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That is kind of a simplistic view.
A gun shoots a $0.10 round at 400 FPS. Swtiching to a $1.00 low friction round (of the same mass and shape) increases the velocity to 410 FPS. Is it worth it?
Most spud guns are not all that consistent shot to shot. A 5% shot to shot variability is not uncommon. In order to measure the difference between 400FPS and 410FPS (a 2.5% difference) you would have to shoot the gun many times. A Student's T-test would be need to tell if the observed difference is real or just a result of random variation.
It is entireley possible that a low friction round would increase the muzzle velocity so little that the increase is unmeasurable. Indeed, that is about what GGDT predicts would happen.
I know how to work the metric system, ie, 100mm=1 cm, 100cm=1 meter, 1000m= a kilometer...etc, but when I try to picture it in my head it just doesn't work. I see things in inches and feet. If somebody says "its 20 meters away" I go, hmmm, well thats over 60 feet, ok, now I understand how far away it is. Same pretty much goes with yards, because we don't use them very much. If somebody says 30mm gun, I think, hmmm, now a 9mm is this big, so how big is 30 again? Barrel length, 50mm, umm, how much is that in inches? I know cm-inches 3.54, but still, I like to be able to picture in my head how far it is without converting. That is why I wish everyone had one measurement to start out with.
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Elevated house unharmed by Irma! Key Colony Beach is it's own city outside of Marathon Florida in the Middle Keys. Very quiet and safe. Has private pool or walk to the beach front park, or use our membership to the Cabana Club and their private beach. Located at 701 11th Street, this single family home is quiet. Two bedrooms are set up for adults and one bedroom has two bunk beds. This unit will sleep 8. Great for TWO families wanting to vacation together. Plenty of car parking is provided by the two car garage and large driveway. Includes a Kayak and two beach bikes.
Use of Cabana Club includes: ocean beach, heated pool, showers, restrooms, poolside cocktail lounge, game room, fishing pier, snack bar, and Cabana Breezes Restaurant.
50' TV with cable. Wi-Fi access, fully furnished, amenities featured are listed below including: ceiling fans, blender, coffee maker, and toaster. The large back deck overlooks 75' of boat dockage on a 100' wide deep water canal with cement bulkhead, with very easy access that leads to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Many nearby attractions and activities . . Dolphin Research Center, Theatre of the Sea, Crane Point Hammock & Museum, Bahi Honda State Park, Key West, etc, etc.
On KCB 9 hole PAR 3 golf, tennis, bocci ball, basketball court, pickle ball, horseshoe area, playgrounds, bike, walking and roller blade paths, boat rentals, deep-sea fishing, diving, and snorkeling.
A FUN PLACE: Miniature Golf at Boondocks (MM 27.5) and while there enjoy a nice lunch or dinner.
RESTAURANTS ON KEY COLONY BEACH: Key Colony Inn, Cabana Breezes, and Sparky's Landing (all a short walk or drive)
Many more restaurants in Marathon too numerous to mention (List posted in rental units)
This home is SMOKE-FREE and CLEAN. Small Pets considered.
Commercial air connection is available to Key West, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Airports. Major car rentals available at all airports.
There are two cameras on this property. One is in the garage, one is on the front door. If you would like see the cameras during your stay, I can share the links.
By accepting this rental agreement, you agree to release owners of the house of any liability whatsoever.
This VRBO partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great guest experience.
My wife and I grew up in Kansas, but have lived in Utah Ski Country for 20 years. This is our perfect sun and warmth get away.
Ron Lackey purchased this house in 2014
For a great quiet experience on the Keys, in the middle, but close to everything, you cannot beat Key Colony Beach. Deep canal to dock your boat at the house.
Comes with Cabana Club Membership: http://www.yelp.com/biz/cabana-club-key-colony-beach
We had a great stay in this house. Very well kept, nice furniture, grill, pool, comfy beds, close to tons of recreation and access to Cabana Club. We would definitely recommend this as a great get-away.
spacious home, comfy beds, great location and amenities. we thoroughly enjoyed this home and it was quiet and cozy on the back side along the channel with lovely nature or in the front around the pool surrounded by privacy palms. the pool was refreshing and the hot tub relaxing. the single floor plan is exceptional. landlord Ron Lackey is responsive and a very good person. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS HOME.
What a wonderful place to stay. We had such a great time. Ron's home is beautiful and well maintained. We will definitely be back.
Close to great restaurants and excellent fishing right in the backyard lagoon.
The Cabana beach club is great. The pool is always 85 degrees and the hot tub is the best.
Great for walking and exercising at Sunset beach just a walk down the street.
we cooked on the grill in the backyard at night and enjoyed our stay. Thank you Ron you are the best.
We had another place reserved that was damaged by Irma and booked this place somewhat last minute. The house is absolutely top notch. All new appliances, comfortable clean beds and nicely furnished kitchen and living room. The house is situated near the end of the canal and right at the bridge so easy access to the atlantic and gulf. Met the owner and was very attentive with any questions or needs. We also rented a boat when we were down there and having it in the canal behind the house was great. The owner also has membership to the cabana club within the resort so you have beach, bar and restaurant right in the community. My only decision is what week we are coming back next year.
We had a great time just like last year even though the Hurricane came through a month or so before everything was open such as grocery store and gas stations. We hope to be able to come back next year.....Thank you Ron and Joely
Wonderful! Would defiantly book again
Had a great time
Good location and nice home
Very nice neighborhood
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The valentine parties are rolling around once again and it's time to set the menu and prep the food. And, since the kids are all about imaginative play, experimentation and always up for a celebration, food can fit all three of those categories with a little extra fanciful fun. Here's how we create our garden of strawberry roses along with two of our favorite dips to share on the side that you can chose from. We've served these at holiday school celebrations and as part of our birthday buffets in the past. I often bring a garden of flowers with one stemmed stick for each child and then extra fruit on the side that they can continue to skewer themselves. I have also found that as things often hit the floor, and there's always a 'no five second rule' at schools, that extra garden skewers on the side are not such a bad idea as well. Wishing your little valentine's a lot of fun and a fruit garden full of love for their special day!
Strawberry Rose Buds by Jodie Fitz
Fresh Strawberries
Cookie/Candy Craft Sticks
Floral Tape
Green construction paper
Green Styrofoam Block
1. Rinse the strawberries and slice off the greens so that you have a flat edge to the strawberry. The strawberries will serve as our rose buds in the garden.
2. Cut leaves with a stem out of the construction paper. Note: I use the leaves for the kids to label their names if we are making them together.
3. Wrap the stem with the floral tap and stop about ¾ of the way up the stem to insert the leaf and continue the wrapping leaving a portion of the stick exposed for the strawberry.
4. Top the stick with the strawberry and place it into the foam base.
5. It isn't necessary but you can create grass from construction paper and add it to the Styrofoam block or you can use a floral pot like in the picture filled with Styrofoam and topped with packaging shreds often found in the gift wrapping section of a craft store.
Cookie/Candy Sticks: I typically purchase the 8, 6 and 4 inch sticks to create a staggered garden affect.
Choco-licious Strawberry Dip by Jodie Fitz
½ cup white chocolate or dark chocolate morsels
4 oz. light whipped topping, frozen
Fresh Strawberries
Wash and hull the strawberries. Set aside.
Thaw the whipped topping completely. Melt the chocolate in a glass dish for one minute. The chocolate will not look fully melted until you stir it together and melt it the rest of the way. Let the chocolate set for a minute so that it's not scalding hot when added into the whipped topping. Fold the melted chocolate and whipped topping together. If you use the dark chocolate add 1/8 teaspoon of Price Chopper vanilla extract. Serve chilled as a dip with fresh strawberries.
Lemony-licious Dip by Jodie Fitz
2 oz. light whipped topping
1/3 cup low fat vanilla yogurt
1 tablespoon lemonade concentrate, frozen
¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Fold the whipped topping, vanilla yogurt, lemonade concentrate and vanilla together. Serve chilled.
Whipped Topping Trade: The whipped topping can be substituted with Greek Vanilla Yogurt.


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Dogs in Danger During Easter
Easter is coming. Easter baskets are filled up with colourful chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies. We may enjoy the food while our four legged friend might be in danger.
Chocolate toxicity can serious damage to the nervous system. Additionally, it can increase blood pressure, nausea, vomiting and even death. Although dogs have the highest risk of chocolate toxicity, it can also cause serious symptoms on cats. Chocolate wrappings and foils are also harmful as the animal could choke.
How to prevent:
– Store the chocolate in a safe area where your dog cannot reach.
– If there are children at home, educate them not to give the dog any chocolates.
– Make sure the chocolate wrappings and foils are out of your pet's reach.
– The bin is pet proof that your pet cannot easily pick up scraps or wrappings from the bin.
Signs of chocolate toxicosis:
– Vomitting
– Diarrhoea
– Excessive urination
– Increased thirst
– Hyperactive
– Seizure
– Coma
If your pet ate chocolate or if you know noticed any of the chocolate toxicosis symptoms, bring your pet to your local or closest veterinarian immediately.
Carob is a great chocolate substitute for dogs. When compared to chocolate, carob does not contain theobromine, therefore it is not harmful to dogs. There are lots of dog treats that are made from carobs, such as carob brownies, carob tarts, carob crackles, carob drops, carob donuts and carob peanut butter cups.


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By Michael Alexander
If you like tacos, you'll love this recipe from Vegan Man, my alter-ego certified raw chef who loves making – and eating — spicy, satisfying, vegan comfort food. Although we love to eat these healthy raw tacos during our quarterly 30 day raw detox, it's such a hit with Bianca (and friends) that we end up eating it year round! Especially on Tuesdays.
Why, you ask? Let me count the ways. The crunch of freshly picked red cabbage leaves, spicy scallions and arugula over perfectly blended ingredients; the tangy vegan sour cream and spicy jalapeño cheeze sauce; most of all, the savory taco meat reminds me of the ground beef tacos I used to make by mixing the "taco flavor" packet with ground beef for dinner as a kid.
This recipes makes approximately 6-8 tacos. There's lots to love here, so let's get "cooking!"
Basic Ingredients:
6-8 red cabbage leaves (= the taco shells)
1 ripe avocado, sliced or chopped
½ lime to squeeze on the top of each taco
1 medium tomato sliced or 10 cherry tomatoes quartered
¼ bunch of arugula
2-4 sliced scallions
If you like it hot: jalapeño slices (or Sriracha—not raw)
Jalapeño Cheddar Cheeze Sauce:
1.5 cup cashews (soaked for a couple hours—walnuts also work well here, giving it a slightly more cheddary flavor)
1.5 red/orange bell pepper, deseeded
Juice of one lemon (3 tablespoons)
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 jalapeño, de-seeded (for more spice, add an additional jalapeño, or prepare without it of you don't like spicy. Note: without the seeds, the jalapeño is surprisingly mild)
1.5 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
Jalapeño Cheddar Cheeze Sauce Directions:
Add all the ingredients to a food processor and let it do its thing for a few minutes until smooth and creamy. You can store this sauce in the fridge about 5 days, and it's also freezable.
Taco Meat:
1 cup raw walnuts (in a pinch, you can also use sunflower seeds or ½ walnuts, ½ sunflower seeds)
1 cup mushrooms
1.5 teaspoon cumin
1.5 teaspoons coriander
2 teaspoons nama shoyu (or tamari if gluten free, but not raw)
1 clove garlic
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne (depending on how spicy you want it!)
Taco Meat Directions:
Add the nuts to your food processor and pulse into small pieces. Add the remainder of ingredients and process until smooth but still some small pieces of nuts. Take the mixture and place 6-8 handfuls on dehydrator paraflexx sheets. Each handful should look like the middle 1/3 of a burger with the height of a macaroon or a haystack cookie (1" or so). Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 2-4 hours. You can also go without the dehydrator and place directly into your tacos, but we like the "ground beef" texture and warmth that dehydrating provides. Stores 1-2 weeks, also freezable.
Raw Vegan Sour Cream:
1 cup cashews (soaked 2-4 hours)
½ teaspoon probiotics (or 2 caplets taken out of their capsule)
1 teaspoon unpasteurized light miso paste (you can also use ½-¾ teaspoon nama shoyu (or tamari – not raw – in a pinch)
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
¾-1 cup of water
Raw Vegan Sour Cream Directions:
Place all ingredients and ½ of the water in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy. Add additional water as needed (less water = thicker consistency). Place in a covered container and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Vegan sour cream will thicken as it chills. Keeps 3-4 days in the fridge, also freezable.
Place cabbage shells on a large plate. Crumble 1 portion (or spread if you haven't dehydrated) of taco meat in the shell. Add a handful of arugula, then several generous slices of avocado and tomato. Spoon on a generous helping of the cheeze. Drizzle the vegan sour cream, then the chopped scallions and jalapeños (optional), and add a squeeze of the lime to top. Make it look pretty.
Enjoy, and don't be surprised if your loved one's scream out with delight:
"Dios Mio! This is good!"


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Pires strike kills off Rams
Derby County 1-2 Arsenal
A stunning late strike from substitute Robert Pires was enough to claim the spoils for Arsenal against a battling Derby side at Pride Park.
The French midfielder had only just stepped on to the pitch when he blasted the ball into the back of the net after good work from Sylvain Wiltord and Thierry Henry.
The Gunners should have killed the game off in the first half and could have been made to rue their misses when Stefano Eranio cancelled out Kanu's earlier strike.
But that goal from Pires leaves Derby's Premiership future hanging in the balance and Arsenal's hopes of playing in the Champions League next season looking a little brighter.
The French connection
Kanu was a constant threat throughout and came close to a goal in the opening minute.
The Nigerian wriggled through the defence and only the alert Mart Poom kept the ball out of the net.
The opening exchanges were scrappy and untidy but the visitors always looked the more likely to score.
It was the lively Kanu who broke the deadlock. With Ashley Cole probing forward, Wiltord received the ball on the left and crossed for the Nigerian to tap in from six yards.
Arsenal's provider and scorer again linked up well just minutes later.
With Horacio Carbonari floundering on the penalty spot, Kanu was allowed to volley into the ground and the outstretched Poom denied Arsenal a second goal.
With David Seaman probably wondering why he had bothered to turn up, just seconds before the half-time whistle blew, he was picking the ball out of the net.
Rory Delap forced himself wide on the right and his deflected cross fell for the unmarked Eranio, who delighted the home crowd to head in from three yards.
The second half opened in dazzling fashion.
Kanu almost stabbed home but Poom saved well again, and then Derby immediately romped forward and had a penalty appeal turned down after Cole appeared to handle.
Carbonari came close to nicking a goal with a rasping free-kick from 35 yards but with the introduction of Pires and Thierry Henry, it was the visitors who stepped up the pace.
Patrick Vieira was in inspired form, directing proceedings from the middle, and almost grabbed the glory but headed just wide from the six yard line.
Arsenal's sea of red was unrelenting and frustration turned to joy when Pires, fresh from the bench, linked up with his French compatriots 10 minutes from the end to put a smile on manager Arsene Wenger's face.
Any thoughts of Jim Smith smiling will, for the time being, be put on hold.
Derby: Poom, Delap, Riggott, Carbonari, Higginbotham, Boertien, Eranio, Burley, Johnson, Kinkladze, Christie. Subs: Burton, Gudjonsson, Mawene, Murray, Grant.
Arsenal: Seaman, Dixon, Keown, Adams, Cole, Vieira, Lauren, Ljungberg, Grimandi, Kanu, Wiltord. Subs: Pires, Manninger, Henry, Parlour, Upson.
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Speeches 2014
Data Protection, Surveillance and Internet Governance: The Human Rights Perspective. Global Media Forum "From Information to Participation"
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a pleasure for me to address you once again at the Global Media Forum. I welcome this year's theme "From Information to Participation" which is highly relevant to the situation in Europe today.
Across the Continent we observe a decline in conventional forms of democratic participation. Voter turnout in elections and membership in political parties have fallen steadily in recent decades. Especially young citizens are losing faith in the political elite. Lack of trust - in particular in the judiciary - was also a significant factor in the crisis in Ukraine.
Social media are influencing the political debate. But it is still unclear what impact they will have on democracy and participation in the long term.
What is clear is that we need to restore trust in democracy and democratic institutions.
Participation is a fundamental right. And respect of human rights is essential to maintaining democracy and stability. This is what I call "deep security".
A key question is how the Internet and new information technologies are affecting human rights.
The Internet is changing the way we communicate, work, spend and travel. It connects people globally as well as locally. The role of social media on Tahir square, the Maidan and in Gezi Park was plain to see. The Internet opens up seemingly endless opportunities, not least for the media.
The other side to the new reality is that those who are not connected lose out. They lose out because they cannot fully participate in society. Access to the Internet therefore is a human right.
Consequently, the recent Twitter and YouTube bans in Turkey were clear violations of the right to freedom of expression which is protected by European Convention on Human Rights. Both bans were overturned by the Turkish Constitutional Court - in line with the Convention, and in line with judicial reforms Turkey has carried out in co-operation with the Council of Europe.
Human rights are at risk when new technologies are misused or abused. The increase of racist hate speech online demonstrates the new types of challenges we face. Cyber-mobbing among school children is an equally worrying phenomenon. The Council of Europe's "No Hate Speech" Movement aims to raise awareness of these dangerous trends and helps young Internet users to resist them.
Two of the most significant and complex new challenges to human rights are data protection and secret surveillance.
Edward Snowden, who participated in two recent debates of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, has certainly shed light on the scale and dimension of modern secret surveillance. His revelations have also shown the increased potential for states to violate people's privacy. But this does not mean that all secret surveillance is illegal.
The European Court of Human Rights has built a solid case-law on the application of Article 8 of the Convention which protects the right to private life, including the protection of personal data and the protection of personal image. In a landmark case the Court acknowledged the right of states to employ secret surveillance against terrorism. But it also ruled that states, "may not adopt whatever measures they deem appropriate".
This, the Court said, was due to the danger inherent in surveillance measures "of undermining or even destroying democracy on the ground of defending it". The ruling came in 1978, five years before Snowden was even born.
Whether the State is violating your privacy through sophisticated surveillance or by going through your wastepaper bin, the basic question remains the same: Is the measure proportionate and is it ultimately necessary?
I confess I was surprised by the remarks of German politicians who I heard saying: "Spying on friends is unacceptable!" If this implies that spying on people who are not your friends is somehow more acceptable, I cannot agree. The question is not which personalities states can or cannot spy on. The key issue is whether surveillance measures are based on clear, democratically adopted rules and are subject to effective judicial scrutiny and parliamentary control.
The measures must be limited in time and scope and those subjected to surveillance must be given a chance to exercise their right to an effective remedy.
These are the basic principles which the Court continues to apply to new cases of surveillance today. It is a good sign that countries including Germany and the UK are now scrutinizing their surveillance rules in parliamentary committees or by specialist watchdog bodies.
The European Convention on Human Rights cannot, of course, provide protection beyond the boundaries of our Continent. Many are calling for new international rules to regulate Internet giants, such as Google and Facebook. So far without success.
I suggest the time has come for a re-think.
The Council of Europe Data Convention of 1981 sets basic human rights standards for processing of data and cross-border flows.
It provides the basis for the EU's data protection directive and remains the only international treaty of its kind.
Our conventions are open to participation from states world-wide. The United States, for example, is a member of our Cybercrime Convention.
I therefore invite the US to join forces with Europe again. We can work together to update and reinforce the Data Protection Convention. We can make it become the new global standard. This also makes sense economically. Different rules in the US, EU and elsewhere would almost certainly imply more bureaucracy and higher costs.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The way in which human rights are protected on the Internet fundamentally depends on the how the Internet is governed. Since its inception, Internet governance has been a prerogative of the United States. Most people including many Americans now agree this has got to change. But there are many different views on how it should be done.
Nobody should underestimate the risks to Internet security. But I am startled by suggestions to create a European Internet or even national nets in response to security concerns. A fragmentation of the Internet would the worst possible outcome. We don't need a firewall around Europe. We need a firewall around people's privacy and personal data.
The Internet is a global public resource. It has to be managed in the public interest and its governance must have global reach. This is only possible through an open, multi-stakeholder approach. We support the European Commission's initiative to strengthen the existing Internet Governance Forum. The IGF in Istanbul in September should be the occasion to agree a time-table for the next steps towards global governance of the Internet.
Our standards in respect of human rights are included in the recent report by High-Level Panel on Global Internet Co-operation and Governance Mechanisms on which I was invited to participate.
Allow me conclude with two priorities of my next term in office. First; I want the Council of Europe to become more effective in defining remedies to human rights issues in the 47 member states. Media freedom is a major concern. I don't think we need new rules to regulate the press in Europe. But we do need to be more assertive and develop new measures to get all our member states to fully respect freedom of expression and of the media.
Secondly, I want to bring the process of the European Union acceding the Human Rights Convention to a successful conclusion.
EU Citizens will be able to hold the European Union accountable, ultimately by bringing cases against it to the Court in Strasbourg. The new common legal space will strengthen the protection of human rights across the Continent.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I trust the Global Media Forum will once again be an important inspiration to journalists, activists and politicians in Germany and world-wide. I look forward to your conclusions on the theme of participation. I may also take the opportunity to invite you to the Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy in November. The Forum will be looking at ways to increase the democratic participation, especially of young citizens.
Thank you for your attention.
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- Vehicles equipped with a diesel motor: CDI control unit or the AAC control unit or comfort automatic air conditioning.
- Vehicles equipped with a with gas engine: DME or the AAC control unit or comfort automatic air conditioning.
Depending upon the refrigerant pressure the AAC or comfort automatic air conditioning control module sends the following requirements to the fan:
- Refrigerant pressure < 12 bar: fan in basic venting
- Refrigerant pressure >20 bar: fan at maximum output
- Refrigerant pressure 12 < 20 bar: fan continuously controlled
A/C compressor function, ambient temperature, and engine temperature are all used to determine fan speed and controlled via the appropriate module. Fan speed is controlled from a speed of 25% to 100%, depending on the requirement.
When repairing, the cooling fan and shroud are replaced as a unit. The cooling fan is responsible for maintaining proper engine coolant temperature and A/C cooling. When a W211 cooling fan fails, the fan will not activate or only activate at high speed. You can check cooling fan operation by turning on your air-conditioning and listening for the fan to activate.
When replacing your electronic cooling fan, you will want to work with the engine cold and disconnect the battery negative cable. Disconnecting the negative battery cable will prevent the electric cooling fan from starting while being serviced. The fan could start at any time and personal injury can occur, don't skip this step.
Working in trunk, disconnect battery negative cable and cover battery terminal so cable does not accidentally come in contact with disconnected cable. See our tech article on battery replacing for notes on disconnecting and reconnecting battery.
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Lift radiator support up to remove. Then, flip radiator support over and detach the hood release cable (red arrows point to location of clips) from clips (inset).
Working at right side of cooling fan, disconnect cooling fan electrical connector by pressing release tabs (red arrows) and pulling apart.
Next the cooling fan retaining clips have to be removed. There is one at each corner. Using a flathead screwdriver, lever the clip up (red arrow) then remove (inset). Left side shown, the right side is similar.
Working at the left side of the cooling fan (red arrow), pull the coolant hose (green arrow) out of the mounts. Then move to the right side of the fan and pull the hose of out of the mount, the hose is a bit lower and mounted in one holder.
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Each year, roughly 250,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest. Defibrillation is the only known therapy to treat an individual in cardiac arrest. Delivering an electrical shock to the heart can restore the heart's normal rhythm; however, it must be done within minutes of the arrest. For every minute that passes without defibrillation, a victim's chance of survival decreases by seven to 10 percent. After as few as 10 minutes, very few resuscitation attempts are successful.
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So what'd he do? "So I settled for one that was just £50 in the end!" That's a big drop in price, Liam! Smart boy, smart mum.
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The Ovarian Cancer Partnering 2010-2015 report provides understanding and access to the ovarian cancer partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.
The Ovarian Cancer Partnering 2010-2015 provides understanding and access to the ovarian cancer partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.
The report provides an analysis of ovarian cancer partnering deals. The majority of deals are discovery or development stage whereby the licensee obtains a right or an option right to license the licensors ovarian cancer technology. These deals tend to be multicomponent, starting with collaborative R&D, and commercialization of outcomes.
Understanding the flexibility of a prospective partner's negotiated deals terms provides critical insight into the negotiation process in terms of what you can expect to achieve during the negotiation of terms. Whilst many smaller companies will be seeking details of the payments clauses, the devil is in the detail in terms of how payments are triggered – contract documents provide this insight where press releases do not.
This data driven report contains over 100 links to online copies of actual ovarian cancer deals and contract documents as submitted to the Securities Exchange Commission by companies and their partners, where available. Contract documents provide the answers to numerous questions about a prospective partner's flexibility on a wide range of important issues, many of which will have a significant impact on each party's ability to derive value from the deal.
The initial chapters of this report provide an orientation of ovarian cancer partnering trends.
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the report, whilst chapter 2 provides an overview of the trends in partnering since 2010, including a summary of deals by industry sector, stage of development, deal type, and technology type. Numerous tables provide outline financial trends.
Chapter 3 provides an overview of the average deal terms since 2010. The chapter includes deals with a stage of development announced by headline value, upfront value, milestone value and royalty rate.
Chapter 4 provides an overview of the most active dealmakers, top dealmakers by value, active big pharma and big biotech dealmakers including contract documents where available.
Chapter 5 provides a comprehensive directory of partnering deals signed and announced since 2010. The chapter is organized by company A-Z, stage of development at signing, deal type (collaborative R&D, co-promotion, licensing etc), and technology type. Each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the deal record, and where available the contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.
In conclusion, this report provides everything a prospective dealmaker needs to know about partnering in the research, development and commercialization of bladder cancer technologies and products.
Report scope
Ovarian cancer Partnering 2010-2015 is intended to provide the reader with an in-depth understanding and access to ovarian cancer trends and structure of deals entered into by leading companies worldwide.
This data driven report includes:
In Ovarian cancer Partnering 2010-2015, the available deals are listed by:
Each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the deal record and where available, the contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.
Table of Content
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Trends in Ovarian cancer partnering
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Ovarian cancer partnering over the years
2.3. Ovarian cancer partnering by deal type
2.4. Ovarian cancer partnering industry sector
2.5. Ovarian cancer partnering by stage of development
2.6. Ovarian cancer partnering by technology type
Chapter 3 – Average deal terms for Ovarian cancer
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Average deal terms for Ovarian cancer
3.3 Ovarian cancer headline values with median calculation
3.4 Ovarian cancer upfront values with median calculation
3.5 Ovarian cancer milestone values with median calculation
3.6 Ovarian cancer royalty rates with median calculation
Chapter 4 – Active Ovarian cancer dealmakers
4.1. Introduction
4.2 Most active Ovarian cancer dealmakers
4.3. Top Ovarian cancer deals by value
4.4 Big pharma deal activity
4.5 Big biotech deal activity
Chapter 5 – Ovarian cancer dealmaking directory
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Company A-Z
5.3. By deal type
5.4. By industry sector
5.5. By stage of development
5.6. By technology type
Chapter 6 – Partnering resource center
6.1. Online partnering
6.2. Partnering events
6.3. Further reading on dealmaking
Appendix 1 – Deal type definitions
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Figure 1: Ovarian cancer partnering since 2010
Figure 2: Ovarian cancer dealmaking activity– 2010 to 2015
Figure 3: Ovarian cancer partnering by deal type since 2010
Figure 4: Ovarian cancer partnering by industry sector since 2010
Figure 5: Ovarian cancer partnering by stage of development since 2010
Figure 6: Ovarian cancer partnering by technology type since 2010
Figure 7: Ovarian cancer deals with a headline value
Figure 8: Ovarian cancer deals with upfront payment values
Figure 9: Ovarian cancer deals with milestone payments
Figure 10: Ovarian cancer deals with royalty rates, %
Figure 11: Top Ovarian cancer deals by value since 2010
Figure 12: Big pharma – top 50 – Ovarian cancer deals 2010 to 2015
Figure 13: Big pharma Ovarian cancer deal frequency – 2010 to 2015
Figure 14: Big biotech – top 50 – Ovarian cancer deals 2010 to 2015
Figure 15: Big biotech Ovarian cancer deal frequency – 2010 to 2015
Figure 16: Online partnering resources
Figure 17: Forthcoming partnering events
Figure 18: Deal type definitions
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Preserving the legacy of the pioneers of burlesque has long been a passion of author Leslie Zemeckis. Beginning with her critically-acclaimed 2012 documentary combined with her extensive research which she has accumulated on the subject, Zemeckis has delved into the often misunderstood world of burlesque. In Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America ($24.95), she has documented the definitive oral history of burlesque as told by the original stars themselves in this, her first book.
Filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis is a veteran of stage and film. A frequent contributor to Huffington Post and Stork Magazine among other publications, Zemeckis wrote, produced, and directed the critically acclaimed documentary Behind the Burly Q about old-time burlesque. Her recent documentary Bound by Flesh is the story of Siamese twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, America's highest paid vaudeville act.
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Failed biometrics payments firm Pay By Touch has filed voluntarily for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell subsidiaries ATM Direct and CardSystems, employees learned during an all-hands on Friday. During the meeting, Pay By Touch COO Eula Adams asked employees to remain positive. Then he virtually assured that wouldn't happen by explaining the company's payroll situation.
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The woman at the center of allegations that National Grid's London-based CEO ruined the career of a female subordinate after an alleged affair has been revealed by the Daily Mail, a U.K. newspaper.
The woman, according to the Mail, is Laura Barker, who was a vice president of marketing at National Grid. According to the story, Barker was working in Boston and New York City as part of National Grid's program where British executives would spend a year or two in the United States.
Here is a story from 2009 in the Boston Business Journal that quotes Barker talking about climate change and energy usage. The woman's LinkedIn page says she attended Aston University in the U.K. and Harvard. An internal National Grid document obtained by the Times Union shows that Barker earned a large promotion to lead marketing in the company in March of 2009 as part of what was called the company's "Customer Transformation" program. She was reporting to John Caroselli, executive vice president of customers and markets at the time, the document shows.
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That program became engulfed in controversy two years ago during a National Grid rate case that was before regulators in New York state.
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It is unclear if any of the expenses associated with the woman were ever part of the accounting issues.
A state Public Service Commission investigation into National Grid's expense and accounting programs is ongoing.
The story about Holliday and his alleged relationship with the female employee broke earlier in the week at a shareholder meeting of the Marks and Spencer company, a British women's clothing retailer.
Holliday sits on the company's board of directors and was at the meeting when the woman's mother stood up during a question and answer period and accused Holliday of ruining her daughter's career over the affair. Her daughter no longer works at National Grid, and this announcement says she joined Imperial College in London as director of marketing in 2010, a job she held for only six months, according to press reports that said she hasn't worked since. She started her career at ExxonMobil, the Imperial College release said.
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Dinaw Mengestu is the Distinguished Writer in Residence for the Fall semester of 2008.
Dinaw Mengestu is the author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Seattle Reads pick of 2008, as well as the forthcoming novel How To Read the Air. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1978. In 1980, he immigrated to the United States with his mother and sister, joining his father, who had fled Ethiopia during the Red Terror. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and Columbia University's MFA program in fiction and the recipient of a 2006 fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a 5 Under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation in 2007. He has written for Rolling Stone and Harper's, among other publications. He lives in New York City.
Timothy Liu is the Distinguished Writer in Residence for the Spring semester of 2008.
Timothy Liu (Liu Ti Mo) was born in 1965 in San Jose, California, to parents from the Chinese mainland. He studied at Brigham Young University, the University of Houston, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
He is the author of For Dust Thou Art (Southern Illinois University Press, 2005); Of Thee I Sing (2004), selected by Publishers Weekly as a 2004 Book-of-the-Year; Hard Evidence (2001); Say Goodnight (1998); Burnt Offerings (1995); and Vox Angelica (1992), which won the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award.
He has also edited Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry, (Talisman House, 2000). His poems have been included in many anthologies and have appeared in such magazines and journals as American Letters & Commentary, Bomb, Grand Street, Kenyon Review, The Nation, New American Writing, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry and Virginia Quarterly Review. His journals and papers are archived in the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library.
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Jason Berry was the Distinguished Writer in Residence for the Spring semester of 2007
Jason Berry is an author and independent film producer. His seventh book, Last of the Red Hot Poppas (2006, Chin Music Press) is a comedy about Louisiana politics, finished before Hurricane Katrina.
Mr. Berry achieved national prominence for his investigative reporting on the Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis in Lead Us Not Into Temptation (1992), a book used in many newsrooms. He has been widely interviewed in the national media, with numerous appearances on Nightline, Oprah, ABC, NBC and CNN. USA Today called Berry "the rare investigative reporter whose scholarship, compassion and ability to write with the poetic power of Robert Penn Warren are in perfect balance."
Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, written with Gerald Renner, was published in 2004 by Free Press, with foreign editions in Australia, Italy and the Spanish-speaking world. Mr. Berry is directing a film documentary based on the book.
The author writes on culture and politics for many publications. Up From the Cradle of Jazz (1986) a history of New Orleans popular music, grew out of a film on musical families. His other books include Amazing Grace: With Charles Evers in Mississippi (1973), The Spirit of Black Hawk (1995) and Louisiana Faces: Images from A Renaissance (2000) with photographs of Philip Gould.
Mr. Berry received a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship for research on jazz funerals and a 1992 Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship for reporting on demagogues. His play, Earl Long in Purgatory, won a 2002 Big Easy award for Best Original Work in Theatre.
A 1971 graduate of Georgetown University, he lives in New Orleans, and is working on a history of the city, using brass band funerals as the prism.
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Harding's Hopkins: 'We ride with (coach Santiago)'
Updated 12:41 am, Wednesday, September 3, 2014
STAMFORD -- Harding football coach Eddie Santiago didn't try sugarcoating a 2013 season that started with change but ended with a familiar thud.
"Last year when I took it over, everything was in disarray," Santiago said Tuesday from the FCIAC media night at Zody's 19th Hole. "It was a major debacle. We had a young team."
Youth wasn't the only problem. The Presidents lacked stability.
The hire of Jack Cochran generated headlines and a couple of wins, but nothing more. In fact, the move flat-out backfired.
Cochran -- with a resume packed with state titles at Bloomfield, New Britain and New London but a whole lot of baggage -- missed the Presidents' Week 4 loss to Ludlowe with a "minor health problem." He didn't coach another game, leaving Santiago as his replacement on an interim basis.
The Presidents lost eight of their last nine after a 2-0 start, but Santiago saw reason for hope.
"It's a great group of young men I have. They bought in right after the Thanksgiving game," said Santiago, referring to a 28-20 loss to Central. "They went right to work.
"They do a lot of community outings together. ... They've been together the last nine months, just sticking together."
Along with the community service, from food drives to contributions in neighboring churches, Santiago encouraged players to hit the weight room. Most, if not everyone, bought in to their new head coach's message after a turbulent year.
"It shows that (the coaches) are loyal to us and they want to help us get better," said senior Christian Hopkins, who is shifting from quarterback to H-back this season. "They want to be around for us, not just records and their win-and-loss column.
"They want to help us better our lives."
The message has spread, with 55 players attending camp. The team's seen immediate returns, too, as 10 medals were earned at a weightlifting competition last month in New London.
"I was going to do it my way," Santiago said. "We changed the logo, we changed the uniforms, we changed the whole cultural atmosphere.
"What we bank on is our hard work. That's all we count on; nothing else."
The Presidents can count on stability, too.
"Coach Santiago, he's been with us through it all," said junior Xavier Bass, who will see time at wide receiver and defensive end. "He's always made sure, even when he wasn't the head coach, that things run smooth.
"We knew what we had to do."
Santiago, a defensive guru, brought aboard former Monroe youth coach Steve Christy over the offseason as offensive coordinator. The team's also excited about their new starter at quarterback, freshman Tyson Phommachanh.
"He inquired about me, we did some X's and O's," Santiago said of Christy. "He knew what he was doing. I was sold."
The Presidents are just 12-99 over the past 11 years, but they've discarded those memories. Instead, Santiago said, "It's all about the first game." That opportunity arrives Sept. 10 at Law in the SCC-FCIAC Challenge.
There's no guarantee the results will be different in 2014, but the attitude certainly will be.
"There's no playing around no more," Hopkins said. "There's no tolerance for absences or excuses. We stick by that; we ride with (Santiago). That's how we go.
"Where he goes, we go."
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In ecclesiastical law a cleric with ordinary jurisdiction in the external forum over a specified territory; the Pope with unlimited jurisdiction; diocesan bishops and their vicars; prelates nullius; capitular vicars and administrators filling the vacancy in a diocese. Also superiors general, abbots primate, provincial abbots of exempt monasteries. Their representatives too are called ordinaries. (Etym. Latin ordinarius, regular, usual.)


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Adorable Christmas Pajamas For Kids ~ 8 Picks For The Holidays!
In our family, we've always had the tradition of opening up a gift on Christmas eve — a new pair of Christmas pajamas! This year I'm starting early in finding inspiration for the perfect, cozy, cute pair of holiday jammies for my daughter. Here are a few pairs that've caught my eye so far!
This fleecy pair is covered in mugs of hot cocoa and cupcakes! My daughter would adore this pair from Joe Fresh ($14.00) simply because they're purple!
Meow! Your kitty loving kiddo will adore this cozy nightshirt, also from Joe Fresh ($12.00).
This floral print pair with striped pink and blue pants is sure to please the artistic ones in your family. I love the painted look of those flowers on this pair from Old Navy (on sale for just $14.00).
Pugs and kisses! (I'm a sucker for a good pun! Especially a puppy pun!) This pair is a must-have if you've got some cute pugs at home! On sale at Old Navy for just $12.00!
This bear and his touque are all set for our chilly Canadian winters! Also on sale at Old Navy for $14.00.
Pirate jammies for your budding buccaneer! A total steal for just $10.00 at Old Navy.
My daughter and I have already been singing Jingle Bells — it's a favourite of hers, esepcially on the drive to school. What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight! You can pick up this cute pair of Christmas pajamas at Baby Gap, $24.95.
I love the non-traditional colours featured on this ornament pajamas from Baby Gap ($24.95). You rarely see yellows and pinks in Christmas wear — so cute!
Do you have a Christmas pajamas tradition at your house? Just for the kids… or for mom and dad too?
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Erin - posted on 01/20/2010 ( 4 moms have responded )
I have heard of so many reading different books to help "teach" their babies to sleep better. I, of course, didn't ever write them down because I always thought that MY baby would sleep just fine! Ha! He used to, but has started waking many times during the night and he's 5 months old. So, any suggestions on picking up a good "sleeping book"? He is not waking up irritated, so I'm pretty sure it's not teething that's waking him. He just wants to be awake for the day at 3:30 am! He thinks it's playtime!


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Located near the slopes, this Lech am Arlberg hotel is in the mountains, within a 10-minute walk of Schlegelkopf 2 and Lech-Oberlech Gondola, and close to winter sports such as cross-country skiing.
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After a day on the slopes, return to Hotel Stülzis to dine at the restaurant and relax in a sauna.
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All 13 individually furnished rooms feature free WiFi and sofa beds. For a bit of entertainment, TVs come with cable channels, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This ski hotel also offers a sauna, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hotel Stülzis is a smoke-free property.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Terrace
- Ski storage
- Luggage storage
- Ski passes available
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Turkish bath/Hammam
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- Year Built 1965
- Total number of rooms - 13
- Coffee shop or café
- Free self parking
- Number of floors - 3
- Free WiFi
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Smoke-free property
- Multilingual staff
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- Family Hotel
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- Premium bedding
- Free newspaper
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
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- Cable TV service
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Hotel Stülzis has a restaurant on site.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna.
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- Snowboarding nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
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Check-in time starts at 7:30 AM
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-out time is 10:30 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 80 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 25 per stay.
- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Deposit: EUR 500 per stay
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.40 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 15 years of age.
- New Year's Eve gala dinner fee
- Christmas Eve gala dinner fee
- Resort fee
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- Self parking fee: EUR 10 per day
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 25 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 80 per night
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A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. A fee for a mandatory Christmas Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 24 December. A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 31 December. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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Speaking to Congressional reporters after taking oath as a Senator for the seventh time, Biden revealed that he would travel to
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The details of his visit were being kept under wraps by his office for security reasons. Politico said Biden revealed the key stops of his upcoming foreign trip without even being asked. Biden would be leading the Congressional delegation in the capacity as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just days before he takes office alongside Barack Obama [Images] on January 20.
He would be accompanied by Senator John Kerry, the former Democratic Presidential candidate and the incoming Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For security reasons, details of the trip and the countries to be visited were kept secret until now, with estimates suggesting countries like
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- Artist: Hooper & Beckwith
- Genre: Folk
- Release Date: 12/3/2008
Don Hooper and Steve Beckwith play a cross between Louisiana/ Texas and upstate New York style folk/country. Vocally, Hooper has a Johhny Cash/Willie Nelson style and Beckwith a Chris Smither/Jerry Jeff Walker style. While Don flat-picks and finger-picks, Steve weaves through each song with intricate lead riffs. Congratulations on GrIndie Award 'RadioIndy is proud to present Hooper & Beckwith a GrIndie Award for their CD 'No Refunds.' A GrIndie Award is RadioIndy's stamp of approval that this CD is an excellent quality CD. Please join us in congratulating this artist on this accomplishment. Impressive album featuring memorable lyrics' - Eric and The RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team 'If there's anything Willie Nelson taught us, it's that down-on-your-luck tales put to rootsy Americana by hapless outlaws make for a solid country tune. Hooper and Beckwith blend Nelson-style country music with yankee folk-rock flare on No Refunds, the Shrewsbury-based duo's latest release. Songs with choruses that reminds us "It ain't love, it ain't money, it's the whiskey that eases the pain" are tempered with lighthearted ballads like "Tore Down Man," which sees Hooper pining for a traveling loved one and lamenting "I've got three hungry hounds giving me the stare, I give them chicken teriyaki and a half-eaten burger." Where these are sad sack stories, "Ain't No Storm" offers a rally cry. A former New Orleansean, Hooper sings "We've been knocked out, muddy water, driven from our homes, but ain't no storm gonna take our New Orleans." Who'd want a refund after hearing that?' - David Boffa, Worcester Magazine ' 'No Refunds' by Hooper & Beckwith succeeds in displaying a dynamic blend between country, folk, and rugged blues. With impressive instrumentation and cut through vocal harmonies, this album gives listeners that true country/folk vibe. ?It's the Whiskey That Eases the Pain? is the perfect example of the smooth, easy listening harmonies of Don Hooper and Steve Beckwith. But not only do Hooper and Beckwith bring listeners that appreciable vocal duo, but they also incorporate their well-played rack harmonica which complements the finger picking guitar on songs like 'Ain't No Storm' and 'It Ain't the Crime but the Cover-up.' Their memorable lyrics and blend of instrumentation will keep listeners? attention throughout all 14 well-written tracks. 'No Refunds' is well worth the listen for any true country/folk fan, and will leave listeners with a positive feel for this well-constructed album.' - RadioIndy "The lyrics are strong. Solid songwriting!, the chorus's are infectious!" - Taxi Don found his love of performing in upstate New York in the late 60s, playing in coffee houses and colleges to packed audiences. At the time he played tamborine on his foot, rack harmonica, and flat-picked along with belting out the vocals. He was known as the Woodstock Traveler. He was even mistaken for Dylan by tourists, and they snapped his picture in excitement as he played restaurants in Woodstock. Later he spent a summer in New Orleans, surviving by busking at Jackson Square. After a long illness, suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia, Don has finally come back to the music scene. He can't sit around and talk much, because the pain returns. But singing makes the pain go away. He met Paul Geremia while he was in Newport RI, and was taught fingerpicking by this icon of country blues. Hooper's solo CD 'Mr Songman,' received very favorable reviews for his renditions of 'Don't Think Twice' and 'Mr Bojangles,' and several country blues originals. Now with Steve, the duo puts a decidedly Texas slant on their music. Steve picked up the guitar at nine. As he mastered his craft, he frequently sat in with bands, accompanying and playing solos for all types of music. He now he now handcrafts acoustic guitars for Beckwith Strings (beckwithstrings.com). Hooper and Beckwith pour on the outlaw country with lively guitar picking and rafter-raising harmonies, playing vintage guitars, custom guitars, foot-stomp board, rack harmonica, dobros, resonators, and banjo.
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Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha have been given wild cards to represent Great Britain in singles at the Olympics while Laura Robson and Heather Watson will compete in the doubles.
No British women qualified by ranking for the tournament, which will be played at Wimbledon, but the Lawn Tennis Association were hopeful host nation status would see them looked upon favourably by the International Tennis Federation, who decide the wild cards.
That has turned out to be the case, with British stalwarts Keothavong and Baltacha receiving two of the six wild cards available in the women's singles.
Only Andy Murray, whose place was confirmed last week, will compete in the men's singles for the hosts but Murray and his brother Jamie plus Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins have qualified directly for the men's doubles.
The battle to be the leading British woman has had an added edge over the last few months because of the chance to compete at the Olympics.
Keothavong and Baltacha were both at one stage ranked high enough to gain direct entry but have struggled for form at just the wrong time.
A first-round defeat by Sam Stosur at the French Open looked particularly costly for Baltacha, who lost the British number one ranking in the week that was the cut-off for the Olympics.
But her impressive Fed Cup record and commitment to tennis is sure to have counted in her favour, while for Keothavong, who grew up in the Olympic borough of Hackney, the Games will have special resonance.
Today's announcement meant disappointment for British number two James Ward, who must have hoped the ITF would also give a wild card to the next best British man.
It is the strongest field ever for an Olympic tennis singles tournament, with only one of the top 20 absent in both the men's and the women's competitions.
America's Mardy Fish, ranked 12th, has chosen to miss the Games while women's number nine Marion Bartoli is ineligible because of her dispute with the French Tennis Federation, which means she does not play Fed Cup.
One of the stipulations for a player to compete at the Olympics is they have to have made themselves available to play for their country in either the Fed Cup or Davis Cup, and Austria's Tamira Paszek has also fallen foul of those rules.
Rafael Nadal will defend his men's singles title while doubles gold medallists Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka and Serena and Venus Williams also return, but Elena Dementieva, the women's singles winner in Beijing in 2008, has since retired.
Mixed doubles will return to the programme for the first time since 1924 but entries will be decided on site ahead of the tournament, which starts on July 28.
ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti said: "We are delighted to see the strongest ever field in the history of the Olympic tennis event.
"Since tennis' return to the Olympics in 1988, the event has continued to grow at each Games, with the current generation of players all embracing this unique opportunity to represent their country in individual competition.
"The All England Club will provide an iconic backdrop for the event and we expect that the competition in each discipline will be fierce."
Wimbledon also hosted the Olympic tennis in 1908 but at its previous site in Worple Road, while this will be the first time the tournament has been played on grass since the sport returned to the Olympic programme as a medal event 24 years ago.


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The Earth Centre is a large-scale visitor attraction providing both education and entertainment around environmental issues. It exists on a 300-acre site in one of the most environmentally devastated areas in the country, the coalfields of South Yorkshire.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios were appointed initially to help with the masterplan process, and thereafter to design the Entrance Buildings. Our aim was to demonstrate the potential of environmental design principles, integrating a low energy building with a highly visible solar generator. This would make a significant statement at the main entrance to the Earth Centre emphasising the importance of on-site electricity generation using photovoltaics as a way of reducing dependency on fossil fuels and therefore reducing greenhouse gas emissions.


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For argument sake, when it comes to battery, a single core may be better, if something is perfectly multi-threaded, there is still overhead of managing the threads, this overhead will translate directly to more power being sucked from the battery. So a single core may take longer, but the overall energy will be lower as there won't be any overhead to manage the threads.
For arguments sake, when it comes to battery, quad core is a lot better, because power grows with the square of speed, so quad core can run at a quarter of the speed for a total power reduction of a factor 4. Overhead for managing multiple threads is negligible.
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