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Mt. Hamilton seemed like the best choice today given the murky skies in Santa Clara Valley and the Lick Observatory webcam showing sunny skies and mild temperatures.
I rode through downtown San Jose on San Carlos looking for the new bike lanes reported by Mr. Roadshow in the Merc. No luck. I didn't go out of my way looking.
However, there's a photo in the Merc. I'm a bit puzzled by the design. It looks like a two-way bike lane with the dashed lines down the middle. It's not, but it looks that way. I think it will cause some confusion.
On another note, some bike lanes are going to be painted green. That seems like a good idea (as long as repainting is kept up) judging by what I've seen mocked up on Cycleicious.
Kudos to San Jose government for trying. Downtown areas of most U.S. cities are a nightmare for cycling due to congestion. Of course, early Sunday morning isn't bad.
But I digress, a lot. On the ride up Mt. Hamilton I saw the worst outbreak of puncture vine on the road in many years. It's noticeable all the way to the Grandview restaurant. The thorns are still attached, but in a month they'll fall off and with a little wind could wind up in the road.
The temperature fell to 58 degrees F but once past Halls Valley and beyond the fog, it went up to a pleasant 80 degrees. I was the sixth rider to the summit, arriving at 10:32 a.m.
While I doubt Lick Observatory has anything to do with tonight's landing of Curiosity on Mars, I'm sure the entire staff will be glued to the NASA website to follow the landing around 10:30 p.m. PT.


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WESTWOOD, N.J. — A pair of best friends are hoping they can help make your life that much sweeter with their new Westwood party truck.
Curbside Confections was launched in April by Danielle DeVincenzo of Hillsdale and Tara Lyons of Hawthorne, who met 10 years ago at the same healthcare company.
The truck poses a stark contrast in the corporate lives of both friends — Lyons comes from a background in healthcare management and DeVincenzo is a licensed nursing home administrator and licensed social worker who helps families navigate the healthcare system in the hardest of times.
"We want to be a part of joyous times in people's lives," said DeVincenzo, who came up with the idea because she wanted a candy truck at her upcoming wedding.
"We want to write those chapters, in addition to helping people in their hard times."
Everything on the truck is customizable.
For example, Curbside Confections will be dishing up all things blue for an upcoming baby shower. They recently were booked for a birthday party in which all of the candy on the truck was popular in the same decade that the birthday boy was born.
Curbside Confections doesn't have a menu, only because the list of candy would be too overwhelming, the business owners explained.
They say it's just as much fun for them as it is for their clients.
"It's really so cool," Lyons said.
"We're so excited to go to these parties — we're literally two kids in a candy store , and it's been so great to see our clients and their guests so excited and genuinely interested in what we're doing."
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Top 10 Reasons to Go Hydraulic
A down economy is the perfect time to evaluate production efficiencies, or lack thereof. A thorough examination of pressworking operations may indicate that hydraulic-press technology is more efficient for certain applications than are mechanical presses. Hydraulic presses handle a range of applications, broadening opportunities for more business, and offer metalformers a number of unique benefits. Today's hydraulic presses, faster and more reliable than ever, feature significant technology upgrades. Improvements in seals, more efficient pumps, and stronger hoses and couplings have virtually eliminated leaks and minimized maintenance.
The Top Ten
1) Reduced setup and changeover time
2) Flexibility for various applications
3) Full power at any point in the stroke
4) Built-in overload protection
5) Low operating costs
6) Larger capacities at lower costs
7) Greater control
8) Reduced noise
9) Optimized space
10) Safety
Check out these Top Ten benefits of hydraulic presses and then complete the hydraulic features rating. Perhaps you'll find that it's time to get serious about going hydraulic.
1) Reduced Setup and Changeover Time
Hydraulic presses save time during setup and changeovers. Delivery of full power at any point in the stroke negates the need to determine the exact location of maximum tonnage. Thus, hydraulic presses eliminate the tricky, time-consuming task of setting the stroke on a mechanical press, enabling more rapid job changeovers.
2) Flexibility for Various Applications
Hydraulic presses have become increasingly common on high-volume production lines. A single hydraulic press can perform a variety of jobs within its tonnage range. Common applications include deep drawing, shell reduction, urethane bulging, forming, blanking and piercing, staking, punching, press fitting, straightening and assembling. Manufacturers also employ hydraulic presses for powdered-metal forming, abrasive-wheel forming, bonding, broaching, ball sizing, plastic and rubber compression, and transfer molding.
Programmable logic controllers and other electronic controls have improved speed and flexibility. With new computer interfaces and monitoring, hydraulic presses find wide use in advanced computer-integrated manufacturing systems.
Hydraulic presses perform the jobs listed below, and hundreds of others.
• Electric-motor manufacturers assemble motor shafts to rotors, compress laminations and press cores into housings.
• Automotive manufacturers press tiny shafts into water pumps, assemble shock absorbers, blank and form diaphragms, and stake disc brakes together.
• Jewelers coin Boy Scout pins.
• Aerospace companies form tough titanium housings.
• Huge forming presses shape tuba bells and cymbals.
• Presses straighten hardened road-grader blades and machine s.
• Hollowware manufacturers blank and draw brass bowls automatically from coiled stock.
• Equipment presses computer-disc shafts into precision bearings.
3) Full Power at any Point in the Stroke
The full power of a hydraulic press can be delivered at any point in the stroke. That means not having to buy a 200-ton-capacity press to achieve 100 tons of force throughout the stroke. Other advantages include faster setups and no time-consuming adjustment of the stroke nut on the slide to accommodate different dies.
4) Built-in Overload Protection
Hydraulic presses provide built-in overload protection. For example, a 100-ton hydraulic press will exert only the specified tonnage—100 tons pressure if set for 100 tons, or less if set for less—no matter what mistakes are made during setup. This eliminates worries about overloading, or damaging the press or die. When a hydraulic press reaches its set pressure, a relief valve opens to ensure that no additional pressure is created and there is no danger of overload.
Built-in overload protection also applies to the tooling. Tooling built to withstand a certain load is in no danger of damage due to overloading—tools can be sized to withstand the load of a particular job, not a particular press. The pressure of the press can be lowered to suit the job, and the lack of impact, shock and vibration promotes longer tool life.
5) Low Operating Costs
Relatively simple design means that hydraulic presses can provide a significant cost advantage over mechanical presses in comparable sizes. Moving parts, few in number, remain fully lubricated in a flow of pressurized oil, and breakdowns are infrequent and usually minor. Typical routine maintenance tasks include replacement of packing, solenoid coils and, occassionally, a valve. These inexpensive parts are easily replaced without disassembling the entire machine, increasing uptime and decreasing maintenance costs.
6) Larger Capacities at Lower Costs
Metalformers can inexpensively purchase certain capacities in hydraulic presses. Stroke lengths of 12, 18 and 24 in. are common with extra stroke length provided relatively easily. Daylight, too, can be added without much additional cost. Hydraulic-press purchasers also can choose larger table areas and small presses with big bed areas—large 200-ton presses with relatively small beds are available as press tonnage does not dictate bed size.
7) Greater Control
With a hydraulic press, ram force, direction and speed, the release of force, and the duration of pressure dwell can be adjusted to fit a particular job. Jobs with light dies can be performed with reduced pressure—the ram can approach the work rapidly, then shift to a slower speed before contact, prolonging tool life. Timers, feeders, heaters, coolers and a variety of auxiliary functions can be brought into the sequence to suit the job.
8) Reduced Noise
Fewer moving parts and elimination of a flywheel reduce the overall noise level of hydraulic presses as compared to mechanical presses. Properly sized and mounted pumping units meet and exceed current federal standards for noise, even with the pumps under full pressure. Due to control of each phase of ram movement, noise levels also can be controlled—a hydraulic ram can be programmed to pass through the work slowly and quietly.
9) Optimized Space
Hydraulic presses feature a compact design—a typical 20-ton unit measures 8 ft. high, 6 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide while a 200-ton press measures only 10 ft. high, 9 ft. deep and a little more than
3 ft. wide. At 10 times the capacity, the 200-ton press only takes up 50 percent more room, optimizing pressroom floorspace.
10) Safety
Improperly used, all machines are potentially dangerous. But because hydraulic presses control ram movements, these presses easily can be made safe. Non-tie-down, anti-repeat, dual-palm button controls provide safety. And the nature of a hydraulic-press control system allows simple interlocking of guards and incorporation of other safety devices. MF
Information for this article provided by Greenerd Press & Machine Co., Inc., Nashua, NH. Tel. 603/889-4101; www.greenerd.com.
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All right, whether you're ready for it or not, baseball is starting Sunday night. (The Mets will watch the Cardinals raise their World Series title flag. The Cardinals won the World Series last year.) The full slate of games kick off Monday, so we figured it was time to start previewing some divisions. Three today, three tomorrow, with hopefully your predictions as well, because, as you all know, we're terrible at predictions.
Anyway, we're doing the AL today, starting with the AL East. Here's last year's predictions.
1. New York Yankees. Carl Pavano's winning 23 games and the Cy Young. And then he will never pitch again.
2. Boston Red Sox. Look, in that picture, Dice-K unleashes his new "levitation ball." So many cool things in Japan.
3. Toronto Blue Jays. Frank Thomas looks so weird in a Blue Jays uniform; not that he particularly looks all that great in anything.
4. Baltimore Orioles. If Sammy Sosa hits 40 homers this year, we do not blame Baltimore fans for whomever they decide to punch.
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays. boom bitch.
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-Filming should start in April and take place over about 25 days.
-Almost half of the shooting days will take place at two facilities on one location.
-We have tentative sites for crowd scenes.
-We still need a Waffle House and a Circle K.
If you or if someone you know owns a Waffle House, Circle K or some such business and would like to offer it up for filming, boy would you make me look like a hero. Just let me know.
Also this past week, our producer Nico Holthaus worked diligently on budgeting. The movie will cost $30k.We have a little over $20k. Nico hopes to raise the rest soon, with the help of places like Phoenix Art Museum. As always, never be shy to let me know if you have a lead on someone who might be able to help with $. Again, email me.
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basICColor display's ease of use and functionality is unparalleled. 5 pre-defined settings can be used with a mouse-click right from the start page. This covers most situations for which monitor calibration is needed. Parameters for special requirements can be configured for a 6th button. This makes basICColor display the easiest-to-use and most professional software of its class. The optional high-end colorimeter, basICColor DISCUS, offers the precision and stability of a lab-grade instrument for desktop monitor calibration and profiling for the first time ever.
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basICColor display 5 calibrates the internal monitor LUTs in suited monitors automatically. This guarantees for the highest precision in luminance, black point, color temperatureand gray balance. If the monitor allows for 3D LUT calibration basICColor display 5 uses ICC-profiles to emulate any gamut and thus allows for color correct viewing even with non-color-managed applications like digital video, web design and even medical viewers.
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President Faure Gnassingbé and his allies used the multiple levers of power to dominate the political and media landscapes. Coverage of dissenting political views came under attack from government regulators who censored critical programming, and from security agents who violently obstructed journalists covering protests. Government regulators barred a popular current affairs call-in radio program in July, while continuing their two-year-old ban on another station known for its vernacular political debate program. Street protests against human rights violations and abuses of power flared throughout the year but were violently dispersed by security forces. CPJ documented at least three instances in which security agents or police assaulted journalists covering the demonstrations. Journalists filming or photographing police dispersal tactics were targeted. Ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 2013, Gnassingbé's ruling majority in the National Assembly passed legislation giving its loyalists control over local polls and vote counting, setting off another round of public protests by the opposition, according to news reports.
All nine seats on the Broadcast and Communications High Authority, also known by its French acronym HAAC, are controlled by the ruling party, according to a December 2009 law. The agency censures news outlets and refers cases to the courts, which can impose suspensions and fines.
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The government invoked regulatory powers to suspend news outlets over critical reporting during politically sensitive periods such as the run-up to October legislative elections, according to CPJ research.
Radio X-Solaire, a community station operating in the capital, Lomé, was forced off the air in November 2010 when government regulators sealed its studios, citing technical and administrative violations, according to news reports. Local journalists believe the closing was linked to a popular debate program in which journalists and politicians offered commentary that was often critical of the government.
November 29, 2010:
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Freedman's Bureau
This article originally appeared in "African American Research" by Tony Burroughs, FUGA in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
After the Civil War, 4 million enslaved blacks were released from bondage and subsequently entered the paid for labor workforce. Millions of refugees returned from the war and destitute whites were jobless. Many were in need of medical care. In 1865 the Freedmen's Bureau was established to transition the nation from war to peacetime and deliver services to these two groups of people. The Bureau was the first major social service agency, enacted as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. It operated from 1865 to 1868, and was reauthorized from 1868 to 1872 with limited operations.
The bureau's agents delivered medical care, rations, and transportation to destitutes and refugees'primarily white Americans. Its activities among freed people (former slaves) were varied and included drawing up and enforcing labor contracts; registering people and supervising work details; legalizing slave marriages; processing Civil War military claims; establishing schools; conducting trials for complaints, outrages, and murders; managing, leasing, and selling land abandoned by Confederates and sympathizers; and in general, presiding over Reconstruction policy. Some of the bureau's records are rich in genealogical content, and some will reveal the name of the former slave owner.
The records are extremely valuable to white, as well as African American, genealogists. For blacks, the records bridge the gap from 1870 to pre-1865, at times revealing name changes or differences in names. Bureau records are often the main and only link to identify the former slave owner. They may also reveal migration patterns.
For researching whites, Bureau records show refugees who received food, transportation, and medical assistance. Others were farm owners or employed freedmen and were parties to labor contracts. Some taught in Freedmen's Bureau schools or were otherwise employed by the Freedmen's Bureau. And lastly, many whites owned land that was confiscated by the federal government during the Civil War. They had to sign loyalty oaths to get their land back. Some of the land records in the Bureau records are the only evidence of an ancestor owning land.
Administratively, the Bureau was divided into three levels, each with its own set of records. Oliver Otis Howard, the commissioner, had a headquarters office in Washington. The Assistant Commissioners were in charge of individual states, although some had to manage two states in the beginning. Field Offices were established in different cities where agents delivered services. A detailed finding aid for the headquarters records is available, and the aid to the field office records is combined with the aid to the assistant commissioner's records.<ref>Elaine Everly and Willna Pacheli, Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105) (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1973).</ref>
Much of the assistant commissioner's records are intra-bureau or intra-government communications, such as statistical reports, that hold little genealogical potential. However, the correspondence and reports of 'outrages' (lynchings and other assaults upon African Americans) may be especially valuable. Some of the letters to the commissioner are also very important. Jacqueline A. Lawson has indexed some of them.<ref>See Jacqueline A. Lawson, An Index of African Americans Identified in Selected Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1995).</ref>
Of all the assistant commissioners' records, those for Mississippi hold the greatest genealogical potential. Only in Mississippi were local marriage registers included with the state district records. These are from Vicksburg, Davis Bend (just below Vicksburg), Natchez, and Meridian, although there are very few records from the latter. These are among the most informative'and among the most poignant'of any American marriage records. Covering the years 1865 and 1866, these registers record the validation of 'slave marriages' that occurred before emancipation. They also document the marriages of men and women who were just beginning life together following the war.<ref>For documentation of other slave marriages, see Christopher A. Nordmann, "Jumping Over the Broomstick: Resources for Documenting Slave Marriages," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 91 (September 2003):196-216.</ref> Although the names of parents are not provided, the racial identity of the bride and groom and their parents is one of the categories of information included. Their residence is also shown. For the many men who had been Union soldiers, a unit is indicated.
Marriage records from the headquarters have been microfilmed separately, but do not include the marriages from the Mississippi Assistant Commissioner or marriage records from the field offices.<ref>Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861-1869, NARA microfilm M1875.</ref> They were filmed with the Assistant Commissioner's records.
Labor Contracts
Also important among the Mississippi Assistant Commissioner's records are the labor contracts. Most of these were implemented in 1865, the remainder being drawn up between 1866 and 1868. These agreements were primarily between ex-slaves and plantation owners throughout the state, although not every county is represented.
Given that all members of a freedman's family are usually mentioned by name and that the contracts were sometimes executed with their former owners, the importance of these documents cannot be exaggerated. Many of the laborers are identified by given name and surname, although most are represented only by a first name.
The arrangement on microfilm of this extensive collection of documents will strike the researcher as haphazard, and searching them is problematic. However, the arrangement is chronological, with instances of records for a given county being 'clumped' together. A microfiche index to these records was developed by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Labor contracts are also found in the assistant commissioner's records for other states, and in some field office records.
Another useful set of records are those for transportation. Following the Civil War, the Bureau assisted many ex-slaves in their attempts to reunite with family members separated by circumstances of slavery or war. Others seeking jobs or medical attention often needed transportation; many freed people from Virginia and Maryland received transportation out of Washington, D.C. The Bureau also provided transportation to their employees and white refugees. (See figure 14-7).
Field Office Records
The administrative level below assistant commissioner is that of the field offices. Their records are organized by city within each state. As with the state records, the contents of the field office records can vary considerably. The proportion of genealogically useful records is much higher in the field office records than in the records of the assistant commissioners.<ref>Elaine Everly, Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington Headquarters (Record Group 105) (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1973).</ref>
In October 2000, Congress passed the Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Act. Since that time the National Archives has been microfilming the entire group of records, alphabetically by state. As the filming for each state is completed, reels are sent to all National Archives regional branches around the United States. The Allen County Public Library has the entire collection, and other libraries with genealogical collections will undoubtedly purchase some, or all, of the microfilm. A Descriptive Pamphlet (DP) accompanies the microfilm for each state, and is essential for item-level descriptions of the records.
Some Bureau records have been transcribed and placed on the Web, but use these with caution.36 Only a small fraction of the records have been placed on the Web. If transcriptions do not cite a specific National Archives microfilm reel number, or document an original manuscript record at the National Archives in Washington, be leery of the information. There may have been an error or omission in transcription, and the original document should always be checked.
The Bureau and the Bank: Separate Entities
Do not confuse the Freedmen's Bureau with the Freedman's Bank. Some researchers search the Freedman's Bank records on CD-ROM and think they have researched the Freedmen's Bureau. They have not.
Congress passed the Freedmen's Bureau Act in 1865 and subsequent legislation to prolong Bureau activities. However, similar to today's unfunded mandates, no financial appropriations accompanied passage of the acts. Since the Bureau was not funded, its services were implemented by the War Department. Records of the Freedmen's Bureau in the National Archives are therefore included with military records.
In contrast, the Freedmen's Savings & Trust Company was a private financial institution with a federal charter. Its operation was not related to the Freedmen's Bureau. Records for the bank are at the National Archives as civilian records.
Military records and civilian records are organized and catalogued separately. Records for the Freedmen's Bureau are in Record Group 105, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records for the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (the Freedman's Bank) are part of Record Group 101, Records of Controller of the Currency. These two completely different groups of records each have their own unique set of inventories, finding aids, and microfilm. See Burroughs, 'Records Specific to African Americans' in African American Genealogical Sourcebook for more details.37


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Admiral Cecil D. Haney, a native of Washington, D.C., is a 1978 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
His career as a submariner includes assignments aboard USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630), USS Frank Cable (AS 40), USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709), USS Asheville (SSN 758), and Submarine Squadron 8, culminating in command of USS Honolulu (SSN 718).
Subsequent fleet command assignments include Submarine Squadron 1 from June 2002 to July 2004, and Submarine Group 2 from October 2006 to March 2008.
Admiral Haney's shore duty tours include administrative assistant for enlisted affairs at Naval Reactors; congressional appropriations liaison officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); Deputy Chief of Staff of Plans, Policies and Requirements, U.S. Pacific Fleet (N5N8); Director, Submarine Warfare Division (N87); Director, Naval Warfare Integration Group (N00X); Deputy Commander, U.S. Strategic Command and recently Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Admiral Haney holds Master degrees in Engineering Acoustics and System Technology from the Naval Post Graduate School, and a Master's degree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University.
Admiral Haney's decorations include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (two awards), Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (four awards), Navy Commendation Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal (two awards), and various campaign and unit awards. In addition, he was the 1998 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award recipient.


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How to: Create an Alert Using Severity Level (SQL Server Management Studio)
This topic describes how to create a Microsoft SQL Server Agent alert that is raised when an event of a specific severity level occurs.
To create an alert using severity level
In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
Expand SQL Server Agent.
Right-click Alerts and select New Alert.
In the Name box, type a name for this alert.
In the Type box, click SQL Server event alert.
Check the Enable check box to enable the alert to run. By default, Enable is checked.
In the Database name list, click the database to restrict the alert to a specific database.
Click Severity, and then click a severity level.
Severity levels from 19 through 25 send a SQL Server message to the Microsoft Windows application log and trigger an alert. Events with severity levels less than 19 will trigger alerts only if you have used sp_altermessage, RAISERROR WITH LOG, or xp_logevent to force them to be written to the Windows application log.
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Talking or texting on a cellphone while driving is taboo almost everywhere across the country. Thirty-nine states now ban texting while driving and 10 states prohibit any use of a cellphone without a hands-free device.
But that doesn't mean drivers are using their phones any less. In fact, smartphones are more popular than ever. There are 91.4 million smartphones in the United States, and 89 percent of smartphone owners use their phone throughout the day, according to Go-Gulf.com. These phones are a lifeline, both in the office and while on the road.
Not only are states developing laws restricting the use of electronics for drivers, but law enforcement is cracking down on violators as well. According to the California Highway Patrol, California police issued 425,041 tickets last year to motorists accused of texting or talking on cellphones while driving. According to the NYPD, police officers in New York issued 141,816 cellphone tickets last year.
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the perfect time for drivers to recognize the dangers of holding and using a cellphone while driving. A recent study done by AT&T shows that adults text behind the wheel more than teens even though 98 percent of adults admit to knowing it is dangerous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Association reports that drivers are 23 times more likely to crash while texting behind the wheel.
Hands-free devices make it easier for drivers to use their mobile devices without removing their hands from the steering wheel or eyes from the road. The Plantronics M55 headset won a CES award for in-vehicle accessory. The headset is discreet, lightweight, and offers a long battery life of up to five months. If a call were to come in while a driver is behind the wheel, they only need to say "answer" to begin the conversation. Users also can orally command the headset to update their social media status on Facebook or Twitter, email, text, check voicemails and listen to music. This allows users of all ages to communicate in many different ways besides just a phone call without taking their hands and eyes off the road.
For those interested in an over-the-ear headset that allows phone use while on the go, whether it's on foot or in a vehicle, the Plantronics Voyager Legend is another great option. The headset provides users with crystal clear audio quality and up to seven hours of talk time. This headset has smart sensor technology that allows users to just put on the headset to answer an incoming call.
Drivers need to be aware of the dangers of distracted driving, as well as how laws are changing across the nation. For more information on driver safety and current legislation, visit the Plantronics website.


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"Octomom" files for bankruptcy, owes $30K in rent, up to $1M in debt
(CBS/AP) Nadya Suleman filed for bankruptcy Monday, saying in a court filing that she has as much as $1 million in debt.
Suleman, dubbed Octomom by the media, wants a fresh start and said in a statement that filing for bankruptcy is what's best for her children, according to the Orange County Register.Read more: Octomom investigated by social services
"I have had to make some very difficult decisions this year, and filing Chapter 7 was one of them," Suleman said.
She told HLN, "I don't think you can get farther, deeper down into the rock bottom than we are at this point."
The mother of 14 reports up to $50,000 in assets in federal court filings, which means she owes more than 20 times her net worth.
Among others, Suleman owes money to her father, the city's water department, DirecTV, Sylvan Learning Center and Whittier Christian School, where at least some of her children are students.
Suleman also owes more than $30,000 in rent payments on her four-bedroom house.
Suleman was in financial dire straits before the January 2009 birth of her octuplets brought her notoriety. She lived with her mother in a three-bedroom house in Whittier that was in foreclosure proceedings at the time of the octuplets' birth.
The unemployed single mother had been supporting her six other children with the aid of food stamps and Social Security disability payments - sources of income that she continues to rely on.
Since the birth, she has cut deals with media outlets and posed in tabloid photo spreads to get by, touting a book and exercise videos that never materialized.
In 2009, Suleman declined a million-dollar offer to appear in pornography. Last month, semi-nude photos of Suleman ran alongside a paid interview in a British publication - a photo spread she defended in the tabloids, saying she wasn't ashamed of it.


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Diversified offense a point of emphasis for White Sox
Home runs always important, but club intends to focus on multifaceted attack at plate
CHICAGO -- Having an offense that consistently clears the fences becomes a necessity and not a luxury for the White Sox to hold serve over 81 games at the hitter-friendly environs of U.S. Cellular Field.
But as the South Siders learned in 2013 and numerous years prior, they cannot live and die by the long ball.
"In 2012, we would win a game if we could hit a homer," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura during SoxFest festivities. "And last year, we couldn't hit a homer, so we didn't win too many games."
"We had gotten to the point where it was hard for us to beat clubs without pounding on them," general manager Rick Hahn said. "We wanted to build a club that can beat you multiple ways."
Mission possibly accomplished.
Ventura's first year at the helm featured a power-packed offense that ranked third in homers with 211, trailing the Yankees' American League-leading total of 245. The White Sox also stood fourth in runs scored at 748 and had an on-base percentage of .318, ranking just below the league average of .320.
Those numbers dipped precipitously in 2013, with the White Sox offense falling to last in runs scored at 598, second to last in on-base percentage at .302 and tied for third from the bottom with 148 homers. That total was just as surprisingly four ahead of the Yankees' total of 144.
To avoid that all-or-nothing equation, Hahn built a younger and more athletic offense through the additions of Avisail Garcia, Adam Eaton, Jose Abreu and Matt Davidson. He brought in greater competition and greater balance, presenting Ventura with enough right-handed and left-handed-hitting options that a few roster spots look unnaturally crowded at this point.
There's also the change to Todd Steverson as the White Sox hitting coach. A product of the Oakland system, Steverson already watched a number of young position players and prospects as part of a hitters minicamp at Camelback Ranch the week before SoxFest and worked with others at U.S. Cellular Field last weekend when they came to Chicago.
Steverson has familiarized himself with the power principle in Chicago. He still strives for that offensive balance mentioned by Hahn.
"Everybody likes to see the long ball, and it is a home-run friendly or hitter-friendly ballpark," Steverson said. "Overall, you'd like to see more people on base when those things happen.
"Home runs aren't easy to come by. We glorify the guys that hit over 25 and 30 each year, and if you look at it, they had 600-plus at bats. So somewhere along the way, they got 550 other at-bats where something else has to happen.
"An ability to use the whole field, the ability to put yourself in position to create runs in this game, is the biggest part about it," Steverson said. "If you're on-base consistently and you happen to get one of those two- or three-run homers that puts you up, then it's beneficial."
Teams combined to hit 179 home runs at U.S. Cellular in 2013, per hittrackeronline.com, ranking the ballpark fourth friendliest in the AL behind Camden Yards, Rogers Centre and Minute Maid Park. The South Side ballpark often plays to the pitchers' advantage in April and May with spring's delayed arrival, but the ball carries when the temperature rises.
Hitters at U.S. Cellular speak about a power alley to right-center, which benefits the left-handed bats of Adam Dunn, Alejandro De Aza and Conor Gillaspie. But using Abreu, Garcia and Davidson as examples, the White Sox believe they have right-handed hitters who can take the ball the opposite way with authority.
Eaton is committed to getting on base any way possible at the top of the order -- a knack he had at the Minor League level -- and will be at the forefront of that run manufacturing. Even players such as Dunn and De Aza, who struck out a combined 336 times in '13, have the ability to work the counts and drive up opposing starters' pitch totals.
Ultimately, pitching and defense stand as reasons No. 1 and 1A for White Sox success. A more diversified offense completes that reshaping package.
"Given the ballpark we play in and given the league we play in, we are going to have to hit home runs to win," Hahn said. "We just want to make sure that in players such as Avi Garcia, we have guys that can not only beat you with a home run, but also run the bases well and play good defense and ideally get one base.
"It was important to us to diversify the offense, to give Robin more options in terms of playing matchups or situational hitting or whatever he wants to do in the dugout in a given situation. We had gotten to the point with our core that it had gotten a little bit older, and our ability to beat you had sort of narrowed in terms of our offensive punch."


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August 4, 2013, 11:27 am
Day four: How'd you get your hair like that?
On day four of project hair, I found a 41 year old man with a mohawk. And not just your typical mohawk – this one is impeccably groomed.
I couldn't resist talking with Jeff, a server at Root Down about his cut. Yes, it's a mohawk – but it's updated, suave and clean. And he styles it with class. Who knew a mohawk could be so handsome.
Jeff's the tale behind the hair is even better — you'll have to watch his interview to find out his story. Like what you see on his head? Guess where he got it cut: Fantastic Sam's.
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Thanks to a remarkably tiny half-ounce gift, sunday will be an unforgettable first Mother's Day for Jocelyn Spurlin and her husband, Charlton.
"We were waiting for a miracle to come, and that miracle did come," said a beaming Charlton as Jocelyn nodded in agreement.
The past eight months have been an emotional roller coaster for the Spurlins, who went from the depths of anxiety to the height of boundless joy.
What Charlton calls their "spiritual journey" started last year. The Spurlins had been trying to have a baby for five years without success.
Finally, Jocelyn got pregnant. She and Charlton couldn't have been happier.
Early in her pregnancy, Charlton said he had two dreams. In one he dreamed he had a daughter; in another he dreamed he had a son. The dreams became reality.
On Sept. 9, Jocelyn delivered not one baby but two: a boy, Colin, and a girl, Malia.
"It was amazing. God gave me this vision in two different dreams. Believe it or not," Charlton said.
However, this joy was cut short about three months later when Malia began to have difficulty breathing. Her parents rushed her to Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach, where she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscles enlarge and become unable to pump enough blood throughout the body.
"We were told how serious this was and how Malia would probably need a heart transplant to survive," said Charlton, a counselor at Cabrillo High School on Long Beach's Westside. "At first, I went into denial. I couldn't believe it. I thought things would work out without a transplant."
But that was just wishful thinking. Malia was transferred to UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital where further tests confirmed that the 4-month-old infant needed a heart transplant or she would die. Her enlarged heart was working overtime with a heart rate as high as 230 (normal is 120). She was put on a machine to help her breathe.
The Spurlins agreed to a heart transplant, and Malia was put on a waiting list. A group called the United Network for Organ Sharing oversees this list and is in charge of fairly determining who receives donated organs.
In 2010 there were more than 3,000 people waiting for heart transplants. The wait for a baby is typically longer because of their small size, and there just are not as many babies dying.
Charlton said they put it in the hands of God.
"But we were going through agony waiting," he said. We were exhausted going back and forth to UCLA where Malia was an in-patient. We were both working. My mother-in-law was taking care of Colin."
Charlton said his co-workers and students at Cabrillo started prayer chains that went around the world.
"This was very comforting to us and helped us have hope," he said. "Looking back now, we don't know how we did it all."
He said faith in God and the Bible helped them immensely.
"I have the bible on my iPhone," he said. "I touched it and John 14:13 came up: `And whatsoever you shall ask in my name that will I do."'
Finally, on Feb. 28, Jocelyn was at work as a health educator at a nonprofit agency when she got the word she and Charlton had been waiting for.
"All I could do was scream and say, `omigosh,"' Jocelyn said.
Charlton was more subdued when he got the news.
"I was happy but, to be honest, I didn't feel worthy of this blessing from God," he said. "If you get a heart, it means someone else died, someone else sacrificed the life of a loved one. I had mixed emotions."
The Spurlins got word of the new heart at 3 p.m. on Feb. 28. Surgery started about six hours later.
Infant hearts typically weigh a little more than half an ounce. A male adult heart weighs, on average, 10-12 ounces.
Considering how much work it has to do, the heart is surprisingly small. The average adult heart is about the size of a clenched fist.
After about five hours in the operating room, Malia had her new heart. She was 5 months, 3 weeks old.
"We were sitting in the lobby getting updates from hospital staff members," Charlton said. "Frankly, Jocelyn and I dozed off. We were worried, but we had been through a lot, and we were at peace. When the surgeon came out, she said, `Your daughter has received a good heart. The surgery went well.' I almost jumped off my chair."
Because of privacy issues, all of the Spurlins know about their daughter's donor is that she was a 6-month-old girl. They plan on writing a letter to the donor's parents, through an intermediary, thanking them for saving the life of Malia.
The cost of this medical care, as you would expect, is expensive, perhaps as high as $2 million by some estimates. Charlton said insurance will cover a big portion of the cost, but there will be out-of-pocket expenses.
Anyone interested in helping the Spurlins can click on the Children's Organ Transplant Association website, www.cota.org and type in Malia Spurlin's name.
A month after the surgery, Charlton and Jocelyn brought Malia home. They had to take her back to UCLA for a minor procedure, and they brought her home for good on April 7, the day before Easter.
While I was talking with Charlton and Jocelyn in their home in Downey, Malia was as cute as she could be resting in her mother's arms while her brother, Colin, played on the floor.
Jocelyn said a physical therapist and an occupational therapist come to their home once a week so Malia's body can get stronger. "We have to be extra careful that we don't let her get around anyone with a cold. We have to watch who touches her. She can be easily compromised."
What does the future hold for Malia?
"Tomorrow is our promise," Jocelyn said. "Our lives will forever be changed. We want to enjoy the day and enjoy our time together."
Charlton agreed: "I'm really inspired by my wife and how she has handled this. I have a newfound love for her. I'm blessed to have her as the mother of our children. This is one Mother's Day we'll never forget."
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EUGENE, Ore.. – It was a history-making run for the Lipscomb track and field team. Freshman Madi Talbert became the first LU athlete to compete at the NCAA Championships in the national finals on Thursday evening in Eugene, Ore.
Talbert competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase finishing 12th in her heat in a time of 10:41.98. Her time was 23rd out of 24 competitors.
"Madi had an amazing season," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "She earned her trip to nationals. I'm very proud of her and I know everyone is. This was a lot for a freshman to bear. She surprised everyone to qualify by moving up 30 places in the East rankings to do it.
"She was the 'first' for Lipscomb, with all the press and expectations that come with it, and she did it all alone. There is nothing wrong with that. Someone had to be the first and we are happy about the press. Madi handled it better than I could ever have expected from a freshman."
The Charlotte, N.C., native entered the preliminary round two weeks ago ranked 42nd in the East Region and moved up to 12th place to earn her place in the national finals.
Although Talbert didn't move on to the final round on Saturday, Taylor was not disappointed in the results.
"Her race didn't go well," Taylor said. "She was very tight and her barriers were rough. She will look back at this and realize what could have been. If she had a three second PR, she would have gotten into finals. She will learn a ton from this experience and will be far better for it.
Just by moving onto the national stage, Talbert was a winner as a freshman. The experience she gained will be valuable for the future.
"I said all along that this would be a positive no matter what happened," Taylor said. "I meant it. Now, I don't want her to race like that again, but I don't think she will.
"She has talent, has shown great focus and composure, and knows how to be a champion. We have the team environment along with the training and coaching to help her continue to develop."
Emma Coburn of Colorado entered with the top time and finished first overall in 9:46.76. Talbert opened the race and took the lead in the first turn. She held the lead for just over a lap before fading into the pack.
"Madi will be back at nationals," Taylor said. "Wiser and with experience and hopefully with a bunch of teammates. She will score here and I think she can win it. We've got work to do in the meantime and a very exciting cross country season to have fun with first."


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Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie
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Zabriskie's move toward the likes of Cage, Riley, and Glass grows with his latest free offering, Cylinders. Nine delicate pieces that build upon each other, frozen in time and space. This is not the first time this path has been traversed; 2012's excellent Undercover Vampire Policeman an equally stunning, albeit more traditional compositional, flirted with his growing piano repertoire. But with Cylinders, Zabriskie enters the land of Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan and recent contemporaries that have moved toward minimalism and neo-classicism rather than the rad, broad strokes of 60s and 70s futurism.
But Cylinders is not beholden to any place or time. In a time when breaking new musical ground is an obstacle all its own, Zabriskie manages to poke his head through the formidable ceiling. Though its inspiration is cherry picked from the many names dropped upon this page, there's still a uniqueness to the glassy melodies of Cylinders. It expands like modern drone but isn't concerned with elongated breaths; it gives from for silence but doesn't not seek it as musical companion; it is Baroque but not at the cost of current listening habits. There's always a bit of borrowing in music to achieve progress; where many outright copy, Zabriskie avoids it where he can and adapts where he must.
The only bad perpetuated by Cylinders is that it is truly free. Without money, art can't be promoted. It's why Zabriskie has continued to exist shrouded from his peers rather than recognized beside them. Maybe that's his goal – to be separate rather than to be corrupted. Cylinders has no mark or pox by which it is scarred; free from the constraints of expectation. Free of money; free of sin; free with conscious. -- KEXP
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A sunbathing family spots a beached baby dolphin covered in oil from the Gulf oil spill. The family tries to scrape off the oil until a wildlife officer, jaw hard-set, carries it to shore. On its way to a sea mammal rescue center in Panama City, the dolphin dies.
To many Americans, this might be one of the more enduring images of the Gulf oil spill – dolphins washed ashore, sea turtles dead, pelicans coated in oil. Yet for scientists attempting to count the cost of the Gulf oil spill to local wildlife, the task is not nearly so obvious.
Many dead animals could be sinking before being discovered in the vast Gulf. Autopsies of those found are usually inconclusive, because toxins are quickly metabolized by animal tissue. And the Gulf has long had its own set of environmental problems.
IN PICTURES: Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
Recent reports of massive fish kills in Florida and Louisiana, for example, could simply be part of normal events that come with the heat, algae growth, and cyclical events in the deep strata of the Gulf and that starve some Gulf waters of oxygen.
"There is a lot of evidence that over years with no oil spills there have been massive die-offs in the Gulf," says Thomas Shirley, a marine biologist at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi. "But that's not saying the well isn't having any effect on what we're seeing now."
Sea creatures' strange behavior
Along the Gulf, observers have reported fish acting peculiarly as the oil spill moves closer to shore, with sharks and rays bunching against beaches. Usually plentiful, porpoises have been missing from the Intracoastal Waterway in the past few days as the oil spill has moved ashore along miles of beaches in Florida's Escambia County near Perdido Key.
But the oil can also attract sea life, creating different problems, says Mr. Shirley.
In the deep sea, sail fish, turtles, and crabs congregate around mats of sargassum, a floating seaweed. Predators often search the trailers, or strand line, of the sargassum for food. From beneath the surface, patches of slick could look to pelagic fish and turtles like strand lines, drawing the creatures closer.
When oil-soaked, however, those sargassum are pulled within booming structures and set on fire.
Deepwater Horizon Unified Command reported on Thursday that 240,000 barrels of oil (10 million gallons) have been burned at sea in hundreds of "burn boxes" spread out over the spill's surface.
Boat captain Mike Ellis described what he had seen at sea in a YouTube report. "They drag a boom between two shrimp boats and whatever gets caught between the two boats, they circle it up and catch it on fire. Once the turtles are in there, they can't get out," Mr. Ellis said.
Shirley confirmed those reports. "We know it's happening, and it's a bad thing, but I don't know any other solution" to getting rid of the oil, he says.
The importance of an accurate total
Indeed, simply leaving oil on the surface – even far out at sea – can harm other animals, like porpoises, who breathe in "this stuff ... where they break for air," says Shirley, adding that it is directly toxic.
The oil can have an indirect knock-on effect, too. Scientists reported this week that nearly 50 turtles had died after getting caught in shrimp nets and dragged on the bottom – most likely in the days before about one-third of federal Gulf waters were closed to fishing and fishermen were racing to make money.
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It may have seemed that the bureaucrats at the Transportation Security Administration turned a deaf ear to Americans who objected to the virtually naked images created by whole-body airport scanners. But it turns out, they heard.
Over the next few months TSA says it will retrofit 241 of its 488 airport scanners with software that's so unrevealing anybody, including passengers, can look at the pictures.
So it won't be necessary for a TSA agent in a mysterious "remote room" to look at the images and relay instructions to the earbuds of security-line personnel. That should speed up the line, TSA says.
In creating an image from the bounce-back of millimeter waves, the new software blanks out any personal characteristics of each passenger, replacing it with a generic gray humanoid cartoon.
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R.I.P: Bullied 11-Year-Old Canadian Boy Commits Suicide!
"The death of an 11-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy months after his assault by a bully has shined a spotlight on bullying in Canada's schools. Muscular dystrophy left Mitchell Wilson struggling to do simple things like walking around the block or climbing stairs. He also had to use a walker at school. Doctors had urged him to exercise regularly to stave off the disease's effects, something that was growing increasingly difficult for the boy. Wilson was mugged last November by a 12-year-old boy from his school. The assailant was after the iPhone Wilson borrowed from his dad. The bully was arrested and removed from the Pickering, Ont. school they both attended. "He was never the same," said Craig Wilson to the Toronto Star, the boy's father and the one who found the boy's body in his room with a plastic bag tied around his head earlier this month. Things didn't get any better for the young Mitchell as the court date loomed. And the bullying didn't stop. "Subsequent to the beating that he took, he just lost that spark you see in a kid's eye. He had huge anxiety attacks about going outside and going for his walks and going to school by himself," Craig Wilson told CTV's Canada AM. "At the cottage in July, he said, 'If I have to go back to that school, I'll kill myself,'" the boy's grandmother, Pam Wilson, told the National Post." - HuggintonPost
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Inside The S-Team - A Tour of Canada's Top Pro Team's Compound
By Matt Hansen
Symmetrics Cycling fuelled by FarmPure has come a long way in its five years of existence. The team began as a brainchild of Kevin and Mark Cunningham, both entrepreneurs of successful businesses who also happened to be cyclists. Since 2002, the team has grown from a regional team to Canada's top pro team, signing up many of Canada's best road and track cyclists.
2007 has been another breakthrough year for the team with a whole host of top results, ranging from wins at international events such as the Tour of Cuba and Redlands Cycling Classic, to the National road championships.
Currently, the "S-Team's" Svein Tuft is ranked number one in North and South America, wearing the prestigious UCI Americas Tour jersey. Symmetrics fuelled by FarmPure is also leading the team category in the UCI Americas Tour. With that in mind, many readers have asked to learn a bit more about what goes on behind the scenes of Symmetrics fuelled by FarmPure. We took a trip to Kevin Cunningham's estate, where the team is based.
The Cunningham's generous and inviting house is located on 16 sprawling acres just outside of Vancouver, BC. Many of the team members live here, either temporarily or permanently. Svein Tuft, Christian Meier and Geoff Brown live on the property permanently, and various members on the team are always around for short or extended stays.
The Cunningham family - Kevin and his wife Kelly and two boys - have lived here since 2000. As well as the main house, there are several guest houses, a large converted barn which serves as the team's equipment warehouse, and Tuft, Meier's and Brown's residences.
The equipment warehouse is a definite focal point of the visit to the Symmetrics fuelled by FarmPure headquarters. This is where former Discovery mechanic Geoff Brown makes his "office", working daily on the bikes; whether it is repairing current ones, building up new Norco road or time trial machines, gluing tires and other daily maintenance.
Brown lives alongside Tuft and Meier in portable homes. Many have asked about the trio, and they've even been referred to as "The Trailer Park Boys." The living arrangements are a far cry from Trailer Park Trash, however. To understand how the three started living in the grounds requires a further understanding of Tuft, who along with Meier, decided to move from their apartments to live on the grounds.
Tuft is a veritable journeyman, like a character out of a Kerouac novel. Here's a rider who once rode from Vancouver to San Diego to a Prime Alliance team training camp. Why? To lose weight and get fit in the 10 days it would take him. Dragging a trailer behind him, Tuft got to the camp fitter and leaner. (This was nothing new for Tuft; this is the same rider that has bike toured to Alaska with the aforementioned trailer and his trusty dog perched on top.)
"We were renting some apartments closer to town," Tuft explains. "Both Christian and I realized we could buy these units and live on Kev's property, which is beautiful and in the country by our favourite training roads."
So a few payments later, the duo moved on the grounds. "For us, it's a perfect situation for this lifestyle, really." Meier continued. "I don't want to just put money into rent, but I'm not ready to settle down with a house. I can always sell this if I move. Plus, we are right beside the barn which is great in case we have bike problems. The Cunninghams are really great to us and we often hang out by their pool or play with their kids."
These are no run-of-the mill trailers, either. The brand new "units" (as they are colorfully called by Tuft) are spacious and comfortable for a single person, For a cyclist who needs to focus on training and racing (and are not often home) it makes for a perfect home base.
When Brown began his relocation plans from Belgium - where he'd lived for more than a decade while working for the US Postal/Discovery squads - he was instantly struck by the set-up Meier and Tuft had.
"When I first heard these guys lived in trailers, I sort of laughed." Brown says. "Then I saw the interiors, and also where they lived. I love it here. I go running in the woods, and I'm just 10 metres from my workplace. I couldn't be happier and the Cunninghams are so accommodating. When I lived in Belgium, I lived for five years above the team warehouse for Motorola. So living adjacent to my workplace is nothing new. And because of the BC climate, it's the perfect set-up."
The house also serves as a home base for riders visiting for races or, more and more, a place where riders can get massage or physio treatment. It's not uncommon to see at least one rider apart from Tuft or Meier wandering around, getting his or her bike fixed or a massage. (The day of the photoshoot, Cam Evans was getting work done on his knee.) A few weeks earlier, all the out-of-town riders lived at the house for two weeks: Eric Wohlberg, Andrew Randell, Jacob Erker and staff member Myriam Desrosiers.
"Mark and I come from a large family, so we've always enjoyed people," Kevin Cunningham said. "It's great to have so many positive role models for my kids too. My kids see the dedication when they watch Svein or Christian on their bikes every day. Logistics-wise, it's great too when we need to run the guys to the airport for a race. We fly a lot out of Abbotsford because of our sponsorship from WestJet so this is a great meeting place for everyone."
With so many riders around, does it ever infringe on family life? Is it hard to separate "work" from pleasure, being surrounded by cycling and cyclists? "Not at all, " Cunningham continues. " We have an open door policy here. It's not uncommon to have five guys drinking coffee in kitchen in the morning before a ride or race. As far as being surrounded by bikes ... this is our passion, and we consider all the team-members and staff as our extended family."
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Steve and Anthony are avid swordfish chasers. Today our only swordfish bite failed to hook up. This pair of mahi saved the day.
Steve and Anthony are avid swordfish chasers. Today our only swordfish bite failed to hook up. This pair of mahi saved the day.
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Just as sound film was putting an end to Hollywood's silent era, the opening scene of City Lights has two people speaking in synched gibberish (a cross between the adults of the Peanuts cartoons and a jacked-up kazoo) - this was Charlie Chaplin's way of thumbing his nose at the new invention. Sound horrified Chaplin, and with good reason as it was already putting an end to the career of many silent stars. Chaplin knew giving a voice or a language or worse his strong British accent to his internationally beloved Little Tramp character could kill it. The Tramp doesn't speak, nor does anyone else; instead Chaplin composed a massive score that went with the film.
City Lights opens with a title card, calling itself a "comedy romance in pantomime." It's also a fable about the heartlessness of urban life, almost a gentle version of Fritz Lang's much darker Metropolis. Chaplin's Tramp may be at his saddest and most pathetic. As the Great Depression rages the homeless Tramp searches for compassion in his trademark oversized shoes, ill fitting suit, bowler hat, and Hitler mustache. Like Frankenstein's Monster and that little girl, The Tramp makes a connection with a beautiful blind flower girl, played movingly by Virginia Cherill in her first film; she would be equally remembered briefly as a real-life Mrs. Cary Grant. She mistakes The Tramp for a rich man and he finds out she and her kindly Grandmother (Florence Lee) are going to be evicted from their hovel. The Tramp takes on a series of humiliating jobs, including street sweeper and prizefighter, to try and help the two women. He also befriends a drunken Millionaire (Harry Myers) who invites The Tramp into his home at night while under the influence, but the next day, once sober, kicks him out. Eventually he convinces The Millionaire to pay for an operation to give The Blind Girl sight. Later The Tramp is mistaken as a robber who robbed The Millionaire and is sent off to prison.Continue Reading


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