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hey dude can you play on the weekend?> i play at club sport . nice indoor club.. email me at [please share private info via PM or Friend Requests]
we can do tues nights up by you ..tks rich
I can play with you. I've played for Arbors, TPC and now Lorenzi. I live off of Vegas and Buffalo.
Mathis Parry
about a 3.5-4.0 here; would love to rally sometime. Normally play singles, but have recently played a few doubles matches (unlv intram).... let me know when you're available, i'm close to that side of town.
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hey john whats up dude hey text me 702417-8388 and let hit sometime ...
I am in Henderson - I am a 4.0 but a little bit out of shape :) Give me a call on 818-876-2648 if you want to hit some balls one of these days?
I can play with you, we have a group of guys that play 3.5 level singles. We play off of Hillpointe at Hills Park.
Mathis Parry
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Hello, I'm Robert.
I'm a 4.0 looking to rally and practice. I need to work on keeping the ball in play so it sounds like we have similar goals. My work schedule is Fri-Tues from 7am-3:30pm. My days off are Wed and Thurs. Do you ever play at The Arbors?
Robert Doran
hey mike im in henderson im a 4.0 so if you want to hit im free on the weekends and on wednesday. text me @ 7024610238
If weekend is good for you. I would love to rally with you. I am also in Summerlin should be easy to set schedules.
Let me know !
i live in the SW area. if you want to hit, let me know. also have a 4.0 + group every saturday morning @ flamingo park.
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Albert Einstein - Original Oil Painting
by Derek Russell
About Derek Russell
Russell, born 1985, lives and works in the mountains of New Hampshire. His areas of interest include painting, health and wellness, higher consciousness, architecture, growth mindset, engineering, travel, sports, and adventure. And he is happily married to his wife, Kara.
His love for adventure started in college when he began traveling and exploring the beauty of the world and its amazing people, places and experiences. This is the energy he captures in each of his pieces.
The foundation for his art is grounded in a decade long interaction with the art of realism. Researching and learning the techniques of the old masters, he felt a calling to express himself with paint. For over 10 years, he continued to draw and paint in a very slow and precise way. An internal struggle to make his work perfect fought with his desire to paint. And he stopped for years.
After an intensive yearlong study under a Copley Art Master, his awareness changed. By engaging in a visual story with the live models he painted, he needed to paint faster.
And then one day, it clicked for him.
He put aside his analytical mind and let the colors speak to him. He coined the term "Free Spirited Realism" as a brand for his art. It is a dance between contemporary art and realism.
When viewing his work at a close range, areas are broken up and fit together only at a distance. As you advance toward his painting, it becomes more abstract, more fluid, and as you move away, it falls into focus and is realistic. At no two distances will the painting appear the same.
He has developed a dynamic way of combining abstraction with realism. In this technique, he is able to make the action within the painting as intense and exciting as it actually is in your direct experience.
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Such tubular experiences will provide the setting for the 11th annual Gromfest Surf Contest at the Ocean Beach Pier on Saturday, Aug. 25 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enthusiastic surfers age 16 and younger will be competing in boys' and girls' age-division events in both shortboard and longboard divisions.
The event, hosted by the Sunset Cliffs Surfing Association (SCSA), is intended to preserve and promote the art of surfing, and has done so for more than 40 years. The surf contest is held in the memory of Carl Warner of Point Loma, a major surfing enthusiast.
Years ago, Point Loma residents Lisa and Rick Haux, owners of MOR Furniture For Less, reached out to the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association (OBMA), a local merchant's group, with the desire to start something for local area kids in memory of Warner, their long-time employee who had recently passed away. The OBMA worked with the SCSA to establish the Gromfest, and it has been an annual beach party since.
The surfing competition includes "Super Groms" (boys and girls 7 and under on any size surfboard); "Little Wahine" (girls 8 to 10 on any size board); "Groms" (boys 8 to 10, short board); "Menehune" (boys 11 to 13, short board); "Wahine" (girls 11 to 16, any board); "Jr. Boys" (14 to 16, short board); and a "Longboard Division" (open).
Surfers qualify to compete if they live in the 92106 or 92107 ZIP codes or who are SCSA members. The first 110 kids can register for a $25 fee, and forms are available at South Coast Surf Shop, Pride, Julie Designs and Surf 'N' Sea Custom Wetsuits, all in Ocean Beach.
Activities include a barbeque, a raffle, silent auction and awards ceremony. All money collected benefits the SCSA Juniors Program, which sponsors various community events to benefit Ocean Beach and Point Loma area youngsters.
The Gromfest is an energetic, spectator-friendly, surfing spectacle that embraces the fun of the youthful wave-riding lifestyle and is definitely intent on "maximizing beach and in-the-tube experiences" for all in attendance.


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City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags
January 10, 2008
By Anne Barnard
The stash under the sink grows inexorably: bags from Duane Reade and D'Agostino, bags from Home Depot and the health food store. Wadded up, stuffed one inside the other, they explode out of the cabinet as you wonder how you'll ever get around to using all of them.
If you're one of the many New Yorkers who worry about throwing away plastic bags but seem only to acquire more and more, then help is on the way.
The City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle plastic bags they give to shoppers. New York is by far the largest American city to enact so broad a measure to limit the environmental impact of the bags. Altogether, each year the country is estimated to use 86 billion bags, which end up blowing down city streets, or tangled in the stomachs of whales and sea turtles, or buried in landfills where, environmental organizations say, they persist for as long as 1,000 years.
Plastic bags are a source of environmental anxiety for New Yorkers, who use one billion a year, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said in an interview after the vote. City dwellers consider recycling "more and more" important, she explained, but until now have not had a ready means of recycling the bags.
But under the new bill, which had a surprising amount of support from retailers and plastic-bag manufacturers, stores that give the bags to customers must provide recycling bins for the bags in a prominent place in the store. The legislation applies to stores of 5,000 square feet or larger, as well as all branches of chains with more than five locations in the city.
Shoppers will be invited to deposit plastic shopping bags as well as other stretchy plastic materials, such as dry-cleaning bags. Stiff plastic bags with cardboard bottoms are out, since they are considered reusable.
Consumers can drop off bags from any store, not just the one where the bin is located. "It would be terrible if you had to have your Duane Reade pile and your D'Agostino pile," Ms. Quinn explained. "That would be a nightmare."
The Department of Sanitation, which picks up plastic bottles, cans and newspapers, will not collect the bags. Stores will have to contract to have them removed, most likely by companies that will recycle them into new plastic bags or buy them to make into other products, such as weatherproof decking.
Stores will also have to ensure that the bags they distribute have printed messages urging customers to return them to stores.
The legislation passed 44 to 2, and will take effect six months after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signs it. The mayor has not expressed any objections.
When Ms. Quinn and Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr., a Queens Democrat, introduced the bill in October, it seemed likely to become a political football.
Ms. Quinn, a Manhattan Democrat who is considering a mayoral run in 2009, immediately faced criticism from John A. Catsimatidis, the Gristedes supermarket magnate, who is eyeing a mayoral run on the Republican ticket; he called the proposal a case of too much regulatory meddling.
Mr. Catsimatidis's criticism soon died down, and the Food Industry Alliance, which represents 750 supermarkets in the city, backed the bill after pushing through some changes.
"We already have a lot of members who have taken up this cause," said Patricia Brodhagen, vice president of public affairs for the Alliance. ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Food Emporium and others already collect bags voluntarily. Whole Foods, which is not a member, promotes reusable bags and offers small discounts for returned bags.
The "no" votes in the Council came from two of the three Republicans, Councilmen Vincent M. Ignizio of Staten Island and Dennis P. Gallagher of Queens.
Other cities, including San Francisco, have banned plastic bags altogether. But Ms. Quinn said that could increase the use of paper bags, which give off methane as they decompose, another environmental hazard.
She said her office had received anxious calls from New Yorkers asking if they could continue to use the bags as garbage bags or to pick up after their dogs. Absolutely, she said: Recycling will not work by itself, and other tactics like using canvas bags are just as important.
An unlikely supporter was Progressive Bag Affiliates, a trade group that represents most American makers of plastic bags.
"New York has really become a pioneer," said Dave Vermillion, a spokesman for the group, which includes companies that make recycled bags.
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company


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Companies like TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Amazon.com have created powerful tools to help us gather advice on seemingly everything – where to sleep, what to eat, and what to read. But have you ever noticed that the boom in peer-to-peer advice has tended to skip over the more important decisions we make – what kind of work to do, whom to marry, how best to live?
One could argue that these matters should be kept far away from anything to do with startups and technology. Perhaps, you would say, advice is and should remain the job of your parents, priests and peers.
But what if you could keep these sources of advice constant, but use new tools and structures to improve the quality of counsel that you receive?
Over the last few weeks, I've focused on identifying obstacles that prevent people from thriving. In my next few posts, I would like to offer some solutions that I've seen help individuals create and execute on visions that are aligned with their values and skills.
Let's start today with what I call social implementation: techniques that help people do what they say they're going to do by tapping into their social networks. In her recent book, Join the Club, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg talks about the power of positive peer pressure, or what she calls "the social cure," in changing behavior. In my work, those who create social structures for themselves to examine where they most want to focus their time, energy, and resources have been more likely to implement them.
Here are some structures that people can create to tap into the wisdom of their intimate crowd and keep them on their proper path.
The Personal Cabinet. The idea of the "personal cabinet" or "personal board of directors" has floated around management circles for years – from work by Jim Collins to coverage in Fast Company and other publications. Organizations like the Aspen Institute, the Young Presidents' Organization and the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization use versions of personal boards to help their members think through work and life problems. But, despite the prevalence of the idea in the popular press and research on the effectiveness of group mentoring, advice is still often taken informally and through one-on-one consultations. My own experience has taught me that putting formal structures together that create time to focus on what matters leads to greater clarity and often increases the courage to make those tough decisions.
So what is a personal cabinet? Here are three good posts by Caroline Dowd-Higgins, Vanessa Van Petten and Jason Young on how to set one up. I have a personal cabinet that I convened to help me think through my work and how to build Thrive Labs. During periods of transition and decision-making, I convene this group as often as every two weeks over a focused dinner. We create an agenda, and they help me think through major decisions and how to better align my work with my values. This cabinet has not only helped me clarify my thinking, but also holds me accountable to implementing what I commit to do.
The Pop-Up Board. Not every decision requires a full-fledged personal cabinet. Sometimes gathering great minds together for a one-time meeting does the trick. One of my favorite experiences of a Pop-Up Board was helping a comedian tap his inner circle's wisdom to strategize about his career. We gathered for just one day. He invited a trusted group of friends. We met for six hours and focused collectively on a single question. As the facilitator, I developed the structure of the meeting, and we gathered as a group of friends and advisors to help him identify how he can be authentic as he builds the next level of his business and uses the platform he's developed to both entertain and make the world better. We had a limited amount of time, and he agreed to specific goals and commitments at the end of our session. It was like the flash mob of boards.
Develop a structure that works for you. The clients I know who get things done are the ones who develop structures that make sense in their everyday life. One person I worked with belonged to a large family business with more than a dozen grandchildren. The grandfather, in order to keep the values of the family aligned and refreshed over generations, hosted a family conference one Sunday each month. They began the meetings by saying their family vision and mission for their generation, and then spent time sharing updates. Each meeting, one grandchild had a chance to present a problem and gain advice and feedback. Another person I know created a weekly Sunday night conference call with his brothers. Though they lived in different cities and had their own lives, they found that carving out deliberate time for each other to share advice, and more, helped them each in their own lives and work.
I should add some words of caution. First, a board meeting is only as useful as the preparation for it. Convening group structures often works best after a period of individual thinking and reflection. William Deresiewicz writes eloquently about the power of solitude and leadership. Second, choose the right people. If you are trying to make a difficult decision about leaving a certain type of work or lifestyle, surrounding yourself with advisors who have that lifestyle may not be the best form of advice. One of the biggest criticisms of Rosenberg's work is that it's not clear who defines what is "positive" peer pressure and what is "negative" peer pressure. And we also know that group pressure can often lead to bad behavior. As you convene people to help you think through your vision, select individuals whom you trust and admire, who have your best interests at heart, who can take you where you want to go.
Creating formal structures of advice and support is particularly useful for members of the creative class, who tend to be unembedded and thus freer and lonelier than other workers. But it is also useful for salaried professionals and people in transition. With the rise of independent consultants and freelancers, and with 40 percent of Millennials wanting to start their own companies, it's quite possible that personal cabinets will one day be as commonplace as good old-fashioned bosses. Let's get there faster.


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Introducing the GPSy WATCH
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A sleek, comfortable design and two color options make the Callaway GPSy Watch a perfect fit for any golfer seeking fast, accurate distance information on the course. Hit more greens and minimize penalty strokes by knowing accurate distances to the front, center, and back of the green, along with layup and carry distances to hazards and doglegs!
Other features include, auto-hole advancement, shot distance measurement, a scorekeeper to track your score, GIR and putts per round, and even an odometer.......all conveniently and comfortably on your wrist!
Key Features:
- Preloaded with over 30,000 golf courses worldwide
- Accurate distances to front, center, and back of green
- Accurate layup and carry distances to hazards and doglegs
- Auto-hole advancement
- Shot distance measurement
- Scorekeeper tracks scores, GIR, and putts per round
- Odometer
- Analog and digital time display
- Time and date automatically set by satellite
- Battery lasts 8-12 hours in GPS mode
- 90+ days battery life in time mode
- Display size: 1.28"
- Band length: 10.25"
What is GPS and how does it work?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) developed by the United States Department of Defense. It uses a constellation of between 24 and 32 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, enabling GPS receivers to determine their current location. Your device receives these signals from as many as 12 satellites above the horizon to pinpoint your position by calculating, with great accuracy, the distance between you and pre-defined targets (Front, Center, Back of green) via a golf course map uploaded onto your unit. All Golf GPS systems leverage this same satellite network.
How can the GPSy Watch help me play better golf?
When you know the exact distance to the Front, Center and Back (FCB) of the green, you can pick the right club for the distance, and do it more quickly. It also helps to know how far it is not only to the front of hazards/doglegs, but also how far it is to clear such hazards. The GPSy Watch promotes faster play and lower scores!
What if a golf course I play is not on my device?
The GPSy Watch is preloaded with over 30,000 golf courses worldwide. The device will only recognize the 5 nearest courses to your location at any given time. If you are at a course and do not see that specific course as an option on your device, call Callaway DMD Support at 888-606-4634 to verify if the course map is available.
What if my golf course has made changes or renovations?
Call Callaway DMD Support at 888-606-4634 to make a mapping request. Typically, map requests can take between 2-4 weeks to complete.
What if the GPSy Watch is providing inaccurate distances?
First, make sure the device is set to the desired unit of measure (yards or meters). This can be checked within settings. Be sure the device is on the correct hole number. In some instances, a correction to the course map might be needed. Call Callaway DMD Support at 888-606-4634 to verify the course is mapped correctly.
How do I load new or corrected course maps onto my GPSy Watch?
To update the course maps on your device visit www.CallawayDMD.com/product-support or call Callaway DMD Support at 888-606-4634 and a Support Representative will be happy to walk you through updating.
Is the GPSy Watch waterproof?
The GPSy Watch is waterproof to 1ATM designation. It will perform during a rain shower but should not be submerged in any liquid.
What if the screen freezes?
If at any time the screen becomes unresponsive, hold down both Arrow buttons and the OK/Menu button (3 buttons on right) at the same time. This will force the device to shutoff. The device can be powered back on and return to normal use. This is often referred to as a "hard reset."
How do I set the time on the GPSy Watch?
The time can be set automatically using satellite connection or manually within Settings. To view detailed instructions on setting the time and date review User Manual.
What is the warranty policy for the GPSy Watch?
This device is warranted to be free from defects for up to 1 year of normal use from your purchase date.
How do I return a defective device?
Izzo Golf cannot refund your purchase. Izzo Golf will replace any defective unit within the warranty period. Please call Callaway DMD Support at 888-606-4634 to request a Return Authorization. All defective products must be returned to:
Izzo Golf
1635 Commons Parkway
Macedon, NY 14502
Please include a note with your name, address, phone # and the Return Authorization #. Your replacement unit will be shipped once we receive and diagnose the returned unit.
©2015 CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY. Callaway Golf and the Chevron device are trademarks of Callaway Golf Company. IZZO Golf is an official licensee of Callaway Golf Company.
How do I return a non-defective device for full refund?
IZZO Golf can only refund your purchase if the unit was purchased directly from IZZO Golf. Non-defective units need to being returned to the retailer you purchased from, dependent on the store's formal refund/return policy.
Who should I contact if I have any questions or problems with the device?


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Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday became the third newly elected Republican governor to reject the Obama administration's $53 billion plan to build a nationwide high-speed rail network.
Governor Scott's decision not to build a high-speed rail line between Orlando and Tampa does not yet constitute a state-level revolt against high-speed rail. Similar decisions to opt out of high-speed rail by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Ohio Gov. John Kasich do not critically damage the federal plan, experts say.
But they offer a glimpse of how the Obama rail plan might falter once it arrives at the US House of Representatives, which was recast by same tea party wave that swept the three governors into office. Moreover, the governors' actions could point to a refocusing the federal plan, which seeks to make high-speed rail accessible to 80 percent of Americans within 25 years.
"The plan to reach 80 percent of the US population with passenger rail is somewhat arbitrary – passenger rail should be built only where it is needed and justified, not with some goal of total coverage in mind," says Michael Gorman, associate professor of business at the University of Dayton in Ohio. "Rejection of passenger rail in states like Florida and Ohio is different than the more densely populated areas in California and the Northeast, because projected ridership is lower and passenger rail is less economically justified."
Governor spells out concerns
In declining more than $2 billion in federal funds for the proposed Orlando-to-Tampa line, Scott said federal government's ridership and revenue estimates are too optimistic, meaning that Florida taxpayers would have to subsidize the line. He also suggested that cost overruns could leave Florida taxpayers having to foot a $3 billion bill.
"The truth is that this project would be far too costly to taxpayers, and I believe the risk far outweighs the benefits," Scott said.
These concerns are well-founded, says Ken Button, director of the Center for Transportation Policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. "One major concern expressed by the governors is that the ridership will be lower than forecast and [the projects would] turn out to cost much higher," he says. "Experience suggests they will be right: forecasts of all forms of public-transport use throughout the world have tended to be optimistic, and cost estimates have been way below the actual cost."
The most promising places in the US for high-speed rail, experts say, are the Northeast and California. Already, half of the $1.2 billion rejected by Ohio and Wisconsin in December has been reallocated to California, where state voters in 2008 approved $10 billion in bonds to begin the San Francisco-to-Anaheim section of a high-speed rail project.
"More money will help us establish our project, which is slated to begin in the Central Valley in 2012," says Rachel Wall, spokeswoman for the California High Speed Rail Authority.
Proponents of high-speed rail criticized the three Republican governors' decisions. "The governors are sadly ill-advised and probably haven't stopped and thought about what kind of transportation system this country really needs," says Gil Carmichael, founding chairman of the board of directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver. "The system we have now is gawdy, wasteful, polluting and dangerous."
Tough going ahead?
But Republicans in the US House are not likely to be swayed by such arguments. "The GOP governors' rejection of high-speed rail money foreshadows a hostile fate for the administration's plans in the Republican House," says Steven Schier, a political scientist at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
For now, many Republicans appear to be holding firm to the tea party's limited-government doctrine. "Republicans across the country are determined to demonstrate to voters that they are serious about shrinking the size of the federal government and its discretionary spending programs," says Lara Brown, a political scientist at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
The three governors may be tearing a page from the playbook of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who derailed plans for a partially federally-funded train tunnel project to connect New Jersey and Manhattan. He said the state could not afford to continue the project, and a Quinnipiac poll last week showed that his approval rating has improved to 52 percent – up 6 percentage points since December.
"Republicans, Governor Scott included, are betting on the long-term outweighing the short-term – and that is something that is not typical in politics," says Professor Brown. "Clearly, however, they believe that if they become known as the fiscally responsible party, they will not only win the 2012 cycle, but that voters will continue to trust them with the reins of government for many election cycles to come."


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Weather service confirms tornado in Greenwich/Stamford
The National Weather Service says a second tornado hit Connecticut on Monday.
Meteorologists in Upton, N.Y., said Tuesday that a tornado with winds up to 80 mph touched down in Greenwich and Stamford late Monday morning.
The weather service says it caused extensive tree damage along a 3.7-mile path about 150 yards wide.
According to Greenwich Director of Emergency Management Daniel Warzoha, the tornado touched down on private property near the 790 block of North Street in Greenwich, traveled southeast, tearing down Stanwich Road, onto Stag Lane and then Carrington Drive before coming up from the ground briefly.
After landing again, the tornado moved east into Stamford and sliced through a grove of trees along Riverbank Road near the intersection of June Road.
Stamford police Capt. Tom Lombardo toured the area Tuesday morning with an official from the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security who said a tornado touched down in the area.
"You can see the upper part of the trees are twisted and some just twisted and snapped," said Lombardo, who serves as the city's emergency management director.
It was suspected the tornado also hit a section of North Stamford near Janes Lane, but Lombardo said that could not be confirmed.
While the exact public cost of the storm was unknown, Warzoha estimated that in Greenwich hundreds of trees had been brought down and private damage could easily surpass $1 million.
Stamford was luckier -- Lombardo said there was no property damage, but there was a near miss as the tornado came within two feet of hitting a tool shed. Connecticut Light and Power reported the weather, which damaged transformers and electrical wires throughout the backcountry, left 138 Greenwich and 259 Stamford residents without power Monday afternoon.
Power has since been restored to those areas.
Greenwich emergency services requested the National Weather Service conduct an official investigation into Monday's weather, and officials from the agency toured the damaged area Tuesday, along with other municipal and state forces, announcing the confirmation of a tornado that afternoon.
Warhoza said the investigation would help better the town's and state's emergency preparedness.
"We got a tornado warning (from the National Weather Service) just about the time the tornado touched down in the Greenwich backcountry," said Warzoha. "It's our role to give these organizations the data they need in order to get the warnings out just a little bit quicker and make our residents that much safer."
The National Weather Service said Monday that a tornado struck near Windsor Locks in north-central Connecticut. It had estimated maximum wind of 86 mph, and traveled 2.5 miles on a 200-yard-wide path.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday signed an emergency declaration to help the state and municipalities remove debris in East Windsor, Greenwich, Stamford, Windsor and Windsor Locks.
The declaration allows the state to help remove debris and wreckage from publicly and privately owned land. Any monetary assistance, Warzoha said, would likely go toward damage to farming interests in Windsor, East Windsor and Windsor Locks, though Greenwich and Stamford could see state aid in the actual cleanup process.
Fairfield County has not seen a tornado since 2010, when an EF1 twister ripped through Bridgeport for less than a quarter-mile before dissipating. It is the first for Greenwich since the destructive 2006 tornado that barreled 13 miles across Rockland and Westchester counties and into southern Connecticut in under 35 minutes, injuring six.


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kembrel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Kembrel is an online-private sales lifestyle store aimed at bringing university students great deals on their favorite brands, gadgets and events at up to 80% off. The platform launched in early September and currently has 35,000 users with 300 - 400 new members signing on/day. Subscribers are emailed daily promotions. Sales typically last for 3 days.
To grow our member base, we are interested in setting up affiliate banners with online-content partners that cover both student lifestyle topics and fashion. As such, we are interested in developing affiliate banners for these and other similar sites.
Kembrel primarily targets university students aged 18 – 24. 90% of our members are female. The site has a nationwide coverage with the largest cluster of members in the NY TriState area, Pennsylvania, California and Texas. While we feature merchandise across many categories, fashion accessories (jewelry) are best-sellers for women while gadgets and shoes do best for men. We take pride in our ability to be the first to educate students on the newest fashions, gadgets etc.
We'd like three banners (dimensions below) designed that grab peoples' attention and indicates that we offer special deals for students. The banner ads should be as follows:
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-"Sweet Student Deals up to 80% off"
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"Computer programming is a powerful tool for children to 'learn learning,' that is, to learn the skills of thinking and problem-solving...Children who engage in programming transfer that kind of learning to other things."--Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the One Laptop Per Child project that hopes to put a computer in the hands of every child on earth, January 2008
Your computer won't respond when you yell at it. Why not learn to talk to your computer in its own language? Whether you want to write games, start a business, or you're just curious, learning to program is a great place to start. Plus, programming is fun!
Hello World! provides a gentle but thorough introduction to the world of computer programming. It's written in language a 12-year-old can follow, but anyone who wants to learn how to program a computer can use it. Even adults. Written by Warren Sande and his son, Carter, and reviewed by professional educators, this book is kid-tested and parent-approved.
You don't need to know anything about programming to use the book. But you should know the basics of using a computer--e-mail, surfing the web, listening to music, and so forth. If you can start a program and save a file, you should have no trouble using this book.


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We are a professional martial arts academy dedicated to providing our students world class instruction and service.
Our instructors and facilities are first class - focused on bringing out the best in each student, and helping them reach and exceed their goals.
We have a fun and knowledgeable staff and constantly work to build our reputation and brand in our community.
We teach MMA - a Mixed Martial Arts curriculum that includes Muay Thai Kickboxing, Karate, Krav Maga self-defense & weapons. Our students are families with kids and single adults, and we concentrate on giving them great martial arts classes with expert training, along with genuine service.
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Parents (the decision makers) of children ages 4-6 & 7-12
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We are a local business and our customers live within a 5 mile radius of our location.
When a new visitor enters our website, I want it to catch their attention, build their desire (WOW them if possible!), and clearly invite them to call for a free trial class.
The look of our website has to have both a "family feel" for parents - and a tough & challenging look/feel for teen & adult students - it has to be appealing to both groups. Drupal will be the CMS.
Our current website has been working well for us. Using some of the parents of our junior students, and small groups of our teenage and adult students, their input and feedback resulted in the look of our current site.
Unfortunately, our current website also has some issues (like a broken CMS (notice that the right column on the Homepage has dropped off and resides on the bottom left?!). You can see our current website at: http://www.pmaaustin.com
We want a new and improved header/look.
I attached our logo and some pictures you can use and get ideas from.
I'm looking forward to seeing what talented and creative minds come up with!
Rather than choosing and deciding the direction of this project, I will be showing what you come up with to my current students and parents - and letting them decide what they like! I'll be passing their feedback and suggestions to you.


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Birbeg Island
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Our Thanksgiving dinner is complete. The relatives are contently camped out in front of the Cowboys game, and I've got time to reflect on my Thanksgiving list of things for which I'm especially grateful.
As this blog is about Classical music, I'm going to restrict this list to mostly musical items.
The TOP 10 things for which I'm grateful are:
10) the values my double bass teacher at The Juilliard School gave me. Even though I haven't played professionally in a full-time orchestra for 19 years, John Schaeffer is still one of my biggest influences.
9) the last movement of the Brahms Symphony No. 4. It's a miracle.
8) the dedication of the musicians of the San Antonio Symphony. Without their commitment and sacrifices, I wouldn't be living and working in this wonderful city.
7) the "Nimrod" variation in Elgar's Enigma Variations. Just thinking about this movement makes me cry.
6) the first ten years of my career, when I was a full-time musician. Even though I injured my left hand and gave up playing (and am now incredibly happy being an orchestra manager), the memories of those concerts are still as fresh as if they happened yesterday.
5) all the great double bass parts in Beethoven's nine symphonies.
4) my parents who didn't discourage me from pursuing music, even though they knew it would be a tough career.
3) my obsession with English symphonies from the early part of the 20th century by composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax.
2) all the patrons who buy tickets and make donations to arts organizations.
And the NUMBER ONE thing for which I'm grateful this Thanksgiving:
1) My turkey came out great this year (this was the first time I brined a turkey, and it made a big difference!)
FYI: This weekend and the next one finds the San Antonio Symphony in the pit at the Municipal Auditorium for The Nutcracker The Symphony also performs Handel's Messiah on December 4, 5 & 6; our Holiday Pops is on December 18 and 19; and our Holiday Family concert is on the afternoon of Sunday, December 20. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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For his part, Bono makes it clear his praise is directed to a higher power. "They're all, to me, songs of praise to God and creation, even the angry ones,"
Should U2 a band on a mission? A band with a strong sense of integrity and purpose, which so many say, is the foundation for their music. They have sold massive amounts of records, tours and estimations that the group could be worth at least a cool billion including the 17 Grammy Awards this band has pass the test of time in an industry where longevity can be measured in months.
For all the celebrity hype, Bono retains a certain authenticity, a centeredness and seems humble, which has come out many times during the 360 tour "You have given us a good life" He reminds us that we are the reason for the bands success. That our marriage with him and the rest of the band is not taken lightly.
360 is behind us, yet some part of us want to revisit with our old friends and hold on to those youthful times of our lives when music, religion and war had our focus and our attention to get some resoling foundation of peace and faith. U2 you have given us a good life.
Would you call the following lyrics statements of faith ?
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (from Joshua Tree)
I believe in the Kingdom Come,
Then all the colors will bleed into one
But yes I'm still running.
You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains.
Carried the cross and all my shame,
You know I believe it.
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
"Grace" (from All That You Can't Leave Behind)
Grace, it's the name for a girl
It's also a thought that changed the world.
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stains.
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things.
Faith is nothing more than your ability to believe in something you cannot see yet you know to be true within your heart. In a time when we all need a little faith why not believe in something greater than yourself why not have a little faith.
Bono was the only Christian in the early days. He started sharing his feelings and thoughts about God. And it seemed a natural progression from what happened in school to go along to meetings outside school.
"I realised that was where it was at and about the same time Larry and myself became Christians. From then on it seemed that there was a purpose for the band, if you know what I mean. Bono felt this from the beginning I think…"
"I believe in God very strongly and I don't believe that we are just kind of exploded out of thin air. I can't believe it. I think it is that spiritual strength that's essential to the band. We want to offer people hope, but we don't want to freak them out. We feel the Spirit is doing something different. Jesus taught in parables and some of our lyrics are like that."
"I'm not cynical or pessimistic about the future and a lot of that must come down to my beliefs. It's my belief in God that enables me to get up in the morning and face the world. I believe there is a reason and logic to everything."
"I want an audience to feel washed after a U2 gig. I don't like music unless it has a healing effect. There's a huge spiritual battle going on in the world. It's big and it's serious and if you want to get into the battle you've got to get under covering. You've got to be part of a body."
Its not a question of U2's beliefs as it is what our belief provides us when we hear U2 songs, for some its just some words that provide the back drop to a great melody to others is a source that provides growth to the seed inside of all of us. Now before we upset those that do not care to believe that U2 has blended faith with rock music and that rockers can have faith expressed in songs with out attachment to a christain label, maybe your right, maybe faith better be left to your private thoughts and one should not sing in joy.
Perhaps it gives God goosebumps to hear these Irish rockers touch millions with their music while acknowledging and praising his name, even as they wrestle with him on a very public stage. May Bono's voice and U2's music ring out for a long, long time to come…


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This is part of my mother of pearl jewelry collection. I like them, but that doesn t want to say they are worth much.
I guess they date from the 1950's onward. They still make these in Bethlehem for tourists. The starry ones they call: Star of Bethlehem.
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The pressure on global water supplies, a product of population growth, urbanisation and increased demand, has led scientists to search for solutions among the huge amount of data being collected about rainfall and streamflow.
But as information tools become more sophisticated, the abundance of data can be overwhelming. In Mexico, Associate Professor Willem Vervoort from the University of Sydney is working with local scientists to provide training in how to interpret their water data.
"Water science is all about data," says Vervoort, an Associate Professor in Hydrology and Catchment Management in the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment. "Without data, you cannot understand the systems and you cannot make future forecasts."
Like Australia, Mexico has complicated water issues. While one region of the country experiences severe drought, another region can have a surplus of water.
Professor Vervoort says: "For Mexico, the challenge is to analyse and synthesise this information so that they can predict water use and supply."
Supported by AusAID and the University's International Program Development Fund, Professor Vervoort is working with the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA), running virtual workshops and exchanges designed to teach Mexican researchers about forecasting in hydrology and statistics.
Professor Vervoort's research team will soon be welcoming four people from Mexico who have themselves gathered data on the ground. He says: "They are not just being trained on cleaned Australian data, but they are learning to work with real Mexican data – warts and all."
He says: "New technology can be very exciting because it helps us deal with difficulties from translating science to practical applications. If you are not sure that what you have observed is actually real, then making a prediction becomes really difficult. Better data gives more certainty in the forecasts. We are trying to know more from less, but with the availability of more data, we can now quantify dependent variables."
With the aid of mobile phones, he also hopes that farmers in Mexico will be able to improve their communication with IMTA, as well as access rainfall predictions. Despite water data being collected all across Mexico, there are still some gaps in information and in actually analysing the data.
"For example," says Professor Vervoort, "a rain gauge can only tell you if it has rained in one location, but if it is dry at a farm a few kilometres away, the rain gauge won't pick that up. With the use of mobile phones, farmers will be able to get information from IMTA quickly but also input more qualitative information about their firsthand experience."
Through his work, Professor Vervoort hopes to continue building the University's relationship with Mexico as well as other Latin American countries. He says: "Compared to Australia, Mexico has more poverty and more people, which gives us more scope for capacity building with farmers and academics."
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Developers / Re: Ruby GSD codes help« on: December 16, 2008, 03:11:23 am »
Just wondering how your HAI control is getting along ...
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Sounds interesting! BTW, tho the 9 series nVidia chipset will be way too new, so you will definitely have graphics problems right from the install/setup phase. You will need to install the latest drivers from nVidia - you can find a pretty good guide to this in the wiki.
if you mean when running under Windows this is what you see, then I would suggest that the progressive points 1-4 are more likely closer to the mark...
In any case, it is possible to multithread graphics decoding so that load is shared, but requires a lot more coding sophistication - typically dividing up the screen into 2 or 4 pieces, and dispatching the load to each of the cores. I suspect that xinelib does not do this, which is a shame, but I'm sure it will be addressed in future releases, especially given the drive to multiple cores/CPUs and the graphics driver issues...
OK, I'm probably not the best person to explain this as there are a few points that I have not been certain of myself in this area. However, some comments:
1) I have assumed (although not certain) that the per process CPU usage shown in top actually adds up to 100% x # of cores. So for a dual box, this would be 200%. The top manual page entry is a little ambiguous on this point, however I have often noticed that my sum CPU usage for the top few processes displayed in top is far more than 100%. The top manual page seems to me to imply that this is the reason why.
2) If you have a process that the bulk of the work is done by a single thread, and it is maxing out the core it happens to be on, and your box is a dual core machine, then I would expect top to show 100%, being all computing resources available for that core, and thus effective 50% of the overall machine's resources.
3) In your case, that would seem to suggest that that it is consuming 100% of one core from 4, being a quarter of the total 400% CPU available to you.... in other words 25% of the total available to the machine.....
4) The above point is highly suggestive, but not definitive - could just be a coincidence, but it is important to note that Windows definitely does not calculate CPU like this. 100% means 100%. If a CPU bound process is sucking up all CPU resources for a single thread on a single core of four, then Windows would report that as 25%. It would also look like the waveform is unnaturally "clipped" around that 25% mark rather than the more normal "spikey" look.
5) Note that Windows always has significant advantages in decompressing various video codecs as they can hand off a lot of these to the video card rather than sucking up CPU. In many cases, Linux has to do the heavy lifting directly on the CPU because of the stranglehold that M$ has on hardware manufacturers, limiting how much of the hardware we buy from them is exposed for our use!
Here is a really stupid question. Linux MCE does NOT support multi core processing - am I right?
The Wiki hardware section on motherboards is useful as a "yes it works"/"no it doesn't".
It is not useful at all from the point of view of figuring out if a new motherboard or variant of an existing one will work, or how much of it will work.
I'd propose that the motherboard section takes each motherboard and breaks it down into the chipsets on it, then there are just pointers to info about that chipset.
For example,
Motherboard A
- Sound: ALC889A -> (points to separate page about this chip)
working on this motherboard? Y/N
Or maybe this just means a separate set of hardware entries for chipsets?
I know the process I go through to select a motherboard is quite involved. I am happy to start the ball rolling and document the process and the chipsets.
PS is there a way to invoke some sort of script to automatically get motherboard info from other web sites and past it into the Wiki. Not that there is such a script, am just after ideas on *how* this could be done
Wrong again. This system is a smart home platform. Media only comprises 20% of the entire system. With that said, We can only do what we can do from within the context of the legal system. If someone outside the USA wants to implement enhanced BD functionality, then they can. Nothing stopping them. But those of us in the US can neither develop nor legally use such implements.
I can only hope that a large influential company or group takes this up and gets the fair use laws changed to force companies to allow people to copy their own stuff. Unlikely I know, but as media centers become more and more popular, more and more people are going to demand the ability to put the movies and such they pay for on their media center.
Everyone knows protection doesn't stop piracy, yet these companies continue to use DRM to prevent honest people for accessing what they pay for. The music industry has gone this way, we just need movies and cable companies to follow suit. I know, preaching to the choir.


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Thanks for checking out our project! If you missed out, you can get your Elevation Dock at ElevationLab.com, along with updates and future projects. And thanks again to all the backers, these would never have been made without your support. - Casey
Wired: "The Dock Apple should have made in the first place."
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*Update* Just added Back Multiple Rewards to make it simpler for everyone wanting multiple docks.
There is a growing FAQ section at the bottom of the page to help answer your questions.
If you have tried using docks for your iPhone, you have probably felt our frustration: Undocking is difficult, many aren't designed to work with cases, they are lightweight, and are generally made as a cheap afterthought accessory.
That's why we designed the Elevation Dock - Simple to use, quick undocking, and it works with or without a case. We didn't stop there - It's beautifully precision machined from solid aluminum and it comes in a gorgeous set of surface finishes, setting a new bar for quality and something that looks really good on your desk. It complements the high-level craftsmanship of the iPhone like no other.
Undocking is a breeze. Just pull up the phone up - no violent shaking or using two hands to hold the dock down required. This is achieved by a special low-friction connection, the heft of its solid metal construction, and tacky rubber feet.
Case, no case, doesn't matter. Again, the Elevation Dock is designed to just work. That's why a clever movable support pad allows you to use the dock with or without a case and in a range of case sizes.
Obsessive attention to quality. Elevation Docks are individually CNC machined from solid billets of aircraft grade aluminum, no expense spared. The result is a level of precision that can't be achieve through molding or casting. They feel heavy, strong, durable and look gorgeous.
We could have easily made them cheaper with injection molded plastic filled with sand or something, but this is something we want for ourselves and we appreciate good craftsmanship - this probably why we're such big fans of Apple hardware (well... except for those damn docks!).
Gorgeous finishes. We worked with a specialized metal finishing company to help achieve the gorgeous finish you find on Apple's unibody Macbook Pro's and iMacs - its hand buffed, glass bead blasted, electro-chemically micropolished, hard anodized and sealed.
Makes FaceTime Better. The dock's acoustics make the iPhone sound great and less tinny than when laid on a desk, so speakerphone and FaceTime calls sound better. And its angled back 8 degrees, so you are perfectly in frame of the video.
Perfect for your nightstand too. Know exactly where your phone is in the dark and be able to just easily grab it. Friends we gave prototypes to loved this and used them more often in the bedroom than at their desk - and they all wanted more than one.
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Step up to the Elevation Dock+ for the addition of a shielded Line Level audio out and a USB wall power adaptor.
If you are playing your iPhone through a stereo, Line Level is better than outputting from the microphone jack because it bypasses the iphone's internal amplifier for higher fidelity sound.
The Dock+ comes in your choice of the Apple style bead blasted finish or Matte Black.
The Matte Black is heavy etched for a true matte finish. Very beautiful how it reflects no light, but watch out for greasy fingers as they will leave fingerprints.
Compact USB Wall chargers come with the Dock+ versions. You will have the option for international plugs as well.
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We listened - the cord will now be replaceable. But just having a USB port out the back would mean a big plastic USB housing residing there full time and take away from the clean aesthetic.
So we designed the USB port to recess inside the housing and the bottom plate will be be machined to fill in around the cord and maintain weight.
The result is a cord that you can now optionally change in length - short if it's right next to your computer, long if it's on your nightstand going to a wall outlet - and easily swap out if it gets damaged. And it maintains the beautiful, minimal look of hard mounted cord.
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Thank you, thank you. We at ElevationLab design products for a range of industries - from action sports, to hydration, to medical devices - and always see opportunity to make our own, but the upfront cost and risk is overwhelming for our small shop. So we are looking to crowdsource demand upfront through KickStarter and see if we can make a product that would otherwise never see the light of day.
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Fascism became a little bit discredited after the whole holocaust thing. Britain's fascist movement had never got off to a great start, but after the second world war, Oswald Moseley's attempt to come back (with blacks rather than Jews as a new, improved scapegoat), was never likely to succeed.
But the far-right has had a long time to evolve since the 1940s. It has regularly reappeared in new configurations. Most people tend to associate fascism with street thuggery, but these gangs are only the most visible part of the far-right (and the section most likely to cause panic among the middle classes). Hitler came to power with the support of the conservative middle classes, and corporate finance. If fascism is ever to be respectable again, its core constituency won't consist of angry young white working class men, but the conservative middle classes.
Real British fascism is corporate power cloaked in ultra-conservative values designed to lure the most middle of middle Englanders. It attracts those who don't think too much about politics, but when they do, they think society has changed too much, too quickly. They yearn for the Britain that their parents told them about when they were growing up; a largely mythical Christian Britain; where naughty youngsters were given a clip round the ear by the local bobby; where gays didn't exist; and of course, where everyone spoke English, and everybody was white.
A real fascist party has two layers of policies: one set designed to recruit votes from the bigoted, social conservative, and another designed to raise finance from wealthy individuals and companies. The British National Party (BNP) looked, for a while, like it may be the first "respectable" fascist party in the UK. In 1993, it caused shock by winning the first ever far-right council seat, in East London. For over a decade, it looked like a genuine threat, but it has faded in recent years, and few people think of it as a mainstream party.
The English Defence League (EDL) attempted to fill the far-right vacuum, but it manifested as a working class street movement, so alienated middle class conservatives, and could never be taken seriously by corporate backers. Now, the vacuum has instead been filled by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) – and this time, for the first time since Mosley, far-right politics seem to have found a place in the mainstream.
Many low-information voters (to borrow an American term for morons) get a thrill from UKIP's populist positions: leaving the European Union (because it costs money, doesn't it?), cutting immigration (because we're "full", right?) and attacking benefits (lazy scroungers…) are all designed to appeal to the Daily Mail's core, nasty, constituency of people who worry that somehow, somewhere, someone is having a better life than they are.
The problem for any fascist organisation trying to present itself as mainstream is that it becomes increasingly hard to keep candidates "on message". UKIP has attracted fascists to its membership, and this is reflected in a number of extreme outbursts from its candidates. Their anti-immigrant line has somehow morphed to include attacks on British Muslims – to the extent that the EDL are backing UKIP in elections, and are clearly pitching to become their thuggish wing, just as the SA "Brownshirts" became the street enforcers for the Nazi party.
I recently played a game of "fascist bingo" on Twitter when I was encouraged to see if candidates ticked all the standard far-right boxes. Anti-immigration (standard fare to attract racists-who-aren't-racist)? Check! Muslim-baiting? Check! Gays? The party is opposed to gay marriage (it's hard to see what that has to do with opposing the European Union) and on cue, UKIP candidate John Sullivan was recently caught applauding Russian attacks on gay rights, and calling for more physical exercise in schools as a cure for gayness. Check!
To win a fascist bingo game though, we need evidence of hatred for Jews and the disabled. On cue, here comes UKIP candidate Anne-Marie Crampton with an anti-Semitic outburst that any Nazi would be proud of, raking up the anti-Semitic hoax "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and blaming Zionists for the second world war and the Holocaust (rather than those poor, misunderstood, European Christians who tend to get blamed for it). Check! And the disabled? Google came to my aid and found me Geoffrey Clark, who called for compulsory abortions of disabled foetuses. HOUSE!
UKIP's leader Nigel Farage has succeeded in presenting far-right politics as palatable, to a greater extent than anyone since the second world war. He has attracted support from the racist right of the Tory party – those people who see David Cameron as a dangerous leftie. UKIP reaped a protest vote in last week's local elections, largely from people who had little idea what they actually stood for. What is lacking from British politics is an active opposition to fascist ideologies; Labour's capitulation by "accepting the immigration problem" leaves a landscape devoid of an anti-fascist force, and plays into the hands of the far-right.
With the BNP and EDL approaching the status of "laughing-stock", UKIP are the ones to watch; their strong showing in the elections may be a flash in the pan, but they have cleverly divided the Conservative Party, and if the Tories panic, they may shift rightwards. In the long-term, that way lies irrelevancy, as demonstrated by the US Republicans, who embraced a racist electoral strategy in a nation where racism was in slow decline.
Put in perspective, the local election results demonstrated that a quarter of voters in the most conservative parts of the country will respond to a bigoted, populist message. The whitest parts of the nation are the most afraid of immigration. That's not so surprising, though it is disappointing. The UKIP result gives little reason to panic, but it's a reminder that "British tolerance" is not a given. Tolerance had to be fought for and won, but no battle ever stays won; victories need to be defended. Now which political party will take a stand against the rise of fascist values?