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Every year, I generally buy a new iPhone and the best Android handset that meets my needs. Now that Apple has a larger phone and a more open approach with iOS 8, this year may be an exception.
Videos of people bending iPhones in Apple Stores are the equivalent of going to Kate Spade and intentionally trying to rip the seams on a dress, just to prove that the stitching...
Kids today don't necessarily hate Skip-It. But they certainly have a few questions.
A cute dog is having a hard time grasping the concept of a door.
All 72-year-old Aretha Franklin is asking for is a little respect for her impressive cover of Adele's thumping breakup hit.
The Nintendo 64 was released 18 years ago today in America. Check out how dated the graphics look in this ancient advertisement.
But the truth is, predictive analytics has been in use outside of the Valley for at least five years. Some of the earliest adopters of our predictive applications for marketing and sales were actually companies like Dell, PC Connection, SunTrust Bank, and Staples. They have a similar set of challenges to emerging tech companies — it's about growth, whether capitalizing on market opportunity or needing to find new growth. What's different is that they keep a much closer eye on justifying returns on investment and are much less likely to dabble with a technology just because it is cool. And they have a high level of complexity, not to mention massive amounts of data.
Any family thinking about jumping ship to another carrier has a few choices among the major carriers. If we assume we're shopping for a family of two with smartphones on the early upgrade track, on Sprint we'd be looking at paying $130 for 20GB of data and unlimited talk and text. If you sign up by September 30 (Tuesday), Sprint will add an extra 2GB per line bringing our hypothetical couple up to 24GB per month of shared data.
"The easiest way to see this is you just look at all the movies Hollywood makes," he said. "They all show technology that doesn't work; that kills people; that's destroying the world, and you can choose between 'Avatar,' or 'The Matrix,' or 'Terminator' films." (Mr. Thiel has previously lashed out at Hollywood, including criticizing how Silicon Valley was portrayed in the movie, "The Social Network"–which documents Facebook's creation and Mr. Thiel's part in it.)
GoPro has a new lineup of Hero cameras , including the next-gen Hero4 with fancy 4K video features and touchscreen back displays, but the introduction of a new entry-level Hero today could be what brings the action camera category to the next level. The Hero is similar to the "White" tier of devices GoPro has sold until now, but it's especially cut-rate at just $130, and packs features the competition just can't match, like integration into a waterproof housing and automatic low-light shooting mode optimizations.
The series began after several trips to the city. "I started exploring alleyways and places like the infamous Chungking Mansions for a look at the grittier side of the city and its structures," Stewart says. "On a photowalk with a friend one day I was taken to one of the big public housing estates in Kowloon. … From there on, the fascination formed with photographing these structures."
Microsoft is expected to name its upcoming Windows release next week , but the company has accidentally listed a "Windows TH" site a little early today. Windows TH presumably stands for Windows Threshold, the codename of what many expect will become Windows 9. On a "Windows Technical Preview for Enterprise" site , Microsoft lists the Windows TH name, alongside details on "the next version of the Windows client operating system." While Microsoft will detail Windows Threshold on Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, the company isn't expected to release a preview of the operating system until early October. The Windows TH name is likely a placeholder, or it may indicate the company isn't ready to fully name its next version of Windows.
Israeli startup 365Scores , which offers a fully localised mobile app to keep sports fans in the loop, has scored a funding round of its own. It's raised $5.5 million from Russia's LETA Capital, Israel's Cedar Fund, Alexander Ayvazov's Titanium Investments, and a number of unnamed private investors — adding to the previous $1.2 million Series A round raised in January last year.
Facebook Monday unveiled a revamped version of Atlas, the ad platform it acquired from Microsoft last year. The new Atlas will incorporate data from Facebook users to place ads. What does that mean?
Last week, we discussed our first weeks with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. While I'm more partial to the iPhone 6 (or even the 5s, in terms of size), John is truly excited about the new screen real estate on the iPhone 6 Plus, entirely comfortable with the much larger, thinner smartphone.
There's nothing you want to hear more when meeting a stranger you're going to cuddle with than that they have a gun. I had never actually seen one in person, aside from on a cop's holster, so she led me into the bedroom and took it out from its hiding place, discharging the holster before teaching me how to aim. As I held its weight in my hand, I thought – I am the world's biggest idiot for walking into a stranger's home. Sure, I had set up a safety system with my colleague to call the cops if she hadn't heard from me, but a lot could happen before that.
The suddenly hip social networking site Ello experienced its first major outage today, suffering a Distributed Denial of Service attack that brought it down for approximately 45 minutes. The company says that it was able to fix the issue by blocking the IP addresses responsible for the attack.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned regarding this discussion: Dormant social media accounts are just unsightly. Dormant social media accounts suggest you are old and crusty and/or suggest that you created the profile out of peer pressure. A dormant Twitter account goes far to highlight the obligation many people/organizations feel to be on EVERY social media outlet. If you're not using it, get rid of it. Practice some digital dustbusting. For a media outlet — online or otherwise — the devil is in the details. That's great if your home page looks great, but if the consistency, usefulness and quality degrades as I get into deeper pages of your website/online presence, part of me will be turned off.
What makes Music Pix an interesting compliment to Tango's main app is that it doesn't require you to log in with a Tango account. It's very much so the opposite of Facebook's strategy with Facebook Messenger — instead of forcing you to use it by removing its music-sharing features in the main app, Tango is simply offering something that people can try without feeling like they're committing to anything.
While Oracle has a cloud platform that it's been trying to spread to the masses for a few years, the biggest deal regarding the new cloud upgrade is the ability to run Oracle's database in the cloud or on-premise in their own environment, said Ellison. Furthermore, users can now move any application, regardless of what language it is based on, to Oracle's upgraded cloud. The company needed to develop its own IaaS in order to accommodate users whose applications may not be based in Java, the standard language for many Oracle users, he said.
From a usability standpoint, GoPro has made efforts to make the devices themselves easier to use, re-organizing settings to put things like resolution and framerate front and center. With that said, some of the defaults just didn't work that well in my use: for instance, taking 30 burst photos in one second just doesn't make much sense for capturing most moments without significant blur. GoPro product team members gave me better settings to use, but it seemed odd that their recommendations aren't the company's go-to settings.
"Oh man, this would make a great picture. I wish there was someone else here to take our picture for us so we didn't have to take a selfie!"
Isn't it ironic that Uber hasn't offered UberTaxi service in ANY of the 100+ new US markets it's entered since the launch of it's UberX service. And in the 5 US markets (Chicago, Boston, SF, DC and NYC) UberTaxi was used a gateway to gain entry into the markets, and was quickly relegated to third class status. Then after launching UberX in these 5 markets, it used it's customers list to promote UberX by offering credits, free rides etc that can't be used for UberX.
I decided to see how practical it would be to mine Bitcoin with pencil and paper.
It turns out that the SHA-256 algorithm used for mining is pretty simple and can in fact be done by hand. Not surprisingly, the process is extremely slow compared to hardware mining and is entirely impractical. But performing the algorithm manually is a good way to understand exactly how it works.
A pencil-and-paper round of SHA-256
The mining process
Bitcoin mining is a key part of the security of the Bitcoin system. The idea is that Bitcoin miners group a bunch of Bitcoin transactions into a block, then repeatedly perform a cryptographic operation called hashing zillions of times until someone finds a special extremely rare hash value. At this point, the block has been mined and becomes part of the Bitcoin block chain. The hashing task itself doesn't accomplish anything useful in itself, but because finding a successful block is so difficult, it ensures that no individual has the resources to take over the Bitcoin system. For more details on mining, see my Bitcoin mining article .
A cryptographic hash function takes a block of input data and creates a smaller, unpredictable output.
So when Jeff Barr opens that Amazon Web Services blog entry with "Today I've received a few questions about a maintenance update," it raises some red flags. No, Amazon isn't beholden to anybody to reveal more about AWS. And in total fairness, Amazon Web Services has really picked up its game with talking to the developers who make up its core audience with more local events and its Re:Invent conference. But some days, it seems like all we hear about Amazon Web Services are price cuts, outages, and bizarre server reboots. It doesn't always inspire a huge degree of trust. So maybe -- just maybe -- opening up a little bit wouldn't be the worst thing.
If you use your Mac for a web server — even as a localhost — we'd recommend installing this update. Please note that at this time, Apple hasn't released an update for the OS X Yosemite beta. We imagine that the update will probably be rolled into the next Yosemite beta version, which is expected for release on Tuesday.
Meet the Garmin Vivosmart . It's a no-nonsense combination of an activity tracker and smartwatch. And that's why I love the Vivosmart. It's not flashy, but rather mundane. Utilitarian. It's purpose-built and rugged but supremely enjoyable. The Garmin Vivosmart is the best fitness-focused activity tracker yet.
No company has a culture; every company is a culture. A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is just what that looks like on the inside. The first team that I built has become known in Silicon Valley as the "PayPal Mafia" because so many of my former colleagues, including Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, and David Sacks, have gone on to help each other start and invest in successful tech companies.
Apple doesn't care for apps that let you launch other apps directly from the Notification Center, and has pulled one of the first apps to take advantage of this new functionality now available in iOS 8 from the iTunes App Store. We took a look at Launcher , the app in question, last week, and found it to be a convenient and clever way to access your favorite apps or common actions (like texting a friend, placing a call, etc.) without having to swipe through your homescreens or tap multiple times.
The launch with Chinese partner BesTV was supposed to happen last week, but Microsoft delayed the official sales until today. The delay was no surprise, given how many things can go wrong with a console launch. Microsoft said it has launched the Xbox One, which debuted in the U.S. in the fall of last year, is now on sale in 4,000 retail locations across 37 cities in China.
A number of companies have sprung up - mainly in Silicon Valley near San Francisco, California - to act as middlemen between those with such "surpluses" and would-be users. Airbnb connects people who want to rent out rooms or houses with those who want to rent them; TaskRabbit lets people outsource small jobs and tasks to others nearby through an auction system; Uber connects people with cars to people who want a car ride. The companies take a proportion of the value of each transaction in return for trying to guarantee certain quality levels of both providers and clients.
Did the battery life of the Moto 360 scare you off from purchasing? If so, you may want to hear what users are reporting after the latest software update: Vastly more run time on a single charge.
Google has started rolling out a handy new card that tracks price drops in flights, presumably for flights that were considered but not booked. The card keeps it simple, showing the flight number, the new price and how much it's dropped, and itinerary. Then if you want to see more about the flight, you can click to be directed to Google Flights.
Surprisingly, as activists prepared to gather, a mobile app that that first caught the attention of the media last spring resurfaced among participants. FireChat, available for iOS and Android, is a mass chatroom app that lets communicate with one another over wi-fi and cellular networks, along with Bluetooth and Apple's Multipeer Connectivity Framework. The latter two features means that users can, in theory, chat "off-the-grid."
In an interview, Lenovo Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing said the IBM deal opened a new "growth engine" for his company. He said he expected the x86 unit to bring in $5 billion in its first year and deliver margins higher than the 4 percent of Lenovo's PC business.
Hurd: I think it's about the [intellectual property]. We bring to market what [Oracle customers] actually use in production [on-premises]. I think it's difficult for a customer to say, I'm going to build something in the cloud and then convert that to another set of technologies. There are no conversions to do after you've built it. For PaaS, the real attractive part of the market is in [development and testing].
Good news, Mac users. Apple just released an update for OS X that fixes a security flaw in the Bash UNIX shell. This is the part of the software that's vulnerable to the Shellshock bug uncovered last week . And although the vulnerability only affects a small number of Mac users, a fix is certainly welcome.
Did your surprisingly tight pants bend your iPhone 6 Plus? Did your bony butt ruin your iPhone 6? Did you place your iPhone into a vice and bend it with pliers? 3D printing can help!
For San Francisco-based Open Garden, a company that was originally known for its innovative mesh networking technology for sharing your internet connection, the success of FireChat was particularly surprising. It took the company a year and a half to reach 1.5 million downloads of its mesh networking software for computers — but it took FireChat only 10 days to reach that same figure.
But the Nymi is only a small glimpse into the future of wearable identification. "We are now beginning to see technology that allows people to present themselves to spaces and in response, spaces know what to do with this knowledge," says Odess. This means that, while opening doors and unlocking passwords are a starting point, the next step would be to offer the consumer personalized information, such as the specific seat they are assigned to at a baseball game or that a concession stand several feet away that might trigger a peanut allergy.
Meanwhile, the tablets include the HP Stream 7 (with a 7-inch screen) and the HP Stream 8 (with an 8-inch screen). They include a year of Office 365 usage and 60 minutes of Skype. The 8-inch tablet also has an option for 200 megabytes of 4G data. All of the devices run Windows 8.1. You can personalize the tablets with the Start screen, live tiles, and a dynamic lock screen. Each device comes with HP's apps for connectivity, music, and photos.
A new mobile messaging app that enables users to communicate in the absence of cellular or Internet connections is seeing a surge in downloads among Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters.
LG's French arm offers Twittered amusement at Apple's "Bendgate," because its own GFlex phone is ready-bent. But TweetDeck says the tweet was sent from an iPhone.
Sounds like a new version of Windows Update to us. Having to order boxed copies of Windows, or install via an ISO that you need to burn to a flash drive or disc, is old hat at this point. With Windows 8, Microsoft made it harder to use Windows. In Windows 9, Microsoft should be going in the other direction. The addition of a new Start menu would be a step in the right direction, but enabling OS upgrades via Windows Update would simplify the experience even further.
It turns out all it takes to reverse a decade-long sales decline is to slap names onto soda bottles. Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign, which saw names like Chris, Alex, and Jess, as well as monikers like "BFF" and "Wingman" emblazoned on bottles and cans, is credited for increasing the company's US soft drink sales by 0.4 percent year-over-year, according to data reported in The Wall Street Journal . The increase came after 11 straight years of dropping sales.
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Everyone on the list was nominated either by the public or by MIT Technology Review 's editors. Some got our attention when they were picked by our international publishing partners as Innovators Under 35 for their regions. After our editors pared the roughly 500 nominees to 80 finalists, outside judges rated the originality and impact, or potential impact, of their work; those scores guided the editors as they crafted the list.
This morning the medical journal Pediatrics published research that found kids who took part in a regular physical activity program showed important enhancement of cognitive performance and brain function. The findings, according to University of Illinois professor Charles Hillman and colleagues, "demonstrate a causal effect of a physical program on executive control, and provide support for physical activity for improving childhood cognition and brain health." If it seems odd that this is something that still needs support, that's because it is odd, yes. Physical activity is clearly a high, high-yield investment for all kids, but especially those attentive or hyperactive. This brand of research is still published and written about as though it were a novel finding, in part because exercise programs for kids remain underfunded and underprioritized in many school curricula, even though exercise is clearly integral to maximizing the utility of time spent in class.
A return to the blue-green horrors of Pentile displays The contraction to a 4.7-inch screen size is a total boon for the Galaxy Alpha's usability, but its display isn't all good news. I'm not worried about the 720p resolution, which is perfectly adequate at this size. The viewing angles are also not a problem, as you'd expect from an AMOLED display, plus the Galaxy Alpha is among the most readable phones I've used outdoors. It outdoes both the Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact in those performance measurements, but it collapses when it comes to color accuracy. That old familiar blue-green tinge that was the bane of earlier AMOLED displays has returned, and even though the Alpha's screen uses the same Diamond Pentile subpixel arrangement as on its more senior Galaxy Note and Galaxy S brethren, it's noticeably worse. The background of the Twitter Android app is supposed to be white instead of baby blue, right?
Sony's latest phones not only get the white balance right, they also give you the option to customize that setting to your needs. Samsung offers a variety of screen color modes, but none of them neutralize the bluish shift in tone.
The topic of introversion and extroversion has been a hotbed of discussion—especially online, where we all present ourselves behind avatars and control how we interact with each other. What do the terms mean, exactly? Do people exist on a spectrum between the two, and can you change? Let's ask a psychologist. » 9/15/14 12:00pm 9/15/14 12:00pm
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Shellshock is one of the oldest known and unpatched bugs in the history of computing. But its story isn't that unusual. Earlier this year, researchers discovered another massive internet bug, called Heartbleed, that had also languished in open source software for years. Both bugs are indicative of a problem that could continue to plague the internet unless we revamp the way we write and audit software. Because the net is built on software that gets endlessly used and reused, it's littered with code that dates back decades, and some of it never gets audited for security bugs.
For that matter, even close-up combat might not happen. Given the sheer distances and the limits of the speed of light, it might look more like classic naval warfare, which was defined by limited ship-to-ship communication and long-range shots based on estimates. It wouldn't make for riveting entertainment, then, but that's fine -- despite the name, sci-fi is more about telling a good story than maintaining absolute realism.
Because iOS 8 was so sluggish on my iPad 3 I reset all settings (No data or media will be deleted) and sped it up BUT deleted my iWork data! Then promptly synced and deleted it in iCloud.I have public beta of Yosemite so can't roll back via time machine. I have no pre iOS 8 backups in iTunes or iCloud to revert to (well iCloud device backups don't contain cloud documents and I should have iOS 7 backups in iTunes but can't find any. iCloud has no trash like dropbox. They seem gone forever.
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text: Our living room isn't very large, and the more we add to it, the tinier it's beginning to feel. Clearly I need to do some rearranging. But the thing that's exceptional about this space is that we have really high ceilings, so in order to counteract the shrinking feeling in width, I need to strategically place decor in places that makes it feel like the room is endlessly high and large. I obviously don't want to just clutter the space with tons of art, so I'm trying to find one statement piece that sets the tone. What do you think about something like this?

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Unfortunately, car insurance is simply a necessity in the times we live in. Though many drivers have not had to file a claim in years, they still willfully dole out the significant amount for monthly payments. That is exactly why it can be make or break when it comes to looking for the right auto insurance quotes. Not only does a driver have to take the time to browse through and study up a bit, but it really is important to see to it that a policy fits your specific needs.
Pay Attention to Varying Rates.
Insurance quotes are based largely on statistics. This can make the cost from one driver to another very different. Depending on such factors as a driver's age, driving experience, the make and model of the vehicle, and even the neighborhood in which a driver lives, quotes may increase or decrease greatly. These factors can significantly affect the price you will pay for the specific type of coverage you happen to choose.
Evaluate the Coverage Type You Need.
Each state mandates a minimum for liability coverage that all drivers must maintain. However, these are just legal guidelines. They often will not provide you with the coverage you need. Only you can decide what type and amount of coverage you require. Whether you choose to buy beyond the legal mandates is solely your option. Though, it is important to remember that you truly must find a good compromise between having sufficient coverage and overpaying.
There are very basic guidelines available to insurance customers that display the specifications of adequate bodily injury liability. By following these type of reports, you will see what an insurer will pay to someone you are in an accident with. While shopping around for the best quotes, it is essential to also be aware of any extra coverage types that may interest you. With these additional options, you may be saddled with a major price increase.
Try for the Best Rate Possible.
By accumulating a variety of quotes, you can make solid comparisons. Be sure to factor the type of coverage required by state law into this equation. To accurately get a quote on car insurance, you will typically need to have some information at the ready. This will often include the age and sex of the intended driver, the number of potential drivers in a home, and driver's license numbers. Make sure that you have your car documentation on hand as well for such questions as the make, model, year or VIN number.


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Selection of proper truck tire gives a comfortable ride and reduces the wear and tear on the tire drive mechanism, brakes and suspension parts. Cheap Tyres Near Me in Centurion many factors determine the selection of suitable type of tire. These include the terrain where the truck is mostly driven, the climatic conditions, normal driving speed and the full load that is expected to be carried in the truck. Three major tire companies who design and manufacture truck tire for wide range of applications on different and difficult terrains are Mickey Thomson, Super Swamper and Pro com.
Mickey Thomson Truck tireMickey Thomson truck tire manufactured by Mickey Thomson Tire Company was founded in the year 1963. Design, development production and distribution of tire and wheel for all applications are the main business of the company. Main focus of the company is to design and produce innovative tread patterns and tire compounds to build the best performance tires in the world, 4 Tire Deals both for on-road and off-road applications. The company has two locations in the United States, one in Ohio and the other in California. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company which is also in tire business having the head quarters at Ohio, USA acquired Mickey Thomson in the year 2003. The combined strength has further helped to consolidate the position of Mickey Thomson in the tire industry as a significant global player. The company's major brand name is "Baja" and the specific products under this brand are named on the basis of the type of the tire, such as Baja claw non radial, radial Baja claw, Baja belted and Baja radial MTZ.
PRO Com truck tirePro com tire are manufactured by Pro Competition Tire Company located at Ohio, USA. This Company is owned by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, which also owns the Mickey Thomson tires. Cooper tire is a global Company with manufacturing facilities in three continents and the sales and distribution network all around the world. Pro com tire are molded with the superior quality rubber compounds, New Tyres Near Me steel and polyester cords in state of the art production facilities. These reliable and long lasting truck tires are supported by warranty. The pro com tire brand carry the general name pro com and the specific products under this name are branded based on the application of the tire. The specific brands are ProComp All Terrain, ProComp Mud Terrain, ProComp X-Terrain and Procomp Xtreme A/T.
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If you have been using conventional tires for your jacked up truck and finding it hard to pull tractors and mud bogs using the trucks, then perhaps you should look at the option of changing over to specialized and extra large tires as well as wheels. These tires are now available in the market thanks to the push by the Monster truck enthusiasts as well as agricultural vehicle industry.Unlike what many believe that the horsepower of the engine and the ground clearance that you are able to achieve with the upgraded jacked up truck lies its effectiveness, the fact remains that it is the tires that matter the most and makes it effective utility. This is not known to many people though.Before you plan to get your jacked up truck fitted with retreaded D 12 tires it is important for you to understand technically as well as functionally what you are trying to do. Speak to those who have got this job done before and see how they are finding it and then decide to go ahead with the project.The project is more complicated that you really imagine it to be, because it is not only that the tire is retreaded to match the truck, but the truck too has to undergo certain amount of customization in terms of 4 link suspension as well as special chassis and body to be able to fit these tires. So you will need some expert guidance for this project.
Car Tires Are Not Just Rubber
Commercial truck tires should be chosen carefully because they are used on trucks that are used in businesses or commercial purposes. That is why truckers exert extra effort in the quest to find the right ones for their trucks. The best tip ever when it comes to buying commercial truck tires is to go all out and spend more for the best tires. It may seem odd to advice you to buy expensive truck tires and tell you that you can save money doing so, but it is possible. Here's why:Buying quality tires will save you money because they last longer and are more durable than inexpensive tires. This means you do not have to keep buying new tires every time inferior tires break down. Buying more often is more expensive than buying expensive ones now and not buying again for years after that.Inferior tires may be cheaper but once it breaks down, it will cost you more than buying expensive tires in the first place. Commercial trucks often carry important loads and if your truck breaks down, you might not be able to make that important delivery, thus, making you lose money and clients as well. This would be bad for business and may make you lose more than the cost of expensive tires. Quality tires can enhance the performance of your truck and can make deliveries on time or even earlier.Expensive truck tires can make your travel smoother because it has better treads. Quality tires have better rolling resistance that is why you lessen the use of acceleration during travel time, and you save money on fuel as well. Remember that fuel prices are very unpredictable and saving money on fuel is every driver's dream come true.But it is not enough to have quality and expensive tires for your commercial trucks. You have to take care of your commercial truck tires as well. Doing so will make them last even longer. You have to make sure they are properly inflated at all times. If you feel a little slack, pump them immediately to avoid accidents. Check your tires regularly for any wear and tear. Remove objects that might have stuck during travelling to prevent them from getting buried deeper. Commercial truck tires are easy to purchase nowadays especially with the help of the internet. You can find great deals online and compare prices and features at the comfort of your own home.
Choosing the perfect 4x4 truck tires can be very exhausting and confusing because there are a lot of factors to consider in doing so. 4x4 truck tires will not only make your truck look good, you also have to ensure its safety on the road. You also have to compare prices, special features, and compatibility when choosing the best tires in the market.The first thing you have to do is review the truck's manual. Check its tire requirements and class. If you do not have the manual, check the inside of the driver's door. It should also have the requirements listed there. If you still can not find it, you can approach a representative from the company you bought your truck from. They would be able to provide you with information about your vehicle's specifications.Check the market for reliable brands of tires and check their customer reviews. Ratings and comments should be available so that you can compare the best tires to purchase. It should rate high with regards to safety as this is the main concern when it comes to choosing tires for your truck. Unsafe tires can be a matter of life and death.The kind of roads and weather you travel on are also important. There are certain ranges of treads when it comes to choosing tires. Street treads are those that usually travel on streets and highways while mud treads means travelling on snow, mud, and rocky terrains. You can ask a tire salesperson about anything you need to know about safety and warranty. Warranty is very important. The tire you plan to buy should have a good warranty just in case something wrong happens to the tires after purchasing them.Check the 4x4 truck tires for markings about when it was manufactured. It should be recently produced to get the best in performance. The marking usually consists of four digits pertaining to the number of week of the year and the year itself. For example, if it says 4110, it means that it was manufactured on the 41st week of the year 2010. Prices are the most obvious factor to consider in buying 4x4 truck tires. Compare prices as thoroughly as you can to get the best deal possible. Opt for newer tires instead of used tires as they last longer and better on the road before it breaks down naturally on the road.


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HOPE MILLS, North Carolina -- A matter of seconds made the difference in Cumberland County on Tuesday.
A group of customers at a busy restaurant had just gotten up to leave when a car came smashing through the front window of the eatery.
The car went nearly all the way inside Fred Chason's Grandsons buffet restaurant on Marracco Drive in Hope Mills.
On Tuesday night, the front window at Fred Chason's Grandsons restaurant is boarded up. The car that was pushed into the building came to a stop a few feet from the buffet serving tables -- and several terrified customers.
In seconds a quiet meal turned into shambles. It was a crash that waitress Brooke Horne says sounded as bad as it looked.
"Just a loud crashing-like sound, just like thunder, just crumbling," Horne said. "I don't know -- it blew my mind."
On surveillance camera video, you can see a runaway 18-wheeler smashing into a car parked at the restaurant. The restaurant's co-owner said it's a miracle no one was hurt.
"The table that was sitting right in front of the window," (The customers) had just gotten up and left," Sheryl Warga said. "Scared everybody. They were real shook up, but everyone is fine, thank God for that."
It happened about 3 p.m. The truck was idling in the parking lot of a convenience store across the street. Somehow it slipped into gear and began moving across the road, and went into the parking lot, slamming into the car and pushing it into the building.
The crash shattered a window and splintered a section of the front wall.
Hope Mills Police are investigating the incident.
So far, there are no estimates of damage, but Horne and others are counting their blessings.
"I was going to clean the table," Horne said. "But I decided I was a little hungry, so I said I'm going to get me something to eat. By the time I walked off, the car hit."
Tuesdays are a busy night at Grandsons, and many hungry customers were turned away.
The owners promised that the eatery would re-open Wednesday.
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Just before the fabric arrived I went to the local patchwork shop, (somewhat pessimistically) to look for a bag pattern for me and see if they had a Moon Shine Designs Backpack pattern that my granddaughter wanted me to make for her. I could not believe my eyes when I saw that they had the exact backpack pattern I was after. Then, to complete this serendipitous event, I saw MY bag made up on a shelf. It was the perfect bag pattern for me. It is big, lightweight, has handles as long or short as you wish them to be, is easy open with a spring loaded closure - no zippers or pesky flaps or open top for light fingers to dive into. It's carpet bag shape make it self supporting and it was just so easy to make! That was a real bonus.
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Monica Poole is the designer and I can highly recommend her patterns. I'm a bit of a dummy with figuring out written patterns. This one was so easy to follow and execute with lots of diagrams and the finished product looks so professional.
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My OOW2K7 schedule
Here is my schedule. It starts strongly. The opening three sessions are from speakers whom I've heard and enjoyed before. The schedule peters out towards the end of the week but then on past experience so do I; it's better not to have too firm a plan.
Sunday, 11 November 2007
5:45 PM - "Keynote: Sunday Night Live" : Moscone North - Hall D
I think I will try to make the opening keynote, as it might be the best chance to share oxygen with Larry. In previous years this event has tended to clash with the ACEs' dinner but this year the OTN team have rescheduled it.
7:30 PM - "ACEs' Dinner" : The Fly Trap Restaurant, 606 Folsom Street @ 2nd
Monday, 12 November 2007
11:00 AM - "'Thick Database' Techniques for Oracle Fusion Developers" : Hilton - Yosemite Room B
Dr Paul Dorsey combines a very deep understanding of database design and development with some strong opinions and a nice line in wit. A promising mixture.
12:30 PM - "Break Your Addiction to SQL!" : Hilton - Grand Ballroom A
Steven Feuerstein (Whom God Preserve) is another great presenter.
1.45 PM - "Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL" : Hilton - Grand Ballroom A
Last year I missed Bryn Llewellyn's talk on enhancements to PL/SQL in 11g. I'm not going to make the same mistake again.
3:15 PM - "Back-of-the-Envelope Database Storage Design" : Moscone South - 310
I don't know nearly enough about storage and the back of an envelope is my avourite design tool so this is an irresistible title.
4:45 PM - "Oracle Database 11g: Next-Generation Performance and Scalability" : Moscone South - 104
My current project (a data warehouse) is still on 9i (I know, I know, it's not my choice). Scalability is an issue, so I want to know if it's worth skipping 10g and going straight to 11. Insert your own Spinal Tap joke here.
7:30 PM - OTN Night : The Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street
Loud music, beer, Linux: something for everybody!
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
9:15 AM - Keynote Tom Kyte : Grand Ballroom B - Hilton
"Everyone's favorite Q&A chief and Oracle expert" will be talking on How Do You Know What You Know.
10:45 AM - "Oracle Database 11g Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing" : Moscone South - 102
Gotta find out more about 11g.
12:000 PM - "Oracle Magazine lunch" : Lulu, 816 Folsom St
I hope to tear myself away in time to make the next session, but it rather depends how good the wine is.
1:45 PM - "Binary XML and XML Index: Scalable, Performant XML Processing for Schemaless XML" : Hilton - Continental Parlor 7 & 8
XML in databases is Teh Suck. On the other hand the pesky X-stuff isn't going away any time soon, so it will be useful to discover any better methods of handling it.
3:15 PM - "The Future Challenges of OLTP and Data Warehouse DBMSs" : Moscone South - 104
A theme is emerging.
4:45 PM - "Best Practices for Oracle Database Auditing" : Moscone West - 3005 - L3
With a bit of luck this presentation will provide a definitive answer for this chestnut of the OTN forums.
7:30 PM - The Oracle Bloggers' meeting : the Thirsty Bear Brewing Co, 661 Howard St
Once more the redoubtable Mark Rittman has organised this meeting. Nice one, Mark.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
I'm intending to have a go at running an Unconference session today. So I have left lots of space in case a sore head prevents me being first to the whiteboard.
8:30 AM - Keynote, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc. : Moscone North - Hall D
I just hope I can get through this without mentioning My Little Pony. Oops.
9:45 AM - "Current Trends in Database Performance" : Moscone South - 102
Um...Bigger, better, faster, by any chance???
12:45 AM - Keynotes, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. : Moscone North - Hall D
Is it a good strategy to sit through Michael Dell's keynote in order to get a seat in the auditorium for Larry? Or does a wise man just decide to find a TV screen to watch and skip the need to carry an empty bottle?
4:30 PM - "Data Caching Application Deployment Use Cases for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database" : Moscone South - 309
People keep suggesting TimesTen as a possible solution to various problems but I really know almost nothing about it. So this is an opportunity to rectify this lamentable situation.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
11:30 AM - "Oracle Database 11g: Can I Do That? Introducing 11g SQL and PL/SQL Enhancements" : Marriott - Salon 9
A last chance to find out more about 11g.
I'm staying in the King George Hotel. I know a few of the other ACEs and sundry bloggers are there too.
And here are my Connect details again. I'm not intending to take a laptop. As I'm not presenting I don't need one and I don't need the hassle of travelling with one. But I shall take advantage of the internet villages to keep in touch.
Labels: Conference, openworld, openworld07, Oracle


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Try these hair masks, based on home recipes for little money. It should cultivate Your hair, because well-groomed hair is a great aphrodisiac. Men love long, shiny hair skimming beautifully tanned shoulders.. Here are easy ways to beautiful hair.
Homemade hair masks differ significantly from those that are available in stores. They are completely natural and cheap. What do you need? Cheap products from pharmacies and … your own fridge.
1 Cosmetic kerosene. This product is publicly available, cheap. Great shine, makes them soft and pleasant to the touch.
2 Castor oil. Perfectly nourishes, moisturizes and regenerates damaged tip.
3 Beer. Not only tastes great on hot days, but it takes care of the hair. Makes them shiny, soft and smooth.
4 Lemon. Ingeniously shine, gives the impression that they are fresh, healthy, well-nourished.
5 Milk. Moisturize hair – I also recommend to use on the skin of the whole body.
6 In addition, products such as egg yolk, chamomile, various oils.
Lotion polishes and strengthen our hair. Using them regularly, we bring to the beautiful appearance of hair – hair will be soft, less dry and less brittle.
Lotion beer: 3 glasses of beer mix with a glass of water. The standard wash your hair with shampoo (preferably herbal), then washed our hair rinse recipe. Do not worry about the smell. Fast pass, when your hair is dry.
Rinse milk – the hair, apply a couple of tablespoons of whole milk. Leave the towel for about 15 minutes and rinse thoroughly. Use once a week.
A glass of lemon juice + water – rinse hair in the resulting liquid. Do not use too often this treatment, because the excess lemon can dry your hair a little bit.
Ingredients simple, right? Preparation is also trivial. So do not shy away from preparing a home treatment for hair, the works!


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Heaven has been graced with the arrival of its newest angel, Oakley Monroe Kirkpatrick who was just 1.5 months old when she got her wings after being called home to God in the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2013.
She blessed this Earth and the lives of her parents, Charles Aaron Kirkpatrick and Megan Grace Dempsey Kirkpatrick, at 6:19 a.m. on October 12, 2013. With just one look into her twinkling little eyes, they fell in love and formed an everlasting bond with this precious little soul. Although her life was short, it was certainly sweet, as she touched the hearts and lives of not only family and friends, but strangers far and wide who felt her promise of hope and peace this holiday season.
Her sweet, innocent spirit will be carried on in her family, which includes two sisters: Kami Grace Dempsey and Journey Lenay Dempsey; paternal grandparents Susan Kirkpatrick of Glenville; and Joey Kirkpatrick of Lost Creek; maternal grandparents, MaryAnn and Barry Dempsey of Weston; and Gigi and Poppy of Mingo County; paternal great-grandmother, Genny Kirkpatrick of Glenville; maternal great-grandmother, Francis Janette Dempsey of Weston; five aunts and uncles: Tommy and Amber Kirkpatrick of Pt. Pleasant; Carrie and John Ozales of Charleston; Monica Dempsey of Butler PA; Melissa Miller and Marla Dempsey, both of Weston; several cousins; her favorite little doll; and pet zebra and monkey.
Friends and family gathered to celebrate Oakley's life at the Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service at 144 Hackers Creek Rd. in Jane Lew on Saturday November 30, 2013 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday from the Pat Boyle Funeral Home Chapel Reverend Mike Ford officiated. Interment followed in the Rock Grove Cemetery in Linn.
The Pat Boyle Funeral Home was honored and privileged to serve the family of Oakley Kirkpatrick. Online condolences may be expressed at www.patboylefuneralhome.com. Rest in peace little angel.


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This is my second post about hair extensions because I just love them.
It can make you look instantly beautiful and even younger because let's face it - a shiny long hair means youth and a healthy body.
But we cannot always have great hair that we can let it grow longer.
Maybe we are in exams and we are stressed (or other sources of stress) and we're dealing with hair loss, maybe we are on a period were we don't eat healthy food and that reflects on our hair and skin, or maybe we have some metabolic and endocrine health problems - lack of iron, thyroid disorders, polycystic ovary syndrome, use of birth-control pills) and so on.
But there is still a solution besides a healthy diet - and it's an instant solution.
You don't have to wait for it.
I'm talking about human hair extensions.
An easy and safe way to make a dramatic change in you hair appearance.
Below is a picture of me from last summer wearing some extensions and let me tell you that it made me feel really beautiful and much confident.
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I like this hair color, it's perfect for warm weather.
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Many clip in hair extensions have pictures with real girls who bought the extensions so you can see the color better and also how it looks.
And even better - some videos that come very handy in picking the perfect clip in hair extensions.
Kiss you girls and remember : stay young on the inside and on the outside!


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Source: Tehran Times
A group of Italian businessmen and economic entrepreneurs will travel to Iran in the near future in order to promote business partnerships and long-term cooperation with their Iranian counterparts.
The Italian Institute for Asia and the Mediterranean, known as ISIAMED, and the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Italy, in cooperation with the Italian diplomatic authorities have agreed to carry out a multisectoral mission of Italian businessmen in Tehran, January 24-27, 2014.
The business delegation will be accompanied by a group of MPs who are planned to meet with Iranian government authorities.
The objective of the mission is to take advantage of this favorable phase of relations between Iran and the international community in order to seize new opportunities for promoting business partnerships and long-term cooperation with their Iranian counterparts, according to the ISIAMED website.
Italy's relations with Iran, both economic and political, are now growing strongly. Italy, at present, is in the first place among the EU member states in terms of overall trade with Iran.
In November, Iranian ambassador in Italy Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari called Iran a highly secure country in the region and urged Italian companies to invest in the Iranian market.
Italy-Iran Joint Chamber of Commerce Chairman Rosario Alessandrello has expressed hope that lifting the international sanctions against Iran would lead to a surge in the bilateral trade.
In October, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran's Director General for European and American Trade Abdolhamid Asadian said over 70 Italian companies are planning to enter the Iranian market and a similar process has begun in other European countries.
... Payvand News - 01/06/14 ... --


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"It is astounding how little the ordinary person notices butterflies" Nabokov.
Ah, a new year yet again draws our thoughts to the future as we step from the shadows of the past, filling us with optimism as we peruse what we want to carry forward and what we want to leave behind.
With each end of year I too make resolutions, but gone are the simple ones involving how I will change this and that about myself (although still there are a few of those, now based more on health than on vanity). No, this year of years what I truly want to do is to notice the butterflies.
I've been reading (savoring!) Nabokov this month, the hefty tome gathered of some 50 years of letters he wrote to his wife, Véra. I've jotted down from it so many memorable passages, most beginning with the delicious, tender terms with which he addresses his beloved Véra. It's a love story, sensual and passionate and true. It's a story of trusting and entrusting and of appreciating, of telling, of the messiness of life yet of its continuum, despite all. And it's also a story of the ephemera and beauty of life and love, if we only give pause long enough to note and embrace it.
Happy 2016!
(image by Carl Mydans for Life Magazine – Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera chasing butterflies Ithaca, NY September 1958)


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Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
BCSA National Class Winners
Click here … BCSA Hall of Fame as of Nov 2017
BCSA Champion Breeder
The BCSA Exhibitor Status Movement System provides for an Open breeder to be acknowledged as a Champion breeder during the year after they accumulate a minimum total of 85 points in a showing year.
Since the inception of the Status Movement System in 2010 the following BCSA breeders have been acknowledged as Champion Breeders.
No of Points accumulated that year shown in brackets.
Kakoschke & Rice: 2010 (185), 2011 (170), 2012 (110), 2014 (145), 2015 (235), 2016 (210), 2017 (85)
Dennis Lomman: 2014 (100), 2016 (105)
Mulley & Stafford: 2013 (90)
Wayne & Jason Weidenhofer: 2015 (95)
BCSA Life Members
The following BCSA members were awarded life membership on 16 July 2016 and on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the BCSA.
Graham Bell
Doreece Brunton
Peter Glassenbury
John Mulley
Nigel Tonkin


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Getting to the Canadian Rockies by Air
The closest city to the Canadian Rockies is Calgary, Alberta, 128 kilometers (80 miles) east of Banff. Vancouver, British Columbia's largest city, is a major gateway to the mountains for international travelers. It lies on Canada's West Coast, 830 kilometers (515 miles) west of Banff. Edmonton, 360 kilometers (224 miles) east of Jasper, also has an international airport. Even though Vancouver is a lot farther from the Canadian Rockies than Calgary, it is a popular starting point, as the trip across British Columbia by rail, bus, or car is spectacular.
The Canadian government collects a variety of "departure taxes" on all flights originating from Canada. These taxes are generally not in the advertised fare, but they will all be included in the ticket purchase price. First up is the Air Travellers Security Charge, $5-10 each way for flights within North America and $25 round-trip for international flights. NAV Canada also dips its hand in your pocket, collecting $10-25 per flight for maintaining the country's navigational systems. All major Canadian airports charge an Airport Improvement Fee to all departing passengers, with Vancouver and Calgary charging $20 and $25, respectively, per passenger. You'll also need to pay this fee from your original departure point, and if connecting through Toronto, another $4 is collected. And, of course, the above taxes are taxable, with the Canadian government collecting the 5 percent goods and services tax. While there is no bright side to paying these extras, it is made easy for consumers, with airlines lumping all the charges together and into the ticket price.
Air Canada
Canada's national airline, Air Canada (604/688-5515 or 888/247-2262) is one of the world's largest airlines. It offers direct flights to Calgary and Vancouver from all major Canadian cities, as well as from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, and Orlando. From Europe, Air Canada flies directly from London and Frankfurt to Vancouver and Calgary, and from other major European cities via Toronto. From the South Pacific, Air Canada operates flights from Sydney and in alliance with Air New Zealand from Auckland and other South Pacific islands to Vancouver. Asian cities served by direct Air Canada flights to Vancouver include Beijing, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, and Tokyo. Air Canada's flights originating in the South American cities of Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Lima, and Bogotà are routed through Toronto, where you'll need to change planes for either Calgary or Vancouver.
Similar in concept to Southwest Airlines, WestJet (604/606-5525 or 800/538-5696) has daily flights to its Calgary hub, as well as to Vancouver and Edmonton from across Canada as far east as St. John's, Newfoundland.
From the United States
Air Canada offers the most flights into Calgary and Vancouver from the United States, but one or both of the cities are also served by the following U.S. carriers: Alaska Airlines (800/252-7522) from Anchorage and Los Angeles; American Airlines (800/433-7300) from Chicago and Dallas; Continental Airlines (800/231-0856) from its Houston hub and New York (Newark); Delta (800/221-1212), with summer-only flights from Atlanta and Salt Lake City; Northwest Airlines (800/225-2525) from Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, and Minneapolis; and finally United Airlines (800/241-6522) from Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle.
From Europe
In addition to Air Canada's f lights from London to Calgary and Vancouver, British Airlines (800/247-9297) also flies this route daily. Air Canada flights between Vancouver and Continental Europe are routed through Toronto. Lufthansa (800/563-5954) has a daily flight between Frankfurt and Vancouver.
From Australia and New Zealand
Qantas (604/279-6611) flies to Vancouver from Sydney; flights originating in Melbourne and Brisbane are routed through Los Angeles. Air New Zealand (800/663-5494) operates in alliance with Air Canada to either Calgary or Vancouver, with a variety of interesting options, including stops in South Pacific destinations like Nandi (Fiji). Air Pacific (800/227-4446) offers flights from points throughout the Pacific to Honolulu and then on to Vancouver.
From Asia
Vancouver is the closest West Coast gateway to Asia, being more than 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) closer to Tokyo than Los Angeles. This and the city's large Asian population mean that it is well served by carriers from across the Pacific. In addition to Air Canada's multiple Asian destinations, Vancouver is served by: Air China (800/685-0921) from Beijing; ANA (888/422-7533) from Osaka and Tokyo in affiliation with Air Canada; Cathay Pacific (604/606-8888) twice daily from Hong Kong; Japan Airlines (800/525-3663) from Tokyo; Korean Air (800/438-5000) from Seoul; Philippine Airlines (800/435-9725) from Manila; and Singapore Airlines (800/663-3046) from Singapore via Seoul. For the short hop between Vancouver and Calgary on Air Canada, expect to pay around $150 extra each way.
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Meet the digital data dabblers
What happens if you put a bunch of data wranglers and a group of historians together in a room with a load of digital data for a week? This is one of the questions we hope to answer during Wellcome Data… Continue reading
Purses and foldouts – unexpected challenges of digitisation
How do you digitise an entire library? I've been asking members of our Digital Production team to tell me about their part in the digitisation process. Name: Deborah Leem What is your job title? Digital Support Team Manager How many… Continue reading
Dirty but rewarding: contributing to the UK Medical Heritage Library
The Royal College of Surgeons, England was one of 9 institutions that contributed to the UKMHL. Their Collections Librarian, Dot Fouracre, tells us about what it was like to be part of the mass digitisation project. We were excited to… Continue reading
Completing the UK Medical Heritage Library project
This summer we waved goodbye to the last of our nine partners who travelled with us on a short but intensive journey to digitise 15 million pages of 19th century health and medical culture over the past 20 months. These… Continue reading
UK Medical Heritage Library: events for would-be digital scholars
As regular readers of the blog will know, we've been working with Jisc and a range of 9 partner institutions on the UK Medical Heritage Library (UKMHL) – a vast project to digitise 19th century texts from research libraries nationwide.… Continue reading
How do you skim through a digital book?
We've had a couple of digitised books that proved really popular with online audiences. Perhaps partly reflecting the interests of the global population, they've been about prostitutes and demons. I've been especially interested in how people have interacted with these… Continue reading
Nature's pharmacy at your feet
If you are one of thousands of people who strapped on a pair of walking shoes and ventured out on British countryside footpaths over the past few weeks, you probably did it for the therapeutic effects of exercise, sunlight, fresh… Continue reading
An eye-opening week working at Wellcome
Thomasin Summerford shares her experience of a one week placement in our Moving Image and Sound Collection. Arriving through the swing doors of the Wellcome Trust building in Euston Square, one enters a reverie of contemporary glass and steel, the… Continue reading
Bond villains and criminal anthropology
Amongst the Libary's collection of fiction is a copy of Dr No, featuring the redoubtable secret agent, James Bond, created by the ex-Naval Intelligence Officer, Ian Fleming. Both the cinematic and literary worlds of Bond are inhabited by vividly imagined… Continue reading
Sex, monsters and madness: our top ten digital works
On the Library blog we aim to share the things in our digital library that have surprised, delighted or horrified us. We know that the blog isn't the only way people find our digitial collections, and we were curious to… Continue reading


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Board Sets Field-Test of National Teaching Certificate
INDIANAPOLIS--The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, which has been primarily concerned with research and development since its founding in 1987, is now preparing to offer the first national certificates to highly accomplished teachers.
At a meeting here last month, the board of directors of the private organization approved a $2.1 million, 18-month contract with the San Antonio-based Psychological Corporation to handle the logistics involved in field-testing the first two assessments for the voluntary certification system.
About 2,000 teachers will participate in the field-tests in the fall. The assessments, aimed at teachers who work with early adolescents, are for "generalists'' and for teachers of English-language arts.
Each package of assessments contains two parts: a portfolio to be compiled at the teacher's own school and a set of exercises to be completed at an assessment center.
Teachers will begin assembling their portfolios in the fall, and will visit the assessment centers on March 5-6, 1994.
If the assessments are found to be valid, reliable, and fair, teachers who pass them will become the first board-certified teachers in the nation.
"There can be no lasting or systemic education reform without the active participation of teachers,'' James A. Kelly, the president of the national board, told the audience here at the board's fifth national forum.
"The national board and other teaching organizations must be at the center of the nation's education reform agenda,'' he asserted, "not on the periphery.''
Portfolios Approved
The assessment package for English-language-arts teachers, developed by the University of Pittsburgh and the Connecticut education department, was approved by the board of directors in March. But, at the same time, the directors asked the University of Georgia's performance-assessment laboratory to continue working on the generalist certificate. (See Education Week, March 31, 1993.)
At its meeting last month, the board of directors approved the portfolio portion of the generalist assessment for field-testing. Now, the developers will turn their attention to ironing out concerns over the assessment-center exercises, which will be presented to the board in October.
Because teachers will not have to undergo the assessment-center exercises until next March, Mr. Kelly said, the schedule should allow for the full package to be field-tested next year.
The University of Georgia laboratory also was the successful bidder on a proposal to develop a number of other assessments in a variety of certificate fields, but was never formally awarded that contract because of the concerns over its initial work.
Instead, the board of directors last month approved issuing a new request for proposals for the creation of "assessment-development laboratories'' to develop the assessments for 14 certificates. The University of Georgia will still be eligible to do some of the work.
"It became apparent to us that relying on one contractor to do all the work was a perilous strategy,'' said James R. Smith, the senior vice president of the national board. "We were just too vulnerable to any kinds of delays or problems.''
Contractors are being encouraged to bid on developing clusters of assessments, such as all of the science, mathematics, or history examinations the board plans to offer.
The organization also is asking for "fast-track'' proposals for two certificates that are closely related to those scheduled to be tested in the fall. All of the certificates are expected to be available by 1997-98.
In addition, 14 committees are developing high and rigorous standards for what teachers should know and be able to do in 16 certificate fields. Six sets of standards are now circulating for public comment.
Not End in Itself
The board of directors last month also established new policies clarifying how national certification should be used and what circumstances will trigger denial or revocation of certificates.
People who misrepresent or falsify any information, or who have been convicted of a felony or have had their teaching licenses denied, suspended, or revoked because of child abuse, job-related crimes, or violent crimes against people will not be allowed to become or remain certified.
The directors also issued a four-page statement clarifying how national teacher certification should and should not be used.
The statement says, for example, that the national board will oppose any national, state, or local effort to make such certification mandatory.
National certification, it says, should not be viewed as an end in itself, but "as a means for enhancing opportunities for teachers to continue to hone their professional skills.''
And the rewards and incentives that states or districts attach to national certification, it asserts, must be appropriate and adequate.
At its forum next year, the standards board plans to release a policy paper explaining how national certification can fit into the entire course of a teacher's career.
The organization has made a number of staff changes to support the new phase of its work.
Joan Baratz-Snowden, who had been in charge of assessment development, will now take charge of the education-policy and -reform agenda. Mr. Smith will handle assessment development for the immediate future.
The board also expects to step up its outreach efforts to form
partnerships with states that are interested in developing policies to
encourage and reward board-certified teachers.
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Arp 220 is the closest galaxy to the Milly Way with an extreme luminosity, defined as being more than about 300 times that of our own galaxy. Some dramatic galaxies have values of luminosity ten times brighter still. Astronomers are still piecing together the reasons for these huge energy outputs, while sorting out why our own galaxy is so modest.
The two primary suspects for the energetics are bursts of star formation that produce many hot young stars, and processes associated with accretion of material onto a supermassive black hole at a galaxy's nucleus. Arp 220 is the closest example, and one of the best places to probe these scenarios.
A team of astronomers have used the Submillimeter Array (SMA) to obtain the first unbiased galaxy survey of molecular and atomic lines using a telescope array. They covered a complete, large wavelength interval in the millimeter regime that is accessible through Earth's atmosphere.
The team reports finding seventy-three spectral features from fifteen molecular species in this survey band. A remarkable 28% of the total flux from this galaxy in this band is emitted by these molecules. The SMA also obtains images of the galaxy at each of the many wavelengths.
The results are consistent with Arp 220's luminosity being driven primarily by star-formation. The chemistry of the galaxy derived from the observations also leads to this conclusion, with species normally enhanced by star formation clearly detected. Moreover, it appears one such burst of activity is currently underway.
The team estimates, for this extreme galaxy, that several million regions of activity are localized within a relatively small volume (a few thousand light-years) around the nucleus. The new results are an important improvement in our understanding of what powers extreme galaxies, and how they differ from the Milky Way.
The Daily Galaxy via Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics


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Friday, January 11, 2013
outfit of the day(bird): hunger games
23 comments:
This totally cracks me up and was the best start to a Friday I can remember :)ReplyDelete
eww men are gross! Why do they think these things are a good idea? Can yo imagine the mess if he'd gulped down ketchup?!ReplyDelete
Love the scarf!
Have a great weekend x
OH grossssss... I hate ketchup, so the idea of drinking an entire bottle disgusts me. Unless fries are involved, of course.ReplyDelete
Love those floral leggings, you look adorable as always :) Happy weekend to the birds!
It's probably for the best. I can't imagine eating that much ketchup!ReplyDelete
Haha! Chris sounds like my hubby. He will never turn down a food dare either. His brother challenged him to eat a bunch of this insanely spicy hot sauce and I thought I'd have to take him to the hospital. Why do men do these thing?!ReplyDelete
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ROFL. I love ketchup, but I don't think I could do that! Probably a good thing he figured it out on water that drinking that much would be tough.ReplyDelete
Yay floral leggings! You can't go wrong with those!
Oh man, I've heard him talk about the 3 chipotle burritos and that was really gross. But, ketchup? YUCK! New low, Chris. New low. :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness - I have a tummy ache just thinking about downing that much ketchup!ReplyDelete
Loving your faux fur!!
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM
LOL.... what a great story for a Friday morning! So glad he DID not succeed.ReplyDelete
Lurv the black sweater! And the floral bottoms balance it out nicely!
Love those leggings Megan, so pretty!ReplyDelete
oh hell. that's probably what you said. winning a ketchup contest is probably overrated anyway, right? you're looking very classy, sassy, & pretty in your floral leggings, & black sweater ensemble ms. megan bird! :)ReplyDelete
LOL, that's awesome. My hubby would totally do something like that while I sat next to him, keeping time, waiting with my camera ;)ReplyDelete
Megan! sorry! I couldn't read that entire post. I gag at food contests on the news. I fast forward them. I still love you and all but I don't know how that story ended. (ya, still gagging a bit)ReplyDelete
Our family reunion for a few years had pie eating contests. NOOOOOO! I would have to run and hide behind a tree. Then they switched to Watermelon which wasn't tree hiding bad but I still had the supreme gag reflex happen.
Now they have earned a smarter brain and they have pie tasting (yes, tasting) contests. Oh they are HEAVEN!!! No more gagging but tasting fine delicacies of the peach and berry derivations. AWH ~~~~~~
... still sorry ...but I don't know what Chris did or how it ended. Let's keep it that way, k? LOL without barfing.
and ... btw, I LOVE YOUR OOTD!!! I DO!!!
OMG, I can't imagine how gross it would be to drink that much ketchup! Ewwww! Glad it was just water... love the fun leggings!ReplyDelete
I don't mind ketchup, but the idea of chugging it ... ugh! And too much water can be toxic - but it sounds like Chris learned his lesson. :)ReplyDelete
Loving those floral leggings, Megan!
lol. That's is awesome and disgusting. Less disgusting than if it had been ketchup, but still really gross.ReplyDelete
Love your leggings!
Haha, omg. At least he tried it with water first... imagine throwing up ketchup, haha gross. You look super cute!ReplyDelete
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
Hahahhahahah, this totally made me laugh so loud!ReplyDelete
Mmmmmm that is gross.....mostly because all condiments make me squeamish, so the thought of drinking ketchup pretty much makes me gag. Blah....but you look cute. :)ReplyDelete
Cool legginsReplyDelete
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I love the leggings. The print is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Ew, that idea just makes me sick to my stomach...I can't eve WATCH food competitions, lol. Love your outfit though, the floral leggings and tunic are super cute and look really comfy!ReplyDelete
<3 Cambria
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2013 at 12:38 AM
I love your little stories, but this one (although funny) almost made me sick to my stomach! I can't even imagine eating one little pack of ketchup you get at a fast food restaurant, let alone a whole bottle. Yuck!ReplyDelete
On a much more positive note, you look adorable! I love those floral leggings!


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This is my first official post under the Homeschool category. There have been a few books listed under it, but no posts, per se.
I am adding Homeschool posts to the blog because I am a book reading, tea sipping, wife, mother and homeschooler. The homeschooler in me needs an avenue to work through some recent ponderings.
Lately I have been consumed with the realization that a majority of homeschooling blogs and resources are geared towards equipping the 10 and under crowd.
That age is full of exploration and daily discovery, but why does this wonder seem to end at sixth or seventh grade and plunge into the depths of dry textbooks? ( not that there is anything wrong with textbooks )
I like to believe that middle and high school years are still viable, fun years still in need of adventure and that elemental spark of learning. I don't want the wonder of learning to go out in my tweens and teens.
I have stumbled upon Wild and Free.
I am finding this platform encouraging for moms with lots of articles, podcasts and more. I also adore the concept that nature studies and the wonder of learning should be a part of a child's education. But this too seems geared toward the ten and under set. I have only read a few posts that pertain to middle and high school students. Again, I am new to W&F and have not read a lot of the past bundles.
I am brainstorming and mulling over how to carry this concept over for my older kids. Not in an attempt to recapture the glory days of elementary school -I am personally loving these maturing years as they develop into their future selves; but because I believe that education is a lifestyle, that we are Always learning. It does not end at 3 pm on Friday, not to be bothered with until Monday morning. How do I incorporate both thoughts, the need for book work as they get older and joyful exploration?
Join me as I hash out these new ideas that I want to nurture in my homeschool.


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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Past Event: Blog Feature (3)
African Digital Art featured my portfolio and bio on their blog. The site also interviews other African creatives home and abroad. Such free and credible publicity both humbles and encourages me and they have my thanks.
Past Event: Blog Feature (2)
Feedstitch.com is a site that helps you organise and collate related data from the mass of random information on-line. A feed on February 15th features 40 Amazing Examples of African Digital Artworks. The feed showcases images from various artists (including yours truly) and I find the gallery quite visually stimulating. Check it out!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Recent Work: Portrait Commission (5)
The main difficulty was handling the hundreds of shapes as they overlap each other. This was made less troublesome by introducing layers for each major part of the painting (as shown below). I went for a painterly feel. It's easy painting smooth images in vectors, but this soon becomes boring to look at. This way, every time I look at the artwork, I have something new to see. The overlapping colour transparencies always yield a combination of beautiful colours.
The reference photo I used is shown above and below is the final painting. The portrait shows a textured background that was created in Adobe Photoshop using the cardboard cutout filter and converted to vector using CorelTRACE. All in all, I had a blast and believe the result is well worth the effort.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Recent Work: Internet Privacy Poster Design
I decided to participate in the design exhibition for Privacy in the Digital Age on Zooppa.com. The concept is derived from the adage about airing our dirty linen in public. The language is ironic and the whole work is in vector graphics. The design took about 2 hours to knock out. I hope it makes sense.
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May 21, 2016
Spell Run – The Idea
Originally the game didn't have wizards, it was thought as just a ball rolling through the maze, but at one point we thought it would be nice to have the fear of being run-over by a giant lava ball. Spell Run is a maze runner type of game, with the twist that you actually create your own maze as you play. This means the floor does not exist (except for a few tiles with pickups), and you create it by casting spells. Originally the game did not have any tiles at all, but we changed it because it looked like everything was floating around in the vacuum and made it hard for players to know where to go for pickups. You have to survive and reach the exit gate (there's only one per level but hey, that can change!) by casting magic spells to generate floor tiles so you don't fall, and without being squashed by a giant lava ball following your steps. Each tile you create or destroy consumes Mana, so you need to have enough. You can get Mana in two ways: grabbing Mana pickups scattered around the level, and sacrificing allies (if you have them). Also, you are constantly draining Stamina, which you need to actually run! And you get Stamina the same way you get Mana: from pickups or sacrifices. The game was built using Unity game engine and deployed on the iOS App store, some minor Photoshop and some very minor and simple Maya modeling. A lot of the visual assets are free assets we found, and some we've bought from Unity's Asset Store. Chances are, if you are reading this, you are a developer and not a designer. Sure, you can do some Photoshop, but it's not the same as being an artist. With that in mind, if you are a one-man team or an indie group with no designers, we'll share a few resources on where to get nice elements for your game you can freely use, or even a few resources for you to buy for a few bucks. In Spell Run, as you get more allies, you'll actually see them in the runway. Every five allies you get, they will merge into a bigger, more powerful (more outcome from sacrifices and pickups) ally. You can get allies in two ways: inviting friends through Facebook, so we'll talk about Facebook integration, and purchasing then, so we'll also talk about iOS in-app purchases. So, let's start making decisions! Don't forget to follow us on twitter for news regarding articles and game development [twitter-follow screen_name='indelvestudios']When we decided to create an iOS game to make an article about, we tried to come up with a simple game, but with some sort of a twist from all others. The idea of every game mutates, sometime a lot, from its original concept. It is up to you to decide if you want to stick to the original or let it flow as its being developed. We decided to let it flow. In Spell Run you represent a wizard (or a group of wizards if you invite friends or hire allies!) in an old ancient challenge wizards all around the world played for centuries: The Spell Run.
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In a case before the Supreme Court, lawyers for Hobby Lobby, a corporation, argued that the medical benefits it provides employees should not include access to all the contraceptives mandated by the new Affordable Care Act because to do so would violate its conscience and its religious beliefs.
But can a business have a conscience? Can it have religious beliefs? No. Corporations don't have consciences or religious beliefs. In fact, they can't have either.
A conscience is a characteristic of human beings. A person has a conscience when that person has beliefs about right and wrong, desires to live up to those beliefs, and feels remorse when he or she goes against those beliefs. When we say a corporation has a conscience, then, we are anthropomorphizing the corporation, treating it as if it were a large-scale human being with beliefs, desires, and feelings.
For example, all of us know about the faulty ignition switches that were installed in 2.6 million General Motors GM, +0.22% cars and that killed at least 13 people. Last week, the New York Times described those events as follows: "General Motors approved the faulty design of the switch in 2002, even though the company that made the part, Delphi, warned General Mothers that the switch did not meet specifications."
In an unrelated action, Toyota's TM, -0.13% managers two weeks ago settled a criminal case that grew out of a defective gas pedal in their cars, which also killed several people. According to the New York Times, "The Justice Department focused on how Toyota lied to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to Congress, and to the general public."
Notice how the reporters and editors of the Times unconsciously humanized these corporations: General Motors "approved" things, Delphi, "warned" GM, and Toyota "lied." Yet these activities—approving, warning, lying — are human activities that require the use of our minds, and corporations, of course, have no minds.
And since they have no minds, they can have no conscience, no beliefs, no desires, no feelings. Nevertheless, the journalists attribute these human qualities to companies.
Why is this a problem? The reason is simple: A business enterprise is not a single giant human agent, but is, instead, a group of people. What the corporation does is what those people — usually its top managers — decide it will do; what it "believes" is whatever they say it believes.
When we think of the corporation as a large-scale agent, we throw a veil over the employees and managers who run it. The result is that we attribute to the business actions and beliefs for which the people who run the corporation are really responsible. The consequences are troubling.
To illustrate, consider the Toyota gas pedal criminal case. The crime was attributed to Toyota, which was fined $1.2 billion. But no Toyota managers were charged with wrongdoing. That $1.2 billion will be paid by Toyota's stockholders who had nothing to do with the crime. While the managers who were responsible will go unpunished.
Anthropomorphizing the corporation has also been a problem in the courts.
In 1886, in Santa Clara County versus Southern Pacific Railroad, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons with the same right to equal protection that all persons have.
Since then, the Supreme Court has ruled that since they are persons, corporations have the rights our Constitution grants all persons, including the right to due process, to freedom from unwarranted search and seizure, to trial by jury, and, most recently, in the Citizens United case, the right to spend unlimited sums supporting whatever candidate they want in office. All of these court decisions have attributed a kind of legal personhood that human beings have and rights originally designed to protect and empower human beings.
Yet, when a court gives a corporation rights, in reality, it is giving those rights to the managers who run the corporation. In the Citizens United case, for example, the court really gave the managers the right to use corporate wealth to promote and market whatever candidate they want. In essence, our legal system has given more power to an already powerful group of people — those who run our corporations.
Corporations have no conscience, no religious beliefs, and they themselves do nothing. We should stop humanizing them and recognize that whatever conscience, beliefs, actions, or rights we attribute to them are really the beliefs, actions, or rights of those who run the corporation.
Manuel Velasquez is the Dirksen Professor of Management at Santa Clara University and the author of "Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases," the most widely used business ethics textbook in the world.


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- Meet the Regents
- Regents' Meetings
- Meeting Archives
- Bylaws
- Preface
- Chapter I. The Board of Regents
- Chapter II. University Executive Officers
- Chapter III. Business Management, Finance, and Property
- Chapter IV. The University Senate
- Chapter V. The Faculties And Academic Staff
- Chapter VI. Schools and Colleges: Program Definitions
- Chapter VII. Student Affairs
- Chapter VIII. Admission And Registration Of Students
- Chapter IX. Commencement And Degrees
- Chapter X. Fees And Charges
- Chapter XI. The Schools And Colleges And Affiliated Units
- Chapter XII. The University Libraries
- Chapter XIII. Other University Units, Agencies, and Services
- Chapter XIV. Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
- Regents' Ordinance
- Seal, Trademarks and Copyright
- Office of Vice President
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Chapter X. Fees and Charges
- Sec. 10.01. Policies Governing Student Fees (revised April 2009)
- Sec. 10.02. Time of Payment of Fees (revised November 1993)
- Sec. 10.03. Exemptions from Payment of Fees
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Sec. 10.01. Policies Governing Student Fees (revised April 2009)
The Board of Regents shall determine the level of full program student fees and a schedule of such fees shall be published. All other student fees shall be fixed by the University Committee on Fees.
Sec. 10.02. Time of Payment of Fees (revised November 1993)
All fees are payable in accordance with regulations established by the executive vice president and chief financial officer providing only that said regulations may not defer payment of these fees beyond the end of the term for which they are assessed.
Sec. 10.03. Exemptions from Payment of Fees
No exemption from the payment of fees shall be granted unless specifically approved in advance by the board.
This chapter of the bylaws is designed to authorize operations in the several schools and colleges which are not included in previous bylaws applicable to all.)
Other bylaws applicable to all schools and colleges appear in Chapter V. The purpose of this chapter of the bylaws is to authorize operations in the schools and colleges which are not covered by other bylaws.)
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The Ingrid Education Centre is an oasis in the middle of the Matopeni slum area, where poverty, hunger, illness and deprivation ravage. The school was founded by a local group of volunteer teachers who saw the need to bring the local children education to improve their futures in a very harsh environment.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Feeding program sustainability
After waiting for almost eight months now the maize we planted on January are showing good signs that the harvesting is not far.I was happy to see the maize yesterday when i paid a visit.
The maize are doing well and we hope that come August we will be harvesting and this will help the feeding program. Thanks to all those good friends who made this happen. cannot mention your names.
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Welcome to the Web site of Derek Penwell, author of The Mainliner's Guide to the Post-Denominational World, by Chalice Press. It's a book that offers the paradoxical answer to the question about whether the Protestant Mainline is dying: Yes. So, the only thing left to do is to quit trying to hang on.
Derek writes other stuff, like his blog here, and over at the Huffington Post, where he offers up a regular smackdown to injustice and religious hypocrisy, and pontificates wildly and presumptuously on what declining churches should quit doing.
He's also an activist, unashamedly offering his support in the pursuit of justice for LGBTQ people, Muslims, people of color, immigrants, and those people regularly dumped on by the tools who always seem to find themselves in charge of everything. In addition to which, generally speaking, (and usually unprompted) he pops off . . . trying to keep the fires hot under the pedicured feet of the suits who run roughshod over the prostrate bodies of those on the margins.


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Take a piece of the Magic Kingdom home with you, with this design inspired the 2015 park map of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, showing glimpses of Main Street USA, Liberty Square, Fantasy Land, Adventure Land, Frontier Land, and Tomorrow Land! (please note: depending on the size, not all lands may be visible)
Great quality mens T-shirt in a classic cut. This T-Shirt is available in 2 fabric choices:
- Cotton Blend; great all-round, all-weather tee (90% Cotton, 10% Coolmax)
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Both are soft, comfortable, and quick-drying! I use an advanced heat sublimation machine to print any design or pattern straight on to the fabric before sewing it - to avoid any white marks or creases in the seams. This is not a cheap screen print that fades or washes off! The shirts are fully machine washable - best at 30 degrees and avoid the dryer to ensure the print stays beautiful for a long time.
This T-shirt is also available in Women's and Kids' sizes.
Please note: every single one of these are hand-made to order, individually. Because of that, each item may vary - slight differences in the position of the prints is normal. As we only produce the items when 1 is ordered, we use digital preview pictures on the product pages. If you'd like to see some actual photos of finished items up close, please check out the Portfolio!


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Manchester United fans paid tribute to Neville Neville before their match against Tottenham on Saturday.
The father of former Red Devils defenders Gary and Phil passed away last week after suffering a heart attack.
United's players wore black armbands during the game - but supporters gave their own tribute before kick-off.
They sung: "Here's to you, Neville Neville, your boys won the treble and you know."
Louis van Gaal's side delivered the goods on the pitch, getting off to a winning start virtue of Kyle Walker's own goal.
Both Gary and Phil tweeted in support of their former club before kick-off.
In response to United announcing the players would wear black armbands, Gary wrote: "Thank you very much. Let's win the match."
Phil concurred: "The greatest honour you could give my dad/family. Thank you to the club my family love."


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I had an egg for breakfast today. People tell me they're not good to eat, and I'm going to die a slow and painful death for making such a reckless choice. There's no real nutritional value in that egg, they say, but I scoff at them and eat it anyway. Of course, it was a Cadbury Creme Egg, not one a chicken laid, so maybe they were right.
Yes, I'm joking. I didn't eat the Cadbury egg for breakfast... not today, anyway. No, that was Saturday. Today I had my usual bowl of ordinary bran flakes, which are fortified with all sorts of vitamins and minerals to nourish the body. It is important to eat properly, and candy is a rare aberration even for me.
Once in a while, we end up indulging, and I've had more than my fair share of snack items through the years, but I'm working to curtail that. Will power is something I have in abundance when it comes to most things in life, but everyone has their Achilles Heel, and food has been mine for far too long. I think a lot of it has to do with the types of food I eat, and I think if more people had the proper amount of essential nutrients in their diet, we would all be thinner and healthier. Yet, when I try to take vitamins or other supplements, I find they make me sick. Obviously, my body doesn't need the overabundance, so what is the right amount?
Throughout history, human beings have not eaten a balanced diet, and to be fair the "experts" keep changing the definition of balanced. When I was a kid, they said you had to have a majority of grain items in your diet, yet today they say you need to eat mostly vegetables. Once they said eggs were deadly, then good, then deadly, then good again, etc... The doctors can't make up their minds, so what are we to eat? Plankton? Perhaps we should just switch to Soylent Green and be done with it!
I think the true answer to the whole "balanced diet" debate lies in our genetics. What one body needs of one nutrient might be too much or too little for someone else. I expect that someday soon doctors will come to the natural conclusion that each person's genetic coding determines what their body needs for fuel, and be able to give them a better idea of what they should consume. The more science uncovers about the genome, the more accurately we'll be able to determine the ideal diet for each individual.
When it comes to our bodies, each individual is unique and different. What is good for you isn't necessarily good for me, and vise versa. This is not only the case with nutrition, but medicine as well, though far too often we are all treated as a single organism. Cookie-cutter medicine doesn't always work, and the further we progress, the more we understand that. The more we look into the building blocks of life, the better we will be able to treat ailments, and the healthier each unique person will be.
Of course, I don't think anyone's genome would call for a Cadbury Egg breakfast, but it still tastes good. What's the point of being grown up if you can't be a little childish sometimes? And that leads me to my concluding caveat. The further we progress, the more the scientists and experts want to dictate what we do, what we eat, and how we live. Be wary of those who would use scientific discoveries to control your life and force you to eat whatever they decide you need. If you want to be as healthy as can be, and want to take their advice, that's very good, but it must remain a choice, no matter what.