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Half affectionate parody and half enthusiastic tribute to the swashbuckling pirate epics of the 1930's and 40's, The Crimson Pirate stars Burt Lancaster as Captain Vallo, the smiling leader of a pack of unscrupulous pirates. While on the high seas, Vallo and his men spy a well-stocked merchant ship, and waste no time in relieving it of its contents. One of the passengers on the cargo vessel, Baron Gruda (Leslie E. Bradley), informs Vallo...more
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Hello all,
I have a mint condition Schiit Lyr for sale. The amp is just over a year old and has seen about 120 hours of usage.
It is kept in a smoke free house.
The amp comes with the stock 6B27 tubes and one pair of NOS 6N1P tubes (bought from Schiit, yours at no extra cost).
The amp does not have it's original box anymore but appropriate packaging will be provided.
Australian buyers will get preference, but international buyers are also welcome if you are comfortable with shipping costs.
Direct deposit preferred, Paypal add 4%
Looking for $380 + shipping SOLD
Also up for grabs are 3 pairs of the highly sort after Lorenz tubes. Not much needs to be said about these tubes.
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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Monmouth University head women's soccer coach Krissy Turner announced the program's 2011 schedule on Tuesday, as the team aims for its third Northeast Conference Championship in the last five years.
"We are excited for the 2011 season to begin," stated Turner, who is seeking the program's sixth straight double-digit win campaign. "Preparations for this fall began several months ago. With the addition of many new faces to our program, it will be a fun and exciting time on the Great Lawn this August."
The Hawks begin the season with a match at the University of Miami, in Coral Gables on Sunday, August 21 at 6:00 pm, a Hurricanes' squad that went 10-8-1 in 2010. MU then welcomes Seton Hall on Thursday, August 25 at 7:00 pm, the first game for the Hawks under the new lights on The Great Lawn.
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- Salmon can jump up to 6.5 feet.
- Each chinook female deposits between 3,000 and 14,000 eggs in several gravel nests.
- The largest salmon on record is a Chinook salmon that weighed 57 kilograms.
- The longest known trip ever taken by a salmon upriver was a chinook salmon that traveled 3,845 km to spawn.
- Young chinooks have parr marks: the stage between fry and smolt. These are marks on their sides that camouflage them.
- Chinook salmon are native to more than 1,000 rivers and streams in North America.
- Chinook can live up to nine years in age.
- Juvenile chinook may spend from 3 months to 2 years in freshwater before migrating to estuarine areas as smolts and then into the ocean to feed and mature.
- A salmon's sense of smell is more sensitive than a dog or a bear.
- Pheromones, or chemical cues, guide salmon allowing them to find their birth streams.
- Less than two percent of salmon hatched in redds will return to spawn.
- Chinook travel more than 16,000 km in the Pacific Ocean before they return to spawn.
- In the last 25 years, chinook harvesting has dropped 96% due to the need to protect declining runs.
- There are six stages of a salmon's life cycle: eggs, alevin, fry, smolt, adult, and spawners.
- Small chinook salmon that mature after spending only one winter in the ocean are commonly referred to as "jacks," and are typically male.
- The condition of chinook salmon deteriorates during spawning because they do not feed and instead use stored nutrients for energy.
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All family historians with Berkshire interests want to see more pre-1974 Berkshire records in readily accessible form, whether on CD or online with Findmypast.
Society volunteers have transcribed many of Berkshire's parish registers, monumental inscriptions and other records but there is more to do. Why not join in and help to make even more Berkshire records readily accessible to others?
The current requirement is for volunteers able to check transcriptions against the original records - something that is essential for quality outputs. This vital work can only be done at Reading - at Berkshire Record Office, where the original records of the pre-1974 county can be found and accessed - and requires a preparedness and the means to make regular visits to Reading to do it.
If you cannot get to Reading, volunteers are needed to read, transcribe or check monumental inscriptions in all parts of the pre-1974 county; some of this can be done in your own home, at your own pace.
With extra pairs of hands, more could be achieved - even faster.
Project work is valued, varied and rewarding. It's one way of giving something back to family history. Today's researchers benefit from the dedication of their predecessors - and digital page images alone are of little value without the indexes and transcriptions necessary to search them effectively.
Why not use your specialist skills and understanding in project work to benefit tomorrow's family historians?
What could you do?
Projects move through many stages and tasks before they are completed. Project and quality standards are vital to ensure that accurate data gets published. Berkshire Family History Society places great importance on independent checking against original records or monuments before any index or transcription series is considered for publication.
Can you use a laptop computer? And, after training, a simple transcribing tool? Could you help by making those independent checks against original records at Berkshire Record Office in Reading? Maybe your forte is fieldwork - recording, mapping or photographing monumental inscriptions, as an example. Perhaps data manipulation, design, or building a CD, are things you do well? Or you write, draw, or generate maps and plans... the long list of skills and abilities needed in effective project work offers opportunities for everyone.
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text: Home → Politics NYC primary politics resume after 1-day silence By Jonathan Lemire Posted: 09/12/13, 11:42 AM EDT | Updated: on 09/12/2013 # Comments NEW YORK (AP) — Following tradition, the New York City candidates seeking to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg ceased campaigning on Sept. 11, the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.A day later, they began breaking their silences, starting with Republican nominee Joe Lhota, who gave back-to-back radio and television interviews Thursday morning in which he discussed the "stark" differences between his policies and that of his likely Democratic opponent, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio."Bill has a completely different philosophy than I do on how to deal with public schools, how to deal with public safety, how to create jobs, how to deal with taxes. We're as divergence as you can possibly be," Lhota said on the WOR Radio's John Gambling Show.De Blasio, who has been the most vocally anti-Bloomberg of the major candidates, emerged from Tuesday's primary election as the front-runner. Lhota won the Republican nomination outright after tying himself closely to many of Bloomberg's policies.He told WOR and Fox-TV's "Good Day New York" that his biggest strength is that he'll talk and listen to anybody. He said he wants to restart town hall meeting throughout the city and to get parents involved in the education process."This campaign is going to be about change," he told WOR. "Anyone who wants to buy into the conventional wisdom that the other side represents change and I represent status quo will be sadly mistaken. It's absolutely not true."De Blasio was slated to receive the support Thursday of unions that had previously backed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who finished a distant third. Late Wednesday night, the building service workers' union, SEIU Local 32 BJ, which had previously backed Quinn, endorsed de Blasio.Lhota, whose party is outnumbered by Democrats 6-to-1 in the city, is trying to project an aura of stability to independents, moderates and business leaders wary of de Blasio's fiery rhetoric. He is a one-time deputy mayor to Rudolph Giuliani and former head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority.Asked if he will seek the support of Rev. Al Sharpton, Lhota said there was nobody he wouldn't talk to. As for getting Bloomberg's support, he said "anyone who wants to endorse me, that's great." But he said he was running on his own record and did not think endorsements were overly helpful.Former comptroller Bill Thompson, the second-place finisher in the Democratic mayoral primary, did not release a public schedule for Thursday. But he vowed Tuesday night to stay in the race as the city's Board of Election recounts the votes.De Blasio garnered 40.3 percent of the vote with 99 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday. But whether he will be the Democratic nominee in the November election remains to be seen.To avoid an Oct. 1 runoff against Thompson — who received 26 percent of the vote — de Blasio needs 40 percent to become the outright nominee.About 645,000 votes were cast in Tuesday's election — and on Thursday, the Board of Elections will bring back voting machines from local precincts to borough headquarters ahead of Friday's recount. On Monday, officials will add to the tally at least another 16,000 outstanding absentee and special ballots.The race to succeed Bloomberg is shaping up as a referendum on the 12-year legacy of the billionaire who guided the nation's biggest city through the aftermath of 9/11 and the meltdown on Wall Street. Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, is leaving office after three terms.___Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Jake Pearson contributed to this report. Advertisement Digital Subscribe to Home Delivery and SAVE! Galleries Photo Gallery


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Jayden's mother, Tracey Harris, tried desperately to protect him, but the force of the earthquake knocked her off her feet.
Jayden's big blue eyes and cherubic smile captured the hearts of the nation.
Jayden's father Grant Smith said his son would be sorely missed by himself, his former partner and their two daughters, Stephanie and Vanessa.
"[Tracey] tried to stop the TV from falling over but the force of the earthquake just knocked her down on the ground," Mr Smith said of his former partner.
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Mr Smith described his son as a "smiley wee boy" who was just about learning to crawl.
"I've got a photo in my phone, plus a video of him that we took two days earlier... one is of him smiling and the other is of him giggling ... he'd only just learned to giggle."
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Wesley is 15 and dealing with a lot of "stuff" for someone his age. His father is gay and living with his partner, where Wesley has come to live for a time in order to get to know his father a little better. His dad is distant and appears not incredibly interested in getting to know his son, though his partner George is really interesting and cool.
Wesley's best friend, Theo, has also just come out, a total surprise to Wesley and most of the student body. Wesley is proud of his friend at first, but then becomes the subject of horrific bullying, because of Theo's announcement. What ensues is an incredible learning experience for every single character, infused with a ton of humor. Apparently, Richard Kramer knows how to make his characters funny, even in their darkest moments.
I had fun with this book. Written on a seemingly heavy topic, the tone is light and witty, though never letting the reader forget what the characters are feeling. Though I've yet to meet a teenager that actually talks in the way Kramer has written Wesley and his friends, I'm also a huge fan of John Green, who writes his teen characters the same way. These Things Happen actually reminded me of the grown-up version of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with Wesley as the first Will Grayson and Theo as Tiny. Anyone else? Maybe it's wishful thinking that teens would use language in this manner, but I say if it works, it works!
These Things Happen
Richard Kramer
272 pages
Adult Fiction
Unbridled Books
November 2012
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Even after doing the suggested power changing settings (taking it out of eco mode). I was never "happy" with the image produced.. its ok if your using it from across the room and you dint mind blurry small text.... but for my needs made me feel like I was in-front of an old CRT (picture quality wise) and the blurred text gave me a headache..
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Gavin DeGraw dropped out of Berklee School of Music and two other institutions of higher learning, when he came to the conclusion that "I'm not interested in becoming some kind of technical genius on the piano or singing. It's more important to be a good writer," he told Pollstar.
September 6, 2004
"I dropped out, and I'm proud of it!"
After a couple of years touring upstate New York in a duo with his musician brother, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist decided it was time to break up the act and head to the Big Apple to pursue a record deal.
Even then, DeGraw couldn't sit still long enough to wait his turn at an early open mic at Wilson's restaurant and nightclub in Manhattan. Instead of going in and waiting his turn, he called ahead and lied that he had a gig later and just had to go on as soon as he arrived.
He got his prime slot, left his card at the door and went home.
The ruse paid off. The next day, club owner Debbie Wilson called DeGraw and booked him weekly for the next two years.
Using her connections, Wilson got him in front of James Diener, J Records senior VP of A&R/marketing. Diener, in turn, got DeGraw into label chief Clive Davis' office for a personal audition, putting an end to a bidding war for DeGraw's services.
His debut album, Chariot, has been on the charts for more than a year, and with the August release of a raw re-cut of the album, appropriately titled Chariot Stripped, he's still climbing.
During the same period, Podell Talent Agency chief Jonny Podell had him moving from the opening slot of three-act bills to headliner status at clubs like House of Blues, Irving Plaza and La Zona Rosa to hone his live show. In between were 20 dates opening for another slow-but-steady riser, Maroon5.
"The album's been a steady build, and I convinced the label to let me re-cut the album into more of a raw record," DeGraw said. "People who like my music are also the kind of people who like to hear more raw recordings than the original record was.
"So, we went back in the studio and took two and a half days to re-do the whole album. We just hung mics around the room, with the players in the same room with me, and we just played through. It's a more true way for a songwriter to say, 'Here are our songs' to somebody," DeGraw explained.
With the release of Chariot Stripped, DeGraw is blowing up on the charts. And his live show has also seen vastly increased numbers since Podell got him started on the college circuit opening for Sister Hazel last year.
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"James (Diener) called and told me that he had somebody very special and he thought that I might feel the same way, and I did times 10," Podell told Pollstar about seeing DeGraw perform for the first time.
"I went to see him at Joe's Pub in Manhattan. I think (DeGraw and Wilson) appreciated my enthusiasm. I really thought I had the next big thing, somebody very special," Podell continued.
"It didn't hurt that Clive Davis felt the same way. I've always said, over 35 years, that Clive Davis knows; all the rest of us just guess."
With a client roster that includes established stars like Van Halen, Alice Cooper, and The Allman Brothers Band, and launching a new company after splitting with Evolution Talent in July, Podell didn't need to take on an untested newcomer. But DeGraw was different, the veteran agent said.
"I think agents, overall, hedge their bets. Overall, they have many, many clients and they all bet a certain number of them will hit. In Gavin's case, I didn't feel like I needed anybody else. I was that sure that between us, we could go all the way," Podell said.
Wilson was bowled over by DeGraw, too. She sold the restaurant, became his manager and guided him through the process from signing a label deal to recording his first album.
"When I met him, he was so young; he'd never really even been in a studio before," Wilson told Pollstar. "But the raw talent was so obvious and undeniable, I couldn't believe he hadn't been signed or developed by somebody at that point.
"I think the business is such now that so few people get it. And Clive really gets it. Being able to be signed with Clive was really what I wanted for Gavin and what I'd hoped for from day one."
DeGraw got the full treatment from his new boss, too - including a pre-Grammy Awards showcase last year for a roomful of industry execs and artists that the 25-year-old had only been able to admire from the distance of his radio. He was entertaining artists like Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin and Prince, all of whom he cites as influences.
"That was scary. If that building would have crumbled, there would have been no more music industry," DeGraw said. "You're in front of some of your idols or people who created the industry that you're in, and you want to satisfy them. You want them to love you like you love them. It was spectacular and terrifying."
DeGraw is currently out on a headlining tour, selling out many of the same clubs he'd performed in as a supporting act just a year ago, and where Podell says he'll probably remain as long as the demand keeps growing - and that could be a while.
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Off the ice: Ryan Malone in Vancouver 2010
by Staff Writer / Tampa Bay LightningThe Americans will play for a gold medal in Sunday's game against either Canada or Slovakia.
Malone got the ball rolling with what is easily the biggest goal of his life. Amazingly, it might also have been his easiest. Finnish goalie Miikka Kiprusoff rushed out of the net to play an American dump-in, but was pressured by Phil Kessel into making a bad play with the puck. Malone intercepted Kiprusoff's clearing attempt and fired the puck into an empty net.
Just like that, the rout was on for the Americans, who scored all six goals in the game's first 12:46.
Afterward, Malone stopped by to chat exclusively with NHL.com.
NHL.com -- That puck ends up on your stick there in the first period. What are you thinking?
Malone -- Put it in the net. I got up the ice as fast as I can and I'm not sure if he fanned on it or what, but I was happy to see it come my way. I was just happy to put it in the net there.
NHL.com -- Did you expect such a dominant start on the scoreboard?
Malone -- No. You are expecting a nail-biter right to the end. Especially the way they play as a group of five on the ice, I think it was key for us to come out with everything and cause some turnovers. That's what we have to do next game as well.
NHL.com -- Was it nice to see that killer instinct from your team after so many close games?
Malone -- Yeah, it was nice to breathe a little bit. Instead of, like I said, nail-biting all the way to the end. I think we played solid 60 minutes where we just played smart throughout the rest of the game. Now, we're all looking forward to the next challenge.
NHL.com -- Has it hit you that you are playing for gold?
Malone -- Oh yeah. Even after the onslaught, you look up and there is so much time left. You don't want to think about it too much. But we have worked hard as a group since the summer and to have this opportunity come Sunday is going to be unbelievable.
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Tomorrow's the big night! We've been talking about the Oscars [1] and Governors Ball [2] for several weeks now; there's been a behind the scenes look at the ball, sneak peeks at the food, meals inspired by movies and more. If you've missed out on anything, don't worry, I've rounded it all up below.
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It's one of my earliest memories.
When my brother was three or four years old, he was in the hospital with double pneumonia and an asthma attack. One night, my parents came from the hospital, woke me up and drove me and my sister to the hospital. I remember the night being very quiet, strangely peaceful, even beautiful – I liked being out at night when no one else was – I enjoyed the ride to the hospital. I was warned that I wasn't to make noise or make a fuss because visiting hours were over and I wasn't even supposed to be near my brother; they snuck me in and my father carried my brother – in yellow pajamas – into the elevator where I was waiting. He waved, I said hello, then my father carried him back to his room.
I don't recall how we got home – I suspect I fell asleep in the car and was carried into the house.
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November 4, 2010
The Federal Reserve, in a dramatic effort to rev up a "disappointingly slow" economic recovery, said it will buy $600 billion of U.S. government bonds over the next eight months to drive down interest rates and encourage more borrowing and growth.
Many outside the Fed, and some inside, see the move as a 'Hail Mary' pass by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. He embraced highly unconventional policies during the financial crisis to ward off a financial-system collapse. But a year and a half later, he confronts an economy hobbled by high unemployment, a gridlocked political system and the threat of a Japan-like period of deflation, or a debilitating fall in consumer prices.
The Fed left open the possibility of doing more if growth and inflation don't perk up in the months ahead. The $75 billion a month in new purchases of Treasury debt come on top of $35 billion a month the Fed is expected to spend to replace mortgage bonds in its portfolio that are being retired.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Wednesday continued a climb that began in August, when Mr. Bernanke signaled that a bond-buying program was possible. The index rose 26.41 points, or 0.24%, to a two-year high of 11215.13. Yields on 10-year notes, which have fallen from just under 3% in early August, finished the day at 2.62%. The value of the dollar has fallen in anticipation of a flood of new American currency hitting global financial markets.
These market reactions are seen inside the Fed as being stimulative to the economy. In addition to the impact of cheaper borrowing, higher stock prices could encourage households to spend more and businesses to invest more, and a weak dollar could make U.S. exports cheaper and thus easier to sell abroad.
"All of these things are part of what the Fed is trying to do, and I think it has been successful," said Laurence Kantor, head of research at Barclays Capital in New York.
The moves announced Wednesday were broadly in line with the expectations of economists, although some had expected total spending to be a bit less and to come more quickly.
There are immense unknowns and many risks.
In essence, the Fed now will print money to buy as much as $900 billion in U.S. government bonds through June--an amount roughly equal to the government's total projected borrowing needs over that period.
In normal times, a Fed spending spree on government bonds would be highly inflationary, because it would flood the economy with money and raise worries about too much government spending. The mere worry of too much inflation in financial markets could drive long-term interest rates higher and cause the Fed's program to backfire.
Michael Pence, a top Republican in the House of Representatives, said the Fed was taking an "incalculable risk."
Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who described the move before the meeting as a "bargain with the devil," was the lone dissenter in a 10-1 vote of the Fed's policy committee. He said the risks of additional government bond purchases outweighed the benefits.
But Fed officials are betting that inflation is still being pushed strongly in the other direction because there is so much spare capacity in the economy--including an unemployment rate at 9.6%, a real-estate landscape littered with more than 14 million unoccupied homes, and manufacturers operating with 28% of their productive capacity going unused.
The latest economic data suggest the economy is expanding, but not at a very fast pace. Figures Wednesday from payroll firm Automatic Data Processing Inc. and consultancy Macroeconomic Advisers showed that companies added 43,000 private-sector jobs in October.
In a post-meeting statement, the Fed said it was acting to "promote a stronger pace of economic recovery" and to ensure that inflation, now running at around a 1% annual rate, moves toward the Fed's informal objective of 2%.
This is the Fed's second experiment with a big bond-buying program. Between January 2009 and March of this year, the central bank purchased roughly $1.7 trillion worth of government and mortgage bonds. That move also sparked worries about inflation, which so far hasn't materialized. The bond-buying program is known in some corners as quantitative easing.
"This approach eased financial conditions in the past and, so far, looks to be effective again," Mr. Bernanke said in an opinion piece scheduled to be published in Thursday's Washington Post.
By buying a lot of bonds and taking them off the market, the Fed expects to push up their prices and push down their yields. The Fed hopes that will result in lower interest rates for homeowners, consumers and businesses, which in turn will encourage more of them to borrow, spend and invest. The Fed figures it will also drive investors into stocks, corporate bonds and other riskier investments offering higher returns.
The Fed normally would push down short-term interest rates when the economy is weak. But it has already pushed those rates to near zero, leaving it to resort to unconventional measures.
The planned bond buying, by Fed calculations, will have an economic impact roughly equivalent to cutting short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point.
The Fed will be buying bonds with maturities of as long as 30 years, but will concentrate its purchases in the five-year to six-year range. Some bond-market participants were disappointed with that decision because they wanted the Fed to focus on buying longer-term bonds. But doing so could leave the Fed more exposed to losses if interest rates rise.
There are other risks.
Critics say a weaker dollar isn't in U.S. interests, and that a swift decline in the value of the currency could drive up U.S. interest rates. Fed officials have seen the dollar's drop to date as being orderly and supportive of growth.
Some critics also argue that by purchasing government bonds, the Fed is taking pressure off the White House and Congress to address long-term deficit problems, but Mr. Bernanke is trying to avoid such political calculations.
U.S. trading partners, particularly in the developing world, openly worry that the Fed's money pumping is creating inflation in their own economies and a risk of asset-price bubbles. Fed officials say a strong U.S. economy is in everyone's interest.
In recent weeks, China, India, Australia and others have pushed their own interest rates higher to tamp down inflation forces. Authorities in Brazil and Thailand have imposed taxes on capital flooding into their economies to prevent an asset bubble. And Japanese authorities have intervened in currency markets to prevent the yen from appreciating too much against the dollar.
There is an alternate risk that officials wrestled with in their latest two-day meeting, which concluded before lunch Wednesday: They might not be doing enough.
Economists at the research firm Macroeconomic Advisers LLC calculated that even if the Fed purchases $1.5 trillion worth of Treasury bonds--which some economists say remains a distinct possibility--it would only bring the unemployment rate down by 0.2 percentage points by the end of 2011.
"This instrument doesn't give them a lot of power, especially on the scale which they're prepared to use," said Laurence Meyer, of Macroeconomic Advisers, after the decision.
For the Fed, it was a middle ground that emerged after months of internal debate about the costs and benefits of restarting the program.
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Axis countries and Axis Powers are the names for some countries that fought together against the Allies during World War II. The war ended in 1945 with the Axis powers losing and their alliances broken.
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The most important Axis countries formed an alliance called the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers (1922 to 1945). They included:
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Rob Hancock, president of the board of directors of Save Bristol Harbor, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to repairing the coastal waters of Bristol, doesn't see a time when the organization won't be needed.
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
"It's not to say we are always going to have problems," Hancock said. "Our environment and ecology around us are constantly evolving and changing over time and that's OK. That's what it does. There will always be an important need to adapt to that change and there's always going to be a need to connect people to their environment. We're planning on being around and continuing to do those things."
The nonprofit was created almost 16 years ago, largely, Hancock said, to bring organized opposition to Cumberland Farms' plan to develop a gas station and convenience store next to Silver Creek, a salt marsh estuary that flows into Bristol Harbor.
A public-awareness campaign by the next year resulted in Bristol buying out Cumberland Farms' existing lease on the land and Silver Creek once again became a public space.
Several years later, citizens once again rallied to convince a marina not to expand but to build harbor improvements that would, according to Save Bristol Harbor's website, benefit public access to the harbor and recreational boaters. A few years after that, the need for a more permanent, organized group dedicated to counteracting developments that could harm Silver Creek and Bristol Harbor led to Save Bristol Harbor being founded in 2005.
"Instead of going in the wrong direction, Silver Creek is now on the road to restoration," said Hancock, who has been on the board of directors for five years.
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At issue: that some GM employees knew about the ignition switch problem back in 2004 but a recall wasn't announced until February of this year.
The problem can cause cars to shut off while driving, disabling the airbag and power steering. GM estimates that thirteen deaths can be tied to the faulty switch in millions of recalled cars.
The total payout is expected to be announced by GM today and could cost the company billions of dollars. It is also expected to announce who is eligible for the compensation. it's being offered as an alternative to victims or their families suing GM.
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Seventy five kilometres from Pisa and twenty four from Lucca, nestled on the hillside 400 metres above sea level, sits Corsagna. We were very happy to stumble upon this small nugget of a place for our family holiday this year.
Driving up from Borgo di Mozzano, just when you are either beginning to get the hang of the hairpin bends or thinking you can't possibly cope with another, the village finally appears.
And at last you are approaching the very last bend.
After that an immediate left turn brings you into the Piazza de XX Settembre. It turns out that there are quite a few Piazza de XX Settembre apart from this small one in Corsagna. The signficance of the date - which was when in 1870 the Bersaglieri of the Italian army entered Rome through the Porta Pia, ending the temporal power of the Pope, and completing the unification of Italy - was lost on me, until we came home and I looked it up. One of the things I love about travel is that every day you learn a little something about a lot of different things!
One of the best things about that tiny village square was the posse of venerable male villagers who occupied the benches on the shady side. They seemed to be always there between dawn and dusk, with baggy, slightly too short trousers, open neck shirts and the occasional dark jacket, smatterings of hair and teeth of varying degrees of discolouration shared amongst them, and eyes that held secrets and wisdom they had no intention of sharing with the likes of us interloping tourists. Each day as we passed them, either in the car when, even if driving, I made a point of giving them a friendly wave, or on foot when I would go one step further and try to make eye contact with a cheerful, 'Buongiorno', those collectively penetrating eyes would turn to follow our path with not a flicker of acknowledgement. They became my challenge. I would have loved to have heard their stories, but I would settle for at least a twinkle in just one of those eyes!
A photo of them would definitely not have been appropriate and would have ruined my chances, but this is the Piazza de XX Settembre at twilight when the 'order of the benches' had retired to their solitude or, more hopefully, their womenfolk. (Or menfolk just as hopefully - no sexism intended!)
You can see how small it is. But all the more cosy for the village street party that took place over the middle weekend of our visit. The square was filled with tables, chairs, bunting and kindred spirit. We were told that we were most welcome to join the fun but felt that ten of us were probably a few too many. However we were still able to enjoy the atmosphere in passing and when we had negotiated the windy windy road back to our temporary home on the hill we were entertained by the whoops, wails and cheering from the five-a-side football tournament played on the flood lit astro turf pitch below us.
666 inhabitants doesn't sound that many for a village. But our host, Daniele, told us that almost every one of those inhabitants plays a musical instrument or sings, and that they have a village band. Most unfortunately we did not get a glimpse or a sound of that, but I did stumble upon the Corsagna Music Festival on Facebook. It appears we missed that too as it was held just last week in the fabulous Ristorante Branduzzi where we had several excellent meals and friendly welcomes.
Venturing further afield than the square one day we discovered the 'High Street' - 'high' being the operative word.
Through that arch and a wee bit further up on the right, we found the village garden centre.
Climbing further
and peeping into someone's backgarden on the way
We reached the top, or rather the top was reached by my better half while I rested half way to save my gammy foot for the journey down. So it was he who took the picture of the church on the very top of the hill.
and the view of the village below
At the top of the 'high street' there was a T-junction with a welcoming brass water fountain set into the wall. I waited there looking at the narrow street we had climbed
when a shiny black BMW that virtually filled the width of the road came roaring up to meet me. The turning to her right was so steep that steps had been cut into the sides for pedestrians, but undeterred the driver gave me the briefest of smiles through her windscreen, as I stood spreadeagled against the wall in fear, and swung around the corner - her tyres screeching up the steps and to a halt on the bend at the top. There she jumped out and began to haul her shopping out of the boot. Clearly an everyday occurrence and an indication that life in the village was a wee bit different from ours!
One difference was that being a hilltown (or village) it was obviously impossible for the dustmen to call at every house. So the rubbish had to be taken to the large communal bins which we guessed were emptied once a week. There was, though, a system for recycling which it seemed was well followed as the bins were all brim full.
The one service that did make it door to door, I think - because he came up to our farmhouse - was the postman.
Maybe not quite so distinctive as our red vans but just as full of expectation.
Now this has nearly reached the watershed wordcount of a too long blog post but, just before I go, if you have the time and have become curious about Corsagna you will find the very essence of the village by going to YouTube and typing in 'Corsagna Corpus Domini 2011' by Pasquale Mastronaldi. And following that on the list is what I imagine is the village band, 'Banda di Valdottavo e Corsagna.
Oh, and did I ever get that twinkle or a wink? Not exactly. But on our last day, I did get a very guarded and muttered, " 'giorno" in reply to mine. I considered that a victory :-)


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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Recovery Attempt Continues, Opportunity Sprints to Endeavour
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/04/30 12:00 CDT
As Opportunity drove her little robot heart out, breaking the 28-kilometer mark on her odometer, and driving the longest backward drive ever, April proved to be another month of exhilarating highs for the Mars Exploration Rover mission and one extended low with only silence from Spirit, despite intensified efforts by her Earth crew to establish contact.
Shuttle LIFE is go for launch with Endeavour!
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2011/04/29 04:02 CDT
The Planetary Society's Shuttle LIFE experiment is now go for launch on Endeavour's STS-134 mission. I came down to Florida for the loading of our tiny sample tubes into the CREST-1 (Commercial Reusable Experiments for Science & Technology) payload block.
What's up in the solar system in May 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/28 06:07 CDT
Time again for my monthly look at what's going on with the robots exploring the solar system! The highlight of this month will, I think, be Dawn's first optical navigation images of its first target, Vesta.
Watch Saturn's storms spin with VIMS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/28 01:15 CDT
A lot of attention has been paid recently to a storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere that is large and bright enough to be visible from Earth, but Saturn's atmosphere actually features lots more swirling storms. They can be hard to see, at least in visible wavelengths.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/27 01:03 CDT | 2 comments
If you go to a conference about lunar geology, sooner or later you'll hear the term "KREEP" bandied about. (And almost as soon as KREEP is mentioned, a bad pun will be made. It's inevitable.) Context will tell you it has something to do with a special kind of lunar rock, but that'll only get you so far. What is KREEP, and why is it important on the Moon?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/26 05:56 CDT
Whenever we explore someplace new -- a new island, a new continent, a new cave, a new world -- there's a necessary activity that explorers must perform before they can sensibly tell the world about their discoveries: name things.
India's launch site as seen by Japan's Daichi orbiter, now lost
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/25 12:22 CDT
I wrote the following blog entry about an image from Japan's Daichi Earth-observing orbiter last week as one to keep in my back pocket for a day when I was too busy to write, not anticipating that there'd soon be a more pressing reason to write about Daichi. On April 21, after just over five years of orbital operations, Daichi unexpectedly fell silent, and is probably lost forever.
Posted by Bill Nye on 2011/04/22 02:30 CDT | 1 comments
The Earth is important, and sometimes we need a reminder as to just how fragile it is.
Pluto's atmosphere changes really fast!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/21 10:27 CDT
Pluto's atmosphere has been a subject of fascination for planetary astronomers since -- well, since astronomers first discovered that it had an atmosphere in the early '90s. The interest is partly because it's fascinating that such a distant and cold world is capable of supporting an atmosphere, and partly because the presence of the atmosphere confounds all attempts to measure Pluto's size precisely.
Historical PDF: "The Voyager Flights to Jupiter and Saturn"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/20 05:03 CDT
A while ago I posted all 99 issues of the Voyager Mission Status Bulletins in PDF format, and now I have another cool item to add to that collection: NASA EP-191, "The Voyager Flights to Jupiter and Saturn."
Outside scientists being invited in to Cassini mission
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/20 10:09 CDT
NASA announced last week the start of a Participating Scientist program for Cassini, which is big news, for outer planets scientists anyway. Lots and lots of other missions have participating scientist programs, from big missions like Mars Science Laboratory to little ones like Dawn; but this is the first time for Cassini, which is kind of surprising given that it's been almost seven years since it arrived at Saturn.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/19 01:03 CDT
Some recent photos that Cassini took from a position nearly in Saturn's shadow caught my eye, and I made a quick color composite. What an amazing view this would be if you were riding on the spacecraft!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/19 11:21 CDT
When Mariner 10 flew past Mercury, it caught an immense impact basin lying half in and half out of sunlight, which they named Caloris. Even with only half the basin visible, scientists knew it was one of the largest in the solar system. Geologists had to wait more than 25 years to see the rest of Caloris, and when they did it turned out to be even bigger than they had thought. But the fact that Caloris was only half in sunlight was fortuitous in one sense, because it meant that the spot on Mercury that was exactly opposite the area of the Caloris impact was also partially in sunlight. That spot looks weird.
Lovely crater turns up in MoonZoo; 2 million images classified, lots more Moon left
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/18 10:48 CDT
Here's a very pretty picture to start off the week: a really gorgeous fresh crater on the lunar farside. There's nothing particularly unusual about this crater; it's just recent and fresh so there's a mesmerizing amount of detail in the feathery patterns of the ejecta that fans outward from it.
Memo to Australians: Tell your government if space exploration benefits your community
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/17 09:21 CDT
Australia's Space Policy Unit is conducting a survey of people in the commercial space industry, state and local governments, and education and research sectors as part of an effort to assess the economic value of civil space to the country.
Please join us to send off Lou Friedman in style!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/15 04:25 CDT
We're going to celebrate Lou Friedman's 30 years of service to the Planetary Society by mercilessly making fun of him at a gala "Roast and Toast" event in downtown Los Angeles on April 30. (We will probably say some very nice things about him too.)
So far, no moons found at Ceres or Vesta
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/15 02:37 CDT
Since the Galileo mission discovered tiny Dactyl circling Ida in 1993, quite a lot of asteroid systems have been found to be binary; there are even a few triples. So it's quite reasonable to guess that two of the biggest asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, might also have satellites.
Are there more Titans than Earths in the Milky Way?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/14 11:30 CDT
Might there be many Titan-like planets and moons, with atmospheres and liquid methane rain, rivers, and lakes, across the galaxy? It's an important question if you think that liquid methane environments could support alien life, because it turns out that Titan-like planets might be more common than Earth-like planets.
Lots of great stuff in the latest Cassini data release
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/13 04:56 CDT
I've got some lovely pictures from Saturn to show you! Every three months, the Cassini mission dumps gigabytes worth of precious Saturn data into the Planetary Data System, and the latest gift came on April 1. This particular pile of data, which was taken between April 1 and June 30, 2010, contains a lot of really terrific moon observations.
Congratulations to the California Science Center on getting Space Shuttle Endeavour!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/13 12:16 CDT
Space exploration is an international endeavor and I usually try to speak as a citizen of Earth rather than one of my nation, state, or city, but I'm going to ask you to indulge me in a little local boosterism today.
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More Leaks on Galaxy Tab: Verizon and Sprint Dates
Our source received his info from the hardware manufacturer itself, not from the carriers, so there may be some changes. In fact, based on what usually happens with these devices, change is a matter of course. For the time being anyway, the best information we have, and the source is pretty sure of these dates, is that the Verizon Galaxy Tab will launch 11/11, while the Sprint version will launch 11/28.
It's unclear if the carriers are talking to each other, however. With the T-Mobile version launched 11/10, we're wondering if these carriers (T-Mobile and Verizon) know just how close these dates are to each other, and if they will adjust them.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7" tablet that Samsung feels is a genuine, if not iPad-killer, iPad rival. The device sports a 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, just as its smaller Galaxy S cousin, and will run Froyo from launch, meaning it will have access to Flash, as well. And yes, it will indeed ship with the Android Market.
It's unclear how the carriers will differentiate their versions. Likely it will be in their data plans or perhaps apps on the devices. Thus far, leaked pricing seems to align between the carriers, so that's not going to be the differentiating factor. Of course, it could be said that those looking at these devices will probably want to examine just how good coverage is in their area, and that could be a prime factor, as well.


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He's not the most likely father figure in the world, but Simon Cowell can't wait to add "Dad" to his lengthy list of titles.
The "X Factor" mogul gushed about his baby on the way, telling The Times of London, "I went to see a scan today and it is just surreal."
She's the hottest export to come out of the Middle East in decades, and Bar Refaeli is ready to head back home to Israel for a whole new "X Factor."
The stunning supermodel stars in a new promotional clip for her forthcoming show "The X Factor Israel," along with well-known talent guru Simon Cowell.
Taking a break from their busy lives, Simon Cowell took his girlfriend Lauren Silverman on a romantic dinner date in London, England on Thursday (August 29).
The "X Factor" hunk treated his soon-to-be-babymama to a delicious meal at the Scalini Italian restaurant in the trendy Chelsea neighborhood, and there were plenty of public displays of affection along the way.
Stepping out for some delicious eats, Simon Cowell treated his babymama Lauren Silverman to lunch at a London restaurant on Wednesday afternoon (August 28).
The former "American Idol" stud and his pregnant girlfriend enjoyed the cuisine during a break in their retail therapy session while fans and shutterbugs looked on from afar.
She may have already earned the title of the Queen of Pop long ago, but this year Madonna has ascended her throne on the top of Forbes top-earning celebrities list.
Grabbing an estimated $125 million for the period between June 2012 to June 2013, the 55-year-old icon rocketed ahead of Steven Spielberg, who ended up at #2 with about $100 million.
The week of August 19-25 was full of baby, character and romance reveals. While the world got its first look at some celebrity tots, others debated casting decisions made by big studios. Check out what made news this week below!
Continuing their vacation in paradise, Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman checked out the shops in Saint Tropez, France on Sunday (August 25).
Hand in hand, the expectant parents stopped along the sidewalk a few times to let the "X-Factor" judge sign autographs for passers-by.
Attracting more attention after he acknowledged fathering a child with his friend's wife, Simon Cowell left his home with some friends in London on Wednesday (August 21).
The "American Idol" judge wore a light gray Henley shirt, jeans, and black boots as he carried a brown briefcase outside and smiled at shutterbugs.


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The Effect of Pregnancy and Labour on the Pelvic Floor Diagnosed With 3D and 4D Ultrasound
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Injuries to the pelvic floor muscles and fascias during delivery and childbirth may lead to urinary incontinence (25-45 %), faecal incontinence (11-45%), pelvic organ prolapse (7-23%), sexual dysfunction (15-33 %) and chronic pain syndromes (4-15%). Pelvic floor muscle injuries are not easy to diagnose as they are not visible when looking at surface anatomy during a standard gynaecological examination. The investigators are therefore in urgent need of better tools to diagnose these injuries. Having a reliable and easily accessible tool enables studies of the consequences of such pelvic floor muscle injuries. It also makes it possible for us to explore the effect of interventions such as pelvic floor muscle training and surgery in patients with and without pelvic floor muscle injuries. The investigators have previously presented data to support the reliability and the validity of the three and four dimensional (3 and 4D) ultrasound technique used to define pelvic floor muscle anatomy in healthy volunteers and have now a tool to study women before and after delivery. At the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akershus University Hospital there are approximately 4500 deliveries annually and 1500 women are giving birth for the first time.
Challenges: The invitation to participate in the study will be given to all women expecting their first child fulfilling inclusion criteria. The biggest challenges in the project will be logistical. To be able to inform, recruit and follow women having their first child is a challenge in it self.
Applications: If it is possible to identify a risk group for pelvic floor injuries before delivery, it might be ethical to recommend a prophylactic caesarean section to avoid disabling incontinence and prolapse later in life.
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Pelvic Floor |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | The Effect of Pregnancy and Labour on the Pelvic Floor Diagnosed With 3D and 4D Ultrasound |
- Levator hiatus dimensions [ Time Frame: 20 months ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | December 2009 |
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first time delivery
Women giving birth to their first child
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women giving birth to their first child at Akershus University Hospital, Norway
- Must understand spoken and written Norwegian
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous pregnancy of more than 16 weeks
- Serious illness mother or child
- Birth before pregnancy week 32
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01045135
Contact: Jette Stær-Jensen, M.D. | +47-41140032 |
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Contact: Jette Stær-Jensen, M.D. +47-41140032 |
Study Director: | Marie E Engh, M.D., PhD | University Hospital, Akershus |
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Responsible Party: | Marie Ellstrøm Engh, Phd, associate professor, Akershus University Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01045135 History of Changes |
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Pelvic floor ultrasound |
Study First Received: | January 7, 2010 |
Last Updated: | January 7, 2010 |
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Akershus:
Pelvic organ prolapse Levator hiatus 3 and 4 dimensional ultrasound |
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The Founders' Tower is a secret tower in Hogwarts Castle. Inside it, there is a large study with many old tomes and a writing desk. It has the feeling of neglect, as there are large cobwebs hung from the ceiling rafters.[1]
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- On the desk, one can find a notebook. Examining it reveals concept art for the game, including concepts that did not feature in the game proper.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance)
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Whoever is spreading those rumors about a Penny/Sheldon hookup on 'The Big Bang Theory' is wrong. Very wrong. And that's coming straight from the horse's mouth – the entire cast of the geek chic sitcom.
But that doesn't rule out the possibility of another romance!
At PaleyFest 09's 'The Big Bang Theory' panel at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, the cast gave us some juicy spoilers for the upcoming season finale, including who exactly is hooking up with who? Who – or what – will be Sheldon's love interest? What surprising romantic "glacier" will the season finale bring between Penny and Leonard?
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Will the season finale end in a cliff-hanger?
It's not exactly a cliff… it's more of a glacier. There's an interesting story that's sitting there at the end of the season between Leonard and Penny. The whole cast of the guys end the season in a strange place. I don't think it's ever been done before. There are two cliffhangers really. There's the romantic one, and then one with the four guys. Hopefully people will check it out.
What's going to happen with Penny and Leonard?
There's something going on between them that's getting deeper even though they're not consummating. And maybe that's kind of nice because they may have to grow before the relationship. I don't really care about the will they or won't they stuff… we'll just have to stay on the air and find out. This isn't Lost! I don't know how the series ends!
Kaley Cuoco- "Penny"
Will Penny be in a love triangle with Leonard and the comic book guy?
He's in the finale actually. There's a little silliness with him. Leonard definitely got jealous over that one.
Are Penny and Leonard meant to be together?
Oh yeah, they have to at some point! I don't know when though. It's going to take a long time for them to really get together but they've formed quite a relationship so far. There's definitely chemistry between them. It runs very deep for both of them and they're going to go through their own paths in life and connect at the end of the day.
Jim Parsons- "Sheldon Cooper"
What's next for Sheldon?
Sheldon is getting a very special episode. He gets to do something research-oriented that's a very good opportunity for him. It's sort of like Sheldon finding love in a way. That would be like his life partner in a way, with science. So Sheldon sort of gets what he wants by the end of this season I find.
Do you think Penny and Sheldon have chemistry?
I think what's wonderful about them is that they're the North and South Pole of the character spectrum on this show. I do think that's what leads people into thinking about romance because it's an opposites attract kind of thing. I would be jaw dropped if that came handed down. It would be a blast to play and would be handled in the most fun way. I would be flabbergasted.
Will Sheldon ever win a Nobel Prize?
Yes. Sheldon will continue to excel unless someone shoots him. There's not a doubt in my mind. I'm quite certain of these things for him. He's convinced me of it! Why would you doubt for a second! He's the smartest one of the group. He's smarter than his friends. That's clear in the writing. Clear!
Simon Helburg- "Howard Wolowitz"
Will Wolowitz ever get a woman besides his mom?
He gets some action here and there. I think he's a romantic, but he's also a momma's boy. I don't think he's ready to leave his mom. He's always ready to sleep with someone but he always seems disappointed. It comes across like he wants sex but he's really looking for a lover.
Kunal Nayyar- "Rajesh Koothrappali"
Has the show's success been overwhelming?
We're not a tabloid show. We're not in those gossip magazines, so this show is spreading through word of mouth. It's surreal now because it's the little project that could. It's crazy! I can't believe it.


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What an iem, gotta post a pic of my rig just to brag. I feel slightly euphoric after using this for six hours so far today....
Must have that silver-cable... Well, guess I'll have to sell off my best kidney on ebay to get there now
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We could hear chanting so we walked toward it, looping to the back side of the square near Dana Mall.
The little, looping movie shows five young women cycling through a park in Berlin, and filming each other as they do so.
And usually when you're looping a movie, if it takes two days, that's a lot.
As they approached, looping a rope around its neck, the camel took off, dragging the pair with it.
They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
The feat consists in looping the loop with the glass, by swinging it right round with the hand, without spilling the water.
In this he makes stop, and secures the horse, by looping the bridle around a branch.
Yarns, &c., may be bleached in a similar manner by first looping the skeins together.
Gradually his looping whirls had carried him toward the east.
Two censers: Very passable censers can be made by swinging brass cups on the brass chains that come for looping back curtains.
late 14c., "loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.," probably of Celtic origin (cf. Gaelic lub "bend," Irish lubiam), influenced by or blended with Old Norse hlaup "a leap, run" (see leap (v.)). In reference to magnetic recording tape or film, first recorded 1931. Computer programming sense first attested 1947.
"to form a loop," c.1400, "draw (a leash through a ring)," from loop (n.). Related: Looped; looping. Slang looped "drunk" is from 1934. Loop the loop (1900) originally was in reference to roller-coasters at amusement parks.
"Loop-the-Loop" is the name of a new entertainment which goes further in the way of tempting Providence than anything yet invented. The "Loop" is an immense circle of track in the air. A car on a mimic railway shoots down a very steep incline, and is impelled around the inner side of this loop. ... The authorities at Coney Island are said to have prohibited "looping-the-loop" because women break their corset strings in their efforts to catch their breath as they sweep down the incline, and moreover, a young man is reported to have ruptured a blood vessel in his liver. ["Philadelphia Medical Journal," Aug. 10, 1901]
loop (lōōp)
A curve or bend in a cord or other cylindrical body, forming an oval or circular ring.
Drunk: The end result is a looped group/ Was she drunk? Looping (1934+)
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in the loop, knock someone for a loop, out of the loop, throw someone for a loop
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It's a subject this Editorial Board, and several others in the past, have hammered home many times: the need to work smarter and harder on improving the community's downtown district.
It once again came up during Monday's meeting.
The focus of the board's discussion was the potential that exists in our community's downtown.
Once you scrub away the current environment downtown - of a few neglected buildings, odd business practices by some stores, and at least one property that could serve as a primetime location for a future business, but which currently lies ugly and barren - there lies an area that could be busy with foot traffic, prosperous for store owners, beneficial to customers and a complement to the community.
Unfortunately, this board questions whether such a future ever will become a reality, given what appears to be a lack of vision on the part of those who could make a difference downtown.
As it stands now, downtown is serviceable.
It certainly has its benefits: a variety of stores, some well-established businesses, an institution like the Museum of Northwest Colorado, the future promise of a wonderful facility such as the Center of Craig, a nice park in the center, decent sidewalks, light poles and the adornment of flowers when the season is right.
So, be careful not to confuse the message: Downtown, in its current embodiment, is fine. But this board knows there is more downtown just waiting to be unearthed with the right steps.
One of those steps, board members believe, is city officials taking the lead on attempting to get the Main Street Program to town.
The program, an offering from Downtown Colorado, Inc., is an attempt to revitalize traditional downtown districts within the context of historic preservation, and provides technical assistance in four key areas.
Those areas are: economic restructuring, design, organization and promotion.
These sound exactly like areas where our downtown needs fine tuning.
Without a concerted effort, downtown simply will be left to its own devices, which, by and large, haven't worked too well recently.
Some business owners, it should be noted, have taken it upon themselves to revitalize their own stores and shops, and for them, this board is grateful.
But, they are the exception rather than the rule.
Going after the Main Street Program to provide downtown the jolt that it needs would be a sign that city leaders recognize the business district needs help, and consider its ultimate preservation and improvement as vital as we do.


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What's the general maximum wattage for something like this?
If they're not available pre-made, anyone have suggestions on how to build one?
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Last week we learned that actress Lea Michele broke her silence for the first time since news of her boyfriend Cory Monteith's death on July 13. Today we learn that Lea has not only gotten back to work on Glee but she has apparently recorded a special song for the show in honor of her late boyfriend and co-star. Lea teased news of the song on her official Twitter profile and then other folks from the Glee production team followed up with confirmation.
Lea Michele headed back to the Glee recording studio Monday, little more than three weeks since the July 13 death of her boyfriend and costar, Cory Monteith. "Couldn't have picked a more beautiful & perfect song to start the year with," Michele, 26, Tweeted Monday. Filming on the new season of the FOX show was postponed until this week, and while the first two episodes of season five will be Beatles-themed, the third episode will be a tribute to Monteith. The delay also gave the cast and crew time to deal with the loss of Monteith, who died in a Vancouver hotel room from a toxic combination of heroin and alcohol … Because the soundtrack for every episode is recorded in advance, it's believed that Michele might have been prepping songs on Monday for this special episode. While it will be revealed what Michele sang when the show airs Oct. 10, executive music producer Adam Anders did Tweet to her on Monday, "you are the strongest person I know. That was truly amazing. Love you xoxo #leastrong." Alex Anders, Glee's vocal producer and recording engineer, also Tweeted Michele a message, saying, "You were absolutely magnificent today. I am in awe of your strength and your sweet spirit. Love you. #leastrong."
As you may recall, we learned earlier this month that Moneith's Glee character Finn will be written off the show in a special episode that will address substance abuse so it's very likely that the song Lea is referencing will be featured in that episode. I can't even being to imagine how difficult it must be for Lea to return to the Glee set in the wake of Cory's death. To work on an episode that is devoted to his memory … I have no idea how she has the strength to endure but … bravo to her. I've long since given up on watching Glee but I think I will have to tune in to watch this special episode when it airs later this year. The possibilities are endless but any guesses what song Lea recorded for the show?


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In 2010-2011, these players made the most to play the least. Salaries and player stats from the most recently (or soon to be) completed football, basketball and hockey seasons. The current 2011 season is used for baseball.
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