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There are new developments at the University of Connecticut and the School of Engineering. Dr. Peter J. Nicholls, who has served as Provost and Executive Vice President at UConn with great distinction for the last six years, will be stepping down from that position on May 31, 2012.
Kazerounian Honored with ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award
In September, 2006, professor of Mechanical Engineering Kazem Kazerounian was awarded the Mechanisms & Robotics Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Division. He received the award, presented once every two years for cumulative career contributions to the profession, in recognition of “cumulative contributions to the field of mechanisms design and theory.” The […]


Only, some didn't find it so funny.
ABC News reported Obama's attempt at humor:
Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he's gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley.
He bowled a 129, the president said.
"That's very good, Mr. President," Leno said sarcastically.
It's "like the Special Olympics or something," the president said.
The audience laughed. Because The One can do no wrong.
However, if a conservative ... say, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity ... had made such a comment, there'd be calls for his firing. And a calls for advertisers to boycott his radio show. And calls for ... well, you get the idea.
But, no, it wasn't an evil conservative. It was The Messiah that said that.
The lack of outcry makes me suspect that Special Olympics humor is now okay. You can't use monkey in a joke, but you can compare someone's actions to the Special Olympics. Got it? Good.
Still, I wouldn't compare the president's bowling to the Special Olympics.
Obama's performance as president? There's a possibility.


PORT Macquarie’s cycling prodigy Lauren Kitchen has had a solid finish in the 2013 Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong.
The confidence building ninth in the final stage of the event which kicked off on New Year’s Day has put Kitchen in good stead for the all-important Cycling Australia Road National Championships next weekend.
Kitchen said she was happy with the finish, considering conditions were against the cyclists throughout the event.
“It was such an intense race,” she said. “The heat and conditions made the going tough.”
Kitchen said it was so tough many competitors ended up pulling out of the race.
“I’m happy with the form I’m hitting at the moment,” she said. “Hopefully it’s come at the right time for the championships, which are more important.”
Kitchen won’t be holding back either, with an eager aim of making the top five. But she has a heavy schedule ahead of her to contend with, too.
Before she attempts the National Road Race Championships Kitchen is planning a tilt at the National Criterium Championships on Thursday. After all the racing action in Victoria Kitchen, will head off to Europe for the start of its racing season.
“It will probably be a few months before I’m back home again,” she said.


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Nashville has no realistic hope of making the playoffs this season, but Predators fans will get a glimpse of the team’s future tonight.
18-year-old forward Filip Forsberg, who the Predators acquired from the Washington Capitals in exchange for Martin Erat, will make his season debut vs the Detroit Red Wings, according to NHL.com. To make matters more interesting, he won’t be eased into the lineup.
Forsberg is projected to play alongside David Legwand and Taylor Beck on Nashville’s first line. He will also be part of Nashville’s top power-play unit.
“You can see the skillset,” Predators coach Barry Trotz said. “He shoots the puck really hard. You can see he has good mobility for a young guy. .. (He has) great, great potential and that’s always a dangerous word because it means he hasn’t done anything.”
Nothing yet, but the Predators seem more than willing to give Forsberg every opportunity to prove that he can live up to the hype.
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Police appeal for help after FA Cup disorder
At the final whistle of the 5th round of the FA Cup at the DW Stadium, some Wigan fans went onto the pitch to celebrate.
However, shortly after, a small number of supporters in the away end became aggressive and started damaging the advertising boards, behaviour which the town’s police chief says won’t be tolerated.
Officers were swiftly deployed to keep the opposing sides separated, and the situation returned to normality within a very short space of time.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of affray following an incident outside the ground and remain in custody.
No injuries have been reported and GMP are working with Wigan Athletic to establish the full circumstances around this incident.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Ellison of GMP’s Territorial Commander for Wigan, said: “Football is a family event and the disruption that players and fans alike faced last night, will not be tolerated.
“As soon as people were on the pitch, we immediately deployed our resources to the front of the stands, where they were able to keep the two groups of supporters apart and prevent any further disruption.
“Our officers met with the club and other partners ahead of the match to carry out a full risk assessment, which ensured we had the appropriate resources for the number of people attending.
“Emotions always run high at football matches, and sometimes, this means that officers have to intervene to ensure the safety of the fans.
“We have made two arrests but as our investigation into last night’s disruption continues, I’d ask anyone with information about the incident to please come forward.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting incident number 1487 of 19/02/18. Reports can also be made anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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where do cucumbers come from | 3 Ways to Reduce cucumbers Costs
What you will read ...what kind of fertilizer to use for cucumbers?cucumber types list with price Where To Find Discounted cucumber Shops?Which Countries Are Selling More cucumbers?
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what kind of fertilizer to use for cucumbers?
Cucumbers usually need healthy environment to grow to their fullest. Bad levels of humidity, nutrition can give a bad taste to them. Cucumbers need specific types of fertilizers, the reason for that would be their high request phosphor and potassium. They also require low amount of hydrogen. High amount of fertilizers cause destroy cucumber nutrition.
Traditionally fertilizer bags have three numbers wrote on them indicating hydrogen, potassium and phosphor respectively. This means that in our case we require a fertilizer that has higher last two and a lower first numbers like 5-10-10. Another popular opinion would be to use other fruit’s fertilizers rather than cucumber fruit, such as tomatoes. Use also need to consider the type of your dirt before selecting a decent fertilizer.
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Also people can buy cucumbers from wholesaler directly, when they buy cucumbers from wholesalers they can sell them with cheaper prices. Buying in bulk is more profitable and useful for dealers and buyers. Also, people can go to the mall and buying cucumbers with the cheapest prices from distributors and wholesale supermarkets.
Which Countries Are Selling More cucumbers?
There are many different countries that produce and selling cucumbers. Cucumbers are the traditional product of India. India is one of the oldest producers of cucumbers in the world. Cucumbers are usually taste same because they belong to the same species, even though they are from various groups. India export cucumbers to the foreign countries and it is profitable business for dealers.
Another great producers of cucumbers are tropical Africa and Egypt, this countries sell lots of cucumbers in the world. Asian countries selling more cucumbers than other countries. Iran is another country that produce cucumbers with high quality and tasty varieties. Iranian producers selling and export high amount of cucumbers to the foreign countries.
Also, European cucumbers are so popular in world. People buy this cucumbers because they are so tasty and funny. Persian cucumbers are available in any store and supermarket and people can buy them with cheap prices. There are many types of cucumbers that customers can buy them and using them.

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Return to Wales for 1893 Triple Crown rugby medal
A solid gold medal marking Wales' first Triple Crown win in 1893 has returned to Cardiff after £3,000 was raised to buy it from its owner Down Under.
The 15-carat gold and enamel medal was awarded to Cardiff forward Frank Hill, dubbed the "Sam Warburton of his era".
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame was given the chance to buy it at a reduced price from Mr Hill's descendent in Australia.
Hall of fame chairman Rhodri Morgan welcomed the medal back to Cardiff where it will go on display.
Hill won 15 caps for Wales and was described as the greatest forward produced by Cardiff RFC in their first 25 years.
He was awarded the medal for being one of the 17 players who helped Wales win its first Triple Crown.
It is thought to be one of only two surviving such medals of the 17 produced but had been forgotten in a drawer on the other side of the world for 30 years.
After Hill died in 1927, the medal passed on to his godson and was in turn left to his son Mark Lanning, who emigrated to Australia.
Mr Lanning rediscovered it and instructed auctioneers to find a suitable home for it in Wales.
He decided not to put it on open sale and instead gave the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame until the end of September to buy it for a fraction of the market price - on condition that it remained on display to rugby fans.
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame - which was formed in 1980 to help recognise and preserve sporting achievements by Welsh sportsmen and women - pledged half of the asking price.
The Bristol-based auctioneers charged with selling the medal, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury, was so impressed with the story it helped find the rest of the money.
Senior director Richard Madley said: "I recognised it straight away as being a rare medal.
"I've been handling rugby memorabilia for 25 years and I've only ever seen one or two others of that ilk, but none as early as this.
"As soon as I knew the vendor was keen to see this medal return home to Wales we started approaching various institutions to see who might be interested in having the medal for an exhibit."
Mr Madley said the board of his parent company agreed to match the pledge.
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame has described Hill as one of the first superstars of Welsh rugby or "the Sam Warburton of his era".
Aged just 18, he made his debut for Wales in a bruising 0-0 draw against Scotland in 1885.
In his nine-year international career he earned 15 caps - six as captain - and played more than 150 times for Cardiff.
As well as a celebrated rugby player, Hill was a successful Cardiff solicitor.
The only other known 1893 medal remaining is owned by a private collector, who has loaned it to the Welsh Rugby Union.


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If former Vice President Dick Cheney has faults, he hasn't made himself aware of them.
In a trailer released Wednesday teasing an upcoming Showtime documentary about Cheney's life, the controversial former veep answers a number of personal questions, including, "What do you consider your main fault?"
After a lengthy deliberation, Cheney proves unable to put his finger on anything.
"Well, I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my faults I guess would be the answer," he says.
Cheney also claims that his favorite virtue is "integrity." He says he appreciates "honesty" and takes particular pleasure in fly fishing.
The film -- "The World According To Dick Cheney" -- is directed by R. J. Cutler and Greg Finton and is scheduled to be broadcast on Showtime on March 15. It was screened at Sundance Film Festival last month and has received mixed reviews. Some have criticized it for failing to »
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"History of the Eagles," a two-part documentary about the Eagles directed by Alison Ellwood ("Magic Trip") and produced by Alex Gibney, heads to Showtime on February 15th and 16th at 8pm after the first part had its world premiere at Sundance in January. The films piece together never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with band members, as they reflect on their long and sometimes troubled history together. As one of them puts it, "It's just about a journey from innocence to experience." Read More: Showtime Picks Up Two New Music Docs For February, Both Featuring Mumford & Sons Showtime also premiered R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton’s “The World According to Dick Cheney” at Sundance, with plans to air it in the spring, and earlier this week announced plans to air "Mumford & Sons: The Road to Red Rocks" and "Big Easy Express" on February 1st and 8th. »
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"History of the Eagles," a two-part documentary about the Eagles directed by Alison Ellwood ("Magic Trip") and produced by Alex Gibney, heads to Showtime on February 15th and 16th at 8pm after the first part had its world premiere at Sundance in January. The films piece together never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with band members, as they reflect on their long and sometimes troubled history together. As one of them puts it, "It's just about a journey from innocence to experience." Read More: Showtime Picks Up Two New Music Docs For February, Both Featuring Mumford & Sons Showtime also premiered R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton’s “The World According to Dick Cheney” at Sundance, with plans to air it in the spring, and earlier this week announced plans to air "Mumford & Sons: The Road to Red Rocks" and "Big Easy Express" on February 1st and 8th. ...
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Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
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C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
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Title: The World According to Dick Cheney Director: R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton There are some movie titles that can serve to instantly entice some prospective viewers and to instantly turn off others. That’s definitely the case with this documentary, which explores Dick Cheney’s long career in government. Directing duo R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton have worked on noted recent documentaries such as The September Issue and Waiting for Superman, respectively, and here they tackle one man with quite a reputation, painting a balanced portrait of his influence and contributions to American society over the decades. The film’s main argument, one which proves hard to refute after hearing testimonials, is [ Read More ]
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Showtime has acquired broadcast rights to Alison Ellwood’s comprehensive documentary “History of the Eagles,” which has yet to world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) produced the two-part effort, which will screen in the Documentary Premieres program. Ellwood has worked on Gibney's films as co-director and/or editor. Gibney has another film, a doc about Wikileaks, in the Sundance lineup. Using never-before-seen home movies, archival footage and new interviews with members of the best-selling, long-running band, Ellwood pieces together both the history and the legacy of their music. Showtime plans to air both parts in February (only Part 1 is on show in Park City), on the 15th and 16th. Showtime also has R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton’s “The World According to Dick Cheney” showing at Sundance. The company plans to air the doc sometime in the Spring. »
- Anne Thompson and Jay Fernandez
Park City — Critical (though never aggressive) in its script but a pushover in the interviewer's chair, R.J. Cutler and Greg Finton's The World According to Dick Cheney offers a respectable summation of the former vice president's career but reveals little if anything we don't already know. A film that would need to offer insight, new facts or provocation to make sense at this moment in history instead has a single effect: To ratchet up expectations for Errol Morris' forthcoming Donald Rumsfeld picture, with the hope-against-hope that Morris, who has elicited so many self-revelations in his
- John DeFore
Early on in the documentary The World According to Dick Cheney, the former vice president makes it clear that he won't be apologizing for any of the controversies that clouded his four-decade political career. "If you want to be loved, go be a movie star," Cheney says, the first of several times he indicates that he believes the tough, sometimes politically-damaging choices he made throughout his career were in the best interest of the country he served. Directors R. J. Cutler and Greg Finton begin the film with a biographical section that explores Cheney's early years -- meeting eventual wife
- Daniel Miller
Park City, Utah – Here I am in Park City, Utah. Well, sort of. The truth is that I’ve been allowed to see a number of 2013 Sundance Film Festival films early, either screening in Chicago or streaming online. Some will merely be scattered through my coverage, as I won’t mention them till they premiere, but a vast majority premiere on the first full day of the fest, January 18, 2013. And so I’m writing this before I head to Sundance but know that for the next few days, HollywoodChicago.com will be your source for actual on-the-ground coverage of the most important film festival in the United States. Most films will be covered the day after their premiere (since, well, I need to see ‘em) but I was lucky enough to get out in front of these select few.
The films I’ve seen that premiere today, January 18, are mostly »
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Park City, Utah — It's that time of year again when a tiny ski-resort town becomes the place to be for anyone in show business – stars and directors, distribution executives, musicians, unknown filmmakers hoping that people might want to hear the stories they tell.
Opening Thursday, the Sundance Film Festival takes over Park City for a week and a half every January. Anything resembling a theater is booked with screenings. Directors and their casts trudge snowy streets to introduce films and do interviews. Bars and restaurants are stuffed with people talking deals, or just talking about something crazy or unexpected they just saw on screen.
"It's almost like Burning Man. Once a year, this tiny little town that then transforms itself into kind of a crazy film city for 10 days out of the year," said writer-director Lynn Shelton, a Sundance regular ("Humpday," "Your Sister's Sister") who returns this year with "Touchy Feely, »
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NY Times article explores bisexuality study
Benoit Denizet-Lewis has a long article March 20 in the New York Times, “A scientific quest to prove bisexuality exists”, link here
Bisexuality was not supposed to be as common in men and women, as Kinsey fives and sixers rule the roost. The study in the article made use of pupilometrics, which could become quite invasive (mentioned in the 1974 film “The Parallax View”).
Clive Barker explored bisexuality enough in his colossal 1991 novel “Imajica”, and there are renewed rumors of a movie.
The character Nolan Ross (wiki) in ABC’s Revenge is said to be bisexual – and perhaps proves that Asperger’s can triumph. Nolan, despite his quirkiness, is said to have a strong sense of morality, and seems capable in all practical situations, flying a drone in the air or with water rescues, and getting out of trouble in many episodes.
Pictures: Dominions from Clive Barker's novel.


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How Obama Became a Civil Libertarian's Nightmare
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When Barack Obama took office, he was the civil liberties communities’ great hope. Obama, a former constitutional law professor, pledged to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and run a transparent and open government. But he has become a civil libertarian’s nightmare: a supposedly liberal president who instead has expanded and fortified many of the Bush administration’s worst policies, lending bipartisan support for a more intrusive and authoritarian federal government.
It started with the 9/11 attacks. Within a week, Congress, including many liberals, gave the White House blanket authority to wage a war on the terrorists. A month after that, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, authorizing many anti-terrorism measure including expanded surveillance. By mid-November, the White House ordered creation of military tribunals to try terrorists who were not U.S. citizens.
Bush quickly expanded covert operations, creating a shadow arrest, interrogation and detention system based at Guantanamo that violated international law and evaded domestic oversight. While the Supreme Court eventually ruled that detainees have some rights, the precedent that the Constitution does not restrict how a president conducts an endless war against a stateless enemy was firmly planted. In response, groups like the American Civil Liberties Union proposed reforms the newly elected president could make. What few anticipated was how he would embrace, expand and institutionalize many of Bush’s war on terror excesses.
President Obama now has power that Bush never had. Foremost is he can (and has) order the killing of U.S. citizens abroad who are deemed terrorists. Like Bush, he has asked the Justice Department to draft secret memos authorizing his actions without going before a federal court or disclosing them. Obama has continued indefinite detentions at Gitmo, but also brought the policy ashore by signing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which authorizes the military to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone suspected of assisting terrorists, even citizens. That policy, codifying how the Bush treated Jose Padilla, a citizen who was arrested in a bomb plot after landing at a Chicago airport in 2002 and was transferred from civil to military custody, upends the 1878’s Posse Comitatus Act’s ban on domestic military deployment.
Meanwhile, more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks, Washington’s wartime posture has trickled down into many areas of domestic activity—even as some foreign policy experts say the world is a much safer place than it was 20 years ago, as measured by the growth in free-market economies and democratic governments. Domestic law enforcement has been militarized—as most visibly seen by the tactics used against the Occupy protests and also against suspected illegal immigrants, who are treated with brute force and have limited access to judicial review before being deported.
One of Bush’s biggest civil liberties breaches, spying on virtually all Americans via their telecommunications starting in 2003, also has been expanded. Congress authorized the effort in 2006. Two years later, it granted legal immunity to the telecom firms helping Bush—a bill Obama voted for. The National Security Agency is now building its largest data processing center ever, which Wired.com’s James Bamforth reports will go beyond the public Internet to grab data but also reach password-protected networks. The federal government continues to require that computer makers and big Web sites provide access for domestic surveillance purposes. More crucially, the NSA is increasingly relying on private firms to mine data, because, unlike the government, it does not need a search warrant. The Constitution only limits the government searches and seizures.
The government’s endless wartime footing is also seen in its war on whistleblowers. Obama has continued cases brought by Bush, such as going after the "leaker" in the warrantless wiretapping story broken by the New York Times in 2005, as well as the WikiLeaks case, prosecution of Bradley Manning, and others for allegedly mishandling classified materials related to the war on terrorism. Its suppression of war-related information given to journalists extends overseas, where the State Department this month has blocked a visa for a Pakistani critic from speaking in the U.S. The White House also recently pressured Yemen’s leader to jail the reporter who exposed U.S. drone strikes. Meanwhile, the administration has stonewalled Freedom of Information Act requests, particularly the Justice Department, which has issued the secret wartime memos.

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Overtime winner lifts Huskies to weekend sweep of UMass Lowell
By Josh Brown BOSTON – The script looked eerily familiar. After blowing leads of 1-0, 3-2 and 4-3 against No. 17 UMass Lowell on Saturday night, it was... Read more.
Secondary scorers power Huskies to opening night win over Sacred Heart
By Josh Brown BOSTON – It may have been opening night, but Northeastern displayed a year’s worth of chemistry in game number one. Led by two goals... Read more.
Hobey or not, Aston-Reese is a Northeastern legend
By Dan McLoone CHICAGO - As was the case for much of the season for Zach Aston-Reese and Northeastern, a promising start did not translate into a desirable... Read more.
Huskies squander 2-0 lead, drop game one to BU
By Josh Brown BOSTON – Coming off a convincing sweep of Connecticut in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs, it looked like Northeastern was going... Read more.
Northeastern opens Hockey East title defense with Game One win over UConn
By Josh Brown BOSTON – As they say, beating a team for a ninth time in a row is the toughest thing to do in sports. It did not pose too much of a... Read more.
Nolan Stevens winner in overtime clinches home ice for Huskies
By Josh Brown Orono, ME. - Northeastern had more than one reason to celebrate on Friday night. Not only did Nolan Stevens end a back-and-forth affair... Read more.
Kurker scores two as Northeastern shuts out UConn
By Josh Brown HARTFORD – On a night with crucial Hockey East points on the line, the battle of the Huskies went to the boys from Boston for the seventh... Read more.
John Stevens returns as Huskies top UMass
By Josh Brown BOSTON- With points at a premium with only a handful of league games remaining, Northeastern received production from a cast of familiar faces... Read more.
Huskies allow three in third, fall to No. 10 UMass Lowell
By Josh Brown BOSTON – Riding a five-game unbeaten streak into Friday night’s game against No. 10 UMass Lowell, Northeastern looked unbeatable for the... Read more.
Three power play goals lead Huskies to weekend sweep of Merrimack
By Josh Brown NORTH ANDOVER, Ma - The jury is still out regarding the Huskies’ prospects of making a miraculous second half run, the likes of which we saw... Read more.


No surprise here considering Rogers in Canada already announced the new BlackBerry Curve last week, but this morning it became official on a Research In Motion level. Like the Pearl 3G, the new BlackBerry Curve will be known as the BlackBerry Curve 3G. It's the next generation of the 8500 series, which basically remains the same entry level device as the 85xxx, but now has 3G. Also, while the device is shipping with BlackBerry OS 5.0 to start, it is labeled at 6 ready. That's a nice suprise that I wasn't totally expecting. So it looks like you'll be able to stick with 5 or upgrade to BlackBerry 6 on the Curve 3G as you see fit. We've seen the Curve 85xx series be extremely successful in the marketplace, and this one looks like a nice little followup that should do big sales for RIM. Stay tuned for more details - we'll have a full BlackBerry Curve 3G review up soon.
RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone
New addition to the globally popular BlackBerry Curve series is fast, easy-to-use, richly-featured and BlackBerry 6 ready
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Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 3G, an exciting addition to the globally popular BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones. Designed to provide the growing mass of smartphone purchasers with a distinctly powerful, approachable and affordable choice, the BlackBerry Curve 3G supports high-speed 3G (HSDPA) networks around the world and gives users the exceptional communications features they need to accomplish more than ever, when they're at home, at work and everywhere in-between.
"The majority of people in the worldwide mobile phone market have yet to buy their first smartphone and the BlackBerry Curve 3G is designed to provide an extremely attractive and accessible choice that will help convince many of them to make the leap," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "The new BlackBerry Curve 3G is a perfect choice for happily busy people who are looking for a user-friendly 3G smartphone to help them make the most of their day and to stay connected with their friends, family and co-workers."
The BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone features a comfortable full-QWERTY keyboard for fast, accurate typing, optical trackpad for fluid navigation, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi(R), as well as dedicated media keys, so music lovers can easily access their tunes while on the go. The new smartphone also features a camera that can record video and a microSD/SDHC slot that supports up to 32 GB memory cards for media storage. Support for 3G networks makes browsing faster, streaming music smoother, and gives users the ability to talk on the phone while they browse the web, instant message with BlackBerry(R) Messenger (BBM(TM)) or share their location with friends on popular social networking sites.
The BlackBerry Curve 3G ships with BlackBerry 5 and is BlackBerry 6 ready. BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system for BlackBerry(R) smartphones that was announced last week. It retains the trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh and engaging experience that is both powerful and easy to use. BlackBerry 6 is expected to be available for the BlackBerry Curve 3G, subject to carrier certifications, in the coming months.
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Address: 11100 Calaska Circle
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Bourbon Chicken is a rich and flavorful dish made with juicy chicken thigh meat and an amazing bourbon sauce. This sauce is sweet and spicy, it’s bursting with flavor from bourbon, brown sugar, apple juice, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and a few more tasty ingredients. Serve it over rice or vegetables and it will be an instant dinner hit.
WHAT IS BOURBON CHICKEN?
Delicious! It is a delicious chicken dish, is what it is. But really, Bourbon Chicken is a very popular dish found on the menu in many mall food courts across United States. This popular chicken dish was named after the main ingredients in the sauce, which is bourbon.
It doesn’t have any Chinese cuisine origin and I’m not sure how much Cajun origin it actually has. Although some say that it’s named for Bourbon Street, in Louisiana. Perhaps because it’s often served in a mall restaurants called Cajun Café. Alter asking a few of my friends from Louisiana, they’ve never actually heard of this dish being in Cajun cuisine.
Ultimately, my conclusion about the origin of this dish came down to the main ingredient of the sauce. Bourbon does give it a unique and distinct taste.
The sauce is made of more than just bourbon though. There are a lot of complimentary flavors like soy sauce, apple juice, vinegar, garlic, fresh ginger, red pepper flakes, and brown sugar for sweetness.
DOES THIS DISH HAVE ALCOHOL?
Now, of course this dish has alcohol, it’s made with bourbon. If you don’t have bourbon, the closest thing you can use to substitute it is another type of whiskey.
If you want to substitute alcohol completely, you can increase the amount of apple juice or use grape juice. Also, add a little extra sherry vinegar (instead of apple cider vinegar). The flavor of the sauce will not be the same and it won’t be as strong, but it will still be tasty.
IS BOURBON CHICKEN GLUTEN FREE?
Yes! This chicken recipe gluten free as long as you use gluten free soy sauce and make sure that the bourbon you are using is one of the gluten free ones.
Many bourbon brands claim that they are gluten free due to the distillation process but so may still cause a reaction. So make sure you are using the brand that you are good with.
HOW TO MAKE BOURBON CHICKEN
To make the chicken tender and also have a little crispiness to it, you will want to dredge the chicken pieces in cornstarch and sear it before mixing it with sauce.
Cut chicken thighs into small pieces (cut off as much excess fat as possible in the process) and put them into a large zip-lock bag. Add cornstarch, close the bag and give it some good shaking to make sure that all the chicken is coated evenly.
Preheat a large cooking pan first and add peanut oil. Add chicken and sear it on all the sides until almost done. Take chicken out and set is aside.
Whisk all ingredients for the sauce together in a bowl while chicken is cooking. After you take out the chicken, stir the sauce and add it to the same pan where the chicken cooked.
Slowly stir and let the sauce simmer and thicken. Once it’s thickened, add chicken back in and let it finish cooking together with sauce.
Finish the dish off with some diced scallions.
HOW TO SERVE IT
The best way to serve this chicken dish is over rice or vegetables. You can roast the vegetables in the oven or sauté in another pan. Rice and vegetables are just wonderful when coated with this bourbon sauce.
If you want to go a little lighter than rice, use quinoa or cauliflower rice.
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- 2 lbs chicken thigh meat
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 4 large garlic cloves
- 1 tsp shaved fresh ginger
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes more or less to adjust the heat
- 2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- Combine all ingredients for the sauce in a mixing bowl, whisk well, and set aside.
- Cut chicken thighs into small pieces and cut off as much excess fat as possible in the process.
- Put cut chicken into a large zip-lock bag. Add cornstarch, close the bag and give it some good shaking to make sure that all the chicken is coated evenly.
- Preheat a large cooking pan first and add oil. Add dredged chicken and sear it on all the sides until almost done. Take chicken out and set is aside.
- Stir the sauce again and add it to the same pan where the chicken was cooked.
- Slowly stir and let the sauce simmer and thicken. Once it’s thickened, add chicken back in, lower the heat, and let it finish cooking together with sauce.
- Finish the dish off with some diced scallions.
- Serve over rice or simple roasted/sauteed vegetables.
Originally published on Will Cook For Smiles on September 5th, 2011. Updated February 27th, 2020.


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This essay is part of the series PoLAR Online Emergent Conversation on Peer Review as Intellectual Accompaniment
I vividly remember the first time I was asked to peer review for a journal. I was a first year assistant professor, still excited that I’d made it onto the tenure track. I felt that I had hit the big time. Being asked to peer review only underscored that feeling: they wanted my opinion, and I was full of strong opinions.
The article I was asked to review was, to put it charitably, mediocre. How eagerly I slashed into it! With what passion I argued with its premises! Even now, I can feel the delightful thrill of indignation, the joy of outrage, and the deep pleasure at being right. I made sure to emphasize my incredible rightness with hyperbole and light snark, just so the editors would see how clever I was. I genuinely believed that the author would benefit from my stern dressing-down, would see the error of his or her ways, and that academia would be saved from another wrong argument.
Of course, now, I’m deeply ashamed that I ever reviewed like that. Having my own manuscripts torn to shreds by the proverbial Reviewer Two has generated a lot more empathy. But remembering the pleasures of savage peer review reminds me that bad peer review is never about the author of the manuscript under review. Instead, it’s about the reviewer: his or her insecurities, desires for respect and status, and above all, a very deep need to feel like a good person. Bad peer reviews are almost always based on sanctimony—and there is no joy like not only being right but also being good.
Anthropology, which has long based itself on denunciation as a mode of exposition, is particularly prone to this problem. We very often write in a moralizing mode, pointing out the historic wrongs of colonialism, capitalism, racism and more. We often seek to trace these moral wrongs into the present by identifying bad actors and dangerous ideas and sitting in judgement of them. The flip side of denouncing wrongs is the implication that the author, by virtue of being able to see evil, must necessarily be good. Moral rectitude is often the stock in trade of anthropologists. I’m guilty of this myself: I write in high dudgeon, pointing out the flaws of institutions and the people who inhabit them, without necessarily pointing out alternatives. Assholery, as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, pervades the discipline, and peer review is not exempt. Sanctimony is an unfortunate part of that problem: it makes writing in the denunciatory mode relentlessly self-referential, even when it isn’t explicitly so, by seeking to portray the denouncer as either more intelligent or more morally pure or both. Vicious peer reviews, then, are about the production of the reviewer as superior.
If self-referentiality and sanctimony are at the heart of bad peer review—and by this I don’t mean rigorous engagement with argument, but rather deliberately destructive, mean, and hurtful language—what’s the alternative? I think that centering the writer of the manuscript must be at the heart of good peer review. Considering the author’s feelings are, obviously part of that: I always tell myself that negative remarks have to be softened by 50 percent, and positive ones intensified by 100 percent, because authors seem to amplify negative remarks in their own minds and dismiss the positive ones. You want to give people positive words to hold onto and repeat to themselves as they confront the critique, or they won’t be able to get up the courage to act on criticism. Making the author the center of attention also has the happy effect of submerging the reviewer: the intelligence or goodness of the reviewer are no longer what’s being produced when the focus is squarely on the argument of the manuscript.
But good peer review isn’t just about kindness (after all, isn’t the production of “kindness” also a form of sanctimony?). Instead, I focus hard on making actionable suggestions. Editors expect authors to respond to peer reviews by changing the manuscript. It’s therefore not helpful to hear “this is terrible” without being presented an alternative pathway. Phrases like “You might consider” and “have you thought about” push me, as a reviewer, to come up with actionable suggestions while moderating my tone substantially. Likewise, offering suggestions of literature to consider with descriptions of the main ideas you think need to be incorporated into the paper, offering suggestions of how to restructure an argument by briefly re-outlining it for the author, and especially finding points where the author can amplify, elaborate, or emphasize significant points are all suggestions authors can act on quickly and efficiently, using the review as a punchlist of what to do.
Authors may accept your suggestions or not. Most editors think rejecting a suggestion is a perfectly valid response to a review, as long as the author explains why. But at least with actionable suggestions, they will have an emotionally neutral list of ideas to work through in an orderly fashion, rather than an amorphous blob of negative affect and a smug reviewer to blame for it. Continually thinking about what an author can do to improve the work, then, is the antidote to sanctimony. This, in practical terms is “thinking with” an author, as Čarna Brković suggests: not only engaging with the author’s ideas, but also helping the author navigate the review process by structuring the way they can respond to the review.
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn is Director of the Center for Refugee Studies at Indiana University. She has served on the editorial boards of Cultural Anthropology and American Ethnologist, and completes more than 40 peer reviews of articles, book manuscripts, and grant applications a year

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Detached renovated townhouse in the quiet of the Tuscan countryside consists of: Living room with kitchenette, bathroom, bedroom, covered terrace and private parking
From the house you can easily reach all of Tuscany.
The apartment can accommodate 3 people.
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Villore is a small village in the municipality of Vicchio which is about 7 km away. Altitude 350 m. s.l.m. - Florence is located about 42Km.
A Vicchio and in the area you can find all the services: pharmacies, supermarkets, shopping malls, pizzerias, restaurants, hospital, swimming pools, tennis, golf, etc. .. Vicchio is famous for being the birthplace of the famous painters Giotto and Beato Angelico.
The area is The Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello and Lake Sling where, in addition to swim, you can practice sports such as Canoeing, Windsurfing, sailing and flying with gliders.
Ideal for those who love to go on a mountain bike, on horseback and, for trekking lovers there are the paths of the Alpine Club Italiano.Firenze and the whole area are the best for those looking for an area of culture.
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Marcus Bagley is the latest high-profile player to take his name out of the NBA draft. Bagley announced his decision this afternoon (Twitter link), saying he will explore his college options after playing for Arizona State last season.
“After talking to my family, I’ve decided to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to college, while remaining in the transfer portal,” Bagley wrote. “I want to continue working on different parts of my game and improve my draft stock for next year’s draft. I’m looking forward to returning to college and having a big season.”
Bagley, the younger brother of Marvin Bagley III of the Kings, averaged 10.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a freshman with the Sun Devils. He was limited to 12 games because of injuries to his calf and ankle.
Bagley would probably have been selected in the mid-to-late part of the second round, tweets Jeff Goodman of Stadium, citing conversations with multiple NBA executives. Goodman believes Bagley made the right choice and can improve his chances next year by improving his body and becoming a more versatile scoring threat.
Bagley “more or less cratered” his draft stock with his performance at the combine, according to Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated (Twitter link). Teams questioned his decision to not participate in five-on-five games, and Woo states that he “didn’t leave a great impression” at his pro day.
There’s more on the draft as the NCAA deadline for decisions draws near:
- Ohio guard Jason Preston has elected to stay in the draft and will sign with Drew Gross of Roc Nation Sports, writes ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Preston ranks 43rd on ESPN’s list of the top 100 prospects and is moving up draft boards after a strong showing at the combine, Woj adds. Considered one of the top playmakers in the draft, Preston averaged 15.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists for the Bobcats last season.
- Fardaws Aimaq of Utah Valley will withdraw from the draft and return to school, tweets Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The 6’11” center was named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the WAC.
- Senior guard Geo Baker announced in a video posted to Twitter that he will return to Rutgers for the extra season of eligibility being offered by the NCAA. “Although last year was historic, the way it ended still doesn’t sit well with me,” he said. “We still have some unfinished business to take care of and I’m excited to get to it with Rutgers nation by my side. I’m back.”


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SOURCE: PCV Valve location diagram.....
I will assume you you have the Duratec engine (24 valve). It is located under the intake manifold on the transmission side of the engine. Real tough to get out without some real long pliers with a ring type end on it. It needs to be twisted counterclockwise to release it. replace the hose to it while you are there also , they degrade and will cause a vacuum leak.
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the pcv is located on the rear(firewall) of the drivers side valve cover.turn counterclockwise and pull to remove be careful there are 2 small tabs inside the pcv hole in the valve cover(can feel with small finger) this is to hold valve in place so it wont leak.if you have a oil leak at the pcv a quick fix is to put a small amount of silicone around the pcv o-ring and install.wait hours for silicone to set up.
Posted on Oct 21, 2008
it is down under the intake manifold. the intake manifold must be removed to get to it. this vehicle is known for developing a vacum leak in the elbow hose that connects to pcv valve, so ive done a few.
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This song is drawn from two late nights I spent playing around on my guitar with the basic elements of my tune "Minds of Children."
Some of that was pretty straightforwardly the melodies of that tune (the first half of this here song I'm writing about), and some of it was just me closing my eyes and letting lose (the second half).
I decided to bridge those two halves with a little interlude that for some reason I was moved to talk over. Were I to play this song live (which I know would be a blast), I can imagine that interlude lengthened.
A video for the first half already exists. I have in mind how to extend that video to include the rest.
(Hasn't yet been sent out for distribution to Spotify, etc. -- so that's TBD.)
track released October 15, 2023
The singing early in the track ("crossing over, over") features Dan Wallace and Ambria Nicole, and is drawn directly from the original, vocal version of "Minds of Children." Everything else is Dan (guitar, voices, drum programming, etc.).

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Introduction to Girona Airport’s New Routes
Ah, March! The month when Girona Airport opens its new routes, making travel to the picturesque Lloret de Mar even more accessible. But why the buzz about these new routes? Let’s dive in.
Why Lloret de Mar is a Must-Visit Destination
Lloret de Mar isn’t merely another spot on the map; it stands out as a radiant gem on the Costa Brava. Nestled between rugged cliffs and the shimmering Mediterranean Sea, this town offers more than just picturesque beaches.
Its rich history is woven into the very fabric of its streets, with ancient castles and churches bearing witness to its storied past. The vibrant nightlife, diverse culinary scene, and a plethora of activities make it a haven for both adventurers and those seeking relaxation.
Whether you’re a history buff, a nature lover, or someone looking for a sun-soaked holiday, Lloret de Mar promises an experience that’s nothing short of extraordinary.
Events and Festivities in March
March in Lloret de Mar is special. The town comes alive with events, from local festivals to international gatherings. So, arriving in March? You’re in for a treat!
Travelling from Girona Airport to Lloret de Mar
With the new routes in place, getting to Lloret de Mar from Girona Airport is a breeze. Here’s how:
Buses are a popular and economical choice. With regular services and comfortable seating, you’ll be in Lloret de Mar in no time.
By Taxi or Private Transfer
For those who prefer a direct route, taxis or private transfers are ideal. They might be pricier, but the convenience is unmatched.
Car Rentals at Girona Airport
Fancy a road trip? Rent a car from Girona Airport and drive down to Lloret de Mar. The journey is scenic and offers the freedom to explore at your own pace.
Though not direct, you can take a train to Blanes and then a short bus ride to Lloret de Mar. It’s a bit longer but offers a unique travel experience.
Tips for a Smooth Journey
- Check the schedules in advance.
- Keep some local currency for unforeseen expenses.
- Learn a few basic Spanish phrases; it always helps!
Benefits of the New Routes
The new routes from Girona Airport to Lloret de Mar are not just about convenience. They open up opportunities for more tourists to explore this hidden gem, boosting local tourism and economy.
Lloret de Mar awaits you this March, and with the new routes from Girona Airport, your journey is set to be smoother than ever. So pack your bags, and let the adventures begin!

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No power in terms of no acceleration or no power in terms of a dead battery? I’m going to guess the former. Is the check engine light on? Is the engine revving but the car isn’t going faster? That would be an indication of transmission problems.


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Equity is becoming a rare animal in commercial real estate, even as property prices remain at historical highs. Pressured by senior lenders who are making bigger loans, mezzanine lenders are increasingly replacing equity providers in the so-called “capital stack.”
But mezz providers are hardly reaping a windfall. A deluge of mezz capital competing for deals has forced mezz lenders to assume more risk for lower returns. About two years ago, senior lenders generally provided loans ranging from 60% to 75% of a project's value, depending on type and location. Mezz lenders topped that senior loan with another tranche of debt, which typically ratcheted up leverage to 85%, leaving the remaining 15% to equity financing.
Driven by the need to put money to work in a market awash with capital, senior lenders are more frequently making loans ranging from 80% to 85% loan-to-value, forcing mezz lenders to move up the leverage curve, and reducing the amount of equity in deals.
But that move into a riskier range has not provided a bigger payoff. Indeed, mezzanine lending has seen profitability slip. Three years ago, a mezzanine financing that took the loan-to-value into the 90% to 95% range usually generated an internal rate of return of around 23%.
Now IRRs, which are effective interest rates expressed on a compounded basis, have dropped to around 17%, according to David Hendrickson, senior vice president of capital markets and real estate investment banking for Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle.
The bottom line is that borrowers are replacing equity with mezz that's hundreds of basis points cheaper than equity. Equity providers typically charge some 22% annually for financing. “The lines are blurring between mezzanine debt and equity,” says Hendrickson, who has been arranging highly leveraged mezz loans for borrowers for the last five years. “Mezzanine is definitely more prevalent today than it was even three years ago.”
As competitive as mezz is, the debt instrument hasn't completely wiped equity off the board. In fact, most mezz lenders want borrowers to put about 10% equity in deals, says Jan David Reese, executive vice president of Cypress Creek Capital, a real estate investment bank in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In some cases, lenders cut that equity requirement to 5% as they become familiar with borrowers. “Most sophisticated lenders still want borrowers to have skin in the game,” he says. “But there's a lot of money chasing real estate that's not necessarily sophisticated.”
Part of the change stems from the explosion of mezzanine activity. As real estate has attracted a flood of capital amid rapid property appreciation, mezzanine has matured from a fallback position for dealmakers that bridges the gap between equity and debt to a routine component in commercial transactions.
That's particularly true as investors have searched for high yields in a climate offering few attractive alternatives. Susan Merrick, managing director of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for Fitch Ratings, the New York-based credit rating concern, says that an average of 30% of the loans in Fitch-rated CMBS issuance contain a mezz tranche today. In June 2001, the average was 8.4%.
Clearly, there is plenty of money ready for mezzanine deals. Merrick estimates that institutions, after allocating more funds to finance real estate about 18 months ago, are in the process of adding $30 billion in new money to the property financing markets. Foreign investors, meanwhile, are pouring an additional $5 billion to $10 billion into real estate. A chunk of that combined $35 billion to $40 billion is ending up in mezz funds. “Mezz is so freely available, you can effectively borrow your equity,” she says.
But fat leverage leaves borrowers scant wiggle room to meet their debt obligations if projects fail to perform for whatever reason — poor management, a faltering economy or an interest rate spike when it's time to refinance.
Lenders today, however, are more willing to bet that real estate values will continue to rise, which ultimately should give borrowers greater ability to repay debt going forward. But if the higher values fail to materialize, some borrowers won't be able to repay those loans.
So, are lenders becoming too optimistic? Not yet, suggests Charles Krawitz, national director of small balance lending for the real estate capital markets group of Chicago-based LaSalle Bank. “We've seen exuberance in our economy before. It's the American way,” he says. “I suspect we've gotten a little bit in front of our skis, but not horribly so.”
Trouble on the horizon?
Some financing veterans are wary of what they see as an increasingly unsustainable situation. Gary Tenzer, co-founder and executive vice president of George Smith Partners, a commercial mortgage brokerage specializing in acquisition, mezz and construction loans, says that cracks in the market could appear sooner, rather than later.
“There's a lot of aggressive lending going on, and when interest rates move up there will be a lot of highly leveraged deals that aren't going to make it,” he predicts. “Fundamentally, the economy still has pockets of weakness, and I think we'll see some defaults this year.”
Still, defaults over the last couple of years have virtually vanished. But if commercial real estate, the economy, or both, experience a real downturn, mezz lenders could wind up operating assets to get their returns. While senior lenders secure their loans with the actual properties, mezz lenders most often secure their loans with a partnership interest in the building's ownership and can simply take control of a property, if borrowers default.
Condo converters' big appetite
The highest mezz leverage is taking shape in the condo-conversion market and — surprise — the hottest action is in South Florida, where the conversion fad has only cooled slightly. Converters are seeing profit margins of 10% to 15% before debt service, according to Seth Frohlich, a managing director for Miami-based Hudson Capital. The figure was 20% a year ago, he says.
Still, with that kind of money to be made, mezzanine finance deals are easy to come by. Converters are regularly receiving loans that represent more than 90% of a project's cost. Their goal is to add value and sell the units. Once all the condos are sold, the loan-to-value might range between 70% and 80%.
In May, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler's Miami office secured $127 million in acquisition financing and $25.5 million in mezz debt for Miami-based Hudson Capital, which acquired an 848-unit apartment complex in Miramar, Fla. Hudson Capital is converting the building into condos, and the debt represents upwards of 95% of the cost of the project.
Almost three years ago, lenders provided Hudson Capital with only 92% loan-to-value for an earlier condo conversion, says Seth Frohlich, chief development officer of Hudson Capital. He has few doubts that Hudson Capital could get financing for up to 99% of a project's cost today, due to the company's conversion experience and the state of the capital markets.
“There has been so much money coming into the mezz market that 95% leverage for a condo conversion is standard,” he says. “But there are some mezz players that are willing to go up higher than that.” As a result, Frohlich adds, Hudson Capital is paying an interest rate in the high teens for mezz today, or about 400 basis points less than it was paying about three years ago.
New York-based Colonnade Properties, which owns a portfolio of commercial properties, hotels, apartments and land valued at $2 billion, provided Hudson Capital's mezz financing. According to Joseph Sambuco, Colonnade's CEO, the company recently began committing more resources to the mezz arena after dabbling as a mezz lender for several years.
But Colonnade is targeting the upper end of the capital stack because making mezz loans in the 75% to 88% loan-to-value range is no longer lucrative enough. In that range, mezz competition has driven down the IRR some 200 to 400 basis points over the last three years, Sambuco says. In fact, Hendrickson of Jones Lang LaSalle adds that mezz lenders are accepting an IRR as low as 8% for mezz at 75% loan-to-value, and as low as 12% at 88% loan-to-value.
The spread of mezz
Mezz is hardly exclusive to condo conversions. Indeed, the gap financing is growing in all property types. In January, Charlotte, N.C.-based Mountain Funding acquired a 75% interest of a $19.4 million mezz loan made to Bromont Investments and Dolgen Ventures to acquire 25 shopping centers from Glimcher Realty Trust. An unidentified Wall Street lender provided Bromont and Dolgen with the bifurcated senior and mezzanine loan totaling nearly $120 million. The loan-to-value was 90%.
Mountain Funding provides high-leverage senior and mezzanine debt for value-add projects, special situations and other developments. Arthur Nevid, managing director of investment and lending with the firm, downplays growing concerns over increasing leverage levels. Nevid points out that lenders are only providing the highest loan-to-values for what are considered to be gold-plated projects. “Certainly for the most desirable projects in the best locations, there is no limit to the amount of leverage one can attain,” Nevid says.
Nevid adds that capital providers, who make loans at the 95% loan-to-value level within the capital stack, often participate in a project's equity returns, particularly when lending to developers with little experience. Still, he's aware that a sharp interest rate move could cause liquidity to dry up quickly. “This will end, but who knows when?” he asks. “We tend to keep our horizons short and try to do deals where we believe we can get our money out in a one- to two-year period.”
While some industry execs are worried about excesses in the mezz market, there is no shortage of new players — or ambition on the part of existing providers. These players include traditional real estate institutions, as well as mezz providers with little real estate experience. Some conduit lenders have established mezz programs to offer one-stop shopping to borrowers. Fitch Ratings' Merrick expects to see more sources emerge.
Even Fannie Mae is getting into the business. Earlier this year, the multifamily lender began offering mezz under its Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) program in a product known as “DUS Plus.” The initiative provides mezz in combination with senior debt underwritten by DUS lenders. New York-based RCG Longview, a real estate opportunity fund, is buying the mezz loans.
Cleveland-based KeyBank Real Estate Capital is in the process of closing a mezz fund with The Hartford Financial Services Group, and the two firms are targeting stabilized properties, according to E.J. Burke, executive vice president for commercial mortgage lending at KeyBank.
For seven years, KeyBank's main mezz program within the bank's private equity group focused on acquisitions and new development, generally providing $5 million to $15 million with a three-year maximum term, Burke says.
Late last year, KeyBank entered into a high-profile deal. It loaned $90.1 million to Prospect Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm, which acquired the 8-month-old Ten Aragon mixed-use development in Coral Gables, Fla.
The 511,700 sq. ft. retail, office and residential project includes 184 apartments that Prospect Capital intends to convert into condos.
Financing of the transaction was divided into three pieces, including a mezzanine credit facility that represented 98.5% loan-to-cost, according to Bob Carmichael, senior vice president for KeyBank Real Estate Capital.
In June, New York-based Hudson Realty Capital (no affiliation with Hudson Capital) launched its third high-yield real estate fund, aiming to raise $100 million and then leverage that equity to finance $400 million in real estate. Known as Fund III, the pool will focus on providing bridge loans, mezz, preferred equity and other high-yield financing.
Hudson Realty was formed in 2002 by executives of SWH Funding Corp. and Newbridge Realty Capital to finance transactions of less than $25 million. The firm's first two funds have financed some $350 million worth of deals, including three condo conversions in South Florida that received $20 million in mezz.
Mezzanine funding has long been used as a way to capitalize all sorts of mid-size companies that could not sell debt directly. Now, companies that have provided that kind of financing are moving into real estate, too. Conning Capital Partners, a $530 million private equity fund based in Hartford, Conn., that invests in financial services and healthcare companies, led an investment group that plowed $25 million into Mezz Cap early this year.
Based in Short Hills, N.J., Mezz Cap is a 4-year-old firm that has partnered with 14 institutional lenders and provides mezz lending to developers and owners who borrow senior debt from partner companies. Mezz Cap also extended its credit lines with Merrill Lynch to $325 million, up from $125 million.
The funding and expanded credit lines will help support Mezz Cap's new ABC product, which offers borrowers loans comprising senior debt (A); mezz debt (B); and junior mezz (C) tranches. Up until it launched the ABC product this year, Mezz Cap provided between $250,000 and $3 million in mezz for up to 85% loan-to-value atop the senior debt of the institutional lender.
Under the ABC product, Mezz Cap is continuing to offer its mezz up to 85% under its B note, but it also has added the C note to provide between $500,000 and $5 million in additional junior mezz for up to 90% loan-to-value. Mezz Cap, which is funding the junior mezz itself, is charging between 12.95% and 14%, and will hold the loans on its balance sheet. The firm is securing the junior mezz with a partnership interest in the assets.
“Basically, we've taken the company to the next level,” says Martin Lanigan, CEO of Mezz Cap, which is opening an office in Toronto this summer. “We realized we had a pretty good one-trick pony about a year-and-a-half ago, and the solution for us was to broaden our array of products and heighten the relationship with our lending partners.”
Keeping watch for the turn
How long will the mezz craze last? Experts repeat a familiar refrain: High interest in mezz will last as long as interest rates stay low, the economy remains stable, no other asset classes rise in appeal and no single event — such as a terrorist strike — shakes the markets. For now, experts expect providers to continue to expand business and fresh capital to keep pouring into the market.
If markets do turn south, mezz lenders will quickly have to rethink their strategies. An interest rate spike that touches off a string of defaults, for example, would put properties in the hands of mezz lenders. Potentially those lenders could be forced to accept less of a return than they'd anticipated, or even a loss.
“At that point,” according to Jones Lang LaSalle's Hendrickson, “mezz lenders will evaluate whether the returns they're getting are worth the event.” If so, look for mezz to hang around.
Joe Gose is a Kansas City-based writer.


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Typical jobs for Virks
Virks had very few recorded occupations in the 1901 Census.
Where most Virks lived
In the 1900s, you’d probably bump into a Virk in Lancashire.
Virks’ criminal history
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Virks in World War I
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KABUL—An Afghan policeman opened fire on two Western journalists in eastern Afghanistan, killing one and injuring another, in the latest of a string of attacks targeting foreigners ahead of the presidential election Saturday.
Anja Niedringhaus, 48 years old, a Pulitzer-prize-winning photographer working for the Associated Press, was killed in the Friday morning shooting, the news organization said. Kathy Gannon, a senior AP reporter based in Pakistan and a Canadian citizen, was injured. Both had years of experience covering Afghanistan and other conflict zones.
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The Destruction of Strasbourg
From upper cover: Belagerung von Strassburg 1870. 20 Blätter photographischer Aufnahmen der Breschen, Uebergänge, Thore und anderer militairisch bedeutender Ansichten…Aufgenommen in den Tagen vom 1 bis 3ten October 1870 unter Leitung des Ingenieur Majors Albrecht.
Complete set of 20 original albumen photographs (image sizes: 170 x 250 mm. & 230 x 190 mm.) by Charles David Winter mounted on card boards (440 x 350 mm.). Folio, orig. portfolio with large printed title pasted on upper cover (cloth spine a little worn, some rubbing to boards), orig. cloth ties. Strasbourg: Winter Fassoli, 1870.
A fine set of this extremely rare portfolio of 20 albumen photographs by the Strasbourg photographer Charles David Winter (1821-1904). These photographs reveal the devastation that took place during the siege of Strasbourg in August and September 1870 by Germany in the Franco-Prussian War. This siege was the first example of “total war,” a new kind of warfare with indiscriminate violence.
Winter began his career as a lithographer but later turned to photography and opened his own daguerreotype studio in 1848. By 1852 he was making salted paper prints and using the collodion process. Winter made portraits, landscapes, and studies of sculptures. The photographs in this album were made in October 1870 under the supervision of the German engineer Major Albrecht.
“Winter’s greatest accomplishments, however, are his photographs documenting the urban transformation of Strasbourg in the second half of the nineteenth century including the building and demolition in the city center (1855-1880), the construction of a railroad bridge over the Rhine (1858-61), and the restoration of the Cathedral in 1857-59. Striking for both their large size and their fine detail, his photographs revealed the formal beauty in new forms of architecture and engineering. Winter also recorded, in wrenching detail, the devastating destruction of Strasbourg following the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.”–Sarah Kennel in John Hannavy, ed., Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, p. 1501.
“In contrast to Germany’s triumphal framing of Strasbourg’s damaged cityscape, Charles Winter, one of France’s most eminent nineteenth-century photographers, provided an alternative Alsatian perspective on the disfigured city in his album of the Siege of Strasbourg [the present work]. The album’s photographs, silent witnesses to Strasbourg’s devastation, offered a dark premonition of the total wars to envelop Europe in the twentieth century.”–Dunlop, Cartophilia, p. 172.
Apart from some dustiness to the covers and boards, a fine and complete set of photographs with strong tonality. The boards are a little foxed.
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Hungary’s Central Bank Flags Slower Rate-Cut PaceZoltan Simon and Edith Balazs
Hungary’s central bank said it will probably slow the pace of interest-rate reductions after 17 consecutive cuts.
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank cut the two-week deposit rate to a record-low 3 percent from 3.2 percent, matching the forecasts of all 19 economists in a Bloomberg survey. The bank, which lowered its inflation forecast for this and next year, said “a reduction in the increment is likely to be warranted.”
Policy makers are trimming borrowing costs to buttress the recovery from a recession last year. The lack of inflation pressure gives rate setters room to ease borrowing conditions further, central bank President Gyorgy Matolcsy said Nov. 28. Matolcsy in July had flagged 3 percent as the low-end of rate cuts as investors speculate when the Federal Reserve will start tapering its quantitative easing program.
“The domestic monetary-policy room is getting narrower because of the situation surrounding the phasing-out of the Fed’s asset-purchase program,” Budapest-based brokerage Equilor Befektetesi Zrt. said in an e-mail, predicting a 10 basis-point cut to 2.9 percent next month.
The forint strengthened 0.2 percent to 299 per euro as of 3:22 p.m. in Budapest. It’s gained 0.9 percent against the euro this month, the best performance among 24 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg. The yield on benchmark 10-year state debt fell to 5.69 percent from 5.9 percent a month ago.
Hungary is considering a third round of utility-price cuts for households after slashing costs by 20 percent in two previous steps, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Dec. 13. The government, which faces elections in 2014, ordered an 11.1 percent reduction in utility charges starting Nov. 1, adding to a 10 decrease at the start of this year.
The inflation rate was unchanged at 0.9 percent in November, remaining below the central bank’s 3 percent medium-term target since February. The bank cut its inflation forecast to an average of 1.7 percent this year from a 2 percent projection in September. Policy makers now see price growth averaging 1.3 percent in 2014 compared with 2.4 percent earlier. The consumer price index may grow 2.8 percent in 2015.
“The projection in the December report implies that further policy easing is likely to be required in order to deliver price stability in the medium term,” policy makers said in their statement.
Eastern European central banks are diverging as their economic fortunes differ. Serbia cut borrowing costs for a third month today after Romania lowered its benchmark for a fourth month Nov. 5. Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia have left rates unchanged.
Emerging-market countries are benefiting from the U.S. Fed’s decision to maintain its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program. A reduction in the stimulus may prompt investors to pull back from riskier assets. Fed policy makers meet today and tomorrow to decide whether to start curtailing the pace of purchases.
“Considering perceptions of the risks associated with the economy as well as the improvement in the pace of economic growth, further easing of monetary policy may follow, but a reduction in the increment is likely to be warranted in the future,” Hungary’s central bank said today.
The bank started lowering the main rate from 7 percent in August 2012, proceeding in quarter-point steps until July and 20 basis point reductions since then.
Forward-rate agreements used to wager on three-month interest rates in three months fell 7 basis points to 2.82 percent. That compares with the 3.17 percent Budapest interbank offered rate today.
Policy makers in Budapest were split last month on how much to trim interest rates, with seven supporting the 20 basis point reduction and one voting for a 10 basis point cut, according to the minutes of the meeting published Dec. 4.
Gross domestic product rose 0.8 percent from the previous three months in the third quarter after a 0.4 percent quarterly advance in the April-June period. Growth may average 1.1 percent this year, 2.1 percent in 2014 and 2.4 percent in 2015, the central bank forecast today.
In addition to rate cuts, the central bank is providing 2.75 trillion forint ($12.6 billion) of interest-free funds to commercial lenders to boost credit to small and medium-sized companies.


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And, here we are in August, 2019.
This time I promise to keep up with this thing. So much has happened since my last posting. A couple more LPs, some solo tours, quite a few local shows and the end of that Swans run.
I am working on an LP with some real cool people based in Cleveland. This is not an ambient recording, more of a weird guitar rock thing. Will discuss more later.
The best band? DBUK. I opened for them on an East Coast/Mid-West one month drive. I am a huge fan, and all who I brought to the shows became fans as well.
Looking forward to the Russian/Euro tour coming up in October with Michael Gira. We played the West coast a while back and much fun was had by all.
Arghh! It has been way to long since my last attempt at letting you know what is going on. With the final Swans shows over three months ago, what have I been up to? Where am I going with my solo ventures? What cool, new things are in the works? I will be on this thing now, starting
On the radio
I will be live on WFMU this coming Thursday, Dec. 6, starting at 3:00 PM. This is Fabio's 'Strength Through Failure' show.
If you are not so comfy with Etsy, I am starting to post on Bandcamp. Right now there are two downloads from my recent tour. You can listen a couple of times, or plunge right in and buy the stuff.


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Guan Xiaotong Fall in love with Ma Ke
Romantic love between Allen Ren and Xing Fei
A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College
Bai Yu leads the wonderful love story in the fantasy world
The Contract Lover - Fake Relationship and True Love
You don't understand, It's also love
The most harmonious rival group of Eric Xia, Yan Xujia and Zhou Yiran.
If I Never Loved You


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Sorry for the double post, but I realise "DNR" has become a bit of a catch-all term, and particularly for this image, fails to capture the problem, so I thought I should make a little post on this, just in case anyone's reading who's not completely in the know:
The main problem with Funi's sets was never the DNR alone. The DNR softens the image, reducing grain and blurring details away. As we all have come to know, this is unideal but acceptable; that's exactly how Kai presented its image, for its 16mm episodes.
The real problem is the sharpening that happens after the DNR. Most DNR filters tend to come right alongside a sharpening filter of some sort (so they often get conflated), as is the case with the Kai 35mm episodes, but it's done tastefully, and the result is a rather good image that -- thanks to the fine grain and high detail of 35mm film -- looks very faithful to the original animation cels in look.
The thing is, Funi apply a very heavy DNR because they want no trace of grain at all in their generational 16mm film prints, then they apply a sharpening filter turned WAY, WAY up. This makes edges (such as shaded portions, like on the edge of Kuririn's face) become very sharp, and go rather jagged in places. It also means details in this area tend to wobble a lot, due to how heavy the grain is in the film. Now, in a still image, an un-DNR'd picture from a generational 16mm print does look very fuzzy around any kind of detail
, but in motion, the grain is dancing across the picture, making the detail underneath clear as day to anyone watching. Funi's DNR takes that away, and reduces those underlying details into a smeary, jagged mess
Most critically, however, the DNR+sharpening, together, completely destroy the backgrounds; fluffy clouds
above dusty mountains become a bunch of harsh blobs
, scrubbed of all detail, subtlety, and texture of the original artwork. Almost anything that was drawn to be any less subtle than a couple of pixels' transition from extreme dark to extreme light is cranked way up to that level.
And then there's issues with how the sharpness varies throughout the picture; the sharpener randomly leaves some linework and such quite soft, meanwhile things around it are sharpened to a fine point, so you get a really inconsistent level of sharpness
across the picture as a whole, which look pretty ugly.
Funi's poor filtering sadly is a multifaceted failure, so while it's easy to look at it and see that it's ugly and fails to render the original detail and look, it's often hard to pin down why, especially with a shot like that Kuririn shot where there aren't any background details to stand out as being destroyed, and the 35mm is very sharp, so it almost looks like the 30th anniversary shot is that same image with some kind of weird generational loss at first glance, particularly with a shrunk-down image (note that both the Kai and the 30th set shots used are scaled back to 720p, which does some good for a picture as poor as Funi's, and does a disservice to the incredible detail of the 35mm Kai episodes)... So, I thought I'd take this opportunity to, for anyone who hasn't thought about it much, explain exactly why it is that the Funi filtering is so ugly, and why even one of the 30th set's better-looking shots still looks pretty terrible in ways that are hard to exactly put your finger on.
The real kicker is that all of these problems go away if you just turn the intensity of the filtering down. The Dragon Boxes most definitely had both DNR and sharpening, but it was applied tastefully. Same for the TV special HD remasters we've seen floating around the past couple of years, same for the Blu-ray versions of Toei's HD remasters of the movies...
DNR isn't inherently something that makes an image irrecoverably bad, neither is sharpening. But put both of these filters on, put them on too high, and you get a very ugly picture that fails to resemble what it should look like. You get something akin to those shitty YouTube "REMASTERED!!" videos where they use some shitty upscaler, dial the contrast up, and apply liberal use of Warpsharp (and usually they crop it to widescreen too).
So, I hope one day Funi realises they can just turn their filtering down (and stop fucking up the colours!!) and we'll have something we'd all like to buy. But until then, we just have to recognise what's wrong, and never stop complaining about it.
Dragon Ball is a goofy kids cartoon from a long time ago. You take it too seriously at your own peril.
Debate the plot, characters, adaptations, dubs, etc., criticise the home video, but never lose sight of the fact that it's all just entertainment. You're supposed to enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it, just walk away.


BRIDGE ERECTION BOAT (BEB)
INTRODUCTION TO TROUBLESHOOTING
a. The following troubleshooting work packages provide the necessary
troubleshooting procedures to diagnose mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical
malfunctions for the BEB.
b. The symptom index is used to identify the malfunction and locate the
troubleshooting procedure to diagnose the problem.
c. Each troubleshooting procedure lists a description of the malfunction
followed by a step or sequence of steps to perform a test or inspection. Then,
in the order of probability, substeps instruct the user to determine if a
condition exists through a check, inspection, or test, followed by the
corrective action required to solve the malfunction.
d. Prior to performing any troubleshooting procedure, the following recommen-
dations should be observed:
(1) Isolate the system where the malfunction occurs.
(2) Perform the troubleshooting procedure in the order in which steps are
(3) Consider the possibility that the problem could be simple in origin and
may require only a minor adjustment; use common sense.
(4) If a malfunction occurs that is not listed, notify your supervisor.
(5) If a problem cannot be corrected after performing all corrective actions
listed for a malfunction, notify your supervisor.
e. If the corrective action is not authorized at the operator's level, operators
should provide a brief written description of the problem using Equipment
Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet, DA Form 2404 or
DA Form 5988-E, and Maintenance Request, DA Form 2407.
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The National Party is proposing a national framework for freedom camping as part of its tourism policy announced today.
Leader Judith Collins, spokesperson for tourism Todd McClay and spokesperson for Māori tourism Harete Hipango announced the policy - most of which had already been made public - from Secret Spot Hot Tubs in Whakarewarewa near Rotorua this afternoon.
- Implement a consistent and transparent national framework for freedom camping and investigate a freedom camping licencing regime
- Build new tourism infrastructure by working with councils and using funding from the proposed Infrastructure Bank
- The $100 million Tourism Accelerator Fund announced in June, which would provide direct funding for businesses and tourism operators
- Allowing travel bubbles with neighbouring Covid-free countries when it is safe to do so
- Allow accomodation providers to act as privately run managed isolation facilities
- Support the TRENZ conference with $5 million for the next two years and enhance the collection of accommodation and tourism data
- Ban any new bed taxes, freeze any new charges or levies for tourists
- Launch the New Zealand Tourism Festival to showcase the regions and encourage domestic tourism
- Investigate having cruise ships operating domestically over summer
- Begin work to establish National Parks in the Coromandel and the Catlins, and build two new Great Walks
The freedom camping measures would include barring campers without their own toilets from parking further than 200m from public bathrooms - a policy the party also had at the previous election - as well as "empowering more government organisations to limit freedom camping on land they control and providing stronger enforcement of fines for rule-breakers".
The party also signalled it would modernise the Conservation Act and National Parks Act, and enhance collection of tourism data.
It said the Tourism Accelerator and TRENZ funding had already been announced and included in the party's fiscal plan, with the remaining policies to be funded thorugh a Tourism 2025 Fund, paid for by unallocated Tourism Infrastructure Fund and International Visitor Levy money.
Collins said New Zealand was in the worst economic crisis in living memory and the Tourism Minister has been "invisible".
"National has listened to the sector and developed a plan to work collaboratively by partnering with local government, iwi and tourism sector representatives as well as tourism businesses to speed up decision making and cut out the bureaucracy."
McClay said the party would "build a vibrant and sustainable sector that can proud of what it contributes to New Zealand by supporting and creating jobs".
The party's policy document committed it to developing Māori tourism but did not identify any specifically targeted funding for Māori organisations.
Hipango said Māori tourism would be supported "through our tourism plan so that the essence of Māori tourism continues to be represented to the domestic and international market".
During a debate on Wednesday, Collins claimed $21bn of exports had been lost through international tourism and international students, but this appears to be false. This is the amount tourism and students contributed to the economy in 2019, and spending was only down 50 percent in the June quarter.
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