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I'm a Professional Jazz Saxophone soloist recently retired from 23 years with the USAF Band Of Flight, WPAFB, OHIO, experienced in performance, technique and equipment. I'm not a buyer/seller or dealer. I have 40 years Alto, Tenor, Soprano and Bari Saxophone performance experience with additional years on the Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bass Guitar, Piano, Drum-set, Guitar and Voice. I'm a third generation professional military musician, my father, Bill Koeller(1939-1997) was in the USAF 1958-1962, and played Jazz Hammond B-3 organ from 1957-1997, and my fathers Uncle, Alfred Koeller (1912-1993), was a professional Acoustic Bassist in the Army Air Corps in WWII, and also performed on Jazz Guitar, Hammond organ, Piano and tenor saxophone.
Professional Saxophone Soloist, 23 total years with the USAF Bands, 6 years with the USAF Band of Flight, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, performing on Tenor, Alto, Soprano, Clarinet, and Flute. 4 years in Japan, at Yokota AFB with the USAF Band of the Pacific. An Avid Composer and Arranger for the Night Hawk Protocol Combo. Former Lead Alto Saxophonist with the USAF Night Flight Big Band performing the music of Glenn Miller as well as other hits of the Big Band Era. I collect LP records of Jazz, blue's, classical and rock, and have over 12,000 records.
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Re: OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional) Certification
I've no doubt that my number of posts to this forum will go up significantly during this process. You lot are too good a resource to pass up.
Woo! I'm a little nervous, as this will be my entry into Ethical Hacking. But, I'm very excited about the course!

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Monday, March 21, 2011
Jaybird Quilt Patterns- All New!
Hey Jolly Jabbers,
It's Julie from Jaybird Quilts!! Lots of "J's" there, but that's ok because I love the letter J!
I started my blog almost 2 years ago out of a desire to show projects that I was working on. Before that I worked at a quilt shop & also went to school for design. During my time at the quilt shop I was often helping customers understand patterns that weren't written as well as they should have been, and it inspired me to start designing my own. I got my feet wet for a while by posting online tutorials & publishing my work in many magazines. Taking the jump to publishing my own patterns was the next step and, so far, it has been a really exciting adventure!
I am really excited to show you my new patterns and tell you a bit about them. I am a notions junkie & especially love when you can use a specialty ruler for more than one project. Five of my new patterns feature the Lazy Angle Ruler by Joan Hawley of Lazy Girl Designs.
Unwind is a mix of modern & tradition all in one. The design is based around the white stars, but instead of a basic background you create a party of color with strips of fabric. The blocks come together easily with the use pre-cut 2.5" strips. Unwind includes size options for 5 different size quilts.
With firecracker the white takes a back seat and the colors create the stars. The Lazy Angle ruler makes it simple to create fireworks that spin to the right & left.
Hugs & Kisses
May I present to you... Hugs & Kisses... "The star crossed lovers quilt." This quilt is a fresh take on a coin strip quilt, with diamonds created in the negative space. Hugs & Kisses includes size options for 4 different size quilts.
Fast Forward
Fast Forward got its name because it is a really FAST quilt to make. It also uses pre-cut 2.5" strips for the blocks. The vertical columns are easy to make and after you add in some sashing strips your quilt top is done. Fast Forward includes size options for 5 different size quilts.
Are you ready for a carnival ride? This quilt just makes me feel like hopping in a car and driving to a park for some summer fun! The blocks are made from pre-cut 10" squares and with some "Lazy" help they come together in no time.
All of the patterns include full size templates that can be used in place of the Lazy Angle Ruler, but I have a feeling that once you make one lazy block you will not be able to stop! The ruler makes the process so easy that you will love being "Lazy!"
Coming Soon
Plaid Parade
Off the Rail
Posted by Stephanie Howard at 5:25 PM
11 comments:
- Stacey said...
Congrats Julie, I am so proud to have found your blog shortly after you started it, and to have followed along on your journey to your success. Thanks for sharing everything.
- March 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Bailey said...
I love all of these patterns, especially Hugs and Kisses!
- March 21, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- TiLT said...
Fantastic! Love the Fast Forward
- March 21, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- VickiT said...
Hello Julie ~ These patterns are all just beautiful. You've done it again and how cool the Lazy Angle Ruler is used too. I must get some of these patterns very soon and the ruler.
- March 21, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Karen said...
What absolutely adorable patterns. I love them all! I think I'm going to have to get one of those rulers too.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Lisa Gapen said...
They are all so lovely but I am really eager to put together Unwind and Fast Forward! Really great! Once I get some orders filled for Chics I'll look forward to diving into one of these!
- March 22, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- JCnNC said...
This would be hard to pick just one pattern that I like. Great patterns all. Judy C
- March 22, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
Julie's patterns are amazing! So versatile!
- March 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Wendy said...
Sure ... two more added to my must have patterns ... Love Julie's Fast Forward and Firecracker. Already drool over Carnival. Gonna have to start a Wish List!
- March 22, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Library Gal Quilts said...
They are all just adorable Julie! I especially like fast forward!
- April 1, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- Donna Joy said...
Unwind is an inspiring name for a quilt. What a creative way to use lots of fabrics. It's a winner or me, thanks.
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I am in my High School's marching band and I am learning much more now that I'm teaching the less experienced students. I now understand that "Lessons" are just as important for those who are taking them as for those who are giving them.
Only by teaching, I guess, can I teach myself .. i suppose teaching could just as easily be synonymous with learning ..
As wierd as it may seem, I am beginning to understand how teaching somebody how to teach themselves music will help me greatly in helping myself teach myself to program -- something I have always wanted to learn aside from the complications of everyday life.
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Thanks for this info Stan. Did you at any time before, during or even after experience any dancing or un steadyness at the line that went along with the vocals. I have both and we start this evening working on this, so a very timely post for me to read. Singles it is for now, but she doesn't get nearly as pumped up when we train alone, hard to simulate.
HRCH UH TilHe CallsUsHome ~ Tilly
After working thru a noise issue and continuing to uphold the higher standard, I've found that if you can get to the point where you can take the dog to the line with only giving every command once, have him/her push and pull with you nicely, watch all the birds of a multiple hit the ground then without saying anything turn and walk off line having the dog respond and come with you without any resistance, the noise will be reduced considerably if any at all.
Good work......the feeling of being on top of a noise issue is undescribable!
HRCH UH TilHe CallsUsHome ~ Tilly
Encouraging post. I have come to many of your conclusions in my own noise abatement program: no collar, no yelling, obedience, etc. He is getting better, but we have a ways to go.
I am printing your post and sticking it in my training journal for continual reference. Thanks.
I will be taking my dog to some hunt tests to run (started and JH) most likely hubby's dog will be attending. He will have to stay at a distance, but he can work on her still hearing the game being played. She won't be playing. The trainer we went to explained to us that it is probably her breeding as well. Of course when she was loud and vocal as a small puppy we did not know enough to discourage it at the time. She is 21 months so we are trying to work on it. Just super hard in our situation. I have been out of work and tried to get into a couple training groups thinking I could take both dogs, alas they did not want to let in another person. I understand but I want to take advantage to the time I have.
Thanks for posting RK, it gives people like us hope. Just will take us a lot longer I guess.
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It's not!!
You just have to keep doing the things I listed.
Key Point: Early in this process, if you get a quiet run, praise the pup and put him up so you are ending on a success!!!
If he is quiet and you try again and he is noisy you just lost your gain.
Does that make sense?
Always try to end on a positive!!
Remember that you can't build a positive out of negatives.
Good luck to you!
You CAN do it!!!!!!!
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The purpose of this page is to consolidate online mathematics lectures. Right now I am focusing on video and not audio, but I may expand in that direction eventually. This page is aimed at mathematics faculty and graduate students, but others may find useful links here too. I hope this can be a resource for people like me who want to keep abreast of current mathematics, but who are not at a research university that has regular seminars and colloquia.
If you know of any sites that I am missing (audio or video), please post them in the comments below.
|One of the best collection of videos that I have found is at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). Their collection of media, VMath—
The Next Generation for Math Lectures, dates back to 1996.
|The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) has a large archive of videos of lectures (rss feed)
|The Mathematics Department at Duke University has a variety of videos online
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, NJ, was the academic home of Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, John von Neumann and others. They have a variety of videos online (rss) including many from the School of Mathematics (rss)
|Adelphi University has a long-running lecture series on the history of mathematics called The Frederick V. Pohle Colloquium on the History of Mathematics. They have videos of these lectures dating back to 2001.
Princeton University has a nice collection of Streaming WebMedia, from lectures, to podcasts, to special events, some of which are mathematical. Unfortunately they are not broken down by discipline and there is no good way to link to a specific lecture.
|Like Princeton, Harvard University also has a site featuring a wide variety of lectures. Harvard's site is called Harvard @ Home. Unlike Princeton, it is possible to link to individual lectures. Here are two mathematical ones.
- The Geometry of Three Manifolds ~ Curtis McMullen
- Solving Cubic Equations ~ Benedict H. Gross and William A. Stein
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world: a large collection of interesting 18 minute talks.
Here are their talks that are tagged as math
YouTube hosts a service called YouTube Edu which consolidates the academic video content from over 100 colleges and universities.
The Massachusets Institute of Tehnology has a wonderful collection of courses online at their highly publicized MIT Open Courseware project. In particular, they have many undergraduate and graduate level mathematics courses. Some of these are available as video courses, but unfortunately right now they are all undergraduate courses. I hope they expand into their graduate catalog as well.
Academic Earth is a relatively new site containing full video courses in various fields from variety of universities. Right now they have only a handful of mathematics courses, and only at the undergraduate level. I'll keep my eye on this one.


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Great Leaders Are Good Listener And Stay Focus On It
Steven Sample, in his book The Contrariety's Guide to Leadership, writes, "The average person suffers from three delusions: that he is a good liver, that he has a good sense of humor, and that he is a good listener." Plus, Steven Sample says, "Many leaders are terrible listeners; they actually think talking is more important than listening. But contrariety leaders know it is better to listen first and talk later and when they listen, they d so artfully.
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Patricia Rose Kanable
OREGON -Patricia Rose Kanable, age 63, of Oregon , passed away peacefully on, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at home, surrounded by her loving family after a seven year valiant fight against cancer. Pat was born in Richland Center on Aug. 8, 1949, the daughter of John and Rita (Gassen) Weitzel. She was raised on the family farm and although the work was hard, this is where she learned her work ethic and her love for animals. There were many times in the summer she would take us out for a drive in the country with the windows down just so she could smell the farm and cows. She was raised in Richland Center and graduated from Richland Center High School in 1967. After graduation she moved to Madison at the age of 17 to start her life in the "big city". She worked odd jobs until beginning as a Seamstress and Furrier at Savidusky's where she would work for the next 24 years. She met and married the love of her life, Don Kanable at a dance and they were married just six months later on Dec. 14, 1968. Together their marriage produced two daughters who were the light of her life. After her work with Savidusky's she spent several years with State Farm Insurance before landing a temp job with the State of Wisconsin. This temp job would lead her to a full time permanent position with the Dept. of Financial Institutions where she retired from in 2011. She was an avid gardener, animal lover and prided herself on her girls and her three grandchildren. There was never a day that went by that she didn't tell us she loved us and it will be something we will carry in our hearts forever.
She is survived by her daughters, Nichole (Ben) VanLanen and Sarah (Tay Smith); grandchildren, Hayden, Serenity and Rowan; her mother, Rita Weitzel; her sisters, Debbie (Dennis) Sumwalt, Marge (Andy) Tackett-Freeman, Mary Crook, Terri Weitzel; and brothers, Ed (Angela) Weitzel and Mark (Laura) Weitzel. She is further survived by her former spouse, Don (Teresa) Kanable; her special in-laws, Beth (Bob) Garvoille, for whom helped make it possible for mom to remain in her home; as well as her dear friends, Colleen Burke and Georgia Taylor; her dog, Yoda, many nieces and nephews, extended family, friends, Holy Mother Consolation Church and many close neighbors who have helped her out the past several years, especially Ed and Becky O'Brien. She was preceded in death by her father, John; brother, John; her beloved dog, Neeko, who faithfully stayed by her side throughout her treatments and whom mom believed was one of the angels watching over her.
Funeral services will be held at HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 651 N. Main Street, Oregon, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Richland Center. Visitation will be held at GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park Street, Oregon, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Agrace HospiceCare South Team especially Kristin, her nurse, Melissa, her CNA, and Ann, her Social Worker, all of whom she gave a run for their money most days; as well as Chaplain Timothy, whom mom had a special bond and connection with and whom she looked forward to their meetings and prayers; Crisis Nurse, Pat "Pinkie" who helped mom be comfortable and transition into eternal life; as well as Cassondra, whom she enjoyed many shopping trips and visits with; and lastly to Comfort Keepers and her live-in caregiver the past month, Carmen, who had a special way with her.
God Took Her to His Loving Home,
God saw her getting tired,
a cure was not to be.
He wrapped her in his loving arms and whispered 'Come with me.'
She suffered much in silence, her spirit did not bend.
She faced her pain with courage, until the very end.
She tried so hard to stay with us but her fight was not in vain,
God took her to His loving home and freed her from the pain.
Visitation will be held at GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park Street, Oregon, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
Funeral services will be held at HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 651 N. Main Street, Oregon, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.
Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Richland Center.


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New Zealand XI captain Andrew Ellis fancies the idea of being spoilers when England's eight-week tour starts in Whangarei today.
The opening T20 is at Eden Park this weekend. But for the home squad chosen for the two warmup games at Cobham Oval - the second on Wednesday - there is nothing particularly frivolous about this week.
Nine of the 14 are current or former internationals while opener Hamish Rutherford will get his chance in the T20 rubber which kicks off the ANZ international series. All have points to prove.
Their selection is partly with an eye on both the Champions Trophy in June and, further afield, theWorld Cup early in 2015.
Former captain Ross Taylor is the highest-profile member, but incentives abound throughout the group.
"They're world leaders in most forms of the game so it's fantastic to take them on," Canterbury allrounder Ellis said yesterday.
"Every game you play domestically, or for a New Zealand XI, is an opportunity to push your claims and most people should have enough professional pride that they're putting their best foot forward."
Taylor's importance to the New Zealand batting operation means most scrutiny will be on him today.
"It's always a bonus to have Roscoe around," Ellis said. "He's world class, he's got a smile on his face and hopefully we see a few trademark slog sweeps over the ropes."
England's tourists are keen to get into action, appreciating the worth of the next two games.
"They're very important to get our basics going, get the team nice and gelled together," opener Alex Hales said.
Hales made a significant statement when he arrived to join the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash last month. The tall, free-hitting opener clobbered 89 off 52 balls against the hapless Sydney Sixers.
Ellis hadn't seen the innings but quipped, "I've heard he goes all right," adding, "but he's just one of many we'll be looking to target."
England's T20 captain Stuart Broad, who has battled a heel problem, is keen to stretch out. His buildup was compounded by England's dreadful weather limiting training opportunities before coming to New Zealand. He had not bowled outdoors since leaving the tour of India six weeks ago until getting to Auckland.
"We have two weeks solid of T20 cricket and it's going to be a battle," he said.
"It's a long tour for us but we have to break it down into small parts to be successful."
Just as Ellis and co have a team focus as well.
"We have to see ourselves as possibly spoilers for the start of the tour," Ellis said. "It would be fantastic to put them on the back foot and for the Black Caps to take some momentum from that."
NZ XI v England
Cobham Oval, Whangarei, 5pm today, live on SS1
New Zealand XI: Andrew Ellis (c), Hamish Rutherford, Anton Devcich, Neil Broom, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Colin Munro, Ian Butler, Neil Wagner, Nick Beard, Michael Bates, Matt Henry.
England: (from) Stuart Broad (c), Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Eion Morgan, Samit Patel, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, James Treadwell, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Steven Finn.


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Family: Trochilidae, Hummingbirds view all from this family
Description Has a thin, whistling song, and call is a soft chit.
Dimensions Length: 2 3/4-3 1/4" (7-8 cm)
Habitat Regular visitor to feeders within breeding range; migrates mostly through the western mountains.
Range California, Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, Western Canada
Voice Locally common summer visitor (mainly Apr- Aug) to mountains, favoring meadows and forest clearings; winters in Mexico.
Discussion ADULT MALE Has greenish upperparts and mainly whitish underparts with dull green spots on flanks and streaked throat "gorget"; in shade these look dark, but reveal pinkish purple iridescence at certain angles in direct sunlight. Note also, white eyering (thickest behind eye) and white stripe framing throat. ADULT FEMALE Has greenish upperparts; throat is graystreaked and underparts are otherwise suffused buffy (in similar female Costa's, throat is less well marked and underparts are whitish). On fanned tail (seen when hovering), note white feather tips and black subterminal band. JUVENILE Similar to adult female; begins to acquire adult characteristics by first winter.


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[Intro: Big Moe]
Chilling with my partner named D-Mo
It's on his birthday we coming through
In a nigga's trunk is a nigga named Screw
And I got that boy Key-C in here
And that boy Poyo in these hoes' ear
And we coming through wit that boy Fliggity Flea
Coming out the 3, cutting hairs
With that boy J-o-e, yeah that nigga Joe
I done came through, Big Moe never been no ho
I'm up on this tape, never gonna hate
I'ma come through bouncing on a scraping plate
*DJ Screw scratching...*
[Verse 1: Bird]
I'm gonna smoke some fucking blunts
Pop the fucking trunk, the
Neon lights gonna come
Coming down the 'vard
Acting hard, not fraud
Coming through, Poyo gotta yellow broad
Automatic ho, gotta yella ho
Coming through the boulevard, cash, rock, I roll
I never gave a damn, my juice gonna slam
I'm at I.H.O.P. eaten some breakfast and some yams
My partner Scott chilling at the motherfucking crib
I just dumped out a whole bunch of fry deals
I'm just kinda fried, I don't know why
I just popped up, eating breakfast, asking "why?"
[Interlude: Big Moe]
It's them boys off that Long Drive
That nigga D-Mo
[Verse 2: D-Mo]
Getting crunk on tha real-a
I'm a nigga be smoking that killa
Because we know we coming down and
A nigga feel so trilla
Cause I'm coming with Big Moe, my Key-C and Poyo
I even gotta tight foot from the playa Joe
Man let me get my shit right
Cause I'm not gone be the one to fall off
Cause I know I'm gonna be the one
To take a fucking loss
26, up in this bitch: be jamming
Niggas coming down pop trunks just slamming
Niggas hit the van on the candy and them blades
Niggas staying on me cause they wanna get paid
Everybody late and I'mma just gon' play
And bitches be tripping
Cause they don't wanna ever stay
Down with a nigga when a nigga's doin bad
So I get my cash and I act mad
I mashed up on the glass, I gotta big ol' Lac
A nigga coming down with blue and purple
Coming down with the 5th in the back
And I'm feelin so true
Got much love for my nigga named Screw
The Key-C's in this bitch, my nigga Jonathan
I got about 6 or 7 pounds from him
He broke em all down and we all got high
And niggas don't be tripping, don't
Be doin no drive-bys
Cause we don't gangbang, don't wear blue or red
We like that fucking green and paper's what I said
Big Moe wassup, in this bitch
And this nigga's singing
Coming through just like hell
The bells are ringing
Big Moe wreck one more, so we can hit the store
Cause it be goin down for the boy D-mo
[Interlude: Big Moe]
It's that nigga, nigga named M-o-e
I represent that Southside, yeah the 3
Hooked up with them boys off that Long Drive
You know we stayin playa made
You know we gotta strive
To the T-o-p, that's the top man
I'ma come through nigga down to bring the pain
If these hoes down to jack, I want you to know
We comin down bald fades, not afros
[Verse 3: Key-C]
Now we chilling, now we just leaning
And we coming up, finne pop up on the scene, and
Just got some drank from that boy with that Bird
And you know we just hooked up on some syrup
Now you know we gone, going real strong
I'm thinking riding far, I'm thinking riding long
Drop, roll, barre: that's what I want
I'm coming on down jamming with that P-phone
I gotta be slamming, gotta be coming
And you know we smoke weed
We don't fuck with embalming
Cause that shit bad for a G like me
I guess I represent Southside: lil' Key-C
I showing up, everybody got on they Nikes
And you know what everybody higher than a kite
Or they just leaning in they seat
Smoking swisher sweets
Want some fucking crack
Gon' and hit me on my beep
A-I-R, sipping on the barre
Nigga you don't understand
Nigga in our car
Got 4 TV's all up in the seats
And I splits down nothing but them Swisher Sweets
I'm just what reclining
Nigga bumper climbing
Man what's up in my mouth you see them diamonds
Yeah everybody like "beware the night"
I'm a playa, yeah you know we never gonna act scythe
Gone break them hoes off
Gone represent the South
I'ma come through drinking lean
And I ain't gonna cough
I'mma let them boys know how far I can go
I'ma just wreck down on the fucking down low
Keep my shit out they motherfucking mouth
Because they be running
I'm just gon' chill for a while
Cause they know I'm coming
I'm coming with something, looking kinda throwed
I'm coming down riding with my partners, fuck a ho
Those hoes be out to get you, for everything
But I'm out there trying to come up and swang
Or chop up on some blades
I keep a tight fade
And you know I'm always on my paper chase
Always get my green, always on my lean
Me and Poyo finne pop up on the scene
In a classic seat
Yeah that's a Jeep
And you know what
We finne score a fucking Ki'
So guess what, I open my dresser drawer
Fendi jeans and a Ki', that's what I saw
I saw a bunch of shit, now I be legit
I'm just in the game
And the Key-C ain't gonna quit
I'm steady steady hustling
Steady steady struggling
Boys don't know and I'm tired of mean-mugging
So I get my nine out cause they got some static
Cock my shit back cause I got an automatic
Flem got the 40
He gone get rowdy
And ya don't want that shit
Cause it's gon' be naughty, by nature
Fuck a player hater
I'mma come through
And you know I'm down to spray ya
Let them boys know, in here with the Yungstar
And he finne flow, and he
Ain't no fucking punksta
So I'm finne pass it
Hopping like a rabbit
Man I'm coming through, got paper, gotta have it
Under my damn bed
Man I'm flipping red
If I get caught with keys, I'm going fed
But that ain't on my mind
No I'm not thinking about 9
I'm thinking 'bout 18
Man it's my time
To pop up on the scene
And show my fucking naked
Come down the boulevard, straight up wreck it
In a damn line
Pop trunk, surround
Me and my partners, yeah you know we coming down
Diamonds in our grill
Tell me how ya feel
Nigga wassup, yeah we got gold grills
The shit don't stop
Tha hoes gonna bop
Cause we gon' come through and we got hard rock
Yep, always looking
Hooked up with the clay, always cooking
Gone late night, cook the keys in the kitchen
Give me nine ounces
Lemme get up on a mission
Make my damn green
So I can be like you
We just in this bitch
Chilling with my partner Screw
Finne to give it to this boy
Going flip his tounge
Man go on, go on, go strong
[Interlude: Big Moe]
I'm gonna bring young G in on this mic
His name is Yungstar
You know that he's rolling tight
I'm gonna bring him in and I'm coming down
I'm coming down, pop trunk, I'm out that H-town
[Verse 4: Yungstar]
Out H-town, showing surround by sound
Yesterday y'all got mad when I shown nothing but round
I'm talking shit they didn't like, riding marble white
I might just break 'em off, when I come dripped out like Ike
I'm talking shoes by Huarache, shirts by Versace
Hoes they gone watch me, but they all wanna jock me
As I slow the beat down, see the diamond face crown
Wrecking whole H-town, coming through and we down
With them hoes wanna see me, yellows in bikinis
Break 'em off for D-Mo, it's his birthday and that Key-C
On that Long Drive, order baked potato with chives
I'm gone come through, watch that boy, gots to go live
Yes I'm going off, cause I gots to go man
Watch I come through
Watch I throw the West with my hand
Go and get me some, break 'em off with my pump
I gots to come through and I gots to get dumb
Boys steady swerving
Picking 'em up at Sterling
Gots to send shots, send Piper to that Mervyns
And they carved in stone, I can go on
I can just flow gripping on a mobile phone
It's tha Poterola, I'm a money folder
Got that grey Seville, and that grey cup holder
Grippin' on tha grain
Cause so much pain
To that P-a-t, I see ya flippin' with the grain
Watch they see me as I pop and I shine
I'ma break 'em off see that 5th just recline
Still is a minor, wood on the vinyl
TV/VCR, lay back on recliner
And they just mad
Draped an dripped in that Caddy
Hoes get ma


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Not even an hour had passed after the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic's stunning come-from-behind grand final over the Melbourne Vixens last year before talk of the transtasman league's premiership curse surfaced.
When asked at the post-match press conference if their breakthrough title win could be the beginning of a dynasty of sorts for the Magic, coach Noeline Taurua joked: "If we go by the history of things, we won't even be in the finals next year."
It is one of the more curious statistics of the transtasman league - each of the titleholders has failed to even make the finals the following year. The first couple of years it was considered an anomaly but after five years some are beginning to wonder if maybe there's a bit more to it.
Star shooter Irene van Dyk doesn't think so. She doesn't believe in sporting curses, she believes in the Magic.
"I don't believe in [curses] any more than I believe in statistics and win-loss records," the 40-year-old said. "We've been working really hard as a team to make sure we step things up again, and in the end that's what decides whether we go the way the other teams have after winning a title, not past results."
If any team is going to snap the pattern, you'd back the Magic.
Taurua's side made a habit of breaking new ground last season. They were the first New Zealand team to lift the trophy after four years of Australian dominance, the first team to come from fourth place to win the title and the first away side to win the grand final.
The Magic coach said last year's unconventional route to the title, in which they came from dead last after four rounds to scrape through to the playoffs and eventually claim the crown, taught her side that just because it hasn't been done before doesn't mean it can't be done.
"I quite like the way Laura [Langman] put it to the group - every team can write their own story," said Taurua.
"Prior to last year we did pay a lot of attention to the trends. For example, we believed we had to finish one or two if we wanted to win the comp, but we changed it. And I think that has really changed our mindset and opened us up to what's possible if you commit to working hard and being better than the previous week."
To ensure her side build from last year's win, Taurua ramped up the intensity of the team's preseason training this year.
There's been a strong focus on strength and conditioning, with the team incorporating wrestling and boxing into their training. The idea behind it is the disciplines require good core strength and body balance - something that is crucial for netballers in the increasingly physical league.
Looking at the team the results are obvious, with their core group of Silver Ferns - van Dyk, Casey Kopua (nee Williams), Laura Langman and Leana de Bruin - looking particularly fit or, as national coach Waimarama Taumaunu commented, "in great nick".
"It's been really hard, but we are all feeling the benefits of it," van Dyk said.
Taurua has also been impressed with the application of her new shooting recruit Ellen Halpenny. The young shooter has joined the Magic from the Tactix, in what was effectively a straight swap with Julianna Naoupu, who is returning to her hometown. Halpenny's development this season and how quickly she can slot into a new attacking line could be key to the Magic's success.
The 22-year-old was not a consistent starter for the Tactix last season, but as a member of the New Zealand accelerant squad, she is considered a strong future prospect. The national selectors will be watching closely to see how Halpenny's combination with van Dyk develops, and how the rookie copes under added pressure.
Van Dyk, who will be teaming up with her fourth goal attack in six years, believes the new combination is coming along nicely.
"Every time we've trained it feels better and better," she said. "It's great to get a chance to develop another combination - I think it keeps me fresh and helps me keep evolving my game because every goal attack you play with is so different. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do this season."


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ean Little's most recent book, The Sweetest one of all, is a picture book for very young children and their parents. In it, barnyard animal babies ask their mothers who they are and each of them is told that he or she is the sweetest one of all. The book ends with a human mother telling her little one the same thing. And getting a loving hug in response. The playful text should continue to delight both children and adults even after many readings.
The colourful illustrations by Marisol Sarrazin are endearing and filled with lively detail. Each will hold small readers spellbound.
Novel, Orca, 2004, 64 Pages
Nell makes two wishes on her birthday, but the next day they show little sign of coming true. Everyone in her household is busy and wants her out from underfoot and no one is willing to help her find her lost cat. In the end she finds more than a cat and she makes her own wishes come true with the help of a row of tall, bright, smiling sunflowers.
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|My wife is reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and it sounds very interesting.
Thanks, Mike, for your insightful and experiencially based comments.
I want to take a different tack on aging and fishing:
Namely, that as we age, some of our desire to get out at every opportunity under every condition wanes a bit. More of us (certainly not all of us geezers) seem to focus on the quality of the experience, and maybe a philosophy of angling, rather than just on the "doing of the thing."
Roderick Haig-Brown comes to mind as an example. His early writings were quite technical and focused on catching fish (viz. _The Western Angler_). As he aged, he became more philosophical in his views, stressing more the conversation and enhancement of the resource and environs than the mere techniques leading to a bigger bag. I suspect his time on the water declined as he moved into this frame of mind.
This is certainly not universal. Witness Lefty Kreh, who seems an enthuiastic angler despite decades of pursuing the sport.
Me? I don't know. I look forward all year to my Kodiak fishing; but, today, when I should have assembled the 14 footer and done some serious practicing off the dock, I went and tried out some Noels on the organ instead.
It was cold and rainy here today. But: I think I don't want to live in the country of old men. I resolve to get out there and participate to the best of my abilities, despite the rotten weather, the lack of fish, and more "necessary" pursuits, until my nurse handcuffs me to my deathbed.
Resolved in Waldport
The RDA is very accurate information. Virtually no one eating a well-rounded western diet (as we in the USA do) will suffer from any type of vitamin deficiency in this day and age. I don't believe for a minute that the SG says 67% of all disease is caused by problems with diet. That's ridiculous. Not in the USA. The RDA has new, updated standards that are available online. I share them with my patients all the time. They are accurate, and now referred to as DRI's. (Guess that didn't come up in those hundreds of papers you read):
DRI Tables
The USDA website is an invaluable tool for both physician and nutritionist and, moreover, all the information is available to everyone. It is a wonderful tool for those committed to their health.
I think Mark did a fair job discussing the trials and the FDA approval process. Studies don't get published in large credible journals (NEJM, JAMA, etc...) without being doggedly reviewed, looking at many parameters: strength of study, design of study, bias, methods, etc.
While heart disease and cancer remain the two greatest killers, we have come so far in controlling so many other diseases it is incredible. Everybody has to die from something Shannon. If you live long enough everyone will either suffer heart disease or cancer. The few cancers that we have accepted screening methods for have dropped tremendously in their numbers. I'm thinking about coln cancer as proof of this. Link.
I could go on, but it is best that I don't. Suffice it to say that the most uninformed statement you made was that being a doctor is all about "writing prescriptions and cutting people up." Walk a mile in my shoes and you would see how wrong you are. My job is to be well informed and use my education and training to act as the primary health advocate for each person that I treat. Writing prescriptions is only a small part of what I do. I take that responsibility with a great deal of seriousness, as do my colleagues. Every time a pateint swallows a pill, or takes an injection, or goes for surgery that I have recommended there are possible good and bad outcomes. Each doctor visit is about the patient and the doctor weighing them out together for the best interest of the patient.
Now you'll have to forgive the newbie for the rant.
|Dble Haul
Of course pharmaceutical companies are funding a lot of medical research. They are shelling out their own monies to do this. I'm not sure what you mean by taking research with a grain of salt. Anything published in a medical journal undergoes the scrutiny of peer review and is picked apart ad nauseum before being made available to the public. Clinical trials are picked apart even more by the FDA, and there are at least three levels of trials that must be passed before a company can even apply for a BLA for the drug. If the drug goes through this much scrutiny and passes muster, why must we take research with a grain of salt? Your insunuation that there are other agendas is incorrect.
Why do the numbers of heart attacks, strokes, and cancers keep increasing? There are a multitude of factors at play with each one of these medical conditions, and another multitude of factors that are unique to each individual patient. We can also add the fact that the world's population continues to grow, and therefore provides more opportunities for these diseases to occur.
You have chosen to ask about the top three killers, and there's a reason that they are the top three killers: they are complex diseases that have both genetic predispositions and behavioral components. If you think that there are companies out there that have found cures for these diseases and are just sitting on them so that they can milk patients for prescription money, then you live in a very jaded world. Cures for these diseases would result in billions of dollars for the companies that found them, and since you've insinuated that money is what drives pharmaceutical companies, then it would only be in their best interests to divulge such discoveries. As it is, there are many drugs available to help manage and/or prevent these diseases, and they have been made available as soon as possible after discovery and proving in clinical trials.
I could go on, but I'll leave it at that. Again, I'm thankful for the other portions of your post, particularly regarding nutrition, but in regards to pharmaceuticals, I respectfully suggest that you are off target.
It's all about the lifestyle we choose...
and how important it is for us to stay healthy for as long as possible. We all know that exercise is important for the body, that is just an accepted fact.
Now when it comes to diet things get a little more dicey. Many people think they can get everything they need from their diet, and that is true if you want to try and help prevent scurvy and rickets. How many people do you know that are still dying of these infectious diseases today? We are dying of degenerative diseases, and in order to give ourselves the best chance of fighting these we need to look away from the RDA recommendations on food and start looking at the optimum daily allowances of intake. The surgeon general stated that 67% of all diseases are caused by a bad diet and not getting enough of the essential vitamins and minerals in our diet, along with even the equally important anti-oxidants is a major factor. The optimum daily allowances are far, far greater than the those old standards of the RDA. I have literally read hundreds and hundreds of studies conducted throughout the world that show without a doubt what a diet using optimum daily allowances does for the prevention of degenerative diseases.
Our country is run by big business and the medical business is one of the biggest. Who do you think pays for a the testing and gives grant money for almost all of the research into diseases? Yep, pharmecuetical companies. So, when you read research on specific diseases please take it with a grain of salt. If these drugs are doing such a great job then why do the numbers for heart disease, stroke, cancer, etc. keep going up year after year? Our doctors are not trained in helping to prevent these diseases they are trained to diagnose and then write a prescription or schedule a surgery. I'm not bashing on Dr's one bit, that's just the way they are taught. My mother is a Dr. and she will flat out agree with me. Medicine these days is about prescribing drugs and cutting people up, that's how they make the money, plain and simple. We are not getting to the root cause of the problem and instead just applying a bandage.
Now, before you run out to the local grocery, or health food store to get your vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants please do some research. The stuff you buy at any store is most likely worthless. You see, the vitamin and minerals are guided by the FDA and there are NO strict guidelines for product, they are manufactured according to food grade guidelines, not pharmecuetical guidelines. The FDA states that the product only needs to have 10% of what's on the label actually in the product!!!!! Not only that, but they can also have things in the product that isn't on the label. Hence, the anti-doping committee for the olympics banning all athletes from taking supplements. You see, many athletes were taking supplements to help them recover and stay healthy for training purposes but some of them were testing positive when actually all they were taking were health supplements. They found that many of the products had banned substances in them even though they were not listed on the label. Now, only a few supplement companies are approved for use with athletes because these few companies, VOLUNTARILY, comply with pharmecuetical standards not the FDA standards. I won't get into how much the potency, ratios, and bio-availability of off the shelf stuffs affects their abilty to work in the body but please just do some research on the stuff you take.
Sorry for the rant everyone but this has become one of my passions. I quit a career of 13 years and went into helping people with their nutritional needs, it's just so much more fulfilling. I just like everyone else reading this wants to give their body the best nutrition we can in order to enjoy the things we love so much. The more you read the more scared you'll be about what we lack in our diets. The bright side is that the more you read the more you'll understand that we can do so much to help prevent these diseases that are so rampant in our world.
If you would like more information on what you should be taking please feel free to pm or email me. I'm only 32 years old but for the past 2 years I've been doing all I can to help myself down the road. I want to be able to wade the rivers and cast my spey for as long as I can and I will do anything I can to help others get what they want from their health.
Take care everyone,
first cast
The adrenalin of the first cast goes away when you can do it everyday
I have to remember not to post when I have a cluster headache. I see my typing went to crap. And so did my proof reading.
Skilly, very good points.
Also, I find that when I cast a lot my body and mind start to calm down after the intial excitement and arenalin surge from going fishing. Then I get into a groove where I start to save energy and cast smoothly and effortlessly. The rest of the week is much less on my body once I get over that 'hump'.
I hope when I am older I will start that way from the first cast. That's one reason I am a dedicated student of the cast today, to understand it so when my body is less durable I will be that much more economical with my casting energy
old age
As I get older, 66 now. I find that the muscles involved in casting a Spey rod are only kept in shape by fishing. I exercise and treead mill but only fishing works the muscles that you need to cast.
I have arthritis and a back that was broken back 1968. Those things you just have to learn to deal with. Most of us as we have grown older have pain of some kind to deal with. Some Advil befpr leaving home helps, and sometime you just have to concentrate on something else and ignore the pain.
Sounds good Bill,
I will definitely pick up a copy. It does sound pretty interesting.
thanks for the recommendation.
I admit this is a bit deeper than your original post (and a bit off subject) Juro, but . . . I can't help myself from recommending a book that I'm really only half way through: "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan.
It's one of the most important and fascinating I've ever read about our food supply, the environment, economics, public policy . . . etc. I'd enjoyed one of his previous books (The Botany of Desire) but this one simply blows me away. The natural processes illuminated in the book are astounding. The subject might sound dry, but it's extremely well written. It certainly seems to fit with the natural contemplative nature of us fly fishers.
om•ni•vore (n)
1) An animal that will feed on any kind or many different kinds of food, including both plants and animals.
2) somebody who has very wide interests and will read, study, or generally absorb anything that is available.
Still in Oregon. Will probably head to the Umpqua next week (if I can pull myself away from reading).
Well said.
The last few generations (statistically) have not been too good at managing the controllable things. I think more and more people are identifying with the things they can change lately.
|Greg Pavlov
You do the best you can, recognizing that beyond a certain point
you're the product of a few throws of the dice.
Certainly helps...
but I wonder what the ratio of preventable ailments downs us in our golden years verses genetics.
Susceptibility to heart disease (a major killer) is preventable or at least modifiable by diet and excercise. Avoidance of habit-forming and addictive substances like alchohol and nicotine certainly helps.
Many forms of cancer are preventable by behavior, while others are not. Susceptibility seems to be hereditary but not exposure.
Where and how we live helps.
Even our perspectives.
|Greg Pavlov
|... and good genes .....
|Dble Haul
Well said Juro!
I too want to be able to stay active with flyfishing until my time comes. An active lifestyle, regular exercise, and a good diet go a looooooong way.
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Campaign chair Paul Turovsky '73, left, and President Harvey Stenger announced July 19 at the Couper Administration Building that the Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton campaign raised $101,219,372 to support academic excellence, faculty research and other University needs.
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'Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton' raises $101 million
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Showing no challenge is insurmountable, Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton — The Campaign for Binghamton University raised $101.22 million to enhance educational opportunities for students, foster innovative research by faculty and strengthen the University for years to come, President Harvey Stenger announced July 19.
Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton met its initial $95 million goal, then set the bar higher at $100 million. More than 30,000 donors answered the call for support, successfully pushing the campaign past its new goal.
"It was a risk we took. It was the right risk," Stenger told the crowd of University leaders and other campaign supporters who gathered in the lobby of the Couper Administration Building to hear the grand total and celebrate the campaign's success.
Stenger said Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton, which ended June 30, will have a positive impact on all areas of the University:
• $45.28 million was raised for student excellence, including scholarships and fellowships.
• $45.56 million was raised for faculty and academic excellence, such as adding faculty and providing faculty awards for academic achievement.
• $10.38 million was directed to The Binghamton Fund, which supplies discretionary support for the University's greatest needs.
"It hasn't always been an easy task," said Paul Turovsky, chair of Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton and the Binghamton University Foundation board of directors. "The campaign has faced many challenges."
For instance, the campaign took place during a recession, he said.
"Despite the challenges, we have succeeded," Turovsky said.
Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton, which began seven years ago, is only the second fundraising campaign ever launched by the University. Still, it raised more than twice the amount raised in the first campaign, Believe in Binghamton.
Turovsky highlighted several special gifts made as part of Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton:
• $6 million from an anonymous donor in 2009.
• Several gifts totaling $43.6 million in engineering software from Siemens.
• $1 million from Charles and Jean Kim to support curriculum development and student scholarships.
• $1.5 million from the Decker Foundation to support University Health Services.
The generosity and support of donors — including alumni, faculty and staff, parents, and friends of the University — made all the difference in helping the campaign reach its goals, Turovsky said.
Stenger said everyone is invited to celebrate the campaign's success during Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 12-14. There will be a Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton area at Tailgate on Saturday, Oct. 13.


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Last minute tips for 2011 New York Spring Turkey Season
In most areas of the great Empire State, things appear to be running a little late as far as wild turkeys go. Flocks have split up only in past few weeks, which is what one would expect first week of April. In Central New York from which I call my stomping grounds, the woods are wide open, affording little cover or concealment for positioning on gobblers. Expect to find sizable harems and a lot of areas with a boss bird keeping gobbling to a minimum. Patience is key! There should be some satellite two & three year old gobblers that may peel off to come check you out. This means being in the game at all times, to and from your vehicle, and not fidgeting around when not much is happening. These satellite gobblers are likely to come in silent, or only give you a single cluck. The 2010 spring hatch was spotty in many areas, and you may find only few jakes to stir up the action. Opportunities during early season are likely to happen quickly.
If you don't have birds roosted, and are not waiting on them close and well before first light, you will have your work cut out for you. It will be a good week or more before there will be much green-up to conceal moving from spot to spot. If you manage to get on to a bird early only to be defeated, it would be prudent to be back there again mid morning to see if he should return to check out that 'mystery' hen he heard sweet talking to him hours earlier.
With the woods being very open, there will be many spots so open, that decoys would be well advised. Just like open fields, a gobbler will come in just far enough to see what he wants to see. Open woods are no different. As with any good set up, if you can position yourself so that the gobbler will appear at the same time within shotgun or bow range, your chances for success increase dramatically.
As always: safety first! Do not hide in cover, or position your decoys so that you may be compromised should an unethical hunter decide to stalk your position. Just as in defensive driving, take it upon yourself to avoid a potential mishap, and place your decoy 20-25 yards out, and where you can spot an incoming hunter. A good reminder to all: DO NOT STALK HEN CALLS! For those that may use a gobble shaker, or other gobble call, do only in safe areas to do so. Same goes for gobbler decoys. While I am on my high horse, there is a product on the market that is essentially a decoy that mounts on your gun barrel for the purpose of stalking up on a bird. In many states the act of stalking a wild turkey while hunting is illegal. I cannot begin to describe how many safety issues and problems there are with using this product. All I can say to those that would insist on legitimizing and using it: I would love to buy you an insurance policy with myself as the beneficiary.
Last but not least, move through your hunting grounds much like a hunter who still hunts for deer, especially with the lack of cover. Run and gun, may not be a great strategy the first week. Another key to success during the opening week is active scouting while hunting. You may not get on to a gobbler first thing, but each bit of information, clues, and sign that you come across may be the ticket for putting a successful plan in place.
Be safe, shoot straight!
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Can one know God and not keep His commandments? Let John answer (1Jn2:4). He that says, I know Him and keeps not His commandments (including the 4th) is a liar and the truth is not in him. Since Seventh-Day Adventists derive their teachings from the Holy Bible, I will answer questions on any Biblically related subject or topic and questions on distinct Adventist practice and doctrine. Remember Paul`s words that state in the last days there will be deceivers seeking to lead astray many, yet the sincere believer can take comfort in the Lord`s promise that anyone desiring to know His truth will know it. May the Lord bless you as you seek Him.
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"The trick to entrepreneurship is to know what a good idea is before you fall in love with your product. That's one of the most important things I learned in the MBA Program – what makes a good business idea. Identify that first, then develop the product to meet the opportunity." – Harlan Beverly, MBA '04
Bigfoot Networks' technology makes online video games play faster by sending, receiving and processing network traffic more efficiently. The server bypasses the computer's central processing unit and routes game network traffic through its Network Processing Unit leaving the CPU free to run the game.
Harlan Beverly came up with the idea for Bigfoot Networks during an entrepreneurship class at McCombs. "I was learning about markets and how markets work and what a burning need is. At that moment, the idea to give gamers a better networking option clicked in my head," said Beverly.
After earning his electrical engineering and computer science undergraduate degrees at Ohio Northern University, Beverly worked at Intel for six years as a network chip architect developing high-performance network cards for the server industry.
A passionate video gamer, Beverly wanted to combine his knowledge of networking with the video game industry. "I knew lots about networking and very little about business," Beverly said. He decided to learn how to start his own business and enrolled in McCombs' Texas Executive MBA program because of McCombs' strong entrepreneurship reputation.
With his analytical engineering background, Beverly first thought business school might not be academically challenging. "It was a challenging, engaging and very rewarding experience. I learned so much about things I really needed to know, like negotiations, communications, product flow…things that I now use every day," he said.
After taking the MBA core courses his first year, Beverly took Entrepreneurial Management his second year. Course content included market analysis, identifying the need, and managing the startup and the business once it's launched. Then he took the New Venture Creation course, where he learned how to develop a business plan and prepare for the 2004 Texas Moot Corp Competition.
Another important class for Beverly was Business Law. "Engineers fear lawyers," he said. By learning the fundamentals of business law I was able to overcome my fear." (Beverly writes a blog, Tytus' business for engineer type brains".) "One of the things that stops engineers from doing anything creative on their own is the fear that it's going to be owned by the company. I learned you can ask for a waiver and modify your innovations agreement."
From the first day of class, Gary Cadenhead, Moot Corp director at the time, introduced students to investors and venture capitalists. Austin Venture partners and other VCs judged the early rounds and then the later rounds of the competition. "It was absolutely awesome to be able to interact with the judges. They get to watch you do your live pitch and then give you feedback right then," Beverly said.
Bigfoot Networks won the 2004 Texas Moot Corp Competition, with $100K in prize money and one year free office space and counseling at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). (Beverly stayed three years at ATI and was so impressed with the facility, staff and services that he's back at ATI for his second startup.)
In 2007, Bigfoot secured an important customer deal with Dell, the number one manufacturer in gaming computer sales. Bigfoot was an add-on premium networking option on their gaming systems. By 2010, up to 40 percent of all Dell gaming PCs shipped with Bigfoot Killer software. The Dell relationship was the driver for huge revenue growth, which has doubled year every year since 2007.
ATI Director Isaac Barchas introduced Beverly to Venio Capital Partners, although Venio had heard publicity about Bigfoot Networks winning Texas Moot Corp. Venio invested $4 million in Series A funding, which allowed them to develop a prototype. "About a year after we won Texas Moot Corp we launched our product in the U.S. and it was a great launch. People loved it," said Beverly. In 2008, North Bridge Venture Partners, whom Beverly met at the 2004 Moot Corp Competition, invested $8 million in series B funding.
In December 2009 Beverly launched another startup, Karmaback. "Marketing executives spend a lot of money advertising on Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. This brings a lot of traffic to their web page, but that's when they lose them," Beverly said. "Karmaback developed a plug-in that lives on our customers' social network page that tracks a visitor's feedback, comments and activity. The visitor earns points for their participation with our customer that they can use to get discounts on products.
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The silences were fascinating. Usually with five people around a table eating, there's conversation. But at Minh Hai, whenever we descended on an arriving platter, the consensus was to replace words going out with food going in. Although I do think I heard some thoughts in the air: "Hmmm, what is the aroma?" "Ummm, what are those spices?"
We first reviewed this Vietnamese restaurant in early 2006, just three months after it opened — the unusual promptness was because we kept hearing reports that tended to end with verbal exclamation points. Not being pan-Asian, it had focus. We went, we ate, we loved it. Minh Hai hit the ground running and has just kept zipping along.
The spacious restaurant with widely separated tables, convenient for conversations, is clean and bright, with exotic wall hangings, such as a couple of Vietnamese musical instruments. At our latest visit, Asian-Americans outnumbered others at tables and coming in for takeout. Two such families included small children apparently under careful culinary instruction.
Minh Hai recently gave up its liquor license because customers preferred bringing their own, so the wines on the menu are no longer available. The drinks listed, in addition to sodas, include Vietnamese versions of coffee and iced tea, plus hot ginseng tea. There are also milkshakes featuring jackfruit and lychee, as well as bubble "teas" with those enormous balls of tapioca.
We started with the obligatory goi cuon ($5.50) spring roll, usually listed at non-Vietnamese restaurants as nime chow. We had the kind containing fried tofu rather than shrimp, which was an interesting change of pace. Instead of bread, tables get a pile of banh trang me, puffy slabs of goi cuon rice-flour wrappers with a hint of sesame. We also ordered a cold shrimp salad called goi tom ($8.95), which was bright and refreshing, with lots of mint as well as marinated cucumbers and carrots.
Minh Hai has a dozen kinds of pho, of course, those beef-broth noodle soups featuring such ingredients as meatballs, steak, or "soft tendon." Instead, we all shared a big bowl of canh chua ($8.95-$10.50), choosing chicken over shrimp, fish, or fried tofu. The choice worked nicely in the spicy-hot lemongrass chicken broth that had an equally restrained hint of fish sauce. (Muttered a spicy-hot-averse one of us between sips: "It's better the more I have.") The accompanying vegetables included okra that was not rendered glutinous from overcooking. The dish was a hit with all of us.
That became so with everything else we had. If anything stood out as especially remarkable it was the ca chien mam gung ($10.95). The menu said we could have salmon, catfish, or red snapper, but the last was replaced by tilapia for our choices. Salmon worked wonderfully: pan-fried to crispness for a nice texture contrast, with a scrumptious mildly spicy tamarind fish sauce that was tantalizingly sweet. I could see stopping in just for this dish.
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The perfect gift for any art enthusiast:Memberships start at just $85.
NARRATOR: In this painting by David Diao, titled Home Again, you see four images of one of his earlier paintings, a blue geometric canvas called Barnett Newman: the Paintings in Scale. Each image of the painting is carefully annotated. Home Again traces the circuitous path of this earlier painting from Diao's studio, through two auctions, and finally back into the artist's own possession—back home, as the title suggests. The work's first owners took it to an auction house fourteen years after buying it, and sold it without a reserve—meaning that there was no minimum price that needed to be met before the painting could be sold.
DAVID DIAO: So instead of achieving a high price that the estimate would have assumed you to get, it only achieved like seven thousand dollars, which is about one seventh of what the painting had originally sold for.
NARRATOR: When an artist's work sells for less than its estimate, it can hurt the artist financially. David Diao.
DAVID DIAO: I found out about this and was of course immediately amazingly angry, and wrote to the people and said how could you do this? And of course they don't respond.
NARRATOR: A few years later, Diao found out that the painting had come up for auction yet again.
DAVID DIAO: I zoomed in and decided this was a chance for me to get the painting back because it would be at a price I could probably afford. And lo and behold, I got it back. And I was so astounded that I achieved this, that I decided to make a painting of the history of this painting, beginning with when it was made, the first auction, the second auction, and the final frame, Home at Last.


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The Run for the Tiger 5k walk and run to raise donations for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Save the Tiger Fund will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Forbes College garden.
The 11th annual run, organized by the student group Greening Princeton and open to the public, will begin outside Forbes College on Alexander Street and continue along the towpath of the Delaware and Raritan Canal.
The minimum donation is $10 for participants who register online, and $15 for those who register onsite starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Individuals can pay the fee themselves or collect it through sponsors; a sponsorship form can be downloaded from the Greening Princeton website. All participants will receive a T-shirt and refreshments, and prizes will be awarded to the winners, as well as to the individual with the most sponsors.
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Trying to decide between these two. Seem pretty comparable, I like the ingredients in the fromm line a bit more, but I like that Nutri Source has an option to move up into a performance line when needed. Two questions:
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2 - does it make sense when moving between maintenance to performance to keep it within the same family of products or does it not matter?
Maybe I should just run with the performance version all the time. Not sure.
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By Michael Aneiro
Municipal bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds still can't seem to get much momentum going this month to fully break free from their typical seasonal weakness seen in March and April. Following nine straight weeks of net outflows, muni funds and ETFs notched a third straight week of net inflows, but those inflows remain pretty paltry, totaling just $63 million in the most recent week, per Lipper data, and . By way of comparison, the net inflow over the past three weeks now totals $392 million, just a fraction of the $2.45 billion in net outflows recorded during the prior nine-week slump.
The iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond (MUB) fund was trading at $110.70 early Friday, down 1 cent on the day and down 48 cents since a week ago. The Nuveen Municipal Value (NUV) closed-end fund is down 3 cents at $10.28, which is two cents higher than where it was a week ago.


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TUPELO – Flu season is in full swing, and Northeast Mississippi is getting hit harder than usual, according to doctors.
"I'd be willing to bet that we are probably leading the nation in flu cases," said Dr. Edward Hill, family physician at Family Medicine Residency Center at North Mississippi Medical Center. "Northeast Mississippi is getting hit very hard this year, and we have seen hundreds of cases so far."
Hill is a former president of the American Medical Association.
Lab-confirmed influenza cases in Mississippi are starting to pour into the Mississippi State Department of Health.
"Flu is popping up around the state," said health department director of communications Liz Charlot, based on reports to the health department's sentinel physician network, which tracks influenza trends.
Flu season typically begins to peak in December and tapers off in April. Flu season started earlier than usual this year in Mississippi, and the"peak season" has officially begun, Charlot said.
"People need to understand that (flu) season can sometimes peak in late February or early March, so it's not too late to get the vaccine," Hill said. "Flu is a very contagious airborne virus, so it's best to stay away from crowds of people if you are diagnosed."
Flu shots are still available, according to Hill, and it usually takes about two and a half to three weeks for the shot to make someone immune to the virus.
According to local pharmacists, shortages for both flu shots and prescription medicine to treat flurelated symptoms are common during the peak flu season.
"Since right before Christmas and in the last couple weeks, the need for flu medicine has increased significantly," said Eddie Armstrong, pharmacist at Fred's pharmacy. "We are completely out of a couple cough medicines and flu shots right now."
Local pharmacists typically call physicians to approve alternative medicines that are in-stock when supplies are running low.


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Mr Fallon came to mind.
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Born in 1974 in south of France, Laurent Ballesta is a marine biologist and research diver. He combines his passion for underwater photography with his skills at diving to extreme depths. With meticulous attention to every detail during his deep diving research expeditions and unique photographs from the depths of the ocean, Ballesta has gained recognition in international publications.
Discover him and his fantastic projects through this exclusive interview filmed on the hills of Lavaux, classified landscape in the UNESCO world heritage list.


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EFF is fighting for vehicle owners' rights to inspect the code that runs their vehicles and to repair and modify their vehicles, or have a mechanic of their choice do the work. At the moment, the anti-circumvention prohibition in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act arguably restricts vehicle inspection, repair, and modification. If EFF is successful then vehicle owners will be free to inspect and tinker, as long as they don't run afoul of other regulations, such as those governing vehicle emissions, safety, or copyright law.
You can support EFF's exemption requests by adding your name to the petition we'll submit in the rulemaking.
The way copyright lawyers talk about the public domain as something works "fall into" when the copyright terms finally expires, it sometimes sounds like some kind of trash heap. But that couldn't be further from the truth: The public domain is a fantastic resource for learning, creativity and innovation—our cultural commons.
We were very happy to learn that Flickr has released a feature this weekend that allows any uploader to use Creative Commons tools to take easy affirmative steps to support that resource. Flickr users can now easily mark their photos as public domain materials in two ways: either by using a Public Domain Mark (for images already available without copyright restrictions), or using the CC0 waiver (to release whatever restrictions might be in place).
GPS technology has been around for a while. Wikipedia puts the start of development at 1973. But it wasn't until the 1990s that it became available for consumer use. And even then, it took some time before the government removed restrictions on accuracy that it had on its use by civilians. (The government had added an intentional error to the signal that made GPS variably inaccurate up to 50 meters.)
With the loosening of restrictions on GPS came furious development in consumer applications—and a flurry of patents.
A federal judge has decisively halted the Mississippi Attorney General's campaign of threatening to prosecute Google for refusing to remove content he finds objectionable. The court ruled in Google's favor a few weeks ago but finally issued its complete order last Friday, March 27. The order is pretty damning, finding that Google presented "significant evidence of bad faith" on the Attorney General's part.
Today, EFF filed a second round of comments to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on its proposed regulatory rules for digital currencies like Bitcoin. EFF, the Internet Archive, and reddit filed initial joint comments to NYDFS back in October 2014, opposing the first draft of the "BitLicense" proposal. Thousands of concerned EFF members and friends also used our website to send in comments.
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11.17: Precambrian Plate Tectonics
Was Earth ever so cold that it was completely encased in ice?
There is a hypothesis that much of the planet was covered by ice at the end of the Precambrian. This hypothesis is called Snowball Earth. One line of evidence is the rapid evolution of life in the Ediacara and Cambrian periods. It is thought that when the ice melted and conditions were favorable, life evolved rapidly.
Precambrian Plate Tectonics
By the end of the Archean, about 2.5 billion years ago, plate tectonics processes were completely recognizable. Small Proterozoic continents known as microcontinents collided to create supercontinents, which resulted in the uplift of massive mountain ranges.
The history of the North American craton is an example of what generally happened to the cratons during the Precambrian. As the craton drifted, it collided with microcontinents and oceanic island arcs, which were added to the continents. Convergence was especially active between 1.5 and 1.0 billion years ago. These lands came together to create the continent of Laurentia.
About 1.1 billion years ago, Laurentia became part of the supercontinent Rodinia (Figure below). Rodinia probably contained all of the landmass at the time, which was about 75% of the continental landmass present today.
Rodinia as it came together about 1.1 billion years ago.
Rodinia broke up about 750 million years ago. The geological evidence for this breakup includes large lava flows that are found where continental rifting took place. Seafloor spreading eventually started and created the oceans between the continents.
The breakup of Rodinia may have triggered Snowball Earth around 700 million years ago.
This video explores the origin of continents and early plate tectonics on the young Earth (1c): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA (5:17).
- About 2 billion years after Earth formed, plate tectonics processes were similar to those around today.
- Microcontinents collided together to create larger continents and supercontinents.
- The supercontinent of Rodinia came together about 1.1 billion years ago and broke apart about 750 million years ago.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. What was the first continent?
2. When was Arctica formed?
3. When was Atlantica formed?
4. What happened 1.8 billion years ago?
5. How was Rodinia formed?
6. What is the driving mechanisms for the movement of the plates?
7. What produces the heat?
1. Why did it take 2 billion years for plate tectonics to be similar to the way it is today?
2. What evidence is there for Snowball Earth? What evidence would you look for to test the hypothesis?
3. After Rodinia broke apart, what happened to the continents?
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