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TIME publishes list of 100 greatest video games
Everyone likes to argue over a list of best games, but it's especially fun when a mainstream publication joins the fray. TIME's top 100 list of best video games of all time runs in chronological order, kicking off with educational mainstay The Oregon Trail and ending with Mass Effect 3. Seven 70's games appear, but only two games make the cut from the last two years, the afore-mentioned Mass Effect 3 and Batman: Arkham City. Otherwise, it's a fairly even divide between the 80's, 90's and 00's. Take a look, and don't forget to exercise your frothing fanboy outrage in the comments when you notice Shooty Mc ShootShoot or Whimsical Indie are not included.


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Distant Blue World Rains Molten Glass
For the first time, astronomers have discovered the true color of an alien planet orbiting another star – a deep azure blue like Earth seen from space about 63 light years away. Lee Hotz joins the News Hub with details.
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Plan includes a $1 billion increase in K-12 spending.
Teachers, state workers, public schools and Southwest Florida projects are among the beneficiaries in the $74.5 billion state budget bill issued Monday afternoon, clearing the way for a timely adjournment of the annual legislative session by Friday.
The budget includes pay raises for teachers and state workers, $1 billion for public schools and plenty of local projects. Under their 72-hour "cooling off" rule, lawmakers can vote on the budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year — which begins July 1 — as early as Thursday afternoon.
Legislative leaders and Gov. Rick Scott touted the budget's spending increases for education, including a $1 billion increase in K-12 spending that will raise per-student funding to $6,779, a $404 increase over this year.
The budget also contains $480 million for performance-based pay raises for teachers, with educators who are deemed "effective" receiving a $2,500 raise and "highly effective" teachers receiving $3,500. But the pay plans will ultimately be up to the local school districts, which will develop the criteria for awarding the raises.
The raises will also include non-instructional personnel. But they will not take effect until June 2014, which drew criticism from the Florida Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union. Andy Ford, FEA president, said the teachers were "are disappointed" with the delay.
Nevertheless, Scott, who had originally called for an across-the-board $2,500 increase targeting classroom teachers, was ready to declare success on Monday.
"This is a big victory for our teachers. This is a big victory for students," Scott said about the teachers' raise as well as the $1 billion increase in school spending.
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, agreed.
"This is a huge win for everybody," he said.
However, Scott, who has the power to veto line items in the budget bill, said he continues to oppose the 3 percent tuition increase for university and college students in the budget. "I don't believe in tuition increases," Scott said, adding it "makes it much more difficult for the poorest families in our state to be able to afford an education."
The budget also contains the first general pay raise for state workers since October 2006. In the new budget, workers making less than $40,000 a year will receive a $1,400 raise, while those making more than $40,000 will receive $1,000. High-performing workers will be in line for a one-time $600 bonus.
The increased state spending — which is roughly $4 billion higher than this year's budget — will have an impact in Southwest Florida.
Coupled with federal money, there is some $32 million for beach renourishment projects in Venice and Anna Maria Island.
Venice would receive $11.87 million, including $9 million from the federal government and $1.4 million each in state and local matching funds.
Anna Maria Island is in line for $20 million, including $13.7 million in federal support and $3.2 million each in state and local funding.
Sarasota public schools will see a $299 million K-12 budget, up $17.4 million or 6.2 percent from this year. Manatee schools will receive a $311 million budget, up $22.4 million or 7.77 percent.
In Sarasota County, there is $438,000 for continuing work on the Phillippi Creek septic system replacement program. In Manatee, $1 million was allocated for a waste-water treatment system and $500,000 for the second phase of a reclaimed water project in Charlotte County.
New College of Florida will receive $2.1 million in funding for renovations at the Cook Library. Under the capital improvement fee program, New College could see more than $600,000 in additional improvements, including $150,000 for the college's fitness center, $100,000 for the Four Winds Caf�, $250,000 for the Hamilton Student Center and $154,055 for waterfront recreation.
The budget contains $380,000 for a fetal alcohol clinic in Sarasota.
In the transportation budget, there is $10 million for the construction of a Department of Transportation Sarasota-Manatee operations center.
The budget also includes $5 million for the rowing complex under construction at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota County and $2.3 million to help expand IMG Academy in Bradenton.


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A Portland startup developing technology to make LED lights more efficient and less expensive has landed a $3 million venture capital round led by local investor groups.
Pacific Light Technologies, working from the Portland State University Business Accelerator, has closed $2 million of the Series A round led by the Oregon Angel Fund and Portland-based venture capital firm Pivotal Investments.
CEO Ron Nelson, who also contributed to the round, said another $1 million has been committed and should close by the end of July.
The 13-person company is developing a technology Nelson says will allow manufacturers of long-lasting LED lights to provide better light output while slashing the cost potentially by more than half.
"We believe we have the magic formula," Nelson said.
The funding round will be used to continue development. The company expects to return to the market later this year for a Series B round of between $4 million and $8 million, which would help build a sales team and gear up for manufacturing, which Nelson said could start sometime in the second half of 2013.
The market for LED — or light-emitting diode — lights has surged over the past four years as innovations have helped transition it from a display technology to a viable competitor to traditional household lighting sources.
LEDs emit high-intensity blue energy that, when emitted through various colored phosphors, converts to the warmer hues typical of home or office use.
The sale of LED light fixtures and replacement lamps surged 45 percent last year to $9.3 billion, according to Silicon Valley research firm Strategies Unlimited. It's expected to continue growing the next five years.
"We can see a road map, a path, to LED efficiency getting better and better and over the next 10 to 15 years becoming the dominant lighting technology," said Bob Steele an industry consultant and former analyst with Strategies Unlimited who tracks the LED lighting market.
But it's still just a sliver of the overall $80 billion lighting market.
Despite LED's promise of electricity savings from more efficient, longer-lasting bulbs, cost has proven to be a challenging barrier, especially to household consumers. LED bulbs retail typically for more than $20 apiece, compared to slightly more than $1 for traditional incandescent household bulbs.
Pacific Light's technology, though, promises to narrow the gap for LEDs, with Nelson saying prices per bulb could drop to around $10.
Pacific Light aims to replace the use of those phosphors with "quantum dots" — chemically created microscopic semiconductors that Nelson says provide stronger output that is tuneable to different hues.
In addition to improving the color, Nelson said it will allow manufacturers to use fewer LEDs per bulb, reducing the cost of the product.
Robin Teitzel, an investor in the Oregon Angel Fund who conducted the fund's due diligence process on Pacific Light, said five lighting industry manufacturers hold key patents into certain colored phosphors, leading to a raft of patent infringement claims. Pacific Light Technologies, he said, offers a solution to manufacturers that bypasses the use of those phosphors.
Nelson said the use of quantum dots has been a curiosity to the lighting industry for more than two decades, yet no one has been able to commercialize the technology.
Pacific's technology was borne out of now-defunct Intel Corp.-backed solar energy startup SpectraWatt Inc.
Backed by Intel Capital, SpectraWatt launched in 2008 with plans to build solar power modules out of a plant in Hillsboro.
Nelson said SpectraWatt attempted to apply quantum dots to solar energy cells to improve efficiency. It didn't pan out — the company later moved to New York, shut down in 2010 and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.
Though market conditions were credited for the company's demise, Nelson said the quantum dots used by SpectraWatt were moisture sensitive and didn't adapt well to solar cells.
So SpectraWatt went about refining the process of making quantum dots under the guidance of Juanita Kurtin, the company's vice president and head of research and development at the time who is now Pacific Light's chief technology officer.
Kurtin helped found Pacific Light in May 2011 with the aid of the Oregon Angel Fund and, soon, a $250,000 research and development grant from the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute.
In January the company acquired the quantum dot intellectual property from SpectraWatt.
The company manufactured its first quantum dots at the PSU lab last summer and has been sampling the technology with major lighting industry companies since.
"This is the holy grail of the lighting industry," said Nelson. The industry "understands that quantum dots can have that impact."


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2009 in Review: The Rise of Social Media
The Year Social Media Grew Up: 2009
Let's start off with a confession: I'm an SEO and SEM'er (which might have been obvious from the name of the blog). Naturally, I tend to think my discipline of choice, SEO, is the most important of the disciplines. I work in the "nuts and bolts" of sites: from arduous keyword research selection and code tweaking to site architecture to content manipulation/augmentation to link building. A Jack-of-all-Trades you could say.
And, as an SEO, I need to be fluent in all things SEM. Need to know how they tick, are used, and how they can be leveraged at an organic level. Most would believe that SEOs are diametrically opposed to SMM (social media marketing), but this couldn't be further from the truth (considering the most recent updates to Google SERPs with real-time, "fresh" results).
Social Media: Through Puberty
Social media, as we know it today, has been around for a few years now (Blogger/Facebook/Myspace/Digg/etc). But, it wasn't until 2009 that social media grew up and became a force of its own.
I can trace back the "GROWTH SPURT" to exactly this date: April 17, 2009. Why this particular date? Oprah dedicated an entire show Twitter: what it is and how to use it. Apparently, she's not too keen on the vehicle, with only 90 tweets. Coincidently, this is the exact same day Ashton Kutcher was on Larry King Live to talk about the race to 1 million followers with CNN. This is the day social media went from a potty-trained toddler to a college graduate with two kids and a mortgage.
When You Grow Up, You Get Exploited
When you grow up and reach that certain point in your life, everyone wants something from you. And, for the search marketing crowd, the adulthood of Social Media represented a new gold rush. For over a year, since early/mid 2008, businesses were hesitant to drop themselves into the social media pool.
Here are some fun facts about social media and network growth over the past year*:
- The fastest growing segment on Facebook are Gen-X'ers and Baby Boomers
- Time spent on social media and networking sites is the fourth most popular activity, ahead of checking personal email.
- Use of Twitter and other micro-blogging sites has TRIPLED since the summer of 2008
- Social networking and media sites account for nearly 10% of total time spent online.
In one day, with Oprah-fication as proof the medium had gone mainstream, every business and corporation wanted to get in on the action. Gobble up all those Gen-X'ers and Boomers as they started stumbling around the social minefield. An easy mark.
Enter: The Social Snake Oil Shakedown
Talk about low-hanging fruit: and out come the douchebags, the self-proclaimed experts and gurus, and those looking to capitalize on the corporate lambs and SMBs that want the latest and greatest. SEO went through the same growing pains, and to some extent, is still going through it.
2009 marked the entrance of SMM and SMO snake oil salespeople. They come in two varieties: Fast-talking folks who have a blog, a Facebook profile, and a Twitter profile. They probably worked in a low-level PR position and started a gig on the side. Or, traditional ad agencies with a newly developed "digital" arm, trying cash-in and be relevant in a web-dominated world w/ metrics.
No, a professional does not include someone who states the pure obvious about "how to really succeed in social media". I'll save you some time so you don't have to read another carbon-copy article just worded differently.
Every Article You've Ever Read About Social Media Success Tips:
- Be genuine. Don't fake your persona
- Engage the community on a regular basis
- Social Media/Networks are all about trust. Work to accrue that trust.
- Mix your personal and business lives on your social account (a.k.a. be genuine)
- Don't be political, religious, or offensive in any way, shape, or form. (Unless, of course, that's who you are. Then you should do it. But with caution)
- Know your segment and community. Provide information that will be useful to them, and, coincidently further your business endeavors.
- Don't prostitute your own links all time. You'll be seen as disingenuous, and, therefore, lose followers.
There. That should just about cover nearly every single post, article, piece I've seen on social media this year. But this is not to say that they aren't real professionals out there who know exactly how to engineer and construct smart, linkable SMM campaigns. Do your homework, use trusted resources for recommendations, and slam the door on social media snake oil.
Predictions for SEO and Social Media for 2010:
Honestly, what would a review post be without a few predictions?
1) The clear, definite distinctions between search marketing disciplines will be gone
We've already started to see this. Algorithm updates, based on some cursory research and data I've seen for clients, are suggesting to me that PPC and SEO are intertwined. Taking that further, SEOs will have to get their heads around SMM/SMO and learn to apply it to their overall arsenal. The lines have already begun to blur; evolve or die.
2) Social Media and Networking will go through a Purge Phase
It's not that the number of sites will shrink and fade out (though I can see that happening too: an inter-web social network pissing match), it's those who self-proclaim guru status that will die out. I think this coming year you're going to see more and more "certifications" floating around. And, a higher demand from SMBs and corporations that will demand some sort of certification before they hop into bed with you. Get one or get purged.
3) SEO will be Fine. Relax.
SEO isn't going to die. Far from it. It's going to be more valuable than ever this coming year. And, since we are the Jack-of-all-Trades (master of a few), we're going to be needed on several fronts. Especially dealing with SMM backlink strategies and how to pull reliable metrics on those campaigns to measure effectiveness and ROI. Once again, evolve or die, people.
With that, everyone, I hope you all have a wonderful, pleasant, and successful 2010. Happy New Year!
Jan 5 2010
Enjoyed your interview w/ Think Tank Live today. Will be bookmarking this blog and following the Tweets.
Jan 15 2010
i totally agree with you in 2010 search engine optimization will be at it peaks and i also looking for new seo techniques in 2010.
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The 38th annual Harvest Craft show, put on by the Millersville Rotary Club, was held last weekend. Held at the Millersville high school, the craft show is an annual tradition for the townsfolk and always attracts a large crowd. This year, 120 dealers setup to sell their wares - everything from handmade quilts and hand-knitted sweaters to homemade jellies and fresh honey, to homemade soaps and hand-carved toys. Five friends visited the craft show together, browsing through the booths Saturday morning when the craft show first opened. Each friend ended up buying both a gift for another friend and something for themselves. Determine the full name of each friend, the item they got for themselves and the item they bought for a friend.
1. Ms. Wright didn't buy the vase of flowers. Mark bought a wooden toy truck for his best friend's son. Sarah bought the beaded necklace.
2. The person whose last name was White bought the oil painting.
3. Elliot, whose last name wasn't West, didn't buy the homemade jelly. Patti Walker didn't buy the knitted sweater.
4. Cindy's last name wasn't White. The person whose last name was West didn't buy the lap quilt.
5. The wood picture frame was bought by the person who also bought the vase of flowers.
6. The five friends are represented by the person who bought the knitted sweater, Sarah, the person who bought the ceramic mugs, the person whose last name was Workman, and the person who bought the homemade fudge.
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The Lord's Prayer in its first division teaches us about establishing that which is good. At the same time that which is good is being established, evil is being removed. How do we see this activity from God in us? Well, each of us are to participate in hallowing the Name of God, participate in the coming Kingdom, and do the will of the Father.
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I have a Midi Fighter Classic and I was wondering if it was possible to have some kind of script to use it with Ableton in a Apc way with the red box and the navigation stuff.
I think I've seen some people doing it with the Midi Fighter Pro but I can't find a way to do it with the classic.
Thanks for your help !


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Category:Interpretations of Dreams, Signs, and Omens
From Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers
Dream Interpretation
A dream, sign, or omen divination session is conducted differently than the typical card, palm, or psychic reading. Instead of the diviner telling you what they see, you must tell them what you saw. They will listen to your account of the dream you had, the sight you saw, or the unusual event that transpired to you, and then, just like Joseph before the Pharaoh or Daniel before Nebuchadnezzar, they will tell you what the dream or sign foretells for you.
Unusual dreams, sometimes so "real" that they cannot be distinguished from waking life, are often forerunners of things to come. Dreams of paralysis, visitations from the dead in dreams, hag-riding, and prophetic dreams that augur wealth, fame, or happiness in love all benefit from interpretation.
Lucky Numbers from Dreams
If you are looking for lucky numbers from your dreams, a spiritual worker who is also a numerologist will be able to provide them to you.
An experienced Southern-style spiritual counselor can do more than help you interpret your dreams and explain the meaning of unusual signs and omens you have seen: If you wish to undertake your own own study of dream interpretations, you can ask a hoodoo rootworker who prescribes spiritual supplies for clients to recommend a lucky lottery number dream book to you to study.
Divining Signs and Omens from Nature
In days gone by, when humans lived in areas more closely connected to the natural world, there were special diviners whose job it was to interpret signs from nature. The patterns of the flights of birds, the sudden out-of-season blooming of a tree, an unexpected invasion of snails, mice, or snakes -- all of these carry information and significance to one who is gifted in natural divination lore.
Yet even those who dwell in the concrete-blocked urban environments where nature dares not enter in may see signs and omens of the natural world: stray dogs may howl around your door, a tree branch may fall and stab itself point down into your lawn, a flock of birds may take up sudden residence in your back yard, and just as quickly vanish.
In cases like these, a gifted diviner of the natural world can tell you much that you may wish to know. Do owls portend the same consequences as ravens? Is an invasion of black ants something to be worried about, or is it harmless and benign? What does it mean when the sun shines through at the same time that rain is falling?
If nature's little calling cards are visible to you, but you cannot read them, you may wish to schedule an appointment with a natural diviner who can interpret for you the meanings of these spiritual signs.
Divining Signs and Omens from Daily Life
Most of us know the common meanings assigned to events like a black cat crossing our trail, or someone sweeping our feet with a broom, but sometimes the signs are very unusual, and only a gifted reader can help us pierce the veil.
Perhaps as you went about your normal daily business, you found four different, apparently discarded white gloves at widely separated places. Perhaps while driving, you passed three cars in a row whose license plates ended in the number 23. Perhaps a drunken man accosted you in the grocery store and called you by the name of your long-dead mother -- a name no one has spoken to you in fifteen years.
It is at times like this, when you know that Spirit is sending a message, but you simply cannot understand it, that you may call upon a diviner of omens to tell you the message that you were meant to hear.
See Also
- Divination and Fortune Telling by Interpretations of Dreams and by Reading Signs, and Omens


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Opinion: Taxes Are Too Damn High
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on Tax Day. Photos: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... it's tax day which is a pretty painful day for many Americans ... here's a list of the increases that were looking at this year ... it operates in thirty nine point six percent from thirty five percent ... payroll tax to six point two percent from four point two percent ... capital gains and dividends up to twenty three point eight percent ... from fifteen percent ... that's not to mention all the state taxes the airport taxes Taxes everywhere ... editorial page editor Paul GBO is here to talk about it ... call ... I just on the federal level Democrats say ... these tax rates on declines in the economy grew smartly ... your response ... well ... it grew after ... there was about a year of ... much slower growth than we anticipated in nineteen ninety three and the economy really didn't take off ... ninety three in the fourth really didn't take off on ... after until the Republicans took the howls in ... two thousand and ninety nine before that's what you saw the stock market ... and the bond market ... really really take off ... so I'm I don't buy that ... argument is no question tax rates aren't the only determinant growth ... by dawn ... if you look at the slow growth we've had here in Alaska ... a few months ... and it doesn't look like tax rate the tax increases helping the competition in the past conflicting messages to any administration on the one hand ... a couple years ago it botanist ration says well ... we can raise taxes during a period of slow growth ... in unit last year ... they died suddenly it was it was all fine so no one of conflicting and the well even on Keynesian grounds which argues that ... the need to stimulate the economy through fiscal policy ... spending increases or ... tax cuts the state use to believe impacts conceived what are you would've argued against a tax increase at the moment where he can easily growing by two percent ... was on the fourth quarter the economy grew two point four percent so ... I think some of that had to do with the anticipation of the tax increase there's a new Gallup poll out the chosen many Americans I don't believe that their taxes are fair anymore ... you can put that so I crept up on the screen ... so due to average Americans spend ... understand or feel the burden on system of taxation one and only after the bell pulls in to see for couple reasons one is that number is lower than it spent in a decade fifty five percent thinking it's ferry and go back to two thousand won before the Bush ... tax cuts to to get a comparable ... number so I think that's a result of the tax increase we just can't get the crowd in particular the payroll tax ... which was up two percentage points on I think a lot of Americans felt that they sought ... in their paycheck ... every two weeks ... so in the other thing that strike you but the poll was that ... the reason a difference based on income ... with the people who think their Fair Taxes are are unfair or warfare ... our differences by party affiliation there are differences by ideology ... seventy percent liberals think their taxes or fees ... only forty five percent of conservatives ... well that's it that's a very big gap ... up very briefly we had an op ed ... on today's page by John Cochrane he suggested that we need an alternative ... maximum tax ... you think of uncertainty and welt intriguing concept I e the idea I didn't really take his idea that maybe that alternative maximum should be fifty percent ... the idea either that sounds like a softly high U S is really interesting if you ask Americans what they think is kind of adjustment of Street question would you think is fair ... to take them and you can walk on individual incomes of about twenty five thirty percent are over or under a third ... so most people don't think that fifty percent is for twenty five to thirty percent if only we had at the expo


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Gloria checks the window if the coast is clear to get nasty on the couch. This sexy minx tickles and fingers her moist hairy bush when she thinks no one is watching.
Gloria skips through some magazines to get nice and horny for the upcoming finger fuck she is about to start.
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Missouri Bladderpod
Five-Year Review (2008)
Short Form Summary and Evaluation
Species Reviewed: Missouri bladderpod (Physaria filiformis)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lead Regional Office: Midwest Region, Carlita Payne, Ft. Snelling, MN, (612) 713-5339.
Lead Field Office: Dr. Paul McKenzie, Columbia, MO Ecological Services Field Office (573) 234-2132, ext. 107.
Cooperating Regional Office: Southeast Region, Kelly Bibb, Atlanta, GA, (404) 679-7132.
Cooperating Field Office: Steve Osborne, Conway, AR Ecological Services, (501) 513-4479.
Methodology used to complete this 5-year review: The 5-year review for the Missouri bladderpod was accomplished through the status review that supported the October 15, 2003 final rule to reclassify the species from endangered to threatened status (68 FR 59337). In addition, we reviewed the best scientific and commercial data received from the public through the Federal Register notice initiating the 5-year review (70 FR 41423) and information from knowledgeable individuals who could provide recent data relevant to the status of the species. The Service solicited comments on the proposed rule (68 FR 34569) from the public and from three independent peer reviewers (68 FR 59337) who had experience or expertise with the species. This 5-year review was conducted by the Columbia, Missouri Ecological Services Field Office in consultation with the Service's Conway, Arkansas Field Office, the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. The Service has not received any new significant information since the reclassification that would have a bearing on the species current listing as a threatened species. The Service will continue to evaluate the rangewide status of this species as new information becomes available.
FR Notice announcing initiation of this review: July 19, 2005. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Initiation of a 5-Year Review of Higgins Eye (Lampsilis higginsii), Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle (Brychius hungerfordi), Missouri Bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis), and Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum). 70 FR 41423.
Application of the 1996 Distinct Population Segment (DPS) Policy: NA
Review Summary:
The scientific name for Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis) has been changed based on extensive studies completed by Al-Shehbaz & O'Kane (2002). The new combination is Physaria filiformis (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz. Al-Shehbaz and O'Kane (2002) concluded that the genus Lesquerella should be united with the genus Physaria and determined that Physaria was the earliest published name. These authors found that the two genera should be united based on multiple biological and ecological factors. The new combination will be adopted in the upcoming Flora of North America treatment for Brassicaceae scheduled for mid to late 2007 (Flora of North America 2006).
New information obtained since the reclassification further supports the reclassification of this species to threatened. The National Park Service moved the hiking trail on Wilson's Creek Battlefield (MO) that previously impacted a population of Physaria. Trampling of that population is no longer a threat.
During the FY 2005 field season, three new populations were discovered in Arkansas: one in Izard County, one in Sharp County, and one in Hot Spring County (Witsell 2007). The Sharp and Hot Spring records were new county records for Physaria filiformis and the Hot Spring County site was particularly noteworthy because the species was discovered on a new substrate (shale) and was about 150 miles south of its range (Witsell 2007). Due to its occurrence on a new substrate and distance from the next nearest location, voucher specimens were examined by Dr. Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, the world's authority on species in the genus Lesquerella, to confirm the identification. Dr. Al-Shehbaz examined the specimens and determined that all were Physaria filiformis (Al-Shehbaz, pers. comm. to Dr. George Yatskievych of the Missouri Botanical Garden, May 2005).
In May 2005, Paul McKenzie and Theo Witsell of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission visited the only known site in Washington County, Arkansas that was rediscovered in 2002. The land is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and management was needed to remove trees that were shading out the glade where the species occurred. Restoration of this glade (primarily involving the initial removal of larger trees) occurred in late 2003, and there was a noticeable response by Missouri bladderpod in 2004—McKenzie and Witsell observed a few hundred plants on the glade. After additional restoration work in 2005 and 2006, thousands of plants were observed on the glade on April 18, 2007 (Steve Osborne, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Conway, Arkansas Field Office, pers. comm., April 24, 2007).
In April 2006, two additional sites were discovered on shale glades on U.S. Forest Service land in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas in Garland County (Witsell 2007). These sites were visited by Witsell and McKenzie on April 18, 2007, and the populations were much larger than observed in 2006, containing thousands of plants (T. Witsell and P. McKenzie, pers. obs.). This increased the number of known sites rangewide to 70 and the known number of counties to 9. With the discovery of the species in Garland County in 2006, Missouri bladderpod now occurs in more counties (5) in Arkansas than Missouri (4). Due to discovery of new sites in 2005 and 2006 and that plants were found on a new substrate 150 miles farther south than any previously documented occurrence, it is likely that subsequent surveys will yield additional populations. Suitable habitat (yet to be surveyed) has been identified in the following Arkansas counties: Garland, Hot Spring, Howard, Izard, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Saline, Sharp and Yell (T. Witsell, pers. comm., August 2007). The species has now been documented on limestone, dolomite, and shale glades (T. Witsell, pers. comm., August 2007). Because there is an abundance of glade habitat between SW MO and counties in Arkansas where the species has been documented, it is likely that additional populations will be discovered with sufficient survey effort. A long-term monitoring program necessary to accurately detect population trends has not yet been established.
Surveys in suitable habitat, the development of management plans that ensure long-term maintenance of suitable habitat, and the reduction of threats from nonnative species has proven successful in furthering recovery or removing species from the Endangered Species List [e.g., Hoover's wolly-star (Eriastrum hooveri), 68 FR 57829]. In 2006, through coordination with Ecological Services personnel in the Conway, Arkansas Field Office, the Columbia Missouri Ecological Services Field Office received funding for a "Showing Success" proposal. The proposal included additional survey work in Arkansas, the development of a management plan in Arkansas to sustain long-term management on Federal and privately owned lands, an examination of the effectiveness of using various chemicals to control species of brome (Bromus spp) grasses in Missouri, and an analysis to assess if sites under private ownership near Springfield, Missouri may be potentially impacted by future urban development. It is hoped that information obtained from these studies will support the potential delisting of the species. The Columbia, Missouri Ecological Services Field Office will work with the Southeast Region to identify new areas for survey efforts and will assist the Southeast Region in coordination efforts with the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission in the development of management plans to maintain bladderpod habitat in Arkansas. New populations discovered on U.S. Forest Service land in Garland County in 2006 were found to extend onto private land during monitoring of the sites on April 18, 2007. Management plans currently in development in Arkansas should be expanded to include additional sites on private property adjacent to U.S. Forest Service land in Garland County. Partners involved in the studies outlined above are the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and Missouri State University.
Recommended Classification
New Recovery Priority Number: No change (remains 8)
Recommendations for Future Actions:
Priority actions recommended for ongoing reviews of the species' status include the completion of: 1) additional surveys in suitable habitat in northcentral and westcentral Arkansas, 2) management plans underway for sites in Arkansas, 3) studies of the effectiveness of various herbicides to control brome grasses in Missouri, and 4) an analysis to determine the potential impact of urban development on Missouri bladderpod sites near Springfield, Missouri. These actions, funded by a 2006 "Showing Success" proposal, are progressing on schedule for completion on or before December 31, 2008. Upon completion of these actions, the Service will assess if the Missouri bladderpod still meets the definition of a threatened species.
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. and S.L. O'Kane, Jr. 2002. Lesquerella is united with Physaria (Brassicaceae). Novon. 12:319-329.
Flora of North America. 2006. December 2006- January 2007 Newsletter Vol. 20(1-2).
Witsell, T. 2007. Final report on Physaria filiformis (Rollins) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz [Lesquerella filiformis Rollins] (Missouri Bladderpod) survey and monitoring work in Arkansas, 2005 & 2006. Unpublished report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 86 pp.
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admin4fh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 68 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Filter Hut LLC
We operate an e-commerce website offering air filter products such as furnace filters, air conditioner filters, air cleaner filters, etc. Our culture is high quality products, low prices, and excellent customer service.
60% Residential (homeowners, rental properties, etc)
30% Commercial (retail stores)
10% Industrial (manufacturers)
Mostly the do-it-yourselfer's shopping online.
The main requirement is that the logo should help make the name, Filter Hut, memorable for the next time the customer needs to purchase air filters. Tropical and/or tiki-hut themed is preferred but not required.
Some feelings we are trying to convey are:
-pure air (hence tropical)
-professional (so no mascots and not too cartoony)
-great value (without being cheap)
-simple (not too busy)
You can visit our website at http://www.filterhut.com to get a feel for our current design (although this could be redesigned to fit the right logo).
Of course the words "Filter Hut" in the logo are required. "LLC" in the logo is optional, depending on how much it is needed to add to the professional aspect.
Bottom line, six months after purchase, we want the customer to make the mental connection, "What was that site? Filter something...tropical...oh yeah, Filter Hut."
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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Die Josie
The dive site Die Josie is an inshore rocky reef in the Hout Bay area on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
A reef which is close to Hout Bay harbour and is suitable for night dives.
This site is in a Marine Protected Area (2009). A permit is required.
The name "Die Josie" is given to this area on the SAN charts.
Maximum depth at the sand is about 17m, top of main part of the reef at about 7m. The reef extends to the shoreline.
Fairly flat fine sand bottom at about 17m. Above that, granite reef. One of the few areas where the granite is not extensively weathered, as can be seen from the cliffs above the site. There is considerable jointing more or less vertically, parallel to and perpendicular to the cliff face. This pattern is similar on the reef, the blocky formations are more reminiscent of the sandstone reefs in other parts of the peninsula, but with almost no overhangs, undercuts, caves etc. There are plenty of almost vertical faces and flattish tops, with fairly angular corners and edges, and the characteristic rounded shapes of the corestone reefs are absent excepting for wave rounded boulders.
Geology: Basically outcrops of the late Pre-Cambrian granite of the Peninsula pluton, with loose boulders of granite and Table Mountain Sandstones from the overlying strata.
Probably one of the best views available of the unconformity between Cape Granite and Graafwater sandstone is clearly visible from the surface of the water, but quite high up on the cliff.
Best after south easterly winds (summer). Exposed to south westerly swells.
Get in[edit]
This site is only accessible by boat, though in principle an entry could be made by base-jumping the cliffs from the Chapman's Peak drive.
The site is about 3.4km from Hout Bay harbour slipway.
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Marine life[edit]
Kelp on top of the reef, with a variety of invertebrates on the top and sides of the rocks.
No special route recommended.
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Cold water.
No special skills required. This site is suitable for boat dives at night, and is conveniently close to Hout Bay harbour.
No special equipment recommended .
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RuPaul In New York City Dressed As A Man! (Speaks On His New Drag Queen TV Show)
StupidFamousPeople reports "Drag queen RuPaul is seen on the streets of New York City, dressed as a man -- not as his female alter-ego -- and talks about his new television show which is set to premiere on the Logo network, called 'Drag Race'. The show is about 9 drag queens who compete doing various drag-related activities for a $20,000 grand prize. "
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August 2009 4x4 Truck Whoops!Posted in Whoops on August 1, 2009
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We went for what we thought was going to be a quick ride in the Bronco and ended up getting stuck in this hole! It took two trucks to pluck us out of the muck, but overall it was a fun time and how great memories are made.
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Dozed Hosed
Driving along a frozen logging road, we attempted to cross a ditch that a dozer had filled in with mud. The top looked frozen solid, but as soon as we went for it my truck sank directly to the bottom!
Alex Fellows, via 4wheeloffroad.com
We decided to do a little two-wheeling in the field following a good rain here in Finland. After getting bogged-down we realized that it was time to lock it into four-wheel, but it was already too late. So there we were, stuck on flat ground!
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Happy Holidays! We're your party's entertainment
in the Rocky Mountains!
Click here for our party time video!
Click here to see our new video with Realtime and the DC2 horns!
don't know of any other group anything like yours that is more original, dynamic, happy, exciting and fun, and with the
most clever costumes, wigs, and makeup. And can you girls harmonize! We can not sit still because the beat is on! And
who else sings songs for our generation to dance to!? You're filling a huge void we have had in our lives for a long
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Steve Gehrman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 39 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
http://rogueandroid.com (site not done yet, needs logo etc)
I'm starting a mobile app company for Android phones. I want the company image to be "cool", So I want something bad ass and cool looking.
Market is Android phone users. Need to create a cool company image.
Take the standard green Google Android robot icon and add some stuff to make it look "rogue". Some possible ideas: Eye patch, "Che" style beret, machine gun? You're free to be creative, don't just add and eye patch and a beret and think that will make me happy. Surprise me. Make it as cool as possible. I'm not an artist. I want to be "wowed". No need to make it politically correct or something "safe for kids", just do what ever looks best.
It would be great to get a version that has a transparent background and another with a background
Here's the official google image:
Here's one with the background and text, but I couldn't find an official google one. Maybe it exists somewhere:
Here's a not a great example, but it will give you an idea what I want:
You can move the arms around if needed: (examples)
There are lots more examples online, search around.
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(Reuters) - New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton was arrested on gun possession charges on Tuesday after his wife's divorce attorney took a weapon that was allegedly his to a local police station, authorities said.
Felton, 29, was not registered to have the gun in New York City and was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and with criminal possession of a firearm, authorities said.
The professional basketball player turned himself in to face the charges early on Tuesday and appeared at a late-afternoon hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court before Judge Diane Boyar, who set bail at $25,000.
Wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, Felton left the courthouse in downtown Manhattan after the hearing without making any comment. He was driven away in a black Cadillac Escalade.
A police source said the semi-automatic large-capacity pistol, loaded with about 18 bullets, was taken to a police station near the couple's home on Manhattan's Upper West Side late Monday by an attorney representing the player's wife, Ariane Raymondo-Felton, 26, who filed for divorce last week.
The couple was married in 2012, and she is a law student.
Felton kept the gun at his home, according to the criminal complaint.
In court, the judge issued a six-month order of protection, telling Felton to have no contact with a person identified only as "the complainant," presumed to be his estranged wife.
Felton's attorney James Walden told the judge his client had no intention of getting in contact with her.
The Knicks lost at home to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday after a game-winning shot at the buzzer by Dirk Nowitzki.
Felton was ordered to return to court on June 2.
If convicted, he could face a prison sentence of up to seven years on the most serious charge, the third-degree possession charge.
Additional reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst, Karen Brooks, Bernadette Baum and Gunna Dickson


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President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans on Wednesday began hurtling toward an unpredictable collision over the federal budget, as the House of Representatives planned to vote to strip money from the national health care law while the White House readied plans for a government shutdown.
That vote in the Republican-dominated House, expected later this week, will set the stage for a spending showdown likely to last for days. Next week, the House plans to unveil another measure aimed at delaying the law.
The new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1, and unless Congress and Obama agree on a budget, much of the government will be out of business.
The new Republican plan, announced Wednesday, would finance the government but also defund implementation of the 2010 health care law. That's expected to pass the House but stall in the Democratic-led Senate.
That's the scenario for stalemate. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that the administration would not accept any delays to the health care law to avoid a shutdown.
The House plan is likely to be phase one of a weeks-long clash over the federal budget as Democrats look to keep the government open, restore spending cuts known as the sequester, and raise the debt ceiling to allow the government to borrow to pay bills already approved by Congress and incurred. The Republicans, while insisting they also want to keep the government running, look to kill Obamacare and lock in spending cuts.
With no talks underway, the White House Office of Management and Budget asked federal agencies to begin contingency planning for a government shutdown.
"There is enough time for Congress to prevent a lapse in appropriations, and the administration is willing to work with Congress to enact a short-term continuing resolution to fund critical government operations and allow Congress the time to complete the full year 2014 appropriations," Director Sylvia Burwell wrote. "However, prudent management requires that agencies be prepared for the possibility of a lapse."
Pressure mounted from other quarters. In a surprise, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it would continue moves to keep interest rates low, saying the economy was too weak to risk raising rates. Chairman Ben Bernanke said "upcoming fiscal debates" weighed on the decision.
In addition, the influential U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to members warning them of danger if they don't act.
"It is not in the best interest of the U.S. business community or the American people to risk even a brief government shutdown that might trigger disruptive consequences or raise new policy uncertainties washing over the U.S. economy," wrote Bruce Josten, the chamber's executive vice president for government affairs.
Wednesday's events were a sharp escalation from the calm of recent weeks. Most Washington lawmakers thought that any kind of shutdown would rattle the economy, inconvenience constituents and prove politically perilous.
House Republican leaders last week wanted separate votes on a budget and on defunding the 2010 health care law. That way, the Senate could approve the budget but turn down the health care measure, and the government would keep running.
Republicans thought that would give them a double-barrel victory: They could point to senators who voted to keep Obamacare going, but they could also boast they kept the government open.
But Republican conservatives rebelled and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, changed course.
"We're going to continue to do everything we can to repeal the president's failed health care law," he said after a closed-door meeting with House Republicans. "This week the House will pass a (budget) that locks the sequester savings in and defunds Obamacare." The bill is also expected to allow the government to continue paying bills even if the debt limit is reached.
Democrats painted the House Republican plan as a sellout to the far right. Obama on Wednesday accused a "small faction" of Republicans of extortion for tying budget talks and a vote on raising the debt ceiling to defunding his signature health care plan.
"You have never seen in the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the budget and nothing to do with the debt," he said.
Obama, who addressed the Republican-leaning Business Roundtable, said he was prepared to negotiate over entitlements and "priorities that the Republicans think we should be promoting and priorities that they think we shouldn't be promoting."
But, he said, "What I will not do is to create a habit, a pattern, whereby the full faith and credit of the United States ends up being a bargaining chip to set policy. It's irresponsible."
Boehner insisted Wednesday he does not want to shut the government down. "There should be no conversation about shutting the government down," he said.
If there's a shutdown, said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., it will be Obama's fault. "A solution is within sight in order to avert another crisis of Washington's creation," Rubio said. "President Obama and his allies in Congress should abandon their threats of shutting down the government and instead work with Republicans."
Nonsense, Democrats shot back. "The majority of the Republicans that serve on Capitol Hill know that this is unrealistic and unreasonable and I believe that they will prevail," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. "It doesn't help that their potential candidates for president are waving pom-poms on the sidelines yelling, 'Go, go, go!'"
Lindsay Wise of the Washington Bureau contributed.


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Serius Jones On Shade 45 The Lip Service. (Watch As They Try To Test Serius) "You Not Gonna Get In My Money"
Shout out to the whole Serius Jones Street Team and the whole Lip Service staff. Sirius Radio. Shade 45. Serius Jones stopped by Angela Yee, Leah Rose & DJ Wonder's Shade 45's Lip Service show with special guest Liris Crosse! Serius Jones speaks on why Def Jam is in a deficit, his "Life is Serius" movie, and why he made the decision to sign to DTP! www.myspace.com/seriusjonesstreetteam
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"Traffik": … the original mini-series — filmed in 1989, shown on my local PBS television station tonight and airing next Sunday evening — whups Steven Soderbergh's ass.
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Corey Robin on the 'Historovox': What We Missed About Trump
The task is not to provide useful knowledge to the present; it is to insist on, to keep a record of, the most seemingly useless counter-knowledge from the past — for the sake of an as-yet-to-be imagined future.
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NATO Group Catfished Soldiers to Prove a Point About Privacy | WIRED
"We need to put more pressure on social media," Bay says, "to address these vulnerabilities that can be used for the detriment of national security for individuals and for society as a whole."
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Barber's 'Adagio' Is Not The Saddest Music In The World : NPR
"What we're finding in our own work," she says, "is that the sort of story you hear in any particular excerpt of music says a lot about your background and the cultural world you had coming into that experience."
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I Can Only Sleep When I'm Alone
The truth is that even if I have to sleep alone, I still can find my way to sleep these days, and that's what really matters. I might never sleep great next to a warm body again. I'm mostly okay with that.
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I Didn't Understand Perfume Until I Fell in Love
I'm still not very good at being a person. I still use perfume as a scaffold to hold myself together. But I remember the way my wife's wrists smell next to mine, the subtle differences inside the joint experience, and I think: maybe I'm learning.
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"Zucked" author Roger McNamee on Kara Swisher podcast Recode Decode - Recode
And the point I'm making is that these guys have changed the economy so profoundly with their surveillance or with this business model, that it's one of those situations where there's a before and an after.
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Tarell Alvin McCraney on 'High Flying Bird,' Sports, and Masculinity - The Atlantic
"[The players] accept in some cases hefty financial gain, but sometimes lose the ability to advocate. Whatever the political bent of team owners, team players were expected to capitulate toward that vantage point."
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Warren and Klobuchar demonstrate the fundamental divide among Democrats - The Washington Post
And so, when they run for president, candidates can't just pick a message off the shelf; it has to come from who they are and what they believe in.
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Stanford sociologists explore who does, and doesn't, want a DNA ancestry test
"The history and timing of migration to the U.S. weakened family ties for some people more than others," said Horowitz, lead author of the paper, who received his PhD in sociology at Stanford. "Genetic ancestry testing is marketed to relieve uncertainty," he said.
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Ex-Cons Create 'Instagram for Prisons,' and Wardens Are Fine With That: Bloomberg Technology
"When you first go in [to prison], people keep in touch for a month or so and then they start to forget," Levine says. "They'll take photos and leave them sitting in the camera instead of printing them out and there's no way to turn it into something tangible without a lot of effort. We are trying to make it easier for people who are walking around all day with a smartphone in their pocket, not a typewriter or a pen and paper."
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President Obama constantly speaks of rebuilding America's middle class, but by expanding welfare, Social Security and other entitlement programs he is actually building a lower class that is dependent on the Democratic Party for its survival.
This type of candy-man politics was very effective in securing inner-city votes for Mr. Obama and other Democratic candidates in the November election. During the campaign season I heard the different battle cries many times: "Don't vote for Romney, he is going to cut food stamps!" "Don't vote for Romney, he is going to take away your welfare payment!" "Don't vote for Romney, he is going to take away your S.S.I."
Many people become dependent on these programs, much like the drug addict who becomes dependent on the local dealer. And as these programs expand, so does the number of people who become dependent on the Democratic Party.
Federal entitlement programs are necessary, but they should be limited to people who truly need them, such as the blind, the crippled and the elderly. Expanding these programs just to broaden the political base of the Democratic Party is bad for the nation as a whole.
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Going for 13 dive days in Fiji in September for the first time.
I"m an experienced diving instructor and photographer.
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Wabash College and The Children's Museum co-sponsored a study tour of Egypt, and several Wabash alumni and family members joined the tour. Raymond Brady Williams, LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities emeritus and his wife, Lois, accompanied the tour, and he wrote this daily summary.
Photos top to bottom: Wabash on the Nile: John Wilhelm '58 , Clay Robbins 79' , Terry Mahoney '77 , Pat Haney '62 , and Raymond Williams H'68. Next, Clay Robbins '79 with the papyrus manuscript of the oldest extant prenuptial legal agreement preserved in the museum on Elephantine Island at Aswan, Egypt. John Wilhelm ''58 viewing the narrow strip of fertile farmland beside the Nile river between Aswan and Luxor. Catherine, Jane and Terry Mahoney '77 in front of Hatshepsut's temple in the desert area across the Nile from Luxor. Jane and Terry Mahoney '77 navigating the Giza plateau on camels in front of the pyramids. Catherine, Jane and Terry Mahoney '77 riding camels to the pyramids on Giza plateau. Raymond Williams 'H68 presents a copy of one of Bill Placher's books to President Atef Gendy as the firstfruit of Bill's theological library, which is on the way to the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Cairo.


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Widely regarded as one of the top lyricist in Oklahoma, Tulsa's artist Rokiii Dennis shows his lyrical talent on his remix to mirror off his upcoming mixtape Live Fly Die Famous coming March 2013. For more music and updates follow him on twitter @rokiiidennis or check him out at
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In-kind support to USA, Canada, and International IHEs (for students ages 18 and above) to subsidize the purchase of metal additive machines. Applicants must first submit an introductory application by February 28, 2018. Priority will be given to institutions that currently have research or curriculum in the area of additive manufacturing.
Enabling educational institutions to provide access to 3D printers will help develop the ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing worldwide.
Additive manufacturing, which is also known as 3D printing, involves taking digital designs from computer aided design (CAD) software, and laying horizontal cross-sections to manufacture the part. Essentially "grown" from the ground up, additive components generate far less scrap material and are typically lighter and more durable than traditional forged parts because they require less welding and machining. Freed of traditional manufacturing restrictions, additive manufacturing dramatically expands the design possibilities for engineers.
GrantWatch ID#: 178784
Colleges and universities not presently participating in the Program are eligible and encouraged to apply. The program is open to educational institutions worldwide.
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A common question asked by many beginning in the business is; "What really are my options for real estate investment?" Although we do not have the space here to outline all the opportunities here, we can address "options." Options are a little used, but highly effective investment technique in transactions where they can meet the needs of both the buyer (or optionee) and the seller (or optionor). , the legal right to purchase a property at a predetermined price and time. This produces constructive equity in the property for the optionee. As you recall, real estate is a "bundle of rights". These rights can be separated and sold one at a time. Therefore, an owner can sell the right to purchase to another person. By agreeing to an option, a property owner gives the other person the exclusive right to buy the property at the price and terms stated in the option.
The basic concept of options opportunities is that a seller (optionor) can rid himself or herself of the headache of operations, operating liabilities and management activities. The optionee can undertake the unwanted obligations and in so doing can make decisions that will produce greater value in the near future, which in turn will allow the optionee to either sell their position for a profit or exercise the option and simultaneously sell the property to another buyer at a profit.
Typically for an option to be profitable, the optionee must either improve the operation of the property or physically improve the property such that it has a higher market value. Options are not used very often, but are a valid technique for transacting business. Perhaps the reason most optionees enter into this type of relationship is that they can do so for less out-of-pocket cost than making an outright purchase.
In any case, where the needs and wants of both parties are fairly represented and satisfied, profiting from real estate is a powerful way to build equities and wealth quickly. Options, like all techniques, can be used in a small proportion of possible transactions and can produce generous profits. The trick, as always, is to know how and when to use them. Good luck in your career.


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The first step in the quest for the next American Idol came to a close on Thursday night when the judges picked the last contestants to move on to Hollywood week. But there was something about this audition season that seemed less substantial than previous years; it all happened so quickly.
It could have been that the new judges drove viewers to distraction and the contestants themselves became less memorable. But in Season 10, Lauren Alaina's audition was so remarkable that viewers knew she was one to watch going into the competition. In Season 11, Phil Phillips's performance of "Thriller" was ingrained in the Idol viewers' collective memory.
This season, there were a couple of really good singers during the first rounds of auditions but the fact that none of their names come easily to mind means something.
Some of the names that are easily remembered, at least for now, are the handful who came out of the Idol auditions with a golden ticket in Oklahoma. To start the show off, American Idol introduced viewers to Karl Skinner. Karl, like so many of the contestants who auditioned in Wednesday's episode, was one of those people whose appearance and demeanor doesn't really suggest superstar. But as soon as he walked into the room with the judges, there was a certain quirky and engaging kind of appeal. Who can't love a contestant who claims he's going to prove that "gingers" have soul? After performing both a James Brown song and an original, and then giving a really strong impression of what an Idol host should sound like, Karl was invited to Hollywood.
Another of Thursday's American Idol contestants who made an impression was Nate Tao. Nate's backstory - being a child of two deaf parents - was especially inspiring when he performed,"For Once in My Life," and proved that despite his parent's handicaps he had a remarkable vocal talent. Add his affable nature and cute appearance (he looks just like an Asian Gilbert Godfried) to the mix and Nate may be someone to watch out for in Hollywood.
Someone else to watch out for, not so much in Hollywood as in a dark alley maybe, was Zoanette Johnson. Zoanette is a 19-year-old who the judges awarded a golden ticket to. We can pause here while you try to decide which of the two facts in that sentence is more implausible. Well, Zoanette certainly didn't look like a 19-year-old girl, even (or perhaps especially) in her pink and yellow plumage. But after her bizarre and over-the-top performance of the National Anthem, the thought that the judges were going to extend her an invite to Hollywood seemed as crazy as Zoanette's rantings after her performance. But they did indeed send Zoanette through to Hollywood; the only logical explanation being that Nigel Lythgoe forced them to throw someone a touch on their Looney Tunes side into the mix for dramatic effect.
Did someone say Looney Tunes?
Enter Steven Tyler dressed in drag (something that seems remarkably natural for Tyler) and you can understand why Nigel may be a feeling as though this season is a touch anemic in the instability department.
Before the Oklahoma auditions wrapped, producers had one more installment of #Idolinspire for us and its placement at not just the end of the show but at the end of all the auditions, signified that this one was going to be a doozy. So, for the final heart-string tug of the auditions, Idol introduced us to 16-year-old Kayden Stephenson who was diagnosed at the age of eighteen-months with cystic fibrosis and based on his prognosis, is not expected to live past the age of 35. But Kayden, with the good-natured charm and boy-next-door looks of a younger Justin Bieber, has opted for action instead of self-pity. With a desire to make every moment count, Kayden signed up for auditions and performed, "I Wish," by Stevie Wonder. His voice was so similar to a young Michael Jackson that all four judges invited Kayden to Hollywood week.
So there you have it. Local auditions have wrapped and your next American Idol has already been discovered by our new panel of judges. Who do you think has the potential to go all the way? And what about your new judges: Is Nicki Minaj becoming more tolerable as episodes pass? Share your thoughts in the comments section and be sure to join us next week when the true drama unfolds.
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Zack Darnell is a junior at Central Davidson High School. He has five siblings, two brothers and three sisters.
Zack Darnell is a junior at Central Davidson High School. He has five siblings, two brothers and three sisters.
What is your favorite thing about high school?
"I enjoy being around my friends."
What is your favorite class? Why?
"JROTC — for the valuable learning experience."
What do you plan on doing after high school?
"I plan on going to college and majoring in criminal justice and minoring in photography."
Are you involved in any extracurricular activities?
"I am on my school's JROTC Drill Team."
You're going to be a senior next year; what is one piece of advice you would like to give to your fellow schoolmates?
"Make good first impressions, especially on teachers. Do not procrastinate. Accept change in your friends. Accept change in your school. Accept change in your teachers. Accept change in yourself. High school is a huge part of your life, and from here on out, there's no going back. Do not try to keep things from changing, because change is good. Watch people around you become who they are going to be."
What are your favorite hobbies?
"Drawing, painting, anything that has to do with art."


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Michael Ezban
Michael Ezban is registered architect and a landscape designer. Ezban's writing and design work explores cultures of waste - economies, constituencies, and ecologies entangled with waste landscapes. Ezban's research has focused on Great Lakes dredging landscapes, ancient Roman landfills and contemporary municipal landfills, and innovative aquaculture waste management practices. His work has been published in scholarly journals including Places, Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, Landscape Urbanism Journal, and Dimensions. Ezban's work has been exhibited in national and international venues, including the Van Alen Institute in New York City, and in 2014 his work will be featured at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam.
Ezban holds a Master in Landscape Architecture with distinction from Harvard University, where he received the 2013 Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship, the highest honor awarded by the department of Landscape Architecture. He also holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from the University of Michigan, where he received an M.Arch Thesis Award.
Ezban is a founder and principal at Vandergoot Ezban Studio, a research and design practice that engages landscape architecture, building design, and urbanism. Prior to arriving at the University of Maryland, Ezban taught architecture at the University of Michigan, Virginia Tech, and the Corcoran College of Art + Design.


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ER Wait Time in Portland HospitalsThese are the average wait times Portland hospital ER's from fastest to slowest. Actual wait times will depend on many factors.
Total Wait Times
|Legacy Emanuel Medical Center
|1h 56m
|Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
|2h 14m
|Adventist Medical Center
|2h 26m
|Ohsu Hospital And Clinics
|2h 46m
|Providence St Vincent Medical Center
|3h 6m
|Providence Portland Medical Center
|3h 13m
Add an Urgent Care Center to the list
These are the average time from entering the ER to being admitted to the hospital by a doctor. In a busy ER, patients will be seen by a triage nurse first. Then the wait time will vary by severity, and how busy the ER is at the time of day. Patients with less serious problems could have substantially longer waits.
There is a 77 minute wait difference between the fastest Portland emergency room and the slowest.
Oct 15, 2018, 11:09 PM
: "Got to Maryland university ER at 4:00 still waiting to get in arv11:00 on 10/15/2018" - Caroline
Sep 22, 2018, 11:31 AM
: "Went to aurora Sinai on 12th st milwaukee with heavy urinary tract bleeding and sat for over 4 hrs waiting to be seen it was obvious r
That government funded health plan s took a lot longer to see.private health plans were given preference" - Gerald
Aug 12, 2018, 4:42 PM
: "Went to Bayhealth Milford yesterday. Got there at 3:30 pm for a bowel obstruction, severe abdominal pain 8/10, chest pain 5/10, nausea. Saw the triage nurse. Wasn't brought back until after 11 pm to fast track. Never had anyone with chest pain and an implanted device go to a fast track, revitalized, rechecked, or otherwise approached. Nothing had been addressed until well after being brought back. When I arrived at the hospital, I checked Hospitalstats, and they indicated the wait time was a 2:55 minutes. I worked as an RN in their facilities for more than 15 years in their ER and other It took about 8 hours to go back. Never saw an employee come into the waiting room to check on anyone else. VERY dissatisfied. God bless the other patients, especially really sick ones." - Ray
Jul 12, 2018, 8:33 AM
: "Parking garage / rothman building. 0 !!! Stars
Valet parking at its worst. You know you have a problem but
But your making money while providing lousy service, plus the aggravatio
Aggravation first thing on a Monday morning. Looking for anew doctor at chester coun
A new doctor at chester will make sure Dr. Fagg is aware of how serious the parking o
Of the parking crisis. If your interested about what happened contact me at 610-357-3
610-357-3024 customer service?
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Jun 25, 2018, 3:25 AM
: "I waited at WakeMed in North Raleigh for 7 hrs after telling triage nurse I couldn't breath. Turned out I had a Pulmonary Embolism and spent 3 days in Cardiac ICU." - Auldcelt
May 15, 2018, 9:46 AM
: "These times are way off. I waited 6 hours, brother in law waited 5 and was told it will be 6 more hours. my husband waited 9 hours he was admitted once they got him back.
Baltimore Washington Medical Center is THE WORST !!!" - Sandra
May 09, 2018, 9:17 PM
: "Sent to FMH by urgent care at 445 and is still currently waiting to be seen by doc it is currently 9:17. Worst hospital " - Stephanie
May 09, 2018, 9:17 PM
: "Sent to FMH by urgent care at 445 and is still currently waiting to be seen by doc it is currently 9:17. Worst hospital " - Stephanie
Apr 30, 2018, 3:28 PM
: "forbes is without a doubt the worst. Wait is over 3 hours and that's just to see nurse and doctor...." - Audrey
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: "forbes is without a doubt the worst. Wait is over 3 hours and that's just to see nurse and doctor...." - Audrey