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I second your thoughts about pistols with safeties on the trigger, and if Chas will forgive me for stealing his thread ...jbenat wrote:I'm sorta new to this forum and I just got through reading many of the posts by forum members re: accidental discharges. Very eye opening! Make great required reading for anyone obtaining a CHL or anyone who handles firearms for any reason. Maybe Charles could gather it in a book and make a few bucks? Paladin should go on the speaker cirquit. What a experience.
I don't pretend to be a gun expert by any means but I have never understood why anyone would want a gun with the safety on the trigger or a gun that requires you to pull the trigger to break it down. There seems to be a lot of very good pistols and revolvers on the market that are a lot safer.
Thanks for the great info.
Glock sent me a catalogue a few weeks ago. Kimber refused, as they don't send 'em outside of the US. Pity.
I confess to finding the Kimber Pro Carry to be a thing of great beauty. Glocks are - IMHO - pig-ugly.
But ... but ... at the same time ... I tell myself ...
Kimber: 7 + 1 rounds of subsonic .45 ACP
Glock: 15 + 1 rounds of .357 sig at +1,400 fps
I have to confess, I'm hesitating ...


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Holy Mass is more than a historical re-enactment, Pope Benedict XVI said on April 15, Divine Mercy Sunday.
"Christian worship is not just a commemoration of past events, or even a particular mystical, interior experience, but essentially an encounter with the Risen Lord," he told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square prior to the midday recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer.
For while Christ now "lives in the dimension of God, beyond space and time" he is still truly present in the midst of his creation as "he speaks to us in Scripture and breaks for us the bread of eternal life."
Pope Benedict reflected upon Sunday's Gospel reading in which Christ appears twice to his disciples after the Resurrection. In the Mass, the Pope said, we live what the same experience as the disciples did in "seeing Jesus at the same time as not recognizing him – touching his body, a real body, yet free from earthly ties."
He noted that Christ first appears on the Jewish Sabbath and then again eight days later.
The fact that this second encounter took place on a Sunday, he explained, is "very strong proof of the Resurrection of Christ" because only an "extraordinary and disturbing event" could induce the early Christians to start worshipping on a day other than the Jewish Sabbath.
The Pope also noted how Christ repeatedly greeted the disciplines with the words "Peace be with you." This renders a traditional Jewish greeting into "the gift of peace that only Jesus can give, because it is the fruit of his radical victory over evil."
This "peace" that Jesus offers to his friends is "the fruit of the love of God that led him to die on the cross, to pour out all of his blood in payment, as the meek and humble Lamb, 'full of grace and truth'," he said.
Pope Benedict explained this was why Blessed John Paul II declared the Sunday after Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday in 2003. John Paul II had in mind an icon of "the pierced side of Christ, from which flows blood and water," Pope Benedict explained, referring to the eyewitness testimony of the Apostle John.
This icon was also the vision of the Divine Mercy of Christ revealed to the young Polish nun Sister Faustina Kowalska, on February 22, 1931.
"But now Christ is risen," said the Pope, "and from the Living Christ spring the Easter Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. Those who approach them with faith receive the gift of eternal life."
"Dear brothers and sisters," he concluded, "let us welcome the gift of peace that the risen Jesus offers us, let us fill our hearts with His mercy!"
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Maybin readying for return from suspension
PITTSBURGH -- Outfielder Cameron Maybin, currently serving a 25-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program policy, will head to Arizona next week as part of his preparation to return to the active roster.
Maybin, who tested positive for amphetamines, has been working out on his own since his suspension was announced on July 23. He'll work out at the team's Spring Training facility in Peoria.
Maybin will be allowed to play in five Minor League games prior to the day he's eligible to return to the big league roster, which is Aug. 20.
"More than likely that will be in El Paso, but we'll have to look at the schedule," said Padres manager Bud Black of Maybin's likely destination for his Minor League games.
In a statement at the time of his suspension, Maybin said his use of the violated substance stemmed from his attention deficit disorder, for which he previously had a Therapeutic Use Exemption granted.
Maybin is hitting .247, one point lower than his career average, with one home run and nine RBIs in 62 games.
The Padres have been forced to be creative in the outfield without Maybin and Carlos Quentin, who is likely done for the year with a bum left knee. Abraham Almonte, a switch-hitter obtained from Seattle on July 31, got the start in center field on Saturday against the Pirates.


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Backpacking 1803: Explore like Lewis and Clark
A new toaster museum, a new Waltons museum– whoa, can the area stand any more Americana?
Actually, the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center promises to be the biggest museum of them all. With the approaching bicentennial of that duo's exploration of America, William Clark and Charlottesville native son Meriwether Lewis are hot historical figures.
Former Charlottesville mayor Kay Slaughter, who's spearheading the project, became interested in the explorers after reading Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage.
"I always thought it was something that happened out west," says Slaughter. "I'd overlooked the significance of its starting in Virginia and its Virginia roots. I thought, we ought to be celebrating that in Charlottesville."
Plans for the museum are well under way, including a detailed website at lewisandclarkeast.org. Organizers haven't settled on a final fundraising target, but $15 million was one number tossed out early on.
The exploratory center will feature indoor and outdoor displays– "do not touch" signs are incompatible with its hands-on philosophy. Visitors who think transcontinental travel is challenging now can see what it was like to mount such a major expedition when the main form of travel was keelboats and there were no weather-rated sleeping bags.
The group is working to acquire a site that has some tie-in with Lewis pal William Clark. Out on Route 20 near Darden Towe Park is Buena Vista, the birthplace of the brother with whom he is often confused, George Rogers Clark, the "Conqueror of the Northwest." (William was born in Caroline County.) In fact, part of the museum could be on park property, part on Buena Vista, which for six years in the '70s was home to the George Rogers Clark Museum.
George, the older brother, could have been the "Clark" in the Lewis and Clark expedition, but he was broken physically and financially after an earlier expedition to Ohio. His conquering of a British fort led to an impressive statue in Louisville, Kentucky, but also, ultimately, to his being overshadowed in history by younger brother William.
Slaughter says 2004 is the target to start building what she believes will be a 30,000-square-foot facility, and she hopes to have a UVA architecture class work on a design this year.
She's not worried about stiff competition for visitors from the Toaster Museum or the new Waltons/Nelson County museum.
"This is such a different concept," Slaughter explains. "The idea is very interactive. It's not going to be an artifact museum like old toasters."
Indeed, many artifacts from the famous trip were sold off and dispersed across the country at an 1806 auction; Harvard holds the largest known collection of remaining Lewis and Clark items in its Peabody Collection.
Over at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau, director Mark Shore doesn't think you can ever have too many museums. "As we promote the area as a destination," Shore says, "people are often surprised there's more here than Monticello."
Back in 1993, City Councilors were hoping and praying that a steam train would provide the magical third attraction– after Monticello and UVA– that would give visitors a reason to spend the night (and more money).
And of course the area's leading tourist attraction will provide a perfect tie-in with the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center. Foresees Slaughter, "People can go to Monticello, see the Lewis and Clark exhibit in the hall, and then they can go to the Lewis and Clark Center."
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Queen City feast: Thrifty eatin' in Staunton
Better look out, Charlottesville food scene. Staunton is on the move. Fresh off a big article in Baltimore Magazine that called our neighbor to the west " one of the country's best-kept foodie secrets," the Queen City is spreading its wings with a Restaurant Week of its own March 21-27.
Just like Charlottesville's popular RW, you'll enjoy prix fixe menus with appetizer, entrée & dessert for just $15-$20-$25, with $1 of each meal going to The Valley Mission, at 10 area restaurants: Baja Bean, Byers St. Bistro, Cranberry's Grocery & Eatery, Emilio's, Mill Street Grill, Mockingbird, Sorrel's Lounge at Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Staunton Grocery, Taste of India, and Zynodoa.
Check out the Staunton Restaurant Week website at stauntonyum.com to see the menus and get contact information if you have questions. And don't forget to make reservations soon!
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Why isn't the restaurant in the train station participating? I have no idea if it's any good, but it's a restaurant in a train station. Hawes will surely agree with me that anything about trains is good.
Have to agree, train station restaurant is good and fun. I wonder if it is a franchise and that's why they aren't on board. Great to see this idea catching on and Staunton is a great town to visit. Wonderful architecture, lovely parks, and a quaint downtown.
The Pullman Restaurant has been closed for quite some time.
It's going to be a Macados.
Too bad Shenandoah Pizza isn't participating. Awesome pie.
I"m talking about the Depot Grille. I guess that it's in the old freight section of the station:
Looks good to me. And there's also one in Lynchburg, but I don't think that makes them more a chain than, say, Baja Bean.
Oh, and co-sign on the Shenandoah Pizza suggestion.
I gotta hand it to you guys, this is a brilliant idea. You can say what you want about Restaurant Week but it has certainly been successful. As a fan of many restaurants in Staunton, I'll be sure to check this out.


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The Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection of the Knox County Public Library System is able to share some of its photograph collections and other special materials online thanks to grants from the state of Tennessee, Knox County and a host of other generous donors.
James E. (Jim) Thompson (1881-1976) was one of Knoxville's pioneer commercial and professional photographers. He captured a rich visual legacy of East Tennessee from 1907 to 1960. This growing digital collection will eventually contain 10,000 images covering the years from the early 1920s to mid-1930s.
The Thompson Photograph Collection includes an estimated 75,000 negatives, providing a rich visual legacy of Knoxville and East Tennessee from 1907 to 1960. Preservation printing of these negatives has been the major focus of the McClung Historical Collection for two decades.
Jim Thompson and his younger brother Robin Thompson (1895-1977) were business partners from 1920 to 1926 as Thompson Brothers. Both men were pioneer commercial photographers. By the late 1920s, Jim Thompson's photographs (Jim Thompson Co.) and those of his brother Robin Thompson (Robin Thompson, Inc.) were appearing in local and national commercial publications.
During the celebration of Knox County's two hundredth birthday in 1992, the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection of the Knox County Public Library System copied over 3,000 photographs owned by over 230 Knox County citizens and organizations. The aim of the project was to collect as large a body of photographs as possible documenting Knox County from the early days of photography in the 1840s to the 1970s.
Library staff went on-site to 28 locations in Knox County on 44 different days during 1991. The resulting collection of photographs documents the daily lives of individuals, families, communities, and institutions of Knox County during two centuries. The book Two Centuries of Knox County, Tennessee: A Celebration in Photographs, published in 1992 by the Friends of the Knox County Public Library, was able to offer only a small cross section of the hundreds of photographs copied during this project.
Women from East Tennessee played a critical role in the women's suffrage movement, especially Lizzie Crozier French, Mrs. Hugh L. White and Abby Crawford Milton. The Harry T. Burn Papers related to his decisive vote in favor of women's suffrage in the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1920 is a key component of this collection.
The McClung Historical Collection has a large number of small photograph collections, as well as manuscript collections with unusual and interesting photographs included in them. The Selected Photographs digital collection highlights some of these photographs.
These photographs from Hugh Tyler's album include photos of James Agee and his mother's family, some of the few surviving photographs from the time immediately after Agee's father's death. The photograph album has 37 pages and contains mostly family snapshots. Some photographs appear to have been removed from the album prior to its donation, and there are also several loose photographs. All of the photographs of the photographs in the album have been scanned, even those presently unidentified.
Although he was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Hugh Tyler (1885-1976) spent most of his childhood and young adulthood in Knoxville. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1905 and studied drawing and painting with a local teacher. Tyler attended Pratt Institute in New York for two years and worked for a time designing tapestries and rugs for Hunter Looms in New York City. In 1911 he studied landscape painting with John Carlson at Woodstock, New York. In 1912 Tyler travelled to Europe where he studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and at the French Academy in Rome. He pursued a successful career as both an artist and as a decorative artist. Hugh Tyler was especially noted for his marine landscapes, painted in a number of places such as the South Seas during his travels. Decorative painting projects were often in collaboration with Knoxville architect Charles I. Barber. Hugh Tyler's twin sister, Laura, was the mother of Knoxville writer James Agee. The photograph album and manuscripts presented here chiefly cover the years from 1902 to 1922, but many of the dated photographs focus on the year 1917, two years after James Agee's father's death on May 18, 1915.
Jim Thompson (1881-1976) and his younger brother Robin Thompson (1895-1977) were business partners in Knoxville from 1920 to 1926 as Thompson Brothers. Both men, individually and in partnership, were successful commercial photographers. Both brothers loved to hike and were pioneers in documenting the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains in photographs in the 1910s and 1920s, which were used to help promote the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The photographs included in the group presented here were those specifically selected by Jim Thompson from among the entire body of prints and photographs that he and his brother created. Some additional photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains which Jim Thompson did not include in this collection are included in the much larger Thompson Photograph Collection.
George Franklin Barber (1854-1915) was a remarkably successful practitioner of American domestic architecture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Much of his success was due to his early and enthusiastic adoption of national promotion of sales catalogues for his own architectural plans for houses and cottages, with a complete willingness to customize the plans for any customer.
Barber was born in De Kalb, Illinois, in 1854. He lived in rural Illinois and later near Marmaton, Kansas. His rural upbringing prevented him from receiving anything more than a nominal education. Barber had an early interest in horticulture and farming, but his work as a carpenter and builder, in partnership with his brother Manley DeWitt Barber, seems to have led him to a career in carpentry, building, and finally architecture. In 1888 Barber moved to Knoxville for health reasons. He flourished as an architect in the rapidly growing postwar southern city. Barber published over a dozen mail order catalogs for residential architectural plans between 1888 and 1908. A sudden illness led to his untimely death in 1915.
The books, pamphlets, ephemera and maps included in this collection are selected from the rare and fragile print materials held by the library. These items are held in closed library stacks and may be missed by the casual researcher.
The C.A. Wayland Stereograph Collection consists of 323 stereograph images, most taken by Columbus Alexander Wayland (December 26, 1868-January 2, 1950), who lived in South Knoxville, Tennessee.
The last fifteen images in the collection were ones collected by Mr. Wayland rather than photographed by him. The subjects include Theodore Roosevelt, Alvin York, and President Taft, the 1910 Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville, 1907 Prohibition Parades in Knoxville, Old Gray Cemetery and other Knoxville cemeteries, Knoxville scenes, and photographs taken in Brunswick, Georgia. Mr. Wayland's occupation was that of a specialty carpenter who created custom staircases in homes for his employer, the D.M. Rose Lumber Company.
Roger Hoffman Howell (1897-1962) was a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He came to Knoxville in 1936 to work as an engineering draftsman for the new Tennessee Valley Authority. He and his future wife, Alice Lynn, met hiking with the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Roger Howell was a keen and meticulous photographer, who carefully labeled all of his photographs made on hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains. Alice Lynn Howell donated this collection of black-and-white negatives and Kodachrome slides to the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection in 1984. The Roger H. Howell Collection contains 1,733 negatives taken from 1935 to 1940 and 400 color slides.
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LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - State oil firm Rosneft tightened its grip on the Russian oil industry on Thursday, lodging a cash and shares bid for British oil company BP's 50 percent stake in the country's third-largest oil producer, TNK-BP.
Sources familiar with the actions of BP, Rosneft, their advisers and financiers said a bid had been submitted to BP that valued the whole of TNK-BP at over $50 billion and BP's half at more than $25 billion.
Rosneft has already made an offer to BP's partners in the venture, the AAR consortium owned by four Soviet-born tycoons.
The sources in London, Moscow and elsewhere have painted a picture of a three-way deal that could emerge over the coming weeks, with some details to be hammered out during a visit to London this week by Rosneft Chief Executive Igor Sechin.
"BP is reviewing options (with regard to the offer)," said one source.
The sources said BP and the four tycoons could emerge with minority stakes in an enlarged Rosneft plus billions of dollars in cash in exchange for the highly profitable company.
The combined group would dominate Russia's increasingly state-controlled oil industry.
President Vladimir Putin has been determinedly regaining state control of assets that passed cheaply to a small group of businessmen when privatized in a hurry in the 1990s.
Rosneft's absorption of another oil firm, Yukos, and the imprisonment of its former owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the mid-2000s was the biggest step in this process until now.
That was also masterminded by Sechin, who was deputy chief of staff at the Kremlin - Putin's gatekeeper - at the time.
Citing this background, sources said that although BP would likely get stock in Rosneft as part of its package, the tycoons might not, and that a structure of deferred payments of more cash could be on the cards for the AAR partners.
A stock purchase by BP could also allow Putin to show some of his critics that he is diversifying, not concentrating, ownership in the oil industry, analysts have said.
A combined Rosneft-TNK-BP would be producing well over 4 million barrels of oil and gas a day - more than U.S. No.1 Exxon Mobil, the biggest producer among the world's investor-owned oil companies.
According to two sources familiar with the matter, Rosneft agreed on Tuesday to pay the tycoons' AAR consortium $28 billion. Financial sources said it was unlikely all to be in cash, especially if Rosneft intends to buy out BP as well.
They also said the real value of the two deals would be somewhat lower than implied by the headline $28 billion figure put on the AAR part, but would still be in excess of $50 billion in total.
About $15 billion could be met by a loan Rosneft has been negotiating with international banks, and it can get another $3 billion from Russian banks, the financial sources said.
However, "There is a point where raising debt would have a negative impact on Rosneft's credit rating," said one banker, while another said $20 billion was the most Rosneft can borrow without putting a strain on its ability to refinance later.
BP, Rosneft and AAR all declined comment.
Shares in BP climbed 3 percent on Wednesday and added a further 0.7 percent on Thursday, outperforming the broader market as investors saw potential for BP's fraught history in Russia to take a positive turn even if their half of the deal does not go through.
The AAR part of the deal is a re-hash of a plan that fell through last year, under which BP and Rosneft offered to buy out the tycoons and sign a tie-up deal to explore in the Arctic together.
Some analysts speculated that this week's negotiations could end with BP turning down the Rosneft offer and keeping its stake, but pursuing instead the Arctic deal that fell through. Others said the Arctic exploration plan might go ahead anyway.
"We thus see positively the two possible scenarios," said analyst Dominique Patry at Cheuvreux. "Either BP ends up selling its stake to Rosneft for a similar value to the rumored $28 billion offered to AAR, or BP keeps its 50 percent stake in TNK-BP but with Rosneft as a partner."
BP's decision in June to put its own stake up for sale put pressure on the oligarchs to sell their half rather than be left holding a devalued stake and at the mercy of Rosneft.
AAR chief executive Stan Polovets said on Wednesday his group would not now be making an offer to BP, leaving the way clear for Rosneft to strike a deal.
Relations between BP and the tycoons Mikhail Fridman, German Khan, Viktor Vekselberg and Len Blavatnik soured last year when AAR blocked the proposed co-operation between BP and Rosneft, saying it violated a TNK-BP exclusivity agreement.
An attempt to resolve the dispute was thwarted when AAR turned down a $32 billion offer for its stake from BP and Rosneft in May 2011. Relations deteriorated further, with Fridman quitting as CEO of TNK-BP in May this year.
BP put its stake up for sale the following month in an attempt to bring the issue to a close and focus management on another pressing issue - resolving the billions of dollars of potential fines and compensation payments with U.S. authorities over the 2010 U.S. Gulf oil spill.
The move presented the four 'oligarch' co-owners of TNK-BP with the unpalatable prospect of going into business with Kremlin-backed Rosneft, and without the international expertise that BP has brought to the venture.
Any deal will be subject to government approval but Sechin, in comments made to the Financial Times last week, made it clear that Rosneft's ambition to invest in TNK-BP enjoyed Putin's backing.
Additional reporting by Doug Busvine, Melissa Akin, Katya Golubkova and Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow and Sarah Young in London; Editing by Will Waterman


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Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education0
"]Globally, some 39 million girls of lower secondary age are currently not enrolled in either primary or secondary education, while two thirds of the world's 796 million illiterate adults are women. Only about one third of countries have achieved gender parity at secondary level.
"There are no immovable barriers to gender equality and education for all," Irina Bokova said. "Young girls and women are changing the world, we must support them. We must give them the tools they need to shape the world as they wish."
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon struck a personal note in his opening remarks, as he recalled his childhood as a displaced person at the close of World War II when his mother, like other women enjoyed little help bringing children into the world.
Observing the similar needs of women in Africa today, the Secretary-General stressed his conviction that "investing in girls and women must lie at the heart of the global development agenda. Education sends a message of confidence and hope, it tells children 'you have a future, what you think matters'. But although education is a right, it is not a reality for all too many girls," said Mr Ban
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of her commitment to UNESCO's ideals and achievements. The Secretary of State announced that the U.S. will support UNESCO's work in collating data on gender and education, saying that "more data will help target investment where it will have the greatest impact." She also stressed the potential of partnerships, notably with the private sector, to raise funds and, equally importantly, to find creative new ways for more effective action."
In her keynote address, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina pointed out that "If you educate a boy, you educate one boy, whereas if you educate a girl, you educate her entire family and community." The Prime Minister described efforts made by her country to improve education and care for girls and women since 1971, including scholarships made available to girls and the recent creation of an Asian University for Women.
"All studies have shown that educated women take better care of their families," said Prime Minister Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé of Mali, who spoke of the positive impact of girls' education on social and economic conditions for society at large.
Other participants in the Forum included the Aga Khan, founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network Foundation and senior representatives of several corporate giants participating in the partnership – including Nokia, Procter and Gamble, GEMS Education, Microsoft and the Packard Foundation.
The Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's education will focus mainly on secondary education and adult literacy, especially in Africa and Asia. The High-Level Panel established at the Forum today will complement these efforts by stepping up global advocacy, and acting as a 'global conscience' for the advancement of girls and women.


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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Fair is back - with cotton candy, corn dogs, clowns, ag competition and, new this year, cowboys and cowgirls.
STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Fair is back - with cotton candy, corn dogs, clowns, ag competition and, new this year, cowboys and cowgirls.
This will be the fair's 153rd year and the farm community is thrilled that the annual gathering of all things agricultural is back in its familiar springtime spot on the calendar.
The fair's five-day run, Wednesday through Sunday, beckons with warm, more seasonable weather after a hot weekend.
Gone will be Main Stage concerts and free admission. Back will be vigorous farm-animal competition featuring entries from all over the county. And a $3 entrance fee.
Gone will be horse racing. In its place will be a trio of rodeo-like events: barrel racing, bull riding and mutton busting, a wild sheep ride for small children.
Gone too are the drab exhibit halls and static grounds. Back are the brightly colored murals and an ever-changing approach to entertainment.
Organizers promise more surprises than ever.
They've got BMX bicycle demonstrations and racing, tractor pulls for young and old, crazy Alaskan racing pigs and a strolling balloon man.
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All-Alaskan Racing Pigs
Daily: 2:30, 6 and 8 p.m.
� The Famous All-Alaskan Racing Pigs have been traveling the western United States' fair-and-festival circuit since 1987. They're fast, funny and entertaining whether going over hurdles or flat-track racing. The week after leaving Stockton, the porkers will be in Pleasanton.
Circus Imagination
Daily: 1:30, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
� Formerly known as the Traveling Backyard Circus, this troupe first appeared on the West Coast in 1986. It showed up in San Joaquin County three years ago. The interactive circus lets children step into the ring - as clowns, human cannonballs and even costumed lions and tigers. It's all designed to let kids get a taste of circus life. There are a dozen "mesmerizing" acts.
International bull riding
May 16: 6:30 and 8 p.m.
� In Spanish, the competition is known as Jariteo Internacional. It will begin with a preliminary round and conclude with finals. So far, 24 competitors from the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua are signed up. Riders are competing for a $3,000 purse. The event highlights a day of activities built around San Joaquin County's Latino community. The bull riding will be preceded and followed by musical concerts.
Special tickets: $20 at gate (children 10 and younger free).
Motorcycle races
June 13: 4 p.m. heat, 7 p.m. main event.
� Tony and Carol Noceti made the $250,000 racetrack possible last year. The Lodi Motorcycle Club is organizing this special competition for the fair.
Special tickets: $10 at gate (children 10 and younger free).
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Daily: Anytime.
� It's not too late to start reading and earning two free ride tickets. Children in eightth grade and younger can participate. Just download a form at www.sanjoaquinfair.com, then read a book, fill out the form and bring it to the fair. Two books maximum per person.
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Daily: Throughout each day.
� The action has already started. Swine and sheep arrive today and other animals arrive Wednesday, the first day of the fair. Showmanship and judging continues each day at the sheep and swine rings. The junior livestock auctions are Saturday and Sunday.
Music, music everywhere
Daily: Throughout the day
� Forsaking the Main Stage and its headliner acts, the county fair this year will have more or less continuous entertainment at four different venues, including Latino concerts Sunday night at the grandstand. In addition to the eclectic musical lineup, the fair has a number of strolling entertainers including juggler Greg Frisbee and balloon man Skip Banks.


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Penn State York's men's soccer team once again finished strong with an 8-2 conference record and the regular season championship. For the past five seasons the team has consistently been among the teams to beat in the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC).
Conference play proved to be challenging as the Lions earned hard fought victories on the road at Penn State Hazleton and Penn State Brandywine before yielding their only conference loss at rival Penn College. Regular season success was rewarded with the number one seed in the PSUAC tournament. After taking a commanding 2-0 lead at home, York gave up three unanswered goals, two by the way of penalty kicks, and lost their first home match and thus their season came to an early and untimely end.
Despite the sudden ending, the season's success was acknowledged by both the PSUAC and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). Aldin Avdic, York, Pa., was named the PSUAC's player of the year after scoring 16 goals with 1 assist in Penn State York's 13 matches. Players Trey Chilcoat, New Freedom, Pa., scored 10 goals with 5 assists in his freshman campaign and Adam Beck, York, Pa., scored a pair of goals with a program record 11assists, and both were named first team All-Conference. Dan Lynd, Hanover, Pa., earned second team honors after converting to goalkeeper early in the season and boasting 0.62 goals against average.
After spending most of the season nationally ranked in the top 10 and topping out at number four, the USCAA named Avdic, Chilcoat, and Beck first team All-Americans and Dan Brinkley, Camp Hill, Pa., honorable mention All-American after scoring 5 goals with 2 assists splitting his season between midfield and defense. Scott Barrera, York, Pa., and Mihir Jadhar, York, Pa., earned Academic All-American honors for their success on the field and in the classroom.
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After reading some interesting posts over at Holistic Search and Brand Republic, one of the largest florist chains worldwide is suing Marks & Spencers and Flowers Direct for using the Interflora brand name to trigger AdWords ads for their competitors.
Google updated their policy on brand name keywords and trademark terms that trigger competitor's adverts to display back in May. Previously, competitors could not bid on other brand names to display their ads, but since Google updated their policies on brand name keywords and trademarks, competitors in various industries have been using competition brand names to trigger their adverts.
It has been reported keywords include "Interfloraâ€, "Intaflora†and "Inter-flora†which have been used to trigger the display of competitors adverts.
Interflora's argument is that the actions of Marks & Spencers and Flowers Direct are a breach of trademark law, as marketing director Michael Barringer stated:
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However, both M&S and Flowers Direct are abiding by the Google Terms of Service- no mention of the band is made within the advert itself and is now somewhat of a common practice across industries, as a spokeswoman for Marks & Spencers was quoted saying they are "extremely surprised by Interflora's course of action†adding it was industry-wide practice and not unlawful.
Interestingly, there has been no mention of Interflora or any other company suing Google over the use of trademark terms in AdWords for allowing this to happen.
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A snapping sound
Posted 23 August 2006 - 07:27 AM
In my old house, and only in my room, I used to stay up at night as a child afraid of the dark. I would often hear a "snap" in the air as if something was there and then left getting smaller and smaller and then snapping just before leaving altogether. Does this make any sense? My mother had passed away long before and I always wondered if it was her. Later, 25 years later, my Grandfather was staying in the same room. He had cancer and was living with my parents along with hospice visits. I asked him one day about the snap noise and he said he heard it often too while in the room.
Any ideas about snapping noise?
Also, when I would visit him, the mini blinds would ripple very noisily when the window was closed and no breeze was in the room.
Posted 23 August 2006 - 09:05 AM
Posted 23 August 2006 - 05:13 PM
Is it an electrical sounding snap Cmraposa ? Does it happen constantly? What time of day does it happen? Sorry bout all the questions....i i guess i have a lil curiosity today?LOL! ~Heavenlee
It sounded like a tight snap in mid air close to me and it would generally happen at night while I was up scared or reading. ????????
Posted 23 August 2006 - 06:34 PM
Was it like that?
For you?
Posted 25 August 2006 - 07:27 PM
I have heard noises like tapping, popping, growling and other noises that just couldnt be identified though they were audible to the naked ear.
A strange thing that I heard once was at Quarantine Station. There were 4 of us on our own looking up at this building where apparitions have been seen . I have seen weird things in this building like a yellow light that kept coming on and off in a room with no light bulb and seen a shadow darting two and fro. This shadow was dwarf size.
While we were looking up my sisters torch came out of her hand and hit the ground and broke into parts that were all put back together. The weird thing was that when it happened there was this loud popping noise that sounded like a lightbulb blowing. I actually looked up not thinking when we were standing outdoors. My mind just thought a lightbulb had blown but we were outside. It took a few seconds for it to dawn on me that her torch had been pushed out of her hand. She swears she did not drop it. It was so sudden that one of our team members took off lolllll!
The torch was strangely not broken. No part of it was broken. The sound did not fit the action.
I wonder sometimes if spirit cause these poltergeist things and in the process of 'burning ' energy to do it, it causes some sort of static electricity noise or some sort of explosion of energy.
Posted 25 August 2006 - 10:12 PM
Edited by heavenlee, 25 August 2006 - 10:12 PM.
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Posted 26 August 2006 - 12:10 AM
Try taking a picture or an evp. thanks for sharing your encounter, I really have no clue...lol
That's a good idea, Caesar.
You know, anything is possible. And I often wonder about the type of sounds our ghostly friends are able to reproduce.
It may be nothing, it may be something.
A few years ago, right after one of our Cystic Fibrosis patients died, we would hear the sound of extended oxygen tubing being dragged across the ward floor toward us. Exactly as it had would have sounded if it had been a living CF coming to sit with us in the duty office.
Another time, right after a patient died after being on a respirator, we would hear the sound of the bellows being inflated and deflated on the old Bennets Ventilator (before we got these fancy ones). How that is possible, I don't know. But there ya have it.
Don't discount anything! It's all possible.
We have had so many encounters, on so many levels, the girls and I just smile these days. If they want to communicate or make you aware of their presence, they'll find a way.
Posted 26 August 2006 - 05:42 AM
I'm going to move this to The Personal Encounters board.
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 27 August 2006 - 06:55 PM
Posted 27 August 2006 - 07:42 PM
This might be some help to you all. The snapping and tapping noices that you all here is just a way for them to communicate with us. Also,tapping is the oldest way of communication to man kind. Once we were using a talking board and we got this young female spirit named Emily. She wanted to stay at Julies house and be with us cuz she was lonely. I asked her how would I know if you are present with us. Her reply was " I'll tap". Of course I told her that she cannot stay. But anyways, that is one of the reasons why they like to snap and tap things. They want your attention!!! Dave
This Reply is almost on the topic, but, on alot of my EVP I constantly get what sounds like Two Hollow Bamboo Poles being hit together once, it usually happens in the background of my recordings. Dont hear it with my own ears, but, just cant figure out what that is.....Maybe some of you know?.....
Posted 27 August 2006 - 08:43 PM
It's completely possible to me to think it was my mother checking up on me in the afterlife. I had a very sad and unhappy childhood and I thought about her constantly. Hmmm, my sister had seen her spirit and was not afraid. I am sure she would not have shown herself to me as much as I longed for her because she knew it would scare me and maybe just checked in and out.
I had strange things happening again years later when I had my children and lived in a different house. You know, lights flickering, tv going on and off, toys going on by themselves etc, etc. Your garden variety happenings that you prefer to explain logically away so your not scared.
In fact, I never knew a lot about the paranormal until I went to a lecture by the Warren's a couple of years ago. I thought it was very interesting but I must say it scares me and the girls I worked with and for weeks, none of us could sleep although one girl is now a ghost hunter. After that show, the strangest thing happened. When I came home and walked into the house, my kitchen (everything in the kitchen) was dripping wet with condensation and just that room. What does everyone make of that? Anyhow, I'm glad I have a place to go to get opinions on all these questions I have always had. Thank you
Posted 27 August 2006 - 09:37 PM
This might be some help to you all. The snapping and tapping noices that you all here is just a way for them to communicate with us. Also,tapping is the oldest way of communication to man kind. Once we were using a talking board and we got this young female spirit named Emily. She wanted to stay at Julies house and be with us cuz she was lonely. I asked her how would I know if you are present with us. Her reply was " I'll tap". Of course I told her that she cannot stay. But anyways, that is one of the reasons why they like to snap and tap things. They want your attention!!! Dave
I have never heard you mention a tapping spirit before Damckie. Did you ever hear this spirit tap? I have been waiting for someone on this board to say they have experienced a tapping spirit.
Posted 20 May 2007 - 09:17 PM
It also seemed to happen at times I was distressed about something and needed comfort. But then I started to become frightened about it (I was talking to some people who said they thought it was the devil or an evil spirit trying to confuse me), and it slowed way down (could be because whoever it is does not want to scare me). I'm still a bit confused about the whole thing and would love to hear of other's perspective on it.
Posted 21 May 2007 - 05:41 AM
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Music an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth
an ancient bowed stringed instrument. It was wide-spread in Western European countries, primarily England and France, until the early 19th century. The crowd had a wooden body and six strings. Length, 550–575 mm.
What does it mean when you dream about a crowd?
Dreaming about being in a crowd can mean many different things. We may have had anxieties about being in crowds as a child, so crowds could simply represent anxiety. We can feel good about being part of the crowd, or unhappy about being part of the herd; we may feel "lost in the crowd" and want to "stand out from the crowd." If people are looking at the dreamer, one could be anxious about public opinion.


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"When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted." Matthew 28:17 (NIV)
Is it possible to believe and doubt at the same time? NO. I mean, YES!!! Absolutely not! It is, too!
If two people were having this conversation, it would be tense enough, but if this were a conversation between me, myself and I--well, that's just scary. Yet, how often do I find myself in this exact predicament? I put my eyes on Him, He shows Himself to me, and at the same time I'm wondering if that was actually Him or not.
The above verse from Matthew occurs after Jesus' ministry on earth, after He has died, after He has been risen from the dead, and after others said He'd appeared to them and was still alive.
The "they" in the verse refers to the eleven that had been with Him the whole time. Now, if it's possible for almost a dozen men to see everything in person that Jesus had done and still have some doubts afterwards, then how much more true is that for you and me as His disciples today?
This is no surprise to God. He knows us intimately enough to understand that we are going to doubt Him from time to time. How faithful He was, though, to give us His Word as a reminder that He is God, He is faithful and He listens to our prayers. This is where our faith in Him kicks in---it is even modeled for us in Scripture.
In Mark 9:14 (NIV) and following, a father comes to Jesus and wants Him to heal his son who has an evil spirit. The dad says, "…IF you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."
Jesus corrects him, "If I can? Everything is possible for him who believes."
The father's response back is what I can relate to… "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" The passage says that the dad exclaimed this! Exclamation point!!!!
Notice in this last emphatic statement that, even though it is an oxymoron technically, it is also NOT an oxymoron. "I do believe," the dad exclaims.
This shows his limited belief, the kind we can do on our own. Then he says, "help me overcome my unbelief." This puts the emphasis back on God to do the work in us.
We can muster up all the belief in our hearts, souls and minds, but without God's help to do so, it will never be enough. This desperate dad gets it! God wants us to get it too. I suspect that's why He put it in Scripture.
At the end of Luke 24, it goes into the same story that Matthew was telling about the disciples, only it adds more of the details. As they were walking along discussing their doubts about whether Jesus had been resurrected or not, Jesus appears to them and asks them why they are doubting.
See, even though He knew their doubts, He didn't want them to stay there.
So He patiently pursued this process with them, even showing His scarred hands and feet in order to "prove" that He was alive. The next verse is the key: After all of this conversation, in verse 45 it says, "Then He opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures." Jesus gave them instructions and His blessing after that, then was taken up to Heaven.
This was their life changing moment. After He opened their minds, they understood. Once again, it was His power, not their ability to believe on their own. It says at the end of the verse that "then they worshipped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God."
How cool is that! Before Jesus opened their minds, they half-worshiped, half-doubted. After He opened their minds, they had great joy and continually praised Him. We can enjoy the latter, if...
...If we'll stop trying to believe on our own with what little we have and begin to depend on what plenty He has.


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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- The sheriff in a southeastern Ohio college town says a new synthetic drug is so dangerous that he's promised not to press charges against people if they'll just turn it in.
Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly says the heroin-like synthetic drug known as "krokodil" has shown up in the town that is home to Ohio University.
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"A Professional Pirate" is an original song written for the Muppets' fifth feature film Muppet Treasure Island.
The song is performed by Tim Curry and the Pirates, extolling the virtues of their chosen profession. After Polly Lobster, Clueless Morgan, and Mad Monty sing about the things they could have been instead (a surgeon, a lawyer, and a politician, respectively), Black Eyed Pea reveals that he "could have been a contender," referencing Marlon Brando's famous line from the film On the Waterfront.
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"There has been widespread acknowledgement across the scientific community of the need for a next-generation anthrax vaccine that offers the potential for improved safety, convenience and cost-effectiveness. SparVax™ is the leading rPA-based vaccine and is well positioned to meet these requirements. We look forward to continuing our work with the government to develop the necessary medical countermeasure to successfully deter or quickly respond to a biologic attack and save American lives," continued Mr. Wright.
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SparVax™ is a novel second generation recombinant protective (rPA) anthrax vaccine being developed for administration by intramuscular injection. This product candidate employs modern vaccine technology to provide a highly purified and well characterized modern vaccine for intended use by the military and civilian Strategic National Stockpile. Phase I and Phase II clinical trials involving more than 750 healthy human subjects have been completed and showed that SparVax™ appears to be well tolerated and induces an immune response in humans. These studies suggest that three doses of SparVax™, administered several weeks apart, should be sufficient to induce protective immunity. In non-clinical studies SparVax™ has also demonstrated the capability to protect rabbits and non-human primates against a lethal aerosol spore challenge of the anthrax Ames strain. The clinical and non-clinical studies for SparVax™ have been carried out under contracts with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institutes of Health.
About PharmAthene, Inc.
PharmAthene was formed to meet the critical needs of the United States and its allies by developing and commercializing medical countermeasures against biological and chemical weapons. PharmAthene's lead product development programs include:
- SparVax™ -- a second generation recombinant protective antigen (rPA) anthrax vaccine
- Third generation rPA anthrax vaccine
- Valortim® -- a fully human monoclonal antibody for the prevention and treatment of anthrax infection
- Protexia® -- a novel bioscavenger for the prevention and treatment of morbidity and mortality associated with exposure to chemical nerve agents
For more information about PharmAthene, please visit www.PharmAthene.com.
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DISLIN is a high-level library of subroutines and functions that display data graphically. It is intended to be a powerful and easy to use software package for programmers and scientists that does not require knowledge of hardware features. The software is available for the programming languages C, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Perl, Python and Java. DISLIN can display graphic information directly on graphic terminals or store them in metafiles. The supported display types are VGA, X Windows, Windows API and Tektronix. The supported file formats are GKSLIN, CGM, HPGL, PostScript, PDF, SVG, WMF, PNG and TIFF. The library contains the following features:
- 9 software fonts where each font provides 6 alphabets. Hardware fonts for PostScript printers, X11 fonts for X11 displays and TrueType fonts for Windows 95/98/NT displays and WMF files can also be used. The different aphabets contain Roman, Greek, Russian, mathematical and special European characters. Plotting of mathematical formulas with TeX instructions.
- Plotting of two- and three-dimensional axis systems. Axes can be linearly or logarithmically scaled and labeled with linear, logarithmic, date, time, map and user-defined formats.
- Plotting of curves. Several curves can appear in one axis system and can be differentiated by colour, line style and pattern. Multiple axis systems can be displayed on a page.
- Plotting of legends.
- Elementary plot routines for lines, vectors and outlined or filled regions such as rectangles, circles, arcs, ellipses and polygons.
- Shielded regions can be defined.
- Business graphics.
- 3-D colour graphics.
- 3-D graphics.
- Elementary image routines.
- Geographical projections and plotting of maps.
- Contouring.
- Graphical user interface (GUI) routines based on Motif and Windows API functions.
- Manuals are available in HTML format and as printed books.
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By Ryan Ngala
[Riverbank State Park, New York] Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH) kicks off its 16th annual ice show at Riverbank State Park in Harlem on (Sat. March 23rd and Sun. March 24th at both 7 and 3pm); many people had waited in line with their tickets in their hands just to get in. It was a long line; as I got there the show was about to start. Things were running smoothly. Some ticket holders started to go upstairs to the upper balcony while some people wanted seats in the middle of the lower area; when everyone was settled the ice show began.
The host of the show was none other than Tamara Tunie of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU." She started things off by introducing the Harlem Ice Beginner 3 Synchronized Skating Team; they skated to three Whitney Houston songs, "My Love Is Your Love," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," and "How will I know?." The team danced and skated so swiftly that they wowed the crowd with a stunning performance; "La Conga Blicoti" by Josephine Baker. The event was an outstanding Sunday skating performance featuring FSH students, Kaylia Allen, Nya Davis, Kortney DeBride, Ava Grace Gardner, Isis Glover, Andrea Heredia, Zoe Littles-Ward, Narju Nawar, Eden Pichardo, Ashley Prentice and Jalynn Satterthwaite. Nina Simone's "Feelin' Good" was performed by FSH students Tanay Davis, Taharie Murga, Thalyia Thompson, and Zenzile Tonge; the quartet of performers skated with all their strength as they spun and twirled until the very end.
Other FSH students skated to the songs of many great women artists and songs including:
"Fantasy" By Mariah Carey
"I Got Rhythm" By Lena Horne
"New Attitude" By Patti LaBelle
"Unpretty" By TLC
"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" By Selena
"Sweet Dreams" By Beyoncé
"No One" By Alicia Keys
"Respect" By Aretha Franklin
"Strong Enough" By Cher
"Colette Shows Him the Ropes / Infernal Galop" By Michael Giacchino & Jacques Offenbach
"Family Affair" By Mary J. Blige
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" By Lauryn Hill
"Step by Step" By Whitney Houston
"Brave" By Idina Menzel
"Palladio" By Escala and
"Midnight Train to Georgia" By Gladys Knight and The Pips.
Three FSH soloists then prepared to skate on the ice and strut their stuff; Sharendalle Murga was up first skating to Idina Menzel's "Brave." Executing her spins and going around in circles, skating so magnificently, her performance ended in even more memorable moves on the ice. Second was Jiordan Ali who danced to Leontyne Price's "Summertime;" her skating was actually quite amazing and the crowd applauded for her so she continued to skate even harder; the more she skated, the better her skating became. Last but not least, there was the one and only Florence Ngala (my sister) who skated to Adele's "Hometown Glory;" her performance was choreographed by Ali Blank. On hand to see Florence's skating routine during FSH's Saturday prorgram were Abel, Wendy, Auntie Doreen and Tina (Mom); her amazing performance was recorded on Auntie Doreen's iPad by her sister Wendy. It was a marvelous performance as ever and the entire crowd gave Florence a standing ovation which was even louder than ever before. Because it was Florence's last performance as an FSH student, her family and fans gave her an enthusiastic send off. It had been 11 years since she started skating at the age of six.
When Florence's solo performance was over, Sharon Cohen, FSH founder and director, stepped into the ice rink and said a couple of words before the start of the skating finale. She asked the crowd "Are you guys having a good time?" The crowd went wild as the audience yelled "Yeah!!!", I was shouting and screaming even more than the audience did.
Sharon then said "It really takes a village to run a fantastic organization." She and Bernice had dreamt about an ice skating program in Harlem for years before FSH became a reality. Sharon then introduced the FSH staff members who made the performance possible by pushing the FSH students to be successful both on and off the ice.
Three FSH students who will be leaving the program–Florence, Sharendalle and Jiordan–received flowers; along with Bria Culpepper and Kayla Stewart also received flowers because they will be going to college soon. At that point Florence cried heartfelt tears of joy. Then all five FSH students stepped into the ice rink for a final bow.
The finale Performance was performed by all the FSH students who were introduced by Tamara Tunie, the FSH students skated to both Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" and Beyoncé's "Run The World."
The Harlem Ice Open Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team (Jiordan Ali and Sharendalle Murga were up along with Kolby Couch, Tanay Davis, Eliyah Mckayle, Taharie Murga, Florence Ngala, Zjana Ray, Nikaila Saunders, Kayla Stewart, Thaylia Thompson, Zenzile Tonge and Sandra Williams) skated to "Girl On Fire." The two team captains skated so swiftly with spins and twirls to the audience's delight; the crowd cheered with excitement. Next all of the FSH students skated to the right and left of the ice rink to Beyoncé's "Run the world." When the entire group of skaters entered during the ice rink the crowd went wild, screaming from the top of their lungs.
The FSH students from the youngest to oldest were the stars of the event. As their performance came to an end, the crowd gave them a loud round of applause and a standing ovation for their outstanding skating performance at the heart of Riverbank State Park.


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From meteobridge
Meteobridge can handle a broad range of weather stations from consumer entry level up to prosumer/professional stations from Davis Instruments, PeetBros or Rainwise.
|Weather station
|Davis Vantage Pro2, Pro1 (except firmware A)
|Vantage Pro including wind, rain, pressure, UV, solar radiation, indoor temperature, outdoor temperature sensors. In order to connect Vantage with Meteobridge it needs one of the Davis data loggers (serial or USB). If a serial logger is used, it needs to be set to 19.200 baud and a RS232-USB converter based on Prolific pl2303 or FTDI chipset is necessary. Storage capacity of Davis logger is not used at all.
|Davis Vantage Vue
|Vantage Vue including wind, rain, pressure, indoor temperature, outdoor temperature sensors, but without UV or solar sensors. In order to connect Vue with Meteobridge it needs one of the Davis data loggers (serial or USB). If a serial logger is used, it needs to be set to 19.200 baud and a RS232-USB converter based on Prolific pl2303 or FTDI chipset is necessary. Storage capacity of Davis logger is not used at all.
|smartbedded Meteostick
|Meteostick reads RF signals from Davis Vue and Vantage Pro 2 sensors (US and EU models) directly and makes data accessible without need of a Davis Console/Envoy and Logger. Indoor humidity is not provided, indoor temp is not reported accurately, because the sensor in the USB stick sized device heats up a bit during operation. When used with Meteobridge FW 1.4 or newer, no USB hub is needed. Use of a USB cradle is recommended to bring some distance between the RF noise emitting Meteobridge and the Meteostick. Since Meteostick firmware 2.0 also data from outdoor sensor array (WH24) of Fine Offset HP-100x (aka Ambientweather Observer WS-100x) can be received (US and EU models). You find more details about Meteostick here.
|Oregon WMR968 (US), WMR928 (EU)
|This model has a RS232 connector that needs a RS232-USB converter (based on FTDI or Prolific pl2303 chipset). Station does not provide UV or solar sensors.
|Oregon WMR200
|This model has a USB connector that can be connected to the Meteobridge client (with a USB 2.0 hub inbetween). Internal Datalogger of WMR200 will not be used by Meteobridge. WMR200 has problems in reporting actual sensor readings, when data logger is completely filled. It is recommended to set the data logging interval to the maximum (longest duration). This takes care that the data logger will not reach its capacity for months. However, you should take care to empty the data logger's buffer from time to time manually at the WMR200 base station. Beside the standard sensors it can also support UV sensors.
|Oregon WMR100, WMR88
|This model has a USB connector that can be connected to the Meteobridge client (with a USB 2.0 hub inbetween). An optional UV sensor is supported as well.
|Oregon WMRS200 *
|This station is like a WMR100 with sensors from WMR200 but without any display. WMRS200 is connected to Meteobidge USB port (as WMR200) and is also powered by the USB connector.
|Meade TE923, TE827, TE821, DV928
|These weather stations are connected via USB and are sold with various brand names (Mebus, Irox, Honeywell, Nexus). Meteobridge supports recent hardware versions which provide live weather data on the USB port. Internal data logger functionality of TE923 is not used by Meteobridge. Station is connected via USB (with a USB 2.0 hub inbetween).
|Ambient Weather WS1090, WS2080
|These weather stations manufactured by Fine Offset Electronics (WH-1080, WH-2080, WH-3080) are also branded as Watson W-8681, WX-2008, National Geographic 265 NE, Elecsa 6975/ 6976, etc. Meteobridge makes use of live data, internal data logger functionality is not used. Stations can be connected via USB. UV sensors is used if present.
|Peet Bros Ultimeter 100, 800, 2100
|Ultimeter weather stations from Peet Bros are supported. Wind, rain, pressure, indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity are used. Station needs to be set to "data logging", "packet" or "complete record (preferred) mode with 2400 baud transfer rate. Station needs a RS232-USB converter based on Prolific pl2303 or FTDI chipset.
|RainWise MkIII
|MkIII weather station from RainWise is supported including wind, rain, pressure, outdoor temperature and humidity. Meteobridge needs Rainwise Computer Interface MKIIICC and a RS232-USB converter (based on pl2303 or FTDI).
|Lufft WS600/601
|WS600 weather station from Lufft is supported, when attached as USB serial device by a specific UMB component. Stations needs to be configured on channel 1. Data provided is wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity, rain rate, rain total, solar radiation, uv index. Precipitation type is not evaluated by Meteobridge.
|Acurite 1025/1035/1525
|USB enabled weather stations from Acurite are supported including wind, rain, pressure, outdoor and indoor temperature and humidity. Meteobridge directly connects to the USB interface of the Acurite console. Important: Acurite console has to be switched to USB mode 3. Warning: Inside humidity is not reported correctly.
|Acurite Internet-Bridge
|Internet-Bridge from Acurite, which sends weather data to Acurite's proprietary Internet network, can be connected to Meteobridge with a direct Ethernet cable in between. This needs Meteobridge operating in WLAN mode (otherwise the LAN connector will not be available). In this mode of operation Acurite Internet-Bridge will be connected to your router by Meteobridge's WLAN connection. Acurite Internet-Bridge will continue to operate in the Internet as usual. Meteobridge sniffs sensor data from the passed-through TCP traffic and uses that data as if the sensors were directly connected to Meteobridge. That way Meteobridge gives Acurite Internet-Bridge owners a broad array of new options to deal with their weather data. Supported sensors are Acurite 5in1 outdoor sensor and additional temperature/humidity sensors. Pressure readings need a station specific calibration, which can easily be done by Meteobridge's web interface. Indoor humidity data is not available.
|LaCrosse WS2300
|WS2300 weather station is supported. Warning: WS2300 can deliver sporadic false weather data readings caused by interface problems. WS2300 needs a RS232-USB converter witch pl2303 or FTDI chipset.
|LaCrosse / ELV WS300PC/444/500 and various clones (WS550/777/888, WDC7000)
|WS300 weather station and clones are supported and connected via USB.
Remark: All stations connected via USB will need a small cheap USB 2.0 hub to be connected to Meteobridge, when TP-Link platform (MR3020, MR3040, WR703N) or D-Link (DIR-505) is used. Reason is a limitation in Atheros chipset in these platforms. Any passive USB 2.0 router for a few Euros/Dollars should do. When ASUS WL-330N3G is used as platform, no USB hub is needed.
Not supported stations are LaCrosse 3600, 2800, 2500, 2000 and Oregon WMR300.


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RALEIGH � North Carolina State�s defense felt better about itself after a spirited effort against high-powered Clemson.
Now it�s a matter of the Wolfpack following through on that in its next assignment Saturday against Central Michigan.
�It actually made me personally a little mad,� N.C. State linebacker M.J. Salahuddin said after seeing what the Wolfpack is capable of doing. �We could have been doing this all along. I asked myself what I could have done to do this in the (first) couple of weeks.�
Still, N.C. State lost that nationally televised game to Clemson. It�s a matter of getting back on the winning path as a season-opening stretch of four consecutive home games winds down for the Wolfpack.
�It�s all about getting wins and I think everybody else is about getting wins,� quarterback Pete Thomas said. �We played hard. We fought hard, but we didn�t win the game. That�s what we�re here for.�
Receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling of N.C. State might be on the sideline with a hamstring injury, so that would reduce Thomas� targets.
Coach Dave Doeren has a familiarity with Central Michigan. In his two seasons as coach at Northern Illinois, his team�s lone defeat in Mid-American Conference play came to Central Michigan.
In 2011, Northern Illinois lost at Central Michigan one week before the Chippewas came to Raleigh and lost to N.C. State. Last year, Northern Illinois crushed Central Michigan 55-24.
�I don�t care who we�re playing, it�s game on,� Doeren said. �It�s the most important game we have. There will never be a dip in our intensity as a staff regardless of the opponent.
�The players will always get up for a big game (such as vs. Clemson). It�s keeping them up for the ones that are not as big from a scheduling standpoint. But from a big picture standpoint, this is the most important one we have right now.�
Records: Central Michigan 1-3, N.C. State 2-1
When: 3:30 p.m. today
Where: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh
Series: N.C. State leads 1-0, winning 38-24 on Oct. 8, 2011
Extra points �: Central Michigan is 0-8 all-time against members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. � N.C. State linebacker Robert Caldwell was credited with 13 tackles in each of the last two games. He leads the Wolfpack with 30 tackles this season.


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As people age, their brain tends to shrink and their memory gets worse. But what if this deterioration weren't inevitable? New research suggests not only that some elderly individuals retain sharp memory skills but also that their brain remains unscathed. Although scientists do not yet know what is responsible for this special resiliency—or how to help people acquire it—a brain region involved in attention may offer an important clue.
Researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine identified 12 individuals older than 80 years—whom they called "Super Agers"—who performed as well on memory tests as a group of 14 volunteers between the ages of 50 and 65. The scientists performed structural MRI scans on both groups as well as a third group of normal subjects over the age of 80. Although the researchers expected the Super Agers' brains to show some evidence of age-related decline, their average brain thickness matched that of the younger group, and both groups' brains were significantly thicker than those of normal octogenarians.
One brain region important for attention, called the anterior cingulate, was actually thicker in the Super Agers than in their younger counterparts. This finding suggests that "Super Agers may have a particularly keen sense of attention that helps to support their memory," explains lead author Emily Rogalski, a neuroscientist at Northwestern's Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, who published the work in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. In particular, compared with normal octogenarians, Super Agers have four times as many von Economo neurons, which are large cingulate brain cells implicated in higher-order thinking. In ongoing research, Rogalski hopes to tease out the genetic and lifestyle factors significant for preventing age-related decline, noting that according to her preliminary analyses, "there may be more than one way to becoming a Super Ager."
This article was originally published with the title Brains of "Super Agers" Look Decades Younger.
( via scientificamerican.com )


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Our Uncapped Bronze product is perfect for low data usage customers that want the benefit of an uncapped service at a more affordable price.
Once you reach your 200 Gig soft cap your speed will reduce to 2 Mbps for the remainder of the month while still allowing you to browse and do your essential online business.
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Web Blocking's Slippery Slope: It's Never 'Just' One Site
from the thin-end-of-the-wedge dept
Even against a background of repeated attempts to censor the Net, it's still possible to become a little complacent about some of the actions being taken by the copyright industries. For example, many people probably feel that blocking a site like The Pirate Bay isn't really a problem because, after all, it's just one site, right?
A post on TorrentFreak explains why that's a dangerous attitude:
Copyright activists often warn that a ruling in one case has the potential to be leveraged elsewhere and the wedge can become thicker frighteningly quickly if issues aren't dealt with early on. It seems that a case currently underway in Ireland involving The Pirate Bay is proving that assessment correct.
That's because the recording labels want the Web block to be extended to other ISPs. Again, some might say: well, it's still just one site. But here's where things start to get serious. It's not just about one site any more:
At the moment customers of the Irish ISP Eircom cannot access The Pirate Bay since an uncontested 2009 High Court ruling orders the ISP to block the site. But that's just one ISP, some people will say, and it's easy to switch to another. Nice try.
The plaintiffs (technically EMI, Ireland) have told the court that they are looking to achieve more than just a blockade of the world's biggest torrent site. In fact, they have a list of 260 other "objectionable" websites they have identified that they would also like blocked if this attack on The Pirate Bay is a success.
And of course, if the industry manages to get the court to agree to 260 sites being blocked, you can be sure that it will be back with another few hundred, or a few thousand, at some point in the future. Because once the court rules that Web blocking is acceptable, it's easier to go back to ask for more censorship, citing that judgement. That's why it's important to remember it's never 'just' one Web block.
What started out with Eircom agreeing to have The Pirate Bay blocked could now potentially lead to a few other Irish ISPs having to follow suit. In a worst case scenario that could play out to all ISPs having to block 260 other sites on the music industry's hit-list. Which sites? Only they know.
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Filed Under: free speech, ireland, web blocking
Companies: emi, the pirate bay


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