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Oil Services, Pipelines Feed Shorts (BHI, BP, CHK, CVX, COP, EPD, XOM, KMI, NOV, PSX, SLB, RIG, VLO)
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30th in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP); Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK); Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX); ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP); Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD); Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM); Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI); National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV); Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX); Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB); Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG); and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO).
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) saw short interest rise by 2.1% to 12.64 million shares, 2.9% of the company's total float.
BP PLC (NYSE: BP) short interest fall by 3.7% to 8.73 million shares, 0.3% of the company's float. This is breaks a string of three consecutive rises in short interest in BP.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) saw an 8.8% rise in short interest to 90.79 million shares, which represents about 13.9% of the firm's float.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) short interest rose 1.9% to 16.12 million shares, which represents 0.8% of the company's float.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) saw an 8.1% drop in short interest to 23.72 million shares, which represents 2.1% of the firm's float.
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) saw short interest rise a 29.1% following a whopping 54.3% rise two weeks ago. Current short interest totals 3.18 million shares, 0.6% of the company's total float.
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) saw short interest drop 4.6% to 36 million shares, 0.8% of the company's total float.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) short interest fall 23.1% to 6.47 million shares, which represents 1.1% of the company's float.
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) saw short interest fall 2.7% to 4.56 million shares, about 1.1% of the company's total float.
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) saw a 23.2% rise in short interest to 13.59 million shares, which represents 2.2% of the firm's float.
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) short interest fall by 0.6% to 14.21 million shares, which represents 1.1% of the company's float.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) saw a 17.9% increase in short interest to 3.89 million shares, which represents 1.1% of the firm's float.
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) saw a 20.2% jump in short interest to 24.74 million shares, which represents 4.5% of the firm's float.
The sharpest increases in short interest came in the refining sector, with both Phillips 66 and Valero seeing sharp rises. That was likely due to the remaining impact on the East Coast from Hurricane Sandy and, partly at least, to falling gasoline prices. The second consecutive jump in short interest at Enterprise matches a share price slide that began in October. It's all a bit mysterious, really, unless shorts are expecting a dip in cash flows that would necessitate another issue of common units.
Paul Ausick
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My favorite time of the year (except summer) is the time leading up to Christmas. I love how friendly people are, the beautiful Christmas decoration, Christmas music and I love giving gifts. The process of looking for the perfect gift or even better making the perfect gift for somebody you love. The anticipation of them opening the gift and the happiness and surprise on their face. I often make many of my Christmas gifts for my family and friends and this year was no different. I made Christmas ornaments for my friends (watch for DIY part 2 for instructions), I framed one of my screen prints for K. and the pièce de résistance this year is the quilt I made for him. He is a huge Star Wars fan and has been holding on to his old Star Wars T-Shirts. They have been sitting in a bag in our basement for years and he has refused to get rid of them. Years ago I had seen a quilt made from old T-Shirts and I thought that it would be a perfect way to recycle his shirts into something he can continue to use. He absolutely loved it and we have been enjoying naps on our sofa over the holidays covered with our warm and eco-friendly Star Wars quilt.
It was easy to make, so if you have a collection of band T-Shirts or souvenir shirts from your travels, this is a great way to make something that you can continue to cherish for many years to come. Here are step by step instructions with some pictures.
- Wash all your T-Shirts.
- Layout your shirts on the floor and decide on the size for each square (I made them all the same size but you could have different sizes. I decided on the size based on the shirt with the largest graphic).
- Create a template from a piece of cardboard.
- Place the template on each shirt and outline using a fabric marker or you can also use a Sharpie and then cut them out using scissors.
- Once you have all shirts cut place them on the floor and decide on the layout (I didn't have enough shirts so I used the back of some of the shirts to add blank squares).
- Start sewing each horizontal row by placing the first squares together (with image area facing each other) and sew using a straight stitch. Then add the next square etc. until you have each horizontal line sewn together.
- Before you sew all the individual rows together, press the seams apart on the back and pin in place.
- Place the first two of the horizontal rows together (image area facing each other), make sure to line up the seams and pin in place.
- Sew using straight stitch and repeat with all rows.
- Decide on the size of your quilt (the size of your sewn together T-Shirts or do you want to have a border around).
- Choose a fabric for the back (I decided to use a nice warm fleece), and buy quilt batting (make sure to get some extra batting).
- Place fleece on the floor add quilt batting and place T-Shirt front on top.
- Use large safety pins to connect all 3 fabrics together (I used one safety-pin per square).
- If you are making a border with the fleece like I did, fold over the fleece and pin together.
- Pin corners.
- Sew along the border of the quilt.
- Sew the corners (I sewed them by hand with a blind stitch).
- Connect all 3 layers together throughout the quilt by placing a couple of stitches wherever the panels meet. This will ensure that the fabrics don't move around. Remove the safety-pins.
- Snuggle up on the sofa with your warm quilt and have a hot tea or a hot chocolate.
If you have any questions just let me know. Enjoy!


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Ignoring the unfortunate PR image accompanying the product, a wireless speaker which can connect to your MP3 player allows a group of people to listen to music in a much more social way than earbuds. Standing 7.25" tall with a 3" diameter the speaker is big enough that you won't lose it but small enough to be easily portable. According to the review from TechGage it is also large enough to provide quality sound, even at high volume. The next time you are out and want to share your music you won't need to blast your car stereo as it seems this device will handle the duty commendably; pity it will sell for $200.
"The UE Boom from Logitech boasts an impressively hip advertising campaign and a promise to make music more "social" again. But past all of the buzzwords and pretty packaging, is this cylindrical speaker worth all of the hype? We take a close look… and can't help but be blown away."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- alienvibes EP02 Elite HD Noise Cancelling Headphones @ NikKTech
- QPAD QH-90 Gaming Headset @ techPowerUp
- RHA MA450i Earphones @ Kitguru
- Tt eSPORTS SHOCK Dynamite Orange Gaming Headset @ NikKTech
- AIAIAI TMA-1 DJ Headphones With Mic Fools Gold @ NikKTech
- QPAD QH-90 Headset @ XSReviews
- Jabra SPEAK 510 Bluetooth And USB Speakerphone @ NikKTech
- Cooler Master Sonuz Headset @ Modders-Inc
- Logitech G430 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset Review @ Techgage
- Tt eSPORTS Shock Gaming Headset @ Kitguru
- Genius SP-U115 Colorful USB Powered Stereo Speakers Review @ ModSynergy


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How is it, we live in a nation where those who believe in it are beginning to have to to huddle in defended communities as subcultures?
It is having to live like the Anabaptists, or Jews in the ghettos of old Europe, or Americans of African descent in the Jim Crow era, or American Indians on reservations — but armed in accountability to God for our sovereign citizenship (Romans 13, Hebrews 13).
The new apartheid, credit to ever more despotic government?
Patriotic Group To Build Armed 'Defensible' Neighborhood Fortress
By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.
January 12, 2013
A group of like-minded patriots, bound together by pride in American exceptionalism, plan on building an armed community to protect their liberty.
The group, named Citadel, intends to purchase 2,000 to 3,000 acres for the project in western Idaho. The community will comprise of 3,500 to 7,000 families of patriotic Americans who "voluntarily choose to live together in accordance with Thomas Jefferson's ideal of Rightful Liberty."
According to the Citadel website, Rightful Liberty means that "neighbors keep their noses out of other neighbors' business, that neighbors live and let live."
One more step toward Gulag America.
God bless them richly.


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How Netflix Beat Out Best Buy to Lead the S&P Higher
So far this year, the stock market has raced higher without nearly any interruption. Less than three months into 2013, the S&P 500 is already up more than 9% year to date, and that excludes the additional returns that dividends have provided.
But some stocks have produced much better returns than the overall S&P. In particular, Netflix and Best Buy are battling it out for top honors among S&P 500 stocks, and Netflix currently maintains a small lead, with a 96% return versus Best Buy's 94%. Let's look at what these companies have done to generate those gains and whether they can sustain their strong returns throughout the rest of 2013 and beyond.
How Netflix soared higher
Part of the reason Netflix has risen as much as it has is that it sank so far in 2012. Following its initial miscues in separating its streaming and DVD businesses back in 2011, Netflix shares suffered throughout most of last year as concerns about the potential for rising content costs and the entry of other players into the streaming market weighed on investor sentiment.
Netflix's January earnings report put a stop to the concerns that skeptics had about growth. Producing a profit rather than an expected loss, Netflix has managed to hold on to more of its DVD customers than the company itself had expected, and subscriber counts have continued to rise sharply even in the mature domestic market. Combined with the huge potential from its recent international expansions, Netflix has returned to the high-growth path that shareholders had thought was gone forever, and investors have bid the stock back up to the stratospheric valuations it had two years ago.
Not everyone agrees that Netflix deserves its current valuation, though. With competition from Amazon.com , Netflix will have to deal with the margin-killing power of Amazon's overall business strategy, which generally involves sacrificing current profits in the pursuit of long-term market-share dominance. Although it has so far failed to make a big dent in Netflix's business, Amazon is slowly starting to amass a collection of content that could eventually make things difficult for Netflix.
For now, though, Netflix is riding the wave of good news. It will have to sustain its faster pace of growth to advance from here, but plenty of shareholders still remember the good old days when shares were priced at $300 -- more than 60% higher than their current levels.
Is Best Buy a best-buy?
Meanwhile, Best Buy has gone from the endangered-company list to a market darling in the space of just a few months. Quarterly results from earlier this month allowed investors to breathe easier, as earnings topped estimates handily, and the big-box electronics retailer managed to eke out a small gain in revenue. With CEO Hubert Joly's game plan to turn around the company apparently picking up steam, investors are excited about the prospects of Best Buy's continuation as a public company -- a big change from the recent past, when the possibility that founder Richard Schulze would charge in to take the company private seemed like the only way shareholders could exit their positions favorably.
Yet despite its rebound, many investors still aren't convinced that Best Buy can ever regain its former glory. To win back business from Amazon, Best Buy had to extend a price-matching guarantee to cover the online retailer and other Internet-based competitors. For Best Buy, that means accepting the handicap that the massive costs of having an extensive network of physical stores impose, yet somehow finding the capacity to allow already-thin margins to shrink further so as to meet its obligations to match prices.
Best Buy's best chance is to cash in on the fact that most people want service for their electronics and are willing to pay for it. The company's Geek Squad broke ground on an innovative service offering, and as electronics continue to get more sophisticated, finding more ways to cash in on that niche could eventually justify Best Buy's recovery.
Will Netflix stay ahead of Best Buy?
Between these two companies, Netflix has the longer glide-path to future growth, if only because it hasn't yet tapped into the full international potential of its business model. For Best Buy to keep up, it will need to find more ways to go beyond its weakening core retail business and find profit-producing niches that can generate rising profits in the future. Given how tough a task that will be, I think Netflix has the upper hand in sustaining its lead for the rest of 2013.
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TÊTU, CHARLES-HILAIRE, merchant and postmaster; b. 22 June 1802 at Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny (Montmagny, Que.), son of François Têtu and Charlotte Bonenfant; d. 9 Dec. 1863 at Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East.
Heir to the Têtu and Bonenfant families, François Têtu constantly enlarged his estates. He became seigneur of the Saint-Luc fief in the seigneury of Rivière-du-Sud, and a lieutenant-colonel in the militia. His wealth enabled him to educate and find suitable positions in society for his numerous children, who included a priest, a notary, a doctor, five merchants, and four farmers. Charles-Hilaire was the fifth of 18 children. He was not drawn to study, and at an early age went into business. In partnership with his first cousin Pierre-Thomas Casgrain, seigneur of Rivière-Ouelle, he ran a store in that village where "he sold something of everything." He was also a large shareholder in a local porpoise fishing enterprise. He took an active interest in the business: with his son David he searched for the best fishing stations, he invented an ingenious system of nets to catch the porpoises, and he perfected a procedure for tanning and dressing the skins. He had this procedure patented, and won awards for it at the universal exhibitions in London in 1851 and Paris in 1855. From 1842 until his death he was also postmaster at Rivière-Ouelle.
The time and money devoted to fishing caused Têtu to neglect his business, and his financial difficulties were increased by the failure of some high risk ventures, for example several schooners purchased for the timber trade which were lost at sea. Pierre-Thomas Casgrain withdrew from the partnership, but, because he did not have the dissolution legally recorded, he was obliged to pay part of Têtu's debts. Although he was a man "of Herculean build," Têtu's health collapsed: chronic dyspepsia, induced or intensified by his fondness for pantagruelian meals, brought him to his grave.
As a member of the Bonenfant and Casgrain clans, Charles-Hilaire Têtu had participated in the social life that centred on the seigneurial manor-house at Rivière-Ouelle, the residence of Pierre and later of Pierre-Thomas Casgrain, and the meeting-place for the established local bourgeoisie, for the Casgrains and Têtus, and for the Letellier, Dionne, Chapais, and Gagnon families, all related through a complex network of marriages. Their relationship did not prevent vigorous confrontations at election time, with one group supporting the Letelliers of the Rouge party, another swearing by the Chapais of the Bleus. Têtu sided with the moderate Liberals, but still incurred the wrath of parish priest Charles Bégin, whose management of financial matters Têtu had criticized. But he still continued to be one of the most regular churchgoers in the parish.
By his first marriage, on 16 May 1826 with Marie-Thérèse Pâquet of Quebec, Charles-Hilaire Têtu had three children; one of them, Justine, married Hector-Louis Langevin* in 1854. Widowed in 1836, Têtu remarried on 19 Sept. 1837. His second wife was Elizabeth O'Brien, widow of François Laurent, a Quebec merchant, and they had three boys and four girls.
Charles-Hilaire Têtu died on 9 Dec. 1863 at Rivière-Ouelle; his wife went to Ottawa to live with her children and died there on 8 Jan. 1881.
ANQ-Q, AP-G-327. Mme E. Croff [M.-E. Perrault], Nos ancêtres à l'œuvre à la Rivière-Ouelle (Montréal, 1931). P.-H. Hudon, Rivière-Ouelle de la Bouteillerie, 3 siècles de vie ([Rivière-Ouelle], Qué., 1972), 232–33, 272. Henri Têtu, Histoire des familles Têtu, Bonenfant, Dionne et Perrault (Québec, 1898), 91–96, 144–46. [Henri Têtu et H.-R. Casgrain], David Têtu et les raiders de Saint-Alban; épisode de la guerre américaine, 1864–1865 (2e éd., Québec, 1891), 38–40.
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Hi there. (btw sorry for my english)
Trust me when I said that I've tried alot of libraries, tweaks and readings before posting here. I really like to find my problem on my own, but I think I've exhausted all forum/git/demo/etc that exists.
I am trying to play mp3 files from an SD card with a VS1003/VS1053 board (see attached picture of the exact board)
After alot of trial and error, the closest I've come is: No error, all Serial output trace look ok, weird wub coming out of the speaker that seems to follow the spi transfer of every mp3 block send to buffer.
My last try was with the adafruit_vs1053 revised by Paul to add teensy 2 and 3 support.
And ued the play file example. (Modified to my need)
I've defined the spi pins (hardware)
#define CLK 1 // SPI Clock, shared with SD card
#define MISO 3 // Input data, from VS1053/SD card
#define MOSI 2 // Output data, to VS1053/SD card
And define all the chip select/reset/dreq as such
#define RESET 9 // VS1053 reset pin (output)
#define CS 10 // VS1053 chip select pin (output)
#define DCS 8 // VS1053 Data/command select pin (output)
#define CARDCS 4 // Card chip select pin
#define DREQ 6 // VS1053 Data request, ideally an Interrupt pin
(For DREQ, I have try 5 also since it's suppose to be Interrupt 0 (and 6 = int1)
I have also try to change: #define VS1053_FILEPLAYER_PIN_INT 5
from 5 to 6 and vice versa. Trying to fit DREQ
I have commented the timer line and uncommented the dreq int
// musicPlayer.useInterrupt(VS1053_FILEPLAYER_TIMER0_ INT); // timer int
musicPlayer.useInterrupt(VS1053_FILEPLAYER_PIN_INT ); // DREQ int
Tried with only playFullFile and then only startPlayingFile
All those tests basically give me the same behavior: no error, everything fine, but weird noise wub in speaker while buffering/playing
then it stop wubbing as soon as we arrive at
Then nothing else seems to happen. the file.close works, then I suppose it return to the
while (playingMusic) {
But never go past here.
In resumé, I feel like everything should works but maybe something really obvious is wrong and I need another pair of eyes.
I don't want to clutter the thread with my example code (think the most important bits are there) but if needed I can post one of my latest variant.
Thanks you alot for any small hint/help/encouragement :P


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Apr 8, 2014
Bob Geldof's daughter Peaches dead at age 25
Apr 8, 2014
London, UK - Peaches Geldof, second daughter of Band Aid founder and musician Bob Geldof and a media and fashion personality in her own right, has died at her home in Kent, southern England, aged 25, her family said on Monday.
Kent police issued a statement saying the death of a 25-year-old woman, whom they did not identify, was being treated as a "non-suspicious but unexplained sudden death".
Bob Geldof, the Irish singer who rose to prominence as the leader of the 1970s-1980s band the Boomtown Rats, and later organised the charity Band Aid and the Live Aid concerts to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, said in a statement that the family were "beyond pain".
Peaches' husband, rock musician Thomas Cohen, issued a statement saying: "My beloved wife Peaches was adored by myself and her two sons ... I shall bring them up with their mother in their hearts every day. We shall love her forever."
Making an early debut in the London glamour and society scene, Peaches Geldof wrote a weekly social and political column for the Daily Telegraph from the ages of 14 to 17 and also contributed to the Guardian.
She was often seen partying and clubbing in London's vibrant night scene but firmly denied using drugs.
Married for the second time after a first marriage that lasted only six months, she had two sons with Cohen, both under 2 years old.
Peaches was only 11 when she and her two sisters, Pixie and Fifi Trixibelle, lost their mother, the television presenter Paula Yates.
Yates was married to Geldof from 1986 to 1996 but left him for the Australian rock star Michael Hutchence, who committed suicide in 1997. Yates died three years later from a heroin overdose, aged 41.
After Yates's death, Geldof brought up Tiger Lily, Yates's daughter with Hutchence, alongside her three half-sisters.
Peaches' last Twitter post, on Sunday, was a photograph of herself and her mother. In an interview with Elle magazine in 2013, Geldof had said that, when her mother died, "I just blocked it out".
"I didn't grieve. I didn't cry at her funeral. I couldn't express anything because I was just numb to it all. I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16."
Her father issued a statement on behalf of the family that said: "She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable? We loved her and will cherish her forever."
He described the family as "fractured so often but never broken".
Twitter was immediately filled with messages from fans and followers, including one that read: "Heaven gained a beautiful angel R.I.P beautiful girl."
Peaches Geldof also wrote a column for the British magazine "Mother & Baby", whose editor Claire Irvin told Sky News:
"She was absolutely unique and she brought her own thinking and take on anything I ever had to do with her. But the biggest legacy is going to be those two boys, and the love that she poured into them."
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It's nonsense that electrical contractors, traditionally a cable-and-wire bound profession, can do without wireless. It is a solution that has become reliable and super-flexible, and is an excellent way to put systems and services in those facilities where running wire, conduit or cabling is impossible.
One of the more recent innovations to emerge is a networking trend called machine-to-machine or M2M, which allows machines to talk to each other thousands of miles apart. Widespread availability of inexpensive computer chips and wireless phone networks makes it possible. The focus is on commercial machines, but eventually the system will enable managers to program systems over secured Internet sites so that, for example, a facility can be opened at a specific time without requiring a person to be present.
Cellular telephones, chips and radio tags are tracking everything from people to clothing. In some states, toll collection authorities have instated radio transmitters that allow users to ride through tollbooths rather than stop. Retailers are investigating using smart radio tags to trace goods from the warehouse to store shelves. Many cars are equipped with global positioning devices, and wearable devices are on the horizon. Wireless carriers are also looking at providing services that would sell products to cell-phone users based on their location and notify them of nearby sales. Finally, the trend to implant radio frequency chips has migrated from pets to human testing and deployment as well.
Driving the market
A pioneer in 13.56 MHz technology, Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems (TI-RFid), Dallas, has created innovative solutions for retail and logistics tracking and wireless payment systems. Recently, their focus has been on harnessing this powerful technology for proximity security and access control, said Kelly Stark, access control business unit manager. Stark said TI-RFid and others are embracing 13.56 MHz—compliant with the ISO 15693 vicinity card standard—because of its advanced security and authentication, interoperability across all suppliers and applications, additional memory, faster data transfer rates and multiple tag reading capability. With the capacity to store 256 bytes of data, 13.56 MHz cards hold 30 times more information than traditional 125 kHz proximity cards, a longtime industry standard in access control.
"This technology provides flexibility and greater applicability of access control for the installer and the end-user," said Stark. "The 13.56 MHz RFID solutions allow the security manager more control over their systems, with user-programmability and the ability to segment memory for multi-applications." This, she added, provides the market new levels of facility protection, asset tracking and increased security and authentication. In addition, end-users can tie in existing systems, as cards can be encoded and encrypted to support universal Wiegand formats and RS-232 and RS-485 communications protocols.
Texas Instruments is also looking at a migration to the ISO 14443 standard for emerging stored-value and wireless payment applications, another 13.56 MHz solution.
The innovation in wireless continues, especially in video systems. Camera-maker Toshiba Imaging Systems, Irvine, Calif., has a wireless (Wi-Fi, 802.11b) network camera that can be used to remotely view live, high-resolution (1280 x 960) video with audio from anywhere in the world via the Internet using a standard Web browser.
According to Doug Freck, vice president/general manager, the introduction of the unit is part of an aggressive campaign by Toshiba into the wireless local area network (LAN) market, an effort piggybacked off the launch of a wireless server.
Wireless in the spotlight
"Research indicates that while remote video monitoring over the Internet is currently a small segment of the overall wireless LAN market, demand for networked cameras such as the IK-WB11 will grow exponentially as an increasing number of homes, schools and enterprises discover the benefits of wireless networking," Freck noted. "For example, 40 percent of the 850,000 new homes to be built in 2004 in the United States will have networks installed in them, many with wireless capabilities."
Wireless video boasts superior portability and convenience. A video surveillance system that replaces Ethernet wires with wireless was recently announced by Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., and Proxim Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif. The new wireless wide area networking (WWAN) fosters fast and inexpensive installation of video security.
"Wireless networking technology enables users to install network video products in areas where Ethernet cabling is not readily available, such as on bridges, in parking lots or across multi-building sites for same-day operation," said Kevin Duffy, vice president and general manager of Proxim's WAN Division. "In addition, sending images via WWAN makes it possible for large facilities covering numerous acres or sites to quickly deploy an advanced IP-surveillance solution."
For the hands-on security personnel, or those who need constant and instant access to video, MicroOptical Corp., Westwood, Mass., introduced a color eyewear system using Bluetooth wireless technology. It offers hands-free and heads-up viewing of transmitted images. Bluetooth wireless technology is a worldwide specification for a small-form factor, low-cost radio solution that provides links between mobile computers, mobile phones, other portable handheld devices and connectivity to the Internet. The specification is developed, published and promoted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.
Wireless doesn't involve video only. There are a host of wireless sensors for intrusion detection, as well as wireless access control. Taking access control even further into the realm of wireless application is a new biometric fingerprint reader called WINGER from IFKEY, Seoul, South Korea. It features a fingerprint identification key which encrypts and transmits fingerprint data using Bluetooth technology.
With the vast array of new products and services available in this market, there's nothing you can't do without wires. EC
O'MARA is the president of DLO Communications in Park Ridge, Ill., specializing in low-voltage. She can be reached at 847.384.1916 or [email protected].


text: bio_new Jason graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in photography and has studied in Prague under several well-known Czech photographers. He is well versed in many different photographic processes from traditional black and white printing, nonsilver and tintypes, to digital capture. Always making sure to keep a wide eye on the art world, he gets most of his influences from outside photography from mediums such as literature, painting, film and philosophy. His work imbues a deep sense of narrative and functions equally within the realms of fine art, fashion, and commercial photography. He's shot for clients such as Atlantic Records and Bloodmilk and his work has appeared in magazines such as Ladygunn, The New York Observer, Paradigm, and Alternative Press. Some of the people that have stood in front of his camera have been Sir Patrick Stewart, Richard Gere, Kelsey Grammar, Noah Emmerich, Zola Jesus, Pat Grossi of Active Child, Circa Survive, Com Truise, and a corgi dog Socrates(pronounced So-Crates).


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DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A psychiatrist who was grazed by gunfire from a patient at a hospital on Thursday helped stop the patient by apparently using his own weapon to shoot and wound him, but not before a caseworker was killed, authorities said.
The patient opened fire after entering the doctor's office at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital with the caseworker, District Attorney Jack Whelan said. Witnesses reported hearing yelling before the gunshots.
Several hours after the shooting, investigators had only limited information about what happened inside the closed office but believe the psychiatrist, "from all accounts, would have acted in self-defense," Whelan said.
The doctor, who suffered a wound to his head, "faced a situation where his life was in jeopardy," Whelan said. He was expected to be interviewed by detectives late Thursday.
The hospital has a policy barring anyone except on-duty law enforcement officers from carrying weapons anywhere on its campus, a spokeswoman for the Mercy Health System said.
But Yeadon Police Chief Donald Molineux said that "without a doubt, I believe the doctor saved lives."
"Without that firearm, this guy (the patient) could have went out in the hallway and just walked down the offices until he ran out of ammunition," the chief said.
The dead caseworker was identified only as a 53-year-old Philadelphia woman. Police were working to notify her relatives late Thursday.
Two guns were recovered, Whelan said. Authorities said the motive for the shooting was unknown.
The patient, who was critically injured and was being treated, was identified as Richard Plotts, an Upper Darby resident in his mid-30s.
The prosecutor said Plotts had been involved in previous incidents with staff, but he did not know their nature.
He also said he did not know if that is why the doctor had a gun or if the doctor would have been required to have a permit.
After the door of the office was closed, staff members heard loud arguing inside, opened the door and noticed the patient had a gun pointed at the doctor, Whelan said. They closed the door and dialed 911. Gunshots were heard a short time later, just before 2:30 p.m.
Plotts emerged from the office, and another doctor and a caseworker helped wrestle him to the floor of the hallway and grabbed his weapon, Whelan said. By that point he had already been severely wounded from several shots, Whelan said.
"They acted vigilantly. They acted bravely," he said.
The exchange of gunfire occurred on the third floor of the Wellness Center at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, a 204-bed community teaching hospital just southwest of Philadelphia.
Authorities said there are no surveillance cameras in the doctor's office or the waiting area outside. They also said the center had no metal detectors.
"Do you evaluate that now ... in light of this incident to make sure people are safe, especially in what can be a dangerous environment?" Whelan asked.
Patients waiting in the first-floor lobby reported a tense scene when police arrived and ordered everyone out. Most of the patients were elderly.
"I dozed off, and I heard the cop shouting, 'Come on, come on, get out!'" said Millicent Russell, 73, of Lansdowne, who was waiting for a 3 p.m. appointment. "There were people with walkers and canes and stuff. All these cops were outside running here and there with these guns."
DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A psychiatrist who was grazed by gunfire from a patient at a hospital on Thursday helped stop the patient by apparently using his own weapon to shoot and wound him, but not before a caseworker was killed, authorities said.


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Dancing Through the Decades
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4 hours of dancing
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Dancing Through the Decades from the 50s to present day
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Oz FAQ
General information about Oz, and what this document is: A general introduction to Oz, plus information about this FAQ, including who wrote it and why, and how to use it.
About the Oz Books: The names of all forty of the official Oz books, what an Oz book is, and more about the series, both "official" and not. where to buy (and sell) new and used books, and other good stuff.
Buying, selling, and collecting the Oz books: Where to buy and sell new and used books, how much old Oz books are worth, and other useful information for those who may want to collect Oz books.
About the Land of Oz: The land, the geography, and more about the Land of Oz.
Oz Characters: All about the many fascinating characters who live in Oz.
L. Frank Baum, the Royal Historian of Oz: The life, times, and works of the creator of Oz.
The Other Royal Historians and Illustrators of Oz: All of the others who have had a hand in shaping the Oz series.
Writing, illustrating, and publishing your own Oz book: There are a lot more stories about Oz that haven't been told so far. Do you have what it takes to write about Oz?
Dramatic presentations of Oz: Plays, movies, TV and radio shows, and other ways to see and hear Oz stories.
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Oct 14 at 1 pm
Environment Transformer Workshop
Above: Haus-Rucker-Co. (Günther Zamp Kelp, Laurids Ortner, and Klaus Pinter; Austria, 1967–92), Flyhead Helmet, from the Environment Transformer project, 1968
The urban landscape produces feelings of anxiety, fear, pleasure, and excitement. Join Kaja Kühl, founder and principal of youarethecity, as she brings together psychologists and urban design experts to create interventions that alter our urban sensory experience. How do scent, sound, taste, sight, and touch influence our feelings of comfort or discomfort in public space? How do we design for a happier experience of space? Participants will create temporary installations to alter the experience of the sites surrounding the Lab.
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Oct 14 at 2 pm
FeedForward 11: Pilgrimage Game
Leaving from: any point in New York
Traveling to: across New York
Mode of transportation: walking, rain or shine
Go viral with creative consulting and design collaborative spurse as they launch a special edition of MATR, their latest phone app, which they will use to lead participants in a three-hour game across New York. MATR is an interactive sound experiment that changes as you move. But what happens when "you" are no longer a single individual, but a crowd of hundreds, or even thousands? How will you move, and where? Unlike most rule-bound games, MATR promises to trip the outcome in unexpected ways. Where will the game lead us, who will we encounter, and more interestingly, what sort of event will this make? For the final research endeavor in the Live Feeds series, become part of a massive, self-organizing, and fully emergent swarm to celebrate—and shepherd in—a future model of how change happens.
Step 1: RSVP so that we can contact you with up-to-the-minute news about the game.
Step 2: Download the MATR app to your smartphone (iPhone or Android). It's free! Please remember to use earphones.
Step 3: Begin the game at 2 pm, wherever you are in New York, and end the game at 5 pm in a totally unexpected place!
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Oct 14 at 4 pm
Master Kids Film Festival Screening: ComfyLast year, first- and second-grade students at the Neighborhood School in Manhattan took part in a multidisciplinary moviemaking study as a lens to look at community. Along with thinking about film crew roles, interdependence, and the community of filmmakers who collaborate to create a film, they looked at diverse genres and film history. By the end, they had created their own student films!
This year's seasoned class, in partnership with the BMW Guggenheim Lab, has created a site-specific movie on the theme of confronting comfort in the city. Please join us for a screening of the Master Kids Film Festival and the premiere of the film Comfy, directed, shot, and edited by children.
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Oct 14 at 7 pm
Join us for a variety show dedicated to the sounds of New York, organized by Audio Visual Arts (AVA) and comedian Greg Barris. Acoustic experts and sound artists will collaborate with comedians to explore the beauty, danger, and potential of the New York soundscape, addressing issues of noise pollution, noise prevention, sonic comfort levels, and quiet zones along the way. There will be sonic demonstrations. There will be audience participation. There will be music, and there will be laughs.
Host: Greg Barris
Comedian: Jim Gaffigan
Sound Specialist: Mason Wyatt from City Soundproofing
Comedian: Heather Lawless
Special Guests
Music by Forgiveness
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Videos from the Event:
George Prochnik at the Sound Sweep
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These Lazy Bedroom Positions That Will Make You Happy
Sex is what you make of it. It can be a hardcore hour-long workout equivalent to running an Olympic marathon... or it can be thirty seconds of bliss that requires so little movement it straddles the line of sleeping inside of a person. Whichever route you go, lazy sex is a real thing made possible by lazy sex positions. Not to say there's anything wrong with that — sex is sex, right?
So if you want to get the most bang for your buck in terms of the effort you're putting in, here are five positions you need to be trying with someone else just as lazy as you (or else really, really patient).
The Lazy Dog
How it looks: A take on doggy style, the male partner uses his female partner as a human cushion as he lays down on top of her and shoves his whole body back and forth while she patiently awaits underneath. Pretty awesome unless the dude weighs over 500 pounds.
How it feels: You know, not bad! All the skin-on-skin contact is pretty great for both partners (save for the poor woman getting crushed by her dude) and there's nothing better than a warm human body pillow.
The Cuddle Buddies
How it looks: You know how this looks; the common cuddle with the necessary addition of full-blown penetration. The male partner plays big spoon to his bae — as the reverse doesn't exactly work, because biology — and the cuddle immediately becomes the cuddle-bang.
How it feels: Cuddling is one of those natural phenomenons that even those not in committed relationships can enjoy. Adding the beloved act of intercourse feels comfortable, familiar, and overall wonderful. We love cuddle-bangin'.
The Lean Doggy
How it looks: Well, that all depends on the (a) girl and (b) the thing she's leaning over. If you have a really understanding woman-friend who doesn't mind being boned from behind while she rests her elbows on a wooden desk, all is well. Leaning your partner over, say, a table and taking her from behind requires work from her end (no pun intended) but allows the dude to go about sexy times while literally just standing there. Literally!
How it feels: It depends on the surface. If you're leaning the girl over a bathroom sink, it probably won't be the best for her. However, if you're leaning her over the bed and there happens to be a plate of pancakes and waffles on said bed... everyone's happy.
Reverse Cowgirl
How it looks: It's interesting that one of the laziest sex positions for a guy can be one of the non-laziest sex positions for the girl. In the reverse cowgirl, the guy lays flat on his back while his partner rides him on top facing the other direction. It's a lot of work for the woman, but the least amount of work possible for the guy. He just lays there and literally doesn't even have to look at her.
How it feels: A great view without having to make eye contact or small talk? Feels good, man.
Clothed Encounters Of The Third Kind
How it looks: Just like regular sex, except everyone's wearing clothes. Typically occurs when time is of the essence, but chafing is imminent.
How it feels: Like you're wearing a condom over your entire body. Also, watch out for the zipper.


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Should Steven Jackson be alerted?
If you missed it earlier this summer, right after Lebron gained ring protection several stories started to come about former Philadelphia and Cleveland news anchor Sharon Reed.
The crux of the story was that Reed was Lebron's mistress and became pregnant by him, this in turn got her fired from his Cleveland anchor position. She has never said who the father of the child is, nor has a man laid claim to being the dad. In Philadelphia she was linked to an affair with former Sixers Aaron McKie that got pretty nasty and had a social media fight with a colleague over her relationships that led to the police becoming involved.
Pretty messy all the way around.
She had been staying in Miami ironically, but now she is taking her talents to the Gateway to the West.
"Sharon is an excellent communicator and brings a lot of experience to the table. Her ability to connect with the audience and her passion for investigative journalism make her a great addition to the News 4 team," said Sean McLaughlin, KMOV's executive news director, in a press release.
In that release, Reed said, "In my career, I've enjoyed digging for stories and delivering exclusives. I also believe in tackling assignments from a fresh perspective and with a different approach. It's made me a better journalist and, I'd like to think, it's helped the people who watch look at some things in a whole new way."
She is referred to as the "Nude Anchor" because of the pics that are above.
All of the Rams, Cardinals and Blues players have been warned.
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KONDO KAGAKU CO. LTD. announced that KMR-M6, a new 6-legged robot will be put on the market in early May, 2011. The new robot is the second one of the KONDO ANIMAL ROBOT Series.
KONDO uploaded the manual and sample motions of KMR-M6.
KONDO is the leading company of biped hobby robot and is well known to a maker of KHR-series robot as KHR-1, KHR-2HV and KHR-3HV. The first new category multi-legged robot, turtle type 4-legged robot has been put on the market.
Multi-legged robot has been being miner robot compared with biped robot in Japan. Just G-DOG , a kit of 4-legged robot, was on the market from HIP JAPAN in July 2008. Recently, robot builders who has been making custom-built biped robot are interested in making multi-legged robot. Five times of Robot Survival Game with multi-legged robots were carried out in Tokyo. The first one took place on July 19th, 2010 and the 6th one will take place at Dainihongiken office on April 17th, 2011.
KONDO also held twice of KONDO LAND Multi-Legged Robot Obstacle Race at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara, Tokyo on Dec. 23rd, 2010 and Jan. 23rd, 2011. The third one will took place at ROBOSPOT on May 7th, 2011.
Characteristics of the new robot are as follows:
2. Light weight robot body was made by synthetic resin parts. Spring inside the leg parts for absorbing shock makes robot move fast.
3. Robot can move freely with limitted number of servos by the linked-leg system and high powered servo, KRS-2552HV which is using in KHR-3HV.
4. Setting battery under the backpack of the robot makes easy battery change.
5. The dummy head can be exchanged with a real servo for moving the head.
6. RCB-4HV, the control board with 10 analog terminals and 10 digital I/Os of KHR-3HV is also used in the robot.
7. HeartToHeart4, software for motion creating makes easy a lot of variety of motions.
8. Powerful Ni-H battery and rapid battery charger are attached the kit.
Specifications are as follows:
Frame: Light weight aluminium alloy
Leg: Synthetic resin
Servo: KRS-2552HV ICS RedVersion ×12
Battery: ROBO power cell HV D-type 10.8V-800mAh Ni-MH
Battery carger: AC100V MX-201
Parts: screws, cables, plastic parts
CD-ROM: manual, software, sample motions etc.
Size: 182(H)×335(W)×223(D)
Weight: 1,070 g (including battery)
Price: 79,800 Yen (including tax)
Parts of KONDO 6-Legged Robot, KMR-6 will be also put on the market by the end of May, 2011.
Multi-legged robot leg unit set type A (KO205) : 1,575 Yen (including tax)
Multi-legged robot body frame type A (2 parts) (KO2107) : 2,100 Yen (including tax)
Spring(standard) 10 pieces (KO2108) : 315 Yen (including tax)
Lem-san also reported the details of the hexapod with video in his blog.
Craft House made motions for KMR-6M as follows;
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Every once in while, we see a live show that's so transcendental in it's scope, that takes the live venue and transforms it into a singular experience, where the voices of the crowd drops away, and the artist becomes a singular focus.
That happened a couple of Saturday nights ago at Schuba's, with Julia Klee. With backing by anywhere from 7-9 players (on horns, backing vocals, mandolin, etc.) it was Klee's voice and her lyricism that took center stage.
A booming and deep well vocalist, Klee has drawn comparisons to Neko Case, Jolie Holland (whom she covered brilliantly at her live show) and Kelly Hogan. Which is all well and good, and apt, but Julia Klee seems to be drawing from an older tradition, one that includes Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and most especially, Emmylou Harris. Some of those comparisons come from a lyrical intent. Klee is songwriter of incredible situationist gift, warping her voice into the subject, manipulating her vocals into the sad and the beautiful. Some of those comparisons are in the power of her voice. It's an astonishing instrument in it's own right.
The show we saw last Saturday was the record release party for her new record, The Big Charade. One of the most astonishing debuts we've heard in years.
While Klee's show is a collaborative effort (she hands over the stage to friends and fellow musicians alike), the record is a star turn, a heartbreaking and humorous take on Country tropes, but staking out a new territory all her own. We've never heard it's like before.
So, to the record. The Big Charade.
From the opening track, "Rabbit Hole" to the final song, "A Song About Being Rich" (which is our entry into best song title of the year), Julia Klee crafts a record of depth and spirit, a hoedown of longing and beauty. According to Klee, she recorded this record using "...her mother's classical guitar and a hand-me-down piano". Appropriate enough, considering the sepia-toned nature of the record.
"Rabbit Hole" starts off with delicate piano instro, before busting out into a fiddle-tinged raver, and sets the stage. "Hook Sung By Strangers", our favorite of the big-sound songs, follows, a horn-swirled hootenanny, Klee's voice sultry and strong. A love song, strung with a gorgeous, surging, melody, and lyrical joy ("Our love is hook sung by strangers/Driving their cars/It goes with mornings and coffee"). Further rompers follow: "Big Charade", a twisting desert road chugger ("there's a con man and philosopher/and they're fighting for my bed"). "Macgillard" is all western-noir dread, Klee's voice set loose, and something bad's gonna happen.
As much as we love the "rockers", Klee truly shines on the slower tunes on Big Charade. A rarity for us to love the slow songs, it's true, but that's the power of this record. "A Song About Being Rich", "Overpass", and "Elephants" are all pieces of late night whiskey lament and dream, accentuated by Klee's piano and voice, delicately rendered and heart broken and rending. Songs to make this old boy raise his glass and while away the wee hours. Beauty in the heart of sadness and quiet joy.
Which brings us to the two centerpiece songs, "Wedding" and "Drunken Chess". "Wedding" begins as a slow burning tale ("What starts at the altar/Begins at the grave/For the lovers and the knowers of God"), a song of rebellion and love, the old and the new, the traditional and the youth, full of stars and moons ("heaven in my hands/and fire upon my chest"). Burning that fire, the song smolders and crackles, under finally, release...the song cracks wide open into a crackerjack wedding reel, driving and joyous.
And "Drunken Chess"...we compared Klee to Parton, Wells, Lynn, and Harris, earlier. This is where she becomes their equal. A ballad any one of 'em would be proud to call their own, but they can't, because Klee owns this song. Klee's voice wavers, sinks, slow and languid, becoming stronger, taking command of the line, allowing space, pleading the light and crawling the dark. A delicately plucked banjo here, a lap steel whisper there. Delicate and strong, without cliche, it's a classic. Every line a perfect moment we've all been in, but never found the right words to express it. Julia Klee does it for us. We'll drink to this song any night of the week. Best song we've heard all year.
"Cuz tonight I will kiss youJulia Klee's new record, The Big Charade is available here.
In the morning you'll be whiskey on my breath"
Ms. Klee is an independent musician. So please support her how you can!
Julie Klee: Hook Song Sung By Strangers (mp3)
Julia Klee: Drunken Chess (mp3)


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Just wanted to send out a quick note that I'll be presenting via LiveMeeting for the New Jersey SQL User Group next Tuesday, February 16th at 6:40 PM EST. I'll be doing my Policy-Based Management talk. I will post the link to the presentation here when I get it.
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Au Naturale GIVEAWAY
• 04 February 2009
My favorite thing about Au Naturale is its drive-thru. Seriously. As a mom of 3, how could I not love that convenience? And while I haven't tried everything on the menu, a few things stand out more than others...like the Southwestern Sandwich with Baked Sweet Potato Fries. Make sure you ask them to toast your bun :)
Au Naturale would like to give away a free lunch to one lucky local in the form of a gift card worth $10 (sorry all you out-of-staters!). All you need to do is leave one comment on this post to enter. So go ahead, enter to win a healthy, guilt-free lunch for yourself! And yes, they do offer a kids' meal so you can bring your little munchkin along too.
Giveaway Guidelines:
- You have 5 days to enter this giveaway (closes Saturday, February 7th).
- Make a comment on THIS POST to enter.
- One entry per person please
- The winner will be announced on Monday, February 9th.
- Winners must respond by Thursday, February 12th to secure prize.
Good luck!
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I've driven by that place a thousand times, but haven't stopped in for a taste. Thanks for the testimonial.ReplyDelete
just what a preganant girl needs when she is too lazy to cook :) quick and healthy...ReplyDelete
I've heard good things about it, I'm anxious to go and try it!!
sounds delicious. hope i win!ReplyDelete
Yummy! I'm pregnant with twins and these little babes would love some "naturale" treats!ReplyDelete
FAB-U-LOUS! I can't wait to try it out.ReplyDelete
I haven't heard of this super genius place before! Would absolutely LOVE to try it out!ReplyDelete
I would love to give it a try.ReplyDelete
I am from out of state, but tried this place last time I was in town. I LOVED it. The Chicken Chile was fantastic.ReplyDelete
While I may not get to use this prize, I'd love to win this for my dad (who works just down the street).
Thanks, Stephmodo!
oooh, yes please. want that pot pie!ReplyDelete
I've been wishing for a place like this for years!ReplyDelete
au naturale is so close to my house and I've been meaning to try it out. Maybe this will be the encouragement that I need to head over there!ReplyDelete
I've been wanting to try this place since I heard about it--sounds wonderful!ReplyDelete
This would be a great chance for me to try it out.ReplyDelete
I love the pork sandwich, it's delicious! I hope they open more stores!ReplyDelete
I've been dying to try Au Naturale, but I'm never the area. This will make a great excuse to get to the area. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 8:49 AM
I just went for the first time last week and LOVED the food and the convenience of the drive-thru. They even have cute little toys for the kids, (my daughter received a lady bug). Great place!ReplyDelete
This is just the kind of place I have been looking for - healthy and quick. I have had this complaint for years now. I've never heard of this place. Here's to hoping! (I live in Seattle so if I win I'm giving it to my mom and sister as a gift, who live in Salt Lake.) Thanks Stephanie!ReplyDelete
oh yes, I love me some toasty, er toasted, buns!ReplyDelete
Love this place and love even more- the drive through!ReplyDelete
Cool. I'd love to try this place. Yum!ReplyDelete
Ya ya for all naturale! i've heard it's delicious and plus it's local, what more could you ask for!?! i would love to try this place out!ReplyDelete
I'd love to try that- it looks cute and those bright green signs always catch my eye! I'm loving that they have a kids menu... healthy kids fast food is especially hard to find.ReplyDelete
I'd love to try that- it looks cute and those bright green signs always catch my eye! I'm loving that they have a kids menu... healthy kids fast food is especially hard to find.ReplyDelete
Sounds de-lish!ReplyDelete
I'm always looking for new places to eat. This looks yummy.ReplyDelete
This sounds too good to be true. Mmmm ... is it lunch time yet?ReplyDelete
I just bought a house in that neighborhood and have been meaning to try it!ReplyDelete
I'm an out of stater...but I'll be in town next month and would LOVE to try this place!!ReplyDelete
Yum! I will have to check it out, what a great idea!ReplyDelete
oooh i've never tried this place, sounds awesome. i agree it's hard to find a drive thru place that has great food (wishing a kneaders would open up in salt lake). also, can you post the address?ReplyDelete
hope i win!
I've been to au naturale once, and fell in love. I think it is a brilliant idea and dream of eating there again as I am driving to class, late, and have to pass it time and time again. It is yummy...and heatlhy...and fresh:_)ReplyDelete
I so often find myself asking, "why didn't I know about this" when reading your posts.ReplyDelete
It seems like I've seen this place, but now I can't think of where it is. Sounds great - thanks for the tip about the drive-thru!ReplyDelete
Sounds super good and healthy. Pick meee!ReplyDelete
haven't tried this yet! I hope they get one out here in the burbs!ReplyDelete
Yum! Sounds good, Could be my new fav fast food :)ReplyDelete
This sounds like my kind of place!ReplyDelete
I would love to try some healthy fast food. Pick me!ReplyDelete
I've never heard of this place! Sounds delicious!ReplyDelete
I went once on a recommendation from a friend and fell in love with the baked sweet potatoe fries! I'd love to win to try out something else as well!ReplyDelete
Sweet potato fries? YUM!ReplyDelete
I visit SLC enough to give it a shot. What can we do to get a location in Green Valley, NV?????? Lots of SLC and other Utah transplants who want healthy, yummy food too!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Yum, Yum, Yum...I want some in my tum, tum. That sounds heavenly after the Mac n Cheese I choked down today.ReplyDelete
Wow this place sound great! Healthy, and fast! Yum!! Can't wait to give it a try.ReplyDelete
I just tried this yesterday, and the salmon sandwich was tasty!ReplyDelete
I loved looking at the menu. I think I would love it!ReplyDelete
I love the fact that there is a healthy place to eat for fast food.ReplyDelete
I am a vegetarian and am always looking for healthy choices. I will definantly check it out.
This is Heaven sent I have been dreaaming about such a place for time now. Yippe.:)ReplyDelete
yes, please!ReplyDelete
could you also give us the address of this little joint?
- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:53 PM
I've been wanting to try that place.ReplyDelete
I have a weakness for baked sweet potato fries.ReplyDelete
Where is this place? Sounds great!ReplyDelete
Sound delicious!ReplyDelete
I would love to eat there!ReplyDelete
I've been curious about this place. I'd love to give it a try. And what could be more motivating than a free meal AND a drive through.ReplyDelete
Yes! being local has its perks! :)ReplyDelete
I can't wait to try it out and may do it before the prize is handed out.ReplyDelete
i would like to win.ReplyDelete
yum,yum.me please.ReplyDelete
Love this place!!ReplyDelete
Did you say sweet potato fries?ReplyDelete
Sounds yummy! I just moved to Utah, so it would be nice to hook up with some good places to eat!ReplyDelete
I've never heard of that place. Sounds interesting. Actually, from the title, it sounds like a place you would go naked (j/k). Hopefully I win and can go find out.ReplyDelete
My mom wanted to take me here once but it was closed....:(ReplyDelete
My mom wanted to take me here once but it was closed....:(ReplyDelete
oh i've really wanted to try that place! this would get me there for sure!!ReplyDelete
Why not I say. Love lunch and love new places. Thanks StephReplyDelete
This sounds fabulous and I would love to try.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a little comfort food for my tummy!ReplyDelete
I've seen this place and wanted to try it! Here's hoping it will be me!ReplyDelete
ooh! Me please!ReplyDelete
Funny you would post about this yesterday and I would see it today! One of the girls in my office stopped by because she was going there for lunch. I hadn't heard about it, so she goes on to tell me how awesome it is. Now I really want to win!ReplyDelete
sounds great!ReplyDelete
hoping I win this!!ReplyDelete
I have heard about the sweet potato fries. I would love to try them out! Sounds yummy!ReplyDelete
No more McDonald's salads. Sounds yummy to my tummy!ReplyDelete
My husband keeps begging me to go here but I am to cheap to every stop and try it out. I would love a little incentive to stop and I am sure my husband would really appreciate it.ReplyDelete
ive been wanting to try this place out. hope i win.ReplyDelete
I've been wondering about this place. I've got to try it!ReplyDelete


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Friday, August 23, 2013
Hans von Storch and Eduardo Zorita: on our paper on stagnation and trends
by Hans von Storch
We have recently uploaded to academia.edu a manuscript, coauthored by us two and two others, with the title 'Can climate models explain the recent stagnation in global warming', in which we compare the magnitude trends in the global mean temperature recently observed - trends in the last 10 years and the trends in the last 15 years (1998-20012) - with the ensemble of trends simulated by climate models participating in the Climate Model Intercomparison Projects CMIP3 and CMIP5. Recent trends as low or lower as those observed in the HadCRUT4 data set, of merely 0.4 C/century, are reproduced by at most 2% of the scenario simulations. Also two other analyses of the development of global mean temperature have been considered, with a higher trend of 0.8 C/century by GISS and 0.4 C/century by NCDC - these other trends show up in the ensemble of scenario simulation at most in 4.7% of all cases and 0.6% of all cases. Obviously, there is some uncertainty in the trends, but our overall conclusion that the present trends are at the margin of the distribution generated by available A1B and RCP4.5 scenarios is robust against this uncertainty.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Science for a good cause?
by @ReinerGrundmann
Imagine the following scenario. An atmospheric scientist makes a discovery that seems to challenge a particular model of sea level increase due to global warming. She expects her discovery will be refined through further research, and that, in the end, it will not refute the mainstream view. In the meantime, she wants to avoid giving ammunition to climate skeptics, so she postpones publication. But an ambitious postdoc surreptitiously informs the media about the discovery. The media accuse the scientist of a cover-up and report that key evidence for anthropogenic climate change has been refuted.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Ameling in der FAZ: Freispruch für CO2
by Hans von Storch
"Der renommierte Meteorologe Hans von Storch hat jüngst im "Spiegel" sehr klar bekannt, dass eine Erderwärmung seit 15 Jahren nicht mehr stattfindet. Die Mittelwerte der Daten des Deutschen Wetterdienstes (DWD) zeigen sogar einen Rückgang der Temperaturen, und das, obwohl die Kohlendioxidwerte (CO2) weiterhin von Jahr zu Jahr gleichmäßig steigen.
Ein unmittelbarer Zusammenhang zwischen steigenden C02-Gehalten der Luft und dem dadurch bedingten Temperaturanstieg existiert also nicht. Von Storch vermutet, dass in den Klimamodellen der Klimaforscher ein fundamentaler Fehler steckt und die Vorhersagen korrigiert werden müssen.
Es ist höchste Zeit für einen Freispruch des CO2 mit allen sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen: …"
begann. Im Faksimile der volle Artikel.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Are climate sceptics the better climate scientists?
by @ReinerGrundmann
Warren Pearce, a young researcher and colleague at Nottingham University has published a smashing piece on the Guardian blog on Science and the Green Movement. It has attracted more than 700 comments in a few days - perhaps no big surprise given the main topic. It is inevitable that people on both sides of the fence feel strongly about the issue.
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T^T as some of you have noticed the only entery i recived from my last challenge was from wish master. just so you know i was only posting the challenge to see who paid attention, i dont feel many poeple are learning from me.
as you have guessed it i want you to draw something that looks as real as you can make it. this wont be hard because i know some of you prefer this to the bold style of anime. i actuallt started out like that, though i cheet and draw mountains.
im not grading you im going to pick my favorites that may be of any quallity, jst show your best effort,
prizes: im not in the mood to think of prises yet, when i am ill add some,


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Valsana Hotel, Arosa is the first hotel in Switzerland to be heated by geothermal probes and an ultra-modern ice battery.
Built to the highest environmental and energy standards, Valsana is spread across three new buildings with 40 spacious double rooms and suites, nine serviced apartments and open plan public areas. Interiors by the vibrant Swiss designer Carlo Rampazzi create a subtle blend of styles that reflect the alpine landscape and a relaxed atmosphere with vintage record players in the rooms, hammocks on the balconies and weekly film nights.
Set beside the lake, the hotel's restaurant Twist has beautiful views and al fresco dining on the sun terrace. Sustainability and the informal approach is also reflected in the dining concept with a focus on local suppliers and seasonal produce, healthy 'bowl food' style cuisine and a wine dispenser with Swiss wines.
Located in the charming Swiss alpine village of Arosa, Valsana Hotel is just steps from the main cable car at an altitude of 1800 metres and has easy ski in access. Alongside the 225km of slopes, other winter activities include snowshoe hiking, Nordic walking and 4.5 kilometres of winter sledge runs.
Open in both winter and summer, the hotel has two indoor tennis courts, a high-tech fitness studio, extensive spa facilities and a bike and ski shop.
Ice Battery
The ice battery is an autonomous energy recovery system which draws waste heat energy from the spa and everyday devices such as kitchen appliances and air conditioning units. This heat energy is then channeled through a water tank and leaves the system through heat pumps, reducing the temperature inside the tank, thus forming an ice block. The combined effect of freezing and thawing recovers high amounts of latent energy and produces virtually zero emissions.


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- To qualify, the book must be 450 pages regular type or 750 pages large text.
- You must read at least 4 chunksters. Ideal for reading one per quarter, but not mandatory. You could read all four in one month if you feel up to it.
- The Challenge will run Jan 7th, 2008 - Dec 20th, 2008, but any chunkster started after Jan 1 qualifies. And thank goodness because I really want to count War and Peace.
- Prizes will be offered once a quarter. Think small and fun, not big and chunky.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Chunkster Challenge
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Another challenge! How exciting! But I have to let this pass since I have several on hand... ;(ReplyDelete
Happy reading, Wendy! :)
Oooh, I'm reading The Crimson Petal and the White (over 800 pages), and just bought Crime and Punishment, plus Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is my bookgroup pick this month. That's 3 sorted. Should I do the challenge....ReplyDelete
I'm on the fence about participating in this one. I had a really good time with it last year. Maybe after I assess my stacks when I get home.ReplyDelete
Good luck!
You could also count War and Peace toward the Russian Lit challenge. . .ReplyDelete
Happy reading and happy 2008.
This sounds like fun! I'll be home on the 4th so I can go through my books and decide which ones I'm going to do.ReplyDelete
Take a stab at War and Peace! I will be rooting for you!ReplyDelete
I'm so tempted to join this challenge, but I'm SO BAD at reading chunksters! Eeek!ReplyDelete
Melody - I'm not really adding new books to what I already plan on reading, so joining this challenge is almost like cheating. :-)ReplyDelete
Lazy Cow - You have some great reading ahead of you! I enjoyed all three of those books you plan to read. I look forward to reading your thoughts on them.
Nikki - I hope you will be able to join in, but I understand if you decide not to.
SFP - Maybe if War and Peace was the only book I had to read for it. Haha I'm trying to stick only to books I have on my TBR shelves right now, and I don't have enough Russian literature to qualify for the Russian Literature Challenge, unfortunately.
Jen - I think it will be fun. I do like big books--it's just a matter of motivating myself to read them sometimes. Haha
Jaimie - Thanks! I can use all the support I can get. :-)
Andi - It's only one a quarter . . . ;-)
I thought I would give this challenge a go this year as I have a few bigger books to read. Will be fun to see what you read for it too.ReplyDelete
Rhinoa - I keep thinking of big books I want to read for this challenge and then I have to remind myself I need to remember I have other books to read as well. HahaReplyDelete
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By Dave Carpenter
Assisted living may be in your future. That may not be an ideal scenario for most retirees, given its association with a loss of independence. But it's becoming reality for many as living in retirement for decades becomes more common.
There are close to a million residents in some 38,000 assisted living facilities across the country, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. That population is expected to soar as the number of retired baby boomers continues to grow.
But even before their retirement, many boomers are having to deal with placing elderly parents in an assisted living or other type of care facility. That means it's time to do some homework on this residential option — an intermediate step between independent living and nursing home care — and in many cases to cast aside preconceived ideas.
"The name has a connotation of 'I can't live by myself any more,' " said Ellen Eichelbaum, a Northport, N.Y.-based gerontologist whose company, The SpeakEasy Group, consults on aging issues. "But an assisted living facility provides a lot of the social and security issues that seniors are worried about."
It takes away the burden of having to care for your home and allows you to be part of a community, she said. And if you don't feel well, help is just a button away.
"You can still be near your kids," Eichelbaum said. "You can still go food shopping, you can go to the movies. You just won't have the burden of your house."
Here are some things you should know about assisted living facilities.
They are residential communities that offer different levels of health or personal care services for seniors who want or need help with some daily activities — anything from cooking to transportation to dressing and bathing.
What they're not is nursing homes that address major medical needs. They are designed to provide a home-like setting for residents who want to live independently with minimal assistance.
The average age of residents in assisted living facilities in 2009 was about 87, according to the National Center for Assisted Living, an organization representing long-term care providers. Three-quarters of the residents are female. They stay at the assisted living residence for an average of about 28 months, and the majority then move on to a nursing facility.
Services offered vary widely but typically include 24-hour emergency care, some medical services and help with medications, limited assistance with personal care, meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation and recreational activities. Large facilities may have private apartments as well as shared and private rooms.
AARP suggests checking with a state or local agency on aging, the Yellow Pages, the Assisted Living Federation of America and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, as well as with friends, neighbors and books on retirement.
If looking on behalf of your parents, check your own local neighborhoods first. Most residents of assisted living facilities in urban areas who have children live within five to seven miles of them, according to Eichelbaum.
The cost of assisted living facilities varies greatly depending on size, location and services. The median rate for a private room is $3,261 a month, or just over $39,000 a year, according to Genworth Financial Inc., which compiles an annual costs survey among long-term care service providers. If you need a home health aide on top of that, the median cost nationwide is $19 an hour.
Neither Medicare nor health insurance policies pay for assisted living. Medicaid covers only some services, and not in every facility or every state.
Long-term care insurance may cover most of the costs, depending on your policy. But if you haven't bought coverage well ahead of time, you may not be eligible and able to afford it.
AARP said four out of five residents pay for assisted living out of pocket. Veterans who need assistance can qualify for up to $1,949 a month if married, $1,644 if single or $1,055 for surviving spouses through the Aid and Attendance Pension.
There are three basic types of living options for seniors as they age: independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing. To avoid needing to move every time more assistance is needed, continuing care retirement communities are worth considering. They offer a variety of services for all three levels within one community. But this tiered approach is expensive. Entrance fees can range from $100,000 to $1 million, and monthly charges can range from $3,000 to $5,000, increasing as needs change.
Do the research before you have an immediate need. Having an idea of the cost and availability of options in your community is essential. If local facilities aren't appropriate or affordable, it may be worth considering relocating to a community with one that fits you or your parents better.
It's probably too late for your elderly parents to obtain long-term care insurance, but getting it for yourself in your 50s or early 60s is an important step to finance your own future care in an assisted living facility or elsewhere.
Getting siblings to agree ahead of time to a plan for an aging parent and how to finance it is important too, said Amy Goyer, AARP's family expert. "If you wait until the crisis time, often the burden just falls on who's closest," she said. "That can be much harder and unfair for some family members."
Doing research on assisted living options ahead of time is critical to finding a good fit for either an elderly loved one or yourself in the future. — AP
The following links have useful information:
•Basics on assisted living: Helpguide.org/elder/assisted_living_facilities.htm.
• More basics: Boomers-with-elderly-parents.com, bit.ly/vbBO3O.
•Questions to ask: WebMD, bit.ly/rQXX8x.
•How to proceed: AARP, aarp.us/vQOANg.
•Paying: Bankrate, bit.ly/tildFS.
•Assisted Living Federation of America: www.alfa.org.


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Four foundations run by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch hold a combined $310 million in assets according to tax filings obtained by the Center for Public Integrity.
The documents also show that the brothers, principal owners of the second-largest privately held company in the United States, combined in 2011 to donate $24 million through those foundations with much of the money going to support free-market and libertarian think tanks and academic centers.
A $4.4 million grant to the George Mason University Foundation makes up 15 percent of the university foundation's grant revenue for 2011. The school is the largest recipient of Koch foundation money since 1985, and it houses several free-market and libertarian research centers including the Institute for Humane Studies, which received $3.7 million from the Koch foundations.
The D.C.-based American Legislative Exchange Council received $150,000 to help finance its activities, including meetings where corporate representatives draft model legislation with state legislators. The Koch brothers have decades-long connections with ALEC, which gave the brothers the Adam Smith Free Enterprise Award in 1994.
Two of the Koch-run foundations are among dozens of conservative endowments that give money to Donors Trust, a charitable vehicle that has passed $400 million in anonymous grants to "liberty-minded" think tanks in the last decade.
Other think tanks that received Koch foundation grants in 2011:
- The Bill of Rights Institute: $350,000
- The Federalist Society: $260,000
- The Jack Miller Center: $250,000
- American Enterprise Institute: $200,000
- Manhattan Institute: $200,000
- Pacific Research Institute: $100,000
- Ayn Rand Institute: $50,000
- Heartland Institute: $25,000
The above grants came from foundations run by Charles Koch. His brother David's foundation focused all of its $10 million grant giving in 2011 to the renovation of a theater in New York City.
The Koch brothers' complete Internal Revenue Service Form 990 tax filings for 2011, which were not publicly available before now, may be viewed here:
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The Federal Communications Commission wants to reopen an inquiry into whether its regulations do enough to protect consumers from harmful radiation from cell phones.
Chairman Julius Genachowski asked fellow commissioners to give the go ahead to a new investigation, although a spokesperson says it is merely a routine review of its own policies.This is the first time that cell phone radiation guidelines would have been looked at since 1996.
Nothing is likely to change, though: the FCC says that it was confident that these levels do not need to be changed and still sufficiently protect consumers.
Whether cell phone radiation is truly harmful has been argued for almost as long as the cell phone has existed, but in recent years has become even more disputed. Last May, the World Health Organization said the devices do cause cancer, but cellular phone manufacturers say there is no serious health risk.
San Francisco went as far as to pass a law that requires cell phone retailers to post notices of the amount of radiation these phones emit, called the "specific absorption rate." But is that really necessary at this point?
Multiple scientific reports and the manufacturers themselves indicate no conclusive evidence supports concerns that the radiation from cell phones is actually harmful. While there is evidence that this radiation does affect brain waves, researchers cannot prove that it is actually bad for us.
Other government agencies have weighed in on this topic already, with a massive study undertaken by the Food & Drug Administration in 2010 finding no increased health risk from cell phone use.
With a lack of any scientific agreement, the FCC will be hard pressed to change its rules — because the evidence doesn't yet support it.
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