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Ray-Ban New Wayfarer Polarized Sunglasses
$7.95 UPS Ground Shipping - Limited Time Special
The Ray-Ban New Wayfarer Polarized is a slightly modified take on the classic Wayfarer. The Wayfarer is widely known around this wonderful planet of ours and the New Wayfarer is no different. The New Wayfarer has the signature Ray-Ban logo on the temples and features a softer eye shape than the original. The New Wayfarer has a durable scratch resistant lens and gives your peepers 100 percent UV protection. Disclaimer: We are not responsible for people throwing their numbers at you. | <urn:uuid:86e808bd-ff00-4b3a-8b0b-1dd093bb3779> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.inlineskates.com/Ray-Ban-New-Wayfarer-Polarized-Sunglasses/270436P,default,pd.html?dwvar_270436P_SwatchValue=Crystal%20Blue-Crystal%20Polar%20Blue%20Gradient%20Gray | 2013-05-20T22:08:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912496 | 131 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Louisiana Shrimp and Corn Bisque Recipe
Chef Patrick Mould shares his recipe for Louisiana Shrimp and Corn Bisque.
Chef Patrick Mould is an expert of Louisiana's Cajun and Creole Cooking, and he shares his know-how through cookbooks, culinary tours and classes, and his show, "Cooking Up A Good Life." Here, he shares his recipe for a traditional Louisiana dish perfect for summer: shrimp and corn bisque.
2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped green bell pepper ½ cup chopped celery ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 cups shrimp stock or chicken broth** ½ cup dry white wine ¾ teaspoon dried thyme ½ cup blond roux (¼ cup vegetable oil and ¼ cup flour) 3½ cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup cooked corn 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon hot sauce 1 pound large shell-on shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- Heat the butter over a low to medium heat in a 4-quart saucepot.
- Add onion, green bell pepper, celery, red pepper and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add shrimp or chicken stock**, white wine and thyme. Bring to boil.
- In a small bowl make blond roux by combining ¼ cup of vegetable oil and ¼ cup flour and stirring until a smooth paste is formed.
- Whip in roux until mixture begins to thicken. Whip in cream, reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook until cream is blended in and beginning to thicken.
- Add salt, hot sauce and corn. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Stir in shrimp, parsley and green onions.
- Simmer for 5 minutes until shrimp are cooked.
- Divide into 4-6 large bowls.
** Purchase shell-on shrimp for this recipe save the shells and boil them in just enough water to cover the shells for 15 minutes for a quick shrimp stock. If you can only find peeled shrimp you can also utilize a high quality store bought chicken broth that is low in sodium
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Monday February 11, 2013 10:30 AMLocation: Legion's State Park Lodge, 635 Legion State Park Road, Louisville, MS 39339 Legion State Park Directions: From Jackson, MS: Hwy 25 North to Hwy 14 at 4-way stop on Louisville bypass, turn right travel to 3rd stop light, turn left onto North Columbus Avenue, travel 2 ½ miles. The park is located on the left.
For more information please contact Sharon Polzin at 601.432.2009.
Meetings are usually held monthly by the Commission. This date and meeting place is tentative and subject to change, please check back closer to time for confirmation. The meeting is open to the general public and all interested persons are invited to attend.
Any person who would like to comment to the Commission about a specific agenda item must make a written request to the Director at least two weeks prior to the meeting. Speakers will be limited to three to five minutes each and number of speakers may be limited. | <urn:uuid:6c1c940c-a935-4a2f-b9b7-815c45f9f3a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mdwfp.com/administration/event-listing/commission-meeting-february-2013.aspx | 2013-05-20T22:06:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930502 | 202 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Recently, Justin Upton's name has popped up in trade talks as GM Kevin Towers seems willing to part ways with the 23-year-old - for the right price, of course. Several teams have been linked to the up-and-coming star, including the Red Sox, Yankees, and even the division rival Rockies. There's no shortage of interest in the slugger, but one has to wonder if the asking price will be too rich for everyone's blood.
Yesterday, an American League executive told Jon Heyman of SI that Arizona's asking price is "ridiculous." The D'Backs are said to be looking for at least four or five players in return that can help them in the short-term and long-term. Today, it was reported that half of the teams in baseball have shown interest in Upton but Towers will only ship the up-and-coming star if he comes away the clear victor in a trade. It makes one wonder if Arizona's recently-crowned GM is looking to trade Upton or if he is simply keeping an open mind to potential offers.
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Saul Smith sat hunched over an iPad for nearly half an hour awaiting his sentencing in the Hennepin County district court Friday.
The assistant coach’s shoulders sagged, but he walked out of the courtroom with his head held a little higher after pleading guilty to an Oct. 20 drunken driving incident.
Smith was sentenced Friday to 40 hours of community service within 180 days, a one-day Hennepin County DWI program and a $300 fine plus a $78 surcharge. The sentence effectively ended a string of litigation caused by back-to-back drunken driving arrests in the Gophers men’s basketball program this offseason.
Smith’s attorney, F. Clayton Tyler, will send proof of community service completion to Smith’s probation officer as part of the agreement.
As a first-time offender, Smith’s punishments pale in comparison to the team’s star forward Trevor Mbakwe, who was sentenced Oct. 19 to two years probation, 500 hours of community service and three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week for his July 1 DWI.
Smith, 33, registered a .18 blood alcohol level when he was pulled over for speeding at about 2 a.m. Oct. 20 on Interstate 394. He was placed on unpaid leave by the Gophers on Oct. 21 for five days and has since been on paid leave. He will rejoin the team Tuesday.
“First, I want to apologize to the University of Minnesota, my family and friends for making a huge mistake,” Smith said outside the courtroom after the arraignment.
Smith didn’t take more than a few steps outside the courtroom before calling his mother, Donna Smith.
Gophers men’s basketball coach and Saul’s father, Tubby Smith, was “too close” to the situation, according to a team spokesman, so Tubby Smith deferred his son’s punishments to athletics director Norwood Teague last month.
Teague then called the incident “embarrassing,” but he ultimately decided to let Saul Smith stay with the team.
“I was very firm with him,” Teague said in October.
Tyler, Smith’s attorney, had prearranged a deal with Hennepin County’s prosecution to give Smith community service.
“He has taken this very seriously,” Tyler told Hennepin County Judge Daniel Mabley. “One of the reasons we talked about community service was so that he could use his talents and skills and do some community service for other people.”
Smith stood with his hands lodged in his pockets, repeatedly affirming his attorney’s statements with a simple “yes” to Mabley.
“He’s remorseful about this,” Tyler said to Mabley. “I don’t think you’ll see him back here again. It’s an embarrassing situation.”
UMN students have traveled to Florida colleges to collaborate with students on various projects.
When UMN students plan for a vacation, having trip cancellation travel insurance is a worthwhile commodity to check out.
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Long Dong with Zentropa Finish
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Climb first pitch of Long dong dihedral and continue past bolts and crux corner/crack to another 2 bolt station at base of beautiful line up south/west face of the South tower.....slab climbing past 2 bolts to a finger crack (stopper/small cam).....follow crack up to blank section with 2 bolts, turn small roof by sidepull and layback up and right on phenomenal rock past a few more bolts to the summit. Sustained 5.9 with the 10c blank section (2 bolts) for spice..... very good pitch and much better finish than the Long dong dihedral 2nd pitch.
7 bolts and standard rack
|Comments on Long Dong with Zentropa Finish
|By Chris Cavallaro|
Sep 18, 2001
The first pitch of Zentropa provides awesome 5.9 trad, with a few 5.11 moves on bolts. Just make sure that you place a long dong sling on the last bolt on the upper ramp as you then traverse far right to a set of anchors, which thus, provides much unwanted rope drag. Great pitch! | <urn:uuid:6bf441dc-5ef3-4252-98e5-cfc697cd54cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mountainproject.com/v/long-dong-with-zentropa-finish/105750808 | 2013-05-20T22:15:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878303 | 249 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
If you watched the first video, you now have a good grasp on Python. Sweet. Let's plow through some more involved concepts like python juggernauts!
With a working knowledge of the python scripting language, and the Maya Python commands API, we can continue to learn new ways to solve more challenging problems, create complete scripts, and build user interfaces around our tools. We also introduce the Maya Python API; a lower-level interface into Maya.
This video focuses more on breaking down full scripts, as opposed to typing out syntax. Its jam packaged with information and moves fast to deliver you as much brain food as possible. The first segment of the video transitions from beginning to intermediate level, with the majority of the video being intermediate, and finishing out by touching on advanced concepts. The included project files are abundant, complete, and full of helpful documentation so that you can take your time and learn about each piece of the tools.
Classes and Inheritance
This video has a focus on learning how to design class structures with your code, and why the concept of inheritance is important as you begin to develop larger tools. We take a visual look at what a class is, and how it plays such a vital role as you start working with the API later.
A fully functional concept for a basic asset importer tool. More examples of class and inheritance, and working with the filesystem in addition to the python commands module.
We take our Asset Importer and learn how to wrap a user interface around it using the maya commands module.
A feature that is new to the Maya 2011 suite. Since the entire interface has been rewritten using Qt, Autodesk has made the feature available for designing user interfaces in Qt Designer, and loading them directly into your maya script. We redo our Asset Importer to use a UI that was build in Qt Designer
Maya Python API Introduction
This is where we cross the line into the advanced waters. The python API is lower level and powerful. We learn how to set up our environment for developing scripted plugins, how to access and read the documentation, and even do a comparison between the commands module, the python API and PyMel!
Dependency Graph Plugin
Let's learn how we can create new nodes in maya, by building a very simple dependency graph plugin that can drive other objects.
BONUS: PyQt4 in Maya - Even better UI
This bonus chapter shows you how PyQt4 (python library for writing Qt interfaces), can be integrated into Maya and give you a ton of control over what your UI is can really do, and the feedback you can get from it. We again take our Asset Importer and redo it using PyQt4 | <urn:uuid:8594055c-12a9-48e7-baf8-e8217c9efdb9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?s=20909cb75d83a7d70fc687912c819404&p=19866 | 2013-05-20T22:39:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924436 | 558 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Michael Carrera garners opening week freshman honors from SEC
It may have only been one game, but Michael Carrera made his presence felt for South Carolina. Carrera finished with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks in a 82-75 OT victory over UW Milwaukee. He also hit a pair of FT's in overtime that gave South Carolina the lead for good. After a season where they only had 10 victories, getting a player with Carrera's redounding and defensive ability could go a long way towards improvement.
Born in Venezuela, Carrera played for Montrose Christian last season, showing prominence as a rebounder. Despite being 6-5, he reportedly possesses a 7-2 wingspan which helps him compete at the PF spot. Surely a great piece for coach Frank Martin to have in his rotation during his first season as the coach of Gamecocks. | <urn:uuid:8c3e0085-d4f2-49b6-ab95-4f3fe560d3b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nbadraft.net/michael-carrera-garners-opening-week-freshman-honors-sec | 2013-05-20T22:01:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982081 | 175 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
* Dance Vision International Dancers Association
Member Since 2003
ProDVIDA is a professional teacher organization that is open to all professional dance teachers and competitors. ProDVIDA encourages and welcomes active participation from its members in developing dance standards, promoting business innovations, and celebrating the art of dance. We offer one of the best certification program and have over 50 examiners throughout the country.
The goal of ProDVIDA is to provide the professional with top-notch service and valuable tools and to identify those teachers who exemplify the highest level of skill and ethical standards through training, experience and DVIDA® certifications.
CANI - Commitment to Constant And Never-ending Improvement.
In 1992, Wayne & Donna Eng founded Dance Vision, which has become the established world leader in the production and distribution of instructional dance videos and DVDs. Then in 2001, they created the Dance Vision International Dance Association, (DVIDA®). Through DVIDA®, they have developed and made available products and services for independent instructors and studios around the world. Their signature products are the DVIDA® Syllabus DVDs and Manuals in the American Style, International Style, Country Western, Night-Club 2-Step, Argentine Tango, Hustle and Salsa.. The DVIDA® Syllabus is being used by hundreds of studios and teachers in the United States and is recognized by the National Dance Council of America. In addition, the Canadian Dance Teachers Association recently adopted the DVIDA® American Style Syllabus as their official syllabus to certify professional instructors. The American Style Syllabus is also being used extensively in other countries such as Trinidad, England, Australia, and Greece.
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Fireman's Adventures 1.01
Fireman's Adventures Details
Windows 95/98/2000/XP Platform :
2.4 MbFile Size :
Free to try; $14.95 to buy License :
April 21, 2006 Date Added :
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Fireman's Adventures ReviewFight the fire and save the lives of many. Become a fireman in the brand
new action-logic game!
Your task is to get to the center of the fire in the house, extinguish
it and save the lives of desperate tenants. Does it sound easy?
There are locked and blocked doors on your way, broken and tricky
ladders, fire-extinguishers are not disposable on every floor.
This game is a great fun! Even though you might get wet :)
Changes in version 1.01:
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27/10/2010 - Germany has been one of the world’s largest bilateral donors for the past two decades, but it spent only 0.35% of its national income on official development assistance (ODA) in 2009. This is well short of its promise to raise the proportion to 0.51% by 2010 and to 0.7% by 2015. However, Germany intends to keep its promise of increasing ODA to 0.7% of GNI by 2015.
Germany’s global importance as a donor is well recognised and the review encourages it to go further in providing strong international leadership on development issues in the future. The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) commends Germany’s leadership on issues related to climate change and development, noting that the government has integrated the issue into its development co-operation programmes and increased climate-related ODA by 40% in the past few years.
Since the DAC last reviewed Germany five years ago, it has made good progress in many areas of its development co-operation. It now works closely with 57 developing countries, down from 84, and plans to focus on governance, education, health, climate and environment, rural development and sustainable economic development, with an increased emphasis on the private sector.
However, Germany gave only 40% of its bilateral ODA to these countries – increasing that would maximize its development impact. Prompted by the DAC, the government has approved plans to reform its fragmented development co-operation system and it has also taken steps to improve the co-ordination of its ODA.
The DAC urges Germany to go further and faster with these planned reforms to achieve greater efficiency and ensure more effective delivery of its ODA. This will strengthen Germany’s contribution to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
The peer review of Germany, led by Australia and the United Kingdom, took place on 13 October 2010. The German delegation attending the review meeting was headed Mr. Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
For further information, journalists are invited to contact Lawrence Speer at the OECD's Media Division
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August 27, 2009
TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials
FROM: Matthew S. Cross Associate Director for Education
SUBJECT: OGE 2009 Education and Communication Awards Announcement
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is pleased to invite submissions of nominations for the OGE 2009 Education and Communication Awards. The awards will be presented at the 17th National Government Ethics Conference which will be held May 12 – 14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on the Riverwalk in Chicago, Illinois. The deadline for receipt of the nominations is October 9, 2009. Please refer to the attachment for nomination information.
OGE 2009 Education and Communication Awards Announcement
The OGE 2009 Education and Communication Awards recognize executive branch agencies that demonstrate ethics program success as a result of education and communication efforts. We are looking for agencies that:
Established in 2007, the OGE Education and Communication Awards program honors departments and agencies that took additional steps to ensure that ethics education is incorporated into their agencies’ culture and increased employee awareness of ethics. Past award winners showed that they were innovative in delivering effective ethics education and program communications. Above all, award winners produced education and communication products that were:
Nominations for training awards will be accepted now through October 9, 2009. To submit a nomination, please follow the instructions located in the "How to Apply" section of this DAEOgram.
Agencies do not win OGE Education and Communication Awards by being effective at only one thing. They win awards by building comprehensive education and communication products that result in a strong ethical culture and an improvement in the public's confidence that the Government's business is conducted with impartiality and integrity.
The most successful applications:
The OGE Training Awards Winner's Circle has recognized numerous departments and agencies committed to effective, innovative ethics education products and communication tools. For a list of the outstanding achievements of the 2008 Winner’s Circle, see DAEOgram DO-08-027 issued 9/8/08. For a list of the achievements of the 2007 Winner’s Circle, see DAEOgram DO-07-004 issued 2/23/07.
OGE does not want to place constraints on submissions and we expect to receive a variety of education and communication products. The following list highlights some of the items we hope to see this year. This list is not all inclusive and awards may be given for innovative education or communication products that do not fit into the categories below:
You must apply and submit all of your education or communication products by October 9, 2009. Previous award winners can apply if they are submitting a new product or products. Products that were recognized in the previous year will only be considered if significant modifications were made to meet new learning objectives.
How to Apply
To apply for the 2009 OGE Education and Communications Awards, you must:
NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to submit your application. You may download a free version from http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Step-by-Step Application Process
OPTION # 1: Submit Via Email
You may send copies of your education or communication products electronically via email to Kaneisha Cunningham at email@example.com. You may also send hyperlinks to your education or communication products if they are electronically accessible through the public internet. When submitting your products, please include the agency name, contact name and phone number used on the application form in the body of the email message.
OPTION # 2: Submit Via Postage
You may send copies of your education or communication products through the mail to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics ATTN: Kaneisha Cunningham, 1201 New York Avenue Suite 500 Washington DC 20005. When sending the copies, please include the agency name, contact name and phone number used on the application form. If the product is available in an electronic format and cannot be submitted via email, please send a CD or DVD of the electronic file(s). | <urn:uuid:c8e67d9f-1b62-486f-9636-1112ac4c3258> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oge.gov/DisplayTemplates/ModelSub.aspx?id=2147486240 | 2013-05-20T22:25:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92979 | 820 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Like most Americans, I hadn’t really given Osama bin Laden much thought in recent years.
He had become the bogeyman that still lingered in the shadows from years ago.
He had become an embarrassment that frustrated Americans who wanted to see justice.
He had became a punch line in the movie “The Hangover.”
“Thanks a lot, Osama.”
That sentiment barely changed for me Saturday afternoon when bin Laden popped back up when I was looking through a stack of old newspapers stored in my garage.
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Almost all we know about the universe is derived from the observation of
photons. As astronomers have developed instruments to exploit new
regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays,
fascinating new objects have been revealed. At very high energies,
however, the universe itself becomes opaque to photons, making astronomy
difficult. Many observed phenomena, such as Gamma Ray Bursts, are
poorly understood. Other objects which must exist, like the sources of
the high energy cosmic rays, have not yet been identified.
Neutrinos offer a useful alternative to photons as astronomical
messenger particles. Over the last two decades, neutrinos from
astrophysical sources have proved useful for both astrophysics and
particle physics. The IceCube neutrino telescope, under construction at
the South Pole, will give us a new window on the universe at TeV
energies and above. It will also permit us to address topics in
particle physics such as extra dimensions, supersymmetry, dark matter,
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March 12, 2005
People often ask what is podcasting
Podcasting is breaking the model of appointment oriented radio. Both satellite and terrestrial radio have time when music and shows are played and if you miss it you miss it. With Podcasting you can pause, fast-forward, move to a new show or song and then return back to what you were listening to. The way it works is that an individual records a show on there computer and converts it to an MP3. They upload it to a web site and add it to a RSS feed. This is a syndication technology that people that read Blogs use. Then my RSS reader or aggregator pulls down shows that I subscribe to. Real simple on both sides. This has been going for nine months and there is already close to 4,000 shows. The nice thing is there is no FCC involvement so anything goes. NPR and other major media outlets are jumping onboard.
March 06, 2005
Podsumer is being built with the goal of bringing you cutting edge tools and content. We have already launched our first show. It is called Fantasy Focus. The show is dedicated to fantasy sports - which right now means baseball. If you are into baseball, and fantasy sports, check it out. Our downloads are up 700% from our first show, so we believe people are liking what they are hearing. | <urn:uuid:92d561cc-7f67-4be4-8197-6ecb70cc8108> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.podsumer.com/archives/2005/03/index.html | 2013-05-20T22:38:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96425 | 277 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Down Deep Husky Jerk®
Thanks to its oversized deep diving lip, the Down Deep Husky Jerk® reaches depths of 20 feet when trolled and will run up to 10 feet deep when cast and retrieved. The perfect choice when you want a lure that runs straight and true, even when running fast and deep. Neutral buoyancy allows lure to suspend on pause in retrieve. Tuned internal rattle chamber creates loud and rhythmic attraction. Premium VMC® black nickel hooks. Each lure is hand-tuned and tank-tested to swim perfectly right out of the box.
- Deep Diving Lip
- Glass or Natural Patterns
- Loud Rattles
- Premium VMC® Black Nickel Hooks
- Runs Straight and True
- A Natural for Walleye
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|DHJ10||7'-16'||4"||3/8 oz.||Two No. 5|
|DHJ12||8'-19'||4-3/4"||1/2 oz.||Three No. 5|
Husky JerkThe Rapala Husky Jerk can be cast or trolled at any speed and still run true. The rattle chamber transmits sound waves that amplify through the water, catching and piquing attention. And the suspending action is just more than a fish can handle. Metallic, natural and glass patterns cover the gamut of fishing opportunities. Load up and be ready for any situation. | <urn:uuid:f82e51f1-6bfa-4f9c-809e-1ec8a5d62686> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rapala.com/Down-Deep-Husky-Jerk/Down%20Deep%20Husky%20Jerk,default,pd.html?dwvar_Down%20Deep%20Husky%20Jerk_color=Silver&start=10&cgid=rapala-lures | 2013-05-20T22:13:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.795328 | 315 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
RATES FALL: Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell again this week to the lowest levels on record, giving buyers more incentive to brave the housing market.
THE NUMBERS: The rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.56 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says. That’s the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s. The rate on the 15-year mortgage declined to 2.86 percent, also a record.
OUTLOOK: Cheap mortgages have contributed to a modest housing recovery. Home sales are up from a year ago and home prices are rising. | <urn:uuid:9c77ef78-66e1-4935-9fcd-d9dfc29e2061> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reformer.com/nation/ci_21065666/u-s-mortgage-rates-dip-record-lows | 2013-05-20T22:07:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964291 | 127 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
We never really know where inspiration comes from do we? For some it can stem from a certain experience, for others a chance meeting with an individual, yet for others, like fashion designer Donwan Harrell, it stems from something as simple as American muscle cars. The iconic shapes that Detroit designers hatched in the late 1960′s are some of the most amazing that the automotive world had ever seen. Thankfully Donwan Harrell, founder of PRPS Jeans knows a thing or two about muscle cars because believe it or not, he’s actually captured the essence of our big-block bad boys by using denim and some amazing imagination.
AWESOME find Ralf!! | <urn:uuid:5cb7435c-d61a-4aec-a132-ece7eade57bf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ridelust.com/donwan-harrell-prps-muscle-car-jeans/ | 2013-05-20T22:38:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943171 | 137 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Saddleback men’s water polo season finished with a bang as the Gauchos defeated Santa Ana College, 14-5, on Saturday in the fifth place game of the Orange Empire Conference championships. After a slow start to the season, Saddleback won 11 of its last 15 games to finish 12-9 overall.
The Gauchos looked like a team in disarray when they fell to Fullerton College 14-5 on September 29, dropping them to 1-5 overall to start the season. Things made a significant turnaround during the final 15 games of the season, however, as Saddleback finished strong, winning seven of its last eight games of the season, including the win on Saturday.
Matthew Villanueva led the charge for the Gauchos, scoring four goals as Saddleback cruised to the easy victory. The Gauchos held a 6-2 lead after the first quarter and never looked back, leading 10-2 entering the final quarter of play. At one point Saddleback scored eight straight goals, holding the Dons scoreless for nearly 18 minutes of action.
The 12-9 finish to the season is the second best finish for the Gauchos since 2001. Saddleback was 17-10 in 2008, finishing fifth in Southern California.
Just one week after toppling the Orange Coast College Pirates in a conference game, 6-4, to earn the higher seed in the Orange Empire Conference tournament, the Saddleback men's water polo team fell to the same Pirate squad by an 8-5 count in the opening round of the conference tournament on Thursday.
The loss will automatically pit the Gauchos against the loser of the Riverside vs. Santa Ana quarterfinal in the fifth place game scheduled for Saturday, November 6, at 10:15 a.m.
The men’s water polo team continued its hot streak with a 14-10 win over Santa Ana College on Wednesday. It was the fourth win in five games for the Gauchos, who now stand at 5-6 on the season.
Saddleback trailed 5-3 in the second quarter before going on a run to take a 6-5 lead at halftime. The Dons would fight back, however, tying the score at 8-8 after three quarters of play. The Gauchos then settled down, outscoring Santa Ana 6-2 in the final quarter to improve to 5-6 overall and 1-2 in Orange Empire Conference play.
Paul Schneringer (pictured left) led the Gauchos with four goals in the contest while Matthew Villanueva (pictured right) added three goals in the win.
Saddleback will have the rest of the week off before playing at Riverside College next Wednesday.
The Saddleback men’s water polo team had a fine opening day of the Saddleback Invitational with back-to-back wins over Santa Monica College and El Camino College. The Gauchos will play Santa Ana College and Palomar College on Saturday.
Saddleback held an 8-5 lead at halftime in the opening game against Santa Monica before dominating the second half in a 13-5 win over the Corsairs. Paul Schneringer (pictured) scored three third quarter goals in leading the Gauchos with five goals in the match.
Schneringer then scored four goals in the opening quarter of the afternoon match against El Camino and Saddleback darted out to a 7-1 lead against the Warriors. The Gauchos ended up beating El Camino 17-7 to improve to 2-0 in the tournament on Friday.
Saddleback will take on Santa Ana College and Palomar College on Saturday. The Gauchos are now 3-4 on the season. | <urn:uuid:08f16746-0656-4326-8a73-3b1ddb93dc03> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.saddleback.edu/athletics/Water_Polo/mwp10.html | 2013-05-20T22:40:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956201 | 782 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
This paper was presented at the Twenty-second Annual National Conference of the Society of Aeronautical Weight Engineers at St. Louis, Missouri, April 29-May 1, 1963. The decision by Douglas Aircraft Company to rely chiefly on electronic rather than mechanical systems for its overall research and development (R & D) missiles and space weighing operations was based on several considerations. These included convenience of use, portability, accuracy, and relative cost.
Application of the earlier electronic systems, however, left much to be desired. End-to-end calibration was mandatory. Repairs usually necessitated return of the entire unit to the manufacturer. Additional weighing requirements, involving different capacity load cells, meant procuring a complete new system. Still another problem, although not the fault of the systems themselves, was the lack of adequate calibration and evaluation test facilities. The whole operation thus was costly, time-consuming, and otherwise unacceptable.
The solution to these problems called for a re-evaluation of the overall weighing requirements. It was then possible to specify a system which would meet these requirements. Interchangeability of components was the most essential prerequisite, and upon this concept the universal system was founded.
In order to verify the characteristics and capabilities of the universal system, certain tests were necessary. By establishing dead weight loading facilities at its Santa Monica, California, location, Douglas not only could perform these tests, but could also assume the responsibility for accurate periodic certification, a function previously either delegated to the National Bureau of Standards, performed by inaccurate methods, or foregone altogether.
Test results did, in fact, demonstrate that load cells, cables, and even the indicating instruments themselves could be interchanged without any significant loss of accuracy. “Creep”, the change in load cell output with time, was found to vary from one cell to another; in some cells, as much as 0.05 percent creep was present. The lack of a direct reading capability, a consequence of the internal design of the universal system, necessitated the use of correction curves or tables in order to obtain the desired accuracy of 0.1 percent, but due to the nature of R&D operations, this did not detract appreciably from the system.
Further tests uncovered errors in the order of 0.2 percent due to misalignment of the load cell and mechanical fittings. These tests were repeated using various flexures or pivots for isolation of loads into the cells, the results of which showed that the effect of misalignment could be virtually eliminated.
Efficiency of the weighing operations was improved by initiating an IBM computer program to handle and process data. Additional improvement could be realized by standardization of test procedures, facilities, and equipment. Continued investigations are recommended to further the “state of the art” of electronic weighing, particularly with respect to compression load application. | <urn:uuid:d337d38a-1de4-410d-b12f-a8b7f124e053> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sawe.org/papers/0368 | 2013-05-20T22:39:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964948 | 576 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Philosophy of the Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education (AEJNE).
The AEJNE is committed to enhancing the teaching learning experience across
a variety of nurse contexts. The journal will be a means by which nurses can
share findings, insights, experience and advice to colleagues involved in all
aspects of the educational process.
The AEJNE seeks to use the advantages of electronic communication to provide
rapid and accessible information about teaching and learning to nurses world
The AEJNE has a special commitment to nursing education in Australia. To this
end it will allow country specific comment in this context. The universality
of teaching / learning will, however, provide wide opportunity for nurses outside
of Australia to publish studies and papers in the journal.
The AEJNE will endeavour to provide rapid publication times. To this extent
the editors will set themselves maximum turnaround times which will be reviewed
and reduced on an annual basis.
The AEJNE recognises the importance of the learners perspective. It will set
aside part of each edition to contributions by undergraduate and postgraduate
students of nursing.
The AEJNE is committed to both scholarly excellence and information sharing.
The journal will attempt to marry these areas by providing a forum for both
refereed and non-refereed papers. The status of any contribution will be clearly
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The FASERIP System
by Chris Perrin
Marvel Super Heroes is a superhero game written by Jeff Grubb and published by TSR, Inc. in 1984. Marvel Super Heroes came out the year before Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes, making it the first superhero game to use licensed settings from the big two comic produces (Marvel and DC.) The game uses the FASERIP system (sometimes called the Four Color or 4C system) in order to have characters of different powers all together in the same world. The game continues to be a nostalgic favorite despite the fact it’s over twenty-five years old, which may account for the open sourcing of the 4C system.
Marvel Super Heroes was a fine product for superhero role playing games, especially at the time of its publication. It was simple to learn, generally fast to play, but complex enough for serious role playing. Everything in the FASERIP world is rated using a series of adjectives like Amazing, Incredible, Super, etc. That includes character stats and powers. For instance, the Hulk might have Incredible Strength, while the Punisher would have Super Agility and fire an Amazing bazooka. Walls might have Super hardness and a supersonic jet would fly at Incredible speeds. The better the adjective, the more likely the character was to succeed at a given task, the wall to take damage, the jet to fly, etc.
The Basic Roll
The basic roll in FASERIP was to roll two ten-sided dice to determine a percentile (also known as percentile dice or d%.) To determine the success or failure of the percentile roll, the player consulted a chart (conveniently printed on the back of the rule book.) Along the top of the chart were the same adjectives that defined the characters or objects in the world’s statistics. Each of those columns defined the color-coded values needed for success. Success in Marvel Super Heroes came in four colors: white, green, yellow, or red. White meant failure no matter what. Green meant a normal, average success. Yellow and red were progressively better successes which might do additional damage or have other effects.
Of course, the difficulty of the task and things like defense might cause column shifts. Skills, situational modifiers, etc. would allow the player to roll on a higher column (or perhaps force them to roll on a lower column), but the basic mechanic is generally roll your percentile dice and compare it to the handy chart at the back of the book. Roll two ten-sided dice and hope for a green success.
Marvel Super Heroes Scale
What FASERIP gave Marvel Super Heroes was a system that did two things. First, it put everyone in the world on the same scale. The average human being with no super training, a hero with no powers like the Punisher, a mutant like Cyclops, and a harbinger of the end of your world like Silver Surfer could all exist on the same scale. The normal human would have really small attributes. The Punisher would have better attributes and Silver Surfer would be rolling at the top of the scale. The end result is a system that made playing all different types of characters possible and even gave the Punisher a chance (albeit a small one) to take out most any super villain he ran across with a lucky roll or two.
The other thing FASERIP did was make all types of rolling very fast. Combat could be accomplished quickly with just a few percentile rolls. This is very much part of the superhero genre where heroes, despite standing up for truth, justice, mercy, and the American way, end up throwing a lot of punches, shooting a lot of guns, and blasting a lot of energy bolts.
Beyond the system, the game also had a nice package, especially in the quasi-second edition of the game, the Marvel Superheroes Advanced Game. This was a boxed set which contained rule books, several maps, and cardboard minis with stands. The cardboard minis feature most of the popular superheroes of the age (Hulk, Spider Man, Captain America, etc.), innocent passersby just begging to be used as human shields by villains, and, of course, the super villains themselves like Doc Ock and Doctor Doom. There were also blank minis for those who chose to generate their own characters.
The maps and charts were well done and in full color. They were a nice touch when it come time to fight in the game.
Which leads to the largest area of weakness with Marvel Super Heroes: character generation. Either because it was inline with TSR’s philosophy for mechanics during that era of gaming or as a reaction to the more complex Champions, character generation was random, from stats to which powers a character might have. This led to players being forced to make sense out of wildly disparate groups of power.
Also, because the strength of those powers were also randomly determined, players could be saddled with “superheroes” with powers they did not want which were far, far weaker than any comic book superhero. In fact, when using the rules from the set, creating your own character almost always resulted in a character that was less powerful than using one from the Marvel universe. There never was an official fix for this issue, though character generation could easily be house ruled.
Today, FASERIP and Marvel Super Heroes have been out of print for years. But all of the old materials have been released online. This decision appears to be legal and not a violation of copyright. There are several online sources which have archived Marvel Super Heroes available for download. Also, for game designers looking to make their own games, the 4C system has been open sourced. Games can now be written and published using the system, though the exact terms of the license should be consulted before starting work on a 4C system.
Marvel Super Heroes is fondly remembered for several reasons. It definitely captured hearts and minds because it was the first of the big two companies’ officially licensed worlds. More importantly, it presented a system that captured the action of comic book fighting in a way that was easy to learn and, more importantly, fun to play. | <urn:uuid:1436635b-6704-4af1-a4c5-d2de5897ad5f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.superherorpgs.com/marvel-super-heroes/ | 2013-05-20T22:06:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965425 | 1,268 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The idea of taking a dead animal carcass, skinning it, stuffing it, then putting it on display is already creepy. But here’s a few instances in which taxidermy turns the creeper dial up a notch.
1. Meet my fox. He answers only to Satan.
2. What some girls find adorable, I find f**king horrifying.
3. Is this Bebop or Rocksteady? I always forget…
4. This creepy fox will protect your storefront and haunt your dreams.
5. He’s waiting patiently…to murder you.
6. Wondering if leopards had kneecaps? here’s your answer…
7. NO. Shoo! Get the f**k outta here, you devil beast!
8. T-3: Rise of the Bambis.
9. Weird how someone’s joy can completely terrify you, huh?
10. The grossest thing is the head and tail are from different squirrels.
11. Feel free to browse these rings while I eat your soul.
12. These two fellas are paddlin’ their way back to hell.
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A survey of chief executives shows fewer large U.S. companies plan to hire or boost spending in the next six months, reflecting a weaker U.S. economy.
The Business Roundtable says 36 percent of its CEO members plan to add workers over the next six months. That’s down from 42 percent when the survey was last taken three months ago.
Only 43 percent say they plan to step up spending on machinery, computers and other large goods, down from 48 percent. Most CEOs still expect sales to increase in the next six months. | <urn:uuid:b74152f5-6b9d-4bcf-b35c-7f8367e9afd6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/06/21/2189072/fewer-ceos-say-companies-will.html | 2013-05-20T22:12:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954567 | 112 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Fed foresees far weaker growth than it had earlier
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve sketched a bleaker outlook Wednesday for the economy, which it thinks will grow much more slowly and face higher unemployment than it had estimated in June.
The Fed now predicts the economy will grow at a scant 1.6 percent to 1.7 percent for 2011. For 2012, it thinks growth will range between 2.5 percent and 2.9 percent. Both forecasts are roughly a full percentage point lower than its June forecast.
The Fed sees unemployment of between 8.5 percent and 8.7 percent next year. In June, the Fed had predicted unemployment would drop next year to as low as 7.8 percent. The rate is now 9.1 percent.
Even so, the Fed said after its policy meeting that the economy had improved since nearly stalling in the spring. As a result, it's putting off any new actions so it can gauge the impact of steps it's already taken.
Fed policymakers made the announcement after a two-day meeting.
In a statement, the officials said consumers have stepped up spending. Still, they said the economy continues to face significant risks, including the debt crisis and risk of recession in Europe.
The Fed left open the possibility of taking further steps later to try to boost the sluggish economy. But it gave no hint as to what those moves might be.
"They're noting the better growth numbers but remain pretty cautious," said Michael Feroli, a former Fed economist now with JPMorgan Chase & Co. "They're not celebrating by any means, which probably is appropriate."
The vote was 9-1. Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, dissented. The statement said Evans wanted to take stronger action to try to boost the economy.
The vote was a shift from the previous two Fed meetings, when three members had dissented for the opposite reason: They opposed the Fed's continued efforts to keep rates at super-lows, for fear it could ignite inflation.
Those three members, known as inflation "hawks," dropped their opposition this time.
Some analysts said the shift didn't necessarily mean the Fed is any likelier to take any additional action soon to try to boost the economy.
"The view of the hawks is that once the decision has been made by the majority, it just causes confusion if they continue to vote to roll back action that has already been taken," said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
Some analysts said they expected the Fed to take further action to support the economy at coming meetings, given their expectation that growth will remain sub-par.
"Policymakers are keeping the door open because the unemployment rate remains high, and there are clear downside risks from the economic situation in Europe," said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
After their September meeting, the policymakers said they would shuffle the Fed's investment portfolio to try to further reduce long-term interest rates. And in their previous meeting in August, they had said they plan to keep short-term rates near zero until at least mid-2013, unless the economy improved.
The Fed repeated the mid-2013 target in its statement Wednesday. It also said it was continuing its program to rebalance its portfolio to try to lower long-term rates.
The Fed has kept its key short-term interest rate at a record low since December 2008. This is the rate that banks charge on overnight loans. It serves as the benchmark for millions of business and consumer loans.
Later Wednesday, the Fed will also release its economic forecasts, and Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a news conference.
The Fed noted that growth strengthened over the summer, in part because temporary factors that had weighed on the economy in the spring had eased. Consumers are able to spend a little more because gas prices have declined from their May peak of roughly $4 a gallon. And auto sales and production have picked up now that supply chains disrupted by the March earthquake in Japan are flowing more freely. | <urn:uuid:b8ae15cf-256c-46f7-b357-cb8cc630e93c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/552834/Fed--Weaker-growth-than-thought.html?nav=5002 | 2013-05-20T22:14:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981056 | 835 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
- Men’s long-sleeve t-shirt
- Men's shirt made from cotton / polyester
- Machine wash
Say hello to your new everyday favorite – the YMLA Rib Trim long-sleeve t-shirt for men. Made from a blend of cotton and polyester, this YMLA men's shirt is both comfortable and great-looking, making it perfect for relaxed occasions or nights out. Asymmetrical ribbed trim gives this simple, long-sleeve tee from YMLA a layered look and a distinctive impact. | <urn:uuid:63309f39-a017-46bf-b223-132ca1dfbf6c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.undergear.com/YMLA%C2%AE-Rib-Trim-Tee/DV860,default,pd.html?dwvar_DV860_color=CAROLINA%20BLUE&start=4&cgid=long-sleeve&prefn1=size&prefv1=L%7CS | 2013-05-20T22:13:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900105 | 115 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Inscription(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line into Pennsylvania. Union Gen. George G. Meade, who replaced Gen. Joseph Hooker on June 28, led the Army of the Potomac in pursuit. The armies collided at Gettysburg on July 1, starting a battle that neither general planned to fight there. Three days later, the defeated Confederates retreated, crossing the Potomac River into Virginia on July 14.
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Pupatello on the defensive as delegates cast first vote
Wynne camp pounces on lack of seat
Dalson Chen, The Windsor StarPublished: Saturday, January 26, 2013
ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CONVENTION
Speeches at 9 a.m. today: First ballot results at 12:30 p.m.
Second round of voting to follow
Leadership contender Sandra Pupatello speaks to supporters Friday at the Ontario Liberal Leadership convention in Toronto.
Nathan Denette, The Canadian Press
Windsor's "warrior princess" - front-running Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Sandra Pupatello - suddenly found herself on the defensive Friday.
As voting officially began for the party's leadership convention, Pupatello was forced to respond to jabs from her chief rival, Don Valley West MPP Kathleen Wynne.
In a news release, Wynne said a Liberal government under Wynne leadership would be "ready to govern on Day 1" - calling attention to the fact that Pupatello is currently without a seat.
Should Pupatello become leader, the Ontario legislature would have to wait for her to hold a byelection and secure a riding - or call a general election. But Pupatello insisted that she would be immediately effective as Premier.
"I'll actually be starting my job right away," Pupatello said while surrounded by reporters at the convention site, the Mattamy Athletic Centre, on Friday.
"The day I launched my leadership (campaign), I said that the moment I have a seat, we will be in the House. It's not going to take us very long."
Earlier in the day, Wynne announced that she would reopen the Ontario legislature as soon as possible - Feb. 19. She said she would end the prorogation of provincial parliament which was ordered by outgoing premier Dalton McGuinty on Oct. 15.
"The people of Ontario don't want an election, they expect us to govern and that's what I'll do from Day 1," Wynne declared.
Wynne said she'd be ready to convene a cabinet, table a throne speech and work on a new budget.
Meanwhile, the soonest that Pupatello could call a byelec-tion is Feb. 28.
Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Dwight Duncan has made it no secret he would offer his riding to Pupatello.
Mayor Eddie Francis told The Toronto Star that he believes Pupatello would win the riding easily.
But the complication of the new premier having no seat in the House would delay the reopening of the legislature until early March - about two weeks later than it would with Wynne as leader.
Speaking to media on Friday, Pupatello said the House traditionally hasn't opened for the spring session until late March anyway.
"Actually, I'm very comfortable with people understanding that - for probably the last 50 years - the House has always opened towards the end of March," she said.
Pupatello added she believes her government would have "more sessional days in this spring session than we've ever had."
Ontario PC Party Leader Tim Hudak has also said prorogation should end and the legislature should reopen as soon as possible.
Pupatello was unimpressed. "I think Tim Hudak would love to see the opposition regain headlines ... He'll probably realize that he has work cut out for him. I'm going to call him on a number of things that he's put out. He's the guy that wants right-to-work legislation.
Pupatello said she believes the people of Ontario will be impressed with the speed of a government under her leadership. "We're going to have a cabinet and a caucus that will be reinvigorated." | <urn:uuid:1852f55b-fbb9-446d-9577-4d40b9b6735f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=3fe9fe4f-adc0-4410-9782-988b6b0611ac | 2013-05-20T22:12:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977361 | 795 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Yeah, as soon as the Mrs. decides on a color.
Yeah, ya wouldn't wanta get that wrong! My defense is usually "but it was on sale!". It never works.
When you said "cutting and screwing", I thought you were talking about Republican legislators -- what they do to the budget for women, children, and the elderly, and what they do to their Rentboy.com rentboys. Their head is as wooden as your deck, but I guess your deck is probably better to talk about... at least, keeps my blood pressure down a bit :).- Badtux the Misreading Penguin
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We have a real treat today! If you're a homeschooler, particularly of the unschooling variety, you may have already heard of Sandra Dodd. Sandra is the mother of three wonderful children who have never gone to school; her philosophy of life and learning involves joy and connection and can help bring peace and happiness to any family. Here, she blogs about helping her sons find their place in the world.
I have two sons who never went to school, who are now 22 and 20 years old. They are Kirby, who works for Blizzard, Entertainment in Austin, and Marty, who is still at home, has a 23 year old girlfriend, a job at a Persian restaurant, and a Jeep Wrangler he chose and is paying for himself. (They have a sister who's 17, too, but this is about boys, so I'm leaving her out of this.)
From the time Kirby was born, we gave him choices. We offered him two or more foods, let him sleep where he was comfortable, let him choose his clothes, let him veto the music in the car if he didn't like it. When there were two boys, they were Sesame Street fans, and played Ninja Turtles and Lego and ran around in costumes in the back yard and at the park with other La Leche League kids, and then other unschoolers.
They got bigger every day, as did their options. Kirby studied karate for many years, and eventually taught the children's classes at the dojo. Marty tried karate, but decided to go to ice hockey instead, for a while, and ended up roller blading and being very involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism. We gave them rides and entry fees and equipment and encouragement.
At home, we watched movies, played games, sang, built things and talked about life and fantasies and the world. They found music and movies the rest of us wouldn't have known about. They hung around collectible card shops and gaming stores. We went to medieval-themed campouts and feasts.
Time flies when so much is going on, and they were getting tall, and a little hairy. When Kirby turned 14 he was offered a real job in a gaming shop, running the Pokemon League from 8:00 to noon every Saturday. Gradually they gave him more hours and responsibility. The day he turned 16, they gave him a key to the store. Before 16, the insurance wouldn't have covered him being there alone. He worked in that store for five years.
When Marty was 15, he was offered a job working for a bootmaker, doing boots and pouches for historical re-enactment groups. When he was 17, he worked full-time in a grocery store, walking distance from our house. I loved going shopping and hearing the checkers and other workers say, "Oh! You're Marty's mom. We *love* Marty!"
We weren't doing things with the thought of getting our kids jobs. What got them jobs was that they were out and about, interested, interesting and helpful. When Kirby was twelve and thirteen, he used to help pick the chairs up after the Pokemon tournaments, and he was good at understanding rules, and was able to make other kids feel better and have more fun. He would help vacuum the shop, and help fold the monthly schedules for mailing out. When Marty was in his early teens, he would help people willingly and cheerfully at our many campouts, and at tournaments in town. He smiled and he was happy to be there.
I didn't know that just being good guys with free time could lead to jobs, but it did. Looking back, I think the best advice I can give parents of boys who are concerned that they might not become men is this: Consider them to be whole, no matter how old they are. Treat them with respect and find ways for them to be around as many people and situations as you can, and whenever possible let them make choices about how long to be out and when to go home; what to attempt and what to stall off on; what to start and what to quit.
A rich and busy life can lead to unexpected benefits, and even if nothing remarkable happens, you will have had a rich and busy life with your sons. Few parents have that. Few men grew up in the warmth of smiles and approval and opportunities to explore or to stay home.
Sometimes people ask how homeschooled children will move out into the world. Our children were never anywhere but in the world. They were present with us as much as they wanted to be. We let them be other places, without us, when they wanted to be. The world was always all around them, and they were always in their place in the world. | <urn:uuid:1738449a-f48b-4900-a882-9f765c747f5f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bloggingboutboys.blogspot.com/2009/02/guest-post-sandra-dodd.html | 2013-05-23T11:35:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992786 | 980 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
From Engadget: Intel has officially dubbed the Silverthorn and Diamondville chips “Atom,” and the Menlow platform has become the “Centrino Atom.” We know, it’s hard to believe the day has come, but it’s finally happened. Obviously, the 45nm Atom chips, … Read more
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Atom. One of the smallest things in our universe, and a very appropriate name for Intel’s new line of processors that are not only Intel’s smallest processors, but also contain the world’s smallest transistors. Today, Intel unveiled the new brand, … Read more
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So I've been at this for a week. Prior to starting down this WOE, I was using protein shakes after a lift or heavy muscle non-cardio work out.
So right now I'm taking my Protein shakes 2 times a day. Once for my mid morning meal, and the other for my mid afternoon meal.
They workout great because I can grab teh shaker and fill with water and I'm all set. I know that mine is LOW in Carbs, so I'm also off setting that lack by eating a couple pieces of wheat toast in the AM< and in the afternoon having a Yogurt.( Yogurt to go BYE BYE after I finish the last 8 I have in fridge, then I'll go fruit only)
So here's what I'm using?
Optimum 100% Whey Protein it contains 24 grams of protein, only 2.5 grams of carbohydrates, 1.5 grams of fat
and minimal lactose.
So I know this is an EAS/Abbott Website, but was curious if there is others out there using alternatives to Myoplex? And if not what it the advantages to Myoplex over Whey?
Hey Chip, I have tried several options including the whey protein isloate which is supposed to be supped up whey but always come to Myoplex. I love the taste and ease of use. For me it just tastes "clean". I know that is a wierd word to describe it but its the only word I can think that makes me choose myoplex over all the others. I do use the standard myoplex with 42g of protein but I am a big guy, 6' approx 220lbs. I also like myoplex as my last meal of the day. About an hour before bedtime I drink a myoplex and it sits well, no upset stomach and it does not amp me up at all right before bed, it just feels clean.
Chip, Aly uses Muscle Milk, they have powders and RTD's. I have not used it before, but I've seen it sold at Wal-Mart. Not sure on the protein/carbs ratio.
DebMO :0) Blessed to be a Blessing...
Thanks for the feedback. I was just looking at the ingredients for Myoplex vs. 100% Whey and there are differences. I guess from the look of it, the Myo has a Blend of different proteins where the whey is just whey. Also the Myo lites have much more Carbs, 24 vs 3.
Well I guess I'll have to give some a try and see what I think when I finish this large 10lb bucket of Whey.. :)
One more Q, I'f I'm in the losing weight phase, 5-10, 277lbs, would I be better going with the Lite? I get so confused with the different versions.
When I did my first challenge I wanted to loose weight, that was my main focus. I started using the Lite version. The problem I was so hungry it lead to cheating temptations and I just was low on energy. I spoke with EAS support staff and they told me Lite is specifically made for the ladies or males below 140lbs which is definately not me. The pointed out the 42g of protein is needed to feed those muscles so they can grow and starting burning those carlories when your not working out. I switches to original myoplex and was much happier and had pretty good results.
I do use the Lite now on my cardio days but it is to save money more than to cut calories. I add the extra calories I miss from drinking the Lite version by eating a handful of almonds on those days.
Let me know how the Whey goes for you. Keep on going my friend!
I use EAS Premium Protein and buy it in 6lb bags at Costco. It's a blend of soy, caisin and whey. I will be frank with you that after having the Myoplex and Myoplex Lite, the EAS Premium in taste is no where near as good, but it serves it's purpose and my budget. Myoplex is a brand, Whey is a type of protein. I'm guessing that Myoplex also contains Whey as the protein and there is no difference.
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right ~ Henry Ford
Michelle Simpson ~2009 Body-for-LIFE Champion 46+ Catagory
Oh and Chip, don't over think this. Carb (fist sized)+ protein (your weight x 1 gram divided by 6 meals) should keep your hunger at bay. Lots of water. No worrying, just trust the process because it works brilliantly.
Debbie, I was looking at those the other day. Hmmm If memory serves me right they are similar to the Myo's in nutrition. They use a blended Protein base, and a variety of vitamins. They also toss in small amount of AA's and Creatine.
So many choices :) Well from the looks of it, I'll give the Original Myo a try after this go around and see how the next month is on it :)
Thanks for the input :)
I was actually thinking COST more then anything else... The RTD's are far too expensive for my pocketbook, so I was wondering about other options. I wanted to make sure I was getting the proper goodies, as I've found out that my Drink mIx is ALL PROTIEN no Carbs, where others appear to have both. I'm actually thinking in the long run it would be easier to get a Shake that has Both Carbs and Proteins and I'd have not need to take in extra carbs for that one meal. Your also right as usual.. Myoplex does have Whey, as well as calcium caseinate, milk-protein isolate, sodium caseinate, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, egg albumin, taurine and L-glutamine.
OK well that was a lot of info LOL sorry to go there LOL
Thanks for the EAS tip at Costco, will have to check in to that as well :) and YES
FIST, PALM 6 times, Veggie 2 times, and an OIL.. :) It's now burned deep in my brain :)
I picked up Xtreme Power Meal Fuel by BioX, 2 scoops =
5 g of Fat
15 g of Carbs
5 g Sugars
48 g Protein
I was going to mix it with skim milk to up the carbs to about 27 but it'll also up the calorie intake to 380 so I might just stick with using water.
Chipster I only buy RTD's occasionally for "OMG I've got to go right now" type emergencies. I stick with bulk powders. You could easily mix your present Whey powder with skim milk and be all set on both carbs and protein.
I've come up with a new combination I really kind of like. Packet Vanilla Myoplex LITE, 1 scoop Syntrax Nectar Peach, Betagen, L-Glutimine , a little more creatine and some fruit to balance the protein and carbs. I have it after a workout.
10's in exercise and nutrition = 10's in life
Yeah price was a big factor in my decision to stick with Myoplex. I tried some walmart brand whey protein shake but it seem like it cost more because the average .75 for the shake and then i had to supplement that with a carb. Where the Myoplex cost me 1.55 a shake when i use to eat whatever i wanted my lunch cost anywhere from $5 - 7. That was for one lunch with that money i can have 4 myoplex. Not to mention myoplex has added vitamin and minerals. Myoplex lite Vitamin C 110% i have not been sick for 3 months. WOOT
My Walmart sells the AdvantEDGE carb control shakes for $4.74 for a 4 pack. With tax that is about $1.25 plus a carb per meal. Not too shabby. If you can do the whey protein, rock on! Probably even cheaper.
Keep the faith!
Faithful Renee :0)
Stick with 100% whey and add a couple tbsp's of natural peanut butter. You will lose more fat if you eat more fat.
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The Maroon Voluxe X LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., APRIL 15, 1932 Number 20 THESPIANS ANNOUNCE CAST OF PLAYERS AND DATE, OF PRODUCTION Play Presented May 7th And Bth; Carl Buchmann Given Leading Role The cast and date for the Thespian production, ''Not Herbert" were announced this week by Rev. F. L. Janssen, S. J., and Director Alfred J. Bonomo, who are in charge of the presentation. The play will be staged in Marquette Auditorium of Loyola on two successive nights, Saturday and Sunday, May the 7th and Bth. Carl Buchmann, who has given several fine performances in the past, will be entrusted with the leading role of Herbert Alden, a quiet poetic sort of fellow who completely fools his acquaintances as to his real character and is thereby able to do his dirty work without anyone suspecting his actions. Gertrude Hansen and Amelie Buchmann, of the Auxiliary Thespians, will have the leading feminine roles, Miss Buchmann as Cynthia Alden, sister of Herbert, and Gertrude Hansen as Ruth Webster, a friend of Cynthia, who visits her at the summer home and secretly falls in love with Herbert. Other important roles have been assigned to John Schilecci and Marnell Segura. Schilecci will play the part of Fanshaw, the blustering detective who thinks he is always on the right track but generally turns up with the wrong clue; Segura will be cast as Fletcher, in which he has to portray the dual role of butler to Herbert and then his accomplice in his expeditions of the night. Alexander Cavell and Alice O'Connor will be Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Alden, parents of Herbert and Cynthia. The rest of Herbert's gang is composed of George, played by Al. Leach and Polly, enacted by Jean Owin. Another important role is that of A. ACTIVITY BOARD HOLDS MEETING Organizations Make Report Of Activity During The Past Month The Student Activity Board held its monthly meeting last night at 9 p. m. in the Gothic Tea Room on the campus. The meeting consisted of reports by the various organizations of their activities during the past month, and of announcements of the functions planned for the coming four weeks. The question of arousing general student interest in activities was again discussed and various suggestions were made and adopted for increasing this interest. The Student Council announced that it had successfully carried through its plan for intra-mural baseball and stated that the league was already under way. Captains for the various teams had been chosen and the teams selected. Paul A. Reising, president of the Board presided at the meeting.DEBATERS BACK AFTER ANNUAL SOUTHERN TRIP 'Ainsworth, Lozes, Zinser Have Record Of Two Wins, Two No-decisions, One Defeat With a record of two victories, one defeat and two no-decision contests, the Loyola debate team composed of Felicien Lozes, Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., and Leo C. Zinser returned Monday from their annual tour. The defeat of the tour, which is the only one suffered by the Loyola I speakers this season occurred when | Felicien Lozes and Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., lost to the representatives of the University of Mississippi, James T. Garner and Berry D. Brown, by an audience vote of 42-26. The Loyola team upheld the negative of the question, "Resolved: That Congress should enact legislation providing for the centralized control of industries." The team then journeyed to Birmingham, Ala., where Leo C. Zinser and Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., engaged in an informal nodecision debate on the same subject, with the representatives of Birmingham-Southern college. The Southern representatives were Maurice Bishop and Andrew Turnipseed.Ainsworth and Lozes again teamed up on the negative of the question for the debate with Howard college in Birmingham on Wednesday night. The Loyola speakers defeated Baulah Caudell and Harvey E. Moore, the Howard representatives by a 3-0 judges decision. Lozes and Zinser took the affirmative of the question Thursday night in Knoxville against Curtis Henderson and John W. Heiskell, representing the University of Tennessee. In this debate, which was the first affirmative case upheld by Loyola, the Loyola speakers won a 43-6 audience decision. On the following day, the Loyola team and their coach, the Rev. Harold A. Gaudin, S.J., were taken on a tour of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as guests of the Mayor of Knoxville. NIGHT STUDENTS HOLD DEBATE Leach, Graziano, Moonan And Katz Argue Centralized Industrial Control Messrs. Al J. Leach, Sal Graziano, John Moonan and Julius Katz took part in the first contest of the finals of the Night Debating Club. They debated upon the subject, Resolved: Congress should adopt legislation for the centralized control of industries. (Constitutionality waived). The negative won. Mr. Julius Katz was chosen as the best speaker and will be a member of the night debating team. Mr. Sal Graziano was given second place honors, and will be an alternate of the team. Mr. Robert Hickerson, Mr. Louis Jung and Mr. O. P. Carriere, prominent young attorneys at law, acted as judges. ORCHESTRA HOLDS INITIAL CONCERT ■essor Michael Cupero To Give Two Performances Sunday The Loyola University Orchestra 1 under the direction of Professor Michael Cupero, will present its initial concert on Sunday, April 17, 1932. There will be two performances, a matinee at 3 :00 p. m. and a night performance at 8:00 p. m., which will take place in Marquette Auditorium at the Uni- The program as announced by Assistant-Director Hamil Cupero is as follows: Loyola Hats Off to Thee. Selections from the Musical Comedy, "Love Parade." Cornet Solo—(Selected)—by Professor Michael Cupero, accompanied by Hamil Supero. "Malta," and Phillis, "Valse Caprice"—by the Orchestra. Selections—(to be announced.) licert Symphonic arrangeof, "Good Night SweetDDminute intermission. Hey of 1932 Hits—by the stra. lin Solo—by Lucien Delery. uphonic arrangement of, Friends." "Heart of Mine," Meria Leber. Piano Selections by Clet Girard. "Lovable," by the Orchestra. LOCAL ARCHITECT GIVES LECTURE Charles Favrot Explains Association Of Commerce 5 Point Plan To Students Mr. Charles A. Favrot, president of the Arm of Favrot and Livaudais, prominent local architects, will deliver a lecture in Marquette auditorium on Friday at 11 o'clock, according to an announcement by the Rev. Joseph Butt, S. J., head of the Commerce School. Mr. Favrot will talk in the capacity of a representative of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, using as his subject the Five Point Plan which is at the present time the major issue before that constructive body. Heralded as the greatest undertaking in the history of New Orleans, this Five Point Plan consists in a drive for $121,000 to be used in advertising New Orleans to attract more visitors, conventions, industries and trade to the city. Mr. Favrot is expected to explain the plan in its entirety and to point out the specific advantages that will accrue to the city from his campaign. A cordial invitation is extended to all the students to attend. Varsity Debaters Meet Southwestern In Final The Loyola University varsity debate team represented by Leo C. Zinser and Paul Barker will meet the representatives of Southwestern of Memphis, Monday night at 8 p. m. in Marquette Auditorium. This debate concludes the forensic schedule for this year: The debaters will discuss the question, Resolved: "That Congress Should Enact Legislation Providing for the Centralized Control of Industry." (Constitutionality Waived). Loyola will uphold the affirmative. (Courtwy Item-Tribune) Dennis Flynn and Tad Gormley as they returned to New Orleans this week from Philadelphia, where Dennis won the National Collegiate middleweight title in competition with some of the best collegiate battlers at Pennsylvania State. Dennis, brother of Eddie, national welter titleholder, won the right to enter the Olympic trials at San Francisco this summer ALUMNI GROUP ELECT OFFICERS uates to Join Alumni Association The Loyola Alumni Association held its annual election of officers last week as announced by P. A. Gaudet, President of the organization.The officers elected for the coming year were P. A. Gaudet, president; Ambrose Weddle, vice-president; Louis A. Schwartz, secretary; Warren M. Poncet,"treasurer; Myron Turfitt, executive secretary, and Clem Sehrt, student representative. The new Executive Committee is as follows: Joseph Blasi, Dr. A. C. Broussard Harry Cabral, Dr. A. R. Dansereau, M. L. Dresner, R. H. Erskine, P. A. Gaudet, Warren M. Poncet, Dr. G. O. Rosado, Dr. Prescott Smith, Louis A. Schwartz, Dr. Cosmo Tardo, Dr. Sidney Tiblier, Ambrose Weddle, Dr. A. D. Smith, Willis G. Dwen, Emile Rivet, William Ritchie, Clarence Palm, Peter Miller, Joseph Abraham, Charles Jaubert; exofficio, Gerard H. Barnard, Henry B. Curtis, Azzo J. Plough, Percy H. Sittes, John St. Paul, Jr., and Milo B. Williams. Plans are being formulated by the Alumni Association for the organization of a luncheon club. All members who are interested are WWL Lectures The Loyola University School of Law will contribute another item to the many-sided celebration of the Washington Bicentennial on Friday April 22nd, when Professor Antonio E. Papule, LL. B. will deliver a radio lecture over W. W. L. on "Washington as a Lawyer." The talk will be one of the Loyola Lectures, given as usual at 6:30 p. m. The other lectures for the coming week are: April 18.—"Reconstruction of corporations," Percy McCay. April 1!).—"Washington in Social Life," Rev. C. C. Chapman, S. J. April 20.—"Against the Child," i Rev. Ronald A. Mac Donald, S. J. April 21.—"Diction," Rev. Harold A. Gaudin, S. J. April 23.—"Laws of Thought," Rev. F. A. Cavey, S. J. Loyola Pastor Lauds Men Who Explored State Father Biever Speaks At Anniversary of Founding of Louisiana The Rev. Albert Biever, S. J., Pastor of Loyola's Church of the Holy Name, participated in the celebration of the 250 th Annii versary of the founding of Louisiana by Robert Cavelier de la Salle, the intrepid explorer who proclaimed all of the Mississippi Valley in the name of Louis XIV of France. The celebration was held Saturday night, April 9th, at the Cabildo under the auspices of the Louisiana Historical Society.Father Biever, one of the seven featured speakers, praised the men whose portraits hung on the [ walls about him. Father Biever | lauded the explorers and missionaries of France "Who explored the immense territory of La Nouvelle France planting everywhere the Cross of Christ, rearing their Alters and marking the route through the dense unknown forests by carving the name of Jesus upon the trees." The other speakers included E. A. Parsons, president of the Louisiana Historical Society; Consul- General Maurice de Simonin of France; Alvin O. King, Governor of Louisiana; Frank H. Waddill, Vice-President of the society; James J. A. Fortier, President of the Continental Bank and Andre LaFargueF writer and first vicepresident of the society. LOYOLA DEBATERS WIN FROM EMORY 3-0 Loyola debater) won a three to nothing decision over the speakers from Emory University last night in Marquette Hall when Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. and Harry Herman representing the local university defeated William P. Spann Jr. and Hoyt M. Dobbs Jr. of the Georgia institution on the question of centralized control of industry. The debate was Ainsworth's last and Herman's first forensic engagement. Loyola will close its present season w'th a debate against Southwestern of Memphis in the university auditorium Monday night. STUDENTS FLOCK TO POLLS AS POPULARITY CONTEST VOTE OPENS Twenty-two Campus Favorites Nominated This Week For Seven Titles ONE BOX FOUND UNDER BALL STAND Final Voting Will Take Place At-Same Hour Next Monday Morning Campus politicians again came into their own Monday when the primary in Loyola's popularity contest conducted each year under the auspices of the Maroon and the Student Council, was held to nominate twenty one celebrites for seven honorary positions. As added attractions to the regular balloting there were arguments at the polls caused by members of various departments politicking their followers and exhorting them to vote for this or that candidate. This was supplemented by a stolen ballot box which disappeared for about ten or fifteen minutes and was afterward found beneath the baseball grand stand on the athletic field. Voting in the department of Arts and Science was poorest of all the schools. Only about fifty per cent of the total number of arts students cast ballots. Law school led the way with almost a perfect vote in proportion to the number enrolled. Pharmacy was second with Dentistry third. Nominate Three For Each iTtle. Nominate Three For Each Title Three men were nominated for RUTH ROLAND TO PRESENT LOYOLA CONTEST WINNERS Loyola Night At Loew's State On April 20 Will Be Gala Affair The winners of the annual Student Council-Maroon popularity contest will be introduced from the stage of the Loew's State Theatre at the last performance on April 20 by Ruth Roland, popular stage and screen star, and former serial queen, who is appearing at the theatre during the week. The occasion is Loyola Night at the State. A very elaborate program has been arranged to augment the regular show. The Loyola Orchestra, which has been a success over the air recently, will present their own arrangements of several popular songs. Temple Black will sing vocal refrains in his own inimitable manner. The management of the Loew's State Theatre has coopei'ated with The Maroon and the Student Council in arranging this Loyola Night. The student body of Loyola is expected to turn out en masse to witness the performance as it will be the first performance of the Loyola Orchestra at a downtown theatre. The program for the night follows: Introduction of the winners of the popularity contest by Ruth Roland. "Dancing on My Heart," by the Loyola Orchestra. Vocal refrain by Temple Black. "Just Friends," by the Loyola Orchestra. Vocal refrain by Temple Black. "College Medley," by the Loyola Orchestra. Lloyd Salathe Has Lead in "East is West" Miss Julia Sierra Of Night School Will Play "Ming Toy" In Production Lloyd Salathe, sophomore Arts student at Loyola, will again take the stage Friday night when the curtain rises on 'East is West' at the Little Theatre in Algiers. Salathe is cast in the role of Billie Benson and from rehearsal reports is giving his usual creditable performance.Another Loyola student, Miss Julia Sierra (night), also has a lead. She will enact the part of Ming Toy. Miss Sierra has gained great recognition from her excellent performances in several Spanish plays during recent years at Loyola and her appearance, personality and talents are expected; to make her the high light of this performance also. Loyola students are invited to | attend the presentation which will be staged both Friday and Saturday nights. i COLLEGE COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Members Of New Hospital Group Attend; May Crowning Planned The New Orleans Council of College sodalities held its usual meeting Monday afternoon. Members from the recently admitted sodality of Mercy Hospital were in attendance. It was announced that the third Sunday in May had been definitely accepted as the day for the Annual May crowning of the Blessed Virgin. Further plans will be announced at a later date. Since only the first act, which was read at the last meeting, has been completed nothing further was said about the Passion Play which is being re-written by Fr. Hayes to be put on next Lent by the New Orleans Sodalities. During the session of the Study Club, Ed. Driscoll gave an excellent lecture on the liturgy of the first part of the Mass. A discussion of the Protestant objections to the Blessed Virgin Mary followed. The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p. m. The Senior Sodality held another of its third Friday Spiritual meetings this morning in Thomas Hall Chapel at 7:00 a. m. ATTENTION!!! All students who have not yet received their copy of the annual must call for it before 5 p. ni., April 15, or forfeit their right to the annual. Signed: E. J. Lucas—Editor. Adrien Drouilhet—Bus. Mgr. 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This should get me a bit of hate mail but it’s true. Okay, not ALL skateboarders are buttheads but the vast majority that I run into on the streets are. The ones that go to the skateboard parks and other safe areas to do their acrobatic feats of derring-do are no problem at all.
The ones that careen through traffic trying to race Death out of Darwin’s gene pool: now those are the giant buttheads. They care for little, not themselves, nor anyone else and have the arrogance that equates to a short life.
We have many forms of locomotion; cars, buses, bicycles, feet, motorcycles, roller blades and skateboards. Skateboards are the least suited to sidewalk and road. Bicyclists and motorcyclists ride small wheeled vehicles with their flesh exposed to the elements and the hard metal of other machines. They wear reflective and protective clothing, and helmets. Of course there would probably be a few death-wish hopefuls who would try to ride without helmets if it weren’t law, like it’s cool to have your brains splat on pavement or something. Cool to be stupid: that’s attractive.
Bicyclists, if they want to remain alive, pedal along beside cars as they can’t go as fast. Drivers and bicyclists should always respect each other’s space and cut out any ego issues. Unfortunately there are attitudes on both sides, but we can always dream of better tolerance. But back to skateboarders; they don’t wear protective or reflective clothing, they don’t wear helmets. Two fails right there.
Pedestrians have the right of way of sidewalks. They walk on them, not on the road where they would soon be road pizza. Of course there are butthead pedestrians who jaywalk in front of cars as if they own the road. But most stick to the sidewalks where they belong. Skateboarders get another fail for having a wheeled object on the sidewalk. Bikes aren’t allowed there; neither are skateboards.
Skateboarders don’t fit the rules of the road because they can’t go fast enough, not even as fast as a bike unless it’s downhill. They don’t wear the proper gear and on top of that they’re kicking a leg out and veering, long undulations in and out of traffic. Skateboarders don’t fit the rules of the sidewalk, because they’re on wheels. They’re hazardous to the pedestrians and often swerve all over the place.
On top of all this, they, who are least protected on the road, take the biggest risks, rolling down the middle of the street, nonchalantly getting out of the way–eventually, when a driver has had to break or slow down for them. It always amazes me that the less protection a person has from vehicles, it’s almost as if the arrogance goes up exponentially.
There is nothing more irritating or dangerous then guys flying down the road, or chugging along weaving in and out of cars and people, flipping up on curbs, doing near nose-dives onto pavement. Skateboards should be like ATVs, banned completely from roads and sidewalks and only given to certain terrain. The skateboard parks and abandoned underpasses are the ideal terrain for the skateboarder but not as a way through the streets.
A view of an extreme skateboarder’s world is revealed in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash where pizza drivers wield swords and couriers skateboard along freeways tossing their magnetized discs onto speeding vehicles to hitch a ride. (A review of this book is in a previous blog entry.) So I will stick with my thoughts that skateboarders on the streets today are buttheads, pursuing a delicate dance with death while endangering others. | <urn:uuid:03dd2029-2d8d-4f0c-aad5-51f33879681a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/skateboarders-are-buttheads/ | 2013-05-23T11:50:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948716 | 828 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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the main crosslife site now has a link so that you can read the King James Bible in LARGE PRINT on line.
I hope that you enjoy this.
the hard work was done at Grandfather’s Family Bible
this version is on our wrb site so that you will not navigate away in order to use it.
I have not got a search function on it yet. there are a couple of good searches for the King James Bible BUT the links take you away from our site & I’m not certain that some of you can find your way back. I would like to have a fully functional & search-able King James Bible for us to use while on line
It’s important to know that we can learn “How to Think” This mind that I’m speaking about is NOT the spiritual mind OR the natural mind
The spiritual & natural mind are special King James Bible terms. They are part of us. The mind I’m speaking of here is the data processing mind that we have. It absorbs data day and night.
This statement often comes up. We ought to rid the Bible of its archaic words! Firstly we should ask “What is an archaic word?” Apparently an archaic word is one that has fallen out of use. So how long must a word be out of use before it becomes archaic? Do crossword puzzles count? What about media advertising. For instance in the last few months McDonald’s restaurants used a so called archaic word in an advertising campiang. It was for the Shrek Kids meals. A large poster declared that Shrek “trecketh” around. I have a large volume that tracks most of the archaic words so called to prove that they are still in use and gives the references to the editions of where the words are used. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:172c11c2-4ce1-4d37-ae9e-30e64250a7b8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://crosslifechurches.org/blogs/?m=200806 | 2013-05-23T11:35:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954983 | 381 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Keeffe, Mary & Carrington, Suzanne B. (Eds.) (2007) Schools and Diversity, 2nd ed. Pearson Education Australia, Australia, New South Wales.
Keeffe, Mary (2004) Reconceptualizing Research Questions: A Lifeworld and Systems World Link with Theory and Practice. In Performing Educational Research: Theories, Methods and Practices. Post Pressed, Flaxton, QLD, pp. 31-41.
Keeffe, Mary (2004) Communication in learning and the provision of Australian Sign Language (Auslan) interpreters for a student with a hearing impairment. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 9(1), pp. 109-113.
Keeffe, Mary (2003) The principal’s governance of inclusion and the equirements of the disability discrimination legislation: Are they worlds apart? Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 8(1&2), pp. 69-76.
Keeffe-Martin, Mary & Lindsay, Kate (2002) Issues in Australian Disability Discrimination case law and strategic approaches for the lawful management of inclusion. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 7(2), pp. 161-177.
Keeffe-Martin, Mary (2001) Legislation, case law and current issues in inclusion: An analysis of trends in the United States and Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 6(1&2), pp. 25-46.
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa, Keeffe, Mary, & Rosenfeld, Peter (2005) The Changing Nature and Role of the Head of Department. In Searle, J, Beven, F, & Roebuck, D (Eds.) Vocational Learning: Transitions, Interrelationships, Partnerships and Sustainable Futures: Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Post-Compulsory Education and Training: Volume Two, 5 December - 7 December 2005, Australia, Queensland, Gold Coast.
Logan, Joanna, Hobbs, Helen F., & Keeffe, Mary (2005) Online Dialogue and Critical Reflection - In An International Inclusive Education Context. In OLT2005: Beyond Delivery Conference, 2005, Brisbane.
Keeffe, Mary (2004) Principal’s stress: tensions between the requirements of the disability discrimination legislation and the governance of inclusion in schools. In AARE Annual Conference, 28th November - 2nd December, Melbourne, Australia.
Keeffe, Mary (2003) Habermas and the Principal's Lifeworld in the Lawful Governance of Inclusion in Schools. In Jeffrey, P (Ed.) Joint Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education & Australian and New Zealand Association of Educational Research, 29 November - 3 December 2003, New Zealand, Auckland. | <urn:uuid:909c969f-312b-485b-aad3-4d6eba8c993c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Keeffe,_Mary.html | 2013-05-23T12:02:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.82646 | 617 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I've been thinking a lot recently about the relationship between spirituality and eating disorders. Namely, can a sense of spirituality be a ("a", not "the") curative force in recovery?
I'm not talking about religion per se, but more a sense of what your purpose is here on Earth. For some, it's to be a good person, live a good life. Others may believe they need to learn a valuable lesson. Those who are less spiritually inclined may think that they're here simply to continue the species. For many with eating disorders, life becomes so constricted (restricted) that the purpose becomes eating less, weighing less. . .and a sense of greater purpose is ignored.
I keep circling back to the idea that if you are to get in touch with a greater purpose, that can help with recovery. I'll often say to someone that I'm not sure what her purpose here is, but I just know it can't be to restrict, maintain a certain weight, or hate her body. That's can't be the point of life, and I'm sure of it. Nearing death, it just can't be that you look back over your life and evaluate your stay based on weight.
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Uganda Cranes skipper Andy Mwesigwa remained a slight worry as he continued doing light workouts at Namboole yesterday.
The defender’s services will be invaluable for a team that must score two goals without reply against Congo Brazzaville tomorrow if they are to progress to the final round of the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Mwesigwa, who picked a groin injury in last Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Senegal, was seen struggling after the team’s penultimate training but coach Bobby Williamson remained confident the defender will be fit for the game. “He’s got a chance. I’m sure he’ll be fit. He’s been working out and the response is good,” “Andy’s worked hard and is passionate about his country, just like all these guys. I respect all of these guys and I know they will do their best on Saturday. Hopefully it will be enough to see us through.”
The Scot also confirmed Musa Mudde, who missed both the one-all draw in Angola and Senegal, has fully recovered from an ankle injury. “Yah he’s been training well. He’s not complaining. I’ve asked him how he’s feeling and he tells me he’s feeling fine.” Midfielder Mudde’s timely return is a boost especially with Tony Mawejje out through suspension.
“All of these guys are desperate to play. It’s a very difficult job for me to pick the team that will play in the right formation and cause the other team problems.“We are working on a number of formations. You gonna have plan B, and may be C, if plan A is not working well. “Hopefully plan A will be fine and we will get the result we are looking for on that day. The guys are looking forward to the challenge and are up for it mentally.”
Wing play has always been Uganda’s strength and with Martin Mutumba ruled out with injury, SC Villa’s Steven Bengo is primed to start down the left.
The right midfield race between Dan Wagaluka and Moses Oloya is already designed. “I’ve got a good idea how we are gonna start, and I’ve got a good idea how we are gonna finish.”
Meanwhile, Congo were due to arrive in the country last evening.
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Glycolysis inhibitors negatively bias blood glucose measurements: potential impact on the reported prevalence of diabetes mellitus
- Correspondence to: Dr W S Waring Scottish Poisons Information Bureau, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK;
- Accepted 28 May 2006
Background: Blood glucose concentrations are essential in defining diabetes mellitus. Recent guidelines advocate either of two discrete methods for sample collection and processing. One of these involves addition of glycolysis inhibitors, such as sodium fluoride–potassium oxalate (NaF–KOx) to sample collection tubes, whereas the other requires immediate refrigeration and sample separation.
Aims: To examine whether the choice of the preanalytical process has any impact on subsequent glucose determinations.
Methods: 62 healthy men participated in the study during screening for diabetes. Paired venous blood samples were collected in a serum-gel tube and a tube containing NaF–KOx (both Sarstedt, Leicester, UK). Serum was promptly separated from gel tube samples and refrigerated, whereas NaF–KOx samples were not separated until immediately before analysis. Glucose concentrations were determined using an Olympus AU 2700 analyser incorporating an automated hexokinase method.
Results: Mean (95% CI) glucose concentration in serum-gel tube samples was 5.2 mmol/l (5.0 to 5.4 mmol/l), whereas the concentration in tubes containing NaF–KOx was 4.9 mmol/l (4.8 to 5.1 mmol/l). A negative bias of 0.23 mmol/l (0.16 to 0.30 mmol/l) and relative negative bias of 4.7 % (3.2% to 6.3%) were observed for samples collected in NaF–KOx tubes, consistent with the combined effects of glycolysis and dilution.
Conclusions: Bias associated with the use of NaF–KOx tubes may have a significant impact on the prevalence of fasting hyperglycaemia, according to current diagnostic criteria. The small but significant difference between preanalytical processes should be considered when screening for the presence of diabetes mellitus.
Funding: The costs for this study were met from existing departmental funds held by the Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Welwyn Garden City, UK.
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JON KATZ, P.C.
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Practicing Criminal Defense and Drunk Driving/ DUI/ DWI throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, including the state and federal courts in Montgomery County (Rockville and Silver Spring), Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Arlington County, Alexandria, Prince George's County (Upper Marlboro, Hyattsville, Greenbelt, and Andrews Air Force Base), Howard County (Ellicott City), Frederick County, Anne Arundel County (Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Ft. Meade), Baltimore City, Baltimore County (Towson, Catonsville, Essex), Washington County (Hagerstown), Prince William County (Manassas), and Loudoun County (Leesburg).
Jon Katz has been fighting for criminal defendants since 1991. Jon has advocated for over 2000 criminal defendants, and has defended over one hundred fifty criminal trials to conclusion. He has defended a wide variety of clients, including those accused of murder, sexual assault, drug offenses, child pornography, and drunk driving. JON KATZ, P.C., provides one-stop service to non-citizens, not only to advise them on the immigration risks of certain convictions and sentences, but also for seeking a more immigration-favorable conviction and sentence when the chance of obtaining an acquittal looks too remote to our client.
Criminal defense partner Jon Katz's usual days are consumed with defending ordinary people against a wide range of criminal accusations, slugging it out for the fighting advantage, and defending people against the landmines of injustice. While Jon is particularly familiar with courthouses in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia, he is first and foremost a persuasion lawyer who, like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, will go "anytime, anywhere" to fight for justice in the state and federal courts throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. For samples of our criminal trial work, click here.
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A person is rarely in more time of need than when s/he is arrested for or suspected of a jailable crime. We go to the mat for our criminal defense clients, with caring, a passion to win, and with partner Jon Katz's many years of in-depth criminal defense experience.
When a client is suspected of a crime, but not yet arrested, we provide our client a full risk analysis, and advise not to speak with law enforcement authorities. We try to make the matter go away either by letting it disappear on its own, or by trying to persuade the investigators and prosecutors that their time on the case is not worthwhile or not justified. If a client learns of a pending arrest warrant, we try to get the warrant removed, or else we can accompany our client to turn himself or herself in, to then argue for immediate release or for the lowest possible bond.
When a client is prosecuted in court, we immediately file essential legal motions and court notices to protect our client's rights, fully investigate the case with our client's input, and fully brainstorm with our client for a winning strategy. We fully prepare our cases to go to trial, assure a full grasp of the governing law, and absorb the evidence (both good and bad) to present our client's case in the most persuasive light.
Because a conviction is a possible outcome of a criminal case -- even for innocent people, unfortunately -- we fully prepare a careful trial record to make a stronger appeal of any conviction; we fully prepare with our clients to fight for the most favorable sentence in the event of a conviction; and we file and argue persuasive motions for sentence reductions. A conviction does not always need to be final, which is why we seek retrials when advisable, file and argue aggressive appeals, and file and argue vigorous post conviction and habeas corpus petitions. For acquittals and dismissals, we file petitions to seal or expunge our clients' public records or their cases.
Since 1991, our Criminal Defense partner Jon Katz
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human beings, because it is the right thing to do, and because we would not have
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Jon Katz, P.C. PROVIDES FULL SERVICE TO NON-CITIZEN CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS
Many of our criminal defense clients are not United States citizens. For non-citizens, a conviction means not only possible jail time, but can also mean a risk of deportation, exclusion, and denial or delay of adjustment of status. In such situations, our Criminal Defense partner Jon Katz works closely with our Immigration Law partner Jay Marks to fully strategize for, fight for, and advise our non-citizen criminal defense clients. Please click here for further details.
MEET OUR CRIMINAL DEFENSE PARTNER JON KATZ - Never Prosecuted/Never Will
Our Criminal Defense partner Jon Katz early on developed a strong bias for the defense side of criminal law. Police and prosecutors have awesome powers that can be used for good but that also can be severely abused. Let us not forget that police abuse has included brutal beatings of civil rights demonstrators in the South, the killing of Amadou Diallo, and the brutal torture of Abner Louima.
Jon began his criminal defense career in 1991, defending over one thousand indigent criminal defendants with the Maryland Public Defender's Office (1991-96). Public defender work is one of the highest callings a lawyer can fulfill, if the lawyer is able and dedicated to meet the challenge. The ongoing challenge for public defenders is to eliminate underfunding and insufficient resources.
Jon's aptitude for blue collar criminal cases is strongly rooted in his public defender experience. For white collar criminal cases, Jon offers a combination of strong criminal defense experience and financial world experience (Irving Trust Company, Examiner (1985-86); Chubb Insurance, Insurance Assistant (1984); and Shearson/American Express, Intern to Financial Consultant (1983)). Jon has significant regulatory experience rooted in his attorney work with a Washington, D.C., corporate and regulatory law firm (1989-91); and as a law clerk with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (1987). Jon is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1991-present) (Advisory Board Member, Champion Magazine (1996-present)), Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Legal Committee,
WHAT DO CLIENTS SAY ABOUT JON? "Jon and his staff were meticulous, dedicated, and determined to ensure my rights as a citizen were fully maintained during my case. He laid out several scenarios on how things could proceed and stuck to the one that we both felt had the highest likelihood of success of maintaining my innocence - which was the end result. While I was financially constrained, Jon worked with me to ensure I had the best defense I could, which was more than I ever imagined! I keep Jon's card in my wallet and highly recommend him to anyone needing legal services." (From a criminal defense client).
"Jonathan Katz is compassionate and understanding to his people and to his clients. He did not treat me like a number or a dollar sign but instead he is always present and pays attention and he is very professional. I would certainly recommend him to anyone else ." (From a criminal defense client).
"Mr. Katz has provided excellent service at competitive price for my case. Everything went on just as what he described in our initial meeting. I'm so satisfied with the outcome, and I'd strongly recommend this attorney! I really appreciate your effort you put in my case, Jon." (From a criminal defense client).
PAYING FOR Jon Katz, P.C.'S SERVICES
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FOR OUR CRIMINAL LAW NEWS COVERAGE, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
OUR CRIMINAL DEFENSE ARTICLES
Driving While Intoxicated Defense (2000)
Drug Law Questions and Answers (2004- ) - Partner Jon Katz's drug law analyses and views in Overgrow.com's Security & Legal forum.
Fighting for Justice Through Jury Trials (1997)
Fighting Unjust Conviction and Unjust Sentences (2006)
Frequently Asked Questions About Criminal Defense
How to Pay for a Quality Lawyer (2003)
In Praise of Sunwolf (2004)
Learning From the Trial Lawyer's College (1997)
Jon Katz, P.C. - Lawyers for Sexual Freedom (2002)
Jon Katz, P.C. Wins Dismissal Of Nightclub Prosecution In Maryland's Highest Court (2002)
Jon Katz, P.C.'s Wins for Criminal Defense (Each case is different (e.g., with a different set of facts, law, and adjudicators), and this listing is by no means meant to indicate the results JON KATZ, P.C., will obtain for future clients. Our goal, of course, is for winning advocacy at every turn).
Mounting the Medical Marijuana Defense (October 17, 2003).
Opposing Embarrassment Sentences (2001)
Opposing Unjust Prosecutions of Political Speech - Jon Katz, P.C.'s pro bono amicus brief for the DC National Lawyers Guild chapter, in Sassower v. U.S.
Opposing Unnecessary Fattening of the Criminal Code (March 2006)
The Plowshares (2000)
Pretrial Preparation on the Road to Victory (2005)
Protecting Immigrants in Criminal Court (2003)
The Sniper Case (2002)
When First Amendment Rights Prevent Criminal Convictions (1995)
Your Rights and the Police (ongoing)
BLOG ENTRIES AFTER OCTOBER 13, 2006, ARE INDEXED HERE.
INDEX OF OCTOBER 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
October 15: Underdog Blog has temporarily moved to www.katzjustice.com/blog2/serendipity.
October 13: The U.S. military signals military criminal defense lawyers to pretend to defend.
October 12: When police troll for pedestrians smelling of alcohol.
October 11: Mask crime laws: A lump of coal in the First Amendment's eye.
October 10: Juror misconduct: How common? How to minimize the potential damage?
October 9: Marijuana- Effective medicine for Alzheimer's disease and much more.
October 9: Secret Service arrests man who tells Cheney "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible."
October 8: Do music and art make one a better lawyer?
October 8: Does humor make one a better lawyer?
October 8: Does hugging make one a better lawyer?
October 6: Kudos for a unanimous Supreme Court affirmance of injunction protecting sacramental use of a tea containing a hallucinogen.
October 6: If Molly Ivins can laugh in the face of oppression, so can I.
October 5: Why did Justice Scalia say "Nobody thinks your client is really ... abstaining from tequila down in Mexico because he is on supervised release in the United States"?
October 5: See this waterboarding video -- If this is not torture, what is?
October 4: Talking about Mark Foley: Jon Katz, P.C. gives the radio audience a criminal defense perspective.
October 3: Twenty-two states that do not ban corporal punishment in schools: Leaving 28 desirable states to live in.
October 1: Death threats against judge's rejection of intelligent design curriculum: Non-violent dissent is key.
October 1: Iraq's new government: Taking press censorship cues from Saddam Hussein's regime.
INDEX OF SEPTEMBER 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
September 29: George Bush's Injustice Department - Returning to the dark ages of obscenity prosecutions for the written word.
September 29: Know the jury: Views from Sunwolf and Windypundit.
September 29: "So, what's your relationship with the prosecutors?"
September 28: When clients speak in court.
September 27: The gap between indigent criminal defense systems that are well funded and resourced, and poorly funded and resource / What about defendants who barely miss qualifying for indigent defense?
September 26: Walking in Voltaire's shoes, Jon Katz, P.C. files motion to dismiss libel suit against Westboro Baptist Church.
September 25: Tell your House members to guarantee habeas corpus rights to alleged enemy combatants.
September 25: Maher Arar: A Canadian citizen is "rendered" to Syria after detention at JFK Airport, tortured, and then told it was all a mistake.
September 25: Trouble in the empire state: Too many New York municipal "justice court" judges run roughshod over justice.
September 24: More on Senator George Allen's macaca-gate.
September 22: Overcover risk at the Supreme Court.
September 21: Only a handful of people receive federally-provided medical marijuana.
September 21: Hemp for Victory.
September 20: Preserve the writ of habeas corpus for all.
September 20: A bad civics lesson: House passes student search bill.
September 20: Know your judge and jury; who's your judge and jury?
September 19: U.S. war prisons: All inmates must receive humane treatment, access to quality defense. and quality tax-paid defense lawyers.
September 18: When criminal defense lawyers are asked to assist the prosecution role.
September 17: The need for criminal defense lawyers to love their clients, listen to them, know them, build trust with them, walk in their shoes, and sit alongside them.
September 15: Girls Gone Wild prosecution: More injustice from your tax-paid Justice Department.
September 15: Overseas crimes do not shield Americans from prosecution in the United States; sending spam from Oshkosh to AOL subscribers does not prevent prosecution in Virginia.
September 14: To open or not to open at bench trials.
September 13: Sanctions for refusing a blood alcohol test.
September 12: Here a program; there a program; everywhere a program-program.
September 11: Pretrial preparation starts with jury instructions, Rench's idea book, closing argument, and the jury.
September 10: Of Lonny Baxter, gun laws, and the Potomac divide.
September 9: Why prosecute?
September 8: When Miranda comes to the rescue; and when it does not.
September 7: Waiting to Inhale - The medical marijuana debate.
September 6: Drugs and war
September 5: Identity theft will decline if TINs replace SSNs for identity.
September 4: Steve Irwin: Exemplified fearless living.
September 3: Criminalizing leaf-rustling: Hunter harassment laws.
September 1: A mentor leaves the planet: James Vance Elliott -- a giant without an ego.
September 1: The government's draconian weight in drunk driving cases.
INDEX OF AUGUST 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
August 31: Never give up. Never give in.
August 30: Consistently opposed to libel laws, Jon Katz, P.C. defends libel suit against Westboro Baptist Church / Appears on TV.
August 29: Will cops harvest a bumper crop of confessions post-John Karr?
August 28: Another backdoor First Amendment violation: 18 U.S.C. § 2257.
August 27: Minor hauled to court for allegedly saying "meow".
August 25: Jay Marks's battles for justice.
August 24: John Johnson: As alive as ever.
August 23: Should judge get four years for indecent exposure? What recourse is available to the parties who appeared before him?
August 22: Comparisons and contrasts on the criminal law systems in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and federal courts.
August 21: Three prosecutor blogs found: Know the Opposition.
August 21: Virginia criminal defendants: Know your rights / Reverse Virginia's pitiful pay for court-appointed counsel.
August 20: George Allen: Meet Andrew Young and Mel Gibson / Update on macaca-gate.
August 18: Having fun while fighting the powers that be.
August 17: Doing t'ai chi with my opponents.
August 16: Some good suppression cases, the Busted video, and Virginia's malfeasance statute.
August 16: Jon Katz, P.C. is eight-years-old this week!
August 15: How does a minority defendant feel walking into a courthouse with a confederate soldier out front? What does this say to a racist juror instructed to set aside prejudice?
August 15: Virginia Senator George Allen demeaningly calls Indian-American man "macaca".
August 15: Venire jury members, be truthful; any other approach can mean a retrial.
August 14: Prison censorship; prison rape.
August 13: Car passengers can have standing to challenge car stop and search.
August 11: The Bush Administration tries to intimidate future Daniel Ellsbergs, Deep Throats, and journalists who would print their disclosures.
August 10: Jon Katz, P.C. wins acquittal for client caught red-handed with a handgun at airport baggage scanning, using basic trial outline.
August 9: Gansler campaign signs come tumbling down.
August 9: Identifying, selecting, preparing and presenting expert witnesses.
August 8: Don't let a Virginia jury convict, because next the jury fixes the sentence.
August 7: U.S. Senate ratifies the Cybercrime Treaty.
August 6: Maryland and Virginia District Court: Bench trials, appeals, and withdrawal of appeals.
August 4: Loving jurors rather than fearing them.
August 3: Jon Katz, P.C. on the airwaves - Speaking out for justice.
August 2: Mad Mel: Beyond the hateful words
August 1: Know means know: Your rights dealing with the police.
INDEX OF JULY 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
July 31: Getting to "yes" with prosecutors.
July 30: The drug wars: Just say know.
July 28: Pathetic juxtaposition: DC curfew law tightened after Second District Commander asserts " black people are unusual in Georgetown."
July 27: "But they didn't read me my rights" - When Ernesto Miranda applies little more than Carmen Miranda.
July 26: A prosecutor in our midst - Eschewing State's Attorney Gansler's presence in our building and on our landlord's lawn.
July 25: When is a federal judge more acquittal-prone than a jury?
July 24: Virginia -- The land that turned its back on Jencks.
July 23: Beyond the Underdog Blog - See katzjustice.com.
July 23: Integrating heart, preparation, technique and experience for trial victory.
July 21: Chilling interview with your friendly, neighborhood, death chamber nurse.
July 20: The National Lawyers Guild - Should I stay or should I go now? Part II.
July 19: Daniel Schorr and Frank Zappa - Inspirations for excellence, for standing up to abuse of power, and against complacency.
July 18: Tony Serra: Speeding past Porsche-driving lawyers.
July 17: MySpace.com: As confidential as the yellow pages.
July 16: Reasonable doubt: The bedrock of a criminal trial.
July 14: The Constitution is violated to criminalize female toplessness.
July 14: Indecent exposure: Prohibiting guests from exposing themselves in Maryland homes
July 13: Let's shoot craps, and stop prohibition of online gambling.
July 12: How to deal with difficult judges?
July 11: Sexually explicit PDA contents are not automatically admissible at trial for seeking sex with a minor.
July 10: Turning the undefinable into a parole condition: Second Circuit upholds parole revocation for possessing pornography.
July 9: Marijuana: Of opportunistic cops and misguided smokers.
July 7: The amazing Sunwolf presents Jury Talk DVD.
July 6: When the judge is your jury: Fighting for justice in misdemeanor court.
July 5: St. Tammany Parish, LA, sheriff gives green light to harass people wearing dreadlocks, and advocates ejecting criminal defense lawyers on a rail.
July 3: Rainbow Gathering defendants are being denied Sixth Amendment right to public trial.
July 2: The garbage bags in your driveway: Fodder for vulture cops.
INDEX OF JUNE 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
Court's rejection of Guantanamo military commissions highlights danger to
everyone's Constitutional rights .
Court rejects Guantanamo military commissions.
28: Jon Katz, P.C.
appears on Free Speech
Radio News, supporting the New York Times's right to report on the SWIFT
June 27: Supreme Court upholds the right to hire counsel of one's choice.
June 26: Will the Supreme Court in the future have juries determine the existence of prior convictions for enhanced sentences?
June 25: When plea agreements lack sufficient specificity, the federal appellate courts may remand.
June 23: Hopefully, Betsy Ross rolls in her grave - Contact your Senators and Congress members to vote against the flag desecration Constitutional amendment.
June 22: On Wenyi Wang's behalf, Jon Katz, P.C. asks the White House for the name of the Chinese television cameraman who restrained her.
June 21: If judges would only walk for a day in a parolee's shoes: Supreme Court allows groundless searches of parolees.
June 20: Supreme Court returns to Washington to figure out definition of "testimonial" communication, but opens a can of worms with 911 calls.
June 19: Virginia's Supreme Court orders new capital sentencing trial where the defense claims mental retardation.
June 18: Maryland District Court commissioners wield too much power.
June 16: Watch this video showing police brutalizing a prosecutor's daughter; then ask how on earth Justice Scalia can claim that increased police professionalism justifies weakening the exclusionary rule. Plus, my own encounter with Justice Scalia.
June 15: Sending Hudson down the river: Further supporting the reasons for having feared the confirmations of Justices Roberts and Alito.
June 14: Bridging the gap between trial lawyer colleges and judges' limits: First person opening, cross-examining without question marks, and jury voir dire.
June 13: Engaging in battle without anger.
June 12: Orlando federal judge criticizes the 100:1 cocaine base:powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
June 11: Beyond the Sixth Amendment's speedy trial right: Dismissing federal prosecutions for running afoul of the Speedy Trial Act's seventy-day rule.
June 9: Not guilty - a phrase too many criminal defendants fear.
June 8: Wenyi Wang's prosecution: Update on the Bush administration's mirroring of China's flagrant violations of free speech rights.
June 7: Washington, DC's DWI zero tolerance: As broken as ten months ago during Debra Bolton's arrest for drinking a glass of wine.
June 6: Not a consensual encounter, so Swift justifiably gets away.
June 4: After defending a drunk driving client, meeting up with a tax resister.
June 2: The police and I.
June 1: My time in jails; my time in court.
INDEX OF MAY 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
May 30: The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision against whistleblowers - premonition of things to come.
May 30: Federal courts face high hurdle to reduce a criminal jury below twelve members.
May 29: The prosecutor alone has the burden to prove a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
May 28: Another reason for legalizing marijuana: UCLA study finds no lung cancer risk.
May 26: Judge recognizes multiple injustices inflicted on defendants jailed for pending criminal cases.
May 25: Stale-dated basis for search warrant may not be corrected as a typographical error.
May 24: When court personnel and lawyers guffaw about scared criminal defendants.
May 23: Eyewitness identification: The source of too many wrongful convictions.
May 22: The bigger they come...? William Jefferson's ordeal highlights the necessity of Constitutional protection for all.
May 21: The power of peaceful persuasion / The deliciousness of fearlessness.
May 19: The National Lawyers Guild - Should I stay or should I go now?
May 18: In praise of lawyer Rex B. Wingerter.
May 17: Criminal defense in Virginia - much different than the Potomac's width.
May 16: Trial judges cannot exclude witnesses on mere anticipation of inadmissible testimony.
May 15: Detroit police to videotape interviews of suspects exposed to life without parole.
May 14: Know before you go: Places where speeding can lead to jail.
May 12: The Bush Administration: Giving the Fourth Amendment as much respect as toilet paper.
May 11: Earl Washington Jr's coerced confession and wrongful banishment to death row.
May 10: North Dakota welcomes industrial hemp production, if only the feds would back off.
May 7: The Bush administration's denial of basic trial rights to Guantanamo inmates.
May 5: Some Moussaoui jurors questioned whether "the death penalty is really an appropriate punishment for lying,"
May 5: Gutting the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a jury trial for "petty offenses."
May 5: Mexican President backpeddles on permitting possession of small amounts of drugs.
May 4: A man appears, pours day-old coffee, and the tension magically disappears.
May 3: The jury system worked today, with Zacarias Moussaoui being spared execution.
May 3: 35 hours of deliberation and counting: Let the Moussaoui jurors take all the time they need.
May 3: Mexican government recognizes the benefit of leaving alone users of small amounts of illegal drugs.
May 2: The Supreme Court unanimously reverses South Carolina for denial of right to present an effective defense.
May 1: Criminal libel laws are still on the books, and should be struck down as unconstitutional.
INDEX OF APRIL 2006 UNDERDOG BLOG ENTRIES:
April 30: Mourning the passing of Bob Ritchie.
April 30: Under Attack - The Constitutional right to a vigorous criminal defense and to a jury trial.
April 28: Medical marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal gets retrial.
April 27: Your double jeopardy rights - diminished by the unjust separate sovereign doctrine.
April 26: Increase pay for indigent criminal defendants' court-appointed counsel.
April 26: The New York ACLU goes to court against heavy-handed policing against teachers.
April 25: The Supreme Court Bars "Consent" Searches When a Co-Occupant Objects.
April 25: Austin police institute safeguards for "consent" searches.
April 24: Zacarias Moussaoui's Case - A bad basis for expanding the death penalty.
April 24: Wenyi Wang's prosecution is unconstitutional.
April 20: Honoring Native American rights on the last day of the Sacred Run.
April 10: Ramiro Games's tragedy points to the critical need to better protect the accused.
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Being in a legal bind may feel daunting; dealing with your lawyer should not be.
Fighting for criminal defendants and the Constitution is a calling that Jon Katz relishes. Jon does it not as the most lucrative way to earn a lawyer's living, but because he believes strongly in this path and loves the work and the interaction with his clients.
Our clients are what we are all about. Therefore, we work tirelessly to deliver them the best service we can, using all our experience, skill, caring, and resources to help our clients win. We do our best to help our clients go on with their lives as we work on their behalf. We welcome our clients' ideas, inquiries and teamwork. We work with our clients as a united front against our opponents, and are happy for our opponents to know that we are prepared for battle and fearless to go to battle. We know that honey catches more flies than sandpaper, but also know that nothing beats being fully armed to battle for justice for our clients.
JON KATZ, P.C., Attorney at Law
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 703
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland 20910
(301) 495-7755/FAX (301) 585-7733
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1420 Spring Hill Road, Suite 600, Tysons Corner/ McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia 22102, (703) 917-6626.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a chronic endocrine disorder in women. Characteristics of PCOS are:
- High levels of male hormones (androgens)
- Insulin resistance
- Hair growth on face and body
- Anovulation—when the ovaries mature few or no eggs
Ovaries make follicles that hold eggs. With PCOS, the ovaries make the follicles, but the eggs do not mature or leave the ovary. The immature follicles can turn into fluid-filled sacs called cysts. Most women with PCOS have cysts. However, women with ovarian cysts do not necessarily have PCOS.
The cause is unknown. Genes may play a role. The problem is related to insulin resistance that creates high levels of insulin. These high insulin levels cause too much androgen from the ovaries. This prevents ovulation and leads to enlarged, polycystic ovaries.
These factors increase your chance of developing PCOS. Tell your doctor if you have any of these risk factors:
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Family members with PCOS
- Irregular menstrual cycles
- Age at onset: 15-30 years old
If you have any of these symptoms do not assume it is due to PCOS. These symptoms may be caused by other conditions. Tell your doctor if you have any of these:
- Irregular menstrual periods or no menstrual period (amenorrhea)
- Undesired hair growth on face and body
- Weight gain
- Dark patches of skin on neck, groin, and arm pit
Rarely, symptoms include:
- Deep voice
- Temporal (right or left side of forehead) balding
Women with PCOS are also at increased risk for:
- Type 2 diabetes—due to insulin resistance (also glucose intolerance and prediabetes)
- Hyperlipidemia—increased fat and cholesterol in the blood
- Overgrowth and thickening of uterine lining—endometrial hyperplasia, a precancerous condition
- Endometrial cancer
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Metabolic syndrome—a combination of obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and increased tendency to blood clotting and inflammatory states
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. She will ask questions about your periods and when they first started. The doctor will also perform a physical exam. It will include a pelvic exam and a measurement of your body mass.
The doctor will order a range of blood tests, such as:
- Androgen–free testosterone or total testosterone
- Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS)
- Prolactin and thyroid function tests are often done
- Fasting blood sugar level and fasting insulin are recommended
- Fasting lipid profile is recommended
A pelvic ultrasound may also be done to look for multiple cysts on the ovaries.
Treatment differs according to whether you want to conceive or not. Treatment targets the underlying insulin resistance that accompanies PCOS diagnosis.
- Managing symptoms
- Weight loss if overweight; nutrition consultation
Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and prediabetes management
- Use of oral agents such as: Metformin, Glucophage, Actos, Avandia
- Oral contraceptive
Inducing ovulation (if you want to get pregnant)
- Metformin with or without Clomiphene citrate
- Advanced reproductive technologies
- Preventing complications
- Anti-androgenic medicines for blocking future hirsutism (unwanted hair growth)
To lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease:
- Get regular screenings for diabetes, high blood cholesterol, and fat levels.
- Exercise regularly.
- Eat a low-fat diet.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
Birth control pills regulate periods. Also, by causing the uterine lining to shed regularly, they reduce the risk of overgrowth or cancer. They also control abnormal hair growth and acne by suppressing androgen. Other hormones (called progestins) may also be used to regulate menstruation. They can be used monthly or intermittently. Fertility drugs may be given instead to stimulate ovulation in women who want to become pregnant.
PCOS can be prevented by recognizing those at risk during their teen years—due to family history, irregular periods, and obesity. It may be possible to avoid PCOS if the causes of obesity are addressed successfully and you follow a special diet and exercises.
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04-30-2012, 06:47 PM
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Typically the best lesson though, won't be easily forgotten. I thought I had the same issue back in the fall, turned out to be the clip that holds the plastic shield broke and jammed the blades. Dodged a bullet on that one. There is a specific method to putting it in, there is lots of info available online on it so make sure you read up on it.
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When the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod inaugurated a national youth gathering in 1980, the sound system included microphones and an amplifier from a teen's bedroom.
Now the event is held in stadiums and employs the latest technology, including laser shows and “anything possible our youth gatherings have found a way to employ,” says Terry Dittmer, who has worked in the LCMS office since 1979. Last year, Dittmer became the director of youth ministry for the St. Louis-based church.
Dittmer has been involved off and on with innovative meeting planning since graduating from seminary in 1974. Employing technology is a way to show the gathering that the “church is not afraid of technology and it can be used to the glory of God,” he says.
Dittmer compares the national youth gatherings to this summer's hit television series “American Idol.” “The energy, the excitement, the special effects part of that show are very much part of our events.”
And, like “American Idol,” the audience plays a role in the outcome. While there's no phone-in voting, “teens themselves have input into the planning,” Dittmer said. The LCMS youth staff works hard to see that attendee demographics are represented in planning the events. For the national event, six teens from across the country serve three years on the planning committee, helping with everything from site visits to post-event evaluations.
It's not just teens who are represented on the planning committees and in the speakers and “up-front” people at the conventions. Work goes into representing all ages, genders, and ethnic groups at the events, Dittmer says. Spreading from its German roots, the Missouri Synod is “serious about the diversity that is part of our society and our culture. We definitely see diversity in our youth population,” Dittmer says.
His staff of four leads 24 steering committee members, and another 30 project-team managers and their teams, for a total of 150 planners. But “audience” involvement doesn't stop there. At the 2001 convention in New Orleans, 1,000 people were involved in an aspect of programming, and another 2,000 volunteered in other capacities.
He needs those volunteers to help run the event — he expects 35,000 people at the 2003 youth gathering in Orlando. Involving the volunteers is “one of the great joys” of the convention, Dittmer says. “The youth gathering is unique in the way we use so many people, and we're able to use people who normally wouldn't have the opportunity to do that in day-to-day work in congregations.”
Those whoor help in any way — even suppliers — are mentioned in the program, which last year required six pages of small type. It's important to him that everyone is recognized. “Everyone is a gift to the gathering and we want them to see that everyone is loved.”
As director, Dittmer says he is more involved in the administrative andaspects of planning. But his various talents are employed as well: He's a writer and composer who has several songs and hymns to his credit, and he tries to write a song for each gathering.
Since becoming an RCMA member in the early 1990s and seeing its value, he now expects all his staff to join.
“RCMA tries to stay abreast of how things are developing in the industry,” he says. The RCMA expo is particularly helpful to his staff, giving them the opportunity to connect with 10 different convention and visitors bureaus without having to fly to 10 cities, and to connect or reconnect with those representatives, he says. At this January's RCMA, Dittmer is serving on a panel for vendors who want to know what religious meeting planning is all about.
“One of the curious things about youth gatherings is that we have no no-shows,” he says. In Atlanta in 1998, 32,000 people were registered; only four did not show up. “We're talking about a youth audience who has spent a huge amount of time getting ready, raising money, and looking forward to it. We don't needclauses because we have no attrition.”
Dittmer has this advice for other planners: “Tap into the skills, abilities, and energies of people in the church. Don't be afraid to be creative. Let your imagination flow. Make use of available technology.
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He kept kissing her going between sweet and a little harder often nipping at the skin when touching the lips and any place where his mouth as touched against Bobbi’s skin. He lowered his head burying it into the space of her neck inhaling the sweet scent as more darkness would spill hands and other parts over his body, the bed shaked a little from the energy coming from the power. He closed his eyes as he went a little harder. Sweat dripping profusely from Aaron’s body. ”I-love you Bobbi Morse.” he said in cracked tone he gave another thrust feeling himself get closer, his teeth clenched as the darkness spread across his own back and other parts as it left a trail of burned tattoos into the warm flesh.
“Oh god! Oh god!” she moaned, feeling herself getting closer and closer to the edge. His lips burned where they touched. She threw her head from side to side at the sensation. Her hands trailed to his back, and her nails dug into his flesh there. She left out a whimper as his thrusts shook her to the core. “Aaron! Aaron!” she gasped, “I love you too.” As the bed shock, she reached to grab a hold of the sheets beside of them. “Baby, don’t stop. Please!” she pleaded out of breathe. She searched his face, waiting for him to look back at her so that she could see into his eyes.
He removed his face from her neck taking in large amounts of air his body shaking with delight he turned his attention back to Bobbi he waited a second eyes still sealed shut as he felt more tattoo like marks burning into his skin with a gasp his eyes opened again locking with hers. The iris tinted with a lovely glow of the color violet as he looked at her. Aaron kissed her mouth again bracing himself as he gave another hard thrust his head titled back a little he moaned reaching climax. ”oh…Bobbi-uh…” he panted as he collasped onto her. | <urn:uuid:c29abb97-0852-4422-b901-bb6a58d92720> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://murdockofshadows.tumblr.com/post/26452242051/the-mockingbird-flys-away | 2013-05-23T11:54:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991327 | 438 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Yesterday I was trying to install the adb drivers on my work computer, which runs Windows XP. Naturally, I tried the steps I posted up in a previous article but when it tried finding the drivers I got an error saying “Cannot install this hardware” because it could not find the necessary software. I correctly assumed that the problem was with the drivers themselves (which worked on my home XP install), and a quick search led me to a topic on XDA-Developers where one of the users has uploaded working ADB Drivers for HTC phones.
sh500 on XDA-Developers. That’s the post which contained the working drivers. | <urn:uuid:6c3a6ae2-d996-48d3-8d1b-d84b0b919090> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://myhtcdesire.com/development/download-windows-xp-adb-driver-for-htc-phones | 2013-05-23T11:48:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947668 | 148 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
About ysabot vas
Female changeling witch 2
Init +2; Senses dark vision 60 ft.; Perception +1
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 13 (1d6+1)
Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +4
Spd 30 ft.
claw +1 (1d4),
dagger +1 (1d4/19–20),
quarterstaff +1 (1d6)
Special Attacks hexes (cauldron, evil eye [–2, 6 rounds] misfortune )
stats and skills:
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 15
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Brew Potion, Extra Hex
Traits Magical Talent, Teacher’s Pet
Skills Bluff +2 (+4 vs. anyone sexually-attracted to her)
Diplomacy + 3
Craft (alchemy) +12,
Knowledge (arcana) +7,
Knowledge (history) +9,
Knowledge (nature) +8,
Perception +1 (+3 if familiar is within arm’s reach),
Sense Motive +1 (+3 if familiar is within arm’s reach),
Use magic device +6;
Racial Modifiers +2 Bluff vs. anyone sexually-attracted to her
Languages Abyssal, Common, Aklo, Varis
Gear dagger, darts (6), quarterstaff, backpack, bedroll, candles (3),
cauldron, chalk (1 piece), fortune teller’s deck (common), ink (1
vial), inkpen, parchment (5 sheets), scroll case, spell component
pouch, tindertwigs (3), trail rations (5 days), traveler’s outfit,
waterskin, whetstone [/gear]
Claws* (Ex) As a changeling, Ysabot’s hands and fingernails have
hardened and become sharp since her adolescence. This gives her the
claw (1d4) natural attack.
Hag Trait* (Ex) Descended from a green hag, Ysabot finds it
especially easy to lure and trick potential mates into pursuing her.
This grants her a +2 trait bonus.
Magical Talent (Sp) Through a combination of inborn talent and
obsessive study of the Professor’s strange tomes, Ysabot mastered the
use of the mage hand cantrip. She may cast it once per day as a spelllike ability at the same caster level as her witch spells, but using her Charisma modifier for concentration checks instead of Intelligence.
Natural Armor* (Ex) As the secret offspring of a hag, Ysabot has
uncommonly tough skin, granting her a +1 natural armor bonus.
Teacher’s Pet† (Ex) Ysabot once studied as the Professor’s student,
often debating with him over the finer points of local history. She
gains a +2 trait bonus on Knowledge (history) checks and Knowledge
(history) is always a class skill for her.
familiar and spellbook:
PERSIMMON, CAT FAMILIAR
N Tiny magical beast
Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +5
AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size)
hp 3 (1 HD)
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +3
Defensive Abilities improved evasion
Spd 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +4 (1d2–4), bite +4 (1d3–4)
Space 2-1/2 ft. Reach 0 ft.
Str 3, Dex 15, Con 8, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 6 (10 vs. trip)
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Climb +6, Perception +5, Stealth +14; Racial Modifiers +4
Climb, +4 Stealth
SQ alertness, empathic link, share spells
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Reuters reports — British Prime Minister David Cameron was among top politicians who sent sympathetic messages to Rebekah Brooks when she was forced to resign as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's U.K. newspaper group over phone-hacking, she told an inquiry on Friday.
Brooks is a former editor of the News of the World, which Murdoch shut last July when it emerged its journalists had hacked into the voicemail of public figures and a murdered schoolgirl. She was appearing at a judicial inquiry into press ethics to answer questions about her friendships with British politicians.
The Leveson Inquiry's lead lawyer, Robert Jay, cut straight to the chase as Brooks began her day-long testimony, pressing her for names of politicians who had expressed their sympathy when she was caught up in the hacking storm in July 2011. At first Brooks sought to evade the question, but eventually said:
"I received some indirect messages from Number 10, Number 11, the Home Office, the Foreign Office." Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street are the prime minister's and finance minister's offices respectively. Read the full story. | <urn:uuid:dd4e0a65-f494-460d-becd-e0cd338cd964> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/11/11655825-all-eyes-on-court-as-murdoch-confidante-rebekah-brooks-lays-bare-ties-to-uk-elite?chromedomain=worldnews | 2013-05-23T11:29:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9817 | 221 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
What you seek is nowhere; but turn yourself away, and the object of your love will be no more. That which you behold is but the shadow of a reflected form and has no substance of its own. With you it comes, with you it gostays, and it will go with you. (Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.433)
The beautiful Narcissus was divinely punished for his exceptionally cruel despisal of those who fell in love with him. He was thus caused, by the gods, to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool. Unable to obtain the object of his love and not being able to break away from the beauty of his own reflection, Narcissus pined away alongside the pool and, succumbing to his sorrow, finally perished.
Myths are allegorical representations of ancient society. Much like fairytales and folklore, myths served to maintain models for behaviour as well as social structures and institutions. The myth of Narcissus teaches society of the dangers of self-love, which leads to sorrow and even death – literal and figurative. This is certainly the case for Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, who sells his soul in payment for the preservation of his youth and beauty. Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray can be considered a modern myth – a cautionary tale of supernatural horror, similar to the legends of old. The author’s biting wit allows for an acute social commentary on the plague of narcissism that has laid claim to soul of society.
At the outset of the novel, Dorian Gray is a tabula rasa. The young man’s encounter with artist Basil Hallward and socialite Lord Henry signifies the launch of his descent into a life of debauchery and hedonism. When confronted with his own beauty through the eyes of the two men, Gray is loath to part with it and he thus wishes to remain as untainted and lovely as the masterpiece that Hallward has painted of him. He wishes that the portrait could age in his stead. A supernatural force grants his wish, and Gray’s sins and age are manifested in his portrait. He is free to live a life of decadence and immorality without paying the physical cost. He is immortal. Gray’s initial vulnerability makes him excellent clay for Lord Henry’s willing hands. Lord Henry moulds and manipulates Dorian Gray with ideas of pleasure-seeking and hedonism by maintaining that intense experience is the key to true beauty, even when the experience itself is something sordid, ugly, or grotesque. Gray’s life is punctuated by momentary happiness but it is fraught with pain and anxiety, much like Narcissus.
In an ode to the life of Dorian Gray, society has spawned what is known as ‘Dorian Gray Syndrome’ (DGS), which “denotes a cultural and societal phenomenon characterised by an excessive preoccupation with the individual’s own appearance accompanied by difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation. Sufferers of Dorian Gray Syndrome are heavy users of cosmetic medical procedures and products in an attempt to preserve their youth”. The terrifying Madame Zhou, from Gregory David Roberts’ autobiographical novel Shantaram, is a prime example of someone affected with DGS. The Bombay brothel owner, who is deeply feared by all who know her, never reveals her physical identity and speaks from behind a screen. Her signature is a photograph that displays a youthful image of unchanging beauty. The mystery surrounding Madame Zhou is described by an acquaintance in Shantaram: “I’ve spoken to her, through the screen. I think she’s so incredibly, psychopathically vain that she, she sort of hates herself for getting older. I think she can’t bear to be less than perfect. A lot of people say she was beautiful. Really, you’d be surprised. A lot of people say that. In her photo she hasn’t aged past twenty-seven or thirty. There aren’t any lines or wrinkles. There’s no shadows under the eyes. Every black hair is in its place. I think she’s so in love with her own beauty, she’ll never let anyone see her as she really is. I think she’s…it’s like she’s mad with love for herself. I think that even if she lives to be ninety, those monthly photos will still show that same thirty-year-old blank” (Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram Ch. 13)
The desire of society to remain forever youthful is by no means a modern concept. It is deep-rooted in ancient philosophy and practice, and this is perhaps the reason that self-love is so utterly crippling. Narcissism has had centuries of practice and it seems to have finally gripped society by the throat and is squeezing out every last breath of life. The ethereal eternal fountain of youth has been replaced with Botox, anti-ageing pills and creams, and plastic surgery – some costly but more convenient options to the time consuming hunt for that ever-elusive elixir of life. Oscar Wilde’s Lord Henry personifies modern society – a predator in the guise of an ally that lurks in the background eagerly awaiting its chance to distort the moral fibre of weak and insecure minds. There exists the idea that, like Dorian Gray, we are blank slates awaiting the infiltration of ideas that will manipulate our decisions and actions. In an age when few people are inclined to take responsibility for their own actions, it is easiest to jump on the band-wagon and blame the media. A media industry created by society for society – “Of the people, by the people, for the people”, in the wise words of Abraham Lincoln. Tangible irony. We are caught in a self-created and self-propagated web of inescapable narcissism. And yet the futility of it all seems, conveniently, to elude us – after years of obsession and time-consuming beautification processes, we get old and die. Life is spent trying to curb the inevitability of old age, instead of being lived. Dorian Gray’s attempts to “cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul” (Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray Ch. 16) are unsuccessful. When faced with the portrait of his soul, Gray beholds that “in the eyes there was a look of cunning, and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite”, and he stabs the picture, in a bid to destroy it. In so doing, he ends his own life. Gray’s soul is united with his body. He becomes the disfigured image in the painting and when his death is discovered, the portrait is found unharmed, showing Dorian Gray as a beautiful young man, and on the floor is the body of an old man, wrinkled and disfigured, with a knife plunged into his heart.
Narcissism is understood to be compensation for poor self-esteem – an explanation that renders the likes DGS acceptable. Perhaps this is a desperate attempt by society to understand a behaviour that is inherently part of human nature and thus cannot be explained. And yet social behaviour indicates that society is consumed by a culture of self-loathing. Self-loathing ignites the desire for perfection and this, in turn, results in narcissism. Yet there is a distinction between the narcissism associated with DGS and the self-respect which denotes a healthy self-love. The ability to love oneself is a sign of self-respect as well as the admission that life is precious, and it is necessary in order to love others. If one is void of love, “blank” like Madame Zhou, how can one love another? In a world where so many are desperate for love, for generosity of spirit, there are so few who are able to give it. American screen writer and independent film director Todd Solondz says “Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge”. This, in itself, is a narcissistic view, albeit true. In this dog-eat-dog world, society teaches us to look out for ourselves. And so we have developed self-preservation tactics, which exclude the unconditional and selfless nature of love, and embrace narcissistic values at the expense of other people.
Therefore, in a world monopolised by narcissism “If this girl can give a soul to those who have lived without one, if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world.” (Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Ch. 7) | <urn:uuid:ebd6e8fc-2173-4f9a-8676-2347dd7afb88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rantchick.com/dorian-gray-syndrome/ | 2013-05-23T11:49:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967472 | 1,880 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Philips has always tried to pull something special out of the bag when it comes to its flagship 9000 Smart LED TV series. This time around on the 46-inch 46PFL9706T there's a new technology called Moth Eye on offer, which is claimed improves contrast and black levels, while also reducing screen reflections.
However, with an asking price of around £2,200, this technology is certainly going to put a dent in your wallet, so is it worth the asking price?
User interface and EPG
Philips TVs have used the same interface for a couple of years now and its age is beginning to show. The system is built around a home screen that you call up by pressing a dedicated button on the remote. From here you can access all of the TV's key features via large icons. However, the system can feel needlessly complicated at times, and to make matters worse, some of the menus are quite sluggish to navigate.
Certain functions, such as calling up the programme info while watching TV, are two button presses away, when on the majority of other TVs they're accessible via a single button press.
The electronic programme guide (EPG) isn't fantastic either. It has a horizontal grid layout that shows eight channels' worth of data at a time. However, it only displays two programmes per channel, which means you have to do a lot of sideways scrolling to check out what's coming up over an evening.
Digital media and Internet features
As with the vast majority of today's TVs, this model allows you to play digital media files, either via one of the set's two USB ports or by streaming content across a network from a PC or NAS drive. The format support is good. Along with DivX, Xvid and WMV movie files, it plays HD MKV videos. However, rather annoyingly, the fast-forward and rewind controls don't work when you're streaming videos across a network -- they're only enabled for USB playback.
The set also has Philips' Net TV system on board. Thankfully, this now supports the BBC's iPlayer, along with the Acetrax movie rental service, YouTube, Vimeo and Box Office 365. There are also apps for Facebook, Twitter and Picasa, and Philips has added a full Internet browser. The latter is quite tricky to navigate using the remote and it doesn't support Flash, so you can't use it to view video on some websites. Unfortunately, despite the addition of the new services, the Net TV offering still falls quite a long way short of what you get on the latest Samsung and LG Smart TVs.
Design and connections
The 46PFL9706T is certainly a handsome TV in terms of design. The brushed metal finish used on the bezel and stand gives it a real air of sophistication and the beautifully rounded corners add extra charm. We also like the control panel that seems to hang from the bottom of the bezel. It houses a number of touch buttons for changing the channel or setting the volume level when you've misplaced the remote down the back of the sofa.
However, measuring around 40mm deep, the set is not all that slim by modern LED TV standards. This is in part because it uses direct LED backlighting. The bezel is also a little thick at 30mm. Nevertheless, these are relatively minor points on what is a great-looking TV overall.
Down the left-hand side of the set you'll find two USB ports. You can connect a hard drive up to one of these and record shows from the onboard Freeview HD tuner to disc, while you use the other port for playing back digital media files.
There's also an Ethernet port on the rear and Philips has built Wi-Fi into the set, so you don't have to purchase an add-on dongle. However, the Wi-Fi set-up wasn't the easiest we've come across -- it took us a while to get it working with our router, mainly because it doesn't allow you to enter alphanumerical passwords, but instead insists on unfriendly hexadecimal passwords. If your router has Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) you can just use that instead.
The side panel is home to an HDMI port as well as an SD card slot. Around the back on a downward-facing panel are another three HDMI ports, as well as a set of component inputs, Scart socket (via a small break-out cable) and VGA port. Pretty much all the connectivity bases are covered.
At present, there only seem to be two TV manufacturers that take the audio quality of their flatscreen TVs seriously -- Panasonic and Philips. Of the two, Philips arguably does the better job, and that's certainly true here.
Whereas most flatscreen tellies, and especially super-thin LED ones, seem incapable of producing full-bodied sound, this one has no such problems. In fact, there's plenty of low-end punch that easily adds weight to the far-away rumbles of battle in the Beeb's Birdsong, for example. Dialogue has impressive presence too, thanks to the set's strong mid-range performance and even hi-hats and cymbals on dance tracks from the likes of 4Music cut through crisply.
So what's the secret? Rather than build the speakers into the TV's chassis, Philips has instead integrated them into the set's stand. This has allowed for larger, beefier speakers. The speakers are connected to the set via a small cable that comes out the back of the stand.
You might be wondering what happens if you want to wall-mount the TV. Well, Philips has cleverly covered that, because as with some of its previous TVs, the pedestal stand can be reconfigured by moving the central bracket so that it acts as a wall mount instead. That's an ingenious idea, saving you a few bob and sensibly reusing materials that would otherwise have gone in the bin.
2D picture quality
The 46PFL9706T is fully tricked out when it comes to picture goodies. It's an LED screen, but unlike a lot of the LED models we see, it doesn't use edge lighting. Instead it relies on direct LED backlighting with local dimming. There are 224 LEDs arranged in a grid behind the screen that can be individually dimmed to help the set produce deeper blacks and richer contrasts.
Naturally, the set also has Philips' latest Ambilight system. Strips of colour LEDs are mounted across the top and sides of the set and these project colours onto the wall behind the TV in sympathy with the pictures the TV is displaying. It sounds gimmicky, but it really does add to the viewing experience, helping to increase the apparent richness of the set's colours, especially when you're watching TV in the evening in dimmer light.
Philips claims this set has 1,200Hz motion processing, which really turns out to be a combination of the 200Hz panel, a 200Hz scanning backlight and some extra frame interpolation. There's also Pixel Perfect HD picture processing onboard. But what really sets this TV apart from even Philips' own models is that it's the only one currently using the company's new Moth Eye filter. This filter sits at the front of the display and Philips says it mimics the structures of a moth's eye to help cut down hugely on screen reflections. Contrast levels are boosted enormously as a result.
The bad news is that the filter is pretty much allergic to finger prints. If you touch it with a hand or finger, it'll leave a mark on the screen that you'll then have to wipe off with the special cleaning fluid that Philips supplies with the display. So this is perhaps not the screen to buy if you've got young, inquisitive kids that like to poke jammy fingers at your new bits of technology.
Does all this technology lead to better picture quality? When you first turn it on and watch standard-definition Freeview channels, pictures are a tad disappointing. Images look very noisy because the default presets add in a lot of sharpening, which only serves to bring video compression artefacts to the fore. Pretty much straight away you have to dive into the picture menus to remove the sharpening and turn on some of the noise reduction features.
In fact, you really have to mess around with the picture controls a lot for different feeds to get the best results, much more so than on other manufacturers' TVs. We doubt the average person would go to the bother of tweaking all the complex picture processing options and probably won't get the most from the set, which is a shame. It's something that Philips needs to address.
When you do hit the sweet spot with the settings though, things really are super-sweet. The panel produces stunning levels of brightness, but at the same time the local dimming also helps it to recreate cavernously deep black levels. The Moth Eye filter does seem to have a big beneficial effect on contrast too, as there's a depth and subtlety to the contrast levels that you'll struggle to get elsewhere.
The Moth Eye filter does an excellent job of dramatically reducing screen reflections, even when you're watching the TV during the day or in a very brightly-lit room. This is a major benefit over most plasmas, which can deliver similar black levels, but generally suffer from screen glare during the day. Another plus of the Moth Eye filter seems to be much-reduced haloing around the backlight zones. You can see a small amount of it, say when you've got white titles against a black background. But the filter disperses the light more evenly, so the halo effect is much less noticeable.
When you watch movies in HD from Blu-ray discs, the set's sharpness becomes very much evident. HD images really do look supremely crisp and detailed. However, to get good results from standard-definition content you often have to play around with the sharpness and noise reduction settings more than we would have liked.
Motion handling is generally top notch though. The screen really does hold on to plenty of detail in the image when dealing with lots of motion. This is true even if you've got most of the motion processing turned off in the menus, which is advisable when you're watching movies as it can make things look too smooth and flat.
3D picture quality
The set supports active 3D technology. Unlike previous Philips models, the 3D transmitter is built into the TV. Philips supplies two pairs of glasses and interestingly the glasses can also be switched into a special game mode. When this is activated, the TV converts split-screen games into two full-screen 2D images by sending player one's screen to one pair of glasses and player two's screen to the second pair.
The glasses are relatively light and comfortable by active 3D specs standards. The TV's inherent high brightness levels mean that 3D pictures still retain loads of punch, despite the dimming effect of the glasses.
However, we didn't find this set to be a particularly accomplished 3D performer. The big problem is that it suffers quite badly from 3D crosstalk, where you can see images ghosting on the edges of sharper objects in the picture, especially in the mid and far distance. That's a downer on a set costing this much, especially as other manufacturers have begun to get on top of this issue on their LED models.
This is one of the best TVs we've seen from Philips in a long time. The Moth Eye filter and local dimming technology really do help the screen to produce exceptionally deep black levels and bags of contrast, without compromising brighter areas of the image. However, this is a very expensive TV, especially for a 46-inch screen, and there are enough downsides to stop it attaining a five-star rating.
Firstly, the Moth Eye filter is likely to be a hassle in many homes, especially those with small children, as finger print marks on the screen are very noticeable and need to be cleaned off using the special cleaning fluid. Secondly, it takes a lot of work on the part of the user to get really good performance from standard-definition material. And lastly, its 3D output just isn't in line with what you'll get on similarly-priced offerings from other brands. | <urn:uuid:8875c682-befa-4519-bd6a-8b773cacc02f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/tvs/philips-46pfl9706t-review-50006799/print/ | 2013-05-23T12:03:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958094 | 2,534 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Opening their Grapefruit slates on Friday afternoon at Champion Stadium, the Tigers and the Braves dueled on the mound en route to a 2-1 Detroit win.
Back-to-back triples by right-fielder Tyler Collins and left-fielder Jeff Kobernus to lead off the eighth were the Tigers' first hits of the game, and gave them a 1-0 lead. Kobernus scored on second baseman Hernan Perez's sacrifice fly to left to make it 2-0.
A solo shot in the ninth by Joey Terdoslavich was all the Braves could muster on offense.
Braves starting pitcher Tim Hudson cruised through a perfect seven-pitch first inning, and then worked out of a jam to complete his two-inning debut in scoreless fashion. Hudson began the second inning by walking Prince Fielder and hitting Victor Martinez with a pitch. He then got Jhonny Peralta to ground into a double play before Brayan Pena ended the inning with a groundout.
Tigers starting pitcher Rick Porcello proved to be a little more efficient, as he did not issue a walk during his two scoreless innings. Porcello struck out Freddie Freeman to begin the second inning and then completed his perfect debut with a strikeout of Dan Uggla.
Both teams remained hitless until Freddie Freeman opened the bottom of the fifth with a single to right against right-handed reliever Luis Marte. After Freeman was retired on a hit-and-run attempt, Uggla added an infield single off Marte.
Martinez's fourth-inning fly out to center field accounted for the only ball the Tigers hit out of the infield during the first five innings. Detroit was unable to capitalize after Braves closer Craig Kimbrel walked the first two batters he faced in the third inning.
Braves Up Next: Paul Maholm will make his Grapefruit League season debut when the Braves host the Yankees at Champion Stadium on Saturday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. ET. Maholm will be scheduled to complete two innings. The left-hander went 4-5 with a 3.54 ERA in the 11 starts he made after the Braves acquired him from the Cubs just before last year's Trade Deadline.
Tigers Up next: The Tigers start off the home portion of their Grapefruit League schedule on Saturday with a 1:05 p.m. ET game against the Blue Jays at Joker Marchant Stadium. Manager Jim Leyland said he plans on starting his regular-season lineup behind Anibal Sanchez in his first game action of the spring. The game will be broadcast in Detroit on 97.1 FM, and online at MLB Gameday Audio.
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Use a bootable USB flash drive or optical disc with any live Linux distribution loaded into it. For usability, and user-friendliness, I'd suggest Ubuntu but the USA's Airforce developed and release their own distribution called LPS specifically for such use-cases.
If you prefer Microsoft Windows and have a an Enterprise licence, you could try Windows To Go.
You should still check for hadware keyloggers (follow the keyboard cable to the motherboard and look for anything plugged in between both).
Something I did when using public computers that I didn't trust, was to type broken passwords, that is: If you password is "password", type "word" then with your mouse click back to the beginning and type "pass". If the keys are being logged as plain-text, which it usually is, instead of seeing
password[enter], the spy will see:
Although going a little further than the scope of the question, a password manager will allow you to use more secure passwords (with a master password) meaning you won't be typing as much sensitive information into unsafe computers. Do be mindful that your weakest point is then your master password which should be changed regularly. | <urn:uuid:16e4417f-1920-41a6-b730-83e5583cacc9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/23586/how-do-you-log-in-from-an-unsecured-computer/23589 | 2013-05-23T11:55:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950399 | 241 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
OverviewThule's Gauntlet is a slim-line envelope-style case that keeps your MacBook Air safe and sound without overwhelming its sleek design.
- Tapered shape provides a precise fit for MacBook Air
- Stitch-free, heat-welded seams
- Semi-rigid EVA foam construction creates a glove-like fit and the padded protection of a sleeve
- Nylex-lined interior lets MacBook easily slide in and out, preventing scratches
Did you notice?Semi-rigid EVA foam construction creates a glove-like fit and the padded protection of a sleeve.
Apple Recommends ForTapered to provide a perfect fit, this envelope safeguards your MacBook Air with style.
What's in the Box?
- Thule Gauntlet Envelope Case for MacBook Air
- Height : 9.84 in./22.1 cm
- Width : 0.7 in./1.78 cm
- Weight : 0.66 lb./0.3 kg
- Mfr. Part Number : TGAE-213
- UPC or EAN No. : 085854225878
- Note : Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
- Warranty : 25 years
Ratings & Reviews
Great Sleeve, Sturdy, Built Tough
Love this sleeve, just got it for my MBP Retina and it fits nice and snug, the edges on this thing are sturdy and are sealed tight so they won't rip and loosen up. Recommend it to everyone. …
- Written by Michael N from Lake Orion
24 of 28 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
- Asked by Gerardo L from London
- Mar 27, 2013
This case is heat sealed on 3 sides, but the top is open and only partially covered (about 1/3) by t he Velcro closure. …
- Answered by Dawson W from Phoenix
- Apr 1, 2013
- Asked by Patrick H from Valrico
- Feb 26, 2013
The 13" MBA will fit the 13" Gauntlet Envelope nicely with a thin shell case, as will an 11" MBA fit in the 11" Gauntlet Envelope. The tapered design of these cases allows for a hardshell case or a few papers to be added without any trouble. Don't try to shove a magazine in though - that will put undue stress on the seams. …
- Answered by Andrew B from Boulder
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Credit cards still reign as the leading method of payment for online purchases, but other payment options are available. Your product and your customers’ buying preferences will influence which payment methods you accept. In other countries, credit cards are not as pervasive, so you may want to consider offering alternatives for your international customers. Offering multiple payment options on your Web site, if you can afford it and maintain your profit margin, is a means to increase sales by increasing customer convenience and confidence. Many alternative methods are better suited to micropayments, charges less than $1, because the processing costs are often lower and credit card merchant account fees don’t apply.
Providers that offer alternative payment methods, such as charging directly to a phone bill, electronic funds transfers (EFTs), and electronic checks, handle these transactions through a secure server or a payment gateway that encrypts the information, making these methods a safe means for consumers to purchase goods. With an EFT, phone bill charges, and debit cards, funds are verified before the purchase is complete, reducing the risk of fraud and insufficient funds returns.
Offer Your Customers the Option of Charging Purchases to a Phone Bill eCharge offers an alternative payment method by allowing Internet users to “charge” purchases to their local phone bill. With eCharge, items priced low as $1 can be processed. Low charges make this method suitable for purchasing services such as memberships, subscriptions, and digital goods.
To enable this payment method, the merchant must subscribe to the billing service and provide a link to eCharge on the merchant Web site. Consumers must download free software to their computers to use the service. Then eCharge connects directly from the customer’s modem to a secure server that automatically captures billing information. eCharge provides the customer with a billing service that is familiar, in the form of a local phone bill, and uses the same dial-up process as the Internet connection.
There are no monthly fees, but a $50 setup fee is required, and eCharge imposes a per-transaction fee of 8.25%. Consumers pay a fee of $0.50 for transactions less than $10; $1 for transactions from $10 to $35; and $2 for transactions of $35 or more. Merchants may elect to absorb the consumer fee.
Accept Payment with EFTs and Electronic Checks There is a fine distinction between EFTs and electronic checks. An EFT deducts payment from a personal or business bank account, and funds are verified before an EFT is approved. A merchant account is not required, but in most cases you’ll need an EFT vendor.
An e-check generates a type of paper check that is then deposited into the merchant’s checking account and goes through the process a standard check would. Like a paper check, an e-check may be returned for insufficient funds, whereas an EFT is verified before the sale is completed. E-checks don’t usually require anything more than a standard checking account to be processed. This is an excellent option for business-to-business transactions.
An EFT is generally a faster, more reliable method of payment than an e-check. Funds for an EFT are automatically verified and immediately transferred to your account. Using an e-check still produces a type of bank draft, whether paper or electronic, that follows the same process a standard check would. If funds are not available in the checking account to cover the e-check, the merchant will need to go through the same collection steps required to recover payment on a standard check. Bank overdraft fees and penalties for insufficient funds may be charged to the consumer.
iTransact.com has two products that allow payment through a checking account. To accept e-check and EFT payments using this system, neither you nor your customers require special software or hardware. Coding is integrated into your Web site that effectively links your customers to a secure server. There they provide the necessary bank account information, and the EFT or e-check is initiated. The merchant and customer receive immediate verification of the order, and the merchant receives the customer’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, items ordered, and the order total. Once the service is in place, EFTs may also be completed by phone or fax. You, the merchant, simply gather all the information that is on your customer’s check and then enter this information into your EFT software, whether it operates on your PC, POS terminal, or automatically via a Web-based application.
Many MAPs, which process credit card payments, offer some form of EFT or e-check payment also. Charge.com is one such MAP, offering e-check acceptance setup free when you acquire a merchant account through them.
Offer a Monthly Payment Option Qpass.com provides consumers with a monthly bill for digital products purchased online. Qpass works with merchants in two ways. A merchant vending digital content, such as software, subscriptions, music, etc., joins the Qpass network. Registered shoppers can then visit a member merchant and make purchases, which are stored on their Qpass account. Each month, Qpass bills the customer’s credit card, and the merchant receives payment. This system is ideal for micropayments or pay-per-use products.
InterCoin is a similar service, currently in beta testing, enabling registered account holders to accumulate small charges from participating merchants. On a monthly basis, InterCoin will bill these charges to the account holder’s credit card or deduct them electronically from a checking account or digital wallet. One big drawback of this payment method is that the merchant won’t receive payment from InterCoin until the consumer pays for the transactions.
Offer One-Click Shopping Qpass can provide members with one-click shopping on merchant sites outside the Qpass network. When a member visits a merchant who is not part of the network, Qpass provides PowerWallet technology, which allows customers to instantly fill out the forms required to make purchases. PowerWallet then stores the information, and the next time a customer purchases from that online merchant, he or she need only click one button. The merchant does not need to add anything to his or her site in order for Qpass customers to use this feature.
The digital wallet is a new e-commerce service that facilitates one-click shopping. Microsoft Passport helps users reduce the number of steps necessary to purchase items online by allowing customers to create a single sign-in name and password to use at participating Web sites. Microsoft claims easy integration of the Passport wallet service with merchant Web sites through a link on the purchase pages that automatically retrieves the customer purchasing data from the Passport server. Merchants may extensively customize Passport so that customers purchase goods and services directly from the merchant site. Passport is currently available on selected Microsoft sites, and Microsoft expects to make this service available to third parties in early 2000.
Offer Prepaid Shopping RocketCash is an online shopping service that allows parents to create an account that their children can access to purchase goods from RocketCash-affiliated merchants. Parents may fund an account using a credit card number with a spending cap imposed or by check or money order. Parents can also place other restrictions on the account, such as the time of day a child can access it and the sites the child may visit.
RocketCash.com lets customers shop directly at the merchants’ actual Web sites, which enables access to complete product offerings, photos, reviews, merchandising, special promotions, and sales. And there’s virtually no difference between a RocketCash customer and a customer who visits your site and pays with his or her own credit card. RocketCash uses proprietary technology; merchants need only register as a RocketCash member in order to offer this service to their customers.
Accept Smart Cards In Europe, smart cards are quite common. One such card, popular in the Netherlands, is Chipper, although it is complex to use. Another, popular in Belgium, is Proton. Bull features smart cards for international markets.
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Stephanie Wood and team at the Wired Humanities Projects, who have had generous support from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities for the construction of the online Nahuatl Dictionary, and major input from John Sullivan and the Zacatecas Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology, wish to acknowledge new contributing partners brought to the project by Justyna Olko and funding from her Culture Contact grant underwritten by the European Research Council. Further, in all projects involving the Nahuatl language, we wish to acknowledge the inspiration and guidance of James Lockhart, Frances Karttunen, and R. Joseph Campbell. | <urn:uuid:28790fc9-fa5e-45cf-b129-ee1a7e6069a0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://whp.uoregon.edu/dictionaries/nahuatl/index.lasso?dowhat=FindJustOne&theRecID=1115827&theWord=huelaci | 2013-05-23T12:02:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.744088 | 190 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Coordinator Lenore M. Scallan, journalist (UPI, Agence France Presse, USIA); author of 2 non-fiction books; radio and TV exp.; 5 yrs Lincoln Univ.as writing professional. Bruce Mowday, journalist & editor, owns PR firm; has published four historical books.
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Advanced Diploma in Accounting
Duration: 1 year full time
Start Dates: Feb/Jul
CRICOS Code: 053017G
Location: Canberra campus
The full-time Accounting course gives you the skills and knowledge you need to get a job in almost any industry, quickly. You might like to start in an accounting firm, government department or perhaps in a large company in bookkeeping, accounts administration, accounts payable or receivable, payroll or financial administration.
You will be assessed continuously throughout the year. Your assingments are marked in the following way:
- Competent - high distinction
- Competent - credit distinction
- Not yet competent
Your transcript will have these classifications which is different from a lot of other VET providers who just use the Competent or Not Yet Competent classifications. This grading system is more appealing to employers and universities as they know how well you did, not just that you have the qualification.
If you are looking to continue your studies further, this course can lead to a Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Accounting degree. You will gain 36 credit points towards a 72 point degree which is the equivalent to 1.5 years.
You'll be able to study 1 year and knock 1.5 years off your University degree!
You can gain your 3 year degree in 2.5 years - 1 year at ABA for your Advanced Diploma of Accounting and 1.5 years finishing your Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Accounting at university. Please visit this page for a list of our articulation and credit transfer arrangements with universities.
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The idea for this project occurred while putting a used Scotch glass into the dishwasher. I noted a film on the bottom of a glass and when I inspected closer, I noted these fine, lacey lines filling the bottom. What I found through some experimentation is that these patterns and images that you see can be created with the small amount of Single-Malt Scotch left in a glass after most of it has been consumed. The alcohol dries and leaves the sediment in various patterns. It’s a little like snowflakes in that every time the Scotch dries, the glass yields different patterns and results. I have used different color lights to add ‘life’ to the bottom of the glass, creating the illusion of landscape, terrestrial or extraterrestrial.
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OMNI Corner: Information or Hysteria, "Talking sensibly" in the Biomedical Field
- Defining the subjects
- 1. Dolly the sheep and cloning
- 2. BSE
- 3. Genetically modified food
- 4. Use of cannabis for medicinal purposes
- 5. Euthanasia
- 6. Alternative/allied and complementary medicine
- Defining the issues
- Cross subjectional interest
- Information quality
- AGEC - Advisory Group for Evaluation Criteria
- Comparison of Health Information Megasites
- (Re)developing criteria
- Author Details
Defining the subjects
Here at OMNI, our subject gateway essentially covers all of the health studies subjects in scope (basically medicine and health), and various biomedical aspects of the life sciences, such as molecular biology research, clinical psychology and sports medicines.
Of late, it has struck us that most of the national controversies that tend to fill the tabloids (and other newspapers) are sprung directly from these subject areas. In this section, we outline six examples most applicable to the UK; for countries such as the US, there would be a similar array of issues, including abortion as an issue of high public profile.
1. Dolly the sheep and cloning
Dolly entered the media spotlight in a blaze of glory a few years ago, when the Roslin Institute [roslin] announced the cloning of a sheep. Since then, speculation has increased on the ethical use of cloning, focusing especially on the ability to clone people. This issue covers both the life and health sciences, as well as impinging on agricultural areas of concern.
BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) [bse] is the major crisis to hit the animal farming industry in the UK in the last twenty years. The condition is found in cattle, and has been linked to the food products that they ingest. However, BSE is also heavily linked to the human condition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, therefore again making the wider issue of BSE something that straddles several areas within the health, medical and life sciences.
3. Genetically modified food
At the time of writing, the major public debate concerns the use of genetically modified ingredients, such as soya, in foods. This "debate" quickly spawned off a myriad of smaller debates, including:
- labelling of food
- ethics of inclusion of genetically modified ingredients
- effects on the environment of growing GM foods
- third world issues relating to GM foods
- medical implications from consuming GM foods
- testing and safety procedures for GM foods and ingredients
As is evident, the wider issue of GM foods covers many areas of the life and health sciences, as well as environmental and political issues [bio].
4. Use of cannabis for medicinal purposes
The issues regarding cannabis include whether it should be legally administered in cases where it assists someone with a serious medical condition, such as multiple schlerosis. There are periodic attempts to make use of cannabis legal in this way; thus, the issue is one that is frequently in the news [welsh]. This subject covers both the health and medical sciences, as well as biological research (why makes cannabis good?), and political and legal issues.
Euthanasia is an issue which covers both the health studies areas, and the area of law. As well as being a controversial area, with an accompanying array of lobbying groups and emotive web sites, the law and common practise (not always the same) differ from one country to another.
6. Alternative/allied and complementary medicine
The issues surrounding alternative and allied medical practises are ones which seem to inspire more heated debate within medical circles than any other. At a recent OMNI seminar, a lively debate enraged between a speaker, who was justifying the need for a gateway to quality allied and complementary health resources, and one of the delegates, a GP with experience of dealing with patients who had been given incorrect alternative medical advice.
The tabloid and newspaper treatment of this area often verges towards the "hippy, josh stick and crystal magic" stereotype, wheras allied and complementary medicines cover a much wider field than most people think; herbalism, homeopathy, reflexology, chiropractise, and so forth. There is a growing movement of people, and increasing medical support and recognition, for many of the areas within this field [nih]. However, due to its nature, it is liable to be a controversial area for many years to come.
Defining the issues
Examination of the subject areas above draws out two particular issues:
- cross-subjectional interest. If a subject is controversial, for whatever reason, then it tends to cover a number of subject areas. For example, most of the subjects mentioned above have some elements of law and politics involved, as well as health and medical interests
- information quality. All of the subjects mentioned above are emotive to certain groups of people, who also have their own interests and agendas. This usually results in a lessening of reasonable debate, with a consequential drop in accuracy of data and information put into the public domain
We will examine these two areas more closely, in the context of resource discovery systems.
Cross subjectional interest
As we can see from the examples above, some topics and issues, especially those of high public interest, can cross several subject areas. With regard to subject-based internet resource discovery systems, this raises several issues. The primary issue is whether a resource that is cross-subjectional should be catalogued in just one subject based system e.g. biomedical, or several e.g. biomedical and law.
The experiences of the subject gateways to date indicate that in most cases, the preferred method is for the resource, if it passes all of the evaluation and relevance criteria, to be catalogued in both gateways. This means that the resource description can be targeted at the core audience for that gateway. For example, a document on the legal implications of smoking may be described from a legal perspective for entry into a legal resource discovery system, while it could be described from a medical perspective for entry into a medical resource discovery system.
This leaves us with the problem of cross searching. To date, some limited work on cross searching across multiple gateways has been carried out, by projects such as ROADS [roads]. A demonstrator, allowing people to search across a range of subject-based gateways, with the results subsequently integrated into one uniform results listing, was produced.
However, we are now entering the age of the Resource Discovery Network, and Hubs. The RDN is a venture which will capitalise and build on the experiences and successes of the established subject gateways, such as EEVL, OMNI and SOSIG [rdn]. It will seek to create eight faculty level hubs, covering broad areas such as medical and biological sciences, the social sciences, the arts and industries, and so forth. Each hub will probably consist of a number of collections (gateways) of resource descriptions, distributed or centralised in some manner according to the nuances of the particular hub.
This is where things get interesting. Someone is interested in the legal implications of smoking and lung cancer. Should they search the hub containing law, or the one containing biomedical resources? Or maybe, cross search both hubs and look at all of the results? Or even better, just cross search those bits of the two (or in some cases, more) of the hubs that are of relevance to the query? Alternately, should they just search across all of the gateways/description collections in all of the hubs in one go (high recall, low precision)?
For the user to be offered the best search will mean one or more of the following:
- the user being able to cope in selecting the correct search mechanism and permutation amongst the options available, and devising a search query appropriate to that mechanism. There was an interesting mini-debate on the issues of user capability on lis-elib in January 1998 [elib]
- storing some kind of "profile" of the user, so that the permutations of resource databases offered to them are optimised, and reducing the chances of the user making an incorrect selection of database.
- some combination of both approaches
- limiting the search option combinations available
It will be interesting to see how the Resource Discovery Network, and other collections of gateways that are starting to band together in consortia arrangements, tackle the issue of cross subjectional interest.
Unless you have strictly restricted your media and news coverage to some of the more cerebral outlets over the last few months, you cannot have failed to notice the hysteria over genetically modified foods. The question that arises is: what is newsworthy, and what is information?
One persons viewpoint may not be factually accurate, but does that mean that if they create a resource around that viewpoint, then should not be excluded from, or catalogued in, a "quality resources only" gateway? Two parallel examples:
1) an establised political party may have odd views, that are patently unrealistic and ulterior, on some issues. For example, they may be funded by the nuclear industry, and believe that "if you ignore nuclear pollution, then it goes away over time and is harmless". However, most resource discovery systems that covered politics would still probably catalogue the party, geographic relevance and content willing, despite its partisan views.
2) a medical company has a web site, where it promotes its drugs as being "the only solution". Again, a partisan view, and many biomedical resource discovery systems of repute would avoid the resource.
Therefore; do we need different evaluation criteria for different subject areas, possibly even within the biomedical arena itself? Should we treat commercial company products that have been rigorously tested in the same way as we treat some alternative health products, which are less dangerous, but less tested in a scientific manner?
Thankfully, we don't have to make up these decisions as we go along. Criteria has been developed via which people can assess Internet-based resources, for inclusion into resource discovery systems. We outline some places where you can find such criteria, or discussions about criteria.
AGEC - Advisory Group for Evaluation Criteria
The OMNI advisory group on evaluation criteria helped to develop the core evaluation criteria via which the OMNI service operates. The group has also produced a number of papers and presentations on the issues surrounding resource evaluation and quality. The OMNI service hosts a section on which the evaluation criteria, and several papers, are reproduced [agec].
Comparison of Health Information Megasites
This was a substantial comparison and study of a large range of biomedical resource discovery systems, carried out by a consortium of three US university libraries, in May 1998. The project looked at a large range of criteria pertaining to resource discovery, with issues of quality being prominent within those criteria. One of the products of the project was a listing of "Print and Internet Resources on Web Design and Internet Resource Evaluation" [megasites]; this contains references, and links, to many articles and papers of interest.
The DESIRE project, coordinated by the Institute for Learning and Research Technology in Bristol, UK, has been instrumental in building software tools, reports and guidelines pertaining to resource discovery, especially at a pan-European level. The DESIRE Web site contains reports regarding research into quality and selection criteria issues, as applied to resource discovery [desire].
Looking back at archives and printouts of resources that were developed a few years ago reveals some interesting characteristics of biomedical resources on the Web:
* resources were generally smaller in size, consisting often of one page. With such resources, people would catalogue or index just the page - simple. Nowadays, with resources often being huge and spread across several servers, we have the issue of whether it is best to catalogue the whole resource, just one part, various sections, and so forth
* resources were simpler; no frames, java, embedded movies and so forth. Also, advanced trickery, such as subtle redirection of the users, or the use of misleading metadata, was much rarer
* companies were slow to use the Internet, and most of the information in the first wave of web sites was produced by keen technically minded academics. Gradually, more formal academic and research material became available over the Web in larger quantities. In the current wave, commercially funded resources make up an increasingly large proportion of new sites; these require closer vetting than academic and research sites, in terms of impartiality and quality.
What these and other characteristics indicate is that there is a strong argument for the constant review and development of evaluation criteria as applied to resource discovery systems. This especially true in the biomedical field, where controversies such as those mentioned at the start of this article lead to people trying more complex ways of getting their viewpoint across over the Internet.
As Internet-based technologies become more complex, and people and organisations use these technologies in more advanced ways (sometime not ethically), so the criteria must be frequently revised, to keep up with these developments, if the gateways are to retain their status as subject based quality filters.
- [agec] OMNI Advisory Group on Evaluation Criteria http://omni.ac.uk/agec/
- [bio] Biotechnology in our food chain http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/exhibitions/bio-future/index.htm
- [bse] BSE enquiry home page http://www.bse.org.uk/
- [desire] DESIRE http://www.desire.org/results/discovery/
- [elib] (Informal) ebate on internet searching http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-elib/1998-01/0079.html
- [megasites] Print and Internet Resources on ... Internet Resource Evaluation http://henry.ugl.lib.umich.edu/megasite/bibl.html
- [nih] National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://altmed.od.him.gov/nccam/
- [omni] OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information http://omni.ac.uk/
- [rdn] Resource Discovery Network - posting to lis-elib http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-elib/1999-01/0039.html
- [roads] ROADS: Resource Organisation And Discovery System http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/roads/
- [roslin] Roslin Institute http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/
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The Draft: Nyarko
MLS SuperDraft week is upon us and we wanted to speak with Fire players about their previous experience regarding their entry into Major League Soccer. In this piece, Jeff Crandall looks at Patrick Nyarko’s path to Virginia Tech by way of Ghana, his successful collegiate career, decision to leave school early in 2008 and his thoughts on the combine and SuperDraft .
Education has always been important to Patrick Nyarko.
Growing up in Kumasi, Ghana, his father Dominic instilled the importance of academics in the Fire striker from a young age. Every step made in his soccer-playing career has been in concert with what was best for him in the educational route.
Found by chance on a recruiting trip to Africa by Virginia Tech head coach Oliver Weiss, Nyarko’s scholarship offer to play for the Hokies in 2005 was contingent by his father on making sure education remained a focal point in his life.
“It was the main priority even before I came to the United States,” said Nyarko. “Knowing how important education is in Ghana, my dad was going to make me go to the U.S. even if I didn’t get a soccer scholarship. He wouldn’t let me branch out or do anything else until I got my education.”
As he majored in Psychology in Blacksburg, Nyarko took the collegiate soccer scene by storm, tallying 31 goals and 25 assists over three seasons, helping the Hokies to their first NCAA College Cup and finishing as a finalist for the MAC-Hermann Award in 2007, what would eventually be his final year at Virginia Tech.
Like you might expect, his decision to turn pro early was a heavy one. He’d thought a lot about returning for his senior season and finishing school to fulfill the promise made to his father. The fact that he’d done so many summer course combined with the offer of a Generation adidas contract, allowing him money to go back to school, greased the wheels for his signing with Major League Soccer.
“I was an international student so a lot of my summers were spent taking more classes. I didn’t worry as much as my dad did about getting my degree. It was tough to convince him that this was the route because he wanted me to get my degree first but I set myself up well in my summer courses and Generation adidas made him feel comfortable enough to let me do it.”
The offer, decision to sign, attendance at the combine and draft as well as his seventh overall selection by the Fire in January 2008 in Baltimore all happened, “in the span of about two weeks,” said Nyarko.
Given the short amount of time between his decision and draft day, the fleet-footed Ghanaian said there wasn’t much to think about in terms of nerves.
“There’s a lot that goes through your head from the combine to draft day. I really didn’t know what to expect with the draft. Coming from Ghana, I wasn’t familiar with what a draft was and I hadn’t paid attention to it for the years that I was at Virginia Tech. I’d been told anyone could pick you and you could land anywhere. There weren’t really expectations and I didn’t know many other places outside Virginia so I was prepared to go anywhere.”
As most Generation adidas signees normally are selected within the first 10 picks, Nyarko might have had an inkling of where he could end up but leaving things open worked out for the best.
“I was predicted to go high and I went seventh to the Fire. I think it all worked out pretty well. Obviously I had nerves but for me there weren’t expectations in terms of choice. I didn’t know much about any team at that time but I’m glad that I went to Chicago eventually.”
According to Nyarko, the moment at which becoming a professional athlete had all sunk in wasn’t when he put pen to paper on his GA contract, hearing his name called or even shaking Don Garber’s hand, but rather the MLS SuperDraft right of passage which requires all selectees in attendance to give an impromptu speech when they’re chosen.
“You could see the stage setup and the bright lights. If you know me, you know how shy I am – it was a very surreal moment for me to have to get up and address the crowd. I wasn’t prepared for that but at the moment you have to make something up. Looking at all the people that showed, my American family, my coaches, it meant a lot. It made you feel special but also you know it’s a big jump with a lot of responsibility. It was all a very exciting day.”
The SuperDraft process has changed a little bit since Nyarko entered the league in 2008 as many young players bypass the collegiate game altogether to join the clubs that developed them as Home Grown players. Nyarko believes the combination of young players directly signing with teams along with the college entry draft is the best way for players to enter MLS right now but still sees flaws in the setup.
“One thing that I’m critical about when it comes to the draft and combine is the fact that it doesn’t give guys at the lower-level schools that much opportunity to show what they can do. I would like to see deeper scouting, in terms of catching a few games at those places, trying to see the one or two talents they have just to give a better opportunity for all players. I think you’d find a few more gems out there.”
Capable of playing on the wing or up top, Nyarko heads into his fifth season in Chicago as one of the longest tenured players on the Fire roster. With 113 games played, the Ghanaian attacker sits behind only captain Logan Pause (268) and defender Gonzalo Segares (174) in competitive appearances for the club and has been one of the most consistent focal points in the team’s attack the past two seasons, racking up 19 assists to go along with two goals.
Just as important as his personal accolades, Nyarko kept his word with his father, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in May 2009.
Stay tuned Tuesday as Jeff speaks to Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson about his experience during the 2010 MLS Comebine and SuperDraft.
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The next time Morristown residents want to satisfy a Whopper craving, they may notice a few changes at the Burger King on Morris Boulevard.
During the past several weeks, the building has undergone a nearly complete overhaul. A BK spokesperson said the renovations being conducted inside the building updated the original location with distinctive graphics and offer a variety of self-seating options.
“This new restaurant design exemplifies the brand’s commitment to delivering superior products and providing a positive guest experience in a comfortable and inviting dining environment,” the spokesperson said.
Mary Howe, manager at the Morristown BK, said everything, including walls, ceilings, tables and fixtures have been replaced throughout the lobby and restrooms.
“There are still a few odds and ends they have to complete but the renovations are pretty much done,” Howe said.
The restaurant’s drive-thru remained open throughout the renovations. The renovations included a remodeled modernized design of the outside structure. The old playground area is also gone, making way for more seating.
Founded in 1954, Burger King is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. The original “Home of the Whopper,” Burger King has more than 12,600 locations serving more than 11–million guests daily worldwide.
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Send announcements or events, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mail <a href="mailto:firstname.lastname@example.org">email@example.com</a>. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call 703-917-6454.
Sarah Huntington’s exhibit, "In Their Own Voices," is on display at the George Washington Virginia Campus Entrance Gallery. The Entrance Gallery is located in Building 2 at the GW Virginia Campus, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn. Free and open to the public. Call 703-726-3650.
Art exhibitions at local libraries throughout September and October include at Ashburn Library, world photography by Dean Villanueva and at Cascades Library, photography by Mary Kaye Mason.
Gallery Two at 222 will host a special exhibit of paintings by artist Helen Wiegand titled Spiritual Relatives through Sept. 26. Wiegand’s work focuses on figurative forms and their relationships to one another.
Gallery two is co-located with Gallery 222 at 222 South King St., Leesburg. Both galleries are components of the Loudoun Academy of the Arts Foundation, a 501(c) 3 Visual Arts Center which offers fine art instruction, gallery exhibitions and studio space for working artists. The galleries are open Mondays-Saturdays, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment. Visit www.gallery222.com or call 703-777-5498.
Twelve artists at King Street Studios in Leesburg will host "Seven," a special exhibit in honor of its seventh anniversary. The exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 27, during Leesburg’s Fall Into the Arts Festival and it is open to the public from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Studio visitors will notice a theme of "seven" as they view paintings and drawings by artists Trisha Adams, Martha Cammack, Roberta Comrie, Becky Fleming, Lynn Kanen, Ann Noel, Libby Stevens, Rick Steinberger, Earl Tester, Dana Thompson, Virginia Treviranus and Dan Williams. The exhibit will be on display in both upstairs and downstairs studios at the gallery at 222 South King St. in historic Leesburg. Contact King Street Studios/Gallery 222 at 703-777-5498.
Get Real!, a show of realism featuring original paintings and drawings by Loudoun artists at Gallery 222, 222 South King St., Leesburg, continues through Sept. 27.
Get Real! showcases artwork by Conor Backman, Tim Chambers, Michael Davis, Jonathan Linton, Sarita Moffat, Ann Noel, Sherry Sanabria Kurt Schwarz, Libby Stevens, Jeffery Stockberger, Dana Thompson and Dan Williams.
Gallery 222 is open Mondays-Saturdays, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment. The gallery is a component of the Loudoun Academy of the Arts Foundation, a 501(c)3 visual arts center offering fine art instruction, gallery exhibitions and studio space for working artists. Visit www.gallery222.com or call 703-777-5498.
Bridges, roads, buildings, overpasses and construction sites are artist Michael Beckner’s favorite subjects. Beckner’s exhibit of acrylic paintings, titled Under Construction, is presented by George Washington University Virginia Campus Gallery Lounge, 20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, in partnership with Gallery 222/Loudoun Academy of the Arts. The exhibit is open to the public through Sept. 30. Visit http://www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu/ or contact Gallery 222 at 703-777-5498.
Loudoun Landscapes, an exhibit of original paintings and drawings by Loudoun's leading artists opens Friday, Oct. 3, at Gallery 222 during Leesburg's First Friday Gallery Walk, from 6-9 p.m. Refreshments will be available during the opening reception. The exhibit continues through Nov. 1.
Gallery 222, located at 222 South King St. in Leesburg, is open Mondays-Saturdays, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment. Visit www.gallery222.com or call 703-777-5498.
The Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College will host an exhibit of mixed media prints and drawings by Elzbieta Sikorska of Silver Spring, Md., through Oct. 17, in Waddell Art Gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The campus is located at 1000 Harry Flood Byrd Highway in Sterling and the gallery is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Mondays-Fridays.
Jim Hanna’s photography exhibit, "Rural Culture on the Edge," on display at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg through Oct. 31, offers a sampling of images depicting Loudoun’s precious rural ecology and heritage. The exhibit also offers a glimpse into such efforts as ecological stewardship, historic preservation and restoration, and sustaining a rural economy.
The exhibit is on the first floor in Gallery One and is open to the public during business hours of the government center.
Photographs by Northern Virginia photographer Lillis Werder are on exhibit at Washington Dulles International Airport through December. Two series of work by the artist, Washington, D.C. War Memorials, in honor of the upcoming Veteran’s Holiday, and Venice, Italy, are on display.
The exhibit, coordinated by Gallery 222 and the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority, is the fifth in the program’s rotating series of displays. The photographs are installed in the area beyond the security checkpoints in the main terminal on the arrivals level.
Alfred McAdams’ exhibit, "D.C. Metro," is on display at the George Washington Virginia Campus First Floor Gallery through Dec. 30. The First Floor Gallery is located in Building 2 on the GW Virginia Campus, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn. Free and open to the public. Call 703-726-3650. | <urn:uuid:be5a1e69-a123-470f-92e7-9fce0c5b8638> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2008/sep/23/the-loudoun-arts-sept-24-30/ | 2013-05-23T11:35:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922883 | 1,315 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Don your pinny and get baking. Everybody's doing it. We have a plethora of advice, cake and bread recipes and baking classes for those of you wanting to hone your skills.
So you want bake eye-poppingly, jaw-droppingly beautiful cakes? Then you want to follow these expert tips.
If there’s one trend that’s captured the nation’s imagination recently, it’s baking. For all you baking mad folk, here’s our baking guide to the right kit for novices and keen cooks alike.
Ready in 30 minutes
These are individual cakes, but if you prefer you can use a 23cm cake tin and bake for 1 hour, until a skewer comes out clean.
Phil Vickery's gluten-free recipe has no flour and relies on almonds and eggs to get a lovely pudding. The centre will sink considerably but that’s quite normal.
Ready within the hour
An easy foolproof chocolate cake recipe. You could also fill it with whipped cream and jam instead of chocolate icing.
Phil Vickery's gluten-free cake recipe is really rather good. The glycerine helps to keep the sponge soft, as does the butter.
Carrot cake is a moist, moreish and incredibly popular recipe. Who would have thought that one of your favourite desserts would be made from common garden vegetables!
This sweet and sticky treacle tart is fun to make - but much more fun to eat!
These white chocolate muffins are simple to make and will treat a crowd.
Ready in over an hour
A fruit loaf made from parsnips? Whatever next! (Oh, did we mention how ruddy lovely it tastes?)
Good lemon curd gives this easy recipe for Easter sponge cake the edge. Bake it and enjoy for dessert or with an afternoon cuppa.
Enjoy baking? This beautiful apple tart tastes as good as it looks. You can also use pears instead of apples.
A sumptuous, rich and moist chocolate cake. To decorate the cake, we used edible rice paper daisies from Jane Asher Party Cakes.
Think American diners... think steaming hot coffee... think cherry pie.
Nothing beats homemade bread, and it’s a lot easier to make than you might think. Master the basic white loaf, then try the easy flavoured breads. Before you know it, you'll be giving Delia a run for her money!
Bread: savoury or sweet, there's nothing quite like it. It's the King of Comfort Food. As the credit crunch puts paid to treats, get back to basics with a bit of home baking and fill your abode with the loveliest of aromas.
From the cupcake craze to a summer scone, we're going back to baking. Rise to the occasion by taking part in one of these classes around the UK.
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Hi Joyce, this wonderful recipe is online. If you type the recipe into the search at the top right-hand corner of this site, it wil display. Regards, Debra, web editor
How can I get the sausage and Egg picnic pie that was in Aug issue, unfortunately I lost my copy. Thank you
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It is indeed troubling that these domestic terrorists seem to be able to get away all the time. Just because they are OBama supporters doesn't mean the cops should not enforce the law. AT some point, a non-Obama supporter is going to clean house like that old guy did at the internet cafe, and it might escalate to even more clashes. Some kind of civil war is what Obama really wants. Day one in office Obama has made every effort to race bait. | <urn:uuid:5cedb763-5ea3-452b-99f9-86fe7fa11c5c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.discussanything.com/forums/showthread.php/149193-The-Obama-Bunch-flash-mobs-Portland-s-Albertsons..?p=2301853 | 2013-05-23T11:27:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977741 | 94 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Green tea is perhaps one of the world’s most readily available medicinal plant extracts and has long been used as a gentle stimulant as well as a potent antioxidant, astringent, and diuretic. However modern research, as summarized in a new paper2, has found that green tea can also help boost the body’s metabolism which in turn aids weight loss.
Green tea has more than 300 biologically active substances with the most important compounds among them thought to be catechins, which in recent studies have been seen to be the components in the tea that help to reduce body fat2-5. Green tea has also been seen to be to help lower appetite by preventing a sudden rise in glucose levels6, and help weight loss by promoting fat oxidation7.
The new Green Tea Diet Blend from Natur Boutique takes Green Tea’s weight loss properties to a new level by combining it with two further natural ingredients to create a weight loss aid with a difference.
The blend contains the rare and exotic Java tea (Orthosiphon stamineus), which is a powerful antioxidant8, 9, and therefore aids the body with removal of unwanted waste molecules, helping you lose weight safely.
The last of the three intriguing ingredients in the blend is Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). The sweet flavour the root imparts offers a diet friendly sweetness to the tea whilst it is also thought to be able to help with weight loss by reducing fat acclumilation10, 11.
Combined the benefits of these three plants come together to produce a tea that not only tastes fantastic but if drunk daily could help you lose weight….what more could you want from a cuppa!
Natur Boutique’s Green Tea Blend is available from www.drinkherbaltea.co.uk
1. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Abdul G Dulloo et al. Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 70, No. 6, 1040-1045, December 1999
2. Green tea catechins, caffeine and body-weight regulation. Westerterp-Plantenga MS. Physiol Behav. 2010 Apr 26;100(1):42-6. Epub 2010 Feb 13.
3. Green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss in overweight and obese adults. Maki KC et al. J Nutr. 2009 Feb;139(2):264-70. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
4. Effectiveness of green tea on weight reduction in obese Thais: A randomized, controlled trial. Auvichayapat P et al. Physiol Behav. 2008 Feb 27;93(3):486-91. Epub 2007 Oct 18.
5. Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men. Nagao T, Komine Y, Soga S, Meguro S, Hase T, Tanaka Y, Tokimitsu I. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1):122-9.
6 Ambivalent role of gallated catechins in glucose tolerance in humans: a novel insight into non-absorbable gallated catechin-derived inhibitors of glucose absorption.
Park JH, Jin JY, Baek WK, Park SH, Sung HY, Kim YK, Lee J, Song DK. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2009 Dec;60(4):101-9.
7. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Dulloo AG, Duret C, Rohrer D, Girardier L, Mensi N, Fathi M, Chantre P, Vandermander J. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Dec;70(6):1040-5.
8. Orthosiphon stamineus leaf extract protects against ethanol-induced gastropathy in rats. Yam MF, Ang LF, Salman IM, Ameer OZ, Lim V, Ong LM, Ahmad M, Asmawil MZ, Basir R. J Med Food. 2009 Oct;12(5):1089-97.
9. An investigation of the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of Orthosiphon stamineus leaf extract. Yam MF, Asmawi MZ, Basir R. J Med Food. 2008 Jun;11(2):362-8
10. The molecular mechanism underlying the reduction in abdominal fat accumulation by licorice flavonoid oil in high fat diet-induced obese rats. Honda K, Kamisoyama H, Tominaga Y, Yokota S, Hasegawa S. Anim Sci J. 2009 Oct;80(5):562-9.
11. Investigation of the anti-obesity action of licorice flavonoid oil in diet-induced obese rats. Kamisoyama H, Honda K, Tominaga Y, Yokota S, Hasegawa S. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Dec;72(12):3225-31. Epub 2008 Dec 7. | <urn:uuid:668fbaeb-68fa-4fa6-af1e-648a86a0e631> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fdin.org.uk/2010/05/natur-boutique-launches-weight-loss-green-tea/ | 2013-05-23T11:28:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.839688 | 1,114 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
|CCC&TI Announces Latest Edition of Branches|
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|Tuesday, 19 February 2013 10:22|
CCC&TI has announced that Branches, the college’s literary and arts magazine, will be released in February. The publication features prose, poetry and artwork from both CCC&TI students and members of the community. A call for submissions was issued last spring and almost 200 literature
and art entries were received. The final publication includes 29 works of literature and 30 fine art selections.
Award winners were named in the poetry, prose and artwork categories. Philip Davis won the poetry prize for his work entitled “Homeless Hopes.” A piece entitled “He Galahad” by Matt McGuire won the prose prize, and “Spider,” a photo by Kendra Reese, took first place in the fine arts category.
The college is planning a reading and reception to celebrate the release of the publication. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 5:30 p.m. a reception will be held in the Seila Gallery (S Building) on the Caldwell Campus of CCC&TI. On Tuesday, March 5, a reception will be held at the Watauga Occupational Training Facility on the CCC&TI Watauga Campus at 5:30 p.m. Artwork from the magazine will be on display and several authors of published pieces will be on hand for a reading at both events.
Funding for Branches was provided by the CCC&TI Foundation. Providing direction for the project was the Branches Editorial Team, which includes Jessica Chapman Faucette, Heather Chapman and Brad Prestwood as Literary Editors; Tom Thielemann as Fine Arts Editor; and Ron Wilson as Production Editor. Also assisting with the project were Nancy Risch, Paula Rash, Jane Harrison and Laura Aultman.
Copies of the magazine will be available at each of the receptions and on CCC&TI’s Caldwell and Watauga Campuses.
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March is Reading Month – music to a librarian’s ears! We have loads of new and wonderful books in both traditional paper and e-reader format for you. Come on in and check them out.
The library’s Facebook page has recently been much busier – thanks to library staff members getting more involved. If you haven’t looked at it lately, I invite you to head on over. There is a link at our homepage – www.greenlakelibrary.org
Just a quick "thank you" to the many folks who ate out at the Goose Blind yesterday on the library's behalf. I'll post here as soon as I have the totals, but can tell you that both times I was there yesterday the place was hopping! Thanks to our generous friends who participated and to the good folks at the Goose Blind for donating their proceeds to the Friends of the Library.
Thanks to everyone who helped move furniture and baked treats and attended our “Visit with Mark Twain” last Sunday. We had about eighty audience members, and it was a wonderful show. Watch for more cool events as we move into spring.
Like, for instance, the Lac Verde Quartet in concert this Saturday morning (March 3rd) at 10:30. We love having these local ladies play at the library – they are just terrific. The Lac Verde Quartet kicks off our concert series, stay tuned for more musical fun throughout March and April. | <urn:uuid:300c6db5-8621-423e-8265-9ea74aaee82d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/blog?page=22&device=mobile | 2013-05-23T11:28:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976752 | 298 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Discuss Will everything work as a hackintosh? at the Hardware - Hackint0sh.org; I just thought ide double check if what i have is correct.. basically ive researched ...
Will everything work as a hackintosh?
I just thought ide double check if what i have is correct.. basically ive researched a motherboard that works as a hackintosh then found the rest of the hardware myself, but i just thought ide double check everything will work before i sell my macbook pro and airport extreme to fund it
heres a list of the parts im getting:
Case: CiT MTX002B Black mini-ITX Case with 300W PSU
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 LGA1155 motherboard for Intel Core i3/i5/i7, Pentium, Celeron
Processor/CPU: Intel Core i3 2105 3.1 GHz Processor, Socket 1155, L3 3MB, Sandy Bridge, 32nm
RAM: Komputerbay 16GB (2x 8GB) PC3-10600 10666 1333MHz DDR3 1333 DRAM DIMM 240-Pin RAM Desktop Memory Dual Channel KIT 9-9-9-25
Hard Drive: Seagate ST2000DL003 3.5 inch 2TB Hard Drive (Serial-ATA, 6Gb/s, 64Mb, 5900RPM)
DVD Drive: Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - OEM
Liquid Cooler: Antec/ Kuhler/ H2O 620 / Liquid Cooling System
Bluetooth Keyboard with a Bluetooth USB
if somebody could please let me know if this will all work perfectly then it'd be much appreciated
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News tagged ‘memory’
Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013
The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC) has announced its new DRAM memory architecture, called the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) technology, which is touted to improve performance over standard DDR3 and DDR4 DRAM while simultaneously reducing power consumption.
Tuesday, 8 Jan 2013
Kingston celebrates the 10th anniversary of its HyperX product line at CES 2013 by releasing a special anniversary edition memory module.
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2012
Apacer introduces their new ARMOR Series DDR3 overclocking memory modules with colors to match users' motherboards.
Thursday, 18 Oct 2012
Patriot Memory has announced its new ULP (ultra-low power) Memory for Ultrabook SODIMM modules, offering users an option to upgrade their ultrabooks for increased performance and productivity.
Monday, 10 Sep 2012
Kingston has introduced its all-new packaging for the system-specific memory modules for ASUS and Acer notebooks.
In light of the ongoing trial against Samsung, it is rumored that the first batch of the highly anticipated new iPhone (scheduled to be announced this Wednesday) will not use Samsung memory chips.
Friday, 31 Aug 2012
Kingston has just announced that their HyperX red series is now a permanent addition to the entry-level HyperX blu product line, and not just a limited edition offering. These heatspreaders allow greater heat dissipation to help maintain optimal system performance.
Friday, 17 Aug 2012
Kingston just announced its updated HyperX Predator DRAM modules. The updated series boasts of memory kits of larger capacities and each module features a newly designed heatspreader. With support for Intel XMP 1.3 and higher rated frequencies, the HyperX Predator series is primed for top performance.
Friday, 3 Aug 2012
Samsung has just announced the production of ultra-fast embedded memory for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. It is the first chip maker to support the latest JEDEC e-MMC v4.5 specification that standardizes more features for enhanced performance, efficiency, security, and reliability.
Friday, 13 Jul 2012
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Sorry, we couldn't find any Comfort Inns Hotels in Quincy WA or there are no longer any Comfort Inns Hotels in Quincy WA
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|Comfort Inn Wenatchee in Wenatchee
815 North Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801 (Downtown-City Center)
The Comfort Inn, was remodeled in 2009. Our beautiful guestrooms have new furniture, flat screen t.v.'s and granite countertops. The banquet room will hold up to 50 people and groups can bring in their own food & beverage. This hotel does accept pets. The Comfort Inn is conveniently located on Wenatchee's main thoroughfare with shopping, restaurants and clubs within walking distance.
~29.28 Miles from Quincy
|Comfort Inn Ellensburg in Ellensburg
1722 Canyon Rd., Ellensburg, WA 98926 (Downtown-City Center)
Welcome to the Comfort Inn, an Ellensburg hotel near Central Washington University
Guests of this Ellensburg, WA hotel will enjoy the free continental breakfast featuring waffles, bagels, cold cereals, toast, juice and coffee. The hotel also has an indoor pool and hot tub. Free passes to the local gym are available.
Business travelers will appreciate free wireless high-speed Internet access and copy and fax services.
All spacious guest rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers, hair dryers, irons and ironing boards. Some suites include whirlpool bathtubs.
~33.91 Miles from Quincy
|Comfort Inn Zillah in Zillah
911 Vintage Valley Pkwy., Zillah, WA 98953 (Highway)
Located in the Heart of Washington Wine Country. Large indoor heated pool and hot tub open till midnight, cookies, milk and chili served every evening, deluxe hot breakfast, HBO, in-room coffee, free wireless high-speed internet in guest rooms, fitness center. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Walk to restaurants,fast food, mini mart,pizza, ATM, and winery. Mini-suites and Spa suites available. Pets welcome. Truck parking avilable. All rooms have in-room coffee, irons, ironing boards, 32" flat screen TVs.
~54.65 Miles from Quincy
|Comfort Inn in Kennewick
7801 West Quinault, Kennewick, WA 99336 (Convention Center)
Comfort Inn is a 2 story hotel with 56 sleeping rooms conveniently located next to Columbia Center Mall, close to Toyota Center and Three Rivers Convention Center. There are 160 wineries within an hour drive, producing some the finest wines in the world. All 56 rooms feature in room mini-referigrator, microwave, coffee machine, hair dryer, mini-safe, 32" flat screen T.V. There is an indoor Heated Pool and HotTub. The hotel offers free wireless internet, newspaper, parking and hot breakfast buffet.
~70.64 Miles from Quincy
|Comfort Inn & Suites Walla Walla in Walla Walla
1419 West Pine St., Walla Walla, WA 99362 (Riverfront)
Walla Walla's newest hotel provides the comfort for the business and leisure traveller. This 100% SMOKE FREE hotel includes indoor pool & spa, fitness center, business center, laundry facility, wireless internet and sundries. Relax in the River's Edge Restaurant and Lounge where we serve appetizers, entrees, desserts, a variety of beer and local hard to get wines. Sip on your glass of wine by the outdoor firepit. All rooms have comfortable serta mattresses, down comforters and pillows. All rooms have a microwave, refridgerators, coffee maker, hairdryer, and ironing board.
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Kim Kardashian is known for her curves, but the reality star is trying to trim down.
The 31-year-old revealed to Us Weekly that she's already lost 6 pounds in just seven days, with twice daily workouts and a whole new diet. "No more sitting at home, eating too much," she told the magazine, adding that she has cut out gluten, sugar and dairy for now.
"I figure, I'm single. Now is the best time to get in shape," she explained at a Dress for Success charity event on March 22, explaining that she's been working out twice a day -- with early-morning runs on the treadmill and strength training at night.
Kim trains with Gunnar Peterson and she wasn't kidding about the double dose of daily workouts. On Monday the star tweeted she was having a "late night workout" at 1:25 a.m and after just a few hours of sleep she was back at it, tweeting, "Up early to get this workout in! Get fit or die trying ;-)" and "Arms and Abs today."
No doubt the hard workouts help Kim take her mind off of personal troubles. "I'm so ready, emotionally, for this to be over," she told the magazine of her long, drawn out divorce from NBA player Kris Humphries.
Although she may be ready to move on, Humphries reportedly isn't ready to sign any papers until he gets his money's worth. E! News is reporting that the 27-year-old is holding out for $7 million with the promise he'll stay quiet and won't publicly speak of their marriage ever again.
"Kris is dragging it out. Kim is ready to move on, but Kris is hoping that stretching it out will get him even more money," the source told E! News, adding that there is a fair offer on the table but Kris won't sign the papers.
Humphries has denied that he made the demands, but the source insists he's holding out for more cash.
MONTE CARLO, MONACO - MAY 27: Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries attend the Amber Fashion Show held at the Meridien Beach Plaza on May 27, 2011 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian are seen shopping at Petco on June 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (WireImage)
(EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Kim Kardashian on the set of her new fragrance commercial on July 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
Kim Kardashian celebrates her bachelorette party at TAO Nightclub at the Venetian on July 23, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (WireImage)
Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian attend Kim Kardashian's bachelorette dinner at TAO Bistro at the Venetian on July 23, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (WireImage)
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - AUGUST 07: (L-R) TV personalities Lamar Jr., Lamar Odom, daughter Destiny, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian arrive at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on August 7, 2011 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, and Brody Jenner attend the Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne Spring 2012 fashion show during Style360 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on September 12, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
NBA player Kris Humphries (L) and TV personality Kim Kardashian attend a welcome party for newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries hosted by Colin Cowie and Jason Binn at Capitale on August 31, 2011 in New York City.
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Kim Kardashian attends Heidi Klum's 2010 Halloween Party at Lavo on October 31, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 18: Event honoree, Kim Kardashian speaks on stage at the 2011 Game Changers Awards at Skylight SOHO on October 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian are seen on location for 'Kourtney and Kim Take New York' aboard a Gray Line New York bus on the streets of Manhattan on November 15, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Loud/WireImage)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Kim Kardashian and Gabriel Aubry attend a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on November 21, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: (L-R) Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian promote their new book 'Kardashian Konfidential' at Barnes & Noble, 5th Avenue on November 30, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 18: Kim Kardashian and NJ Nets player Kris Humphries leave Barneys on January 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/WireImage)
Kim Kardashian sends 'I Love You' hand signals to NJ Nets player Kris Humphries during the Utah Jazz vs New Jersey Nets game at the Prudential Center on January 19, 2011 in Newark, New Jersey.
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 13: TV personality Kim Kardashian arrives at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: Kim Kardashian hosts Valentine's Day at Marquee nightclub at the Cosmopolitan on February 14, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage)
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Poor planning and an artificially small run of limited edition merchandise may cause pandemonium
You know how Disney waved the carrot of "the first 100 to sign up for the Pirate event get something special" in front of all us salivating diehards?
Well, this salivating diehard *was* one of the first 100 to purchase tix. It wasn't all that hard to do, I just walked in as the park opened. For that minor bit of effort I also got the freebie Character of the Month coin (more than anyone else buying tix got -- most just got headaches trying to get through to DelivEars). That's all it took to be amongst the first 100.
And what "privilege" do we get for this? A lovely nominal bibelot commemorating Pirates that no one else will get? A cool Pirate poster? A postcard? Anything?
Buehler? Buehler? Anyone?
Here's what we get straight from the horse's, er Mouse's mouth:
Don't you just love that? I do. (You are imagining me with a smiley face saying that in the softest of Disney tones my voice can manage, aren't you? -- That was extreme sarcasm in case you missed it!!!!!)
We get to buy something else from the Park (event merchandise not included of course) and they will refund an additional 10% (providing you fill out the survey).
Don't do anything to make the guest feel special.
Don't provide some cool knickknack like a Pirates license plate that would probably cost all of
fifty cents to produce and provide tons of customer loyalty in return.
In fact, it sounds like the Christmas Event all over again...
Hey! Pay us money to come spend more money on over priced stuff you probably don't need (and will end up on eBay) and we'll give you an addition 10% to buy yet more overpriced stuff you probably don't need!
ANYWAY, the itinerary sounds like we've paid $65 for cokes, a one hour panel discussion, then a two hour wait to ride Pirates. I certain hope I am wrong (one can only hope that the word tentative applies in this case).
Lani: Hi Al.
Al: Hello Lani. :)
Lani: Are you going to the Pirates of the
it just seems to be more and more about the merchandise, and less and less
about the thing it is based on. They seem to have forgotten all the
things that made the other events so much fun.
Okay. I need some help with some details you might know.
We just got our "Rules and Itinerary" sheet in the registration info in the mail... the rules state that when we register, we will be given a shopping list wherein we will be told how many of each item we are allowed to purchase.
But nowhere in this rules list is any indication that there will be any sort of "random drawing" type element.
That is, registration starts at 7:30 in the morning, and the preview sale starts at 8:30 (in the opera house).
So if I camped out from 5:00am and was first through the door, I have a better shot at picking up one of everything, compared to another person who shows up a little bit later?
THIS ENCOURAGES CAMPING.
THIS IS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY BAD.
I agree. Mind if I add your comments to Sue's
write-up about all this she just sent me?
Lani: Yes. Oh goodness, I hope someone can fax you a copy of these rules.
I realize it's a business, but it's so cut-throat!! I don't know how many out-of-towners they were expecting for this event, but we only booked the Saturday night at the
Disneyland Pacific hotel.
Had we known about this, we might have taken Friday off as a vacation day, and stayed overnight on
I think a lot of other people might
It's a Saturday EVENING event and here they are, starting at 7-frickin'-30 in the morning! [pardon my
Do *YOU* happen to know how many of these event tix they sold?
No, but they are still taking orders I think.
Lani: Really? Here is the reason I ask: Many of these merchandise items are limited in quantity.
Now... some people might scoff at a $35.00 t-shirt, but it sounds like it's nice quality, and packaged well, it's AFFORDABLE to me.
But limited to a run of 500... if they sell 1,000 tix to this event, that means half of the people are totally out of luck (assuming the other 500 are only allowed to purchase one each).
SO NOT ONLY DOES THE 7:30 REGISTRATION TIME ENCOURAGE CAMPING -- PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING TO FILL THEIR SHOPPING ORDERS!!!!
Al: That's how they work. They did have a lot of stuff left over from the Cindy thing, which is still in
Lani: Al -- do me a
Lani: Please refer to this as the Disneyland
Pirates Event Blue Light Special - just like KMart.
People are gonna be running all over the place like an
after-Christmas sale trying to hand in their shopping lists with the affordable merch checked off.
I don't spend $85 for a special event ($170 for the two of us), and pay extra for a night at the Disneyland Pacific Hotel, just so we can run around like we are shopping a K-Mart blue light
special. This is SOOOO totally undignified.
Lani: Are my cow horns showing?
Mooooo. Mooooo. [sounds of a cowboy herding us cows]
Okay Al, I am going to give you the URl to the
San Francisco Giants
day of game ticket page I think Disneyland would do well to have a policy like this one.
Basically, you show up four hours before the game (in this case, the event or whenever they want to start merch sales) and they give the first 500 people numbered wristbands.
Then two hours before the game, they draw a single number (from 1 to 500). Whoever is wearing the wristband with the number they draw, gets to stand in line first. The second person is the person who has the next number after the chosen number.
So say the chosen number is 130. Person with band #130 gets to buy tickets first and then the person with band #131 gets to go in line second.
So this way, while it does reward people for standing in line for the wristbands, the person who was FIRST in the waiting area, has as much chance as the 500th person.
Sounds fair to me.
Lani: And you know, it sure wouldn't cost Disney a lot for those wristbands. Nightclubs use them all the time. They could give out wristbands to everybody who shows up before shopping time, even.
Al: Disney has used them in the past for the AP parties.
Lani: Sean mentioned that. But this is nuts.
Plus the special event ride isn't even until late at night, so the day visitors will be really tired...
On a positive note, you could say that the park finally listened, and is making some affordable merchandise...
Except that they are a bit overpriced for what you get... and they are in such small runs... "Expect to find the following items on eBay following the event..."
You know.... the part in the rules sheet that sounds so horrible is really pretty short.
Here it is:
Merchandise Sale* [the * is on the bottom of the sheet, and it says: * Merchandise is very limited - availability is not guaranteed.
Rules & Itinerary - Main Street Opera House
The sale will be operated with the use of Primary and Secondary shopping lists for event Guests only.
These lists will be provided in event packets distributed at registration. Each Guest will receive one (1) of each list.
The lists will include merchandise descriptions, prices, edition sizes and most importantly -
quantity limits for each item. These shopping lists will be documented as Guests enter the shopping area in a manner to ensure a first come, first served practice when processing orders.
The Primary list will afford Guests the opportunity to select their first choice of merchandise within established quantity limits - while supplies last.
Secondary Lists will be used to request additional quantities of the same merchandise, again within limits, after Primary list requests have been fulfilled - while supplies last.
Should any merchandise remain after both the Primary and Secondary shopping list requests have been processed, event Guests will have the opportunity to purchase these items without quantity limits.
See what I mean?
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REPUBLIC - Evelyn A. Schank, 82, formerly of Republic, died early Tuesday morning at St. Francis Home in Tiffin.
She was born April 16, 1925 in Peru, daughter of the late Philip and Agnes (Havler) Pflieger. She was a member of Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in Attica and a member of the former Reed Assumption Altar Rosary Society.
She was married Nov. 28, 1946 to Leonard Schank Sr., and he preceded her in death in 2002.
Mrs. Schank is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Delbert and Christine Schank of Tiffin, Duane and Ann Schank of Tiffin, Leonard Jr. and Jean Schank of Attica and Donald and Angela Schank of Bellevue; daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Jerry Roth of Manheim, Pa., Darlene and Steve Hart of Richmond, Ind., Carolyn Ruge of Toledo, Marilyn and Edward Moore of Shelby, and Denise and Philip Gerber of Bellevue; 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; brothers, Eugene Pflieger of Norwalk, Francis Pflieger of Willard, Bernard Pflieger of New Washington and Mathais Pflieger of Denver; and sisters, Alberta Guynn of Sandusky, Virginia Mahl of New London and Rita Schild of Monroeville.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Pflieger.
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The first question
The river ultimately reaches the sea. The body goes and there remains only existence, the infinite. What then is this urge and the purpose of getting there now? Isn’t it pushing the river?
The problem is that man is not a river, man is very much frozen. There is no flow in man’s being. Man is like ice, not like water.
If man is a river, there is no need to push it, it will reach ultimately to the ocean – it has already reached. In that very flow it has become part of the ocean: to be flowing is to be oceanic. But man is not flowing, hence the urge. The ice wants to melt, hence the effort. Once the ice has melted, then there is no need to push anything, then everything happens of its own accord.
Man has become a rock. And the reason why man has become a nonflowing rock is the mind. The body is perfectly flowing, so is the soul, but between the two, the link – the mind – is frozen ice. Once the mind goes deeper into meditation it starts melting. That’s what meditation is all about: an effort to melt the mind.
You say, “The river ultimately reaches the sea.” That’s true, but first become a river. You say, “The body goes and there remains only existence, the infinite.” True. But between the body and the soul there is a mind clinging to you, or you clinging to it. The body goes, but you don’t become the infinite because you are not only surrounded by a body – that is your physical limitation; there is a psychological limitation inside it. Through the death of the body, mind will not die, it will take rebirth. It will move into another womb because it will carry so many desires which are to be fulfilled. It will again seek another womb, another body with which to fulfil those desires. That is the very foundation of the theory of reincarnation.
Mind desires, and if desires are there, then opportunities will arise in which those desires will be fulfilled. God cooperates with you. If you have desires like a dog, you will become a dog, you will have the body of a dog. Your mind creates the blueprint, and then the body follows. The body is a projection of the mind, not vice versa. Unless mind disappears completely, you will be born again and again. Once the mind is gone, then it is perfectly true: the body disappears and you are the infinite. In fact, if the mind is not there, you are the infinite – without the disappearance of the body, without the death of the body. There is no need to wait for that. | <urn:uuid:7f388290-1cff-425b-abf0-55c28b6623f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.osho.com/library/online-library-infinite-desires-body-c8298de2-3f6.aspx | 2013-05-23T11:50:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960884 | 569 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Christian based drug rehab
Alcoholism and drug addiction can have devastating effects on one's life; one personal relationships are destroyed, family and loved ones are hurt in the process, and the future can seem nothing but a bleak and uncertain picture. Worse, drug addiction can also make you lose sight of your spiritual faculty. Addiction does not just take a toll on the mental, physical, social and emotional aspects of your life, but most importantly, the spiritual.A Christian based drug rehab program specifically addresses this problem.
Losing the way
If someone close to you is suffering from alcoholism or drug dependence, it's important to acknowledge that your loved one has lost their way spiritually.Unfortunately, most that have lost their path are not able to get back on track by themselves.More often than not, they need guidance, counseling and support from other people.A Christian based drug rehab serves to provide these essentials to the drug-dependent individual.However, the biggest distinction of a Christian based drug rehab from other rehab programs is its strong spiritual and Christian foundation.
Help from the scriptures
Crafted by a small band of Christian alcoholics seeking recovery, the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are based on the writings on the Bible.For example, the first step states We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (or drugs), that our lives had become unmanageable.This offers the first in a sequence of steps that start with my need for a supernatural spiritual Power to do for me that which I cannot do for myself. The biblical principle calls for surrender to God rather than self-reliance.
Again, the old and new testaments are at the heart of the Christian based drug rehab program.
Drug addictions can come in many forms but ultimately, they all produce the same destructive results. Some of the common drug addictions are: dependence on cocaine, crystal meth, heroin and crack. At a Christian based drug rehab center these addictions are addressed using the compassion and love of Christ as depicted in the scriptures. The healing process begins by admitting that we are not in charge of our lives, and that surrender to a Higher Power, (Christ) is the only way for an addict to recover from their disease.
Begin your spiritual healing
Here at Pacific Hills, we offer a Christian based drug rehab approach that seeks to restore hope to the patient and his or her family. We put emphasis to the spiritual health of the patient as we help him begin his journey towards a stronger faith. Eventually, our patients develop a more spiritual and healthier lifestyle that holds no place for his past addictions. Even if you are in doubt, one phone call to our call center can help you see the light. | <urn:uuid:608e9336-607c-4201-840d-72e9c103b7a4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pachills.com/christian_alcohol_and_drug_treatment/christian_based_drug_rehab | 2013-05-23T11:35:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966286 | 543 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Friday, May 21, 2010
|STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 2,960. Empty wt. 2,200. Fuel capacity 70. Engine 400-c.i.d. 300- 600-hp liquid-cooled automotive V-8.
PERFORMANCE: Top mph 265. Cruise mph 235. Initial climb rate 2,380. Ceiling 23,600. Range 660. Takeoff distance (50') 1,370. Landing distance (50') 2,080.
The S-51D is the culmination of over 25 years in development. Jim Stewart’s dream was to develop the most accurate reduced-scale P-51D to hit the homebuilt circuit. Many times the project was put on hold due to many obstacles that producing an aircraft of this type can throw at you. Stewart, an aeronautical engineer by trade, made great strides to make the S-51 as close to the real thing in looks, structure, and performance as possible. Stewart chose aluminum for the entire airframe. Stewart also quickly realized that a kit was required to market the aircraft because very few homebuilders had the tools or the talent to form all of the compound-curved panels. All of the panels in the kit are hydro-formed to obtain the distortion-free curves that make this kit a successful endeavor. Kits are available in a variety of packages to save time and/or money for the builder. The basic kit requires about 3,500 hours of work, and a fast-build kit reduces the required time by about 1,200 hours. | <urn:uuid:37ec1565-332e-4ed4-be2c-db59b36ccc52> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/international-aircraft-directory/homebuiltkitbuilt-aircraft/stewart-s-51d.html | 2013-05-23T12:02:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941092 | 328 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Did you make energy efficiency improvements to your home in 2011-2013? Receive a federal tax credit for energy efficiency improvements in the building envelope of existing homes and for the purchase of high-efficiency heating, cooling and water-heating equipment.
Efficiency improvements or equipment must serve a dwelling in the United States that is owned and used by the taxpayer as a primary residence.The maximum tax credit for all improvements made in 2011, 2012, and 2013 is $500. The cap includes tax credits for any improvements made in any previous year. If a taxpayer claimed $500 or more of these tax credits in any previous year, any purchases made in 2011, 2012, or 2013 will be ineligible for a tax credit.
Learn more here: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=US43F | <urn:uuid:32b06d00-b87b-4a40-921d-7a5a7ebb08b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/429573 | 2013-05-23T11:29:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938262 | 177 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Step 3: Find your home
Buying a home is a long term investment, so you need to make sure the home you choose is comfortable and that you’ll be happy there for a long time. Things to consider when choosing an area to live include:
- Availability of public transport
- Closeness to facilities such as schools and shopping centres
- Distance from your family and friends
- Costs involved with commuting to work
- Are house prices in the area tipped to grow or drop in coming years?
- Is the area you like subject to floods or other natural disasters?
- Will the home be big enough if you decide to start a family in the near future?
Once you’ve found a home that suits your needs and is within your budget, you can progress to making an offer through a real estate agent. | <urn:uuid:1091d73d-07c5-49c6-a8c9-7d2116f6f3e4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.queenslanders.org.au/SomethingExtra/HomeBuyersGuide/Step3Findyourhome.aspx | 2013-05-23T11:54:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961167 | 173 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Valid through December 31, 2012
Starting at $478 USD per night
Experience for Business traveler.
- Overnight accommodations in Deluxe room
- Breakfast for two at the restaurant
- Complimentary Internet Access
Package is subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other offer. Package is available every day of the week. Advance reservations are required; rates do not apply to groups. Rates listed are per room, per night, single or double occupancy, and exclusive of taxes, gratuities and other charges unless otherwise noted. Hotel and resort credits cannot be used toward room rate, tax, resort fee or gratuities. Credit cannot be reimbursed or exchanged if not used. Credit must be used during stay. | <urn:uuid:7663273f-be07-4c08-9b4b-24dd9918f278> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Santiago/Reservations/Packages/Detail/be_connected.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublishedExperienceDefault | 2013-05-23T11:30:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913059 | 145 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Presidential Debate: Town Hall
|Event Start Date||Tuesday, October 16, 2012|
University Center Forum C
|Event Start Time||5:30 pm|
USD's Department of Political Science and International Relations is hosting debate viewing parties, which include discussions moderated by our faculty. Events are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.
There will be free pizza!
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Even my cheap Marshall Jackhammer gets a better distorted sound. Here's why:
First, it's insanely picky to adjust.
Without the boost on, it doesn't have any high mids. With a low amount of boost, it's muddy.
Too much boost and it will stab your ears. There's a crossover point with that knob where the highs sound reasonable.
But it took me way too long to get there. And after endless tweaking, it still sounds flat.
And the absolute worst:
Dial the gain low-ish and it loses all clarity. I absolutely HATE this.
It masks and mushes the original signal and you're not getting it back.
Fine if you play Swedish Death Metal or something, but I don't and I like my sounds a bit more organic.
So I'm selling it and I need a replacement. What do you guys think about the Wampler SLOstortion?
It will be either that or the Triple Wreck. Thankfully I can try before buying. | <urn:uuid:19b41976-8944-44ec-b034-585a6eab5df3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/showthread.php?242650-My-Metal-Muff-Top-Boost-is-going-What-to-get-instead&p=3221963 | 2013-05-23T11:50:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944504 | 212 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Net books enable freshmen potential
October 18, 2011 • Alex Harper, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Kofa High School’s freshmen class, the Class of 2015, will experience high school a little differently than previous classes have. The school has implemented a new, online educational program, known as the Cambridge system, that all freshmen students are required to use. To ensure that every student will utilize the program, each freshman received their own, personal net books.
The Cambridge system is an international system that not only freshmen in District One are, now, using, but students around the world are executing, as well. It has a proven curriculum written by the teachers themselves.
The purpose of this program is to track each student’s rate of success. It is essential to know how each individual values their time towards education because education is simply the future. With the Cambridge system, students will have the opportunity to compete globally. Therefore, it will increase their learning standards by a significant amount because they’re not only competing with the students who attend their school, but now have the opportunity to work at the same level as students from different countries.
Kofa High School Principal, Ms. Thompson stated that “One of our biggest social problems is that a lot people take the privilege of being an American citizen for granted, but I am very excited for the majority that will use the net books and this system to empower their learning”. Not every student has this opportunity to use technology as a substitute for textbooks, so for those students, the net books and this program will offer them, not only an incredible high school experience, but a better future. It’s too late for the seniors to receive any net books because they only have this year left, but every new system must start somewhere and the freshmen class is the best year to start. So, it isn’t about it being fair or not, it’s about using resources that will benefit society in ten or twenty years from now. | <urn:uuid:3f9ffb37-f511-4780-a32c-19468955c5c1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shieldandcrown.com/opinion/2011/10/18/net-books-enable-freshmen-potential/ | 2013-05-23T11:29:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965656 | 413 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |