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We haven't had a good douchehounding in a while, because trolls get real boring real fast — they're rarely worth the effort. (Pointing and laughing takes a lot of muscle power, and everyone knows fatties hate exercise!) But the three of us are having a grand time kicking this one around, and we thought we'd let you join in the fun.
I forgot to take note of this fellow's name before I booted him into the maw of Akismet (who, as I mentioned in comments, I envision as looking just like Ammit — it's ancient monster week here at SP!), so we'll just call him Schmucko. Schmucko here set himself apart from the rest of the pack because of his brutal honesty. Of course most trolls think they're being forthright and brave, the only people willing to tell us straight out that we're unhealthy and unattractive. But it's always pretty clear that they're externalizing something — misogyny, puritanism, fear of death, whatever. The thing is, one generally has to work at it to figure out what they're really scared or angry about. Rarely is a troll so up-front as to say something like "I'm going to make your body my business because I fear women's potential power and think they should be controlled."
Not so Schmucko. Here's his contribution to discussion on the perspective post:
Unlike your fat gut, manticores are imaginary. I stopped believing in Lord of the Rings creatures when I was 8. My fear that a woman with the legal power to take half of my possessions might some day become so fat and sexually unappealing that I'd sooner cut my own penis off than have sex with the manatee that used to be my wife is unfortunately all too common and blogs like this one that dangerously suggest to naive future fatties that it's ok are only leading your victims down the primrose path to a battle they can't win. Male attraction instincts are what they are. It's no one's fault except yours: lose weight.
No beating around the bush for our Schmucko! It's not about health, or American overconsumption, or even about women's general duty to be as attractive as possible. No, it's about the fear that a woman might become unattractive to him, and that he might have already married her, and she might take his stuff. (Note the MRA-style fixation on keeping harpies' claws off your hard-earned possessions — oh wait, you DO believe in mythical creatures! Just not in prenuptial agreements or mutual respect.) The very existence of fatness, the very existence specifically of women who are fat, and most terrifyingly the existence of women who are fat and don't hate themselves for it, threaten not only Schmucko's imaginary future wife but his property and also his penis. And naturally, he cannot imagine anything more frightening. His fear — he doesn't even bother to pretend it's righteous anger on behalf of our health or the health of the public — shouldn't logically extend to fat men, or fat lesbians, or fat straight women who want nothing to do with his sorry ass. Yet so strong is his terror that his hypothetical wife's body might lead him to self-castration and poverty that he feels the need to prate about it to three women who wouldn't touch his cock with a pair of tongs. (Don't worry, dude, you are in absolutely no danger of slicing off your junk out of horror at having to fuck anyone here. I just don't see the opportunity arising.)
It's so hard to pick a favorite, but I have to say I love the part where he assures us that "male attraction instincts are what they are." No man could ever love a fatty, it's as simple as that — even though he's been talking about himself, his preferences, his belongings the whole time, and I have to doubt the "male instincts" of a guy who'd chop his cock off just to avoid having sex. And (here's where it gets delightful) even though he's been talking to three women who are all in long-term, committed relationships with men. (Granted only two of us are fat, but the fat ones are married — and yes, we were fat when we got that way, and yes, the husbands still have penises. Well, I'm only guessing about Al.) We're supposed to believe not only that we should lose weight just in case Schmucko someday doesn't want to fuck the woman he's purported to love and she robs him blind — we're also supposed to believe we should lose weight because every man is just like Schmucko and nobody could possibly have different preferences. It's really a magnum opus of egomania. Suddenly we're expected to launch into self-loathing and self-denial to protect this guy's penis, his estate, and his comfortable conviction that he's a model of masculine instinct. Yeah, I'll get right on that.
Full marks, Schmucko, for having the balls — FOR NOW — to say what so many of your ilk are thinking: that what's scary and threatening isn't fat, but women you don't control.


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Lady Flames (L-R) Megan Robinson, Katie Zavodny and Kassidy McCoy all earned Big South postseason awards.
On the eve of the 2013 Big South Softball Championship, three Liberty Lady Flames earned postseason conference honors, as announced at an awards banquet on the campus of Winthrop. Junior outfielder Katie Zavodny was named to the Big South All-Conference first team. Third baseman Kassidy McCoy drew All-Freshman Team mention and sophomore second baseman Megan Robinson was listed on the Big South All-Academic Team. Zavodny received all-conference honors for the second year in a row, after being named to the Big South All-Conference second team last year. She was also a member of the VaSID All-State second team in 2012. A native of Concord, N.C., Zavodny has had a record-setting season, leading the Lady Flames with a .390 batting average, 40 runs scored and a program-record 41 stolen bases. She went on a 23-game hitting streak earlier this year, tying Liberty's existing record set by Alycia Stevens in 1995. Zavodny has two five-hit games this season, and she is the first Lady Flame with five hits in a game in program history. She is currently ranked No. 6 in the nation in stolen bases per game. McCoy, a Hendersonville, Tenn., product, is a member of the inaugural Big South All-Freshman team in softball. She hits .290 with five doubles, three homers and 16 RBIs, and ranks fourth on the team with a .355 on-base percentage. McCoy went 3-for-3 with a homer against both Longwood and Virignia, and hit a home run during the regular-season finale versus Virginia Tech. Robinson, who hails from Richlands, Va., holds a 4.0 grade-point average as a youth ministries major. She has made 50 starts at second base this season. Robinson paces the Lady Flames with 96 assists while sporting a .968 fielding percentage. She leads Liberty, and is tied for fifth in the Big South, with eight times hit by a pitch. Senior pitcher/designated player Brooke Short, from conference newcomer Longwood, was named Big South Player of the Year. The conference's pitcher of the year distinction went to Coastal Carolina sophomore Kiana Quolas. Campbell received two major softball awards, as catcher Courtney Klingler was voted Big South Freshman of the Year and Camels head coach Drew Peterson earned his first Big South Coach of the Year honor. Gardner-Webb sophomore shortstop Savannah Burns earned Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The 2013 Big South Softball Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting begins tomorrow at 9 a.m., as No. 8 seed Presbyterian College and No. 9 seed Charleston Southern meet in an elimination game. The No. 6 seed Lady Flames face No. 3 seed Longwood in the fifth game of the day, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Winthrop's Terry Field.
2013 Big South Softball Award Winners
First Team All-Conference Kori Nishitomi, OF, Longwood Katie Zavodny, OF, Liberty Stephanie Jones, OF, Campbell Raven Lee, 1B, Campbell Samantha Meenaghan, 2B, Gardner-Webb Ericka Nesbitt, SS, Campbell Kory Hayden, 3B, Coastal Carolina Megan Baltzell, C, Longwood Kiana Quolas, P, Coastal Carolina Rachael Walters P, Radford Brooke Short, DP, Longwood Marci Christian, UTL, Charleston Southern
Second Team All-Conference McKenzi Corn, OF, Winthrop Jana Matthews, OF, Charleston Southern Morgan Eye, OF, Radford Morgan Baker, 1B, Gardner-Webb Carly Adams, 2B, Longwood Emily Murphy, SS, Longwood Stephanie Sbardella, 3B, Charleston Southern Courtney Klingler, C, Campbell Courtney Roberts, P, Campbell Ashley Bagwell, P, Coastal Carolina Chelsey Schoenfeldt, DP, Winthrop Cat Tarvin, UTL, Presbyterian College
All-Freshman Team Courtney Klingler, C, Campbell Courtney Roberts, P, Campbell Emily Murphy, SS, Longwood Rachael Walters, P, Radford Briana Chiusano, OF, Coastal Carolina Carly Adams, 2B, Longwood Emily Naegele, C, Radford Erin Ruff, DP/UTL, Presbyterian Morgan Noad, C, Coastal Carolina Becky Mantel, CF, Radford Kassidy McCoy, 3B, Liberty Casey Burns, 1B, Radford
All-Academic Team Brittany Arnn, P, Campbell Jennifer Giles, P, Charleston Southern Kiana Quolas, P/OF, Coastal Carolina Savannah Burns, SS, Gardner-Webb Megan Robinson, 2B, Liberty Amy Putnam, OF, Longwood Morgan Durham, 2b, Presbyterian College Ryndee Ruch, OF, Radford Chelsey Schoenfeldt, P/DP, Winthrop
Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Savannah Burns, Gardner-Webb Player of the Year – Brooke Short, Longwood Pitcher of the Year – Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina Freshman of the Year – Courtney Klingler, Campbell Coach of the Year – Drew Peterson, Campbell
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It's covered in the same material that your backpack is made from and then some. That's because the sofa looks like it's got a couple of backpags and pouches sewn onto it to make space for all the little things that you haven't found an alternative space for. Magazines? Pens? Remote controls? Headphones? Even random foodstuffs like candy and gum? There's room for all that and more on the Eastpak. Your chair, your rules.
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It's pretty expensive though, since it's priced at €1,639 (around $2,060).
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Why are people left-handed? It's not all genetic. Scientists believe one's handedness, left, right or mixed, is due primarily to how a baby's brain develops in the womb and may be related to stress.
But there's no consensus on this yet.
About 10 percent of people are lefties. Research increasingly shows, according to the Wall Street Journal, a propensity toward some disorders:
Left-handedness appears to be associated with a greater risk for a number of psychiatric and developmental disorders. While lefties make up about 10% of the overall population, about 20% of people with schizophrenia are lefties, for example. Links between left-handedness and dyslexia, ADHD and some mood disorders have also been reported in research studies.
The reasons for this aren't clear. Scientists speculate it could be related to a concept known as brain lateralization. The brain has two halves. Each performs primarily separate, specialized functions, such as language processing, which mainly takes place in the left hemisphere. There is lots of communication between the hemispheres.
This is interesting, but I wouldn't be too concerned if I were left-handed (that includes you, mom).
Lefties also have their advantages, and it may be a precursor to greatness. Six of the last 12 U.S. presidents after all, including Barack Obama and George H. W. Bush, have been lefties. So was Babe Ruth. And lots of other famous people in history.
That's anecdotal evidence. What's not anecdotal evidence is the salary a starting left-handed pitcher can claim in the major leagues.
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Today's New York Times catches up with Forbes' February report on the bizarre tax dispute over the value of Robert Rauschenberg's famous collage "Canyon"---part of the estate of modern art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, who died in 2007 at the age of 92.
The Sonnabend estate tax return put her total worth at $876 million, including $0 for "Canyon," based on appraisals from Christie's and others. The $0 appraisals hinged on the fact that since the collage includes a stuffed bald eagle, it can't legally be sold; the seller would be violating two federal laws protecting bald eagles and risking a year in the pen. (After U.S. Fish & Wildlife agents spotted the eagle in 1981, Sonnabend got a special permit to retain "Canyon" and lend it to museums; it's now hanging at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.)
Yet in a Notice of Deficiency sent to the estate last October, the IRS valued the work at $65 million and demanded an additional $29 million in tax and an $11.7 million "gross valuation misstatement" penalty. Art works are valued by the IRS with the help of the Art Advisory Panel--a committee of independent experts, chaired by an IRS official, the Director of Art Appraisal Services. So how could "Canyon" be worth $65 million if it couldn't legally be sold?
Ralph E. Lerner, the top art lawyer representing the estate, told Forbes that when he called Joseph Bothwell, the (since retired) IRS Director of Art Appraisal Services to complain, "he told me there could be a market for the work, for example, a recluse billionaire in China might want to buy it and hide it." (The IRS declined to comment on the case or to make Bothwell or another official available for an interview with Forbes. It also declined comment to the Times.)
But here's the tidbit the New York Times story adds today about the deliberations of the art panel:
One of its members is Stephanie Barron, the senior curator of 20th-century art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where "Canyon" was exhibited for two years. She said that the group evaluated "Canyon" solely on its artistic value, without reference to any accompanying restrictions or laws.
"The ruling about the eagle is not something the Art Advisory Panel considered," Ms. Barron said, adding that the work's value is defined by its artistic worth. "It's a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just didn't make any sense."
Surreal. Okay, so if the art panel was swept away by a "stunning work of art" and didn't look at all the facts that should go into a valuation, isn't that what the tax grown-ups at the IRS are for? The IRS staff is free to depart from the Art Advisory Panel's recommendations, as it did 7% of the time in Fiscal 2011, the panel's annual report shows.
In fact, according to what Lerner told Forbes, the IRS auditor in charge did seem to realize the art panel's feet might not have been planted in terra firma and sent the estate an unsigned report suggesting "Canyon" would be valued at $15 million. When Lerner refused to agree it had any value, the estate was sent the $65 million assessment and he called Bothwell who then offered the creative Chinese billionaire defense. "The government is saying we want $35 million in tax but if you sell it to get the money we'll put you in jail,'' Lerner told Forbes.
The estate has appealed the tax bill in U.S. Tax Court and, as is standard in such cases, the litigation has been put on hold while the parties see if they can negotiate a settlement.
It's true that the government has long asserted (with some support from case law) that contraband items in an estate (drugs, stolen art, stolen jewels or a purchased artwork that turns out to be a protected antiquity, say belonging to foreign government or a Native American tribe) can be valued for estate tax purposes at their black or "illicit market" value. But usually, the deceased showed a readiness to traffic in the black market---for example, there was the infamous case of Joe T. Meador, the U.S. Army lieutenant who in the final days of World War II stole a cache of medieval artworks and manuscripts that belonged to a cathedral in Germany. (More background on that case, the "Canyon" case and the black market issue is here.)
By contrast, Sonnabend and her heirs have shown absolutely no proclivity to violate the law. If the government is smart (and fair) it will cave on this one. Does it really want to litigate a case where the facts are so sympathetic to the taxpayer---an estate that played no games and has already willingly forked over $331 million in estate tax to Uncle Sam and $140 million to New York State?


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The Brewers GM said they made Cordero an offer. Cordero came back saying he got a little bit more from the Reds and wanted the Brewers to up their offer. The Brewers GM said that he wasn't getting into a bidding war and made their best offer.
Cordero was out to maximize his paycheck.Nothing wrong with that.
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The American health care system has many problems, but one of them is at once obvious and generally ignored: most doctors and hospitals still work in the buggy-whip era of information technology, dependent on pen, paper and manila folders.
At the turn of this century, when the average industry was investing $8,000 per employee on computer technology, health care was spending $1,000. By now, if you belong to a frequent shopper club, your grocery store almost certainly has far more computerized data about you than does your doctor.
Why is this important? Partly because it wastes enormous amounts of money: the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology estimates that simply by using electronic health records we could save between 7.5 percent and 30 percent of the $1.6 trillion dollars now spent annually on healthcare. But beyond that, a fully computerized medical system will allow some remarkable new features and services for patients. And that doesn't mean waiting for new breakthroughs — it can be done with the same information technology that almost every other business in the country has already adopted.
Think of the transformation that banking has undergone: global ATM networks, online banking, debit cards, paperless checking. If applied to health care, those same technologies could produce some astonishing results.
- You'll go to your physician's Web site to make an appointment. The site will include a secure messaging system to access test results and send pre- or post-visit questions; cyber-savvy offices will probably have a nurse who fields the questions and passes the more complex ones on to a physician.
- You'll be able to access your own medical records online to add updates on your health or issues to follow up on your next visit. If you're visiting a new doctor, you'll be able to send on your entire medical record beforehand, including not only other doctors' notes, but test results and images such as X-ray and MRI. You might even carry your records with you on a plastic card, or — for emergencies — in a tiny chip implanted under your skin.
- The diagnostic devices in your doctor's office, from the fever thermometer and stethoscope to a mini-MRI or X-ray device, could wirelessly transmit the results directly into your health records.
- You could have diagnostic devices at home — blood pressure, blood sugar, heart rate, urinalysis and others — that automatically send results to your doctor's office.
- Rural physicians will be able to "call in" specialists from major teaching hospitals to "see" patients via video conferencing. The consultant can have the patient's full history right in front of them, along with real-time test results.
- In hospitals, RFID chips — the tiny radio chips that will replace barcodes in retail stores — can take on multiple roles. Each patient would have an RFID chip in their bracelet that would communicate with the tablet-style PC that nurses and doctors uses to update records. Each drug out of the hospital pharmacy would have an RFID chip as well and if it didn't match with the patient's chip a warning would sound.
- Medicine could use the data-mining technologies that retailers like Wal-Mart already employ to improve service and efficiency. When patient records are in digital form, it will be far easier to determine if antibiotic A is superior to antibiotic B in treating a given ailment. It will also widen the sort of disease tracking that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now does on a national basis. A doctor in Milwaukee can immediately see what the doctors on the other side of town have encountered in recent weeks, providing an instant picture of health trends in the local area.
- Doctors will order prescriptions and tests on handheld devices or desktop computers that will connect straight to pharmacies and labs with no potential misreadings. (Physicians' bad handwriting has long been a source of humor, but there's nothing funny about sloppy data entry when lives are at stake. Electronic entry should improve the process significantly.)
In fact, all of those innovations are already being offered, on a very limited (and sometimes experimental) basis, by a handful of doctors and hospitals today. But how and when will these services become available to all of us?
First, electronic health records, whether at the doctor's office or on your home computer, will require extremely good security to convince patients that their privacy is fully protected. But this may not prove to be a major hurdle. Experts believe that health-care records won't attract the same level of organized criminal hacking as have financial records: a cholesterol count isn't quite as valuable as a credit-card number. And federal regulation called HIPAA, enacted a decade ago, already enforces stringent controls on the handling and security of health data in preparation for the brave new world of digital medical information.
A more serious sticking point is in the doctor's office, where computers may now schedule the appointments and track the billing, but that's usually where it ends. Only about 10 percent of physician's offices — generally larger, multiple-physician practices — use electronic health care records. Those without aren't in a hurry to upgrade.
Doctors aren't like, say, insurance agents, where the central office says "computerize" and so it is. Older physicians have their ways of practice well established — and even if they want to change, converting existing paper into digital isn't easy or cheap. On top of that, the cost savings in electronic health records are distributed across the whole healthcare infrastructure, and may not appear as immediate benefits to the physician's own bottom line.
Then there's the ever-troublesome question of standards: a national system of interchangeable health records will require standard formats to ensure one office can read another office's files. As it is, some current computer standards date back to the mainframe era. And the problem is larger than computer code compatibility — there are still no national standards for medical terminology itself; laboratory procedures and results, for example, can have different names in different parts of the country. (There's actually a plus side to the primitive state of medical information standards — once adopted, the new versions will be state-of-the-art and fully adapted for the Internet.)
Observers increasingly suggest that the federal government — which already pays over 40 percent of the health care costs in the U.S. — needs to help solve both the funding and standards problems. Congress will look at several bills this fall that provide funds for pilot computerization programs and also require standards for any clinical equipment purchased with federal funds. But it will take more than that. In August a team of experts writing for the Annals of Internal Medicine estimated that a full national health information system could be put in place for about $156 billion. Although that sounds like a big number, it's only two percent of current annual healthcare spending—and with the potential savings in the trillions, that's a great return on investment. The current spending projection, however, is only a third of what is required.
There are clearly enormous social and political challenges involved in overhauling the American healthcare system, and so far progress has been slow. But with trillions of dollars in savings available simply by upgrading to the information technology that the rest of business takes for granted, perhaps it's time for the health care industry to write itself a prescription for a major dose of new technology.
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In a preview from the article, Brandy takes on the controversy that follows Ray J, calling on critics to back off.
"I know who he is," she said. "And I'm pissed off about some of the things I've been hearing. It really bothers me that [those are] the kind of things that people do for money."
She chalked up the Kim Kardashian sex tape and other Ray J-related stories to people getting the wrong idea about him.
"He's misunderstood," she continued. "This is a man who loves his mama and his sister and his niece. Ray J loved Kim Kardashian. They were irresponsible with their-you know-but he loved her. For five years, he was with her. In his mind and in the world's mind, he was in my shadow for such a long time… To finally break out of it, you're going to brag; you're going to feel something about yourself. It's not coming from a bad place, and I can tell you: Some of the shoes Ray J's walking in, you'd take off immediately. You wouldn't be able to handle the type of shoes he's in."
On the romance front, Brandy admitted that she was growing impatient waiting for her man to put a ring on it.
"I wish we were engaged," Brandy said. "He's taking a little long on the ring side of things, but I'm patient. I wanted to impress him. I wanted him to be proud of me; I was inspired by him. So making the record and his being there, it's just all a part of it. Him and my daughter. I want him to love my songs. I want him to love my voice."
Last week (April 26) Brandy dropped her new single from upcoming album Two Eleven, "Put It Down." The uptempo track features a rapping Chris Brown and a heavy dose of sexual innuendo.
The cover picks up on the momentum Brandy and Monica have built with their joint single, "It All Belongs To Me," which dropped earlier this year. In March the two Perfomed the song, as well as "The Boy is Mine," their 1998 smash.
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Josh Breinlinger is First Rate
Fund: Sigma Partners
Posted by fearless on 2011-06-05
I've pitched to Sigma twice for two different start-ups, and Bob Spinner and Josh Breinlinger are sharp, honest people who genuinely want to help founders - whether they end up investing or not.
I think Josh attends a decent amount of shows and conferences, so try and pitch him first if you can. He'll give you input on your model if asked, and possibly presentation tips. A young, rising star in the VC world IMHO, and just a good guy overall.
I've also pitched to Greg Gretsch before and it helps to read his blog before the presentation to get an idea of how he views startup models - he's very marketing metrics centric. He may eat an apple in front of you during your pitch - don't let it throw you.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Not THAT kind of Green Spa or Hot Tub! Recently we crossed another milestone – our spa and hot tub cover production reached the very exciting new level of 500,000 hot tub covers manufactured. The growth over the last seven years has not been easy but it has been rewarding. We have been able to create more jobs, buy more raw materials, and provide more shipping contracts for all of our domestic partners.
One of the aspects that we are most proud of our operation is the technology we have invested in. All raw materials in our production facility are cut by automated machines, making our waste the lowest possible, creating a safe work place, and the greenest operation in our industry. Our order processing system is state of the art, and updates me on each order every 15 minutes. By using computer and industrial technologies, we have lowered our energy consumption and been able to produce higher quality hot tub covers (which protect hot tubs from wasting energy!).
And also quite recently, our hot tub covers were awarded the Energy Trust certification by Oregon. This means our Ultra and Works spa cover models exceed their energy savings guide lines. Oregon Energy Trust has created a rebate program for residents of Oregon to receive a rebate of $100 dollars on one of our Ultra and Works spa covers. The rebate is awarded because these spa covers save energy. They not only reduce demands for electricity but also have a big impact to the operational costs and energy bills for the home owner. It's great program and we are proud to be involved.
Here is the Energy Trust Program:
Energy-efficient spa covers can save money and last longer
Energy-efficient outdoor spa covers save energy by slowing unwanted air escape or intrusion between outdoor air and the heated water in your spa. Covers also keep debris out, decreasing demand on your heating, filtration and pumping components. Energy-efficient spa covers are framed and fully insulated—even at the folding seam—which helps you use less energy to maintain the temperature of your water, even when your spa is not in use, or is in standby mode.
Energy Trust offers a cash incentive for energy-efficient spa covers.
Energy Trust Incentives
Outdoor spa cover: $100 rebate
To qualify for this incentive:
- Outdoor spa cover must be purchased through Energy Trust's list of participating retailers.
- Spa unit must be located outside and be heated with electricity or natural gas
- Spa cover with air chambers must be at least two inches thick at all points; spa cover with a foam core must be at least three inches thick at all points
- Spa cover should be one continuous piece, insulated to a minimum R-12, or a folding spa cover must have a hinge insulated to a minimum R-12
Oregon customers primarily heating their spa with electricity or natural gas from Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas can participate.
Oregon homes that heat with oil, propane, kerosene, butane or wood can conduct their own energy audit and apply for cash rebates for installed weatherization upgrades through the Oregon Department of Energy's SHOW (State Home Oil Weatherization) program.
Energy Trust does not pay incentives for energy-efficient improvements that are mandated for building code compliance, such as remodeling, renovation or new additions to the home.
Follow these easy steps to get cash for purchasing an outdoor spa cover:
1: Establish your eligibility
2: Purchase a qualified outdoor spa cover from a participating retailer (Like HotTubWorks!)
3: Sign and submit your application within 90 days of purchase.
Mail or fax your signed and completed application, participating retailer receipt and manufacturer packaging slip to:
Energy Trust of Oregon
Existing Homes
P.O. Box 40508
Portland, OR 97240
Fax: 1.866.516.7592
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It's hard not to be smitten with the 2014 Mazda3; after all, just look at it. But beyond its slick lines, we found the new compact hatch to be a pretty remarkable steer, offering up good levels of comfort and refinement, not to mention functionality and engagement. Now, there's more reason to like the 2014 Mazda3, as we've just learned that the car will officially be rated at 30 miles per gallon city and 41 mpg highway.
That 30/41 rating is for the Mazda3 sedan fitted with the 2.0-liter Skyactiv-G inline four-cylinder engine and a six-speed automatic transmission. Opting for the manual transmission retains the 41-mpg highway number, but drops the city digits to 29. Hatchback models with the 2.0-liter engine achieve 29/40 mpg with the manual 'box and 30/40 with the automatic.
Mazda also offers a larger 2.5-liter inline-four in the 3, and while a six-speed automatic will be the only transmission available with this engine at launch, the automaker has confirmed that a manual is coming shortly. With the 6AT and 2.5, the Mazda3 sedan is rated at 28/39 mpg, or 29/40 with the company's i-Eloop regenerative braking system. Hatchback models shrink those numbers to 28/37 and 29/39 mpg, with and without i-Eloop, respectively.
Along with official fuel economy numbers, Mazda has announced pricing for its new compact, and the base i SV model with a six-speed manual transmission will start at $16,945 (*not including $795 for destination).
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Robert Reich (Why Inequality is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy)
Courtesy of Robert Reich
THE 5 percent of Americans with the highest incomes now account for 37 percent of all consumer purchases, according to the latest research from Moody's Analytics. That should come as no surprise. Our society has become more and more unequal.
When so much income goes to the top, the middle class doesn't have enough purchasing power to keep the economy going without sinking ever more deeply into debt — which, as we've seen, ends badly. An economy so dependent on the spending of a few is also prone to great booms and busts. The rich splurge and speculate when their savings are doing well. But when the values of their assets tumble, they pull back. That can lead to wild gyrations. Sound familiar?
The economy won't really bounce back until America's surge toward inequality is reversed. Even if by some miracle President Obama gets support for a second big stimulus while Ben S. Bernanke's Fed keeps interest rates near zero, neither will do the trick without a middle class capable of spending. Pump-priming works only when a well contains enough water.
Look back over the last hundred years and you'll see the pattern. During periods when the very rich took home a much smaller proportion of total income — as in the Great Prosperity between 1947 and 1977 — the nation as a whole grew faster and median wages surged. We created a virtuous cycle in which an ever growing middle class had the ability to consume more goods and services, which created more and better jobs, thereby stoking demand. The rising tide did in fact lift all boats.
During periods when the very rich took home a larger proportion — as between 1918 and 1933, and in the Great Regression from 1981 to the present day — growth slowed, median wages stagnated and we suffered giant downturns. It's no mere coincidence that over the last century the top earners' share of the nation's total income peaked in 1928 and 2007 — the two years just preceding the biggest downturns.
Starting in the late 1970s, the middle class began to weaken. Although productivity continued to grow and the economy continued to expand, wages began flattening in the 1970s because new technologies — container ships, satellite communications, eventually computers and the Internet — started to undermine any American job that could be automated or done more cheaply abroad. The same technologies bestowed ever larger rewards on people who could use them to innovate and solve problems. Some were product entrepreneurs; a growing number were financial entrepreneurs. The pay of graduates of prestigious colleges and M.B.A. programs — the "talent" who reached the pinnacles of power in executive suites and on Wall Street — soared.
Keep reading here Robert Reich (Why Inequality is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy).
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Den Harrow, the Italo disco star famous for such timeless '80s classics as "Bad boy," "Charleston," "Future brain," "Mad desire" is coming to perform for his first time ever in California... sort of. Actually, Den Harrow was an invented character but the sources of the voice and music behind him, Tom Hooker and Miki Chieregato, respectively, are set to perform on Sunday, 27 May 2012 at Avec Nightclub in Huntington Beach's New Wave 80's Memorial Weekend. DJ BPM from Keep on Music will be DJing. Tickets are $20 and the bottle special is $200 for Martell VSOP. It'll be hosted by Truc Quynh.
More than an actual person, Den Harrow was a musical project of the aforementioned composer Miki Chieregato, fronted by Milanese model Stefano Zandri with vocals initially provided by several singers before Tom Hooker was brought in -- Chieregato's PR partner, Roberto Turatti, was another integral aspect. Together they enjoyed considerable popularity in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden during the golden years of Italo-disco -- the 1980s. In the UK and US, the practice of hiring a model to lipsynch at shows and in videos was almost unheard of until the exposure of the likes of C + C Music Factory, Technotronic (from Belgium), Boney M (from West Germany) and most notoriously, Milli Vanilli (also from West Germany). In European pop produced during the golden age of music videos, however, it was a fairly common practice. To be Den Harrow's face, Chieregato and Turatti hired Stefano Zandri and invented a perhaps needlessly but humorously complicated back-story.


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This one-half semester course is framed by the theme of Self and other Voices. As an exploration of one's self in relation to culture and society, the course facilitates increased self-knowledge and helps students uncover their views of "other." The students and instructor work collaboratively to define and explore "other voices," cultivate connections with those other voices, and develop creative responses. Through sustained exploration of one theme, the Charette gives priority to the development of skills for critical and creative thinking, experiential learning, problem-solving, and collaboration. Through materials exploration, making processes, and critique, the Charette forges links with the visual, tactile, and manual skill sets being taught in other Foundation classes. Each student's effort, progress, and work will contribute to a project developed over 7 weeks, to include both a charette documentation log and a 2D, 3D, and/or 4D form. Offered fall.
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Justin Steele was a Ravenclaw student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s. In 1996, he stood at the entrance to Horace Slughorn's compartment on the Hogwarts Express, ensuring that only those who had received an invitation were allowed to enter. Later that same term, he, Daisy Corran, and Banga O'Deluga gave Harry Potter two Beater's bats in exchange for six Gobstones while in the Paved Courtyard.
The name "Justin" comes from the Latin name Iustinus, which was derived from Justus. This was the name of several early saints including Justin Martyr, a Christian philosopher of 2nd century who was beheaded in Rome. It was also borne by two Byzantine emperors. As an English name, it has occasionally been used since the late Middle Ages, though it did not become common until the 20th century.
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With the goal of harmonising the calculation of MRLs across the OECD, the OECD has developed a MRL Calculator. It is made up of an Excel spreadsheet which is simple to use and deosn't require extensive statistical knowledge from the user. There is one spreadsheet for single data sets and one spreadsheet for multiple data sets . A User Guide and a Statistiscal White Paper are available to help with the use of the Calculator.
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JACK Audio Connection Kit
- 1 Install
- 2 Basic Configuration
- 3 Jack for a multi-user system
- 5 Troubleshooting
- 6 Related Articles
JACK2 - rewritten explicitly towards multiprocessor hardware
JACK2 is currently available in the [community] and can be installed from there using
pacman -S jack2
pacman -S jack2-dbus
Jack2 without D-Bus executes similarly to Jack1. With D-Bus, control is done using the jack_control utility. Run `jack_control` to see what it does. The important commands are listed below:
jack_control start - starts the jack server jack_control stop - stops the jack server jack_control ds alsa - selects alsa as the driver (backend) jack_control eps realtime True - set engine parameters, such as realtime jack_control dps period 256 - set the driver parameter period to 256
You may also need to play with the driver parameters nperiods and rate.
Alternatively, there is the normal version from the extra repository, install it with:
pacman -S jack
Basic Configuration
No matter which JACK edition you are using, you will want a GUI configurator. Probably the de facto standard right now, is qjackctl:
pacman -S qjackctl
Here is a very good general overview, although do not worry about manual compilations, quite a few JACK tools work right off the wire now, after JACK is configured correctly.
Most tutorials are advising a realtime kernel, which is quite helpful for live synthesis and FX; but for purposes of recording and editing it is not necessary anymore, as long as you set up for non-realtime latencies -- 10-40+ ms, and on older hardware 100-500+ ms.
The right configuration for your hardware and application needs, depends on several factors.
An Simple Shell-Based Example of Startup and Configuration
The D-Bus edition of JACK2 can make startup much easier. Formerly, we had to have qjackctl start it for us, or use a daemonizer, or some other method. But as long as jack2-dbus is installed and dbus is running (which is Arch standard now), we can create a shell script as follows, to be run at X login:
#!/bin/bash jack_control start sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof jackdbus` jack_control eps realtime true jack_control ds alsa jack_control dps device hw:HD2 jack_control dps rate 48000 jack_control dps nperiods 2 jack_control dps period 64 sleep 10 /usr/bin/a2jmidid -e & sleep 10 sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof a2jmidid` qjackctl & sleep 10 sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof qjackctl` qmidiroute /home/jeb/All2MIDI1.qmr & sleep 10 sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof qmidiroute` yoshimi -S & sleep 10 sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof yoshimi`
The above will start a complete realtime JACK live-synthesis setup, integrating several tools. Details of each line follow. When discovering your own best configuration, it is helpful to do trial and error using QJackCTL's GUI with a non-D-Bus JACK2 version.
Details of the Example Configuration
jack_control start
Starts JACK if it is not already started.
sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof jackdbus`
Set JACK to realtime mode in the Linux kernel, priority 20 (options range 1-99).
jack_control eps realtime true
Sets JACK to realtime mode in its own internal setup.
jack_control ds alsa
Sets JACK to use the ALSA driver set.
jack_control dps device hw:HD2
Sets JACK to use ALSA-compatible sound card named HD2. One can find the names with 'ls /proc/asound/cards'. Most ALSA tutorials and default configurations use card numbers, but this can get confusing when external MIDI devices are in use; names make it easier.
jack_control dps rate 48000
Sets JACK to use 48000 khz sampling. Happens to work very well with this card. Some cards only do 44100, many will go much higher. The higher you go, the lower your latency, but the better your card and your CPU has to be, and software has to support this as well.
jack_control dps nperiods 2
Sets JACK to use 2 periods. 2 is right for motherboard, PCI, PCI-X, etc.; 3 for USB.
jack_control dps period 64
Sets JACK to use 64 periods per frame. Lower is less latency, but the setting in this script gives 2.67 ms latency, which is nicely low without putting too much stress on the particular hardware this example was built for. If a USB sound system were in use it might be good to try 32. Anything less than 3-4 ms should be fine for realtime synthesis and/or FX, 5 ms is the smallest a human being can detect. There are many cases of perfect-storm-gorgeous hardware which can handle 1 ms latency without stressing the CPU, but definitely this is not always the case! QJackCTL will tell you how you are doing; at no-load, which means no clients attached, you will want a max of 3-5% CPU usage, and if you cannot get that without xruns (the red numbers which mean the system cannot keep up with the demands), you will have to improve your hardware. There are many inexpensive USB sound systems which produce very good quality at very low latency if the USB is good on the motherboard, but not all.
sleep 10
Wait for the above to settle.
/usr/bin/a2jmidid -e &
Start the ALSA-to-JACK MIDI bridge. Good for mixing in applications which take MIDI input through ALSA but not JACK.
sleep 10
Wait for the above to settle.
sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof a2jmidid`
Set a2jmidid to realtime scheduling in the Linux kernel.
qjackctl &
Load QJackCTL. GUI configuration tells it to run in the system tray. It will pick up the JACK session started by D-Bus just fine, and very smoothly too. It maintains the patchbay, the connections between these applications and any other JACK-enabled apps to be started manually. The patchbay is set up using manual GUI, but connections pre-configured in the patchbay are automatically created by qjackctl itself when apps are started.
sleep 10
Wait for the above to settle.
sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof qjackctl`
Set qjackctl to realtime scheduling in the Linux kernel.
qmidiroute /home/username/All2MIDI1.qmr &
Load qmidiroute, loading a custom-created configuration file which will rewrite all MIDI events on all channels to channel 1. This is useful when plugging the PC into any keyboard anywhere -- no matter what the keyboard's channel defaults to, qmidiroute will send the signal to the synth on channel 1, where it needs it. qmidiroute is capable of very complex and useful configurations of many sorts, including multiple simultaneous translations, transpositions, signal type rewrites, etcetera.
sleep 10
Wait for the above to settle.
sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof qmidiroute`
Set qmidiroute to realtime scheduling in the Linux kernel.
yoshimi -S &
Load the Yoshimi synthesizer, using the pre-saved default state.
sleep 10
Wait for the above to settle.
sudo schedtool -R -p 20 `pidof yoshimi`
Set Yoshimi to realtime scheduling in the Linux kernel.
With all of the above in a script run at logon, and with the QJackCTL patchbay set correctly, all we have to do is plug the PC/laptop into a MIDI keyboard using a USB-to-MIDI adapter, or simply the USB-in MIDI capability of many modern keyboards, and you are ready to play!
A lot more detail is in the Pro Audio page.
Jack for a multi-user system
So, you have a decent multiuser system as it was designed more than 20 years ago, and now some developers decided that sound is only for a mono-user system... No I can not believe it !
Fortunately some time ago someone convinced the developers to allow jack to run as a system wide daemon. Here is the procedure to follow:
Create a
/etc/profile.d/jack.sh file containing:
export JACK_PROMISCUOUS_SERVER=""
/etc/rc.d/jack-audio-connection-kit with the following content
#!/bin/bash . /etc/rc.conf . /etc/rc.d/functions # source application-specific settings [ -f /etc/conf.d/jack-audio-connection-kit ] && . /etc/conf.d/jack-audio-connection-kit PID=`pidof -o %PPID /usr/bin/jackd` [ -n "$JACKUSER" ] && HOME="/home/$JACKUSER" [ -z "$JACK_PARAMS" ] && JACK_PARAMS=$(sed 's:/usr/bin/jackd ::' $HOME/.jackdrc) case "$1" in start) stat_busy "Starting JACK" if [ -z "$PID" ]; then if [ -n "$JACKUSER" ]; then su - $JACKUSER -c 'export JACK_PROMISCUOUS_SERVER="" && . /etc/conf.d/jack-audio-connection-kit && umask 0000 && /usr/bin/jackd $JACK_PARAMS &> /dev/null &' else export JACK_PROMISCUOUS_SERVER="" umask 0000 /usr/bin/jackd $JACK_PARAMS &> /dev/null & fi fi if [ ! -z "$PID" -o $? -gt 0 ]; then stat_fail else add_daemon jack stat_done fi ;; stop) stat_busy "Stopping JACK" [ ! -z "$PID" ] && kill $PID &> /dev/null if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then stat_fail else rm_daemon jack stat_done fi ;; restart) $0 stop sleep 1 $0 start ;; *) echo "usage: $0 {sta|stop|restart}" esac exit 0
Where my
/etc/conf.d/jack-audio-connection-kit is
# Configuration for starting JACK at boot # Uncomment this to run as user (recommended) #JACKUSER="root" # Uncomment this to not source ~/.jackdrc JACK_PARAMS="-R -P89 -dalsa -dhw:1 -r48000 -p512 -n3"
Playing nice with ALSA
To allow Alsa programs to play while jack is running you must install the jack plugin for alsa:
pacman -S alsa-plugins
And enable it by editing (or creating) /etc/asound.conf (system wide settings) to have these lines:
# convert alsa API over jack API # use it with # % aplay foo.wav # use this as default pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm "jack" } } ctl.mixer0 { type hw card 1 } # pcm type jack pcm.jack { type jack playback_ports { 0 system:playback_1 1 system:playback_2 } capture_ports { 0 system:capture_1 1 system:capture_2 } }
You need not restart your computer or anything. Just edit the alsa config files, start up jack, and there you go...
Remember to start it as a user. If you start it with "jackd -d alsa" as user X, it will not work for user Y.
Example: watching a live stream without gconf
gst-launch-0.10 playbin2 uri=http://streamer.stackingdwarves.net/bewerungeroom.ogv audio-sink="jackaudiosink"
Setting gstreamer to use jack using gconftool-2
gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/audio/default/audiosink "jackaudiosink buffer-time=2000000" gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/audio/default/musicaudiosink "jackaudiosink buffer-time=2000000" gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/audio/default/chataudiosink "jackaudiosink buffer-time=2000000"
Further information: http://jackaudio.org/gstreamer_via_jack
If you need to keep pulseaudio installed (in the event it is required by other packages, like gnome-settings-daemon), you may want to prevent it from spawning automatically with X and taking over from JACK.
/etc/pulse/client.conf, uncomment "autospawn" and set it to "no":
;autospawn = yes autospawn = no
If you want both to play along, see: PulseAudio#PulseAudio_through_JACK_the_new_way
JACK can handle one soundcard very well, and an arbitrary number of MIDI devices (connected e.g. via USB). If you start JACK and want to use a MIDI keyboard or a synthesizer or some other pure MIDI device, you have to start JACK with a proper soundcard (one that actually outputs or inputs PCM sound). As soon you have done that, you can connect the MIDI device. E.g. with QjackCtl, you click on the connect button and you will find your device listed under JACK-MIDI or ALSA-MIDI, depending on the driver.
For JACK-MIDI, you may want to set the MIDI Driver to seq or raw in QjackCtl Setup > Settings. This should make your MIDI device appear under the MIDI tab. You can also change the name of the client (from a generic "midi_capture_1" to something more descriptive), if you enable Setup > Display > Enable client/port aliases and then Enable client/port aliases editing (rename).
For ALSA-MIDI, make sure to turn on Enable ALSA Sequencer support in QjackCtl Setup > Misc. This will add the ALSA tab in QjackCtl Connect window where your MIDI controller will show up.
For bridging ALSA-MIDI to JACK-MIDI, you may consider using a2jmididAUR. The following command will export all available ALSA MIDI ports to JACK MIDI ports:
$ a2jmidid -e
They will be visible in QjackCtl under the MIDI tab labelled "a2j" client.
You can automate starting of a2jmididAUR by adding to QjackCtl Setup > Options > Execute script after Startup:
/usr/bin/a2jmidid -e &
- Q: What is the difference between JACK-MIDI and ALSA-MIDI?
- A: The former has improved timing and sample accurate MIDI event alignment. It extends or may even replace the latter but at this point they both co-exist.
To install some M-Audio MIDI keyboards, you will need the firmware package midisport-firmwareAUR in the AUR. Also, the snd_usb_audio module has to be available. For more information about specific USB MIDI devices, see http://alsa.opensrc.org/USBMidiDevices.
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Problems with specific applications
- VLC - no audio after starting JACK
Run VLC and change the following menu options:
- Tools > Preferences
- Show settings: All
- Audio > Output modules > Audio output module: JACK audio output
- Audio > Output modules > JACK: Automatically connect to writable clients (enable)


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Loft 204
Loft 204 is a new subsidiary of A19, which designs and manufactures ceramic lighting fixtures. http://www.a19.com
Loft 204 is currently open as an art gallery with its second opening reception scheduled for this coming Friday. We are working on the plans to expand Loft 204 into a gallery, showroom and retail store that will showcase art, accessories and unique home furnishings in addition to A19's handmade lighting…
The current exhibition is being promoted via http://www.facebook.com/Loft204
Locally, Claremont has some of the highest rates of college educated adults, has high median family income and residents are interested in green lifestyle choices as well as supporting local artists…
City of Claremont: http://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/
Business location: http://www.claremontpackinghouse.com/
In addition to the local retail business, we will continue to market to both residential and commercial interior designers, architects and specifiers.
As a current brand, A19's strongest aesthetic is bold, simple and natural. In addition to this, A19 is working to produce a new line of "green" (sustainable) fixtures. The brand of Loft 204 should therefore also be bold and simple and it should reference nature. There is a potentially convenient aesthetic intersection between A19's brand qualities and the history of the Claremont Packing House as a place for processing citrus.
Please design a logo and 2" x 3.5" business card for Loft 204.
I would like a tag line/description included on the business card. It can be anything to describe the business. (i.e. gallery, shop, store, boutique, showroom…)
Loft 204
Claremont Packing House
532 West First Street, #204
Claremont, CA 91711
The typeface(s) should be bold and easy to read.
No stock or clip art in the logo please.
The finished project should include:
-layered CMYK Photoshop document - *.psd
-Illustrator file *.ai.
-font(s) used.
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Whenever I've had a little time to share thoughts on the writing process with you, I've tried to give simple, practical tips to apply to your fiction projects. Today's musings are rather more complex but, I hope, will prove just as valuable to your writing. And perhaps in other ways, too. I'm talking about: theme. And a particular theme at that! This is all about women coping with adversity and overcoming past trauma to transform their lives, and create a better environment for themselves and their families.
Oddly enough, when I started working on my most recent novel, The Gentleman Poet, I wasn't thinking about poetry or about a man. I had in mind a young woman in 1609 who, like many women today, faced difficult challenges and must have been feeling very much alone in the world. You see, Elizabeth, my heroine, is based on a real 17th-century serving girl who was traveling from England to Jamestown, Virginia on a ship. She had lost her own family to disease and other cruelties of the times. She had no money of her own, few skills, no friends, and it appeared her life would continue on its grim, loveless path.
But I know the hidden strengths that women, throughout time, and all around the world, possess. When they become empowered and believe in themselves, they are capable of turning around truly tragic lives. Sometimes with a little help, but ultimately because they are determined to seek a better, more productive, fulfilling life for themselves. This was what I wanted for my orphaned Elizabeth. It's what I wish for women everywhere, actually. Whether they live in the U.S., Egypt, Libya, China, the Ukraine or any other spot on the planet, I hope they will find the strength to seek their higher selves. To turn their backs on abuse, loss, poverty and depression, and then to look to their true potential as a means of betterment.
In my novel you'll read how, in my imagination, Elizabeth might have spun her life off in a new and brighter direction. Her tale, I've been told by my readers, is nothing less than inspiring. In real life, I can assure you that women, just as brave and determined as she, are even now seeking the means to protect themselves and their children, to move forward with their lives, to build something valuable from the dark days of their past. I'd love to hear from you about women you've known who have faced down adversity. Perhaps this woman is even you! (Below, I've given you a way to share your story with others.)
But wait! I was helping you understand why theme is important to a short story, novel, or memoir. Think of theme as the glue that keeps the plot, characters, and everything else involved in your literary work stuck together. Theme also adds weight, timelessness, and universality to your writing. When we write about "the power of love," we know that readers will sympathize with the characters because the reader has experienced love, in one form or another. When we use "compassion for other human beings" as a theme, we depend upon our audience to understand the inherent goodness in caring for others, even if they are strangers.
Think about how you might use theme to enrich your stories. How does a person (man or woman) rise above circumstances and create a safe and satisfying life for her/himself, and for those they cherish?
Best wishes and happy writing days—even during those tough times! Kathryn
An invitation: Do you know a woman who has risen above adversity to make a better life for herself and her family?
Tell us about her! (You may prefer not to mention names.) I'll be guest blogging tomorrow (3/6/11) on Borders: True Romance site (www.bordersblog.com/trueromance). If you send your comments there when the blog goes live tomorrow (or any time after that and before midnight, East Coast time, on Wednesday 3/8/11), I will donate $1.00 (up to a total of $500.) to the Washington, DC House of Ruth, for each person who shares their story or thoughts on this topic. (Don't send me money; I'm making the donation for you! You are making a difference just by sending your comments.)
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Advancements enhance navigation, onboard communications, and situational awareness.
October 2014
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) is pleased to announce the launch of the Raymarine Ray70 Multifunction VHF Marine Radio and the LightHouse II Version 12 Software upgrade for Raymarine multifunction displays. Raymarine's new line of VHF radios are being showcased this week at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2014.
As Raymarine's new flagship VHF, Ray70 streamlines multiple communication tools into a single device. The Ray70's integral Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver simplifies installation and delivers critical vessel traffic information to compatible navigation displays. Combine the Ray70 with an optional RayMic remote and boaters can enjoy the flexibility of dual station control and intercom capability. The Ray70 is being launched alongside the new Ray60 VHF and the ultra-compact Ray50 VHF, each radio features audiophile-quality speakers, noise-canceling technology, and a sharp new design that matches perfectly with Raymarine MFDs and Glass Bridge displays.
LightHouse II Version 12 is the latest quarterly upgrade for Raymarine multifunction navigation displays. New in this release is support for a quad-split video display of connected IP video cameras. Raymarine users can now view and record four live camera streams simultaneously, as well as capture snap shots and video with a simple touch of the MFD's screen.
"Raymarine continues to deliver innovative, high-performance products that enhance safety and reduce stress so boaters can truly enjoy their time on the water," said FLIR President and CEO, Andy Teich. "The new multifunction Ray70 radio dramatically enhances a vessel's communications systems and our latest release of LightHouse II transforms Raymarine navigation displays into powerful onboard video monitoring and recording systems."
Debuting at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2014, Ray70, Ray60, and Ray50 VHF radios and RayMic will be available at marine retailers and electronics dealers in January 2015 with the following suggested retail pricing:
LightHouse II Release 12 is available in 4th quarter of 2014 in the form of a free download to end consumers on raymarine.com. LightHouse II is compatible with Raymarine's complete line of aSeries, cSeries, eSeries and gS Series multifunction displays.
High resolution images available at www.raymarine.com/media
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FLIR Systems, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of sensor systems that enhance perception and awareness. FLIR's advanced systems and components are used for a wide variety of thermal imaging, situational awareness, and security applications, including airborne and ground-based surveillance, condition monitoring, navigation, recreation, research and development, manufacturing process control, search and rescue, drug interdiction, transportation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat detection. For more information, visit FLIR's web site at
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1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-823-7529
1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
Rules When Visiting Fountains
Fountain Locations
*Interactive fountains and splash pads are marked with an asterisk. Interactive means people can play in the fountain or water, and that the water is chlorinated to the level of a swimming pool. Be aware that while the fountain is cleaned and chlorinated, the water is not suitable for drinking.
Animals in Pools
SW Yamhill and Morrison between 5th and 6th Avenues
*Bill Naito Legacy Fountain - Interactive
Waterfront Park near the Burnside Bridge
Hours: The upper fountain is on*. The lower fountain is on 24 hours/day except for Friday mornings from 3:00-11:00am
Shuts down automatically at 40 degrees F and turns back on at 45 degrees F.
*The upper fountain is off when Saturday Market is open.
Car Wash Fountain (officially untitled)
SW 5th Avenue and Ankeny Street
This fountain is closed due to electrical system issues making it unsafe to operate. PP&R is currently seeking funds to refurbish this fountain; a timeline for repair has yet to be determined.
*Caruthers Park Fountain
Elizabeth Caruthers Park, 3508 SW Moody Avenue
Chimney Fountain (also known as The Source Fountain)
North of SW Lincoln between 3rd and 4th Avenues
*Dawson Park Fountain
Dawson Park, N Stanton Avenue and Williams Street
The Dreamer
Pettygrove Park, SW 3rd Avenue between SW Market and Harrison Streets
Elk Fountain
SW Main between 3rd and 4th Avenues (between Chapman Square and Lownsdale Square)
*Holladay Park Fountain - Interactive
Holladay Park, NE 11th Avenue and Multnomah Street
Horse Trough Fountain
NW 31st Avenue and Thurman Street
Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain
Keller Fountain Park, between SW 3rd and 4th Avenues, and SW Market and Clay Streets
*Jamison Square Fountain - Interactive
Jamison Square, between NW Kearney and Johnson, and NW 10th and 11th Avenues
Lee Kelly Fountain (officially untitled)
SW 6th Avenue and Pine Street
This fountain is closed due to electrical system issues making it unsafe to operate. PP&R is currently seeking funds to refurbish this fountain; a timeline for repair has yet to be determined.
Lovejoy Fountain
Lovejoy Fountain Park, SW Mall between 3rd and 4th Avenues
*McCoy Park Fountain - Interactive
McCoy Park, N Trenton Street and Newman Avenue
Peninsula Park Rose Garden Fountain
Peninsula Park Rose Garden, N Albina Avenue and Ainsworth Street
Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain
SW Broadway between Yamhill and Morrison Streets
The Rose Petal
Stark Street Island Park, SE 106th Avenue and Stark Street
*Salmon Street Springs - Interactive
Waterfront Park, Naito Parkway at SW Salmon Street
Shemanski Fountain (Rebecca at the Well)
South Park Blocks, between SW Salmon and Main Streets
Skidmore Fountain
Between SW Burnside and Ankeny, and SW 1st Avenue and Naito Parkway
*Teachers Fountain - Interactive
Director Park, SW Yamhill and Park Avenue
Open Daily, 8:00am-10:00pm
featuring McCoy Fountain
featuring Holladay Park Fountain
featuring Jamison Square Fountain and Horse Trough Fountain
featuring The Rose Petal
featuring Animals in Pools, "The Car Wash", Bill Naito Legacy, Chimney, The Dreamer, Elk, Ira Keller Forecourt, Kelly, Lovejoy, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Salmon Street Springs, Shemanski, Skidmore, and Teachers Fountains
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Today is the Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival which falls during the 11th lunar month. Chinese people mark the occasion by eating Chinese dumplings "Dong Yuen" a sweet soup with balls of sticky rice because its name sounds like 'reunion'.Since Mishu is a fan of "Dong Yuen" I will make this special dessert for her once a year.This time I used "sugar in raw" instead of regular sugar or brown sugar.I understand sugar in raw have better health benefit than regular granulated sugar.
1 pack glutinous flour ( 500gm)
2 cups cold water plus extra if needed
1 1/2 cup sugar in raw ,plus extra if needed
5-6 pandan leaves,washed
3 liter water,plus extra if needed
few food coloring
1:Combine glutinous flour with cold water in a large bowl.Knead both ingredients until smooth.
2:Prepare a large pot of water in stock pot at high heat.Divided the dough into 3 portion.Color each dough portion with different color.Roll each portion dough in long strip before divide the dough in small ball.(Marble size)Then place the small dough in the middle of your palm and shape it round.
3:Place the small ball in a tray.Continue the same procedure until all the dough shaped.When water rolling boil,drop all the shaped small ball into the water.Cook the small shaped balls until all floated on the surface.Prepare a large bowl of cold water.Use large sieve to remove the cooked stick ball and drop into the cold water to prevent it from sticking.
4:Prepare a medium stock pot with water and pandan leave at high heat.When water rolling boil,add in sugar in raw and cook for another 5 minutes.Check the sweetness.Remove some sticky balls from cold water and into individual bowl.Leave the remaining sticky bowl in cold water.Do not place cooked sticky balls in the fridge.
5:Scoop the sugar syrup into the sticky balls bowl.This method is to prevent the sticky ball from getting mushy.Serve sticky balls in hot or warm.
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Blu-ray Importing: June 2010 Buying Guide (Page 1)
TweakTown Blu-ray Import Buying Guide Update
Since the last time we last took a look at the 'Guide to Buying Blu-rays from Overseas' in May, the Australian dollar has taken a hammering; caused by concerns from the European market and the mining resource tax. Despite this, some competitive overseas pricing coupled with Amazon's newly lowered international shipping fees and some must-have overseas titles still make importation a viable option.
So let's jump into the latest instalment of this epic series for 2010, covering some of the later titles released only to import, but safe from the horrors of region coding. This month is almost entirely Steven Spielberg month, with not one, not two, but three titles released.
Saving Private Ryan
Studio: Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Country of Origin: United States
Purchase: Amazon.com
Region: A, B, C
A slightly delayed release, the first printing found its way to retail but was recalled soon after, due to an audio sync issue. Amazon is now shipping the re-issue thankfully free of said issue. The second version can be identified by a bright yellow UPC label on the back cover.
One of the most realistic and gruesomely detailed depictions of World War II, Saving Private Ryan comes to Blu-ray with all guns blazing (no pun intended). Featuring a newly struck transfer, which thankfully retains all the grain and shadowy cinematography of DP Janusz Kaminski, the image is light years away from the DVD version. Despite the lack of any newly produced supplements, the disc does feature all the original DVD extras. Fans of the movie whom bought the DVD would do well to upgrade.
War of the Worlds
Studio: Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Country of Origin: United States
Purchase: Amazon.com
Region: A, B, C
Spielbergs 2005 contemporary re-telling of H.G. Well's literary classic divided the critics upon release (I must admit, I was personally baffled by elements of the film, including the seemingly rushed ending), but it's definitely time to revisit the title with the benefit of lapsed time and divorced from the media and advertising hype which originally trumpeted its arrival.
Whilst I am unsure whether War of the Worlds has benefited from a new transfer (its recent vintage makes me suspect not), the image we have is spectacularly detailed, free of the low resolution haze which permeated the DVD release. The sound too, upgraded from lossy Dolby Digital to uncompressed DTS HD Master Audio is a revelation, with some of the deepest bass effects that I can recall hearing (and feeling in a movie).
Whilst again there are no new extra features (a picture in picture making of track would have been well received), Paramount has included all the DVD supplements.
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Sam Mendes Gossip
Sam Mendes gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
The longest Bond
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The world premiere of Spectre is on Monday in London. The movie will open in North America a couple of weeks later. The junkets and major press commitments are happening now. Here are shots of the cast at a photo call today. And Daniel Craig, James Bond himself, is smiling in so many of them. Maybe relief? The first reviews are pretty good. Full Story
007 returns for James Bond: The Winter Soldier
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The first trailer for Spectre, the next installment in the James Bond franchise, arrived—oddly—on Friday evening, and it's more of what we've come to expect from Daniel Craig's stint as 007. Which is to say, it's moody and dark and everything is gray and chilly. Full Story
Rebecca & Sam together in NYC
When Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes announced their divorce, there were rumours that he'd been hooking up with Rebecca Hall. It was denied, sort of, and the two waited a year before quietly confirming that they were together. Here are some rare candids of the two them in New York this weekend. Overlap for sure, right? We have Rebecca Hall to thank then for the Rocknroll. Full Story
The best Bond ever?
Skyfall is getting great reviews. Some people, prone to hyperbole, are even proclaiming that Skyfall is so great, it qualifies as the best Bond ever. They'll be fighting over that forever. Let's just agree then that Skyfall is better than the disappointing Quantum Of Solace and returns to the standard of Casino Royale which (come on, can we not fight about this one?) was awesome. Full Story
Bond will be funnier
Daniel Craig, new Bond Girls Naomie Harrie, Berenice Marlohe, and the rest of the Bond team including director Sam Mendes attended a photo call in Istanbul yesterday where many previous Bonds have filmed before; it's apparently Ian Fleming's "favourite city". As expected they've kept the story for Bond Skyfall pretty locked but some speculate that the relationship between Bond and M is tested when sh-t from her past comes back to f-ck things up. Full Story
Rebecca waited
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That might be the nicest way of saying it. When Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes first announced their separation, there were rumours that Rebecca Hall might be involved. I was relieved when it appeared there was nothing to back up the claim. Because I love her. 18 months later and Mendes has confirmed that he and Hall are indeed in a relationship although both sides insist that it started well after his marriage ended. Full Story
Divorce Glow
That's obviously not what married people want to hear but Kate Winslet is working some kind of divorce glow. Here she is photographed for the second day in a row this morning with soon-to-be ex husband but still bff, Sam Mendes, taking the children to school. Many of you are convinced that Kate has been subtly enhanced. Full Story
Divorce can be civilised
And this is good for the children. My parents were divorced for a while before getting back together and they held their sh-t together to the best of their ability and thanks God for that because we didn't need to add another issue to the list. Full Story
Was Rebecca Hall the other woman?
This is what the British tabloids are trying to insinuate. That Rebecca Hall was the reason Kate Winslet left Sam Mendes although they stop well short of suggesting that Hall and Mendes had an affair. In fact, all they say is that Sam has worked with Rebecca several times and that Kate became uncomfortable with his support of Hall's career. Full Story


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Masks are scary, so make a mask. You can make it out mask out of anything - but the key is that you must make it and not buy it. Take a picture of yourself and send it to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom. Deadline is this Friday.
Kotakuland will select a winner from the group of finalists. The winner gets a copy of F.E.A.R. 2, platform of his or her choice! Everyone else gets INTERNET FAME.
Make sure you are holding a Kotaku sign in the picture. Too many people are simply sending old Halloween pictures.
To sweeten the deal, we'll also be giving away a big stash of F.E.A.R. 2 and Monolith loot to the grand prize winner and the four runners up. Yes, this contest has four runners up!
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PeterSchott necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 295 diseños de 64 diseñadores freelance.
Schott Farms Seed
We are a family farm business (3rd and 4th generation) in North Dakota. We have a seed business that has been selling for over 34 years now. Our seed business sells primarily corn and soybeans, but we also sell some wheat and sun flowers. We think the ag industry is an exciting place to be - much new technology to play with, and great people to be around!
Our seed customers. They are an existing market for us. Farmers are a hard-working, smart bunch of people. They can quickly see through something that isn't genuine. Our customers are passionate about what they do, and looking for ways to innovate. They take pride in what they do - specifically feeding our nation.
We are looking for a logo for our seed business. We sell corn, soybeans, wheat and sunflowers. The focus of the business is on corn and soybeans, and the logo should reflect those commodities. We sell Mycogen (http://www.mycogen.com) and peterson farms seed (http://www.petersonfarmsseed.com).
We want something that reflects our experience but also our fresh start with this brand identity. Our business is looking to grow/expand, and the logo should reflect that as well.
The logo will be used on apparel, business cards, stationary, web, etc. Keep it fresh, simple.
We'll need a print file format, think the best is eps but open to other formats. also JPG and GIF.
No clip art or stock images please.
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