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Windows 8.1 For Dummies, Portable Edition
Table of Contents
Author Information
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
How to Use This Book 2
Tablet Owners Aren't Left Out 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Chapter 1: Revealing Windows 8 5
What Is Windows 8, and Why Are You Using It? 5
What's New in Windows 8? 7
Should I Bother Switching to Windows 8? 9
Can My Current PC Still Run Windows 8? 9
The Four Flavors of Windows 8 11
Chapter 2: The Mysterious New Start Screen 13
Being Welcomed to the World of Windows 8 14
Understanding user accounts 17
Keeping your account private with a password 18
Signing up for a Microsoft account 21
Figuring Out the New Start Screen in Windows 8 23
Launching a Start screen program or app 26
Viewing or closing your open apps 27
Finding a Start screen app or program 29
Adding or removing Start screen items 30
The Charms bar and its hidden shortcuts 31
Introducing your free apps 33
Managing the Start screen 36
Exiting from Windows 41
Temporarily leaving your computer 42
Leaving your computer for the day 43
Chapter 3: The Traditional Desktop 45
Finding the Desktop and the Start Screen 46
Working with the Desktop 48
Summoning the Start screen and open apps 49
Cleaning up a messy desktop 51
Jazzing up the desktop's background 52
Snapping an app alongside the desktop 54
Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin 56
Bellying Up to the Taskbar 58
Shrinking windows to the taskbar
and retrieving them 59
Switching to different tasks from
the taskbar's Jump Lists 60
Clicking the taskbar's sensitive areas 60
Customizing the taskbar 63
The taskbar's crazy toolbars 64
Making Programs Easier to Find 65
Add five helpful icons to your desktop 65
Creating taskbar shortcuts for
your favorite programs 66
Chapter 4: Basic Desktop Window Mechanics 69
Dissecting a Typical Desktop Window 70
Tugging on a window's title bar ..... 71
Navigating folders with a window's Address Bar . 73
Finding commands on the Ribbon . 74
Quick shortcuts with the Navigation Pane 76
Moving inside a window with its scroll bar ... 78
Boring borders 79
Maneuvering Windows Around the Desktop .. 79
Moving a window to the top of the pile 80
Moving a window from here to there 81
Making a window fill the whole screen 81
Closing a window 82
Making a window bigger or smaller 82
Placing two windows side by side 83
Making windows open to the same darn size 83
Chapter 5: Storage: Internal, External, and in the Sky 85
Browsing the File Explorer File Cabinets 86
Getting the Lowdown on Folders and Libraries 88
Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Libraries 89
Seeing the files on a disk drive 89
Seeing what's inside a folder 91
Managing a library's folders 92
Creating a New Folder 94
Renaming a File or Folder 96
Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders 96
Getting Rid of a File or Folder 97
Copying or Moving Files and Folders 98
Writing to CDs and DVDs 100
Buying the right kind of blank CDs
and DVDs for burning 100
Copying files to or from a CD or DVD 101
Table of Contents vii
Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards 103
SkyDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds 104
Accessing files with the SkyDrive app 105
Accessing SkyDrive from the desktop 107
Chapter 6: Working with Apps 109
Starting a Program or App 109
Adding and Deleting Apps 112
Adding new apps from the Store app 113
Uninstalling apps 115
Updating Your Apps 115
Finding Currently Running Start Screen Apps 116
Locating a Missing App, Program, Setting, or File 117
Chapter 7: Engaging the Social Apps 121
Adding Your Social Accounts to Windows 8 122
Understanding the Mail App 125
Navigating the Mail app's views,
menus, and accounts 126
Composing and sending an e-mail 129
Reading a received e-mail 132
Sending and Receiving Files through E-Mail 133
Saving a received attachment 133
Sending a file as an attachment 135
Managing Your Contacts in the People App 136
Adding contacts 137
Deleting or editing contacts 138
Managing Appointments in Calendar 139
Chatting through Messaging 141
Chapter 8: Entertaining Yourself
through the Start Screen 145
What's an ISP, and Why Do I Need One? 146
Connecting Wirelessly to the Internet 147
Browsing Quickly from the Start Screen 151
Moving Among Web Pages 154
Clicking links 154
Typing web addresses in the Address Bar 154
Using Internet Explorer's toolbar 155
Playing Music from the Start Screen 158
Taking Photos with the Camera App 161
Viewing Photos from the Start Screen 163
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Chapter 9: Customizing Windows 8
and Computing Safely 167
Finding the Right Switch 168
The Start Screen's PC Settings Screen 169
The Big Guns: The Desktop's Control Panel 172
System and Security 174
Assessing your safety in the Action Center 174
Avoiding Viruses with Windows Defender 175
Avoiding phishing scams 177
User Accounts and Family Safety 178
Network and Internet 180
Changing the Windows 8 Appearance
and Personalization 180
Changing the desktop background 181
Choosing a screen saver 182
Changing the computer's theme 183
Changing the screen resolution 184
Hardware and Sound 186
Adjusting volume and sounds 187
Installing or setting up speakers 188
Adding a Bluetooth gadget 189
Adding an Xbox 360 game console 191
Adding a printer 192
Clock, Language, and Region 193
Adding or Removing Programs 194
Removing apps and programs 195
Installing new programs 196
Modifying Windows 8 for the Physically Challenged 197
Chapter 10: Ten Things You'll Hate
about Windows 8 201
I Want to Avoid the Start Screen! 201
I Want to Avoid the Desktop! 203
I Can't Copy Music to My iPod 205
Windows Makes Me Sign In All the Time 205
The Taskbar Keeps Disappearing 206
I Can't Keep Track of Open Windows 207
I Can't Line Up Two Windows on the Screen 208
It Won't Let Me Do Something Unless
I'm an Administrator! 208
I Don't Know What Version of Windows I Have 209
My Print Screen Key Doesn't Work 210
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Now with his third college team, LSU guard Charles Carmouche is hoping to finish out his final year of eligibility with a flourish.
All he has to do is keep shooting the way he did against Mississippi State on Saturday.
Carmouche hit five 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 21 points, and the Tigers won for the fifth time in six games while handing Mississippi State its 10th straight loss, 80-68.
"I'm always confident. I just had a great shooting night," said Carmouche, who started his college career in 2008 at the University of New Orleans, then transferred to Memphis in 2010 when UNO was considering dropping to a lower division. "You're going to have those nights where you feel like the rim is as big as ever. I thought tonight we just did a good job of knocking down shots."
Carmouche graduated from Memphis last year and received a medical red shirt for his senior season. That allowed first-year LSU coach Johnny Jones, who'd tried to recruit Carmouche to North Texas in 2010, to bring the New Orleans native to Baton Rouge for one more season.
"He's been known to be a shooter," Jones said. "(He has) a tremendous ability to stretch the defense because he's great from around the 3-point line. I think he's really helped us."
Carmouche was one of five players to score in double digits for the Tigers (15-8, 6-6 Southeastern Conference), who shot 54.5 percent (30 of 55) and led by as many as 20 points several times in the second half.
Andrew Del Piero scored a career-high 13 points, while Anthony Hickey, Johnny O'Bryant III and Andre Stringer each scored 10. O'Bryant also grabbed 11 rebounds.
Freshman guard Craig Sword scored a season-high 24 points for the Bulldogs (7-17, 2-10).
"It really doesn't matter when you don't get the win," Sword said. "They had a big lead and we didn't try to fight back. … We just need to play hard. We haven't been playing hard lately."
Colin Borchert added 11 points and Gavin Ware 10 for Mississippi State, which shot 46.4 percent (26 of 56) but were hurt by 4-of-17 shooting from 3-point range. Colin Borchert added 11 points and Gavin Ware 10.
The Bulldogs, who never led, outscored LSU inside, 34-24, but the Tigers shot 12 of 24 from 3-point range.
With Mississippi State using a double-team to slow down O'Bryant, who had 30 points in LSU's win at South Carolina on Thursday night, Carmouche kept getting open on the right wing and shooting decisively when the ball came to him.
Asked whether the right corner was his spot, Carmouche said, "If there's going to be shooting nights like that, I'll stay there the rest of the season."
LSU also outrebounded Mississippi State 36-24.
"I just didn't think we fought enough for those loose balls and rebounds and giving ourselves more possessions," Bulldogs coach Rick Ray said. "I'm worried about where we are mentally at this point because I'm not seeing that competitive spirit that we've played with in the past."
After climbing back to .500 from a 0-4 start in the SEC, the Tigers' confidence is surging heading into their final six league games. Of LSU's six losses in the conference, three have been by five or fewer points.
"We're more experienced. You got a chance to figure out how this league is," Carmouchce said. "In the beginning, we played some tough games where we were close and we feel like we should have won. … I've said this since the beginning: I'd rather us lose early on than later, and I think right now is a perfect time for us to just come together and make our run."
Jones credited his team for "buying in" to the new system he installed.
"We had a chance, if we wanted to, starting out 0-4 (in the league), to hit the panic button," Jones said. "We never did that."
Stringer had all 10 of his points in the opening half and O'Bryant made his first four shots for eight points in the first 10 minutes, but the Bulldogs were able to stay right with the Tigers for most of the period. The game was tied three times, the last when time at 25 on Ware's layup with 6:22 left.
The Tigers then took the lead for good with consecutive baskets on Carmouche's mid-range jumper and Del Piero's basket inside, which turned out to be the beginning of a 16-3 run to close out the period.
Jalen Courtney added a transition layup on a heady feed from Malik Morgan during the spurt, Stringer hit a transition jumper from the left wing and Hickey hit a 3 that rolled around the rim before going down, putting the Tigers ahead 38-26 and prompting Mississippi State to call timeout.
Ware's dunk briefly interrupted the surge, but Stringer responded with yet another 3 that rolled around and in, putting LSU up 41-28 at halftime.


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ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter 160, January 22, 1999
ARSC Hardware UpgradesARSC will soon add 168 PEs to yukon, ARSC's T3E, for a total of 272 PEs (and a full cabinet).
In addition, disk space on both Yukon and Chilkoot will be increased to slightly over 500GB for each system and the configuration optimized.
This work is scheduled for February, making the upgrade available to users by March 1.
Lecture at ARSC: Trends and Challenges In HPC: Bill BuzbeeTrends and Challenges In High Performance Computing 2:00 - 3:30 pm Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1999: 109 Butrovich
High performance computing and communication technologies continue to merge and to advance at rapid rates. We will begin with a review of the role simulation plays in the conduct of science and, in particular, the value of "capability" computing, i.e. the ability to solve problems that are otherwise intractable.
Then we will overview some trends and challenges in high performance computer architecture (Is there a cluster in your future?), in data storage requirements (It's just one data migration after another!), and opportunities to enhance scientific collaboration via advances in communication technology.
Subtopics will include performance models of highly parallel systems, selected performance measurement activities, e.g. Linpac and Parkbench, the cost of large clusters and affordable alternatives (if any), the need for long-term high-capacity data storage systems to support observational science, high performance computing, and the information age in general, the potential of low-cost high-bandwidth networks, gigahertz desktop/laptop systems, and visualization technology to help the scientist deal with voluminous and complex datasets. We will also discuss Peter Drucker's four information revolutions in human history and associated impacts on society, e.g. education, health, government, etc.The Speaker: Bill Buzbee
From 1987 - 1998, Dr. Bill Buzbee was the Director of the Scientific Computing Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. The Scientific Computing Division provides the atmospheric and oceanic sciences community with a reliable, high-performance, productive supercomputing environment for the development and execution of large numerical simulations, and for the archiving and manipulation of large datasets.
Lectures at ARSC: Technology and Education: Susan HobanEmerging Technologies for Remote and Local Education 2 pm Thursday, Jan. 28, 1999: 109 Butrovich
Ongoing advances in networking, computer hardware and applications software are providing new tools for educators and students to explore new avenues for formal and life-long learning. Emerging technologies are offering new flexibility with the potential to diminish traditional barriers of distance, skill level and cultural diversity. Students, teachers and pre-service education are three strategic areas where Internet and educational technologies may be applied. Several pertinent examples will be discussed in each of these areas. To stimulate discussion, the current funding climate will be outlined and a possible strategic approach to educational technology for Alaska will be suggested.Internet Resources for Teachers and Students 2 pm Friday, Jan 29, 1999: Wood Center Conference Room C
Emerging technologies may be applied to several areas in an educational environment: the infrastructure, student activities and teacher resources. Various options are available for basic communications infrastructure for an educational institution, offering varying levels of connectivity and bandwidth. A few recent advances in networking solutions will be discussed. Several successful examples of Internet-based student activities will be presented. A resource guide for teachers will also be outlined. Finally, a detailed outline of current funding opportunities for the implementation of emerging educational technologies will be discussed.The Speaker: Susan Hoban
Ms Hoban is Associate Research Scientist at the University of Maryland and Acting Associate Director, USRA Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Science at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She is a member of the Government Resources Advisory Panel for the 21st Century Teachers Network and liaison to the Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise and the Space Science Enterprise for the NASA Learning Technologies Project.
QSUB over-simplifiedAn alert reader pointed out an incorrect assertion in the last newsletter (see: "Specifying Number Of Processors"). Our hope was to simplify things for new users, but we may have over-done it.
Here's his comment:
> > All qsub scripts have two parts: commands for NQS and command for the > shell. With regard to the number of PEs, first you request them from > NQS and then you request them from mpprun. > > This is not strictly necessary. If all you want to is to run your > application with the exact same number of PE's as specified with -l > mpp_p= you can read your setting into the job script with for > instance: > > NPES=$(limit sed -n 5p) > > and then run with > > mpprun -n $NPES something ... > > assuming a POSIX compatible Bourne shell, which of course everybody > should use for shell programming.... :-) > > By rereading the PE limit rather than duplicating it you eliminate a > frequent source of errors, changing one place and forgetting the other. >
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A:{{ To SecurID Card veterans: any advice? For instance, how do you carry your card (without destroying it) so it's not at work when you need it at home or vice versa? }} Thanks go to two readers: ------------------------- Here at NRL-SSC we have to carry an identification badge and these are usually placed in a clear plastic sleeve. I simply got an extra plastic sleeve and carry my SecurID card in it along with my badge. --- I keep all three of my secure password cards in my day planner. It goes everywhere I go. Only problem now is that it looks like I may be getting a 4th card and I'm out of space in my day planner. Editor's Note: -------------- Extreme temperatures give SecurID Cards a nasty code. We've already had one card failure. We're not sure of the temperature and duration parameters but don't leave your card in your car, overnight, outside, in Fairbanks, in January! (Of course, that wouldn't be good security practice, anyway.) Q: Imagine... You've saved all issues of the T3E Newsletter as separate files in a single directory. You want to generate a list of all articles, by issue, in a format similar to this: ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter Number 119 05/16/1997 ** Yukon /tmp Purging Begins Next Week ** ** T3E Adaptive Routing and 'shmem_fence' ** ** CUG Spring '97 Report ** ARSC T3E Users' Newsletter Number 120 05/30/1997 ** Purging of T3E core/mppcore files ** ** Handling Premature PE Exits on T3D/E ** [ ... etc ... ] As you know, the basic format of the newsletter doesn't change much. Can you give a simple Unix command to produce such a list?
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..Canacol Energy Buyout of Shona Energy tomorrow. Colombian Buyouts in 2013, in Fact TD SAYS 200% UPSIDE FOR CANACOL ENERGY GOING FROM .29 TO .90 CENTS TD SEC. UPGRADES TD says Canacol Energy going to .90 from .32 cents now, Research report on Canacol Energy (CNE) Canacol announced that its Agueda-1-ST exploration well on the Labrador prospect on the LLA23 block in Colombia's Llanos Basin has made a light oil discovery that tested 1,832 bbl/d of 28 degree API oil from the Gacheta Formation (with additional potential in the Ubaque and C7 formations still to be tested). IMPACT IS POSITIVE FOR CANACOL ENERGY (CNE.TO) Canacol has larger resource potential on other blocks in Latin America, but we view this well result as likely the most important in its exploration campaign this year, as it should almost instantly start contributing high net back production and offset declines from Canacol's core (and adjacent) Rancho Hermoso producing field, while supporting follow-up development drilling locations.We believe the market had sold off Canacol's shares for multiple reasons,including technical trading related to Canacol's proposed merger with Shona Energy (SHO-V, Not Rated). However, we assume that concern around the company's financial health (if Rancho Hermoso significantly under performs expectations) was a factor that also contributed to share price weakness. We believe this discovery should significantly reduce such concerns, as it should a) contribute near-term revenues, and b) support potential reserve additions that will help to maintain or grow reserve based lending capacity.We had already assumed that Canacol's proposed merger with Shona Energy (SHO-V) would be approved but our conviction in that assumption is supported by this news, since we assume this discovery will make the deal significantly more appealing to Shona shareholders, from which a 2/3 approval is required in a vote scheduled for mid-December.The discovery also supports our view that Canacol management has a track record of value-creating acquisitions. Recall that the LLA 23 block was acquired through the acquisition of Carrao Energy (private) in late 2011. We have long viewed that acquisition as a value-creating deal (albeit dependent on exploration success going forward). This now makes the third recent indication that the exploration lands acquired in that deal warranted investment, following positive indications from the Mono Arana-1 well on the VMM 2 block (partnered with Exxon Mobil) announced in late October and encouraging indications from the Achote-1 well on the Portofino block (partnered with Pacific Rubiales) announced in late September.Agueda-1-ST was drilled as a sidetrack to the original Agueda-1 well (drilled in 2007) by re-entering and sidetracking to drill the Labrador prospect. The Labrador prospect was identified on recently acquired 3D seismic, with potential identified in the C7, Gacheta, and Ubaque formation structurall up dip of the original Agueda 1 well.The well encountered 70 feet of potential net oil pay:10 ft in the C7 Formation with average porosity of 23%;42 ft in the Lower Gacheta Formation with average porosity of 30%;18 ft in the Ubaque Formation with average porosity of 26%.The Lower Gacheta was perforated in 3 separate intervals, and produced at a gross rate of 1,832 bbl/d (1,466bbl/d net to Canacol) of 28 degree API light oil with 0.6 % water cut, 43 mcf/d of gas and a GOR of 24 scf/bbl during a 48 hour production test.Canacol holds an 80% operated working interest in the LLA23 block, immediately adjacent to the Rancho Hermoso field area (where it operates under a risk service contract with Ecopetrol). As a result of the more favourable royalty terms on the LLA 23 block, netbacks for any potential developments on LLA23 should be substantially higher than at Rancho Hermoso. We assume there could be substantial synergies from operating a development at Agueda-1-ST immediately adjacent to the existing Rancho Hermoso field.Outlook is Canacol plans to continue production testing of the Lower Gacheta in the short term, with produced oil being transported to the nearest point of sale. Upon completion of the production test of the Lower Gacheta, Canacol plans to test the deeper Ubaque reservoir, and the well placed on permanent production from either zone thereafter. Canacol is formulating plans to drill several development wells into the Labrador discovery. In addition, five other exploration prospects identified on seismic are being licensed for drilling in 2013.We have tentatively added an assumption of 1.3 mmbbl of 2P reserves at Agueda-1-ST to our Base NAVPS estimate. In addition, we have de-risked our total resource assumptions for the LLA 23 block slightly. These changes have increased our near-term production and cash flow expectations, as well as our NAVPS estimates.Note, however, that our risked assumption of 7 mmbbl net to Canacol's 80% working interest in LLA23 remains below management's pre-drill estimate for the block of 11 mmbbl..Canacol Energy is Partnered in Colombia, with the Best Oil Majors in The World, EXXON MOBIL, SHELL, SINOCHEM (CHINESE OIL ) ECOPETROL, and Pacific Rubiales all Partnered with little .32 cent Canacol. Facts! TD SEC. SAYS CANACOL GOING TO .90 in 2013 UPGRADED CNE... Mackie research says Canacol energy 2013 $13.50 per share. Nice Facts going forward CNE.to $13.50 price target Great awesome news for Canacol (cne) energy.
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Credit: Helen-Nicole Kostis (UMBC) (Lead), Susan Lozier (Duke University), Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC), Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC), Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory
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Remarks by the President to the Ghanaian Parliament
This is the simple truth of a time when the boundaries between people are overwhelmed by our connections. Your prosperity can expand America's prosperity. Your health and security can contribute to the world's health and security. And the strength of your democracy can help advance human rights for people everywhere.
So I do not see the countries and peoples of Africa as a world apart; I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world -- (applause) -- as partners with America on behalf of the future we want for all of our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility and mutual respect. And that is what I want to speak with you about today.
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Were Barney and NObama the same guys that were shrieking WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW just a few months ago? The same guys that voted the money to go to AIG WITHOUT any strings attached?
Come on my memory is bad but it isnt that bad.
Were Barney and NObama the same guys that were shrieking WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW just a few months ago? The same guys that voted the money to go to AIG WITHOUT any strings attached?
Come on my memory is bad but it isnt that bad.
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Besides being incompetent, he is pretty entertaining to watch. It is funny that he can be so self righteous when a good portion of the blame for the mortgage mess is his. I hope he is voted out the next time he is up for election.
Just watched the messiah swing his head back & forth as he goes between teleprompters & watched him stutter as he looks for the tele in the podium. What a performance, I'm sure the lefty's are swooning.
But here's what I've noticed, as his babble flows, there is something for everyone in his discussion. But the majority of the meat is a leadin to his socialist tendencies.
What I have also noticed, apparently Civics is no longer taught within the lefty's government school system. It is the function of the Legislative body to put into place policies by which this country operates, if they disagree with the existing policy they should arrange to change same. It is then the function of the Executive branch to ensure those poliices are adhered to, not to micromanage what individual companies do or don't do. Apparently, none of the elected have an understanding of their position in the Chain of Command. The Judicial gets to referee.
This guy is beginning to make Jimmy C look presidential, You don't run a presidency with trash talk.
BTW, when GW was interviewed briefly this AM on his way to a speaking engagement - he again showed what a class act he is by refusing to criticize the sitting POTUS, though the messiah is making himself a real target.
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Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
A contract is a contract ... unless amended by the participating parties.
AIG execs would have been so much smarter to realize that the spit would hit the fan when the bonuses became common knowledge. They could have voluntarily amended their contracts, knowing that the company was in such financial distress. Evidently, there were some execs who did so. The ones who resigned (mentioned in another thread) maybe just decided to take their money & run. Probably have enough dough now to retire on very comfortably.
Their "talent" would not go un-noticed, I think. They might have a tough time finding another job in the financial industry.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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M Remington, I don't think you would be in favor of voiding the contracts if you were the one receiving the money.
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Where is the best place with the best price to get batting by the roll. Either Hobbs 80/20 or Warm and Natural. Do you have any other suggestions of different brands of batting?
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Where is the best place with the best price to get batting by the roll. Either Hobbs 80/20 or Warm and Natural. Do you have any other suggestions of different brands of batting?
Texas Sunshine, piney woods of NE Texas
I buy my roll of batting from JoAnns when they have it 50% off and have it shipped to my door. I ordered some last week and it arrived yesterday.
I have bought from other places, the W & N, but lately can find it for less with a sale at JoAnns
My newest Grandson, Caleb Austin, was born May 29th. I am now Grandma to 4 precious babies. I am so blessed!!!!
I order it online so I don't have to fight the trafic and cold weather.
I saw that Marshalls Dry Goods had Hobbs 80/20 on the roll for 110.00. I thought that was a pretty good price. I don't know what the shipping is, though.
check out batt mart.com they have great prices and all kinds. Last time I bought a roll at Joanns but I had the 60% off coupon. Otherwise I order on line
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If you have the most recient JoAnns flyer the batting will all be on sale for 50 percent off starting on November 23 plus there is a coupon for additional 25 percent off on Friday and Saturday. This is when I usually by my Warm and Natural. I stock up on all of my battings during this sale. I bought a 40 yard roll last year.... and got to skip the cutting counter .. because I took the whole roll. The stock person took care of getting me the slip to take to the register.
Just ordered the 80/20 batting from Marshall Dry Goods. Minimum 2 roll order, $33 shipping to my location. I think it was $125 per roll. Comes out to $4.25 / yd. 39 yards on a roll and is 96" wide.
Quilter's Dream batting can be bought on the roll but you need a tax ID. It's beautiful batting.
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I also order from Marshal's, just got a roll a month or so ago. Hobb's 80/20 Cost $125 that includes shipping. 30 yards x 96". Someone said there was a 2 roll minimum, but I get the Hobbs 1 roll at a time. Will last me most of a year.


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Moving to a new home, leaving his mom and litter mates and the only people he has ever really known is a very difficult experience for the puppy, so try to make the move as easy as possible for him. For the first weeks, try to change his life as little as possible.
Stock Up on Puppy Supplies
Scout out your neighborhood for pet supply stores and establish a relationship with them. Think ahead to bad weather or times you'll be really busy. Are store hours convenient?
Here's a basic list of what you'll need to get before the pup arrives:
Bowls for food and water. Glass and ceramic can break; plastic is chewable and can harbor bacteria. Stainless Steel is sturdy and easy to wash and the best choice. You'll need a bowl holder, too, so your puppy doesn't learn the neat trick of pushing her dinner all around the kitchen.
A crate to serve as her den. Wire is more portable than Plexiglas and allows for better ventilation in warmer climates. Since your puppy will grow, you may want to buy one that can be sectioned off to allow for expansion. Or, be prepared to buy a new one in several months.
A bed and accessories. For most dogs, especially at the beginning, a washable plastic bed padded with washable towels or blankets, as well as a tee shirt or old bathrobe that carries your scent, is just fine. Be sure the bed will fit inside the crate. You might want to have a hot water bottle on stand-by. A ticking clock and a sturdy, baby-proof stuffed toy may also keep her company the first few weeks.
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I post this only as a benchmark and to say thank you to all of you that keep returning to the Scoutmaster Minute.
1005 visitors as of this posting! Wow.. I would have never thought back in July of last year that I would see 10000 let alone keep the blog going.
So thank you to all of you that read, comment, subscribe, and listen to my Podcast too…
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I promised myself I wouldn't cave in and buy a twilight figure. Now I just went and bought the bloody box of three. My other half is mad at me for buying cheap crud. "They're not even painted and they cost as much!" but he likes the LOTR figures too so it wasn't a big problem.
Looking forward to getting my paws on the TABA box set now. Saw that weirdy purple packaged box set the other day and walked right by. Dull contents.


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I just don't get it. All throughout the year, we have morals and responsibilities. As always, there is an exception. Halloween. What really bothers me is that kids are encouraged by their parents to demand candy from neighbors in a rude, disrespectful way, and their kids have come to expect this candy. Someone needs to tell them that this kind of behavior is not acceptable. I, personally, am very disturbed when I am working and dozens of people ring my doorbell because it is social convention that I am to give them candy for no good reason. I do not observe halloween and I would find it similarly offensive if people demanded church taxes or some other nonsense from me on christmas.
When I was young, I used to give in to this becuase my parents told me it would be fun. As an older, possibly more mature person, I now know that it is wrong to knock on strangers' doors and demand candy. Now that I know this, I am doing my best to try to educate children about it.
In short, my hopes are very simple: that parents will strive to educate their children about what conduct is permissible, not what conduct is acceptable to society. The example of this not happening that I am most shocked by is Halloween, which is probably the easiest to recognize becuase it is so stupid. The whole idea of Halloween, involving dressing up in odd costumes and running around threatening neighbors over candy is so remarkably stupid ti any reasonable person that it becomes apparent that such behavior is unwelcomed and an accident of society. The problem with society is that once any holiday is established, it is extremely hard to antiquate. This is the same reason as why holidays get added at an unsustainable pace and will continue to be shoved into the calendar until we are stuck with a great number more than 366 holidays annually. But of more relevence, it is a reason why Halloween is not socially depricated, like other stupid immoral and stupid practices such as witchburning censorship already are. This makes Halloween a very difficult annoyance to combat. For now, the best way to go about that is probably to educate parents on how Halloween rampages are obnoxious to neigbors and are detrimental to society.


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Atoni or Dawan people
west Timor, Indonesia
House door
[oda matan]
19th-early 20th century
142.0 (h) x 64.5 (w) x 10.0 (d) cm
National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
The house in Timor, as in many other parts of Southeast Asia, is divided into male and female sections, although the gender division of dwellings varies considerably. While the door to the female area is sometimes emblazoned with an image of a woman, feminine symbols are more often distilled, as they are here, to a large pair of breasts above an ornamental panel of spirals and lozenges. The curved form above the breasts may represent a headhunter's headdress shaped like buffalo horns which often features boldly on doors to the male domain.
In Timor, women returning to village life after childbirth are likened to men returning from a successful headhunting expedition, as childbirth and headhunting are both dangerous activities essential for the prosperity of the community.


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on the master forum page, it now sez gsj's our MModerator
while i trust his sense of moderatordom as much as anyone's, this don't mean jt's forsaking us, duzzit?
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National Influenza Vaccination Week
Note: For the 2016-2017 season, CDC recommends use of the flu shot (inactivated influenza vaccine or IIV) and the recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV). The nasal spray flu vaccine (live attenuated influenza vaccine or LAIV) should not be used during 2016-2017. The 2016-2017 influenza vaccination recommendations are now available.
The National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination.
NIVW 2016 will be observed December 4-10.
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Housny, Gurtas to perform 'Sounds of Islam,' April 23
Posted April 19, 2004; 12:01 a.m.
Sheikh Ismet Housny and Yusuf Gurtas will present a performance of Qur'an recitation and Sufi music titled "Sounds of Islam" at 8 p.m. Friday, April 23, in the University Chapel.
Housny is imam of the Islamic Center of New York in Manhattan and a renowned Qari, or professional reciter of the Qur'an. The art of reciting the Qur'an is highly valued in Islamic societies.
Gurtas, instructor of mathematics at Suffolk County Community College, is one of the most prominent nay players from Turkey. The nay, a reed flute, is the main instrument of Sufi music.
The free event is sponsored by the Rumi Club for Interfaith Dialogue , Muslim Students Association, Office of Religious Life, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Student Government Projects Board and Venture Fund. For more information, contact the Rumi Club .
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By Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal
CORINTH – The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau/tourism council on Tuesday named Christy Burns as the agency's new executive director effective April 3.
Burns was among 31 initial applicants for the position and one of three finalists interviewed by the entire board after an initial screening by a search committee of three board members.
Burns comes to the position from Mississippi Polymers, where she has been accounting manager since 2005. She also previously owned a downtown Corinth business, Waldron Street Market.
"I look forward to working with the board, as well as the Mayor and the other elected officials, to increase the visibility of Corinth as a great tourist destination place," Burns said. "I'm excited to get to promote not only the town that I grew up in, but the town that is home to my children. My immediate focus is to work with the local community to increase revenues while also providing additional tourism dollars to the city/county events, venues, etc."
She has served on the board of Main Street Corinth since 2006, working to promote and organize downtown festivals. Burns also was a member of Junior Auxiliary of Corinth as the organization conducted programs to help the children of Alcorn County.
"Corinth has something for everybody – from the many historical sites, such as the Interpretive Center, to the many great restaurants and shops we have both downtown and throughout the city, not to mention the weekly Pickin' on the Square and the annual festivals," she said.


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Comparative OrthopaedicsRecent Publications
1. Wilke MM, Nydam DV, Nixon AJ. Enhanced early chondrogenesis in articular defects following arthroscopic mesenchymal stem cell implantation in an equine model. J Orthop Res 25:913-925, 2007.
2. Goodrich LR, Nixon AJ. Genetic modification of chondrocytes with insulin-like growth factor enhances cartilage healing in an equine model. J Bone Joint Surg, Br 89:672-685, 2007.
3. Morisset S, Frisbie DD, Robbins PD, Nixon AJ, McIlwraith CW. IL-1ra/IGF-1 gene therapy modulates repair of microfractured chondral defects. Clin Orthop Relat Res 462:221-228, 2007.
4. Gratz KR, Wong VW, Chen AC, Fortier LA, Nixon AJ, Sah RL. Biomechanical assessment of tissue retrieved after in vivo cartilage defect repair: tensile modulus of repair tissue and integration with host cartilage. J Biomech 39:138-146, 2006.
5. Dahlgren LA, Mohammed HO, Nixon AJ. Expression of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in healing tendon lesions. J Orthop Res 24:183-192, 2006.
6. Goodrich LR, Brower-Toland BD, Warnick L, Robbins PD, Evans CH, Nixon AJ. Direct adenovirus-mediated IGF-I gene transduction of synovium induces persisting synovial fluid IGF-I ligand elevations. Gene Ther 13:1253-1262, 2006; Epub 2006 May 18.
7. Semevolos SA, Nixon AJ, Fortier LA, Strassheim ML, Haupt J. Age-related expression of molecular regulators of hypertrophy and maturation in articular cartilage. J Orthop Res 24:1773-1781, 2006.
8. Donnelly BP, Nixon AJ, Haupt JL, Dahlgren LA. Nucleotide structure of equine platelet-derived growth factor-A and -B and expression in horses with induced acute tendinitis. Am J Vet Res 67:1218-1225; Erratum in 67:1627, 2006.
9. Haupt JL, Donnelly BP, Nixon AJ. Effects of platelet-derived growth factor-BB on the metabolic function and morphologic features of equine tendon in explant culture. Am J Vet Res 67:1595-1600, 2006.
10. Nixon AJ, Haupt JL, Frisbie DD Morisset SS, McIlwraith CW, Robbins PD, Evans CH, Ghivizzani S. Gene-mediated restoration of cartilage matrix by combination insulin-like growth factor-I/interleukin-1 receptor antagonist therapy. Gene Ther 12:177-186, 2005.
11. Dahlgren LA, Mohammed HO, Nixon AJ. Temporal expression of growth factors and matrix molecules in healing tendon lesions. J Orthop Res 23:84-92, 2005.
12. Haupt JL, Frisbie DD, McIlwraith CW, Robbins PD, Ghivizzani S, Evans CH, Nixon AJ. Dual transduction of insulin-like growth factor-I and interleukin-I receptor antagonist protein controls cartilage degradation in an osteoarthritic culture model. J Orthop Res 23:118-126, 2005.
13. Dahlgren, LA, Brower-Toland BD, Nixon AJ. Cloning and expression of equine type III collagen in normal and injured tendons of horses. Am J Vet Res 66:266-270, 2005.
14. Dahlgren, LA, Nixon AJ. Cloning and expression of equine insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in normal equine tendon. Am J Vet Res 66:300-306, 2005.
15. Strauss EJ, Goodrich LR, Chen CT, Hidaka C, Nixon AJ. Biochemical and biomechanical properties of lesion and adjacent articular cartilage after chondral defect repair in an equine model. Am J Sports Med 33:1647-1653, 2005.
16. Semevolos SA, Strassheim ML, Haupt JL, Nixon AJ. Expression patterns of hedgehog signaling peptides in naturally acquired equine osteochondrosis. J Orthop Res 23:1152-1159, 2005.
17. Semevolos SA, Nixon AJ, Strassheim ML. Expression of bone morphogenetic protein-6 and -2 and a bone morphogenetic protein antagonist in horses with naturally acquired osteochondrosis. Am J Vet Res 65:110-115, 2004.
18. Trippel SB, Ghivizzani SC, Nixon AJ. Gene-based approaches for the repair of articular cartilage. Gene Ther 11:351-359, 2004.
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By Tiernan Ray
Wireless chip maker Avago Technologies (AVGO) on Tuesday afternoon reported fiscal Q1 revenue that beat analysts' expectations, but missed on the bottom line, and forecast this quarter's
Revenue in the three months ended in January rose 23%, year over year, to $709 million, yielding EPS of 53 cents, versus the consensus for $700 million and 58 cents.
CEO Hock Tan said that the company "experienced significant growth in our wireless and wired infrastructure end markets and a clear recovery in our industrial as we compare revenue to the same quarter a year ago."
He added that "while we expect this broad based improvement to sustain into the second fiscal quarter, measured on a year over year basis, this will be overshadowed by a sequential decline in our wireless revenue resulting from the annual product transition at a major smartphone OEM customer."
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $667 million to $688 million, which is below the consensus for $697 million.
The revenue upside last quarter, and the weak revenue view for the quarter, writes Christopher Danely with J.P. Morgan, "is driven by a product transition at a large handset customer (we believe Apple (AAPL))." Danely reiterated a Neutral rating on the shares.
On a more positive note, Oppenheimer & Co.'s Rick Schafer this morning writes that "Structural trends in wireless (FBAR) and wired infrastructure are firmly intact and the immediately accretive LSI transaction appears on track to close in May/June," referring to Avago's pending acquisition of communications and storage chip maker LSI.
"We remain confident in the underlying strength of the core AVGO business ($4 of CY15 EPS) and continue to expect LSI to prove up to $1.50 accretive to our model."
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This is a nice article.
This is a nice article.
"Its hard to win an argument with a smart person, but its damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray
Another Algore devotee? When you stick your nose out and become concerned about what's in front of it, what are you doing to correct the problem, as you and your nose visualize it? Are you part of the crowd sending all your bucks to Algore so he can keep Florida from drowning? Do you place your hand on that book of phoney psycobabble penned by Gore as you pray for all the island inhabitants you expect to drown in...let's see now, we've already passed Algore's timetable for his 'chicken little' predictions...so when do you expect the planet to be under water?
Keep following Henry V. His gullability on RTF is legendary.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
"Its hard to win an argument with a smart person, but its damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray
Didn't climate change before man was around to make a difference?
Maybe global warming could be better than global cooling?
President, himself, said that the US has little impact on the big picture as long as China and India are busy scrambling to become more industrialized. So, does it make sense that we should weaken ourselves (economically) through carbon taxes (direct and/or indirect), so that China and/or India can be the primary world leaders? Will the world be better off? Will our own children and grandchildren be better off? Wouldn't that be the pragmatic approach?
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Prior to the dark ages people knew the earth was a sphere and it hung upon nothing.The new technology and science is proving my point. The old way of thinking was that it didn't matter and now we know that it does. I am not the flat earther ignoring that which so obviously in front of my nose
what made the dark ages dark was the covering up of the light. So generation after generation people began to believe really weird stuff. That's what happens in the absence of light.
Men of old accomplished way more with way less. The technological calculations would be impossible these days without the use of all our fancy crap. They did it with a triangle, protracter and a straight edge. They sailed by the knowledge of the stars. They mapped out continents with amazing detail. we think we are so smart today. What we know today pales in comparison to what they knew back then. Scientist are still learning things that men of old knew about, In reality we are pretty pathetic creatures compared to those of thousands of years ago.
Hell,,, we can't even produce a machine that can cut a stone as accurately as a an ancient man with a chisel and a fricken hammer and we can't set a corner stone any more precise.
They knew stuff we don't
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Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Psalms 12: 8
The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exulted
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!


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can someone post a comparision pic of the two Freds to show the difference in scale and decoration.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
I found the Chase McQueen this morning! There was a scalper there and I guess he was busy looking through the Hot Wheels as I searched all the SW pegs first then Transformers before checking on Cars. Of course, as soon as I grabbed the McQueen, scalper comes over to ask "anything good?"
can someone list all the variations for Lighting McQueen I know of the following:
Bug Teeth
Tar version
Cactus version
crusin version
tongue version
new chase bumper sticker version
the reason i ask is my neice is so into Cars and Lighting McQueen that I have been picking up a couple for her whenever i see some of the cool ones. ( i recently got for her Pit Crew Doc Hudson,Tongue McQueen and Mario Andrette)
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
1-regular version
2 dinoco mcqueen
3 bling bling mcqueen
4 tongue
5 Bug mouth
6 Dirt track
7 Cruisin mcqueen
8 radiator springs
9 Cactus
10 Tar mcqueen
11 Chase
12 Lightning storm McQueen (SDCC)
13 Blu ray McQueen
Blu-ray McQueen is a metallic paint car that you could only get by buying the Cars blu ray release last year and then sending away for it.
Just thought I'd share a couple of cool pics - wouldn't it be awesome to be able to add these guys to your collection?!:


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The release of Grammy-winning drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington's homage to Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach coincides with the 50th anniversary of their iconic 1963 Money Jungle album.
Carrington enlists the aid of two high-profile collaborators - keyboardist Gerald Clayton and bassist Christian McBride - to pay tribute to Duke, his trio and his creative vision with a cover of this historic recording. Guests include trumpeter Clark Terry, trombonist Robin Eubanks, reed players Tia Fuller and Antonio Hart, guitarist Nir Felder, percussionist Arturo Stabile, vocalists Shea Rose and Lizz Wright, and Herbie Hancock.
This audacious project feels good in the body and soul.
Audiophile Audition
This track seamlessly segues into "Fleurette Africain" with some jive-talkin' by trumpeter Clark Terry, and then followed by a lovely tonal and subtly-textured arrangement of the piece. "Backward Country Boy Blues" starts off in a traditional gospel fashion with some slide guitar and wordless vocalizing by Lizz Wright, which continues throughout the track over the instrumental wanderings of pianist Gerald Clayton and some other members of the band. Money Jungle is a superior product to this release.
Album Reviews:
Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The Grammy-winning drummer has recruited veterans Clark Terry and Herbie Hancock to help put a fresh spin on her interpretation of the complete 1963 LP MONEY JUNGLE..."
Album Notes
Personnel: Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Tia Fuller (alto, flute); Nir Felder (guitar); Antonio Hart (flute); Robin Eubanks (trombone); Gerald Clayton (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Arturo Stable (percussion).
Recording information: Sauce Entertainment Studios, Boston, MA; Sound Temple Studio, Asheville, NC; Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY.
Editor: Jeremy Loucas.
Photographers: Tracy Love; Michael Goldman .
Drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington won a Grammy in 2012 for her genre-blurring Mosaic Project, which blended the voices and instruments of an all-female cast in a series of bold musical statements. Here Carrington turns her sights toward revisioning a legendary meeting of jazz minds on the recording of 1963's Money Jungle by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Accompanied by pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Christian McBride, and a host of guests, Carrington not only reinterprets that album, she adds to its discourse with two of her own compositions and another by Clayton. She doesn't follow the original sequence of Money Jungle. She kicks it off with the title cut introduced by her drum kit underneath the voice of activist and author Michael Ruppert, whose quote, "You have to create problems to create profit," highlights other well-chosen, organically placed sound clips from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Hilary and Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, making the tune -- and the album -- an artistic, musical indictment of the pervasive corruption in Western capitalism. But this set is far from some autodidactic sermonette. As McBride and Clayton enter the tune's fray, things get funky and swing. With her trademark brand of authoritative circular rhythm (deeply influenced by Roach) at the core, this trio comes together seamlessly to move the argument from the intellect into the heart. Nonagenarian jazz elder Clark Terry lends his deep blue scatting vocal and trumpet to a steamy read of "Fleurette Africaine." The set's hinge piece is "Wig Wise," with its knotty lyric head stated definitively by Clayton. McBride shines throughout, but his blues solo, which kicks off "Switch Blade," offers homage to that same feel in Mingus. Nir Felder's gutbucket, bottleneck guitar playing introduces what becomes a sophisticated, slinky, nocturnal read of "Backwoods Country Boy Blues," which is decidedly more urban than its title suggests. It is complemented beautifully by Lizz Wright's wordless vocals. Carrington's "Grass Roots" is a beautifully angular blues, while her "No Boxes (Nor Words)" is an expressionistic modernist post-bop number with a smoking solo by McBride. The set ends with "REM Blues/Music," which commences quietly, subtly, and with a shimmering quality from Clayton's Rhodes. The tune incorporates an Ellington poem recited by Shea Rose with a spoken coda by him offered by Herbie Hancock. Carrington's title, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, is apt. She reveals the pervasive nature the blues in the original album's compositions and intent, and underscores how their importance resonates in jazz's present tense. And nothing brings the blues like money -- especially the lack of it. But Ellington himself stated that "... the music will be there when the money is gone." Amen. ~ Thom Jurek
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" Got these at Amazon after a long search and much reading. Sound for the price is really good. Not in the same league with my Sony Pros or the Sennheisers but surprisingly close. I have them connected with a REALLY cheap headphone amp and the combo far exceeds what I expected. Clear, roomy, dead quiet. " --Richard S
Yuin Pk1 Earphones
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By Sam Mamudi
Shares of some of the biggest health insurers spiked in late trades Monday, with Humana (HUM) closing up 8.6%, Aetna (AET) rising 2.4%, and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) up 3.1%. Each of the stocks' daily charts look like this one, for Humana:
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As yet, there's no clear reason for the moves, though it is likely linked to news on Medicare Advantage rates for next year.
Investors have been wary about possible steep cuts to Medicare Advantage plans since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Feb. 15 that it expects costs per person to fall more than 2 percent in 2014, a bigger drop than many analysts who cover the industry anticipated.
The government uses that figure as a benchmark to determine payment for Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of the federally funded Medicare program for the elderly and disabled people.
CMS said in February it will announce final rates April 1. The announcement is expected after markets close.
Update: CMS has released its rates for 2014.


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Thanks Ron, for your effort to get this Gigapan from this famous view. I can see the benefit of shooting a lot more images for these amazing wide views.
Ron, Beautiful shot! The Grand Teton and Snake River were Ansel Adams' favorite photographic objects. However, not only he did not have GigaPan, but also there was no color photography yet at his time. There are many his original photos on the net (including his famous B&W Grand Teton and Snake River shot), but they are not zoomable. I like this one.
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With 2010 just around the corner, the U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to do that head count they do every ten years. Darrel Hysler works in the Cedar Rapids Office and says they are mandated by the Constitution every ten years to count the U.S. population. Hysler says they are currently hiring local workers to help with the process. He says the jobs pay between $11.75 and $15 an hour and have flexible hours which are good for someone out of work and looking around. If you are interested call 866-861-2010.
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10.12: Characteristics and Origins of Life
What is life?
How can you tell a blob of organic material from a living creature? What characteristics does something need to be considered alive? Is this material rust or is it bacteria?
The Origin Of Life
No one knows how or when life first began on the turbulent early Earth. There is little hard evidence from so long ago. Scientists think that it is extremely likely that life began and was wiped out more than once; for example, by the impact that created the Moon.
This issue of what's living and what's not becomes important when talking about the origin of life. If we're going to know when a blob of organic material crossed over into being alive, we need to have a definition of life.
Characteristics of Life
To be considered alive a molecule must:
- be organic. The organic molecules needed are amino acids, the building blocks of life.
- have a metabolism.
- be capable of replication (be able to reproduce).
Learning About the Origin of Life
To look for information regarding the origin of life, scientists:
- perform experiments to recreate the environmental conditions found at that time.
- study the living creatures that make their homes in the types of extreme environments that were typical in Earth's early days.
- seek traces of life left by ancient microorganisms, also called microbes, such as microscopic features or isotopic ratios indicative of life. Any traces of life from this time period are so ancient it is difficult to be certain whether they originated by biological or non-biological means.
Amino Acids
Amino acids are the building blocks of life because they create proteins. To form proteins, the amino acids are linked together by covalent bonds to form polymers called polypeptide chains (Figure below).
Amino acids form polypeptide chains.
These chains are arranged in a specific order to form each different type of protein. Proteins are the most abundant class of biological molecules.
An important question facing scientists is where the first amino acids came from: did they originate on Earth or did they fly in from outer space? No matter where they originated, the creation of amino acids requires the right starting materials and some energy.
Miller-Urey Experiment
The setup of the Miller-Urey experiment.
To see if amino acids could originate in the environment thought to be present in the first years of Earth's existence, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey performed a famous experiment in 1953. To simulate the early atmosphere they placed hydrogen, methane, and ammonia in a flask of heated water that created water vapor, which they called the primordial soup. Sparks simulated lightning, which the scientists thought could have been the energy that drove the chemical reactions that created the amino acids. It worked! The gases combined to form water-soluble organic compounds including amino acids.
A dramatic reenactment of this experiment is performed on this video from the 1980 TV show Cosmos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yet1xkAv_HY&feature=related. At the end you can learn about the possible role of RNA.
Amino acids might also have originated at hydrothermal vents or deep in the crust where Earth's internal heat is the energy source. Meteorites containing amino acids currently enter the Earth system and so meteorites could have delivered amino acids to the planet from elsewhere in the solar system (where they would have formed by processes similar to those outlined here).
- Amino acids are linked by covalent bonds to form peptide chains that are ordered to create specific types of proteins.
- For something to be alive it must be organic, have a metabolism, and be capable of replication.
- Miller and Urey simulated the early atmosphere with hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and water vapor, to which they added sparks and created amino acids.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. Who was Stanley Miller?
2. What was Miller's experiment?
3. What gases did he use in his experiment? Why?
4. What did Miller discover?
5. Explain the importance of this experiment.
1. Why must something that is alive be capable of replication?
2. Why do scientists that are interested in the origin of life study extreme environments?
3. How do scientists learn about the origins of life?
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Talk examines Israeli election and peace prospects-CANCELED
Posted February 26, 2009; 01:39 p.m.
This event has been canceled because of weather conditions.
"After the Gaza War and Israeli Elections: What Hope for Israeli-Arab Peace?" is the title of a lecture by political analyst Daniel Levy, a former Israeli government adviser, set for 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Levy is a senior fellow and co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation and a senior fellow and director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at the Century Foundation. He was a policy adviser to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and a member of the negotiating team for the Israeli-Palestinian "Oslo B" agreement under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He also was a senior policy adviser to former Israeli Minister of Justice Yossi Beilin.
Levy served as the lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative, a joint Israeli-Palestinian effort that suggests a detailed model for a peace agreement. From 2003 to 2004, he worked as an analyst for the International Crisis Group Middle East Program.
The event is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Princeton Middle East Society.


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Created during the 12th century, the counterweight trebuchet has been used for hundreds of years to hurl objects long distance. Based on the conservation of energy and torque, trebuchets have launched objects weighing over 350 lbs. Today, trebuchets have become popular once again due to their use at the yearly pumpkin chunking contests in Delaware.
Amazing But True
- Besides the base, the main component of a trebuchet is the long beam that is attached to an axle. The long end of the beam houses the projectile while the short end of the beam is where the counter weight is attached. The counter weight is raised up by pulling the longer side of the beam down, at which point the system is ready to be fired.
- The trebuchet works on the principle of conservation of energy. As the counterweight is raised, potential energy is being stored in the system. Once the counterweight is raised to the desired height, all the energy in the system is potential while the kinetic energy is 0. When the counter weight is released, it plummets to the ground causing the projectile on the other end to rotate. As the counterweight falls, all the potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy (to be more specific, rotational kinetic energy).
Show What You Know
Using the information provided above, answer the following questions.
- Where does the potential energy in the system originate from?
- Would the maximum angle for launching projectiles from a trebuchet be at 45°?
- If the recommended counterweight mass is 100 times the weight of the object to be thrown, how heavy of a counterweight do you need to launch a 100 lb. stone the optimal distance?


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Four selected as Goldwater Scholars
Posted April 21, 2003; 02:49 p.m.
Four Princeton students have been named Goldwater Scholars by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
They are: junior Anthony Miller of Hopewell, N.J., who is majoring in physics; junior Ruth Tennen of Collinsville, Conn., who is majoring in molecular biology; junior Michael Tibbetts of Clearwater, Fla., who is majoring in molecular biology; and sophomore Darsh Ranjan of Lexington, Ky., who expects to major in mathematics.
The scholarship program, part of the federally endowed Goldwater Foundation, was established in honor of Sen. Barry Goldwater and is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
The full story is available in a news release.
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By Dennis Seid/NEMS Daily Journal
Northeast Mississippi stores are among retailers adding help for the quickly approaching holiday selling season.
Earlier this month, retail industry experts said some 700,000 temporary jobs would be added nationwide.
Kohl's, Walmart and Toys R Us each are expected to boost their staffs by 10 percent.
For Mississippi-based retailers like Reed's, the numbers aren't huge, but they're adding workers nonetheless.
"Between our four stores, we've added about 25 people," said Clyde Biddle, Reed's office manager.
The Tupelo-based department store has two locations in Tupelo (downtown and in The Mall at Barnes Crossing) and a store in Columbus and Starkville.
"We have a lot of applications for part-time help," Biddle said. "The people who have worked with us before during the holidays and summer are given first priority."
Other local retailers have added or will add a handful of workers, depending on business.
"We hired three this week," said Tommy Lee, owner of Corner Shoe Store. "We could add more at any time – you just don't know. But we're expecting to have a good year."
Indeed, the National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to increase about 4.1 percent, higher than the 10-year average of 3.5 percent growth.
But NRF isn't the only group expecting a solid selling season, and other jobs-related organization also predict increased hiring.
A nationwide CareerBuilder survey said 36 percent of retailers plan to add extra help for the holidays, up from 29 percent in 2011.
"An increase in consumer confidence is helping to fuel the best seasonal hiring the U.S. has seen in recent years," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder. "While the bulk of seasonal recruitment falls within the retail space, companies across industries are hiring for a wide range of positions to support their business operations as they wrap up the year."
Snagajob, a jobs website, said hiring this year for the holidays could be the best in five years.
It surveyed 1,000 hiring managers nationwide, and found 63 percent will make hires this year, the highest percentage in the Snagajob five-year survey. Last year, 51 percent of managers said they would hire additional workers. and up from last year.
Snagajob's survey also said managers would hire, on average, about six seasonal workers per store, compared to four last year.
But if you're looking for a job, hurry. It's not too late, but the sooner the better.
According to CareerBuilder, more than a third of employers who are hiring seasonal staff hire the most in October. Thirty percent plan to hire in November, while only 11 percent plan to hire in December.
Toys R Us is adding 45,000 seasonal workers, including 220 for its four stores in Mississippi.
Company spokeswoman Alyssa Peera couldn't provide a breakdown of how many each store would add. Toys R Us has stores in Tupelo, Hattiesburg, Jackson and Meridian.
Part-time jobs also can turn into full-time positions for holiday workers who stand out.
Last year at Toys R Us, for example, about 15 percent of its temporary part-timers stayed on beyond the holidays, Peera said.
"Each year, following the holiday season, there are substantial growth opportunities available for high-performing seasonal employees to take on extended roles, and many seasonal and part-time workers have obtained full-time positions at the company," she said.
Snagajob said job-seekers should look beyond traditional department and retail stores. It recommended looking into shipping companies, craft stores, restaurants, movie theaters, inventory positions and tax-preparation companies.