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How to Think Green For Your Fitness Facility
Sep 5, 2007, Kurt Broadhag
The movement is upon us. An award-winning documentary on the state of our planet and multi-continent concerts are preaching change. The green movement has arrived and is gaining tremendous momentum.
Windows, Water, Plants Can Help Clubs Go Green
Sep 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, Bruce Carter
One of the major themes of the "going green" environmental movement is the concept of bringing the outdoors indoors. It's as if the high-tech revolution has people craving for nature to rejuvenate their stressed-out human psyche.
Vandenberg Air Force Base's New Fitness Center Goes Green
Apr 21, 2008, Fitness Business Pro
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- Vandenberg Air Force Base's new fitness center is under construction and set to be green.
College Gets The LEED Gold
Aug 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, By Pamela Kufahl, editor
Ann Arbor, MI — The Washtenaw Community College Health & Fitness Center in Ann Arbor, MI, has received gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program.
Grand Rapids YMCA Makes Changes in Green Restroom
Aug 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, By Jennipher Shaver, associate editor
Grand Rapids, MI — During a renovation at the David D. Hunting YMCA in Grand Rapids, MI, operators recently replaced three of the facility's water-free urinals in the restroom of the men's locker room with a more traditional model.
Utility Players
Mar 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, By Amy Florence Fischbach, contributing writer
Clubs are maximizing their use of space, increasing employee efficiency, and saving energy and money through renovation projects.
Top Design Trends
Jun 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, By Amy Florence Fischbach, contributing writer
Club owners can take their business to the next level by leveraging some of the latest design trends.
SportsArt's Escape Ordinary Campaign Pays Off for Company
Jun 1, 2008, Fitness Business Pro, By Pamela Kufahl, editor
Woodinville, Wa — For club owners who think outside the box, Scott Logan has a proposition: Why not Escape Ordinary? Escape Ordinary is the theme of the campaign that SportsArt Fitness, Woodinville, WA
Are You Green Enough?
Nov 15, 2007, Fitness Business Pro, By Pamela Kufahl, editor
Sustainability is the new buzzword now. Even in the fitness business, more people are talking about it. Perhaps that's because it's becoming easier to be green
Longfellow Clubs Going Green | Switching to a more energy-efficient system
Oct 01, 2007, Fitness Business Pro, Kelsey Garrison
NATICK, MA The Longfellow Clubs in Natick, MA, expects to save $7,000 a year on its energy costs by switching to a more energy-efficient system. The club recently partnered with American DG Energy and will get a large amount of its electricity, heat, domestic hot water and swimming pool heat directly from a 75-kilowatt generator. Longfellow Clubs owner Laury Hammel says the facility had been searching
Smelling Good and Turning Green
Aug 01, 2005, Fitness Business Pro, Glenn Colarrossi
Hotels have more of that feel good feeling about them today. Two recent trends are making guests not only feel more relaxed but also feel good about spending their money at certain hotels. Now that hotel spas are considered more of a staple than a trend, hoteliers are extending their spa investment throughout the entire hotel. Some are adding in-room amenities while others are completely redesigning
Cleveland State's New Rec Goes Green
Jan 31, 2005, Fitness Business Pro
Green is the word for Cleveland State.
Take a Walk On the Green Side
Dec 01, 2005, Fitness Business Pro, By Jennipher Shaver, associate editor
Old, cracked bathtubs, thrown-away toilets, empty plastic soda bottles from yesterday's lunch. Most people would consider these objects destined for the curb, but Chuck Richards, owner of Sunset Athletic Club in Portland, OR, doesn't think so. Through a massive redesign and expansion, Richards is learning that someone else's trash can make for a great, environmentally friendly club with great flooring
College buildings given Leadership in Energy Efficient Design by U.S. Green Building Council | (LEED), (USGBC)
Oct 01, 2007, Fitness Business Pro, By Amy Florence Fischbach, contributing writer
Green is the new school color at many universities. Education construction, which is valued at $53 billion for 2007, is the fastest growing sector for green building, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. In the past seven years, more than 8,000 new buildings have registered for Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) certification, and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which awards LEED
Cleveland State's New Rec Center Goes Green
Mar 01, 2005, Fitness Business Pro, Jennipher Shaver
CLEVELAND, OH Green is the word for Cleveland State. Work has begun on its new $29-million recreation center that promises to be energy efficient and made from environmentally friendly materials and wood from certified forests. Construction crews made way for the new 130,000-square-foot center with the demolition of the Intramural Sports Dome in mid-January. Slated for completion in August 2006, the
Corrections | Longfellow Clubs Going Green
Nov 01, 2007, Fitness Business Pro
The October 2007 article Longfellow Clubs Going Green mistakenly reported that Longfellow Clubs will get a large amount of its electricity, heat, domestic hot water and swimming pool heat directly from a 75-kilowatt generator. In fact, the energy will come from a 75-kilowatt cogeneration facility. A cogeneration facility produces both electricity and heat. In addition, the town in which Longfellow
Longfellow Clubs Switches to On-Site Energy Facility
Sep 13, 2007, Fitness Business Pro
NATICK, MA -- The Longfellow Clubs is going green and on-site for its energy needs. The Massachusetts club company recently signed an agreement to receive a substantial portion of its electricity, heat, domestic hot water and swimming pool heat directly from an on-site, 75-kilowatt cogeneration facility that will be owned, installed and operated by American DG Energy.


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One Hot Night
Larry McReynolds' attention was diverted from the scoreboard to his driver, and back again. With one eye he was watching the 42 illuminated at the top of the squat scoring tower, waiting for it to change. With the other he was watching Davey Allison, who had been knocked unconscious and was slumped over in the seat of his wrecked race car. In rapid succession, two things happened that the veteran crew chief had been hoping for -- Allison began stirring inside his vehicle, and the lighted number atop the scoring pylon was switched to a 28.
"We won the race, but we wrecked," McReynolds told a woozy Allison, who in the short ambulance ride from the accident scene to the infield care center asked over and over again what had happened. The driver was strapped to a stretcher, and would soon be airlifted to a local hospital, where he was eventually diagnosed with a concussion, bruised legs, and a bruised lung. The wrecked No. 28 car would not be going to Victory Lane. And the scene all around was chaotic, the result of two lead changes and as many accidents on the final lap of a race that would change auto racing forever.
One hot night, indeed.
That was what they called it in 1992 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, host of the race that would usher NASCAR into prime time. Now, Saturday's Sprint All-Star Race is a major event on the sport's schedule, and night races occur almost every other week. Then, what was known as The Winston was in search of both a home and an identity, and the nighttime had been viewed as the exclusive purview of short tracks. Conventional wisdom held that the speeds were too great, the risks too many to compete under the lights at a big speedway. But 20 years ago all that changed, thanks to an event that served as a harbinger of the no-holds-barred affair the all-star exhibition would become, and an evening that created the phenomenon of night racing at NASCAR's highest level.
"It looked like 10 million flashbulbs going off as those cars sat on the frontstretch," McReynolds, now a television analyst, remembered of the scene before the race. "There was a lot of apprehension, there was a lot of anticipation about that night. But there was no question, once we got into it, you knew the all-star race had gone to a whole new level."
The lights, such a novelty at a 1.5-mile race track, cast it all in vivid and dramatic detail. Dale Earnhardt holding the lead at the white flag. Kyle Petty getting the Intimidator's car loose, and the No. 3 car skidding sideways, smoke billowing from its screeching tires as it slid into the third turn. Allison coming out of nowhere, wedging his way below and just ahead of Petty as the cars hit the tri-oval. Contact at the finish line, the No. 28 spinning across Petty's nose and up into the outside wall. Allison being airlifted to the hospital, and car owner Robert Yates standing at the entrance to Victory Lane, not allowing his vehicle to be towed in without its driver.
It would have all been memorable even had it happened in the daylight. Under the lights, though, it was iconic. Literally overnight, all doubts about night racing had been cast aside, and lights became almost indispensible. The all-star race had found both a permanent home and a foothold in race fans' memories. That night wasn't just hot, it was incandescent, and the race to make it all happen was almost as wild as the event it produced.
'We'll light it up'
As they walked out of the offices of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, N.C., Jim Duncan tried to tell his boss he was crazy. Humpy Wheeler cut him short. "Don't talk to me until we get to the parking garage," the former Charlotte track president said, as if they were spiriting some kind of sensitive material out of the building. And in a way, they were. In an off-the-script attempt to keep the fledgling all-star race in Charlotte, Wheeler had pitched running the 1992 event at night, even though lights hadn't yet been used on bigger speedways, and no one was completely certain how or even if it could be done. But RJR ate up the idea, and now the track was committed.
It was a move born of self-preservation, remembered Duncan, then Charlotte's vice president for sales and marketing. RJR sports marketing chief T. Wayne Robertson "was always interested in getting larger crowds, and of course it had been decided at some point in time to move the race," Duncan said. Known at the time as The Winston, the event was by then seven years old, but hardly on solid ground. A poorly-attended running in Atlanta had nearly done it in. Although it had been relocated back to Charlotte, the contracts were only year-to-year, and RJR had every intention of moving it around. There were overtures coming from Richmond, where owner Paul Sawyer enjoyed a close relationship with NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr.
To keep it, Charlotte had to do something dramatic. "Humpy knew that if we didn't have the grandest idea in the world, there was probably a good likelihood we would lose the event," Duncan said. "It would move somewhere else."
The Charlotte team opened with its planned presentation, which was comprised of five different promotional events, and met with lukewarm results. They could feel the race slipping away. Near the end of the meeting, the former football player Wheeler tossed up his Hail Mary pass. "We'll light it up," he told Robertson. "Run it on a Saturday night. What do you think?" As Duncan remembers it, Robertson left the room, assumedly to confer with RJR president Jerry Long, who was a leading proponent of rotating the race to other tracks. Robertson returned, and the conversation moved on to the event's format. Lights had done the trick.
Now there was just the small matter of how to pull it off. Although Bristol and Richmond were running night races on NASCAR's premier series at the time, no one had tried to light up a track as large as Charlotte. Many drivers initially resisted the idea, and NASCAR even had some questions, according to Wheeler. "I will admit that things got edgy ," he conceded, "because a lot of people in the sport were against it citing danger as their reason."
Duncan remembers it well. "He had a lot of heat," he said of Wheeler. "Drivers just went ballistic."
Drivers were worried about strobe effects and shadowing on a track where they'd be racing at 180 mph. Duncan was worried about the lights going out and the track being unable to turn them back on. Wheeler was worried about having too many poles in the infield, what Duncan referred to as "that Saturday night dirt track look," in which light poles could be a danger to drivers as well as get in the way of sight lines for spectators. After several false starts Wheeler eventually was put in touch with Musco, an Iowa company that had used mobile lighting to illuminate night events at Bristol and Richmond. But the big track Bruton Smith owned in Charlotte would be a different animal altogether.
"Having some experience with speedways, we knew it was going to take something really different to get there," said Joe Crookham, Musco's president and co-founder. "Our initial questions were, 'How serious are they,' and 'Are they really going to be willing to invest in what it's really going to take to solve a problem of this magnitude?' "
Crookham flew to Charlotte, where Wheeler emphasized his disdain for light poles in the infield. On the way back to Iowa, Crookham and partner Myron Gordin came up with the idea of putting the infield lights down low, at the level of the guardrail, with shields on top so spectators wouldn't be blinded. Gordin eventually amended the original idea so it wasn't a light, but a mirror reflecting light up onto the racing surface. To build the prototypes, Gordin went to a nearby K-Mart and bought every closet door mirror the store had, Crookham said. Musco returned to Charlotte and lit the track's third turn with what is now known as the Mirtran system, which was invented for that instance and has since been used to light about 30 major racing facilities around the world.
Today, Wheeler calls it "the most ingenious lighting system in sports history." But 20 years ago, there were still holdouts. "There were a lot of doubts," Crookham said. "Everybody was having a hard time imagining that this thing could really get done. There were a lot of questions and a lot of testing so we could get through all of it."
The game-changer was an on-track test of the full Charlotte lighting system held the month before the 1992 all-star race. After that, everyone became a believer. "Once you went out and ran the first lap," Kyle Petty said, "when you went out and drove around the race track, I don't think any drivers had any doubts." Petty told the media that night that they had just seen the future of NASCAR racing, and he proved to be right. Today, 14 of the venues that host Sprint Cup events have light towers looming over the grandstands, and those revolutionary Musco mirrors illuminating the racing surface.
"It's funny the way it's played out, because that has become the future," Petty said. "How many races are on a Saturday night because of the lights? It's like we went backward instead of forward. All those nights, you raced on Saturday nights to get to the big leagues so you could race on Sunday afternoons. And then with that one race track, with Charlotte and Humpy and everything, everyone's clamoring to get back to Saturday nights and getting back under the lights."
At last, that 1992 edition of The Winston was a go. The track even had the perfect slogan: One Hot Night. And oh, was it ever.
'The last true race'
Larry McReynolds was content to finish third. The No. 28 car had been solid all night, and the team had learned a lot about the race track, and the crew chief felt confident about coming back to Charlotte the next weekend and winning the Coca-Cola 600 -- where there would be a $1 million bonus on the line, because the Robert Yates Racing outfit had already won at Daytona and Talladega. With his driver in third place on the final lap, McReynolds began to pack up and prepare to meet Allison in the garage area.
There were no lavish pit boxes back then -- McReynolds often simply stood in the pit area with one foot up on the wall -- so the crew chief wasn't aware of what was unfolding on the backstretch. At least, not until he looked at Yates crewman Roman Pemberton, the brother of Petty's crew chief Robin Pemberton. "He was standing on top of a trash can, so he could see across," McReynolds remembered. "He turned around, and his eyes were as big as saucers."
With good reason. Allison had been so far behind the leaders, that even the television crew thought he was out of it. "I don't think he'll be a factor," play-by-play man Mike Joy said on The Nashville Network. Then Earnhardt and Petty dipped low on the track approaching Turn 3, and on the way back up the banking the No. 3 car got loose, and suddenly the Intimidator was spinning and Petty was out front. And Allison was right behind him, coming hard. In the tri-oval, the No. 28 car pulled alongside.
"I look at Turn 4. No Earnhardt," said McReynolds, who now works with TNT, Fox Sports and Speed Channel. "Here come Kyle and Davey, side by side. I had a pretty good feeling who was going to win that drag race with Robert Yates horsepower. But I knew before they got to the start-finish line we were in trouble, because they just were not in the right spot. I knew we won the race, but I knew we were in a bad situation there. Because those guys had one thing and one thing only [in mind], and it was zeroed in on that start/finish line. What happened after, I don't think either one of them were thinking about it, and I don't think either one of them cared."
Allison did win the drag race, but just beyond the line the two cars touched. "I said it that night, and I've said it a million times since then -- to me, it's like two sprinters sprinting for the line ... and once they pass the line, they relax, and they just let up," said Petty, now an analyst for TNT and Speed. "I think Davey and I both let up when we got past the line, and we just got into each other. It was one of those deals where we just touched, but we just touched at the wrong place at the wrong time."
Petty's car wiggled, but stayed straight. Allison's car spun across the nose of the No. 42 and hard into the wall, rebounding down toward the infield grass, and nearly hitting the pace car. "Davey Allison in a shower of sparks!" Joy shouted on TNN. McReynolds ran down to the crash site and found his driver unconscious. Eventually Allison came to, but "the phone was ringing, but nobody was home yet," McReynolds said. The crew chief hopped into the ambulance along with Bobby Allison, Davey's father, for the ride to the care center. The helicopter flight to the hospital left no driver to celebrate in Victory Lane. There would be no car in there, either. Yates made certain of it.
"They were wanting the car to go to Victory Lane, and Robert Yates would have no part of that," said McReynolds, who soon after the finish was in his car headed to the hospital. "He said, 'We're not taking our race car and celebrating in Victory Lane without our driver here.' They did end up going in and taking a few pictures, but they didn't do it with the car. Robert basically stood across the gate in Victory Lane. They had [the car] on a wrecker and were going to pull it in there. Robert said, 'You're not putting that car in Victory Lane.'"
Meanwhile, everyone braced for confrontation after Earnhardt rolled home in 14th. "As we came in, and Kyle and Earnhardt pulled up to the pits, the crews went running to the cars, and everybody thought it was going to be this big brawl," said Robin Pemberton, now NASCAR's vice president for competition. "And all it was was Earnhardt having Kyle in a big headlock and everybody else high-fiving over how the race was."
Allison perished just over a year later in a helicopter crash, while Earnhardt died in an accident on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. That night, though, there was no contentiousness, despite so many potentially flammable events unfolding in so short a period of time, and despite big money -- $300,000 went to the all-star winner then, $1 million now -- being on the line. Earnhardt's only retaliation was his playful headlock. When Allison determined he was too sore to drive his car in the then-Busch Series race the next weekend at Charlotte, he called Petty to fill in for him.
"There was never ever any hard feelings, there were never any cross words spoken, there were never any fingers pointed, there was never anything," Petty said. "We just kind of walked away and came back the next week."
The 1992 all-star exhibition gave birth to the event's reputation as a race defined by fireworks on and off the track. But Petty also believes it marked the end of something else. His most vivid memory of One Hot Night isn't Earnhardt's spin, or his crash with Allison, or dueling under the lights on a big track for the first time. It was that the competitors involved held no grudges, something that can't be said of all-star encounters since.
"After that, the all-star race was built on controversy. After that, it was people running their mouths at one another, people pointing fingers, people wanting to fight," Petty said. "... But the One Hot Night that started it was all about the racing and not about anything else. It has changed after that. We go back to all those guys crashing and going back to the garage and getting new cars, and people wrecking with each other, and the Busch brothers arguing with each other. I mean, how many controversies have we had since '92 that have left the race track and carried over to the week after that? But in that race, it didn't. It's almost like, in a lot of ways, that was the last true race."


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The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognise a Palestinian state, in a sharp rebuke for Israel and the United States.
In an extraordinary line-up of international support, more than two-thirds of the world body's 193 member states approved the resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status from an observer to a non-member observer state on Thursday. It passed 138-9, with 41 abstentions.
The vote was a victory decades in the making for the Palestinians after years of occupation and war. It was a sharp rebuke for Israel and the United States.
The vote grants Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an overwhelming international endorsement for his key position: establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, the territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.
A Palestinian flag was quickly unfurled on the floor of the General Assembly, behind the Palestinian delegation, after an electronic screen lit up with the final vote.
Real independence, however, remains an elusive dream until the Palestinians negotiate a peace deal with the Israelis, who warned that the General Assembly action will only delay a lasting solution. Israel still controls the West Bank, east Jerusalem and access to Gaza, and it accused the Palestinians of bypassing negotiations with the campaign to upgrade their UN status.
And the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: they don't control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in Gaza and the West Bank, and they have no unified army or police.
The UN action could help Abbas restore some of his standing, which has been eroded by years of stalemate in peace efforts. His rival, the Hamas militant group, deeply entrenched in Gaza, has seen its popularity rise after it responded with a barrage of rocket fire to an Israeli offensive earlier this month on targets linked to the militants.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, jubilant Palestinians crowded into the main square, waving Palestinian flags and chanting "God is great!" Hundreds had watched the vote on outdoor screens and televisions, and they hugged, honked their horns and set off fireworks as the final vote was cast.
The tally came after a speech by Abbas in which he called the moment a "last chance" to save the two-state solution.
"The General Assembly is being asked today to issue the birth certificate of Palestine," the Palestinian leader declared.
The United States and Israel immediately criticised the vote.
"Today's unfortunate and counterproductive resolution places further obstacles in the path of peace," UN ambassador Susan Rice said.
"Today's grand pronouncements will soon fade and the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed save that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded."
Calling the vote "meaningless", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Abbas of spreading "mendacious propaganda" against Israel in a speech he rejected as "defamatory and venomous".
"The resolution in the UN today won't change anything on the ground," Netanyahu said.
"It won't advance the establishment of a Palestinian state, but rather, put it further off."
With most UN members sympathetic to the Palestinians, there had been no doubt the resolution would be approved. A state of Palestine has already been recognised by 132 countries, and the Palestinians have 80 embassies and 40 representative offices across the world, according to the Palestinian foreign ministry.
Still, the Palestinians lobbied hard for Western support, winning over key European countries including France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Ireland, as well as Japan and New Zealand. Australia, Germany, Britain were among the many Western nations that abstained.
Joining the United States and Israel in voting "no" were Canada, the Czech Republic, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Panama.
In a departure from its previous opposition, Hamas, which refuses to recognise Israel, said it wouldn't interfere with the UN bid for statehood, and its supporters joined some of the celebrations on Thursday.
With its newly enhanced status, the Palestinians can now gain access to UN agencies and international bodies, most significantly the International Criminal Court, which could become a springboard for going after Israel for alleged war crimes or its ongoing settlement building on war-won land.
However, in the run-up to the UN vote, Abbas signalled that he wants recognition to give him leverage in future talks with Israel, and not as a tool for confronting or delegitimising Israel, as Israeli leaders have claimed.
Speaking stridently at times Thursday, Abbas accused the Israelis of "colonial occupation" that institutionalises racism and charged that the Jewish state is continuing to perpetuate "war crimes".
Still, he said the Palestinians did not come to terminate "what remains of the negotiations process", but to try "to breathe new life into the negotiations" and achieve an independent state.
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Although I spend many of my waking (and non-waking) hours thinking of food, even if I love creating menus in my mind, though it is I who subscribes to food magazines and spends hours poring over cookbooks…I am not the only one in this house that dictates the dishes.
Albeit I am the one who is usually hogging our stove, or muttering things like "What if we use white wine instead of vinegar in the adobo?" while he desperately tries to watch Entourage, C definitely has his niches in the kitchen. He makes all the sinigang (Filipino tamarind-based soup) dishes (and really good ones at that) and does all the steaks, and if there is a grill around I don't even try to meddle, I just enjoy the results. He also contributes his fair share of ideas when it comes to putting together new dishes (if something is going to be his dinner, he will want a say for sure…dessert, he is just not that into).
This is one dish for which credit goes to C. We were lying in bed and I was pondering (out loud) over what to do with the small local scallops I had bought in the market. He mulls this over a bit and declares, "We should use it in pasta…that spicy tomato sauce…Arrabiata…with scallops!" Mmmm! Not bad…sounds good actually! I started going over what I would need, when suddenly he turns to me again with a sly look and adds, "With bacon!" This man sure knows the way to my heart.
C's Scallop Arrabiata with Bacon
- 200 grams pasta (we used fettucini)
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 50 grams bacon, diced
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
- 1 400-gram can chopped tomatoes
- 150 grams scallops
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper
(you can substitute fresh herbs for the dried, just increase the quantity and add later)
– Cook pasta as per package directions in a saucepan of generously salted water. Drain and set aside.
– In another saucepan, heat olive oil, then sauté onion and garlic until onion is soft.
– Add bacon, chili flakes, and all the dried herbs. Sauté until bacon is cooked.
– Add tomato and thyme (if your oregano is fresh, add it in at this point), stir, and let simmer, covered, for about 10 minutes to get the flavors blended.
– Check on your sauce, and add salt and pepper to taste. Toss in the scallops, cover, and cook for about 3 minutes or until just cooked. Do not overcook (they will turn to rubber)!
– Add parsley (if you are using fresh basil, add it in at this point), cooked noodles, and toss to combine.
– Serves 2.
This is another dish that is a happy mix of all the elements we like: seafood (C), bacon (me), and heat (both of us). I used small local scallops, not the big imported ones that you see in fancy restaurants. The big ones are much more expensive, and are better off being seared and served with a treatment where the spotlight is totally on them. No need to break the bank for this dish.
C's quite proud of this meal, and rightfully so. I can say with all certainty that this was one of his better ideas (along with insisting we buy those water bottles in Barcelona)…one that will be repeated for many meals to come 🙂 This is my entry to Presto Pasta Nights, a food blogging event created by Ruth of Once Upon a Feast. She does a weekly roundup every Friday so we can all have delicious new pasta dishes in time for the weekend.
To all Filipinos out there: Happy Independence Day!!!


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Summer World Cup ruled out in Qatar
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar looks likely to be played in November after FIFA's secretary general stated that the tournament "will not be in June or July".
Jerome Valcke, who has been given the task of looking at alternative dates due to the fierce heat of the summer in Qatar, says it is likely to be held sometime between November 15 and January 15.
FIFA insists that is just Valcke's personal view and that no decision has been made, but it now looks certain to be in the winter of 2022 with November the most likely date.
That would avoid any clash with Christmas fixtures, which has been the main issue for the Premier League, and with the winter Olympics in the February of 2022.
Valcke told France Info radio station: "It will not be in June or July."
He added: "Frankly I think it'll be played between November 15 and January 15 at the latest.
"If you play between November 15 and the end of the year that's when the weather is at its most favourable."
Valcke suggested it will be "like a warm spring in Europe" with "an average temperature of 25 degrees, therefore it's perfect for football".
Valcke's view, however, will need ratification by FIFA's executive committee and Britain's FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce said he was "totally surprised" at the statement.
Boyce told Press Association Sport: "I was totally surprised this morning when I heard what Jerome has said.
"As I understand it all the stakeholders will have discussions and report back to the executive committee of FIFA and no final decision will be made on when the 2022 World Cup would be played until December 2014 or March 2015.
"As far as I am concerned that remains the situation and there has been nothing said to me to make that any different."
Boyce, from Northern Ireland, said Valcke "may have been stating his personal opinion".
He also said there had been a general assumption that the 2022 World Cup could not be played in the summer due to the heat. That view has previously been expressed by UEFA's 54 member countries and FIFA president Sepp Blatter but no decision on alternative dates has been taken.
"There is an expectation but there has been no decision," said Boyce.
FIFA said in a statement that it was Valcke's own view but that no decision had been taken on the timing.
The statement said: "Secretary General Jerome Valcke explained today in the Radio France interview - as he had already mentioned previously - that in his view the 2022 FIFA World Cup must take place in winter and the best possible timeframe would be 15 November to 15 January.
"However, the precise event date is still subject to an ongoing consultation process which involves all main event stakeholders, including both the international football community (FIFA, confederations, member associations, leagues, clubs, players) as well as FIFA's commercial partners (commercial affiliates and media rights licensees).
"As the event will not be played until eight years' time the consultation process will not be rushed and will be given the necessary time to consider all of the elements relevant for a decision.
"Consequently, no decision will be taken before the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil as agreed by the FIFA executive committee."
Qatar 2022 organisers said they would be ready to host the World Cup whatever decision was taken.
A statement read: "During the FIFA executive committee meeting in October it was agreed that FIFA would enter a period of consultation on the ideal time of year to host the World Cup in Qatar - with a recommendation expected after the World Cup in Brazil.
"We await the outcome of this consultation period. We will be ready to host the World Cup regardless of the outcome."


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Before the 2012 NFL Draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeGarrette Blount bristled at the suggestion that the Bucs would use their top-five draft pick on Alabama running back Trent Richardson.
"I would not like that pick. ... I would definitely not be happy with that pick," Blount said at the time (he later changed his tune). Blount's sigh of relief when Richardson was picked by the Cleveland Browns at No. 3 was short-lived as the Buccaneers would use the No. 31-overall draft pick on Boise State running back Doug Martin, who is expected to push Blount for the starting job this summer.
One of the reasons why the Buccaneers invested a first-round draft pick in Martin, and a seventh-round selection in potential No. 2 back Michael Smith, could be Blount's lack of commitment.
According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, Blount racked up $15,000 in fines for tardiness in his first two weeks in Tampa, prompting general manager Mark Dominik and former head coach Raheem Morris to force the rookie to hire a car service to wake him up and transport him for the three miles to One Buc Place.
Stroud adds that Blount continued to rely upon the car service in 2011, but he occasionally caught up on his sleep in meeting rooms.
Blount was at the top of the depth chart during the minicamps, but Martin is expected to push for a starting job this summer. With improved depth at the position overall, Blount will have to continue to improve his habits, on and off the field. Otherwise, first-year head coach/task master Greg Schiano might be inclined to let Blount sleep on someone else's dime.


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Hawaii goes radioactive on Obama's eligibility
Reporter smacked down for asking about issue governor raised
Upon taking office, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie once declared he was going to solve the mystery of Barack Obama's missing birth certificate.
But after searching for it, he suggested it might not exist.
If the governor couldn't find it, how is it that the Hawaii Health Department produced it so quickly upon the request of the White House?
That's a question Abercrombie is no longer eager to address.
In fact, in Hawaii, questions about the authenticity of the document released by the White House are still considered radioactive.
This week WND sought to ask today what happened in the governor's self-promoted research into the issue of Obama's birth documentation, resulting in his statement that there was a "written record" but not much other detail.
After all, just a few weeks later when Obama dispatched a private lawyer to Hawaii to fetch his documentation, the state apparently had only to run off the copies.
In Abercrombie's office, spokeswoman Donalyn Delacruz expressed that she was happy to help WND with questions – until she found out the subject.
When WND asked in an email for the explanation of why Abercrombie's investigation could not turn up the documentation, she refused to answer.
"What news organization are you with?" she demanded. "We get frequent 'birther' questions and this would fall in that category."
Subsequently, she refused to respond to email questions about the issue that the governor raised.
When WND called, a receptionist in the office responded to the same inquiry with "That's been done" – apparently meaning president had released the birth certification image. But she indicated she would not respond to further questions, promising to take a message and have someone call back.
No one did.
WND had questions about the anomalous results: The governor's stated inability to find the documentation, and the state agency's later simple recovery and alleged duplication of the same record.
It was shortly after his election that Abercrombie vowed to end the questions from those who doubted Obama's status as a "natural born citizen." Those questions centered on his concealed birth certificate because of the belief that an individual born out of the United States would not be a "natural born citizen."
Stated Abercrombie then, "We'll do what we can as quickly as we can to make it inevitable that only those who wish the president ill, only the ones with a political agenda, will be the ones doing this kind of thing.
"The president is entitled to the respect of his office and he's entitled to have his mother and father respected," he said.
He said he was instructing his attorney general and the chief of the state's health agency looking at what legal avenues can be used to release information.
"This is a transparent state in terms of our communication with one another," Abercrombie said. "This is the Aloha state. We care for each other, we look out for each other, we're family."
He told CNN in that interview that he would pursue the information regardless of the feelings of the White House.
"It's a matter of principle with me. I knew his mom and dad. I was here when he was born. Anybody who wants to ask a question honestly could have had their answer already," he announced.
CNN reported that he charged ahead, declaring that his response and what he would release publicly would not be left up to the president's whims.
"It's not up to the president," he said. "It has nothing to do with the president. It has to do with the people of Hawaii who love him, people who love his mom and dad. It has to do with respect the office of the president is entitled to. And it has to do with respect that every single person's mother and father are entitled to."
Obama's narrative states that he was born Aug. 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Hospital in Honolulu. That report came after several earlier reports alleged he was born in Queens hospital.
However, after a flurry of high-profile media interviews in which he blasted "birthers," Abercrombie suddenly went silent even though polls reveal nearly six on 10 doubt Obama's own eligibility story.
He told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about Obama's documentation: "It actually exists in the archives, written down." The Daily Mail however, said Abercrombie "suggested that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may not exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health."
However, when Obama wanted the records, the state instantly waived a ban on reproducing long-form birth certificates and copies were produced to be delivered to Judith Corley, a private attorney.
Loretta Fuddy, director of health in Hawaii in 2011 when Obama made the request, wrote, "We hope that issuing you these copies of your original Certificate of Live Birth will end the numerous inquiries received by the Hawaii Department of Health to produce this document."
That document Abercrombie said "may not exist" later was the subject of a law enforcement investigation, which concluded that it likely is a forgery, and if presented as a valid government document, that action could constitute fraud.
Abercrombie has refused all interviews with WND staff since 2011.
"The governor did an interview … in which this topic [Obama's eligibility to be president under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution] was raised," Delacruz, Abercrombie's press secretary, said in an e-mail to WND.
"He [Abercrombie] has been on vacation since Saturday and is unavailable. Hope this helps you understand. You are in no way being singled out as your e-mail suggests," she said.
But despite the denials, Delacruz at the time did not respond when WND followed up with a request for an interview with Abercrombie at the governor's convenience after he returned from vacation.
Eventually, Delacruz said the attorney general had announced privacy laws bar the governor from disclosing documentation.
Abercrombie had said earlier he wanted the issue finished because of the "political implications" it would have during the 2012 election. Those, he said, "we simply cannot have."
But as part of Abercrombie's promotion of the issue, it was revealed that his links to the controversy run deep.
For example, although he has acknowledged he was not present at the still-unidentified hospital in Honolulu to witness Obama's birth, Abercrombie long has claimed he socialized with Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham Obama when Barack Obama Jr. was yet a baby.
"Maybe I'm the only one in the country that could look you right in the eye and tell you, 'I was here when the baby was born,'" Abercrombie told the Chicago Tribune in an attempt to provide personal testimony to buttress the argument Obama was born in Hawaii as he has long claimed.
Abercrombie was a graduate teaching assistant in sociology at the University of Hawaii when Barack Obama Sr. arrived in 1959 from Kenya to enroll as the first African-born student in the university's history.
The problem with Abercrombie's testimony is that Barack Obama Sr. and his wife, Ann Dunham, did not live together as man and wife with their baby son as Abercrombie claims to have witnessed.
WND has published transcripts from the University of Washington in Seattle that prove Ann Dunham was enrolled in extension classes there, across the Pacific, within three weeks of the baby's birth.
WND further has documented Ann Dunham's Seattle address in authoritative Seattle street directories from the period and interviewed Barack Obama Jr.'s babysitter in Seattle to further document the presence of Ann Dunham and her baby in Seattle, not Hawaii as Abercrombie has claimed.
WND also has reported that the address used in the two Hawaii newspapers in 1961 announcing the baby's birth was 6085 Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu, an address maintained by Ann Dunham's parents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham.
In August 1961, when Barack Obama Jr. was born, Barack Obama Sr. maintained a separate address on 11th Avenue, in Hawaii.
There is no documentary evidence that Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham ever lived at the same address together as man and wife.
Moreover, university transcripts from the University of Washington and the University of Hawaii demonstrate that Ann Dunham remained in Seattle, fully enrolled in university courses, until she returned to Hawaii in 1962 to re-enroll in the University of Hawaii after Barack Obama Sr. had left Hawaii to attend graduate school at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.
Also, contrary to Abercrombie's assertion that he spent social time with Barack Obama Sr., his wife, Ann Dunham, and their child, Barack Obama Jr., the documentary evidence strongly suggests that while Ann Dunham was in Seattle attending the University of Washington, Barack Obama Sr. lived the life of a bachelor in Honolulu.
WND has published a photo of Barack Obama Sr. at a University of Hawaii student party that he attended without his wife, Ann Dunham; the photo clearly shows his left hand absent a wedding ring.
|Barack Obama Sr. at party with University of Hawaii students in the early 1960s
WND also reported on a letter Barack Obama Sr. wrote from Hawaii to his political benefactor in Kenya, Tom Mboya, in May 1962, discussing his wife, but he does so without mentioning Ann Dunham, his Hawaiian bride and the mother of the president, Barack Obama Jr.
Toward the end of the 1962 letter, Obama wrote, "You know my wife is in Nairobi there and I would really appreciate any help you may give her."
Clearly Barack Obama Sr. is referring to his first wife, Kezia Aoko, whom he had married in 1954 when he was eighteen years old while she was pregnant with their first child.
He instructs Mboya that his wife Kezia was then staying with her brother, Wilson Odiawo, in Nairobi.
WND has reported, and continues to report, on multiple legal challenges to Obama over his status as a "natural born citizen." The Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Some of the lawsuits question whether Obama actually was born in Hawaii, as he insists. If he was born out of the country, Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.
Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.
Further, others contend it's impossible for him to be considered a "natural born citizen" as his father was a foreign national.
Prior to Abercrombie's tenure, former Gov. Linda Lingle explained she had her health director "go personally view the birth certificate in the birth records of the Department of Health."
She continued, "We issued a news release at that time saying that the president was, in fact, born at Kapiolani Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. And that's just a fact and yet people continue to call up and e-mail and want to make it an issue and I think it's again a horrible distraction for the country by those people who continue this."
In fact, it was the health director in the state, Chiyome Fukino, who stated, "I as Director of Health for the State of Hawaii, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama's original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.
"No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawaii."
Several months later, in July 2009, she added another comment: "I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago."
At that time, in two separate telephone interviews with WND, Janice Okubo, the Health Department's public information officer, told WND that Hawaii law prohibited her from commenting on the birth records of any specific person.
But Fukino's statement never clarified what records were on file, and what they said.
Among the various campaigns that are intended to raise questions about Obama's past are:
- There's a campaign to raise funds to pay the expenses of the Cold Case Posse assigned by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to look into the validity of Obama's records. This is the team that already said there is probable cause to believe the birth document is a forgery.
- There's the complete findings documented by the Cold Case Posse.
- There's the "Your Papers, Please?" edition of the Whistleblower, the explanation for why there have been dozens of lawsuits over the issue, and why millions of Americans want Obama to prove he's constitutionally qualified to be president.
- There's a campaign to post billboards, reminding Americans just what they don't know about Obama.
- There's a petition to Congress seeks help from that body of leaders in resolving the question over Obama's eligibility to be president.
- There's a "Birther on Board!" bumper sticker to raise awareness.
- There's the "Where's the Birth Certificate?" book by Jerome Corsi, detailing the evidence that exists – and explaining what's still missing.
- There's a light look at the issue, from Molotov Mitchell, in his DVD "For the Record: I'm Not Crazy."
- There are yard and rally signs to let people know what hasn't been documented by Obama.
- A stylish T-shirt allows you even to wear the question.


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98 Rock's Autumn Equinox Festival featuring Seether, Sick Puppies and Baltimore's own Charm City Devils takes place at Pier Six Pavilion on Saturday night. Compared with the pop, electronic and retro acts that typically fill the amphitheater and arena tour schedule, the festival stands out for its hard-leaning, modern-rock bill.
Charm City Devils singer John Allen, a veteran Baltimore musician with a pedigree that includes stints as a drummer for Child's Play and SR71, credits the station with a lot of the band's success but recognizes that finding a wide audience for new rock music is harder to do in an era in which terrestrial radio seems to be moving away from guitar-based rock.
The live show, along with radio airplay, are paramount to growing Charm City Devils' fan base, he says.
"If people don't come out and support the bands that are writing their own songs, playing their own songs, there is no scene," Allen said. "Baltimore, for a long time, really supported live music but it was really cover -oriented."
While Allen believes events such as Noise in the Basement have established a vibrant scene for original rock music, Charm City Devils owe some of its recent success to a cover song.
The group's take on "Man of Constant Sorrow" made it to No. 20 on the active rock chart and enabled the band to sign with national label eOne Entertainment, thus distributing the new album, "Sins," through national retailers. Though it's been available locally since April, "Sins" hit the national market in July.
Allen expressed surprise over the success of "Man of Constant Sorrow," a traditionally folk song first performed by fiddler Dick Burnett. In retrospect, he credits the timelessness of the song for its popularity:
"The song is over 100 years old," he said. "It's survived the test of time. It really connects with people on an emotional level. "
While recording, Allen was unaware of the number of iconic artists who have released versions of the song, including Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and Jackson Browne:
"If had I known so many great artists had covered it, I may have thought twice," Allen said.
More good news followed when World Wrestling Entertainment picked up the Devils' "Unstoppable" for its No Way Out pay-per-view in June, news the band found out about second-hand.
"I was in touch with the people in WWE and they told me it was between us and Shinedown for this one thing," he said. "Then a few months go by. We were on tour and our phones started blowing up. They were playing 'Unstoppable' during a promo. We found out from fans."
These types of cross-promotional opportunities are increasingly important in an era Allen refers to as "the worst of the down part of the cycle." Today, Allen estimates that singles on the active rock chart get half of the spins of comparably charting pop songs.
He says, eventually, guitar-based rock will cycle back up in popularity. ("It always does.") Until then, bands such as Charm City Devils must connect with fans as much as possible through opportunities such as No Way Out and social-media outlets.
"If Twitter were around when I was a kid, I would love to connect with my favorite bands that way," Allen said.
Still, nothing beats face-to-face meetings and the connection built through all-out performances, which Charm City Devils pride themselves on.
After putting on a show for the hometown crowd Saturday, they'll be on the road with bands such as Buckcherry, Saving Abel and Theory of a Deadman for a touring schedule that runs through November and will likely stretch into the new year.
Jay Trucker is a frequent contributor to Midnight Sun. He teaches at the Community College of Baltimore County in Dundalk and blogs occasionally at WNST.net. He last reviewed Kiss and Motley Crue at Jiffy Lube Live.
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Charm City Devils perform Saturday at Pier Six Pavilion, 731 Eastern Ave. Seether, Sick Puppies and others will also perform. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. Call 410-783-4189 or go to piersixpavilion.com.


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DURHAM, N.C. – Members of the Duke field hockey team took part in the 2014 Duke Martin Luther King Jr. Million Meals Event Monday at Durham Technical Community College. The Blue Devils helped package meals for those less fortunate in the Durham community and all over the world.
The MLK Million Meals program, directed by the non-profit organization Stop Hunger Now, is an annual service project providing meals for school lunch programs around the world. The Blue Devils partnered with other members of the Duke, North Carolina Central and Durham communities to help package thousands of meals for young children.
"Packaging meals at the MLK Million Meals event was a simple, but very rewarding experience," said sophomore Sarah Urdahl. "Knowing that our team could touch so many lives by simply giving up some free time made us all pledge to making community service more of a habit."
Stop Hunger Now, Inc., is an international relief aid association that coordinates in the distribution of food and emergency needs to families in need around the globe. The meals and daily necessities provided by the Raleigh, N.C., non-profit organization have helped people in need in more than 70 countries. To learn more about Stop Hunger Now, Inc., visit http://www.stophungernow.org/.


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Like so many areas within the mining/aggregate sector, quarries have a limited lifespan so long-term investment is not the best economic choice. As a result, every installation is chosen locally on its merits with cost being the predominant factor. However, with recent developments in the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) of 2010 and the UK's Monitoring Certifications (MCERTS) program, companies now have to look long and hard at their monitoring solutions and evolve from a short-term to a longer term approach.
RS Hydro is installing flowmeter and telemetry technology in the field.
CEMEX, a supplier of cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates, recently contracted with RS Hydro to supply, install and monitor more than 250 flow monitoring installations across the United Kingdom. "In its tendering process, CEMEX demonstrated its forward-thinking approach to solving new regulation challenges and embracing modern technology to produce cost-effective solutions to increasingly complex compliance management and monitoring data capture," said RS Hydro's Rob Stevens. The contractor is a total solutions provider and distributor in the UK process and environmental sectors and will develop the CEMEX solution using Siemens SITRANS range of electromagnetic/open channel flow meters and Adcon's AddWAVE radio and GPRS telemetry logging system.
The EPR (England and Wales) of 2007 replaced 41 separate sets of regulation and provided a common permitting framework for waste and pollution prevention and control permit regimes. The Environment Agency's aim is to move toward a single permit, single site, and single regulator regime in order to cut costs and red tape. Prior to EPR, different activities required differing types of permission to continue, with different names, different forms, procedures and processes. However, all of the permissions served to do the same action: protect the environment.
The EPR 2010, or Environmental Permitting Phase 2 (EPP2), became effective on April 6. This measure extended the 2007 system of environmental permits to cover water discharge consents, groundwater authorizations and radioactive substances regulation. EPP2 now covers more than 1 million permits and exemptions.
For organizations with pollution prevention and control permits, water discharge consents, groundwater or radioactive substances authorizations, those designations automatically became environmental permits on April 6 under the new regulations. The permitting process, exemptions, penalties and the Environment Agency's enforcement powers created under EPP1 remain unchanged.
Under EPR and MCERTS, monitoring instrumentation for discharges to rivers, streams and the sea requires that all equipment is of an acceptable standard. Instrumentation is broken down into three main categories:
The UK Environment Agency requires EPR regulated sites with an effluent monitoring requirement to comply with the MCERTS Self Monitoring of Effluent Flow scheme. Generally speaking, this will include any operator discharging more than 50 cubic meters per day. A site conformity inspection certificate is issued after an MCERTS inspector conducts an audit of the site and management system and finds the operation satisfactory. The certificate is valid for five years.
The Solution CEMEX chose RS Hydro because it was the only company with a demonstrable track record of providing a total solution for environmental monitoring and data management covering installation, calibration and maintenance. The company also is responsible for monitoring the entire network for any alarms and for uploading all data into CEMEX's environmental database.
The overall project is to update and install a new flow and remote monitoring system across the whole company for abstraction, process and discharge applications. Applications involve clean water and process applications through to flows with high suspended solids content. Most of the applications fall within EPR and MCERTS and, as such, all flow metering instrumentation is required to meet MCERTS product standards. The only company to provide a full range of MCERTS-certified flow meters for pipe and open channel flow applications is Siemens.
The SITRANS flow meters are high performance, cost-effective and reliable. The FM model can be installed easily virtually anywhere because it can be powered by AC/DC power supplies or internal lithium batteries. At the center of this project is the MAG 8000, which is a microprocessor-based water meter with graphical display and key for optimum customer operation and information onsite.
CEMEX can monitor its flow and alarm status using portable devices such as this one.
Flow and alarm status information from the flow meters will be monitored using all the available digital outputs and using addWAVE telemetry loggers to transfer the data to the contractor's FlowView data portal.
Adcon's advanced UHF/GSM/GPRS telemetry data logging system can provide continuous data as frequently as every minute and uses super-efficient 2- and 4-watt micro-solar panels (smaller than a sheet of A5), lithium batteries or mains-powered transformers. The RTU's internal battery pack not only supplies the logger and the radio/GSM modem with power, but even the sensors attached to the system. This makes external power sources, cabling and cabinets in most cases obsolete, saving money in purchasing and operation. The system uses a unique topology: every long-range radio station ─ be it a flow meter, a level sensor, a water quality platform or a weather station ─ also can perform as a relay station for other long-range or short-range radio stations. This not only extends the range of data transmission, it also reduces infrastructure costs.
AddWAVE telemetry dataloggers can monitor up to 60 channels (SDI-12, digital and analog) of data from flow meters, pumps and motors, level sensors, multi-parameter water quality and weather station systems (to name a few). They also have built-in relays to control associated equipment. The company's RTUs operate either in the 430 to 470MHz frequency band, transmitting data up to 20 km (12 miles), or they use the GSM/GPRS network. The GPRS range of RTUs has all the same advantages as the radio RTUs in terms of datalogging, remote monitoring, local control and power consumption.
The A850 Telemetry System Gateway is at the center of every monitoring network, be it a pure GSM/GPRS network, a UHF radio network or a combination of both. "When you discuss this telemetry system, it is great to see the enthusiasm from a potential client. This telemetry system is unique and has no boundaries in terms of applications and abilities," Stevens said.
addVANTAGE Professional is Adcon's universal data visualization, processing and distribution platform. It is fully web based, runs on an Oracle 10g database engine and is fully scalable from a single user version for 5 RTUs to a super server, serving thousands of clients and thousands of RTUs.
The installation project, expected to last at least two to three years, will involve the monitoring of more than 300 abstraction, process and discharge monitoring locations. Depending on the importance of each process, data will be uploaded as often as every 15 minutes or as little as once per day. However, the upload and logging interval can be changed at any point during the day.
Almost all of the locations will require little or no maintenance. The complete network of instrumentation will be monitored automatically by creating statistical thresholds for both monitored parameters such as flow, turbidity, rainfall etc. and various fault diagnostic parameters. For example, the Siemens MAG 8000 flow meter has eight fault diagnostic alarms covering electrodes, coils and battery power (amongst others) that are scanned continuously.
Living in a densely populated country like the United Kingdom has always required the need for stringent environmental monitoring, but MCERTS and EPR require much more substantial environmental monitoring. As with this project, localized monitoring and reporting of flows, water levels and water quality is no longer a reliable way forward and now requires a more central approach.
RS Hydro is a UK distributor for Siemens, GE Sensing (Panametrics), Teledyne ISCO, Adcon, INW, Eureka and Thermo Scientific.
About the Author
Ed Lang, a specialist in open flow channel measurement, joined RS Hydro in 2008. For more information about the company, visit http://www.rshydro.co.uk/.


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Shia LaBeouf won't be making his Broadway debut this season after all. The 26-year-old actor has quit the upcoming revival production of the play "Orphans" in New York over "creative differences," according to a news release sent Wednesday.
LaBeouf has left the show a month before preview performances are set to begin. "Orphans" is still scheduled to open at the Schoenfeld Theater on April 7, with previews commencing on March 19. The production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, also features Alec Baldwin, in the role of a powerful man kidnapped by two brothers.
Wednesday's announcement did not elaborate on the nature of the creative differences that led to LaBeouf's departure, and no replacement for the actor has been announced.
"Orphans," by Lyle Kessler, debuted in 1983 at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles and is often revived at regional theaters across the country. Director Alan Pakula turned it into a movie in 1987, with a cast that included Albert Finney, Matthew Modine and Kevin Anderson.
In 2005, Al Pacino appeared in a workshop production of the play, alongside Jesse Eisenberg, at the Greenway Court Theatre in L.A.
LaBeouf rose to fame starring in the "Transformers" action movies and the most recent "Indiana Jones" installment. But the actor made waves earlier this year by saying that he is swearing off Hollywood blockbusters in favor of riskier, indie-flavor projects.
He had virtually no theater experience going into "Orphans." He began his career doing stand-up comedy, eventually landing a role on the Disney Channel program "Even Stevens."
His next movies include Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep" and Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac."
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I have a Dell Inspiron 1300 that I bought used a few months ago, and after an unsuccessfull attempt to rid of the viruses and trojans, I decided to do a clean install of Windows XP or 2000. Problem is, the CD/DVD drive does not work, and I have not isolated that problem to being either the drive or the motherboard. As a workaround I bought a cheap external USB CD drive that I thought would work so I could install an OS from that. I changed the BIOS settings to have USB boot first, but the external CD drive is not recognized until Windows boots up. What can I do about this? I should also mention that when pressing the F12 post BIOS for the boot menu, I have 3 options to boot from, and neither is the USB option that I enabled in BIOS.
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Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clashed in Cairo on Friday in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office.
Islamists and their opponents threw stones, bottles and petrol bombs, and some fought hand-to-hand, showing how feelings still run high between the rival groups trying to shape the new Egypt after decades of autocracy, although the streets have generally been calmer since Morsi's election in June.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health said 110 people had sustained light to moderate injuries, state media reported.
A government is in place, but Islamists and liberals are at loggerheads over the drafting of the new constitution, which must be agreed before a new parliament can be elected.
Many of the thousands who gathered in Tahrir Square were angry at this week's court ruling that acquitted former officials charged with ordering a camel-and-horseback charge on protesters in the uprising that ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last year.
However, even before that ruling, Morsi's opponents had called for protests against what they say is his failure to deliver on his promises for his first 100 days in office.
"Down, down with rule by the guide," Morsi's opponents chanted, suggesting that Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie pulls the strings, even though Morsi officially quit the Brotherhood on taking office.
"Morsi, Morsi," the president's backers responded.
Late on Friday, a statement issued by the Cabinet condemned the events, saying they hinder the government's political and economic efforts.
It said Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil "calls on all parties present in Tahrir Square and the other squares and places to stay away from any action that would tarnish the image of new Egypt."
Some demonstrators pulled down a temporary podium that had been erected on a side of the square for speeches. Later, Islamists took over the square, triggering scuffles in nearby streets as they tried to keep rival groups out.
Two buses parked near the square were set alight. Witnesses said they had been used by the Brotherhood to bring in supporters.
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in a statement expressed its "sorrow" over what happened to the buses it said were used to bring members to Cairo. It also condemned an attack on the Brotherhood's headquarters in the industrial city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra.
"We went to protest against the constituent assembly and Morsi's failure in his 100 days, and Islamists prevented us and are now controlling the square," said Islam Wagdy, 19, a member of a group set up by leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahy.
An FJP spokesman denied this.
"What happened today was an attempt by the liberal powers ... to prevent Islamists expressing their views and protesting in Tahrir, which belongs to all Egyptians and not to a certain current," FJP spokesman Ahmed Sobeih said.
There was no intervention by police, who have often been the target of protesters' anger because of their brutality against demonstrators in last year's revolt.
The Brotherhood, which joined Friday's protest, had said it should focus on this week's court ruling.
The charge by men on camels and horseback was one of the most violent incidents of the uprising that ousted Mubarak in February last year. The case has been closely watched by those seeking justice for the hundreds killed in the revolt.


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For years Hessam Abrishamis dynamic compositions, powerful expressions, and vibrant colors have
captured viewers around the world with their amazing depth and unique intrigue. He has exhibited
the ability to fascinate and disarm an audience with his artistic works. Hessams amazing imageries
have been lifted off the canvas and portrayed in a three dimensional form through his stunning
sculptures. This expansion has added a new dimension to Hessams growing artistic repertoire.
By the age of fifteen Hessams love and obsession with art became evident while still in high
school. His art teacher, who encouraged Hessam to pursue a higher education, nurtured his natural
talents and endless inspiration for painting. In 1975, Hessam moved to Perugia, Italy, to complete
his Master of Fine Art Degree at the Accademia Di Belle Arti, Pietro Vanucci. The bright colors
of Italy and the contrast of a quiet and relaxed artistic atmosphere greatly influenced Hessam and
his works.
Hessams works are greatly influenced by his dramatic life experiences and the warm acceptance he
has received from the world at large. He has exhibited his art in Europe, Asia, and North America,
where his one-man shows have grown in popularity in the public eye. His talented works have also
been colorfully illustrated in various Ivy League University textbooks nationwide. The French
press has called Hessams artwork "A statement in the fluidity of human figures
with tension between
each figure, a kinship that provokes the viewer to seek reasons for such a relationship.
Hessam has provided the world with images that capture an essence of love and romance. Hessam now
reveals a more three dimensional representation of his paintings in his life like bronze sculptures.


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Executives at Blink Fitness, New York, are seeking sites for new clubs in New Jersey's five northern counties, according to Sabre Real Estate Group LLC, a Garden City, NY-based broker hired by the budget fitness chain.
"We are on a very aggressive expansion program," Jayson Siano, managing principal of Sabre, said in a release. The company also represents Blink on Long Island.
The ideal Blink location is 15,000 to 20,000 square feet in a grocery or big-box anchored shopping center with heavy vehicular traffic, high visibility and easy access, according to the company.
Blink, which offers memberships at $15 to $20 per month, was created by Equinox, New York. It has five open locations in the New York metropolitan area.


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A 2012 Green Bay Packers cheerleader fought back against Facebook after a picture of her was uploaded to the Chicago Bears Fan page earlier this week.
The photo came with a caption, "Like if you agree the Packers have the worst cheerleaders in the NFL."
As of Thursday morning, the photo of Kaitlyn Collins had over 3,500 likes and more than 640 comments, including one that read, "Doesn't get uglier. Truly an eyesore." According to a YouTube video posted by Collins, most of the vulgar and sexually-related comments were too horrible to repeat but had the same theme: "Ugly."
"This is bullying in its newest form: cyber-bullying," Collins notes in the video.
Although Facebook determined that the photo does not meet its qualifications for bullying, the Chicago Bears Fan page finally relented to outside pressure Thursday afternoon. In place of the photo is a message insisting the page does not condone or encourage bullying.
The episode did produce one positive note for Collins. Mixed in with the tasteless barbs were encouraging sentiments from Packers and Bears fans alike. What's more, Collins' network of family and friends have buoyed her spirits by appreciating her beauty. They are right, of course. The video posted by Collins shows a beautiful young woman with the strength to rise above an ugly situation unexpectedly imposed on her life.
Follow Chris Wesseling on Twitter @ChrisWesseling.


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January 2010
A lot of people think that if they (and their sexual partners) have tested negative for HIV, they no longer need to use condoms. Many people forget that HIV tests do not immediately detect an infection. In addition, many people think that HIV/AIDS is the only sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is incurable and potentially fatal. I have heard people say many times, "I do not care about the other STDs. They cannot kill you, and you can cure them." As you will see, this is not true. It is important to use condoms every time with every partner, if there is any chance that you or your partner has HIV or any other STD.
The following table summarizes some basic information about many STDs. Some STDs can be transmitted in non-sexual ways as well. This table will review:
Even if an STD is not deadly or incurable, it may still be painful, unsightly, annoying, and embarrassing. For more information about STDs, visit the Body's Ask the Expert library of questions and answers on this topic (www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/Hepatitis).
Do you want more information on HIV/AIDS, STDs or safer sex? Contact the U.S. Centers for Disease Control AIDS hotline, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 1-800-CDC-INFO. Or visit The Body's Safe Sex and Prevention Forum.
Until next time ... Work hard, play hard, play safe, stay sober!
This article was provided by Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H..


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CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The trial of Drew Peterson began the seventh day of testimony in a Chicago-area courtroom with the judge joking that he had received a hot tip.
Judge Edward Burmila told the Joliet courtroom Thursday he had received a letter from a prison inmate linking the case to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the George Zimmerman case, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The inmate asked the judge to communicate with him for more information.
"I won't be communicating with him," Burmila said dryly, as those in the room laughed.
That may have been the only moment of levity amid the grim testimony surrounding the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio. On Wednesday, the judge allowed the prosecution to introduce hearsay comments from Kristen Anderson, a friend of Savio's.
Prosecutors had tried for two years to get the judge to admit hearsay testimony from Anderson and others.
Anderson said Savio told her about five months before she was found dead in an empty bathtub that Peterson had broken into her Bolingbrook house, held a knife to her throat and told her "I could kill you and make it look like an accident."
A coroner later ruled that Savio had drowned.
Peterson is charged in the death of Savio, his third wife, and is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.


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Even though it's the second oldest tennis tournament in the world, Wimbledon can easily be proclaimed the most prestigious. Simple collared polos are not enough; the attendees dress head-to-toe in the very best while they watch the best in the world play on the court in their tennis whites. After seeing Anna Wintour tote a $33,000 Louis Vuitton bag, we thought it important to round up the best bags carried to Wimbledon.
From Victoria Beckham to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to Wimbledon women's winner Serena Williams, these leading ladies carried some of the best bags we saw at the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa Middleton caused quite a stir as they attended the Wimbledon finals. Seated in the Royal Box, the Duchess wore Wimbledon whites in a suit by Joseph and carried a Diane von Furstenberg Lytton Snakeskin Clutch. Her sister was more casual and fun in her printed peplum Project D dress. Shop Diane von Furstenberg via ShopBop.
Victoria and David Beckham were dressed to the nines and of course looked like the posh couple we all know they are. Victoria wore one of her own Victoria Beckham designs from her fall 2012 collection and paired it with a Victoria Beckham Alligator Bag (drool). Shop Victoria Beckham via Net-A-Porter.
As handbag connoisseurs, we were quite shocked to see Anna Wintour toting a bag. Of course it wasn't just any bag, it was a $33,000 Louis Vuitton bag. With it she paired a bright orange Marc Jacobs trench coat and Manolo Blahnik kitten heels.
Kim Sears is the long-term girlfriend of tennis superstar Andy Murray. While he didn't win overall, Murray made it to the finals and Kim was there to cheer him on. She wore a Roland Mouret Angel dress and carried a properly British Mulberry Bayswater Bag. Shop Mulberry via Net-A-Porter.
Serena Williams once again proved that she is the top tennis star in the world by winning her 5th Wimbledon championship. For the Champions Dinner, Serena wore a yellow Burberry dress and paired it with Christian Louboutin pumps and a black and gold Burberry Box Clutch. Shop Burberry via Net-A-Porter.
Lastly, Rachel McAdams also made her way to Wimbledon. This isn't her best look, as she looks a bit more disheveled than usual, but she donned a white V-neck dress and tan Jimmy Choo bag for the occasion. Shop Jimmy Choo via Net-A-Porter.
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I'm out on Atchison but how bouta split league and I'll do a PC. Or Birdland. I got this new machete and I'm sure a little trash pick up would help those courses look nice for Old Settlers. ? If anyone want to join me or objects to an ace fund, let me knows. I'm liking a noon tee. Ill be out at pc around 10am to do some clean up. If anyone likes a different tee time also post it.


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Two heads are better than one!
The new two headed Raven (RX2) can quickly, smoothly, and visually switch one solid object for another, in addition to doing everything a Raven can do.
The new RX2 expands your horizons and opens new doors!
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Wow...just got back from the theater with my wife and some good friends. Your songs hit home so much in all of our lives. Many thanks to the Avett Brothers and everyone associated with them for bringing pure joy, light and promise into our lives. The brutal honesty and gentle energy that exists with the band means a tremendous amount to my family. We thank your and your families for sharing your music with us and in your giving us the opportunity to live our lives with you and your music. Joe Kwon, if you ever read this, thanks for the IT work on the site and congrats on your marriage. Congrats to Scott and Seth on the new additions to the families. To Bob...you and Melanie and your family are always in my prayers and St. Jude holds a special place in my heart. I love Road To Now and look forward to hearing it every week. We look forward to seeing you on the 20th of October in Birmingham. My wife and I will spend our 24th anniversary with you. Many, many thanks and much love for you and your families.
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Thirty years ago, John Riggins' rushing helped carry Washington through the playoffs and to a victory in Super Bowl XVII, and his 1982 postseason play becomes all the more amazing to ponder with each passing year.
For starters, Riggins carried a staggering workload, racking up 37, 36 and 38 carries in Washington's final three playoff games, per Pro Football Reference data. Overall, he gained 610 yards on 136 carries in Washington's four playoff games. His 38 rushing attempts in Super Bowl XVII remain an overall game record, and this could be a standard that continues to stand for a long time, given how teams are more apt to use multiple backs these days.
Also, Riggins was 33 in January 1983, which isn't exactly young by NFL standards. To put this in some current context, the 49ers' Frank Gore will be 33 in the 2016 postseason.
In a recent interview with Rich Tandler of CSNWashington.com, Riggins said he takes pride in how he told coach Joe Gibbs he wanted all of the work he could get in the 1982 postseason.
"I've never been the guy to step forward and volunteer for anything. But there was a lot on the line . . . it was my 12th year in the league and I knew this was the moment," Riggins told CSNWashington.com. "If you don't stand up, the rest of your life you're going to be sitting there going, 'I wish I would have said something.' "
"So at least I had what it took in that moment to raise my hand and say, 'I'll go.' "
And then he went out and backed up his words in a four-game stretch that epitomized what being a workhorse back is all about.


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The Social Security Administration divides its field offices into ten regions across the country. Field offices offer a wide range of services related to Social Security programs. New or replacement Social Security cards can be issued at field offices, provided the applicant brings the appropriate documentation. The required documentation differs depending on the applicant's citizenship and the type of card requested. Social Security field offices can estimate Social Security retirement benefit payments for individuals and help to determine eligibility for benefits as well as options for when to begin receiving benefits.
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Although Medicare is managed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Social Security field offices also take applications for enrolling in Medicare. Medicare provides health insurance coverage to people age 65 years and older, and in some cases, younger individuals with disabilities or specific health conditions.


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My name is Łukasz Świątkowski. I am a graduate of the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at Wrocław University of Technology. I am an avid .NET developer.
As part of my Master Thesis, I have created a software licensing and protection system for .NET Framework which can obfuscate assemblies and uses the public-key cryptography for licensing. I intend to improve it, and post it to this site.
My primary areas of focus are:
Currently, at my site you can find free applications and articles about free controls and components I have also posted to the Code Project. Information about application and article updates and other changes are published on the "News" page, and in the Atom feeds.
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The TLV5627 is a four channel, 8-bit voltage output digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with a flexible 4-wire serial interface. The 4-wire serial interface allows glueless interface to TMS320, SPI, QSPI, and Microwire serial ports. The TLV5627 is programmed with a 16-bit serial word comprised of a DAC address, individual DAC control bits, and an 8-bit DAC value.
The device has provision for two supplies: one digital supply for the serial interface (via pins DVDD and DGND), and one for the DACs, reference buffers and output buffers (via pins AVDD and AGND). Each supply is independent of the other, and can be any value between 2.7 V and 5.5 V. The dual supplies allow a typical application where the DAC will be controlled via a microprocessor operating on a 3-V supply (also used on pins DVDD and DGND), with the DACs operating on a 5-V supply. The digital and analog supplies can be tied together.
The resistor string output voltage is buffered by an x2 gain rail-to-rail output buffer. The buffer features a Class AB output stage to improve stability and reduce settling time. A rail-to-rail output stage and a power-down mode make it ideal for single voltage, battery based applications. The settling time of the DAC is programmable to allow the designer to optimize speed versus power dissipation. The settling time is chosen by the control bits within the 16-bit serial input string. A high-impedance buffer is integrated on the REFINAB and REFINCD terminals to reduce the need for a low source impedance drive to the terminal. REFINAB and REFINCD allow DACs A and B to have a different reference voltage than DACs C and D.
The device, implemented with a CMOS process, is available in 16-terminal SOIC and TSSOP packages. The TLV5627C is characterized for operation from 0°C to 70°C. The TLV5627I is characterized for operation from –40°C to 85°C.
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Only Home-Grown Solutions Need Apply
Mulling over the whole "solutions for development" concept the other day, I was struck by what Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS, said when asked about what made for successful mobile technology development projects: "The single most important thing is starting with the problem and not the technology. It is quite common for people to grab the latest smartphone or iPad or whatever happens to be hot at the moment and try to figure out how it could be used in a development context. I think that the correct sequence should instead be problem-people-technology. By 'people' I mean the individuals at the grassroots who usually understand the problem better than anybody else. Pick just about any development project and there will be a local organization or group that is already trying to achieve the same goals. Gaining a full understanding of conditions on the ground – and properly defining the role that technology can and should play – is really important and the projects that do not make the effort to do this have a much harder time in the long run."