text: Hobbies Card Games & Gambling 2017 Horse Racing Television Schedule A Guide to Televised Horse Races Share PINTEREST Email Print Joseph McNally / The Image Bank / Getty Images Card Games & Gambling Sports Gambling Gambling Strategies & Tips Casinos Poker Blackjack By Cindy Pierson Dulay Cindy Pierson Dulay is a horse-racing expert, journalist and award-winning photographer. She is the owner and editor of Horse-Races.Net. our editorial process Cindy Pierson Dulay Updated March 17, 2017 No horse racing fan wants to miss a major race, but unless we're talking the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Cup, the Dubai World Cup or the Pegasus World Cup Invitational that was launched in 2017, you might have to hunt a bit for race coverage on television. You do have options, however. It's not much different from being a devoted Seattle Seahawks fan who just happens to live in Florida. Throw enough money at your television and you'll get the games. The same is true for live horse racing coverage. You can subscribe to TVG or HRTV on cable or satellite and get your fill. Beyond that, some other high-profile stakes races do get national coverage. Here's a list of some of the major races covered by NBC in 2017. If you're looking for a race that's not listed, visit the track's website. As the race dates get closer, the tracks will usually tell you where you can watch. And — as a last resort — most tracks also offer video replays of each race of the day on their websites. May 5: Kentucky Oaks, Churchill DownsMay 6: Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs May 20: Preakness Stakes, Pimlico June 10: Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park Aug. 26: Travers Day, Saratoga, Nov. 3 and 4: Breeders' Cup, Del Mar The History of Televised Racing The sport of horse racing made a near-fatal error decades ago when television was first gaining in popularity. Fearing a loss of live attendance and betting handles, the sport avoided being shown on live TV. Internet wagering and off-track betting was virtually unheard of back then. The sport felt that if enthusiasts didn't physically go to their nearest tracks to place their wagers, a centuries-old sport would die. It was a valid concern at the time. This paved the way for other sports, most notably NFL football and NASCAR, to rapidly expand their fan bases because they were on TV. Racing fans remained limited to the Triple Crown and, eventually, the Breeders' Cup, with little to no coverage of other events. Then various TV networks got interested. ABC was the home of the Triple Crown for years, and NBC was home to the Breeders' Cup. ABC-owned ESPN showed a few races over the rest of the year, including some major Derby-prep stakes races. Then, in the 2000s, it all switched around. NBC took over the Triple Crown broadcasts while ABC/ESPN took over the Breeders' Cup. To say that ABC/ESPN backstabbed horse racing would be an understatement. The Breeders' Cup World Championship races were relegated to ESPN2. The undercard races were not shown at all. They were picked up by racing-only channel TVG. In what turned out to be the final two years of their Breeders' Cup deal, ESPN showed no prep races at all, as though the network felt no need to hype the big event. This would be like a network telecasting only the Super Bowl but not the NFL playoffs. The Breeders' Cup and ESPN had a less-than-amicable split, and NBC was there waiting to take back what had once been theirs. NBC hasn't been faultless. The Breeders' Cup was relegated to NBC Sports Network in the first years, with only the Classic shown on the main network, but in 2016, some undercard races were included. And NBC does show live racing throughout the year, including major preps for the Triple Crown, several Breeders' Cup Challenge "win-and-you're-in" races, and the popular "Summer at Saratoga" series. Most of these are on NBC SN with the more popular events such as the Travers Stakes going on the main NBC network. Racing in 2017 Other networks have picked up the slack as well, most notably FOX Sports 1 through its deal with The Jockey Club. This network shows some major races in the summer and fall. Superstation WGN in Chicago carries the two biggest races in Illinois, the Illinois Derby in the spring and the Arlington Million in the summer. North of the border, TSN — which is ironically minority-owned by ESPN — carries Canada's major races, including its Triple Crown, and the major fall turf events at Woodbine. TSN also carries the Breeders' Cup because NBC SN is not available to Canadians. A commonly heard complaint among racing fans, and especially among hardcore wagerers, is that the networks spend too much time on human interest stories and too little on the actual sport of racing. NBC failed to show any undercard stakes races on Triple Crown race days, and they were unavailable elsewhere due to the network's exclusivity deals. But this complaint has not fallen on deaf ears and the sport of horse racing continues to thrive and draw in its avid fans. If you can't find a race — or an undercard race — this year, don't despair. Between the ever-changing television landscape, track websites and networks like TVG, you should have no problem at all watching your selected winner burn its way across the wire.


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BANGOR – Adam Goode won Maine's House District 15 (Bangor) race on Tuesday with more than 70 percent of the vote. He's 25, by the way.
Steven Butterfield, just one year older, had a tighter race in House District 16 (Bangor) against Doug Damon, an established political name, but still prevailed with 56 percent of the vote.
Henry Beck, at the tender age of 22, ran unopposed in House District 76 (Waterville) and soon will be the youngest legislator in the State House.
After the Election Day dust settled, Maine's 124th Legislature is poised to be well-represented by Generation Y, at least in House districts north of Augusta. In all, six House candidates who are all in their 20s won elections in northern and eastern Maine districts, joining two other 20-somethings who were re-elected.
The infusion of youth shakes up a state government often controlled by the retired or semiretired, but these newly elected representatives insist they are not short on experience.
Beck, for instance, graduated to the State House after a two-year stint on the Waterville City Council.
"I felt I ran with a solid record of experience," said Beck, a Colby College student. "No one can be 100 percent prepared, but the people [in my district] made their own judgment."
Goode, who has been a community organizer for the Maine People's Alliance since 2005, used his grass-roots acumen to his advantage.
"I couldn't have had any better experience than spending three summers knocking on doors," he said Thursday from MPA's offices in Bangor.
Butterfield has been working for nonprofits and think tanks on various policy issues for years, but more importantly, he said, he's living the same struggles as most Mainers.
"I've worked three part-time jobs just to get by," he said. "I don't have health insurance at the moment. I've had that experience of scraping to get by."
Also elected on Tuesday were: Tyler Clark, 23, in House District 6 (Fort Fairfield, Mars Hill), Elspeth "Elsie" Flemings, 25, in House District 35 (Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor), and Andrew O'Brien, 29, in House District 44 (Searsmont, Lincolnville).
Benjamin Pratt, 29, also was re-elected to his second term in House District 20 (Eddington, Dedham, Clifton), and Emily Cain, 28, was unopposed in her re-election bid for House District 19 (Orono).
James Melcher, a political scientist at the University of Maine-Farmington, said the recent trend is encouraging considering the fact that Maine has one of the oldest populations in the country.
"I'm not sure it's a clear generation shift, but most of the young people I know that ran, ran with Clean Election funds," he said, referring to the public campaign financing system. "Certainly, that has allowed some who don't have money to be able to jump into these races."
Flemings, a recent graduate of College of the Atlantic and coordinator of the Union River Watershed Coalition, said Clean Election funds certainly made it possible for her to run.
"I think it really helps everyone committed to public service work have a chance to do so," she said.
She didn't think the youth movement is necessarily new, though.
"When smart, creative young people run, they are often supported," she said. "From what I've heard, folks in the Legislature really seem to appreciate a variety."
Maine has a citizen legislature, which means that other than a small stipend, senators and representatives donate a significant amount of time. The nature of the service, particularly during legislative sessions, makes it difficult for many who have demanding jobs to juggle both, which is why older Mainers often run for office.
"You do make sacrifices, and you certainly don't do it for the money," Beck said.
Goode plans to keep his job at the Maine People's Alliance, a 32,000-member citizen action group that advocates economic and social justice, but said he's confident he can be an effective representative.
"I think the comforting thing to me is knowing that I'm not there making decisions on my own," he said.
Butterfield said he plans to be a full-time legislator, at least during sessions, and will cobble together work the rest of the year.
"I've been living frugally since I was 18," he joked.
How these 20-somethings plan to govern remains to be seen. Most are Democrats. Most agreed that economic and budget issues are likely to dominate discussion for the foreseeable future. All seem genuinely committed to service.
"I think there has been a lot of exaggeration of the 'brain drain' theory," Melcher said, referring to a phenomenon of Maine youth leaving the state to find good jobs. "Having young, qualified people in visible State House positions will certainly help dispel that even more."

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Addiction: I Blame Government For Our Huge Drug Problem
I know that, according to a big, new government-funded survey, illegal drug use in Canada has doubled in the past decade. But, I still wonder what Vancouver's politicians and bureaucrats have been smoking lately.
In September, they were crowing about the alleged success of the so-called safe-injection site -- Mayor Larry Campbell's big election plank -- in reducing overdose deaths and the harm from injection-drug use.
Now we learn from Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell that, for the first nine months of 2004, the number of Vancouverites who died of drug overdoses has actually risen -- from 41 in 2003 to 44 this year.
And that may surprise Lower Mainland taxpayers. After all, self-congratulatory government do-gooders have consistently championed the hype that funding the multimillion-dollar injection site would mean salvation for Downtown Eastside druggies.
That hasn't happened, of course. And police are still tripping over the same poor, drug-addicted and mentally ill souls in needle-riddled downtown alleys, hallways and stairwells.
Campbell, also the police board chairman, could not be reached for comment Friday. Nor could the city's drug policy co-ordinator, Donald Macpherson.
But Const. Tom Stamatakis, the Vancouver police union president, told me that he hasn't seen any real evidence that the 14-month-old drug-injection site has had any impact.
"In fact, some will suggest that, by establishing a site like that, what we're doing is we're enabling it [drug use]," he said. "And maybe that's why we have more overdose deaths."
What the East Hastings drug site has done, Stamatakis adds, is make downtown law-enforcement even more difficult for police by creating a whole new tolerance for law-breaking.
"I think we're now dealing with this sense of entitlement," he explained.
"You have people here who are often engaged in criminal activity to get the money to buy their drugs. And the police are having to deal with this attitude of 'Hey, man, quit bugging me, can't you see I'm going to go use my drugs in the safe-injection site?'"
Illegal drug-taking, in other words, has become a government-sanctioned "right." And to hell with those poor saps ripped off in the process.
Campbell, meanwhile, stated in a letter to the Courier that he's "completely perplexed" by Stamatakis's conclusion. The mayor accuses him of a "crude analysis that would never stand up to scientific scrutiny."
Myself, I'm partial to crude analysis. Certainly, I'm skeptical of the "sophisticated" analysis presented by government-funded doctors and spin doctors who, I believe, are often completely biased in their conclusions.
Indeed, I'm convinced that foolhardy, feel-good government funding is to blame for a great portion of our city's humungous drug problem.
Stamatakis noted how he'd read that there were 170 agencies in the Downtown Eastside dependent on one level of government or other. "It's almost become an industry that's created lots of employment for a lot of people, and lots of bureaucracy," he said. "It almost seems at times that we're more worried about keeping that going than we are about helping the people down here who really need the help."
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This talk page is only for discussing improvements to the page "Repair".
It is not the place for general discussion or sharing stories about the topic of this article. Please use the forums for these purposes.
- 1 Fallout 3
- 2 Repair Behavior
- 3 Merchant repair cost maths
- 4 Repair Costs
- 5 best repairer in the waste.
- 6 Very unusual mental problem
- 7 Laser Tripwires
- 8 Repair 100?
- 9 Breaking Over Time?
- 11 Difference between repair and maintain?
- 12 Repair of clothing?
- 13 skill and condition in new vegas
- 14 NPC Repair Cost comparisons
- 15 Repair first or just sell? (FNV)
Fallout 3
In Fallout 3 can you pay people to repair items or do you have to find 2 of each thing and repair it yourself? That might get expensive with the Fat Man and Power Armor... NukeSpammer 13:56, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
- Most shop keepers can repair your stuff for a price. How much they are able to depends on their repair skill. As such, if you feel like cheating and you're on the PC version, you can go to the console, select the shop keeper you want to do the repairs, and type "modav repair 100" (without quotes, press enter). Then when you ask them to repair something they'll repair it to 100%. —ErzengelLichtes (Contribs) 04:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- Without cheating, which NPCs have the highest repair skills out of the ones who will repair your equipment, and what skill levels are they. A complete list of repair-enabled NPCs might be excessive, but if someone could provide a list of the notable ones and their respective skills, say, the ones with skills over 50, it would be a great help. I know that Crazy Wolfgang has a skill of 80 after investing, but he is very hard to find when you need him, and there is still room for improvement.--Sotanaht 11:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
- If you look below I'm working on finding all vendors in the game that can repair for a kind of mod/fix I want to try and do... when/if the relevant list comes to light I will share it here :). Whisk 19:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- I have found a list in the game files called NPCRepairvendors that lists twelve people as repairers:
- Without cheating, which NPCs have the highest repair skills out of the ones who will repair your equipment, and what skill levels are they. A complete list of repair-enabled NPCs might be excessive, but if someone could provide a list of the notable ones and their respective skills, say, the ones with skills over 50, it would be a great help. I know that Crazy Wolfgang has a skill of 80 after investing, but he is very hard to find when you need him, and there is still room for improvement.--Sotanaht 11:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
|Repair skill in geck
|Uncle Roe
|Crazy Wolfgang*
|Knick Knack
|Knight Sergeant Durga
|Smiling Jack
|Scribe Peabody
|Moira Brown
Those values are from the geck and I think that list is also very much incomplete. Pappy and wolfgang seem to have some other value associated with them that allows them to level with your level. I think. I'm a little new to this >.< Whisk 20:56, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- In the new DLC Point Lookout Haley from Haley's Hardware has a repair skill of 31, better than anyone I could find in the wastes (besides Wolfgang, but mine is dead)
Moira Brown has Repair 24 in-game. Aleven 23:37, November 15, 2010 (UTC)
A sortable table with all persons with repair skill should be usefull.
Something like this:
|Repair skill
|Quest enhanced repair skill
|Crazy Wolfgang
|Caravan Merchant
|Doc Hoff
|Caravan Merchant
|Haley's Hardware
|appears only in Point Lookout (add-on)
|Lucky Harith
|80 = 75 base +5 Red Racer Jumpsuit
|Caravan Merchant
|Moira Brown
|Megaton UnderWorld (if blew up megaton)
|House of Wares
|Smiling Jack
|Evergreen Mills Bazaar
|Mothership Zeta
|appears only in Mothership Zeta (add-on)
After a long time i nearly finish it nearly half year after the last responce (Vvardenfell 06:48, June 17, 2011 (UTC))
Repair Behavior
I have noticed something for which I would like confirmation. When repairing, I find that I get better results by repairing the item with the worst condition rather than the one with better condition. For example, if I have two guns, one at 23% and one at 44%, I get a higher final result if I use the 44% one to repair the 23% one than if I do the opposite.
Merchant repair cost maths
Can't find a better place to ask this and trying to work on creating a mod that fixes a whole bunch of stuff in the game one being that merchants do not repair things to full. The second would be the astronomical cost of them doing so if you set them to 100/100 repair skill. Does anyone know of a way (I'm expecting outside of the game, in the geck) to alter the repair mathematics, either one item at a time or all items with the adjustment of one coefficient/integer/value/number/thing? Whisk 19:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Repair Costs
The price for the repair seems to be based on the value of an item i.e. plasma rifles are worth a lot and cost a lot to have repaired
best repairer in the waste.
Rite now my goal is to make the terrable shotgun 100% repaired but my repair skill is only 85 and im level 20 and dont have the broken steel add on. I not planning on going on a world wide search for books so i need to know the person with the highest repair skill known.--Radraider 00:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
- Its not possible to get 100% CND without 100 repair skill, but the best repairer would be crazy wolfgang when you have invested in him. Reverse-pickpocket a red racer suit to boost him more.Altilly 16:35, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Use a guy named Haley. Spoon 19:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC) Isnt Haley a point lookout NCP? Rite now i dont have any add ons but ill keep that in mind.--Radraider 23:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, just assumed you had. But yeah, Wolfgangs the best for you. Spoon 23:14, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
I dosnt matter much now. I found the repair bobble head in evans house Witch brings my repair to about 92 so a few more books and ill be fine. And im also planning on getting all add ons available for ps3 soon.--Radraider 23:19, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
- Just to add, if you get the point lookout add on, and the Workman's Coveralls are obtainable, reverse pickpocket those onto crazy wolfgang and you'll be able to pay for repairs up to 85% I believe. -MaseFace 00:28, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
One more person, Somah, from mothership zeta has 100 repair but is only available from the end of Not of This World to the end of Thiis Galaxy aint big enough... although sometimes she only has 75 repair, Shes supposed to have 100. Victoriesx42 22:00, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Once you get Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta, you can just use Haley from PL and Alien Epoxy from MZ to repair everything you own to 100%. Blutteufel 19:00, January 30, 2010 (UTC)
Very unusual mental problem
When repairing large quantities of weapons and armour in Fallout 3 for a rather long period of time, 4 or 5 minutes or so, I have started to feel like my hands are working backwards. The sensation feels like the backs of my hands are the palms and vice versa, and that my hands bend the other way. It's only happened when I've been playing in the dark, and using an xbox controller.
As weird, and possibly individual, as this problem is, I was wondering if anyone else had noticed these strange effects, and if so, can give any reason why repeatedly repairing would effect someone's brain like this?—Preceding comment was unsigned. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- Erm... that's strange. I'm pretty sure you should take that to the medi-wiki or the Xbox wiki. Nitty 02:33, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
acid is a hell of a drug :-D <-like the statement.
You shouldnt play in the dark. It will make your mind bend strangely and people rarely have seizures by doing that. Quite dangerous, so you should put some lights on. Im sure it had nothing to do with repairing stuff. Sparky talk
Its not just the dark but it has nothing to do with the fact that you repairing but more because of the repetition and the dark. :)
Laser Tripwires
Found a "new" trap, the laser tripwires in Raven rock, they require 85 repair or 67 science to disable and so far I've only found three under the floors if you go right when you exit your cell pass the first guy in power armor you will meet and down the steps in that room. When activated they seem broken shooting flame like a flamer but delayed by a few seconds and unable to damage me. —Preceding comment was unsigned. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- Shouldn't this go on Fallout 3 traps page? --Kris mailbox 00:40, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
- Ok I added this trap to the traps page, but I didn't see anything in the G.E.C.K. about disarming it. --Kris mailbox 00:53, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
- They can't be disarmed, at least not on the 360. Mictlantecuhtli 10:13, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
Repair 100?
i just want to know if you have 100 repair does that mean items health is completely added, eg 20% thind + 30% thing = 50% thing or does it fix it slightly less
Apologies in advance if necro-posting. Theoretically, this would repair to 51%, but more due to repair skill than item condition: Condition(%)=30+5+(0.05*20)+(0.15*100) =35+5+1+15 = 51 So only a measly 1% would come from the second item, compared to 15% from repair modifier. The second item modifier seems to max out around 4.5% from a 90% weapon--18.104.22.168 02:13, October 5, 2011 (UTC)Picky Anonymous
Breaking Over Time?
Okay, I like to collect the unique weapons and armour like Tenpenny's Suit and the Experimental MIRV, and I store then in My Megaton House. But for some reason, they seem to have degraded. I've never used Tenpenny's suit, or the Antagonizer's Costume, but it's down a lot (over 50%). What happened? Too much stuff in one container? --Special:Contributions/ 21:42, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
in FO:NV you can save a ton of money by raising this skill to at least 90 and taking the Jury Rigging perk.
this will allow you to repair any of the unique items in the game with something similar that otherwise would require you to spend caps at a merchant to repair.
for instance you can repair This Machine with hunting rifles.
Every single person who posted on here prior to this is a f***ing loser. they need to grow up put the games down and get laid. This is not the place to argue. you are just ruining a great game for every one
Difference between repair and maintain?
What is the difference between repair and maintain?
- Functionally, they're the same. I THINK the distinction is whether or not your weapon is below 75% or armor is below 50%, or not. Above the full-functionality threshold, and you'll see maintain; below it, and you'll see repair. But I haven't confirmed that this is the case. --Kris 22:46, November 4, 2010 (UTC)
Repair of clothing?
From what I can tell merchants will only repair clothing items that have a DT of 1 or higher. Did I miss something or is there one who will repair regular clothing? ReapTheChaos 09:19, November 16, 2010 (UTC)
skill and condition in new vegas
I notice that in the wiki, repairmans's page show the max condition, but it is actually the skill.I t am not sure whether all of them make mistake, so i suggest someone to check.(Vvardenfell 11:30, June 18, 2011 (UTC))
Mostly fixed,but dale barton and joshua graham hcae not been checked
NPC Repair Cost comparisons
I approached three different repair NPCs with the same item to get an idea of what the difference in costs would be using an Advanced Radiation Suit at 0% condition.
|Condition Increase
|Samuel Kerr
|188 Trading Post
|Old Lady Gibson
|Gibson Scrap Yard
|Major Knight
|Mojave Outpost
2 caps per point of condition repaired in all cases. This ratio stays constant regardless of the underlying value of the item. Another test with a double barrel shotgun looked like this:
|Condition Increase
|Samuel Kerr
|188 Trading Post
|Old Lady Gibson
|Gibson Scrap Yard
|Major Knight
|Mojave Outpost
Which prices the repair at 35 caps per point of condition regardless of which merchant is doing the repairs. --Crapgame 19:27, September 4, 2011 (UTC)
Repair first or just sell? (FNV)
What's worth more caps, selling the stuff in the condition it's found or repair it before selling? - IPodged 09:54, October 12, 2011 (UTC)
We tested this; you usually get more caps by selling 2 damaged items than from selling the result from using them to make 1 item in better condition. There are exceptions, using brass knuckles to repair spiked knuckles, for instance. This can really pay off if you have the jury rigging perk, repairing power armor with metal, for instance.DarthOrc 04:26, October 13, 2011 (UTC)DarthOrc


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Harmony is anything to behold with regards to music. Whether it's the beauty of vocal tranquility, the impressiveness of guitar harmonies, or the force of symphonic harmonies, it's important that tranquility be executed effectively. This really is naturally equally the case with regards to non-musical applications within music. But instead of focus found on the apparent need within a band or group, I wish To focus found on the value of tranquility in the bigger pic. Specifically, those who help the band; and a lot more particularly, the sound technology team.
I've been a guitarist for over 20 years and an sound engineer for 15 of those. I've worked in the studio and in the live environment. But now I like to focus found on the live aspect. I have the special ability of being well-experienced behind the stage, in front of the stage, and found on the stage. I've experienced every emotion potential mixed with every character potential. It's a surprisingly intense environment and it doesn't take much to upset this quite delicate balance. There are a great deal of perfectionists striving to be ideal, and naturally not completely achieving it, specifically in their own notice. This can cause frustrations along with a tendency to project these feelings on others. So when anything goes incorrect that is from our control, we could tend to overreact.
I'm directing this at guitarists, just because I am 1 and that is who my site is for, but this will and generally does apply to any musician. We are able of authority with a surprisingly complex composition of insecurity and ego. These 3 ingredients (among countless others) when not kept in check, create for a fatal combination. The sound engineer(s) are the simplest target of the concoction, because (in our mind) their presence is to entirely serve our every sound reinforcement need. Now I'm not disputing that they exist to serve and that involves serving us, but the range of their serving is usually minimized by our narrow focus. If we can consciously initiate a positive symbiotic-serving relationship; then we have merely built the force of 1 team really working in tranquility, instead of 2 groups trying to work together. This needs mutual regard and trust, and an learning that errors and difficulties may happen.
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Now if it sounds like I am placing the lion-share of the responsibility for tranquility found on the shoulders of the musicians, effectively I am. As musicians, we are among the foremost specialists on harmony; and that expertise is appropriate to all applications of tranquility. We are equally able of force (albeit more perceived than many realize); and to whom much is provided, much is needed. That being mentioned, I believe we are to focus on serving those who serve us; and with every bit as much passion as we serve up the tranquility that is the music we create.


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Double the joy! Former Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas is pregnant and expecting her second child with husband Stephen Stagliano, she confirms to Us Weekly.
The little one will join Pappas and Stagliano's older daughter, 18-month-old Addison Marie, whom they welcomed in February 2014. Pappas is due to give birth next February, around Addison's 2nd birthday.
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In the early 1970s, the white pro wrestler Sputnik Monroe worked as one-half of a tag team with the black wrestler Norvell Austin. The duo played on the racism of Memphis' white fans, with Monroe proclaiming that "black is beautiful" and Austin responding that "white is beautiful." Austin had dyed a silver streak in his hair to match the one in Monroe's, and the pair often implied that he was Monroe's son. In return, fans lobbed racial epithets.
By this point in his career, Monroe had already staked his reputation as an absurdist, charismatic performer with a knack for drawing heat and antagonizing fans and competitors. "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat," he'd often mock-lecture spectators. "I'm 235 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal, with the body women love and men fear… and no matter what happens, I never let anybody get out of there a winner!"
According to wrestling historians Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson, he earned his "Sputnik" moniker while working in Mississippi in the mid-1950s. He'd shown up to a television taping in the town of Greenwood with a black hitchhiker in tow, provoking a white woman who was a regular at the tapings. Monroe noticed that the interaction was getting a crowd reaction and so he continued to make small talk with the man until the woman called him "a goddamned Sputnik," referencing the recently launched Soviet satellite that had terrified many Americans.
Like most wrestlers, Monroe thrived on angry audience reactions, but unlike a lot of his peers, his act took on a surprisingly progressive cast. When he arrived in Memphis in 1958, the city was in the midst of an artistic renaissance but still deeply segregated and riven by racism. The local label Sun Records had started raking in money after owner Sam Phillips signed Elvis Presley, a young performer who was an answer to the producer's prayers: Although white, he danced and sang in a style borrowed from the black artists already on the label.
Sputnik Monroe didn't have a master plan like Phillips, but he was about to do something similar — an early commodification of black culture and fans that has, in the decades since, become somewhat of a staple in entertainment. Eager to maximize his bottom line, he understood the ticket-buying power of Memphis' black community, which constituted around 40 percent of the city's 500,000 or so residents. At the time, they were forced into a segregated section in the back of the 12,000-seat Ellis Auditorium that was too small to accommodate everyone who wanted to attend. And so Monroe directed his cocky, catchphrase-spouting persona toward them, demanding that his employers allow black fans to buy general-admission tickets. His clout at the box office was so considerable that the demand was granted. Today, marketing to underrepresented consumers is a fairly common business strategy; groups as diverse as "wealthy blacks" and the "gay and lesbian community" have been identified as potential money-makers. But in Monroe's day, the significance was deeper than money.
Much of the work Monroe did, though aimed primarily at monetizing a segment of the market that had been ignored, opened spaces for black performers to fill in subsequent years. "I heard stories from friends and relatives about African-American fans who had pictures of Sputnik in their houses alongside pictures of civil rights leaders," said Alan Hill, a family therapist now living in Rio Linda, California. Hill discovered in his mid-40s that Monroe was his biological father. "It may not have mattered that much to Sputnik — though I'm sure it mattered more than he ever let on, because he was invested in projecting the image of a tough, gruff guy — but it sure as heck mattered to a lot of other people."
"I did it just for the hell of it," Monroe himself told interviewers, aware that he was about as unlikely a hero of the civil rights movement as anyone could imagine.
But according to his family and peers, the 50-year career spent wrestling in carnivals, fairs, auditoriums, and arenas wasn't just about drawing money.
"He would always tell me his career was about hustling and making money, but I know it was more than that," said his daughter Natalie Bell, a 58-year-old nurse practitioner who lives in Tucson. "Daddy will always be remembered for what he did in Memphis: he figured out a way to promote himself to black fans and to become a hero to them."
As a young child, Monroe, born Roscoe Merrick, witnessed "unpleasant" interactions between his white stepfather and the black people he employed in a commercial bakery in Dodge City, Kansas. "He wouldn't go into great detail about what happened back then," said Hill. "But he was very anti-authoritarian, very much about asserting himself when he saw someone being treated poorly."
He left high school at 17 to join the Navy, and when he returned from the service in 1947, he began touring with a carnival. On the road, he'd wrestle any and all challengers, usually local tough guys who would bet a dollar to win five dollars if they could subdue Monroe. Monroe's task was to defeat such a person by any means, and he usually did.
"Sputnik headbutted [his brother], knocking him out. It was a life lesson; the lesson was, if Sputnik would do that to his brother, imagine what other people were going to do." — Alan Smith
"At one point, he made a big show of teaching his younger brother some wrestling moves, so he could defend himself if necessary," Alan Hill added. "Sputnik headbutted him, knocking him out. It was a life lesson; the lesson was, if Sputnik would do that to his brother, imagine what other people were going to do."
Monroe arrived in Memphis after seven years of touring backwater towns throughout the American South and West. At the time, the local wrestling promotion, which was operated by Nick Gulas and Roy Welch, was suffering a significant decline in business.
"Monroe ... brought this swaggering, trash-talking style of his, and a brand of wrestling that was very much like what we might today call hardcore: lots of blood drawn the hard way, with actual punches to the head," long-time wrestling manager Jim Cornette said on a 2015 episode of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's podcast. "But way more important than that, he integrated sports in Memphis. That's not an exaggeration at all. That's fact; he did that."
All of Memphis' other public facilities, from bathrooms to lunch counters, were segregated. Altering even one aspect of how the city's black population was accommodated, in this case at wrestling shows, could have an immediate impact on ticket sales.
"My daddy would tell you he just did what came naturally to him: He got to a new city and began figuring out how to make money," Natalie Bell said. "He settled on a plan that made sense to him, that wasn't too far removed from what he was doing in carnivals. He talked them right into the arena."
Promoters Gulas and Welch put Monroe in a months-long feud with Billy Wicks), a tough, athletic wrestler who had a strong background in both amateur wrestling and the sort of carnival grappling Monroe had done. Wicks had been built up as a blue-collar hero to Memphis' white fans — he even volunteered with local law enforcement during his off time — and Monroe, a menacing brawler, was expected to play the foil in the dozens of weekly matches, leading up to a "blow-off" bout that would determine a winner.
Monroe had a different understanding of his part in this drama: He planned to play the role of good guy to the city's black community. "When I arrived in Memphis, I went straight to Beale Street where the blacks hung out and from there straight to jail and got [Russell] Sugarmon, the famous black attorney, to defend me in court," he explained to music writer Robert Gordon, who included the anecdote in his 1995 book It Came From Memphis. "They charged me with 'mopery and attempted gawk,' that's an old southern vagrancy thing they made up. I was on Beale Street every night for the first six months. I got arrested three or four times until that didn't work anymore and then the cops left me alone."
He ate and drank with black fans, partied with them, gave them discounted coupons for access to his matches, and thus cultivated an enormous following in preparation for his main event showdowns with Billy Wicks.
"He showed promoters there was money to be made, which is maybe the best way to bring about change: Show people that money." — David Smith
"He was down on Beale Street, kissing little black babies, and doing things [that were] not accepted. Sputnik liked the challenge of doing things society and culture didn't want to do," Wicks told Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson for their 2007 book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels. Around this time, Monroe attended a Memphis rodeo event, at which he antagonized several white patrons by urging them to have their cowboy boots shined by a pair of black shoeshine attendants. For his efforts, he received a beating. "The morning paper said he was kicked by a Brahma bull," reported a witness to the assault. "He wasn't, but he looked like it."
But most importantly, Monroe demanded that his black fans be seated outside of their reserved sections. If they were going to fill the arenas and put money in his and Wicks' pockets, he believed they were entitled to sit wherever they wanted. He held his ground until Gulas and Welch conceded. General admission seating at Tennessee wrestling shows sponsored by the pair were opened to all fans, and according to historians Oliver and Johnson, this remained the case after Monroe left the region. (It did not, however, apply to all events held at the Ellis Auditorium; some symphonic performances and conventions, for example, remained segregated until the mid-1960s.)
"This was a great business decision that was also simultaneously a great decision for race relations," said "Cowboy" Johnny Mantell, a former wrestler and current president of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. "Obviously, it couldn't fix everything, not even in Memphis, but it was a huge step forward...and all because Sputnik Monroe wanted to make sure he sold out his buildings."
Monroe frequently left the area to work programs in other parts of the country. One of his most memorable feuds outside the South took place in 1964 and cast him as a trash-talking villain against "Thunderbolt" Patterson, a black wrestler who boasted a large fan following in Detroit.
"I was a black kid, and in Detroit we had our big stars — Bobo Brazil was the main one — who we cheered for," said David Smith, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher who now lives in Charlotte and once served as president of Patterson's fan club. "So I knew Sputnik as a villain, and man did he fire me up."
But Smith also collected vintage wrestling magazines, and used them to piece together stories of Monroe's impact in other wrestling promotions. "What I recognized was that where Monroe had worked, like with his big angle in Memphis, pretty soon he'd leave and then you could see in these magazines a couple months later, whoa, you had black wrestlers sometimes at or near the top of the cards in those towns. Even sometimes wrestling white wrestlers who held title belts, which wasn't all that common," said Smith. "He clearly showed promoters there was money to be made, which is maybe the best way to bring about change: Show people that money."
In the '70s, not long after his interracial tag team stint with Austin, Monroe's fortunes gradually declined. He remained a featured and extremely popular guest on wrestling cards throughout the Southeast, but he had divorced his wife and his finances took a turn for the worse.
When Alan Hill, who had been searching for his biological father, located him, Monroe was living in Texas. "I was told he'd give you the shirt off his back, but he let me know right away he didn't have anything to give me," Hill said. "But I didn't want anything. I had gone through quite an ordeal tracking him down. And when I found him, wow...I was his spitting image. He had slowed down a lot due to all his sports injuries, but the physical resemblance was uncanny."
Monroe's story ended with his death in 2006, but it continues to flash to the fore from time to time. There has been talk of a miniseries, of biopics — all to no avail, even with The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia director Julien Nitzberg attached to the project. In 2016, alt-country singer Otis Gibbs released a song about Monroe that does a fine job of recapping his life and times. And Monroe figures into the background of books about Memphis and can be seen in historical displays around the city.
"My dad was like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, like all those old veterans. You'd be waiting for some big moment when he would reflect on his life and pour his heart out to you, but no...dad would just say, 'I'm sorry, I get too emotional about things like that. I can't talk about them,'" said Alan Hill. "Then he would say one of his catchphrases … and he'd be right back in character."
Sputnik Monroe was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame on May 20, 2017.


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I was talking to a friend the other day, listening intently as he described a project he's currently involved with that is, politely, challenged. He was lamenting about a recent meeting where the project manager had spent a couple of hours telling the group what they needed to do on the project, then in exasperation, ended the session with "I don't care how you get it done, just get it done!"
While the previous post was talking to the team, here I'm pointing the finger directly at the project manager on too many projects.
I poked around a bit more about the project. Apparently there has been more than one delay as the project manager got pulled away to focus on other things – delays because the PM had some vital information that nobody else on the team had, information being held close to the chest. I've seen that sort of thing before, a situation where the project lives by the team, or dies by the project manager.
The projects die more often than they should. As many in other anecdotes like this, this project manager has a PMP certification: these things can be valuable, but they are hardly sufficient.
But that's not the thrust of the story today, project managers can be absentee with or without particular letters after their name.
There's an old Dilbert cartoon that I use sometimes in training – so old that it's hand-drawn, not done on a Wacom tablet like it is these days. The Pointy-Haired Boss suggests that he's put together estimates for Dilbert, and he started by "assuming that anything he doesn't really understand is easy to do." Dilbert gets 6 minutes to put together a client-server architecture for their world-wide operations. You may have had similar experiences, if not so extreme.
When a project manager has too many distractions, whether they be other projects being wrangled at the same time or any other demands on his or her time, the need to lean on the team, to trust the team, and to ensure the team is equipped with the knowledge to get the job done becomes all that more important. While I don't think there is ever a time when these things are not important, if a project isn't handled n this manner when you won't be there all the time, you can't really expect great results.
Leveraging the strengths in the team, taking full advantage of the broad experience and perspectives, provides a stronger base from which to solve problems and come up with elegant solutions to project challenges. In addition, collaborative, appreciative effort across the team brings a strong sense of ownership and shared responsibility for the project success. A Pointy-Haired boss won't have many people on the team pulling for the project – a sadly recurring theme in Dilbert cartoons.
Finally, with the project manager participating as part of the team – in a collaborative sense rather than in a hierarchical, boss-like sense – the project manager gains a deeper appreciation for the effort and complexity in all the components of the project. With that knowledge, the likelihood of trying to push insane schedule expectations onto the team drops significantly.
Don't think "you guys do whatever it takes to get it done", think instead "let's figure out the best way to solve these challenges together". Everyone, particularly the project manager, needs to own the problem and the solution on projects. – JB
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AUSTIN — Objecting to how Texas regulates air pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it is taking over the issuance of an operating permit for a Corpus Christi refinery and could step in at some 39 other major facilities across the state.
"I think the writing will be on the wall — unless we start seeing better permits that address our objections, we are very likely to begin federalizing others," EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz said in a telephone interview. "The state is not following federal Clean Air Act requirements."
Tuesday's unprecedented action affected a Flint Hills Resources refinery in Corpus Christi. The EPA's action means the facility must submit an application with detailed information to the federal agency, which could approve or deny a permit.
The company said it was evaluating a letter from the EPA notifying plant officials of the move.
The list of facilities that could come next the include chemical plants, refineries and other facilities, such as the Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants in Bayport and Houston, the Motiva Enterprises Houston terminal, Rhodia Inc.'s Houston plant, the Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou facility and Valero's Texas City facility. Other company permits that have drawn scrutiny from the EPA include Exxon Mobil, Dow Chemical Co. and Formosa Plastics.
"We've never objected to 40 permits issued by a state permitting authority, and we've not federalized a permit in a state in this manner before unless we were requested to do so by a state or a particular facility," Armendariz said. "The action we're taking today, together with the 40 objections, is unprecedented."
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which issues permits, released a letter from Executive Director Mark R. Vickery to the EPA that lays out the state agency's efforts and communication with the EPA and said it "remains committed to reaching resolution of Title V (operating permit) objections."
"We still have significant differences in opinion on a number (of) issues, but processes for moving forward have been developed," Vickery wrote. "A collaborative effort will continue to be beneficial for both agencies' limited resources and the continued protection of the environment and public health."
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Under the Clean Air Act, states must develop plans to meet federal requirements aimed at protecting public health. The EPA has been meeting with the TCEQ and representatives of industry and environmental groups to discuss what the federal agency calls deficiencies with air emission permits.
A major point of contention is the state's use of a so-called flexible permit, which sets an air emissions cap for an entire facility, but allows leeway for various units within that plant. Regulators and environmental groups say that hinders enforcement of clean-air rules, and Armendariz said that type of permit never has been federally approved.
The EPA also objects to a process that allows a facility to make changes without going through a formal permitting process, Armendariz said.
"I think it's another step in requiring some of the biggest air pollution sources in Texas to get permits that comply with the Clean Air Act," said Kelly Haragan, director of the University of Texas' environmental law clinic, which has been representing "environmental justice" groups in Houston and Corpus Christi on air permitting issues. "Hopefully, those permits will include clear emission limits and better monitoring so that the public and the agencies can track compliance and take enforcement action if facilities aren't complying."
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Business and industry groups called the EPA action wrongheaded.
"EPA has either been told or been convinced by environmental groups that the permitting program that Texas operates is somehow deficient or not completely consistent with federal law. Our position, and the position of both the chemical manufacturers and refineries that are covered by these state permits, is that those allegations are completely false and without any foundation," said Stephen Minick, of the Texas Association of Business.
Minick called it "a complete waste" and "very expensive" for companies to have to submit applications to the EPA, predicting that at the end of the process, the federal agency would find they met all applicable requirements.
Hector L. Rivero, Texas Chemical Council president and chief executive officer, said, "This is the first time we are aware of EPA demanding a Texas facility apply directly to the federal government for a Title V (operating) permit. . . . We are incredulous that EPA would encroach on a state regulatory program that has a proven track record of success."
Armendariz said if TCEQ wants to retain authority over the rest of the permits at issue, state officials must "demonstrate to me in very short order ... that these permits they are going to issue are going to be consistent with the Clean Air Act."
"Some agency has to be issuing permits that are complying with the Clean Air Act," he said. "If the state of Texas won't do it, then I have the legal obligation to assume that role."


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Julian* was the first non-black man I ever seriously dated. Before him, I never gave interracial relationships much thought. They happened—I knew that—but they never happened to me. The only time men who didn't look like me approached me was after having several drinks or while shrouded by the semi-anonymity of Tinder. Even then they were generally interested in discussing "the swirl" and how they always wanted to get with a black girl.
So when Julian showed genuine interest in me, I was shocked and extremely flattered—so much so that I bragged about it to my friends. As much as I hate to admit it, I mentioned that he was Latino anytime I could, knowing it would get a positive reaction. I quickly self-checked my fetishization, but at the same time, I noticed Julian was not similarly wearing my blackness on his sleeves.
He loved me, but he was also unable to admonish people who openly looked at my black skin with distaste.
Not that he was ashamed of our relationship. He proudly paraded me around and never hesitated to express we were a couple. He was loving, genuine, and thoughtful. More often than not, I couldn't believe I was lucky enough to find someone like him. I thought he was perfect.
However, you don't have to be in a relationship to know no one can ever live up to those expectations. He loved me, but he was also unable to admonish people who openly looked at my black skin with distaste. Instead of taking a stand, he swept microaggressions under the rug and masked them with kisses. At first, it seemed like these were the everyday concessions of interracial dating, but I soon felt his nonconfrontational, passive policy weighing heavily on my shoulders.
Once, Julian revealed that his grandmother "jokingly" said, "Be careful. You don't want to have any dark babies." To my knowledge, he never checked her on the comment, and we never talked about it again. I tried to explain away my feelings, but I thought about her words every time I hugged her at family parties. Despite her smiles, I imagined how the corners of her lips might turn down at the thought of our starting a family together. Not even my name written in glitter across a stocking at Christmas the next year could make me feel like I belonged. While I knew Julian couldn't be held responsible for his grandmother's beliefs, the pain of her words stung even deeper knowing he allowed her to say it without protest.
The pain of her words stung even deeper knowing he allowed her to say it without protest.
For Julian's birthday, I recruited his best friend to help me pull off a surprise party. As we sat in the rented Airbnb after setting up, his friend said, "You know, I was surprised when I found out Julian had a black girlfriend." I was taken aback, confused about why he felt it was appropriate or relevant to make a statement like that. He went on, "I never thought he would date a black girl, but once I saw you guys were serious, I figured, If you like her, go ahead." In my mind his words translated to: We normally don't deign to choose black women, but if you like her, I guess it's OK. His friend nonchalantly disrespected me to my face. While Julian wasn't present at the time, his physical absence mirrored his emotional detachment from the casual racism that hung over our relationship.
Three weeks before we were set to move in together and only days before my birthday and college graduation, Julian ended our almost two-year relationship. It was a surprise to everyone. We had spent the last year planning our lives together, traveling abroad and making decisions as a unit. All of our close friends believed we were heading for marriage.
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I refuse to bargain with who I am to save my partner the discomfort of confronting those closest to him.
I allowed my blackness to be compromised because I thought I was lucky to have someone like Julian. In the end, it only damaged me. Being black is inextricable from my existence, and although I desperately wanted Julian to be my be-all and end-all, the dissolution of our romance showed me I have to demand more from my relationships. I refuse to bargain with who I am to save my partner the discomfort of confronting those closest to him.
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While they might be less attractive than a full-fledged Chromebook, desktop computers running Chrome OS have their uses. The Asus Chromebox has been among the best in that form factor, and the company took to CES 2018 to announce a third generation of the device, alongside some other small form factor computing solutions.
The Chromebox 3 will be aimed primarily at business customers, and inexpensive Chrome OS machines in the office could be great in communal areas for quick use. It will have an unspecified 8th generation Intel Core processor coupled with some quantity of DDR4-2400 memory, which should make for snappy enough performance. It could also be used as a competent media streamer in a meeting room, with DisplayPort and HDMI connections allowing for 4K UHD video playback.
A USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port will be present on the Chromebox 3 for the first time, and it will also have dual-band 802.11ac WiFi and Gigabit LAN. Google Play support will make this machine infinitely more useful, which – depending on the price – could be another winner for Asus. That's all we know about the Chromebox 3 right now, except that it's expected in the second half of 2018. We'll get more information and pricing nearer the launch date, so keep an eye out for that.
Press Release
ASUS Showcases Small Form Factor Solutions at CES 2018
New PB40 and PN40 Mini PCs, Chromebox 3 and Tinker Board S offer compact size and versatility for work or play
January 08, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ASUS today announced its latest lineup of small form factor products at CES® 2018 in Las Vegas, including the PB40 and PN40 Mini PCs, Chromebox 3 and Tinker Board S. This year's innovations offer compactness and versatility for a variety of usage scenarios without compromising quality or performance.
With the new PB40 and PN40 Mini PCs, users can enjoy the power of a computer with the convenience of a compact and portable device, whether for work or play. The latest Chromebox 3 lets users enjoy their favorite Android apps for both home and educational entertainment, with the full power of an 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processor. And with the new ASUS Tinker Board S, DIY enthusiasts can enjoy class-leading performance for turning their creative ideas into reality.
PB40 Mini PC
The ASUS PB40 Mini PC offers unparalleled connectivity with up to six USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C™ ports and a flexible I/O port design with VGA/DP/COM/HDMI support. Its metallic chassis houses the latest 8th Generation Intel Pentium® Silver processor for powerful performance. The PB40 is also offered in a fanless design with Intel Celeron® processors for completely silent operation. In addition to its compact design, the PB40 supports optional stackable modules such as optical drives to provide space-saving versatility for a wide range of usage scenarios.
PN40 Mini PC
Powered by 8th Generation Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron processors, the new ASUS PN40 Mini PC features a sliding bottom case design for easy upgrades. Compact and lightweight, it measures 114 x 114 x 49mm and weighs just 1.54lbs. With a wide range of connectivity options including USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C for fast data transmission, and a changeable I/O port for VGA or COM support, the PN40 is ideal for both home entertainment and business solutions.
ASUS Chromebox 3
ASUS Chromebox 3 is the latest addition to the ASUS Chromebox family and is powered by an 8th Generation Intel Core processor and DDR4-2400 memory for faster, smoother and more energy-efficient performance. It is equipped with a versatile USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port for quick data transfers, dual-band 802.11ac WiFi and Gigabit LAN for faster streaming along with DisplayPort and HDMI connectivity for 4K UHD video playback. ASUS Chromebox 3 will also support Google Play.
Tinker Board S
The new Tinker Board S features 2GB of RAM and 16GB of eMMC storage, while retaining the same board size and component placement as the original Tinker Board. On display at the ASUS showcase room are two demos illustrating some of the ways the powerful Tinker Board S can turn ideas into reality. The first demo showcases the processor, memory and I/O speed of Tinker Board S with MATRIX Creator to quickly prototype different types of hardware applications. The second demo highlighted how the 192 KHz audio output and support for digital-to-analog converter (DAC) add-on cards improve the home entertainment experience.
- The ASUS Mini PC PB40 and PN40 as well as the ASUS Chromebox 3 will be available in 2H 2018; pricing will be announced at launch.
- The Tinkerboard S will be available in Q1 2018, and will be available starting at $79.99 MSRP.
ASUS product availability and pricing varies by country and territory. Please contact your local ASUS representative or visit us at Edge Up ASUS or ASUS North America for additional information.
- ASUS Set to Unveil Light and Slim Monitors for Professionals at CES 2018
- ASUS Announces AiMesh
- ASUS Announces XG Station Pro
- ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Strix GL12
- ASUS Announces ZenBook Flip 14 (UX461) in North America
- ASUS Announces ZenFone Max Plus (M1) in North America
- Announcing the ASUS Windows Mixed Reality Headset in North America
- ASUS Showcases Small Form Factor Solutions at CES 2018
- ASUS Republic of Gamers Showcases Latest Gaming Lineup at CES 2018
- ASUS Showcases New Connectivity Devices at CES 2018
- ASUS Introduces New Consumer Laptops and AiO PCs at CES 2018
1 Visit www.asus.com/us for additional information. Specifications are subject to change without notice, vary by region, device configuration, settings and other factors.
About ASUS
ASUS is one of Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Companies, and is dedicated to creating products for today and tomorrow's smart life. Our comprehensive portfolio includes Zenbo, ZenFone, ZenBook and a range of IT devices and components, along with AR, VR and IoT. ASUS employs more than 17,000 people worldwide and over 5,500 world-class R&D talents. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, the company won 4,385 awards and earned approximately US$13.3 billion of revenue in 2016.
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Harmony School is currently enrolling preschool, kindergarten and elementary students for the upcoming school year.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will depart New York today to visit Jamaica and Cuba for bilateral talks.
"The Caribbean region has many similarities to the Pacific. This visit is an opportunity to bolster existing bilateral and trade relationships with two of our larger partners in the region," Mr McCully says.
"As Forum Chair, New Zealand promoted closer linkages between the sixteen member Pacific Islands Forum and the fifteen member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), recognising the common concerns of small states."
In Kingston, Mr McCully will meet with Prime Minister Hon Portia Simpson-Miller, Foreign Minister Senator the Hon Arnold J Nicholson and will deliver a speech to the University of West Indies.
In Havana he will hold foreign policy talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez Parrilla, meet with Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, and address the Cuban Diplomatic Academy.


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These questions can really help you find the correct drives you need
Service Tag
Your service tag can provide a lot of useful information that will help us determine the drive you need.
Server Model number
Providing this information is essential, especially when you do not have the service available, as this will determine the trays you will use.
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It is important to know that size bays your server or storage array has. Often times 3.5" bays can utilize 2.5" drives with the help of a converter.


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Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts. All species are deciduous trees, 10–40 metres. The common walnut and the black walnut and its allies, are important for their attractive timber, which is hard, dense, tight-grained and polishes to a very smooth finish. The colour ranges from creamy white in the sapwood to a dark chocolate colour in the heartwood. When kiln-dried, walnut wood tends toward a dull brown colour. Because of its colour, hardness and grain, it is a prized furniture and carving wood. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized all over the world.
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text: Back to results Scroll Items 11537 of 13528 Main view Product Details Pearhead's #momlife ceramic coffee mug is the perfect gift for Mom. This white, wide bottom coffee mug, features gold and black detailing adding a modern and trendy touch. This ceramic coffee mug has a large handle to easily hold. Medium sized mug will carry all of mom's coffee. Pearhead's #momlife mug makes a great gift for her and shows Mom how cool, fun, and appreciated she is. Give this mug to mom as a mother's day gift or a special gift anyday. Creative coffee mug features large handle for easy holding Fits 2 cups or 16 fluid ounces "#MOMLIFE" printed in black on both sides of mug Gold arrows shine around all sides of the mug Dishwasher safe; not microwave safe By Pearhead® #MOMLIFE Coffee Mug by Pearhead® Model #04730002 $8.00 5 available to ship today, more on the way. In stock Ships next business day Your Price Match is Active Your request for a price of $0.00 for a minimum quantity of has been accepted. You have [time] left to purchase this item for $0.00 Find a Lower Price? We BEAT All Authorized Retailers [?] Shipping details Brand: Pearhead® Material: Ceramic Display Type: Desktop Only Color: White Approx. Overall Dimensions:3 3/4"x4 1/2"x5 1/4" SHARE THIS ITEM Share on Facebook View more items Compatible Items Tags - Similar Searches Compatible Items Tags - Similar Searches KING/QUEEN MUG SET - $12.90 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS Mug - $8.90 I LOVE YOU Mug - $8.90 BEST GODMOTHER EVER Coffee Mug - $8.00 BEST GODFATHER EVER Coffee Mug - $8.00 valentine words & whimsy


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New York, NY (February 26, 2018) – Benjamin Bowman has been appointed to one of the two concertmaster positions at The Metropolitan Opera by incoming Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, it was announced today. After a one-year contract this season, the 38 year old American-Canadian violinist officially begins his duties next fall with the start of the 2018/19 season. Bowman joins David Chan, who has been Met Orchestra Concertmaster since the 2000/01 season. Unlike most American symphony orchestras with one concertmaster, the Met has two concertmaster positions because of the heavier performance schedule of seven operas a week.
"I'm very happy about Ben's appointment," said Nézet-Séguin. "He has proven himself to be an accomplished and inspiring leader and has won the admiration and respect of his fellow orchestra members as well as mine."
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Bowman was the concertmaster of the American Ballet Theatre orchestra from 2014 - 2017. His engagements have included performances with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall, ARC (Artists of the Royal Conservatory), Art Of Time Ensemble, and the Leondari Ensemble. His performances have been recorded for radio broadcast in the United States, Canada, the UK, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Korea.
Bowman has recorded solo and chamber music with the Sony Masterworks/RCA Red Seal, ATMA Classique, and Innova labels. His latest disc with the ARC Ensemble 'Chamber Works of Jerzy Fitelberg' was nominated for a Grammy in 2017.


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2 June 2016
A Buderim student with a talent for mathematics and an interest in engineering has received a $32,000 Thompson Excellence Scholarship from the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Brooklyn Cundy, 18, has enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering (Honours) degree at USC, after excelling in maths and science as a student at Maroochydore State High School.
Brooklyn was one of four undergraduate students to receive the prestigious scholarships, which are awarded on the basis of academic achievement and leadership.
As well as achieving an OP2, Brooklyn was a student leader in high school and was involved in charity fundraising and community service activities like Clean Up Australia Day.
She said she was extremely grateful for the scholarship that has been funded through a generous $5 million gift to the University by Roy and Nola Thompson.
"It will take a lot of financial pressure off me so I can focus more on my studies and take up as many opportunities as I can in my degree," she said.
"I had the chance to meet Mr and Mrs Thompson and they were lovely and really interested in what we were all studying."
Brooklyn said she chose to study engineering as it was a practical application of mathematics, a subject she had excelled in during high school.
"My dad is a bit of a tech entrepreneur and I always found what he did quite interesting. So that's probably why I was drawn to Mechanical Engineering," she said.
"At the moment I'm not sure exactly what direction I'd like to take in my career, but I want to make the most of all the experiences available at USC."
The Thompson Excellence Scholarships were presented for the first time in 2015 and will continue to be awarded on an annual basis.
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The wave of the future is here, especially for education. Terms like 21st Century Computing, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and Cloud Computing are mainstream. The introduction of mobile devices, iPods, netbooks, and more specifically, the iPad, has brought technology to more students than ever before. A one-to-one computing environment is not only a possibility, but also a reality in more school districts than people realize. With all that being said, below are some of my favorite sites for finding educational apps.
Bonus - Teach with your iPad - Wonderful wiki that lists a ton of apps by subject, type, and grade level. A must see!
Top 10 Apps for Digital Storytelling
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Metropolitan Water District responds to Compton Herald editorial
"We need an updated, modernized and cost-effective water system, and we need it to protect the Delta environment"
A December, 2015 conceptual design for nearly 70 miles (112km) of bored tunnels that form the Phase 1 California Water Fix of the planned $14.9 billion California Bay Delta Water Conveyance Project. Photo: YouTube/TunnelTalk
"It's important that everyone understands the true facts about the [California WaterFix] project and its cost."Dear Editor,
We respectfully disagree with your Aug. 24 editorial, "Water Board: Vote 'No' on Billion-dollar Delta Tunnels project," which was based on erroneous rhetoric and incorrect information.
We depend on water imported from Northern California through the Delta for about 30 percent of the supplies we use in the Southland. But that system is aging and less reliable than it should be. We need an updated, modernized and cost-effective water system, and we need it to protect the Delta environment. Scientists tell us California WaterFix, with its new intakes, twin tunnels, and environmental safeguards will help achieve those goals.
Contrary to the bloated cost estimates in your editorial, the latest analysis shows the average Southland household would pay only about $2-$3 a month more for California WaterFix. The cost to develop other local supplies to replace this water would cost households at least two or more times as much per household. WaterFix is more affordable for Southern Californians than the alternatives.
As you know, the Metropolitan Board of Directors is nearing a decision on whether to invest in California WaterFix and secure this affordable supply of water for decades to come. It's important that everyone understands the true facts about the project and its cost.
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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California


text: Montreal market reaches record highs for April performance - report Latest data from the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board (GMREB) showed that the city's residential real estate market has achieved its highest April monthly activity level in several years. Culling data from real estate brokers' Centris® provincial database, a total of 4,798 residential property deals transpired in April 2017, representing a 1 per cent year-over-year increase. Amid a 14 per cent annual decline in listings, last month's figures represented the most number of sales for April since 2012, the Board stated. A major contributing factor is sales volume growth in two of the five main areas of the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area—namely, Vaudreuil-Soulanges (29 per cent increase) and the South Shore (3 per cent growth). "Sales were unchanged on the Island of Montreal, and decreased slightly in Laval (-3 per cent) and on the North Shore (-2 per cent)," the GMREB said. "Condominiums were the only property category to register an increase in sales in April, as the number of condo transactions rose by 9 per cent," the Board added. "Sales of single-family homes (-3 per cent) and plexes (-1 per cent) posted slight decreases." The GMREB's full statistics chart can be viewed here. Related stories: Foreign buyers might flock to Montreal amid Ontario's new tax Government releases tranche for Quebec municipality project SHARE


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I've done that in 3k.net so I thought I might as well post it here. Look out for any mistake though since I did that in a hurry.
Yue Jin's SGZ Biography
Yue Jin, styled Wen Qian, hailed from Yang Ping, Wei Guo (old State of Wei). Yue Jin's appearance was small and short but he was brave and he joined Cao Cao's forces as a junior officer. He was tasked to return to his own prefecture to recruit soldiers for Cao Cao's army and he managed to gathered a thousand plus recruits. For that, Yue Jin was promoted to be a Major (Jun Jia Si Ma) and made a Chief Commandant (Xian Chen Du Wei, one of the many different types of Du Wei but generally, Du Wei is the military commander who assist the Grand Administrator of a prefecture in military affairs). Subsequently, Yue Jin distinguished himself in the offensives against Lu Bu at Pu Yang, Zhang Chao at Yong Qiu and Qiao Rui at Ku and he was made the Marquis of Guang Chang (Guang Chang Ting Hou). Thereafter, Yue Jin participated in the offensives against Zhang Xiu at An Zhong, Lu Bu at Xia Pi (where Lu Bu was beseiged and Yue Jin defeated some of his officers), Sui Gu at She Quan as well as Liu Bei at Pei, all of which were victorious campaigns. As such, Yue Jin was promoted to be a Colonel (Ji Kou Xiao Wei, or Colonel who counted the Bandits LOL). Next, Yue Jin crossed the river and attacked Huo Jia, which he later returned. Then, he participated in the battle of Guan Du where he fought intense battles and managed to killed Yuan Shao's general Chun Yu Qiong. After the battle of Guan Du, Yue Jin took part in the offensives against Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang at Li Yang, where he killed their main general Yan Jing and thus, he was made a General (You Ji Jiang Jun, or General of the Guerillas). Yue Jin proceeded to attacked the Yellow Turban rebels (remaining forces) and managed to defeat them and pacify Yue An prefecture. In the siege of the city of Ye, Yue Jin was involved and following which, Yue Jin assaulted Yuan Tan at Nan Pi. There, Yue Jin was the first to ascend the city gate via Yuan Tan's eastern gate. After defeating Yuan Tan, Yue Jin attacked Yong Nu (possibly forces made up of slaves) where he emerged the victor.
In the 11th year of Jian An, Cao Cao memorialised to the Han Emperor, praising Yue Jin, Yu Jin and Zhang Liao. Referring to the three generals, Cao Cao stated, "Excelling in martial arts, well endowed in tactics, possessing great loyalty, upholding high sense of discipline; in every battle, they often led by examples, and strived to overcome strong obstacles, dispelling all strong resistances, often striking their own drums, without showing any sign of fatigue in their hands. They were dispatched on expeditions, and made leaders of their units, where they managed to bring harmony and comfort to the multitudes, never defying orders, and were able to made timely decisions in the face of the enemies, with no sign of extravagance. Hence, based on their meritorous services (from the records of the court), it would be fitting if favours are bestowed to them." As such, Yue Jin was promoted to be Hu Wei Jiang Jun (General with Tiger Might) while Yu Jin was promoted to be Zhe Chong Jiang Jun (General who Breaks and Charges) and Zhang Liao was promoted to be Dang Kou Jiang Jun (General who Sweeps Away the Bandits).
Subsequently, Yue Jin was tasked to attack Gao Gan. There, Yue Jin made a flank in which he took a northern route to Shang Dang and later reappeared at the rear of Gao Gan's forces. Gao Gan and his troops was forced to retreat to Hu Pass to put up a defence. Gao Gan was killed in subsequent battles. Before Gao Gan's strong defence capitulated, Yue Jin joined his forces with Cao Cao's (who personally led his troops up). Cao Cao led his army on an offensive against Guan Cheng whose army was situated at Chun Yu and Yue Jin, together with Li Dian were given orders to attack him. Guan Cheng was subsequently defeated and he escaped to some islands, thus bringing peace to the coastal regions (in the north).
During then, the majority of Jing Zhou was not under Cao Cao's control and Yue Jin was dispatched to station at Yang Di. When Cao Cao managed to control Jing Zhou (the northern portion), Yue Jin was stationed at Xiang Yang. From Xiang Yang, Yue Jin launched attacks at Guan Yu and Su Fei in which both were forced to retreat. Following that, the various minority tribes (Man and Yi) in the mountainous regions of Nan prefecture came to surrender. Next, Yue Jin was involved in the expedition against Liu Bei's chief of Lin Ju county, Du Pu and chief of Jing Yang county, Liang Da, where both were defeated. In subsequent years, Yue Jin took part in the expedition against Sun Quan, and he was given an Imperial Court Order (Jia Jin Jie). When Cao Cao returned (from his expedition), he stationed Yue Jin together with Zhang Liao and Li Dian at He Fei. Yue Jin was bestowed an additional 500 households to the original 1200 households that were under the jurisdiction of his fief. For his numerous meritorous services, Yue Jin was allowed to distribute 500 households to one of his sons who would be made a Marquis (not sure about this) and Yue Jin was promoted to be You Jiang Jun (General of the Right). In the 23rd year of Jian An, Yue Jin passed away. Yue Jin was posthumously titled the Marquis of Might (Wei Hou). His son, Yue Shen (either that or can be pronounced as Chen or Lin), was made his heir. Yue Shen resembled closely to his father and he was made the Inspector of Yang Zhou. When Zhuge Dan rebelled, Yue Shen was killed by an ambush and the court passed an edict to mourn his death. Yue Shen was given the rank of Wei Wei (Commandant of the Guards, one of the Nine Ministers) and posthumously given the title of Marquis of Sympathy (Min Hou). Yue Shen's son, Yue Zhao was made his heir.