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Two literacy-based groups are expanding their efforts in the community.
* Gorge Literacy is looking for patient, open-minded, reliable individuals to train as volunteer adult literacy tutors.
The two-day tutor training in Hood River starts May 21 and finishes on June 4. The training is from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. with an hour break for lunch, at the Columbia Gorge Community College Hood River Center.
Led by an experienced trainer, trainees will explore the reasons why adult learners enter into literacy programs, how adults differ from child learners, what are some of the cultural differences and learning styles that may affect tutoring, how to assess a learner's needs and work together to set attainable goals, and techniques for working with native English speakers and English as a Second Language students.
To register, please call Susan Lewis, Adult Literacy Coordinator, at (541) 296-6182 ext. 3250, or e-mail:
firstname.lastname@example.com). There is no charge for the training. Registration deadline is May 19.
* SMART — Start Making A Reader Today is a community-based program that helps develop reading skills among selected children in kindergarten through the third grade. SMART will expand to all elementary schools in the Hood River County School District in 2005-06, and plans a Scrabble Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 4 at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. Entry fee is $25, and participants are asked to gather pledges based on points scored over a total of four games. All proceeds go to Hood River County SMART program. Entry deadline is May 25, limit 40 players, plus a children's division ($10 entry) if enough players 14 and under are interested. Call Kirby at 386-1234, or e-mail: email@example.com if you are interested, and see the May 18 edition for details.
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For over two hundred years, Ordnance Survey (OS) has been mapping the world, making it easier for us to find our way around without worrying about getting lost. With this lengthy experience, it is not surprising that so many people choose OS maps to get them to their destinations in one piece. Here are a few of the more common varieties used for leisure:
Tour (1:100,000 scale): Covering a county-sized area, these maps contain sightseeing information, footpaths and roads.
OS Landranger (1:50,000 scale): A general purpose map covering all major footpaths and roads.
OS Landranger Active: A laminated form of the Landranger series of OS maps.
OS Explorer and Outdoor Leisure (1:25,000 scale): A highly detailed map designed for walkers and cyclists.
OS Explorer Active: A laminated form of the OS Explorer map.
Ordnance Survey also produced a range of maps designed specifically for road users. These were discontinued in January 2010, but may still be found either online or in your local map store. Regardless of which OS maps you purchase though, they will still be a valuable tool while out exploring the world.


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A photo by Antonin Kratochvil printed in the Moleskine notebook dedicated to the Festival
Travel in all its expressions. This is the opening theme for the first edition of Cortona On the Move, expected to be one of the most important international events dedicated to the world of photography, in collaboration with National Geographic. Through September 4, this small Umbrian town will become an exhibition space and a meeting place for professionals, enthusiasts and travellers. Cortona has hosted photography events, workshops and professional seminars in the past. This year the town decided to take the next step and host an actual festival open to the public at large.
Cortona On the Move shares stories of photographers and photographs on the move. Work by great photographers from the international scene are on exhibit, including David Alan Harvey (Off for a family drive), Alex Majoli (Hotel Marinum) and Antonin Kratochvil (Galapagos), alongside up-and-coming artists such as Gabriele Galimberti (Couchsurfing) and Flora Marillon (Isthmus).
Moleskine is participating with a special edition of its classic pocket notebook with the high-contrast festival logo silk-screened on the cover. It will be handed out to special guests and main participants of various workshops. The back of the personalized band displays an image by photographer Antonin Kratochvil.
Cortona On the Move was created out of a meeting between the On the Move Association and Carlo Roberti, founder and director of Toscana Photographic Workshop. For a detailed program click here.


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This course is designed to give each student one semester of supervised practicum experience related to the student's vocational goal. Each student will be paired with a full-time practitioner for guidance and for hands-on experience. Every effort will be made for students to observe the practitioner in his/her role, to carry out assignments or projects under the supervision of the practitioner, or to serve part-time or full-time in a staff position related to his/her vocational goal. The student will receive guidance from the practicum professor and their respective supervisor during the semester for reporting and for discussions related to ministry. Students should take this course during their final semester in the program. This course contains a field-based service-learning component.
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LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – December 14, 2009) – Reed's, Inc. (
Dan Litchfield, President of GBL Distributing Co., commented, "We are extremely excited about our new distribution partnership with Reed's, Inc. Selling the #1 premium all natural soft drinks to our customers fills a void in our product portfolio that we have been searching for. We are not only excited about carrying the Reed's & Virgil's Premium Soda line, but we are also looking forward to distributing the Reed's all natural Original Ginger Chews Candy."
Neal Cohane, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing for Reed's Inc., added, "This partnership with GBL continues our quest to intelligently and methodically build our direct to store distribution across the entire West Coast market. We are continuing to build a contiguous distribution system that will run from San Diego to Santa Rosa and at the same time deliver sustainable growth for Reed's and our distributor partners for the future."
About GBL Distributing Company
In 1960, a young entrepreneur named G.B. Litchfield had bought his first beverage brands and began distributing in the small town of Santa Barbara, California. As the years passed, G.B. Litchfield had built a very successful business. Major brands including Regal Pale Ale, Carling Black Label, Stroh's, Schlitz, Coors, Corona, and Snapple joined his winning team. Today, the business empire built by G.B. Litchfield is run by his son Dan Litchfield, Sr. and his grandson, Dan Litchfield, Jr. Together, this Father-Son Team run the day-to-day business operations of the company. GBL Distributing Company continues to be the leader in the Distribution industry. GBL is constantly bringing new brands and innovative marketing ideas to the market it serves which turn into a higher profit margin for our retailers and better products for our consumers.
Reed's, Inc. makes the top selling sodas in natural food markets nationwide and is currently selling in 10,500 supermarkets in natural foods and mainstream. Its six award-winning non-alcoholic Ginger Brews are unique in the beverage industry, being brewed, not manufactured and using fresh ginger, spices and fruits in a brewing process that predates commercial soft drinks.
In addition, the Company owns the top selling root beer line in natural foods, the Virgil's Root Beer product line, and the top selling cola line in natural foods, the China Cola product line. Recently, Reed's added the Sonoma Sparkler brands to its line, a celebration drink with an established customer base. Other product lines include: Reed's Ginger Candies and Reed's Ginger Ice Creams.
Reed's products are sold through specialty gourmet and natural food stores, mainstream supermarket chains, retail stores and restaurants nationwide, and in Canada. For more information about Reed's, please visit the company's website at: http://www.reedsgingerbrew.com or call 800-99-REEDS.
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Dr. Timothy Ireland has been appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Niagara University, effective June 1.
Ireland succeeds Dr. Nancy McGlen, who will retire in June after serving for 15 years in the position.
As dean, Ireland's primary responsibility will be the general administration of the college, and also to foster and nurture the growth and academic excellence of the college in accordance with Niagara's mission. He will accordingly be tasked with recruiting, evaluating, retaining and promoting quality faculty; offering leadership in curriculum innovation, development and assessment; monitoring the evaluation of students; supervising and distributing the allocation of college resources; and working with other sectors to sustain and increase enrollments, among other duties.
"We were very pleased to be able to identify the most qualified individual for this critical position from within our university community," stated Dr. Timothy Downs, Niagara's vice president for academic affairs. "Nancy has done an incredible job in bringing the College of Arts and Sciences to its current level of excellence, and the person succeeding her has some sizeable shoes to fill. We are very confident that Tim, with his credentials and experience at Niagara, will be that person."
A professor in NU's department of criminology and criminal justice since 1996, Ireland earned a B.S. (English literature) from St. Bonaventure University, an M.S. (criminal justice) from Northeastern University and a Ph.D. (criminal justice) from SUNY Albany.
Ireland's research interests are diverse. For a number of years, he has been affiliated with a longitudinal research project (The Rochester Youth Development Study), which has allowed him to explore the causes and consequences of exposure to family violence. He recently finished work as a co-principal investigator on a National Institute of Drug Abuse grant. An article Ireland coauthored on intergenerational continuities and discontinuities in intimate partner violence was selected as one of the 10 best violence research publications of 2011 by the Psychology of Violence multidisciplinary research journal.
To learn more about the programs offered through Niagara University's College of Arts and Sciences, call 716-286-8060 or visit http://www.niagara.edu/coas.
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A 17-year-old charged in a school shooting is mentally competent to stand trial in juvenile court in the deaths of three students, a judge ruled Wednesday after considering evidence that the boy suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies.
None of the symptoms detailed in a mental evaluation of T.J. Lane would prevent him from understanding the case against him and helping in his defense, Dr. Phillip Resnick told Judge Timothy Grendell in Geauga County Juvenile Court.
The judge accepted the findings and ruled that Lane is mentally fit to stand trial in juvenile court. The charges filed against him include three counts of aggravated murder and two counts of attempted aggravated murder.
The judge postponed until May 24 a hearing on whether Lane may be tried as an adult. Grendell said his ruling on mental competency may not be used in other legal proceedings, meaning the issue may be revisited in adult Common Pleas Court.
Prosecutor David Joyce said he expects the case to be moved to adult court, where Lane could face life in prison if convicted. Minors are not eligible for the death penalty in Ohio.
Under a new state law, a child can be found competent only if he or she is able to grasp the seriousness of the charges and is able to understand the proceedings.
Lane, dressed in an open-collar blue dress shirt and dark slacks, watched attentively as Resnick described his mental state as evaluated during a 6 1/2-hour interview April 2.
Lane, as his grandparents watched in court, made brief comments limited to acknowledging the judge's questions.
Resnick said Lane suffers from an unspecified psychosis, which Resnick described as sometimes being "out of touch with reality."
In addition, Lane over the years has experienced migraine headaches, a narrow range of emotions, withdrawing from people, has fantasies and hallucinates that he hears things. Resnick didn't detail the issues, and the judge reminded him that his evaluation must be limited to the issue of whether Lane understands the case against him and is fit to stand trial.
None of the various issues prevent Lane from cooperating in his defense, Resnick said. Questioned by Joyce, Resnick acknowledged that his report described Lane as clear, logical and coherent.
Resnick said he saw no evidence that Lane was faking mental illness.
Lane attended an alternative school for students who haven't done well in traditional schools; he had been at Chardon waiting for a bus.
Joyce said Lane has admitted taking a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to the high school east of Cleveland and firing 10 shots at a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table. The motive for the shooting remains unclear, though Joyce apparently has ruled out theories involving bullying or drug dealing.


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IT Management Slideshow: CIO Management Quiz: What's Your Leadership Style?
How do you define your management style? There are myriad theories about leadership, but most of us tend to think of our employee-oversight techniques as falling into one of two broad categories: "command and control" or "warm and fuzzy." In the book, As One: Individual Action, Collective Power (Portfolio/Penguin/Available Feb. 3), authors Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley debunk the myth that these are the only two management schools we have to choose from. Instead, they identify eight distinct leader/follower dynamics and illustrate more than 60 real-life examples of these - from Cirque du Soleil to Linux to Starbucks to FedEx to Amazon. Take our quiz, based on the findings of their book, to find out where your management style fits in, and learn which top executives and organizations follow the same model. Baghai is managing director of Alchemy Growth Partners. Quigley is CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.


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Is there anyone here who would rather enjoy the game from the cozy comfort of their lazyboy or a sports bar and has 3 tickets they want to sell?
I know it's going to be pretty cold that day so why not just watch it on TV so I can take my KIDS? That way you will have some extra loot for Christmas too!
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Staten Island, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today said that the North Carolina legislature's override of Governor Beverly Perdue's veto of the Women's Right to Know Act will save babies from being aborted.
"On the same day that the North Carolina Senate voted to provide women with valuable information about abortion before they undergo the procedure, the state of Minnesota released statistics showing that its own informed consent law has saved lives," stated Fr. Pavone. "North Carolinians should rejoice that their legislators have voted to increase the chances that mothers will choose life for their babies."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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A lot of Apple owners concerned with getting wireless Internet access anywhere may have forsaken the iPod Touch in favor of the more capable iPhone and iPad. For those that didn't, Sprint is about to massively increase your Web access.
November 14, the carrier will release the once-rumored ZTE Peel, which transforms second- and third-generation iPod Touch players into 3G devices. Users now won't have to traipse around like a crazy person, iPod hoisted in the air, scrambling for a Wi-Fi hotspot. With the ZTE Peel, the iPod becomes its own Wi-Fi hotspot, and you're just as good as all those iPhone users out there – except of course, that it has no phone capabilities.
Let's address its' baggage first. In the literal sense, the casing is going to significantly add some heft to the iPod. Then there's the data plan pricing, which doesn't seem sensible. For example, the Data Pro plan for the iPhone from AT&T is 2GB for $25 a month. For the ZTE Peel, it's $29 a month for 1GB. However, Sprint doesn't require an annual contract for the product.
Despite the disadvantages, the slider case provides a host of upgrades to keep the iPod Touch useful, relevant even. Two other devices can run off the provided Wi-Fi, and it allows you to run FaceTime while in transit. If all you really want are most of a smartphone's capabilities and are willing to stick with your current phone, you've got yourself a deal. Hey, if you're truly committed, you could just switch to using a VoIP for all your calling purposes. And if you defected from being an AT&T customer or have no desire to become one, then the data plan pricing may be of no consequence.
Aside from what it can do, what's also interesting about the ZTE Peel is Sprint created it specifically for Apple's product. Since the company can't actually carry Apple devices, it's certainly going to take advantage of marketing accessories for them.
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Congratulations to Muhammad Nadeem Akhter, Solution Architect at AAJ Technologies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who won first prize of $100 for the best solution to the October Reader Challenge, "Importing IP Information". Honorable mention goes to Byron Hynes, first-place winner in our September Reader Challenge. Here's a recap of the problem and the solution to the October Reader Challenge.
For reporting purposes, Martin uses bulk copy program (bcp) to import Web data about IP networks into a SQL Server 2000 database. Each row in the data file contains a range of IP addresses that defines a network and some of the network's characteristics such as the network type (e.g., Class A, Class B). The bcp format-file information below includes the data file's relevant columns:
8.0 2 1 SQLCHAR 0 15 "\t" 1 StartIP SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS 2 SQLCHAR 0 15 "\r\n" 2 EndIP SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Martin also needs to define indexes that will let SQL Server perform range searches efficiently on these networks or IP address ranges. Let's assume the following table schema:
CREATE TABLE IPs ( StartIP varchar(15) NOT NULL, EndIP varchar(15) )
Help Martin design an efficient solution that can perform the data import with no modifications to the input file and optimize the table for queries.
Martin realizes that SQL Server can perform efficient range searches and lookups if he converts each IP address to a binary format instead of a string. He can accomplish this conversion by performing the following calculations on each octet:
Numeric Value = CAST(Octet1 AS binary) + CAST(Octet2 AS binary) + CAST(Octet3 AS binary) + CAST(Octet4 AS binary)
By converting each octet to a byte and concatenating the values, Martin can obtain a compact representation of the IP address in binary format. The binary representation occupies 4 bytes and can order the IP addresses or perform range searches. Now Martin can code this logic in a user-defined function (UDF) and use the function to define a computed column on the table. Additionally, he can index this computed column—a new feature in SQL Server 2000. This method lets him efficiently import the data file without modifying the input file and automatically update the index created for the searches.
Martin knows that indexing on computed columns carries several restrictions because the computed column has to be deterministic and precise. (For more information about deterministic and nondeterministic functions, see these topics in SQL Server "Books Online"—"BOL.") Therefore, he needs to implement the UDF so that it is deterministic. The code below shows one way to implement a UDF that fulfills the requirement:
CREATE FUNCTION ipval ( @ip varchar(15) ) RETURNS binary(4) WITH schemabinding AS BEGIN DECLARE @chars varchar(3), @char char(1), @charcnt tinyint, @val bigint, @oct tinyint SET @chars = '' SET @charcnt = 1 SET @oct = 4 SET @val = 0 WHILE( @oct > 0 ) BEGIN SET @char = substring( @ip + '.', @charcnt, 1 ) IF @char = '.' BEGIN IF @val IS NULL SET @val = CAST( CAST( @chars AS int ) AS binary(1) ) ELSE SET @val = @val + CAST( CAST( @chars AS int ) AS binary(1) ) SET @chars = '' SET @oct = @oct - 1 END ELSE SET @chars = @chars + @char SET @charcnt = @charcnt + 1 END RETURN @val END
This implementation avoids system functions such as PATINDEX() or CHARINDEX() (because they're nondeterministic) and math functions such as POWER() (because they're imprecise and can't be indexed).
Martin can use this UDF in the computed column as follows:
ALTER TABLE IPs ADD StartIP_ AS ISNULL(dbo.ipval( StartIP ), 0x0 ), EndIP_ AS ISNULL(dbo.ipval( EndIP ), 0x0 ), CONSTRAINT pk_ips PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED( StartIP_, EndIP_ )
The ISNULL() check for the UDF's return value in the computed-column expression ensures that the result of the expression is always a non-NULL value. This result lets Martin use the columns as part of the primary key constraint. By implementing the index on the server side, Martin achieves both his goals. Additionally, Martin can eliminate the UDF by specifying an inline expression that converts the IP address into binary format to achieve better performance while inserting rows.
The script below shows the complete implementation of the table. It also shows how to perform the BULK INSERT operation into the table and compares the script's performance when you import the file into the table without indexes to its performance after you define the index on the computed column. Note that Nick can save the format file to a specified location, then use that path in the following script:
-- Create the ipval UDF. USE tempdb GO CREATE FUNCTION ipval ( @ip varchar(15) ) RETURNS binary(4) WITH schemabinding AS BEGIN DECLARE @chars varchar(3), @char char(1), @charcnt tinyint, @val varbinary(4), @oct tinyint SET @chars = '' SET @charcnt = 1 SET @oct = 4 WHILE( @oct > 0 ) BEGIN SET @char = substring( @ip + '.', @charcnt, 1 ) IF @char = '.' BEGIN IF @val IS NULL SET @val = CAST( CAST( @chars AS int ) AS binary(1) ) ELSE SET @val = @val + CAST( CAST( @chars AS int ) AS binary(1) ) SET @chars = '' SET @oct = @oct - 1 END ELSE SET @chars = @chars + @char SET @charcnt = @charcnt + 1 END RETURN @val END GO -- Create the IPs table to store the IP address data. CREATE TABLE IPs ( StartIP varchar(15) NOT NULL, EndIP varchar(15) NOT NULL ) -- Load random IP data into the table. DECLARE @r int, @sd int, @o1 int, @o2 int, @o3 int, @o4 int, @o3e int, @o4e int SET @sd = rand() SET @r = 0 WHILE( @r
Now, test your SQL Server savvy in the November Reader Challenge, "Collation Conflict" (below). Submit your solution in an email message to [email protected] by October 16. SQL Server MVP Umachandar Jayachandran, a SQL Server Magazine technical editor, will evaluate the responses. We'll announce the winner in an upcoming SQL Server Magazine UPDATE. The first-place winner will receive $100, and the second-place winner will receive $50.
Here's the challenge: Thomas administers databases that are hosted on several SQL Server 7.0 servers with different collation settings. As part of an upgrade, he's trying to consolidate these databases into one powerful SQL Server 2000 server. He can easily make this move because SQL Server 2000 supports collation at different levels (i.e., server, database, column). The new SQL Server 2000 server is installed with the default settings for each SQL Server 7.0 collation. But during his upgrade testing, Thomas notices that some of the existing stored procedures fail with the error message:Server: Msg 446, Level 16, State 9, Line 3 Cannot resolve collation conflict for equal to operation.
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Holiday Helper Building Challenge winners
All work and no play around the holidays you say? You need a holiday helper bot to lighten your load, and brighten your day! This past winter holiday season, we were looking for robots that can help around holidays. We saw many gift delivery systems, Santa detectors, dessert helpers, drink mixers, and even cleaning bots. We could only pick a few winners, but there were MANY creative Holiday Helper robots made! Make sure to visit, comment, rate, and get inspired by all the entries by searching the tag "holidayhelper."
Here are the winners:
This award goes to the greatest helper bot of them all!
Santa's Express Courier Service
Created by: starship92
starship92 brings to you Santa's Express Reindeer powered Courier Service! This delivery robot with a motorized forklift makes delivering gifts easier for the man in red. The bot also exclaims: "Ho Ho Merry Christmas!" when the presents are delivered. We think this robot can also be repurposed to carry on other types of deliveries after the holidays, which makes it a both a great and versitile helper! This is starship92's first NXLOG project!
This award goes to the holiday helper bot that helps out in the most practical way around the home.
Santa's Super Sledge
Created by: killes_007
This little helper can be a BIG help around the home during the holidays by spreading some holiday sweetness and cheer (candy). Santa's Super Sledge has a NXT powered LEGO Rudolph reindeer that carries candy around the room by following a red line on the floor. This robot uses a light sensor to help it follow the line and an ultrasonic sensor to help it aviod collisions. It also plays jingle-bells! This is killes_007's second project on NXTLOG.
This award goes to the Holiday Helper bot that goes beyond your home and can help the community this holiday season.
Gift bringer
Created by: Robot_33
The Gift bringer is a great community helper as it is designed to deliver LEGO gifts to LEGO homes in a LEGO neighborhood! This robot detects the LEGO homes with the ultrasonic sensor and then makes its special deliveres! This is Robot_33's first project on NXTLOG!
Many robots submitted to this building challenge were not considered for awards becuase they were missing .rbt program files. Please don't forget to read the rules and award criteria!
Red Kettle Robo Ringer
Created by: dahlenan
Present Protector
Created by: keNXT
Food sender
Created by: Nightstalker1997
Whip Cream Server
Created by: Botdesigner
Robot that folds
Created by: DaveAndJoe
Santa's nightmare
Created by: Nightstalker1997
Christmas Tree
Created by: SuperSluether
Present Deliver V.1.0
Created by: Radiatordude


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Lord, with all my heart
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All I have within me
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Movie To Look At The Making Of The Rolling Stones' 'Exile On Main Street'
The story of the Rolling Stones' 1972 double-album 'Exile on Main Street' is almost as well-known as the incredible music contained within its grooves. But for those who aren't familiar with the details, Rolling Stone is reporting that Virgin Produced has purchased the film rights to 'Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell,' Robert Greenfield's book about the recording of the album.
'Exile on Main Street,' which contains such classics as 'Tumblin' Dice,' 'Happy' and 'All Down the Line,' was mostly recorded in 1971 when the band was forced to leave England due to tax issues. Keith Richards rented a villa, Nellcote, on the French Riviera and the band used its basement as a studio.
While being a rock star living on the French Riviera might seem like paradise, the circumstances were less than ideal for getting work done. Recording was often an afterthought to the constant partying taking place at Nellcote, and the presence of friends and assorted hangers-on didn't help matters much, either. The songs on the album, a sprawling journey through the American music the band loved, reflects the decadence taking place at Nellcote.
Unlike other movies about the Stones, this will not be a documentary, but rather a scripted drama. Could this be Johnny Depp's chance to finally play his buddy Keith Richards? Considering Depp, at 48, is currently 20 years older than Richards was when he made 'Exile,' that might not be possible. But you never know what can happen in Hollywood these days, can you?


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U0702 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of U0702 engine trouble code is a kind of network trouble code and when your car's 'U0702 Check Engine' light comes on, it's usually accompanied by a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. The light could mean a costly problem, like a bad catalytic converter, or it could be something minor, like a loose gas cap. But in many cases, it means at minimum that you'll be visiting the car dealer to locate the malfunction and get the light turned off.
U0702 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for U0702 code is occuring now you should check U0702 repair processes.
Now don't ask yourself; What should you do with U0702 code ?
The solution is here :
U0702 Possible Solution:
Gasoline engines use spark plugs to cause an explosion of fuel within the cylinder. In a properly timed engine, this explosion occurs at the proper moment to send the piston to the bottom of the cylinder and provide power to the drive shaft. If the plug wires are out of sequence, the explosion occurs at the wrong time. The improper timing of the explosion sometimes pushes the cylinder the wrong direction or interferes with the turning of the crank. As a result, the engine stutters or backfires, if it runs at all.
U0702 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Circuit Malfunction
|Cold Start Injector 1 Malfunction
|Glow Plug/Heater Circuit 'A' Malfunction
Is the fuel pump sometimes not priming when you turn the key to ON(II)? Start by measuring the fuel pressure and checking whether you have bright white-bluish spark at all four plugs. The mechanical timing is also something that you should check, as we mentioned above.
U0702 OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code DescriptionU0702 engine trouble code is about Glow Plug/Heater Circuit 'A' Malfunction.
Main reason For U0702 CodeThe reason of U0702 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Circuit Malfunction.
U0702 DTC specifically refers to the camshaft (cam) timing. In this case, if the cam timing is over-retarded, the engine light will be illluminated and the code will be set.


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As my skills in web development, well, develop, I find it more difficult to work without software packages like the Adobe suites. Web Design Premium or Master Collection, I learn and use many of the pieces with each other. The primary difference between Adobe products and their open source alternatives are the lack of interaction between. Take the popular graphics alternative for Photoshop: GIMP. Now take the web development alternatives for Dreamweaver: Netbeans, Aptana Studio, or Bluefish*. What about the vector graphics alternative for Illustrator: Inkscape? All of these products alone provide comparable service with their Adobe doppelgängers, yet I don't see Inkscape working with Bluefish, nor do I see it work with GIMP. It's the interoperability that the open source versions lack, and that's quite an important part!
Just today I went to a barbecue my friend was hosting and talked to a telecommunications major with whom I am also friends. He discussed taking a web development course this summer and how he took Photoshop files and exported them to Dreamweaver. He didn't have to touch one bit of the code menu in designing for iWeb server, which is free web hosting offered to students here at Ball State. I've heard other examples of people exporting from Fireworks into Dreamweaver so they can focus more on the design, rather than spending hours getting the code to display exactly how you want. I get the feeling this is completely foreign to many open source advocates, since they still push the idea of using the alternatives.
The next generation of open source projects is starting to get the right idea. Take BlueGriffin for example. They create a WYSIWYG editor with a code view, based on the same Gecko rendering engine that Firefox 4 uses, and add built-in SVG-editing software. Is it Inkscape? No. Is this package perfect? Not by any means, but it's a step in the right direction. BlueGriffin edits SVG files with another open source software, SVG Edit. The reason I'm not supporting this project more is because (a) I just learned about it while researching for this post, and (b) the developers charge for most of the useful add-ons. One of the major add-ons I see as a contributor for BlueGriffin being a Dreamweaver replacement is the ActiveView. It automatically synchronizes the Gecko-rendered WYSIWYG view with the code view. This is comparable to using Firefox's extension Firebug to do a more permanent edit of the HTML and CSS. It would also be a great asset for those trying to learn HTML since they could toy with the appearance to understand how it changes the code. Another significant add-on is an adapted version of FireFTP, which increases the potential of adding similar website synchronization as Dreamweaver has had.
Still these are just strides in the correct direction. What I would like to see within the next major revision of GIMP, Inkscape, and Bluefish is cooperation. I want to see GIMP output a file as HTML and automatically open it in Bluefish for editing. I want to see Bluefish edit an embedded SVG file by opening Inkscape. I am aware of some capabilities Bluefish has, however it shouldn't only be up to Bluefish to bridge the gap. The individual projects are pieces that don't yet completely fit together, but I feel they will soon.
Still, Adobe is about more than just web design; they also focus on video editing, flash programming, and more. We need to see some more of our renowned cooperation in the world of open source to truly offer the "open source alternative."
* Bluefish wasn't originally in my top choices for a Dreamweaver replacement, but upon further inspection I see how its features have changed since I last used it. I can also see this project being more useful than Komposer, and would like to see a few more features be merged before I'll fully adopt it: (1) Cleaner WYSIWYG editing; (2) Using Firefox 4's Gecko rendering engine to preview content.


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U.S. Postal Service hearing from small-office patronsBy SARA YOUNG-KNOX
Special to the Union Leader
November 21. 2012 10:43PM
TAMWORTH - If your post office is on the list of facilities slated for a reduction in retail window hours, it may be worth your while to pay attention to the mail you get.
The U.S. Postal Service is holding public forums in the communities affected.
The forums take place a few weeks after residents receive a survey asking for feedback on the changes. For many New Hampshire communities, those meetings have already been held.
On Nov. 14, postal patrons from Chocorua heard from postal officials.
The changes, the USPS said, are necessary to contain costs. In the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the organization had a loss of $15.9 billion, a big jump from its $5.1 billion loss for the previous year, but the 2012 numbers included $11.1 billion to prefund retiree health benefits.
Tom Rizzo, communication coordinator for the Northern New England District, said Wednesday that the meetings are to share the results and to get feedback on where, in the course of the day, hours could be cut without greatly inconveniencing the patrons.
"We try our best to do that," Rizzo said. "Most of these meetings are going pretty much the same."
Shaving off time on the window hours could mean opening and closing later and earlier, or stretching out the closed-for-lunch period.
In the list posted in May of this year, hours at the Chocorua Post Office were slated to be reduced from eight to six a day.
The majority of the New Hampshire post offices on the list will see the retail hours reduced to four to six hours a day.
Two post offices will have their hours further reduced, to two hours a day - Lyme Center and Glencliff in Warren.
The list is subject to change after additional review.
Information about the meetings posted on the USPS website includes the countrywide list, in addition to the schedule of meetings.
The Post Plan, the announcement says, "is designed to make sure America's communities continue to have access to our products and services as we right-size our post office network to reflect the nation's current use of our services."
Tamworth resident Kate Vachon said Wednesday said that so far there have been no changes in the hours at the South Tamworth Post Office. That office had been on the closure list but, it, along with small post offices across the nation, got a stay of execution.
Chocorua is a village district within the town of Tamworth.
There could be more changes coming. Among the legislative actions on the USPS wish list is approval to let the postal service determine delivery frequency. That could affect the thousands of rural delivery customers across the state.
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Value Line is regarded as the best independent research available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding.
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is one of the larger regional banks in the United States. At mid-2013, it had $123 billion in assets and 1,326 offices, including 104 located in grocery stores, in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia, and North Carolina. The company also has a 25% interest in Vantiv Holding, a payments processing business, and is among the largest money management companies in the Midwest, with over $300 billion of assets under administration and $27 billion of assets under management. Fifth has over 20,500 employees.
The company traces its roots to a bank founded in 1858. In 1908, the Third National Bank merged with the Fifth National Bank, to form the Fifth Third National Bank of Cincinnati, hence its unusual name. Over the years, acquisitions of banks, bank branches, and financial service firms contributed significantly to the company's growth. Fifth has four main businesses: Commercial banking, Branch banking, Consumer lending, and Investment Advisors. It is organized under 18 affiliates, each with its own board of directors, which Fifth believes gives it a local touch while enabling it to enjoy the economies of scale of a large bank.
The Recession And Subsequent Progress
Prior to the financial downturn, Fifth had avoided the riskiest types of lending. Nonetheless, falling home prices and rising foreclosures hurt, and the company saw its problem loans soar in 2008. In that year, Michigan and Florida, states with severely stressed housing markets, accounted for 65% of Fifth's mortgage portfolio. The recession also took its toll on other types of loans. Like other banks, Fifth made sizable (over $4.5 billion of) provisions to its reserve for loan losses in 2008, which caused the company to report a large loss in that year.
The company bolstered its equity capital in 2008 by issuing $3.4 billion in preferred stock and warrants to the U.S. Treasury under the Trouble Assets Relief Program's Capital Purchase Program (TARP CPP). It also slashed the dividend on its common stock that year, to a nominal quarterly rate of a penny a share, and raised additional capital by selling another $1.1 billion of preferred stock and a $1.3 billion controlling interest in its payments processing business to Advent International in 2009.
Since 2008, the company has staged a partial earnings recovery. When the financial crisis broke, Fifth restructured problem loans and ended brokered home equity production, tightened consumer underwriting standards, and suspended lending for residential development and non-owner occupied commercial property. Loan loss provisions remained relatively high in 2009, but fell sharply thereafter, allowing earnings to recover some of the ground lost in 2008.
In February of 2011, Fifth was able to redeem the TARP preferred sold to the government back in 2008, which reduced preferred dividends (which enter into the earnings per share computation and were a drag on share net). Fifth was also able to increase the dividend on its common stock, and has been buying back stock and ramping up the payout since 2011.
Despite its progress in recent years, Fifth still faces a number of headwinds. The uneven economic recovery is limiting the improvement in loan demand and in the housing markets in Florida and Michigan. Historically, low interest rates make it hard to earn money on the spread between the yields on the bank's loans and investments and the interest rates on the bank's deposits and borrowed funds. A slowdown in mortgage refinancing activity, higher mortgage interest rates, competitive pressure, and lower volumes of loans refinanced under the TARP program are likely to result in lower gains on mortgage sales, which accounted for a large share of the company's mortgage revenues in the past few years.
Too, as one of the biggest regional banks in the United States, Fifth is subject to the additional regulation and stress tests imposed on the largest banks in the nation, like Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM - Free JPMorgan Stock Report). Moreover, litigation costs related to the mortgage mess of the past few years remain high.
Despite the challenges, Fifth has room to grow. Like most banks, Fifth should enjoy better loan growth when economic activity in its mostly Midwestern area strengthens. It has hired lenders and underwriters to expand lending to the energy sector, and expects the growth of selected commercial real estate credits underwritten according to today's tougher standards to soon offset the effect of the dwindling volume of pre-2008 crisis credits, supporting renewed growth in commercial real estate loans. It has expanded its indirect auto lending footprint to 45 states. Meanwhile, the company believes it is positioned to benefit from higher interest rates over time which, along with better loan growth, should help support faster growth in net interest income. Too, an effort in 2012 to simplify deposit products and service charges may well foster an increase in the number of products per customer, which should lead to stronger growth in fee-based revenues.
Potential problem loans are still rather high, but further improvement in the housing market should help the company reduce problem real estate loans in Michigan and Florida, and Fifth's credit costs. (At mid-2013, the two states still accounted for 20% of Fifth's loans and 40% of its problem credits.)
Fifth also has room to lower its expense-to-revenue ratio, which (excluding unusual items) hovered near 61% in the June quarter. As mortgage revenues moderate, so should related compensation expenses. Foreclosed real estate and other credit costs that are typically included in operating expenses also ought to fall as problem assets decline. And the company is mulling replacing about a third of its traditional branches with cost-effective self-service micro-branches, which ought to lower compensation costs.
In all, we think Fifth's earnings will regain some of their past luster within our 3- to 5-year investment time frame, but long-term investors will need to be patient. The stock's decent dividend yield eases the wait, however.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Bugs – Nature's Little Superheroes
Festival Theme 2017: Anthropocene – Welcome to the Human Age
Bugs – Nature's Little Superheroes
Title: Bugs – Nature's Little Superheroes
Original Title: Insekten – Superhelden auf sechs Beinen
Director: Björn Platz
Produced by: a & o buero filmproduktion
Running Time: 52 Minutes
Country: Germany
Year: 2016
Age Guideline:
University and General Public
Category: Ecology & Environment
Screened In: Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines, Malaysia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Namibia, Mali, Rwanda, South Africa, India
They are small and are not exactly loved by everyone: insects. Yet, insects are much more than just annoying creepy crawlers: they are true mini-geniuses. The documentary shows how the animal superheroes on six legs help solve some of the greatest problems of mankind. For example, by assisting in the development of new biomaterials, scientists can use animal behavior to solve traffic problems. Insects also play an important role in the investigation of more effective antibiotics.


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Europe's vulnerability to Energy Crisis
The growing dependency of Europe as a whole on energy imports and anticipated further increases in energy prices reinforce the concerns about meeting the energy demand in the future. The objective of the Study is to identify the threats leading to potential energy crises and suggest solutions for facing, the related key challenges.
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The Role of Nuclear Power in Europe
WEC has published the results of an in-depth review of the current state of nuclear power in Europe, and the possible role of this energy source in Europe's energy future. This regional study combines policy insights, technical details and an analysis of the potential for nuclear as a part of the energy-mix.
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My job's quite physical, so I've usually got something that hurts, but, fingers crossed, nothing at the moment, though my left knee has started giving way occasionally. No pain, so I ain't fussed... yet
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DC wrote:Still the same libido as when i was 20, bit more problems staying till the end of dances tho...
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Dubba wrote:35- And really starting to feel the after effects of 15 odd years of regular five a side football. The knees and back don't like the winter anymore. Sadly my footballing days have been over for the last couple of years, make do with a weekly jog and a couple of cycle rides into work each week. Every time I look in the mirror I spot at least 10 new grey hairs in my little stubbly beard that I'd not noticed before. Had stubble for as long as I can remember but seriously considering going clean shaven to try not to betray my advancing years. Vanity and increasing age are not a good combination.
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Piszczek, Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer
Bender, Gundogan
Kuba, Gotze, Reus
Chandler, Nilsson, Klose, Pinola
Balitsch, Simons
Feulner, Kiyotake, Gebhart
Despite receiving encouraging news on the injury of Neven Subotic, Borussia Dortmund will name virtually the same line-up that thrashed Werder Bremen last week, with one possible change coming in midfield, where Sven Bender could replace Sebastian Kehl.
Nuri Sahin is expected to keep his place on the bench, but is likely to have more playing time than he did at the Weserstadion - a brief cameo at the end of the match. Patrick Owomoyela remains sidelined.
Meanwhile, Nurnberg expected to make a host of changes to the team that drew 1-1 with Hamburg last week. Per Nilsson is set to step back into the heart of defence, leading Timmy Simons to make the shift forward into midfield, with Almog Cohen dropping out.
Markus Feulner will replace Robert Mak on the right-hand side of midfield, with Hiroshi Kiyotake replacing Alexander Esswein in the hole behind lone striker Tomas Pekhart.
- Borussia Dortmund's 5-0 win over Werder Bremen last week was their joint-biggest victory this season, along with the thrashing of Borussia Monchengladbach at home.
- The champions have lost twice at home this season - more times than they did in the whole of their 2011-12 campaign.
- Nuri Sahin (pictured, right) is set to make his first appearance at Signal Iduna Park since leaving BVB for Real Madrid in the summer of 2011.
- Nurnberg, despite sitting in 15th place in the Bundesliga, have the same defensive record as second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.
- However, only fellow Bavarian outfits Augsburg and Greuther Furth have scored fewer goals than der Club.
- Tomas Pekhart's equaliser against Hamburg last Sunday was his first goal since his side held BVB to a 1-1 draw at home on matchday 2 - way back in August.


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March 30. 2013 4:00AM
NH's past: Just leave it to Hollywood
If only more Granite Staters cared as much as Hollywood does about preserving our architectural heritage.
At this month's town election, Kingston voters rejected a proposal to spend $150,000 to save the 179-year-old, publicly owned Grace Daley house on Main Street. Rather than spend the money, they voted for demolition. The house is a goner, but its pieces might be given renewed life by a California actor turned preservationist.
Bronson Pinchot, most famous for playing the character Balki in the 1980s TV show "Perfect Strangers" and Serge in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, has a cable TV show in which he salvages pre-1840s buildings. When a fan brought the Grace Daley house to his attention, he contacted the town about using it for his show.
Pinchot carefully disassembles old buildings and reuses their parts. As he said in an interview with the Union Leader last week, "you admire the workmanship and you honor it."
That is something done less and less in New Hampshire. There are numerous examples. To cite only a few, in 2006 Manchester razed its oldest standing firehouse. In 2011, the State Employees Association bought a beautiful Concord home built in 1802 and tore it down. In January, the owners of the Balsams Grand Resort, having no use for one of the original buildings, burned it down.
The attitude expressed by SEA president Diana Lacey in 2011 is more prevalent than it should be. "We're interested in the property. We're not interested in the building," she told Concord's Demolition Review Committee.
Who really is interested in old buildings these days? They're so... old. All that creaky wood and warped glass, those narrow stairwells and drafty doorways. Modern is the way to go. And it is the way New Hampshire is going. Without looking back. Just light the match and walk away, looking ever forward, ever forward.


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Martinique is Located in the heart of Port Douglas. A a delightful French boutique style resort that oozes charm and sophistication. Only 50 metres to the infamous Four Mile Beach, this non-smoking property boasts 19 one bedroom apartments with either King size bed or two single beds in the bedroom, each with private bathroom, kitchenette and balcony. Hosts Fred and Antonia welcome you as their guests and will assist in establishing 'things to do', settling into your room and showing you around the property.
Imagine yourself relaxing beside the tropical heated salt water pool with loved ones, enjoying a quiet barbecue in the gardens or relaxing in the surrounds of the charming Caribbean landscape. Martinique is not recommended for children and happily offers one night stays. Martinique is also a non-smoking property.
The apartments are very privately designed with air-conditioning and ceiling fans and are complemented with Italian tile floors and have a nice separate bedroom with King size bed or two King singles (twin share) and bright modern furnishings. The comfortable lounge and dining area has free cable television with in house movies and sports channels. The kitchenettes have cooking facilities and refrigerator and are nicely appointed for all meals. Wireless broadband is available in every apartment free of charge.
Your private balcony has comfortable outdoor seating which overlooks Martinique's tropical gardens. The Caribbean designed saltwater swimming pool is extremely private for reading and sun baking. The pool is heated in the winter months.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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It is possible that the main title of the report Nance-Horan Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Nance-Horan syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that may be evident at birth (congenital). It is primarily characterized by abnormalities of the teeth and clouding of the lens of the eyes (congenital cataracts), resulting in poor vision. Additional eye (ocular) abnormalities are also often present, such as unusual smallness of the front, clear portion of the eye through which light passes (microcornea) and involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movements (nystagmus). In some cases, the disorder may also be associated with additional physical abnormalities and/or intellectual impairment. The range and severity of symptoms may vary greatly from one person to another, including among affected members of the same family.
Nance-Horan syndrome is inherited as an X-linked trait that it is usually fully expressed in males only. However, females who carry a single copy of the disease gene (heterozygotes) may manifest some of the symptoms and findings associated with the disorder. These may include microcornea and/or clouding of the lens of the eyes (posterior sutural cataract). Symptoms are less severe than those of affected males, potentially causing only slightly decreased clearness or clarity of vision (visual acuity). In some cases, abnormalities of the teeth may also be present. Intellectual impairment rarely occurs in females.
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Will Phelps return to the pool for the 2016 Games? Reports say yes; he
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Marga Schoeller Bücherstube, one of Berlin's many renowned independent bookstores. ANITA LILLIE
Fifteen years ago, a not so subtle gentleman with an important voice—he ran the book-order department of Barnes & Noble—asked the CEO of Henry Holt to participate in a TV advertising campaign for the chain, to the tune of $50,000. The CEO, for his part, was hoping to sell lots of copies of Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, as he'd just learned from the happy salespeople at Henry Holt that the bookseller was set to display at least 20,000 copies of that marvelous tome in stores across the country. (I know this because, at the time, I was Holt's CEO.) And so he asked Barnes & Noble, "Would your ad refer to Pynchon's new novel?" The reply was unequivocal: "No." In that case, the CEO inquired, "what's the point of Holt's contribution?" Barnes & Noble's response: "Well, if you can't come up with the sum, we'd order only half as many Pynchons." And so they did.
Perhaps they realized that Pynchon was not the mass-market author they had pinned their hopes on. Leonard Riggio, Barnes & Noble's chair at the time, had announced at a panel that his brother Stephen (his designated successor) had started to read the book and didn't get beyond the first fifty pages or so. It was the one time I'd ever heard the company engage in aesthetic criticism, and it served only to obfuscate B&N's business practices.
Whatever price it may have been charging for Mason & Dixon, Barnes & Noble stuck by its decision and probably suffered a loss. At the time, its business as a bricks-and-mortar bookstore had not yet been seriously undermined by Amazon, yet both companies were already deeply entrenched in a war over a sales strategy based on an economy of discounting—selling bestsellers at a loss in order to attract customers.
Discounting has upended traditional publishing in the United States. Independent bookstores usually operate on a shoestring and have never been able to afford negative profit margins on bestsellers. During the 1990s, as the major chains expanded and bookstores—and booksellers—emerged on the Web, many independents were ruined by the downward pressure on the price of bestsellers. By discounting these books, the big chains and Amazon did to the independents what Walmart has done to mom-and-pop Main Street retailers: crush them by running a race to the bottom. But there was more collateral damage. In time, discounting also deprived American readers of the opportunity to read foreign authors of a high literary reputation because, in an aggressively commercial publishing environment, translations are often risky and expensive. In the words of a high-ranking CEO in New York, "I don't publish manuscripts I cannot read."
What I learned at Holt, albeit a little late, is that publishing and selling books in the United States was, and remains, a very different and far rougher business than in my home country of Germany, where since the late nineteenth century a fixed-price agreement between publishers and bookstores has defined a less competitive and highly regulated publishing market. The participants in this voluntary price cartel signed a mutual agreement: publishers set the prices on books, and bookstores abided by them. The arrangement resembled a prenuptial agreement between both sides, based on trust, notarized by a lawyer's office and armed with expensive sanctions.


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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's president has canceled his trip to the Ibero-American Summit in Spain, saying doctors have ordered bed rest after a painful blood clot was found in his lower right leg.
The 77-year-old Jose Mujica says the clot was found with a sonogram and that he's following doctors' orders to relax at home for two or three days while taking anti-coagulant medicine.
Mujica announced his medical condition Thursday during his regular radio interview on Uruguay's M-24 station, and the presidency confirmed that he won't be traveling to the summit in order to avoid the risk of a thrombosis.
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(DISCLAIMER: The car pictured above and in the album IS NOT the actual car I owned in the mid-1980's! I have no pictures of the actual car; I found this one, and the similar cars in the photo album, online.)
Believe it or not, this tank was a former Police unmarked! A local Police department siezed it as a drug confiscation and decided to hold onto it instead of auctioning it off. After all, who would flash on a LeSabre hardtop as an unmarked? It already had a tuned 4-barrel 455 with dual exhausts (and as I found out after I bought it, no catalytic converters - the cops were running the thing with an illegal exhaust system!), so they just added some Police-spec suspension components, tires (mounted on the chrome Buick Rallye wheels that were on the car!), radio, and a shotgun rack and called it good.
When I bought it, all the radio gear and the gun rack had been removed, as were the chrome rims. It seems the chief wanted them on his personal cruiser! So I bought a Maroon-over-White '76 LeSabre with dog dish hubcaps mounted on dark blue steelies - very patriotic! On the way home from buying the car, I stopped off at a local junkyard and bought a set of '73 Buick full wheel covers to replace the poverty caps, and then I hit a parts store for some maroon spray paint to repaint the wheels. A weekend spent detailing it and doing some pinstriping and you'd never know it had served as a Police car... Until it blew your doors off! That big ol' Buick could pass anything but a gas station!
Another one of my brother's cars. This is one comfortable ride
Buick 455 4-barrel
TH400 Automatic Transmission
3.89:1 Limited Slip rear
0-60 in abuot 7 seconds (Official Timex wristwatch timing)
1/4 mile in about 15 second (Ditto above)
Top speed? I had it well over an indicated 110 on the calibrated Police speedo
No specifications listed.
AM/FM 8-Track Stereo
Cruise Control
Power Windows
Power Locks
Power Seat
Velour Upholstery
Remote Driver's-Side Mirror
Map Lights
Remote Trunk Release
Vinyl Top
(In addition to standard equipment:
Air Conditioning
Power Steering
Power Brakes)
No factory options listed.
"The Cadilac" has no photo albums.
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Fran Davis and Jerry Wimer are celebrating their 80th birthdays this month. Jerry was born on July 13, 1932. Fran was born on July 31, 1932.
Jerry's family includes children Allen (Julie) Wimer of Chillicothe, Ill., Steve (Carla) Wimer of Toddville, and Jeff (Sherry) Wimer of Cedar Rapids, as well as several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Fran's family includes children Deb (Mark) Oleson of Reinbeck, Doug (Pam) Davis of Reinbeck, Dru (Greg) Bridges of Marion, and Dallas (Betty Ann) Davis of Albia as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Funny how that is and so true. What Aprilia appears to have wrought is pure fun. I am a middle aged guy who has reached his level of "competent mediocrity" as a rider. Good enough to go well on and off road, but no illusions of grandeur, espeically after watching a crazy talented Graham Jarvis dirt bike vid or any form of road racing.
Yep, I just wanna have fun. This bike is pure unadulterated undistilled no compromise fun. Such a rarity in today's sanitized for our protection world, where some bikes are so neutered that they all but come with one of those paper ass gasket things on the seat as delivered.
No wonder you make allowances and look for ways to make this Aprilia work that other bikes are not worthy of.
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I love aprilia. I really wanted one of these. I waited for 18 months, and yes the performance IS there, but the great failure of Aprilia, again, is being Italian, but producing unattractive motorcycles. The motorcycling world was ready to be swept away, to trade in our duc streetfigters, and aging triumphs - to finally jump off of your crotch rocket into something more comfy, or drop into race mode from one of the higher touring segments.
Yes, we will see these around, and ne excited for a test ride, but with no beauty or inspiration - to the level of reaching somones soul (duc, triumph - yes you can feeel them, or mv) there will be no mass appeal.
Its just going to be another great "could have been so much more" motorcycle.
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I prefer my Italian 'Guzzi style. This transformer look just doesn't work for me, throw in a 2x4 for a seat and while it may be a fun bike I'm just not interested. My personal opinion only of course, I hope they sell a few boatloads of them. More Italian machinery is always a good thing.
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Here are a few of mine. The are not even necessarly based on the bike's actual abilities or goodness as a machine, it is more based on the time of my life I rode them and the experiences I had on them. My favs, and the reasons why:
1) My 2010 Husaberg FE450 dirt bike.
Turning 50 next month and this bike is magic - the perfect serious trail bike for a vet class experienced old guy. Smooth and nimble. Makes me feel like a kid, and it does sick wheelies. I love it.
2) My 2006 FZ1
Total turd in stock form, a comfortable beast with a smooth hard revving motor from hell in modified form. I like the underdog projects. Comfy, fast and fun, and more reliable than my refrigerator. The bikini fairing reminds me of the GPZ1100 I lusted after but could not have as a broke college student too.
My best friend's bike. It fried my brain back then. Did my first over 100mph wheelie on that bike. It was a freight train - so fast, so stable and pure sports, no BS. A landmark bike.
4) 1983 Honda XL600
This was a time of life bike. I went everywhere on it. Rode down the highway to the trails, rode the trails and rode home. It easily did 5 gear wheelies. What a hooligan bike. It was way more fun than the sum of it's modest parts. Makes me wonder how much I would love a Husky TE610 today...
5) 1992 Honda CR500
Went desert racing on this. Open class 2 strokes are rude and fun beasts. Perfect...
6) 1974 Suzuki TM400 Cyclone
I was a kid and my neighbor let me ride his TM400. Probably qualified as child endangerment. That hand of God wheelie filled ride warped my young mind and change the course of my life forever.
7) 2008 Husky 510SMR
My buddy, who still owns the GSXR1100 by the way, owns one of these. Spent a wheelie and stoppie filled week on it while visiting him in CA. Burned the better part of a tank of gas on a Sunday in a large empty parking lot in a business park. Laid out a course, complete with curb jumps, and felt like Jeff Ward in no time. The SMR is a ridiculous bike - the seat is a plank, it vibrates, it can't go far on a tank of gas. But in the right environment it shines like nothing else I have ridden. A pure experience for sure. That and explaining it to a Harley guy at a local hangout was priceless
This was a modest bike, but I did it up like the "S" model with a Fast Glass GS1000S fairing and a pretty paint job. It hauled me on a 2 week tour up the west coast to Canada and back with a gang of buddies. I was discussing starting a family with my young wife at the time. She said "of course you can go. Get it out of your system honey". So the "get it out of your system tour was born". She did not mean bikes, she just meant taking off for 2 weeks on them with friends
Did some "dirt tracking" on the Beemer while camped out at an empty dirt oval racetrack in Canada. It did surprisingly well. Good times.
9) 2002 Suzuki DRZ 400
I had low expectations for this bike. It was supposed to ease me into my "mellower years". Could not help myself. Wound
up respringing and revalving both the front and rear suspension and having Eddie Sisneros do some light motor work to it. Another more than the sum of it's parts bike. Rode that thing in the deserts of SoCal to the mountains of Colorado. It never missed a beat.
There are more, but this is all I have time for, for now. Oh well. It has been a fun ride so far
10) Biesse chassis CR125 powered shifter kart.
It is not even a bike, although powered by a bike engine. Pure adrenaline on wheels!
Honorable mention - 1972 Kawasaki H2 750. If Satan rides a bike...
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Yesterday's App of the Day, Bike Baron, is an incredibly addictive game, Sorry if we've got you hooked.
And today's offering also scores highly on the obsessive factor, although there's a lot less skill involved. And, whilst it's probably aimed at kids who aren't yet out of their junior school apparel that doesn't mean that the dads can't enjoy it too.
Actually, enjoy might be a bit strong....
Ben 10 Alien Locator
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- iPad
- Price
- £1.99
- Where
- iTunes
If you are not familiar with Ben 10, allow us to give you a brief bio. It's a hit kids cartoon that follows the adventures of Ben Tennyson who, with his device The Omnitrix, can transform into ten different species of alien to fight off various baddies. That's as much as you need to know really.
In terms of this game, the premise is simple. You are presented with a grid of 64 tiles, each with an image of one of Ben's alien forms in it.
You simply tap the tiles that match the indicator until they are all gone. When you tap a tile beware that it drops the line down so be wary of trying to be too clever or you'll end up tapping the wrong type of tile and losing points.
The points counter starts at 1000 and counts down. At the end of each level your performance is judged by way of a test tube filling up with green goo and your score is recorded. If you're happy with it, move on to the next level (and even post it on Facebook). If you think you can go quicker, try again. And again and again and again and again.....
But it's not as straightforward as that. The tiles, as well as being graphical representations of the aliens that young Tennyson can morph into, also have coloured tags in four different positions. In the early levels these tags are always in the top right so you don't need to worry about them.
But, the crafty so and sos, by about level 5 the tags start moving. And changing colour. Hence it's not simply a case of studying the aliens anymore, you have to deal with the tiles too.
And, just when you think you've mastered that, you accidentally push two tiles at once. And you realise that the game supports multi-touch. So you then have to go back and try to beat all your best scores, thinking that by smashing two or three tiles at a time will lead to a quicker time. It doesn't, by the way - at least not for us.....yet.
Ben 10 Alien Locator isn't the most intricate puzzle game in the App Store. And the lack of variation gets a bit tedious after a while. But boy, is it addictive. It's like cartoon crack, you'll keep coming back for more even if you're not sure why.


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Water Resources Legislation Conference Opening Meeting
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This is the opening meeting of the House and Senate conferees on water resources legislation.
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) in October with a vote of 417 to 3. In May, the Senate passed S. 601, the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by a vote of 83 to 14.


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September 04. 2014 8:50PM
Weapons, chain saws recovered; 4 charged in Bristol burglary
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— Three men and a teenager are under arrest in connection with the theft of a dozen handguns from Newfound Sales and could face charges in other burglaries and gun thefts.
Lt. Kristopher Bean said police recovered 16 handguns — 10 stolen in Sunday's burglary at Newfound Sales, 381 Lake St., and four others taken in two burglaries in Alexandria.
Bean said in the course of the investigation, police recovered 13 chain saws they believe were stolen in home burglaries in Bristol, Danbury and Alexandria, and discovered evidence connected to a recent burglary at Shackett's Super Market and Seafood Shack, 256 W. Shore Road, where a cash register was removed.
Bean said police have yet to find the cash register.
The investigation began Sunday at 7 a.m. when the burglary was discovered at Newfound Sales. Burglars broke into the sports shop at 3:50 a.m. that morning, Bean said.
On Tuesday, police arrested Dahlton Fairbank, 18, Damian Marinelli, 18, and Ronald Mills, 40, all of Bristol, and a 15-year-old juvenile from Alexandria.
Fairbank is charged with transporting drugs in a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property, a firearm. Marinelli is charged with receiving stolen property, a firearm. Mills is facing a burglary charge.
The teen is charged with burglary, along with receiving stolen property and giving a false statement to law enforcement.
As part of the investigation, police searched residences and one motor vehicle, which they also seized.
Fairbank and Marinelli are being detained on $10,000 cash/surety bail after arraignment in 2nd District Court, Plymouth District Division. Mills is being held on $50,000 cash-only bail.
Bean said the four are currently only charged in connection with the Newfound Sales burglary, but the investigation is continuing.