautiful, even though they actually look like if asparagus could grow genitals. The pair are so excited about their entrée that they say "nonna" over and over again at an unprecedented rate.
Sophia thinks the entrée looks like a beached whale, because she literally does not know what a whale looks like. Ashlee thinks it looks tacky and boring and doesn't want to eat it, fitting snugly into MKR's now well-established "Asian woman who doesn't like eating" tradition.
Manu tells the housewives that he was very, very excited, but has been grossly disappointed, because they have tried to make the food as if making it for a restaurant, a major mistake in this "Instant Restaurant Challenge". Manu was expecting something a bit more clumsy and poorly-made, and is shattered that he didn't get it.
Pete employs his "I want to feel some love in this" catchphrase, which by now we all know is his code for food that has been rubbed inside the chef's pants. The housewives are so upset they say "nonna" again.
Lisa and Stefano are disgusted as they find pink bits in the eggplant – devious sabotage from Joanna and Jenna! Nastassia enjoyed the entrée due to her garlic fetish, but Sophia is so disappointed she just has to sigh melodramatically. "To me this dish is nonsensical," she says in the tone of a woman who doesn't know what "nonsensical" means. "It should've been one or the other," she adds. One or the other what? She does not elaborate.
Dan and Steph are delighted at the sight of gatecrasher-on-gatecrasher slagging-off, although it is uncertain whether Dan is technically awake.
In the kitchen, Melina is nervous about her radicchio, which happens to us all. What if Manu doesn't think balsamic vinegar is rustic enough? On such matters does destiny hang. "Let's do it like our nonnas do it," says Melina, eager to let the audience in on the hitherto well-kept secret that she is Italian.
Out come the beef cheeks, and they have turned out wonderfully. "I would totally be proud of this to serve to my nonna," says Angela, who is apparently Italian.
In the dining room, Sophia explains how she wants the beef cheeks to "collapse at my will", just like the spirit of anyone who meets her. Stefano says something that makes everyone laugh, possibly because they're racist. Ali notes that Stefano is a lot like an Italian Samuel, cleverly insulting two men with one sentence.
In the kitchen, potato is being both mashed and over-dramatised. Angela is dancing as she mashes, seemingly drunk beyond all reason. She gets a bit too funky, though, as the potatoes have turned out too runny. Yet somehow it still has lumps in it – these ladies have an incredible knack for getting things wrong. They add cream to the potato because they are still drinking heavily. Suddenly a foreign body has been discovered in the mashed potato – it's a fork! The legendary potato fork of which tales have been told throughout history is pulled from the potato, and the prophecy is fulfilled.
Angela thinks she's lost five kilos today from "stress and adrenalin", though she may have made that up in booze. They begin turning the potato into glue, which seems a somewhat questionable tactic. They decide to bite the bullet and go straight for the old reliable sure-fire winner: bitching at each other.
The beef cheeks are served, and the consensus is that the mash looks "incredible", "silky", "glossy", "manageable", and "full of body". And the beef cheeks are definitely soft, meaning Sophia may be forced to find something else to complain about, like the colour of the plates or the humidity.
Manu loves the dish apart from the mash, which has too much "elasticity", whatever that means. He considers the beef was cooked to perfection, which pleases Angela and Melina so much they say "nonna" twice.
Dan, who expected to be eating the best mashed potato he's ever had, has the tables turned cruelly on him by Fate, as it turns out to be the worst mashed potato he's ever eaten. For her part, Steph feels like "a cow with molasses", so I guess she's been drinking too. Meanwhile Lisa makes clear her desire to be really nasty, and Sophia makes clear her plan to simply say the opposite of whatever everyone else is saying.
In the kitchen dessert is being prepared. There's cake and marmalade and stuff. It's not very interesting. Angela and Melina have been calling each other "babe" all night, and it hasn't gotten any more endearing. The dessert is definitely not Italian, which is an excuse for them to say "nonna".
In the dining room, Sophia continues her strategy of inducing suicidal thoughts in her opponents by talking to them, and expresses her bafflement at not knowing what a mango and passionfruit summer delight is. Sophia does not like eating things which were not explicitly described to her beforehand: it unnerves her. She's been hurt before by vague menus.
In the kitchen there is trouble as the mango mousse refuses to come out of the pan, the housewives not having counted on the native shyness of the typical tropical fruit. Having tried to get it out by knocking on the pan, they try Plan B: knocking on the pan again.
A quick ad break and a low-down dirty trick by Seven in making us think the show has started again when actually it was an ad for Campbell's Real Stock later, and we're back to find out the mousse crisis was actually not one, as the mousse plops out onto the cake. As Melina ices the cake, Angela won't shut up, driving Melina into a furious frenzy of calling her "babe".
"Looks like Summer Delight is actually cake," says Kieran. "On a plate," says Nastassia, as if the idea of serving food on a plate is the most absurd thing she's ever heard of.
The cake is not a success – Manu expected more from Angela and Melina. He makes clear his contempt for the very idea of sponge cake, while Pete has been jarred by the mousse, an occupational hazard in his line of work. Both judges make it clear that the housewives have broken their hearts with their mediocre mousse-cake. "Don't beat yourself up," says Pete, "it's only the first night", although of course it's also the only chance they'll get to cook for everyone, so that's not much of a consolation.
Dan, who is almost conscious by this stage, doesn't think the dessert is working, while Sophia is confused. She doesn't like the flavours, which is extremely puzzling to her – what does it all mean? She lets out a heavy sigh to express her deep existential angst at this befuddling dish. "I don't understand it … what is it? Is it a custard? Is it icing? Is it crème patissier? Is it an omelette? Is it a hamburger? Is it a kangaroo salad? Is it a lawnmower?" She sighs again, unable to comprehend how evil the world can be at times. "I'm speechless," she lies ...
The other teams give their scores. From Lisa and Stefano a one, from Dan and Steph a two, because these teams have learnt their lesson well: be a total bastard at all times. Other teams are a little kinder: Ashlee and Sophia give a five, because although Sophia loved the main, she is still unsure whether the dessert was a mousse, or a crème brulee, or a pancake, or a can of sardines, or an indigenous cave painting.
If you're feeling drained by the drama of tonight's episode, why not give yourself a pep-up with Swisse?
The moment of sort-of-truth has arrived, with the revealing of the scores. But first, a lengthy recap of what we literally just saw. The guest teams have given them a combined score of 18 out of 50, a decent reflection of the quality of the food and the moral bankruptcy of the contestants. Lisa explains that their score of one is based on the fact that the food was of "very average quality", knowing that Stefano's limited grasp of English will prevent him explaining to her the meaning of "average".
Pete explains he was disappointed with the entrée even though he loved the zucchini flower because he's weird. He gives the entrée a six, Manu a five. Angela and Melina are happy with that, their self-esteem having plummeted in the last few hours.
Both judges much preferred the main, despite the mashed glue. Pete gives a seven, Manu an eight. Inspirational music plays, indicating that this really is as good as it's going to get for these two. Unfortunately, the music turns menacing for the judging of the dessert, which it is universally agreed was a big boring pile of poo. Manu gives it a three, as does Pete. Lisa and Stefano glance at each other, the reality of what awful people they are really hitting home.
The total score is 50. This is apparently not deterring Angela and Melina from winning the competition, although obviously it's quite likely to literally prevent them from winning the competition.
The guests leave, and Angela and Melina discuss how much they hate everyone, and shout "GAME ON" just to emphasise how on the game is.
And so to tomorrow night, when Dan and Steph will make dinner, and Dan will try as hard as he can to restrain his powerful urge to punch people in the throat, and Sophia will say "OMG. LOL" and basically be the worst person on earth.
I can't wait!


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|From Suze
Tried three white negroni variations last night using the ratios from the PDT Cocktail Book ratio as a starting point.
2 oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Lillet Blanc
1/2 oz Suze
2 oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Dolin Blanc
1/2 oz Salers
2 oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Tempus Fugit Kina l'Avion d'Or
1/2 oz Tempus Fugit Grand Classico Bitter
The first is the original White Negroni created by Wayne Collins when a friend gave him some Suze to play with. I am gradually coming to the conclusion that either my Suze is tired, or I just don't like it. The original was my least favorite of the bunch. I kind of kept thinking, it would have been a perfectly fine cocktail, if it didn't have the Suze in it.
According to some friends, a recipe for a 'white negroni' is being made at Dutch Kills in New York using Dolin Blanc instead of Lillet Blanc. This was a nice feature for the Saler's, and a tasty cocktail, though it really didn't evoke the aesthetic of a Negroni.
The third was the most 'negroni' of the three, adding the herbal accents of the Gran Classico. Guests were split about 50-50 between it and a classic negroni.


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Geocaching for Families
What Is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an outdoor game that uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. It's an inexpensive, interactive experience that has players finding — and hiding — containers called caches. While kids run around, they can learn more about their town's geography or explore a new area they're visiting.
What's a Cache?
Caches are containers that have been hidden by fellow geocachers — anyone can do it. The person who initially hides the cache posts its GPS coordinates on geocaching.com, which is how you know where to look. Caches are everywhere — there are 900,000 worldwide! "We were surprised to learn that there are 1,300 caches hidden just in our small town," says Judie Churchill of Durham, New Hampshire.
What's in a Cache?
It can be anything, big or small. There's always a logbook or paper scroll to sign, along with notes from the cache's previous discoverers. (Kids love to leave messages.) Often the cache contains small treasures, like maps, books, CDs, pictures, jewelry or games. You might also find a "travel bug," an item that's meant to be taken from one cache and placed in another (although it would have been noted on the Web site).
What Kind of Equipment Do We Need?
Once you've gone to geocaching.com to find the coordinates where your cache is located, you'll need a GPS unit or GPS-enabled mobile phone. There are also some units that come preloaded with coordinates.
Basic GPS handhelds start at around $100. The new Geomate.jr ($70) is an easy-to-use unit designed specifically for geocaching families. It's already preloaded with coordinates of about 250,000 geocaches across the U.S., which means you don't need an Internet connection. The Garmin eTrex H ($100) is a popular choice, with good reception and simple directions. For more info, visit gpsinformation.net.
If you want to try geocaching before buying a GPS, rent handheld units for as low as $4 a day (without shipping), from companies like gps4rent.com, 888-799-6356; gpsrentals.biz, 877-447-7864; and gpsrental.lowergear.com, 866-994-4537.
How Do We Start Geocaching?
Sign up for free at geocaching.com. Enter your ZIP code and how many miles you'd like to venture from home (or from where you're staying). Press Go and you'll find a slew of listings — often hundreds — of nearby caches.
How to Pick a Cache
Online you'll find listings of cache locations with GPS coordinates, along with clues to help you find them (cache size, type and color of container; distance from trails or well-known landmarks). Most listings will even tell you where to park your car to begin the search. Listings also have difficulty ratings. For your first adventure, start with an easy cache in a familiar neighborhood or local park.
How to Find Your Cache
Enter the coordinates of the cache on your GPS and use clues to arrive at the spot. Once you've located the cache, be sure to sign the logbook and put the cache back exactly where you found it. You may also want to share your experience when you get home by writing about it on geocaching.com.
How to Take Geocaching to the Next Level
After you've mastered the basics of cache-finding, you may want to try your hand at stumping others. "We've started hiding our own caches and posting the coordinates online," says Laura Bolen of Marengo, Illinois. "The kids love to check out how many people have found our containers — and they're always on the lookout for new hiding spots."
Geocaching Rules
Take a picnic, enjoy the spot and get into the game! But follow these rules:
— Cache in, trash out — and pick up any other litter you find along the way.
— If you remove an item from the cache, replace it with something of equal value.
— Always jot your name in the logbook.
— Return the container exactly where you found it.
Originally published in the April 1, 2010, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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|This article is about Sue Sylvester's sister. You may be looking for Jean Baptiste, the lead vocalist of Throat Explosion.
Jean Sylvester was the older sister of Sue Sylvester and the eldest daughter of Doris Sylvester and Mr. Sylvester. She first appeared in Wheels, the ninth episode of Season One, and passed away in Funeral, the twenty-first episode of Season Two, thus making it her final appearance.
Jean was born with Down Syndrome and as a child was treated very poorly because of this. As her parents were always absent hunting Nazis, she was raised by Sue. Even though Sue classed her as a hero, not everyone respected her the same way and they were rude to her, which upset Sue. She lived at a home for the elderly and disabled, and was frequently visited by Sue. She enjoys watching Sue on television, and she calls Sue everynight at 10, because her body tells her. Sue and others say Jean was sweet and caring.
She was portrayed by actress Robin Trocki.
Jean is first seen near the end of the episode, Wheels, shortly after Sue uncharacteristically showed several acts of kindness back at the school, when she donates a large sum of money to the school for new wheelchair ramps and allows Becky Jackson, a girl with Down syndrome, to join the Cheerios. The kindness, it turns out, was the result of Jean also having Down syndrome, and Sue feeling sympathetic. Due to her condition, Jean is forced to live in an assisted living center, where Sue visits as often as she can. Sue, however, feels she doesn't visit nearly enough, to which the nurse firmly disagrees with, seeing Sue as a truly loving little sister. Upon entering the room, Sue is happily greeted by Jean, who exclaims that her sister is famous thanks to her new TV news segment, Sue's Corner. Sue gives her a pompom as a gift and then proceeds to read her The Little Red Riding Hood, Jean's favorite book.
In The Power of Madonna, Sue gives a somewhat odd account of her childhood with Jean. Their parents were famous Nazi hunters, who traveled the world searching for ex-Nazis and left Sue at home to take care of Jean. Neither girl was able to keep up on the latest fashions, until one of Madonna's albums made it to them. Her powerful music and style inspired the girls to change Sue's hair to blonde, however they couldn't afford the products necessary, and instead Jean used extremely dangerous chemicals like napalm, which led to Sue having her hair chemically damaged, and forever forced to keep it short. Sue holds no grudge against Jean for this, however, which is oddly out of character for Sue.
In Bad Reputation, Sue goes to see Jean for advice since everyone is making fun of her and apologizes to her, saying she wishes she stood up for her even more when they were kids. Jean tells Sue that whenever she would feel sad she would go help at the animal shelter, Sue realizes that there is always some one who has it worse than you. This advice leads up for Sue to start helping Emma Pillsbury. Sue later asks Jean how after all these years she is still smarter than Sue, Jean replies by saying she's the smart one. Sue tells her she's got the looks too. Sue then shows Jean a book with two bears and asks her what it symbolizes. Jean replies "them," Sue being the big bear and Jean being the small. Sue then tells Jean that she will always love her. Sue gives the proceeds she earned from her rerecording of Physical to her sister's nursing home.
Jean appeared in the episode, Grilled Cheesus. Sue visits Jean for a game and is shown playing a game of checkers with her. She is letting Jean win, and though she denies it, Jean realizes this. She then asks Jean if she believes in God, and they discuss religion. Through all of Sue's struggles, Jean says she will pray for Sue, and Sue is thankful for this. Jean seems to accept who she is and as God made her, while Sue is angry that God never fixed her sister's illness. Sue then claims to have won her game of checkers after making a false move to make her sister feel better, but then confesses that she cheated.
In The Rocky Horror Glee Show, episode, Sue mentioned taking Jean to see the Rocky Horror Show when they were younger. Sue states that the members of the audience were so outraged at having a disabled person amongst them, that they threw toast at Sue and Jean (not realizing that this is one of the callbacks for the film and that the toast was being thrown in response to a line from one of the characters).
In Furt, Jean and Sue's Nazi-hunting mother, Doris Sylvester, arrives back in town for Sue's marriage to herself. Sue is visibly angered that Doris has not taken the time to visit Jean yet, and Doris does not see her first born daughter until the wedding. Jean seems both sad by her mother's abandonment, and visibly uncomfortable with her mother. She sides with Sue when Sue disinvites Doris for being a neglectful bully. It is implied by Sue and Doris that Sue and Jean's father has long since died.
In Funeral, it is revealed that Jean was diagnosed with minor pneumonia, and died in her sleep the next week after telling Sue to go home and rest. Sue was hit tragically by the incident, and the glee club decided to help her plan the funeral, with Kurt and Finn helping her to clean out Jean's room. During the clean up, Sue revealed that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was Jean's favorite movie, which Kurt and Finn used as a theme for the funeral. At the funeral, Sue, along with help from Will, read her eulogy in which she explained the pain of her loss, but how she refused to wallow in loss because Jean would never allow it.
- It seems that Jean, along with Becky, is one of the only people who can bring out the soft side of her younger sister, Sue.
- Jean was the first major recurring character to be killed off, and the first major death of the series (not counting deaths prior to the series' beginning as well as Pavarotti's). The second major death is Finn Hudson (although Finn was killed off because of the death of his portrayer, Cory Monteith).
- Jean used to call Sue every night at 10:00 because she wanted to hear Sue's voice.
- Her favorite book is Little Red Riding Hood.
- Her favorite movie is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- Her favorite song is Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, which the New Directions performed at her funeral.
- Whenever Sue told her about Will's evil hair, she would defend him.
- Sue says that both Will and Jean have a pure heart.
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You can purchase protective padding in different sizes and shapes, or purchase sheets of material that you cut to fit your needs.
Moleskin is a soft fabric with a thin layer of felt attached to a sticky backing. It is used most often on the feet to protect the skin from rubbing against footwear or against itself. It can also help cushion the feet.
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To date, the response to the From Earth to the Universe project has been outstanding. As of October 2009, there have been or are planned over 250 separate FETTU exhibitions in more than 65 countries (on every continent except Antarctica). Millions of people have been exposed to the wonders of astronomy.
The wide range of FETTU exhibits has reflected the diversity of the communities and countries in which it has landed. From public parks to airports to art festivals to shopping malls to even prisons, FETTU has found its way into incredibly exciting places (please see http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/table_events.php for a full list and beautiful photos at http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/event_photos.php).
Suffice it to say, FETTU would not have happened if it were not for those included in this email and hundreds of others -- from the local organizers, to the funding organizations, and everyone in between -- who employed creativity and passion for bringing the wonders of the cosmos to everyday people.
Based on the preliminary evaluations currently underway, this project -- the first of its kind as a large-scale, worldwide astronomy outreach in non-traditional locations -- has been a success. We will soon be presenting some of the early findings about the impact of the exhibit as well as the on-going efforts for 2010 and beyond.
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My oldest son recently played in his first junior high football game, starting on the kick return team. Watching him stand on the field, ready to block any potential tackler who dared cross his path, I, as his father and first coach, couldn't help but feel excited, satisfied, and proud. A part of me…the part that is a speech-language pathologist and instructor of a course covering adult neurologic disorders…viewed the unfolding scene with some apprehension. Fortunately my son made it through that kick off and the several others he played unscathed. Not so fortunate was a young running back who suffered a concussion on a sideline tackle in the third quarter.
The statistics regarding concussions and young athletes are certainly pause worthy, as made evident in a recent article by Bakhos, Lockhart, Myers, and Linakis in the journal Pediatrics (August 30, 2010). Though participation in youth football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and hockey programs has decreased by 13% since 1997, the incidence of concussion in these same sports increased by 200% during that time. Among football players aged 7-11 it was estimated that 8 in every 10,000 participants suffer a concussion, jumping to 27 in 10,000 in the 12-17 age group (the figures are even higher for each age group in hockey). What increases the disconcerting nature of these figures is that they might be underestimations. McCrea, Hammeke, Olsen, Leo, and Guskiewicz in an article that appeared in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (January 2004) reported that up to 53% of football players did not report sustaining concussions or experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Reasons for this included players not considering their injury serious enough to require medical attention, an unwillingness to risk missing future games should the injury be reported, and being unaware of concussion symptoms. Based on their data, McCrea et al. estimate that 15% of all high school football players sustain a concussion each season.
What do the above figures mean? To put it simply…better education of coaches, players, and parents is required. Not only should this involve educating all concerned parties about the sign, symptoms, and effects of concussions, but it should also include a component focusing on prevention. Who should provide this education? The speech-language pathologist, with his/her knowledge and skills in the area of traumatic brain injury, is as good a professional as any.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has two very informative programs, loaded with materials and resources, that the speech-language pathologists can share with parents, coaches, and athletes: Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports and Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports. But short of not participating, what can be done to reduce the risk of concussions in football and other contact sports. Resources regarding concussion prevention are abundant on the internet. With football in mind, I personally like the recommendations of WIsportsconcussion.org, which include: (1) wearing an appropriately fitting helmet in the correct manner; (2) teaching the player appropriate tackling techniques which avoid using the head as the primary point of contact; (3) strengthening the neck muscles; and (4) wearing a mouth guard.
Because of some unfortunate accidents in recent years, my son's school district is well versed in concussion awareness and treatment. Neurologists have held in-services for interested members of the district on the subject of concussions. Many coaches and players have been taught the signs and symptoms of concussions, knowing what to do should an injury be sustained. ALL athletes, not just football players, are subject to ImPACT testing of their cognitive skills at the start of their respective seasons. It's because of this increased awareness and the systems which are in place that the reader can be assured that the young athlete who suffered the concussion in the first paragraph will not return to action, in either practice or games, until he has been medically cleared to do so.
(Note…The author's son suffered a broken foot during the first game of the year and is out for the season. He is expected to make a full recovery and plans to play football in 2011.)
Kenneth Staub, M.S., CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He will be a regular contributor to ASHAsphere and welcomes questions or suggestions for posts.


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Barack Obama spends a historic election night in his home town of Chicago, facing political peril should he lose his bid for reelection or soaring heights of jubilance for his supporters if he wins.
You can watch right along with some of the most knowledgable politicos as they take in the scene in Chicago.
NBC's Owned and Operated Television Stations have teamed up with the smart folks at Google to ring in election night just a quick 'El' stop from where the President and his folks will be biting their nails and watching election returns.
A panel of political experts will discuss the implications of the historic 2012 election, take questions from social media submitted to #asktheNBC5panel hashtag on Twitter, Facebook and Google +, and lean on a bevy of Google analytics to try to get perspective on the state of the race hours before the returns come in.
Our panelists will talk with top politicians -- such as the nation's youngest congressman and Paul Ryan workout buddy, Aaron Schock, -- social media experts, and Google's analytics wizards. And much much more.
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Our Speakers Bureau is another way we spread the word about free culture. At conferences, universities, and other gatherings, our speakers talk about the history and reality of copyright restrictions as well as the ideals and practice of free culture. Read on to find out more about our speakers, their past speaking engagements, and how free culture can be part of the discussion at your next gathering -- then contact us to book a speaker!
|Karl Fogel
|Nina Paley
|Karl is the executive director of QuestionCopyright.org, the Open Development Specialist at Civic Commons, a member of the board of the Open Source Initiative, and the author of two well-regarded books on open source development.
|Nina is the artist-in-residence at QuestionCopyright.org and the internationally award-winning creator of the freely-distributed film Sita Sings The Blues. She is an accomplished illustrator, animator, and filmmaker and in recent years has become an outspoken voice for free culture.
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hi there
im Teresa Matza form Transilvania (Europe) and we have a small low budget animation festival in 28-30 october called MAFF (Metrion Animation Film Festival) where we would like to invite Nina Paley to talk about her animation (Sita sings the blues) which we have seen and shared with people a few years ago. The festival is an international one but it is small and familiar, like the city. We have additional programmes (animation projections, concerts, programme for children and some surprize stuff). We enjoy very much her work, we are in collaboration with an art university (Partium Christian University) where there is an animation section and we'd like to hear about how has she done the whole animation, about her motivation, tehniques, personal attitude and feelings about her film and other half professional half personal stuffs about it. We also have ASIFA, Busho, Mediawave, Animest programme at the festival. We would be interested if she would like to come and let us know more about her and her work - and of course of the cost of her participation if there is one. As one of the organizers of the festival i can send you the site of Metrion Group were you can find infos about the group, the previsious year's events on MAFF, the events of the low budget art cinema called Cinema Libertatea, wich we are trying to keep in life, and other useful informations. Here it is:http://metriongroup.ro/, and as a learning animator i can send you my stuff if you would like. You can watch some of my works here. By the way im a really big fun of hers and it would be a personal pleasure to invite her to our festival and to have a conversation with her like a learner with the master. Please let us know if we can have the pride and honor to have Nina Paley as an invited artist at our festival and wich would be the conditions. With the hope of a fruitful collaboration,
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Teresa Matza.
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It's a shame this got caught by the spam filter until after the festival.
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Yes, it is. I've updated the page to include contact information right from the start, so that people aren't tempted to use the comment section here as a contact mechanism (though we still should have seen it -- am looking into why an auto-email didn't happen).


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This boutonniere is perfect for a winter wedding or winter event. The keepsake boutonniere is made with gold miniature alder cones and preserved cedar greenery. The boutonniere is pictured with a leather ribbon wrapped on the stem, but you may choose a different ribbon at checkout. Black pins included.
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Sola flowers are not fresh flowers. They are handmade with shavings from tapioca or balsa tree bark. Because they are handmade, and made from natural materials, no two are exactly alike. Some brown veining are on some of the flowers due to being made from the bark of a tree. They feel like thick paper in person.
No, all greenery and filler flowers I use in my designs are real plant material that has either been air dried, or chemically preserved and dyed after it has air dried. This allows all my items to be kept as keepsakes after your event.
Since all my items are keepsake items, you may keep your flowers 1 year or more before your event if you have a place to store them. They should be stored in a dry place with no humidity and no direct sunlight. Direct sunlight over time will eventually fade the flowers. After your event, you'll still be able to enjoy your keepsake items.
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