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Shaver did a quick turn in the Navy and worked a series of nowhere jobs (including the one in the sawmill) before trying his luck in Nashville. After several futile trips between Texas and Tennessee, he appeared one day in 1968 in Bobby Bare's Nashville office, where he convinced Bare to listen to him play. Bare ended up giving him a writing job. Shaver recorded one song for Mercury, "Chicken on the Ground," which went nowhere, but soon his songs began to see the light of day thanks to Kris Kristofferson ("Good Christian Soldier"), Tom T. Hall ("Willie the Wandering Gypsy and Me"), Bare ("Ride Me Down Easy"), and later, the Allman Brothers ("Sweet Mama") and Elvis Presley ("You Asked Me To"). Shaver's real breakthrough, though, came in 1973 when Waylon Jennings recorded an album composed almost entirely of Shaver's songs, Honky Tonk Heroes -- largely considered the first true "outlaw" album.
Shaver's debut album was Old Five Dimers Like Me, produced by Kristofferson and released by Monument (Kristofferson's label) in 1973. Along with the title track, it contained the now-classic Shaver songs "Willie the Wandering Gypsy and Me" and the aforementioned "Georgia on a Fast Train." Shaver switched to MGM a year later, but no album materialized. "Raising hell" was, as he had sung, part of his lifestyle at the time, and it kept him out of sight for a couple years. In 1976, Shaver resurfaced with When I Get My Wings on Capricorn, and followed it up a year later with Gypsy Boy. In 1978, Johnny Cash recorded "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Some Day)," a song Shaver wrote just after he chose to give up drugs and booze and turned to God for help. Religious references do crop up his songs (including "Chunk of Coal"), but they never dominate the emotions or get in the way of the earthy rhythms and melodies.
Shaver switched labels again, this time to Columbia, in 1980, and recorded three more albums during the next decade: I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal, Billy Joe Shaver, and Salt of the Earth. The latter was produced by Shaver with his son, Eddy, who played on many Billy Joe records and also toured in Dwight Yoakam's band in the '80s. After a few more years out of the spotlight, Billy Joe returned once again in 1993, this time recording under the name Shaver. Tramp on Your Street, released on Zoo/Praxis, featured Eddy on lead guitar and Billy Joe's own raspy but lovable voice, and coming out during a time when hunky hat acts where the new flavor in Nashville, it was quickly recognized as one of the strongest and hardest country records to hit the shelves in many years.
Shaver toured regularly over the next couple of years and recorded a live album for Zoo, Unshaven, in 1995, but was dropped by the label a year later. Victory followed on the New West label in 1998, with Electric Shaver appearing a year later. The rock-oriented Earth Rolls On appeared in spring 2001. His next four albums, all released on the Compadre label, were Freedom's Child (2002); the emotional Billy and the Kid, which saw Shaver singing songs written by son Eddy, who had died of a heroin overdose on New Year's Eve in 2000 (2004); Real Deal (2005); and Everybody's Brother (2007). The year 2007 also saw the release of Storyteller, a live set recorded in 1992, on Sugar Hill Records. Ever the road warrior, Shaver recorded a gig in September of 2011, and released it as the CD/DVD package Live at Billy Bob's Texas in July 2012. Long in the Tooth, released in 2014 in Shaver's 75th year, featured ten new original songs. ~ Kurt Wolff, Rovi


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The conference and the audience show-of-hands poll are a great reminder for speakers: There's no better way to connect with a group than to reflect and call attention to its shared experiences. The experience may be caused by forces at work within the venue, the conference at which you're speaking or--as with the volcano--forces beyond anyone's control. If you, as the speaker, can marshall that shared experience and energy and feed it back to the crowd, you'll have a more dynamic and successful speech or presentation. Here are some examples of how I've seen that done:
- Acknowledge what's top of mind: I worked for a membership organization whose president had to open its annual conference not long after the U.S. invaded Iraq. We'd heard that some members couldn't attend the conference because their National Guard units had been activated, and others shared their fears for children or spouses in the military; at the same time, it was important to avoid taking political sides for this speaker. So we had her open the session by asking members to stand if they were veterans...active military or National Guards...or had a spouse, child or other relative being deployed, pausing between each group's mention. A good third of the audience was on its feet by the end, allowing them to feel acknowledged and letting the full audience see who was affected by the week's larger events.
- Use the backchannel: You (or a Twitter moderator helping you) should keep an eye on the Twitter backchannel during your speech, and in the sessions just prior to it, to get a sense of how the meeting or conference shared experience is shaping up. Being able to work in a reference to what's happening in real time, positive or negative, will tell your audience you're paying attention--and they'll be more likely to return the favor.
- Create interactive shared experiences during your presentation: Asking your audience to do something together while you're presenting can create a shared experience and make your talk more memorable. Ask them to work with their seatmates on a problem for a few minutes. Pass around a prop or sample they can examine close up. Whisper something to one person and have the audience pass it around the room, then see what comes out on the other side.

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[First published June 27, 2005] During the Cold War, I was intensely focused on the Soviet -American nuclear balance and our deterrence strategies versus a possible Soviet first strike capability. I've carried over to our time this focus on city attacks, almost completely forgetting about a fear that a Sovieet EMP nuclear attack was a major danger. I should not have, for now in this era of rogue nuclear states, an EMP attack is the most likely and dangerous, since it requires just one weapon and little accuracy.
On exploding, a nuclear weapon produces a blast of x-and gamma-rays that if triggered high above the United States would devastate the whole country's infrastructure, disabling power grids, computers, microchips, electronic and electrical systems of information, including cell phones, and components of airplanes, and cars. For an important article on this, read Frank J. Gaffney's "EMP: America's Achilles' Heel ". He is President of the Center for Security Policy and former assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. He says:
The emerging threat environment, characterized by a wide spectrum of actors that include near-peers, established nuclear powers, rogue nations, sub-national groups, and terrorist organizations that either now have access to nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles or may have such access over the next 15 years, have combined to raise the risk of EMP attack and adverse consequences on the U.S. to a level that is not acceptable.
Worse yet, the [EMP Threat] Commission observed that "some potential sources of EMP threats are difficult to deter." This is particularly true of "terrorist groups that have no state identity, have only one or a few weapons, and are motivated to attack the U.S. without regard for their own safety." The same might be said of rogue states, such as North Korea and Iran. They "may also be developing the capability to pose an EMP threat to the United States, and may also be unpredictable and difficult to deter." Indeed, professionals associated with the former Soviet nuclear weapons complex are said to have told the Commission that some of their ex-colleagues who worked on advanced nuclear weaponry programs for the USSR are now working in North Korea.
Even more troubling, the Iranian military has reportedly tested its Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile in a manner consistent with an EMP attack scenario. The launches are said to have taken place from aboard a ship—an approach that would enable even short-range missiles to be employed in a strike against "the Great Satan." Ship-launched ballistic missiles have another advantage: The "return address" of the attacker may not be confidently fixed, especially if the missile is a generic Scud-type weapon available in many arsenals around the world. As just one example, in December 2002, North Korea got away with delivering twelve such missiles to Osama bin Laden's native Yemen. And Al Qaeda is estimated to have a score or more of sea-going vessels, any of which could readily be fitted with a Scud launcher and could try to steam undetected within range of our shores.
Given how one nuclear weapon exploded high above the United States would be a catastrophe as well as disable our ability to respond to the attack, this puts North Korean and Iranian nuclear developments in a new and more dangerous light.
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"Will Bush's Idealism Lead U.S. To Lose 'War With Islam'?" (6/7/05) Book Review by Mort Kondracke
Kondracke says:
It certainly is no summer beach read, but you'll be edified – and lots of people will be angered – by Robert Merry's new book, "Sands of Empire," a rich and deep critique of President Bush's alleged "Crusader State" foreign policy.
I think that Merry, president and publisher of Congressional Quarterly, is far too pessimistic in saying that Bush is leading the country toward "calamity" by pursuing a policy of "humanitarian imperialism." But Merry not only argues his case forcefully, he also bases it on intellectual history dating to the 17th century.
Colleague says: The book — Robert Merry — Sand of Empire — argues that Bush is going to undermine the US because he is in the tradition of utopian idealists who try to impose values, which as any good conservative can tell you, can't be done…
Kondracke does the review, and notes the author has a core view centered on two schools of history: Progress vs. Cycles. Bush is a Progress guy, while "reality" is more Cycles (as with Huntington)….
The book seems most flawed in its apparent utter lack of understanding about democracy — that democracy is not an imposition of values, but the very antithesis. In fact, democracy is the only form of government that is explicitly anti-utopian: there is no state imposition of values; rather the state is a mechanism by which people can work out the inherent conflicts about values, peacefully.
Why can't these otherwise bright people remember basic civics-govt 101 lessons? Maybe because they never really learned them. Maybe because the book is really a front for the more important agenda: hate – defeat Bush. Maybe because even though the author of the book is the publisher of Congressional Quarterly, he can't see what is in front of him: peaceful resolution of an endless series of conflicts, without utopian value impositions by the state. Maybe because the guy is really not too bright after all….


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2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet takes on GRC Ford Fiesta ST in the Quarter-Mile
Two, 500hp+ sports cars take to the dragstrip and battle it out
Ford Racing released a video today that we just had to share; it takes place at the zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The footage is of a race between a 2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet and a 2013 Global RallyCross (GRC) Ford Fiesta ST going head-to-head on 1,320 feet of asphalt. Former NHRA racer, Roy Hill, powered the Cobra Jet, while competition racer, Tanner Foust, drove the off-road Fiesta.
As huge fans of drag racing, we had our money on the 2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet; however, knowing little about the Rally Fiestas drag racing capabilities, we just had to watch this video for ourselves.
Roy Hill, driving instructor at the Roy Hill Drag Racing School, was behind the wheel of only 1 out of 50 2013 Ford Mustang Cobra Jets ever produced. The Stang packs a 5.0L Coyote topped with a Whipple, 2.9L supercharger, capable of over 750hp.
In the other lane was Tanner Foust, driver of the 2013 GRC Ford Fiesta ST. The compact car is meant for handling and quick bursts of acceleration. Between its fenders is a 2.0L Ecoboost 4-cylinder engine. Turbocharged and capable of 550hp, the all-wheel-drive 2013 GRC Ford Fiesta ST is best known for handling all sorts of off-road jumps, whoops during rally races. With a 0-60mph time of about 3 seconds on dirt and an even quicker 2 seconds on asphalt, this was sure to be a show. Also worth mentioning, the GRC Fiesta ST has won three consecutive GRC Championships from 2011 to 2013. It's also been on the X Games podium around the world, from the US to Germany.
We don't want to spoil any fun, but the reaction times and 60-foot times for both cars are very similar. Both drivers are experienced and both cars make incredible amounts of horsepower. The race is surprisingly close between the brute horsepower of the American muscle car and the high-winding off-road compact.


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If you want to make a change in California by ballot initiative, you usually have to lose first. Howard Jarvis suffered through a pair of failures to pass property tax relief before he won with Prop 13. Redistricting reform failed five times at the ballot before the voters endorsed it.
The repeal of the death penalty just lost.
But there are signs that, if backers of repeal try again, they'll win.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Those signs? The death penalty repeal initiative -- Prop 34 -- came very close to winning, with the current tally just under 48 percent. Prop 34 outperformed late polls, suggesting it had gained.
There are also signs that the population in California, and nationally, is moving against the death penalty. Much of the democratic world sees the death penalty as beyond the pale (the U.S. is an outlier among advanced countries in maintaining the death penalty).
What's more, the death penalty costs more than life imprisonment, and California is a state with persistent budget problems that aren't going away (despite recent happy talk about the temporary tax revenues that were approved as Prop 30).
So it's a good bet that Prop 34 was just the first of what could be multiple attempts to repeal the death penalty. Here's betting that backers of this cause, by losing, will eventually win.


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Automatic Updates have been rebooting people's Windows boxes for a while now, but only if the user has set the updates to automatically install. However, an apparent bug in a new update for Windows Vista has left many users confused when they awoke to a login screen recently, despite setting updates to install manually. Some Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users were also affected.
A Microsoft spokesperson responded by saying: "We are hearing some reports from around the Web regarding machines that are restarting and having automatic updating settings set back to 'Install Updates Automatically,' despite having selected to be notified before installation of updates. We are still investigating what caused this matter. As such, we encourage customers to contact support using the options discussed at support.microsoft.com/security so that we can potentially gather more information."
Those who wish to never have to worry about this again can always disable the Windows Update service by running services.msc from the Run prompt, although this drastic step will prevent any new updates from downloading unless the user visits the Windows Update web site.


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Auto Registration Dog Licenses and Estimates
- Register Online and Get Estimates
- Plate Check
Auto registration begins at the Town Clerk's Office. To register your vehicle online, use the E-Reg service (your registration will be mailed to you).
New Registrations
- If you are a new resident to the state you must obtain a NH Driver's license and Automobile Registration (plates) within 60 days of moving into the State. (NH RSA261:45 & NH RSA 263:35).
- You will begin the registration process at the Town Clerk's office. It is required that you bring in proof of identification such as a driver's license and two (2) proofs of residency such as a current utility bill, closing statement on a new home, lease agreement, payroll check, etc.
- You will also need to bring your out of state TITLE to the Town Clerk's office where your NH title application and registration forms will be prepared. At the Town Clerk's office you will pay a motor vehicle permit fee based on the list price. A state registration fee will be paid based on the GVW of the vehicle at which time you will receive your plates.
There are two exceptions to the above procedure - If your title is being held by a Lienholder, bring your current registration to the Town Clerk's office along with the current mileage of the vehicle and the exact name and address of the Lienholder. A title application will be prepared by the Town Clerk's office, which you will forward to the NH Title bureau. The Title Bureau will then swap a NH Title for the foreign state title with your Lienholder. You will not be able to register your vehicle until you receive a letter from the Title Bureau informing you that the title swap has occurred. An exception to this transaction is made when your current out of state registration and/or your automobile insurance will expire within 20 days of the day you come into the office. A sixty day registration can be issued in this circumstance, giving the State of NH time to obtain the out of state title from your Lienholder.
- Visit The State of New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles for more Information.
- Effective January 1, 2015 vehicles with a model year 2000 or newer will always be required to be titled.
Renewal Registrations
- Residents must present current registration(s) for the vehicle(s) they wish to renew.
Transfer of NH Plates
- In order to transfer plates from a currently NH registered vehicle, the first name must be the same, and it is mandatory, (RSA261:66), to have the current registration for that vehicle so it can be turned into the state upon transfer.
New Resident Registrations
- New Residents from within the state must provide the current registration and proof of residency. New residents from out of state must provide the current registration proof of residency and the title or the lien holder information (name & address) for any vehicle.


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Yep, dream match topic. I'm sure this has been done many times before, but I havn't seen one around here lately so I decided to make one. I only have one match. Its one I've always wanted to see.
Shawn Micheals vs. Keiji Mutoh: They're both legends, both in their 40s, and both are STILL amazing performers. I'm pretty sure it'll never happen in WWE (since I doubt Mutoh will ever wrestle for WWE) and it'll probably never happen in Japan (unless Micheals gets released by WWE :roll: ). It's a shame we'll never see this. It could be so good.


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What do you say when you have nothing to say? What do you do when your song is a nice accompaniment to a vocal line, and there are no words to accompany?
I could talk about my life. I could mention my new teaching job, the cosmic interference with my busking, the flood… those all seem so incidental.
Maybe silence is okay. Maybe I am saying something — I am writing a lot of music, after all. I'm feeling pressure from Amanda (my girlfriend and closest friend) — not in any way that she is instigating, just a side-effect of who she is — to say something meaningful, something important. I can't. I don't feel like my ideas are important in that way, in the way that they are ready to jump from my mind into another's and have any benefit. I think only vague half-truths: a strong conclusion, a value to hold on to, feels miles away. I know personal truths, I am feeling confident in them, and it is a great feeling, but words always miss the mark. They always make me seem either more certain or more uncertain than I am, with them I don't know how to walk the fine line where I really communicate. And if I could . . . would I put it in a song; would I write it here?
I don't think I would be bothered if my music felt complete without words. But I have a couple of songs in the oven that are just begging for words, that's musically obvious to me. The missing instrument is words. I see a symbol, a metaphor: my life for the song, the words for… what? But it does feel that way — my life has a great groove but is also missing something. Missing lyrics.
I would normally argue that my lyricless music is saying something — it does have a message — but, like my thoughts and my truths, words cannot communicate it. But I'm incredulous. That argument doesn't have the ring it used to.


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Ever since Pres. Barack Obama was ushered into the highest position of the land in the United States on the back of a campaign built with the help of the internet and new media, the landscape of government has never been the same. The ease of Pres. Obama with tech, new media (bloggers), the web, and social networking sites is showing in the way the U.S. embassies around the world are slowly becoming open to bloggers being included in their events.
Right here in the Philippines, I am witnessing a new openness, a willingness by the U.S. Embassy to engage the citizens of the country they are living in and reach out to the ordinary man in the persons of bloggers. To me this is a delightful FIRST. After all, we bloggers do not hold any outstanding achievement in any political, cultural, academic or artistic arena. We are not part of large media organizations that are normally invited to cover embassy events. All we own is that piece of real estate in the blogosphere we can rightfully call ours where we exercise our right to freedom of speech and thought, where we express our opinions and dreams, and very rarely, rant.
Firstly, my wedding godchild (inaanak sa kasal), Jay de Jesus, became the first ever to join the U.S. Embassy in Manila as their Emerging Media Specialist for Public Affairs. That title is loaded!!! Jay is basically the point person for the embassy's social network sites (SNS), really raising the bar of SNS as a major communication and feedback tool.
The very first invitation I received as a blogger from the U.S. Embassy was for a reception dinner at the USS Blue Ridge (the flagship of the US Seventh Fleet) when it docked in Manila for a visit.
Last Friday, bloggers got a second invitation. This time, it was a reception for the U.S. Cultural Affairs Attache, Alan R. Holst, and the Assistant Cultural Affairs Attache, Joseph Tordella.
The cozy dinner, hosted at the home of Counselor for Public Affairs, Richard W. Nelson, was meant to introduce the two to Manila's cultural circuit. Present were people representing their own spheres of influence in the arts, music, literature, sports, theater, education and so on. The Cultural Affairs spearheads, sponsors, and is involved in several projects in these fields. Professional visits and exchange programs between the Philippines and the United States are handled by these officers.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign to fire up again. Trump's advisers are privately expressing worries that the special counsel, who's been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and could soon issue new indictments or a damning final report.
US President Donald Trump and Robert Mueller, American lawyer and civil servant who was the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013. / Photo: Brigitte N. Brantley / Photo: U.S. Embassy Tallinn / (MGN)
Trump abruptly altered the chain of command above Mueller on Wednesday, putting his work under the supervision of a Republican loyalist who has been openly skeptical of the special counsel's authority and has mused about ways to curtail his power. But Trump and his aides are concerned about Mueller's next move with the work that is complete, according to a White House official and a Republican with close ties to the administration.
They insisted on anonymity to comment on conversations they were not authorized to describe.
Read the latest on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and changes at the Department of Justice here
Mueller kept a low profile for the past month as voters were mulling their choices for this week's elections.
But a flurry of activity during his quiet period, including weeks of grand jury testimony about Trump confidant Roger Stone and negotiations over an interview with the president, hinted at public developments ahead as investigators move closer to addressing key questions underpinning the special counsel inquiry: Did Trump illegally obstruct the investigation? And did his campaign have advance knowledge of illegally hacked Democratic emails?
Trump has told confidants he remains deeply annoyed by the 18-month-old Mueller probe, believing it is not just a "witch hunt" but an expensive and lengthy negative distraction. The latest indication of the fury came Wednesday when he forced out his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, whose recusal opened the door to Mueller's appointment.
To this point, Trump has heeded advice not to directly interfere, though a new chapter in the relationship with the probe may have begun with the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as new acting attorney general. Even if Whitaker, Sessions' former chief of staff, does not curtail the investigation, Trump could direct him to take a more aggressive stance in declassifying documents that could further undermine or muddle the probe, the White House aide and Republican official said.
The investigation until now has been overseen by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller last year and granted him fairly broad authority.
"It's very significant because Whitaker's position on indictments or future indictments may be different than Rosenstein's, and Rosenstein had given Mueller a broad mandate to pursue various crimes," said Washington criminal defense lawyer Jeffrey Jacobovitz.
On Friday, Trump moved to distance himself from Whitaker, saying, "I don't know Matt Whitaker." But he also called him "smart" and "respected."
The Mueller investigation has so far produced 32 criminal charges and four guilty pleas from Trump associates. But the work is not done.
A clear focus concerns Stone, a longtime political dirty trickster. The special counsel's team has been investigating Stone's connection to WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign and whether he had advance knowledge of the group's plans to release hacked material damaging to Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Stone has said he did not, but emails, Twitter messages and his own public statements show he portrayed himself as plugged into the WikiLeaks orbit. That includes implying he had inside knowledge in separate email exchanges with a Breitbart editor and Steve Bannon, the former Trump campaign chief executive, just days before WikiLeaks began releasing thousands of emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Bannon and other Stone associates have been questioned, and multiple witnesses have appeared before the grand jury. One associate, Jerome Corsi, said in a video recording Monday that he's "been involved in a really constant basis" for two months with Mueller's investigation.
On Thursday, a federal appeals court heard a challenge to Mueller's authority brought by Stone aide Andrew Miller, who defied a grand jury subpoena last summer and was held in contempt by a judge.
In the president's orbit, there remains some concern about his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., though there are no outward indications that charges are imminent, according to a Republican close to the White House not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.
Beyond Mueller, but also within the Justice Department's oversight, is a federal investigation into Trump's longtime legal fixer, Michael Cohen, who admitted as part of a guilty plea in August to coordinating with Trump on a hush-money scheme to silence a porn actress and an ex-Playboy model who say they had affairs with Trump.
The president hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing, but federal prosecutors have said that a grand jury investigation is ongoing and it targets unspecified "others." Court papers show Trump's conduct and that of top executives at the Trump Organization, some of whom have received immunity, have been scrutinized.
It's unclear what additional charges prosecutors are pursuing and how much of it pertains to the president personally. Federal prosecutors have said in court papers that the case involves numerous "uncharged" third parties and have argued against disclosing search warrants and other documents that would "certainly result in a very public guessing game" about their identities.
Overseeing it all is Whitaker, a former college football player and U.S. attorney from Iowa who was brought into the Justice Department last year to serve as Sessions' chief of staff. In the months before, Whitaker was a familiar presence on CNN, where he questioned Mueller's scope and reach.
In one appearance, he defended a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer, saying, "You would always take that meeting."
He also once tweeted an ex-prosecutor's opinion piece that described the Mueller team as a "lynch mob," and wrote his own op-ed saying Mueller would be outside his authority if he investigated Trump's family finances.
Trump had enjoyed Whitaker's cable TV appearances — including one on CNN in which he suggested that the Mueller probe be starved of resources — and the two men soon struck a bond. Trump told associates that he felt that Whitaker would be "loyal" and would not have recused himself from the Russia probe as Sessions had done, according to two Republicans close to the White House not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.
Despite demands from Democrats that he recuse because of his past comments, Whitaker showed no signs Thursday that he intended to do so. And not everyone is convinced he needs to.
"Based on my experience with Matt," said John Richter, a former U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma and high-ranking Bush administration Justice Department official, "I think he will act consistently with the best traditions of the department and call things as he sees them."
Trump, speaking to reporters Friday, stressed that Whitaker was serving as attorney general in an acting capacity. He said he has not discussed the position with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the subject of some speculation.


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Police: Alleged car thief made food deliveries
WEST HARTFORD -- Police say a Hartford man stole a car used to deliver Chinese food and continued deliveries to keep the customers' money.
Keith Hinds was charged on Friday with larceny, possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and other drug charges.
It was not known Monday morning if the 45-year-old Hinds is represented by a lawyer.
West Hartford police received a call from a Chinese food delivery driver reporting that his car had been stolen at a school after he left it idling to run into the school.
The driver also called his boss so customers could be notified that their orders were stolen with the car. Police say one of the orders was delivered after the theft.
Hinds was held on $5,000 bond.


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Animal Color Change
In the last section, we saw that the most basic form of camouflage is a coloration that matches an animal's surroundings. Of course, an animal's surroundings may change from time to time. Many animals have developed special adaptations that let them change their coloration as their surroundings change.
One of the biggest shifts in an animal's surroundings occurs with the changing of the seasons. In the spring and summer, a mammal's habitat might be full of greens and browns, while in the fall and winter, everything can be covered with snow. While brown coloration is perfect for a summer wooded environment, it makes an animal an easy target against a white background. Many birds and mammals deal with this by producing different colors of fur or feathers depending on the time of year. In most cases, either changing amounts of daylight or shifts in temperature trigger a hormonal reaction in the animal that causes it to produce different biochromes.
Feathers and fur in animals are like human hair and fingernails -- they are actually dead tissue. They are attached to the animal, but since they are not alive, the animal can do nothing to alter their composition. Consequently, a bird or mammal has to produce a whole new coat of fur or feathers in order to change color. In many reptiles, amphibians and fish, on the other hand, coloration is determined by biochromes in living cells. Biochromes may be in cells at the skin's surface or in cells at deeper levels. These deeper-level cells are called chromatophores.
Some animals, such as various cuttlefish species, can manipulate their chromatophores to change their overall skin color. These animals have a collection of chromatophores, each of which contains a single pigment. An individual chromatophore is surrounded by a circular muscle that can constrict and expand. When the cuttlefish constricts the muscle, all the pigment is squeezed to the top of the chromatophore. At the top, the cell is flattened out into a wide disc. When the muscle relaxes, the cell returns to its natural shape of a relatively small blob. This blob is much harder to see than the wide disc of the constricted cell. By constricting all the chromatophores with a certain pigment and relaxing all the ones with other pigments, the animal can change the overall color of its body.
Cuttlefish with this ability can generate a wide range of colors and many interesting patterns. By perceiving the color of a backdrop and constricting the right combination of chromatophores, the animal can blend in with all sorts of surroundings. Cuttlefish may also use this ability to communicate with each other. The most famous color-changer, the chameleon, alters its skin color using a similar mechanism, but not usually for camouflaging purposes. Chameleons tend to change their skin color when their mood changes, not when they move into different surroundings.
Some animal species actually change which pigments are in their skin. Nudibranches (a small sea creature) change their coloration by altering their diet. When a nudibranch feeds from a particular sort of coral, its body deposits the pigments from that coral in the skin and outer extensions of the intestines. The pigments show through, and the animal becomes the same color as the coral. Since the coral is not only the creature's food, but also its habitat, the coloration is perfect camouflage. When the creature moves on to a differently colored piece of coral, its body color changes with the new food source. Similarly, some parasite species, such as the fluke, will take on the color of their host, which is also their home.
Many fish species gradually produce different pigments without changing their diet. This works something like seasonal molting in mammals and birds. When the fish changes environments, it receives visual cues of a new surrounding model. Based on this stimulus, it begins to release hormones that change how its body produces pigments. Over time, the fish's coloring changes to match the new surroundings.


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according the highly unreliable wikipedia, it says jmq did a cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight"! I've searched the net but no luck... anyone else care to shed some light?
from wiki discussion: "Did Jamiroquai actually do a cover of this song? I would be extremely interested to see some evidence for this"


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Where would you like to see Tesla set up Super Chargers?
Where would you like to see Tesla set up Super Chargers?
Again, superchargers are not for within urban areas. You can easily drive all around the bay area without recharging. Superchargers will always be placed between cities. You might end up with one between SF and Sacramento in the long run, but not really a priority since you can easily reach the Folsom charger in a single charge. As far as I'm concerned, the Gilroy one at 35 miles from me is too close to be of any use. On my outbound journey I can make it to the next charger without stopping, and when returning home I'm unlikely to need a boost to make it home.
Josh, why midway between NYC & the Hamptons? It's only a 90-mile or so trip...You can make it from the city to the Hamptons and back on a single charge.
Since I am getting the 40kwh battery I'd like to see charging stations every 90 miles are so, up and down I-5 in Oregon =)...and have it be free.
I think we need a couple around the Albany area...One south of Albany, and another north, along 87/NY State Througway...The route from NYC to Albany is important, as is the route further north to Montreal.
Um . . . While you're at it, you should also ask for the 40 kWh battery to support supercharging.
GDH. Hope you know that 40 kwh battery can't use sc stations.
DTsea +1
The "long-range plan" thru 2015 comprises about 200 SC stations, using 150-mile sep. A long step for 60s, but 60s are not actually meant for long-distance. 85s can get up to about 75% charge in ½hr, as intended. Jamming the system with 60s trying to squeeze in every last Watt is not on.
Near Augusta Georgia along I-20 is needed. This location is about 150miles from Atlanta GA, and will provide needed service for all traveling east/west on this side of ATL.
Chicago to Detroit is in my mind as well with one added in Lansing and Flint Michigan. Gotta' let the Motor City see what they should have. I75 to Florida is a great idea and up through Mackinaw too.I wonder if the islands that do not have cars would like EV's? Greener than the horse and carriage, I think. I'd love the LA-NYNY route too with a guarantee I can make it over the mountains and speed once in a while to enjoy that addictive acceleration, they'd have to be closer than 150, unless we can be OK with staying longer. If I had a gas station I would definitely install at least a highest power charger, even if its Chargepoint. A no brainer.
Someplace between Louisville, KY and Memphis, Tn. between Louisville KY and Atlanta, GA. and someplace between Louisville and Birmingham, AL. Nashville on I65?
every 100 miles or so and every major interstate...
Texas triangle: Houston to Fort Worth = 270 miles; San Antonio to Dallas = 270 miles. Too far for an 85k at 70 mph!!
Much of the road damage could be prevented by integrating tire recyling and pavement repair and road-building. Chopped tires in the asphalt mix greatly increases durability and traction.
Life does not stop at NYC. The ski crowd will need to drive north, and it would be nice to connect from NY to Canada. If the nearest service station is going to be 200 miles away, I'd like a little help with SC stations to get there!
bsimoes, exactly...And not everyone takes 95 to head North. They need to get at least two on 87/New York State Throughway, to get to Albany, and then beyond to Montreal.
+1 rterry
every 80-130 miles on every interstate/Canadian Highway
Personal interest:
I'd particularly like Montréal to Québec City, somewhere in between on the 40 and 20 HW. I think this one is a must. Nice to have for me: One going up north on the 15th towards Mont-Tremblant. And maybe 2 stations in between Toronto and Montréal on the 20/401 HW.
Lets put wish list dreaming aside for a second. Has Tesla (or one of its fans) published on the web some sort of tesla population analysis (we can take it from their plans for service center locations) in order to try to figure out which routes Tesla would be most likely to hit over the next two years, how many charging stations they'll need, and how much they cost per station? My gut is that if you follow their philosophy to have a service center within a reasonable reach of 90% of the Model S sales, you can radiate out from those locations onto popular road routes to see how many chargers we "need" and what the total budgeted cost should be. A rough gut feel is that you are talking a minimum of 50-100 supercharging stations to make a difference. How much do they cost per station? Any chances of getting some government money to help build them?
I spent some time yesterday looking at a North American Map and asking myself where SCs would be needed to allow long distance travel for most people. I came to realize that this is an almost insurmountable task for Tesla. I do not think that we can realistically expect Tesla to have SCs for everyone or even most people, esp. if you live away from some of the major population spots. Look at an interstate map and you will understand my concerns. Even 150 SCs spread across the country hardly make a dent.
Driving the Model S will be limited for quite some time to around town and charging at places like Campgrounds and public stations - all this means slow going.
Yes and No. If Tesla build stations near their customers it won't work and I will tell you why. 2 examples: 1. If you have a charger at home, you don't need a SC station at least 100 miles around your house. 2. At the same time another Tesla owner is passing by your place going from one city to another needs to get some juice but because of your location can't get it. Sounds unfair, unless you propose something else. My first idea that some people liked and some didn't remains the same 75-100 miles a part for each SC station on all major highways. This is the ideal scenario but we can start from 150 miles and then add one station in between when more money made by Tesla or government will give a few bucks to SC station development. Environment is still on the government table. Instead of wasting money on military purposes, they can spare a few dollars on SC stations.
North end of the NJ Turnpike, AND Warwick RI off I95, so we can easily do MD / WDC to Cape Cod or Boston. This trip may be possible right now with the Delaware and Connecticut locations but adding these two more would make it a stress-free trip. Here's hoping they get a few more in this East Coast corridor before late spring or this summer.
Elon Musk on twitter:
Nice story about a Model S coast to coast road trip. By end of year, it will be Superchargers all the way! http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1081387_tesla-model-s-owner-drives-c... …
So that's extremely promising - that means there will be sufficient superchargers even along very low population areas (through West Texas/New Mexico? Nebraska/Utah? Idaho/Montana/Dakotas?) who knows, but he says there will be a completed supercharger path coast to coast by the end of the year - how exciting!
Carefree, I see what you are saying if we wanted to cover the entire US. My feeling is that most of us will continue to have an ICE car for a true coast-to-coast journey or a deep sojourn into the heartland. We should instead focus on the doable, covering several major routes for a 300-400 mile radius of the top 10 tesla markets, with a charger per hundred miles. If one figures that there are three core routes one would seek to cover from each of those 10 markets, that means 30 routes to cover, multiplied by 3-4 charging stations a route (depending upon your projected travel radius) and we get to 90-120 supercharger stations. That might be doable, especially since several of those markets are likely to overlap (e.g., the northeast corridor). Maybe I'm being naiive (and jaded, as I live in the congested Northeast), but I guess it depends upon unit cost and government and other subsidies, as well as Elon's cash flow, which is likely to be very constrained for the next year or so (realistically, not optimistically speaking).
@TheAustin - is 120 miles from Greenwich to EH - which is tough to do roadtrip on a single charge.... And unless you install a higher power outlet out east in your home (or - for all the summer renters who can't choose to install) you have to charge on 110 which takes the car out of action while you're out there or you have to go to a chargepoint station and are not many and take a long time too.
Not really a location for first high impact supercharger rollout but definitely a nice to have down the road - especially as volume of cars ramp up....
I wish they focused less on driving coast to coast and more on connecting major cities. I think it is impractical to drive from coast to coast as having to stop for 60 minutes every 3-4 hours is too much time wasted. However, allowing people to go between major cities where only one 30 minute stop is required seems very doable and particle. This is what they are doing in California. Plus between major cities there is often less infrastructure more rural aleas so have a charging station accessible would make more sense. Although, it doesn't make as nice of a marketing message.
Some misconceptions.
TM is not "cash-constrained" in setting up SCs; it has hardware and crews sitting around awaiting approvals! And SolarCity will be running the "power-out, power-in" business, so electricity costs don't figure into it. Next, the spacing is optimized for 85s making it between overnight stops, where they would use standard charging. Anything else is individuals making use of the system for other purposes: not TM's concern or priority.
Expect the 150 mile spacing to stick. About 200 stations (by end 2015?) can make most major routes traversable with that. Will there be more, later? Open question, I think.
I'm with jomo25, Let me get out of California. (to Albuquerque)
Also Barstow to Vegas is a long haul, need one in Baker or Primm.
Have you checked to see if any of the casinos in Primm have chargers? It seems as if they would be very motivated to provide a charging stop for Tesla owners.
I hear that there are Tesla chargers at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
Yes, SCs on the road to Vegas are a must. Free charging so you can still afford to get home after your visit to the tables. (Fill your pockets with pretzels!)
In my garage.
No prob. First, arrange 800V service from your local utility ...
Between Key West and Miami, All along I-95 to New York...
Kalamazoo Michigan. Exit 76 ASAP! I cannot visit family or relatives or work while living in Chicago. I would love that charger in Kalamazoo as soon as possible and very respectfully request that one place there.
"I wish they focused less on driving coast to coast and more on connecting major cities. I think it is impractical to drive from coast to coast as having to stop for 60 minutes every 3-4 hours is too much time wasted."
Yes, maybe time wasted - but to drive for free is a good incentive to make up for that time.
Between LA and Phoenix maybe Chiriaco Summit
I would like tesla to put up some superchargers in Norway that would basicly cover the whole country with 10- 15 superchargers, since we are the second biggest market after USA , i hope they do that.
I-91 and I-90 intersection in Massachusetts. This would service north/south drivers from New York to Vermont and back. It would also service east/west drivers from Boston to Albany and Toronto and back.
For us West Coasters, I'd encourage them to complete the I-5 corridor on up thru Oregon into British Columbia. The add the west-east Interstates adding I-90, I-10 and I-80...then adding in the I-15, I-70 corridors and basically build out the latice connecting Interstates every 100 miles across the country.
Free ... how much is an MS fillup, again?
Somewhere on 101 in California between Gilroy and Santa Barbara, say Paso Robles, King City or San Louis Obispo.
@Carefree - most of CA is within range of a Supercharger right now with only 6 online. So, I think it is not unreasonable to think that 200 Superchargers can cover most of the population of the US, or an average of 4 per state. You won't have them in major cities, but rather around 75mi away from them on interstates.
I'd also like to see some superchargers along CA highway 395 east of the Sierras. South Lake Tahoe and Yosemite are some other places. Maybe Monterey or Carmel for those trips through Big Sur. While 150 mile intervals is good I think it also makes sense to place them in tourism spots where people may be staying at a hotel.
150 miles. It would take at least 50% more to get 75 mile spacing.
If you're staying overnight at a hotel you don't need a supercharger. We need hotels to put in Level 2 chargers. There's already a level 2 charger in Yosemite Valley.
@BrianH - 75mi in each direction out of major cities, which is 150mi spacing. Ie, driving up 75N through Atlanta, you could charge at Macon and then regardless of which interstate you took out you would hit another Supercharger at about 150mi from the last one.
@gregv64 - yes, the hotel I am staying at next week has two L2 chargers. I could probably make do without (it is 110mi away), but it means I don't have to worry about it at all.
We drive New Jersey to New Hampshire frequently, 330 miles, along route 684,84,Mass Pike (90), 495,3. Somewhere along 84 north of Hartford CT south of Sturbridge MA would be perfect.
The Supercharger in Milford CT is along route 95, and most of us who live on the east coast would rather have our teeth drilled then sit in that parking lot of a highway on the way north.
San Diego
Definitely need the Chicago-NY corridor taken care of. This links Clevland-Pittsburg- and Philly as well.
There are 12 million people in the Texas triangle. We need superchargers here!
Along all interstates at aproximately 150 mile intervals. Also at major rest stops. All of the Superchargers should be near easy on-off access to the freeway.
Along Route 13 or 113 from Delaware to Virginia. This is a major route from NY to the Outer Banks.


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On Wednesday I went back to work. I'm thankful that I have a job where I get 8 weeks off during the summer, that I get to spend every day with my boys, that I can run first thing in the morning when I have a ton of energy, I can wear a pony tail, swimming suit and running shorts all summer long. All that came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when I went back to work. Oh, the pain.
The alarm woke me up at 430, which is just dandy when I'm leaving early for a run or race..but work..not.
As I walked into the shower Topaz gave me a very dejected look. He put his ears down, tail down and laid there, waiting for me. As I put on pants he about died. Hu? It's that time already? Back to work and your nixing the morning runs? Well, for last week, I did.
From Wednesday to Friday I ran in the afternoon and had absolutely NO energy. You know, in the morning, I can run fasted and have plenty of energy. But in the PM, even after eating a few meals, I have no energy. At all. I walked much of my Wednesday and Thursday run.
I need to figure out a running schedule. I don't have time to head the 15 minutes to and from the trail head each morning to run an hour. I'll have to either run treadmill or neighborhood asphalt in the AM, trail in the PM with no energy. Maybe I'll get used to the PM runs again. I don't know.
Originally I was going to head up to Duluth today for a marathon distance on the SHT. Andy Holak is hosting a fun run - 27 miles - on the trail. I was going to drive up early, run, and head back home for the Twins game. Alas, the run was rescheduled for 2 PM today, so it didn't work out for me. 2 PM? That's late for a marathon on the SHT. I'd still be running at 8 PM and wouldn't make the game.
So, instead, I opted to take my trustee training partner, Topaz, out for a 50K at the Blue Hill Trail. We headed out at 6 AM, ran to noon and had time to do Target errands with the family, haircuts and still have time to get off to the Twins game.
There was a huge wind storm last Monday and many of the trees are still down. When I ran the Blue Hill Trail on Tuesday, I was the first one there to see all the damage and then reported it to the headquarters. They were quite startled when I told them the bridge was out; a huge oak fell right across it.
Most of the trees have been bucked up, moved off of the trail, but the bridge still has a tree on it. Topaz and I still ran across the bridge, it's sturdy enough, we just had to pick our way across it 6 times. No biggie.
I suppose I'm done with my long runs now before Superior 100. I'll run another Buck Hill session - 30 repeats - next week. Then I guess I'm ready. There really is not much more that I can do to be ready for Superior.
I did see an interesting thing. Lately I've been noticing piles of poop on the trail that is filled with acorns and berries, lots of wild plum and grapes. As nature's bounty changes, so does the animal poop. Well, today I noticed a pile of poop that had a PAW in it. Yeah, a PAW. A paw with six claws to be exact. I wonder if one of the claws is a dew claw? I don't know. But it was interesting enough for me to take a photo of it! Steve and the boys think I'm crazy to be digging in pooh, but hey, it was interesting. Or, at least, I thought it was..
OK, off to the Twins. Go Twins!


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Making It Work
Finding the right laptop for work is serious business. After all, you need something that's durable, secure, powerful, light, and capable of lasting through a long workday. With the countless options available, it can be difficult to find the perfect one. Fortunately for you, we have already found the 10 best business laptops that can get the work done.
These work-oriented PCs have the same basic components as consumer laptops, but PC manufacturers include features to meet business needs, like biometrics (fingerprint readers and facial recognition); rugged, MIL-SPEC-tested chassis and keyboards; Intel-vPro-certified networking and power management; and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure access. You'll also find choices for professional versions of Windows, and less bloatware than comes with consumer PCs. Design similarities are bound to crop up with so many thin black or silver laptops on the market, but the differences are below the surface.
The line between tablets and laptops is also blurring. Once the two were separated by operating systems, but there are now several tablets aimed at businesses that run true versions of Windows. Some of these tablets even have physical, detachable keyboards. But make no mistake, business laptops have their place in the commercial world, and choosing the right one can determine whether you run a company that's successful or one that suffers from too much downtime. We will walk you through essential business features, the parts you'll need, and, more important, how to distinguish between a business laptop and a consumer model.
Muscle and Memory
Dual-core processors, particularly the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 series or AMD A-series APUs, are the norm in business PCs, though quad-core processors, such as the 8th-generation (Kaby Lake R) Intel Core i5/i7s and the AMD PRO A-series, are available for more strenuous business applications. Power-saving processors like the Intel Core m3 are taking the place of the venerable Intel Atom line in tablets and other ultraportable laptops. And note that in Intel's 7th-generation Kaby Lake line of chips, ultra-low-wattage processors of the Y series may be marketed alongside higher-performance chips; look for the Y in the chip name to be sure.
One note on the different Intel generations. If your business still uses software that requires Windows 7 Pro, look specifically for laptops with 6th-generation Intel Core processor (processors with a -6xxx model number). Laptops with 7th- and 8th-generation Intel Core processors require Windows 10 or later.
Higher-powered, low-voltage, and standard mobile processors can be found in desktop-replacement and entry-level laptop categories. You'll also find the occasional desktop-class processor in power-users' systems and mobile workstations, though those types of computers also typically have the shortest battery life.
Look for no less than 4GB of RAM if shopping for a PC for a rank-and-file worker, but go for 8GB or 16GB if at all possible. (Graphic artists and spreadsheet ninjas will need 8GB as their absolute minimum.) The right amount of memory allows you to keep more programs, windows, and browser tabs open at once, and perform multimedia processes (like editing photos) faster.
Storage Solutions
With businesses using video, multimedia PowerPoint slides, and multi-megapixel photos in staff meetings, a spacious hard drive is a good idea. A 500GB to 1TB hard drive is a good balance between economy and space. While pricier and more meager in their storage capacities, solid-state drives (SSDs) don't have any spinning parts and are therefore better suited to take a licking on the road. SSD-equipped systems also boot and launch apps faster as well. These days, it's tough to find less than 128GB capacity for a solid-state boot drive on a Windows machine or on a MacBook, but upping the amount to 256GB or 512GB is a good idea if you can afford it.
Optical drives are less critical for consumer PCs these days, given the proliferation of streaming multimedia content, and because machines are getting thinner you won't even find the drives on many of today's major laptop releases. But you may need one to burn copies of projects for your clients, read the occasional CD or DVD sent to you by a supplier or customer, or retrieve files or records stored on discs when they were still in vogue not that many years ago. Luckily, an external drive can help out a lot in this situation; that might be a smarter move if you know you're not quite done shuffling discs yet.
Choosing Graphics Support
Most business PCs come with integrated graphics, whether from Intel, AMD, or Nvidia. Integrated graphics are fine for business laptops, since you won't be playing 3D games on a computer meant for work, right? Most professionals who require discrete graphics will use them for specialized tasks like GPU acceleration in Photoshop, high-definition video creation in Premiere, or 3D graphics visualization used in architectural drawings and CAD software. Mobile-workstation-class laptops will usually come with some sort of discrete graphics, either for their 3D capabilities or to drive multiple monitors.
LCD screens with 1,366-by-768 resolution are still available if you're trying to save some money on your laptop, but your eyes will thank you if you upgrade to at least a 1,920-by-1,080 display with In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology. This combination will ensure that you have plenty of space for displaying many columns of numbers in Excel or arranging many windows on the screen at once, and that your coworkers will be able to see them from any angle while clustering around your desk. For graphics or scientific work, a 3K or 4K display provides more real estate still, as well as sharper text and more detailed visuals. Though these are still fairly uncommon fixtures on business laptops, they're becoming more common, and worth the money if your job will make use of extra pixels.
The Right Amount of Connectivity
A strong wireless connection is vital if you want access to valuable information on the web and real-time emails at all times. Every laptop these days has some flavor of Wi-Fi built in. It gets you terrific throughput, but you have to find a hotspot or an unprotected network to surf the Web. Look for dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi for the best flexibility for your IT organization. 802.11ac Wi-Fi runs primarily on 5GHz networks, but will work with 2.4GHz networks as a fallback. Offices in high-density buildings may wish to use the less-populated 5GHz bands, as the 2.4GHz channels get more crowded. On top of that, you have to worry about security and nefarious activities going on within these networks. Don't discount Ethernet entirely, though: You'll still need it for some hotel rooms and offices that don't have Wi-Fi, so if your laptop is too thin to house an Ethernet port, an adapter is a worthwhile investment.
These difficulties are, in part, why many business laptops now have built-in mobile broadband wireless modems as options. They work in tandem with available cellular networks to bring broadband speeds to your laptop wherever there's a cellphone signal available. Many laptops have these modems integrated for a nominal fee. Data plans, on the other hand, don't come cheap. Depending on whether or not you have an existing cellphone plan, rates can run as high as $60 to $80 per month. The faster 4G LTE wireless will give you transfer speeds rivaling what you get from a Wi-Fi connection, and it's available from the top cellular networks with the most coverage, notably AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Mobile hotspots and smartphone tethering are also available in case you don't want to buy internal modems for all your employees; they're a quick fix if you only need mobile internet part-time.
Keeping Your Laptop Alive
A big battery can be your best friend on a lengthy flight or a long commute. Business laptops usually come with multiple battery options. Some enterprise-class laptops have two to three different kinds of batteries (four-, six-, and nine-cell options). The more "cells" you buy, the longer the battery life. A big battery adds some heft, but being able to run unplugged from dawn 'til dusk is worth the weight gain. Some ultraportable laptops have non-removable sealed batteries. Look for a laptop with removable batteries if you need more than six to eight hours before you have a chance to recharge.
If battery life is important to you, you should look for a tablet or ultraportable with a removable battery slice that slides underneath the base, or an external battery pack with a USB-C connector. Combined with the internal battery, these external solutions can help deliver battery life in the 19-to-24-hour range. Just be forewarned that these extra-life batteries can weigh your system down by an extra pound or more.
The Appeal of Tablets
Price and portability are arguably the biggest reasons why businesses should consider tablets. Some tablets are selling for less than $500 and can easily adapt into a corporate environment. While specialized (read: expensive) tablets have been in the vertical markets, like health care, for years, the ubiquity of the iPad means that people are used to carrying a computer that doesn't have a physical keyboard. Look for a Windows 10 tablet like the Microsoft Surface Pro if you need to run in-house or third-party apps that were originally created for PCs. True enterprise-class tablets running Windows 10 are still evolving, but people expect their work computer to work the same as their personal tablet. Apple fans will have to be content with using the iPad or iPad Pro for business, as a tablet-optimized version of OS X doesn't yet exist.
The majority of tablets are built to surf the web, run Office apps, and perform other very light computing tasks, but they are also compatible with the gamut of security applications, VPN and email clients, and countless hardware peripherals like printers, scanners, and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. I wouldn't run an entire business on a tablet, but one can be a nice take-along unit for an offsite meeting or used as a portable alternative to your 6-pound business laptop.
Chromebooks: Simple and Affordable
With the cloud becoming an omnipresent feature in our computing lives at both work and home, chromebooks are more viable options than ever for laptops devoted to work activity. These laptops are restricted to using Google's Chrome OS, which begans as a souped-up version of the popular Web browser. Android apps from the Google Play Store (such as the Microsoft Office suite or Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) extend the chromebooks' abilities, but may lack features found on the Windows-based versions of the same programs. But if Web-based collaboration is key to your workflow, a chromebook could be enough, and because they don't need massively powerful hardware to run most Web apps, they can generally be found at much lower prices than other business laptops. Some chromebooks designed for work do have beefier processors and more memory, though, so you'll have the maximum number of options possible for doing the best job you can.
Choosing Your Laptop
A bit of thought on the nature of your particular job should point you toward the ideal business laptop. Paying a little extra for more power or capabilities now will save you headaches down the road. The added value of a longer warranty (some business laptops come with three years), specialized tech support, and a more ruggedized frame (fortified by carbon fiber or magnesium alloy) are some of the extra benefits you may get with a business laptop. If your work is graphics-intensive, you'll want to opt for a laptop with discrete graphics. When choosing a processor, you'll have to find the right balance between power and energy efficiency, and in selecting a battery, you'll need to choose between its capacity and weight. When you determine the best features for your needs, you can focus on just those laptops that incorporate them.
Our current favorite business laptops are listed below. We refresh the list often to include the newest products, but because of the large number of laptops we review every year, not every top-rated product makes the cut. For more, be sure to also check out our overall top laptop picks, and if money is tight, our roundup of the best budget laptops is worth a read. If you want to fully outfit your work area, check out our takes on the best business monitors, plus our favorite keyboards, mice, and printers.
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On the front page, OrlonsFyre asks, "What is outside the observable universe?"
I thought this was an intriguing question. Since to me, the observable universe is a subset of The Universe. We are therefore forever trapped within the "observable universe." However, there is more universe out there. Its' light just hasn't had time to reach us yet, right? But I think the question is asking outside "our universe." If membrane theory is correct, then other universes, whole and self contained. How to test? Which of the four fundamental forces would be strong enough to pierce the void from one universe to the next? Gravity. IF it is possible to measure the overall direction of the galaxies in the universe, and not be random then maybe it could be inferred that something "outside" was attracting us. Like another universe.
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Covering letters
A covering letter is the very first glimpse that a would-be employer will get of your potential - so make sure you stand out from the crowd for all the right reasons.
There are no set rules about the form your letter should take, but there are certain basic things you'll need to include. Our guide below should help you to get it right.
The salutation
A covering letter is a formal piece of communication, and when in doubt, it's best to err on the side of formality. So write "Dear Dr Jones" rather than "Dear Claire" unless you know the recipient personally. "Dear Sir or Madam" should only be used if you don't have a name and "To whom it may concern", can be used, but it is used less often now.
The opening line
It's important to establish exactly what your letter is about right from the start. If you're simply replying to a job advertisement, say so, referring clearly to the position you're interested in.
If you're sending your CV out on spec, you'll need to think more carefully about your opening line. The recipient will be getting your letter out of the blue, so it's vital to write something that will grab their attention. Focus from the outset on the reader. Put aside your own objectives for a moment and think what they will want and need from a potential employee.
Say, for example, that you want a job as a researcher. Rather than starting like this:
- "I am interested in working for you as a researcher …"
It would be better to start:
- "I am aware that your organisation is recruiting for researcher in nanotechnology, I have several years' experience in this field ..."
Selling yourself
Next, pitch your skills to them in a way that clearly meets the criteria they've set out in the job description. It's surprisingly rare for a candidate to make direct links between the qualities an employer is after and their abilities and experience. Doing so will really help you to stand out.
Start by listing the qualities they're looking for. Then think of examples from your working life when you've displayed those qualities really strongly. For example, if they say they want someone with good team-working skills, think of incidents in which you have personally helped a group to work better together, solved differences or boosted co-operation.
Boil down each example to a sentence or two, and focus on concrete, measurable achievements wherever possible. You needn't cover the whole person spec exhaustively; stick to four or five areas where you know you are particularly strong.
Call to action
If you're replying to an advertisement, this won't be necessary, but if you're writing to them on spec, you should specify what the next steps will be. Will you telephone them in a week's time, for example, or ask them to contact you?
Sign off
"Yours", "Yours sincerely" or "Yours truly" are fine. Sign offs like "Best wishes" or "Best regards" are too informal unless you know the person well. "Yours faithfully" is only correct form if you've begun your letter "Dear Sir or Madam".
Other points to remember
- Don't make it too long. If you write more than two pages of A4, the chances are they simply won't read all that lovingly crafted prose
- Indicate enthusiasm. Say why you're keen on the job, and how it fits in with your career goals
- Mention enclosures, such as your CV, written references or examples of your work, in the letter
- Typos will count as an obvious black mark against you. So check your spelling, grammar and punctuation
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I took a couple of things from the inspiration photo besides the COLOR. I used my Scattered Showers umbrella, paper pieced it and added the pearls.
Friday, May 13, 2011
I took a couple of things from the inspiration photo besides the COLOR. I used my Scattered Showers umbrella, paper pieced it and added the pearls.
29 comments:
- Keva said...
Ooh, this is beautiful. Love the colors for the challenge and your card is just perfect.
- May 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM
- Gayatri said...
Gorgeous card, Amy! Love the background collage stamping. Just gorgeous :)
- May 14, 2011 at 2:34 AM
- Elena said...
gorgeous card!
- May 14, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Christina said...
Absolutely lovely, Amy! The stamping blends in to the patterned paper seamlessly. Your ribbon is gorgeous, and I love the little pearls you added to the umbrella!
Have a great weekend!
- May 14, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- Lynn said...
Amy, safe travels for the graduation! I love all the stamping you did on the patterned paper. It's gorgeous!
- May 14, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Laurie said...
Amy this is so pretty! You know I love that bow!! your background is gorgeous too!
- May 14, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- Karen B. said...
This is so beyond beautiful. So many pretty details for my eyes.
- May 14, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- Aimes said...
Oh your stamping is just FABULOUS, Amy! I'd have thought that was an amazingly pretty panel of DP - it all blends in beautifully!
- May 14, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Lindsay said...
Sooo so pretty Amy! Love the stamping on patterned paper and that seam binding bow, perfection!
- May 14, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Suzanne said...
GORGEOUS, Amy! You have really wowed us with this one - it's perfect! I love it!!
- May 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Diane Jaquay said...
WOW! That's some seriously awesome stamping you've done on this card!!! Love the vintage, collage feel, SUPER!!
- May 14, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- Denise said...
I am with all the others, just amazing. I have saved a pic to "case" later. thanks :)
- May 15, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- Karin Åkesdotter said...
WOW!!! What a beautiful card! Love it!
- May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Karin Åkesdotter said...
WOW!!! What a beautiful card! Love it!
- May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Emily Leiphart said...
This is gorgeous, Amy! WOW, those stamps look amazing on that paper and I really love the detail on the tiny tag!
- May 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Kristin said...
simply beautiful! sorry i haven't visited in awhile... LIFE!! i just love this, and how you've tied it all together
- May 15, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Jen Adcock said...
Sweet Jeebus! Amy this is seriously gorgeous! Totally swoon-worthy! What a stamping masterclass. That PP tzujed up by your clever stamping is just delectable.
- May 15, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Lee Anne said...
This is beautiful, Amy!
- May 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- kasia c. said...
Oh my goodness, Amy, this is stunning! I LOVE it all, the colours, the ribbon, the fabulous umbrella, the postmark stamps, all of it! :)
- May 16, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- DF said...
Wow, wow, it's beautiful! I really like the muted soft colours and the texture from all the stamps. The umbrella is a great addition, and something I haven't seen before in 'vintaged' creations.
- May 16, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Jen Carter said...
Wow Amy!! You have this style down!! This looks wonderful and you layered so many elements!! The umbrella you made look so elegant, not sure I've EVER seen that set used that way and it looks fantastic!
- May 16, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Rebecca said...
Beautiful card Amy. All patterned paper - holy cow! That is a quite an accomplishment!
- May 17, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- ~Tammy~ said...
I love it all girl! Just beautiful!
- May 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Sara Mac said...
Amy this is beautiful! I love how you dressed up the pp with those stamps. Everything looks perfect!
- May 17, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Arlene said...
Wow Amy, this is gorgeous and delicate looking. Just perfect for the challenge!
- May 18, 2011 at 4:13 AM
- Sue Ann said...
Girl when you get a challenge you hit it out of the ballpark ....... of course you are a Yankee :) This is totally amazing and the paper on this beauty is just perfect. I NEED THIS RIBBON!!! xoxox Miss You!!
- May 20, 2011 at 7:12 PM
- Jenny said...
Such a pretty card, love it :) :) :)
- May 24, 2011 at 2:40 AM
- lynn said...
amy, this is just charming--love the colors, your umbrella, ribbon--all of it!
- June 1, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Michelle (abzzymom) said...
Wow, this is beautiful! This took my breath away when I first saw it. So delicate. I love how you combined these colors. Ok, you're going to have to show me how you made that awesome bow!
- June 2, 2011 at 2:51 PM


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994: Advent Calendar
The picture depicts an Advent calendar, which has a chocolate every time they get halfway to Christmas. This is a joke because of Zeno's paradox, which said "Before a moving object can travel a certain distance, it must travel half that distance. Before it can travel half the distance it must travel 1/4 the distance, etc. This sequence goes on forever. Therefore, it seems that the original distance cannot be traveled, and motion is impossible." This means that eating chocolates at diminishing intervals will make it so Christmas never happens.
The title text says that when you get close to midnight, it gets physically impossible to eat the chocolates that fast, but you could get the one second away mark with a chocolate liquidator and feeder tube.
1153: Proof is also about Zeno.
- [There's a single large panel. It shows a portion of an advent calendar.]
- December 23rd
- December 24th 12:00 AM
- December 24th Noon
- December 24th 6:00 PM
- December 24th 9:00 PM
- December 24th 10:30 PM
- December 24th 11:15 PM
- December 24th 11:37:30 PM
- December 24th 11:48:45 PM
- December 24th 11:54:22.5 PM
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- December 24th 11:58:35.63 PM
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To me this is a lesson in moderation, too much chocolate is not only a problem on x-mas, but also on Halloween. If we don't learn moderation, we will wake up on 25th with huge belly and type-1 diabetes. Enjoy responsibly (which is true for every good thing and state altering drugs). - e-inspired 188.8.131.52 15:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I'll have you know that type 1 diabetes has nothing to do with sugar overdose, since it's mostly an autoimmune disease. Type 2 diabetes is the fatty's version, whose only connection to type 1 is the symptoms (and sometimes the treatment) 126.96.36.199 05:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
I'm glad that isn't what this is for me. 188.8.131.52 10:42, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
I think the humor is too about the way most people find difficult to wait for the next day before eating the chocolate...--188.8.131.52 14:49, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Advent then is the opposite of lent, when one gives up, say, chocolate 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
AAAHH!! Stop being an idiot! Type 1 diabetes... what they said. I have type 1!! Stop accusing me of making myself diabetic!!! 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I don't get why people think Zeno's paradox is interesting as it relies on the stupid notion that objects somehow move by halving the distance between one and the other rather than moving in discrete amounts of distance over time. I hope Zeno got punched for being so dumb at least once in his lifetime. -Pennpenn 220.127.116.11 05:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
It's interesting because it's not really a paradox. Of course they knew that the runner will get to his destination in finite time. The whole point was that it's absurd to claim otherwise. The reason it gets repeated so often is that, any philosophical arguments aside, it's a good story to explain that an infinite sum has a finite solution. Sigma(n=0->inf,1/(2^n))=2. 15:30, 29 October 2018 (UTC) 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Makes me think of Thomson's Lamp. 220.127.116.11 14:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
I thought this was talking about Scientology. 220.127.116.11 18:41, 12 December 2019 (UTC)


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- A student must maintain acceptable behavior. Excessive truancies and suspensions from school may affect participation in promotion activities. The principal shall have the option of removing any student from participation in the ceremony because of unacceptable behavior either on campus, at a school activity, or in the community if the action is related directly to a school situation.
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Saturday, December 16, 2006
AP continues to win plaudits ....
Agent Provocateur continues to win accolades around the world. The latest is Forbes magazines article about the top shops of 2006.
Forbes sites superb personal customer service as a key differentiator for Agent Provocateur.
This article follows the recent revelation that the famous Kylie video which helped bring AP to the world's fashion stage is the fourth most watched video ever - with something like 40m viewings. If you have never seen it ....watch it now!
The Kate Moss series - currently playing episode 2 - has a way to go yet before the viewings reach 40m.
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
eTails - a really good eCommerce read
Congratulations to Lysander Meath-Baker of Digivate for the interesting snippets he picks up and observations he adds from the world of eCommerce - in their eTails blog. The relentless rise of eCommerce sales and the new services being offered continues to make this an interesting space.
Digivate themselves continue to make strides as an eCommerce site builder and manager. They keep adding new accounts and their services which now include SEO,SEM and eMail campaigns - design and analysis - is powering their sales and profits.
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Specifications for effective sealing systems
Designing hydraulic rod and piston sealing systems requires careful attention to the dynamic seal interaction and the principles of tribology to ensure long service life, proper seal function, minimal wear, low friction and smooth operation. Tribology is the study of the design, friction, wear and lubrication of interacting surfaces in relative motion. The most important considerations for tribological properties of a dynamic sealing system are:
- the seal material
- the seal profile design
- the counter-surface material and finish properties
- the hydraulic fluid, which is the lubrication for the dynamic sealing surfaces
For information about seal profile design, refer to the relevant product section.