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Android smartphone profits fall to a new low as Apple's iOS dominates
Android smartphone profits fall, as Apple continues to celebrate.
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Apple's iPhone overtakes Android in the US for the first time since 2012
In the U.S., Apple's iPhone leads -- for now, anyway.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| February 4
Android fragmentation runs amok, while 91 percent now use iOS 7
To date, there have been 18,796 distinct Android-based devices seen in 2014.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| August 22
Google's Android and Apple's iOS continue to dominate the smartphone market
Android and iOS continue to represent most of the smartphone market.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| August 14
Enterprise continues to embrace iOS, Apple
Apple's iOS continues to lead the enterprise market by large margins.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| August 12
For the first time, Apple iOS usage slips below Google Android
Android usage worldwide is No. 1 for the first time.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| August 4
In Europe, Samsung's Galaxy S5 Comes In Behind Apple's iPhone
It looks like Samsung's Galaxy S5 is no match for the iPhone in Europe.
Joe White
| July 2
One In Five Apps Is Soon Abandoned, But This Is An Improvement
One in five apps is abandoned after being used once.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| June 11
Forget Samsung: Jury Foreman Suggests Apple Should Sue Google, Instead
Should Apple go after Google for iOS-related patent damages?
Joe White
| May 6
Apple And The Great Income Divide
More data confirms the richer you are, the more likely you'll own an iPhone.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| April 4
Talk All You Want About Android's Dominance, But The Apple iPad Still Rules
Apple's share of the tablet market drops to just 36 percent.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| March 3
Google's Android Continues To Lead Apple's iOS In Terms Of Market Share
Android ended 2013 in pretty good shape, in terms of market share.
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| January 27
Apple Tops A New Survey Of The Best Smartphones, Tablets And Laptops Of The Past Year
Finances Online gives the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and MacBook Pro with Retina display high marks in a new year-end survey.
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| January 7
By 2017, 68 Percent Of US Smartphone Owners Could Be Using An iPhone
Nearly seven out of 10 smartphone owners could be using an iPhone in the coming years.
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| December 13
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Most mobile-powered Black Friday purchases were made using Apple's iOS, according to a recent report.
Joe White
| November 30
Developers Are Still Making The Most Money In The App Store Versus The Google Play Store
Developers still make more money in the App Store.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| November 27
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Publishes 'Guide' On Switching From iOS To Android
Eric Schmidt is helping confused smartphone owners switch from iPhone to Android.
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| November 25
Google Can Celebrate Android's Rising Market Share While Apple Makes The Money
Android hits a record high in terms of smartphone market share.
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| November 12
Google's Eric Schmidt Claims Android Is 'More Secure Than The iPhone'
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has compared Android security to iOS security.
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| October 8
As Apple's New iPhones Arrive, Google Is Having A Very Bad Day
It looks like some Google Android users wish they could switch.
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| September 20
Consumers More Likely To Buy An iPhone The Next Time Around
By 2015, more U.S. consumers could be carrying an iPhone versus an Android-based device.
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| April 26
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Android has a huge lead among worldwide smartphone shipments. This is yet another reason to expect a lower priced iPhone later this year.
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The 63-year-old former Asian football chief was first banned
by FIFA in July 2011 for alleged bribery during his failed
bid to oust Sepp Blatter in the presidential race to head
world football's governing body.
That punishment was overturned by the Court of Arbitration
for Sport in July, but FIFA handed out another life ban on
Monday and said he would never be active in organised
football again.
This suspension was not in connection with bribery
allegations during the election campaign but for "conflicts
of interest" while he was president of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC).
"In view of the fact that under the new FIFA Code of Ethics,
the FIFA Ethics Committee remains competent to render a
decision even if a person resigns, the Adjudicatory Chamber
decided to ban Mohamed Bin Hammam from all football-related
activity for life," a FIFA statement said.
"This life ban is based on the final report of Michael J.
Garcia, Chairman of the Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA
Ethics Committee.
"That report showed repeated violations of Article 19
(Conflict of Interest) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, edition
2012, of Mohamed Bin Hammam during his terms as AFC President
and as member of the FIFA Executive Committee in the years
2008 to 2011, which justified a life-long ban from all
football-related activity."
This latest suspension could bring an end to one of the most
unsavoury scandals to have hit the sport.
Bin Hammam was originally accused of trying to buy the
presidential votes of Caribbean officials by handing them
$40,000 each in brown envelopes at a meeting in Port of Spain
one month before he was due to challenge Blatter in last
year's FIFA presidential election.
He withdrew his candidacy and was subsequently banned pending
investigations. Blatter was re-elected unopposed for a fourth
term as FIFA president.
Bin Hammam was then banned for life after being found guilty
of breaking seven articles of FIFA's ethics code, including
one on bribery.
In July, a CAS three-man panel voted 2-1 in Bin Hammam's
favour but added that his behaviour was "not of the highest
ethical standard" and that "it is more likely than not" that
he was the source of cash brought into Trinidad and Tobago
and distributed by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.
CAS said then: "It is a situation of 'case not proven',
coupled with concern on the part of the Panel that the FIFA
investigation was not complete or comprehensive enough to
fill the gaps in the record.
Bin Hammam, who was elected unopposed for a third and final
four-year term as the head of the AFC in Jan. 2011, has long
pleaded his innocence and complained his punishments have
come because he challenged Blatter's leadership.
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Originally posted on Wednesday, but moved up because of the news that Biden is, in fact, the VP nominee.
I've been doing a bit of reading up on Sen. Joe Biden, now that everyone in politico-land seems to think he's going to be Obama's VP pick.
A few thoughts on up-sides and down-sides: I only just realized that Biden, who has served six terms in the Senate, was first elected to his current post at age 30 with his only previous experience being his stint as a county councilman in Delaware. If Biden becomes the VP, that story will be a great antidote to the talk about how Obama can't be president because he is too young and anyway was a state legislator in Illinois just four years ago.
Yes, holding a senate seat is not the same as sitting in the Oval Office, but one can imagine Biden saying: "People told me I was too young and inexperienced. They said I had only been on the county council. But I was far younger and far less experienced than Barack Obama is now, and I did just fine for the people of Delaware."
Other up-sides: Biden was for the Iraq war, and would therefore be able to spend a lot of time talking about how Obama was right and he was wrongand how the Bush administration was really wrong in the way it conducted the war. Also: Biden is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his son is about to be deployed to Iraq, so he has that worldly gravitas and connection to military sacrifice that people say is an Obama blank spot. In addition: Biden got in trouble early in the primaries for calling Obama "clean and articulate," so maybe having Biden on the ticket sends some sort of subliminal message about how Obama isn't overly-sensitive and really doesn't play the race cardto such an extent that he'd have a guy who maybe crossed some language lines as his VP. And finally: Biden is a highly-respected old white guy (but not too old!) with grey hair. The visual of the two of them together could, by itself, be very helpful.
Among the down-sides: Limbaugh is salivating, describing the potential ticket as "the arrogance factor times two. Biden and the Messiah would just be delicious. Also, Biden, in his 1988 run for the presidency, was sidelined by a plagiarism scandal. Obama has faced his own plagiarism kerfuffle, and you can imagine the coming Republican attacks on the "plagiarist ticket."
Additionally, Biden has been around a long time, and ran against Obama in the Iowa caucuses, so there will lots of interesting clips to dig up. In this one, at about 1:45, Biden, in an Iowa Democratic debate, stands by his contention that Obama is not ready to be president:
And here's one that, as mentioned above, probably plays in the ticket's favor. It's also from an Iowa debate, and it shows Obama testifying about what's in Biden's heart after the moderator asks Biden about racially insensitive remarks he'd made:
UPDATE: And lo, the first Biden-related email from the McCain campaign hits my in-box at 11:22 p.m. As predicted above:
There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama's lack of experience than Joe Biden. Biden has denounced Barack Obama's poor foreign policy judgment and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be President.


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Making horror songs
I want to make horror songs that are somewhat similar to Silent Hill 1's songs. That creepy atmosphere and such. What do you guys recommend I do?
Research into existing pieces and take the findings into experimentation of your own work.
What kind of horror song do you mean? Like score music? or a more ambient feeling using recorded sounds?
Just find any music/sounds that sound creepy or create that sort of mysteriously creepy atmosphere and then mess around with them.
For a while, the Diablo III Overture was free on iTunes. I'm not sure if it still is, but that is a great example of music creating the sense of horror. Its not overwhelming, but it makes you feel uncomfortable and a little scared.
I put it on my playlist to wake up to. Being scared is the only thing that gets me out of bed..... :D
Many horror games make use of dark ambient or dark industrial ambient (music genres are gross), so I'd look into those.
I write horror music myself, heres a tip I learned through experimentation. Try writing a melody..drum track..whatever, then slowing it way down. Cymbals tend to sound like gunshots, bass hits like plodding foot steps..
Another tip. Good horror music often seems like its missing elements-like something should be there but isn't. Write a full symphony peice and then cut out half the instruments. Which insturments you might have to figure out (strings often are used to soften a peice-loose em), but its a good approach. That and slow it down to a minor key.
Playing instruments the wrong way is a wonderful thing. Play piano strings with an ice scraper, the guitar with chopsticks through a ring modulator (or anything through a ring modulator, for that matter...), weird vocal sounds slowed down and put in the background or used in place of any bass instruments, recording something being played from one room in the shower your bathroom (mic in bathtub and instrument in another room) and other bizarre mic techniques, the sound of shoveling dirt, banging metal, all juxtaposed by the use of very clean and delicate passages.
Hope these help point you in the right direction.
These are just few simple songs I made. I was hoping for feedback on them if you wouldn't mind.
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Yankees to Salute Steinbrenner Sept. 20
The Yankees announced Tuesday that they will dedicate a monument to late owner George Steinbrenner in Monument Park before a Sept. 20 game against the Rays at Yankee Stadium.
According to a statement attributed to the Steinbrenner family, the monument "will reflect the special connection, appreciation and responsibility that George felt for New York Yankees fans everywhere as they were always uppermost in his mind."
The family also said there will be a tribute to Mr. Steinbrenner before the team's first spring training game in Tampa, Fla., in March 2011.
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Lack of Speed Keeps Carter Out of Lineup
While there might be a case to give Mets outfielder Chris Carter more playing time, considering his .321 average this month, Mets manager Jerry Manuel admitted that an unlikely factor is keeping him on the bench at Citi Field.
Because of the spaciousness of the ballpark's outfield, Mr. Manuel said the Mets need more speed from their outfielders, leaving Jeff Francoeur as the best option, despite his .167 average this month.
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Jets Make Mangold NFL's Richest Center
Coach Rex Ryan pulled Nick Mangold aside before Tuesday morning's practice at the Jets' training facility in Florham Park, N.J., and told him that he was benching him during team drills. It was precaution, not punishment. "You don't want to get hurt...when you're getting ready to sign this big contract," Mr. Ryan said.
A few hours later, shortly after 3 p.m., the Jets made it official by signing Mr. Mangold, their All-Pro center, to a seven-year extension believed to be worth $55 million. The deal makes the 26-year-old Mr. Mangold the highest-paid center in the NFL.
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Photography Projects: How to (Realistically) Choose Your Subject
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Whether you're brainstorming ideas for a weekly assignment or for a graduate-level installation, picking the perfect photography projects to tackle takes more than passion and interest. Be practical! Here are five realistic concerns that you should contemplate before you stock your camera bag.
1. Subject Availability
You've fallen in love with a concept, an idea, or a vision. Now you need to make sure it's available to photograph on your schedule. If you're documenting starry skies over the desert, are you willing to be up all night for your art? If you're capturing the life of a high school cheerleader, can you be at her school during practices, games and other cheerleading events often enough to tell the entire visual story?
2. Lighting Concerns
Some photography projects are greatly enhanced-or diminished-based on the lighting that's available. If you're photographing the rise of a local rock band, you'll be shooting in dim bars and under unpredictable stage lighting. Are you technically capable of pulling it off? Challenging yourself is fine; just don't set yourself up to fail.
3. Overall Expense
You've got the gear-you even splurged on a new telephoto lens-and you have a budget for printing your final project. But have you considered the cost of travel and fuel, as well as the time you'll be absent from your day job in order to present your project? If you'll be showcasing your work at a gallery, you'll need to budget for hall rental, catering of hors d'oeuvres and the cost of a new outfit for your big debut.
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It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of an interesting long-term project. The impact! The results! The creativity! But can you really get the work done by the specified due date? The world of paid career photography revolves around deadlines, whether you work for a local newspaper, a global magazine or a nationally renowned greeting card company. Choose photography projects that you know you can complete on time, whether that means in five days or five months.
5. Technical Challenges
Dream big, but within the confines of your gear. If you're dying to showcase the best surfers along the Pacific Coast Highway, you'll need waterproof housings and underwater lighting gear to get the intimate images you're hoping to create. And you can only get one perspective with a 600 f2.8 while perched on the safety of a nearby lifeguard stand.
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Last week, Hotel Transilvania dominated the box office in it's opening weekend. Although still doing strong this week, it's Taken 2 that leads the pack. I have yet to see it, but I definitely want to and will likely do so this week. The first one was so good! Matt reviewed the film and gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars.
So far, Taken 2 is estimated to bring in $50 million this weekend which is definitely a great start. Also opening this weekend was Frankenweenie, which brought in an estimated $11.5 million. I personally have no desire to see that film. If was to see anything else in theaters right now, Pitch Perfect would be at the top of my list. That movie looks absolutely hilarious.
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Something strange happened last night: There was no chaos in the Big Ten. No upsets. No unranked teams winning on the road vs. ranked teams. And, as you know, that's not normal. So, instead of zaniness, we got a dose of predictable outcomes: Michigan State whipped Northwestern in East Lansing, and Wisconsin took care of business in the Kohl Center vs. Minnesota.


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Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Source: "Measure for Measure", Act 1 scene 4
Contributed by: Jessi
In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Source: Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
To thine own self be true.
Source: Hamlet
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Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting.
Source: King Henry V, Act 2, Scene 4
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Love is not love when it alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove - o no, it is an ever fixed mark that looks on Tempests and is never shaken.
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He which hath no stomach to this fight,Let him depart, his passport shall be madeAnd crowns for convoy put into his purse.We would not die in that man's companyThat fears his fellowship, to die with us.
Source: Henry V
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Cry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war.
Source: Julias Caesar
Now sir, young Fortinbras,Of unimproved mettle hot and full,Hath in the skirts of Norway here and thereSharked up a list of lawless resolutesFor food and diet to some enterpriseThat hath a stomach in't.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
Source: Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)
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Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
Source: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, Act II Sc. 2
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Running Time: 88
Company: EVN
Cast: Candy Hill, Marenda, Billy Wild, Phyllisha Anne, Ekzavier Falcon Wray, Brian Surewood, Sweetie Pie
Critical Rating: AA
Genre: Gonzo
If the stars are a draw, do it. Otherwise, it\'s filler.
Jessie Eastern "interviews" the performers, uncovers their sexual fantasies and has them fulfilled on camera. Oh, puh-lease. The sex is dull, the fantasies are pedestrian and the performers seem bored. Phyllisha Anne looks particularly good here, and Sweetie Pie seems to be having fun even if she's not especially turned on, but the overall production is a tad tough to watch.


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Have you ever noticed how you breathe
when you feel relaxed? The next time you are relaxed, take a moment to notice
how your body feels. Or think about how you breathe when you first wake up in
the morning or just before you fall asleep. Breathing exercises can help you
relax, because they make your body feel like it does when you are already
Deep breathing is one of the best ways to lower stress in
the body. This is because when you breathe deeply, it sends a message to your
brain to calm down and relax. The brain then sends this message to your body.
Those things that happen when you are stressed, such as increased heart rate,
fast breathing, and high blood pressure, all decrease as you breathe deeply to
How do you do breathing exercises?
There are lots of
breathing exercises you can do to help relax. The first exercise below—belly
breathing—is simple to learn and easy to do. It's best to start there if you
have never done breathing exercises before. The other exercises are more
advanced. All of these exercises can help you relax and relieve stress.
Belly breathing is
easy to do and very relaxing. Try this basic exercise anytime you need to relax
or relieve stress.
After you
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UNESCO has completed the second phase of its media sustainability programme in Liberia, with the training of key media managers in business management and planning. The training, funded by Danida, was conducted from 23 to 27 January 2011 at the Liberia Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), IREX, USAID and SPARK-BSC Monrovia.
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My main reason for writing this review was after seeing the one star review. Bottom line is - I think the paint is great. I'm not a professional painter, but I am a landlord. Currently own 5 rental properties, use Walmart Color Place paint in them all & have never had any issues like the one star review stated. It's washable, never had chipping problems, lasts through more than one tenant. I've used Sherwin Williams Promar line interior paint before after a friend telling me how great it was, spent a ton & was not that impressed (but hey - I'm no pro paint seems like paint). Color Place paint is probably the only paint I'll ever use again! And best of all, it's MADE IN THE USA!!!
I bought this to paint my garage. First off I thought it was going to be white as the can title had said, but after I opened it I realized it had a slight grey tint to it. I decided to try it anyway since I had already opened it. It was horrible when I rolled it on or tried to cut in. Streaked really bad. The consistency seemed more like thick cake batter that didn't want to stay on the walls. When I tried to roll back over it to try to eliminate some of the unevenness it started to take off the dry wall surface with it. When I realized it was more trouble than it was worth I gave up on it. Pure junk if you ask me. I will never buy it again. I'm extremely disappointed!!!
I can't tll people how aweful this paint is and to stay away from it enough. This was our second time using it. What a HORRIBLE mistake. 3 months after painting it is still tacky. You absolutely can not wash the wall or you will wash the paint off. It peels and chips. It was the WORST paint we have EVER used. It ran and sprayed everywhere when rolling and cutting in. It practically ran off the wall. I talked my hubby into using this paint to save a few bucks. He is very angry at me for it. As a professional painter he is totally disgusted with how this paint worked and turned out. If there was some way to demand our money back we woud do it. People!!!! I cant stress this enough, save yourself money in the long run and buy a good quaity paint. After all this we now have to repaint. Believe you me, we WILL be going somewhere else and getting some quality paint! Say far away from this product!!!
Have been using CP paint for quite awhile now. I'm in due process of repainting my home. It's been a hard journey. And I'm still not finished, due to my details, and being very particular. I've read on these reviews on occasions, of one particular reason for a fair or low rating....That is, paint not staying on the wall, peeling, bubbling, etc. There are some definite items you have to pay close attention to. ..1# Make sure the wall #or surface# is ready to be painted. Makes sure your drywall is smooth, no residue #dirt, dust, wetness, etc.# on the wall. And before I get too far ahead. The drywall is ready for any type of paint #finished drywall and a few coats of primer paint anyway#. And as an added measure, just so your not doubting yourself. Put an additional coat #or 2# of drywall primer just to be sure. 2# PAINT MIXING IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST......Paint cannot be stirred/mixed for 30 seconds with the wooden stick provided. Then expect magic. First of all, forget the stick. Walmart seems to always have short length stirrers/mixers in the paint section of the store. These mixers are made to be used with a home drill #electric or cordless#, whatever type you have. The short length stirrers are good for the following size cans > 1 Quart and 1 Gallon cans. They can be used easily with 2 & 3 gallon size buckets #these would be bought separately#. Anything larger, 4 gallon & 5 gallon buckets, you have to use a longer extension. Otherwise, it's nearly impossible to reach effectively into the bucket. This longer extension will also have a larger size stirrer on the end. Remember, paint has a certain thickness and weight increase as more quantity is added to a bucket. Long extension mixers can be purchased at any of the home fix-it stores. With all of the above quantities, THOROUGH mixing is Priority # 1...Obviously, the smaller the can, the quicker the stirring goes. Your 4 & 5 gallon buckets, you'll feel it in your arms and shoulders a bit. Be glad your using a power drill #and not a wooden stirrer#. In closing, make MIXING/STIRRING Priority # 1. I rated this exact paint, because I use it. But also have used the other bases and finishes #although I only have a liking for brighter finishes like satin or semi-gloss). Not that the others are not of good quality. But, brighter finishes add durability and mild wash ability. ColorPlace series paint is an above average product, with a more than fair price. Good Luck..Best Wishes
I am redoing a very small bathroom that is on our first floor. Trying to paint, tile, and decorate for under $100! I was at my local Walmart looking for spray paint for a different project and I just thought I would take a look at their paint samples. After that I saw a place where they had paint marked down. I found a paint called Old Gaucho Trail. I put it back several times. Because of my budget. It was only $5.48. I did get it and I am SO SO glad I did. It drys fast, goes on smoothly,the color is gorgeous. And I painted my whole bathroom with that one 31 fluid ounce can. Still have some left for touch ups. One of the best things about this-I didn't have to sit there and try to decide what color paint I wanted. Old Gaucho Trail is Gorgeous! I am so glad that I didn't research it before I bought it (which I usually do) because with some of these reviews I wouldn't have purchased it. Maybe they changed formula of the paint since all the negative reviews were left. I will be buying this paint again and in the very near future. I have a kitchen, entry way and living room to still paint.
ive used this paint and other styles of this brand i havent had a problem yet. it covers as good as some of those high priced paints but cost a lot less. if you like gilleden paint then you should like color place ,their made by the same company.
Prefer it to Valspar. Covers great. No issues. Great value.
Bought a 5-gallon pail of Interior Latex Semi-Gloss in Country White for a house I am staying in for 1 year. Being temporary housing I chose to use a budget paint. I was repainting over a very light taupe and used my top of the line Purdy rollers and brushes. This was such as nightmare that I stopped after the first gallon and tossed the remainder in the garbage. It is runny and thin. It drips and runs everywhere and brush marks do not flow out. You can forget about one coat coverage, it will never happen. Two coats gives a good basis for the required third coat. Expect the second and third coat to blister (as others here have stated) until your walls look like they have the measles. There is absolutely no advantage to buying this, even at its low price. I ultimately ended up re-scraping, patching and sanding all the blisters and recoating with Sherwin Williams Promar 200.
Wal Mart Color Place is a great value. Sometime tough to find standard stock in stock, and getting custom is sometimes an issue, but for the price it rocks.
My wife painted 3 rooms with the white paint and it dried a different color....grayish...
I have used this paint quite a few times in the past, but the last couple of times I used it (to paint a bedroom, door, and living room), the quality is so bad that I will never buy it again. It took three-four coats to cover a WHITE wall, that I used this brand of paint for to begin with. My husband and son were ready to toss me to the wolves after working so hard doing so many coats- and this morning when I passed by the front interior door, I noticed that it NEEDS ANOTHER COAT OF PAINT.....I painted it myself (again, over this brand of white paint), and gave it FOUR COATS. I will be heading over to Sherwin-Williams the next time I paint- it will cost me more, no doubt- but this stuff looks like the type of paint they use in cheap motel rooms, just awful.
I tried this paint because I was on a budget and I regret it. The paint is to thick and is of poor quality. Will not go on smooth. Does not last on your walls. DONT USE this brand. Spend the extra dollars and use Gliden.
covers wall, flows on smoothly
I have used Color Place for the last 20 years because of the high quality of the paint and the low price. In the last two years I have noticed the quality has diminished and the price has increased dramatically. After spending hours and three coats of paint on three walls, I noticed the finish was not even. The walls I painted had two coats of primer already. I complained at the store and I was told that Sherwin Williams does not make Color Place anymore. It's now made by Glidden. So that's the reason for the change in quality. I will never buy Color Place again and I do not recommend anyone to use this inferior quality paint.
Used this paint (2 different colors) to paint my daughters room and completely regret buying it! The paint is very watery, had to use 3 coats to paint over a lighter shade and some places you can still see the lighter shade through the darker paint. Peels easily. Horrible product!
I brought color place white semi-gloss paint and it is bad you think it is white put it on your walls it turns gray and stays that way to I never had this happen to me ever
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I have been using this brand & color for over 20 years. Always been very pleased and kept it on hand for touch ups. Installed new cabinets & bought new gallon & its horrible. Very thick, won't spread and looks awful. So bought a different brand but may wait & try this again in few months to see if this was just a temporary manufacturing goof-up.


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The Japanese government said Thursday that the country's so-called "research whaling" in the Antarctic Ocean is legal, countering the view that it has been conducted for commercial purposes in violation of international law.
"It is scientific research conducted legally," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters, a day after hearings opened at the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the whaling program between the governments of Japan and Australia.
Canberra has long urged Tokyo to stop the killing of the mammals.
"We have confidence in our argument," the top government spokesman also said.
The hearings will last until July 16, and the court, a U.N. organization, is expected to deliver a ruling within this year at the earliest on whether Japan will be able to continue the program.
Japan says the whaling is necessary to gain scientific views on how to sustainably use cetacean resources and is based on Article 8 of the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. It also says selling the meat of the whales at market is also in line with the rules.
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Don't let the name 'resort' fool you, this is not a resort, nor a hotel.
If you are looking for a hotel, with restaurant, bar at the pool/beach and room service, then don't book this hotel, because you will be disappointed.
The rooms are really apartments, owned by separate owners. So they are all different. You probably will not get the room you have seen on the site, they are not so nice.
Our first room was simple ( we booked Studio Resort Suite ), without character and not so cozy but clean, with a mini kitchen and ocean view (all the rooms have this ). Simple, noting more, nothing less.
On the third day we heard from Clayton that we would get an upgrade. When we heard that this was on the ground floor we refused ( because no more ocean view ) but we had to move, then we heard the owner wanted our room, so we had to. The room we got was the Two bedroom suite from the site : http://www.leveleresort.com/turks-caicos-resorts-hotel-rooms.php#two-bedroom-suite the room was really big, but nice, a full kitchen with everything you need, big terrace with a big table where you can eat, and 2 chairs for sunbathing ( not ocean view, but to a not so beautiful garden ) and a living room with couch, the apartment could need a bit more touch ups, it was a little bit worn down and the cabinets could need some more cleaning inside. Also the air co was so loud we woke up at night..
But overall this was a nice place to stay, because of the full kitchen and living room, and much much better bed then the studio suite.
The entire place is also really calm en serene, its almost if there is nobody staying there.. Nobody at the pool, only 1 or 2 couples at the beach.
I had contact with the hotel manager Clayton before our stay at Le Vele because i was looking for the best rates and extra's for our honeymoon. Clayton promised me more extra's then the rest of the hotels in Turks and Caicos. It was the first day thay we noticed that this extra's where for al the people at Le Vele. ( Bikes, water at the pool and beach, welcome drink ) He also promised a taxi from and to the airport. From we didn't get and had to pay the 28 dollar by our self's. To the airport was payed by Le Vele.
The staff was really friendly and help full, and the cleaning staff did there job really good.
Also, don't depend on the breakfast, this is not a breakfast, its 2 bagels, a mini piece of fruit and fruit juice, you can make coffee your self at your own kitchen. Its delivered at the room, but when you have no table ( like we did on our first studio ) you have no comfort eating..
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Small is beautiful--less is more. Le Vele is located on the most exclusive stretch of Grace Bay between Point Grace and The Mansions; a magnificent luxury beachfront condo resort consisting of 22 ultra spacious, impeccably designed one, two and three bedroom beachfront condominium suites. ... more less
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text: They need to start making things happen with their licenses soon (as in this year for the Brachytherapy/radiogel and next for the moly production) or they lose them. The minimum royalty is probably small for the former. The 25 million investment for the moly plant before mid 2013 is not. The good news is getting investors helps the process of getting more investors. The bad news is the investors all know they are up against the wall and therefore are cutting sweet deals. Looks to me like they are a little over half way to the 25 million.From last quarterly report:"The University has the right to either terminate or render the license non-exclusive in a licensed field or individual countries if the Company (i) has not demonstrated within 3 years after the effective date of this agreement access to $25,000,000 of available operating capital to proceed with commercialization of licensed products in such a manner as to cause the expenditure of that capital 4 years after the effective date; (ii) has not within 3 years after the effective date obtained the University's approval of a new commercialization plan for licensed products not previously introduced by the Company into commercial use; or (iii) has not within 5 years after the effective date achieved, or does not each year thereafter maintain, sales levels of licensed products that result in specified royalties to the University.In August 2010, we made a $10,000 investment for an exclusive license agreement with Battelle Memorial Institute regarding its technology for the production of a Brachytherapy seed. This license agreement calls for a $10,000 nonrefundable license fee and a royalty based on a percent of net sales for licensed products sold; the license agreement also contains a minimum royalty amount to be paid each year starting with 2012."


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for those who know...
Nathan is the smallest SD in my family and Jae is the biggest SD in the family..
so together they made little decorations on the wall for 2013
even though Nathan doesn't want to admit how tiny he is but his height is adorable to me ;u;
and probably his boyfriend Willian too X'D
i wish u all once again a good new year ahead~!
and all those dollie friends i made in 2012 and in the past.... those who stayed by my side..
Thank you!
You guys know who you are :')
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Happy new year to you too!
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I find the norms a heaped colander full. sometimes the colander is over flowing, when harvested to full term, from 5 spuds planted in spud bags. Your tiddly spuds given a few more weeks would have grown a lot more.
Spuds aren't ready until the foliage starts to die back, usually this is after they flower but some varieties I've grown haven't flowered.
If impatient, you can dip your hand in the bag and have a feel about to pick out some big spuds but I wouldn't advise it until the foliage is dieing back as you could damage the under grounds roots running to the spuds.
When the spuds are ready you can leave them in the bag and just pick the amount you need.
lol , clearly people weren't reading the label fidgetbones.
What a coincidence, I have a late uncle with the same name.. makes a mental note to tell aunt when next seen....didn't read your message,Verdun
Now Bill was a real life charmer. I would say the new man in your life gets a thumbs up from me.
I agree with marshmello. I get a lot of tiny spiders in the GH which don't harm the plants but seem to keep the beastie population down.
In the NW it was hot and sunny, not a cloud in sight all day. Must have been at least 24C.
I'm trying Humax, ericaceous compost this year, now I'm no expert on plants which like ericaceous compost as an azalea I've had for years, has never really grown much and neither have the two blueberry plants I have but I'm hopeful with Humax.
It's texture is just like any other 'good' compost, black and crumbly, previous ericaceous compost I've used has been very gritty and the plants haven't thrived, not knowing what ericaceous compost should look like I thought this the norm but this year the azalea has loads of buds on as does the 'top hat' blueberry bush.
I'm hoping for blueberry muffins if I can get to them before the birds .
I've found growing dahlias far easier to grow from seed rather than tubers.
The seed grown one's have produced cracking tubers after flowering, which stored well over winter but most have never grown again in spring. This year I bought two new tubers...and...only one sprouted.
The tubers which sprouted are in pots and romping away, seeded ones still fairly small, but outside in pots and I'm confident they'll produce some cracking flowers.
Excellent trial Ww. Pots in GH, seems like a good plan for my seed grown dahlias, or putting in a sheltered spot at the end of this year.
Thanks for sharing your pics, liked the tipsy pots, what a good idea, might work with strawberries too.
My early sowings either didn't germinate or were slow. Before resigning myself to just growing beans this year I tried one more sowing about mid April and have a dozen or so, pea's early and sugar snap planted out. Mangetout have been dismal this year.
I would say it's been the cold weather. If you recall we had a warm Easter last year, I had pea's early planted out by then and they were romping away by June.
There I was thinknig how lucky am I just to have seen four beetles, so the rest must be hiding, it'll be gloves on and a full scale search over the weekend.


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FORLI, Italy -- Australia's Robbie McEwen edged Germany's Olaf Pollack in a group sprint Friday to win the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia for his third triumph in six days.
Pollack took the overall leader's pink jersey from T-Mobile
teammate Sergiy Honchar, capitalizing on a 12-second bonus awarded
to the runner-up. Pollack leads Honchar by two seconds, with Jens
Voigt and Michael Rogers eight seconds back.
McEwen, who rides with the Davitamon-Lotto team, completed the
longest Giro stage -- a 143-mile flat course from Busseto to Forli --
in 5 hours, 24 minutes, 13 seconds. Tomas Vaitkus of Lithuania and
Leonardo Duque of Colombia placed third and fourth, in the same
time as the winner.
McEwen looked unbeatable in the sprints in the absence of top rival Alessandro Petacchi, who withdrew after breaking his left
kneecap in a crash during the third leg.
"I'm apparently the best sprinter left in the race," said
McEwen, who has 11 Giro stage wins overall. "But my wins are
difficult anyway because everybody is racing against me at the
The best Giro climbers -- Gilberto Simoni, Ivan Basso and Damiano Cunego -- were expected to do well in Saturday's seventh leg from Cesena to Saltara, which includes several hilly sections.
Basso, runner-up to Lance Armstrong in last year's Tour de
France, enters Saturday's stage 13 seconds behind Pollack. Cunego,
the Giro winner in 2004, trails by 1:19.
The 21-stage race ends May 28 in Milan.


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©2012-2016 Slugbox
Awwwww Yeahhhhh...Sweeet!
Oh my dazeeeeee....I LOVED THIS FOR SO LOOONG! I'm so glad J found this on dA
You gotta do but drawing Adventure Time, Amazing always
Imagine if she said it like tht? It would be hilarious
Lol, love that episode
aww she looks kawaii when she flies I love adventure time
Who doesn't love Marceline?
This is creepy and cute at the same time, I love it!
This is creepy and cute at the same time, I love it!
no tongue?! awww man
me fucking to
Hehe this is awesome!!
Marceline da best !!!!!!!
Cool but wheres hes axe/Bass/guitar thing?
Itsscary I know wat episode this is from...O///O
Marceline: No tongue...
PB: But... do it for science!!
PB: But... do it for science!!
...Pure love. I-I-I...I just-don't know...love it is not enought.
I love how you've colored her skin. Very accurate. :3
aww shit man. thats such a shame... tongue sounds really good right now.. but no teeth. great job i love how you leave the sketch right there.
so much to look at! and tongue!
Totally Adore Her!!
I like this :3
woot vamp queen love
I also Fucking love Marceline
This is so cool. I love Marceline too ^^
ha, the humor is great.
Everybody fucking love Marceline
This is lovely as hell even though I've never even watched adventure time...
yep she said that
ok epic, awesome job ^^


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Manifesting belief in absolute necessity
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McFetridge (in Logical necessity and other essays. London: Blackwell, 1990) suggests that to treat a proposition as logically necessary—to believe a proposition logically necessary, and to manifest that belief—is a matter of preparedness to deploy that proposition as a premise in reasoning from any supposition. We consider whether a suggestion in that spirit can be generalized to cover all cases of absolute necessity, both logical and non-logical, and we conclude that it can. In Sect. 2, we explain the significance that such an account of manifestation of belief in absolute necessity has for the prospects of a non-realist theory of modality. In Sect. 3, we offer a sympathetic articulation of the detail that underlies the McFetridge conception of belief in logical necessity. In Sects. 4 and 5, we show that the conception so articulated will not generalize to encompass all cases of belief in absolute necessity and proceed to offer a remedy. Our proposal is based upon a distinction between two kinds of suppositional act: A-supposing and C-supposing (Sect. 6). In Sect. 7, we then explain and defend our central thesis: (roughly) that (manifestation of) belief in absolute necessity is a matter of preparedness to deploy as a premise in reasoning under any C-supposition. Finally, we indicate that there is some promise in the parallel thesis that manifestation of the treatment of a proposition as a priori is a matter of preparedness to deploy as a premise in reasoning under any A-supposition (Sect. 8).
KeywordsNecessity Modality Modal belief Modal anti-realism
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- Title
- Manifesting belief in absolute necessity
- Journal
Philosophical Studies
Volume 158, Issue 1 , pp 109-130
- Cover Date
- 2012-03
- 10.1007/s11098-010-9674-1
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- 0031-8116
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- 1573-0883
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Necessity
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- Daniel Y. Elstein (1)
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- 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK


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DALLAS -- The Tigers of Lincoln High School had not yet taken the court for the first time in 2008-09, but they'd already been backed into a corner. The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches anointed them the top team among Class 4A boys' programs in their preseason poll.
This for a team that would start two sophomores, a junior point guard up from junior varsity and only one senior -- a transfer who had never before played for Lincoln.
"I anticipated us being pretty good, but I did not have any idea we'd be ranked No. 1," Tigers coach Leonard Bishop said.
Such is the burden of potential. One of those Lincoln sophomores happened to be 6-foot-6 forward-center LeBryan Nash, generally considered Texas' top player in the Class of 2010 and one of the state's top talents, period.
"It's a big X on your back," Nash said, referring to the preseason expectations for him and his team. "You've got to show up every night and do your thing."
Bishop figured it would take the Tigers some time to get used to one another, and he was right. Lincoln was coming off a 21-9 season in which it reached the Region II semifinals. The combination of building chemistry and defending the No. 1 ranking left some scars on the Tigers early in the '08-09 season.
They lost their second game of the season to 3A heavyweight Madison (Dallas), and lost to Madison again in late December. At the prestigious Lone Star Invitational in San Antonio, they were knocked around by 5A Kingwood, losing by 19 points.
A four-point loss to 4A Lancaster wouldn't have been so painful if it hadn't been during the Chris Bosh South Dallas Shootout. The event is named for the current NBA star who led the 2001-02 Tigers to a 33-0 record, the school's third state title and a mythical national championship. An 8-foot framed tribute to that team, listing every game result and every player, stands inside the main entrance of the school.
But the Tigers sailed through their 12-game district schedule without a loss to close the regular season ranked 11th by the TABC. And if their first two playoff games last week are any indication, they're picking up steam. The postseason opener against Pinkston (Dallas) was thought to be a serious test, but Lincoln broke open the game in the third quarter for a 74-50 win. The Tigers followed with a 72-56 victory over McKinney.
Next up for the Tigers will be the regional quarterfinals with Kimball (Dallas). The Kimball Knights are 27-9 and beat the Tigers by eight points in December. Last season, Lincoln beat Kimball by four in this same round.
"We're stepping up now knowing it's playoff time," senior guard DeSean Miles said. "We've got to get it done."
Said Bishop, "We have not been able to blend as well as I think we should have, and we're trying to get there. Prior to the first playoff game, we had a group discussion about what each other's strengths and weaknesses are, what their roles are. And we tried to kind of iron that out so that they get a better feel for what we expected. And they did a great job as far as communicating."
Nash and fellow 6-6 sophomore Jordan Williams give the Tigers a potent inside attack that translates into their being the team's two top scorers and rebounders. But even with all the attention that Nash received coming into the season off his tremendous freshman year, he faced something of a transition.
Nash spent the summer playing for the Dallas Mustangs, one of the premier AAU teams in north Texas. With the Mustangs, Nash played guard. He focused this high school season on developing more of his inside game.
"I used to be a finesse player. Now I'm more powerful," said Nash, who's averaging 18.9 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. "I had to get back inside, which I was used to when I was younger. It's what my team needs me to play."
Nash still needs some counseling from upperclassmen. For example, the Tigers were cruising in the fourth quarter of the Pinkston game when Nash saw a clear path to the basket through the paint as a cat sees a mouse. He took off for a flying dunk, his head way in front of his body like a ski jumper, only to have the ball bang off the iron.
Point guard Steven Govan, standing at the foul line, quietly signaled for Nash to come chat.
"We're up by 20. We don't need him doing anything to get injured," Govan said. "I said he didn't have to take that shot."
Nash conceded his mistake but, with a smile, added in his defense, "If I see the open lane, I'm going to try to take off."
Bishop, in his ninth season at Lincoln, said experiencing the Bosh phenomenon has helped him in dealing with how the Nash hype affects the rest of this team.
"You want to help the others understand, 'Yeah, most of the time, colleges are coming to see LeBryan,'" Bishop said. "But they see everybody. We have a lot of people that get scholarships because of the people that they come out to see and see somebody else."
It doesn't appear Miles needs to be convinced. He said of Nash, "With him on my team, anything can happen."
Jeff Miller is a freelance writer in Texas and can be reached at email@example.com.


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Hoskins, Malarski
Courtnie Marie Malarski and Brad Allen Hoskins were united in marriage at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Red Barn, Moundsville, with Keith Kaczor officiating the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Ron Malarski of Wheeling and the late JoAnn Breiding Malarski.
The groom is the son of Spike Hoskins and Darla West Riggle of Wheeling.
Mollie Hall was maid of honor. Todd Hoskins, brother of the groom, served as best man.
Other attendants were Mandi Malarski and Chad Malarski, borther of the bride.
A reception was held at the Red Barn.
The bride is a graduate of Scott College of Cosmetology. She is employed at Fiesta Hair and Tanning, Bethlehem.
The groom is a member of Local 33, Sheet Metal Workers, and is employed at H.E. Neumann, Triadelphia.
After a wedding trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the couple will reside in Wheeling.


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Vauxhall Astra Twin Top 1.6 16v Sport
Peugeot did it first, and now everyone seems to be having a crack. No, we're not talking about building cars that fall apart in a brisk wind, but the current fascination with churning out hard-roof drop-tops – or coupe-cabriolets as they are known – based on existing mid-size mass market vehicles.
Of course, the very best CC vehicles are found at the higher end of the market – the Mercedes SL and SLK, for example – and for cars such as the new Mazda MX-5, a hard, retractable roof makes a whole load of sense as both a lifestyle choice and for the overall strength of the chassis.
But the proles want a bit of fly-up-nostril driving these days, and while convertibles were pretty rare even less than a decade ago, they're now everywhere. Roll on global warming, eh?
The Twin Top has the daftest name among the new breed of everyman hard-top convertibles, which includes the Peugeot 206 CC, Peugeot 307 CC, Renault Megane CC, VW Eos, Focus CC and Micra C+C. Christ, even Hyundai makes the Copen. The Twin Top is also probably the least inspiring. That doesn't mean it's the worst … not by a long stretch; the Peugeots are utter crud and the Micra is laughable.
However, the decision to put a 1.6-litre in the Twin Top was a big mistake. It's just too puny to pull all that extra weight, which isn't a problem at all when the roof's down but when your tucked up inside and it feels like you're driving a pretty average Astra, it's a massive problem.
Not that the Astra is a bad place to be. The latest version of Vauxhall's mid-size family car is actually very good, from the sober yet smart five-door to the sexy but steady three-door. The interior is dull, but certainly not offensive. No, the big issue with the Astra has always been the gearbox – it's a dog. It's notchy, vague and utterly drains you of confidence; it's easy to confuse third and fifth, and second and fourth, which just isn't good enough.
If you have to drive this car everyday with the top up, you'll soon regret buying it – for no other reason than wind noise once you get up to motorway speed. But when that top comes down, it's a completely different story. First off, the roof mechanism is quality. Also, the ever-so-slightly cramped feeling you get with the canvas hovering a few centimetres from your bonce completely disappears, as do all the other minor irritations of a standard Astra.
Ultimately, the sensation of driving a convertible doesn't actually differ a great deal whether you're driving a Ferrari, a Morgan or the Twin Top, no matter what anyone tells you. So if you want that sensation, it does make sense to pay as little as you can.
But these type of cheap coupe-cabriolet vehicles are always going to be compromise. Build quality across the whole sector isn't great, although the Astra is put together rather well. It does, however, suffer from the same water drainage issue as the others – namely, it doesn't have any because folding roofs can't support guttering. So if it's rained the night before and you happen to open the window next morning, be prepared to get drenched the first time you take a corner.
Also, you lose a massive chunk of boot and you get a heavier and slower vehicle.
But everyone knows that's the cost of this kind of motoring – so if you weigh up the options and find that a CC is the sort of car you're after, then your choice is limited. First off, don't go for anything below a 1.8. And based on issues price and quality, the Peugeots, Renault, and Micra just don't make sense – so that just leaves you with the Focus and the Astra. The Focus edges it on build quality, engine and price – but then again the Twin Top also comes with a 2.0 16v turbo … but it is £20,000.
Power: 104bhp
0-60mph: 13.2 seconds
Top speed: 116mph (I find this hard to believe)
Economy: 40.4mpg
Emissions: 168g/km
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Yes, I haven't been slacking off taking the summer to relax which is why I haven't posted to my blog. Instead, we're heads-down working with customers, partners and our own field to sell and deploy MOSS 2007 and get ready for the next release. There were some exciting announcements recently around SharePoint as a business ($800M!!!), the BDC editor tool, and a bunch of other new technologies. As always, we can't achieve the success we've seen with SharePoint without the great support of our customers and partners.
I've been talking recently with a number of customers and I'm always amazed at the innovative solutions that they build on our technology. One customer runs a lot of their business processes on SharePoint using just customized lists. They are expanding the solution to include InfoPath Forms Services and mobile forms but the solution really opened my eyes to the end user empowerment that SharePoint delivers. The end users customize the columns, create the views and skin the site. Having come from the Exchange/Outlook world, that was always the vision for our collaboration platform – to make it simple for end users to customize their experience to make them more productive. Digression - One Outlook tip that a lot of people don't know about Outlook – natural language dating – try typing "third Tuesday of August" into an Outlook date field and you'll see what I mean.
Getting back to the topic at hand. Given that we want to make SharePoint ubiquitous and useful for everyone in an organization, you will see us come out with some new end user training for SharePoint over the next few weeks. Take a look when it comes out and provide your feedback. We believe that everyone in an organization can become more productive because of SharePoint, its integration with Office and its power to transform websites into collaboration sites.
Here's to the continuing success of SharePoint and having it help you and your business!


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Local film project chosen for national GI movie festival
SAN MARCOS ---- Inside a Cal State San Marcos classroom in early 2009, two aspiring filmmakers needed a class project ---- a story that could be told in a short documentary film.
Two years later, "Blood We Shed," a 21-minute documentary by Encinitas native Ryan Smith and seven-year Marine Corps veteran Sebastian Maselli, is ready for its first public screening in the national GI Film Festival next week in Washington, D.C.
Featuring the stories of three Marines wounded in Iraq, the film won two awards in the university's film festival last year, and became an official selection for the national festival earlier this year.
"These guys were all part of the Wounded Warrior Battalion, and I would see them on an everyday basis," said Maselli, 31, an Oceanside resident who at the time was working with the battalion's Camp Pendleton facility, near the naval hospital.
"We would have like an hour of downtime, and I'd say, 'Hey, do you want to talk for a little bit?' And we'd go into an office, or their room, and they would just talk," said Maselli.
One of the subjects of the film was missing most of his tongue and some of his jaw; another had been riddled with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade; and the third had survived several improvised-explosive device attacks, earning multiple Purple Hearts.
Maselli said he didn't formally interview the men, instead telling them, "I want to hear what you want to tell me."
"That was the extent of the direction I gave them, and they just told me their stories," he said.
From more than an hour of usable footage, Smith said his job was to edit the documentary to a manageable size.
When the editing was done, the film was an emotionally charged 21 minutes of intimate conversation ---- like what might be expected from a session of therapy ---- by men whose bodies had been torn apart in Iraq.
It was first shown in Maselli and Smith's mass media class; then they entered the film into the university's annual film festival last spring.
"We didn't know how it was going to play on the big screen, when you edit on a laptop all those hours," said Smith, 33, a resident of Encinitas. "It definitely got the response (we wanted), where the crowd was quiet the whole time, laughed at certain parts, seemed to be crying at certain parts, and really connected to the film."
When the film took Best Documentary and the Audience Choice award at the end of the festival, the two classmates knew they were on to something.
In March, after further editing and fine-tuning, they submitted "Blood We Shed" to the GI Film Festival, which Smith said received some 650 entries last year, and has screened big, blockbuster projects in the past.
"We didn't expect to make it at all. It was a shot in the dark," said Smith. But four days after mailing the DVD, the men were notified that their one-time class project had been chosen as an official selection.
"Blood We Shed" is scheduled to be screened May 15 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Smith and Maselli said they plan to fly out this weekend for eight days.
For Maselli, who deployed to Iraq in 2003, the process was not simply an act of film-making.
"It definitely changed my perspective on life," he said. "It made me realize how fortunate I was to come back in one piece."
Added Smith, "I hope the message is that people know we need to ... take care of the people who make these sacrifices. Those guys, they do what needs to be done, and they definitely deserve respect."
See the trailer for "Blood We Shed" at youtube.com/watch?v=WznB7mAMSeQ.
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