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FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Busch figured he had little chance to defend his Fontana title for most of Sunday while he circled the oval in a "mediocre" car.
Yet his tires were just fine, unlike much of the rubber on the bumpy racetrack. And when the race came down to a two-lap sprint to the finish, Busch demonstrated his spectacular closing skills one more time.
Busch won at Fontana for the second straight year, holding off Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart and his older brother Kurt for his 29th career Sprint Cup victory.
Kyle Busch capably blocked Larson and outlasted a crowded field to win a race featuring a track-record 35 lead changes and numerous tire problems. Busch stayed out of trouble and roared up late for his second straight stunner in Southern California, following up the Las Vegas native's final-lap surge to victory a year ago.
"Holy cow, what do you expect when you've got a green-white-checkered finish and everybody has to come down pit road and put four tires on?" Busch asked after his third career win at Fontana. "That was 'Days of Thunder' right there. Unbelievable day."
Busch is NASCAR's fifth winner in five races this season. He led just five laps — the fewest of his career in a win — in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
"I came off the fourth turn in disbelief that we won this thing, because we were mediocre all day," Busch said. "It was really weird for us, not a race that we're typically used to. But now there's a load off your shoulders that you can go out the rest of the season and race the way you want to."
He also got a thrill from outlasting Larson, the 21-year-old rookie in the No. 42 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing.
"I guess you couldn't ask for more, but I was surprised to get up there late in the race," said Larson, who held off Busch to win the Nationwide race Saturday. "We were probably a 12th-place car for most of the day."
Kyle Busch pointed out his window at Larson after Sunday's finish, pumping his fist in approval.
"What a shoe that boy is," Kyle Busch said of Larson.
Five more things to remember from Fontana's big finish:
SO CLOSE: Jeff Gordon drove the field twice and was in position for his first win of the season until Clint Bowyer's spin with two laps to go sent the race into overtime. From there, he faded badly on the two-lap sprint to the finish and wound up 13th despite having one of the strongest cars in the field.
"The closing laps were pretty much typical restart for me," said the four-time champion, who has struggled for several years on restarts.
Gordon overcame an early speeding penalty and was one of several drivers who missed the entrance to pit road on an early stop because the red light signifying that pit road was closed was on when they passed. It forced him to drive hard to put himself in the lead before Bowyer's spin. He regretted the final finish because of the effort he and his Hendrick Motorsports team put in Sunday.
"They gave me the most incredible race car and it is just so disappointing for it to end like that," Gordon said. "I hate that the caution came out."
SHREDDED TREAD: Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were among the drivers who had problems with their tires, yet manufacturer Goodyear didn't absorb much heat from the drivers.
The problems likely were the latest effect of NASCAR's new aero rules, which are producing higher speeds that lead to extra stress on the tires — particularly on the bumpy asphalt on Fontana's back straightaway, which already wears out tires aggressively. NASCAR also loosened rules on tire pressure.
"By no means is this a problem for Goodyear," Kurt Busch said. "It's just a thumbs-up for NASCAR for allowing teams to get aggressive in all areas."
Those problems might frustrate pit crews, but they can also lead to phenomenal racing, as the sellout crowd on its feet for the finish could attest.
HAMLIN SIDELINED: Denny Hamlin never got a shot at the redemption he craved after last season's final-lap crash with Joey Logano at Fontana left him with a broken vertebra.
About 30 minutes before Sunday's race, Joe Gibbs Racing said Hamlin was headed to the hospital for tests on a sinus infection. He was expected to stay overnight in the Los Angeles area.
"It's not just a headache. It's a lot more serious than that. He was actually losing vision his eye," crew chief Darian Grubb told MRN.com and NASCAR.com after the race.
SMOKE SIGNALS: Don't count out Tony Stewart just yet. After a lousy start to the Sprint Cup season, Smoke has posted back-to-back top-five finishes, following up his fourth-place finish at Bristol by coming in fifth. The 2012 Fontana champion had a shot at another win late, and Kurt Busch particularly enjoyed racing his boss for position in the final two laps.
UNIFORM CAUTION? For the second straight week, NASCAR had a problem with the caution light on pit row — but this one was more hilarious than detrimental.
Several drivers complained during an early pit stop that the red light was on, indicating pit road was closed. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition, was told that the official in charge of displaying the flag got his uniform caught in a hole in a fence and couldn't move, preventing him from flipping off the red light.
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marowi needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
TV Facts
tvfacts.de is a german online portal with news, trends and articles about televisions, new display technologies, home cinema and high definition television (hdtv). The site also contains practical guides how to find right consumer electronics, general information about the technologies, special offers and in future also a community. The site is structured in categories, sub-categories, articles, tags and static pages.
People (mostly men) who are interested in tvs, home cinema and hdtv, but also people who are willing to buy new consumer electronics.
We need a wp-design in news sites layout with 2 columns. It is really important for us that the theme is not looking like a blog.
We have created a draft which should serve as a template:
You only need to change the colors, headlines, links, navbars and such things. The layout itself should be unchanged. But please don't copy everything from the draft, because of the rights of the design holders.
These are thestar.com and netzwelt.de
What we want / need:
- a loyout for the welcome page, the category overview and the article detail page
- a header with main and sub-categories and a breadcrumb navigation
- a logo is not so important (follows in a separate project)
- 2 columns: the main column with the content part and a sidebar on the right side
- a slideshow with popular posts on top of the welcome page (500*250px)
- the sidebar should have a width of 300px for adding medium rectangle banners, should also have places for 3 featured offers with images, widgets with recent comments, best / most voted posts and polls
- the entire layout-width should not exceed 840px, so that we can add wide skyscrapers (160*600px) right of the page

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After Apple SVP Eddy Cue tweeted a couple of Foursquare check-ins, rumors spread that Apple was talking to Foursquare about using its data for local search.
Since then, Cue has been more circumspect on Twitter. But he's still actively using Foursquare.
While Foursquare users can make their check-ins private or friends-only, the tips they leave are publicly viewable.
Cue had a really bad experience at Il Fornaio, a well-known Silicon Valley restaurant.
"Food and service were horrendous," he wrote.
More his style: the homey diner food at Squeeze In, a restaurant in the ski-resort town of Truckee, Calif.
Those kind of tips, as well as information about how frequently users check in to a particular location, could help Apple improve its maps—a business Cue has been in charge of since the ouster of former mobile-software chief Scott Forstall.


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Millfield School
Millfield is renowned as one of the UK's most successful schools. But what really defines 'success'? Is it outstanding academic performance or excellent sporting or arts results? Or is it the all-round wellbeing of each pupil – shaping the life skills, character and values needed to be happy, healthy and fulfilled? We firmly believe that you cannot have one without the other.
Founded in 1935 Millfield is today the largest co-educational boarding school in the UK, offering full boarding and flexi boarding from ages 7-13 at the Prep School and full boarding for ages 13-18 at the Senior School.
We know that size brings opportunity. Quite simply, the breadth of our offer is unmatched anywhere else in the UK: an Olympic-sized swimming pool, golf courses and equestrian centres; concert halls, a theatre, art gallery, music centres, a hi-tech chemistry block and renowned Learning Support departments. From theatre, art and music to science, languages and sport, we enable our pupils to follow their passions, all supported by expert teaching and coaching.
Our magnificent facilities are set in over 400 acres of grounds across both the Prep and Senior School campuses in Somerset. London is 135 miles away and major air, rail and road links are all within easy reach. Millfield has its own Travel Office to support pupils transfer to airports and train and coach stations.
We may be one of the bigger independent schools, but we never lose sight of each individual child. We have carefully structured Millfield to make sure it is friendly, approachable and focused on the unique needs of every pupil. And, once your child has found their passion, we look to tailor an education programme that's right for them. With an average class size of 8-16 and a staff pupil ratio of 1 to every 6.5 children, each individual has the support they need, wherever their talents may lie.
A rigorous academic programme is supported by a wide range of opportunities across sport, the Arts and over 80 activities on offer, including dance, skiing, scuba diving, Duke of Edinburgh award and Caterham Car Club. Pupils take part in individual sports and team games and we compete in regional and national fixtures. Whilst Millfield has earned an excellent reputation for sporting success – we were the most represented UK school at the 2012 Olympics – our main focus is to engage each young person through sport and promote confidence, health and wellbeing.
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Dancing's Cheryl Burke: This Is "Definitely" the Most Competitive Season I've Done
Oct 13, 2013 7:57 PM EDT
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A3 archival print edition + exclusive digital download (FLAC audio)
Image printed on 225gsm Somerset Photo Satin - this has the feel of watercolour paper, but captures the colour and detail extremely well. Hand numbered and signed (by Jon Wozencroft), limited to 100 copies.
NB: free Registered Postage worldwide on this item. Prints to be shipped from Tuesday 1st June.
A3 archival print | Jon Wozencroft "The Planet is Blue"
The picture was taken from a vantage point in Taormina, Sicily, in April 2001. 1000s of people musthave taken a photograph from this spot, so it surprises me that many people single this out as one of their favourite Touch covers and I don't disagree - how can one take heed of the other versions that will never be seen?
There were no postcards on sale. So instead of playing on the idea of "the photographic moment", possibly this is a place that conjures up "the photographic universal".
Giardini Naxos, a railway hub beneath Mount Etna, as seen from Taormina which has amazing food, a Roman amphitheatre and a film festival. I liked the idea of people swimming next to a railway station.
I was overjoyed to get the chance to do a cover for "Substrata". It is one of my favourite recordings of its time (the progressive year, 1997) and I'd observed how it had such a climatic effect... I'd listened to it, amazed, on holiday in Crete that summer, it became a hot record for me, whilst supposedly being from a cold environment.
Maybe Biosphere was the answer to dub reggae, especially the music of Augustus Pablo. One of the best compliments I was ever paid, came from a friend when she said the Newcastle concert on the 2001 tour was mixed like a Pablo version... Now I'm glad that these versions bear this out, vividly. King Tubby Meets the Rockers in a Coldhouse?
Instinctively, I shot this on 35mm tungsten film which gives it a blue cast, which was an attempt to get a "Day for Night" ambience, (referring to the film by Truffaut). What I didn't realise was how difficult this would be to print. We scanned it as RGB to get the detail and colour saturation, then we had to work out how to satisfy the CMYK format. There was hardly anything in the black channel.
Taormina features a lot in the film "Le Grand Bleu" (The Big Blue) by Luc Besson. It's about deep sea diving. It seemed to me an interesting counterpoint to Geir's love of the mountains, to think of the equivalent below the waterline. [Jon Wozencroft, May 2010]
Audio | Biosphere "Substrata 2.1"
1. Double Exposure 6:38
2. Infinium 7:07
3. The Things I Tell You (Version) 8:06
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Double Exposure
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A rebuild of an old track with none of the original elements left.
File saved: 8. June 1995, 18:17, Varden, Tromsø
A track that later split into "Hyperborea" and a remix for James.
The Things I Tell You v.4
File saved: 13. September 1995, 21:04, Alarmveien, Tromsdalen
Almost there. Version 5 ended up on the Substrata album.
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Update: Restaurants reopen today. Denver restaurateur Jesse Morreale wins appeal in city's closings of El Diablo, Sketch.
UPDATE from Steve Raabe, Denver Post business reporter:
A city of Denver panel ruled Monday that El Diablo Restaurant and Sketch Food & Wine at First Avenue and Broadway can reopen Tuesday pending resolution of a dispute over building safety measures.
The Board of Appeals, a unit of Denver Community Planning and Development, ruled in an emergency hearing that it will lift its forced closure of the restaurants until Oct. 1. By that date, the restaurants' owner, Jesse Morreale, must obtain all permits to comply with the city's work plan.
City inspectors had closed the establishments July 10. Notices posted said, "Continued occupancy of this structure poses an immediate hazard to the life safety of occupants and the public."
Morreale disputed the action, saying he had complied with city directives.
The closure left 137 employees out of work. Morreale said Monday that he is launching a fundraiser with proceeds going to the employees.
-Steve Raabe, The Denver Post, July 30, 2012
(The restaurants "reopened" briefly July 17 at Morreale's Rockbar, reported John Wenzel.)
The adage notwithstanding, you CAN fight city hall. It's merely that in the process, you'll often be whacked upside the head.
Just ask Jesse Morreale, the Denver restaurateur whose popular spots on Broadway – El Diablo and Sketch – were shut down by city inspectors on Wednesday after a lawyer-filled dustup with the city over construction-code issues that Morreale said he can't pin down, the lawyers notwithstanding.
"It's bad, dude," Morreale, who runs M Inc., said in a Thursday afternoon (July 12) phone interview. "They're closed, and I have no idea why, and I don't know when they'll reopen. It's terrifying. We've asked the city for the specifics but they keep changing."


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Thursday TV's, CD's, TS's, Bi's, Cpls & Admirer's Afternoon
Afternoon fun for TV's, CD's, TS's & admirer's
Open between 1.00pm & 6.00pm
If you wish to join us on an afternoon please give us a call and let us know you are coming as we lock the doors for privacy & security.
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First Thursday of the month 'FETISH NIGHT' Couples & Singles (�20.00 per cpl & �25.00 per single)
Second Thursday of the month 'GREEDY GIRL NIGHT' Entrance �25.00 per single male. Greedy Girl couple & single Ladies FREE
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Fourth Thursday of the month T-Girls Party Night' (& �10.00 per person)
Open between 8.30 pm - Midnight
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This will be held on every First Thursday of each month, watch out for party dates
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Doors Open 8.30pm till 1.00am
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This will be held every 2nd Thursday night of the month, this is a night dedicated to all 'GREEDY GIRL'S'. Couples & Singles
Doors open 8.30pm till 12 midnight
Entrance �25.00 per single male. Greedy Girl couples and single Ladies FREE
Third Thursday Of The Month 'Bi Couples & Singles Night' 'Bi Ladies Party Night' (Couples & Singles)
This night is for bi couples and bi singles, we have also moved the 'Bi Ladies only' party night to this night and given them a 'Ladies Only Room'
Open between 8.30pm and 12.00 midnight
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Couples & Singles welcome on the, for all who can't attend on our other couples & singles nights come and have some fun with us on a Saturday (Please note, we do not take new Single male members on a Saturday, so if you want to join us on a couples & singles Saturday night you must attend the club to join before the event)
Open between 8.30pm & 2.00am
Entrance �20.00 per cpl & �25.00 per single
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22 Apr 2014
Great little Club yes it was run down and is out of the city center. The owners Dave and Jo are lovely and friendly and have refurbished the place. No license take your own booze and have a great time with genuine friendly swingers.
12 Jul 2007
Only went once !
Wouldn't go again.
The owners showed us round the place on our arrival and was proud of showing us tacky playrooms with torn pvc mattresses which were quite stained (yuk).
The place is in need of serious re-vamp. Was VERY quiet (not surprised) and only one other couple in amongst several scruffy single males.
We left shortly after and haven't been back.
Find somewhere else - please !!!!!
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06 Apr 2007
We been to the club twice now
The staff are lovely,the parking good,very good security.
We been in the day over xmas had a great time,and last month on a sat night,was'nt many there.
But felt safe and facilities are dated,but we were there
to play not look at decor,which we did on both occassions.
Single guys are polite,and staff monitor them strictly,
great to go for first timeres as the big clubs are scary.
we be going back this weekend,so might see you there
JOhn and Jane
13 Mar 2007
Although we have limited experience of visiting clubs we enjoy the low key relaxed atmosphere, yes it is small, yes it could be better decorated etc.. but there's always some sexy fun to be had and it comes without any hassle or aggressive single males
Pussycat & Tiger
28 Feb 2006
Isis Quest is THE club to go when new to swinging. We've been now a few times and always had a warm welcome. Very relaxed atmosphere and not too big a place to get overwhelmed by. Met some nice people here and had some great sex.
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You can breathe in a harmful substance, swallow it, or get it on your skin or in your eyes. Sometimes, there's no apparent effect and you may continue working in an unsafe manner thinking nothing's wrong.
If you're fueling a generator during a shutdown and gasoline splashes into your eyes, you experience what's called an "acute" effect. It's immediate and it hurts. But what if you get gasoline on your skin? It's a powerful hand cleaner, and you don't feel any effects; so what's the harm? Gasoline contains several very potent carcinogens and other toxins, and when absorbed through the skin or breathed in they do their damage over time. This is "chronic" poisoning.
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This video is ancient, in internet years. But we hadn't seen it, and neither had Videogum, and they've seen everything. But it's making the rounds, so we'd be remiss in not brightening up a slow Friday.
This kid's in his 30s now, and probably thrilled that his brother uploaded an old home movie to YouTube. I know we are.
UPDATE: We had this—five years ago. Told you it was ancient. Who's this Leitch character?


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Payroll company Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday the private sector added 110,000 jobs in October, a slight decline from jobs added in September.
October's figure is ahead of the 91,000 jobs added in September that ADP announced a month earlier. But that figure has been revised with ADP now saying 116,000 jobs were added in September.
The figure for September came in slightly higher than the 101,000 expected.
The numbers are not high enough to nudge the 9.1 percent unemployment rate lower, said University of Maryland School of Business professor Peter Morici, who predicts the Labor Department, which also tracks public sector jobs, would announce a gain of 90,000 jobs for October.
The ADP report said small businesses added 58,000 jobs, while businesses with 50 to 499 employees added 53,000. Larger firms, those with 500 or more workers, saw payrolls decline by 1,000.
The hiring pattern is consistent with September, when larger firms in the initial report lost 5,000 jobs with medium and small businesses making all the gains.


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Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications
Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications
ISBN: 978-0-470-29098-9 July 2008 464 Pages
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In order to cope with the tremendous explosion of the telecommunications market, the field of wireless communications has greatly expanded in the past fifty years, especially in the domains of microwave radio systems including line-of-sight, satellites, and tropospheric-scatter. Now, Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radio- communications answers the growing worldwide demand for an authoritative book on this important and emerging subject area.
In five succinct chapters, the book introduces students and practicing engineers to the main propagation phenomena that are encountered and that must be considered in the design and planning for any given system type and frequency of operation:
Electromagnetic wave propagation—An introduction to the fundamentaltheory of radiation and propagation of electromagnetic waves, polarization, antenna properties, free space attenuation, atmospheric refractivity, diffraction, reflection, multipath and scattering mechanisms, hydrometeor effects, and probability distributions
Principles of digital communication systems—Modulation techniques, signal processing, error probability, spectral characteristics, spectrum efficiency, thermal noise, intermodulation, jamming, and interference
Microwave line-of-sight systems—Path profile, flat fading and frequency-selective fading, interferometric method for space and frequency diversity techniques, International Standards and ITU Recommendations, optimization of the frequency-plan resource, link budget, quality, reliability, and availability
Microwave transhorizon systems—Design of beyond-the-horizon communication systems, properties of scattering and diffraction modes, multipath statistical relations, long-term and short-term field strength variations, quality of service, optimization of antenna alignment, and experimental analysis of various diversity and combining methods
Satellite communications—Design of satellite communications systems, orbital parameters, Earth-satellite geometry, uplink and downlink budgets for both space and Earth segments, and total system noise temperature
Microwave Engineering: Land & Space Radiocommunications is suitable for engineers involved in wireless telecommunications, as well as for students and members of various seminars and workshops.
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1. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation.
1.1. Properties of Plane Electromagnetic Wave.
1.2. Radiant Continuous Aperture.
1.3. General Characteristics of Antennas.
1.4. Free-Space Loss and Electromagnetic Field Strength.
1.5. Reflector and Passive Repeater.
1.6. Model of Propagation.
1.7. Reflection and Refraction.
1.8. Influence of Atmosphere.
1.9. Propagation by Diffraction.
1.10. Attenuation by Atmospheric Gases.
1.11. Attenuation and Depolarization by Hydrometeors.
1.12. Influence of Ionosphere.
1.13. Thermal Radiation.
1.14. Probability Distributions.
2. Principles of Digital Communication Systems.
2.1. Signal Processing.
2.2. Thermal Noise.
2.3. Digital Communication Systems Design.
3. Microwave Line-of-Sight Systems.
3.1. Engineering of Line-of-Sight Systems.
3.2. Design of Line-of-Sight Microwave Radio Link: Interferometric Method.
3.3. Link Budget.
3.4. Methods of Prediction.
3.5. Protection against Jamming.
3.6. Frequency Reuse Techniques.
3.7. Comparison between Various Diversity Techniques.
3.8. Availability of Microwave Line-of-Sight Systems.
4. Microwave Transhorizon Systems.
4.1. Engineering of Transhorizon Systems.
4.2. Method of Prediction.
4.3. Link Budget.
4.4. Examples of Transhorizon Links.
4.5. Other Models of Prediction.
4.6. Total Availability of Troposcatter Links.
5. Satellite Communications.
5.1. Space Geometry of Satellite Systems.
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We think our fish facility is complete now. We have run it through the fishless cycling process. Now I have to drive 60 miles to get some cheap pet store danios to give it the live test, so I'm going to be offline for a bit.
Once those are thriving and we're totally confident that everything is going to work, we'll be ordering a bunch of defined strains and raising those up…and doing our preliminary baseline analyses on the embryos. It's progress! Science marches on!


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Skiers and snowboarders make their mark at nationals
The Liberty University Skiing and Snowboarding team made its first trip to the United States Collegiate Skiing and Snowboarding Association (USCSA) national championships at the Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine, March 7-10.
Freshman Jon Steltzer had a particularly successful weekend, placing second in the skiing big air competition and fourth in skiing slopestyle. Steltzer recently signed a deal with 4FRONT Skis, becoming the first member of the team to sign a professional sponsorship deal.
Steltzer joined five Liberty snowboarders at the competition, who all performed well in their first national championship.
"We made our mark," said head coach Will Scheren. "People were talking about us, our guys rode well, and I think they represented the university well."
Liberty's four male snowboarders combined to take seventh place as a team.
Dave Promnitz finished 13th in snowboard slopestyle and 30th (among 62 competitors) in Snowboardcross, an event where four competitors race down the mountain.
Also competing in men's slopestyle were Zach Bukolt, who finished 26th; Ethan Acree, 33rd; and Zach Huff, 35th.
Eden Jones, the only female from Liberty to compete, finished 14th in women's snowboard slopestyle.
Nationals capped a successful season for the three-year-old team. Liberty went undefeated in competitions for both USCSA and the Collegiate Freestyle Association (CFA). This is the first year Liberty has participated in USCSA sanctioned events.
Liberty was the only team at nationals that has its own slope located on campus. The team practices year-round at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, the only slope of its kind in North America made of Snowflex, a synthetic material that simulates the effects of snow.
Scheren said because of this distinction, Liberty's skiers and snowboarders "can throw more elite tricks than any other team."
He said while the team has primarily focused on freestyle skiing and snowboarding for this reason, he hopes to grow the program, with plans of setting up a giant slalom course at the Snowflex Centre and adding a Nordic (cross country) racing team as well.
- The skiing and snowboarding team is one of 29 Club Sports offered at Liberty.


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General problems and questions
How do I get started?
Development for NetBSD/ia64 is on HP's "SKI" emulator:
- Install the ski emulator: pkgsrc/emulators/ski. See the DESCR file for details about installing and running ski.
Build the ia64 toolchain:
build.sh -mia64 toolsBuild the bootloader:
cd arch/ia64/stand/ia64/ski $TOOLDIR/bin/nbmake-ia64
With both bootloader and kernel binaries (or softlinks to them)
in the current directory, type:
ski skiloadThis will launch the ski debugger prompt. Type 'c' to continue. This will launch the bootloader in a pseudo terminal window. Type 'boot netbsd' to boot the kernel. Have fun!
What needs to be done to make the port functional?
Must have tasks:
- pmap module: Clean ups and debug.
- Boot Code Cleanup: clean up glue code between FreeBSD's boot code and NetBSD's standalone library.
- IA64 Stack unwind code: Support remaining unwind descriptor types. (See arch/ia64/unwind/TODO)
Nice to have tasks:
- Kernel module pre-loading via the bootloader.
- Write a ski network driver.
- Enable SMP support.
How can I help?
Pick a task you like, send mail to email@example.com to avoid duplication of work, and start hacking!
What are the goals of this port
Currently our focus is to make NetBSD/ia64 to run reasonably well on the ski emulator. In order to enable NetBSD to run on a real Itanium machine, further code needs to be written. Some important tasks are:
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By Dave Finn (@DFinn0711)
We all know how quickly social media has changed the way information is shared and consumed. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and all the rest transcend boundaries and are now used as key outlets for foreign governments, Major League Soccer teams, media publications, school districts and everything in between. Simply put, social media provides individuals and organizations a microphone that projects their voices across the globe.
The host committee of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis is the latest example of an organization using social media to consolidate and project its voice and the information it has to share. Raidious, an Indy-based digital marketing firm, has put together a team to manage all Super Bowl-related social media activity. With at least 70,000 fans in town to watch Giants-Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium yesterday and thousands more in the area to enjoy Super Bowl Week festivities, the team's mission was simple: get the important event information out efficiently.
This was Indianapolis' first crack at hosting a Super Bowl – and as far as I know, Indy isn't a popular tourist attraction – so it's likely that most visitors to the city knew absolutely nothing about it.
That's where the social media team came in.
In addition to monitoring key words and trends contained in the countless number of Super Bowl game-related tweets, the team used social media platforms to share parking, ticket, event and facility information as well as directions to restaurants and bars, complete with drink deals.
Downtown Indianapolis' layout is very condensed, so traffic was a nightmare all week. But the social media team didn't let that fall through the cracks. On Friday, @SuperBowl2012, the team's official Twitter handle, responded to an Indianapolite (Indianapolan? Indianapoler?) complaining about the gridlock:
Because of the social media team's efforts, visitors to the capitol of Indiana experienced one-stop shopping for all relevant logistical information – and that's the key. This brand new effort by the Indianapolis host committee demonstrates social media's ability to unify a variety of different information in one place. The people running Super Bowl XLVI's festivities certainly had a lot to say, but social media platforms afforded them one voice with which to say it.
With so much to do and see for fans during Super Bowl Week, this new age task force did its best to minimize aggravation and maximize the enjoyment of one of America's biggest spectacles. They did it by using social media.
By many accounts, Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis was a huge success. And to think we've barely talked about the football game.


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Father's Day and summertime grilling often include the usual suspects when it comes to steak: fillets, strips and sirloins. While those standbys are fine, your local butcher or favorite chef can recommend other choice cuts for the grill that are anything but usual.
Take hanger steak. Chef Rick Tramonto, author of the recently released "Steak With Friends" cookbook, prefers the richness and tenderness of that cut, which "hangs" from the diaphragm of the animal. A less expensive cut, it is popular among butchers and chefs, so it may be hard to find, Tramonto said. You may have to call ahead to order.
Hanger steak, or hanging tender, as it often is called, can have an oblong shape with varying degrees of thickness. Tramonto suggested pounding the steak three or four times to create uniformity and tenderize it slightly. He likes marinating the steak in balsamic vinegar or another acid for six to 24 hours before searing quickly on a high-heat grill.
"I like balsamic vinegar as a marinade because it breaks down tissues well, and it brings in a sweetness," Tramonto said.
Stanley Lobel, a fourth-generation butcher and president of Lobel's of New York, a century-old butcher shop, likes the richness of hanger steak so much that he even grinds it with regular chuck meat to perk up burgers. (Note: Many butchers will grind different cuts fresh for burgers upon request.)
When using it as a steak, "it's important to ask your butcher to remove the large vein running through the cut, which can be very chewy and interfere with the whole steak-eating experience," Lobel said.
The flat-iron, from the shoulder, is another lesser-known cut that has become trendy in the last few years, thanks to a lingering economic recession. Weighing 2 to 3 pounds, the steak, once marinated, cooked on a hot grill and sliced against the grain, can feed up to eight people for a better bang for your buck.
That's great for Tramonto, whose three hungry teenage boys have been driving most of his shopping decisions as of late.
Leaner cuts include the tri-tip, a triangular cut weighing in at 2 or more pounds (from the upper part of the animal toward the rear, or round). As more consumers look to trim their waistlines, its popularity has grown across the country, Lobel said.
For some leaner cuts, such as the tri-tip or the flank steak (part of the inside skirt), cooking hot and fast is the key, Tramonto said. "You still need a clean, hot grill that's well-oiled to start with. Then, let it sear, close the hood and let it caramelize. You should only have to turn it once, maybe twice if it's a bigger cut."
Other lean cuts require just the opposite — longer, more indirect cooking. Brisket, once thought of as a braising-only chunk of meat because of its toughness, also makes a good daylong barbecuing steak when cooked at lower temperatures.
When in doubt about what cuts to grill, just ask questions, Lobel said.
"Don't be afraid to have your butcher do things for you, or make recommendations," he said. "Even if you're at a grocery store, knock on the window and ask the person inside to remove that vein, or grind something fresh for you."
Tramonto agreed. Just like the farm-to-table movement, it's also time to get back to basics when it comes to meat, and that means seeking out local butchers and finding those who really care about the meat they serve and sell.
And then, when it's time to grill, Tramonto suggests, "just leave the steak alone. Put it on the grill, close the hood and let it do its thing."
Grilling unusual cuts
Butcher Stanley Lobel and chef Rick Tramonto shared some of their suggestions for less familiar cuts for grilling:
Upper skirt/diaphragm
Pound 3-4 times to uniform thickness; marinate 3 hours to overnight; cook 2 minutes per side on a well-oiled, hot grill; let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Shoulder plate Marinate 1-2 hours (optional); season with salt, pepper and/or spice rub; cook 2-3 minutes per side on a well-oiled, hot grill; let rest 5 minutes; slice against the grain.
Inner skirt
Marinate 6 hours to overnight; season with salt and pepper; cook 2-3 minutes per side on a well-oiled, hot grill; let rest 5 minutes; slice against the grain.
Bottom sirloin
Marinate or rub with seasoning spices; cook over direct, high heat 3-5 minutes; flip, cook 5 minutes (6-10 minutes total). Or cook slower, over medium-high heat, covered about 20 minutes total, flipping once. Let steak rest 10 minutes. Cut steak into a diagonal along the divide separating the two sides with varying grain direction; slice each against the grain.
Breast or lower chest
Marinate 12 hours or rub with seasoning spices 30 minutes before cooking; cook, fat side up to start, over indirect heat (225 degrees or lower) 2-3 hours (about 1 hour per pound), or until temperature reaches desired doneness, turning once. Let rest 15 to 20 minutes; slice against the grain.
Temperature and time
Butcher Stanley Lobel recommends starting with a steak at room temperature; remove steaks from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before cooking. Pat dry with a paper towel. Remove from grill when the steak is 5 to 10 degrees below the temperatures listed here; let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Lobel's temperature recommendation chart
Thickness — Rare — Medium-rare — Medium — Medium-well
Temperature — 120˚F-130˚F — 130˚F-140˚F — 140˚F-150˚F — 150˚F-160˚F
1-inch — 8 minutes — 10 minutes — 13 minutes — 18 minutes
11/4-inch — 10 minutes — 12 minutes — 15 minutes — 20 minutes
13/4-inch — 12 minutes — 14 minutes — 17 minutes — 22 minutes
Grilled Tuscan steak with fried egg and goat cheese
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 18 minutes
Rest: 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Note: Adapted from "Giada at Home," by Giada De Laurentiis. She uses rib-eye steaks, but any steak cut will work.
4 steaks of your choice, about 8 ounces each
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons herbes de Provence
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons olive oil
4 large eggs
1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
1. Prepare a grill for medium-high heat or heat a grill pan. Season steaks with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and pepper to taste; sprinkle with herbes de Provence. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons of the oil. Grill to medium rare or a temperature of 130-135, 6-8 minutes per side. Let steaks rest, 5-10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Crack the eggs directly into the pan; season with remaining 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and pepper to taste. Cook until egg whites are set, 2-3 minutes.
3. Place the steaks on dinner plates. Carefully top each steak with an egg. Sprinkle with the goat cheese. Garnish with parsley.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 576 calories, 62% of calories from fat, 40 g fat, 15 g saturated fat, 420 mg cholesterol, 1 g carbohydrates, 51 g protein, 482 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.
Father's Day and summertime grilling often include the usual suspects when it comes to steak: fillets, strips and sirloins. While those standbys are fine, your local butcher or favorite chef can recommend other choice cuts for the grill that are anything but usual.


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Are You Ready For Some 'Madden NFL 10', ESPN Marketing?
August 11, 2009: As part of the pre-launch for one of the most anticipated videogames of the year, Electronic Arts said that Madden NFL 10 will be integrated across all ESPN media on Aug. 13, a day before the videogame's official release. Included will be prominent positioning during the special Thursday night pre-season kickoff of ESPN's Monday Night Football, which will feature a rematch of Super Bow XLIII between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. Troy Polamalu of the Steelers and Larry Fitzgerald of Arizona are on the cover of Madden NFL 10.
Madden NFL 10 footage, advertising spots and other Madden NFL 10 content will be seen throughout the broadcast. Custom billboards will be featured across ESPN programming throughout Aug. 13, including "SportsCenter" and "NFL Countdown;" Madden NFL 10 "mini-mercials" will run on "SportsCenter" telecasts; and Madden NFL 10 advertising will be featured on the ESPN.com homepage with a unique eight-second interstitial execution. Madden NFL 10 will also be featured in ESPN Mobile including video, messaging, mobile Web and ESPN's ScoreCenter iPhone app.
On Aug. 13, 15 and 17, ESPN2, VH1 and NFL Network, respectively, will air the Madden NFL 10 Pigskin Pro-Am Game, a flag football event pitting two teams containing such NFL legends as Joe Montana, John Elway, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders and Deion Sanders. "The launch of Madden NFL is an event that our fans look forward to throughout the year," Nathan Stewart, marketing director for EA Sports, said in a statement. "With our ever-expanding audience, we wanted a launch for Madden NFL 10 that would not only show the depth of our connection with NFL football, but also reach our fans in all corners of the country."
Super Bowl Foes Get Cover Honors For Madden NFL 10
Videogame Companies Using The Beatles, Guitar Hero, Madden 10 For Q3, Holiday '09 Comeback


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FORT JACKSON — Gov. Nikki Haley and her family bid a tearful farewell Thursday to her husband Michael as he left with a S.C. National Guard unit for a month of training and deployment to Afghanistan.
Capt. Michael Haley wrapped his arms around his wife and two children as his unit was given a send-off by several hundred family members, friends and Guard officials at a National Guard site at Fort Jackson outside Columbia.
The governor declined to speak with reporters at the event, and her office issued a statement on her behalf as the group of 48 soldiers left in a bus for Camp Atterbury, Ind.
"We are a proud military family who understands the sacrifices any family goes through when a loved one is serving his or her country," Haley said.
She said her husband is looking forward to his mission, but she and her children will miss him.
"Rena, Nalin and I are proud of Michael and will pray for his – and all others' – safe return," she said.
Haley's spokesman, Rob Godfrey, said the governor's office is not aware of any other governor's spouse who is deployed with the uniformed military. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, said he could not answer the question whether any governor's spouses were deployed military and instead referred calls to each of the separate military service branches.
After Gov. Haley hugged their 10-year-old son Nalin and 14-year-old daughter Rena, the governor wrapped her arms around her husband and buried her head in his shoulder. Family members crowded around the small group, many wiping away tears. The governor stepped away, dabbing her nose with a handkerchief as she appeared to be fighting back tears, after giving her husband multiple kisses.
Haley's unit is not scheduled to return to South Carolina before departing on its yearlong mission. It is the third S.C. Army National Guard group to spend a year working with Afghan farmers to improve farming practices. It is formally known as the 3-49th Agribusiness Development Team and will work in Helmand province.
Haley joined the guard as an officer in 2006. This will be his first deployment overseas.
He has served as a medical service corps officer and a planning officer in the Guard's Columbia headquarters.
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr., State Adjutant General and head of the 11,000-member Guard, came over to pat Capt. Haley on the back, as the two-star general did with many of those departing.
Livingston, who commanded the state's largest contingent ever to serve in Afghanistan in 2007 to 2008, said the job done by the citizen-soldiers of South Carolina began as an experiment that has since thrived. His last major command took 1,800 soldiers from the Newberry-based 218th Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan in 2007 for a yearlong deployment.
"Peace broke out in a 50-mile radius because people saw that our agricultural team was there to help them," Livingston said. He said the unit has trained for months to better understand the rudimentary nature of Afghan agriculture.
But no special treatment is being accorded Haley because his wife happens to be governor, he said.
"Each soldier, each family is special to us, and the Haleys are part of our National Guard family," he said. "He has always been and always will be treated like any other soldier."
"We appreciate and are indebted to our South Carolina National Guard soldiers, airmen and families for the sacrifices they have made over the past 11-plus years of war," the two-star general said.
Haley's commander, Lt. Col. Todd Shealy acknowledged that there is always some danger when an individual who is in the public eye serves as a soldier in a combat region, and mentioned the military service in Afghanistan of Britain's Prince Harry.
"It does make him more of a target," Shealy said of Haley. "But there are some particular things to do to minimize that threat," he added, pointedly not defining what they might be.
"We want Capt. Haley to be allowed to be Capt. Haley," he added.
The agricultural mission by the National Guard in Afghanistan began in 2008. Units from nine states have worked in the country over the years.
The effort is geared at turning Afghan farmers away from growing poppies, which supports an opiate drug trade and subsidizes the Taliban.
The Afghan farmers have few mechanical aids, but many of their crops are similar to those grown in the southeastern U.S.
Many of the crops include cotton, peanuts, corn, wheat and barley, and vegetables including cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, okra and melons.


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New local homes of Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy and Los Angeles Sparks games now provided to Southern California Bright House customers
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes are now provided to Southern California Bright House Networks subscribers. These networks are the local TV homes for Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy and Los Angeles Sparks games, as well as in-depth, dedicated, team-focused programming.
Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes will be available on Bright House Networks in both Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) to customers with Standard or Digital Variety service. Time Warner Cable SportsNet will be available on SD channel 113 and HD channel 1113; and Time Warner Cable Deportes will be available on SD channel 631 and HD channel 1631. Time Warner Cable SportsNet will also be available to analog customers on channel 23 on October 30, 2012.
"Our partners at Bright House Networks value Southern California sports as much as we do and we're excited to work with them to bring Lakers, Galaxy and Sparks games and programming to our viewers," said David Rone, President, Time Warner Cable Sports. "We're extremely happy to work with Bright House Networks to bring sports fans in Southern California Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes."
In addition to live games, programming on Time Warner Cable SportsNet includes "Access SportsNet," the network's signature daily studio show that encompasses pre- and post-game shows as "Access SportsNet: Lakers" and "Access SportsNet: Galaxy" as well as "#LakeShow," the network's live daily social media-driven show. Original programming on Time Warner Cable SportsNet includes "Backstage: Lakers" (titled "Lakers Confidencial" on Time Warner Cable Deportes), a weekly documentary that chronicles the Lakers season from start to finish, and "Laker Girls" (also titled "Laker Girls" on Time Warner Cable Deportes), a five-part reality series that profiles the making of the 2012-13 squad and its members.
On Time Warner Cable Deportes, programming includes the "Lakers En Vivo" pre-game show and "Somos Lakers" post-game show, as well as "Somos Lakers éné-bé-a," a weekly show dedicated to the latest on the Lakers and the NBA that will include highlights, live interviews, commentary and other special segments. "Encuentro Deportivo" and "Tu Show del Fútbol" are daily shows on the network, with "Encuentro Deportivo" wrapping up the day in sports with a regional focus and "Tu Show del Fútbol" analyzing the day in soccer. "#LAPREPA" is a weekly show that features inspirational stories about high school sports.
About Time Warner Cable Sports
Time Warner Cable Sports operates Southern California's two newest regional sports networks - Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes – which launched on October 1, 2012. Through their exclusive partnerships with the Los Angeles Lakers, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Sparks and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the 24/7, high-definition networks each deliver more than 150 live events per year plus extensive team coverage and behind-the-scenes access unlike anything fans have seen before. Time Warner Cable Deportes is the nation's first ever Spanish-language regional sports network, with commentary, programs and a perspective created uniquely for Spanish-speaking sports fans of all nationalities. For more information, visit www.twcsportsnet.com and www.twcdeportes.com. Follow the networks on Twitter @TWCSportsNet and @TWCDeportes and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TWCSportsNet and www.facebook.com/TWCDeportes.
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Bespoke Extracts Inc (BSPK)'s moving averages reveal that the Tenkan line of the shares are below the Kijun-Sen line, indicating potential downward momentum building in the bearish chart. Bespoke Extracts Inc moved 0.0012 in the most recent session and touched 0.0125 on a recent tick.
The Tenkan-Sen is generally used in combination with the Kijun-Sen to create predications of future momentum. A buy signal is created when the Tenkan-sen line moves above the Kijun-Sen, while a sell signal is created when the Tenkan-Sen line moves below the Kijun-Sen line.
Many technical traders use the Tenkan-Sen as a tool for predicting levels where the price of the asset will find short-term support.
When reading Ichimoku Kinko Hyo charts, investors should note that the Tenkan-Sen line leads the Kijun-Sen, and tracks price with more sensitivity because it covers a shorter period of time. When the Tenkan-Sen line crosses and moves above the Kijun-Sen line, this is generally considered a bullish signal. Alternatively, when the Tenkan-Sen line crosses below the Kijun-Sen line, it is considered a bearish signal.
The tenkan sen/kijun sen cross is one of the most traditional trading strategies within the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo system. The signal for this strategy is given when the tenkan sen crosses over the kijun sen. If the tenkan sen crosses above the kijun sen, then it is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the tenkan sen crosses below the kijun sen, then that is a bearish signal. Like all strategies within the Ichimoku system, the tenkan sen/kijun sen cross needs to be viewed in terms of the bigger Ichimoku picture before making any trading decisions, as this will give the strategy the best chances of success. In general, the tenkan sen/kijun sen strategy can be classified into three (3) major classifications: strong, neutral and weak.
When examining current stock market levels, investors who have been staying on the sidelines may be wondering if now is a good time to get back into the ring. Nobody can say for sure if momentum will continue to push to the upside, and investors may be overly cautious at this stage. Studying company financials and paying attention to pertinent economic data can help the investor make more educated decisions when it comes to the stock market. It is obviously very hard for a new investor to become highly successful in the stock market right out of the gate. Doing all the homework and dedicating the proper amount of time can help the investor get on the right track to accumulating profits down the road.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is an additional technical indicator worth taking a look at. Bespoke Extracts Inc (BSPK) currently has a 14 day Williams %R of -89.29. The Williams %R fluctuates between 0 and -100 measuring whether a security is overbought or oversold. The Williams %R is similar to the Stochastic Oscillator except it is plotted upside-down. Levels above -20 may indicate the stock may be considered is overbought. If the indicator travels under -80, this may signal that the stock is oversold. Chart analysts may also use the indicator to project possible price reversals and to define trends.
Another technical indicator that might serve as a powerful resource for measuring trend strength is the Average Directional Index or ADX. The ADX was introduced by J. Welles Wilder in the late 1970's and it has stood the test of time. The ADX is typically used in conjunction with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to help spot trend direction as well as trend strength. At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Bespoke Extracts Inc (BSPK) is noted at 32.74. Many technical analysts believe that an ADX value over 25 would suggest a strong trend. A reading under 20 would indicate no trend, and a reading from 20-25 would suggest that there is no clear trend signal.
Investors may use various technical indicators to help spot trends and buy/sell signals. Presently, Bespoke Extracts Inc (BSPK) has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -121.88. The CCI was developed by Donald Lambert. The assumption behind the indicator is that investment instruments move in cycles with highs and lows coming at certain periodic intervals. The original guidelines focused on creating buy/sell signals when the reading moved above +100 or below -100. Traders may also use the reading to identify overbought/oversold conditions.
Taking a look at other technical levels, the 3-day RSI stands at 27.85, the 7-day sits at 20.88 and the 14-day (most common) is at 25.81. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is an often employed momentum oscillator that is used to measure the speed and change of stock price movements. When charted, the RSI can serve as a visual means to monitor historical and current strength or weakness in a certain market. This measurement is based on closing prices over a specific period of time. As a momentum oscillator, the RSI operates in a set range. This range falls on a scale between 0 and 100. If the RSI is closer to 100, this may indicate a period of stronger momentum. On the flip side, an RSI near 0 may signal weaker momentum. The RSI was originally created by J. Welles Wilder which was introduced in his 1978 book "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems".
Keeping an eye on Moving Averages, the 50-day is 0.03, the 200-day is at 0.05, and the 7-day is 0.02 for Bespoke Extracts Inc (BSPK). Moving averages have the ability to be used as a powerful indicator for technical stock analysis. Following multiple time frames using moving averages can help investors figure out where the stock has been and help determine where it may be possibly going. The simple moving average is a mathematical calculation that takes the average price (mean) for a given amount of time.
As we move closer to the close of the year, investors will be closely watching the next round of company earnings results. Investors may choose to closely follow Wall Street analyst projections around earnings periods. Analysts will typically make adjustments to estimates as the earnings date approaches. Many investors will look to see which way the estimate revisions are trending heading into the earnings report. Once the release is published, analysts have the ability to make further updates based on actual information that the company provides.
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The Fine Art of Independence ( While Getting the Help You Need!) ©
by Susie Mantell, award-winning author of the soothing relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace"
[Find more of Susie's FREE stress tips at http://www.relaxintuit.com ]
Dear Friends at Militarywives.com.
Military families often find themselves on their own. In fact, sometimes a little more "on their own" than they would like. Along with the extraordinary sacrifices made by each member of the armed forces, much is also asked of every military wife, child, parent, and friend. Loving someone who has chosen to serve, means you too serve, in whatever ways required. So perhaps while you are busy being ² brave and independent²the following will remind you that help is available too. We need to learn to ask for help, just the same way one must learn to manage finances, organize households, move, care for children, handle legal and medical matters. Each a fine art.
People live a lifetime striving to become Independent, through determination . . .or by necessity. From the time we crawl, walk, or hold a cup: *Yaaay! [ Applause ] Look how grown up! See how independent?* We ride a bike, drive, work, travel, raise families, balance budgets. [More: *Yaaay!] But somewhere along the way it backfires. Seeking help gradually becomes foreign, excruciating, uncomfortable. Impossible, for some.
At any age, accepting help with grace is an Art. Recently addressing an audience of accomplished, sophisticated, 70-90 year olds, we discussed balance, independence, and occasional help. [ Human Nature Hint: It is infinitely easier to ask for help when we have recently extended a hand to someone else. ] Have you ever seen someone, arms full, struggling with the door? What did you do? You helped. How did it feel? When a neighbor"s child fell off his bike, did you run out with a band-aid and a cookie, brush him off, and help him back onto his bike? Of course you did. Ever visit a friend in the hospital? Few really enjoy hospitals, but did you kind of like yourself a little for doing it?
Getting a Little Help From Your Friends
1) Do all you can for yourself, but within reason.
2) Set realistic goals that will likely yield success.
3) Need help? Remember all the times you help others. Give friends, loved ones and co- workers that pleasure too.
4) Who could help get this done?
5) Ask for help with a confident, open smile.
6) Express your appreciation in words, a warm smile, a note or call.
7) Return the kindness in some other way, some other time.
8) If there is no way to return the kindness directly, put it in your *favors bank,* and spend it on someone else. What goes around, comes around.
15 Simple Tips For Refueling Your Life
Visualize the total energy and capability of the human system as a pie. (This pie has considerable capacity for expansiveness, but ultimately there is a finite amount of physical and emotional energy available for processing in any one of us in any given moment.) Draw yours, with slices pre-designated for energy to work, for day-to-day living activities like walking, eating, reading etc., attention to family and friends, energy for necessary bodily functions: breathing, digestion, circulation, immune function, etc., and a sliver "on reserve" for an unexpected crisis. Take an honest look, and now re-draw your pie including space for relaxation, social life, sleep, creative expression and play. Re-prioritize every day; and again mid-day if necessary. "Playing with my kids" may be the most important thing you do today. inside jobexternal internal stress
1) Make a To-Do list with only 3 items--But each delightful! Do all 3 of them this month.
2) Now make a Not-to-Do list of 3 things you may skip!
3) Find something broken--and fix it. Or arrange for repair.
4) Keep a jar of bubbles in your desk drawer. (Use them.)
5) Go to the library or surf the web for new topics you're curious about.
6) Choose a person or charity you really, truly care about, and find a way to help. Lick envelopes for them, visit shut-ins, make a donation.
7) Count your blessings, literally. (A great way to fall asleep.)
8) Start your day with a smile. Open a joke book. Play with a loved one.
9) Do something romantic. . .or impulsive. . .or both.
10) Ask 1 person /day, whom you wouldn't normally ask, how they are. 11) Plan a Playdate with 3-4 same-sex pals: Cards, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Bowling? Shoot Some Hoops. . .Shoot Some Pool. . .
12) Buy something in a color you like but wouldn't normally choose..
13) List 3 *beautification* projects that can each be done in one day. (e.g. paint a room, organize a closet, highlight your hair.)
14) Change your exercise routine: Take a class, change machines, walk a different route----- Shake things up!
15) Tell one good friend a secret long-term goal. Ask them to gently remind you in 3-4 months to think about it a bit more. (Gently.)
So much about military life is requisite. And some days can be lonely. Sometimes there just aren't the choices civilians enjoy, but *attitude* is a choice. Finding ways to balance the frustrations and challenges, creating quality relationships and meaningful pursuits, is indeed always a matter of perspective.
Until next time, my warmest wishes that all your loved ones are safe and well, and for a bright New Year filled with great new possibilities, and as always, above all... Peace,
National stress-relief expert Susie Mantell's soothing, award-winning relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace" is physician-recommended to relieve Stress & Sleeplessness, Pain, Depression, Addiction rRecovery and PTSD. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, NBC,ABC -TV, Billboard, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and The American Pain Society, listeners include The Mayo Clinic, U.S. V.A. facilities, Canyon Ranch (BEST SPA,") F.F.S.C.'s and MWR's. Customizing programs for American Express, Remington, The Arthritis Foundation, The National Conference on Loss, and The Coca-Cola Company , her techniques are found in Cosmopolitan, McCalls, WebMD and syndicated press. Fine more Free Stress-Relief Tips or Order "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace" at: http://www.relaxintuit.com (SPECIAL: ORDER 5--GET 1 FREE!)


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A Radical Plan for Funding a New Deal
"This isn't about big government or small government. It's about building a smarter government that focuses on what works."
As our 44th President prepares to enter the Oval Office, bank lending has seized up, some of the nation's largest banks are on life support, and the big three automakers are bankrupt. Housing continues to crash, and so does the economy.
Little wonder that Obama is being compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who entered the White House in similar financial straits in 1932. Even before taking office, Obama has started his version of the "fireside chats" (updated from radio to online video) given by Roosevelt nearly weekly to reassure the public. He said on November 22 that he plans to create 2.5 million new jobs by 2011 and kick-start the economy by building roads and bridges, modernizing schools, and creating technology and infrastructure for renewable energy. These are excellent ideas, but what will they be funded with—more government debt?
Obama has pledged to honor the commitments of the outgoing administration to rescue financial markets, on the theory that if we don't, our credit system could freeze up completely. But as noted by Barry Ritholtz in a December 2 article, the bailout has already cost more than the New Deal, the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the moonshot, the savings and loan bailout, the Korean War, the Iraq war, the Vietnam war, and NASA's lifetime budget combined. 1 Increasing the debt burden could break the back of the taxpayers and plunge the nation itself into bankruptcy.
How can the new President resolve these enormous funding challenges? Thomas Jefferson realized two centuries ago that there is a way to finance government without taxes or debt. Unfortunately, he came to that realization only after he had left the White House, and he was unable to put it into action. With any luck, Obama will discover this funding solution early in his upcoming term, before the country is declared bankrupt and abandoned by its creditors.
The Key to a Solution: Understanding Money and Credit
Jefferson realized too late that the Founding Fathers had been misled. He wrote to Treasury Secretary Gallatin in 1815:
"The treasury, lacking confidence in the country, delivered itself bound hand and foot to bold and bankrupt adventurers and bankers pretending to have money, whom it could have crushed at any moment."
He wrote to John Eppes in 1813:
"Although we have so foolishly allowed the field of circulating medium to be filched from us by private individuals, I think we may recover it … The states should be asked to transfer the right of issuing paper money to Congress, in perpetuity."
It had long been held to be the sovereign right of governments to create the national money supply, something the colonies had done successfully for a hundred years before the Revolution. So why did the new government hand over the money-creating power to private bankers merely "pretending to have money"? Why are we still, 200 years later, groveling before private banks that are admittedly bankrupt themselves? The answer may simply be that, then as now, legislators along with most other people have not understood how money creation works.
Only about 3% of the U.S. money supply now consists of "hard" currency—coins (issued by the government) and dollar bills (issued by the private Federal Reserve and lent to the government). All of the rest exists merely on computer screens or in paper accounts, and this money is all created by banks when they make loans. Contrary to popular belief, banks do not lend their own money or their depositors' money. They merely "monetize" the borrower's promise to repay. Many creditable authorities have attested to this fact. Here are a few:
"[W]hen a bank makes a loan, it simply adds to the borrower's deposit account in the bank by the amount of the loan. The money is not taken from anyone else's deposit; it was not previously paid in to the bank by anyone. It's new money, created by the bank for the use of the borrower."
"Banks create money. That is what they are for… The manufacturing process to make money consists of making an entry in a book. That is all… Each and every time a Bank makes a loan… new Bank credit is created—brand new money."
"Of course, [banks] do not really pay out loans from the money they receive as deposits. If they did this, no additional money would be created. What they do when they make loans is to accept promissory notes in exchange for credits to the borrowers' transaction accounts. Loans (assets) and deposits (liabilities) both rise [by the same amount]."
Not only are banks merely pretending to have the money they lend to us, but today they are shamelessly demanding that we bail them out of their own imprudent gambling debts so they can continue to lend us money they don't have.
According to the Comptroller of the Currency, the books of U.S. banks now carry over $180 trillion in a form of speculative wager known as derivatives. Particularly at issue today are betting arrangements called credit default swaps (CDS), which have been sold by banks as insurance against loan defaults. The problem is that CDS are just private bets, and there is no insurance commissioner insuring that the "protection sellers" have the money to pay the "protection buyers" if they lose.
As loans have gone into default, the elaborate gambling scheme built on them has teetered near collapse, threatening to take the banking system down with it. Now the players are demanding that the government underwrite their bets with taxpayer funds, on the theory that if the banking system collapses the public will have no credit and no money. That is the theory, but it misconstrues the nature of money and credit.
If a private bank can create money simply by writing credit into a deposit account, so can the federal government. The Constitution says "Congress shall have the power to coin money," and that is all it says about who has the power to create money. It does not say Congress can delegate to private banks the right to create 97% of the national money supply in the form of loans. Nothing backs our money except "the full faith and credit of the United States." The government could and should have its own system of public banks with the authority to issue the credit of the nation directly.
Buyouts, not Bailouts
Accumulating a network of publicly-owned banks would be a simple matter today. As banks became insolvent, instead of trying to bail them out, the government could just put them into bankruptcy and take them over. Insolvent banks are dealt with by the FDIC, which is authorized to proceed in one of three ways. It can order a payout, in which the bank is liquidated and ceases to exist. It can arrange for a purchase and assumption, in which another bank buys the failed bank and assumes its liabilities. Or it can take the bridge bank option, in which the FDIC replaces the board of directors and provides the capital to get it running again in exchange for an equity stake in the bank.
An "equity stake" means an ownership interest: the bank's stock becomes the property of the government.Nationalization is an option routinely pursued in Europe for bankrupt banks. As William Engdahl observed in a September 30 article, citing economist Nouriel Roubini for authority:
"[I]n almost every case of recent banking crises in which emergency action was needed to save the financial system, the most economical (to taxpayers) method was to have the Government, as in Sweden or Finland in the early 1990's, nationalize the troubled banks [and] take over their management and assets … In the Swedish case, the Government held the assets, mostly real estate, for several years until the economy again improved at which point they could sell them onto the market … In the Swedish case the end cost to taxpayers was estimated to have been almost nil. The state never did as Paulson proposed, to buy the toxic waste of the banks, leaving them to get off free from their follies of securitization and speculation abuses." 3
As in any corporate acquisition, business in the banks nationalized by the government could carry on as before. Not much would need to change beyond the names on the stock certificates. The banks would just be under new management. They could advance loans as accounting entries, just as they do now.
The difference would be that interest on advances of credit, rather than going into private vaults for private profit, would go into the coffers of the government. The "full faith and credit of the United States" would become an asset of the United States. Instead of paying half a trillion dollars annually in interest, the U.S. could be receiving interest on its credit, replacing or eliminating the need to tax its citizens.
Ways to Fund the "New" New Deal
There are three ways government could fund itself without either going into debt to private lenders or taxing the people: (1) the federal government could set up its own federally-owned lending facility; (2) the states could set up state-owned lending facilities; or (3) the federal government could issue currency directly, to be spent into the economy on public projects. Viable precedent exists for each of these alternatives:
1. The Federal Bank Option
The federal government could issue credit through its own lending facility, leveraging "reserves" into many times their face value in loans just as banks do now. Franklin Roosevelt funded his New Deal through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), a government-owned lending institution. However, the RFC borrowed the money before lending it.A debt-free alternative would be for a government-owned bank to issue the money simply as "credit," without having to borrow it first.
This was done by the state-owned central banks of Australia and New Zealand in the 1930s, allowing them to avoid the worldwide depression of that era.In the informative booklet "Modern Money Mechanics," the Chicago Federal Reserve confirms that under the fractional reserve system in use today, one dollar in reserves is routinely fanned by private banks into ten dollars in new loans. Following that accepted protocol, the government could fan the $700 billion already earmarked to unfreeze credit markets into $7 trillion in low-interest loans.
Apparently, that is how Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are planning to generate the $7 trillion they say they are now prepared to advance to rescue the financial system: they will just leverage the $700 billion bailout money through the banking system into $7 trillion in new loans.
But the Federal Reserve is a privately-owned banking corporation, and the recipients of its largesse have not been revealed.The $700 billion in seed money belongs to the taxpayers. The taxpayers should be getting the benefit of it, not a propped-up private banking system that uses taxpayer money for the "reserves" to create ten times that sum in "credit" that is then lent back to the taxpayers at interest.
Seven trillion dollars in government-issued credit could furnish all the money needed to fund Obama's New Deal with a few trillion to spare. Among other worthy recipients of this low-interest credit would be state and local governments. Many state and municipal governments are going bankrupt through no fault of their own, just because interest rates shot up when the monoline insurers lost their triple-A ratings gambling in the derivatives market.
2. The State Bank Option
While states are waiting for the federal government to step in, they could charter their own state-owned banks that issue low-interest credit on the fractional reserve model. Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution says that states shall not "emit bills of credit," which has been interpreted to mean they cannot issue their own paper currency. But there is no rule against a state owning or chartering a bank that issues ten times its deposit base in loans, using standard fractional reserve principles.
Precedent for this approach is found in the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation's only state-owned bank. BND was formed in 1919 to encourage and promote agriculture, commerce and industry in North Dakota. Its primary deposit base is the State of North Dakota, and state law requires that all state funds and funds of state institutions be deposited with the bank. The bank's earnings belong to the state, and their use is at the discretion of the state legislature. As an agent of the state, BND can make subsidized loans to spur economic and agricultural development, and it is more lenient than other banks in pressing foreclosures. Under a program called Ag PACE (Agriculture Partnership in Assisting Community Expansion), the interest on loans made by BND and local lenders may be reduced to as low as 1 percent.North Dakota remains fiscally sound at a time when other state governments swim in red ink, and its educational system is particularly strong. While disruptions in capital markets have hampered student loan operations elsewhere, BND continues to operate a robust student loan business and is one of the nation's leading banks in the number of student loans issued. 11 North Dakota's fiscal track record is particularly impressive considering that its economy consists largely of isolated farms in an inhospitable climate. Ready low-interest credit from its own state-owned bank may help explain this unusual success.
3. Government-issued Currency
A third option for creating a self-sustaining government would be for Congress to simply create the money it needs on a printing press or with accounting entries, then spend this money directly into the economy. The usual objection to that alternative is that it would be highly inflationary, but if the money were spent on productive endeavors that increased the supply of goods and services—public transportation, low-cost housing, alternative energy development and the like—supply and demand would rise together and price inflation would not result. The American colonial governments issued their own money all through the eighteenth century. According to Benjamin Franklin, it was this original funding scheme that was responsible for the remarkable abundance in the colonies at a time when England was suffering the depression conditions of the Industrial Revolution. After the American Revolution, private bankers got control of the money supply, but Abraham Lincoln followed the colonial model and authorized government-issued Greenbacks during the Civil War. Not only did this allow the North to win the war without plunging it into debt to the bankers, but it funded a period of unprecedented expansion and productivity for the country.
Obama would do well to consider these funding solutions for his "smarter" government. He has been quick to assemble his advisers and form policy, but a fast start down the wrong road could do more harm than good. The bailout scheme of the current administration is serving merely to keep a failed banking system alive by draining assets away from the productive economy. The conventional wisdom is that we must continue down the path we are on, because the alternative means frightening, radical change. Financing a new New Deal without putting the country further into insolvency, however, would not be a radical departure from tradition but would represent a return to our roots, to the uniquely American monetary policy advocated by our venerable forebears Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
1. Barry Ritholtz, ",", Global Research (December 2, 2008).
2. G. Edward Griffin, (Westlake Village, California: American Media, 1998), pages 63, 65.
3. "William Engdahl, "," Global Research (September 30, 2008).
4. See Ellen Brown, "," webofdebt.com/articles, October 16, 2008.
5. See "," ibid., (November 5, 2007).
6. Chicago Federal Reserve, "" (1963, updated 1992), originally produced and distributed free by the Public Information Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, now available on the Internet.
7. Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry, "," Bloomberg.com (November 25, 2008).
8. Ellen Brown, "", (October 7, 2008); Mark Pittman, et al., "," Bloomberg.com (November 10, 2008).
9. Tami Luhby, "," CNNMoney.com (February 21, 2008); "," Marketplace (February 28, 2008).
10. "," New Rules Project, newrules.org; "Ag PACE," (2007).
11. Richard Sisson, et al., (2007), page 41; Liz Wheeler, "," Northwestern Financial Review, BNET.com (September 15, 2008).


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Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list . . .
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For mystery club readers, stories set in the southern U.S., with references to reading techniques and literacy programming. Good first book in the series, with lots of room for future development.
I always perk up when I see that a cozy mystery is about books. In this case, the main character is a reading specialist who is also starting a mystery book club. I enjoyed reading about Lizzie's job working with children and teens and the ways she found to encourage them to read. The quotations from different mystery stories, contemporary and traditional, were fun to see as headings for each new chapter. Lizzie's character is mature and believable as she tries to put together the many strands of the mystery with the help of her book club. I did find the story to be a little slow at times. The conclusion, for me, seemed a bit rushed and somewhat unsatisfying. Overall, though, I would say this is a good cozy mystery for a rainy NW summer day!
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Chris Griffin-Woods
Chris Griffin-Woods
Jelly and Iridescence
Oil on Belgian Linen Panel
2 x 4 1/4 inches
Signed Lower Right
Inventory ID: DH076
Chris Griffin-Woods' paintings have won top awards in national and international juried exhibitions. Her work has hung in both the Cincinnati Art Museum and Indianapolis Museum of Art, as well as in private and public collections, including the Governor's Residence of Indiana Permanent Collection.
Chris' painting "Michela Farm: The Water" is published in the book Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place. "American Art Collectors" has featured Chris in a full-page Artist Focus article, and her work has been featured in articles on the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional, Salon and National Exhibitions. Chris' miniatures were featured in an article about Miniature and Small Painting in "American Art Collectors." "Fine Art Connoisseur" and "Southwest Art" have also featured Chris' work.
Chris' work has been accepted and shown in the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, the Salmagundi Club in Manhattan, NY, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in Manhattan, NY, the 82nd International Juried Exhibition in Pennsylvania, the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Annual Exhibition, the Hudson River Valley Association of New York, the Viewpoints National Exhibition in Cincinnati, and many other highly regarded exhibitions. Chris has had solo shows in the Chelsea International Arts District in Manhattan, as well as many in the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky area.
First Place: 82nd International Juried Art Competition, PA
Gold Medal: CWAC National Open Juried Art Competition, OH
First Place in Oils: Scottsdale Best and Brightest, AZ
Award of Excellence: Manhattan Arts International, NY
Award of Distinction: International Exhibition, Seacliff, NY
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From miniatures to murals, Chris' paintings display the enjoyment of light and texture and the search for poetry in paint, using subject material that has meaning and memory.


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Thirteen meth labs found at Missouri home
SCOTT CITY, Mo. | Three people in southeast Missouri face charges after 13 methamphetamine labs were discovered at their home.
The Southeast Missourian reports that Scott City residents Deseray Squires, Jeffery McGee and Ronda Talley were arrested Monday and charged with attempt to manufacture a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of meth precursors.
The suspects did not have listed phone numbers and did not yet have attorneys listed on Casenet, Missouri's online court reporting system.
Scott City police seized 13 containers in the woods behind their home that they say were used to produce meth.
All three suspects are jailed on $25,000 bond.