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Four word movie review. 'Batman, Joker, Dent - crazy.'
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Happy Birthday
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Labels: birthday
This One's a Gimme
We were watching season 9 of Stargate SG-1 last night on DVD.
Another villain from the gate,
Never shown through season eight,
That's an Ori!
It's pronounced oar-eye.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Homework - Eighth Grade Edition
Son is working on his science homework right now. He has to do a term/definition match exercise with science terms. He was trying to figure out the metric unit for measuring mass. I wanted to help him by grabbing a food item from the counter that was measured in grams. Without looking at what I was taking, I grabbed this. Coincidence?
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I Don't Know, Alaska
McCain picked Sarah Palin from sunny Alaska. Sort of genius move to pick up disaffected Clinton voters. Hmmmm...
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Labels: politics
Foto Phriday
This is a tip jar at the hippie/emo/beatnik coffee shop in downtown Small Town.
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Labels: photos, small towns, weirdness
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Revenant
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
I Hope This Is the Last One
To those of you who find these to be abominable, I humbly beg your forgiveness. For the rest of you, enjoy!
Mr. "Georgia on my Mind,"
It's Dr. Mead's place t' unwind.
That's Samoa, Ray.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
National Hand Stamp When Leaving the Empire
Son's school starts today. The school had an open house last night. I thought it was kind of weird that they would do that before school started, but my mom explained it to me. Her 35+ years of teaching gave her the insight that an open house before school starts makes this situation go away....
[Scene: School open house during second week of school.]
Parent: So, Ms. Teacher, how is my little Johnny doing?
Teacher: Johnny... He's the one with the red hair and glasses, right?
This year, we found out that instead of being on "teams" where groups of teachers share the kids so that the kids in group A only have teachers from group A, etc., the new terminology is that the kids are in "houses."
I will recommend that Son try to get into Ravenclaw.
Extruded by GDad at 8/26/2008 07:33:00 AM 6 comments
More Google Ads
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Captain Ruffles and the Sky Phantom
While walking through an airport several years ago...
GDad: This airport is kind of retro.
Captain Ruffles: I think you mean vintage.
Extruded by GDad at 8/25/2008 06:30:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: captain ruffles
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Teevee Fright
Watching the history of the KKK on teevee. Getting creeped out.
Extruded by GDad at 8/24/2008 05:18:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: social issues, teevee
Fun With Documentation
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Labels: office humor
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Regionalism or Misspelling
This was at the state fair. Most of the web seems to call this dish Crab Rangoon, but there are a couple of references to Crab Ragoon (which the spel cheker in Firefox doesn't seem to like). So, dear readers, what have you heard it called?
p.s. Notice the Deep Fried Ravioli. Mmmmm.... fried things.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Correction: the Nashville airport is kind of gross overall.
Extruded by GDad at 8/22/2008 09:05:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: weirdness
Paging Larry Craig
Observation: the men's rooms in the Nashville airport are disgusting.
Extruded by GDad at 8/22/2008 05:26:00 PM 2 comments
Labels: weirdness
Foto Phriday
This was a picture from one of the "rides" at the state fair. I think this was where you walked into an unfolded semi trailer and watched music videos blasting at you at painful decibel levels. I love the piercing.
Extruded by GDad at 8/22/2008 06:31:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: photos
Night of the Red Volvo
I had a few weird dreams the last few nights. In one, we traded our tan Omni for a red Volvo station wagon. I was alone driving the station wagon, and I ran over and killed Isaac Asimov, who jumped out into the middle of the road.
Extruded by GDad at 8/22/2008 06:30:00 AM 3 comments
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Menu Item
I am now at a restaurant with a menu item called the Jumbo Stuffed Porktato. The sales people did not ditch me.
Extruded by GDad at 8/21/2008 07:17:00 PM 3 comments
Labels: restaurant, weirdness
Woe Is Me
So I think the sales people ditched me for dinner. 'Meet in the lobby at 5:45,' they said.
UPDATE: They were in the sports bar in the hotel.
Extruded by GDad at 8/21/2008 06:51:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: office humor
Premonitions, Predictions, Prognostications
It's strange how somethings just "bother" a person. There is no reason for it, but these things just bother people. Those things are labeled "unnatural."
Extruded by GDad at 8/21/2008 06:30:00 AM 1 comments
Labels: language, social issues
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Nashville Hilton Sports Bar
Having lunch in hotel restaurant. Teevees are tuned to either sports or Christian Broadcasting Network news.
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Labels: teevee
Binary Cab
In a cab right now. Driver has binary foot. Either accelerator or brake is mashed down at all times.
Extruded by GDad at 8/20/2008 08:39:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: technology, weirdness
Sicko, Part -N
I went to D____ Lake Park today. I am so red that I could be in the Queen's guard while not wearing a shirt. D____ Lake Park is fun.
I have second degree burns from the sun. They hurt.
I spent a large part of last night and today throwing up. I must have caught something from the water.
Pain is not fun. My blisters are receding, and I am no longer expelling the contents of my stomach through my mouth. I am still not feeling good, though.
Now, I am feeling good. It's amazing how gullible people can be. Ex: "certain friend" read a book on AIDS which contains "the real facts." That's a crock of bull excrement. The book said that AIDS could be transmitted through pores or from a person to a toilet seat to another person. HORSE HOCKEY! (Using the words of Col. Sherman Potter, M*A*S*H 4077). This "certain friend" believed every word of that book. I tend to doubt his intelligence.
I'm losing my skin. It's peeling off very quickly.
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Labels: language
In Nashville
I'm in Capital City municipal airport getting ready to go to Nashville. If any readers would like to meet up this week, I'll be around until Friday evening. Leave a comment.
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Labels: blogosphere, marketing
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Adjustment of the facts. People will interpret or manipulate any facts in order to convince others that they are right.
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Labels: language
Monday, August 18, 2008
Heard on the Radio
John McCain: Seriously, my friends... Georgia.
Extruded by GDad at 8/18/2008 05:17:00 PM 2 comments
Beyond His Years
Last night, as I was talking to Son before he went to sleep, he asked me to set his alarm for school wake-up time so he could get used to it before school starts next week. I didn't even have to suggest it. Smart kid.
Extruded by GDad at 8/18/2008 10:11:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: son
Half a Life Ago
For a while in high school, I kept a journal. NOT A DIARY!
The future creeps upon us like the hour hand. If we watch it, it doesn't seem to move, but if we look away for a while, then back, it has advanced.
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Labels: language
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Movie Review
We saw the new Star Wars: Clone Wars movie yesterday. It was... action packed.
We also did indoor, glow-in-the-dark mini golf with Son's Older Brother and Baldo McNerdy.
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Saturday Super Fun Excitement Party Blaster
Son's Older Brother is here today. I think we're planning to go mini-golfing and to see a movie.
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Labels: family
Friday, August 15, 2008
Foto Phriday
Baldo McNerdy sent me this picture that he saw at a local festival. Rose Tyler is STILL manipulating the time-space continuum.
Extruded by GDad at 8/15/2008 02:09:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: photos, small towns, teevee
Back Alleys
I recall the chat conversation that led to me finding this. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out how it happened.
In case that site disappears, here's a screen grab. Click to embiggen.
Extruded by GDad at 8/15/2008 06:30:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: blogosphere, humor
It is foggy and skunky today. Sent from phone.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
It's a Pity Party, and You're Invited!
So I've had a mild headache for a couple of days. No, I haven't taken anything for it.
Last night, at 1:58am, some jack@$$ kid called our house. GPop answered. I heard this half of the conversation. "Hello? Who is this? It's 2:00! [click]."
A moment later, the phone rang again. GPop reported that the kid was yelling, "Don't hang up on me, bi+¢#! #$*&(*&#@@#*&(!" GPop hung up, then got up to go to the bathroom. He took the phone with him.
It rang again, and GPop answered and just started mashing the number pad with his hand. The kid didn't call back.
After we got up at the regular time, I did the key combination to do a call back for the last number that called our phone. "Doo doo DOO! The number you are trying to call back is PRIVATE."
I looked a bit further back in the phone book, and I found that there was another key combination that would trace the call and keep the trace on file for law enforcement to look into. I did that. The phone told me that there would be a charge for this service, which I intend to recoup from the caller.
At times like these, my faith in the goodness of humanity takes a little dip.
Extruded by GDad at 8/14/2008 09:32:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: anger
GDad and the No Good Rotten Day, DVD Extras
On the day of my grandmother's operation (She's all better now. Thanks for the kind words when it happened.), a few things happened that are worthy of mention. I had a long post planned, but the highlights are...
- When the blood taking guy came in, I asked my aunt, who is a former nurse, if the right term for that practice was phlebotomy. When she confirmed it, I said, "Thank goodness that it's not the discredited 'science' of phlebology." Much laughter.
- Out in the hallway, I saw the list of Doctors of the Month. One of the recent award winners was the unfortunately named Dr. Kwak.
- About an hour before Grandma went in for the operation, Brother 3 called. He told me that he thought he had broken his ankle and that he might have tetanus. Since the whole family was already at the hospital, I went to bring him to the ER. He had a sprained ankle and no tetanus.
- At least a dozen people came in to gather information from, extract fluids from, or give things to Grandma. Based on my ER experience with Son when we thought he had appendicitis, this is standard procedure.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
State Fair Pic #8B27F
This is a man wearing the world's most masculine backpack. To be fair, in addition to the young lad to his left, this "World's Best Dad" had two little girls tagging along behind his wife.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
And Put it in Your Pocket
I heard that the Perseids would be especially visible last night/this morning, so I told Son that if I got up early enough, I'd get him up to go view them. He sounded very interested. When I got up at 5:20 (sunrise = 6:41) this morning, I tried to get Son out of bed, but he wasn't having any of that.
I went outside to see what I could see, but I got a big load of nothing. There was a little haze to the west, but the east was clear. Orion was in the sky. For some reason, Orion makes me smile. Maybe it's his canine sidekick.
Extruded by GDad at 8/12/2008 07:48:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: weather
According to Roger Ebert's journal entry here, the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics cost about $300,000,000.
According to the CIA on The World Factbook site, there are 16 countries with annual (estimated) gross domestic products less than that.
Extruded by GDad at 8/12/2008 06:30:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: math, social issues
Monday, August 11, 2008
Interesting Observation
Our state's department of corrections and rehabilitation has an offender search online. If I'm missing my COPS fix, I'll sometimes go there to search for people who have similar names to people I know. Several years ago, I would search the site for potential boyfriends for a woman who bemoaned her single status. We'd joke that the burglars would make good providers and such.
Anyway, I'm noticing that a lot of these people have facial hair. The percentage is a great deal higher than the percentage of people with facial hair in the building where I work. Even if I correct for the gender disparity, I still see more scruff on the pictures of the incarcerated.
Extruded by GDad at 8/11/2008 06:30:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: photos, social issues
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Not Another One
Easter Island's big head,
Carved by people long dead.
That's a Moai!
Extruded by GDad at 8/09/2008 06:30:00 AM 2 comments
Friday, August 8, 2008
Foto Phriday
Remember that show where Martin Short wore a fat suit and acted like an ass? This fish looks like his character. At least to me.
Extruded by GDad at 8/08/2008 09:16:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: photos
Two Years
Remember that last week marked one year from Son's adoption. Today marks two years from the day when Son moved into our home. He came with a suitcase full of clothes, a plastic garbage bag full of miscellanea, a 15-gallon plastic tote with toys, and a second hand bike.
Extruded by GDad at 8/08/2008 06:35:00 AM 5 comments
Quote of the Day
In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.
--Opening sentence of The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Angry Language Guy
I've heard this a number of times in the past couple of months from the usual suspects.
"I'll take the A on that."
Extruded by GDad at 8/07/2008 06:30:00 AM 3 comments
Labels: anger, language, office humor
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
During our visit to the state fair, we made it to the livestock area after we'd walked down the midway. When we got to the sheep barn, I recalled that some of my couple-times-removed cousins had said something at our recent family reunion about taking some sheep to the fair. I couldn't remember what their last name was (big family / big reunion), so I wandered around looking for a sign that said these sheep were from the PIP City* area. There were no PIP City signs, so I called my grandmother to ask what the cousins' last name was. After she consulted with Grandpa, she told me that it was "Corbett," and to tell them that she sent her greetings.
One more trip through the sheep barn did not yield any Corbett-related sheep, so I wandered over to the sheep concession stand. Yes, there was one. I asked the guy if there was some kind of directory so I could find my family. He replied, "You need to go to the Sheep Department Office. It's around the corner."
The Sheep Department. Really.
In the Sheep Department office, there was a woman helping a family fill out some sheepy paperwork, so I waited until they were done. I told her that I was looking for the Corbett family sheep. She opened a big folder. "Cochran... Compton... Connor... Cunningham... Dabney... Nope, no Corbett. Are you sure they're in the Junior Division?"
I replied that I wasn't sure, but that the concession guy had sent me over here.
She frowned for a second in thought, then said, "Maybe you should try the General Sheep Department Office. It's the next room over."
There were two sheep departments. Sheeps department. Sheeps departments. Whatever. Who knew?
As I entered the next room, it struck me that the General Sheep Department was a lot busier than I would have guessed. I mean, I have some wool slacks, but still...
There were about five people helping a couple of customers/presenters. I saw a map of the building with some names on it, so I looked for Corbett, but in vain. A nice friendly voice interrupted my thoughts. "Can I help you?"
I looked around. All of the other customers had gone away. "I'm looking for some cousins of mine. They told me they were bringing some sheep to the state fair."
"What breed?"
"I... uh... I work in a very tall building. I think the sheep were black."
There was a two count, and all of the workers started laughing. After a moment, one of them took pity on me and asked, "What's the last name?"
Without any hesitation, the lady said, "They're in wave two. They'll be here on Wednesday."
I was amazed that she knew this off the top of her head without having to resort to the Goog, or even a little book. I quipped, "The sheep community in this state must be really tightly knit."
"Yeah, there aren't too many of us weft," she replied, with a wink**.
*PIP = Past Its Prime - This city was a medium sized industrial center in our state until it started to decline about 25 years ago.
**OK, she really didn't say that last bit, but the rest actually happened.
Extruded by GDad at 8/06/2008 06:30:00 AM 6 comments
Labels: small towns, vacation
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Open Letter to the English Only Movement
Dear English Only People,
What do you plan to do about Puerto Rico?
Extruded by GDad at 8/05/2008 06:30:00 AM 1 comments
Labels: language, social issues
Monday, August 4, 2008
Dialogue of the Day
Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Ford Prefect: Why? What did she tell you?
Arthur Dent: I don't know! I didn't listen!
--Ford and Arthur from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Extruded by GDad at 8/04/2008 07:41:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: quotes
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Reader Response Request
How much of "Bob is an ass," is mitigated by "Bob is only 6 years old?"
At what value of N does "Bob is only N years old," stop being a legitimate excuse for poor behavior?
Extruded by GDad at 8/03/2008 06:30:00 AM 10 comments
Labels: blogosphere, social issues
Saturday, August 2, 2008
To the Bat Copter!
We took Son and some other kids to the state fair yesterday. One of the attractions was the Bat Copter from the 1960s teevee version of Batman. For a fee, you could take a three or four minute ride around the fairgrounds.
Son had never been in a flying aircraft before, so I paid to take him up. The craft was a three-seater, so the pilot and the two of us were able to go at the same time. Son was a bit afraid of the thing at first, but he decided that it wasn't that scary once we were up in the air.
I did see Julie Newmar's autograph on the control console. Pretty fun all around.
Extruded by GDad at 8/02/2008 08:06:00 AM 1 comments
Friday, August 1, 2008
Foto Phriday
This is my mom with me when I was just over a year old. As usual, click to embiggen.
Extruded by GDad at 8/01/2008 06:30:00 AM 6 comments
Labels: photos


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The Labour national executive is expected next week to endorse plans for Labour leadership elections to be conducted through one-member-one-vote, abolishing the electoral college in which MPs, union political levy payers and party members, each get a third of the vote.
The vote would be confined to party members and those existing union political levy payers who choose to become associate members at a cost of £3 a year.
MPs will have a role in filtering the candidates by nominating the candidates for the contest.
The rule changes will end some anomalies, such as voting by union levy payers who are not supporters of Labour.
At present ballot papers are sent to anyone who has not contracted out of paying the political levy, and no serious attempt is made to find out whether the levy payer supports Labour. Some unions require political levy payers to tick a box when they vote.
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has said he wants union political levy payers to make a positive choice on Labour party associate status, rather than let union HQ affiliate members to the party on the basis of the number of members who have not opted out of paying the annual fees.
In addition, the rule change will prevent party members being entitled to vote twice, both in the union levy payer section of the college and in the membership section.
Speaking on Channel 4 News on Wednesday night Alan Johnson, MP for West Hull and Hessle, said that Labour must demonstrate commitment to openness and honesty in the political system.
He said: "I want to end what I call the ghosts in the machine – the people who do not make a conscious decision to sign up to Labour but become so-called levy payers and take a role in the party."
But Diane Abbot, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, said the party had to be very careful about damaging its links to the trade unions.
She said: "If we give way to people who want to weaken the links with the trade unions, in the future the unions may not automatically support Labour.
"We will have [fewer] women, working-class people and black people if the link with the unions is weakened."
Abbott added that Labour without the trade union link was just a "bunch of Oxbridge PPE graduates looking for constituencies to represent".

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Snow Day – Students now start to complete full sentences with phrases.
A Riddle – We built this activity into a full puzzle matrix.
Prepositional Phrases – Time to play find the preposition in the phrases.
The Lost Earring – Help Kendrick to find her lost earring.
Soccer – Similar to the previous sheets, but we work on a complete paragraph.
The Rainy Day – Circle the preposition and underline the prepositional phrase in each sentence.
Monsters of Mythology – Underline the prepositional phrase in each sentence. Then write the prepositions on the lines below each paragraph.
Summer Camp – Combine each set of sentences into a single sentence, using prepositional phrases to include details.
Complete the Sentences – Complete each sentence below using prepositional phrases.
Underline and Place Them – A mix of skills is tested here.
Scrambled Prepositions – Unscramble them by writing the correct preposition on the line next to each sentence.
Using Prepositions – Read each sentence below. Use the clue word provided to rewrite the sentence to include a prepositional phrase.
The Bear and the Two Travelers – Circle the prepositions in the story. Underline the prepositional phrases.
Car Matches – Match the sentence on the left with the missing preposition on the right.
Using Prepositions in Everyday Life – Complete the sentences to describe the room, using prepositional phrases.


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Gucci Makes Sharing Easier With Pinnable Online Banner Ads
Luxury brand launches advertisements that can be placed directly onto Pinterest, and therefore tracked and analyzed.
The latest online ads from the luxury fashion brand includes a small 'Pin it' button on the bottom left corner that allows users to easily share the ad on Pinterest. By clicking on the social sharing button, users are presented with the Pinterest overlay where they can select to pin the banner image, or one of the products they see in the ad.
The advertisement was developed in collaboration with Triple Lift, where the data and performance of the ad can be tracked and analyzed. The pinnable ad is part of Gucci's Fall/Winter 2012 digital campaign and will be found on the sites: WSJ, Polyvore, Style.com, Lifestyle Mirror, and The Cut.


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{se·man·tics n. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form}
"Semantics" isn't necessarily a bad word, as many disagreements hinge on how we define our terms.
Here, we'll talk semantics, movies, technology, politics, and just about everything else under the sun.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Podcasts and More, via Treo
In his AdventureBlog, Michael May recently offered up some quotes from NPR, National Public Radio. I've become an NPR junkie, so I couldn't resist checking some of them out.
Also being a tech junkie and a cycling enthusiast, I became very fond of listening to podcasts of NPR shows while peddling around the city. Although they're called "podcasts," I don't listen to them via any of Apple's devices. I use my smartphone, a Palm device called "Treo." (Mine is the 755p.)
Back in the day, I used to download podcasts and play them on my iPod (yes, I do own an old one) but eventually I got tired of walking around like Roger McNamee with the geek version of a "utility belt." I had too many devices on my hips so I went back to basics. I got a Treo because it's something of an all-in-one device. Why not use it as such and put my podcasts on my micro-SD card and play them on the Treo?
That's just what I did... until I found out about a software application for my phone called "Kinoma 4 EX."
You've probably noticed that the internet offers a lot of free audio content like radio stations' (public and private) streaming certain shows or a full day's content. Well, Kinoma not only allows us to access that content through our phones' internet connections, but we also gain access to Kinoma's media guide which organizes and arranges this content by category. So, I can listen to NPR every day without having to open iTunes once.
If I decide, while on the go, that I feel like listening to NPR's Fresh Air's latest podcast, I open Kinoma, click on my Fresh Air bookmark, and then choose from the podcasts from the past week. At the touch of a button, I can either choose to play a given podcast or just find out what it's about to decide if I'd rather skip it.
So I now have access to an entire library of free online content that ranges from music, public radio podcasts, media reviews, public zoo live-cams, free public-domain audiobooks... you get the idea.
And I don't have to prepare at all before leaving the house. I don't have to open iTunes or transfer files or choose what to store and what to delete.
I simply pull up what I want, when I want. And if I need to be offline for a while, I can have Kinoma save the song (or whatever other audio content) on my phone/sd card and play it when no internet connection is available.
Most of the time, I just listen to NPR podcasts or stream their live radio content for the day, but sometimes I pull up the link to a Jacksonville radio station I really dig... and just listen while I'm shaving, washing dishes, bike riding, or waiting on my lady to pick out a pair of shoes.
Did I mention that i can also search for and play YouTube videos? Yeah.
2 comments:
- b. good said...
So I'm extra late on this NPR thing. I know, I know...you've been blogging about it since forever, and I have yet to give it a listen.
But I thought it was just you, lol.
Well now my BFF is hooked, so...I guess there's more to it.
But go Treo! (I guess). I'm currently enjoying my G1 :)
- Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:15:00 PM
- Remnants of U said...
Hey West! I didn't realize that you were still blogging glad to see you!
Oh boy...I am going to have to check out Kinoma 4x...I have a Treo 650...I hope it works with such old equipment. As usual I learn some necessary technical info from you!
- Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:22:00 PM


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Neem Products ManufacturerNeem based products for Organic Farming, Human and Veterinary Applications
Pure Neem Kernel oilHigh Azadirachtin Content.
Neem Insecticide (EC)
Azadirachtin TechnicalNeem Extract
Organic Neem Fertilizer
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Moreover, these products are allowed for use in crop production under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), National Organic Program (NOP) and IMO IN Organic Standard (considered equivalent to Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008).
Pure Neem Oil is prepared in-house from carefully selected good quality neem seeds via cold pressed extraction and double filtration.
Azadirachtin Technical powder, the key component of neem based pesticides, is also extracted in-house here from neem seed kernels. It is yellowish powder famous for its insecticidal properties.
Neem Oil Insecticide formulation, which is EC with Azadirachtin as active ingredient, from 300ppm to 50000ppm concentrations are also preapared in-house with careful testing. These are broad spectrum neem based pesticide covering over 600 species.
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I went to the British Museum last year to see a particular exhibition that had captured my fancy – "The Cost of Living in Roman and Modern Britain" (it's on until April, go see it if you can). It was just a small exhibition, but full of plenty of incredibly fascinating information. One thing in particular that stuck with me was the relative cost of items in terms of how much a soldier in the army could afford, then compared to now. It turns out that the salary of a new-recruit soldier in the Roman army, if you take into account currency values, inflation, etc., was pretty much the same as a new-recruit soldier in the modern British army could expect (somewhere in the region of £16,000 per annum if I remember correctly).
The exhibit included items that both the Roman and the modern soldier might buy and how much it would cost them respectively – what fraction of a day's salary for a dozen eggs or some dice or whatever. What struck me in particular was that if the modern soldier wanted to buy a winter jacket from the high street, what would it cost him or her? Maybe a couple of days' worth of salary. By comparison, if a Roman soldier wanted to buy a coat to keep him warm in the winter months, it would set him back a month's worth of salary. That's equivalent to about £1200, which most people would consider a pretty large amount of money to be spending on a coat. Incidentally, clothing was also not particularly affordable all the way up until the 19th century, with a man's suit in the 18th century costing £8 when the cost of providing for a family for an entire year was £40.
Now obviously it's very much an understatement to say that things have changed a bit since Roman times and since the 18th century. We now have different ways of producing fibres for fabrics, we can do it on a larger scale, we have all sorts of ways of reducing the time taken and the cost of the materials required for manufacturing a garment. But still, I have this misgiving that what we expect to pay for a garment is actually wildly out of step with what it would cost to manufacture a high quality garment from high quality materials using adequately paid skilled labour.
I don't have much to go on in terms of what such a garment would cost to produce, since the price-tag of a garment (as I've mentioned time and time again) is no guarantee of quality. All I have, really, is the price break-downs provided for each garment in the Honest by Bruno Pieters collection, which I discussed here. Those detailed break-downs would suggest that a well-designed, well-made, ethically and sustainably produced garment costs well above what people expect to pay these days – €300-400 is the actual cost for a men's shirt, €900-1000 for a coat (that coat works out at about £800, so still much less than our Roman soldier was paying back in the day). Maybe the prices would be a bit less if the production scale was larger (since runs are limited to about 10-20 garments per style at the moment), but even an expanded scale wouldn't reduce the current prices by an enormous amount.
I certainly appreciate the value of low-price clothing for people who are economically disadvantaged and keenly aware of their budgets. There's no doubt that there are people who really do benefit from that sort of affordability and whose lives are made more comfortable as a result. But for those of us who do have a bit of spare disposable income and whose economic situation isn't so precarious, is it a valid assumption that we only think that €900 for a coat seems expensive because the profusion of cheaper alternatives has skewed our perception? Is it because we aren't forced to immediately notice all the compromises – poorer quality materials, underpaid workers, overall diminished longevity – that a more cheaply produced coat entails? I'm reasonably sure that's the case. It also doesn't help that genuinely good quality, well produced items are relatively difficult to come by (and designer brand labels are no indicator of it), so we don't necessarily notice something good when we do see it. That's if we get past being overwhelmed by the seemingly ridiculous (but actually maybe kind of justified) price-tag.
Does it ultimately come down to the fact that, for whatever reason, we think we're entitled to not have to spend time saving up for something that's worth it?


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I don't think I could ever get bored of living in Narvik where you can access wonderfully scary alpine classics like Partisanleden from your front door.
The last time I made an attempt on this route back in December we turned around on account of the decidedly sketchy snow pack which consisted of 20cm of sugar with breakable crust on top. One advantage of this reconnaissance outing was learning that a few stoppers would be key for protecting the first rap- these were packed in today's arsenal together with a bunch of tat cord and Jan Eirik's snappy deadman anchor which I'd never used before, but which I'm now keen on buying for myself.
First up was a spicy downclimb, then we spent some time cleaning out a crack in order to get some stoppers in and Jan Eirik rigged an anchor. After a tentative 15m "rap" (more of a rope assisted down climb in reality) we found ourselves on a steep slope with a decent sized cliff below and were faced with a decision: either bail now or pull the rope and commit to the rest of the unknown route. We opted to cover all bases, with Jan Eirik waiting with the rope still in place while I skirted over on skis to make a decision on the route ahead.
Feeling very small and vulnerable I made my way down and was relieved to see that we wouldn't have to make any more rappels...
At least I thought we wouldn't need to make any more rappels. As it turned out the ridge had a few surprises in store for us still, and over the next few hundred metres we made two more raps using the deadman and even making one belayed down climb, and feeling like a real alpinist in the process ;-)
The usual time constraints meant that we didn't get all the way up to the summit of Beisfjordtøtta aas planned, but we did make it through the bulk of the technical section, before skiing down to Forsnesvatn and back to Narvik.
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Bootisis: An affliction frequently contracted during the winter months, predominantly by females in their 30s. Symptoms include: severe aversion to cold feet (for conditions including fears of covering feet up, see Havaianaitis, an affliction mostly contracted by females aged 13-27); unbridled horror of rain seeping into one's shoes; and desire to keep the lower extremities warm and protected regardless of choice of bottom-half clothing. Often co-morbid with psychological condition ObsShopitis, whereby females of the affected age group develop an obsession with chosen item, frequently stalking it online, comparing prices and postage, and scheming to get to said shop as soon as possible despite potential intereferences such as work.
You'll recall I bought a pair of Berlins (sadly no longer available so no linky) from Betts, my chosen purveyor of boots, and loved the wooden heel that produced a very satisfying clunk when I walked. I also considered the Magiks but progressing pregnancy made the future Sensible Mum in me choose the lower heels. Sensible Mum also directed me towards this pair of Drifters, which unlike my other pair of black suede-y knee-highs, are less of an equestrian boot and more of an urban stroller. These thankfully zip up over jeans (I don't mind when boots don't zip up over jeans because I have firm runners' calves; I do mind when it's because I have soft unexercised flabbos), and are delicate enough around the toe to look girlish not farmerish (while leaving enough space for my wide feet). They also come in a neutral colour.
So I thought that was it – two pairs for winter; one short and one long; one brown and one black. Sensible Mum was happy. Yummy Mummy was not.
I couldn't stop thinking about the Magiks, which had the same wooden heel I loved and had been so comfortable and added a good few inches to my height. Due to a mistake by the shopgirl (which realised too late and would normally point out, but dealing with her extreme incompetence , even while observed by two senior staff members, disengagement and sulkiness made me think I truly deserved a reward for putting up with eye-rollingly poor customer service), I got them for $75. Score!
But Yummy Mummy and her friend Slightly Tacky Mummy conspired to make Sensible Mum realise that she also needed to replace her main pair of work shoes, which I realised last week are at the Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (pre-Richard) stage of disrepair, needing significant amounts of black texta to cover up all the scuff marks. Surely a pair of boots would be the most sensible replacement at this point?
I have to admit that I (and Slightly Tacky Mummy) are a sucker for a wedge. They are stable and comfortable while providing the lift that we all – including ex-President Sarkozy – so desperately want. Wedged boots, however, are borderline. I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly, and really think that the way in which they are worn makes or breaks them.
I tried on these Plutos in-store when I bought the Magiks. I left after I tried them on, needing to wrestle with my conscience a bit, but as I thought about them repeatedly, and resorted to web-stalking, I knew that my subconscious was heavily infected with Bootitis and I was ready to purchase.
I am worried that the heel with also scuff, but hey ho, work shoes are meant for hard wear. I'm not so much a fan of the platform at the front, but they're not too high, nicely cushioned inside, and the roundness doesn't squish any toes. They're plain enough not to attract attention, and I think under black skinny jeans they could be made to work. In any case, they'll be workhorses under my usual work attire of black or grey pants (plus tops! I wear tops to work!), so I'm really quite happy with them.
However, I will complain about Betts' online ordering – there isn't any! Every single thing I have looked at has virtually no sizes left and advises you to call in-store. This is pretty slack I think, seeing as each store can only advise you of their own stock and can't post anything to you. It seems to be an online store that only serves to direct you to bricks and mortar stores and expects you to call around until you chance upon what you're looking for, and makes it devilishly difficult to purchase anything. I thought I'd save another trip and order the Plutos online, but there wasn't a single size available. I rang a store closest to work hoping I could dash out at lunch time, but they didn't carry it, and in the end called my local store, paid over the phone, and have prevailed upon my obliging sister who works nearby to see if she can pick them up after work tomorrow, as she finishes earlier than I do. A bit too much effort, Betts.
But there you have it – a case study of Bootitis at its worse. At least the total damage bill came to less than one good pair of leather boots, and I feel well-equipped to brave the long and splashy walk to the station each morning. Now to find some waterproofer!


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Rahul Gandhi is creating ripples all across Gujarat with his witty one-liners criticising the Modi-government.
His campaign was free of his infamous gaffes - until today, when he accidentally entered a ladies' toilet in Chhota Udepur district.
Rahul was in the district for his 'Samvad' event to interact with young people.
After the event, while on his way out of the town hall, Gandhi stepped into the ladies toilet. Incidentally, there was no sign differentiating it from the one meant for men.
However, there was a poster in Gujarati that read 'Mahilao Mate Shauchalya'.
Sources said that Rahul entered the ladies toilet as he could not read Gujarati.
Following the incident, the SPG that accompanied Rahul dispersed the media persons who had gathered outside the toilet on hearing about the blunder.
Locals at the venue said that immediately after Rahul came out of the toilet people burst into laughter. The entire scene was recorded by media persons present there.


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This is posted as a Off Topic item but the graphic included indicates that SR-36 and SR-Great War should have more extensive "network" of completed railways between Cairo and the Mediterranean (Damietta and other locations); between Kantara and Port Said on the Med; between Nag-Hamadi (or use Kena city) and Kharga to the west, in the southern part of Egypt. [If BG want to move this to Issues...., please feel free to do so. ]
Train Operation in Modern Egypt
The total area of Egypt proper, including the Libyan Desert, the region between the Nile and the Red Sea, and the Sinai Peninsula, is about 383,000 square miles. But the cultivated and settled area consists only of the long narrow Nile Valley and the triangular delta, a total area of about 12,400 square miles. Egypt's historical importance need not be stressed on this page. The country has become a favourite winter resort of Europeans.
Egypt was for many years an important part of the "overland route" to India and the East. This route was established in 1842. Mails, passengers, stores, and baggage were disembarked at Alexandria and carried across the desert to Suez. The P. & O. Company at one time owned 3,000 camels, which were employed on this service ; the passengers, however, travelled in rough horse-drawn carriages. In 1851 the then Khedive of Egypt, Abbas I, anxious to encourage traffic by this important overland route, entered into negotiations with Robert Stephenson for the construction of a railway from Alexandria to Cairo.
This was the first railway on the African continent, and the first section begun in 1852, was opened to Kafr-el-Zayat in 1854 ; a further section throughout to Cairo was opened two years latter. This length of 120 miles involved the construction of two bridges over the Nile, one at Kafr-el-Zayat and one at Benha. Before the construction of the former bridge through traffic was ferried across the river to Cairo. From Cairo the railway was carried on to Suez, thus completing the overland route by rail. Until the opening of the Suez canal in 1869 it was a source of considerable revenue to the Egyptian State Exchequer.
The line from Cairo southwards was next undertaken ; by 1874 it was completed as far Assiut, a large town on the banks of the Nile, about 230 mile from Cairo. Luxor, 340 miles from Cairo, was reached in 1898, the Nile having been crossed again at Nag-Hamadi, a town between Assiut and Luxor. Kena, a town some miles north of Luxor, was the southern limit of the State Railway system, and the line from Kena to Aswan, or Assuan was built by the Kena-Aswan Railway Company, a private enterprise.
A PASSENGER TRAIN IN EGYPT. The first railway in Egypt and the first on the African continent was begun between Alexandria and Cairo in 1852 and opened throughout in 1856. To-day the State Railways have a system that possesses some 642 locomotives, 1,579 carriages 14,339 wagons, and numerous other vehicles.
The section between Kena and Luxor was built to the standard gauge, and that between Luxor and Aswan to a gauge of 3 ft. 6 in. The Luxor-Aswan line was connected with a narrow-gauge line from Aswan to Shellal. which had been constructed in 1884 as a military line during the first Sudan campaign to accelerate transport of military stores past the First Cataract. In 1898, at the close of the final Sudan campaign, the railway from Luxor to Shellal was absorbed into the State railway system. It was converted to standard gauge in 1926. Beyond Shellal to the limit of Egyptian territory at Wadi-Halfa, about 200 miles farther the country is desert, with innumerable valleys separated from one another by granite ridges running at right angles to the route which the railway would have to follow, thus making railway construction on this length too difficult and too costly to be practicable.
The policy of the State Railways Administration has been the gradual absorption of private lines In Lower Egypt. The Heluan Railway was built between 1870 and 1872 by the Khedive of that time, Ismail Pasha. It was operated as a State railway until 1888, when a working concession was granted to Suares Frères ; the line was subsequently transferred to the Delta Light Railway Company. In 1914 the Government resumed working of the railway.
THE EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS own some 2,195 miles of standard gauge track, and a number of auxiliary lines. The State Railways are linked with the Egyptian Delta Light Railways, a narrow-gauge system of about 620 miles serving the Nile Delta.
The Mariut Railway was originally constructed and worked by the Khedive, Abbas Hilmi, as his private property; it extends from Wardian to Abu Hagag (148 miles), part being standard and part narrow gauge. It was purchased by the Government in 1914. During the war of 1914-18 part of the track was removed for military purposes.
During the war the question of rail connection between Egypt and Palestine arose. In 1915 a standard gauge line for military purposes, running east from Kantara East, was begun. By the end of 1918 it was completed as far as Haita. Until 1917 a train ferry was used for the exchange of rolling stock between the Egyptian State Railways and the military railways of Palestine over the Suez Canal. But, in view of the need for more speedy transit between Egypt and Palestine, the Suez Canal Company agreed to the building of a swing bridge across the canal at a point three miles north of Kantara, on condition that it was removed after the war. The bridge was built in five months, and opened in July, 1918. Interchange of wagons and through bookings of goods traffic between Egypt and Palestine is still carried on by train ferry service across the canal, the tonnage of goods amounting to a very large annual total. Goods can be put on trucks at any station on the Egyptian State Railways and unloaded at any station on the Palestine Railways. There is a system of controlling the rolling stock exchanged, and, if trucks of one system are delayed on the other system beyond the allowed period, demurrage is enforced.
[Illustration[...MIXED TRAFFIC LOCOMOTIVE built for the Egyptian State Railways by the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd This 2-6-0 engine has cylinders 21 in. by 26 in.. and coupled wheels 5 ft. 6-3/4 in. diameter. The boiler pressure is 160 lb. per sq. in., total heating surface 1,909 sq. ft. and tractive effort 20,610 lb. The weight of the engine, in working order, is 66 tons 18 cwt., and the weight of the tender loaded is 57 tons 15 cwt.
From a railway point of view Egypt offered an ideal field for exploitation. Construction was easy and economical, almost the only major works being the Nile bridges. Gradients are practically non-existent and curves are easy. The route mileage of the State Railways is 2,195 miles of standard gauge, 244 miles of 3 ft. 6 in. gauge, and 121 miles of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The track was originally laid with light double-head and bull-head rails on wooden sleepers, but with a proportion of cast iron sleepers.
Increase in weight and speed of traffic led to the adoption of heavier rails, and in 1912 the Vignoles (flat-bottomed) type of 95 lb. section was adopted as standard. Cast iron sleepers were abandoned, plenty of timber being obtainable, and there being no white ants to contend with. The wood which has been most satisfactory for sleepers is Turkish pine, but oak, jarrah, beech, and Oregon pine have been employed as well. The rails are supported on the sleepers by saddle plates, and held in place by screw spikes. About 250 miles of track are laid on steel sleepers of a trough pattern, to which the rail is secured by clips and bolts. The ballast used is flint gravel, which is obtainable in the country in large quantities.
Between 1925 and 1932 the track underwent extensive renewal. During the war it had deteriorated, as main tenance and renewal had been suspended because all available material and labour were required for military purposes, The central permanent way shops are at Gabbary (Alexandria), where they are conveniently placed for the reception of materials from abroad.
The signalling employed is absolute lock and block similar to that in England. In general it is mechanical, both Tyers and Sykes' block instruments being used, but at Cairo Main Station the Westinghouse electro-pneumatic system is in operation. A programme of interlocking, begun in 1900, has been continuously followed except during the war years and immediately after, and some 500 signal-boxes with interlocking gear have been brought into use.
The installation at Cairo Station has been renewed on up-to-date lines in recent years, and now includes point detection, track circuiting, and illuminated diagrams in the signal boxes. Single lines are worked by electric staff and a type of staff-exchanging apparatus suitable for local conditions has been evolved. Long section staff working has been installed on the Luxor-Shellal section, a distance of 136 miles, with nineteen stations. The central signal workshops are situated in Cairo, and comprise a modern installation capable of dealing with all ordinary signal maintenance and repairs and a certain amount of manufacturing.
There are nine railway bridges over the Nile, the most important being the Embaba Bridge. This bridge was renewed in 1924, and carries a double line of rails and a roadway on either side, with foot ways above. It has six fixed spans and one swing span, and the total length is 1,608 ft. The swing span can be operated electrically or by hand. The Dessouk Bridge is a single line bridge over the Rosetta branch of the Nile, and was opened in 1927. This bridge is in two sections joining a centre island, one section having a swing and five fixed spans and the other four fixed spans. There is a roadway on either side of the bridge.
Illustration. ALEXANDRIA STATION. Between this station and Cairo there are seven express trains operating daily in either direction The journey of 120 miles is covered in from two and a half to three and a quarter hours. Apart from the large volume of passenger traffic arriving at and departing from the city. Alexandria has the largest goods station In Egypt.
The number of locomotives possessed by the Egyptian State Railways is over 600, all of which have been built abroad ; but many are over thirty years old and are gradually being replaced by more modern engines. The principal locomotive and carriage shops are at Bulak, Cairo, but they are now being transferred to Abu-Zaabal, about seventeen miles from the city.
There are four locomotive districts - Cairo, Alexandria, Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt. The Cairo District works the express service of Lower Egypt with "Atlantic" type locomotives and the Cairo suburban, traffic with 2-6-2 type tank engines. A new running shed at Tanta operates all the principal provincial services of Lower Egypt. Although the building of locomotives is not undertaken in the locomotive shops, a considerable amount of rebuilding is carried on, and modern methods are employed. Oxyacetylene and arc-welding have been introduced, and their use extended in various directions. Spray painting of steel rolling stock and of locomotives is also being introduced.
Experiments with a steam rail-car in 1926 led to the acquisition of many examples of this type of vehicle. Carriages number nearly 1,600 and goods wagons 14,300, with 650 miscellaneous vehicles. The carriages are all-steel bogie stock with elliptical roofs which have been found suited to Egyptian requirements. In 1931 gas lighting of passenger vehicles was abolished, and all stock is now electrically lighted. Roller bearings also are taking the place of the standard brass bearings, Goods wagons are mainly of the 10-tons box type, and, although there is a considerable amount of bogie stock the four-wheeled wagon seems to be preferred. All-steel stock is gradually replacing the wooden wagons.
Ten streamlined Diesel rail-cars are being built by Ganz and Company of Budapest for the Egyptian State Railways, four of which have already been delivered ; the remaining six are due to be in service before the end of 1935
These are the first rail-cars in the world, it is understood, to be equipped with air conditioning plant. Each car is driven by a Ganz-Jendrassik 200 h.p. heavy oil engine with straight mechanical drive ; it is 72 ft. 2 in. long, and accommodates seventy-one passengers. Some of these rail-cars will be used on the new railway between Cairo and Suez, which at present is used for goods traffic only. Cold water fountains are a feature of the interior equipment of the cars, an amenity that will be much appreciated by passengers in the summer on this new desert railway.
Passengers carried on the Egyptian State Railways in the year 1933-34 numbered over thirty-four millions, as many being carried in one month as in a whole year fifty years ago. Trains are classified as expresses, semi-expresses, perishable, and goods. All express trains are formed of bogie corridor coaches. First-class coaches are divided into compartments which are fitted with electric reading lights. Restaurant, sleeping, and Pullman cars are attached to the principal trains.
Large numbers of tourists are carried during the winter season, special trains being run to and from the quays at Alexandria for their conveyance. Luxurious liners leave Europe for Egypt several times a week, and giant multi-engined air liners also arrive regularly at the port of Alexandria. The "Taurus Express" reaches Cairo by way of the Balkans, Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine. A through service is provided by this train between London, Paris and Cairo, involving only three principal changes beyond the English Channel, namely, the crossing of the Bosporus at Istanbul, road transport between Tripoli and Haifa, and the crossing of the Suez Canal at Kantara.
LUXURY COACHES for special functions and state occasions are maintained by the Egyptian State Railways. This picture shows the train used by the King of Egypt and his suite.
On the platform of the imposing station at Cairo waits a crowd which is an amazing medley of types and variety of costume, with hotel-porters in plenty, looking for their patrons. The fine hotels of Cairo are world-famous, and on the terrace of more than one, an elegant and cosmopolitan crowd sits basking in a February sun, and shivering pleasantly at the thought of the snow and frost left behind in Europe. In the modern quarters of Cairo, the wide streets, in which, the traffic is controlled by white-uniformed "shawishes," are lined on either side with trees and fine buildings, while gardens and monuments adorn the squares, giving the city the air of a great metropolis.
Seen from the Pyramids across the green strip of the Nile Valley, Cairo seems to be dominated by the pointed silhouette of the Citadel among a sea of roofs, domes, and minarets. In the Musky, or bazaars, of Cairo is to be found a collection of glassware, copper, gold, carpets, beads, shawls, and perfumes, whose heady scent mixes with the aroma of coffee and cigarettes and with that of the frying confections from neighbouring restaurants.
The "Sunshine Express," a luxury train composed of restaurant and sleeping cars, takes passengers to Upper Egypt in a single night, and Abydos, Dendera, Thebes, Karnak. Luxor, Edfu, and Aswan soon become so many familiar names. Combined tickets between Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Shellal, including fares and sleeper and hotel accommodation, are issued at cheap rates during certain months. There are three trains a day in either direction between Cairo and Luxor, the journey of 340 miles taking about twelve hours. To Aswan and Shellal, there are two trains a day in either direction which cover the distance of 480 miles in about seventeen hours.
Illustration. A LEVEL-CROSSING IN EGYPT. The signalling on the State Railways is the lock and block system. It is mostly mechanical, but at Cairo Main Station the Westinghouse electro-pneumatic system has been introduced. There are some 500 signal-boxes with interlocking gear. Staff working is employed on local lines.
At Aswan the aspect of the country changes considerably. From the garden of the Cataract Hotel may be seen here and there, smoothed by the action of the water, the first blocks of that black stone whose high walls are soon to be seen enclosing the Nile as in a corridor. Beyond are the rapids leading up to the great Dam which now controls the waters of the Nile ; when it lets them accumulate they rise above the temples of the island of Philæ ; but when the sluices are opened the waters subside, leaving the island to glisten in the sun. Then comes the Sudan with its beehive huts, big game, vast deserts, swamps, and equatorial forests.
Between Alexandria and Cairo there are seven express trains a day in either direction, taking from two and a half to three and a quarter hours for the journey of 120 miles. Greater first-class comfort is being provided, and Pullman cars at present in limited use, are to be substituted in future for first-class coaches ; but, as a rule, the ordinary first-class fare only will be charged. When. the cars are on fast or on luxury trains, a supplement will be added. The Pullman stock of twelve cars at present in Egypt will have to be augmented, but meanwhile the cars already existing will be fitted with air-conditioning plant.
THIRTY-FOUR MILLION PASSENGERS were carried on the Egyptian State Railways in 1933-1934. The carriages total nearly 1,600, and are mostly of all-steel bogie stock. The International Sleeping Car Company has also a large number of first-class coaches on express trains. All passenger stock is lighted by electricity.
An indication of the popularising of railway travel in Egypt is found in the running in the spring of 1935 of two excursion trains which left Cairo for an unknown destination. Some 2,100 passengers travelled on the trains, and so popular was the idea that about 3,000 intending passengers were turned away. The trains ran to lsmailia, a distance of ninety-eight miles, and the fare charged was sixteen piastres (about 75 cents U.S., at 1935 values).
The Main Station in Cairo is the largest passenger station in Egypt. It has nine platforms, with a total length of 2,180 yards, and deals with over 10,000 passengers daily. The station is worked from four signal-boxes, of which three are electro-pneumatically operated. There are also two suburban stations, at Pont Limoun and Bab-el-Luk, the former for the Matariya Line and the latter for Heluan-les-Bains ; these deal with 160 trains daily.
In a recent report made by Sir Felix Pole, formerly General Manager of the Great Western Railway, to the Egyptian Minister of Communications, the immediate electrification of the Cairo-Heluan line was recommended ; to be followed by electrification of the Cairo-Matariya line, and the building of a rail connection across Cairo between the two lines by tunnel, tube, or elevated railway.
Goods traffic for the year 1933-34 totalled over seven and a quarter million tons, about seventy per cent of which consisted of cotton, cotton-seed, manure, coal, oil, cereals, building materials, timber, rice, and sugar. Gabbary (Alexandria) is the largest goods station, and deals with over two and a half million tons of goods annually. This is handled in two large central sheds of the most modern type. A modern marshalling yard with 250 sidings can deal with over 2,000 wagons every twenty-four hours.
A Traffic Train Control Office, equipped with a complete system of telephone control, was established at Assiut in 1926 to regulate the traffic of the Mallawi-Assiut section. The results were found to be so satisfactory that train control has been extended to other parts of the system.
The Egyptian State Railways are organised on the departmental system, controlled by a Supreme Railway Board under the presidency of the Minister of Communications. The members of the Board consist of some of the highest officials in the land. The General Manager, at the time of writing (1935), is H. E. Mahmoud Shaker Bey, and the heads of the various departments are directly responsible to him.
The total strength of the staff of the Egyptian State Railways is approximately 33,000. which includes the staff of the Egyptian Telegraph and Telephone Service. An Inspector-General of Telegraphs and Telephones controls the latter service under the General Manager of the State Railway. The lnspector-General is a permanent official of the British Civil Service (Post Office), and his services, as well as those of his technical staff, are lent to the Egyptian Government.
Future prospects of the Egyptian State Railways are bright. Traffic is increasing, and the earnings for the last two or three years have been satisfactory. Suburban traffic in and around Cairo is heavy and, with the electrification of the Heluan and Matariya lines, should develop still further. In the past the only competitor was the river, which was not able to do much either in volume or in speed.
More as a means of counteracting competition than with a view to traffic development, services by road and water were inaugurated by the State Railways in 1930-31. About forty buses are operated from Cairo to Benha, Bagour, and Badrashein, and the services are self-supporting. The river transport service consists of six steamers, twelve barges and sixteen pontoons.
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National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) has today been recognised as one of the leading new universities in the world, and is the highest placed Irish university in the Times Higher Education (THE) 100 Under 50 rankings. NUIM is listed at 74th in the world, ahead of Dublin City University (84th). The ranking, which lists the worlds' best 100 universities under the age of 50 years, aims to show which countries are challenging the US and UK as the next education powerhouses. Universities are ranked according to a range of criteria including research income achieved, reputation for teaching, numbers of PhDs awarded, the number and quality of scholarly papers and citations from staff and international outlook, including people and research. The top-ranked new university, for the second consecutive year, is Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea, while institutions from Asia, Australia and the UK perform well. Eight European universities ranked in the top 100 are Erasmus partners of NUIM. Other partners of NUIM were included in the top 100, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore ranked in 8th place and the University of Maryland, Baltimore ranked in 60th place.
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Accounting devices that make the deficit smaller
Posted by Québec de Droite in Transparence, Vérificateur général on jeudi 12 avril 2012
Il y a quelque temps, j'avais fait un carnet entre la bataille du vérificateur avec le gouvernement, pour appliquer les nouvelles règles comptables pour réduire les magouilles comptables, notre vérificateur a gagné.
Selon l'IMF plusieurs utilisent ces magouilles pour dissimuler les vrais coûts de l'État à la population, un article sur le sujet.
À la fin du carnet, j'expose différents points importants du document : Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions.
Extrait de: Disappearing Deficits, Tim Irwin, iMF direct, March 28th, 2012
Suppose a government must reduce its budget deficit. Perhaps it made a commitment to do so; perhaps investors are beginning to doubt its ability to repay debt. It could cut spending or raise taxes, but that is painful and unpopular. What can it do?
In our work at the IMF, we sometimes discover that governments choose to employ accounting devices that make the deficit smaller without actually causing any pain, and without actually improving public finances.
In ideal accounting, this would not be possible. In real accounting, it sometimes is.
How the devices work
Some governments, for example, have been able to reduce their reported deficits by taking over companies' pensions schemes. The government's obligation to make future pension payments has a real cost, but it doesn't count as a liability in the accounting. So when the government receives a pension scheme's assets from the company, it can treat the receipt of those assets as revenue that reduces its deficit.
Many other governments have been able to defer spending, without significantly reducing it in the long run, by entering into public-private partnerships. Under these contracts, a private company builds and maintains an asset like a road or a hospital. In return, the government agrees to pay the company for its costs over 20 or 30 years. In a sense, the government has bought the asset on an installment plan, but government accounting seldom counts this obligation as a liability.
In each of the above cases—and in others analyzed in my note, Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions—the government's deficit is lower at first, but only at the expense of bigger future deficits.
Improving transparency
The problem with the use of accounting devices is that the pain of spending cuts and tax increases is not avoided; it's postponed and perhaps made worse. Accounting devices can also make the deficit a less accurate fiscal indicator, making it harder for citizens, journalists, think tanks, investors, rating agencies—and the government itself—to understand the true state of public finances.
The use of accounting devices cannot be eliminated, but several things can be done to reduce their use or at least bring them quickly to light:
Governments can prepare audited financial statements—income statement, cash-flow statement, and balance sheet—according to international accounting standards.
Statisticians can be given the resources and independence to be both expert and impartial, as well as the authority to revise standards in the light of emerging problems.
A variety of different indicators of the state of public finances can be monitored, since a problem suppressed in one indicator is likely to show up in another.
The chart below illustrates the last point and, in particular, shows the value of having two different indicators of the deficit in the United States. One is a mainly cash-based measure; the other, the net operating surplus, is more like the bottom line of a private company's income statement. One cause of the difference between the two indicators is that the cost of incurring obligations to pay future pensions to government employees shows up in the net operating surplus but not in the budget surplus.
These proposals do create more work for government accountants and statisticians, but the problems created by accounting devices cannot be solved with the stroke of a pen. Getting an accurate picture of government finances requires hard work, careful checks, and a willingness on the part of analysts to look at several different measures of the deficit.
Accounting Devices and Fiscal Illusions
In retrospect, it is clear that accounting devices contributed to the fiscal problems that many countries are now experiencing. They made public finances look better than they really were in the years before the crisis, and therefore encouraged looser fiscal policy then. But their significance should not cause us to lose sight of other, more important factors. In most countries the biggest fiscal problems arose from the financial crisis, which led governments to take over financial institutions and caused a recession that undercut their tax revenue.
The essence of an accounting device is to improve headline fiscal indicators without actually improving public finances, or without improving them to the extent suggested by the headline indicators. A device aimed at the deficit reduces this year's deficit, but increases future deficits by an amount that largely or wholly offsets the initial improvement. To do this, it must either increase reported revenue or decrease reported spending in the year (or years) of interest. And, in return, it either decreases reported revenue or increases reported spending in future years.
The first accounting device, hidden borrowing, increases reported revenue now but increases reported spending later. In Europe, governments are able to reduce their headline deficits by taking over pensions schemes of private companies or public enterprises. The obligations to make future pension payments do not count as liabilities, so when governments take over the pensions in return for compensating payments, the compensating payments count as revenue.
The second accounting device, disinvestment, increases reported revenue now and reduces reported revenue in the future. Under some cash-accounting standards, the proceeds of privatization are revenues that reduce the deficit. But if the sale deprives the government of future dividends its true fiscal benefit may be much smaller than its reported effect.
The third accounting device, deferred spending, reduces reported spending now, but increases it later.
· Less directly, governments sometimes defer maintenance of roads and other assets even though maintaining assets is ultimately cheaper than letting them deteriorate to the point at which they must be rebuilt.
· Leasing instead of buying equipment can also defer reported spending.
· Under some accounting standards, public-private partnerships can similarly defer the reporting of public spending. By involving private companies in the provision of public services in new ways, these partnerships can have real fiscal benefits. Yet often it is their illusory fiscal benefits that make them appealing. In Portugal, as in United Kingdom and many other European countries, the government has used public-private partnerships to build new roads, railways, and hospitals without having to count the investment spending as its own, even though the government assumed debt-like obligations to pay for the infrastructure later. Over time, the obligations have grown, and the government must now spend nearly 1 percent of GDP to meet the commitments made earlier (Portuguese DGTF, 2011).
· Over time, civil-service pensions can create large liabilities, as shown for five central governments that report contractual pension liabilities on their accounting, as opposed to their statistical, balance sheets. Noncontractual pensions for the public and other social benefits such as publicly funded healthcare can create (near) obligations that are larger still, even if they are not recognized as liabilities in any standard accounting.
The fourth accounting device, foregone investment, reduces reported spending now but reduces reported revenue later. When governments want new infrastructure to be built, they sometimes use concessions, a kind of public-private partnership in which the private company undertakes an investment under a long-term contract with the government, but receives its revenue from users.
A common way to reduce the reported deficit and debt in the short term is to have spending undertaken by a public entity that is not counted as part of the government for reporting purposes. Often the spending involves an investment, but one whose future profitability is doubtful. If the investment is unsuccessful, its cost may show up later either in the receipt ofsmaller dividends from the entity (foregone investment) or in the need to grant it greater subsidies (deferred spending). Because it can be hard to know in advance where the cost will show up, or how much it will be, it is convenient to discuss these cases together under the heading disappearing government.
Lambe (2005) puts the problem nicely.
As governments come under greater pressure to cut both costs and spending, more and more responsibility is being pushed down to the sub-sovereign level, to quasi-government bodies, municipalities and regional governments. Government-owned entities and their debt are being deconsolidated . . . .
The nature of accounting devices makes hard data on size of the problem scarce. If the only indicator of the deficit is the one distorted by devices, there is no benchmark against which the use of such devices can be measured. Yet there are sources of information that allow a glimpse of the size of the problem.
Large, unexplained differences between the deficit and the increase in debt can also indicate problems in estimates of the deficit. The expected relationship between the deficit and the increase in debt depends on how the deficit and debt are measured, and there is no reason to expect them to be identical, for example because a government can borrow to purchase financial assets, a transaction that increases debt but does not increase the deficit as typically measured.
C'est comme au Québec, nous avons eu des supposément déficits zéros pendant des années, mais notre dette augmentait sérieusement, peut-être,
il y a anguille sous la roche ?
Long-term fiscal forecasts provide one set of alternative fiscal indicators. The archetypal accounting device reduces this year's deficit at the expense of higher deficits in future years.
Thus one way of ensuring that fiscal reporting is more informative is to ensure that it includes estimates of future deficits (measured on the same basis) under current policy. To be effective, the forecasts must have a long horizon, perhaps 50 years. Otherwise, a government can still produce misleading reports by delaying the increase in the deficit to the year after the end of the forecast.
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Allergic Ingredients To Avoid Feeding Your Bully
Pitbulls are strong, agile, muscular dogs. They tend to be naturally burly. Credible statistics from owners and breeders indicates that Pitbulls can sometimes get affected by food allergies. Allergies are quite common in Pitbull dogs having pink skin and white coats. The type and quantity of food determine the health of your dog. Because most Pitbulls like eating, they can easily become overweight or obese, so it's always good to give your dog the correct amount of food. The type of food also matters. Some dog foods are known to contain certain allergens that can cause mild to severe reactions. Remember that some of these allergens not only irritate your dog but are also life-threatening. Check out below for some of the ingredients that can be allergic to pitbulls.
Watch out For Certain Dairy Products, Pork & Fish
AFFCO (The Association of American Feed Control Officials) recommends a minimum of 18% protein for maintenance of adult dogs and 22% for growth of puppies. Healthier dogs may require more proteins and that's why most quality dog foods will exceed this threshold. If your dog is actively involved in sports, hunting or tracking, it's recommended that you include 40% of proteins in the dog's diet.
While maintaining the correct amount of protein to your dog, remember to be wary of protein diets that contain allergens. Most Pitbulls can develop allergic reactions to lamb, beef, pork, fish and dairy products. It's usually hard to identify which ingredient your dog is allergic to, so when introducing a new protein diet to your dog, try to avoid diets with the aforementioned ingredients. To establish which specific ingredient your dog is allergic to, it's necessary to start feeding your dog with one food type to check the exact type of food she is allergic to.
Be Wary of these Carbohydrates – Wheat, Corn, and Soy
Pitbulls are active breeds and hence they require carbohydrates. Note that you should maintain a low percentage of carbs in your dog's diet because these breeds always have lots problems associated with grains. Ensure that your dog derives energy from foods such as brown rice, oatmeal, and barley. Corn, wheat, and soy have been known to cause various allergic reactions to Pitbulls such as bloat.
A food allergy normally occurs when the dog's immune system characterizes certain ingredient as harmful while food intolerance is a digestive disorder that occurs when a dog's digestive system is not able to digest a specific ingredient. So, for ingredients such as soy and corn that causes a lot of gases to be released in the dog's stomach, the condition is rather referred to as food intolerance rather than food allergy.
Types of Tests to Determine What Your Pitbull is Allergic to
Just like human beings, not all dogs are allergic to the same type of foods. So, you'll have to table out a diet elimination process. The first thing to do is to take the dog off all the food she has been eating and put him on food you're suspecting to be causing problems. If you finish the whole process and your dog doesn't show any signs of reaction to the foods, then the problem she is having may be as a result of other factors. Taking a sample of discharge from ears or eyes and taking them to the vet may help determine what she is allergic to. A skin testing may as well be done when testing for environment related allergies. Note that blood testing is not an accurate test for any type of allergy.
How to Know When your Dog Has got An Allergic Reaction
Different ingredients can cause different allergies and thus different symptoms to dogs. Some of the common symptoms that may show that your dog may be having an allergic reaction to certain ingredients include:
· Itching
· Obsessive licking
· Paw biting
· Chronic ear inflammation
· Poor coat quality
· Skin rash
· Itchy rear end
· Chronic diarrhea
· Vomiting
· Hives
· Nausea
· Chronic gas
Allergies have a huge impact on a Pitbull's health thus report any of these symptoms to the vet as soon as you determine if they are caused by food allergy. If indeed they are caused by food allergy, then you'll have to start the food elimination process to find which food is causing the allergy. Initially, your dog may be just irritated by the symptoms but they may be life-threatening the next time your dog consumes the same allergic food.
Taking care for a dog with food allergies may seem to be an overwhelming task, but with today's dog food, it has been made easier. There are various ingredients out there that are meant to gather for dogs with food allergies. Actually, with little care and education, you can keep your Pitbull happy, well fed and healthy at all times.


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From Frank Carter to the Futureheads, everyone's pulling a musical 180 at the moment. We've compiled a top ten of the acts who've taken a sharp left turn for the weird.
10The Futureheads, 'Rant'
Everyone's favourite Geordies have pulled a fast one and lined up a new Acapella record. That's right, no instruments. Apart from a tambourine. It's released on April 2nd, but have a listen to the 'Rant' version of 'Robot' here.
Probably the most catalogued mistake in music, Neil Young's 'Trans' was a disaster. After his 70's heyday, Young tried to get with the times and made a record that was about as current as a beige cardigan. Just check out 'Transformer Man' with lyrics like 'remote control, direct the action with the push of a button'.
8MGMT, 'Congratulations'
Indie golden boys MGMT threw it all away on their second album. Tired of playing 'Kids' and 'Electric Feel', they instead channeled cult hero Dan Treacy of Television Personalities and Brian Eno. Eno was reportedly flattered. At least he was happy.
Spoken word from Reed, backing vocals from Hetfield, instrumentals from the rest of Metallica- all focused around an adaptation of two plays by German playwright Frank Wedekind.; Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
6Guns N' Roses, 'The Spaghetti Incident?'
Guns N' Roses do straight-up covers of punk rock classics. The question mark in the title says it all.
The former Gallows frontman has left shouting for singing, with new group Pure Love. Speaking to NME this week, he mentioned the reasons behind his turnaround. "I did want something very different for our next record than them, and we just couldn't really gel on what to do going forward.'
4Cerys Matthews, 'Cockahoop'
In 2003, two years after Catatonia split nobody knew what to expect from lead singer Cerys Matthews' solo project. Catatonia had traded on Welsh-influence Brit-pop- bookended by Matthews' raspy swagger. And then she went to Nashville and made 'Cockahoop'. An album of traditional folk songs, with help from the Handsome Family, it was as far away from the Met Bar as could be.
Before Skrillex, there was Sonny Moore. And Sonny was the lead singer of hardcore group 'From First to Last' (who are currently on hiatus). While Moore was producting in the background, it wasn't until 2010 that he released his debut EP – which had less screaming, and more bass dropping.
While Doves haven't strayed far from their path during their four albums together, their current sound is a far shout from their earlier incarnation as dance-group Sub Sub. You probably remember their single- 'Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)'. There's no jaunty reason why Sub Sub ceased, unfortunately. The group's studio burnt down and they had to start afresh.
1Ulver, 'Kveldssanger'
This final entry will make all the others pale in comparison. Norweigian black metal group Ulver (it means 'wolves' in Norweigian) went from black metal to classical. The 1996 album in question was the second in their 'Black Metal Trilogie'- inspired by Baroque poets and folktales- and featured chamber choirs, classical guitars and strings. On the third, they went back to Black metal again. Over the following years, they continued to change genre, from instrumental experimental, to glitch, to rock again. Most recent album 'Wars Of The Roses' is classed as 'dark ambient'.


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The Secret to Looking Good in Work Meetings All the Time
Have you ever spent your entire morning deciding what to wear to an important work meeting, only to end up running late to the office because of the wasted time in your closet? Trust us, we're right there with you. And so is entrepreneur Ashwini Anburajan. The founder of a startup recently wrote at essay for Racked in which she explained her problems with dressing for major work events and missing important meetings for caring too much about her look.
Her mantra for dressing successfully (and quickly!)? Remembering "the spotlight effect"—where you think people are paying more attention to something about you than they actually are. Because really, even though you may spend two hours planning an outfit, the reality is your colleagues probably won't notice that specific pair of shoes or bag as much as you do.
So in an effort to streamline your morning routine and feel confident with your 9-to-5 ensemble (without having to sacrifice time), Ashwini suggests coming up with one standard uniform to wear to every single important meeting you have—so you actually don't have to think about what to wear again.
Her go-to uniform? "A Clover Canyon pencil skirt, a silk white button-down from Zara, and a blazer I treasure from a Maison Margiela for H&M collection. In the summers, I'll wear one of two dresses with the same blazer. It's done without thinking. Two sets of shoes: one for warm weather and one for cold. Always the same makeup routine. Hair goes back. Second-guessing is not allowed," she told Racked.
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Hotblood: House of Slide
He stole a kiss from the wrong girl… Left without a soul, 17-year-old Dariana Sanders waited to die. There was nothing left to live for, nothing to feel besides the aching cold that never stopped. Her parent's marriage was in shambles and her brother, the only one who understood, the only one who knew how to make the cold go away, was gone forever. The only thing Dariana knew with absolute certainty was that nothing could possibly be right again. Enter Lewis Axel Nialls. Luckily for her, impossible is right up his alley. He can save her from the forces that wish to destroy her. Of course, who's going to save him, from her? Hotblood is a Dark Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance set in a modern day Eastern United States small town where Dariana's parents took her and her brother to protect them from the intrigue of their mother's family, the House of Slide. Unfortunately, things don't always work out quite the way you plan, even if you are an obsessive compulsive Wild like Dari's mother. Dariana hasn't had a soul since her brother took it a decade ago, to keep it safe, of course. Her brother died. Instead of following him safely to the grave as everyone expected, Dariana stole a Hotblood's soul to stay alive. That might have been a mistake. Dariana Sanders is a girl who wakes to consciousness at 17 and finds that she must navigate a dark paranormal world, high school, first love, and the uncontrollable passions of a stolen soul.
Hybrid: House of Slide Book II
Reeling from exposure to the world concealed for most of her life, Dariana must unravel the mystery of her own identity, all while battling her inner demons and those who choreographed the events leading to her brother's death.
Without Lewis, her untouchably dangerous soulmate, will she survive, or will the dark underbelly of the Houses devour everything she holds dear?
The sequel to Hotblood, House of Slide is a story about a girl who must grow into her power and responsibility, leaving behind her innocence.
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I've never considered myself to be a sales person, so attending AIGA Raleigh's recent lunch & learn event was a really good idea for me to help increase my skill set. The guest speaker was Dave Fellman, and listening to everything that he had to say helped me tremendously. The audience was engaged and asked some great questions, and Dave's responses were filled with real world stories that were easy to relate to.
Dave talked about having courage and confidence in your ability, and building trust with your potential customer. I found that building that trust is the most important part about selling your services. You have to make sure that the person you are selling to is confident in your ability to deliver what they need.
Wear Your Selling Hat With Confidence was not only educational, but also inspiring and motivational. Next time I come face to face with a potential client I will have the confidence to sell my services. Keep these events coming AIGA Raleigh


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Cross Design Craze
Yesterday I went shopping with my niece, and I noticed a lot of apparel with cross designs on them. At first, I attributed this to the owner's Christian background when I was at Forever 21. (If you've ever noticed, "John 3:16" is printed on their iconic yellow shopping bags. Similarly, the yummy hamburger chain In-N-Out … [Read more…]


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Assignment #1 (5%) – Blog Comments - Throughout
Each student is responsible for contributing comments to fellow students' blog posts on our course blog. Students are also encouraged to comment on the posts written by the instructor. Comments should be a minimum of 200 words and offer a critique of that week's posting, seek clarification, compare or contrast postings, or provide additional evidence or new information (such as a link to a related article, website, etc.). Each student must contribute a minimum of 10 comments, credit will be given for a maximum of two comments each week, students can comment on the same blog more than three times over the duration of the course however, only two of those comments will count towards this assessment criteria.
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- Research Article
- Open Access
Oscillation of second-order neutral delay and mixed-type dynamic equations on time scales
- Y Şahİner1Email author
© Y. Şahİner 2006
- Received: 31 January 2006
- Accepted: 15 May 2006
- Published: 9 July 2006
We consider the equation (r(t)(yΔ(t)) γ )Δ + f(t, x(δ(t))) = 0, , where y(t) = x(t) + p(t)x(τ(t)) and γ is a quotient of positive odd integers. We present some sufficient conditions for neutral delay and mixed-type dynamic equations to be oscillatory, depending on deviating arguments τ(t) and δ(t), .
- Differential Equation
- Partial Differential Equation
- Ordinary Differential Equation
- Functional Analysis
- Functional Equation
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