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Kendra - posted on 02/15/2010 ( 11 moms have responded )
last time they moved my stuff i didnt have much and it was just me so i didnt mind when the moving company just kinda threw everything in a box. This time we have a lot more and being the control/organization freak i am (sometimes...most times lol ) i would like to just basically tell them what to put in what box. i know they have to be in and out as fast as possible but i really dont want a sloppy job. Has anyone ever found a way to get the movers to pack stuff up nice n neat?
i was raised in the military n i remember with every move packing was just a random mess...i dont want that this time...do i have a say in it?

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Will El Nino Rain Down On Long Island This Year?
Nino Niederreiter was drafted 5th overall by the New York Islanders at this year's entry draft back in June. With Cam Fowler still available when the Islanders were making their trip to the podium, all the tweeps on twitter were beginning to salivate at the possibility of drafting a potential top-2 defenseman, but instead, Garth surprised us all with the flashy forward from Switzerland.
Fowler dropped to 12th to be selected by Anaheim. Apparently scouts from a handful of other NHL teams saw that there was something missing in Fowler's game and that he wasn't top-10 talent as many had originally predicted.
However, El Nino was known for having a sick pair of hands and enough moves to spin your head around. At 6'2 and 203 pounds, the 17-year old (at the time since he turned 18 three days ago), already looked like a grown man. In 65 games with the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL, Nino scored 36 goals, 24 assists and 60 points. He also proved to be a playoff performer, scoring 16 points in 13 games as well.
For a prospect profile, check out this YouTube video courtesy of NHLVideo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttaHPDiOU4
The "puck battle and sniping ability" that E.J. McGuire was talking about was seen at the Islanders prospect scrimmage back in July. Along with Kirill Kabanov, Matt Martin and Travis Hamonic, Niederreiter stood out as one of the more skilled forwards. For example, check out this move in this next YouTube video that was posted by user nintendofan50:
In this game, when a player was penalized, the obstructed skater would get to take a penalty shot instead of the team receiving a two-minute power play. Nino was put in instead of the player who was supposed to shoot and sent the crowd into a complete uproar with his shifty dekes.
Let's face it. He's good.
But is he good enough to crack an NHL line-up at the age of 18? Josh Bailey proved that he was up to the task after being drafted in 2008. If my memory serves me correctly, Nino can play eight games with the Islanders this season. If he plays a ninth, he would have to remain with them the rest of the year, losing his eligibility to go back to Junior. Bailey was tested for the first eight games in the 2008-2009 season and then was held on to. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Isles put Nino through the same type of run down depending on the way he performs in training camp.
Do you think the Isles should give Nino Niederreiter the chance to perform at the NHL level right away in October? Or is another year of Junior hockey the best thing for him?
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Crank up the oven and see if you can find a really manky old pan: we are less than 48 hours away from the dawn of the first National Yorkshire Pudding Day. Making a Yorkshire Pud may not seem like rocket science as it only has three basic ingredients; but this is a dish you can get right, or turn into tasteless, flabby gunge which has the kids making yuk faces.
Batter is tough stuff. Check out the website of the Yorkshire Pudding Boat Race with its coracle-size puds and a selection of Yorkshire pudding boat songs to sing while you cook them.
This is not what you want on Sunday, at least I imagine not. If you do, you have got a vanload of flour, milk and eggs and a very big oven to buy. Oh, and plenty of varnish to make the pudding boats watertight.
What I want is the classic puds-mam-made, in our case for my grandad who lived with us after he was widowed and always had a Yorkshire pudding for his lunch. It was his lunch, in the traditional way. Make a plate-sized pudding and you've no appetite left for a main course of meat, which was the expensive bit in the Hovis-and-cobbles days of his youth in northern England.
The cooking strategy involved using the tastiest dripping available, supplemented by years of residue in the special pudding tin which I never once saw washed up. The tactics involved getting the dripping, tin and oven to solar heat, which seared the batter and made it crisp.
Then, unusually and rather dramatically, you turned the puds with a spatula and left them just long enough to crisp on the other side while keeping a very thin, semi-liquid layer within. The result was like a beef dripping pizza served with onion gravy (a whole separate science for Yorkshire pud cooks). It was heavenly.
My wife makes very good, smaller Yorkshire puds of the slightly-rising kind; she likes them because they're friendly, communal food; you can't use only part of an egg, and one egg makes four puddings minimum.
But on Sunday, I plan to take over and celebrate by trying some of the grandad sort. Unless that is, someone comes up with something even better here. No problems, meanwhile, about what to do with any surplus batter. Tuesday is Pancake Day.


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Thanks to @WDSWWE for sending in another detailed live report from the WWE Live event in Belfast, Northern Island this week.
WWE Live
I have seen WWE live many times now in Belfast but this is the most kids I have ever seen at a WWE event. The merchandise on sale was very disappointing as 10 shirts were on sale and 3 were John Cena shirts. I was happy to get the red Cesaro's shirt which may be considered outdated now since his new "King of Swing" shirt recently came out.
The show starts off with the WWE Live intro with the WrestleMania 30 theme song. Tony Chimel then welcomes us to the show.
Cesaro defeated Dolph Ziggler
The first match of the night was the best match of the night! A lot of awesome spots in this match, its very cool to see Cesaro's suplex from the apron and the Cesaro Swing in person. The crowd was definitely on Zigglers side for this match with Cesaro getting a lot of heat from the crowd. Cesaro won after doing the Cesaro Swing followed by the Neutralizer.
Nikki & Brie Bella defeated Alicia Fox & Aksana
This was a typical Divas match really. The match started off with The Bella's having fun at Aksana's expense which included Nikki giving Aksana a wedgie and spanking. After this Alicia & Aksana were controlling the match with Nikki taking the beating. Eventually Brie got the hot tag and hit her finisher on Alicia Fox for the 1-2-3. After the Bellas finished celebrating (including Brie kissing the guy beside me as he was wearing a Bryan shirt while doing the "YES!" chant) and left Alicia stayed in the ring to a chorus of boo's.
Sami Zayn defeated Damien Sandow
Damien Sandow made his entrance twice after the crowd boo'ed him the first time and demanded the crowd to show him respect. Sandow was interupted by Sami Zayn's entrance. Its a shame but most of the crowd didn't seem to know who Sami Zayn was however during the match he did get some "Ole" chants going. Pretty good match with some comedy at the beginning about Sandows hair being pulled. After faking an injury and cheapshotting Zayn, Sandow went on to take control of the match until he got the microphone and said since he could not get a microphone in America he will just have to speak here but was rolled up by Zayn. Zayn hit the Ole kick for the win.
Tag Team Championship Match
The Wyatt Family (without Bray Wyatt) come out in silence with Harper whistling "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" which was very creepy. A video package had aired earlier in the night with The Uso's encouraging us to do the Uso chant. A pretty slow match with the Wyatt Family dominating. Eventually The Uso's got the hot tag and did their usual comeback. The ending came whenever Rowan brought a chair into the ring to distract the ref which allowed Harper to get an Uso with the Tag Title belt for the 1-2-3. Most of the arena thought we had new Tag Team Champions until Finlay came out to a large pop and told the ref what happened. The Wyatt Family went charging at Finlay on the apron but he dropped the rope down, which led to Uso's diving to the outside and then hitting the splash off the top rope for the win. Finlay and The Uso's celebrated after.
As usual the merchandise stand was promoted and we were also told WWE will be returning to the Odyssey Arena on the 7th of November 2014.
R-Truth & Xavier Woods defeated Heath Slater & Drew McIntyre (w/Jinder Mahal)
A video package aired earlier in the night of Truth & Woods talking about how Truth has the "Whats Up" chant while Woods needs a chant. The beginning was a comedy match really until 3MB started to take control of Woods. Its ridiculous how many times Truth the "Whats Up" chant while Woods was getting dominated. Truth gets the hot tag and hits his finisher on Slater for the win.
United States Championship
Del Rio makes his entrance first to a full arena of boo's. While Sheamus got a huge reaction which was is no shock in Ireland. A pretty awesome match between the two with a lot of back and forth action. However during a quiet period in this match a huge "CM Punk" chant broke out for the first time of the night and would eventually brake out again during the match. After escaping the Arm Bar, Sheamus managed to hit the Brogue Kick on his 3rd attempt for the win. After the match some idiot threw his drink into the ring to try hit Sheamus but just missed.
John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt (w/Harper & Rowan)
Cena comes out to the loudest pop of the night which resulted in Bray Wyatt cutting a promo saying he's leaving since we are cheering for a guy like John Cena. Cena then got the microphone and pretended to cheer Bray Wyatt to get him back in the ring, Cena then just told the ref to count Bray out. Bray then ran back into the ring once the ref reached 8. This match was very similar to their WrestleMania 30 match with the same spots happening. Cena hit the AA which Bray kicked out of and then Bray hit Sister Abigail which Cena kicked out of. The referee got knocked out which allowed Harper & Rowan to enter the ring with a steel chair. The Wyatt Family tried to hold Cena to allow Bray to hit him but Cena dodged it which cleared out Harper & Rowan and allowed Cena to hit the AA for the win. Cena then celebrated to end the show. Cena & The Wyatts seemed to be in a hurry to get of the arena.
Overall it I didn't think it was great show. Quite a few slow matches with no stipulations for any of the matches which was disappointing since the other tour was getting 2 stipulation matches a night. At some points of the show the kids ruined parts of the show, people I was talking to who were stuck in a section filled with kids were moved to different seats for cheering for Cesaro too loudly. The security are far too relaxed whenever it comes to kids. Strange enough there were quite a few Adam Rose shirts in the crowd even though they were not on sale. A lot of fans in the arena on the way out were chanting Adam Rose's theme and doing the "YES!" chant which was quite cool.
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I have to agree with Paul as far as Carnival out of New York goes. We did Carnival 2003, 2004 and just this September, same scenario 90 minute or more wait. In fact the 2004 trip was delayed by a medical emergency and they told us to be at the pier no later than 8 p.m. for boarding. We didn't board until 12:30. This last cruise was at least a 90 minute wait. We did a princess out of brooklyn last year. We arrived a little after 10 and we were on board a little after 10:30. NCL the first time was maybe a 30 minute wait. The second NCL we were put in the lattitudes waiting area and waited less than 15 minutes to board. All these cruises have been out of New York. This trip with Carnival they were still disembarking passengers at 1 p.m.
Don't forget too that you are at the mercy of US customs. If they delay people disembarking, embarking passengers are going to be delayed.
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Pettyfer is Wilde for Endless Love
Alex Pettyfer is in talks to star in the remake of Endless Love.
The Magic Mike actor and Gabriella Wilde are apparently headed to the new big-screen adaptation of Scott Spencer's book following a long casting process, reported Variety.
Country Strong director Shana Feste, who has also rewritten the script, will be taking control of the remake of Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 movie, focusing on a passionate relationship between two teenagers who are madly in love.
Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt starred in the original film, which also featured Tom Cruise in his first film role.
Up-and-coming starlets Olivia Cooke and Sarah Bolger and former Home And Away actor Brenton Thwaites were reportedly in the running for the lead roles.
Alex has starred in I Am Number Four and In Time, while Gabriella will next be in the Carrie remake opposite Chloe Moretz.
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Here is the next installment in my Holiday Series. It follows A Place Called Home and will have a oneshot companion called Family Matters. I hope you enjoy them both.
A/N: I was asked where Cassie was during my Valentine's Day story and, I hate to admit this, but I completely forgot about her. I promised to put her in a story but I couldn't figure out how to fit her in realistically until now. I hope this is satisfactory.
Disclaimer: One of these days, I am going to buy the rights to this show but, alas, today is not that day.
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Chapter 1
21 November
Sam was restless. Due to the fact she was carrying twins and the risk her age presented, Carolyn had placed her on maternity leave early. She hated sitting around, doing nothing. And she'd been doing it for over a month! How was she going to deal with three more weeks of this forced inactivity? She felt like she was going stir crazy. She couldn't even help with the preparation for Thanksgiving. Jack had actually threatened to lock her in their room if she so much as opened a can of corn. She felt so useless.
But Jack was out of the house at the moment, picking up some last minute things for dinner tomorrow so she'd decided to tidy up a bit before their guests arrived. And they were due in just a little while. Daniel and Vala were flying in from Area 51. She hadn't seen them since the 4th of July party and was excited for them to arrive. She'd definitely missed them. And Teal'c was to meet them at the SGC then drive to the house. He'd been off-world for a few months, having left SG-1 to aid the Jaffa council. He seemed happy. Well, happy for Teal'c. She missed having him on Earth but was glad he seemed to finally be content with his role as a leader of the Free Jaffa. She knew he was also enjoying the time he was able to spend with Rya'c, and his family. He'd fought long and hard for the chance to see his family grow up happy, safe and free and Sam would not begrudge him that. She knew better than most how important family was.
Thinking about family got her worrying over Cassie. She'd invited the girl home for Thanksgiving but she'd declined saying she was on-call at the hospital. Sam was so proud of Cass, following in Janet's footsteps to become a doctor. Sam and Jack had both tried to convince her to take a job at the SGC, but she'd been adamant about doing it on her own, by her own merits. Sam couldn't fault her for that. In fact,, it made her even more proud of the wonderful woman Cassie had grown up to be. She just wished she got to see her more often. Sam had been disappointed when Cassie had chosen to stay on the east coast after university but she understood that, too. It would be easier to make it on her own without the rest of them hovering over her. Well, at least she'd promised to get time off to visit at Christmas.
Sam pushed thought of Christmas away for the time being. First she had to get through Thanksgiving. So, with that thought in mind, she got busy tidying up the house for their guests.
Less than an hour later, Jack walked in the door. He scanned the living room for his wife and his eyes narrowed when he didn't see her. She'd promised to take it easy. If she was up and about, he'd...
"Sam!" he called loudly.
"I'm in the kitchen, Jack." she called and Jack hurried to the kitchen, bags in hand.
"You had better not be over-exerting yourself." he said before he even reached the kitchen. He stopped dead in his tracks when he took in the scene. She was sitting on the floor in front of an open cabinet, looking extremely uncomfortable. "What the hell?"
"Not a word, Jack O'Neill." Sam glared at him from her position on the floor. "Just help me up."
"I don't know if I should." He crossed his arms over his chest and cocked a brow, Teal'c-style. "You did go against direct orders form the doc. I wonder what she would say if I told her-"
"Fine." he said with a grin as he moved to help his very pregnant wife up. "But I'll have you know I reserve the right to say I told you so for at least the next few hours."
Sam only rolled her eyes then went back to glaring as they made their way into the living room. He helped her to sit on the sofa then followed suit and pulled her to him, kissing the top of her head.
"What were you doing, any way?"
"I was trying to pull out the roasting pan. I hate having to put all of the cooking duties on Vala. She's supposed to be our guest."
"Need I remind you that she's the one who suggested she do all the cooking?"
"I know, but-"
"No buts." he interrupted and looked her square in the eye. "I know how difficult it is for you to be so limited in what you can and cannot do, but it really is for your own good. Yours and the twin bundles of joy you're carrying. If you're not careful, you could end up on bed rest until you give birth. If you think you're having a tough time adjusting now, just think of that. You have to take care of yourself so you can take care of them."
"I know, Jack. You're right." she said on a sigh.
"I love hearing that." he said with a grin that didn't go away when she punched his arm.
"You're a jerk but I love you any way." she told him.
"I love you, too, Sam." he said and pulled her in for a kiss.
They settled comfortably on the sofa, content just to be with the other and enjoying the solitude. Until the doorbell rang. Sam attempted to untangle herself from Jack's arms so she could stand up only to feel his hands push her back down, trying to keep her in place.
"Jack, I-" She stopped when she saw the determined scowl on her husband's face and rolled her eyes. She tried to cross her arms over her chest but realised her huge belly wouldn't allow for such a manoeuvre so she settled for glaring. She saw the mirth in his eyes but chose to remain silent, instead sending a glare to the back of his head.
"T, what's up?" Jack greeted the Jaffa as he opened the door. "What's all this stuff?"
Sam stood in time to see Teal'c enter carrying a tower of containers. Daniel was right behind him, suffering a similar fate and Sam tried not to laugh as she took in their equally disgruntled looks.
"Vala has been baking for the last two days." Daniel grumbled, sending a mock glare to the raven-haired alien standing behind him.
"Oh, stow it, Daniel." Vala said good-naturedly with a roll of her eyes. She was carrying a single container and grinned at Sam then back to Daniel. "You're just angry because I wouldn't give you a treat."
"It was just one cookie." the archaeologist mumbled as he started heading toward the kitchen.
"What was that, darling?" Vala inquired.
"I thought so." Vala grinned again then turned toward Jack. "Now Jack, I want you to take this to the kitchen and I don't want you to peek inside."
"Yes, ma'am." Jack eagerly took the proffered receptacle and sniffed at it greedily, grinning wickedly.
"Don't even think about it, Jack O'Neill." Vala warned. "I know a cosy little planet where I could drop you off and no one would ever hear from you again."
Sam giggled as she watched the two stare each other down then snorted as Jack gulped and turned toward the kitchen, muttering something about crazy space pirates. Teal'c smiled and, with a slight bow, followed Jack out.
"Oh, I've missed you!" Vala squealed pulling her into a hug.
"Me, too."
"Oh, I forgot." Vala gasped and pulled back. "I have one more thing to retrieve from the car. Be back in a flash, Samantha." This was thrown over her shoulder and Sam could only blink and shake her head. Nothing ever seemed to slow that woman down. Sam decided to join the others in the kitchen, more than a little curious to know what was in all those containers. She walked in to see Jack staring at the round one he'd carried in, obviously wondering if it was worth suffering Vala's wrath. Sam cleared her throat and laughed when he jumped back a step, eyes darting about nervously.
"Relax, Jack. It's just me."
"I knew that." he scoffed.
"Sure ya did, Jack." Daniel smirked then came around the counter to hug Sam. "It's good to see you, Sam. I've missed you."
"Same here. It's strange not having you around." They hugged for another moment before pulling back. Sam felt tears in her eyes but brushed them away as she turned her attention on Teal'c and enveloped him in a similar embrace. "I've missed you, too, Teal'c."
"As have I, Samantha O'Neill."
"How are Rya'c, Kar'yn and Ishta?"
"They are well. Kar'yn is expecting another child soon."
"That's great." Sam was going to say more when something caught her eye. She turned just in time to see her husband trying to pry open the container. "Jack!"
He jumped and grinned at her sheepishly. Before he could make some kind of excuse, though, a familiar voice sounded from the doorway.
"Didn't any one ever tell you that curiosity killed the cat?"
"Cassie!" Sam and Jack exclaimed at the same time. Sam waddled over to the girl and nearly crushed her in her enthusiasm. Pulling back, she eyed her with a creased brow. "I thought you said you couldn't get the time off. What are you doing here?"
"It was kind of last minute. I wasn't even sure I was going to be able to make it until last night. I was planning on driving over myself until I ran into Vala at the SGC. She insisted that we not tell you."
Sam looked up and playfully glared at her best friend and received a bright grin in response. Once again Sam found herself rolling her eyes as she pulled Cassie in for another hug. "How ever you got here, I'm glad you could make it. I've missed you."
"I've missed you, too. All of you." Cass said as she pulled back and smiled at the everyone.
Sam couldn't help the grin that lit her face as she took in the group around her. She had so much to be thankful for this year and now she could add one more thing to her list.
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Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo (QJHPC) is proud to announce that eight attorneys in the firm's Peoria, IL office have been named "Super Lawyers" for 2013. Those named Super Lawyers include: Gregory A. Cerulo, General Litigation; R. Michael Henderson, General Litigation; Peter R. Jennetten, Personal Injury Defense - General; John F. Kamin, Worker's Compensation; Kevin M. Miller, Personal Injury Defense- Medical; Murvel D. Pretorius, Jr., Personal Injury Defense - Medical; Matthew B. Smith, Personal Defense Injury - Medical and Jo T. Wetherill, Civil Litigation Defense.
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Super Lawyers, a Thomson-Reuters agency, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. Bar associations and courts across the country have recognized the legitimacy of the Super Lawyers selection process.
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These comments from Lee an Wing. Overall, this is a great collection of material about the Semantic Web. There are some things that we think should be changed before publishing, however. Our comments follow: --------------------------- Q: How would you define the main goals of the Semantic Web? We don't believe that the goal of the Semantic Web is "to get people to make their data available to others"; is that the W3C's official position? I don't think that that would be a particularly effective way for me to, for example, sell people inside IBM on the merits of SW technologies. We think the answer to this FAQ is improved by removing that first sentence and starting with "The vision..." from the second sentence. Q: What are the major building blocks of the Semantic Web? We think that it would be good to mention (and link to) the specific technology standards in this answer. Q: What is the "killer application" for the Semantic Web? s/"silt // Q: Isn't the Semantic Web just research, or does it have industrial applications? s/Isn't/Is/ The sentence: """ Companies like Oracle, IBM, Adobe, Software AG, or Northrop Grumman are only some of the large corporations that have picked up this technology already, are selling tools as well as complete business solutions. """ doesn't seem right. Maybe the last part should be its own sentence? """ Oracle, IBM, Adobe, Software AG, or Northrop Grumman are only some of the large corporations that have picked up this technology already and are selling tools as well as complete business solutions. """ Q: Does the Semantic Web require users to understand the complicated details of formalized knowledge representation? Q: I have heard that the costs of using formal semantics is high, and that makes the Semantic Web unreachable for most. Is that correct? These two questions seem to basically be the same. They should probably be combined. We also think that maybe "users" should be "developers"? Q: Does the existing Web have to be rebuilt for the Semantic Web? We think the question is better phrased as: "How is the Semantic Web related to the existing Web?" Similarly, we'd like to see a question that notes that Semantic Web technologies are useful outside of the Web. The very first question hints at this when it talks about data integration, etc., but since a tremendous amount of early adoption is in enterprises and not necessarily on the Web, we think it would be good to acknowledge this... Q: What is the Semantic Web activity at W3C? s/regroups/groups together/ Q: What is the Semantic Web activity at W3C? "URIs" should probably be a link... Q: Where is the "Web" in the Semantic Web? We don't think this question fits the answer very well. The answer starts off about URIs (so maybe the question should be "How does the Semantic Web leverage URIs?") and then in the 2nd paragraph talks about the decentralized nature of RDF assertions (which seems to be a separate question). Also, perhaps this can be combined with the earlier question about the relationship between the current Web and the Semantic Web. Q: What role do ontologies and/or rules have on the Semantic Web? """ Ontologies is a very general term that is meant to "define the concepts and relationships used to describe and represent an area of knowledge". """ better as: """ Ontologies define the concepts and relationships used to describe and represent an area of knowledge. """ Q: What is "inference" on the Semantic Web? s/physically added/explicitly added/ Q: Does the Semantic Web require everybody to subscribe to a single, predefined, giant ontology? We think the last sentence in the first paragraph should be removed. We think the final sentence of the second paragraph is better as: """ Agreement need only be local, but adoption of vocabulary from existing ontologies facilitates data sharing and integration. """ Q: Do the Semantic Web technologies for Ontology development impose an extra burden on the ontology developers? We think this question is better as: "What is involved in developing an ontology using Semantic Web technologies?" Q: Will W3C be standardizing any particular ontologies? EARL might be a good example here. Q: Is there an uptake in public datasets for the Semantic Web? Are there major data published for the Semantic Web already? The question would be better as: "What major public data sets are available for the Semantic Web?" dbpedia should definitely be included here. maybe govtrack to? Mike Bergman's recent essay on dbpedia had a great list of RDFdata sets ( http://www.mkbergman.com/?p=354 ). Q: … XML Schemas? What does ontologies buy me that XML and XML Schema don't? s/does ontologies/do ontologies/ Q: … folskonomies, microformats, tagging We have suggested new text for the answer to this question (involves splitting it up into two questions also): """ ... tagging, folksonomies Tagging as emerged as a popular method of categorizing content. Users are allowed to attach arbitrary strings to their data items (for example, blog entries and photographs). While tagging is easy and somewhat useful, it destroys a lot of the semantics of the data. In the Semantic Web, instead of tagging data items with strings, they can be related to other resources, like ones representing people and places. The relationships are very specific, like who took the photograph, who is in the photograph, where the photograph was taken. ... microformats Microformats are usually relatively small and simple sets of terms, and must be agreed upon by a community. Data models developed within the framework of the Semantic Web have the potential to be more expressive, rigorous, and formal (and are usually larger). Both can be used to express structured data within web pages. In some cases, microformats are appropriate because the extra features provided by Semantic Web technologies are not necessary. Other cases requiring more rigor will not be able to use microformats. Another difference appears in the way microformats are used by programs. For example, one has to develop a program well-adapted to a particular microformat, to the way it uses, say, the class and title attributes, whereas the generality of the Semantic Web tools makes it easier to reuse existing tools, eg, a query language. It also becomes difficult (though possible) to combine different microformats whereas, combining statements from different origins easily belongs to the very essence of the Semantic Web. Note that the GRDDL Working Group has developed a "bridge"... """ Q: Does the Semantic Web require to manually markup all the existing web-pages, or to convert all the data in relational databases into RDF? s/require to manually/require me to manually/ Q: Does the Semantic Web require to put all my data into the public? What about my sensitive data? s/require to put/require me to put/ s/into the public/into the public domain/ Q: What can I read to understand? The question mght be better as: "How can I learn more about the Semantic Web?" -- General Comments -- We think that the last section of questions (How do I participate in the Semantic Web?) belongs much earlier in the document. We think that the technical questions in the section "Questions on RDF, Ontologies, Rules…" probably belongs last. We (well, Lee especially :-) ) were quite surprised that there's only one mention of SPARQL in the entire document. (And that's in a parenthetical with no explanation, furthermore.) At the very least, SPARQL should be mentioned in the early question about the building blocks of the Semantic Web, and the SPARQL FAQ ( http://thefigtrees.net/lee/sw/sparql-faq ) should be referenced. We're curious about the final presentation of this document. We have two -- somewhat mutually exclusive -- suggestions. The first is that the FAQ could be made into a wiki page. There are a fair amount of small wording issues which we did not highlight above that we (or others) could much more easily fix if the FAQ were a wiki pgae. Alternatively, if the page is not intended to be a wiki, we'd like to suggest using the FAQ system that Lee developed for the SPARQL FAQ. The system for that FAQ has several nice properties which are explained here: http://thefigtrees.net/lee/blog/2006/10/the_sparql_faq_faq_printing_up_2.html . (The look and feel is easily customizable with CSS, of course.) Lee & WingReceived on Friday, 6 April 2007 16:40:24 UTC
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One would have to look at records of the practice to fully make the point, but yeah such vagueness wouldn't even fly today.
It flew just fine until the legislature changed the law. In no small part due to the efforts of Suzanna Gratia Hupp, who parents were killed in the Killeen Luby's massacre.
Although admittedly by a few decades ago, the law was enforced pretty much against everyone, especially in the larger cities, not just Black and Brown folks.


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Visa was corporate sponsor of Senator Jeb Bradley's ALEC model bill this past year to abolish paper paychecks in New Hampshire (since defeated)
Concord, NH – In the wake of a major Guardian expose this week about corporate-funded bill factory the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate sponsor of Senator Jeb Bradley's ALEC model bill to abolish paper paychecks in New Hampshire has dropped its ALEC corporate membership.
In the 2013 session Senator Bradley sponsored SB 100, which would have abolished paper paycheck options in New Hampshire and pushed employees without bank accounts over to payroll cards with few to no consumer protections. Payroll cards act as a form of debit cards, often carrying a brand such as Visa or Mastercard, and are used as such – right down to the fees for withdrawals, payments and balance checks. Corporations like Visa have been eager to transition workers from paychecks to payroll cards to collect more fees from the transactions, including transaction fees charged at local businesses who accept the cards for payment. At ALEC meetings in 2010 and 2011, Visa introduced model bills and resolutions on payroll cards that would hurt workers and small businesses – similar to legislation that was then introduced in New Hampshire.
This week Visa dropped its corporate membership in ALEC, just one year after Visa's Vice President of State Relations, Paul Russinoff, received ALEC's "Private Sector Member of the Year" award. Visa joins a list of 60 corporate members who have dropped ALEC membership – and financial support – in the past two years in the wake of growing awareness and controversy over ALEC's activities. According to The Guardian expose, "in the first six months of this year [ALEC] suffered a hole in its budget of more than a third of its projected income."
"We applaud Visa's decision to stop financially supporting ALEC, and we call on New Hampshire legislators to also stop enabling the corporate corruption of our legislative process," said Zandra Rice Hawkins, executive director of Granite State Progress. "We knew that ALEC was bad news for New Hampshire families and small businesses, but The Guardian expose highlights that ALEC is worse than we thought. New Hampshire legislators should have no part in advancing a special interest agenda that attacks working families, the environment, and the very foundations of our democracy."
More about Sen. Bradley's ALEC Model bill:
At ALEC's August 2010 meeting, Visa proposed a bill called the "Electronic Pay Free Choice Act" that would allow employers to pay workers with fee-laden payroll debit cards. And at an ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force meeting in 2011, a lobbyist from Visa brought forward a resolution in support of payroll cards that called in part for fewer consumer protections around them.
New Hampshire's SB 100 would have been purposefully harmful to employees, creating additional fees and expenses for them to collect and use their paycheck, and specifically avoiding sharing that information upfront. Senator Jeb Bradley was the prime sponsor of the ALEC model bill in the past two sessions. Rep. Gary Daniels, a long-time ALEC member and current ALEC State Co-Chair, is a member of the ALEC task force that approved the resolution. Daniels wrote the minority blurb in support of SB 100 and spoke in its favor on the House floor.
Previous press release about New Hampshire, ALEC, and The Guardian expose below.


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A woman wary of home-wreckers should always keep an eye on her guy at parties, bars and, apparently, baby furniture stores. In this sneak peek from tonight's "Snooki & JWOWW" Season 2 premiere, an 8-months-pregnant Nicole and Jionni are on the hunt for nursery decor. Unfortunately, the mom-to-be's hormones get the better of her when her fiancé is introduced to "Jessica."
Michelle, the kind service representative at Bellini, greets the expecting couple in the clip below, and their browsing starts off simply enough. Some armoire-scoping here, a little dabble in "dark, dark espresso"-accented wood there, but when they get down to the business of cribs, Snooki's green-eyed monster comes out. "We can either do the 'Domani' or 'Alex' crib," Michelle says. "Or we could do the 'Jessica.'"
"Oooh, Jessica…" Jionni observes, with a little too much husk in his voice.
"Who's Jessica?!" Snooki demands. "Why'd you say it like that?!"
Oof. It's gonna be a loooong final push into parenthood. Couldn't there have just been a crib called "Hank"?
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If you're not a guy making over $150,000, you're not the target of the new Velocity network launching in September in 40 million homes, replacing Discovery's HD Theater network.
"Mecum Auto Auctions," "Chasing Classic Cars," and "Cafe Racer" are three shows with which Discovery will officially kick off the new channel, because "cars so important for us guys in America," Discovery CEO David Zaslav told the AP.
"We grew up dreaming about what the day would be like when we got our licenses and what cars we would drive," he added.
Girls apparently were too buys dreaming about prom to think about things like driver's licenses and modes of transportation.
Meanwhile, Discovery's Science Channel thinks its found a pretext for ordering another round of "An Idiot Abroad" from Ricky Gervais.
Gervais's first season of "An Idiot Abroad," in which he sent his pal Karl Pilkington to travel globally to experience the seven wonders of the world, is the top-rated series in Science channel's history.
The problem is, there's only seven wonders of the world, which made a second season challenging.
The second season will therefore be called "An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List," and Pilkington will again be launched on a world tour to sample adventures you ought to experience before you die.
"I've never understood the 'things to do before you die' idea, Pilkington said in Thursday's announcement. "If I was ill, I'd be in no mood to have a swim with a dolphin."
Science general manager Debbie Adler Myers says "An Idiot Abroad" was a "game changer" for Science.
And finally, Discovery's Animal Planet is going ahead with a series about a family of taxidermists in Arkansas who specialize in stuffing family pets, presumably after they've died of natural causes. It's called "Romance is Dead," because the company in a town called Romance, and the animals are, of course, dead.
Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey's network, the ratings-lean OWN network introduced six news series: "Confronting," which documents the mediation process as an offender and a person they've offended try to achieve closure; "I Owe You My Life," about everyday people who take scary risks to become heroes; "Louie Spence Dance Project," following a choreographer as he tries to reinvent a New York studio; "My Mom and Me," about contentious mother-daughter relationships; "Sweetie Pies," which follows a 1960s singer and her family as they work in their soul food restaurant; and finally, "Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal," featuring married couples who have "suffered and survived" infidelity.
Lucky OWN series that got renewed include "Ask Oprah's All Stars," "Enough Already! with Peter Walsh," "In The Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman" and "Oprah Presents Master Class."


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The spring sales season has sprung a surge in penthouse sales at Realogics Sotheby's International Realty. Since March 2012 there have been eleven such sales resulting in more than $26 million in real estate transactions (including closed and pending sales). Our sales ranged from just below $1 million to several penthouses fetching more than $4 million and upwards of $1,400+ per square foot. Below is an overview of the penthouse properties recently sold and a list of remaining inventory in that category:
Since the New Year our luxury high-rise communities have experienced a dramatic return in demand for higher price points in what our brokers are calling a "flight to quality". In fact half of the sales have occurred in one building – Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue – where 17 sales representing $32 million in transactions have occurred (both closed and pending) since January, according to the NWMLS.
It appears that consumers are recognizing new penthouses represent a very finite group of unique homes and they don't come around that often – think "urban waterfront". There hasn't been a significant ground breaking on a new community since 2007 and as a result there's no new inventory on the horizon. This discussion was captured in a recent article written by Eric Pryne at The Seattle Times and in our blog.
It was only last August when The Puget Sound Business Journal featured many of our penthouse listings online with a high-profile slideshow.
All of these homes have since sold with the exception of a few homes where our sellers elected to defer our sales efforts given the collective assumption there would be price escalation as the new construction inventory burned off. These penthouses were destined to sell in 2012 – The Puget Sound Business Journal reported in January in their Morning Call blog that our penthouse slideshow was their most popular story in 2011.
The significance of luxury condo sales got me thinking… just how many condominiums priced above $1 million have occurred since the height of the housing bubble and how does that compare to the volume of sales in single family neighborhoods that surround the city?
If we analyze the total volume of closings above $1 million since 2007, we learn there's been approximately 1,418 residences that sold in the central Seattle area that runs from about the I-90 corridor north to the Montlake Cut and from Lake Washington west to Puget Sound (including Magnolia but excluding West Seattle). We learned that 414 of these sales occurred within multifamily (condos and townhome) buildings whereas the balance (1,004) were single family residences. This means about 30% of the market share for luxury homes above $1M is in the format of condominiums.
The above graphic illustrates the rise of luxury condominium sales downtown Seattle, which closely follows the new construction development pipeline as high-end projects like Four Seasons, Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue and Olive 8 delivered in the peak years of 2008 and 2009. Given the years of presales for what is effectively a new product category - it was expected that a higher volume of closings would occur when these buildings were completed. But since this boom the trend has continued to strengthen year-over-year despite the recession (2012 totals are annualized). Perhaps that's because more established, affluent buyers are less sensitive to macroeconomic conditions and financing. And as the surrounding single-family home markets recover more and more would-be downsizers and empty-nesters are able to make a move now that there's greater liquidity in the marketplace. At the same time, we've witnessed an increasing trend for second home ownership. Consumers seem more confident now that prices have stabilized and the fortunate few that can afford to buy a sky palace find little benefit in waiting any longer.
There is little on the horizon for new construction, which means sought-after penthouses will most certainly experience some appreciation if demand continues to expand. So we turn our attention to other in-fill, high-end new construction opportunities in more boutique developments. A shining example is The Enclave at Lake Union (soon to be reintroduced as The Residences at Fairview). The next development cycle could very well kick off in 2012 with this 21-unit luxury town home development on the eastern shore of Lake Union. Presales will start in the low $1 million range for more than 2,500 sq. ft. And given the robust high-end condo sales this past spring, I'd say the timing for a summer sales launch is perfect – stay tuned.
Also, with penthouses quickly selling out it makes sense the sub-penthouse category will see some movement. In quick step, broker Nate Short just introduced a brand new bank-owned listing at The Bellora for a cool $950,000. At nearly, 2,000 square feet this listing is going to sell quickly!


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Vegard Forren wasn't worried by managerial turmoil when making move to Southampton
Vegard Forren has revealed he knew about the imminent managerial changes ahead of his move to Southampton.
Last Updated: 28/01/13 10:52pm
Forren arrived at St Mary's on a very strange day for the club, when Nigel Adkins was surprisingly fired and quickly replaced by Argentinian boss Mauricio Pochettino.
"I never spoke to Nigel," said the defender, who is expected to make his Premier League debut against Manchester United on Wednesday.
"I knew that there was a change and that the new manager wanted me here. For me it was never a problem, I was happy to be here and have an opportunity to play for Southampton.
"It has always been a dream to play in the Premier League. After a chat with Nicola (Cortese, Southampton chairman) there was no doubt for me with the plans he has for this club in the future.
"To be a part of that was hard to say no to, it is a team that is on its way up and a team who wants to play football - I was sure this was the right club for me. The club really wanted me and this feels the right club to play football in.
"All of my friends and family in Norway are happy for me to be in the Premier League, everyone loves the Premier League in Norway.
"Of course I have some friends who are United fans but if I do well and we get the three points I think they will be okay."
Forren also admitted that former United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was his manager at Norwegian side Molde, played a big part in persuading him to further his career in England.
"For me he (Solskjaer) has meant everything to me, he is a great coach and I have taken big steps because of him," he added.
"I spoke a lot to him about the move and he really wanted to give me this opportunity so I have to thank him for that.
"I haven't spoken to him in the last week but maybe I will give him a call soon. He thinks it is a good step for me and a club on the way up."


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If a company's success can be linked with its CEO's popularity, then Twitter is going to have a very bright future. New rankings concerning Silicon Valley CEOs are out, and Dick Costolo, who replaced Twitter cofounder Evan Williams in October, came in first place.
It's of course possible to like a clueless person or respect someone who's a jerk, so we're not really suggesting anyone put too much stock in these findings. Still, they may at least influence how well different companies can hold onto talented employees.
Now on to the stats. Ben Parr explained this afternoon, "Cubeduel connects to a user's LinkedIn account and then asks him or her to choose between two colleagues, business partners or coworkers based on who they would rather work with. . . . Cubeduel's users have clocked in more than 1.2 million votes so far, with 26% of those users voting more than 100 times, so it has a pretty decent sample size. LinkedIn, Microsoft and Google employees alone have voted more than 100,000 times."
Then Parr wrote, "So who's the most popular CEO in Silicon Valley? That honor goes to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo. He has won 100% of his duels on Cubeduel (16/16)."
HubSpot's Brian Halligan also has a spotless record, Tony Hsieh of Zappos has won 83 percent of his face-offs, and Gary Kovacs of Mozilla, Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn have earned scores of 81 percent, 78 percent, and 75 percent, if you're curious.
It should be interesting to see how Larry Page fares in these sorts of comparisons once he becomes CEO of Google.


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I don't know how long it is going to take for either you or your parents. But you will have to look at the USDOS Visa Bulletin from time to time to see where your parents and you are (will be) in the process. The link there is http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5452.html. It is pretty self-explanatory. She will be in the F3 category as USC child over 21 years of age. Good luck!
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Depending on what country she is from it will be at least 6 or 7 years, and possibly more.
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You can file the petition now but she will have to wait until there's a visa available according to the Department of State visa bulletin. It could be around 5 year. It's very important that she does not get out of status in the US.
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Author Notes: The Ploughman platter or sandwich is my favorite thing on any pub menu in Britain. The tangy onion pickle, cheddar and stilton cheeses, and tomato are nice in a quiche as well. I've substituted caramelized onions for the Branston (onion) pickle, however, because I didn't bring any Branston on this trip home and tackling a pickle, jet-lagged, is a fool's game. So here's my recipe, fresh from Heathrow. —es2389
Serves 8
Quiche Crust
- 1.5 cups white all-purpose flour
- pinches salt
- .5 cups chilled, unsalted butter
- 1 eggs
- 3-4 tablespoons ice water
- 7 eggs
- .3 cups cream
- 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- .25 cups Stilton cheese
- .25 cups mature cheddar
- .3 cups caramelized onions
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- For the crust: Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Combine flour and salt in food processor.
- Add chilled butter in pieces and pulse to cut the butter into the flour.
- Add egg and water, then process until a rough dough is formed.Form dough into a ball, then roll it out on a lightly floured surface.
- For the quiche: Turn the oven down to 375ºF.
- Beat eggs and cream together in a bowl. Add a dash of Worcestershire sauce and stir in the teaspoon of English mustard.
- Crumble Stilton and cheddar into mixture. Stir in caramelized onions.
- Pop tomatoes under the broiler for a minute. Remove to cool, and then add to quiche filling
- Pour mixture into tart crust.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF. Pop the quiche in the oven for 40 minutes, until set and golden.
- Remove to cooling rack for 15 minutes. Serve!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pub Food
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Over the course of 4 years, I've received countless emails and requests on how & why I chose to blog and what it has taught me. There's numerous and lessons to learn about blogging, so I am breaking this into series of post. Just too much to share.
Come on, let's learn together, shall we?
What has blogging taught me?
With every career or any decision making process, there should be loads of planning involved. Let me tell you one thing – blogging is not a joke. It's a job and requires a lot of time, planning, patience and continued hard work. So whoever advised you the otherwise, well, isn't a blogger in my opinion. It's not easy – heck nothing is easy in life. Blogging is truly tough. There's a lot that goes behind the scenes. Planning, creative writing, photo shoot, editing etc. It's a huge challenge and sacrifice. So you've got to ask yourself, are you up for this challenge? How much time are you willing to put aside for blogging?
I've learnt a huge lesson into blogging – it's a medium of motivation, at least for me. I've struggled almost whole of my life trying to perfect my grammar, composition etc. After all, I was born and brought up in a Muslim dominated country where every subject (except English language) was taught in it's national language, Bahasa Malaysia. Though its still a struggle to write up a blog post, but I can proudly say that blogging has definitely shaped my English learning skills.
You've got to ask yourself a lot of questions, and one of it is " What motivates me to blog?"
Establishing Niche & Goals.
Initially, I begin blogging to keep in touch with our families back home. Phone calls, Skype and emails were never enough. Photos usually tells a better story 🙂 From a personal blog, I ventured into being a recipe developer and a photographer. Content has to be tantalizing and has its own niche. Establish what you love writing about and tackle your niche. There's nothing worse that writing anything and everything under the sun. Not every reader would appreciate reading "everything" about your life. The key is figuring out your niche.
With a finance background, writing is definitely a change in career. I am comfortable with writing at the moment and see myself pursuing more freelance opportunity in this field. That being said, hopefully I would land something permanent soon that would help shape my new career. In other words, blogging has definitely made me think a lot more about what I need or love to do. Begin as a hobby, have fun and don't expect too much ($$$) out of it unless you are motivated to work hard.
Note: I am not making any significant amount of money out of blogging. At the moment, I am just enjoying what I'm doing.
Quality & Discipline.
Blogging involves having a set time-table. Reader's would truly appreciate when to expect new post. It's an area I am still finding hard to cope, but learning along the way. It is important to note that in order to be successful in the blogging world, it requires determination and the ability to produce quality content – all the time. I am not saying I am a perfectionist, but this is what I've learnt and observed.
Let's face it, blogging isn't a cake walk. It involves a lot of your precious time without initial monetary reward. If you walk into blogging with only the idea of making money, this may not be for you. I begin it as a hobby and from there on, saw my blog thriving into more than a money making machine. I've also accepted the fact that blogging is a 2-way street. Without my readers' continued support and comments, it realistic to think that I wouldn't be blogging diligently.
I love USA for it's freedom of speech. Having said that, I wouldn't abuse that freedom by having an altered ego. Always do the right thing, first time. Never leave a bad impression. After all, this is YOUR BLOG & BRAND. You wouldn't want to leave traces on the Internet that would be harmful to your future career. That includes having a tight leach on your social networking profiles. Think before writing.
Let's face it – without marketing, there's a very slim chance your blog would be read by anyone. Content has to be tantalizing and has its own niche. Publish your content on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon etc. Subscribe to blogs that shares similar niche. Blogging is like any other job. There's a lot of learning curve if you want to continue in this path. So, be prepared to put in a lot of hours & hard work – that includes commenting on other blogs. Of course, mindless comments won't cut it. In order to attract more readers, comment has to be thoughtful and intelligent.
Being a blogger is definitely not easy. Glued most of my time in front of a laptop rather than an office, definitely has it's own setbacks. My problem of socializing and networking definitely went away as soon as I begin venturing into local events. The key is to go out there and brand your blog. No one else is better to brand it than yourself. While you are at it, might as well make new friends in the same field. That way, you would definitely have buddies sharing similar interest and not feel left out or awkward trying to fit in this new world.
It won't hurt to appreciate your readers who spent a lot of their precious time visiting your blog. Take time to write them a thank you email, reply to their comments/questions, conduct some giveaway as a token of appreciation 🙂
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Remember a few years ago when people were able to play Tetris on their cell phones and we all thought it was amazing? If so, feel free to dust off a few old photographs (those pieces of paper that have .jpegs physically printed on them), and go ahead and laugh at your poor, naïve past self.
Earlier this year at CES, Xi3 went from being a small computer maker to making international news when it announced that its collaboration with Valve had produced a prototype of what has been called the "Steam Box" – a device made specifically to run Steam software on Linux. At least, that was the initial impression.
Valve has since clarified its position, and claims that it is determined to manufacture its own hardware. But Valve remains deeply involved with Xi3, and the modular Piston, based on Xi3's X7A models, is capable of filling the role. It also does a whole lot more.
The computer is modular, meaning it is easily upgradable. That is one of Xi3's core tenants: the ability to adapt. It's versatility is something that defines it and something that the company proved yet again by announcing that its Piston would be both portable and compatible with virtual reality devices. Xi3 wouldn't say which VR devices, but there is an obvious company to fill that role, even if Xi3 isn't prepared to discuss that yet..
First, as for the portability, it comes down to the fact that the Xi3 is very easy to power. Where some gaming rigs can suck 500 Watts of power (and even double that for some), the Piston requires just 40 Watts – and that gives it options. At Xi3's private event at GDC, CMO David Politis suggested that the company is looking at ways to provide a portable power source made specifically for the Piston – possibly through upcoming partnerships – but that it may still be a ways off. The technology to power the Piston on the go is out there though, even if you have to make it yourself.
As for the VR devices, once you have the power situated, the rest is easy. The obvious suspect when it comes to a VR partnership is Oculus VR, makers of Oculus Rift, another impressive product we got our hands on at GDC. Not only is Oculus far ahead of its competitors in its field, the company has also received the blessing of Valve's Gabe Newell, whose company is among the first to embrace the Oculus technology. Team Fortress 2 is already compatible with the VR headset, and many other games are due to either be adapted or will be released with a driver that'll offer at least partial VR.
Newell's involvement with both Xi3 and Oculus makes this potential partnership an obvious fit. Assuming a deal can be reached – or even if there is no deal and Xi3 just makes sure its system works with the VR headset – gaming could look a whole lot different. With a connected controller in one hand and the Oculus Rift resting on your head, you could conceivably walk around with a backpack containing a power source and the Piston and would have the ultimate mobile gaming experience with a dash of virtual reality thrown in for good measure.
However, the biggest problem with the Piston still rests with pricing … at least if Xi3 wants to compete with consoles. Xi3 has started taking pre-orders, and the bundles start at $900. Adding things like portability and virtual reality could help to take the sting off that price tag. Even if the Piston doesn't do it for you, it's hard not to stop and marvel at the idea that a technology exists today that makes true virtual reality completely mobile. Take THAT, Tetris.
Xi3 also announced that its Piston would ship with at least three games pre-loaded, but it wasn't ready to announce those titles. Look for the company to make a big splash at E3 this year and unveil plenty of new details.


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A drive for the removal of John Smith, manger of the Brighton Beach Woolworth store, for his alleged anti-Semitic statements, was opened Friday morning by the Brighton Anti-Fascist Committee with a house-to-house campaign. Petitions addressed to the Woolworth management, demanding the immediate removal of Mr. Smith, will be circulation in the entire Brighton Beach section during the next few days.
This course of action was decided upon following a special meeting of the Anti-Fascist Committee, which was adressed by Maria rialberstadt, a refugee from Germany and former high school teacher there, and Mike Green of the International Labor Defense. Green, one of eleven pickest arrested front of the Brighton Woolworth store two weeks ago urged the members of the committee to continue the boycott of the store untill assurances are given that no German goods will be sold.
Questioned about Smith's remarks, Green said that everything would come out in the trial of the eleven pickets at the West 6th Street Court Brooklyn, Monday morning.
That the Gospels, in their present form, represent transaltions into Common Greek of certain Aramic texts and not Greek originals, will be the subject of a free public lecture to be delivered Friday University by Dr. C. C. Torrey, professoremeritus of Semitics at Yale University.
Dr. Torrey, who is an outstanding Aramaic scholar, will present a critical defene of his thesis that some of these texts date in part as carly as the lifetime of Christ. He has stated that while these rederings from the Aramic are skillful and literal translations, the translators were "upon occasion slightly or even wholly misled by their origianals, producing what can only be called arrant nonsens."
Funeral services for Dr. Lours A. Aronson, widely known neurologist, who died suddenly Wednesday at his West Ninety-first Street home, were held at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Friday.
Dr. Aronson was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He was assistant neurologist of the New York School, and attending neurologist at Mount Sinai for eleven years. Afterwards he served on the staffs of the Morrisania and Bronx Hospitals, and the New York infirmary for Women and Children.
The deceased was fifty-two years old. He is survived by his wife. Dr. Emma Selkin Aronson, a physician who shared his practice; by their two children and three of his sisters.
Bruno Lessing, in his column, "Vagabondia" published in the New York American, rekates a rcent encounter with a group of Nazi vacationing in Rome. "With utmost cheerfulness they told me tales of atrocities that made me shiver," he writes from the Eternal City, continuing:
"With the naivete Characteristic of malicious children one of the Teuton sadists bemoaned the credence Americans gave to the atrocity stories in Germany.
"He actually looked surprised when I exclaimed, 'My God! Aren't you spreading them yourself'?
" 'Cutting off children's hands and that sort of thing aren't exactly atrocities, at least we don't call them that,' the Hitlerite replied. In the ensuing conversation the 'Aryan' added, 'If you Americans understood our Fuehrer you would love him.'
"We do love him,' the writer said quietly, 'It is just a misunderstanding in the use of words. When we love a man we like to see him sit on a hot stove.'"


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How Soon Is Too Soon for Falcons to Draft a RB in 2014?April 22, 2014
Even though the Atlanta Falcons just spent $12 million prior to the 2013 season bringing in running back Steven Jackson, and in light of the fact that offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter called a pass play 68.65 percent of the time last season—the most of any team in the league, according to TeamRankings.com—the Falcons might want to consider adding a running back in the 2014 NFL draft that starts on May 8.
With 10 picks in this year's draft, the question of whether or not the Falcons will use one on a running back isn't as prevalent as when? How soon is too soon for general manager Thomas Dimitroff to pull the trigger on a running back?
Five running backs carried the ball 303 times last season for the Falcons. Jackson, Jacquizz Rodgers, Jason Snelling, Antone Smith and Josh Vaughan gained a combined total of 1,185 yards and scored 11 touchdowns on the ground. A total of seven running backs eclipsed the 1,185-yard mark in 2013 by themselves, and two scored more than 11 rushing touchdowns.
|2013 Atlanta Falcons: RB
|Steven Jackson
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|Antone Smith
|Josh Vaughan
As a team, Atlanta finished dead last with a 77.9 yards-per-game average on the ground. The Falcons, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, were one of two only NFL teams that failed to gain at least 80 yards per game on the ground.
Did the Falcons run the football only 31.35 percent of the time because the passing offense was just that good, or was it because Atlanta couldn't churn out yardage on the ground? The answer is a little bit of both, but an honest look would reveal a failure to run the football.
Jackson only gained 542 yards on the ground, the worst output of his 10-year career. He was injured for four games, and when healthy he averaged just 3.5 yards per game. Rodgers added 332 rushing yards and Snelling 164. But neither of them was terribly effective either, with a 3.5 and 3.7 yards per carry average, respectively.
While pointing a finger at the five ball carriers is necessary, it's also not the only direction to look for blame. Atlanta's offensive line didn't win the battle in the trenches as often as it should have. According to Football Outsiders, Falcons ball carriers were stuffed at, or behind the line of scrimmage 21 percent of the time in 2014. Only seven teams were worse.
The Falcons also ranked 25th in second-level yards, the number of times a running back broke past the line of scrimmage and gained between five and 10 yards on the ground.
Atlanta has attempted to address the offensive line issue in free agency. The Falcons brought in guards Gabe Carimi and Jon Asamoah to help bolster the run. The offensive line is expected to garner attention from the front office during the draft too.
An upgrade in ball carrier is in order as well.
As already noted, Jackson had career lows in rushing yards and yards per attempt last season. What hasn't already been mentioned is the fact that he'll turn 31 before training camp begins. There is a cliff-like drop in production for running backs once they reach the age of 30. Of the top 10 rushers in 2013, only Frank Gore was at least 30 years old.
Rodgers has always been a decent change-of-pace back, but he's not shown his ability to step up in the No. 1 role during his three years in the NFL. Not only has he never carried the ball more than 96 times in a season, he's never averaged more than 3.9 yards per carry.
In 47 regular-season and three playoff games, Rodgers has only carried the ball more than 10 times in a game on four occasions. It may be time to consider that Rodgers will never be more than a secondary option in the Falcons' run game.
Snelling, who has at times been able to carry the load of a No. 1 running back, retired in March. Smith showed signs of brilliance last season in a very small sample size, but he could never break into the rotation as anything more than a situational ball carrier. With only 11 carries to his name in three seasons, Vaughan, like Smith, isn't going to magically transform into starting running back.
Another aspect to consider: Four of the five running backs that carried the ball in 2013 can become free agents in 2015. The final year of Jackson's contract is 2016.
The time is now for Atlanta to consider adding a rookie running back.
With holes to fill early, it's impossible to imagine the Falcons looking at a running back prior to the fourth round. But that's not a bad thing, as only a handful of running backs will come off the board prior to Atlanta's first pick in the fourth round at No. 103 overall.
Atlanta must address needs like pass-rusher and offensive line early, and then possibly look into a safety or a tight end. After that, The Falcons' need at running back is somewhat high. They need a guy that can come in and learn from Jackson in 2014, before competing with him for the starting job in 2015.
The Falcons have two picks in the fourth round (No. 103 and 139 overall), and this is the first place you might see a running back being selected by Atlanta.
Unless otherwise noted, all quotes and statements were obtained firsthand.
Knox Bardeen is the NFC South lead writer for Bleacher Report and the author of "100 Things Falcons Fans Should Know & Do Before they Die." Be sure to follow Knox on Twitter.


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Guest column: Dream came true through President Obama
By BY G.P. HARDY III
Jan. 21, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
Updated Jan. 21, 2013 at 7:22 p.m.
The following is the transcript of a speech given Monday morning by G.P. Hardy III at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony in Victoria.
What an incredible day. We celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - and, as I speak, Barack Obama is being sworn into his second term as president of the United States.
Dr. King laid bare the soul of America that freedom and justice are essential and unalienable rights to be enjoyed by every American, regardless the color of their skin or station in life. As the movement of thousands of men and women committed the securing these basic rights grew, so grew our national consciousness that indeed these rights were not enjoyed by all Americans. Dedicated men and women pressed forward with legislation, community efforts, church and educational efforts - and yes, great strides toward freedom, equality and justice were made.
Dr. King and the civil rights movement inspired by Mrs. Rosa Parks left us a legacy - a legacy that must be passed from generation to generation. We will never reach that point where we can say, "There is no prejudice. There is no discrimination. There is complete equality and equal justice for all."
Each generation must have its standard bearer. A standard bearer with the strength and courage of those that went before.
I can only imagine in my mind's eye the pride Dr. King would have felt in President Obama. A man who courageously brought this nation from certain economic collapse and perhaps the world economy from collapse, a man who had the courage to draw down our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and the courage to order the strike on Osama bin Laden when failure would have had extreme political consequences.
Barack Obama is not your president. He is our president - a president who has acted in the best interest of all Americans. He has worked tirelessly to provide a stable economic footing for the middle class, the working class and, at the same time, provide businesses with predictable rules and regulations so that they can prosper and grow.
President Obama passed the Affordable Health Care Act to ensure that most and ultimately all Americans have affordable health care.
Dr. King must be proud. President Obama has done these things in the face of vicious attacks on his character, morals and motivation. He is a man - a human being - and it must be painful for him when the attacks are not just centered on him but his family. Dr. King must be proud of the strength and character of President Obama in not reacting to these attacks. They are not unlike those Dr. King suffered.
It is so rare that a genuinely deep down good man emerges as a leader. There have been few in history, and President Obama is such a man. It is not hard to see that much of the demeaning toward this great man is because of the color of his skin, and yet you have never heard him make mention of that which is so obvious.
Our country is dealing with troubling times and federal spending that is putting the country into incredible debt. There are problems that must be dealt with, but we cannot rein in that spending on the back of working men and women, the young, the elderly and the infirm. There are no easy solutions to such complex problems. President Obama understands that view. He knows that any society that turns its back on its poor, its young, its elderly and its infirm is a doomed society. Yes, this is a man who must have been a part of Dr. King's dream. I leave you with this thought:
Freedom for all.
Free from fear for the safety of our children.
Free from fear that we or a loved one will be stricken with disease or injury and we can't get help.
Free from fear that we might lose our jobs, our homes.
Free from fear of reprisal for the color of skin, religious preference or station in life.
That is what freedom is - to be free from fear.
Politicians play on our fears for political gain and, in doing so, rob us of our freedom - the right to be free of fear.
As Dr. King would say, "We can overcome," but it will take the collective soul of our nation.
God bless America.
G.P. Hardy III is a Victoria attorney who has practiced in Victoria for four years. He practices law with his wife, Sandra McKenzie, and has handled a number of civil rights cases, including the case of Randall Webster, which was made into the movie "The Killing of Randy Webster."


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Posted 21 April 2010 - 11:00 AM
Let's say you have the list of 1000 directories (really?) right there in front of you, ready to go, so you aren't wasting your time researching whether they are relevant or worth anything, you are ready to go.
It takes at least 5 minutes to pull up a site, find an appropriate category, fill out their request form, and submit it manually. 5 minutes per 1000 sites.... 5000 minutes or 83 1/3 hours.
So, you plan to spend 83 hours of your life submitting to 1000 sites that probably aren't even indexed in Google. Is Google going to penalize you? Nah, they don't even know those 1000 sites exist (or have long since removed them from the index.) Seriously- take a moment and actually look at a few of your 1000 sites- the actual pages your link would appear on. Are they indexed?
Will it hurt you? I think it will. You are expecting this to help you rank for something... and it won't do anything. Spend that time writing good content, finding real link partners and other tasks that actually will help to market your site.
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Posted 24 May 2010 - 11:42 PM
how many directories can i add at one time without being penalized ?
is there a clear or agreed upon number of links to add so that it's more natural.
i am submitting my site to directories for inclusion and of course the categories will be the ones most relevant to my site but i am afraid if i submit to too many at one time like 1000 directories in 1 week i will get penalized.
please help
Submitting to 1,000 directories in one week isn't good to do. The biggest problem is, you'll flag the search engines because of the amount of backlinks you are getting. If you use the same title and description for the 1,000 submissions, it will look unnatural to the search engines. You have to submit and use different titles and descriptions to make it look natural. However, 1,000 submissions in one week, spells trouble. Depending on the age of your site, determines the amount of submissions you should make weekly. The older the site is, the more you can submit because you have some credibility with the search engines. If your site is new, I would suggest 10 to 15 submissions per week. I would also use 6 different title and descriptions variations as well.
One thing to remember is quality backlinks is what is most important and they should be related to your site's niche. It doesn't take thousands of links to obtain a PageRank 5 or 6. You can achieve that with 50 to 150 quality backlinks. If you chase after quantity, you'll be wasting your time. Go for quality backlinks and spend the extra time writing quality articles that are unique. Shoot for articles that are 90% unique or higher and practice some good basic SEO. Good titles and descriptions will get you the best millage.
Posted 17 August 2010 - 05:23 AM
How exactly do you think that Google will KNOW you submitted to 1000 directories in one day?????
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Posted 14 September 2010 - 04:29 AM
totally agree with you... whats the point of wasting your time for something which is not going to help you?
Posted 07 November 2010 - 02:03 PM
By 2008 I got one website de-index because of doing this on new sites, also the results were less and less noticeable every time. Today, I would recommend you to submit to a small list of high quality directories only, you must check that AT LEAST the exact page were your link will be placed is indexed, has a recent cache date and you can consider lucky if it has any PR nowadays. Once you have done this, some links from article directories and some links from other websites that rank high for your keywords would be a very powerful mix.
Posted 13 November 2010 - 04:15 PM
I don't agree. I have a hard time getting backlinks from sites with "relevant" content. Directories actually provide some relevant content. I wouldn't spend a TON of time on it, but it should be part of your SEO strategy.
Most of them take weeks / months to post to the directories. Don't worry about doing it all at once or not since most won't be immediate links anyway. Pick one day per month to be "directory" day and have at it!
Posted 08 February 2011 - 10:20 AM
They're really not just out there penalizing sites for the heck of it. Really!
Yeah, sometimes you have to take a step back and realize they aren't watching every single move - just the big ones . I did a test and submitted to half of the free directories on [removed] consecutively (as fast as possible, sleep, etc) and roughly 220 are now indexed (2 months later). They definitely help, but would recommend other techniques if you have a budget; if you have more time than money you need to do it . All the best
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Posted 03 May 2011 - 05:01 AM
I'd echo the other posters too who have stressed quality over quantity.
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 08:51 AM
That is really valuable information, and the volume of submissions you did make it statistically significant. You have certainly helped me plan my next project. Thanks very much!
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The police chief in Montebello has stepped down amid a $30-million legal battle with officers over alleged discrimination and retaliation, officials said this week.
Dan Weast was placed on administrative leave in December after a legal complaint filed in late October accused the police chief of "promoting individuals who are 'friends,' as opposed to qualified minority candidates," particularly from an alleged "all White Group" within the police force known as Mahan's Marauders.
Interim City Manager Randy Narramore put Weast on administrative leave Dec. 14.


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Depeche Mode has pulled a few fast ones on fans during April Fools' Day, and this year is no exception. A news post on their official website yesterday claimed that on April 8, you will be able to pick up a copy of Toast Hawaii, an album that was named after Fletch's favorite food item at the recording studio cafeteria (which also became the name of his record label) during the sessions for Black Celebration.
Toast Hawaii is a full album of "oldies" (oldies???????) that Depeche Mode recorded during a break from the Black Celebration sessions back in 1986. Until now, only a handful of close friends of the band have heard the album, which was actually thought to be lost until Martin Gore found a cassette copy. It was extensively remastered, and will now be available for purchase.
Now, we almost believed the news, until a couple of random factoids popped up. For starters, the pricing threw us off a bit, as it is cheaper to buy a copy autographed by Fletch than an unautographed one. So zany! Also, there is a link to a thirty-second clip of their rendition of "Tutti Frutti," which only sends you to the website credits. Depeche Mode covering "Tutti Frutti"??? Classic!
Now this sounds like a mighty good April Fool's joke, although hearing Dave Gahan belting out some oldies would make for a rather amusing listen. Ah yes, you almost fooled us Depeche Mode... ALMOST! Nice try lads! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY!