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Classical Architecture - Style
Design your house with classical style, using proportions defined by Vitruvius and Palladio.
I like to call the architectural style I'm using "Vitruvian" in honor of Emperor Augustus' architect who was called Vitruvius (about 2000 years ago). Many people refer to the architectural style as Palladian after Andrea Palladio (about 500 years ago), but Palladio basically copied Vitruvius. To be fair, Vitruvius basically copied from the Greeks (about 2500 years ago) who slightly copied from the Mycenaeans (about 3000 years ago). The Mycenaeans were influenced by the earlier Minoan civilization, located on the island of Crete. In recent years the style has also been called Neoclassical or Greek Revival.
Buy a good book
It is important to get the architectural details correct if you truly want to design and build a good classical style building (a Vitruvian building). There is a very useful book on the subject called "Get Your House Right" by Marianne Cusato. I brought a copy and I encourage you to also buy a copy.
What follows on subsequent web pages is some of the information from this book, but it is only some of the info which is why you should buy the book.


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Ceres Galaxy Fumed Frit Spoon
Ceres takes its name from the dwarf planet in our galaxy located within the asteroid belt, which the awesome, flowing frit design of this piece resembles. Large chunks of various dark frit color appear to float within the extra thick glass and are backed by an aura of gold fumes so colorful it almost seems to glow. Spirals of silver fumes add just the right touch of light and create the contrasting cooler tones all coming together to form one of our favorite designs yet! The pipe shown in the images is the EXACT one that is for sale.
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We initially expected the Cadillac ATS V-Sport model to show for the 2016 model year. However, the vehicle could also show up as a 2017 model year vehicle.
Following is speculative and unconfirmed information about the 2017 Cadillac ATS V-Sport. This page is a continuous work-in-progress and will be updated on a regular basis as we await official details from General Motors and Cadillac.
If you notice any inaccuracies about the information provided, have recommendations, or suggestions to share, please let us know here.
We expect the 2017 Cadillac ATS V-Sport to:
- Launch either for the 2016 or 2017 model years
- Be available in both four-door sedan and two-door coupe body styles
- Slot between the ATS 3.6 and the ATS-V, being tamer than the full-fledged ATS-V
- Be powered by Cadillac's new twin-turbo 3.0L V6 LGW engine making something in the vicinity of 350-400 horsepower and 350-400 pound-feet of torque mated either to GM's new 8-speed 8L90 automatic transmission with paddle-shifters or to the TREMEC TR6060 6-speed manual transmission
- Power will likely be sent to the rear wheels, though an all-wheel drive system could potentially be offered. For rear-wheel drive models, an electronic limited slip differential (G96) and a set of sticky, high-performance summer-only tires (such as Michelin Pilot Super Sports) will send power to the ground. Meanwhile, models with the possible all-wheel drive system will likely distribute power with a rear bias (to the tune of 30% front and 70% rear), wear all-season tires and not feature the limited slip diff.
- Feature upgraded brakes, including slotted rotors, upgraded pads, and painted brake calipers to show off the stopping power
- Deliver a sporty yet comfortable ride via Magnetic Ride Control (F55)
- Feature the ATS-V's Special Ride and Handling package (FE4) either as standard or as an option
- Offer Recaro performance seats as an option
- Breathe out of a quad exhaust (dual exhaust, with two outlets each) like the ATS-V
At this point, we're of two minds about the ATS V-Sport's body work, as we can see Cadillac going either way on this:
- One possibility is that the ATS V-Sport will have the same/similar body work as the ATS-V, and
- The other possibility is that the ATS V-Sport will simply sport the same body work as the non-V ATS models, albeit with several upgrades like a body kit package.
Given our expectations about the ATS V-Sport are correct, then the vehicle will have the following rivals in the compact sport-luxury sedan and coupe segments:
ATS V-Sport Sedan Competitors:
- BMW 340i (previously-known as 335i)
- Mercedes-Benz C450/C450 AMG Sedan
- Audi S4
ATS V-Sport Coupe Competitors:
- BMW 440i (previously-known as 435i)
- Mercedes-Benz C450/C450 AMG Coupe
- Audi S5
Cadillac has not yet confirmed nor announced an ATS V-Sport. But the following findings lend credence to the rumored ATS V-Sport:
- 2016 Cadillac ATS order guide mentions ATS V-Sport
- ATS V-Sport seen in new Cadillac accessories catalog
- Cadillac ATS V-Sport rumors and more rumors dating back to 2013
The introduction of V-Sport would follow the debut of the Cadillac CTS V-Sport and Cadillac XTS V-Sport.


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Ethan Willis from Prosper, Inc. joins us for today's interview. He's very undercover – I have been trying to get this interview for at least a year and finally managed to convince him. I think a lot of you don't even know what he looks like. Prosper focuses on producing leads, selling to those leads, and then providing fulfillment. They work with people like Ken Blanchard, Donald Trump, and Robert Allen. Ethan also talks about his new book with Ken Blanchard (from the One Minute Manager series).
Full Interview Audio and Transcript
Personal Info
Hobbies and Interests: Photography, Outdoor Photos in Utah, Kickboxing, Working Out, Travelling, Working with Youth in Church.
Favourite Sports Teams: LA Lakers, Notre Dame.
Favourite Books:
- E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber
- Good to Great by Jim Collinsgood
- The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
Favourite Entrepreneurs: Steve Jobs, Walt Disney.
Company Website: http://www.prospercorp.com
Fast Track Interview
Adrian Bye: Today I'm talking with Ethan Willis of Prosper, Inc. Ethan, why don't you tell us a little bit about who you are, where you've come from, and what you're up to these days?
Ethan Willis: I grew up in Pasadena, California and lived in Brazil for two years. I moved to Utah after receiving a scholarship to go to Brigham Young University. I graduated with a degree in Marketing Communications.
Prosper has three different parts to the company. AdCafe.com is the front-end lead generation side. In many ways, it has all of our offers for affiliates to run and take to the market. Currently, we have six or seven offers on AdCafe.com. Our leads come from those we directly receive, from our database of over four million names, from partners with whom we work, and from new business.
The second part of our business is selling to those leads. The third part is fulfilling those leads through the coaching arm, the product development arm, and the content development side. We're the only company I know of that can do all three parts of our business: producing leads, selling leads, and fulfilling leads.
Adrian Bye: How did you start your business?
Ethan Willis: I started the business in 1998 with just two employees: myself and my partner Randy Garn, who I met and worked with at BYU. Today, we have over 500 employees in four offices.
After my first year at BYU, my scholarship ended, and I found a summer job going door-to-door selling pest control. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever done. However, I learned quickly and made over $33,000 that first summer.
When I came back to school, I recruited Randy to work with me. The next summer, we went to San Diego where we had a sales office of 12 sales agents and 12 pest control technicians. We were the top sales office. When we came back to Provo, Utah, we didn't want do pest control anymore. Instead, we started a marketing company.
Adrian Bye: What was your trick at being so good at selling pest control?
Ethan Willis: When I first started selling, I used what I call the "next-door theory." I always thought, "I'm not going to get the sale here. I'm going to try to get it at the next door." It continued to go on until I wouldn't get any sales during the whole day. I soon realized, "I'm going to get the sale at this door, as if it were my last door."
It was honing myself and my presentation along with my sheer determination and the realization that I had to make each interaction my best. I also realized the better you market, the less you have to sell. As a result, I started developing marketing collateral to persuade people to buy door-to-door. We sent direct mail and flyers and made phone calls before we went to work in our area.
We carried that into our business today. We have a great sales company, but one of the things we do very well is the marketing aspect by conditioning customers with the messaging beforehand. As a result, when they are introduced to a sales person, they are ready to make a purchase.
Adrian Bye: How did you go from pest control to starting Prosper?
Ethan Willis: The first marketing account we worked on was Peter Lowe International. We were getting people to the Peter Lowe events as well as marketing the products and services at the events. It came to the point where we said, "Too many people are not buying anything."
We started taking those names and marketing the products and services after the event. We found that the margins were much better, and we didn't have to travel as much. We then started working those leads on the backend.
Then instead of getting names from people who attended an event, we got into the lead generation side to produce our own leads. We then had the idea of taking a presentation that someone, such as Robert Allen, would do and making an online, downloadable product. We thought, "How do we take what he's doing and saying on stage, put that on the "World Wide Web", and get that message out to people so they hear it and buy into it." After someone showed interest or made a purchase, we would then follow up with them.
Adrian Bye: Basically, you went looking for buyer leads on the Internet?
Ethan Willis: Right. This was even before a lot of people were doing CPA. It was primarily CPM where you're paying $1,000 for one million names. We'd do a drop to that. We didn't know what to expect, but all of a sudden we started getting 300, 400, 500, and even up to 1,000 leads a day. We then started trying to find more lists in which to drop.
Adrian Bye: You did your own lead generation to find buyers. You were selling them yourselves. Were you also doing all of the fulfillment, customer service, and everything else?
Ethan Willis: Yes. From the beginning, we knew we wanted to control all aspects of the business. We want to know the customer from when they come in until they're fulfilled in their last session. We do everything in between to make that successful. That includes accounting, customer service, and quality assurance.
Nowadays, too many groups patchwork it together. For example, one group does leads. One group does sales. One group does fulfillment. There's no continuity for the customer through the process. With the way it is set up, a lot of times you don't know what the fulfillment is, what they're really getting, or the continuity between the front and the back.
One of my favorite books is E-Myth by Michael Gerber. He says, "The purpose of a business is to fulfill the promises its people make." If we aren't involved in each aspect, it's hard to know what promises are being made on the front-end with marketing. It's hard to know what promises are being made with the sales group. It's hard to know what promises are being made from the compliance side, and what promises are being fulfilled on the fulfillment side.
Too many things can go wrong, which I've seen many times. For example, the fulfillment house goes out of business. The sales company has already paid the fulfillment house. The sales group then doesn't really have the money to pay for the actual fulfillment. As a result, those customers are unfulfilled. You can also have consumer complaint issues, even up to the point of issues with attorney generals.
Adrian Bye: You now have 500 employees. As an Internet company, that's astonishing. How do you manage so many people and keep such a big organization running?
Ethan Willis: Having so many employees is a wonderful thing. You have the opportunity to work with great people with different talents. One thing we talk about in our company is being able to have the best ideas bubble to the top.
On the other side, there is the need to manage all of those people. It takes two things to run the organization. Number one is getting good people to manage the employees. Number two is hiring good people from the beginning.
A lot of companies become bureaucratic because they are trying to set up systems and processes to manage the wrong people. If you can have the right people who believe in what you're trying to do and who have the right philosophy, the culture of the business will often manage itself. Then it's all about fostering that culture.
Adrian Bye: Is the company privately held by you and Randy? Do you have any outside shareholders or a board of directors?
Ethan Willis: It's a private company with no other shareholders or outside investors. We do have a board of directors. Tom Stockham, former CEO of MyFamily.com, is a member of our board of directors. We also have members of the advisory board and others to help give us direction.
Adrian Bye: If you've grown it organically, why did you set up a BOA and a BOD?
Ethan Willis: As our business is growing, we know experience and perspective is key. People have already paid a lot of money and taken a lot of time and energy in things they've done wrong or they've learned. Those are scars they have, and I'd rather learn from their scars than have to go through it ourselves.
Adrian Bye: You're also generating coaching and training programs to help people make money. Is that generally your focus going forward?
Ethan Willis: It is. On the coaching side, every week we teach 1,700 one-on-one coaching sessions in 76 countries, and tens of thousands of students have come through our programs. We explain what we do as ROI-based education.
Our demographic are people who have gone to school, and it has let them down. All the promises to get a degree, learn this traditional route, and be financially free have not happened for them. Our people don't want a degree. They want specific, tactical, results-based training they can apply in their life or business to increase their income.
For example, a student comes through the One Minute Entrepreneur coaching we're doing with Ken Blanchard and says, "I have a chiropractic business with 10,000 people in my database. How do I do a direct marketing campaign to that database?" We would teach that student how to do a direct marketing campaign to that database. They then execute on that education and have a windfall profit of $20,000 or $30,000.
Adrian Bye: What about someone who has 6,000 buyer leads a week? They may think of sending them to Prosper to help them make more money. But they also may be thinking Prosper might knock them off. What's your answer to that?
Ethan Willis: We're not going to take advantage of anyone in that way because we would lose current and potential partners. If anything, we help the partner in how they do lead generation. We know how to market, how to do copywriting, and how to qualify a lead for coaching. We have four or five specific techniques we can implement into someone else's campaign that makes a more qualified coaching lead to help produce and create more revenue from their database.
Adrian Bye: If you guys are so good at having people who can make money, why are those people working for Prosper and not doing it themselves?
Ethan Willis: Most of our coaches also run a business and invest on their own. In many ways, they come to Prosper because they do joint ventures or investment pools with other coaches. The association with Prosper and all our other brands helps build their ability to grow their businesses.
Adrian Bye: Who are some of your big clients?
Ethan Willis: We work with Ken Blanchard, co-develop curriculum with the team from Trump University and also work with David Bach, Robert Allen, Shawn Casey and quite a few other partners.
Adrian Bye: Can you tell us about the book you recently co-published with Ken Blanchard?
Ethan Willis: Ken Blanchard has been a hero of mine for a long time. The One Minute Manager is one of the first business books I read. He's also written Gung Ho! and Big Bucks! Ken has such a great business-to-business brand, and he wanted to further develop and leverage his brand directly to consumers. He researched who he should do that with and found Prosper.
After Ken met with us at my office, we developed a campaign named The One Minute Entrepreneur. It has 20 attributes on how to become a successful entrepreneur and have a successful venture. He then decided to make a book about it.
Don Hutson had a book called One Minute Mentor, and Ken had content from another book he was going to write. We put in the attributes and made the book more entrepreneurial. Random House gave us a contract and pre-published 200,000 books. We've already pre-sold 20,000 books and it has become a #1 New York Times Best-Seller.
Additionally, we have 35 partners helping us push the book. We also have a contract with Barnes and Noble to have all of the laddering in the front of the bookstore. For the next six months, we're really going to push this. We have an offer going to databases, and we are selling The One Minute Entrepreneur coaching on the backend. We'd love to hear from anyone who wants to help Ken, Don, and I push this forward.
Adrian Bye: How much of the book did you write?
Ethan Willis: I contributed the 20 attributes. Through the book, different stories are told to Judd, who is the main character going through the experience of becoming an entrepreneur. Through the entire book, we've embedded these attributes behind the different stories.
At the end of the book, we developed a tool called E-strengths, which can be found at estrengths.com. After you answer 80 questions, it tells you what strengths you have, why those strengths are important, what weaknesses you have, and why you need to work on them. Tens of thousands of people have already taken the E-strengths profile.
Adrian Bye: You put that through your coaching business so you could already test it with people?
Ethan Willis: That's right. The end of the book has all kinds of collateral about entrepreneur coaching and E-strengths, so the book is going to be a lead generator for us. Previously, we thought the front-end was just lead generation. Now I'm realizing there's more front-end than that. There's publishing and all kinds of front-end and back-end opportunities, and we're just trying to expand those.
Adrian Bye: When people visit the Web site from the book, are they prompted for a name and e-mail so they get on the list? How do you then follow up with them?
Ethan Willis: Yes, they get their name and e-mail on a list there. Then they get auto responders, and we market The One Minute Entrepreneur home study course to them, which is a $40 download. If The One Minute Entrepreneur campaign works, great opportunities exist with our other authors.


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Bavarian Recipes – Red Wine marinated Beef Fillet
Bavarian Recipes
In Rotwein mariniertes Rinderfilet
Red Wine marinated Beef Fillet
by Ralph Kratzer
- 6 slices (60 g each) of beef fillet
- 300 ml strong red wine
- 400 ml concentrated vegetable or beef stock
- 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, halved
- 1 carrot, sliced
- 1 celery, sliced
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- some cloves and juniper berries
- wine vinegar
- sunflower oil
Bring the red wine to the boil in a big pot. Simmer it a while until the wine is reduced to about one half, the alcohol will evaporate.
Add the stock, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, cloves and juniper berries and bring to the boil again.
Remove from the heat, cover and put aside for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and some drops of vinegar to taste.
Sprinkle both sides of the beef fillet with salt and pepper. Place the meat in the hot but not not boiling marinade, add the rosemary, cover and let absorb for 30 – 60 minutes.
Remove the meat from the marinade and dry it with kitchen towels.
Pour the marinade through a sieve, heat it in a sauce pan and thicken it a bit with flour and butter.
Meanwhile heat the oil in a big frying pan, fry the beef fillets until cooked through or just to your taste.
Serve the meat hot and poured with the sauce.
Goes best with potato dumplings (to remember the recipe – click here) and heated red cabbage (don´t hesitate to take it from the can or glass, it is tasty and saves time!)


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In January 2006 founded, the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive brings currently together a coalition of activists and 86 organisations: Affected municipalities, local environmental, cultural, women and human rights NGOs, professional associations and trade unions. It is possible to describe it as one of the broadest environmental movements in the Kurdish provinces.
We campaign to stop this project and for alternatives to be developed with the input of all relevant stakeholders at all stages with the aim of improving the socio-economic situation of the people in the region, developing the cultural heritage and saving the environment. In that framework the affected people were informed about the project and their rights, surveys were carried out, many reports were prepared, many protests were held in Hasankeyf and Dargecit/Ilisu, the Tigris valley, Diyarbakir/Batman and Ankara, delegations were sent to Europe, coalitions with other anti-dam movements in Turkey were established and relations to many human-rights/ecological organizations were developed on a national level in order to increase the pressure on the destructive Turkish water and dam policy. We try to intensify the campaign and develop the protest on local, national and international level.
Members of the "Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive":
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Local Agenda 21, Diyarbakir
Local Agenda 21, Mardin
Local Agenda 21, Batman
Diyarbakir Immigrants' Association for Social Cooperation and Culture (GÖÇ-DER)
Batman Immigrants' Association for Social Cooperation and Culture (GÖÇ-DER)
Human Rights Association (IHD)
Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage (ÇEKÜL)
Diyarbakir Association for Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets
Association of Archeology, Culture and Art, Diyarbakir
Selis Women Consultation Association, Diyarbakir
Selis Women Consultation Association, Batman
Dikasum – Womens Problems Research and Implementation Center, Diyarbakir
Epi-Dem – Education and Psychological Consulting Center, Diyarbakir
Bahar Culture Centre, Batman
Eastern Scientific and Cultural Reserach Cooperative, Diyarbakir
Mulburry Scientific and Cultural Reserach Cooperative, Diyarbakir
Volunteers for Environment Association, Diyarbakir (ÇEV-GÖN)
Volunteers for Environment Association, Batman
Volunteers for Hasankeyf Association, Batman
Culture and Art Association, Batman
Kürdi-Der, Batman
Association of Nomads, Batman
Mazlum-Der, Batman
Students Association of Batman University
Tourism and Presentation Association, Batman
Association for Struggling against Poverty, Batman
Association of Imams and Ecclesiastic, Batman
Association of Disabled, Batman
Association of Journalists, Batman
Batman Nature Association
Tuhay Association, Batman
Batman Petroleum, Chemical, and Rubber Workers' Union (PETROL-İŞ)
Union of General Laborers (Genel-Is), Batman
Union of Education, Batman
Union of Food Workers (Tek-Gıda İş), Batman
Union of Installations Laborers (Tek-Gıda İş), Batman
Association of all local mayors in Batman
Union of Local Authority Workers (Tüm Bel-Sen), Batman
Union of Health and Social Service Workers (SES), Diyarbakir
Union of Energy, Industry and Mining Public Laborers (ESM), Diyarbakir
Union of Food Workers (Tek-Gıda İş), Diyarbakir
Diyarbakır Bar Council
Batman Bar Council
Chamber of Doctors, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Doctors, Batman
Chamber of Pharmacists, Mus-Siirt-Batman
Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Province Coordination, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Architects, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Civil Engineers, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Environmental Engineers, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Geologists, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Urban Planners, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Mechanical Engineer, Diyarbakir
Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, Diyarbakır
Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Province Coordination, Batman
Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, Batman
Chamber of Pharmacists, Batman
Chamber of Shopowners and craftsmen, Batman
Union of Shoowner Chambers, Batman
Chamber of Minibus Drivers, Batman
Trade Chamber Chairman, Batman
Chamber of Cafe Owners, Batman
Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities (GABB)
Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality
Batman Municipality
Siirt Municipality
Hasankeyf Municipality, Batman
Dargecit Municipality, Mardin
Bismil Municipality, Diyarbakır
Kurtalan Municipality, Siirt
Besiri Municipality, Batman
Gercüs Municipality, Batman
Kozluk Municipality, Batman
Yenişehir Municipality, Diyarbakır
Sur Municipality, Diyarbakir
Kayapinar Municipality, Diyarbakir
Baglar Municipality, Diyarbakir
Sirnak Municipality
Idil Municipality, Sirnak
Nusaybin Municipality, Mardin
Surgücü Municipality, Mardin
Yalim Municipality, Mardin
Kiziltepe Municipality, Mardin
Ergani Municipality, Diyarbakir
Silvan Municipality, Diyarbakir


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♀ Latrecia
What does Latrecia mean?
Latrecia as a name for girls is a Latin name, and the meaning of the name Latrecia is "noble; patrician". Latrecia is a version of Latrice (Latin): modern combination of Patricia with La-.
ASSOCIATED WITH noble
VARIANT Latricia▼
RELATIONS VIA LATRICE Latreece, Latreese, LatreshiaCREATIVE FORMS
Latrecia Maren (L.M.), ..
How popular is Latrecia?
Latrecia is an uncommon given name for women. Latrecia is an equally rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Latrecia (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000 are Latrice and Latricia. Other forms, like Latreshia, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Latrecia was well-received in the 1970s (MEDIAN #658). (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Latrecia is alike in pronunciation to Latrisha. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aaricia, Capricia, Catreena, Catreina, Catrenia (see Catriona), Catricia, Catrinia (see Catriona), Clarecia, Crecia, Darcia, Fabricia, Falecia, Janecia, Kapricia (see Kapri), Katreina, Katrena, Katria, Labrenda, Lacacia, Lacrecia, Lacresha, Lacreshia, Lacretia, Lakecia, Laketia, Lakicia, Lareina, Larena, Larentia, Laretha, Laretta, Larreina, Larretta (see Loretta), Latania, Latashia, Latavia▼, Lateefa, Lateifa (see Latifah), Latia, Laticia, Latitia, Latoia, Latonia▼, Latoria, Laufeia, Laurelie, Laurella, Laurena, Laurenca, Laurentia, Laurenza, Lauretha, Lauretta▼, Lauricia, Lavenia, Leatrice▼, Lecia, Leticia▼, Letreece, Letrice, Letticia, Loucrecia, Lucrecia, Lucreecia (see Lucretia), Lucretia▼, Lucrezia, Lyricia, Marcia▼, Maricia, Matresha, Patrica▼, Patricia▼, Patricka and Sarelia. These names tend to be more frequently used than Latrecia.See names in meaning and etymology.


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What's new? Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day & I made use of the day with a full on, everything out & unless there is bleeding or a fire, don't disturb me kind of scrapping fest at home. I made breakfast but after that everyone was on their own for food & entertainment.
For one of my spring layouts, I
No mail this week but what I had in the shopping cart was the start of some of my purchased pots for the patio. Still too cold to put them outside. We had a frost warning for Sunday night, so these beautiful pink & delicate lovelies will spend their nights in the garage.
SO much rain lately, all of our rain barrels are full & overflowing. I have often wished we could install an underground cistern system to collect all the rainwater because I just know come August, it will be hot & dry & the barrels will be empty.
On Friday when I was running some errands I noticed two Canadian geese in the grassy area between parking lots & they had a brood of yellow fluff babies. Dad was rounding up the wandering babies so that Mom could cover them up from the pounding rain. Dad was very aggressive so I was not able to get too close.
A thought as we start this week; Plant your own garden instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.


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Overview of the car phone and equipment
Your car phone is made up of several components, which are
described below:
Car phone equipment
1. Radio unit TFE-4R
The radio unit is a (E)GSM 900/1800 car telephone with
Bluetooth wireless technology that allows you to connect a
compatible external GSM antenna and compatible external
devices wireless by Bluetooth technology or using an RS232
adapter cable.
2. Display XDW-1R
The separate display comes with generously sized, easy-to-
read fonts, convenient user-customisable display
positioning and automatic backlighting that is configurable
for day- or nighttime use.
3. Handset HSU-4
The handset comprises a set of function elements (keys and
wheel), alphanumeric keypad, microphone, and
The handset is specially designed so that accessing key
telephone functions is made simpler for the user, allowing
intuitive operation.
4. Loudspeaker SP-2
A separate loudspeaker is provided for top-quality audio
transmission of the acoustic signals from your car phone
and voice transmission when calls are made. Should you
wish to use the loudspeakers belonging to your car radio
instead, please ask the service technician who is to install
your car phone for professional assistance as the car phone
may not be compatible with your system.
5. Microphone MP-2
The handsfree microphone supplied in the sales package has
been tailormade for the vehicular environment. State-of-
the-art technologies geared for effective echo and noise
suppression in automotive systems enable quality results
even in poor conditions. Selecting a suitable mounting
location may also enhance the performance of the device.
See "Installation" on page 56.
Overview of the car phone and equipment
6. System cables PCU-4
A set of cables is included for connection to the power
supply and the ignition system and to mute the radio.
7. GSM antenna (not included in the sales package)
Connecting the radio unit to a compatible external GSM
antenna will allow optimum wireless performance of the car
8. RS232 cable AD-3
An RS232 adapter cable provides a convenient way to
connect your car phone to the serial port of a compatible
laptop computer.
Car phone equipment and cable connections


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Category: Feature Film
Production year: 2017
Release date: 06/12/2018
Country: France
Genre(s): Comedy
Director(s): Diane Kurys
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Vianney Bureau, Arielle Dombasle
Production company: Alexandre Films
French Distributor: Rezo Films
International sales: Orange Studio
Nina is somewhat of a crazy mother. Her son Baptiste somewhat too sensible. They haven't been on speaking terms for a long time and get together for the adventure of a lifetime. During an unlikely trip, both funny and moving, they will make up for lost time, finally getting to know each other and maybe getting to love one another again.


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In recent years, soy products have become a dietary staple for vegetarians and healthy eaters around the world. Research showed that Asian cultures that had a steady diet of soy generally experienced lower rates of cardiovascular disease, types of breast and prostate cancer and higher bone density, initially attracting people to soy. If you are a student in one an Austin culinary arts program, you might want to share information about the pros and cons of soy products.
What are the health benefits of eating soy?
One of the most obvious benefits of soy products is that it is rich in vitamins and nutrients. Soybeans themselves are full of high-quality protein and provide a wide variety of isoflavones and essential fatty acids. Soybeans are also good for people who have certain cardiovascular issues because they are low in fat and contain no cholesterol whatsoever. Soy is especially beneficial to young adults experiencing high blood pressure. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration even endorsed soy as one of the few foods that help lower cholesterol levels, which is commonly associated with healthy heart and circulatory systems. Research indicates that isoflavone, an estrogen-like substance produced in plants, encourages nitric oxide production in the body, a chemical which dilates blood vessels and improves the flow of blood.
What are some of the negative effects soy can have on the body?
Although multiple studies have shown that eating soybeans and soy products can be beneficial, some researches claim that those reports are biased. In one study, women who were given soy supplements showed an increase in epithelial cell production in their breast tissue. This is widely regarded as a precursor for breast cancer development. Some scientists believe there is a correlation between the effect isoflavone has on the production and regulation of estrogen in the body and the increased growth of breast tissue.
Newborns might also be negatively affected by consuming too much soy. Infant girls fed soy formula were more likely to go through puberty at an earlier age. Some studies also indicated that soy consumption during infancy could lead to prolonged menstrual cycles and intense pain during menses as adults.
Should I consume soy products?
A lot of research still has to be done on the effects of soy on the human body. In general, raw soybeans are healthy for you. People who want to consume soy because of dietary restrictions should pick soy products that are organic. Fresh soy milk and whole organic soybeans can be added to your diet, but in moderation.


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I hope everyone is hanging in during this rough spell we all find ourselves in. No one could possible prepare for, or imagine how life could change so quickly.
Every year, I DJ the Dance This Way benefit for the Felix Organization, and we raise a lot of money to send foster kids to Camp Felix where they not only have fun, but they learn life skills to help them navigate the world. I also get to DJ for Darryl McDaniels from RUN DMC and that is a huge thrill for me too. But this year, unfortunately the event can't take place due to our lockdown and social distancing. Instead, the Felix Organization will be holding a virtual online fundraiser telethon style, Friday evening, May 1st at 8pm on Facebook. This year, I won't be DJ-ing, but instead I will be singing one of my songs from my home. Please join us, and if you can ... donate!
Big love to you all, and please stay safe 💜
Felix Organization link: https://www.thefelixorganization.org/
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Converting leads into customers has long been a hallmark of a successful business. But companies often experience a disconnect when it comes to one of the strategies that makes it possible: content.
According to a recent survey by the Chief Marketing Officer Council, the Content ROI Center, and NetLine Corporation, 22 percent of marketers indicated a belief that sales teams are roadblocks that rarely contribute to the content marketing value chain.
By and large, great salespeople are notoriously hard to coordinate. You can often find them in back-to-back meetings, with another four hours of calls lined up after that. They shine in chaotic situations and can turn any conversation into an opportunity, but asking them to follow regulated deadlines is overwhelming enough without including them in the content creation process itself. It stands to reason that marketers might be nervous about relying on their sales team members for input on content, but that doesn't make collaboration between the two teams any less important.
As the buying cycle moves almost exclusively online, marketing and sales see little division. The content your marketing team creates is valuable for connecting and following up with leads, and your sales team can use content to overcome objections during the sales process.
But if marketers and salespeople don't coordinate regularly, that content can and will miss the mark or sit unused entirely. In fact, research firm SiriusDecisions reported in 2014 that anywhere from 60 to 70 percent of B2B content isn't used effectively.
And ultimately, isn't everyone working toward the same goal? As you bring these two teams closer together, you can do a few things to help marketers create content that better enables sales:
Taking stock of the issues facing your leads not only serves as another resource for your content development efforts, but also can make that content much more relevant to your target audience. Why are prospects hesitant to sign up? What trends in your industry do they hope to learn more about? If marketers aren't at least part of the conversation during the sales cycle, then your content isn't going to be very useful to your audience.
While it's easy to focus on surface metrics, they don't always tell the whole story. For example, a piece of content may have attracted the most views but produced very few leads. The same could be said for a whitepaper that generated a record-breaking number of leads yet only a handful of qualified ones. If you don't ask the right questions and connect the dots, then metrics can affirm the wrong answers for your team.
To encourage more relevant content development, consider tying your marketers' commission goals to sales numbers. Give them credit when the content they create generates high-quality leads or helps close an outbound lead. It ensures you're tracing all efforts back to the bottom line.
The more these two teams communicate and learn from each other, the more focused they'll become on the end goal. You never want your content creators to see their role as just meeting article production goals each month. Keeping marketing teams in constant communication with sales can help them see their purpose as creating a more direct path to a sale — which makes for better content and more sales.
Our company, for example, has seen the most success when our marketing and sales teams meet and communicate regularly. Even though our sales team is pretty remote, we hold meetings every two weeks to discuss specific topics, review particular accounts, and expose marketing to the tactics the sales team uses to connect with our audience.
The conversation usually leads to article topics for content on external sites and our blog. It also leads to new sales materials and helps our marketing team reposition messaging that may need slight tweaks to better resonate with our audience. In the end, it's all about transparency, and our two teams experience less tension as they learn from each other.
This step isn't always as easy as you'd like, but you still need to leverage the expertise of sales to develop the kinds of content that sales reps can use. Tapping salespeople's knowledge can take shape in a number of ways, from topic approval to seeking straight-up feedback on an article.
Our company makes a habit of asking sales to answer questions through our knowledge sharing process to provide the foundation for pieces of content on our blog or external sites. We also challenge sales to promote certain pieces to their networks and leads — not to mention track those audiences' reactions.
The more marketing and sales can see the roles they play in creating the best content, the better your organization's results will be. Everyone starts to better understand that your team's content isn't there just to entertain, but also to close business. And isn't that what it's all about?
I'm the president of Intero Digital's Content & PR Division. My goal is to create an amazing experience for our clients from their very first interaction with us. My happy place is anywhere with good wine and cheese.


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13 Shot To Death, Dozens Wounded In Chicago ShootingsBy Associated Press
13 Shot To Death, Dozens Wounded In Chicago ShootingsBy Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Thirteen people were shot to death over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, making it the deadliest holiday weekend of one of the deadliest summers the city has experienced in decades.
The police department also said the 13 were among 43 people who were shot over the weekend. Among those was a pregnant woman who delivered a nearly full-term baby after she was shot in the abdomen. The woman, whom police say was not the intended target, was listed in critical condition Tuesday. The infant's condition has not been released.
The holiday weekend slayings come amid a dramatic spike in homicides. The department also said the weekend slayings pushed to 488 the total of slayings for the year — surpassing the 481 homicides that the police department said were recorded for all of last year. Nearly 230 homicides occurred in June, July and August — during which the city had 90 homicides, making it the deadliest single month in Chicago since June 1996.
The number of shootings and homicides over the Labor Day weekend were both higher than the Memorial Day and July 4 weekends and it was the last of the summer holidays before the school year started Tuesday. The nine homicides that happened on Monday alone was one more for the entire Labor Day weekend last year.
Police have said the reasons for the uptick in homicides are tied to the easy availability of guns and gang violence. And Superintendent Eddie Johnson, as he done in the past, said that much of the gun violence is the result of lax gun laws in Illinois that allow those arrested on gun charges to be released from jail far sooner than in other states.
"I'm frustrated… that despite these weekends we still see repeat offenders get back out on the street far too soon," Johnson told reporters on Tuesday.
Johnson, referring to reports that Chicago had more homicides than the combined total of the larger cities of New York and Los Angeles in August, said that those cities benefit from tougher gun laws. "If we had the gun laws they have we'd see violent crime cut in half," he said.
Johnson also reiterated that most of the killings have been concentrated in neighborhoods on the city's South and West sides that are plagued with high unemployment and poverty and where gang membership is particularly high.
This story has been corrected to report that 481 homicides were committed in Chicago in 2015, instead of 473.


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The undergraduate minor in aging and longevity studies requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in aging-related coursework. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass. Courses for the minor must be approved by the Aging and Longevity Studies Program if they are not aging and longevity studies courses (prefix ASP) or are not cross-listed with aging and longevity studies courses. Students earning the minor may not enroll in ASP:4190 Aging Studies Internship and Seminar.
The minor may be earned by undergraduate students in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering, Nursing, and the Tippie College of Business.
Students may earn the minor or the undergraduate certificate in aging and longevity studies, but not both.
The minor in aging and longevity studies requires the following coursework.
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|Aging Matters: Introduction to Gerontology (recommended as first course for the minor)
|Aging and longevity studies courses with the prefix ASP (except ASP:4190) or courses cross-listed with aging and longevity courses; at least 6 s.h. of these must be numbered 3000 or above and must be taken at the University of Iowa


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CERTIFER and Belgorail have been awarded a turnkey contract by Alstom to carry out NoBo, ISA, DeBo and TTI missions for the integration of ETCS on SNCB's Rolling stocks which will run in Belgium, France and Netherlands.
In the framework of the modification of existing Rolling stocks already running in Belgium and which will run from Belgium to France and also from Belgium to Netherlands, ALSTOM selected CERTIFER and BELGORAIL for the assessment of the integration of on-board signalling systems on Belgian railways' rolling stocks.
For this project, the CERTIFER GROUP is in charge of:
• NoBo mission for the assessment of Control-Command-Signaling on-board subsystem,
• Independent Safety Assessment according to Cenelec standards,
• Designated Body missions with the assessment of the application of French, Belgium and Dutch national rules,
• Train Track Integration tests, including ETC Track Train Integration test and TBL1+ test in Belgium and non-regression tests at the Belgium Border.
CERTIFER and BELGORAIL, who joined the CERTIFER Group in July 2017, are able to propose together a full turnkey solution to their clients, from the assessment to the organization of testing activities before the authorization to put into market.


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Few film scores this year are as personal as Brave. Pixar's new Highland-based animation marks a homecoming for Scottish composer Patrick Doyle, having recently dabbled in Hollywood with the likes of Thor and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Given Doyle's intimate understanding of his heritage, one might expect to be swept away to a mythical land of lochs and legends but his score is surprisingly subtle for the most part, quietly introducing the charming main theme (alongside a few others) before unleashing it in full at the climax. Brave marks a change of pace for Pixar as well. A somewhat conventional fairy tale tale story set in 10th century Scotland, the film has nonetheless drawn the studio's usual acclaim. Kelly McDonald voices Princess Merida, bored of her regimented life and in regular conflict with her mother Elinor. When she defies an age old custom with the hope of changing her fate, Merida brings chaos to the land, and after her family is cursed by a witch, must make amends for her mistake. A troop of familiar British character actors round off the voice cast, including Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly.
Doyle's score will inevitably draw comparison to James Horner's classic Braveheart but it's different in several ways. For one thing, the thematic content in Brave isn't as overt as Braveheart; secondly the music aims for a greater measure of authenticity not only through the instrumentation but in the deployment of Scottish dance rhythms such as reels, jigs and strathspeys. Whereas Braveheart was a rousing, grand score in the greatest Hollywood tradition, Doyle's effort is rooted in intimacy and movement. After two songs from Julie Fowlis (Touch the Sky; Into the Open Air) and one from Mumford and Sons (Learn Me Right, performed by Birdy), Doyle's score begins in "Fate and Destiny". A beautiful track, it opens with lilting bagpipes and pennywhistle before a rousing jig theme carries the listener across the heather to the mountains and beyond.
The jig melody actually derives from the amusing "Song of Mor'du" which appears later on. Sung with relish by Billy Connolly and a host of others, it provides a note of Gaelic defiance in the face of the notorious black bear stalking the periphery of the film. The track concludes on a thoughtful note by introducing the elegiac main theme for the first time, earthy fiddle and stately strings ruminating on the essence of destiny, and how it will impinge on the characters.
The bagpipes return during the haunting opening of "The Games" before the delightful assortment of lively strings and bodhran drums usher in another terrific rendition of the Mor'Du theme. When the bagpipes join in, it's a joy. "I Am Merida"' introduces some surprisingly dark and desolate music, with the woodwinds in stark contrast to the timpani hits and tremolo strings. "Remember to Smile" is a more robust affair, deploying the full range of the bagpipes, orchestra and percussion to almost ceremonial effect; it's the sort of music you'd expect to coincide with the arrival of Scottish pageantry. Doyle has expressed his delight that the bagpipe sections of the score were performed by the acclaimed Red Hot Chilli Pipers, a 4 piece group who, when recorded in a big hall, in Doyle's words 'sound like 44'.
"Merida Rides Away" is bookended by some bold, aggressive action music, not usually the sort of thing one associates with Doyle; by contrast, "The Witch's Cottage" and "Through the Castle" are both possessed of a mischievous whimsy, plucked strings and woodblocks suggesting an offbeat malevolence not yet grasped by Merida herself. The "Song of Mor'Du" itself then arrives mid-album and the lyrics are wonderfully grisly, steeped in gore and legend ('Come taste ma blade ya manky bear for gobblin' up ma leg! I'll hunt ye then I'll skin ye, hang your noggin on a peg!')
"Legends are Lessons" then pulls the score back in a more emotional direction with some beautiful, heart-rending cello work. The track then concludes on an especially lovely note with a rendition of the main theme on solo trumpet which is quite sublime. Again, the thematic content is there but it's fleeting, only rearing its head in dribs and drabs. "Show Us the Way" isn't the grand piece of revelation one might expect from the title but a dark, vicious piece of suspense music then eventually erupts in a massive action sequence. This is then counterbalanced by the gentle Uilean pipes in "Mum Goes Wild" and "In Her Heart". The last principal theme then appears in "Noble Maiden Fair". A charming lullaby co-written by Doyle's son, performed by Emma Thompson and Peigi Barker, it reflects the close bond between Elinor and Merida, one which drives the film's narrative. It's a marvellous piece of music, characteristic of Doyle's sensitive touch.
The final triumvirate of "Not Now!", "Get the Key" and "We've Both Changed" offers up some wonderfully dynamic action music. Bagpipes play against dramatic, high end strings and thunderous cymbal clashes as the main theme is brought across in dynamic fashion, lending a sense of urgency to the music. It's both exciting and emotional, and, typical of Doyle, there's plenty of time to focus on the little touches – the heartbreaking fiddle midway through "We've Both Changed" for example, which then leads to a tender vocal rendition of the nursery rhyme theme.
However, the score saves the best for last. "Merida's Home" is a spectacular capper, deploying the beautiful main theme to its fullest effect and lending a glorious sense of movement through the full orchestra, whistles and tambourines, the perfect send off for a score that had previously held its emotions in check. It's proof positive that film scores can work by refraining from unleashing their themes until the end; in this instance, it's entirely to the score's favour as the sense of cathartic release is palpable. The track really is one of the most memorable of Doyle's career, calling to mind Carter Burwell's Rob Roy and also Howard Shore's Hobbiton theme from Lord of the Rings.
It is true however that the score requires a degree of effort on the part of the listener. Unlike Doyle's lush mid-90s scores such as Sense and Sensibility and A Little Princess, Brave is more restrained and reserved, based around a series of themes but deploying them only in sparing amounts. In the hands of a lesser composer, the score might risk becoming anonymous but Doyle's excellent exploration of his musical heritage, combined with his likeable musical voice, ensures that Brave is worth the effort. It's perhaps not as immediately gratifying as his more acclaimed works but repeat listenings pay dividends and while Brave may not be rousing enough to inspire a love of woad or haggis, the score proves why Doyle is one of the most underrated and brilliant composers in the business.
Patrick Doyle's Brave is available as both a CD release and digital download at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, in both CD and MP3 download formats.


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The LiteSpeed Web Server is a highly scalable PHP web server with high performance and low memory consumption. It is built based on the best practices of the PHP hosting, utilizing the benefits of both Apache and NGINX implementations, and integrating its own optimizations.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
DC Countdown
I'm sorry to see Andrew Hickey drop Countdown, though I don't blame him for doing so. I was, however, enjoying his blog on the series, especially as he became increasingly disenchanted with the series, and his criticism was precise, articulate, and often funny. I hope he continues to use his blog to comment on and analyze this particular phenomenon, even if he isn't buying the series anymore.
Personally, I stopped buying Countdown after six issues (though I have kept reading it), and I want to use this entry to detail my feelings about the series in particular and about the direction DC is heading in general. In particular, I'm concerned about what the Countdown brand says about DC's attitude toward its readers and what it may mean for the future of the company.
To be honest, I wasn't real enthusiastic about Countdown from the beginning. The reason for my disenchantment came about at the end of the previous weekly series, 52. I ended up enjoying 52 more than I didn't, and its strengths have been detailed in many places, including Phil's blog: the series had a clear plot, it was self-contained, Keith Giffin provided a unified visual style, etc. However, the "World War III" story pointed to a serious flaw in that series that put me off to DC's plan for another weekly comic. When 52 was originally introduced, DC made claims that it would not only tell the story of the year without Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, but that it would also fill in the gaps from the "One Year Later" jump in the regular DC books. When it became apparent by week 50 that the latter goal would not be achieved in any immediate way, the World War III spin-off books were used to ham-fistedly force some last minute explanations for some of the changes that occurred (and Dan DiDio did own up to the fact that plans changed for the series during its composition). This soured me on the whole project--though I bought the 4 spin-offs in order to complete the story that I had already invested 50 issues into, I wasn't going to make the same mistake and commitment to another weekly series. So, while reading 52 did have its rewards, I had the nagging feeling that a "bait and switch" had taken place.
I would also combine that feeling with a kind of "weekly comic ennui"--I was growing bored with the idea of another year-long commitment to a series, and I was looking forward to the opportunity to free up $10.00 of my monthly comic budget at the end of 52. Therefore, Countdown's higher price tag made it less appealing, as well. Then, as the multiple spin-offs were announced over the past two months, the price tag for the series has grown to the point that it would almost cost my entire monthly comic budget to follow this one story. Based on the main series and the 9 spin-offs that have been announced, including the two 52 spin-offs (52 The Aftermath and Crime Bible), a reader following all the Countdown related comics would be buying 106 comics at a cost of $334, and more spin-offs are on the way. This number also doesn't include the regular series issues that are tied in to Countdown, or the other major events going on in the DC Universe, such as Amazons Attacks, The Sinestro Corps War, The Outsiders, and the Black Canary/Green Arrow Wedding. Once you add those in, as a means of keeping up with the increasingly complicated and intertwined DC Universe, the cost becomes astronomical. I'd be willing to follow any one of these stories at a time, but definitely not all at once.
This economic issue may prove to be the most significant cause of Countdown's failure, if the series does indeed fail (and it's already performing below 52's numbers), but the economics of Countdown seem consistent with the business model DC has been following since Infinite Crisis. Though the company pays lip-service to the idea of drawing in new readers, little evidence of that appeal can be found in the continuity-heavy (what some call "continuity porn") events the company has put out over the last three years. Instead, the primary goal at DC seems to be maximizing the amount of money that they can draw from their existing reader base--a base familiar with decades worth of stories and the minutiae of shared-universe continuity. It sounds better to say that a company is trying to bring in new customers than it is to say they are trying to milk their existing customers as much as possible, so their public statements would, out of necessity, need to emphasize the former. And I believe with Countdown we will see the limits of that strategy. To this end, it will be important to pay attention to the sales figures for Countdown and the spin-offs. In the first month, Countdown already lost 30% of 52's readership, and while 52 maintained amazingly consistent numbers around 100,000 for the entire year, I would expect Countdown's numbers to continue dropping. But the real revelation will be in the performance of the spin-offs, because here we'll see the power of the Countdown brand in action. I would guess that The Search for Ray Palmer one-shots and The Death of the New Gods will perform close to the regular Countdown series. But what about Lord Havok and the Extremists, for example--a series with no past history in the DC universe? Other than fans of Frank Tieri's writing, I can only imagine this series will appeal to the hardcore DC loyalists and Countdown completists. I think we can extract from the sales numbers of that series just how many of those readers there are.
There are, of course, weaknesses to Countdown as a story, and many of the company's public statements on the series do not match with reality (Andrew Hickey has already detailed these well). I would also add a personal disappointment with all the errors that have creeped into the series, such as the reference to "The Tomorrow People" instead of "The Forever People" in the New Gods recap from issue 45. Such sloppiness indicates a lazy approach to editing a series that needs to be accurate in its relation to continuity. And I don't doubt that the series would be doing better, and the blogosphere would be less agitated, if Countdown had truly kicked ass out of the gate. But I think, for all those weaknesses, that readers would have had more patience with the series either if 52 had not happened, or if DC had taken a year or so break from weekly comics to allow readers to get enthusiastic for the concept again. As one commentor noted on The Beat, many of the story complaints we are hearing now were also levied at the beginning of 52. But then, there was a greater willingness to be patient.
While Andrew Hickey lasted 10 weeks, most other commentors on the subject that I've read say that they bailed around week 5 or 6. If making comparisons to a weekly fictional TV series is valid, as has been done by both DC and outside commentators, then 5 or 6 weeks is a couple of weeks longer than most viewers will retain their patience before moving on, let alone 10 weeks. With the anti-Countdown backlash, I believe we are seeing what amounts to an erosion of loyal readers who, in good faith, wanted the series to be good, but when faced with diminishing returns and the promise of an even bigger financial commitment down the road, they jumped off early. At best, the remaining readers who ride the series out to the end should provide a snapshot for DC of their hardcore, loyal readership.
5 comments:
- Phil Looney said...
Great analysis Dr. K. The one guy I know of who is still on board for Countdown is a totally DC guy.
- July 19, 2007 at 9:36 AM
- Jim Shelley said...
Dr. K, that was absolutely brilliant! I think you are right on target with you analysis, and I for one am much more eagerly awaiting DS's sales reports over then next few months than it's actual comics. :D
What's so interesting is that at this very moment, Marvel seems to be hitting such a spectacular home run with their WW Hulk event.
It's like I told Chris Sims. DC should not have gone with CountDown. Instead they should have gone with...
...wait for it...
...World War OMAC!
(Jack Kirby's OMAC - not the blue unich versions.)
- July 19, 2007 at 1:05 PM
- Dr. K said...
Jim, I would definitely buy a series where OMAC came from the future to wreck shit in the present. The strength of World War Hulk is that it is such a perfect high concept, whereas we don't even know what the concept is of Countdown yet.
- July 19, 2007 at 3:38 PM
"Lord Havok & the Extremists" is about as continuity-porn as you can get. It's a shout out to a story from the Giffen/DeMatteis JLA/JLI days. Good story at the time, but I really question the value of returning to the well on this one.
If you ask me, the only DC event that's worth reading right now is Johns's work on Sinestro Corps, which has been rilly kewl.
- August 3, 2007 at 3:14 PM
- Dr. K said...
Brendan--Thanks for the reminder about the JLI story: I have those issues, too, but forgot the names of those characters. So, rather than saying they have "no past history," I should have said "a limited past history." And I think the point holds up: are there some hardcore Lord Havok fans clamoring for the return of these characters?
- August 3, 2007 at 3:20 PM


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Yet, at times, clots form inside veins and arteries without injuries and they cannot dissolve on their own, leading to stroke or pulmonary embolism. This is a serious issue and requires an appropriate treatment.
Stroke kills more than 130,000 Americans annually, and about 87% of all strokes are ischemic when the blood flow to the brain is blocked. It is the main cause of serious long-term disability.
Blood clots can be of two types, arterial and venous.
Arterial Blood Clots
Arterial clots form in the arteries and restrict the flow of oxygen and blood and thus prevent them to reach the vital organs. They usually form in the feet and legs, as well as in the brain, leading to stroke or a heart attack. These are the symptoms of arterial clots:
Cold arms or legs
Weakness in the affected area
Color loss in the area
Muscle spasms and pain
Fingers or hands that feel cold to the touch
Tingling or numbness in the leg or arm
The risk factors for arterial clots include obesity, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and a physical inactivity.
Venous Blood Clots
Venous blood clots develop slowly, usually after a surgery or trauma like a broken leg. They can be of three types, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE) and superficial venous thrombosis.
DVT develop in the lower leg, thigh or pelvis, as well as in the liver, brain, arm, intestines, and kidneys. PE blood clots have broken off the point of origin and can travel to the lungs, leading to fatal consequences. The last type forms near the surface of the skin, and lead to intense pain.
Painful vein, hard to touch
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On the other hand, the symptoms of a blood clot depend on the area where it is located, and these are the most common symptoms:
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Brain – Dizziness, sudden headaches, weakness of the face, arms or legs, difficulty speaking, vision problems
Lung – Sharp chest pain, sweating, fever, racing heart, shortness of breath, coughing up blood
Arm or Leg – Sudden or gradual pain, swelling, tenderness, and warmth
Heart – Nausea, shortness of breath, chest heaviness or pain, discomfort in other areas of the upper body, sweating, light-headedness
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Pain extending to your shoulder, arm, back or jaw
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Fortunately, you can prevent blood clots and lower the risk of stroke by making even minor changes to your lifestyle and diet. As reported in an NPR article:
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-Avoid hormone medications, blood pressure, and cancer medications as their raise the risk of blood clots
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-Natural antibiotics like onions, garlic, and olive oil prevent thrombosis
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Act 1 - New Wheels
Since the original furnace wheels got lit and completely melted, we decided it would be wise to make new ones out of steel. We couldn't just let the furnace sit there without wheels either because it would cause a height difference between the blower and the furnace inlet. I went to work turning the new wheels out of some 3" scrap.
Here is the furnace with the new wheels installed.
Lil Rob's 13" Daytons can't compete with these! Below in the picture is a chunk of what used to be the original wheel.
The funnel I built for filling the oil tank worked well last time, however I thought it would be even better if the filtering screen were built into the funnel itself. This way, there is no danger of particles going around the screen and falling into the tank. I also made it more leak-proof than before by using a scrap bicycle tube to make two layers of gasket, and sandwiching the screen in between. The screen also has the holes for the screws to go through, so it won't move.
I decided the oil tank would be pressurized by a bicycle pump instead of compressed air because of what happened last time. I did, however, make a tire hose adaptor for the compressed air so we could quickly add the initial pressure, or in case we broke the pump.
|Two pressure gauges? That's ludicrous!
Here is the piece of oil hose that had the leak in it, we just cut it off and used the rest of the hose. This shows how hot it got, as it somewhat molded itself around the hose barb and hose clamp. It would probably be a good idea to eventually upgrade the hose to something less susceptible to melting.
|If we cast another half soap dish, we could just weld them together!
I think this session finally marks the end to the experimental phase of the foundry (which only took 4 years). It's time to do some REAL casting now! Things still to be done are to get some molding sand and a crucible for melting iron, brass, or whatever else we can find.
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And we're back to my usual format, talking about settings I've researched or sights I would like to visit. I'm already envisaging my next trip and the places I'd go. Seriously, I wish someone would pay me to travel. Until then I shall have to content myself with vicarious voyages and blog posts. Also, a note for my regular followers that I've changed my blog dates to the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month (or thereabouts depending on life's whims). The 1st and 15th were getting too difficult as they often fell on days when I was completely swamped with mom duties.
Enough housekeeping… Today, we head to Sicily. I did a lot of research on this Mediterranean island for my recent release, Under the Sicilian Sky. I watched videos, scoured guide books and websites, spent hours wandering around towns and villages on Google maps. I read blogs and scrolled through reviews and holiday photos posted online… I did everything but go there. But man, I wish I could.
Just the name Sicily conjures images in the mind—Mount Etna spewing lava, tiny villages perched on cliff faces, and ancient ruins from almost every civilization to claim this island at one point or another in its history. To be honest, I'm not sure where I'd start in this diverse place. I love how one website puts it: "Come visit our sunny island. We've been expecting you for three thousand years!" (http://www.bestofsicily.com/)
Of course I'd have to visit Agrigento and Sciacca, both mentioned in my book. Agrigento is known for the Valley of the Temples, a large archeological site just outside the town, surrounded by olive groves and almond orchards. One of Sicily's two completely standing Greek temples is located here. Sciacca has the beaches and thermal pools to relax in after a hectic day's sightseeing. On the way up to Palermo, a stop at Erice sounds like a good idea. This town set on a hilltop has seen successive empires pass along its medieval streets and I hear it's known for its pastries.
Cefalù, an hour out of Palermo heading east over the "top" of Sicily is an example of Sicily's multicultural influences. Taormina appears to be Sicily's touristic hub with most cruises I've seen stopping here. With Mount Etna in the backdrop, restaurants, shops, beaches, and castles to explore, it seems to have everything, including crowds during high season. Still, I think I could manage a night in a restored medieval monastery and dinner in a Baroque palazzo no matter how many people were around me.
My trip would probably end in Siracusa, the "intellectual's" Taormina (although I'm not sure I qualify), once one of the most important cities in the ancient Greek world. But then I haven't lingered in wine country or stopped in Segesta to see one of the best-preserved ancient Doric temples. I guess there's no help for it. I will have to write another book set in Sicily and work some of these wonders into my story.
Until next time…happy reading!
photo credit: Neil Cornwall Teatro Antico di Taormina via photopin (license)