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In honor of my favorite person's birthday this year, I thought I would tell a little story about one of my favorite times I ever gifted something that I made. It also happened to be on Josh's 28th birthday, about a month after we met.
Rewind back to 2011, and I had been dating this awesome guy for about a month. I really liked him, and was super excited to hang out with him on his birthday, as he was having a get together with a group of his Coast Guard friends. BUT, the dilemma I was having was… we had only been dating a month! Not long enough for me to warrant buying him something nice, but I didn't want to not get him something either. My solution? I turned to knitting, of course!
I knew that Josh went to LSU and he was a huge Tiger fan. So I decided to knit him a tiger teddy bear, wearing an LSU jersey. Either he was going to think it was totally lame and run far away from the weirdo girl who knit it for him, or he was going to think it was totally awesome! I took a chance, wrapped it up (used yarn as a bow), and gave it to him the night of his birthday.
Judging by his reaction and the ring that I have on my finger, I think he liked it! 🙂 He also wouldn't let go of Mike the entire night, and even changed his Facebook profile picture to Mike drinking out of a straw. Such pride and love that man had for his newfound friend… That is when I knew I had a keeper!
Mike got to play a very special part in our engagement photos, which I love to pieces! He also now occupies a comfy spot on our mantle, right next to our wedding vows.
Still, to this day, I cannot get over how handsome my hubby is!! How did I get so lucky? Back when we were just dating, I remember obsessing over those photos I had taken from his birthday. He was just too cute, I remembered thinking. Happy 31st, Josh. I love you so much! <3


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John had a unique way of looking at the gardening world around him. Those wry comments, quick wit and observation added massively to the appeal of Gardeners' Question Time.
Few gardening experts today can combine wit and wisdom in the way John Cushnie could. How deeply saddened I was to hear of John's untimely death on New Year's Eve. The news was a great shock, as I had only recently met John and the team for a recording of a Christmas Special edition of Gardeners' Question Time (broadcast on Sunday 27 December 2009), at which John had been on top form.
I'd been invited to join John, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood at the Garden Museum near Lambeth Palace in London for the recording of their Christmas programme, and John was in fine voice.
And what a voice. Radio was made for him, and listening to John was always a pleasure … full of character, charisma, charm and wit.
John Cushnie had a unique way of looking at the gardening world around him. Those wry comments, quick wit and observation added massively to the appeal of Gardeners' Question Time. There was no messing with John, who said things straight as he saw them.
His plant and horticultural knowledge added underlying depth and credibility to his answers and advice, and were clearly put into practice in his own landscaping business in County Down. This brought John great respect from his colleagues, and a great following from gardeners across the country and beyond.
In addition to writing regularly for Gardeners' World Magazine and many other publications, John regularly hosted our reader holidays abroad. His knowledge of plants in Madeira or the tropics was as impressive as that of our native flora and garden plants.
Apart from an apparent aversion to some vegetables, I always felt John could tackle almost anything horticultural. His voice was friendly, and advice often laced with humour in a way only John could deliver. How we'll miss that voice.
A special tribute edition of Gardeners' Question Time is being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 15 January 2010, repeated on Sunday 17 January.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to John's wife Wilma and all his family and friends.
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What can I say? Such a radio friend. His realistic approach to gardening was much appreciated by us who struggle to garden almost 1,000ft. up here in Snowdonia.We felt an affinity with his N. Ireland problems and solutions far more than those of what we sometimes refer to as 'soft southern gardeners'No offence meant, of course! We shall certainly miss him and our thoughts are with those close to him.
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08/01/2010 at 13:15
Such a loss, he was always a breath of fresh air and swept pomposity away. A brilliant emerald man who will be missed greatly by me. Great sympathy go to his family and friends.I intend to plant a tree for him.
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15/01/2010 at 15:50
I have never done any gardening but listened to this programme only to hear this man's voice and delivery.
He will be missed.
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16/01/2010 at 11:25
His knowledge was immense. He always had a great answer to the most challenging of problems. We will miss his warm and friendly approach and his lovely Irish lilt.
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Either I'm becoming more distanced from mainstream tech comm topics, or else tech comm conferences are veering away from trending topics. I can't decide who is moving off course.
I'm interested in API documentation. It seems like API documentation is one of the hottest trends in the San Francisco Bay area and other IT hubs as well.
And yet, in browsing the agenda of the current conferences this season — Lavacon, Information Development World, and Tech Comm UK — topics related to API documentation are virtually non-existent. There's maybe one workshop and one presentation related to API doc at a couple of the conferences, but that's it. Hmmm.
The tracks for Info Development World are as follows:
The tracks for Lavacon are as follows:
Tech Comm UK doesn't seem to have tracks, but in looking over the sessions, I didn't see anything API related.
The tracks for the upcoming STC Summit are as follows:
Interestingly, with the STC Summit, "API documentation" is listed as a possible topic for the Writing/Communication track, rather than being its own separate track (as it was last year). For other conferences, it could be that API doc is a sub-category in one of the other main tracks, but I don't see any sessions focused on APIs there either.
I'm not downplaying these "mainstream" topics (localization, content strategy, DITA, etc.). They're all good and relevant. But I would've thought API documentation topics might have a larger presence at tech writer conferences.
It could be that API doc is mostly a Bay area trend, and not nearly as common outside this area.
To really assess things, I'd need to look at job descriptions across the US (globally would be even better, but an increase in scope) and analyze how many tech writer jobs include API documentation. If API doc is truly a nationwide trend in tech writer job requirements, then I could better gauge whether API doc is a small sub-specialization within our field, hardly worthy of major attention at conferences, or whether conferences are out of alignment with trends for API doc skills.
What do you think? Approximately what percentage of tech writer jobs in your area include API documentation as a task or requirement?
Even if 5% of job descriptions include a focus on API doc, that's still relatively on par with DITA usage. And given DITA's attention at conferences, API doc should be equally visible. The difference is that DITA is the tech comm vendor's favorite problem to solve. But almost no tech comm tools (at least those advertised at tech comm conferences) accommodate API doc.
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Richmond Residents Weigh in on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Two California cities — Richmond in Northern California's Contra Costa County and El Monte in Los Angeles County — have proposed a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar sweetened beverages, including sodas and energy drinks. The Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes (funded by the American Beverage Association) has spent approximately $3.5 million to defeat the measures. The coalition argues that it's a tax on the poor, and it will hurt small businesses.
In Richmond, non-profits like Fit For Life and the Richmond Progressive Alliance are urging the community to vote yes on Measure N on November 6th. They argue the tax is a step forward for the city, and that revenue for the taxes can be used to fight childhood obesity.
I visited Richmond Main Street's Spirit and Soul Festival and the city's Certified Farmer's Market to see what some Richmond residents thought about the measure. Most of the people I approached didn't know about the tax, and many were undecided. Below are three responses from people in support of the proposed tax, and three in opposition.
Keira Chatman-Green:
"I think that it is absolutely ridiculous. If I have a Diet Pepsi and I want a Diet Pepsi, I'm gonna get it. If the soda cost a dollar and then I had to pay a dollar fifty or something to that effect, I'm going to pay it 'cuz I want a Pepsi. Healthier food is more expensive than junk foods. So I can definitely see if they raise the taxes on junk food and lower the taxes on healthier foods such as vegetables and different fibers and different stuff like that, than that would make more sense. But just taxing junk food alone? Absolutely not. I think that the focus should be on education and children and raising the children, period. And stopping the violence in Richmond. Instead of soda, and chips and cookies." Dionicio Arechiga:
"Right now I'm working at La Flor de Jalisco Market. It's on 21st and MacDonald Street. We sell a bunch of groceries. The majority of clientele is Mexican people. Our sales are pretty decent. We make enough money for the size of the store that we have. Our biggest sales come from the deli and the sodas, because we have a burrito truck outside. If this tax passes our concern is that people will buy less sodas. We do not sell alcohol here. We also do not sell tobacco or lotto tickets. So if the soda tax hurts us on that side than we might have to look for other markets and probably sell liquor and beer, and that not gonna help Richmond out."
Priscilla Ford:
"It's not gonna stop people from buying soda, they're gonna drink what they wanna drink. I'm mean, there's taxes on many things. Look at the gas prices – has it stopped people from driving yet? No. Look at the toll plaza. You gonna do what you have to do it. I don't drink soda a lot but if decide I want a soda, I'm gonna buy that soda. If you don't want your family to drink soda you have to stop by buying. It's up to the home to do what they're gonna do. It's not up to the store owner or the tax payers or whatever. It's up to one individual, 'Are you gonna drink this soda or are you not gonna drink this soda?'"
Jed Kreinberg:
"We have an epidemic of sugar consumption in this country, I think. It's a real health issues with the youth of today. And what I've noticed is that there's a huge influx of out-of-state money, and money from the large corporations to defeat this initiative because it's in their best interest to keep selling people poison. It's like with the cigarette tax. You know I mean that's the analogy I would use. People have to see the costs involved. There's a hidden cost. We can pay it up front or pay it later. Your kids could get fat, or you can teach them to eat right."
Colin Johnson:
"I hear a lot of negative comments about how it's gonna damage small business, and how you know it's a tax on the poor. But to be perfectly honest I feel that obesity is such an issue. I mean we're not exactly a high income family, but I feel like that money could be spent on different beverages that are not sweetened. I mean, I don't know if I buy that is an attack on low-income families. I kind of think of the tax almost like an additional concern when I make a purchase. "Is this something I really want? Is this something I really need?" We've done the exact same thing with tobacco, and Big Tobacco is doing fine and people who sell tobacco are doing fine. We increase taxes for alcohol and tobacco because we realize there's an issues there and I feel like we need to make some similar movement on sweetened beverages."
Marilyn Langlois, running for Richmond City Council:
"I am a very strong supporter of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Richmond that will be on the ballot. I think it's going to put Richmond at the cutting edge, at the forefront of health promotion in the country. We really have a problem with diabetes and obesity and this is really doing something positive to educate people about the really negative impact of drinking excessive sodas. I'm all for it. I think a lot of people have stopped drinking sodas already and this will really educate them some more. It will raise money that we can then use for more healthy sports and recreation programs. So I think it's a win-win. Buying soda is a discretionary expense, nobody has to buy it. If there's a financial hardship they could just cut back a little bit, or drink water. And those who really do want to drink soda, they can do so knowing that little part of the money they spend on their sodas is going to help some really good programs for our kids."


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Pearl Jam has pulled off something quite extraordinary with their latest self-titled effort. They have found a way to sound modern and hip yet still retain the grungy, raw sound that brought them to the forefront of the music scene in the early '90s. It's been 15 years since the videos for "Evenflow" and "Jeremy" from their debut album 10 made Pearl Jam a household name; music has changed a lot in a decade and a half, but hearing Eddie Vedder's distinct baritone vocals and the dueling guitars of Stone Gossard and Mike McCready today doesn't sound dated. Listening to the 13 tracks that comprise this new release from Pearl Jam, it never seems awkward to hear -- gasp! -- guitar solos in 2006.
The album kicks off in fine form with the straight-ahead rocker "Life Wasted," which morphs into an odd-time pre-chorus before the chorus that sounds a little like something you'd hear from the Hives or Vines. A mellowed-out bridge section in the middle gives the listener a little break before segueing back into the chorus. The lyrical content is pretty standard angst-ridden fluff as Vedder croons, "I have faced it/A life wasted/I'm never going back again." Doesn't really mean too much and is very open to interpretation.
In standard form, the second track on the album is the big first single, "World Wide Suicide." The lyrics here are a little deeper and leave the listener wondering if the song is about George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden or merely mankind destroying itself. It's another straight- ahead rocker, marred only by the guitar riff in the chorus sounding exactly like the Offspring's "Come Out and Play (Keep 'em Separated)." Pearl Jam can play circles around the questionable musical talents of Offspring, but the riffs are so similar that the comparison is hard to avoid.
"Comatose" is a frantic, almost punishing tune, with dissonant chords and dual guitar runs between verses that really grab your ear. Most of the melodic choices on the album up to this point are fairly safe, and this twisted little guitar part is used effectively. The rocking solo is by Mike McCready, who has the thinner of the two guitar tones.
"Severed Hand," especially during the intro, sounds like post-'97 Rush in terms of melody and song structure. When the verse kicks in and we hear Eddie instead of Geddy, we are reminded once again that we're listening to Pearl Jam, but there are other elements that make this sound like PJ 2006 and not PJ 1991.
Being a drummer myself, I can't help but notice the effect that adding former Soundgarden skinsman Matt Cameron to the mix has made on this album. I won't lay a master class on drumming techniques on you here, but Cameron is one of the tightest drummers in all of rock, yet he has the ability to work around grooves and make them feel loose. He lets his high hats remain literally loose (or "slushy," as drummers call it), so each hit of the drumstick is not precisely, distinctly heard. In contrast, former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese would frequently use complex open and closing high hat patterns that give songs a tighter, more structured feel. I like both schools of drumming, but it's quite a departure to hear what are essentially Soundgarden drums on a Pearl Jam record. Both bands came to the spotlight around the same time, but Pearl Jam was always the more pop of the two, Soundgarden the more progressive. I'm not saying Cameron's drums have somehow turned Pearl Jam into Soundgarden, but it has given them new rhythm direction. Check out the ride cymbal pattern on "Unemployable" for an example of another Matt Cameron signature drum lick.
Pearl Jam takes the crown from Jet's "Look What You've Done" for the most Beatles-sounding song in recent memory, with their track "Parachutes." The Beatles influence can be heard all over pop music but this is the first time I recall hearing it creep into Pearl Jam. Neil Young seems to have been the driving force behind most of Eddie Vedder's musical and social moves, but the band actually sounds pretty good doing their Beatles impression.
The album's a bit like Mr. Hyde turning back into Dr. Jekyll, beginning hard and aggressive then progressing into a slower, more ballad-driven album by the end with the track "Gone," very reminiscent of their huge hit "Black." Another slow tune is "Come Back," with very low-key clean guitar lines and Hammond organ, staples of the all-American rock ballad. The chord changes and song structure sound a bit like a '50s high school dance tune – not exactly the pinnacle of Pearl Jam artistry but it gives Eddie Vedder a chance to take the lead and really power the song ahead with his powerful vocals. (Remember "Last Kiss"?) "Inside Job" is the closer; the first half is quite slow and soft, but builds to a very Neil Young-feeling extended jam outro.
For me, the best Pearl Jam album was Versus, and the band has never reached the creative highs they hit with that sophomore album. But here they are, many many years later, still pretty darn relevant. Pearl Jam isn't their most memorable album; even after 10 solid listens through, none of the melodies stick with me, where I can think of a handful of songs from their first two albums that have choruses that stick in your head like crazy glue. This latest Pearl Jam doesn't have the big hooks, but you'd have to say it's certainly a good effort, a good brew from one of Seattle's finest.
The production by the band and co-producer Adam Kasper (Mudhoney, the Tragically Hip, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age) is very minimalist, with no gimmicks or heavy effects. To add noticeable delays or double tracking to Eddie Vedder's voice would alter the signature tone that brought the band to its pinnacle of success. It's probably the rawest Pearl Jam album, but at the same time has a professional polish to it. The recording sounds good on all systems I tried it on (after legally ripping the disc to my computer), ranging from my home theater to my Prius to my iPod. The backing vocals are handled mainly by drummer Matt Cameron, so the band is set up to pull these songs off live.
Stone Gossard and Mike McCready's guitar tones are distinct and panned to opposite sides of the stereo spectrum so the interplay between them, with Jess Ament's bass right in the middle, is another Pearl Jam signature still alive and well on this album.


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BOSTON — Police and state inspectors are examining whether one or both doors of an elevator at Boston's Fenway Park opened before a woman plunged two stories down an elevator shaft after a game, officials said Saturday.
The 22-year-old woman fell from the fourth floor and landed on the roof of the elevator, which was stopped on the second floor. It happened late Friday after the Red Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers, said Steve MacDonald, a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department.
Power to the elevator was shut off, and firefighters climbed through the elevator's emergency hatch to reach the woman, who was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MacDonald said.
"Everyone worked together to get her out as soon as possible," he said.
MacDonald said the woman was unconscious at the scene with injuries that appeared serious. A hospital spokesman said no information would be released about the woman's condition.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post4035375935221073586..comments2017-12-05T06:21:40.489-08:00Comments on On Bicycles, and.... what else is there?: reflections on Pescaderodjconnelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-56675186482729473912009-06-17T15:28:40.539-07:002009-06-17T15:28:40.539-07:00Wow -- that's a nice comment! Racing is tough...Wow -- that's a nice comment! Racing is tough. If we accept failure than we can't push ourselves hard enough to succeed. But then when we do fail, it's so hard. I'm not quitting quite yet. If Diablo doesn't go well, I may declare this year a failed experiment in racing, sign up for the Marin Double in August (doubles are just a matter of keeping the pedals turning, eating, and drinking), and reassess for next year. If I show signs of life @ Diablo, then there's still plenty of racing this year.djconnelhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564958057737541664.post-28919416937219964052009-06-16T10:08:33.952-07:002009-06-16T10:08:33.952-07:00Dan, Sorry to read about your dissapointment. At ...Dan, Sorry to read about your dissapointment. At some point we all want to chuck the bike into the weeds and Pescadero is a tough race for certain.

Maybe before you pack it in you could consider what you like about cycling and riding in the first place. Sometimes going back to the roots a bit, instead of staring at the stat sheet, can bring some renewed motivation and interest.

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When landing in Dublin, Ireland to pick up a car rental for this road trip it was a sunny afternoon and already I could see how lush the green country side was. This little island, so peaceful and welcoming left me in awe of its stunning landscapes. Even with the overcast weather I had for most of the road trip the scenery was somberly beautiful to photograph.
I started planning this trip for September 2015 a year prior to it. First to go to London for a few days then the rest was still up in the air till a little over a month before I left. It was a rough year and planning travel was not a priority. I ended up deciding on taking a road trip following part of the Wild Atlantic Way around the west coast of Ireland, starting north and heading southwest. It wound up to be a nice little adventure, so much so I almost didn't return the car.
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The Dubai Islamic Bank fraud case, wherein seven people are accused of embezzling Dh1.8m, has been adjourned to December 12 to hear more witnesses.
In the previous hearing Dubai Criminal Court refused to grant bail to the seven accused - UH, Pakistani, 29, former financing department manager; RU, Pakistani, 50, deputy manager; three British businessmen CM, 48, RL, 54, and AF, 58; and two fugitives ZU, American and AI, Turk, AI, 36.
In a hearing prior to that five of the accused had denied the accusation. In Wednesday's hearing the defence lawyers asked for bail again despite the Presiding Judge Fahmi Munir ordering them previously not to make such a request to the court.
After sending Dubai Islamic Bank's Dh 1.8m embezzlement case to the Dubai Public Prosecution for re-investigation, the Dubai Criminal Court resumed hearing the case and five of the seven accused denied their renewed charges.
According to the accusation sheet, the seven were accused of embezzling money from Dubai Islamic Bank and deliberately helping others to embezzle public funds, causing intentional loss to the government and its interests, making illegal profits and forging and using forged unofficial documents.
The bank's former employees UH and RU were also accused of intentionally allowing the American, ZU to embezzle $2m (Dh7.36m).
UH and his deputy RU denied abusing their public service and deliberately helping four of the accused to embezzle Dh1.8bn.
The Prosecution has also accused UH and RU of collecting bribes worth $750,000 and $950,000, respectively, against accepting forged documents and bogus receipts, which were provided by the five others.
Defence lawyers including Dr Habib Al Mulla, Abdul Aziz Al Matroushi, Salah Beloushi, Yousuf Ali and Samira Gargash said the documents used to file the accusation were bogus and forged.


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Key move was from third to first
Let's clarify something: Kevin Youkilis is not a first baseman. He is a third baseman who just happens to play at first.
And the Red Sox are far better off for it.
There were a lot of key plays in the Red Sox' 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels in Game 1 of the ALDS, none greater than Vladimir Guerrero being thrown out at third base in the bottom of the eighth inning in what was then a 2-1 game. The Angels went from potentially having first and third with one out to a man at first with two outs, taking a game-tying sacrifice fly (or wild pitch, etc.) out of the equation and killing the Angels' momentum. Guerrero obviously made an aggressive (foolish?) decision on the play, but as the Red Sox have pointed out time and time again over the years, that is how the Angels play.
They force the issue.
In this case, with a less determined and less athletic first baseman, Guerrero might have succeeded. But after failing to catch Torii Hunter's blooper into short right field, Youkilis grabbed the ball, righted himself and fired to third baseman Mike Lowell.
"I was right there," Lowell said. "He was out by a mile."
Defense is an area in which the Red Sox have excelled during the second half of this season, a surge that coincided with the arrival of Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie at the two positions where the Sox were weakest. The Sox finished third in the AL in fielding percentage; in all of baseball, only the Houston Astros, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays made fewer errors. Youkilis is a defending Gold Glove Award winner who plays first base with a third baseman's mentality, which is to say that he throws his body at everything.
Think about it: How many first baseman make the play Youkilis made in Game 1? Guys like Ryan Howard and Prince Fielder would have deferred to the second baseman. What makes Youkilis a truly unique player at his position is that he fields it like a man who plays on the other side of the diamond.
"I think some first basemen don't want to make that play," said Lowell. "I think they'd just hold onto the ball. I love the fact that Youk is an aggressive-minded first baseman. He's at the top of his game over there. He really is."
Obviously, Youkilis's play was not the only one. Jacoby Ellsbury made a terrific catch to start the eighth, taking a hit away from Mark Teixeira. If neither Ellsbury nor Youkilis made great plays, the Angels might still be batting.
Of course, the Red Sox gave away one run in this game following an error by Lowrie … who had not made a single error in 49 games at shortstop this season. (Chalk it up to rookie jitters.) But coupled with the performance of Jon Lester, the Red Sox defense played an enormous role in this win.
"It's a proven formula," said Lowell, who refrained from uttering the mantra of pitching and defense. "If you don't hurt yourself, you're putting yourself in a good position. It kills rallies and makes the other team earn their runs."
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I just got a copy of the book "Root Canal Cover-Up" by George Meinig DDS, FACD. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... cover%20up
He was one of the founding members of the AAE. He deals a lot with Weston Price and the focal infection theory.
I am more than three quarters of the way through the book and just wondering if you've read the book and had any comments on it?
I'd also be interested in any comments from others on the discussion forum, about this book.
It was first printed in 1993 and in 2012 is now in its 10th printing.


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Two-year-old Android phone receives 15-month-old software update
Written by Jim Dalrymple
Product loyalty… This is what Apple "gets" better than most. Many OEMs seem to think that offering an update to an old device means that they lose a new sale, when all they're really doing is opening the door for a competitor. Wonder if it comes from being a software developer too? Will be interesting to see how Google supports the newer Nexus devices.
Glad to see 4.0+ is getting closer to 50% (at 42.6%) but definitely want to see things like this resolved.
…and both ICS and JB combined (at 42.8%) are "outpaced" by 25 month old Gingerbread (at 45.4%). Considering how many hundreds of millions of Android devices are out there, it means that a considerable portion of newly released devices still come preloaded with Gingerbread, which is beyond sad.
Yeah, for real. It is a sad situation I hope Google solves really soon.
I wouldn't say devices are being released w/ GB anymore but older models are definitely still being sold.
Verizon deserves to be laughed at here at as much as Google or Android does.
- GFYantiapplezealots
Android phones are the new feature phones. People come in to get a new phone, and all that's there are cheap android phones so they pick it up.
But all they do with it is makes calls and text, just like they did on their old feature phone. They don't purchase apps, they don't browse the web, they don't use their smartphone like a smartphone. I doubt most of these people care which version of Android they have.
Any data to back up those claims?
All the web usage statistics with Apple having a significantly higher usage percentage than Android, even though Android has much higher sales.
App sales…
And of course anecdotes like how you see way more iPhones in the subway than Androids – and i'm living in Germany, where Android has an even higher percentages of sales than in the US.
From the release of the iPad until now, i have seen maybe 3 or 4 non-Apple tablets (one of these devices (GT7) at a symposium of tech savvy librarians – with 5+ other people having an iPad 1) and countless iPads.
Web usage is relative. You can't use that at all as a baseline because one group uses devices differently than the other and, furthermore, what does that even matter? I don't see the draw to web usage other than it being a +1 in the #winning column for iOS.
Anecdotes purely mean for that specific moment, in your specific location you saw more iOS devices. I rarely see a 5 (was shocked to see one two weeks ago at Chik-fil-a) but I know they sold like hotcakes! The same goes for iPads. I see a TON of tablets but rarely do I see people with iPads in the wild.
None of that means I think the iPad #'s are false or proves Android #'s. It just means that's what I saw in my area at that time, nothing more.
Web usage IS THE main trackable factor that defines a smartphone. Other factors are app-usage and usage for other things that a feature phone can't do.
iOS and iPhone is leading in the web usage, even though fewer units are sold.
That means with LESS devices in the hands of users, MORE traffic is generated.
Saying that different groups of users use devices differently is ignorant to the post you replied to, because GFYantiapplezealots said exactly that – he said that all statistics are indicating that Android users aren't using their devices to do smartphone-stuff.
Which means they are using them for… what else?
They buy them, the higher (sold devices) marketshare of Android shows that – but why aren't they using them as much as the average iPhone user does?
Because it is very likely that they use those devices like a featurephone.
Why are sales of iOS apps higher than sales of Android apps, when there are more Android devices in the hands of users? Or are they in cupboards?
More anecdotes: The iPhone 3G i bought in 2009 is now being used by a friend of my girlfriend, the Galaxy 5700 i bought in 2010 to be able to know what i am talking about when i talk about Android is lying in a cupboard, because it is less usable than an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.2.1.
So sales don't equal usage.
Oh, and the Lumia 710 i got my father when his old dumbphone broke counts as a sale for Windows Phone 7 – but he's using it like a feature phone (well, more like a dumbphone…) while i am using my iPhone 5 like a smartphone.
If you would look only at the marketshare of smartphones in use in MY FAMILY and had to decide for which OS to develop your app – you would see an Android device, an iPhone and a Windows Phone 7 device.
If you would look at web usage, app usage and spent money on apps – iPhone would win by a huge margin.
Don't look at the sales to declare some OS the "winner" – look at what people are using those devices for.
1) You have no way of tracking app usage consistently since apps use many different tracking methods or none at all.
2) Web usage does not define a smartphone. Great web access is solely a feature of a smartphone.
3) It is likely users use devices as feature phones but there is no proof to this. It is conjecture and merely a possible explanation.
As for devices, my iPhone 3G is sitting in my desk along with an Evo 3G, Galaxy Nexus, and iPhone 4S. Only the Evo and iPhone 3G are there 'cause of uselessness. My point: different strokes.
As for family, I helped my mother-n-law w/ a Windows Phone (she loves it) and she barely uses anything beyond email, phone, music, and her bible app.
Is her phone less of a smartphone? Is my dads iPhone 3Gs more of a smartphone because he plays games on it or less because he NEVERS goes to his browser (doesn't even know what Safari is)?
- gjgustav
It's everywhere. Apple makes most of the profit in the industry, and well if people aren't buying apps or using the web, what are they doing with them?
Apple usage, profit, or app sales has no bearing on how Android users use their devices.
- gjgustav
No, but the share compared to Android, when contrasted with sales estimates have huge bearing.
Now answer the question: if people aren't buying apps or using the web on Android (which studies show they aren't) what are they doing with them.
I'll first answer with a question: who is providing you these studies?
As an answer to the second, how about reading, listening to music, playing games, and Facebook (the app)?
- gjgustav
Studies are everywhere. You are free to ignore or read them.
I suppose it's possible that there is a huge percentage of android users that read, listen to music, play free games (not paid ones), and facebook, but completely avoid anything that is measurable by a third party. Yeah, that must be it.
I have read them and they come from individual companies basing it on data they collect, not an entire snapshot of the entire landscape. They are guestimates of the entire landscape, which are great if you take them as that, based on the data they have available.
I didn't say they completely avoid or play only free games. I merely provided alternates to what they're doing since you think web usage is the absolute best stat to determine how the market looks.
Just look at the Play store and you'll find plenty of games with 100k – 500k installs and even in the millions: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namcowireless.flightcontrol&feature=top-paid#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwNiwiY29tLm5hbWNvd2lyZWxlc3MuZmxpZ2h0Y29udHJvbCJd. Paid games. Real money.
My obsolete Android-based MP3 player will finally be up-to-years-ago-dated?! HELL YEAH!


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This is an interesting interview:
Eszter Hargittai, an assistant professor in Northwestern University's sociology department, has discovered that students aren't nearly as Web-savvy as they, or their elders, assume.
Ms. Hargittai studies the technological fluency of college freshmen. She found that they lack a basic understanding of such terms as BCC (blind copy on e-mail), podcasting, and phishing. This spring she will start a national poster-and-video contest to promote Web-related skills.
Eszter goes on to explain her study and its results. I found the comments as interesting as the interview itself. One comment in particular made me laugh:
Finally someone says it. We listen ad nauseam to administrators and journalists blather about tech in the classroom and this generation's web-and-computer savvy. Bollocks. My students (at an R-1) have had enormous difficulty posting documents to Blackboard and WebCT; don't know how to use a program's tutorial; don't know how to save documents in different file formats than the default; don't realize they can discover basic information about our university (e.g. a phone directory, a registration calendar) through our webpage. They are as tech savvy as they are anything-else savvy: not so much, unfortunately.
Here's my question – the first time you tried to use Blackboard or WebCT were you able to post info to it? As a very web-savvy person I have to say that Blackboard at least (since I never had to use WebCT) is one of the most user-unfriendly tools I've ever had to use. Do not use Blackboard as a measure of your students web savviness. Also – I'm really glad I didn't have this person as one of my professors. How can any instructor be so negative about their students? If you think they know nothing then how can you teach them effectively?
All that said – I agree with the studies results. I found it interesting that my sister who recently finished college didn't know about things that are part of my everyday web life – RSS, Blogs, etc. We should never make assumptions about our students/audience. We should always start at the beginning – as educators it's our jobs to teach students about these tools and how they can be used in the professional world.


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Summer Sippers 2010
May 24th, 2010 by Jeff
Wines featured in today's show:
- Ranga Ranga Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (~$10)
- Monte Volpe Primo Bianco 2009 (~$10)
- Alexander Valley Vineyards Sangiovese Rosé 2009 (~$13)
Show synopsis and recommended food pairings from The Som:
It's always fun doing the "Summer Sippers" show because our first public show was an SS episode. They're always about freshness and fun, so this episode rejuvenated us and for another year of WineGeekTV excellence . Be prepared for the best year of WGTV yet!
As I mentioned in the show, look for freshness in your back patio sippers. Try to find the most current vintage available.
Geez…that Ranga Ranga Sauvignon Blanc sure has developed quite the following at Zipp's, and with good reason. Enjoy the bright, lime zest and grapefruit note and slight herbaciousness reminiscent of freshly mowed grass. Mix up a marinade of fresh lime juice, garlic, salt, pepper and chopped cilantro, mix in some E.V.O.O. and drop in the shrimp. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour, line them up on scewers and grill them up.
The Monte Volpe Primo Bianco is quite different; a burly blend of several grapes that is fuller bodied, but the acidity is still spot on. It's something that can be enjoyed with heavier dishes like pan pizza, grilled pork chops or meatier fish.
Look at that Alexander Valley Vineyards Rosé! I do love the color. This wine is from grapes grown specifically to produce Rosé. Believe it or not, that's more rare than you think. More often than not the winemaker just bleeds the juice from their regular bottling further concentrating that wine. When you think of summer fare, a good Rosé will work really well with almost any of it. Why? It's just light enough to pair with delicate fish but has that fuller red fruit flavor that it's able stand up to fuller bodied dishes like BBQ and/or grilled veggies. And as Bovee pointed out…it's stellar with pizza!
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so after using dragon punch forward light and teleport back down do u have to super jump back up to get the opponent back in the combo
@ResistanceForever really? It doesn't really bother me as long as I can hear what he is saying, it also makes me feel like buying an arcade stick myself lol
@ashlovesmanny Canceling is chaining moves together so that they combo. Basically you press the mid attack then, immediately do a special move after. A basic combo for Magneto would be like L, M, H, qcf (quarter-circle forward) M. You'd be canceling the H attack into Magneto's EM Disruptor. Normals can be chained like this to Specials or Hypers, and Specials can usually be canceled into Hypers as well.
goddamn, that button noise is fucking annoying.
after youuse the follow up teleport to the DP are you normal jumping or super jumping for the follow up?
@drzero7 Agreed seeing as how I main Vergil. I 90% never use Vergils DT. I would like to but I don't really know or attempted to try any DT combos. I feel as if it really isn't important to me but if I do see good DT combos then I'd probably change my mind real quick..
@alone8406 You must be a pad player. lol
@Ovuh9K This combo makes no sense. A none wall bounce Stinger into air attacks. And what move has a 6236 motion? I don't know of one. Get your shit together before you talk about someones guide.
Then a special I mean……
Can some one help me please I have the Gide and I don't know what's a cancel?? There's a combo like M cancel the a speacl move after it?? What's a cancel?
@Ovuh9K how the hell did you get stinger into j.mmh. also shouldnt it be 2h instead 3h? lastly that combo doesnt do as much damage as spooky's combo. basically if ur not doing combos that include spiral sword or devil trigger then ur not doing good dmg with vergil.
and its not even week 1, cut spooky some slack the man works his ass off already. he showed me a combo that did 800k, thats good enough for me to like this vid
thumbs up if you checked your fb during the video….
Low quality guide. best and safest bnb for vergil; lmh stinger j.mmh 3h otg assist gennocide cutter (6236 m) gennocide cutter 3h special1
@rmnhn Well yes and no…his combos are easy to do, but some of his supers aren't usable if you aren't in his devil trigger mode.
that tapping noise is so fuckin annoying i couldnt watch the whole vid.
Yeh Spooky MASH those BUTTONS!!!
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His 2,930 career receiving yards are sixth most in USC history (17th on the Pac-12 list). He had 10 100-yard receiving games in his career, including a school-record tying twice with 200 yards, plus 6 career outings with double digit receptions and 11 career games with multiple TDs. His 15 games with 8-plus receptions was a school record. His 32 career TD catches was second most at USC (tied for second on the Pac-12 career list). He had a reception in his last 33 games. He ranked fourth on USC's career kickoff return list (1,364 yards). He had 38 career starts.
He was fourth nationally in receptions (9.3, first in Pac-12), eighth in receiving yards (107.7, second in Pac-12) and 16th in all-purpose running (151.6, fourth in Pac-12). He was 1 of only 2 players in the nation in the Top 16 in each of those categories. Only 4 other players in the nation had more catches or more receiving TDs. His 111 catches in 2011 broke Keyshawn Johnson's Pac-12 and USC season receptions record. His 15 TD catches in 2011 were 1 shy of the USC season record (tied for fifth on the Pac-12 season list) and his 1,292 receiving yards in 2011 were 17th on the Pac-12 season list.
Four of his 15 TD catches in 2011 were at least 28 yards. He had 7 100-yard receiving games and 4 outings with double digit receptions in 2011. He and teammate Marqise Lee each had at least 1,000 receiving yards in 2011, the fourth time that a pair of Trojans had done that. Woods' and Lee's combined receptions (184) and receiving yards (2,435) in 2011 were the most by a pair of Trojans in a season. He had arthroscopic surgery on his ankle after the season.
He had 66 receptions for 1,112 yards (16.8 avg.) with 15 TDs on offense and had 96 tackles and 8 interceptions (2 for TDs) on defense in 2009. Serra went 15-0 in 2009 and won the CIF Northwest Division title and the California state Division III championship (he had 226 all-purpose yards in the state final game).


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Review: The Christmas Angel Project
The Christmas Cat.
Abby Wentworth so young, only in her forties. So why did she have to die so young? Her husband loved her, she loved her husband and she loved the ladies in her book club group. Abby had started the little group more than 15 years ago. Now with Abby gone will the group continue?
Because each of the ladies in the group had a different, outstanding characteristic about them I liked them all. I can't just pick one favorite. Louisa was a lonely widow, Grace was a successful designer, Belinda always looked chic even when she just threw something on, and Cassidy would turn thirty-five soon although she would easily pass for early twenty. I guess if I were to pick one it would be Grace because she knew what it was like to have a child with an attitude.
Before Abby died she had made an angel for each of the ladies. It was because of Abby that the ladies became Christmas Angels for their community. This story intrigued me so I hated to see it end.
I recommend this book to any woman who likes Christmas books. It's more of a fun, clean story, than a romance book.
Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books with sales of more than five million. She is the author of several Christmas books from Revell, including the bestselling The Christmas Bus, The Christmas Dog, and Christmas at Harrington's, which is being considered for a TV movie. She is also the author of many teen books, including Just Another Girl, Anything but Normal, Double Take, the Life at Kingston High series, and the Diary of a Teenage Girl series. She is the winner of a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her many books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series and Finding Alice. Melody and her husband live in Oregon.
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Nightstalker Vocalist's 'Favorite Vegetable' Is Marijuana
The stoner rock label might be one of the corniest in all of metal. But let's face it, there are some records that are so thick with infectiously fuzzed-out grooves and spacey melodies that you can practically see a smoky haze billowing from your speakers. Case in point would be the latest offering from Nightstalker, 'Superfreak.'
Nightstalker don't specifically care for the stoner rock label, nor do they reject it. "We don't reject anything," vocalist Argy told Noisecreep. "You can call us whatever you like, but I have a feeling we play Nightstalker music. We do all the spectrum of rock."
But surely a little reefer has found its way into the music of Nightstalker, right? "Of course, marijuana is my favorite vegetable!" Argy laughed. "In many of my lyrics I have references to the plant."
Hailing from Athens, Greece, Nightstalker have released three previous full-length albums and one EP since forming in the early '90s, and through those releases, they have garnered a strong cult following. But with 'Superfreak,' they have their first release on a stateside label (Meteor City) and an album that is likely to perk the ears of more metal fans than just those with a persistent case of the munchies.
"I don't know what's gonna happen with 'Superfreak,' but I am pretty sure that more people will listen to us because of this album," Argy explained. "I'd like my music to be heard by not just a specific kind of people. It's rock 'n roll anyway, but everyone is rock 'n roll. I mean, I have seen all kinds of people at our gigs. All the tribes are there, you know? Music is there for everybody who wants to listen to it."
If Nightstalker's music is there for everyone who wants to listen to it, it's not surprising that Argy's lyrical inspiration is similarly open to anything that comes his way. "As a songwriter, I can write about everything," he revealed. "I just put on paper feelings and thoughts. In my songs, I'm talking about love and hate. I'm talking about magic. I'm talking about gods, dogs, good and evil, right and wrong …"


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This tutorial will teach you how to draw a penguin.
This a cartoon penguin. It's a simple tutorial and should be manageable by just about everybody regardless of skill level. Sometimes it's just fun to draw a cartoon version of something rather than focus on heavy realism.
Penguins cannot fly of course. Their wings have evolved into flippers for swimming. On land they are slow animals waddling from place to place but in the water they are extremely fast and graceful.
Their black and white coloring is for camouflage in the water. If a predator (like a seal) is in the water with them they look down into the deep water their black backs help the penguins to blend into their dark surroundings so they don't stand out.
Their white bellies help them to blend in with the bright areas of the water. If a predator is below them in the water and looks up the sun is shinning down into the water. Their white bellies then help them to blend in with their bright surroundings.
Most people think of penguins living in only cold temperatures. While it's true many live in Antartica penguins can also live in warm climates. Penguins can be found in southern Africa and as far north as the Galapagos Islands.
Step 1
Draw an egg shape. This will be the outline of our penguin's body.
Step 2
Draw the penguin's eyes.
The pupils of his eyes will have a small white circle in the upper left. This is to show light reflecting off his eyes and makes our drawing look extra cute.
Step 3
Draw the beak. Then draw an oval on his belly marking the part of his body that will remain white.
Step 4
Draw the penguin's wings and feet.
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Finish up your drawing by coloring your penguin in your favorite medium.
Congratulations on finishing the how to draw a penguin tutorial?
How does it look? I would love to see your drawing and I'm sure the other readers would as well. Please post your drawing in the comments section below and also feel free to share any comments or feedback you may have.


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Dec 2015 | Apprentice Class of 2015
Congratulations to our latest wave of apprentices who have successfully completed their training and graduated as fully qualified technicians.
Congratulations to our latest wave of apprentices who have successfully completed their training and graduated as fully qualified technicians.
The apprentices have undergone an intensive three-year programme which teaches all aspects of vehicle repair and maintenance at purpose-built facilities in Shrewsbury.
Six apprentices at levels 2 and 3 took went on to take part in a series of competitions to determine the 2015 Apprentice of the Year. After very closely fought contests, the top prizes went to Mark Saunders (Level 3) from our West Ealing autocentre and William Elliot (Level 2) from our Ilkeston autocentre. They join the ranks of former Apprentice of the Year Elijah Wood who went on to represent the UK in the World Skills competition this year in Brazil.
Andy Randall, Managing Director, commented: "Every year it is wonderful to see so many of our apprentices complete their training and get the recognition they deserve for the hard work they put in over the three year programme".
The Halfords Autocentres apprentice programme is one of the largest in the UK motor industry, supporting ambitious apprentices to complete a modern apprenticeship and achieve a vocational qualification and diploma.
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Alan Hall wrote earlier this week about the four guiding principles of successful acquisitions in An Acquisition Destroyed My Business. Why?
In that spirit, here are the inside stories from founders about recent acquisitions that were highly successful, and even more importantly, the details of their acquisitions that failed. Yes, I was able to find at least a few brave souls who were willing to talk about their failures as well. May we learn from their wisdom.
Carl Shepherd, Founder, HomeAway
First up is the Co-Founder of HomeAway, Carl Shepherd, who's spearheaded 18 global acquisitions in the past eight years--an average of more than two acquisitions per year. Prior to joining HomeAway he was COO of Hoover's Online and also oversaw multiple acquisitions there as well. In fact it's fair to say he's become a bona fide expert, to a level that he actually made a presentation on the topic this past week at SXSW. Here's the link to a portion of that session:
In summary, Shepherd advises entrepreneurs to be clear and strategic about the type of company they're seeking. He notes that HomeAway sought the market leaders in each country within a very tight range of business models to select the 18 acquisitions (so far) they've pursued. Here are his basic rules:
1. Court them. Become their friend to learn what's important to them (e.g., the company's legacy, their desire for their teams to live on, or just money) and gauge how willing they are to sell. This is especially important when acquiring small businesses.
2. Don't rely on traditional valuations. Small businesses are immune to valuation discussions based on discounted cash flows or public multiples. Instead, they often have a number in mind and your task will be easier if you figure out if you can pay what they want instead of immediately resorting to charm and negotiating skills. Their reality is what they want to see in their checking account when the transaction closes.
3. Use the best advisors you can get. Having the best lawyers, accountants and auditors will make the process go much more smoothly.
4. Advise the seller to get the best advisors they can get, too. It's far easier to work with an experienced M&A attorney than the seller's brother-in-law who is a public defender, but wants to help.
5. Focus on integration from day one. Clearly define how you'll integrate the business into your existing company, and do not underestimate the need for a cultural fit. Combining companies with different business models or whose workers have substantially different values might make integration and operations too complex.
6. Have a plan. Determine if you will retain the talent or the technology well in advance, and make sure the target understands the plan so they can help you identify weaknesses.
Shepherd was also willing to share the details of an acquisition that failed: "When I was COO of Hoover's Online, we identified a target that had created a veritable traffic magnet, but they had not developed the advertising organization to profit from it. We focused too much on that inventory, banking on the fact that we had a cracker-jack ad sales team and were perpetually sold out at Hoovers.com. Just as we closed, the bottom dropped out of the ad sales market, cost per thousand impressions plunged (CPMs), and we had not created plans for developing other revenue streams fast enough."
"The acquisition failed, not because we didn't know what we were buying, and not because we were unsuccessful in integrating the culture (they were smart, great people), but because we had not laid out a longer term strategy for diversifying their revenue stream that we could tap into stemming from a macroeconomic challenge."
Willan Johnson, CEO, VivoPools
Next up is VivoPools. This Los Angeles provider of pool maintenance and service was founded in 2009 has had 15 acquisitions to date, ranging from a one pool route to a pool business with 15 employees. Since opening its franchise business in 2012 the pool care franchise has made acquisitions in four states and has found acquisition to be a highly efficient and beneficial route to garnering clients in unexplored markets. The CEO, Willan Johnson, looks for small businesses that have strong client orientation, profitability, and that are well run. When looking for a brand to acquire, Johnson says, you should make sure the target business has strong financials and is culturally aligned your company.
Johnson also makes sure to address underlying questions such as the presence of lawsuits and what the company's worker compensation history is like. Once these factors have been worked through, the integration process begins with a rollout of human resource processes and they begin the process of transitioning the brand to the Vivo model. Roughly 50% of the time the company will move to the Vivo name right away; however, if the pool company being acquired has a strong presence in the market, the company may opt to wait for as long as a year. For example, when Vivo acquired Crystal Tech in Tucson, Arizona, it opted to leave the existing brand in place for six months. Then they changed the company name to the Crystal Tech-Division of VivoPools for another six months. Finally, after a full year of transition, they altered the name to Crystal TechVivoPools. This is a function of every market being different, a factor you must handle carefully to ensure success, Johnson says.
Overall, Johnson advises others to be sure to have all employees on board with an acquisition first, and only then should you transition the customers. The internal team must fully understand why the change is better, and when they do, they will play a key role in enacting the change in an a positive way with the company's customers.
Acquisition has been a critical strategy in Vivo's expansion in just four years beyond California to Nevada, Arizona, and Florida as well. In all, the company currently serves 3,000 residential accounts and 250 commercial customers including W Hotels.
Jaime Brown, COO, Cellairis
Jaime Brown, COO, of Cellairis, which owns and operates a network of cellphone accessory stores, also counts acquisition as one of the key growth strategies that has allowed this 10-year-old brand that began franchising in 2005 to expand to 700 locations at the end of 2012.
"Acquisition can be a powerful growth model since it allows us to focus on businesses that already have knowledge of a segment of our industry, can provide an expansion of our products or services, and are based in desirable locations," Brown says. "The obvious trick is always the process of converting the prior owner to our systems and model to ensure we provide customers with a similar experience regardless of the store or location."
Robert Smith, Founder, Champion Media Worldwide
Next, words to the wise from Robert Smith, the founder of Champion Media Worldwide, a search engine marketing company in Rockton, Ill.


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Linebacker Leroy Hill has rejoined the Seattle Seahawks on Monday after being asked to stay away from all prior offseason workouts.
Hill, facing a domestic assault charge in Issaquah from an April 10 incident with his girlfriend, is with the team for its off-field work today, a team spokesman confirmed.
The club will provide no further update on his situation until Tuesday when the Seahawks' OTA practice is open to the media.
Jason LaConfora of the NFL Network first reported Hill's return on his Twitter account.
LaCanfora is also saying the Seahawks remain "quite interested" in Buffalo running back Marshawn Lynch, should the Bills decide to trade him.
Hill was in Issaquah Municipal Court last week for a pretrial hearing. Further preliminary hearings are scheduled for July 14 and 23, leading to a trial in late July if the proceedings continue.
Hill, 27, has missed most of the team's offseason program while third-year pro David Hawthrone has been working in his outside linebacker position with Seattle's No. 1 defense.
The team has two OTA practices this week, then a three-day minicamp next Tuesday through Thursday before taking a break until the start of full training camp on July 31.
Head coach Pete Carroll said last week that he expected some answers soon regarding Hill's status.
Hill, who is already on a one-year probation after pleading guilty to a marijuana charge in Georgia, will likely receive some sort of suspension from the NFL after his court situation plays out in Issaquah.
What exactly did the team accomplish by asking Hill to stay away the past two months? Mike Sando of ESPN.com looks at the possible motives.
Clearly the club wanted to send some message, given most teams in that situation allow the player to continue working out. If they'd wanted to get Hawthorne ready to fill in, they didn't need to keep Hill away, they could simply have worked Hawthorne with the first unit and put Hill with the No. 2s.
That also would have sent a message, but the way they played it was even stronger. Hopefully some more-concrete answers on Hill's status with Carroll will emerge now that he's back with the club.


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TEL AVIV (May. 15)
An Israeli patrol surprised and killed three heavily armed terrorists trying to infiltrate into Israel from south Lebanon last night. The Incident occurred at 9 p.m. local time when the three were caught in the process of cutting through the barbed wire security fence just east of the Rosh Hanikra border checkpoint.
Security sources said documents found on the bodies indicated that the men were members of George Habash's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and that their mission was to seize hostages at Kibbutz Hanita and hold them for the release of terrorists imprisoned in Israel. The Israeli patrol suffered no casualties in the brief exchange of fire that marked the incident.
Meanwhile, a Tel Aviv district court judge imposed life prison sentences today on two young Arab women and a man who comprised a terrorist call allegedly responsible for the deaths of at least six persons and injuries to more than 130 others in a long series of terrorist acts, mainly in the Jerusalem area. Those convicted were Jamal Yassin, 22 and Nadia el-Tyat and Nan Masieh, both 21. A fourth member of the group, Aataf Yousef, 22, was sentenced to 20 years.


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Continuing steadily with its "Roger Corman's Cult Classics" line of DVDs, Shout! Factory digs into the vaults for this double pairing. The two films are very different (and a full decade apart) as far as style and execution, but the duo is ingeniously paired as they're both haunted house thrillers that involve returning apparitions and the violent vengeance that goes along with their returning presence. THE EVIL was an independent production distributed theatrically by Corman's New World Pictures, while 1988's TWICE DEAD was released by his Concorde Pictures.
In THE EVIL, psychologist C.J. Arnold (Richard Crenna, WAIT UNTIL DARK) and his doctor wife Caroline (Joanna Pettet, WELCOME TO ARROW BEACH) purchase a dilapidated mansion (since the price was right), with the intention of turning it into a drug rehabilitation center. One weekend, they gather a group of friends, students and patients to help dust, clean up the cobwebs, and get the lofty residence up to par. C.J., who is introduced as not believing in organized religion, removes a cross stuck between the handles of a cellar trap door, and unbeknownst to him and everyone else, releases a smoking, evil force. While Caroline is warned by a friendly ghost of the dangers within the house, her hubby doesn't want to believe that any supernatural incidents are possible, that is at first. When the evil is unleashed, it basically seals up the house so no one can exit, and with plenty of guests within its walls, victims are going to succumb one after the other in expectedly violent ways.
A rather traditional haunted house thriller with a slim plotline that milks the sub-genre for all its worth, THE EVIL is actually an entertaining, well-paced film, even if it's not all that scary or logical for that matter. Shot almost entirely on location in a single mansion, the creaky secluded setting, along with tight direction and a fine cast make this one worthwhile, even though it's hard to understand why the film got an R rating (well, one scene involving a character's hand and a power saw stills packs a gory punch and is definitely not for the squeamish). With all the "hell breaking loose" antics that occur here, it's hard to believe this was shot well before THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, and it was released before all the "house" horror pics which dominated the genre along with the endless slasher films in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Doing a good job of it, especially considering the film's low budget and non-studio scenario, director Gus Trikonis had more than a few drive-in flicks under his belt (FIVE THE HARD WAY, THE SWINGING BARMAIDS, MOONSHINE COUNTY EXPRESS, etc.) before concentrating on a prosperous television career after THE EVIL's completion.
Victor Buono appears as the rotund "Devil" during the film's final moments, sporting a white Ricardo Montalban suit (which must have been purchased at the fat man's shop) and seated against an all-white background. Several reference books claim that his scenes were omitted from some prints, but is there anyone yet to see a verion of this film without him? Debate often surfaces questioning whether or not his appearance ruins things: I myself love Buono, but seeing him during this period, even with face-shifting demon make-up, always reminds me of his two memorable appearances on "The Odd Couple." Third-billed Andrew Prine (THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, which, thanks to MGM/Fox, is still not out on DVD) is good as the cocky professor having an affair with his much younger student (played by the gorgeous Mary Louise Weller, known for her unforgettable topless scene in ANIMAL HOUSE). Also in the cast are Cassie Yates (ROLLING THUNDER, which thanks to MGM/Fox is still not out on DVD), Lynne Moody (a victim of William Marshall's vampire in SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM) and Milton Selzer (BLOOD AND LACE, which thanks to MGM/Fox is still not out on DVD) as a realtor.
TWICE DEAD: In the 1930s, stage actor Tyler Walker (Jonathan Chapin) hangs himself after a love-obsessed candlelit ritual involving a female mannequin. Decades later (1988 to be exact), the decaying house where this all happened still rests in a declining L.A. neighborhood, and a nice but financially struggling middle-aged couple (Sam Melville and Brooke Bundy) move in with their two teenagers, Scott (Tom Bresnahan) and Robin (Jill Whitlow). The kids instantly have problems with a leather-clad punk gang who they discover on their doorstep, and they continually prove to be relentless in their tormenting. Killing her cat and nearly molesting poor Robin in the middle of the night, the firing of Dad's shotgun is enough to keep these juvenile scoundrels away, but not for long. With the parents away tending to their financial affairs, Scott and Robin are victims to a home invasion by this gang, and even though they manage to turn the tables on their antagonists, the only one who can save them in the end is the wandering ghost of Tyler Walker.
As far as the crop of horror outings from the late 1980s goes, TWICE DEAD isn't that bad at all, despite its switchblade-wielding, spike-haired lot resembling a bunch of refugees from the previous year's THE LOST BOYS. The film's story is played out on multiple levels, including the main character of Scott becoming obsessed with the late actor's knack for trickery and illusion, and using it against the home invaders for grand guignol type shocks, and the outward gore is then all too real as Tyler's ghost helps brother and sister by slaughtering all their perpetrators in some rather inventive ways. With its apparition appearing in the reflection of mirrors, and a dark, creepy house as its centerpiece, the film does have a good amount of atmosphere, even if it tends to be hokey. The gore effects are actually quite good, especially considering the budget, and even though there's not much in terms of nudity (a standard in 1980s teen horror flicks), buxom Charlie Spradling (SKI SCHOOL) does go topless in one of the film's best (and let's say electrifying) death scenes. Todd Bridges (of "Diff'rent Strokes" fame, here two years after the series had left the airwaves) plays a neighborhood kid who befriends Scott, and he (or rather his stuntman) meets an untimely fate.
Presented here as a double feature, the disc features a main menu in the style of a grindhouse theater lobby, and you can watch the two features separately or as part of the "Roger Corman Experience", meaning there's two trailers before each as well as a classic intermission snipe in the middle. While these transfers don't look as polished as some of the others in the "Roger Corman's Cult Classics" collection, they still look quite good, both presented anamorphic (1.78:1). Colors are stable and detail is fairly sharp, though both films suffer from some speckling (more so in the case of TWICE DEAD, which has debris and print lines in several spots). The mono audio on both titles is fine, with no noticeable snags.
Each film has a worthwhile commentary, and both are moderated by Walter Olsen. THE EVIL features director Gus Trikonis, writer Donald Thompson and director of photography Mario Di Leo. The three participants have a good time recalling what it was like making this low budget opus within this former hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico with limited resources, and how they had to use skill and imagination to get the kind of picture they wanted. TWICE DEAD's commentary features director/co-writer Bert Dragin and lead actor Tom Bresnahan, reunited here for the first time in years. The two are very enthusiastic about recalling the shoot (on location in L.A., and most of it in a rented house) and there's tons of fun scene-specific details and anecdotes within. Actress Jill Whitlow is on hand for a featurette which lasts a little over 12 minutes, talking about such films she appeared in as NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (which has given her a huge following), WEIRD SCIENCE and of course TWICE DEAD, and she concludes with why she left acting to concentrate on her family. There's a trailer and TV spot for THE EVIL, as well as bonus trailers for KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS, DEATH RACE 2000, THE TERROR WITHIN and NOT OF THIS EARTH (Traci Lords) which are playable as a group or as part of the aforementioned "Roger Corman Experience". (George R. Reis)


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Peng, Z. (1986). Synthesis of VLSI Systems with the CAMAD Design Aid. Technical Report LiTH-IDA-R-86-28, Department of Computer and Information Science, Link—ping University, Sweden. Also published as part of the Proc of the 23rd ADM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, Las Vegas, June 29 - July 2, 1986. (bibtex),
Abstract: CAMAD is a high level design tool which helps designers to model, analyze, and design VLSI systems. This design aid system is based on a unified design representation model derived from timed petri nets and consisting of separate but related models of control and data parts. The present paper describes the automatic synthesis package of the CAMAD system which takes a high level behavioral description as its input and synthesizes it into an implementation structure. This implementation structure may then be partitioned into several quasi-independent modules with well-defined interfaces, which allows potentially asynchronous operation of the designed systems as well as physical distribution of the modules.
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