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Quantum Cascade Lasers Market - Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Growth and Forecast 2017 - 2025
Global Quantum Cascade Lasers Market: Overview
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) have been around since mid-90s, used as semiconductor lasers as they are particularly good at emitting laser light from far-IR to mid-IR spectrum. Quantum cascade lasers find applications in sensing, research and development activities, biomedical, and security. This report on the global quantum cascade lasers market offers quantitative and qualitative analysis of all the factors that may impact the demand during the forecast period of 2017 to 2025. The report has been compiled to serve as a reliable business document for targeted audiences such as QCL module designers and manufacturers, research organizations and consulting companies, start-up companies, raw material suppliers, and government and other regulatory bodies.
Based on packaging type, the global quantum cascade lasers market can be segmented into c-mount, TO3 package, and HHL and VHL package. On the basis of operation mode, the market can be categorized into continuous wave and pulsed. Fabry-Perot, tunable external cavities, and distributed feedback (DFB) are some of the fabrication technology of quantum cascade lasers, which are used by several end-use industries such as telecommunications, industrial, medical, and military and defense. Geographically, the report takes stock of the potential of quantum cascade lasers market in all the important regions such as Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World.
Global Quantum Cascade Lasers Market: Key Trends
Growing usage in gas sensing and chemical detection and growing demand from the medical industry for non-invasive diagnostic tools are two of the most prominent factors favoring the global quantum cascade lasers market. On the other hand, high cost of quantum cascade lasers, the lack of commercialization, and requirement of skilled labor who can develop QCL products are some of the factors hindering the growth rate of the market.
Among all the end-users of quantum cascade lasers, the industrial segment is currently most lucrative, wherein manufacturing companies use it to detect hazardous gases such as CO, CO2, and NH3, a trend that is most prominent in emerging economies such as India and China. Fabry-Perot QCL is the most preferred technology, gaining from the military and defense sector.
Global Quantum Cascade Lasers Market: Market Potential
Growing usage of QCL in free-space communication, its immense potential in military applications, and the presence of several gas sensing technique with QCL are some of the trends that are expected to open new opportunities for the vendors operating in the global quantum cascade laser market. Across the world, both developed as well as emerging economies are incrementing the defense budget, which is expected to add to the revenue coming from the military end-use segment in this market.
Global Quantum Cascade Lasers Market: Regional Outlook
In the present scenario of quantum cascade market, North America serves the maximum demand, followed by Europe and Asia Pacific, which has been projected for the most prominent growth rate during the forecast period. This incrementing demand from Asia Pacific is a reflection of rapidly increasing industrial sector as well as increased budged for military and defense. In North America and Europe, the QCL market gains from gas sensing applications.
Global Quantum Cascade Lasers Market: Competitive Landscape
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Block Engineering, Inc., Thorlabs, Inc., mirSense, Wavelength Electronics, Inc., Alpes lasers SA, AdTech Optics, AKELA Laser Corporation, Pranalytica Inc., Technologies GmbH, and nanoplus Nanosystems are some of the leading companies currently operating in the global quantum cascade laser market. Product innovation is the primary strategy of these leading vendors to maintain their stronghold over the market, followed by the expansion of geographical reach to increment consumer base.
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There is not a "fake news" crisis. There is an idiot crisis.
Ever since Hillary Clinton was soundly trounced by Donald Trump in the latest presidential election, the cultural gate keepers on the two coasts have been navel gazing for an explanation as to how an individual who, in their minds, is the equivalent of a Jersey Shore Bro with money, could become the most powerful man in the world. They have offered a number of reasons, the most popular being that it was a "whitelash" of sexist, homophobic, racist Redneck Gomer Pyles from Hicksville, USA, who hate Obama.
Recently, the newest, popular excuse they have embraced is the influence of fake news. The idea is that thousands of fake news stories about Hillary having Parkinson's, or her space mumu outfits were made by ISIS terrorists, or Huma runs a sex cult out of her apartment, etc, became so prolific on Facebook and Twitter, that the Hicksville rubes, who may have internet in those hard to reach places, were too unsophisticated to know what is real news and fake news, and the fake news manipulated their small brains to vote for Trump.
So now, there is what is called a "Fake News Crisis." The realization of this "crisis" has caused the metropolitan progressive left to fall headlong upon their fainting couches. The "real news" media began issuing nightly reports warning users on social media of the danger of this infectious mind disease and it's ability to confuse and give the reader bad, non-progressive left thoughts. Even the president lamentably opined that the Democrat loss was due in part to Fox News being on in every bar and restaurant across America.
Democrat operative and government censor, Mark Zuckerberg, formed a task force for Facebook to figure out what would be the most effective way to keep grandma Eloise in Possum Grape, Arkansas, from posting endless fake news links from Screaming Eagle Patriot dot com and Todd Starnes. Brian Stelter, host for CNN's Sunday's Reliable Sources program, invited veteran CBS News anchor, Dan "forged documents" Rather, to lecture about the importance of reliable press and honest journalism. (You can't make this stuff up!)
Archived photo of Dan Rather reporting "real news"
The National People's Radio posted an alarming study from Stanford University that finds American college students have a frightening inability to distinguish between real news and fake news. While the pearl clutchers at NPR believe reporting on this story will trouble the nation's collective soul thus stirring them to action and taking steps to remedy such a tragedy, their report ultimately accomplishes two objectives.
On the one hand, the blame for Trump's undeserved victory is shifted away from the inconvenient truth that a lot of the reason people voted for him was due in part to the leftist policies the government has been cramming down the throats of normal Americans, and places it upon an imaginary threat. And on the other, it provides an excuse to censor opposing political voices, especially the conservative ones, under the guise of protecting the unwashed from "fake news."
If I may be blunt: there is no such thing as a "fake news" crisis. It is completely made up. In fact, one could say the "fake news" crisis is a perfect example of "fake news." What is being labelled "fake news" these days is really just grocery story tabloid journalism that has moved from the checkout stand at the local Kroger to the international platform of social media. The key difference being that the tabloid news, instead of being separated on its own news rack, is mixed with what one might call real news, and it takes a bit more scrutinizing discernment on the part of the internet consumer to identify it.
Honestly, the primary motivation behind the "fake news" crisis is to squash conservative thought and opinion. If a blog article is published effectively critical of some leftist policy, that article can be rightly censored because, well, it's considered "fake news." Already, a feminist professor published a list of "fake news" sites, that was picked up by the LA Times. On that list was obvious parody sites like The Onion, Click Hole, and Landover Baptist and conspiracy style sites like Coast to Coast and Info Wars. But also listed was reputable conservative sources like The Daily Wire, RedState, Project Veritas, and The Blaze. Conspicuously absent was foaming leftist loon sites like BuzzFeed, Vox, and Salon.
Back to that NPR Stanford report.
The report spends a considerable amount of space lamenting about how easily duped the students were with believing "fake news." The researchers were "shocked" "Flabbergasted" and a number of other stunning adjectives. How could our American education system have failed a generation of students?, they wonder. Well, I can help you out there.
You see, those students are a product of the postmodern, liberal educational gobbledygook in which students are indoctrinated with propaganda and group think and the philosophy of "truth is whatever is true for you." They are taught to feel and emote, not to analyze, use logic, and critically think. If you are going to coddle young adults and treat them like children, they will behave in society as big, grown children. That means they are going to believe anything you tell them.
Couple that with the instantaneous and ubiquitous social media platforms that are ready made for them to "share" and "like" any article, picture, or "news" items that confirms their biases and their social narrative, well of course they are gonna have a hard time distinguishing between real stories and fake ones. That goes for everyone, whether it is aunt Liz sharing the latest Hillary melt down as reported on the Minute Man Warrior or your Bernie loving atheist cousin, Tom, sharing the latest Trump-Putin connection via the Blue State Free Thinkers. They share "fake news" because they believe the "fake news" because it is confirmation bias for their souls.
Until people genuinely care about truth, "fake news" will abound. Censoring it and attempting to silence your critics will only fail.

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Pillay urges action to halt violations and lawlessness in Central African Republic
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed alarm at continuing reports of widespread human rights violations in the Central African Republic and called for the urgent restoration of the rule of law in the country.
"The situation on the ground is extremely worrying. Over the weekend, more than 20 people are reported to have been killed in Bangui alone, including four people attending a Sunday service in a church that was struck by a shell," Pillay said.
"Although adverse security conditions are continuing to make it difficult to investigate reports, we know that since the SELEKA coalition forces launched their offensive last December there has been a wide range of alleged grave violations including targeted killings, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, recruitment of children, rapes, disappearances and kidnappings in Bangui and as well as in other parts of the country," the High Commissioner said, noting that the local Red Cross have reported at least 119 people killed since the fall of the former government on 24 March.
"We have also received reports of 19 cases of sexual violence against women and girls in the town of Berberati as well as three in Bangui," she said. "This figure is most likely a serious underestimate of the actual number of victims of sexual violence. Given the state of widespread insecurity, the absence of a reliable and functioning police force and justice system and the fear of harassment and stigma, many victims are believed to be unable or too afraid to report such abuses."
"Various different groups have also been accused of extortion and of looting of private and public property, including hospitals and health care facilities," Pillay said. "We are also receiving numerous reports of incidents of vandalism, armed robbery and car-jacking."
"The extensive looting of humanitarian aid agency offices and warehouses, and the disruption of vital humanitarian aid are totally unacceptable and are having a devastating impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians," the High Commissioner said. "To cite just one of the lethal consequences, as many as three-quarters of women giving birth are believed to be currently not receiving any assistance in a country that already has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, inevitably resulting in avoidable deaths of both mothers and babies."
Noting that some 37,000 people have already fled the country to escape the violence, with tens of thousands more displaced internally, the High Commissioner said that "the current state of lawlessness, verging on anarchy, must not be allowed to continue. The rule of law must be restored and perpetrators of abuses held accountable. Those carrying out serious crimes, and especially their leaders, should bear in mind that they may be held individually criminally responsible."
"I call all on parties involved in the crisis to ensure the effective implementation of the Libreville Peace Agreements and to make a serious joint effort to put an end to the prevailing insecurity and violence plaguing the country."
"I also urge the newly established National Transitional Council to move quickly to restore the authority of the State and to take all necessary measures to ensure that civilians are protected and can exercise their rights without fear for their physical safety, property and livelihoods," Pillay said.


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"War on Whites" or is there a "War on Diversity?" From its foundation America has invited diverse cultural groups from all over the world to become citizens. Every American ancestor was originally an immigrant from another country and the only natives in the United States are mostly Indians.
Because America is made up of immigrants, the population was diversified from the beginning, even among European immigrants. Original immigrants are the ancestors of the American population. The cultural landscape is expanding even more in the 21st century and non-European groups are growing stronger and more vocal. So what!!
The need for American leaders to face the reality of diversity is important in order to lead the 21st century millennium, American citizens. If American leaders do not examine their biases, prejudices, and discriminating behaviors – resulting from their worldviews – they will not be relevant or competent to lead this great country.
Multicultural competency is now a necessary requirement, in all arenas and professions, which means leaders will have to self-evaluate their own – just like everyone else – outdated assumptions and biases that are crippling the growth and future of America. Diversity is a challenge for leadership, especially for those who can't see past their own racial or agenda-laden in-groups (share common goals).
Many regular Americans are willing to meet and address the multicultural challenge favorably because they realized the potential of diversity is far greater than the sum of individual in-group components.
It's not a "war on whites" it's a "war on diversity."
By saying it's a "war on whites" is a sign that multicultural competence is seriously lacking among peddlers of this color-coded, in-group doctrine. The opportunity for enhancing multiculturalism and improving intercultural relationships, among Americans, is muted while a platform of division is vocalized across the American airwaves instead.
Continued multicultural incompetent, thoughts and actions, among leaders (political and religious) will only hinder American growth for certain groups of citizens, as well as limit aspects of the country to a negative, downward social spiral.
Spouting accusations such as a "war on whites" comes from a place of fear, rigidity, hate, a conquer and divide agenda, inflexibility, a selfish desire to keep control of one segment of Americans, old fashion reconstructionism, stubbornness, pride, and a refusal to grow beyond a greedy, in-group, privilege-for-the-few stance.
Without political and religious leaders taking an honest assessment of how their own worldviews, assumptions, and biases are affecting America, this country will never be able to meet the challenge of diversity and improve intercultural relationships among its citizens – without NEW leaders.
Unless and until Americans get rid of leaders, who are multiculturally incompetent and are no longer relevant to the future of the country, they will continue to focus on things that divide citizens instead of bringing them together. Is this the intention of our political and religious leaders?
The Christian Nation within America can have a big impact on meeting the challenge of multiculturalism and minimize the division among people. By growing multicultural churches that teach the love of God among diverse congregants, intercultural relationship can be visualized. This can also be instrumental for seeing the supernatural effects of the unity of God's Spirit.
Some churches are doing that, but not enough. Sunday morning is still quite racially segregated within most Christian churches.
If followers of Christ would become aware of the racial division within their own churches and how they may be contributing to negative dynamics regarding intercultural relationships they can begin to turn America around for the glory of God.
Followers of Christ have the power of God to change the American environment around a dysfunctional multiculturalism and can impact how society should function in intercultural relationships by the way they love each other.
Multicultural churches are a true reflection of how scripture says "You will know my disciples by the way they love one another."
No true follower of Christ will be involved with divisive statements about a "war on whites" when they personally know that God died for the multicultural world and Christian brothers and sisters are diverse. Christians are one body and one nation of believers under God that love one another.
America is not made up of whites only, it is widely multicultural and leaders who verbalize this kind of rhetoric ("war on whites") have no clue about the America they are trying to lead. Because of their blindness, or refusal to acknowledge, or ignorance of a multicultural America, if there is a war, it is "their" "war on diversity"
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The numbers: "25% of cell sites were down during Sandy compared to 5% down during Harvey," CTIA chief Meredith Attwell Baker said in an interview. "That's a significant resiliency improvement."
One company's response: T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert said that the company knows just how important cell phones are to its customers during a disaster and does everything it can — from hardening its network gear, to offering free service in the wake of disasters or delivering free phones to those whose phones are lost or damaged.
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Dwarves, Albion (3.5e Race)
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Dwarves are a serious minded race of smiths and craftsmen. They are perhaps the greatest smiths in the land, and the weapons and armor they create are unrivaled. They are a honorable and noble people, with a long and proud history.
Dwarves are honest, hard-working, and reliable, although they are also suspicious and slightly xenophobic. They are also a brave and noble people, never hesitating to throw themselves into the midst of combat.
Physical Description[edit]
Dwarves are short and stout, standing at around four feet in height yet weighing the same or more then the average human. They have disproportionately large hands, feet, torso, and head, and have red, blond, or black hair. Their eyes are usually brown. All male dwarves wear beards.
Dwarves get along well with humans, gnomes, and golems, but less well with elves, sirens, chasers, changelings, nagas, and cambions. They are basically indifferent to everyone else.
Most dwarves are of a lawful alignment, because of their well organized society.
The dwarven lands are beneath the surface of Albion, deep in the caverns that also house the gnomes. They sometimes live on the surface, if so usually dwelling in Albion Proper.
Dwarves worship Vacun, the god of Smiths and Craftsmen, and Macha, goddess of War and Retribution. While Macha is also worshiped by some other races, notably gnomes and trolls, Vacun is exclusively a dwarf god.
Dwarves speak Dwergar and Albionian, as well as sometimes learning the languages of their allies and enemies.
Racial Traits[edit]
- +2 constitution, -2 charisma, -2 dexterity. Dwarves are tough, but very gruff and torpid.
- Humanoid (Dwarf).
- Medium.
- Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).
- Darkvision 60 ft.
- Automatic weapon proficiency with the greataxe and warhammer.
- +4 racial bonus on all saving throws against poison and petrification.
- +2 racial bonus on will saving throws against fear effects, enchantments, and illusions.
- +2 racial bonus on craft checks related to stone and metal
- SR 10 + hd devided by 2.
- Automatic Languages: Dwergar, Albionian. Bonus Languages: Jacinthian, Naga, Aergaelan, Utish, Gnomish.
- Favored Class: fighter.
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Do Not Sin Against Your Children!
Richard Hollerman
It is a terrible thing to sin against another person. Scripture says that when we sin against a brother, we actually sin against Christ Himself (1 Corinthians 8:12). When we sin against another person, we sin against God. We also sin when we wrong a child. This society gravely and grossly sins against children!
The Lord Jesus said, "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 18:10). It may be true that Jesus' reference to these "little ones" was a reference to young believers (cf. vv. 1-6, 14), but it is also true that God holds us accountable when we actually offend or hurt a child or young person. A child is precious to God (cf. 18:2-4) and we must never do anything that would harm him or her in any way.
God Planned for Children
God's respect for children may be noticed throughout the Bible. At the time of creation, Moses tells us that God "blessed" Adam and Eve and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28). Even after sin entered the world, God said that the woman would be characterized by childbirth (3:16). Years later, after the flood of Noah's day, the Lord said, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" (9:1). This speaks to God's plan for married couples to normally have children and multiply. God's plan is for children!
But we all know that it is easy to bear children; it is something more to be a loving, responsible, and accountable "father" or "Dad" and "mother" or "Mama." God elevated motherhood when He chose to have His Son, Jesus Christ, to be born of a woman. As Paul puts it, "God sent forth His Son, born of a woman" (Galatians 4:4). Gabriel the angel appeared to the chaste Mary in Nazareth and made this announcement: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus" (Luke 1:30-31).
God Gave Instructions to Fathers at Ephesians 6:4: "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Paul also wrote, "Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart" (Colossians 3:21).
The apostle further said that Timothy received the faith that was passed on by his mother Eunice and grandmother Lois (2 Timothy 1:5). They must have taught young Timothy much about the Lord for Paul could write, "From childhood you have known the sacred writings which are also to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (3:15).
Although there are notable exceptions, we discover that normally God wants young men and women to marry and bear children. For example, young women are to "love their husbands" and "love their children" (Titus 2:4-5). Even widows are counseled to marry, when feasible: "I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach" (1 Timothy 5:14). Again, there are many exceptions, for some desire marriage but God doesn't seem to provide for this blessing. And we know that in some cases, God can use people in their celibate single state (1 Corinthians 7). But generally, God does desire for people to be married and have children.
The Book of Proverbs Informs Us
The book of Proverbs has many instructions about children obeying their parents and parents teaching and training their children. Solomon writes, "Hear, my son, your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching" (1:8). Again, "Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father" (4:1). The wise man also instructs us: "My son, observe the commandment of your father and do not forsake the teaching of your mother" (6:20).
Since it is so important for a child to obey his or her parents, we see the huge responsibility that rests on the shoulders of a father and mother. They grievously sin against both their children and God when they shirk their responsibilities. A mother is to be "gentle" toward her children and must "tenderly care for her own children" (cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:7). A father is to exhort, encourage, and implore his children (2:11). The task of a father and mother is not part time—but requires full time attention. God will hold parents accountable in the nurturing of their sons and daughters.
Teaching Children the Ways of God
Moses tells us that love for God must fill the heart of parents, and God's commands were to be on the heart of parents (Deuteronomy 6:5-6). These commands were to be the focus of attention in the teaching process: "You shall teach them [the commands] diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up" (v. 7; cf. 11:18-22). If this was so under Moses, surely in the body of Christ, parents (who have much more to impart in the New Covenant) must diligently teach and train their children in the ways of the Lord.
Today, the world encourages children to sit before the television and view the world's corruption hours each day. Or children are allowed to listen to the world's music (noise?) that corrupts their impressionable hearts. Or children may spend hour upon hour with the internet or computer games, all of which further influences children according to the world's philosophies. Or children's peers may exert huge influences on their heart. Scripture says that "foolishness is bound up on the heart of a child" and this foolishness is emphasized and promoted through these worldly influences. The public school system is a massive influence for harm in the life of a child, but parents who don't want to take the time and trouble to educate their children at home continue to send their children to be influenced by the pagan world system.
A Father and a Mother are Assumed
We are living in strange times when only a minority of American families consist of a father, a mother, and children. Variations abound. Perhaps the father deserts the family, leaving the children in the sole care of the mother. Or the reverse sometimes happens. It may be that the parents divorce and one or both of them may remarry. This results in the painful and dangerous situation of the "blended" family. Occasionally, children are sent to live with a grandmother which may be a difficult arrangement. Children are raised by a single parent, a step-parent, two parents (one of whom is absent), or aunts and uncles.
We know that God can even work in these unnatural family relationships. Moses, for example, was raised by Pharaoh's daughter instead of his father and mother (Hebrews 11:24). There was Josiah, the grandson of the wicked king Manasseh and the son of the wicked king Amon (2 Kings 21). This young son and grandson was only eight years old when he became king and "he did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left" (22:2). We also recall that Timothy was the son of a pagan father, but apparently the influence of his mother and grandmother made an impression that led to his godly upbringing (Acts 16:2; 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:15). Thus, although some situations are not ideal, God in His grace may work through them for the benefit of the children and for God's glory.
The Bizarre Arrangement of Two Fathers or Two Mothers
We know that when there has been a divorce and remarriage, and then a blended family, it may be that there are two "fathers" or two "mothers" (with two "parents" locally training the child). These are unfortunate and not at all ideal. But this would not be the only situation that should bring us concern.
Today, in America, increasing numbers of homosexuals (lesbians and sodomites) enter into sexual unions. They often insist that these immoral unions be considered a "marriage"! You know and I know that this cannot be a marriage, for a true marriage consists of a man and a woman joined for life. Jesus explained, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh" (Matthew 19:5). He continued, "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate" (v. 6). The Lord made it clear that a God-approved marriage consists of an eligible man and a woman who become one.
Children deserve to have both a father and a mother. This is God's general will, although we know that in this fallen world, a death may sometimes occur, resulting in a one-parent family. But generally speaking, God knows that children need the input, the teaching, the training, and the example of both a father and a mother.
In this perverted age in which we live, many millions are promoting a different family arrangement. Twenty years ago it would have been inconceivable and maybe even ten years ago, it could hardly be imagined. But today, many liberal and immoral people are insisting that sodomite couples (two men or two women united in what they call a "marriage") should be given the privilege of adopting children! They reason, "After all, we are a family ourselves, though we may not be a 'traditional' family." They insist that society recognize their "marriage" status and recognize their fitness to be parents of children. Amazingly, in a growing number of cases—in the thousands—authorities have placed children with two men or two women. Additionally, in some cases, one of the sodomite parents continue to raise his or her own natural children—with the result that sodomite "marriage" partners have children.
This week, as I waited for my car to be worked on at the garage, I picked up a current copy of U.S.A Today (April 22, 2015). This is what I read:
Gay couples, no less than straight couples, are capable of raising children and providing stable family for them. The quality of such relationships, and the capacity to raise children within them, turns not on sexual orientation but on individual choices and individual commitment, according to Judge Jeffrey Sutton (on November 5, 2014).
This preposterous position is no more realistic and accurate as it would be to say that an unmarried couple may be as good of parents for children as married parents. Or perhaps some say that an adulterous couples may provide as good a family life as a marriage of two eligible parents. People of the world have an way of making "rational" decisions that are irrational, immoral, and worldly.
- Paul Sullins, a Catholic University sociology professor, opposes the idea that sodomite couples should be given the right to adopt children. He asks, "If children don't do as well when they are raised by same-sex parents, why would we want to establish or encourage that as a social norm?" He contends that "children brought up by two parents of the same sex have a higher rate of emotional problems than their peers raised by heterosexual parents" ("Gay Parents Draw Criticism," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 22, 2015). He says, "The idea that there are no differences is emphatically mistaken. I don't know how else to say that."
While we aren't Catholic, we believe that Sullins is accurate. How can it be for the good of children to be raised by two men who are committing unspeakable and perverse sexual acts right in their own home where children are being raised? How can two sodomite women continue to engage in perverse sexual acts and this kind of immorality not affect the moral well-being of adopted children? This evil influence is self-evident to the objective and moral observer.
Obviously, the problem is not just adoption by sexually immoral parents, for there are millions of adulterous parents who are raising birth children or adopted children. This can't be good for those children, for children do need the best of examples in their parents. But surely it would not be as bad as having parents who are perverted in their sexual appetites. Without doubt there will be some wrongful influence exerted on those children.
Parents, Take Your Responsibilities Seriously
As we have noticed in this article, God has planned for parents—a father and a mother—to have children of their own. This idea is often not feasible for one may be barren, or the parents may be aged, or there may be a series of miscarriages. But if God does bless the couple with children—whether one child or twenty children—those parents have a weighty responsibility to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4).
If you are married with children, determine now that you will redouble your commitment to give the necessary time and efforts to raise godly children. Do all you can to teach and train those children in the ways of God and the teaching of His Word. This is the only way of family blessing. One day you will give an account to the Lord Himself for the way you have carried out this weighty responsibility.


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We Brits (How I hate that term!) pride ourselves on our tolerance and the free speech that is permitted in our country. But tolerance has its limits, and free speech brings with it responsibilities, something that Anjem Choudary chose to ignore. For 20 years he has preached hatred of western ideals - while living in the country he claimed to hate and claiming state benefits as he had no other source of income! the problem was that, because of our tolerance of free speech, he never quite went far enough to be prosecuted - until recently. Now he has started a five-and-a-half year prison sentence for pledging allegiance to ISIL. No doubt be will be freed in just over two years and will once again start claiming benefits, while his family live on them during his imprisonment.
We must be mad!
But enough. Let's switch to something far more interesting.
I know that today is not International Speak Like a Pirate Day, but it should be I say that on the grounds that today should be renamed in honour of Henry Every.
What do you mean, you've never heard of Henry Every? Well, I have to grant you that he's not the most famous (infamous?) pirate who ever lived but it was on 7th September 1695 (although some say it was 4th) that Henry, also known as Long Ben, and his crew captured the Grand Moghul of India's treasure ship "Ganj-i-Sawai" with its cargo of jewels, estimated to be worth £50 million at today;s prices. the GM was so annoyed that he threatened to break off trade with England unless he got his treasure back so the English government and the East India Company put up a massive reward, thereby launching the first ever worldwide manhunt.
Nobody knows what happened to Henry after that. Some say he sailed off to the Caribbean where several of his crew were eventually captured, six of them being hanged in London; others say he set himself up as the King of Madagascar, and there is also the tale that he returned penniless to England under a different name.
but whatever happened to Our 'Enery, his treasure has never been found. Perhaps it lies still buried on a tropical island?


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The offer includes reports evaluating all aspects of the facility's condition as well as a proposal that covers preventive and reactive maintenance items.
"After over 20 years of concentrating work to trucking companies and facilities we found over the last five to ten years not too many (architecture) firms that offer a facility maintenance program— whether it's repairing roofs or rehabilitating asphalt," Michael Goff, engineer project manager told Fleet Owner.
He added that the company is specifically seeking clients with trucking terminals, particularly because the trucking industry relies on well-maintained facilities to operate efficiently.
"If a truck falls into a 4-ft. pothole every time it enters the facility it damages the goods and vehicle," Bill Evans, marketing operations—GBC Design, told Fleet Owner. "We're offering a good professional preventative maintenance program that maximizes the ROI of facility while minimizing out-of-pocket cost."
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Collegiate Chorale
The Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale is a highly select mixed choir consisting of 30-40 voices. Members study and perform a wide range of advanced repertoire in a variety of languages. The repertoire spans from the Renaissance period to 20th century compositions. The Collegiate Chorale consists principally of juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Our mission is to engage audiences with authentic and conscientious performances of sophisticated and challenging music. We seek to connect with listeners and each other intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.
Over the years, the Chorale has produced a variety of CDs. The most recent, Our Carol to Sing, was recorded in 2014 and features a verity of holiday carols and pieces. The Collegiate Chorale has also made numerous OMEA convention appearances and has toured the United States, Canada and Europe. Recent domestic tours included visits to New York, Florida, Boston, and New Orleans.
In May of 2001, the ensemble embarked upon a two-week European tour with performances in Munich, Salzburg, Vienna and Prague. In December of 2002, the Collegiate Chorale returned to Europe where performances were held in Italy and France. Also during this trip, members sang High Mass at the Cathedral of the Principality of Monaco on the first Sunday after Christmas.
This year, the Collegiate Chorale will tour to Myrtle Beach during the first week of May. For more information about this tour, click the link below.
Collegiate Chorale rehearses every Monday & Wednesday from 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm and Tuesday & Thursday from 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm in 102 Wolfe Center for the Arts. For audition information, click the box above.


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Avocado, blackcurrant seed and coconut oils are combined with nourishing shea nut butter to restore work worn hands.
- Intensely nourishing
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- Ideal for dry, cracked skin
How to Use:
Apply to dry, rough or cracked skin of the hands (knees or feet!) as required to soothe and soften. A rich nourishing cream to moisturise and encourage repair.
Recommended for all skin types.
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This class is at the second level on MFC class inheritence hierarchy, derived direcly from CObject class. This class provides the Command routing or message routing through the different MFC framework classes.
Command routing or Message routing.
Windows event based model -- Let say an MFC application is running and user clicks on a menu item. Follwing sequence of steps are executed.
1. Any event (message) occured on any application running on window machine, is first received by windows operating system. Windows operating system retrives the thread running that application. OS send that message to message queue of the application for which it is created.
2. From own message queue application retrives the message and sends to the window of which handle is specifed..
This message is passed to the different classess for processing as follows.
In SDI Application
First sent to the Frame window class ( Derived from CFrameWnd). Frame window passes it to View class( Derived from CView or any view classes derived from CView). View class tries to handle it ( if handler is defined ), if not, passes to Document class ( Derived from CDocument). If document class is not able to handle it , passes it to fram class again. Frame class tries to handle it itself, if cant handle passes it to Application class( Derived from CWinApp). it application class is not able to handle it, it will be handled by Windows Default procedure.
in MDI Application
Similar to the SDI except it has saveral child frame windows, Views, documents. thus, before processed by main frame window all the DocTemplates tries to process it by roming through view, docs, child frames.


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Fake Bake
New Ingredient Vitamin D
First Fake Bake introduced skincare benefits like anti-ageing, anti cellulite and anti-oxidants into it's advanced self-tan formulas. Now, Vitamin D – The 'sunshine' vitamin has been harnessed and bottled by Fake Bake to improve health and wellness.
The Benefits
Vitamin D's major contribution to improved wellness is it's ability to increase the flow of Calcium into the bloodstream:
- Stronger immune system.
- Stronger bones.
- Reduces the risk of developing heart disease (prevents build up of calcium deposits in arteries).
- Regulates insulin levels, thus reducing the risk of developing diabetes.
- Lowers the risk of developing prostate, breast, and bowel cancer, along with 'essential' hypertension, osteoporosis, and tuberculosis.
- Vitamin D has also been linked to reducing depression during winter months (combats SAD syndrome).
The Detail
The experts at Fake Bake have managed to incorporate Vitamin D into their tanning range, mimicking the body's natural ability to create the vitamin through the skin. Vitamin D is naturally produced by your body when ultraviolet rays from sunlight strike your skin. However, research has shown that in our busy lifestyles and the weather conditions in the northern hemisphere (especially during winter months) more people are suffering from vitamin D deficiency.
"Vitamin D deficiency can result in impaired bone mineralization and leading to bone softening diseases, rickets and osteomalacia, and possibly contributes to osteoporosis.
Vitamin D deficiency has also been linked to breast cancer" - American Society of Clinical Oncology's Breast Cancer Symposium
Perhaps Vitamin D's most important role is to increase the flow of calcium into the bloodstream, by promoting absorption of calcium and phosphorus from food in the intestines, and reabsorption of calcium in the kidneys; enabling normal mineralization of bone and preventing hypocalcemic tetany. It is also necessary for bone growth and bone remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
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The Haircare industry is a very giving & caring community..! Everyday, there are barbershops and salons donating their time, money and services for a good cause. So, BARBInc is here to gather these feel-good stories and deliver them straight to you.
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Learn how to develop successful and fundable grants in this course, offered online. The focus will be placed on the skills needed to prepare professional, competitive, compelling and successful grant proposals. The course also includes a lesson on the "potential pitfalls" of grant writing.
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Square Barrel is founded by husband-wife duo, Pratik and Shikha Barasia. Together, they provide the creativity, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit of Square Barrel under the inspiration and guidance of their mentor, Dr. Anurag Kanojia of The Great Eastern Home. Be it a bold colour combination or an unconventional shape or a stylized art form, each of their products is a conversation piece. Drawing inspiration from tribal to pop to modern art or even everyday items, each piece calls out to you to stop in front of it, explore it, enjoy it and use it.
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Words fail me.
From time to time I come across a profound statement online that deserves special recognition.
Excellent use of Unicode in response to whingeing about an iOS UI deficiency from a site that itself is whinge-worthy:
I'm a developer with an eye for designSurvey says: 🅇 🅇 🅇
From a discussion about a blog post that tries to connect the programming artistry with music-making artistry, biasing the latter:
What Alice is conveniently ignoring is that Bob could end up losing his job because he has to perform her solo cello composition after she gets bored with cello and decides to take up the maracas.
Or that Dana wants to get back to their family at the end of the workday instead of having to spend time retraining on a new notation for cello solos that uses colors instead of staves to denote key because it's more elegant and efficient in paper space.
It was the right decision to put this under the heading Off Topic PostThought.
Learning JavaScript is when what Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Sartre and Camus were all trying to communicate really hit home for me. Meanwhile a recent foray into Rust is reminding me of the first time I read books like Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Borge's Labyrinths and Steinbeck's East of Eden.
Reviews on Glassdoor sometimes reveal the worst about a company. Thank you anonymous sales intern for exposing this workplace horror.
The "chocolate milk" button on the coffee machine dispenses hot chocolate, which is identical to an already separate option. Beware…
Further evidence that when a sentence starts with I can't even fathom… the best is yet to come:
I can't even fathom a dystopic view at this point. All of my senses indicate that both the near and far term future are going to be amazing, and just get better all the time. I'm not a big fan of the current Javascript meta, but metas come and go. The current job market does depress me a bit, labor liquidity seems to be veering sharply downwards at the moment.
The only thing that worries me right now is World War 3. And losing the whales. That's really sad.
A discussion about the misery of finding a programming job yielded two standout comments.
The first is interesting for the floral dimension it adds to what would otherwise be a generic pat-yourself-on-the-back:
I am like the flower of lotus - waiting. When there is anything interesting I can jump ships using [my recruiter] network to help with the interview. After my first job, I never had the need to search personally.
The second adds conspiracy theory, which of course makes everything better:
That probably shows HR is just "working" and doing interviews. Not necessarily to hire anyone…they might just be gathering data. Maybe harvesting the people available on the market. Checking if you are up to doing homework and not getting paid. Checking what your salary is. Telling you make some ranking challenges. Building a profile about you.
Your profile might get a price-tag and shared on the HR black market. I suspect there are even black lists by segment shared on some HR black markets.
The package manager for JavaScript had a bug that caused filesystem permissions to change for the worse, and without just cause. Of all the responses, I think this one best captured the raw emotion of the situation:
it goin' down
get the files it goin' down
oh lawd have mercy
goddamn bootleg package managers shit
One person says:
ps -me || kill -me
(lol its been years is that a valid pipe)
Another responds:
ceci n'est pas une pipe valide
If you don't think that's hilarious I don't want to know you.
The fancy way of saying keyboard shortcuts are useful.
I type dip, and the paragraph is gone. d2ip would kill 2 paragraphs. This is almost instantaneous. I don't really type
dipin sequence, though. It's not so deliberate. I kind of form my fingers in the right heights as they all fall simultaneously, striking in a kind of fraction-of-a-second arpeggio that sounds like a single key press. It's total muscle memory. It's just an action in my brain now that happens without thought. I also don't think so much in terms of discrete actions like
dipanymore. I think in streams of small bursts of them. The muscle memory composes into new things. I know I want to move a block 2 down from where it is, but I don't start performing the actions of that. I do
dap2}p, and it's done in about 0.5 seconds. I didn't think at all.
Strictly a recreative activity.
Mechanical machines are really satisfying, for their tactileness and simplicity. I have a typewriter, watching real impressions appear on real paper is way more fulfilling, and the organicness of the interaction is not even nearly matched in any computer program I used: you're always detached from the circuitry, where with mechanical devices you're a part of it. But the advantages of computerised production far outweigh those of mechanical devices, so I only type on my typewriter every once in a while as a recreative activity.
This appeared in a job ad, and takes the award for egregious use of shorthand in all the wrong places.
Must possess at least a master's or its equiv. in CS, Eng. or rltd. fld., & least 3 yrs. of prior eng. & devl. exp. in bdg. enterprise apps. In the alt., a bachelor's or its equiv. in CS, Eng. or a rltd. fld. & at least 5 yrs. of prior prog. eng. & devl. exp. in bdg. enterprise apps would be acceptable. Must possess at least 3 yrs. of work exp. w/: OO driven devl. & frameworks similar to Play &/or Spring; service oriented arch., OOP, TDD devl. methodology & commonly used design patterns; HTML5, AJAX, CSS & front-end technologies; & Git or similar source ctrl. Must also possess at least 6 mos. of work exp. w: API design, best practices, & user support; monitoring, scaling, caching, & testing; MySQL, MongoDb or similar ctrl.; SQL (Oracle or similar) & NOSQL Databases like MySQL, MongoDb or similar; & REST, JSON, XML.
Even office ecology has its limits.
Food is composted locally as part of Etsy's plan to send almost no waste to landfills by 2020. Until recently, when the quantity became unmanageable, food scraps were packed onto a Dutch cargo bike, which an "office ecologist" would pedal several miles to a Brooklyn farm.
Direct answers are always appreciated.
One person says:
Who do I have to thank for not being allowed to add a comma after the last element of an array or object [in JavaScript]?
Another replies:
Sorry, I don't work in a job that has these - what the fuck are "daily standup," "sprints," and "user stories." I have a vague inkling about what those may be and I already hate them; elaborate so I can fully hate them?
This one is my all-time favorite.
One person says:
Sometimes, especially at this time of year, I wonder why the fuck I've been cursed with living in the cold dark depressing north of Scandinavia. What could possibly have made my ancestors think this was a good place to live…
Another replies:
Ireland is where its at, it's not a blizzard here, but we don't have any of those bullshit creatures, no snakes, no scorpions, no weird insects, no bears, no poisonous spiders or big ones…just grass and butterflies.
A third chimes in:
I mean y'all used to have a problem with snakes right? That is until St. Patrick drove 'em away.
The second answers:
Bears too he choked them all to death with a shoe lace wrapped around his hands, like a garrote. He killed all the spiders with the book of kells, and he drove the English out with a rake.
We have no problems now, so he is kinda retired, but every now and again you see him with a sweeping brush chasing seagulls away, but you can tell he lost his passion for it. What is a hero with out a villain, ya know.
The fancy way of saying turning it off and back on again didn't work.
My experience with FreeBSD is limited to a fugacious week with apparent quixotism and my noble Raspberry-Pi2, which ended inimically. All seemed rigorously dandy until presumably, Chuck Norris imposed thereafter some wicked temporal augmentation between all moments between any character typed or program otherwise compiled, offering only a typographic respite or scintillating scroll of never-ending techno-glossolalia in his wake whilst I sat there hour after hour (or character after character) awaiting something that made sense. Having no visible recourse, I capitulated and returned to Rasbpian.
There are great ideas and topics to be covered here for sure, but they're sprinkled on top of a giant cake made with 1-part self-loathing, 2-parts day-dreaming, and 1-part regular huff-and-puffing.
If we can't build space transit in 100 million years we're not much of a species.
Reliably excellent is the only way to live.
"Even on (rare) days when I wake up earlier than usual, I don't find myself getting tired enough to sleep earlier than usual. I just want to make the day last longer. And even if I am a bit tired, I've found my ability to find a second wind to be reliably excellent."
"[A] few years back my GP advised me to eat the odd piece of food that had been dropped on the floor, and to stop cleaning as much; the reason being that a blood test had revealed I was low in zinc. His reasoning was that since dust has reasonable quantities of zinc, I should be able to be adequately provided with it via my environment. Apparently his idea worked, because in the next test my zinc was over the ideal (This could be a fluke, of course)."
There's always time for interior monologue.
"This is an amazing story. Reminds me of my mother. I need to call her…"
"I literally walked out of an interview at AirBnb in tears after the humiliation. I've been so traumatized after that I've stopped looking for jobs for over 3 years."
This was the lead-in of a job ad for an iOS developer. The ad has since expired.
"This position is reserved for the top 1% of you out there that have the experience and attitude to murder everything in your path."
In response to a blog post about programmers not being able to predict the future:
"I feel like I don't have time to predict the future - too busy pushing things into production..."
In a subthread of a discussion not at all related to hunting:
"I've recently started hunting to get my meat, and I seem to be really sensitive to this kind of terminology lately.
In a discussion about controversial programming opinions, someone said:
goto is best in certain cases."
Someone else replied:
"He asked for a controversial opinion, not Mein Kampf 2."
This one about the Netflix platform is hilariously pompous.
"Considering it's all built on well-known and tested (provided you follow the best practices) cloud services (AWS right?) I often wonder what they do all day. Netflix platform strikes me as something you invest heavily in at day 1 but then only need a boilerplate team of developers to keep it ticking over and responding to user feedback.
They love to bleat on about their Chaos Monkey this and Chaos Monkey that. But come on, they wrote a read-only cloud-hosted and distributed video streaming service that leans on standard cloud services and best practices for 90% of the hard parts. Chaos Monkey just smacks of writing an integration test for a third party component you don't own.
Frankly I wouldn't want a job at Netflix simply because the problem domain is not interesting enough…"
In response to a blog post about working remotely, a great truth was told.
"I refuse all calls and meetings. If someone doesn't want to spend the time thinking about an idea and expressing it clearly in a written medium, I don't really have the time for it. I've had Skype, Lync, GoTo Meeting, conference calls the lot thrown at me over the years and email is the only truly productive communication medium as it gives people time to think and structure their thoughts. We have done some magical shit via email."


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It finally happened, my 28th birthday came and went. I don't feel 28, I don't feel older than, like, 21. Are there people out there that feel that way too? Just a perpetual child in a body that's growing older? I don't mind getting older either. They say you're supposed to be wiser too.
I had a really good day! Originally, Lukasz and I had planned to take Petra on her first camping trip but our plans fell through when we realized it would be raining all weekend at Lake George. Breastfeeding a two-month old baby in a two-person tent because of thunder and rain? Pass. Luckily, we live in the greatest city in the world so theres always something to do. That's actually one of the things I'm really excited to explore with Little Petra: just how much this city has to offer in terms of entertainment and food and culture and just everything. We decided to hit up the Museum of Natural History and maybe go some place for dinner after on the Upper West Side. And Tatiana and Todd had the day off, so it was basically a party. 🙂
But here's the thing, have you ever spent a whole day out with a 2 month old? After getting on the second train to take us uptown, Petra decided that some more milk was in order and it could not wait. So after a pit stop in Central Park for a quick lunch for our baby girl (read: Breastfeeding in the park), we were back on track headed towards the museum. Here's a pro-tip: Never do anything in NYC on the weekends. Kidding! But not really. I kind of forget how crowded everything is on the weekends and the museum was no exception. Petra slept a little bit and we wandered the exhibits. I always forget how big that place is going in. There was so much to see and so many floors and so little time and so many people.
And for dinner, we hit up Jacobs Pickles. It was our first time trying it and it was AMAZING. Everything, their pickles and biscuits and fries, etc was super delicious. We even got lucky and sat outside and they accommodated the stroller next to us. I'm definitely keeping this place in mind for future dinners because it was kid-friendly and the food was great. That's one of the things I love about the Upper West Side, how family friendly the neighborhood is.
Half of these pictures were courtesy of Tatiana. I could have sworn I got more but I guess I was too busy having fun, haha. All in all, taking Petra out for a full day was a little scary to think about but everything turned out great. When we got home, we were exhausted and sleepy and happy. It was honestly the best low-key way to spend my birthday and I loved every second with my little family and friends. What a great way to start Year 28!


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gateway is pledging to match or beat prices from rival computer manufacturers in a us ad campaign called "pc price war…? cool." gateway will beat prices from rivals compaq, hp, dell, ibm, sony, and toshiba. all you need to do to take advantage of the offer is present an ad showing the pricing for a comparable pc or server from any of those manufacturers.
gateway co-founder and ceo ted waitt said that a price war has been raging since 1985 when gateway opened for business, so this move is nothing new for his company. read more at gateway (ripped from a frame).
rob's opinion
i remember several years ago when i was comparing the pricing of some major computer manufacturers. it came down to dell or gateway, and dell used to charge a us$100 "handling fee" on each pc that it shipped. this fee, and about $100 of actual higher list price, put dell over the edge. after all, you were basically buying an intel box either way: intel motherboard, chip, cache, case, and intel-bought memory. then the company takes that and tosses it into a case with its label on it.
earlier this year, joel was helping some friends buy a low-cost pc, and he found that gateway could not beat hp in pricing. it looks like gateway went through a rough spot there. manufacturers like dell and gateway had a tough time at one point keeping up with low-price pcs, and hp and compaq jumped on that market. if you wanted gateway or dell you had to start out at about $1,200, when you could go and get a $700 hp computer over at best buy. not long after that gateway launched a television ad series with michael j. fox featuring us$799 and $999 models.
gateway's hoping to gain more of that low-pricing marketshare with its new offer, and it sounds like an interesting one–as long as you are satisfied with gateway's support and quality.
user comments 39 comment(s)
|again… (1:37pm est wed may 30 2001)
this shows why there is a need for more companies competing with each other. a fairer price for the customers. hats off to tedd waitt.
no first post crap! – by facethemusic
|dell monitors… (1:58pm est wed may 30 2001)
use trinitron tubes, and i think they look much better. my wife has a gateway and the monitor that came with it looks like crap. my dell p1110 flat trinitron is better than anything gateway or hp bundles with their systems. – by spud boy
|spud boy. (2:01pm est wed may 30 2001)
you can pick and choose your monitors. rarely does a company force you to buy one. buy the monitor separately. – by steven
|price matching (2:07pm est wed may 30 2001)
this sounds like a great idea, but every friggin company and store that offers price matching uses some little loophole to get around acutally committing to their promises.
for instance, in canada, futureshop works out special deals with sony and other name brands to create special models that are sold exclusively in futureshop stores. futureshop has a price match guarantee, but if you go to another store, and find what should be the same model, futureshop only has their "special" model, and so they can't match the prices because they are considered different products.
so, is gateway actually going to match prices for loosely "similar" configurations, or are they going to require that each component is identical in order to match the prices? – by eternalskeptic
|dell and gateway (2:10pm est wed may 30 2001)
rob's right, dells and gateways are really just intel boxes. i always think it's funny how whenever a customer gets mad at us for any reason, the first thing out of there mouths is a threat that they're going to buy a gateway. perhaps they think we actually care what they buy since we're certain that pissed off gateway customers always threaten to buy dells. – by a delltech
|6th post (2:20pm est wed may 30 2001)
woooo hooooo…i'm the man! go me! hell yeah!!! alright! way cool! makin' copies! – by 6th post
|steven (3:32pm est wed may 30 2001)
be careful with buying a monitor separately. i got suckered into a compaq 7400 series pc at futureshop only to find out my $1000 sony monitor is incompatible. now i have to use my 10 year old svga 14 inch monitor with the thing.
next time i build my own. – by djeans
|do geeks care (4:01pm est wed may 30 2001)
do most geeks care if gateway drops their prices? geeks build their own computers. right? price drops = more pos parts! – by de@d st0p
|buying a ready made computer (4:26pm est wed may 30 2001)
means buying an intel or amd box + whatever they stick inside. nobody is saying they actually make the parts.
the reason non geeks buy computers ready made is: putting together the parts + support.
geeks don't need any of that. – by .net
|factor in the software (5:34pm est wed may 30 2001)
another reason for buying a box already put together is that these pc makers strike their own deal with m$ for the software and none of you geeks can beat the price. find a pc w/ windows 2000 already installed and then subtract from it how much you'd have to pay for a copy of win2k. you will find that not only don't you have a profit margin but you'd be building computers at a loss. – by prfunky
|geeks pirate anyways. (5:49pm est wed may 30 2001)
i don't know about you, but i knwo lots of geeks and most of them pirate their software anyways, so why is it cheaper to buy bundled software when you can buy parts, pirate the software, and pay less? – by pirategeek
|monitor this (6:10pm est wed may 30 2001)
i'll take a cheap 19″ over a trinitron 17″ any day… in fact, i'll buy 3 or 4… – by monitor this
|factor in linux (6:38pm est wed may 30 2001)
and the cost of a box goes up by $0. more money to spend on hardware. – by paranoimia
|screw those manufacturers anyway! (6:49pm est wed may 30 2001)
if you cant build one, you should be allowed to own one. i'm, tired of getting ims and pm from people asking "i hit this button and this cupholder comes out" or "how do i download something" or "if i download this mp3 i wont have enough hard drive space left it says i only have 25.4gb free.." if youre gonna buy prefab go with alienware, atleast you can honestly customize them…i doubt dell offers cooling fan choices for graphics accelerators – by thelord
|yeah! (9:15pm est wed may 30 2001)
geeks everywhere should build their own computer – by geeky
|worst logic (9:48pm est wed may 30 2001)
> [thelord]
people used to say that about cars. boy were they wrong. – by vavavoom
|gateway no dell yes (10:21pm est wed may 30 2001)
if a non geek ask me where they can get a computer i send them to dell. you get a good computer and a 1 to 3 year warranty. i like to build computers for myself but not for other people. so i send them to dell and my life is fuller.
oh yea gateway sucks. – by rax
|support your local geek store (10:40pm est wed may 30 2001)
i usually buy from a local computer store which is run/staffed by a couple of geeks. they build the box you want, and if anything goes wrong you just take it down to them & they fix it. – by donkey
|rax (12:25am est thu may 31 2001)
rax and i agree!! oh, glory day! i feel the same way, unfortunately, my company builds customized pc's, but, only for high-end users (engineers, power users, game servers). i refuse to sell to the general public since a fiasco about 3 years ago.
i have bought and made pc's. laptops are always dell and usually refurbished (only 1 month old and in perfect condition for half the price). if i need something quick (on location for an event or meeting) i try to get alienware or if the shipping won't be fast enough, i go with dell because they can provide over night shipping if needed.
not counting servers, i will never buy nor recommend gateway, hp, compaq, or ibm.
if gateway starts making a quality pc, i might switch.
why can't apple do this? i really want to get a g4 laptop, but other than eye candy or a very expensive portable dvd player, i really can't justify it. it's not the money, it's the thought of having to learn mac all over again. plus i'm not sold on the idea of os x being a gui'd unix.
when will they do this big price cut on servers?
rax, what's your take on gui'd unix and linux? do you use the interface or command lines? – by ypogeios
|i'm going to miss micron (3:01am est thu may 31 2001)
micron was the best damn prefab pc seller out there. now i'll be forced to build my next box all by myself…
– by micron lover
|re:ypogeios (3:10am est thu may 31 2001)
well real men geeks us the comand line because you can do the admin command from anywhere using ssh. gui takes up processor cycles so if i use it i only start it up to use configuration tools. then i shut it down and go back to black screen mode.
i like gnome better than kde but i could use them both. if you load redhat 7.1 try the firewall config tool i think you will like it. if you load linuxconf try the "netconf" command, it will allow you to change your network configuration in short order and it also works from a telnet/ssh session. – by rax
|i learned my lesson… (7:18am est thu may 31 2001)
…after returning my third emachine. thank goodness, i bought it at sears and got every single penny back (including the $50 rebate!). now, i run my selfbuilt abit vp6, dual piii-800eb with 256 meg of ram, ati aiw radeon, sb live! platium, ricohc dvd-cd burner, have mercy! i'm a.., – by happy bitch
|re:rax (7:37am est thu may 31 2001)
why would you send someone to dell? is that for people who never want to do a major upgrade (proprietary mobo-case connection)? why don't you build computers for people? whenever any of my friends or co-workers need a computer, either myself or one of my marines (he's a geek) will do it for nothing. even with the cost of an oem version of win98 (ick, but it's easy), it's still much cheaper to build your own. btw, what do you think of mandrake 8.0 (if you've used it)? – by lt cox
|i'm going to miss quantex (7:45am est thu may 31 2001)
those guys made the best machines… my old pii 300 bought right when it came out is still going along and running cool. – by marcin
|lt cox (7:48am est thu may 31 2001)
two words – "tech support".
i'm tired of 30 different people calling up each day wanting to know where the "any" key is or where to get "floppy" disks because all they see at staples are "hard" disks (talking about the rigidness).
at dell, you can get a refurbished pc for $500 and get a piii 733 with 128 mb ram 16 mb video, dvd, and sound. that includes tech support.
what are you talking about? of course you can upgrade dell pc's. proproetary mobo-case? if you're talking about the mobo only fitting in their case and vice versa, big deal. if you want to upgrade the mobo, just spend the $30 for a new case, all the other parts can be switched.
i do build pc's for very close friends and family, but not every joe schmoe. – by ypogeios
|take my pocket protector away! (9:34am est thu may 31 2001)
for quite a few years i've thought i was a geek. several people have even called me that, so i bought into the idea. now i realize, i am not a true geek. drat! i don't know what alienware is.(mentioned in several of the above posts) somebody enlighten me please. is this a company that sells computers like a var? or perhaps software? i appreciate any time you're willing to give.
bummed! (
|question… (11:13am est thu may 31 2001)
can i take the win98 disk that came with my 1-year old dell and install it on a home-brew machine which i'm considering building for my kids? – by spud boy
|oso…. (12:21pm est thu may 31 2001)
they make high-end gaming systems(that are quite expensive for what you are getting)…..
– by power_user
|re: cox (1:51pm est thu may 31 2001)
i agree with what ypogeios posted because first you have to build the system, then you have to support it for life. i just don't have that kind of time anymore now that i am posting on geek.com :).
btw i do like mandrake but i would never load it on a client's site. however for the novice linux user i think mandrake is "da bomb". it installation program is cooler than redhat and it explains everthing better. with linux its all good. – by rax
|spudboy (3:26pm est thu may 31 2001)
yes, it wil – by some geek
|support it yourself? (6:49pm est thu may 31 2001)
everything in your nice homemade comp is covered by its own warrantee anyway. if you cant troubleshoot well enough, then thats another reason why you shouldnt be able to own one. as for building your own car….i could do that too, if they raised those fascist emmissions and safety restrictions. – by thelord
|dribble (5:57pm est sun jun 03 2001)
i wish all of you "geeks would get off it!" just because we can all build boxes ourselves it does not mean that every one can or wants to. i would never build my own car cause i don't know how and do not know any one who does. it is the same with computers, every one owns one but not very many people know a geek. stop your self rightous whining and get out of your parents basments and put your tallents to use on something other than ripping newbies apart! – by cap~tin tripps
|they should require a license… (8:00pm est thu jul 05 2001)
to operate a computer. the worst thing that happened to this industry was when major manufacturers started producing these "family friendly" pos machines, with the cruddiest, cheap components that are buggier than bill gates' house ("oh rats, blue screen of death on the coffee machine again!").
and i agree with some of the earlier posts stating why you don't want to even consider building machines for all your acquaintances. you thought you don't have a life now? wait until you get a call on saturday morning at 8am from bubba gump 'cuz his new 15 dollar steering wheel from walmart won't work in his 3 dollar best buy dirt track racing game.
instead, tell them to buy a company that will stand up to the support (try ) and suggest they take some classes at a college or library.
don't educate people, just guide them to the education!
btw, by looking at my name, maybe you can guess i do tech support, hehe – by ihearstupidpeople
|dahlin = stalin (9:07pm est wed mar 12 2003)
crazy little fucker. – by jordan
|honestly (9:09pm est wed mar 12 2003)
you ferret-like bastard. – by ..
|good man chuckles (8:44am est wed sep 24 2003)
dahlin = stalin – by pip
|yea chuckles… tell it like it is (8:33pm est fri dec 12 2003)
dahlin loves the turds – by peepers


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We do a lot of things right in the South, especially when it comes to Potato Salad! This classic Southern Style Potato Salad with a Twist is perfect for Easter brunch or dinner, or anytime for that matter. It's good served warm, but even better served cold after the flavors have had a chance to meld together!
Southern Style Potato Salad with a Twist submitted by Pudge Factor


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Because today's post is a bunch of random nonsense about me, here is a gratuitous photo of Liz Ho: Age 11.
Hiya! On a Tuesday, what whaaat! As I mentioned last night, I've been nominated for for the Liebster Blog Award – for bloggers by bloggers. How rad is that? I'm still not 100% sure of the rules or who this Liebster character is, but from what I gather, this is a way that bloggers can shout out to their fave bloggy friends and share them with their readers. I dig it.
I could make a lengthy acceptance speech but who am I, Jodie Foster?
My nominee came through one of my very favorite bloggers, one of my first actual blog friends (!), a great fan of booze and Revenge: http://annmaridal.wordpress.com/. Check it. Love it.You're welcome!
So here's what's up:
When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person who nominated you. You pass the award onto 11 other blogs, tell them you nominated them, and ask them 11 questions. You are not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated you.
Makes sense? Makes sense! Let's do this thang:
1) I always brush my teeth with a green toothbrush.
2) My first word was bird.
3) I don't know why. I don't really care for birds.
4) I hate the smell of original or "unscented" dishsoap.
5) All the technology in the world, and I'm still hung up on how fax machines work. You put a piece of paper into a …phone? And it prints out on the other side of the world? Bananas.
6) Never have I ever: gotten a massage, been in a hot air balloon, gotten a speeding ticket, gone surfing.
7) Two truths and a lie: I hate feet. I have two tattoos. I love tuna salad.
8) I have my belly button pierced. It is really dumb and not nearly as cute as it was when I was an 18-year-old slimster, but I don't want to take it out. It's become a part of me. Weird.
9) I have never seen Napoleon Dynamite.
10) I think Mary Kate is the more interesting Olsen, but at the end of the day, Ashley's probably the one I would more enjoy hanging out with.
11) As dumb as these answers are, I secretly (not secretly) love filling out personality surveys. Unsurprising, I KNOW.
1) Who, of all people in this world, would be your ideal dinner date at Red Lobster on a rainy Wednesday evening?
Oh! Another fun fact: I have never been to Red Lobster! Crazy, right? But I'd still take Tina Fey on a dinner date there, rain OR shine.
2) Apples or pears?
Apples. I find it's tough to tell when pears are ripe. Is that just me?
3) What is your favorite book?
OMG you are talking to the wrong gal here, way too many to list. Off the top of my head: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, anything Ann Patchett, Random Family by Adrien Nicole LeBlanc, Bossypants (obvz), To Kill a Mockingbird, Harriet the Spy…I could go on for days.
4) What's the thing you consider yourself a "number one fan" of?
5) How are your dancing skills?
6) Have you ever been to Canada? What did you like/dislike?
Yes! I went skiing in Mont Tremblant when I was young. I remember it being cold. We went to a movie theater in the little town one night to see Shakespeare in Love and I felt awkward watching the love scenes with my parents. We then went to Quebec City for Winter Carnival and I remember it being gorgeous and freezing with incredible architecture and ice sculptures. There was a dogsled race through the middle of town. Later in life my sis & I took the train to Montreal – 11 hours. We got very drunk at a karaoke bar where old men brought us roses and we tore down the house with our choreographed rendition of Proud Mary. I was thrown off by how the people looked so American but were speaking French. We got into a lot of sister spats but had an amazing time. Overall, I'd give Canada 4 out of 5 stars and would certainly go back again!
7) Who would you rather be in a movie with; Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Clint Eastwood, Helen Hunt, Lena Dunham or Angelina Jolie? Why?
Jon Hamm. Sex scenes.
8) Is cloning a Neanderthal a good idea? Why/why not?
Um…no. We've just come a long way, developmentally, since then, and I feel like if we're going to clone anyone, let's clone someone modern. And hot.
9) What is the most awesome TV show ever?
30 Rock! No, Arrested Development. No! Alias. Friday Night Lights! No, Parks & Rec. Freaks & Geeks! Breaking Bad. THE WIRE. I don't have a very active social life…
10) Would you rather a) ride a horse on the beach while singing "Puff the Magic Dragon" on live TV during the Superbowl halftime or b) drink a six-pack of Pabst in a horse carriage on stage at the Academy Awards?
Ohhhh man. Excellent question. I'd say PBR during the Oscars! I just always wanted to go to the Academy Awards, so if this is my one shot, I'll take it.
11) What's the perfect hostess gift?
Wine of course. OR a very nice candle. I know it seems impersonal, but I really enjoy candles. It seems extravagant to splurge on a fancy candle for yourself, but giving one to a friend is a lovely gift. At least for me. Come to my house and give me candles!
And that's all about me! Fun. Someone seriously please buy me some really nice candles, it would mean a lot. Now onto step two: selecting some nominees of my own! Listed below, in no particular order, are 11 blogs/bloggers who I particularly enjoy and who I think might be up for participating in this silliness. This feels very much like a WordPress chain letter, no? Absolutely no pressure to the nominees to fill out the survey themselves, I mean, I'll die alone feeling really rejected and unloved, but I'm sure my family will find a way to cope with the grief. Srsly, though, this was mostly just a fun way for me to talk about myself and share some of my faves with my plethora of fans so no hard feelings if you'd rather pass.
Ok, here we go!
Drinking Tips for Teens
Susie Lindau
Home is Where the Warehouse Is
Can I Get Ur Number
Travels and Tea Leaves
Ribbons and Pearls
Leaving the Land of Cotton
Lemonade Jargon
Snotting Black
Brunch for Every Meal
Thoughts of a Lunatic
1. What is your favorite vegetable?
2. If you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?
3. Breasts or thighs? Of a CHICKEN, ya perv.
4. Would you rather have an extra nose in the middle of your forehead OR an ear dangling from the bottom of your chin?
5. Who was your hero when you were a child?
6. Floss: waxed or unwaxed? Mint or unflavored?
7. What is your favorite holiday and why?
8. What is your standard daily breakfast?
9. Who is your favorite political dictator and please give a 700 word, 5 paragraph essay detailing why.
10. What is your favorite boy band and who is your favorite member? (I'm judging this answer.)
11. If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be?


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After years of conservation work on behalf of the iconic species, the giant panda has just been downgraded from 'Endangered' to 'Vulnerable' on the global list of species at risk of extinction,
The surprising piece of good news demonstrates how an integrated approach between governments and environmental groups can save our planet's endangered species.
RELATED: Help Wanted: Professional Panda Cuddler (We're Not Joking)
"Knowing that the panda is now a step further from extinction is an exciting moment for everyone committed to conserving the world's wildlife and their habitats," said WWF Director General Marco Lambertini. "The recovery shows that when science, political will and local communities come together, we can save wildlife and also improve biodiversity."
WWF's panda logo was designed by the organization's founding chairman, the naturalist and painter Sir Peter Scott in 1961. Twenty years later, WWF became the first international organization to work in China.
WATCH: Panda Cub Plays in the Snow for the First Time
Ever since, WWF has been working with the government on initiatives to save giant pandas, including helping to establish an integrated network of giant panda reserves and wildlife corridors to connect isolated panda populations as well as working with local communities to develop sustainable livelihoods and minimize their impact on the forests.
MORE: Blue Parrot Considered Extinct in the Wild Caught on Video in Brazil
These efforts have seen the number of panda reserves jump to 67, which now protect nearly two-thirds of the 1,864 wild pandas in China. They have also helped to safeguard large swathes of mountainous bamboo forests, which shelter countless other species and provide natural services to vast numbers of people, including tens of millions who live alongside rivers downstream of panda habitat.
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