text:
Atomic Agency Is Pressed on Iran Records
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: August 26, 2009
The Obama administration and its European allies are pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency to make public evidence that they believe points toward an Iranian drive to gain the ability to build a nuclear weapon, part of a broad effort to build a case for far more punishing sanctions against the country.
The request has touched off an internal debate in the agency over how directly to confront Iran over its continued refusal, over several years, to answer questions about documents and computer files suggesting military-led efforts to design a nuclear weapon. Iran has charged that the documents, many of which came from American, Israeli and European intelligence services, are fabrications. The agency, according to current and former officials there, has studied them with care and determined that they are probably genuine.
''What we and all the allies are pressing for is for the full case to be laid out, in public,'' one senior Obama administration official said last week, speaking anonymously because he was discussing intelligence data.
The administration's push for an open discussion of Iran's suspected weapons program, and for tougher sanctions, reflects growing pessimism about efforts to engage with the country's leaders. Administration officials said that while they had received some communications from the Iranian leadership before the presidential election in June, there had been no communications of substance since.
But agency officials say that Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing director general, resisted a public airing, fearing that such a presentation would make the agency appear biased toward the West in the effort to impose what Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently called ''crippling'' sanctions. Dr. ElBaradei, who has argued for allowing Iran to maintain a token capacity to produce uranium under strict inspection, has said that the evidence does not create an airtight case against Iran.
The Obama administration's effort to make the case public contrasts with the approach of President George W. Bush. After the intelligence debacle surrounding Iraq, Bush administration officials said they lacked the credibility to make public the evidence about Iran's nuclear efforts. Mr. Bush admitted as much in 2005, saying that the case would have to be made quietly.
Moreover, American intelligence agencies had balked at publishing some of their most sensitive discoveries, including data stripped from a laptop computer slipped out of the country by an Iranian nuclear engineer.
Some of that information was described to member countries of the I.A.E.A. by the agency's chief inspector during a closed meeting in February 2008. The official, Olli Heinonen, laid out an array of documents, sketches and video that he said were ''not consistent with any application other than the development of a nuclear weapon.'' News of that presentation quickly leaked, and the details were denounced by Iranian officials as fabrications.
But before and since Mr. Heinonen's briefing, Iran has refused to allow the agency to talk with Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the scientist believed to lead two secret efforts inside the Iranian government called Project 110 and Project 111. The evidence collected by the agency suggests that each centers on elements of designing and delivering a nuclear weapon, though the United States said in a National Intelligence Estimate published nearly two years ago that it believed those projects were halted, at least temporarily, in late 2003.
A European diplomat familiar with the agency's internal deliberations said that the United States, Britain, France and Germany were pressing the agency to reveal the strongest information it had gathered.
''There's multilateral activity under way to ramp up pressure on Iran,'' the official said. ''It's not just Israel.''
The agency's next report on Iran is expected to be released as soon as Thursday or Friday. A senior European official said it contained ''no bombshells,'' but it was unclear how much analysis of previous information on bomb design and conversations among Iran's nuclear engineers it might reveal. Much of that information came from the laptop, from a penetration of Iran's computer networks and from the agency's own findings, American and European officials said.
One nuclear official familiar with the preparation of the report said that a high-level dispute had broken out in the atomic agency over whether the report should include a toughly worded analysis of Iran's activities, in hopes of forcing a response from Iran. But Dr. ElBaradei has remained cautious, they said, and it was unlikely that much of the material would be included in the report.
Assessing the progress that Iran has made in the nuclear arena over the past year is difficult, and it has been made more complex by the upheaval that followed the election there.
Next Wednesday, American and European officials are scheduled to meet to discuss their next steps on Iran, and President Obama has said he will use the opening of the United NationsGeneral Assembly later in the month, and perhaps an economic summit meeting in Pittsburgh, to press for far tougher sanctions. Among the penalties under consideration is a cutoff of refined gasoline to Iran, but a senior administration official said last week that such a step ''will be a hard sell for China and Russia,'' which have extensive economic ties to Iran.
When the inspectors last reported on their periodic visits to Iran's main nuclear site, at Natanz, they said roughly 7,000 centrifuges had been installed to produce uranium. All of it was low-enriched uranium, which is not suitable for weapons. Iran insists that the fuel is for eventual use in nuclear power plants.
Iran has barred the inspectors from other sites, including some suspected of being part of a nuclear weapons program. It was during such an inspection five years ago that I.A.E.A. inspectors discovered enrichment activities that had been hidden for 18 years.
But last week the agency's inspectors were allowed to visit the nearly finished Arak heavy water reactor after being barred from the site for nearly a year. That facility has been of intense interest to the inspectors because its technology could aid nuclear weapons development.
Obama administration officials said they suspected that the visit was part of an effort to show cooperation just before the I.A.E.A.'s report. But they said that since Iran's election, they had not received an Iranian response to Mr. Obama's invitation to open discussions on nuclear issues.
PHOTO: The International Atomic Energy Agency's leader, Mohamed ElBaradei, is said to worry that his agency could appear biased. (PHOTOGRAPH BY AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)


text:
Latest news from the IET's five sector teams.
The IET focuses on five sectors: Built Environment, Design & Production, Energy, Information & Communications, and Transport.
Over the past few months, the sector teams have been involved in a number of projects that have generated media coverage and opportunities for the IET.
The IET's sectors collaborated with the UK Trade & Investment to showcase the British Business Embassy days held during the London 2012 Olympic Games. These events formed the centrepiece of the international business legacy of the Games, and were attended by government ministers, business leaders and policy makers from around the world.
IET.tv filmed 96 presentations from the 17 days of business summits that took place at Lancaster House, showcasing engineering, technology and innovation related to the five IET sectors.
Also during the Games, the IET, led by the Built Environment sector, worked in partnership with Universities and Students for Energy Efficiency (USE Eff) and the Italian Ministry for the Environment to hold a USE Eff summer school in the UK. The summer school will continue on an annual basis, involving the brightest architectural and engineering university students from across the EU.
As part of the IET thought leadership programme, sector insights on The future roll-out of low carbon vehicles in the UK and Intelligent buildings: understanding and managing the security risks have been produced by the Transport and Information & Communications sectors respectively. More insights are in the pipeline to be produced by the end of the year.
Following the success of the Electric Vehicles lecture series in 2011, the Transport sector has continued these events across the UK this year. The most recent lecture was held in the Midlands, focusing on the societal impacts of electric vehicle adoption. Over 90 people attended, with 80 per cent from industry, to hear speakers from Alstom Grid, Zytek Automotive and Cenex, the Delivery Agency for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. More events are planned for Dublin and Paris later on in 2012.
Two case studies in the Energy and Transport sectors have been produced, involving Ashwoods Automotive and UK Power Networks - shortlisted finalists from the IET's 2011 Innovation Awards. The case studies outline the organisations' innovations and how they are both making use of the IET's essential engineering intelligence and knowledge network in their relevant sectors.
In September, the IET will was represented at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, where IET.tv will filmed the keynote presentations and the 2012 Best of IET and IBC journal was presented.
The Transport sector will also have a presence at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Vienna, at the end of this month, as well as the Olympic Delivery Authority's upcoming Transport Olympic Legacy conference.

subset: commoncrawl


text: So ABC is bringing back "V" tonight after the new "Lost" episode. So far, I' have been underwhelmed by "V," but maybe it will come back bigger and better. I think the show needs to start moving, maybe put the resistance on the run. The slow buildup is not working for this show. They should look at the far-superior "Invasion" from a couple of years back that aslo took too long to have a payoff. Unfortunately, network television demands results quicker so stories need to move faster. Cable shows like "Mad Men" and "The Wire" can be more patient. Not sure if it's itchy TV executives or different viewers, but I think it's a pretty decent argument.


text:
Like the School of Engineering itself, New York City offers infinite paths of discovery and inspiration. You'll find thousands of cultural experiences, restaurants, parks and astounding buildings, as well as museums, theater and a diverse offering of sports and outdoor recreation. We've included some links below to great ways to get started on your exploration when you join us at the School of Engineering.
When you arrive in New York City, you'll want to dig right into the diverse and amazing environment of New York City. Learn more about New York City tours.
New York City is a fun place to travel around, but you'll need to get your bearings. Get to know New York City by downloading these free maps or check out one of the many NYC apps for iPhone.
With an the School of Engineering student ID card, you are entitled to enjoy discounts for Broadway, museums, cultural attractions and more. Learn more about student discounts.
The School of Engineering hosts lots of great events throughout the year including free concerts hosted by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, right on our campus at MetroTech Center.


text:
RCMP investigate vandalized blueberry harvesters
'They are only salvageable perhaps for parts,' says blueberry grower.
A P.E.I. blueberry grower says vandals did thousands of dollars worth of damage to his harvesting equipment.
Terence MacDonald planned to help another grower, Billy Gill, on Monday — so he had placed his equipment in a field in Mount Stewart Sunday evening.
MacDonald said when people arrived to work early Monday they were shocked by what they found. The front gate was flattened and the tractors and the harvesters were seriously damaged or destroyed.
"It's just an untold amount of damage here, and the worst of it is, it's the kind of disappointment that there's people like that around this community," said MacDonald.
"They started up two tractors and I guess they kind of did demolition derby with them to the point where they tore a front wheel off one tractor," said MacDonald.
"The blueberry harvesters are completely destroyed. They are only salvageable perhaps for parts. They left one tractor running — the one that they had destroyed the rad in — so it over heated. I presume that the motor is shot on it. So it's a big loss to us."
MacDonald thinks there is about $50,000 to $100,000 worth of damage to his equipment. He says he has no idea why anyone would do it.
Gill agreed, wondering why anyone would go to such lengths to destroy things.
"I was very surprised that there's that kind of people around that would take tractors with harvesters on them and do joy riding and demolition to not only the harvesters, but the tractors, and the field, and the driveways, and the gate," said Gill.
MacDonald said other growers are offering to help with his blueberry harvest now that he has lost critical pieces of equipment.
"Blueberry growers, all morning, my phone has rang and rang and rang, with other growers offering me help. So that makes me feel really good."
RCMP say there are "persons of interest" in the Mount Stewart area, though they wouldn't elaborate.
Police also say while there have been suspicious fires in Mount Stewart this summer, at least at this point, they're not drawing any links between those incidents and last night's vandalism.
Popular Now
To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted.
By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Comments are welcome while open. We reserve the right to close comments at any time.


text:
Re: unsubscribing problems
In reply to:
Re: unsubscribing problems
H R Worthington 4/03/10
That message should have read:
Please click on ?Help and put 4559 into the Keyword Search box and click Go.
Then check 1440 and follow those instructions.
Not knowing, for sure, which emails you are receiving, there is a 3rd article. # 1907.


text:
Lieder Piano Sonata Op 8
- Featured: Costantino Mastroprimiano
- Release Date: 4/30/2013
Recorded in the beautiful acoustics of the Villa Contucci in Montepulciano (2011 - 2012), by Eleonora Contucci, soprano, and veteran forte pianist Costantino Mastroprimiano, playing a superb Graf piano from 1826, since it's build, in the possession of the Contucci family. - Norbert Burgmüller's early death in 1836 at the age of 26 was greatly lamented by his famous contemporaries Mendelssohn and Schumann, the latter comparing the tragedy of his death with that of Schubert. He was considered a major talent, and he left a substantial oeuvre of orchestral, vocal and instrumental works. This CD features his songs, and the grand scale Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 8 in the style of Weber and Hummel. His songs remind us of Schubert in their freshness and naturalness, though not without personal touches in some of the more daring modulations.
|Lieder Piano Sonata Op 8
|Brilliant Classics
|Release Date:
|Product Type:
|Item #:
|This product is a special order


text:
This year the Spring Market is a Sellers Market, not many properties to compete with. If you are thinking of Selling, now is the time to list your property, and get top Dollar for it. Call me for a no obligation consultation, and/or for a free Market Evaluation.
Sign In
Save and Track Your Favourite Properties


text:
This article was printed from mlb.com, originally published .
Read more news at: https://www.mlb.com/astros/news
Astros option four to minor league camp
Spring Training roster now stands at 52
HOUSTON, TX - The Houston Astros have optioned four players to minor league camp: LHP Luis Cruz, RHP David Martinez, OF Domingo Santana and C Max Stassi. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow.
All four players are on the Astros 40-man roster. Following the moves, the Astros Spring Training roster is now at 52 players, including 35 players on the 40-man roster and 17 non-roster invitees.


text:
From Paper to Electronics
Quinn, Lawrence Richter, Independent Banker
With Federal Reserve help, electronic check presentment programs look to enhance the efficiency of the payments system
Earlier this year the Rivlin Committee made the important, widely reported announcement that the Federal Reserve should continue providing check collection and automated clearing house services that compete with the private sector. The committee's long-awaited recommendations, though anticipated, critically undergird the long-term competitive viability of the nation's community banks. The Federal Reserve, by providing check clearing and ACH services, provides banks of all sizes equal and fairly priced access to the payments system.
The durability of paper checks remains intact, despite many years of studies, reports and academic white papers predicting their imminent demise. As far back as the 1970s, banking industry analysts loudly began proclaiming the end was near for paper checks. But Americans have yet to be weaned from paper checks. In 1996, about 64 billion checks with a face value of $75 trillion were passed within the United States.
But often overlooked in the Rivlin Committee's report were recommendations to spur development in a faster, less costly payments system for the future. The report, "The Federal Reserve in the Payments Mechanism," encourages the Federal Reserve to continue its work to stimulate the migration toward more efficient check and ACH systems. Rather than exit the check payments system partially or entirely, as some Federal Reserve antagonists suggest, the Rivlin Committee said the Fed should help "evolve strategies for moving to the next generation of payment instruments."
Electronic check presentment could replace the very inefficient method of trucking and flying paper checks for clearing and settlement. Taming the unfettered 2 percent annual growth rate of paper checks by replacing more checks with electronic payments has been the longer term goal of many payments system participants. As checks continue to be used in great numbers, industry leaders also are seeking to make short-term improvements to the electronic check collection system.
Paul M. Connolly, COO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Fed's retail payments product director, advocates just that: "collecting check payments without having to collect paper checks."
As Connolly noted at a September banking industry conference, electronic check presentment, dubbed ECP, should be held out "as a long-term goal toward which we should try to move, perhaps while gaining benefits from intermediate versions along the way."
"The change from checks to electronics will be more evolutionary than revolutionary, and so will the adoption of ECP," he cautions. "I do not expect an overnight revolution. I expect electronic check collection is likely to accelerate in the near term."
"We now present electronically more than two billion checks annually to depository institutions across America-about 13 percent of all checks we handle," Connolly says. "More than 2,000 depository institutions of all sizes and types nationwide receive electronic check presentment from their Reserve Banks."
The Fed offers various forms of ECP. "Often we provide the paper checks as well as the electronic information to the receiving institution. Sometimes we truncate these checks and never deliver them to the receiving institutions. But for all of these two billion checks, the delivery of the electronics, not the paper, constitutes legal presentment of the payments," notes Connolly.
All of the 45 Fed check processing centers provide electronic check presentment services. The Federal Reserve is already an influential player in establishing cost-effective and competitive ways to move toward a more permanent electronic environment. Indeed, as with today's check clearing and ACH services, the future of independent community banks would be threatened if the Fed were not involved in electronic check presentment. …


text:
Every woman has that amazing pair of shoes or jeans that they purchased yet for some reason just don't wear and we've got a way for them to trade in those items and take away great "new to them" pieces
Portland, OR (PRWEB) April 04, 2013
It's not 'swapping'—it's 'shwopping' and now the resale boutique that has so far been Woodstock's secret in SE Portland is preparing for growth.
Portland's Shwop, a membership-based boutique offering high quality gently used women's clothing, shoes and jewelry with a vintage chic vibe is planning to expand its community.
Shwop is the frugal fashionista's dream—a mix of shopping and swapping that creates a smart and fun way for women to expand and enhance their wardrobes without breaking the bank. For a monthly, quarterly or annual fee, members get unlimited access to any item in the Shwop store simply by contributing some of their own items for other shoppers to take advantage of. This 'revolving door' of fashion makes it easy for shoppers to trade out that dress or jacket they've worn a few times and get new pieces.
"Every woman has that amazing pair of shoes or jeans that they purchased yet for some reason just don't wear and we've got a way for them to trade in those items and take away great "new to them" pieces," said Marci Pelletier, store owner. "We call it 'shwopping' and it allows women to freshen up their closets and have incentive to trade items they're not wearing. Our membership-based concept has been extremely popular and we've built a large community of women who enjoy meeting up at the store to shop for and contribute clothes on a regular basis. "
Shwop opened its doors in Portland's Woodstock neighborhood in June 2012 and has since experienced exponential growth, spurring the need for a bigger store and offerings that include men and children.
"Members shop here for a variety of reasons and I think a large part of it is the community aspect. In addition to the shopping, members connect and form new friendships," Pelletier said. "The store has been a social experiment of sorts wrapped up in a business. We're building a community of like-minded families who like to a good deal on quality clothing. "
Contributions to Shwop support two local women's organizations, Shepherds Door and the Russian Oregon Social Services by providing shopping vouchers based on store donations and items not used in the store.
People in Portland, Oregon are invited to stop by to check out Shwop and learn more about how to take part in unlimited shopping with a Shwop membership. The store will be moving to 24th and Powell Blvd at the end of April where the whole family can shop.
For more information about Shwop, please visit http://www.shwoppdx.com. To see the latest items coming into the store join us on the Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/ShwopPDX or follow us on Twitter @ShwopNation.


text:
The SEEP Network
Annual Conference
October 1-3, 2018
2017 Conference Advisory Committee >>
Subscribe to our newsletter below to receive regular Conference updates
Featured Sessions
Plenary Sessions
Sponsored Sessions
Agricultural Finance Roundtable
Hosted by Grameen Foundation
The Future of Sustainability in Agricultural Value Chain DevelopmentHosted by CARE
Context Matters: How Can We Use Behavioral Principles to Design More Effective Financial Products?
Hosted by MetLife Foundation
Plenary: Private sector partnerships: Creating sustained impact
Wednesday, September 30
9:20 am - 10:45 am
Cross-sector partnerships among development organizations and corporations (local, national, regional and multi-national) are a growing trend. They represent an important opportunity to contribute to inclusive, pro-poor market system changes that can improve families' resiliency to shocks, improve livelihoods and create sustainable business models. While opportunities exist, barriers remain that often limit the potential for scale and impact: lack of common language, inadequate measures and incentives, limited financial investment models, and time frames required to achieve profitability.
This plenary will focus on exploring successful strategies with experts to overcome common barriers to achieving scale and impact through partnerships. Discussion will focus on exploring changes that need to occur in the operational models of both development organizations and private firms to achieve a common vision of success.
Key questions: How can the results of partnerships be sustained through market mechanisms? What are the principle drivers motivating organizations to engage in these types of partnerships? How are these relationships evaluated? What are the challenges for corporations to embedding support for cross-sector partnerships within organizations? How has success been measured?
Bob Annibale Vince Mountaga Diop Susan Rae Ross Sarah Thorn Mark Viso
Plenary: Beyond Access: Catalyzing Women's Economic Empowerment in Market Systems
Thursday, October 1
9:20 am - 10:45 am
All economic development interventions should include women and promote their ability to better access economic opportunities. However, emerging evidence shows that enabling women's access to services is only one part of the equation. For women to best take advantage of new economic prospects, they need to have the interest, voice and capacity for individualized choice and action. It is this combination of access and agency that makes up the complex process of empowerment, catalyzing a space for women to be economic change-makers in a sustainable and systemic manner.
This plenary will explore the concepts and practical evidence behind the growing recognition that advancing women's economic empowerment is a key driver towards inclusive market systems. We will explore commonly held assumptions, demonstrate practical lessons learned and good practices moving forward, as well as examine new evidence from the field. We will hear perspectives from key experts at USAID, the World Bank, the International Center for Research on Women, and Oxfam Great Britain.
Key questions: How is promoting women's economic empowerment different from gender integration? What types of interventions have successfully enhanced both women's agency and access to resources? Do systemic and scalable solutions exist? What are the spill-over effects on a broader community or system when working to empower women? What are the strategies used and developed by local women themselves that promote their resilience and empowerment? What is the role of the private sector in promoting women's economic empowerment?
Wade Channell Caren Grown Aslihan Kes Amit Vatsyayan
Lunch Dialogue: The Future of Sustainability in Agricultural Value Chain Development
Hosted by CARE
Wednesday, September 30
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Many of us dream of a world free from poverty, but how can this be realistically achieved, especially for smallholder farmers who make up the majority of the world's poor? This session will discuss practical applications of the learning from CARE and its partners as assembled in CARE's recent book titled Making Markets More Inclusive: Lessons from CARE and the Future of Sustainability in Agriculture Value Chain Development. The session will delve into lessons from one of the most intensely developed agricultural value chain initiatives in the world: CARE's work in the dairy value chain in northwest Bangladesh. The book and session both offer an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at what CARE has learned in its journey to reduce poverty through market-based approaches—and the practical applications of this learning.
We invite you to join in this interactive session, in which participants will share their own experience and ask questions they are still struggling with in their work. Participants will walk away with a better understanding of how corporations, development agencies, and donors can contribute to making agriculture markets more inclusive of smallholder farmers, with particular emphasis on gender and women.
Laté Lawson-Lartego Kevin McKague Scott Merrill Siddiquee Mohammed
Carrie Thompson Christian Pennotti
LUNCH DIALOGUE: Context matters: how can we use behavioral principles to design more effective financial products?
Hosted by MetLife Foundation
Thursday, October 1
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
What does effective financial product design look like? In this session, ideas42 – a social impact behavioral design firm, invites you to experience first-hand the quirks of human psychology, how they affect our decisions and actions, and what that means for the design of financial products for low-income customers in developing countries. Why does this matter? Effectively designed financial products have the power to unlock the potential of customers to achieve their life goals – grow their businesses, get out of poverty and educate their children.
Through lecture, interactive exercises and behavioral experiments, we will represent the financial needs of low-income customers through the lens of behavioral science. We will demonstrate how seemingly trivial contextual features shape the financial decisions and outcomes of these customers, and why designing financial services without a clear picture of the context that shapes our clients' decisions could often not get us the desired outcomes. Participants will walk away with a set of key behavioral design principles, and a deeper understanding of the forces that shape the financial decisions of the populations they are trying to serve. Finally, we will invite a discussion on how participants can employ these principles to design creative solutions for improving financial products.
ideas42 is a private non-profit behavioral ideas lab and consulting firm that uses the latest insights from behavioral economics and psychology to do social good and have impact at scale. Our work draws upon decades of experimental scientific research in decision-making and behavior. ideas42 is distinctive in its approach to problem solving. We believe that constructing a more comprehensive view of human behavior is key to developing innovative solutions to help tackle difficult social challenges.
Agricultural Finance Roundtable
Hosted by Grameen Foundation
Tuesday, September 29
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Invitation only
Experts and practitioners working in agricultural finance, representing financial institutions, agribusinesses and funders are coming together for an afternoon session to identify common barriers to scaling agricultural finance. Session participants will examine recent case studies representing promising agricultural finance models, including those using digital channels. Opportunities for continued collaboration and knowledge sharing for practitioners will be explored.


text:
Gloucester Date Confirmed
The FA Cup First Round tie between Gloucester City and The O's that was postponed on Sunday due to a waterlogged pitch has been been rearranged for a week Wednesday.
The original game was due to be played on Sunday but adverse weather conditions in the South West meant many had made a wasted journey due to the rainfall in Cheltenham.
The rearranged tie will take place on Wednesday 14th November 2012 at Whaddon Road, Cheltenham at 7.45pm.
The winners of the tie will face an away trip to Blue Square Premier side Alfreton Town on the weekend of 1st/2nd December 2012.


text:
We found a very nice review of the VW Jetta TDI by the NY Times.
I suspect that most middle-class consumers aren't ready to bet five years of car payments that a gallon of unleaded will stay around $2. Many won't be betting on a new car at all.
That makes the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI a smart hedge play.
This diesel-powered sedan or wagon is frugal on the front end, starting at $22,640 with a six-speed manual transmission. A $1,300 alternative-fuel tax credit becomes a de facto rebate, cutting the base price to about $21,000.
The Jetta is frugal in the middle years, with a rating of 30 miles a gallon in town and 41 on the highway. The tiny two-seat Smart is the only nonhybrid car that can match the 41 m.p.g. rating.
But like many new clean diesels, which meet even California's tough emissions rules, the Jetta scoffs at its sticker. Hoarding fuel like a mobile Scrooge, I averaged a remarkable 48 m.p.g. over more than 150 miles of freeway driving. That's the best mileage of any American-market car I've tested — gas, diesel or hybrid.
Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, VW Jetta TDI
Source: NY Times


text:
Text Version
Books & Music
Food & Wine
Health & Fitness
Hobbies & Crafts
Home & Garden
News & Politics
Religion & Spirituality
Travel & Culture
TV & Movies
Online Gamer Reimbursed for Virtual Theft
A gamer in China spent over $1,000 in 2 years to pay for his online gaming fun, building up a collection of virtual items in the process. When a hacker stole his account and his stuff, the gamer sued and won.
The company, Beijing Arctic Ice Technology Development Co Ltd, refused the gamers request to identify the hacker, or at least give him back the stolen items. The gamer then went to police, who also refused to get involved. In the end, it was a Chinese court of law who sided with the gamer.
The decision is considered a landmark in the online world, where hackers routinely break into gaming accounts and steal years worth of built up characters, possessions and skills. In only a few minutes work, a hacker can destroy what a person has spent literally thousands of hours of real time effort into creating.
The gaming company argued that the end product was just bits and electrons, but the gamer and court showed that those bits and electrons were of great value to the gamer and were the unique result of his efforts. Just like paper money is simply bits of parchment that have been assigned a value, so is a gaming account more than the sum of its parts. Hopefully this action will help thousands of other gamers who have been hacked find recompense for their loss.
| Editor's Picks Articles | Top Ten Articles | Previous Features | Site Map
Content copyright © 2015 by Lisa Shea. All rights reserved.
This content was written by Lisa Shea. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact Lisa Shea for details.
| About BellaOnline | Privacy Policy | Advertising | Become an Editor |
Website copyright © 2016 Minerva WebWorks LLC. All rights reserved.


text:
One of my favorites: "Sacrifice" by Sinead O'Connor (originally by Elton John). Just beautiful.
Printable View
One of my favorites: "Sacrifice" by Sinead O'Connor (originally by Elton John). Just beautiful.
I heard a great cover today and thought of this thread - Metallica's version of Queen's Stone Cold Crazy is great. But then again, pretty much all songs covered by Metallica turn out well - Turn the Page, Whiskey in a Jar, Last Caress
Worst Cover Ever: Jessica Simpson's Take My Breath Away. Just. Awful.
After reading post after post talking about how bad this cover is, I finally downloaded it. Apparently I've been living in a Jessica Simpson-free bubble, and after listening to the song, I'll continue to live that way. Pretty bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by MiaT2;2429809;
westlife/delta goodrem - "All out of love"
the song was bad enough, but then they made it even worse.
I love the Dan Band's cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Old School. Its hilarious and much better than the original.
Patti Smith's new CD "Twelve" has eleven great covers. (I still can't tolerate the "Boy in the Bubble" song, no matter who sings it.)
I don't think so. I'm a big Eva Cassidy fan and I don't recall her covering Knockin' on Heaven's Door, or Imagine for that matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoBoFan;2376562;
I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I'm not as impressed as everyone else seems to be with Carrie Underwood's cover of I'll Stand by You. My opinion is no doubt colored by my affection for the original version. :)
A cover I did enjoy was Ludacris' Georgia which includes a sample from Ray Charles. Not a true cover, but I enjoyed it just the same. :teeth
I think the best cover song is the one marilyn manson did of sweet dreams.
Ooh I forgot about that one! It is brilliant; so dark and haunting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnsonator;2432780;
No youre not the only one.. I am not a huge Carrie fan at all, and I AM a huge Chrissie Hynd fan.. I felt she sang that song much like she is on stage.. wooden.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle David;2432118;
That being saig.. I had very serious issues with Turn The Page when Metallica did it.. the video alone made me cringe. I like that song and felt they stank it up on that one!
Madonna's American Pie would with out a doubt be one of the worst however.. she has such talent and has shown such range ofer the years but her version of a classic.. very bad doesnt even begin on talking about it.
As far as some of the best...
I love my BTE, and their verson of Laid by James.. was dead on.. Kevin is the man!
Sweet Jane coverd by Cowboy Junkies, wow is all I can say, Margos voice is so haunting. Higher Ground by the Chili Peppers and Nirviana's Man Who Sold The World are 2 of my faves as far as covers go. I would have to put Johnny Cash's Hurt on top he took a highly emotional song and punched every single one of Trents emotions up!


text: Photo by: Mary Altaffer FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, NHL hockey commissioner Gary Bettman listens as he meets with reporters after a meeting with team owners, in New York. The NHL locked out its players at midnight Saturday, becoming the third major sports league to impose a work stoppage in the last 18 months. The action also marks the fourth shutdown for the NHL since 1992, including a year-long dispute that forced the cancellation of the entire 2004-05 season when the league held out for a salary cap. The deal which ended that dispute expired at midnight, and Commissioner Gary Bettman followed through on his longstanding pledge to lock out the players with no new agreement in place. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)


text:
Former Middlesbrough star Juninho is in the next 24 hours set to make a decision over whether to join Championship club Hull.
The Tigers have offered the 34-year-old World Cup winner a contract and he has spent the past few days back in Brazil mulling over the proposal.
"There are a couple of minor points that we're still talking to Hull about, but they're nothing to do with money," said Jonathan Hassall, the player's agent.
"We're hoping for a final conclusion either way by the end of the day."
The former Brazil midfielder last appeared in British football during an unsuccessful season with Celtic in 2004-05, during which he made just nine league starts and is currently a free agent following his departure from Brazilian side Flamengo in May.


text:
Join the Nation's Conversation
To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs
Amanda Waller a 'flawed' heroine in one-shot
'Suicide Squad' character gets the focus in a mission involving an elemental supervillain.
Oprah, Shmoprah. Amanda Waller is making her own case for queen of all media.
DC Comics' longtime, no-nonsense hard case heading up the Suicide Squad was central to last week's episode of The CW's Arrow (as played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson), and this Wednesday stars in the oversized one-shot Suicide Squad: Amanda Waller.
And it's an action-packed issue by writer Jim Zub (Skullkickers) and artist Andre Coelho where Waller doesn't have the benefit of the Suicide Squad or fancy technology. She is part of a small group of non-powered soldiers and scientists who are hunted by a supervillain with destructive elemental powers — and a deep-seated need for vengeance — during a particularly nasty snowstorm.
"It's a story about survival and sacrifice that cuts to the core of who Amanda Waller is and the difficult choices she has to make as head of Task Force X and A.R.G.U.S.," says Zub.
The villain puts Waller in an "incredibly difficult situation where she's forced to pick whether some of the people she's with live or die in order to save the rest of the group. There's no time for hesitation, and she'll have to live with the choices she makes."
Waller's had powerful groups under her control over the years, but she's also a soldier and tactician who bears the burden of leadership in a time of turmoil, according to Zub. In her world, one superpowered personality can take out an army, and she maintains, incarcerates and mobilizes a vast network of agents.
"That kind of brutal and thankless responsibility would eat away at almost anyone, and this story gives you some insight into what kind of person she is and what makes her worthy of that authority," Zub says.
Waller's always had a hard surface, yet the writer doesn't think that's who she truly is. She doesn't let her guard down often, which can be read as her being emotionless or lacking empathy for the plight of others.
In fact, Zub thinks she cares a great deal about humanity's future in "a world of super-powered maniacs, aliens, other-dimensional beings and the unknown," he says.
"She understands far better than most what kinds of sacrifices need to be made to keep innocent people safe, and I wanted to make sure that came across without her looking weak."
"The Wall" first appeared in 1986's Legends No. 1 and became a lead character in writer John Ostrander's Suicide Squad series in the '80s. Zub studied the old stories as well as the new Suicide Squad series and recent Team 7 comics to understand her character and the complexities of the Squad.
"She's a hero, though obviously quite a flawed one," he says of Waller. "She's trapped in a leadership role that requires her to use and abuse people for the 'greater good,' but the more she has to sacrifice to achieve those goals the less she can trust her own moral core to make the right decisions.
"If people read this issue and gain a greater sense of respect for Amanda and the weight of the choices she's forced to make then I think we've done well by her. She's a complex character worthy of exploration."


text:
Rooftop Gardens
A roof garden is any garden on the roof of a building. Humans have grown plants atop structures since antiquity. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, architectural enhancement, and recreational opportunities. Available gardening areas in cities are often seriously lacking, which is likely the key impetus for many roof gardens. The garden may be on the roof of an autonomous building which takes care of its own water and waste. Hydroponics and other alternative methods can expand the possibilities of roof top gardening by reducing, for example, the need for soil or its tremendous weight. Plantings in containers are used extensively in roof top gardens.
Green Roof Basics
Condition of the Roof - In general, the most cost-effective time to construct a rooftop garden is when the roof needs to be replaced or newly constructed. However, some
types of green roofs can be installed on existing roofs.
The City Hall rooftop garden sits atop Chicago's City Hall, The 20,300 square foot City Hall rooftop garden has 20,000 plants of more than 150 varieties including 100 shrubs, 40 vines and 2 trees. The plants were selected for their hardiness on a roof, where wind and watering are two challenges. The plants require little water and can survive Chicago's seasons. Most are native to the region. This low-maintenance garden relies on a special blend of compost, mulch, and sponge-like ingredients that weighs less than regular topsoil and retains more water. When the Department of Environment (DOE) was considering plants for City Hall's Rooftop Garden, they took into consideration the hostile growing environment and the plants that would best survive the varied elements. Plants appropriate for extensive green roofs usually favor poor soils. Also, the windy conditions would increase the loss of moisture from growing media and leaves, so drought-tolerant plants often survive best. Department of Environment found that many plants, especially native varieties, were suitable and attractive options for our rooftop garden.


text:
It's been awhile since, almost six weeks since we have been able to name a Power Performance of the Week on daytime television, but given the incredible display of acting talent given material worthy of them by Ron Carlivati and the GH writing team this past week, we can honestly say, we think this may be the kick-start daytime and certainly General Hospital needed!
While so many in the cast of GH have had heartbreaking moments surrounding the demise of the beloved Dr. Robin Scorpio, there were three this past week that really took our breath away, and we are sure next week the big Tristan Rogers and Tony Geary's scenes may be included in next week's "Power" announcement.
But for sheer understated simplicity that to us just feels so realistic in such an unrealistic set of circumstances, Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, the grieving mother, reminds us why she is a Daytime Emmy winner, and why she has been sorely missed from the Port Charles canvas for far too long. In the scenes with Luke in the diner, where she talks about her beautiful daughter, and her concern for Robert, they stunning moments. However, there were scenes throughout the week with Patrick and Robert, and debating whether to go into the morgue to see her charred daughter, all were just sensitively and touchingly portrayed. BRAVA!
Next, Jason Thompson (Patrick), what can we say? Tears flowing, a man trying to come to grips with the death of his wife, in which for all intent and purposes he witnessed. Then Patrick has to go perform life or death surgery on Jason, and then he attempts to figure out how to tell his little girl her mother is never coming home. It was all very well-done. And of course, the scene that has everyone is talking about where Epiphany had a heart to heart with the good doc, has become an instant GH classic.
And then we have Maurice Benard who as Sonny sat with Sam while waiting for Jason to come out of surgery and remembered Robin, like a sister. He recalled all that she and Stone had gone through and what she meant to him, and he made us at home reach for the hankies! It was great to see Maurice being given material that was subtle and introspective, instead of a gun-toting mobster for a change!
And with that, we name this week's Power Performances of the Week to Finola Hughes, Jason Thompson and Maurice Benard!
Now below take a look at some of the incredible work of this trio from this past week that we were referring to when making our choices!


text:
Aftermarket Hoods Only: Quicklift ELITE Hood Struts were designed specifically for aftermarket Mustang hoods are will not work properly on stock hoods. The kit includes all of the necessary installation hardware for a quick set up on your Mustang.
Warranty Info: Redline provides a 2-year limited warranty for the QuickLift PLUS kit.
Many of high-quality performance parts and accessories require freight shipping due to their size, bulk, or manufacturer's preferences. Freight shipping is only available to the Continental United States (AK, HI, Puerto Rico, etc. are not able to order items that ship via freight service). It takes roughly one to three days for Stage 3 to process a freight order and carefully prepare your order for transit. After our freight carrier picks up the product, a Stage 3 representative will email you tracking information for your order.
Once your shipment has arrived in your general area, the freight carrier will contact you to schedule the actual delivery. Most freight companies can only schedule for a particular day and not a specific time, because of their volume of deliveries.
After your order is delivered, it is extremely important to completely inspect your package and items for damage before signing the Bill of Lading while the delivery personnel are still there. You are solely responsible for thoroughly inspecting your items before signing any documentation. Carefully note any damage to your items or anything unusual on the Bill of Lading. Keep a copy of your papers and contact Stage 3 immediately if there is any damage or irregularities. Damage caused by transportation qualifies you for a refund and/or replacement only if any and all damage is properly documented on the Bill of Lading.
Please keep all of the item's original packaging for up to 30 days in case your product needs to be returned. All damage claims will need to be processed by our Returns Department and require clear photographs of the damage to your parts.
Contact Stage 3 Motorsports or check out our standard shipping policy if you have any additional questions or concerns.


text:
After 10 million people watched the final episode of Broadchurch this spring, the secret behind ITV's award-winning Whodunnit is rather well known. However, the rights have been bought by Little, Brown Book Group to adapt the drama into a novel.
Chris Chibnall, the scriptwriter behind the provincial muder mystery starring Olivia Colman and David Tennant, will co-write the book. He will be joined by British psychological thriller author Erin Kelly on the project, and the novel will be published in August 2013.
The ITV drama unfolded in a small Dorset town and looked at the local families affected by the murder of a young boy in the community. Kelly said that she couldn't wait to "delve even deeper into the hearts and thoughts of the characters and to bring the town to life on page."
Chibnall claims that fans had envisaged Broadchurch as a book ever since the series ended. "The day after Broadchurch finished, a woman stopped me on West Bay beach and asked me 'When's the book coming out?' Now I have an answer."
The novel will also be published in America, where TV network Fox are planning their own remake of the drama. ITV commissioned a second series of Broadchurch the day after the first ended. It will begin production next year.


text:
The past 12 months have not been good for assemblyman William Boyland Jr. In March, he was arrested on federal corruption charges. In July, it was reported he was playing computer games when he should have been in session in Albany. In August, his GMC Yukon was shot at as he drove through his neighborhood of Brownsville—though this last event seems to have been random.
There was moment of hope when Mr. Boyland was acquitted in November. But no sooner had he settled back into life as a free man—nearly three weeks later—than FBI agents arrived at his home, and he was arrested on a second set of corruption charges. According to the indictment, the bureau had him on tape, soliciting bribes.
(He declined to be interviewed.)
Should he be convicted of the charges against him, Mr. Boyland will be the last of a nearly-40-year-long Brooklyn political dynasty.
The legacy of the family began with Mr. Boyland's uncle, Thomas S. Boyland Sr., the first of the clan to represent the 55th District, which includes the Brownsville, Ocean Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Bushwick sections of Brooklyn. In 1982, Thomas Boyland died of a heart attack and his brother, William Boyland Sr. (who goes by Frank), inherited the seat. He eventually passed the seat on to William Boyland Jr., after abruptly retiring in 2002, in a move many observers said was designed to ensure his son would succeed him. The family's influence has also extended to the City Council, where Mr. Boyland's sister, Tracy, spent several years.
Mr. Boyland's political career was built on top of his family legacy. His district offices are located on Thomas S. Boyland Street, which is located a stone's throw away from the Thomas S. Boyland Homes, the Thomas S. Boyland Democratic Club and P.S. 73, the Thomas S. Boyland School. A Thomas S. Boyland street sign hangs above the doorway to the assemblyman's offices in Albany.
As the retired Mr. Boyland Sr.—who did offer comment for the record—put it, the project of representing their particular district "was to rebuild a piece of shit, you know. It was no housing, no nothing. This is years ago and they had nothing out there but garbage dumps. Now they got something."
The extent of the Boyland influence in the neighborhood is so significant that the family has been dubbed the "Kennedys of Brownsville."
Tish James, councilwoman for District 35 in Brooklyn, is a close friend of the Boyland clan who has known the family for more than 20 years, described their legacy.
"They've had a succession of successes in Brownsville. They built housing in Brownsville. They transformed neighborhoods, which were once burnt out, into middle-class neighborhoods," Ms. James said. "They were very instrumental in economic development, and bringing job opportunities to Brownsville and reducing violence in Brownsville."
But that may all be over soon.
Mr. Boyland's attorney, Richard Rosenberg, declined to comment on the progress of the case when we spoke to him earlier this month, saying "I'd prefer not to give an interview. I try my cases in the courtroom."
Even so, at a Jan. 4 court appearance, Mr. Boyland's attorneys and the prosecution submitted a joint request for the start of his trial to be postponed until this month because "they are engaged in plea negotiations, which they believe are likely to result in a disposition of this case without trial. The bribery and extortion charges he is currently facing are felonies and a guilty plea would mean Mr. Boyland must relinquish the Assembly seat his family has held since 1976.
When Mr. Rosenberg and the prosecution last met for a "status conference" in front of Judge Sandra Townes on Feb. 3, a plea had not been reached and a follow-up appearance was set for May 4.
The elder Mr. Boyland doesn't think his son will take a plea deal, because the younger Mr. Boyland emerged unscathed from his last corruption case. Last March, the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, unveiled the first bribery case against Assemblyman Boyland, accusing him of taking "what amounted to a no-show consulting job" with the MediSys Health Network that paid him approximately $177,368.95 during his first five years in the Legislature in exchange for taking "official action" to benefit the company, including asking the Assembly speaker, with whom he had a "chummy" relationship, according to The New York Times, to award several million dollars to a hospital that was part of the MediSys network.
The first set of charges against Mr. Boyland resulted from an FBI wiretap investigation into the activities of four hospital executives, lobbyist Richard Lipsky, State Senator Carl Kruger and the senator's rumored lover, Michael Turano. The other seven men involved in the investigation were all convicted, but Mr. Boyland was acquitted Nov. 10.
"They spent all that money and did not beat the one little old poor guy," the elder Mr. Boyland said. "The rest of the guys plead and they had high-powered lawyers, this guy, they done run us out of money, but if he didn't plea on that why would he plea on this one?"
(According to the Daily News, when the judge read the "not guilty" verdict, his chief of staff, Ryan Hermon, "let out a loud yelp.")
Less than three weeks later, both Ms. Hermon and the assemblyman were arrested on the new round of corruption charges. This time, FBI investigators were armed with tapes of Mr. Boyland and Ms. Hermon allegedly soliciting bribes from undercover agents and informants they believed to be carnival promoters and real estate developers interested in setting up shop in the assemblyman's district.
In what could prove to be a painful irony, Mr. Boyland is allegedly heard on tape saying he needed $7,000 to "solidify some attorneys" and cover his legal fees.
But it's not just legal woes that could threaten Mr. Boyland's seat, and the family reputation. As the charges against him mounted, Mr. Boyland has faced growing threats to his power in Brownsville and increased scrutiny on his record in the statehouse. He has hardly been an active presence in Albany in recent years. He didn't introduce a single piece of legislation in 2010, 2011 or the first part of the young 2012 legislative session. Last year, he missed one-third of the 60 Assembly sessions. And though he was rarely seen in Albany last year, he was a regular presence on Facebook, where, as chronicled by City & State reporter Laura Nahmias, he spent hours playing the game CityVille while he was missing Assembly sessions, an embarrassing revelation that was picked up by dozens of news outlets.
As if arrest, federal indictment and negative press weren't enough, there is also the matter of the lawsuits the State Board of Elections has filed against Mr. Boyland—41 at last count, resulting in more than $20,000 in damages, none of which has been paid.
Bill Mahoney, who works on campaign finance issues with the New York Public Interest Research group, told The Observer Assemblyman Boyland's failure to file disclosures raises the possibility he's used campaign contributions for personal expenses.
"Candidates often do use their donations for personal expenses, even if they do file properly," Mr. Mahoney said. "But it does raise more red flags, because if you don't do any filings, you may have used an even larger amount of money for personal expenses. It's just impossible for us to tell."
Despite the outstanding damages, however, Mr. Boyland doesn't face more serious trouble for his failure to file campaign disclosures. "We've got no enforcement right now at all at the Board of Elections. They can't do much to make candidates file," Mr. Mahoney said.
Even if his trial does not end in conviction, Mr. Boyland—to no one's surprise—faces several challenges for his Assembly seat when he's due up for re-election sometime this summer. Though the date for the vote has yet to be set, a field of at least five candidates is already lining up to challenge him at the polls and petitions are circulating in Brownsville calling for his "immediate resignation."
"There is a void right now as a result of the current troubles that [the Boylands] are experiencing," said Ms. James, "and the fact that they have lost a big amount of power in Brownsville and, you know, my heart aches for them, but beyond that my heart aches for the constituents of Brownsville, because what they need is competent leadership and what they need right now is someone with a vision and someone who can promote economic development in Brownsville to address the high rate of unemployment and the violence."
One of his potential challengers in this year's election, community activist Tony Herbert, believes Mr. Boyland's absenteeism is detrimental, and that neither he nor his father produced any noticeable results in Brownsville.
"Honestly, I can't really put my finger on the pulse of anything that has moved this community in a positive direction during the tenure of the Boyland clan" he said, "with the exception of Thomas Boyland, who had the seat and did some wonderful things. But after that, I haven't seen anything from the father or the son. So, at the end of the day, it seems as though this is more about the Boyland business than it was the community's business."
But Mr. Boyland Sr. was steadfast, and pointed to achievements made by himself and his son, noting they did not push for development in Brownsville out of self-interest. "They're trying to just wipe out good things now, they're trying to say it was all bad and corrupt. No. Ain't nobody corrupted," he inveighed. "I don't build health care facilities because of me, I build them because we need health care. I'm not building anything because I needed a house. No, I built houses because there were 44,000 homeless people."
And he's solidly unimpressed with the idea of his son being challenged for the family seat. "Who the hell are these guys?" he asked. "A good leader has a solution. When you run for governor and mayor and all that, have a solution. So that's the answer to the buttholes running against somebody. They ran against me, I don't worry about them."
Of late, Mr. Boyland Jr. has tightened his privacy settings on Facebook, but he remains active on the site. In the past three weeks, he has used Facebook to comment on photos, participate in a poll and "like" the Richard Pryor movie Which Way Is Up? His profile of course lists his membership in the New York State Assembly, but he also identifies "Herban Eden Corp/ Human Race Corp. com" as one of his employers.
Both companies are the brainchild of a Long Island man named James Dunn. They are not licensed corporations in New York State, but websites created by Mr. Dunn say they are dedicated to "capitalizing on the wireless energy connection between thought-life & plant life" and making "the world's first 24 hour holographic internet broadcast and wireless energy supply network." Mr. Dunn said the assemblyman has been "very instrumental in his concepts."
As for his state of mind, Mr. Boyland's most recent comment came, where else, on Facebook, where, he recently changed his profile photo to a note that read, "I am too positive to be doubtful. Too Optimistic to be fearful. And too determined to be defeated."


text:
Western baseball team routs FDU-Florham
Published 11:05 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013
MADISON, N.J. -- Senior Conor Bierfeldt went 4 for 4 with two home runs, a double, five RBI and two runs scored to lead the Western Connecticut State University baseball team to an 11-5 win at FDU-Florham Wednesday afternoon. Senior Chris Alberto was 3 for 6 with a single, triple, home run, four RBI and three runs scored for the Colonials.
Western took an early lead in the first when junior Jeff John led off with a single and scored on Alberto's homer to left center. Western added two more runs in the third on the first of Bierfeldt's two homers, and added three more runs in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead. An unearned run in the sixth gave Western an 8-0 lead.
Western freshman pitcher Tyler Eastwood shut out FDU-Florham through seven innings, but gave up a single, a homer, and another single to start the bottom of the eighth. After retiring the next two batters, Eastwood gave up three straight singles, walked a batter, and loaded the bases on an error by the Western third baseman.
Sophomore Derik Brady, a New Milford native, replaced Eastwood and got the final out to end the threat.
With the win, improved to 15-22. The Colonials return to action on Friday, when they travel to play UMass-Boston in a double-header scheduled to begin at 1 pm.


text:
Cornwall United Church Cemetery
The Cemetery
As mentioned earlier, land had been purchased in 1842 for a Preaching House and burial grounds. Some of the earlier records date back to 1852. However, it is believed that burials took place prior to that time but were not recorded. This makes the date of the first use of the cemetery difficult to determine; it is not known when the cemetery was first used. Records do indicate that prior to the use of the United Church (former Methodist Church) cemetery several others were used for residents of the area. These cemeteries include Elm Avenue burial grounds, Hyde burial grounds or Crosby burial grounds; the latter two being located in Meadow Bank. The Hyde and Crosby burial grounds were used when travel to the Elm Ave. grounds proved to be too difficult during the winter months17.
Mr. John Corbin was the first sexton of the church. In September of 1874, it was resolved that Mr. Corbin be paid $1 for every grave dug. He was the person who cared for the grounds and was responsible for any inquiries regarding grave plots. A certain Mr. James MacGregor was responsible for digging the actual grave, and most times he did not receive received any payment for his labours18.
Upkeep continued over the years to keep the grounds in good repair. Since its inception the burial grounds have been twice expanded; once in October 1953 and again in August 1968. It is interesting to note that the cost of a plot in the cemetery in 1954 was $4 and in 1974 the cost rose to $2519.
Cornwall United Church and Cemetery - Photo Taken Summer 2011 by Sara Richard
- Login to post comments


text:
What is included with this book?
|brain rules
|p. i
|p. 1
|Parenting is about brain development
|The importance of being selective about science
|Why do we need parents, anyway?
|Five inescapable questions
|p. 19
|Four things that improve a baby's brain development
|Electronic gadgets: Forget'em
|Is morning sickness a good thing?
|When your baby can hear your voice, sense your touch
|The effects of severe stress on mom and baby
|p. 55
|Bundle of joy? Yes, but...
|What happens to marriages in the transition to parenthood
|The four biggest reasons you'll fight
|Guys, get out the vacuum cleaner
|Two steps to a relationship that's good for baby
|smart baby: seeds
|p. 89
|8,000 neurons per second!
|What's better than IQ
|The brain cannot learn unless it feels safe
|What does "smart" mean?
|Seven types of intelligence
|Every brain is wired differently
|smart baby: soil
|p. 121
|The best kind of playroom
|Talking to your child improves IQ
|How to raise cognition scores by 50%
|TV before age 2
|The harm in hyper-parenting
|happy baby: seeds
|p. 159
|Could happiness be genetic?
|Where emotions happen in the brain
|Magical mirror neurons
|Emotions and logic are not as separate as you think
|happy baby: soil
|p. 189
|The secret to happiness
|Using empathy to calm your child's nerves
|The one parenting style that works
|moral baby
|p. 219
|Are babies born moral?
|The three-legged stool of discipline
|Kids lie a lot (every two hours, by age 4)
|Explaining your rules
|p. 253
|practical tips
|p. 261
|p. 277
|p. 279
|Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Homeopathy Ayurvedic cure for swine flu (H1N1)
At a time when swine flu is taking lives across the globe with India being no exception to it, very few know that its sure shot treatment is hidden in the country itself. The oldest mode of medicine — Ayurveda has a cure for the much talked about swine flu. … Continue reading


text:
July 21, 2007
– Comments (0)
Three weeks ago Wells Fargo was my blog subject and I wanted to update that post by going over some of the highlights of the recent earning report. And, after 'Dumpster Diving', I felt like I owed TMF a serious blog.
Wells Fargo reported second quarter earnings of 67 cents per share on Tuesday the 17th, up from 61 cents in 2nd quarter '06 and in line with analysts' estimates. In addition to the earnings, several things in the recorded comments caught my attention.
Quotes from the comments transcript are in italics, bold highlighting is mine.
"Businesses that generated double-digit year-over-year revenue growth included asset management, business direct, capital markets, corporate trust, credit and debit cards, global remittance services, home equity, consumer finance, insurance, international, personal credit management, real estate brokerage and wealth management."
A broad range of WFC businesses contributed to the 13 percent revenue growth. I was surprised to see home equity and real estate brokerage in that list.
"We continued to have the highest net interest margin among our peers at 4.89 percent, up 13 basis points from a year ago."
"At 1.82 percent our return on assets - after all expenses and credit costs – remained one of the highest among large banks and improved 11 basis points from second quarter 2006 despite the increase in charge-offs from a year ago. At 19.6 percent, our ROE remained one of the highest in the industry …"
A couple of reasons to consider owning this company.
"While we maintained one of the highest ratios of non-interest bearing deposits to total deposits among large banks in the U.S....."
Don't know who has non-interest bearing deposits these days, but thanks for the free money.
"Our Wealth Management group once again had a strong quarter with 17 percent revenue growth and 23 percent earnings growth from a year ago. Revenue from brokerage increased 31 percent and earnings were up 91 percent from a year ago driven by an increase in productivity from our financial consultants. This productivity lift helped brokerage assets under administration reach record levels, up 19 percent from second quarter 2006. WellsTrade, our on-line brokerage service, introduced new pricing during the first quarter which offers 100 commission-free online trades per year for Wells Fargo PMA customers. Since the new pricing in February, new account openings have increased almost 100 percent over the same period last year."
Free trades won't generate revenues, but WFC now has a new, affluent customer base for other financial services.
"Mortgage applications in second quarter were running at relatively high levels, up 6 percent from a year ago. Despite the increase in mortgage rates from last year, mortgage refi applications were up 24 percent from a year ago. At $68 billion, purchase mortgage applications were close to the $71 billion in purchase applications taken during the homebuying season last spring."
I was surprised the mortgage business was holding up this well. Maybe things aren't quite as bad as is being reported, apparently someone is still buying houses.
"The anticipatory actions we took in February to further strengthen our residential real estate underwriting standards, and some pricing improvements on these loans in the second quarter, resulted in only $35 million of revenue reduction on nonprime loans reflected in net gains on mortgage loan origination/sale activities, compared to $90 million in revenue reduction taken in the first quarter. Total nonprime residential real estate secured originations were down $2.7 billion from second quarter 2006."
"While delinquencies andforeclosures are increasing, only 0.56 percent of our servicing portfolio – in other words,less than 1 percent - is in foreclosure, which is below the industry average."
"We have very little ARM reset risk across our loan and servicing portfolios."
"We have never offered or retained negative AM or option ARMs with low initial teaser rates, which is where the greatest risk exists for other providers in the industry."
"We have negligible direct exposure to hedge funds. Lending directly to private equity sponsors is immaterial and not a strategic focus of our business. … We have consciously avoided participating in high profile or controversial financings of this type."
"Weakness in the home equity portfolio is particularly apparent in the 2006 vintage sourced through third party channels where current CLTVs have risen above 90 percent in part due to the decline in local home values. This particular segment represents only about 3 percent of the total home equity portfolio."
"Given current trends in many residential housing markets, we expect higher but manageable losses throughout 2007 in the home equity portfolio."
WFC has done a decent job of managing risk, tightened standards, cut back on subprime and generally avoided flashy, high risk investment banking ventures. It's not all good news, but is better than I had expected/feared.
I was a little surprised by the mortgage business. Given all news about subprime spreading, hedge fund collapses and mortgage companies going out of business, I was surprised to see WFC mortgage business holding steady. The mortgage business still has problems, but like many things, the press may be over-emphasizing the problem areas. Moderate earnings hits from subprime may turn out to be a trend across the banking industry. Fellow Fool DoEddi noted the same thing in Citi's earnings call.
The relative strength, if you can call it that, in purchase mortgage applications was one of the reasons I ended my under perform picks on a couple of the homebuilders. Recovery is still a ways off, but many of the homebuilders stock prices have taken a beating and much of the bad news is probably already in the stock price. Still way too early to think about going long.
I continue to believe the share price of all financial firms with mortgage exposure is being marked down by the mess in subprime, whether they deserve it or not. WFC's earnings comments indicate they're handling the problems pretty well. This mark down presents a nice opportunity to accumulate shares of quality financial firms at a discount to the market.
And, the dividend hike should be announced next week.
Disclosure: I own shares of Wells Fargo.
Still no sign of the elusive blogging charm, but 'popular' joined the collection. My humble thanks.
Thanks for reading. As always, your opinions and comments are welcome.
Fool On!
View More


text:
Key Points
Summer air conditioning is a significant operating expense for most facilities. For operations with servers and other heat-generating equipment, cooling is a critical, but costly, requirement year-round. Air-side economizers can save energy and money by bringing in outside air to replace or supplement mechanical cooling. Under the right conditions, a properly operating economizer can reduce space cooling energy costs by 10 percent, or more.
How economizers work
Economizers are located on the supply side of the air-handling system. Components include dampers, sensors, small motors, and controllers. When the air outside is cool enough (generally around 55°F to 60°F) the damper opens, bringing in outdoor air to provide free cooling. When the sensor indicates that the temperature is not right for cooling, the damper is closed.
Two types of economizer controls are available, dry bulb and enthalpy. Dry-bulb controls only sense air temperature, but are generally less costly to install and maintain. Enthalpy units sense both temperature and humidity. Enthalpy controls typically increase comfort by blocking excessively humid outside air, but higher installation and maintenance costs can outweigh their additional benefits.
In some cases, the air-conditioning cooling coil is always off when the economizer is operating. Integrated economizers, however, allow both to operate at the same time, as indicated in the following table.
Temp (°F)
|Mechanical heating
|Modulated economizer
30 to 55
|Integrated economizer
55 to 75
Wide open
|Mechanical cooling
One of the most advanced economizer control strategies available is a differential enthalpy system, in which two enthalpy sensors are installed (one for the outside air and one for the return air). Under the differential control strategy, the system uses whichever air source (outside or return) has lower enthalpy when there is a need for cooling.
When do economizers make sense?
While economizers are an effective energy-saving technology, they are not the right fit for every situation. Key considerations include:
Economizers require careful installation and maintenance. A poorly installed or malfunctioning economizer can waste more energy than it was intended to save. It is important to evaluate these and other factors when deciding whether an economizer is a cost-effective solution for your facility.
Get Help
Your electric and gas utilities offer incentives for purchasing energy efficient heating and cooling equipment. For more information, see our Save@Work section.
This article has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing helpful information to users of this service. The information has been compiled by Questline, a contractor to the NHSaves utilities; however, no representation is made by either Questline or NHSaves as to the completeness or accuracy of the information contained therein. In particular, some information may be incomplete, may contain errors or may be out of date. In addition, neither Questline nor NHSaves endorses any product or service mentioned therein.


text:
It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
I still love the coke can with alcohol though.
edit on 2-1-2014 by Pimpintology because: of formatting purposes.


text:
Funny story about Gary Nichols:Originally Posted by nemanomine;2419851;
He's a local musician who lives here and I work for an attorney who handles real estate transactions. Gary and his wife were in our offices a couple of weeks ago to do a real estate transaction and one of my co-workers was telling him how crazy I was about AI. He came out to my desk to talk to me and noticed the wallpaper on my computer has Bo and Taylor on it. He was asking me if I was the owner of the Toyota 4runner parked out front with the "Bo Bice Rocks" sticker on my window and the personalized Idol car tag. Gee..how did he know that was mine?
He told me that he had met Taylor before and that he was a really nice guy and he said he was about to leave to go out on tour with Bo. I told him he needed to make sure to bring Bo back here so his local fans could see him. My co-worker suggested to Gary that he needed to surprise me and bring Bo in to meet me. I don't have to tell anyone here but I'm sure I would lose all cool and self respect I had if Bo walked into my office
Glad to hear the concert was good nemanomine. Gary plays with alot of local musicians. I've seen him before when he played with Angela and Zac Hacker (Nashville star winner and runner up). I'm ready for Bo's CD to come out...N.O.W.!!!!


text:
Brady girls split in final regular-season matches
ANSLEY—With all that has transpired over the past week affecting the students in Brady, volleyball seems quite insignificant, said Eagle coach Lynne Johnson.
"It certainly puts life in perspective for us all," she said.
Two students and a parent were killed in an auto accident before school Thursday morning. Another parent was critically injured.
Preparing for D2-9 sub-district action has been difficult.
"There are so many emotions," Johnson said. "And each of them is different. Corralling those emotions and focusing on volleyball might be what some of them need to do."
Brady finished out its regular-season schedule on Oct. 23 with a triangular at Ansley.
"They're a couple of good teams," Johnson said of Class D-1's No. 5-ranked Ansley-Litchfield (28-1) and Sandhills/Thedford, which gave the Eagles a tough match in the conference finals.
The coach said her team started slow against the Knights in the first match of the triangular and fell behind early.
After losing the first set, Brady came back to get the victory 22-25, 25-23, 25-21.
The Eagles then pushed Ansley-Litchfield to the limit in the nightcap.
The Warriors are a co-op team for the first time this fall with a core of good athletes back for Ansley playing with a bunch of solid youngsters returning for Litchfield.
"They're good," Johnson said. "Very good."
But Brady (20-7) put up a solid fight against the top-notch team, pressing the Warriors to three long sets.
"We played well," Johnson said. "It ended up being really good conditioning for us."
Ansley-Litchfield defeated the Eagles 25-16, 18-25, 25-21.
Since the sub-district entries had already been made, the outcome of the match didn't count in seeding, only in confidence.
"We were right with them the whole time," Johnson said. "If they set their minds to it, we can play with just about anyone."
After the emotional weekend and funeral on Tuesday for the boys killed in the accident, Johnson said she didn't know where the girls' focus might be for the D-2 sub-district at Gothenburg Tuesday night.
"We will do what we can do at the moment," she said. "If we come out successful, that's great. If not, it's not the worst that could happen."
The Eagles played Eustis-Farnam (14-10) in the first round. Bertrand, state-ranked at No. 8, faced Anslemo-Merna in the other half of the bracket.
Complete results will be available in next week's issue of The Times.
Latest Headlines
- Brady Track Team Ready for Action
- The beauty of an apology
- The victory and heartbreak of the State High School Wrestling championships
- Lessons on the highway
- Brady High School One Act: How to Kiss a Girl
- Swede volleyball team tastes success in 2017
- Future looks bright for Swede football team
- Gothenburg students attend National FFA Convention


text:
Suzlon Rises to 10-Month High After Canada Order: Mumbai Mover
Suzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL), India's biggest wind turbine maker, rose to its highest level in almost 10 months after its German unit won a 350 megawatt order in Canada.
The shares surged 16 percent to 24.55 rupees, the highest since April 4, 2012, at the close in Mumbai.
Repower Systems SE, based in Hamburg, will supply the Canadian unit of Electricite de France SA 175 turbines, each capable of producing 2 megawatts of electricity, Suzlon said in a statement to stock exchanges today.
The order, with supplies beginning this year, is Repower's largest contract. The win comes a week after Suzlon's lenders approved a 95-billion rupee ($1.78 billion) debt-restructuring plan, which will help bring down the company's repayment costs. Suzlon, based in Pune, India, on Oct. 11 failed to pay $209 million, the biggest convertible note default by an Indian company.
The first phase of 150 megawatts will start generation in December 2014. The remaining 200 megawatts will be ready a year later. The order is part of an initial agreement in 2009 between Repower and EDF for 954 megawatts of wind turbines, Suzlon said in the statement.
To contact the reporter on this story: Archana Chaudhary in New Delhi at firstname.lastname@example.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Arijit Ghosh at email@example.com


text:
If you are going to have a short break from race-riding, a couple of weeks in January and February when half the meetings seem to be called off anyway is probably as good a time as any. Robert Thornton, though, does not see it like that.
"It's not ideal at any time," he said yesterday. "When I had the fall [on 26 January] they said it could be three or four weeks and now I'm looking to be back next Wednesday. But I'd ride on Saturday, though there's no way that they'd let me. To be honest, I've probably ridden when I've had more discomfort than I have now."
Thornton had ridden four winners from his previous six rides when he climbed aboard Cracboumwiz at Leicester a week ago and had every chance of making it five from seven when his partner galloped straight through the third-last. Thornton was thrown clear, but suffered severe bruising to his back when landing many yards past the obstacle.
It was just the latest misfortune in what has already been a frustrating season, with Thornton dropping down the jockeys' table from what had become his accustomed top-three position. Alan King, his main employer, has been struggling to get his horses into peak form all season and, just as the string seemed to be turning the corner, Thornton has been forced to sit and watch.
"I take my hat off to Alan for the great job he's done," Thornton says. "It's been well documented that there's been a problem, but hopefully it's getting sorted if it hasn't been sorted already, and the horses are definitely running a lot better now than they were earlier on in the season.
"All through that run of form, the percentages were not too bad. He's never once been on the [Racing Post's] cold list during that time and nor have I. But the horses just weren't finishing their races. They would look well, travel great and jump really well, but then you would get down to the business end and, whereas Alan's horses will always fight and find another gear, they just weren't doing that."
Thornton's midweek target for a return is not a date plucked from the air. The three days afterwards will see several of King's main contenders for the Cheltenham Festival going on trial, including Mille Chief, the ante-post favourite for the Triumph Hurdle, who is due to run at Huntingdon next Thursday.
"There's a little bit of pressure on the both of us to get them there now," Thornton says. "We've got to get runs into a few of them, for match practice as much as anything.
"Mille Chief is one and The Betchworth Kid [a recent gamble for the Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle] is another, he's due to run the following day, and Voy Por Ustedes and Bakbenscher the day after that. Bensalem [a possible for the RSA Chase] tipped up at Haydock last time and he needs a hunt round somewhere."
King has shown a great deal of patience with his horses so far this season, which may well be repaid further down the line, though, no matter how the rest of the season unfolds, Thornton is resigned to losing his familiar position towards the top of the championship.
"Sometimes when you get a run like ours, you find that one or two of them come out the other end well-handicapped, but at somewhere like Cheltenham that might just mean that you don't get into the race at all and really we'd have been much happier to have been kicking on as normal throughout the season," he said.
"I'm a long way off where I've been for the last five years and I'm afraid whatever happens, in the numerical respect the season has gone. All I'm looking to do now is to get as many winners and as much prize money as possible in the rest of the season and then focus on getting back up there next time around."


text:
On a sticky wicket
The CLT20 has to shake off the impact of the IPL's spot-fixing scandal to be successful. The tournament could have done without the negative publicity surrounding Faisalabad Wolves.india Updated: Sep 17, 2013 00:37 IST
The Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) which kicks off today with the qualifying matches in Mohali is a tournament that was conceived as one for the champion sides, meant for winners of 'domestic' competitions such as the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, there has been no real buzz around the CLT20 compared to the support fans have provided to the IPL and other similar franchise leagues. Thus, the tournament could have done without the negative publicity surrounding Faisalabad Wolves. Pakistan's champion T20 side was struck in uncertainty as it appeared that political tensions would scupper their hopes of getting visas. And they finally land to play the qualifying matches — forced to travel from Lahore to Mohali via Dubai instead of taking the shorter road route — only to discover they cannot stay in the hotel in Chandigarh due to technical issues with their visa.
However, the tournament — main round matches run from September 21 to October 6 — will hope to surmount other more serious issues. It was forced to shift matches out of Hyderabad due to the unrest caused by the Telangana issue. Whether it draws bigger crowds this time it will depend on the response in a smaller city like Ranchi. Its biggest challenge, however, will be to overcome the effects of the spot-fixing scandal that shook this year's IPL edition. Although the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has handed punishments to four players and announced extra security measures to insulate players from any approaches by shady characters, security agencies will be keeping a close watch on every minor detail to ensure the action taken has had a salutary effect on everyone concerned with the tournament.
The tournament will be the T20 swansong for Sachin Tendulkar while Rahul Dravid, shaken by the spot-fixing focus on Rajasthan Royals, the team he leads, is also expected to call it a day. But this CLT20 edition will show whether the event has the resilience to push forward, which is, at least, not indicated by the winners' purse.


text:
Have suitcase, will travel - Angela Scanlon's wanderlust
Bitten by the travel bug at an early age, Angela Scanlon has travelled the world with zeal - and she has no intention of stopping...
My first flight abroad was a trip to Leeds for my cousin's wedding.
I had an amazing denim Ra-Ra skirt (yes, I've always been that cool) and white tights with love hearts. We flew with Aer Lingus and the hostesses were the most glorious people I had ever seen. Their lipstick matched their nails and they wore chic, navy heels and French rolls that felt wildly exotic.
They gave me a colouring book and sweets that tasted of plastic and promise and in that instant I wanted to grow up to be just like them...
The idea that I could fly around the world, for free - actually for money - made me very happy. Up until that point, I had been to Trabolgan and Roscommon, Belmullet and Skibbereen but never anywhere that involved a flight. As we grew up holidays became slightly more exotic and that airport-induced excitement has stayed with me.
As a teenager, I travelled all around Europe, mostly on a bus while singing Imagine by John Lennon and Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid.
As an Irish dancer, dozens of us were shuttled around festivals having the time of our lives. Sweating profusely in a heavy velvet costume, seeing things I'd only ever dreamt about and eating veal schnitzel. I had made it.
Then the big one - America. That was the dream … a place I'd seen in Mannequin, Top Gun and Grease; somewhere foreign and fabulous, a little forbidden, sun-drenched with a stench of motorcycle oil, ketchup and suncream. My dad had considered moving there before he met my mam and so it always held some sort of otherworldly appeal.
I also secretly believed that if I met Slater from Saved By The Bell I could live there forever and we could have wonderful-looking babies with ginger afros.
Up until midway through college my travel plans had been largely made for me. Wherever the gig was, that's where we'd go, but a dodgy ankle and premature retirement meant I was suddenly thrust into the hinterland. Apart from the fact that I couldn't dance, I realised that my regular excursions had suddenly and abruptly come to an end. Once I dried my eyes I realised it had accidentally been a gift. I could go anywhere. With anyone I wanted. Anytime. AND I wouldn't have blisters.
In the pub one random night I invited myself on a J1 with a group of basic strangers who are now my best mates. They were going to Santa Barbara while I was facing the first summer in a decade on home soil and I felt smothered by the very idea. Bags packed and only half tentative I headed west, way west. It was the best summer of my early adult life. We ran amok and had a ball and I wished I could stay in that sun-soaked, beer-swigging paradise forever.
After a brief stint in a Mexican jail I realised that this was what life was about. No rules, no call times, no teachers, no assholes (apart from the cop in the cell who had once had his heart broken by a Limerick girl). I could, and would, explore the world as long as I had money in my pocket and a willing companion.
The next couple of years involved a six-month stint in New York, a year in Australia, a month in New Zealand and six months hopping from Thailand to Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia. I worked in a shoe shop, a fabric shop, in an ice cream parlour, a cinema, as a secretary and a barmaid. I shared a place with a distant aunt and my best mate in New York, the chief of a tribe (and his family) in Laos and a hut with a group of German ping pong players in Thailand.
In Sydney I lived in what can only be described as a commune, just with more perfume and hormones and fun, 12 girls with one lucky man chucked into the mix. And my favourite, a yellow van called Scotty that we ate, slept, drank, laughed, fought and nearly died in! A yellow HiAce is not exactly a sexy mode of transport for four girls, and I spent three months with my three best mates sharing a mattress, muesli and more than I care to remember.
We travelled down the Gold Coast in our trusty steed, he nearly killed us on a number of occasions. We set him on fire, almost drove him off the road and for the last month of our endurance test we had to push-start it every day by running alongside, then diving in the side door before we lost steam and had to start the process all over again.
Those were some of my happiest and most miserable days! Flitting between moments of hysteria to claustrophobia. Sheer abandoned freedom and ridiculousness and actual heartfelt fear.
That's the beauty about travel - you learn things about yourself that you never realised before. I realised I get hideously cranky when I'm not fed and that it is possible to live on instant porridge (and vodka) for many months. I learned that I am conveniently allergic to the sun and that I can do a keg stand for 30 seconds.
I can sleep peacefully while travelling on Indian roads that cause most people to pass out with fear and I can pretty much eat anything if it means not insulting the cook (a chicken's cheek, eye intact, was once thrust into my mouth by a 90-year-old Cambodian woman, and who was I to refuse her generosity).
Travel makes you feel removed from the day to day, switched off from the mundane but plugged into something so much greater.
Travelling changes the filter with which you see things. Not always rose-tinted but altered, sometimes temporarily, sometimes forever. It is food for the soul and the mind. Inspiring, shocking, uncomfortable, wonderful -sometimes all in one day. It is the ultimate freedom, an accessible luxury and arguably the most amazing gift our generation has been given.
Angela Scanlon presents Getaways, Thursdays at 7pm, RTE One
Sunday Indo Living


text:
We are happy to announce that we are launching a builders log feature to MPF. This will be very similar to another product out on the market, however ours will be free.
You can catalog your build with pictures, video, text, hours spent and a cumlitive total of hours spent. Posts can go into a general or specific category. Visitors can search your log by category, day or text. You can pick a name for your build page.
For example www.MonoPlaneForum.com/yournamehere
For those that are not building, when you sign up for this free new feature, you can choose a builder profile or regular profile. The regular profile will be similar to a Facebook type of page that you can add text, pictures and video.
We are expected to be finished with development within the next 60 days.
Thanks for being a part of ourgrowing community.
- by SHIPCHIEF Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:45 pm Whirlwind Propeller blades View the latest post Replies 13 Views 1518
- by JohnnyDil Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:59 am 17 year old boy escapes 737 View the latest post Replies 2 Views 1673
- by youngman1 Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:41 am Whirlwind propeller shake View the latest post Replies 13 Views 3484
- by youngman1 Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:40 am Laser Z-200 Wing Repair Project View the latest post Replies 1 Views 1238
- by One Winged Junkie Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:21 pm C90 crash KRFD, 4 seriously injured View the latest post Replies 1 Views 1361
- by MonoPlaneForum Mon Dec 04, 2017 11:36 am FS: YAK-55 SIGHTING DEVICES View the latest post Replies 1 Views 1251
MonoPlane Forum builders log
This is where you can find out any news related to MonoPlaneForum, MonoPlaneWiki and MonoPlaneLog
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic
2 posts • Page 1 of 1
- MonoPlaneForum
- Site Admin
- Posts: 57
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:33 am
- Location: Kansas
- Contact:
- One Winged Junkie
- Your Friendly Moderator
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:12 pm
Re: MonoPlane Forum builders log
Hi, we just want to let you know, we decided to wait a little longer until we begin development on MonoPlaneLog, we would like to see the user base increase a little more before we start. We are not going to discontinue our plans by any means, just waiting a little time for our subscription base to grow.
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic
2 posts • Page 1 of 1


text:
Hey ladies - I am fortunate enough to be bringing my photographer with me to our Puerto Vallarta wedding. Her work is fabulous and she'd be fantastic to work with if anyone is looking for a referral. She is very laid back and the type who will make the shoot easy if you're not one for being in front of a camera. Take a look at Sally's site if you are in need of your wedding photographer!
La Vie Photography
La Vie Photography
La Vie Photography
Photographer Booked!!!
Started by verh0016, Jan 07 2009 12:10 PM
4 replies to this topic
Posted 07 January 2009 - 12:10 PM
The new Mrs. Selden
Posted 07 January 2009 - 12:45 PM
Great check and nice work!!
Posted 07 January 2009 - 12:49 PM
She is great! Congrats on marking something off your wedding to-do list!
Posted 07 January 2009 - 01:26 PM
Congrats on booking your photographer! So exciting!
Posted 07 January 2009 - 01:35 PM
One major event to cross off the list
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
So today I went to a shop to have a look at some new Sinnis 125s, and I'm pretty impressed with them.
Am leaning towards buying a Retrostar as it's got a low seat which I felt very comfortable on, and I love the look of it. Two year warranty is quite good. Also am leaning towards getting a synthetic jacket and trousers.
Exciting times!
#10018245, By craigy Who rides a motorcycle?
craigy Staff 9,242 posts
Seen 5 hours ago
Registered 12 years ago


text:
|slytherin girla
|Member Since:
|Track This Author:
|Stories Posted:
|Reviews Posted:
|Favorite Author of:
my name is anyxa but everyone calls me onyx. i love music dancing reading djing shopping chocolate and hanging out with friends. i'm a sucker for funny stories and am easily amused.
|< 1>|
: It started with a wand by slytherin girla
Draco steals Hermione's wand right before Christmas break and she'll be damned if she doesnt get it back. Meanwhile Parvati Lavender and Ginny ambush her for a make over. Hilariousity ensues when the sixth years begin a prank war amongst themselves. But what the hell are Fred George and Lee still doing in Hogwarts?? ((i'm bad at summaries but please read this is my 1st fanfic))
Genres: Humor, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Blaise (M), Draco, Ginny, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione, Other Pairing
Published: 2006.12.09 Latest Chapter: 2006.12.17 Updated: 2006.12.17 Status: WIP (700 words)