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Vehicle2005 Cadillac DeVille DTS 4dr Sedan (4.6L 8cyl 4A)
ReviewI had a 1995 DeVille for 10 years which was better designed, and more comfortable than my 2005 DeVille. The bucket seats sink in the middle, with hard edges - 21 inches from front to back -- pressure on sciatic nerve in right leg causing numbness! The seat belts cuts across my neck (I'm 5'5")creating an irritating hazard. The seat belts and side air bags are attached to the seats (very poor design). This is the most uncomfortable car I've ever owned. Cadillac needs to rethink this design! I'd never have bought it, if I had tried it first. It was purchased from an out of state dealer by my dealer. Dealers were out of cars, due to employee discount. Salesmen didn't know that DTS stood for "sport performance" car. Great for the under 40 6' tall guy.
Best FeaturesHandling, very responsive. OnStar. Folding, side view mirrors. Bose sound system. 6 disc CD changer. Front and rear side air bags. Stabilitrak. Regular gas! Telescoping steering wheel. Ultrasonic rear parking assist.
Worst FeaturesDon't remove the compass from the rear view mirror, just because of the Navigation System! Have to pull off the road and turn engine off to use Navigation System! Eliminate sun roofs in snow country. No one uses them. A potential hazard in a rollover!
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Hypochondriacs flock to NHS health site
18-month waiting list... (not really)
Fears that Britain is becoming a nation of hypochondriacs increased yesterday after the Government revealed that one and a half million people visited a new health site on its first day of operation. The site is an extension of a 24-hour telephone helpline that enables people to get in touch with health professionals without necessarily having to visit their local doctor or hospital. Announcing the figures, Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health, said the interest in the NHS Direct On-Line Web site vindicated the Government's decision to provide the additional service. "[It] certainly is not the 'gimmick' that some people have claimed," he said. "Alongside the NHS Direct telephone advice service, ours is the only health care system in the world to have this sort of integrated access to expert phone advice and information in published form through the telephone and Internet," said Milburn. NHS Direct On-Line provides information about the NHS including how to use its services, facts and advice on health stories in the national press, and pages on 200 specific diseases and their treatment. The service will be made available in hundreds of pharmacies and supermarkets up and down the country next year giving access to those who don't have Net access at home, he Government said. ®
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Gingrich Works to Avoid Rivals' Boom-Bust Fate After Rising in Voter Polls
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is trying to prove he's got something his rivals don't: staying power.
After a surge in the polls that revived a candidacy long dismissed as nothing more than a promotional book tour, the former House speaker is positioning himself as the party's strongest alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney.
"When you have a 90 percent American Conservative Union rating for your entire lifetime," he told reporters yesterday in Bluffton, South Carolina, where he was opening a new campaign office, "there's a clear contrast."
Gingrich's jab at the former Massachusetts governor, coming after months of urging his rivals to focus their criticism solely on President Barack Obama, signaled the start of a new phase of his campaign in a primary that has been notable for its lack of friendly fire.
On a three-day campaign swing through South Carolina, Gingrich packed town-hall meetings, wooed fundraisers, courted state party officials and served notice to his rivals that he is prepared to fight to hold his newfound front-runner status.
An American Research Group survey released yesterday showed 33 percent of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters backing Gingrich, up from 8 percent in October, compared with 22 percent supporting Romney.
Romney made his first direct attack on Gingrich last night, signaling the growing threat posed by his candidacy. "I think to get President Obama out of office, you're going to have to bring something to the race that's different than what he brings," Romney said. "He's a lifelong politician."
Re-energized National Strategy
Gingrich's South Carolina visit illustrated the campaign's re-energized national strategy. Book signings have been replaced with town-hall meetings. Field teams and state-specific websites are being launched in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. And the campaign says it has raised more than $4 million since the end of September, enough to infuse a new sense of confidence about its ability to compete in a drawn-out primary.
"If we do well in South Carolina and win in Florida, down goes Willard," said R.C. Hammond, Gingrich's campaign spokesman, referring to Romney by his formal first name.
Gingrich is working to avoid the fate of some of his rivals, who surged in the polls only to plummet after weak debate performances or other self-inflicted errors. Herman Cain, the former chief executive officer of Godfather's Pizza who is facing sexual misconduct allegations, has been the latest victim of that boom-bust cycle. A Nov. 14 CNN poll found that Cain's support among Republicans fell to 14 percent from 25 percent in October.
Cain Reassessing Candidacy
A new accusation this week that Cain was involved in a sporadic, 13-year affair prompted the Atlanta businessman to announce that he is reassessing his candidacy, a move that could benefit a rising Gingrich.
Evidence of the former speaker's revival since June, when more than a dozen top advisers quit citing disputes over campaign strategy, is growing.
Some aides who remained, such as Hammond, had resorted to sleeping in supporters' homes, bunking together above garages or in spare bedrooms, when fundraising slowed to a trickle in the summer. As of Sept. 30, Gingrich was $1.2 million in debt, according to campaign disclosure reports.
South Carolina Offices
Today, the Gingrich campaign has 10 paid staff and has opened five offices in South Carolina. In New Hampshire, six aides are working out of a new office in the center of downtown Manchester. And in Iowa, Craig Schoenfeld and Katie Koberg, two of six staffers in the state who resigned on June 9, rejoined the campaign mid-November as senior advisers. Hammond has now stayed in enough hotels to earn frequent guest status with Marriott Hotels.
"We first started going across the state in early September," said James Epley, the campaign chairman for Beaufort County, South Carolina. "We've seen it grow from there."
Still, with less than five weeks before the first round of voting in Iowa, some Republicans question whether Gingrich has enough time to build an effective operation.
"The short time frame will make whatever it is less effective," said Jim Dyke, a South Carolina-based Republican strategist. "Highly motivated volunteers can trump a lot of things -- just not time."
Immigration Issue
As Gingrich works to catch up organizationally, he also must defend the sort of debate remarks that have gotten his competitors into trouble. When Texas Governor Rick Perry was deemed too soft on illegal immigration after a Sept. 22 debate that highlighted his support for in-state tuition of American- born children of undocumented workers, he lost his front-runner status and has never recovered.
Gingrich spent much of the week defending his plan to grant legal status to some immigrants who entered the country illegally long ago, after Romney and Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann labeled it "amnesty" during a Nov. 23 candidate forum in Washington.
"It is an absolute falsehood to say that I favor amnesty for 11 million people. Period," Gingrich told voters gathered on a town green in Bluffton, South Carolina.
"Anybody who says it from now on has been served notice that they are saying something which is not true, which in itself should disqualify them as a candidate," he said.
The former speaker also emphasized to voters that he didn't work as a lobbyist after leaving office. Gingrich made millions through a network of advocacy organizations, think tanks and consulting firms he founded after resigning the speakership and his House seat in 1999.
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His clients included Freddie Mac, a mortgage company taken into government conservatorship in 2008 after its stake in failed subprime loans pushed it to the brink of collapse.
"I can't tell you which distortion my opponents are going to raise," he said. "I can tell you this: I will be prepared to answer every one of them."
Republican Representative Tim Scott, who hosted a town-hall meeting with Gingrich in Charleston, said the presidential hopeful's immigration position will likely be a liability with the state's conservative Republican voters.
To ease that opposition, Scott is urging voters to take a broader look at Gingrich's experience. "You don't have to find the perfect candidate," he said, in an interview on CNN's "State of The Union." "What we need is someone who can beat President Obama."
Newspaper Endorsement
New Hampshire's Manchester Union Leader's Nov. 27 endorsement of Gingrich took a similar position. "We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear," the newspaper wrote.
In appearances across South Carolina, Gingrich said that his shortcomings don't mean that he isn't the best candidate to take on Obama.
"I don't claim to be the perfect candidate," he told WSC- FM radio on Nov. 28. "I just claim to be a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney, and a lot more electable than anybody else,"
Gingrich promised retirees in Bluffton, a few miles from Hilton Head, that his general election campaign would deliver a "crushing defeat" to Obama.
Still, the former speaker's background bothered some voters, who said his past advocacy work, two divorces and admissions of infidelity would make it difficult for him to win in 2012.
"My concern is that Gingrich has had a high negative image in many, many areas in the past," said Jim McGrath, of Sun City, South Carolina. "How is he going to overcome that with the independent voter?"
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How To Fight Anxiety Without Pharmaceuticals
Although many people with anxiety often feel isolated and alone, anxiety is one of the most common psychiatric disorders there is. While you might feel like you're the only one going through these things, so many people battle anxious thoughts that don't seem to go away.
A lot of people assume that if they're struggling with anxiety, they have no option but to be put on pharmaceutical drugs by a medical professional. While some cases might indeed merit pharmaceuticals, no two instances of anxiety are alike. Many people with mild anxiety are able to treat their symptoms and keep their anxious thoughts at bay through holistic and natural treatment options. Here are some strategies for fighting anxiety without the use of pharmaceutical drugs.
Natural Solutions
There are many herbal and natural solutions, such as RediCalm, that can help people with their anxiety. Not only are medications like RediCalm available without a prescription, but they're free from many of the chemicals and mild altering ingredients that are found in most pharmaceutical drugs. These natural solutions are great for people who don't want to take prescription pills but still want to find a way to reduce their anxiety and feel calmer.
Meditation is one of the oldest methods of combatting anxiety in existence. Meditation has been practiced for literally thousands of years. No matter what you've heard, you don't need to spend a ton of money for professional meditation classes or a membership at a studio. The internet is full of videos and audio files containing guided meditations and many can be found free of charge. You can also skip the guided help and instead just sit somewhere quiet with your eyes closed, allowing your thoughts to completely float away. There's no right or wrong way to meditate and just about all forms of meditation are helpful for anxiety sufferers.
Diet and Exercise
This can be a pretty controversial topic to bring up to people with anxiety. Many of them resent being told that diet and exercise alone will reduce their symptoms. It's debatable if a healthy diet and rigorous exercise program can actually fully eradicate anxiety symptoms, but it definitely helps. When your body is healthy, your mind often follows suit. Lethargy and junk food consumption can oftentimes make people with mental health issues feel worse. Even if this isn't the only method you use to cure your anxiety, it should definitely be on your list of strategies.
Sunlight and Going Outdoors
A lot of people with anxiety and depression will tend to close themselves off from the world and hide away in their homes. This is understandable since both depression and anxiety can make social situations feel incredibly intimidating and upsetting. However, going outside for some fresh air and sunlight is a huge mood booster and can greatly help to reduce the symptoms of anxiety. You don't have to necessarily put yourself in a social situation. Instead, just go for a walk in the park or along the beach. Even if you're only gone for 15 or 20 minutes, you'll feel a lot better afterward.
If you follow these tips, you can reduce your anxiety symptoms without the aid of pharmaceutical drugs. While prescription pills can be helpful for many people, others may indeed be able to manage their anxiety naturally.


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Quantum LevitationPosted: November 2nd, 2011 | Author: Buster Cookson | Filed under: Applied Science, Cankler, Quantum Mechanics | Tags: Buddha's Brother, Cankler, Flying Rug, Ithaca College, Levitation, Quantum Flux, Quantum Levitation, Quantum Pinning, Resistance, Superconductor, Tel Aviv University | Comments Off on Quantum Levitation
Levitation, the ability to appear to defy gravities bonds, has long fascinated humanity. From flying carpets to flying nuns it has long been part of our culture. There is a modern take on this ancient story as well, Superconducting Levitation.
Seemingly able to cancel out gravity and allow objects to levitate, it seems to be the answer to giving us mere mortals at least one of superman's powers, the ability to fly. Unfortunately superconductors don't cancel out gravity and we will never fly under our own power, undies on the outside maybe. Instead the levitating effect called Quantum Levitation uses a number of the unusual properties of superconductors to create the effect.
All current superconductors need the cold to enter their superconducting phase. In this phase electrons are able to move about without any resistance, power loss or heat generated, which is typical for most wires or electronics that use ordinary conductors :: Read the full article »»»»


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By Nobuhiko Daito, Zhenhua Chen, Jonathan L. Gifford, Tameka Porter, and John E. Gudgel
Implementing public private partnerships during challenging economic times: Case study of the 495 Express Lanes on the Virginia portion of the Washington Capital Beltway Project
1. Introduction
How has the 2008 Economic Crisis impacted the design, financing, and construction of highway public–private partnership (PPP or P3) projects in the United States? In December 2007, on the eve of the economic crisis, the Virginia legislature approved a P3 to construct a 14-mile (22.5 km) high occupancy toll (HOT) road (the 495 Express Lanes) to alleviate heavy traffic on the Capital Beltway around Washington, DC. This case study looks at the impact the 2008 Economic Crisis and associated economic challenges between 2008 and 2012 had on this project and considers what governments and other stakeholders should be aware of when implementing P3s during adverse economic times. The hypotheses of the analysis are that, despite the economic downturn, the employment of a P3 procurement approach on the 495 Express Lanes project made it possible to: (1) secure infrastructure investment, which would have been very difficult without the partnership with the private sector; (2) implement a project that was otherwise unfunded within the constrained regional and state long-range transportation plans; (3) deliver the project on-time and on-budget; and (4) achieve higher service quality and potentially life-time operational cost savings (Valila and Timo, 2005).
While some states and municipalities have been pondering public–private partnerships in order to fund the operations and maintenance of increasingly deteriorated roads, others are considering aligning with private companies so that they may finance, develop, design, and build roads in addition to performing operations and maintenance functions. These state and local governments are turning to P3 innovations because they believe that these entities can improve capital investments and transportation capacity while upholding existing roadway standards (US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, 2011). With existing P3 legislation, a P3-focused transportation office in place and many years of P3 experience, Virginia is poised to be at the forefront of the P3 project delivery initiative in the coming years.
One of Virginia's most recent P3 projects has been the design and construction of the 495 Express Lanes (Fig. 1), which began operation on November 17, 2012. The Capital Beltway (Fig. 2) is a 64-mile (103 km) circumferential interstate highway that surrounds the District of Columbia and the nearby Maryland and Virginia suburbs. The original concept of the Beltway dates back to the 1940s when Fred W. Tummler, former director of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, suggested a freeway that surrounded the Washington suburbs (McDevitt and Betty, 1944). The road was originally envisioned as a bypass thoroughfare for long-distance east coast drivers wishing to avoid traveling directly through Washington. As businesses and industry grew in the Washington suburbs, the Beltway became a popular, heavily traveled highway. Though the road has seen many revitalization projects, excessive traffic is a persistent problem.
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12. The Binomial Probability Distribution
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A binomial experiment is one that possesses the following properties:
The experiment consists of n repeated trials;
Each trial results in an outcome that may be classified as a success or a failure (hence the name, binomial);
The probability of a success, denoted by p, remains constant from trial to trial and repeated trials are independent.
The number of successes X in n trials of a binomial experiment is called a binomial random variable.
The probability distribution of the random variable X is called a binomial distribution, and is given by the formula:
`P(X)=C_x^n p^x q^(n-x)`
n = the number of trials
x = 0, 1, 2, ... n
p = the probability of success in a single trial
q = the probability of failure in a single trial
(i.e. q = 1 − p)
`C_x^n` is a combination
P(X) gives the probability of successes in n binomial trials.
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Mean and Variance of Binomial Distribution
If p is the probability of success and q is the probability of failure in a binomial trial, then the expected number of successes in n trials (i.e. the mean value of the binomial distribution) is
E(X) = μ = np
The variance of the binomial distribution is
V(X) = σ2 = npq
Note: In a binomial distribution, only 2 parameters, namely n and p, are needed to determine the probability.
Example 1
A die is tossed `3` times. What is the probability of
(a) No fives turning up?
(b) `1` five?
(c) `3` fives?
Example 2
Hospital records show that of patients suffering from a certain disease, `75%` die of it. What is the probability that of `6` randomly selected patients, `4` will recover?
Example 3
In the old days, there was a probability of `0.8` of success in any attempt to make a telephone call. (This often depended on the importance of the person making the call, or the operator's curiosity!)
Calculate the probability of having `7` successes in `10` attempts.
Example 4
A (blindfolded) marksman finds that on the average he hits the target `4` times out of `5`. If he fires `4` shots, what is the probability of
(a) more than `2` hits?
(b) at least `3` misses?
Example 5
The ratio of boys to girls at birth in Singapore is quite high at `1.09:1`.
What proportion of Singapore families with exactly 6 children will have at least `3` boys? (Ignore the probability of multiple births.)
[Interesting and disturbing trivia: In most countries the ratio of boys to girls is about `1.04:1`, but in China it is `1.15:1`.]
Example 6
A manufacturer of metal pistons finds that on the average, `12%` of his pistons are rejected because they are either oversize or undersize. What is the probability that a batch of `10` pistons will contain
(a) no more than `2` rejects? (b) at least `2` rejects?
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - National wealth in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), People's Republic of China (PRC) and India could exceed that of the US and Europe combined by 2030, but only if the three economies take steps now to overcome challenges and reduce risks, according to highlights of a new book launched today by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI).
"These three region and countries are on a path to significantly improve the quality of life of their citizens - in aggregate approaching half of the world's population by 2030," ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said at this book's launch at the 45th Annual Meeting of ADB's Board of Governors. "By that time, PRC could reach high-income country status, while ASEAN as a whole and India would be close behind. The three could be home to the world's leading consumers, producers, savers, investors and financiers."
The highlights of ASEAN, the PRC, and India: The Great Transformation? indicate that realizing this goal would require that each improve productivity through innovation and new technologies; establish knowledge-driven economies; build seamless infrastructure connectivity; and reform and develop the financial sector.
The book's highlights also argue that the three economies will have to depend increasingly on their own and regional markets, investments, and institutions to generate sustained growth. Without inclusive growth, widening income and social inequality are likely to persist and could undermine social cohesion and stability. Strengthening governance, accountability, institutional effectiveness and eradicating corruption are crucial for inclusive growth and better quality of life.
The book's highlights predict that unless the challenges of energy and water security and reduction of CO2 emissions are addressed, these could amplify global environmental risks and geopolitical tensions. To meet their potential, each economy will need to manage energy, food, and water effectively, balancing growth with environmental sustainability.


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Updates with Apple comment, analyst comment, background on executives and a copy of Cook's email to employees.
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced several major changes to his management team, saying that Scott Forstall, who runs the iOS team behind the iPhone's mobile software and much-maligned Maps app, will depart next year but stay on in the interim as an advisor.
John Browett, who just joined Apple in January to run the retail stores division, is out and Cook said he will run the group until a new retail chief can be hired. The search, Cook told employees in an email (see below), is already underway.
Several current members of Cook's Executive Team, known as the ET, have also been given added responsibilities, including design chief Jony Ive, who will now be in charge of "human interface" across the company in addition to industrial design. "Jony has an incredible design aesthetic and has been the driving force behind the look and feel of our products for more than a decade," Cook said in his email. "The face of many of our products is our software and the extension of Jony's skills into this area will widen the gap between Apple and our competition."
Eddy Cue, who runs the iTunes division, is taking over Maps and Apple's Siri voice technology. Bob Mansfield, who had been running the hardware engineering team and said earlier this year he would retire before reversing that decision, will lead a new group called "Technologies." It will combine "all of Apple's wireless teams across the company in one organization, fostering innovation in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include the semiconductor teams, who have ambitious plans for the future."
Cook told employees that Mansfield will stay on for two years.
The management changes are big news for Apple, which has seen little executive turnover since Steve Jobs returned to lead the company in 1997. Most of the ET has been with Apple for more than a decade. and Cook, who took over as CEO from Jobs in August 2011, upped the compensation of several executives last year in a move analysts say was intended to retain them and acknowledge their years of service.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling had no additional comment beyond the company's statement, which is headlined "Apple Announces Changes to Increase Collaboration Across Hardware, Software & Services."
"I continue to believe that Apple has the most talented and most innovative people on the planet," Cook wrote to employees in his email. "Today, I am announcing changes that will encourage even more collaboration between our world-class hardware, software and services teams at all levels of our company."
Maps Fallout?
Forstall, who joined Apple in 1997 and was a major force behind the Mac OS X operating system, has been "responsible for delivering the software at the heart of Apple's revolutionary iPhone including the user interface, applications, frameworks and the operating system." That software, iOS, came under fire last month when the new Version 6 included a widely criticized, Apple-designed Maps app that failed to give proper directions, among other things.
About a week after its release, Cook apologized to "frustrated" customers in an open letter on the company's website, saying the Maps app "fell short" of Apple's commitment to "deliver the best customer experience possible to our customers." There is some speculation that Forstall dismissed the early complaints, putting him at odds with Cook. According to the New York Times and others, Forstall refused to sign the public letter of apology.
Apple watcher Jon Gruber of Daring Fireball, who called the news a "blockbuster" change in executive leadership, says Forstall's ouster may have to do with his being at odds with Ive over the approach to user interface design. That would explain Ive's new expanded "Human Interface" role.
Still, Forstall, who worked with Jobs at NeXT Inc. on the NeXTStep operating system that formed the underpinnings for OS X and iOS, has helped to make those OSes key successes for the company.
"We believe what may have triggered this is the less than stellar roll-out of Apple's new Maps app," Shaw Wu, an analyst with Sterne Agee said. "It is an ambitious effort replacing Google Maps and bringing new functionality including turn-by-turn navigation and 3G photo-realistic rendering. We find it unfortunate that Scott Forstall may be taking the fall for this. As we have said before, we have high confidence that the Maps app is fixable as it is software and will get better over time as more data is collected. People forget that Google Maps started out inferior to Yahoo Maps and Mapquest."
Apple said today that Craig Federighi, who just joined Cook's management team in August when he was promoted to senior vice president of Mac software engineering, will now be responsible for both iOS and Mac OS X.
"It's kind of surprising and comes out of the blue," Carolina Milanesi, an analyst with Gartner Inc. said of the management changes. "The speculation is that Forstall is taking the fall for Maps."
But some of the other changes aren't so surprising, Milanesi said. Browett, who joined Apple on Jan. 30 after serving as CEO of European technology retailer Dixons Retail for five years, was an "odd choice" for Apple, she said. "On the retail store front, Apple is having to deal with becoming a bigger company. They need to retain a high touch and feel good service that they're customers have been accustomed to. I don't think that someone coming from Dixon would have given them that."
Browett replaced longtime Apple retail chief Ron Johnson, who left last year to become the CEO of JC Penney. Apple operates 390 stores, 140 of which are outside the U.S. The stores accounted for 12 percent of Apple's sales last quarter.
Browett made headlines in August when reports emerged that he planned to make staff cuts to boost profit, including firing some retail store employees, reducing hours for part-time employees and cutting overtime, among other things. "Making these changes was a mistake and the changes are being reversed," said Kristin Huguet, an Apple spokeswoman, told Dow Jones at the time. "Our employees are our most important asset and the ones who provide the world-class service our customers deserve."
While the executive changes are a surprise, Wu of Sterne Agee said investors should take them in stride. "This isn't the first time that senior executives have departed the company. Some we think of include Fred Anderson, Jon Rubenstein, Tony Fadell, Avi Tevanian, and Bertrend Setlet and the company has arguably not missed a beat," Wu said. "We believe this is a testament to Apple's strong culture that continues to endure despite changes in personnel through the years."
Here's Apple's announcement about today's management shakeup:
CUPERTINO, California—October 29, 2012—Apple today announced executive management changes that will encourage even more collaboration between the Company's world-class hardware, software and services teams. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi will add more responsibilities to their roles. Apple also announced that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim.
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Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design. His incredible design aesthetic has been the driving force behind the look and feel of Apple's products for more than a decade.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Humpday Giveway | Prints!
I have 13 available for free + you pay $3.50 shipping. Pick your favorite and leave a comment with your selection. 1 per person for the 1st to leave a comment with their selection, I only have one print per number, US only.
**Update: All are claimed. Hopefully I'll find more to giveaway soon!! **
1. Fabric printed, linen with gray text, you are and always have been my dream, 11x14
2. I love you more than cupcakes, coral with gray text, 8.5x11
3. I love you more than my morning coffee, brown, 8.5x11
4. dot ampersand, blues, 8.5x11
5. south tampa fl, turquoise with light blue stripe, 8.5x11
6. ca with heart near central coast, no text, green with gray dot, 8.5x11
7. in order to irreplaceable, one must always be different, gray 8.5x11
8. in order to irreplaceable, one must always be different, coral 8.5x11
9. jeremiah 29 11, blue ombre 8.5x11
10. oklahoma city, mint with gray stripe, 8.5x11
11. B with gray scalloped background, brown, 8.5x11
12. home is whereever I'm with you, burnt orange
14. sacramento, ca, blue stripe, green state, 8.5x11
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10 if it is still available :)ReplyDeleteReplies
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#13. Thanks!ReplyDelete
If #1, 12 or 4 is still available, I will take any of them!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Emma, looks like only the state specific prints for CA and FL are still available. Hopefully I'll find more soon! :)Delete
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Could you tell me the name of the font that you used in print 12?
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Ugh! How did I miss the OKC one? :) Should have been reading blogs earlier today! Such cute options!ReplyDelete
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"Myracle's enchanting first novel will reach teens who are wrestling with identity....[A] gem." ( VOYA)
"Kissing Kate"
A semi-believable story of teenage confusion. Believable to those who have never been through such a phase, but only semi-relatable to someone who hasn't. Also, a moderatly dissapointing ending.
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It was OK. But not at all what I've expected from reading the summary of the book.
"Exploration leaves answers to reader"
An interesting exploration of girls' attachments, affection, and sexuality that doesn't spoonfeed answers, but allows their contemplation and possibility.
"pretty good."
Perhaps, it was entertaining to listen to in the car, but I don't feel the need to listen to it again right away though. I enjoyed the plot and performance.
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Castle of Horror *Official* Reviews 2013
October 21, 2013, 07:13:48 AM »
Submitted by: Screaming_Diana
Date Attended: 10/19/2013
Scare Factor: 1/5
The Castle lacked in scares tremendously this year. I must add that my group was paired with a very rude and annoying group. I feel this group ruined our visit to the Castle. They had gone through the trail the previous weekend and knew where every scare was going to take place and just simply ruined the experience for me. I was near the back of our group and missed 80% of the scares all together. If Id been in the front or simply in a smaller group my bet is my experience would have been a lot better. One aspect of this haunt that sets it apart from most is that the actors here can and will touch you.
Actors: 2.5/5
Being near the back of my group I got very little actor attention. Honestly it was almost as if the last three people in our group were invisible. Our group was six deep but only the first three people were targeted. There was talk about A1 sauce and a goat but I missed the entire story behind both. The stand out actors were: the girl guarding the entrance, the crazy burglar screwing with people in line, Captain Spalding, and a clown I met while in line and several times throughout the Castle. There are many kid actors which can work but not when they speak out of character. Im sure the front of our group felt the actors did a great job but unfortunately the back of the group missed out.
Set Design/Props/FX: 4/5
The Castle looked fantastic on the outside as well as on the inside. Several of the props where exceptionally well done. The morgue looked great and was well designed for some very unique scares. You must hold onto a rope while walking through the castle to ensure no one in your group gets lost. There were several rooms where we just stopped for what seemed like an eternity. Nothing scary happened, we just stood there bored and wondering what in the world was causing the hold up. The haunt does not have a steady flow. You will experience moving walls and tilting floors. Dont get close to the walls or you might get pulled in and held hostage for a while. The butcher shop is interesting and I learned you can buy a bag of buttholes for $5 and a dozen nipples for $3. The only way out of the butcher shop is through the freezer which was pretty neat. I was impressed with some of the unique costumes used here. The large bat like creature, the guy with the open stomach, and the bird were all wearing very memorable costumes.
Length: 2.5/5
There is limited space inside the castle but the trail circles back and takes you through sections youve already passed through. This was a unique way to add some confusion and length to the haunt. I was bored and ready for it to be over, thanks to the crappy group we got paired with, so I was glad it wasnt any longer. If the group of jerks hadnt been paired with us I probably wouldve enjoyed the haunt and been very pleased with the length.
Value: 3/5
$15 a person seemed high for the experience I received however take away the jerks that we got stuck with and I think the haunt Is probably worth $15 a person. They offer discount pricing 2/$25 and even have season passes for $35. They only accept cash. Parking is free.
Unfortunately they closed, Cannibal Creek, the second half of the haunt this year. I do think they reduced the cost of admission to the Castle to help compensate for the closing of Cannibal Creek.
Overall Impression: 2/5
I loved the Castle last year and was saddened that my experience wasnt the same this year. I sincerely feel the people we were paired with robbed my group of scares and enjoyment. As always the castle and everything inside looked great. Unless they revise their language when young children come through I would suggest leaving your kids at home. Maybe we just got the unedited version since there were no small kids in our group. Give the Castle a try! It was great last year and I feel its still great this year I just had a lousy experience that was not in the Castle of Horrors control.
Re: Castle of Horror *Official* Reviews 2013
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October 21, 2013, 07:15:42 AM »
Submitted by: packbacker
Visit date: 10/19/13
Scare factor: 2/5
This is a very difficult number to assign. In full disclosure, our group of three was added to another group of three. This other group featured one woman who was just.....awful. Giving lip that wasn't fun or witty to the actors, moving as fast as a paralyzed slug, stopping randomly, and incessantly complaining; this woman did it all! So when you are at the back of the rope with this pleasant individual in front of you you are going to have a tainted experience. That being said, there are still some giant flaws that bring the scare factor way down. Scares were consistently aimed at this other group. Our three routinely stood there ignored while they got attention. Scares would start when these three entered a room in their molasses shuffle fashion; the three of us were wedged in a hallway missing the dialogue and some pop scares. On top of this there were multiple occasions where we were in a room where nothing was happening. At one point a lady was sitting on a bed just chit-chatting with the three in front of us. Seriously...five minutes of chit chat. No scares. Just talking...and it wasn't even such things as "You're gonna die!" "I'm going to eat you!" etc. Nope just chit-chat. In another room a kid said "wait here let me see if they're ready!". We had just sat for five minutes chit-chatting near the bed....and they're not ready? Even if not, you have a monster growl and menace until they signal they are ready for you. On top of that were stories that I still haven't figured out- something with A-1, a three legged goat I never saw, a rabid dog I never saw, and a bizarre place where they said we needed a password that we never used. Just utter confusion that never explained itself at all. Maybe the password was just to get out of the let's sit on the bed and talk room? I would have yelled "Spoiled Bologna!" A LOT sooner if that was the case...
On the plus side of things, there are some fun/unique scares. Touching you amps up the scare factor. The cough gag is very well done and one of our group was grabbed through a wall and held tight for close to 30 seconds. The corpse under the bed was delightful. To make things really work, though, the down time has to be eliminated, the scares have to be sped up, and the entire group needs to be consistently worked over.
Actors: 2.5/5
The good ones are good; the bad ones are bad. Captain Spaulding is awesome. He has his lines down and can ad-lib with mouthy customers with the best of them. The actors here do a good job of making you uncomfortable with the grabbing and closeness. There is also a lot of language used. I don't mind it at all but be warned that there was a lot of cussing and sexual innuendo if that's not your thing. Several of the actors need to be louder- we couldn't hear what their story was...of course we also had Mouthy McGee interrupting and complaining so not all the actor's fault. The bad- the people that just stood there and chit-chatted.
Props/Sets/Fx: 4.5/5
It looks amazing. Consistently from room to room I was gawking at props, sets, and costumes. There were a lot of little knick knacks here or there that were eye-catching. Flayed faces mounted on the wall, walking through the fridge to another room, the backwards masked body under the bed, the gigantic winged beast, and more make Castle of Horror a visual masterpiece. Masks and makeup run the gamut from great (Captain Spaulding) to non-existent (children in cages). The moving floor is a nice touch in one room as well and the half-corpse girl is grotesquely awesome.
Length: 3/5
They double and triple you back through rooms to increase the length of the trip so every space is utilized. The problem, however, is that certain rooms appear to just be holding rooms and lack scares. We were stopped in a room for 7-8 minutes with almost nothing happening. Speed it up!
Value: 2/5
It's again difficult to accurately gauge based on the lady in our group. That doesn't fix the slowness problems. We were uniformly ready to be done about halfway through the attraction. Executed properly I think it would be well worth the money but as it is I felt bored and ignored. I don't have to pay to be that!
Free parking! Castle of Horror does have a full gift shop and will now apparently be available to be open other times during the year for functions. The music selection in the queue area was interesting...I didn't know that "Who Let the Dogs Out" had more than just the refrain.
Overall: 2/5
Castle of Horror has fully re-vamped their attraction. The outdoor Cannibal Creek trail is no more and the castle has become a much darker "they will touch you" trail. I love the concept. It's unique for the area. The space is fun. In it's current incarnation, though, things mis-fire. As mentioned above in detail our night was definitely marred by one of the most unpleasant women in the world...Castle of Horror cannot be held responsible for her misery spewing existence. The night could have been salvaged if we didn't stop in room after room for no discernible reason, though. I enjoy verbal interaction with actors but minutes on hand stopped doing nothing is not scary, it's irritating. It did give me time to enjoy the myriad of fantastic decorations and set-pieces but the start-stop nature kills any mood that does develop.
I really hope our experience was the exception rather than the rule at Castle of Horror. I think they have a very unique concept that could be super effective but a lot of work needs to be done. Less waiting in rooms, interaction with all guests, and less stories that don't go anywhere. I really, really want this concept to work!
Re: Castle of Horror *Official* Reviews 2013
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October 21, 2013, 07:22:22 AM »
Visited: 10/19/13
Submitted by: jonesm
Scare Factor: 2/5
OK, I'm going to try and be as objective as possible in this review, but for full disclosure let me start off by saying that the group of three that my group of three was paired were just awful. They were combative with the actors and essentially hogged the entire experience of the trail for themselves. As the one in the back, I missed a good chunk of what the monster guides said and pretty much all of the pop scares. That being said, this wasn't my first time through the Castle, and I was dutiful in my observations so I'd be able to give
you thoughts that were cogent and accurate. And that is that the Castle isn't very scary. It used to be that you laughed through the Castle portion and got your scares at Cannibal Creek, but since they've closed that you're left with a trail with very few actual scares. It's still a fun time, and very inventively designed, but there aren't a whole lot of true scares. This is more of a family friendly trail, with some great moments.
Actors: 2/5
Captain Spalding and his wife were great, and the rest of the monster guides were all pretty good. Once again the group in front of us did their very best to ensure the trail didn't work by arguing and generally not playing along, but the cast handled it as well as they could. I appreciated how aggressive they were with the hands-on thing, you really had to navigate around the monsters. I'd also highlight the crazy winged demon monster, he was one of the rare instances where the costume looked exactly like what I'd imagine something like that would look. The problem with this trail is with its secondary cast members. The ones charged with getting you the story and directing you were mostly good, but the ones who weren't did little but get in the way. There were times we just stopped and chatted with the monsters before they'd let us proceed; they didn't break character per se, but when your character's patter goes past the 5-minute mark in a single room, you start becoming boring. When I spend that 5-plus minutes watching them talk to half the group while I just stand there, I start to get irritated. At one point I caught myself staring at the sets and trying to figure out what they made them out of. I was totally out of the spirit, and I had to yell at them just to let us move on to the next room. My group sucked to be sure, but it wasn't only on them, the actors have some major pacing issues at this haunt, despite their obvious desire to do well.
Sets/Props/FX: 3/5
The Castle is a really neat location, and it incorporates a unique figure eight design where you go through some rooms repeatedly, but are shunted off into different directions each time. Some of the sets could use some sprucing up to be certain, but every other room would have something really unique and well done to see. As I mentioned above, the winged demon was a definite highlight, as was the half-girl chained to the wall and they trip through the refrigerator. The sets are really neat, but everything takes too long to develop, so you often spend too much time looking at them, which inevitably leads to spotting weaknesses. I think the pacing issues I mentioned earlier would help to let the sets shine as they ought to.
Length: 2.5/5
It takes a good long time to go through this trail, but not all of that is good length. Some of it is just filler. I'd say it's average in length, but feels much longer.
Value: 2.5/5
Without the Cannibal Creek portion, this trail is only very average in its value.
Overall: 2.5/5
The lousy group didn't help, but there were very few scares, too much time standing around, and too few actors who seemed really committed to what they were doing. No major screams from Screaming Diana, and that's never a good sign. This has become a very mundane haunt that's struggling just to stay average. Their hearts are in the right place, but I'd be lying if I said anything other than this just isn't a very good trail this year. I think this one is really primed for a rebound next year, and it'd be great to get the Creek back in there in some capacity!
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You already know that I have a mini-obsession with ball jars: proof available here, here and here.
But I have only been using them for picnics, styling and gifting of dry mixes.
My daughter and I decided to unpack the Ball Canning Discovery Kit I was sent and start off nice and easy by using the Ball Kosher Dill Pickle Mix for our first foray into canning.
We had such a fun time prepping the cucumbers, mixing the pickling mix and giggling in our kitchen.
I spoke to my mom on the phone last night and asked her to refresh my memory of canning tomatoes when I was a kid. Let's just say, she had a lot of cleaning to do. This reaffirmed my decision to start off canning pickles with my daughter. I was not concerned about my daughter making a mess; I was concerned about me making a huge mess. hehe.
I am super excited that my mom is coming for two weeks as we are already planning on canning all the lovely tomatoes we have grown. From salsa to marinara, we are looking forward to it. I hope my kitchen can handle it.
After I finished canning the pickles with my daughter, I flipped through some materials that were sent to me with the starter kit and I saw that August 13th is National Can-It-Forward Day
What is that you say? On August 13, millions of food lovers curious about canning can learn the ease and benefits of preserving fresh food. Jarden Home Brands has teamed up with Canning Across America, a nationwide collective of cooks, gardeners and food lovers committed to the revival of the lost art of "putting up" food, to create the first annual National Can-It-Forward Day.
Find out how to participate and follow along with National Can-It-Forward Day.
Disclosure: Some one who works for Ball or their PR company sent me the fabulous canning discovery kit after they saw the posts with the ball jars. Cool.
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Congratulations, Class of 2012!
Parents, faculty, administrators, and, especially, graduates celebrated Rowan's 88th annual undergraduate Commencement May 11 on the University Green in front of Bunce Hall.
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Collins, who earned two degrees at then-Glassboro State College, met his wife here, was a basketball star who scored more than 1,000 points and led his team to three conference titles, became head basketball coach for the college, earned a law degree, became an assemblyman and, eventually, speaker of the Assembly, said every graduate has the opportunity to become a success.
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"Success is an internal thing, something you feel good about," Collins said.
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Delivering closing remarks, class President Stephanie Ackerman challenged graduates to step out of their comfort zones, as they've had to do in college, to take chances and reap big rewards.
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Individual flowers occur from the axils of the outer pairs of leaves, while the stems terminate in small cymes of white flowers. Each flower is about ¼" across, consisting of 5 white bifid petals (appearing to be 10 petals), 5 green sepals, 3 white styles, 2-10 stamens, and a light green ovary in the center. The sepals are lanceolate, hairy on the outer surface, and longer than the petals; each sepal is at least 1/8" (3 mm.) long. The slender pedicels are finely pubescent. The blooming period occurs during the spring for plants that are winter annuals, and during the summer or autumn for plants that are summer annuals. A typical plant will bloom sporadically for 1-2 months. Each flower is replaced by a cylindrical seed capsule that is light brown with 6 small teeth along its upper rim; it contains several seeds. Each mature seed is reddish brown, somewhat flattened, and orbicular-reniform; its surface is minutely bumpy. The root system is shallow and fibrous. This plant spreads by reseeding itself; it can also spread vegetatively by rooting at the leaf nodes along the stems.
Cultivation: Typical growing conditions consist of partial or full sun, moist to mesic conditions, and a fairly fertile loam or clay-loam soil. Light shade and temporary flooding are tolerated.
Range & Habitat: Common Chickweed occurs in every county of Illinois and it is quite common. This plant is native to Eurasia. Habitats include woodland areas prone to flooding or standing water, thickets, cropland and fallow fields, lawns and gardens, nursery plots, areas adjacent to buildings, and miscellaneous waste areas. While Common Chickweed occurs to a limited extent in natural habitats, where it is sometimes invasive, this plant prefers areas with a history of disturbance.
Faunal Associations: The nectar and pollen of the flowers attract primarily small bees and flies, including cuckoo bees (Nomada spp.), Halictid bees, Andrenid bees, Syrphid flies, bottle flies (Lucilia spp.), Muscid flies, and Tachinid flies. Less common floral visitors include nectar-seeking butterflies and parasitoid wasps. In the absence of such visitors, the flowers of Common Chickweed can self-pollinate. Some insects feed on the foliage and other parts of Common Chickweed. These species include both the adults and larvae of Cassida flaveola (Pale Tortoise Beetle) and the larvae of such moths as Agrotis venerabilis (Venerable Dart), Haematopis grataria (Chickweed Geometer), and Lobocleta ossularia (Drab Brown Wave); see Clark et al. (2004) and Covell (1984/2005). Vertebrate animals also feed on Common Chickweed and other Stellaria spp. The seeds of such plants are eaten by the Mourning Dove, Chipping Sparrow, House Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow and Field Sparrow; the Ruffed Grouse also browses on the leaves. The Bird Table displays a more complete list of these seed-eating birds. The foliage, flowers, and seeds are a minor source for various mammals, including the Cottontail Rabbit, Groundhog, and White-tailed Deer (Martin et al, 1951/1961). The seeds are able to pass through the digestive tracts of White-tailed Deer and remain viable, spreading Common Chickweed to new areas (Myers et al, 2004). Other herbivorous mammals probably spread the seeds in their feces as well. The Prairie Deer Mouse eats the seeds of Common Chickweed to a minor extent (Houtcooper, 1978).
Photographic Location: A field in Savoy, Illinois.
Comments: This is probably the best known chickweed in Illinois, although it can be confused with other species. Chickweed species fall into 2 large groups: those with 3 styles (Stellaria spp.) and those with 5 styles (Cerastium spp.). Like other Stellaria spp. (Chickweeds), Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) has only 3 styles. It differs from the others in this genus by length of its sepals (at least 1/8" long), which are conspicuously longer than the petals of its flowers, and by the relatively broad shape of its leaves. The foliage of Common Chickweed resembles Apetalous Chickweed (Stellaria pallida) to a remarkable degree – however, the flowers of Apetalous Chickweed lack petals and its sepals are shorter. The blooming period of Apetalous Chickweed is restricted to the spring, while Common Chickweed often blooms later in the year. Common Chickweed is somewhat variable in the hairiness of its leaves, the length of its stems, and the number of stamens in each flower.


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Julianne Hough promoted her upcoming film "Rock of Ages" with an appearance at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards last night where she 'rocked' an all-black ensemble.
The 23-year-old wore a Fall 2012 black lace, long sleeve mini dress by Sally LaPointe, with a peplum skirt and a complete cutout waist. It was basically a faux mid-driff top.
Between Lady Gaga's recent look from this collection and Julianne last night, both of my favorite dresses from LaPointe's line have officially gotten some spotlight.
Funny enough, this dress nearly made my wish list for the ceremony — but with Kristen Stewart in mind!
Julianne definitely has the dancer figure to pull the look off, but I wish she had taken a risk when it came to her shoes and make-up. Her pale palette and open toe black pumps weren't cutting it when it came to embracing the rock-chic feel of the dress.
With that said, I was digging her stick-straight 'do!
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These maps were done in two different years to feature an event that would take place in New York, Atlantic City and Las Vegas. These were both done in Corel (Fractal) Painter with a line art layer above a watercolor and color pencil art layer.
USA Map featuring Atlantic City, New York and Las Vegas
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Hi there, how can I use the vegas to nyc image for a personal website? Thanks!
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Thank you for your question. I'm sorry but you will not be able to use that map image for your website as it is a copyrighted image.


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The library is a means of providing access to Christian resources. It is our goal to help each other grow in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to enhance the love we have for each other by reading to each other (young to old and old to young), to encourage interest in reading Christian literature, and to develop a sense of worthiness of books. Tape and video resources are also available. Find the library in Room 109.
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The International Boxing Association has allowed India's youth pugilists to compete in a tournament in Azerbaijan but has barred the officials from accompanying the boys, insisting that it does not recognize the Secretary General or any other office-bearer of the suspended federation.
-Indian Boxing Federation provisionally suspended by AIBA
The Boxing Federation of Azerbaijan has invited India for the 'A Agalarov International Youth Cup', scheduled to be held at Baku from December 19 to 24.
-AIBA directs Indian Boxing to amend constitution, hold re-election
The suspended Indian Amateur Boxing Federation's Secretary General Rajesh Bhandari sought AIBA's permission for the boxers' participation but the world body chose to revert to the IABF that was in office before the September elections.
"Please instruct below person to stop communicating with AIBA. He is not recognise(d) as the Secretary General of IABF and therefore, we will not communicate with him," AIBA's Director of External Relations, Patricia Steulet, said in a curt mail, referring to Bhandari.
"Boxers and coaches may participate to this event but NO OFFICIAL whatsoever," stated the response, making it clear that the world body would not communicate with the current office-bearers.
The IABF was provisionally suspended by AIBA due to the International Olympic Committee's ban on the Indian Olympic Association and "possible manipulation" in the elections.
For the suspension to be lifted, the IABF has been instructed to amend its constitution to make it compliant with the AIBA statute and hold re-elections in the presence of an AIBA observer.
The AIBA has shunned the new IABF, which is headed by Rajasthan BJP MLA Abhishek Matoria as President, and has not responded to their mails, seeking clarifications on the constitutional amendments and the proposed re-elections.
The AIBA has been insisting on dealing with old IABF, which had Abhay Singh Chautala as President and Brig. P K Muralidharan Raja as Secretary General as it has suspended the new federation.
The AIBA is only responding to the mails sent by Brig. Raja, who is currently a senior vice-president. Chautala, on the other hand, was made nominated chairman after a constitutional amendment during the elections.
"The AIBA is just not responding to the mails sent by the new Secretary General (Rajesh Bhandari). It's a peculiar situation because we have to seek clarifications and coordinate things with AIBA to hold the re-election and amend the constitution," an IABF official said.


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Striker moving up the rankings
Big centre-forward Michael Rankine is certain to start again this weekend after making his second 'debut' for the club in midweek.
|"He said that he wished he'd never left here" - Gary Mills
Rankine left Bootham Crescent more than a year-and-a-half ago for Aldershot Town but has seen little competitive action this season at the Recreation Ground.
However, York boss Gary Mills believes that a return to his native Yorkshire can really help kick-start the career of the powerfully-built Doncaster-born striker.
"His downfall throughout his career has been that he has not worked hard enough to put in a shift every game," Mills told The Press. "I have brought him back on the proviso that he works like he did on Tuesday night in every game and he will play in every game then. The goals will also come if he does that and he will be doing a lot for the team.
"I think I am good for him - I really do - but he can't be putting 50 per cent effort into games and has got to be totally committed," he continued. "If he is then, who knows, that could keep him at York City. He's telling me that's what he wants and has said that he wished he'd never left here."


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Software applications, and in particular web browsers, are responsible for nine out of 10 published vulnerabilities - more than operating systems according to Microsoft.
Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008 says OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between six and eight percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities in Windows XP and Vista have shown a modest decrease in 2008, continuing a similar trend over the same period.
But the report paints a more complex picture in terms of which platforms are the ones most likely to run vulnerable applications. Windows Vista scores well, with Microsoft-based software accounting for only six percent of vulnerabilities on that platform, with none of the top ten browser-based holes hitting the OS.
Over the period, the biggest Vista-based software vulnerabilities appeared to be in two ActiveX controls installed only in China, which would seem to confirm the relative obscurity of serious issues on the platform.
Windows XP, by contrast, is still Microsoft's biggest headache, with 42 percent of all app holes on that platform coming from Microsoft's own software.
Using the number of PCs cleaned per 1,000 executions of Microsoft's own Malicious Software Removal Tools (MSRT), Windows Vista SP1 scored 4.5, while the different updates of XP scored between 9.2 and 33.8. All of this confirms what has been well established in the past - Windows XP and its applications are still relatively vulnerable, while the newer Vista and its applications do considerably better.
Across the industry as a whole, software vulnerabilities classified by the industry standard Common Vulnerability Scoring System v2 (CVSSv2) as 'severe' now account for 7.3 percent of those made public, with a startling 41 percent classified as 'high'. More encouragingly, Microsoft reports, only 10.4 percent of holes had publically-available exploit code.
In truth, it is extremely hard to gauge from the report how Windows is stacking up against rival platforms such as Apple or Linux in terms of OS and app holes, but the overall message to take away appears to be that the OS is not the main worry. The big concern now is browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer on all platforms, including Windows.
Analysing these by locale showed that China was the most likely place for browser-based exploits to hit, with 46.6 percent of them happening in that country across all platforms. The US came second on 23 percent, Russia third with seven percent and the UK some way back with 2.4 percent.


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Instead of adding a lighter value to create a highlight, graphite pencil artists must either preserve the white of the paper or erase. As you might guess, our erasers are nearly as important as our pencils!
Here are erasers I use and why I like them.
Kneaded erasers are extremely useful. You can lighten an area with gentle tapping or rolling, you can pinch the point into various shapes and use it to create details and textures, and it's great for cleaning up the edges of a drawing. They're cheap and tend to get lost, so pick up a few while you're shopping.
The Tuff Stuff eraser is fairly stiff, so it can be cut into points, wedges, or any shape that you need to erase a highlight or create detail. The "pen" shape makes it handy for "drawing" into graphite to create textures and small highlight detail.
The Mono Zero is a small pointed stiff eraser, but it doesn't tear or dig into the paper. It's much smaller than the Tuff Stuff, and it's excellent for small detail work. It lasts a long time too.
A cordless electric or battery powered eraser can clean up the edges of the drawing, erase large areas that need to be re-worked, and create fine detail.
The eraser tip rotates and you can sharpen it on sandpaper to a very fine point. I've used it to create delicate cat's whiskers, backlighting for stems and plants, leaf textures, grass patterns, and highlights in metal and glass to name just a few.
This Sakura is lightweight and fits the hand very nicely. It runs on 2-AAA batteries. The batteries will power the eraser for a few days of constant erasing, and for a few weeks of occasional use.
This is also one of the most expensive battery powered erasers, but I've had mine for over twenty years and it's still erasing as well as it ever has. If I ever have to replace it, I'll by another Sakura.
The Helix Cordless Eraser is low priced but I find it a little hard to hold and maneuver. If you want to see what working with an battery powered eraser is like, it's a good inexpensive eraser to start with. I keep one of these in my tool box in case something happens to my Sakura.
Warning: Drama Queen Moment:
If something does ever happen to my Sakura, wherever you are in the world, you'll feel the waves of my weeping.