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Q: starting activity for Android application I am currently developing an Android App, which integrates Google Calendar in it. As we know if we wanted to choose an activity to be the starting activity, we just add the "intent-filter" thingy. I added at my Landing Page activity but when I debug on Emulator, it will auto add the "intent-filter" at my Google Calendar activity part and comment out the one I added at my Landing Page.
This is the code at AndroidManifest.xml
        <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.ViewDocActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_view_doc" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.ViewDoctorProf"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_view_doctor_prof" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.StorePatientProfile"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_store_patient_profile" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.ViewPatientProfile"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_view_patient_profile" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name="com.example.dylicious.mydoctors.AppointmentActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_appointment" >
        <!--<intent-filter>-->
            <!--<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />-->

            <!--<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />-->
        <!--</intent-filter>-->
    </activity>

This is the one I edited, AppointmentActivity is the Google Calendar part. I kept commenting out and delete the  part in AppointmentActivity and clean solution and etc. but it doesn't work anything. Just want to check if I had miss out anything as I'm just a newbie in the Android App Development field. Thanks a bunch in advance!
While this is the class for AppointmentActivity.java
    import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
    import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
    import com.google.api.client.extensions.android.http.AndroidHttp;
    import com.google.api.client.googleapis.extensions.android.gms.auth.GoogleAccountCredential;
    import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
    import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
    import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
    import com.google.api.client.util.ExponentialBackOff;

    import com.google.api.services.calendar.CalendarScopes;

    import android.accounts.AccountManager;
    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.app.Dialog;
    import android.app.ProgressDialog;
    import android.content.Context;
    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.content.SharedPreferences;
    import android.graphics.Typeface;
    import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
    import android.net.NetworkInfo;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.text.TextUtils;
    import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
    import android.view.ViewGroup;
    import android.widget.LinearLayout;
    import android.widget.TextView;

    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.List;

public class AppointmentActivity extends Activity {

com.google.api.services.calendar.Calendar mService;

GoogleAccountCredential credential;
private TextView mStatusText;
private TextView mResultsText;
ProgressDialog mProgress;
final HttpTransport transport = AndroidHttp.newCompatibleTransport();
final JsonFactory jsonFactory = GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance();

static final int REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER = 1000;
static final int REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION = 1001;
static final int REQUEST_GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES = 1002;
private static final String PREF_ACCOUNT_NAME = "accountName";
private static final String[] SCOPES = { CalendarScopes.CALENDAR_READONLY };

/**
 * Create the main activity.
 * @param savedInstanceState previously saved instance data.
 */
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    LinearLayout activityLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
    activityLayout.setLayoutParams(lp);
    activityLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
    activityLayout.setPadding(16, 16, 16, 16);

    ViewGroup.LayoutParams tlp = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
            ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
            ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

    mStatusText = new TextView(this);
    mStatusText.setLayoutParams(tlp);
    mStatusText.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
    mStatusText.setText("Retrieving data...");
    activityLayout.addView(mStatusText);

    mResultsText = new TextView(this);
    mResultsText.setLayoutParams(tlp);
    mResultsText.setPadding(16, 16, 16, 16);
    mResultsText.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true);
    mResultsText.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
    activityLayout.addView(mResultsText);

    mProgress = new ProgressDialog(this);
    mProgress.setMessage("Calling Google Calendar API ...");

    setContentView(activityLayout);

    // Initialize credentials and service object.
    SharedPreferences settings = getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    credential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(
            getApplicationContext(), Arrays.asList(SCOPES))
            .setBackOff(new ExponentialBackOff())
            .setSelectedAccountName(settings.getString(PREF_ACCOUNT_NAME, null));

    mService = new com.google.api.services.calendar.Calendar.Builder(
            transport, jsonFactory, credential)
            .setApplicationName("Google Calendar API Android Quickstart")
            .build();
}

/**
 * Called whenever this activity is pushed to the foreground, such as after
 * a call to onCreate().
 */
@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (isGooglePlayServicesAvailable()) {
        refreshResults();
    } else {
        mStatusText.setText("Google Play Services required: " +
                "after installing, close and relaunch this app.");
    }
}

/**
 * Called when an activity launched here (specifically, AccountPicker
 * and authorization) exits, giving you the requestCode you started it with,
 * the resultCode it returned, and any additional data from it.
 * @param requestCode code indicating which activity result is incoming.
 * @param resultCode code indicating the result of the incoming
 *     activity result.
 * @param data Intent (containing result data) returned by incoming
 *     activity result.
 */
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(
        int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    switch(requestCode) {
        case REQUEST_GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES:
            if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
                isGooglePlayServicesAvailable();
            }
            break;
        case REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER:
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null &&
                    data.getExtras() != null) {
                String accountName =
                        data.getStringExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME);
                if (accountName != null) {
                    credential.setSelectedAccountName(accountName);
                    SharedPreferences settings =
                            getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
                    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
                    editor.putString(PREF_ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName);
                    editor.commit();
                }
            } else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
                mStatusText.setText("Account unspecified.");
            }
            break;
        case REQUEST_AUTHORIZATION:
            if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
                chooseAccount();
            }
            break;
    }

    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}

/**
 * Attempt to get a set of data from the Google Calendar API to display. If the
 * email address isn't known yet, then call chooseAccount() method so the
 * user can pick an account.
 */
private void refreshResults() {
    if (credential.getSelectedAccountName() == null) {
        chooseAccount();
    } else {
        if (isDeviceOnline()) {
            mProgress.show();
            new ApiAsyncTask(this).execute();
        } else {
            mStatusText.setText("No network connection available.");
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Clear any existing Google Calendar API data from the TextView and update
 * the header message; called from background threads and async tasks
 * that need to update the UI (in the UI thread).
 */
public void clearResultsText() {
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            mStatusText.setText("Retrieving data…");
            mResultsText.setText("");
        }
    });
}

/**
 * Fill the data TextView with the given List of Strings; called from
 * background threads and async tasks that need to update the UI (in the
 * UI thread).
 * @param dataStrings a List of Strings to populate the main TextView with.
 */
public void updateResultsText(final List<String> dataStrings) {
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            if (dataStrings == null) {
                mStatusText.setText("Error retrieving data!");
            } else if (dataStrings.size() == 0) {
                mStatusText.setText("No data found.");
            } else {
                mStatusText.setText("Data retrieved using" +
                        " the Google Calendar API:");
                mResultsText.setText(TextUtils.join("\n\n", dataStrings));
            }
        }
    });
}

/**
 * Show a status message in the list header TextView; called from background
 * threads and async tasks that need to update the UI (in the UI thread).
 * @param message a String to display in the UI header TextView.
 */
public void updateStatus(final String message) {
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            mStatusText.setText(message);
        }
    });
}

/**
 * Starts an activity in Google Play Services so the user can pick an
 * account.
 */
private void chooseAccount() {
    startActivityForResult(
            credential.newChooseAccountIntent(), REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER);
}

/**
 * Checks whether the device currently has a network connection.
 * @return true if the device has a network connection, false otherwise.
 */
private boolean isDeviceOnline() {
    ConnectivityManager connMgr =
            (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
    NetworkInfo networkInfo = connMgr.getActiveNetworkInfo();
    return (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected());
}

/**
 * Check that Google Play services APK is installed and up to date. Will
 * launch an error dialog for the user to update Google Play Services if
 * possible.
 * @return true if Google Play Services is available and up to
 *     date on this device; false otherwise.
 */
private boolean isGooglePlayServicesAvailable() {
    final int connectionStatusCode =
            GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this);
    if (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isUserRecoverableError(connectionStatusCode)) {
        showGooglePlayServicesAvailabilityErrorDialog(connectionStatusCode);
        return false;
    } else if (connectionStatusCode != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS ) {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

/**
 * Display an error dialog showing that Google Play Services is missing
 * or out of date.
 * @param connectionStatusCode code describing the presence (or lack of)
 *     Google Play Services on this device.
 */
void showGooglePlayServicesAvailabilityErrorDialog(
        final int connectionStatusCode) {
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            Dialog dialog = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(
                    connectionStatusCode,
                    AppointmentActivity.this,
                    REQUEST_GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES);
            dialog.show();
        }
    });
}

}
Thanks!!

A: omit the intent-filter in your AppointmentActivity AndroidManifest file declaration. since calling action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" which defines the main entry point in your application and android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" means that the entry point should be listed in the application launcher, so you see there can't be 2 main entry points in the application.

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HOMEGROWN youngsters Steve Foster and Dean Ashton ensured it was all quiet from the Preston front at the Alexandra Stadium on Saturday.
Ashton made an immediate impact and Foster an even more telling late one as Crewe banished memories of being doubled by the Lilywhites last term.
The Alex's threat from set pieces saw them stretch their unbeaten league run to four games. George Burley, manager of the Ipswich side given a fright night in the Worthington Cup last Tuesday, admitted afterwards that Crewe's aerial ability had come as something of a surprise.
And Preston were caught cold in the 32nd minute, just 240 seconds after Ashton's introduction.
Kenny Lunt's quickly-taken free-kick released Rodney Jack and after skipping past Rob Edwards, Jack reached the by-line to cut back a pacy cross which was volleyed home by the 17-year-old.
He had been brought on in a bid to change Crewe's way of playing after Preston began brightly, pressurising the home side into giving up possession and threatening to score when they got the ball.
Although Crewe's compact units of two banks of four often crowded out the visitors' attacking intentions, they found enough joy in the opening 20 minutes to force Ademole Bankole into three excellent saves - two denying Jon Macken and the other Paul McKenna.
The battle for supremacy in the centre of midfield was an intriguing aspect of the match and the unsung running of Neil Sorvel and the increasing influence of Dave Brammer proved a match for North End's highly-rated partnership of Sean Gregan and Mark Rankine.
Yet a slip in concentration from the much-improved Efe Sodje allowed Macken to spin off him four minutes into the second period and Bankole had to make another fine reflex save.
The visitors finally found a way past the big Nigerian to draw level on the hour. Graham Alexander got in behind Shaun Smith to cross the ball back from the same position that Jack had created Crewe's opener, and although Bankole got a palm to Rankine's cushioned volley, the effort crept inside the far post.
Crewe responded well and produced a strong display in the final half-hour. Ashton came close with two cameos of his precocious talent  a 25-yard snapshot with minimal back lift which whistled over the bar, and an overhead scissors kick which was also fractionally too high.
But if Ashton made an impressive return to league action, his strike partner Rob Hulse deserves plenty of plaudits as well. Fast-developing into the consistent target man every manager must crave, the strength and skill shown in his hold-up play made Hulse a real handful for former Alex defender Michael Jackson and his central defensive partner Chris Lucketti.
Indeed, Hulse might have scored the winner himself, twice springing the offside trap, but he failed to find the finish.
Even so, alarm bells were ringing ever louder for Preston and Brammer was also denied by the legs of keeper Tepi Moilanen, while Sodje showed his threat from set pieces when he headed just wide from a corner.
And having survived a late free-kick at the other end, the scene was set for Foster's dramatic intervention. Lunt's delivery was perfect and the young defender stole a yard on his marker to head home the final touch of the match and send the Alex fans into rapture.


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Father Gus George Christo is a Greek Orthodox Priest under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He is currently Pastor of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Wilmington, Delaware. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Fr. Christo earned a B.A. in Religious Studies and a Minor in Biology. He contributed to medical research at the Department of Plastic Surgery as a Lab Technician-B. He also received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology (Patristics) from the University of Durham in England under the tutelage of the eminent Orthodox Patristic Theologian, the Reverend Professor George D. Dragas, Ph.D., D.D. A specialist on St. John Chrysostom, Father Christo continues to translate, write, lecture and publish on the life and works of this Father of the Church. Fr. Christo was ordained a priest by the late Metropolitan Silas of New Jersey at the Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas in Flushing, New York, where he served for one and a half years. Afterward, he was transferred to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lansing, Michigan. During his seven year pastorate there he received the ecclesiastical offikia of Stavrophoros Economos and Father Confessor. He served as Greek Orthodox Chaplain at Michigan State University, episcopal representative to the Governor of Michigan, and On-Call Chaplain at Sparrow Hospital. He published two scholarly books on St. John Chrysostom: St. John Chrysostom on Repentance and Almsgiving (Fathers of the Church Series, vol. 96, The Catholic University of America Press, 1998) and Martyrdom According to St. John Chrysostom: To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1997). He recently published a book on Orthodox Liturgy: The Consecration of a Greek Orthodox Church according to Eastern Orthodox Tradition: A Detailed Account and Explanation of the Ritual (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005). He has also published several articles and lenten sermons. The highlight of his ministry was his reception of a sacred relic (bone fragment) of St. John Chrysostom from Pope John Paul II during a personal audience in Rome in 1998. He has followed this milestone with the publication of a video on St. John Chrysostom, which he served as text consultant, contributor and participant, entitled THE SAINTS, St. John Chrysostom, "They Called Him Golden Mouth" (Ellinas Multimedia Presentation, 2003). Fr. Christo served as dean and pastor of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Norfolk, Virginia from 1999–2004. On December 14, 2003, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey consecrated the Cathedral's Chapel of St. Theodore the Commander and bestowed upon Fr. Christo the offikion of Protopresbyter.


Ruidoso New Mexico: Things to do!
Ruidoso New Mexico is a great escape for an outdoor adventure-filled vacation that not that many people know about outside of the state of New Mexico (I call this "unique and off-the-beaten-path"). This makes it more pristine and less crowded, so for me, this makes Ruidoso an even more desirable place to visit! Discovering it tucked away in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico will be a great adventure for you and your family, as Ruidoso is a wonderful getaway with picturesque mountain views. Located directly next to the Lincoln National Forest, it is THE place for city dwellers like me that are ready to get out of traffic jams and the city heat (I live in sun-drenched Phoenix!).
A trip to Ruidoso New Mexico is also a great place for anyone from around the world to visit. As it doesn't matter if you speak English, Spanish, or Japanese, the people of Ruidoso are extremely welcoming. It has that down-home feeling that you can't get in a lot of places. So get out a map and figure out where Ruidoso is. Soon enough, you will be on a well-needed outdoor adventure. Better yet continue reading and I will show you where it is, where to stay, and what to do in Ruidoso when you get here, so continue to read on.
✦ Ruidoso New Mexico: Where is it located?
Ruidoso was first settled by the Mescalero Apache Indians and in Spanish means "noisy" or Rio Ruidoso "noisy river". Ruidoso is located in the county of Lincoln in the state of New Mexico, in the Southwest of the USA. The closest airport to Ruidoso is the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, which is situated roughly 15 miles northeast of the city. For those of you who are road trippers, Ruidoso, NM is easy to access by U.S. Route 70, NM 37, and NM 48.
In New Mexico, it is an hours drive to the White Sand Monument National Park, three hours from Albuquerque, and an hour to Roswell. Plus the famous Carlsbad Caverns are only three hours away, so it can serve as a great base to explore Southern New Mexico. The total square miles of the town is roughly about 15, including land and water. Although the population is a little scarce, roughly 8,000 people, the hospitality that you will receive is awesome. I can't say enough about how friendly the local townspeople are in Ruidoso.
There are many things to do in Ruidoso, NM while visiting this area of the Southwest United States. Whether it snows, rains, or shines, the town of Ruidoso can adapt to any climate and there are plenty of adventurous activities for you to do. You can hike in the National Forest, which allows you to see mountain views every day. You could go horseback riding, fly-fishing, and even mountain-climbing within the Lincoln National Forest. Ruidoso is known for its mountain biking and fly-fishing locally but is really one of their best-kept secrets. I won't even begin to tell you about the time I went piranha fishing or deep sea fishing, I will leave that for another day! Let's just say I have done my share of fishing! Other active things that visitors can take a stab at are skiing in the winter and ziplining in the summer.
Why not make your way over to Grindstone Stables over on Resort Drive in Ruidoso, NM where you can ride a horse on their hour-guided trail rides? They also have horse-drawn sleigh rides (with or without snow!), as well as carriage rides through midtown Ruidoso, so be sure and give them a holler!
Sandboarding in Ruidoso, NM? That's right, summertime is the perfect time to go sandboarding at the White Sands National Monument. It is like no place else on earth! Their beautiful white sand dunes of Ruidoso NM are a naturally occurring feature of the New Mexican landscape. It is a fun activity for both adults and children! The gorgeous white sands are soft, so be sure and hang on tight, as you never know if you might go flying off hitting a clump of hard sand! You can bring your own waxed plastic snow saucer or you can purchase on at the monuments gift shop. It is a good idea to always have your feet pointing downhill and not to stand up while sandboarding!
✦ Ruidoso NM: When Should I Go?
As with most destinations, the things to do in Ruidoso change seasonally depending on what your interests are.
Do you want to so hiking, biking, and fishing? How about going to the horse races? That would be Summer Time!
Do you want to go skiing, snowboarding, riding a sleigh or a snowmobile? That would be in thee! Winter Time!
Here in Ruidoso, NM, they have different things to do and plenty of them depending on if you prefer to be a snow bunny or a sun person. You may just have to visit Ruidoso NM more than once to decide which season you prefer! Since there are so many things to do in Ruidoso NM, it would be impossible to cram everything into one trip. You will just have to come back for more!
✦ Ruidoso New Mexico: Can I go skiing? YES!
The first ski area and resort in Ruidoso NM was built in 1938 and is known as Ski Apache. The spectacular mountain views of the Sierra Blanca along with the Sacramento Mountains are a crowd-pleaser for everyone! During the winter months, skiing is the all-time favorite sport to engage in. Skiing, as well as snowboarding, snowmobiling, tubing, and a horse-drawn sleigh ride are other options in the winter. Their tagline is Find Your Element – Ski. Bike. Zip. Hike. Play. There are plenty of things to do in the winter and the summer in Ruidoso NM.
✦ What to do in the Summer Months in Ruidoso?
With over 41 miles of trails within 5 minutes of Ruidoso's midtown shopping district, a mountain biker or hiker has immediate access to Ruidoso's trail systems. The Ski Apache also allows for Spring and Summer activities like gondola rides and mountain biking. Who needs to head to Venice, Italy for a gondola ride when you've got Ski Apache in Ruidoso? Obviously, these two gondola rides are different, but you know what I mean! The Ski Apache serves as the gondola ride to the top of the mountains. Believe me, you won't regret going to the top of the mountain for the best viewing spots.
A true adventurer would not shutter at the thought of zip-lining. Ruidoso's Apache Eagle Ziprider allows for a great time! A view of the stunning mountains and sparkling Lake Mescalero is just what every zipliner hopes to see on their high-flying journey! It is located at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. You can glide up to 55 mph at 9,000 feet over the clear waters of Lake Mescalero! Can you imagine? I know you can! But if you don't want all that much excitement, you can even take the gondola ride instead!
You can also swim, kayak or fish in the many alpine lakes in the area. You can go to Grindstone Lake, Alto Lake, and Mescalero Lake. It seems there are endless water-related things to do in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
They even have a place for family fun called Pillow's Fun Trackers for the kiddos, where they can go round and around the Funtrack, the Turtle Track, and the Protrack. As well as miniature golf, the Spin Zone bumper cars, and even a Mountain Maze. Seasonally they also have these Ruidoso NM attractions of bumper boats and panning for gemstones.
✦ Ruidoso New Mexico: What about Festivals and Theaters?
See, I told you there are plenty of things to do in Ruidoso! A trip to the Ruidoso Art and Wine Festival is a must! Be sure to coordinate your trip to come during the summer months of so that you can come during the festivals. Don't forget also about the Cowboy Symposium. A live performance at the Spencer Theater of Performing Arts is awesome as well.
How about Flying J Ranch?
Want to get in the western cowboy or cowgirl culture? At the Flying J Ranch, you can do just that complete with a live gunfight, chuck wagon dinner, and there is even a sheriff in town! The kiddos can ride ponies, rope cattle, and go inside Indian teepees. The Flying J Western Show is action-packed with world-class yodeling, fiddling, guitar and banjo picking, and even a comedy act, so there is something here for everyone.
And don't forget about a tour of the Ruidoso Downs Race Track. If you are over 18, you can place your bet on your favorite horse at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track!
With the Lincoln National Forest nearby, it offers plenty of opportunities for wildlife viewings. You will be able to see wildlife like bears, elk, deer, and bald eagles!
✦ Why Not Buy a Bear in Ruidoso?!
Speaking of wildlife, one thing you can do in Ruidoso NM is to buy a bear! Say what? You heard that right, you can buy a bear at Bears R Us, from Uriel Mendoza! He saw some bears made from wood and figured he could make a better bear. And so he did, with his chainsaw! He has been making wooden bears for over 20 years in Ruidoso, NM. They are his signature craft. Now though, it is a family business and he has lots of women doing this chainsaw craft as well! But Bears R Us is so much more than just bears, it is a cross between a souvenir shop, a woodshop, and a Mexican craft store! Open daily 9 am to 5 pm. Tell him I sent you!
✦ Things to do in Ruidoso: Visit a Ghost Town!
You can even visit a real live ghost town! Drive 9 miles across the railroad tracks from Hwy. 54 to White Oaks Ghost Town. White Oaks was a boomtown back in 1879 with the discovery of gold and coal in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains. Back in the 1880s, the USA census showed that White Oaks had a population of about 800. But now it is an abandoned frontier town near Ruidoso, NM. A visit here can land you in the No Scum Allowed Saloon! The American Cowboy Magazine named the No Scum Allowed Saloon as one of the Top 10 Cowboy Bars in the West!
And while we are at it, another cool bar that made the list: Win, Place, and Show – a real-life honky tonk! This is a country music hangout where music is played 7 nights a week. You can order up a drink from the bar and dance the night away, especially if you know the two-step! But if you go, I recommend wearing cowboy boots and a hat! This is a fun Ruidoso, NM institution.
✦ Where Should I Stay While in Ruidoso?
There are plenty of hotels and lodging options in Ruidoso NM where visitors can relax and enjoy their Ruidoso vacation! Guests can choose to spend their vacation at bed and breakfasts, cabins, condos, hotels, motels, vacation rentals, and even RV parking!
Ruidoso, New Mexico lodging can begin at a bed and breakfast inn such as the Casa del Cocinero, Ellis Store Country Inn, or the Dolan House.
Renting a cabin in Ruidoso NM, especially during the winter, is an amazing way to spend your vacation. Ruidoso is known for providing great overnight stays. One of the greatest things about staying at a Ruidoso cabin (or RV lodge) is that the fun comes to you and you do not have to seek it out, you are in it! I highly recommend this experience, plus you will have your own kitchen to do quick meal prep as well as many have their own gas grill and hot tub. Plus, many of the Ruidoso cabins are set up for families and have golf greens and horseshoe games to play with outside. Ruidoso NM cabins include places such as Apache Village Cabins, Bottlehouse Cabins, Canyon Creek Lodge, Cozy Bear, Escape Resort, Idle Hour, Mountain Air Cabins, Ruidoso Lodge Cabins, and Sierra Blanca cabins.
A stay at the Dan Dee Cabins or Noisy Water Lodge in Ruidoso, NM can guarantee that you are sharing in the town's history by sleeping in cabins that were built in the mid-late 1930s.
For those looking for a hotel/motel: check out the MCM Elegante Lodge & Suites Ruidoso, the Comfort Inn, the Best Western Pine Springs Inn, and the Holiday Inn Express. Another popular place is also the Inn of the Mountain Gods. Owned by the Mescalero Apache Tribe, it is located a little over 7 miles from Ruidoso, New Mexico.
For those looking for a condo or RV park, then check out Whispering Pine Vacation Rentals, plus these places: Tiara del Sol Condos, Condotel, Fairway Meadows Condos, Village Lodge Condos, Arrowhead Motel & RV Park, Along the River RV Park, and Pine Ridge Campground & RV Park. The Pine Ridge Campground and RV park allow guests to camp out, have a bonfire, and sing & dance under the night sky of Ruidoso.
There are more places to stay here.
✦ Ruidoso NM: I'm Hungry!
And after driving here, finding a place to stay and doing all that outdoorsy stuff, I know you must be getting hungry! Where else should you go but Cafe Rio Pizza! All handmade with love over there on Sudderth Dr. Ruidoso, NM. This cash-only business is here to fill your belly with some good hand tossed pizza!
The actor Neil Patrick Harris, known for his role as Doogie Howser, M.D., grew up and spent most of his childhood in Ruidoso NM.
Flash flooding on July 26-27, 2008 left the town of Ruidoso NM partially destroyed. The damage left behind by Hurricane Dolly in 2008 was not enough to break the spirits of the people of Ruidoso. Ruidoso townspeople picked up the broken pieces of their town and rebuilt a better and safer city for the world to see.
Since 2010, Ruidoso NM is the fourth largest growing city in New Mexico!
Ruidoso is a village that has been coming to life over the years and enticing people to visit for a slice of Ruidoso heaven. There is no doubt that Ruidoso is a fun, adventurous, and stunning place to bring your family. Why don't you give it a visit and try it out!
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I hope you get a chance to visit!
I was quite bummed out that my husband is taking me to Ruidoso for the holidays and I stumble upon your blog. It really looks nice. A little more laid back than I'm used to, but I think I'll do fine. Maybe it's high time to change my scene from the wild to a more mellow approach.
I agree, maybe it is a bit more laid back… but awesome none the less!


There is real fear that as technology advances, workers won't be as important. Automation continues to improve safety and productivity in industries such as manufacturing, which has led to a profound shift in the American economy. However, because machines and software are capable of doing a lot of the heavy lifting, workers have actually become a more valuable commodity because they offer something that machines simply can't: creativity and the ability to innovate. Business process automation (BPA/BPM) is the future of innovation because it provides the structure for applying innovation and continuous improvement ideas and moves them into practice.
Business process automation represents a revolution in both the way businesses operate and how and where employees work. As automation increases so has productivity and innovation. The University of Oxford estimates that 47% of U.S. jobs will be automated in the next 20 years. While that might sound frightening, automation is actually creating more skilled jobs that require education, creativity, and innovation. Job descriptions have less to do with fulfilling certain mundane duties and filing reports and more to do with dynamic contributions that rely on mind power. This shift towards creativity is also making remote employees more popular because employees don't have to be in-house to contribute.
It has become clear that no industry is immune to the effects of disruptive technology. Amazon has changed the way we shop. Uber has revolutionized transportation and how we commute. Netflix has challenged the way entertainment is both created and consumed. There was a time when experts assumed that industries like finance and law would experience only minor changes, but all you have to do is look to Bitcoin to realize that we have yet to even fathom the future of innovation. That is exactly why BPA tools along with human creativity are more valuable than ever.
In business settings, using software programs to streamline processes and automate mundane tasks opens the door for meaningful innovation. Workers can spend less time writing emails, trying to figure out what project related tasks have been completed and searching for documents. Centralized dashboards with communication and collaboration tools, along with automatic alerts, serve to significantly reduce the amount of time workers spend on simple tasks. This frees up time for employees to focus on disruptive innovations that can change companies and entire industries.
Automation also allows for collaboration without limitations. The internet has helped to create true, real time, integrated global markets. Businesses can now reach beyond limited pockets of customers and connect with customers around the world. At the same time, internet-enabled globalization demands that companies innovate in order to compete. Traditionally, companies have relied on internal sources to accelerate innovation, but with BPA tools, companies can collaborate with partners and experts around the world to generate solutions and identify previously untapped areas for innovation.
As competition increases and external scouting becomes the standard, BPA will continue to become increasingly important. Employees who are working to create meaningful relationships with experts at other companies, universities and research institutions will also have to work to find a balance between working on innovations and collaborating. Using BPA tools can help employees get back to being creative in their role; allowing the pursuit of new avenues to partnerships and innovations.
Global collaboration also creates new communication challenges that can be addressed through BPA tools. Review and approval, consistency across boundaries, uniform views of progress and status, repeat ability, reliability, and other vital communication tasks can be streamlined and managed through automated processes. This prevents collaboration from becoming more of a burden than a productive tool.
BPA tools are also essential to expediting innovation and moving solutions through the development funnel and to market faster. When competition is fierce, companies may find themselves working on similar solutions without even knowing what others have in development. At that point, it is a race to see who can release products to the market first. Automating business processes will not only create a culture of innovation in the workplace, it will also shorten the time to market, which could mean the difference between becoming an industry leader and being left behind.
In the past, Human ingenuity, creativity, and innovation have always made the difference in organizational success, and now BPM/BPA is the force multiplication factor that makes human innovation much more effective and powerful for businesses today.
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Grand Cru: The Great Wines of Burgundy
Remington Norman
Grand Cru: The Great Wines of Burgundy Through the Perspective of Its Finest Vineyards (Foreword by Aubert de Villaine)
Published by Kyle Cathie Ltd £40
Reviewed by Claude Kolm
In the early 1990s, as my knowledge of Burgundy grew rapidly and the region changed equally rapidly, no source was more important to my education than Remington Norman's The Great Domaines of Burgundy: A Guide to the Finest Wine Producers of the Côte d'Or. With the knowledge that a new edition of that book would be coming out, accompanied by a companion book (the one under consideration here) that would focus on the vineyards, I had hoped to do a single review of both. Publication schedules did not allow for simultaneous reviews, however, and my review of The Great Domaines of Burgundy appeared in WFW 29.
Grand Cru is an attractive book with sumptuous photographs throughout (most from Burgundy specialist Jon Wyand and the author's wife, Janet Norman). It is the same dimension as The Great Domaines of Burgundy and fits naturally beside it on the bookshelf. Its publication coincides with the application - initiated in 2007 and culminating in the final presentation in 2011 to the French state - to make the climats of the Côte d'Or vineyard a UNESCO World Heritage site -- a fact not lost on Aubert de Villaine in his thoughtful foreword. It is written in the simple but elegant and even poetic style that will be familiar to those who have read de Villaine's other writings. The foreword sets the stage for the importance of the task that Norman has taken on of describing the particularities of the greatest vineyards of the Côte d'Or and, by extension, many of the greatest vineyards of the world.
Norman's introduction explains that the vineyard, or climat, is only one part of the equation and that the producer is the other, more important element: "Choosing a good source matters more than nuances of vineyard, vintage, or appellation." The producer part, of course, was covered in The Great Domaines of Burgundy.
Useful summary
Part I of the book is titled "Excellence and Progress: The Evolution of the Côte d'Or." Chapter 1 is "The Côte d'Or in the Context of History," and this provides what I think is a generally good summary of the development of wine and wine culture in the region, though I was surprised to see an apparently positive mention of the use of reverse osmosis (p.18 - contradicted later, on p.27, where Norman admits that artificial concentration does indeed mute expression of terroir).
Chapter 2, "The Genie of Terroir in the Côte d'Or," is one of the book's key chapters. In it, Norman argues that more than any other wine region and unlike many others (at least until recently), terroir, shown through the different expressions of a single grape in various climats, has been key to Burgundy. This assertion may pay too little heed to Germany (where the wine tradition owes much to Cistercian monks who came from Burgundy) but otherwise is soundly argued.
Nevertheless, Norman correctly points out that, in recent times, terroir and purity of expression have taken on even greater importance for the ideals and standards of Burgundy. In doing so, he puts his training as a philosopher to good use in considering and refuting the various arguments against the existence of terroir. He concedes (rightly) that there is a human dimension to terroir and the concept is continually evolving. The chapter then goes into separate essays on the interactions of soil, topography, and grape type in terroir.
Chapter 3, "The Origins of the Côte," discusses geological aspects of the Côte d'Or, with essays on morphology, geology, pedology (here meaning the study of soils), faults, and the two côtes (which contrasts the various factors in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune). Up to here, the book does a generally good job - it is informative and accurately discusses the topics, and it does not overlap too much with The Great Domaines of Burgundy.
Part II of the book, titled "The Concept of Grand Cru," contains chapters 4 and 5. The first of these, "The Universals of Quality," discusses the differences of various vineyards and why one vineyard may be not just different but also superior to its neighbor. Quite frankly, I'm not sure there's anything here than isn't said elsewhere (often more than once) in the book, but that may be nit-picking.
The following chapter, "The Grands Crus and Finest Premiers Crus of the Côte d'Or," examines all 33 grands crus and the nine premiers crus that Norman believes are of a quality superior to that of other premiers crus and maybe even to some grands crus: Clos St-Jacques and Aux Combottes in Gevrey- Chambertin, Les Amoureuses in Chambolle-Musigny, Les St-Georges in Nuits-St-Georges, Les Rugiens in Pommard, Les Caillerets in Volnay, Les Perrières in Meursault, and Le Cailleret and Les Pucelles in Puligny- Montrachet. (Norman admits that there is much room for vigorous and pleasurable debate on which vineyards to include.) This is the section of the book that most readers expect to be its heart. For each vineyard, there is an introduction; statistics on the size of the vineyard, number of owners, and average annual production; a listing of principal owners (with those Norman considers superior marked in bold) and the surface area that they hold, plus, if available, information about the age of vines; origin of the name; a description of topography and geology; and a description of the wine.
Maps that are overlays from Google Earth or similar satellite photos are provided. Though much is well done, here we begin to encounter some problems that I shall return to below. The second half of the book - consisting of Part III, "The Making of Burgundy," and Part IV, "Modern Challenges" - covers material already largely addressed in The Great Domaines of Burgundy, often with the identical names for the chapter headings: for example, "Pinot Noir," "Chardonnay," and "Tasting Burgundy."
The one new addition is a chapter on "Burgundian Grapes in the New World" that seems somewhat out of place. (And if one is going to discuss Burgundian grapes in areas other than Burgundy, why just the New World and not other areas of Europe, such as the Jura and Germany, where there are many remarkable wines from those grapes?) For those who have not read the parallel material in The Great Domaines of Burgundy, there is much useful information here, but for those who have read that book, there seems to be quite a bit of filler.
Moralistic pontification
Parts of the text are also written with considerable moralistic pontification, which seems to serve no purpose other than to express the author's anger at those who do not appreciate Burgundy the way he does. For example, he writes that "it is not surprising that red Burgundy continues to divide opinion like no other wine, apart perhaps from the whites of Alsace and Germany, with many knowledgeable palates failing to see either the quality or the attraction. Those bitten by the bug have an almost obsessive devotion to the region and its producers and happily immerse themselves in its diversity with a passion often backed by formidable knowledge. Indifference is not an option: those who dislike Burgundy do so with equal fervour."
So far, so good: Just as there are music lovers who adore Wagner's music and others who are left unmoved by it, so it is with Burgundy; Norman has recognized this fact and shown his respect for those who disagree with him by calling them "knowledgeable palates." But then he contradictorily continues that the fervor of those who dislike Burgundy "often appears to conceal a lack of understanding rather than any aversion to the wines themselves. It is difficult to understand how any wine lover could possibly dislike La Tâche or Musigny." In so discrediting anyone who fails to share his taste, Norman descends to the level of those who do not appreciate Burgundy and call its lovers masochists or snobs. What's to be gained by doing so? Reading such a conclusory condemnation is not going to persuade those with other opinions that they are wrong.
Factual errors
Alas, these two drawbacks - the preachy moralizations and the fact that Norman spends half the book covering material already in the companion Great Domaines of Burgundy - are not the most serious of the book's failings. That is left for the great number of factual errors, especially in the discussion of the individual climats. The errors are too numerous to list here, but I'll provide some examples to give their flavor. Some of the errors appear to be the result of mere carelessness. For example, on p.44, Norman states that part of Clos de Tart remains a garden and courtyard, but on p.66 he gets it right, since it is Clos des Lambrays that is in fact part a garden and courtyard.
At other times, though, the errors are more serious. For example, the map of Gevrey-Chambertin fails to show the portion of Mazoyères/ Charmes-Chambertin that descends to the route nationale. It is this portion of the vineyard that I have consistently heard referred to as not worthy of grand cru status - not the portion up-slope bordering the departmental road (Route des Grands Crus) and facing Aux Combottes, as Norman claims.
A statue of vineyard workers in Puligny-Montrachet, where two of its finest premiers crus, Le Cailleret and Les Pucelles, are among the climats considered by Norman to be of higher quality than the rest
Among the errors, the maps are a persistent problem. In addition to the Charmes/Mazoyères-Chambertin misrepresentation discussed above, the map of Morey-St-Denis fails to include the Bouchots and Meix Rentier climats as part of Clos des Lambrays; the Chambolle-Musigny map omits the Combe d'Orveau climat of Musigny; and the map of the Montrachet growths omits the Chassagne portion of Montrachet. Like the confusion between Clos de Tart and Clos des Lambrays mentioned above, these errors can be written off as mere carelessness, but their number and significance do not inspire confidence.
But for the most bizarre mapping error, involving the Perrières vineyard of Meursault, something more seems to be amiss. Perrières consists of four climats: Clos des Perrières, Perrières Dessous, Perières Dessus, and Aux Perrières. Clos des Perrières and Perrières Dessous are significantly better than the other two, as Norman states, and so correctly identifying their location is important to understanding the vineyard and its wines. The map correctly shows Clos des Perrières and omits identification of Aux Perrières (not uncommon for maps of Meursault). As for the other two, the modifiers Dessous and Dessus mean below and above, respectively; one would reasonably expect, therefore, that the Dessus climat of Perrières would be higher on the slope than the Dessous climat, as one sees on the map is the case with neighboring vineyards Charmes and Genevrières.
Except for the three editions of The Great Domaines of Burgundy, every map that I have consulted, whether in print (going back to that in Lavalle's classic 1855 study) or on the Internet (checking the websites of producers with vines in the Perrières Dessous climat and official Burgundy sources) shows that Perrières Dessous constitutes the down-slope portion of Perrières, both north and south of Clos des Perrières. Yet Norman states in his discussion of Perrières that the Perrières Dessous is the entire south portion of the vineyard, including the up-sloping vines, and identifies the wines north of Clos des Perrières as Dessus. In affirming that the incorrect labeling of the map is as he thinks it should be, he demonstrates that the error is one of understanding, not oversight.
A wise buy?
Many Burgundy fans want to be comprehensive, and for them there is no question about the wisdom of purchasing this book - nor should there be, as long as they understand that it has shortcomings. But if one wants a single work that provides great detail about the individual climats in the Côte d'Or (far more than just the 42 covered in Norman's book), I would have to recommend Jasper Morris's excellent new book (Inside Burgundy, to be reviewed in WFW 32) or either of the older but still fine books by Clive Coates MW for their greater accuracy and more comprehensive scope. Given this competitive situation, one wonders why Grand Cru was not combined with The Great Domaines of Burgundy, eliminating the repetitive material and expanding the number of climats described.
This book is the third about Burgundy that I have reviewed in recent issues of The World of Fine Wine. I undertook each eagerly, hoping to find sources that would lead others to discover the wonders not just of the wines but also of the people of the region and their culture. Unfortunately, I have found all three books lacking to some degree and have not been able to give the enthusiastic reviews that I had anticipated. I take no pleasure in these judgments, but I believe that Burgundy should be, can be, and has been better served by other works.
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The water police officers feel that too little money is made available for their unit, according to police unions ACP and NPB. They are also dissatisfied with the plan to merge the water police staff with police officers working on the railroad and roads. "Working on the water is really different, just because of the nautical knowledge needed", Albert Springer of the NPB said to NOS.
The conflict between the water police and corps leadership has been going on for months. According to the unions, demands seem to be met, but then nothing improves.
Bodies of water with a lot of recreational craft - like the Reeuwijk and Friesland lakes - fall under the control of local units, and not the National Unit. So fines will be issued there as usual, according to NOS.


(c) the auxiliary was instructed and trained in a board-approved continuing education course.
(m) prophylaxis as per ARM 24.138.301.
(4) Dentists shall refrain from delegating to dental auxiliaries any duties or responsibilities regarding patient care that cannot be delegated to dental auxiliaries under 37-4-408, MCA, and board rules.
(5) The assignment of tasks and procedures to dental auxiliaries shall not relieve the dentist from liability for all treatment rendered the patient.
(6) A dentist shall not employ, supervise or otherwise use more dental auxiliaries than the dentist can reasonably supervise in keeping with the dentist's ethical and professional responsibilities.
(7) It shall be the responsibility of the employing dentist to verify that a dental auxiliary's qualifications are in compliance with the statutes and rules of the Board of Dentistry.
(c) has successfully completed a board-approved radiology written examination. The written examination must be passed prior to the dentist allowing the auxiliary to expose radiographs.
(d) For dental auxiliaries beginning work in Montana after January 1, 2016, radiology certification from other states will no longer be accepted, with the exception of a board-approved written examination. Dental auxiliaries who acquired radiology certification in other states and were employed as dental auxiliaries in Montana prior to January 1, 2016, will be grandfathered.
(9) A list of board-approved examinations will be kept on file in the board office.
(10) The board will accept documentation of (8)(a) through (d) as certification for radiographic exposure.
History: 37-4-205, 37-4-408, MCA; IMP, 37-4-408, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 2795, Eff. 11/23/95; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/12/07; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 411, Eff. 2/12/10; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 1904, Eff. 10/30/15.
24-138-71 10/30/2015 Current History: 37-4-205, 37-4-408, MCA; IMP, 37-4-408, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 2795, Eff. 11/23/95; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/12/07; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 411, Eff. 2/12/10; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 1904, Eff. 10/30/15.
24-138-67 2/12/2010 10/30/2015 History: 37-4-205, 37-4-408, MCA; IMP, 37-4-408, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 2795, Eff. 11/23/95; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/12/07; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 411, Eff. 2/12/10.
1/12/2007 2/12/2010 History: 37-4-205, 37-4-408, MCA; IMP, 37-4-408, MCA; NEW, 1995 MAR p. 2795, Eff. 11/23/95; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3118, Eff. 12/6/96; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/12/07.


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21 pictures of Hartlepool and East Durham folk at the Durham Miners Gala - recognise anyone?
Leeds close to Patrick Bamford signing with Boro striker set for medical today
Middlesbrough striker Patrick Bamford looks set to sign for Championship rivals Leeds United, with the forward due for a medical at Elland Road today.
Monday, 30 July, 2018, 11:14
Patrick Bamford
The two clubs have reportedly agreed a fee for the 24-year-old, believed to be in the region of £10million.
Bamford was an unused substitute during Boro's pre-season friendly with Sunderland on Friday night, when Britt Assombalonga led the line, and didn't travel to Victoria Park to face Hartlepool a day later.
Bamford would, therefore, seem a reliable option at Championship level, after scoring 10 goals in his final 15 league games last campaign.
He is also versatile and can operate on the wing as well as in a centre-forward position.
Boro manager Tony Pulis admitted on Friday that he is hoping to sign "a couple of players" before the transfer window closes on August 9.
Even if Bamford's departure is completed, Boro aren't short of attacking options, with Assombalonga, Ashley Fletcher and Martin Braithwaite all pushing to start Saturday's Championship opener against Millwall
Rudy Gestede could also be an option but remains an injury doubt after suffering a knock against Accrington Stanley earlier this month.


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What Kind of Wall Insulation Was Used in the Early '50s?
By Tony Guerra
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Rock wool, an early 1950's wall insulation, was made by melting rock and sand and spinning it into fibers. (Image: Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images)
Many homes built in the early 1950s often featured little in the way of wall insulation. However, when insulation was used, it usually consisted of a product called rock wool or stone (or slag) wool. Still in use today, it's made by melting down rock and sand and then spinning it together to make an insulating fiber. Because it's made mostly of rock, it is fairly resistant to fire as well as to the buildup of mold and fungus.
Spun fibers of rock wool combined together often resemble cotton candy. Known originally as slag wool, it made its first commercial appearance in Germany in 1871. Developers at the time noted that it worked well as a thermal insulating material for structures and also around pipe. Rock is melted to 1600 degrees Fahrenheit, making it molten. It is then put on fast-rotating spinning wheels and bound together using food starch and a little mineral oil.
Finished rock wool fibers pressed into sheets and rolls have a strong ability to take the air passing through them and partition it. It's this partitioning action that helped to make it a useful thermal barrier in '50s-era wall insulation. It also possessed a notable degree of fire resistivity due to the material (rock) it was composed of. For early 1950's home building, it normally came in rolls or sheets, which were then placed between open wall studs.
Besides its thermal insulating and fire resistivity characteristics, rock wool also strongly resists moisture buildup. Additionally, because of its material composition, it doesn't support mold or fungus growth within it. There's no moisture, which means mold or fungus has little chance to begin growing. In the early 1950s, the material was appreciated more for its insulating properties than anything else. Rock wool was also attractive because it's good at absorbing sound, making for a quieter home.
Like almost any fiber product, if you find you have rock wool in your walls, some precautions should be taken if handling it. Though it's made from naturally occurring materials, dust and small fibers emanating from it can be an eye, skin and respiratory tract irritant. They're not carcinogenic, though, unlike other fibers used to insulate pipe or around furnaces, such as asbestos. Just use work gloves and goggles as well as a standard dust mask if you'd like.
NAIMA.org: Rock Wool and Slag Wool...Applications
RCIOnline.org; Stone Wool Insulation...Designer; Thomas Hutchinson;
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Sometimes we wonder if we are the GREMLINS or if HER HIGHNESS is.
REJECT is wearing a paper clip on his nose. I think some of the fumes have seeped in though as he's doing a weird dance. One of HER MAJESTY'S dances. Oh, now he thinks he's a Christmas tree.
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Reinbern (zm. 1013(?)) – pierwszy i jedyny biskup kołobrzeski, sprawujący swój urząd od 1000 roku. Osoba Reinberna znana jest jedynie dzięki informacjom w kronice biskupa merseburskiego Thietmara.

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Pochodził z okręgu Hassegau w Turyngii. Gdy w 1000 roku na zjeździe gnieźnieńskim utworzono diecezję kołobrzeską, został jej pierwszym biskupem. Na Pomorzu prowadził akcję chrystianizacyjną. Zdecydowanie walczył z kultem pogańskim (m.in. dokonał oczyszczenia Bałtyku ze złych duchów, wrzucając do morza cztery kamienie, wcześniej namaszczone świętymi olejami i skropione wodą święconą).

W 1004 roku jego kapelan przebywał wraz z Bolesławem I Chrobrym w Czechach; z tego powodu przypuszcza się, że i sam Reinbern w tym czasie przebywał u boku polskiego księcia.

Przed 1013 roku został wysłany na Ruś w charakterze kapelana nieznanej z imienia córki Bolesława Chrobrego, która między 1005 a 1012 rokiem poślubiła Światopełka, syna księcia kijowskiego Włodzimierza. W związku z tą relacją przyjmuje się, że wkrótce przed tym wydarzeniem doszło do reakcji pogańskiej na Pomorzu, która zlikwidowała polskie władztwo na tym terytorium i zaczątki organizacji kościelnej. Upadek diecezji kołobrzeskiej datuje się na około 1007 rok.

Na Rusi biskup wraz ze Światopełkiem i jego żoną został uwięziony po tym, jak młody książę zbuntował się przeciw ojcu. W więzieniu przebywał już do śmierci, której data nie jest znana.

Zobacz też
 Historia Polski (do 1138)

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Źródła
 Thietmar, Kronika Thietmara, wyd. i przeł. Marian Jedlicki, Poznań 1953, s. 208, 328, 570, 572.

Opracowania

 Wędzki A., Reinbern, Słownik Starożytności Słowiańskich, t. 4, 1970, s. 486.
 Zakrzewski S., Bolesław Chrobry Wielki, wyd. 2, Kraków 2003, s. 130, 148.
 Rosik S., Reinbern – Salsae Cholbergiensis aecclesiae episcopus, [w:] Salsa Cholbergiensis. Kołobrzeg w średniowieczu, red. L. Leciejewicz, M. Rębowski, Kołobrzeg 2000, s. 85–93.

Polscy biskupi katoliccy
Ludzie związani z Kołobrzegiem
Urodzeni w X wieku
Zmarli w XI wieku

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using System.ComponentModel;

namespace Azure.ResourceManager.HybridContainerService.Models
{
    /// <summary> Indicates whether the Arc agents on the provisioned clusters be upgraded automatically to the latest version. Defaults to Enabled. </summary>
    public readonly partial struct AutoUpgradeOption : IEquatable<AutoUpgradeOption>
    {
        private readonly string _value;

        /// <summary> Initializes a new instance of <see cref="AutoUpgradeOption"/>. </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"> <paramref name="value"/> is null. </exception>
        public AutoUpgradeOption(string value)
        {
            _value = value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
        }

        private const string EnabledValue = "Enabled";
        private const string DisabledValue = "Disabled";

        /// <summary> Enabled. </summary>
        public static AutoUpgradeOption Enabled { get; } = new AutoUpgradeOption(EnabledValue);
        /// <summary> Disabled. </summary>
        public static AutoUpgradeOption Disabled { get; } = new AutoUpgradeOption(DisabledValue);
        /// <summary> Determines if two <see cref="AutoUpgradeOption"/> values are the same. </summary>
        public static bool operator ==(AutoUpgradeOption left, AutoUpgradeOption right) => left.Equals(right);
        /// <summary> Determines if two <see cref="AutoUpgradeOption"/> values are not the same. </summary>
        public static bool operator !=(AutoUpgradeOption left, AutoUpgradeOption right) => !left.Equals(right);
        /// <summary> Converts a string to a <see cref="AutoUpgradeOption"/>. </summary>
        public static implicit operator AutoUpgradeOption(string value) => new AutoUpgradeOption(value);

        /// <inheritdoc />
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public override bool Equals(object obj) => obj is AutoUpgradeOption other && Equals(other);
        /// <inheritdoc />
        public bool Equals(AutoUpgradeOption other) => string.Equals(_value, other._value, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

        /// <inheritdoc />
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public override int GetHashCode() => _value?.GetHashCode() ?? 0;
        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override string ToString() => _value;
    }
}

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Volleyball Ireland Questions to Improve
Oct 1, 2020 | Governance, News Members, Research, Volleyball
It can be tough to put yourself out there and ask for people's opinion on what you are doing but fair play to Volleyball Ireland who have shared with us for publication the result of their annual stakeholder survey.
The work was done last year and that gives a performance benchmark for how the organisation is felt to have done across a range of areas from governance to marketing, education to participation.
The concept and the benchmarking questions were inspired by the UEFA Grow project presented by Noel Mooney at the Aviva stadium in early 2019 as part of a Federation of Irish Sport breakfast which Sport for Business partnered on.
UEFA provided the same questions that they use to assess the perception of their own national federations.
Actions arise from the work as well with last years version providing a range of ideas which Volleyball Ireland has since implemented including regular newsletters, an online player registration system, a coaching workshop series and a move to a fun non-competitive primary school competition.
"The Stakeholder survey is really important as the ideas and suggestions impact our operational plans and programmes," said General Manager Gary Stewart.
"Last year we had around 65 responses with a range of brilliant ideas, some of which we've managed to put in place."
"I'm not concerned with the actual scores we get, our focus is we improve and get better in every area, year on year. That's what we strive for and as a members organisation it's vital our members are the ones to judge that."
"Last year around 5 per cent of licensed playing members completed the survey. Now with the weekly newsletter engaging over 1700 subscribers, Gary is delighted the numbers completing the survey have almost doubled."
"This gives us even more information to work with and more ideas to implement. Naturally, we have a lot of conversations with people over the year and getting feedback that way is great, but having hard data and scores that can be measured is invaluable."
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Musique Fantastique
100 years of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Film Music
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Expanded Release: MONKEY SHINES OST
David Shire's score for George A. Romero film given well-deserved expanded soundtrack treatment from Music Box Records
Music Box Records presents an extended soundtrack release of MONKEY SHINES: AN EXPERIMENT IN FEAR, George A. Romero's vivid 1988 psychological horror thriller about a young man paralyzed from the neck down after an accident. In the story, the man is given a specially-trained capuchin monkey to help him with his day-to-day cares, unaware that the little monkey is actually the ongoing subject of a secret genetic experiment to increase animal intelligence. As a result, man and monkey develop a dangerous psychotic link that fuels homicidal rages that are shared and accentuated between them both.
The music was composed by David Shire, in one of only a few excursions into horror territory made by the composer. Best known for scoring edgy thrillers like THE CONVERSATION (1974), THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976), and ZODIAC (2007), as well as science fiction/fantasy adventure dramas such as 2010 (1984), RETURN TO OZ (1985), and SHORT CIRCUIT (1986).
Based on the book by Michael Stewart, wherein the behaviorally advanced monkey becomes Mr. Hyde to the hero's Dr. Jekyll, the story is an engrossing tale that ramps up to a horrific climax in which the paralyzed hero must outsmart the capuchin's boosted-intelligence to save his girlfriend and himself from the monkey's savage and calculated attacks.
Shire's skillful music is an engaging mix of sweeping lyrical melodies and jungle drum timbres and tempos that augment Romero's visualized moments of fear and suspense. Shire delineates the thought-world of the capuchin with a growing interaction of sonic discord and shocking stingers that electrify Romero's carefully choreographed scares. In following the contours of Romero's scary story line Shire also composes some tremendous action music which intensifies the film's excitement, suspense, and roaring action, all of which makes for a tense and thrilling listening experience.
This expanded soundtrack release album contains 40 tracks and 65 minutes of music. The package features a 12-page illustrated booklet featuring exclusive liner notes by Randall D. Larson that includes a new interview with the composer about his score. The release is limited to 1,000 units.
Pre-order now at www.musicbox-records.com
This website was created partly to promote the book series, Musique Fantastique [Second Edition] 100+ Years of Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror Film Music by Randall D. Larson, but more importantly is intended to be a resource for news, views, & interviews about music for science fiction, fantasy, and horror films. As an extension of the books, it provides additional material and links to further resources about this unique genre of film and television scoring. For news on the book series, scroll down toward the bottom of the home page.
To contact Randall, email soundtraxrdl@gmail.com
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Frontispiece artwork by Allen Koszowski from Musique Fantastique 1st Edition, Scarecrow Press, 1985.


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Samed Yeşil (Düsseldorf, 25 mei 1994) is een Duitse voetballer van Turkse afkomst die bij voorkeur als aanvaller speelt. Hij verruilde in augustus 2012 Bayer Leverkusen voor Liverpool. Op dit moment speelt hij voor het Griekse Panionios.

Clubcarrière

Bayer Leverkusen
Yeşil werd in 2005 opgenomen in de jeugd van Bayer Leverkusen. Daarvoor scoorde hij in zijn laatste twee jaar 57 doelpunten in 71 wedstrijden  Yeşil speelde ook vier wedstrijden voor Bayer Leverkusen II.

Liverpool
Yeşil verruilde Leverkusen op 30 augustus voor Liverpool, dat 1,3 miljoen euro voor de toen 18-jarige Duitser betaalde. Yeşil's eerste wedstrijd in het shirt van Liverpool was een wedstrijd tegen de reserves van Chelsea. Hij begon daarin in de basis en werd in de 58e minuut bij een 0-0 stand vervangen door Michael Ngoo. Liverpool won de wedstrijd met 1-4. Zes dagen later behoorde Yeşil tot de wedstrijdselectie voor een Europa League-duel tegen de BSC Young Boys. Hij bleef heel de wedstrijd op de bank. Op 26 september maakte Yeşil zijn debuut in het eerste elftal van Liverpool, in een wedstrijd om de League Cup tegen West Bromwich Albion.

Interlandcarrière
Yeşil heeft zowel de Duitse als de Turkse nationaliteit. Hij speelde voor verschillende Duitse nationale jeugdelftallen. Hij mag vanwege zijn afkomst voor zowel Duitsland als Turkije uitkomen.

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Joseph Beer - Fatal Car Accident that Killed Four Teens
A Queens teenager seemed dazed in October as he wandered through the aftermath of a deadly car crash that "looked like someone had taken a stick to a piñata," a state trooper testified Wednesday.
"There was debris everywhere. And body parts. Blood all over the place," said State Trooper Eduardo Arias.
Yet Arias said Joseph Beer, the driver of the car, kept asking, "Are my friends OK?"
Although Beer seemed confused when he asked about his friends, Arias said he was lucid when answering questions about his name, birth date and other facts.
When he brought Beer into an ambulance, the trooper said, he smelled marijuana.
"I asked him if he smoked weed prior to the incident," Arias told prosecutor Michael Bushwack. "He gave me a blank stare. Then I asked again and he said 'Yes.' "
Beer, who now faces aggravated vehicular manslaughter charges in the deaths of his four friends on the Southern State Parkway on Oct. 8, 2012.
Prosecutors have said Beer was high on marijuana and driving more than 110 mph when he lost control of his Subaru Impreza and slammed into trees off the parkway between exits 18 and 17 in Lakeview.
The force of the impact split the sedan in two and the passengers -- Darian Ramnarine, Christopher Khan and Peter Kanhai, all 18, and Neal Rajapa, 17, all from Queens -- were ejected. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Beer, 18, of South Richmond Hill, Queens, wasn't seriously hurt. He is being held without bail. If convicted of the top charge against him, he will face up to 25 years in prison.
At one point, Greenberg showed Beer photos of the accident scene. The teen slumped over as he looked at them, his hand on his forehead.
Labels: auto crash, Christopher Khan, Darian Ramnarine, fatal car accident, joseph beer, Neal Rajapa, Peter Kanhai, southern state parkway, vehicular manslaughter, wrongful death
Carbon Monoxide Injures 9 at Roosevelt Field Mall
Nine people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning that was possible caused by a construction worker using an improperly vented propane-powered tool at Roosevelt Field Mall.
Among the injured were construction workers, security guards and staff who were later taken to an area hospital with possible carbon-monoxide poisoning.
In total, seven were taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, a hospital spokeswoman said, including two who will be treated by hyperbaric chamber before being admitted. Five others will receive oxygen for several hours before being discharged, the spokeswoman said.
The mall spokesman said the Westbury Fire Department found high levels of carbon monoxide in the Abercrombie & Fitch store, where the construction worker had been using the propane equipment.
Fortunately, no shoppers were in the mall at the time, the spokesman said, and mall stores were expected to open Thursday at their regularly scheduled times.
Andrew Schmitt, a hazardous materials supervisor with the Fire Marshal's Office, said only the Abercrombie store and the service areas were affected and that the air quality had returned to normal. The mall is open, Schmitt said.
Labels: carbon monoxide poisoning, construction worker using propane powered tools, injury, roosevelt field mall
Postal worker dies after his truck is hit from behind
A postal worker whose truck was rear-ended before it crashed into a tree in Lloyd Harbor has died, Lloyd Harbor Village Police said.
A police spokesman said Suffolk County's Second Squad is investigating the death of the worker, whose name has not been released.
The worker, a man, was driving a postal truck on West Neck Road near Banbury Lane at about 3 p.m. when he reportedly was rear-ended by another vehicle, went off the road and struck a tree.
Alan Nobile, 53, of West Islip, was taken to Huntington Hospital to be treated for nonlife-threatening injuries, police said. But that night, as an ambulance was taking him to another hospital for treatment, he went into cardiac arrest and died, his family said.
The cause of the accident may have been inattentive driving by the driver of the Audi, but it was not related to texting or cellphone use, police said.
Tuesday, police said, investigators from the U.S. Postal Service examined the crash site and impounded both vehicles.
Labels: Alan Nobile, crash, hit tree, huntington hospital, lloyd harbor, postal worker, rear ended, suffolk county, vehicle, west neck road accident
Hands-Free Cell Phone Use MORE Dangerous Then Originally Thought
The increasingly popular voice-activated, in-car technologies that allow drivers to text, talk on the phone or even use Facebook while driving still allow for dangerous mental distraction, according to a new study.
In the most comprehensive study of its kind to look at drivers' mental distraction, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that as mental workload and distractions increase, reaction time slows, brain function is compromised, and drivers scan the road less and miss visual clues, researchers say. This could potentially result in drivers being unable to see items right in front of them, such as stop signs or pedestrians.
The study sought to measure the impact of cognitive or mental distraction on driving. The other two types of driver distraction, visual and manual, which involve the eyes and the hands doing something like looking at a cellphone while sending a text have been studied much more extensively.
"There's a sort of arms race (among auto manufacturers) over what's going into the car these days," said David Strayer, a University of Utah cognitive distraction expert who co-authored the new report. "Any function that can be put in the car is being put in the car without a full examination of whether it should go in the car."
The foundation's research, which involved 150 drivers, follows a smaller study by the Texas Transportation Institute released in April, which found that texting while driving using a voice-to-text application was just as dangerous as texting manually.
Drivers in the AAA Foundation study were analyzed while engaging in eight different distracting activities as they "drove" on a sophisticated driving simulator and in an instrumented vehicle on residential streets in Salt Lake City.
Researchers measured brain waves, eye movement and other metrics to assess what happens as drivers listened to an audio book, talked on the phone or responded to voice-activated emails while driving. They found that, as drivers' mental workload increased, their reaction time slowed, their field of vision narrowed and they missed visual cues.
"This is a reminder to the general public that distracted driving is real," said Peter Kissinger, president and CEO of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. "Three out of four drivers believe that hands-free is better than handheld. But hands-free is not risk-free, and we now have new evidence that clearly demonstrates that."
Kissinger said the foundation "is calling upon auto manufacturers and the electronics industry to work with us so we can learn as much as possible. Before any more wholesale installation of new technology, let's step back and measure how the technology affects mental distraction."
The group is also urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to broaden its driver distraction guidelines to include the kind of mental distraction associated with voice-activated calling.
In March, ABI Research, a market intelligence company specializing in global technology markets, projected that infotainment systems in new vehicles would jump from 9 million in 2013 to 62 million in 2018.
Labels: AAA, hands free texting, in-car technology, translate speech into text, Voice-operated dashboard technology
2 Million Cars RECALLED Due To Faulty Airbags
DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators have added about 320,000 older-model Honda Odyssey minivans to a widening probe of faulty air bags that affects at least three automakers and more than 2 million vehicles.
Front air bags on the Honda Motor Co. minivans from the 2003 and 2004 model years can inflate without a crash, possibly injuring drivers and passengers.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Monday on its website that the vans have the same air bag control computers that already have caused Toyota Motor Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC to recall more than 1.8 million vehicles worldwide.
The air bag control computers were made by auto parts supplier TRW Automotive Inc.
So far, the agency has received six complaints about the Odyssey air bags inflating without crashes. In three cases people reported injuries. The NHTSA also received 41 complaints of air-bag warning lights illuminating.
The agency will determine if the problem is widespread enough to recall the minivans.
In one of the complaints about the Odyssey, a driver in Hattiesburg, Miss., told NHTSA the air bags went off suddenly in May 2012 while a 2003 Odyssey was parked and the driver had an iPad on the steering wheel. The air bags threw the iPad into the female driver's face. She ended up at a hospital emergency room, and a plastic surgeon had to be called in to stitch a cut in her upper lip. Some of the driver's teeth were chipped, and she needed dental work, the complaint said.
The owner paid $2,331 to fix the air bags, according to the complaint.
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Labels: auto, car, crash, faulty airbag, honda, honda odyssey, injury, mini van, passengers, vehicle
Balcony in Long Beach collapses injurying 5 people
The city's building department has prohibited access to second-story exterior balconies at a 64-year-old Long Beach apartment complex after one of them collapsed Monday, injuring five people.
Scott Kemins, a commissioner in the Long Beach Building Department, said Tuesday that none of the injuries in the balcony collapse was serious but each person was taken to a nearby hospital.
"The Building Department is requiring the owners of the complex to hire an engineering firm to inspect the balconies and make necessary repairs" Scott Kemins said.
The deterioration of the balcony's concrete and steel support, the weight of the people, plus the age of the balcony (built in 1949) contributed to the collapse.
If you or someone you know was seriously injured due to a defective or faulty product call the experienced injury attorneys at Buttafuoco & Associates. 1-800-Now-Hurt
Labels: balcony collapse, building department, injury, inspection, long beach, long island, negligence, new york, ny, scott kemins
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By: Stephen King
There's a reason why Stephen King is one of the best selling writers in the world ever. He knows how to write stories that suck you in and are impossible to put down. The New York Times describes it as a 'relentless tidal pull' and Stephen King has done it time and time again with stories like The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, The Green Mile and The Stand. In Under the Dome, he has produced another riveting masterpiece. The end of every chapter hooks you into the next, drawing you inside a psychological drama that is so rich, you don't read it, you live it. It is the story of the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can get in and no one can get out. The normal rules of society are suddenly changed and when food, electricity and water run short, the community begins to crumble. As a new and more sinister social order develops, Dale Barbara, Iraq veteran, teams up with a handful of intrepid citizens to fight against the corruption that is sweeping through the town and to try to discover the source of the Dome before it is too late... About The Author Stephen King has been described by The Guardian as 'one of the great storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel'. In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA, which is the setting of Under The Dome.
Title: Under The Dome
Author Name: Stephen King
Categories: Horror, Thrillers & Suspense,
Publisher: UK, Hodder & Stoughton: 2010
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While Gilmore Girls was jampacked with dialogue and drama, I always appreciated that the show made time for extended musical moments. Thankfully, this isn't any different in the revival, as demonstrated by the Hep Alien reunion in Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life. The new Netflix series features Stars Hollow's favorite troubadour, the "la la las" fams all know and love, and, most significantly, an extended performance from Hep Alien in the first episode, "Winter."
For those who might need a little refresher on the band, Hep Alien was the rock group founded by Dave Rygalski that Lane Kim joined in Season 3. While Dave eventually disappeared, the group found success after his departure, and Lane got married to her bandmate Zack. Even before the group's return in A Year In The Life, Hep Alien (which is an anagram of Gilmore Girl's producer Helen Pai's name) reunited for a special show last June, playing Beyoncé and White Stripes covers, in addition to a rendition of the Gilmore Girls theme song.
In A Year In The Life, Rory visits Lane's house and watches the band practice a cover of Joe Jackson's "I'm The Man." It's great to see Hep Alien rocking out again, though you might know some of its members from shows besides Gilmore Girls. Here's what the actors who make up Hep Alien have been up to between Gilmore Girls and A Year In The Life.
The actor is probably still best known as Rory's BFF and Hep Alien's drummer Lane Kim, but she's been busy post-Gilmore Girls. According to a Reddit AMA she did in 2015, Agena is an improv comedy performer, too. She's also appeared in guest roles on TV shows like Scandal, Shameless, and Grimm.
You probably recognize Lowe, who plays Hep Alien lead singer and Lane's husband Zack, from True Blood. Lowe starred on the vampire show as war veteran Terry Bellefleur.
Bach is best known, not as Hep Alien's guitarist Gil, but as himself, the heavy metal guitarist and frontrunner of the band Skid Row. Bach has released two solo albums since Gilmore Girls ended.
Cabrera plays Brian, Hep Alien's bass player. While Cabrera has appeared on shows like Studio 60 and Numb3rs, he's mainly shifted his attention to screenwriting, writing the shows H+ and The Homes.
Of course, original band member Dave Rygalski did not appear in the Netflix revival, as Adam Brody left Gilmore Girls early on in the series to move to The O.C. and later marry Blair Waldorf. Even without Dave, though, it's great to see the band together again.