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2. Changes. Orders arising hereunder may be changed or amended only by written agreement signed by both Buyer and Seller. Buyer may not cancel this order unless such cancellation is expressly agreed to in writing by Seller. In such event, Seller will advise Buyer of the total charge for such cancellation, and Buyer agrees to pay such charges, including, but not limited to, storage and shipment costs, costs of producing non-standard materials, costs of purchasing non-returnable materials, cancellation costs imposed on Seller by its suppliers, and any other cost resulting from cancellation of this order by Buyer which is permitted by Seller.
3. Use Limitations. The Products are provided solely for research purposes. Buyer acknowledges that the Products have not been tested by Seller for safety and efficacy in food, drug, diagnostic, medical device, cosmetic, commercial or any other use. Buyer expressly represents and warrants to Seller that Buyer will properly test and use the Products. Buyer further represents and warrants that the Products are for its own internal use and will not be resold or otherwise provided for consideration to a third party. BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PRODUCTS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE. BUYER AGREES NOT TO ADMINISTER ANY OF THE PRODUCTS TO HUMANS IN ANY MANNER OR FORM. Buyer agrees to comply with all laws and governmental rules and regulations that are applicable to the Products or their use.
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5. Patent Disclaimer. Seller does not warrant that the use or sale of the Products will not infringe the claims of any United States or other patents.
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UPDATE: Judge increases bail to $100,000 cash for Dover teen accused of starting fireBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
April 23. 2014 8:24AM
Previous story follows:
DOVER - A city man is under arrest, accused of setting a fire at a Broadway home, forcing a mother and her four children to flee into the street.
Shawn Hoyt, 19, of 8 Lincoln St. was arrested on a class A felony charge of arson about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to police Lt. Brant Dolleman. Hoyt is being held on $5,000 cash bail, pending arraignment later Wednesday in 7th Circuit Court, Rochester District Division.
No one was injured.
The fire was reported just after 9 p.m. at the 28 Broadway home. Dolleman said the blaze began in the attached garage and then spread to the two-story home.
The residence, located at the corner of Pierce Street and Broadway, was heavily damaged in the two-alarm blaze.
Authorities said the fire was the latest in a series of blazes that have occurred in that part of the city and that remain under investigation by both police and fire officials.
Anyone with information about Tuesday's fires or any of the other blazes is asked to call police at 603-742-4646. To remain anonymous, contact Dover Crimeline at 603-749-6000 or go to dovernhcrimeline.org on the Internet.
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The state Gaming Commission's clearance of two slots parlor applicants' background checks Thursday offered a peek into the vast holdings of casino developers as well as a hint of operational and structural concerns that regulators should look out for when the sole slots license is awarded this winter.
In particular, both applicants' parent companies had experienced some problems with minors under age 21 or self-excluded individuals being admitted or invited to other casinos they operate. And corporate oversight structures needed tightening.
At its public meeting held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center last week, commissioners unanimously qualified Mass Gaming & Entertainment LLC, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, and PPE Casino Resorts MA LLC, affiliated with the Baltimore-based Cordish Co.
Rush Street Gaming/MGE will unveil its conceptual plan for a $200 million slots parlor in Millbury, most likely off Route 146 near the Mass Pike, at the town Planning Board meeting Monday night.
Cordish Co./PPE told the Leominster City Council last week it hoped to develop a 120,000-square-foot slots parlor with a gambling floor and three restaurants in the Jungle Road area near Route 117.
The two Central Massachusetts slots parlor applicants are up against Plainridge Racecourse in Plainville, Raynham Park and a new proposal from Penn National Gaming for a slots casino in Tewksbury.
According to the state gaming law, slots casino applicants must have host community agreements signed by July 26, local voters must approve the agreement in a referendum by October, and phase 2 applications detailing site operations must be submitted by Oct. 4.
The commission will award the slots license as early as December, if there are no surrounding community disputes, or as late as February, if arbitration is required with surrounding communities.
On a separate track, qualifiers for resort casinos, such as the 660,000-square-foot complex proposed by Foxwoods in Milford, must file their phase 2 applications by the end of December for a regional license to be awarded in late winter or early spring.
The Gaming Commission's Investigations and Enforcement Bureau worked with casino-industry consultants and a team including state police, retired FBI agents, gaming financial specialists and lawyers, among others, to examine tax returns, financial and business backgrounds, criminal and civil litigation histories and a host of other data to determine qualifiers' suitability for proceeding to phase 2 of the application process.
The 211-page report filed with the commission found that both applicants met the gaming legislation's criteria for suitability.
Both the Millbury and Leominster applicants' parent companies hold significant assets, although dollar amounts were redacted from the public version of the report.
Neil G. Bluhm, the key principal in Millbury applicant MGE and chairman of Rush Street Gaming, is the patriarch of the Bluhm family real estate and expanding casino gaming empire, according to the report. His portfolio has included several notable properties in Massachusetts, such as former ownership of Copley Place in Boston, capitalization of Faneuil Hall and other downtown Boston projects.
Rush Street Gaming and its related entities developed and manage the $1 billion (Canadian) Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagra Falls, Ontario, and hold a management contract for the nearby Casino Niagra, also in Niagra Falls.
Under Canadian licensing rules, the Province of Ontario owns the casinos. The company currently owns three casinos in the United States, including the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Ill. It sold its Riverwalk Casino, in Vicksburg, Miss., in October.
Rush Street Gaming Chief Executive Officer Gregory A. Carlin holds an ownership interest along with Neil Bluhm and various trusts in MGE. David G. Patent, the chief operating officer and president of Rush Street Gaming, will be the key manager and principal in developing the Millbury project, according to the report.
Mr. Patent will oversee local management and, in turn, report to Mr. Carlin, who will report to Mr. Bluhm.
Mr. Patent does not hold an ownership interest.
The Investigations and Enforcement Bureau didn't discover any disqualifying factors that would prevent MGE from being issued a casino license, but it raised concerns that Mr. Carlin, a member of Rush Street Gaming management, also serves on the audit committees of the two Pennsylvania casinos the company owns.
"The presence of management personnel on the audit committee raises a potential conflict of interest � management overseeing itself," the report concludes. "For this reason, IEB recommends that the applicant be required to re-structure its audit committees of any of its related entities that conduct business in Massachusetts to replace any management personnel with independent representatives."
The bureau also expected MGE to rigorously enforce procedures to prevent access to underage individuals and people who have excluded themselves from the casino because of problem gambling. In 2012, it was fined $25,000 for incidents involving self-excluded individuals at its Des Plaines casino.
From 2010 to November 2012, Rush Street Gaming paid $246,000 in fines for 15 underage incidents and $5,000 in a self-exclusion violation at its Pittsburgh casino. And in 2011 and 2012 it paid $70,000 for seven underage incidents and $25,000 for five self-exclusion violations at its Philadelphia facility.
PPE Casino Resorts MA LLC was created in January to facilitate the entry of the Cordish Co. into the Massachusetts gaming market, according to the commission report.
Joseph S. Weinberg is the managing member and other interests are held by Jonathan A. Cordish, Blake L. Cordish, Reed S. Cordish and Charles F. Jacobs.
A major real estate developer and operator of entertainment/mixed-use venues, the Cordish Co. developed two Hard Rock Hotel and Casino complexes for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, in Tampa and Hollywood, and developed and managed from 2008 to 2010 the Indiana Live! casino in Shelbyville, Ind., for Indianapolis Downs.
Cordish Co. has operated another casino, Maryland Live!, in Baltimore since June 2012.
The commission found some red flags in the company's previous gaming operations, but nothing that would prevent Massachusetts gaming officials from finding the applicant suitably qualified.
Indianapolis Downs notified Cordish in 2010, just three years into its 10-year development and management agreement, that it would terminate the contract, alleging breach of the agreement.
The casino suffered under a heavy debt load, despite average-to-high revenue for the industry.
Cordish counter-sued and after Indianapolis Downs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011, a settlement was reached in arbitration. The Indiana Gaming Commission, among other enforcement actions, fined Indianapolis Downs $75,000 in 2009 for accounting infractions and under-reporting of $460,000 in casino revenue.
The investigation bureau's report said: "We note that the circumstances of this incident raise some level of concern; however, at this juncture, it appears to be an isolated incident that does not impact on the suitability of the applicant."
Indianapolis Downs was fined $15,000 for three minors having access to the casino and $7,500 for two self-exclusion violations in 2009 and 2010, according to the report.
Investigators also expressed concern that minutes of the Cordish Co.'s Maryland subsidiary's Compliance Committee and Internal Audit Committee weren't kept.
"The lack of committee minutes impacts effective regulatory oversight, as the minutes serve as a guide for regulators in determining whether the committee has acted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations," the report said.
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CheapAir (Free for iOS – requires iOS 4.3 and above)
What it is: A flight-search app that lets you speak your flight searches. Chief executive Jeff Klee said his company wanted to help travelers book a flight without having to type too much info on the iPhone's small screen.
How it works: After launching the app, state your departure city and destination and travel dates. For example, when I said: "Los Angeles to Dallas, Sept. 5 to 8," the app showed me a slew of flight options for those dates. You also can speak your destination and let the app use your phone's GPS to locate you and offer a choice of departure airports. CheapAir plans to develop an Android version.
Why it's great: The iPhone's small screen can make typing a pain, so this app's verbal search feature makes it much easier to book flights on your iPhone. Flight searches also detail in-flight amenities, including Wi-Fi and entertainment. There's a "classic search" option with which you type in the details rather than speaking them, which is helpful when searching for flights in a public place such as an airport or coffee shop.
Why you might hesitate: No reason, but I hope a future update will allow users to speak their billing and payment info rather than having to type those details into their device.
Vitals (Free for iOS)
What it is: An app to find medical care while traveling in states where you may not have a friend to recommend a doctor.
How it works: The app uses your phone's GPS to search for the kind of doctor you need, which you type in the search field. Or you can type in a destination where you are heading if you think you'll need a doctor while visiting. Insurance information is stored by taking a photo of your health insurance card. The app requires a data connection.
Why it's great: It's easy to catch a cold and other illnesses on a trip, so it's handy to have an app to help you find a good doctor. The app includes info about wait times, whether the doctor spends time with patients, accuracy of diagnosis and other info contained in patient reviews on Yelp and the Vitals.com website. There are filters to narrow a search based on your health insurance, whether the doctor is board certified, etc.
Why you might hesitate: The app covers only U.S. states and doesn't include a list where you can note your medical history or prescription allergies.
Quilt (Free for iOS and Android)
What it is: An app for creating an individual or group blog of memories as you make them on a trip. The app requires a data connection for you to share pictures and texts across your own private network with family, fellow passengers, friends back home, etc.
How it works: You create a "quilt," or blog, for a particular trip, then invite others to participate by contributing posts or by subscribing to your quilt.
Why it's great: It's a wonderful way to create a group scrapbook and easily share photos, video and comments via Twitter, Facebook, email and text messages. For anyone who journals about trips, Quilt is a great tool for taking notes on the fly. If you want to write a Quilt post from a laptop or a desktop computer, you can access your quilt via the app's website at qui.lt.
Why you might hesitate: You dislike social media. But even at that, Quilt helps you capture memories in real time during a trip, and you can email links to posts.


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27% of consumers in a Cowen survey said they used Netflix most often to watch video, more than cable, broadcast or YouTube
U.S. consumers are using Netflix to watch video content more than any other platform, according to a survey of 2,500 people by financial firm Cowen Co.
In the survey, Cowen Co. asked respondents, "Which platforms do you use most often to view video content on TV?" Netflix
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came in first with 27% of respondents saying they used the streaming giant most often. Next in line was basic cable with 20%, and broadcast came in third, with 18.1%.
Netflix is an especial favorite with younger viewers, analysts at Cowen Co. said. Almost 40% of respondents aged 18 to 24 years old said they used Netflix most often to view video content, 23% more than Alphabet-owned
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YouTube, which was second among young respondents.
Even when Cowen Co. excluded people who had never used cable and those who had dropped their cable subscriptions, Netflix still came in second with 24%, just under basic cable with 26%.
The survey "highlights the importance of Netflix in the home, particularly among millennials," wrote Cowen Co. senior research analyst John Blackledge.
In case you missed it: Why Amazon, Netflix and Tesla shares may get an extra bump until the end of JuneIn case you missed it:
Also: Netflix stock surges above $400 in falling market as three analysts raise price targets
Netflix shares have performed well as the streaming giant gains more subscribers and invests heavily in content, with shares more than doubling in price so far this year. Investors remain bullish about its prospects and are expecting strong results when the company reports its second-quarter earnings on July 16.
A dictionary entry for the word "influential" might easily place a picture of Television and stop there. The band has a devout following worldwide and has had a major effect on British post-punk rock as well as American indie rock.
Starting in New York's East Village in 1973, the band, consisting of Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, Billy Ficca and Richard Lloyd, were at the center of the scene soon to be labeled punk. The band crystalized with the departure of Hell in 1975 and the addition of Fred Smith on Bass.
Television's debut album released in February 1977 Marquee Moon was hailed by critics as one of the most striking and original recording debuts in years. The scissory, cascading guitar lines, the jabbing vocals, and the "psychotic calypso" drumming demonstrated that there was nothing punky or muddled about Television — it has the silvery clarity of a poised knife — and the writers gushed:
"One of the most deliriously exciting debut albums I've ever heard" — Newsday
"An obvious, unashamed classic" — Sounds
"They loom, as the Stravinskys of rock" — N.Y. Daily News
"The most powerful and passionate rock to come out of anywhere…" — Village Voice
"As of this moment, Verlaine is probably the most exciting electric lead guitar player… N.M.E
Roy Trakin wrote in the SoHo Weekly, "forget everything you've heard about Television, forget punk, forget New York, forget CBGB's … hell, forget rock and roll—this is the real item. Recently, critics ranked it number 83 on cable music channel VH1'S list of the 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll, number 128 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was ranked number two on Uncut magazine's 100 Greatest Debut Records, and number 3 on Pitchfork Media's list of the best albums of the 1970s.
Television's second album, Adventure was issued in 1978 and the distinctive guitar work is still evident there, most notably on the tracks "Glory," "Foxhole" and "The Fire.
Various problems within the group led to a breakup later that year, with Verlaine and Lloyd pursuing solo careers.
In 1992 Television reunited to record a self-titled album that was well received by critics, who noted admiringly that the band's trademarks — brilliant guitar work, clever songwriting, and noirish lyrics — were all still in evidence. The reunited band did a world tour in 1993, including show's at the Glastonbury and All Tomorrow's Parties festivals in England.
In 2007, the band announced Richard Lloyd would be amicably leaving the group and guitarist Jimmy Rip, a collaborator on most of Verlaine's solo recordings and tours since 1981, would be taking his place.
2013… 40 years since the bands founding, has seen them more active than anytime in many years. Not only have they have just completed a sold out tour of South America and Asia, there is a new record in the works. Television is back. Less -
A dictionary entry for the word "influential" might easily place a picture of Television and stop there. The band has a devout following worldwide and has had a major effect on British post-punk rock as well as American indie rock.
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Nonetheless there are evolutionary biologists (see 'Yes, urgently' ) who argue that theory has since ossified around genetic concepts. More specifically, they contend that four phenomena are important evolutionary processes: phenotypic plasticity, niche construction, inclusive inheritance and developmental bias. We could not agree more. We study them ourselves.
But we do not think that these processes deserve such special attention as to merit a new name such as 'extended evolutionary synthesis'. Below we outline three reasons why we believe that these topics already receive their due in current evolutionary theory.
The evolutionary phenomena championed by Laland and colleagues are already well integrated into evolutionary biology, where they have long provided useful insights. Indeed, all of these concepts date back to Darwin himself, as exemplified by his analysis of the feedback that occurred as earthworms became adapted to their life in soil.
Today we call such a process niche construction, but the new name does not alter the fact that evolutionary biologists have been studying feedback between organisms and the environment for well over a century 13 . Stunning adaptations such as termite mounds, beaver dams, and bowerbird displays have long been a staple of evolutionary studies. No less spectacular are cases that can only be appreciated at the microscopic or molecular scale, such as viruses that hijack host cells to reproduce and 'quorum sensing', a sort of group think by bacteria.
Another process, phenotypic plasticity, has drawn considerable attention from evolutionary biologists. Countless cases in which the environment influences trait variation have been documented — from the jaws of cichlid fishes that change shape when food sources alter, to leaf-mimicking insects that are brown if born in the dry season and green in the wet. Technological advances in the past decade have revealed an incredible degree of plasticity in gene expression in response to diverse environmental conditions, opening the door to understanding its material basis. Much discussed, too, was a book 5 by behavioural scientist Mary Jane West-Eberhard that explored how plasticity might precede genetic changes during adaptation.
So, none of the phenomena championed by Laland and colleagues are neglected in evolutionary biology. Like all ideas, however, they need to prove their value in the marketplace of rigorous theory, empirical results and critical discussion. The prominence that these four phenomena command in the discourse of contemporary evolutionary theory reflects their proven explanatory power, not a lack of attention.
Furthermore, the phenomena that interest Laland and colleagues are just four among many that offer promise for future advances in evolutionary biology. Most evolutionary biologists have a list of topics that they would like to see given more attention. Some would argue that epistasis — complex interactions among genetic variants — has long been under-appreciated. Others would advocate for cryptic genetic variation (mutations that affect only traits under specific genetic or environmental conditions). Still others would stress the importance of extinction, or adaptation to climate change, or the evolution of behaviour. The list goes on.
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On June 11, 2018, another head scratching decision came out of the Eastern District of Virginia, one that has the potential to seriously erode the copyright protections afforded photographers.
The case, Brammer v.Violent Hues Productions LLC , 1 has a very simple set of facts:
The Court proceeds to ignore key components of the Copyright Act, disregards readily apparent facts, and once again totally botches the "transformative use" test. In reading the opinion, I wondered if this was the same Eastern District of Virginia judge that botched the fair use test in Philpot v. Media Research Center . 2 Nope, but clearly something is wrong in that division of the Federal Judiciary. Because, just like the Court in Philpot , it holds that taking an artistic photograph and placing it in an (allegedly) informational context, is a transformative use.
Says the Court:
"Violent Hues' use of the photograph was transformative in function and purpose. While Brammer's purpose in capturing and publishing the photograph was promotional and expressive, Violent Hues' purpose in using the photograph was informational: to provide festival attendees with information regarding the local area. Furthermore, this use was non-commercial, because the photo was not used to advertise a product or generate revenue."
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C'mon, Judge. The Defendants used the photograph because it was artistic and cool. Remember, this is a "time lapse" photograph, which results in moving objects being blurred. The Defendants use was not informational. They used the "cool photograph" to entice people to come to their film festival, e.g. "look at all the cool stuff to do nearby." Presumably, they charge an admission fee to attend their film festival. This admission fee, again "presumably" generates revenue.
It gets worse.
"In addition to being transformative and non-commercial, Violent Hues' use of the photo was also in good faith. The record indicates that Mr. Mico, Violent Hues' owner, found the photo online and saw no indication that it was copyrighted. Mr. Mico attests that he thus believed the photo was publically available. This good faith is further confirmed by the fact that as soon as Violent Hues learned that the photo may potentially be copyrighted, it removed the photo from its website."
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Wow. In actuality:
Shouldn't someone who organizes a film festival (of all things) know this? This is basic copyright 101 type stuff. What's even worse is that, shouldn't we have the right to expect that a Federal Judge would know what the law is on a subject that he is issuing a written opinion?
Further down, the Judge repeats his erroneous conclusion that failure to provide copyright notice somehow should weigh against the Plaintiff.
This is a little complicated. Technically, a finished product is a derivative work and no amount may be sold without permission from the copyright owner. However, in real-world terms, if you make one item of something and then get tired of it, most designers would give permission to sell your finished work. This also applies to store models. However, if you are selling more than one product, whether you purchased patterns for each one or not, you are likely creating items with the intent to sell or to make a profit and this is definitely illegal without permission from the copyright owner.
If you would like to sell your finished products, whether for charity or profit, you must get a licensing agreement from the copyright owner. Many craft patterns that are marketed with sales in mind will state their copyright conditions in their patterns. For example, the copyright owner may allow the pattern purchaser to make 12 of these items for sale, but after that, they would need to contact the copyright owner for a licensing agreement.
Note: An important exception to this is patterns made with licensing agreements with companies such as Disney. In most cases, they have explicit terms on their patterns that no finished items may be sold and that they can only be made for personal use.
The general rule is to read the copyright and/or licensing agreement on your pattern carefully. If in doubt, contact the copyright owner or a qualified intellectual property attorney.
In general, no, not without a licensing agreement. By its very nature, a craft pattern implies that the purchaser may make a finished product (a derivative work). However, unless otherwise stated, it is implied that that this permission is for one finished product for personal use. This includes a finished product being given as a gift.
In some cases craft patterns will have detailed copyright statements that will include a set number of products you can make and sell or donate before requiring a licensing agreement. If you cannot find a statement regarding this, or if you want to sell/donate more than the specified number of products, then you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
What does "for educational purposes under fair use" mean?
This is part of the complicated issue of the fair use laws. There are legal uses for materials. However, this is also an often-misused concept that copyright infringers try to use in a misinformed attempt to work around the law. See Common Misconceptions and Excuses for more information on this. If you would like to claim something as being copied under the "fair use" laws, you must be able to clearly demonstrate that truth of this. Consult an attorny if there is any doubt.
In its entirety Title 17, Section 107 states: Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include
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Mr Carl Douglas - the computer scientist from Blighty's Lincoln, not the Kung-fu Fighting pop star - was fast as lightning to become @regvulture's 10,000th follower on Twitter.
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Scene in Manchester: Totally Awesome 80's Run fends off middle ageBY KATIE McQUAID
Special to The New Hampshire Union Leader
January 20. 2013 9:54PM
I am a child of the 80's. Just ask my stone-washed jeans, Cabbage Patch Kid, and Debbie Gibson cassette tape. While it may seem like yesterday, that decade was a long time ago, and many people of my generation have embraced running in an attempt to slow our progression toward middle age. I think the Totally Awesome 80's Run, which combines nostalgia for our youth with the exercise we are using to cling to it, may be the best thing I've heard about in a long time.
The April 21st 5K is being brought to us by 80's kid and former Manchester resident Ken Culbertson. The 1990 Pinkerton graduate now lives outside Philadelphia and operates Good Day for a Run, LLC, a racing management company specializing in unique racing experiences. He was recently asked to come back home to put on one of his 80's-themed races to help raise money for the nonprofit CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates).
It seems runners are no longer satisfied with a simple start, finish, and bib number. Races around here always seem to include costumes, music, and of course, beer. And the Totally Awesome 80's Run is bringing it to a new level with a post-race party at the Radisson. There will be live music from The Big 80's Band, a Best "Running Man" competition, food, cash bar, and awards for best costumes.
The fun starts at 11 a.m. And the cost for both the race and after-party is $30, which includes a shirt. Now I just have to practice running in leg warmers and jelly shoes.
Visit www.gooddayforarun.com to register and see pictures and some of the fabulous costumes from past 80's races.
In memory of the Maestro
It's been a few years since I had the opportunity to have lunch with Dick Anagnost, but his tales of growing up in the Queen City made a huge impression on me. He started opening his own businesses at an age when I was still far too busy spending my parents' money to even think about getting an actual job. The successful and inspirational entrepreneur has contributed much of his time, talent and treasure to our community and that generosity continues with a recent major contribution to the Manchester Community Music School.
With it, the school officially renamed its 27-year-old New Hampshire Youth Symphony Orchestra in honor of Anagnost's late brother. The Dino Anagnost Youth Symphony Orchestra of New Hampshire was to be officially dedicated yesterday during a celebration concert featuring the music of the Maestro's favorite composers.
Success wasn't limited to the business kind in the Anagnost family. Before his death in 2011, Maestro Anagnost was music director and conductor of The Little Orchestra Society of New York for 33 years. A Google search produced countless stories on the contributions he made to the performing arts culture in New York City, as well as other major cities all over the world. He was educated at Boston University, The Juilliard School, Harvard University, Tanglewood and New England Conservatory, where he pursued advanced music studies, and Columbia University where he earned his doctorate in music and held the position of adjunct professor of music.
While the contributions made by the Anagnost brothers may seem worlds apart, I believe creativity must be the driving factor in both of their successes. Navigating the business climate of New Hampshire takes just as much 'thinking outside the box' as putting together live music performances. It is sad to have lost such an amazing creative success from Manchester, but we are fortunate that his equally creative brother loves this city and is honoring the Maestro's legacy with a donation toward music education in our city.
Snowshoe Frisbee Golf
Because you can never have too many opportunities to play Snowshoe Frisbee Golf, the Massabesic Audubon Center is offering two upcoming chances to play this soon-to-be-Olympic event. This Saturday you can play at the center's beautiful Auburn fields, all while learning about native plant and animal life from an Audubon naturalist. It sounds like a fine time to me as long as the naturalist doesn't try to show me a black-throated blue warbler during my back swing.
The cost is $5 per person, and tee times are available between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Snowshoes are available for rent.
The second opportunity to play is Saturday, Feb. 9. This time it's a fundraiser to help the center update its supply of snowshoes and the cost is $15 per person. The entry fee includes the use of snowshoes (which I am suspect of since this is a fundraiser to replace them) and prizes for the winning teams.
Snowshoe Frisbee Golf is just like regular golf, but instead of getting a ball in a hole you have to hit a tree trunk with a Frisbee. And you have to pay $15 for each lost Frisbee. OK, it's nothing like real golf, except the lowest score wins.
Players must be at least 12 years old. Call 668-2045 for a tee time to either event. Visit www.nhaudubon.org for official rules and more information.
75 years of yachting
The Massabesic Yacht Club has always confused me. When I hear "yacht" I envision a big, fancy boat carrying hip-hop moguls. Yet I've never seen Jay-Z hitting Goldenrod for a maple walnut cone after a day on his boat with Beyonce and baby Blue Ivy.
Turns out a yacht isn't reserved for the rich and famous and can be any recreational boat. So 75 years ago when the Massabesic Yacht Club was founded to encourage and promote the sport of sailing and the art of seamanship, the name made perfect sense and it still does. Today, the club carries the same mission at its headquarters on Bypass 28 in Auburn, just a short distance from the traffic circle.
I am thankful to the club's Margaret Adams for alerting me to its anniversary, which will be celebrated all year long. I was inspired to check out the club's website, www.mycsailing.com, and discovered old stories from this very newspaper about the club's beginnings. It also has information on the club's four-week Learn to Sail program in June. I'll have to check it out, now that I know I don't need to befriend Jay-Z to sail a yacht.
NH365.ORG Event of the Week
The Jewish Federation of New Hampshire has a great family event scheduled for Sunday with Wunderle's Big Top Adventures Circus Extravaganza. Roy Wunderle, artistic director of Circus Smirkus and director of clowns for Ringling Brothers, will delight the audience with expert juggling, wacky globe walking, astounding ladder balancing, sensational plate spinning, daring unicycle antics and comic buffoonery. Tickets are $5 at the door for kids and free for the adults who accompany them.
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The 25-year-old Red Bull driver produced an outstanding drive to prove his worth.
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What have boy band superstar Matt Willis, World Cup football champion Frank Leboeuf and period drama heart-throb Julian Ovenden got in common?
They've all been filming in the Peak District, playing characters in an action thriller movie which is scheduled for worldwide release.
This stellar line-up has been recreating scenes from the Second World War in the most beautiful countryside in Britain, complete with 35-ton Panzer tanks, armoured trucks and a half-track (half tank, half truck) which rolled into action in the award-winning movie Saving Private Ryan.
Final scenes for the movie Allies are due to be shot in June, wrapping up filming which began last summer when the crew visited rural locations near Matlock, Ripley, Buxton and Ashbourne.
Director Dominic Burns, who lives in Allestree and co-wrote the script with Jeremy Sheldon, said: "I was absolutely astounded by the beautiful countryside and that within 15 minutes of leaving Derby city centre you could find yourself in the middle of nowhere.
"We visited an amazing farm, drove down into a grass field and into a basin where you could turn a full 360 degrees and see breath-taking views all around which gave us huge scope for filming.
"Filming has been a long process when you are dealing with 1940 tanks which can break down. With filming, you shoot as fast as you can but the problems with the old equipment such as tanks slowed us down. It was very stressful but a lot of fun at the same time."
The actors in Allies include Chris Reilly, who is in upcoming Hollywood movie Everest with Josh Brolin and Jake Gyllenhaal and starred in Game of Thrones, and Edmund Kingsley, who is credited with the films Hugo and Beast and is the son of Sir Ben Kingsley.
Dominic said: "We are really lucky with the cast. There were a lot of girls queueing up to get their photos taken with Matt Willis last year and that queue is going to get bigger this summer now that his band, McBusted, has gone from strength to strength."
Matt plays a British sniper who is led behind enemy lines into occupied France in 1944. Chris is cast as a British captain, Edward plays a gunner and Julian Ovenden, who played Charles Blake in the last series of Downton Abbey, takes on the role of American captain who leads the Brits behind enemy lines. Frank Leboeuf plays the leader of the French Resistance.
The 20-strong cast is augmented by more than 200 extras. Dominic said: "We had a lot of local guys coming down - members of World War Two re-enactment groups and residents."
Allies is the latest of half a dozen films in which Dominic has been involved. including UFO in which he worked with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Derby. He said: "I am immensely proud of Allies and the performance of its boys and girls. I feel it is the best film I have made."
Clips from Allies, which is due to be released at the end of the year, and experiences of making the movie will be shared by its stars and director on Monday, May 12, at 8pm in Derby Quad in one of the highlights of the city's film festival.


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PSNH predicts need for rate hikeBy TIM BUCKLAND and DAVE SOLOMON
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September 30. 2012 1:19AM
MANCHESTER - Public Service of New Hampshire is predicting it will ask the Public Utilities Commission to increase what are already the state's highest energy service rates.
'At this time, we may be higher than other utilities,' company spokesman Martin Murray said. 'Most of the reason for that is government mandates that PSNH customers pay that other utilities do not.'
The company is not officially seeking that rate hike now, but is required to forecast as best it can what it will be asking for when the rate comes up for review at the end of the year, he said.
'The formal request would be made in December,' he said. 'This is an early preview that we make every year. We tell the Public Utilities Commission, 'This is what it's looking like; we'll get back to you in December.' Based on what's happened this year, and what it looks like will happen next year, we expect some changes, and that's what we filed today.'
The numbers will be revised in December to reflect the actual situation in the fourth quarter; the PUC will then hold hearings and set the rates for Jan. 1 implementation. If the current predictions hold, Murray said, residential customers using 500 kilowatt hours a month would see their monthly electric bill of $86.35 go up $4.30, to $90.65.
'We're forecasting a bit of an uptick in the regional cost of energy,' Murray said.
Electric service charges, which PSNH predicts it might have to increase, make up only part of a customer's monthly bill. In addition, utilities assess taxes, delivery charges and baseline customer fees that vary among the four companies.
PSNH's monthly bills to customers are higher than those of the state's other three utilities: Liberty Utilities, Unitil and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, which, based on average monthly consumption of 500 kilowatt hours, respectively charge $60.31, $61.91 and $86.32 per month.
PSNH is forecasting an energy service rate of 8.97 cents per kilowatt hour, compared with the current charge of 7.11 cents per kwh. The rate was 9.92 cents in 2009.
The proposed energy service rate essentially reflects the anticipated market price for energy among regional providers plus the cost associated with government mandates.
The 8.97 cents per kwh proposal represents more than a 5 percent increase over current rates, but would be offset by an anticipated reduction in the portion of the electric bill dedicated to stranded-cost recovery charges.
The preliminary filing includes a reduction of 0.79 cents per kwh in the stranded-cost portion, which recovers above-market costs associated with mandated purchases from independent power producers, such as wood-fired plants and municipal waste facilities.
Murray blamed government mandates for the higher costs, saying the company's rates 10 years ago were among the lowest in New England before mandates were introduced that other utilities do not pay for.
'A significant portion of the energy service rate is associated with state government mandates,' Murray said. 'It includes about $67 million in annual costs associated with the state's environmental initiatives, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; the N.H. Renewable Portfolio Standard; and the mandated installation of a mercury reduction scrubber at the company's largest power plant, Merrimack Station.
'Absent that, our charge would be quite a bit lower,' he said.
However, according to a chart compiled by Murray on PSNH's website, the utility's predicted rate without the mandates - 7.53 cents per kwh - would still be higher than the state's three other electricity providers. Unitil charges 6.913 cents per kwh, though its charge is scheduled to increase to 7.178 cents per kwh in November. Liberty charges 5.884 cents per kwh, and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative charges 6.75 cents per kwh.
Murray said the other three utilities purchase energy from a regional marketplace that he called 'volatile' and that, right now, is at a lower point in its market rates.
Liberty Utilities' rate of 5.884 cents per kwh was a sharp decrease from April, when its rate was 7.746 cents per kwh.
Murray said PSNH will purchase from the marketplace when it is cost-effective to do so, but also produces much of its own power, leading to less volatility.
'If one looks at our rates over the last 10 years, our rates tend to be stable,' Murray said. 'Our rates do not change drastically.'
Murray said the proposed and controversial Northern Pass project, which would run electricity from Canada through New Hampshire, would decrease overall electric costs by providing cheaper electricity for the region as a whole. The project is opposed by those who object to electric towers being erected in the state's scenic North Country.
'The energy produced would be economic and would reduce the energy price from what it otherwise would be,' he said.
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"American Idol's" dueling divas showdown came to an exhilarating close Thursday as Candice Glover was crowned the winner during the live two-hour season finale on FOX. Glover, 23, from St. Helena Island, S.C., edged out fellow female finalist Kree Harrison, 22, from Woodville, Texas, to win the "Idol" title.
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On Wednesday night's final performance show, Candice and Kree each sang three songs. Candice performed "Chasing Pavements," "I Am Beautiful" and "I (Who Have Nothing)"; and Kree sang "Angel," "All Cried Out" and "Up To The Mountain." Also, thanks to the Coca-Cola Perfect Harmony Program, Carly Rae Jepsen performed her new song, "Take A Picture," which was a collaborative effort between "American Idol" fans and the pop sensation herself. "Take A Picture" is available for download on www.ai.com/perfectharmony.
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"American Idol" hopefuls also can audition for the upcoming 13th season at www.americanidol.com by submitting an audition video online. Entrants should demonstrate their stellar singing ability by performing a song of their choice a cappella. Videos are limited to one submission per person. Visitwww.americanidol.com for submission rules and terms and conditions.


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Justin Bieber Surprises Selena Gomez in Florida
Selena Gomez left the Florida set of her upcoming film 'Spring Breakers' nearly two weeks ago to fly to Los Angeles to celebrate her boyfriend Justin Bieber's 18th birthday with him. That's dedication and love, right? Well, The Biebs reciprocated this past weekend in order to take her out for a romantic day of visiting haunts and consuming eats. Aw. These two are so in love!
According to Hollywood Life, which tracked the tweets of locals who posted about witnessing the couple's cute exploits and antics, The Biebs and Sel were spotted together in a few locations on March 10. They reportedly dined at Gratzzi Italian Grille in St. Petersburg and at a Cracker Barrel in Tampa with Gomez's co-star Ashley Benson.
The duo was also seen at the Vinoy Park Hotel, also in St. Pete's.
Clearly, this pair cannot go anywhere without their actions being tweeted about! So much for privacy in the digital age.


text: solidThinking Supports Industrial Designers' Continuing Education Through Program-wide Sponsorship of 2011 IDSA Regional Conferences solidThinking's exhibit at IDSA to highlight new features and enhancements of version 8.5 software TROY, Mich. – March 28, 2011 – solidThinking, Inc. (http://www.solidthinking.com) will showcase its recently launched solidThinking 8.5 and solidThinking 8.5 Inspired™ software at the Industrial Designers Society of America's (IDSA) five regional conferences April 1 – May 3, 2011. As a comprehensive program sponsor, solidThinking aims to support the continuing education of industrial designers and contribute to the conferences' ongoing collaborative discussions on technology and the future of industrial design. Product specialists from the solidThinking team will be on-hand to help attendees experience the software's more than 900 fixes, updates and enhancements, learn more about how solidThinking can enhance design workflow, and collaborate with attendees on the ways innovative 3D software is redefining the ID world. For a preview prior to the conferences, attendees can learn more about solidThinking's 3D modeling, rendering and presentation, computational inspiration and data exchange features by visiting the solidThinking website. "Feedback from the industrial design community truly helped shape the development of both solidThinking 8.5 and solidThinking 8.5 Inspired," said Alex Mazzardo, solidThinking's vice president of product strategy and marketing. "IDSA's 2011 regional conferences will give us the opportunity to gather firsthand experiences and reactions to these product enhancements, which we believe will enrich and accelerate design inspiration for industrial designers and their collaborative partners." The five IDSA district conferences held regionally include: Midwest Conference – CONTRAST St. Louis, April 1-3 Northeast Conference – Design4 2011 Providence, RI, April 8-9 Mideast Conference – DESIGN EXPERIENCE Cincinnati, OH, April 8-10 Southern Conference – Business of Design Austin, TX, April 15-17 Western Conference – SOCIAL IMPACT! San Jose, CA, May 6-7 solidThinking's NURBS-based design software offers conceptual modeling, high-quality visualization tools and fast real-time photorealistic rendering for design presentation. Its best-in-class ConstructionTree™ technology allows designers to experiment with designs without having to start from scratch when changing their minds. solidThinking is available on Mac and Windows operating systems and is compatible with leading CAD/CAID/CAE software, encouraging enhanced collaboration and productivity between industrial designers and engineers during the product development cycle. To connect with the solidThinking, click on: solidThinking blog – https://blogs.solidthinking.com Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/solidThinking Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/solidThinking YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/solidThinking About solidThinking, Inc. (http://www.solidthinking.com) solidThinking, Inc. develops and markets industrial design/styling software that helps designers invent, explore and evaluate new ideas easily, rapidly and cost-effectively, without the limitations of traditional software. Using solidThinking's conceptual 3D modeling capabilities, visualization interface and fast real-time rendering, designers can model, render and share their projects on the fly, from architecture and automobiles to electronic devices, jewelry, product packaging and yachts. solidThinking is a wholly owned subsidiary of Troy, Mich. (USA)-based Altair Engineering, Inc. (www.altair.com). Altair Engineering is privately held and employs more than 1,300 in North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.


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Federal government will respect marriages of same-sex couples in Michigan
March 28, 2014
Today, the United States Department of Justice announced that the federal government will respect the legal marriages of the 300+ same-sex couples in Michigan who were issued marriage licenses in the state on Saturday, March 22.
Attorney General Holder announced:
I have determined that the same-sex marriages performed last Saturday in Michigan will be recognized by the federal government. These families will be eligible for all relevant federal benefits on the same terms as other same-sex marriages. The Governor of Michigan has made clear that the marriages that took place on Saturday were lawful and valid when entered into, although Michigan will not extend state rights and benefits tied to these marriages pending further legal proceedings. For purposes of federal law, as I announced in January with respect to similarly situated same-sex couples in Utah, these Michigan couples will not be asked to wait for further resolution in the courts before they may seek federal benefits to which they are entitled.
The announcement comes in response to a federal judge's ruling in DeBoer v. Snyder on Friday, March 21 that struck down anti-marriage laws in Michigan. The judge, a Reagan appointee, did not issue a stay in the decision, and several Michigan counties announced they would open the following day in order to issue marriage licenses. More than 300 couples married before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals granted the state's request for a stay in the ruling. The decision has been put on hold pending the state's appeal in the case, and the state has said that it will not respect the marriage licenses for state purposes as the appeal continues.
Attorney General Holder's response is similar to the Department of Justice's action on the nearly 1,300 marriage licenses issued in Utah earlier this year. Those couples, too, are eligible for all federal protections and responsibilities that different-sex couples receive.
Freedom to Marry's founder and president Evan Wolfson responded to AG Holder's announcement today. He said:
The 300 loving couples in Michigan are as married as any couple on the planet. The Attorney General's decision today respects the legality - and the dignity - of their marriages. It's time for Michigan and other discriminating states to do right by all families, and get themselves on the right side of history.


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Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes, the Persian king who claims to be a god in "300." (Warner Bros.)Link
Rodrigo Santoro arrives at the premiere of "The Last Stand" on Jan. 14 in Hollywood. (Joe Klamar / AFP / Getty Images)Link
Rodrigo Santoro carries Johnny Knoxville in a scene from "The Last Stand." (Merrick Morton / Lionsgate)Link
Jaimie Alexander and Rodrigo Santoro in a scene from "The Last Stand." (Merrick Morton / Lionsgate)Link
Xerxes, played by Rodrigo Santoro, vents his rage at the losses sustained by his army in "300." (Warner Bros.)Link
Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes, right, and Gerard Butler as Leonidas in "300." (Warner Bros.)Link
"300" actors David Wenham, left, Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro arrive at the film's Hollywood premiere on March 5, 2007. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)Link
To reprise the character of Xerxes, the nefarious 9-foot tall antagonist he portrays in director Zack Snyder's breakthrough swords and sandals blockbuster "300," for the highly anticipated August spinoff "300: Rise of an Empire," Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro learned the true meaning of no pain, no gain.
The role demanded that Santoro rebuild the same rippling musculature he shows off to impressive effect in the 2006 historical thriller (based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller) – a truly Herculean effort that involved three months of grueling gym workouts to build biceps and add bulk to Santoro's slight surfer's frame.
"It was intense," the actor said during an interview to promote his turn in the new Arnold Schwarzenegger action vehicle "The Last Stand," directed by revered South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon. "It was a very specific physique that character has. He's very specifically described by Frank in the graphic novel and Zack wanted to be very faithful to that description."
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As if all that exercise were not enough, on the "Rise of an Empire" set in Sofia, Bulgaria, last summer the actor also had to endure five-hour daily makeup sessions to visually match up to Miller's rendering of the Persian leader in the graphic novel "Xerxes": resplendently bald, dripping in more gold than Mr. T and oozing androgynous menace.
And from there, Santoro had to act in total isolation from the other performers.
"It was a challenge because it was all blue screen," he said. "When you act against a blue screen, you have to imagine what's not there. But because my character is a giant, my sight lines are so low, I was talking to a tennis ball the whole time."
Although the actor remains schtum on plot details, he feels "300's" faithful will be happy with the new film – which is not a sequel or a prequel but its own freestanding thing, Santoro is quick to point out, directed by TV commercial ace Noam Murro and produced by Snyder.
"The movie looks cool. It's beautiful," said Santoro. "It's like '300' but there are fresh things in there. It's a smart way to do a sequel. The fans are going to be pleased."
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The easiest projects to make are those you've built once before. Most woodworkers only tackle furniture projects once in a lifetime and then move on to something else. So the next best thing is to build something mentally, visualizing how the pieces and parts fit together. Google SketchUp makes this mental process extremely close to the real thing, except for unloading lumber and sanding. We've been fans of SketchUp since we began using it a few years ago because it makes the process of planning quick and painless. It gets us out to the shop in less time, and when we start to build for real we're armed with as much information as we want about how the project (and all the parts) fits together. It gives us the confidence that comes from experience, and we catch mistakes we might have made in the past that waste time and material.
Being the resident CAD jockey here at Popular Woodworking Magazine, I began experimenting with SketchUp to see what the buzz we kept hearing was about. I struggled for a month or two until the light bulb went off over my head and I caught on to what a powerful design tool this program is. I shared what I learned with the rest of the staff, and within a year we stopped using anything but SketchUp for our project planning and design. It has saved us untold time and money, but more important, it has made us better and more efficient woodworkers.
A lot of our readers have joined us. We put plans for new projects that appear in the magazine online in the form of SketchUp models in our 3D Warehouse Collection, and many of those models were made by enthusiastic and helpful readers. It's a great tool to understand how something goes together.
About a year and a half ago, I began organizing what I had learned about using SketchUp into an aid for teaching it. I noticed that the things I struggled with while learning SketchUp were common among our staff members, readers I corresponded with and students in classes I taught. SketchUp is a relatively simple program, but learning it isn't that simple. It's different from other graphics and design programs and it's easy to get sidetracked and frustrated if you don't get a firm grip on basic concepts at the start, or if you practice the hard way of doing things. This bucket of knowledge began to look like a book, but a printed book seemed to fall short of the best way to present techniques for working on a computer. Then I found out that it is possible to embed video with PDF documents.
The result of this is my new digital format book, Woodworker's Guide to Google SketchUp 7. It's all on a disc that you open with Adobe Reader. There are 184 pages of text, and within the text are 49 short video clips. You can read in detail how to perform a technique or solve a problem, then click on the page and watch a video that shows you what to click, where to drag and when to type. You can have Reader open in one window on your machine and SketchUp open on another so you can practice as you read. If you want to review a lesson, you can quickly find the video to refresh your memory. All of this is easily searchable, and the entire document is bookmarked. Entries in the Table of Contents are links; click on the topic in the TOC and that page opens in an instant.
As the author, editor and publisher of Woodworker's Guide to Google SketchUp 7, my opinion is naturally biased. Several bloggers have had nice things to say about this new book, including Al Navas of Sandal Woods, Kari Hultman of The Village Carpenter, Matt Vanderlist of Matt's Basement Workshop and Bonnie Roskes of 3dvinci. Read what they have to say, ask your friends on online forums, or purchase a copy to try it yourself. Woodworker's Guide to Google SketchUp 7 is available for immediate delivery at Popular Woodworking's Woodworker's Book Shop.
The question everyone asks is "what is the difference between this and the Shop Class videos Popular Woodworking released earlier this year?" The material covered and techniques presented are similar, both the videos and the book take you from opening SketchUp for the first time and show you how to efficiently plan woodworking projects and extract useful information from a completed model. The one that works best for you depends on your style of learning. The Shop Class videos are all video and fast paced, they are a lot like recorded versions of the sessions I give at our Woodworking in America conferences. The book has room for more detailed explanations of why and how to do things; the videos within reinforce the text and screen shot illustrations.
If you have any questions, send me an e-mail, or leave a comment.
Click Here to Purchase digital book: Woodworker's Guide to Goole SketchUp 7
Click Here for information about Shop Class: SketchUp for Woodworker's videos.
Now I know what the problem is! My light bulb goes on…I'll try it the other way. I have enjoyed your tutorials and even put them on my Ipod to review during my travels.
This vBook is one of the coolest ways to learn & improve your SketchUp skills.
I wish this baby was around back when I was teaching myself the software!


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Dow-30 component General Electric (GE – Free General Electric Stock Report), one of the largest and most diversified companies in the world with interests ranging from jet engines to wind turbines, has released fourth-quarter results this morning that Wall Street was very pleased with, at first blush. In early trading, the shares were up more than 2%.
Revenues for the final term of 2012 were $39.3 billion, about $200 million higher than consensus expectations. This amount brought the full-year sum just north of $147.3 billion. Sales at the company's bread-and-butter industrial units climbed 4% in the December period, excluding the effect of acquisitions. Moreover, if we back out foreign exchange and the declining demand for wind turbines brought on by an expiring tax credit, top-line growth would have approached 7%.
Adjusted income from operations for the fourth quarter of 2012 came in at $0.44 a share, a penny ahead of consensus and $0.02 above our call. All told, the full-year bottom-line tally came to $1.52, a year-over-year improvement of 16%. Profits increased across all divisions: the jet engine branch led the way with a 22% uptick, while oil and gas rose 14%. GE's recent performance is even more impressive when taking into consideration the still-soft global economy and the fact that GE is unwinding certain aspects of its portfolio.
On that topic, the reshaping of General Electric continues to evolve. Most of the headlines go to the trimming down of its finance arm GE Capital, and this is a vital maneuver, as this portion of the business grew far too large and was a source of real concern during the financial crisis, but there is more to the story than just this division. The core strategy is to return GE to its industrial roots. With that, commercial real estate holdings are also being pared. Eventually, industrial forays will constitute a larger majority of the overall business, with complex industrial equipment being a strength. Recent acquisitions have opened doors in the oil and gas industry, and we anticipate further spending to expand this platform. This stratagem also plays into management's plans to capitalize on growth in emerging markets. During the fourth quarter, the company announced new contracts with Brazilian energy giant Petrobras and with petroleum producer and fellow Dow member Chevron (CVX - Free Chevron Stock Report) (in Angola) to help extract oil from deep waters. The original plan was to benefit from surging U.S. natural gas production, but opportunities have been plentiful since that decision was made and GE leadership has taken the ball and run with it.
The order backlog, an important indicator of future sales growth, swelled by $7 billion sequentially, to $210 billion. This 3.5% surge depicts a much rosier top-line landscape than many had been envisioning on the industrial front. This metric is also probably a primary reason why the shares responded favorably to today's release. Along with the strength in the aforementioned subsectors, GE is also having success in less high-profile pockets of the industrial world. Sometimes it can get lost in the shuffle that the company still makes refrigerators, medical equipment, and railroad locomotives, but we digress. The bottom line is that the backlog is rising sharply, and the economic improvement we envision during 2013 should only serve to aid that cause.
Speaking of 2013, no fresh guidance had been provided as of the time of this report. We do know that cost cutting will be at the crux of CEO Jeff Immelt's plans for the campaign. With that, we think earnings may well climb 15% this year, to $1.75 a share. This call is a nickel higher than our previous expectation. Similarly, we are adding $250 million to our revenue estimate, which now stands at $151.3 billion. Investors should note that this figure may prove a touch conservative, given the strong top-line momentum the company displayed in the fourth quarter.
From an investment perspective, the case for General Electric shares remains solid. This blue chip looks to be regaining steam after taking a sizable hit at the time of the most recent recession. Results are on the rise, and this equity's dividend has begun the climb back to its previous heights with an increase to $0.19 a quarter beginning in the current term. Buy-and-hold investors might consider making this selection a cornerstone of their portfolios.
About The Company: Founded in 1892, General Electric Company has grown into one of the largest and most diversified industrial companies in the world. Its variety of segments include Energy Infrastructure (30% of '11 revenues); Aviation (13%); Healthcare (12%); Transportation (3%); Home & Business Solutions (6%); and Capital Finance (31%). On a geographic scale, more than half of General Electric's revenues came from overseas in 2011.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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SFGate: Apple will release an iPhone 5S in June, a break from the pattern it's established over the last two years, says Jefferies analyst Peter Misek in a note this morning.
Nice, I'll get a blue one. Still have the 4 so this will be a good time to upgrade.
seems like apple is just becoming a joke now. #success
predicted new features "super HD camera/screen, a better battery, and NFC."
lol all the things they didn't want to include in the first place.
I doubt it'll be available in colours. iPhone is made to be "classy"' just like the macbook pro and air. The iPods are the "more fun and vibrant" end of the spectrum. But iPhone will likely remain stealthy black and clean white


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Ford F 150 - Boosting The EcoBoost
Easy Way to Add 70-Plus Horsepower to Ford's Twin-Turbo V-6
With about 40 percent of the Ford F-150's sales these days coming from EcoBoost-powered models, it's safe to say the Blue Oval boys have struck a chord with truck customers. Hard-core performance enthusiasts, however, may not be ready to swap their V-8 for a twin-turbo V-6. This story might just make a few converts out of the faithful, much like the Buick Grand National did with the old-school muscle car crowd back in the '80s.
Let's do a quick comparison of the 3.5L EcoBoost and the F-150's 5.0L naturally aspirated V-8: The 5.0L is rated at 360 hp at 5,500 rpm, while the EcoBoost is rated at 365 hp at 5,000 rpm. Five horsepower doesn't sound like much in a 5,500-plus-pound truck, but then there's the torque. The 5.0L is good for 380 lb-ft at 4,250 rpm, while the EcoBoost cranks out an impressive 420 lb-ft at a super-low 2,500 rpm—and under boost the peak torque remains flat across the rpm range. Still not convinced? There's also a weight advantage of roughly 20 pounds over a comparable 5.0L-equipped truck.
More power, especially torque, in a lighter package makes it hard not to like, right? We're definitely on board with the EcoBoost, but as card-carrying members of that fraternity of performance enthusiasts, we cannot help but scratch deeper to see if even more power can be coaxed from the as-delivered powertrain. And just about the time that "more power" itch was starting to bug us, Livernois Motorsports came along with a carbon-fiber, liquid-cooled backscratcher.
Dan Millen, the head honcho at the Dearborn Heights–based tuning shop, was already experimenting with a couple of EcoBoost trucks and we asked about his results. "Surprising," he told us. "With nothing more than an easily uploadable tune, we picked up about 60 rear-wheel horsepower and a stunning 80 lb-ft of torque."
That sent the output of the EcoBoost well into the 400hp range, surpassing even Ford's biggest truck V-8, the 6.2L and its 411 hp and 438 lb-ft ratings. Along with fuel mapping changes, requiring premium fuel, Millen's electronic tweaks firmed up the shifting, and he removed the speed limiter. We asked about other changes beyond the controller, such as the exhaust system. "Don't know," Millen told us. "Get us one and we'll find out."
That's exactly what we did, ordering a new after-cat system from CORSA Performance. We liked what we saw when we opened the box, too. Even if the exhaust system didn't uncork a zillion pent-up ponies, its twin, polished stainless tips certainly looked richer than the bargain-rack stock exhaust outlet. At about $900 for the complete system, it wasn't the most inexpensive bolt-on we ever added, but on the street, image counts for a lot —and this system has it. It performed, too, adding about 12 hp and 11 lb-ft over stock. Indeed, the CORSA exhaust was a definite contributor to the performance of our SuperCrew test vehicle, and the exhaust sounded great, making the V-6 ultra-quiet on the highway, yet with a Power Stroke-like rumble when accelerating.
What makes this experiment even more impressive is the ease in which it can be duplicated. Livernois sells the tune on a preloaded programmer and the CORSA exhaust is easily installed at home, although a lift sure makes the job easier. When you consider a supercharger might cost thousands to buy and install for a 100hp gain, for the roughly $1,950 this package cost (programmer/tune, exhaust system and installation), the bang-for-the-buck quotient just blew the bell curve. Millen tells us his guys are already working on performance packages for the EcoBoost that involve more than the basic exhaust and tune, but for now, we're thrilled with the return on investment for this simple pair of upgrades.
|Dyno Results*
|Stock tune and exhaust
|Stock tune with CORSA exhaust
|Livernois Motorsports tune with stock exhaust
|Livernois Motorsports tune with CORSA exhaust
|DynoJet chassis dyno with SAE correction factory
Turbocharger Tech
Why two small turbos are better than a single large one – sometimes
Why two small turbos are better than a single large one – sometimes
The Ford 3.5L EcoBoost is a twin-turbo engine, with the pair of turbochargers helping the engine deliver its 365hp rating and 420 lb-ft of torque. That's more than 100 horses per liter or, more specifically 1.7 horses for every one of the engine's 214 cubic inches. In an age where one horsepower per cube is still noteworthy, the EcoBoost's pressurized performance is unquestionably admirable, but its torque is the truly impressive trait.
The EcoBoost's peak 420 lb-ft is achieved by only 2,500 rpm, whereas Ford's 5.0L and 6.2L naturally aspirated V-8s need to reach at least 4,000 rpm to reach their peak torque (4,250 rpm for the 5.0L). You have to look at the monster Power Stroke diesel for an engine in Ford's truck lineup that makes its peak torque at a lower engine speed: 800 lb-ft at 1,600 rpm. Even more important than the low engine speed at which the EcoBoost torque peak is achieved is the fact that it holds it over a broad rpm range. Ford says 90 percent is sustained from 1,700 rpm to 5,000 rpm. That's pretty consistent with the general performance of most turbocharged engines.
One of the biggest reasons the EcoBoost achieves its maximum torque so low in the rpm range is its use of a pair of comparatively small Garrett (Honeywell) GT15 water-cooled turbochargers rather than a single, larger turbo. Smaller turbos generally "spool"—get up to boost-producing speed—quicker than larger turbos, which helps the engine make more power faster. The Honeywells can spin up to 170,000 rpm. It's generally true that a larger turbocharger will make more maximum boost and consequently more horsepower in the engine, but because the spool time may be longer, that extra power – and torque – will come higher in the rpm band. That's fine for, say, a lightweight drag racer that doesn't need maximum torque at the starting line, but for a heavy, production pickup truck that needs low-rpm grunt, a larger single turbo with a longer spool time wouldn't achieve the down-low torque output like a pair of smaller turbos.
The EcoBoost makes boost almost immediately off idle, giving the F-150 a strong feeling of acceleration. It's a textbook example of bigger not always being better.
Livernois MotorsportsDearborn Heights, MI 48125
Corsa Performance ExhaustsBerea, OH 44017


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"Big Tuesday" swell, Virginia Beach, VA, February 2016.
Big Tuesday
A slight rainbow and unusual atmosphere to go along with a decent swell. Virginia Beach, VA, February 2016.
Lonely Peaks
Unusual weather and color on a February evening, Virginia Beach, 2016.
Morning Magic
Virginia Beach, VA, November 2015.
Beautiful light on some mesmerizing shorebreak by the jetty. Virginia Beach, VA, November 2015.
Morning Lines
Emerald Beauty
Virginia Beach, VA, July 2015.
Morning Gem
A beautiful wave breaking by the jetty under the early morning light during the Hurricane Gonzalo swell. Oct. 2014.
A wave with a sharply defined lip breaking in the early morning light during the Hurricane Gonzalo swell in Oct. 2014.
Fishing for Waves
A beautiful wave breaking in the early morning light during the Hurricane Cristobal swell, Aug. 2014.
Smoky Lines
Some pretty lines rolling thru in the smoky morning light during the Hurricane Cristobal swell. 2014.
Taken in the early morning at the East Coast Surfing Championships. A windy day with rough surf. 2014.
Morning Ripples
Taken in the early morning light during a big winter swell with strong offshore winds. Textures and light… good stuff. 2014
Surf & Snow
From a frigid day after the first snowfall of the year. Beautiful, big sets rolling in under the offshore breeze. Virginia Beach North End, 2013.
Arriving Home to a Good Swell
This swell happened to coincide with the arrival of one of our carriers. Virginia Beach, 5th Street, 2009.
From a beautifully glassy day. Virginia Beach, 2007.
Shot from the water as a storm approaches. Virginia Beach North End, 2012.
The Gallery
Taken during the Hurricane Bill swell back in 2009. Up on the north end of Virginia Beach a couple watches the waves breaking in the morning light.
Croatan Beauty
A wave breaking in the beautiful, golden afternoon light at Croatan in Virginia Beach
Afternoon Moods
From the "Doomsday" swell back in 2012. This swell coincided with a date on the Mayan calendar believed to be "doomsday," hence the name.
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