text: Arm yourself with these expert tips to ensure you don't get duped. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor February 17, 2012 Military personnel are prime targets for shady sales practices of financial criminals who want a piece of the troops' regular paychecks and have mastered ways to take advantage of their frequent moves. Troops have been exploited by exorbitant-interest-rate payday loans, high-fee investments, unsuitable life insurance, ID-theft schemes and bogus products promoted with counterfeit military connections.SEE OUR COMPLETE GUIDE: Personal Finance Tips for Military Families State and federal regulators and the Department of Defense have cracked down on the crooks, and new laws and resources help protect members of the military from being pressured into high-fee loans, investments and insurance. But ever-creative scam artists scheme to stay a step ahead of new laws. So, add this to your list of assignments: Protecting your family from the latest generation of financial fraud. Predatory Lending Advertisement The commercial strips around many bases used to be lined with payday lenders. There you could find a short-term loan against your next paycheck, often for outrageous interest rates. (Would you believe more than 400%?) But the Military Lending Act capped payday-loan rates at 36% for members of the military on active duty and their dependents, which led many lenders offering payday loans to disappear. But some lenders discovered ways around the law, offering varieties of high-rate loans that aren't subject to the 36% cap. For example, some car dealers near bases have been known to push high-rate loans with big upfront fees. Some payday lenders have taken to the Internet to continue to offer expensive loans targeting troops, outside the reach of regulators. And some offer open-ended loans with rates as high as 136%, which fall through a loophole in the law. What You Can Do Get a 0% loan through a military emergency-relief fund. Each branch of the military has an emergency-relief fund that offers small interest-free loans for emergencies. Contact the community-service office at your base for details, or visit Army Emergency Relief, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Air Force Aid Society or Coast Guard Mutual Assistance. Advertisement 1. Join a credit union. Credit unions on base often offer short-term loans at reasonable interest rates. Some even offer small emergency loans to members of the military with little or no credit check. 2. Boost your emergency fund. You're best off if you can avoid borrowing for unexpected expenses. Build an emergency fund with at least six months' worth of expenses in a safe and liquid account, such as a money market account. 3. Get credit counseling. If you have to borrow to cover your expenses, you may be grappling with a bigger issue than a short-term emergency. Consider meeting with a financial-planning manager on base or a credit counselor who can help you set up a budget, pay down debt and prioritize your spending. You can find a credit counselor through the National Foundation for Credit Counseling or the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies. Credit unions and other financial institutions on base are required to offer counseling services at no charge. But beware of "credit repair" firms that charge high upfront fees with a promise to get you out of debt. As appealing as such a prospect is, you may find yourself chasing an illusion and wind up in even worse financial shape. Identity Theft Advertisement Military families are magnets for identity thieves because their Social Security numbers are widely available (although the Department of Defense is gradually reducing the public use of the identifier), and troops can be hard-pressed to monitor their credit records and bills when they're deployed. While phishing is a growing problem everywhere, military families can be particularly susceptible to calls or e-mails that purport to be from financial institutions regarding a deployed servicemember's account. What You Can Do 1. Monitor your accounts online. Check your bank, credit-union and credit-card accounts regularly, and have a plan for yourself (or a trusted family member) to review accounts while you're deployed so that any suspicious activity is spotted quickly. If you receive an e-mail or a call about any "problems," don't click on a link or answer personal questions on the telephone; instead, call your bank or credit union's customer service number. 2. Check your credit report. You can request a free copy of your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus every year through www.annualcreditreport.com. It's a good idea to stagger your requests so you get a report from one of the bureaus every four months. Advertisement 3. Put an active-duty alert on your credit report. This free service notifies creditors that you're on active military duty and asks them to take extra precautions to verify the identity of an applicant before extending credit. Include the phone number of a trusted friend or family member for creditors to call while you're deployed. To place an alert, contact Experian.com, Equifax.com or TransUnion.com. And you can take an extra step to protect yourself by putting a credit freeze on your account, especially if you're deployed and unable to monitor your credit report regularly. The freeze prevents lenders and other companies from accessing your credit report without your permission, which can help stop identity thieves from taking out new credit in your name. It generally costs $10 to freeze and $10 to thaw your record at each bureau (and you need to do it at all three for the freeze to be effective). High-Fee Investments Over the past few years, state and federal regulators have cracked down on companies that target members of the military with high-fee investments, including some that were charging a whopping 50% sales charge in the first year. The Department of Defense and several organizations have also made a big push to help military families identify scams and learn more about legitimate financial-planning strategies. But there are still salespeople who push exorbitantly priced investments or inappropriate insurance near base and who seem ever-ready to pounce on members of the military who receive a substantial windfall, whether at retirement, from a reenlistment bonus or deployment pay. The good news is that you have plenty of solid and legitimate savings alternatives. What You Can Do 1. Take advantage of special savings programs for the military. Servicemembers have some excellent savings opportunities. The Thrift Savings Plan is a great way to save for retirement. You can invest up to $17,000 in this low-fee, tax-deferred account in 2012 and even more of your tax-exempt pay while serving in a combat zone, up to a total contribution of $50,000 for the year (see www.tsp.gov for details). You can also open a Roth IRA through a financial institution. You can invest up to $5,000 in 2012 plus an extra $1,000 if you'll be at least age 50 by the end of the year. Take a hard look at fees when comparing IRA options. And be sure to take advantage of the military's Savings Deposit Program. Deployed troops can deposit up to $10,000 in a special account that pays 10% per year during deployment, and for up to three months afterward. 2. Verify a broker's record. Before doing business with a broker, use Finra's BrokerCheck tool to get information on a broker's licensing status and any disciplinary action he or she has faced. Also check the broker through your state securities regulator (www.nasaa.org). State securities regulators offer programs to help military families, including California's Troops Against Predatory Scams (TAP$) and Investor University on Base, offered by the state of Florida in conjunction with the Investor Protection Trust. 3. Check out insurers and agents with your state insurance department. Before you buy coverage, ask about licensing, complaints and disciplinary actions. Find links to state insurance regulators at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The NAIC's www.InsureUonline.org also offers insurance advice for members of the military. And before you consider any other life insurance, max out your low-cost Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. Affinity Fraud Criminals have no qualms about fabricating an affiliation with the military to gain a family's trust. Often these are small-time operators who go door to door using a military insignia or any military connection to try to sell their wares—whether it's burglar-alarm systems to families of deploying troops, high-fee work-at-home schemes for military spouses, used cars with questionable titles, or even fake life insurance and investments. What You Can Do 1. Contact the base community-service office. For example, Army Community Service at Fort Hood, Tex., has a database that cross-references complaints made to the community-service, legal-assistance and housing offices on base, as well as the local Better Business Bureau. The base's legal-assistance office will also help you carefully review contracts before you sign on the dotted line. The Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board at each base can ban certain salespeople or companies and prohibit anyone on base from doing business with them. Just the threat of being put on the banned list can help resolve complaints. 2. Contact the Better Business Bureau. You can check a business's complaint record and get help resolving consumer problems through the local BBB. BBB Military Line focuses on providing information and resources specifically for servicemembers and their families.


text:
Billy Sims, Ty Detmer, Jason White and Matt Leinart. They've all had a shot at winning the Heisman Trophy a second time, but all came up short.
Get ready to add Tim Tebow to that list, the Heisman Pundit writes:
"There are many reasons why a Heisman winner can't repeat (outside of Archie Griffin, of course). For starters, imagine how hard it is for a player to have ONE Heisman-worthy season. But to have back-to-back Heisman-worthy seasons? Forget about it!
"Furthermore, once such a season is accomplished, it must also be perceived as more worthy than all the other candidates in the running. In essence, everything has to fall perfectly into place for a player to win the Heisman ... once. For things to fall perfectly into place twice is highly unlikely."
And Tebow's biggest competition could be himself.
"He will be running not only against his peers, but the legacy of his incredible 2007 performance. If his stats do not compare to his sophomore season, then it will be hard to avoid the perception that he underachieved."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
ENGL 96. Academic Writing and Reading (3)
Lec-3, lab-1
PREREQ.: ENGL 93 or 94, or placement in ENGL 96
College-level training and practice in critical reading and in writing argumentative essays. Emphasis is on reading and writing analytically and developing research and documentation skills.
ENGL 1A. University-Parallel Reading and Composition (3)
Lec-3, lab-1
PREREQ.: ENGL 96 or placement in ENGL 1A through CCSF English Placement Testing or the English Placement Test Waiver process
University-parallel reading, writing, and critical thinking with a major research component. Reading, writing, and research assignments are based predominately on non-fiction texts. UC/CSU


text:
At Blizzcon, during the Class Discussion Panel, the following was divulged:
Q: Will damage during threat generation be improved for Protection Warriors?
A: It is more fun to do more damage as a Protection Warrior while generating threat and that is being looked at.
I would love to see more damage as a Prot warrior, but this will be a fine line. Added damage is definitely a good thing, but up Prot warr damage too much and it will cause an imbalance on the PVP side of things.


text:
Gay London For Your Trip Abroad
By Joseph Holmes
Winter is about to give way to Spring, and Spring means getting out of town and searching for adventure. Maybe it even means getting out of the country! There's no better time to plan a getaway to Europe, and right now, there's no better place to visit than London, England.
As you may have guessed, there's more to London than Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace, especially if you're a savvy gay traveler looking for a way to kick around the town.
But maybe it's your first in London and you need help in getting sstarted as to where to find places that range from teh coolest to the quietest. Perhaps you happen to be historic buff, or may your're the traveler who is looking for something with more punch than Punch and Judy...read more
© 2008 FindAMasseur.com; All Rights Reserved.
How Important Is Gay Money?
by Joseph Holmes
Rarely do we think of how consumer dollars—specifically, gay dollars—have a positive affect on the gay community and the economy at large.
If that weren't true, there would not be such an attempt at anti-gay proponents to single out gays and gay supporters where money is concerned.
In an article by Carlos Santoscoy, September 8, 2008, on the web site OnTop Magazine
(www.OnTopMag.com), Fred Karger, Campaign Manager of Californians Against Hate, makes the observation that certain people "are pouring in money into California to eliminate our freedom to marry [and] are willing to spend tens of millions of dollars to do just that."...read more
Once again, Los Angeles, California plays host this 2008 Halloween season to a variety of fabulous treats for the gay and lesbian community. From wicked theater, to a tricky night at local clubs, to costume balls, you cannot miss a gay Halloween in the city of West Hollywood. Locals and visitors from all of the world will surely have more than goodies to fill their pockets and definitely more fun than you can shake a wand at!...read more
Massage Therapy For Men and Its Benefits
by Dr. Ray Mars
Massage therapy addresses a variety of health conditions---the most common of course, being stress related tension, which many experts say is responsible for 80-90 percent of illnesses. For instance, massage has been proven helpful in treating cancer-related fatigue, sleep disorders, high blood pressure, diabetes, low-back pain, immunity suppression, spinal-cord injury, autism, postoperative surgery, age-related disorders, infertility, eating disorders, smoking cessation, and depression, just to name a few
Short-term benefits of massage improve circulation throughout the body, which increases blood flow, bringing fresh oxygen to body tissues. This can assist the elimination of waste products, speed healing after an injury, and enhance recovery from disease. At its long-term best, massage has the potential to restore a person physically, mentally and spiritually, which goes along way in the world we in live today....read more
Openly Gay Massage Therapists Go Universal
If you think gay massage therapists cater only to gay men, think again.
The popularity of massage therapy is at an all-time high, which comes as no surprise since it's been known to do the body good for millennia.
But how's this for a surprise? On a playing field where massage therapy has moved up in rank as reputable business, openly gay men are standing front and center in the competitive world. Board-certified, licensed, registered—it makes no difference. They all mean business, and their satisfied clients are extolling the benefits loud and clear. Sound intriguing? Keep reading...read more
A Beginners Guide To Sensual Male Massage
by James Newman
The words "sensual massage" can conjure all sorts of images -- some more steamy than others.
It's a loaded phrase, certainly, but not necessarily in a negative sense, according to a FindAMasseur.com masseur.
"I like how the site is open to self expression of sensual massage by the massage therapist. Everyone has his own definition, so it is left open to the masseur," said a F.A.M. masseur. "It's important to do so", he said, "Because communication between the client and the masseur is vital".
In other words, the clients can communicate what they desire from a massage, and the masseur can relay back what kind of massages they do, so the client knows exactly to expect from the massage. If the client goes into the massage blindly, they could be disappointed, which neither party would want.
Sensual massage is, by definition, an extremely intimate act. Particularly when both the client and the masseur are gay, the massage can easily have sexual undertones. But a massage can also just be a massage....read more
Massage And The Art Of HIV Self Care
We give hugs, and we receive hugs. It feels good during, and it feels better after, and likely we've never pondered why. We may not think of human touch being vital to our health and survival. But it is, and study after study has proven it. When our embraces are brief but sincere; when we out and out give big ole hugs; when we comfort with simple touch—these are times when small miracles of healing have taken place right under our, well, shoulders....read more


text:
DoSomething is creating a home for Australian community volunteering.
Watch our informative TV ad from Sandra Sully!
Contact Details
3-5 The Esplanade Inverloch VIC 3996
- Phone:
- Show number
Incorrect info? Claim or edit this listing
Inverloch VIEW Club
VIEW is a nationwide, women's organisation of 19,600 members. VIEW, stands for Voice, Interests and Education of Women, was established to give women, a network of support, a platform to voice their views on issues of national concern and a forum in which to support the charitable work of The Smith Family.
Getting Involved
Inverloch VIEW Club members are passionate about actively contributing to their community while building a network of friendships and having fun at the same time. VIEW is a valued part of The Smith Family and supports its work unlocking opportunities for disadvantaged Australian children so they can realise their potential through education.
VIEW offers a critical support network for members in providing friendship through social activities and a sense of purpose and direction. More and more women are joining VIEW because they believe in the power of education to change lives and can see how their contribution helps disadvantaged children get the step up they need to make the most of their lives.
Meetings: 4th Tuesday
More Information: http://view.org.au


text:
Peggy Merriss, City Manager of Decatur Georgia, Appointed Chair of the ICMA-RC Board of Directors
January 4, 2018
The ICMA-RC Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Peggy Merriss as its Chair. Ms. Merriss has more than three decades of local government leadership experience and is currently City Manager of Decatur, Georgia. She previously served as President of the International City/County Management Association, the first woman to hold that office, and has been a member of the ICMA-RC Board of Directors since 2011. She was appointed to serve a two-year term as Chair of the ICMA-RC Board of Directors beginning January 1, 2018.
The ICMA-RC Board of Directors, which is comprised of ten members, is responsible for oversight of the business affairs and governance of the Corporation. Ms. Merriss succeeds Mr. J. Thomas Lundy, who served as Chair of the ICMA-RC Board of Directors from 2014 until 2017. He retired as County Manager of Catawba County, North Carolina in 2016.
"Peggy Merriss is a highly qualified public official whose exceptional leadership abilities will be a tremendous asset to the ICMA-RC Board of Directors and to the Corporation," said Mr. Lundy. "I will miss working with her and others on the Board of Directors but I know the Corporation is in good hands as it continues to achieve its mission of helping public sector employees build retirement security."
Ms. Merriss has a distinguished career in professional management and became the first woman to serve as City Manager of Decatur, GA nearly 25 years ago in 1993. She began working for Decatur in 1983, initially as Personnel Director and then as Assistant City Manager. Ms. Merriss received a BA in political science from Converse College and a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.


text:
|Preparing for the Apache Karaf 2.2.2 release.
The wine will of course only be sampled after being gave proper time to breath in its container, after the first release candidate has be up loaded for voting (see our release guide for more details on our process).
Unfortunately I can't share the wine with you, but I can share a few links to Wintersleep videos.
I'm looking forward to starting the 2.2.2 release process. I'll be posting updates to our Twitter stream (#karaf) and on our IRC channel (irc.codehaus.org #karaf).


text:
I definitely don't have this kind of muscle tension right now.
I was going to entitle this post "recovery and adaptation" but that's boring and I don't want to start entitling my posts all with "this AND that". Plus, this title is much clearer: I have become a red-liner. What I mean is, I have been pushing myself to the brink and dancing on the edge of a very sharp sword for sometime. I think the only reason I don't go over is because I have a coach and his workouts kick my butt so hard I have to be judicious about my second runs and recovery miles. Since December, I have been running both faster (in my hard workouts) and slower (in my recovery runs). But oh whee, I have been burning since I started training for Houston. I feel strong, I feel fast, I feel light, I feel tired. My workouts are great, but the day after a hard workout I can definitely tell that I am dragging more than I like. As I mentioned in Friday's post, I did not wake up that morning feeling motivated. I listened to my body and ultimately it paid off with an awesome tempo run.
Yesterday, I woke up and again was not jumping out of bed, rearing to go. I only had recovery miles planned, so after a bit of lingering under the covers (it was cold out!) and a cup of coffee, the Baker and I headed out for a nice easy recovery run. I had all sorts of sore spots and various muscle aches but the miles generally felt good. I think my legs were more sore this week because I didn't have my usual Monday massage with Scott. No good! I need my weekly torture session! We had a lovely run, came home and enjoyed more coffee, oats and got ourselves sorted to enjoy the day. I planned to go out for another session in the evening while the Baker made dinner to get in some more mileage for the week.
It has been an interesting transition from ultrarunning to marathoning again when it comes to the weekends. No back to back 4 hour runs deep in the wilderness or in the Headlands. No hour of driving to get to the run. Only one long hard run per weekend. Since both the Baker and I are training for marathons right now (and he is in taper for Napa Valley) we suddenly have all this spare time on the weekend. It is freaking awesome! On Friday, I had suggested we hit up the Ferry Building farmers market, we both adore the market and seldom go because of the aforementioned ultrarunning reasons. But yesterday, we were determined.
Usually when we go to the market, we want to get there super early to beat the crowds of people. However, yesterday we banked on the predicted rain (or snow) and cold temperatures to keep the crowds at bay and made our way over there around 10:30. I love the farmer's market!
We had decided to keep ourselves on a budget of $20 each so that we didn't go crazy over every delicious looking goodie at the market. It's a good thing too because I could have easily bought $20 worth of brussels sprouts alone. The Baker knows a lot of folks at the market including the one with the best kept "secret" there: Marianne Wiener, baker and owner of Anna's Daughters' Rye Bread. While everyone else is lining up for Roli Roti (which is amazing) or Blue Bottle Coffee (also amazing), Marianne is serving up the best cup of hot cocoa you have ever tasted. Seriously. I have tasted the sweet pure decadence and it is rich, creamy, chocolately but perfectly balanced. It took everything in my power to say no to a cup (since I am not doing dairy anymore or sugar right now).
Topped with a dollop of freshly made whipped cream, ah, heaven. One cup leaves you perfectly satisfied. Marianne is super sweet and we could have stayed there all day talking to her. Her rye bread is off the charts I hear, as well. However, we couldn't linger too long, we had an inspired lunch to make. As we wandered around the market, we each picked ingredients that caught our attention and slowly built a plan for a market inspired lunch. We grabbed Harissa spices, king trumpet mushrooms, spring onions, a mega bunch of kale, brussel sprouts and some lovely tulips.
We headed home a whipped up a spring onion scramble with Hungarian sausage and kale on the side. We wrapped it all up in some warm corn tortillas and it was simple bliss. I had fun taking pictures in the good afternoon light streaming through the kitchen window. So much for the predicted snowy dreary day!
It was an all around great day. I truly enjoyed the luxury of having run 7 miles before breakfast and having the entire day to interact with the world and do some of my favorite things! As the afternoon crept on, I started to think about that second run I had planned. I hadn't gotten more into the idea over the course of the day (I hadn't really thought about it at all), I actually had a bit of trepidation. My legs were feeling pretty sore and dead. I just couldn't get into the idea of running any more miles at any speed. But I also felt guilty. I felt like *should* (bad word I know) do more miles, after all, this was a peak week for me for the LA Marathon on March 20th. I wanted to get over 100 miles for the week and if I didn't run again, even with today's long run, I wouldn't make it. Then I had one of those, hello don't be an idiot moments. I realized that I was being ridiculous, really freaking ridiculous and dangerously stupid. I had arbitrarily decided at some point that my peak road weeks would be over 100 miles (and peak ultra/trail weeks over 140) even with a complete day off from running. 100 miles of road training a week is brutal and I have been doing it hard since I started my training for Houston in December. I did 414 miles in December, 403 in January and only 3 weeks this year have been under 90 miles, which were the two weeks before Houston and one week after. I know better. I just didn't realize that I wasn't taking the whole picture into consideration. The way I was looking at it was Houston through LA training standing alone, as opposed to my training leading up to Houston and continuing towards LA as one. That kind of longer push deserves more cut back weeks. In my head I somehow considered race week and the week after Houston as cutback weeks even though that definitely isn't the case. I can't count a hard marathon effort and a taxing experience as a cutback week even if the mileage number says it is so. Duh Devon.
Needlesstosay, I didn't run again yesterday. I took an ice bath instead to increase the muscle tension in my legs for today's long run. I may take a while to figure out the obvious but I definitely don't think twice when I do. I also realized in my contemplation of how hard I have been working that I have been running my long runs potentially too fast. I don't need to try and do every workout at marathon pace or have that be my goal. When I set out today, I first consulted my training paces and aimed to be in the mid to slower end of the 6:37-7:37 range that is ideal for my marathon goal. I planned to do a fast finish and ultimately had an excellent workout. I worked really hard and had a great week without being needlessly overzealous about mileage. It was a good week and I was able to pull myself back from a pattern of potentially harmful behavior and see the bigger picture. Ok, time to get out of the confessional and help with dinner.
I leave you with Scream Sorbet at the farmer's market. Non-dairy ice cream (macadamia vanilla pictured) because everyone needs more ice cream (or similar) in their lives and an exception to the rules every now and again.


text:
We value the opportunity to collaborate and partner with NYU faculty to support students in their professional and academic development. We would like to invite you to explore some of the ways that faculty can connect with the Wasserman Center.
The Wasserman Center staff is available to visit your classroom and provide an orientation about our services to assist students in learning about the extensive career resources available to them through NYU.
Arrange a personal tour for you or your students of our state of the art facilities. Our center hosts multi-media presentation rooms, career publications and handouts, computer lab, interviewing facilities, wireless internet, and a student café.
The Wasserman Center's Mentor Network allows professionals to serve as mentoring contacts for current students and recent graduates. Mentors provide brief, one-on-one meetings with students enable them to ask career related questions and receive guidance and feedback on their career options.
Distinguished faculty periodically make themselves available to participate in our career programs. Opportunities to partner with us can include:


text:
UCL Health Humanities Centre
UCL Health Humanities Centre draws together staff from different disciplines, departments and faculties engaged in research and teaching on matters relating to health, illness and well-being. We are part of the Institute of Advanced Studies.
The Centre runs two interlinked MAs:
The Centre is a research hub:
The Centre convenes interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences connected to health.
The Centre runs regular events:
- A fortnightly Health Humanities seminar which showcases current research.
- The monthly joint London Bioethics Colloquium (organised jointly with KCL).
- A regular seminar on the history of psychological disciplines sponsored by the British Psychological Society.


text:
[Verse 1: Black Thought]
We gettin' ready to break y'all, it's winner take all
The game is locked we down to the eight ball
The time is now, it ain't nothin' to wait for
I'm a king by blood, a soldier by nature
I'm somethin' like a threat to y'all space cadets
Cause you never met a brother nothin' like me yet
So push another slice into your toaster, tighten your vests
Cuz it's a warrior you seein' here tonight in the flesh
I give you somethin' high voltage, double the dosage
Runnin' with these vultures, givin' me ulcers
Which one of these hustlers bringin' the thunder?
'Riq Geez not another man takin' us under
Nigga please which Philly cat doin' his own thing
Might say Black my give you a code name
Round my neck see the microphone hang
Have your lady lip-synchin' like on Soul Train
The niggas that's a problem's a minimal margin
The Colonel, Captain, Lieutenant, General, Sergeant
Black, one man army movin' in on your squadron
You sittin' still you know you a target
You heard, you better duck down!
[Hook: repeat 2X]
See me comin' better tuck those chains
Cuz you don't wanna feel them thangs
If you want it, you can get it baby
You know you need to get low
Duck Down! (Duck Down!)
[Verse 2: Black Thought]
We gettin' set to get rid of y'all, that's what it's headin' for
The underdog knuckle and brawl with the bigger ball
I spit what your wig absorb, sicker than sycamore
I'm creatin' a circumstance that you a victim of
The rebel or the renegade out on the quest
The super black man runnin' wit a S on his chest
That stand for the straight struggle to escape the stress
You think it's sweet tryin' to eat, you ain't taste this yet
So make y'all steps precautious into the darkness
Thoughts cold and heartless makin' me nauseous
Gettin' more remorseless for what I done
If the lawyers and courts wonder what I run
Them civil liberties is free, but just for some
How you a gangster when you scared to bust your gun
For the call, trust your fam or trust nobody at all
See them brothers gettin' struck down
They better duck down
[Verse 3: Black Thought]
I can feel somethin' fa sho, I've been up in here before
The gladiator in a Colosseum ready for war
That old timer holdin' his revolver set to blow
Just like a gladiator at whoever stick his head in the door
And one who been through it all, anything go
Rather give it to you straight 'stead of speakin in codes
Cuz man, that bullshit can get you riddled with holes
If you ain't insured then the hospitals is closed
You got to go uptown while ya leakin' on the ground
In cases like these, you need to duck down
You're five dollar toys, I'm a million dollar man
Esquire 'Riq Geez go according to plan
I'm thinkin' outside the box, off the blocks
An outside your concept of time, off the clocks for real
Well it's Black Thought your boss DJ
However you brothers weigh that's what you gon' pay
[Hook] - 2X
This is the ninth track off of The Tipping Point.


text:
Memphis, Tennessee – A national survey of health professionals showed that drug shortages are taking a heavy toll on cancer patients, forcing treatment changes and delays that for some patients meant worse outcomes, more therapy-related complications and higher costs. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators played an important role in the study.
The survey queried oncology pharmacists and others involved in managing cancer drug shortages for academic medical centers, community hospitals and other cancer treatment facilities nationwide. Of the 243 individuals who completed the survey, 98 percent reported having dealt with a shortage of at least one chemotherapy agent or other essential cancer-related drug in the previous 12 months. Ninety-three percent reported that shortages forced delays in chemotherapy administration or other changes in cancer drug therapy.
Researchers found the shortages also disrupted cancer research and added to the cost and risks associated with cancer treatment. One institution linked a patient's death to a shortage-related medication mistake. Overall, 16 percent of respondents tied shortages to adverse patient outcomes, including disease progression or more treatment-related complications.
The survey is the first to focus specifically on the impact of cancer-related drug shortages. It was conducted by the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association and focused on a 12-month period ending in October 2011. The results will be published in the April 1 edition of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
"This survey documents the risk that drug shortages pose to cancer patients of all ages,"said the study's senior author, James Hoffman, Pharm.D., an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the hospital's medication outcomes and safety officer. "To cure cancer patients we must often use complex treatment regimens, and shortages add unnecessary complexity. Unlike medications for other diseases, there are few, if any, therapeutically equivalent alternatives available for many oncology drugs in short supply.
"Drug supplies remain unpredictable and serious problems persist," Hoffman said. In February, the University of Utah Drug Information Service was tracking national and regional shortages of more than 320 drugs, which is the highest number since 2010.The University of Utah Drug Information Service tracks drug shortages and provides advice about managing shortages through the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
The survey follows an earlier St. Jude-led study that linked a shortage of the chemotherapy drug mechlorethamine to a greater risk of relapse for some young Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Relapse meant those patients underwent additional intensive therapy that left them at greater risk for infertility and other treatment-related health problems later.
Multiple factors contribute to drug shortages, including manufacturing and quality problems, production delays and discontinuations. Earlier studies have shown that most shortages occur in the supply chain of generic injectable drugs, particularly medications to combat cancer and infections. In 2012, new federal legislation gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration additional tools to prevent and ease drug shortages, including requiring manufacturers to report anticipated supply problems of key medications. "While the FDA and others have worked diligently to address the problem, additional action is needed to address continuing shortages," Hoffman said.
The survey found shortages increase health care costs as scarcity drives up the price and requires staff time to manage the problem. About one-third of institutions in this survey reported pharmacy staff spent at least 20 hours each week working on issues related to the drug shortage. That included time spent trying to find scarce medications to purchase or identify alternatives. Eighty-five percent of respondents reported shortages led to higher medical costs.
Drug shortages also disrupted the clinical trials that are essential for developing new cancer treatments. This survey found that shortages forced 44 percent of institutions to either halt or delay enrollment in clinical trials. The problem also led some providers to change or omit medications.
In this survey, the drugs most frequently reported as being in short supply were fluorouracil, leucovorin, liposomal doxorubicin and paclitaxel. Such shortages hit patients battling ovarian, breast and colorectal cancers particularly hard. For some patients, the survey found shortages meant traveling to other institutions for treatment or receiving alternative medications. For other patients, it meant treatment was delayed or continued with either lower doses of the missing drugs or without the drugs at all.
Ali McBride, Pharm.D., The Ohio State University, is the first and corresponding author. Other authors are Lisa Holle, University of Connecticut; Colleen Westendorf, formerly of University of Kentucky and now of St. Jude; Margaret Sidebottom and Niesha Griffith, Ohio State; and Raymond Muller, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
The study was funded in part by a grant (CA21765) from the National Institutes of Health and ALSAC.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering research and treatment of children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The hospital's research has helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20 percent when the institution opened to almost 80 percent today. It is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children, and no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. For more information, visit www.stjude.org. Follow us on Twitter @StJudeResearch.
HOPA is a nonprofit professional organization launched in 2004 in order to help oncology and hematology pharmacy practitioners and their associates provide the best possible cancer care. HOPA has more than 1,900 members and includes not just oncology pharmacists, but also pharmacy interns, residents, nurses, technicians, researchers, and administrators specializing in hematology/oncology practice. HOPA feels strongly that individuals with cancer should not shoulder the burden of drug shortages in addition to stresses of cancer and cancer treatment and is committed to advocating methods to avoid and manage future drug shortages. To see more about HOPA and its advocacy efforts, visit www.hoparx.org.
St. Jude Media Relations Contacts
|Carrie Strehlau
(desk) (901) 595-2295
(cell) (901) 297-9875
|Summer Freeman
(desk) (901) 595-3061
(cell) (901) 297-9861


text:
The North Face Hedgehog Mid GTX XCR
Looks cool. Definitely recommended for slow walks…
Materials: XCR
Use: light hiking
Break-in Period: 2
Weight: 88
Price Paid: 120$
Looks cool. Definitely recommended for slow walks in the park or airing the dog, pretty much unfit for any other type of activity.
Designed like a summer type hiking shoes (why use XCR?) these does not ensure enough ventilation during walking nothing to say about running, not stable enough for scrambling and worst of all these fancy rubber grips on sole are gone after couple of days of moderate pace hiking.
I went for 4 days leisurely hike in Mallorca (it is not like TMB or Caucasus god forbid)- that was it, shoes still look somewhat OK but are completely unusable for what they were designed for.
Do not buy.
Pros: 1. Waterproof, quick dry. 2. I have found these…
Use: long day hikes over rigorous trails.
Break-in Period: a good week
Price Paid: $80
1. Waterproof, quick dry.
2. I have found these to have very good gripping with the Vibram soles the way they're made.
1. Very crappy lacing pegs, posts, eyelets, or whatever TNF calls them made out of plastic, and if your going to replace the laces-which you will because they're crap-you have to use needlenose pliers to pull them through the eyelets.
2. The forward part of the sole that rests below the front ball of your feet directly behind your toes will allow you to feel any above average rock you step on in the trailway. The Vibram soles are thin up front.
3. XCR? where?
Don't waste your money.
Fantastic lightweight boot - Used on coastal multi…
Materials: gore-tex
Use: rough trail w/ heavy pack
Break-in Period: 0 days
Price Paid: $100
Fantastic lightweight boot - Used on coastal multi day hiking in rugged Cornwall UK for 6 nonstop days and 100 miles from new - No break in period and no blisters - Shoes were dry on each morning and very comfortable, grippy and stable.
Next I did 50 miles in 24 hour in them, and again - faultless performance. Excellent low level hiking boot. Don't buy them and expect to get to the top of the Eiger - because that is not what these are about!
Where to Buy
The Hedgehog Mid GTX XCR has been discontinued.previously retailed for:
$49.96 - $140.00
The North Face Hedgehog Mid GTX XCR is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen October 30, 2013 at Sierra.
Recently on Trailspace
Similar Products
More of: the best hiking boots » | The North Face »


text:
Recommendations for security and privacy in the era of the next-generation car
Successful attacks on automotive computer systems are becoming a reality, highlighting the increased threats to next-generation cars and motor vehicles. Equipping cars with internet connectivity opens worlds of convenience and possibility; however, it also opens windows of opportunity for bad actors and malicious activity. We're putting resources and research into automotive security so connectivity can mean capability, not compromise or worse.
- Our white paper contains recommendations for building security into the design, fabrication, and operation phases of the automotive production process. It is also a call to action for the automotive industry and others to proactively integrate best practices into current processes.
- We were instrumental in forming the non-profit Automotive Security Review Board to meet the research needs of next-generation cars. The board will fuse mainstream with alternative industry research to deliver tomorrow's automotive security—creating a safer transportation environment. The board is comprised of technical experts and world-renowned security experts and researchers.
Discover how this board is creating a safer transportation environment for all.
Read our blogs about securing the automotive industry.


text:
Wild Planet's Intruder Trap System is made up of three wireless motion sensors connected by radio frequency. I suppose the "keep out" sign just isn't enough in this day and age. Why three? They all work together. The first one is touch sensitive...
...which means you can put it on top of your iPod and it will flash a red light and start whistling if anyone tried to nab it. (The unit shown in the picture below is a prototype, the real thing won't have that big black wire with an ugly box hanging off of the end.)
The second sensor is a motion detector. But this alarm is only armed after the touch sensor has been triggered. So now the burglar is running but they head smack into alarm number three, which is a motion sensor loaded with two darts—thwap! Hahaha. Busted. Okay, now back to work.
This will be available next fall for between $29.99 and $49.99.


text:
Bills owner Ralph Wilson dies at 95
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson never forgot how he was made to feel like an outsider for having the audacity to challenge the NFL.
It was 1959, and Wilson had just invested $25,000 to join Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams in helping establish the upstart American Football League. Wilson and the seven other owners were immediately dubbed "The Foolish Club."
"You'd go to cocktail parties back in those days," Wilson recalled in an interview with The Associated Press in 2009, a month before being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "And they'd look at me like, `What kind of dope are you, going into a new league?"'
Some 54 years later, Wilson was being remembered as a "visionary" for playing a key role in helping establish the modern-day game.
The Bills lost their sole owner, and the NFL lost its last surviving AFL founder and a person regarded as the league's "conscience" on Tuesday, when Wilson died at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. Wilson was 95.
Bills president Russ Brandon announced Wilson's death at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Fla.
"Ralph Wilson was a driving force in developing pro football into America's most popular sport," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "He brought his beloved Bills to western New York, and his commitment to the team's role in the community set the standard for the NFL."
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson called Wilson's death "the end of a real important era."
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones referred to Wilson as "one of the cornerstones of the AFL."
And in Buffalo, where Wilson's influence resonated as the region's patriarch of professional football, he was being sorely missed. In honor of Wilson, the Bills kept one bank of lights on at the stadium that bears the owner's name.
"He wasn't my boss, he was my friend," Bills Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy said. "He meant so much to the game that both of us revered, and to the community of Buffalo and beyond. It's quite a loss."
Wilson had been receiving home hospice care, and had been in failing health since having hip surgery in 2011.
Wilson gave up daily oversight of the club on Jan. 1, 2013, when he relinquished the president's title to Brandon.
"No one loves this game more than Ralph Wilson," Brandon said. "It's very tough. What he's' meant to the entire organization. He's our leader, our mentor our friend. How he loves his players and loved our community. Special guy. They just don't make them like Ralph Wilson."
Wilson earned a well-established reputation for loyalty to fans and the stands he took against franchise relocation.
Though he butted heads several times with late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, it did not affect their friendship.
As Davis said in 2009: "There were a lot of guys saying (Steelers owner Dan) Rooney was the conscience. But certainly, Mr. Wilson was more of a conscience of the league."
Wilson also earned the respect of his players.
Bills Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas struggled with his emotions when discussing Wilson.
"With Mr. Wilson's passing today, it hurts," Thomas said. "So I'm going to miss him, without a doubt. He used to call me his favorite son."
Wilson's Bills won AFL championships in 1964 and '65, but never a Super Bowl. They came close in the early 1990s, when the Levy-coached and Jim Kelly-quarterbacked teams won four consecutive AFC championships, but lost each time.
The Bills have not made the playoffs since 1999 and their 14-year postseason drought ranks as the NFL's longest active streak.
What Wilson never lost was his sense of humor.
In 2010, with the Bills 0-5, Wilson began an interview with the AP with an apology. "I want to apologize for this phone system," Wilson said, with a familiar chuckle. "It's almost as bad as my team."
The franchise's future is now in the hands of Brandon and Wilson's second-in-command, Bills treasurer Jeffrey Littmann. For the meantime, the Bills are expected to be placed in a trust before eventually being sold.
Wilson expressed no interest of leaving the team to his family. He is survived by wife Mary, daughters Christy Wilson-Hofmann, who serves as a Bills consultant, and Edith Wilson. There's also niece Mary Owen, who serves on several NFL committees while working as the team's executive vice president of strategic planning.
Kelly has expressed interest in buying the franchise and has previously said he's assembled a group of investors.
Kelly's health, however, has become an issue. He is expected to have surgery for a second time in a year following the recurrence of cancer that his wife described as aggressive and "starting to spread."
Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula is also considered a candidate to purchase the Bills and keep them in Buffalo.
That doesn't remove the possibility of outside interests making offers and relocating the team to larger markets such as Los Angeles or nearby Toronto.
The Bills' future in Orchard Park is secure for the short term. The team negotiated a 10-year lease in December 2012 with the state and county to continue playing at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1918, Wilson moved to Detroit three years later when his father, Ralph Wilson Sr., took a sales job at an auto dealership. The father turned to insurance and in the mid-1930s landed a deal with Chrysler Corp.
Among Wilson's first moves upon taking over his father's insurance business in 1959 was selling his minor share in the Lions and investing in the AFL.
In 1964, Wilson traveled to the Winter Games at Innsbruck, Austria, where he slept on the floor of a reporter's room because all the hotels were booked, to help broker the AFL's landmark TV deal with NBC.
Wilson always maintained a healthy perspective in regards to what mattered when it came to football, including his place in the game.
When asked about the fragmented state of football in the mid-1990s, Wilson joked: "It's such a great game, it'll survive us."
Funeral arrangements have not yet been determined.
AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner in Orlando, Fla., Associated Press writers Mike Householder in Detroit and Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, AP Sports Writers Mark Long in Jacksonville, Fla., Paul Newberry in Atlanta, Larry Lage in Detroit, Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Tom Withers in Cleveland, Teresa Walker in Nashville and AP freelance writer Mark Ludwiczak contributed to this report.


text:
AEMK Systems, Inc. specializes in high speed, vision based robotics systems for applications in the automation, assembly, and packaging sectors through a wide range of industries.
Our flagship design, the DeltaBot, is a Delta style robot that combines leading edge speed, agility, accuracy, and reliability in a patented cable actuated design. With the DeltaBot, high speed flexible robotic with integrated vision is now a cost effective alternative to replace dedicated material handling fixtures and devices.
DeltaBot Features
- 3 and 6 degrees of freedom
- Zero footprint
- Zero maintenance
- Capable of applying high compression forces
- Load Capacity of +50lb
- 120+ pick-and-place cycles per minute
- Incorporated vision and conveyor tracking system options
- Workspace: scalable to over 1.5 meters
- Payload: scalable to several kilograms
- Low inertia and high stiffness
- Zero backlash ensures high accuracy and repeatability
- Non proprietary open architecture control system
√DeltaBot uses innovative cables instead of rigid links thereby increasing accuracy and repeatability while reducing maintenance and cost.
√DeltaBot has been specifically developed for ease of design, assembly and integration.
√DeltaBot incorporates a flexible control system, making integration into your system easy and painless.
√DeltaBot is a cost effective and robust solution when compared to competing high speed robot designs.


text:
This section presents a complex yet powerful XML based client API, which is intended for advanced users. However, if you are a new user, we recommend using code generation given in the Advanced User's Guide.
Web services can be used to provide a wide-range of functionality to the user from simple, quick operations such as "getStockQuote" to time consuming business services. When we utilize (invoke using client applications) these Web services, we cannot always use simple generic invocation paradigms that suite all the timing complexities involved in the service operations. For example, if we use a single transport channel (such as HTTP) to invoke a Web service with an IN-OUT operation that takes a long time to complete, then most often we may end up with "connection time outs". Further, if there are simultaneous service invocations that we need to perform from a single client application, then the use of a "blocking" client API will degrade the performance of the client application. Similarly, there are various other consequences such as One-Way transports that come into play when we need them. Let's try to analyze some common service invocation paradigms.
Many Web service engines provide users with Blocking and Non-Blocking client APIs.
Blocking API - Once the service invocation is called, the client application hangs, regaining control only when the operation completes, after which the client receives a response or a fault. This is the simplest way of invoking Web services, and it also suites many business situations.
Non-Blocking API - This is a callback or polling based API. Here, once a service invocation is called, the client application immediately regains control and the response is retrieved using the callback object provided. This approach allows the client application to invoke several Web services simultaneously without needing to wait for the response of previous operations.
Both these mechanisms work at the API level. Let's name the asynchronous behavior that we can get using the Non-Blocking API as API Level Asynchrony.
Both mechanisms use single transport connections to send the request and to receive the response. They severely lag the capability of using two transport connections for the request and the response (either One-Way or Two-Way). So both these mechanisms fail to address the problem of long running transactions, as the transport connection may still time-out before the operation completes. A possible solution would be to use two separate transport connections for request and response. The asynchronous behavior that we gain using this solution can be called Transport Level Asynchrony.
By combining API Level Asynchrony and Transport Level Asynchrony, we can obtain four different invocation patterns for Web services as shown in the following table.
API (Blocking/Non-Blocking)
Dual Transports (Yes/No)
The simplest and most familiar invocation pattern
Using callbacks or polling
This is useful when the service operation is Request-Response in nature but the transport used is One-Way (e.g. SMTP)
This is can be used to gain the maximum asynchronous behavior. Non blocking at the API level and also at the transport level.
Axis2 provides the user with all these possibilities to invoke Web services.
The following section presents clients that use some of the different possibilities presented above to invoke a Web Service using ServiceClients. All the samples mentioned in this guide are located at the "samples\userguide\src" directory of the binary distribution.
This section presents four types of clients.
The client code below will invoke the "echo" operation of "MyService" using a pure blocking single-channel invocation.
try {
OMElement payload = ClientUtil.getEchoOMElement();
Options options = new Options();
options.setTo(targetEPR); // this sets the location of MyService service
ServiceClient serviceClient = new ServiceClient();
OMElement result = serviceClient.sendReceive(payload);
} catch (AxisFault axisFault) {
The lines highlighted in green show the set of operations that you need to perform in order to invoke the Web service in this manner.
To test this client, use the provided Ant build file that can be found in the "Axis2_HOME/samples/userguide" directory. Run the "run.client.blocking" target. If you can see the response OMElement printed in your command line, then you have successfully tested the client.
In the Web service "MyService", we had an IN-ONLY operation with the name "ping" (see Creating a New Web Service). Let's write a client to invoke this operation. The client code is as follows:
try { OMElement payload = ClientUtil.getPingOMElement(); Options options = new Options(); options.setTo(targetEPR); ServiceClient serviceClient = new ServiceClient(); serviceClient.setOptions(options); serviceClient.fireAndForget(payload); /** * We need to wait some time for the message to be sent. Otherwise, * if we immediately exit this function using the main thread, * the request won't be sent. */ Thread.sleep(500); } catch (AxisFault axisFault) { axisFault.printStackTrace(); }
Since we are calling an IN-ONLY web service, we can directly use the fireAndForget() in the ServiceClient to invoke this operation. This will not block the invocation and will return the control immediately back to the client. You can test this client by running the target "run.client.ping" of the Ant build file at "Axis2Home/samples/userguide".
In the "EchoBlockingClient" once the serviceClient.sendReceive(payload); is called, the client is blocked till the operation is complete. This behavior is not desirable when there are many Web service invocations to be done in a single client application or within a GUI. A solution would be to use a Non-Blocking API to invoke Web services. Axis2 provides a callback based non-blocking API for users.
A sample client for this can be found under "Axis2_HOME/samples/userguide/src/userguide/clients" with the name "EchoNonBlockingClient". If we consider the changes that the developer may have to do with respect to the "EchoBlockingClient" that we have already seen, it will be as follows:
serviceClient.sendReceiveNonblocking(payload, callback);
The invocation accepts a Callback object as a parameter. Axis2 client API provides an abstract Callback with the following methods:
public abstract void onComplete(AsyncResult result); public abstract void onError(Exception e); public boolean isComplete() {}
The developer is expected to override the onComplete() and onError() methods of their Callback subclass. The Axis2 engine calls the onComplete() method once the Web service response is received by the Axis2 Client API (ServiceClient). This eliminates the blocking nature of the web service request-response invocation.
To run the sample client ("EchoNonBlockingClient") you can simply use the run.client.nonblocking target of the Ant file found in the "Axis2_HOME/samples/userguide" directory.
The solution provided above by the Non-Blocking API has one limitation when it comes to Web service invocations that take a long time to complete. The limitation is due to the use of single transport connections to invoke the Web service and retrieve the response. In other words, the client API provides a non-blocking invocation mechanism for developers, but the request and the response still come in a single transport (Two-Way transport) connection like HTTP. Long running Web service invocations or Web service invocations using One-Way transports such as SMTP cannot be utilized by simply using a non-blocking API invocation.
The simplest solution is to use separate transport connections (either One-Way or Two-Way) for the request and response. The next problem that needs to be solved, however, is subsequently correlating each request with its response. WS-Addressing provides a neat solution to this using <wsa:MessageID> and <wsa:RelatesTo> headers. Axis2 provides support for an addressing based correlation mechanism and a complying Client API to invoke Web services with two transport connections. (The core of Axis2 does not depend on WS-Addressing, but contains a set of parameters, like in addressing, that can be populated by any method. WS-Addressing is one of the uses that may populate them. Even the transports can populate them. Hence, Axis2 has the flexibility to use different addressing standards.)
Users can select between Blocking and Non-Blocking APIs for the Web service clients with two transport connections. By simply using a boolean flag, the same API can be used to invoke Web services (IN-OUT operations) using two separate transport connections. Let's see how it's done using an example. The following code fragment shows how to invoke the same "echo" operation using Non-Blocking API with two transport connections. The ultimate asynchrony!!
try { OMElement payload = ClientUtil.getEchoOMElement(); Options options = new Options(); options.setTo(targetEPR); options.setTransportInProtocol(Constants.TRANSPORT_HTTP); options.setUseSeparateListener(true); options.setAction("urn:echo"); // this is the action mapping we put within the service.xml //Callback to handle the response Callback callback = new Callback() { public void onComplete(AsyncResult result) { System.out.println(result.getResponseEnvelope()); } public void onError(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } }; //Non-Blocking Invocation sender = new ServiceClient(); sender.engageModule(new QName(Constants.MODULE_ADDRESSING)); sender.setOptions(options); sender.sendReceiveNonBlocking(payload, callback); //Wait till the callback receives the response. while (!callback.isComplete()) { Thread.sleep(1000); } } catch (AxisFault axisFault) { axisFault.printStackTrace(); } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { //Close the Client Side Listener. sender.cleanup(); } catch (AxisFault axisFault) { //have to ignore this } }
The boolean flag (value True) in the options.setUseSeparateListener(...) method informs the Axis2 engine to use separate transport connections for the request and response. Finally sender.cleanup() informs the Axis2 engine to stop the client side listener, which started to retrieve the response.
To run the sample client ("EchoNonBlockingDualClient") you can simply use the "run.client.nonblockingdual" target of the Ant file found in the "Axis2_HOME/samples/userguide/" directory.


text:
Adria>Services>Loyalty programmes>Miles & More
Miles & More
Join the Miles & More programme and with every flight you will earn extra miles which you can spend on more flights, hotel accommodation, car rental or attractive rewards.
The programme is aimed at individual frequent flyers. Earn extra miles on all Adria Airways scheduled flights and flights with Star Alliance members and other partner airlines.
The programme does not only reward you for flying with us, but also for other travel-related activities with Miles & More partners: payments with credit cards, hotel accommodation, car rental, bank transactions, phone calls and certain purchases.
Where can I enrol in the Miles & More frequent flyer programme?
You can fill in the online registration form on the Miles & More website. We will assign you a membership number and you can print out a temporary membership card. You will receive your permanent card and PIN after your first miles are credited to your account.
You can pick up a printed registration form at Adria Airways sales offices, aboard the plane or from travel agents. Please complete it and send it to the address shown. The registration form includes a temporary membership card.
" Miles & More allows us to offer our passengers more ways to earn and spend miles across the entire Star Alliance network.
What benefits does the Miles & More programme offer me?
- When you enrol in Miles & More you receive a temporary paper membership card.
- With your first miles you become a full member and receive a permanent blue membership card with a personal identification number (PIN). You need your membership number and PIN to claim membership privileges and check your account status.
- On Adria Airways flights, Miles & More members earn from 125 to 2,000 miles, depending on the fare paid. Miles earned also count as status miles, which are used to qualify for a higher status level.
- Meet the qualifying conditions (number of miles or number of flights) in a calendar year and become a Frequent Traveller (silver member) or Senator (gold member).
- Collect even more miles and achieve the highest status: HON Circle. Higher status membership is valid for two years across the entire Star Alliance network.
- Higher status members earn 25% more miles on Adria Airways flights.
" Lufthansa's Miles & More club is the leading frequent flyer programme in Europe.


text:
Detail Images
Current Color
Free 2-Day shipping on orders over $50. Learn More
Select style & size:Select options
11 Reviews
Iris X Goggles
POC's double lens and anti-fog treatment keep the Iris X Goggles from fogging up, so you never have to ride in your own personal whiteout. A cellulose propionate inner lens adds fog-fighting performance and proves once again that POC goes above and beyond the norm. Tripe-layer face foam wicks moisture and keeps you comfortable, while the hydrophobic and oleophobic treatment repels water and oil. The Iris X Goggles come in two sizes to better fit your face, and the wrap-around design increases peripheral vision.
Proposition 65 Warning for California Consumers: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.
- Get fog-fighting vision on the slopes with these goggles
- Wide lenses provide greater vision up and down the hill
- Anti-fog treatment stops your goggles from clouding up
- Triple-layer face foam is soft and moisture-wicking
- Hydrophobic and oleophobic treatment repels water and oils
- Anti-scratch technology has you ready for tight tree runs
- Item #POC0005
Tech Specs
Gearhead Help
Tech Specs
- Reviews
What do you think about this product?
Have questions about this product?
Great goggles
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Both my kids use these for racing. They are very sturdy and don't fog. Lenses are not easy to switch, but bronze/silver mirror works great for every day. Size Medium looks large-ish on both kids (8 and 11) but it works, and the peripheral vision is great. Both wear POC race helmets. No gap, and the silicone on the back of the strap makes them stay put.
Glad to hear these are working out so great for your kids! Thanks for sharing your experience with these goggles to help others looking at them.
Love them !!
Great Goggle
Great fit with the POC Frontal helmet. Awesome lens options for various conditions, and a very versatile fit.
POC Iris X Goggle
Dual Use
Got these for my young daughter, and the small works well with the POC Ito helmet (which was a bit of a surprise). They provide great coverage and sun protection. I donned the Pink this spring and found them comfortable and great for cutting the glare. A good choice!
Just beware the reflective lens material scratches off pretty easily, so handle carefully and use the supplied goggle bag.
Great pick up
Love the poc iris x goggles. I have the blue and white and they are great for bluebird days, not so much in flatter light. They work well with poc bug adjustable. The pushed down on my nose a little but just had to get the fit right with the helmet.
They Will Last.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've had these goggles for about 5 seasons now, maybe 6 including this one, and I'm only just looking for new ones now (because they've just started fogging up on me. I'm sure it's only because they're a little mangled now.) I ski race almost 170 days per year so that's saying something! You can't go wrong with these!
Love It!
Got these for my son in green. They look great and they don't seem to fog up. I will get some for myself next season.
No Fog
These are great goggles and super durable. They have held up to many days(30+) spent on the slopes. The Medium size fits well on my 14 year olds face. The neon colors are great and really stand out in white out/ low light conditions as well
Racer's choice
These goggles perform very well and integrate perfectly with POC helmets. The frame is pretty flexible so it sits comfortably on the face. The black frame/blue bronze lens is a good all-around choice for a variety of conditions; my son picked up a single lens Iris Comp lens that he can pop in for snowy/cloudy days.
Blue lens best for brighter days
After skiing with the blue lens in all conditions I concluded they just don't work for me at all under overcast skies--which is what the NW has most of the time--but they're good for partly cloudy to sunny bluebird days. So, these weren't a great value in my case. For the price of a replacement lens I can buy a different pair goggles for most of the skiing I'll do. They do look great, and fit a small to medium sized face well.
sicky gnar gnar
i got the whilte with blue lense. these things are awesome, sturdy and fog free. if you try to fog them up, they defog in about 2 seconds. they have a TON of venting. the only problem is you can get a cross wind going through the vents on the lift. Face the wind and you are fine. they also make a perfect seal with my poc helmet which is nice
My favorite
These goggles have been great for me. They've never fogged up, but I'm careful to take them off if I'm going to max out on hiking. They're comfortable and the optics are great (which surprisingly isn't always a given on goggles these days). Also this blue mirror is the best all around lens I've ever had. At first I figured I'd be using different lenses for low light days, but I found my friends would be complaining about vis with their flashy lenses and I'd be just fine. I used this lens all season and loved it!
RIP Arne
Too big, but great googles
These goggles took me a little while to get used to because they were really big on my face. I think I got them before they came in two sizes. Women should consider getting the smalls. I never had a problem with them fogging up, even when I was hiking.
I need a pair of googles that adjust to the color of the sky, what do you guys suggest, cloudy to sunny.. sunny to cloudy
How many lenses does this goggle come with?
Can these be used for mountain biking?
I can't see the difference between this type and POC Iris Flow, for example.
You totally can use them mountain biking, comes down to preference of lens. The Flow has a few features to make them mountain bike specific such as a different foam inner to help with moisture control.
Feel free to hit me up at email@example.com or 801-736-6398.
Will these goggles (medium) fit with a...
Will these goggles (medium) fit with a Large 57-58 Skull light helmet? Or should I go with a bigger goggle? I have a narrow face but my head measurements tell me I should get a Large helmet.
I own a Shred Brain Bucket Helmet...will...
I own a Shred Brain Bucket Helmet...will these goggles fit with my helmet? Or should I look at a different POC model, such as the Lobe or the Cornea?
Why bother to show the difference in size...
Why bother to show the difference in size between the large and small frames if you don't carry the large size?
Every goggle on the market is designed for small to medium faces. I'm talking frame size, not huge spherical lenses (which are still designed on medium to small frames). Missed niche market sales opportunity in my opinion.
Good points.
Which of the many lenses that POC has does...
Which of the many lenses that POC has does the Green Iris X ship with? Can guess from the picture but would rather know for sure!
i bought these goggles last year and really...
i bought these goggles last year and really like them. But the coating has suddenly come off in several patches- i think some oil dripped from a chairlift on to them. Can i get a replacement lens?
yes, I would try POC customer service for maybe a warranty replacement fist, but a quick search on google will give you replacement lenses for around $20-25
Would these goggles fit with the skull...
Would these goggles fit with the skull comp helmet?
Most goggles are made to fit with most every ski/snowboard helmet
Could these or any other POC goggles be...
Could these or any other POC goggles be used over glasses? Thanks.
Hey Frank,
These goggles might not have enough room to squeeze glasses under them, but I'd recommend the POC Lobes for that roomier fit. That or the POC Cornea goggles too.
what no purple in Small?
what no purple in Small?
We are currently sold out of the Small Purple. Sorry, I don't see that we're expecting any more any time soon.
the tint looks super dark. How do they...
the tint looks super dark. How do they work when snow is falling, blowing, overcast etc....wanna get into a pair but want something I can use in all conditions.....what say ye??
Hey, I have the poc receptor bug helmet ...
I have the poc receptor bug helmet and I was wondering if these goggles would fit well with it.
Hi Bill,
I have the Skull X helmet and the small Iris X goggle (I'm female) and I've been wearing both for several years now. So the answer is an emphatic YES! Any of the POC goggles is compatible with their helmets. I just purchased a second pair of Iris X goggles from BC since they were on sale and I wanted a backup pair. I love these goggles. Just don't leave them on your helmet when you remove the helmet from your head and you are carrying the helmet:} They will fall off and scratch the lenses or worse, you will lose them. Put them inside the helmet in their bag. The back of the bands on all of the POC goggles has non-skid rubber. This keeps them in place while you are wearing them without a goggle clip. You can still push them up in the front and they will stay in place. But they will definitely fall off the helmet if you are carrying the helmet with them on the helmet. You will love any of the goggles with the helmet. I really like the blue lens that comes with the Iris X.
I had a new pair (one season) of the Zeal photochromatic goggles when I first bought the POC stuff. I couldn't wear them with the POC helmet because they didn't have the non-skid rubber. But I like the lenses on the Iris X much more than the Zeal, and I also like the way they fit my face. Hope this helps.
Match made in heaven (or Sweden)
Is this goggle for new 2009/2010 model? Can...
Is this goggle for new 2009/2010 model?
Can you send me the real picture?


text:
Sugar Rush: Rhubarb Four Ways at Jean Georges
Your daily dose of something sweet.
When it's time to treat yourself to a dessert at a fancy pants restaurant, many people, myself included, head for the prix-fixe lunch at the three-Michelin starred Jean Georges or slightly more casual Nougatine, generally acknowledged as one of the best dining values in New York. You can't beat the location—right at Columbus Circle and across from Central Park. The dining room's huge windows let in a ton of light and somehow magically seal off the noise from the city.
Jean Georges has their own unique convention for serving plated desserts. You choose from a menu of three or four themes based on either a season or an ingredient, like spring, chocolate, or citrus. Then you receive a large plate with four different takes on that theme. Any one of the four could serve as the sole plated dessert at most good restaurants.
I say go with rhubarb ($16).
The chilled rhubarb soup, served in a small glass, was very sweet and pulpy with the consistency of a shot of fresh squeezed orange juice ordered specifically with extra pulp.
The lemon grass rhubarb creamsicle with champagne mango was my favorite part of the dessert: it's reminiscent of the creamsicles of my youth. The frozen rhubarb was quite tart and contrasted nicely with the sweet, creamy ice cream.
The Alsatian rhubarb tart with basil and rhubarb will appeal to those who want to simply have a slice of rhubarb pie after dinner. This tart leans a little to the savory side due to the basil, and it's baked throughout the day so you always get a fresh slice.
The orange flower yogurt with almond crumble and spiced rhubarb compote reminds me of the textures that make up an apple crisp. The almond crumble provides a solid crunch to go with the soft yogurt and compote. By design, this course was also the least sweet of the group. When you're serving someone four desserts at a time it won't work if they're all sweet.
Executive Pastry Chef Joe Murphy told me JG goes through 80lbs of rhubarb a week this time of year and that the tart is Jean Georges' (the namesake chef) favorite dessert. Ultimately, a dessert at Jean Georges may cost a bit more but you'll never wonder where that money went.
Jean Georges
1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023 (map)
This post may contain links to Amazon or other partners; your purchases via these links can benefit Serious Eats. Read more about our affiliate linking policy.


text:
Foregoing Sleep for Work
My brother works 18 hours a day because he runs a courier company. He does get sleepy, but he cannot sleep for more than two to three hours every day due to his work schedule and other house chores. Sometimes he does not even get those two to three hours of sleep because of his family commitments! He is 50 years old and has been doing this for over 30 years. He has acid reflux problems and dark circles around his eyes. Even with poor sleep and a heavy work schedule he is not irritable or grouchy. He is always there to help and does everything he can to make life easier for everyone around him. What do you suggest for this hard worker who just isnât getting enough sleep?
Iâd suggest he rethink his lifestyle!! Unfortunately, he is an example of what has become all too commonplace in modern society â not making sleep a priority. Most individuals need 7-8 hours to function well and be at their best. When they deprive themselves of this needed sleep, they are putting themselves at risk for all sorts of problems. A chronic lack of sleep is now recognized as a contributory factor to numerous bad effects on our health and well-being and thus getting more sleep is really in your brotherâs best interest.
While we don't completely understand the reasons why we sleep and what exactly the function of sleep is, growing research suggests that adequate sleep is important for the process of functioning and health. Studies have found that individuals that are sleep deprived tend to perform poorly in test situations, have reduced concentration and tend to be more irritable and anxious. Chronic partial sleep deprivation can also affect our ability to learn and thus can have a significant impact on school and job performance. Believe it or not, but we actually âlearnâ (take daytime experiences or what we have studied during the day and store them into long-term memory) better with sleep than if weâre to stay awake all night.
It has only been in the last 10 years or so that we have begun to understand the wide ranging impact that lack of adequate sleep can have on our health and well-being. Recent research has shown, in pretty convincing fashion, that insufficient (lack of enough) sleep can contribute to significant weight gain. This appears to be due to changes in hormones that control appetite and cravings for certain foods. Weight gain, in turn, can lead to other medical problems, such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, etc. While not as clear, chronic lack of sleep by itself may contribute directly to the development of hypertension. As mentioned above, another area of concern is the impact that insufficient sleep has on vigilance, ability to concentrate and daytime sleepiness. These all can be impaired by insufficient sleep and, as a result, can have wide ranging consequences, including increased rates of car accidents and work-related accidents. Some of the largest man-made disasters in modern times were attributed, in part, to sleep deprived individuals making poor decisions (Three Mile Island, the Exxon Valdez, etc.). And if all that were not enough, numerous studies have all found that short sleep duration is associated with increased mortality (death). Thus short sleepers (those not getting enough sleep) are more likely to die at a young age compared to those sleeping 7-8 hours per night. So as you can see, lack of adequate sleep can have serious consequences, affecting learning, social function, and health.
I recommend that your brother reconsider his lifestyle and begin making sleep a priority in his life. An evaluation by a Sleep Specialist would be helpful if a primary sleep disorder such as insomnia is suspected.
If you have other specific questions about sleep, lack of sleep, or other sleep disorders, please visit the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. In addition to information, the website contains a list of Sleep Centers and Sleep Specialists across the country so that you may locate one near you. The website Sleep Education.com also contains plenty of consumer friendly information about sleep and sleep apnea. Good luck and here's to better sleep!
For more information:
Go to the Sleep Disorders health topic.


text:
Quick Reference
In northern Palestine; also called 'the Lake of Gennesaret' (Luke 5: 1) and 'the Sea of Tiberias' (John 6: 1), a freshwater lake separating two parts of the River Jordan. It spreads out to 12.8 km. (8 miles) across and its length is about 21 km. (13 miles). The situation between hills causes sudden changes of temperature and squalls (Mark 4: 35–41). Fishing has always been an important industry and pickled fish used to be sent up to Jerusalem. What Mark regards as a 'sea' (Mark 4: 39), Luke from the wider perspective of a world traveller designates a mere 'lake' (Luke 8: 22). It is of great importance in the narratives of Jesus' ministry.
Subjects: Biblical Studies.


text:
How does USADA ensure a fair playing field for amateurs?
In fact, ALL USA Cycling-licensed riders, from amateurs to the pros, are required to abide by the World Anti-Doping Code and can be tested by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), both in and out-of-competition. This includes masters and juniors.
All competitors are responsible for the integrity of his or her own body. It says so right on the back of your license:
"Using any form of dietary supplement may result in a positive test for prohibited substances leading to a suspension and/or other penalties. Vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids and other dietary substances may contain prohibited or illegal substances that may or may not be listed on the label. Any athlete who takes a vitamin, mineral, herb, amino acid or other dietary supplement does so at his or her own risk of committing a doping violation."
Who can be tested and when?
Basically, if you're an athlete in the sport of cycling, you are subject to both urine and blood tests, 365 days–a-year, at any time, and in any place.
- IN-COMPETITION TESTING: USADA coordinates these in-competition tests with USA Cycling or the UCI, and athletes are usually selected for testing based on pre-established criteria, including random. An example would be selecting the top three finishers in a race for testing, as well as other randomly selected finishers. Keep in mind that in addition to pre-established criteria, USADA could also test additional athletes.
- OUT-OF-COMPETITION TESTING: USADA establishes its plan for out-of-competition testing based on the number of cycling athletes in the USADA Registered Testing Pool. However, not being in the pool doesn't mean you won't be subject to out-of-competition testing. As is the case during competition, USADA can select additional athletes for testing.
Which substances are prohibited all of the time and which are prohibited only during racing?
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List identifies substances and methods that are prohibited during competition, as well as those that are prohibited at all times (both in-competition and out-of-competition).
An athlete must check the WADA Prohibited List to determine which substances are prohibited. You can view the complete list at www.usada.org/prohibited-list.
What if I have a legitimate medical need for a prohibited substance?
If you have a verifiable and legitimate medical need to use a prohibited substance, you may be eligible to receive a Therapeutic Use Expemption (TUE) Find more information on the TUE process at usada.org/tue.
I'd like to report doping abuse. What should I do?
USADA encourages you to report dopers by calling its Play Clean Line at 1-877-752-9253.
Do you have more questions on how USADA's testing procedures work? If so, the USADA website has a great FAQ section.
Who the heck is USADA anyways?
USADA is the independent national anti-doping organization in the United States. Independent by charter and design, the mission of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is to preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport and protect the rights of clean athletes. USADA conducts the anti-doping program for Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American sports in the United States. Both USADA and the International Cycling Union are signatories of the WADA Code, which upholds the highest standards for anti-doping programs in sport internationally. Aside from international testing, more than 700 tests are performed each year on USA Cycling members, both professional and amateur, by USADA.
By using a USA Cycling license, you agree to know and abide by the applicable rules and regulations of USA Cycling and the UCI, including the anti-doping rules and procedures as set forth by USADA, the UCI or WADA and that you agree to submit to any drug test organized under the rules by the UCI, USA Cycling, USADA, or the official anti-doping authority of a foreign country where you are competing.
Anti-doping measures aren't just for elite athletes.
This Article Updated March 23, 2012 @ 01:51 PM For more information contact:


text:
Rituxan for ALL
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My oncologist has started a treatment regimen of Rituxan for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Ph+. I cannot find any research that indicates that Rituxan is used for treatment of this disease. I have only found where it is used for the treatment of lymphomas and to get patients ready for transplants. Can you clarify this?
Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Rituxan is a monoclonal antibody drug that is often used to treat lymphoid malignancies. The term "lymphoid" refers to anything involving lymphatic tissue, i.e. lymph nodes.
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia , also known as ALL, is a type of lymphoid malignancy that travels through the blood. There have been reports of patients treated with Rituxan in combination with other therapeutic agents for ALL, both Ph-negative and Ph-positive types (Ph=Philadelphia chromosome). I am not aware of treatment with Rituxan as a single agent (given alone) for ALL. Treatment for Ph-positive disease should include one of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (such as Gleevec/Imatinib or dasatinib).


text:
This is the Razor Shield by HYD For Men.
Why We Love It: The more often you use your razor, the more likely you are to suffer from razor burn and dull blades. The Razor Shield from HYD For Men eliminates the problem by creating a liquid barrier around the blades, protecting them from corrosive chemical reactions and prolonging the life of a razor up to 90 uses, or between three to 12 weeks depending on how often you shave.
Razor Shield is non-irritating and paraben free, and uses hydrating natural oils to moisturize your skin while protecting your razor. Just apply to blade after each shave.
Where To Buy: Available through HYD For Men or Drugstore.com.
Want to nominate a cool product for Stuff We Love? Send an email to Megan Willett at firstname.lastname@example.com with "Stuff We Love" in the subject line.


text:
We woke up Saturday morning at 10,200 feet to robins singing a summery tune, our friend Glenn strumming his fiddle, a lone domestic sheep bleating and a sheepdog circling its charge, trying to lead her back to the flock.
Ive had a black bear amble through my camp at dusk and a grouse perch on my head, and once a fox streaked through our camp in hot pursuit of a snowshoe hare, but never has a domestic sheep baa-ed in camp all morning like her babies had been stolen.
Every summer, about 7,000 sheep get moved up into the San Juan Forest to graze, which can be hard on wild plants, but is a continuation of a rich history. (Dan has a dream of spending the summer cataloging the aspen tree graffiti - the words and drawings carved into aspen trees decades ago by lonely, hispanic sheepherders. Living history that will live just as long as the individual tree anyone want to sponsor him?)
The lone sheep eventually joined her wooly family over the hill, but Hearts, (the name Hazel, Glenns daughter, age 7 going on grad school, gave the sheepdog) inexplicably stayed with us.
All weekend we frolicked and lounged, drank coffee late and beer early, while Hearts the Dog insinuated herself into the fold of families. She hiked with us and accepted our gifts of popcorn and cheese and guarded our tents during nap time. Like mothers do, Kristi (Hazels mom) and I worried about why the dog was so skinny and where her food and people were, and what caused the bloody gash on her back leg that made her limp. There was talk, when the dog was still with us at dinnertime, (eating her own plate of mac n cheese!) about taking her home (which was either highly unethical or going to save her life). Even Dan threw a nugget of raw elk sausage to Hearts.
After dinner, we took a walk to the spot where we had last seen several sheep and a few horses. We figured if Hearts belonged there, she might recognize her home.
And Hearts, that old trickster Australian Shepherd with the sweetest blue eyes, loped up to her horses like they were old, familiar friends; and, indeed, they were. Thanks for the food and love, suckahs, Hearts wagged as she bid us adieu.
Meanwhile, the clouds whipped themselves into a thick batter. We made it back to camp just as lightning cracked open the sky and poured it into the mountain basin. Col, Dan and I retreated to our tent like a Kansas storm cellar to read our two books over and over while Rose played a game about Yahtzee in the camper with everyone else.
Remember Hearts? Rose asked on the drive home before falling into that blessed sleep of children that seems to come as easy as breath. Dan and I nodded and laughed, passing surreptitious squares of chocolate to each other in the front seat, marveling at how much can happen in one short weekend.
Reach Rachel Turiel at email@example.com her blog, 6512 and growing, on raising children, chickens and other messy, rewarding endeavors at 6,512 feet.


text:
Welcome to Fragrance Oils,
a leading international creator and manufacturer
of fragrances and natural extracts
of fragrances and natural extracts
Our technical expertise, passion and creative spirit allow us to develop inspiring and commercially successful fragrances that are tailored to our customers' specific needs. Our global consumer insight and total commitment to customer satisfaction has made us a leader in our field.
Where Creative Flair and
Technical Excellence Meet...


text:
Mens Nautica NCT 400 Watch A13551G
Sorry, this product is now discontinued and is no longer available.
We Price Match!Seen it cheaper?
Mens Nautica NCT 400 model in stainless steel and leather. The dial features silver high-visibility hour markers and a date function, and the watch fastens with a sturdy black strap.
This watch is supplied with:
- check Official Nautica presentation box
- check Official Nautica guarantee
- check Instruction manual (where applicable)
This product can be shipped to:
- UK (United Kingdom)
- EU (European Union)
Share this product
Should you find any item not to your liking, simply return the unwanted item(s) to us using the enclosed returns form and your purchase will be refunded in full. We assure you of a smooth, easy, and zero hassle returns procedure if you change your mind for any reason. Please note that earrings and other items of body jewellery cannot be returned for refund as unwanted items in the interests of hygiene. Currently, refunds are processed in an average of 2 days after receipt (Live statistic)
FREE Click & Collect for orders over £25.00 from any mainland participating partner showrooms* (excluding airports and orders paid for by PayPal or Interest Free Credit). For more information on our new Click & Collect scheme please see this link (*UK only)
Own this item? Click here to write a review
Other independent review sources
There are no reviews for this product yet. Be the first to add a review for it.
Inspired by man's great accomplishments in spanning the sea's surfaces and exploring its depths, Nautica has created a series of watches that combine the rich heritage of maritime watchmaking with its unmistakeable Italian style. Built in stainless steel with PVD gold and black ion-plated accents, the cases are fastened by a choice of matching metal tri-link bracelets, black stitched leather and durable polyurethane straps that bring a modern flash of colour to the classic aesthetic. Bold digital LCD displays or sleek analogue and smart chronographic dial designs, with custom ground bezels, show how much attention to detail and quality has gone into this Nautica range. Inspired by a vintage maritime aesthetic and Italian contemporary style, each watch is water resistant to 100 metres and built with Nautica's passion for seamanship, ready to set sail.
Watch Shop is an authorised Nautica stockist.
Love Nautica?
Sign up to receive email updates when new styles of Nautica are added to Watch Shop!


text:
Monteith died of a drug overdose one year ago Sunday
One year after Cory Monteith's tragic death, his Glee costars are sharing memories of their friend over social media.
Monteith was found dead July 13, 2013, after overdosing on heroin and alcohol in his Vancouver hotel room. He was 31.
On Sunday, on- and off-screen girlfriend Lea Michele posted photos in the late actor s honor.
"We hold you in our hearts today, and every day we remember your smile. We will love you and miss you always," she wrote on Twitter in a message retweeted by Chris Colfer.
The show's cast (including Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley and Jenna Ushkowitz) and creator Ryan Murphy are all remembering Monteith through Instagram pictures and Tweets.
See their tributes below:
PHOTOS: Cory Monteith's Hollywood Life