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LP gas now runs a lot of automobiles and trucks
By Vince and Ann Magnotta Special to The Christian Science Monitor
The ability to flip a swicth to LP, if gasoline again runs short, has drawn the attention of almost every driver that hears of the system. Liquefied petroleum gas (LP), in the form of propane, has always been a popular commodity for heating and cooking. Propane has even been used as a fuel for internal-combustion engines almost as many years as gasoline. Now it is experiencing strong surge in popularity.
During the past 12 years almost 3 million LP carburetors have been sold for installation on engines used for trucks, buses, taxicabs, police cars, tractors, and recreation vehicles (RVs).
The future now seems almost unlimited, say many people in the energy business.
Propane is transported and stored as a liquid under moderate pressure. When released, it becomes a clean-burning "dry" gas. It requires none of the additives that usually are blended into gasoline and has a minimum octane rating of 110.
It has no tetraethyl lead or additives and, therefore, leaves no deposits of carbon, gum sulfur, or sludge in the fuel system or engine.
The smooth-burning nature of LP also reduces stress on pistons, rods, and bearings, and results in reduced engine wear.
The low-pollution properties of propane have long been recognized. Research conducted by the US Bureau of Mines indicates that carbon monoxide emission from engines using propane is 50 to 92 percent lower than gasoline-fueled engines and hydrocarbon emissions 38 to 62 percent lower.
A gallon of propane contains about 80 percent of the heat of gasoline. This means that an engine operating on propane delivers fewer miles per gallon than it would on gasoline.
If, for example, you were getting 15 miles per gallon with gasoline, a switch to propane would find you logging 12 m.P.G. and needing 1.25 times as much propane. However, the price of propane is about two-thirds the cost of gasoline. At 15 m.p.g. and with gasoline priced at $1.50, you would save 25 cents every 15 miles with a conversion to propane.
A propane system is basically simple and consists of only four major components:
* An LP fuel-storage tank.
* A filter fuel lock, which removes foreign matter from the liquid propane.
* A converter-regulator, which acts to transfer heat to vaporize the liquid fuel.
* A carburetor which mixes propane and air in proper proportions.
It would be completely inaccurate, however, to give the impression that all one would have to do is buy the conversion parts and install them on any vehicle.
First, an engine in poor condition should never be converted to LP gas. Any defects in the engine, particularly with the valves, will be amplified.
When converting an older engine, a good valve job, tuneup, and oil change should be done. Further, in order to obtain the best results, several engine changes are required. Better yet, start with an engine that is specifically designed for dual-fuel operation.
Since campers have always used propane, and RVs normally have propane tanks for cooking and heating, motor- home manufacturers were the first to recognize the advantages of dual-fuel systems. Optional engines now are offered for conversion by many RV manufacturers.
The engines usually include a few changes for efficient operation, such as:
* High-temperature-resistant valve seats are inserted to increase engine life. This is needed becuase the valves get none of the cooling effect from LP gas that occurs from vaporizing liquid gasoline.
* Higher compression ratios are used to burn the propane more efficiently.
* Ignition timing is changed to realize full engine power.
* The intake manifold is modified to further improve engine performance by eliminating the customary uneven heating.
Dual-fuel systems now are offered by several major RV makers.
Champion, Midas, and Winnebago have announced an LP conversion system for use on van conversions, trucks, and other vehicles. All three conversion systems allow dual-fuel operation by using a switch mounted on the dash.
If you want more information on dual-fuel systems and where they can be ordered, write: Champion Home Builders Company 5573 East North Street Dryden, Mich. 48428 Foretravel, Inc. 1221 Northwest Stallings Drive Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Midas International Corporation 55667 Country Road 15 South Elkhart, Ind. 46514 Winnebago Industries PO Box 152 Forest City, Iowa 50436
A dual-fuel system utilizing propane seems like a good move for the RV camper but is it a practical idea for the automobile user.
For one thing, propane is plentiful. Even though its price and supply are regulated by the Department of Energy, it is not included in any present standby fuel-rationing plan. It burns very clean and could be considered an environmentalists' dream fuel.
The price also promises to remain appreciably less than gasoline; that is, unless everyone decides to switch.
Should a large number of car owners opt to go to conversion shops, demand for the fuel could exceed the ability of stations to supply it. This is highly unlikely, however.
If an LP system is economically impractical for your present car because of age, a dual-fuel engine could be considered when you buy your next new car.
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Legislation to set up a Scottish national investment bank has been published at Holyrood.
The Scottish government wants to have the bank up and running by 2020, with £2bn committed for investment in Scottish businesses over 10 years.
The bill now before MSPs will grant the necessary powers to set up the bank as a public limited company.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said the bank would be "a cornerstone in Scotland's economic architecture".
The bank was first announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in her 2017 programme for government speech.
Its main role will be to make longer-term investments in Scottish firms, over a period of 10 to 15 years.
The government said ministers would be "given the power to guide its strategic direction" by "setting missions" for it to "tackle socio-economic challenges".
Benny Higgins, the former chief executive of Tesco Bank who advises the Scottish government on its plans, said the legislation was "another important milestone" in the process.
He said: "The bank will play a critical role in ensuring that the Scottish economy is structurally fit for thriving in the 21st century."
And CBI Scotland director Tracy Black said the move was good news for the Scottish economy, adding: "If used effectively, the Scottish national investment bank could have a transformative impact by encouraging the greater patient capital investment needed to support infrastructure development in the long-term and catalyse private sector investment."


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Shares of Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE: SIG) were up 25% as of 11 a.m. EDT Thursday after the jewelry retailer announced stronger-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and boosted its full-year guidance.
On the former, Signet's quarterly revenue climbed 1.5% year over year to $1.42 billion, which translated to adjusted earnings of $0.52 per share, down from $1.33 per share in the same year-ago period. Analysts, on average, were only modeling earnings of $0.20 per share on revenue of $1.34 billion.
"While it is still early in our journey, we are encouraged by our improving year-to-date performance as we execute against our Path to Brilliance transformation plan," said Signet CEO Virginia Drosos. "During the second quarter, we continued to see stabilization in same store sales, and we remain confident that we have the rights strategies in place to continue to drive operational improvement over the long-term."
To be sure, Signet's top line included a modest 1.7% increase in same-store sales, accelerating from essentially flat comps last quarter. Signet also completed the year-long strategic outsourcing of its non-prime credit portfolio, receiving $445.5 million in additional proceeds in the process. That brought total transaction proceeds from the credit-outsourcing initiative to $1.4 billion, allowing Signet to repurchase 25% of its total shares outstanding.
What's more, Signet increased its full fiscal-year guidance to call for same-store sales to be flat to down 1.5% (compared to down in the low- to mid-single digit range before), and for total sales in the range of $6.2 billion to $6.3 billion (up from $5.9 billion to $6.1 billion previously). Signet also now expects adjusted earnings per share of $4.05 to $4.40, up from its old guidance range of $3.75 to $4.25.
All things considered, this was an impressive beat and raise from Signet that seems to mark an inflection toward significantly better results as its strategic initiatives take hold. With shares down modestly so far in 2018 despite a healthy bounce following its fiscal Q1 report in June, the stock is simply responding in kind.
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Did you know Nathaniel Hawthorne was both a serious man and a funny guy. Many people who think of him as nothing but a great moralist should read "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe". Hawthorne told it in a light, humorous vein, and he didn't use it to deliver a great moral message. But as for serious—well, this story is…seriously funny. And seriously sweet!
Unusual though this story is coming from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, a contemporary of Hawthorne and a renowned literary critic, praised "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe". He described it as "vividly original and dexterously managed". Other critics have favorably compared Dominicus Pike, the story's main character, to Ichabod Crane, the main character in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Both Pike and Crane are common men who become unlikely heroes, and they reap similar rewards for their gallantry in the end.
Nathaniel Hawthorne usually navigated within dark themes and settings in his stories and novels. He included this comic story in "Twice Told Tales", his first collection, because he wanted the collection to appeal to a range of tastes. "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe" succeeds mainly as a refreshing change of pace for devoted readers of Hawthorne, but for casual readers it succeeds on its own. It shows the breadth of Hawthorne's talents and serves as proof that he could do comedy when he chose to.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a great author. His prose was stylish, often almost poetic. He had a fanciful imagination and a deep moral sensibility. There have been few writers in any age who could render scenes more visually or expose the moral fiber of characters more ably than Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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How can the interest rate be disguised in a car lease?
[Source] Personally, I think leasing can be a good way to go. For one thing, leasing allows people to drive more expensive cars. But you have to be careful. Some dealers base leases on 110 percent of the vehicle's sticker price. This is called a "full pop lease" and it's what most dealerships aim for. ♦ Also, it's easy to disguise the interest rate in a lease because it is expressed as a decimal multiplier instead of a more recognizable percentage rate. For example, a 9 percent interest rate becomes .00375.
Please enlarge on the sentences after ♦ (ie the black lozenge)? 9% = 0.09 necessarily, so how's the last sentence true?
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I think that may refer to something like a monthly interest, so (1+0.00375) raised to the 24 (assuming a 2 year lease) is roughly 9 percent. – Bruno Jan 3 '15 at 3:58
Leasing is a good way to go only if you insist on driving brand new cars and will trade in for a new one every 24 months. You can do far better by (a) buying one of those two-year-old cars returned from lease (or any other recent-model used car in good condition), and (b) keeping it until it is really unrepairable. A car should be good for at least a decade, and at least a light-second... and many go much longer and farther than that. – keshlam Jan 3 '15 at 5:04
@keshlam +1. Thank you. With much gratitude to other users and posts here, I confirm that I oppose and denounce leasing for myself, so I'm just asking this out of curiosity and for want of empowerment against unconscionable salesmen. – Greek - Area 51 Proposal Jan 4 '15 at 19:04
@keshlam with regards to "keeping it until it is really unrepairable" won't there come a time before that when it is repairable, but repair costs get to the point where it's more economically to just buy a new vehicle? – Michael Jan 20 '15 at 20:09
That's the definition of "really unrepairable", agreed. But many folks give up much too soon. If the cost of the repair is less than you'd be willing to pay for a car in equivalent condition which had just had this repair, it's worth fixing . Most modern cars are good for at least 20 years or a full light-second (186,000 miles plus), whichever comes last, unless you abuse them. – keshlam Jan 20 '15 at 20:16
You have met the money factor, an invention of some marketing department. It is a function of the capitalized cost and term you agree too.
Money Factor = Total monthly charge/((Net capitalization cost + Residual value) x Term)
Thus, when negotiating a lease, the only thing there is to talk about is the purchase price of the car, which affects the capitalized cost. Residuals are set by whatever third party underwrites the whole thing, so don't try to argue about that. And of course you can pick the term.
0.00375 is the money factor for a 9% APR. Multiply by 2400 to get the APR.
0.00375 * 2400 = 9
If you don't want to do the math, there are tools available online.
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Money factor was almost surely invented by the accounting department; it is mathematically derived from a simplification of the formula for the monthly payment. However the popularization of it was probably due to sales/marketing/the department of obfuscation (aka Legal). – stannius Nov 17 '16 at 23:58
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Erwin Panofsky (30. března 1892 – 14. března 1968) byl německý historik umění. Přelomovými byly zejména jeho studie o renesančním umění (Early Netherlandish Painting, Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art, Studies in Iconology: Humanist Themes in the Art of the Renaissance).

Život
Narodil se v bohaté židovské těžařské rodině. Vyrůstal v Berlíně a v roce 1910 maturoval na zdejším gymnáziu Joachimsthalsches. V letech 1910-14 studoval práva, filozofii, filologii a dějiny umění na univerzitách ve Freiburgu, Mnichově a Berlíně, kde ho ovlivnily přednášky historičky umění Margarete Bieberové. Více ho ale ovlivnily myšlenky Ernsta Cassirera. Jeho dizertace na dějinách umění byla věnována Albrechtu Dürerovi, který zůstal velkým tématem po celý jeho život.

Kvůli zranění po pádu z koně byl osvobozen od služby v první světové válce. Poté působil na univerzitě v Berlíně, v letech 1920-1933 učil na univerzitě v Mnichově. V tom roce, po uchopení moci nacisty, odešel natrvalo do Spojených států (prvně zde přednášel v roce 1931). Vyučoval na univerzitě v New Yorku a na Princetonské univerzitě, kde zůstal po zbytek své kariéry. V letech 1947-1948 měl též sérii přednášek na Harvardově univerzitě. Tyto přednášky se pak staly základem jeho nejslavnější knihy Early Netherlandish Painting.

Panofsky se stal známým odhalováním skrytých symbolů na obrazech. Hovořil také o "maskovaném symbolismu" typickém pro renesanční umění. Tento jeho přístup byl ovšem také často kritizován.

Byl blízkým přítelem fyziků Wolfganga Pauliho a Alberta Einsteina. Jeho mladší syn Wolfgang Panofsky se také stal známým fyzikem specializujícím se na urychlovače částic.

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 Idea: A Concept in Art Theory (1924)
 Perspective as Symbolic Form (1927)
 Studies in Iconology (1939)
 The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer (1943)
 Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism (1951)
 Early Netherlandish Painting (1953)
 Meaning in the Visual Arts (1955)
 Pandora's Box: the Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol (1956) (společně s Dora Panofsky)
 Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art (1960)
 Tomb Sculpture (1964)
 Problems in Titian, mostly iconographic (1969)

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 Idea: příspěvek k historii pojmu starší teorie umění. Praha: Malvern 2014
 Význam ve výtvarném umění. Praha: Malvern 2013

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Here you will find monthly and yearly Canadian and U.S. sales figures for the Bentley Bentayga. The British brand expects more sales success with its first-ever SUV the Bentley Bentayga launching in 2016. Bentley is expecting total brand sales to double even though the Bentayga is the most expensive, most luxurious SUV on the market and comes with a scarily high price. It became the brands best selling model in its first month of sales so maybe the guys at Crewe are onto something.
Don't forget to check out the Volkswagen Group Sales Reports and the Bentley brand compared with all other brands in monthly Auto Sales By Brand. Bentley Bentayga compared with its rivals in the monthly Large Luxury SUV Sales charts. Specific Bentley related sales reports can also be found here at Bentley Brand, Bentley Bentayga, Bentley Continental GT, Bentley Flying Spur, Bentley Mulsanne.
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The last decade has been nothing but awesome for Bentley in terms of sales success. Now with the Bentayga in the lineup the brand expected sales to double. The introduction of Bentayga in American region in the second half of 2016 saw a record-high performance for a six-month period. Bentley's production capacity of 5,000 annual units has already been sold before its launch. In its first year, almost 1,000 copies were delivered in Europe, making it Bentley's second best selling model and boosting brand sales to near its 2007 peak. In U.S the Bentayga launched in August 2016 and 884 SUVs were delivered in 2016.
In 2017 the year started well although we are seeing some softness in July and August and wonder whether that trend will continue in the latter months of the year. It is driven by Bentayga sales and it is unclear whether this is the new run rate for the big SUV after a big spike on initial launch or a sign of something else. We will see how sales play out for the rest of 2017. Either way, the Bentayga has sold 692 units in the U.S in 2017 and will see big growth percentages versus 2016.
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Story by Isaiah Lipscombe. Photo by tensportsclub.com.
March 2, 2015: Ernest Davis is a successful, talented athlete who died young at the age of 23. His legacy of greatness surpassed his death even though he never played a game in the NFL.
Ernest R. Davis, also known as Ernie Davis, was born on December 14, 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania. He never
knew his father because he died shortly after he was born. At 14 months, he was given to the care of his grandparents. Davis had also had a stuttering problem. At age 12, he went to live with his mother and stepfather in Elmira, New York. He attended Elmira Free Academy. There he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was an All-American in two sports. He led his high school's basketball team to 52 consecutive wins. From there he moved on to Syracuse University.
At Syracuse, Davis didn't play his freshman season. He played his sophomore season and had 686 rushing yards, and 10 touchdowns. He was then given the nickname "The Elmira Express". Syracuse won the national championship that year. In his junior year, he ran for 877 rushing yards and averaged 7.8 yards per carry. In 1961, his senior year, he ran 823 rushing yards, won the Heisman trophy, and Syracuse won the Liberty Bowl in which he ran 140 yards in that game. When he left Syracuse, his overall college stats were 2,386 rushing yards, 6.6 yards per carry, and 35 touchdowns—which set all the Syracuse records. At one of the 1962 College All-Star game practices he was diagnosed with leukemia. His treatment began immediately.
At the 1962 NFL Draft, Ernest Davis became the first African-American to be selected first overall. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns. Due to illness he never played his rookie season. He died May 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio due to cancer. Ernest Davis never played professional football.
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Q: Issue with Eigen's triangularView I am using Eigen C++ library's triangularView feature to skip computation of upper triangular part of a matrix like this:
C.triangularView<Lower>() = A*B;

This works as I intend, but when I use "StrictlyLower" to skip computation of the diagonal too, the resulting matrix seems corrupted. Here is example code:
#include <iostream>
#include <Eigen/Dense>

using namespace Eigen;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   MatrixXi A, B, C, D;
   A = MatrixXi::Ones(5,5);
   B = MatrixXi::Ones(5,5);

   C = MatrixXi::Zero(5,5);
   D = MatrixXi::Zero(5,5);

   C.triangularView<Lower>() = A*B;
   D.triangularView<StrictlyLower>() = A*B;

   cout << "\n C = \n " << C << endl;
   cout << "\n D = \n " << D << endl;
}

Output:
C =
5 0 0 0 0
5 5 0 0 0
5 5 5 0 0
5 5 5 5 0
5 5 5 5 5

D =
5 5 5 5 0
0 5 5 5 0
0 0 5 5 0
0 0 0 5 0
0 0 0 0 5

Now C looks as I expect. But D should be the same except 0's on diagonal.
Why does D look like this?

A: This seems to be a bug in Eigen. You can try to download the latest version. If that doesn't work, the best thing you can do is fill in a bug report.

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Stephen Mutuku became the first recipient of the MedAssets Educational Grant for higher education. MedAssets created the grant to assist young people who lack the resources to attend college. Towards his pursuit of attaining a Clinical Medicine and Surgery degree, Stephen will receive $5,000 annually over the next four years. Stephen was chosen because of his acts of selflessness and demonstration of maturity.
Stephen's father passed away in 2002. The death of their father shocked and traumatized the family. As a result of this trauma, Stephen's mother became mentally incapacitated as she could not figure out who to turn to assist her raise her children. Not even their extended family was willing to support the jobless widow. Stephen's once fairly stable family became beggars. Stephen who was fairing very well in class, could spends weeks if not months without going to school due to lack of food and school fees. Stephen did not give up on his education; he struggled through thin and thick and managed to complete his primary education in 2004. Since his mother became insane, Steven opted to work in people's farms and beg for money. He was forced to drop out of the school after the two terms since he could not pay for his school fee any more. He remained out of school for two more years.
One day a neighbor informed Stephen about a ministry led by Dr. Charles Mulli named Mully Children's Family. When Stephen heard what Dr. Mulli had done, he took a step of faith and approached him to seek assistance. Dr. Charles Mulli did not let him down and he was rescued and immediately was enrolled back to school at MCF to continue with his education. In addition, Steven was provided with all his basic needs including food, shelter and clothing. Stephen completed his secondary education in 2010 and got a mean grade of B- (Minus) in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. Immediately after completing his education, he offered to volunteer as an untrained teacher at MCF Yatta secondary school and also participated in community service. He diligently served in these departments for a period of 5 years.


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Reid: Planned Parenthood Matters More Than the Troops
In a stunning admission of Democrat policy priorities, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted today that Democrats are preparing to shut down the government to protect funding for Planned Parenthood. That includes paying the salaries of our troops, who are explicitly less important to Democrats than abortion funding, according to Reid.
Reid previewed some of his deep thoughts in an encounter with CBS News outside the Capitol this morning, which you can watch here.
"I'm not going to be part of that. I won't do it," said Reid of efforts to shut off federal funding to the nation's largest abortion provider. He also made it clear this could be the "one issue" that shuts down the government, and waxed poetic about how important taxpayer-subsidized Planned Parenthood services are to his family. Harry Reid is a multi-millionaire, who obtained much of his vast fortune through shady land deals.
As reported by Fox News, Reid "said negotiators agreed to a final number of $38 billion in cuts for the fiscal year that is now more than half over." That's roughly 3% of the current budget deficit, and about a penny on every dollar the government will spend this year. The Democrats were willing to bring their beloved super-government to the edge of a "shutdown" over that paltry exercise in fiscal restraint… but even that is less important than keeping those Planned Parenthood dollars flowing.
"It is an ideological battle. It has nothing to do with fiscal," Reid confessed. That's not entirely true. Planned Parenthood funnels a lot of those taxpayer subsidies back to the Democrat Party as campaign contributions and various politically useful activities. They're a billion-dollar company that gets over $360 million per year in government grants and contracts.
As Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) said in a recent National Review column, they've been trying to reinvent themselves as an upscale boutique to attract a wealthier clientele. "While taxpayers underwrite its operations," Pence explained, "Planned Parenthood is building luxury health centers in shopping centers and malls, designed by marketing experts with touches such as hardwood floors, muted lighting, and large waiting rooms." They're free to rebrand and remodel themselves any way they like. There is no reason taxpayers should be compelled to give them a nickel to do it.
This is an operation that has been caught on tape giving advice to pimps on how to evade the law and obtain abortions for underage prostitutes. They've been caught lying about the services they provide. There is a word for people who would hold the operation of the entire government and military hostage to protect the bottom line of Planned Parenthood. That word is extremist.
In its report on Reid's amazing floor speech, Fox News explains that defunding Planned Parenthood is "central to the argument made by Republicans that government is paying for programs it has no business being in – namely, abortions – and it's driving the debt into the stratosphere." They won that argument conclusively today, at least with any American still capable of independent thought.
Update: Sorry about the first incarnation of this post… I wanted to embed the CBS video, but their embed code didn't seem to work out very well. I changed it to just a link to their site. I guess I had to post the code to find out what was in it.
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Interview, Tom Gilles, Final Part, Big Difference
Former major leaguer Tom Gilles with his girlfriend Lori at Avanti's Ristorante in Peoria, Ill., in April 2012. (G21D Photo)
Part 1: Seventh Tryout | Part 2: Real Job | Part 3: Big Difference
Tom Gilles took the mound and threw his warmup pitches.
This was June 7, 1990, at Toronto's SkyDome. It was also Gilles' major league debut and, Gilles recalled, once he took the mound, it felt like he'd been there for 10 years.
"I never felt intimidated," Gilles recalled to The Greatest 21 Days recently. "Sure, I had the butterflies, I had the nerves. But I was pitching so well. And I had so much confidence that I wasn't worried about pitching to anybody, because I knew I'd throw strikes."
"But, you know," Gilles added, "it was just sad that it was so short-lived."
Gilles referred to Toronto's win two years later in the World Series. Gilles' major league career didn't last that long. For reasons of numbers, rosters, ages and innumerable others, his major league career didn't last until the weekend.
Gilles' career, it turned out, ended the very next night, Gilles traveling the team on the road to Milwaukee. It ended with the reliever Gilles throwing two pitches and, with the Blue Jays then taking the lead, Gilles picking up the win.
Toronto's SkyDome in 2003. Tom Gilles debuted at SkyDome June 7, 1990. (G21D Photo)
Gilles spoke with The Greatest 21 Days recently in Peoria, Ill, near his hometown of Kickapoo. Over a late lunch at Avanti's Ristorante, Gilles touched on his youth, the son of a man who had a brief minor league career himself.
Gilles also touched on his series of comebacks, including surgeries, releases, and his switch to pitching, and why he kept going, and his call up to the majors. He also touched on the final end of his career, spent on a playing field in Saskatchewan and his time since, tending bar and then doing what he really enjoys, teaching kids baseball.
Gilles made the Blue Jays that June after making AAA Syracuse for the first time the previous year. Success brought a mention in Sports Illustrated. It also brought a winter ball trip to Venezuela.
Gilles called his trip there a culture shock. Once, he was sick for three days, but the fans were "absolutely crazy."
"Coming out of there, I think it made me a lot more resilient," Gilles recalled. "I pitched in a lot of tough situations."
After starting 1990 back at Syracuse, Gilles got his call to Toronto and the next day he was on that SkyDome mound.
Gilles got into that game in the ninth inning, the game already out of reach for the visiting Twins. The Blue Jays were up 10-2.
Gilles recalled it took him 12 pitches to get through that inning. And he can remember almost every one of them, from the first-pitch sinker to Minnesota's Brian Harper to the final fly ball Gilles induced with Blue Jay center fielder Tony Fernandez hauling it in.
In between, Gilles gave up two hits and one earned run.
Syracuse's Alliance Bank Stadium in 2006. Tom Gilles played for the Syracuse Chiefs in 1989 and 1990 at old MacArthur Stadium. (G21D Photo)
The next night, in Milwaukee, Gilles came into a more important spot. The Brewers had just taken the lead, 5-4, and the Blue Jays needed to get out of the inning.
Facing Glenn Braggs, Gilles recalled throwing consecutive sinkers and Braggs was out. The Blue Jays retook the lead the next half of the inning and never looked back. For those two sinkers, Gilles picked up the win.
"I don't know what else I could have done," Gilles said. "I threw 14 pitches total and I go 1-0. And that's it. It's over."
Gilles stuck around for several more games. He stayed ready, but never got put back in. Blue Jays starters always seemed to go deep into games, limiting the relief opportunities.
Sent back down, Gilles finished the year out at Syracuse, getting into 43 games there total. His ERA was just 2.02. There had been talk of bringing him back for September, Gilles recalled. But, the Blue Jays vying for a playoff spot, Gilles didn't return.
Gilles was grateful he was brought up at all, but, he said, he believed he deserved another shot.
But that shot never came. Gilles played spring 1991 with the team he'd gotten his win against, the Brewers. Arm troubles flared up again and he got his release.
Gilles ended up playing that year in 10 games for independent Reno of the California League. By 1994, he was at independent Duluth of the Northern League. In 1995, it was the Prairie League and Moose Jaw, in far off Saskatchewan. "I drove 26 hours to play there," Gilles recalled of Moose Jaw, "that was crazy."
Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City, Iowa, in 2009. Tom Gilles played in 1994 for the Northern League's Duluth-Superior Dukes, in the same league as Sioux City. (G21D Photo)
"Just holding on," Gilles said of why he went to Saskatchewan, "you're just holding on to that thread. And, until you can have a defining moment yourself that it's over, you can't let it go."
Gilles' defining moment?
"The true defining moment for me was when I realized that there is more to life than just baseball," Gilles said. "And I had a gift to help kids. Even though I couldn't play the game anymore, I could help boys and girls maybe follow their dream, or at least get them to be the best athlete they could be, through my knowledge and my experience. That's really my defining moment."
Gilles did that. But, his career over, he also went home to Peoria and managed a bar for five years.
After realizing he really didn't want to do that, Gilles recalled getting his own building, setting up some batting cages and started focusing on teaching. Families come to him through word of mouth.
Gilles does that, he also serves as a representative for Xyngular, a health and wellness weight loss company. (Gilles' Xyngular site)
Looking back on his career, though, the injuries, the 47th round selection then release by the Yankees. Through the year away from the professional game, trying to get back. To signing with the Royals, only to be injured again. To finally getting traction with the Twins and, finally the Blue Jays, and then making the majors, Gilles said he uses that in working with the young players he instructs.
"I tell the kids, I don't care if you want to be a fireman, a doctor, a garbage man or a professional athlete, don't let anybody steal your dreams. Don't let anyone take that away from you," Gilles said, "because there are so many negative people out there, because they don't believe in themselves, they drag somebody else down."
"I think these days, people give up too soon on themselves and their dreams and their goals," Gilles finally said later. "My believe is, small dreams have no magic. You have to dream big to get the big dream.
"I don't think I was ever really like a dreamer that was delusional," Gilles said. "I always believed I could actually do it, which makes a big difference."
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Bill Cosby: How they may get him
Former TV star and comedian Bill Cosby continues to make the news with allegations from women regarding sexual assault and rape. Cosby, however, will not be prosecuted in Pennsylvania or any other states in which he is accused of these acts.
In Pennsylvania, as in other states, there are statutes of limitations which place a limit on the time in which the District Attorney or a County Prosecutor can bring charges against a person for a crime. A statute of limitations, however, vary according to the crime and there are many crimes in Pennsylvania in which there are no limitation or time in which a prosecution must commence. These crimes include murder, voluntary manslaughter, and conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder or any other felony which was perpetrated in connection with a murder. With regards to Bill Cosby there is a twelve (12) year statute of limitation for the crimes of rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, and aggravated indecent assault. For other crimes, the statute of limitations is much less. For crimes such as aggravated assault, terroristic threats, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and arson it's five (5) years. This statute of limitation in Pennsylvania is also five (5) years for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice.
While Pennsylvania can't prosecute Mr. Cosby for the sex crimes there is a possibility that they could prosecute him for perjury as the statute of limitations for that crime is five (5) years. Perjury is a felony of the third degree in Pennsylvania. While perjury charges would stem from a 2005 investigation, prosecutors can perhaps make the argument that the statute tolled because it was recently discovered that Cosby lied during his deposition. It remains unknown if Cosby will be charged but former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor who is now running for that job again has indicated that he would consider it, if elected.
Tolling means that the statute of limitations is extended. Normally, a statute of limitations begins to run for two and five year type crimes on the day after the offense is committed. An offense is committed when every element occurs. In the case of Cosby, a DA like Bruce Castor would argue that the criminal intent that he needed to establish perjury didn't occur in 2005 but rather in recently released depositions which Cosby's lawyers attempted to keep confidential. If Cosby was charged with perjury it is a crime that would subject him to a seven (7) year state prison sentence. Castor appears very serious about pursuing Cosby for perjury if elected.


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Gucci Mane Gives Out Presents at 2016 SantaCon in New York City
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Gucci Mane's new album The Return of East Atlanta Santa is slated to drop on Dec. 16 exclusively via Apple Music. In advance of the new project, Guwop descended upon New York City's annual SantaCon event to hand out presents.
Mr. Zone Six paid a visit to his fellow Santas over the weekend and performed five tracks. Wop also gifted the partygoers with East Atlanta Santa hats, cups and sweaters with the words "St. Brickulous." You can view some clips above and below via Gucci's official Twitter account.
In other Gucci-related news, be sure to check out his NPR Tiny Desk concert series performance alongside Zaytoven. Throughout the ten-minute show, Wop runs through songs including "First Day Out," "Waybach" and "Last Time."
The Trap God also just dropped a new song called "Stutter." Gucci's already dropped two albums since getting out of federal prison in May - Everybody Lookin and Woptober.
Mr. Zone Six has also put out two collaborative projects since his release. The hardest working man in rap dropped Free Bricks: Zone 6 Edition with Future and 1017 vs. the World with Lil Uzi Vert. Oddly enough, that Future tape just got taken off SoundCloud over the weekend.
In other Gucci-related news, the 1017 Brick Squad CEO recently proposed to his longtime girlfriend Keyshia Ka'oir. Their wedding date is officially set for, you guessed it: Oct. 17, 2017 (10/17)
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It's beginning to feel a lot like spring time! Well.... as the eternal optimist I am sure you're not surprised too hear me say that, but light exists beyond 5pm these days and that always puts a pep in our step and our thoughts turn to getting a little afternoon and soon...some after work golf!
This week is the HSBC tournament in Abu Dhabi where the world's favourite two players Rory McIroy and the red hot Jordan Spieth will go head to head and give us, hopefully, a sign of things to come from them in the coming year. These galactico head to heads have often prooved to be damp squibs in the past so if you are betting, keep this in mind!
This week you will have noticed considerable work has been done over the past week on our indoor coaching and fitting studio. I am really excited about this and the benifits to our club by having such a state of the art facility on our doorstep. These things don't happen without the support of the members and I would like to thank you all for your continued patience as the work continues. Interior work will be finished by Febuary, 18 and then once we have teased out all the usual tidy up work we will have an open weekend for you to come by and see what it is all about.
To launch our new indoor facility we are having a pre-launch PING fitting night where you will be able to try and be fitted for the new G Series! This is available to members only and we have 5 x 45 minute slots available. The date for this is Thursday, 25 Febuary starting at 4pm. If you would like to book a fitting please click here or contact the pro shop.
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Then my "on course" lesson package is for you! If you are begginer lady golfer or would like a "spring" refresher on the basics before the season starts my pre season refresher class starting on Monday, 8 Febuary is for you.
Naas has now received it's waterproof gear from ProQuip, meaning that you are equipped for all elements when playing golf!
This is an adapted version of the official rain-suit of the 2014 European Ryder Cup team.
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Jazz in America, Grades 4-6
What is jazz? Where did it come from? Take a journey through the history of America's greatest musical gift to the world with this FREE 8-session webinar series.
Jazz is recognized around the globe for its rich cultural heritage rooted in the African American experience. For over one hundred years, jazz has been an important part of American culture. Many people consider it to be the only truly original American art form! Today, jazz is appreciated and performed by people all over the world, and has helped inspire many other forms of music, including hip-hop and rock.
Jazz in America is the first ever internet-based jazz curriculum for social studies, American history and general music classes. Developed by the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, the curriculum aims to provide students with a basic understanding of jazz as a musical form, along with an appreciation of the profound contributions jazz has made to America's cultural and civic life.
The virtual presentation of Jazz in America is made possible through the generous support of AT&T.
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Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Topic: Jazz in America, Grades 4-6 Register in advance for this webinar: https://hancockinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tf1ibHjLRQ2j2q-B6eDN_Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Dr. JB Dyas (Vice President, Education and Curriculum Development @Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz) Dr. JB Dyas has been a leader in jazz education for the past two decades. Currently Vice President for Education and Curriculum Development at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, Dyas oversees the Institute's education and outreach programs including Jazz in America, one of the most significant and wide-reaching jazz education programs in the world. He has presented jazz workshops, teacher-training seminars, and jazz "informances" worldwide with such renowned artists as Ambrose Akinmusire, Don Braden, Bobby Broom, Dave Brubeck, Gerald Clayton, Robin Eubanks, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Hart, Ingrid Jensen, Sean Jones, Delfeayo Marsalis, Christian McBride, Bobby Watson, and Steve Wilson.
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LACY, MARTIN
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LACY, MARTIN (1789–1843). Martin Lacy, early East Texas settler, was born in 1789 in the Pendleton District, South Carolina, the son of William Hughes and Martha (Hewlett) Lacy of Goochland County, Virginia. The family resided for more than a decade where Martin was born before moving to Caldwell County, Kentucky, in the early 1800s. There Lacy married Dorothy (Dolly) Young; they had six children. Around 1820 Lacy and his wife moved to a site in Louisiana near Baton Rouge. They traveled to Texas around 1828 and eventually settled at Lacy's Fort, near the site of present Alto. There Lacy engaged in farming, cattle raising, merchandising, and trade with the Indians. He served as Indian agent for the Mexican government and after the Texas Revolution was appointed Indian agent for the Republic of Texas, in which capacity he accompanied John H. Reagan to deliver President Mirabeau B. Lamar's decree of banishment to Chief Bowl. At one time Lacy lived at Neches Saline in Smith County. He died in Houston County in 1843.
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Carson High School senior Tiandra Rushing is holding a fundraiser as part of her school project between 4pm and 8pm Nov. 19th at Johnny Rockets, 4600 Snyder Ave.in Carson City. 20% of proceeds will go to less fortunate kids Sponsored by: Capital City Circles Initiative. Come join us for an evening full of warm cheer!


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'The Predator' Star Reveals the Shane Black Film Isn't a Sequel
By PopCulture.com Staff - August 31, 2017 04:25 pm EDT
Whenever a classic film gets a remake that has the same name as the original, the discussion arises over whether the film is a direct remake, a reboot of the core concept with narrative changes or a sequel to the original property. Keegan-Michael Key, star of the upcoming Shane Black-directed The Predator, tried to clarify the film isn't a sequel, nor a remake, which only makes matters more confusing.
"Predator was a real privilege to do, and if people think they're going to see a remake of the original movie, they're in for a surprise," Key revealed when speaking with Entertainment Weekly. "A very pleasant surprise."
He added, "It's not a sequel," but noted, "It certainly lives in the universe of the five films that were made. I think that's probably the best way to say it and the only way I can say it right now."
Additionally, Key promises the film contains "lots of elements of humor," which is no surprise for a film starring a comedic talent like himself being helmed by the filmmaker behind The Nice Guys and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
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An interesting detail about Key's comment is that it was recently revealed that Jake Busey would play a character in the film that is the son of a character his father Gary Busey played in Predator 2. This throws a wrench in the works of the concept of the film not being a sequel installment in the franchise.
Black himself chimed in about the upcoming film, explaining what he aims to deliver audiences while also pointing out the failings of some of the recent installments in the franchise.
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"Fox has been in the habit of making one of these Predator movies every couple years, and they put them out for a limited budget that kind of guaranteed return, but they're not really something that's an event," confessed Black. "I want to try to get back to that. Because there was a freshness, I think, to the first one…it was special then, and I want to get back to trying to reinvent it in the sort of way that it acquires that event feel that makes people want to treat it like a big movie."
The Predator is slated to land in theaters August 3, 2018.
The Predator is directed by Shane Black and written by Fred Dekker. The film stars Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay and Sterling K. Brown.
With Black having starred in the original film alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura, the filmmaker is intimately aware with how fervent the fanbase is and the pressures to make a successful film.
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The writer Jerry Cao is UXPin content makers, also UXPin This online wireframes / prototyping tools online content developers. If you want to learn prototype ideas, familiar with the relevant tools, and complete design flow, then you can download UXPin elaborate "Prototyping Ultimate Guide" (English). This article will introduce you to the system wireframe and prototype development process, understand their development in different historical background, can help you design better practical wireframes and prototypes in the future. Wireframes and prototypes through the development process, you can understand from the side the user experience design of the past, present and future.
Changes in design methodology a direct impact on the location of the prototypes and wireframes throughout the design process, so before you begin to talk prototype, let's ponder what the current design.
Design up to today, the two most popular design approach is Lean UX and Agile UX, that is, "Lean UX" and "Agile UX". While both sound very close, but two design methods range from the design process to involve all different. Lean UX is closer to the way they operate a business, and agile user experience design is a project close to the execution method.
Once, designers only need to design good content package sent to a developer, then leave a "Good luck" can be chic to leave the money, but this time has gone. Famous web designers, blog writers Brad Frost believes that with the fragmentation of the screen and the device, once the "PSD era" has completely ended, because this packaging PSD delivery, typical of the waterfall development process ( waterfall model), has been unable to cope with the current demands of the market. It is because of lack of design methods, design and agility design lean importance of these two methods is manifested. Although there are many differences between the two design methods, but in general are considered two design methods should be reasonable to combine. UXPin's CEO Marcin Treder contrast has written over two design methods, a careful look at differences between the two, you'll find that not so much a confrontation of two ways, as it is complementary.
Currently, few rules above is considered "the gold standard of digital product development."
Although agile method is not a direct effect on user experience design, but it does enhance the operational mode of cooperation based on the design of the project. In "The Ultimate Guide to Prototyping" We have explored, like this case Design Studio and Cross-Functional Pairing, agile UX designers use meaningful interaction / dynamic efficiency replacement documentation. In addition, Agile UX designers, developers and product managers to communicate more efficiently and intuitive.
Lean Startup methodology based on the original model, usually think of a company that released product, must pass before the release study to determine its market position in line with specific requirements, and publish as soon as possible, to promote the waste is reduced to a minimum The degree to ensure the survival of enterprises and products. Lean UX is more focused on the process to bring products to market, so the help of Lean UX design process will find products, publish product is just the beginning.
In a variety of products flooded the market, almost became a lifeboat Lean UX their products to survive.
Agile UX problem more concerned with "how to design products," and more focused on Lean UX "Why this design." Agile UX can help designers transform outdated design and collaborative approach, while Lean UX is specified in the study to measure the quality of products and methods.
Lean UX will advise you by means of A / B testing during the design process for the product continues to research, not only in the prototype design before doing research, empathy, customer visits and usability testing also requires the design and development process continuously.
Since Lean UX is an overall business strategy, so you can still build products using agile methods UX. Team brainstorming, draw concept map and demand analysis, rapid prototyping, and test it. And Spotify also does exactly that, we also have a detailed description in the "minimum available Product Design Guide" for this approach.
Two design methods still have a lot in common: they all emphasize cooperation rather than documented, emphasizing effective sprint rather ambitious timetable arrangements.
In fact, the father of Jeff Gothelf Lean UX once said, Lean UX inspiration "from Lean and agile development theory", so for product and design, the choice of Lean or Agile UX UX is not important, the most essential point is "subtly work, rather than extended periods of overtime," which is both common, but also to promote the rapid prototyping has become an important mainstream thinking.
Although the vast majority of people are staunch supporters of the prototype, but more and more designers began to suspect that the actual value of a static wireframe design. More and more of the design team began to merge frame diagram and prototyping, thereby bypassing wireframes design stage, and as soon as possible to enter the interactive designstage.
In fact, this and became popular in recent years, the design of new tools have a great relationship, if good design wireframes just need a few clicks you can generate prototype drawing and visual draft, then who force will be divided into two stages it? This topic has been discussed in the Quora too many, some experts also mentioned the benefits of "interactive wireframes" (in fact, can also be said to be low fidelity prototype), and they say the reasons vary, but probably are agree with it, "a satisfied two wishes," the advantages of a reasonable combination of prototypes and wireframes.
So, with this in mind, we are talking about the current prototype should say that pixel-precise visual interactive the draft. In the near future, we will see low-fidelity prototypes will gradually replace static wireframes, this will be another milestone in the history of design, and will continue to serve the high-fidelity prototype product demonstrations and usability testing.
Prototyping and tool is closely linked, which is why when you look at the prototype of the development process, the need to be traced back to the 1970s. Interestingly, the prototype design with the rapid development of computer technology, but also engaged in high-density iterative upgrade, then I will list the major events shaping the information age, and they also affect an important milestone in prototyping.
2006– Cowboy coding, which is set against the theory of programming and modification of software development, this made Google the implementation of the "20 percent time" policy means that allows programmers to divide a fraction of the time out to do their work Anything they want.
Our guess for the future begins with our discussion of the existing prototype and wireframe: wireframe and prototype in the form of low fidelity prototype to come together at the same time both the function and organization of the outline.
We will in 2014 as "Year of interactive design tools," and for this purpose the author. This article which, Bloc designer Emelyn Baker explains why this interaction design tool community explosive growth, and include those best tools, including the UXPin. After reading this article you will find these tools more surprisingly, but most of them have blurred the boundaries between functional wireframes alienation between the prototype and visual draft, in fact, you can glimpse from the future.
1, rapid prototyping – in the future, you will encounter more prototype design ideas in the prototyping process, refined manner, frequency changes that will increase and improve the function and effect of the early design phase. Taking into account the current number of emerging design tools already support the full range of prototyping (from static to dynamic support), so you have no excuse not to explore and practice of rapid prototyping.
Discuss the future of prototyping time, another one had to mention hot topic is "microinteractions", which is "micro-interaction." Simply put, a typical use case for the interaction is usually derived from a single purpose – such as unlocked phones – based on the goals and tasks needed to trigger the mechanism, rules and feedback constitutes a micro-interaction. Thanks to a new prototyping tool, micro interaction design focus from the overall product to the user experience is transferred to a single action of user experience and process up, so that details of the design of products rose to a new level as possible.
Micro interaction behind a complete set of logic. UI details of each product (single detail, rather than the sum of all the details) is to allow different products to distance important factor, since many users will actually fall in love with a single detailed APP. FastCoDesign design articles writer John Pavlus interactive micro-called "user experience design of the future", which reflects the recognition from the side of this new field. Micro interaction is interaction design magnifying glass, so those details pleasant memorable become the focus of attention. In order to enhance the appearance of these feelings come out perfect moment, prototyping naturally became an important cornerstone to build the perfect detail.
Forward, not evolution, is destroyed. It can survive, mostly depending on the correct interpretation of aura and early adaptation or not. Wireframes still has its uses, but now more is being wireframe prototyping as a blueprint, which is different from that in the position five years ago, when a wireframe is important as the design process delivery of content, a higher 10 years ago, the importance of wireframes, and its importance is almost equivalent to the product itself.
The prototype design changes over the past decade is obvious, from early product prototypes of interactive contain small pieces of code, to now be able to quickly build and test the user experience for rapid prototyping, the change can be described as earth-shaking. By iteration, prototypes directly disposable for us to overcome the fear of the design and code. In such settings, we have reason to embrace a prototype now, and its future. Similarly, we also which should be closer cooperation, he stressed the importance of early interactive, iterative and flexible implementation will continue.


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Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade remembered at Moschino fashion show
FILE - This Dec. 19, 2001 file photo shows Anthony Bourdain, the owner and chef of Les Halles restaurant, sitting at one of the tables in New York. On Friday, June 8, 2018, Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room in France, while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper,File)
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FILE – This Dec. 19, 2001 file photo shows Anthony Bourdain, the owner and chef of Les Halles restaurant, sitting at one of the tables in New York. On Friday, June 8, 2018, Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room in France, while working on his CNN series on culinary traditions around the world. Image: AP Photo/Jim Cooper,File
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The celebratory mood at the Moschino's fashion show was tinged with sadness over recent deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.
Actress-model Jaime King had met both but was more familiar with Spade, having started to work with the fashion icon when she was 14.
"She wanted to make beautiful handbags and beautiful clothes and bright colors and she was very whimsical and free. She made everybody feel welcome," King said Friday night. "She just really paved the way for women in such a huge way that I don't think a lot of people know about her."
King also met Bourdain while filming "Kitchen Confidential," a 2005 sitcom based on his best-selling memoir. She complimented him on his ability to cross "boundaries and races and circumstances."
"He was about the communion. He was about going into people's homes and meeting them at their level," she said, adding that he also embraced the #MeToo movement. "He stood up for us."
Moschino designer Jeremy Scott said that he briefly met Spade and they shared a laugh about having the same hometown. "I met her once and she ironically is from Kansas City, like I am," he said. "She seemed like a very lovely person and my sympathies are with her family."
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BOSTON – The Cancer Center and the Department of Pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has opened a new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the study of non-coding RNAs (ncRNA). The Non-Coding RNA Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Core Facility will help accelerate the discovery and translation of ncRNA diagnostics and therapeutics, with the hope of leading to better cures and treatments for disease.
The new 1,393 square foot, self-contained lab facility, is located in a building on BIDMC's East Campus at 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, adjacent to other research and clinical operations and is easily accessible to other major academic institutions as well as to biotech and pharmaceutical companies in Greater Boston. The ncRNA Core Facility is a central player in the HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM), hosted by the Cancer Center at BIDMC. The HIRM brings together leading investigators in the field to accelerate investigations into how ncRNA functions and how these insights can be used to develop new therapies.
• Detection: The facility will provide state-of-the-art methods for detection, quantification and discovery of ncRNAs, including in clinical specimens.
• Bioinformatics: Researchers will have access to specialized bioinformatics for interpretation of ncRNA discoveries in the facility's dry lab.
• Delivery: Delivering targeted ncRNAs to diseased tissue will facilitate access to clinical trials and allow scientists to conduct successful pre-clinical science.


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TUMWATER – Dr. Bart Abplanalp, chief psychologist of Western Washington for the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), was one of seven members from varying Washington state agencies, including the Department of Health (DOH), to lend a hand in the recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) during January and February 2018.
Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurricane, hit the islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas in early September 2017, leaving its residents without power, resources, or medical assistance. Just two weeks later, the islands were hit by another Category 5 hurricane, Maria, which compounded the devastation to an already damaged infrastructure.
Abplanalp and his team spent 22 days in the Territories, using their subject matter expertise to assist in recovery efforts ranging from environmental health and sanitation to fiscal planning. Abplanalp's capability in the areas of mental health delivery and systems development were used to assess the mental health needs of the residents and to establish a "new normal" for mental health services on the islands.
However, even the best laid plans go awry and once he arrived on the first island (St. Croix), it became apparent that the work ahead would look different than what he had first anticipated. Power outages, unreliable internet service, and lack of cell phone coverage made communications difficult, if not impossible, at times. Damaged roads made travel a challenge.
In collaboration with island residents, volunteer groups, private practitioners, a host of federal agencies, and partners from New York and Maryland, the Washington team was able to help develop plans for returning services to the Territories in a way that would be sustainable long after their departure.
DOC Emergency Management Program Specialist Jamison Roberts helped to coordinate Abplanalp's deployment. Roberts had received the request through a mutual aid agreement known as an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) request. The compact, which allows states and territories to share resources during and after natural and man-made disasters, included a request for a mental health systems coordinator. Roberts knew exactly who to ask.
Abplanalp was picked by the original resource requester because of the Virgin Islands' need for assistance in the systematic recovery of mental health care.
The Department of Corrections was there to support Abplanalp's trip. One of the agency's values is concentrated on community interaction. DOC encourages positive interaction with the community as it strives to promote public safety, community protection and public understanding.


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by Patty (Carpenter) Greene A memoir in the form of poetry, Patty (Carpenter) Greene takes the reader on the long, winding road of her life, from childhood to the joys of being a great-grandmother. Through her faith in God and the love of her family, Greene writes lyrical masterpieces that confront lifes curveballs, including accomplishment, failure, loss, gain, and most importantly, the magnitude of love. Along with preaching the importance of family values, Memories in Rhyme includes the message of caring for others, whether they are family or complete strangers. Greene urges the reader to be aware of those around him and help ease any suffering whenever possible. Patty (Carpenter) Greenes message is clear: If we all work together, worldwide peace and nonviolent cooperation is obtainable, a hope Ms. Greene herself will carry in her heart always. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born and raised in Diana, West Virginia, Patty (Carpenter) Greene was forced to move to Ohio when employment became unavailable. Her homesickness became something she would never quite overcome. Coming from a tight-knit family with nine children, poverty welded a bond between them and taught them the value of sharing and responsibility. Along with solid family values, Ms. Greenes upbringing also taught her compassion for others, something she has carried with her throughout her life that inspired her to begin writing poetry. Ms. Greene is the mother of two children, the grandmother of five, and great-grandmother of five. Her hobbies and interests include sewing, crafts, reading, bingo, bowling, and spending time with her family. (2008, paperback, 58 pages)
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Nikon's new high-end J1 and V1 cameras have dashed the last hopes of CNET's Stephen Shankland that interchangeable-lens compacts can balance image quality and affordability.
I really wanted to like the new generation of compact, high-end cameras. Honest.
The hybrid designs promised the best of both worlds: the high image quality and interchangeable lenses of SLRs but the portability of a compact point-and-shoot. Their interchangeable lenses mean versatility, their larger sensors mean higher image quality, and their lack of an SLR's reflex mirror means they're much smaller.
My enthusiasm waned, though, as I saw models from Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, and Pentax arrive. And I'm sorry to report that Nikon's new J1 and V1 compact, mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) models left me even more discouraged.
I fear that this new category of cameras might instead provide the worst of both worlds: all of the price and much of the bulk of SLRs, but often not their image quality or performance.
I'm not totally down on the ICLs. The lavishly large sensors in the Sony and Samsung models promise high image quality, some models have a sturdy build with nice styling, and Panasonic's new collapsing 14-42mm lens is relatively compact, for example.
But these bright spots aren't enough to get me to budge. If I were buying a sub-SLR-size camera tomorrow geared for photo enthusiasts, it would be a traditional high-end compact like Canon's $430 S100.
Why? Strike one against the new mirrorless ICLs is the price.
Over the weekend, I spent a couple hours sifting through product reviews trying to find a good camera recommendation for a friend looking to upgrade. She's married with two kids, eager to preserve the family memories, relatively well off, but wants something better than her current point-and-shoot.
But when I mentioned that Canon's old-school one-piece high-end compact cameras cost more than $400, she went pale. Paying $650 for Nikon's J1 or $900 for Nikon's V1 is unthinkable.
And alternatives aren't much better: Including lenses, Olympus' E-P3 is $900, Panasonic's GF3 is about $600, Sony's NEX-5n is about $700, Samsung's NX200 is $900, and the Pentax Q is $800. Really fancy models go up from there--Sony's NEX-7 is about $1,400, for example. Last year's ICLs are cheaper--but they're also last year's models.
There are plenty of folks who can afford these prices, of course--the "doctor camera" market long predates digital cameras, but I think camera makers are trying for more than that niche. The camera makers probably guess that prospective customers will compare them to an SLR. IDC analyst Christopher Chute tells me $650 is about the average selling price of an entry-level SLR, so by that measure the prices aren't bad. But I'm afraid spending that much will spook many buyers who are comparing prices instead to high-end compact cameras.
Strike 2 is the bulk. When these cameras come with the eensy "pancake" lenses, they look pretty reasonably sized. But those lenses will get you just one focal length, and most buyers these days are used to a bare minimum of a 3X zoom range. Putting on a zoom lens makes these mirrorless micros much bulkier, though, puffing out your jacket pockets.
And when you put on a telephoto lens, they get even worse. An enthusiast who wants a collection of lenses for, say, an extended vacation will do better than an SLR, but not a lot better. And the weekend snapshooter will need a camera bag, modestly large purse, or good-sized backpack pocket. Of course, plenty of people won't bother with a telephoto (the lenses add another few hundred dollars to the price, after all). But if you're sticking with a modest midrange zoom, why mess with interchangeable lenses?
Strike 3 is the sensors.
The sensors of these mirrorless compact ILCs are all over the map. Pentax's is tiniest, just the size of a mainstream point-and-shoot. Nikon comes in next, with a 13.2x8.8mm sensor that means a 2.7x crop factor (in other words, a 10mm lens on it will give the same field of view as a 27mm lens on a full-frame or traditional film SLR). Olympus and Panasonic each employ the Micro Four Thirds sensor, whose 17.3x13mm size provides a 2.0x crop factor. At the top of the heap are Samsung and Sony, with very respectable "APS-C" sizes of those in lower-end SLRs. For Sony, that means 23.5x15.6mm, for Samsung, it's 23.5mm x 15.7mm; in both cases, the crop factor is 1.5x.
In general, the larger a sensor is, the better each pixel can gather light, which translates into better dynamic range and color. Larger sensors, though, mean larger lenses, so compact cameras necessarily come with compact sensors. More to the point, though, larger sensors cost a lot more to manufacture.
So when I see ILCs with small sensors--I'm talking to you, Pentax and Nikon--I can't help but feel camera makers are trying to extract a bit too much profit from customer's wallets. Perhaps they're counting on buyers assuming that $600 to $800 is par for the course for this category of camera and that they won't expect camera makers to pass on their lower component costs.
I know times are tough for Japanese camera makers--the earthquake and tsunami messed up production, and the exchange rate has been a persistent problem for selling into the U.S. market--but I think lower prices are the best way to get ahead in the ILC market right now.
These cameras often have a number of other problems I'll mention in brief: electronic viewfinders, if available at all, cost extra and aren't always as nice as SLRs' optical viewfinders. Flashes are often optional accessories. And a lot of models and lenses I've toyed with feel too plasticky for the price tag.
One last factor really makes me hesitate. The great thing about interchangeable lenses is the flexibility. But the bad thing is the lock-in. When you buy one of these cameras and more than one of its lenses, you're buying into a system. And except with Panasonic and Olympus' Four Thirds partnership, one company's lenses aren't compatible with another's cameras.
So, three years down the line, suppose one company has solved the problems I have with compact ICLs. What are the odds it'll be the company in whose lenses I've invested? At this stage, I'm reluctant to commit.
I know I sound like a big curmudgeon here, and that saddens me. I'd hoped Nikon's SLR skill would mean they'd have the breakthrough for this class of cameras.
I truly want ICLs to succeed. They're advancing the state of the art with autofocus, shaking up traditional product categories, and advancing the cause of enthusiast photography. And if nothing else, I'm not anxious to carry 10 pounds worth of SLR gear on a backpacking trip if I can avoid it.
I'm not saying these cameras are forever doomed. The first digital SLRs were too expensive--it was big news when Canon's 6-megapixel Digital Rebel cracked the $1,000 barrier. But for now, I remain unconvinced.


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