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Coherent Purchases Molectron Detector
Coherent Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has purchased Molectron Detector Inc. of Portland, Ore., for $11.5 million, forming the technology business unit, Coherent Molectron. The acquisition will provide customers with a broad range of laser test and measurement equipment. Molectron's power and energy measurement technology and commitment to research and development will support Coherent's next-generation products for the scientific and commercial markets. The unit, along with Molectron's senior management team, will remain in Portland.
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France will have the opportunity to take revenge on Russia in the quarter-finals of the EuroBasket Women in Ankara on Friday.
The nations faced each other in the 2003 EuroBasket at the same stage and the Russians won 79-66 before going on to clinch the championship.
Les Bleues, who finished second in Group A, one point behind the Czech Republic, will start favourites after beating Russia three times during their preparation matches over the summer.
|Cathy Melain and France are looking for revenge against Russia |
At the time, France were the defending champions but finished fifth and missed out on a place at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Russia are now the defending champions and despite being favourites, point guard Audrey Sauret-Gillespie believes France must be wary.
"Two years ago the Russians had started the tournament very relaxed," she said.
"During the summer they lost three matches against us without ever really relaxing their efforts.
"They are not a very calm team at the moment but we will have to remain concentrated because they are capable of posing us a lot of problems."
Celine Dumerc also acknowledged the threat posed by the Russians but the point guard has urged her team-mates to concentrate on imposing their own style.
"We must play our game and not watch them play," she said on www.lequipe.fr.
"That type of team know how to be ready at the right time. This is a side with a lot of tall players who have obvious individual qualities even if they sometimes lack collective spirit.
"Despite the defeats in the preparation matches, they will be eager to show their potential."
Russia, who were third in Group B with a record of 3-2, finished the preliminary round as best scorers with an average of 82.6 points per match, ahead of Lithuania (80.4) and Spain (79.4).
France are fifth, averaging 69 points in their opening five matches.

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Tree change dolls
From Nights with Bryan Crump
Sonia Singh finds pre-loved dolls in second-hand shops and gives them a new life, re-painting their faces, re-styling hair and giving them new, handmade clothes. Then she sends them outside to play.
All images courtesy of Sonia Singh and used with permission.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, on Tuesday night, vetoed a measure that would have paved the way for tens of thousands of minors to get their criminal records erased after completing a behavioral program.
The veto was unexpected by lawmakers who said the proposal moved through the legislative process with little to no opposition. It was an approach that would have allowed minors with past run-ins with the law to face fewer barriers to employment, housing, and education.
“I am, frankly, dumbfounded… I don’t understand why you wouldn’t give an opportunity to a kid to remake their life,” said state Sen. Annette Taddeo, a Miami Democrat who co-sponsored Senate Bill 274.
The bill would have allowed some 27,000 minors to request their criminal records be expunged following the successful completion of a diversion program for any offense, including felonies. However, discretion would have still been given to either the law enforcement officer who confronted the minor at the time of the offense or the state attorney handling the case.
State law currently allows only juveniles with misdemeanor offenses to get that opportunity.
According to the bill’s sponsor, Senate Criminal, and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chair Keith Perry, DeSantis did not make his concerns about the proposal known during the annual 60-day legislative session. But in a letter Tuesday night, he said he vetoed the bill out of concern for public safety.
“I have concerns that the unfettered ability to expunge serious felonies, including sexual battery, from a juvenile’s record may have negative impacts on public safety,” DeSantis wrote.
Perry, a Republican, said the governor’s concerns were “legitimate.” But Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Jeff Brandes, another Republican, said he was disappointed to see the governor use the “most extreme case” as the reason why thousands of others won’t get a diversion opportunity.
“They’re not offering diversion to rapes. They’re not offering diversion for extreme sexual assaults,” Brandes said. “But that is what made the veto letter.”
DeSantis’ veto came a day after attending a conference hosted by the Florida Police Chiefs Association, a powerful lobbying group that opposed the measure during the legislative session.

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Hypothermia Inhibits Fas-Mediated Apoptosis of Primary Mouse Hepatocytes in Culture
Abstract:Apoptosis occurs during the isolation and even short-term storage and culture of hepatocytes, and in the pathogenesis of liver diseases, such as hepatic failure and hepatitis. Therapeutic hypothermia has beneficial effects in experimental models of fulminant hepatic failure. The mechanisms underlying the potential benefits of mild hypothermia on the liver have not been well investigated. We examined the effects of temperature on soluble Fas ligand-induced apoptosis in freshly isolated mouse hepatocytes. Decreasing the culture temperature from 37°C to 32°C produced significant suppression of Fas-mediated apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes over a 12-h period. This observation was supported by cell morphology, flow cytometry analysis of cellular DNA content, and Annexin V-FITC staining of membrane phosphatidylserine translocation. In hypothermic conditions, Fas-mediated cytochrome c release from mitochondria of hepatocytes and the proximate downstream activation of caspase-9 were suppressed under mild hypothermic conditions. Effector caspase-7 activity was also inhibited at 32°C. In contrast, the activation of initiator caspase-8 and cleavage of Bid were not affected after Fas-ligand stimulation. These findings suggest that mild hypothermia suppresses Fas-mediated apoptosis of liver cells by the partial inhibition of signaling events including mitochondrial damage, cytochrome c release, and subsequent apoptosome formation and effector caspase activation.
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Affiliations: *Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Children’s Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Chicago, IL 60611
Publication date: January 1, 2004
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- Cell Transplantation publishes original, peer-reviewed research and review articles on the subject of cell transplantation and its application to human diseases. To ensure high-quality contributions from all areas of transplantation, separate section editors and editorial boards have been established. Articles deal with a wide range of topics including physiological, medical, preclinical, tissue engineering, and device-oriented aspects of transplantation of nervous system, endocrine, growth factor-secreting, bone marrow, epithelial, endothelial, and genetically engineered cells, among others. Basic clinical studies and immunological research papers are also featured. To provide complete coverage of this revolutionary field, Cell Transplantation will report on relevant technological advances, and ethical and regulatory considerations of cell transplants. Cell Transplantation is now an Open Access journal starting with volume 18 in 2009, and therefore there will be an inexpensive publication charge, which is dependent on the number of pages, in addition to the charge for color figures. This will allow work to be disseminated to a wider audience and also entitle the corresponding author to a free PDF, as well as prepublication of an unedited version of the manuscript.

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By BWC Team in 2023
When successfully marketing a book, having an eye-catching cover of the book is essential. After all, the cover of your book will be the first thing potential readers see. It will draw them in and convince them to pick it up or pass it by on their way down the bookshelves at their local library or bookstore.
In this blog post, we'll explore some best practices when crafting the perfect book cover design – helping you get one step closer to achieving those critical reader conversions!
In today's competitive publishing industry, the cover of the book can significantly impact book sales and is an integral part of your overall book marketing strategy. Here are some ways in which design affects book sales:
A book's cover is the first thing a potential reader sees and helps capture their attention. It must stand out from all the other books on the shelf while accurately reflecting what's inside the book. An eye-catching, professional, and well-designed cover will make readers want to pick your book up and learn more.
A book's cover design is an integral part of the overall branding of a book. Not only this, but it also helps establish brand identity. And thus, it should be consistent with the other elements of the brand, such as the title, font choice, and color scheme. It helps readers easily identify your work when browsing in bookshops or online.
Design can create an emotional connection with readers, helping your book to stand out from the competition and capture potential buyer’s attention. For example, a romance novel might feature a couple embracing on the cover, while a thriller may have a dramatic landscape photo.
A well-designed book cover can give readers visual cues as to what genre the book is and give them a sense of the overall tone of the book before they even start reading it. For example, a horror novel may feature a bold red font or a frightening image, while a comedy guide may have a humorous font or a description of the author.
Book covers are an essential element of book marketing. They provide a powerful visual for potential readers to discover and explore your work, making them a crucial part of effective book marketing. Captivating book covers can draw in buyers who may not know much about the content or story within the pages, entice them to pick up the book, and possibly even recommend it to their friends.
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A compelling book cover design is a crucial part of marketing your book. It draws potential readers in and encourages them to pick up the book and learn more about the story inside. Here are eight tips for creating a memorable and effective book cover.
Before you begin designing your book cover, decide on a clear focus for the design. What elements do you want to include in your book's design? Are there specific colors or images that will help convey the book's story? A solid plan before you begin designing will help you create a book cover that effectively communicates the book's content.
Choosing the right font for your book cover is essential. You want a font that reflects the tone of your book. If it's an adventure book, you might choose a bold, adventurous font; if it's a romance book, you might select a more elegant and romantic font. Ensure the font is easy to read and stands out from the crowd.
Color plays a vital role in the design—it can draw attention, set the book's mood, and create an emotional response in the reader. Select colors that capture the book's spirit, and Consider incorporating two or three colors to give the book cover the more visual interest.
Images are vital elements of professional book cover design. Choose images encapsulating the book's story or setting, and ensure they accurately reflect the book's content. High-quality images with the sharp contrast between colors can help your book stand out from the crowd.
To create a book cover that grabs attention, use layers of text and imagery to create depth and dimension. Incorporating a 3D effect can help you create a book cover that stands out from the rest.
It's essential to strike a balance between text and images in design. Too much of one color or the other can make your book cover look crowded with it. Make sure to use appropriate font sizes and enough white space between elements so that all aspects stand out.
Front covers get all the credit, but the back and spine elements are just as crucial. When a reader is in an actual bookstore or library browsing through shelves, spines will be seen most of the time due to their placement.
After you’ve created a design, test it. See how it looks on screen and print it out to see how it looks in book form.
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This Sunday, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will perform live at the Grammy Awards for the first time in his career. For a rock legend with such a storied career, it is hard to believe he has never performed on this stage. Jagger has appeared on a Grammy telecast once before, via satellite with The Rolling Stones during the 1986 show, when the band was given the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mick Jagger will be performing the Grammy Awards annual “In Memoriam” tribute for musicians who have passed away in the last year. He will be joined on stage by the soul singer Raphael Saadiq to specifically honor blues singer Solomon Burke who died this past October. The Rolling Stones have covered numerous Burke songs over the years, most notably “Cry to Me” and “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.” Unfortunately, this time Jagger is the only Stone who’ll be paying tribute. Looks like we will just have to wait for the rumored 50th anniversary Rolling Stones tour before we see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reunited on stage.
Mick Jagger will however be joined at the Grammys by a few past Ed Sullivan Show artists. Along with contemporary artists Eminem and Lady Gaga, Ed Sullivan Show alums Barbra Streisand and Jim Henson’s Muppets will perform on stage at The Grammy’s. Another musical legend, Bob Dylan, who actually walked out on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963, will also be performing Sunday night.
The Grammy Awards take place February 13 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.


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Dr. Anderson shares the All Family Dental vision of providing the best possible care and service for all patients by understanding their oral health goals and presenting them with a variety of treatment options for evaluation.
New to the Oakdale area, Dr. Anderson earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 2015 from the Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, where he was one of twelve students to receive the prestigious Award of Excellence in Patient Care. His dedication to serving his community is evident in his commitment to serving in a variety of volunteer roles, both general and dental-related, in Oakdale.
Dr. Anderson is a proud member of the American Dental Association as well as the Academy of General Dentistry. He is committed to staying abreast of the latest developments in the dental world by attending regular continuing education courses, which emphasize the topics of dental material science, composite bonding and CAD/CAM Dentistry (same-day crowns). Most recently, he received extensive training on composite veneers, which honed his techniques in aesthetic and conservative bonded restorations.
When he is not working, Dr. Anderson enjoys fly fishing, hunting, mountain biking, and playing the saxophone. He is also a fitness enthusiast.
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Wetle Holte (born 4 September 1973) is a Norwegian drummer and composer known for his collaborations with Silje Neergård, Kirsti Huke, Eivind Aarset, Wibutee, Bugge Wesseltoft, Anja Garbarek, and others.
Life and career
Holte was born in Skien and is a graduate from the jazz programme at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where in 1996, he co-founded the jazz trio Triangle—later to become Wibutee—with Håkon Kornstad and Per Zanussi. In 1998, they released their debut album, Newborn Thing, and followed it with Eight Domestic Challenges in 2001 and Playmachine in 2004. In 2006, the trio released the Spellemannprisen-nominated album Sweet Mental.
Holte has also collaborated for over a decade with Eivind Aarset in projects like Électronique Noire and The Sonic Codex Orchestra, and he contributed to Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland Community in 2007.
- With Wibutee
- With Eivind Aarset
- Light Extracts (2001 – with Électronique Noire)
- Connected (2004)
- Sonic Codex (2007)
- Live Extracts (2010 – with The Sonic Codex Orchestra)
- With Jazzland Community
- Jazzland Community (2007)
- With Grand Telemark
- Grand Telemark (2008)
- "Well-known graduates". NTNU.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- Colin Buttimer. "Wibutee Playmachine Review". BBC.co.uk.
- Kelman, John (25 July 2007). "Jazzland Community: Jazzland Community (2007) – Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- Helgheim, Roald (1 December 2012). "Orkandebut frå Wetle Holte" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Retrieved 31 October 2013.


The mobile is switched on 24 hours a day while my son is "in theatre", not least because I am out of the UK for extended periods. It is a sign of paranoia and pessimism, an anxiety that something devastating can happen to someone really important.
The MoD has the number, part of a lengthy form filled in by everyone pre-combat. You hope the call will never come. But you know that the paranoia is justified, there really is someone, hundreds of someones, out to get him. They do not negotiate, they kill.
No one does ceremonial quite like the Brits and a wonderful example is the passing out of a new batch of recruits at the Royal Marines training camp in Devon. But, to be there on a sunny day, with a couple of hundred other proud parents, relatives and friends, is about more than the Royal Marines band, sons in their dress uniforms, and a mess picnic.
It is treated as the celebration of an end, but it is an end that is totally unknown. The gruelling training course – both mentally and physically – which offers a green beret as a prize would have been beyond me at any stage in my life. Its successful completion is a source of pride, personal for Sam, vicarious for me.
The members of the King's Squad are dismissed with the order: "Royal Marines to your duties, quick march." That is why the investment has been made, the end that is being planned.
Its consequences for those watching include an unending rollercoaster of contradictions. The Royal Marines are not back-office staff. They are a frontline cutting-edge fighting force. Sometimes, however, one almost wished that Sam's success, if it had to be in warfare, was as a computer expert. But they have been trained to operate as a team and there is some comfort in knowing how much it has been drummed into them to look after each other. Sometimes, you hope your own son will be selfish. You know that he is in the business of bravery and you would prefer that bravery is avoided.
You know that you support your son and all the others around him in doing as professionally as possible the job he is given. You cannot say you think that the politicians are wrong, or the whole adventure misguided. You cannot say you are amazed at how long it has taken them to say publicly what was so obvious, that the problem lies at least as much in Pakistan as in Afghanistan. Do such thoughts imply criticism and disloyalty?
It has required contacts not always available to everyone to find out even half of what has been going on to my son in the last few weeks – including a helmet-creasing bullet for him while close mates were being shot. That's too close for comfort. So much for keeping the mobile charged and switched on.


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Title: Until I Die (Revenants ~ Book 2)
Author: Amy Plum
Publication Date: May 08 2012
Length: 357 Pages
Add it to your TBR Pile: Goodreads
Buy It: Amazon US / Amazon UK
Source: Purchased (Kindle Edition)
Cover Love: Beautiful and fits in with the series perfectly, I love the blues and purples.
Point of View: 1st person, following Kate
My Rating: 5 Stars
oooOOOooohhh how I enjoyed this book! Sometimes book two of a trilogy can be a bit tricky to navigate. We are no longer starting out the story so you don't get the anticipation of all of the firsts that the characters are going to experience and the fun of meeting all of the new people. But then it is also not the final book so we know not everything is going to be wrapped up with a cute little bow.
I thought Until I Die was an excellent middle book. This is the book for gaining information, seeing where the story is going to lead... it did an excellent job and even threw in quite a bit of suspense and action.
I really warmed to Kate in this book. I admitted in my review for Die for Me that she was not my favorite person all of the time. She was so forwards and backwards, I was getting whiplash. But here she really came into her own. In fact I can even say she was pretty kick ass. She is learning to fight with the help of Gaspard and Vincent and she is a natural talent. It has only been a short space of time but I really think she has grown into her character. I won't say I absolutely love her yet but it is getting there.
However Vincent is as loveable as ever, if not more so than in book one. I simply adore him. He is such a gentleman and knows exactly how to take care of Kate. Meaning, he is always there to help her but he doesn't run in to push her aside so he can save the day. Of course he worries about her, because he loves her, but he isn't an over macho alpha male that thinks she can't handle herself. He lets her fight when she needs to and only steps in when she obviously needs help. I really like this about his character. It shows he has grown over his many years because from the age he is actually from it was a very different time and you would think his overall attitude would be different. This just shows how great he is.
Until I Die is ultimately about Kate and Vincent trying to find a way to be together. They are 'together' but they know this is not going to be forever. Vincent is trying to find way to resist the urge to die and in doing this he will be able to age along side Kate. Kate knows this is a lot to ask of him and smartly comes to the conclusion that it is not only her that this would effect. Vincent is a being that saves humans, this is his sole purpose. What if he didn't do the right thing in a moment's notice and that split second meant the person he was to save actually dies. How would she live with this... how would Vincent live with this? Vincent thinks he has found a way to prevent his urges but wants to keep it a secret until he can see if it works. In the time being Kate goes out on her own to search for more answers and to find a way to help their situation.
Pretty much the same cast of characters are still around however there are a couple of new faces, Violette and Arthur. They are old, as in old old. They have joined Vincent's kindred in Paris because the Numa (aka bad guys) have disappeared and they all know that they are up to something. Since these two have been around for so long they have a lot of connections so they have been brought in to see if they can help. From the moment they enter the scene you are trying to guess if they are good, or if they are bad. But... there won't be any spoilers here.
In my review of Die for Me I mentioned the possible love triangle (gasp) between Vincent, Kate and Jules. Again we see more affection from Jules toward Kate but nothing really concrete. However, I have noticed that there is a novella from Jules' POV, Die for Her, that is due out in April 2013. So this would leave me to believe that any big revelations in this department will come out in that novella or in the final book. I do love Jules and I hope that his character is not ruined for me or left unhappy. I really want him to get his own happily ever after.
So, do you know what else a second book in a trilogy is known for? Yep you guessed it. A cliffhanger! And man oh man is this a huge one! I sat there at the end and just stared at the page for a few minutes. In fact I have to say I was on the edge of my seat for the whole of the last 15% - 20%. Again I refuse to put in any spoilers and I even hate voicing my thoughts about certain subjects because I don't want to give anything away or put thoughts in people's minds before they read the series. But I have to say that I really have a strong suspicion about what may ultimately happen in this series and just thinking about it gives me a fresh wave of butterflies... I can't wait to find out how it all ends.
How long do we have to wait you ask? Well, after Jules' novella in April it appears that book three, If I Should Die, is due out on May 7th 2013. So really there isn't that long a wait. Of course I would rather have it here right now to start but since I don't I will just add these two to my trusty book release calendar.
“But now I have something that blows that feeling out of the water. Every time I need a hit of joy, I think about you. You are my solace, Kate. Just knowing that you are in this world, everything makes sense.”


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U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today praised the unanimous Senate passage of their bill, S.535, the Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act. The legislation would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease land within Fort Pulaski National Monument, allowing the Savannah Bar Pilots Association continue to operate at the location on Cockspur Island that has been used continuously by the group since 1940.
Isakson and Chambliss introduced the Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act in March 2011, and it passed unanimously in the Senate on Wednesday. Similar legislation is pending in the House.
"I am pleased that the Senate passed legislation to ensure the Savannah Bar Pilots are able to remain on Cockspur Island so they can do their job in directing ship traffic," said Isakson. "With this legislation the bar pilots will continue to play a critically important role in Georgia's economy as we deepen and grow the Savannah port to accommodate the expansion of the Panama Canal."
"For nearly 150 years, the Savannah Bar Pilots have been safely guiding vessels on the route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Port of Savannah," said Chambliss. "I am pleased the Senate passed our legislation, ensuring that Savannah Bar Pilots will be able to continue the tradition for many years to come."
In 1940, the National Park Service authorized a special use permit to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association for the exclusive use of its land to operate a vessel piloting business. The National Park Service has issued a series of permit renewals during the ensuing 70 years.
However, in recent years, the National Park Service has been advised by the Department of the Interior's Solicitor's Office that the association's use of this land should be based on more certain legal authority than the special use permitting process.
Isakson and Chambliss' legislation, S.535, would authorize a non-competitive lease that would enable the Savannah Bar Pilots Association to continue traditional operations from its Fort Pulaski location.
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CMAs 2007: Red Carpet Stars
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Airport biometrics company Clear has big enlargement plansForget skipping the safety line — Clear desires you to use it for all of your credit card purchases. Meet Cosi, a short-term keep rental startup that simply raised €20mCosi — which provides furnished, short-term apartment rentals — is prospering within the period of post-pandemic travel, accumulating a €20m Series A investment. Travel + Leisure publishes 12 points a 12 months, however reserves the proper to change the variety of issues in an annual time period, together with discontinuing any format and substituting and/or modifying the style by which the subscription is distributed. The WTR Brand Elite project tracks how a defined set of brand-focused companies with industry-leading trademark groups carry out against inventory market indices. Four Quartets Prize The Four Quartets Prize is for a unified and complete sequence of poems printed in America in a print or on-line journal, chapbook, or e-book.
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The 2018 Expedia Group research found that sixty seven p.c of bleisure trips have been in the identical vacation spot as the person’s enterprise travel. What’s more, enterprise trips incessantly include a member of the family or good friend who is traveling for leisure. In Las Vegas, for instance, 6.6 million folks visited for a conference final yr, 24 p.c of whom introduced along no less than one companion—travelers who otherwise may not have gone there on vacation. On the other hand, leisure travel is targeted on recreation,sport, tourism, and entertainment. Most times, it’s planned, over time, with private earnings or as it may be a half of the bonus that comes with working in an organization. Most individuals travel for leisure simply to get away from the on a regular basis routine of working to relax and rejuvenate.
You can have the kind of dream journey you read about in a difficulty of Travel + Leisure, but with added benefits, Brodsky explained. On Wednesday, Wyndham Destinations formally grew to become Travel + Leisure Co., a membership and leisure travel firm, after acquiring Travel + Leisure magazine final month. Among the many professionals caught at home throughout COVID-19 have been travel influencers, whose livelihoods rely upon the power to go to new locations and share their experiences with their communities. InKetchum’s latest “Ask an Influencer” Report, travel influencers open up in regards to the influence of COVID-19, how it’s changed them, and the way they anticipate the world to look on the opposite side of stay-at-home measures. Because of COVID-19, almost three-quarters of corporations worldwide canceled or suspended domestic travel, and 93% canceled or suspended worldwide travel, based on the Global Business Travel Association.
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Reconfiguring the Total Force
What is it? Recent operational experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan highlight the need to rebalance military skills across the Active and Reserve Components. The Military Departments are now rebalancing - shifting, transferring, or eliminating - approximately 70,000 positions within the Active and Reserve Components. The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to rebalance an additional 55,000 positions by 2010.
What has the Army done? The Military Departments and Combatant Commanders continually assess the force to ensure it remains responsive to future demands. U.S. Joint Forces Command, as the joint force provider, is ensuring the appropriate global distribution of ready forces and competencies. DoD plans to establish a baseline for personnel policy, including the development of joint metrics and a common lexicon to link the Defense Strategy to Service-level rebalancing decisions.
The traditional distinction between war and peace became less clear at the start of the 21st century. During the Cold War, the Reserve Component (RC) was used as a "strategic reserve" to support Active Component forces during major combat operations. In the current global war on terrorism, the United States is facing contingencies at unpredictable intervals. To fight this type of war and continue to conduct contingency operations, joint force commanders require more immediate access to the Total Force which includes the RC. Today's RC needs to be operational.
What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future? To make the RC more operational, DoD is requesting the following:
- Increase the authorized Presidential Reserve Call-up period from 270 to 365 days
- Better focus competencies for homeland defense and civil support operations
- Improve access to Guard and reserve consequence management capabilities and capacity in support of civil authorities
- Revise the Presidential Reserve Call-Up to allow activation of RC personnel and units for natural disasters
- Allow individuals to volunteer for activation on short notice to serve for long periods as individual augmentees
- Develop more specialized reserve units that train more intensively and require shorter notice for deployment
DoD will increasingly activate reserve units with high-demand capabilities and expand the concept of contracted volunteers.
Why is this important to the Army? The Army National Guard and the Army Reserve are in high demand today and certainly will be needed in the future to protect our country. It is critical that the Total Force is rebalanced and reconfigured to provide not only the Combatant Commanders, but the American people at home with the skill sets they need.
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Burger King Malaysia has just unveiled its new breakfast menu, which features Rye Chicken Strips, Rye mushrooms series, and Rye Cheesy Caramelized Onions. All of these dishes are available from only RM3.90, making Burger King’s breakfast menu one of the most affordable in the country.
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On Thursday, October 12, 2023 The National Urban Technology Center (Urban Tech) hosted its annual gala dinner. It was an elegant evening to celebrate Urban Tech’s mission of opening
Family Empowerment Centers to connect students and their families to emerging technology skills for advanced learning and jobs in the 21st century.
We honored inspiring and authentic leaders who have dedicated their lives to uplifting communities and improving the lives of others:
Otis Rolley, 2023 Community Impact Honoree Head of Philanthropy and Community Impact at Wells Fargo & Co. and President of the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Amy Bravo, 2023 Education Leadership Honoree Senior Director of Career Success and Experiential Education at New York Institute of Technology.
Andy Muir, 2023 Visionary Honoree Chief Financial Officer of SKIMS Body, Inc.
Congratulations to each of the esteemed honorees, all recognized for their passion, dedication and impact.
Our collaborative approach built on strong partnerships with schools, community organization and stakeholders aims to maintain a comprehensive and sustainable impact. We believe that by working together, we can create a transformative change that uplifts entire communities
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Talks in Brazil on Legalization of Gambling
Cash-strapped Brazilian government is in talks with lawmakers over the legalizing of gambling to increase their revenues while Congress is baulking at President Dilma Rousseff's efforts at overcome the budget deficit by raising other related taxes. Pres. Rousseff's chief of staff, Aloizio Mercadante, has ran these idea with lawmakers recently after they had signalled to government that it will struggle to pass a controversial tax on financial transactions. Brazil banned casinos during 1946 and they outlawed bingo halls during 2007 because concerns of facilitated money laundering, however they do allow federal lotteries and horse racing betting. Proponents of gambling say that Brazil, who is facing their worst recession in 25 years, are no longer in a position to afford to forgo what could possibly be 23.5 billion Reais (Brazilian Real which is approximately $US5.9 billion), of annual gambling taxes — this is an amount that could probably have increased over the 2014 World Cup and also 2016 Olympic Games. Mauricio Quintella, who is a leader of the center-right Party in lower house of Cngress, and also one of the lawmakers who is tasked with leading consultations on the idea of legalization of gambling, said that Brazilians who want to gamble go to places, such as, Paraguay, Las Vegas, Montevideo, Las Vegas, then they leave all the money spent there. Mr. Quintella supports the legalization of gambling, however he says that the talks at this stage are preliminary. To win over public opinion in a country where large numbers of people feel that casinos are synonymous with corruption could prove to be a challenge. Many prior scandals have been linked to gambling, said an aide to the former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment during 2012, because he asked for bribes from an illegal lottery operator during 2004. Luiz Felipe Maia, a Sao Paulo-based lawyer said that talking about gaming and people immediately think of fraud, mafia, money laundering and addiction. Mr Maia is a specialist in gaming who believes that the Brazilian legal gambling market could very easily be worth about 70 billion Reais annually, and the government could take abut a third in taxes. José Robalinho Cavalcanti, who is the president of the Brazil national prosecutors' association, says that the legalization of bingo halls would be "a very big step backward”, however he noted that the period when they were legal was marked by money laundering and smuggling. He told he told the newspaper Correio Braziliense, that it remains to be seen if the government’s proposal of regulating bingos again would solve these problems but he expressed that he doubted it would.

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Whether it’s an old ship lantern or a decorative Moroccan Moorish lamp, decorative oil lamps can lend unmatched romance to a space. If you’re on the hunt for decorative oil lamps for sale, be sure to check out our collection here at Chairish. Our collection includes dozens of styles, all of them assessed for style and checked for quality to ensure that you’re getting a design-grade piece that will endure for years to come. Explore our collection to discover large brass ship lanterns that would be at home on any credenza or dining table in a nautical-themed home. You can also shop curiosities like small antique whale oil lanterns in a wide variety of shapes and glass colors. Use several to curate an unexpected vignette on a bookshelf or mantel. We also routinely carry primitive hanging oil lanterns dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. These hanging iron disks make compelling conversation objects today. Place one atop a stack of books on a coffee table or credenza to spark remarks. Looking for an electrified oil lantern that can be used as a functioning pendant light today? We have plenty of those options, too — including designs from the always lust-worthy Baccarat!
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In reviewing the Radio 4 documentary Bristol: Cycling City (I didn’t hear it and was too slow on the iPlayer), the Guardian‘s radio critic Elisabeth Mahoney once again revealed the bizarrely muddled thinking of a nation so thoroughly addicted to its car culture. The Cycling City project, in which a mere £22 million was given to the city to invest in cycling infrastructure and projects, was, she said, a “large state intervention in lifestyle issues”.
The implication is that the billions we spend designing our roads and streets for motor vehicles does not amount to a large state intervention in lifestyle. Or perhaps Mahoney thinks that the inner-Bristol ring road has always been there, that the M32 arterial motorway is a natural geological landform laid down in the last ice age, and that the traffic signals that allow the narrow old city streets to support such a volume of cars just shoot from the pavement without the council even having to put down the right kind of fertiliser.
The roads projects of the second half of the twentieth century add up to the biggest state intervention in lifestyle choices there has ever been. Building for the motor car gave some people new freedom and luxury, to others it gave divided neighbourhoods and cities ruined by blight. People were pushed out of their villages by richer car-commuters from the city, elderly people were isolated by the loss of their bus service, and people who were quite happy not driving — who couldn’t afford to run a car — were forced into supporting one as the car culture around them led directly to the closure of their local shops and services and sources of employment. Millions of people have had their lives forcibly changed by the state interventions that supported the car.
Amongst those whose lifestyle choices are affected by streets that have been designed for cars by government agencies are people who would like to be able to walk and cycle. Currently the proportion of journeys made by bicycle in much of the UK is less than one percent, and even in Bristol is well within single figures. Again, perhaps Mahoney simply thought that this is the natural state for cycling — that the rates above 25% regularly achieved by some European cities are unnatural, achieved only by the force of the state. Actually, if you ask a sample of people on the streets of Bristol, or any other British city, about their transport choices then the chances are they will tell you that they would like to be able to walk and cycle for their daily local journeys, but their streets and neighbourhoods simply aren’t designed to allow it. You have to cross a dual carriageway that has no crossing; you have to learn to love four-lane roundabouts; you have to cycle down a suburban ‘A’ road that has lines of cars each side parked half on the pavement and half covering the cycle lane, while double-decker buses and articulated trucks overtake six inches from your handlebars, and queues of cars grow behind you, honking, just incase you haven’t yet got the message that you do not belong here. Most streets don’t look safe for cycling and walking, let alone inviting. Many people want to take advantage of the time and money saving benefits of making short journeys on foot or by bicycle, but they don’t think they can.
There is nothing natural about this state of our streets. They do not just spring up out of the fields with four lanes and a row of parking places outside the shops and no room for pedestrian crossings or cycle lanes. Somebody designs them that way, and that somebody is in some way an agent of “The State”. The state can’t not “intervene” in streets; it has a number of choices for what to do with streets, but all of them amount to an “intervention”, and all of them affect our lifestyle choices. Designing streets with only the needs of the motorcar user in mind has been a massive state intervention preventing people from making journeys on foot or by bicycle, even if they had really wanted to. Funding infrastructure and projects to make it possible for them to make those journeys is not forcing anybody to cycle. It is not state intervention. It’s providing a level playing field.
We’ve reached a point where most of the people alive in this country today have always lived in an era of mass car ownership. Over half of the population were born after the first motorway opened. People have a habit of believing that the world they grow up in is the natural and objectively correct way for the world to be; that if it were any other way the world would collapse. Which is a problem when it comes to our city streets, which over the past fifty years have been designed extremely badly, in what we can objectively say was the wrong way.
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This from “minutes” (actually me sounding off) of Northumberland County Council’s Bicycle User Group:
“A broader discussion about sustainable commuting developed. It was noted that with the post-unification expansion of staff numbers at County Hall there are plans to spend substantially on enlarging the car park. That it’s deemed axiomatic that “more staff must mean more car-parking” – and that funding can always be found to lubricate motoring – is unsurprising from a car-centric employer for which the default position is the driver’s seat. Better – for an organisation committed to green Workplace Travel Planning – would be strategies for responsible management of existing provision, using the costs of the proposed build and the subsequent £400 per year per space to sweeten alternatives. The jaded myth of County Hall’s inaccessibility by any means other than private car for staff journeying up from Tyneside was disinterred. Car parks aren’t naturally occurring geological features like Whin Sill extrusions, or limestone pavements. That so many staff drive is neither chance nor inevitability, rather it’s product of a particular historical decision to re-locate County Hall a mile off the A1 and surround it, at great cost, with 4 acres of free car parking. Had it been set down adjacent to the train station with car parking restricted to essential users, a subsidy of rail ticket vouchers equivalent to the annual cost of a car-parking space offered to all staff, and top notch cycling provision, then different commuting patterns would pertain. In other words, the car-dependent status quo at County Hall is an engineered outcome of loading 100% of the incentives into the laps of staff who choose to drive to work; the very antithesis of our stated policy position. ”
All power to you.
To scale this; Of the £22M funding for the cycling city project, only £13M or so was dedicated to infrastructure (across Bristol and South Gloucestershire).
At latest costs – this would buy you half a mile of Motorway…
I had reason to visit the offices of Soil Association in central Bristol recently. I asked about transport choices. The majority of staff cycle to work (I forget the exact proportion). The “awful” traffic in the city centre and very limited number of spaces allocated in the underground car park mean very few even consider driving to work, yet it appeared they all managed to get there on time each day. I’m sure this behaviour, and that of other cycling-friendly towns and cities would be replicated in every urban centre if cycling didn’t appear (to the average person) to be such a risky business. The responsiblity for this lies squarely with the local authority.
Your (blog’s) position is inconsistent. You present road building as “state intervention in lifestyle choices”, and you argue that “lifestyle choices are affected by streets that have been designed for cars by government agencies”. You say that design specifically affects “people who would like to be able to walk and cycle”. Yet you are apparently not willing to accept that this can happen in the Netherlands, which you hold up as a model.
Your position seems to be that building a motorway in the UK is “designing for cars” and pro-car “state intervention”, and yet building a motorway in the Netherlands is not. More relevantly for UK policy, the implication is that if the UK followed similar transport and planning strategies to those in the Netherlands, it would somehow cease to ‘intervene in lifestyle choices’ in the way that you claim.
This post is three months old, so there is little point in going into detail here. If you are prepared to go into this in a new post, then here is an appropriate specific example, where new road and cycle infrastructure coincide:
Which is the state-promoted lifestyle choice, in your terms? And is it logical to make a distinction anyway?
Paul, this is not inconsistent with the other post you refer to. It is making exactly the same point as that other post. Any investment decision politicians make affects our choices. Every example I list and every example you list affects transport and “lifestyle” choices. I’m not sure how you’ve missed that point.
You specifically take the position that “Millions of people have had their lives forcibly changed by the state interventions that supported the car.” The rest of the post suggests you are talking about the UK, but European countries have invested in roads, not to mention the USA.
The question is this: do you think that provision of new or upgraded roads is an intervention by the state, with the intention or effect of making people use cars? Is that your position? And if so, why do you seem to think, that somehow this does not apply in the Netherlands?
That’s why I gave the example of the motorway bridge featured on David Hembrow’s blog. It is a perfect example, especially with the parallel rail bridge 800 m away. Looking at the general position of this blog, then what comes across is something like this:
UK government builds 12-lane motorway bridge = massive pro-car state intervention forcing people to drive cars.
Dutch government builds 12-lane motorway bridge, puts state-of-the-art cycle bridge next to it = wonderful.
Not the way you think? Then explain. A separate post on the issue would be a good idea, i.e. about the use of the Netherlands a a model by cycle advocates, and what exactly they are trying to emulate.
Sorry Paul. I’ve explained it three times now. I give up. I am obviously a bad writer, for I can’t think of any way to make “ALL investment decisions affect subsequent choices” any clearer. Given that everybody else seems to understand it just fine, I think it’s time to move on.


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Save the Date! November 11-13,2023
Friday – Preview Sale/Gala Dinner/Auction at the Museum
Saturday & Sunday – Fine Western items and collectibles for sale
Preview Sale, Gala Dinner & Live Auction
Friday, November 11th.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m.
In 2022, we honored the notable Paul McEnroe, as our Vaquero of the year at the Gala Dinner – definitely the event of the year! As always, in 2023 guests will have the first opportunity to view and purchase auction items showcased in the Carriage House while enjoying a selection of locally inspired appetizers. As dusk approaches, dinner will be served in the courtyard, paired with local wine and accompanied by music before the action begins with the live auction!
Noted Artisans and Collectors at the 2021 Show and Sale:
Ann Bates, Ron Titus, Deborah Kalas, Paula Rogers, Sam Tunnel, Jim Stuckenberg, Charlotte Beccerra, Dianne Wittenbrock, James Jeter, Jim Main, Kevin Murphy, Bianca Manifor, Bruce Haener and many others!
Vendors interesting in participating in the Vaquero Show and Collectible Sale please contact the Museum at [email protected]
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum
3596 Sagunto Street
Santa Ynez, CA 93460


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Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act require that Salt Lake County’s programs, services and activities, when viewed in their entirety, are readily accessible to and useable by individuals with disabilities. Salt Lake County will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services and activities. The obligation to reasonably modify policies and procedures may exist regardless of whether a request is made when the need is known or obvious to the County. However, the County does not have to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or activities or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.
Anyone who requires a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity of Salt Lake County, should contact the agency or the ADA/Section 504 Program Coordinator as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event. See County-wide Policy 1316 on Reasonable Modifications, Auxiliary Aids and Services for Persons with Disabilities under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Examples of how to provide equal access:
- By holding events or programs in locations that are physically accessible, for example, an entrance without steps, a location with accessible parking and restrooms, etc.
- Modifying policies such as welcoming an individual with a service animal in County offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.
- Assign an aide to a participant, such as someone to retrieve library books or other items for someone using a wheelchair.
When someone with a disability requests a modification or accommodation so they can participate in a program, service or activity, that request must be considered on an individual basis. There can never be a blanket modification that applies to all individuals with disabilities.

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Blues guitarist extraordinaire Steve Hill, finally finished his Solo Recordings Volume Two.
The disc took two years to make. It was worth the wait!
Please listen below as Steve talks about the new album, the old (er) album and the state of the Blues in Quebec. Steve is currently on tour with Matt Anderson and Kim Churchill. Check out Steve’s site for all the info.


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Another Veterans Day has come and gone. The parades are over, and so are the countless speeches expressing gratitude to all the men and women who have worn the uniform of our armed forces. Personally, I’d like the superficial daily honors offered to all active duty soldiers and veterans to end, too. It seems to me that applying a bright and shiny stereotype all the time enables us to escape our greater responsibility to them, which is to make sure our nation goes to war only as a last resort.
This truth is memorialized in the Presidential Proclamation that changed the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Americans to “solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly … to preserve our heritage of freedom.” He went on to say, “let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.”
Most of the wars America has fought since then have not been about preserving our freedom. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 certainly wasn’t. Nor was the Vietnam War. And it would be laughable to imagine that Panama and Grenada posed any threat at all to America. But we invaded them anyway.
I’m not calling those wars unjust as a way to question the dedication and bravery of any soldier who served in them. I’m arguing that we’ve failed to keep the peace because too many Americans are either apathetically detached from or have passively supported our government’s war-making policies.
The constitutional responsibility over matters of war and peace lies with the civilian political leadership in our government because the founders knew we couldn’t trust career military officers in that regard. That’s partly because not all officers gain the kind of experience that would qualify them for making such serious decisions.
Before he became president, George W. Bush was one such officer. Questionable or not, his National Guard duty didn’t prepare for him understanding the consequences of sending troops to war. And it may be why he still lacks the fortitude to admit that invading Iraq was an unmitigated disaster.
His father’s story is different. As one of the youngest pilots in World War II, George H.W. Bush flew 58 combat missions, some of them after being shot down while attacking the Japanese navy. And whether or not you agree with his decision to use military force against Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait, his combat experience may explain why he chose not to expand that war by ordering troops to Baghdad to remove Hussein from power.
Curtis LeMay is another World War II pilot remembered for his courage. As a lieutenant colonel he fearlessly led dozens of bombing missions over France and Germany. But he was also an instrumental figure in ordering the firebombing which killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Dresden, Hamburg, Kobe and Tokyo.
“You drop a load of bombs,” he wrote in his autobiography “and, if you’re cursed with any imagination at all you have at least one quick horrid glimpse of a child lying in bed with a whole ton of masonry tumbling down on top of him. … Then you have to turn away from the picture if you intend to retain your sanity. And also if you intend to keep on doing the work your Nation expects of you.”
As a general, LeMay took his conscienceless imagination into the Pentagon where he served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. There he unsuccessfully urged President John F. Kennedy to bomb the Soviet Union’s nuclear missile sites in Cuba. He also argued to use nuclear weapons against the Communists who were infiltrating into South Vietnam from Laos.
Officers like LeMay would sacrifice America’s soul to the perverse glory of war. That kind of military leadership creates the slippery slope where, like My Lai in Vietnam and Haditha in Iraq, U.S. troops ruthlessly killed innocent women and children. Any officer who would even hint that such massacres are a natural extension of war isn’t deserving of our respect and admiration.
These three aviators give us a microcosmic glimpse into the makeup of our military. They are not all noble and humane warriors just by virtue of wearing an American uniform. Believing that is as morally dangerous as the negative stereotypes used to justify violent crimes against people of different races and religious faiths.
• Rich Moniak is a Juneau resident and retired civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience working in the public sector.

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Asus' Sabertooth 990FX motherboard
For years, it feels like motherboard makers have been compelled to differentiate high-end designs by piling on integrated peripherals and adding more extremeness to overclocking features. The thing is, modern mid-range boards offer more than enough expansion slots and ports to meet the needs of the typical enthusiast. The very same boards also tend to have enough overclocking headroom to cover air-cooled exploits, leaving most of us with little incentive to upgrade to something fancier.
Asus took note, and last year, it introduced a new family of TUF-series motherboards bearing the Sabertooth name. Designed for professionals, this line eschews the usual excesses to focus on component quality and thermal management. After watching Intel's X58, P55, and P67 chipsets get the TUF treatment, AMD fans finally have one of their own: the Sabertooth 990FX.
Like the rest of the family, the 990FX is draped in earthy tones that wouldn't look out of place in a camouflage print. The army aesthetic walks a fine line between being distinctive and perhaps a little bit dull, but it plays nicely with the chunky heatsinks and really suits the board's utilitarian personality.
As you can see, Asus hasn't bothered with the Thermal Armor cooling shroud that appeared on the Sabertooth P67. Good riddance. The armor is supposed to direct airflow to cool board-level components, but we found that it can have the exact opposite effect with typical system configurations. To help users fine-tune their own cooling solutions, the Sabertooth 990FX is equipped with no fewer than 10 temperature sensors covering everything from the CPU to the power regulation circuitry and USB 3.0 controllers.
While this slew of temperature sensors is a relatively new addition to the TUF arsenal, Sabertooth mobos have always had a penchant for exotic electrical components. Most high-end motherboards do these days. Unless you're familiar with the intricacies of capacitor chemistry, it can be difficult to tell which motherboard is really using the best parts. Asus makes its case with a laundry list of military specifications met by the Sabertooth's capacitors, chokes, and MOSFETs. Some of those standards are more applicable than others to life inside an enthusiast's PC, so it's hard to get too excited about the fact that Asus claims compliance with more military specs than its competitors. I'm far more convinced by the five-year warranty, which suggests a level of confidence in the board's long-term reliability that's unmatched in the industry.
The Sabertooth's socket looks a little crowded thanks to the close proximity of VRM and north-bridge heatsinks. Fortunately, the heatsinks stand just 29 mm tall, so they shouldn't conflict with too many aftermarket CPU coolers. You may not be as lucky with taller memory modules. The DIMM slots sit just 20 mm from the socket, and AMD's retention bracket doesn't allow coolers to be rotated in 90-degree increments to avoid clearance conflicts.
Drifting south gives us a good look at the Sabertooth's internal expansion options. The light brown PCIe slots run in a dual-x16 configuration, and the dark brown slot can be added to the mix in an x16/x8/x8 setup for three-way CrossFire or SLI. With only four lanes of bandwidth, the black PCIe x16 slot can't participate in any of that multi-GPU madness. There wouldn't be enough room for a fourth double-wide graphics card, anyway.
To the right of the expansion slots sit two rows of Serial ATA ports. The ports don't go right to the edge, providing a little more clearance for cramped enclosures that put the hard drive cage right next to the motherboard tray. As you might have guessed, the brown ports are connected to the chipset, while the black ones are linked to an auxiliary JMicron controller.
The JMicron controller is a 3Gbps model and nothing special. It's one of a pair, with the second chip feeding a couple of eSATA ports in the rear cluster. One of those ports has integrated USB power, while the other must go without. You're probably more interested in the USB 3.0 ports, though. There are two SuperSpeed ports at the rear, plus an onboard header for two more.
Like just about every other high-end motherboard, the Sabertooth has integrated audio fed by a Realtek ALC892 codec chip. Asus also relies on Realtek to provide surround-sound virtualization for stereo speakers and headphones, which can be enabled through the audio control panel. Surround virtualization is a nice little extra, but we'd rather have support for real-time Dolby Digital Live or DTS encoding. Such a feature would allow multi-channel game audio to be passed to a compatible receiver or speakers over a pristine digital connection that completely bypasses the motherboard's DAC.
The legacy BIOS we've been living with for ages is being phased out in favor of UEFI. This next-gen firmware interface is a huge improvement over its predecessor, offering native support for hard drives larger than 2.2TB alongside perks like mouse input and fancy graphics. Of all the UEFI implementations we've seen thus far, Asus' is easily the best. The EZ interface has some graphical flair but offers far too little control for real tweaking. However, the advanced mode, pictured above, layers just enough eye candy over a familiar layout that's very responsive and easy to navigate. The mouse integration works well, and you can even use the wheel to scroll through the various options.
Beneath its slick GUI, the Asus firmware has all the options you'll need to adjust clock speeds, to unlock disabled cores, to tweak memory timings, and to adjust voltages. Those features are old hat by now, but good fan speed controls are still hard to find. Asus does a good job on that front, serving up easily configurable, temperature-based fan speed controls for the processor and system fan headers.
If you'd rather tune your system from Windows, Asus' AI Suite software has you covered. Of particular interest is the Thermal Radar app, which is unique to the Sabertooth family and adds and extra layer of temperature monitoring and fan speed control. My old-school sensibilities still prefer such things to be handled independent of the operating system, but it's nice to be able to tweak various settings without rebooting into the UEFI.


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- Let's Not Get Carried Away: Poems from Queensland
- Ciaron O'Reilly [This scan courtesy of Viola Wilkins], Brisbane, 1986, 15 pp
These poems written in around the late 1970s and early 1980s after the crackdown on protests by the Jo Bjelke Peterson government in October 1977. As a result, many people were gaoled and later some of them - including O’Reilly - formed the Brisbane Catholic Worker Community. They adopted certain ideals of 'Christian anarchism', hospitality and non-violent resistance. The members of the community gave up their occupation and refused to accept the dole, pay taxes or vote. They also held their finances in common and established small-scale enterprises such as a fruit-drying business, a soap factory, a bakery, and a worm farm. The community was used as a base for subsequent involvement in various protests and direct actions.


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After our May meeting I have decided that my quilts need more sparkles. Over the past few months we have had wonderful speakers who have had very glittery, bright coloured quilts and I am wanting to get with the program and see if I can perk up some of my smaller wall hangings. I could start with Christmas and make sparkling snowflakes to dress up my goofy, cartoony reindeer. I must approach our new Workshops committee and see if they can look into this for me. I think I might have to wait a few years since they have been very active and booked several workshops already. My goodness, I have not seen such a crowd at the Workshops table for a long time. I think that clothesline they had of fabric streamers definitely caught our members eyes and they were drawn in. Well done Workshops committee.
Our May speaker, Cynthia Frenette, accompanied by her husband, Norm, fascinated us with the telling of the whole process of quilt design and creation using mixed media. I enjoyed hearing about the process and seeing her finished projects. We got to see them up close and then there was SHOPPING. I am looking at my purchases as I write this article. I bought several fat quarters, fabric which I have seen nowhere else. Now, I own fabric with skulls on it and gals in fishnet stockings on roller blades. And then to top off that piece of fabric there are the words “Skate or Die”. Cynthia definitely designs unique fabric. I have teenagers in my family and I am excited about just showing them my purchases. I may have to go to Cynthia’s online store, Spoonflower, and purchase more if needed. She has some very cute quilt labels for sale and if you are looking for anything unique she is the gal to look up.
In June we have the presentation of Community Quilts and the winners of the TGIF Program along with a social evening of talk and food and drink. We may have more than one winner depending on the size of the money pot and what our Program committee decides. So, if you have a few Community quilts tucked away this is the month or perhaps the week to finish them up. Even if you only have time to finish the top bring it to our meeting and perhaps someone else will volunteer to finish it over the summer.
Our attendance has been standing strong at just under 100 members per meeting. If you have a friend or acquaintance who you think might be interested in joining our lovely group this would be a great meeting to come to. They will get a great presentation of Show and Tell in the form of our Community Quilts along with a cup of tea, some treats and great company. What a fine way to entice people to join us. Our Community Quilts Program is an important aspect of guild life and one we should all be proud of. We provide community service using our time in doing an activity we love to do. This has got to be Good Karma!
See you all on the 25th with your most important name tag, your mug, library books, library fine(s) money and also 50/50 raffle money, your cheque book for Workshops registration, any “free” quilt related items for others to enjoy and your own personal Show and Tell along with any more Community Quilts you have finished. I wish you all a lovely, relaxing and enjoyable summer.
Happy Quilting (or gardening or socializing or traveling etc.),

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Report from January 21, 2021
A tempest is coming.
We got to Jackson Hole around 9:30 this morning and it was storming.
The snow increased in intensity as the hours rolled by.
By the time I left around 1 pm, it was dumping.
The snow was hard with a soft, couple-inch blanket of new snow on a lot of Jackson’s slopes that made the skiing look better than it was.
It was like a six that looked like an eight because it was surrounded by fours.
But the skiing was still good because the snow was fast and not a lot of people were skiing the steeps due to the flat, challenging light.
Storm days are always fun.
We started by ripping Paint Brush off the Thunder Quad chair.
It was steep, fast, and soft in spots.
Somehow someway I got two face shots on the way down which fired me up.
The snow was soft and then crusty and then soft—it took me by surprise at one point and I almost ate it.
It was surprisingly fun.
After a couple of laps on Paint Brush, we traversed over to the Expert Chutes where we saw someone skiing the Downhill Chute.
From the chair, the chute looked challenging and tight—we had to have a taste.
One at a time, we entered into the belly of this short, thin, and playful chute.
It was almost too narrow to ski and you could barely make turns in it.
We hit it twice: the second time around, I was able to get some speed and make three quick turns down it.
After skiing the Downhill Chute, we booked it to the Sublette Chair.
Here we skied tight trees in the Alta Chutes and Wally World that had soft pockets of cream in between stiff moguls fields.
If you knew where to look, you could find snow that would put a smile on your face—but if you didn’t you might have skied ice all day.
And it just kept dumping all day—Jax has reported 3″ since 6 am today.
Tomorrow is going to be GOOD.
And we’ll be there.


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Spoonboy, is also the frontman of The Max Levine Ensemble, who released their EP Elephant in the Room in late 2011, which is still streaming on their page. RVIVR last released Self-Titled LP [12-inch] and Dirty Water EP [12-inch] in 2010.
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Used 1991 Chevrolet S-10 Consumer Reviews
Bought a 2.5L 4cyl Short Box with Automatic Transmission and Rallye Wheels new in 09-91. The S10 still delivers decent mileage, competent handling, and outstanding reliability. No engine repairs. No transmission repairs. No electrical repairs under the hood. The only parts to wear out have been the fuel pump, and consequently the dashboard fuel gauge (both replaced at 138,000 miles); the serpentine belt at 95,000 miles, and the water pump at 110,000 miles. The 4- cyl lacks punch in overdrive. But the transmission with well tuned gearing and 89 octane gas compensate nicely, provided you are willing to down-shift the automatic manually. It deserves my highest recommendation.
Bought it new in '91 and currently have 228K miles on it. Except for a transmission seal and some paint issues, no other repairs until 130K miles. Engine was rebuilt at 155K and has been running strong since. I've changed oil every 3K miles since purchase. It's been stolen twice in the last 3 years and keeps finding its way back home. If it wasn't for the 'peel-and-steal' steering column I would continue to drive it to work every day. Wanted 4WD but glad I didn't get it now as some people have reported issues over the years with drivetrain. It's been a pleasure to drive and I've had some heavy loads in it in the last two years.
This little truck has been only fairly reliable. However, it's a decent little work horse for the size. The 2.5 engine is noisy, but good on gas. My little truck has hauled everything from motorcycles to entertainment centers. When one considers the cost to own this truck with how useful it is the only conclusion is that it's a great little truck.
I bought this vehicle used. It served me for four years, but now I would like to turn it in for a new model.
Front end brakes/wheel hub. I bought this truck from a friend at about 125,000 miles back in 2009 for $1200. It's been a decent little truck. I do have the V6 4.3L engine. Best feature about this vehicle. Something about the front end, driver's side hub/wheel bearings...spindle etc...on my third one. One of the worst features is the electronic dash instrumentation. Lights going out, shorting out, blinking on and off...possessed like. If you're mechanical, have a place to work on it, and would be a 'truck' back-up vehicle this is a good little truck.


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