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Maintaining an attractive lawn can be an overwhelming task for some homeowners lacking turfgrass management training. Professional turfgrass managers often spend years becoming educated on turfgrass management. They also attend continuing education programs to keep up to date on the latest management techniques. Professionals understand that creating a quality lawn requires a general knowledge of soil types, fertilizers, mowing heights, irrigation and insect, disease and weed management.
For individuals wanting a quality lawn but not wanting to invest the time to learn the art of turfgrass science, hiring a lawn care service may be an option. Services provided by lawn care companies allow homeowners to enjoy more leisure time while enjoying a well-maintained yard.
Selecting a lawn care service to maintain your lawn can be a difficult task. There are numerous companies located throughout most urban areas that provide lawn care services. The type of services these companies offer will vary and may include mowing, fertilizing and pest control. Before you begin shopping for a lawn care service, decide what services you want.
After a decision is made about which lawn services you need, do a little homework on local lawn care companies. One issue you will want to be aware of during your search is the amount of work they are willing to provide. Some companies will be available as needed. Others will only offer a number of visits to apply pesticides or perform set cultural practices. Determine what level of service you prefer and which company will provide that service. Be aware however, the increasing amount of service will usually have an accompanying increase in cost. Most lawn care companies will provide one of three levels of service.
Partial Lawn Care: Partial lawn care usually involves a company that provides only one level of service. A pest control company will provide both pest control and fertilizer applications but usually will not perform cultural practices such as mowing and edging. If you are sensitive to chemical exposure or want to maintain your lawn using less toxic methods, there are pest control companies that specialize in this area as well. Lawn care services that are not licensed to apply pesticides will usually only perform manual labor, usually called ‘mow and blow’, and may apply fertilizers.
If you would like to maintain your own lawn by taking on the responsibility of mowing and edging but do not feel comfortable applying pesticides, then a pest control company that applies fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides would be a good choice. On the other hand, if you prefer to diagnose turfgrass problems and apply pesticides as needed but do not want the time constraints of mowing, edging and aerating, a ‘mow and blow’ company may be your choice.
Total Lawn Care: A company advertising itself as a total lawn care service will not only mow, set your irrigation schedule and perform needed cultivation practices but will also diagnose pest problems and apply pesticides as needed. These companies should have well trained employees with knowledge of pest identification and safe pesticide application. In South Carolina, any individual that applies pesticides on a landscape for a fee must obtain and maintain a commercial pesticide applicator license. They can be identified by the yellow South Carolina shaped decal (issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation) on their vehicle.
Total Landscape Management: Companies that advertise themselves as a total landscape management company will take care of all plant material located on site. In addition to turfgrass mowing, edging and irrigation scheduling, they should also include any cultural practice needed such as aerating, thatching or topdressing.
They should be able to diagnose and control pest problems on your turf, shrubs and trees. They should take care of all pruning responsibilities including shrubs and trees. These companies should develop and implement a fertility program for all your plants and should base this on soil test results. The company should have a certified arborist on staff for all your tree work and should be following all state laws.
To assist you in choosing a lawn care service, the following guidelines will be valuable in your decision making.
Services: Determine exactly what you are looking for in a lawn care service. Review the above information on levels of service, then contact several companies and find out what service they are willing to provide. You may also ask friends and neighbors who have such a service for recommendations.
If you are looking for a company that will take on the responsibility of mowing, ask how often they intend to service your lawn. Find out what their policy is for weather delays and missed service dates.
Be sure you know the extent of service they provide such as edging and cleanup. You may also ask if they are willing to take on additional work such as bed mulching or thatch removal.
Ask about the company’s equipment inventory and what they plan to use on your lawn. Some lawn care services only use large, sometimes heavy equipment for mowing and pesticide application. On some sites, the use of large equipment can cause compaction and rutting. If this is a possibility on your lawn, make sure the company has and will use smaller pieces of equipment to avoid damage.
Expertise & Training: Select a company that listens to your concerns about your landscape. They should be able to provide answers on how to effectively resolve problems. They should also provide you with a method you can use to quickly contact them to register a concern.
Verify the amount of training and expertise the employees of the company have. They should have all the recommended state licenses and should be trained on a regular basis about new horticultural techniques. Ask the company if they are licensed and insured and ask to see proof.
Ask if the company and its employees are members of local, state and national trade associations. Being a member in good standing with these organizations shows the company’s dedication to continuing education.
Contracts: It is important to obtain a written service agreement spelling out the responsibilities of the lawn care service and those of the homeowner. Do not accept any contract for service over the phone. Many companies provide free onsite evaluations to determine the level of maintenance and pricing.
Ask if the service is automatically renewed each year. If it is, ask for an annual written confirmation. Ask about the company policies on cancellations if you decide to end their services. Ask if there are any penalties and how and when cancellation of service needs to be done.
Pesticide Use: Ask to see the details of the management plan the company intends to follow and how many site visits they schedule. Many chemicals are only applied as needed to control a pest outbreak. However, other chemicals, as well as fertilizers, are applied on a timely basis. Ask the company to inform you of what chemicals are used and when. You can check these recommendations against those of Clemson University.
Be sure the company will provide you advanced notice of any chemical or maintenance practice they are about to perform. This will allow you time to secure lawn furniture, equipment, pets etc. The company should also tell you how long to remain off the site after any chemical application.
Ask “mow & blow” services whether they reset mower heights for different turfgrasses and at what height they will cut your lawn. Check this against recommended mowing heights in HGIC 1205, Mowing Lawns. Also find out if they clean equipment between lawns. Mowers and other equipment can spread weed seeds and disease organisms if not cleaned properly.
Many companies will provide labels of the products they are applying to your lawn. Ask if they will provide this information on request or at least inform you of the chemical name. For more information about pesticide labels, see HGIC 2750, Reading the Pesticide Label.
Make sure the company is an environmentally responsible company. Check if they apply pesticides only when needed, according to label directions, and that they dispose of all pesticide containers properly. See HGIC 2751, Pesticide Safety and HGIC 2754, Pesticide Container Disposal for more information.
Ask if the individual applying any pesticide has a Commercial Pesticide License or will be working under the direct supervision of someone who does have one. This is required by South Carolina state law.
Be sure you will be given specific instructions on what actions need to be taken once a pesticide or fertilizer is applied. Some of the applied products will need to be watered in while others will not need immediate irrigation.
If the company will be putting up notification signs about pesticide use, ask who will remove them and when they should be removed.
Do some research on the company. You can contact the Clemson University Department of Pesticide Regulation at 864-646-2150 to see if the company has any pesticide related violations. You can also check with your local Better Business Bureau to see if any complaints have been filed against them.
Finally, ask the company for all recent references from their local clients.


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FEW of us make the best of the town, village or county we live in. There are places we pass by every day but never step a foot inside and hidden corners we've yet to discover.
So, let's start off the New Year by getting out in the fresh air and seeing what Bishop's Stortford has to offer. Situated on the edge of east Hertfordshire, bordering Essex, it's easy to get to with the M11 and Stansted airport on its doorstep and good trains links to London and Cambridge.
First stop, the Tourist Information Centre to collect the key to the gated entrance to the Castle Mound. The mound is just off the Causeway, a few moments from the town centre.
March to the top of the 30 or so steps and discover the tell tale signs of the 11th century Waytemore Castle. Deep inside the mound, sunk to a depth of 60ft (18m), a well still exists - originally used to draw water from the marsh below if the castle came under siege.
From here, the moat can still be seen forming a waterway around what is now Castle Gardens. There's also an excellent view southwards towards the spire of St Michael's Church, soaring above the town, and northwards towards the Meads where cattle once grazed freely.

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Discover and research 10 MBA Programs in West Virginia. Browse by specialization, location, industry outcomes and get advice from experts on Noodle.
There are 10 MBA Programs in West Virginia.

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(1) Wait I ..........you the bus stop.
I ...............(drive)you the bus stop.
I ........... (break) your pen.
(3). I ...........the money on 20th.
I ............. (need)the money on 20th.
(4) I ............... to movie.
(5) She ..........better in four days.
She ...............get (better) in four days.
(6) Your family ...............you in your hardship.
I think my family.............. (help) in my hardship.
She ........... be (able) to reach at time.
(9) Ram...........his work within fifteen days.
Ram...............be able to (finish) his work in fifteen days.
If it rains the match ........... be (play).
1. Wait I will drive you the bus stop.
I will not drive you the bus stop.
2. I will break your pen.
I will not break your pen.
I will not need the money on 20th.
4. I will go to movie.
I will not go to movie.
5. She will get better in four days.
She will not get better in four days.
6. Your family will help you in your hardship.
I think my family will not help in my hardship.
7. She will reach at time.
She will not be able to reach at time.
8. She will come with me.
She will not come with me.
9. Ram will finish his work within fifteen days.
Ram will not be able to finish his work in fifteen days.
10. If it rains the match will be cancelled.
If it rains the match will not be played.
Take a view of this future tense grammar lesson.
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You must have sent our final, customized resume to at least 15 companies.
Your request must be submitted in writing to support@resumespice.com within 90 days of receiving your final resume.
Please include 2-4 examples of job descriptions to which you have applied. If you have adapted your resume from the final version we delivered, please include this as well.
The guarantee is limited to resumes and does not include additional services, such as cover letters.


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The members discussed their various problems with B S Shekharappa, chief executive officer, zilla panchayat.
The workers demanded that the government fix minimum wages for the workers. Even after repeated protests the government has failed to respond positively, the workers complained.
Earlier, the chief minister had assured the protesting workers to take all the necessary measures to solve their problems.
However, no steps have been taken till day, workers alleged and said that a memorandum is being submitted to draw the attention of the government, the workers said.
The officer promised to bring the issue to the notice of the government.
Maruti Manpade, President of the Association, B Savitramma, ZP vice-president, B N Munikrishnamurthy, Siddagangappa and others were present on the occasion.

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India’s largest refiner Indian Oil Corp is setting up an office in Singapore that will handle crude oil purchases and the sales of oil products from its refineries later this year, trade sources said on Friday.
The state-run company is part of a growing group of refiners in Asia that have set up offices in Singapore’s oil hub to keep closer tabs on the market and react more quickly to changes.
IOCL Singapore – as the Singapore unit will be named – will initially have two staff to handle some of the crude purchases for its refineries, said the sources, who declined to be named because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
IOC, which accounts for over a third of India’s 4.6 million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity, did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
IOC’s head of finance, A.K. Sharma, previously said the company planned to open a Singapore office that would eventually handle the trading of crude oil and refined fuels.

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A few weeks ago I posted about really wanting to get my hands on a copy of the Goodwin Champions Landmarks Omaha Beach card. However, at the time the redemptions were being sent out by Upper Deck and making their way to eFee (eBay), they were trading for between $65-$70, which was considerably more than I was willing to pay. Well, thanks to Saved Item Alerts and being kept abreast of the latest ones to be listed, my patience finally paid off and I got this one in the mail today for $41.
As someone who has always been interested in WWII history, coupled with a deep appreciation for the military this card now holds a special place in my collection.
This picture is very famous and I became curious about the photographer. His name was Robert F. Sargent and was a Chief Photgraphers Mate in the US Coast Guard. He landed with Company E of the 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One).
Great card! Looks like you got a nice deal on it too.
That is one of the few "NON" sports cards cards I really want.
That's the best non-sports card I've seen in a long time. Well done.
I love World War II history as well and this card is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.


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The choice of firearm is a very personal thing.
As long as you are comfortable with your firearm from 30 feet to 300 yards, the actual firearm is your decision. Many hunters bring a 7mm or larger for moose.
A good hard gun case is recommended for the commercial flight as well as on the flight to and from the lodge.

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text: Data created as an unintended by-product during the application of technology to a specific task. A source of alternative data. See Technology Leadership Indicators.

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The American Automobile Association, known as AAA, is a federation of more than 50 affiliated motor clubs in the United States and Canada serving more than 55.6 million members. Established in 1902 by nine motor clubs with fewer than 1,500 members, today, AAA is North America’s largest motoring and leisure travel organization and provides its members with an array of travel, insurance, financial, and automotive-related services.
With the goal of understanding product usage, satisfaction, customer engagements and journeys to help members get the most out of their membership with AAA, the non-profit organization manages records for participating clubs to build and maintain customer profiles.
Throughout the year, AAA National Action Center receives information from its federated local clubs. There is a need to align that information to help AAA further understand relevancy and deliver strong engagement opportunities for its members, said Daniel Mathieux, director, Marketing Insights and E-Business, at AAA.
After a lengthy process of exploring and evaluating solutions in industry and benchmarking different products, AAA National decided to partner with RedPoint Global, Mathieux explained. RedPoint Global provided a solution for managing records, spotting consumer trends, and quickly delivering information to club data scientists, said Mathieux. The RedPoint Data Management solution allows enterprises the ability to use any data from any source structured or unstructured, cleans data rapidly, increases productivity by automating processes, and centralizes control of data. The platform works on data stored both in traditional databases and in Hadoop, while a graphical user interface and re-usable macros and procedures streamlines tasks.
With RedPoint Data Management, AAA National is able to audit every piece of data that comes into its domain. “Literally, we’re able to catch data anomalies as data comes into our enterprise and fix it so when we deliver it to our clubs our number is 99% on time and accurate,” Mathieux said.
Clubs now receive fresh, cleansed data every day - sometimes multiple times a day - when before this only happened once a month. With more accurate data and more than 90% of data processes automated, participating AAA clubs have optimized cross-channel marketing campaigns.
This process has allowed AAA National to increase the amount of data going into its infrastructure with relatively no increase in resources to do that. “It’s accruable, it’s dependable, and it’s done right the first time,” Mathieux said.
AAA National has been able to assist clubs to generate incremental revenue now that it can understand how to deliver relevant communications, at the right time.
AAA National has been able to assist clubs to generate incremental revenue and deliver strong member satisfaction. AAA National Action Center is able to catch data anomalies as data comes in and fix it so it is delivered to customers 99% on time and accurate.
Utilizing RedPoint Data Management, AAA has grown its data platform using the same level of resources.

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shortest time with the minimum cost.
urea are well-defined chemical compounds that could be used as a deicer.
that the snow and ice can be removed efficiently.
misconceptions about deicers and anti-icers.
of calcium chloride, sodium chloride, urea and calcium magnesium acetate (CMA).
ice surface given by Kirchner.
ice melting and in the depth of penetration tests.
better than magnesium chloride hexahydrate pellets.
in the laboratory as dihydrates.
attributed to the larger surface area of contact between the flakes and ice.
the real world situation, pellets are better deicers than flakes.
the diffusion rates of the chemical species. Susan Trost, F.J. Heng and E.L.
use of calcium chloride as a deicer yields the most rapid cutting of the ice.
This could be because calcium chloride is the fastest penetrating deicer.
chloride requirement is almost 1/3 of the sodium chloride requirement.
the Pacific Northwest States (PNS), is a widely accepted method.
deicers available on the market.
life and cannot be stored for a long period of time.
effects on the vegetation, wildlife and concrete pavements.
effects need to be examined in terms of their cationic and anionic species.
matrix, reducing their concentration in the runoff.
palms. It is an essential micronutrient required in small quantities by plants.
chloride ions for different crops and vegetation.
off from the root zone.
has a positive impact on the soil and vegetation of the surrounding areas.
Mishra is manager, business development, with Tetra Technologies, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas.


text: In January of 2007 Brian was on live with the Broadminded Broads, Shari, Molly and Christine, on XM Satellite Radio heard live from Washington DC to California. Brian spoke with the girls about life coaching and how to help others keep their new year’s resolutions. Brian also took callers from across the nation in their pursuit to happiness in 2007.


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Together, we can create a healthy community. And you can help. Let us hear from you today.
Looking for pictures of Knoxville and the surrounding area? Check the Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection.
Wednesday, April 24 at noon discussing Saudi America: The Truth about Fracking and How It's Changing the World by Bethany McLean.
Allison Varnes taught English in special education for eight years and has a PhD in education from the University of Tennessee.
Natalie Lloyd is the New York Times Bestselling author of novels for young (and young at heart) readers.
Debbie Dadey is an award-winning children’s book author who has written more than 150 books which have sold more than 47 million copies. She’s a librarian and former teacher who has seen firsthand the difference the right book can make for reluctant readers.


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How Long Should a Turkey Be Smoked?
Smoking a turkey adds a lot of flavor and maintains the moisture in a bird that has a reputation for being dry and bland. More moisture can be added by brining the turkey before smoking. Flavor with a dry rub as desired, and choose a flavorful wood for smoking. This will be a turkey to remember.
Turkeys less than 12 pounds are suitable for smoking whole. A larger turkey will not cook fast enough in a smoker to guarantee its safety. Larger turkeys can halved or divided into pieces for smoking.
Turkeys should not be stuffed when smoking. Because smoking uses a very low temperature, the stuffing will not cook fast enough and will spend too much time in the danger zone, below 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
Smoke the turkey at a low temperature, between 225 and 250 degrees. Expect that the turkey will require at least 30 minutes per pound to smoke at 230 degrees. A 12-pound turkey will need six hours--minimum--to smoke.
About an hour before you expect the turkey to be ready, check its progress. Test the turkey for doneness using a meat thermometer. Check the temperature in the thickest part of the thigh and breast, making sure that the thermometer does not touch a bone. The turkey is done when both readings are 165 degrees or higher. Usually the breast will cook faster, so continue to smoke the turkey until the thermometer reads at least 165 degrees in both places.
When done, the legs and wings will move easily. Carefully remove the turkey from the smoker and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. The turkey will continue to cook during this time, and the juices will have a chance to redistribute, yielding a moist turkey.
Thirty minutes per pound is a minimum time that your turkey should need at an ideal 230 degrees Fahrenheit. The actual smoking time will depend on the temperature of your grill and maintaining even heat. Add charcoal as needed to keep the grill temperature between 225 and 250.
Avoid opening the grill whenever possible. Every time the lid is raised, the temperature drops and it takes time to get back up to temperature, adding to your cooking time.


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Once there was a band and a little girl who desperately wanted to play the drums. The band was the Beatles, and I was the little girl. My love of the drums was directly proportionate to my love for Ringo, the drummer who had been dubbed the "shy one."
I was in grade school at the time, and the school offered free music lessons before school to any student with a signed permission slip and his or her own instrument. My sister had started taking flute lessons the year before, but I had no interest in learning to play any instrument I couldn't sing along with. Besides, I wanted to be like Ringo. The drums were my obvious choice.
When I asked my parents if I could sign up for drum lessons, they told me that little girls didn't play the drums. Even my grandmother, who usually wanted me to have anything I wanted, was horrified at the idea of her dear little granddaughter playing a "masculine" instrument. She said that some instruments, like flutes and clarinets, were "feminine" and other instruments, like trumpets and drums, were "masculine." Apparently the piano fell into the "unisex" category, because she had already taught me to play the piano and she also encouraged my male cousins to take piano lessons.
My parents told me that they'd be happy to sign me up for band lessons if I would choose the appropriate instrument. I said it was the drums or nothing. I got nothing.
Sometime later I sneaked into the room where the band lessons were being given with the excuse of seeing my sister. In the corner a boy was learning to do a drum- roll. He had no drums, only drumsticks, and since the lessons were given in the cafeteria, he practiced drumming on the table. I watched closely and listened to the teacher, and when I got back to my class I practiced on my desk with two pencils.
As I grew older, I became more and more interested in singing. Judy Collins and Peter, Paul, and Mary were popular, and I could easily imagine myself as a folk singer. I collected notebooks full of folk songs and decided I needed more training. I auditioned for the school choir, and although my voice wasn't particularly strong, the director was pleased with me and said they could always use another alto.
I rushed home to tell the folks, but they weren't as pleased as the director was when I told them I was an alto.
"No, you're not, you're a soprano," my mother insisted. "You and your sister have always been sopranos."
"That was when I was little," I explained. "Now I'm an alto."
"Girls sing soprano," my father said. "Only boys sing down low."
"Well, I'm a girl and I sing low," I defended.
"It isn't right," he said. "Everyone knows girls are supposed to sing soprano."
They didn't actually forbid me to join the choir, but I had a scheduling conflict with another class. That, plus their disapproval, made me decide against joining the choir. But still I kept singing on my own.
On my 19th birthday, when I was away at college, I asked for and got a set of bongos from my parents. They were so easy to play that I didn't need any lessons, and I found to my delight that the drumroll I had learned so long ago with two pencils sounded great when I played it with my fingers on the bongos.
One of my greatest joys in college was singing with Rags, a buddy of mine. She played the guitar, and I played the bongos. We tried singing in our dorm rooms, but the sound wasn't right. Then one day Rags dragged me and my bongos down the hall to the communal bathroom where the acoustics were excellent. She was a soprano, and with my alto we sang in beautiful harmony.
The world kept turning. John Lennon was murdered. Ringo, the shy Beatle, started making commercials. My role-model sister got married and bought a ranch. I graduated from college and tried my hands at many jobs. I bought a piano and kept working on my music.
THEN two years ago, my music was suddenly accepted. I was spending some time at my parents' house, and my father, an avid Barbra Streisand fan, had heard her sing "Memory" on the radio and asked me if I knew what album it was on. I said, "Who needs Streisand when they've got Lee?" and started singing it at full volume in their living room. I played it for laughs, and my mother got up and went to the kitchen to check her turkey. I would not be put off and followed her into the kitchen, still singing lustily. I got a few laughs and was satisfied with that.
Later that day, various relatives showed up for dinner. We all sat around the living room after the meal, trying to come up with some common interest to discuss. My father suddenly suggested that I sing "Memory" for the company. I protested that I had no accompaniment, but apparently that was no problem, because he had a cassette tape with an instrumental version of the song on it. I sang with my low, husky voice to an enthusiastic audience. Afterward my father casually mentioned that he "wouldn't mind" having a tape of me singing as a Christmas present.
So many things have happened to me, the little girl who grew up in a boy's world, and sometimes I wonder at how far I've come. Did my parents change? Did the world change? Did I change? Probably all three. One of the few things that hasn't changed is my love of music - a love that has taught me to express myself in my own way and to please that most discerning of critics, me.


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We are investigating allegations against Kimberly Clark Corporation for selling defective Huggies Snug & Dry diapers. The company markets, advertises, and sells the product as “safe for infants” which may be untrue since consumers allege that use of the diapers may result in rashes significant enough to require medical attention and prescription medication.
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text: Three undergraduate students functioned as teaching assistants in unit ops lab for their senior project, which included developing a purchased size exclusion chromatography experiment, supervising the running of this experiment, and assisting the junior students with their calculations. They also read the reports, graded them, and commented on them. As part of their final report, the student "teachers" reflected on their impressions of being "educators." The lab exercise consisted of two parts: one where the students calibrated the peristaltic pump supplied with the unit, and one where the students injected a mixed sample into the chromatography column. The sample consisted of three compounds in solution--blue dextran, phenol red, and cytochrome c (colorless). From the results, peak heights, and elution times, a calibration curve for molecular weight was developed. The red and blue-colored species added a strong visual impact to the process.


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My name is Carol. I’m not a pilot, a doctor or a paramedic – I’m a dispatcher here at the charity.
This means I send our crews to help the right people at the right time. As spring approaches, I want to thank you for your support because it means we can continue helping people when they need us most.
I am proud to be one of six dispatchers trained and employed by Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex. We work independently within the emergency call centre where, each day, over 2,000 people dial 999. This means that during every minute of every day, one of us is looking out for you - even at night time and on Bank Holidays!
Most 999 calls are taken care of without our involvement. My job is to identify the handful of people each day who are in a life-threatening condition – people who really don’t have time on their side. Working with a set of criteria, we consider the patient’s condition and identify those who need a much higher level of care – something our crews are able to bring. As you can imagine, people who dial 999 are often panicking and in shock, so we draw on our training and experience to make sure we always make the correct decision.
But my job doesn’t end there. We also liaise with other emergency services and give logistical support to our crews, from the minute they take off until they land back at the base.
I needed to keep an eye on this call and then, knowing that he could be in a life-threatening condition, I dispatched a crew immediately. They flew to the scene and put the youngster into an induced coma before flying him to a major trauma centre.
our base. This is always a bit emotional because it makes me feel so proud of the difference we, as a team, can make to people who need us.
It was wonderful to meet the young boy and his parents when they came to visit our base. This is always a bit emotional because it makes me feel so proud of the difference we, as a team, can make to people who need us.
I enjoy every aspect of my job. The best part is knowing that I send our crews to help the right people at the right time – knowing that I’m making a difference.
It’s not just me and the people I work with who make a difference. By supporting us, you make a difference too. We would be so grateful if you could do a little extra to help by purchasing or selling some tickets for the 2019 Spring Draw. You could win £5,000 whilst knowing you have helped someone in need.
Thank you once again for your support and good luck in the draw!
P.S. If 185 people sold 2 books each, it would raise £3,700 – enough to save a life!

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Twice a year in a small village near where I live, a radio station runs for about two weeks. It runs around this time (towards the end of August) and then again just after Christmas.
The station is called Brill Oldies (as it is based in a village called Brill, and only oldies [music from the 50s to 80s] are played) and it is broadcast locally on 87.9FM in addition to being available online at www.brilloldies.com – broadcasting starts at midnight (BST) tonight.
This time around I will be presenting the evening show which runs from 7-9pm BST, staring tomorrow.
I thought Asterisk geeks would really appreciate hearing their favourite female voice talking about thier favourite event of the year for their favourite open source communications solution!
So I commissioned the lovely Allison (she can be found at www.theivrvoice.com) to do just that.
Of course, I’m not entirely sure that the regular listeners to Brill Oldies will understand what the ad is about, but I liked the qwerky idea of an AstriCon ad being juxtaposed with a bunch of other ads for the local plumber, taxi business, catering company, etc.
The ads rotate every two hours – so be sure to ‘tune in’ at www.brilloldies.com and listen out for the Allison ad.
We also take requests, so if you want to hear your favourite oldy – get in touch – the e-mail address is on the website.
PS – Do you see what I did with the title?

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text: Abstract: We report an intriguing transition from the quantum spin Hall phase to the spin Hall effect upon segregation of thallium adatoms adsorbed onto a graphene surface. Landauer-Büttiker and Kubo-Greenwood simulations are used to access both edge and bulk transport physics in disordered thallium-functionalized graphene systems of realistic sizes. Our findings not only quantify the detrimental effects of adatom clustering in the formation of the topological state, but also provide evidence for the emergence of spin accumulation at opposite sample edges driven by spin-dependent scattering induced by thallium islands, which eventually results in a minimum bulk conductivity ~4e2/h, insensitive to localization effects.


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Spider crabs have kept me pretty busy during the last few days. During the weekend many of the club regulars were busy organizing some boat training and for a while it looked like there would be no actual diving happening. James and I were still keen but we couldn’t find a free car. Luckily Hugh saved the day and offered to take us down to Rye with him on Sunday.
Despite the windy Saturday and some rain conditions underwater were quite good and even slightly better than during my first dive with the crabs a week earlier. After some initial problems with leaking regs and underweighted divers we all got underwater and found out that there were still plenty of crabs left. While the total number of crabs was maybe slightly lower (not that I was trying to count!), the crabs were piled in tighter making for an even more impressive sight.
Some rays had also arrived to the area to hunt the crabs and I met one particularly large specimen (with a wingspan of maybe two meters!). We also got separated for a while but next to the pier this was not really an issue. Eventually the wetsuit divers started to feel the cold and we headed back to the pier after a very enjoyable dive.
I had been trying to find people for a night dive for a while and as James was also keen I finally got what I wished for. After our first dive it was already pretty late in the afternoon so we had only a short wait before sunset. Hugh decided to wait on the beach while James and I geared up and headed down the pier again.
This was the first night dive for James but things went very smoothly. Rye is an easy site in most conditions and a pretty good spot for a night dive as well. The sight of so many crabs in the darkness was quite impressive and also little creepy. I also saw one rather large sandworm digging into the bottom, they are quite curious creatures! As this was the second dive of the day and James didn’t have that much air in the tank left, we kept things short and already came back up after around 20 minutes. It was still nice to do a proper night after a long break!
And if this wasn’t enough, there were still people left who were keen to see the crabs during the week. On Monday I got contacted by both Alex and Joey who wanted to head down there. There was no day that would have suited everyone though and I ended diving on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Not that I was really complaining even if the drive to Rye and back can get really boring.
On Tuesday I did two dives with Alex. There was some rain when we were gearing up but luckily weather cleared quickly and the conditions were absolutely perfect underwater. By the time we got to water sun was already shining and the rays of sun were playing on the sandy bottom. This time around the crabs had moved little closer to the pier, there were lots of crabs on the pylons and several huge piles right next to the pier. In addition to the crabs we had one close encounter with a huge ray in the shallow water. This was easily the best dive I did with the spider crabs and one of the top shore dives I have done in Victoria.
After the first dive we waited for Alex to warm up again. Luckily weather stayed sunny and warm. Unfortunately, the same sun that was warming us up was also shining on my dome port. I think there might have been just a little moisture inside the housing from Monday when I put my gear together. Either way, when we were already walking on the pier I noticed that my dome port was fogged pretty badly. I was hoping it would clear in the cold water and decided not to turn back and get it fixed.
This was a pretty big mistake. While some of the fog evaporated the dome was still nowhere clear by the end of the dive. My few photo attempts ended up really blurry so I just focused on enjoying the dive. With the superb conditions and the fact that I had already done one dive there earlier in the day it still ended up a very enjoyable dive.
On Wednesday I headed back to Rye with Joey for one final dive with spider crabs. Things still looked quite promising from the pier, several big rays circling around and crabs visible in the shallow water. Unfortunately when we got below water we found out that vast majority of the crabs had marched off during the night. While there were still plenty of single crabs and some smaller groups the huge piles from earlier days were gone.
It was still a pretty decent dive, we met a couple of rays (one was a baby, the second a rather big adult) and the conditions were quite good as well. There would have been more interesting stuff to see in the very shallow water (more crabs and 6+ big rays visible from the pier after the dive!) but unfortunately we were diving pretty much during the lowest tide and had to turn back as water simply got too shallow for diving.
With all this diving I was happy enough, I got to do a total of six dives with the spider crabs. Too bad about Joey missing out most of the crabs on Wednesday, but at least she was there during our first spider crab dive on 20th May and got to see the huge piles as well.
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I’m a professor at the University of Connecticut, and I’m working on an e-lecture about the effects of ocean acidification, warming and de-oxygenation. To better illustrate a recent research paper about spider crabs (http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12983-014-0087-4.pdf) I would like to ask your permission to include on of your awesome spider crab pictures from 2012.
Please shoot me an email, if you’d be okay with it – the photo credit is of course yours and cited.
Thank you so much, hope to hear from you soon!
Replied via email, you are welcome to use the photos as long as photo credit is given.

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Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It was the fourteenth roller coaster to be built at the park since Blue Streak opened in 1964. Upon completion in 2000, Millennium Force broke six world records and was the world's first Giga Coaster, a roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in height. It was not the tallest and fastest ride on earth when it opened: the Tower of Terror ll opened in 1997 at 377 feet tall and 100 mph and Superman: The Escape, opened in 1996, was 415 feet tall and 100 mph. The ride is also the third-longest roller coaster in North America after The Beast at Kings Island and Fury 325 at Carowinds. It was the first roller coaster to use a cable lift system rather than a traditional chain lift. The coaster has a 310 ft (94 m), 45-degree lift hill with a 300 ft (91 m) drop and features two tunnels, three overbanked turns, and four hills. It has a top speed of 93 mph (150 km/h).
Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster ten times in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards. Its lowest ranking in the poll has been two, a position that it has swapped with Superman the Ride (formerly Bizarro) numerous times since 2001, and in 2016, with Fury 325. Although Millennium Force has been surpassed in height and speed, it remains one of the tallest and fastest in the world.

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Electronic Arts announced today that its aggressive racing game Burnout 3: Takedown has started shipping to retail outlets for the PS2 and Xbox, and should be available throughout North America by the end of the week.
Burnout 3: Takedown, developed by Criterion Games for the PS2 and Xbox, is rated "T" (Teen) and will retail for $49.99.

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Massey Knakal Partner James Nelson will serve as a speaker at The Forum for Great New York Hotel Real Estate. The event, which will take place on May 3, will explore the rapidly changing landscape of hotel and lodging investment, development, management and financing in and around New York City. It will offer the opportunity for attendees to hear from over 40 industry leaders and experts, and discover opportunities that may not yet be on their radar.
Spanning a full day, the conference includes a networking breakfast, lunch, and cocktail reception to increase the opportunities to mingle with fellow attendees and meet potential clients and joint venture partners. Over 300 high-level attendees are expected.
Massey Knakal Realty Services is pleased to announce their #1 ranking for the eleventh consecutive year on CoStar’s list of Top Brokerage Firms for NYC Commercial Property Sales. According to CoStar data, in 2012, Massey Knakal handled 377 transactions totaling over $2.6 billion dollars.
“CoStar results show that Massey Knakal is ranked the #1 New York brokerage firm by transaction volume for the 11th consecutive year. We are also proud to announce that for the past decade we have ranked within the top five NYC brokerages by dollar volume, and in 2012, we ranked third with over $2.6 billion in sales,” said Massey Knakal’s CEO Paul J. Massey, Jr.
A net-leased commercial building at 567 Seventh Avenue, located between West 40th and West 41st Streets in the Fashion District / Times Square section of Manhattan, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $7,250,000.
The four-story building contains approximately 4,149 square feet and sits on a 19.75’ x 60’ lot. It lies in a C5-3 zone in the special Midtown District, yielding an as-of-right commercial FAR of 15.0. The property holds approximately 17,775 buildable square feet, allowing for redevelopment options on one of the city’s busiest corridors.
Prior to the sale, Massey Knakal Retail Leasing Services secured Paris Baguette, as the net-lease tenant for the entire building, which had been vacant for the past six years. Paris Baguette is a division of an international food and food services company based in Korea. With 2,900 stores in Korea and 50 in China, it is rapidly expanding its US presence, and this is its first Manhattan location.
“By putting a great tenant in the building, the true value of the asset was realized. We were then able to achieve a higher sale price for our client,” said Massey Knakal CEO Paul J. Massey, Jr., who exclusively handled this transaction with Chairman Bob Knakal and Director of Retail Leasing Ryan Horvath. “This is a classic example of how Massey Knakal’s multiple disciplines work together,” added Massey.
Neighborhoods: Midtown West/ Corporates: Paul Massey Jr.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell a development site at 237 Duffield Street. The property is located between Willoughby and Fulton Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. The asking price is $16,000,000 or $175 per buildable square foot.
The site is located in a C6-4.5 zoning and can accommodate 89,904 buildable square feet of mixed-use and commercial development. With an Inclusionary Housing bonus, the FAR can increase to approximately 105,000 buildable square feet. Presently, the site has plans for a 185 key hotel.
Adjacent to Willoughby Square, a one-acre open space, the project is one of a series of more than $100 million in public investments in open space and infrastructure commitments made under the Downtown Brooklyn Redevelopment Plan. The property is conveniently located one block from the Jay Street-MetroTech and Hoyt Street subway stations, providing easy access to the 2, 3, A, C, F, N & R subway lines. In addition, the site is located just a few blocks from the newly built Barclays Center.
“Downtown Brooklyn continues to receive regional, national and even international interest. To that end, presently, 237 Duffield Street is the largest publicly marketed site for sale in Downtown Brooklyn and demand is at an all time high,” said Massey Knakal Director of Sales Stephen P. Palmese, who is exclusively marketing this property. For more information on this listing, contact Stephen P. Palmese at 718.238.8999.
Massey Knakal Retail Leasing Services has secured a new long-term retail lease at 2303 Broadway, between West 83rd and West 84th Streets for Oren’s Daily Roast, the 26 year-old company with ten stores in Manhattan. The space was formerly occupied by L’Occitane which consolidated into its nearby Columbus Avenue location.
Neighboring retailers include Zabar’s, Victoria’s Secret, Barnes and Noble, Harry’s Shoes, Duane Reade, Bank of America, The Vitamin Shoppe, and McDonald’s.
“800 square foot stores, with 20 feet of frontage no less, are rarely available on this stretch of Broadway and was leased in 30 days,” said Executive Vice President of Retail Leasing Benjamin Fox, who exclusively represented the landlord in this transaction with Director of Retail Leasing David Chkheidze. Dan Gronich of Newmark Grub Knight Frank represented the tenant.
Massey Knakal Realty Services is pleased to announce the release of their exclusive First Quarter 2013 Property Sales Reports. These unique, industry-leading, reports provide a comprehensive study of the investment sales market by product type in the New York City marketplace (Manhattan, Northern Manhattan/Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens).
“As we anticipated at the end of 2012, the spike in sales activity caused by capital gains tax policy last year has led to a slowdown in activity thus far in 2013.” stated Bob Knakal, Massey Knakal Chairman. “The good news, however, is that the dollar volume of sales and number of buildings sold were ahead of expectations. We view this as a positive sign for the marketing the balance of 2013,” added Knakal.
During the first quarter of 2013, there was $6.5 billion in New York City sales, a 36% decrease from 2012 and down 7% from 2011.
The purchase of 30 Rockefeller Plaza and 550 Madison Avenue were the first billion dollar sales since the Google purchase in 2010, and the first time since the downturn multiple properties exceeding $1B sold in the same year. These two sales accounted for 44% of total dollar volume in Manhattan.
Within the different market segments Massey Knakal tracts, Northern Manhattan outpaced the Bronx for the first time in properties sold due to several multi-property transactions taking place.
Brooklyn led all markets with 214 buildings sold in 1Q13, while Queens had the lowest annualized turnover with 0.93% of the total stock of property.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell a commercial building at 2588 Atlantic Avenue. The property is located on the southwest corner of Atlantic and Georgia Avenues in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood. The asking price is $1,600,000.
The three-story building, which also contains a renovated basement, measures approximately 10,885 square feet and sits on a 40.96’ x 65.67’ lot. It was previously used as a bank. The building has been kept in terrific condition making it easy to convert into any user space.
The building is conveniently located within close proximity to a number of public transportation options including the J subway line at Fulton Street and the A/C subway line at Pennsylvania Avenue.
For more information on this listing, contact Massey Knakal Director of Sales Edward Gevinski at 718.238.8999.
A townhouse at 165 East 71st Street, located between Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $5,900,000.
The five-story building contains approximately 4,500 square feet and sits on a 17’ x 102’ lot. It is currently configured as a multifamily property, with a duplex apartment with garden on the first and second floors, and three floor-through rental apartments above. It benefits from a new boiler, new roof, and approximately 25’ rear garden on the ground level. The sale price equates to approximately $1,311 per square foot.
Ira Lifshutz, a local investor who continues to be an active buyer of NYC real estate, purchased the property.
“This five-unit property contained a duplex and three floor-through apartments. This is a popular block and there was a great deal of interest from both local and international buyers,” said Massey Knakal Vice President of Sales Guthrie Garvin, who exclusively handled this transaction with CEO Paul J. Massey, Jr.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell an apartment building at 200 East 11th Street. The property is located on the corner of East 11th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village. The asking price is $60,000,000.
The 12-story elevator building currently stretches 105.5’ along East 11th Street and 129’ along Third Avenue. It contains 55 Free Market residential units and three ground floor retail units. The apartments above are almost all entirely oversized one bedrooms. As some of the apartments already have been, converting the units to two bedrooms would immediate boost the rent roll by a substantial degree. All apartments have ample light and air as a result of the building being set back on all sides and being a corner. Currently, the retail is occupied by M2M, a grocery store, The Smith, one of the most popular downtown restaurants and bars, and a copy shop. All retail spaces have useable lower levels. Since the building was built the area has been upzoned, meaning that there is potential to expand the ground floor retail and potentially expand the residential above.
"It will be interesting to see if an operator or condo converters end up with the property. There is great potential for both. Rarely does a property come up that is all fair market with so much upside,” said Massey Knakal Partner James P. Nelson, who is exclusively marketing this property.
For more information on this listing, contact James P. Nelson at 212.696.2500.
A mixed-use building at 90-07 Jamaica Avenue, located between 90th and 91st Streets in the Woodhaven neighborhood of Queens, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $910,000.
The two-story building contains approximately 2,696 square feet and sits on a 24’ x 108’ irregular lot. It consists of one commercial space on the ground floor, currently leased to T-Mobile, and two one-bedroom apartments on the second floor. Each tenant has their own boiler and electric and gas meters. The sale price equates to approximately $338 per square foot and an 8% capitalization rate.
This property is ideally located on Jamaica Avenue just two blocks west of Woodhaven Boulevard near transportation and many neighborhood amenities.
“The property garnered a high amount of interest due to the desirable location and solid retail tenant,” said Massey Knakal Director of Sales Stephen R. Preuss, who exclusively represented the seller in this transaction with Director of Sales Brian J. Sarath.
The Commercial Observer is asking for your help in selecting the real estate professionals for the upcoming Power 100 issue. Between today and Friday, you can visit The Power 100 Reader's Poll and ensure Massey Knakal gets the recognition it’s due by voting for Paul Massey and Bob Knakal.
Since 2008, when The New York Observer launched its annual Power 100 rankings of real estate professionals, the responsibility of selecting, promoting and demoting the city’s top brokers and developers laid solely on its editorial staff. But in a twist this year, they're asking their online readers, to make the tough calls.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell a development site at 509 West 38th Street. The property is located on the north side of West 38th Street through to the south side of West 39th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards. The asking price is $52,000,000.
The site consists of two lots, with dimensions of approximately 125’ x 98.75’ and 25’ x 98.75’, which combine for approximately 14,813 square feet of total lot area. It is one of the few uniquely located lots within a special sub-district of the Hudson Yards which permits up to 12.0 FAR of residential use without the requirement of building additionally commercial or community facility space. The block-through site will have approximately 100 feet of frontage along the proposed Hudson Boulevard.
After nearly a decade in the making, construction workers have finally broken ground on the Hudson Yards, one of the city’s largest privately-funded development projects since Rockefeller Center. The site will house a public school, 5,000 apartments with affordable housing, restaurants, movie theatres, a five-star hotel and 14 acres of public space. Hudson Yards Boulevard & Park, an approximately 4-acre planned system of broad tree-lined parks and open space will run between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues from West 33rd to West 39th Streets with a pedestrian connection from 39th Street to 42nd Street. The MTA has agreed to extend the No. 7 subway line to West 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue. The extension is expected to be completed in late 2013 or early 2014.
“This neighborhood will be the hottest, newest and hippest area in the not-too-distant future commanding end user demand in all market segments. It is no wonder that the land market in this neighborhood is as hot as it is right now,” said Chairman Bob Knakal, who is exclusively marketing this property with Vice President of Sales Guthrie Garvin. “This block-through site with unique zoning will certainly attract the eyes of every major developer interested in making their mark on Manhattan’s Hudson Yards,” added Garvin.
For more information on this listing, contact Bob Knakal or Guthrie Garvin at 212.696.2500.
A modern townhouse at 542 Cathedral Parkway, located between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $3,400,000.
The four-story building, including basement, contains approximately 5,065 square feet and sits on a 25’ x 70.92’ lot. Built in 1988 by Smith and Thompson Architects, it is currently configured as four floor-through apartments and a penthouse studio. The site contains approximately 10,673 buildable square feet, and a significant portion of the excess air-rights could be used to add to the existing building. The sale price equates to approximately $671 per existing square foot.
This property is in close proximity to both the Broadway shopping corridor and Columbia University, and offers excellent access to all forms of transportation.
“542 Cathedral Parkway was sold to an end-user once again demonstrating the strong demand from purchasers looking to create a home in one of Manhattan's most desirable neighborhoods," said Massey Knakal First Vice President of Sales Hall H. Oster, who exclusively handled this transaction.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell or NNN lease two commercial properties at 2076 Hylan Boulevard and 1720-1730 Richmond Avenue. The properties are located in Staten Island.
2076 Hylan Boulevard, located on the corner of Hylan Boulevard and Hunter Avenue, is a single-story retail building containing approximately 5,000 square feet on an 81’ x 100’ lot, with parking up to twelve cars. With high visibility on a heavily trafficked corner, the building was most recently used as a hardware store, and it is suitable for prime retail. The Staten Island Expressway and Staten Island Railway are easily accessible. Neighboring retailers include Capital One Bank, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Duane Reade, McDonald’s, and Mobil Gas Station. The site is available for NNN lease.
1720-1730 Richmond Avenue, located on the corner of Richmond Avenue and Clifton Street, contains two buildings of approximately 12,850 square feet combined on a 125.91’ x 109.67’ lot. There are four retail units, with offices on the second floor at 1720 Richmond Avenue. The corner unit was previously occupied by a deli/restaurant. This site is suitable for prime retail or restaurant business, and can be delivered completely vacant. This site is located in New York City’s #1 national retailer zip code and just off the four-way corner of Victory Boulevard and Richmond Avenue. The estimated traffic count is over 70,000 cars daily, and it is within a half-mile of Interstate 278 and the College of Staten Island. Neighboring tenants include 7-Eleven, BP Gas Station, Dunkin Donuts, McDonald’s, CVS, TD Bank and minutes away from Staten Island Mall. The site is available for NNN lease. It is also available for sale, with the asking price of $2,800,000.
For more information on this listing, contact Massey Knakal First Vice President of Sales Michael Schneider or Senior Associate William Cheng at 718.238.8999. Additionally, 1745 Forest Avenue / 841 Richmond Avenue and 1735 Richmond Avenue / 2960 Victory Boulevard are also available for NNN lease.
A development site at 920 University Avenue, located between West 161st and West 165th Streets in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $500,000.
The block-through vacant lot consisting of approximately 7,735 square feet of total lot area benefits from over 61 feet of frontage on University Avenue as well as 60 feet on Summit Avenue. Located within an M1-5/ R7-1 zone, the irregularly shaped lot holds approximately 38,673 buildable square feet for commercial development. A hotel will be constructed on the site and could provide Harlem River views from the upper floors.
“The majority of interest came from hotel developers as this site will become the closest hotel to Yankee Stadium,” said Massey Knakal Director of Sales Nick Burns, who exclusively handled this transaction with First Vice President of Sales David Simone.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell a commercial loft building at 850 Metropolitan Avenue. The property is located between Bushwick Avenue and Olive Street in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The asking price is $9,750,000.
The building contains approximately 27,850 square feet and sits on a 125’ x 100’ lot. It is an excellent opportunity for a residential conversion or development. The building itself is well-maintained, and numerous recent upgrades have been made, including a brand new roof. There is a freight elevator and 12’ to 15’ ceiling heights throughout. The property will be delivered vacant.
This property is located in the vicinity of Williamsburg’s renowned restaurant and nightlife scene. The Graham Avenue L train station is two blocks away and provides quick access to Manhattan without transfer.
For more information on this listing, contact Massey Knakal Vice President of Sales Mark L. Lively or Director of Sales Brendan Maddigan at 718.238.8999.
Massey Knakal Retail Leasing Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to secure a retail lease for 463 Fulton Street, located between Smith and Lawrence Streets in Downtown Brooklyn.
This retail space contains approximately 1,200 square feet with ceilings 15 feet high, and offers approximately 20 feet of frontage in prime Downtown Brooklyn.
The site is ideally located in close proximity to major subway lines as well as the Barclays Center, and surrounded by new residential developments. It benefits from over 100,000 area shoppers daily. It is located opposite The GAP, and other neighboring tenants include Payless, Brooklyn Industries, Children’s Place, Macy’s, Armani Exchange, and Duane Reade.
“Fulton Street continues to attract attention from national retailers who are recognizing the explosive economic growth in Downtown Brooklyn,” said First Vice President of Retail Leasing Gregory Bartlett, who is exclusively marketing this space with Director of Sales Stephen Palmese. “Developing similar to Times Square, the Fulton Street Mall corridor is one of New York City's densest transit hubs. Since retailers follow density and transportation, we anticipate a variety of interests in this dynamic location,” added Palmese.
For more information, contact Gregory Bartlett or Stephen Palmese at 718.238.8999.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell an office building at 555 West 25th Street. The property is located between Tenth and Eleventh in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood. The asking price is $27,500,000.
This six-story building contains approximately 40,856 square feet and sits on a 75’ x 98.75’ lot. It also contains a sellable lower level. The current rentable area is approximately 41,787 square feet. Built in 1891 and completely renovated in 1985, the building is fully occupied by a gallery, showroom, and creative tenants. It is exceedingly rare to find a building of this quality with rents so far below market. Floors feature over 12’ high ceilings and ample light and air, leading itself to possible showroom space for galleries.
For more information on this listing, contact James P. Nelson or Brock Emmetsberger at 212.696.2500.
On Wednesday, April 24th, Massey Knakal will participate in the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation's 15th Annual Conference. The event will feature prominent figures, speakers and businesses from a variety of sectors.
The all-day event includes seminars, business-to-business vending, networking events, and keynote speaking sessions which provide unparalled opportunity for interaction among on- and off-island businesses. The conference is the only economic and business conference held on Staten Island each year and expects to draw over 2,500 attendees.
Massey Knakal Realty Services has been retained on an exclusive basis to sell a commercial building at 834 Flatbush Avenue. The property is located between Linden Boulevard and Church Avenue in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. The asking price is $1,495,000.
The three-story building contains approximately 4,200 square feet and sits on a 20’ x 103.58’ lot. It has HVAC in place and an interior staircase to upper floors. The building is vacant and also holds approximately 4,088 square feet of additional air rights.
This building is an excellent investment opportunity. National tenants within one block include Chase, Citibank, Payless Shoes, and Dunkin Donuts.
For more information on this listing, contact Massey Knakal Director of Sales Brian J. Sarath at 718.275.3400 or Director of Sales Nick Mahedy at 718.238.8999.

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As part of its volley of news items for San Diego Comic-Con this week, Dynamite Entertainment previewed five covers for titles it will feature with 40-page stories for this Halloween. You’ll want to add one or more of these titles to your pull list for your local comic book store’s annual Halloween Comic Fest bash (Note: “bash” usually is accompanied by cake). Look for special Halloween issues for Army of Darkness, the new Elvira, Mistress of the Dark title, Bettie Page, Red Sonja, and Vampirella.
In Army of Darkness, Ash finally meets ghost pirates. Written by Chad Bowers, Chris Sims, and Benito Cereno, with artwork by Eoin Marron and Anthony Marques, you’ll find a chainsaw battle against cutlasses and muskets. In the pages of Bettie Page a Boston artist is in contact with godlike space invaders, written by David Avallone and Leah Williams with artwork by Julius Ohta and Fernando Ruiz.
In Elvira’s Halloween special, the mistress of the dark hosts a horror film festival and learns a creator of a famous zombie flick is more than she bargained for–written by Dan Parent, Fernando Ruiz, and Scott Bryan Wilson, with artwork by Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz. Readers of Vampirella will see their heroine celebrate her birthday, complete with a demonic invasion, Scott Lobdell and Blake Northcott are writing this story with artwork by Rapha Lobosco and Anthony Marques.


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Enjoy a Sunday Brunch in St. Augustine at these local restaurants. Find area eateries open for brunch on Sundays with our guide to Saint Augustine restaurants.
Beautifully-served fusion cuisine and comfort food for breakfast and lunch in the heart of downtown St. Augustine.

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They only sell luxurious brands here. You'll find cheaper things at other shops.
It’s really expensive and luxurious.
The British consul had a luxurious house.
They spent their weekend in a luxurious hotel.
This is the most luxurious house I've ever seen.
She have many luxurious jewellery.
Our CEO lives in a luxurious house.
This hotel is very luxurious.
Living in luxurious apartment must be expensive.
The lifestyle celebrities lead is both luxurious and exciting.


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A recent article in the International Productivity Monitor calls into question the assumption that higher productivity means higher wages.
Since 1981, gains in productivity have not been matched by wage gains. Had wages kept pace with productivity, the average worker would be taking home an extra $9,540 a year.
The authors attributed the growing gap to neoliberal policies, such as weaker labour laws, trade and investment agreements, and cutting corporate taxes. As these policies have weakened workers’ bargaining power, employers have kept a larger share of the gains from increased productivity.
One of the principles of a modern industrial strategy is that it should reduce inequality. As the article from the International Productivity Monitor shows, the policies of many governments in Canada have worked to undermine that principle.


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Is 16GB per DIMM not enough for the consumer DRAM market?
In the consumer market, there is a strict limit on the amount of DRAM that you can fit on modern platforms, with standard non-ECC DDR4 memory maxing out at 16GB per DIMM. While this is more than enough for most use cases, there remain users who desire more, but sadly these users cannot utilise high-end RDIMM memory on consumer platforms, due to their ECC requirements and other enterprise-grade characteristics.
32GB DDR4 DIMMs are coming to the consumer market, not thanks to innovations in per-chip DRAM capacities, but thanks to a new DDR4 form factor, one which makes use of additional DRAM modules and a larger overall form factor. KADAK has already showcased 32GB DDR4 memory DIMMs using this 'Double Capacity' technology, but now ASUS' Republic of Gamers division has committed to supporting the standard in their "Next Gen Motherboard" designs, though at this time it is unclear whether or not this support is for specific motherboards or the entirety of their next-generation product stack.
In their announcement of this feature, ASUS stated that their next-generation motherboards feature a "unique memory trace design" to deliver support for these new DIMMs, while also granting users access to "ALL of the performance and then some". The exact meaning of these statements should become clear over the coming weeks.
Are you looking to “double down” on your next motherboard? ROG beefed up the DIMMs to 32GB per channel with a unique memory trace design for the latest set, giving you ALL the performance and then some.
With their next-generation motherboards, ASUS plans to support non-conventional DRAM designs to deliver higher memory capacities on their future motherboards, though at this time it remains unclear whether or not other manufacturers will follow suit, both on the motherboard-side and the DRAM side. Will other DRAM manufacturers like Corsair, G.Skill and TEAMGROUP back this new double capacity DRAM standard?
You can join the discussion on ASUS ROG's planned support for double capacity DRAM on their next-gen motherboard designs on the OC3D Forums.


text: Imagine you twist and coil a rope. Then you look at the shadow of your knot on a sheet of paper, a wall... Is it possible to have the same shadows with different knots? Experiment.


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Lately, I’ve been confronted by my fears. And, I’m shocked at how much of my life is being controlled by fear. I wonder how many others live this way. I suspect a great many of us. It’s not crippling fear, though. At least, not for me. That’s part of what makes it so insidious. You see, I don’t alter my life in any dramatic way that would be noticeable to anyone else. I didn’t even notice it myself until recently. Now, it’s one of those things —Once you see it, you can’t un-see it.
Of what am I afraid? Mostly, of being controlled. Of having my freedom taken from me. Specifically, the freedom to raise my children as I see fit, to teach them what I believe they should be taught. To speak my mind freely, without fear of reciprocity or injustice.
Ironically, the fear is self-fulfilling. Because I’m afraid of what may happen if I speak out too loudly or stand up for something controversial, I alter my behavior to fly under the radar. I choose my words carefully so as to not be attacked. Basically, I give in to the fear in small ways so that it won’t happen to me in a big way. At least, that’s the logic.
Here’s the thing. God is great and awesome. He is a warrior and He will fight for me and my family as long as we are on His side. I have nothing to fear.
I believe a time is coming, and is now upon us, when we will be tested. We will be asked to stand up and be counted. We will have to declare which side we’re on. We can try to avoid that test, but I believe we will only postpone it, at best. At worst, we will lose heart and turn cowardly when it matters most. I do not want to lose my freedom or my rights, but if I choose to remain silent, I have already lost them. And, my greatest fear is that I will be a coward. I would rather die and be separated from my family for a short time than give in to fear and fail my God and my family. What kind of a father would I be then?
There are so many things going on in the news that make me sick. Free speech is being attacked at every turn. Religious freedom is dying quickly. The Truth has very few friends, it seems.
Bravo Scott!! Thank you for finding your courage! We need more like you who are not afraid to spread the truth.
Hey Becky! Thanks for the encouragement. I’m discovering that truth and fear are rarely friends. Now, I need to remember that.


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This entry was posted in data analysis, english, Half-baked ideas on December 1, 2011 by janlo.
Today, Thomas Metz made me aware of a dataset about ministers in Eastern German federal states (Bundesländer) by Sebastian Jäckle. The dataset includes the variable “duration of incumbency” in days for 291 ministers between 1990 and 2011.
I was curious to look at the distribution of duration with the intention to be brave as a physicist and infer a simple stochastic model which reproduces that distribution. I copied the duration data into a matlab vector duration, made histograms, fits for different distributions and KS-Tests. As duration is a discrete random variable (days starting from inauguration), distributions living on the nonnegative integers are the natural candidates. The classical one-parameter distributions Poisson and geometric failed to deliver fitting distributions, but the negative binomial (NB) did surprisingly well.
Normalized histogram for duration of incumbency and best-fit negative binomial probabilty mass function.
What model does this imply? Looking at the days in the incumbency of a minister. Let us assume that every day can either be a success or failure which happens with probability . The negative binomial is the distribution of the number of successful days until failures occur (there is an extension to non-integer number of failures). Our model is thus, that a minister’s incumbency ends after a certain number of failures (what ever that means in practice). The best fit suggests that under this model 1.79 failures are allowed during a minister’s incumbency and that failures are relatively rare events happening with probabilty 0.11% every day, i.e. on average the first failure happens approximately at day 900.

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Aequorin, from the jellyfish Aequoria victoria, catalyses the oxidation of coelenterazine, but only in the presence of Ca2+ ions.
Reacts with 22 kDa Aequorin protein from Jeffyfish.
-Radford J.C. et al. Systematic G-protein-coupled Receptor Analysis in Drosophila melanogaster Identifies a Leucokinin Receptor with Novel Roles.J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 11;277(41):38810-7. Epub 2002 Aug 5.
- Brandenburger Y. et al. Measurement of perimitochondrial Ca2+ concentration in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells with aequorin targeted to the outer mitochondrial membrane. Biochem J. 1999 Aug 1;341 ( Pt 3):745-53.

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Case: 18k gold, polished, monogrammed. Dial: gilt. Movm.: bridge movement, 8 adj, gold screw compensation balance.
A master of his craft delivers a watch to one of the great companies in the trade: Eduard Koehn (1839-1908) worked his way up at Patek Philippe from watchmaker to director. He later bought the company H. R. Ekegrén and delivered many of his – usually ultraflat – watches to the United States. He was a supplier to Tiffany in New York but also to Caldwell in Philadelphia. James Emmot Caldwell (1813-1881) had established his business in 1839, the year when Koehn was born. The company still exists and is a major jewellery retailer.
This watch is a wonderful example of top quality craftsmanship; especially striking are the bluish sapphire jewels in the movement, which were presumably inspired by the exquisite limited edition model 'Blue Saphire', created by renowned maker Edward Howard in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Not only is celebrity stylist Elizabeth Stewart to thank for some of the best outfits worn by W’s December cover star Cate Blanchett, she’s also behind red carpet looks of the likes of Jessica Chastain, Amanda Seyfried, Rebel Wilson, and Julia Roberts. Here, she reveals her style and beauty must-haves as well as rules of the red carpet, her favorite looks of all time, and more.
Dress (most likely Proenza Schouler) and a cardigan. This look was named “Grandma Olsen" by my old assistant, Monique.
Balenciaga sandals in the summer and flat Chanel booties in the winter.
A great bag. My favorites are all Givenchy.
I bust out the heels!
Suqqu lipbalm that is only sold in Japan so friends bring it back for me or I buy in bulk when in Tokyo.
A vintage Givenchy dress from Decades.
Anything they are not feeling the love for…even if I really love it.
Cate Blanchett at the 2011 Oscars. Jessica Chastain at the 2015 Oscars. Blanchett at the 2013 Golden Globes and 2013 SAG Awards. Amanda Seyfried in Balenciaga at the Les Misérables premiere. Cate Blanchett at the London premiere of “Carol” in Esteban Cortazar.


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My Weblog: Things I do instead of the housework.
What a neat and lovely sketchbook you have! I usually have a hard time deciphering mine, even after a couple of days. I can't wait to see your finished products. Good luck with the kids's holiday!
That beats housework any day! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Hi! I found your journal and wanted to say hi. And sketching is definitely more fun than housework! I always love seeing excerpts from people's sketchbooks. The start of great ideas! Yum!
Look at what comes out of your beautiful, talanted head! This page is wonderful. I'd love to see it made into fabric.
Oh, I can definitely see those transformed into some kind of twill tape, note cards, embroidered on a skirt hem.... oh the ideas. Adorable.
Your sketches would make the best fabric! Good luck creating your creature - do I ever wish I could visit Australia to see the Morphe show and see everyone's softies in person!!
What a clean sketchbook! Thanks for posting it. I love to see other people's books.
I could see that whole sheet in a project BTW. I would love it in a wrapping paper.
I've never written to you before, my name is Mery and I'm a big fan of your blog and the beautiful things you create. Yes, I agree with the other you definetly must do something with your sketches, they are adorable! Fabric would be great and gift wrap paper and postcards or posters!!!!!!!! I'd definetly buy it =D ...you're so talented!
I have sketch pages a little like that (different creatures come out of my head though-I don't think my head is as cute as yours) but I tell you what...the hedgehogs are adorable! The chibichibi and the little kids aswell. Just so cute! And Amanda's idea of stripes and spots works great in that elephant down in the left hand corner. Actually I love everything on there. Fabric, postcards, wrapping paper...you've got a page full of buyers here! Good luck and have fun creating for Morphe!
Your sketches are too cute not to share! I'd love to watch a kid have fun coloring those.
coloring book, postcards, fabric, yes, yes, yes!
Your drawings are great and so cute!
Thanks for sharing your sketchbook - it's always fascinating to see inside someone else's creative process. Can't wait to see some of the sketches materialise... they are all super cute!
I can hardly wait to see what you make - all the sketches are too cute to choose from. And I love all the clever ideas, like the softie with a softie.
THese are beautiful!! YOu have a lovely blog!
I would definitely buy a fabric made from your sketchbook. It would work both in colours and in black/white!
How about getting the sketches made into a tea-towel. That would be a very hip piece of cloth with which to dry the dishes. I'd buy one.
you are a genius my dear!!
Certainly beats housework - but unfortunately my house had got to the stage where something SERIOUS needs to be done!
wow what great sketches. You have inspired me to get back to the drawing board. Plus you've made me crave an ice lolli now to boot!
Sounds such much yummier than a popsicle. teehee!
Cute sketches. Do you doodle when on the phone? I'm bad for getting off the phone and any piece of paper with in reach has some sort of sribble or picture.
I must confess I seem to have the same problem... but somehow your sketchbook looks much more organized than mine.
Those sketches are so cute!! I hope you don't mind that I printed it out for my son to color. He loves looking at hand-drawn animals, and this will save me from struggling to draw things for at least 2 minutes!
hurrah! you've inspired me to forgo housework and do something creative tonight when i get home from work. thank you, thank you.
Lovely sketches! I tend to do mine on backs of envelopes, because notebooks scare me now (I used to draw, but the other side of my brain took over when I became an academic... your page may inspire me to go back to it).
Ohhhh look at that page, it is all so cute!!! I love every single little one!!!
Love seeing your sketchbook... maybe I should break out of my fear of drawing and give this a try!
Here here! for the bargaining (and bribery in our house!) method of parenting - without it, Brynne would never eat her dinner, I would never be able to have a quiet phone call, and we would never be able to get her out of the bathtub! What do you want to bet that the best negotiators are parents as well?
Your sketch book looks very fun and inspiring!
If that's just a page from your sketchbook, then your sketchbook must be pretty amazing!
Hehe, just how great is it to find 1,000,000 other things to do than doing housework or uni work... ; ). I think "finding-other-things-to-do-than-what-I-actually-need-to-do" is my best skill ; ).
Nice blog and I totally adore the felt Panda. Think I am trying to do one as well.
Oh, that looks like a page out of a perfect little coloring book! Love it.


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Geranium pratense. Such a beautiful, large flowered, vivid blue hardy geranium that it's difficult to believe it's actually a native wild flower! Flowers June, July and a second flushin late summer and autumn if cut back; attractive to bees and butterflies. Hardy clump-forming perennial; ideal in a border or meadow situation. It can grow to about 3 feet high in competition with grasses, but in the border tends to stay more compact, with lovely cut-leaves too.
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My Runsketeer buddy TPP has been focusing on cutting back on her sugar and carbs. Reducing your sugar intake is a good idea (provided there are no underlying issues related to hypoglycemia). Moderating simple carbs is always smart. Most of the time we don't need that sugar, but our cave-person genetics force us to crave it. The one exception is when you are 40 minutes into a 10K and you need energy right now.
I used to use GU gels frequently on my runs, even when I ran relatively short distances. Now I rarely use energy boosters, or anything like it. I've now reached the point in my half marathon training program where I'm approaching double digit base runs. That means I'm running for 80 minutes or more at a time, long enough to (supposedly) deplete my glycogen stores. So far I've avoided using supplements during this training. I took a GU gel along on Sunday, but never felt like I needed it. Then again, despite all the hills, I really didn't push myself that hard.
I'm not Brooklyn race ready yet, but I've definitely moved the needle in terms of endurance. Running seven easy miles, as I did over the weekend, would have been a struggle four weeks ago. But I felt great on Sunday. This morning I ran another set of 6 x 400 repeats, this time on the treadmill. I prefer to do this workout on the track or at least on pavement, but it was raining fairly hard outside this morning.
Considering the challenge I had running 220's a couple of weeks ago on the treadmill (at a slightly slower pace), I can see progress. Today's quarters were run at 7.2 MPH, book-ended with half mile warm up and and cool down runs. I was very pleased to see my HR reaching 85% of max by the final seconds of each interval. I plan to take the speed up to 7.3 MPH next time I do treadmill repeats.
Tomorrow is my mid-week base run, which by my formula (80% of Sunday's long run) should total 5.6 miles. I'll try to run at least two of those miles at Half Marathon target pace, per the advice of SIOR. This will be the first "bridge" workout where I partially combine a speed and distance run. I'll be interested to see if I've restored my fitness well enough by now to manage through it.
Um... I think you should run easy tomorrow and do the HM pace run Thursday or next Tuesday.
Otherwise, it looks like the schedule and consistency are paying off. It's nice when you notice the difference in effort. Nice going!
Are you guys doing the GLIRC group run this weekend?
Run easy tomorrow - you bet! I'll do Thursday's run as a tempo with a couple of miles at HM race pace. I'm glad you wrote that because I looked at the HM plan and saw that I was supposed to do 7 x 400's this week, not 6.
My response would have been, "I'll go eat a giant cupcake, plus they also have a run."
Have you learned NOTHING from TPP's rejection of carbs and sugar?
You're doing SO well, ER! Kudos on sticking to plan and making it work! I bet you're thrilled!
I did not know about the GLIRC run this weekend. Who's going? I don't know at this point if I can keep up because of my endurance level flagging.
Thanks TPP. Don't sell yourself short, you did big mileage on those hills on Sunday. I'm planning to run in a very similar way on Sunday and I don't care if I'm in the back of the Club Run pack when I get my 8. Let me know if you decide to do it.
Repeats are about the only thing I can get myself to do on a treadmill. I don't know how people do long runs on them.


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When you receive. Clownfish, Seahorses, Mandarin fish, Fry, and other aquacultured saltwater fish from RUSALTY.
Remove half of the water in the bag. Place bag in aquarium to acclimate water temperature. Add one 1 cup of aquarium water to bag every ½ hour for 2 hours. Then remove fish from bag and just add only the fish to your aquarium. Do not add water that was shipped with fish.