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1. Objective
2. Eyecup
3. Diopter Adjustment Scale
4. Body
5. Prism Cover
6. Center Hinge
7. Bridge
8. Center Focus Wheel
9. Objective Support
10. Interpupillary Distance Scale
Age is the single most important factor in choosing a pair of binoculars. Although with age a person's exit pupil tends to get smaller; that is, 5mm after age 50, one should determine his or her exit pupil. This is usually done by trial and error. If you do it in the dark, you cannot see what you are doing when holding up a millimeter ruler to your eye in front of a mirror. You can try a dimly lit room however. Sky Publishing use to sell a device for measuring one's exit pupil.Another factor affecting your exit pupil is your observing environment. If you observe from the city or the suburbs, light pollution will affect your exit pupil and will not allow it to fully dilate as if you were under a country sky. For instance, if you observe with a 7 x 50 pair of binoculars under a city sky, this is like observing with a pair of 7 x 35 binoculars. Why? Because your pupil is not fully dilated to take advantage of the extra exit pupil or circle of light being projected by the 7 x 50 binoculars. What is the exit pupil of a 7 x 50 binocular? Answer. 7.1mm. Divide 50mm the aperture of the binocular
in this case by the power of the binocular 7x. The 7 x 35 binocular exit pupil is 5mm.
It is 10 times harder to make a good roof prism binocular than a standard porro prism one. A roof prism binocular can equal, but never exceed an excellent quality porro prism binocular. A roof prism binocular is also much more expensive than a porro prism binocular due to the special prism and phase shift coatings used for this design. Of course, it does not mean a well made roof prism binocular is not good for astronomy. It is just more expensive due to the high standards required to make one.
Most roof prism binoculars are made in Germany. Porro prism binoculars are made in Japan. Whatever design you choose make sure the binocular has Bak-4 prisms and the lens is fully multi-coated. Also because it is a well known European brand does not mean it is safe to buy that binocular. Some binoculars are shipped to Germany from Korea with no country of origin marked on the binoculars. When said binoculars left Germany they were then stamped as being made in Germany. On a similar note, if buying binoculars made in either the former Soviet Union or China you might be getting a good deal, but buyer beware. If you can, try them out first and make sure the dealer has a liberal return policy.
Also concerning zoom binoculars stay away from them. Zoom binoculars show up in greater numbers for repairs than any other design. They were originally developed as a "gimmick" to encourage sales simulating the success of sales of zoom camera lenses.U.S. military specification design is still the best design for binoculars, although not as popular as the center focus design. If someone is advertising their binoculars as "military design binoculars, just make sure they are U.S. military design and not someone else's military. U.S. military specification design means that each eyepiece has to be focused for each eye, that the barrels of the binocular are sealed or water proofed, and filled with nitrogen, prisms are Bak-4, and the lens are fully multi-coated.Center focus binoculars are not usually water proofed and filled with nitrogen. You achieve focus with a center focus wheel and the right eye piece for the right eye. For a good center focus binocular make sure the prisms are Bak-4 and the lens are fully multicoated.
Also make sure the center wheel for focusing does not feel mushy and does not loose focus. If you have to continue to refocus then something is wrong with the center focus wheel. Also look for any excess grease around the center focus wheel and the eyepiece diopter used for focusing. If you see grease leaking out from either do not buy.
Center focus binoculars being more fragile and not water proofed are more susceptible to damage than a U.S. military specification design.
Concerning the image stabilized binoculars from Canon, these are excellent binoculars for astronomy and do not require a tripod. They are just expensive. The 15 x 50 is a good choice, because of the wider field and ease of use than the 18 x 50 model. Also even though they do not require a tripod, better to put them on one. The later models do come with a standard threaded hole for a tripod. By using a tripod, you free your hands up to take notes or read a star chart without having to go back and find what you were looking at.
Any good designed binocular, whether the U.S. specification design or the center focus design, will have Bak-4 prisms, fully multi-coated lens, air-spaced objectives, and nitrogen filled tubes sealed with o-rings to water proof the binocular.Bak-4 prisms, fully multi-coated optics, and air-spaced objectives allow for better light transmission, and therefore, a better view. Air-spaced objectives allow for better resolution. The nitrogen filled tubes sealed with o-rings keeps water, whether of the liquid variety or the vapor variety, from entering the binoculars system and causing mold or mildew to grow.
1. Spot an object 50 to 100 yards away and focus for both eyes.
2. Now look at the target and take the binocular down and let your eyes relax for half a minute.
3. Now look at the target again, but cover the left objective with you hand.
4. Now pull your hand away from the left objective.
5. If the target is out of focus, but quickly goes back into focus, your eyes are adjusting to the inherent error in collimation, and the binocular should be rejected.
Next when purchasing a binocular you must consider the purpose or what are you buying the binocular to observe-star gazing, sports, and birding. What? Binoculars are great for doing a variety of things such as an accessory to the telescope to star hop to those deep sky objects you want to find or an asteroid. Also binoculars are great for learning the constellations, following sunspots across the sun(DANGER-BE SURE TO USE THE PROPER SOLAR FILTERS), the motion of the planets among the constellations, the phases of the moon, sky conditions, comets, variable stars, and nova.For astronomy the 7 x 50 and the 10 x 50 have been the traditional choice. For your first pair of binoculars, get this standard size over the giant binoculars. The 7 x 50 or 10 x 50 is good for general purpose viewing and portable. The 7 x 50 is good for dark country skies. The 10 x 50 is good for the city or the suburbs due to its smaller exit pupil. The 10 x 50 though can be hard to hold for some and may require a tripod due to its 10x magnification. Even the 7 x 50 view improves with the use of a tripod. There are several tripod setups on the market, which allow steady viewing, overhead viewing, and easy scanning of the sky without neck cramps. In fact, for certain types of viewing like variable star, comet, and asteroid observing, binoculars on a tripod is essential to give a steady view of the field, take notes, and use star charts. Also more detail can be seen when observing the moon or star clusters.
The recommended size binoculars for observing different objects are as follows:
|Variable Stars
|At least 16x for any aperture
|7 x 50 , 10 x 50
|7 x 50, 8 x 50
|Large aperture
|7 x 50 , 10 x 50, 11 x 80
|Large aperture
|8 x 35, 20 x 80
|10 x 50, 15 x 80
|20 x 80
|7 x 50, 10 x50, 12+ x 80
|11 x 80
The interpupillary distance is the distance between the centers of each of your eyes. This is usually two inches. To set the interpupillary distance scale go to the small scale from 60 to 70 with a few small divisions located between the eyepieces on top of the bridge of the binoculars. This is the interpupuillary distance scale measured in millimeters. Once measured you may write it down somewhere to remember it or like professional binocular users mark it with pocket knife or a dot of white India ink.Focusing a U.S. Military Specification Design Binocular
Turn each eyepiece diopter out to the extreme plus position; that is, screw each eyepiece diopter all the way out from the binocular. Pick an object out to infinity and focus from the plus to the minus position; that is, focus from the extreme out plus position inward.
The image at first will be out of focus as you move the eyepiece inward. It will slowly come into focus. When it is sharp, Stop! Do not focus back and forth. This is not the correct way to focus an instrument, whether a telescope or a binocular. Do this for each eyepiece diopter.
Select a distant object. Turn the center focus wheel counterclockwise until the eyepieces are all the way out. This is the extreme "plus" position. Now close your right eye or cover the right objective with your hand and slowly focus inward for the left eye until the image is sharp. Stop! Do not focus back and forth. If you do, you will have to start over. Turn the right diopter eyepiece out to the extreme plus position and now close the left eye or cover the left objective with your hand. Now slowly focus inward for the right eye until the image is sharp. Stop! Focusing errors will result if you do, and you will have to start over.
First, to use your binoculars put the neck strap around your neck. Then to hold a pair of standard size binoculars like the 7 x 50 or the 10 x 50, you simply use both hands and put one hand around each barrel of the binocular and put them to your eyes and observe.
For giant binoculars or even the high magnification 10 x 50 you can use one of the following techniques:
1. Grab the end of the barrels and let them rest back into your eye sockets. Be careful. This could be painful.
2. Hold the end of the left barrel with your right hand and let the right barrel rest on your right forearm.
3. Prop yourself against a building, wall, or tree.Bibliography and Comment
Bishop, Roy. "Binoculars." Observer's Handbook 2007 (2007): 54-57. Thorough, but technical article on practically every facet of the binocular, whether standard size or giant.
Intermediate to advanced. This book covers mainly, comets, variable stars, and nova.
Muirden, James. Sky Watcher's Handbook. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company Limited, 1993. Basically, a good review of the use of binoculars and telescopes for different types of observing. Intermediate to advanced. There is always something interesting or important to read or refer to in this book. An amateur who has specialized in observing a particular object writes each area of observing.North, Gerald. Advanced Amateur Astronomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Basic review of binoculars. Other topics well covered, especially, lunar and planetary material. Book is advanced and technical, but full of useful information.
mechanical design, manufacturing, and repair, but lacked information on astronomical observing.


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Many have taken this iconic painting by the Belgian surrealist to be a commentary on the treacherous nature of the image — it makes you believe one thing, while hiding the reality of the image beneath.
The caption, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" or "This is not a pipe" is factually accurate — it is, in fact, a painting of a pipe. Magritte himself once said, "of course it's not a pipe you cretin, just try to fill it with pipe-weed." (Magritte was an immense fan of the Tolkien oeuvre, which he read in its entirety, about a decade before it was written.)
Of course, Magritte was lying.
In his home dimension, it was quite possible to fill a painting of a pipe with "smokables" and enjoy a good puff while watching the Nether Beast destroy ancient civilizations, the concept of solitude, and a slice of cheesecake slathered in raspberry confit.
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Alltop has no idea what confit is, but it sounds tasty, as does Nether anything. Originally published in Butterscotch, 2010.

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Baker, Reds agree on two-year extension
That's why it was with relative speed that the two sides agreed on Monday to a two-year contract extension that keeps Baker in Cincinnati through the 2014 season. Terms were not revealed, but Baker said it was essentially the same deal he had before.
"There's work left to be done," said Baker, who was believed to making $3.5 million yearly in his previous contracts. "I didn't want to leave on a note that we still had work to do. It left a real pain in my heart to feel as I did at the end of the season this year."
Under Baker this season, Cincinnati finished with the second-best record in baseball at 97-65 and won the National League Central division.
But the postseason came to a heartbreaking conclusion. Against the Giants in the NL Division Series, the Reds took the first two games in San Francisco before dropping the final three at Great American Ball Park last week to be eliminated from the playoffs.
Reds general manager Walt Jocketty and Baker were already talking about an extension before the playoff exit. Jocketty said the team's final outcome never played a part in talks.
"That's why it didn't take long," Jocketty said. "We actually had one quick meeting on Friday and we discussed some things over the weekend and wrapped up this morning."
"This is Dusty's team," Reds CEO Bob Castellini said. "These fellas here are poised to go deeper and deeper in the season. To not bring Dusty back was out of the question."
Baker cited his family's support in favor of his remaining in Cincinnati. His 13-year-old son, Darren, let him know he hoped to one day play beside right fielder Jay Bruce on the Reds.
"My family is extremely happy, especially my son, because he is the biggest Reds fan that we have," Baker said.
This season, the 63-year-old Baker joined Bill McKechnie and Sparky Anderson as the only Reds managers to lead the franchise to multiple postseason berths. Since coming to the Reds on a three-year contract in 2008, Baker has a record of 419-391 (.517) and two division titles in the last three seasons. He was re-signed for two years in 2010 after winning the NL Central, but before the Reds were swept by the Phillies in the NLDS.
Baker's 1,581 wins over 19 seasons with the Giants, Cubs and Reds have him ranked 19th all-time and second among active skippers.
The 2012 season was one in which the Reds overcame the loss of three relievers to injury during Spring Training, including new closer Ryan Madson. When their best player, Joey Votto, went down with a knee injury in July, the team responded by playing its most inspired baseball, amassing a 32-16 record while expanding a one-game division lead over the Cardinals to eight.
At one point in the middle of summer, the Reds won 22 of 25 games to take control of first place.
The rotation had four starters pitch 200 innings and no one in the starting five missed a start during the regular season because of injury. But in the NLDS, the Reds were crippled by the loss of ace Johnny Cueto eight pitches into Game 1. While they won that game, it proved a key factor in losing the series.
Before everyone dispersed for the winter, Baker hugged several players and told them he was optimistic he would return. One of them, right fielder Jay Bruce, was pleased about the extension.
"That's great news," Bruce said in a text message. "I believe Dusty has been an integral part of the organization's turnaround. I'm very happy that he'll be back as manager. He's been the only manager I've known since I've been in the Major Leagues, and he's been great to play for. Looking forward to two more years of that."
Baker said he and the club are going into next season with bigger expectations.
"We were all very saddened, from the players to myself, we wanted to go further," Baker said. "We're poised to go further in the future. We're very excited about the prospects of what we have here to carry on what we've started."
Baker missed 11 games in September after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat. During his time in the hospital, he suffered a minor stroke, but was back for the final three games of the regular season.
"I can't wait for Spring Training. I feel excellent," Baker said. "I feel that I have most of my strength back. I am working on it right now to come back next year in better shape and keep this weight off. I also want to have my mind clear and better than ever before."
According to Baker, the Reds came into negotiations with a two-year offer.
"I was kind of planning on a one-year contract," Baker said. "I just thought about it and that would create as much [distraction] this year as it has the past year when you're on the last year again."
The Reds will also retain Baker's entire coaching staff: pitching coach Bryan Price, hitting coach Brook Jacoby, bench coach Chris Speier, first-base coach Billy Hatcher, third-base coach Mark Berry, bullpen coach Juan Lopez and assistant pitching coach Mack Jenkins.
A deal has not been reached, but Jocketty expected the staff to get two-year contracts. The medical staff will also be returning.
"I think it's important to understand that we're moving in the right direction," Jocketty said. "We're trying to build a team that will be in contention for a long time and win multiple world championships. One of the things we feel is very important is continuity. Every place I've been, we've always had continuity, whether it's scouts or front office staff or Minor League people, but most importantly, the guys leading the team on the field. If you look, the more successful operations and teams are organizations that keep continuity in their leadership.
"We've made tremendous progress in the last five years, even from 2010. We had the second best record in baseball. We came up short in the playoffs but did some remarkable things. It's something to keep building on."


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As Andy Cohen waved in (with his entire upper body, as he's known to do) a fight-night test run of a nightly version of Watch What Happens Live, he brought together Anderson Cooper and The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Nene Leakes — BFFs who've never met! Until last night, where the flirting (between Anderson and Nene, Andy and Anderson, Andy and Nene) was outrageous.
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Monday, Barack Obama took the ceremonial presidential oath of office for the second and final time. The fanfare was again deafening. The expectations for his second term again outsized. Black voters who supported President Obama by more than a 9 to 1 margin in 2008 and 2012 can now rest, assured that he will have plenty of time to cement his legacy.
But fast forward to four years from now. Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath to the 45th American president. At
that moment, our first black president will officially become our first black former president. Who will be the second? Deval Patrick? Cory Booker? A newly ascendant member of the Congressional Black Caucus? Who's got next? And more important, how long will it take?
While black voters have proven that we can lead a diverse and powerful coalition to elect our preferred candidate, someone who actually looks like us, we continue to underperform in state, local, and midterm elections. This kind of inattention could mean another lifetime before we see a black face in the oval office again.
Despite President Obama's meteoric rise, there are still very few African Americans who possess the kind of national profile or financial backing to entertain presidential aspirations. Of the last ten presidents, four were governors, four were vice presidents, and three, including Obama, had served in the Senate. Before becoming president, all but George H.W. Bush demonstrated that they could win a state-wide election. Meanwhile, there have been only two black governors in our nation's history and just three elected black senators since reconstruction.
History suggests that if black voters simply wait for the next political superstar to rise out of obscurity, we will be twiddling our thumbs for a very long time. A perfect political storm elected Obama in 2008; George W. Bush was wildly unpopular and Obama's anti-Iraq war stance distinguished him from other Democrats during the party's primary. Finally, without Hillary Clinton's dogged primary campaign which swelled the ranks of registered Democrats in a number of contested states, Obama might not have won North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, or Virginia in the general election.
And let's not forget a doddering and caustic John McCain, a perfect foil to Obama's youthful vitality and message of hope.
Presidents rarely come out of nowhere like Obama appeared to do. Candidates who are not backed by tremendous power and money cannot persevere for extended lengths of time politically. They must see their moment and swiftly amass the resources to seize it. Though Obama did just that, his path to the White House can't easily be replicated. To even consider a second black president, we have to develop the kind of institutions and tools that incubate black political talent. We have to be intentional.
How? Blacks can't expect to compete for the White House every four years. At 12 percent of the voting population, we simply don't have the numbers. So for starters, we don't wait around for the next Michael Jordan to spring from the ether. We build a pipeline. The Congressional Black Caucus Institute is dedicated to training the next generation of political leaders and educating voters about political engagement. We need to support CBCI and organizations like it – the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and others – to ensure that they remain faithful to their missions and prepare our young leaders for public service at every level.
Secondly, we vote in every election that impacts the places where we live and work. We change the culture that says the county coroner race isn't sexy enough for us to turn out. Tomorrow's national leaders are cutting their teeth in state legislatures, city counsels, and county commissions. If our young people don't get a foothold in these places, we will continue to hear that tired refrain: "we searched but found no qualified candidates."
Third, we expand. We examine our reliance on majority black districts and acknowledge their continuing value. But we also nurture talent that can compete where the demographics aren't so friendly. Remember, all politics are local. But black politicians with national aspirations have the added burden of having to transcend the local, i.e., racial.
Fourth. Challenge the old model that only ex-governors need apply. We broaden the discussion of qualified candidates to include cabinet members, successful entrepreneurs, and social justice advocates. Executive experience comes in many forms.
Fifth. Continue to build common cause with progressive whites, women, Asians, Latinos, advocates for gay and lesbian rights, and recent immigrants. Support candidates from these groups. This is only proper. We give, we get. A Latino president appoints a black secretary of defense who, as a result, is inserted into the national conversation.
If we accept that President Obama was the culmination of decades of struggle and a fair bit of luck, then we must also understand that the next Barack Obama will only result from a deliberate strategy to increase civic engagement, create a new black political class, and yes, catch a little luck in the process.
The kind of luck that happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Thomas Reed is an attorney who specializes in civil rights, media and communications law. He resides in Centreville, Virginia.
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The analysts at Gartner have made their predictions for 2007 and they say that blogging will peak next year and all the hype will fizzle out.
One of their top 10 predictions for 2007 is that the number of bloggers will level off in the first half of next year at roughly 100 million worldwide. The reason: most people who would ever dabble with web journals already have. Those who love it are committed to keeping it up, while others have got bored and moved on, said Daryl Plummer, chief Gartner fellow.
"A lot of people have been in and out of this thing," Plummer said. "Everyone thinks they have something to say, until they're put on stage and asked to say it."
Well, that certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons!
It got a flood of media coverage and many bloggers weighed in too. Does this mean blogging will suddenly die and go away. No, the Gartner gurus say it will level off and the rapid growth we've seen with the blogosphere doubling every 6 months will go away.
There may well be 200 million ex-bloggers, but dedicated bloggers with a real voice and an audience will continue to keep the conversation alive. And many of them are business bloggers. C level execs are only just getting comfortable with blogs and blogging. They've seen the success of business bloggers like Jonathan Schwartz of Sun.
"The trend is, I think, irreversible at this point," said Shel Holtz in the USAToday article. "You're having businesses that are showing some substantive results with well-thought-out, strategically planned corporate blogs."
And that's what businesses are after – substantive results.


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November Movember is around the corner which means you'd better enjoy clean-shaven men while you can. Before you know it, all the men in your life will be attempting to grow scraggly porno moustaches, bringing out their grooming comb in the most inappropriate places. It's all about raising awareness for prostate cancer, of course, so it's okay. But there are still a few general rules.
In that vain, Nick Offerman — master 'stache grower — would like to offer you a few helpful tips, so you don't hurt anyone this year.
1. Send a regular handwritten letter.
2. Use a hammer and nail for contouring.
3. Imprison an insect and set it free.
4. Smell Wood
5. Eat an onion
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You pick up the fresh green chile in La Puente. The address is 15615 E. Nelson. We distribute the green chile at La Puente high school. We are in the back parking lot of the school. You enter the parking lot on Glendora Avenue. We can roast your chile for you. Most of the chile is preordered. You will have a scheduled date and time to pick up your chile. The chile comes in Mild, Medium, Hot, Extra Hot, and Extra Extra Hot. We call the extra extra hot Double X. Double X chile is too hot for most people to eat. We also carry the hot variety of Yellow chiles, and the hot variety of Jalapeno chiles. You can also pick up sun dried red chile pods. We also sell green and red chile powder. The green chile is seasonal. We start taking orders on July 15th. You pick up your chile from the middle of August to the middle of September.
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Place: Kinsky Palace
Author and curator: PhDr. Petra Polláková
The dragon is a prominent symbol in East-Asian culture. It embodies positive (yang) energy and creative force. This is why it was chosen as the symbol of this exhibition in three exhibition halls of Kinsky Palace, presenting work by contemporary Czech and East-Asian artists residing in the Czech Republic who find inspiration in early East-Asian art and contemporary Japanese pop culture.
Tying in with the exhibition at Kinsky Palace Stable, the visitor will find several art interventions in the permanent Art of Asia exhibition on the first floor of Kinsky Palace that are direct responses to or are loosely inspired by individual works that are part of the permanent exhibition.
The exhibition room on the second floor of Kinsky Palace is the site of a group installation, which is essentially a humorous replica of the typical 'oriental' salons found in many Czech chateaux and palaces.
Exhibiting artists: Petr Bařinka, Filip Černý, Patrik Hábl, Markéta Hlinovská, Veronika Holcová, Vojtěch Horálek, Anna Hulačová, Petr Hůza, Song Mi Kim, Tomáš Kubačka, Marie Ladrová, Pavel Mrkus, Stanislav Müller, Radka Müllerová, Michal Nesázal, Tets Ohnari, Eva Pelechová, Dana Sahánková, Veronika Slámová, Jiří Straka, Gabriel Vach, Hana Vinklárková, Diana Winklerová, Dalibor Worm
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This seminar will explore significant texts in twentieth-century British literature (as well as some texts from other national literatures) by focusing on their figuration of bodies: animal, insect, human, and posthuman bodies; abject, disciplined, diseased, gendered, grotesque, repressed, sexual, and surreal bodies. Primary readings will include Oscar Wilde's Salome; Djuna Barnes's The Book of Repulsive Women and Nightwood; Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and "In the Penal Colony;" James Joyce's Ulysses; W.B. Yeats's poetry; Imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, H.D., and Amy Lowell; T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and The Waste Land; Radclyffe Hall's "Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself;" Virginia Woolf's Orlando; Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber; and Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry. Secondary readings will provide historical context, as well as expose students to a variety of feminist, Foucauldian, phenomenological, psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender perspectives on embodiment.


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popScorn | And don't forget the robots!
Far be it from me to publicize a film i haven't even seen yet, but ... come on. This new trailer for Michael Bay's Transformers — opens nationwide on July 4! — totally kicks ass. True, i can't think of a single Bay flick i've ever liked, and okay, it doesn't inspire much promise that the thing's scripted by two guys who wrote The Mask of Zorro and Bay's The Island, and sure, it's a live-action, big-budget summer blockbuster based on an '80s toy fad — not exactly the benchmark of quality cinema. But hey, if it makes zillions of dollars, we can probably expect to see some pretty awe-inspiring shit in the near future. Just think: Reese Witherspoon in Strawberry Shortcake! G.I. Joe, starring Seann William Scott as Duke, Johnny Knoxville as Flint, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as Scarlett and the voice of Cobra Commander! Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, and the rest of the Glengarry Glen Ross cast reuniting for Food Fighters, featuring a very special appearance by Robert De Niro as Chip the Ripper!
Anyway, just watch the clip. If the ch-ch-chuh noise when Optimus Prime morphs from truck cab to automaton doesn't make you feel like you're 10 again, then maybe nothing will.


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Osama bin Laden must be a happy man today. The United States is playing right into his hands. Since September 11, 2001, we have freely given him every item on his wish list. Consider what Osama wants:
1) To make America tremble. Encouraged by politicians of both parties, Americans have reacted to the events of September 11th with the kind of paranoia one expects of children. The run on Cipro, smallpox vaccine, potassium iodide, portable radios, batteries, preserved food, bottled water, and gas masks is the response of a people who have no sense of proportion. Compared to threats like drunk driving, guns, cigarettes, drugs, overeating, and AIDS -- each of which kills tens of thousands of Americans every year -- the terrorists are trivial. Yet a simple videotape from Osama, and we issue a Code Orange and rush for the duct tape.
2) To undermine American democracy. Osama knows that American democratic principles are the envy of the world. But the Bush administration, using terrorism as a pretext to create a superempowered presidency, has suspended our system of checks and balances, sidestepping judicial and congressional oversight of its actions whenever possible. It has declared war without congressional approval, jailed citizens without explanation, denied the accused the right to an attorney, held trials in secret, detained unnamed suspects indefinitely in hidden locations and without charge, applied "psychological pressure" (read: torture) to suspects we never see, and encouraged the Pentagon, the FBI, and the CIA to spy on U.S. citizens in ways Big Brother never dreamed of.
3) To shake the American economy. Wall Street acts even more frightened than the rest of us and hides its money under the mattress. Travel and trade are slowed as we create more and more obstacles at our airports, harbors, and border crossings. (This is the equivalent of putting one's head in a plastic bag for fear of poison gas.) Meanwhile, the cost of military buildups, giant Pentagon computers, and tax cuts designed to comfort the trembling rich sucks the rest of the air out of the economy.
4) To create more terrorists. If the U.S. kills thousands of Iraqi citizens, it will certainly accomplish this goal for Osama. Beyond that, September 11th gave the Bush administration a perfect excuse to ignore the difficult task of working toward peace between Israelis and Palestinians. As a result, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict burns on, creating more suicidal "martyrs" and generating sympathy for the Palestinian cause daily -- sympathy that Osama and the mullahs turn to hatred.
5) To divide the United States from its allies and isolate it from the rest of the world. The Bush administration's willingness to insult France, Germany, and Belgium, to denigrate Russia and China, and condescendingly to dismiss the temperate suggestions of the majority of the world's nations plays right into Osama's hands.
6) To damage the United States' reputation. The rest of the world already suspected that the United States had a simplistic, go-it-alone, shoot-'em-up attitude toward foreign affairs. The Bush administration has confirmed that suspicion. We are now officially the town bully. Everyone else (including, horribly, Osama) is now the bullied.
7) To get rid of Saddam Hussein. Osama has always hated Saddam Hussein. Saddam is a socialist Sunni oppressing a religious Shi'ite majority. Saddam is an "infidel" (in Osama's terms) who runs a secular state without sufficient reverence for Islam. Nothing would make Osama happier than for the United States to kill Saddam for him, along the way generating more anti-American feeling in the region and creating a new generation of orphaned potential-terrorists.
8) To be the great martyr of modern Islam. Okay, so this hasn't happened yet. But someday Osama will be killed, probably by Americans. At that point, George Bush will have handed Osama bin Laden the final item on Osama's wish list.
Ed Weathers is a former editor of Memphis magazine.


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Five WSL Championship Tour Title Threats 2015Brian Roddy lists five surfers flying under the radar for the 2015 WSL Championship Tour title.
Forget about the obvious frontrunners for a moment, here's five challengers flying under the radar.
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Due to the winter weather, Butler Community College will be closed Thursday, February 22nd. All classes are canceled and offices are closed at all locations.
Whether you are planning to major in English or another field, your ability to write clearly and persuasively will distinguish you throughout your college and professional careers. At Butler, you will get the attention, instruction and practice you need to write like your career depends on it. Find out more about our English Department.
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text: Eclipse Community Forums - RDF feed https://www.eclipse.org/forums/ Eclipse Community Forums optional vs nullable attributes https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/203116/649109/#msg_649109 I have a question regarding the meaning of the optional attribute that can be found on @Basic or relationship annotations and the nullable attribute that can be found in @Column and @JoinColumn annotations. Isn't @Basic(optional=false) a hint for the JPA provider to make the underlying column not nullable? I had the idea that the optional attribute on the object side was equivalent to the nullable attribute on the relational side. Cheers, Daniel]]> Daniel Le Berre 2011-01-17T17:35:36-00:00 Re: optional vs nullable attributes https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/203116/649765/#msg_649765 The optional may be used for validation in the object model. Is has no affect of DDL generation Currently I do not think EclipseLink uses the optional for any validation. ]]> James Sutherland 2011-01-20T14:47:27-00:00 Re: optional vs nullable attributes https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/203116/649773/#msg_649773 Wouldn't it make sense to take into account the optional flag into account in the DDL generation? If I know in the object model that an attribute is mandatory, I should have a non nullable column in the table, right? I try to use JPA annotations in such a way to define all my constraints on the object model, and to avoid database specific annotations by all means. Changing the optional attribute value without seeing any effect on the DDL generation looks odd to me.]]> Daniel Le Berre 2011-01-20T14:58:22-00:00 Re: optional vs nullable attributes https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/203116/649776/#msg_649776 ]]> James Sutherland 2011-01-20T15:02:18-00:00 Re: optional vs nullable attributes https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/203116/649785/#msg_649785 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=334899]]> Daniel Le Berre 2011-01-20T15:27:00-00:00


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A Hidden Jewel in the City of Chula Vista, Ca.
Dragon Express is family owned and operated for more than 10 years in its current location. Providing Chula Vista and the surrounding communities with the "Freshest" and most "Authentic" Chinese and Vietnamese Food including some of the "BEST" "Pho" style noodle soups in the South Bay area of San Diego California. Dine in or take out we know you once you experience our dishes you will be soon become a member of our family.
We are open Mon to Sat from 10:00 a.m. to 9 p.m and conveniently located directly behind the Denny's Restaurant in Chula Vista, California, there is plenty of off street parking and we are within a 1 block walking distance to the E. Street trolley Station.
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The Van Dyck Restaurant & Lounge in Schenectady plans to start brewing beer again in the spring and has hired brewmaster Drew Schmidt, previously of Olde Saratoga Brewing in Saratoga Springs and the former Big House in Albany, to create its beers.
Jeff McDonald, a member of the family that owns The Van Dyck as well as Pinhead Susan's and the Stockade Inn, also in the Electric City, tells me new equipment is being installed and state permits have been granted; a federal brewing permit remains outstanding, but he expects its arrival soon and hopes to have the brewery going within a few months.
The McDonalds bought The Van Dyck at auction and reopened it in June 2009.


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For me the best educational games allow a player to take on an identity and try life in another time/place. The really good ones actually teach you something. I have been playing one that does all these things and more.
The latest installment of WNET's interactive online game, Mission US 2: "Flight to Freedom" allows a player to become a 14-year-old slave named Lucy King living in Kentucky in 1848. In the opening stages you get a real sense of what life might have been like for someone like Lucy. You make a series of choices that at times have harrowing consequences.
The game is engaging and essentially puts you into the shoes of the protagonist, all the while teaching about resistance to slavery before the Civil War.
It is standards based, and age appropriate. You can play it online, or you can download a stand-alone version. There are materials for Educators, including a timeline and primary source documents and activities. (Unfortunately, the Teacher's "Cheat Sheet" Game Playing Guide isn't yet online!)
Try it, and I believe you will agree it is something students will want to experience.


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Conference Committee Discusses Community College BudgetThe two-house, ten-person committee charged with reconciling the differences between the two legislative chambers reached community colleges for the first time today, after a week of deliberations on other issues.While yesterday marked the constitutional deadline for the Legislature's passage of the budget, a requirement missed in 26 of the last 30 years, the Conference Committee avoided taking action on the big picture issues that will affect the overall funding for community colleges, along with K-12 and the other segments of higher education.Issues such as CalWORKs, Child Care, and the overall funding levels of both K-14 Proposition 98 and higher education will be subject to larger discussions likely behind the leadership curtain and out of the view of the public. These decisions likely will be held for "Big 5" discussions among the governor and the four legislative leaders.The committee began the discussion on community colleges with a detailed discussion on student fees and the impact on student enrollment. The Legislative Analyst's Office renewed its proposal of increasing fees to $40/unit to pay for enrollment growth proposed by the governor, using the argument that fee waivers are available to single students with incomes up to $45,000 and single parents with incomes up to $80,000.Senator Bob Huff made a motion to raise fees to $40/unit. Denise Ducheny, former San Diego CCD trustee, stated that while she's not as "hysterical" against fee increases as in the past, she was concerned that an increase to $40/unit was too much for one year. While Assembly Democrats on the committee said they are still hysterical about fees, it appears that, if Proposition 98 support for the colleges drops below the governor's proposal, the committee would turn to a fee increase to fund enrollment growth and protect categoricals. The committee held the issue open pending decisions that determine the total amount of Proposition 98 general funds for community colleges.The committee also discussed the Senate budget subcommittee's shift of basic skills funds based on successful basic skills course completion and performance-based funding generally. The committee adopted language that requires the Chancellor to craft performance-based funding language for basic skills funds to implement in the 2012-13 fiscal year.Also, the committee discussed the Senate budget subcommittee's language to distribute some of the Student Financial Aid Administration funds on the basis of Pell Grant awards, rather than BOG fee waivers. The LAO recommended adoption of the redirection, but delaying the implementation to 2011-12, recognizing that the new fiscal year begins in two weeks. While no action was taken, there seemed to be agreement to require a study of ways to creative incentives for colleges to increase FAFSA completions for 2012-13 implementation.* The League supports the increased investment of $100 million, but would allocate the money to maintain and increase short-term job training slots more broadly, through the Economic Development, Career Technical and Enrollment Growth items.** Technically, because the Assembly and the Senate took the same action, these issues are not before the Conference Committee for consideration, but may be subsequently reopened.***On career-technical education, the League would support a $20 million additional investment, although not paid for using cuts to Part-time Faculty Compensation and EOPS.Commission on the Future Moves Toward ReportThe League's 2010 Commission on the Future held its final meeting last weekend, agreeing on a series of principles that will form its report--A 2020 Vision for Student Success. The commission's report is anticipated in September and is one of the most far-reaching looks at community college student success in the system's history.The commission's work addresses major areas including Leadership and Accountability; Finance and Affordabilty; Teaching and Learning; and Intensive and Intrusive Student Services.The report will be timely, with newspaper articles concurrently <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jobs-educate-20100612,0,1944150.story?page=1&track=rss>questioning the value of traditional college degrees, <http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/14/business/la-fi-smallbiz-train-20100614>highlighting the value of community college training for small businesses, and <http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/15/jobs>arguing that far more college degrees need to be produced.Indeed, the headlines could make one's head spin.Regardless of the trend one is pursuing, there that are evidenced-based strategies that can significantly increase student success, while reducing or eliminating the participation and achievement gaps.I look forward to working with your colleagues on the commission to share its findings with you, and to take the steps needed to meet the economic and moral challenges to increase completions.Sincerely, Scott LayPresident and Chief Executive Officer
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Officials from some 160 countries meeting in Busan, South Korea, agreed Dec. 1 that development aid should be spent more efficiently and more transparently.
Delegates adopted a 12-page non-binding declaration that will "establish a new, inclusive and representative Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation to support and ensure accountability for the implementation of commitments at the political level." The outcome effectively sets a different standard for emerging donors such as China and India, according to media reports.
On the transparency front, Karin Christiansen, Managing Director of Publish What You Fund said: "Aid transparency emerged as a key win at this summit which was otherwise more about words than action. By signing up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative the US and Canada have decisively tipped the balance in favour of this reporting standard. Donors who remain outside the fold, such as France and Japan, should sign up immediately. Meanwhile new signatories and those who have yet to publish their implementation plans should do so as soon as possible. Then we will be able turn the significant potential of this initiative into the reality of better coordinated and thus higher impact aid."
The main section on transparency in the declaration states:
Transparent and responsible cooperation
23. We will work to improve the availability and public accessibility of information on development co–?operation and other development resources, building on our respective commitments in this area. To this end, we will:
a) Make the full range of information on publicly funded development activities, their financing, terms and conditions, and contribution to development results, publicly available subject to legitimate concerns about commercially sensitive information.
b) Focus, at the country level, on establishing transparent public financial management and aid information management systems, and strengthen the capacities of all relevant stakeholders to make better use of this information in decision–?making and to promote accountability.
c) Implement a common, open standard for electronic publication of timely, comprehensive and forward–?looking information on resources provided through development cooperation, taking into account the statistical reporting of the OECD–?DAC and the complementary efforts of the International Aid Transparency Initiative and others. This standard must meet the information needs of developing countries and non–?state actors, consistent with national requirements. We will agree on this standard and publish our respective schedules to implement it by December 2012, with the aim of implementing it fully by December 2015.
Rejected during the deliberations was a proposal from the World Bank to restrict disclosure of information to cover only "non-commercial" activities. A compromise allowed disclosure of a full range of information on all publicly funded development activities "subject to legitimate concerns about commercially sensitive information."
Donors also acknowledged the need to "promote the coherence, transparency and predictability of climate finance."
The 3,000 delegates included U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
One largely positive blog post analyzing the overall outcome began: "It will take weeks, months and ultimately years before the impact of the last few days at the Busan forum on aid effectiveness will be known, and it is impossible to find two people with the same opinion at the moment." This appeared in The Guardian's Poverty Matters blog, written by Jonathan Glennie, who works at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as a research fellow in the Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE). The blog also ran a brief summary of the issues in a pre-meeting posting.
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About the Program:
The UVM Department of Risk Management and Safety, in collaboration with UVM Police Services, are pleased to offer the CATWatch program. This program supports the planning efforts of campus departments for a variety of emergencies that may arise and require immediate response. As with any safety program, the institution's responsibilities for emergency planning can only be met with help and participation from departments across campus.
Program development work that is legally required to meet the OSHA regulation occasionally leads faculty or staff to make inquiries regarding personal liability. For this reason, this is a good time to remind all participants that they are not held individually liable for work that helps to meet UVM's compliance requirements as an institution. Work undertaken in the CATWatch program is covered by the UVM Officer and Employee Indemnification Policy found at http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmppg/ppg/general_html/indem.pdf
Steps for Program Implementation:
1) Provide Your Contact Information:
The CATWatch Coordinator will complete a three-question survey to record key Departmental Emergency Contact information for your work area. Click here to complete this survey.
NOTE: If your department has multiple locations, please designate a CATWatch Coordinator and complete this process for each physical location. For example: Part of UVM Risk Management and Safety resides at 284 East Ave and another part at 667 Spear St - each location has its own contacts and a site-specific floor plan.
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- You will be contacted regarding a date for a practice evacuation ["fire drill."]
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- The following information is optional. It is provided as a resource for departments interested in risk assessment and emergency planning. Complete the more detailed survey at the following link to better understand your risks and training needs for emergency planning. This is the link to the department specific risk assessment.
- Based on the risks identified in completing your survey, choose applicable topics from the CATWatch Program Training Materials to discuss at department meetings. To track annually required training, create a roster for department members to use as a sign-in. Keep a copy of the roster with materials reviewed annually for your training files.
- If you have a faculty or staff member that has special needs during an evacuation process, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as you begin your program implementation.
- If you add a new department member before your next annual review of the program and training materials, review all CATWatch information with them and add the documentation to your training file.
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Joseph T. Sanders founded the family meat business back in 1925, delivering his homemade products in a Model T Ford.
The Sanders Hams were well received and quickly gained in popularity and increased distribution. With the increase in demand for the old fashioned Sanders Hams came the need for more processing area, and many expansion programs throughout the years, with modern equipment and renewed enthusiasm for more Sanders Hams.
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The most obvious starting place to discuss the types of romance heroes is with the Alpha male - Alpha hero.
Alpha Male: a domineering man; the dominant member in a group of males, especially animals.
They say that the term was coined mainly to distinguish between boring heroes and exciting heroes. Really? I've seen some very un-boring heroes who were Beta or Delta Heroes - we'll get to those later. And it's the plotting that makes the story exciting, don't you think?
Here's a fun conversation between Booth and Brennan from tv's Bones.
Booth: Ok, what is so funny?
Brennan: I just never figured you being in a relationship.
Booth: Why? Do you think something's wrong with me?
Brennan: Not wrong. You just have alpha male attributes usually associated with a solitary existence.
Booth: What me? You're solitary.
Brennan: No no, I'm private, it's different and we weren't talking about me.
Booth: I was.
Brennan: I wasn't. Look, I'm happy for you. Relationships have anthropological meaning. No society can survive if sexual bonds aren't forged between -
Booth: What the hell are you talking about?
Booth is most definitely an Alpha hero.
When we look back at the history of the romance genre, we see a time when the heroes of these novels had their way with the heroines, whether she wanted to or not. The biggest writers in the genre in the early '70s - Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers - both wrote these type of "heroes." These types of heroes might not fly today - I mean, taking her without her permission - um, that's rape.
It's entirely possible that I'm out of touch here. When Googling romance books with Alpha Heroes, I found a list that started with Fifty Shades of Grey and continued with erotic romance heroes. I've not read Shades and erotic isn't my thing. So, forgive me if I don't include your favorite if that's your genre. What I'm trying to say - and not very well, I might add - is that "dominant" or "domineering" heroes may be Alpha males or may just be jerks. So maybe the Alpha hero has himself evolved. Or maybe he hasn't. I guess it depends on the genre.
At the most basic level, the Alpha hero is a leader. Or so says Alicia Rasley. "The Alpha hero is above all else a leader. He's someone who takes charge. He's just about bound to end up as the boss of whatever group he's joined. That is, whatever wounds he's suffered in the past don't keep him from accepting his ultimate role of leading. He is not an outlaw (or if he is, he's the leader of the outlaw band). He is part of a group, not an outsider. And no, he's not dark and dangerous. A truly dark and dangerous Alpha would very likely be a tyrant. The Alpha male is a social creature, not a loner."
Your Alpha hero is the guy that takes charge. He's in control of the situation and in control of himself. He's not touchy-feely and holds his cards close to his chest.
He's John Wayne in almost every movie he was ever in. He's William Wallace, Jetro Gibbs, Raymond Reddington.
Some of the conflicts for an Alpha hero include:
Loyalty vs Truth
Ambition vs Friendship
Power vs Abuse
Confidence vs Insecurity
Last month I sent you away with homework. Your homework is to think about your favorite romance hero. What makes him heroic? Why do you love him? Did anyone do it?
This month I'd love to hear who your favorite Alpha Heroes are.
Next month, we'll talk about the other types of romance heroes - the Beta, the Delta, the Theta.
Remember, all heroes have a bit of each of these types inside. These are just jumping off points. Feel free to digress.
Have a great month, Campers. Remember BICHOK - Butt in Chair - Hands on Keyboard.


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To protect the lives, health, and property of the citizens of Moody from fire, hazardous situations and trauma.
The Moody Fire and Rescue Department was established in April, 1972 as an all voluntary fire service. In 1983, the City of Moody hired the first full-time firefighter. The department was the first in St. Clair County to have Advanced Life Saving Equipment in service. This began in 1983.
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Recruitment Site: Crimson Hotel Business Center Manila Entrata Urban Complex, 2609 Civic Drive, Filinvest City, Alabang
Tecnical Support Representative for Pioneer Consumer Electronics Account (17k basic pay)
Candidate must possess at least a Vocational Diploma / Short Course Certificate, Bachelor's/College Degree , Engineering (Electrical/Electronic), Engineering (Mechanical), Engineering (Mechatronic/Electromechanical), Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.
Highschool graduates with exceptional communication and customer service skills are also welcome to apply.
Very good technical or troubleshooting skills
Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
Very good customer service orientation
Computer and internet savvy
Determined to resolve customers' technical concerns
Willing to work in shifts and holidays
Good or trainable communication skills.
Applicants must be willing to work in Alabang.
No work experience required.
130 Full-Time position(s) available.
CSR for our Healthcare Acct (Weekends Off/ 15k-17k basic pay)
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree , any field.
With or without call center experience
Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply.
Has very good customer service orientation
Has very goodcommunication and interpersonal skills
Experience in the health insurance business is an ADVANTAGE (but not required)
50 Full-Time position(s) available.
Interested applicants can send their CVs at [email protected] or
You can walk-in and apply: Recruitment site is at the Crimson Hotel (Mondian Room/ 8th Floor) at Entrata Urban Complex, 2609 Civic Drive, Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa) Open during weekdays from 11am to 6pm.
thanks for the info guys... is it gonna be a one-day process? hows the recruitment process? am planning to go there later... TIA
hi alabang din ba ang interview for non-CSR openings?
may non-voice dayshift ba dito?
It's a one day hiring process. Initial Interview- Testing- Call Simulation- Final Interview. Recruitment process for support (non-agent) openings for Alabang will be done in the main office (Libis).
Address of the main office:
86 E. Rodriguez Je. Ave. Brgy. Ugong Norte, QC. (between Red Ribbon and Wilcon Depot/ Landmark is an overpass)
may non-voice account po ba for alabang site?
thank you!
I also wanted to know if there's a non voice post in Alabang. Thank u!
Sana there will be other openings in your alabang site that offer 25k basic. Just like in libis.
Lapit lang kasi. I'm from Las Pinas.
May nag apply po sa alabang site. 17K na daw ang max kahit may experience.
Hi. As of the moment, we already closed our non-voice post because we are only needing 6 NV agents. But we are still open for voice agents. Apply now. The process is simplified: Initial interview and final interview. Get hired the easiest way!
Hi, what time does the recruitment process for non-agents starts? Do you still have openings for human resources?
Hi guys! Here's some good news!
HGS-Alabang is open again for Technical Support Representatives (Voice)
Join our Pioneer Consumer Electronics Account! Ready to start on December 13!
Candidate must possess at least a Vocational Diploma / Short Course Certificate, Bachelor's/College Degree , of any course
Good communication skills
Strong technical skills in troubleshooting laptops, televisions, DVD players and other machines
Fresh graduates/ Entry level applicants are welcome to apply
50 Full-time position(s) are available
Our recruitment process is being held at the Crimson Hotel (8th Floor/ Mondian Room) at Entrata Urban Complex, 2609 Civic Drive, Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
Don't forget to bring a valid ID and updated copy of your resume and look for Kristin.
You can also send you CVs at [email protected]
Please indicate in your email the position you are applying for.
for health care account, what time is the usual schedule in alabang? tnx
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Using Bands With Metal Militia Training
By Sebastian Burns
Seems like everyone wants a faster way to get stronger and bands just add to the temptation. In this article I will explain how we use bands in our routine .When we first start our 10 to 20 week training cycle we are concerned with getting back into training after our long layoff (layoff could be between 4 to 6 months) we pretty much start from scratch with not much strength and no training endurance. During this time we are just trying to get everything stronger and weak areas are not as clear. So we will run 4 week cycles of bands in the early part of our cycle.
There is 2 ways we have used the bands in our training and I will list them both .I will start with the most recent cycle we just did .There is nothing really set in stone and some of our lifters use bands on Raw day and some use them on Shirt day. I will list all possible ways we combine them.
To set up the bands for this exercise take 2 bands and tie them together then put them under the bench and up to each end of the bar. This way the knot of the bands is inline with your midback and the band runs inline with your shoulders.
Week 1
Band Press 1 Set Big Blue Band
Work up to a 3 rm over 5 to 6 sets
4 Boards
Work up to 1 to 3 RM
Work up to 1 to 3 RM
5 sets 5 Reps up to 5 RM
Week 2
Band Press 2 Sets Big Blue Band
Work up to a 3 rm over 5 to 6 sets
4 Boards
Work up to 1 to 3 RM
Work up to 1 to 3 RM
5 sets 5 Reps up to 5 RM
Week 3
3 to 5 sets of bands etc…. We will start adding more bands per week.
2 more sets of blue next week etc…when you start running single minis on top of all these big blues the tension gets crazy.
We just keep adding more bands each week until we have 8 to 10 bands or so much tension that 135 + Band weight is impossible or until no one can get 1 anymore.
I will advise anyone looking to go into this super band tension zone that you start slow and light and let your body adapt to this type of stress. Things can get crazy when you have a large amount of tension so be careful and have good spots.
Another way we have used bands in the past was to use them during our close grips on shirt day. We would use one set of the blue bands wrapped around a dumbbell held in place by some 25lb weights on each side of them. This is a different feel than having the bands go under the bench and I liked these as well. So the workout would look like this .
Close Grips with Bands
Work up to a 3 RM
As many sets as it takes
6 Boards or 5 Board
Work up to a PR or 3 RM
Rack Lockout
Work up to PR
Each week adding weight to the bar instead of bands is very different than adding bands every week and has great merit also.
Another exercise we do with bands is unique not in exercise but in the way we set it up. When we first started training we would do hanging band presses but we found them to unrealistic when the bands help all the way thru the movement. So after some thought I decided to run a short ladder across the pins in the power rack and hang the bands doubled over from the rungs of the ladder .So there is lots of band help for the first few inches of the movement and then they totally let go and the bar rises about 4 to 6 inches off the bands completely depending on arm length. We work these up to a PR for a few weeks and then lay off them for a week or so then come back to them for a Pr . This movement seems to be more realistic when compared to the way a bench shirt helps with the lift. We often use this exercise on raw bench day for extra work at the top without overtaxing the bottom of the lift and the vulnerable pec muscles. To much low end raw work can cause damage to tendons and will take energy and time from upper end work that will pay off in a bench shirt. By doing these on raw day we cut down on the damage to the muscle and still get great work at the top.
One thing we do different is we drop most if not all of the band work as the contest get closer in favor of developing technique and working on specific weakness for each lifter. Also heavy Boards and rack work become more of a factor as the meet draws near. One thing that should be noted is that Band tension and weight are two very different things and if you just use bands and never use real weight you will never get a realistic feel for the proper groove in a bench shirt. Bands are a training aid and should be used as such. I have seen some lifters ruin their forum by using only band tension and I have heard of many lifters doing very well with loads of tension so experiment and see what works well for you and your training partners. There are many other people out there using bands in many different ways, Westside, Gene ,Mike Miller and a few others that have some really cool things going on with them so be sure to check them out for more Ideas.
Be Sure to check out WWW.UNDERGROUNDSTRENGTH.COM and WWW.METALMILITIA.NET for more articles and training DVDs. If anyone has any questions regarding this article please feel free to E mail me at email@example.com Band workouts can also be seen on The Underground Strength DVDs.


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Behold my children's newest obession- this Little Tikes: Fold-Away Climber ($99.99) which R. affectionately calls "the indoor folding playground" (as in: "Baby S., get off the indoor folding playground, it's my turn!"). It's working as quite a effective discplinary tool for Mom, too (as in, "If you don't stop doing that I'm folding up the indoor folding playground.")
For city kids like mine, having a "mini-playground" like this is a real boon. It features a climbing wall, slide, adjustable basketball hoop and soccer/hockey net. Predictably, the slide is my kids' favorite part, though they are also starting to "play" basketball too. It is designed for ages 1 to 5 (my kids are almost 2 and almost 5) and it is a big hit with their playdates (who also live in cramped NYC apartments).
Though I haven't yet followed up on my threat to fold the thing up, it seems pretty simple to do so. And even fully assembled, it measures a compact 50.5″L x 47″W x 45″H. Which translates to a whole lot of money in NYC apartment space. But it'll cost you only $99.99 at Little Tikes. Not bad. And tired-out kids are priceless, right?
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Historic property managers recognize the importance of maintenance in preserving the character of cultural landscapes. Cultural landscape preservation maintenance plans have proven to be an effective tool for integrating preservation goals with traditional landscape maintenance operations. These plans describe the practice of monitoring change, improving condition, replacing original materials in-kind, and minimizing disturbance to the landscape. Prepared to address site-specific management needs, each plan is individually developed to document maintenance objectives, provide technical information, and guide field operations to preserve the historic character and authenticity of the cultural landscape.
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Bizarro Birds #2: Painted Robin
Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 8:04PM
I'm not knocking Robins because they are beautiful birds as they are, but "What if?" What if Robins were either a tropical bird or a beauty like a Painted Bunting. Anyway, I thought I'd have a little fun with them. It always amuses me when the birds pick one leg up while perching.
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One of the common types of feedback we get about Firefox for Android is that it's slow. Other browsers get the same feedback and it's an ongoing struggle. I mean, is anything ever really fast enough?
We tend to separate performance into three categories: Startup, Page Load and UX Responsiveness. Lately, we have been focusing on the Page Load performance. We separate further into Objective (real timing) and Subjective (perceived timing). If something "feels" slow it can be just as bad as something that is measurably slow. We have a few testing frameworks that help us track objective and subjective performance. We also use Java, JavaScript and C++ profiling to look for slow code.
To start, we have been focusing on anything that is not directly part of the Gecko networking stack. This means we are looking at all the code that executes while Gecko is loading a page. In general, we want to reduce this code as much as possible. Some of the things we turned up include:
- Writing extra and/or redundant page information to the history database
- Saving session restore information too frequently
- Looking up Android system proxy information was slow
- Drawing unused view backgrounds
- Animating the pageload spinner consumed a lot of CPU cycles
- Extra messaging between the Java UI and Gecko
- Opportunities for predictive networking hints
Some of these were small improvements, while others, like the proxy lookups, were significant for "desktop" pages. I'd like to expand on two of the improvements:
Predictive Networking Hints
Gecko networking has a feature called Speculative Connections, where it's possible for the networking system to start opening TCP connections and even begin the SSL handshake, when needed. We use this feature when we have a pretty good idea that a connection might be opened. We now use the feature in three cases:
- When a touch occurs on a link in web content, we speculatively connect to the HREF. Technically, we need to wait before really opening the link to make sure you didn't really start panning the page or start a double-tap.
- When starting to type a URL in the titlebar, we load the current set of search engines. We speculative connect to the default search engine, since it's somewhat probable that you will perform a search.
- When typing into the titlebar, Firefox tries to use domain autocompletion and searches your history for recent URLs. Both the current auto-completed URL and the top-most search result are speculatively connected.
Animating the Page Load Spinner
Firefox for Android has used the animated spinner as a page load indicator for a long time. We use the Android animation framework to "spin" an image. Keeping the spinner moving smoothly is pretty important for perceived performance. A stuck spinner doesn't look good. Profiling showed a lot of time was being taken to keep the animation moving, so we did a test and removed it. Our performance testing frameworks showed a variety of improvements in both objective and perceived tests.
We decided to move to a progressbar, but not a real progressbar widget. We wanted to control the rendering. We did not want the same animation rendering issues to happen again. We also use only a handful of "trigger" points, since listening to true network progress is also time consuming. The result is an objective page load improvement the ranges from ~5% on multi-core, faster devices to ~20% on single-core, slower devices.
The progressbar is currently allowed to "stall" during a page load, which can be disconcerting to some people. We will experiment with ways to improve this too.
Install Firefox for Android Nightly and let us know what you think of the page load improvements.


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Date posted: 1 August 2013
The nation's health bill for treating diabetes has virtually doubled and is growing rapidly as the incidence of the disease escalates.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has just released a new report: Diabetes expenditure in Australia 2008-09. The AIHW found that between 2000-01 and 2008-09 health care spending on diabetes increased from $811 million to $1,507 million, driven by an increased number of people being diagnosed with diabetes, as well as improvements in treatment and access to care.
According to the AIHW, the 86% increase in diabetes-related expenditure substantially outstripped the 60% increase in spending on all diseases over the same period, and diabetes' share of total disease expenditure rose from 2 to 2.3%.
The results underline fears that diabetes will become an enormous burden on the health system unless efforts to prevent type 2 diabetes developing are stepped up.
The prevalence of the disease increases as populations get older and heavier, and studies suggest it will become a huge financial burden if current health and lifestyle trends continue.
In its report, the AIHW cited estimates that the number of people with type 2 diabetes (officially estimated at 986,900 people in 2011-12) will double by the middle of the century, and the associated health bill will increase two-and-a-half times, solely as a result of ageing.
If current growth in the rates of obesity and inactivity is sustained, researchers warn the diabetes health bill could increase four-fold.
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Singer Miley Cyrus is in new trouble now after she posted some pics of her pet pig getting a pedicure. The 'Wrecking Ball' singer has been bashed by many of her fans for giving her pig a pedicure, saying that the chemicals might harm the animal. Cyrus, 21, recently posted pictures of pig Bubba Sue getting a pedicure on Instagram.
The first photo shows a friend painting Bubba's nails.
In another photo, Miley Cyrus was smiling and holding her pet while brushing the pot-bellied pet during the pedicure. She then showed off Bubba's fire-engine red polish, captioning the photo "pig pig gonna be looking fresh."
Animal lovers were not happy with the pictures, with some calling the pop star 'a pig' for putting her pet through the beauty ordeal.
Other comments included, "Dude you have deep issues" and "I love you, but this isn't so amazing." Other fans, however, stood by the controversial pop star's porcine pedicure. One wrote, "That nail polish is not hurting the pig. And that is not abuse." Some more fans stood up in defense of Miley and wrote, "You know you can buy animal nail polish, right."
Cyrus adopted Bubba Sue in August, a few months after the death of one of her beloved dogs, Floyd. She is yet to comment on the pig controversy that has created a stir on Instagram. Daily News has also requested the singer for a comment on the issue.


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Treetop Dining in Thailand
By Jennifer Chen
We've eaten in the dark and underwater—now it's time to dine in the treetops. In the Gulf of Thailand, Soneva Kiri by Six Senses (suites from $1,970) has a new sky-high dining pod, a steel-and-rattan basket that's hoisted 26 feet off the ground in a eucalyptus tree overlooking the beach. In a Cirque du Soleil–style touch, waiters fly in via zipline to serve simple, Thai-inspired dishes such as chicken casserole with lemongrass.


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Jane Austen's first novel is a timeless story of love and marriage as seen through the eyes of two very different heroines, the Dashwood sisters - cautious, level-headed Elinor and impulsive lively Marianne - one representing sense and the other sensibility. Austen's genius for portraying the social norms of her time, along with vivid characters and her trademark ironic wit, make this novel a classic to be treasured.
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This is abridged heavily, despite having assured that it wasn't. I am very disappointed and will be seeking my money back.
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Personalized Healthcare Earning High Marks from Veterans
By Robert A. Petzel, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
The results of the 2013 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) are in, and they show that veterans using the VA healthcare system are highly satisfied with the quality of their care and the relationships they have with their clinical providers.
In nearly all of the categories measured in this leading customer satisfaction survey, the ratings for VA healthcare met or exceeded those for private-sector healthcare. The overall ACSI satisfaction index for VA was 84 for inpatient care and 82 for outpatient care on a 100-point scale, which compares favorably with the healthcare industry scores of 80 for inpatient care and 83 for outpatient care.
This is the fifth year in a row that VA scores in the ACSI have demonstrated superior patient satisfaction. The ratings clearly show that VA's personalized, proactive, patient-driven approach to delivering healthcare is having a positive impact on the experiences veterans are having at our 1,700 sites of care nationwide. We are transitioning to a healthcare system focused on veterans' personal health goals, and the shift appears to be resonating with our patients.
Veterans who use our system experience primary care much differently today than they did five years ago. Every patient in the VA healthcare system is assigned a patient-aligned care team (PACT) that they can count on to help coordinate and personalize their care. Every PACT team includes a primary care provider, clinical pharmacist, registered nurse care manager, licensed practical nurse or medical assistant and clerk.
Patients can expect their team to help them access the services they need, including the latest e-health technologies, to optimize their health and well-being. Over the past two years, VA has made that possible by expanding primary care program staffing and setting standards for PACT teams at all VA medical centers. Since the implementation of PACT, access to primary care has improved, and the number of encounters with patients has increased by 50 percent, mostly due to telephone, secure messaging, and group encounters. That translates to more veterans getting more healthcare services.
The 2013 ACSI report assessed the satisfaction of veterans who had recently been patients of the Veterans Health Administration's inpatient and outpatient services. ACSI is the nation's only independent, cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors. Participating in the ACSI allows us to evaluate patient perceptions of the care we provide and gives us valuable insights into how VA healthcare measures up with private-sector healthcare.
Survey participants are asked for their feedback on customer expectations, perceived value and quality, responsiveness to customer complaints and customer loyalty. One of the most striking features in the results for 2013 is the continuing high degree of loyalty veterans have to the VA healthcare system, rated at 93%. This score has remained the same for five of the last six years, which is undoubtedly a reflection of the pride veterans have in their country's investment in a separate healthcare system for them, devoted to understanding and meeting their unique needs.
Veterans in the survey strongly endorsed the care itself, with 91% offering positive assessments of inpatient care and 92% for outpatient care. When asked if they would use a VA medical center the next time they needed inpatient or outpatient care, veterans overwhelming indicated they would, with 96% responding favorably for inpatient care and % responding favorably for outpatient care.
Veterans also responded positively to questions related to customer service, with a 92% favorable rating for inpatient care and 91% for outpatient care. Medical providers and appointment personnel were considered highly courteous, with scores of 92 and 91, respectively. Additionally, medical providers ranked high in professionalism, with a 90% positive rating.
While the survey results show us what we're doing right, they also reveal areas that need more attention. The recent ACSI results identify several areas for improvement, including enhancing the clarity of the information we provide our patients — in particular how we explain test results — and the accessibility of VA medical centers. We will use this invaluable feedback to guide us as we strive to make improvements in these areas.
With more than 8 million veterans enrolled, VA operates the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the country. Last year, we provided nearly 90 million outpatient visits, and our system handles 236,000 healthcare appointments each day.
In a healthcare system that large and complex, the work to improve and enhance the care we provide our patients is never done. But as the 2013 ACSI survey results suggest, we are on track to achieving our goal of becoming a patient-centered system dedicated to providing the best possible healthcare to veterans. This nation's veterans deserve nothing less.


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Game & Watch Gallery 4 Credits (Game Boy Advance)
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Game & Watch Gallery 4 Credits
|Executive Producer
|Satoru Iwata
|Takehiro Izushi
|Hitoshi Yamagami, Yasuhiro Minamimoto
|Assistant Directors
|Toshifumi Noguchi, Azusa Tajima
|Original Concept
|Rie Fukutome
|Main Program
|Kenta Egami, Takahiro Furukawa
|Game Design
|Hisataka Ikoma, Akira Mochizuki, Erika Hara, Koutarou Shinoki
|Manual Editor
|Sachiko Nakamichi
|Yoichi Kotabe, Yasuko Takahashi
|Sound Composition
|Riyou Kinugasa, Kengo Hagiwara
|Product Debug & Testing Unit
|Super Mario Club
|NoA Engineering Debug Team
|Yoshinobu Mantani, Don Dillinger, Michael Leslie, Matt Park, Junko Suzuki, Derek Whipple, Terral Dunn
|North American Localization
|Scot Ritchey, William Trinen, Richard Amtower IV, Jeff Miller, Leslie Swan
|Special Thanks
|Tatsumi Kimishima, Hiroshi Yamauchi
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Hiroshi Yamauchi, 195 other games
Jeff Miller, 181 other games
Hitoshi Yamagami, 152 other games
William Trinen, 122 other games
Richard Amtower IV, 110 other games
Sachiko Nakamichi, 88 other games
Scot Ritchey, 77 other games
Tatsumi Kimishima, 64 other games
Yoichi Kotabe, 64 other games
Takehiro Izushi, 62 other games
Yoshinobu Mantani, 54 other games
Azusa Tajima, 27 other games
Michael Leslie, 22 other games
Yasuko Takahashi, 17 other games
Yasuhiro Minamimoto, 14 other games
Don Dillinger, 13 other games
Riyou Kinugasa, 13 other games
Kenta Egami, 8 other games
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Odama, a group of 9 people
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, a group of 9 people
DK: King of Swing, a group of 9 people
Mario Tennis: Power Tour, a group of 9 people
WarioWare: Touched!, a group of 9 people
Mario Party 7, a group of 8 people
Densetsu no Stafi, a group of 8 people
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Pikmin, a group of 8 people
Tetris DS, a group of 8 people
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, a group of 8 people
Mario Power Tennis, a group of 8 people
Densetsu no Stafi 3, a group of 8 people
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For, you see, the original Beauty and Beast is so dear to me. Disney has shaped my life. Whether that's good or bad doesn't matter, but it is true. Most people can relate to this, having grown up with these stories in one way or another, so I wasn't sure if the new movie was going to make me happy or not. I hadn't seen any of the new live-action remakes, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to. After a while I even started nitpicking about stuff, and I wasn't sure if it was going to do my memories any justice.
Oh, but it did, and it exceeded my expectations by leaps and bounds! I was actually quite surprised by how quickly I took to this film. The tale was beautifully retold, wonderfully executed in 3D, and was unique enough to be its own thing. It brought me so much joy and I'm absolutely elated now.
It's funny how cinema has so much power over us. That's actually one of the reasons that I am apposed to seeing much violence on screen, or in any form of media for that matter. I have become so sensitive to it, and I'm not interested in partaking any longer. I believe that we create our world, so it's up to the individual to take responsibility. Beauty and the Beast represents that to me, and was such a refreshing departure from the norm. Sure, there was tension and drama, but for the most part this PG film was such a wonderfully fanciful experience.
When I met Aaron years ago, I told him that I wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere. Those lyrics became his vow, and we decided to spend our lives together happily ever after. Life imitates art after all, and the other way around. So, if the classic version holds a special place in your heart, like it does mine, then go see this masterful rendition. I'm sure just as I did, you'll love it all the same.
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With regard to your creation of an array and subsequent iteration, it is possible to index the array returned by split and therefore avoid the subsequent iteration:
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While indexing in this fashion is useful, I think the @F method would be faster in this case.
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