text:
Samurai Jack Intro - Remake Latino
Samurai Jack Opening remake by latin animators
4.39 / 5.00 6,834 ViewsYou know what would be the worst episode of Madness ever? One where they have to fight the fat girl from the movie Precious. You sit down and fire up a new episode and expect to see Hank or Deimos stabbing and shooting their way across the screen, and of course that goes on for a while, but then the fat chick from Precious shows up, drinking a bucket of gravy. "Oh wow, is that a new member of the 1337 crew?" you say to yourself. No, it isn't. It's the girl from Precious.
And they can't really do anything to her, right? Sure, Hank could throw a knife at her, but it would take like 20 hours for her to bleed out because at this point all of her blood has pretty much been replaced by molasses. Shooting her in the heart is out, because it's surrounded by a protective barrier of chicken strips and fudge. The fast paced action you've come to expect from Madness would be replaced by some hour long video of Sanford half-halfheartedly hacking away at a fat girl. It would just be embarrassing for everyone involved. Why not celebrate the fact that we don't live in a world where this episode of Madness exists by buying this snazzy new Madness T-shirt?


text: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Blocked in Senate today ( 9-21-2010 ) By Michael By JOSH GERSTEIN & SCOTT WONG | 9/21/10 12:08 PM EDT An effort to repeal... more »By JOSH GERSTEIN & SCOTT WONG | 9/21/10 12:08 PM EDT An effort to repeal the military's "don't ask don't tell" policy went down to defeat Tuesday afternoon, with Senate Democrats and Republicans squaring off in a procedural vote. In the face of a promised filibuster by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Democrats could not convince a single GOP senator to cross over and provide the 60th vote needed to begin debate on a defense spending bill containing the repeal measure. The vote to open debate failed, 56-43, with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) joining all Republicans in opposing taking up the bill. The Senate's failure to bring the bill to the floor scuttled what repeal advocates viewed as their best hope of ending the policy written into law in 1993 under President Bill Clinton. Congressional aides and lobbyists following the issue said it was unlikely lawmakers would complete repeal during a lame-duck session or in the next Congress, where Republicans are expected to win a number of seats and therefore have greater control of the agenda. « less Published September 21, 2010 123 views More Info » Full Credits Michael Uploader Stats & Data 1 Funny Votes 2 Die Votes 123 Views Published: September 21, 2010 Categories: Politics Real Life Keywords: don t ask don t tell Sen John McCain Blanche Lincoln Gay Bigots Republicans racists Politics BooDog Michael123MrsBoo2 Prop 8 Gay marriage Discrimination Democrats GOP DNC gay marred Homo Sin Vote D Democracy R Racism hiworld hiwirld798 Republican Lead Up Next: Crazy Frog Christmas Video AUTOPLAY Up Next In: 10 Crazy Frog Christmas Video Pope to Liberal for "T" Bagger Palin Alternative (GAY) ending wizard of Oz Lets Pee on people at water park Follow Facebook Twitter Tumblr Instagram Browse Related Comments 110+ more View All ▶ Michael Vaguely Related Videos Vaguely Related Pics & Words Advertisement Tags: don t ask don t tell Sen John McCain Blanche Advertisement

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Punisher, the Cheats :
This cheat for Punisher, the [Playstation 2] has been posted at 15 May 2005 by CheatsGuru and is called "Cheats - Unlimited Ammo". The Cheat have a rating 1 by 1 our users. If cheat is usable don't forgot thumbs up CheatsGuru and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 16 other cheats for Punisher, the, look them as soon as possible!
Cheats - Unlimited Ammo
by CheatsGuru May 15, 2005
To beat Bullseye you have to stun him with grenades to reduce his health |
Sorry, to fulfil this action you have to be CheatsGuru User
Punisher, the Cheats: |
Sorry, to fulfil this action you have to be CheatsGuru User
• Moshi Monsters cheats, Android • Plants vs. Zombies cheats, NDS, XBOX 360, PS3, IPHONE, Android • Pokemon Heart Gold Version cheats • Pokemon Soul Silver cheats • The Lord of the Rings: War in the North cheats, XBOX 360, PS3 • Shogun 2: Total War cheats • BioShock Infinite cheats, XBOX 360, PS3 • Darksiders 2 cheats, XBOX 360, PS3 • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cheats, PC, NDS, WII, PS3 • Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim cheats, XBOX 360, PS3 • Torchlight II cheats • Borderlands 2 cheats, XBOX 360, PS3 • Temple Run cheats • Jagged Alliance: Back in Action cheats • XCom: Enemy Unknown cheats, XBOX 360, PS3


text:
- - Convert all IDE (ATA) device to SATA device
- - No installation needed for PC, MAC and Linux environment
- - No space wasted with Mini Board size
Decent little device when it works. 08/23/2013
This review is from: Rosewill RC-204 IDE to SATA Mini Vertical Bridge (for IDE device)
When it actually works, its a cool little device.
Had problems getting this to actually work, I dunno if I was doing anything wrong. Read the manual, installed everything correctly, and still didn't work.
Other Thoughts:
Seemed like it was kinda hit or miss on when it would work.
Manufacturer Response:
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you very much for purchasing this unit.
We strive to provide the most reliable and highest quality products to our customers.
Please kindly contact the Rosewill support team
Phone: 1- 800-575-9885
Email: email@example.com
So we may assist you with (in-warranty) replacement.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Rosewill Customer Care
Did you find this review helpful? Yes / No


text:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says the rate of violent crime in America went up 15 percent last year and the property crime rate rose 12 percent, signals that the nation may be seeing the last of the substantial declines in crime of the past 20 years.
Last year marked the second year in a row for increases in the crime victimization survey, a report that is based on household interviews.
The 2012 increases were driven by a rise in crimes that were not reported to police, a category frequently involving less serious offenses. Simple assaults also rose. The rate of property crimes increased due to a rise in theft. Other crime categories — rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft — showed less change.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Survey marks 2nd year of violent crime increases in US
Oct 24, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Oct 24, 2013 at 12:36 PM


text:
About ASRock
Dealer&Media Zone
Where to Buy
| Global / English [
Motherboard Series
»CPU Support List
»Memory Support List
»Storage Support List
»Beta Zone
ASRock Super Alloy
Supports 7
and 6
Generation Intel
Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
Digi Power, 6 Power Phase design
Supports Dual Channel DDR4 2133
1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 Vertical Half-size Mini-PCIe
Graphics Output Options: DVI-D, HDMI
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), ELNA Audio Caps
Dual LAN : Intel
I219V + Realtek RTL8111H
1 Dual Band 802.11ac WiFi + BT v4.0 Module, 2 ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
4 SATA3, 1 mSATA
8 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 6 Rear)
Supports Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
This model may not be sold worldwide. Please contact your local dealer for the availability of this model in your region.
Youtube Live Demo
Installing Windows 7 on Intel 100 Series and N3000 Series SoC
ASRock DDR4 Non-Z OC
Premium 45A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes, ASRock's premium 45A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
Dual-Stack MOSFET for CPU Power
Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) is another innovative MOSFETs design by ASRock. The silicon die area is increased by stacking two dies into one MOSFET. The larger the die area, the lower Rds(on). Compared to traditional discrete MOSFET, DSM with larger die area provides extreme lower Rds(on) 1.2 mΩ, so the power supply for the CPU Vcore is more efficient.
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
What you've never understood about your computer is that it is scared to death of water, H2O, humidity or whatever you'd like to name it. And even though you do not see the water, actually there may be lots of excessive moist in the air killing your motherboard silently and slowly. No, your motherboard doesn't melt when in contact with water like the wicked witch of the west, but it dies of short circuit. Luckily, ASRock has a new High Density Glass Fabric PCB design that reduces the gaps between the PCB layers to protect the motherboard against electrical shorts caused by humidity.
High Density Glass Fabric PCB
Traditonal Glass Fabric PCB
DDR4 Non-Z OC
Overclocking DDR4 memory modules is no longer limited to Z170 models. With ASRock's DDR4 Non-Z OC users may overclock the memory of H170/Q170/B150/H110/C232 models using certain memory sticks, such as Kingston or Samsung memory DIMMs. The enhanced CAS latency brings up to 5% performance boost.
802.11ac WiFi Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
This motherboard comes with an exclusive 802.11ac WiFi (5G WiFi) module that supports up to 433Mbps wireless networks and Bluetooth v4.0. Experience up to 144% speed boost compared to your old 802.11n WiFi!
6 Power Phase Design
The power phase design offers smooth power delivery to the CPU, unmatched overclocking capabilities, lower temperature for advanced gamers, and reinforced system stability for taking on all sorts of arduous computing tasks.
UEFI EZ Mode
EZ mode is a dashboard which contains multiple readings of the system's current status. You can check the most crucial information of your system, such as CPU speed, DRAM frequency, SATA information, fan speed, etc.
ELNA Audio Caps
Who says high quality audio is only available on high-end motherboards? ASRock applied ELNA audio capacitors on mainstream and entry-level motherboards! Compared with traditional solid caps, the leakage current of ELNA audio caps is merely 3uA. This is the key to reduce noise level significantly and satisfy even the pickiest audiophiles.
Dual Gigabit LAN
Users are able to connect two LAN cables to this motherboard's rear i/o.
Supports DDR4 2133
Supports the latest DDR4 memory modules and most extreme memory performance!
Digi Power
Unlike traditional motherboards that use analog power, this motherboard uses a next generation digital PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) design, which provides CPU Vcore voltage more efficiently and smoothly, so that the stability and lifespan of the motherboard is greatly enhanced.
Win 7 USB Patcher
Due to chipset limitation, when you want to install Windows
7 on this MB, you may need to use "Win 7 USB Patcher" to create a new ISO file, or
check this page
for more details on how to install Windows
A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities.
Live Update & APP Shop
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop is designed for your convenience. We provide various apps and support software for users to download. You can also easily optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date with ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Full Spike Protection
Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard's components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
ASRock Cloud
ASRock Cloud* technology makes your mobile devices connect to your PC seamlessly and supports multi devices for accessing File Explorer cloud service simultaneously!
*For more information please check:
USB Key
In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those foot long passwords? Nobody has time for that! Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to windows automatically!
Restart to UEFI
Fast Boot is so fast that it is impossible for users to enter the UEFI setup utility during POST. Therefore, ASRock Restart to UEFI technology allows users to easily enter the UEFI setup utility automatically when turning on the PC next time. It is designed for those who constantly need to enter the UEFI setup utility.
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
Limit and control your children's time spent on the internet. ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) technology allows you to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times. Administrators are able to schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users.
UEFI Tech Service
Contact ASRock Tech Service by sending a support request from the UEFI setup utility if you are having trouble with your personal computer. Users may try to choose the category of the issue they have encountered, describe the problem in detail, and then attach an optional picture or log file for our technical support team.
Easy Driver Installer
For users that don't have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other required drivers automatically through the internet. Completely no CD or optical disk drive required!
ASRock XFast RAM fully utilizes the memory space that cannot be used under Windows
32-bit operating systems. It shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. And it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. Another advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan.
When Internet Explorer loads very slowly for no clear reason, it's usually due to inefficient management. ASRock is rolling out super efficient web management in the motherboard industry. XFast LAN is a convenient tool that controls internet related applications easily and efficiently. Creating a perfect Internet environment, all you need is a smart manager. ASRock XFast LAN allows you to enjoy more speed, easier multitasking, enhanced multimedia experience, and more – all without weighing you down.
This motherboard supports HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) which is an interface standard for transferring uncompressed video data and delivering multi-channel audio through a single cable. Both video and audio data signals transferred through the HDMI™ interface are digital without being converted into analog, therefore it delivers the richest pictures and the most realistic sounds.
© 2002-2016 ASRock Inc. All rights reserved. | Information published on ASRock.com is subject to change without notice.
The picture of the user interface above is a sample for reference. The actual user interface may vary due to updated software versions.


text:
Re: Question: Applying a list of funcs to a list of expressions
In[1]:= funcs = {f1,f2,f3,f4}; vals = {val1,val2,val3,val4}; Map[#[[1]][#[[2]]]&,Transpose[{funcs,vals}]] Out[1]= {f1[val1],f2[val2],f3[val3],f4[val4]} So, the "one liner" above will, I think, do what you want, but it's hardly eloquent, and far from transparant. I suspect that Mma has a cleaner build in function that, used appropriately, will do a cleaner job here. I await the wisdom of the group. Rick Muirhead UW Physics muirhead at phys.washington.edu On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, David Rosky wrote: > > I would like to specify a list of functions such as: > > funcs = {f1, f2, f3} > > and a list of values to which the functions will be > applied: > > vals = {val1, val2, val3} > > I would then like to apply to each function to each corresponding value > respectively to obtain the following list: > > DesiredOutputList = {f1[val1], f2[val2], f3[val3]} > > Thanks in advance, > > --David > ------------------ groskyd at gv.ssi1.com ------------------ > ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====


text:
SHAWANGUNK — Two 13-year olds were arrested Sunday after they cut each other with knives, according to state police.
An investigation by state police determined that one juvenile cut the other with a knife, and the second youth then cut the first one in retaliation.
Neither of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.
The two suspects were arrested for juvenile delinquency and the case has been referred to Ulster County Family Court.
Michael Randall
Two teens charged in knife fight in Shawangunk
Jan 8, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Jan 8, 2013 at 3:19 PM


text:
League One Wrap: Top three all win
Brentford, Leyton Orient and Wolves all won to complete a successful night for the top three teams in League One on Tuesday.
Leaders Brentford triumphed 3-1 at home to Bristol City to stretch their incredible unbeaten league run to 17 matches, a sequence of results that dates back to their last defeat on October 12.
An Aden Flint own goal put the hosts ahead as early as the ninth minute, but the struggling visitors were level three minutes later through Karleigh Osborne.
Parity lasted just 14 minutes as Alan Judge put Brentford in front for a second time before Marcello Trotta doubled the advantage three minutes before half-time.
The result leaves Brentford two points clear of Orient, who enjoyed a 2-0 home success over Coventry City thanks to goals from Dean Cox in the 57th minute and Dave Mooney nine minutes from time.
Wolves are two points further back in third following their 3-0 win at Oldham Athletic.
Kevin McDonald opened the scoring for Kenny Jackett's side five minutes after the break and further goals from Michael Jacobs and James Henry in the final two minutes sealed a third consecutive win.
Bradford City's Kyle Bennett and Preston North End's Neil Kilkenny were both sent off for violent conduct midway through the first half of the goalless draw at Valley Parade, while fifth-placed Rotherham United won 2-1 at Tranmere Rovers.
Alex Revell scored a goal in each half for Steve Evans' side, while Andy Robinson's 90th-minute strike for the hosts was just a consolation as Rotherham made it 10 points from the past four games.
Sixth-placed Walsall were held 1-1 at home by Swindon Town while Lee Miller, Brad Potts and David Amoo were all on target as Carlisle United beat MK Dons 3-0 at home.
Elsewhere, the games between Colchester United and Shrewsbury Town, Port Vale and Crawley Town and Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra were all postponed due to waterlogged pitches.


text:
Worker Remittances In Growth Regressions: The Problem Of Collinearity
The sign of worker remittances in growth regressions is heavily disputed in the literature. Comparing two growth regressions with different signs for the remittance variable we show that collinearity with the lagged dependent variable might indicate that collinearity should be investigated comprehensively and might lead to a change in specifications, which differ in the variance inflation factors (VIF). In our case the variance inflation factor for remittances depends on the use of a five or one-year lag of the lagged dependent. In the regression with a VIF below ten, the standard critical value, the sign of remittances is positive.
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version under "Related research" (further below) or search for a different version of it.
Volume (Year): 10 (2010)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Handle: | RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:10:y:2010:i:2_1 |
Contact details of provider: | Web page: http://www.usc.es/economet/eaa.htm |
Order Information: | Web: http://www.usc.es/economet/info.htm Email: |
References listed on IDEAS
Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.:
- N. Gregory Mankiw & David Romer & David N. Weil, 1990.
"A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth,"
NBER Working Papers
3541, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- N. Gregory Mankiw & David Romer & David N. Weil, 1992. "A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 107(2), pages 407-437.
- Peter Kennedy, 2003. "A Guide to Econometrics, 5th Edition," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 5, volume 1, number 026261183x, September.
- Hristos Doucouliagos & Martin Paldam, 2005. "Aid Effectiveness on Growth. A Meta Study," Economics Working Papers 2005-13, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
- Mutz Christine & Ziesemer Thomas, 2005.
"Simultaneous Estimation of Income and Price Elasticities of Export Demand, Scale Economies and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Brazil,"
Research Memorandum
004, Maastricht University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
- Christine Mutz & Thomas Ziesemer, 2008. "Simultaneous estimation of income and price elasticities of export demand, scale economies and total factor productivity growth for Brazil," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(22), pages 2921-2937.
- repec:idb:brikps:publication-detail,7101.html?id=25235 is not listed on IDEAS
- Judson, Ruth A. & Owen, Ann L., 1999. "Estimating dynamic panel data models: a guide for macroeconomists," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 9-15, October.
This item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS.
When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:10:y:2010:i:2_1. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (M. Carmen Guisan)
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.
If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.


text:
Full profile →'">
The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.
Continued from page 1
4. Pokemon Needs to Stay Kid Friendly
As much as adults like myself still love Pokemon because we grew up with it, Nintendo's primary target audience is children, as it is for most of their games. I've heard people asking about a Pokemon MMO for years now, and it's one idea I can emphatically say will not and should not happen.
While I may be in support of a single player Poke-RPG in a sprawling world like Skyrim, an MMO would open up the brand to MMO-based problems, namely that communities in MMOs tend to be incredibly "adult."
Nintendo doesn't want kids logging on to a Pokemon MMO and being harassed by trolls, pedophiles or a mixture of both. The freedom of an MMO would be too much for Nintendo to stomach, and outside of extremely severe policing, it wouldn't be a safe place for kids.
5. They Just Don't Get It
There's a final option here, the fact that Nintendo is simply oblivious to what their fans want, and that very well could be the case. They might truly believe that longtime fans would reject a console title en masse, and think they're actually making the right call by not even attempting such a game.
But Nintendo is going to need to bust out the big guns in order to stay relevant, and I have to believe a Pokemon console game would be part of that. The WiiU is not going to sell like the original Wii. It simply can't. All Nintendo will have to distinguish itself from its future competitors is its controller (which will likely be copied to some degree) and its stable of original IPs which are the reason anyone buys a Nintendo system. They need to deliver the next generations of Mario, Link, Samus, etc and truly wow their fan base. So far, that hasn't happened and E3 brought us New Super Mario Bros U, Pikmin 3 and not much else in terms of original IPs. It's hard not to see that even a mere teaser of a Pokemon game for the console would have blown the roof off of the convention, but it's an announcement we've been waiting ten years for that simply never comes.
In the end, despite all this, the reasons don't seem good enough for Nintendo not to make this game. A free-roaming RPG where players capture and train monsters in gorgeous cities and landscapes is finally something their console is capable of rendering. Their new controller was literally built to be a Pokedex or camera, online battles are an easy possibility and all the pieces seem to be lining up.
All they have to do is pull the trigger, and see what happens. Nintendo has it in them to make a great Pokemon game outside of handhelds, they just have to believe that as much as their fans do.


text:
Hinesburg, Vermont-based Dark Star Lighting & Production, a lighting, sound, video, and production company specializing in design and technical services for the entertainment industry, was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for this year's special Easter service. Tyler Wainer, Production Manager for the company's live events division, discussed the decision to deploy Lectrosonics Quadra IEM systems.
"Essex Alliance Church has a contemporary worship style that incorporates a lot of music," Wainer explained. "In addition to a roughly 75-voice choir, there was a 16-piece band as well as an 8-piece praise team of vocal soloists. The job called for eight discreet monitor mixes that were to be used by a combination of twelve musicians and vocalists. Because the Quadra can accept two stereo or four mono signals, the system is extremely flexible in its ability to facilitate a variety of mixes for each performer. By using two Quadra M4 4-channel transmitters, we were able to assemble an 8-channel system in a single rackspace, which is nothing short of extraordinary. By contrast, if we were to use systems from competing manufacturers, this would have would have required antenna combiners and other components that would have resulted in a considerable amount of additional rackspace."
"The M4 receiver—the beltpack component that is actually worn by the performer—includes a configurable 4-channel mixer with independent level knobs that enable each performer to mix four discreet audio signals according to one's preference," he continued. "This capability makes the system really flexible. Each performer was able to blend various aspects of the signals they received in order to custom create a mix that was right for them. The system offers tremendous customization."
With its 24-bit digital audio format, the Quadra's sound quality was exactly what Wainer and his associates were hoping for, but that wasn't all that impressed him. "With the flat frequency response of the Quadra, I believe it's the best IEM system available," he reports. "I was equally impressed with the build quality of the equipment. The receivers are surprisingly compact, they feature an excellent, informative display that's easy to read and they have a really solid feel. The metal casings are beautifully machined. The entire system conveys a level of confidence that you simply don't get when you pick up a plastic unit from a competitor."
Reflecting on his experience with Lectrosonics' Quadra IEM system at Essex Alliance Church, Wainer offered the following comments. "The Quadra system's performance was exceptional," he said. "The sound quality is first rate, the gear is intuitive, and Lectrosonics was very supportive. Howard Kauffman, our regional sales rep, made certain everything was working up to our expectations. The system's battery life is very good and the entire system worked exactly as we had hoped for. Most importantly, the performers were very complimentary of the equipment's sound quality and its ease of use. We couldn't have been happier."
To learn more about Essex Alliance Church, visit them online at www.essexalliance.org. For additional information about Dark Star Lighting & Production, go to www.darkstarlighting.com.
About Lectrosonics
Well respected within the film, broadcast, and theatre technical communities since 1971, Lectrosonics wireless microphone systems and audio processing products are used daily in mission-critical applications by audio engineers familiar with the company's dedication to quality, customer service, and innovation. Lectrosonics is a US manufacturer based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Visit the company online at www.lectrosonics.com.
Photo Info: Dark Star Lighting & Production's staff: (from left to right) Josh Hashbarger, Andrew 'Wolf' Wallace, Michael Sorce, and Tyler Wainer.
Sponsored Introduction Continue on to (or wait seconds) ×


text:
8. Eclipse Twine Thermaback Curtains ($24.99, target.com)
For a dark room that's conducive to a good night's rest, it's important to have curtains like these from Eclipse, which block light and noise from outside.
9. Earth Therapeutics RX3 Soft and Smooth Shut Eye Sleep Mask ($9, ulta.com)
If the blinds aren't enough, or if you're sharing a bedroom with someone else, wearing a sleep mask is another great way to block out light while you sleep.
10. Mack's Dreamgirl Soft Foam Earplugs ($4.25, dreamessentials.com)
And, if it's impossible to get some peace and quiet where you sleep, soft earplugs may be necessary to make sure your 7-9 hours of sleep aren't interrupted from here on out.
Sweet dreams, Bettys!
Read Would You Trade Places With a Woman in Another Country?
Faye Brennan is assistant editor at BettyConfidential.


text:
Moderators: Pike Ridge Beagles, Aaron Bartlett
R.W.Hawk wrote:Just curious about something , Catfish states he's been buying dogs from this guy since 1998 , thats eleven years where I went to school, and 1rockridge says his family has been buying dogs from Craine for 20 years. My question is, has Mr Craine just now become a crook, or are these fellas slow learners?
Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Google [Bot] and 3 guests


text:
KDE.de App of the Month: KViewKlaus Stärk informs us that Commentskview!KView is great! It's one of those little apps that are frequently overlooked, like konsole, or kmail (to a lesser extent). KDE is *nothing* without these fantastic apps. (ok, so, kmail isn't one of those "little" apps--but it is certainly taken for granted..)
By Charles Samuels at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Re: kview!You are absolutly right, and yesterday when I was installing KDE3 on my SuSE system(Can't wait for my 8.0 copy) I was just thinking that "hey this Kmail client is really quit nice!" I have always been seeking and wanting a more outlook like mail client but when you think about it Kmail really has become quite the killer Email client under Linux. What I mean is that it's stabel "rock solid" and you got all the functionallity an Email client should have so you are absolutly right the developers of Kmail definantly deserves more credit!! Thanks Kmail developers!!!!
By DiCkE at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Re: kview!There are only some "little" things in KMail/Kaddessbook. KMail mix languages when you send a "reply" (date/time) and the date/time fields are broken when you use other then the standard formats. Kaddressbook do not hold the wide and order of the user defined data fields. Bug reports are going. Regards, BTW Apart from that KMail is GREAT. I do _NOT_ want a unified mail/news client.
By Dieter Nützel at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Thanks to KlausBesides the great "App of the Month" Series, Klaus also does most of the maintaining of www.kde.de. DD
By zapalotta at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Does it come with KDE 3.0?I mean people would be aware of it more if kview is bundled with KDE3.
By Tom at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Re: Does it come with KDE 3.0?Thats whats appsy is for. It has a scoring system, so you can see which apps are worth looking at.
By Psiren at Sat, 2002/04/06 - 6:00am
Re: Does it come with KDE 3.0?Take a look at PIXIE, www.mosfet.org/pixie a ACDSee like program...
By Goddard at Sun, 2002/04/07 - 6:00am
Re: Does it come with KDE 3.0?if you want to burn cdrom, take a look at regards
By thierry at Sun, 2002/04/07 - 6:00am
I think I've missed somethingOk its an awkward image viewer with no browsing capabilities and a VERY limited range of manipulation tools which causes it to fail in both areas. I hate to criticise open source projects but credit where its due. Gwenview is not far off being the best image viewer I've used and should, (IMHO) be the default KDE viewer. Perhaps KView should concentrate more on being an easier alternative to GIMP for basic image manipulation
By peter jeffries at Sun, 2002/04/07 - 6:00am
PixiePlus rocksFor handling large collections of pictures mosfet's PixiePlus is awesome tool. People who own e.g. digital camera, PixiePlus is what they want to use to browse their mighty picture collections :) Good work with KView also, but check PixiePlus 0.3 at http://www.mosfet.org/pixie/.
By samppa at Sun, 2002/04/07 - 6:00am
Re: PixiePlus rocksKonq plus Kuickshow work for me as well.. :-)
By Rob Kaper at Sun, 2002/04/07 - 6:00am
Re: PixiePlus rockssweet - that Pixie looks just like Thumbs-Plus (formerly Thumbs-Up). Linux is looking better and better ;-)
By gaffo at Mon, 2002/04/29 - 5:00am
Re: PixiePlus rocksIt's true, this is a great program. This is the only program I have with SuSE 8.1 that will make batches of thumbnails all at once.
By mowo2000 at Wed, 2003/01/01 - 6:00am
It's a pain to open a lot of imagesKView really needs an open directory function (with a recurse sub-directories option)
By gergi at Mon, 2002/04/08 - 5:00am
Konqueror does a beautiful job, (as does KView :)Your Ultimate Web Browser - Konq. yur descTop 1. Click on [Preferences]+[Look & Feel]+[Desktop] 2. Now checkmark, [Show Previews for:]. Enjoy! KView is excellent for slideshows. Very fast & KDE3 is so entirely integrated now. You can do TIP: "NoAtun" - Multimedia Player. Add KDEAddons -chow
By linuxkid at Tue, 2002/04/09 - 5:00am


text:
BCC Fashion Merchandising Club's Spring Fashion Presentation
Brookdale Community Colleges Fashion Merchandising Clubs Spring Fashion Presentation!
May 4, 2013 7pm to 9pm
Lincroft campus, Warren Student Life Center, Navesink rooms 1 & 2.
Students $10 Community $15 (ticket includes food, drinks and door prizes).
Proceeds go to the Brookdale Rebuilds Fund.
Saturday - May 04, 2013
Orsola ByrnePhone: 908-902-4420
Students $10 Community $15Save this Event:
iCalendarGoogle Calendar
Yahoo! Calendar
Windows Live Calendar
Share this Event:
Email to a FriendMore...


text:
Bodysuit, Pant & Blazer: Mr Price | Brogue Leather booties: Woolworths |
I can't believe after a year and a half I finally wore this bodysuit. Do you guys ever buy something and forget about it completely? Happens to me quite often then after a few months (in this case years) I discover it. Cape Town's temperature is dropping below 10 degree C. One thing about South African winter weather that no matter how 'cold' it gets, there's always a ray of sunlight :) Have a great week ahead Xx


text:
Milestones for 5-Year-Olds
Skip to the navigationTopic Overview
Children usually progress in a natural, predictable sequence from one developmental milestone to the next. But each child grows and gains skills at his or her own pace. Some children may be advanced in one area, such as language, but behind in another, such as sensory and motor development.
Milestones usually are categorized into five major areas: physical growth, cognitive development, emotional and social development, language development, and sensory and motor development.
Physical growth and development
Most children by age 5:
- Have gained about 4.4 lb (2 kg) and grown 1.5 in. (4 cm) to 2 in. (5 cm) since their fourth birthday.
To see the high and low percentiles for normal weight and growth, go to www.cdc.gov/growthcharts.
Thinking and reasoning (cognitive development)
Most children by age 5:
- Know their address and phone number.
- Recognize most letters of the alphabet.
- Can count 10 or more objects.
- Know the names of at least 4 colors.
- Understand the basic concepts of time.
- Know what household objects are used for, such as money, food, or appliances.
Emotional and social development
Most children by age 5:
- Want to please and be liked by their friends, though they may sometimes be mean to others.
- Agree to rules most of the time.
- Show independence.
- Are more able to distinguish fantasy from reality but enjoy playing make-believe and dress-up.
- Have distinct ways of playing according to gender. Most 5-year-old boys play in rough or physically active ways. Girls of the same age are more likely to engage in social play.
Language development
Most children by age 5:
- Carry on a meaningful conversation with another person.
- Understand relationships between objects, such as "the boy who is jumping rope."
- Use the future tense, such as "Let's go to the zoo tomorrow!"
- Often call people (or objects) by their relationship to others, such as "Bobby's mom" instead of "Mrs. Smith."
- Talk about or tell stories. They have little or no trouble being understood by others.
Sensory and motor development
Most children by age 5:
- Somersault and possibly skip.
- Swing and climb.
- Hop on one foot.
- Use the toilet by themselves. They may still wet the bed, though.
By age 5, most children can use their hands and fingers (fine motor skills) to:
- Copy triangles and other geometric shapes.
- Draw a person with a head, a body, arms, and legs.
- Dress and undress on their own, although they may still need help tying shoelaces.
- Write some small and capital letters from the alphabet.
- Eat with a fork, spoon, and possibly a flatware knife.
Related Information
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer John Pope, MD - Pediatrics
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Louis Pellegrino, MD - Developmental Pediatrics
Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics
Current as ofJuly 26, 2016
- Top of Page
Next Section:
Related Information
Previous Section:
Topic Overview - Top of Page
Next Section:
Previous Section:
Related Information - Top of Page
Current as of: July 26, 2016
Topic Contents
PeaceHealth endeavors to provide comprehensive health care information, however some topics in this database describe services and procedures not offered by our providers or within our facilities because they do not comply with, nor are they condoned by, the ethics policies of our organization.
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated, disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. Learn how we develop our content.
To learn more about Healthwise, visit Healthwise.org.
© 1995-2017 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
Come take a twirl with Angelina Ballerina in this new collection of episodes! Every day holds a new adventure for Angelina as she learns about the importance of honesty how to put on a great show with her friends and even gets a chance to give her own ballet lessons! Join the fun with Angelina and all her friends as they dance and sing together in 'It's Showtime!'
Check stock and price


text:
In November, a tiny company called
The results were astounding, but there was a catch. The drug was only tested on African-Americans and had previously failed to show a benefit in a broader population. An editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine by M. Gregg Bloche, a Georgetown University medical ethicist, warned of the need to manage the downside of "race-based therapeutics"–and predicted that it was only a matter of time before race was linked to the effects of other drugs.
Only six months later, Bloche seems prescient. A flood of studies has emerged showing racial differences in how patients suffer from disease–or benefit from drugs–in ailments ranging from osteoporosis to cancer. And several more have looked at the effects of drugs on particular racial groups. Many of the doctors conducting the studies are African-American.
There is even evidence that some drugs work differently in women than in men. For instance, aspirin seems to prevent heart attacks and cause strokes in low-risk medicine, but a controversial study showed it did the opposite in women. "There is nothing in evolutionary biology more based on genetics than whether the embryo develops into a man or into woman. But people generally haven't studied drugs this way," says Harvard researcher Paul Ridker.
Part of the problem is that clinical trials have too often focused on white men. Over the years African-Americans, in particular, have been absent from many trials.
"Much of the data we have on medicines in general have been in white populations," says Keith C. Ferdinand, a pharmacology professor at Xavier University. "How do we know that any of this is true across the board?" asks Gary Butts, an associate dean at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
For many drugs, just doing a study looking at the effects of medicines on African-Americans might be useful. Ferdinand conducted such a trial with Crestor, a cholesterol drug from
But issues emerged from cases where racial groups are compared, and differences are found. The labeling for AstraZeneca's cholesterol drug Crestor suggests starting the drug at a lower dose in Asians. Another AstraZeneca drug, the lung cancer pill Iressa, failed to extend life in a clinical trial but seems to have worked in Asians.
Perhaps the best-studied example is African-Americans with heart disease. Just as BiDil may have been more effective in African-Americans than others, a widely-used class of heart medicines does not work as well in black patients.
Medicines called ACE inhibitors are cornerstones of cardiology. But for reasons that are still unclear, they seem not to work as well in African-Americans. This outcome was confirmed in a recent analysis of a government-funded 33,000-patient study of blood pressure medicines. For all patients, old-fashioned diuretics, or water pills, are the preferred first treatment. But blacks do less well with ACE inhibitors.
Jackson T. Wright, a cardiologist at Case Western Reserve University who co-authored the study, says that as firms like
"I have yet to see a downside to doing studies that might point out differences in populations," Wright says. "One could always envision potential harm, but thus far that has not been a major concern."
Many hope that this brief fling with differences that correlate to race and gender is just a short step on the path to using genetic tests to match a drug to a patient. Race and ethnicity may act as surrogates, either for slight genetic differences based on ancestry, or physical differences based on upbringing or environment. In the U.S., it may be a marker not only for differences in ancestry but also for differences in environment, diet, exposure to pollution and other factors.
Mount Sinai's Butts says he worries that using race to match medicine to patient is too crude a measure. Genetically speaking, race is actually a rather bad marker for genetic difference, he says. "Proceed cautiously," he warns. "It may not be race–it may be something else."
But until those tests emerge, doctors and drug companies may be eager to find something to fall back on–especially if it means they can save lives. "All I want is to pick the right drug for the right patient," says Susan Desmond-Hellmann, head of product development at


text:
2-Way Dual 5-1/4" Floorstanding Loudpeaker that features a High-contrast finish with scratch resistant high gloss panels for stunning good looks and Boston's 1-inch Kortec® soft dome tweeter for crystalline high frequencies. Zoom close x
2-Way Dual 5-1/4" Floorstanding Loudpeaker that features a High-contrast finish with scratch resistant high gloss panels for stunning good looks and Boston's 1-inch Kortec® soft dome tweeter for crystalline high frequencies.
Overview Boasting an innovative design for optimal sound, the Boston Acoustics A 250 Two-Way Dual 5-1/4-Inch Floorstanding Speaker makes an ideal addition to home theater or music systems. This impressively statured floorstanding speaker features internal bracing and a reinforcement disc for enhanced sound quality. A Kortec soft dome tweeter offers crisp, high frequencies, while ceramic/glass fiber polymer woofers deliver more bass response from less amplifier power. Floorstanding speaker provides detailed audio for an immersive home theater experience. View larger. A Series speakers offer smart design features in a contemporary style. View larger. Floorstanding Speaker Provides Dynamic Sound With the A 250 floorstanding speaker, you can enjoy your favorite Blu-ray movies, video games, and music in richly detailed stereo sound. Pair with additional A Series speakers (sold separately) to create an immersive surround sound experience. Each speaker in the A Series incorporates innovative materials and fabrication methods for improved frequency response and enhanced stereo imaging. Clean, Stylish Design Offering luxurious quality, each speaker in the A Series is housed in high-contrast finish cabinets with scratch-resistant panels, textured tops, magnetic grilles, and rounded edges for a superior build. The A Series' sleek design looks great alongside any room's decor. Soft Dome Tweeter Offers Crisp High-Frequency Detail Boston's 1-inch Kortec soft dome tweeter delivers clear high-frequency response, making movies come alive and vocal performances sing with clarity. A 250 Two-Way Dual 5-1/4-Inch Floorstanding Speaker At a Glance: High-contrast finish with scratch-resistant high-gloss panels for a stylish design Boston's 1-inch Kortec soft dome tweeter for crystalline high frequencies Advanced ceramic/glass fiber polymer woofers with Deep Channel Design (DCD) deliver more bass from less amplifier power Acoustically tuned ports with internal bracing for improved low-frequency response Easy 5-way gold-plated binding posts provide flexible hook-up and the purest signal transfer Deep Channel Design maximizes bass. View larger. Speaker cabinet features internal bracing for a cleaner sound. View larger. Woofer Design Reduces Distortion Each A Series 5-1/4-inch woofer uses Deep Channel Design (DCD) magnet structures to deliver more bass from less amplifier power, resulting in a fuller, cleaner sound. The A Series woofers feature ceramic and glass fiber polymer cones that help to reduce distortion for improved clarity. Innovative Cabinet Shape Improves Stereo Imaging All A Series cabinets use a tuned resonant port design to magnify the woofer's sound output for improved low-frequency response and stereo imaging. The A 250 incorporates a fully sealed diagonal internal panel for tighter, cleaner midrange and bass. Binding Posts Make Installation Easy Five-way gold-plated binding posts offer plenty of flexibility, making installation easy. The binding posts' large contact surface allows for an especially pure signal transfer. The Goal of the A Series Boston's A Series speakers are ideal for either multichannel home theater or stereo-only music systems and may be used in any configuration for other listening applications. Boston Acoustics creates all of its speakers following the Play Smart approach to product design--sensible, useful, smart design features combined with contemporary styling. To deliver the best performance possible in this price class, Boston's engineers brought together the best elements of traditional loudspeaker design, incorporating several new technologies into the A Series. Boston's engineers utilized Laser Vibrometer Scanning and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to identify unwanted resonances in the loudspeaker with the goal of eliminating them to greatly improve performance. The elimination of hardware on the cabinet's front baffle and rounded front edges further improve driver performance for improved stereo imaging. The Boston Acoustics A 250 two-way dual 5-1/4-inch floorstanding speaker is backed by a five-year warranty, subject to the full warranty terms and conditions. What's Included One A 250 two-way dual 5-1/4-inch floorstanding speaker and instructions.Specifications Frequency Range (±3dB) 45Hz – 25kHz Recommended Amplifier 15 – 175 watts Sensitivity 89dB [SPL/2.8V at 1m] Nominal Impedance 8 ohms Crossover Frequency 2,500Hz Woofers Dual 5-1/4" (133mm) DCD ceramic/glass fiber polymer woofer High-Frequency Driver 1" (25mm) Kortec Soft Dome Dimensions (H x W x D) 35-1/8 x 12-5/8" x 8-7/8" (891 x 319 x 225mm) Weight 29.30 lbs (13.29Kg)
A 225C Center Channel LoudspeakerDual 5-1/4-Inch woofers 1-inch Kortec soft dome tweeter VIEW FULL DETAILSASW 650 SubwooferSetting a new standard for performance and value.VIEW FULL DETAILS


text:
with Tags:
Configuration changes while retrieving special charactered data from EIS for JDE Adapter (runtime WMB)
starts with a question. If there are no questions there will not be
any inventions. The most innovative words in English are how and why
? So let me start my first post with a question . Have
you ever faced any issue while retrieving special chartered data
from EIS for JDE adapter? Definitely you would
have right? Well
at the beginning with the address book application, while retrieving
one or two data giving address number like 9 0r 1 it was absolutely
fine , but when I tried to retrieve data by giving the address... [More]
Tags:  address character book adapter jde special application |


text:
This episode of The 9pm Edict heads into a eucalypt forest in search of the internet, and encounters a dog.
You'll hear about the National Broadband Network's fibre-to-the-node trial, Russell Brand, Bertrand Russell, the 20th anniversary of a sarin nerve gas attack in Japan, the 25th birthday of the internet in Australia, the 60th birthday of nuclear power stations, Hillary Clinton and the mangoes, Google co-funder Larry Page's threat to kill 100,000 people, and the arsehattery of Village Roadshow co-CEO Graham Burke.
And there's the dog, of course.
And a cat. Sort of.
But don't forget the dog.
You can listen to the podcast below. But if you want all of the episodes, now and in the future, subscribe to the podcast feed, or subscribe automatically in iTunes, or go to SoundCloud.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:21 — 42.4MB)
If you'd like to comment on this episode, please add your comment below, or Skype to stilgherrian or phone Sydney +61 2 8011 3733. Not that anyone ever does.


text: ESP knows how much you dig the classic look and feel of the ESP Vintage-4, and when they were asked to make an LTD version of this bass, they had no choice but to oblige. The Vintage 204 basses both have a classic design, with bolt-on necks a 34 inch scale, an alder body, and 21 XJ frets. The LTD Vintage 204 basses also provide chrome hardware with ESP vintage tuners and an ESP DB-4 bridge. ESP LTD Vintage 204 Bass Guitar Features


text:
AP MANPOWER CONSULTANTS : We bring job seekers and employers together and help to fit the right person at the right post. APMC is an employment agency in India providing overseas jobs, placement services to experienced and skilled manpower human resources for major contracting companies in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Middle East and Gulf countries seeking to recruit human resources from India.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)


text: RSD billet Top Triple Trees increase the rigidity of your fork, improving suspension and decreasing front fork flex. They also look great while eliminating the built in riser on some Sportster and Dyna models, allowing the use of standard risers. Also available without riser holes for a clean look on cafe bikes using Clip-Ons. All triples are drilled and tapped for Top Triple Gauge Mount and Adapter Plate.


text:
Category: Stock Graphic, Product Mockups
Stock Graphic >> Product Mockup - Styled Mockup Photography 261498 by Love&Muse @ CreativeMarket
File Size: 1.76 MB; DPI: 300 DPI.
Styled Stock Photography Product Photography
DETAILS SIZES: 300dpi FORMAT: JPG
Styled Stock Photography IS PERFECT FOR.
Design for your blog Wedding invitations Printed Paper Products
product mockup, styled product photography, graphic design background, print background, professional styling, styled photography, paper product styling, polka dot gold, stock shot, blog photo, styled background, overlay text, promo photography, banner image, stock photography, white desk, desktop, digital image, modern desk, white peony, web design computer, web design background, graphic design background, empty frame, blank frames, hanging frame, gold frame, black frame, white frame, white wall, gold deer, gold office supplies, gold books, gold vase, baby's breath, gold clutch purse, gold statue, gold jewelry, white flowers, turquoise vase, mint clutch purse, mint wallet, turquoise paperweight
Buy Now ~ $10
Styled Mockup Photography
by Love&Muse
Keywords: styled mockup wall art mockup - product mockups - 1 styled mockup wall art mockup - product mockups - 1 styled stock photography product photography styled wall art mockup instant download styled stock photography product photography background details sizes 300 dpi format jpg instant download comments faq shatenka post comment receive comment notifications buy now 6 6 spread the word and earn join our partner program pin it like collection shatenka lovemuse edit profile more from lovemuse styled mockup styled desktop image end date20 apr, white, feminine product mockup, product mockup, pretty mockup, frame mockup, frame background, modern styling, styled stock photography, modern desk, modern feminine, feminine styling, pretty product styling, modern woman desk, modern stock background, print background, web design computer, web design background.


text:
Tobacco use would be banned on all the state's public college and university campuses under a policy the state Board of Regents is set to discuss at its monthly meeting Wednesday. If the Regents adopt the policy, the ban would take effect July 1.
The so-called "Tobacco and Smoke-Free Campus Policy" would prohibit tobacco use on University System of Georgia property, which includes the campuses of UGA and 30 other public colleges and universities. The Board of Regents is the appointed body that sets policy for Georgia public colleges, the country's fourth-largest university system.
The ban would apply not only to cigars, cigarettes and pipes. It would also bar the use of smokeless tobacco, clove cigarettes and hookahs. Even electronic cigarettes, which allow users to inhale a nicotine mist without actually lighting up, might get banned.
The tobacco ban would be total in other ways as well.
Tobacco use would be prohibited not only on property owned by the university system, but property it leases or rent.
Tobacco use would be prohibited in vehicles on the campus, and the ban would apply not only to students, faculty and staff, but to contractors, spectators at sporting events and to other campus visitors.
Other Athens area colleges and schools banned smoking years ago.
Gainesville State College (now the largest part of the University of North Georgia) outlawed lighting up in 2003, and when the college expanded to a satellite campus in Watkinsville, the ban followed.
Piedmont College prohibited smoking on campus in 2007.
A number of other area institutions have also enacted rules against lighting up on their grounds, including the Athens-Clarke County Library, area hospitals and the Clarke County School District, which adopted a rule years ago that banned not only tobacco use but possession of tobacco products on school grounds.
Athens Technical College adopted a smoking ban in 2009.
UGA administrators tightened up smoking rules in 2011, but stopped short of a total ban. A rule promulgated that year barred lighting up within 35 feet of a building entrance.
Smoking is prohibited in public buildings by state law, and is banned in Sanford Stadium and other UGA athletic facilities under UGA Athletic Association policy.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of avoidable death in the United States, causing more deaths annually than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries and firearm-related incidents combined, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


text:
Owen Wilson (I)
Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and Luke Wilson (the youngest). Expelled from St. Mark's School of ...
See full bio »
Born:in Dallas, Texas, USA |


text:
The only news-conference for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be given to 70 cub reporters between the ages of 8 and 16 on Sunday July 17.
These lucky young journalists will hear JK Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince just after midnight on July 16 in the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle. They will each be given a signed copy of the book and a day to read it before being able to ask Jo questions about it.
The reporters will be chosen in competitions being run by newspapers, bookshops and libraries from Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Click here to find out how to enter Bloomsbury Publishing's competition.
I'm very jealous and wish I were 23 years younger.
I'm even more jealous of Emerson, one of the brains behind MuggleNet, and Melissa, one of the brains behind The Leaky Cauldron. They have been invited to Jo Rowling's HOUSE to interview her about the book. They totally deserve the opportunity, they have been working on their excellent sites for a very long time. (Check out their sites to read their reactions upon receiving a phone call from Jo. I'm surprised they were able to keep breathing.)
I'm just a little jealous and wish I had started a Harry Potter blog five years ago. (Of course I hadn't read any Harry Potter books yet and I only discovered blogging last December.)
Update: See an additional view on Rowling's plans by a Writer in Progress.
Powered by Sidelines


text:
With Congress hammering out budget cutting legislation and preparing to take up the 2012 farm bill, the next two years emerge as a crucial time for making commonsense cuts to agriculture spending. For federal farm programs, that means placing hard caps on payments made to the nation's largest farms, subsidies those operations use to drive their smaller neighbors out of business.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the Chiefland Citizen, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
If you are new to the award winning Chiefland Citizen and wish to get a subscription or simply gain access to our online content then please enter your ZIP code below and continue to setup your account.
ZIP Code: | |


text:
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
(2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 / Dorchester / England)
San Sebastian
With Thoughts of Sergeant M---- (Pensioner), who died 185-
"WHY, Sergeant, stray on the Ivel Way,
As though at home there were spectres rife?
read more >>
- Hits: Number of visitors who read the poem on the given date.
- Posts: Number of visitors who posted the poem to a friend (via e-mail) on the given date.
- Dates that have "0" hits may not be shown on the list.
- Dates, poems and poets that have "0" hits may not be shown on the list. Statistics are generated daily.


text:
Matt McCallister: Want to come out to 'Play'?
Matt McCallister, who left his position of executive chef at Stephan Pyles late last year to work short-term gigs with chefs around the country, isn't leaving town quite yet.
In the spirit of his Fuego concept at SP, he's going to stay and "Play" for some limited engagements around town. Play will feature, in the press release's words, "new takes on classics and truly innovative dishes" with two Dallas chefs, J. Chastain at Second Floor Bistro and Abraham Salum.
Each dinner – there are three scheduled so far – will be a collaboration, with Chastain Jan. 14 and 15, and with Salum at his namesake restaurant March 3. Dinners start at 7 p.m., and seating is limited. Price is $125 per person, plus an optional $50 for paired wines. Get details and find out where chef McCallister's headed for the rest of 2011 on the jump.
Stephan Pyles (left), SP sous chef Danyele McPherson and McCallister at Fuego; photo by REX C. CURRY/Special Contributor
Continue reading


text:
Dec. 17, 2012
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State football player Kerwynn Williams has been named the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Dec. 16, in an award that is voted on by a state-wide media panel.
It is the second time this year and third time in his career that Williams has received USU student-athlete of the week honors.
Williams, a 5-8, 189-pound senior running back from Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley HS) was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl as he rushed for a career-high 235 yards and a career-high tying three touchdowns in leading Utah State to a 41-15 win against Toledo. Williams, who carried the ball 18 times in the game, also had two receptions for 34 yards, as he became the Western Athletic Conference's career leader in all-purpose yards.
Williams finishes the 2012 season with 1,512 rushing yards on 218 carries (116.3 ypg) and 15 rushing touchdowns, to go along with 45 receptions for 697 yards (53.6 ypg) and five touchdowns. Overall, he ends the year ranking fourth in school history in rushing yards, third in rushing average (6.9 ypc), tied for third in rushing touchdowns, second in scoring (120), and second in total touchdowns (20) for a single season.
For his career, Williams ranks first in school history and 11th in the nation all-time at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level in all-purpose yards (6,928). He also ranks seventh in USU history in rushing yards (2,515), seventh in rushing touchdowns (22), fifth in rushing average (6.58 ypc), and tied for seventh in total touchdowns (28).
Utah State (11-2, 6-0 WAC), who is currently ranked 18th nationally by the Associated Press, 20th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll and 22nd in the final Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings, concluded its most successful season in school history in 2012 by winning its final seven games, including its second bowl game all-time, and will end the year nationally ranked for the first time since 1961 and for just the second time in school history.
Nominees from other sports for USU Student-Athlete of the Week included:
MEN'S BASKETBALL - Freshman guard Marcel Davis (American Fork, Utah) scored 17 points in his first career start in leading Utah State to a 69-63 road win at Utah Valley last weekend. Davis, who played a season-high 28 minutes in the game, added a career-high tying two steals, to go along with one assist and one rebound, while shooting 6-of-10 from the field, 1-of-4 from three-point range and 4-for-5 at the free throw line.
2012-13 Utah State Athlete of the Week Winners
Aug. 27 - Josselyn White, Volleyball
Sept. 3 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Sept. 10 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Sept. 17 - Tanner Higham, Golf
Sept. 24 - Kerwynn Williams, Football
Oct. 1 - Josselyn White, Volleyball
Oct. 8 - Jennifer Flynn, Soccer
Oct. 15 - Kyler Fackrell, Football
Oct. 22 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Oct. 29 - Jade Tarver, Soccer
Nov. 5 - Natalie Norris, Soccer
Nov. 12 - Preston Medlin, Men's Basketball
Nov. 19 - Chuckie Keeton, Football
Nov. 26 - Devyn Christensen, Women's Basketball
Dec. 3 - Preston Medlin, Men's Basketball
Dec. 10 - Marcel Davis, Men's Basketball
Dec. 17 - Kerwynn Williams, Football
Utah State Linebackers...
Utah State football held its fifth spring practice Thursday morning on Merlin Olsen Field at...
03/16/2017 -
Utah State Defensive Line...
Utah State football held its fourth spring practice Tuesday afternoon on Merlin Olsen Field at...
03/15/2017 -
Mountain West Announces...
Utah State's 2017 Mountain West football schedule was announced Thursday by the conference ...
03/02/2017 -
Utah State Football Wraps...
Utah State football wrapped up its first week of spring drills with a Thursday morning practice, ...
03/02/2017 -
Utah State Offensive Line...
Utah State football held its second spring practice Wednesday morning in the Stan Laub Indoor...
03/01/2017 -
Utah State Football Holds...
Utah State football held its initial spring practice Tuesday morning as fifth-year head coach...
02/28/2017 -
Mark Tommerdahl Named...
Mark Tommerdahl (TUM-ur-doll), who has 33 years of coaching experience, including 22 years as a...
02/27/2017 -
Utah State Football Begins ...
Under the direction of fifth-year head coach Matt Wells, Utah State football will begin spring...
Online Store
Official Aggie Gear


text:
Sleep Innovations 12 inch Memory foam bed
Hurry over to Amazon and grab a heck of a deal on the Sleep Innovations 12-Inch SureTemp Memory Foam Mattress 20-Year Warranty, Queen at only $399.99! yes! That is NOT a typo either! This bed easily goes for $1,899.99!!!
Hurry though, Amazon prices tend to change at the drop of a hat!


text:
Those are really gorgeous pictures. Fever Ray is a very hard band to take pictures of but you captured them beautifully! I love that so many great photos and the amazing full video were taken at this show. It was by far my most anticipated show of Coachella 2010 and to be able to have so many memories from it is great.
I was asking myself this morning if there is any band this year that will even come close to the level of performance that Fever Ray did last year (ie can I rail it on fungus and get my mind blown) and the answer is - not even close. I think I'll watch the video this weekend and drink some tea.
So guys, which act will be this year's "Fever Ray"?
None of them.
The Fever Ray trip is a unique one.
I'm having flashbacks, nice pictures Ivankay...
people should just stop trying to compare anything that will happen this year with fever ray. it will just lead to disappointment.
I have the answer though!!
It's Trentemoller.
trentemoller will probably be dark, weird, and beautiful in his own right. but fever ray last year was just very special, and won't be topped anytime soon
not saying that Fever Ray will be topped, just that Trentemoller is also dark, weird, and special. and the people who are into it are fuckin INTO IT!
agreed, its going to be f'ing great
this is a thread that will never die.
OMG thank you so much! The quality is really nice considering what you had to work with. Not many people would hold their camera up like that for the whole show. I was pissed Apple wanted me to pay $20 to play mpeg-2 files in quicktime but the free VLC player played it just fine until I get around to linking them all into a full video and playing it another way. Thank you again, was a great concert. I'm glad I got to be there.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched moonbeams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in the rain...
I'm going to make Glasser my Fever Ray for this year.
Fever Ray was billed a lot higher than Trentmoller this year. I really hope Trentmoller is not during the day somehow.
To all involved in making the A/V available to us - thank you! Your collective efforts are appreciated - much thanks!
Is there a direct link to this Audio and Video? I'm searching through the thread and can't find it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
It's funny how everything was roses when we held on to the guns.
It was just a couple pages back....
high quality:
It's funny how everything was roses when we held on to the guns.
^do you mean like which tracks to each link?
will this work instead?
Oh the memories.... Mercy Street still to me was the best song at 2010... I miss Karin...
Upcoming Shows:
Little Dragon/SOFI TUKKER: 4/13 @ Pappy & Harriet's
Coachella 2017: 4/14-16 @ Empire Polo Fields
Metallica: 6/18 @ Soldier Field


text:
Book Title: "Gimme Jimmy"
Author: Sherrill S. Cannon
Published By: Strategic Book Publishing
Age Recommended: 3+
Reviewed By: Kitty Bullard
Raven Rating: 5
Review: Delightful, adorable and hilarious. When little Jimmy Alexander is warned by his father that his unwillingness to share and his inability to politely ask for things will eventually cause him trouble, he refuses to listen. Until, of course, he realizes that every time he says the word 'gimme' his hand grows.
Before long his hand is practically dragging along the floor and he begins to realize that he must change his ways before it is too late.
Sherrill S. Cannon's books have a fantastic way of telling a story in such a vivid and imaginative way that children will not only learn good morals from her books, but will want to read them and have them read to them, time and time again.
If you are looking for the best possible story books for your child or grandchildren you must look for her books! I have fallen in love with them all and I know you will too!
© 2017 Created by Kamy Wicoff. Powered by


text:
SNORAS Spyker Squadron took a brilliant second place in the 1000 km of the Nurburgring this afternoon. Despite starting from the back of the grid Spyker regular drivers Jarek Janis (CZE) and Tom Coronel (NLD) secured for the second time a podium...
SNORAS Spyker Squadron took a brilliant second place in the 1000 km of the Nurburgring this afternoon. Despite starting from the back of the grid Spyker regular drivers Jarek Janis (CZE) and Tom Coronel (NLD) secured for the second time a podium place in the German Le Mans Series round.
Tom took the start of the race and immediately showed the pace already shown at Le Mans and in Portimao. After one hour of racing Tom had already managed to get into seventh place, despite being held up by a Ferrari for a while. A strong and quick first pit stop helped the team to move up into fifth place. Both drivers were extremely happy with the performance of the car and after passing another Ferrari the Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R was in fourth place.
Into the second part of the race, with Jarek behind the wheel, the gap to the top three started to shrink rapidly. Jarek started to chase down the FBR Ferrari F430 GT2 in third place and, despite nearly being hit by Danny Watts crashing his Ginetta-Zytek, the gap was down to a couple of seconds when he came in. A quick pit stop and an incredibly fast out lap resulted in third place with just under an hour and a half remaining. That changed into second place when the Team Modena Ferrari spun out into the gravel.
An interesting final hour saw Tom and Anthony Beltoise in the FBR Ferrari fighting for second place. Beltoise closed the gap but Tom defended his position successfully, until Beltoise hit the Spyker and sent it into a spin. Fortunately Tom was able to continue quickly and when Beltoise was given a stop-and-go penalty he was back in second place. A quick 'splash and dash' with just fifteen minutes left was done quick enough to stay ahead of the FBR Ferrari and Tom raced to the finish to take second place for Spyker Squadron.
Tom Coronel: "It's a dream! We really needed this and the result came at the right time! I was in a heavy fight with Beltoise when he hit me. At that moment I knew he would get a stop and go and we would be able to get back in second place. I think this was the hardest race I have ever driven. I gave everything I could, I really couldn't go faster!"
Jarek Janis: "I am very happy; it was a great weekend for us. The car was working very well. Unfortunately we had to start from the back, but during the race our lap times were pretty good and so we went to the front step by step. I have to say thanks to the team, my engineer and the mechanics, they did a great job. The car is getting better at every race and it is easy and nice to drive this car!"
Peter van Erp, Managing Director Spyker Squadron: "This is a great result for the team. The drivers really worked hard and went for it. We already showed it was possible at Portimao and after our fifth place at Le Mans. We were right there in the practice sessions and in qualifying. Due to the engine change we came from the back of the grid to second place so I am extremely happy and very proud of the drivers. My compliments for the team!"
Victor Muller, CEO Spyker Cars: "This is one of our best results ever in the Le Mans Series. It is a great year; things can not go wrong anymore. We had a fifth place at Le Mans and now a second place here at the Nurburgring. Years of hard work were finally rewarded. The car was flawless! I am extremely proud and I think the team has achieved something incredible!
-credit: spyker


text:
When I mess about trying to decide where to put the tinest and most insignificant of flat back gems I call it Fiddle Farting, hence the name of the blog!!!
Monday, 14 May 2012
A Card Made From A Parcel Sent By Melanie …..
9 comments:
- tilly said...
What a kind thought and s auper card, it won't be in the box for long lol
Tilly - 14 May 2012 at 08:36
- Suze Bain said...
Gorgeous goodies and a lovely card. x
- 14 May 2012 at 08:51
- marc said...
peps are so kind to share the love as you are in sharing it with us what a fab RAK BIG LOVE MARC ps did i say love the card lol
- 14 May 2012 at 15:02
- Lynn Holland said...
I love getting surprise packages especially ones like yours, how wonderful and you hacpve such great ideas for your stuff.
www.doodlybird.co.uk - 14 May 2012 at 23:15
- Bee Manghi said...
What IS that house shaped shelf in the back ground? ! ?
It looks so coool! I love it! Where did you get it? plus your blog is a wonderful source of inspiration! love the royal crafts esp - 18 May 2012 at 09:11
- Bee Manghi said...
wham! bam! love you {wo}man!
- 18 May 2012 at 09:12
- Bee Manghi said...
wham! bam! love you {wo}man!
- 18 May 2012 at 09:12
- Bee Manghi said...
wham! bam! love you {wo}man!
- 18 May 2012 at 09:12
- paperfunky said...
Aww im so glad you loved the bits and pieces!! I have just got back from an awful holiday and catching up on your blog and seeing this has really cheered me up!! Thank you Helen, for all your inspirational ideas!!
lots of love Meli xx - 19 May 2012 at 16:13


text:
In the wake of this week's Palinpalooza, not to mention the $5 million advance she received for her memoir, it might be a stretch to call Sarah Palin "Dickensian." But after reading excerpts from her book Going Rogue and listening to her roll out interviews, I felt as though I were watching an ironic tale of two Sarahs. Indeed, these may seem like the best of times for the GOP vice presidential nominee and her bank account. But there's a lot to suggest that the 2008 campaign–and the monster celebrity caricature it spawned–was the worst thing that could have happened to her long-term political aspirations.
Don't get me wrong. Palin unquestionably owes her iconic status and the unparalleled platform it provides to John McCain for plucking her out of her obscurity and putting her on the ticket last year. Forget the book deal, Oprah blowout and million Facebook friends: Without her sensational run as the Republican vice presidential nominee, no one would be mentioning the former Alaskan governor (who would still be in her first term) as a plausible presidential candidate, let alone front-runner. She would still be just a twinkle in Bill Kristol's eye.
But it's just as obvious that Palin was not ready for her national close-up and that as a result her meteoric rise came at a terrible cost to her public image and presidential viability. Exit polls showed that 60% of voters–and 65% of the decisive independent vote–came away convinced she was not qualified to be in the White House. More important, many swing voters were so put off by her un-presidentialness and lack of competence that they were driven to vote against McCain. Nearly half of all moderates said Palin was a significant factor in their decision, and they broke for Obama 60-40.
This was the last kind of image problem a Republican could afford to have in the post-Bush era, least of all someone with Palin's experience and policy gaps. Yet since the campaign ended, Palin has seemed bent on magnifying instead of mollifying it, reinforcing her standing among suspicious swing voters as the next George Wallace, instead of the next Ronald Reagan. The inflammatory and truth-stretching Facebook posts about death panels, the ongoing soap-operatic feuds with McCain campaign staffers and the teenage (Playgirl-posing) father of her granddaughter, and the incoherent explanation for her resignation have collectively kept Palin trapped in the credibility hole she found herself in last November.
That's the clear verdict of the Palin polling recently released to coincide with the beginning of her supposed comeback. Yes, she is more popular than ever with the conservative base–her positive rating is at 76% among increasingly right-leaning Republicans. But despite all the opportunities Palin has had over the last year to communicate with the American people, the Washington Post/ABC News poll out this week found that 60% of voters still believe she is not qualified to be president.
Moreover, 53% definitively said they would not vote for Palin if she ran in 2012, with 9% saying they would support her and 37% saying they would consider it. A similar poll done in 2006 found that 42% flatly ruled out Hillary Clinton, at the time widely considered the most polarizing figure in American politics; in that same poll, 28% said no to McCain. Perhaps most troubling for Palin, the Post/ABC poll found that independent and Democratic women–who should represent Palin's most fertile crossover audience–were more apt than men to find her unqualified and unacceptable.
Now imagine for the sake of argument what would have happened if Palin had been passed over by McCain. Most of the well-known advantages she has now, which immediately make her a formidable Republican primary contender, would be stripped away–not least her incomparable fundraising potential. But so too would the abundant vulnerabilities that would at this rate debilitate and potentially decapitate a general election candidacy in 2012. She would go back to being Sarah from Wasilla–and at this moment, in this political environment, that might be a much better persona and platform for launching a credible national campaign.
To see why, you first have to remember Palin's pre-Rogue record and brand. While she also rose quickly in Alaska, it was not as a polarizing, social conservative hardliner, but a pragmatic center-right reformist. In 2006 she managed to take out a sitting Republican governor in a primary by 32 points and then went on to beat a former Democratic governor in the general election, despite spending substantially less on campaigning. She ran against corruption and cronyism and politics as usual, not against the media or liberal elites. And she strongly connected with middle-class voters who saw a lot of themselves in her.
As governor she built up high bipartisan approval ratings–one poll had her at over 90%–by working with Democrats in the legislature to pass a major ethics bill and authorize construction of a transnational gas pipeline. Say what you will about the Sarah Palin we saw in the pressure cooker in 2008, you don't accomplish those things (in Alaska or anywhere else) without some significant political acumen and skills.
You also have to consider the mood of the country at the end of the first year of the Obama era. The same elites who have been reflexively writing off Palin have been underestimating the depth and breadth of populist anger that has been growing in the wake of the poorly executed bailouts, the massive expansion of government, and the widely shared sense that Washington is every bit as broken under Obama as it was in the Bush and Clinton years. That doesn't mean Obama will be easily deposed. But it does mean that the most dangerous opponent for him at this point would likely be a positive, problem-solving populist who could tap into that pervasive feeling of economic and political alienation and unite those next-generation Perot voters.
On paper at least, the unspoiled Palin would be well positioned to fill that role in the 2012 campaign. Yes, she would start out largely unknown and uncredentialed. But it was not an accident that Kristol and other conservative thought leaders became enamored of her prior to her elevation to the national stage–or that McCain would choose to roll the dice on her. They saw her as the political equivalent of the pre-NBA Kobe Bryant: a rough, unformed talent with tremendous upside given her gender, back story and potential crossover appeal.
Just look at Mike Huckabee. He started out in 2007 with a very similar profile to Palin (little-known governor of a lightly regarded state with a religious bent). Yet despite running a ramshackle campaign and alienating a big bloc of economic conservatives, Huckabee was the last man standing with McCain in the 2008 primaries. That was before the financial collapse in the fall, and the bailout backlash and Tea Party movement that followed.
It's quite conceivable, then, that pre-Rogue Palin–the one who would still be governor today, who would have in all likelihood continued governing from the center-right, and whose daughter would have had her illegitimate child outside the glare of the national spotlight–could have been the Huckabee of 2012: the fresh-faced dark horse who naturally excites a big chunk of the Republican base, meaning she would not have to pander the way Mitt Romney did in 2008 and could have a fair shake at keeping independents open minded. Perhaps best of all, Palin would have been able to deliberately control and form her own image, a luxury she was denied when she became an overnight sensation last August.
All of that, of course, presupposes some big things. First, that with more seasoning, Palin would have been able to contain her polarizing tendencies (and what many have come to see as a mean streak) and hew to the more inclusive style of politics she practiced while winning her breakthrough gubernatorial race. Second, that she would have put together a smart, disciplined campaign staff to compensate for her inexperience and weaknesses. And most important, that she would have wisely spent the interim years boning up on national policy issues, especially national security, so she would pass the threshold credibility tests she so badly failed last year with swing voters.
Those are some serious ifs, especially in light of Palin's recent track record. First, to continue with the Dickens parallel, her book and recent interviews suggest she is more Whiny Tim than Artful Dodger–flogging petty grievances a year after the campaign is over is hardly presidential behavior. Second, even with her status as the most celebrated Republican in the country, she has surrounded herself with an inept political team that has bungled the simplest tasks of political blocking and tacking and only exacerbated her competence issues among insiders (which matters in presidential primary politics). Third, she has done nothing tangible or memorable over the last year to begin filling her qualifications gap, save for one unremarkable overseas trip.
Taken together, those signs suggest that it would not matter if Palin had been left to develop into a national figure on her own time frame, and that she would likely be unelectable in 2012 either way. But I still tend to think that she would be taken more seriously by more voters if she had gone reform instead of going rogue. The unspoiled Palin could have used a creditable run in 2012 as a credibility-establishing springboard to at least be a broadly influential figure in American politics, if not a competitive candidate in 2016. If nothing else, she would have been able to control her own destiny.
Now, with all the baggage Palin accumulated in last year's campaign and added in the year since, she seems locked into a path as well as a persona. It may be a seductive and lucrative one. And she may even lay claim to the Republican nomination in 2012 (assuming she does not become the GOP version of Howard Dean, done in by her perceived unelectability in November). But unless she can find a way to miraculously erase the center's devastating sense that she is too small-minded to succeed, and convince swing voters that the woman who could not tell us what newspapers she reads can lead us out of the worst economic crisis since the Depression, her book sales may well be the only great expectations she ever meets.
Dan Gerstein, a political communications consultant and commentator based in New York, is the founder and president of Gotham Ghostwriters. He formerly served as communications director to Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and as a senior advisor on his vice presidential and presidential campaigns. He writes a weekly column for Forbes.
Read more Forbes Opinions here.


text:
The Housing Market Is Hot, So Re/Max Is Going Public
byThere's money to be made in real estate again, and one of the big names in the industry is eager to catch the boat. Re/Max Holdings, the franchiser of real-estate brokerages, filed papers today to go public, hoping to turn the rebound in the U.S. real estate market into a successful payday as a publicly traded company.
If it's completed, Re/Max's public offering would become at least the third big IPO in the sector in the past year. To review: Realogy Holdings—parent of Century 21 and Coldwell Banker—went public in October, raising more than $1 billion. The stock has gained 58 percent. Trulia went public the same month and raised more than $100 million. Its shares are up 172 percent this year. Shares of establishment player Zillow (IPO: July 2011) are up 214 percent this year.
Re/Max: Us too, please.
The company has more than 92,000 agents in some 85 countries and reported a 2012 profit of $33.3 million on sales of $143.7 million, according to the registration statement it filed today. The company is run by co-founders Dave and Gail Liniger, who started it 40 years ago in Denver. The company says it has been the top real-estate seller in the U.S. and Canada since 1999, deriving about three-quarters of its sales in America.
Re/Max is a slimmer version of its former self. Its agent rolls topped 120,000 in 2006, just before the worst U.S. real estate crash and resulting recession since the Great Depression; home sales fell 40 percent from 2005 to 2011. But that was then. U.S. home prices have been on a tear this year, rising in 87 percent of U.S. markets in the second quarter, as the number of buyers outstrips sellers in the market. The median U.S. home price rose 12 percent in the second quarter, to $203,500—the biggest increase since late 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Re/Max plans a dual-class share structure that will allow the Linigers to retain effective control of the company—their Class B shares will have two votes to one for each Class A share. Such two-class voting structures have been popular in the technology industry, from Google, to Facebook, to Yelp, and appear to be increasing.


text:
Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX Review
Sharpness Cont... 4
Sharpness at 28mm
The sharpness tests for this review were carried out using a real-world subject rather than a test chart. The Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX lens was attached to a Canon EOS 5D mark II DSLR camera, which in turn was mounted on a sturdy tripod. The self-timer was used to avoid any vibrations from pressing the shutter release. Slight tonal changes are due to slight changes in natural light during the session.
The full frame at 28mm
Centre sharpness at 28mm is best at f/8, while the edges are acceptably sharp from f/8 to f/16.
Aperture | Centre Crop | Edge Crop |
f.2.8 | ||
f/4 | ||
f/5.6 | ||
f/8 | ||
f/11 | ||
f/16 | ||
f/22 |
Entry Tags
review, test, lens, wide-angle, f2.8, wide angle, landscape, F2.8, ultra wide-angle, tokina, Tokina AT-X 16-28mm F2.8 Pro FX Review, 16-28, 16-28mm


text:
A Magnetless World [Infographic]
You may not realize it, but over the years scientists and engineers have made astounding discoveries and uses with magnets. Technologies such as the monorail, MRI machine, and even the vacuum have all been made possible through the magical properties of magnets.
Because of the incredible usefulness of magnets, the abundance of magnetic material, and the ability to create electromagnets, today's society is riddled with magnet operated devices and machines. Take a look around and you will certainly be able to count the number of things around you that contains magnets. In fact… You are reading this on one now. Your computer, monitor, tablet, and cellphone all contain magnets.
Below is a graphic that gives some more information about magnets and offers a view of what the world would look like if magnets were not available. Without magnets you could say goodbye to your blender, iPod, and even your car. So take a look around and appreciate all the things made possible through magnets.
This graphic is presented by Magnets.com, Inc. Magnets.com is a creator of custom refrigerator magnets and is proud to work with materials that has such awesome power! Connect with Magnets.com on Google+!
About Md Mushfiqur Rahman
Mushfique is the founder of Techetron.com. He loves blogging and meeting new bloggers. He's also interested in photography, music, video games, martial arts and enjoys keeping himself up to date with current world events, in technology and everything else. Connect with me on Google+
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this, Mushfiqur! I became more aware of magnets a year ago when my father got a pacemaker. He's not allowed to be around magnets now. I then discovered how many places have magnets. But you enlightened me even further.
That's pretty interesting. Never knew magnets were used for so many things.


text:
Temple Crag from vicinity of... | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] | |||
Temple Crag from vicinity of First Lake, August, 2004. The approximate line of the Venusian Blind Arete (IV 5.7) is shown, starting from the snowfield. Note the hanging gullies to both left and right. Neither is an appealing bail-out option! Unless you're low on the route, if you have to bail, it's best to climb either gully to the summit talus fields and descend the normal route. | Image Data
Image ID: 78483 Hits: 6426 Lat/Lon: 37.10970°N / 118.4917°W Object Title: Temple Crag from vicinity of... |


text:
CleanRom. If you want tons of tweaks... Not the Rom for you. If you want stability and battery life... That's what you are promised. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
You will love it. Give it a day or two to settle in. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
Ok so what Rom is out there that offers the best possible battery life along with better than stock performance?
What's up guys? So I've been on skyfall Rom since I got my m8. But I'm getting kinda bored. What Rom out there is giving you guys the best battery life and best performance?


text:
Shopping Options
Anne C. Klein
Anne C. Klein is professor and chair of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is also a founding director and resident teacher of Dawn Mountain, a center for contemplative study and practice in Houston. Her publications include Path to the Middle (SUNY Press), Unbounded Wholeness, coauthored with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (Oxford University Press), and Knowledge and Liberation (Snow Lion Publications).Books & Audio
Strand of Jewels
My Teachers' Essential Guidance on Dzogchen
The teachings here are the distillation of a lifetime's commitment to Dzogchen realization and practice. Khetsun Sangpo offers to readers with varying levels of experience the peak of Dzogchen wisdom, largely from hermit masters unknown in the West.… Read More
Strand of Jewels
$24.95 -
Meeting the Great Bliss Queen
Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self
Despite the daunting barriers of geography and language that separate them, Buddhism and contemporary feminism have much to say to each other. Buddhist practices such as mindfulness (in which calm centering and keen awareness of change coexist) and compassion… Read More
Meeting the Great Bliss Queen
$18.95 -
The Buddhism of Tibet
Unlike most books by the Dalai Lama which are edited compilations of talks that he has given, this book consists of two texts that he himself wrote and two that he chose—all especially aimed at helping Western readers become better… Read More
The Buddhism of Tibet
About the Author
Anne Carolyn Klein/Rigzin Drolma, is Professor and Former Chair of Religious Studies, Rice University, where she developed a contemplative studies concentration for graduate students in the Department, and a Founding Spiritual Director of Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple and Dawn Mountain Community Center & Research institute (www.dawnmountain.org) a center for contemplative study and practice based in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Her translation work encompasses both Tibetan texts and oral commentary on them. Her books include Knowledge and Liberation (tr. into Russian, soon available in Chinese) on Buddhist distinctions between intellectual knowing and direct experience; Path to the Middle: The Spoken Scholarship of Khensur Yeshe Thupten, on preparing to meet the ultimate, Meeting the Great Bliss Queen,contrasting Buddhist and Feminist understandings of self and, with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinopche, Unbounded Wholeness, which translates and discusses a Dzogchen text from the Bon –Buddhist tradition. Her most recent publication is Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse: A Story of Transmission, a Chantable English translation of Jigme Lingaps Foundational Practices and a condensation of this by A.dzom Rinpoche (available as a free download from the Dawn Mountain website), and includes a CD of chanting in English and Tibetan. She is currently completing Strand of Jewels, a synthesis of essential Dzogchen instructions from his heart teachers by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche, and closing in on book on Jigme Lingpa offers several of his Wisdom Chats and other works for the first time.
She has been a plenary speaker at the Summer Mind and Life Institute in Garrison, NY and also at major public programs of Mind and Life with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
In all these endeavors, her central thematic interest is the embodied interaction between head and heart as illustrated across a spectrum of Buddhist descriptions of the many varieties of human consciousness. She has studied deeply in three of the five Tibetan traditions, her teaching-retreats draw from all of these, with special emphasis on Nyingma and Heart Essence traditions in Dharma contexts, or reframing its principles to strengthen life-skills for those seeking to enrich their lives thru contemplative practice.