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* Adam is new Fiat 500 and Mini rival * Entry-level model tested in UK * On sale now, priced from 11,255...
The new Vauxhall Adam is the company's answer to small, chic hatchbacks such as the Fiat 500, Mini and Volkswagen Up.
Our early impressions of the car haven't been entirely positive, but until now all the versions we've driven have been fitted with optional sports suspension and big alloys.
So, does this entry-level 1.2 model on standard suspension and smaller wheels do enough to turn things around?
What's the 2013 Vauxhall Adam like to drive?
Adams fitted with optional sports suspension and 17-inch wheels suffer from a decidedly choppy ride. This stiffness doesn't help its handling on poor roads, either, because the car tends to hop sideways whenever it encounters a mid-corner bump or drain cover.
However, even on standard suspension and 16-inch wheels, the Adam exhibits similar characteristics, but the good news is they're not nearly so pronounced.
The bad news is the steering on the entry-level Adam is lighter than on versions fitted with sports suspension. That's fine when you're zipping around town, but the absence of any real weight doesn't inspire confidence at speed.
It's a shame because, if you're prepared to push beyond this vagueness and trust the car, there's quite a bit of grip to exploit.
The entry-level 1.2-litre petrol is the best engine in the Adam range. Granted, it's not going to set the road on fire, but it's happy to rev and is far less jerky around town than the 1.4-litre engines, both on and off the throttle.
Unfortunately, to boost responsiveness, Vauxhall has had to match the engine to rather low gearing. This, combined with the lack of a sixth gear, means the smaller engine has to work hard on the motorway and is quite noisy as a result.
What's the 2013 Vauxhall Adam like inside?
The driving position is good, the seats are comfortable and the dashboard layout is reasonably well designed.
There are intuitive controls for the air-conditioning and a user-friendly touch-screen interface called 'Intellilink', which can link with your smartphone.
The choice of materials and solid construction make the Adam's interior feel classy, too. However, your view of some of the dashboard buttons is blocked by the steering wheel, and over-the-shoulder visibility isn't great because of the Adam's chunky rear pillars.
Practicality is a bigger issue. Head- and legroom are so tight in the rear seats that even children will feel hemmed in. Adults will be downright uncomfortable assuming they can squeeze in at all and the boot is pretty pokey, although no smaller than a Mini's.
However, none of that is what's going to sell the Adam. Instead, it's the fact that you can tailor the car so precisely to your requirements that you could drive it for the rest of your days and never see another that's quite the same.
Firstly, you have to choose from one of three trims: Jam, Glam or Slam. Jam models are reasonably priced (starting at 11,255) and come with all the essentials, but there's a hefty jump of 1395 for more luxurious Glam models, while range-topping Slam trim adds a further 500 to the price.
Next, you pick from 12 paint colours, with names including 'Saturday White Fever', 'Papa don't Peach' and 'James Blonde'. To this you add a roof colour from a choice of 'Men in Brown', 'I'll be Black' or 'White my fire', followed by (if you so desire) exterior decal packs called Splat, Fly and Stripes.
If you can't be bothered with all that, you can simply add accessory packs with names such as 'Twisted' and 'Extreme', which combine various set elements from the options list. Then all you have to do is select one of 20 wheel designs and you're done with the exterior at least.
Inside, there are a further dozen colours and numerous dashboard surrounds that should you get bored or want to tone down the car before selling it can be changed at your local dealer for 75.
Finally, there's the roof lining; you can have a sunroof, or 60 LED lights set out in celestial constellations, clouds, leaves or a black and white chessboard.
Should I buy one?
The Vauxhall Adam isn't cheap; even the entry-level 1.2 costs 11,255, and if you start going wild with personalisation options you'll be spending a lot more than that.
Discounts will be relatively modest by Vauxhall standards, too, and to make matters worse the Adam isn't expected to hold its value as well as a Fiat 500 or a Mini.
In summary, then, the Adam is neither as good nor as affordable as the best city cars. However, if you're smitten by the looks and the myriad personalisation options, the 1.2-litre engine and standard suspension is definitely the way to go.
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Engine size 1.2-litre petrol
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0-62mph 14.9sec
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Our May hostess, Denise, of There's a Newf in My Soup!, challenged The Daring Cooks to make Gumbo! She provided us with all the recipes we'd need, from creole spices, homemade stock, and Louisiana white rice, to Drew's Chicken & Smoked Sausage Gumbo and Seafood Gumbo from My New Orleans: The Cookbook, by John Besh.
This month's challenge was all about the wonderful world of gumbo. Our hostess gave a great (and very thorough) lesson on all the components that go into making a traditional gumbo, and challenged us to prepare our own pot, using one of the provided recipes, a variation thereof, or any other gumbo recipe that might tickle our fancy. We were also encouraged to make our own stock and Creole Spice Blend. I wasn't ambitious enough to make my own stock, but I did throw together my own spice blend based off of the one I found on Chow.
In addition to the two main gumbo recipes provided (Chicken & Smoked Sausage and Seafood), our hostess provided a link to a vegetarian Gumbo Z'herbes recipe. This is the recipe I opted for. While it may not look very attractive (and I know, the terrible cell phone picture doesn't help its case), it definitely did not disappoint. It is a powerhouse of flavor with fragrant spices and delectable greens. My husband and I both enjoyed it, and I think it will be a recipe that I keep around for a long time to come.


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See what happens when a teen bride's new husband gives her an extraordinary and unsettling wedding gift. Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai and Alex Hassell star in this adaptation of Jessie Burton's novel. See The Miniaturist Sunday, Sept. 9, 9/8C on MASTERPIECE on PBS. #MiniaturistPBS
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Well a Happy Year to all
Hope your year has started off full of promise...
Well it time for a challenge or two...
a couple of challenges … the first one they have done is
so here is my at try at doing the layout
I used ribbons to do the lines
then used Penny Black - Hedgie friends
and yes I tried coloring him...need more practise.
now the next challenge was
here is my card for this challenge
this card is for our granddaughter who turns 18 on Thursday this week.
I used the reveal wheel by Lawn Fawn
paper is something I had for forever it seems
there are four little words she can turn the wheel to see.


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IBM Rational has announced software tools that apply the new Change Management services developed by the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) initiative.
The OSLC specification on Change Management defines a common set of services and formats for interacting with change management systems. Tools that use the new Change Management specification can more easily maintain tool integrations from different vendors and better manage the information contained within their change management systems. For example, a quality management tool can better integrate with a change management system to log and track software defects.
IBM is the first industry vendor to deliver products that implement the OSLC Change Management services. The interfaces are supported by the latest versions of IBM Rational Team Concert and IBM Rational ClearQuest software. A version for Rational (formerly Telelogic) Change is also due out in September. Additionally, IBM Rational Quality Manager and IBM Business Partner Tasktop Technologies use OSLC interfaces for integrations with Rational Team Concert, Rational ClearQuest and Rational Change.
OSLC represents a way for software vendors and the open source community to join together to answer industry demand for greater tool flexibility across the development lifecycle. Developers from more than 20 organizations have joined the effort, which became operational in late 2008. Members are involved in workgroups focused on developing specifications for all areas of development lifecycle including requirements management, quality management, software project management, architecture management and reporting.
"OSLC is breaking down barriers and easing the pain and cost associated with ALM tool integration. Its open community and common integration approach is very appealing for a company like Tasktop that supports integrations with nearly three dozen change and task management systems," said Mik Kersten, CEO, Tasktop and leader of the Eclipse Mylyn Project. "OSLC helped us accomplish the integrations our customers demand for products such as IBM Rational ClearQuest, and we will continue to benefit from integrations with future OSLC-based services."


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Control by Janet Jackson is featured in Hold on to Sixteen, the eighth episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions.
The song is sung by the New Directions at Sectionals 2011 as the second number of their Jackson Medley. Quinn opens the number, while Artie and Blaine lead the rest of the song with the New Directions as backup. It is preceded by ABC and followed by Man in the Mirror, ending the setlist.
This is a story about control
My control
Control of what I say
Control of what I do
And this time I'm gonna do it my way
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I do
Are you ready?
I am
'Cause it's all about control
And I've got lots of it
When I was seventeen, I did what people told me, uh
I did what my father said, and let my mother mold me
But that was a long ago
I'm in
Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Artie: Never gonna stop)
Control (Blaine: To get what I want)
Control (Artie: I've got to have a lot)
Control (Blaine: And now I'm all grown up)
First time I fell in love
I didn't know what hit me
Artie with New Directions:
So young and so naive
I thought it would be easy
But now I know I've got to take
Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Blaine: Now I've got a lot, ow)
Control (Artie: To get what I want, uh)
Control (Blaine: And never gonna stop)
Control (Artie: And now I'm all grown up)
Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Jam, wooh wooh
Rebel, that's right
I'm on my own, I'll call my own shots
Thank you
Got my own mind
I wanna make my own (with Artie and New Directions: decisions)
When it has to do with (with New Directions: my life, my life)
I wanna be the one in control
So let me take you by the hand
And lead you on this dance, ah
'Cause what I got is because I took a chance
Artie with New Directions:
I don't wanna rule the world
Just wanna run my life
New Directions:
So make your life a little easier
When you get the chance just take
Blaine with New Directions:
Control, ooh ooh (Artie: Now I've got a lot)
(with Artie: Ooh)
Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Blaine: To get what I want, ow)
Control (Artie: I'm never gonna stop)
Artie and Blaine:
Now I'm all grown up, wooh (New Directions: Uh)
Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Free-ee at last
Out here on my own
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Artie and Blaine with New Directons:
Artie and Blaine:
Now control this
'Cause I've got my own mind
Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Gonna make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life
I wanna be the one in control
Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Uh)
I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Ah)
I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Uh)
I'm in control (Artie: Ah)
- This is the first New Directions' competition song on which Blaine has a solo.
- When Blaine is singing at the beginning his jacket goes from being unbuttoned to buttoned back to being unbuttoned, all in the span of about 15 seconds.
- During the performance a camera man can be seen. Source


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Town reaffirms $1.5 million funding pledge for Hotel Avery
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TRUCKEE, Calif. and#8212; In an effort to avoid unforeseen complications with the town's soon-to-be-dissolved redevelopment agency, Truckee Town Council last week reiterated a promise to contribute $1.5 million to the Hotel Avery development.
At last Thursday's meeting, town council gave staff the OK to enter into a memorandum of agreement with JMA Ventures, the hotel's developer. The memorandum reassures JMA of the town's intention to provide a grant of $1 million and a loan of $500,000 for the project, with the funds coming from the town's redevelopment agency.
The money will be used to build sidewalks, create river access points, reroute infrastructure and install other public access and use facilities.
The memorandum comes shortly before redevelopment agencies across the state will be abolished on Feb. 1 as a part of Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial budget redistribution measures. The decision is causing a genera sense of uncertainty among the redevelopment arena.
According to a story in Wednesday's Sun, while the state has prescribed a loose plan for dismantling the agencies, Town Attorney Dennis Crabb said the process is in constant flux, and it's unclear what the future holds for redevelopment funds.
If redevelopment funds are available and financing proceeds as planned, JMA Ventures will repay the $500,000 loan over time by collecting a 2 percent fee added to the nightly room rate at the hotel. The town will recoup grant money at an estimated rate of $170,000 a year through property taxes imposed on the hotel.
Should redevelopment funds become inaccessible, the town will be able to fulfill the agreement through alternative avenues, staff said.
However, until JMA can assure completion of the hotel, the town will not distribute any funds, said Town Manager Tony Lashbrook.
JMA Executive Vice President David Tirman said the company is currently discussing construction financing with local banks. He said he hopes to have a resolution within the next few months and have the project shovel-ready by early fall.


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Mirrorball Mayhem: Don't forget to factor in the Alternative Demographic Factor
It's an honor to be writing for PureDWTS.com! Having been a regular viewer and enormous fan of DWTS since the second season, and a constant viewer since season four, I have noted a number of trends that have occurred over the various seasons. And I've noted that often the biggest factor in viewer's voting, one that has been a constant throughout each season, has been what I call the Alternate Demographic Factor.
The Alternate Demographic Factor, or ADF for short, aka the specialized fanbase, has decided a number of seasons. And it has a tendency to keep people around longer than they perhaps should.
Last season was a perfect example. Ty Murray made it to the finals, despite the fact that most people had no idea who he was, he was an incredibly stiff dancer, and to be blunt was just really bad about 60% of the time. When the season started, everyone said "Who?", and "A rodeo guy? What kind of star is that?" and other various sundry things. But by the end of the season, his winning personality and genuine sweet charm had won him a whole new legion of fans. He came back week after week, hanging on over other people he really had no business beating, such as Li'l Kim. Why? Ty tapped into his natural fan base – his fans from the rodeo circuit. These fans saw Ty as their chance to make a mark and a breakthrough to a general audience base. And Ty was the perfect representative of their interests.
Who knew who Helio Castroneves was before his turn on the show? Racing fans – but almost no one else. And Helio and his partner Julianne Hough worked that fan base like never before. Again, his genuine sweetness and undeniable charm helped win over the dancing fans, and he eventually went on to capture the revered Mirrorball trophy as season five's champion, beating out the people who most fans thought were sure to capture the title, Mel B and Maks.
Season eight also had a huge fanbase issue. Shawn Johnson was an underdog when she first joined the compettition, a 17 year old Olympic gold medal winner who was known for just two days of competition at the Bejing Olympics. But she had a huge fanbase, not just from the olympic fans, but general gymnastic fans, and a midwestern loyalty to Iowa's favorite daughter. She upset expected champs Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke, and everyone was stunned and amazed, but given the olympic track record, they probably shouldn't have been.
There have been other demo factors as well. The seniors came out week after week for Cloris Leachman and kept her around much much MUCH longer than they should have; the boy band fans helped both Joey Fatone and Lance Bass make the finals (and genuine dancing talent didn't hurt either); football fans have come out in droves to support Jason Taylor, Warren Sapp, and 3rd season champion Emmitt Smith, among others. I could go on and on about it, but I think you get my drift here…
Once again, despite the odds and the previous history lessons, the same things I heard last year about Ty Murray I've been hearing again since last week's announcement about a number of this seasons competitors, but most notably two sports figures little known outside their respective sports. As they say, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, and that's exactly what's happening, with many fans pooh-poohing the inclusion of UFC former champion Chuck Liddell and especially champion snowboarder Louie Vito in this year's cast.
A disclaimer of sorts here – I have been advocating the inclusion of an extreme sports star on DWTS on our Popcorn N Roses website and Subject:CINEMA podcasts for over a year now, three seasons in DWTS time, and I have focused most of that attenion of Vito because I'm a huge fan of his and because he'd already interviewed for it last year. But I would have been happy with ANY extreme sports star, from skateboarders Bob Burnquist and Bucky Lasek to other snowboarders like Mike Goldschmidt, Danny Davis, Scotty Lago, and Shaun White to BMX champs like Dave Mirra, Anthony Napolitan, Garrett Reynolds, Daniel Dhers, and Jamie Bestwick. But I'm especially happy they went with Vito because he's a charming, talented and funny guy who puts everything he has into whatever he does. He has a better-than-average shot at making the 2010 mens snowboard Olympic team, and as my wife says, he's just so gosh-darned cute.
It's evident that sports fans are especially rabid when it comes to voting for their guys and gals. As long as they don't embarrass the sport, or don't look terrible (Ty Murray aside) on the dance floor, their votes have been enough to bring them back week after week. Again, look to the fact that since the show started there have been over a dozen sports-oriented stars in the top four, and FIVE of them – more than HALF over 8 seasons – have been Champions – Emmitt Smith, Apolo Anton Ohno, Helio Castroneves, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Shawn Johnson. Three more were just narrowly beaten for the MirrorBall – Jerry Rice, Jason Taylor, and Warren Sapp. And three more have made the final four – Stacy Keibler, Lalia Ali, and Ty Murray. And consider this – only one Olympian hasn't won; Misty May-Trainor had to bow out with an injury. Otherwise, I believe it was quite possible that she too would have at least made the final four.
It's not all about popularity. Many of the stars who have danced on the show were not well known before they appeared except with an already existing fan base. And even those who were, and who were just average on the dance floor – think Marie Osmond, Ian Ziering, or Cameron Mathison – they were kept around by their existing fan base and the new fans they built from the regular DWTS viewers. Cameron and also Marissa Jaret Winoker weren't terrific on the dance floor, but they had fun, they let the viewers know they were having fun, and that they REALLY wanted to stick around. And the fans delivered as long as they could. And they both made it longer than anyone thought they would, with Cameron getting fifth place his season, and Marissa making the semi-finals in hers.
Back to Louie Vito for a moment – from what I've read around the net in the past week, some people, a lot of them big DWTS fans, are already counting him out. But Louie is one of the most savvy extreme guys out there. He has a well oiled fan base thanks to his well designed website, he Twitters regularly, he has a huge mailing list, and has followings on Facebook and MySpace. And that doesn't even count the many often rabidly loyal snowboarding fans, or fans of extreme sports in general. He is also known to throw everything he has at what he does, which is how he came to be one of the top snowboarders on the contest circuit. He has TV experience, hosting a couple of extreme-oriented tv shows and occasionally doing commentary. And he knows how to market himself. All of which could play a role in how long he lasts, particularly if he turns out to be actually passable as a dancer. Somehow, knowing Louie from being a fan of his for a long time, I have the feeling he's going to surprise a LOT of people.
Last season, no one I knew had any idea who the heck Gilles Marini was. By the end of the season, he was genuinely a STAR. IN fact, he was THE breakthrough star of the season. And the fans that the stars make while dancing also carry over to their natural fanbase after the exposure. For proof, look to the ratings for the Indianapolis 500- they had been declining steadily for several years, but suddenly took a jump from 4.7 in 2007 to a 5.1 in 2008, after Helio Castroneves won the Mirrorball the previous fall. Was it DWTS fans tuning in? Could be, could be…
All in all, if there's anything that's been proven over the past eight season, it's that ANYONE can make it to the top four. And even the best known or well-loved can take an early fall, like Li'l Kim or Sabrina Bryan. It's going to be up to the "Nobody knows them" stars – Vito, Liddell, Joanna Krupa, Natalie Coughlin and others – to prove they can make new fans. And that's really what it's all about, isn't it?
Let the dancing commence! Oh, and one other thing…GO LOUIE!


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Do you recognize this little tugboat? If you're like me and have a fondness for the Golden Books of your childhood you do! It's Scuffy The Tugboat from the beloved Golden Book. The book is a classic that you shouldn't miss out on, so if you haven't read it yet go out and find a copy. It is a beautifully illustrated and written book to share with your children and grandchildren.
Children's books offer great inspiration for birthday parties, and I thought Scuffy The Tugboat would be a perfect party theme for my nephew's 3rd birthday! Also it was a great excuse to make a Scuffy cake. At the time, I thought that everyone knew exactly who Scuffy was, but at the party many people thought the cake was just a tugboat. I couldn't believe they had never heard of Scuffy!
I knew I had to get the eyes right for the cake to truly look like Scuffy. The eyes always bring a character to life, and it's exciting when you get to the eyes, because once you put them on you can tell if everything is going to work. You can have everything else right, but if the eyes aren't spot on, you may have to try again.
Originally I wasn't sure if I would use piping or fondant for the details on this cake. I tried piping, but the result was not what I wanted, so all of the details are fondant and gumpaste. The cake itself is just cake (no rice krispies) and though it is a 3-D cake, the shapes are not difficult, so it is pretty simple (as simple as 3-D cakes get).
The tool I use most often for wood grain is a plastic ruler. I use the edge of it, and drag it across the fondant to make the pattern. I brushed this wood grain with brown gel paste to bring out the grain. I love to do fun cake boards, and this is one of my favorite. I went around the cake board with some red grosgrain ribbon and added yellow rick rack on top of that. I think it is a cute detail for a child's birthday cake.
The most challenging part of this cake was definitely the smokestack. I didn't know how to make a hollow gumpaste cylinder, so there was a lot of experimenting. Finally I wrapped a very sturdy paper cylinder from a roll of plastic wrap in parchment paper. Then I rolled out a rectangle of blue gumpaste. I cut the gumpaste to the exact size needed to cover the roll, and wrapped it around. I sealed the seam with a bit of water and let the cylinder stand upright for a couple of days. Once the gumpaste was dry, I slid the paper roll out and was left with a hollow gumpaste tube. My previous trials taught me that the gumpaste will stick to the paper tube if you don't wrap it in parchment.
Well that is the Scuffy cake! I hope you are inspired to read the story and maybe make a Scuffy cake or cupcakes of your own!


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Section 1-1 - Customize Outlook Settings
Include Original Messages With All Reply Messages
Change Text Formats For All Outgoing Messages
Customize The Navigation Pane
Block Specific Addresses
Configure Views
Manage Multiple Accounts
Set Outlook Options
Section 1-2 - Automate Outlook
Create And Assign Signatures
Use Quick Steps
Create And Manage Rules
Section 1-3 - Print And Save Information In Outlook
Print Messages
Print Calendars
Save Message Attachments And Preview Attachments
Print Contacts
Print Tasks
Save Messages In Alternate Formats
Create Data Files
Section 1-4 - Search in Outlook
Create New Search Folders
Search For Messages
Search For Tasks
Search For Contacts
Search Calendars
Use Advanced Find
Use Search By Location
Section 2-1 - Create A Message
Create/Forward And Delete Messages
Add/Remove Message Attachments
Add CC And BCC To Messages
Add Voting Options To Messages
Reply To All And Reply To Sender
Prioritize Messages
Mark As Private
Request Delivery/Read Receipt
Redirect Replies
Delegate Access
Section 2-2 - Format A Message
Format Text
Insert Hyperlinks
Apply Themes And Styles
Insert Images
Add A Signature To Specific Messages
Format Signatures
Create And Use Quick Parts
Section 2-3 - Organize And Manage Messages
Sort Messages
Move Messages Between Folders
Add New Local Folders
Apply Categories
Configure Junk Email Settings
Clean Up Messages
Mark As Read/Unread
Flag Messages
Ignore Messages
Sort By Conversation
Set Attachment Reminder Options
Section 3-1 - Create And Manage Calendars
Adjust Viewing Details For Calendars
Modify Calendar Time Zones
Delete Calendars
Set Calendar Work Times
Use Multiple Calendars
Manage Calendar Groups
Overlay Calendars
Section 3-2 - Create Appointments / Meetings and Events
Create Calendar Items And Create Recurring Calendar Items
Cancel Calendar Items
Create Calendar Items From Messages
Categorize Calendar Items
Change Availability Status
Section 3-3 - Organize And Manage Appointments - Meetings And Events
Set Calendar Item Importance
Forward Calendar Items
Configure Reminders And Add Participants
Respond To Invitations
Update Calendar Items
Share Meeting Notes
Section 3-4 - Create And Manage Notes - Tasks And Journals
Create And Manage Tasks And Update Task Status
Create And Manage Notes
Section 4-1 - Create And Manage Contacts
Create New Contacts
Delete Contacts
Edit Contact Information
Attach An Image To Contacts
Section 4-2 - Create And Manage Groups
Create New Contact Groups
Add Contacts To Existing Groups And Add Notes To A Group
Update Contacts Within Groups
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From The Onion: God…released an estimated 14 million first-run models into the important bird markets of North America, Australia, and Eurasia. "This new bird has it all: slicker wings, a more streamlined beak, better-than-ever capacity for beautiful song. Plus, all of the grace and majesty you've come to expect from the Eternal Creator of Life Itself."
"The bird is back," God continued, His booming voice parting the very heavens. "And baby, it's never looked better."


text: Hot Springs - The Masters trophy Sam Snead won in 1954 after the epic playoff with Ben Hogan.The claret jug when Snead won his only British Open at St. Andrews. The gold medal for the 1942 PGA Championship, the first of his seven major championships.Those are among 14 lots from the Sam Snead Collection that will be the centrepiece of Heritage Auctions' offerings next month in Chicago."We consider it the most significant golf collection that's ever been offered," said Chris Ivy, director of sports at Heritage Auctions.Snead, who died in 2002, was the most prolific winner in PGA Tour history with 82 victories. Jack Snead, his son, said the trophies and memorabilia for years have been displayed at The Greenbrier Resort, the restaurant chain called Sam Snead's Taverns, the occasional museum and at home in Hot Springs, Virginia.This is the first time the items have been offered at auction."We've been thinking about this, trying to decide what to do because our company has so much stuff," Snead said Tuesday."We just thought maybe it was time to share it with golf fans and historians."We've had most all of dad's trophies on display at The Greenbrier over the last 16 or 20 years." I don't know. I'm not too keen with museums. "We've had some weird experiences with museums when we've loaned things out."We're going to have tons of stuff we'll maintain ourselves," he said. "The rest we'll let it go out and see what happens."The first offering will be August 1-2 in what Heritage calls "Platinum Night Sports Auction" at the Muvico Theatre in Illinois.The online bidding began Wednesday night.Two other auctions involving the Snead Collection are planned for the fall and next spring.The Masters' trophy and silver claret jug are each expected to bring in $100 000 or more. Ivy estimated the entire collection will get several million dollars. "A collection of this magnitude hasn't been offered before," he said.Ivy said previous golf items through Heritage included the original Augusta National green jacket of co-founder Bobby Jones that fetched $310 000.Other high-end golf items were Walter Hagen's gold medal from his 1922 British Open win at Royal St. George's and Ralph Guldahl's gold medal from the 1939 Masters. Each went for $65 000.Snead said the proceeds would likely to go charity."The trophies didn't mean that much to Pop in a way," Snead said. "In those days, he was more concerned with the pay check. "The thing he was most proud of was his record. "He cared more about than any of his tournament wins."Snead said there were some items that would never be sold at auction, though they weren't all related to Snead's golfing career.He mentioned the tractor that Snead rode on his farm in Virginia to relax when he was away from golf, some of the guns Snead had since he was a boy growing up in West Virginia, and the five-string banjo he played.For Heritage Sports, there wasn't as much work involved in authenticating the items. Snead did that himself.His son said when they used to display the items in Sam Snead's Taverns; his father thought it would be a good idea to write a note explaining the significance of each."The provenance is much better coming from the family of an athlete," Ivy said. "That's something Snead did that I've never seen done before."He went through and numbered all the clubs he owned — the significant ones — and wrote letters of authentication of each club. "We've got handwritten letters from Sam Snead saying, 'This is the club used in 1954 in the playoff with Ben Hogan to win the Masters.' He's got literally hundreds of those."Other items being offered in the initial auction include the putter Snead used in the 1954 Masters; the red captain's jacket he wore in the 1969 Ryder Cup; the Wanamaker Trophy from his 1951 PGA Championship victory at Oakmont; a Ryder Cup trophy from 1959; the gold medal from his first Masters win in 1949; and a silver medal from the 1947 U.S. Open. The U.S. Open was the one major Snead never won. He lost in a playoff to Lew Worsham in 1947 at St. Louis Country Club."It's a pretty exciting collection," Ivy said.


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EPA finds State Dept.'s latest Keystone review 'insufficient'
Written byNick Juliano, E&E Daily
U.S. EPA says the State Department's latest review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline contains "insufficient information" on several fronts, including greenhouse gas emissions, alternative routes and the consequences of a potential spill of diluted bitumen, which the pipeline would carry.
EPA's assessment was made public yesterday, the deadline for public comment on the State Department's ongoing review of the project.
Environmental groups questioned many of the key assertions in the department's latest draft review of the pipeline, which was released last month after TransCanada rerouted its path through Nebraska. Proponents of the conduit largely echoed State's findings, which were generally favorable in downplaying the pipeline's safety and environmental consequences.
But EPA's comments could be the most significant -- and could signal a potential effort by the agency to invoke its authority under the National Environmental Policy Act to object to the project and elevate the interagency dispute to the White House Council on Environmental Quality. EPA did not invoke that authority during an earlier review, disappointing environmental advocates at the time (Greenwire, Oct. 27, 2011).
In its comments, EPA commends State for attempting a life-cycle greenhouse gas analysis in its latest review but suggests a more robust analysis of its conclusion that the pipeline would have little effect on overall greenhouse gas emissions because oil sands producers in Alberta would transport their product to market via rail or other pipelines if Keystone XL were not built.
EPA also suggested using monetized estimates of the oil sands' social cost of carbon compared to conventional U.S. crude, noting that using current practices, oil sands would produce as much as 935 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide-equivalent over the next 50 years.
"It is this difference in GHG intensity -- between oil sands and other crudes -- that is a major focus of the public debate about the climate impacts of oil sands crude," EPA writes.
Not the end of the road
The close of the public comment period on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) begins the next chapter in the years-long review of the controversial project aimed at shipping crude from Alberta's oil sands to U.S. refineries along the Gulf Coast.
The fight has become the biggest battle over climate change and energy policy in President Obama's second term, with environmental activists arguing that he must reject the pipeline as a first step in a broader effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while project proponents argue that it is consistent with the president's "all of the above" approach to energy policy.
The State Department plans to publicly release all the comments it received, spokesman Patrick Ventrell said yesterday, although it remains unclear how soon they would be available. State will review the comments before publishing a final SEIS and issuing its national interest determination on TransCanada's request for a presidential permit to build the pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border. The determination also will be subject to a public comment period, Ventrell said.
In addition to lengthy comments submitted on the review, 11 environmental groups also requested an investigation by the State Department's Inspector General into the contractor selected to prepare the SEIS, Environmental Resources Management Inc.
The investigation request from the Center for Biological Diversity, Environment America, the League of Conservation Voters and others cites "potential conflicts of interest between ERM and entities that may benefit from Keystone XL."
More than a million oppose
Anti-Keystone activists rallied their supporters to submit more than 1 million public comments against the pipeline by yesterday's deadline.
"It's going to take some time for State Department and the White House to go through a million comments, but when they do, they'll see a common thread: People from every part of the country in every walk of life think that this pipeline is bad for our land, water and climate," said Daniel Kessler, spokesman for 350.org, one of the groups that organized the comment drive.
A form letter prepared by Credo Action, a group that has been helping lead opposition to the pipeline, calls the review a "cynical sham" that ignores the effects of climate change, the risk of oil spills and the likelihood that the pipeline would facilitate expanded development in the oil sands region.
The goal is to demonstrate extensive opposition among President Obama's supporters rather than reiterate in detail the economic and scientific arguments against the pipeline.
"The science is clear and they're not making this decision based on science," Becky Bond, Credo's political director, said of the administration. "Now this is a political question of what is the president's legacy going to be."
The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation and other environmental groups submitted more than 300 pages of comments outlining the case against Keystone XL.
The comments question State's assumptions about whether Keystone XL would affect the pace of development in the oil sands and charge that the department did not adequately consider the consequences of other oil sands spills, such as a 2010 pipeline rupture that sent diluted bitumen into Michigan's Kalamazoo River and still has not been fully cleaned up. The groups do agree with State's estimate that the project would create 35 permanent jobs and that much of the crude transported by Keystone XL ultimately would end up being exported.
"In short, the State Department's DSEIS demonstrates that Keystone XL would bring more costs than benefits to the American people, its economy and the environment, by acknowledging that that Keystone XL would create few permanent jobs, conceding that it would serve primarily as a means to export tar sands fuel to foreign countries, and failing to even set forth a compelling need for this project," the groups argue in their comments.
The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank close to the Obama administration, submitted comments covering much of the same ground while also making a personal appeal to Secretary of State John Kerry's history as a leading advocate of climate legislation.
"Your tireless efforts in the Senate to achieve domestic pollution reductions were remarkable," writes Daniel Weiss, CAP's director of climate strategy, in the comment letter. "Denial of the Keystone XL pipeline permit would be entirely consistent with these decades of leadership on climate change."
Nebraska landowners who are fighting the pipeline also submitted detailed comments today.
TransCanada rerouted the pipeline through that state after its earlier proposal was rejected on grounds that it crossed the sensitive Sand Hills region and risked spilling oil into the Ogallala Aquifer, a key drinking water and irrigation source. Local opponents say those risks remain, despite the new route's having won the endorsement of Nebraska's governor and state environmental regulators.
Bold Nebraska and the Nebraska Easement Action Team -- two groups organizing the local opposition -- submitted joint comments calling for additional work before moving forward with the pipeline, including a "worst-case scenario" spill analysis, review of the economic effects on family farmers and property rights study, according to their comments.
"We call on you to deny the permit for this unnecessary export pipeline that will risk our land, water, and livelihoods while enriching private, foreign corporations at our expense," the comment letter says.
Supporters point to State findings
TransCanada submitted lengthy comments in support of its proposed project, a spokesman said, but a copy was not available in time for publication.
Other pipeline supporters submitted comments largely reiterating State's findings that Keystone's environmental effects would be minimal and that its safety risks could be effectively managed.
"Importantly ... the State Department recognized that the development of the Canadian oil sands would not impact greenhouse gas production. Although the State Department was not obligated to analyze any environmental impacts outside of the United States, the SDEIS provides a clear life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas production that would be connected to the development of the Canadian oil sands, as well as the environmental impact to wildlife, forests, threatened and endangered species, and water resources," wrote a coalition of labor unions.
"In each instance," the unions added in their letter, "all key issues raised by the SDEIS have been adequately addressed."
Two industry groups -- Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and the National Association of Manufacturers -- said the pipeline would accentuate the already strong trade bond between the United States and Canada while boosting both countries' economies.
"In our view, the approval and construction of Keystone XL is a critical part of the true 'all of the above' energy strategy our national leaders have embraced -- one that will fuel present and future generations of jobs and economic growth," CME and NAM wrote in a joint comment letter.
The American Petroleum Institute in its comments emphasized that Keystone XL has been undergoing an "unprecedentedly thorough review" for more than four years and said it is time to move to considering the projects' other positive effects.
"The environmental assessment is but one factor in making this determination," API's comment letter says. "After spending over four years on the environment impact statement, it's certainly time to consider the other key factors in making the national interest determination, including energy security, foreign policy and economic impacts."


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The Kotor - Constantinople Express
For centuries, the tiny Montenegrin statelet was sandwiched uncomfortably between the Ottomans and the Venetians. However, as Elizabeth Roberts points out in her history of Montenegro, this was "not always detrimental to Montenegrin interests".
For example, Montenegrins often acted as couriers, maintaining a link between the Ottomans and Venice despite long periods of warfare. Venetian merchants needed to be in constant communication with their agents in Constantinople, and entrusted their despatches from Venice to Montenegrin messengers who secured their safe passage through Ottoman territories by means of guarantees and protection paid for by Venetian gold. The route, from Kotor to Pristina, crossed the mountains of Hercegovina but with the passage of time this route was felt to be too slow and in 1612 a Venetian from Kotor, Marino Bolizza, was charged with developing a new route.
Messengers would then travel from Kotor to the former Constantinople now Istanbul, crossing the territory of the warlike Kuci and Klimenti tribes along the mountainous borders of Kosovo, and on through Pec to Pristina, Phillippopolis1 and Adrianople, taking only eighteen days to complete the journey. Ultimately this route was found to be too insecure with the result that the couriers returned to the older, slower route. But this change was only made after many costly incidents; mostly the service continued in spite of war. A sixteenth-century traveller, Fynes Moryson, writing from Dubrovnik, (Ragusa) in 1595, recalled: "When we inquired of the war from Raguza [sic] to Constantinople by land, all the Postes and Messengers passing that way told us that the warre of Hungarie made all those parts full of tragedies and miserie."
1 Philippopolis is the old name for Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Adrianople is now Edirne, in Turkish Thrace, close to the Greek and Bulgarian frontiers.
Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro. Elizabeth Roberts. 2007.
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Board votes in favor of part-time emergency room transition
ER would be open at least 12 hours a day
A board of trustees has voted to transition a town's only emergency room from full-time to part-time.
The Adirondack Health Board of Trustees voted Thursday night to transition the emergency room at Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid to part-time.
Joe Riccio, director of communications for the hospital, said the board spent the past two months conducting additional research and exploring alternative options.
The New York State Department of Health needs to approve the transition. If it is approved, the ER would operate a minimum of 12 hours per day.
Adirondack Health says keeping the Lake Placid emergency room's doors open 24-7 is financially unsustainable and there are not enough patients to justify full-time staffing.
The transition would save $900,000 annually.
In June the hospital initially pursued passing legislation that would have allowed a part-time ER, but was unsuccessful.
According to Adirondack Medical Center spokesman Joe Riccio, Thursday night the board of trustees voted to pursue a part-time ER in conjunction with the State Department of Health.
The news leaves many concerned.
"They had food poisoning. They ate some fish that wasn't good and they were desperately sick. The little one was not quite 3. He was maybe 2 1/2 and they were just unbelievably ill," said Morag Dudley.
Dudley had to rush her grandchildren to Lake Placid's emergency room in the middle of the night.
If the Lake Placid ER closes its doors in the late night hours, she would need to drive 15 miles to reach the nearest urgent-care facility.
"I just feel safe that it's there. If something happened to us, we're 15 miles to Saranac Lake," said Dudley.
"There are so many athletes in the area, especially this weekend with the Ironman. You know, things come up where you would need an emergency room 24 hours," said Cathy Nason, who has lived in Lake Placid for more than 40 years.
Not everyone is against the proposed plan. Some say that the service could actually be better and that Saranac Lake's emergency room is close enough to Lake Placid.
"I can understand the financial problems, but from a personal point of view, I'd prefer it to be open," said Dudley.
Riccio said Adirondack Health will begin working with the State Department of Health right away, but there's still no word yet on when the transition to a part-time schedule might take place.


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By Marina Lopes
WASHINGTON Wed Aug 6, 2014 7:12pm EDT
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sprint Corp's newly appointed Chief Executive Marcelo Claure has so far had a Midas touch in the telecoms industry, turning Brightstar, a reseller of U.S. handsets to Latin America, into a distributor valued at $2.2 billion when it was sold to Japan's SoftBank.
But his talents will now be put to the test like never before as he must complete the No. 3 carrier's network upgrade while trying to retain customers, who are defecting in droves.
"We are talking about billions of dollars of capital spending in front of this company before the network is ready," MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett said, noting that Sprint likely has to cut prices to compete with the industry's top players.
"Unfortunately raising capital spending and cutting prices at same time is recipe for a very ugly financial situation."
Some analysts fear that Sprint's decision to give up its dream of merging with T-Mobile US Inc could lead to a wider price war as the top carriers slug it out in a nearly saturated market.
"Without the ability to compete on scale they are going to have to compete on price, so the two smaller competitors may become increasingly desperate to maintain market share and could become irrational in pricing, which could cause disruptions in pricing in the industry," said Mark Stodden, analyst at Moody's Investors Service.
Sprint might follow the lead of T-Mobile, which added more subscribers than all of its competitors combined in the first quarter through aggressive promotions and campaigns that addressed customer frustrations with the industry.
"Sprint could take the same road and try to compete more aggressively on price, which could have the effect of restarting subscriber growth," said Matthew Goodman, analyst at ITG Investment Research, who saw few short-term alternatives.
Sprint, long the industry's technological weakling, has not been sitting on its laurels. It has invested $5 billion to upgrade its much maligned network in a transformation likely to trickle down to customers by the end of next year.
Sprint's new network should allow the company to combine the vast and spectrum it obtained from a 2013 acquisition of Clearwire Corp, with its other radio wave holdings. This has created a superior high speed offering known as Sprint Spark, which analysts say should be the best in the industry.
Still, even more investment is needed to make Sprint's network competitive with those of other top carriers. Spark is only available in 24 cities, and its goal is to reach 100 U.S. cities by 2016.
The challenge will test the abilities of Claure, a Bolivian-born billionaire who got his start distributing cellular handsets from U.S. manufacturers in Latin America. Brightstar, which he founded in 1997, distributes phones to companies in the United States and elsewhere. SoftBank acquired the company in January.
"They still obviously need a lot of network expertise and they have that. But having someone in charge who is more marketing-oriented coincides with the chief executive of SoftBank's outlook," said Bill Menezes, an analyst at Gartner, referring to Japanese tycoon and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son.
"Masa is known for innovating pricing and marketing in Japan. He needs people to make Sprint their first consideration," said Menezes.
Claure will have to shed Sprint's image as a lower-quality provider at a premium cost. But discounting, especially to add market share as the new network is being phased in, is likely to reduce profit margins as well.
While AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc have established reputations and T-Mobile has been plugging away at its "Un-carrier" brand for a year, Sprint has struggled to communicate what it stands for, said Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research.
"Perception tends to lag reality by good couple years," said Dawson. "Non-customers really have a poor sense of network quality. Even if Sprint starts to deliver better performance, it will take time for people to realize that," he said.
(Reporting by Marina Lopes; Editing by Richard Chang)
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Hundreds of California first responders and utility crews are on the East Coast helping in the recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy.
More than four million people on the east coast are still without power. But utility crews from PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric are helping in the restoration efforts. Tim Bedford is Incident Commander with PG&E. He and 162 workers are helping restore power in Flushing New York. Bedford says it may take longer than the original two weeks they anticipated.
"The first three four days of an event like this are really challenging, you really don't know what you got, and how long it's going to take until you are able to identify all damage."
He says utility crews will have to deal with standing water, medical and construction waste and other dangerous situations. Meanwhile California's Air National Guard arrived on Monday in Newcastle Delaware with 130 guard members. Lt. Colonel Fred Foote says right now they're standing by for orders.
"It appears that all the civil authorities, police departments, fire departments, are being able to handle the aftermath of this Hurricane so there's always the possibility of water levels rising and levees breaking and stuff like that and we'll get the call," says Foote.
California's Air Guard has helicopters equipped with pararescue teams, which helped during Hurricane Katrina. California Emergency Management officials say 14 members of urban search and rescue teams are also helping the Federal Emergency Management Agency.


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