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Orange County Library System
2006 National Leadership Grant
A Technology Trainer teaches a software class to patrons. Photo courtesy of OCLS.
Jo Ann Sampson
Project Director
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The Orlando area has been booming this decade, led in part by a $13.4 billion technology sector that employs 53,000 people. But the region also has a technology deficit: Workforce surveys show that the greatest challenge for employers is workers' lack of basic and technical skills. Employers cite the need for training opportunities for non-English speakers as another major challenge.
When Workforce Central Florida (WCF), a state agency, published its 2004 State of the Workforce Report, the Orange County Library System (OCLS) saw an opportunity to expand both its course offerings and its partnership with the business community. OCLS already offered computer classes and had worked with businesses to modify courses in office software. OCLS also provided some classes in Spanish, to serve the 22 percent of county residents who are Hispanic.
"The report led us to approach the WCF and talk about training needs in the community and how we could complement what they offer. It turned our focus from offering computer training based on home use to expanding our curriculum to concentrate on what today's job seekers and employers need," said Jo Ann Sampson, Grow Your Business project director and now the Special Services Department Head at the OCLS Main Library.
"There were also a lot of people moving into the area that were looking into starting their own small businesses," she added.
OCLS proposed the Grow Your Business project to create new training classes and deliver them in multiple ways in three languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian-Creole—the latter to serve a growing Haitian-Creole population.
In 2006, IMLS awarded OCLS an $185,000 National Leadership Grant for Libraries to help fund the project.
The Planning Stage
Grow Your Business provided two computer training tracks: a Small Business Track for employers and small businesses; and a Job Seekers Course Track for employees and job seekers.
Library staff devoted the first six months of the project to planning and preparation. They had to develop courses from scratch and prepare to deliver them in different ways: as face-to-face classes, online tutorials, or—for the first time at OCLS—live online classes.
To facilitate the multiple delivery methods, OCLS purchased computers, software, and accessories, including projection and sound equipment for all training classrooms in the library system. The library also bought 108 new books of interest to small businesses and job seekers.
OCLS also bought equipment to create a mobile wireless computer lab, consisting of 12 laptops and one application server with software, as well as an LCD projector and a wireless printer. The equipment fit on a cart, which could be loaded onto a van and taken to the 12 libraries that lacked training rooms.
OCLS hired an academic consultant to review its existing training curriculum and plans for new courses. Fourteen half-day workshops were held for five staff to learn instructional design and to create online tutorials.
Computer Training
The Computer Resource Center at the Main Library developed a total of 20 in-person training classes: ten in English, six translated into Spanish, and four into Haitian-Creole. The library also created six online tutorials in English, three in Spanish, and two in Haitian-Creole.
Eight classes—three in English, three in Spanish, and two in Haitian-Creole—were adapted for live online instruction.
The Job Seeker Course Track offered classes such as resume writing, writing cover letters, finding a job, and successful job interviewing, as well as desktop publishing and Adobe Photoshop.
The Small Business Course Track featured classes in starting a business, bookkeeping, and marketing. OCLS also acquired a Web-based typing tutor program called TypingMaster Online.
Both training tracks included software classes in Microsoft Office, Intuit QuickBooks, and HTML.
Classes were free to Orange County residents and $10 for nonresidents for in-person classes and $25 for live online classes.
OCLS marketed the project through its Web site, e-mail newsletters, and print ads in local newspapers. Library staff also met with business owners and community leaders and attended business outreach events. Workforce Central Florida was a key partner.
Great Impact
Grow Your Business was a success, providing services to 17,068 people from October 2006 to March 2008. The 14 branch libraries and the Main Library delivered 3,325 class sessions. Some 11,763 people attended classes in person; 3,922 used online tutorials; 90 participated in live online classes; and 512 used the online typing classes. A total of 1,660 people attended classes in Spanish, and 216 attended classes in Haitian-Creole. The 108 new books circulated 681 times.
At first, the online courses were sparsely attended. "It started off pretty slow, you know, with five, six students—that was a few years ago—now today we have an average of 20 to 21 students in our online classes. And the economy is a big factor in that increase," said Ormilla Vengersammy, technology training manager at the OCLS Main Library and head of its Computer Resource Center.
Feedback from project participants was positive. Ninety-three percent (8,887) of those who responded to a class survey said they gained new knowledge and skills. Also, 100 percent (43) of participants interviewed about the classes given in Spanish or Haitian-Creole indicated that they learned more effectively when training was offered in their native language.
Another measure of success is the program's enduring popularity. People continued to pack the classes after the grant ended. In 2008, a total of 43,000 people participated in 13,000 class sessions.
Challenges and Lessons Learned
OCLS discovered it was something of a challenge to get the business community to understand the quality of training that the library can offer. "There was some feeling by people that, well, if it's free and it's the library, how good can it be? So we had to really work to show them that, no, you can get a good-quality product and that we really are dedicated to giving good training," explained Sampson.
One lesson learned was that it pays to think outside of the box when it comes to community outreach. "Sometimes you have to try some nontraditional ways of contacting or getting into the community. We were doing things like going to church leaders. We actually took our mobile lab to one of the large Haitian-Creole churches in the county, to kind of take our training to them, which seemed to be popular," said Sampson.
Another lesson concerned course scheduling. Traditionally, a specific software class progressed through various levels in consecutive weeks, but patrons asked if all the levels could be given on the same day. OCLS now offers an "Office Week" twice a month at its main location, during which each day is devoted to one of the Microsoft Office programs. For example, Monday would be Microsoft Word day, and an employee could be sent for a full day of training in Word, Levels 1–4.
Students said this change has made it more convenient for them to leave work to get the training.
The Future
OCLS has continued to market its classes by attending business expos, making contacts at a Spanish radio station, and hosting open houses for the Haitian community. In addition, OCLS has shared online interactive tutorials and online classes in both English and Spanish with other county libraries in Florida.
"There's a lot that can be done with computer training that isn't necessarily just in person in a classroom. There could be a real future for libraries within the whole eLearning environment," said Sampson.


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GSCI's challenge course offers low and high ropes courses at each site and a variety of ground initiatives designed to enhance student leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, as well as to improve communication, cooperation, support, trust, and risk-taking capabilities. Low ropes courses explore and recognize the benefits of highly effective teams and team building. High ropes courses take your group to a higher level by utilizing elements that are 20 and 40 feet in the air. Participants use ropes and harnesses--as well as a zip line!--to negotiate the course. At Camp Widjiwagan, you also have the option of scaling the climbing wall. Who: Girls in grades 5-adult Dates: Saturday, October 5, 2013, Saturday, October 19, 2013, or Saturday, November 2, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Camp Tapawingo, Metamora or Camp Widjiwagan, Springfield Fee: $15 half day, $30 full day, $10 climbing wall only (only avaialble at Camp Widjiwagan) no fee if not participating Min/Max: 6/15 participants Closing Date: 2 weeks prior to each session To register for the Challenge Course, please contact Robin Howard at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 217-423-7791 ext. 1302. Registrations can not be accepted through eRegistration or mail.

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Page 9 of my Manual describes the process to set the trigger method as below
Trigger Methods Choose between:
Standard (remote amperage and output control), which is the factory default, or Lift Arc Panel Control (for use without a remote control or with remote amperage but without output control).
The trigger method that was active when the machine was last turned off will be active when unit is turned back on. To change trigger method, enter set-up mode as illustrated:
I have a RCCS-6M Thumb controller with current control and contactor. Which way should I set the Maxstar to use the RCCS-6M.?
What is the difference between the 2 models, given that it seems both modes will provide remote amperage control?
(It's the with remote amperage but without output control note above the confuses me as I thought remote amperage was output control )
IAppreciate the help - It's working now so I won't mess with it - but I'd like to understand the real difference in the 2 modes. Not knowing things just bothers me
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Maxstar 150STL Trigger Methods.
Hope this helps......
RCCS stands for Remote Current and Contactor. You should set your Maxstar for Standard mode (the top indicator). Output control determines whether the weld output is on or off. The current control sets the output current from 0 to the setting on the panel.
Best of luck. I hope you enjoy your Maxstar as much as I enjoy mine.Triggerman
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Is the American Democratic civilization dying? Why are our electors no longer listening to their constituents? Is plutocracy ruling the US?
Question: Is the American civilization dying? Are we, in reality, being ruled by a plutocracy? Is mankind doomed as a species because we, ignorantly, believe we are the superior species on this planet and have the capacity to control everything? Yes or no to these heavy questions from a 76 year old codger.
Aug 27 2013: The democratic process just needs updating. In an age of portable communication devices, it's time to give the voting public more say more often.
Ticking a box every few years is laughable to me. It does nothing to improve the policies and behaviour of politicians and their parties.
Considering that we live, not in an information age but a propaganda age, it's not surprising that lies, half-truths and slick T-shirt sized slogans rule the lead up to elections. They just need your tick and then they can forget about you until the next election.
It's my opinion that the general media should be banned from reporting anything other than bald, boring facts leading into elections. In New Zealand, our mainstream media is so biased, sensationalist and soft that they only make a bad situation worse.
Some serious changes have happened recently in NZ and the current government couldn't care less about the people. They have made changes that fundamentally oppose the historical character of this country (in my opinion) and it has gone beyond Red vs Blue or Left vs Right and into the realm that George Orwell warned us about 60 years ago.
Paul Lillebo
Aug 27 2013: Not dying, of course, but quite sick. Though I would say it's still as "democratic" as any other country, which isn't saying much. One of our chief problems is with the political parties, which have forgotten how to work together. Goal number one for each party seems to be to damage the other party, rather than the good of the country. Toss both parties out of Congress and vote for independents.Aug 27 2013: Nothing will change until the structure itself is changed. Modern day "representative" democracy's top-down structure is only slightly different from the monarchies, aristocracies, military juntas, dictatorships and priesthoods that democracy was supposed to replace.
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As long as small groups of individuals promoting their own open or hidden agendas - namely political parties and the backroom deal makers that control the parties - are able to seize control of the political decision making process of nations we will never see an end to the sort of arrogant, self-righteous and small minded governance that has becomes the norm in modern day politics.
Direct Democracy and Participatory Democracy eliminates the top down hierarchy and creates a level playing field which puts the decision making squarely in the hands of those who are to be governed. DD and PD are the best alternatives we have to these top down hierarchies if, in fact, we are really interested in improving and promoting democracy.
But a direct and participatory system of decision making means we - the voters - have to become informed and involved in the issues, the discussions and the decision making. Yes it can be a time consuming, annoying and often frustrating process but that is the PRICE of democracy.
Otherwise we should just shut up and accept the abuse of office that is also the norm of modern day politics because we are simply too lazy or too indifferent to care. .
Aug 28 2013: Direct democracy and participatory democracy? Direct, participatory democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for supper.
Direct participation would in no way force people to become informed or even to participate, unless done at gunpoint. Most people will either not bother or will "participate" on their whims and opinions.
Ted Blair
Aug 2 2013: It's been a long way like that, I'm unafraid. It's hard to know what to call it inevitably - plutocracy, oligarchy, victim of globalization... you'll never know a true answer to that as long as you don't have the knowledge of how the government works as a whole, thoroughly.
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Assuming that it's a plutocracy, I'd still say that it's better than the alternative. Want to know why? Let me quote Winston Churchill - "Talk with the average voter for five minutes"
And another thought from a Finnish philosopher Esko Valtaoja; "God help us from direct democracy, where on occasions we can have Idols-vote for turf production or immigrant laws - decide for things, which most of us do not have a slightest clue about, but have even more opinions than that"
That being said - I find that there's two layers to the "problem" you're describing. First layer is that your average vote doesn't really matter. As for that, I largely agree - I would never lay a vote for anyone, knowing that the vote might have large consequences that I'd be unaware of at that moment. As people, we have to accept that we can't be deciding about things we don't understand anything about.
The second layer, however, is not that simple. The reason why we can't know why politicians can't control anything is "hidden", simply to put it. It lacks transparency. There's a whole bunch of guesses why we came to this point. However, Susan Strange had great arguments pointing towards economical globalization which unfortunately is impossible to regulate. I'd recommend reading some of her books, such as Casino Capitalism. Also, she is not a low-profile economist. Many would argue that she is one of the biggest figures in modern global economics.Aug 2 2013: I agree Jah! As a species, I believe we are stubbornly and egotistically no longer adaptable to changing circumstances and as such, are doomed to failure, sad to say. The plutocracy feels psychologically superior and refuses to see what harm they are doing to our planet.
Aug 2 2013: M-L Reifschneider
I suppose us old farts have to remind the young ones.
Of the worth and dignity of all Americans.
The weak oversight by our "Elected Congress" has overpaid
a Military - who deals in brute force - and who has persecuted
"non-stop pre-emptive wars" upon other nations shores for such a
long period of time now, 73+ years.
Once, that which was American Military Forces may have soured
from so many years of settling arguments with brute force.
They may have lost prospective on the worth of Americans and the
proper social and political system under which They and We should live.
73+ years of being on someone else's lands, doing and taking by Might
what was someone else's by Right.
Have they reached the stage of being a Threat instead of a Protection?Aug 2 2013: As a world leader the US and it's corrupt morals became the example many countries tried to copy. Also, it was very interesting to learn how many small countries (such as Italy, Greece etc.) were intentionally sold our many bad derivatives in order to prop up their financial situations; only to later suffer the little anticipated consequences. Thus, we have brought the rest of the globe down with us. Thanks for your views.
Aug 2 2013: M-L Reifschneider
Let us not forget that Bernie Madoff was central to those sales
with his little Ponzi scheme, and has paid with 250 years of his life,
while his world-wide sales force got away with little more than a slap
on their wrists. His son got 10 years in the slammer.
Today, Goldman Sachs' non-stop Public Relations, with a bit of
Warren Buffett's help, have been creating 500 new small businesses
world-wide, and have effectively hidden their responsibility for having
milked AIG's $160 Billion Dollar bailout, and starting the mess.
Henry Paulson, former Treasury Secretary, who brought the financial
crisis to the Congress and suggested a bail-out of the Too Big to Fail
or Prosecute Wall Street Banks, got a cool $1 Billion, all for his own
Corporation. Burp !!!
Historically, for 2,000 years now, It is about every 50 to 60 years that
the Banks cook the books and take their profits. Like clockwork.
Read your History. It is all there. Tic Tock
Jah Kable
Aug 2 2013: We are doomed as a species because of our ignorance to what we are doing to the planet. Regardless of being a superior species or not, we are smart enough to see the effects of our actions yet we can't accept it. We are not superior in my opinion. We're still barbarians, we just have better toys now.
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Aug 2 2013: Jah Kable
I wouldn't say doomed, but you're close.
If the Warm Up doesn't kill us all off, the Banks will try to by lending
our geographical governments war toy monies, and bribes of
lobsters, wines, women, and song. (and a bit of gold here and there)
Frank Barry
Aug 1 2013: M-L Reifschneider
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Make it a game. Someone will just have to look
I only want to point out one thing. The Memo to the employees of Microsoft.
Earlier last month, July, the CEO of Microsoft created a shakeup, demoting
most managerial staff and replacing the President.
The CEO gave a speech. He sent a memo to employees.
Within that memo he described two classes of customers. One people, the other,
spy surveillance agencies. He did not call them that.
Find the word he used.
Follow that memo thread to the actual threat. It is not hard to find, and it exists.
When you find the website, the government's warning of 'not to enter'
might interest you.
I point this out to those of you who wish to investigate. I have made this a bit
ambiguous on purpose. If you have little interest, you will not care.
But, those intelligent inquisitive readers might.
pat gilbert
Aug 1 2013: Yes and Yes.
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It is nothing more than cronyism that is the problem. Everything else is irrelevant.
Aug 3 2013: Our survival as species is hardly irrelevant.
Aug 3 2013: The prime directive of every individual is to survive.
The only time they deviate is when government coerces them to deviate.
Aug 3 2013: Exception...terrorists.Aug 3 2013: Terrorists work for the survival of their cultureAug 27 2013: re-reading your comment...I apologize you are correct Paul. My thoughts lead me elsewhere.
I guess it's a whole lot easier to believe there is truth in these quick snippets. Are we lazy, disheartened or maybe your are correct... easily lead. Frightening!
I still hold fast to the idea of getting rid of the electoral college! thanks Paul!
Aug 28 2013: Mary,
the electoral college is the last vestige of our constitution still holding on. Once that is gone, The Federal Government will be supreme and it will be the end of our constitutional republic. The Romans surrendered their republic to the Senate and the Emperors and look how that turned out..Aug 24 2013: Young people see a plutocracy. Old codgers see an ochlocracy.Aug 5 2013: lol! How about will we destroy the planert?Aug 5 2013: From one old curmudgeon to one old codger.... why should we care? America has been through worse and came out the other side as America. We should be concerned with real problems like... will these new Depends keep us from wetting ourselves and be seen in public.
Aug 27 2013: LOL Mike! you "old codgers" work very hard getting us through all of these struggles. Mike, I wonder in your life time, was the person who won the game acquiring the most dollars the only person who had a shot at a political contest? was it a time when "we the people" really meant all of us and your voices were heard and made a difference? was it a time when a high school diploma was an assurance of procuring work to support a middle class way of life? was it a time when health insurance was not a necessity to remain healthy? Did you frequent the hardware store on the corner and knew of the family that owned it? did you all feel optimism in the air that this system was working and hope was alive? I wonder? thanks again Mike , enjoy and be well!Aug 4 2013: 1. Not sure if it is dying, it is changing how, not sure.
2. Believe that the tea party republicans are listening to those that elected them and this is causing a major problem in Congress. It is when politicians make compromises and not listen to their constituents. Mark Twain said "When you are with the majority, it is time to change"
3. The US has never been a democracy bur a democratic republic and we have always been lead by a plutocracy. Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, FDR, etc. have come from the upper tier of society. I would say this was true of all our leaders.
Aug 4 2013: Good point!Aug 27 2013: "upper tier"? Not the case with Lincoln, Jackson, Obama, and a number of other presidents.
Aug 28 2013: http://247wallst.com/banking-finance/2010/05/17/the-net-worth-of-the-american-presidents-washington-to-obama/
Jackson - 1804 became a large plantation owner in Tenn. and was considered to be part of the elite.
Lincoln - 1841 became a lawyer and formed his own partnership in 1842. A major customer for his practice was the Illinois Railroads. He presented before the Illinois Supreme Court 175 times. His wife was wealth.
Obama - by the released Income Tax forms made 3.3 million the year before becoming president. Punahou School is considered the most expensive private school in Hawaii and was only white until the 1960's
Aug 28 2013: OK, Wayne, I guess I misunderstood you. You were illustrating "plutocracy" by saying that our presidents "have come from the upper tier of society." That usually means from socially prominent families. But I see you just meant that the poor-man's sons I mentioned had worked their way up and thereby had become prominent and "the upper tier."
So yes, that's true, of course. All presidents have naturally arrived at some eminence before being elected president. That seems to go without saying. If you or I work smart and have success, become famous and get elected president, I don't think we'd call that a plutocracy. That refers to rule by hereditary wealthy families.Aug 28 2013: Yup, and I probably did not state it well.Aug 4 2013: Thanks for your optimistic viewpoint. Taking your theory to it's conclusion, what will happen hen our so-called "educated citizens" no longer agree with their electors? Has this not already happened? I.e. the public approval of Congress has never been so low yet nothing seems to change.Aug 4 2013: no its not dying. we are just waking up to the fact that this is how the business in government has been done for years. we are no longer a nation of people who are easily fooled. A population of educated citizens is a danger to our electives officials . Not only are we far more educated, we have access to others voices, opinions, ideas, view points not only in our county but, an entire world. The age of self-serving electives is slowly (way to slowly)but surely coming to and era I wish we never be visited again.
Aug 27 2013: We are not "people who are easily fooled"?
The evidence points to the opposite conclusion.
The fact that the biggest spender almost always wins US elections, the fact that bumper stickers, glib stump speeches and mindless 15 second TV spots actually work and sway voters, all point to an electorate that's easily led. Far from having the education necessary to make a success of the difficult enterprise that democracy is, the education of most US voters has not taught them to distinguish good argument from bunkum. A well-educated voter is not affected - except negatively - by a candidate's effort to sway him/her with empty rhetoric, but examines the issues with care, immune to variations in campaign spending. We don't have that electorate, and it will be a long time before we do.
Aug 27 2013: Thanks for reply Paul. No we aren't fooled. This political machine has grown so huge, so antiquated. let's start by getting ride of the middle guy, the electoral college
Aug 27 2013: Perhaps we just don't have the same definition of "fooled."Aug 3 2013: I'm not an unhappy person. Just disappointed in our government's lack of leadership in the past few decades and hate to see our great nation falling so far below others; it's a shame but we seem to be in a definite decline where politicians are NOT listening to their constituents anywhere.Aug 3 2013: No, it's not dying. Elected officials have to listen to their electors because most of them want to be reelected. No it's not ruled by a plutocracy, although I would say almost by definition part of being a successful person is that you're more influential than less successful people, but this comes from hard work.
I think a big part of the problem is some people have problems in their life and they want government to magically fix them all for them. Fixing problems takes a lot of work and it's not government's job to do alone, we all have to work on the problems and help fix them.
Why did you start this conversation, M-L? What are you unhappy about? Is it a problem you expect government to fix for you? Is it fair to put it all on government?
Aug 3 2013: greg dahlen 30+
I wonder if the elected officials do more than merely
read press releases created by their staffs.
Our US Government cannot fix life or health problems.
They've instead created a vast welfare system as pressured by minority's needs,
and a sympathetic majority.
Otherwise ineligible, the minority's corrupted by laze, alcohol, drugs, kleptomania,
and poor regulation, allowed welfare employees, using sub-contracted medical doctors
to blindly endorse applications.
..These blind endorsements, never before brought to light has changed this US
government into a welfare failure.
I've railed against 73+ years of US government's "Warfare" policies.
But the "Welfare" policies are just as bad.
I think it is "more than just fair" to put it all on government.
Elected Officials spend 20 and 30 years in High Office.
One would wonder what they do there?Aug 4 2013: If one truly knows the facts surrounding the work schedules of most electors, it becomes adamantly clear that very few of them work very hard. First, Congress is "out of session" several times a year. these "vacations are meant to be spent speaking with their constituents when in fact, they are usually spent in various junkets, parties and re-election campaign fund-raising. Maybe we need campaign finance reform or some such but not very realistic. Even most aides admit that Congressmen rarely have the time to read proposed bills before they vote on them. Is this not what we are paying them to do? Yet, they seem to be doing nothing but fighting amongst themselves. Why?
Aug 4 2013: How often is Congress out of session? How do you know what Congresspeople do when they're out of session, I would think they do a mix that includes some of the things you mention but also other things, like talking to their constituents. I don't fault Congresspeople for not reading all the bills they vote on, I would imagine they have a massive amount of paperwork to deal with. M-L, you cannot say they do nothing but fight among themselves, they do that, but, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, they do the business of the government.
Aug 4 2013: Greg, I'm sorry but this has not been my experience, nor supported by the facts.Aug 4 2013: Sorry, M-L, what has not been your experience, I put three or four different points in there.Aug 3 2013: Any sources for this information?Aug 3 2013: 1) Is the US civilization dying? Yes. As are all living organisms from amoebas to nations. 2) Is the US being ruled by a plutocracy? Yes. It has been so since the banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve Bank* took control shortly after its secret formation 23 years before you, M-L, were born. 3) Is mankind doomed by its own arrogance? No. Godlessness is Man's fatal error. *QUOTE: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property-- until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."--Thomas Jefferson, 1802
Aug 3 2013: Thanks Edward for your answers and quote. Where does the Rothschild family fit in?
Aug 3 2013: Salomon; James; Nathan; Alphonse; Kalmann; and Amschel each participated in the creation of debt by financing war which they then used to create more war, etc., etc. ad infinitum.Aug 4 2013: i would argue the plutocracy started much earlier, like the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution,
In the Panic of 1907, JP Morgan acted like the Federal Reserve.
Aug 5 2013: "The early presidents nearly all attended college; most were lawyers or generals or both. Those facts alone would place them in the top economic tier since in 1800 there were perhaps a dozen colleges in the entire country, and perhaps just 1% of early Americans attended." --Prof. Jeffrey Passley, U. of Missouri.
Quote from Forbes magazine: "Although it is difficult to compare wealth across historical periods, these ten presidents (listed in order of service) were considered rich by the standards of their day:
President Term
George Washington 1789 to 1797
Thomas Jefferson 1801 to 1809
Andrew Jackson 1829 to 1837
Zachary Taylor 1849 to 1850
Theodore Roosevelt 1901 to 1909
Herbert Hoover 1929 to 1933
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933 to 1945
John F. Kennedy 1961 to 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 to 1969
George W. Bush 2001 to present .
Only 10 from Washinton to Bush were "wealthy". Does that statistic indicate a plutocracy? I don't think so. Always follow the money. . . . on planet Earth that means follow the Federal Reserve System.
Aug 5 2013: given that the rich controlled congress and the presidency and in many cases the supreme court, isn't that a plutocracy?Aug 5 2013: RE: "Given that the rich. . . ". You calling it "given" does not make it true. I do not know that the rich controlled all three branches of government prior to the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank. The Jefferson quote above does not strike you as prophetic? In a plutocracy everyone, including the CEO, reports to the CFO. The world's CFO is the Federal Reserve System. Only in that sense is America a plutocracy. In Civics 101 textbooks the US is (rightfully) not called a plutocracy.
Aug 5 2013: 1. The Federal Reserve was created in 1913 in response to 22 bank recessions/depressions from 1836-1910, especially the panic of 1907. In 183, Andrew Jackson closed the 2nd national bank, ending the Bank Wars. Admittedly, the power of the Federal Reserve was increased after 1933 to prevent another Depression.
2. Look at the Gilded Age of the Robber Barons and how much they controlled the economy, the government - possibly even more than today - JP Morgan, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller - their workers were marched to the voting booths and their ballots checked by the foremen to make sure they voted correctly.
3. I take what is written in textbooks, especially k-12 and freshman courses with a grain of salt. I kept one of my history books which stated the 1st major defeat of the Axis was El Alamein. The battle of the Coral Sea was in May 1942, the battle of Midway was in June, 1942, and the battle of the El Alamein was in July, 1942.
Interesting book: More Powerful than Dynamite - it is about the bombing in July 4, 1914 and the plutocratic rule of the Rockefeller's in New York.Aug 5 2013: RE: "1. The federal reserve was created. . . ". I fear you and I are in a race to get the last word here. I willingly give the honor to you. Use it in good health and make it count! I have no more evidence to support the fact that the US is not a plutocracy so I will not respond further. Thanks for your views sir.
Aug 5 2013: i was about to suggest we agree to disagree - 8>))
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Aug 3 2013: Yup.
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But you also started the Occupy Movement, which could be a light at the end of that tunnel ...
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Aug 3 2013: Let me list just two sentences about the two branches of our current government:
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The majority of our members of Congress took the priority of their voting as follows:
First priority: Their own party affiliation,
Second Priority: The welfare of their own states, not necessarily of its citizens,
The welfare and the RIGHTS of all citizens in the nation are placed way down the list of priorities.
President Obama's fiscal and foreign policies are almost parallel to that of President Jimmy Carter, but on a larger scale in terms of wastages.
Aug 3 2013: I see government and the President as merely executors of the plutocracy. We no longer have a democracy when our electors no longer do as their constituents wish and merely ignore them. Even Congressional aides say that members of Congress rarely know what they are voting on; reading the bills is too time consuming.
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Aug 5 2013: Haha, Not only the members of Congress didn't spend much of their time to READ the proposed bills, they also didn't spend too much time to WRITE their proposal either, that's why the Affordable Care Act, with 2000+ pages, has been found many holes of impractical rules in it, and now it is falling apart considered by many people.Aug 2 2013: I thank you for your thoughtful input and interesting thoughts. Agree that the average voter has no knowledge of most subjects and certainly not enough to intelligently vote on. However, I must say that I find most politicians are even more ignorant, if that is possible! Historians say that democracy may be the best form of government but it has one serious inherent weakness: it starts out on a moral foundation but with time, inevitably ends up having a materialistic foundation, which causes corruption and inevitable decline. I believe we are currently in this last stage and only riots and revolution may bring about change. What are your thoughts regarding the Rothschild family financially ruling the globe for centuries?
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Aug 3 2013: Historians say that democracy is the best form of government? Now that's strange, considering that direct democracy only existed for awhile in Athens and even in there, it wasn't really that direct as we understand democracy these days.
Same goes to dictatorships - there's one occasion in history where dictatorship worked out really well.
Either way, the greatest flaw of democracy is that it often leads to oligarchy or plutocracy. Especially now, since democracy is led by ideology (hegemony).
About Rothschild, I wouldn't know. I do understand that they exist, but god knows how much power they actually have and how much power they use. It's a matter of lack of transparency, these questions can't be answered if nobody shows us exactly what's going on. But if someone did show us what's going on, we wouldn't be necessarily fit to handle the truth. Or many wouldn't. There's a lot of people who still believe in democracy, in the right to vote... these people might get hurt badly if the truth happens to be inconveniently bad for them; that their vote never mattered and those slackers who didn't vote... were right.
Sadly, though, it's always been like this. For such entities to not exist... we would need something else than democracy or perhaps we would need to tailor democracy into something that can protect from such entities.
Aug 3 2013: Perhaps you're correct. Even if I think back to to the US's early days, women and slaves weren't allowed to vote. However, I disagree that our country is being ruled by dogma...I think it's being ruled by selfish greed, i.e. money.Aug 2 2013: M-L Reifschneider
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Aug 2 2013: You are fascinating in your mysteriousness. Read all your past comments and you are an enigma for sure. Very intriguing as it suggests someone either brilliant or bordering on the insane but I agree with you that I am indeed sadly "swimming in the solution".
Aug 2 2013: Haha. I'm an average blue collar turdball. Nothing else.Aug 2 2013: I have read his whole speech and the only thing which stands out for me is the mention of an "evangelical team". But I believe you.Aug 2 2013: Except that a lot of this so-called "demand" is propaganda, excellent advertising and built on a lot of hot air...dreams and schemes. "These things of value" are often artificially "created" and have no lasting value.Aug 2 2013: The history of the Rothchild's in all this financial chess-playing, is also incredulous.Aug 2 2013: As the rest of the world now sees us, the answer would have to be YES.Aug 2 2013: Disaster for the U.S. is not the same as for the whole world. Our dry rot or dead wood is more or less than many countries. ;This is something that happens from time to time. Returning to a meritocracy would be good but our elections and campaign funding make that unlikely.Aug 1 2013: Pat, How about the love of money and power?
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Aug 2 2013: You could have the worst case of avarice in the world that will not make you a dime more.
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Admittedly it is debatable with some of the Wall St investment banks like Goldman Sachs, but the fact is that they have some redeeming qualities. E.G. Michael Milken was considered very greedy but the fact of the matter is that he created a huge number of jobs by utilizing under utilized capital to finance companies that would not have been able to get financing otherwise these companies include MCI, Turner Broadcasting, Steve Wynn.
It does not matter how greedy you are, it matters that you create something of value that someone is willing to exchange for which Milken did despite all the conjecture otherwise.
Aug 2 2013: Your point only serves to those who are foolish enough to call greedy people as a problem overall. Your point, however, does not serve anything in the big picture. If you're going to argue against something based on one example, well, it won't convince anyone who is smart.
With that, I'd might as well talk about Cyrus the Great and totalitarianism. Seems like living under his rule wasn't that bad, seeing as among the first things he did in newly conquered cities, was an establishment of rule that didn't allow slavery.
And your final line... You know, anything can have a value if you make people believe that it has a value to them. Take a look at iphones for example - why do so many people have them, despite the fact that they use them as phones and mp3-players mostly? Sure, some browse the internet, but the rest? You're basically paying 500-600 bucks for something that works as a phone and mp3 player, whereas you could get both for a lot cheaper or a lot cheaper phone that is designed to be an effective mp3-player with a lot of memory. And within that deal, you most likely get also a more durable phone.
It seems to be more of an ideology.
Aug 2 2013: Yes clearly you have a much more profound understanding, and i don't have any idea what I'm talking about. Have a nice dayAug 3 2013: See, I just find it funny how some people offer an answer to everything which you seem to be doing. Waving that magic word "cronyism" everywhere. See this referrence;
"I found that those of my friends who were admirers of Marx, Freud, and Adler, were impressed by a number of points common to these theories, and especially by their apparent explanatory power. These theories appear to be able to explain practically everything that happened within the fields to which they referred. The study of any of them seemed to have the effect of an intellectual conversion or revelation, open your eyes to a new truth hidden from those not yet initiated. Once your eyes were thus opened you saw confirmed instances everywhere: the world was full of verifications of the theory. Whatever happened always confirmed it. Thus its truth appeared manifest; and unbelievers were clearly people who did not want to see the manifest truth; who refuse to see it, either because it was against their class interest, or because of their repressions which were still "un-analyzed" and crying aloud for treatment."
-Karl Popper
Though, those people that Karl Popper mentioned... they usually did more than just weave magic words that seem to solve everything, because their idea is so convenient. Or at least, so does the average human mind perceive.


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Not entirely sure where to start here as a lot went haywire in your post.
We'll start off with Griffin. I've never insinuated that Griffin was an elite player. Ever. Not since he's been at Baylor.
As a matter of fact, I've always viewed Tannehill as the better NFL quarterback prospect. Griffin is the better college player - Tannehill projects better to the NFL. But that don't make him a franchise quarterback. Hell, I knew Chad Henne projected better to the NFL than Pat White did, but that didn't mean I viewed Henne as a franchise quarterback. It's a matter of taking the prospect's floor into account based on fundamentals rather than ceiling based in upside.
There's 5 elite talents in this draft. Luck, Richardson, Claiborne, DeCastro, and Kuechly. There's another tier of prospects just below this that fall into a borderline elite category.
One or more of those 5 elite talents will be available for Miami at #8. Riley Reiff doesn't belong in either of those categories so I'm not sure where you're going with that one.
Nor am I nitpicking Ryan Tannehill, I'm evaluating him... and I do based on a set of fundamentals both within the system he played in, and a seperate set of fundamentals that validate his potential. There's nothing being ignored, that I'll guarantee you.
BPA is not reaching for need, it's acquiring talent. If I feel like a player is a franchise quarterback, I won't pass him up. I don't consider every college kid that the talking heads hype up as franchise material as being precisely that. Most of it is driven by marketing groups and sports agents.... that's how you end up with Blaine Gabberts coming off the board early, when I know damn well better than to subscribe to that.
The draft isn't about value, it's about acquiring TALENT, particularly in the top 10 of the draft. A quarterback is only as valuable as his skillset makes him. An average quarterback prospect isn't worth more than an elite talent at less valuable position.
The problem is a lot of people go from one extreme to the other among "playing it safe" and "showing some stones". They miss all of the space in between.
Michael Floyd isn't Brandon Marshall all over again. One of the biggest components of running a WCO is having a receiver who can immediately defeat the jam at the LOS in order to get the 3-step passing game going. There's no receiver in this draft better at that than Michael Floyd. If they want him at #8, it's a better pick than reaching for Tannehill.
The people making the decisions should absolutely take Ryan Tannehill in the top 10 if they're convinced for some reason that he's a franchise quarterback. Hell, they better take Barrett Trotter or a one-legged rodeo clown in the top 10 if they're convinced he's a franchise quarterback.
My point is, I'm not conviced he's a franchise quarterback. Therefore I'd pass and feel pretty good about this one. It has nothing to do with what they're subject to do.
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Big Bobber® Floating Cooler
Holds up to 12 cans for pool, beach or picnics.
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- Holds up to 12 cans with ice
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- Insulated to stay cool for hours
The Big Bobber Floating Cooler is designed to hold 12 cans with ice. Fishermen won't believe their eyes when they see this giant bobbing in the water… just waiting for someone to reel in a cool beverage! Built-in top handle makes carrying easy. The perfect gift for a sports enthusiast or that someone who has everything.
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University of Utah - Rice-Eccles Stadium
This panorama, taken by Christopher Gjevre, features the Utah Utes football team doing battle with a co-conference opponent at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Considered one of the most beautiful stadiums in the country, Rice-Eccles Stadium opened on September 12, 1998, employs state-of-the-art technology and served as the main stadium for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Utes football program has received national attention in recent years for winning bowl games in 2005 and again in 2009 and were undefeated in both of those regular seasons. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, U of U was established in 1850 and is Utah's oldest institution of higher education.
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Event Type: Computer Literacy & Training
Age Group(s): Adult Program
Date: 10/11/2012
Start Time: 11:15 AM
End Time: 12:15 PM
Open to adults. Registration required & begins two weeks before each session. Computer skills workshop course where students learn basic skills to navigate the Internet.Library: Atlantic County Library System / Galloway Township Branch Map
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Harmonica players. "The harmonica company hot 100 player list."
Who are the best harmonica players in the world ? Here, we have added 100 of the worlds best harmonica players,old and new from all musical genres.The list represents our own personal opinion of who we believe are the top 100 harmonica players that you should hear.
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Victoria L. "Vicki" Caros, age 61, of Johnsonburg, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 at Pinecrest Manor of St. Marys after a short illness.
She was born Sept. 7, 1949 in Brookville, daughter of James Clifford, deceased, and Jeanne (Fredericks) Clifford, who survives in Daguscahonda.
A homemaker and Catholic by faith, she loved animals and pets. She enjoyed volunteering her time to help neighbors and friends, and lived most of her life in the Ridgway and Johnsonburg area.
Besides her mother, Jeanne (Fredericks) Clifford of Daguscahonda, she is survived by an ex-husband, Leonard Caros of New York; six children, Christopher Caros of New York, Anthony Caros of Delaware, Katherine Schmitt of New York, Sally Healy of New York, Robert Clark of Johnsonburg and Kara Biel of Wilcox; one brother, Jeff Clifford of Ridgway; and two sisters, Jolene Krise of Ridgway and Linda Murphy of Florida.
Besides her father, James Clifford, she is predeceased by one brother-in-law, Gene Murphy.
Friends will be welcomed at the Ubel Funeral Home from 9–10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the Ubel Funeral Home, Johnsonburg, PA with Father David Wilson.
Interment will be in Newton Cemetery in Emporium.
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|Women's Cross Country » News » Schedule » Roster » Coaches » Statistics
October 30, 2010
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Oct. 30, 2010) - Senior Ben Ronoh (Sotik, Kenya) capped off his final Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championship appearance with a fourth-place finish Saturday morning, as he finished the 8K race with a time of 24:45 at Milliken Research Park, located in Spartanburg, S.C.
October 29, 2010
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Oct. 29, 2010) - The first Atlantic Sun Conference Champions of the 2010-11 academic year will be decided on Saturday as the conference's top runners head to Spartanburg, S.C., for the Cross Country Championships.
October 16, 2010
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Oct. 16, 2010) - Coming off a disappointing performance two weeks ago in Charlotte, senior Ben Ronoh (Sotik, Kenya) bounced back in a big way, as the Buccaneer runner placed second overall at the USC Upstate Invitational Saturday afternoon, located Milliken Research Park.
October 02, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Oct. 1, 2010) - Senior Caitlyn Epps (Cookeville, Tenn.) continued to build on her stellar cross country season as the Lady Buccaneer runner set a personal best Friday evening at the Charlotte Invitational from McAlpine Park.
September 18, 2010
BOONE, N.C. (Sept. 17, 2010) - For the second consecutive meet seniors Ben Ronoh (Sotik, Kenya) and Caitlyn Epps (Cookeville, Tenn.) led the ETSU cross country teams across the finish line, as the Bucs posted a solid showing Friday evening at the Mountaineer Open in Boone, N.C.
September 16, 2010
BOONE, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2010) - For the second straight meet, the ETSU men's and women's cross country teams will race on the Don Kennedy Trails as the Buccaneers gear up for the Mountaineer Open Friday evening in Boone, N.C.
September 04, 2010
BOONE, N.C. (Sept. 3, 2010) - Senior ETSU cross country standout Caitlyn Epps (Cookeville, Tenn.) picked up right where she left off from a year ago, as the Cookeville, Tenn. native led the Lady Bucs across the finish line at the Covered Bridge Open Friday evening in Boone, N.C.
September 02, 2010
BOONE, N.C. (Sept. 2, 2010) - After training hard all summer, the ETSU men's and women's cross country teams are set to gear up for its season opener as the Buccaneers compete in the 2010 Covered Bridge Open Friday evening in Boone, N.C.
August 19, 2010
MACON, Ga. (Aug. 19, 2010) - With the official start of the cross country season set to begin in two and a half weeks, the Atlantic Sun Conference released its preseason coaches poll Wednesday afternoon and the Buccaneer men were tabbed third, while the women were tenth.
July 28, 2010
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 27, 2010) - With preseason training set to begin next month for the ETSU Cross Country team, head coach Dave Walker and his staff released the Bucs' 2010 schedule Tuesday afternoon....
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Where will the disruptions in mobile innovation arise over the next five years? How will they change consumer and employee behaviour? What business opportunities will result? What can companies do to take advantage of these disruptions? How do they fit into broader market trends now driving the technology sector?
Answering these kinds of questions requires not just a keen understanding of the evolutionary curve of the enabling technologies, but a broader framework for analysing mobile innovation quantitatively and qualitatively. With the goal of providing business leaders early warnings about coming disruptions and actionable intelligence about new opportunities, PwC introduces its Mobile Innovations Forecast (MIF), a three-part framework for analysing and understanding mobile innovation. The three parts are:
The three parts will be explored in periodic articles on this Web site in the months ahead. We expect that examining, analysing and forecasting mobile innovation along these lines will shed light on the interdependencies that are otherwise cloaked by the unorganised daily stream of innovation announcements.
Mobile innovations forecast
The evolution of mobility
First handhled cell phone developed
First flip phone developed that fits in a shirt pocket
First handheld GPS enters mass production
First mass produced GSM phone and first "candy bar" form factor
First touch screen developed
Forerunner of first modern smartphone appears
Fist cellphone with built-in camera released
First touchscreen released
Bluetooth technology appears in mobile devices
Cell phone developed to be a PDA and access emails
The first wi-fi handheld game console released
Thinnest clamshell cell phone featuring mini USB is released
First tablet to feature a stylus screen
First smartphone to replace a keypad with mulit-touch screen and first direct app store access
First wi-fi enabled. touchscreen tablet to find success with consumers
First smartphone that has artificial intelligence, voice recognition and internet search
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kiwis, peeled and diced
Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces
1 pound
2 tablespoons
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
1/2 tablespoon
SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend
3 tablespoons
fruit preserves, any flavor
10 (10 inch)
flour tortillas
butter flavored cooking spray
Cinnamon Mixture:
1 cup
SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
2 teaspoons
ground cinnamon
Wow! This needs to come with a warning: Highly Addictive! This was a beautiful combination of colors and flavors. And, what's great about this is it's low fat and good for you too. No matter what assortment of fresh fruit you use it's bound to be good so use your favorites and use the recipe as a guide. I used a combination of apples, strawberries, peaches, and kiwi. I left out the sugar as the fruit has enough of that on it's own. For the preserves, I chose seedless raspberry. For the cinnamon chips I used reduced fat tortillas and cut them with a pizza cutter which made things a lot easier. I sprayed them with butter flavored Pam and sprinkled them with the cinnamon sugar. I baked them at 350 for 8 minutes flipped them and baked them for another 7 minutes. They were crispy, sweet and delicious - next time I would double the amount because they went fast. This got a lot of compliments not only for taste, but for creativity. I'll definitely make this again - great recipe!
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EVERYONE (meaning all ten of us) LOVED this. The fruit was amazing together...I added some, but I know it would have been good all on its own according to the recipe. The tortilla chips were really good and kept well in the refrigerator. We were able to eat this for dessert two nights in a row because it made so much. My son (6) and niece (5) helped make the tortilla chips; it was a great experience for them and myself...but very messy. haha. Would recommend to anyone looking for a healthier desert or snack for family, friends, or party.
made with my family's fav fruit picks. pineapple/apple/strawberrys n blueberrys. left out all sugars n perserves. the chips used were wheat/tofu tortillas.. everyone loved them n never knew they were healthy. cinnamon mixture was only with 1 tblsp of raw sugar. left overs if any used on oatmeal/pancakes.
Loved this salsa!
This was excellent. I made it for my mother to take to a senior function and all her friends LOVED it!
Excuse me while I bury my face in these chips...
A friend brought this to our house and I demanded the recipe. If you're on a diet, this delicious dish will have you thankful you're cutting back!
fantastic idea! ideal for a sweet treat and extremely easy. i've made this a few times and each time everyone was pleased and amazed at how simple. very refreshing on a hot day!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips
Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 299
Calories from Fat: 53
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Ijust decided to turn on the jet/giants game and am in the second quarter and all i can say is thank god we havent looked this bad. The jets are just pathedic. That int by sanchez was straight garbage, no pressure, just a typical sanchez throw. Thankful that ryan hasnt looked that bad. I know its only the 2nd pre season game but by now your 1st team should be showing something, not run over 100 plays and still not able to score a td.
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I want to measure sometimes the real runtime of a program for a certain task (which can be hours).
Think of an video encoding program or a huge source compilation or a defragmentation
of a whole partition or a duplicate search through all partitons of x GB.
All these programs run for hours. What I want to do now is to start the program in the evening
and let it run during the night.
When the actual work ends the total time which was necessary for this
task should be logged.
In order to compare different settings or multiple programs I would like to know the time
which was needed by the prorgam.
Keep in mind that the progam is still running but with a CPU usage
of 0 or close to 0.
I would appreciate a utility function which monitor the CPU usage and the hard disc accesses.
When I ends for lets say more than 1 minutes it should be assumed that the program had finished its work.
Is it possible to include such a function in ProcessTamer?
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Tests and reviews for the lens Pentax smc DA Star 55mm F1.4 SDM
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To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Although the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs have now been replaced by the Pentax K-3, we've analyzed the two models with a range of lenses from both Pentax and third-party makers and thought the results would be of interest to our readers. The information is available online but we taken the opportunity to offer a brief overview of the best performing models. Read on to see how well the lenses perform together on the two cameras.
With an external design in keeping with the firm's highly regarded 'Limited' range of premium quality lenses, this model is an affordable alternative within the range and the equivalent to a moderate telephoto with the angle of view of a 75mm, when mounted on a APS-C body. Read on to see how well it performed when mounted on the Pentax K5 body.
The beauty of bokeh – the aesthetic quality of a blur – is often admired by photographers and image enthusiasts alike. Some images with high bokeh resemble hybrid art – one part impressionist painting, one part photographic genius.
These dream-like pictures are largely produced using lenses with really wide apertures, lenses like the Pentax smc DA Star 55mm f/1.4 SDM.
The Pentax smc DA Star 55mm f/1.4 SDM is a prime standard lens that allows users to dream up pictures with incredible artistic aesthetics thanks largely to its medium focal length and extra wide aperture of f/1.4. The latter also gives it a leg up in dark conditions. But how does the lens compare to similar Pentax lenses, or similar pieces of glass made by its rivals?