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Sea BassHey, I just found this out yesterday from my ex-girlfriend(and oh how I wish she wasn't but I'm stupid but moving on now...) that the character Sea Bass(Cam Neely) from Dumb and Dumber also appears in Me, Myself, and Irene towards the end when Charlie(Jim) says "Thanks Sea Bass."

Its kinda funny...but this is something one might expect from those Farrelly Brothers eh?

Nonetheless, i thought it was cool.

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This week, the film The Help opened to critical acclaim. The film, which is based on a novel by the same name, takes a look at the relationship (or lack there of) between affluent White families and their Black housekeepers. Set in the 1960s in Mississippi, many have had varying reactions to the film. Some have hailed it as a beautiful story of friendship and claiming your own voice, while others assert it exploits Black domestic workers and offers a skewed version of the truth.
Recently, Ida E. Jones, the National Director of the Association of Black Women Historians penned an open letter hoping to add a bit of historical context to The Help. Her letter is not only eye-opening, but adds even more depth to the issues tackled in the film.
Read Ida E. Jones' open letter about The Help.
An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help:
On behalf of the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH), this statement provides historical context to address widespread stereotyping presented in both the film and novel version of The Help. The book has sold over three million copies, and heavy promotion of the movie will ensure its success at the box office. Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, The Help distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers. We are specifically concerned about the representations of black life and the lack of attention given to sexual harassment and civil rights activism.
During the 1960s, the era covered in The Help, legal segregation and economic inequalities limited black women's employment opportunities. Up to 90 per cent of working black women in the South labored as domestic servants in white homes. The Help's representation of these women is a disappointing resurrection of Mammy—a mythical stereotype of black women who were compelled, either by slavery or segregation, to serve white families. Portrayed as asexual, loyal, and contented caretakers of whites, the caricature of Mammy allowed mainstream America to ignore the systemic racism that bound black women to back-breaking, low paying jobs where employers routinely exploited them. The popularity of this most recent iteration is troubling because it reveals a contemporary nostalgia for the days when a black woman could only hope to clean the White House rather than reside in it.
Both versions of The Help also misrepresent African American speech and culture. Set in the South, the appropriate regional accent gives way to a child-like, over-exaggerated "black" dialect. In the film, for example, the primary character, Aibileen, reassures a young white child that, "You is smat, you is kind, you is important." In the book, black women refer to the Lord as the "Law," an irreverent depiction of black vernacular. For centuries, black women and men have drawn strength from their community institutions. The black family, in particular provided support and the validation of personhood necessary to stand against adversity. We do not recognize the black community described in The Help where most of the black male characters are depicted as drunkards, abusive, or absent. Such distorted images are misleading and do not represent the historical realities of black masculinity and manhood.
Furthermore, African American domestic workers often suffered sexual harassment as well as physical and verbal abuse in the homes of white employers. For example, a recently discovered letter written by Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks indicates that she, like many black domestic workers, lived under the threat and sometimes reality of sexual assault. The film, on the other hand, makes light of black women's fears and vulnerabilities turning them into moments of comic relief.
Similarly, the film is woefully silent on the rich and vibrant history of black Civil Rights activists in Mississippi. Granted, the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first Mississippi based field secretary of the NAACP, gets some attention. However, Evers' assassination sends Jackson's black community frantically scurrying into the streets in utter chaos and disorganized confusion—a far cry from the courage demonstrated by the black men and women who continued his fight. Portraying the most dangerous racists in 1960s Mississippi as a group of attractive, well dressed, society women, while ignoring the reign of terror perpetuated by the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council, limits racial injustice to individual acts of meanness.
We respect the stellar performances of the African American actresses in this film. Indeed, this statement is in no way a criticism of their talent. It is, however, an attempt to provide context for this popular rendition of black life in the Jim Crow South. In the end, The Help is not a story about the millions of hardworking and dignified black women who labored in white homes to support their families and communities. Rather, it is the coming-of-age story of a white protagonist, who uses myths about the lives of black women to make sense of her own. The Association of Black Women Historians finds it unacceptable for either this book or this film to strip black women's lives of historical accuracy for the sake of entertainment.


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I found out that I lost a friend yesterday. She was one of my first friends in the BtVS online fandom and she's the first online friend I've ever lost. I don't even know how to explain the feelings I'm having right now. She was a lovely, talented, wonderful human and I feel like I was blessed with her as a friend. She'd just given birth to a baby girl, her third child, the week before and I can't even imagine what her family is going through.
As we, her internet family, also grieve I can't really figure out what to do with these feelings. I've never met her in person. I've never hugged her with my arms. I've never sat down and had a cup of coffee or physically been in a room with her… but I have sent hugs across the internet to this person and she to me. We have shared stories and fandoms and our triumphs and losses.
I loved her very much even though we rarely spoke outside of our interactions on Facebook after Livejournal stopped being a main road for communication. That didn't mean we weren't still very close. I knew about her family. I knew about her life. We were still friends and still messaged each other often. This is something that's hard to explain to people who have never known and loved a friend from the internet. You hurt when they hurt just like a traditional "in person" friend. You ache when they ache and you cheer when their lives take happy turns.
My heart is broken for my dear Emmy. My heart hurts for that time in fandom when I met her and when we were writing buddies and when I first found fandom as a whole and she made me feel welcome and awesome and wanted.
I was driving home from Atlanta when a song came on and it made me think of internet friends, of Emmy, of my first Buffy friends from the Willow/Spike group, of those people who first got me to conventions, of the people who keep me alive every single day on twitter, tumblr, and facebook. These people, some of whom I met in childhood or at conventions and some I've never met in my life, make my days feel less lonely, more lively, more lovely, and more whole. Since music is my language and it's the language of someone else's words… here's my/their words. Predictably, I started crying in the car…
"Alone Together" by Fall Out BoyI don't know where you're going Say yeah (yeah!) Let's be alone together (yeah) Uh, uh, uh, uh-oh You cut me off, I lost my track My heart is like a stallion I'm outside the door, invite me in 'Cause I don't know where you're going Say yeah (yeah!) Uh, uh, uh, uh-oh My heart is like a stallion I'm outside the door, invite me in Yeah (yeah) I don't know where you're going |
"I don't know where you're going But do you got room for one more troubled soul?" – If that's not ALL of fandom, online or otherwise, I don't know what is. (It also reminds me of how I felt in high school theater incidentally.)
When it says "I'll check in tomorrow if I don't wake up dead" is when I first started crying. I've had quite a few of my online friends sound off on their twitters to let us know that they were still around after tornadoes or other disasters. With Emmy having died so suddenly and basically her husband woke up and she was unresponsive… it hurt even more.
"Let's be alone together. We could stay young forever. Scream it from the top of your lungs…" I love the idea of all of us being alone but being together. I love it. We are alone on our computers but all together online. Some of us may see each other in person once or twice a year, some of us never, but we see each other daily online and that interaction is a saving thing for so many of us.
"It's not my fault, I'm a maniac" – I know more than one fan person who has been called this because what we love isn't sports or whatnot. Online though, we can find people who love what we love, those people who want to talk endlessly about the genius of River Tam or about the logistics of travel in a space ship. We have people who will read our writings, adore our art, cheer on our vids, and just generally inhabit our corner of the internet bringing with them the joy of co-loving something. You give birth to a kind of energy when you dedicate yourself to a fandom. The people who share that fandom almost become like a village raising that child. (Maybe that's why the drama in fandom hurts so much.)
"My heart is like a stallion. They love it more when it's broke in. Do you wanna feel beautiful?" – I feel like one of the things online fandom does well is to allow for the people in it to find a strength about loving their thing, about loving something so much that they can't stop thinking about it. When you find lots of people who have the same level of feelings it's freeing. It's like feeling like your freak flag has many many constituents, and that's beautiful. There is also this wonderful thing about the internet that means you can be anything on any day if you want to. If you're feeling Jessica Alba, slap on your Jessica avatar and roll it out. Next day feels a bit more like Duckie from Pretty in Pink… roll with it. Your identity online changes as your insides change no matter what's going on with your outsides.
Honestly the whole thing is just feelings, has been feelings since the album came out. I've thought about it as being the people at shows and such but this just feels SO MUCH like the people we surround ourselves with but don't get to physically hug, that frustrating moment when you know your friend's crying and you can't be there with chocolate or a pizza. But at the same time… there is something truly amazing about being able to put your feelings out there without having to look at people's faces when you're doing it. Sometimes it's easier to be honest that way. Sometimes it takes too much energy to be in the room with people. Sometimes the person who loves your show as much as you do lives in England and the only way you can geek out together is to do it over twitter or IM or what have you.
Anyway. I've rambled enough. I miss my friend. I love that I got to know her. I love that she was part of my growing process in online fandom. I love that she was one of my ambassadors to fandom. I hope that wherever she is that she's happy and I send so much love to her little family and to all of her friends who are also grieving.


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FALL RIVER – BayCoast Bank has acquired Newport Financial Corp., which will operate as an affiliate of the bank under the name NFC Mortgage, according to BayCoast Bank Senior Vice President Jim Rice.
All nine employees of the Fall River-based Newport Financial, including its founders Donald Nessing and Steven Romagnolo, will move into the BayCoast Bank operations center in Swansea. BayCoast Bank will maintain its Fall River headquarters.
The bank is not disclosing the acquisition price, said Rice. The deal is expected to close at the end of September.
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BayCoast Bank will maintain its current locations in southeastern Massachusetts and its one Rhode Island location in Tiverton.
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The Taxi of Tomorrow just hit a road bump.
A judge ruled against the new plan for taxis Wednesday, saying the city's own codes do not approve the planned ride.
According to The New York Times, a judge ruled that it did not provide a hybrid option as required.
City codes require that officials approve a hybrid option.
The Nissan NV200, which boasts transparent roof panels, would be the new face of the 13,000 cabs.
Taxi and Limousine Commission chair David Yassky said the ruling would not affect the rollout.
"The TLC is acting immediately to ensure that taxi owners will continue to have the option to purchase a hybrid vehicle," he said in a statement to Metro. "This ruling will not delay the ToT's implementation."
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Posted by Andrew Goodman Monday, May 21, 2007
Beginning life in 1998 as GnuHoo and then NewHoo, the Open Directory Project (ODP) was conceived as a competitor to the Yahoo Directory. The work was to be done by volunteer editors, and the end product was to be licensed to any portal or site that wanted to take advantage of the information. Doesn't sound like much of a business? Well, it turned out to be a pretty good deal for the founders. The directory's popularity led to its acquisition by Netscape, which was later acquired by AOL.
AOL became the Open Directory's major distributor, but the directory was also licensed (at no charge to the publisher) in many other places around the Web. Google began using ODP data fairly early on, calling it the Google Directory. An innovative feature was Google's use of an "overlay" technique, ranking results in a given ODP category in order based on the site's Google PageRank score. This was illustrated with a green bar (on a scale of 0 to 10, similar to the way the info is displayed by searchers using the Google toolbar). This could have been a very useful feature indeed had there been more consistency to the underlying content in the directory. The so-called Google Directory still exists, but it has been completely de-emphasized in the Google Search user interface.
A couple of key Open Directory players, founder Rich Skrenta and marketing exec Chris Tolles, eventually moved on to a new venture: Topix, a sophisticated news search engine that competes directly with Google News. Topix is now 75% owned by three major media companies: Gannett, Knight-Ridder, and Tribune.
The ODP came under criticism for many of the same reasons Wikipedia is maligned in some quarters today: a lack of "professional" editorial quality control. The lack of transparency of site submission procedures to the website-owning public, and the huge variations in the degrees of disclosure of editors' biographical information meant, for me, that this so-called open directory was far from it.[i]
The construction of a comprehensive high-quality human-edited directory remains an elusive (and perhaps now irrelevant) task. The ODP founders were correct in their assumption that a distributed model for vetting editorial recommendations was the only possible way to get a comprehensive categorized directory to scale with the growth of the Web. But they also oversold the value of human contributions insofar as even tens of thousands of these couldn't scale adequately to cover the enormous explosion of online information – not as compared with improved search algorithms and search interfaces, to say nothing of the massive acceptance of the concept of online collaboration and a wider range of tools to support this. In the past I had come across a couple of alternatives to ODP; two notable ones were put forward by Steve Thomas (Wherewithal, Inc.) and Dave Winer (RSS pioneer). Both would rectify the problem of a fixed category structure being controlled solely by the category owner. They'd allow for collaborative taxonomy, so to speak. Ho, hum. Many of these seemingly radical critiques of ODP have become staples of today's so-called Web 2.0 movement. Thus many of these early debates have been surpassed by growing acceptance of the need to develop technologies to subtly handle "upstream" of self-organizing editorial output from many users, rather than a top-down (if seemingly democratic) categorization scheme.
Contributing to the organization and sharing of information has to seem fun or worthwhile, and much of the ODP community moved onto other passions. A spinoff site called ChefMoz – also a good idea – found little appeal in the broader public and proved that ersatz claims of "officialdom" for an open-source, .org-based human review site were grandiose; sites (mere websites!) such as Chowhound and Yelp now achieve considerably greater popularity pursuing virtually the same goals. The emergence of a range of ODP offspring proved that it was never really the open directory. It was a human-powered directory that chose to call itself "open." (A similar realization will no doubt dawn on users of and contributors to Wikipedia, too. It won't prove to be the be-all and end-all.)
"Humans do it better," the ODP slogan, was proved wrong in the sense that algorithmic approaches such as Google Search won mass acceptance from users over and above hand-categorized, ostensibly quality-controlled directories. That said, new methodologies of tapping the so-called "wisdom of crowds" (such as Digg) have meant that the machine algorithmic approach isn't the only winner in the marketplace for ranking and rating online content. And certainly, algorithms can't create content as tens of thousands of Wikipedia participants have managed to do in their improbable construction of a huge online resource.
In the meantime, then, a whole world of user-built information sources has exploded on the scene, with Wikipedia and Digg leading the pack. Many of the pathologies (and opportunities) that bedevil (and excite) Wikipedia and Digg users today were endemic to ODP. In hindsight, this makes Skrenta and Tolles pioneers to a greater extent than perhaps they realized.
If Google hadn't moved to fill the void left by its struggling predecessors, someone else would have. Scientists in various research projects were working on new ideas about how to rank the importance of web pages vis-à-vis a given user query. What Google did was to popularize some of the best emerging ideas about how to design a large-scale search engine at a time when others were losing momentum. Some of these ideas are so central to the task of ranking pages in today's web environment that they were adopted in some form or another by all of Google's main competitors (including Inktomi, AltaVista, and FAST).
The working paper that explains Google's PageRank methodology, "Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine," is frequently cited.[ii] But the field of information retrieval technology is rich with ongoing experimentation by hundreds of well-funded scientists, some well known, some not. Some scientists take a slightly different approach to the problem tackled by Page and Brin, organizing the Web into topic-based "communities." Teoma, a search engine acquired by Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com), is the most public example of this approach.[iii] The two approaches tend to provide somewhat different results, but they are clearly cousins of a similar generation of thinking about the "hyperlinked environment," and both have been a boon to researchers seeking that elusive piece of information online. In practice, algorithms such as Google's and Ask's today are really meta-algorithms, looking for "signals" on a wide and shifting spectrum of measures of quality and relevancy, while attempting to filter out or devalue huge volume of junk, spam results. Today's search engines might be clever enough to measure website usage patterns, background business data, and more. (One potential signal, the age of a website, is now seen as so matter-of-fact that search marketers have a nickname for the apparent difficulty in getting well-indexed in Google if you're a new website owner: "The Google Sandbox.") In addition to all that, there are attempts to determine user intent in search queries, to serve up personalized results or even different types of results (news search, maps, financial charts, weather) based on the user's history or the nature of the query. In today's mature world of search, no one methodology is billed as "the" best way of arriving at the ultimate ranking of results on a given search query. But arguably, Google consolidated its lead in search based on the mythology that its PageRank system was an invention that led to brilliantly accurate search results.
In any case, the idea behind PageRank was brilliant and intuitive when it was brought to market in 1998. The governing principle revolves around a map of the linking structure of the Web. Pages that have a lot of other important pages pointing to them are deemed important. "PageRank can be thought of as a model of user behavior," wrote Brin and Page. "We assume there is a 'random surfer' who is given a web page at random and keeps clicking on links, never hitting 'back' but eventually gets bored and starts on another random page. The probability that the random surfer visits a page is its PageRank."
This was a significant advance over previous generations of web search. Although most major engines had experimented with a variety of ranking criteria, many of them had depended heavily on basic keyword matching criteria. Not only did this make good information hard to find because so many pages were locked in a virtual tie for first place, it made it easier for optimizers to feed keyword-dense pages into the search engine in a bid to rank their commercially oriented pages higher. Although this game of keyword optimization is quite effective to this day in ranking pages well on unpopular queries (even on Google Search), it seems to work rather poorly on common queries.
The ascendance of PageRank means that on a Google Search for auto insurance comparison, for example, it's likely that a well-known site will rank well here rather than some random site that just happens to contain those keywords. When I tried the query, I saw a number of leading insurance comparison sites, and very little "junk." This dovetails with the notion that authoritative recommendations do indeed confer authority as far as Google's algorithm is concerned. But it won't take you long to find a few head-scratchers in the mix. It's difficult to get a monolithic sense of which types of pages rank well. But few would dispute the fact that a high volume of quality links pointing to one's site is a great way of getting Google Search to treat you well. PageRank isn't dead, it's just part of a bigger mix of factors than ever before.
The ability to break all these "virtual ties" among similar search results was a breakthrough for search engines. Almost all major search technologies today are significantly more sophisticated than those from the mid-1990s. I recall a time when many websites used a free licensed version of Excite Search for their internal site search. The technology was weak, often providing a clutter of irrelevant results. If search was this bad in closed corporate environments, it was definitely in need of improvement if it was to help users sort through the enormous clutter of pages available on the Web. For searching relatively fixed data sets, such as finding pages within a single website, today's technology is significantly improved over yesteryear's. The open source movement has even brought us libraries of sophisticated search engine code (such as Lucene SOLR), meaning that a powerful small-scale search engine can be customized at a reasonable cost.
A public web crawler in the same family, Nutch, has gained notice as well. A free, open-source web search technology in 2007 is nearly as sophisticated as industry-leading search engines from a decade ago valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but they're still far from beating Google at its own game. Why? Nutch – like many other search technologies – doesn't scale as well. In the understatement of the search engine century to date, the Nutch founders write: "Much of the challenge in designing a search engine is making it scale. Writing a Web crawler that can download a handful of pages is straightforward, but writing one that can regularly download the Web's nearly 5 billion pages is much harder."[iv]
It doesn't stop there. Taking those billions of pages, now you'll have to assess them all and determine how much authority each link on each page should be allowed to "pass on" to other websites and pages. Because some site owners will be up to no good (premeditated linking schemes), or simply because fortunes change, the map of how much authority (or, what type of authority) is conferred by all hyperlinks on record is going to need to be updated regularly. A web search engine must also be able to sort out "duplicate" (often stolen or "scraped") content from the original content, so it doesn't end up giving visibility to the wrong source. The calculation of link structures and associated authority weights alone – let alone getting the underlying approach to how to do the calculation right – is beyond the capacity of any small-scale search engine infrastructure.
Beyond massive computing power and indexing technology, then, Google's advantage continues to rely in part on the ability of PageRank and other related technologies to sort out valuable information from information that "dumbly matches" the user's query. Want proof? Do a search on your favorite topic at Technorati.com, the blog search engine. It's powered by Nutch. I'm betting you'll find quite a number of "spammy" results in the mix, in spite of some recent tinkering with a weak cousin to PageRank, an "authority score." What's surprising is that Google's own Blog Search also appears easier to flood with duplicate content and spammy sites than its main search index.
To be clear, the calculations involved in determining PageRank are just the beginning when it comes to determining how high a page ranks for a given user's query on Google....
[i]. "Why the Open Directory Isn't Open," Traffick.com, March 30, 2000.
[ii]. Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page, "Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine," Stanford University Department of Computer Science, 2000. Jon Kleinberg, widely considered to be the leading contributor to this generation of search technology, has published many important papers on search, including "Authoritative Sources in a Hyperlinked Environment," 1998.
[iii]. For a user-friendly overview, see Mike Grehan's interview with Paul Gardi, "Inside the Teoma Algorithm," July 2003, archived at e-marketing-news.co.uk.
[iv] Mike Cafarella and Doug Cutting, ACM Queue 2:2 (April 2004).
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There is a need for an independent M2M platform, that is based on a single or heterogeneous communication technology on the one hand, with a set of standard common services (OSS, BSS and much more), and standardized device interfaces, that can be leveraged by multiple service providers, multiple user organizations and for multiple applications. Availability of standard interfaces on the communication and device facing sides of such a platform, will foster innovations in the communication and device segments, with assured quality of service.
TSDSI's M2M group has undertaken study of various vertical segments to extract business requirements from an M2M/IoT perspective. This is intended to help cross pollinate useful features across different verticals for the overall benefit of the user community. Purpose of this exercise is to extract common requirements of all verticals which in turn will become candidates for M2M platform functionalities. It also brings out the India specific implementation experience and learnings. This will help aspiring M2M platform providers to gain an understanding of the drivers for successful field implementation in the Indian ecosystem. It is believed that, India geographical market itself is a representative sample for emerging economies. Therefore, a framework that is defined to address this segment, will help to serve the needs of emerging economies market too.
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Rylene Florent is an unseen character in the third season of Game of Thrones.
Davos describes Rylene Florent as a cousin of Shireen Baratheon.
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Davos Seaworth reads a letter sent to Stannis Baratheon with an invitation to Rylene Florent's nameday.[1]
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Rylene Florent is not Shireen Baratheon's cousin, but Shireen's mother Selyse Baratheon's paternal aunt, which makes her Shireen's great aunt, as well as the aunt of Imry Florent and Melessa Tarly. Davos describes her as Shireen's "cousin" in the Season 3 finale, but he may have just been speaking loosely. Rylene Florent is married to Ser Rycherd Crane.
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Overlooking pine and eucalyptus forest, large villa located just a 5 minute walk from the beautiful Obidos Lagoon. It is an ideal location for a relaxing beach holiday, for sightseeing, water sports or golf. You can do as much or as little as you like! The villa is only a 5 minute drive from the Royal Obidos and Bom Sucesso Championship Golf Courses and within easy reach of many more. Sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and paddle boarding are also available on the lagoon. Furnished to the highest standard there are 3 bedrooms (one bedroom can sleep 4) and 3 bathrooms. It boasts open-plan living, with floor to ceiling sliding windows to nearly all rooms. There is a large Italian 3 piece sofa and contemporary oak dining table that extends to comfortably seat 8. Flat screen satellite TV, DVD,WIFI and Ipod docking station. The King-size master bed is a luxury memory foam and pocket-sprung mattress. Two other singles are also memory foam and in the large 2nd bedroom the 2 singles convert into 4 full size single beds. All bedrooms have terraces.
Golf can be played throughout the year or why not visit at Christmas, Obidos has its own Christmas festival. There is also the Obidos Chocolate festival in March and a Medieval Festival in July. The silver coast has mild winters and summers so golf can be a year round pleasure. Long term Lets in Portugal. Please call to find out about special discounts for month long rentals over the winter months.
Surfing: Surrounded by 15km of coastline with 20 surf spots from beginner to advanced. Baleal Beach is a 20 minute drive and offers a surf school, wetsuit and surfboard hire. The lagoon is also very popular for bird watching.
We live in North Wales but purchased this property for our own use and with the intention of letting it out.
Jane Kingsley purchased this villa in 2009
After visiting the Algarve and then later visiting Oboidos and the lagoon, we decided it was the place for us. It's very relaxing compared to the Algarve, yet plenty to see and do if you want to. The scenery is beautiful and its much more traditionally Portugese. I have 2 boys and they love the freedom of such a quiet development, and a pool! You don't get the crowds and return home feeling like you've really had a break.
We're quite fussy when it comes to a good bed! When its for your own use, you tend to make sure the home comforts are there! I love the quiet outside space. With the large windows the garden just becomes an extension of the inside.
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This is a great modern villa with extremely spacious rooms in a good quiet location.
Louise (who was managing the villa) helped us out greatly with the few small issues we had and provided good advice on restaurants and the local area.
The wifi worked throughout our stay.
We highly recommend the snack bar (near the Obidos church - good extremely cheap food - it's a restaurant not a snack bar!) and the Restaurante Pizzaria Cozinha D'el Rei (in Serra D'el Rei - even better food but a little more expensive).
We had a 2 week stay in school summer holidays for a family of 5. Huge villa gave us more than enough space. Very well equipped - teenagers appreciated the wifi and UK TV, and we all enjoyed the aircon! Swimming pool was also a big hit, although at 5 strokes from one end to the other it was more for fun than exercise. Location is a little in the middle of nowhere, but is only 30 mins walk to the west end of the Lagoon and beach where there are a few restaurants and a mini market. 30 mins walk to the east end of the lagoon for water sports and cafe. Lovely part of the world to explore further by car - lovely beaches and historical sights. Would highly recommend and consider staying again.
This is a very spacious villa. 3 large bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and space for a cot in every bedroom, so could fit in a large or several families. There is a decent sized pool for the kids to splash around in and the garden is fairly secluded. As the owner says, the hedges have grown up a lot since the photos were taken. The surroundings are beautiful. The pine forests are full of wildflowers and the beaches at the lagoon are big enough to give you a lot of space to yourselves. The shallow, calm waters are great for smaller kids.
This is a quiet area. We were there at half term, so out of high season but It's never going to be a place for those seeking nightlife and parties. However there are places to visit (a car is essential); Obidos, only 20 mins away , is a charming mediaeval town with high city walls you can walk completely around (you will need a head for heights and to keep small children by the hand) with some good restaurants.
The villa owner's guidance on restaurants locally is spot on, with Edgars being the best (foodwise) and most (though not very) expensive but they are all perfectly acceptable. I would add to the list Petrarum Domus in Obidos itself. You can see my Trip Advisor review if you want to know more. Also, Ondas Cafe in Foz do Arelho does fabulous prawns with loads of garlicky bread. The Portuguese staff at all of the local restaurants were unfailingly polite and friendly.
Any negatives? A couple more smaller cooking pots would be good for smaller groups like ours and the 20' walk to the lagoon beach is only if you take the quickest route and don't have little kids in tow. It took us more like 30-35' but was a very pretty walk with loads of coastal flowers to look at. In the car it is 5'. A few of the villas in the road are empty and the gardens were getting a bit wild, so I hope the management company will hack those back a bit before the high season. We did didn't have any problems which needed the local management but Louise the English manager dropped in to check we were happy one day and when I enquired about our check out time was able to allow us a bit more time on our final day, so that suggests you would quickly get help if you did have any problems.
In short. I can easily see us returning for a repeat of a great, relaxed family holiday. Maybe with a bigger group too.
Quiet and peaceful location. Great for walking along the Obidos Lagoon. Spectacular views where the Atlantic meets the Lagoon.
Property was very clean and provided everything needed. Swimming pool was lovely.
Position of property means a car is essential.
Would certainly recommend to family and friends.
Firstly do yourself a favour and ensure you have a map and directions to the property.
It's simple to find when you do and a real problem when you don't. I made the mistake of expecting my TomTom Satnav to find it - it had the latest maps for Europe uploaded but this development and surrounding area turn out to be uncharted territory with lots of unnamed roads.
Once we arrived and let ourselves in however we were not disappointed. The property fully lived up to expectations being spacious, nicely furnished, well maintained and spotlessly clean. The only things that we subsequently found didn't work as well as in the UK were the satellite TV and internet connections - both of which were patchy during our stay. The connectivity issue didn't cause us a problem however as we were making the most of the sunshine, pool, BBQ and beautiful countryside.
Obidos is the nearest major town and is approximately 15 to 20 minutes drive away. The old town with its castle and restaurants are well worth a visit. Obidos is also where you find the supermarkets. We found them to be well stocked with prices cheap in comparison to back home.
We had a great holiday and have no hesitation in recommending it to others that don't mind doing a bit of driving as a car is essential.
We all had a lovely relaxing time at your villa. The pool and garden was great for the children, they really did enjoy their first holiday abroad and talk about it often. Great for the baby too as had a cot upstairs and travel cot downstairs - Ideal. The scenery is beautiful too - Thank you from Carol, Sarah & Family x
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Surrounded by Pine and Eucalyptus forest and a five minute walk from the beautiful Obidos Lagoon with its shallow, clear waters teaming with fish/shellfish - great for children. This area is perfect for either a relaxing beach holiday, for exploring, or for various sports. Relax in one of numerous seafood restaurants overlooking lagoon and Atlantic beaches. Experience the 18 hole, Donald Steele designed Bom Sucesso Championship Golf Course less than 5 minute drive. The Royal Obidos Golf Course, just 1 Km away. Praia Del Rey Championship Golf Course a 15 min away or Campo Real 30 minutes away. 5 min drive to Atlantic beaches. Nearby world famous Baleal Beach with Surf School, wetsuit and surfboard hire. Sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and paddle boarding on the lagoon.
Fantastic new track around lagoon for walking/cycling. Bike hire available June through September.
Walled town of Obidos with cobbled streets, restaurants and numerous festivals 20 min drive.
Lovely towns such as Peniche and Sao Martino Da Porto to explore
One hour to Lisbon with its shopping, culture and UNESCO World Heritage Site Sintra.
Golf: The villa has numerous golf courses within easy reach.
Bom Sucesso- 4 minute drive to this 18 hole Champion golf course designed by Donald Steele.
Praia D'el Rey - 15 minutes to this world renowned course that recently hosted the Portugese Open.
Campo Real - 30 minutes drive, also designed by Donald Steele, 18 hole, 72 par.


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Maybe you're the kind of girl that has mastered the at-home mani and doesn't require tons of clean up afterward (we envy you, by the way). But, if you're anything like us, things don't always go smoothly when you're painting your digits. And maybe you end up with unwanted polish in a lot of places where it shouldn't be. (Confession time: We might have ended up with it in our hair once. Yes, that really happened.)
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Alabama native Jason Isbell played his folk hit 'Stockholm' on the Late Show With David Letterman last night. The Muscle Shoals singer is currently on tour supporting his critically acclaimed album Southeastern, which was released last month via Relativity Records and debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Yes I understand I done came a long way
From huggin them corners to appearin on TV
From choppin up nicks like this here feeds me
To makin 'em hits like this shit's easy
But it's not, it's a whole lot of bullshit involved
And truthfully, I'd rather be bullshittin with y'all
But I gotta chase the donuts, Cocoa's growin
And it's like "Oh shit, she was just born"
And now she knowin every song on the radio
If I hear another Bow Wow quotable (Oh no)
Grown as ever, school craft for ever
Recognize real when I stare at ya, my niggas
I'm a hold you down, even when I'm not around
I'm just gone for now, I'll be back in a while
Back in a while, yes (Said I'll be back in a while)
My niggas Koon and G, never forget ya
John Doe, I will never forget ya
Jo Jo, I will never forget ya
P-Funk, how could I ever forget ya?
Terry T, I will never forget ya
My man B, I will never forget ya
Strafmoore, Obie will never forget ya
Lauda, how could I ever forget ya?
[Verse 2]
This is dedicated to my chick friends
Never stuck in my dick in friends, just my down ass bitches
You know who you is like you know how
To get a sucker mothafucka's riches, y'all ain't shit
And when I touch back home, nigga, find me a bitch
With a fat ass, and no I ain't down to trick
That's asinine, I'm on the grind and I'm tryin to get rich
All this a mine so y'all got some, get your wigs did
My ridettes from East to West
North to South, stab a bitch for runnin her mouth
Five rugrats, big gun in the house, you run up in
You get stretched up out without a doubt, it's vicious
This go out to all my tataliciouses
Yeah, that's what I'm talkin about
Big homie Creda baby, never forget ya
Little Meeko, never forget ya
My sister Zata, never forget ya
Nikki, I will never forget ya
Nigga Cat, how could I ever forget ya?
Jim Brown, I will never forget ya
Young Bratty, how could I ever forget ya?
Keena Johnson, I will never forget ya
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And now that the album is sold, the story unfolds
Cause I'm probably asleep on your living room flo'
Whether gold or plat, O. Trice
Always knows to go back, pass the Carnac
Crash the Cadillac, nigga ain't shit changed
Just a lot a change, a whole lot a brain
A whole lot a dates, a whole lot a thang
But hey I'm from the D, I got a whole lot a game
And I promise, I'm as thorough as you made me
Detroit living, I'm in thoroughly with Shady
I make moves 'til them fools come engrave me
They crazy, the pistol was cocked, he won't play me, yeah
Rest in peace my nigga Lou Green, I will never forget ya
Little Randy, I will never forget ya
Keith, I will never forget ya
Shawn Stringer, I will never forget ya
Little Randy, how could I ever forget ya?
My nigga Shan, never forget ya
All my niggas that's gone, never forget ya
I love ya'll, it's on never forget ya
Yeah, Shady baby! Detroit motherfuckers (313 baby)
That's right, we in here, know what I mean? (Never forget ya)
I've been seein the struggle my nigga
I'm rest to go, the color ain't purple, the color is green
Let's get this money, Hop-o, yeah, momma, right here
Never Forget Ya is a song performed by "Obie Trice," featured on his first studio album, "Cheers." It was written by himself, Eminem, Luis Resto, S. King, and Jeff Bass, being produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass. The song is referring to Obie's lost loved ones and friends, who had long sensed passed in Detroit.


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Thu. 9/10/09 8:14pm
Boy does Jerry McCain sound just like Chuck Berry | |
Thu. 9/10/09 8:15pm
Hahah Nervous Norvus' OTHER hit single! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 8:21pm
sabrina lane:
hiya debbie,,how was your summer? mine was great,,i was wondering if you had any spkie jones jr. tonite,,thnx debbie=) | |
Thu. 9/10/09 8:25pm
Debbie D:
Hi Sabrina, No Spike tonight, Sorry! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 8:53pm
sabrina lane:
hello again debbie,,i hate to be a request hog but about some donna summer or the cake? i would be greatful,,,=) | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:10pm
Sounding great, Miss Deb. That Hot Pants song was adorable. I loved the image of a sweet, zaftig small town girl from the south on a plane to Paris to do some serious shopping. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:11pm
Debbie D:
Thanks, Parq. It blew my mind too. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:23pm
request hog:
pleeze 4give me,i'm really a man my name is cheri,sabrina,fmu idiot i'm sick and twisted not in a sane way ignoor my ramblin's:))))))))) | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:23pm
sabrina lane:
debbie--you don't have them either?? ohh well thnx anyway,,btw great tunes tonite!! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:23pm
Do you have yer own show on WFMU? Lemme know wher yer on and I'll tune in! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:26pm
Debbie D:
Jeff, I'm a bench warmer. I do have archived shows you can check out. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:44pm
Wasn't that "Mind Your Own Business" song originally done by Hank Williams, Sr. ???? | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:45pm
Debbie D:
All Covers | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:58pm
sabrina l.:
hey debbie i think you should ask ken for your own show,,,that would be a great idea,,what do you think?? | |
Thu. 9/10/09 9:59pm
Bossa! My alltime favorite Elvis number. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:05pm
<grinning> Thank you, kind miss! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:07pm
Jammin! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:42pm
You right Ray Charles! | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:47pm
Chilton is excellent | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:55pm
Debbie D:
What Can A Lonely Rock n Roller Do? | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:57pm
Hi Debbie. Nice, nice, nice. I don't know these versions. Can you tell us more about them? I think you said something about them, but I kind of didn't hear what you said. Thanks. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:58pm
This has been a terrific show, and what a pleasure to have the comment field enabled on Thurs night! And Miss Deb, before I forget, thanks so much for the "Songs We Taught" blogposts. I can't tell you how much fun I've had with them. | |
Thu. 9/10/09 10:59pm
sabrina lane:
g'nite debbie | |
Fri. 9/11/09 12:10am
Debbie D:
Neil, The Big Star tracks are off the new Rhino box set coming out next week. Alternate tracks, demos and a live show. They are playing the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Nov. 18th! | |
Fri. 9/11/09 12:11am
Debbie D:
Thanks, Parq! Good night Cheri. | |
Mon. 9/14/09 2:15pm
The unknown band is Golden Dawn. the song is Starvation off the Power Plant album. I love your shows. | |
Mon. 9/14/09 2:18pm
Debbie D:
Thanks, Ben! I knew someone out there would know. | |
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Lot 15: Book: Space the Ultimate Frontier,
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De inleidingen van artikelen van Normyo
I stopped writing for Infoyo as the site no longer seems active. So now I write for LeerWiki.
I wrote my thousandst article on Infoyo in december 2009, lets see when number two thousand comes up.
I write about anything that interests me or when I get motivated by some experience.
I keep a list of the articles I have written on Blogger.


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Fiio E7 DAC + Headphones Amp - Mint Condition - FREE Shipping
Will Ship To: USA
I'm selling this Eiio E7 DAC / headphones amp only because I no longer need it to use with my Samsung Vibrant phone, due to the headphones-out volume "fix" software (Voodoo Sound) for this model.
The E7 works perfect and comes with all original items except the orig. box and printed instructions. (The E7 PDF manual is available here.)
I've used the E7 approximately 10 hours, and it's always been used while in the black rubber case.
Besides my Head-Fi feedback ratings you can view, check out my Ebay feedback. My username on Ebay is also "4nradio".
I'll ship the Fiio E7 and accessories FREE in the USA.
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HCP Presents - The Backyard Orchard
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The 4-session course is for those serious about cultivating fruit and nuts in an urban space. Ryan Senechal will cover: selection of cultivars, planting, staking & training, soil, nutrients & watering, pruning, plant health & cultural controls, grafting & propagation. The focus will be on apple, cherry, pear, plum, peach, kiwi, Carpathian walnut, butternut, hazelnut, fig, blueberry & raspberry.
This is a hands-on practicum course so dress to be outside.
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Children eager for get-out-of-school snow days may get giddy over blizzards. But homeowners face the more sobering reality that the storms can cause expensive damage and disruptions.
In 2011, the $2 billion in insured losses from winter storms outranked every natural disaster in the U.S. except for severe thunderstorms (a category that includes tornadoes) and hurricanes, according to Munich Re, a German firm that insures insurance companies.
Your homeowners insurance generally will cover the punishment that severe storms and blizzards can inflict on a home, including roof collapses, wind damage, and water leakage resulting from pipes bursting or gutters becoming clogged with ice, says the trade group Insurance Information Institute.
But roof damage and burst pipes raise specific issues you need to know about, factors that could jeopardize a home insurance claim.
A blizzard can ravage your roof
Your roof damage or collapse may result in a much different insurance payout than your neighbor's -- even if you have the same insurer.
"Each roof-damage case comes with its own set of unique factual circumstances to consider," says Loretta Worters, a vice president with the Insurance Information Institute.
Those include:
- Evidence that the roof was indeed harmed by an insured peril. If wind gusts during the blizzard pushed a tree onto your roof, take photos, Worters advises. "Insurers are concerned that people will say they had storm damage when they really didn't," she says.
- Age and condition of the roof. Your claim may be denied or you may get very little back if you didn't maintain your roof or replace it when it was old, Worters says.
- Type of roof material.
- Available maintenance records.
Be aware that insurers are on the lookout for fraudulent claims stemming from roofing contractors who go through neighborhoods after a blizzard and tell homeowners they need a new roof, Worters warns.
Those contractors sometimes intentionally damage the roof, or there may be no damage at all, she says.
"It's just a way to get the insurer to pay for a new roof," Worters says. "This has been a huge problem in Texas and North Carolina."
Check with your state insurance department or the Better Business Bureau for complaints against a particular contractor. If you suspect you're being duped, Worters recommends contacting the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Your pipes need protecting
Frozen pipes that burst and leak water are one of the most common problems of blizzards and winter storms, says Bob Blume, a State Farm claims team manager in Colorado.
The root cause is a lack of heat. That can be from cold air finding entry into your house through openings from the outside. Or, it can happen when the furnace malfunctions or stops working during a power outage, he says.
State Farm's policies require homeowners to take reasonable steps to try to prevent pipe freeze-ups if they will be away from home.
Why do insurers care so much about your pipes? Because water can cause even more extensive damage than fire, says Blume.
State Farm tells its home insurance policyholders to maintain heat in the house or shut off the water supply if they go away during winter storm season. If you do shut off the water, be sure to drain the lines because the remaining water still can freeze, Blume says.
"If they don't take reasonable steps (and damage occurs), it becomes an exclusion," he says. Meaning, your insurance won't cover the damage.
"If you left and intentionally turned off the furnace but didn't turn off the water, that (resulting damage) would probably not be covered," Blume says.
If you're going away for a while, keep the heat on, but turn it down. Blume says a chilly 50 to 55 degrees in the house is warm enough to keep pipes from freezing.
Leave doors open on kitchen and bathroom cabinets where the plumbing enters through the wall. That allows heat to circulate, he advises.
Have someone keep an eye on the place
For good measure, have a neighbor or relative check your house when you're gone, particularly during blizzards, advises emergency management expert John Lindsay, a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. Lindsay says he has someone visit his home every two days when he's away.
State Farm also recommends that you have someone check on your home but doesn't require that for homeowners insurance, Blume says.
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LOWELL - William "Bill" Watson, 82, a long time resident of the City of Lowell, died Saturday morning May 28, 2011, in Palm Manor Nursing Home, Chelmsford, surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of the late Erika (Wagner) Watson who predeceased him on May 28, 2007.
Born in Lowell October 15, 1928, he was a son of the late James C. and Esther M. (Aunchman) Watson. He received his education in the Lowell school system.
An honorably discharged and retired veteran, he served his country for over 20 years in the Army of the United States. He served during both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War and retired with the rank of Sergeant First Class.
Following his military career, Mr. Watson was employed as a mechanic by New England Telephone for 20 years.
Mr. Watson cherished the time he spent in the company of his family.
Surviving him are three daughters Erika Jusczak and her husband Richard of Dracut, Cresentia Wright of Hudson, NH, and Sylvia Dombrowski and her husband Paul of Pelham, NH; five grandchildren, William Erik Wright, Sara and Brandon Jusczak, Jared and Kyle Dombrowski; four great grandchildren Collin Wright, Devon Wright, Kayla Wright and Triston Wright; two sisters Esther Prud'homme and her husband Joseph and Gerry Metzler all of Lowell; one brother James Watson and his wife Claire of Florida; many nephews and nieces. He was also the brother of the late Duncan and Danny Watson.


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Based on 579 Ratings for the 2005 - 2012 models.
Review this carBy red on Friday, April 10, 2015
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 35,000
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsPros: "quiet, comfortable for long trips, great value"
Cons: "wind & road noise could be better"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I am in my 70's and have had several new cars. I have had a Avalon 2005 and put 127,000 on it before selling it myself in one day and currently have a 2011 with 41,000 miles. Never a problem with either and I will be getting a 2015 or 2016 soon. The Avalon is the best overall car I have ever had. economical, very dependable & comfortable, very little depreciation. For us it is a prefect car."
24 people out of 24 found this review helpful
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By hotrodjohn on Saturday, November 15, 2008
overall rating 10 of 10rating details
"I bought this car when I was 40, coming out of several Corvettes and a Viper. I only found out later that the average age buyer of the Avalon is 62!! I didn't care. What a GREAT car. It is big, fast, smooth, and RELIABLE. I have been averaging over 26 miles per gallon with this car and NOT ONE single mechanical problem. I have put 95,000 miles on it in two and a half years. I have changed the oil consistently every 4,000 miles. This car still feels and drives like it did with 5 miles on it. The Toyota 3.5 variable timing motor is probably the smoothest most efficient six out there. Ive driven a G35, it feels the same performance wise but the motor is just thrashier and it wont get the same mileage as the Toyota. If front wheel drive doesnt bother you, buy the avalon..The only complaint I have is the paint chips a little too easily."
15 people out of 15 found this review helpful
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By Soundside on Friday, July 26, 2013
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 83,500
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsLikely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Bought new; affordable luxury. Commute over 600 miles/week averaging 31 mpg. Stable handling, quick pickup, plenty of reserve power, laser cruise works flawlessly. Smooth and quiet ride, comfortable cabin environment, large back seat (easily seats 3 adults). Reliable vehicle with only routine maintenance throughout over 83 K miles."
14 people out of 14 found this review helpful
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By TimT on Saturday, December 3, 2016
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 236,000
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsPros: "Reliability, aesthetics, fuel efficiency, comfort"
Cons: "Rain sensing wipers, no fold down seats"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I purchased this vehicle used and have subsequently put 200,000 miles on it. In that time, it has required precisely nothing other than routine maintenance items. It is a spectacular highway cruiser, which is where I put the vast majority of the miles on it. 30mpg at 70mph. My mixed driving is 26mpg with a light foot. The JBL audio system is superb, as is the fit and finish of the entire vehicle. My complaints against it are extremely minimal and, when compared to the complaints I've had against previous vehicles, are laughably insignificant. The laser cruise control is worthless. Yes, it maintains distance and applies braking correctly, but the only way it knows how to accelerate is by flooring the accelerator and it only brakes by slamming on the brakes. The cruise control on my 1998 pickup is vastly superior. The front seat backs have negative lumbar support which has necessitated me to utilize a pillow from Wal-Mart to comfortably operate the vehicle. The rain sensing wipers are useless. They run when there is no rain and refuse to run when there is rain. I would gladly pay to have a manual intermittent wiper control installed, but the dealer informed me it was not possible to retrofit. The one feature I wish it had that it lacks is folding rear seats. I have recently looked at the newer iterations of this vehicle as a result of being attacked by a suicidal deer and am sad to say the quality has clearly declined in each subsequent iteration. My vehicle with almost a quarter million miles on it is clearly better built and finished than the 2008+ models. I am paying out of pocket to repair my vehicle so I can continue to enjoy it and see it celebrate its 1,000,000 mile birthday. My minor complaints notwithstanding, I would absolutely recommend this vehicle (2005 - 2007 model years) to anyone looking for a very comfortable, highly dependable sedan. It definitely rates 9.9 out of 10."
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By Bloodknight on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 58,000
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsPros: "comfortable,fun to drive,really takes off !"
Cons: "none"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I have had more cars then most people have had hot meals.My 2007 Avalon is the most dependable,comfortable car I have ever had.Purchased used in 2010.I plan on keeping it as long as possible.I love everything about it.Especiaaly the ride comfort and the power of the engine.On the open road I have gotten 34 mpg.Around the city 24-26 mpg."
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Types of Bird Seed: Bird Seed Mixes
Almost as overwhelming as the choice of which feeder to buy, is the choice of what food to serve in your feeder. Different species of birds are attracted to different seed types.
The information below can help you make sense of the bags and boxes of bird food on the store shelves.
- Black-Oil SunFlower
- Nyjer & Thistle
- Mixed Seed
Mixed Seed
Mixed Seed is a popular seed choice and comes in a great variety of blends. It is best to buy those mixes that contain white proso millet, a tiny cream colored seed with a shiny shell.
Mixes containing finely cracked corn and black oil sunflower can also bring a variety of birds to your feeder.
Birdfeeders.com is the top destination to find quality Wild Bird Feeders and Accessories. Perky-Pet®, K-Feeders and NO/NO® wild bird products are trusted brands to bird lovers everywhere. Interact with nature, relax and build memories that last a lifetime by conveniently ordering from birdfeeders.com. Happy Bird Feeding!
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Miguel Is in Search of the Perfect Girl In 'Girls Like You' Video
Let's keep it real, Miguel is a good-looking guy. So we find it hard to believe that he's having a hard time finding the perfect woman. Yet, in his new video for 'Girl Like You,' the 24-year-old pop star sings of being lonely as he in search for his true love.
Dressed in a futuristic white vest with silver bracelets and stylish black glasses, Miguel performs the yearning song backed by his band on a florescent-lit stage. "To no avail girl can't you tell / That you got a hole in your heart / I probably would dismiss it / The truth is that I miss it for real / Hook-ups are few / Till I see a girl like you," he sings.
The video, which was also co-directed by Miguel, boasts intercuts of scenes of beautiful models licking on heart-shaped lollipops and posing for the camera. This is cool and sexy video from the 'Sure Thing' singer. 'Girls Like You' is the third single from Miguel's debut album 'All I Want Is You,' which is in stores now.
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Average Indian is 25, average minister is 65
India is a gerontocracy with the highest age difference between the rulers and the ruled among 10 countries studied.
New Delhi: India is home to 1.21 billion people (2011 Census statistics) and has more than 50 per cent of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65 per cent below the age of 35. Right now, its median age is 25 years and it is expected that in 2020, the average age of an Indian will be 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan. By 2030, India's dependency ratio should be just over 0.4. But surprisingly, data compiled from the United Nations, Encyclopaedia Britannica, respective national governments and The Economist shows that India remains a gerontocracy with the average age of the Cabinet in India being 65 years, the highest among a group of 10 countries studied. So the gap between the average citizen and the average policy maker in India is an astounding 40 years, the highest amongst the countries studied.
China's median age is 35 years but its Cabinet rank's age is 63 years. Brazil's median age is 28 years but its Cabinet rank holders are 56 years old on an average. Russia remains the only BRIC nation that is not a gerontocracy. The median age there is 38 years but that of the Cabinet-rank leadership is just 47 years.
The policy makers in the United States, whose median age is 37 years, hover around the 60-year mark.
That way the difference between the people and their leadership is the narrowest in the case of Germany and UK but that has got to do more with their median population ages which are amongst the highest at 44 and 40. Their leadarship age is about 52 years.
Japan also has an ageing problem. Its median age is 45 but still its Cabinet-rank leadership's average age is considerably lower than India at 57.
This comparison throws up many questions. Do Indians like to put their faith on experience and wisdom than on the spunk of the youth? Is the majority of today's young Indians moving away from politics? Do political parties accord due importance to their youth and students' fronts in terms of factoring in their voices and opinion while taking a decision or do they just treat them as a nursing ground for future political workers?
While it is obvious that very few Indian leaders have the meticulous grooming that US Presidents in their 40s and 50s have since their late 20s when they start working for presidential campaigns, it is also a fact that unlike in the US, in India, political parties nominate leaders which obviously complicate things a little further bit.
But there are merits and demerits in concentration of power that happens in a US-style presidential system. A parliamentary democracy with its cabinet has built-in checks and balances. But what appears crucial for a country's march forward is the shared vision between its people and its leadership. With a 40-year age gap, evolution of such a shared vision seems extremely improbable.
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I have a pair of DT990-Pro 250ohm headphones. I love them but it feels like I'm running them right on the edge of their capabilities. I often have to turn the volume down to avoid over-excursion of the headphone drivers. I use a Yamaha C-80 Stereo Preamp from 1984 as a headphone amp and it has a VERY powerful headphone amplifier, such that all of my little-dot units were almost immediately retired when I got it. Now my C-80 works these DT990's like a $5 whore.
The only headphone I ever had that had as much bass as I like is my Sony XB700's, but other than the bass, they sound like crap in the rest of the spectrum compared to the DT990's.
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Twenty-three players to attend draft
NEW YORK (AP) - Twenty-three players headed for the NFL will attend the draft on April 25.
The league says Wednesday that four players from national champion Alabama will be on hand at Radio City Music Hall: tackle D.J. Fluker, running back Eddie Lacy, cornerback Dee Milliner, and guard Chance Warmack. Four players from Florida State - quarterback E.J. Manuel, defensive end Bjoern Werner, tackle Menelik Watson, and cornerback Xavier Rhodes also will attend.
All-Americans Werner, Warmack, Milliner, tackle Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M, receiver Tavon Austin of West Virginia and guard Jonathan Cooper of North Carolina also will attend.
Kansas City has the first pick in the draft.
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DSP Codec SDK for Nexperia
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Elecard DSP Codec SDK for Nexperia architecture is a software development kit meant for developing video and audio processing applications optimized for Trident Nexperia (aka TriMedia) processors family – PNX13xx, PNX15xx, PNX17xx, PNX1005, PNX8550, PNX8950, PNX8935.
Elecard DSP Codec SDK for Nexperia licence includes:
Decoder and encoder packages (MPEG-2, MPEG-4.2, AVC/H.264)
Source codes of sample applications
A month of technical support
Free upgrades/updates within a year
MPEG-2 PS/TS Multiplexer, MPEG-4 Multiplexer and Demultiplexer for DMB/DAB – available upon request
IP Stack (TCP/UDP/RTP) – available upon request
SDK products are supplied as TSSA components. All MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 components are ISMA 2.0 compatible.
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