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Since 2008, a Boston start-up, Gazelle, has been providing a service that buys your old iPhone and other high-end consumer devices, cleans out all its personal data, and then resells it at a profit in an emerging market, such as China, where plenty of people are happy to pay less than the retail price for the latest version to own your old one.
In a January 21 interview with Gazelle CEO, Israel Ganot, I learned that Gazelle springs from his long experience with ecommerce leaders. Ganot co-founded Gazelle in 2006 after he tried to recycle an old Blackberry and the retailer told him it would be happy to take it off his hands for $20.
Two factors spurred his decision to start Gazelle. First, he believed that "individuals should be rewarded for recycling" and second, he saw an opportunity – "many electronics still hold value but yet are wasting away in landfills."
This "sparked the idea to build a business that would redefine the way we think about buying, owning, selling, and recycling electronics." In 2008, Ganot became President and CEO of the company.
Since then, Gazelle has become a leader in a product category dubbed "reCommerce." Ganot estimates that $1 billion worth of old phones and other electronics devices were bought in 2012 and he expects that figure to rise to $5 billion by 2015.
About 12% of people with old electronics devices actually try to recycle them and Ganot thinks that number will rise to 20 percent by 2015. Moreover, the number of devices that consumers buy continues to climb.
For its part, Gazelle has accepted accepted more than 1 million gadgets and attracted more than 500,000 customers. And Gazelle has been growing very rapidly – at a 110% annual rate over the last three years, according to Ganot.
Ganot's background includes "more than 19 years in e-commerce and offline retail." He spent six years at eBay and PayPal, where he helped lead its expansion to Europe, Latin America and Asia. He was also Director of Finance & Operations at eBay UK Ltd., "helping to scale the local business to $300 million." Moreover, Ganot began his career as a retail analyst with Goldman Sachs, earned his BS at NYU's Stern School and his MBA from Harvard University.
Gazelle has a clever business model. It buys low – taking, say, an iPhone 4 off of your hands for about $150 – and sells higher. For example, Gazelle might be able to find a buyer in an emerging market like China willing to pay $250.
In the process, Gazelle customers mail their old devices to the company's service center in Dallas where the device is wiped of all the customer's personal information and sees to it that the customer gets paid what she was promised.
Gazelle has raised plenty of capital for this business. Its investors have ponied up a total of $46 million for equity stakes in the company. Ganot decided to relocate the company from Cambridge to Waltham to Allston, to its current address in Boston's Seaport district. He decided that he could afford the rent once he moved the service center to Dallas – and the Seaport district is a location that makes it easier to attract the talent Gazelle needs.
To that end, Gazelle has about 65 employees – keeping the number roughly constant over the last year.
Over the next five years, Ganot would like to see Gazelle become a "$250 million to $300 million company in the next two to three years" that would have the potential to sell its shares to the public in an initial public offering. In order to get there, he believes that Gazelle must become "a household brand."
Getting to that point means providing very high levels of customer service so that existing customers will tell their colleagues about the service. And Ganot believes that people trust the company to both pay them what it promises for their old electronics and to clean all the personal information off the devices before reselling them.
And Ganot tracks so-called Net Promoter Scores – a measure of how likely a customer is to recommend Gazelle to others. By that measure, Ganot is proud that Gazelle's score has risen from the 70s to "between 80 and 85."
But Ganot is not just relying on good word of mouth. It also spends money on TV and radio advertising.
So if Gazelle achieves its ambitious goals, it will end up doing well for its investors by doing good for its customers.

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Eco Ventures Group Provides Corporate Update
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GROVELAND, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Ventures Group, Inc. (OTCBB: EVGI) today provided a progress report on its precious metals recovery operations and biofuel plant. Since beginning commercial operations of its 5,000 tons of concentrated ore per year proprietary precious metals recovery plant, the Company has processed unconcentrated ore from its mining partner and has stored the saleable pregnant solution, or the solution containing the dissolved precious metals in its holding tanks.
There have been several engineering modifications made to the plant to increase its extraction efficiency and reduce chemical costs and processing times. The Company has made significant investments in equipment to accommodate the processing of various types of ore bodies. Training and development of employees is also an ongoing process.
Over the past few days, EVGI has processed 10,000 gallons of pregnant solution through its ion exchange system and is preparing it for shipment and sale.
EVGI has given its funding partner a non-exclusive extension to complete their previously agreed upon stock purchase agreement. Additionally, EVGI is working on several other funding opportunities to execute on its business plan.
Since EVGI's last biodiesel update, the Company has been successfully working to meet capital requirements to complete the 3.6 million gallon per year plant and has made significant progress on expanding its available database of feedstock suppliers.
Randall Lanham, CEO of Eco Ventures Group commented, "We are very pleased at the progress our team has made at EVGI as we move toward full production. Our precious metals extraction process has exceeded our expectations and we will continue to make improvements to increase its output. We also look forward to producing our first batch of biodiesel in the near future to meet increased advanced biofuel demands in the market."
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Eco Ventures Group, Inc. ("EVGI") is a family of ecologically friendly and economically sound businesses committed to providing for society's minerals, energy and renewable resource needs.
EVGI concentrates on two core business activities. EVGI's Eco Minerals Recovery Group specializes in the extraction of precious metals from ore bodies and reclaimed mine tailings and Eco Energy Group will focus on the production of advanced biodiesel from recovered cooking oils and oil rich plants.
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'Arry's delight and anger after win
Harry Redknapp showed both delight, at another Pompey win on the road - a 6th successive league win on our travels - at a place that is not easy to go, as our past history shows, but also showed more than a degree of anger against some Villa fans...
Another game unbeaten clearly delighted Redknapp as that now makes it 11 games unbeaten in the league and has put us up to 5th, within touching distance of those above us - but Arsenal should pick up another 3 points today - but he is still ruling out any chance of making the top 4: 'it is a terrific performance away from home. We are on a great run, scoring goals away from home and looking very strong.
'Villa Park is not an easy place to come and to score three goals as well as missing other good opportunities was a tremendous performance.
'However, I would think that the top four are on another level to us. They have got the squads and are strong.
'These are great times for Portsmouth, however, 11 games unbeaten. We should make the most of these times'.
These are fantastic times and I am enjoying every minute but I honestly think that they will get even better in the months to come this season, and the years ahead.
The abuse aimed at Redknapp clearly angered him, sitting in the front row by the managers dugouts you could visibly see this and I have never seen him as animated when the goals went in, he was taking extra delight at these as his celebrations showed! You could visibly see on his face though that he was not enjoying what he was hearing.
I could only hear 'collectively' what was being sung at Redknapp, but some behind him were obviously saying other things too which he did not like at all: 'you've got people saying stuff behind you with little kids shouting filth. I didn't bring my kids up to talk like that.
'Do we have to keep standing there and accepting that?
'It didn't happen when I went with my dad to watch Arsenal play every Saturday. There was none of this sort on nonsense going on.
'Maybe I shouldn't get upset but I do.
'What hurts me the most is when I see someone going at it, when they have got their little son by their side.
'He can talk how he wants to me but doing it in front of his lad and making filthy gestures just stinks. Maybe it is a reflection on society'.
What was being said I do not know, but as a 'collective unit' the songs being sung to Redknapp by the Villa fans were typical songs sung by football supporters, this will keep happening to him, as it did against Everton last weekend - I have to admit that I did find these amusing, but maybe they went on for too long.
The 'collective songs' that were sung are what football fans do, we all do it, Pompey fans have done it in the past to players and/or managers and will do again in the future, this is part and parcel of the game and has to be taken in the spirit in which it is meant - on the whole...
Abuse that he might have been subjected to from those behind him from selected groups may well have overstepped the mark, which it appears it had?
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As we head into the final night of this year's Premier League Darts Phil Taylor is once again the man to beat having impressively topped the table, however, he has come unstuck from a similar position in the past and Simon Whitlock, James Wade and Andy Hamilton will be looking to upset the favourite.
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Graduation Diploma, Graduation Etiquette and Graduation Ring
You've mostly likely heard a Graduation Diploma, http://www.graduationcardsshop.com/more-about-graduation/graduation-diploma being referred to as a "sheepskin," what you may not know is the practice of using sheepskin did not end a long time ago, as some thin, it's something that some colleges still use and for others, ended about five decades ago. The history of diplomas is a detailed one, some myths or misconceptions about them still exist.
The word "diploma" comes from Greek and Latin for "folded paper" and it started with governments. Roman soldiers were given diplomas back as far as 52 AD to show they were honorably discharged from the Roman army and were exempt from poll taxes. Many don't realize that today's sheepskin is called "parchment".
Many of the colleges in the United States that switched from parchment to paper, did so in the 1950's when the cost and quality of the parchment paper was stated as reason to switch to paper. The rolling of a diploma also started to end at this point, creating the new Graduation Etiquette, http://www.graduationcardsshop.com/more-about-graduation/graduation-etiquette of diplomas in leather folders. Ask if your graduate's diploma is on parchment or on paper, the answer may surprise you.
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In the wrong hands, orders could be given miles away without knowledge. Many find the history of the graduation accessories a fun topic to explore, for some it adds to the special occasion of receiving their Graduate Diploma to know the history and tales of lore behind it, to know how many before them followed the same traditions. Some prefer to make their own new traditions, and others make use of the old and the new. That is how all of these traditions began, from rings to the graduation diploma with one person that others followed.
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euphonium Great Northwest, West of the Cascades.Posts: 3,425No more bailouts. If we can't make it on our own, we deserve to fail & should not be supported by taxpayers. Win or dissolve.
I find offense regarding your statement about Smokey Yunick being a cheater, as though cheating was his "way-of-life, removing any credibility to his patents etc .
IN Racing, ALL competitors "bend" the rules AND Yes cheat as much as possible..
Remember Dale Earnhardt and his illegal rear springs, allowing the car to drop down out of the slip-stream and pull away like he had an extra 50hp.
And #24, Jeff Gordon, got caught with Ceramic Brake Rotors when one broke.
#48 Jimmy Johnson with his illegal steering
The list of NASCAR infractions is endless.
Drag-Racing, Pro-Stock's most successful FAMILY, the Gliddens,,
Rusty Glidden, son of Bob Glidden, stated ON-CAMERA,
"They never found our Nitrous System, it was in the Hood Scoop"
Instantly FIRED by ol Dad Bob.
Team Glidden never dominated Pro-Stock again.
NASCAR has always had a wink-and-nod relationship with cheaters in its ranks. Last year, NASCAR handed down 62 penalties for technical infractions at its 36 races.
Many of those were considered inadvertent "mistakes"
That's NASCARese for cheating.
Historically, the rule of this road is that if you're not cheating you're not trying. .
ALL RACE TEAMS "Bend" the Rules "Cheat" whatever the term you like.
It is the Nature of the Beast, in all forms of motor racing.
Do NOT single out the late Smokey Yunick as a "cheater" in General.
In his dealings at his Diesel Engine shop and Chevrolet Engine design site in Daytona Beach Fla, Smokey was reputed as a honorable and trustworthy businessman..
IMHO, he's a developer who should be in the ranks of the following,
Felix Wankel
Rudolph Diesel
Nikolaus Otto [who "used' Lenoir's idea, so why is it called the Otto Cycle]
Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir.
If not for Corporate Americas Hold on our bank accts, a Yunick engine would occupy your vehicle's engine compartment right now.
Regarding Smokey's "Boom", all inventors have incidents,
Edison had almost 10,000 failed experiments with the storage battery,
Marconi was credited for the Radio, this was corrected in 1943, patent rights to Nikola Tesla.
In the case of Nikola Tesla, he had no will, the US Govt confiscated all his documents, one of the most odd, his "Earthquake Machine
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Tesla, unlike Edison, was a true scientist.
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Nikola Tesla, Smokey Yunkick and others, worked long and hard discovering methods, inventions, and patents that will never see the light of day.
Many purchased and locked up by Corporate USA.
Or confiscated, "in the interest of National Security"
Many inventors of fuel-saving devices have "vanished" one in the Western USA, of the many others to mysteriously disappear, was Rudolph Diesel.
His engine was designed and intended to run on a version of Bio-Diesel, not Crude-Oil refined Diesel.
To the Big-3 and Big-Oil, Smokey Yunick was of the most dangerous men in the world.
Rusty Wrench
aka DrVette
Re; a Full Size RWD vehicle.
The 1991-1995 Caprice with the 305 TBI engine, had a "Real-World MPG" of truly astonishing rates.
Our 91, would get in combined driving, some 24-26 mpg, far better than my Dad's cousins cars from Japan with FWD, 6-cyl engines, far less room and comfort.
OK, I admit the Caprice would pull a 0.4g on the skid pad, but this is not the point.
A 4-week trip to Hollywood Fla and 2 full tanks consumed, yielded 30.~ and 31.2 mpg, from a "Full-Frame" RWD vehicle with a Cast Iron Headed and Block vehicle.
Why did GM kill the Roadmaster, Caprice and the other "B"bodies.
Simple, the assembly line was the same to make pickup trucks.
A p/u truck's bottom line MARKUP is much more than the lowly automobiles.
This and the fact of the lack of TSB's and a bullet-proof driveline in the B Body units.
Check AutoTrader, these "old" 91-95 cars still command a premium compared to the FWD siblings with the typical FWD Transmission woes, not to mention the lack of durability of the FWD's powerplant.
I totally agree, compact, simple, easy to service, easy to build.
A platform for the masses, to replace the "Smart-for-two" and other Micro Cars,
bring back the Datsun 1200, with modern TBI and computer controls, plus multiple overdrive manual transmissions.
http://jalopnik.com/389398/1971-datsun-1200link title
I worked at Datsun/Nissan for 4.5 yrs as a wrench, these vehicles were trouble free, ran perfect and wrecked well, for the day that is.
My 1972 could get 48mpg on the highway "Without" Hypermiling !
In 1973, the Datsun 1200 was the car with the highest fuel economy sold in the USA. [lower compression than 72]
The 1200 had a
"Push-Rod" engine,
a Cast Iron Block
aluminum head.
No cam chain or belt to fail.
It had NO engine vibration, slick and smooth, would pull to 7000rpm and had good torque off-the-line.
They looked almost like the Mazda RX-2 with the Rotary Engine, this made the Mazda feel like it had 400 hp !
The replacement for the 1200 was the B-210, an overweight, sluggish, pig of a car.
IN Racing, ALL competitors "bend" the rules AND Yes cheat as much as possible
That was Smokey's excuse. Doesn't make it right. And it casts a big shadow about his claims about his miracle engine.
My favorite cheat of his was putting in the correct size gas tank in one of his cars, and then making a ~11' long, 2" tubing size gas line to the engine so he could stuff another 5 gallons of gas in the car.
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monti2000 Posts: 13Hello Rusty Wrench,
You seem to have alot of information here. I have worked in the oil industry, and I sold directly to all major industrial sectors including the automotive industry & the related feeder industries.
Do the oil industries and the petroleum industries work hand in hand?
Based on historical analysis of automotive design and performance - I conclude that the answer is yes.
Don't forget what happened to delorean and his experience with GMC.
It is worth reviewing his story.
We should also include a 3rd party in this, and that would be government.
The automotive and petroleum sectors are major tax collectors for governments.
There is alot of lip service regarding customer service, but customer service has been deteriorating for many years.
Now what I am discovering is that the automotive manufacturers are giving a lot of lip service to design, performance, and environmental considerations; however, they are simply experimenting with cutting costs and cutting quality to increase their profit margins.
I agree with another poster here, that most cars are junk even if you go to high end brands. Engines are burning out at 20,000 km, - 70,000 km.
Are these engines being produced in China?
"Do the oil industries and the petroleum industries work hand in hand?"
A - "ALL" of the big corporations are in each others pockets.
IMO, the Big-Oil tells the Big-3 how to design the vehicles to operate poorly, mpg, fuel used etc.
Vehicle designs that last "too-long" {GM's TBI for example} are soon retrofitted with designs that may not be cheaper, but most certainly wear out sooner.
For Example, In 1994 or 93 GM replaced the 4.3L TBI with the awful CPI [Central Port Injection] which was not only problematic, but did Not meet the CARB requirements.
So all the 4.3L GM's sold outside" Ca were called the "W" motor with the CPI.
Inside CA, they HAD to use the "OLD" 4.3L TBI "Z" motors to meet the stringent CARB standards.
"Delorean and his experience with GMC,
A - Sorta like the "Tucker" automobile, the Big-3 made sure his attempt was unsuccessful.
Don't forget Stan Ovshinsky, who designed the NiMH Vehicle Battery system. Ovshinsky entrusted GM that his NiMH Vehicle Battery system would be manufactured and used in electric vehicles such as the successor to the EV-1.
This was the final hurdle to the true "Electric Car"
WRONG, GM sold it to Texaco.
Read my post no. 10 on the 1st page of this thread.
Now we're stuck with environmentally unfriendly LiON batteries that are Way Too Expensive and Prone to Fire.
"We should also include a 3rd party in this, and that would be government"
A - The US is no longer a Democracy but now a Plutonomy. The Government is run by the Corporations. Ever hear of the "Revolving Door" in Washington ?
Leaders who were 'Public servants" are instantly VP's at some large Corp and should it fall, they most surely get a "Golden Parachute"
"automotive manufacturers are giving lip service to design, performance, and environmental considerations;
they are simply experimenting with cutting costs and cutting quality to increase their profit margins."
A - I cannot put my hand on it right now, but somewhere in The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) , "corporations" are now considered as "living entities" and as such, fall under the US Constitution with regard to rights.
A - Also, somewhere deep in the CFR, is the legal "Mandate" that corporations "primary" or First responsibility is to the stockholders.
AFTER that, comes the responsibility to the employee, the economy and the environment.
"Engines are burning out at 20,000 km, - 70,000 km.
A - I've heard that some, including the Nissan Vista have short lifespan, however I cannot verify the validity of those stories.
May be lack of proper "hot-tanking" which is the usage of high PH and high Temperature cleaner to remove machining grit and debris.
I do know that 1988 and up GM full size trucks will easily run well over 300, 000 miles if you keep the intake gasket from leaking and change the oil.">link title
Another issue regarding Ethanol, there are cheaper methods of inducing Oxygen agents into fuel. Ethanol is the "preferred" method by Big Oil cause it takes 3.5-4 BTU's to manufacture One BTU of Ethanol.
Looks good to Big-Oil don't it.
Fuel Oxygenates
1 - MTBE - Super Nasty to the Environment, ugg
2 - Ethanol - 4 BTU's to make 1- BTU of Ethanol, just who does that "benefit
Ethanol makes the fuel burn cleaner but mainly in Cold Weather.
So bring back the old style "Manifold Heat" to the intake in cold weather ?
Thermostatically controlled.
3. Ether
4. Many others exist, some work, some work but have consequences, check the EU link for what they say.
A link to the European Union on fuel additives
Sorry for the lengthy post
Rusty Wrench
Big-Oil tells the Big-3 how to design the vehicles
BP and Ashland aren't too happy with GM and their Dexos-1 requirements. They have filed comments with the FTC complaining about it. I guess only some oil companies got into GM's pockets.
WOW, it seems like every week I find some new data that is surprising.
I "thought' you were referring to DexCool, until I googled it.
Here's GM's official List of
Dexos-1 Gasoline Approved Oils
Dexos-2 Diesel Approved Oils
licensed GM Dexos™ products
Quote From GM
"Specifically designed to meet the needs of GM gasoline engines, dexos1™:
* has improved viscometric properties, creating less friction in the engine which contributes to improved fuel economy.
* resists aeration, which enables fuel-saving devices, such as Variable Valve Timing, to work optimally
* offers improved oxidation and deposit-forming tendencies allowing emission systems to operate longer and optimally
* resists degradation between oil changes, extending the time and mileage interval between oil changes"
end quote
I knew Ford had mandated change intervals at a frequent rate for the VVT assembly to stay free and working, GM added some "Legalese" to the wording to "help [Confuse] us
As far as Ashland Oil and BP, "we" the untouchables will never be included in the upper echelon scum that knows who is or who isn't in "The Group"
Maybe that BP is excluded from the "Good-ol-Boys" group due to their corp hdqrs are in the "Motherland.
Ashland Oil is based in KY, maybe they were bought out like so many companies lately by the Chinese [j/k, but really WHO knows for sure]
Rusty Wrench"
Here's Ashland Oil's "partial" Comment;
"Valvoline already meets all the requirements of the dexosTM2 specification with our SynPower MST 5W-30 . Valvoline began introducing oils meeting the dexosTM1 specification in October 2010
SN and ILSAC GF-5.
. GM is taking the unusual step of charging a very significant fee for licensing, an unwarranted cost increase to owners of GM vehicles. Valvoline has decided that we do not want to be a part of this."
PS, this quote was edited for brevity.
valvoline, a division of ashland inc.
RE: GM dexos specification
Duh, forgot to put the linkage in the previous post.
[url=http://www.valvoline.com/promos/dexos.jsp]"Valvoline and the GM dexos Specification
We're having a similar discussion over in Right To Repair - A Hot Issue or Big Problem with another auto tech; you should check it out. I think you'd enjoy Thecardoc3's point of view (certainly more than mine, lol).
fintail, what else did you expect?
Ignorance begets ignorance
This thread begged for:
A - Posters with NO mechanical experience or knowledge
B - Others with the viewpoint on Labor Unions formed by watching the Evening News
[who is owned by Corporate America, remember what happened t Dan Rather ?]
C - Opinions of OSHA thinking they are there for protection of the workers ?
D - Statements about the Auto Industry "Bail-Out" with absolutely NO idea of the results, "downstream" jobs lost and failed businesses and millions of workers out of a job, YES including the Mexican, Canadian and Asian workers.
E - Commentary on the "cute girl" are a bit OT, but still in good taste, IMO.
Rusty Wrench
eharri3 Posts: 645To build great cars and let the bottom line take care of itself rather than to start with the bottom line and build cars around it.
To break the tradition that says small, inexpensive, economical vehicles cannot look interesting and be attactive.
To stop shipping vehicles to the United States, shut down all my factories, and fire all my American workers if the media tries to create a sudden unitended accelaration controversy with one of my models just one more time.
To save money by not designing 3 times as many cupholders into a vehicle as the number of people it can hold, and to devote all those savings to designing awesome seats.
lemko Philadelphia, PAPosts: 15,294To build great cars and let the bottom line take care of itself rather than to start with the bottom line and build cars around it.
I like that first one. Build them and they will come. Provide a good product and the profits will follow.


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CES 2012: Gigabyte 01-31-2012
Gigabyte has quite a good reputation among PC hardware and gaming enthusiasts. I had the pleasure of seeing some of their solutions in their demo suite at the Venetian. Gigabyte displayed a plethora of graphics cards and motherboards, including a few motherboard engineering samples for Intel's next-generation platform due out in a few months. Samples spanned all budgets, including the GA-B75M-D3H, GA-Z77X-UD3H, GA-Z77X-UD5H, G1.Sniper 3, and G1.Sniper M3.
MSI is jumping on the Intel Thunderbolt bandwagon with a new product called GUS II. GUS II is an external graphics card enclosure designed to house a single card with a power draw no higher than 150 watts, ideally targeted at notebook gamers. The device operates over the Thunderbolt interface on one end with a PCIe X16 slot for cards inside the enclosure.
CES 2012: Thermaltake 01-26-2012
We stopped by Thermaltake to visit with them at their suite in the Palazzo hotel. Here Thermaltake showed us their new Level 10 GTS mid-tower chassis. The GTS features USB 3.0, EasySwap storage bays, an HDD storage system and a nice cable management system. The chassis is constructed from steel although there wasnt a net weight listed. A 200mm LED fan comes pre-installed in the front for intake and theres a 120mm rear exhaust fan.
CES 2012: OCZ Technology 01-23-2012
We stopped by OCZ's suite at Aria to check out what they had on tap for 2012. The highlight of our time with OCZ was their next-generation Everest 2 NAND flash controller platform. Set for release next June, the SATA 6Gb/s interface boasts preliminary numbers of 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write with up to 90,000 4K random write IOPS. These IOPS are a good bit higher than SandForce 2000 series controllers are capable of.
CES 2012: Cooler Master 01-21-2012
We visited with Cooler Master at the Bellagio after they hosted one heck of a party the night before. Cooler Master is celebrating their 20 year anniversary with a plethora of new products for 2012. The PR team first showed us their upcoming heatsink known as the TPC-812 which utilizes a new technology called Vertical Vapor Chamber. We were told that Cooler Master is one of only two companies in the world that are capable of producing this technology.
CES 2012: Roccat 01-19-2012
Roccat kicked off our meeting on the show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center by showing us their Kone+ gaming mouse. The follow-up to the original Kone includes a 6000 DPI sensor and up to 20 grams of adjustable weights. Theres a 1000Hz polling rate, Teflon coated pads and support for up to 500 macro actions.
CES 2012: SilverStone 01-19-2012
We headed over to the LVH (Las Vegas Hilton) for our meeting with enthusiast case manufacturer SilverStone where we stumbled upon perhaps the most interesting chassis of the week. Their new Mini-ITX FT03-Mini is nearly identical externally to the original FT03 except that it supports a smaller form factor and the optical drive is mounted vertically which looks a bit odd on the silver version. The SilverStone rep described it as the SG05 turned vertically which we can totally relate to.
CES 2012: Kingston 01-18-2012
Kingston was celebrating their HyperX brands 10 year anniversary at CES and to kick things off, we were shown their new HyperX Red limited edition RAM modules. The Reds are available in dual channel kits at 1333 (1.5v) or 1600 (1.65v) MHz variants and are Intel XMP ready. Kingston illustrated how the red heat spreaders complement motherboards with red accents like the Asus Rampage IV Extreme.
CES 2012: ioSafe 01-18-2012
ioSafe invited us to the tennis pavilion at the Las Vegas Country Club to demonstrate their new Rugged Portable Thunderbolt drive. Playing on the Thunderbolt theme, ioSafe set up the most convincing demo I have witnessed in the four years that I have attended CES.
CES 2012: Zotac 01-17-2012
We stopped by the Mirage to visit with Zotac, a company known for their small form factor motherboards, graphics cards and all-in-one Zboxes. Our marketing specialist Cherry first showed us Zotac's latest ITX solutions including the A75-ITX WiFi with the AMD A75 chipset and Radeon HD 6000 graphics. The H67ITX-D-E, sporting an Intel H67 chipset and GeForce GT 520 graphics, will be on sale in mid February for $149.99 while the D2700-ITU WiFi Supreme (just launched at CES) with its Intel Atom 2.13GHz dual-core processor will be available around the same time for $180.


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Alexa RankingsJune 2nd, 2013 · stk
A practical guide to your website Alexa ranking. What it is, what are its pitfalls, why it's important and what you can do to increase your Alexa ranking. Written as a result of questions fielded by a web client, concerned that their ranking was substantially lower than those of his competitors.
What are Alexa Rakings & Should I Care?
Alexa is to website owners as Klout is to Twitter or Nielsen ratings are to television. It's a way to see how your website traffic compares to your competitors (or any other website in the world for that matter).
Founded in 1996 by two entrepreneurs, the name Alexa gives props to the Library of Alexandria, drawing a parallel between the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world and the Internet - today's largest body of knowledge (pornography notwithstanding).
In addition to offering a toolbar that gave Internet users suggestions on where to go next, Alexa also offers statistical information for each website one visits. Originally, Alexa archived the websites it crawled and this database served as the basis for the creation of the "Internet Archive", which can now be accessed through the Wayback Machine.
Alexa was acquired by Amazon in 1999 for about $250MM (USD) and has been through much, though analytic Alexa rankings remains a core function of this Amazon subsidiary.
For anyone owning or managing a website, Alexa rankings can offer valuable insight. If you advertise on your website, know that advertisers use Alexa rankings to determine rate-of-pay and other factors - your Alexa ranking becomes very important. For most website owners, Alexa rankings are another one of those "devil-in-the-details" things. You should know about it, how it works (and about its inherent flaws) and the small changes and improvements you can make to your website to increase its Alexa ranking. This article will cover all of this, in a practical way.
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Visits in the NightJanuary 8th, 2012 · stk
A ClustrMap|NASA Mashup
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring - except Scott, who was playing with PhotoShop! Sorry, but "Visits in the Night" isn't about Santa Claus coming down our chimney. It's about creating a "night-time" display using a satellite image from NASA, merged with our worldwide website visitors tracked on ClustrMaps.
Ever since November 2005, we've been tracking the locations of many of our randsco.com visitors by using an application developed by Marc Eisenstadt, called "ClustrMaps". (Hover the globe in "Site Tools" section of the sidebar, for the regular map thumbnail - like the one that also shows here). Since that time, we've logged over 2 million visitors!
When you click the globe in the sidebar (or the thumbnail above) you'll be directed to the ClustrMap website, which shows a much larger visitor map for our website (clicking on country regions shows even greater detail). Since inception, Marc and the ClustrMap team have been continually adding features to their service and they recently won "Best Free Web Tool" in the 2011 Edublog Awards.
Not long ago, when I clicked on the globe and went to the larger, world-wide map, I noticed that the dots showed first and that it took a few seconds for the underlying "map" to reveal itself. I thought, "The dots by themselves, make an interesting display." They reminded me of a NASA image I once saw, showing urban lights across the world at night. (The image below. Click it for an even larger version).
Earth at Night: Lights from urbanized areas show up clearly on this NASA image (a composite of hundreds of images taken by orbiting DMSP satellites).
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Photoshopped RachelJune 6th, 2010 · stk
In 2008, I entered a photo contest at Alberni Outpost, a Vancouver Island outdoor store. We didn't win, but I recently noticed the photo was used as the background for the new Alberni Outpost web site design. Have a look at the new Alberni Outpost design. Amazing!
Rachel's Photo Backdrop for Local (Alberni Outpost) Website
We are were considering purchasing a used tandem kayak from Alberni Outpost, a Vancouver Island Outdoor Adventure Store, with stores in Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Courtney & Nanoose. The fibreglass kayak has been in the Alberni Outpost rental fleet for some number of years and yesterday, we took it on a "test paddle" around Newcastle Island and to Protection Island (where we had dinner at the Dinghy Dock Pub). It was an excellent afternoon and will be the focus of an upcoming article.
In doing research for the article, I made a surprising discovery. A photo we submitted the Alberni Outpost in 2008, for a photo contest, is currently the background image for every page of the Alberni Outpost website!!
The photo I submitted to their photo contest can be seen in our Bowron Lakes Slide Show. It's also on the Alberni Outpost Photo Contest page (2008) on the Alberni Outpost website (their site depends on JavaScript, so there isn't a direct link to the picture. Just click on "2008 Photos" at the Alberni Outpost photo contest and you'll see it.)
Despite the fact that the photo didn't win, Alberni Outpost chose it - over all the other photos submitted over the years and over all past winning submissions - as the backdrop for the new Alberni Outpost web site design.
We suspect the photo didn't win because it was a canoeing picture and not a kayaking picture. No worries! Just a Photoshop nip here and Photoshop tuck there and suddenly, Rachel is paddling a kayak instead of a canoe! Amazing what can be accomplished with digital photos, eh?
So, do you think the owner of Alberni Outpost, Richard Antonchuk, will give us a discount on the used kayak as consideration for using our photo in the new Alberni Outpost web design? (NOPE and neither a "thanks", nor a mention on the Alberni Outpost web site ... nor any consideration. VERY disappointing).
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Updated: 25-Jan-2011
This article was a long time in coming. Over 25 years, to be exact. However, it contains much more than observations on why software fails the users for which it's supposed to be designed. It also demonstrates a method of designing blog posts. Is it "just another post" or a "completely new website"? You decide.
Programmers Cut Off Their Noses
Are users ever truly satisfied with the software they use? The answer is typically "no". We need the software. We use the software. But we often don't like it. Among the reasons: it's buggy, hard to figure out, doesn't do what we want, is overly complex, the navigation sucks, it's got a steep learning curve or it's poorly documented. Take your pick. Why does software fail the very users for whom it's supposed to be designed?
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Updated: 4-Feb-2010
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3rd-Party YahoosNovember 9th, 2009 · stk
On October 26, 2009, Yahoo pulled the plug on millions of websites hosted on GeoCities web servers. It marks the end of an early Internet Era and one that affects no less than five of our early adventure journals. Restoration efforts are taking place. Learn more (including why the Internet is a house of cards)
26-Oct Yahoo-GeoCities Shut Down
Randsco Adventures Rescued from Ashes
On October 26, 2009, Yahoo-GeoCities shut-down their servers and immediately obliterated 15 years-worth of personal websites, made by millions of people across the world.
We rescued our early adventure journals off of GeoCities, reposting them on the Randsco domain, including: Scott's Big Ride, Rachel's 1999 Big Ride, our Oregon Cycle Tour and Wonderland Trail backpacking trip.
Begun in 1994, GeoCities spawned "neighborhoods" and by 1997, there were over a million "homesteaders" that had created personal websites. In 1999, Yahoo! bought GeoCities for $2.87 billion dollars.
GeoCities floundered under Yahoo's leadership. Terms of service changes, monthly data transfer limits, eliminating FTP access and changing advertising strategies drove users away. (We moved our home page off of GeoCities in 2003, because advertising changes interfered with visitor experience - and shared server costs were becoming affordable).
To learn more about the GeoCities shut-down, what's being done to preserve this bit of Internet history and the pitfalls of 3rd-party servers ... carry on.
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A new study shows that Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer pill Zytiga dramatically slows the progression of the disease in men who are not yet sick enough to start chemotherapy. Zytiga is already approved for use in patients after chemotherapy including the drug Taxotere has been given. J&J had announced that the study was positive in April after an independent committee said it was no longer ethical to give some patients placebo. J&J is releasing full results today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. In the 1,088-patient clinical trial, patients who received a combination of Zytiga and the steroid prednisone were 57% less likely to see their cancer advance based on a measure called radiographic progression free survival (rPFS), a more exacting version of the progression free survival (time without the tumor growing) measure used in earlier prostate cancer studies.


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There was something poignant about Lyell Cresswell clutching a photo of the composer Edward Harper while taking his bow. Harper was a fixture of Edinburgh University's music department from the 1960s until his death in 2009. He wrote music in primary colours and optimistic gestures: even Pastoral, the first movement of a planned Third Symphony, is overwhelmingly affirming, despite the fact he finished it only five days before he died. Cresswell has filled in the missing orchestration, and the SCO gave Pastoral its posthumous premiere to an Edinburgh audience, many of whom will have known Harper well. The piece ends with Burns's The Banks O'Doon set sparsely to the Scots tune Caledonian Hunt's Delight, the final two lines drifting into comfortable silence: "Thou minds me o' departed joys/ Departed, never to return." It was a moving tribute.
Mezzo Susan Bickley stepped in for an indisposed Karen Cargill, and, as well as sight-reading the Harper premiere, had the unenviable task of an off-the-hoof rendition of Berio's Folk Songs. These are what they say: folksy and broadly tuneful. But any surface simplicity belies the tricky rhythms, odd modality and motley collection of languages.
Conductor Garry Walker got a measured performance of playful drones and overtones from the orchestra; Bickley kept cool but misjudged the petiteness of the Queen's Hall, treating us to a hearty chest voice, sized for Covent Garden. Britten's Suite on English Folk Tunes and Giorgio Battistelli's Fair Is Foul, Foul Is Fair – a 2009 Edinburgh festival commission – bookended the programme, both undershot with nervous energy and quick-shifting swells, though the Battistelli waned a bit. An encore of Bartók's Romanian Polka, heavy-bowed and fierce-tempoed, was the first blast of brute flare all evening.


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Dressed in a black and red lehenga, with her hair in its patent wavy curls, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - who has successfully completed her transition into a 'yummy mummy' - talks about her fashion evolution from the Miss World pageant to her most recent Cannes outing, and how it led to the rise of professional and non-professional 'opinion-makers'.
I wanted to be more than just another face who's getting photographed
The actress, who was in town to launch the Longines Conquest Classic, as its Ambassadress of Elegance, has been associated with the brand for over a decade. She said, "It has been for 13-14 years now and when I first came together with them I wouldn't have dreamt that it would have endured as long as it has. It simply continues because at that point of time, brand associations were regarded as another endorsement and you're doing photo shoots, you're doing ad film work, it's the way the industry regarded it. Whereas when I associated with brands, my idea was always to come on board on their journey ahead. Then, Longines was just coming in to increase the awareness. Today, the brand has only grown from strength to strength. You know, when I come on board, it's not just about another face who's getting photographed, with images across magazines and ad films. It's about brand association. It's about becoming a brand ambassador. That has that much more validation for me and I am glad that it is mutually recognized and expected and cherished."
Fashion was the last thing on my mind as a student
She has also been the ambassadress of sorts for the Indian entertainment industry at international film fests, movie premieres and racing events. Though eventually, most of those appearances have boiled down to her fashion choices. She says about her style evolution, "I think experience is a huge factor. At the end of the day, I always say - the night before, I was a student. And then overnight, you become Miss World and you're out there on that public platform. So, when you start out, what is your experience? You were going to college in your jeans and your T-shirt - that too, I went from science to joining an architecture school - the last thing on your mind at that point is fashion, and overnight, you're there. I met a few (professional designer) friends in the beginning, who you just got to know and provided you with the best. I really enjoyed my mother's saris. I personally have always enjoyed our traditional weaves and I felt if I was out there, on the world platform, as an Indian woman, I'd have the opportunity to share that with the world. Again, from a very earnest place of sharing what I know, what I had been exposed to, and I had experienced."
Stylist industry boomed because of Cannes
But Cannes was a whole new chapter for Ash, who says, "Through the years, this entire aspect of dressing and of fashion, has catapulted to a fervour - I daresay - since my first experience at Cannes, because suddenly there was literally a slot dedicated in the print and televised media from then on to this aspect of being on the public platform. Before that, it was just your personal sense of being out there, of course you'd get photographed, but it wasn't so intense. I think, after that, with me going to Cannes and that kind of media attention, brought about a whole lot of opinion-makers and opinionated people - professionals and non-professionals - getting that platform to express themselves and then with the kind of intense scrutiny, with the internet, with the world becoming so much smaller, I think, this entire aspect of being a public figure has just drawn that much more attention that it's thrown the entire fashion business into top gear. It's thrown in a lot of professionals, this entire aspect of stylists in our part of the world boomed."
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Forums → Art, Music, and Writing → The Court Of Lol
Im back Which means im gonna write some more pointless stories yay!
The Court Of Lol
Chapter 1 :Links Framed
*Everyones in court room*
Judge Mario:Ok everyone settle down settle down.Now Link has been framed for stealing King Dededes Hammer,Link call your lawyer.
Link:Yes sir,meet my lawyer bigjacob
Judge Mario:Now state your defense for your client
Bigjacob:I think my client is completely guilty
Batman:Wait what?
Link:OMG What are u doing
Bigjacob:well you already paid me so whats the point.
Fancy Pants Man:Is there any cookies here?
Bowser:Yeah go stand on the target over there
*FPM stands on target*
Fancy Pants Mank now wha*Big Spike falls from ceiling
beep bop beep beep
Judge Mario:whats that
Bigjacob:Sry your honor i was writing a story on AG about whats happening
Judge Mario:Well make me look good
Link:I gotta go save zelda and all so can I go?
King Dedede:First give my hammer back!
*Knights walk in room*
Knight Leader:Alright in the name of the Sauce Clan put your hands up!
Judge Mario:Lets get the heck out of here!
*All runs to door*
*Big donut falls out of sky crushing everyone*
Thats Chapter one ask me if you wanna be a random character in it.
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I will!
I like cameos :3
Ok i will name you jaza.
Chapter 2:Jazas on Trial
Judge Mario:Ok jaza is on trial for stealing my brothers bike.
Jaza:I DIDNT DO IT
Judge Mario:Tell that to luigi now shut up
Yoda:I am his lawyer i am.
Judge Mario:Why u talk like that?
Yoda:I do not know young one.
Jaza:Just state the defense
Yoda:You see Jaza didnt do it because at that time he was eating pizza.
Judge Mario:Then who did?
c3p0:I never wouldve known
Justin Beiber:Uhhh*Everyone pulls out a gun and shoots JB*
Jaza:Yay hes dead and im not guilty
Judge Mario:Yoda you must pay for your crime by having a lightsaber duel with me
Yoda:Very Well
*Mario Pulls out Purple dual bladed lightsaber while Yoda pulls out a green toy lightsaber*
All:Toy Lightsaber?
Yodaont judge me
*Yoda clashes with mario and marios lightsaber cuts through yodas toy one*
*Santa falls out of sky*
Santa:Mario i am your father
Jaza:I like where this is going
Donkey Kongoh oahh banana ooh ahh h*throws barrel at mario and mario gets blsated out of room
Yoda:Well that took care of it
Jazah and yoda
Jaza:I am your father.
Add me as friend Jaza Also like the story?
yea so we can be characters in the story? If so add me
omgWtfbbq Epic.
Maybe in next chapter V6y will be the mother o:
Woah. Dude. This is the best spam story yet!
Very hilarious. And also a bit random too.
Chapter 3:Warios Arrested
Judge Mario:What is it this time?
Wario:I kinda turned Ness into a trophy in Super Smash Bros Brawl
v6y:*V6Y starts break dancing on floor*
Judge Mario:Im gonna ignore v6y anyway wario you must pay for your crime.
Judge Mario:By being shocked with over 9000000 bolts 1000000 times in a row!
v6y:That sounds fun
Jaza:Ill hook him to the chair
Wario:*panics and gets chained to chair*
Jaza:TIME FOR THE SHOCKING
*Wario gets shocked so much hes reduced to ashes*
Judge Mario:I never liked my cousin anyway
*Waluigi walks in*
Waluigi:WHAT U DO TO MY BRO
ALL:Reduced him to ashes
Waluigi:OH YEAH WELL TAKE THIS
*Pulls out a pancake and slaps v6y with it repeatedly*
v6y:Oh come on what did i do?
Waluigi:You Break dance badly!
v6y:Oh yeah i bet you cant do it
Waluigi:Oh yeah watch this
*waluigi break dances epicly and everyone ends up asking for a autograph.
Judge Mario:Someone should turn this into a story.
Anyone else wanna be in.Like it?
I would like to be in it! Although, the second one is my favourite.
Lol put me in this awesome story.
awsesome,good, and funny tipe of storyline.put me in it as well.
Hmm darkfire and commander dude and darkwolf.....Il write a new story tomorrow and put 2 of u in then put 1 more in story after that.
Put me in it too. this is so Hilarious. but what ever you don't make me get killed by Chuck Norris. make me get killed by master cheif =P. (if you want me to die that is)
Chapter 4:Stuff Happens
part 1
*before court starts Kellinger gets killed by a epic punch from chuck norris*
Judge Mario:Time to start the court everyone
Judge Mario:So whos guilty and what happened
darkwolf1:I am and i stole thousands of dollars
Judge Mario:SO U ADMITTED U STOLE STUFF!
Bigjacob:Well i say its another round of torture the guilty person!
darkwolf1:No need for that....
Judge Mario:Yes there is,so stand on that target
*stands on target*
darkwolf1:what now
Judge Mario:This*presses red button and darkfire jumps out of a pit and starts strangling darkwolf1*
darkwolf1:OW OWOW OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWOOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWWOWOWOOWOW
darkfire:take that cretin!now give me the 3000 dollars you stole from me !
Chapter 4 part 2 coming soon
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With Super Bowl Sunday fast approaching, it's not surprising to hear about how sports fans are driving HD television sales. According to a new survey "Inside the Mind of the HD Sports Fan" conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Sports Video Group (SVG), these same fans more readily adopt new technologies that quickly deliver sports content than non-sports fans.
The survey was unveiled at the first TV Sports Summit held at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this month, as reported by Millimeter's HD Focus newsletter today. Highlights of the survey include:
- Nearly 60% of high-definition television owners consider themselves sports fans
- Nearly 50% of HDTV owners cited HD sports programming as the primary force behind their HDTV purchase
- Sports fans said their favorite sports to watch in HD include the Super Bowl (78%), World Series (44%) and college football bowl games (41%)
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Latest findings take scientists closer to solving 'God particle' mystery
Scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations have found their strongest indication to date for the long-sought Higgs particle after more than 10 years of gathering and analyzing data produced by the U.S. Department of Energy's Tevatron collider
Squeezing the last bit of information out of 500 trillion collisions produced by the Tevatron for each experiment since March 2001, the final analysis of the data does not settle the question of whether the Higgs particle exists, but gets closer to an answer.
The Tevatron scientists unveiled their latest results on July 2, two days before the highly anticipated announcement of the latest Higgs-search results from the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.
"The Tevatron experiments accomplished the goals that we had set with this data sample," said Fermilab's Rob Roser, cospokesperson for the CDF experiment at DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
"Our data strongly point toward the existence of the Higgs boson, but it will take results from the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe to establish a discovery," Roser stated.
Scientists of the CDF and DZero collider experiments at the Tevatron received a round of rousing applause from hundreds of colleagues when they presented their results at a scientific seminar at Fermilab.
The Large Hadron Collider results will be announced at a scientific seminar at 2 a.m. CDT on July 4 at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland.
"It is a real cliffhanger," said DZero co-spokesperson Gregorio Bernardi, physicist at the Laboratory of Nuclear and High Energy Physics, or LPNHE, at the University of Paris VI and VII.
"We know exactly what signal we are looking for in our data, and we see strong indications of the production and decay of Higgs bosons in a crucial decay mode with a pair of bottom quarks, which is difficult to observe at the LHC. We are very excited about it," Bernardi noted.
The Tevatron results indicate that the Higgs particle, if it exists, has a mass between 115 and 135 GeV/c2, or about 130 times the mass of the proton.
The final Tevatron results corroborate the Higgs search results that scientists from the Tevatron and the LHC presented at physics conferences in March 2012.
Tevatron scientists found that the observed Higgs signal in the combined CDF and DZero data in the bottom-quark decay mode has a statistical significance of 2.9 sigma. This means there is only a 1-in-550 chance that the signal is due to a statistical fluctuation.
"We achieved a critical step in the search for the Higgs boson. While 5-sigma significance is required for a discovery, it seems unlikely that the Tevatron collisions mimicked a Higgs signal. Nobody expected the Tevatron to get this far when it was built in the 1980s," said Dmitri Denisov, DZero cospokesperson and physicist at Fermilab.
The CDF and DZero collaborations submitted their joint Higgs search results to the electronic preprint archive arXiv.org.


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This will be a surprise to absolutely nobody, but I'm no expert at golf.
I don't golf. Never have.
As I see it, in order to take up golfing as a serious pursuit (or even a hobby), one must possess three things: time, money and inclination.
Having never possessed even two of these things at the same time, I don't find it remarkable at all that I've never taken up the gentleman's game.
So, having pairs of golf shoes or a collection of clubs piling up in my closet, isn't one of my problems. I don't need them and wouldn't know what to do with them in any case.
I'm hardly alone. This is the time of the year when fresh bumper stickers start appearing everywhere for mayoral, sheriff and city council candidates.
And while it might not be 2016 yet, the roads soon will be full of stickers for a long list of presidential candidates. Which, of course, will lead to stickers with the little boy peeing on a long list of candidates.
One company recently announced plans to give away 1 million Jeb Bush stickers.
They don't know they will come to the capitol merely to carry out the orders of the governor and the leadership of the House and Senate.
Year after year, you see the leadership resolve important issues by waiting until the final hours and ramming a bill through. Exhausted lawmakers get these bills late at night and are ordered to vote without enough time to read. This year, legislators were pressured to cast late-night votes on a huge transportation tax increase and a lucrative tax giveaway for Mercedes-Benz.
They were 12, complex men – burly, timid, skeptical, yet full of hope that what their magnetic leader had told them was true.
When their faith was strong, they left fishing nets, took sabbaticals from government positions and borrowed family time to follow him. When faith was weak, like now, they wondered if anything he said was true.
If only he hadn't died. That part of the story was clear. "That he would defy logic and walk out of his own grave in a couple days was not.
I have never understood people who don't like music. To me, music is one of the most important parts of life. In fact, the only time I'm not listening to my tunes is when I'm asleep or the TV is on.
Several months ago, I decided to really expand my CD collection and purchase any and all good jazz music. It's been a challenge because the jazz section in any store is limited. However, I have collected music by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and many more artists from being patient and looking through all the stacks of old CD's.
Dear editor,
When it comes to the Holocaust, Israel says never again. When it comes to abortion, America says never enough.
Sadly, abortion on demand has become a silent holocaust for the unborn American child. For this reason, America has lost its exceptionalism swagger. The light on the hill has been extinguished.
Go to the second floor of the state capitol and look for the door marked "Governor."
Then ask the receptionist if you can say hello to Nathan Deal.
The passage of legislation authorizing a state takeover of low-performing schools ensures that the superintendent will be Deal – not that guy named Richard Woods, who the voters elected last year.
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The 55 m² Apartment Ku'Damm-2 sleeps up to 6 and is right near the Ku'Damm in Berlin. This is an exciting area which is perfect for visiting all the most interesting sites of West Berlin. You can go shopping in the Ku'Damm, or KaDeWe. The Museuminsel is also walking distance and you can see some fascinating sites in any one of the museums, including the famous Pergamon Museum with its captivating historic relics. The new Reichstag is also very close and is flanked by modern buildings notable for their architecture. The Spree winds along this and is an attractive place for a stroll. Walk through the Brandenburger Tor and or down Unter der Linden or Potsdamer Platz.
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Wise Quotes From our Founding Fathers
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Does it seem as though we are relying more and more on past personalities and their comments to give us sage advice instead of developing our own morality and intellect? Who determines what is a wise quote, a funny quote or even any comment that should be immortalized by the ages?
In the 1700's in the United States, the intellect among the founding fathers was staggering. Not just the notable intellects of the day, such as Thomas Jefferson who penned the Declaration of Independence and many other notable writings, but all of those who signed the Declaration of Independence were amazing scholars.
In fact, historians often group the "founding fathers" into the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Framers who were delegates to the Federal Convention. Others say the founding fathers should only be identified with at six key figures who took part in winning American independence from Britain: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
In the United States, we have many wise quotes and sayings [http://internetforchristians.com/], and also inspirational Christian quotes [http://internetforchristians.com/christian-quotes-that-will-revive-your-soul], still common from our founding fathers, their writings and some of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. Many Sunday school lessons for adults [http://internetforchristians.com/are-we-too-busy-for-sunday-school-lessons] quote from our Founding Fathers in their lessons, and their quotes are often alluded to in debating how far the Supreme Court has moved away from the spirit of the Constitution. Here are some of them:
1. "Little strokes fell great oaks." - Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac, 1750
2. "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas Paine, 1777
3. "I Pray Heaven to Bestow the Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof!" - John Adams, 1800
4. "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." - James Madison, 1788
5. "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians and on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity and freedom of worship here." - Patrick Henry, 1765
6. "Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience." - George Washington, 1737
7. "Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is in doing good to His other Children. That the soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with Justice in another Life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound Religion and I regard them as you do in whatever Sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, is the best the World ever saw, or is likely to see." - Benjamin Franklin, 1790
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1. Re: Sql-developer EA3 Crashed during startupthatJeffSmith-Oracle Nov 21, 2013 7:55 PM (in response to heqiyu)
There are some related threads where running SQLDev as root 'fixes' the issue on Ubuntu...it looks like the final solution came down to this
unset GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Try that, or search the forums for the 2-3 other threads around this topic.
2. Re: Sql-developer EA3 Crashed during startupheqiyu Nov 22, 2013 2:02 AM (in response to heqiyu)
I tried "unset -v GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" and it did really work, I don't know why but thx you very much,Jeff!


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Kristine W opens up about her struggles, her record- breaking chart achievement and her upcoming Dallas gig
STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer
Who among us hasn't had at least one vivid dream where we're in the company of Madonna, Beyonce and Mariah Carey?
For recording artist and gay icon Kristine W, it's her current reality. Not only did she recently pass Carey for the most consecutive No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club chart (with her single "The Power of Music"), she was also named one of the top three Billboard dance artists of the 2000s — alongside Beyonce and Madge.
"I was so honored — and a little in awe that I was in their company," she says of the announcement. "That is quite the trio there of hard working women."
Of course, a collaboration between Kristine W and any of her diva colleagues seems like a no-brainer.
"That would be amazing, but I think I'm the only independent label owner in the group at the moment, so that may be hard to negotiate. I would love to sing with either of them. You never know," she laughs.
Her latest album, New & Number Ones, is a chronicle of most of the chart-toppers so far in her career, with a twist.
"I took four of my first No. 1 dance hits and hired brand new producers from scratch. We re-recorded everything top to bottom — it was a big job. I then wrote and co-wrote nine new songs, including a remake of 'Through The Fire,' changing [it] from a ballad to a dance song.
That raised a few eyebrows!" she laughs.
The first single, "Everything That I Got" has been in heavy rotation on Pride Radio locally and it's got an addictive beat and catchy melody.
"'Everything That I Got' was an amazing experience," she says. "Lee Dagger, one half of Bimbo Jones, flew in to Las Vegas from London to write songs for the album and one of them was 'ETIG.' Lee stayed at my rehearsal studio, which looks like a little farm- house on a couple of acres. I have my horses there, a rescue goat, three sheep and lots of cats that people just dump off, so we feed them."
The experience was like something from a children's story.
"He's like Doctor Doolittle, carrying on full-length conversations with them all lined up staring at him like they totally knew what he was saying! Everybody loves Lee, including my animals. That's how the album got started. Pretty nuts."
With many hits and dozens of other songs in her discography, Kristine W's favorite song tends to change depending on her current situation.
"Presently, 'Land Of The Living' is my favorite because I really know what it means to be glad to be alive and in the land of the living. After I battled leukemia from 2001 for a couple of years, I lived the words I had previously written. It was surreal and took on more relevance," she remembers.
Another source of strength in her life and career has been a deep admiration for Donna Summer, though the closest she ever came to meeting her was waving at her through a window of a recording studio.
"Donna Summer's voice spoke to me when I was very young and searching to find a musical role model. She definitely changed my life.
Something in the power, emotion and perfectly rich tone of her singing made me want to project like that. I grew up singing in the church choir like Miss Summer and my hometown, Pasco, is very diversified culturally. I was encouraged to embrace my soulful side and sang!" she emphasizes with a laugh. "Donna showed us all what a great live performer should b,e as well as being an excellent songwriter. She is and will remain a musical hero to many."
As for her legion of gay followers, she's forever devoted.
"I love my gay fan base, because they embrace life and tell you the truth even if it hurts, live out loud, love the arts, are survivors and super creative. What's not to love and admire?" she laughs.
In addition to her support of gay rights and marriage equality, she's also deeply involved in animal rights, protecting the planet, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Music in Our Schools, many of which are featured on her blog.
For this weekend's show at Station 4 in Dallas (which she calls a "great city with amazing people"), she promises one thing to fans.
"I am going to fit as many of my hits into a 30-minute show as possible," she says. "See you all there!"
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition February 8, 2013.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The University of Nevada softball team earned its 10th win of 2013 on Friday morning, beating Northern Illinois 8-3 to open play at the Mustang Classic.
Nevada improved to 10-11 with the victory, while Northern Illinois dropped to 6-8.
Sara Parsons led the way at the plate, while Karlyn Jones pitched her fifth complete game of the season to get the win.
Parsons was 3-for-3 with the RBI, smashing two doubles and a single in the Nevada win. The Wolf Pack's nine hits came from six different players, with Ashley Butera as the only other player to record a multi-hit game. She had two singles and a RBI.
Jones struck out eight Huskies and improved to 6-4 on the year, giving up only three hits in seven innings. Around the plate all morning, Jones kept the strikes coming to beat Northern Illinois and put Nevada in line to get back to .500 against Sacramento State tonight.
The Pack will meet the Hornets at 7 p.m.Pack Falls 9-7 to Sacramento State
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Despite home runs from Sara Parsons and Ashley Butera, the University of Nevada softball team fell 9-7 to Sacramento State on Friday at the Mustang Classic.
The loss dropped the Wolf Pack to 10-12, while the Hornets improved to 10-5.
Nevada clawed out of a seven-run hole to tie the game at seven in the top of the fourth inning. Behind after Sacramento State scored seven runs in the second, the Pack got three in the third and four in the fourth.
The three runs in the third came on the fourth home run of the season from Parsons, who tied Megan Fincher for the team lead with the blast. With two runs across in the top of the fourth, Ashley Butera came to the plate and hit her third home run of the year, tying the contest at seven.
Parsons is now 5-for-7 at the Mustang Classic with two doubles, one home run and six RBI.
A run from Sacramento State in the bottom of the fourth gave the Hornets the lead again, with one more in the fifth proving to be the final run of the game.
Bailey Brewer came on in relief of Megan Dortch and pitched three innings, getting the loss to fall to 1-2 on the year. Taylor Stroud came on in relief of Sacramento State starter Jennifer Hartman and pitched the final 3.2 innings to get the win. She is 2-2 in 2013.
Nevada will meet Rutgers at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in its next contest.
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- According to the propaganda for the Aspen Ridge townhouses, Silver Spring is Montgomery County's "sweetheart city", whatever that means.
This is good, too: "In fact, living in Montgomery County, there are few of the world's pleasures you can't find within a short trip from your home" (Via Just Up The Pike)
- United Theraputics' new drug manufacturing plant at the corner of Spring & Cameron Streets in SS opened yesterday. It's good to see the drug business is making a comeback downtown!
- Overheard in Silver Spring:
Silver Spring Metro: Tourist (attempting to push bill through station manager's window): "A one-way ticket to Gallery Place, please." (From DCist)
Personally witnessed at Home Depot paint counter: (Man turns to his wife, incensed that Home Depot is attempting to con him) "Look at this ad - six dollars off one can of paint and thirty-five dollars off five cans of paint. Six times five IS thirty-five!" This sure 'aint Bethesda.