text:
In memoriam: Henry Labrecque
Editor's note: Henry Labrecque died on December 7, 2012. In his memory, we republish here an interview Chris Braithwaite did with Mr. Labreque that was first published in the Chronicle in the fall of 2011.
by Chris Braithwaite
copyright the Chronicle, September 28, 2011.
BARTON — Nothing could seem more normal on a sunny afternoon in late September than to see Henry and Jeannette Labrecque harvesting a hay crop from a field beside the Cook Road.
The couple might have been seen in such a field more than half a century ago, working with equipment that was a little smaller, a little slower. But then, as now, you would expect to see Mrs. Labrecque behind the wheel of the tractor.
"One thing I always liked was driving tractor," she said in a recent interview.
Henry Labrecque might have been seen there 70 years ago, a strapping young teenager, perhaps driving the team of horses, perhaps building the load of loose hay on a wagon.
He has lived on the farm for all but the first four of his 83 years, and worked on it almost that long.
He has a crystal clear memory of his eighth birthday present, a privilege bestowed by his father:
"I could start milking cows by hand. I'll never forget that. I thought I was a man."
One of his earliest memories of life on the farm, which sits on a deceptively sharp curve on the road to Willoughby Lake, is less positive.
The farmhouse had a bad foundation, he recalls, and its movement had opened cracks in the roof. A few months after the family moved there in October 1932, young Henry woke in his upstairs bedroom to find "a couple of inches of snow on the sheets."
That morning, he recalled with a smile, "it didn't take too long to get dressed."
Mr. Labrecque's French-Canadian family had arrived at their ramshackle farmhouse in northern Vermont by an indirect route, one that reflected the times they coped with.
His mother, Marie Anne, had moved from Montreal to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to join hundreds of young women in the textile mills. His father, Jeremie, had moved nearby from his family's Quebec farm to work at Fafnir Bearing. They met at the wedding of his neighbor and one of her friends, and married in 1927.
Then the Depression hit.
"In 1931 he got laid off and moved up here, to the Kittridge farm," Mr. Labrecque said.
That place, now fallen into a ruin, had just been remodeled by the father of Tony Pomerleau, the Burlington developer who is playing a key role in Newport's redevelopment.
"But he lost it," Mr. Labrecque said of his father and the Kittridge farm. "Then he moved here, to the old Pete Damon place."
Of Mr. Damon's reason for leaving, Mr. Labrecque said, "Things went wrong with him, too."
Things were going wrong for a lot of farmers in the early '30s. Mrs. Labrecque recalls the bankers of the day with no hint of affection in her voice.
"If they missed a payment by one day, they were evicted," she said of farmers like Pete Damon.
Yet the bankers gave Jeremie Labrecque a bit of a break.
"The deal was he could stay here, and if he could make a go of it, they'd sell it to him," Mr. Labrecque said. "In 1934 they did."
The farm, then 120 acres, sold for "right around $3,500."
His father started out with about a dozen cows, milking them by hand.
There was no electricity, Mr. Labrecque recalls. "We got it the day before Christmas, 1942, which was a Saturday."
He has sharp memories of the electricians who busied themselves in the house that day, particularly of one universally known as Old Tink Prescott. "He'd stick his finger in his mouth, then stick it in the socket and say 'Yep, there's electricity there.'"
The herd grew steadily over the next decade, as Henry Labrecque grew up. "When we were married in 1954 there were 25, maybe nearer 30," Mr. Labrecque said.
"I grew up in Newport Center, a whole 23 miles from here," Mrs. Labrecque said.
"I knew the road to Newport Center," her husband said.
He said that with a smile that seemed to recall a farmer in his mid-twenties wooing the girl who would be his wife for (so far) 57 years and with whom he would raise seven children.
It was important to both parents, as their family grew, that they retain the French language.
All seven of their children can speak French, and at least one grown son, Richard, still slips into that language when he talks to his parents.
Mrs. Labrecque is a plain-spoken woman, and her voice still conveys some of the fury she felt when a teacher sent a daughter home with the advice that she should be speaking English in their home.
"There was no English spoken in this house," she said. "How else would they keep their French?"
"When I started school I knew one word in English," Henry Labrecque said. "That was 'No.'"
At his first day of school he couldn't so much as ask to go to the bathroom. Finally recognizing his discomfort, the teacher found a bilingual classmate, a girl who figured out the problem and led young Henry to the outhouse.
Then she translated the teacher's instructions on the universal code, using his fingers to indicate number one and number two.
But he can still hear the laugher that filled the one-room Devereaux schoolhouse when he raised his middle finger to his teacher, and she calmly bent it down and raised his index finger in its place.
"My mother never could talk English," Mr. Labrecque said. "Dad could, after a while. I picked up the English language, but I kept the French."
Speaking the French language in northern Vermont had its price, Mr. Labrecque said.
"French-speaking people were looked down on. If there was a good job, the English speaker got it. French people, they were farmers. They worked the land."
On her drive to school, he recalled, "the teacher would pick up some of the Fisk kids that were neighbors, but I had to walk."
Yet his bilingual ability proved to be critical to the work he did to support the farm. He'd drive north into Quebec to buy hay, Christmas trees, and brush for his wreath-making business.
Son Richard has taken that business over, and finds his French essential to negotiations with farmers on the other side of the border.
His business, and his ability to chat with his sources, has made Richard an expert on the state of the Quebec dairy industry. His key finding: Quebec's supply management system, based on quotas, supports a thriving business while Vermont dairying continues to decline.
"When I got out of high school there were 17 farms between Barton and Willoughby Lake," Henry Labrecque said. "Now there aren't any." He and Jeannette sold their cows in 1994.
Mr. Labrecque didn't want to sell them, his wife recalled. "I said, 'If you don't want to sell the cows, you can do the work yourself.' That changed his mind."
While he has passed the hay and wreath business on to Richard, Henry continues to haul loads of gravel out of a pit on the farm, even as he recovers from major heart surgery in June.
Talk of the gravel pit brought back other memories of the Depression and the WPA, the Works Progress Administration created by President Franklin Roosevelt to put unemployed men back to work.
"In the winter of 1934-'35 they graveled the road to the Barton Village line — in the winter — with horses. The WPA had men in the pit shoveling gravel all winter."
His father worked too, hauling gravel. "I think that first year it was $2.25 a day, the next year $2.50. That was for Dad, the horses and the wagon. That's what kept the place from going under."
He remembers touching hands with Roosevelt in 1934, when the President was campaigning in Newport for another term.
Another childhood memory involves the skin of a calf and a cattle dealer who, to this day, Mr. Labrecque is reluctant to name.
"It was during haying in July. I was seven. It would have been 1935. Dad told me, 'If you skin that calf you can have the money.'"
He remembers running out to meet the cattle dealer as his rounds took him past the farm; remembers the dealer standing on the running board of his truck, his gold teeth, and his ability to speak French.
"All I could talk was French."
Young Henry offered up the hide, and the dealer agreed to buy it.
"He picked through the change in his hand and gave me a Canadian dime."
What Henry didn't know was that the dime was worthless in Vermont.
"I went down to Medie Massey's store for a nickel ice cream." The store was at the corner of Main Street and Duck Pond Road in Barton.
"He asked me if I had any money. Boy, did I! I had a dime! Well, he didn't give me no ice cream."
Henry got the same reception at Ralph Moore's store downtown, and from Mr. Boisvert on Upper Main Street.
"I went into Wallace Foss' store. He asked if I had any money. I showed him my dime. He said 'I'll give you an ice cream and you keep your dime.' I ended up giving it to the church."
That dealer "was a tight-fisted son of a gun," Mr. Labrecque said. Years later, at a dance in Glover, the dealer had a chance to ask the farmer why he never sold him any cattle.
"So I told him," Mr. Labrecque said. "He denied it, but it was the truth."
Asked which era of farming he most enjoyed, Mr. Labrecque was quick to respond.
"When the whole family was here. All the kids were here. We had problems, but they were enjoyable years."
"It was a good life, but it was seven days a week," he said.
"Sometimes," Mrs. Labrecque added, "it felt like eight."
To read an obituary of Henry Labrecque, please see the obituary pages for December 12, 2012.
For more free articles from the Chronicle like this one, see our Featuring pages. For all the Chronicle's stories, pick up a print copy or subscribe, either for print or digital editions.


text:
jgsketch necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
The winning logo will be strong but elegant and bright with blues and silvers. Looking for a good branding logo that people can easily recognize.
RightTrack Financial Services
A one stop source for financial services
Desired Color Scheme:
blues and silvers
Desired Style:
Contemporary, strong but elegant, progressive and sleek. Need a logo that will be good for branding.
Accepted File Formats:
psd or ai. Needs to be vector
RightTrack Financial Services is a company offering almost everything financial related, from debt management programs to loans. Orginally our interest had been in having some kind of train track in the logo, but a past contest proved that a more artisitic approach to showing a track element was needed.
The previous logo was for our non-profit organizations under the same name. But for our for profit, we decided to do a seperate logo and color scheme.
RightTrack represents going down the right track in your financial life. We are looking for a cool look, rounded fonts and blues and silvers for colors. RightTrack is all one word, maybe different colors for each word.
But even though we specify colors and font style, do be afraid to step out a bit as we do not know fully what we are looking for.
The logo needs to be scalable so we can shrink to fit on letter head and other materials.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
HAMILTON - Brandon Cray had few expectations when he arrived in Steinert High's wrestling room for his freshman season. Basically, he just wanted to work hard and see what happened.
The result has been winning – a lot of winning.
Cray captured the Mercer County Tournament championship at 106 pounds over the weekend and followed up that performance with a pin Wednesday night as the Spartans won 74-6 over an undermanned Notre Dame squad.
With the victory, Steinert improved to 13-4 overall and 10-1 in the Colonial Valley Conference and wrapped up a fifth consecutive division title.
Cray is 22-2 this season, splitting his time between 106 and 113. His losses have come against Camden Catholic's Tyler McBride, a returning state place-winner, and in overtime to Toms River South's Owen McClave, who is 28-2 this season.
'When I got in here, I just wanted to wrestle the way I wanted to wrestle and whatever the outcome, that's how it would be,' Cray said. 'It's not hard staying motivated. I want to win. I work hard enough that I can win. That's how it is.'
Cray's father, Todd, was a standout at Nottingham in the mid-1980s and team MVP one season.
'He gives me training and keeps me motivated; he's just like my guide,' Cray said. 'The more you wrestle, the more comfortable you are on the mat. I'm just working to win.'
Steinert coach Adam Jankos expects big things from the diminutive freshman as the season ends toward the year-end tournaments.
'He's right at the top and I think he could do very well at regions and states,' Jankos said. 'I think he could take control of the postseason. He has the talent. I know he's a freshman and there's a lot of pressure on him, but I see him doing great things.'
Cray's pin last night was one of six for the Spartans, who also received five forfeits from Notre Dame. Joining Cray in getting pins were Nate Benitez (120), Joe Paragone (138), Sean Augustyn (145), Alex Rubio (152) and Austin Van Cleaf (182). Anthony Kubish (160) won by technical fall.
'We wanted to get five consecutive division titles, so we were pretty pumped up,' Paragone said after the Spartans claimed another Colonial Division crown. 'We've done amazing. We lost our first two matches (of the season), but we knew we'd come out of the funk and finish out strong.'
The Irish (15-7, 6-4) sat several of their top wrestlers because of the state's 30-match limitation prior to the year-end tournaments. Stefanos Karpontinis and Justin Daisey, who were third-place finishers in the MCT, as well as fourth-place Zach Hankinson were among those on the sideline.
'Match limits and the flu,' Notre Dame coach Darren Basich said. 'They backed the season up a week and we weren't ready for that as far as match limits and we got caught.'
Steinert (13-4) 74, Notre Dame (15-7) 6
220-Harchik (S) by forfeit; 285-Bussi (S) by forfeit; 106-Bernstein (S) by forfeit; 113-Cray (S) p. Nasto, 4:38; 120-Benitez (S) p. Carroll, 5:38; 126-Beers (S) d. Johnson, 9-3; 132-Cavanaugh (ND) p. Walker, 1:23; 138-Paragone (S) p. Brown, 1:17; 145-Augustyn (S) p. Muraski, 2:45; 152-Rubio (S) p. Horvath, 1:52; 160-Kubish (S) tf. Milazzo, 20-5, 3:49; 170-McDonald (S) by forfeit; 182-Van Cleaf (S) p. Bell, 4:43; 195-Ullrich (S) by forfeit.


text:
Ingersoll Rand Products
February 26, 2020
Our Company & Brands
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) advances the quality of life by creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments. Our people and our family of brands—including Club Car, Ingersoll Rand, Thermo King and Trane — work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings; transport and protect food and perishables; and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. We are a global business committed to a world of sustainable progress and enduring results.
Club Car®, one of the most respected names in the golf industry, is the world's largest manufacturer of small-wheel, zero-emissions electric vehicles. Visit clubcar.com
Thermo King® enhances quality of life through transportation temperature control systems and dealer networks that deliver assurance of freshness, performance and partnership. Visit thermoking.com
ARO is fluid intelligence—the smart choice in fluid handling products for industrial operations. Visit arozone.com
Ingersoll Rand® provides products, services and solutions that enhance our customers' energy efficiency, productivity and operations
Trane®, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and energy efficient environments, improves the performance of homes and buildings around the world. Visit trane.com
With American Standard Heating & Air you can rest assured that every moment will be backed by high quality, dependable, and affordable HVAC solutions. Visit americanstandardair.com
Ingersoll Rand air compressors are made with superior components and backed by our worldwide parts and service organization, providing the support you need to keep your business running. We stand behind our products and services and beside our customers during planning, installation, and maintenance.
For more than 100 years, professionals have relied on Ingersoll Rand for quality and performance on the toughest jobs. Our advanced engineering and manufacturing have a standard of excellence often copied, but never matched. When it comes to assembly tools, industrial tools, cordless tools and vehicle service tools, don't settle for less. Count on genuine Ingersoll Rand tools, accessories, and equipment.
Real Tools for Real Work.TM
Since 1924, Ingersoll Rand has been building extremely durable and reliable hoists, winches and ergonomic systems. Built tough to work in the harshest environments, count on Ingersoll Rand for lifting products that are Beyond Tough.
Ingersoll Rand is amplifying our REAL TOOLS line to encompass Official Licensed products that will maintain the same level of excellence that you have relied on for more than 100 years. Expanding with Ratchets, Wrenches, Long –Nose Pliers, Lights and more. REAL WORK deserves the best, because the best is what your real life demands.
The shop is open! Check it out...
It appears you're located outside this region. For products and services specific to your area, please choose your country or region below.
It appears the site language doesn't match your browser language settings. Select your desired site language below.
View all industries served
Refrigerated Dryers, Desiccant Dryers and Filters; Air quality can have a significant impact on compressed air systems. Properly treated compressed air, and the right air dryer, will improve productivity, system efficiency, and product or process quality. Choosing the appropriate air dryer and compressed air filter is very important. By choosing an Ingersoll Rand air dryer or compressed air filter, you are buying high quality treatment products that will enhance your entire air compressor system. An air dryer is an integral piece in your air treatment system, making Ingersoll Rand's wide knowledge and expertise in this field a key aspect to the success of your compressed air system. Ingersoll Rand has the widest selection of air treatment products and application knowledge to protect your investment and compressed air system.
Food & Beverage
Vehicle Services
For over 145 years, Ingersoll Rand has provided a wide range of technologically advanced, highly reliable and low maintenance air compressors. We have deep knowledge of the needs of industry and the demands placed on productivity, making us leaders in the field.
Learn More


text:
"We didn't want to share anything," said senior middle blocker Alex Kelly.
When the Lady Bisons put the finishing touches on a 3-1 match win over the Belmont Bruins Tuesday night at Allen Arena this edition of the "Battle of the Boulevard" meant more than just another win.
The victory gave the Lady Bisons a 10-0 conference record, marking the second season they have finished unbeaten in Atlantic Sun games. Last season under the double-round robin format and in the A-Sun Tournament they finished 22-0 in conference matches. It also extended their conference regular season winning streak to 35 games, second only to Hawaii. They are fourth nationally in home wins in a row with 26.
"With all the parity in the conference this season it is tremendous for us to go undefeated," Rosenthal said. "And we did it in style.
"The single round-robin is tough. A 22-0 record might sound better than a 10-0 record. But the 10-0 was much more pressure-packed than 22-0. Our girls have done some awesome stuff."
By finishing without a loss it also guaranteed the Lady Bisons sole possession of the regular season championship. With Kennesaw State sitting in second at 8-1 there was a possibility of having to share the title which they had clinched at least a share of last weekend on the road in Florida.
"I credit the girls," Rosenthal said. "To go undefeated in back-to-back years is really hard to do. It is something that should be noted.
"It is really hard to do day-in and day-out. We have talked about being on an island. Everybody is rooting against us. Everybody wants to see us go down with a loss. Mentally that is hard. We are getting everybody's `A' game."
The Lady Bisons won the first set 25-9, but Belmont wasn't going to go away that easily. The Lady Bisons won the second set 25-19, but lost set three 25-22. The Lady Bisons sealed the match with a 25-20 win in set four.
"We established the pace and the style of play in the first two sets," Rosenthal said. "I thought we played really well in the first two sets. In the first set we were ready to go.
"In the third set we lost focus. I felt good at the beginning of the third set, but we let it slip away. We were making the game a lot harder than it was. Credit Belmont because they did a nice job. They are well-coached. They are always going to be there."
Several of the Lady Bisons were suffering from flu-like symptoms, but those affected played through those problems.
"Our girls were put in a tough spot because of how many of them were ill," Rosenthal said. "We have warriors on this team."
Both the Lady Bisons and Belmont have berths in the A-Sun Tournament Nov. 18-20 in Fort Myers, Fla. The Lady Bisons are 21-6 overall. Belmont is 13-14 overall, 7-3 in the conference.
On Sept. 14 the two teams met at the Curb Center in match that counted on the overall records, but not the conference records. The Lady Bisons also won that match 3-1.
It was "Senior Night" so it was only fitting that the seniors would set the pace. Outside hitter Meghan Hinemeyer made a match-high 17 kills to go with a .432 hitting percentage and eight digs.
Kelly finished with a double-double, her 13th of the season, with 13 kills, 16 digs, two service aces and a .310 hitting percentage.
Setter Stefine "Jake" Pease posted a match-high .517 hitting percentage. She made five kills and five digs to go with 49 assists.
Junior middle blocker Katie Rose also was in the mix with a match-high and personal season high 18 digs and a .364 hitting percentage.
"Some of the kills she made in the fourth set were just tremendous," Rosenthal said.
Sophomore outside hitter Kaycee Green made 12 kills.
Kayla Albritton led Belmont with 16 kills. Tara Blood added 10. Jen Myer was credited with 11 digs.
In addition to Pease, Kelly and Hinemeyer the other seniors honored were Elly Kaiser and Tory Ashcraft.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


text: Trampled By Turtles follow in this new tradition of old tradition. The Duluth, Minnesota, band has, for seven years, been making bluegrass music that adheres to plenty of the timeless standards set forth by Bill Monroe in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and on, as well as the Foggy Mountain Boys decades later, but it has added its new accents to the genre as other younger groups have of late. There's been Nickel Creek, Chatham County Line, Old Crow Medicine Show, as well as the Rick Rubin disciples, the Avett Brothers. There's certainly been a renaissance for newgrass music in the recent years, not only in smaller, niche circles, but in a greater realm, taking over somewhat for the jam band/fraternity rock craze that was overbearing in the early part of the 00s. It's a welcome shift in taste, with bands and fans digging into different crates of records and not shying away from grandpa's music just because no one else wants to make it. It's not grandpa's music anymore and this is largely thanks to bands like those named above and Trampled By Turtles, an unfortunately name outfit, but one that is liable to surprise and charm you with each show, each song it performs. These five men are lit up and charged, tearing out a furious series of fire and smoke, hail storms of fiddles, mandolins, banjos, guitars and four-part harmonies that are close to being crystalline. It comes at you like a buffalo, barreling pell mell straight for your center, only, when it gets to you, it transforms into something that just wants to have your company and you the like. Lead singer Dave Simonett writes the way we think when we're caught up in not just one haze, but a couple dozen hazes, struggling to strip back all of the unnecessary bells and whistles - like a soul's spring cleaning of just pitching all of the shit that's been weighing you down and giving you more trouble than it's worth. He writes stacked with the kinds of sleepless worries and troubles that will wrack a head and a man, making him crazy as can be. He starts us out by singing, "I could never pretend I don't love you/You could never pretend I'm your man," on "Wait So Long," from the group's latest album, "Palomino," and he takes a classic ode to always being gone on the road, always behaving with a wandering eye even when the heart knows that what's best is already waiting for it and makes it his own. It's a sentiment that comes up frequently, this idea that hearts are breaking, that men are sinking - doing themselves in, that there are way too many nights of cursing people who are loved and not knowing why they're alone on certain nights. On "Darkness and the Light," he continues with this line of thinking, "And the stars at night/Why do they make you cry?/Don't you think that I'll be coming home?" And before we know it, the actions are just halfway blamed on being the wrong age at the wrong time, believing that there's no way the characters of these songs are seasoned enough to do any of this right. They're going to have money and love problems and they're going to keep tripping on their shoestrings for some time. It's inevitable and when it's delivered alongside a whipping blend of old-timey harmony and flush acoustic instruments, these woes and a line like, "It's a bitch, ain't it babe? To live while you're young/And I'm crushed that the world turned over so soon," sounds like a woe of many generations that have come before us.


text:
Anne C. Heller: Ayn Rand and the World She Made
Anne C. Heller discusses her new book Ayn Rand and the World She Made, a biography of the author and philosopher best known for the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, on Tuesday, January 26, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Rand's books have attracted three generations of readers and sold more than 12 million copies. Her writings and philosophical musings have shaped the foundation of the modern Libertarian movement and influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond. Rand's work remains as important as ever in American politics, but even her most loyal followers know little about her life.
Utilizing extensive research done in Russia, dozens of interviews with Rand's acquaintances and former acolytes, and previously unexamined archives of tapes and letters, Heller traces Rand's life from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood to the publication of her novels and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and '60s.
Heller is a magazine editor and journalist. She has been the managing editor of The Antioch Review, a fiction editor for Esquire and Redbook, the features editor of Lear's, and the executive editor of the magazine development group at Conde Nast Publications.
Copies of Ayn Rand and the World She Made will be available for sale, and Heller will sign copies purchased during the event.
Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th & Baltimore.


text:
Error xxxx-3143-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx occurs when you try to download an Xbox update on Xbox 360
You see the following error code and message when you try to download an Xbox Dashboard update on Xbox 360:
Note The "x" digits vary.
Can't process the update. If the problem persists, go to www.xbox.com/support.
Status Code: xxxx-3143-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.
If you get this message and error code, it means that your console is looking for but can't find a previous version of the update that you're trying to download.
To resolve the problem, try the following solutions:
Solution 1: Download the system update for your error code
Download the system update that corresponds to the error message and code that you got.
- Obtain a USB flash drive with at least 90 megabytes (MB) of free space.
- Plug the USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer.
Note The USB flash drive must use the FAT32 file system (Windows).
- Download the following system update for your error code:
- Click Save to save the console update .zip file on your computer.
- Unzip the file. If you are using Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, double-click the .zip file to unzip it.
- Copy the contents of the .zip file to the root directory of your USB flash drive.
- Unplug the USB flash drive from your computer.
- If there is a disc in the console, remove it.
- Turn off the console.
- Remove all console storage devices, including any USB flash drives, external hard drives, or the internal hard drive on the Xbox 360 S console.
Remove the hard drive on an Xbox 360 S console:
- Turn off the console.
- Position the console horizontally.
- Locate the hard drive cover release (near the back on the right side of the console).
- Slide the release toward the front of the console while pulling the hard drive door open.
- Pull the tab to remove the hard drive.
- Replace the hard drive cover before turning the console back
- Plug the USB flash drive with the update into a USB port on the console.
- Turn on the console. When the console starts, the software update should automatically start.
Solution 2: Simplify your network setup
Sometimes the firewall on a router blocks the update download. If your router has such a firewall, you have to temporarily simplify your network setup. Here's how:
- Turn off your console.
- Unplug your modem from your router.
- Using a standard Ethernet cable, connect your console directly to your modem. This will enable the update to bypass your router's firewall.
There should be no other devices plugged in to your modem.
- Turn on your console.
- Download the system update that you were trying to download.
- Disconnect your console from your modem. Reconnect your modem to your router and your console to your router.
To provide better support, did this solution solve your problem?
Thank you for your feedback
Thanks for your feedback!
Provide feedback for this topic
Contact Us
Would you like to contact Support regarding the "Error xxxx-3143-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx occurs when you try to download an Xbox update on Xbox 360" issue you were reading about or a different issue?


text:
Click here for contact information
You can now generate and purchase your CESA contracts (Forms of Agreement and Professional Services Agreement) online. You will receive a single-use electronic document.Click here to begin.
CESA's promise
CE-tv on YouTube
CESA President's RadioInterview on PowerFM
CESA CEO's RadioInterview on ClassicFM
CESA CEO's RadioInterview on 702July 2019
Click to view


text:
Shows & Laser Lights
Witness the awesome power of a black hole, learn about life on our planet, or see what's happening in your neighborhood sky tonight.
Since debuting our first planetarium in 1950, technology has leapt at warp speed to the 360 degree, full-dome projection you'll find today that combines thousands of images into a journey across the cosmos.
Field Trips
Send your students to outer space with a field trip they'll never forget. View a complete list of our shows to schedule your out-of-the-classroom adventure.
Venue Rentals
Take your private event to the next level. The domed planetarium theater is great for corporate or social events, business meetings, seminars, and more.
Things to Do: Star Parties!
Look at the sky differently, surrounded by thousands of fellow star lovers in Oregon's most beautiful parks.


text:
Mount St. Mary's led by eight points almost halfway through the second half but let visiting Wagner rally for a 52-50 win Thursday night at Knott Arena.
Junior Sam Prescott paced the Mountaineers with 10 points off the bench.
The Mount (7-11, 2-5 Northeast Conference) used a 13-5 run midway through the second half to push out to a 43-35 lead with 10:28 remaining.
Rashad Whack and Xavier Owens started the run with back-to-back buckets ahead of a steal by Prescott steal and dunk that made the score 36-30.
Prescott added a three 3-pointer to push the advantage to 39-31. Raven Barber's bucket made the score 41-33 while Whack capped the run with a jumper to put the Mountaineers ahead 43-35.
The Mount had two 3-point attempts to stretch the lead into double figures, but the shots did not fall, and Wagner (10-8, 4-3) countered with an 8-0 run to even the score at 43 with 6:11 left in the game.
Kelvin Parker then hit a 3-pointer from the left corner to put the Mount ahead 46-43, and Raven Barber converted a hook shot with 3:53 left for a 48-44 advantage.
Wagner again responded, this time with six consecutive points for a 50-48 lead with 2:39 left. Latif Rivers started the run with a drive to the bucket, and Jonathon Williams added the next four points to give Wagner its first lead of the contest.
Prescott hit a jumper in the lane with 1:03 left to tie the game at 50. The Mount got the ball back when Orlando Parker missed the front end of a one-and-one with 49 seconds on the clock.
Wagner's Kenneth Ortiz, however, stepped in front of a pass, raced down court, and converted the go-ahead layup to give his team a 52-50 lead with 27.4 seconds remaining.
The Mount is back in action at 7 p.m. Saturday at Robert Morris.
Canisius 60, Loyola 46: The host Greyhounds led only once in a loss to the Golden Griffins on Field Trip Day at Reitz Arena.
Alyssa Sutherland led Loyola (6-12, 1-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) with 11 points and seven rebounds, and Katie Sheahin chipped in nine points and seven rebounds. Kara Marshall had a team-high four assists.
For Canisius (8-10, 5-2), Ashley Durham led with 21 points. The senior helped the Golden Griffins connect on 11 shots from behind the arc, a team high for the season.
Sutherland scored the first points for the Greyhounds, a 3-pointer from the top of the arc that gave Loyola their only lead.
The Golden Griffins led 28-17 at halftime.
The Greyhounds will return to action on Sunday when they face Iona in the second game of a doubleheader with the Loyola men. Tip-off is set for 2:30 p.m.
William & Mary 59, Towson 50: A strong defensive effort lifted the host Tribe (3-14, 1-5 Colonial Athletic Association) past the Tigers. Sophomore forward Markell Smith led Towson (6-11, 0-6) with a career-high 12 rebounds in the loss.
William & Mary opened the second half on a 17-6 run to take a 41-26 lead with 12:50 to play. Junior guard Tanisha McTiller finished with 19 points to lead the Tigers.


text:
Unfortunate news came out of Augusta, Ga., this past weekend when Masters Chairman Billy Payne announced that the iconic Eisenhower Tree, which guarded Augusta National's 17th hole, needed to be removed after the damage it incurred from an ice storm.
The loblolly pine stood 65 feet high and, according to an Augusta Chronicle report, was believed to be 100-125 years old. It sat 210 yards from the 17th tee on the left side of the par 4.
"The loss of the Eisenhower Tree is difficult news to accept," Payne said in a prepared statement published in the Augusta Chronicle. "We obtained opinions from the best arborists available and, unfortunately, were advised that no recovery was possible."
READ: Augusta National loses iconic Eisenhower Tree in ice storm | Augusta National begins cleanup
The Eisenhower Tree, or "Ike's Tree," was named after former President Dwight Eisenhower -- an Augusta National member who often hit the tree with his tee shot on the 17th hole and even argued that the tree should be removed.
Clifford Roberts, one of the club's co-founders, wouldn't allow that to happen and the tree forever became known as, "The Eisenhower Tree," or "Ike's Tree."
Twitter was abuzz after the news. Many people were devastated by the loss of such a well-known Masters landmark, while others simply said, "Get over it. It's just a tree."
For fans of the Masters, it's simply not, "just a tree."
That got us wondering -- what would you do with the wood from Ike's Tree?
PGA.COM ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow us on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Google+
In 2007, the Masters made incredible plaques out of the wood from a tree that was removed on the second hole to present a Masters Major Achievement Award to select veteran journalists.
Will something similar be done with Ike's Tree? We pitched the question to the nearly 218,000 strong in PGA.com Facebook Nation (click here to join the masses!). Here are nine of the best answers we received:
9. Use the wood from Ike's Tree to create tee markers to go around the golf course. -- David Alexander
8. Produce commemorative tees that could be bagged and sold for a premium, with Augusta National donating the revenue to the First Tee program. -- Joel Hahn
7. Make a Masters scoreboard out of the tree. -- Paul Fink
6. Use the wood to make a fireplace mantel in the Augusta National clubhouse. -- Patrick Poirier
5. Build a permanent sign explaining the history of Ike's Tree to place near the 17th tee box, or at the spot where the tree lived. -- Ken Wernli
4. Create a bench complete with a model of the hole. -- Nigel Chancellor
3. Use the wood to create a statue of Dwight Eisenhower. -- David Alexander
2. Make rocking chairs out of the wood to give all living Masters Champions and also one for the World Golf Hall of Fame. -- Mark Jancze
1. Create a carving of the Masters logo and have all living past an present players sign it. Have a ring of the tree enshrined to show how many years old the tree is and showcase it at Augusta National or the World Golf Hall of Fame with an artist's rendition of the tree as it were when alive. That way generations of players and patrons and fans can appreciate the history and significance of the iconic landmark. -- Brent Soby
Follow T.J. Auclair on Twitter, @tjauclair.


text:
Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day with a Centennial Luncheon at the Willard InterContinental Hotel, two blocks from the White House, for the benefit of
The President Woodrow Wilson House.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of President Wilson's proclamation of Mother's Day as a National Holiday. In celebration of the Centennial, the Willard InterContinental – where President Wilson himself visited and introduced the idea of the League of Nations to the American public – has partnered with The President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. to create a memorable Mother's Day experience.
The Mother's Day Centennial Luncheon – The President Woodrow Wilson House with support of the Willard InterContinental, offers a luncheon with dessert buffet for $100 per person, $40 for children 12 and under (children under 5 free) to benefit the President's historic residence in Washington, D.C. Celebrate the mothers in your life, as well as the centennial of this national holiday, amidst the lavish décor of the Crystal Room. Live music, vintage fashions and an indoor-floral stand will create a one of a kind experience to enjoy with friends and family.
Reservations can be made until midnight, Saturday May 10.
Don't miss the "Flashback Lobby" inside the Willard Intercontinental during Mother's Day weekend. Guests will enjoy a 1914 ambiance in the hotel's grand lobby, with President Wilson himself, courtesy of Madame Tussauds Washington DC; a vintage floral stand designed by Greenworks offering corsages and bouquets for sale; costumed people courtesy of Amalgamated Clothing in Alexandria, Virginia, and musicians offering songs reminiscent of the era. Wine provided by Big Cork Vineyards in Maryland's Pleasant Valley.
In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May a nationwide observance of Mother's Day "as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country." To read the full 1914 Proclamation, click here.
Please contact The President Woodrow Wilson House with any questions – we would be pleased to hear from you:
Kelsey Clark, Communications Coordinator
email@example.com or call at (202) 387-4062 ext. 41228.


text:
Get Back to Living With The Spine Center
Getting you back to a healthy, active lifestyle is our main goal. The Spine Center at Brandon Regional Hospital offers world-class spine care right here in Brandon.
- A dedicated spine unit
- Physicians trained at nationally recognized facilities, with over 30 years combined experience
- Specialty certified nurses to care for the special needs of the spine patient
- Same-Day surgery
- Specialized training for delicate surgeries
- Minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery


text:
WINNIPEG - Even a $758,307 loss posted by the Blue Bombers last year couldn't keep Garth Buchko from being an optimist.
The team's president and chief executive officer announced Tuesday the CFL club had an overall operating profit of $726,930 last year wiped out mainly because of delays in building the new $200-million Investors Group Field.
Windy and frigid weather were factors in stadium development costs unexpectedly adding a $1.05-million bill, while the team also took a $434,287 hit for writing down Canad Inns Stadium assets that couldn't be taken to the new 33,500-seat facility on the University of Manitoba campus.
"Looking back at 2012, it is easy to identify the disappointments we experienced," Buchko said.
"However, at the risk of being called an optimist, which I certainly am, you can't build a world-class facility and team by focusing on the past."
Buchko, who was criticized last year for announcing dates when the new stadium would open and then had to cancel games at the new facility all together in June, said its doors will open next month.
A practice run is taking place May 26 for a multi-denominational prayer event. A Bombers exhibition game is scheduled for June 12 against Toronto and a sold-out Taylor Swift concert is slated for June 22.
Last year's loss was a sharp turnabout from the 2011 financial report, which saw the Bombers take in $3.01 million in net earnings from operations and an overall net profit of $2.3 million after stadium development costs.
Winnipeg had an average attendance of 29,557 in 2011 as it sold out eight consecutive games and fans bought a record 21,155 season tickets so they could secure seats at the new stadium, which can be expanded to 40,000 seats.
The Bombers also drew those fans with an on-field performance in 2011 that included capturing the East Division with a 10-8 record and going to the Grey Cup, where they lost to the B.C. Lions.
Buchko is hoping the team can rebound from missing the playoffs last season with a 6-12 record, because if they don't it could cost the club in the pocketbook again.
While another record 22,050 season-ticket sales helped boost 2012 revenue to $6.48 million – the highest since 2010 – the game-day, walk-up revenue dropped $767,506 from 2011 and the team averaged 28,013 fans with four sellouts.
Buchko said three things had a hand in that decrease.
"Firstly, our record," he said. "We were all disappointed with our record in 2012 and look forward to reversing those fortunes this season.
"Secondly, the weather. We had three games with monsoon rains prior and during our games, therefore walk-up sales for these games suffered.
"And thirdly, our fans, as we were, were disappointed that we didn't open and play in Investors Group Field in 2012."
There were two pieces of good news announced Tuesday.
Season-ticket sales for this year have already reached a new record of 23,000.
The club also revealed it was adding a 13th member to the board of directors and changing the way those directors are chosen by launching a public nomination process. There will also be retirement dates for existing members.
"While the board has always filled new positions with qualified, skilled and experienced individuals, this public process will ensure that all future qualified candidates are identified using openness and transparency," new Bombers board chairman Brock Bulbuck said.
Bulbuck, president and CEO of the Boyd Group Income Fund, takes over from Bill Watchorn, whose three-year term has ended.
The Bombers have $10.17 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to $6.8 million in 2012 – an amount the ever-optimistic Buchko said was a silver lining to last year's bad-news bottom line.
"The Winnipeg Football Club's balance sheet is in very good shape, even considering the additional stadium development costs and additional investment in Investors Group Field for fans and revenue-generating enhancements" Buchko said.
The team took out an extra $10-million loan last year to improve concessions, add video ribbon boards and upgrade seating and some suites instead of waiting to do it down the road.
"We will be playing on the greatest football stage in Canada," Buchko boasted. "And, simply said, no other football facility in this country competes with ours."


text:
Home > Public Services
The Bar Association of Erie County offers many benefits for the public. Educational programs such as the Lawyer Referral & Information Service, the Speakers Bureau, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project are among the many resources available to the non-legal members of our community. Pamphlets on legal topics of interest to consumers are available from the Association without charge. Covering such topics as employment at will, living trusts, divorce mediation and numerous others, these brochures are produced as a public service.
The BAEC has a full-time staff that is available to answer questions about the Association, membership and services. However, for the community, there is NO licensed attorney on staff, and legal advice cannot be secured by contacting the Bar Asssociation's office.
- Aid To Indigent Prisoners Society, Inc. Assigned Counsel Program
- Attorney/Client Fee Dispute Arbitration Program
- Crime Victims Legal Help
- Lawyers for Learning Program
- Lawyer Referral & Information Service
- Legal Organizations
- Mock Trial Tournament
- Speakers Bureau
- Statement of Client's Rights
- Stop DWI Program
- Volunteer Lawyers Project
For additional information about the Bar Association of Erie County's public services and educational programs contact our staff at 716-852-8687.


text:
Quality Child Care Initiative (SGA/DFA 00-106)
Billing Code 4510-30
Employment and Training Administration
AGENCIES: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGAs) for the Purpose of Training Child Care Providers.
SUMMARY: THIS NOTICE CONTAINS ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND FORMS NEEDED TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING. The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, invites proposals for approximately ten (10) awards for the implementation of the Quality Child Care Initiative. It will assist with the initiation of building a national system for the education and training of professional child care providers and expand the National Apprenticeship System by incorporating diversification of occupational entities through development of new and innovative strategies for increasing the participation among the child care industry.
DATES: Applications will be accepted commencing on the date of publication. The closing date for receipt of applications is July 12, 2000, at 4 P.M., (Eastern Time ) at the address below.
ADDRESSES: Applications shall be mailed to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Division of Federal Assistance, Attention: Reda Harrison, Reference: SGA/DFA 00-106, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-4203, Washington, D.C. 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions should be faxed to Reda Harrison, Grants Management Specialist, Division of Federal Assistance, Fax 202- 219-8739. This is not a toll-free number. All inquiries should include the SGA number (DFA 00-106) a contact name, fax and phone numbers. This solicitation will also be published on the Internet on the Employment and Training Administration's Home Page at https://www.doleta.gov. Award notifications will also be published on this Home Page.
I. Purpose. To invite proposals for providing a credentialed career path for development of professional child care providers through the utilization of the National Registered Apprenticeship System; which will reduce turnover, increase wages for providers, provide a more stable environment for children and lower the concern of parents.
II. Background. The Child Care Industry is in trouble. A 1989 study by the National Center of Early Childhood Workforce found that the quality of services provided by most day care centers was rated as "barely adequate," and a more recent four-State study by the University of Colorado, at Denver, found that only 14 percent of child care centers were rated as good quality. In addition, child care workers are faced with relatively low wages, inadequate benefit coverage and high job turnover.
On October 23, 1997, President and Mrs. Clinton hosted the White House Conference on child Care to focus the Nation's attention on the importance of addressing the need for safe, affordable, available and quality child care. Integral to providing the "right" care is the quality of the child care worker.
Quality child care service goes hand in glove with having an adequate supply of competent, professional child care providers. This requires enhanced training opportunities and a redefinition of the basic concept of what constitutes a child care provider. A national focus on accreditation demands that practitioners have access to education and training that will promote professional development. As the field of early care and education becomes established as a profession, practitioners are required to master basic knowledge, skills and core competencies of early childhood development. As professionals, practitioners must develop practical knowledge that will enable them to apply new approaches and strategies for working effectively with young children.
III. Statement of Work. As our society continues to evolve and demands are placed on parents to secure full time job/careers, the need for safe, affordable, available and quality child care has been brought to the forefront. Utilization of the National Apprenticeship System can provide needed training for early care and education practitioners. High quality training has the potential to change the culture of the child care industry from one dominated by low pay and high turnover to one of respected professional service. No longer would child care be equated to baby-sitting.
The apprenticeship model validates the integral part that child care plays in the economy, as working families rely on dependable, accessible care for their children. As families move from welfare to work, additional sources of training child care providers are in demand.
NOTE: All applicants are expected to provide information relative to the projected number of participants (i.e., employers, apprentices and the diverse make-up of the participants).
The major tasks of this project will be, but not limited, to the following:
- System and capacity-building by incorporating in a collaborative spirit organizations, agencies, employers, associations and higher education (i.e., State Child Care Association, State Head Start Association, State Early Childhood Professional Associations , School Age Care, Black Child Development Institution, State Family Child Care Associations, State Head Start Collaboration Directors, Post Secondary Institutions, Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Registered Apprenticeship Representative), to develop a vision for implementation of an individual statewide sustainable infrastructure built upon successful registered apprenticeship and best practice models;
- From the above activity, establishment of an oversight body to provide direction and guidance to the vision, utilizing the services of an Apprenticeship and Training Representative;
- Utilization of an established curriculum or development of a curriculum based on developmentally appropriate inclusive practices for young children and an interactive adult education teaching approach that is effective for adult learners;
- Adoption of or establishment of a train-the-trainer system that will ensure the availability of knowledgeable, experienced, skilled instructors for the related instruction course work;
- Development of a process to promote career lattice for those graduates of the registered apprenticeship system (i.e., articulation into an Associates Degree or higher);
- Ensuring the inclusion of those with other nationally recognized credentials such as the Child Development Associate (CDA) through previous credit for documented prior experience;
- Demonstration of in-kind support from institutions involved in the process (i.e., time spent to facilitate and foster the process and/or free facilities to conduct related instruction);
- Development and implementation of a strategy or strategies to ensure inclusion of practitioners representing diversity of culture, ethnicity, gender and ability;
- Development of policies, procedures and formulas to ensure the consistency and integrity of system implementation and beyond. The system will be sustainable and ownership established, if the process is followed throughout the state.
IV. Application Process. Eligible Applicants: Those eligible to apply are as follows: States that have a State Apprenticeship Agency (SAA) ; State Agencies designated by the Governor; Governor's Early Childhood Initiative; and other State Agencies with responsibility for child care regulations or funding. Only one proposal will be accepted per State; and for States without an SAA, a letter from the Governor designating the agency must accompany the proposal. Those awardees who received Child Care Initiative awards in 1999 are not eligible to compete for this procurement.
V. Application Submittal. Applicants must submit four (4) copies of their proposal, with original signatures. The application shall be divided into two distinct parts: Part I - which contains Standard Form (SF) 424, "Application for Federal Assistance," (Appendix A) and "Budget Information Sheet," (Appendix B). All copies of the SF 424 MUST have original signatures of the legal entity applying for grant funding. Applicants shall indicate on the SF 424 the organization's IRS Status, if applicable. According to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Section 18, an organization described in Section 501(c) 4 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which engages in lobbying activities shall not be eligible for the receipt of federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 17.249. In addition, the budget shall include -- on a separate page(s) -- a detailed cost break-out of each line item on the Budget Information Sheet. Part II shall contain the program narrative that demonstrates the applicant's plan and capabilities in accordance with the evaluation criteria contained in this section. Applicants must describe their plan in light of each of the Evaluation Criteria. Applicants MUST limit the program narrative section to no more than 30 double-spaced pages, on one side only. THIS INCLUDES ANY ATTACHMENTS. Applications that fail to meet the page limitation requirement will not be considered.
VI. Late Applications. Any application received after the exact date and time specified for receipt at the office designated in this notice will not be considered, unless it is received before awards are made and it - (a) was sent by U.S. Postal Service registered or certified mail not later than the fifth calendar day before the date specified for receipt of applications (e.g., an application submitted in response to a solicitation requiring receipt of applications by the 20th of the month must have been mailed/post marked by the 15th of that month); or (b) was sent by the U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day Service to addressee not later than 5:00 P.M. at the place of mailing two working days prior to the date specified for receipt of applications. The term "working days" excludes weekends and Federal holidays. "Post-marked" means a printed, stamped or otherwise placed impression (exclusive of a postage meter machine impression) that is readily identifiable, without further action, as having been supplied or affixed on the date of mailing by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
VII. Withdrawal of Applications. Applications may be withdrawn by written notice or telegram (including mail gram) received at any time before an award is made. Applications may be withdrawn in person by the applicant or by an authorized representative thereof, the representative's identity is made known and representative signs a receipt of the proposal.
VIII. Hand Delivered Proposals. It is preferred that applications be mailed at least five days prior to the closing date. To be considered for funding, hand-delivered applications must be received by 4:00 P.M., (Eastern Time), July 12, 2000, at the specified address. Failure to adhere to the above instructions will be a basis for a determination of nonresponsiveness. Overnight express mail from carriers other than the U.S. Postal Service will be considered hand-delivered applications and MUST BE RECEIVED by the above specified date and time.
IX. Funding Availability and Period of Performance. The Department expects to make up to 10 awards with a maximum total investment for these projects of $3.5 million. The estimated range of awards is to be from $175,000 to $350,000. The period of performance will be for 18 months from the date of execution.
X. Review Process. A careful evaluation of applications will be made by a technical review panel who will evaluate the applications against the criteria listed below. The panel results are advisory in nature and not binding on the Grant Officer. The Government may elect to award the grant with or without discussions with the offeror. In situations without discussions, an award will be based on the offeror's signature on the SF 424, which constitutes a binding offer. Those awards made will be in the best interests of the Government.
Evaluation Criteria:
A. System and Capacity Building -- The extent to which the offeror has delineated collaboration strategies to develop a vision and implementation plan for a statewide infrastructure utilizing the registered apprenticeship system of training and forecast of implementation. (25 points)
B. Sustainability -- Plan for long term viability of the system after this funding ends. (15 points)
C. Curriculum -- Delineation of utilization or development of curriculum based on developmentally appropriate inclusive practices for young children and an interactive adult educational component for effective adult learners and a forecast of implementation. (15 points)
D. Career Lattice -- Describe the process for inclusion of participants with documented prior experience linked with substantial increases in compensation and next steps for apprenticeship graduates in the process (awarding of college credit and articulation with higher education). (20 points)
E. Diversity -- Outline the strategy or strategies developed to ensure inclusion of participants representing diversity of culture, ethnicity, gender and ability (i.e., projected number of employers and apprentices) and a forecast of implementation. (15 points)
F.Consistency and Integrity -- Delineation of the policies, procedures, and formulas developed to ensure consistency and integrity of the statewide system. (10 points)
XI. Reporting Requirements:
- Attendance to a post award orientation briefing (i.e., time and place to be announced), where BAT will reiterate and delineate the overall desired outcomes of the project;
- Detailed work plan, budget, and schedule within 30 days of grant award;
- Quarterly Status Reports within 30 days of quarters end;
- Monthly cost vouchers;
- Final report on completed tasks and specific recommendations for future grants for Child Care Initiatives, no later than 45 days following the end of the grant.
Signed in Washington, D.C., the 5th of May, 2000.
Laura A. Cesario
Grant Officer
Division of Federal Assistance
Appendix A: SF 424 - Application Form
Appendix B: Budget Information Form


text:
So the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz fight is over and done. But the questions and the thoughts and the internet crap will continue for a long time on this one.
Did you watch it? In person or on PPV or in a local Sports Bar or at a friend's house? If you saw this fight you can leave me a comment with your thoughts, feelings or opinions and we can post them here.
I know that many of you will disagree with some or even all of what I will say here.
On one hand you are fortunate if you saw this one first hand. Right or wrong you are among the crowd that can actually form an opinion and offer it to the public.
You probably read my post from before the fight, if not you can read it here. My thoughts leading up to the fight were fairly clear and I did pick the right winner (not many were backing Ortiz) and predicted the early KO. It was clear that Mayweather was the better boxer with much more experience. His defensive skills were far better than Ortiz's.
What both had was strong punching power and I expected a longer fight, maybe 7 or 8 rounds, with more punching leading up to the knockout.
I expected a better fight and it is disappointing that Ortiz decided to purposely head butt Mayweather and it is disappointing that the knockout came in such a strange way leading to all of this confusion. Instead of a quality title match we are left with a fight more on the order of Mike Tyson's ear biting of Evander Holyfield or some of the other ring fiascos we have seen.
On the head butt: the Ref rightly deducted as point from Ortiz. He had already warned Ortiz earlier in the fight when Ortiz attempted to intentionally head butt Mayweather. So the 4th round head butt was the second time Ortiz had done this. My thought? One point deduction was not enough.
What did Ortiz say about his head butting tactic?
"Frustrated by the punches he was taking without landing any of his own, he tried to head-butt Mayweather while they clinched in a corner.
"It was the heat of moment," Ortiz said."
And Mayweather? "Once we touch gloves it's fight time," Mayweather said. "It's open season."
What was the word at the barbershop b4 the fight??
If you did not get the chance to see this fight, you have heard something about it otherwise you would not be here. The amount of publicity that has been generated post-fight is enormous and much more than the fight really deserves.
The LA Times had excellent live updates round by round. Click here to check it out.
The boxing match deserves some amount of public comment just because these are two top-tier fighters and one lost his WBC Welterweight Title. However, because of the strange things that happened in the ring in the fourth round of this fight it is now part of the daily media frenzy.
So, if you missed it , here is a brief synopsis of the four rounds of this fight.
Fight Results:
Round 1: Mayweather wins 10-9
Round 2: Mayweather wins 10-9
Round 3: Mayweather wins 10-9
Mayweather wins the early rounds with his speed and counter-punching.
"Mayweather consistently beat Ortiz to the punch, and his experience and hand speed appeared to be the difference."
Round 4: In Round 4 Ortiz appeared to rally a bit until a truly bizarre series of events unfolded and Mayweather knocks out Ortiz in Round 4.
"In (Round 4) Mayweather got a (head) butt, a kiss and a hug–all from Victor Ortiz." This quote is from an ESPN article, just click the quote for more.
Here is the head butt, the hug, the kiss and the KO baby!
What I have heard from way too may "sports guys" on TV news (pick a channel, the local news is the worst) is that Mayweather used a "sucker punch" to knock out Ortiz. This despite the fact that post-fight Ortiz admitted he knew that the fight had restarted and that he (Ortiz) had "followed the rules" from the ref bringing the fighters back together to restart the fight after Ortiz had intentionally head-butted Mayweather.
The sports reporters on TV news (especially the local news guys) just want the airtime and this fight has given them something to talk about. But few have done any boxing and not too many have been professional athletes. I respect those guys even if I disagree. But some guy that had been the weatherman yesterday…and got a "promotion" doing the sports? Fuck you, get off my TV.
The Referee had deducted a point from Ortiz due to his actions which violated boxing rules. As the fighters came back together in the center of the ring Ortiz tried to hug Mayweather. Then he leaned his head in appearing to try to kiss Mayweather. Ortiz says he was apologizing for his head-butt.
Mayweather says he thought he was going to get head butted again and responded with a left hand that rocked Ortiz and knocked him back. To that point, the left was the best punch from either fighter. Ortiz looked at the ref, and he may have said something it was hard to tell. While Ortiz looked at the ref, Mayweather slammed a massive right hand to the side of Ortiz's head knocking him to the canvas.
Some folks on the internet are saying Ortiz could have gotten up before being counted out, but I did not see it that way. It appeared that Ortiz was knocked silly and could not recover within the 10 count.
Did you see it differently? Comment her or mssg me on Twitter @zenDR and I will be glad to consider what you say. Hell, you might even be able to get me to change my mind.
I say it on PPV and sometimes the TV angle(s) just don't give the real deal view of the action that you see in person. So, if you were at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for this fight, definitely let me know what you are thinking. If you saw it on PPV somewhere I'll be glad to listen to you.
If all you know is what some asshole said on TV news or on the internet…kiss my ass. I don't care.
Update September 18th:
Victor Ortiz wants rematch "Fight wasn't 'fair'"
On a possible rematch with Mayweather: "I would love the rematch, because you know, I fouled Floyd, and I apologized in the ring, and apologized after the fight as well. Just heat of the moment. It's one of those things where the ref was in the middle, and they called the break as well, and he caught me after the ref caught me (?). And I guess to a sense, it's a payback but I agree to disagree, I'd like the rematch, though, it'd be a nice one. … … I do want the rematch, and I'm sure Floyd will give it to me. Well, I hope, anyways."
That's a MAN. Even though I do NOT think the Mayweather knockout was illegit, unfair or a sucker punch, I have to say…Ortiz is a MAN in stepping up after the fight.
Update September 19th:
Here is (short) HBO's fight recap. They state that Ortiz was "stunned" by hard Mayweather right hands at the end of the third round and seemed "lost" as he returned to his corner at the end of the round. HBO also says that Mayweather had won all of the three rounds.
Assuming Mayweather was also going to win the 4th Round at a similar 10-9 score (easy & correct assumption), he would have been ahead by a score of 40-36. After Ortiz lost a point in the 4th that would have made the score 40-35. Just about impossible to come back and win the fight in 12 rounds by decision.
A boxer would have to win 5 rounds just to tie and then continue to stay even. With 8 rounds remaining that means Ortiz needed to win 5 of those next 8 rounds by a score of 10-9. Otherwise a decision goes to Mayweather. And, after the head butt, you gotta figure the judges will score Ortiz a little harsher making it harder to win a round.
He really needed to get lucky and get a KO to win. And he knew he was getting his ass kicked.
Consequently, the intentional head butt in the corner. Take a look at that part again. A little cleaner and that head butt could have knocked Mayweather out, Is that what Ortiz was thinking? Or maybe just cause a cut, heavy bleeding? I dunno. I just know that mathematically he already lost by the time of the 4th round drama.
Update September 20th:
Today Larry Merchant, the HBO fight announcer/colog guy said Mayweather would be the favoriate against Pacquaio. Course the 80 year old Merchant was the one that said "If I was 50 years younger I would kick (Mayweather's) ass". Right Larry, right.
If you read his full quote here, you will see he said something very convoluted so it is difficult to determine who he actually thinks would win.
Maybe he should say "If I was 50 years younger I would make a hell of a lot more sense".
September 20th #2
Pacquaio today says that Mayweather would have been "troubled" by Ortiz in the "late rounds" and would have lost the bout. Say what dude?? He is suggesting that Ortiz went on the "attack" in the 4th round. And, yes, Ortiz did land a few shots (mostly on Mayweather's gloves) when he moved Mayweather into the corner just b4 he jumped at Mayweather and slammed his opponent with the top of his head. Clearly. For the second time.
However, even if Ortiz did not get knocked out in the 4th round, as I explain above he would have come out of that round behind by a score of no more than 40-35. That is the best that Ortiz could have scored. And, given that score, there is almost no way for Ortiz to win on a decision. He would need to win at least 5 (and probably 6) of the next 8 rounds. Otherwise he loses on a decision. And it was obvious that Mayweather's defense was stronger than Ortiz could handle.
So maybe he would get lucky and win 5 or 6 rounds, but it did not appear to be possible.
Or maybe he would get lucky and knock Mayweather out. But things didn't seem to be heading in that direction.
Or maybe a third head butt would have opened a fight ending cut on Mayweathers face.
But Ortiz was not going to "trouble" Mayweather in the later rounds. Not gonna happen.
As is often the case with strange fights, the post-fight chatter is pretty interesting.
Everybody has something to say.
September 22nd:
Today in the Sacramento Bee there is an article (I'm not even linking to it because it is such a time waster) where the writer says in his primary 2 points:
- Mayweather is now the most hated PERSON in the world, after OJ Simpson
- Mayweather is "ducking & dodging" a fight against Pacquaio
I'm not giving this guy any more room in my blog, that's it. He is an ass. Like the guys writing (way too many) all the racist shit about Ortiz (he's an American assholes with a proud Mexican background) and the guys with their profanity laced diatribes about Mayweather and how blacks always comeout on top against Hispanics (say what? They both have been treasted like shit way too often). I will not say more, will not give them space here, I will continue to delete their comments. Fuck em.
Late September 22nd:
Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero is ready to get back into the ring and wants to move up to the Welterweight class. Why? Guerrero (29-1-1 with 16 KOs) wants to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I tell you, why am I not surprised? Guerrero is a good lightweight, but I wasn't so sure before his injury when he was going to fight in the Junior Welterweights.
If he gets a fight with Mayweather it could be interesting, he's a good boxer. But with the injury, surgery, rehab and weight class change Guerrero would have to be really prepared.
September 23rd:
Excellent Al Bernstein video blog (on the boxing channel) regarding the subject of the mainstream sports guys (TV, radio, print dudes) and their inability to look at the big picture of the sport when one single well publicized bout turns out not to deliver as promised. In other words, they get lost in the hype and then their coverage totally misleads the public who usually does not pay attention to the sport of boxing. or any other sport for that matter. Reporters, sports or otherwise, have a duty to help educate their viewers, readers, listeners and not to play their dishonorable "hype": chip when one event goes bad.
Check it out.
September 24th:
Replay tonight on HBO at 9:30 EDT.
January 16, 2012
Mayweather vs Pacquiao rumors: rumor had been this fight would happen in May 2012 or Novembember 2012.
This article from Bad Left Hook (one of my new favorite boxing websites) explains that now the rumor is that Bob Arum says Pacman will fight in June. Since some info is out about a Mayweather fight in May, Bad Left Hook suggests that the May fight rumor for these two fighters is just a No-Go and November is a bd date for a number of reasons.
So, they suggest we just believe that Mayweather will fight Saul Alvarez on May 5th in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, and Manny will defend his belt aginst someone in June.
Then the whole Mayweather prison sentence in June.
So, maybe still no bout between these two top boxers in 2012. Another year of waiting.


text:
Authors and Artists :: Jason Blume
Jason Blume is one of the few songwriters to ever achieve the distinction of having his songs on Billboard's Pop, R&B, and Country charts all at the same time. Blume's songs are on Grammy-nominated albums and have sold more than 50 million copies! Artists who have recorded Jason's songs include Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Jesse McCartney, and country stars including Collin Raye, John Berry, and the Oak Ridge Boys. He received a BMI award for garnering more than one million radio airplays. On television and in films, his songs have been heard on Scrubs, Friday Night Lights, Fame, Dangerous Minds, Disney's Kim Possible, Emmy Award winners and nominees, The Miss America Pageant, Guiding Light, and more.
Jason is also the author of three best-selling songwriting books, all published by Billboard Books. He has presented songwriting workshops and keynote speeches on cruise ships and in countries including Ireland, Norway, Bermuda, Jamaica, Canada and Mexico, as well as in more than 40 U.S. cities.
When he's not writing hit songs or teaching others how to do so, Jason writes for Blue Mountain Arts. A songwriter at heart, Jason has a true talent for eloquently expressing emotion in a way that everyone can relate to, making his writings popular among Blue Mountain Arts fans.
Visit Jason at http://www.jasonblume.com/1953168.html.
Examples of Blue Mountain Arts products by Jason Blume
Classic Blue Mountain Arts®
Father's Day Cards
Graduation Cards
Magnetic Notepads
Mother's Day Cards
Pocket Notepads
Sculpted Paper Collection
Spanish Greeting Cards
Spanish Miniature Easel Prints with Magnets
Thoughts of Life™ Cards
Valentine's Day Cards
Wallet Cards
|Home | Cards | Books | Gifts | Shop | Locations | Authors & Artists | About Us | Poetry Contest | Sitemap | Contact Us
|Copyright © 2020 Blue Mountain Arts. All rights reserved.
Blue Mountain, Blue Mountain Arts, and the Blue Mountain logo are
service marks or registered service marks of BMA Holdings, LLC
in the United States and other countries.


text:
Message Board
Adele Parks Message Board
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Parks has written!
Author Parks's Book Reviews
Game Over
Downtown, Mar 2004, 13.00, 368 pp. ISBN: 0743457617 Cas Perry knows herself quite well even to the point of understanding her life's pivotal moment that shaped her beliefs. When she was seven, her father deserted her and her mother. Since that time, Cas' values are simply that relationships are based on dumping before being dumped and that nothing lasts so cynically calculate what you want so that you cannot be damaged. Understanding that men ...
Larger Than Life
Downtown, Aug 2003, 12.00, 384 pp. ISBN: 0743457609 At eighteen Georgina saw Hugh for the first time and knew he was her mate though he did not quite see it that way at that time. Now fourteen years later, Georgina lives in London with her beloved Hugh, and on top of that likes her job and is financially solvent. Georgina wonders if life can get any better than hers is? When Georgina learns she is pregnant she has a mixed reaction. She want...


text:
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs thinks mobile and wireless technologies have the potential to transform the costly health care industry.
The benefits: earlier patient interventions, reduced medical errors, improved outcomes, lower costs and improved quality of life.
Jacobs sees a consumer-driven future, where we can baseline health status through genetic testing, develop specific therapies to meet individual needs and track vital signs, activity and medication compliance remotely to create a healthier world.
Jacobs discussed the future of digital health with CNBC as part of its Healthy Week coverage.
Part of the challenge facing our health care system is that we have an increasing number of chronic problems that are costly to manage, from obesity to cardiovascular disease. What's the potential of wireless technology to reduce costs and improve the way we care for patients?
The benefits of mobile and remote monitoring technologies are measurable. Studies have shown that these technologies can reduce mortality rates between 45 percent-69 percent, emergency room admissions between 20 percent-69 percent and even hospital re-admissions between 44 percent-73 percent. That's particularly meaningful for patients with high cost chronic conditions like congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, for example.
This ability to intervene earlier, lower hospital admissions and reduce medical errors takes costs out of the system. Chronic disease patients currently consume more than three-quarters of the $2.7 trillion spent on health care annually in the United States. Mobile technology makes it easier to manage chronic disease and promises to reduce those costs.


text:
A product has been added to your basket! You currently have items which total to £0.00 exc VAT
Order by 2pm and we dispatch your items the same day!
A dark grey coating gives this crystal and almost black look.Non hotfix flat backs have a flat reverse to allow secure fixing to your creations, a suitable adhesive is required.Size 10mmColour Crystal Silver Night (001 SINI) Unfoiled Effects Unfoiled
Copyright © Beads and Crystals Ltd. All Rights Reserved


text:
npomarede wrote:The result is that on STF the demo loader will crash immediately and the demo will hang.
"STE" wasn't such bad advice after all.
amilo3438 wrote:So, if someone can correct /patch the mistake on the demo detection routine, some of screens will work also on the ST mode.
That could be interesting because on my STE the "NGC" demo exhibited Shifter border bands on the logo when I tried.


text:
Citation Winners - 2005
award was established in 1950 to focus attention
on new cultivars that appear to have outstanding
qualities and distinction. It should be understood
that this award does not necessarily imply good
performance in various climates and soil types.
In order to win, a cultivar may not have been registered
prior to September 1 of the voting year, though
it may have been pre-registered. Garden Judges
must cast their votes only for cultivars personally
observed growing in a garden. Votes are cast using
either a seedling number or a pre-registered name.
It must receive a minimum of 10 votes. Once a Junior
Citation has been voted, the hybridizer has one
year from notification to complete registration
in order for the Junior Citation to be awarded.
to the Awards Page.


text:
Two Afghan clerics killed in Hangu
[Dawn] Unknown assailants
bumped off
two Afghan
holy men
at a mosque in Hangu city on Wednesday night, police said.
They said that the mosque attack occurred in Kata Kani area, where the Afghan refugees had been living for past several months.
Those killed were identified as Maulana Zahir and Maulana Mohammad Yousuf. The police said that one person was injured in the attack.
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
his name could not be ascertained.
The injured person was taken to district headquarters hospital. Officials said that security had been tightened in the sectarian-hit sensitive area of Hangu, while police had cordoned off the area and started search operation.
The city police have started investigations after registering FIR of the case against unknown terrorists.
Posted by: Fred 2013-01-26


text:
The cost of gas is rising almost daily. There's no end in sight. The higher the gas and oil prices go, the higher the cost of everything else seems to soar as well! This, unfortunately, includes the cost of food. You can park your car, but you can't stop eating.
So, how can we avoid turning to cheap, unhealthy food during these hard times?
Here are some valuable ways to pick up good food without breaking your budget so you and your family can stay the course to a healthier lifestyle.
1. Grow your own. It doesn't take a lot of space to grow your own vegetables. All you need is a patch of yard - or even a windowsill - where the sun shines often. A bit of weeding and feeding and soon you'll be feasting on your own homegrown tomatoes, peppers, radishes or beans. Remember, if your goal is to cut back on eating expenses, a small veggie garden will reduce your grocery bill!
2. Right on, leftovers! If you are usually one to throw away food, now is the perfect time to become a saver instead of a scrapper. Leftovers should become your very best friend in times of financial strain. If you can have two meals for the price of one, then shouldn't you do it? YES! So start saving and you'll be seeing double when you dine at home or at a restaurant!
3. Clipping coupons. If you knew there was a way for you to save 10, 20, 30 or even 40 to 50% off your grocery bill... wouldn't you jump on it? Such a way exists, folks - and it's called the notorious coupon! These babies are a great way to save a little here, a little there - and it adds up! So take advantage and start clippin'! Just remember to stick with coupons for products you usually buy.
Copyright © 2004 - 2020 Diet Health, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
Kia is a full line automaker. A full line automaker that names every single one of their cars with real, tangible names. But then they showed off the Kia K900, a premium sedan without a real name. What's the deal?
We were curious as to the exact reasoning why Kia felt they had to enter the alphabet soup that is luxury car naming, especially when companies like Porsche and sister company Hyundai have given their premium sedans lovely, tangible names.
So why K900, a name that sounds a lot like a robot dog?
Kia's North American head of marketing and communications Michael Sprague told us that they felt it needed that name to succeed. He told us to "look at the BMW 5-Series, Mercedes E-Class, etc" and how they are named. That's what most buyers in the premium market expect, and it's proof that manufacturers have killed names for executive sedans, instead training us to want things with letters and numbers, not names like Eldorado, DeVille, Legend, Vigor, Bavaria, Zephyr, Town Car, and Continental.
Instead, our monkey brains need to have letters like CTS or numbers like 535i or the car just doesn't fit into that segment.
When we asked Sprague what the car was called in other markets, he said it uses K9, K900, or Quoris. It's a shame they aren't using the last one, because Quoris just rolls off the tongue. And that is not sarcasm.


text:
Yes, Moto C supports OTG connectivity.
Yes, you will get a pair of headphones with this mobile phone in the box.
Moto C has Micro USB support.
Motorola Moto C has 5.0 Inch IPS display.
Got the phone yesterday. The phone is good and packaging was nicely done by OnlyMobiles.
Build Quality: The phone is made of plastic body but you will not feel bad about it. As this is one of the cheapest smartphone from Lenovo. I am already using Lenovo Note and that is why I have again bought the Lenovo mobile only for my son.
Display: The display is something what is not great in this phone. Though it is good for indoor conditions but it does not work well in outdoor conditions. The resolution is not good.
Camera: As an entry level phone, camera is better than many other cheap phones. It has got front camera flash and auto focus for the rear camera.
Battery performance is good and last for almost 1 and a half day with moderate usage.
overall, I will give 4 out 5 stars to Lenovo for this phone.
good phone at decent price and some good specifications. Moto is a trusted brand name in mobile phones.


text:
This one shows the location of a party school. I suspect there's a big difference between the American and Chinese definitions of "party school".
(click to enlarge)
In his hotel room, among the usual amenities, was a box of condoms. Obviously, these people take their birth control seriously.
(click to enlarge)
This last one, which I'm not going to comment on (that's your job) he says was taken in a generic shopping mall, in a store that featured local crafts.
(maybe you shouldn't click to enlarge)


text:
The Research and Engineering Directorate is responsible for directing and managing the core research and engineering capabilities at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center. The directorate executes research, technology development, and engineering functions in support of NASA missions.
The technical competencies in the directorate include research and develop of aeronautics and space propulsion systems, high temperature and harsh environments materials and structures, chemical, electrical, mechanical and nuclear power systems, and microwave, RF and optical communication systems.
We are a highly skilled, multidisciplined, diverse team recognized and sought by customers and stakeholders as a vital partner in advancing NASA's missions in aeronautics and robotic/human space flight.
Learn More
Technical Areas of Excellence
Our People
New information is frequently being added to this site. If you have questions or require additional information, please email the directorate webteam.


text:
Posts Tagged 'trick'
The film that will make you believe in love again
So I think I mentioned before how I got dumped a while back. It wasn't a long relationship, and looking back, he probably wasn't right for me for a number of reasons. But when you're happy one minute and by the time they've finished saying their piece, you've had your happiness taken away from you, it's still a bitter pill to swallow.
My friend Mike's also been dating a bit of an idiot lately, and finally called time on the relationship a couple of weeks ago.
So we decided we were up for a bit of soul food – and what better than to watch your favourite movie with a good friend?
For the bruised of heart, I recommend a movie called Trick. The plot involves two guys – Gabriel and Mark – who meet on the subway in New York one summer night. Trick devours every gay cliché in the book as we follow them on a tour of the city, fighting off bitchy drag queens, high maintenance best friends, and randy, bedroom-hogging flatmates in a desperate attempt to find a place where they can just get down to some good old fashioned boy on boy fun.
Or is that all it is?
Mark is everyone's perfect man. Tall, dark and handsome – with a body to die for. He's got the crooked grin, the dreamy eyes, and cute, sticky out ears and I fell in love with him the minute I laid eyes on him.
OK, I know he's a movie character, but he's Athena poster beautiful, exuding masculinity and vulnerability in equal measure. He'd blow your mind in the sack, then melt your heart the next morning as you watch him sleep like an angel.
At first you're inclined to think that Mark is out of Gabriel's league, but as the film progresses, you realise that Mark isn't your average muscle mary, and he's falling for Gabriel as much as Gabriel is falling for him. When they finally kiss on a street corner as the sun rises over the East Village you just want to cheer.
We've all had one of those nights. Crazy nights where you end up in all sorts of places and you come home with a smile of pure contentment on your face. The world seems to be bursting with possibilities. It was a time before life got complicated, before mortgages and careers, responsibilities and bills. When I could stay out all night and still function the next day.
Yeah, I'm cynical, yeah I'm sarcastic. I project an air of cool confidence and you would have to work darn hard to crack it.
But I'll let you into a secret.
I want to fall in love. Big, scary, stupid love.
I'm not saying you should measure every guy against Mark. Nobody is perfect and life isn't some heartwarming romantic comedy. But what Trick reminds you to do is never, ever lose sight of love. Never settle for second best and never close your heart to the possibility.
Everyone has a 'Mark' in the world somewhere. I'm looking forward to meeting mine. Until then, I'm lucky to have some of the greatest people in the world as my friends and family, so I know I'm never alone.


text:
Does a water-resistant and dust-proof camera really have to be as fugly as this? Ricoh's ten-megapixel, shock-resistant G600 sits alongside its Caplio 500G, and boasts, as well as a 5x zoom, flash with a ten-meter range, 52MB internal memory and hi-def 2.7-inch display.
The G600 does movies too, shooting VGA video at 30fps, and you can even shoot up to a meter underwater. The G600 has been designed to work between temperatures of -10º and 40º Centigrade, and you can drop it onto 26 different surfaces from a height of 1.5 meters. Costing £350 when it comes out next month, that's almost $700—which proves that, while the camera may be shockproof, I am not. [Ricoh and Akihabara News]


text:
This laboratory manual contains 42 experiments for the standard sequence of topics in general, organic, and biological chemistry. General Chemistry: Measurement and Significant Figures; Conversion Factors in Calculations; Density and Specific Gravity; Atomic Structure; Electronic Configuration and Periodic Properties; Nuclear Radiation; Compounds and Their Formulas; Energy and Specific Heat; Energy and States of Matter; Chemical Reactions and Equations; Reaction Rates and Equilibrium; Moles and Chemical Formulas; Gas Laws; Partial Pressures of Gas Mixtures; Solutions, Electrolytes, and Concentration; Soluble and Insoluble Salts; Testing for Cations and Anions; Solutions, Colloids, and Suspensions; Acids, Bases, pH and Buffers; Acid-Base Titration. Organic and Biological Chemistry: Properties of Organic Compounds; Structures of Alkanes; Reactions of Hydrocarbons; Alcohols and Phenols; Aldehydes and Ketones; Types of Carbohydrates; Tests for Carbohydrates; Carboxylic Acids and Esters; Aspirin and Other Analgesics; Lipids; Glycerophospholipids and Steroids; Saponification and Soaps; Amines and Amides; Synthesis of Acetaminophen; Plastics and Polymerization; Amino Acids; Peptides and Proteins; Enzymes; Vitamins; DNA Components and Extraction; Digestion of Foodstuffs; Analysis of Urine. A comprehensive lab manual for anyone who wants to learn more about general, organic, and biological chemistry.Timberlake, Karen C. is the author of 'Chemistry An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry', published 0013 under ISBN 9780805330250 and ISBN 0805330259.[read more]
You can find lots of answers to common customer questions in our FAQs
View a detailed breakdown of our shipping prices
Learn about our return policy
Still need help? Feel free to contact us
View college textbooks by subject
and top textbooks for college
With our dedicated customer support team, 30-day no-questions-asked return policy, and our price match guarantee, you can rest easy knowing that we're doing everything we can to save you time, money, and stress.


text:
Cotton analysts are projecting a 15.8 million bale U.S. cotton crop this season, 1.2 million bales lower than USDA's July 11 projection of 17 million bales.
The analysts spoke at the Ag Market Network's annual Cotton Roundtable, held at the Intercontinental Exchange in New York City. Here's a breakdown by region.
While this year's Texas crop is still struggling under the grip of an extended drought, it's doing better than last year's 3.5 million bale crop, in which 62 percent of the acreage was abandoned.
USDA's Texas cotton crop condition index for the current crop is now around 62 percent compared to 36 percent a year ago, noted Carl Anderson, Extension specialist emeritus, Texas A&M University. (A crop at 100 percent is considered perfect).
Moderate to severe drought conditions have existed for more than a year in Texas, Anderson said. "During the first half of 2012, rainfall across most cotton areas in Texas totaled less than 2 inches. However, there have been some localized rains that benefited both irrigated fields and some dryland areas.
"In the three months of April through June, much of the cotton growing areas have received 8 percent to 12 percent of normal rainfall. As of July 23, Texas cotton is rated by USDA as 8 percent very poor, 17 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 31 percent good and only 6 percent excellent."
Given the lack of normal rainfall, below average irrigated and dryland cotton yields are expected in Texas, according to Anderson.
Of the estimated 6.8 million acres planted in Texas, about one-third of the acreage planted (mostly dryland) is likely to be abandoned due primarily to dry soil conditions. In South Texas, cotton conditions are mixed — some good and some bad.
"Statewide, 35 percent of the crop was setting bolls as of July 23. As a result, the existing cotton could improve with timely rain and moderate temperatures in late summer and early fall. The Texas cotton crop potential is in the 4.5 million to 6 million bale range, depending on good or not-so-good weather conditions between now and the middle of October."
Tentative Texas estimate
Anderson's production estimate for Texas is a tentative 5.3 million bales. "The crop for the next two months needs to be watched closely for changes in growing conditions."
Oklahoma growers could produce around 436,000 bales on 330,000 acres. The crop is mostly in fair to good condition.
Kansas growers planted 55,000 acres that are in fair to good condition and may produce 64,000 bales. Growers in the Southwest states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas might harvest around 5.8 million bales, according to Anderson.
Southeast and Mid-South
The Southeast planted about 2.7 million acres to cotton this season, down about 700,000 acres from the previous year. The crop got off to a very good start, according to O.A. Cleveland, professor emeritus, Mississippi State University. "It slowed a bit when it got a little dry, but it's still ahead of normal."
Cleveland says the crop is "a little better than average crop, which means the yield will be close to 800 pounds. We're looking at about 4.3 million bales coming out of the Southeast."
Based on USDA numbers, the Mid-South is down only 300,000 acres from last year, having planted 2.1 million acres, "which many think is between 150,000 acres and 200,000 acres too high."
The Mid-South crop "got off to a good start, probably the fastest start ever," Cleveland said. Like in the Southeast, the crop slowed down on dry weather, "but has come back. It's above average. We've had excellent moisture during July."
Cleveland expects Mid-South yields of a little better than average "maybe as high as 900 pounds, which would produce about 3.8 million bales of cotton. I'm sticking with that number even though I think that acreage is going to come down."
Far West
Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, is projecting record to near-record yields for California this season, noting that the outlook for the Far West cotton crop at this time has been described as "scary good."
"We didn't off to the best start. We had some trouble getting the crop in the ground. But we've had unbelievable weather. We haven't had the extreme heat, and we've had nice cool nights."
Neeper projects California yields at a record 1,660 pounds for upland cotton and 1,577 pounds for Pima, which would produce a crop of 1.2 million bales – 512,000 bales of upland and 703,000 bales of Pima.
Neeper estimates a yield of 1,598 pounds per acre for Arizona upland, producing a crop of 659,000 bales. Pima production will fall on reduced acres, Neeper noted. "Arizona will produce only 8,000 bales of Pima, for a total of 667,000 bales."
That brings total production in the Far West to 1.9 million bales "which is probably on the high side," Neeper said.
(In other recent news, Chinese cotton reserves are supposedly helping support market prices. You can read that article by clicking here. On the other hand, record cotton carryover is hampering price upturns. That information can be found here).


text:
Callaway Chrome Soft Lake Balls
Tax included
Callaway Chrome Soft Golf Lake Balls
We promise to keep your personal data safe
All items are dispatched same day if bought before 2pm
Guarantee for 30 days that we will provide a full refund.
Grading Description
Pearl/A mix - Mix of Pearl Grades and A Grades that have only just missed out on being classified as Pearl Grade.
Pearl Grade / Nearly new - My Pearl Grade balls are like brand new with only slight signs of use that are hardly noticeable. Please note that some balls may have a logo and/or pen marks. There are no Refinished, X-Out or Practice balls in this grade and they could only have been played for a hole or at most two!
A Grade / Grade 1 - My A Grade balls are in excellent condition and have only minor signs of use that will not impact on play. They may have a minor surface mark/discoloration, logo and pen marks. There are no Refinished, X-Out or Practice balls in this grade and they are great for any round including competitions!
998 Items