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Blogger profile: George de Piro
Published 12:01 am, Monday, May 16, 2011
Family: Wife, Jenn Matrazzo; daughter, Sonja, age 4.5; one more on the way.
Where do you live? Center Square in Albany
Why? I very much like gardens but hate yardwork. I live a block from Washington Park, where my taxes do a much better job of landscaping than I ever could. Some people might find this surprising, but there are also a lot of young families in the neighborhood, and the sense of community is very strong.
Education? B.S. in biochemistry, Syracuse University
Personal website: http://www.ProfessorBeer.com
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Blog: http://blog.timesunion.com/beer
What's your work? I'm the brewmaster at the Albany Pump Station.
How did you get into brewing as a career? I earned a reputation as a very good hobby brewer, winning several major contests and writing about beer for a homebrewing magazine and on the Internet. I met Neil Evans at a homebrew contest where we judged together. He recognized my name, we got along, and a couple of months later he got in touch with me to see if I wanted to join his project to build a brew pub in Albany. Since my job as a chemist for a pharmaceutical company paid really well and was very secure, I figured I'd be happier making less money and working longer hours as a craft brewer. I've never looked back.
How do you like it? I love my job. On the worst day, it still comes down to the fact that I get paid to make beer.
What are some unpleasant duties of a brewmaster? Being a brewer involves cleaning the interior of process tanks to very high standards. I'm really just a well-educated janitor with a good palate.
How do you rate Albany's microbrewery scene? Albany is a great place to brew. Many pub brewers in other markets would love to be able to sell the diverse range of styles I make every year. My brown ale -- a very hoppy, assertive beer -- is the best-selling beer, with the bold Pump Station Pale being a close second. High-alcohol seasonals always sell well. Albany drinkers want big flavors.
How do you balance work and family obligations? At the moment, my job is confined to normal business hours, so it isn't too tough to find balance. The first couple of years at the Pump Station weren't like that -- I worked much longer hours -- I even slept there some nights! I had no family then, so it was OK.
You've blogged about the problems of public drunkenness at Albany events, including LarkFest and the Saint Patrick's Day parade. What's the fix? I think it is pretty easy to reduce public drunkenness at Albany events. The city took a step in the right direction by ending "bring your own" to Tulip Fest and enforcing open container laws. There were still people drinking booze out of soda bottles (I saw one group refilling often from the trunk of their car in front of my house), but at least they were being discreet. Once people learn that the city really won't tolerate open containers and disorderly conduct, behavior will improve.
Where do you get your news? What's your social media diet? I find AM talk radio provides the balance I desire with a worldview that is similar to my own. It was hard to write that even as a joke. I read the Times Union every day, both web and print (more web). I also listen to WAMC radio and follow BBC and NPR online. I occasionally listen to the news in German on http://www.tagesschau.de, but I only understand about 10 percent of the words, and they are rarely all in the same sentence, so I don't get too much from there.
Whose blogs would you love to read? A short list of people that come to mind quickly includes a resident of Kandahar, a woman in Saudi Arabia, Martin Luther King Jr., Machiavelli, Lech Walesa, my great-grandparents and other ancestors.
What books are you reading? I'm reading some light material right now: the complete works of P.G. Wodehouse. It's fun stuff. I recently went through the Millennium trilogy in about three weeks, and I also read "Huck Finn" and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." I somehow never read them as a kid! Add Mark Twain to my list of people whose blogs I would read!
Softball question: What three beers would you take to the proverbial deserted island? I answered that in one of my blog posts a while back, but I bet I pick three different beers now. My own brown ale is one of my favorites, presenting bold hop notes, but with a substantial malt backbone. I would also like to have a really malty stout, like Deschutes Obsidian Stout. The third beer would probably be Orval; its earthy, potpourri-like Brettanomyces character is so different it would serve as a good foil to the others (I'm thinking that if I were alone on a desert island with a lot of beer I would probably be drinking all the time).
What's the worst concoction you've brewed? As a homebrewer, I tried to make an imperial stout that contained a portion of highly condensed wort (I just added sugar to some of the wort and boiled it until it became a syrup). It was really bad. I also tried to make a pumpkin beer (my second batch ever) using malt extract and canned pumpkin. The reasons this was terrible are good fodder for a blog post, but suffice it to say it was awful.
Favorite author? There are so many I have loved throughout life, but at the moment I would say John Kennedy Toole ("Confederacy of Dunces").


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Known mainly as an ardent entomologist, George McGavin also has a deep interest in general zoology and ecology. After 25 years as an academic at Oxford University, George became a television presenter, chiefly for the BBC taking him all around the world.
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Coleambally have taken steps to shore up their backline signing Leeton-Whitton defender Tom Morton.
The 20-year old played junior football at Coleambally before his family moved closer to Leeton.
Morton played 15 games for the Crows this year including their finals campaign, culminating in the narrow grand final loss to Wagga Tigers.
Coleambally president Shane Mannes was pleased to confirm the key backman.
"He played a lot of footy with us as a kid," Mannes said.
"He's a good size, we'll be using him in the backline at half-back or full-back."
Morton is Coleambally's second signing after the appointment of ruckman Michael Griffiths as coach.
Morton will be a handy in for a side set to lose Carl and Tony Pound to retirement although Mannes hinted the Blues haven't given up hope of convincing them to play on.
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Madge to mark her half-century by saying - F*** you, Im 50!May 24th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by admin
London, May 24 (ANI): She will be turning 50 soon, but that is not making Madonna feel low, for the stunner has said that she will be marking her half-century this August by saying: F*** you, Im 50.
The Material Girl star insisted she felt good at her age.
Im not thinking about my birthday, Im thinking about what I will eat for dinner tonight, The Sun quoted her, as saying.
Recently, during the press conference about her new documentary I Am Because We Are which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, the Material Girl poured her heart out about her painful struggle to adopt Malawian child David Banda comparing it with the suffering women go through in natural childbirth.
The 49-year-old pop superstar talked openly about her and husband Guy Ritchies controversial battle to adopt the two-year-old at the press conference. (ANI)
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UFC on Fox 7: Can Frank Mir Back Up His Trash Talk Against Daniel Cormier?April 19, 2013
When talking about fighters who excel at promoting fights, MMA fans usually mention Chael Sonnen. But a fighter who doesn't get enough praise in the fine art of selling fights is Frank Mir, who faces Daniel Cormier at UFC on Fox 7 on Saturday. Mir knows a thing or two about selling fights, having been in the main event of the biggest pay-per-view card in UFC history, UFC 100 vs. Brock Lesnar.
Mir doesn't use the WWE style or go over the top. He simply says exactly what he feels about his adversary. It's not so much talking trash as much as it is an articulate, honest and matter-of-fact assessment of a particular matchup.
As a former WEC color commentator, Mir reports his advantages and disadvantages as smoothly as any expert analyst on a pre-fight show. He doesn't necessarily throw around a barrage of verbal insults, but he won't hesitate to make a certain fighter's weakness a point of topic. He also doesn't shy away from discussing his own.
The former UFC heavyweight champion isn't one to spare words or shy away from saying what he can do to an opponent. As an almost 12-year veteran of the UFC, he has traveled a road filled with peaks and valleys and has experienced everything a fighter can in MMA.
He was around in the days when fight cards had nicknames, such as his debut at UFC 34: High Voltage. He has witnessed more than 10 UFC heavyweight champions and has seen countless others vanish from the division. He almost joined them after a serious motorcycle accident nearly cost him his career.
Competing on the world's biggest stage of MMA, fighting in five title fights, continuing to face top-level competition and remaining relevant at his age in the heavyweight division are no small feats. They have earned him the right to speak, but can he back up his words this time around when he faces Cormier at UFC on Fox 7?
Without a doubt, he can. Mir may be a +325 underdog going into this fight (according to Bovada), but he has plenty of advantages over Cormier. He not only has the edge in experience against UFC-level competition, he will also enter the Octagon five inches taller than Cormier, with an eight-inch reach advantage and a 20-pound weight advantage.
It goes without saying that Mir can walk the walk and talk the talk when it comes to applying his Brazilian jiu-jitsu acumen to any fight. He is as comfortable on the ground as he is breathing.
The Las Vegas native owns the record for most submission wins in the UFC with eight. Along with those eight submissions have come three broken arms, two by armbar and one by a kimura. The last of those was suffered by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira—who was given the edge on the ground in that fight by many experts.
Yes, Daniel Cormier has Olympic-caliber wrestling, but if the fight goes to the ground, he is not going to be in a good place. Dealing with Mir's guard can be like walking into a hornet's nest.
Many will favor Cormier should these two combatants end up in the clinch. Maybe so wrestling-wise, but Mir has the ability to throw fight-ending knees from the clinch, as evident in his KO win over Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at UFC 119.
Most people see Cormier having the distinct advantage in the stand-up striking department. Mir has gotten caught before, yet so have many heavyweights. Junior dos Santos made Mir look silly at UFC 146, but Cormier is not on dos Santos' level. Cormier does have heavy hands and can certainly catch Mir, hurt him and end his night early.
However, Mir has that ability as well, and he will have a considerable reach advantage. If he does win the fight, it probably won't be with a knockout, but that doesn't mean he can't hold his own in the stand-up.
Cormier trains at one of the best camps in MMA, at the American Kickboxing Academy with current UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez. Before this fight camp, we could not say the same about Mir, but now that he has joined the highly praised Jackson's MMA Gym, we can.
Mir needed to get out of his element and make adjustments to improve himself after last year's loss to dos Santos. He now has training partners like Jon Jones, Travis Browne and Andrei Arlovski as well as one of the smartest game planners in the business in Greg Jackson. This could prove to be the difference in the fight and push Mir to a victory on Saturday night.
Mir has fought the best of the best for almost 12 years. He has faced Lesnar, Shane Carwin, Nogueira and the best in the division. Cormier has not.
Cormier's toughest opponents have been Josh Barnett and Antonio Silva; the rest of his resume is littered with names like Dion Staring, Devin Cole and Gary Frazier. Not to mention, his first fight in the UFC will be Mir's 21st.
Cormier is the favorite. He called out Mir and then called out Jon Jones as if beating Mir were inevitable. The pressure is squarely on his shoulders. Mir will be in a place where he's been 20 times before and will be comfortable.
The time for talking will be over on Saturday night. Mir has said plenty and will prove he can back it up.


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Gwilliams Settles Into Pre Season
Jack Gwilliams signed his first professional contract over the summer and has now tasted his first experience of pre season training at first team level.
He might be a bit out of breath, but he's certainly not fazed as he says he's loving every minute of it, and he can't praise the staff and his team mates enough for making him feel instantly welcome.
Speaking to the Official Site the 18 year old said.
'It's been good. Some of the running's been a bit hard, but you've got to get yourself through it and I'm enjoying it. It's back to football and you can get bored when you're not doing it.'
Gwilliams was joined in pre season training by his good mate, Ryan Woods, which he says help make the transition a little easier as he had somebody to talk to from the get go, instead of not knowing anybody.
'It can be daunting at the start but you get to know the lads and soon start to feel at home, I'm good friends with Woodsy so that helps.'
Gwilliams is grounded enough to know that the hard work has only just begun though. Passing pre season tests and being fit enough come the start of the campaign is one thing, he then needs to show he can work hard on the training pitch, listen to advice, and learn so he can earn his chance in the first team.


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Council bids Herrington farewell, good luck
Published 7:00 pm, Monday, January 28, 2008
PORT AUSTIN Council applauded village attorney David Herrington for his recent gubernatorial appointment to the position of 73B District Court Judge serving Huron County.
Herrington said it was with a heavy heart that he was notifying council Monday would be his last council meeting.
Its a bittersweet thing because … I have really enjoyed representing the village of Port Austin, he said. … It really has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
But it wasnt a somber occasion whatsoever as council and Herrington said their goodbyes.
Everyone gets one get-out-jail-free card, Herrington joked.
Herrington said his swearing-in will take place Feb. 11 at the Huron County Building.
Everybodys invited to attend, he said, noting his first day of work on the bench will be Feb. 12.
And I hope to never see you professionally again, Councilmember Andy Preston jested.
Herrington said he will help council through the transition period of tying up any loose ends regarding zoning ordinances, and also in finding new legal representation.
Council President Tony Loewe asked Herrington to submit a recommendation for his replacement.
Loewe also recommended council take this opportunity to explore other forms of legal representation.
In other business conducted during Mondays meeting, council approved designating Oct. 4, 2008 as the Heritage Festival, sponsored by the Port Austin Area Historical Society.
Paulette Janereski, owner of Lake Street Emporium, requested Oct. 4 be set aside for the Heritage Festival, which will take place following the Port Austin Farmers Market.
Janereski also requested the use of some of the farmers markets picnic tables and other facilities, such as portable toilets, for the event. Loewe referred the specifics of the matter be hashed out in a committee meeting.
Council also heard from Jim Howell, owner of the Bank Restaurant, who requested three things. First, he asked council to approve an outside seating area with about four or five tables on the north side of the restaurants balcony where there currently are flower beds.
Wed like to have an area where people can sit outside to have dinner or lunch, he said.
Howell said the outside area would be used only during the tourist season, and it would be a great benefit because there currently arent that many areas to dine outside in the village.
Also, given the location, people would be able to look out at the water if the board were to approve getting rid of the two parking spots located on the north side of the building.
So people sitting at the area (wouldnt be) blocked by cars … theres not many places people can sit outside and eat and watch the view (of the water), he said.
Council referred the matter to committee, saying they found no fault with the request for an outside dining area, so long as it doesnt block any sidewalks. Regarding the request to put yellow lines where there currently are the two parking spots allowed, council referred that matter to committee as well.
Howell also asked council to consider naming Aug. 3 Blues at The Bank, as Howell said it is his intention to host a blues festival from somewhere between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. that day.
If its OK, wed take over the empty field across the street after the farmers market closed, he said, adding hes been working with the people who organize the Lansing Blues Festival. … Wed set up a stage there, and enclose the area.
Council approved designating Aug. 3 as Blues at The Bank, and Loewe referred the matter to the Special Events committee.,p. Also during Mondays meeting, council discussed lowering the rent on village boat docks, which currently is an annual fee of $1,300. Council discussed decreasing the rates so as to remain competitive with other businesses in the area.
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Everythings based on membership, Loewe said.
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So far, they've targeted eight people. One of the victims is a 54-year-old woman who stood her ground, daring a man to shoot her before he fled the scene without any of her property.
Police do not recommend that tactic, but they have released images they hope will lead to an arrest.
Authorities are looking for two men and two women, one of whom is accused of using a stolen credit card at a CVS on Queens Boulevard.
There have been eight incidents in the last two weeks. Investigators say the suspects approach their victims with a gun and demand cash or an ATM card and pin number.
But that did not work for Anna Graham, who told the suspects they didn't have the guts to shoot her when one of them pressed a gun to her forehead.
"It may not be the smartest thing to do, to say that to someone that's holding a gun to your head, but you have to admire her gumption and guts," NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Police have also released pictures of the suspected getaway car.
The females involved in the robberies are described as black women in their mid 20s. One is 5-foot-8 and weighs about 185 pounds, while the other is 5-foot-2 and weighs 110-115 pounds.
The males involved in the robberies are described as black men in their early to mid 20s. One is approximately 6-feet tall and weighs 180 pounds, while the other is described as 5-foot-5.
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Scripture gives us an account of a man who had all things working against his life. He was blind, a beggar and a social outcast. His daily survival depended on the mercies of the rest of society. If people were not in a giving mood on a particular day, it meant his life was at a standstill. Yet he resolved in his mind to make a difference.
It would appear this man had heard so much about Jesus of Nazareth and wanted to encounter His Presence the day He walked into Jericho. His name was Bartimaeus and a journey of a lifetime was about to change his life forever. In spite of all the negatives there was a determination and persistence that stood out for him. He was willing to pursue his healing despite the objections of the crowd.
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He had heard about a Messiah who could save, a Man who could cause blind eyes to see and who could turn lepers� skin into baby-like skin. So much had been said about this Man that Bartimaeus wanted to see it for himself. He must have been the kind of man who was glued to the news to hear the next location of this Messiah and to find a way of coming into touch with this Man.
His main interest was physical deliverance rather than the political deliverance everyone was looking forward to. He had more pressing needs than those around him and if he were to get in touch with Jesus his whole life was going to turn around. His circumstances were more pressing than the political setup. If Jesus would set him free from blindness maybe he could do something to change his future. And that would need him to undertake a unique journey.
One day his dream came true as Jesus walked the streets of Jericho. It must have been one great encounter for the people of Jericho, having a Messiah walk through their streets. I believe that Bartimaeus must been at the one end of town, going about his usual business when the Messiah came to town. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, �Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!�
Here was a man seizing an opportunity with both hands. There was no way he was letting this Jesus go. If ever there was going to be a change in his life it was going to be that very day. People tried to dissuade him but he cried the more loudly. All he required was mercy; he was tired of his fallen state. Unlike the Church of Laodicea in Revelations 3 he realised that he had to get his eyes fixed. They had been a limitation for him all his life. He was in need of eye salve and once his sight was restored things would never be the same. A time is coming when the journeyer has to decide to do something about their sight lest they remain blind forever or lest they allow the LORD to pass them by.
We read from the Scriptures how Bartimaeus cried the louder that Jesus passes him not. He had to cry above the voices of discord, than the noise that the crowd was making. You and I have to raise our cry above the tumult around you. There are many voices that are competing against yours and it�s up to you to make a stand and cry out louder for the Saviour to hear you. If you do not raise your cry things will ever remain the same in your life.
As this man cried out all the more, he received personal attention from Jesus. He attracted a question, �What do you want Me to do for you?� I believe for him it was one of the best things that happened to him. How could the Messiah ask a noisy, dirty blind beggar what needed to be done? At times you might feel unworthy yet when you call, Jesus is going to draw you to Himself and minister to your needs. There is no need to get surprised when He pays attention to you for He knows that you�re desperate.
From that day his life was eternally changed. But it had to take a determination and never give up attitude to see him succeed on his journey of a lifetime. You too need to come to that place where God will unveil His mercies to you and draw you closer to where He can change your future. The things you cry out for you�re bound to get if your cry can rise above all dissension.
Bartimaeus realised that he was finished if he allowed Jesus to pass him by. You too need to realise that you�re finished if you allow your only chance to go by. You never know whether He will ever come back to Jericho. This might be your only chance so maximise it whilst you still have it.
Blind Bartimaeus had his heart and mind set on getting that which he desired. One way or another he had to get Jesus to turn to him and so he had to create a distraction so as to catch the Master�s attention. This pursuit is all about getting Jesus to see you so that He can deal with your blindness. The situation around Bartimaeus� life was so severe. He alone understood the frustrations that he had to endure.
At times people would kick him about, at others they would not even give him any help and the more this went on the more desperate he became. If this opportunity to catch the attention of Jesus passed by there was no way his situation was going to change. He devised a way to make the loudest noise and catch the opportunity before it went away. You also need to create your own diversion in case you may only have one shot at it. The louder the noise that you make, the more discomfort you are going to create around you in turn leading to Jesus noticing you.
At times things don�t happen in our lives because we are not very desperate towards Him. We are intent on making just enough noise to be told to keep quiet, but should we persist and keep shouting, I assure you that your breakthrough will come running your way. Make sure that people making noise around you do not distract you, and keep pushing so as to get the real reward that you�ve been pushing towards.
The journey this blind beggar took was a crucial one in that he traded his life�s sorrows for the joys of the Kingdom. The minute he had got Jesus to pay attention, Bartimaeus threw off his dirty cloak and once and for all left his limiting sorrows behind him. Mark 10v50 records it this way, �Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.� That action off throwing his cloak aside was a sign to say, �I�m trading my sorrows for the joy of the LORD.�
You need to throw off your mantle of sorrows and trade it in for the better mantle. Even Elisha threw off his cloak in favour of the mantle of Elijah. After he had thrown off that cloak, it appears as though a brand new man rose out of the world of begging to come to Him whose mission was to SEEK and SAVE the lost, like Bartimaeus. As soon as he got to Jesus a question was asked, �What do you want Me to do for you?� and the answer was specific, �I want to see.� Throw off that cloak of sorrow and limitation and allow Jesus to show you the joys of the Kingdom.
We learn from this man the fruits of consistent pursuit. Bartimaeus was able to change his future as a result of this. Had he children, he was now able to see what they looked like and was going to be able to ably fend for them and give them a hope to look towards. Had he been silent when told to, Bartimaeus would have died a beggar in Jericho. He understood that Jesus had come to break the curse on Jericho and he was sure to have the blindness removed from his life. He wanted his vision for the future clarified and for that to take place he had to be consistent in his calling.
Jesus teaches about the need never to give up in prayer. He gave an illustration of a widow who pestered a wicked ruler till he gave in to her requests. The moral of the story was that the more we press in and persist we are bound to get what we want. All Bartimaeus knew was the street corner where he sat to beg, but after his eyes were opened he was able to travel the road Jesus travelled. He must have become a faithful follower and maybe he was there in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost.
Consistent pursuit will result in the opening of many doors. We see this clearly in the life of Elisha. His pursuit of Elijah resulted in him catching the anointing. The more consistent our pursuit becomes the more we are able to access from God. We need to make a decision to follow up on Jesus and make sure we catch the anointing that is able to change futures.
You can find total salvation and deliverance if you can cry all the louder to Him whose Ears are not deaf to hear. The world around you can make so much of a commotion but if you cry out louder your cries can attract the attention of heaven. And from that crowd that has been making noise, you alone can get the deliverance you so much wanted. You need to step out and dare to be different. Refuse to be cowed into submission by situations. You serve the God of heaven and the louder the storms, the louder should be your voice. You cannot afford to allow the Source of Salvation pass you by.
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, �Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!� Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, �Son of David, have mercy on me!�
Mark 10v47-48
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What comes to your mind when you hear about Ragini MMS or Ragini MMS 2? You are immediately reminded of the oomph quotient the two movies were very high on. While Kainaz Motivala raised the mercury in part 1, the queen of sensuality Sunny Leone took the rage to a different level altogether in the second part. And from the looks of it, it seems like you aren't going to be disappointed by the third part of this franchise, which will show newcomers Karishma Sharma & Siddhartha Gupta's sizzling onscreen chemistry.
The former who has done some intimate scenes in the flick is also turning the heat on social media. Her Instagram account is flooded with hot pics, some of which we're going to show you here. Check them out!
Born on December 22, 1993, Karishma made her acting debut via television.
She acted in various TV shows, but she shot to fame after she grabbed a role in Star Plus' leading show 'Ye Hai Mohabbatein'.
Soon her superb looks became the talk of the town.
And in no time, Karishma became quite a famous actress among the Indian audience.
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She has a noticeable fan following.
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Karishma made it to the headlines after she grabbed a lead role in Ragini MMS' third installment which going to be a web series title Ragini MMS Returns.
Karishma's scorching hawwt avatar in the first look of Ragini MMS Returns created a buzz among the audience, and I must say her fans can't wait for its release.
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If it seems there's an inordinate number of Aston Martins and other high-end sports and exotic cars that keep popping up in secluded, dusty hideaways, that's because there is, and there's a simple and logical reason why. Say your 15-year-old used car breaks down; is it worth the time and money and effort for most people to fix it? If it's just another four-door Plymouth, probably not, send it to the scrapper; but if it's an Aston Martin that cost a good chunk of change when you bought it, then yeah, you're gonna want to hold on to it and not eat that huge loss. And that's most likely how this 1957 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III for sale on Hemmings.com wound up in a garage in Columbus, Ohio, for 40 years, only recently seeing the light of day again. From the seller's description:
Offered here is a very early example of the newly redesigned 2/4 MKIII in LHD North American specification. Constructed May 16, 1957, and dispatched 11 days later on the 27th to British Motor Car Distributors Inc., USA, finished in Storm Grey paintwork over Red Connolly Leather upholstery. Records from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust confirm the original factory specifications, as well as warranty services to mid-1959.
Throughout late 1960s and early 1970s, the Aston Martin resided in Columbus, Ohio, where it appears to have been driven and enjoyed quite regularly. In fact, several matchbooks, miscellaneous articles, a preserved newspaper and license plates from 1973 remain with the Aston today – evidence the car was garaged soon after.
Presented as it was discovered, this incredibly preserved example displays an entirely original interior cabin, along with numbers-matching mechanicals, original wheels, glass, trim and auxiliaries throughout. The paint color was changed to blue many years ago, while the factory's Storm Grey paint is still present on the dashboard and engine bay. After a careful inspection and tune-up, the car starts and runs after all of these years, the engine sounds good, although we do not recommend driving the car on public roads until a full assessment and complete service is done.
Accompanying the sale is an exclusive Aston Martin Heritage Certificate Folder containing the BMIHT Heritage Certificate, period Aston Martin sales brochure copy, period photo and copies of the original Aston Martin build cards.
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Complete, no doubt rare and original. Definitely one for the well-heeled.
Yeah, they're rare. They were so poorly built that the vast majority of them bit the dust long ago.
Sorry, that should read "DESIGNED and built".
And that dust is now for sale online.
A quarter million.
I need a Kleenex after that one, man, what a car. Speaking of car-flipping, this one has auction written all over it. Not for the squeamish, though.
I thought this car looked familiar. Tippi Hedren drove a DB2/4 drop head coupe in the movie "The Birds".
A blue `54–or so I was told anyway. All I knew was that it was an Aston. I was too busy watching the cars behind her out the pet shop window when she bought the love birds for Mitch's daughter.
Great movie! Bonus points for a Hitchcock movie reference. Only 102 of those made between 1953 and 1955, according to Wikipedia. DB2/4 drophead coupes, not Hitchcock movies..
This Aston was "dispatched". Lesser cars are shipped.
My Grandmother often told me to save various trinkets because, in her words, "..it might be worth sumthin' someday"…. of course as she was telling me this, the owner of this car was pulling it into the garage. It wasn't then worth its original value I suspect. And now, some lucky, well heeled shmuck without a queasy stomach will drop a quarter million on it as is. My Grandmother was right.
Maybe your Grandmother will be the new owner.
Seller is wise to bring this to market now- it's great timing given the resurgence in value placed on barn finds. It will probably be worth as much to somebody as a good four bedroom house anywhere in Ohio. Ka-ching!
WITH a pool and 4-car garage.
…or possibly TWO homes!
What do you suppose it would cost to recommission?
It's a nice barn find but for that kind of money you could have a full concours AC Aceca, far more handsome, more exclusive, and entry worthy at the Mille Miglia et al, as seen with entry 362 at this year's competition this coming weekend. Ian Fleming didn't own an Aston, he had a real sports car, an Aceca. That his fictional character is seen in movies driving an Aston was just product placement.
He also had an Avanti.
Per the article, one wonders what broke before it got parked.
His wallet.
Howie, you are definitely right! I've purchased a lot of "barn finds" over the years, mostly motorcycles, and they were always parked when they were either worn out to the point of needing rebuilding, or had several things wrong with them that the owner couldn't afford to fix. It's "Last Straw Syndrome." The owner says, "That's the last straw!" and parks the car. Unfortunately finding all the things that need fixing and fixing them is costly and time consuming. Even if a car was just parked and nothing was wrong with it, sitting 20 years or more plays havoc with al the mechanical and electrical systems in the car. I just looked at a Bentley R-Type that hasn't moved in 20 years. It's whole, a nice looking car, and the engine turns. It needs brakes and a recommissioning. It was parked because of the brakes. Unfortunately, that's not a cheap fix and I'm probably going to pass on the car. Who know what else is wrong with it? Ditto the Aston-Martin. Beautiful car – at a distance.
Like my ex wife
Looks good at a distance
but not a "Cheap Fix"
She got a new Ring job with her newest owner
but costly upkeep to say the least
I got a newer more reliable model
Went from "all you care is about those junk cars of yours!"
to " I like the split window corvette's better in 63
Oh look ! there having another car show
Can we go — can we go! "
An electrical issue, no doubt.
Funny, Al. My nw model is much younger, prettier, and sweeter.
For the kind of money they are asking, I would want the car fully recommissioned…actually, even then I would not be interested.
I used to take my cars (Porsche GT2, and BMW M3) to Drivers Source. Steve Ott is a very talented mechanic. But expensive!
My M3 at one time made 644 rear wheel hp. Built motor and huge Supercharger.
Blew the motor replaced w/ new motor. Spent $20k.
It still had the old fuel pump, and you could hear it a mile away.
Paid a large chunk of change to fix the problem, but when I got it back it was just as loud. Only my wallet became quieter.
Well, Gaylord Perry threw spit balls from the Indians from '72 – '75 although how often and when he got beat by Jim Palmer, (when he wasn't busy doing underwear ads..) I couldn't say…


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Dowhan, Adrienne, Chris Dowhan, and Dan Kaufman. Essays That Will Get You into College. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2009. Print.
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From my local machine I am running a Java code which fetches values from DB and writes it into a TXT file and save the TXT file into a different server say 'A'. This part is working fine if I run the Java code from my local machine.
I tried deploying the same Java code into a differnet server say 'B' and executed it, but it failed. The code is trying to save the TXT file into a unknown path which is not specified in the code rather than saving in the server 'A'.
Please note, Server 'B' is having write access on server 'A' and I have given the absolute path of server 'A' in code.
Can someone tell me why it is trying to save the TXT file to a path which is not specified in code?
I am getting the following error message :
java.io.FileNotFoundException: \\...\...\...(unknown path)
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Plz assist.
maybe your local machine and the server A are both windows maschines, so from your local machine you can refer to the server with drive/path. but, if you transfer this code 1) to your server B this may have a different drive for server A or 2) if server B is a unix server and the code try to do the same like in windows it wont work.
can you specify what os are running on server A and server B and how you refer the server A path from the local maschine in java and how this path is seen from server B?
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
GOVERNMENT says the proposed Aquaculture Decree is designed to protect and preserve Fiji's marine resources.
The government made the comment after Cakaudrove Provincial Council members were advised to oppose the proposed decree. Members of the council had been earlier told by North Fisheries Officer Joji Vakawaletabua, the proposed decree entailed the leasing of fishing grounds for 15 to 35 years of commercial exploitation.
Former council chairman Emitai Boladuadua Vakawaletabua said many Asian countries would be interested in the opportunity provided through the proposed decree.
However, the government said yesterday that all Fijians would be consulted on the decree
"In response to the article published by The Fiji Times dated 12/05/2014, the proposed decree is designed to protect and preserve Fiji's marine resources." the government said.
"The proposed decree will undergo consultations with all Fijians and traditional owners to ensure that there is greater awareness on the need to preserve Fiji's marine resources.
"It is unfortunate that this issue was presented at the meeting without due consideration of the actual objective of the proposed decree which is to protect and sustain a vital part of Fijian livelihoods."
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Easter seems like a good time to put out the results of a poll exploring an issue with clear religious connotations - namely, to what extent do New Zealanders believe in creationism versus evolution. I realise that believing in evolution doesn't necessarily mean you're not religious, and that believing in a God-created universe doesn't necessarily mean that you subscribe to any of the estabilished religions, but religion and creationism are clearly linked. The poll is from June 2012, and compares New Zealand results with those from an equivalent study in the United States (Gallup, May 2012).
We asked New Zealanders which of the following statements came closest to their views on the origin and development of human beings:
- A) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process
- B) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process
- C) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last ten thousand years or so
To keep the write-up clear, I'll refer to Statement A as 'intelligent design', Statement B as 'pure evolution' and Statement C as 'creationism'. I'm not terribly familiar with the finer details of the 'intelligent design' debate, so I'm not sure if Statement A is exactly what advocates of that theory believe in, but it seems like a reasonable way of summing it up.
EDIT: As I thought, I'm not an expert in this topic :). Blog reader Chris Banks wrote to me to let me know that the term I should have been using for Statement A is 'theistic evolution'. He says that "Intelligent Design is a school of thought which, in regards to evolution, holds that the appearance of complexity in nature cannot be explained through natural causes, instead requiring the intervention of a designer." I really appreciate that contribution, and agree that that definition of Intelligent Design is clearly different from the literal interpretation of Statement A. On the other hand, a number of the comments on the blog suggest that people were interpreting Statement A pretty much in line with the definition of Intelligent Design Chris gave me - it seems to me that some people chose Statement A because they believed the general principle of Intelligent Design even if, as Chris said, it's "not generally considered to be compatible with evolutionary theory. Katrin Schwartz makes the same point in the comments - thank you Katrin too. I checked Chris and Katrin's feedback on theistic evolution, and it does look like they're right. Check, for example, these articles: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/origins/te2-cr.htm and http://ncse.com/creationism/general/creationevolution-continuum. I think it's important to keep the original text intact however as it shows the context of the comments - I'll therefore just add 'theistic evolution' after most of the earlier references to 'intelligent design'.
The numbers show that, amongst New Zealanders:
- 26% believe in 'intelligent design' (edit: 'theistic evolution')
- 45% believe in 'pure evolution'
- 23% believe in 'creationism'
- 6% are unsure.
As you might expect, the American numbers are quite different:
- 32% of Americans believe in 'intelligent design' (edit: 'theistic evolution')
- 15% believe in 'pure evolution'
- 46% believe in 'creationism'
- 7% are unsure.
So three times as many New Zealanders believe in 'pure evolution', and twice as many Americans believe in 'creationism'.
49% of New Zealanders believe in some level of involvement by God (either 'intelligent design' (edit: 'theistic evolution') or 'creation'), compared with 78% of Americans. That's almost certainly related to the fact that 61% of New Zealanders believe in God (UMR SAYit poll, Sept 2011), compared with 92% of Americans (Gallup poll, May 2011).
In both countries, a belief in 'pure evolution' is related to education, although it makes less of a difference in New Zealand than it does in the US:
- 49% of New Zealanders with a university qualification believe in 'pure evolution', as do 29% of Americans with a university qualification.
- 41% of New Zealanders whose highest qualification is from high school believe in 'pure evolution', as do 11% of Americans whose highest qualification is from high school.
It's also interesting to note that, in New Zealand, belief in 'pure evolution' is highest amongst 30-44 year olds, with under 30 year olds being the most likely to believe in creationism.
- 18-29 year olds: 28% 'intelligent design', 39% 'pure evolution' and 28% 'creationism'
- 30-44 year olds: 25% 'intelligent design', 51% 'pure evolution' and 19% 'creationism'
- 45-59 year olds: 28% 'intelligent design', 46% 'pure evolution' and 21% 'creationism'
- Over 60 year olds: 23% 'intelligent design', 43% 'pure evolution' and 24% 'creationism'
EDIT: Again, feel free to replace 'intelligent design' above with 'theistic evolution'.
All results in this blog are based on a survey of a representative sample of n=750 New Zealanders aged 18 years or older, conducted by UMR Research in June 2012.


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The national media had not covered it. Local media, which is
pretty much in step with the guidance of the national media, did not cover it.
And, my network of spies and listeners knew nothing about it.
Then how did I know?
I just knew. There was an aura in the air.
This is the story of how it all unfolded.
Leaving Cade, I noticed work being done at the Captain Cade Rd. crossing.
I thought something sinister was going on.
Upon presenting this evidence to a confidant I was assured
this activity would not affect my scanner, the one unbiased link I have to reality.
A side note: I am sure you noticed the two crosses. Your linkage is as good as mine, maybe.
I rumbled on approaching Jeanerette.
Being on the frantic side,
I did not stop. I continuously fired the little camera until its magazine was empty.
I crossed another bridge. In wonderful South Louisiana you can cross bridges all day long.
I just heard that the Teche may be proclaimed a National something.
It was once a national sewer pipe.
Jeanerette has 2 bridges. I had done them both.
I was back on La.182 heading down the main street.
This was once US 90, a true national treasure which is fading away into
the forgotten world of lost memories.
I'll try to make that the last poignant statement in this ride report.
This is the Trappey House.
If a native of South La., you know that name.
Almost to the eastern city limits, the little store on the left has been a landmark for a while.
The new "look" works. I'm not sure what exactly is sold there now.
Southeast of Jenerette I started following the old Missouri Pacific rail right of way.
I thought it might be a shortcut to my destination, a destination
that I felt required expediency.
Reassessing that decision I returned to Old 90 which is just beyond the existing railroad in the distance.
Note, my GPS still thinks that railroad is the Southern Pacific.
I was nearing the Baldwin, the epicenter of what was drawing me.
At Penn Rd. a train sat. That is not uncommon, but something told me
that "common" had no part here.
I have found a new vantage point and took advantage of it.
A 3 banger sat at its lead.
I'm an ex mechanic. My favorite mystical entity is torque.
I prefer torque over horsepower any day of the week.
I laugh when these engines are lauded for their exceptional horsepower.
They should be praised for their torque.
Torque is what moves a hundred cars from a dead stop, not horsepower.
"They" won't let me get political anymore so I have to rant about something.
This new place is going to work well. (until the cane grows)
My scoot even did an athletic pose. She likes it.
Next up would be Baldwin.
I always enter Baldwin from the west by way of the New US 90 service road.
It is the more dramatic of the 3 possible entrances according to my criteria.
It is the more dramatic of the 3 possible entrances according to my criteria.
I'd check the L&D RR office for the possible magnetic draw.
I felt, first from the sitting train on the main line, and now, from the sitting train on the L&D rails,
that local railroading was in some paralysis.
Cars were stacked everywhere. Nothing was moving.
Best shot of the day:
Ancient rail plates sat abandoned at Cleco.
I have a suggestion to other rail plate collectors, go digital.
Finally, there it was, the source of all that I had seen and photographed.
The Baldwin Bridge was plugged with a big white bugger.
Excuse my graphic language. That is what I saw.
Nothing could be seen happening from the Baldwin side so I crossed the bridge.
An epiphany occurred mid bridge.
I realized that the bridge control house was in the center of the bridge and that
the truck was too.
From the other side I zoomed way down to the limits of clarity.
Evidently the work was over because all I saw was talking.
Maybe they were finally "puttin' up".
More talking.
I crossed back over the bridge discovering a new folding chair location.
In the summer this is going to be great if I can find a parking place.
Back on the Baldwin side I'd look for a while longer.
I gave up and was heading home.
I went back to take a look at the 3 banger one more time.
Then the gates came down as I heard the engineer request passage across the bridge
from the bridge tender. There was quiet, then he asked again. Finally the
BT answered and gave the go ahead..
Evidently the "CRISIS" which had drawn me 60 miles from home was over.
Local railroading could resume now that the bridge repair and conference were over
and the guys in the bugger truck had left.
I have more immediacy in my life and I'm retired.
I didn't attempt any further railroad photographs.
What I'd perceived from the acute aura I'd felt in Breaux Bridge, I thought
there had been some emergency.
Witnessing what I had, that aura had been misleading or it didn't understand
that "emergency" is not a finite situation in railroading.
I'd putt on home and snap pictures as I rode, trying to forget my confusion.
This is Adeline's old mill stack. It is
often seen in my pictures from the Penn Rd. Crossing.
Something is going on there and I don't think it's an archeological dig.
I crossed over to La.87.
The Teche is becoming a serious waterway here.
I was where the road to the Indian reservation begins.
That is not the road, I was sitting on it. That is a high cotton subdivision.
The road in sits on the old Missouri Pacific ROW or near.
Glad I put "near" cause I was wrong.
The MP was over there.
It is headed to Charenton, Irish Bend, and eventually Franklin and Garden City.
This is where I crossed the bayou.
I love 87. It is so peaceful having a peaceful aura.
Going southeast, 87 was gravel. It seems there are changes afoot. That is a shame.
Now subdivisions will be popping up and more cane fields will be under cement.
When on La.87 I pretty much go into neutral.
At this point, so will most of the writing.
Possibly the following pictures are not in exact order.
Nothing is ordered out on Highway 87.
I had attempted to crop and correct these shots.
Picasa said that they were edited. They were not and I was not spending more time with it.
So, this is how they came out of the camera and reflects on how much work needs to be done to most.
It ain't happening this time.
Once a farmer had a great display of antique farm equipment here.
An old sawmill saw blade sits on the left. You see those everywhere in S.E Louisian, not so much here.
We cut down cypress, they cut down pine.
Reforestation of pine happens, cypress, not.
We cut down cypress, they cut down pine.
Reforestation of pine happens, cypress, not.
A deserted home place.
The Basin is out there.
Three dinosaurs live on Highway 87.
They are the happy variety so not to worry.
Leaving St. Mary Parish, entering Iberia Parish "behind" Jeanerette. La.87 is Jeanerette's "bypass".
The "Who Dat" house in Jeanerette. It is painted in LSU colors which reflects either
some confusion or inclusiveness. Sometimes inclusiveness is confusing.
some confusion or inclusiveness. Sometimes inclusiveness is confusing.
At Baywood or Bayside, I confuse the two names.
I think Bayside is a bar/restaurant at Cypremort Point.
Did I ever tell you about seeing the first moon landing there, no not there, on the moon, supposedly.
The real moon landing was in New Mexico at Area 51.
I think Bayside is a bar/restaurant at Cypremort Point.
Did I ever tell you about seeing the first moon landing there, no not there, on the moon, supposedly.
The real moon landing was in New Mexico at Area 51.
The garbage cans were not in the cropped version.
Now there's a story.
And into New Iberia.
Doesn't everyone have an air boat?
And in closing, a much needed early evening shot of the depot area.
That blacktop was once the rail route into downtown New Iberia and it linked
to the Missouri Pacific's rails there.
On the way out I took a few more shots of what I find interesting.
OK, only one shot.
I didn't want to take too many pictures.


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Journalist Nettie Barrell Doscher More (1922-1990), daughter of Maynette Shearn and Jurgen Henry Doscher, was born in Houston, Texas. After graduating from The Hockaday School in Dallas (1939), she married John Gresham More, with whom she had one daughter, Maynette Shearn More. She wrote weekly articles published in the Austin Citizen about REACT, a volunteer community organization that provides emergency assistance to the community through CB radio communication.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, postcards, scrapbooks, and photographs compose the Nettie Barrell Doscher More Papers, 1895-1982, documenting More's life and the history of the Doscher and Shearn families of Houston, Texas. Letters to More from family members, a grade school scrapbook, and a correspondence with Cadet Rolfe Jones (1939) shed light on More's youth. Numerous scrapbooks document Maynette Shearn's college years (1915-1916) and the Shearn family from the late 19th century to World War II. Photographs depict members of the Doscher and Shearn families. Newspaper articles written by More describe the weekly achievements of REACT, an Austin community organization of CB radio emergency responders. The collection also includes postcards, and an abstract of title (1906) for a lot of land in the town of Sweetwater, Texas.
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by Bethan Sian England, Sarah Jayne Moore, Sarah Catherine Morris, Samantha Louise Sear, and Louise Victoria Treen
What do science and eating lots of chocolate have in common? Everything! That is, if you're inventing chocolate that won't melt when soldiers carry it through the desert.
We've always been interested in science. But last year, our interest was sparked even more when we entered our investigation of the lack of calcium in our diets into a national science competition. When we spoke to a dietician in our local hospital, she said that the decrease of calcium in kids' diets could lead to serious health problems for us all in the future. Our research and experiments earned us first place in the competition!
Spurred on by our success, we decided to give the competition another try this year, when the rules required projects to have a "link with industry." Our school is near a chocolate factory, so we chose to do a project that had something to do with chocolate.
Our initial research involved a visit to the factory and lots of free samples. (That was rough!) Following our visit, we began researching the science of chocolate. We never knew that it took so much time to get it "just right." While researching, we found a newspaper article about how the troops in Iraq were desperate for a non-melting bar. Scientists had failed to make a heat-resistant chocolate bar, so we decided to rise to the challenge!
Lots of experimental work followed because first we had to understand how to make chocolate before changing it to stop it from melting. We contacted all the major chocolate manufacturers in Britain. They told us that the European Union requires chocolate to have a certain amount of fat to be legally called chocolate. But we found that this fat content is what makes chocolate bars melt so easily.
This didn't put us off! We worked every lunch hour for more than a year, researching and testing to produce our "prototype." We searched for hours on the Internet trying to find information about increasing the melting point of chocolate. Eventually, we found an article about a patent on "non-melting" chocolate, which involved adding glycerine (an ingredient in bombs, soap, and other things) to melted chocolate. We tried it, and we were successful – the chocolate didn't melt at 53° Celsius (97° Fahrenheit), which made it work in the desert!
At the national competition in London, the judges tasted our "Blokochoc" – "chocolate which does melt in your mouth but not in Iraq." They were so impressed that we won a CREST (Creativity in Science and Technology) first prize!
Since then, the press has taken up our story, and we have given interviews on all the major U.K. radio networks and TV news programs. We're stars!!! It's been fantastic publicity for our school, and we've had the best time proving that science can be fun and taste good.
Sarah Jayne Moore, Sarah Catherine Morris, Louise Victoria Treen, Bethan Sian England, and Samantha Louise Sear are 15-year-old girls who attend Afon Taf high school in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales Valleys, United Kingdom.
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The victim has been identified as Daja Robinson, 14, of Queens.
Robinson was shot in the head just after 9:00 Saturday night while riding a Q6 bus on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica.
Police rushed her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
So far, no one has been arrested or identified as a suspect.
There is a $2,000 reward being offered by 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement with any information leading to an arrest in this case.
Police are currently going over surveillance tape near the intersection of the shooting to try and catch the suspect.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS
Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Ruben Wills released a statement saying,
"Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Daja Robinson, who was killed last night while boarding a bus in Queens. That a 14-year-old girl was shot to death for no other reason than having the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time is outrage enough. But even more outrageous is knowing that the pain Daja's family feels is all too common - and that until Congress strengthens our nation's gun control laws, more families will suffer the injustice of losing a child to gun violence."


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ESS discontinues service to InCablenet
MUMBAI: The tug of war between cable ops and broadcasters shows no signs of slowing down. ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has discontinued its service to Hinduja's InCable.
The reason given by the broadcaster is the monies owed to it by Indus Ind Media and Communications Ltd (IMC), a subsidiary of Hinduja TMT which crossed the Rs 20 million mark for the four-month period; January - April. Meanwhile Star's Hathway, Zee's Siticable, Seven Star and independent affiliates will continue to receive ESS. InCable subscribers, however, will have to do without the ongoing TVS Cup in Dhaka as well as ESS' Summer Sports Bonnanza..
ESPN Software VP affiliate sales Sricharan Iyengar said: "Payments for the ESPN and Star Sports services have not been made even as InCablenet has been collecting money from its affiliates and subscribers. Hence, during the TVS Cup cricket series, we were left with no option but to inform the viewers that their favourite sports channels were likely to be switched-off if the dues are not cleared by IMC."
"Instead of clearing the outstanding payments, the management of InCablenet has decided to deprive their viewers of the ongoing exciting sports fest on their favourite sports network. Our repeated efforts have only resulted in receiving a very minor part payment," Iyengar added.
"Keeping consumer interest in mind, we will continue to make our best efforts to solve the problem with InCable Network so that viewers do not miss the interesting line up of sports we have for them. This includes the special programming we are doing on the batting legend Sachin Tendulkar who turns 30 on 24 April," Iyengar went on to say.
ESS also stated that InCablenet failed in the timely renewal of its contracts for Nagpur, Nashik, Ahmedabad,Vadodara and Indore leading to a non-availability of the two channels in these cities as well.
From this month onwards till March 2004, ESS will bring viewers over 11,000 hours of live coverage. The cricket coverage it will have will include South Africa's tour of Bangladesh; Australia's tour of the West Indies which is currently on; Zimbabwe's tour of England; Pakistan's tour Of England; followed by the triangular series between Zimbabwe, South Africa and England; and Sri Lanka's tour of the West Indies.


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The four-hour grand opening Thursday of the relocated library for Milton and Edgewood attracted 1,300 people to see and use the new facility.
Hundreds of people waited in line for the library to open at 4 p.m. Thursday at its new location in Surprise Lake Square, a strip mall at 900 Meridian Ave. E., Suite 29, in Milton. The Milton/Edgewood Pierce County Library was moved from its longtime location at Milton's City Hall complex.
The Pierce County Library System spent $1.5 million to renovate and equip a former arts and crafts store in Surprise Lake Square, which includes a Safeway store.
The 6,650-square-foot facility is a more central site with twice as much space, more computers, more meeting and conference rooms, and new areas for children and teenagers.
"The community response was phenomenal," Neel Parikh, library system executive director, said in a news release. "The turnout clearly shows people were hungry for an expanded, more centrally located library."
The Milton/Edgewood Library is open six days a week at its new location: Monday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is closed on Sundays.


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NFL Week 11 Live: Manning vs. Brady, Favre's last shot at Green Bay?
Finally, it's Manning (Peyton) vs. Brady (Tom) day in the NFL. To find a quarterback rivalry as "durable and ubiquitous" as theirs, Mike Tanier writes, you have to go back to Starr vs. Unitas. Those two were 6-6 against each other. Brady vs. Manning has happened 11 times (eight in the regular season). Brady is 7-4, but Manning has won four of the last five. It's on and it's great.
The game between the Vikings and Packers has to be Brett Favre's last against his former team, doesn't it? Doesn't it?
Chris Chester, the Baltimore Ravens' right tackle, will not play today as he recovers from a skin infection, a source tells the National Football Post. Chester was hospitalized because of a high fever that resulted from an infected cut. "Chris has a skin issue, had to go to the hospital," Coach John Harbaugh said of Chester's hospitalization Friday. "It's not serious, but it's something that was causing him a lot of pain. I don't know what the name of it is, but they're going to work on the infection and make sure it's okay."
Rob Lytle, former University of Michigan and Denver Broncos running back, has died at the age of 56.
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Android is, hands down, the best mobile OS I've ever used and HTCs implementations of Android are, hands down, the best Android phones I've ever used. I have had a lot of phones. With the exception of WebOS and iPhone I think I've had some form of every major phone type, from the earliest analogue Nokias and Motorolas through successions of Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm Treo and Symbian devices.
So far I've had 3 Android phones starting with the HTC Hero, then the Motorola Milestone/Droid and now the HTC Desire. At the time the Hero was the best phone I'd ever had. That title has now been taken by the Desire. With the exception of the Palm Treo 600, which was truly revolutionary, pretty much every Smartphone I've had up to the Hero has been a crushing disappointment. The Smartphone is a platform that has taken a LOOOOOOONG time to get right.
Android on it's own isn't quite enough though as evidenced by the Motorola Milestone which is appalling. I mean REALLY bad. If this is the device that is supposed to save Motorola's Consumer Mobile division then I'm getting my funeral suit out now. It stinks. It's ugly. It looks like the front and the back of the device were designed by two people who never met or met once and fell out so badly they couldn't even agree on what size the device should be. It's clunky. It reboots itself at random sometimes getting stuck in a viscous cycle of continuous reboots. The HTC devices on the other hand are beautiful, sleek and ergonomic.
Gorgeous HTC hardware isn't enough on it's own either though as evidenced by the HTC HD2 which is probably the most beautiful piece of mobile hardware I've ever had. Yes, Windows Mobile can ruin even hardware this good. Even with the deepest, most thorough-going reskinning WinMo has ever seen you can't hide the crap below the surface forever and soon or later it leaks out all over the user.
The Desire (and the Hero before it) are the perfect union of magnificent hardware, solid OS and a great skin. HTC Sense has its detractors but I love it. Here are the things that have absolutely clinched it for me.
Email & Calendar – I can seamlessly sync my email, contacts and calendar with my company Microsoft Exchange server. I can do the same with desktop Outlook. I can also directly pull in my various POP3 and IMAP email accounts. All this JUST WORKS. The push works, the notifications work, sending and receiving meeting invitations works, the signatures, the quotas, the attachments the peak and off-peak sync schedule ALL JUST WORK. My calendar items from Exchange, desktop, the device itself and Google calendar can all appear, neatly colour-coded, in one calendar view.
Contacts & Social Networking – the people view is brilliant. My Exchange contacts, my phone book contacts, my Facebook friends, my Twitter and Flickr friends all woven together 95% automagically. I can also merge Facebook, twitter and Flickr into a single "Friend Stream" and drop that on one of my many customizable home screens.
Browsing – here we have the best mobile browsing experience ever. The rendering is crisp and lightening fast. Zooming using a combination of double-taps or pinch/pull gestures is a breeze. Flash video is supported. Even a busy, media rich site like Sky Sports or the BBC will render quickly and smoothly in full screen and be completely usable. There is also an excellent newsreader application with a full-screen, home screen widget.
Music – The music player looks nice both in full screen and widget mode. The album art animations when using gestures to switch songs is smooth and sleek. The sound quality is excellent. As with many devices the maximum volume is not very high so you will need good, noise-cancelling headphones for use on the train. The app itself allows you to easily create, edit and organise playlists. The ace in the pack is Amazons MP3 app for Android which lets you quickly, find, buy and download music by the song or album on the go. Purchased songs arrive quickly and seamlessly in the player with full album art.
Photos and Video – The camera on the Desire is 5 MP with LED flash and takes good photos and video. Media is organised is easy to browse albums which a wealth of tools for organising and sharing.
Maps and Navigation – Google Maps is a triumph on Android and they have recently enabled turn-by-turn voice navigation for the UK. There is also an excellent, free, open-source navigation app in the Android Market called Nav4All.
Applications – The Android Market is a complete treasure trove with over 35,000 apps and is growing fast (i.e. it went from 16,000 to 30,000 in only 3 months). I have yet to find a requirement for which there is not an app and over 60% of them are free. The Apple App store may have over 140,000 apps but given that 57 of those alone are just for making fart noises I don't think that represents a huge gap in actual utility and feature coverage.
Here are some of my top tips for great Android apps (in no particular order) :
Catch (formerly known as 3Banana Notes) : 3Banana let you take, store, tag, filter, search and organise notes like a notepad or post-it notes. You can include html, links, QR Codes, images, video, photos, geo-tags amongst other things. 3Banana also syncs your notes into the cloud so you can view them from any device or PC. You can also share notes via Twitter and Facebook. It also has a desktop widget so you can pin notes to you home screen as reminders.
Foursquare : if you are a Foursquare user you will love this. A very nice, full-featured client for the popular social networking service.
Layar : one of the first Augmented Reality (AR) browsers and still the best. Layar uses a combination of your camera, compass, accelerometer and feeds of data to superimpose layers of data over reality via the screen of your phone. You point your camera at the world around you and magically it is augmented with additional data, graphics, photos, 3d models and messages.
Amazon MP3 – Buy songs and albums in just a few simple clicks and have them downloaded straight into the media player on your phone in moments complete with artist details and album art. Average price for an album seems to be about £6.49.
Google Maps and Goggles : Google maps with turn-by-turn voice navigation is brilliant and very simple to use. Goggles is part Augmented Reality browser part visual search engine. Simply take a photo of anything around you and Google will provide you with a set of search results. For example, take a photo of a movie posted and Google will tell you the film, who's in it, what the reviews were, where it's on nearest you, directions to the cinema and provide links to book tickets to the next showing on line. Also works with books, bar codes, QR codes and an ever growing plethora of things. Amazing !
AndroMote : Is a media remote. It can connect via Wi-Fi to any media server on your network and stream music and video to your phone. You can also view other media files such as photos.. It can also connect to media renderers on your network and remote control their streaming functions. I have tested it with Orb and TVersity and it works fine.
RecordIt : Great app that allows you to remote connect to your Sky+ or Sky+ HD box and schedule recordings.
beebPlayer : BBC iPlayer for Android. Watch live TV, browse and watch iPlayer archives, listen to BBC Radio. NB : this app has now been discontinued. Checkout myPlayer instead or, if you have Android 2.2, try the BBC iPlayer Website directly in your browser.
Ethereal Dialpad : A very cool synthesizer app that allows you to use the screen of the phone as a control surface to play sounds. Also provides nice touch feedback using visualisations.
Remote RDP : Have full remote desktop access to your PC via Remote Desktop Protocol. Very cool.
Uloops : A very cool sequencer and mixer that allows you to create and mix multi-instrument tracks on your phone. Upload them to the ULoops community portal. Doanload, rate and remix other peoples tracks.
Ringdriod : Open and play any MP3 or music file. Select any segment of the song and save that as your ring tone.
Seesmic for Twitter : One of the best Twitter clients for Android.
Shazam : The classic Shazam service for Android. Hear a song playing that you can't identify ? Open up Shazam, let it listen for a few seconds and it will tell you the song.
PicSay : Quickly edit photos to add speech bubbles, fun effects, cartoon hats, facial hair and other accessories.
Nav4All : A free, open-source satellite navigation system.
Nimbuzz : a single Client for multiple IM services such as Windows Live, MSN, Yahoo, Skype, Facebook, Google Talk. Orkut, AIM, MySpace, ICQ, Gadu Gadu and Hyves.
NetCounter : Keep track of your mobile and wi-fi data usage by hour, day, week and month. Show usage stats and graphs and add custom counters.
Google Listen : A great PodCatcher from Google Labs for keeping up with all your podcasts. Features auto-sync and download and a managed listen queue that keeps track of where you've got to on your busy listening schedule.
DropBox – 2GB of cloud storage accessible from your phone for free.
Epicurious – very slick recipe app. Rich, high-quality content nicely presented.
Share Your Board – brilliant app that allows you to take a photo of a whiteboard. It then performs edge detection, de-skewing plus colour and contrast correction so you end up with a crisp, clear image of your whiteboard.
Swype – one of the best applications for Android. It is an alternative to the built-in on-screen keyboard that you use by swiping or tracing out a word from key to key. This is how on-screen keyboards were MEANT to be. The speed at which you can input and the accuracy with which it guesses what you are swyping means that it beats every other mobile keyboard (inluding hardware ones) by a country mile. It's in closed beta at the moment but check out these short demo videos to see how revolutionary it is.
Square/SquareUp – this is only available in the US at the moment but it is a combination of software and a credit card reader that plugs into the audio jack on the phone and enables anyone with a back account to take mobile payments. A real game changer. Let's hope we see it in the UK soon.
Apps to watch out for :
Kindle – Amazon will soon be launching their Kindle software for Android. NOTE : this has now been released.
Sling Player – an Andoird version of the client software for the SlingBox appliance. NOTE : this has now been released but costs $30. Dream on, Sling !


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5 Tips for New Star Wars: Destiny players
So you wanna play Star Wars: Destiny. I know at first glance the game looks both exciting and intimidating. Both are true, the game is very exciting and fun. Especially being in its infancy, you can grow with the meta. Yet, the game can be intimidating at the same time. Lack of product and a strong following can make it tough to break into the game and be competitive. But with these tips, hopefully you can jump in head first and start enjoying this wonderful game Fantasy Flight Games has provided us in no time.


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So the wife is doing a four month clinical in Billings. I will be joining her from late June to mid August. I will have a 6" trail bike in tow and a lot of time on my hands. Thus, I am looking for some suggestions as to where to go from Billings to ride. I know of Zimmerman park right in town, but that's about all I know. I am curious for info on and possible riding partners for:
Rides w/in 30 min of Billings
Rides in and around Bozeman (will be there off and on throughout the summer)
All day rides w/in a couple hours of Billings for the weekends with the wife.
I am psyched to provide beers in exchange for any help I can get. Thanks folks, looking forward to my time out there.