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Released: Sep 01st, 1999
Running Time: 80
Director: Brad Armstrong
Company: Wicked Pictures
Cast: Inari Vachs, Chris Cannon, Brad Armstrong, Sterling, Mickey G., Jill Kelly, Eric Price, Randy Spears, Mia Smiles, Alec Metro, Erik Everhard, Evan Stone, Jessica Jewel, Stephanie Swift
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Couples, couples, couples.
Reminiscent in many ways of the slick, all-girl Jenna's Built for Speed, but more ambitious in terms of scope. The premise has 1930s-era world travelers Stephanie Swift and Randy Spears flying from country to country in their private plane, and indulging in sex with the locals at each stop.
Swift enjoys a number of encounters, including a Spanish fantasy with señorita Jill Kelly and bullfighter Brad Armstrong; a two-on-one with Palace Guards Alec Metro and Chris Cannon; a custom ride with rickshaw runner Mia Smiles; an earthy group session at the queen's chambers in Cairo; and a homecoming b/g on the tarmac with Spears.
Though generally decent and sometimes quite good, none of the sex here is going to win any awards. Regardless, the fantasy settings (all created here in good of Southern California) and technical polish of the production will appeal to the right audience. Will doubtless do well on pay TV and DVD


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By Lee Minji
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat-panel TVs, estimated Friday it had posted an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won (US$7.7 billion) in the first quarter of this year.
The preliminary estimate represents a 52.9 percent increase from a revised operating profit of 5.7 trillion won a year earlier, Samsung said in a regulatory filing.
However, it marks a 1.6 percent decline from three months earlier when the tech behemoth posted a record quarterly operating profit of 8.8 trillion, buoyed by robust sales of its Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 smartphones.
Revenue in the January-March period was estimated at 52 trillion won, up 14.9 percent from the previous year, according to the company's earnings guidance, which did not provide break-down figures for each of its business units.
Samsung Electronics did not disclose its net profit estimate. The company is scheduled to announce its first-quarter earnings later this month.
While Samsung Electronics did not provide reasons for the on-year increase, analysts said strong smartphone sales drove up its bottom line despite seasonal doldrums in the electronics sector.
"While the first-quarter is traditionally a slow season, Galaxy S3 sales remained similar to the previous quarter's 14 million, and Galaxy Note 2 sales gained roughly 1 million to 9 million," KB Investment


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Firstly, thanks for such a great plugin :)
When I first installed it I wrote some of my own CSS to create the look I wanted & everything was fine.
Although now, for some unknown reason, it's started generating 120 x 120 thumbnails from my featured images. It didn't do this before, why's it started doing it now?
The only thing I can think of that's been done is I upgraded to the pro version to have a look & decided to go back to the basic version.
I tried adding
add_image_size('yarpp-thumbnail', '100%', '100%', true);
to functions.php but the 120x120 thumbnails are still there.
On this page you should see an example of what's happened- http://www.thesummitnews.co.uk/promotions/offers/meribel-ski-competition/
ANy help would be greatly appreciated :)


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National Security Brief: April 16, 2012
– Fighting ended around dawn today with dozens dead after the Taliban launched a spring offensive on Sunday, mounting attacks across Afghanistan and in the capital.
– A captured insurgent and Afghan officials reported that the Haqqani network, a group of fighters with ties to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, were behind an 18-hour assault on diplomatic and government targets in Kabul and three other cities which took the lives of four civilians and 11 members of Afghanistan's security forces.
– A team of six U.N. military observers arrived in Syria on Monday to monitor compliance with the four-day-old U.N. and Arab League brokered ceasefire but the military's shelling of Homs yesterday and today brought new uncertainties about the state of the shaky truce.
– The Pentagon reports that sexual assaults in the military rose slightly last year from 3,192 in 2011 to 3,230 — the Pentagon predicts that 86 percent of assaults go unreported — leading Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to promise new steps to combat assaults and hold perpetrators responsible.
– After talks between the P5 + 1 and Iran ended with the nuclear crisis on the table and a new round scheduled for May, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained that Iran had been given a "freebie." In Colombia yesterday, President Obama responded that the U.S. hadn't "given away anything" to Iran in negotiations.
– Bahraini authorities arrested American employees of New York-based group Human Rights Watch during a sweep to disburse protests on Sunday. Authorities broke up the opposition demonstration with tear gas, noise grenades and pepper spray, which one of the rights workers described as a "nightly occurrence."
– The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, and its neighbor to the north, Sudan, built up military forces along a disputed oil-rich border region, the latest sign that increased fighting, including aerial bombings, shows little sign of abating.
– Following an unsuccessful missile test last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public address on Sunday, telling crowds that he would follow his father and grandfather's legacy and prioritize the country's military strength.


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I have a cataloging application in Android for engineering industry. Over 300 thousand design images have been uploaded into the Android device. Over 200 new images are being synchronized daily to the device.
There is a table called CatalogDetail wherein the details of the designs are stored. It has around 20 columns for storing different attributes and two image paths, one for thumbnail and other for large image. The average size of thumbnail image is around 20KB and that of large image is around 40KB. And all these images are stored in the same folder (not in the database). The overall size of 300 thousand images is around 6GB. As per various search conditions, the thumbnail images and short descriptions are shown in the grid in the application.
If I've 5000 images in the folder, the application works properly and as the size of the data increases, the application became slower and slower. After loading 300 thousand images now, when I load 250 images (end user want at least 250 images to be loaded at a stretch) into the grid, loading to grid is comparatively slower, but when I try to scroll, it is taking quite a long time (around 10 – 15 seconds), which is not desirable.
I've profiled my SQLs and have found out that SQLs are NOT taking considerable time (less than 1 second to get data). Finally I've figured out that, the problem is with loading images from the folder. The images are stored in the internal memory. The application is working on Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 10.1 inch with Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) OS, RAM 1GB and 16GB internal memory. The application is developed using SDK 10. Also one of the basic requirements from the end user is that the design images are very proprietary and they should be copied from the device. So the image folder is hidden and is not accessible outside the application.
Kindly let me know how the performance can be improved.
1. If images are index can the performance be improved? Is it possible to index (Is there any software, app, etc, available?
2. If I save 1000 images in each of the folders and if I create 300 folders and access from the images from them, can the performance be improved? But this should be the last option, since I've to re-load all images and modify the image location in my table.
3. Can threading help? (Sincerely I don't know threading!)
Kindly suggest me how I can improve the performance.
Thanks for your help.
The search functionality will execute this method:
private void ShowData() {
try {
Cursor countc = dal.getCursor("Select count(*) From Product " + whereCondition);
SQL = "Select ID as _id, Name, Code, ProductWeight, '" + fileLoc + "' || ImageLoc as ImageLoc, ReleaseDate From CatalogDetail " + whereCondition;
Cursor c = dal.getCursor(SQL + " Order By " + orderByField + " " + OrderSeq);
ProductGridView.setAdapter(new CatalogueListAdapter(this, c));
} catch (Exception e) {
This is how the catalogs are loaded to the grid:
public class CatalogueListAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter {
private Context context;
private Cursor c;
public CatalogueListAdapter(Context context, Cursor c) {
super(context, R.layout.thumbnail, c, new String[] {}, new int[] {});
this.context = context;
this.c = c;
public View getView(int position, View inView, ViewGroup parent) {
View v = inView;
if (v == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.thumbnail, null);
ImageView ivThumb = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.thumbnail);
String imageLoc = this.c.getString(this.c.getColumnIndex("ImageLoc"));
if (imageLoc != null)
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hey guys I just got a copy of the lego pirates game and I was worried about the auto update off the disc. Is it the new update that won't allow me to play my back ups? I never go online with this box, but I got burned on my other one after I updated off live. Long story short, if I update off disc so I can play the new pirates of the caribbean game, will I still be able to play backups on this box? Thank you.
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Posted 07 June 2011 - 01:48 AM
Why was this moved? Especially to newbie chat? Can someone explain how this didn't belong in the software section.
Posted 07 June 2011 - 01:59 AM
General Software Discussion
General discussions about software development on the Xbox 360.
General discussions about software development on the Xbox 360.
Posted 07 June 2011 - 02:37 AM
As a general rule for people using backup discs to play games, if the disc contains the 2.0.13146 update DO NOT update until your drive is flashed with LT+ 2.0 firmware (not yet released). You can search the web for what updates are contained on what discs.
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Bay-class icebreaking tug
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This article is about a class of icebreaking tugboats in the United States Coast Guard. For radio station WTGB, see WTGB.
The USCG Bay-class icebreaking tug is a class of 140-foot (43 m) icebreaking tugs of the United States Coast Guard, with hull numbers WTGB 101 through to WTGB 109.
They can proceed through fresh water ice up to 20 inches (51 cm) thick, and break ice up to 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, through ramming. These vessels are equipped with a system to lubricate their progress through the ice, by bubbling air through the hull.
- (WTGB-101) Katmai Bay (Home Port - Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
- (WTGB-102) Bristol Bay (Home Port - Detroit, MI)
- (WTGB-103) Mobile Bay (Home Port - Sturgeon Bay, WI)
- (WTGB-104) Biscayne Bay (Home Port - St. Ignace, MI)
- (WTGB-105) Neah Bay (Home Port - Cleveland, OH)
- (WTGB-106) Morro Bay (Home Port - Cleveland, OH)
- (WTGB-107) Penobscot Bay (Home Port - Bayonne, NJ)
- (WTGB-108) Thunder Bay (Home Port - Rockland, ME)
- (WTGB-109) Sturgeon Bay (Home Port - Bayonne, NJ)
- (WTGB-110) Curtis Bay (Construction cancelled)
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A tiny figure in the distance, he walks slowly and precisely down the concrete corridor under the west end zone at Giants Stadium.
But even when Tiki Barber approaches the door of the visiting locker room where an ESPN crew is waiting on Thursday morning, the running back somehow seems smaller than his listed 5-foot-10, 200-pound frame.
For eight seasons now, Barber has been one of the league's most consistently exciting players. He entered the 2004 season as the Giants' all-time leader in total yardage (10,746), more than Frank Gifford, Rodney Hampton, Dave Meggett and Joe Morris. He was also the franchise's career leader with 422 receptions.
In 2002, his finest season to date, Barber rushed for 1,387 yards and caught 69 passes for another 597 yards -- a total of 1,984 yards. Last year, despite playing for a team that won only four games, Barber produced another 1,677 combined yards.
But amid the statistical pyrotechnics there was a dark number that mitigated all that production, a big ugly asterisk: 35.
That was how many times Barber fumbled the ball in the four seasons from 2000-2003 -- the highest total in the NFL. No fewer than 17 of those balls were lost to the opposition. Last year, Barber led all NFL running backs with nine fumbles, six of which were lost.
Jim Fassel always had a deep faith in Barber, but when Tom Coughlin replaced him as head coach after the 2003 season a collision seemed imminent. Coughlin, a bottom-line guy, has an aversion to turnovers that borders on an allergic reaction. People who follow the Giants wondered whether Barber might lose his job as workhorse if he continued to give the ball away.
In their first meeting in early 2004, Coughlin challenged Barber.
"The losing of the football and the subsequent losing of football games and the mentality of letting the wind or the air out of the sideline when it happens, instead of uplifting your football team, that is something that he wanted to desperately get rid of," Coughlin explained Thursday. "I noticed studying him on film what the cause of some of his problems were and that we were going to make this correction."
"Well, he's ah, very direct," Barber said earlier. "He's right at me with what he wanted me to do. It was no secret he wanted me to stop fumbling and he had a philosophy on how to do that.
"I'm not averse to coaching. I haven't been around this game long enough to know what it takes to do everything. There's always room for change, there's always room for improvement."
And so, Barber came to grips with his problem, as it were.
Previously, Barber carried the ball in one hand with his arm cocked at a 90-degree angle. This put the ball in play for opponents, who -- knowing Barber's fragile history -- went out of their way to knock it loose. Now, he carries it at a 45-degree angle with the ball clutched closer to his chest. For good measure, he wraps his left wrist around his right wrist to make it harder for tacklers to pull the ball loose.
What a difference 45 degrees makes.
Initially, Barber admits he was worried about his production numbers with a new, more cautious ball-carrying style. The funny thing? The numbers are actually up.
Through seven games, Barber leads the NFL in total yards from scrimmage, with 1,100. The running backs listed behind him underline his achievement: Kansas City's Priest Holmes (1,017 yards), Chris Brown of Tennessee (938), Indianapolis' Edgerrin James (905), Green Bay's Ahman Green (890), LaDainian Tomlinson of San Diego (862), Seattle's Shaun Alexander (819) and Clinton Portis of Washington (803).
Barber also leads the NFC in rushing, with 142 carries for 748 yards and has 27 catches for another 352 yards. Barber has already rushed for a career-high five 100-yard games and is on pace for a 1,700-yard season.
But here is the real news: In 169 touches, Barber has fumbled only once -- scuffling for extra yardage in the third quarter of the Week 7 game against the Detroit Lions -- and he got that ball back.
"I've had to be more compact in the way that I run and less reliant on my upper body to keep me going in a straight line," Barber said. "So I do it all with my legs. I think I've gotten faster because I'm so streamlined now. I'm not wasting motion."
The Giants, who have already exceeded last year's win total, have wildly exceeded the limited expectations most had for them. They are 5-2, coming off last Sunday's 34-13 win at Minnesota and should hit the halfway mark with a sporty 6-2 record after Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
The game against the Vikings was another turning point in the relationship between Coughlin and Barber.
In the season's first six games, the Giants had built a dubious resume in the red zone - a place the positive-thinking Coughlin calls the green zone (as in go). They had seven touchdowns plus three turnovers in 21 visits inside the opponent's 20, a 33.3 percent success rate that was last among the NFC's 16 teams.
After self-scouting his own team, Coughlin determined that the "heavy" specialty package featuring running back Ron Dayne the Giants used once they arrive in the red zone wasn't working. Against the Vikings, the Giants used their regular personnel inside the 20 and scored four touchdowns in five tries, two by Barber and two by Mike Cloud. The only miss was when Kurt Warner fumbled at the 1-yard-line.
Barber has overcome odds from the time he was born prematurely with twin brother Ronde some 29 years ago. It is the power of positive thinking that has again carried him past this most recent obstacle.
"Pessimism," Barber said, "once you start to let it enter your mind, once you start thinking that you're going to fail, you're inevitably going to fail -- it's a self-fulfilling prophesy.
"If you believe you're going to be successful, you will find a way to be successful."
Greg Garber is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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I love your plugin, I installed it in all of my blog (granted, it sometimes mess up with computer code).
I request the following feature:
For French, add a narrow no-break space (U+202F) before an exclamation mark or a question mark. If there is already a space, replace it.
Code-wise, I suggest this:
- Delimiting the perimeter: a way to ensure the element is in French. Check that either "lang" or "xml:lang" is present/inherited and that the attribute is either "fr" ou starts with "fr-".
- Search-replace:
[^\u202F]([!?]) => \u202F\1 (if there is no narrow no-break space, add it)
[\u2009 ]\u202F([!?]) => \u202F\1 (if there is a regular or thin space before the narrow no-break, delete it)
This could probably be optimized.
This could later be extended to more rules. I will not list them all here, one thing at a time :-)
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Very eye-catching in person - just like the picture. But sadly, that's where the fun ends. I am not sure who at Rave writes the description but ahem, the "heavy gauge" PVC is the same gauge you will find in a childs little float that you buy at Walmart - you know, the pretty colored inner tube styles. It is about as thin as you can get and still hold air. The "Heavy Duty" tarpaulin cover? Um, no. I have wind breakers thicker than this material. It is NOT tarpaulin, but is a thin nylon . Really a pity. They went all out with the decorations and the little pockets at the back of the seats, etc. But, the minute it even kissed a piece of dock (and I do mean, just a love tap )- whoosh! A huge hole. I didn't realize just how thin everything was until I went to patch the hole. Then it all made sense. This is a fun pool toy but franky would be dangerous for someone to use as a kayak if they weren't a strong swimmer. This is more in line with a $89.00 item and certainl is NOT worth anything over that. Sorry. I really wanted to love it and was going to get several.
- How accurate was the sizing? ok
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. VERY POOR
- Was the product free of any manufacturer defects? Not sure


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The nice thing about list-making is that you can r
The nice thing about list-making is that you can really challenge yourself by the list parameters you define. One challenge I have not yet worked up the courage to tackle is "Favorites by Genre." But bertie and bitterms both have works-in-progress (actually, bertie's might be done). And bitterms is audaciously only picking one movie per genre! Quixotic. I love it. I'll have to give it a try one of these days. Anybody else game?
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Hey Jim, I just wanted to say you inspired me to start a genre list I'd been meaning to do for some time - my favorite horror movie list. Though there seem to be more horror detractors than fans on this site, it's a favorite genre of mine.
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Excellent! While I'm not a big horror fan (at least not of the slasher movies), there are a handful that I like. I keep thinking about doing some genre lists. I'll let you know when/if I get a horror list up. Someday . . .
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Contracting Opportunities
This information has been prepared to provide you with general information about the City's procurement functions and policies. We hope these general guidelines will simplify your visits and efforts to do business with the City of Sacramento. This information can also be downloaded as a .PDF formatted brochure, which can be printed and distributed.
Procurement Responsibilities
The Procurement Services Division is responsible for obtaining supplies and services necessary for the efficient operation of City government. To obtain maximum value and provide reliable services, most City purchases for commodities and nonprofessional services are made through the competitive bidding process, with bids awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Professional service contract awards are usually made on a best value basis that is determined during the proposal evaluation process.
Vendor Registration
Vendors wishing to do business with the City should register as a vendor via our online Bid Center, the official electronic bid database for the City. Notifications of bids are sent out automatically to registered vendors. There is no cost to register as a vendor when it is done through the City's public website. From the City's webpage, view the drop-down list for "Online Services" and click on "Bid Center".
After visiting the above link you will click on the following button to register:
What the City Buys
The Procurement Services Division buys a variety of goods and services. Staff is assigned by commodities or service groups. You may contact the Procurement Services Division at (916) 808-6240 to obtain the name of the appropriate Procurement Services representative responsible for the commodities or service groups you are interested in. Should you wish to meet with Procurement staff, calling in advance to schedule an appointment would be appreciated.
Bidding Options/Procedures
Current bid opportunities and past bid solicitations may be viewed on the PlanetBids database for the City. After visiting the above link you will click on the following button to view bids:
Bids are assigned with a general description of the nature of the purchase. This description is called a "category". All vendors who have expressed an interest in that category are sent an automatic email notification of the new bid. It is therefore important to make sure that your company's email address is updated and current. It is recommended that the email used to register as a vendor is a company mailbox as opposed to an individual's mailbox.
Anyone may view a general description of a bid. Only registered vendors may download the bid information package. The system automatically creates a list of vendors who have downloaded the bid information package, called "Prospective Vendors". Addenda, Q&A, and other notifications pertaining to the bid are sent to the contacts on the Prospective Vendors list. For this reason, it is highly recommended that all interested companies register with PlanetBids even if they have obtained the bid information package through a third party, such as a builders' exchange.
It is very important for prospective vendors to carefully review the bid information package and to complete and sign all forms. Incomplete or unsigned bids may be rejected. For informal telephone solicitations, bid deadlines will be given by City staff during the telephone conversation. Bid deadlines are clearly printed on all written request forms and/or posted in the bid description in PlanetBids. Completed bid forms shall be returned to the City in a manner and to the location specified in the printed bid request and/or in PlanetBids. Vendors must allow adequate time for delivery; the City is not responsible for bids or proposals that are lost intransit. No bid modifications are allowed after the deadline; bids received after the deadline will not be considered. Vendors may call the City contact listed in the bid information package to verify that their bid has been received before the deadline.
Purchases of $100,000 or more
Purchases of $100,000 or more usually require formal competitive bidding. These bid opportunities are advertised on the City's website. Bids are opened and read by the City Clerk on the bid due-date. Bid openings are open to the public. All bidders are welcome to attend. Following bid tabulation and analysis, recommendations for awards that exceed $100k appear on the City Council Agenda. Awards are normally made during regularly scheduled City Council meetings on Tuesday evenings.
Purchases of $25,000 up to $100,000
Most purchases of $25,000 or more require formal competitive bidding. These bid opportunities are advertised on the City's website. Bids are opened at the offices of the City department that has posted the bid (exact location will be listed in the bid information package). Purchases of $25,000 up to $100,000 may be approved by the City Manager or his or her designee.
Purchases of $5,000 up to $25,000
Most purchases of $5,000 up to $25,000 are solicited by informal quotes sent out by the department. The department designee sends informal quotation requests directly to a minimum of three potential vendors. Such quotations may or may not be advertised on the PlanetBids website.
Purchases of less than $5,000
Items not on contract and less than $5,000 are considered discretionary purchases and can be purchased directly by City staff without competitive bidding and usually are not advertised on the PlanetBids website.
Local Business 5% Preference
On April 3, 2012, the City Council adopted a Local Business Enterprise program (LBE) to provide enhanced opportunities for local businesses.
On November 19, 2013, the City Council increased the LBE preference from 2% to 5%.
A bid or quotation submitted by a firm that is located within the City limits or within unincorporated Sacramento County will receive a 5% bid evaluation preference. This preference will be used for the purpose of determining the lowest responsible bidder for supplies and services.
The Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and the Emerging Business Enterprise (EBE) preferences have been eliminated.
Local Sales Tax 1% Preference
The City currently allows vendors located within the Sacramento City limits a 1% bid evaluation preference on taxable purchases.
Invoicing and Payment
Each shipment of goods must be invoiced separately. To receive payment, vendors are required to submit an itemized invoice to the address provided at time of purchase. All invoices must be numbered and reference the City's purchase order number. Invoices must describe in detail the goods or services provided. Payment is usually made within 30 days after a properly completed invoice is received. Whenever possible, the City tries to take advantage of prompt-payment discounts. For more information about payments and invoicing, contact the City Department being invoiced.
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If you could create something magical, what would it be?
At the Carrollwood Cultural Center, you are invited to learn a new skill, revisit an old one, or simply "do that one thing you've always wanted to do."
Through art, ceramics, dance, music and theatre you will gain a new appreciation for the arts – perhaps even discover a talent you never knew you had. Regardless of the reason, there is always something new and exciting to learn at the Carrollwood Cultural Center.
Registration Tips
There are three ways to register:
- online at carrollwoodcenter.org (subject to online registration fees)
- over the phone at (813-) 922-8167
- in person at the Center
Students are accepted on a first-come, first serve basis. We encourage students to register early; some classes fill up quickly!
Registration is complete only after full-payment is received.
Pro-rating is not available and late enrollments are not accepted after the first class. Single class passes for Yoga are available ONLY if space is available. Single class rate $15.
Online registrations will be confirmed with follow-up courtesy call to verify student information.
A minimum number of 4 students is required for each group class.
Class enrollments are reviewed one-week prior to the first class.
Classes that have met minimum enrollment (7 days prior to the first day of class) will stay open and accept additional registrations until full or first day of class.
If a class is cancelled by the Center, a full refund or gift certificate will be issued.
We do not maintain wait lists for classes.
Refund Policy
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I attended a talk last night by Washington Post columnist and editor David Ignatius on the subject of Syria. Coming on the heels of the attacks in Belgium, it was a sobering evening reflecting on possible missed opportunities for early intervention over the past few years that might – might – have made a difference, and looking at what might – might – make a difference now. Seemingly every option, then and now, carries as many risks as opportunities. It was hard to see a way forward by the end of the evening.
Remarkably, in this thoughtful discussion of the Middle East and the larger Arab world, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not mentioned. Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lybia all featured. Israel was named once. Palestine and the Occupation ignored. The sense that this almost 70 year old conflict and the human suffering it implies have been effectively sidelined was both discouraging and alarming.
It didn't help that the evening followed in short order the ritual appearance this week of presidential candidates before the American Israel Public Affairs Council (AIPAC) in which every speaker doubled down on unwavering support for Israel come what may and either stated or implied a dismissiveness of the Palestinians' plight. One doesn't expect any sympathy from right wing conservatives for the injustices imposed by the Occupation. For them Israel involves both a geopolitical and a theological romance. Secretary Clinton's bellicose address, however, that failed even to mention the problem of illegal settlements, was deeply disturbing. Some of this, of course, can be attributed to the inevitable pandering that takes place at these annual rites. But for Secretary Clinton there is the uneasy feeling that this may represent both pandering and principle.
Palestinians have long understood that the Unites States' calculus on the conflict will never allow for sharp and sustained critique of Israeli policies that sustain, intensify, or extend the Occupation. Brief and occasional push back from U.S. presidents has quickly been followed by embarrassing American mea culpas and a return to the status quo of lip service being paid to the role of impartial peace broker while doing little or nothing to contest disruptive Israeli facts on the ground. For now, it seems, the veil has been lifted. Not even lip service to fairness remains. Should we be surprised that many Palestinians feel abandoned?
Just as diplomatic initiatives that essentially presume Palestinian acceptance of a subservient, settlement riddled state are unrealistic, so too is the notion that Israel on its own will find a way and a will to negotiate and establish a just peace. The emerging political demography of Israel makes this less rather than more likely. But simply hoping that Israel can keep a lid on the current status quo while we worry about ISIS or Iran is a cruel and dangerous game. The individual acts of violence against Israelis over the last year are not subsiding, suggesting that rage, despair, and powerlessness are likely to fuel a wider uprising. It may not be too cynical to think that American and Israeli policy makers are simply preparing for a Third Intifada which can then be crushed militarily. But neither Israel, nor its allies, nor Palestine win in that scenario.
Some American churches, along with universities and municipalities, have opted for another path, supporting boycotts against Settlement products and divestment from corporations profiting from the Occupation. Believing this strategy will provide some leverage toward peace, they have braved charges of anti-Semitism and a growing effort by legislators around the country to essentially criminalize this strategy. Predictably, they hves drawn the scorn of most pretenders to political thrones, Secretary Clinton included. Alone it is, admittedly, a weak reed against the steel treads and walls that buttress the Occupation.
But support for this non-violent strategy does accomplish two very important things. First, to the extent that it becomes a growing movement, it offers a counter narrative in the United States to the dominant one that has mostly wavered from feckless engagement to a very un-benign neglect. Perhaps more important, it says to Palestinians that abandonment is not the full and final word. Given what a sense of abandonment may foster, that is no small matter. Meanwhile, on Maundy Thursday, Christians more than anyone ought to remember that abandonment by disciples is a sin, whether in the Jerusalem of long ago or the Jerusalem of today.
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We probably would've enjoyed this property more had we visited in the off-season. Instead, we found ourselves battling for space during a busy summer weekend. It was still a good visit, but we were happy to have some elbow room after check-out.
The hotel overall is a good value. The price is right, the staff was very friendly, and the location is right off the I-15. It seems like an older property, but they've done a good job keeping it nice. The rooms are nice enough, but the indoor corridors are a little tight (watch your head with the low ceiling).
In fact, the entire hotel space is a little tight. Breakfast is complimentary, but it's almost more trouble than it's worth on a crowded morning. There's not enough room to sit down, and the breakfast buffet area is incredibly small. Bring your elbow pads.
Compared to the breakfast area, the parking lot is huge. But it's really not. Parking is very tight here, especially in the small underground lot. We spent 10 minutes negotiating with other drivers who were looking for a space before simply parking in the upper lot near Elephant Bar.
That said, we would probably stay here again during a quiet season. It's a decent property with a great staff that's doing its best. During the summer, however, you can surely find similar hotels with a little more space.
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Mt Cheeseman is a lovely sunny ski area only an hour and a half from Christchurch. It has nice wide open terrain which beginners and intermediates will love.
Cheeseman is a great club field to start off at if you are planning a few days in the Craigieburn area. It is the only clubbie in the area with T-bars rather than nutcrackers which will ease you slowly into the club field experience. For this reason it is perfect for families and those still gaining confidence on the snow.
From the first T-bar you can ride nice rolling terrain back to the base and with a bit of traversing manage some nice lines in the powder too. From the second T-bar you can hike along the ridge to the top of Mt Cockayne which provides those a bit more advanced with a great run down especially on a powder day. If you don't mind a bit of a hike there is plenty of terrain available for the adventurous and more experienced. The views are spectacular of Castle Hill basin and over the back to the Alps. There are quite a few little natural hits and lips to play around with which can keep you occupied for a while.
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Taking cues from other gaming genres in an attempt to keep you hooked, The Amazing Brain Train! is a mildly interesting collection of minigames at best.
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New motorists should spend at least a year learning to drive before gaining a licence, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
It wants a complete overhaul of the system, with night-time driving curfews and a lower drink-drive limit for new drivers, too.
ABI director general Otto Thoresen said: "Radical action is needed to reduce the tragic waste of young lives on our roads, especially among the 17 to 24 age group."
The ABI believes the way to ensure the safety of young drivers is to introduce a graduated licence scheme that would impose restrictions on newly qualified motorists for a six-month period.
As well as banning them from driving between 11pm and 4am and having a zero-tolerance approach to blood-alcohol levels, the scheme would also limit how many passengers they could carry.
The ABI also wants to see a ban on intensive driving courses that see students with limited real-world driving experience pass their tests.
Thoresen said: "A car is potentially a lethal weapon, and we must do more to help young drivers better deal with the dangers of driving. Improving the safety of young drivers will also mean that they will face lower motor insurance costs."
According to the ABI, newly qualified drivers are responsible for a disproportionate number of accidents. An 18-year-old is three times more likely than a 48-year-old to be in a crash, it says. And a third of drivers killed in car crashes are under 25.
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MTA launching six-month pilot program on Monday.
First a new subway map, and now this. The MTA will begin testing a new, tap-and-go payment system Monday as part of a six-month pilot program, with the intention to eventually phase out the MetroCard. The new system will allow bus and subway riders to pass a specially equipped key chain, credit card, or phone across a reader instead of swiping a card, similar to the methods in place in London, Washington D.C., and Hong Kong. Participants will register beforehand to have the money drawn from their bank accounts, "much like the E-Z Pass for drivers." The agency hopes to completely replace the MetroCard by 2014, at which point instead of holding up your friends searching your pockets and wallet for a yellow card, you'll, uh, be holding them up as you frantically look for your key chain.
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I use a Galaxy S5 Android smartphone so the HDX is for media / web surfing / offline viewing for travel. Since I had already been using Amazon Prime and Prime Music it was a no brainer for me to use the HDX to fill the role of media / web surfing on a tablet.
Be informed about the download limitations to this device. Amazon has been adding clarification to this which should help would-be purchasers make a more informed opinion. This wasn't as obvious as it should have been when I ordered mine so they're listening which is good.
Be aware that their most popular Prime content *may* not be available to download (and save) to your HDX. You can save certain videos to your HDX but you won't know which ones until you buy an HDX and try it out. *** Edited 12/21/2013 You can now see a list of Prime movies and shows that can be downloaded to the device. That's an improvement and more clearly shows the available downloadable Prime content. +1 for Amazon. ***
I was also under the assumption that you could download as many videos as you'd like with the limiting factor being the memory capacity of the HDX. Also NOT the case. So again, I bought the larger capacity HDX under this assumption. That was dumb on my part as it turns out because you're not limited by storage capacity. You're limited the NUMBER of downloads you can have on your device. Kids' content can be really short so you may find yourself running into that limitation, but most people never will.Read more ›
My profile: I'm a heavy tablet user for personal and business purposes. I work on my tablet around 4-5 hours a day (Email / Documents / Spreadsheet / PDF) & use the tablet 1-2 hours for personal use such as watching movies or reading books/magazine. The HDX tablet is my go-to device for all internet related search I do. It is also my main electronic device, more important than my smartphones and laptops
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That's what lead me to the 8.9 HDX, mind you, I tested out the Galaxy note 10" as well as the Nexus 7 for a "true" android experience. I found jelly bean to be no different than ice cream sandwich which was marginally better than the last version. I know android purists will say there is a huge difference and jelly bean was designed for tablets, but in all honesty, android is just a boring experience. Even with a gorgeous screen as there is on the nexus 7, it has the occasional stutter, and I don't find the operating system intuitive with the exception of google now, I swear they've got spies in my house.
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The news takes Barclays' total provisions to date to 2 billion pounds, after a 1 billion-pound charge made in 2011 and 300 million pounds made in the first quarter of 2012. Shares in Barclays fell 2% to 240 pence on the news, as investors were no doubt taken aback by the level of increase in just a few months.
Barclays also said that it expects to post an underlying third-quarter profit figure of 1.7 billion pounds when it releases its next results on 31 October. However, after the additional PPI charge, plus a 1.1 billion pounds charge related to its own borrowings, the bank might actually report an overall loss in the region of 0.1 billion pounds.
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Yes, you can laminate it.
This is a discussion on CCW Permit within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; This may sound like a silly question but I live in Virginia and just received my CCW in the mail. It is pretty flimsy and ...
This may sound like a silly question but I live in Virginia and just received my CCW in the mail. It is pretty flimsy and doesn't seem like it will hold up for the duration it is good for. Is there anything against laminating it? I know your not supposed to laminate social security cards and I just wondered if anybody else has laminated their permits to protect it. Thanks for your time.
Yes, you can laminate it.
I've had to laminate mine since I've had one (two times for eight years). This year, things are going to change. It's supposed to be as good as my driver's license. Go ahead and laminate it...otherwise it won't last. And by the way....welcome to the club.
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Go ahead and laminate it. I live in the Richmond area, and Henrico County recommends laminating it when you pick it up form the clerks office.
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Yep. Laminated is the way to go.
Hopefully one of these days they'll offer a better made permit. And one of these days I'd like to see a lifetime permit, but only time will tell in that regard.
(this thread reminded me, I need to laminate my own permit.)
Congrats. My Va permit was flimsy so I laminated it.
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In Clarke County they laminated it for me. Don't forget to sign it first though.
Procrastinators are the leaders of tomorrow.
Go to a place that does HOT laminating. It's MUCH better than the cold laminating sheets that you stick together at home.
You'll be glad that you did.
Mailboxes does HOT laminating and lots of other places.
They will laminate anything.
thanks for the tip QKShooter on the hot laminating. A photo on it and a more sturdier card would be nice especially since its good for so long. I like the idea about a lifetime permit. Im only 22 so I would definetely take advantage of that. Thanks again for all the replies and Merry Christmas.
Just don't do what I did with my renewal... I laminated it but forgot to sign it first!
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Fed's Bullard Calls for Purchase of Treasuries If Economy Slows
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should resume purchases of Treasury securities if the economy slows and prices fall rather than maintain a pledge to keep rates near zero.
"The U.S. is closer to a Japanese-style outcome today than at any time in recent history," Bullard said, warning in a research paper released yesterday about the possibility of deflation. "A better policy response to a negative shock is to expand the quantitative easing program through the purchase of Treasury securities."
Bullard's stance increases the odds the Fed will make such a move and reject other options should the economy weaken further, former Fed Governor Lyle Gramley said. Other alternatives to aid growth include using communication to plot the path of interest rates or cutting payments to banks on reserve deposits, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week.
"It's going to be very important in shifting the mix of thinking at the Fed," said Gramley, now senior economic adviser with Potomac Research Group in Washington. "Having Jim Bullard on the side of doing that could, I think, be the straw that broke the camel's back."
The Fed signaled last month that Europe's debt crisis may harm U.S. growth and repeated a pledge to keep interest rates near zero "for an extended period." The central bank cut the benchmark interest rate almost to zero in December 2008 and turned to purchases of Treasury, housing-agency and mortgage-backed securities as the main tool for monetary policy.
'All Go Away'
"The most likely possibility from where we sit today is that the recovery will continue through the fall, inflation will start to move up and this issue will all go away," Bullard said to reporters on a conference call yesterday. "Suppose we get another negative shock, another surprise. We have to be prepared in that event to have a plan in place to do something."
Bullard, a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee this year, said using Fed communications to pledge rates will stay near zero may prove to be detrimental. While some people say rates near zero will accelerate inflation, such an interest rate policy may also cause a broad-based decline in prices, he said.
Bullard, who describes himself as "the north pole of inflation hawks," has taken a broader stand on policy since he assumed leadership at the St. Louis Fed in April 2008 amid the deepest U.S. recession since the 1930s.
Raise Rates
In November, Bullard said past experience suggests the Fed may not start to raise interest rates until 2012. That same month, he said the Fed should retain the flexibility to respond to any weakening in the economy by extending beyond March its authority to buy mortgage-backed securities and agency bonds.
"They have to be talking about all these options," said former Atlanta Fed research director Robert Eisenbeis, now chief monetary economist at Cumberland Advisors Inc. At the same time, "I don't see much happening" in the statement after the next FOMC meeting Aug. 10, Eisenbeis said.
Bullard said he wrote the paper after private-sector economists reacted to the European debt crisis by assuming the Fed would extend its extended-period rate pledge further, raising a risk of deflation. An additional shock, such as a terrorist attack or weakness in Asia, would require a different policy, he said.
"The academics will tell you what you have to do is sort of dump interest-rate targeting and switch to something else," he said. "In the policy debate, that is not really happening. So we need a sharper departure from interest-rate targeting if we are going to get out of this problem."
Voiced Concerns
Bullard, who has voiced concerns with the extended-period language since early March, said during the call he wanted to spark debate and his preference has been not to dissent.
Fed officials held mixed views on deflation last month, with "a few participants" citing "some risk of deflation," according to the minutes of the June meeting. "Other participants, however, thought that inflation was unlikely to fall appreciably."
Charles Plosser, president of the Philadelphia Fed, said in an interview this week that "I don't think deflation, or sustained deflation, is a real problem at this point. It is hard to imagine how you can get that when you have got a trillion dollars in excess reserves sitting in the banking system or as long as expectations of inflation are well anchored."
Slight Increase
Separately yesterday, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told reporters that "we're still seeing slightly increasing prices." Fisher, in San Antonio, said he doesn't "see any deflationary net pressure."
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, in an interview with the New York Times published yesterday, said that while he wasn't forecasting deflation, "it's a risk that I do take seriously, and we should continue to monitor what's happening with prices." Deflation is a "greater risk" than inflation, Peter Diamond, nominated to be a Fed governor, said this month in a written response to questions from Senator Richard Shelby.
Bullard's stance aims to bridge the gap between two camps at the Fed, said Vincent Reinhart, a former Fed monetary-affairs director. Bernanke is in one group believing that the path of short-term rates is important, while Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig is among officials uncomfortable with the "extended period pledge," Reinhart said.
'More in Play'
"It raises the sense that the balance sheet is more in play," said Reinhart, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
Bullard said deflation could hurt the U.S. financial system because falling prices undermine the value of financial contracts such as mortgages. His comments echoed Bernanke's research on the Great Depression indicating that declines in borrowers' net worth can worsen a downturn.
"The conventional wisdom is that Japan has suffered through a 'lost decade' partially attributable to the fact that the economy has been stuck in the deflationary, low nominal interest-rate-steady state," he said. "To the extent that is true, the U.S. and Europe can hardly afford to join Japan in the quagmire."
The St. Louis Fed president, who said he visited Japan a month and a half ago, said policy makers there had been unsuccessful with efforts including "aggressive fiscal expansion."
"They have tried many, many things to change their situation and they haven't worked very well," he said.
'Holding Up'
Bullard said during the call that U.S. inflation expectations are "holding up," while having "fallen quite a bit."
The Fed in March ended its emergency purchases of $1.425 trillion of housing debt after completing purchases of $300 billion in Treasury securities in October.
Bullard said the program was generally regarded as successful in the U.S., along with a similar policy in the U.K.
"The global economy continues to recover from the very sharp recession of 2008 and 2009," Bullard said. "During the recovery, the U.S. economy is susceptible to negative shocks which may dampen inflation expectations."
Employment fell in June for the first time this year because of a drop in the number of U.S. census workers, while private payrolls rose 83,000, the Labor Department said. Reports over the past month showed a decline in home sales, a slump in consumer confidence, weaker manufacturing and less growth in the first quarter.


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Those words were among the advice given Friday to the largest class in history to graduate from the University of South Carolina Beaufort. They came from Karen Hughes, a public relations executive who was a close aide to former President George W. Bush, who delivered the commencement address in the Helen and Brantley Harvey Plaza on USCB's Hilton Head Gateway Campus.
"Follow your passions, in keeping with your priorities, expand your perspective and get out there and make us proud," she said.
Hughes told the graduates she began her career as a television reporter covering tornadoes and the Texas legislature. She gravitated toward politics and, after working several lower-level jobs, eventually got a position directing communications for Bush's successful 1994 and 1998 gubernatorial campaigns.
Hughes then followed Bush to the White House. In 2005, he nominated her to be undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. For two years, she led the U.S. State Department's effort to communicate U.S. values abroad.
"Standing at my own college graduation, I never could have predicted all of that," she said
Hughes reminded graduates to achieve balance in their lives: Prioritize true loves, like family. Stay grounded by calling home often. Serve your fellow citizens.
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"I say that not only because mine went on to the become the president, but because I've learned the person who is your boss is really important to your life," Hughes said. "Seek bosses who share your core values and will reinforce, rather than undermine, your priorities."
Bush, she said, appreciated honest advice: He once thanked her for pointing out his mistake when he said "misunderestimate."
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Sanders Black was among the first to receive a studio art degree.
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