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Mary Dressendofer '92 is proof that your degree doesn't limit your career choices – it expands them. Dressendofer majored in psychology at Montclair State, went on to work at a Big Four firm as a tax attorney, then opened her own dance studios.
As a student at Montclair State, Dressendofer was on the executive board of her sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, and was active in events on campus, such as Homecoming. Throughout her career as a student, she lived in various residence halls across campus. "Where didn't I live?" she jokes. "Montclair State was the best four years of my life. I loved it. I was involved and always motivated. The entire Montclair State experience was great. I loved my classes and did well. At the time, I wanted to be a teacher, and I student taught as well." Along with her psychology major, she also took dance classes. Her love of the art would never leave her.
After graduating from Montclair State, Dressendofer continued her education. After spending some time teaching ESL at a business school and obtaining a paralegal certificate, Juris Doctor degree and a Masters of Tax Law degree, she began a position as a tax attorney at a Big Four firm. She loved practicing law, and ended up working with the firm for 16 years. Throughout those years as a tax attorney, she never stopped dancing. She continued to teach dance privately, employing the teaching skills she learned at Montclair State with her dance students.
While she was employed at the firm and busy raising a family, Dressendofer began working with Dancers Pointe Studio in 2008. Her former dance instructor, Cathy Karosick, approached her and together, they opened four more Dancers Pointe Studios across New Jersey. The company has grown from 100 to more than 1,000 students during the time she has been co-director. In addition to the four locations owned and managed by Dressendofer and Karosick, the first franchised Dancers Pointe Studio will open on March 1 in Boonton, N.J. Dancers Pointe holds the record of being the first dance studio in the United States to franchise.
Today, Dressendofer works full-time at Dancers Pointe. "I was laid off from the firm in August, but luckily, I had built up the dance studio enough to make a living." Balancing work, family and dance is hard work, and Dressendofer credits her personal discipline and drive with her success. "The secret to success is hard work. No one handed it to me. It helps to have a great partnership and support system."


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All candidates, whether from the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP), People's National Movement (PNM) or The Platform of Truth (PFT), have expressed confidence of a win in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election come January 21.
The three main political parties in the race filed their nomination papers yesterday.
Scarborough/Calder Hall is a three-way fight between PNM candidate and current THA Chief Secretary Orville London, TOP candidate Anthony Arnold, who lost to London in the 2009 election, and Andre Phillips of the Platform of Truth, who lost his deposit as an Independent in 2009. After filing his papers, London said the process was a smooth one as the PNM party had a dry run. There were no challenges, he insisted.
"The PNM is quietly confident. The issues have been properly articulated to the people and this has resonated to them. Once this continues we will be in good stead," London said.
Phillips said, in reporting for duty to represent the people, it must be noted that this election is crucial and critical for Tobagonians, while attorney Arnold also expressed confidence.
Ashworth Jack, TOP leader and candidate for Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah, was still riding high from his party's presentation of candidates on Sunday.
On the TOP's chances, Jack said: "We feel fantastic, we feel great."
TOP candidate for Lambeau/Signal Hill, Pastor Robinson Alleyne, said Tobagonians are looking at the issues of the day.
"I feel really great about the TOP's chances. People are really seeing the issues, he said.
PNM candidate Sheldon Cunningham, who will come up against TOP leader Jack, knows he will be in for a tough fight.
"Never felt better," said Cunningham. "I know the chances might be tough on the ground, but I have done my work and it will be up to the people of Tobago to choose me as their representative."


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After Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli announced following his team's 2-1 Game 6 loss at the hands of the Maple Leafs last night that their airplane had malfunctioned forcing the team to stay an extra night in Toronto, fans in Ontario's capital city began to rejoice.
As if they hadn't already been rejoicing.
In what was an extremely entertaining contest, the Maple Leafs shocked the hockey world by defeating the Bruins in Game 6 to force their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal s...
No one really knew who James Reimer was when the Toronto Maple Leafs drafted him in the fourth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. As far as the majority of Toronto fans and media knew, Reimer was just another goalie who had made it that much closer to making it to the big leagues.
Fast forward seven years from the draft and Reimer is a Toronto celebrity; everyone knows who he is. But it wasn't easy for Reimer to get to this point. He had to pay his dues in the minor leagues before making his way up. Once he made it to the NHL, the real adversity began.
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Let the jokes begin.
In all seriousness, this game is a big one for the city of Toronto and fans of the Maple Leafs. The last time people were so invested in the Blue and White was when the team sat above the Eastern Conference standings early in the 2011-2012 season only to crash and burn to a 13th place finish. Fans hope the team will come away with a better result but history isn't o...
Many people doubted the Toronto Maple Leafs heading into the 2013 playoffs but as the team is showing, those who did were wrong to look down on them.
You may first ask yourself what the heck that's supposed to mean when the Maple Leafs find themselves down three games to one. After all, how could a team facing elimination in game five be doing so well?
The Maple Leafs' pre-playoff "haters" certainly had reason to put the team in a negative light at least when it came to their first round matchup. Facing the Boston Bruins, Toronto's chances at advancing to the second round were noticed as being slim-to-none before the puck even dropped on ga...


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A Toronto wedding DJ is the person who can set the right mood at your wedding reception. More than any other person, it is the DJ and MC whose efforts will make your wedding reception either truly memorable or a damp squib. Top wedding DJs set the right mood by blending the best music and songs so that everybody can have a truly enjoyable time.
Given the importance of Toronto wedding DJs, you must interview several performers before taking a last call. Talk to each of them armed with a questionnaire to ensure you don't miss out on something important. Always ask to meet the DJ who will perform at your event (and not some representative). Top wedding DJs should come across as cool yet respectful towards your queries.
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This article came across my desk today. When it first appeared I said to myself, "Yuks, Lady Gaga? Mmmmm Justin Beiber? What do they have in common? Well I'll read it anyway." I am so glad I did. I have to be quite honest with you here, Lady Gaga isn't one of my favorite artist. In the media there has been no real good story about her that gave me the opportunity to really know her story until now. I am really impressed by Anderson Cooper's interview. You need to watch this.
Well, when it comes to Justin Beiber, well you might say I am a wee bit bias. He is a Canadian and his family lives not to far from me. He has always shared his story and people have really got to like him fast. I died laughing at the David Letterman's interview with him. You need to watch it.
I was intrigued by these two stories. We really didn't know them until around 2008 when their careers really took off. Yet they have built their brand within a few years to a multi-million dollar enterprise dispute the many, many thousands of great artists and singers. So, I ask you this question, "Despite all your competition within your niche what makes you stand out, what makes you unique that makes you millions?" There is a lesson to be learned here for all us entrepreneurs. I challenge all entrepreneurs, no matter what niche, to think outside the box and create your own uniqueness to develop their multi-million dollar brand.
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Public health expert David Dausey, Ph.D., discusses the "Lifelong Mobility Project," a global initiative of Mercyhurst University and a team of partners designed to better understand the causes of disability in developing countries and to provide wheelchairs and mobility options for disabled children. (Mercyhurst College)
A team of global partners has tasked itself with the daunting challenge of bringing mobility to disabled children of developing nations.
"Mobility to a child in a developing country is the difference between education versus no education, societal engagement versus no societal engagement and individual freedom versus dependence," said David Dausey, Ph.D., director of the Mercyhurst University Institute for Public Health, who directs the partnership.
Dausey recently traveled to Guanajuato, Mexico, with a team of students, volunteers and researchers to develop and pilot test the Lifelong Mobility Project, using the 4R model (Recycle, Reuse, Repair and Retrofit). The research project is designed to increase the life cycle of wheelchairs by establishing a depot of parts and tools manned by trained technicians. All too often, Dausey said, children outgrow their wheelchairs or they break, often due to rough terrain. Typically, the wheelchairs are abandoned. It is hoped that the new depot in Guanajuato will strengthen mobility opportunities for disabled children and serve as the prototype for similar stations that Dausey hopes to replicate throughout Latin America.
The World Health Organization estimates that there are more than 650 million disabled people worldwide and that one in ten children in the world is disabled. Less than 5 percent of disabled children in developing nations have the opportunity to go to school.
Several years ago, Dausey began working with the American Wheelchair Mission and Telet-n Children's Rehabilitation Center in Mexico on a research project designed to better understand the causes of disability in developing countries and to increase the availability of wheelchairs to disabled children. The project, funded by the Benter Foundation, became known as the "Lifelong Mobility Project" because of its focus on helping disabled children to remain mobile for their entire lives. In recent years, multiple partners have joined or supported the effort, including Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, Rotarians and Knights of Columbus.
"The Lifelong Mobility Project is designed to ensure that all children in the world have the ability to be mobile," Dausey said. "Its goals are threefold: to find ways to prevent disability in children before it occurs, to maximize the availability of wheelchairs and mobility devices to disabled children and to ensure that children in need of a wheelchair get one that is designed to meet their needs."
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July 2014 - Oasis of the Seas to Caribbean - Western
Good Experience...Areas for some improvement
Ship was neat to experience....wait staff in My Dining were awesome....our Suite 6660 was excellent (minus never having both cold water faucets not working) and in a VERY convenient location. Being on the 6th deck and aft near the elevators was a Godsend as we were close to the My Time dining room and the activities on the main decks (6 for Boardwalk and 5 for Royal Promenade). Being aft on our deck also was convenient to take an elevator ride to the Concierge Lounge (deck 11), Sports/Pool deck (15) and Windjammer Marketplace (deck 16). Being that the ship travels to warm climates it would have been nice to have ice cream available at all times, especially after 8-9pm. Your only option after that time is ice cream that you have to pay for.
Areas of improvement could be in the room selection process, pushy photograhers, and our unyielding person assigned to clean and take care of our room.
1. Room Selection: We were told of our room 30+ days before we sailed and our cabin number was posted on our account on line and was confirmed at check in. Yet, when we went to our room, we entered the room and found that it was already given to another couple (as an upgrade for them cruising on back to back voyages) - and their luggage was there. While RC did a nice job at quickly fixing this error (and indentifying the correct room for the other couple), it didn't get our cruise started off on the greatest note and I questioned how this mistake could happen when rooms are pre-assigned well in advance.
2. Pushy photograhers - in them trying to get you to purchase their packages and not always clearly explaining how the pricing worked.
3. Unyielding maid assigned to clean and take care of our room - always wanted to know when we'd be out of our room, wasn't too kind in helping us get our clothing pressed for the 1st Formal night (a nice perk of having a suite), and not always understanding how the amentities of people a suite were to be handled (I'm talking about the smaller suite here).
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The municipality of Paracuru has the richest and most varied ecosystem on the Sun Down Coast. It has 17 km of coastline with beautiful beaches that go from the fishing village at the delta of the São Gonçalo river, to dunes, cliffs, calm bays, reefs with natural pools all the way up to the mangrove swamps of the mouth of the Curu river. All this is framed by coconut palms and an emerald green sea where rich flora and fauna live and reproduce in areas protected by law.
Paracuru was discovered in the second half of the XVI century, was proclaimed a villa in 1868 under the name Alto Alegre do Parazinho and became a municipality in 1951. This name in Tupi means Lizard of the Sea.
Area of municipality: 296.60 Km2.
Population: 30,000 habitants.
Economy: Agro-industry and animal raising with a specialty in buffalos and flowers for export.
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hello i m from bangladesh,
i use my nokia 3110c as my internet connection.i use it with xp via bluetooth,usb cable. n with fedora via usb cable. about 8 days ago i install kalyway leopard 10.5.2 .i resolve nvidia graphics n usb drive hot-plug problem through various forums. but i can not connect internet through my nokia modem. i now frustrated to find a solution. plz help me with it.
Bluetooth problem: i try to connect internet via (broadcom 2045 BT 2.0) + Nokia 3110c.but it some time connect and no response in sent and receive meter. after 3 or 4 min later connection disconnect. In console it says "modem not responding" like that.
usb problem : when i try to connect via Usb cable it seems worse,it not work a little bit. when i check console in the log i found a error that says "AppleUSBCDC failed to load" some thing like this.
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hi dude the same probs here but someone said it will work with isync..the process is using a nokia 3109..yet not clear to me
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JERUSALEM (Jul. 26)
The Jewish Agency deficit during the first nine months of the current year was 9,000,000 Israeli pounds, Dr. G. Josephtal, treasurer, reported today at the meeting of the World Zionist Actions Committee. He added that 2,500,000 pounds of the deficit was covered by long-term loans.
Zalman Shazar, head of the education department of the Jewish Agency, reported that approximately 70 percent of the Jewish youth in countries outside of Israel barely know the Hebrew alphabet. He described the difficulties in the field of promoting Jewish education abroad, pointing out that in 22 countries there is an acute shortage of teachers.
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In her past lives, Rebecca Hazelwood has been a photojournalist, an English Assistant in a French middle school, and a long-term substitute teacher in a high school, among other things. She's originally from Kentucky, but she's lived in Missouri, France, Georgia, and Chicago. Now, she lives in Louisiana, where she is a PhD candidate in English and an instructor.
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Although the concept of ultimate accountability appears to result in the loss of free will, many monotheists argue that a lack of belief in one's accountability to God and a rejection of moral absolutes is what drives non-believers to indulge in sinful behavior, under the alleged false pretense that a god does not exist.
This view raises some very interesting questions about the theistic perception of morality. If the faithful truly believe God's Law is necessary to guide human behavior, then let's imagine a "hypothetical" scenario where God does not exist and there is no final judgment or eternal consequences for one's actions. Under this scenario, do monotheists feel it would be acceptable to steal a car or rob their neighbor's home? If believers could know for certain that God does not exist, would it then be perfectly fine to murder someone in cold blood? If the thin veneer of God's moral law is the ONLY thing keeping Christians and other monotheists from looting, raping, and murdering their neighbors, then it reveals something very terrifying about the theistic system of value.
However, a divine, objective standard of morality not only fails as the basis from which to derive our true moral conscience, it cannot inform us about how we actually KNOW right from wrong. God is not subject to reveal the inner-workings of His moral barometer nor is God required to explain His moral reasoning, no matter how benevolent or malevolent a command might appear. God's Word IS The Law, therefore if God were to claim abstaining from adultery is morally good, then it would be so, just as if God were to claim killing the children of his enemies is morally good, then it would also be so.
"You shall not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14)
"Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks." (Psalm 137:9)
Even though some of God's commands might appear to contradict our understanding of right and wrong, the objective moral worth of the action in question is always upheld because it comes from God, period, case closed. Therefore, objective morality cannot inform our actions, it can tell us IF an action is right or wrong, but not WHY an action is right or wrong.
Although the seventh Commandment claims we should not commit adultery, it fails to provide an explanation as to why it is wrong in the first place. However, there a several stories throughout the Old Testament that tell of great leaders that were destroyed or lost their power because of adultery.
In 2 Samuel 11 and 12, the Bible recounts the story of King David and his affair with a married woman, named Bathsheba. When David learns Bathsheba is pregnant he devises a plan to send her husband Uriah to the frontlines of battle where he is subsequently killed, allowing David to marry Bathsheba and thus concealing her pregnancy. David's actions anger God and as punishment David's child becomes very ill. For one week David fasts and pleads with God, but to no avail, for on the seven day the child dies. (2 Samuel 12: 15-18)
Do monotheists base the decision to remain faithful to their spouse solely on what God commands? Is the lesson from David's story, that committing adultery could result in the slow and painful death of one's innocent child, truly a motivating factor for monotheists to refrain from committing this immoral act? Or rather, does the motivation to abstain from adultery go much deeper?
The desire that drives two people to remain faithful to one another is not a conditioned response to a command, but rather, is derived from consideration for the other person's feelings, out of love and mutual respect. We remain faithful to our spouse not out of coercion and fear of God's retribution, but out of concern for the potential loss of trust that would result by cheating on one's partner.
Here we can see that secular morality excels where Biblical morality fails, because a subjective moral standard is informative, whereas an objective moral standard is not. The desire to be honored and respected informs our moral reasoning that others are also entitled to honor and respect, as defined by the Golden Rule. Therefore, subjective morality can provide an answer to WHY it is important to be moral, whereas God's objective morality merely states the command and the resultant punishment.
The non-informative nature of absolute morality is sometimes difficult to observe when it comes to an issue such as adultery, where the immorality of an action is obvious to everyone, regardless of whether or not one believes in a god. However, this distinction is not so clear when it comes to certain passages in the Bible that promote inequality or injustice against opposing groups of people.
We have seen many examples of this earlier in the series, where the Bible promotes slavery and prescribes the death penalty for trivial infractions, such as non-belief and working on the Sabbath. However, objective morality's inability to inform our moral reasoning is most evident when Scripture promotes an action so heinous that if one were placed in a similar situation there would be no other option than to disobey God's direct command.
For a moment, imagine if God were to make a commandment that requires all believers to sacrifice their first born child in order to display their honor, devotion, and unquestioning faith in His Word. Even though believers are compelled to obey, how many will actually follow God's command, if to do so, means they must knowing go against their understanding of right and wrong?
This serves to highlight a famous philosophical question posed by Socrates to the theologian, Euthyphro. Originally found in the Dialogues of Plato, the "Euthyphro Dilemma" can be paraphrased as follows, "Is moral goodness commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?" The apologist William Lane Craig explains the dilemma and the argument against it.
Is what Craig says really true, that because God's very nature is good thus all moral goodness must emanate from God? God has historically commanded his followers to engage in immoral behavior. However, the fact believers could engage in immoral behavior simply because it has been commanded by God, shows us that the second half in the Euthyphro Dilemma is actually true — essentially anything can be considered morally good, so long as God approves.
In Genesis Chapter 22 God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. The Bible also claims Abraham dearly loves his son, and it would only be natural for Abraham to have experienced some kind of internal conflict with God's command, but in the end, Abraham is fully prepared to engage in the cold-blooded murder of his beloved child. It appears the simple fact that God commands an action makes the action acceptable, and the only conceivable explanation as to WHY it would be acceptable is because God has command it. As we can see, absolute morality is based on circular reasoning and therefore it is completely non-informative.
If our understanding of right and wrong is only supposed to emanate from God, it would seem that our internal sense of morality should never conflict with God's will. However, if Abraham could know that it is wrong to kill his child, despite the fact God has commanded it, where is this sense of morality derived? Although Genesis 22 never lets on that Abraham has reservations about killing his son, the fact Abraham dearly loves his one and only child seems to imply that he does. Any caring father placed in a similar situation would surely experience concern and hesitation about what he believes God has commanded him to do. However, perhaps Abraham did not have any apprehension or reservations about God's command. Maybe the scenario played out a little something like this…
There is no question that Abraham was a devout believer, but he was not a special case, for this story is applicable to everyone. Indeed, even if Abraham is a factious character, his story is useful as a parable, for it provides an example of the level of devotion God expects his most faithful servants to possess. We are given this story for no other reason than the simple fact it displays the degree of faith that God requires of us. Therefore, put yourself in Abraham's position. Imagine if God commanded you to murder your first born child. Who among you would even entertain the idea, let alone attempt it?
It is obvious no sane person would never behave as depicted toward the act of murdering their own flesh and blood, even if they believe God's voice is directing them to do so. Whether monotheists want to admit it or not, EVERYONE, both believers and non-believers, employ subjective reasoning in order to inform their understanding of morality. The fact we can still know right from wrong, despite what God commands, shows us that morality does not come from god, but rather, from our own subjective reasoning, morality comes from ourselves.
Because secular morality is not comprised of rigid commands handed down from upon high, we can take the information we glean from our moral reasoning, as well as from scientific investigation, and apply it to a wide range of situations in order to assess the degree of moral relevance on a case by case basis. Among the mainstream followers of the monotheistic faiths the moral implications of, premarital sex, occasionally smoking tobacco or even drinking alcohol in moderation are up for debate, but any sane, rational, self-respecting person that believes in a higher power would never sacrifice their children, even if it meant going against the explicit will of God.
Some theists may continue to argue that even though the Bible condones immoral acts like slavery, killing non-believers, and even possibility sacrificing your own child if called upon to do so, if moral absolutes do not exist, then how can anyone have the authority to claim another person's actions are wrong?
The proponents of objective morality commonly raise the question about Hitler and what makes his act of committing genocide against the Jewish people wrong if there is no objective standard by which to examine moral conduct. In other words, if morality is not fixed and absolute, what is the motivation to be moral, and who is to say that one version of subjective morality is any better than another? However, this is not the question we should be asking, but rather, if morality IS fixed and absolute, then how can there be so many different versions of objective morality?
The problem with debating moral issues regarding someone like Hitler is due to the very fact that Hitler believed in moral absolutes. It is clear from Hitler's speeches and writings that he was convinced moral standards are absolute and prescribed by God, but more importantly, Hitler believed he was actually conducting himself according to God's moral absolutes.
Although there is historical evidence to suggest Hitler was not a practicing Christian and may have even plotted to destroy Christianity all together, despite remaining in good standing with the Roman Catholic church until the time of his death, it is undeniable that Hitler believed in God. The exact version of God that Hitler believed in is irrelevant for the purposes of this discussion, because the fact still remains that Hitler believed he was conducting himself according to God's divine will, a fact repeatedly stated in public speeches as well as in his book, Mein Kampf.
"One cannot live faithfully and give up what has given meaning and purpose to one's entire life. That would not be so if it were not a cardinal command. And no earthly power gave us that command. For the God, our God, who created our people, gave us that command!"
-Adolf Hitler, Triumph of the Will
"What we have to fight for is the necessary security for the existence and increase of our race and people, the subsistence of its children and the maintenance of our racial stock unmixed, the freedom and independence of the Fatherland; so that our people may be enabled to fulfill the mission assigned to it by the Creator."
- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 8
"In short, the results of miscegenation are always the following: (a) The level of the superior race becomes lowered; (b) physical and mental degeneration sets in, thus leading slowly but steadily towards a progressive drying up of the vital sap. The act which brings about such a development is a sin against the will of the Eternal Creator. And as a sin this act will be avenged."
- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 11
"I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator."
- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 2
IF moral absolutes do indeed exist, then how is it possible for Hitler's objective version of morality to so greatly differ from other versions of objective morality, such as, those belonging to the very same people who believe in moral absolutes and are so quick to invoke the name of Hitler during debates of this nature?
Even if moral absolutes could exist, it would pointless to believe that they do, because it is utterly impossible to know with any certainty exactly what those absolutes are. The simple fact that different versions of objective morality can EVEN exist in the first place, renders a belief in moral absolutes meaningless — for how can anyone accurately determine which version of objective morality is correct if all parties believe they are following God's divine will?
Never mind how an atheist would convince Hitler that his version of morality is incorrect, how would a Christian convince the members of the Westboro Baptist Church that their understanding of God's morality is wrong? How would a Muslims convince al-Qaida that their understanding of God's morality is wrong? In fact, how could someone belonging to ANY religion convince the members of an opposing belief system that their understanding of divine morality is wrong? Because you cannot ask God which version is correct, because you cannot use absolute morality to infer anything beyond what you personally believe God states is right or wrong, any hope for honest debate is lost.
A belief in moral absolutes also prohibits learning by discouraging the examination of scientific evidence that might provide greater insight into moral questions. For instance, if Hitler had not based his morality on what he believed to be God's divine will, but rather, on scientific fact, he would have found there is no such thing as "racial purity" and simply upon those grounds he would have no basis upon which to commit genocide against any group of people.
Similarly, science has revealed that homosexuality is determined before one's birth and is not a choice as was once commonly believed; therefore, the United States should afford gays the same rights as every other tax paying American citizen.
Without the judges' ability to uphold laws and the legislature to shape public policy based on new evidence and changing culture perceptions, we would still have social injustices like, slavery, women would be unable to vote, and it would still be illegal for interracial couples to have a relationship. Indeed, if they could have their way, this is the kind of bigoted society many monotheists would like to return to.
Absolute morality leaves no room for debate and no leeway to accommodate society's changing perceptions about moral and social issues. The inflexible nature of moral absolutes discourages growth and understanding because the act of changing one's mind about God's divine, moral standard results in the appearance of hypocrisy and negates the very basis of objective morality. Therefore, despite all the rhetoric about seeking humility and being humble, monotheists can never change their minds about what they believe to be God's divine will, because their pride and unquestioning faith in God prevents them. Finally, fixed morality leads to elitism and provides fertile ground for tyrants such as Hitler to obtain influence and power.
In order to have a sound code of conduct that is applicable to everyone, that is accurate and consistent, yet adaptable to various circumstances, our understanding of morality can not be governed by the ambiguous will of a God that every religion interprets differently. Only a secular understanding of morality can achieve a logical, consistent, and all-encompassing code of conduct.
Hitler's actions were wrong because he systematically violated the core principles of secular morality, by denying the Jewish people access to their belongings, denying their want of freedom, and most importantly, denying their desire to live. Furthermore, Hitler caused a great detriment to society at large, not only in Germany, but across the entire world.


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This is likely to be the last dessert to even partially be baked in my kitchen for the summer. If you live in the Southern U.S., the most constant thing about our weather is the summer heat, which often pushes its way into Fall and, yes, even winter at times. But it's getting a little ridiculous even for us. We've endured one hundred degree plus temperatures for over a week now and it doesn't look to be much more promising any time soon. If we're not in a drought already, we soon will be. My yard is crunchy. Look, I know it's bad when my cat wants to stay inside and lay on the cool tile floors instead of prowling the yard for various feline thrills.
In the coming weeks, you'll see more meal ideas that are all about cooling off. It's a goal of mine, and I intend to keep it. Yes, I know more lucid and with-it folks have already started doing this, but I love baking so…yeah.
Oven, I love you, but it's time for you to go into hibernation. We'll reconvene in the fall with plenty of ideas I already can't wait to try.
All that being said, you can still get a lot out of this recipe if you're looking for cooler treats. The lemon curd itself is made on the stove top relatively quickly, and lots of people have it, for example, on toast for breakfast. You can use it on pancakes, or even as filling for those cute, fun ebelskivers.
I've made this tart several times now, and I've always used regular lemons. The grocery store had meyer lemons that day (which they usually never do) so I decided to give 'em a try. Yes, meyers are more expensive, but I figured it was just this once and I was curious to taste any possible differences. More on that later.
Meyer lemons are also, it seems, the prettier cousin. These were an almost orange color, and much smoother and, well, prettier. Not that it matters when it comes to eating them, but I guess I appreciated it nonetheless. Who doesn't like pretty fruit?
The zest even grated up more like orange zest. You all probably know by now, but I love citrus zest. Another reason for me to make this stuff.
First we have to make a tart shell, and for that, I always go now to the one made by Smitten Kitchen, her Great Unshrinkable Sweet Tart Shell. The tart recipe itself is Ina Garten's, but the first time I made her particular tart shell, I had such big problems with it that I opted for SK's instead, and it worked so much better.
So you can either refrigerate your tart pastry and then roll it out, or you can press the mixture into the pan, as you can see I did. I admit that I prefer to press it in because I'm too lazy to roll out dough, and pressing it in gets the recipe going quicker anyway. It is completely up to the cook.
Here's how the tart shell looked after it was baked and the curd poured – you'll see that mine did shrink a little, but all in all, it is still a good tart pastry shell recipe SK's got going. It's flaky and tasty and that's good enough for me.
While the tart shell has been baked and is cooling, you'll commence with getting your curd on.
You'll pulse together the sugar and lemon zest to make this delectable little bowl of lemon sugar. I'm betting this would taste grreeaaat in some tea this fall!
You'll use a hand or stand mixer to combine all the curd ingredients. And when you add and mix in the lemon juice, it will look like such a hot mess of a mistake. Don't worry if the texture comes out clumpy like above. It's just the butter separating a little. OK, a lot. Don't worry, it will smooth out on the stove top.
This is another recipe where you need to stir constantly. There's eggs in there and you don't want actual, real clumps to form via scrambled eggs. And see, the butter smoothed out and you've got one gorgeous, fragrant lemon curd.
At this point you can either bottle the stuff and refrigerate until time for tea or breakfast, or pour it into your tart shell.
Ina's recipe says to let the curd cool in the shell until it's set, then serve. I was always suspicious that the curd would truly set that well on its own, though, so I do refrigerate my lemon curd tarts for a while in the fridge. This one we ended up refrigerating overnight as it was getting late anyway and we'd soon have no natural light left to take pictures with. If you want to serve it the same day, I recommend making it earlier in the day so that it can have several hours in the fridge. It will still want to ooze a little once cut, but will hold up much better than having been left at room temperature. Plus, I just love this dessert on the cool side anyway.
It's a very simple-looking dessert that packs a smoothly powerful flavor to the the taste buds. It's elegant, it's classic and it's definitely a favorite of mine. Make a large tart to share, or make individual ones for your guests or family. If you like lemon, well, you can't go wrong with this one. Lightly sweetened, fresh whipped cream makes a perfect accompaniment to this. And hey – so does canned whipped cream you get in the refrigerated section of the store. Enjoy!
Lemon Curd Tart
Filling by Ina Garten, shell by Smitten Kitchen
Since I got the shell part of this recipe from Smitten Kitchen, please proceed to her site to retrieve her recipe for the shell. Follow her great, detailed instructions and then swing back by here for Ina Garten's lemon curd recipe. If you have any questions about the tart shell, I'll be glad to try to answer them for you.
For the filling:
- 4 lemons, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Remove the zest of the lemons with a vegetable peeler or zester, being careful to avoid the white pith. Squeeze the lemons to make 1/2 cup of juice and set the juice aside. Put the zest in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the sugar and process for 2 to 3 minutes, until the zest is very finely minced. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugar and lemon zest. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until combined.
Pour the mixture into a 2-quart saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 10 minutes. The lemon curd will thicken at about 175 degrees F, or just below a simmer. Remove from the heat.
Fill the tart shell with warm lemon curd and allow to set at room temperature, or refrigerate to help the curd set up more. You can refrigerate for several hours or even overnight, so this makes a good one-day-ahead dessert.
So, do meyer lemons taste any different/better than regular lemons in this recipe? I say yes and no. I think regular lemons work great for this, but the meyer lemons do have a slightly more sharp flavor. A little more lemony. Is it enough to justify the extra expense of the meyer lemons? That's up to you. For me, they weren't that much more expensive, and the recipe only calls for four of them. I have no problem, though, using regular lemons should I not be able to get meyer lemons again.
The tart shell is a great one also because it's very sturdy. You'll need a good, sharp knife to cut into it, and do so slowly and carefully, especially as you get to the back part, the crinkled edge crust. Mine is always thickest at this point.
Again, if you don't ant to make a whole tart, you could opt for smaller individual ones, which always make for a cute presentation, or save the curd for other recipes and ideas.


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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Arizona law that allows the state to suspend or revoke the business licenses of companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants, paving the way for other states to establish similar systems.Read More »
Sen. Kyl refuses to give back Fiesta Bowl cash
The Fiesta Bowl shouldn't expect to be receiving a check from U.S. Senator Jon Kyl any time soon, as he has rejected a request from the beleaguered bowl to return political contributions made by its employees.Read More »
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Arizona News Service Editor Jim Small talks about the additional budget cuts that Arizonans could end up seeing in the near future.Read More »
Group plans major overhaul of presidential election process
A group of frustrated voters from across the political spectrum is hoping to reform the way the nation elects its president, and Arizona will be on the front lines in that fight next year. The only question remaining is whether the state's conservative lawmakers are willing to abandon the current constitutionally established election method that is as old as the nation.Read More »
Bennett files exploratory committee for governor
It may be nearly 40 months away, but the Republican primary contest for governor in 2014 has officially begun. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Ken Bennett formally filed the paperwork to create an exploratory committee for governor.Read More »
Politicos salivate as Adams challenges mentor for Congress
With the legislative session over, Kirk Adams was finally able to do what he'd wanted to do for months, and what some have expected him to do for years: run for Congress.Read More »
Tobin picked as new Arizona House speaker
Andy Tobin has been unanimously elected to be the new speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives as the former speaker.
He replaces Kirk Adams, who stepped down as speaker in advance of his resignation from the Legislature. Adams and his aides have not said why he is leaving, but he is widely expected to run for Congress.
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New York University Professor Dr. Jeffrey T. Sammons shared his research of the life and career of African-American PGA Professional Jimmie DeVoe during appearances Feb. 17, at the PGA Museum of Golf in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and at PGA of America Headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens.
"I can't think of any single golf professional or member of The PGA of America who could help us trace the trajectory of The PGA of America in terms of race relations better than Jimmie DeVoe," said Dr. Sammons, a member of the New York University faculty since 1989.
DeVoe gained full PGA membership in 1962. The talented golf professional is credited as the golf instructor for such celebrities as the Mills Brothers, Ben Blue, Nat King Cole, Joe Louis and Tom Bradley, the first African-American mayor of Los Angeles.
Althea Gibson, who became the first African-American woman to compete on the world tennis tour and first to win a Grand Slam title, also made the career switch to golf as the first African-American member of the LPGA tour. Gibson also received lessons from DeVoe.
"To give you some sense of just how people thought of Jimmie DeVoe, when Althea Gibson decided to move from tennis to professional golf and the LPGA Tour, she decided she was going to have a series of lessons, and her first four lessons were from Jimmie DeVoe," said Sammons.
In 1944, DeVoe became the first African-American to compete in the Los Angeles Open and later became one of the first African-Americans to gain membership in The PGA of America after the rescinding of the Caucasian Clause in 1961.
"Jimmie lived to be four days short of his 91st birthday and still had lessons on his books when he passed away," said Sammons. "Golf was a way of life for him, a livelihood, and it actually was his life."


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In a surprising twist, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to decline requests from U.S. immigration officials to apply more stringent detention rules to arrested individuals depending on citizenship status.
Advocates in attendance said the council made a landmark policy decision believed to be the most comprehensive and definitive in the nation as far as refusing altogether to cooperate with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program to detain and potentially deport non-citizens who are arrested.
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I thought nullification was illegal. Why do we always let these leftist crapholes like Berkeley get away with it?
It's a race to the bottom, and Berkeley is nosing ahead of Oakland.
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For your convenience, SCAtoday.net provides this list of links to the official kingdom calendar pages.
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Major "wars" and other large events held by living history groups
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Submitted by Webmaster on Fri, 2013-08-23 16:06
For your convenience, SCAtoday.net provides this list of links to the official kingdom calendar pages.
50th Year Celebration - Bid Extension
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2012-08-04 10:51
The Board of Directors is very pleased to have received a number of excellent bids for the SCA's 50th Year Celebration. However, due to the special needs of this very special event, it has been decided to extend the bid process to July 31, 2012.
Knowne World Costuming Symposium Deadline Approaches
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2006-11-10 11:21
The Knowne World Costuming Symposium 2006 will be held in the Barony of Jararvellir (Madison, WI) in the Kingdom of Northshield on Friday, November 24 – Sunday, November 26, 2006.
Teachers Sought for Known World Costume Symposium
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2006-09-06 20:40
Baroness Eithni ingen Talorgain is looking for instructors for the upcoming Known World Costuming Symposium which takes place November 26, 2006 in the Barony of Jararvellir (Madison, Wisconsin).
PainBank: An SCA-centric podcast
Submitted by Richard on Thu, 2006-03-02 12:00
Richard fitzWilliams and Kith the Silent, both from the Midrealm, have inaugurated a podcast series of interest to SCAdians. The PainBank podcasts will feature mostly armoured combat topics initially, but the creators hope to branch out to other topics soon.
SCA Fortieth Year Celebration
Submitted by Justin on Wed, 2006-01-18 14:43
From the event web site:
"Come ye one and all to the 40th Year Celebration of the Society for Creative Anachronism in the great Kingdom of An Tir! This glorious revel will take place in Randle, Washington from May 5th to 15th, 2006, sponsored by the Shire of Fire Mountain Keep and the Barony of Glymm Mere. Location:
Darter the Chronicler's SCA Photo Albums
Submitted by Darter02 on Thu, 2005-12-22 11:31
Darter the Chronicler has thousands of images online from SCA events and activities, and more are frequently added.
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If you want to comment on a photo or a gallery please do so. In fact, I encourage it, especially if you know who is in the photo or what is happening in a photo. I do ask that people remain civil and to NOT post any derogatory comments. I will just delete those.
Enthusiast plans "Reenactment Fest" event
Submitted by Justin on Fri, 2005-02-04 01:20
Mike Bollow, a reenactment enthusiast, is in the early stages of planning a "reenacting convention" that would welcome members — and interested visitors — from reenactment organizations across many time periods and cultures.
Children at War
Submitted by Aoife on Thu, 2003-05-08 16:27
Dame Aoife Finn, the AEthelmearc Chancellor of Youth, offers sound advice on how to prepare children to attend War.
Sleeping Tight in the SCA
Submitted by Aoife on Fri, 2003-05-02 20:37
Camping season is here! Do you have a comfortable place to sleep? Aoife shares sources for Medieval and Renaissance beds in this week's column.
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keep finding that my answers to the area between equation and curve are "correct", only wrong sign. Happens too frequently to be coincidence. Any help?
Well, it might be more complicated than that. Let me give you an example, and see how you do. Find the area enclosed between the two curves and from to
Here's a plot (which, incidentally, I would always start out by doing. It gives a great overview of the kind of thing you need to do.)
How would you start?
[EDIT]: Fixed link. Thanks to NOX Andrew.
Your link is broken for me. In case it is also broken for hunt798, here is the link to the plot again: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Plot[{x^2,2-x^2},{x,-2,2}]
Sounds to me like you are mixing up which curve is above the other.
For example, if I were asked to determine the area between the curves and , the first thing I would is draw (or at least visualize) the graphs, noting that they intersect when so that . That is they intersect at (-1, 1) and (2, 4). I would also recognize that the graph of is always below the graph of y= x+ 2 so the area between them is given by
Had I mistakenly written the integral as
(perhaps just because I am used to writing polynomials with highest power first!)
I would get .


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Sharing some of my favorite skincare products of late. I go through lots of products at the same time, and once in a while, I like to do a round-up post on some of the products that I enjoy using.
NARs Multi Action Hydrating Toner – A lovely hydrating and refreshing toner in watery gel consistency, with some brightening properties that help to combat the formation of pigmentation. I bought the toner because I really like its sleek and minimum packaging, and its' reasonably priced for such a large bottle. I enjoy using it in hot weather when my skin is not so dry, and it feels refreshing, lightweight and it mildly hydrates the skin. It also helps to clarify and deep clean the pores – If I apply this toner with a cotton pad even after washing my face with cleansers, sometimes there is still dirt and makeup residues left on the pad. It reminds me of the famous Clinique Clarifying Toner, but this is an alcohol free, and a much gentler and hydrating version of it.
Jan Marini Age Intervention Retinol Plus: I was a little skeptical about introducing retinol into my regime. My dermatologist highly recommended me to incorporate this 0.5% retinol serum nightly to start with, after I complained that I noticed some pores on my face becoming raindrop shaped which is clearly a sign of aging. I finally started using it about a month ago, and all I can say is what have I been missing out on all these years!! It has made a huge difference to my skin texture, as it truly visibly refines the pores over a period of one week. My complexion is looking more even, refined and the pores are more cleared, which in a way has improved the appearance of the pores. Retinol is also great for anti-aging, so if you start to see fine lines this is also a great product to consider. Not much firming and lifting effect from using it. Next on my to-try list will be the Chantecaillie Retinol Intense +.
Sulwhasoo Activating Serum: Reviewed here! Love this super hydrating and soothing serum which also helps to boost the benefits of other skincare products. The high concentration of ginseng also helps with blood circulation for a more youthful and radiant complexion.
Chanel Sublimage Regenerating Mask: As the mercury is dropping drastically in Australia, I am starting to appreciate this ultra nourishing mask more and more. You can see my full review here. In short, it's a lovely luxury ultra moisturizing mask with anti-aging and regeneration benefits. It's particularly great for those who are seeking the convenience of just using one product overnight (as a sleeping mask), and it gives you radiant, fully re-charged skin the next day.
Chantecaille Fruit and Acids Mask: This is an oldie but goodie which I really like to use once a week for exfoliating, clarifying the skin for a clearer complexion. It contains grapefruit and flower acids which help to take off the dead skin cells and re-texturises. It's very gentle, and the result is instant to a brighter, more even-toned, radiant complexion after one use.
Fresh Youth Preserve Serum: Last but not least, I can't believe this lovely serum from Fresh is discontinued. It's hydrating, lightweight and is absorbed into the skin immediately. Just a really lovely serum to use in the morning, and helps the makeup go on nicely. And the best thing about it is that it smells exactly like the Fresh Soy Cleanser – like heaven! I'm addicted to the smell of all Fresh skincare products!
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The financial sector ranks last out of the ten sectors in my sector rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. The funds in this sector consistently hold poor stocks and charge investors high fees.
A big part of the reason for this problem is that only 5% of stocks in the financial sector earn an attractive-or-better rating. Many of them have become overvalued due to optimism over the recovery of financial markets and the housing sector. Investors are driving up the price of big banks and REITs, ignoring the major issues hidden in the balance sheet and the footnotes to financial statements.
Citigroup (C) is a good example of a financial stock being bid up past its true value. Citigroup's issues did not start with the financial crisis. It has made negative economic earnings (meaning its return on invested capital has been lower than its weighted average cost of capital) every year going back to 1998 when my model begins. Given its outsized exposure (over $80 billion), relative to other banks, to bad mortgage assets, Citi is the most dependent on a housing turnaround to drive EPS growth, which will come from a reduction in credit costs not top line revenue growth.
The outlook for the rest of Citi's businesses and top line revenue growth is less than exciting as they depend on the pace of global growth. Moreover, I expect regulatory pressures to continue their gradual squeeze on big banks' profits. Even if we get a turnaround in housing, I doubt it will be enough to justify the expectations for future profit growth already baked into Citi's stock.
To justify its current share price north of $46, Citigroup needs to grow NOPAT by 11% compounded annually for nine years. Such a high valuation means the potential benefit of the housing recovery is already priced into the stock. C is a company with no recent track record of economic profitability, and the recovery in the housing market is not enough to make it an attractive investment, especially not at such a high price.
However, the issues for financials ETFs and mutual funds go beyond the relatively poor quality of the stocks in the sector. After all, there are still enough good stocks in the sector for funds to choose from.
Discover appears to be poised for further profit growth, but the market seems to disagree. At its current share price of ~$44.33, DFS has a price to economic book value ratio of 0.96, which means the market is actually predicting a permanent 4% decrease in NOPAT for DFS. Strong performance combined with low expectations makes DFS a low risk/high reward stock for investors.
The only problem is that financials ETFs and mutual funds are not allocating to DFS at all. No financials fund allocates more than 2.4% of its value to DFS. This is a company with rapidly increasing profits, almost no debt, and a cheap valuation that fund providers appear to be completely ignoring. Instead, mutual fund managers are allocating heavily to the very worst stocks in the sector.
Low-quality mutual funds in the financials sector are also successfully attracting investors. Fidelity Select Portfolios: Financial Services Portfolio (FIDSX) has over $600 million in assets despite the fact that it allocates 43% of its value to dangerous-or-worse rated stocks, including a 5% allocation to C.
The ability of mutual funds to attract investors even when they hold poor stocks is a problem for investors. There is a reason active management has a long history of not paying off: they can get away with it. Fund managers continue to be rewarded, even as most of them are doing a poor job of picking stocks. There are so few good funds out there because there is no incentive for funds to work hard at putting together quality portfolios. If investors are willing to pay fees for poor performance, then why bother to improve?
ETFs appear to be a possible solution to this conflict. By offering a low cost alternative to mutual funds, they put pressure on active managers to add value to justify their fees. The passively managed ETFs also hold higher quality stocks in the Financials sector. Still, the lack of any Attractive rated Financials ETFs shows that they are not doing well enough.
Compared to mutual funds, ETFs offer better management at a lower price. However, investors buying individual stocks can put together a much better portfolio with no fees at all. In the Financials sector, neither the active management of mutual funds nor the passive management of ETFs does a good job of identifying the best stocks the sector has to offer.
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Finally! Someone has solved the problem of the obsolete docking station. Samsung Electronics in May will begin shipping Central Station, a universal docking station that wirelessly connects any Windows laptop to a high resolution display, Ethernet, USB and audio. Starting at $449 list price, including an integrated 23-inch LCD display, Central Station is aimed initially at consumers looking for the simplicity of a single point of connection for printers, scanners, and devices in need of recharging and for consumption of 1080p content.
Samsung expects interest on the consumer side to come from home-office workers and families looking for a simple homework station that offers permanent connections to a full-sized keyboard, mouse and other input and output resources. A 27-inch version also will be available, and will list for $599.
Sometime in June, Samsung will begin shipping 27-inch and 24-inch models for the enterprise. It's here that avoidance of docking station obsolescence might be most pertinent. Though B2B pricing has not been announced, Samsung expects that as with the consumer edition, the docking station-enabled monitor will bring a premium of about $200 over similar Samsung monitor alone. "A [laptop-specific] docking station costs about $100, so from a corporate buyer's perspective, if you don't have to replace it once, it's already paid for itself," said Evan Horowitz, Samsung's product manager for consumer displays.
Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? Now that we've gotten an understanding of exactly how Central Station works, we think others must have been scared away by the challenges. The solution includes a USB 2.0 dongle and one-time driver install, which "virtualizes all the elements" that make up Central Station, explained Horowitz.
Next: Samsung's Secret Sauce
Those elements include a 1080p display, four USB ports (two of which are USB 3.0), Ethernet and stereo audio. To Windows, it just appears as if those devices are connected locally, with all Windows-based settings applicable. But they're actually attached over a single, proprietary Ultra-wideband wireless protocol. "That's Samsung's secret sauce," said Horowitz, and represents the most challenging part of the solution. Range is rated about five feet, depending on the environment, but we saw it working just fine at about 12 feet. Either way, it's clearly better than having to connect cables or even to dock. Once the laptop is in range, it just works.
In the enterprise, Central Station would clearly be terrific for board rooms, conference rooms, visitor cubicles and the like. But Samsung believes it's a great choice for any mobile user. "With the great number of virtual users in corporations today, whoever comes into the office can easily connect and get all the resources they need regardless of the laptop maker," said Horowitz. With VGA and HDMI inputs, Central Station also can work as a conventional monitor, a KVM switch for two computers, and if a USB dongle is unavailable, laptops can still connect via one of its USB 3.0 ports.
Available in May for consumers and in June for the enterprise, Central Station works with Windows XP and and Windows 7; drivers for Vista and Mac OS X are scheduled for sometime after September and will work with the same hardware. Available in 27-inch and 23-inch models, consumer editions are built with a two-hinge stand and TN panels, and include Samsung's lean-back and side-view software settings, which compensate for the technology's limited viewing angle. Enterprise editions will feature a more conventional pneumatic pillar stand and be built with 27-inch and 24-inch PVA panels.


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I like it. Simple and stylish, with good concept, good animation and good sound. A lot better outlines in this one too, it seems the graphics are slowly improving, keep up the good work!
phantom what r ya some sorta newgrounds spy writing 800000000000 word reports
on flashes
this wasnt funny but it was very imusing
wats laundry?
great song choice for the part wen he said im ur father.i love that song.air supply rules!!!.lol.im gonna finish watchin the series now.
Honestly, dreadful voices.
I have taken the appropriate time to watch the entire series that you made and quite honestly I must say I was actually a bit disappointed. In many flash makers you see improvement from each movie they make, a new technique, better voice acting. You however remain drifting in the same level of animating skill and voice acting which I found disappoint, now agreed, I have not made any flash worthy of submitting, but I have been judging flash successfully for over 2 years and I should know the difference. Now, visually the series progressed very little from first. It still has that simplistic way of drawing and animating, the drawing isn't bad when it's still but the animation usually only makes it worse, not a lot above average in my opinion. Same goes with style, just another attempt at comedy, one I find a bit boring. It just isn't so funny, I mean, even the "Oye" as the guy gets kicked out of the house just isn't right. It's all wrong in essence. And the voices, I'm sorry to burst the bubble but it needs much work. The microphone just feels cheap and the voices lack clarity. Not only clarity but character, it just isn't right for the voice of a small child to be that of a grown man. Get a new voice for it or improve your own. It just so horrible my ears bled. Violence was odd as well some how, the spanking? It is just getting too weird and less funny if you ask me. Interactivity was actually the one thing better than what I had anticipated. You had subtitles which made it nicer mostly because voices were nearly unbearable. I understand you were awarded for this flash but I also don't understand how so. Yes, it's not bad but I would have never figured it would a slow enough day, and a medium well flash would win an award. However I still believe it's nothing to be excited because of since it just disappointed me. In humor it was no success either, for some reason or another I just didn't find it funny it all, like a sunken ship if anything. And overall it just not that good. It's average, absolutely average and it must have been a slow day for you to win. But I will suggest some things for you to improve and maybe earn that award again and even more. Biggest problems to me, voices and animation, improve those and it will be much better. Now for the detailed explanation:
Graphics: 7, drawings weren't awful but I suspect your animation needs some improving. You need to learn a bit on proportions and while the comic book style isn't bad you might consider improving it as well a bit, you know, it couldn't hurt now could it.
Style: 7, the simple style of comedy. Even though I hate calling it that as it's not the least bit funny. Yes, you did try to make something, and to make it funny, but it just isn't. If there is anything that will help you improve this is the voices and animation. The voices being the worst.
Sound: 5, The voices were no good if you ask me, they all sounded quite similar and blurry. The clarity level of the voices was pretty bad. What you need is distinguishing voices that will not sound alike, not to even mention the main character has the voice of some small child.
Violence: 4, Violence does exist here but is poorly done. All I could see in this one was the whip, but that was both weird, badly drawn and boring to be considered violent. Needs much more work.
Interactivity: 6, It did have subtitles which is good considering that the voices are pretty annoying to listen to. But what I believe it needs is not a seek, or a pause button. What this flash needs is a mute button.
Humor: 5, It wasn't the least bit funny in my opinion. It was boring and didn't manage to maintain my interest, much less cause me to laugh or really enjoy it. Needs a lot of work to improve. Put in some real jokes instead of this dull and failing physical comedy. Make a remark, make a come back to it, any thing as long as you remove the dreadful boredom.
Overall: 6, now you've heard all I have to say and you probably hate me, but that doesn't matter, because one way or another, it's due time you improve man. Good luck next time.
Woah I looked at your reviews and they are all this long. Dang! Thanks for the review (or should I call it an essay?), as I'm making DL5 I'm realizing how not-so-great this one was (though I still think its good). Thanks.
You Have Really Improved!
See what happens when you keep trying? This is way better than the others in the series! The graphics were alot better and try to make it a little funnier. The voices could be a little better but i guess theres nothing you can to about that...
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This child's fancy is that she is queen.
- The definition of fancy is someone or something that is extravagant, elaborate, extremely skillful or graded as extremely high quality.
- An example of fancy is Zsa Zsa Gabor's fashion sense.
- An example of fancy is Gene Kelly's dance skills.
- An example of fancy are canned fruits of superior size and appearance.
- Fancy is defined as a whim, a mental image or a playful imagination.
An example of fancy is a child imagining herself a queen and pretending her family members are her royal subjects.
nounpl. -·cies
- imagination, now esp. light, playful, or whimsical imagination
- illusion or delusion
- a mental image
- an arbitrary idea; notion; caprice; whim
- an inclination, liking, or fondness, often transient: to take a fancy to someone
- Rare critical taste or judgment in art, dress, etc.
Origin of fancyMiddle English fantsy, contr. from fantasie: see fantasy
adjective-·cier, -·ci·est
- based on fancy; capricious; whimsical; fanciful
- higher than real value; extravagant: a fancy price
- made or added to please the fancy; ornamental; decorated; not plain; elaborate: a fancy necktie
- of superior skill; intricate and difficult: fancy diving
- of superior quality, and therefore more expensive: canned goods graded fancy
- bred for some special feature or excellence of type: said of animals
transitive verb-·cied, -·cy·ing
- to form an idea of; imagine
- to have a liking for; be fond of: to fancy rich desserts
- to believe something without being sure; suppose: they are, I fancy, still friends
fancy Idioms
fancy (that)!
can you imagine (that)!
the fancy
Obs. the enthusiasts of some sport or hobby, esp. boxing
adjectivefan·ci·er, fan·ci·est
- a. Highly decorated: a fancy hat.b. Complex or intricate: the fancy footwork of a figure skater.
- a. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated: a fancy restaurant; a fancy way of asking for a loan.b. Of superior grade; fine: fancy preserves.
- Excessive or exorbitant: paid a fancy price for the car.
- Bred for unusual qualities or special points.
nounpl. fan·cies
- The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
- Something imagined or invented by the mind: "As the fancies that kept crowding in upon him only made him more excited, he got out of bed and tried to think." ( Sherwood Anderson )
- a. A capricious liking or inclination: I have a fancy for a glass of wine.b. A romantic liking or interest: She's taken a fancy to you.
- a. The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.b. The sport or pursuit, such as boxing, engaging the interest of such a group.
transitive verbfan·cied, fan·cy·ing, fan·cies
- a. To have a liking or enthusiasm for: fancies sports cars.b. To have a desire or inclination for: Would you fancy a cup of coffee?c. To take a romantic interest in (someone): Do you think he fancies her?
- To imagine or suppose: "I fancy she is an exceedingly proud woman" ( Jane Austen )
Origin of fancyFrom Middle English fantsy imagination, fantasy from fantasie ; see fantasy .
Related Forms:
- fan′ci·ly
- fan′ci·ness
(plural fancies)
- The imagination.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
- A whim.
- I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
- Love or amorous attachment.
- He took a fancy to her.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
- the cat fancy
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
(comparative fancier, superlative fanciest)
- Decorative.
- This is a fancy shawl.
- Of a superior grade.
- This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
- Executed with skill.
- He initiated the game winning play with a fancy, deked saucer pass to the winger.
- (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
- I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
(third-person singular simple present fancies, present participle fancying, simple past and past participle fancied)
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
- (UK) would like
- (UK, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
- I fancy that girl over there.
- (dated) To imagine, suppose.
- I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.
- Fancy meeting you here!
- Fancy that! I saw Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy kissing in the garden.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.