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I was going to write a post on Pinterest, which has piqued my interest. Yes, the rhyme was intentional… and brilliant.
Well maybe not brilliant, per se, but better than being attacked by an ill tempered gorilla. I like to set the bar low, sometimes burying it.
I digress…
This is NOT a Pinterest post, mostly because I'm preoccupied with my Timeline on Facebook, and not in a good lion cub hugging sort of way.
I see ads "not by facebook." They are all over my Timeline. There is a banner ad for audible.com with a picture of Steve Jobs trying to get me to buy his book. I will not!
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Imagine the not so distant future, say October 2012, and my Henry Wood Detective series has started to get some traction. Books are selling and there is about three bumblebees' worth of buzz on the Internet.
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Her boyfriend, a very dashing model in his own right, has begun to bore her. She dumps him and decides to start stalking me through Facebook, which I wholeheartedly approve of, and accept her friend request with glee.
Things seem to be going well, she finds my writing delightful, and then one day she checks out my timeline.
It seems that between posting a link to a snark-filled post about Snooki and another about my upcoming book, I decided to take a break and put up an ad for Viagra, and along the top of the page is a banner extolling the virtues and aerobic benefits of baby seal clubbing.
She is gone forever.
Naturally, my hope of dating a superhot particle physicist being dashed pushes me over the limit. In my grief I discover the secret to cold fusion and use my unlimited power to attempt to take over the world. It all goes horribly wrong and life as we know it ceases to exist.
Now, I admit that I could probably use some exercise, but I'm not going to club baby seals.
Those little buggers are a lot quicker than they look, so I'd probably start with a non-lethal spin class, and eventually work my way up to running them over with my Schwinn.
The point is that these ads "not by facebook" have nothing to do with my timeline or me.
The ads are placed by uneducated troglodytes who don't know that Facebook is a proper name and needs to be capitalized. I wish them ill.
What I wonder is why Facebook, in its marketing plans, doesn't give me an option of paying for their service? I pay for Spotify. It is worth $4.95 per month to get my music commercial-free.
If Facebook did this, it would raise somewhere between $4.95 and 3.5 billion per month. I don't mind the ads on the right; that is where I expect them and it is fine that they are there.
I just want to have my Timeline, which represents me and my ramblings, free of ads.
Heck, if they did that, I might even pin Facebook on Pinterest.
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I think I'm in the same Beta. Here's a link with an example:
It's not anything to do with facebook, it's a third party program either installed on your browser or it's installed in your computer. I had the same thing happen to me :)
Brian you're absolutely hilarious, thank you for a good chuckle this morning. But on a serious note...yes the new Facebook ads do suck!
Yes Brian, if you set the bar low enough you will never be disappointed............:)
Facebook timeline ads suck because Facebook sucks.
If you use Firefox you can block all digital ads like I do. But doesn't stop other people from seeing ads in your timeline. I don't use facebook much personally I just run a brand page so what do I know.
I have billions of them. If you click on your name and look at your timeline, not the stream of the people you follow, there they are, or maybe it is just me who is getting them. Darn you Mark Zuckerburg!
Funny stuff Brian! But if my Facebook Yoda @KenMueller can't find the ads, I never will.
Funny stuff, Brian, I love it. Though I have to say, the only place I see ads are on the side of my newsfeed, not within my Timeline, so I'm not sure which specific ads you are discussing.
But thanks for a great laugh this morning!
I think Kim has uncovered the truth of the matter. We are both infected with a computer virus. :-( I haven't figured it out yet. When I logged onto FB from work, the ads didn't appear. Ugh.
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@ExtremelyAvg Oh, well I only get two ads, and they are up in the upper right hand corner, outside of the timeline. Perhaps you are confusing Facebook Ads with Instagram. I see a lot of those! (See how I pulled our Facebook discussion over here??)
@KenMueller I went to your page and saw 4, including a banner ad. They aren't on the timeline you watch for the people you follow, but on your personal one.
@KenMueller I'm not sure which ads they are, either. I still only see the sponsored ones, which are humorously irrelevant.
I did have fun reading this post, though!
@KenMueller I'm going to put a picture up on my blog, of your page, as I see it. There is an ad asking me to support Barack.
@ExtremelyAvg Hmm. I went to yours and saw the same thing I see on mine.
@KenMueller I am 100% sure you are right, that it has nothing to do with you, but if 100,000 people, or 500,000,000 people start having the same thing happen, that is happening to me, then they will see ads and may not understand that they are unrelated to you.
@Erin F. @KenMueller I've made a video and am uploading it to Youtube, now. When it is done, I'll post the link. I suspect I'm part of a pilot program to see if anyone complains. I joined FB shortly after it came out of beta, so they probably think I'll be a good soldier. I won't!
The part that makes me mad is that when it goes mainstream, if my theory is correct, the ads seem like they are being endorsed by me.
@KenMueller @ExtremelyAvg This whole thing is bizarre. Until I saw the photo on your blog, Brian, I'd never even seen ads like those.
@ExtremelyAvg that ad has nothing to do with me. And you will never see me support any of the aforementioned individuals or administrations on my pages. I'm not sure it "is" running on my page. It's more based on the recipient's end, not mine.
@KenMueller My question is, do you support Michelle Obama and the Obama administration, and if so, would you mind if it was an ad for say Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh? Does the fact that it is running on your page equal a tacit endorsement?
@KenMueller I've decided to video several people's pages, as I see them, and put it out there. I found the ads on Gini's, Shonali's, Bill O'Riely's page and every other one I go to. It seems I may have been singled out. That makes me even more upset. When I get the video up, I'll leave a link.
@KenMueller That is very odd. I wonder if I've been selected to test their new ad plan. I see them on anyone's page that I go to.
@ExtremelyAvg OK, I see what you're talking about on that picture, but I just went to a bunch of friends profiles. i've never see that banner ad anywhere else. And for me, i do see two ads in the right hand margin, but they are at the top, not in the timeline. I never even notice those. I think you're being singled out...it's all a plot
@KenMueller http://extremelyaverage.com/home/ <Am I the only one who sees them?
@Thanatos @KenMueller Thanks so much for helping. I've followed the instructions and no longer see the ads.
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@KenMueller I had the same problem on my facebook profile, it´'s adware. You have installed some add-on with adware.This is from the facebook help: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=151337961603332
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Межотраслевой Анализ Эффективности Промышленности Украины
[Inter-branch analysis of efficiency of the industry of Ukraine]
AbstractThe paper states empirical results of inter-branch research of efficiency of the industry of Ukraine as the first and one of the basic stages of the three-level analysis of efficiency (Goncharuk 2007). By results of the analysis groups of high, low and medium efficient industries are determined. Dynamics of efficiency and impact of major factors on it are revealed.
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The widow of the man who was driving a Porsche sports car that crashed and killed actor Paul Walker sued the automaker on Monday, claiming design flaws caused both men to die in a fiery crash in November.
The wrongful death lawsuit by Kristine M. Rodas says her husband was driving at 55 mph — not at unsafe speeds as law enforcement investigators determined — before it crashed last year. Roger W. Rodas was driving a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT capable of more than 200 mph, but his wife's lawsuit says the vehicle lacked a proper crash cage and safety features in the gas tank that would have saved both men's lives.
The lawsuit also contends that a failure in the car's suspension system forced it to careen out of control and strike three trees while driving down a street in Santa Clarita.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Police say they have thwarted a student's "catastrophic" plot to blow up a school on the first day of classes.
Police Chief Jane Castor says Jared Cano, a 17-year-old expelled student, had threatened to plant a device at Freedom High School.
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2006 Pontiac Grand Prix
This 2006 review is representative of model years 2004 to 2008.
By Dan Jedlicka of MSN Autos
Bottom Line:
New GXP V8 version gives Grand Prix line new sex appeal.
Faster, more refined foreign sedans have largely overshadowed the Pontiac Grand Prix, which once was one of the most flamboyant American cars. Pontiac thus has made the "Prix" sexier by providing the late 2005 Grand Prix GXP high-performance model with the first Grand Prix V8 in nearly two decades.
A Grand Prix without a V8 never was accepted by fans of the car. Its top engine was a potent supercharged V6, but buyers of fast American cars felt a Grand Prix V6 was lacking two cylinders. No V8? Well then, no cigar.
The last Grand Prix V8 was offered in 1987, but had only 150 horsepower because high-horsepower engines only began appearing in significant numbers in the 1990s.
Pontiac was once General Motors' high-performance car division and was well aware of the fascination with V8s. That's why it gave its rather sporty large Bonneville an optional 4.6-liter 275-horsepower version of Cadillac's Northstar V8 late in the 2004 model year. To nobody's surprise, that V8 accounts for a fairly high percentage of Bonneville engine installations.
The 5.3-liter V8 in the $28,735 GXP has 303 horsepower—or the same rating as in the first now-classic 1962 Grand Prix, which had rear-wheel drive. This is the first use of a General Motors "small block" (350-cubic-inch displacement) V8 in a front-wheel-drive car such as the midsize Grand Prix. The engine is engineered specially for front-wheel-drive layouts, which is why it has a shorter length so it can be positioned sideways.
Still offered in 2005, the $26,730 Grand Prix GTP is powered by a pretty hot supercharged 3.8-liter V6 with 260 horsepower. The base $23,060 and $24,960 GT versions of the Grand Prix have a 3.8-liter 200-horsepower V6, which delivers decent performance for routine driving.
The GXP I drove is a throwback to the 1962-64 Grand Pix models, which had V8s developing up to 370 horsepower. The GXP is a surprise because it has become available in April, with the current model year nearly gone.
As with the Bonneville V8, the GXP V8 should help Pontiac sales. The Grand Prix has been the second best-selling Pontiac so far this year and was the No. 2 Pontiac last year after being revised. The smaller, cheaper, rather sporty Grand Am—replaced for 2005 by the more refined G6—was No. 1, which was a position it held at Pontiac for many years.
Cylinder Deactivation System
It may surprise some that the Grand Prix V8 also has a cylinder deactivation system. The GXP is the first Pontiac to have GM's Displacement on Demand (DOD) technology, which arrived in 2005 GM midsize sporty-utility vehicles with the 5.3-liter V8.
The DOD system increases fuel economy up to a claimed 12 percent. The GXP V8 provides an estimated 18 mpg in the city and 27 on highways. Those are solid numbers for a fairly large, heavy, equipment-loaded sedan that scampers to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds. The 260-horsepower V6 provides 19 city and 28 highway. The base V6 delivers 20 and 30.
Power and Looks of a V8
The GXP V8 works with a responsive high-performance 4-speed automatic transmission, although most it really needs a more modern 5-speed unit to be more competitive. All Grand Prix versions have a 4-speed automatic, although some automakers already have switched to 6-speed automatics.
The GXP automatic comes with a regular shifter or steering-wheel paddles for manual shifting. But the paddles are nearly impossible to use when the wheel is being turned a lot, and that pretty much confines paddle shifting to when the car is moving in a straight line or just turning slightly.
Besides its V8, the racier-looking GXP has a different front fascia with revised chrome-ringed grille inserts and lower air inlets. The distinctive rear fascia gives the car a more "tightly wrapped" look and has large exhaust outlets in the best American muscle car tradition. Rocker panel extensions provide a more aerodynamic appearance, and there is "GXP" badging. The ride height is lowered for an aggressive, hunkered-down look.
All Bonnevilles have a quiet interior, and the GXP's cockpit's appointments include unique gauge faces with red, retro-style pointers, GXP-specific door sill plates and embroidered floor mats. There also are available suede inserts for the supportive leather-covered seats and brushed aluminum trim accents for the GXP.
But the GXP instrument panel seems cluttered with too many controls, and interior materials of all Bonnevilles don't match Toyota or Honda materials.
The GXP has large, polished 18-inch forged aluminum wheels and performance tires that improve this version's athletic handling, which is enhanced by a sport suspension with gas-charged struts and higher rate springs. Still, a nose-heavy front-wheel-drive car such as the Grand Prix lacks the balance of rear-wheel-drive autos.
As with other Bonnevilles, the GXP has a smooth ride, and its steering is nicely geared. The GXP has all the performance goodies as standard, including a high-performance all-disc brake system with aluminum calipers and vented and cross-drilled rotors that provides short stops.
Stability and traction control system are standard for the GXP, but an anti-skid system and upgraded variable assist power steering are optional for the GTP. Anti-lock brakes and traction control are optional for the base Grand Prix.
Well Equipped
There's plenty of room up front and all doors open very widely. Three tall occupants fit in back, but won't be as comfortable as those in front because, for one thing, the rear seat isn't as comfortable.
The trunk is large, with a low, wide opening. Split-folding rear seatbacks enlarge the cargo area.
Head-protecting side-curtain airbags for all but the base model cost $395. Torso side airbags aren't offered.
The GXP is a solid, logical addition to the Grand Prix line, but one wonders why it came so late.
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How are you going to make money out of your site? Give some thought to this. Are you going to sell it, sell ad space, charge for a premium membership or sell products/services to your members?
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Faculty support for the objectives of university-industry relations versus degree of R&D cooperation: The importance of regional absorptive capacity
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Carbon Recognized with Two Spark:Concept AwardsFebruary 27th, 2012
Carbon has received two Spark:Concept Awards in the 2011/2012 competition. "Spark celebrates the best in design—from architecture, graphics and products to cutting-edge conceptual work," explains Peter Kuchnicki, founder and director of the Spark Awards. "We encourage things that improve our lives. Designs that help ameliorate hardship, create joy, beauty, save the world or facilitate peace. Designs that help create a better existence." The 2011/2012 Spark:Concept Jury was composed of ten highly-regarded international designers and architects. The judges found many entries addressed problems and offered very creative solutions. As Hari Nair, Global Director for Advanced Design, Whirlpool puts it, "The future is now—that's how I felt while reviewing the concept entries, which bordered on the ideal while straddling reality… I believe we are at a point in time where we are capable of inventing our future by designing it."
Carbon's two wins came out of our Passion Project program, which gives team members room to explore without the constraints of traditional client work. "We have a wonderfully talented team," says Carbon's president Dan Blase. "Projects like this help foster the creativity that is a vital part of our culture."
Toggle Multimode Touch Remote—Gold
Toggle™ was recognized with Spark:Concept Gold. Designed for the evolving connected TV viewing experience, Toggle uses an innovative application of inexpensive technology to create a rich, touch experience without a display screen. Its core is a simple touchpad, much like you might find on a laptop. This capacitive surface is printed with images, characters, and icons. The four different modes are revealed by the use of a grid-patterned mask. When the base and mask are aligned, Toggle is off. While holding the device horizontally, shift up to reveal a qwerty keyboard. Shift down for a touchpad or right for casual gaming. Shift left and hold like a traditional remote for surfing. Type, Surf, Move, or Play, with Toggle, the mode you need is just a quick shift away.
Learn more about Toggle
Domino Clock—Silver
Carbon's Domino Clock™ was awarded Silver in the competition. A borrowed form with uncommon function, the Domino Clock creates a time-keeping system that is unexpected yet familiar all at once. The concept is simple: three larger-than-life dominoes, each equipped with a set of articulating dots which flip from black to white as they keep time with silent precision. The first domino marks hours, the other two show minutes. A custom electro-magnetic coil provides a low-power solution while lending a sense of gravity to the transitions. Learn more about Domino Clock here.
"It has been great to work with the whole Carbon team to bring the Toggle concept to life as a Carbon project," says Toggle designer Peter Bristol. Domino Clock designer Joe Sullivan concurs, "Our technical team helps add technical feasibility to simple ideas like this. It's fun to see a product that stays true to the initial concept and generates excitement out in the world."
Toggle and Domino Clock will become permanent fixtures in the 2011/2012 Spark:Concept winners gallery on the Spark Awards website.
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CALIFORNIA MULE DEER occur abundantly in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks. Under the protection afforded these animals by the National Park Serviceno hunting or shooting of deer being allowed in our national parksthey have increased and multiplied there, so that the surplus overflows and provides hunting in the areas surrounding the parks.
This species has a robust body and is considerably larger than the white-tailed deer of the eastern United States and somewhat smaller than the Rocky Mountain mule deer. An average adult buck has a total length of about 57 inches and a black-tipped tail about 6-1/2 inches long. A fair-sized buck stands about 40 inches high at the shoulder and weighs between 150 and 200 pounds. Females are smaller and lighter than males.
Deer have distinct summer and winter coats. In summer the hair is reddish brown; in winter it is a fairly dark gray, commonly referred to as the "blue" coat. (See illustration on page 60.)
The evenly forked, widespreading, massive antlers are typical in all races of mule deer. Normally, these are borne by the males only and are shed each year, usually between January 15 and February 25 at the end of the "rut" or mating season. Each spring new antlers sprout and grow. While growing they are covered with a soft velvet (see illustration), are warm to the touch, and are evidently quite tender because when feeding together at this time of the year the bucks are careful to avoid striking them against those of other bucks or any hard or rough object. It is amusing to watch the care exercised in this regard, in view of the fact that a few months later, when the antlers are fully grown, hardened, and polished, the bucks may take part in fierce combats and use the antlers to defeat and sometimes even to kill each other.
The gait of the mule deer is not so smooth and graceful as that of the white-tailed deer. It is characterized by a bold, bounding action which serves two functions. First, it enables the mule deer to travel rapidly over rough broken rocks, bushes, and boulders which are frequently encountered in the West. Secondly, the high jumps of this bounding gait temporarily give the animal an elevated vantage point from which it can see any pursuing enemy.
The bucks often run separately from the does and fawns during the summer, but in the breeding season each buck keeps jealous watch over his "harem." Normally bucks are not the leaders of mixed bands of deer. Throughout most of the year the real leader is some wise old doe, usually the mother of fawns in the group, that knows the best feeding grounds where forage is plentiful.
THE FAWNS, born late in June or early in July, are reddish-brown, spotted at birth with creamy white. Usually there is but one fawn in a litter, but often twins are born. Beginning July 9, 1928, in Yosemite, I watched a pair of twin fawns from the time of their birth, which was actually witnessed, and weighed and measured them each day for the succeeding 10 days. Then they could outrun me, so I was unable to catch them. I found that at birth the fawns weighed about the same as an average human baby and that for the first week of their lives the daily gain was about the same as in a human infant. When 24 hours old a typical female fawn weighed 6-1/4 pounds and a male fawn 7-1/2 pounds. The "spots" are lost in September when the summer coat is shed.
Most of the food of mule deer is obtained by browsing rather than grazing, although these animals eat considerable quantities of grass at certain times, especially in the early spring. The leaves and young shoots of many shrubs and trees are eaten at all seasons, deer brush, manzanita, and snowbrush being favorites. Acorns are frequently eaten in early winter.
As the colder days of fall approach, the bucks frequently choose a sunny spot in the forest for a bed. There, after pawing out any protruding rock or branches, they curl up and go to sleep for a daily sun bath. During the winter I have found that some bucks often seek a bed of dry leaves under a sheltering rock or tree rather than bed down in the snow, although they will take the snow bed if nothing better is available. In the heat of summer they will choose a cool bed under the shade of some dense pine tree.
The most important natural enemies of the California mule deer are the mountain lion, the mountain coyote, and the human hunter. Both the mountain lion and man seem to exercise a preference for deer in the best physical condition, although there are many humans as well as cougars that take the first available deer. Contrasted to this, it has been my experience that the coyote exercises a selective pruning effect on deer in California in that the majority of deer captured by coyotes are weak, sickly, or diseased individuals, probably because the coyote can more easily capture these. It should be pointed out that the elimination of such diseased deer may benefit the species by preventing contagion of healthy individuals.
Woodticks are probably the most important external parasites of the California mule deer, while lungworms and the nasal botfly infest the lungs and nasal passages of deer. A parasitic eye worm of the genus Thelisa has recently been found infesting the deer at Sequoia National Park.
In spite of natural enemies, disease, parasites, and human hunters, the mule deer in California are increasing.
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26. Turnitin: Who's Who and What's What
Turnitin is an online text matching system that can be used to help with the identification of potential plagiarism in electronically submitted student work. It can also be used in a formative way, for tutors to help students develop their academic writing and citation skills.
Watch out for news, training opportunities and support materials announced on the OUCS Turnitin Oxford blog.
There are various companies and agencies involved in the provision and support of Turnitin:
Plagiarism Advice, supported by JISC
Plagiarism Support site in WebLearn
Oxford University has a subscription to the UK Turnitin service, so University staff members may use it at no cost to their departments. The licence covers the submission of student papers (essays), submitted under the auspices of a tutor or supervisor. It does not include postgraduate students or academics submitting their own research papers or articles. Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS) manages the service and creates instructor accounts on request (send email to firstname.lastname@example.com. uk). OUCS offers lunch time training sessions for staff members (bookings) and guidance is available within WebLearn on the Plagiarism Support site.
The WebLearn Assignments tool has an integration feature with Turnitin, which means that students do not require any additional passwords or instructions on how to submit their assignments.
Besides text matching (called "Originality Check"), Turnitin also offers PeerMark (peer reviewing and feedback) and GradeMark (electronic comments, both standardised and customised).
Oxford University has a 10% licence to pilot PeerMark and GradeMark. If you are interested in exploring these features, please send an email to email@example.com.
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Elle Varner performs at the 2014 Essence Music Festival on July 6, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I have upload photos from this event to our photo gallery.
Elle Varner @ Essence Music Festival Day 4
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Don't wanna dance – single cover
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Elle has posted new cover to her "Don't wanna dance" song feat. A$AP Ferg. You may check the full photo of Elle Varner's new single cover HERE.
Elle Varner Join The 2014 Hip Hop Caucus' Respect My Vote!
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The 2014 Hip Hop Caucus' Respect My Vote! campaign just nabbed two huge names for their youth voting initiative. Artists Rick Ross and Elle Varner have joined the 2014 campaign to help get out the vote for this year's mid-term elections. The non-partisan collective focuses on employment, racial justice, climate change, and education. This five month national push will target 18 – 40 year old voters who live in urban communities and HBCU campuses.
The Caucus' Respect My Vote! campaign comes during a crucial election cycle. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and a third of the seats in the Senate are susceptible to change. There are also several gubernatorial, state, and local races up for grabs. Respect My Vote! president and CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. unfolded a comprehensive country-wide plan that includes ads and a website (respectmyvote.com). The coalition will also plant field operations in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, and California.
2014′s Respect My Vote! campaign starts as many celebrate the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In 1964 civil rights activists traveled to Mississippi to fight racial discrimination and register as many African American voters as possible. The Hip Hop Caucus looks to continue in the legacy that was left for them five decades ago. America's socio-political climate has change much since then but some things still ring true. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. stressed the importance of the United States Supreme Court's decision to effectively "gut" the Voting Rights Act. Yearwood explained, "[It] is a clear reminder that there has never been a more significant time than right now for young people to stand up and get out and vote."
Elle Varner Documents Journey To ESSENCE Festival
Date: 6-07-2014 | Posted by admin | Filed Under: Interviews,News | Comments
The singer has worked with a variety of artists, including J. Cole, Kid Ink and The Roots. Elle Varner has detailed her journey to the 2014 ESSENCE Festival™ presented by Coca-Cola. The singer has worked with Kid Ink, MGK, The Roots and J. Cole, among others.
In a new video, Varner discusses growing up in a musical household, her burgeoning career as a deejay and her set at the forthcoming ESSENCE Festival, which is slated to take place July 3-6 in New Orleans in conjunction with PotentialOfUs and Verizon Wireless.
An Elle Varner teaser video is available as follows:
Elle Varner Talk Valentine's Day Plans
Date: 7-02-2014 | Posted by admin | Filed Under: Interviews | Comments
As we all come down from the excitement of the Super Bowl this past weekend, a lot of us are getting ready to cater to our significant others for Valentine's Day just around the corner. Although it seems like it's right in the midst of cuffing season, there are still a lot of us suffering from the "lonely heart" blues in anticipation of the holiday.
Celebrities recently came out for Jay Z and Roc Nation Sports' Celebration Super Bowl party in NYC at the 40/40 Club, and we got a chance to talk to some about their V-Day plans. Stars such as Ne-Yo's artists Adrienne Bailon and Ravaughn kept it low key and talked about being in the studio with their boss, while Elle Varner gave us the full scoop on what's in store for her Valentine's Day.
Elle Varner attends Ne-Yo Midnight Brunch
Date: 27-01-2014 | Posted by admin | Filed Under: Gallery,Photos | Comments
As Ne-Yo celebrated his 6th Annual Midnight Brunch at Lure nightclub in Hollywood this past weekend, he was joined by a host of celebrities and friends, including Will Smith, Cassie and Kevin Hart. Other high profile guests included Akon, Paris Hilton, Marsha Ambrosius and Adrienne Bailon, who enjoyed Malibu Red Rum beverages at the masquerade-themed bash.
Tamar Braxton, Elle Varner, Sevyn Streeter, Omarion, Mack Wilds and Luke James also danced the night away as DJ Cassidy provided music.
Elle Varner and Iman Shumpert Call It Quits
Date: 13-10-2013 | Posted by admin | Filed Under: News | Comments
Earlier this summer, Elle Varner went public about her relationship with New York Knicks player Iman Shumpert. With her announcement came the well wishes of many fans, happy to see the R&B starlet find romance.
Now just a bit over two months after the revelation, it seems the rendezvous is over. Yesterday (Sept. 12), Elle went on Twitter to announce her new relationship status: "I'm single … please don't ask me a million questions, I won't answer any of them. No drama here just peace and love," she tweeted.
Elle revealed to HipHollywood after the announcement that she and Shumpert have been dating for a while, and was excited to finally have it in the open so she wouldn't have to hide anymore. But shortly after that, Varner expressed some regrets to Vibe Vixen about making her relationship public: "Making a relationship public draws a lot of scrutiny. It makes you think about something you were never thinking about before so I don't know if I would advocate public relations to folks but hey, it is what it is. We're good."
Could having gone public put a strain on their relationship? Whatever the case, we're sure Elle will recuperate and they'll remain friends!


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Splitting Starter into 3 mini-washes?
So I'd really like to use a consistent strain of yeast for a variety of beers without having to purchase a $9 tube with every batch. I'm thinking WLP029 German/Kolsch.
"Just wash your yeast after racking" you say, but there's a problem. I've got a gigantic trub bed in every beer! We're talking 3-4 inches tall normally.
I've tried the yeast washing technique in the sticky and have had no luck at all. My trub and yeast never separate, no matter what I do, and they sit there, stuck together, looking like a blob of congealed brains. I think this is because I do No Chill and don't separate the cold break before fermentation, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I got too much trub to wash out! :mad:
So here's my plan, and please tell me if you think it sucks:
I'm going to make a 1 quart starter (4oz DME), then step it up twice to 3qts. I'll give it a day or two between steps. Once its fermented out, I'll shake the yeast up into suspension, then split the starter into three 1-quart jars. I figure they'll have approx the same yeast count between the three.
I'll probably decant and pitch the 1st quart starter then (assuming I have a beer ready) and keep the other 2 quart jars in the fridge. I'm assuming I'll need to make a starter to wake them up when I do need them later.
So this way, I'll get 3 uses out of a single tube, but without having to wash out my massive trub bomb. Will it work though?? Input appreciated as always.
this is exactly the advice i got when i asked my LHBS (also ballast point brewery) about pitching on a yeast cake. they claimed it was the way to go for a couple of reasons:
1. less risk of infection
2. no off flavors, etc. if pitching from dark to light or hoppy to less hopped beer
3. you'd know the "quality" of your yeast before repitching it cause it would be proofed in a starter before pitching.
i did it once with WLP029, and it worked great. I got 3 batches out of 1 vial, which is good cost savings for sure. I'll probably do this again soon with WLP007. Only headache is having to do a starter for every batch, vs just repitching slurry from just washed yeast.
I'm interested to hear some other experienced yeast washers chime in.
You can always get more than 3 uses out of your tube using your method. Just reserve one quart starter and use that for another set of 3 starters, etc etc.
does anyone else use this type of method instead of yeast washing after primary? i'm interested to hear success stories, etc.
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