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> 8.8" android 9.0 Car multimedia player for BMW 3 5 Series E60 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 wifi mic GPS bluetooth SD
Product Specification:
For BMW 3 Series (2009 2010 2011 2012) & For BMW5 Series (2009 2010)
Original CIC System
For BMW 5 Series E60(2005 2006 2007 2008)
Original CCC System
Tech Specs
●PX3 Android 7.1.1 OS
●8.8 Capacitive touch screen
●Quad core , Cortex-A9 Processor CPU 1.2GHz
●DDR3 2GB Ram, 32GB Rom
●2 x USB , 1x SD; SD Max support 32GB ,USB Max support 64GB
●built-in Quad core Mali400 graphics processor,Support 3D Map
●High-Definition TFT Screen, solution: 1280*480
●Support Multi Touch
●Built-in high sensitivity GPS receiver
●Bulit-in WIFI
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Support BMW iDrive
Control all factory radio function and Android menu screen from your iDrive
Support Steering Wheel Control
Dasaita headunit supports factory steering wheel buttons. Easily control your Music track on your head-unit , answer phone calls, or switch sources the power is at your fingers while your eyes are on the road.
Upgrade your 6.5" or 8.8" factory screen to our larger 10.25" Android multi-touch screen
Now with new Choice of BMW NBT EVO ID6 UI!
Never get lost again! Supports both Online and Offline GPS Navigation with popular apps like WAZE, Sygic, HERE, iGO and many more. NO internet required when using Offline GPS navigation as the map data will be read from your sdcard
Stream content or mirror your Apple iPhone, entire screen to the BMWF30A-1025B larger 8.8" display wirelessly
With all that great online content from Google Play, Google Maps, Voice Search, Real Time Traffic Updates, Pandora, Spotify, etc you are going to need to be connected! The Dasait system has many options so it's fast and easy for you to access all of that online goodness.
The OEM factory backup camera is supported including all radar parking sensors.
If you do not have the OEM camera you can add and install our optional aftermarket backup camera.
The backup camera view will automatically be displayed on the monitor when your BMW is in reverse.
Both backup camera view and radar parking sensors will be displayed on the monitor at the same time.
Backup camera dynamic trajectory parking lines are supported. Dynamic lines are not supported on CCC models with manual transmission.
The factory MIC will continue to work but only on the original iDrive menu. The factory MIC will not work on the Android menu. The new monitor has a built-in microphone that will only work on the Android menu. You can add our optional external microphone but that will only work on the Android menu too.
All factory features and function will continue to work normally as it does now.
IF you have the following factory features: the iDrive controller, all steering wheel button controls, factory TPMS, the backup camera, parking radar sensors, factory 360 cameras, SiriusXM radio, DAB+ radio, OEM microphone, iDrive menu settings, and options they all will continue to work as it does now.
All factory features and function will continue to work normally as it does now.
This includes all steering wheel button controls, factory TPMS, backup camera, iDrive controls, SiriusXM, and iDrive menu settings and options.
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SPOILERS!! DWTS Season 15, Week 6 – Who Got the Boot??
Heh. Funny story. Courtney and I were TOTALLY convinced that the Berge was lying and no one was going home tonight. We both thought of it and tweeted it at about the same time. The Berge was just acting too funny and there was too much inconsistent stuff being said. His explanation for no elimination next week totally doesn't fly – makes no sense at all. We were seeing lots of discomfort from him and Brooke both. We were both in denial up until Tommy said someone had the lowest combined total. I was in denial even after that…forgetting that it wasn't April Fools.
Guess that was just because Sabrina was getting eliminated this season the same week she was the first time around. Yep, Sabrina has hit the road. Which kinda makes me irritated – I said at the beginning of the season that there was no reason for her to go farther this season than she did originally with Mark – not in an all star season. But, I took comfort in her high score EVEN THOUGH the spread was not large AT ALL. I bought into the same crap that I get annoyed with some of you for spouting. That is – the spread means zilch if you aren't getting the votes. It does NOT mean that Kelly was getting a ton of votes – it could easily mean that Sabrina doesn't have a fanbase at all, to speak of. Since this is the second time this has happened to Sabrina, I think that's the safer bet.
So how did we do?? Well, we all sucked. 🙂 I could leave it at that and call it a night, but….nah.
Heidi: Predicted Kelly, second choice Kirstie
Courtney: Kelly, Second choice Kirstie
Vogue: Gilles, Emmitt as the second choice
Why the hell couldn't Vogue have been right. Then most of us on this blog would be happy as little clams.
NOTE: Tom clearly stated that Apolo was "not necessarily the bottom two". Which means that he probably wasn't but isn't getting the votes they want him to. I'm going to slap the crap out of the first person who asks if Apolo was the bottom two.

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Yet while there is no shortage of activity, small business owners say shopping in the area has decreased significantly, as residents tighten their budgets to get through the recession.
A survey of Maspeth entrepreneurs found that most are struggling as never before. If they once dreamed of owning small businesses, many are seeing those dreams engulfed by the worst economic downturn in a generation.
This unforeseen turn of events has small business owners worried, and in some cases changing their business models to better suit the times.
Some owners have found themselves cutting the prices of products in order to attract costumers increasingly reluctant to spend money.
A solid strategy on its head, slashing prices doesn't always do the trick. Even with the reduced prices, shopping patterns suggest that customers are heading towards a different path, one that saves money.
"We've had to put up more specials, yet the customer flow has been slow," said Carmela, of Palermo Italian Bakery and Pastries. Carmela, who only gave her first name, said the recession is testing neighborhood bakeries that have traditionally enjoyed a healthy influx of customers.
Business is also down at stores selling higher-end goods.
Many people who look upon high-tech gadgets as luxury items, not necessary purchases, can no longer justifying spending money on a pricy laptop or new Ipod.
An employee at Computer Service Center, who identified himself as Aaron, said business at the store has gone down in the past year. "The customers change their demand," he said. "They don't buy much more expensive stuff."
Shoppers are even redefining for themselves what constitutes a necessary purchase, and what doesn't, said Jackie Moreno, of Jackie's Florist.
"Business is off," Moreno said. "We're florists and flowers are not a necessity, so people cut back. We've seen it at parties [where] brides are now doing their own center pieces".
And while times are bad now, a majority of the small business owners interview for this article said they see no signs things will improve anytime soon.
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Tenho ouvido de algumas garotas que o que a sociedade mais exige delas é a beleza. Mas acho que é um engano isso. Não se espera delas que sejam bonitas, mas que se façam bonitas. Ou seja, a beleza não é importante, mas sim que elas se conformem ao estereótipo. Read More »
Truth of the Lesser Men is a collection of ideas and short essays by a young male Brazilian called marcio rocha pereira, in a not-so-fluent English.
The subject is the world, society, live and how we live it. Or something like it. It is my attempt at understanding everything that happens all around me, an ontological travel journal of sorts. Which probably translates into, quite simply, my own opinions and thinking.
Nevertheless, i don't know what i am, or if being something is important to me, or what you mean by "being something" — so that I can hardly answer the questions of what I do, or work with, or any of the other identity-assigning questions. If you are really interested, check the personal info.
The idea of this blog is to avoid rewriting as much as possible, and to write different takes to the same ideas if the need arise, instead of modifying. This is to avoid a constant state of in-progress.
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Monument to Oliver Cromwell
Sir W. Hamo Thornycroft, R. A. (1850-1925)
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An annual report ranking the nation's largest airlines in terms of quality of service didn't have good news for Chicago-based United Airlines.
Of the 14 largest U.S. airlines based on on-time arrivals, mishandled bags, consumer complaints and passengers bumped due to overbooked flights, United was in the basement.
And that wasn't an overall score. United was named worst in every category. In fact, the consumer complaint rate against United nearly doubled last year. United has merged with Continental Airlines, but has had rough spots in integrating the operations of the two carriers.
The best carrier, according to the study put out by Wichita State University in Kansas and Purdue University in Indiana, was Virgin America. Besides being the overall leader, the Burlingame, Calif.,-based carrier also did the best job on baggage handling and had the second-lowest rate of passengers denied seats due to overbookings.
This is the first year Virgin America, created in 2007, has been large enough to be included in the rankings. United carries roughly 18 times more passengers than Virgin America, and has 702 planes, compared to 52 for the smaller carrier.
The number of complaints consumers filed with the Department of Transportation overall surged by one-fifth last year to 11,445 complaints, up from 9,414 in 2011.
United's 2012 ranking doesn't reflect its experience over the past six months, in which the airline has made significant improvements in performance, company spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said
"Customer satisfaction is up, complaints are down dramatically and we are improving our customers' experience," he said in an email.
Below is the current numerical ranking of the nation's leading 14 airlines, according to the Airline Quality Rating, with the previous year's ranking in parentheses:
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2. JetBlue (3)
3. AirTran (1)
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5. Hawaiian (2)
6. Alaska (5)
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8. Southwest (7)
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Eastshore Energy
Power Plant Licensing Case
Docket Number:
06-AFC-06 (Application For Certification)
Project Status: Project Denied: October 8, 2008.
Committee that oversaw Original Licensing Proceeding:
Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner, Presiding Member
Hearing Officer: Susan Gefter
Key Dates
- 9/22/06 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed with California Energy Commission
- 11/8/06 - Commission accepts Application as complete and "data adequate."
- 8/17/07 - Preliminary Staff Assessment is released.
- 11/9/07 - Final Staff Assessment is released.
- 6/20/08 - Presiding Member's Proposed Decision is released.
- 8/29/08 - Revised Presiding Member's Proposed Decision is released.
- 10/8/08 - Full Energy Commission denies license and certification for project, thus terminating the proceeding.
On September 22, 2006, Eastshore Energy, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tierra Energy, submitted an Application for Certification (AFC) to construct and operate a simple-cycle (peaking) power plant, the Eastshore Energy Center (Eastshore), in the City of Hayward.
The proposed Eastshore site is located at 25101 Clawiter Road in the City of Hayward, Alameda County, in an area zoned for industrial uses. The proposed facility would be a nominal 115.5 megawatt (MW) simple cycle power plant consisting of 14 Wartsila 20V34SG natural gas-fired reciprocating engine generators and associated equipment. The Eastshore project is designed as a peaking facility to meet electric generation load during periods of high demand which generally occur during daytime hours and more frequently during the summer than other portions of the year. The project is expected to have an annual capacity factor of approximately 45 percent, depending on weather-related customer demand, load growth, hydroelectric supplies, generating unit retirements and replacements, the level of generating unit and transmission outages, and other factors.
The proposed Eastshore facility would use approximately 1.6 acre-feet of potable water per year for engine cooling and other power plant processes, site landscape irrigation and potable and sanitary uses. A closed loop engine cooling system would reduce the requirement for water and result in consumption of approximately 1.0 gallons per minute during plant operation. The City of Hayward would supply potable water for the project through an existing connection immediately adjacent to the project site under a contract with the City of San Francisco's Public Utilities Department.
Sanitary wastewater would be discharged to the Hayward city sewer system via an existing onsite sewer connection. Process wastewater would be tested for potential contamination and under normal conditions, would also be discharged to this sanitary sewer line. If the wastewater composition is determined to exceed allowable discharge limits, it would be transported off site for treatment and disposal.
The Eastshore facility would be connected to Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) electrical system at the existing Eastshore Substation which is located approximately 1.1 miles south of the project site. This connection will require a new single circuit overhead 115-kiloVolt (kV) line that will run contiguously in an existing PG&E 12kV distribution corridor. The connection may also require widening the existing right of way and replacing 10 to 12 transmission poles with structures designed to accommodate both the 12kV and 115kV transmission lines.
Natural gas would be supplied to the Eastshore facility via a 200-foot pipeline connection to PG&E's Pipeline 153 that is on the opposite side of Clawiter Road from the Eastshore site.
Air emissions from the proposed facility would be controlled using best available control technology applied to each engine's exhaust. Each system would consist of a selective catalytic reduction unit for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) control and an oxidation catalyst unit for carbon monoxide (CO) and precursor organic compounds (POC) control. Final permitting by the Energy Commission would reflect conformance with rules and regulations of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and include the issuance of a Determination of Compliance from BAAQMD.
Assuming the Eastshore facility receives a license from the Energy Commission by December 2007, construction of the project would start in early spring 2008 and continue for approximately 18 months. Plant testing and commercial operation are scheduled to begin during the latter months of 2008. Full operational capability is anticipated by May 2009.
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We have just bought our first home(a renovation project) and have built a fireplace. Hopefully the fire will keep the whole house warm, and we will try to collect all free wood that we can to save money! I'll certainly be spending less than last year as I used an electric heater which was very expensive to run.
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I've heard the price of natural gas has dropped considerably. Which is great!
It was a hot summer here in Atlanta, but already cooler than normal.
Who knows?
I say break out the thermal underwear adn keep the thermostat low
Well, of course! The summer proved to be more expensive with the rising cost of everything! So I'm saying the winter will be no different! I just can't make ends meet!!
I'm not worried, especially about keeping warm this winter. I live in North Texas and, despite the "North" in the name of the region, it doesn't really get that cold here. I'll turn the heat on at some point, but probably not before Thanksgiving. And it will, most likely be off before Ground Hog Day. The bigger issue, for me at least, is keeping cool in the summer.
Even if I did have a gas bill as big as my summer electricity bill, I'd still make it through. Living well below my means and having a big emergency fund means that I'm not worried about the winter (or even the summer or spring or fall) months.
My local Propane supplier tells me it's gonna be a cold winter and to expect propane prices to rise steadily over the coming months. Of course they are selling me (but I had already pre bought anyway)...but based on mild winter last year I think we are due for a freezer in VT.
As much as I wish it won't be so; it will! This winter is going to be one of the coldest my family has seen in awhile. It will be so because of the high cost of gas heating (which we could barely afford the last time we had it) and because the house we rent isn't properly insulated, has old windows and there is daylight coming through around the doors and through the mortor spots in the basement. But we will make it through...we have sweaters, longjohns, wooly socks, housecoats and blankets to-boot to help keep us warm in the house (bet we don't have to layer so much once we step outside though).
I hope this winter is better than last winter. We spent as much to stay warm in Tennessee as we usually did in Pennsylvania. I did not envy our friends up North last winter.
As the dollar gets weaker because of our ballooning national debt, it will cause commodity prices to increase. So, yes, I believe we will be paying more for fuel this coming winter and for many years to come.
I think it will cost me about the same for heat as last winter. Natural gas prices are stable or maybe a little lower than last year. I use a space heater, programmable thermostat, and electric blanket in addition to the furnace.
I'm afraid it will be a more expensive winter. Costs are already heating up as it gets colder in the deep south. We need cheaper fuel sources!
Luckily, Seattle is pretty temperate, so it rarely gets super-cold here. So I don't think there'll be a huge price difference for heating.
I have a hard time believing it will even get cold enough to use the heater this winter here in Dallas. Only in the past week has it even gotten "somewhat less than hot" outside.
Yes, it'll be more expensive this winter... not because of rises in fuel costs or anything like that, but we now have a baby! While previously we were content to put on extra sweaters (and even coats) at home, it seems unfair to our baby to have to wear layers of clothes when we could set the temperature a little higher.
Also, farmers' almanac says this will be a colder winter than before. I don't doubt it...
We'll try our best to continue keeping costs low with our fireplace (free firewood from father-in-law's property!), extra sweaters, hot beverages, lots of snuggling, etc.
I'm expecting the cost to be similar. Last year was an extremely cold winter for the region. However, even if the winter is milder we still received a rate increase for electricity(it's a no win proposition because even when people don't use electricity we end up getting increases to cover the fact that it was mild weather-I kid you not).
Yes it will probably be more expensive this winter but I plan on turning the heat on as less as possible and cover up with blankets.
We are expecting a very cold winter here in New Hampshire after a very hot summer! Seems the weather is getting weirder every year...
I think it will be - but not much more than last year. I also think folks are more aware of conservation techniques to save energy etc - so this will help too
Of course it will be, mostly because we do not have enough cash, and very likely we will use credit cards, which generates interest and because of that, the final payment is always higher...
I plan to wear warmer clothing and use more blankets, so I'm hoping this winter will be less expensive. Fingers crossed!
We're hoping to have the same or lower costs - we just installed new doors and windows, and "topped off" our attic insulation to improve our house's heating efficiency. We also filled our heating tanks (500 gallons total) so that we won't have to purchase again when the price goes up in winter.
It depends on whether we have a cold winter like we did last year (for the south). Energy costs are up, so it could be bad. Summer has been bad with the extreme heat & increased energy costs. I'm prepared for the worst and hoping for the best!
I'm worried that we're going to have an early and exceptionally cold winter this year. We'll have a newborn in the house this year, so we'll have to keep the thermostat up a bit from our normal temps. Also, with only one of us working, finances could be tight if we end up with a high gas bill all winter long. Again, we're beginning to wish we'd installed a wood-burning fireplace for supplemental heat instead of a gas one.
This winter my husband and I are going to be trying out hardest to cut back on alot of our expenses. IE: date night might be a skidoo ride instead of dinner and a movie. We will be reusing winter suits for our kids and turning down the heat when we leave the house and at night and shutting of lights when we leave a room :) :) :) :)
No, this winter won't be any more expensive. I'm in MN, and most winters are equally cold and equally expensive. Plus, I'm a naturally warm person and it's so much easier to keep warm than it is to keep cool. Throw on a sweatshirt and snuggle under a blanket!
Temperatures will be more erratic, with cold spells and even hotter days. It'll cost more more for most people to heat their homes.
We are lucky to live in an apartment where heat is included, so I'm not too worried about staying warm at home. However, my office is FREEZING year-round (too much A/C in the summer and not enough heat in the winter). Everyone on my floor spends the winter wearing their coats and hats. I am a person who is naturally cold anyway, so the worst part of work every day is never getting warm enough. Last year was my first winter on the job and so I was under the delusion that if enough people complained they would turn up the heat. However, this has apparently been going on for several years, so this winter I will be spending more money to keep myself warm. I have invested in thermal underwear and convertible mittens/fingerless gloves, and will probably bring in a space heater and maybe a Snuggie if I'm brave enough. To me, it is worth the investment not to freeze 40 hours a week.
I predict a cold winter and prices of fuels will be on the increase, thereby making it an more expensive heating season. We have an outdoor woodstove, oil furnace and a woodstove in the basement.
I have a new baby so my heating bill will definitely be higher. I normally leave the thermostat at 65 but am setting it a few degrees higher so she will be warm. I also heard we are expecting a super cold winter in the PNW. Bundle up!
I think it will be more expensive to heat my home this year, although not because of rising prices.
I live in a basement apartment in Virginia with central air and three above-ground walls. The upside of this is that I don't have to turn on my air conditioner once in the summer, even with multiple 100 degree days. It's always a pleasant 70 degrees.
In the winter, the temperature without heat drops to the 50s. The central air access panel is in front of the front door, which includes multiple windows and is drafty. No matter if I set-it-and-forget it at 70, 65 or 60 or turn it way down at night/when I'm not home and then turn it up to 65 or so, my bill costs $90 to $150 a month. Last year, I bought a space heater that I placed next to my desk, where I spend most of my time after work, in conjunction with central air on at a low level. That cut the bill down quite a bit, but I stopped wanting to shower because the bathroom was so, so cold no matter how many towels I wrapped myself in. The colder I am, the less likely I am to exercise or do anything but watch TV and eat.
This is my last year in this place. I've decided to buy some really warm pajamas that I can slip into once I come home. I'm going to run the space heater in the bathroom while I shower so showering isn't so miserable. I don't have any pipes that can freeze, so I'm only going to run the central air when I have guests or at a low level if it's completely unbearable. My cats have fur coats, so they'll be OK. And if I am too lazy to exercise, I'm going to shovel some snow or go walk around the mall.
It is going to be more expensive for us this year. Due to overhead costs, my husband moved his cabinetry shop back to our home. We need to add more insulation to the garage and figure out the best way to heat it. But with the cost of everything rising, it will be more expensive. For the first time, I am considering the LEAP program from the county to help us out.
I just hope the farmer's almanac is correct this year with predicting warmer temps.
I just found out from my roommate that we have free heat for our apartment in New York which is positive. I know though that my parents who live in Boston understand that heat costs a lot for their home so they tend to split between having many blankets around the house for the days that it gets cold and keeping the heat on in certain parts of the home occasionally rather than all the time.
It will definitely be more expensive for us, b/c we're moving to a house that doesn't have a wood stove. In our area, it's more economical to heat with wood, so we'll see!
A La Nina winter is coming. It will be colder for almost everyone! I'm going to be buying a few more warm socks, because that's what makes the difference to my body. I'm also breaking down and buying a Snuggie. They are silly but admittedly, I need it if I want to use my laptop!
Since I live in the boonies, and supplement my propane heat with a cute little wood burning stove, I keep toasty warm wihout paying high heating bills. Of course, it helps that I also live in the woods, and have plenty of free wood to feed my little stove with.
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Looks like this winter will be a bit warmer than the last one - this should save us some money on heating bills.
I think it will be a cold winter with less snow but mostly cold. I think the cost of this winter will be the same as last year.
I know it will be less expensive for us because we locked in our propane at a much lower rate than last year. Our propane company sent us a contract that seemed much too high a rate. I checked the projected average winter price for propane in the South and their rate was higher than that. I called around to a bunch of other local dealers and got a quote for forty cents lower than our company. In the end my company matched the lower price (and theirs had gone up by ten cents more while I was doing this!) and avoided the fees for emptying and removing the tank. :>
I think we are in for a more expensive winter. Not because the price to heat my home will increase, but because the winter is going to be colder. I have no proof for this feeling, but I think we are in for a colder experience this season.
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Champ Car and IRL can learn from the SIRIUS/XM Merger
Recent News: Satellite Radio: Cowen Says 70%-Plus Chance Deal Closes
In a brief note previewing the upcoming earnings announcements for XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, Cowen analyst Tom Watts asserts that there is a "70%-plus chance" that the proposed merger of the two companies wins government approval.
Watts says a Department of Justice decision on the deal should come "relatively soon," with the two companies in full compliance with the DoJ's information requests. He says a ruling from the FCC should follow soon after.
Watts has Outperform ratings on both stocks, "even without M&A potential." He thinks both companies can beat the market on free cash flow potential alone. He thinks both companies low-balled subscriber growth estimates for 2007, "setting the stage for outperformance in the second half." If you have to pick just one, Watts prefers XM, based on stronger OEM relationships with automakers, and a better relative valuation.
XM reports earnings on October 25; Sirius on October 30.
So why do I bring this up?
You would have the absolute best drivers in both series competing against each other and a larger car count. Sure, you'll lose some teams and drivers, but haven't both sides already experienced this already?
Look at what IRL started with in the beginning…..and look at the teams that bailed on Champ Car and went with the IRL. Then you have the top teams at CCWS that have stayed and teams that have come and gone.
Open wheel racing is being dominated by the NASCAR folks.
We're already going overseas for races right? You want Corporate Sponsorships to come back to support 1 series.
For those fans who have never experienced the Lexmark Indy 300 here in Surfers Paradise….you don't know what you're missing. Four days of racing, fan events, etc.; This country gets what this event is all about……Paul Tracy said it best at Thursday's press conference when asked about the state of Champ Car "maybe this series is taking on a little bit of water, but I'll be here and the last one with the pail emptying the ship". Tracy is Champ Car's best spokesperson…..maybe they should try utilizing him to their full potential.
Maybe everyone should take a huge step back and look at the state of open wheel racing and see where both sides can "compromise" to save open wheel racing. It won't happen overnight…..but this has to be looked at again. Sure cars will have to change, engines will have to be changed, people will lose jobs, new people will come in and the right people will stay and make open wheel racing successful again.
The split has been all about control of the sport.
follow the money." A similar one is "When in doubt, just do what's right."
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Housing Policy, Design and Development
The specialty in housing policy, design, and development includes studies of U.S., State or Local Housing Policy, the demand for mixed use and specialized housing (i.e. live/work creative communities, integrated urban agriculture, and aging populations), the integration of housing with land use and transportation policy, the provision of fair and equitable housing, the finance and demand for energy efficient buildings, the role of the financial crises and financial booms on the housing market, and comparative housing policies abroad, such as Korea and China are subjects that have been explored and studied. Students and faculty in this specialization come from the fields of real estate, urban planning, architecture, economics, and sociology.
Living Legacy of Housing Landmarks and Planned Communities
A resident of Greenbelt Architecture Professor Isabelle Gournay researches the living legacy of planned residential developments. Her work emphasizes the crosscurrents in European and American housing, such as the work of Levitt near Paris. With Mary Corbin Sies, a UMD American Studies professor and Australian colleague Robert Freestone, she is editing an international anthology on the Heritage of Iconic Planned Communities, from New Lanark to Seaside.
Housing Strategies Group at the National Center for Smart Growth
A 2011 study by Planning Professor Casey Dawkins recently analyzed the spatial distribution of low-income housing tax credit properties for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. See the Publications sections for further information.
Other ongoing research initiatives can be found at the National Center for Smart Growth
Sustainability Assessments of HOPE VI Redevelopments
HOPE VI supports demolishing large, dilapidated public housing and replacing it with smaller-scale, more appealing properties. What makes this feasible also creates conditions that challenge and can undermine long-term sustainability. Real Estate Development Professor Margaret McFarland researched the assessment need to assist private owners and public agencies in sustaining this valuable resource.
Aging-in-Place: The New Canaan Project
In the next 20 years, nearly 80 million Baby Boomers will enter retirement. The overwhelming desire and challenge for this population to successfully Age-in-Place. Commissioned by an internationally-leading development firm, 12 graduate students from the University of Maryland's Architecture program investigated what it means to successfully age-in-place and designed solutions that would make this desired way of life more possible. Working on a site in New Canaan Connecticut, the team of students, faculty and the firm Gensler developed innovative, award-winning housing prototypes that mixes adaptable products and spaces with the comforts of home and community.
Immigration and Multi-Generational Home Building
Planning Professor Willow Lung-Amam's project looks at the intersection between immigration and national, regional, and local trends in multi-general home building. The research explores the influence of immigration on trends in multi-generational home development by comparing national trends in home building industry and those for home designed specifically for immigrants. It also looks at the changing form of the single-family home and how it is being shaped by these larger forces to accommodate more diverse populations and lifestyles. The research is intended to provide evidence of how immigration is impacting the changing suburban landscape and how the home builders might better respond to the needs and desires of an increasingly diversity suburban American public.
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ALDIE, Va. -- Jim Woodward of Edmond, Okla., had declared loud and clear to anyone who would listen that the 18th hole at Creighton Farms was his Waterloo.
As the final 20 minutes of the 24th Southworth Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Mercedes-Benz unfolded Sunday, Woodward may request a photo of the hole for his trophy case.
"I stood on the 18th tee and said to myself, 'Don't be a coward," said Woodward.
The 55-year-old PGA teaching professional at Oak Tree National Golf Club in Edmond uncorked a mammoth drive, then hit a 4-hybrid approach 245 yards on the 569-yard, par-5 closing hole. The ball hit the green some 30 feet in front of the flagstick, coming to rest a foot from the hole. Woodward tapped in for eagle, edging Mike Miles of Huntington Beach, Calif., by one stroke. That made Woodward the first South Central PGA Section member to win the national championship.
Woodward finished with a 1-over-par 73 for a 72-hole total of 1-under-par 287, the only player in a 264-player field to finish below par. Miles, who birdied four of the final six holes, had a 69.
"I'm very honored to be the first from our Section to win this," said an emotional Woodward. "It feels pretty good."
Miles, a PGA assistant professional at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach, Calif., nearly made his debut appearance just as memorable. He birdied four of the final six holes for a 69, and waited by the 18th green to witness Woodward's dramatic finish.
"Jim and I are good friends, and I played with him played yesterday, when he had an amazing round (66)," said Miles. "This kind of wind, it makes it tough on everybody. My primary goal was the top 35. I had not played well all summer. We don't play many golf courses like this too often. This is a championship golf course."
Miles had his chance to separate himself on the 18th green. He hit a 3-wood to 25 feet above the hole and lagged the eagle putt to within two feet for birdie.
Woodward earned $20,000 from a total purse of $285,000, and has his name etched on the Leo Fraser Trophy.
Bob Gaus of St. Louis, Mo., who had a 74, and Sonny Skinner of Sylvester, Ga., who turned in a 71, shared third at 290.
Woodward said that he stood in the fairway at 18 not knowing how Miles had finished. "Honestly, I thought I was tied with Mike (Miles) at 1 over, and that is why I decided to go for the green in two and make birdie. I didn't know that he had birdied 18," he said. "It would have been a better story if I told you I did know.
"I hit two great putts on 16 and 17 and didn't make either one. I can't believe I killed the driver. Then I thought, if I catch the Rescue club real good, it might roll up there."
Woodward opened the final round with a two-stroke advantage on Gaus and Mike Lawrence of Anderson, S.C., before spinning a bogey-double bogey slump on the second and third holes.
"Everyone is going to have a train wreck somewhere on this course, and I had mine on the first three holes," said Woodward. "The hole that really turned things around for me was the birdie at No. 5. I seemed to settle down after that."
Gaus was taking command with three consecutive birdies between the fifth and seventh holes before his ball found the hazard on the par-4 eighth hole, and came away with a triple-bogey 7.
"Everyone is going to have problems on this golf course," said Gaus. "My goal was to make the top 35, and I am very happy to be in the top five and headed to my hometown next year, and to play Bellerive."
Ralph West of Surprise, Ariz., recorded the third hole-in-one of the Championship on the par-3 207-yard 17th hole. The PGA director of instruction at Reed/West Golf Academies in Peoria, Ariz., used a 6-iron for his third career ace -- all coming this year.
The low 35 scorers advanced to the 74th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, May 23-26, 2013, at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
Begun in 1989, the Senior PGA Professional National Championship is modeled after the PGA Professional National Championship, with a field of 50-and-older senior PGA Professionals who advanced through 41 Section Championships conducted from July through September each year.
The top five finishers earned an exemption into the final stage of the 2012 Champions Tour National Finals. Since its debut, many participants in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship have used their success in the event as a springboard to a Champions Tour career.
Final Scores:
Jim Woodward, Edmond, Okla. 78-70-66-73--287
Mike Miles, Huntington Beach, Calif. 70-77-72-69--288
Sonny Skinner, Sylvester, Ga. 71-71-77-71--290
Bob Gaus, St. Louis, Mo. 69-73-74-74--290
Mike Lawrence, Anderson, S.C. 70-75-71-75--291
Bill Britton, Colts Neck, N.J. 71-70-76-75--292
Charlie Bolling, Glen Cove, N.Y. 72-69-77-75--293
Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash. 74-72-74-74--294
Kirk Hanefeld, Acton, Mass. 70-74-73-77--294
Shawn McEntee, Petaluma, Calif. 74-75-72-74--295
Steve Parker, Houston, Texas 70-72-75-78--295
Gary Robison, Canton, Ohio 70-78-77-71--296
Tom Sutter, Mount Vernon, N.Y. 76-75-73-72--296
Carl Cooper, Humble, Texas 70-75-78-73--296
Ron Skayhan, Huntington Beach, Calif. 74-76-73-73--296
JC Anderson, O'Fallon, Mo. 77-74-71-74--296
James Blair, Ogden, Utah 71-73-75-77--296
Greg Baker, Boonton, N.J. 72-73-73-78--296
Ralph Salito, Sherman, Conn. 74-75-76-72--297
Paul Trittler, Scottsdale, Ariz. 73-75-75-74--297
Lee Rinker, Jupiter, Fla. 71-78-76-73--298
David Young, Scarborough, N.Y. 74-77-73-74--298
Jim Empey, Boise, Idaho 72-78-73-75--298
Stuart Smith, Reno, Nev. 73-74-76-75--298
Chris Dachisen, Warren, N.J. 75-73-74-76--298
Michael Mitchell, Rancho Mirage, Calif. 74-75-73-76--298
Mike San Filippo, Hobe Sound, Fla. 72-78-81-67--298
Don Berry, Brooklyn Park, Minn. 78-73-75-73--299
Ed Sabo, Tequesta, Fla. 75-74-76-74--299
Robert Thompson, Huntsville, Texas 72-74-77-76--299
Rick Karbowski, Worcester, Mass. 74-74-75-76--299
William Dodd, Jr., Phoenix, Ariz. 77-74-78-70--299
Mark Mielke, East Norwich, N.Y. 70-79-78-73--300
Chris Starkjohann, Oceanside, Calif. 71-76-75-78--300
Tommy Brannen, Augusta, Ga. 75-75-80-70--300
Eddie Terasa, Waukesha, Wis. 70-72-79-79--300
Dal Daily, Albuquerque, N.M. 74-74-73-79--300
Jeff Whitfield, Weldon Spring, Mo. 76-73-76-76--301
Barry Evans, Charleston, W. Va. 76-72-79-74--301
Billy Sitton, Houston, Texas 76-73-79-73--301
Roy Vucinich, Moon Township, Pa. 74-77-76-74--301
Don Sweeting, Pinehurst, N.C. 74-75-75-77--301
Bud Lintelman, Purcellville, Va. 73-77-72-79--301
James Kane, Edmond, Okla. 75-74-72-80--301
Scott Spence, Galena, Ohio 74-74-77-77--302
Bruce Nakamura, Vista, Calif. 69-79-79-75--302
Fran Marrello, Plymouth, Conn. 75-74-77-77--303
Gene Fieger, Naples, Fla. 74-76-75-78--303
Jeff Thomsen, Boise, Idaho 75-76-77-75--303
John Carney, Hoover, Ala. 71-78-81-73--303
Bob Wolcott, Tunica Resorts, Miss. 73-75-74-81--303
Rod Nuckolls, Wichita, Kan. 70-81-77-76--304
George Forster, Villanova, Pa. 75-76-75-79--305
Joey Carranza, Fall City, Wash. 74-75-79-77--305
Tim Parun, San Diego, Calif. 73-77-80-75--305
Bobby Hogan, Tonawanda, N.Y. 77-74-80-74--305
Joe Butler, Burlington, Iowa 73-78-76-79--306
Quinn Griffing, Fort Wayne, Ind. 71-75-82-78--306
Nash Haxel, St. Louis, Mo. 76-75-78-77--306
Rob Phelps, Fayetteville, N.Y. 72-78-81-75--306
Mitch Adams, Troy, N.C. 71-77-83-75--306
Audie Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn. 73-74-82-78--307
Jerry Tucker, Stuart, Fla. 77-74-78-78--307
Ralph West, Surprise, Ariz. 78-73-79-77--307
Gary Groh, Highland Park, Ill. 71-76-85-75--307
Perry Arthur, Plano, Texas 76-73-80-79--308
Chris Tucker, Fort Mill, S.C. 75-75-80-78--308
Bob Ford, Oakmont, Pa. 75-76-82-76--309
Bill Loeffler, Littleton, Colo. 74-77-80-80--311
Steve Veriato, San Marcos, Texas 74-75-83-79--311
Leigh Brannan, Canton, Miss. 75-75-84-77--311
Freddy Gibson, Orlando, Fla. 72-78-80-82--312
Peter Oakley, Palm City, Fla. 71-77-83-81--312
Billy Rosinia, Indian Head Park, Ill. 72-79-81-81--313
Ron Beurmann, Jackson, Mich. 71-80-80-86--317
Bill Stines, Columbus, Ohio 75-76-91-80--322
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Hi lovelies! I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend. Thank you for all of your sweet birthday wishes the other day! I had an absolutely amazing birthday and truly feel so extraordinarily blessed to have such wonderful friends! I just got back from LA and had so much fun being reunited with some of my best girlfriends. I'll be sure to post lots of pictures soon and fill you in on the festivities, but today is the September Foodie Pen Pal reveal day so that takes precedence! I had taken a few months off from Foodie Pen Pals, but decided to sign up again in September and I'm sure glad I did!
This month, I was matched up with Bailey from Rugbygymgirl.blogspot.com. To see the snacky type goodies I sent her, check out her blog! For my box, my pen pal was Rebecca from Becca's Healthy Living! She is such a sweet girl and it was fun that she really embraced the pen pal experience in addition to just sending goodies. I love that my box was full of such great healthy options and loved that she included an explanation about each item!
Apologies for the grainy iphone pic (though soon my phone pics will not be grainy! But more on that later…). There was so much fun stuff in this box! First of all- I always love receiving bars because they are the perfect grab and go snack for me! I love Clif Mojo bars and was really excited to try my first Nugo bar! I can officially say I am a fan too- I loved the consistency and it tasted delicious while ultimately being extremely satisfying. I was also so excited to receive my first bag of Love Grown Granola! I have been dying to try it for at least a year now and I can say that it is just as delicious as everyone in the blog world makes it out to be! It was also so fun that she sent me some great ingredients for cooking! I have been wanting to buy coconut flour for a long time now but it always slips my mind and now cannot wait to try my hand at some gluten-free muffins or pancakes! I also love the nutritional yeast and will be making kale chips very soon! All of that plus some spicy edamame made this such an amazing box- thank you so much Becca!
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Perhaps it's the long eyewitness pieces in the weekend supplements that tell of how dreadful it is to toil away in a modern-day workhouse?
If it's any of these things, then news this week that India's leading call centre service provider ICICI OneSource has brought in fresh media advisers in the form of Cubitt Consulting could presage a revision of those prejudices.
Of all the modern age's business phenomena, among the least popular is the dreaded call centre. They are in dire need of a PR makeover and most of the opportunities to improve their image in the past few years have proved counter-productive. The most likely reason for the hire - though unconfirmed - is that a flotation is just around the corner. But if this were combined with winning hearts and minds for the massive expansion in call centre operations in recent years, all the better.
Procurement study is a worthy cause
It is rare for PRWeek to throw its weight behind individual pieces of research by PR practitioners, but IBM communications manager Bill Mew is doing the entire PR sector a favour with his MBA project on the role of procurement professionals in the PR business.
With the backing of the IPR, the PRCA and a host of other professional associations, Mew is exploring trends in both the procurement and management of PR services. Readers can help the research process - visit www.mew.net.uk to fill in the questionnaire - and later become privy to the summary research results.
The procurement profession's influence on PR is the defining trend of the consultancy market, and although one study seems unlikely to capture its many facets in their entirety, it is a worthy start.


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Asmodeus is known to be the mastermind behind any form of demonic invasion, sometimes even Rahovart falls in line.
This is a boss mob that is usually summoned via a Boss Event using an Asmodeus Altar. This boss has 3 Battle Phases.
Quick Tacts:
Don't Fly, Avoid The Giant Hellfire Attacks
Phase 1: Kill Belphs
Phase 2: Kill Behemoth
Phase 3: Execution
All Phases:
Asmodeus has a deadly demonic gatling gun mounted under it's platform, avoid this at all costs as it will strip your buffs! It will fire for a few seconds before overheating for around 10 seconds (smoke will come from the gun), this may be your time to strike!
Asmodeus will jump around it's arena in pursuit of it's current primary target (usually the last player to attack it), there is no escape!
Any players that are too high up (flying) will be bombarded with a massive swarm of Nether Souls so stay low.
Phase 1 (100-60% Health)
Summons Trites which have a nasty bite that causes wither.
Every 10 seconds or so Asmodeus will unleash a circular burst of Devilstar blasts outwards.
Phase 2 (60-20% Health)
Summons giant Astaroth which will power a shield making Asmodeus invulnerable, these must be defeated in order to damage Asmodeus.
Remember that Astaroth will explode into a swarm of Trites on death!
Phase 3 (20-0% Health)
Constantly summons Astaroth at a slow rate which will heal Asmodeus if it is below 20% health.
Constantly summons Cacodemons, too many can be overwhelming so keep their numbers under control.
Iron Ingots, Gold Ingots, Redstone Dust, Diamonds, Nether Stars, Demonic Soulstones, Demonstone, Demonstone Bricks, Demonstone Tiles, Demon Crystals
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Undeterred, skydivers to pursue records despite deaths
- The collision occurred more than 200 feet above the ground
- The skydivers were jumping at Skydive Arizona
- Police say the two skydivers who died Tuesday are not American
PHOENIX — A group of 200 skydivers plans to return to the skies over Arizona on Wednesday to pursue world records despite the death of two divers Tuesday, a member of the group said.
"This is one of those things we have to face with the sport, the chance of injury," said skydiver Andrew Barker.
The skydivers died Tuesday after colliding in midair near Eloy, police said. The crash took place at Skydive Arizona, which operates out of Eloy Municipal Airport, about 60 miles south of Phoenix.
Witnesses said the skydivers had open parachutes when they collided about 200 to 300 feet above the ground, causing their canopies to collapse and sending them plummeting, Eloy police Sgt. Brian Jerome said.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was pronounced dead at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center. A third skydiver, injured in an unrelated accident, was flown to Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Jerome said. He said the deceased were not American, but he declined to name their countries of origin. They were part of a 200-member group, he said.
The cause of the collision is under investigation, Jerome said.
The group had been working to create "as many new 'official' world sequential records as we can" by Friday, according to a website promoting Square1 World Sequential Series '13.
According to the facility's website, Skydive Arizona sits in the heart of the Sonoran Desert midway between Phoenix and Tucson. The facility was launched in 1978 by a skydiving couple and it offers the largest drop zone in the world, the site advertises. Teams Arizona Airspeed and Arizona Arsenal offer coaching from SkyDive Arizona.
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Designed to allow a production facility to quickly begin serving customers reliably and efficiently, new turnkey air-duct production lines from AP&T, Monroe, NC, include a hydraulic press and tooling, and all of the equipment needed for blank feeding with cutting, press feeding and outfeeding. Production solutions can be delivered as a fully automated line or as individual machines prepared for later automation.
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When we see through our hearts, we recognize that every single one of us is infused with creativity. Divine Sparks are embedded in everyone and everything. It's up to us to be courageous, to look and listen deeply, to find the sparks, gather and release them back into the universe, transformed into something new. Join me as we wake up to the sacred-ordinary blessings waiting to greet us each and every day.
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Happiest of days, Rose Willow! Enjoy, totally.
P.S. love the one with the mask and leather jacket....awesome!
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Oh! What a lovely girl! Happy Birthday beautiful! Congratulations to both of you. Me thinks someone might outshine the menora tonight.
You're both shine the love and the light this world needs,
Heart of my heart.. I can think of no better way to say it than that. A lovely girl and lovely words.ReplyDelete
all your pictures are wonderful! Love the one with the reflection of the trees!ReplyDelete
LOVELY pictures of your girl... wishing her the happiest day! :o) Happy Festival of Light, my friend ((HUGS))ReplyDelete
A very happy birthday :-)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful and expressive face she has, so complex.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos.
My Blue Monday.
Laura, this is simply stunningly beautiful. Rose Willow (such a lovely name!) is so beautiful. And what glorious photos you took of her - fantastic! Bet she loves them. I love the sky photo and "I love you bigger than the sky". As mothers do.
This filled my heart with happiness. Happy birthday to your beautiful birthday girl!
Beautiful series of shot. Have a fabulous week!
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What a beautiful birthday wish for a beautiful girl!ReplyDelete
Such a lovely series of photos and a special gift for a beautiful young lady. Happy Birthday Rose Willow!ReplyDelete
This made me smile bigger than anything else so far today. What a lovely tribute to a beautiful girl from an equally stunning writer. Great work.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday and many blessings for this beautiful girl! You put a smile on my face today, which is always welcomed! I enjoyed your post very much. Thank you for dropping by, glad you liked my Chanuka tablescape, wishing you and yours a very happy Chanuka Season.
What can I say but ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh much love and what a lovely name.... but then again what a wonderful mother - would expect no less... Happy Birthday to Mom and Rose Willow and Happy Chanukah to all - poem and photos sparkled with light as only you, Laura, can illuminate.ReplyDelete
She is so beautiful. I love the photos and the poetry. You are so talented.ReplyDelete
She's lovely! Happy Sweet 16 to her!ReplyDelete
She's lovely, Laura, as are your wonderful sentiments. Happy Birthday to your girl.
Wishing you and yours a very Chappy Chanukkah! ;)
Yes, very nice pictures, I really like the post today with so many beautiful pictures, beautiful portraits.
Lovely photos! Your daughter is beautiful and your poem is lovely. Happy Chanukah!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pics, you look like a princess!ReplyDelete
awesome pics. Your daughter is beautiful
Happy birthday to your lovely daughter ~
She has blossomed beautifully ~
Beautiful portraits of your beautiful daughter -- who is very lucky to have such a wise and talented mom!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your daughter!
I have always called my children "heart of my heart" too :-)
I love every shots!
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Oh what a beautiful young lady! These days go by so fast .... my baby turned 20 this year :)ReplyDelete
How beautiful Laura. Blessings on her Birthday. She's beautiful.ReplyDelete
I hope your daughter had a happy birthday. Wonderful photographs of her and also of nature.ReplyDelete
A beautiful wish to a beautiful girl. Happy Birthday to Rose Willow. Thank you for stopping by my blog.
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Happy Birthday to a beautiful young woman
wonderful portraits of her spirit
Very lovely...beautiful photos :)ReplyDelete
Lovely...beautiful photos :)ReplyDelete
Great share and beautiful photos..
Visiting from MYM- hope you can stop by..
I have a sixteen year old too. It's a scary time though...lol The photographs are gorgeous.
Sorry about my last comment, I didn't realize that is your girl, I thought it was you :)
She is a beautiful girl, she really looks like a princess.
Happy birthday for her and congratulations for you.
She's beautiful!ReplyDelete
A wonderful happy birthday to your beautiful daughter.ReplyDelete
She is lovely, even more than those delightful flowers you post. Hard to imagine my ten year old as a sixteen year old. I suppose in six years I won't have a choice.ReplyDelete
Just lovely! Happy birthday to her!ReplyDelete
She is beautiful. Happy Birthday and congrats to you mama. :)ReplyDelete
I'm glad to visit your blog. I love your photos! Beautiful lines as well: my petals have faded, heart of my heart, in your satin youth I see eternity reflected. Wow! Followed you on NB, using Steps On Air account :)ReplyDelete
What a lovely tribute to a beautiful daughter.ReplyDelete
so beautiful...happy birthday to your lovely daughter...ReplyDelete
Great portraits, great nature shots.
Thanks for your visit.
Happe Birthday to her. She is beautiful.ReplyDelete
Wonderful photos; great sentiments. Happy birthday to your daughter.ReplyDelete
Beautiful shots. Thank you for linking up this week!ReplyDelete
She's beautiful. Happy birthday to her!ReplyDelete
Oh what a lovely post and your daughter is so beautiful. How time flies with our children.. Happy Happy Birthday!!!!....MichelleReplyDelete
Wow! Wow! Beautiful captures! Just beautiful! :)
Was here for Wednesday Whites!
Such a pretty little lass blossoming to be an elegant lady. It's the perfect gift, a pride and joy to a mother's heart! Nicely Laura!
Wow...I love the way you cropped all of these, but that first shot is just so special. Great perspective!ReplyDelete
Lovely Photographs. The composition is great too.
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Thank you for all your comments!
Beautiful pictures!
Wow...16 year old celebration! She is beautiful and I love the black and white images...lovely.
Great photos!ReplyDelete
Lovely pictures! Beautiful girl! :)
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What a beautiful subject for beautiful portraits! Your heart must swell with love every time you look at her. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen!ReplyDelete
Thank you for commenting on my Today's Flowers post! I love your photography! That header picture is wonderful! And the shots of your daughter and the orchid are very creative and sweet. My daughter's birthday is also upcoming! Happy Birthday to yours!ReplyDelete
You have a beautiful Daughter. I hope she have a god day.
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I love that first shot, of the faded flower!! And the reflection of the sunset in the second!!ReplyDelete
very lovely pics! your daughter is sooo sweet ♥ReplyDelete
Your sky photos are stunning, especially the reflection. I am drawn deep, deep into the water...
Red Silk Flower and Sky
She is beautiful - like you! Even the sweet little heart of the flower ... is eclipsed! I hope she has a splendid birthday! (My twins turned 21 on Monday. Sigh. It happened way too fast!)
Great photos on your daughter.
Congratulations !
Oh, such tender words and beautiful photos! Happy Birthday to your beautiful one.ReplyDelete
Bright Blessings to your lovely daughter; and to you, the gracious, gifted Mother.ReplyDelete
These are all wonderful shots. I love your sky shots as well as the lovely pictures of your beautiful daughter. Happy birthday and have a wonderful weekend.ReplyDelete
wow beautiful shots!
visiting from Wednesday Whites!
A lovely series of beautiful compositions.ReplyDelete
Such a lovely girl. God bless her on her birthday and going forward. She is a good sport to allow you to create a portfolio for her. :-)ReplyDelete
Your sky shots are awesome!ReplyDelete
Belated happy birthday to your lovely daughter!
Wonderful shots -all of them.
Thanks for visiting, Laura :)
Ah! What a pretty young lady! Happy 16 to the angel, wish her the best in life now and always.
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This is so nice, lovely and beautiful.ReplyDelete
I wish you a nice weekend! ★
Very beautiful.ReplyDelete
Nice in B&W too!ReplyDelete
Nice shots, and great portrait photography too:)ReplyDelete
Lindas fotos, alegres e puras
Great photos, and I really like the b&w series of your daughter:)
Have a nice weekend:)
Beautiful and nice photos!ReplyDelete
magnifique cielReplyDelete
Your daughter is so lucky to have you as a mom. I love the swirly gold tresses. She will become even more wonderful with time. I love being the mother of an adult daughter!ReplyDelete
She is a lovely young woman.
Happy birthday, Rose Willow, may you be as beautiful and as flexible as your namesakes.
Blessings to you, Laura!
Has it been another year already? We've watched her grow into a beautiful woman, you must be very proud.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Rose Willow!ReplyDelete
This a beautiful set of picture : the young Lady is so pretty, the reflection so perfect, and the zoom on the flower stunning !ReplyDelete
Beautiful captures. She is so pretty.
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Lindas fotos! Parabéns à sua filha! Gostei das citações!ReplyDelete
Your daughter is so beautiful! A lovely girl at a lovely age.ReplyDelete
Lovely series. Happy birthday to your daughter!ReplyDelete
LOVE the Queen Anne's Lace... Thank you for sharing on Weekly Top Shot #61!ReplyDelete
wow! great photos.. and your blossoming 16 is so gorgeous! you must be very proud to have her. The last photo of the sky is just majestic. Thanks for joining Wednesday Whites last week Laura!ReplyDelete
Wonderful leaf in your header.ReplyDelete
Congrats on celebrating a special occassion wit so many pretty photos, happy holidays to you and the familyReplyDelete
What a beauty, Laura. You capture her essence in your photos.ReplyDelete
thanx for sharing your lovely pics with weekend flowers :)ReplyDelete


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1 & 1/2 cups sugar, 1 cup buttermilk, 1/2 cup biscuit mix, 1 & 1/3 cups margarine, 1 tsp. vanilla, 3 eggs. Mix well. Grease pan. Bake 350 for 30 minutes.
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Now & Zen now open
Now & Zen, the little Asian/sushi place on 2nd Street in front of the McGuffey Art Center, opened quietly for lunch Monday, February 28, at 11:30am.
We stopped by to catch up with owner Toshi Sato, a former chef at Tokyo Rose back in the day, as well as a Japanese wedding planner at Keswick Hall, and it's a truly remarkable use of a very small space. There's a small counter and some seating with natural light in back.
That's fine with Sato, who says he didn't want to open a big restaurant. He was pretty busy cooking, getting ready to open in about an hour, so head down and check it out. Yes, there'll be sushi and miso soup and such, but Sato says it won't strictly be a sushi place.
"I'll be creating a lot of different things," he says.
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We went for lunch today and while they are sorting out some first week wrinkles, the sushi (and tofu steak) is awesome and really affordable. Staff and chef were very friendly...can't wait to go back.
Perfect lunch there today. Tasty, fast and clean. What more can you ask for. I will be a regular customer for sure.
How wonderful to have this gem in our neighborhood!
Toshi Sato is a true asset to Charlottesville, I look forward to having all my NYC visitors and friends meting
my Charlottesville friends here!
Toshi is a sushi chef, that I can brag about!
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Very mixed experience there for lunch. Gyoza grisly, falling apart, too oniony, but otherwise good flavor. Pre-made items tough and chewy. Delicious tofu steak. Worst part of whole meal = tap water, which tasted like a firecracker. Really terrible tasting.
mmmm food was so delish. i loved the sushi and curry. very friendly waitress


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Terry Francona could have waited to manage somewhere else. At some point, a more talented team in a major market with a massive payroll would make him an offer.
But if he was going back, there was only one team for him.
And when the Cleveland Indians called, Francona was on his way.
"I knew it was right for me," he said.
Francona, who led the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles, was introduced yesterday as the new manager of the Indians, who crashed in the second half this season after contending for four months. It's a family reunion of sorts for Francona, who has ties with the Indians stretching back over 50 years.
His father, Tito, played six seasons in Cleveland and Francona spent a year working as an assistant in the Indians' front office after he was fired by Philadelphia.
Francona signed a four-year contract. He hopes to stay even longer.
"I don't want to be a rental manager," he said. "I didn't want to come in worried. I want to be part of the solution. I want to stick around. I didn't come here to go to pasture."
With an impressive r�sum� that includes ending Boston's 86-year world championship drought, Francona was picked by the Indians over Sandy Alomar Jr., who served as the club's bench coach before taking over as interim manager for the final six games after Manny Acta was fired on Sept. 27.
Francona is inheriting an Indians team that finished 68-94 and 20 games out of first place in the AL Central. Cleveland went 18-45 after July 27, an inexplicable collapse that cost Acta his job and sent Indians general manager Chris Antonetti and president Mark Shapiro searching for a strong leader to take over a club with young talent and potential.
They didn't have to look far. The night Acta was dismissed, Antonetti called Francona, who spent the past year working as an analyst for ESPN. Before long the two friends were hammering out contract terms.
"There's two main reasons I'm here today — Chris Antonetti and Mark Shapiro," Francona said. "We've kept in touch for the last 12 years. I value not only their friendship but their guidance and their leadership. I know we have challenges ahead of us but I look forward to us tackling these challenges as a unit, as a 'we.' I'm genuinely excited to do that."
After being introduced by Antonetti, Francona looked toward the back of the room, where his 78-year-old father sat proudly.
"In 1959, a guy hit .363 and that was the year I was born," Francona said, "and it just so happens to be the same guy that is the best father a son could ever ask. "
Francona said he became emotional when he informed his dad that he was the new manager of the Indians.
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Tito Francona said he offered his son some advice when he learned he was interviewing in Cleveland.
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Francona has not yet hired any coaches for his staff. Alomar is under contract for one more season and has been offered the chance to return as the team's bench coach. But the 46-year-old Alomar could be a candidate for other managerial openings in Boston and Colorado.
Since accepting the Indians' offer on Saturday, Francona said he has reached out to several players on Cleveland's roster and is eager to begin getting the Indians, who haven't made the playoffs since 2007 — when they lost to Francona and the Red Sox in the ALCS — headed in the right direction.
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Some hospitals are now asking their patients to scan their palms, ostensibly to compile a biometric data base to prevent identity theft.
Don't do it! Nor is the palm scan mandatory; it's purely optional. But they won't volunteer that information unless you ask.
Natasha Singer reports for the New York Times, Nov. 10, 2012, that she was told they needed to scan her palm "for her file" when she recently visited a doctor's office at New York University Langone Medical Center.
Singer balked. As she explains: "As a reporter who has been covering the growing business of data collection, I know the potential drawbacks — like customer profiling — of giving out my personal details. But the idea of submitting to an infrared scan at a medical center that would take a copy of the unique vein patterns in my palm seemed fraught."
Consumer advocates are sounding the warning that more and more institutions are employing biometric data "to improve convenience," but we are paying for that convenience with the loss of our privacy.
Fingerprints, facial dimensions and vein patterns are unique, and should be treated as carefully as genetic samples. So collecting such information for expediency could actually increase the risks of serious identity theft. Yet companies and institutions that compile such data often fail to adequately explain the risks to consumers.
Pam Dixon, the executive director of the San Diego-based advocacy group World Privacy Forum explains: "Let's say someone makes a fake ID and goes in and has their photo and their palm print taken as you. What are you going to do when you go in? Hospitals that are doing this are leaping over profound security issues that they are actually introducing into their systems."
N.Y.U.'s system, called PatientSecure and marketed by HT Systems of Tampa, has already scanned more than 250,000 patients. In the United States, over five million patients have had the scans, said Charles Yanak, a spokesman for Fujitsu Frontech North America, a division of Fujitsu, the Japanese company that developed the vein palm identification technology.
Yet, unless patients at N.Y.U. seem uncomfortable with the process, medical registration staff members don't inform them that they can opt out of photos and scans. Neither does N.Y.U. have formal consent, which raises red flags for privacy advocates. "If they are not informing patients it is optional," said Joel Reidenberg, a professor at Fordham University Law School with an expertise in data privacy, "then effectively it is coerced consent."
He noted that N.Y.U. medical center has had recent incidents in which computers or USB drives containing unencrypted patient data have been lost or stolen, suggesting that the center's collection of biometric data might increase patients' risk of identity theft.
At her request, N.Y.U. medical center did delete Singer's palm print.
Here's what to do if a hospital, doctor's office, or some other institution wants to scan your palm, take your photo, or obtain some other biometric information from you:
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Census Records for Rhode Island
This entry was originally written by Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1880, 1900, 1920
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• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
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• 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
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• 1890
Before obtaining statehood, Rhode Island took several censuses for a variety of purposes. These are supplemented by the freemen's lists indicating all those admitted to free status between 1747 and 1755. The originals and a card index are at the Rhode Island State Archives, but they have been published in Bruce C. MacGunnigle, Rhode Island Freemen, 1747'1755 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977).
Some censuses were ordered as early as 1706, but the earliest extant census is for 1730, although only Portsmouth and part of South Kingston returns have been located. African Americans and whites are enumerated and identified as such in the lists transcribed by Mildred Mosher Chamberlain and published in Rhode Island Roots 7 (1981): 16-17 and 10 (1984): 1.
The 1774 census has survived for nearly all towns and has been indexed and published. Only New Shoreham (Block Island) is missing. Since this is a pre-Revolutionary War list, its value is in locating these families before the decline in population and the economic and political changes caused by the war. Original returns are at Rhode Island State Archives, but their publication makes them more accessible. See John R. Bartlett, Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1858; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969).
A military census falls chronologically between the 1774 and 1782 census (see Military Records). The last census before the federal censuses begin can be found indexed in Jay Mack Holbrook's, Rhode Island 1782 Census (Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1979). Since returns for some of the towns were lost, this is a reconstructed census using original manuscripts and tax lists to replace those lost records. Returns for North Providence and Smithfield are not extant. There is a breakdown by age, sex, and race in the original manuscript, but Holbrook covers whites only (see also Rhode Island Military Records).
Rhode Island is the only New England state with extensive state census records taken every ten years between 1865 and 1935 (1895 is missing). Similar to the federal census, the Rhode Island State Archives has microfilm copies of all the state censuses with an every-name index to the 1865 state census and indexes to the 1875 and 1885 censuses. Microfilm copies of the 1865, 1875, and 1885 censuses are also at the Rhode Island Historical Society. See Maureen Taylor, 'Rhode Island Local and State Censuses,' available by membership subscription at New England Historic Genealogical Society.
External Links
- Rhode Island Census Records - free up-to-date guide to accessing Rhode Island census records. Identifies federal, state, and colonial censuses, as well as substitute records (FamilySearch Research Wiki).