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No Strings Attached
When the producers decided to make a movie about two "friends" involved in a casual fling with no strings attached, they had you, the audience, in mind. Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher are sure to heat up more than the box office numbers in this Rom/Com. Grab a date and head to the movies this weekend. Trailer and showtimes inside.
No Strings Attached opened today at the Hollywood Theaters at the Gallatin Valley Mall in Bozeman. Click here for show times
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Topic: iOS 4.2
Verizon iPhone Qualcomm baseband, Netgear CEO apologizes, Apple hiring more LTE engineers
02/01/2011, 01:02 am
With Monday's release of iOS 4.2.6 for the Verizon CDMA iPhone, one hacker claims to have confirmation that Apple went with Qualcomm for the CDMA baseband. Also, Netgear CEO Patrick Lo has apologized for comments he made about Steve Jobs, and Apple job listings reveal that the iPhone maker continues to look for engineers with LTE experience, possibly in preparation for a 4G LTE iPhone.
Apple posts iOS 4.2.6 for CDMA iPhone ahead of Verizon launch
01/31/2011, 10:01 pm
The week before the launch of the iPhone on Verizon, Apple has posted a version of iOS 4.2.6 for the CDMA iPhone 4, possibly for journalists who have reportedly received review units.
Apple confirms New Year's alarm bug, says to wait until Jan 3
01/01/2011, 09:01 pm
Apple has confirmed an iOS bug where non-repeating alarms fail to ring on the first few days of the new year, recommending that users set recurring alarms until Jan. 3, when the alarms will resume working properly.
Film 'Tron Legacy' will be Apple's only iAd on iPad until 2011
12/14/2010, 04:12 pm
Though iAd support came with the release of iOS 4.2 for iPad in November, the first interactive advertisement for iPad arrives today for the Disney film "Tron Legacy."
Apple disabled jailbreak detection API in iOS 4.2
12/10/2010, 08:12 pm
Less than six months after introducing it, Apple has quietly disabled its jailbreak detection API through the iOS 4.2 software update, according to a new report.
HP updates six printers to work with Apple's AirPrint
12/10/2010, 02:12 pm
HP this week updated the firmware of six of its printers, enabling compatibility with Apple's AirPrint, which allows printing directly from iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.
iOS 4.2 supports technology for reducing network congestion
11/30/2010, 11:11 pm
Nokia Siemens Networks revealed Tuesday that the company had conducted tests confirming that the iOS 4.2 update for iPhone supports its Network Controlled Fast Dormancy technology, which minimizes network congestion and improves battery life.
Apple adds accelerometer, WebSockets support to Safari in iOS 4.2
11/23/2010, 04:11 pm
With the release of iOS 4.2 for the iPhone and iPad, Apple has added WebSockets and accelerometer support in the Mobile Safari Web browser for developers.
iPhone music vanishes with Apple's iOS 4.2, hackers release 'jailbreak'
11/23/2010, 10:11 am
Some users have found that updating their iPhone to the latest software version, iOS 4.2, has made their iPhone music disappear, though a quick fix is available. Also, hackers have quickly released a "jailbreak" for the new mobile operating system update.
Apple makes Find My iPhone service free for iOS devices
11/22/2010, 09:11 am
Apple on Monday announced that Find My iPhone (and iPad, and iPod touch) is now free to use without a MobileMe subscription, allowing users to locate their lost iOS device at no extra cost.
Apple releases iOS 4.2 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch [u]
11/22/2010, 01:11 pm
Apple on Monday released iOS 4.2 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, bringing multitasking, folders and other iOS 4 features to the iPad for the first time [updated].
iPad coming to northern Europe, iOS 4.2 hints at free MobileMe accounts
11/20/2010, 02:11 am
Apple plans to release the iPad in several northern European countries soon, while error messages in the most recent iOS 4.2 golden master suggest the possibility of free MobileMe accounts for iOS users.
Apple issues iOS 4.2.1 golden master for iPhone, iPad to developers
11/18/2010, 03:11 pm
Apple on Thursday issued yet another iOS golden master to developers, this time dubbed iOS 4.2.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Apple issues developers second iOS 4.2 gold master for iPad
11/12/2010, 03:11 pm
Apple on Friday released a second gold master of iOS 4.2, its forthcoming software update, which may address Wi-Fi connectivity issues some have reported with the iPad.
Apple's release of iOS 4.2 held up by Wi-Fi issues - rumor [u]
11/12/2010, 08:11 am
Though previous reports alleged that iOS 4.2 would become available on Friday, new rumors suggest the software update for the iPhone and iPad will come next week, on Nov. 16, or perhaps even later to address purported Wi-Fi issues [updated].
Advertiser interest in Apple's iAds also boosting rivals
11/12/2010, 03:11 am
Interest in mobile advertising generated by Apple's iAd service appears to be aiding rival mobile advertising companies rather than taking business away, according to a new report.
Inside AirPrint: How to add iOS printer sharing back to Mac OS X
11/11/2010, 02:11 pm
Experimenters have discovered the configuration files Apple removed from the public release of Mac OS X 10.6.5; adding them back restores the ability to print from iOS devices to shared printers on the Mac.
Apple may delay support for AirPrint through Macs and Windows PCs
11/09/2010, 09:11 pm
Last minute stability and compatibility problems with Apple's AirPrint for iOS devices may have forced the company to delay Mac and Windows support indefinitely, mitigating the impact of the much-anticipated wireless printing technology first previewed two months ago.
Mac OS X 10.6.5, iTunes 10.1 to arrive Wednesday, iOS 4.2 Friday - rumor
11/09/2010, 03:11 pm
Apple will launch Mac OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and iOS 4.2 for iPhone and iPad on Friday, Nov. 12, according to a new rumor.
Test shows Apple's iOS 4.2 further improves iPhone 3G performance
11/08/2010, 01:11 pm
Apple's iOS 4.2 software update, set for release this month, offers improved performance on Apple's second-generation iPhone 3G, first released in 2008, a new hands-on demonstration shows.

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I buy so many food magazines every month that, to save myself from being buried under piles of paper, I tear out the recipes that I might make and then pass the magazine on to the CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma).
This recipe was one that caught my eye and I tore it out. However, I didn't tear out the full page photo of it as I'm trying to keep my recipe files as compact as possible and the little photo on the recipe page was adequate.
When I went round to visit the CCM she presented me with the full page picture. The conversation then followed thus:
Me: oh, I don't need that – I tore the recipe out.
CCM: I know, but I thought you might like this visual aide.
Me: Not really. I will make it at some point.
CCM: Why not next week?
Me: Are you trying to subtly hint that you want this cake?
CCM: I wasn't aware I was being subtle.
So, here's the cake! It's a modern take on the traditional Eccles cake but, whereas the Eccles cake encloses the fruit in an individual pastry pasty, here the filling is in a sponge cake.
I loved the spiced fruit filling and also that the sponge contains apples. It's a lovely concoction of warming flavours and textures. The restrained amount of white glace icing on top is a perfect addition!
On a different note, the CCB (Caked Crusader's Brother) bought me a present this week:
Now normally, I wouldn't be pleased to be gifted a tube of toothpaste; I would think they were trying to tell me something but this is cupcake flavoured toothpaste and it tastes just like vanilla buttercream – it is delicious. I will hold off worrying until he presents me with a can of cupcake deodorant!
For the filling:
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
30g unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
50g currants
85g raisins
85g sultanas
Dash of lemon juice
For the cake:
2 medium sized eating apples peeled, cored and diced into small pieces (I used pink lady apples)
250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
250g light brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
100g plain flour
250g self raising flour
100g buttermilk
To decorate:
100g icing sugar
Enough water to make a runny but thick glaze
Start by making the filling: place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until the spices, sugar and butter have coated all the fruit. Put to one side.
Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan oven 140°C/320°F/gas mark 3.
Line a 20cm round springform tin with baking paper.
Peel, core and chop the apple into small pieces (about 1cm square max) and put in a bowl of cold water with a dash of lemon juice. This will stop the apple browning.
Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and beat together until creamy and pale. Take your time over this stage as this really is the key to making a nice light sponge. The mix will never turn as pale and fluffy as when you use caster sugar, but you will notice it turn paler as you beat.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time. If it looks like the batter might curdle add some of the flour.
Fold in the flours and the buttermilk.
Drain the apple and carefully stir into the batter.
Spoon a generous half of the batter into the prepared cake tin.
Level the surface and spoon in the filling – taking care to leave an inch free around the edge. This is to stop the filling leaking out and burning while cooking, it also means that the cake will hold together better when you cut it.
Spoon the remaining cake batter on top of the filling and level out making sure that you go right to the edge of the tin.
Bake for approximately 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Leave to cool, on a wire rack, in the tin. The cake will store overnight in an airtight container.
On the day of serving the cake take it from the tin and place on the serving plate you have chosen.
Now make the glaze to top the cake: place the icing sugar in a bowl and beat in water, a teaspoon at a time.
When you have a runny – but not watery – white icing drizzle it over the cake and leave to set.
Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have created.


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concreterose wrote:I'm pretty lazy. I feed prepackaged raw (Nature's Variety and Bravo premixes). Partly because my old gal has to have meat w/no antibiotics or hormones, so I just started giving it to all the dogs. I do want to start giving RMB's in addition to the premixes though. The oxtails and neckbones look like something I will try. Should I decrease the amount of raw food they get when I give RMB's, or are they just mainly for teeth cleaning purposes?
It really depends on how much meat is on the bones Millicent. If they have a lot of meat, I decrease the amount of a regular meal. If it's mostly bone, I usually feed a normal sized meal. Also, with ox tails, I give Garion 4, Fancy 5, Sasha 3 and Goliath gets 1


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Accessory for use in lighting applications
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Our products are supplied as ready-to-use kits, with your choice of cable length and end fixing. In addition, accessories are also available specific to your project.
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hagy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo for a website selling young womens formal wear. Looking for a trendy and simple design.
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue or Orange with White
Desired Style:
Trendy, sophisticated, clean , simple, quality
Accepted File Formats:
Vector, layered PSD, AI, as many as possible.
Logo needed for use in website and hangtags.
CamdenDrive.com will be a new online store selling womens formal wear from prom dresses to bridal dresses. Camden Drive is after a street in Beverly Hills, California, near Rodeo Drive.
The design should be eye catching and trendy. Some ideas mentioned are street signs with classic iron work to a symbol of a dress, perhaps incorporated into the name.
We are open to suggestions, so please be creative.
The logo should be clearly visible on white background website. The site colors will be blue or orange depending on season. So ideally the logo color should be or blend well with either color.
Target audience:
Young girls between the ages of 15 and 25. They would be single, living at home, college students to young professionals.
I look forward to working with all the designers who participate. Thank you.
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A crown is a cap, commonly made from porcelain or ceramic, which is used to rebuild and strengthen a weak or broken tooth. Crowns can also be used to improve your smile by changing the shape and colour of your existing teeth. Crowns are commonly used to replace a piece of tooth that has chipped off, recreating the aesthetics of a complete tooth.
If a crown is required for a tooth at the front of your mouth, your Maven Dental Cairns City, dentist will match the existing colour of your teeth with a porcelain tooth. Sometimes you may choose a lighter colour. Further back in your mouth, a crown can be made of porcelain, however your dentist may recommend a gold crown because of its strength and longevity. Every case is different and your Maven Dental Cairns City dentist will discuss all of the options available to you.
All decayed and weak areas of a damaged tooth are removed and your dentist takes an impression of the tooth. This impression is sent to the laboratory for the technician to form a model of your tooth, and then it is returned to the dental practice. In the meantime, a temporary crown will be cemented onto your tooth to protect it. On the next visit, your new crown will be bonded into position and will be ready to use straight away.
Having a crown fitted can significantly improve the aesthetic appearance of your teeth. With a Maven Dental Group crown fitted, you will be able to smile with confidence, content in the knowledge that no-one will be able to tell that your teeth were ever anything less than perfect.
The cost of a crown differs from practice to practice, and patient to patient. We recommend getting in touch with your dental practice to discuss.
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Tech Update
Tips for Welding Sheetmetal Panels
Here we offer proper gas-metal-arc (MIG) welding tips and techniques.
Als consider safety first. Make sure welders wear the appropriate protective equipment such as a welding helmet, safety glasses with side shields, gloves and long sleeves.
The welder must properly secure the ground clamp, and position the ground clamp as close as possible to the area where welding is being conducted to avoid damaging sensitive equipment such as wiring and sensors. Ensure the ground clamp is connected to clean sheetmetal free of paint and rust, electrical insulators that impede the proper flow of welding current and resulting in an unstable welding arc.
Choose the thinnest-diameter welding wire possible to minimize heat input to the base material and helping to avoid burnthrough. With less filler metal, the welder has improved control over the weld bead, delivering an overall cleaner weld appearance.
Use a welding machine that provides a short-circuit transfer process, and develop the welding procedure so that wire-feed speed is 150 to 250 in./min. at 15 to 22 V. These parameters allow the welder to weld on thick and thin materials in all positions with a controlled current, making it easier to produce clean welds. Dependable current control minimizes spatter while delivering optimal penetration for low-heat-input applications.
Use a shielding-gas blend of 75 Ar-25 CO2, which helps to reduce penetration on thinner sheet since argon distributes less heat than 100 percent CO2. Having the proper wire and gas combination will minimize overall consumable costs.Application
Avoid long welds. Use only short tack welds when possible to evenly dissipate heat. For long seams or when continuous welds are necessary, begin tack welding at the middle of the weld joint, and skip weld (or backstep) to evenly distribute heat and avoid stress buildup, warping and distortion.
Information provided by Lon Damon, welding-school instructor, The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, OH: 216/481-8100; www.lincolnelectric.com.
See also: Lincoln Electric Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Welding


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NEW! ZBrush 4R5 Panel Loops Videos
Joseph Drust is at it again with another series of top class videos. This time, Joseph takes us into new territory and walks us through the design process to arrive at a detailed jewelry pendant. Follow along as Joseph demonstrates features like Panel Loops, and several of the Polish functions, such as Polish by Features, Polish by Groups etc...while navigating the road to completing yet another sophisticated ZBrush model.
About Joseph Drust
Joseph has over ten years of experience working in the video game industry as a character artist with a focus on modeling and sculpting. He has created character assets for games including Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Ben 10 Alien Force, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, and most recently Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Joseph currently works as a lead character artist for Ubisoft Entertainment (Red Storm Entertainment) in Cary, North Carolina. Joseph is also a beta team member for Pixologic's ZBrush and a certified ZBrush Instructor. In his free time Joseph kit bashes Kidrobot's Munny Vinyl figures and gives demos on ZBrush to local schools.
You can find out more about Joseph and his artwork at Joseph Drust Website as well as Joseph's ZBrushCentral User Gallery
Panel Loops Jewelry Design Part 1
Joseph Drust is back with this 5 Part Series of videos using Panel Loops to design a piece of jewelry. Part 1 will demonstrate how he sets up his Polygroups for Panel Loops. Enjoy!
Panel Loops Jewelry Design Part 2
In this video you will see how to use a combination of Radial Symmetry, Polygroups, and Panel Loops to design interesting shapes for this piece of jewelry.
Panel Loops Jewelry Design Part 3
Joseph continues on to create the jewel for this pendant, as well as using the polish functions to cleanup his design while taking advantage of the pixologic.com MatCap library.
Panel Loops Jewelry Design Part 4
Joseph demonstrates how to use the Close Holes feature and add some finishing touches to the jewel.
Panel Loops Jewelry Design Part 5
See the final product as Joseph uses Insert Mesh with Curve Functions to add a chain, an uses Surface Noise to bring this pendant to life.


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The Zonker can be used as a general purpose lure but is most effective when tied in grey or white and used in the fry season. The wing is highly mobile which makes this fly so effective when fry are around. It can be fished static on a long leader using a floating line or on an sinking line and retrieved at various rates of retrieve.
Take the tying thread down the hook shank to a point opposite the barb.
Catch in some small lengths of straight Pearl Glister dubbing which creates a type of tail - roughly 1.5" past the end of the hook.
Dub the Pearl Glister dubbing to the thread and start building a neat tapered body.
Once the body is almost complete, dub finely back down to a position opposite to the hook point.
Take a length of Grey Rabbit Strip and stroke the fur forward to create a clear view of the skin opposite the hook point position.
Secure the skin using a few wraps of thread and stroke the fur back over it.
Bend the rabbit skin back over the area just secured to give a clear view of the dubbed body.
Dub the Pearl Glister dubbing again to the thread and move up towards the eye.
Catch in some Grizzle cock hackle fibres to create a beard.
Pull the rabbit skin forward and secure the front of the black rabbit skin with thread and build a neat head.
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So lately I have been reading an interesting book about how each and every person on this planet has a unique story and something to contribute how does everyone feel about this? The name of the book is "the Art of Original Thinking" by Jan Phillips. But more to the point how does everyone feel about my question? Do you think that we are all an interconnected part of the world and that all of us individually have a part in creating not only our own stories but sharing them with…Continue
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Celebrating the 91st anniversary of the Bazaar this year, TWIG of Nationwide Children's Hospital is excited to announce they have opened up the event to include and feature the work of outside vendors. The annual fundraising event is slated for Sunday, November 10, 2013 in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center.
The TWIG Bazaar typically attracts more than 3,000 patrons and is the largest, single-day event sponsored by TWIG. Since their inception, TWIG has raised more than $26 million to support patient care, education and research at Nationwide Children's.
The Bazaar features handmade items including jewelry, holiday ornaments, decorations and much more. In previous events, the items were all made by TWIG members. In addition to the items for sale, a silent auction, pictures with Santa and delicious holiday treats will round out the event. The "Avenue of Trees and Wreaths" will feature an assortment of decorated trees and wreaths by TWIG members and are available for purchase. All proceeds benefit the areas of greatest need at Nationwide Children's.
Vendors may apply now to be a part of the 2013 TWIG Bazaar by submitting an artisan application by July 10, 2013. Vendors may obtain an application and can learn more at www.nationwidechildrens.org/twig, or by contacting Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation at (614) 355-0888 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About TWIG
TWIG of Nationwide Children's Hospital are groups of women throughout central Ohio who dedicate their time and talent in support of Nationwide Children's. Since their inception in 1916, TWIG has raised more than $26 million to support patient care, education and research at the hospital. The women of TWIG believe in the mission of providing the highest quality care to all children and families regardless of their ability to pay. Today, more than 800 active members are working to continue the TWIG legacy through a variety of fundraising efforts such as the annual TWIG Bazaar, the sale of holiday cards and greetings program, BIA Parade of Homes, the Women's Division of The Memorial Tournament and the many projects and events coordinated by more than 70 individual TWIG groups throughout central Ohio.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- On April 17, the University issued a text alert indicating that police were searching for a black male who had made an indirect threat in the HUB. That message followed reports from students, who said that threatening statements had been heard suggesting that this unidentified black male and his companion might take action to harm people.
Obviously, the University takes very seriously its commitment to public safety. In the interest of time, but without adequate descriptive details, the text alert was issued to both warn and to seek assistance in the investigation. We now believe the message was too vague. By issuing the statement with the limited information available, we inadvertently encouraged anxiety on the part of all black males in particular, but also among a significant portion of our faculty, students and staff on campus at that time. That was not our intent, but the lack of intent does little to relieve the anxiety caused.
We regret any harm that resulted from our action.
We are committed to reviewing our policies and practices related to the issuance of such text alerts. We must balance the profound interest in public safety with sensitivity to any potential unintended consequences that could be caused by these alerts. Penn State is a large, increasingly diverse community, that seeks to welcome and include all students, faculty, staff and visitors. That ambition is more than a goal; it is a promise.
We apologize again for any harm done by the April 17 text alert, and we recommit the University to its continuing determination to improve these processes for the safety and general well-being of our community.
David Gray
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Assistant Vice President for University Police and Public Safety


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Ford Mustang Cobra Drag Event - Cobra Combat
Part 2 of our Cobra shootout features the Modified class, where nine-second reptiles competed in a snake-pit slaughterfest.
Last month we told you about the mean and nasty collection of IRS-suspended, six-speed-equipped '03/'04 SVT Cobras dubbed the "Production" class at the MM&FF Cobra shootout ("Six-Speed Slaughterfest," p. 62). Just because the Cobras were labeled "Production," it didn't stop the contestants from running amazingly fast. Jay Knott was the undisputed winner after he laid down the smack with a jaw-dropping 9.85 at 142 mph. That's an incredible feat considering the IRS and factory six-gun gearjammer were in place. This month, we're kicking up the heat factor by featuring the other half of our Cobra shootout-the Modified class.
The engine rules were identical to the Production class, meaning it was "run whatcha brung"-as long as you packed a Four-Valve modular engine. Larger blower? No problem. Nitrous? Ported heads and cams? No problem.
So what's the difference between the classes? Well, the Modified class is designed for Cobras that have a live rear axle and/or automatic transmission replacing the factory six-speed/IRS combo. A traditional, stock-style setup normally found under Mustangs is required, however, as ladder bars and racing-style four-links are strictly prohibited. That leaves competitors with a wide-open set of rules to modify their cars.
The shootout was by invitation only, and we selected a wide range of cars that featured many different combinations. So, in one sense it was a shootout, but it was also a showcase of Stangs, builders, and combinations. Everything was represented, from Kenne Bell blowers with loads of nitrous to stock blower combinations. This provides a wide perspective on what it takes to run in the 10s-and even in the 9s-with one of SVT's best-ever products.
Before the first car turned a tire we knew we were in for a wild show thanks to the great track preparation by the Englishtown track crew. The surface was sticky and the weather was awesome. As we do in all MM&FF shootouts, we weighed every car and provided drivers ample cooldown periods so the best times could be produced. These weren't gutted race cars. They were all great examples of real Cobras that the average person can relate to. Just about all the participants drive their cars on the streets frequently. As wild as some of the performances may seem, a lot of the modifications can be easily duplicated. Believe us, we were all over each car like a fat kid on a plate of cupcakes.
By the end of the day, it was clear that SVT had come up with an amazing machine. The Cobra is built with the best parts and can withstand enough boost and nitrous to run nines. We hope you enjoy the results as there were some outstanding performances and diverse combinations. We only wish we could have invited more participants. But don't worry, this is one shootout we'll be doing again and again.


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Hello, legs: Rockettes rock the JPJ
So who from Charlottesville goes to The Radio City Music Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes? Didn't the Rockettes perform at the opening of Radio City Music Hall's 1932 opening? Their fan base must be getting on, if not gone on.
Due to my wife's slavish generosity to Public TV, we were attending the 7pm show (there was another at 4pm) on December 14th–- priced at $51.50 to $61.50–- for free.
As we walked down the hill to the John Paul Jones Arena, I imagined shuffling, shambling hordes of elderly lurching uncertainly towards the Arena, like a scene from a George Romero zombie flick,storming the phalanxes of little buses from the Colonnades and Westminster Canterbury forming barricades in front of the entrances. However, it was a fairly sedentary, ordinary crowd–- except there were loads of children.
The Rockettes are known for their precise ballet-balanced, karate-kicking legs. They were Americas' leggy answer to the Moulin Rouge and the cancan, by way of America's Ziegfield follies. Their audition web page notes they must stand between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, and it warns that "measurements will be taken." Now we are talking long gams and sturdy hams kicking eye high.
The show started strong, and with the very first synchronized high kick, the audience responded with applause. Then the earnest Radio city singers came out hymning in their naughty catholic school girl Christmas colored plaid skirts, followed by a re-creation of the Nutcracker Suite ballet by dancers concealed in fuzzy animal suits. This nouveau Nutcracker brought giggles from adults and children, particularly the struttings of a coquettish bear in a veil, bikini top, and harem skirt.
All this innocent whimsy was jarred a bit by the presence of the formally dressed yet burly gentleman seated in a folding chair and facing the audience front and center below the stage. He was as unobtrusive as one can be in such a visible position, casually brushing the fake snow collecting on his tailored shoulders, as he methodically scanned the crowd for crazed fans who might be tempted to storm the stage.
My favorite act was the militarily slow-motion toy soldiers, strikingly erect with tall plumed hats, high white pants with suspenders, and marching with mincing steps and forming linear geometric patterns. My wife enjoyed the Raggedy Anne Rockettes with their candy striped stockings.
There was more, too much to detail, perhaps too much to watch. The full-size tour bus rotating in front of the backdrop of New York was fun, as was the cloning of Santas. The show then performed a rather overwrought nativity pageant with marching kings, floating angels, and a radiant Mary. But it all stuttered to an uncertain end with a review of the performers and a final Rockettes quick step.
It seemed the show was trying to serve too many audiences. To appeal to children, the religious, the secular, and appreciators of the healthy female form simultaneously must be difficult. Overall, though, it was a fun spectacle.
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Wick, I am delighted to read your article about the Rockettes and enjoyed your very vivid discriptions. Having seen the Rockettes several times, in the dark ages, when Dear and I were in NY on business, I can picture in my minds eye exactly how they performed.
Thanks for including me. That is a great way to get in the Christmas spirit. Hope yours and all the Hunts have a wonderful holiday. Had a long conversation with your Dad today. He sounds great. love, Buncy
no black acts at jpj . every rock band alive has been to jpj , only one black group in the last year. black people have to go to richmond, tidewater, dc to see groups why is this.
Lawd, lawd, lawd, look at those catawws!


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Fate, I Defy You: The Robert Silverman Liszt CD
—Peter G. Davis, writing in the New York Times about Robert Silverman's New York debut in 1978, when he performed the Liszt B-Minor Piano Sonata in Alice Tully Hall.
If you listen in order to the sounds of the three previous piano recordings I have produced—Anna Maria Stanczyk performing Chopin on the first Stereophile Test CD, Robert Silverman performing Brahms on Intermezzo, and performing Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, and Bach on Concert—you can hear that I have moved away from strict Blumlein-miking soundstage accuracy in order to capture more of the "bloom," more of the luminosity, of the original sound (footnote 1). For while the art of stereo recording does involve the capturing of a two-dimensional picture of an original event—the soundstage—it must also be true to the tonal qualities of the original. Achieving an optimum balance between the two philosophical extremes of recording is where much of the art lies. It also begs the question, of course, of why it's impossible to have both: a recording with a virtual-reality sense of imaging that also captures all the sound without any coloration.
That it is not possible, however, is due to the fact that the recordist must use microphones that themselves are imperfect in many different ways. As I wrote in the booklet notes to Stereophile's Festival CD, "Once the venue has been chosen...there is no quality-changing decision in all of recording that is more fundamental than that of what microphones to use. Not only does every microphone have its own sonic signature, but the combination of its pickup pattern and how the engineer chooses to exploit that pattern drastically affects the stereo image and the perceived quality of the hall reverberation."
For the Stanczyk recording, I had used the Calrec Soundfield microphone, set to emulate a pair of coincident figure-8 microphones angled at 90 degrees. This gave both a superbly well-defined image of Anna Maria's Steinway and a good sense of the recorded acoustic, but the piano sound was a little dry compared with real life. For Intermezzo, engineer Kavi Alexander had used a pair of tubed figure-8 mikes. Vertically coincident—one above the other—and angled with their diaphragms at 90 degrees to each other, the mikes were separated by a few inches to give more of a sense of bloom without compromising the stability of the stage. For that reason and for others, the sound of Robert Silverman's Steinway on Intermezzo was richer and fuller and closer to the live sound.
For Concert, I ended up using a pair of Brüel & Kjaer Model 4006 microphones. This ½"-diameter solid-state microphone is the truest of the mikes I've mentioned to the tonal qualities of whatever it's pointed at. It also has a superbly extended low-frequency response, bringing out the raw acoustic power of a big piano. However, it features an omnidirectional pickup pattern (ie, it captures sound equally from all directions), and when you use a pair of omnidirectional microphones to record in stereo, you're forced to use them separated quite far apart if the soundstage is not to resemble a monophonic blob hovering between the loudspeakers. However, the danger then is that the stereo image might well acquire too much of an unstable "hole in the middle." (The pulling of the central images to the sides with a pair of spaced omnis can be heard on the "Mapping the Soundstage" tracks included on both Concert and Stereophile's Test CD 3 (footnote 2).
Footnote 1: The first Stereophile Test CD features test tracks and music examples recorded by members of the magazine's staff. It costs $6.95 plus S&H. Intermezzo features Brahms's Piano Sonata 3 in F Minor and the three Op.117 Intermezzi. It is available on LP or CD for $16.95 plus S&H. Concert, recorded live in concert, is a two-CD set featuring Schumann's Sonata in F Minor (the so-called "Concerto Without Orchestra"), as well as works by J.S. Bach, Chopin, and Schubert. It costs $15.95 plus S&H. Visit the "Recordings" page on this website to order .
Footnote 2: Stereophile's Test CD 3 costs $9.95 plus S&H. See the "Recordings" page on this website.


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JJ_11 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 147 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
Logo design that can be used on business cards, web site etc.
Should be able to be sized in a variety of uses - easily resized and not too horizontal. We really appreciate your time and creativity!
UPDATE May 5 -- Thanks everyone! As designs roll in, what seems most appealing is designs with most simplicity and fewer lines. Add lighthouse, castle, skyscrapers icons are not working for us. Font choice is important to consider. Abstract might work but less lines/details the better.
UPDATE May 3 - We're getting more specific in direction, and wanted to give you more feedback: " For the graphic mark, let's stay away from skyscraper-style towers - this makes us think of real estate or corporation, which we want to stay away from.
Feel free to try other iterations of towers such as lighthouse tower, lifeguard tower, castle tower, whatever else you come up with."
And the business again is a visionary(the tower) strategic marketing company. We are women-owned and located in San Diego.
Thanks everyone!!
Tower 11
Tower 11 is a visionary strategic marketing company. Our specialty is formulating strategies for success across multiple platforms such as online, offline, search and social media.
Tower 11 name represents seeing the big picture, from a high vantage point. The "11" comes from the "These go to 11" volume scene in Spinal Tap.
for your viewing pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY
(but please no spinal tap logos!)
- We need a vector logo, preferably in Adobe Illustrator. Pls also include .jpg and .tiff
- try lifeguard chair towers or lighthouse towers. whatever else you come up with. :)
- A black and white and on black background logo should also be included
- Orange Gray Black, Green Gray Black, or Blue Gray Black color scheme
- We would like a business card and letterhead design to go with the logo
- Editable source and prepress files should be included for all assets
- Simple design, fresh, young
- color palette should be fresh and now - contemporary, modern, web 2.0.
- friendly: apple-esque, 3d elements are okay
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Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
Today in the United States is the National Holiday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, (which falls every year on the first Monday after his birthday, January 15, 1929). I do not have the words to do justice to his life and work, and so I will quote only two paragraphs that may help explain why he is one of my heroes.
"The gospel at its best deals with the whole man, not only his soul but his body, not only his spiritual well-being, but his material well being. Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial. " – Pilgrimage to Non-Violence, 1960
"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." – Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden, December 11, 1964.
God bless his soul and memory, and may we as a nation learn from his example. Amen!
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The fire alarm systems industry has changed considerably over the years. Many old-timers can remember a fire alarm system that only detected a fire and sounded an alarm. Nonfire alarm systems did not interface with these fire alarm systems. They consisted of a simple relay-based control system with detection devices and horns or bells for notification. (You see, I really am old!) A contractor could easily install such a fire alarm system and troubleshoot any problems with a simple voltmeter and a screwdriver.
Then, as time marched on through the solid-state electronics years, the systems became a little more complicated. And, on top of the equipment complications, more nonfire systems began to become interfaced with the fire alarm system. In some cases, the fire alarm system actually controlled some of the interfaced systems. In others, the fire alarm system monitored the integrity of the interfaced systems.
Of course, to ensure that these controlled or monitored interfaced systems worked in concert with the fire alarm system without interfering, the codes had to change.
As buildings became taller and more complicated, so did the fire alarm systems. Designing and installing a fire alarm system, especially if it included voice communications, was no longer simple.
We arrive at the present day among all kinds of new threats to the occupants of our buildings, many of which do not directly relate to fire. But today, we also have computer-controlled fire alarm systems that can definitely provide whatever we need in the form of control, communications, monitoring and protection.
If you install fire alarm systems in today's marketplace, you have already been exposed to the emergency control functions now interfaced with a fire alarm control unit: elevator recall, smoke damper closure, magnetic door hold-open release, fan shutdown, smoke control, door unlocking, and gaseous extinguisher systems release—just to name a few.
Essentially, the fire alarm system can monitor any other system that can change a relay state: low building temperature, basement high-water level, industrial process operations, excessive heat in a chemical-based process, ammonia leaks in a refrigeration cooling system, or a chemical leak or overflow condition in a chemical process. Where any such conditions pose threats to the life safety of the occupants, their signals must receive the appropriate priority when reporting to the control system and, ultimately, to a monitoring system.
Additionally, the emergency voice alarm communications systems (EVACSs) have morphed into mass notification systems (MNSs), requiring expertise that, before now, a contractor rarely needed. If we begin by examining signal priorities, it will become clear how far we have advanced in the use of fire alarm systems for more than just fire detection. In fact, the previous editions of NFPA 72 required a fire alarm signal to take precedence over all other signals, with no exceptions. NFPA 72 2010, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, changed all that.
For the first time in the history of fire alarm system codes, a message from an MNS may override a fire alarm signal. However, to do so, the stakeholders—including the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)—must conduct a risk analysis in accordance with Chapter 24. Based on this risk analysis, the AHJ must give his or her approval to the change in priority.
As stated in the Annex A of the code, "Mass notification signals might, at times, be more important to the building or area occupants than the fire alarm signal." And obviously, once the stakeholders complete a risk analysis, they may determine that they will not allow some messages to take priority over fire alarm signals.
Other than that exception, fire alarm signals must still take priority over all other signals.
In NFPA 72 2013, eight requirements affect fire alarm signal priorities. The code then lists the priority status of all other signals that a fire alarm system may provide, including the following:
• Emergency MNS signals and messages will have priority over supervisory and trouble signals based on the requirements of Chapter 24.
• Carbon monoxide signals are permitted to take precedence over supervisory and trouble signals.
• Pre-alarm signals take precedence over supervisory and trouble signals.
• Supervisory signals must take precedence over trouble signals.
• Hold-up alarms or other life-threatening signals must be permitted to take precedence over supervisory and trouble signals where acceptable to the AHJ.
The code also allows that, where an owner chooses to have separate systems installed, these separate systems may achieve the priority of signals in accordance with the requirements outlined in Section 10.7.
One of the less obvious signal priorities is the last item on the list. When a system is monitored that relates to any life-threatening hazards, that signal may take priority over any supervisory or trouble signals. This allowance becomes very important in ensuring the proper notification of the occupants to dangerous nonfire conditions and to the first responders on the scene to mitigate the hazard.
Thus, the code permits the stakeholders to mandate that the signal warning for a life-threatening hazard take precedence over every other signal except fire and certain MNS messages. This process allows the owner to have the signals prioritized in accordance with the facility's emergency response plan.
In addition, whenever an override occurs on circuits affecting monitored signals—especially those of a life-threatening nature—the override should be indicated at the control panel for each system to ensure all signals are restored to normal.
As you can see from this description, in the good old days, a contractor did not need to understand risk analysis. The contractor also didn't need to understand how the operation of MNSs fit into the emergency response plan for a facility. Obtaining training in these areas can often prove difficult, but www.ready.gov is a very useful resource to provide the basic understanding of these concepts.
In contrast with the good old days, the current code also requires that the voice messages meet the requirements for intelligibility and that stakeholders develop appropriate messages for each scenario in the emergency response plan.
Furthermore, the code requires that the stakeholders develop a template for each message required. This requirement exists because the fundamental structure of prerecorded or live messages will prove critical in providing information and instructions that the occupants can intelligibly perceive. As the code advises, "Prerecorded messages created in a controlled environment are considerably more intelligible than live messages and should be developed and provided to handle as many of the probable emergencies that a particular facility will encounter." This really means that, as a contractor, you will need to coordinate all of these issues with the owner, the designer of these new systems, and with the other stakeholders.
The above represents just a few examples of how the fire alarm system installation business has become more complicated. As a contractor in today's changed environment, you need to understand these shifts to lessen the complications encountered during an installation and to ensure you can reliably install these newer fire alarm systems as you did when such systems were less complex in days gone by.


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Many scientists today work in relative isolation, left to follow blind alleys and duplicate existing research. Data is balkanized — trapped behind firewalls, locked up by contracts or lost in databases that can't be accessed or integrated. Materials are hard to get — universities are overwhelmed with transfer requests that ought to be routine, while grant cycles pass and windows of opportunity close. It's not uncommon for research sponsors to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in critically important efforts like drug discovery, only to see them fail.
The consequences in many cases are no less than tragic. The time it takes to go from identifying a gene to developing a drug currently stands at 17 years — forever, for people suffering from disease.
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I liked the look of the Takano collection from Shu Uemura, especially this Miracle Cherry Blush Tint. Unfortunately it wasn't released in the UK so I had to scour eBay for it.
This took FOREVER to arrive. A month. It was ordered before Christmas and seemed to be sucked into a postal vortex.
Cute packaging!
I am so into cream based products I really am – obviously it can't be greasy or creasy though….
The packaging of this is like a lip gloss.
I like it, it's cute and it's also extremely handy to use and carry round, more so than a pot cream blush which requires dipping your fingers into it, or a liquid blush that can go everywhere. Also it doesn't need brushes for application!
Here is the stuff! I was surprised – it's a gel, very siliconey feeling (which I don't like) and almost like a lip balm. I wanted something less transparent, something with a creamier look:
It's also very red – I thought – well I hoped it would err more on the pink/purple side so that it would be more interesting, instead it's a bog standard reddish tint.
Like I said earlier I don't like this silicone feeling on the skin and it can make me break out too. It works fine with this product although with the texture I wouldn't like it on top of my foundation (makes it bunch up) or under it (wouldn't show up). Maybe when I have better skin without a base product, eh?!
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I write to you about a case that came across your desk recently. It involves a building in our community that is partially collapsed, one that continues to destroy the building next door and, by extension, damages our entire community.
The owner of that building sued the City of New York to stop the demolition of his structure, which has not been repaired or mended since it collapsed nearly 500 days ago on April 12, 2013. You ruled in his favor, stopping the demolition, giving him yet more time to do what should have been done so long ago.
You were roundly criticized in this community for your decision, but I'm going to take an unpopular stance and say that you made the only decision you could. I think it was correct to act with an abundance of caution and make sure that the owner's rights were being upheld. After all, we wouldn't want the city to be able to easily demolish any building it wanted to just because people wanted it to be done.
So, my complaint isn't with your decision, instead it is with the speed at which it reached your desk. In other words, the Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) should have acted more quickly so that this case reached your desk last summer instead of this one.
But the truth of the matter is that now that your decision has been made, and a timeline set, you are involved and in some way responsible for what happens next. And as the October "deadline" is very tight, you will likely find yourself having to make another decision pretty soon.So I hoped that you might want to better understand what is at stake.
The building directly next door to the collapsed building is the property of the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, an organization that has volunteered to help people in need for nearly a half-century.
They have responded to emergency situations, sometimes putting themselves at risk. They have comforted accident victims and they have saved lives. They have provided these services for free, just as dozens of other volunteer EMS agencies around our city do.
And like other volunteer agencies, the story of their continued survival is remarkable. They have survived on very little funding and many small donations from the community. Quite often, the members were forced to reach into their own pockets just to keep their doors open.
But all the years of hard work and sacrifice is now very much at risk. Each day of inaction is another nail in the coffin of the ambulance corps. When it rains, it rains inside their building. The walls are now covered in mold. They still have expenses – the city still charges them taxes, though it failed to protect them.
And they still need to keep up their insurance payments, though the insurance company cannot settle because the damage is still ongoing.
And that ongoing damage and inaction has removed their only source of income, the senior center that was housed inside their building. If your expenses remain and your income is lost, well, you do the math, your Honor.
Simply put, they are being slowly crushed to death, virtually trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed building next door.
With that in mind, the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association and our elected officials – Mike Miller, Joe Addabbo, Eric Ulrich, Elizabeth Crowley, and Nydia Velazquez – are holding a Pasta Dinner Fundraiser for the corps because that's what we do here in Woodhaven; we look out for one another.
It's scheduled for Saturday, September 20, starting at 5 p.m. in space generously donated by Emanuel United Church of Christ at 91st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased online at projectwoodhaven.com (or you can email firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a message at 718-296-3735 for details). It's going to be a 50's themed party, with good music, food and fun.
Your Honor, we understand that justice is blind, but we also feel it's easy to turn a blind eye to victims if you don't see the big picture. So here's what we're going to do, we're purchasing two tickets for the fundraiser in your name for you and a guest. We'll leave them at the door for you.
We hope that you'll come out and meet the good people of Woodhaven and Richmond Hill, and we promise that you'll have a great evening. I think you'll find that unlike others in this case that make promises to you, we're good at keeping ours. And for everyone else reading this, we look forward to seeing you at the fundraiser to save the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps on the 20th.


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Lyons Bancorp Increases Quarterly Dividend
Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 10:00am
The Board of Directors of Lyons Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for The Lyons National Bank, approved a 12% increase in the Company's common stock dividend. After adjusting for the Company's recently concluded 3-for-2 stock split, the quarterly dividend was increased from $.267 to $.30 per common share or $1.20 annualized. The new dividend will be paid on April 13, 2012 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business March 30, 2012. Based on the trading price of the company's common stock at the close of business on March 7, 2012 of $32.00 per share, the annualized dividend yield is 3.75%.
Robert A. Schick, President and Chief Executive Officer reiterated, "The Board's confidence in the Bank's ability to continuously grow our franchise profitability has afforded them this opportunity to again reward our shareholders for their long-standing trust and confidence. This is the 28th time in the past 11 years that the Board has approved an increase in our quarterly cash dividend."
Lyons Bancorp, Inc. has total assets of $575 million and is an independent, community bank with eleven branch offices located throughout Wayne, Onondaga, Ontario, Seneca and Yates Counties. LNB has a long-standing tradition of excellence, dating back to 1852. As its mission, LNB safely and profitably serves all of its customers and communities with unmatched professional service. LNB offers an extensive variety of products within the personal and business banking realms, including direct deposit, online banking, Cash Manager, Remote Deposit Capture and much more. LNB also provides financial services, including investments and insurance. For a complete listing of products and services, as well as branch locations visit BankwithLNB.com.


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When I reviewed the port of The 7th Guest, the legendary PC adventure, I noted that some of the puzzles there can be quite tricky. And that even despite the built-in hint system in the game. Apparently I was not the only one thinking this and due to popular demand Trilobyte released an official walkthrough app for this excellent game – The 7th Guest: Book of Secrets.
One might argue whether it is actually fair to charge an additional $0.99 for the information, already freely available on the internet for anyone who cares to look. But then again, those web-savvy people probably won't buy this app. For those who are stuck, however, and don't wish to burden themselves the Book of Secrets presents a great way out of the conundrum.
Trilobyte, The 7th Guest: Book of Secrets, 11.10MB – $0.99


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'Black box' likely in your vehicle
Event data recorders may be required in all new vehicles next year
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Most of us are aware of the black boxes in airplanes that give important information to crash investigators. These event data recorders record what happened in the moments just before and during a crash.
A lot of people are surprised to hear that there are black boxes in most cars that do the exact same thing, and the U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing rules that would require them in every single new vehicle.
People like Howard Knight were surprised to learn the boxes were under the dashboard in their cars. Knight says he got a lot of extra items when he bought his Jeep last year, but he did knot know a black box was one of them.
"It's a double-edge sword," Knight said. "You know things are being recorded and we don't know anything about it. And it could be subpoenaed and used against us. We have no idea if the information is being used for good or bad."
In the event of a crash, the typical event data recorder will retain the last five seconds of vehicle speed and brake activation, as well as the force of a crash, if seat belts were in use and if the air bands deployed. At the moment this information is only available to law enforcement accident investigators.
In some cases, information from these devices has been used to charge the driver with a crime.
According to the DOT, these black boxes have been in some cars since the late 90s and are in 96 percent of new cars.
Officer Melissa Bujeda, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, says this a useful tool for investigators, but they can't use it all the time.
"We can't just walk up to someone's vehicle and hook up to it and pull the information," Bujeda said. "If the vehicle has been seized for investigative purposes we will use the information."
Attorney Steve Pajcic says information from the black boxes are often used in court. He says people need to know that information is available and need to know who is accessing it.
"It is almost a given in a case now-a-days that it will be part of the evidence, that is used in a case," Pajcic said. "And it's an important part of the evidence. What is important is, to make sure that evidence is preserved in its integrity."
The best way to find out if your car has a black box is to look in the index of your owner's manual for event data recorder. If it's listed there, it is more than likely in your car.
The DOT is asking Congress to pass legislation that would require event data recorders in all new cars, starting in September 2014.
Channel 4 safety expert Ken Jefferson says in his police career, the devices were important tools in traffic accidents where someone died. But he understands why some people have reservations about their use.
"I think the box is a good thing, just like a black box in the airplane. However, there are those who feel it is an evasion of privacy," Jefferson said. "Again, they feel they can't just come and go freely and do what they want to do."
Dealers and manufactures told Channel 4 that if you want to access the information in the recorder, you could do that at a dealership -- for a fee.
Attorneys tell us there is concern that the data could be manipulated, and they suggest you or an attorney be on hand when it is made available.
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On Exhibit
Animal Facts
Scientific Name
Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Animal Type
drifting plankton
height to 18 inches (46 cm)
sea pansies, sea whips, sea feathers; Phylum: Cnidarians; Order: Pennatulacea
Gulf of Alaska to southern California on sandy or muddy bottoms, in depths from 45 feet (13.7 m) to 225 feet (68.5 m)
Natural History
A graceful creature of the seafloor, this sea pen resembles a plump, old-fashioned quill pen. Its colors range from dark orange to yellow to white. Each sea pen is a colony of polyps (small anemonelike individuals) working together for the survival of the whole. The primary polyp loses its tentacles and becomes the stalk of the sea pen, with a bulb at its base—the bulb anchors the sea pen in the muddy or sandy bottom. The various secondary polyps form the sea pen's "branches" and have specialized functions. Some polyps feed by using nematocysts to catch plankton; some polyps reproduce; and some force water in and out of canals that ventilate the colony.
Once plentiful in parts of Puget Sound, sea pen populations have declined in those areas. Large numbers of their predators—sea stars and nudibranchs—have also disappeared, leaving some sandy-bottom areas vacant. This affects populations of creatures at the top of the food chain, too. Scientists haven't determined the cause or causes of the disappearing sea pens, but their absence can indicate an ecosystem in trouble.
Cool Facts
The red star, the leather star and three types of nudibranchs prey on sea pens.
When disturbed, a sea pen forces water out of the colony, making it possible for the sea pen to retreat into its bulbous foot. Sea pens are octocorals—each polyp has eight tentacles.
Sea pens glow with a bright-greenish light when stimulated.


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: From Software
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sep. 16, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-8 (Online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Jason Lauritzen
From Software has gotten carried away. Its Armored Core series - much like Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise - just keeps on plugging along. In fact, there have been so many Armored Core games on so many different platforms (dating all the way back to the original PlayStation) that the developer has dropped numbering all together. Armored Core: For Answer (what does that even mean?) is the thirteenth (yes, you read that right - thirteenth) entry in the series. So, it should be no surprise - as is often the case with franchises that reach such a high number - that For Answer is a subpar title.
The plot in For Answer is paper thin and generic: it's the future and there's so much pollution that the surface of the Earth has become uninhabitable. The population escapes to the sky to live in Cradles - large floating cities suspended in pollution-free pockets of the atmosphere. All this is funded by mega corporations, who, of course, own everything. Since there are corporations, that means there's resistance to them, and it comes from groups stranded on the surface.
Four factions make up the world of For Answer, and you align yourself with one at the start of the game. The side you choose affects what kind of default battle suit you get, so your choice of allegiance is cosmetic more than anything else. Diplomacy really doesn't matter. You can fight for every side in the game with little-to-no consequences, and you have to - as you make your way through the game, you'll realize that the only way to get enough money to upgrade parts on your NEXT (that's your Armored Core) is to fight for more than just your faction.
Missions are an incredibly short and lackluster affair. Most have a straightforward objective of eliminating a series of targets and reward you with some money. A lot of the missions are so short you can beat them in the same amount of time it takes to listen to the briefing and sit through the load screen. Perhaps what makes the missions so unsatisfying - besides their brevity - is the uninspired level design. The majority of levels are just vast expanses of space littered with enemies. Whether you're hovering over water or fighting in a desert, you'll be struck at how minimalist everything really is. For example, one level has you fighting in a desert, so, naturally there's a lot of sand. That's the only problem: all there is, is a bunch of sand and some enemies. There's nothing remotely interesting about the locale.
Being a mech game, one would assume that the combat can save the bland nature of the level design and generic mission structure, but it doesn't. The most rudimentary part of any third person shooter - proper targeting - was somehow lost on the developers. For Answer features a semi lock-on system. Once you get close enough to other mechs, the targeting reticule will turn red, signaling a good-to-go shot. However, it's hard to switch between targets once in this mode, so awkward things - like your NEXT targeting a far away enemy instead of the one right in front of it - happen on a frequent basis. You do have the option to free aim, but once you encounter enemies that boost around the screen, you'll absolutely need homing weapons, so you just have to hope the lock-in system functions as it should.
The need to constantly upgrade your weapons becomes tedious and reflects badly on the nature of the game's combat. Since most fights boil down to haphazardly boosting and strafing around an opponent, strategy - at least in a maneuvering sense - goes out the window. Instead, what you have is a continual arms race with the computer. If you don't go back to the shop before each new mission and purchase the most powerful weapon, chances are you're not going to beat that next level. However, you'll run into a cash problem from time-to-time. At the end of each mission, the game automatically deducts money to fix your NEXT from your contract, so it may eat up half your cash in repairs, leaving very little leftover to actually upgrade your behemoth. Oh, and don't assume that having the best weapons guarantees a win. On quite a few missions you may run out of ammo for all your weapons and the game doesn't have a melee attack, so you have no option other than to restart the level.
It's easy to tell that developers and fans of the series care more about customizing their NEXT than the actual combat. The first time you step into the customization screen you'll be overwhelmed. There are hundreds of parts and tons of sliders that will take you quite some time to understand. You can outfit your NEXT with huge grenade launchers or spend time pasting tiny decals all over it. Die-hard tweakers could probably spend hours creating custom paint jobs and finding the just-right stabilizers to slap on their NEXT. What's odd is that while there is a general tutorial to teach you the ropes in the game, there's no explanation anywhere of the customization screen. Your best bet to is to either be a fan of the series already or consult the manual to try and decrypt what's on-screen.


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After a lengthy examination during which the medical student sees mostly the backs of the necks of the doctors in front of him --
Pond-Scum-Level Medical Student (PMS): Uhm, doctor? What's the diagnosis?
Consultant Dr Bigshot: (paying more attention to the germs in the air in front of him than to PMS) Uh, she's dying.
The crowd of doctors and nurses moves along and PMS finally gets to see the patient. In fact said patient is staring straight at him.
PMS: Ohmigod she's HUGE!
PMS freezes and realises what he's done.
Consultant Dr Bigshot: (paying more attention to the doorknob he's currently turning than to PMS) Well done.
(No, before you ask, the above medical student is not me. No, really. Honest. Whaddya mean, "yeah right"? I-- ah screw it.)


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Has anyone suffered paralysis from infectious lesions that attacked the spinal cord?
Has anyone suffered paralysis from infectious lesions that attacked the spinal cord?
Hmmm...that's tough to answer. There is evidence (see www.cpnhelp.com) that implies that SOME cases of TM and MS may actually be the result of an infection by Chadomyphila Pneumonia bacteria which causes "lesions" on the spinal cord. The treatment is long term use of several antibiotics.
Do you have a diagnosis? or are you being worked up by a neurologist that has seen lesions on your spinal cord? MS as well as other neurological diseases can have that presentation. What a neurologist will do is also look at the presentation of symptoms displayed. Mobility, sensory, cognition... Along with radiological images, put the infor together and come up with a diagnosis.
I am paralyzed from a transverse myelitis lesion. I have MS.
You can get Transverse Myelitis (TM) additionally with the diagnosis of MS.
Yes it can cause paralysis as can MS.
this website may have some support groups or boards where you can ask questions specifically to TM.
Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare inflammatory disease causing injury to the spinal cord with varying degrees of weakness, sensory alterations, and autonomic dysfunction (the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary activity, such as the heart, breathing, the digestive system, and reflexes). The first cases of acute myelitis were described in 1882 and were attributed to vascular lesions and acute inflammatory events.
I had an intramedullary abscess that caused my incomplete paralysis 12 years ago. I ended up with a diagnosis of incomplete quad and all that goes with it. Very rare they tell me.


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The United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Child has issued a report on the Catholic Church and the child sex abuse scandal.
The report goes off the rails. Instead of dealing with the issue of sexual abuse of children in the serious and concentrated manner that it deserves, the committee used the report as an opportunity to demand that the Church change its teaching on abortion and homosexuality.
I have a hard time when I see people using the sexual violation of innocent children as a wedge issue to promote their unrelated agendas. I regard it as callous political opportunism that has nothing at all to do with a genuine concern for the children. I think it violates the victims all over again by ignoring them and their needs and using them as tools to "get at" someone else.It was dispiriting, reading this report. The children this report is talking about have been subjected to the life-destroying cruelty of sexual abuse by a trusted adult. It breaks my heart to see other adults, who are supposed to be their advocates, misuse their suffering to score points for their own private agendas.
The focus of this report should have been the children and how to help and protect them.
Here is a video summarizing the report.


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Regarding the incident in question... There are several issues here
that need to be covered separatly. First, the issue described is one
between two sixth kyus. At that level neither one of them knows enough
to be resisting each other. Uke doesn't have the ukemi required to
protect himself if nage pulls off a technique that he is
resisting. Nage doesn't know enough technique to make the adjustments
necessary to do technique against an uncooperative partner. It is
innapropriate for the seniors / Sensei to allow this at this level of
training. Neither one of them is training correctly if this is what is
taking place. Uke at this level needs to be focusing on how to take
the ukemi. His desire to take good ukemi facilitates the development
of the understanding of how a technique should be done.
Now let's make the assumption that these fellows aren't sixth kyus any
longer but more like shodans... The idea that being resistent is
somehow more honest is incorrect. It is essentially martially
unsound. One should never resist a technique since that simply creates
a suki or opening. The partner will simply change the technique or
apply the appropriate atemi. If one is striving for reality in
training from a martial standpoint one should never resist a technique
but rather reverse it. I have had partners sitting there
congratulating themselves on being able to stop my technique who were
completely open to a head butt or knee to the groin.
There was a reason that O-Sensei used the high level students as
ukes. They knew how to attack appropriately to the techniques he was
attempting to demonstrate. The idea that your technique should be
strong enough to work regardless of the manner in which the attacker
delivers his attack is silly. If that were true there would not be any
aiki. One would simply force his technique using his
strength. Actually, it doesn't matter how good you are (Shihan
included) if the other fellow knows what the technique is, he can make
the energy of his attack inappropriate for that defense. In other
words, I could do a yokomen uchi that NO ONE could do a shihonage
This happens all the time in training. The Sensei demonstrates a
technique and then your partner attacks in a way in which that
techique would clearly not work. But since you are trying to do what
the Sensei did, you keep straining to make the uke fit the technique.
At a certain point in your training it's not so easy to do this to you
any more. You have enough techniques in the repertoire to shift
appropriately when the energy of the uke shifts. And you aren't so
concerned with doing exectly what the Sensei just did. That's fine for
YOUR training but the fact still remains that the uke is not training
correctly. He isn't learning anything (aside from the fact that if he
contracts his arm strongly enough to stop your shihonage he gets an
elbow in the head that he can't block).
An exception to this is training with a peer when you have a mutual
understanding that giving each other a hard time is for your mutual
benefit. It's a kind of Aiki weight lifting. Your partner supplies
resistance so that you can get stronger and then you do the same for
him. This is never done from the standpoint of showing up your partner
but rather from the desire that both of you get stronger in your
technique. You agree to resist in order to show your partner the
weaknesses in his technique and he agrees not to do the myriad atemi
that present themselves when you resist. It is important that neither
one of these people think that this resistance is anything more than a
training aid between consenting partners.
If the uke trains this way all of the time he is not learning proper
ukemi. He might get to the point at which he can take any fall you
dish out after he begins resisting but that isn't real ukemi. In a
real martial a situation you are striving to not be thrown, not
survive the throws when they occur. Real ukemi training is simply the
preparation for kaeshiwaza. You learn to move so completely in concert
with the technique that there becomes no separation between you and
the nage. Once your ukemi gets to the point at which you can stay
connected with your partner through the fastest and most complex
techniques, then in a situation requiring martial application, you can
sense any small openings in the technique of the opponent and apply a
Kaeshiwaza is Aikido at its most martial. It is the way in which a
person perceives the suki in the partner's techique and takes full
advantage of it. While this is the real deal as far as martial
practice goes you can't have a class in which everybody is is hellbent
on making the technique the Sensei has just demonstrated impossible
for his partner. Each pair would be executing some technique or other
and no one would be practicing the actual technique the Sensei wished
to teach. This would be chaotic and dangerous.
So there is a reason that we structure our training the way we
do. Part of the structure is taking the ukemi in such a way that it
challenges the partner but doesn't defeat the technique being
practiced (unless the partner simply blows the execution). This is
taken to the point at which it is happening at full speed and
power. At this point (higher level yudansha) it is appropriate, even
necessary, to start reversing the partner if he doesn't have the
technique. This trains the proper perception and responses. But this
isn't meant to be emulated by the whole class. It is somethin that the
seniors engage in when they train with each other but is not meant to
be emulated by the whole class.
Finally, ukemi is never about showing up your partner. That kind of
ego is dangerous. Years ago I had a nemsis in the dojo who for my
first year never let me do a techique on him. He always let me know
that if he fell down it was because he was being nice, not because I
had actually thrown him. Well at one point he had to have an operation
and was gone for three or four months. I kept training steadily and
when he returned to the dojo he thought to reestablish the same
relationship we had had before. ButI had been training and was
somewwhat better at that point and he was weaker due to his
operation. We were training and I went to do a shohonage, he resisted
as usual, but this time I realized that I had it! Not pretty or
artistic but I had it. And I ripped his elbow out and put him back off
the mat. Now this guy was a very skilled yudansha and I was still a
white belt. He could have taken the ukemi at any point and been
fine. But he needed to show me he was superior and that was his
downfall. He hurt himself, I didn't do it.
That's why the type of resistance the partner decribed above was doing
is not to be encouraged. He might be able to stop you now. But he
isn't doing anything to prepare for the day when your technique has
gotten better and stronger. And on that day he will get creamed.
George S. Ledyard
Aikido Eastside
Bellevue, WA


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RIA Novosti
March 8, 2013
Two asteroids, one of them bigger in size than the celestial body that burst over Russia last month, will fly by the Earth on Saturday, though not as close as to threaten collision.
The 2013 EC20 was discovered on Thursday by the Catalina Sky Survey project, which estimated it size at between 3 and 12 meters. At 5:57 am Moscow time (1:57 UTC) on Saturday, the asteroid will pass about 169,000 kilometers (105,000 miles) from the Earth, according to the Massachusetts-based Minor Planet Center.
About 9.5 hours later the same day, the 2013 ET, sized between 45 and 140 meters, will pass 972,000 kilometers (604,000 miles) close to the planet. It will be monitored by a NASA radar in Goldstone, California.
A still bigger 2009 EM1, estimated at 49-160 meters in size, is also heading the Earth's way, but its flyby distance at 22:04 Moscow time (18:04 UTC) on Friday will be 18 million kilometers (11 million miles), or 48 times the lunar distance.
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By Claire Johnson, Newspaper Project Intern
Happy Halloween From the VNP! In honor of the spookiest of holidays, here's a look back at how Richmonders of the past celebrated Halloween.
For young women at the turn of the century, Halloween presented an opportunity to glimpse into the future and see the face of their husband-to-be by completing one of several complex rituals. The Richmond Dispatch on October 31, 1897 described one such ritual, performed at or near midnight on Halloween. Wearing her hair loose down her back and barefoot, the curious young woman must light a candle, and descend down her basement stairs backwards. As she walks, she repeats a stanza from Robert Burns' 1743 poem, "Green Grow the Rashes:" "Auld Nature swears the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O: Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!"At the bottom of the steps, after turning around twice and taking ten steps, she looks over her shoulder into a mirror. If she is going to be married, she will see the reflection of her husband in the mirror.
The same article explained the soothsaying powers of "ducking for apples." The instructions begin in a familiar way for those of us who bobbed for apples at harvest festivals or Halloween parties as children: fill a vessel with water and add apples, then close your eyes, lean in, and try to get one. Here, 19th century ducking for apples diverges from the modern incarnation of the game. According to the superstition, those who successfully picked up an apple with their teeth three times in five minutes would dream of their future spouse that night.
On November 1, 1896, the Richmond Dispatch published a poem titled "Girls on Halloween," which detailed more of the practices girls … read more »
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