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Katy Perry, Psy among guests at WH Correspondents' Dinner
Apparently one of the perks of singing at the President's campaign fundraisers is a ticket to the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Katy Perry, who provided entertainment for several of President Obama's campaign events last year, was one of the guests at the star-studded event in Washington on Saturday night. It was her second major visit to the nation's capital this year, after attending the Inauguration with her ex-boyfriend John Mayer.
Katy showed up for dinner at the Washington Hilton in a green-and-gold Giambattista Valli strapless dress, and tweeted that night that she'd "just witnessed our President deliver the funniest speech" she had ever heard.
I just witnessed our President deliver the funniest speech I have ever heard. #nerdprom— Katy Perry (@katyperry) April 28, 2013
Conan O'Brien was chosen for roasting duties at Saturday's Correspondents' Dinner in Washington D.C.
The late night host questioned why President Obama is often called "the coolest guy in the room," saying that he would get the title too if he was being compared to Chuck Hagle and John Kerry. He also asked the President why he keeps sending supporters five e-mails a day asking for more donations. Conan quipped, "You won! Do you have a gambling problem we don't know about?!" The comedian even took a jab at the President's jobs record, commending him for the fact that since his second term "the number of Popes has doubled and the number of 'Tonight Show' hosts has tripled."
But the press also got their fair share of humble pie from Conan. He particularly took aim at CNN, asking why the network chose to replace Larry King with "one of the scheming footmen from 'Downton Abbey'" - referring to its new host Piers Morgan. He added that the only people who watch CNN are "the people who clean the offices at CNN." Conan also made an observation while surveying the room full of the media elite Saturday night, noticing that television news was no different than a high school cafeteria. He said Fox was "the jocks," MSNBC are "the nerds," bloggers are "the goths," NPR is the "table for kids with peanut allergies," Al Jezeera is "the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to," and print media is "the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash."
South Korean rap sensation Psy also made an appearance at the event, as a guest of CBS News. He performed at the annual White House Christmas special last year. According to "Deadline," he was seated at the same table as "Homeland" star Claire Danes and Hannibal's" Hugh Dancy."


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Northwestern Mutual chooses designer for new lakefront high-rise
Northwestern Mutual today revealed the design team for its new Downtown high-rise office.
Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc., of Texas, will be the architect of record while Connecticut architects Pickard Chilton will design the exterior of the building. Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, a national firm, will be the interior architect for the high-rise. Hines, a real estate development firm, will continue as the development manager for the project.
"Our intent is to build a beautiful complement to the Milwaukee skyline," said Tim Gerend a vice president at Northwestern Mutual and chair of the building project's steering committee.
"But this is first of all a workplace that has to meet the practical needs of our business. It was particularly important for us to find a design architect such as Pickard Chilton that understands the goal of balancing iconic with practical."
Pickard Chilton's portfolio consists of many skyscrapers with glassy exteriors. There is no design yet for the Northwestern Mutual project.
Northwestern Mutual expects to complete the project is 2017.
Daus | Feb. 8, 2013 at 12:31 p.m. (report)
So far so good. It's not often the city of Milwaukee get's the guys who help design the Petronas towers and the guys who did the interiors of a good chunk of Silicon Valley on one project.
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Monthly Master's Series with Sah'ra Saeeda
Body Temple
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM - Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 5:30 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
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Event Details
The Long Awaited Opportunity to Learn from
the Authority on Middle Eastern Dance
Monthly Master's Series with Sah'ra Saeeda
~the Epitome of Elegance, Grace and Authenticty~
For The Dancer Who Yearns To Take Her Art
To The Next Level & Beyond
*You don't need to drive to LA or Orange County
because it's happening in the Heart of the Inland Empire*
Saturday Intensives will be 1-5:30pm with short breaks
Sunday Privates will be during the hours of 11am-4:40pm with a 10 minute break between session A. 11-noon, B. 12:10-1:10, C. 1:20-2:20, D. 2:30-3:30, E. 3:40-4:40
The pricing for Privates is
$125 for attendees first hour
$75 for each additional hour in that weekend
$150 for non-attendees
Privates must be booked thru Paypal. Make sure to include date, session/s (A-E) in the notes section. email@example.com.
Privates may be video taped including Sah'ra's feedback.
**Space is Limited 10 dancers maximum.**
There will be two performances during the year to apply what you've learned and then you may want book a Private the next day for critique and encouragement.
We will also be meeting after the Saturday workshops for a FREE study group on the "Artists Way" hosted by Sah'ra and Saahira for 90 minutes. Delving even deeper into the creative process and how it applies to our dance.
If you are coming for the weekend, we can help you make arrangements at the lovely Alexandra Guest House.
Email us for fees.
When & Where
Body Temple-Life Arts Center
3485 University Ave
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM - Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 5:30 PM (PST)
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Body Temple is a sanctuary in the city where you can return home to your soul. It is a sacred space co-created for the Transformational Arts.


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Reciprocity and Constructions of Informed Consent: Researching with Indigenous Populations
In this article, the authors present a discussion of institutional review boards and potential challenges qualitative researchers may face when presenting human subjects research proposals to these boards for approval. In particular, they focus on issues of consent and reciprocity with Indigenous populations, whose culture and traditions might be quite different from those review boards typically see. After presenting these issues, the authors close with a framework that can be used as a guide for ethical considerations in research with Indigenous peoples.


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That passion became love and we wanted to share this love with you.
We compiled our favorite music and formed several streams so you can choose and listen.
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Body mass indexBMI
A good way to decide if your weight is healthy for your height is to figure out your body mass index (BMI). You and your health care provider can use your BMI to estimate how much body fat you have.
Being obeseputs strain on your heart and can lead to serious health problems. These problems include:
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- Sleep apnea
- Type 2 diabetes
- Varicose veins
Your BMI estimates how much you should weigh, based on your height. Here are the steps to calculate it:
- Multiply your weight in pounds by 703.
- Divide that answer by your height in inches.
- Divide that answer by your height in inches again.
For example, a woman who weighs 270 pounds and is 68 inches tall has a BMI of 41.0.
Use the chart below to see what category your BMI falls into, and whether you need to be concerned about your weight.
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|18.5 - 24.9
|25.0 - 29.9
|30.0 - 39.9
|Over 40
|Extreme or high riskobesity
BMI is not always the best way to decide whether you need tolose weight. If you have more or less muscle than is normal, your BMI may not be a perfect measure of how much body fat you have:
- Body builders: Because muscle weighs more than fat, people who are very muscular may have a high BMI.
- Elderly: In the elderly it is often better to have a BMI between 25 and 27, rather than under 25. If you are older than 65, for example, a slightly higher BMI may help protect you from thinning of the bones (osteoporosis).
- Children: While an alarming number of children are obese, do not use this BMI calculator for evaluating a child. Talk to your child's doctor or nurse about the appropriate weight for your child's age.
Health care providersuse a few methods to decide whether you are overweight. Your health care provider may also take your waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio into consideration.
Your BMI alone cannot predict your health risk, but most experts say that a BMI greater than 30 (obesity) is unhealthy. No matter what your BMI is, exercise can help reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes. Remember to always ask your health care provider before starting an exercise program.
Jensen MD. Obesity In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 227.
Gahagan S. Overweight and obesity. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 44.
Review Date: 8/14/2012
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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On Tuesday evening our family celebrated Fat Tuesday with a large heart shaped pizza, a yummy salad and chocolate ice cream cones for dessert. It was delicious.
On Ash Wednesday I shot a roll of film for my photography class. My subject matter was a beautiful church built in 1936. As I set up each frame I thought about Lent. Lent in short order is the time a Christian prepares their heart for Easter. Many observers fast or give up certain luxuries (or vices) as a form of penitence (remorse for their sins/faults).


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SCS News & Press Releases
Thursday July 21, 2016A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they solve challenging math problems.In the study, which was published in Psychological Science, researchers combined two analytical strategies to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify patterns of brain activity that aligned with four distinct stages of problem-solving: encoding, planning, solving and responding.
Thursday July 21, 2016SCS's Yuvraj Agarwal and Srinivasan Seshan have joined with Vyas Sekar of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on a National Science Foundation-funded project to develop a software-based solution to the problem of security for the Internet of Things.
Thursday July 21, 2016A new method for analyzing the scrambled genomes of cancer cells allows researchers, for the first time, to simultaneously identify two different types of genetic changes associated with cancers and to identify connections between the two.
Thursday July 21, 2016Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, Werner Herzog's documentary featuring several Carnegie Mellon researchers, will be screened by Pittsburgh Filmmakers at the Regent Square Theater at 7:30 p.m. July 29. Three people in the film — NREC's Mike Vandeweghe, ECE's Raj Rajkumar and Psychology's Marcel Just — will participate in a Q&A. Advance tickets are available online.
Monday July 18, 2016A new computational design tool can turn a flat sheet of plastic or metal into a complex 3-D shape, such as a mask, sculpture or even a lady's high-heel shoe.Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, say the tool enables designers to fully and creatively exploit an unusual quality of certain materials — the ability to expand uniformly in two dimensions. A rubber band, by contrast, contracts in one dimension while being stretched in another.
Tuesday July 12, 2016The School of Computer Science has named rising seniors Rachel Holladay and Ananya Kumar the recipients of this year's Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship.Now in its second year, the Stehlik Scholarship recognizes undergraduate students near the end of their Carnegie Mellon careers whose reach for excellence extends beyond the classroom. Awardees are working to make a difference in SCS, the field of computer science and the world around them.
Thursday July 07, 2016Could a tail have allowed ancient vertebrates to make the transition from water to land?
Wednesday July 06, 2016Before she even arrived at Carnegie Mellon University in 2013, Rachel Holladay had already built a mapping website that displayed geochemical physical data about the Gulf of Mexico for the United States Department of the Navy, and had spent nearly a decade involved in the FIRST Robotics program.
Wednesday July 06, 2016Chalk up one more task a smartphone app may do better than you: figuring out your privacy settings.A field study suggests that a personalized privacy assistant app being developed at Carnegie Mellon University can simplify the chore of setting permissions for your smartphone apps. That's a task that requires well over a hundred decisions — an unmanageable number for the typical user.The privacy assistant can learn the user's preferences and quickly recommend the most appropriate settings, such as with which app to share the user's location or contact list.
Monday June 27, 2016The development of an electronic Braille writing tutor at a school for the blind in India has been a labor of love over the past decade for M. Bernardine Dias and her Carnegie Mellon University colleagues, students and staff. And for the past year, it has provided a research window into the role love plays in engineering.


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Thanks to all who have enrolled in tonight's online discussion on the status of both the 9/11 Commission recommendations and current intelligence reform legislation. As a reminder, the chat will begin promptly at 8:00PM EST. For those who would still like to participate, please enroll by clicking on the link below.
Joining us for tonight's chat will be Chris Kojm, former Deputy Director of the 9/11 Commission and current President of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project. Also contributing are Carie Lemack, FOS11 Board Secretary and member of the Family Steering Committee, and Don Goodrich, FOS11 Board Chairman, with Executive Director Nikki Stern facilitating.
After introductory remarks and summations, participants will be able to ask questions of discussion leaders on the latest activities related to the 9/11 Commission recommendations. If you have already enrolled, you should have received a confirmation email with a link to the chat room. Click on the link in the confirmation email at 8:00PM EST and enter the chat name and password you have selected.
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One of the trucks on display at World of Concrete in 2012 was a red Kenworth W900S with a red and white striped McNeilus Bridgemaster mixer body. The colors and configuration are quite familiar around Chicago, but not often seen in Las Vegas.
It's the signature color scheme of Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Chicago's only locally owned ready mix producer and — with 450 ready-mix trucks and 75 support vehicles — one of its largest. The Kenworth was one of the first of Ozinga's current fleet of 40 mixers fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). According to Tim Ozinga, director of corporate communications, the fleet will be 100 percent CNG-fueled by 2020, including all support vehicles.
From coal to alternative fuel
Founded in 1928 by Martin Ozinga Sr. and Bill Conrad as the Conrad and Ozinga Coal and Coke Company, the company upgraded from horse power to horsepower with its first motor truck the following year. Soon after, Ozinga bought out his partner. He turned it over to his three sons in 1942. The company suspended operations during World War II, as all of the Ozinga sons enlisted in the armed forces.
Upon their return in 1946, the brothers shifted the company's emphasis from fuels to building materials. It grew with the postwar building boom. The distinctive red and white striped mixer drums owe their design to the stripes on the American flag that the brothers served. They kept their father's dedication to providing quality products and services to customers and community alike.
Fast forward to 2011 and the opportunity to evaluate and perhaps pioneer the use of natural gas as an alternative vehicle fuel. The operating economics looked good on paper, and converting to domestically produced gas reduces our dependence on imported petroleum. Natural gas also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 23 percent with 80 to 90 percent less carbon emissions. As an added benefit, the CNG Cummins-Westport engine is up to 90 percent quieter than diesel—an important consideration in urban Chicago.
Investing in efficiency
Ozinga hadn't bought trucks since 2006, so by 2011 it was time to start replacing them. Now run by the fourth generation of Ozingas, the brothers and their cousin decided to evaluate CNG. They worked closely with Kenworth, McNeilus, and Cummins-Westport on the optimal specifications, and bought 14 new trucks in November 2011. Power from the 8.9-liter ISLG engines is 320 hp with 1000 pound-feet of torque. Fuel capacity, measured in diesel gallon equivalents (DGE) is comparable to the trucks that were replaced.
"Before we could put the trucks into service,we needed to put in a refueling system," says Tim Ozinga. "Then we had to train our drivers on operating it, and all the safety procedures." After contracting with People's Gas to supply the fuel, Ozinga purchased the refueling system to supply the trucks. High-pressure storage tanks were installed, along with a compressor to bring pressure up to 3500 pounds per square inch (psi), storage pressure for CNG. To get the power required to drive the compressor, Ozinga had to install a dedicated transformer next to the compressor.
The weights of the CNG and diesel trucks are within 1000 pounds of each other,mostly due to the weight of the CNG fuel tanks. The producer's typical loads still run 8-1/2 to 9 yards. The CNG trucks are averaging five to seven loads per day, and three to five loads to rural locations. "To help, we added time-fill fueling in our Mokena (Ill.) location and we'll be expanding CNG to northwest Indiana," Tim Ozinga says.
For 40 CNG trucks currently in service, the producer has 30 time-fill units in operation, along with three fast-fill pumps. Trucks using time-fill refueling are left overnight, while the fast-fill pumps can refuel a truck in as little as 10 minutes. Fast-fill can bring the tanks to between 85 and 90 percent of capacity; time-fill takes them to 100 percent.
At Ozinga's Chinatown facility, a driver brought a truck in to his assigned parking space and hook uped to the time-fill connection. It took longer to put on the required safety gear than to actually connect the high-pressure hose. The whole process took about 10 seconds. Then the driver went home.
If a truck runs out of CNG on the road, it can be refilled from any other CNG truck in the fleet. A hose carried on each truck connects to the refueling fitting. Within a short time, depending on gas pressure in the donor truck, the two trucks will equalize fuel pressure and each will have half the range that the donor truck started with.
Tim Ozinga also refills his dual-fuel (gasoline and CNG) Chevrolet support vehicle here. He pulls up to the fast-fill pump, connects the air-tight safety fitting and starts the pump. In minutes, the CNG tank was full. He switches seamlessly between CNG and gasoline, then back again. It can be switched manually or, if one of the tanks runs out, automatically.
Ozinga's fast-fill pumps also refuel selected customers who are contracted to use the system. This builds both volume and goodwill, and helps the producer amortize its investment.
In February,diesel cost $4.15 per gallon in the Chicago area, while CNG was at $2.56 per diesel gallon equivalent. That's $1.59 less per gallon,or 38 percent direct fuel savings.
A new maintenance routine
There are also maintenance differences. The change interval for fuel filters, for example, is extended to 1000 hours, compared with only 400 hours with diesel. The producer conducts oil drain intervals according to the engine maker's recommendations. "We do have to use a special oil –Chevron Delo 15W-40 for natural gas," says Pete Huisenga, Ozinga's equipment manager. "It's not cross-compatible with our diesels, so until the changeover is complete, we'll have to carry two oils."
Huisenga changes spark plugs at 1500 hours and runs the overheads (checks valve adjustment) at 2000 hours, compared with about 4000 hours for the diesels. "One nice thing about our CNG trucks is they only have a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and it requires no maintenance," he says."There's no regeneration because there's no diesel particulate filter (DPF), and no diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to keep full because no selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system is needed. The exhaust stacks are so clean, you can run a white glove on the stacks and it will come out without a trace of soot."
Any way you look at it—from fuel cost to operating economy to environmental responsibility—Ozinga's switch to CNG power is paying off. This is why the producer is on target to have all 500-plus ready-mix trucks and support vehicles running solely on CNG by 2020. TCP
For more information on the producer in this story, visit www.ozinga.com
Paul Abelson writes the regular Fleet Factors column for TCP. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hey, Ive just moved to Fife and Ive seen a couple of gyms around Glenrothes/Markinch.
Urban Disturbance and Team Unity. Im going to pop along to both and see whats best suited for me but the only issue is Urban Disturbance has a Muay Thai class that Id like to attend and Unity has a BJJ class Id like to attend.
I assume alot of gyms wouldn't like their students training at other rival facilities. I know Team Unity has boxing classes as well but cant see anything else in terms of stand up.
Just wondered if anyone on the Cage Warriors forums have had much experience with either two gyms and coaching staff.


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If you don't have any qualifications and you want to change career to Web Design in a professional sense. How do you go about it? I'd love to be designing user interfaces for a living how does one go about with this? I know that Team Tree house offer a lot of courses and tutorials, is this a good route to go through. I'm self-taught in Graphic Design and I've been teaching myself for decades as it's a hobby but I've found it very difficult to break into it.
Web design might be a little easier to break into. So do some intensive learning, and then find people to do websites for—perhaps starting with friends, family and connections. Or just do one for yourself, at least. Then you could go to local business meetups etc. and find work that way. Plenty of people need a website.
Build up a portfolio. Whether it's projects you've done for friends/family, or practice projects based around a fictitious company, you just need a good compilation of your best work to impress potential employers.
To get anywhere you need to get stuck in and learn the basics first: HTML, CSS, Accessibility, Usability - learn and practice till you do it without thinking.
I agree with what it's been said.
You've learned because you enjoyed it and had fun with it. And that's great. But, even if you know a lot, in this world you will have to go on learning... forever!
Not only to keep on improving as a designer but also you need to learn about business
So, yep, keep on learning and start to create a website, something that you can show. It could be yours (why not? You should have your own website)
When you have something to show, things are easier. Fake companies could be good too.
Doing a real project (whether it is your own web page or some fake companies) will show you the problems that you could be facing with a real client. Even if you will not code it yourself, and you need help for that... do it!
Participate in competitions like in 99Designs.com to gain experience and get feedback.
And when you're a bit certain that you have something to show... Offer your services. Pick one or two companies and offer to improve the design or re-do their website for a fair price.
Be sure that you don't make promises that you can't keep. Always over deliver. The word of mouth will start to roll.
Great advice molona!
The only thing that will stop you from succeeding is a lack of motivation, there's so many great ways to learn and it costs nothing but your time to learn everything you need. So stay inspired, practice often and try to understand the value of your work by doing real projects for family, friends and small businesses around you.Also look around at local design agencies and startups who are doing great work, hang around them and learn from them.Attend local meetups in the design/tech space and you're bound to find good opportunities.
Inspirationhttp://dribbble.com/Process This is more focused at software development in a team, but you might find the Interface Design chapter helpful.http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php
Good luck,
Take existing interface like "Facebook" and try to make it a better experience + better look and feel.If you succeed you get yourself a job right away.
Behance is a good resource to start on.
A good resource for learning is also CodeAcademy.com They have such an awesome array of programs and it's a really fun user interface that gives you points as you learn. You can learn new things about HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, and others. Just keep constantly learning and talk to everyone about what you're doing. I've found most of my clients through my job [I'm a barista] and just talking about what you're learning, how excited you are about it and just general design and passion can get you quite far. There are most likely opportunities for design in your everyday life that you haven't thought about -- and wouldn't -- until you start talking about it. Also, if you're a part of other forums [besides this one] offering a redesign or additional skin can be a great learning opportunity. I learned PHP because a forum I'm a part of wanted a new skin for their website and I offered to try it out.
You'd be amazed by how many people you know that need or would like your help with designing things.
There are many ways to learn how to code a website. The best I can think of is using video tutorials from let's say lynda.com. You can also try and code yourself from website such as codeavengers.com and codeacademy.com. Practice make perfect. From experience books never helped me much, so I think learning online would be the best practice.
In terms of treating this as a career, I feel it might be a hard cookie to crack.
Granted, plenty of people need websites, but more than enough people aren't prepared to pay for a website. It's one of those things. Companies might need it, and some value their online appearance. The problem with value is that it's only valued on the eyes of the beholder, and if the client does not value an online appearance then there is no value to what your producing, or no value to your client should I say.
It is really nice that you have been learning and acquiring information about web designing from a long time.But to implement it in terms of your career you should increase your practice as like designing some dummy projects.Also you should give a try to some short time training for web development before actually giving a shot to professional web designing as this will give you a knowledge of proper fundamentals and techniques to be followed for successful web designing.Apart from this make sure that you are fully friendly with CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and other designing tools as these are form a nucleus of web designing.
If you really want to start as a web designer it isn't just learning some code... a lot of people may think so.. but first you should ask yourself a question.... Why do i want to become a web designer.... what websites do i want to build? They should be nice looking and also functional?
If you wanna become a really good web designer you should know a lot more then just code a website... You will absolute need to be a guru in html/css and maybe php and you need some skills with Photoshop...
But if you really wanna be a great web designer it's very important you know some standard SEO issues... how easy is your navigation... what's the bounce rate on pages... how can you lower the bounce rate, how can i increase my pageviews per day... what's the perfect inner-linkingstructure... how do i get visitors to stay on my customers websites?
You need to understand that when your customer is successful because of your skills, you will be successful and customers will redirect to you
Well ye, quite frankly "web-designer" used to be a profession in 2001-2005.Now its UX designer, UI designer, front-end engineer, java developer. etc.
When I see the words "Web Designer" I think graphic design and not necessarily coding. Basically, the person who designs the web sites graphics and layout and then hands it over to a coder to implement. 95% of the companies I've worked for, including my current one, make this distinction. For larger companies, at least, these people usually have a graphic design or an arts background or a degree in one field or both. One person I know is an artist by trade (or at least partially by trade) and taught himself Word Press. So he can whip up a really beautiful sight and just plop the template into WordPress. It works for him, but he has a solid arts background. Some smaller companies, with little or no budget, and I've worked in a few, may have a developer playing both designer and programmer roles, but this usually just delays implementation and distracts from system engineering. And it seems more and more rare.
So if you mean "Web Programmer" then the advice given in this thread sticks: learn HTML, JavaScript, CSS and at least one dynamic platform (ASP, PHP, JSP, etc.). But if you want to design how people interact with the site and know how to place graphics in the most advantageous places, that's a different question all together.
I agree with you, now its more of UX designer, UI designer and font end development
RegardsMohsin Fancy<snip>
So far, I'm reading some great advice here.
You are actually off to a great start. Some of the best web designers I know are actually self-taught. A number of them only took serious classes after things got bigger for them.
Like what ralph.m said, start with the people who actually believe in you (family, friends, etc). These are the people who can help spread the word out of your actual skills. This can help build your portfolio.
Speaking of portfolio, molona said it right. Not only do you have to do continuous learning of your skill, you also have to learn about business. This may seem like a daunting task. But, if you have an entrepreneur's mindset it shouldn't be. It would be a fun and challenging ride. After all, you can get started without spending anything yet. <snip>
You can also listen to podcasts. Keep learning. Apply what you learn. Also, learn from your mistakes.
Build it from there. I'm sure you'll go far. Good luck!


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Such natives sent presents, made their peace with Cortés, and so weakened the opposition to the conquerors.
How many soldiers and Indian allies did Cortés lose in one battle?
Cortés conquered Mexico, rich with gold beyond all that Europe had even dreamed.
Cortés retained his rank as captain-general after the audiencia was established.
A few years after Cortés conquered Mexico a second army conquered another famous Indian kingdom.
De Leon discovered Florida, and died while seeking there to emulate the successes of Cortés.
She was kindly received by Cortés, who showed her the respectful attentions suited to her rank.
They had been formally betrothed four years; now Affonso called on his nobles and the deputies of Cortés to witness the marriage.
What seemed to be the main object of these conquerors, Cortés and Pizarro, in their expeditions?
Cortés was very fond of play, both at cards and dice, and while playing he was very affable and good-humored.
1660s, legislative houses of Spain or Portugal, from Spanish and Portuguese plural of corte, from Latin cortem (see court (n.)).


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iHeartRadio Music Festival returns to Las Vegas this September!
The iHeartRadio Music Festival is coming back to Las Vegas this September!
Mark your calendars: for the third straight year, the star-studded, multi-genre iHeartRadio Music Festival will take place over two days at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It all goes down September 20 and 21, 2013.
In a press release today, Clear Channel also announced its continued partnership with Macy's, to bring back Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star, a campaign designed to spotlight America's emerging musicians and find one lucky artist or group to perform at the iconic iHeartRadio Music Festival.
Clear Channel's industry experts and Macy's have selected 25 up-and-coming musicians to present to fans across America, who will then vote for an emerging artist who will be given a chance to perform alongside music's biggest stars at the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2013 and at Macy's Glamorama events this summer. Clear Channel listeners, iHeartRadio fans and Macy's shoppers will select their favorite emerging talent and vote online at iheartradio.com/RisingStar or at iheartradio.com/Macys. The artist with the most votes will perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Voting begins April 1 and will run through May 12.
Last year's winners of the Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star, Megan & Liz, received nearly 3 million votes from Clear Channel radio listeners, iHeartRadio fans and Macy's shoppers across the country – including some of music's biggest names such as Will.i.am, Pitbull, David Guetta, Enrique Iglesias and Randy Jackson.
The winning duo performed alongside music's biggest stars at the 2012 Festival which included No Doubt, Bon Jovi, Jason Aldean, Lil Wayne, Swedish House Mafia, Usher, Green Day, Rihanna, P!nk, Brad Paisley, Calvin Harris, Enrique Iglesias, Mary J. Blige, Taylor Swift, Linkin Park, deadmau5, Aerosmith and Pitbull. More than 17 million people tuned into the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival, which also received more than 1 billion social impressions and more than 50 million text-to-win contest entries.
The 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup will be announced this summer. Further details including ticket information, show line-up and exclusive "Road to Vegas" content will also be available this summer.


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'The Sabres received Edmonton's seventh-round pick in next year's draft in exchange for Hejda. Buffalo's fourth-round pick in the 2003 draft, the 28-year-old Hejda is unsigned and has spent his entire career playing in Europe.'
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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A group of Lindsey
Wilson College students celebrated the July 4 holiday by paying
tribute to Americans who paid the ultimate price for to preserve
the nation's freedom.
A select ensemble from the Lindsey Wilson Singers
performed July 4 at a Memorial Recital and Wreath-Laying Ceremony
at the Normandy American Cemetery in France. The
students performed under the direction of LWC Associate Professor
of Music and Director of Choral Ensembles Gerald Chafin.
A total of 73,000 U.S. soldiers were part of the
156,000 Allied troops who took part in the June 6, 1944, D-Day
invasion, the largest amphibious invasion in world history. Almost
2,500 U.S. soldiers were killed during the invasion.
The students who participated in the July 4 event
in Normandy were: John Brown of Albany, Ky.; Allison Chafin
of Columbia; Amber Clark of Kennesaw, Ga.; Jeremy Cloyd of
Tompkinsville, Ky.; Kailyn Conner of Albany, Ky.; Andrew Ferguson
of Columbia; Chelsea Pike of Campbellsville, Ky.; Emily Ramage of
Columbia; Bailey Scott of Auburn, Ky.; Christian Talley of
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HAWTHORNE — Police will conduct a driving under the influence and driver's license checkpoint Friday in Hawthorne.
The checkpoint will run from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Saturday. The location was not disclosed.
Officers will contact drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, and check that drivers are properly licensed.
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In this dark comedy written by Edward Albee, a successful and professional couple has their world turned up side down by an act of infidelity and....love? A powerfully confronting and darkly comedic story involving Martin- an architect, Stevie- his wife, Billy- their son, and Ross- a family friend and witness to it all. Albee subtitles this play "Notes towards a definition of tragedy". Jamie Woodham Plunkett directs this classic comedy - tragedy with modern twists. The Goat was the winner of both the 2002 Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Play.
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Check out these videos:
BeEF works fine for me. You can also use an ettercap filter to place the beef script tag into the target browser without redirecting it.
Anyone have BeEF working on Backtrack 3 release? I followed the instructions and can access the BeEF server from a different machine on my local net, but the process of turning that other machine into a zombie doesn't happen. There must be something basic I'm missing here. Looks like a very interesting program but cannot get it to do anything.
Check out these videos:
BeEF works fine for me. You can also use an ettercap filter to place the beef script tag into the target browser without redirecting it.
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. -- Lin-Chi
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I slept once, it was a Tuesday.
Pynstrom - thank you for those links to John Strands enlightening videos. They straightened me up and now I can fly right. In other words, I got it working on my local net thanks to those links.
The problem was there was no explicit instruction at the web site to actually enable the alert module so I was just following the directions to attach to 192.168.1.101 (machine running BeEF) without first enabling the actual alert module which is critical to make it work. That needs to be more clear on the instruction page at bindshell.net (I will email the appropriate people about that).
My question is when I run the bindshell exploit I'm getting a small blank box in the zombie window -- is that normal or what? The attacking BeEF machine wants input for the target machine (i.e., 192.168.1.100 and port, 4444), so am I now supposed to be able to connect to the on on port 4444? Indeed, a netstat -ant does not show port 4444 listening on the compromised machine but there is now a blank window/frame showing up on the zombie. Normally would you use netcat to bind to it?
you have to edit the file located /var/www/htdocs/beef/hook/xss-example.html
src="http://youripaddress . . . . . . .
then have your target connect to yourip/beef/hook/xss-example.html
Thanks BigMac -- that helped. Now, the method to communicate with the zombie when using the bindshell. Any suggestions? How do you communicate with it in the iframe window that pops up on the zombie when running that exploit? Do you have any ideas? I just seem to get a pop up iframe window in the zombie and no directions on what to do next. The inter-protocol communication bindshell module looks like it's working properly but are those "commands" in the commands box on the BeEF server linux-specific or how does one get them to run, if you don't mind my asking.
Thank you.


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LeAnn Rimes' 'Spitfire' arriving in June
Listen to LeAnn Rimes on iHeartRadio
LeAnn Rimes is calling her new album "an intimate conversation" with her fans. The country star explains that with Spitfire she's sharing her personal journey through her music, and admits it's taken her "a lot of work to get to this point."
She says the material covers a range of emotions she's experienced over her lifetime, "from anger to love, from frustrations to letting go."
Rimes adds that it's still easier for her to sing these thoughts than it is to say them out loud, and she hopes she's conveying thoughts that are hard for others to express as well.
Spitfire also includes a few special guests. Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminsky contribute background vocals to the song "What Have I Done?," while Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas and guitar great Jeff Beck are featured on "Gasoline & Matches."
Spitfire, which also features the single "Borrowed," will be released as a physical CD exclusively through Walmart on June 4th.
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Corporate Philanthropy refers to the investments and activities a company voluntarily undertakes to responsibly manage and account for its impact on society. It includes investments of money, donations of products, in-kind services and technical assistance, employee volunteerism, and other business transactions to advance a social cause, issue, or the work of a nonprofit organization. Corporate foundations and corporate giving programs traditionally play a major role in these areas.
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Find out what causes asthma, and how to take control of your symptoms.
Healing home remedies for common ailments
Tricks to help you quit for good.
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GSA Awards Networx Enterprise Contracts
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GSA #10355May 31, 2007
Contact: Jon Anderson (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today awarded its highly anticipated Networx Enterprise contracts to AT&T Corp; Level 3 Communications, LLC; MCI Communications Services, Inc.; Qwest Government Services, Inc. and Sprint Solutions, Inc.
Networx Enterprise, the second of two acquisitions that comprise the Networx Program, is available to provide voice, IP, wireless, satellite and IP-centric services to 135 federal agencies. Together with its companion Networx Universal, Networx Enterprise will transform the current federal telecommunications system to a modern, secure, worldwide IP and MPLS-based network compliant with Internet Protocol version 6 and other major technological advances anticipated throughout its contract life. The Networx program has a potential value of $20 billion.
"We at GSA are committed to our customers, and award of the Networx Enterprise contracts today provides them superior telecommunications services from the best American companies at the best prices available in the marketplace," said GSA Administrator Lurita Doan."
"With this award and other recent awards, we're bringing our customers the full range of options for telecommunication services available," said GSA's Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Jim Williams. "GSA's on time and on target again with another major acquisition, and our focus is now on helping our customers transition. The FAS Networx team, including its customer agency team members, have done a super job in delivering these transformational capabilities."
Networx Enterprise, in comparison with Networx Universal, lowered the number of required services and reduced the geographic requirement to allow Enterprise offerors to provide their best prices for a secure, managed, IP network nationwide. While Enterprise will therefore not meet the global requirements for certain agencies, it can provide lower prices for others, allowing GSA to provide the choice and flexibility demanded by customers and incorporated in the Networx program goals.
GSA constructed the Networx program around a core set of forward-looking, IP-based telecommunications and networking services, supplemented by a wide range of additional contractor offerings that add overall value to Federal government operations. The core services provided by all Networx contracts include the IP, security and management services necessary to design and deploy advanced IP networks.
One example of the advanced IP capabilities available from Networx contractors is MPLS (multi protocol label switching), which provides more flexibility to divert and route high priority traffic around link failures, congestion, and bottlenecks. This allows agencies to ensure the highest quality and availability of the most critical government communications at all times. Networx also incorporates requirements for IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) to ensure that GSA customers can comply with OMB's direction to move to this new standard by June 2008, which makes available many more network addresses in anticipation of continued explosive growth of the Internet worldwide.
Networx represents the most robust suite of telecommunication services offered within the federal marketplace. For more information, go to Networx Overview.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 205,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.


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Video: Nikon 1 V1 digital camera
Zak Billmeier grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he eventually settled in the mountains of Central Virginia. He spends his free time chasing his daughter around, taking pictures, gardening and cooking. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V writing team in 2007 and is now a lead producer on our video team.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Zak, Crutchfield photo enthusiast, tries out the Nikon 1 V1 hybrid camera and gives his review. He tells about the hybrid focusing system, electronic viewfinder, and Smart Photo selector. Zak also reviewed the Nikon 1 J1 camera.
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Zak: So I got a sneak peek at the new Nikon 1 V1 interchangeable lens camera. And this is part of the Nikon 1 system, which is a brand new system designed from the ground up by Nikon — their first new lens mount since the F mount of the late fifties that has continued through today. So it's pretty exciting stuff. It features interchangeable lenses. There are already three available for it and in the near future you'll see an F mount adapter so that you can use your existing Nikon lenses with it.
It's got a very solid build. It feels great in my hand. It's got a little notch here for grabbing with your fingers here, and then a little thumb pad on the back so you can really get a comfortable grip on it. It's obviously a very quality, solid camera. The V1 has a fantastic electronic viewfinder and it, unlike some other electronic viewfinders that I've used, it has a very natural look to it. It looks really just like it looks on the screen on the back. The screen's also fantastic. You can use the screen to frame your shot like this or as you get closer there's an eye sensor that will trip the electronic viewfinder to come on. Sometimes out in the sun it's hard to see the screen but no problem. Just come on up to that viewfinder and you'll see everything clearly.
The Nikon 1 V1 features Nikon's brand new hybrid focusing system. What they've done is they've taken the contrast detect system found in point-and-shoot cameras and combined it with the phase detect system you'd find in a DSLR system. Nikon's brought them both together here so what they've created is something that focuses amazingly quickly — great for action, great for taking pictures of your kids or your pets or other wildlife. Anything that moves, this'll catch it.
A feature I really liked on this camera is what they call Smart Photo Selector. It's got its own mode on the dial and you flip the dial over there and what it does is it starts taking pictures when you focus and press halfway and then keeps taking pictures when you press it down. It takes a total of twenty, and then the camera decides which five are the best and from there you can whittle it down to the best one. It's kind of biased toward blinking and smiling so if, say you're assembling a group photo of some kind — you know how hard it is to get everybody looking the right way and somebody's always got their head turned or their moving a little bit — this one will actually automatically delete all those pictures and keep the five with the most people looking at you, the most smiles, and you'll get the best shot you can. It's also good for any fleeting moment, you know. You don't want to miss those shots and this will help you get them. The Nikon 1 V1 has an accessory port here on the top. And this is so you can add an external flash or a GPS module to it. It doesn't have a pop-up flash so if you plan on using flash that's what this port is for.
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Brevard, N.C.- The BC women's cross country placed first in the Brevard College Invitational on Thursday afternoon, while the men's team finished 2nd behind North Greenville University.
The Tornados represented the top four finishers in the women's race, steered by Angela Canale who finished the 4K course in 1st place at 16:05. Hannah Cook trailed Canale by just one second, finishing with a time of 16:06. Casey McDowell and Heidi Kaartinen finished in 3rd and 4th place, respectively.
Preseason All-SAC First Team selection Josh Mower led the men's team with a 3rd place finish and a time of 17:07. Jordan Tager and Patrick Helmick were the race's next two finishers, taking 4th and 5th in the 5K race, repsectively.
The Tornados are now in preparation for the SAC Cross Country Championships, which will be held at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee on October 20th.


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Knit this ladies round neck design that can be knitted as either a cardigan or sweater, a pattern from the Rowan archive that is now available to purchase online. Designed by Kim Hargreaves using the beautiful yarn Kidsilk Haze (mohair and silk) the beaded sweater can be knitted as either a round or polo neck and both designs feature a pretty frill detail.
This design is available to purchase for £3 as a single pattern from our online pattern store.Click here to view
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Los Angeles • The Los Angeles Kings and their fans waited 45 years to raise a Stanley Cup banner to the rafters.
Then they waited three more months, thanks to the NHL lockout.
After all that waiting around, even the disappointment of the blowout loss that followed Saturday's ceremony couldn't completely ruin the Kings' first championship celebration.
The Kings recognized last June's Stanley Cup triumph in a joyous ceremony before their season opener, receiving their championship rings and showing off the Stanley Cup before their 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Although the defeat tempered the party, the Kings savored a day to enjoy their unlikely title.
"We enjoyed it, but we'll try to learn from it as well," captain Dustin Brown said.


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Gas prices continue to fall
Published: Monday, November 12, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 12, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.
Travelers can prepare to give thanks for gas prices this coming Thanksgiving holiday, as fuel prices continue to drop across the Southeast.
Average price for a gallon of regular gasoline
Current: $ 3.439
Week ago: $ 3.475
Month ago: $ 3.810
Year ago: $ 3.438
Current: $ 3.367
Week ago: $ 3.430
Month ago: $ 3.723
Year ago: $ 3.425
The national average price of regular unleaded gasoline is 4 cents less than last week at $3.44. Florida's average price dropped 6 cents this week, falling to $3.37.
While gas prices continue to decline, the cost for a barrel of oil has increased slightly. A barrel of oil cost $86.07 Friday, an increase of $1.21 from the week before.
"Although oil prices inched up slightly, retail gas prices are expected to fall throughout the month," said Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, The Auto Club Group. "Pump prices continue to look more attractive to travelers who plan to take a Thanksgiving road trip this year."
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SACRAMENTO—An informational hearing on September 30 in Sacramento will focus on the dangers of chronic student absenteeism and strategies for keeping kids in school.
The hearing is one of many events leading up to a December 4 statewide Summit on Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court. The summit is part of Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye's effort to highlight the role that courts and juvenile court judges can play in changing the poor outcomes for youth struggling with truancy, chronic absenteeism, and school discipline issues.
Special Hearing in Sacramento
The informational hearing on September 30 will provide county teams attending the December 4 summit with up-to-date information about attendance law, the consequences of chronic absenteeism, and the need for collaborative efforts to promote regular school attendance.
Effective intervention is based on a shared understanding that truancy and school discipline are community problems that no one system or agency must handle alone, so collaboration is critical. The county teams attending the hearing and summit will consist of representatives from schools, law enforcement, courts, social services, and other community agencies. Courts and judges in particular, have been identified as a major role player in encouraging and supporting collaboration.
Hearing attendees will also learn about the Los Angeles School Attendance Task Force, chaired by Presiding Juvenile Court Judge Michael Nash, and its efforts to gather information, improve school attendance, and ensure that juvenile court judges are able to monitor the attendance of the youth subject to their jurisdiction.
The September 30 hearing will be held at the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in Sacramento, 2860 Gateway Oaks, Suite 400, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Media interested in attending the hearing should contact the AOC's Tracy Kenny at 916-263-2838 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Statewide Summit on Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson are co-hosting the statewide Summit on Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court, which will take place December 4 in Anaheim.
The summit will bring together county teams of judicial officers, educators, juvenile justice and child welfare professionals, and community leaders to examine truancy and school discipline policies creating a "school-to-prison pipeline" for California's children and youth. The summit will feature successful solutions and provide the county teams with strategies to keep kids in school and out of court in their jurisdictions.
The summit is funded by private foundations, with assistance from the federal Court Improvement Program.
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A picturesque Yorkshire village is dressed in its finest for the upcoming Noel. But one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday. Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal---and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life...and death. She was a beautiful enigma, brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair, she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead, clothed only in her unshared mysteries and her blood. In this season of giving and forgiving, Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the many facets of a perplexing puzzle are exposed and the dark circle of his investigation finally closes...and when a killer makes the next move.
©2000 Peter Robinson (P)2010 Tantor
"Immensely satisfying." (St. Petersburg Times)
"Really good read"
Another enjoyable book from the Inspector Banks range. This was probably the best to date for me. Fast paced and kept my interest
I am a huge fan of the DCI Banks books, and although all of them are very good, a few stand out - this being one of them. For one, I was listening to it around Christmas time, and it is set around that time. For another, it fleshes out Banks's character quite a bit, and makes frequent references to his musical tastes. In fact music seems to play a big role in this book. So much so, that I bought the CD of music mentioned in the book, and went on to write a review about the CD as well!
Vivaldi wrote four different versions of Laudate pueri Dominum (RV600-RV603), differing in tone and mood. Personally I used to like the RV600 version the best as it is the most solemn. RV601 can be somewhat more frivolous, and many sopranos seem keen to let their vocal skills loose on it, making it sound even less solemn and too "frilly" in my opinion. So, I have never been too keen on RV601.
The Magda Kalmar RV601 recording seems to play a key role in trying to uncover who murdered a young woman, and the why. According to Banks, this version is also the best of all the Laudate pueri versions and recordings. Thus intrigued I bought it and played it as the soundtrack to the book, as Peter Robinson does in a way, by mentioning it in the narrative as playing, over and over again. I have to agree with Banks, it is a great recording and makes for an interesting experience in combination with reading the book.
Of all the Banks books, this book conjures up most of an "athmosphere" for me, draws you in, makes you want to draw the curtains and put the Kalmar CD on - it is in fact almost like a classical who-dunnit (excuse the pun....).
It is easy to see why the rest of the series became so popular, and long may Peter Robinson write the Banks mysteries....
"think again"
rambling not up to usual standard poorly read don't know what narrator was reading but it was dreadful
"ruined by female impersonation voices"
James Langton should not try to impersonate the femail voices we do not all sound like whining whimpy women that he portrays. Very irritating
"Great atmosphere, great tale"
As I am skilled at forgetting 'whodunnit' I am sure that after sufficient passage of time, I would enjoy listening to this story again. It was well crafted, full of detail, strong on atmosphere and drew me in right from the start.
I liked the way Robinson seemed to spend more time building up the layers of the main protagonist's character, flaws and all, in this book. It seemed to interweave well with the plot, and the atmosphere that he created.
I find his style a bit stilted sometimes and would like it if he reflect more in his voice, the meaning I feel the words are trying to impart.
I would have been happy to listen to this all in one go - but there is also great pleasure in rationing myself to instalments - another few chapters each time I walk the dogs.
I found that the characters in the book felt more real to me than is sometimes the case, and I felt it was easier to empathise with and share the emotions of the players as the story unfolded.
"great read and reader"
I'm a big fan of Peter Robinson, and now of James Langton. Great to hear this rendition of the wonderful Inspector Banks series.
"Another Enjoyable Read"
I've read a number of the Alan Banks' mysteries. This book maintains the quality of the characters and story line of the others. I enjoy British mysteries, and this author's series is one of my favorites. The narration is terrific.
"Not the best narration."
This is a good tale and Mr Langton does a fine job voicing the characters. However when it comes to music and musicians he should have done more research.
Poulenc is pronounce pouLANK. The biggest mistake, for me at least, was Messiaen - not pronounce Messiah more like Mess ay ann. And the piece is Quattor pour Le fin de temps. Not quarter. Shame to spoil the ship for a ha'perth of tar
"Very Good British Mystery"
Solid story, interesting characters, nice tension, not too much violence -- a good purchase. For my taste there's too much character development of the coppers but this seems to be a very British trait in murder mysteries -- at least in those I've read in the last 5 years.
Excellent performance by James Langton -- did not detract or intrude on the story but helped to showcase the story and characters.
"Simply dreadful."
I've read his more recent books. Much, much better. This particular book is excruciating. Poetic detectives? Puerile discussion of sexual preference. Dreadful.
Not Peter Robinson.
Maybe. But his "female" voices are pretty awful.
All of them.
Don't buy it.
"outdated attitudes, poor mystery"
Even though this was written in the 90s, I can't believe the parochial attitudes towards homosexual couples and people's sex lives expressed in this book by the police, let alone the other characters in the book. I hope that Leeds (UK) is and not as backwards and small minded as it's portrayed. While it's true that sexual jealousy often plays a role in crimes, this book seems to have the characters taking an almost prurient, rather than professional, interest in it. Generally very unbecoming, and any talk about "posh" diversions like classical music or opera doesn't detract from that.
As for the mystery itself, it wasn't all that interesting or suspenseful (in spite of this being called "a novel of suspense"). I thought the myriad of clues interesting, but ultimately I recognized the killer right away - not what I like to see in a mystery/suspense novel, especially when the characters and situations aren't interesting. This is my first Peter Robinson novel and I had high hopes for finding a new enjoyable author (especially a Canadian one), but I won't bother with any of his other books.
"Past Reason Hated By Peter Robinson"
I did enjoy this story very much. It was moody and moved along smoothly from Yorkshire to London and back again. The Reader was excellent his performance of the various characters voices transitioned so smoothly made his telling of the tale perfection.
The ending was surprising but simple in the explanation. Great book. Felt it went in more details of past issues but wasn't necessary, however all that was explained and clearer at the end.
"Another great Banks novel by Peter Robinson"
As an avid Peter Robinson reader I am definitely biased but this is another good read. Great narration too. Good escapism without being too unrealistic.
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A true treasure
in the city of Denver, the Bookies is an independent book seller with a 35-year history. We always tell people we're a bookstore like no other. The Bookies has something for everyone: great children's books and gifts, fun craft materials and books and gifts for adults, too. And we offer most of our merchandise at a discount!
The Bookies also has a great selection of educational and teacher materials from preschool to high school. We can handle large school orders — make sure to check out our schools section for more details. Come in and let our friendly, knowledgeable staff help you select the perfect book. We also can find out of print books. And our staff holds story time at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday.
Located just two blocks east of Colorado Boulevard on Mississippi, The Bookies is a Denver institution, started almost 35 years ago in owner Sue Lubeck's basement. Today, the Bookies has grown to include books for virtually everyone's taste and interests. With around 100,000 titles, you're bound to find something you love!
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"The real star of everything is Pete Williams," said Tyndall.
So it is said of Faraday by Professor Tyndall, that "pretence of all kinds, whether in life or in philosophy, was hateful to him."
Professor Tyndall has himself told us how and where this Address of his was composed.
Tyndall seems a little astray in making creation and evolution contradictory and incompatible.
They probably still thought so, all of them, that is, except Tyndall.
Professor Tyndall speaks of Faraday's friendship as "energy and inspiration."
But Tyndall knew one thing for certain, the mention of his name had been unmistakable.
For Heaven's sake instil a word of caution into Tyndall's ears.
Tyndall was impressed again with the repulsive ugliness of the thing.
Tyndall calculates that Faraday could easily have realised 150,000; but he declared for science and died a poor man.


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Parasamgate wrote:oushi wrote:Astus wrote:That is denying personal responsibility for one's thoughts. Karma is one's own action, not some external force.
No doubt that for me, free will i just ignorant concept that cannot be explained in any ground. Beside this fact, it perfectly fits the rest without even enforcing it. If a person is illusion, what is personal responsibility? One's own action is cause by conditions not by some homonculus "self", but this is a different topic.
My perception is that this veers too far towards nihilism with denying the conventional existence of the ability to make choices. The opposite extreme would be that everyone has infinite capacity to control their own actions. Humans, generally speaking, have more impulse control than animals. Using the doctrine of no-self to deny this common knowledge is using ultimate truth to deny the existence of relative truth. I think the correct path is somewhere in the middle.
At least that is how I currently understand things. Being a baby Buddhist I could be very wrong though.
It is not as bad as it looks . Free will, control, choices are of the idea domain. Negating the truth behind them is far from nihilism. From the conventional perspective, all responsibility is carried by karma and "I"\"Self" is nothing but karma. If you move backward in the causal chain of particular action, it will not end on "self" but it will continue into the past. In this way, I am responsible for my action in the same way as Universe is. But, as I said before, this is a subject for a different topic.


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ABC Newsman Switches Back From Female to Male
(NEWSER) – An ABC News editor who announced he was transgender—and wore a little black dress to match—now says a bout of amnesia has made him a man again, theNew York Post reports. Don Ellis became a full-time female in May, when he declared his 17-year marriage kaput and walked into the newsroom wearing women's clothes and an auburn wig. But last week he posted a message at work saying a two-day bout of "transient global amnesia" had shocked him back into being male.


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Hyman claimed Dean thinks "Blacks are only capable of service industry jobs"
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice President Mark Hyman smeared Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on the March 9 edition of "The Point," claiming that Dean's "core beliefs" include the notion that "Southerners are Confederate flag-waving good ol' boy racists" and "Blacks are only capable of service industry jobs."
In support of his claim, Hyman cited two comments made by Dean. In the first, from an October 31, 2003, interview with the Des Moines Register, then-presidential candidate Dean said he wanted "to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks." Dean elaborated in the interview, contending that "We can't beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross section of Democrats," though this part of Dean's comment was not included on "The Point." The second quotation was from a February 11 meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus in which Dean said that the Republican National Committee could only get "this many people of color in a single room...if they had the hotel staff in here."
As Hyman described what he called Dean's "core beliefs," video clips of Ku Klux Klansmen appeared on the screen, followed by footage of African-Americans working retail jobs.
From the March 9 edition of "The Point":
HYMAN: Listen for a moment to these two quotes: "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pick-up trucks." "You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here." ... Do you notice just a hint of Dean's core beliefs seeping out? Southerners are Confederate flag-waving good ol' boy racists. Blacks are only capable of service industry jobs.
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For One Week, Jack Kirby's Art Was Exhibited In The Neighborhood Where He Grew Up
New York City feels like there's a museum on every block. I've lived here my whole life, and I like to think I've spent a good amount of that time as a semi-regular visitor of some of the historical sites and cultural institutions my hometown has to offer, yet I am not remotely close to having seen even a quarter of the museums this city has to offer. Many of them you know -- some are iconic, seemingly enormous, and world renowned, while others are smaller and occasionally temporary, but nonetheless significant. Basically, when it comes to taking in the culture in the largest city in the history of civilization, you do the best you can.
But sometimes you make seeing something a priority. And Prototype Alpha -- the "Pop-Up" museum created by the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center that was open for seven days only this past week -- was one of those times. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, just a few blocks from where the iconic artist was raised, the museum was the first physical presence for the organization, and served as a wonderful testament to a man who is inarguably one of the most important artists New York City produced in the 20th century.


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Pregnant Yahoo CEO ignites maternity debate
Just days after Yahoo tapped former Google executive Marissa Mayer for its CEO post, the 37-year-old has taken on another high-profile role. After announcing that she was pregnant — and wouldn't let that interfere with her work duties — Mayer took center stage in the nation's often-heated debate over women's roles at home and in the workplace.
"I like to stay in the rhythm of things," she told Fortune magazine. "My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it."
Reaction was swift, and in some cases, scorching, as her matter-of-fact declaration took on a life of its own in social media. Countless posts on Facebook, Twitter and throughout the blogosphere criticized her decision to keep working. Others warned that Mayer, who is expecting her first child, had underestimated the challenges of being a mom.
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Much of the scrutiny comes because of the unique circumstances in play, says Laura Graves, associate professor of management at the Graduate School of Management at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Not just a female CEO, but one who is expecting.
"Despite all the changes in society, we haven't given up traditional gender roles," Graves says, and women are still assumed to be the main caretakers of children.
And so Mayer's swift move to take over and revive the struggling Yahoo brand was quickly eclipsed this week by talk of her parenting choices, the pros and cons of taking a long maternity leave, female ascension in the workplace and the challenges of work-life balance.
Some of the myriad armchair critics have also suggested that her vast wealth and high-level position give her an edge — indeed, the luxury — that other working mothers don't have.
"Mayer will have all the things parents need to combine family and career — good child care, the ability to set her own schedule, a spouse with the same flexibility," says work and family blogger Lisa Belkin. "She will also, I am betting, not power through quite as single-mindedly on her maternity leave as she thinks she will."
On People magazine's website, for instance, a couple of reader exchanges delivered not far apart illustrated both ends of the spectrum.
"As an ambitious young woman, I find her to be a role model in so many regards," said one post written under the moniker "really?"
Someone named "Emily" said, "The thing every child wants most (is) their mother's attention, and unfortunately her son will have very little of it."
But it has gotten better
Though few would argue that raising a child while working has ever been easy, a series of advances since the 1960s have at least changed the circumstances faced by working mothers in the United States.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission laws came into force prohibiting discrimination against new and expecting mothers, workplaces began offering greater flexibility. Today, telecommuting and on-site day care are more common.
Even so, many practical questions remain. How do the mental and physical drains of pregnancy affect a woman's performance at work? How much time does a mother need to recover physically after giving birth? What are the logistics of planning out child care?
Polling still reflects a deep cultural skepticism of mothers who decide to return to work.
In a 2010 report, the Pew Research Center found that 21% of adults in the USA said the trend toward mothers of young children working outside the home has been a good thing for society. Thirty-seven percent deemed it a bad thing, and 38% said it hasn't made much difference.
As for an expected generation gap on Mayer's approach to the children-and-work dilemma, Graves says that's not necessarily so. There's little data, she says, noting that "we can't pin it down to age. It depends on the whole value of the person."
Deena Rosenberg, 29, of Teaneck, N.J., just returned to work at a public relations firm after a 12-week maternity leave for her first child. She says she has a good friend, also 29, who questioned her decision to go back to work and put her son in day care.
But even Rosenberg has concerns about Mayer's plans to work during her official maternity leave.
"Her statement sets a bad precedent for other new moms and the corporations they work for that will now expect that to be normal maternity-leave behavior," she says. "The reality is that the initial days and weeks after having a baby is a difficult time physically and emotionally, and is also crucial to the formation of the mother-child bond."
Celebs make it look easy
High-profile women in areas such as business, politics and fashion have garnered headlines with their examples of what looks like an easy return to work.
Sarah Palin, who was governor of Alaska when she gave birth to her youngest son in 2008, was back on the job just three days later. Model Heidi Klum gave birth in October 2009 and sauntered back onto the Victoria's Secret runway in November. Then-expecting singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham told Glamour magazine in June 2011 that she planned to work right until her fourth child was born. "Maternity leave — what's that?" she asked.
But as with Mayer, these women have resources that other working moms don't. They can hire full-time help. They are also in entrepreneurial or leadership roles that tend to give them more professional power than other workers.
Even with that cash and caché, some mothers predict that these women will lose out on certain things because of their demanding work schedules.
Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals from 1994 until 2010, says she missed out on some bonding time with her son Trent when her husband Keith took over most of the parenting duties.
Blodgett, 49 and now executive chairman, says that she was jealous of her husband's close relationship with her son Trent, who is now 19.
"I was so highly focused at work and Keith was so responsible with Trent," she says. "As I look back, I wish I had a bigger influence on his life in so many ways. If I had just taken the time to do more stuff with him, I would just feel better."
Elana Drell-Szyfer, CEO of cosmetics company AHAVA North America and a mother of three, says that working after her first child's birth was more difficult than she expected.
She figured she could manage business e-mails and other needs, but she was surprised by how much time it took to take care of her baby — and by the drain on her.
"I was like, 'How hard can this be? It's a little baby and they sleep the majority of the time,' " says Drell-Szyfer, who was a high-level executive at another cosmetics company at the time. "But you have no idea about what is to come."
She recalls the night she realized she couldn't keep up.
While trying to nurse the baby and work on her laptop at the same time, Drell-Szyfer says she thought, "This is really wrong. I should be trying to bond with this child … and I actually don't look professional trying to answer e-mails at 3 a.m."
Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the State Department, wrote about the challenges of managing family and work in a widely read Atlantic magazine cover story titled "Why Women Still Can't Have it All."
"When my two-year public-service leave from Princeton University was up, I hurried home as fast as I could," she wrote. "When people asked why I had left government, I explained that I'd come home not only because of Princeton's rules (after two years of leave, you lose your tenure), but also because of my desire to be with my family and my conclusion that juggling high-level government work with the needs of two teenage boys was not possible."
A double standard?
In June 2011, gossip website Gawker reported that Google co-founder Larry Page was expecting his second child. That was two months after Page took the CEO title at the technology behemoth. There were no follow-up headlines, no social media debates, no loud conversations about how he could lead an Internet giant and still be a father.
As for Yahoo, its board didn't seem to flinch at Mayer's pregnancy. Company representatives and Mayer — the company's fifth CEO in five years — weren't available for comment, but in a news release, Yahoo board Chairman Fred Amoroso said Mayer's "unparalleled track record in technology, design and product execution makes her the right leader for Yahoo at this time of enormous opportunity."
Mayer, who was previously an executive at Google, said in the Fortune interview that Yahoo's directors "showed their evolved thinking."
As much as society has evolved, women still face the greater scrutiny when they decide to return to work after having children, says Rosalind Chait Barnett, a senior scientist at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center.
"If a man was taking a job like this and his wife was going to have his first child, that would be a yawn," she says. "People won't be talking about it."
Women and men will wonder "if she can pull this off," she says. That scrutiny is "a burden that a man doesn't have to bear."
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The AMP-UP Audio combines a range of features and technologies that are designed to give audio enthusiasts and PC gamers more control over their motherboard audio.
Featuring a gold plated USB 2.0 port, the USB DAC-UP provides noise-free power delivery to users' digital-to-analog converter, the vendor said. DACs can be sensitive to fluctuations in power from the other USB ports and the USB DAC-UP can take advantage of an isolated power source to help minimize potential fluctuations and ensures the audio experience.
The USB DAC-UP also allows the port to be configured in BIOS for enthusiast system configurations which do not require USB power to the DAC. This makes it suitable for high-end audio enthusiasts building fidelity audio systems.
To further optimize the audio experience provided by the onboard OP-AMP, Gigabyte motherboards also debut Gain Boost. Gain Boost provides onboard switches to select between 2.5x and 6x amplification modes depending on output device. Most OP-Amps are capable of providing a high-gain audio output that is ideal for high-end headphones and speakers that have higher impedance headroom. Gain Boost allows users to switch between 6x and x2.5 amplification modes depending on the speakers or headphones being used.
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Hi guys
I hope one of you can help me, or point me in the right direction.
My situation is this:
I have an AsRock 330 connected to an Samsung plasma, and to a Denon receiver.
The TV is connected via HDMI and the receiver via optical.
My problem is that the TV introduces a 185ms delay between picture on the TV and receiver. If I use only TV and audio via the TV things are in sync.
I was wondering if it is possible to add a delay on the optical out in .asoundrc configuration. This would solve the lipsync issues I have. If it is possible, which commands would I use? (I'm a complete Linux novice, so an example would perfect)
Thanks in advance
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2010-11-08 20:20 Post: #2
Not sure if you can tackle this via asound and to be honest its not where I would look at doing it. Your receiver should be able to do this, you should be able to set the audio delay of the input the asrock is connected to.
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Thank you.
To be honest I didn't think that my receiver had that option. I therefore always used the delay audio within xbmc. But after studying the manual I've found it.
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2012-04-16 17:46 Post: #4
Hi bfix,
Sorry to comment on this somewhat older post. I'm trying to do the same, but cannot find how to do it system wide for a specific output. Did you manage to do this by delaying the output, or set your receiver to delay the input?
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2012-04-16 19:34 Post: #5
It may be ugly, but couldn't you go to the audio settings via the Video OSD and set the audio delay, then apply it to all movies? Or does the audio delay in that menu not go far enough?
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They are finding ways to lose right now.
It's amazing that this same team went 22-3 over that awesome stretch. That's baseball I guess, but dang. Sooooo very frustrating.
They are finding ways to lose right now.
It's amazing that this same team went 22-3 over that awesome stretch. That's baseball I guess, but dang. Sooooo very frustrating.
Ondrusek is proof positive that archaic baseball guys still run teams. It's sad how under qualified dusty is for his job.
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
Cordero may be the only pitcher I'd rather the Reds face in this situation other than Marmol.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Big sticks coming up in 9th for reds
At least Paul will attempt to take a BB
This place use to be fun
I've been a supporter of Ondrusek for awhile, but the use of him in that spot deserves criticism.
Soriano and Castro ARE the Cubs' offense. They are the power guys for the team.
Have to use a more effective reliever in that spot. Arredondo pitched to one hitter and was lifted. Then Logan comes in with the two big bats up?
Just very upsetting.
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