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Photos taken by a very dear friend. Thank you for a wonderful day!
Happy Knitting!
xoxo IrishgirlieKnits
Photos taken by a very dear friend. Thank you for a wonderful day!
Happy Knitting!
xoxo IrishgirlieKnits
So when does Blue Moon just cut out the middle man and start dealing directly with you? ;-)
Oh my! Be still my heart! I want a basket o' yarn like that too!!!
Please tell you didn't get ALL of that yarn?!?!
bmfa will never go out of business so long as you're aroung!
Bwah! I love that sign. And the yarn, of course. :D
Umm... were you just carrying the yarn from one building to another or were you on the way to your car? Where were you anyway?
OMG! Did you feel like you had just died and gone to heaven? It must have been amazing!!!
Maybe someday you can let us in on the secret:) How you made into yarn heaven and what it was like:)
Good for you!
Gasp! Cough! Splutter! Choke!......look at it all!
Oh my, you really did have a fabulous time. The smile says it all, never mind the shopping basket. So glad you had fun :0)
oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god - YUMMY!
Holy guacomole!!!!! Seriously?? WOW!
...i am surprised that there is anything left after your visit! So sorry I missed it!
I love it!!! I love it!!! Awesome stash enhancement expedition!! You rock!!
I'm so sorry I missed you on Monday! Sunday was a total blast and I so look forward to doing it again!!
ok, are you opening your own stash store??!!? Holy @#$# - It's basket of heaven!
love the sign
I... I... a basket of... oh my. *fans self*
Whew girlie!! You are set for a while now huh? Good thing my order was set aside before you got there ;) Have a blast with it all!
OMG! STR must be taking over your whole house by now!I wonder how many colors you don't have? :)
... well, are you the favorite knitter or what? you might as well move and go to work for BMFA. you can work quality assurance or something.
WOOHOOOOOO! man! did you go home and dump it all out on the bed and roll around naked in it?!?!
Wow! Double WOW!
Now of course I want to know what you're gonna knit with it all.
Woohoo! You lucky lucky girl!
Wow! That's just awesome!
Hm....trip to Ireland, trip to The Moon...close call! I haven't found any good yarn here yet!Guess the sights, music, and food will have to do for now.
Oh my good gravy that's a lot of socks that rock!!!!!
omg...omg...I might hyperventilate looking at all of that fabulousness...nice haul!
I want some of that yummy fiber goodness! OMG! You had a wonderful day it looks like! :) It was so much fun to meet you on Sunday!
WOW. That's fantastic!!! :)
I am can't believe you weren't light headed after leaving there! The look on your face is priceless! I am so excited for you! Thanks so much for the visit! My first sock is coming right along thanks to you!!!!
I have no words.
You are my best friend now, sit next to me with all that love soon!
Look at all that yummy STR!
I love that sign. I need that sign.
And all that yarn can't be yours. It just can't.
I'm still waiting to hear all about it!
Tell us the story about the gynormous basket of yarn! I want to live vicariously through you!!!How many are in the there, exactly?
OMG!!!! That is just amazing!
I'm speechless!


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Mobile Platforms: Windows Mobile -- not quite there yet
Mobile managers face a tough choice when weighing which mobile platform or operating system to deploy. We've assembled a team of experts and asked them to weigh the good and bad of each mobile platform to help you choose the one that's right for your company. In Part 2 we examine Windows Mobile, Microsoft's mobile operating system. Experts say when it comes to functionality, Windows Mobile may have a little house-cleaning to do before it goes truly mainstream.
We at SearchMobileComputing.com want to make that choice a little easier. We've assembled a team of experts and asked them to weigh the good and bad of each mobile platform. On the fourth Wednesday of each month, we'll present the pluses and minuses of a different platform. With this series of stories, we hope to help you choose the platform that's right for your company and help you cast aside those that may not fit your needs.
Part 2: Windows Mobile. It's Microsoft, so it will gain its share of the market on name alone. But when it comes to functionality, Windows Mobile may have a little house-cleaning to do before it goes truly mainstream.
Walk into any San Francisco-area BART station and you can't miss it: huge, glossy advertisements for Windows Mobile, Microsoft's mobile operating system. The signs are affixed to walls, dangling from poles, even stuck to the floors at the foot of escalators.
Obviously, someone in Redmond has a point to make.
According to Avi Greengart, principal analyst with Current Analysis, Windows Mobile 5.0 is the Pocket PC version, which includes Mobile Office, touch-screen support, synchronization with Outlook Notes, and other capabilities that are not on the smartphone edition.
According to Greengart, however, the smartphone version is more user-friendly because it does not have a touch-screen design and assumes that users don't have a QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone edition has icons on top that quickly launch frequently used applications without having to grab a stylus, and it auto-completes numbers or names that a user is dialing from the numeric keypad.
"Still, version 5 of Windows Mobile Pocket PC is the first Pocket PC version that is really appropriate for a smartphone," Greengart said. "Prior versions were PDAs with phone functionality partially -- and only partially -- grafted on."
From a market perspective, Windows Mobile is holding its own. According to Todd Kort of Gartner Inc., Windows Mobile led the PDA operating system market in the first quarter of 2006 with 52.6% of the worldwide market, edging out BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), which held a 25.4% stake. On smartphones, Windows had a 4% stake of the operating systems in the same quarter, ranking third behind Symbian and Linux, with 64.8% and 26%, respectively. Overall, Microsoft had a 12% share in the combined PDA and smartphone markets in the first quarter of 2006, again beaten out by Symbian at 54.4% and Linux at 21.8%.
"Windows Mobile is taking a slow but steady share in the PDA space," Kort said.
In a recent informal poll on SearchMobileComputing.com, 26% of respondents said Windows Mobile is the most prevalent mobile platform in their organization. Windows Mobile tied BlackBerry for the top spot; Palm OS was next in line with 20%.
"Microsoft is kind of getting the benefit of people who don't like the BlackBerry," Kort said.
The Good
The main draw of the Windows Mobile operating system, according to experts, is its maker -- Microsoft. Countless businesses and organizations consider themselves "Windows shops," meaning they almost exclusively run Windows applications. According to Jack Gold, principal and founder of J. Gold Associates, a Northborough, Mass.-based research and advisory firm, the name alone singles out Windows Mobile.
"The single strong point is it's Windows Mobile -- it's Microsoft," Gold said. "For a Windows or Microsoft shop, it's a wise decision, since it's fairly easy to add into the mix if a company has an affinity to other Windows applications, like Word and Excel."
Windows Mobile also actively syncs to the Exchange and SQL servers, and though that system may be somewhat lacking, Greengart said, it is still the best active sync on the market.
"Microsoft's synchronization is a lot like democracy: It's a terrible system, but the best one we have," Greengart said. "PIM sync and media sync are still separate, and where the settings are stored [and] accessed appears somewhat arbitrary. Still, it is more modern that Palm's now antiquated HotSync and more uniform than what Symbian licensees choose.
"Windows Mobile PIM functionality is good, finally, though still not as optimized for data entry as Palm," Greengart continued. "Consumers assume that Outlook sync is included with Windows Mobile devices, and many consumers assume that it is not included on Palm and Symbian. This perception gap is a shame, because for the longest time, Palm did Outlook sync much better than Microsoft themselves. The perception gap comes up again for Office docs; Palm and Symbian licensees often include third-party products that are superior to Microsoft's own offerings, but many users assume otherwise. On Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition, Office Mobile isn't even included."
Along with the ability to use several Windows applications, Windows Mobile also excels with incorporating third-party applications, Greengart said.
"Microsoft's library of third-party software is stronger than Symbian's, much stronger than RIM, but still not as broad or deep as the Palm OS," he said. "Microsoft has a big leg-up with corporate developers; Microsoft keeps its APIs similar for both Windows on the desktop and Windows Mobile. What's more, Microsoft also produces industry-leading software tools, which all work with its mobile platform as well."
Windows Mobile is also not NOC based, meaning there is no server, which can be a plus or minus, depending on preference.
The Bad
"If you're not a Windows shop, the attractiveness is much less," Gold said. "It's not a slam dunk unless you're a Windows shop."
Windows Mobile is complex for folks not attuned to some of the Windows applications, according to Gold, creating a steeper learning curve.
"You can't just pick up a device and figure it out," he said. "Microsoft has not done the best job making it easy. It's not a 98-pound weakling, it's a 180-pound gorilla. It's big and it takes a lot of resources."
And although there is a lot of third-party software available for Windows Mobile, Microsoft's own software is sometimes a cross to bear, Greengart said.
"Microsoft's software sometimes seems at odds with the hardware it is running on, particularly in terms of control layout," he said. For example, some devices from HTC that run Windows Mobile don't have OK or menu buttons. And in some cases, OK can actually mean cancel in Windows Mobile lingo, he added.
Also, with Windows Mobile, a battery-life indicator is an aftermarket add-on, Greengart said.
"Multitasking is strong, but there is no way to easily close programs instead of hiding them," he said. "The competition is much better in this regard. Nokia dominates Symbian devices on the market, and the hardware/software integration tends to be good. Palm dominates the Palm OS devices on the market, and the hardware/software integration on the Treo is top-notch.
Another hindrance, according to Kort, is the difference between Windows Mobile's PDA and smartphone versions. The smartphone version doesn't support a touch-screen, and the application strength doesn't translate well to the small keyboards. Plus, some applications on the PDA format don't run well (or at all) on the smartphone profile, and there is a much smaller library of applications for the smartphone variations.
Some of these hurdles are keeping phone manufacturers from coming around to Windows Mobile, Kort said. Right now, it's available on some Palm Treos, the Motorola Q and some Samsung devices. But Nokia, the worldwide handset leader, has shied away from Windows Mobile.
The Indifferent
Currently, Windows Mobile's email functionality is considered "fair" by most experts, though some are quick to point out that it appears to be getting better. Instead of a push email model like BlackBerry, Windows Mobile uses a sort of fast-pull system, which retrieves data quickly instead of having it pushed out to the device.
"Mobile email is essentially free if you are already using Microsoft Exchange SP2 as your corporate email server," Greengart said. "Even with MSFP there is no true push -- it's more like a rapid pull. This crosses the 'good enough' threshold for most people, but is noticeably inferior [for] anyone accustomed to a BlackBerry."
Email security is also questionable for Windows Mobile devices, Greengart said.
"Unlike the BlackBerry, there is no end-to-end security on the native email client," he said.
Kort agreed, noting that in Windows Mobile "there's not a lot of great security" for email. Companies are better off adding in third-party software for email and mobile email security and management, he said – Good Mobile Messaging (formerly GoodLink), for example, which he believes is better than Microsoft's native email.
"I'm expecting Microsoft to get there eventually; right now, though, they're not at the first tier with RIM and Good," Kort said of Windows Mobile's email.
Supported and non-supported screen resolutions can also have an impact on the email experience, Greengart said. Many Windows Mobile phones meant for email have less than ideal screen resolution when compared with a Nokia E61 or BlackBerry 8700.
Along with email concerns, Windows Mobile's user interface, which tries to mimic the Windows desktop, can create extra steps for users.
"There's no question that putting a hierarchal menu system on a small device ensures that you'll always need extra steps to get anything done," Greengart said. "From a usability perspective, it simply is not appropriate to graft Windows onto a device with a small screen and no mouse. However, average consumers often find the Windows Mobile easier to use than other mobile operating system choices because the learning curve is relatively short -- the Start menu paradigm is something they are already familiar with."
The opposite extreme would be Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry OS, which offers no visible menu structure but all kinds of short cuts, according to Greengart.
"Give nearly anyone a Windows Mobile device and ask them to open the calendar and enter an appointment, and they'll be able to do it," he said. "Palm prides itself on its ease of use, and indeed, the Palm OS Treo has a separate button just for calendar and another to launch an applications screen. But there's a good reason Microsoft sticks with the Windows motif. Newcomers find this environment very familiar, and it eases corporate training costs."
The Conclusion
Experts admit that the Microsoft brand is quick to draw in potential users, but the Windows Mobile platform is at a crossroads. It's getting there, Kort said, but it's not quite ready yet.
"If you're using a lot of third-party applications, there's a lot of software available," he said. "Microsoft has third-party applications pretty well nailed."
Experts agree that Windows Mobile email is also close, but still lacks the security and rich feature set of some of the competition.
Windows Mobile is not necessarily a home run, according to Gold, but for companies used to a Windows environment, it could easily rise to the top among mobile operating system choices.
"There's nothing in Windows Mobile that's head and shoulders above other mobile operating systems," Gold said, "but for an organization that's invested with Windows, this is a good choice."

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ROCHESTER — The man accused of burglarizing a Walnut Street home in August was recently indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges, and remains held at Strafford County House of Corrections on $10,000 cash only bail.
Justin Fuller, 25, of 11 Whipple Road in Kittery, Maine, was indicted on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools, and receiving stolen property in September.
According to police, Fuller was arrested after Walnut Street residents reported a possible burglary in progress on Aug. 18. Shortly after coming home that evening, the residents found an open door, between two garage doors, which was recently closed and locked by them. The motion light was also activated, and it appeared as though someone had run out of the home when one resident went downstairs.
When police arrived, it was discovered a key hidden outside of the home was also missing.
Police started a K9 track from the door in the garage. The track led down the driveway and onto Walnut Street, and continued onto the lawn of Blue Oasis Salon, located on 117 Walnut Street, according to a police affidavit by Officer Rachel Ricker.
Police then noticed a bicycle track in the wet grass on the lawn. The tracks led officers to the rear of the salon building, where Fuller was hiding behind a dumpster wearing camouflage. He had a maroon bicycle and a grey checkered backpack.
After Fuller was placed in handcuffs, police asked if he had just been to the Walnut Street home that was reportedly burglarized. According to the affidavit, Fuller stated he had. He said that upon seeing a vehicle pulling into the driveway, he got behind that vehicle and followed it inside the garage without being seen. Fuller told police the occupants of the vehicle, went inside the home, but Fuller got "spooked" and ran out the door when one of the residents came into the garage.
Police searched Fuller's backpack, and found items consistent with tools used for burglaries — an air soft pistol gun, machete, hammer, screwdriver, duct tape, hatchet, thin metal wire, pry bar, descenter, bug spray, and a large coffee container full of change. Fuller also had a head lamp flashlight on his head.
At the police station, officers conducted a secondary search of Fuller's belongings, at which time a key was found inside his wallet. It was then determined that the opens the garage door of the Walnut Street home that was reportedly burglarized.
When Fuller was found, Rochester police had an active arrest warrant on him, for a receiving stolen property charge.
On Aug. 15, a Dry Hill Road resident reported that his Century safe was stolen during a burglary. On Aug. 16, an employee of Rochester's Holiday Inn reported to police that she recovered property from a room being rented by Fuller. When police came to talk to her the next day, the employee said she overheard Fuller talking on the phone, saying, "Now I'm going to need an axe to get into the safe," according to the affidavit.
In the trash in Fuller's hotel room, officers found a Spaulding High School diploma, and other paperwork, with the name of the Dry Hill Road resident who reported being burglarized. Fuller was checking out of the hotel room at the same time as police were taking custody of this property.
In addition to the paperwork, police found a red jewelry box, several pocket watches, and a pen knife in the trash of Fuller's hotel room. Several of the items reported stolen from the Dry Hill Road home were found in the hotel room, according to the police affidavit, and the alleged burglary victim confirmed the found items belonged to him.
After his indictment in September, Fuller waived his arraignment, which had been scheduled for Oct. 4. He remains being held at Strafford County House of Corrections in lieu of $10,000 cash.
According to court documents, the state is expected to make a plea offer to Fuller by next week.
The burglary charge Fuller is facing is a Class A felony. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 7� to 15 years in prison. The receiving stolen property and possession of burglary tools charges are Class A misdemeanors, each carrying a maximum sentence of 12 months in jail if convicted.
An indictment is not an indication of guilt; rather, it means a jury found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
Kittery man accused of burglarizing home indicted
ROCHESTER — The man accused of burglarizing a Walnut Street home in August was recently indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges, and remains held at Strafford County House of Corrections on $10,000 cash only bail.


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Where the brook "Erf" in the river "Main" ends, you'll find "Bürgstadt". A neighboring community of "Miltenberg" at the southwest bend of the main quadrangle. "Bürgstadt" is known for Pinot Noir. One attraction is the "Martinskapelle". Built by 950 the small chapel decorated a painting done around 1590. The Bible is presented in 40 medallions.
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Wikipedia: Franconia (German: Franken) is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Heilbronn-Franken. The Bavarian part is made up of the administrative regions of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken).Franconia (like France) is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks. This tribe played a major role after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and colonised large parts of medieval Europe.Modern day Franconia comprises only a very tiny and rather remote part of the settlement area of the ancient Franks. In German, Franken is used for both modern day Franconians and the historic Franks, which leads to some confusion. The historic Frankish Empire, Francia, is actually the common precursor of the Low Countries, France and Germany. In 843 the Treaty of Verdun led to the partition of Francia into West Francia (modern day France), Middle Francia (from the Low Countries along the Rhine valley to northern Italy) and East Francia (modern day Germany). Frankreich, the German word for "France", and Frankrijk, the Dutch word for "France"; literally mean "the Frankish Empire".


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The Super Awesome Acoustic Show at Low Spirits (2823 Second NW) is a series of themed performances that offers an unusual opportunity for musicians and fans to see their favorite performers in a new and potentially uncomfortable position. Much of the crowd tends to be musicians, and it's a great chance to rekindle friendships, rub elbows, mend fences and for fans to get more than just a glance at their favorite musicians.
I met with the gentleman who concocted this idea, Harry Redus-Brown, over a number of drinks at a local bar. We had quite the discussion. As interesting as it was—and it was—what was even more fascinating was the number of local musicians showing up at our table, coming and going. It was cool to sit back and watch how close-knit we all were, despite some of us barely knowing one another. Five separate conversations clanged away at once.
This fits the theme of this show and community perfectly. Performers each get 10 minutes to play a set of songs they believe should have been huge. "I would love for them to even play their own songs that they felt should have been huge," says Redus-Brown. "There are no real rules. It's essentially a club meeting of the music scene. And everyone is welcome to join." Case in point: A local musician showed up at our table during the interview asking if she could join in on the show. His response? "Sure. Rock and roll."
One musician stood out to me during our boozy meeting: Lauren Anderson. She was so intriguing that I had to talk to her separately. She's a quiet—okay, neither of us is actually quiet—and vastly intelligent person and an amazingly talented singer and songwriter. At her home one afternoon, we spoke mostly about books—mostly about everything.
When she sat at that piano and began to sing, the air in the room just froze. She knows when to sing and when not to sing. She knows every corner of a song. I liked one song so much that she wrote the lyrics in my notebook. I damn near cried. Her kind of talent comes with a price. Sometimes, she pays it. This is Anderson's first performance in some time. As I mentioned earlier, there is an element of the uncomfortable in the shows that Redus-Brown creates. But those lights will hit Anderson, and you too will feel the air in the room go still.
Anderson and I set off for lunch with her 3-year-old niece in tow. After lunch, the kiddo wanted a lollipop and a park. The image of me pushing a stroller around downtown is pretty damn amusing to anyone that knows me. We walked a couple miles for the lollipop, talking about music. We talked about crazy people and not-so-crazy people, and how the latter must be sad. She spoke about how easy it is to be misunderstood when you do your own thing. We discussed how it's really just up to you if you just let it be. Her work is not what you would call mainstream, but it's also something it doesn't take long to understand. I appreciate that. Just talking on the street, stroller in hand, her spirit crawled up my spine and into my brain and rested there.
She mostly told me to watch my language in front of the young'un several times. The kid fell asleep in the stroller, so we never made it to the park. But it was a pleasant opportunity to get around the corners of Anderson's perspective on music and life. And there are a lot of corners there.
But, then, none of these performers are to be passed over. And 10 minutes goes by real fast. With this type of group—this gathering of talent—you just never know what will happen.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading business group on Wednesday threw its support behind the politically unpopular idea of raising the federal gasoline tax to help fund trillions of dollars in projected U.S. infrastructure needs.
"The Chamber (of Commerce) supports reasonable increases in gas taxes that are phased in and indexed to inflation," the group's president, Thomas Donohue, told the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation.
"From a business standpoint, if you need something that's going to provide a good return, you have to go out and invest in it and buy it," he said, referring to highways and other infrastructure that make it possible to produce and move goods.
"That's why we're willing to pay more in gas and diesel taxes for something we know is going to make us more productive and efficient and lower our costs," Donohue said.
An American Society of Civil Engineers study estimates the United States needs to spend $2.75 trillion to maintain and improve its infrastructure by 2020, or roughly two-thirds more than the $1.66 trillion in expected federal, state and local government funding over that period.
The cost of failing to make those investments in highways, waterways, power grids, rail and other infrastructure projects would be about $3.1 trillion in cumulative lost economic output by 2020 and about 3.5 million lost jobs, the study said.
The federal share of highway projects has traditionally been funded by the federal gasoline tax, which has been 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993 and is seen as an increasingly ineffective way of raising revenue because of rising automobile fuel efficiency.
Efforts to the raise the gasoline tax have run into stiff opposition in Congress from Republicans opposed to any tax increase. Fourteen states also haven't raised their gas tax in 20 years, although eight states have since 2008, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The gasoline tax and related revenue measures that go into the federal Highway Trust Fund raised about $40 billion in 2007, before falling to around $36 billion in 2011.
U.S. standards require automakers to meet an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 miles per gallon for new cars and trucks by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025, putting more pressure on the gasoline tax as a revenue source.
The U.S. Chamber, which represents more than 3 million large and small businesses, supports raising the gasoline tax while continuing to look for new ways of funding highway projects in what is a tough budget environment, Donohue said.
That stance prompted Republican Representative John Mica, the immediate past chairman of the House Transportation Committee, to suggest Donohue was out of touch with his membership and to urge him to look for a new job.
"Rather than focus on innovation and investment from the private sector, cutting wasteful programs and red tape, (Donohue) championed tax increases. Rather than cite vision and innovation for cost effective transportation solutions, he advocates tax increases," Mica said.
But current Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, at a forum hosted earlier in the day by the U.S. Chamber, said all options for funding highway and other infrastructure had "to be on the table."
Shuster, a Republican, warned that the United States' ability to compete in world markets was at risk without more money to pay for projects.
"We will reach a tipping point and the transportation system may not recover and we will fall behind the rest of the world."
Shuster said he agreed that relying on the gasoline tax probably was not sustainable over the long term, but it would be hard to shift in the short term to other options.
Payment systems based on "vehicle miles traveled" are unpopular, particularly proposals to put transponders in cars to record and transmit the mileage data, he said.
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, said it was "inescapable" that the federal gasoline tax had to be raised in the short term to fund highway projects.
He also advocated giving more states the ability to collect tolls on the federal interstate highway system and called for a new infrastructure bank to provide loans for projects.
Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Vicki Allen and Eric Beech


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Speaker Cable Challenge
Listenin' in the Lab
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"Do cables really make a difference?"
We hear that question every day, and there's no simple answer that everyone will agree on. Most people who try high-quality speaker cables like what they hear. But others are convinced that cables can't possibly make an audible difference.
Costlier cables generally use higher-quality metal, and more of it, than "brand X" wire. That could help them transfer signals more accurately from an amplifier or receiver to the speakers. We can measure the electrical characteristics of a cable, like resistance and capacitance, but that won't tell us much about sound quality. The real proof is in the listening.
So, we set up some listening tests in the home audio/video room at Crutchfield Labs. We actually conducted two separate tests: different cables, different electronics and speakers, and some different co-workers for our listening panels. Both panels included a mix of audiophiles and casual listeners.
Test #1: 18-gauge "lamp cord" vs. AudioQuest Type 4
For our first test we compared generic 18-gauge "lamp cord" from a home improvement store with AudioQuest Type 4 speaker cables. The 18-gauge is a stranded cable with bare-wire connections to the amp and speakers, while the Type 4 has solid-core conductors and was terminated with banana connectors. For this test we used what's known as a "single-blind A-B" format — the listeners don't know which of the two products they're hearing, but the person conducting the test does.
A challenge for any audio comparison is making sure listeners can form solid impressions of the sonic characteristics of Product A and Product B. So, our panel listened to a complete track rather than switching back and forth with brief snippets of music. At one point, we did try the rapid switching approach, but the listeners quickly lost track of which was which. Our test track was "Layla," from Eric Clapton's Unplugged CD.
Most of the panel preferred the AudioQuest cables, with observations like: "the Type 4 sounded more precise — voices stood out instead of getting mashed together." Another listener felt that "drums had more impact, and Clapton's voice had a greater sense of presence." One listener preferred the 18-gauge wire, saying "it sounded more dynamic."
Playback equipment for this test included an NAD C 565BEE CD player connected digitally to the PS Audio Digital Link III DAC. We also used NAD's C 356BEE integrated amp, which drove a pair of PSB Imagine T speakers.
Test #2: AudioQuest 16-gauge in-wall wire vs. AudioQuest Type 4
Our second test, which we conducted about two weeks after the first one, was a bit more challenging. We pitted AudioQuest's 16-gauge FLX in-wall wire with bare-wire connections against the AQ Type 4. This test was "double-blind A-B" — neither the listeners nor the tester knew which product was which.
We wanted to test the in-wall wire because we talk to lots of folks who want to do long multi-room cable runs in their walls or ceiling. AQ's FLX is a stranded wire, but unlike lamp cord, it's actually designed and manufactured for use as speaker wire.
We listened to a couple tracks for this test. "Keith Don't Go," from Nils Lofgren's Acoustic Live CD, has been an audio demo favorite for a few years now. It's an amazing example of how powerful a single voice and acoustic guitar can be.
He alternately brushes and bangs on the strings, and at one point unleashes a shower of pinprick harmonics that seems to float off into the night air. Listening to one of the cables — which turned out to be the Type 4 — those harmonics faded away in a very natural way, and the soundstage was big and open. The 16-gauge wire had the effect of putting a lid on the sound. Tone and clarity were fine, but there was a loss of air and presence.
The next track was a big change musically: "Sloop John B" from the DVD-Audio version of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. As often happens with high-res remasters of well-known music, the track sounded terrific over both cables, revealing layers of detail that made the song sound fresh. One of our casual listeners put it this way:
"The Lab system is so revealing that I heard details I'd never noticed before even with the 16-gauge. The Type 4 tied the various elements into more of a cohesive whole."
We all felt that the Type 4 consistently delivered stronger bass and greater presence on voices and instruments.
We used higher-resolution equipment for this test, including an Oppo BDP-95 universal Blu-ray player, connected to the powerful NAD Master Series M3 integrated amp, which drove a pair of THIEL CS2.4 speakers.
If you're interested in experimenting with new cables, we'd suggest trying them in your system for at least a month. Then, reconnect your old cables and see how much difference you notice. For just about any application, if the sound quality of your music matters at all, we'd recommend at least using good 16-gauge wire to connect your speakers.


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Kimbrel, Braves agree to four-year contract
Closer has led league in saves in three straight seasons; deal worth $42 million
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Craig Kimbrel no longer has to worry about the arbitration process. More importantly, the Braves have positioned themselves to not have to worry about who is going to handle their closing duties over the next four seasons.
The Braves have signed Kimbrel to a four-year, $42 million contract that includes a $13 million option for the 2018 season. If the option is exercised and all of the potential bonuses are earned, the package has a maximum value of $58.5 million.
Kimbrel's contract is the largest ever given to a closer who has not yet become a free agent. It also provides him the largest guarantee and average annual value ever given to any first-year arbitration-eligible pitcher.
"I'm very excited," Kimbrel said. "This is where I wanted to be. I'm glad we were able to come to terms and get this done.
"First of all, I want to thank God for giving me the ability that he has and blessing me to allow my family to be so close to me and be in the place where I've grown up always wanting to be. Now, I get to say I get to be here for four or five more years. If I didn't want to be here, this wouldn't be going on. I couldn't be any happier."
The Braves announced the deal on Sunday morning, approximately 24 hours before they had been scheduled to go to an arbitration hearing that would have determined whether Kimbrel's 2014 salary would be the team's offer of $6.55 million or his request of $9 million.
Kimbrel is guaranteed an average salary of $10.5 million over the next four years. If the maximum value is realized, he'll earn an average of $11.7 million over the next five years.
"I think we had to be creative and as we put the deal together," general manager Frank Wren said. "There was a lot of creativity at the end to try to bridge the gap of being fair to both sides. To his credit, he was willing to bridge it in a creative way. If he continues to perform at this level, he's going to get more. If he's just great or just good, then it's another number. I think it's a fair concept for both of us."
Through his first three seasons as Atlanta's closer, Kimbrel has managed to exceed the lofty expectations he produced during his successful Minor League days, when he was known as "the right-handed Billy Wagner." In the 210 appearances he has made since the start of the 2011 season, Kimbrel has converted 138 of 153 save opportunities, produced a 1.48 ERA and struck out 42.9 percent of the batters he has faced. No other Major League closer has converted more than 110 saves during this span.
While becoming the youngest pitcher to ever record a 50-save season in 2013, Kimbrel also became the first closer in Major League history to record 40-plus saves in each of his first three full seasons.
"You just look at what he has contributed to the team his first three years in the big leagues," Wren said. "It's not only special, it's historic."
If Kimbrel extends his recent trend, which has allowed him to draw comparisons to the likes of Wagner and Mariano Rivera, this has the potential to be a team-friendly deal. Had Kimbrel lost Monday's scheduled hearing and then extended his recent success this upcoming season, he would have been in line to gain a salary between $10-11 million in 2015, which would have been the second of three potential arbitration-eligible seasons.
In the event that Kimbrel would have won this year's hearing, there would have been reason to wonder if the if the Braves would have to trade him at the end of this upcoming season to delete the risk of him proving to be too expensive during his final two arbitration-eligible seasons.
But after Kimbrel's agent, David Meter, got the negotiations rolling again last week, it became apparent that the Braves did not want to lose an elite closer, and Kimbrel did not want to say goodbye to a team that he has dreamed of playing for dating back to his childhood days in Huntsville, Ala.
"I want to stay here with a group of guys that I came up with and I'm comfortable with," Kimbrel said. "In the game of baseball, it's who you're around, it's the team you're on and the guys you're surrounded by. We have an awesome core here. I think this is a core that can win for a long time."
With this agreement, the Braves have taken another major step in their comprehensive plan to keep a solid portion of their talented young core together in preparation of the opening of their new stadium in 2017. Over the past two weeks, the organization has committed more than $220 million with extensions given to Freddie Freeman, Jason Heyward, Julio Teheran and Kimbrel.
"Knowing what it is going to cost us [to keep Kimbrel] over the next five years allows us to put everything in place to carry out the plan," Wren said. "I talked a little bit about the plan the other day and this is all part of it."
Kimbrel said the decisions to make the previous commitments to the aforementioned players only increased his desire to stay in Atlanta.
"I can see what we're doing as an organization and ballclub," Kimbrel said. "We're going out to win. As of right now, we're planning on winning for a long time. This is where I want to be. I want to be closing out division titles and championships and World Series. We've got the team to do it and I'm very excited."


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Rosemary Desert Willow (named by Emmett because says that "Rosemary is a "good name", and she loves to eat Desert Willow flowers") came to use this spring from the Joshua Tree Tortoise Rescue. Her domain in the fairly large cinderblock enclosed patio area which she patrols multiple times a day. When we first got her she spent about a week digging under a bushy sage bush which I assumed was an attempt to make a burrow. However about a few days ago a teeny tiny tortoise appeared in the yard looking like a miniature prehistoric creature. And the following day another one appeared. Careful excavation with a wisk-broom revealed that Rosemary Desert Willow had laid three eggs under the sage – two of them had hatched and the third turned out to be unfertilized.
Both baby tortoises had the embedded texture of sand all over them for a few days after they hatched – I think that they must have had a hard time digging through the sun baked decomposed granite. Hard to imagine being born buried underground and having to claw your way out first thing in life.
Baby tortoises are sort of like caviar to Road Runners and the non-indigenous ravens. We have both hanging out in the back yard every afternoon waiting to pillage Rosemary Desert Willows food plate – so babies are now living inside in a huge terrarium on my desk until they are big enough to not be bird food. At last count Emmett informed me that we now have eight pets. Which including humans that makes a household of ten. I think we've officially hit capacity.


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Warner Bros. Interactive has announced a neat perk for the Wii U version of Scribblenauts Unlimited. In what can only be considered quite the pleasant surprise, a few Nintendo characters will make cameo appearances in the upcoming word-based puzzler.
According to the publisher, "Players can summon dozens of their favorite characters and items from the Mario and Legend of Zelda franchises." Um, awesome? How about yeah!
I'm a sucker for cameos, so it goes without saying that I'm super excited to conjure up characters like Yoshi and Link in the upcoming Scribblenauts Unlimited. Admittedly, I think it's a bit odd that these characters won't be available on the 3DS version of the game.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to use adjectives and crazy items to modify the Nintendo characters, as reported by IGN. Bummer. I was looking forward to making a giant, flying, afro-sporting Yoshi.
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The Austerity Trap and the Jobs Deficit
By Robert Borosage
May 17, 2012
The dire threat facing America, according to Mitt Romney
and Republicans this week, is debt, not mass
We face "a prairie fire of debt," Mitt Romney warned in
Iowa. Debt is "a grave threat to freedom," intoned House
Speaker John Boehner in Washington, while threatening to
hold the country hostage again over raising the debt
ceiling in December.
In the Senate, Republicans forced votes on the House
Republican budget that would gut Medicaid, cut all of
the domestic services of government by one-third, enact
deep cuts in food stamps, college grants and loans and
more. (Even five Republican senators-including two in
competitive races -couldn't stomach that).
First Things First
There are only two problems with this. Reducing deficits
isn't actually the first priority of Romney or
Republicans. And the plans they champion will surely
cost jobs, and most likely add to the debt burden.
Before dealing with the "prairie fire" that threatens
the nation, Romney and Republicans want to add fuel to
the flames. Their first priority is spending more money
on the military and collecting less money from the rich
and the corporations.
Romney's tax plan would cut revenue by some $4.9
trillion over a decade, less some unspecified loophole
closings. Millionaires would pocket an average tax cut
of $250,000 and those making $10,000 to $20,000 per year
would end up paying an average $174 more in taxes.
If Social Security and Medicare were protected for those
near retirement, as Romney sometimes suggests, then the
domestic side of government-everything from the FBI to
food safety to Medicaid and food stamps-would have to be
cut by over one half in 10 years. Romney can sell that
plan only by denying its effects.
The Austerity Temptation
This Republican extremism tempts Democrats to offer
alternative plans for austerity. Because Democrats are
prepared to raise taxes on the rich and put a lid on
military spending, they can reduce deficits without
ending Medicare or eviscerating all government services.
Their position of "shared sacrifice" is much more
popular in the polls. Two-thirds of Republicans support
a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes to reduce the
deficit. And in any "grand bargain," the President can
put everything on the table, and expose Republican
hypocrisy on deficits and extremism on taxes. Many
Democrats relish a face-off on austerity.
The Austerity Trap
But arguing about austerity is a trap-because what the
economy needs is jobs and growth.
The best deficit-reduction program is to put people to
work. Americans would prefer to cash paychecks and pay
taxes than to collect unemployment insurance and rely on
food stamps. When people go back to work, government
revenues go up and expenditures go down. No measure will
do more to reduce deficits. A full employment economy
erases more than a third of the deficit. With a stronger
workforce, we could focus on the real source of our
long-term debt problem: the soaring costs of our broken
health care system.
But when Democrats focus on the austerity debate, they
get tongue-tied about jobs.
With the Federal Reserve already keeping interest rates
near zero, there are only two major theories about how
to generate job growth.
One view is what has infamously become known as the
oxymoronic "expansionary austerity." The argument is
that if you cut spending, taxes and deficits and roll
back regulations, businesses will gain the confidence to
invest and hire.
The alternative suggests that business owners don't lack
confidence; they lack customers. With mass unemployment,
businesses sit on profits; the rich move money
elsewhere. So the government must act to put people to
With money "cheaper than free," (that is, the government
is able to borrow at interest rates lower than the rate
of inflation), there will never be a better opportunity
to rebuild America, launch a major program to renovate
our decrepit public infrastructure and put a
construction industry that is flat on its back to work.
Add to that revenue sharing so the states can rehire
teachers and cops, and a Veteran's Corps and Urban Corps
to directly employ veterans and young people. Accelerate
refinancing and mortgage relief for underwater
homeowners. Keynesians would pay for this by borrowing
the money, but even if we taxed the wealthy and
corporations to use the money they are sitting on, we'd
still generate more jobs, and then more revenue and less
spending-and in this way lower deficits.
Romney and the Republicans champion expansionary
austerity. But we've had a real-world experiment in such
austerity in Europe. While Obama resisted Republican
calls for drastic budget cuts, Britain's conservative
coalition government embraced them. This approach drove
Britain back into a recession, increased misery and will
likely end up raising, not lowering, its deficits and
debt burden. Across Europe, we've seen that austerity in
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recovering from an operation. It's dangerous to your
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agenda. Obama put a decent one out last fall and
campaigned for Republicans to pass it, but hasn't said
much about it recently. When Republicans failed even to
pass a decent transportation bill-traditionally a
bipartisan jobs bill-the White House barely took note.
At present, the Obama campaign seems intent on selling
the growth we have. "We're on the way back." But with
mass unemployment, wages still not keeping up, and home
prices still in the pits, momentum is not an answer.
Americans are naturally skeptical about Romney's
trickle-down promises. We've been there, done that. A
few made out like bandits; 99 percent didn't share in
the rewards.
Democrats need to lay out a big argument on jobs first
as part of building a new strategy for the economy. They
must challenge Romney's hysteria and hypocrisy on debt
not with a better austerity plan, but with a plan for an
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Darren Handley is proud to announce super grom Kyuss King as the newest addition to the DHD family. Kyuss now accompanies some of the most talented and successful junior surfers in all of Australia including Kalani Ball (NSW U16 State Champion), Ethan Ewing (QLD U16 State Champion), and Isabella Nichols (QLD U16 State Chamion) on the DHD Junior Team.
DH is very excited to be working with such a talented and humble up-and-coming surfer. "Kyuss is a great fit here at DHD, he is an incredibly gifted surfer and brings a positive attitude and progressive style to the team. He is a pleasure to work with and a great kid to be around. We are more than excited to welcome him to the DHD team."
Kyuss resides in Byron Bay, NSW, and is one of the most highly publicized and talented groms in the world. Surfing since the age of 2, Kyuss has become a stand out performer in competitions throughout Australia. In 2012 Kyuss entered into nine of the countries top junior events and made all nine finals, winning six of these elite events. Kyuss finished 2012 with a victory in the U12 division at the Rip Curl GromSearch Final on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, ending a great year of competition. Most recently Kyuss took 2nd place at the Teenage Rampage at Maroubra Beach in the U13 divison, a great start to the new year.
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The offshore race is beautifully set-up. In the absence of Esimit Europa 2, the first boat to finish in the last three editions and race record breaker in 2012, the battle for supremacy is wide open particularly amongst the striking collection of Mini Maxis - yachts measuring from 60-79 ft. Andres Soriano last tasted line honours glory helming his 68-ft Mini Maxi Alegre to success in 2009. Soriano returns in 2013 with his brand-new 72-ft Alegre in what will be its first offshore outing. Poignantly, Soriano will face stiff competition from his former boat now under the ownership of Swiss Alexander Schaerer and racing as Caol Ila R. Schaerer demonstrated the yacht's continuing potential with a recent victory at the Rolex Volcano Race.
Ran 2, Niklas Zennstrom's twice winner of the Rolex Fastnet, is eager to add success at the Giraglia Rolex Cup to its impressive array of honours. Hap Fauth's American Bella Mente is currently the Mini Maxi Rolex World Champion and is now seeking to prove its ability in the demanding rigours of an offshore environment. Italian Alessandro Rombelli's Stig and Sir Peter Ogden's Jethou of the United Kingdom - second fastest finisher at the 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup - are also likely to be among the frontrunners.
Another significant candidate for line honours, and certain to catch the eye at the front of the fleet, is Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones' Magic Carpet 3, the recently launched Wally Cento.
In the competition for overall victory on handicap, American George Sakellaris' 72-ft Shockwave is one of four yachts on the 2013 entry list to have previously won the main prize, albeit under former owner Neville Crichton in 2010. The remaining boats with Giraglia Rolex Cup winning pedigree are defending champion Near Miss, a TP52 from Switzerland, 2011 French winner Foxy Lady and Italian entrant Edimetra, a Wally 65 owned by Ernesto Gismondi and triumphant in 1999.
The contest to be crowned overall winner of the competition is always an open affair and difficult to predict. A combination of teamwork and tactics will play a key part, but so too will the wind and its vagaries.
The Giraglia Rolex Cup is organized by the Yacht Club Italiano, in conjunction with the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez and the Yacht Club de France, prestigious organisations with well-established ties to Rolex, title sponsors of the historic event since 1998.
Event Schedule
Friday 14 June
Race Sanremo, Italy to Saint-Tropez, France - 58-nm
Registration & Inspection
Saturday 15 June
Registration & Inspection (Saint-Tropez)
Sunday 16 June
Inshore racing (Saint-Tropez)
Monday 17 June
Inshore racing (Saint-Tropez)
Rolex Crew Party (Saint-Tropez)
Tuesday 18 June
Inshore racing (Saint-Tropez)
Wednesday 19 June
Offshore race start - 243-nm Saint-Tropez - La Fourmigue - La Giraglia - Genoa
Thursday 20 June
Arrival of first boats (Genoa)
Race record: 14 hours, 56 minutes and 16 seconds
Friday 21 June (depending on boat arrivals)
Final prizegiving, Yacht Club Italiano (Genoa)
How to Follow the Event
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Hi. I'm Kaire—I want to be your Makawee doula
As a recent convert to the lush, green, beautiful life of Oregon, I want to be your Makawee doula—Makawee is American Indian for mothering, generous, earth maiden. Mother, grandma, older sis, and dear friend— these are the inspirations and care I want to bring and share with you on your birth journey.
Since you are an expectant mother or even planning to have a second child, I want to help with your inspiration, caring, sharing through your expectancy, your birthing and the postpartum happiness of having your baby.
Because I know how great it is to become a mother again, whether at home or in a hospital, helping you is my goal. I've been there both as a very young girl and a young, married, business woman mother. My first baby, Robbie, was born in a Florida hospital with only the care of the staff. When I became pregnant with my second baby, Olyvia, I found a Makawee Midwife. This same Midwife was there for me with out third baby, Tiana, both Water births in the comfort and safety of our home.
Your Birth Heaven is my goal
For the past 10 years, this has been my goal— helping mothers expand their birthing heaven. Helping you enjoy the pleasures of motherhood is my sincere wish. There is so much to learn, to experience, to enjoy from conception and birthing to baby caring and baby carrying. In all these great times, your enjoyment is my priority.
As a Makawee, I will help you with birth coaching from conception to postpartum and breastfeeding. You will learn good nutrition and we'll find a care provider or midwife that works with your desires, philosophy and finances. You will learn all the ways your baby will depend on you for their needs and how it will affect their health for the rest of their lives.


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Understand Munters focused market places and customer needs and wants, design a customer drive marketing strategy and construct an integrated marketing program that delivers superior values to customers by all Marketing team members. Leading the China local Corporate Communication as well.
What's the most innovative Munters product or initiatives that you are most proud of?
Munters' products, applications and solutions cover most of the industrial environments to make me feeling that Munters is everywhere, they are the industrial products but closely contact people's life and lives.
Maybe you know the game "I pack my bag and take with me…"; Tell me 3 things you pack from your daily life which you need or characterize you and tell me why it is important for you.
Cellphone, iPad, lipstick. The Cellphone is part of people's life nowadays; I use it to pay most of the bills and no need to have the purse with me. One of our local marketing strategy is going more on digital marketing following the same trend. iPad Pro is my important working tool, all my business notes are in it and so easy to find out the message I marked before. Paper notebook is hard to re-view. Lipstick makes me looks more passion and healthy during the working time.
Tell me about a fun experience at Munters
Every time after the MCM (Munters China Managers) team meetings, we designed team building activities like room escape, cooking competition, go-cart etc. which were so fun and so strongly building the team spirit, we support and comment to each other during the meetings and crazy laughing and enjoy the team activities afterwards.
What challenges are you facing in your day-to-day job?
How to be a stronger and better leader with the growing Marketing team to meet the aggressive growth target and business demands. More feel pressured to be better than yesterday always.
What would a perfect Sunday be like for you?
Naturally wake up in the morning and play with my baby daughter whole day, lazy and relax. Cook dinner with my husband together.
What would your best career advice be for a new employee who is about to start a career with Munters?
Clearly know who you want to be and where you want to go. Aware yourself could be a half win of your career development.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady got his chance on Monday to respond to Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman's postgame rants after the Seahawks' 24-23 win. Brady laudably took the high road.
Early Tuesday morning, Sherman explained the whole kerfuffle on "NFL AM."
"We didn't have any conversation before the game; it was during the game that the conversation actually happened," Sherman said on NFL Network. "During the game, I think it was 23-10 at the point, and it was a TV timeout and we were all standing over there, and you know a small, little conversation was had."
Sherman said that his teammate Earl Thomas told Brady, "I could have got you on two of those, I dropped two and I could have got you two."
At that point, Sherman says Brady "Looked up at the scoreboard and looks back at us like, 'Man talk to me after the game, talk to me after we close this game out.'
"It was one of those things that Newton's third law of motion applies. It's one of those things where every action has an equal or greater reaction and that is kinda what this deal came down to."
There are so many reasons to applaud Sherman here. First, he got up to appear on-air at 5 a.m. PT and sounded coherent. Second, he broke out Newton's third law of motion. Sherman even gave Brady his due.
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"I have great deal of respect for everything Tom Brady has done in his career, his Super Bowls, MVPs, he's a tremendous player, he's done a lot of great things," Sherman said.
Sherman's postgame comments have distracted from the breakout game for the second-year pro. While he was the only Seattle secondary starter not to make the Pro Bowl last year, we'd argue that Sherman is playing better than any of them this season.
No secondary is more physical or talented than Seattle's group. Whether you like his delivery or not, that's the message Sherman was trying to hammer home on Sunday.
He can speak loudly again Thursday night against the San Francisco 49ers.
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A's support O.co Coliseum despite postponement
OAKLAND -- A day after Friday night's contest against the Mariners was postponed due to wet field conditions, the O.co Coliseum was soaked in sun for a matinee.
The cancellation was still a hot topic of discussion on Saturday in what's been an eventful week for the A's. Last Saturday's Spring Training finale against the Giants was rained out and featured the latest bout of plumbing problems for the Coliseum, while Tuesday's game against the Indians was canceled due to rain and forced a doubleheader on Wednesday.
Friday's postponement was the result of an organizational decision to leave the field uncovered overnight on Thursday, when the playing surface was covered by about one-third of an inch of rain. Despite last-ditch efforts by the grounds crew and a stop in rainfall about an hour before the game, the infield dirt was deemed unplayable.
At least A's reliever Sean Doolittle has a sense of humor about the situation.
"Isn't that the weirdest part about it? We lead the league in tarps. We could tarp so many things," Doolittle said, referring to the dozens of tarps that cover the third deck of seats in the Coliseum.
By late Saturday morning, the infield was in shape for Daric Barton to take ground balls at first base during batting practice.
"Yeah, it feels good," Barton said when running off the field.
Meanwhile, manager Bob Melvin didn't sound completely convinced that the field was 100 percent ready.
"It's playable," Melvin said. "We're used to an absolutely perfect field here, probably the best in the league. Where it came from yesterday to where it is today is pretty miraculous. So we're comfortable with it."
In recent years, Oakland's old stadium has made headlines for all the wrong reasons, including sewage backups and flooded clubhouses. Not to mention the A's are the only MLB team to share their facility, opened in 1966, with another professional team, the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
Doolittle has been one of the team's most vocal supporters of Oakland and the O.co Coliseum, but even he has to shake his head at the comedy of errors that has taken place at his home ballpark.
"Love playing here and I love the atmosphere that we have during the game, but it's one of those things where you never know what to expect," Doolittle said. "When something like yesterday happens, you're incredibly frustrated. But you're so frustrated past the point of being angry, you just have to laugh at it.
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Does anyone else out there watch Dexter?
Well I am still reeling after watching Season 4's finale.
But I have no one to talk to about it, no one to go OMFG to – so if you saw it, you know what happened, if you also need some sleeping tablets and a hug, leave me a comment! What did you think of the finale!?
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal maintains a residence in Qatar, while the Taliban opened their first representation in a foreign country in its capital, Doha.Well there's a good reason why not to buy cars and trucks from VW.
A hateful wind emanating from the small Islamic emirate is now blowing toward Europe, a wind accompanied by an ocean of poisonous, oily, bloody money - all coming from the peninsula in the Persian Gulf which today is the world's richest country.
Slowly, Qatar is buying Europe's assets.
Qatar, not exactly or even the slightest bit French-speaking, has just joined the "International Organisation of la Francphonie" as an associate member. Qatar's goal is clear: to change and manipulate French culture. For example, the Voltaire School in Doha banned a religious book that discussed Christianity in the Middle Ages.
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who has cultivated the image of a pro-Western reformist, vowed to "spare no effort" to spread the teachings of Wahhabi Islam across "the whole world". Last December Qatari Emir inaugurated the "Imam Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab" Mosque in Doha, dedicated to the founder of the most virulent, anti-Jewish and totalitarian Islamic school of religion.
Qatar's octopus is working on three fronts: overthrowing despotic Arab regimes and replace these with sharia-based countries; destroying Israel by financing the terror groups (the emir just visited Gaza) - and Islamizing the European continent through mosques and investments.
In Germany, Qatar's sovereign fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, owns 17 percent of Volkswagen, 10 percent of Porsche and 9 percent of construction giant Hochtief.
In Italy, to mention just one well known firm, Qatar just bought Valentino's fashion style company, while AC-Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi is also ready to sell the powerhouse to the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar.And if Berlusconi does sell to them, he's lost my respect.
In the UK, the Qatar Muslims own swathes of the Canary Wharf financial district in London. Qatar also owns 20 per cent of the London Stock Exchange.It will if they continue to allow this stealth investment in parts of the country, which will eventually add up to the whole.
Qatar invested in the Paris St. Germain soccer club and it is an investor in the French Total Oil group, as well as British Shell.
Qatar financed the 95% of the Shard tower in London, the highest skyscraper in Europe.
In Cannes, the emir bought an hotel famous for hosting celebrities during the film festival, but it's also looking to buy a Jewish symbol like the Les Trois Rois hotel in Basel, Switzerland, scene of the iconic portrait of Theodor Herzl.
Qatar has also purchased, for 300 million euros, the building which hosts part of the US Embassy in Paris.
Qatar announced last February, when Nicolas Sarkozy was still the President of France, that it was willing to spend $65 million in the French banlieues, the suburbs home to the vast majority of the six million Muslims in France. Then Qatar doubled the sum to €100 million, which the extreme leftist French newspaper Libération describes as a "Qatari take over of the banlieues."
Another newspaper, Le Figaro, seeing the handwriting on the wall (writing a check?), published an article recently, titled: "Will France become an Islamic Republique?".
Qatar is a bastion of anti-Semitism, which goes around the world along with the investments. A Qatari television show, based on a book by late Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani, shows a Holocaust survivor who resorts to prostitution and claims the Nazis did no wrong. "I didn't see any gas chambers", she is seen saying. An actor depicting former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin calls on Jews to murder Arab civilians.This is main reason why it's very bad if Qatar's leading the way in financing sharia takeovers of Europe, and for all we know, this could be happening in the US and Canada too, to say nothing of Latin America. And it's something on which everybody concerned should speak out against.
Qatar is also hosting many conferences which demonize the Jews.
Speaking at the International Conference for Defense of Jerusalem in Doha, Palestine Authority head Mahmoud Abbas recently said that "the Israeli occupation authorities are using the ugliest and most dangerous means to implement plans to erase and remove the Arab-Islamic and the Christian character of east Jerusalem". The conference's purpose, under the auspices of the Palestinian Islamic-Christian Committee, is to combat the "Judaization of Jerusalem".
In Doha's Friday sermons, Jews are called "parasites". Back to the Nazis.


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Brewers edge five-goal thriller
Billy Kee fired Burton to a 3-2 victory in a thrilling clash against Dagenham.
The striker struck with a superb 20-yard volley in the 79th minute - straight after the visitors thought they had rescued a point.
Dagenham rode their luck as Burton went close three times in the space of a minute early in the game. Kee headed against a post in the 12th minute before Chris Lewington made a double save to deny Calvin Zola and Robbie Weir.
Burton were well on top until `keeper Dean Lyness, making his full debut, was adjudged to have tripped Jake Reed in the 28th minute. Lyness somewhat made amends as he pushed Michael Spillane's resulting spot-kick against a post but Dwight Gayle was on hand to tap in the loose ball.
The Burton keeper then had to make a double save from Medy Elito and Spillane as the visitors threatened to increase their lead.
The home side, however, turned the game around with two goals in three minutes early in the second half.
Former Dagger Damien McCrory's deflected shot looped over Lewington from the edge of the area in the 51st minute, and then substitute Matt Paterson pounced on a mistake by Luke Wilkinson to slide the ball past Lewington.
Substitute Sam Williams put the Daggers level with a fierce right-footed shot in the 78th minute only for Kee to strike the winner for the hosts a minute later.
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Census Substitutes
This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.
School Censuses
Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents' names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.
Constable's or Sheriff's Census
The constable's or sheriff's census (also called a police census) actually had little to do with law enforcement, but the local constable, often under the eye of the sheriff, was the official most often used to assemble data required for administrative decisions. For example, from 1769 to 1770, the governor of Connecticut required an enumeration of 'how many parsons partayn to ech family, and how many boshels of wheat, and of Indian corne, ech famyly hath.'
Another sheriff's census was taken by the Committee of Safety and Relief, 16 April 1814, to account for settlers on the Niagara Frontier (western New York) who were 'victimized during the War of 1812.' Money was raised in Albany by voluntary donation to provide aid for these settlers.
Pennsylvania's tax assessors took septennial (every seven years) censuses from 1763 to 1807, listing taxable inhabitants by township. Occasionally, the list covered males age sixteen to forty-five only, thus making a militia census. Tax assessors were exempt along with teachers, physicians, provincial and state government leaders, militia captains, and others. Their names were not included on the same lists. Exempt status was set by law.
Church/Civil Censuses
In areas where a church was established and supported by the civil government, enumerating the population was often the responsibility of church officials. The most common examples come from New England, but others can be found among church wardens' records in Virginia and South Carolina.
As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.
Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.<ref>LDS Church Historical Department, 50 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150.</ref> More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.
Settlers Census
Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.


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Latino Group Gives Kudos To Steve Jost and Robert M. GrovesThursday, August 6th, 2009
The following comes to us from the National Institute for Latino Policy's Latino Census eNewsletter. After some major communications debacles, the new leadership of the Census Bureau appears to be doing a better job at reaching out to minorities:
Note: In the May issue of the Latino Census eNewsletter we reported that the Census Bureau's advisory body, the Joint Advertising Advisory Review Panel (JAARP), had given the main contractor on the Bureau's $200 million media program, DraftFCB, a "vote of no confidence" in their handling of this important contract.
Earlier this week, the Census Bureau convened meetings of two of its major advisory committees, the 2010 Census Advisory Committee and the Race and Ethnic Advisory Committee (REAC) to review this communications plan and other preparations for the 2010 Census. As a member of the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population, I attended Monday's REAC meeting.
The presentations by the new Census Director, Robert Groves, and the relatively new Director of Communications, Steven Jost, at this meeting effectively restored confidence in the direction of the planning of the media strategy and overall in the new team that was at place now at the Census Bureau. At yesterday's meeting of the 2010 Census Advisory Committee, Dr. Bernie Millier, Chair of the African-American Committee, read the following statement on behalf of the JAARP in which he states that, ". . . the majority of the REAC chairs and JAARP, no longer have a vote of no confidence in DraftFcb, C2PO and Census."
The advisory committees and other stakeholders feel that the Census Bureau has heeded their advice and refocused their efforts in more effective ways. Much still needs to be done and tweaked, but there is a general feeling that we are all on the right track.
Angelo Falcón
Chair, Latino Census Network
(Read into the record at the July 21 CAC meeting by Dr. Bernie Miller)
Composed by JAARP members Terri Ao and Dr. Bernie Miller
In April this year, the JAARP members recommended a vote of no confidence in DraftFcb's ad campaign. In our June meeting, however, we saw significant improvements. The subcontractors and C2PO should be commended for their efforts to reconcile our differences and address our concerns.
The majority of the JAARP and REAC chairs would like to state that we are pleased with the efforts to address our concerns and believe the subcontractors and the bureau are moving in the right direction.
We look forward to continuing to work together to achieve a satisfactory end product. To that end, we, the majority of the REAC chairs and JAARP, no longer have a vote of no confidence in DraftFcb, C2PO and Census.
We realize that our roles are that of advisors. Advisors by definition, give advice, caution, warn, recommend and give information. Judging from the comments made by Dr. Groves at our July 20, REAC meeting, we feel that our advice will receive a higher lever of consideration.
Therefore, we look forward with eager anticipatory expectation, in seeing how the new director, Robert Groves, C2PO, DraftFcb and their subcontractors will address our lingering concerns. Two of them being; 1) will there be adequate funding for all hard to count ethnic groups; And 2) will the ads properly address the fears of all groups, which is the issue of the privacy and confidentiality?
In closing, it is clear we all want the same outcome, and that is, the most accurate count possible. So, "It's in your hands!"


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My name is Sami, and I'm addicted to your comic. I'm so addicted that I am further neglecting my studies to post on this message board to tell you this... and i havne't been on a message board in <I>years</i>. And I say further neglect because I didn't do too much homework yesterday because i was busy reading over a years worth ABH, and then trying ot figure out where the hell the rest of thw comic was on modern tales in a fit of unsatisfaction and shock that i had just read an incredible amount of comics for like 2 or 3 hours. that was a poorly constructed sentance, sorry. So yeah, I guess this is thanks for entertaining me, and good luck and good vibes for your married life. Selfishly, i hope it does not interfere too much with your comic production.
Oh, and sorry if this post seems cracked out or insane. It's 8:30am, and i haven't had my coffee yet.