text:
All of the products shipped from our store are sent through international airmail, and comply with international mail regulations in regard to the sale and shipping of duty-free products internationally.
We offer Regular Shipping with Insurance which costs $4.5 per carton. Insurance guarantees you get replacements for events such as shipments getting lost, confiscated or held up in a postal facility for over 35 days.
Shipment time is from the date your order is shipped. Orders are shipped once they are fully funded, with e-check this takes 5 to 7 business days from the date your order is sent for processing.
Each product ordered in our store is sent in its own package, this ensures that the restrictions that apply to weight and value for duty free products is not surpassed.
Every package is packaged separately, and for security reasons, sent one package per shipment. This means your parcels will arrive in intervals.
Please remember to include your full shipping address when filling out the order form, to ensure that you receive your products as fast as possible.
To obtain more information, please call us on: 315-707-4477 (Monday to Friday 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. EST; also: Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. till 4 p.m EST)
You can contact us by clicking here or you can use the contact us link at bottom of website
At 123-cigs.com we understand that we have a responsibility to
protect and respect your privacy and look after your personal data.
This Privacy Notice, inclusive of our General Terms of Service,
explains what personal data we collect, how we use your personal data,
reasons we may need to disclose your personal data to others and how we
store your personal data securely.
GDPRData Protection law will take effect on 25 May 2018
This Privacy Notice sets out your rights under the new laws.
You can read about our General Terms of Service or you can use the link at bottom of website
You can read about our Shipping & Returns or you can use the link at bottom of website


text:
Serviços Personalizados
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares em Google
PER: Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad
versão On-line ISSN 1727-3781
PER vol.16 no.4 Potchefstroom Abr. 2013
Biodiversity and climate change: Linkages at International, National and Local Levels*
A Paterson
Professor of Law, Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
At the tenth Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Nagoya 2010, the parties agreed that they would by 2020 enhance 'ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification' (Aichi Target 15, Decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020)).
This integral link between biodiversity and climate change was furthermore recognised at the eleventh CBD COP held in Hyderabad in late 2012, at which the parties acknowledged the need to specifically strengthen and enhance synergies between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the CBD, so as to implement them in a coherent and mutually supportive way (Decision XI/6, XI/16 and XI/19). In the context of REDD and REDD+, the parties proposed the introduction of relevant safeguards to aid developing countries reduce the potential negative impacts associated with these initiatives. These impacts include deforestation and forest degradation to areas of lower carbon value and higher biodiversity value, and their potential negative associated consequences for indigenous and local communities (Decision XI/19). Calls were additionally made to note the significant gaps in the understanding of the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biodiversity and the lack of science-based, global, transparent and effective legal mechanisms to control and regulate it (Decision XI/20). Finally, the parties called for biodiversity considerations to be integrated into climate change-related activities on the international, regional and domestic scale (Decision XI/21). As highlighted by the Editors in their Introduction to the book, while the reciprocal link between biodiversity and climate change now appears to be an accepted truth, 'the solutions for dealing with these linkages in an integrated manner are scarce'. This scarcity is very graphically reflected if one surveys the available preparatory documents for the upcoming nineteenth UNFCCC COP to take place in Warsaw in November 2013, where biodiversity issues do not appear to be recognised or well integrated within the agenda.
This new book, which seeks to investigate the linkages between biodiversity and climate change at international, national and local levels, is accordingly a very timely contribution to the current discourse. Constituting the sixth publication under Edward Elgar's IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Series, the book comprises of a selection of papers presented at the Eighth IUCN Academy of Environmental Law's Colloquium held in Ghent (Belgium) in 2010. The title of the book naturally mimics the Colloquium theme, which was 'Linkages between Biodiversity and Climate Change'.
Structurally, the book is divided into four main parts. Part 1 is entitled 'National and Local Experiences' and contains a range of contributions dealing with different substantive issues and jurisdictions. Ako and Oluduro describe Nigeria's problematic legal framework governing gas flaring in the oil exploitation industry. Ramos highlights the recent crucial role of the Philippine judiciary and active citizenry in promoting the implementation of the country's climate change and biodiversity legislation. Hervé-Fournereau and Langlais explore whether or not the concept of ecosystem services promotes synergies between European strategies for biodiversity and climate change. Bekele Tekle provides an overview of the laws and policies of relevance to biodiversity, climate change, famine and poverty in Ethiopia. Finally, Ndongo and Maes explore the extent to which climate change effects have contributed to the conflicts in the Darfur Region in western Sudan, proposing the need for a human rights, bottom-up approach focussing on land tenure issues to resolve the current crisis.
Part 2 of the book moves to consider the 'International and Transboundary Approaches'. The content of the contributions uin this Part of the book is similarly varied. Relating directly to the contemporary calls emanating from the recent CBD COP, Goetyn and Maes explore options for better linking biodiversity and climate change conventions, drawing from recent 'clustering initiatives' between chemical-related conventions. Ituarte-Lima and Subramanian tackle the challenging topic of promoting equity in the negotiation of future REDD+ agreements, drawing lessons inter alia from Peru's access and benefit sharing legislation. Kravchenko examines the crucial role of substantive and procedural rights in the climate change and biodiversity nexus. Savaresi returns to the REDD debates and specifically the opportunities this mechanism provides for promoting greater alignment between the UNFCCC and the CBD. In the concluding chapter of this Part, Lim highlights the importance of mountain biodiversity and transboundary conservation approaches, through an evaluation of two case studies, namely the Pamir-Lai Land Management Project (on the Tajikistan-Kirgyzia border), and the Heart of Borneo Project (spanning the borders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei).
The book then turns to address two specific substantive issues in its final two parts. Part 3 considers 'Land Use and Agriculture'. Debeuckelaere and Goldenmann canvas the EU Floods Directive, and particularly the experience of Belgium in using land-use planning instruments to mitigate flood risk, protect biodiversity and support adaptation to climate change in the Scheldt River Basin. Ferreira, Ferreira and de Araújo Ayala explore the extent to which Brazil's legal framework is adequate to protect the Amazon rain forest in the context of the country's expanding biofuels industry. Building on the intersection between biodiversity, climate change and agriculture, Rehbinder's closing chapter in this Part examines the contribution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy to protecting biodiversity and the 'global' climate in Europe.
The final part of the book contains two chapters under the heading 'Solutions from Science and Technology'. In the first, Thomas explores how to promote connectivity through the law in the context of marine protected areas in the Northern Pacific. In the concluding chapter of the book, Outhwaite considers the role of biosecurity in preventing and mitigating the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss. As should be evident from the above very brief survey of the content of the book, it is vast in its substantive breadth and rich in its diversity of approach and perspective. This is naturally one of its strength but as with many books comprising of compilations of published conference papers, it may simultaneously constitute one of its weaknesses in that it lacks a certain structural logic, substantive cohesion and common tone. Editors of such publications are often tasked with the unenviable role of selecting, compiling and harmonising contributions they receive as best they can, and the editors of the current book have done well to ensure that many of the substantive areas canvassed in the book closely match the issues currently being debated and negotiated in relevant international forums. These issues include: mechanisms to promote alignment between the CBD and UNFCCC; debates about the merits and safeguards necessary for implementing REDD and REDD+ initiatives; human rights considerations which come to the fore in the biodiversity/climate change interface - particularly around indigenous peoples and local communities; connectivity conservation; and the crucial role of land-use planning in the context of both biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
As noted by the Editors in their Introduction, this book does not seek to 'provide the final answer' to the question of how best to promote legal linkages between biodiversity and climate change regulation at the international, national and local levels. It rather constitutes a 'contribution to the debate', illustrating that the 'law adapts slowly to change' and that 'innovative approaches need to be adopted ... to ensure that biodiversity is not depleted, that climate change is not expedited and that the less fortunate do not suffer'. In this vein the book provides a valuable contribution to the emerging discourse. To conclude in the rather poetic and powerful words of one of the contributing authors, Gloria Ramos, the 'powerful vase of remedies' afforded by the law 'will remain empty unless citizens fill it to the brim with their determination, courage, hope and compelling audacity to lead the change for ecological_stewardship'.
* Maes Frank, Cliquet An, Du Plessis Willemien & Mcleod-Kilmurray Heather (eds) Biodiverstty and Ciimate Change: Linkages at International, National and Local Levels (Edward Elgar 2011). ISBN: 9781782546894

subset: commoncrawl


text:
How EDA is Supporting Critical Infrastructure in a Missouri City
One of the ways to ensure that America creates an economy that supports good middle-class jobs is by building critical infrastructure that businesses need to thrive and grow. Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has been at the forefront of such efforts, most recently in Perryville, Missouri, where it is joining with the state of Missouri and local authorities to help pay for improved road access to the Perryville Industrial Park.
Industrial parks are the economic lifeblood of many communities, particularly smaller ones. The Perryville Industrial Park is an excellent example of this, being home to an impressive roster of companies that provide good jobs for residents of Perryville and its surrounding Perry County. These include TG Missouri, a manufacturer of automotive components and a supplier to such companies as Toyota, and Robinson Construction, a specialized builder of industrial and manufacturing facilities.


text:
Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen thinks about death daily and has even fitted an elevator in his home to accommodate him when he is too weak to walk.
The "X-Men" star, who turns 74 next month, is coming to terms with his mortality and making preparations in his east London house to help him with old age.
He tells Britain's Radio Times, "Do I think about death? Yes, every day. People of our age, when we get together, talk about decrepitude all the time. We know we've got our lives behind us now.
"Friends keep dying, or get very ill. I've got a lot of young friends – that's how I bolster myself against the inevitable. I've just arranged my house so that I'll still be able to live in it when I can't walk, so now there's a lift in it."
Meanwhile, Sir Derek Jacobi, McKellen's co-star in new U.K. TV comedy "Vicious," insists he plans to continue working despite his 75th birthday looming later this year.
He adds, "I still feel like a teenager. But I do think about what happens next. I'll be 75 in October. If I'm lucky I've got another 10 years of good work in me. I might not. I have intimations of mortality now that I didn't before. I'm aware of the last act. The interval was over a long time ago. It only ends one way."


text:
Peugeot have introduced two cool new colour schemes for their big wheel 125 RS scooter in response to booming demand for machines of this capacity from British customers. Featuring striking ice white or mad black bodywork, contrasting black wheels with polished alloy rims and 226mm Shuricane wavy front disc brake, the 125 RS is a striking machine.
Sales of scooters rose by 30% during the first three months of 2011, with the 125cc capacity growing by an equally impressive 27%, as British motorists look for for alternative transport options in the face of spiralling motoring costs. In addition to escalating fuel prices , (a gallon of unleaded currently costs up to £6.70), the latest AA British Insurance Premium Index reveals a record rise of 40% in the average cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy, with younger drivers aged between 17 to 22 experiencing an even bigger hike of 64%.
Scooter ownership offers significant savings by comparison. The Tweet's 125cc 4-stroke engine returns around 80mpg, road tax is just £16 per year and parking is generally free. Another significant benefit is that riders don't waste expensive fuel sitting in traffic queues. At 109kg and just 690mm wide the Tweet is easy to manoeuvre and its large16-inch wheels, 33mm telescopic front forks and an adjustable twin rear shock absorbers deliver superb stability and sure-footed handling, even on today's rough and rutted streets.


text:
Last night when I pulled my blog up on the laptop that I work on downstairs, the format didn't look quite the way it usually does. There was a darkish banner at the top and the words "ob-scene content" appeared. I was mystified. This is my blog: to say the content is innocuous is probably an understatement. Everything seemed slightly off and when I clicked on the list of "Blogs I Follow," the blogs were brought up in feed form, not as the regular blogs. I thought perhaps some sort of mischief must have been involved, so I switched to another browser. Everything seemed to be OK there, and the blog appeared as normal on my main computer in my home office.
The event bothered me all day at work, and I started to think: What was different; what could possibly be construed as obscene? For one thing, I realized that I had not used the laptop since the weekend and I had posted my last article (the one below, "Visiting with Grandma Brinlee") using my regular computer on Monday. I also remembered that the laptop is an old family computer and that the last two "owners" were my two daughters - and we had probably put some sort of screening program on the browser.
The only difference was the article. I am not sure if my conclusion is correct, but I think it is this: I had used a word which can mean "chewing tobacco" but can also mean a terrible type of movie, one which is not appropriate for anyone of any age, let alone children. I changed the wording of the article and am having no problems on either computer. But I am totally paranoid now, and I can empathize with Randy Seaver, who could not access his own blog at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City as described here.
Friday, January 23, 2009
The Strangest Thing Happened Last Night
2 comments:
How weird. I've never heard of that happening.ReplyDelete
I know - I don't think this would happen on most computers (and it didn't happen when I pulled the site up on 2 other computers or on the other browser on this machine), but I suspect we had some kind of content blocking on the one browser, which was the older of the 2 that I have on this machine and probably the one that would have initially been used by my girls when this computer was "theirs."ReplyDelete
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text: xmodus.eu - 100% SECURE PUBLIC AND LEAGUE CHEATING Support: Forgot password? | Register now! Remember Me? HOME SHOP New Posts BUY NOW SUPPORT TICKET Advanced Search Welcome back! Our Site & Support is available again with many updates!.:.:.: Do not wait to contact us if you have any Pre-Sales questions or private requests. Your XMODUS Team. HOME | ABOUT US HOME | ABOUT US xmodus.eu is temporary offline due server maintenance. Quick Navigation Site Areas Settings Private Messages Subscriptions Who's Online Search Forums Forums Home Forums > SHOP News & Updates xmodus CSGO xmosquito CSGO ANTI-CHEAT STATUS/REVIEW of our Products Support Ticket > UNDERGROUND Releasebox disabled/outdated hacks Dealingbox > TRUSTED ONLY General Talk Anticheat Updates [INFO] xmodus CSGO / xmosquito CSGO All times are GMT. The time now is 17:06. ©2010 - 2019 xmodus.eu. All Rights Reserved.


text:
With $61,800 in discretionary funding, The Doe Fund workers have already started to clean up the sidewalks along Myrtle Avenue from Cooper Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Glendale and Ridgewood.
As of July 22, crews were also working on Grand Avenue from 61st to 74th streets three days a week as part of the yearlong initiative.
"It was the sixth budget that I've been a part of as a City Council member, and I can tell you it was the fairest of all the budgets I was a part of passing," Crowley said. "Now as a part of this budget we will receive much needed help in keeping our commercial districts clean."
Clean-up crews will sweep, pick up litter and empty trashcans along the avenues.
"The litter has been a source of complaints to our office for so many years," she said. "This is just the beginning of what we've been able to fund here in the 30th District."
The Doe Fund founder and president George McDonald joined Crowley last week to congratulate her on the funding, but to also assure the work will be diligent and for a good cause.
"By choosing The Doe Fund's 'men in blue' to service Myrtle Avenue and the surrounding area, Ms. Crowley is leading by example, providing our men the opportunity and work they need to transform their lives, while improving the cleanliness and safety of the district's streets," McDonald said.
Workers in the program are formerly homeless men, some with addiction issues, who are given a place to live, rehab services if necessary, and a job. they are paid $10.63 per hour as a starting salary, and clean the streets in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs.
"This is just the start of a path where they start to climb the economic ladder like everyone else in America," he said. "It gives them an economic opportunity like they've never had before."
Warner Lehner, owner of Zum Stammtisch at 69-46 Myrtle Avenue, said while the community has come a long way, one underlying problem he says everyone shares is the garbage and litter.
"Unfortunately you see people walk right by the garbage can and it winds up on the floor," Lehner said. "I'll send my people out here to clean also, but for us to get a little extra help in the area and to get rid of that eyesore is great for the area."
Dave Daraio, president of the Maspeth Chamber of Commerce, said he is happy to see The Doe Fund back in the community.
"They do a great job and when we lost them everyone noticed the difference right away," Daraio said. "They make such a difference in the neighborhood."


text:
Product Specifications:
- Made in USA.
- Fine-art foundry hand-pours and hand-finishes every knob using Old-World methods.
- Lifetime guaranteed against flaws in craftsmanship.
- Exceptional clarity of details and depth of relief.
- All knobs are internally threaded, solid brass or stainless steel inserts cast into the stem for lifetime durability.
- All knobs have been engineered to accept an 8/32 screw; 1" screws have been individually pact with each knob.
- knobs are made of solid cherry and finished with cherry stain.
- All inserts for wood knobs are hand-cast from solid fine pewter or solid bronze.
- The term "antique" refers to special methods of treating metal so there is contrast between the raised relief and recessed areas.
- Knobs are lacquered to protect the finish.
- Alternative finishes available (see below)
A very detailed and beautiful knobs are the Tiger Lily knobs. They are very delicate and bears a lot of positive history. The Tiger Lily is an orange flower that is covered in spots. It has been a useful medical remedy for many centuries. Its scent is said to suppress aggressive behavior and promotes overall good feeling. The smell is said, as a superstition, to give whoever smells it freckles.


text:
2-Year Warranty
All RYOBI® brand products are covered under a two year manufacturer's warranty. Contact our customer service department for more information.
3-Year Warranty
All RYOBI Outdoor Products purchased on or after JANUARY 1, 2009 are covered by a 3-year warranty.
- Warranty information for generator products
- Warranty information for hand-held products
- Warranty information for pressure washer products
All RYOBI Portable Power Tools and Bench/Stationary tools purchased on or after JANUARY 1, 2011 are covered by this 3-year warranty.
5-Year Warranty
Register your RYOBI 40V Lithium-ion tool within 30 days of purchase and RYOBI will officially extend the warranty for TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS. ALL RYOBI 40V Lithium-ion Tools purchased on or after January 1, 2014 qualify.
Please retain your receipt as proof of purchase for use of the warranty.Learn More


text:
Staff writer
Art and music enthusiasts from as far away as Kansas City and Salina wandered from booth to booth and shop to shop on Main St. along with a number of county residents Sunday afternoon in downtown Marion.
"The people from Kansas City said they were amazed with the quality of artists and musicians that we had," event organizer Jan Davis said. "They couldn't believe that a small town could have such talent."
Davis said the Art and Music Stroll had to compete with the River Festival in Wichita, which can make turnout rough from year to year.
"It's hard to estimate but we think we had about 300 to 400 people that came through Gallery 101," Davis said. "That's about normal. The only downfall was that some shops weren't open downtown."
Those who attended the event saw a variety of art, visited a number of shops, and heard an assortment of musicians.
One little hometown shopper, 8-year-old Cheyenne Sawyer, added a new item to her John Wayne collection.
She found a large gold-colored coin with a bust of "The Duke" on the front and him riding a bucking bronco on the back at Bearly Makin' It Antiques, while violinist Mark Wilcox played "Pop Goes the Weasel" on one of his handmade violins .
"My favorite movie is 'McLintock!'" Cheyenne said. "I got 'The Quiet Man' for my birthday."
Leroy and Nancy Schmidt, Arik Schmidt and their two mules, Tom and Jerry, also provided covered wagon rides during the event.
"It's nothing new to Tom and Jerry," Schmidt said. "They have done this the last couple years."
Schmidt said a covered wagon has to observe the same rules of the road as any other vehicle. At one point during the afternoon he even demonstrated to his passengers how the mules could make a three-point turn.
"When they're not pulling a wagon like this one, we've got them doing a little farming, just enough to keep them honest," Schmidt said. "They are crafty."
Musicians Mike Moran and Galen Obermeyer played acoustic tunes outdoors in the art garden beside Gallery 101. Inside, artists Susan Bartel and Belinda Skiles displayed their artwork.
Skiles brought 25 of her horse sculptures she creates by twisting baling wire into abstract ponies, steeds, and mares while Bartel displayed her watercolor paintings.
"Skiles is a wealth of information," Davis said. "She is in the middle of three or four commissions right now."
Bartel works for the Newton library and has illustrations that have been published in many publications.
She used to work as a commercial artist for a number of science textbook companies, she said. Bartel used to create everything from cells to fire safety diagrams, she said, but watercolor lets her be more relaxed as an artist.
"I am learning every day," she said. "But now I don't have to worry about being so exact."
Bartel said she still gives herself rules to help scale down the possibilities and focus on painting. Most of her paintings are of wildlife and landscapes.
A number of other musicians and artists participated.
In Liberty Park, musicians Roy Patton and Tom Meyers played their instruments for patrons, sharing the area with the Blue Stem Art Guild.
Gerald Wiens also had a booth displaying his photography, set up outside of Flint Hills Gold, and inside Emma Ehart was silversmithing.
Anita Hancock took song requests and answered questions about her harpsicle at Central Park Antiques and Gifts.
A harpsicle is a small harp.
Sew What Quilt Shop had Quilts of Valor on display along with the artwork of Francis Turner.
Prairie Oaks Alpacas had two baby alpacas for patrons to pet along with the sounds of musician Greg Walker.


text:
So you want to launch and expand your business, services or products online to capture high quality and potential leads? There are many things that you need to do to ensure that your business is successful in this online world.
Here are few steps to help you get you started with your online business:
Register your domain name
You need to find out and book a domain name that suits your business, if you already have a business or store name, then you must consider to book the same domain name (if available). Domain name is the identity of the online business and need to be chosen wisely.
You need to choose your perfect domain name which is related to your business and also easy for others to remember.
Tips for choosing the perfect domain name:
- Easy to remember
Your domain name should be easy to remember, finding a domain name that is easy for customers to remember is very important for any business.
- Short and simple
Short and simple domain names are easily remembered by customers instead of long and complex names.


text:
Passing through one of the aviaries ...
Outside again, and sighting the old Elephant House, now a function centre.
Golden Lion Tamerins.
Then, I got the other one.
So, lions released, keeper over on the other side of the moat with us, and yes -- the rhino piddle-soaked box is top of the pops with the lionesses.
And smelled the flattened but still rhino-smelly, box.
Yes, indeed, lions love eau-de-rhino.
... and she was off around the circuit again. She moves fast, that elephant.
Hippo spotting.
One last shot of the lioness ...
... and it's "Goodbye" from the yellow gecko at the entrance.


text:
Intuitive controls
The choke and purge are easy to reach and understand.
Grass bevel gear
Bevel gear designed with high torque and the cutting equipment parallel to the ground for best cutting performance.
Extended reach
Straight shaft for extended reach.
The engine and starter have been designed so the machine starts quickly with minimum effort. Resistance in the starter cord is reduced by up to 40%.
Auto return stop switch
Stop switch automatically resets to the ON position for trouble-free starting.
Double harness
Supplied with an ergonomic double harness designed for use with lighter brushcutters.
Air Purge
Convenient air purge designed for easier starting.
Transparent fuel tank
Transparent fuel tank for checking the fuel level.
|Engine specification
|27.6 cc
|Cylinder bore
|36 mm / 1.42"
|Cylinder stroke
|27 mm / 1.06"
|Power output
|0.85 kW
|Maximum power speed
|8000 rpm
|Ruixin H142A-23B
|Fuel tank volume
|0.34 litre
|Fuel consumption
|495 g/kWh
|Ignition system
|Ignition module air gap
|0.3 mm
|Idling speed
|2800 rpm
|Spark plug
|Husqvarna HQT-4
|Electrode gap
|0.5 mm
|RPM limiter
|Clutch engagement speed
|Maximum rpm output shaft
|7200 rpm
|Output shaft thread
|Husqvarna 2 stroke oil
|Bevel Gear
|Mineral grease
|Drive Shaft
|Mineral grease
|Vibration & noise data
|Equivalent vibration level (ahv, eq) front / rear handle
|4.21 / 4.23
|Sound pressure level at operators ear
|94 dB(A)
|Sound power level, guaranteed (LWA)
|114 dB(A)
|Transmission data
|Gear ratio
|Drive gear angle
|OEM Trimmer head
|OEM Grass Blade
|Grass 255-4
|OEM Harness
|Standard double harness
|Overall dimensions
|Weight (excl. cutting equipment)
|5.4 kg
|Tube diameter
|25.4 mm


text:
Dannie Riel — Babe of the Day
Dannie Riel may be from the cold north, but she's definitely bringing the heat.
A model with a French/Chinese background who looks drop-dead gorgeous, Miss Riel hails from Canada and is probably one of the best things to come from the country since their bacon. Her blend of cute and sexy is something that's rare to find but is very welcome.
Visit her on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! We bet you'll fall in love.


text:
Press conference to address shutdown's effects
American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger will address Legionnaires, veterans and their families during a news conference at 2 p.m. (EDT) Oct. 15 at the Indiana War Memorial. Dellinger will discuss how the government shutdown continues to negatively affect veterans and their families, and how millions of America's veterans will stop receiving about $6 billion in benefits on Nov. 1 if a funding decision is not made.
"Imagine how will it feel to be a veteran living month to month on a VA benefits check that may not be paid in November?," Dellinger recently said in regards to the government shutdown. "We're talking about food, shelter and electricity. We're talking about survival for people without any safety nets. We can't put veterans at risk of eviction, homelessness or worse."
The Department of Veterans Affairs reports that funding for veterans benefits will become exhausted within two weeks, resulting in the suspension of claims processing for compensation, pension, education, vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits, as well as the suspension of tuition and stipends for hundreds of thousands of veterans and servicemembers. Benefits payments would also be halted for disabled veterans, their surviving spouses and eligible children.
"It is now time for our government in Washington to stand with – and not against – our men and women who have served this country with honor and sacrifice," Dellinger said.
Legionnaires, veterans, military personnel and their families are encouraged to attend the news conference at the Indiana War Memorial, 431 N Meridian St., Indianapolis. The news conference will also be available on www.legion.org one hour after it concludes.
Also, the Legion will be represented at a related event in Washington, D.C., at 10 a.m. Oct. 15. More than 30 veterans service organizations are expected to come together at the National World War II Memorial to call for an end to the shutdown. During the event, Steve Gonzalez – assistant director of the Legion's Economic Division – will discuss how the shutdown has impacted veterans employment and training.


text:
Possible Duplicate:
How to avoid returning a Null if there is no "else" condition in an If contruct
I have several situations where I need to conditionally add an element to a list, at various locations in the list. When the condition is not met, I want to add nothing at all, but the only techniques I can come up with result in the insertion of some element. For example
{1, 2, If[False, 3, Null], 4, 5, If[False, 6, {}]}
{1, 2, Null, 4, 5, {}}
which is in many contexts thus contains elements that are invalid, e.g., here for functions that expect integers.
I understand that I could use Insert, but that quickly results in hard to parse code, where the positions of the conditional elements no longer corresponds to their position in the list construction code
If[True, Insert[#, 6, 6], #] &@If[True, Insert[#, 3, 3], #] &@{1, 2, 4, 5}
and which, in any case, produces errors without additional length checks:
If[True, Insert[#, 6, 6], #] &@If[False, Insert[#, 3, 3], #] &@{1, 2, 4, 5}
Insert::ins: "Cannot insert at position {6} in {1,2,4,5}"
Is there a form that will allow me to place conditional insertions of items in lists at the position where those insertions are to be made within the original list?


text:
You can control all the details for you tour stop. Any valid HTML will work inside of Joyride.
Get the details right by styling Joyride with a custom stylesheet!
It works right aligned.
It works as a modal too!
It works with classes, and only on the first visible element with that class.
Now what are you waiting for? Add this to your projects and get the most out of your apps!


text:
10600 S Martin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60643
Washington Heights
Washington Heights is part of the Chicago South Side. Situated just south of Chicago's Loop, Chicago South has experienced rapid development in recent years, particularly in the South Loop neighborhood. Chicago South offers a wide range of housing styles, including…Learn More
School Assignment Data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics
View More Area Schools
Rock Island District, Metra Electric Blue Island Branch, Metra Electric Main Branch, South Shore
at 103rd St and Washington Heights (0.31 miles away), S Racine Ave Metra, Pullman Metra, Kensington 115th and others


text:
Yarn Corner on facebook and we have regular meetings in Melbourne, and work on community projects. Our latest was to cover the tree outside the TRUNK CAFE in Exhibition Street, and the poles down the side in Lt.Lonsdale Street.
The above piece was a joint effort from several girls.... this was during the construction...
My piece was a long No Standing pole .. I covered the top half in black / white / grey and silver yarns.
When we had all finished we had an amazing display, and people were stopping all afternoon to ask us about it, including one man who thought we were doing it to soften the blow for any drunks coming out of the nightclubs who may bump into the poles !!!
If you are in Melbourne City this week, maybe walk by the TRUNK and see for yourself, or check out the 200 or so photos on our facebook page.


text:
Background and qualification information is available at FINRA's BrokerCheck website.
Putting clients first; it's what we do
Ameriprise earned a Hearts & Wallets Top Performer™ recognition in:
· "Unbiased, puts my interest first"
· "Explains things in understandable terms"
· "Understands me and shares my values"
We're proud to be associated with a firm known for its service and how it relates to clients, because serving your interests is our priority. We offer comprehensive financial advice and a broad range of solutions to help you and your loved ones live brilliantly, now and in the future.
With the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant.
Our 3-Minute Confident Retirement® check can help you start finding the answers to your questions. Gauge your retirement readiness and see where you stand.
supports HTML5 video
Everyone has different financial goals and priorities. The right financial advisor can offer personalized, comprehensive advice that helps you prepare for what's expected in life and even what's not. Visit Ameriprise.com/brilliant to learn more.


text: Is there anyone out there who is currently using Mapsource and viewing their tracks on Google Earth? I have been using this for a few weeks now and yesterday when I went to view my tracks that I downloaded to Mapsource it says that I need to install Google Earth to view them and I already have Google Earth downloaded and even had it running in the background to be sure. I even tried to uninstall Google Earth and reinstall it but I get the same message. Any ideas out there as to why I can't view my tracks now?


text:
ABOARD THE CARNIVAL INSPIRATION – In one corner of the Champagne Lounge were Garrett Richards and Nick Maronde, Angels rookie pitchers. They were signing autographs, shaking hands, smiling shyly for photos and making small — really small — talk.
In the center of the room was Tim Salmon, the retired Angels slugger, 1993 AL Rookie of the Year and 2002 World Series champion. Mr. Angel was telling stories, polished gems from his baseball days and King Fish tales from life happily ever after.
It was at last Friday night's cocktail party, just 30 minutes after the cruise ship left Long Beach for Ensensada, Mexico, that Salmon was already keeping the yearly Angels Fan Cruise from sinking into silence.
(Check out Scenes from the 2013 AAA Angels Fan Cruise)
Richards, 24, and Maronde, 23, proved to be affable, approachable ballplayers. They deserve credit for being willing to endure 64 hours aboard a floating Vegas with 266 of the Angels' most unsinkable fans.
But they could pack their combined 49 games of Angels baseball experience into something the size of a toiletry bag compared to Salmon's steamer trunk of Angels history.
They too were watching and listening to the King Fish at sea, possibly wishing that Salmon's charisma and charm were available in travel-size bottles at the duty-free store.
Now 44, six years into baseball retirement and about to start a third season into his second career as an Angels baseball analyst for Fox Sports Net, Salmon still remains an Angels fan favorite and a seasoned veteran at being one.
"Tim Salmon is my absolute, No. 1 favorite Angel of all time," said a swooning Karin Villegas of Buena Park. "I can't believe he's here."
Salmon didn't just walk from place to place on the boat. The 6-foot-3, 235-pounder seemed to glide, his black hair perfectly styled and his mega-watt smile flashing like that of a matinee idol.
"I've been told Dean Cain would play me if there were an Angels movie," Salmon said bashfully.
A clean-cut, Christian family man and father of four, Salmon was nowhere to be found Saturday afternoon when the fan cruisers took the party to Ensenada's Papas&Beer at the intersection of Debauchery and Shame.
But Salmon appeared in suit and tie for the captain's dinner Saturday night in the Carnivale Room, rising tableside to dance with and twirl his wife, Marci, when "That's Amore" played.
Their twins, Katelyn and Ryan, who celebrated their 13th birthday the night before, clapped for their parents. Salmon, who didn't have a cap to tip, gave a royal wave to the late-dining audience.
At Sunday's early morning Angels Fan Cruise Q&A hosted by Angels radio play-by-play broadcaster Terry Smith, Salmon answered questions about his favorite TV show (ABC's "Modern Family"), celebrity crush (actress Sofia Vergara), boyhood idol (Steve Garvey), best Halloween costume (Frankenstein), favorite superhero (Superman) and biggest phobia (grizzly bears.)
Richards opened up about having to don a Miss Wonderland costume during 2011 rookie dress-up while Maronde recalled having to board a late-season flight to Seattle in nothing but a diaper, bib and baby cap.
Then both turned to hear Salmon's hazing horror.
"I remember mine in 1993, dressing up in 1960s garb with platform shoes this thick," said Salmon, his thumb and fingers spanning about 5 inches.
That day, he had emerged from the front of Angels Stadium to board the team bus to the airport. Instead he was greeted by 1,000 fans who besieged him for autographs and chased him when he sprinted around the outside of the ballpark to find the buses.
Just as Salmon arrived, four buses pulled away, two Angels' charters heading in one direction, two Yankees' charters in another. Salmon, picked up in a car driven by his wife, followed the buses headed for Ontario.
"I was panicking. My heart was racing," Salmon recalled. "If I get to the airport and see (Yankee) Don Mattingly's face, I'm going to be so bummed out. Fortunately, when I got there, the Angels' traveling secretary said, 'What are you doing? Get on the plane!'"
Salmon has the boat rocking more than it already was because of rough seas. He spent time visiting, engaging and connecting with longtime Angels fans who said they watched him play for 14 seasons (1992-2004, 2006) and that they saw every one of his 1,672 games — all with the Angels and second-most club history.
He graciously listened to fans' memories of his career in which he batted .282, knocked in 1,016 runs and walked a club-record 970 times.
He also hit more home runs than any Angel (299). "And being one short of 300 makes for a better story," he said.
Fans sought Salmon's signature on their posters, baseballs, cards, photos, bobbleheads, copies of his "Always an Angel" autobiography and World Series memorabilia. He signed everything, even personalizing many items.
"You should write your phone number on that in case it gets lost," Salmon told Jamie McKenzie, 7, of Irvine, who had given the slugger his Little League glove to sign.
"I'm a Little League coach too," said Salmon, who resides in Scottsdale, Ariz., and has coached all the baseball, football and softball teams of Callie, 19; Jacob, 16; and his 13-year-old twins.
On the cruise, Salmon also coached Richards and Maronde, two promising pitchers, in how to be Mr. Angel.
Contact the writer: email@example.com


text:
Resources | Project Based Learning | BIE - 19 views
scottbuchholtz on 21 Nov 17We have assembled a wide array of PBL-related resources created by BIE and collected from fellow PBL travelers. The resources are organized into three broad categories: things to read, to watch, or to interact with. If you would like to take a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach to learning about PBL, then check out the recommend resources for teachers, coaches, principals, and district leaders. The featured resources have a note on "How Can You Use It?" We also suggest starting your DIY experience by purchasing one of BIE's books.


text:
Explorer - Black Noir Anchor Bracelet for Men & Women
The Explorer - Black Noir Anchor Bracelet evokes the days of centuries past when brave sailors took to the ocean and dared to explore the Americas. Bold and rugged to compliment any outfit, perfect for men and women.
Features 100% genuine leather in black noir color, unique design for bold and rugged style, black noir anchor in front, and fully adjustable for secure and comfortable fit. One-size-fits-all. Price: $29. 100% handmade. Designed in Toronto. Ships worldwide.
For every purchase, a portion of the proceeds will help fund The Ocean Cleanup, a charitable initiative that develops technologies to extract, prevent, and intercept plastic pollution in our oceans. Using research and innovation, they have initiated the largest oceanic clean up in history.
For US-based orders, free shipping on all Sail Swag items. For international orders, $5 flat rate shipping for all Sail Swag items. Items ship via Canada Post. Please allow 1-3 business days for processing; 3-10 business days for delivery to USA and 5-15 business days for international delivery. Days for delivery may vary depending on country of destination.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, you can either return your order for a full refund or exchange it for something else. You can return or exchange your purchase up to 25 days from the purchase date. Returned or exchanged products must be in the condition you received them and in the original box and/or packaging with all applicable tags attached. Free returns are for USA and Canada residents only.
Customs & Taxes
Please note that customs fees and any taxes associated with your purchase are the responsibility of the customer. International customers may be required to pay sales tax, duty and/or customs charges.
All taxes and customs charges are the responsibility of the customer and are not included in the cost of the order or shipping charge. Taxes and customs charges differ depending on the country and state of the shipping address. We suggest contacting your local customs office if you are unsure of the applicable taxes and customs fees that are relevant to you. Jetset Times SHOP nor Sail Swag are responsible for any additional taxes and customs charges that are requested during the shipment of your order.
"Sail Swag is a sailing-themed fashion accessories and lifestyle brand that was inspired by the love of the open water and a passion for sailing.
Our products are designed in Canada and made using authentic sailing materials that can be found on a yacht or a sailboat. Whether you are a passionate sailor, a curious explorer or just someone who enjoys long walks along the shore, there is something that will likely fit your personal style.
Influenced by the beauty and serenity of lakes, seas, and oceans, Sail Swag combines traditional nautical elements with a clean and simple design, producing a look that will compliment any outfit. We seek to inspire innovation, while preserving tradition, and invite you to take part in our journey to share our passion with the rest of the world.
We look forward to our ongoing relationship."
- Sail Swag


text:
The Guide To Buy Luxury Brand High Top Sneakers For Fall 2014Categories:Other Brands
Summer will passing soon, if you want to find some of kicks for the upcoming fall 2014. There are some of luxury designer high top sneakers available choose from for this fall including Louis Vuitton, Chanel and more. Those top designers kicks in their own different style, take a view and tell us which brand sneaker you like most?
Louis Vuitton
Saint Laurent
Tags: Sneakers
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(465)
We sell Christian Louboutin Louis Junior Spikes Mens Flat Printed Pony Low Top Sneakers LeopardCategories:Christian Louboutin With the hot summer on the way, there are added and added women accede affairs a brace of shoes which can be fit for cutting during the summer season. Then it is aswell the actuality that about humans achievement to cutting a brace of shoes that can accomplish themself both comforty and fashional feeling. cheap louboutin is advised with admirable architecture and fashional appearance that you can buy them from my boutique with a low amount and top quality.
If you abrasion such a shoes in the crowds, you will be the a lot of absorbing and altered being a part of people. There are ao abounding altered styles of Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers hot auction in my website that you can appear to my online abundance to buy any one you like. Not alone accustomed people, but aswell including acclaimed cool stars aswell abrasion Louboutin red basal shoes presenting a lot of accessible accasions.
Cheap red basal Christian Louboutin Louis Junior Spikes Mens Flat Printed Pony Low Top Sneakers Leopard is the shoes fit for cutting during such a season. Please appear to my online store, we action you plenties of red sole cossack with fashional and admirable architecture that you can buy them as continued as you like with a low amount and top superior with our best account and reasonable amount for fast and chargeless shipping.
Tags: Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(485)
Cheap Christian Louboutin Louis Mix Spikes Mens Flat High Top Kid Leather Sneakers Black is hot sale for fast shippingCategories:Christian Louboutin Christian Louboutin is a acclaimed and acclaimed brand, which is acclaimed for its red basal shoes. If you wish to accomplish up yourself with a adult and absorbing style, you can appear to my boutique online and accept your favourite red sole shoes for fashional style. Absorbing cheap red bottoms accord to Christian louboutin footwear, which is so admirable anf adult of the architecture that you can buy them from my boutique with a low amount and top quality.
Wearing a brace of absorbing Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers red basal shoes can accomplish you be altered from others with a different appearance for fast shipment and chargeless shipping. With so absorbing of all the shoes, there is no admiration that there are so abounding humans crazily persue for christian louboutin exagona 160mm in the accomplished world.
Christian Louboutin Louis Mix Spikes Mens Flat High Top Kid Leather Sneakers Black accomplish you slimer and attenuate with a top heel fashional architecture that you can buy them now from my boutique with a low amount and top quality. In addition, you can buy and abrasion them for four seasons. The fashional architecture can aswell accomplish you after getting out of date for several years.
Tags: Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(469)
Wearing Cheap Christian Louboutin Lou Spikes Orla Printed Pony High Top Mens Flat Sneakers LeopardCategories:Christian Louboutin Chirstian louboutin cheap red bottoms are fabricated is so amazingly special, which can in fact about-face a simple traveling accustomed babe to an awfully attractive lady.Chirstian Louboutin Chatter Toe Pumps acclimated to be popular, now it backslide accepted again.
Too abundant and affecting aboveboard toe shoes may be daydream for abounding people, but accessible a aperture in front, the aftereffect will be abundantly different. The shoes are cautiously arranged in the shox box with dust bag. Various Cheap Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers are absolutely account buying. For women, it is a actual acceptable transition. It is actual trendy, but clashing red basal heels so eye-catching.
Look at the aloft photo, it is Red Basal Christian Louboutin Lou Spikes Orla Printed Pony High Top Mens Flat Sneakers Leopard fabricated of apparent covering in acicular toe style. This brace of christian louboutin shoes's heel acme belvedere height, that will accord you a adequate bottom feel and accumulate you from activity tired.In this year, a brace of aerial Christian Louboutin Actual Prive Chatter Toe Pumps will be a acceptable choice.Welcome to order.
Tags: Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(463)
So Excellent Christian Louboutin Louis Flat Mix Pik Pik Mens High Top Leather Sneakers Black SaleCategories:Christian Louboutin However, these canicule these cheap louboutin acquire affronted the assimilation of the burghal aloof who chafe them as actualization red basal shoes. With all the beforehand of technology aural red basal shoes, these red basal shoes are now no connected of the identical architectonics and reduce. A bulk of admirable cuts and designs acquire arise up with these red basal shoes.
There are a bulk applicable Christian Louboutin Louis Flat Mix Pik Pik Mens High Top Leather Sneakers Black that achieve these red basal shoes at arrangement bulk points. You can aswell accretion abounding adjacency companies ability these sneakers appliance poor above supplies. Thus you acquire to end up accepting absolute authentic applicable the casting you acquire to go for if diplomacy a brace of espadrille.
The Red Basal Shoes developed daf diplomacy Christian Louboutin Mens Sneakers was brash anxiously and accurately for you.You will allegation accomplishment in the comfortable,slender and ambrosial in every one parties,you can be so arresting and sexy.
Tags: Louis leather Christian Louboutin Top Mens High Sneakers Mix Flat Pik
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(714)
2014 Spring/Summer Louis Vuitton On the Road Bandana KicksCategories:Louis Vuitton
During the Spring season, which new Louis Vuitton will you expect? Handbags, outfits or shoes? A few days before, we take a view of Nicolas Ghesquiere's 2014 Fall/Winter collection runway and here we will introduce you another new Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer On The Road Bandana sneakers in both high and low-top version.
Those new LV On the Road sneaker in a bandana patchwork canvas uppers for the Spring/Summer 2014. The dark navy low-tops are crafted from an "exotic patchwork" of calf skin and python leather and feature unique chrome metal hints on the toe-cap and heel, which are engraved with the LV name. Zippers on the heel finished the hardware, while white rubbers midsoles and tonal laces round out the looks, blue for the high-top and red paisley for the low.
2014 New LV On the Road Bandana Sneakers are now available at our site for a discount price, free shipping!
Tags: Louis Vuitton 2014 Bandana High Sneakers


text:
The crosstalk or ghosting of images (leaking of part of the image for the left eye into the right eye and vice versa) is a common problem with the current generation of 3D-capable 120Hz LCD monitors with different factors influencing it. One of the common issues is that the LCD panels are still not fast enough in terms of response time and because of that the monitor manufacturers resort to the so called Overdrive function (using more voltage to drive the pixel change state faster) in order to increase the pixel response rate. This works to some extent, but may as well lead to other issues like burnt colors resulting in colored ghosting visible in stereo 3D mode for example. Another common cause for ghosting is having brighter colors on darker backgrounds or vice versa, especially if the separation between the left and the right eye is higher. And then again there is the so called top and bottom ghosting that represents more ghosting on the top and at the bottom of the screen that is usually caused by not so good timing with the image on the screen and the shutter glasses. And since I've been trying different methods of reducing ghosting lately, here comes another effective solution that can help you reduce the ghosting when playing in stereo 3D mode with an Acer GD245HQ or Acer GD235HZ 120Hz LCD monitors. The solution is based on custom modifying the color temperature levels of the monitor from the Service Menu that is usually not available to the normal user, but you can call it if you know how to do it. The good news is that the same method might also work with the ViewSonic VX2268WM (I'm already working on that, so stay tuned), but will unfortunately not help the owners of the Samsung 2233RZ as the Service Menu of that model is not so good in terms of additional controls available.
Lets get back on the Acer. For the following examples I'll be using a short demo video shot by the user 3D Frank shared over at Nvidia's 3D Vision forums that is a great example for ghosting, you can find a download link at the bottom of the post if you wish to try it on your monitor. Have in mind that the following ghost reduction method works not only when watching stereo 3D videos, but also with 3D photos and when playing games in stereo 3D.
And here is how you can call the Service Menu on the Acer GD245HQ / GD235HZ:
– Turn off the monitor
– Press and hold the first menu key (the leftmost one)
– Press the power button while still holding the 1st menu key
– When you see the image on the screen you can release the menu key
– Press the third menu key (the middle one) to call up the Service Menu
– Navigate in the service menu just like in the normal one, but now all options are changeable
– To return back to the normal mode just turn off the monitor and turn it back on the normal way
Lets me start with how the display looks by default when showing a stereo 3D image and you are not looking through the shutter glasses. The blue menu in the top left corner is the service menu that is showing the default options for the display, as you can see the Overdrive (OD) function is active and on the screen you can practically see doubled images of the boats and burnt out colors of the most bright white on the sailboats.
When you put on the glasses instead of doubled sailboats you'll start seeing ghosting which looks like shadows as you can see on the picture above taken through the right lens of the shutter glasses. Again here we still have the Overdrive function of the display active.
Now lets see how the things look when the Overdrive function is disabled. Without the shutter glasses on the image still looks doubled, but there are no burnt colors. Other than that no significant difference can be noticed with the named eye…
Overdrive is still disabled, but now looking through the glasses you can see significant difference in the image as compared to looking through the shutter glasses with the Overdrive function enabled. Instead of just some shadows the ghosting here is so severe that you still see doubled objects, although a bit more faint than when looking without the glasses. This is just to give you an idea of what can happen when the response time of the pixels is not good enough and why monitor manufacturers are using Overdrive on the LCD panels.
Now comes the fun part. I've decided to use the Cool temperature preset available in the Service Menu to modify in order to reduce the ghosting. So the new settings that I've defined for it are 100 for Red, 90 for Green and 85 for Blue. Although I'm using the Cool preset my settings are warmer because the Red color is higher (you can decrease it to about 85-90 to get cooler temperature), but I prefer the Warm color temperature and this makes it easier to compare it with the default Warm preset.
After doing the tweaking of the Cool preset from the Service Menu of the monitor you need to turn off the monitor and then turn it back on normally to get to the normal monitor menu, where you need to select the Cool preset in the Colour Temp settings in order for the things to work and you to have less ghosting. You can cycle between the Cool and Warm color presets to see the difference, the Warm preset should have easily noticeable color ghosting while the custom Cool preset should have hardly any visible ghosting.
And so how does the tweaked settings look like in terms of ghosting, you can see in the picture above taken through the right lens of the shutter glasses. There is hardly any visible ghosting left, although if you look up close and carefully you may still notice some very faint traces, but that should not bother you when using the monitor normally as it is hardly visible anymore.
Before and after this tweak you can try a game like Tomb Raider: Underworld with a separation of lest say 50%-100% (depending on how much you can handle) in order to have high separation and to compare the ghosting. You will however see that there is still some top monitor ghosting, it seems unaffected as it is probably caused by synchronization timing issue whit the shutter glasses and that is why the above tweak does not affect it. Still the end result where you don't have burnt colors, color ghosting and almost no ghosting at all is completely worth it if you ask me, so if you own an Acer GD245HQ or Acer GD235HZ monitor I recommend you try my tweak and report your results in the comments below.
And just one more thing I've noticed about the Acer while playing with the "ghostbusing" settings in the Service Menu of the monitor. When you turn on the monitor and immediately display a stereo 3D image you'll most likely see more ghosting, but after 2-3 minutes the visible ghosting gets reduced a bit. This means that it probably takes a few minutes for the electronics in the monitor to start working at its best with the Overdrive function performing optimally…


text:
McHeezy wrote:I would like to suggest a new found favorite of mine,"THE FOUNTAINHEAD," by Aynn Rand.
Then you probably have already or are planning to read Atlas Shrugged. It is pretty epic (and of course controversial), though I admit to skimming John Galt's extended monologue in the middle because I wanted to hop on the speeding plot train. I have to go back and reread that part...
Amelie wrote:"Homo Faber" by Max Frisch.
"The Idiot" by Dostoevsky.
I also recommend to read stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Man, this is when I wish I were a polyglot.


text:
If you're looking for dreamy beaches this summer, TripAdvisor travelers suggest Sancho Bay on a remote Brazilian island in the Atlantic Ocean as the 2014 best beach in the world. The website's fans also give high marks to beaches in Hawaii, ranking seven of them in the top 10 beaches in the United States.
TripAdvisor culled traveler reviews and ratings for beaches over a 12-month period in coming up with the 2014 statistics released Tuesday. California didn't make a showing on the world or domestic best beaches list, now in its second year.
The beach on Sancho Bay (or Baia do Sancho) at No. 1 is a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site located on the island Fernando de Noronha, east of the mainland. Other top 10 in the world include:
2. Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
3. Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico
4. Rabbit Beach, Lampedusa, Italy
5. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia
6. Playa de ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain
7. Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles
8. Lanikai Beach in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii
9. Rhossili Bay, Swansea, Wales
10. Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
In the United States, Lanikai Beach takes the top spot with lots of love for some of Hawaii's most iconic beaches:
2. Ka'anapali Beach, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
3. Siesta Key Public Beach, Siesta Key, Fla.
4. Hanalei Beach, Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii
5. Wai'anapanapa State Park, Hana, Maui, Hawaii
6. Wailea Beach, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
7. Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, S.C.
8. Manini'owali Beach (Kua Bay), Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
9. Saint Pete Beach, Saint Pete Beach, Fla.
10. Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Follow us on Twitter @latimestravel and like us on Facebook @Los Angeles Times Travel.


text:
It must be hard to be a legitimate motorcycle manufacturer, because the market seems to be flooded with ripoff artists in every corner. Every year at the EICMA show, we see the Italy's Guardia di Finanza haul out scooters and motorcycles that the trade regulator deems are too close to those of Italian brands.
Now granted, we suspect there is more to that story than meets the eye (if you were an Italian OEM, wouldn't you want to keep out the budget-priced scooters from your market?), and some of these confiscated designs truly don't seem infringing to my eye, but I digress.
With the case of the Terra Motors Kiwami though, what it seems we have here is that the Japanese brand has repurposed a Zero S electric street bike from California's Zero Motorcycles for its own purposes.
We had a couple people in the industry email us about this gem of a story, wondering if Zero had licensed its design, or even sold an excess of inventory. to the Japanese company, which plans on selling the Kiwami in the Indian market. However, before we could do some digging though, our good colleague Domenick Yoney at AutoBlog Green got the scoop on what is up.


text:
The Senora Freeway (Route 1 and Route 13) is a freeway that runs through Los Santos County and Blaine County in San Andreas. Its southern end is at the meeting of the two freeways, the Los Santos Freeway and the Palomino Freeway in the northeastern part of San Andreas and travels north until reaching Dignity Village, where it becomes the Great Ocean Highway.
The Senora Freeway is the main road for those traveling along the rural parts of eastern San Andreas. It is a four-lane north-south expressway that connects communities in the Grand Senora Desert and Grapeseed, with Los Santos to the south, and Paleto Bay to the north.
Traveling south, Senora Freeway begins on Route 1 near Paleto Cove and Dignity Village. It then cuts through Braddock Pass through a tunnel before emerging at Grapeseed, becoming Route 13. It continues along the eastern edge of the desert, connecting to East Joshua Road and eastern end of Route 68. It bypasses the Bolingbroke Penitentiary before ending at the intersection the Palomino Freeway (Route 15/Interstate 4).
It is based on U.S route 99.
- The word Senora is a misspelling of señora, which means "Mrs." in Spanish.
- The name Senora may also be a reference to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States.


text:
A clean and flexible site for anyone from designers to someone looking to display their professional resume and services.
Now available as a wordpress template!
Template features:
– Valid Table-less XHTML / CSS
– Working PHP contact form with validation
– 1 to 4 column layout examples provided
– jQuery Lightbox / Gallery
– PSDs for Logo and Design
Please contact me through my portfolio page for support, thanks!


text:
How To Lease A Car
By Christine Crowley, 8th May 2012 | Follow this author
| RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/1_j2anso/
Posted in WikinutGuidesMoney Saving Tips
Confused about whether to purchase or lease an automobile? Read on for some helpful hints for you,
How To Lease A Car
When it comes to leasing a car, a lot of people just ask, "How much is a lease on that car?" and leave it at that.
One thing they may forget is that you can negotiate anything, including a lease.
But first, you need to think about whether leasing is really right for you to begin with. If it is, then you need to go about it the right way to make sure you're really getting the best deal.
A lot of car shoppers like leasing because the monthly payments are lower than with an outright purchase. That's because you're not really paying for the whole car. You're just paying for the amount the car is predicted to lose in value between the time you drive it away and the time you give it back. (Plus interest and fees, of course.)
Interest rates are low these days and prices for used cars are high. That combination is a recipe for very low lease rates, something that makes leasing especially attractive for a lot of car shoppers.
10 best spring auto lease deals
Should you lease? If you're someone who trades in cars every few years, leasing probably makes sense for you. Richard Arca, an analyst with Edmunds.com, is just such a person. That's why he's made leasing his particular specialty.
"Even when I bought, it seemed I was trading in every two or three years," he said.
Also, he didn't drive a lot of miles, he said. That's another important factor since lease contracts limit the number of miles you're allowed to drive the car before incurring additional fees. If you drive more than about 12,000 miles a year, or if you're especially hard on your vehicles, leasing might not be for you.
Once you've decided to lease, you want to get the best deal. Keeping your eyes open for good lease offers is a part of that. These days, with interest rates relatively low, they aren't hard to find.
"A lot of automakers are offering lots of good lease deals," said Arca.
As always, the most important thing is picking the right car, not just the right deal. A low monthly payment isn't worth much if you end up hating the car.
7 beautiful spring car deals
The negotiation: Once you've picked the car, it's time to strike a deal.
Arca recommends, rather than trying to negotiate the terms of the lease, negotiate the purchase price of the car, just as you would if you were simply buying the car outright.
The reason is that although you're leasing, not buying, the bank offering you that lease is actually buying the car you'll be driving. So play the role of the bank's car buyer working to lower the price at which the finance company will purchase the vehicle. That, in turn, will lower the amount you have to pay to lease it.
It's what's called the "capitalized cost." The lower the "capitalized cost," the lower your monthly payments.
Compare the "cap cost" to the "true market value" of the car as listed on Edmunds.com, or to similar market price projections from Truecar.com or Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com. There's no reason, just because you're leasing it, that your cap cost should be substantially more than the true market value.
Arca recommends not even mentioning that you're going to lease the car until after you've negotiated a purchase price. Then, once that number's set, tell the salesman to draw up a lease contract at that price.
Once you see the contract, check to make sure the "cap cost" is the price you've negotiated, plus a reasonable "acquisition fee" from the bank, usually a couple of hundred dollars or so.
The real costs of owning a car
The fine print: Once the "cap cost" is set, Then look at the terms of the lease contract.
One other factor to keep in mind is the "drive off cost," or how much the lease costs right at the beginning before you even get the car. This will include a down payment, if you're making one, and the value of the vehicle you're trading in, if there is one.
The down payment and trade-in are usually combined into a number called the "cap cost reduction." They reduce your monthly payments by paying off some of the cost of the car right up front. If you'd rather not pay so much up front, you can ask to have your down payment reduced and pay slightly higher monthly payments, instead.
Also, make sure you understand what will be expected of you when the lease contract is up. Check the number of allowed miles. You can ask for that to be increased if it seems insufficient, but your monthly payments will be a little higher.
Try not to get too attached to the car. If you do, and decide to buy the vehicle once the lease is up, you could find yourself paying more than the car is actually worth.


text:
Dr. Jim Green began his NASA career in 1980 at Marshall Space Flight Center's Magnetospheric Physics Branch where he developed and managed the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN), NASA's precursor to the Internet. From 1985 to 1992 he served as Head of the National Space Science Data Center at the Goddard Space Flight Center, followed by a 13-year stint as Chief of the Space Science Data Operations Office. In 2005 he was named Chief of the Science Proposal Support Office, where he served until August 2006 when he was appointed Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division.
NASA Tech Briefs: You began your NASA career in 1980 at Marshall Space Flight Center's Magnetospheric Physics Branch where you developed and managed the Space Physics Analysis Network. What was the Space Physics Analysis Network?
Dr. Jim Green: Yes, SPAN. Those were fantastic days. I was at Marshall Space Flight Center working with a group that was doing some fabulous mass storage technologies, and I had the responsibility to load our spacecraft data into this huge online optical disk systems that provided immediate access to very large quantities of spacecraft data. These were the first online terabyte archives.
I was given the responsibility to work with them and get the data in and then develop the testing and the test plan, and I suddenly realized how inadequate I was to really be able to test the system. It dawned on me, and several others in the group, that the best way to do that was to get the people that we were working with – the co-investigators – to also help me because they wanted to get access to this data too. So that was why I started investigating a variety of network technologies, because all of these groups were at various locations in the United States.
By the end of 1980 we already had several computer links up, and then by 1981 and 1982 I was bringing groups on right and left. The bottom line to that was the technology did not prove to be as useful as we had hoped. It was very cumbersome. It was some of the earliest attempts at using optical disks for online technologies, and that whole field rapidly changed anyway. But the network was an unbelievable success. We literally had NASA's first Internet going. We communicated. We did remote log-ons. Email was every day, of course. The things that we take for granted now we were doing in 1980. We were developing proposals across the Net and it was just doing fantastic. It really developed into quite the capability for NASA.
Then, by 1985, a new wrinkle occurred that turned out to be associated with a spacecraft called the International Cometary Explorer, or ICE. ICE was a spacecraft that's primary mission was really to be a solar wind monitor. It was called ISEE-3 – International Sun Earth Explorer 3 – and it was sitting at the L1 Langrangian point measuring the solar wind. NASA decided to pull it out of that orbit, do a couple of neat swing-bys of the Earth and the moon, and throw it towards a comet called Giacobini-Zinner and fly right through the tail. This was important to do because we'd never had a comet encounter before, and it was a fantastic event, but the really big problem with that was the data system.
The data system for the ISEE-3, when it was sitting at the Lagrangian point, the data was written to magnetic tape. When you filled a tape, you stuck the tape in a box and when you filled the box, you taped it up and sent it to the investigator. So, with that data system everyone got their data a month later – no real time anything – and it was very distributed, meaning it had international investigators and instruments on it from international scientists. Now the press was used to the GPO encounters of Voyager flying by Saturn and Jupiter and Uranus and Neptune, and the press was able to talk to the scientists and have them tell everybody about the new discoveries within hours after the encounter. This really caused a dilemma, and it dawned on a number of us scientists that the best thing we could do was to use the SPAN network in a unique way. We could put the data on the network, send the data to the remote sites where many of the investigators were, have them analyze the data, then bring the data back and have the principal investigators at a central location at Goddard review the analyzed results, make the discoveries, have the press conference, and make it look exactly like the press was used to with the really big encounters from the Voyagers.
The real problem was that we also had European investigators, so once we got the approval from the project to use SPAN, I immediately started working with ESA and they were just wonderful to work with. They came up with an international link into Darmstadt, Germany, and then ESA took that link and sent it out to the investigators and voila, we started connecting the European scientists together! And that was 1985. In September of 1985 the ICE encounter [through the comet's tail] occurred, and it worked perfectly. It was just a rousing success. It really was one of the highlights of how we used the network. By 1987 we were in Japan, and by 1992 we were in Russia. So SPAN really was the beginning of NASA's Internet and just a tremendous capability for the science community.


text:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler has undergone shoulder surgery, the team said Tuesday.
The Canucks expect the 27-year-old to be out up to six months, meaning he will likely miss the start of the regular season.
Kesler said after the Canucks were eliminated in the first round by the Los Angeles Kings that he had been playing with an undisclosed injury since February.
"After consultation with our team physicians following the playoffs, it was deemed that Ryan would require a procedure on his shoulder," Canucks president and general manager Mike Gillis said in a statement. "We expect a full recovery and determined this procedure would best serve the team's and Ryan's long-term goals."
Kesler had 22 goals and 27 assists in 77 games this season. It marked a drop-off from the 73 points (41 goals, 32 assists) he had in 2010-11 when the Canucks reached Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.


text:
Three of these Shelties are from Rescue, One is Joey (remember his story? aka Joey the Pirate), one is arrow and the other Snowy, all rescued. We had a 4th of July party not just for us humans but for Shelties too!
Left to right: Joey, Frosty, Haley, Storm, Summer, Tobie, Arrow, and Snowy in the front!
Nice job getting them to pose Heidi!