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Environment, Health and Safety
Respecting the environments we work and live in.
Respecting the environments we work and live in.
Greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from manufacturing can have major environmental impacts. So we partner with our suppliers to implement programs to reduce their carbon footprint.
We replace outdated or inefficient heating, cooling, and lighting systems, repair compressed air leaks, and recover and redirect waste heat. In the first year of our energy efficiency program, improvements at 13 sites resulted in a reduction of over 13,800 metric tons of carbon emissions.
In addition to making facilities energy efficient, we explore ways to power them using cleaner and renewable sources. In 2015, we launched our Clean Energy Program to reduce carbon emissions across our supply chain, which makes up nearly three-quarters of Apple's total carbon footprint. In China alone, we're working with our suppliers to install more than 2 gigawatts of clean energy. Foxconn, our first partner, will create 400 megawatts of solar energy by 2018 — enough to power final production of iPhone at its Zhengzhou factory.
In 2015, we launched a waste diversion program at 22 factories, including all final assembly facilities, to help suppliers reduce, reuse, or recycle. This includes reusing internal packaging, shipping packaging materials back to vendors for reuse, and limiting food waste from worker canteens. And when waste leaves the facilities, we're working closely with local governments to ensure that it's disposed of properly. To date, our efforts have diverted 73,773 metric tons of waste from landfills.
In July 2015, Foxconn Guanlan became our first supplier to recycle or responsibly dispose of all its production waste without using landfills. And in January 2016, after six months of 100 percent waste diversion, Guanlan was officially validated as a zero-waste facility.
The water we use has a direct effect on the communities we operate in. In 2013, we started the Clean Water Program to reduce the use of freshwater in our suppliers' processes. We learned that 73 of our suppliers' facilities accounted for 70 percent of the top 200 suppliers' known total water use. And through baseline assessments, performance evaluations, technical support, and supplier training, we helped them save more than 3.8 billion gallons of freshwater. We're also increasing reuse and recycling of treated wastewater.
Across our supply chain, there's a shortage of people with adequate environment, health, and safety (EHS) skills. To ensure the safety of people working in our suppliers' facilities, we need to do more than provide basic safety precautions and procedures. So in 2013 we established the EHS Academy to address this shortage of EHS expertise by educating local managers on issues of environmental protection and air pollution, water and chemical management, and emergency preparedness and safety equipment.
Partnering with local universities and the Institute for Sustainable Communities, participants complete a rigorous 18-month EHS curriculum. In addition to their coursework, managers must create and implement real EHS projects to improve conditions at their local facilities. Participants have launched over 2460 of these environment, health, and safety projects since the EHS Academy was founded, with more than 1590 in 2015 alone.
Our Regulated Substances Specification (RSS) list was released in 2014 to identify the toxic chemicals we limit or prohibit in our manufacturing processes. We led audits that inventoried chemical purchasing and mapped chemicals across our supply chain to identify risk. And in 2015, 100 percent of process chemicals at all final assembly facilities (FATP) were free of Apple-prohibited substances. Now, we're working to identify these chemicals at our non-final assembly facilities (non-FATP).
In 2014, we committed to forming an advisory board to focus on chemicals. And this past year, Apple's Green Chemistry Advisory Board, a group of global experts, began spearheading research and exploring ways to replace restricted substances with greener alternatives.
We're helping our suppliers develop comprehensive emergency preparedness systems to protect workers in the event of a fire, earthquake, explosion, or other natural or occupational incident. We also implement regular site monitoring to ensure that our suppliers remain vigilant about these risks. We assessed 40 suppliers, covering about 1 million workers, in 2015 alone.
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I, like many of my friends enjoy gambling. It ranges from games of acey-deucey at a BBQ to the pit games in a casino. One thing that is easy (you don't actually have to watch) and enjoyable is wagering on sports. With this continuing post, I will pick one game a day. With the side being no better than -130. All sports are open and we will keep a running tally of how well or how poorly I do.
Todays pick: Red Wings/Penguins Under 5 goals (+110)
This series has been relatively low scoring, with only one game reaching a total of 5 goals. I see the trend continuing as the Red Wings will continue to hammer Sidney Crosby. The Penguins only average 22 shots a game, while Marc Andre Fleury has done a great job stopping Detroit's 123 shots. The game will be staggered and wont have the consistent flow the Pens like. 2-1 game going into the last minute with an empty netter to push it to 3-1. For who, I don't care.


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"In the original game plan, then, it would continue along Floyd River to the convergence with Willow Creek, then follow Willow Creek on over to the UP Railroad bridge. Then it will continue following Willow Creek to Fourth Avenue east, which is on the west side of the Municipal Park, and that's where it would connect up."
Scott Langel
"The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier"
Sir Walter Scott
"Willow has given us so many amazing moments in the last few games. We've needed her to step up and she's done that."
Carmen Dolfo
"On a tree by a river a little tomtit / Sang `Willow, titwillow, titwillow.'"
William S. Gilbert
"I don't know. I just don't have the same willingness to, as they say, bend like a willow in the wind, like I may have when I was younger. I'm kind of set in my ways, and I am what I am. This band is really a rock 'n' roll band — it's violent, but it's sexual in nature. It's really harbored in its punk rock, sexual roots. It's definitely not metal. Kids that are going there to expect a lot of dropped C-sharp, A-flat tuning will probably be disappointed. But any kids going there to see some serious guys going onstage who are willing to throw their bodies out there to be bloodied and abused for the sake of the audience, will be really pleased."
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Re: Re:Dental HelpAug 14, 2006
I just want to agree with bud, I went to a dental school for
my dental needs also. I received acceptional work. Please
call around to some of the universities and colleges in the
area and find out if they have a dental school. God bless.On 8/08/06, bud wrote:
> Is there a Dental school around that needs to practice on
> people. I know where I live there is a hair place like that
> and a Doctor. That is where all the interns go to practice.
> At least you can get some help maybe
> On 8/07/06, Glenda Santiago wrote:
>> Hi I'm a 28yr. old female,mother of 5 kids. I'm in need of
>> help to get my teeth fixed they are braking at the gum
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Comedian Joe E. Lewis once said "It pays to get drunk with the best people." For a lucky guy named Louis-Auguste Cyparis, it also paid to be drunk in the right place (jail) at the right time (the night before a massive volcanic eruption destroyed his town… and everyone in it).
Cyparis gained fame in the early 1900's as the sole survivor of the infamous 1902 eruption of Mt. Pelée near the northern seaside town of St. Pierre in Martinique. Truth be told, there actually were two other survivors – a cobbler named Leandre and a little girl named Havivra Da Ifrile. Their stories, however, lack the panache and flair of that of Monsieur Cyparis.
History likes flair and intrigue, and at the time of the eruption, St. Pierre had plenty of both. Known as the Paris of the West Indies, St. Pierre was among the most modern and progressive cities anywhere. Telephones, only available in 5% of U.S. households at the time, were prevalent in St. Pierre. So was electricity. The city's theater performances were legendary, as was its art scene and restaurants.
Everything changed on May 8, 1902 when the Caribbean's Paris became another Pompeii.
Like Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD, the 1902 Mt. Pelée eruption was a pyroclastic flow (the first of its kind documented in modern times), a fast-moving, massive cloud of exceedingly hot ash and rock. These aren't the dramatic, bright-red, slow and bubbling lava flows you often see in the movies. In fact, if you're unlucky enough to get caught in one of these clouds, you won't even know what hit you.
The speed of the Mt. Pelée flow has been calculated at 416+ miles per hour, devastating an area of about eight square miles with a mix of poisonous gas, ash, steam and dust estimated at 1,830 °F. The 30,000 residents of St. Pierre all perished in less than two minutes.
All of them, that is, except for Cyparis (okay, Leandre and the little girl too).
As the story goes, Cyparis had been tossed in jail the night before the eruption on a drunk and disorderly charge. Some say he even killed a guy as part of his drunken raging, but details are sketchy at best. His cell, now known as Le Cachot de Cyparis, was the small stone structure pictured above. Even with the protection of the thick walls, Cyparis was badly burned in the eruption, as hot ash entered the cell through the small openings. He survived on his own, still stuck in his cell for four days before being rescued.
Afterwards, Cyparis became a bit of a celebrity, adopting the stage name Ludger Sylbaris and joining the Barnum Bailey Circus to recount his tale for hundreds around the world. Fame quickly gave way to infamy, though, as about a year into his circus career Cyparis got drunk again, stabbed and nearly killed a circus employee, went to jail, and faded into the pages of history. Hmmm, maybe he did kill a guy on that fateful night…
His story still plays to crowds who trek to St. Pierre to relive the historic events that took place here over 100 years ago. The cell, much like the rest of the old ruins, sits just as it did following the eruption with modern-day St. Pierre continuing to rise and re-develop all around it. There's a nice little museum in the heart of the city with artifacts, news accounts and old photos heralding the city's former glory. There are also nice bars along the city's slate-grey volcanic sand beach.
Visiting the city is a very moving experience, especially if you take the time to grab a Biere and sit in the little dungeon that once saved the Caribbean's luckiest and most famous drunk.
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At the decadent French court of King Francois, the young Anne Boleyn grows into an enigmatic and striking woman, a temptation to many courtiers. But whilst Anne's ambitions are high, she has learned from her sister's unfortunate reputation. Unlike Mary, Anne refuses to become even a King's mistress. So when Anne returns to the English court of Henry VIII, it is the King who is led a dance by this mysterious young beauty. Before long Henry is lured away from his stale marriage to Katharine of Aragon. But the new Queen Anne is not loved by the people, and it is only a matter of time before Henry's patience runs out...
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This period with Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard is in my opinion one of the most fascinating in history and they are definitely two of my favourite of Henry's Queens.
I was rather expecting this to be a little different as in Anne's story seperate to katherine's but, we see Katherine appear from quite a young age and I really liked that, I've only in the past read books about Katherine shortly before she became Queen.
This is a riveting read but, there are some inaccuracies with saying that Anne slept with Henry before they married and Ms Plaidy's descriptions of Jane Seymour were a little bit much (IMO).
I am leaving the Tudors behind for a while as much I love this era I have saturated this part of Tudor history but, of courtse shall return!
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
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- Daphne said...
I haven't read this one yet, but sounds like it's pretty good.
- April 15, 2008 9:31 pm
- londonchic1992 said...
I do love this one, but I'm afraid you got one fact wrong in your review. Anne did sleep with Henry before they got married. That's why they married before Henry's marriage was officially annulled.
- August 28, 2008 1:20 pm
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BCHS Baseball in NYC Title Game
The Beach Channel High School baseball team looks to cap off their incredible 2014 season as they face Bronx Science in the New York City high school "B" championship.
The Dolphins (14-2), led by team captains Kely Aponte and Ryan Suglia, dominated the Queens South "B" division all year, and have continued that run through the playoffs.
In their last contest, they stormed back from an early 5-0 deficit to beat Bushwick, 9-7, this past Sunday.
"These kids are fearless, and they are really living a dream," said Beach Channel coach John Mangieri. "They are building lifelong memories, and this would be icing on the cake; to win a city title on the biggest stage in sports history.
The win against Bushwick sets up the Yankee Stadium showdown with Bronx Science (13-3), who outlasted a very competitive Bronx North division, which had four teams with 10 or more wins.
"This is the biggest game of their lives," Mangieri said. "I want to say thank you to all of our Rockaway supporters, and especially our players and their families, for being in our corner.
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Well after a scare (the first boot attempt out of the box didn't send a signal to the moniter, then the second had scribly lines at first, but the 3rd time was the charm for the first real boot up) of my first time turning it on, I decided to give this new PC a second chance because I wanted to see what Vista was like. The first time I got on it, it scanned my system and checked what I had. So it took a while. Then after that I browsed around with the Vista system and the new PC (1GB) was slow as dirt. So I was discouraged.
But then after a while I decided to test it out again (comparing video with a DVD to my old TNT2) and for some reason this time when I booted up it ran pretty smooth and WAAAAAY quicker than my old computer. So I guess the thing with Vista is that it gets to know your system and once it does that, it can optimize your memory/usage. I've heard Vista uses all your memory as cache. So if I'm right in what I think I've learned from you guys about computers, that would explain why it was so slow the first time but quick and smooth on the next boot up.
But I do have to admit Vista is looking pretty attractive. Just owning the right hardware and as soon as the updates come to iron it out, I bet every one will really start jumping on the bandwagon and enjoy it.
Any way, I think I'll keep it. I just added another 1GB RAM stick and a 512mb DX10 GeForce 8500GT. (Pretty easy to do.) But I've yet to turn it on and test it out since.
By the way do all PCI x16 cards need to be connected to the power supply or do some actually get power strait off the mother board from the PCI Express slot?
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Kariudo wrote:XP: 64MB [minimum] 128MB recommended
XP has a hard time running on anything less than 256 (unless you're in safe mode)
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ive ran XP pro fine on 64MB (works better with 256MB) ram compaq deskpro's
vista ran fine with only 512MB ram, Ive gamed with it, as well as a bunch of other stuff with no problems or low memory warnings
AFAIK you're both right. XP Service Pack 2 eats up the computer's resources like a fat kid at Charlie's Chocolate Factory and 256 is the bare minimum for XP SP2 to only crash every other hour, but if you don't run SP2 and disable some of the eye-candy (which is very poorly coded, since it wastes way too much RAM for simple stuuf like shading under icon names on the Desktop - MAC OS X and Beryl do a lot more for a lot less) then 64MB will run (although I don't think you can call it very stable on 64MB - I've never tried XP on it, but Windows 98 crashed a lot on me with 64MB).
I've just installed a little package on my brother's computer that gave the full Vista look to his XP set - the sounds, the icons, the taskbar thumbnails, the glassy windows and even the desktop widgets (practically everything but that 3D window-spinning thing that can replace Alt+Tab) and the RAM load increased by about 50MB. Actually running Vista is bound to be heavier than theming XP, but based on this and the fact that most of the changes were visual, I don't really see why it would be so much heavier.
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Martin Jol took a step toward alleviating the pressure he has come under of late by overseeing an impressive turnaround courtesy of two expertly taken goals.
Steven Naismith gave the visitors the lead in the first half as they dominated the early proceedings at Craven Cottage. But Fulham progressed to the next stage of the competition thanks to goals after the break from Dimitar Berbatov and Darren Bent.
Jol made six changes to the side that lost 2-0 at Chelsea on Saturday, with Berbatov returning from a hamstring injury.
Adel Taarabt and Giorgos Karagounis were among the other inclusions, as Aston Villa loanee Bent dropped to the bench, while Everton also made significant alterations to its side, with manager Roberto Martinez making eight changes.
Only Naismith, Coleman and Sylvain Distin retained their places for Everton, as Martinez handed a first start to loan signing Romelu Lukaku.
Everton made the brighter start, with Stockdale needing to save efforts from Naismith and John Heitinga inside the opening eight minutes.
Naismith, after testing Stockdale again a moment earlier, gave the visitors the lead in the 12th minute when he ran onto Gerard Deulofeu's pass and fired through the legs of the goalkeeper.
Fulham's first chance of note fell to Berbatov in the 17th minute, but the Bulgarian forward could only head wide from Elsad Zverotic's cross from the right. At the other end, Distin had a header cleared off the line by Zverotic before Heitinga volleyed over from close range, while Berbatov failed to direct another header on target.
Naismith almost had a second goal on the half-hour mark, but the Scotland international fired into the side netting after combining with Deulofeu again.
The Barcelona loanee was proving a constant menace to the Fulham defense, driving forward before feeding Lukaku, but he saw his effort tipped away by Stockdale. And Deulofeu was in the action again as the half drew to a close, twice drilling low shots that had to be dealt with by the busy Stockdale.
Fulham began the second half with greater urgency, and Alexander Kacaniklic tested Everton keeper Joel Robles with a firmly hit drive just after the restart.
Berbatov leveled matters in the 54th minute, tucking home from 10 yards after Coleman's challenge on Taarabt directed the ball into his path.
And Bent fired them in front just four minutes after coming off the bench, collecting Karagounis' disguised free kick and firing past Robles in the 68th minute.
Coleman fizzed an effort just wide five minutes later as Everton searched in vain for an equalizer, while Deulofeu and Lukaku also went close. And Coleman had another chance to draw Everton level, only for Stockdale to deny him as Fulham claimed victory.


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DC Council Game 81: Wizards 101 at Nets 106: Washington Gets Blatche'd, Again
[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 81, Washington Wizards at Brooklyn Nets; contributors: Kyle Weidie from tape delay in the District, and Sean Fagan from tape delay in Brooklyn.]
Remember me?Did Emeka Okafor really let
Washington Wizards 101 at Brooklyn Nets 106 [box score]MVP: Andray F-ing Blatche. Sure, he looked like pretty much like the same old Blatche in throwing up 21 shots to score 20 points … but he also snagged 12 rebounds. Does he deserve MVP of this game? Nope, mostly because Blatche clearly had end-of-season confidence in a meaningless game against guys he used to face in practice, i.e., Trevor Booker and Jan Vesely. Still, we hand Andray the honor, because well, he's still getting paid by the Wizards, and that, my friend, is #SoWizards. Stat of the Game: Twenty team turnovers for Washington led to 22 Brooklyn points; 14 team turnovers for the Nets led to 15 Wizards points. And that's the No. 1 sign of apathy—it's not that guys wanted to lose the ball, they just didn't care about trying not to. —Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) |
Euro Aggression.The first half between the Wizards and Nets, without several key figures, provided for unexpectedly entertaining basketball. After two quarters, Washington led 56-50 and shot 63.2 percent from the field (to combat 12 turnovers, seven off the bench). The Wizards cut down on giveaways in the second half, but went cold from long distance, going 1-for-5 over the final two quarters compared to Brooklyn's 5-for-10. The Nets also out-fought the Wizards on the offensive boards in the second half, winning the battle 14-6 with key contributions coming from Andray Blatche and Kris Humphries (four second-half offensive boards each). Where did it all go wrong with the Wizards? Well, getting outscored 33-24 in the fourth quarter and losing the game by five points will do the trick. What also will do the trick? Having players who cared more. Mirza Teletovic and Tornike Shengelia were the beasts of Brooklyn's bench, combining for 25 points and 16 rebounds in just under 50 combined minutes. Despite Kevin Seraphin's solid play—17 points, 8-for-12 FGs and seven rebounds in 26 minutes—Randy Wittman's team had no answer for the aggression set by Euro Nets. —Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) |
Rating five Wizards starters & two key subs on a three-star scale. |
John Wall is still good, mind you, en route to likely being handed an overly fat max contract extension by the Wizards this summer. But he's clearly playing out the string and not doing his over-sized part in helping the Wizards win. Yes, his numbers Monday night in Brooklyn look OK—18 points, 12 assists, six rebounds, three steals, and three turnovers. But he attempted 19 shots to get those 18 points, and several of them were simply jacks simply because Wall could—in a "who else gon' shoot?" Jordan Crawford type of way. He had a stretch in the third when he just lost the ball out of bounds because he was dribbling too high, then he settled for a bad, fading jumper, and then he missed a slam. He later came back and hit a jumper, but in the fourth quarter, when Washington got outscored 33-24, Wall was mostly out of control, finishing 1-for-5 on FGs and 1-for-4 from the FT line in the period.
—Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It)1.5 out of 3 stars |
The dog days of April are apparent when you realize that Garrett Temple has taken 11 shots on the evening, two attempts shy of his career-high. To Temple's credit, he converted on six of those chances but that was on a night where neither team was playing what experts refer to as "professional basketball." Faulting Temple seems unnecessarily mean since he is trying to stay in the league and garbage games like this are his best opportunity to prove that he is more than a scrappy defender. But one's ceiling is one's ceiling, and Temple may have smashed into it over the past few weeks.
—Sean Fagan (@McCarrick)1 out of 3 stars |
Cartier Martin started the game by hitting his first shot, a 3-pointer. He also started the game by getting yelled at by Randy Wittman, an all-too-familiar scene. But this time, it wasn't because of Cartier's defense, it was because he was lost on offense. "What are you doing?!?!" yelled Wittman from his perch on the sidelines. Methinks he's tired of asking that of Cartier. Martin did shoot well, 4-for-8 FGs and 4-for-7 3Ps en route to 14 points, and he rebounded the hell out the ball (eight boards in 32 minutes), but if that's enough to change the likely already set minds of team brass remains to be seen.
—Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It)2 out of 3 stars |
One of the few Wizards who showed up to play Monday night, Trevor Booker, gave you exactly what you are have come to expect when he receives large bouts of burn. He chipped in 16 points on an efficient 8-for-12 shooting and bruised his way to 13 rebounds. He even demonstrated the old Booker swag by shushing the Brooklyn crowd after sinking a jump hook. It was nice to see but revealed nothing new about the Wizards tweener. Against bench mobs and playing within himself, Booker can give you exactly what you want out of your 8 or 9 man. The problem is, as the NBA adapts offensively to going super athletic or small at the PF position (see Anthony, Carmelo and Griffin, Blake) it leaves Booker as a man without a country or position. Too slow to guard scoring machines like Anthony, too short to stop Blake Griffin. The tweener status is beginning to stick.
—Sean Fagan (@McCarrick)2 out of 3 stars |
Another Wizard with a foot injury, this time an ankle. We all know how this story ends. Expect the Wizards doctor's to be sawing off Mr. Okafor's foot tomorrow. For what it's worth (which isn't much), Okafor looked destined for a great night before he was struck down by hand of fate; he totaled four points, two rebounds, a steal, and a turnover in just under 10 minutes.
—Sean Fagan (@McCarrick)1 out of 3 stars |
From Monday night's Nets game and as we round down to the end of Jan Vesely's sophomore season, we know two things: Vesely can still dunk, and he can still run the floor. And that's about it, unless you want to count his "activity." Jan scored eight points in Brooklyn, his fourth-highest total this season. Four makes came via lobs from A.J. Price and John Wall, and his one miss came via an airballed jumper. Mental games be damned, Vesely's shooting mechanics don't even look confident at this point. Otherwise, in his 27-plus minutes off the bench, he bobbled balls (three turnovers) looked lost on defense (three fouls), only grabbed a single rebound, and got abused by Andray Blatche a couple times in the fourth quarter. Vesely even let some guy named Mirza Teletovic make the slowest Euro drive to the basket in the world against him. Nothing could be more clear and uncertain at the same time: Jan Vesely has a long way to go.
—Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It)1 out of 3 stars |
Chris Singleton was there in uniform and appeared to play 20 minutes. Most of those minutes were in the fourth quarter when the Wizards let an otherwise winnable game slip away. He hit a jumper and made a nice drive to the hoop, but otherwise looked out-of-sorts on an NBA court."Tough pass by Singleton. In fact, a bad one and a turnover," said Steve Buckhantz once during the broadcast when Singleton botched an out-under pass to Vesely under the hoop, quickly turning the prerequisite sugar-coating of affairs to reality.
—Sean Fagan (@McCarrick)1 out of 3 stars |
Motivation?No matter how injury-ravaged your team is coming into the final furlong as a coach, your job is to motivate the team to play like it's the first game of the season rather than the penultimate. Twenty turnovers in a game points to a team that is more interested in summer vacation rather than building on something for next season. Because to lose to a team that is resting every one of its starters and to get beaten by one of your least favorite players, that has to taste sour. Epic #WittmanFace aside, this is not how you want to see your season skidding towards a close. Randy postgame via the Washington Post: —Sean Fagan (@McCarrick) |
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Miranda Lambert Wins Female Video of the Year for 'Mama's Broken Heart'
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Miranda Lambert snatched up another belt buckle at the 2013 CMT Music Awards for her hit video 'Mama's Broken Heart' which she also had just performed prior to winning. Lenny Kravitz took the stage again, but this time, it wasn't for a rockin' performance — it was to announce Lambert as the winner. She was [...]


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Philadelphia Academy's transition program offers special ed students vocational placements, internships and plenty of opportunity.
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series about the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5. Part 2 examines the labor union's fundraising, its escalating political program and its development of a multimillion-dollar headquarters in the Northeast.
Residents can help name two Frankford 'pocket parks'
15th PDAC meeting rescheduled for May 19
Donald Page spent 25 years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1976 with the rank of first sergeant.
A year ago this time, state Sen. Mike Stack traveled to the annual Pennsylvania Society weekend retreat and began building his campaign for governor.
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If you think Philadelphia has too many bars these days, consider yourself lucky you didn't live here during the American Revolution.
After terrible past, Ariel needs a new start
A local veterans' group has honored Ret. Army Lt. Col. Kathy Brill for her long and distinguished career.
— For the first time since the massacre in Connecticut, the National Guard Armory hosts a gun show, and it attracts the masses.
A week ago Tuesday, even as we were putting finishing touches on a Page One story about postcards from the past, I began talking with reporter Bill Kenny about the gun show story you see on this week's cover.
— A short time ago, local boxer Brian "Wildman" Donahue was addicted to painkillers and living on the streets. Now, he's back where he belongs: inside a boxing ring.


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Since the seventies, Inra Guadeloupe has progressively gathered a herbarium, which now compasses about 10 000 specimens from the Lesser Antilles (mainly Guadeloupe and Martinique).
Jacques Fournet, a now retired Inra scientist, co-ordinated this work of collect and identification.
The herbarium is referenced under the acronym GUAD by Index Herborarium.
The samples are kept in cardboard boxes, under low rate of hygrometry.
The work is in progress to photography the samples, to make them consultable on the web site (collections.antilles.inra.fr).
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Simon Gorter, b. 1838 at Warns, became the minister at Aalsmeer in 1861 and at Wormerveer in 1863. Because of a long ailment from which he had been suffering for some time, he retired with his family to Arcachon (France) in 1864-1866. His excellent articles in the periodical De Gids gave him great fame as an author. In 1869 he was compelled by his health to resign from his office, after which he became the editor of the newly founded Amsterdam daily newspaper Het Nieuws van den Dag. Here he published a series of excellent editorials which were published after his death in a book, Een Jaar levens voor de Dagbladpers (1872). De Hoop Scheffer published his articles in the Gids in a booklet Letterkundige Studien, as well as several sermons under the title, Ik geloof, daarom spreek ik. He died 5 June 1871. His wife Johanna Lugt died in 1924.
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Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919: 315.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 137.
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland. Utrecht, 1903-: III, 312 f.
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LANSING, Mich. — What color is it?
That's the punch line of Dwayne Gill's favorite joke — one that had an audience cracking up during his recent stand-up comedy routine at DTE Energy Music Theater, where he opened for Motown diva Aretha Franklin.
The setup will come later. But first things first: Dwayne Gill leads a double life.
His day job — as a sergeant and liaison to the Legislature for the Michigan State Police — overlaps beautifully with his nighttime gig as a stand-up comic.
He uses one to get material for the other, along with his family life and the oddities of everyday existence. And he uses his comic skills to break the ice when he testifies before the Legislature.
"I've got the two best jobs in the world," he said. "I get to make the Michigan State Police look good during the day and I make people laugh at night."
Comedy came before law enforcement for Gill, 50, a Detroit native and now a Lansing resident. As a kid attending Mumford High School, Gill always wanted to be a singer, maybe one of the backup vocalists who was "making all the smooth moves in the background.
"But then I discovered I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. But I still wanted to get up on that stage."
He went right from high school into the Marines and ultimately became a recruiter for the military branch. To get to that spot, he had to go through recruiting school to learn the skills to persuade potential soldiers to have a life in the military. Humor became an essential tool.
After he completed his time with the Marines, he went to an open mike night in Ann Arbor, Mich. "And I got laughs. They laughed and I liked it and got hooked."
And so he became one of the estimated 7 million Americans, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, who have two jobs.
He needed a day job to provide security for his young, but growing family — he has been married for 25 years to Joan and they have three kids. So he became an Ann Arbor policeman and two years later, he began what has turned into a 21-year career with the Michigan State Police.
He worked as a trooper at posts in Ionia and Detroit, as an undercover narcotics officer, on the security detail for former Michigan Govs. John Engler and Jennifer Granholm, and as an investigator in the state police's gaming division before finally landing the job in Lansing.
"Some of the legislators have seen my act and they'll say 'can you tell us one before we get started?' " Gill said. "It's a good icebreaker."
He doesn't joke about the brass at the police department or higher-ups in government, "Because I value my job and retirement too much," he said.
Mostly it's about the speeders he has stopped — the one who got the ticket when he didn't laugh as Gill tested some new material on him and the one who got off with a warning after saying he was speeding and didn't stop because his wife had left him for a state trooper and he was afraid that Gill was trying to bring her back — or the types of investigations he has been involved with.
Which brings us back to the punch line. It comes after a joke about his first investigation in the rural community of Ionia.
"My first investigation was a stolen John Deere tractor. You should have seen the farmer when I asked 'what color is it?' "After the laughs die down, Gill added: "I had no idea what color it was — we don't have any tractors driving down 8 Mile Road."
Gill has parlayed his comedy into weekly gigs in comedy clubs, festivals and corporate events. He has honed his craft at the American Comedy Institute in New York and he is headed to Los Angeles next month for a comedy writing workshop. He'd love to start selling jokes to late-night talk-show hosts, which can be worth up to $100 a pop. He has even thought about acting and writing a script or a book when he becomes eligible for retirement in the next few years.
But it will always come back to the performing.
"I'm just starting to figure out my voice. I can feel it starting to come out, but I can't be as honest as I want to be yet," he said, noting he has lingering post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in Beirut with the Marines that might become fodder for future acts.
"If I had my druthers, I'd just like to perform. It's like the endorphins and adrenaline. It's the best feeling in the world."


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Nimrat said she had to audition to bag the role
Nimrat Kaur wasn't craving for international stardom, but that seems to be her calling and destiny, given that she has landed a part in the hit foreign TV series Homeland. She says in the time between The Lunchbox and Homeland, she refused umpteen roles in searching for "something right".
It was a long wait.
"The Lunchbox was released a year ago. I shot for it two years ago. So basically, I did my last film two years back. It was a long wait, yes. But it isn't as if I was smugly waiting for a big international project to fall into my lap after The Lunchbox," Nimrat said on phone from Cape Town, where she's shooting for Homeland.
The actor, who stole hearts with her unsentimental yet heartrending performance as a lonely suburban wife in The Lunchbox, says she rejected numerous offers to play lonely housewives and other desultory divas that came her way after The Lunchbox.
"I must have said no to nearly 450 scripts in 2 years. It wasn't as if I was being fussy. But nothing seemed right for me," she said.
The part of the Pakistani ISI agent in Homeland did it for Nimrat. There is little she can do to prepare for the part.
"We are not given a chance to rehearse. No homework works because the scenes and lines are given when we reach the location," she said.
Nimrat finds this method of working to be distracting.
"We did repeated sessions of rehearsals for The Lunchbox. I kept working on my character and her lines until they became a part of me. Here, while shooting for Homeland, it's like being on a constant roller-coaster. One never knows what lies in store," said the actor, who is having the time of her life shooting in Cape Town.
"It is exciting, a completely different experience from The Lunchbox. I am in this for at least seven episodes. It was meant to be less earlier and has now been increased. So who knows, my role in the series may be increased even further," she added.
The role "just happened" for Nimrat.
"I didn't plan it this way. I auditioned for Homeland and then moved on. There was no plan to sit and wait for another potentially global project to fall into my lap," she said and denied that she got Homeland because of The Lunchbox.
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Our team would like to know if the border wall can be used as a guide for the robot during the actual challenge? Basically, can the robot be against the wall and use it as a guide?
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Using the walls as a guide is often a very effective strategy, and I would encourage it. However, note that the tables you get at a tournament may differ from your practice table, so some important things to be aware of are:
1. Wood walls may be rough, dented, splintered, or even have partial knot holes.
2. The wall height this year is allowed to any height between 2x3s and 2x4s
3. Walls may be twisted and warped
4. The gap between the west wall and base is variable, may be as small as 0" or as large as around 1/2". Same issue for the east and north walls.
5. The south wall is supposed to be flush with the south mat border, but some tournaments may have this set up incorrectly.
6. Mats may curl up near the east and west sides near the wall.
7. In a couple instances, we experienced that the "table" in the robot design judging room didn't have any walls (just mat + models, no table). This is not supposed to happen, but it happens anyway. This made it very hard for our team to demo their missions last year to the judges. Almost every mission used one or more walls.
But don't let any of that scare you away. Using walls is an great strategy, just try to get the kids to think about making it robust enough to handle the above the best you can.
Thank you very much Dave Parker and Genius. Our team really appreciates the help
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Help! - Showing jacket etc for clear round jumping? Hi everyone, I'm going to a wee local show on sunday just to see how my horse copes with the whole show atmosphere. If everything goes well I'm going to enter the clear round jumping, what I would like to know if you need to wear a show jacket etc or if you can just wear a shirt and tie..? Any help would be much appreciated! Posted via Mobile Device |
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alltimelow, In the UK it realy does depend on the show and often on the judge/secretary on the day. Best bet is to phone the organiser and take jacket with you anyway just in case they change thier mind. I personaly would always wear a jacket. You deffinatly WONT be allowed to jump if you dont have long sleeves on. |
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It does depend on the show. There are many differences between show attire requirements between the UK and the US. The only shows I rode overseas had pretty strict requirements, so I know nothing of the UK local shows. As suggested, I would call the show organizer and ask. If you have a coat, you really can't go far wrong there. Ties work there as well, I believe. Let us know and don't forget to post photos of you at the show!!! |
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gypsygirl, ever had gravel rash on your arms? you can get the same from grass and sand if you fall and hit it hard enough. Long sleeves help prevent that. Insurance at many places dictates that you cant jump without long sleeves. BSJA you cant jump without a jacket except with special dispensation. BRC (british riding clubs) also insist on long sleeves at all times and a jacket most of the time. |
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As a columnist, Bryant interviews chief executives from all walks of the corporate world for Corner Office, a feature about leadership and management in The New York Times and on NYTimes.com. In it, rather than pursuing the traditional Q&A algorithm of questioning growth plans and the competitive landscape, he seeks to better understand what makes a CEO tick, i.e., what traits and experiences helped them rise where others did not. In doing just that, he has interviewed over 300 top CEOs to uncover predictable traits, themes, and threads among them, all the while offering his audience an aquarium-like view into the worlds and psychologies of one of the more wildly romanticized characters in the American cultural landscape: the CEO.
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Parnell: Why did you start Corner Office?
Bryant: I was a business reporter here at the [New York] Times for many years throughout the 1990s. During that time I covered a lot of different industries and companies and interviewed a lot of CEOs. And what dawned on me over time—it sounds obvious to say it now—is that CEOs are almost always interviewed in the business press as strategists. When you whittle down a typical CEO Q&A in the business press, essentially it is two questions: What is your growth plan? And what is the competitive landscape?
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed writing those articles, and really learned a lot, and there is a big audience for them. But I just found that the more time I spent with CEOs, the more I became interested in them as people, and found myself wanting to ask them simple questions like, "How do you do what you do?" and, "How did you learn to do what you do?" People often see CEOs as this subspecies of the human race—that they are born leaders. And I thought, well, that can't be right; there has to be a learning curve.
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And so, we launched in March of 2009, and that was more than 300 interviews ago, and two books ago, and now I'm teaching a leadership course at Columbia, and starting to work on book number 3. It has been a fun adventure, and I get to meet a lot of interesting people and have good conversations.
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Parnell: What are some of the common themes that you have found during those 300-plus interviews?
Bryant: That was really the work I did with the first book, which was to answer the question that I became intrigued by: What is it about the people that I am interviewing that helps explain why they got to the corner office?
One is what I call "passionate curiosity," which is this relentless questioning mind that I see in so many of the leaders I interview. They are really deeply engaged with the world. They are curious about people, their back stories. They go into new situations trying to figure out how things work, and then how they can be made to work better.
I like the phrase "passionate curiosity," because, to me, it is greater than the sum of its parts. We all know people who are passionate, but not necessarily curious. And we know people who are curious, but not necessarily passionate. But the two of them combined, to me, capture that energy; that very energetic, curious kind of professional-student mind that I see in some of the CEOs, which is not the impression that a lot of people have of CEOs in general.
I think that when CEOs present a face to the world, it tends to be one that suggests they have all the answers. We can all imagine the glossy business magazine with the CEO on the cover with their arms folded, and they have that "I can see the future" look in their eye. That is the face that they need to project for the customers and shareholders. But I think they play a very different role inside their companies, which is to ask the right questions. Because if you ask the right questions, that can really take the organization into important new directions.
Another thing that became really important is a quality that I call a "simple mindset," which is the ability to take a lot of complicated information and really boil it down to the one or two or three things that really matter, and in a simple way, communicate that to people.
In big organizations—frankly, in any company—there are always a dozen or more competing priorities. And it is the leader's job to stand up in front of the troops and say, "These are the three things that we are going to focus on this year," or "These are the goals and this is how we are going to measure them." I think that that is an incredibly important skill for leaders today, because if you really want to galvanize people and get them operating as a team, you've got to create a simple scoreboard that everybody understands.
That theme has emerged from a lot of interviews: not only can CEOs simplify things themselves, but they really value people on their staff who can do it as well. Simple is hard, and the point is to make it look easy.
On Desirable Attributes in a Leader
Parnell: If you were a chairman for a Fortune 100 company and were in charge of finding your next CEO, what would be some of the top attributes that you would be looking for? This may dovetail into the question I just asked….
Bryant: Yes, certainly [passionate curiosity and a simple mindset]. Another quality is what I call "battle-hardened confidence," which is that quiet confidence that you've faced down adversity before; that you've built a track record of overcoming adversity and working through tough situations.
Another quality is what I call "team smarts," which is the organizational equivalent of street smarts. As companies move to less of a command-and-control model, and more of what one CEO described to me as a sense-and-respond model—and I really like that expression—you have to have great antennae for team dynamics.


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Install the Blackboard Plugin for BIRT
Blackboard created an Eclipse plugin that works with the BIRT report designer. It packages a raw report definition created using BIRT into a format that can be imported into Blackboard Learn.
Report designers and developers can use BIRT to generate a report using a Blackboard-provided Eclipse plugin. The plugin is used to create a report definition package that is compliant with Blackboard Learn. This package can then be imported using the existing Report import feature. Report packages are generated by the plugin, but that package cannot be imported directly from Eclipse. The import step remains a manual operation.
How to Install the BIRT Designer Plugin for Eclipse 3.4
- While in Eclipse, click Help > Software Updates to open the Software Updates and Add-ons page.
- Click the Available Software tab.
- Click Add Site.
- To download the BIRT plugin, type the URL http://fibbba.blackboard.com/birt.
- Click OK.
- Select the plugin, and click Install.
- Read and accept the license agreement, and then install the plugin into Eclipse.
- Restart Eclipse.
How to Install the BIRT Designer Plugin for Eclipse 3.3
- While in Eclipse, click Help > Software Updates > Find and Install to open the Feature Updates page.
- Select Search for new features to Install and click Next.
- Click New Remote Site.
- To download the BIRT plugin, type the URL http://fibbba.blackboard.com/birt and the preferred site name.
- Click OK.
- Select the Blackboard site you added, and click Finish.
- Select the plugin, and click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
- Click Finish and then Install All.
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The Mendon-Upton Regional School Committee has voted to keep the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test for the next school year, citing numerous problems with the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment.
The committee was unanimous in its rejection of the new test at Monday night's meeting.
Superintendent Joseph Maruszczak gave a presentation to the committee on the subject, drawing on his research and the district�s experiences during a pilot testing program this year. He said a point in favor of switching to the new test was that the district's accountability rating with the state would not get worse, regardless of assessment results.
"However the district does in 2014, if they choose PARCC, the worst they could do would be the same accountability rating as last year," he said.
However, Maruszczak said, there were numerous drawbacks to the change.
"The biggest feedback that we got from Miscoe (Hill School) that was negative was tech issues," he said. "The were numerous instances where kids timed out of the website, and some instances where the website wasn't optimized for tablets."
Maruszczak also said he feared certain test materials could be confusing to young students.
"The instructions to the kids were also pretty overwhelming," he said. "I had the opportunity to sit in a fifth-grade classroom for about an hour - I had a flashback to 1983, when I was sitting for the SATs."
Maruszczak ended the presentation by recommending the district retain MCAS.
Each School Committee member said they were uncomfortable with moving to PARCC for the next school year.
"I went to a meeting with (the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) last week," said member Chris Russo. "I asked them about 1,000 questions, and they really had no answers - none."
Committee member Diane Duncan said she wasn't sure the teachers or students were ready for the change.
"It's not refined, it's not tested," she said. "It's kind of being thrown at us in an imperfect way."
Board Chairwoman Leigh Martin said it seemed as though the pilot testing just ended, and questioned whether the state could have acted on feedback in so short a time.
Mike Gleason can be reached at 508-634-7546 or email@example.com. For news throughout the day, follow him on Twitter @MGleason_MDN.
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text: Suitable for use on the legs, body and face, the Braun Silk-pil 7681 epilator lets you enjoy smooth, silky skin for up to 4 weeks. Close-grip technology removes even hairs as small as a grain of sand as the tweezers always stay in close contact to the skin, and the pivoting head adapts to your body contours for maximum thoroughness. There are 40 tweezers , ensuring fast and efficient results, and re-growth is slower and finer, meaning you can remove hair less often. And you can get every last hair with the SmartLight , which reveals even the finest hairs for no lift removal. Special cooling wet wipes from Olay are also included, to relax the skin before epilation for even better skin comfort. Meanwhile, SoftLift Tips effectively lift flat-lying hairs at the root and guide them to the tweezers so you hardly have to think while epilating. Speed personalisation gives you the choice between a slower extra gentle speed and an extra efficient speed so you can go at your own pace. The Silk-pil 7681 also incorporates a high frequency massage system, which stimulates the skin and effectively soothes the plucking sensation during epilation to maximise your skin comfort. This epilator is even fully washable so you can clean it under running water for better hygiene. This model also comes with a pouch to keep everything together, and 5 heads: Shaver head: use your epilator as a full fledged dry shaver Trimmer cap: trim hair in sensitive areas Sensitive areas cap: fits perfectly to underarm and bikini contours Facial cap: remove unwanted facial hair Efficiency cap: provides maximum skin contact and faster epilation


text: MaxMax Customizes Windows' Default Maximize SizeWhitson Gordon8/27/10 12:30pmFiled to: DownloadsWindow ManagementWindowsFeatured Windows Download14EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Windows: If you have a lot of "always on top" apps running on your PC, maximized windows can throw a wrench into your workflow. Free app MaxMax changes Windows' default maximize size so your maximized windows don't get in the way. Advertisement MaxMax sits in your system tray, from which you can configure your windows' margins. Just define, in pixels, how much room you want to leave between maximized windows and any side of your screen. You can configure different sets of margins for multiple displays, too, as well as suppress its behavior by holding Shift (or another definable key) while maximizing a window. It's nice to have if you, say, use Windows 7's widgets, or like to have your buddy list visible at all times (or if you'd just rather see your pretty desktop instead of a bunch of white space on web pages).MaxMax is a free download, Windows only. Advertisement MaxMax [via AddictiveTips]Reply14 repliesLeave a reply


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Google Maps for BlackBerry Now Supports Layers
Oct 21, 2009, 4:09 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
Today Google made a new version of Google Maps for Mobile available to the BlackBerry platform. Google Maps version 3.2 brings a major new feature to BlackBerries — the ability to view distinct layers. Layers can display information such as Wikipedia entries, transit details, friends' Latitude coordinates and other data. The software is a free update from Google. Google Maps for Mobile already supports layers for the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms.
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Like on the G1?
I think that feature has been available for a while on google maps for blackberry. I am pretty sure the iphone version has it too. Very nice!


text: Decades Before The iPad, Steve Jobs Rode A BMWPeter Orosz2/19/10 11:00amFiled to: moment of zenSteve JobsBmwbmw motorcycles1966 Bmw r60/2Bmw r60Silicon ValleyTesla MotorsZe'ev Droriipadapple ipadPorsche928Porsche 928MotorcyclesAppleGizmodo90EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Two years before even the original Macintosh was introduced, Apple's then-and-current CEO was pictured for a National Geographic Magazine feature on Silicon Valley, riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle. Advertisement Twenty-seven years old, sporting long hair, fancy tan boots and no black turtleneck, Jobs is very much a sidebar in Moira Johnston's piece "High Tech, High Risk, and High Life in Silicon Valley," published in the October 1982 issue of the magazine, which focuses on the cultural changes the machines then still called microcomputers would bring on the world in general and Silicon Valley in particular. Jobs is not the only man featured with a fancy vehicle (identified by our Wes Siler as a 1966 BMW R60/2). Also pictured are two employees of Monolithic Memories, H.T. Chua and John Birkner, designers of the Programmable Array Logic—abbreviated PAL, as you can see on Birkner's Porsche 928 and Chua's bumper-happy Mercedes, received from the company as awards for designing PAL.Incidentally, Monolithic Memories was founded by the same Ze'ev Drori who served for most of 2008 as CEO of Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley automotive startup that lost three senior engineers in a plane crash this Wednesday. Because of Silicon Valley's location in the state of California, the article also has pictures of bearded men and hot tubs, which you can study in detail if you instruct your microcomputer to follow the hyperlink to an internet page on the weblog Modern Mechanix, where you can read the whole thing.Also, no, Steve Jobs does not now ride an iPad. Photo Credit: Charles O'Rear/National Geographic MagazineReply90 repliesLeave a reply


text: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Dan Savage, who simultaneously makes a living from complaining that gays are bullied–and from bullying people half his age by suggesting they are gay–could not be reached for comment. The court's ruling points to one of the more tortured facts about our culture's attempt to square the circle [Read More…]


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Bebe, whose real name is Andre Roland Jean Gerard/Andre Laurent Jean Geraux, is a foreign exchange student from France. He loves sewing and everything about Japan. Bebe always hangs out in the Home Economics room at Gekkoukan High School. Bebe always carries a fan with him. The Temperance Arcana Social Link can be established with him.The player can meet Bebe after a certain scene is triggered. While Minato is hanging out with Bunkichi and Mitsuko (the bookstore old couple), Bebe enters the bookstore and gives Bunchiki his missing wallet. He then introduces himself to Minato, and tells the player where he can be found, which is in the Home Economics room in Gekkoukan High School. Once Minato has been acquainted with Bebe, the Temperance Social Link is established. Bebe doesn't really have friends since he moved in Japan. But when Minato shows up, he gains a friend, somebody who would help him learn more about Japan. Bebe loves everything about Japan, and is obsessed with learning more about it. The main reason he even got to go to Japan is his aunt who gave him the money he needed to become a foreign exchange student. But later on in the game, Bebe finds out that his aunt dies, and his uncle wants him back in France right away. Bebe is crushed when he finds out of the news before him. He tells Minato that he doesn't like his uncle because he has no reason why Bebe should stay in Japan. After some convincing, Bebe decides he will make a kimono, one that will surely convince his uncle that he should and deserves to stay in Japan rather than go back to France. When he is finally done, he says goodbye to Minato and promises to come back from France after he convinces his uncle about his remaining in Japan. During the epilogues of all the Social Links, the player finds out that Bebe did plan to convince his uncle about the kimono, but he realizes that all the people who helped him go to Japan were missing him and Bebe was convinced to stay to help his family, especially his uncle. He also says in the letter that someday he will go back to Japan fulfill his promise to Minato that they will hang out again when he comes back someday.After the Temperance Arcana Social Link is successfully maxed out, the persona Yurlungur, in the Velvet Room. Yurlungur The Temperance Arcana


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Invest Northern Ireland promoted 960 new jobs in the new Antrim and Newtownabbey super council area during 2013/14, representing an increase of 233 per cent on the previous year.
End of year results from Invest NI show significant increases across the key areas of offers, assistance and investment. In 2013/14, offers increased by 11 per cent, assistance by 312 per cent and investment by 443 per cent.
Moira Loughran, Invest NI's Eastern Regional Manager, said: "There's been a strong performance in the key areas of offers to companies, assistance and investment over the past year which is providing substantial benefits to the local economy and positions it for further growth over the next 12 months.
"Encouragingly, the year saw significant investments being announced by international manufacturing company Schrader and also in professional services by the likes of Capita Managed IT Services."


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Guests enjoyed "mocktails" served from ice bars etched with the couple's monogram in the mansion's outdoor courtyard underneath a clear tent filled with multicolored lanterns. Dawn and James, whose ceremony took place at a nearby Mormon temple, staged a surprise ring ceremony and vow exchange during the cocktail party for their non-Mormon guests, who weren't allowed into the temple to see the real thing. Lighting by Illusions Lighting Design. Tenting installation by Top Productions. Wooden Chiavari chairs from Stuart Rental Company.
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Slipknot Frontman Passes Out on Stage
Rock and roll can take a lot out of even the most hardened of performers and members of hard rock band Slipknot are no exception as frontman Corey Taylor reportedly passed out Tuesday night during their Dallas show as part of the Mayhem tour.
Although the incident, which was caught on video, shocked several worried fans in attendance, Taylor quelled their fears as he took to Twitter to reassure that he is in fact alright.
"Hello everyone," posted Taylor. "I'm fine- just overheated in Dallas last night. Ready and waiting for Houston! Thank you to everyone for your concerns!" You can watch video of the incident here.
Sebastian Bach Responds to Skid Row Reunion Rumors
Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has issued an open letter to fans in which he addressed the possibility of reuniting with his former band. Rumors had been circulating about a possible reunion, causing Bach to clear the air via a post on the singer's Facebook page.
Although the post was later deleted without explanation, here it is in its entirety according to BW&BK:
One of my favorite bands in history is KISS. One of the coolest things I've always loved about GENE SIMMONS is that he truly lets the fans be the boss. Whatever the fans think is cool, Gene tries to give us what we want. Always. For almost 40 years now, KISS has let the fans be the boss, and the fans love them for it. They really know how to succeed in this business.
"My old band? Is the complete opposite of that. Individually, I'm sure we all appreciate the fans for putting us where we are today and giving us a great life. I know I do! But collectively, as a band, we don't care at all about what it is that the fans want.
Nowhere in the world can you buy a DVD of our original band. Nowhere in the world can you buy a SKID ROW box set with unreleased goodies like every other band in the world. No 'Deluxe Editions' for our fans. Nowhere can you go buy a copy of the "18 & Life video or Roadkill or Oh Say Can You Scream, all Platinum releases that do not exist anymore. That's because we, collectively, as a band, put the fans very last on what is important to us. Individually, I'm sure we all love our fans who put us where we are today. But collectively, SKID ROW has treated SKID ROW fans worse than any other band I can think of in history. The name is completely destroyed. For many reasons.
There is another reason why you may never see the original band reunite. Not just because the band itself could care less about what the fans want. There is a journalist named Jonathan Parks who has gone out of his way to undermine our fragile relationships and pit us against each other online with lies and bulls***. This piece of s*** 'journalist' makes up whatever he wants to say on his website and I can guarantee you I never said what ended up in my online "interview". Every time there is a question in the interview from Jonathan Parks I answer (on his site) "well you know John," I can guarantee you I did not know this person's name doing the interview & I never put his name in my answers because I did not know his name! I can guarantee Snake, and everyone else in the band he has interviewed, did not know his name either. I challenge Mr. Jonathan Parks to put up the the Audio of what I actually said, so you can hear for yourself what bulls*** lies ended up in his online 'interview'. I can guarantee you I never said his name once in my interview, because I did not know his name!
This guy Jonathan Parks pulls our pants down, sucks our d*** in the interview, rips apart the other members to each one of us behind our backs, and then turns around and does the exact same thing with the other band members. This is why it's futile for me to respond to my replacements ridiculous claims. Because I'll bet you Jonathan Parks used more than a little creative license in his interview, as he did in mine.
But I will address some points. Number one: I can guarantee you it's not "crap" when I say that four out of five band members would reunite SKID ROW. I can guarantee you it's not "crap" that we were offered to play two shows at Sonisphere in Europe this year as the original band. I can guarantee you it's not "crap" they even printed up posters for the show which had us on the bill.
I talked with Snake years ago with Doc McGhee and we even planned a box set with unreleased stuff, going on tour, and all that great stuff. He was the first one to say that he would reunite... for the fans. I have talked to Rob many times and he would do it. I talked to Scotti and he seemed very into putting the band back together for a world tour. I called the bass player but never heard back. Of course they could change their mind in public, but in private that is the truth, and the one thing the fans know about me is that I am not afraid to say what the truth is. Never have been.
Another thing I would like to say is that I did not say anything about a SKID ROW reunion to "get attention for myself". My little fingernail has forgotten about more attention it has recieved than my replacement will ever receive for his whole life's work. I answered a Tweet from someone on my Twitter account with the response "4 out of five of us would reunite". That was all. My one tweet made news the world over. I cannot help it if news outlets look at my twitter feed and take one individual tweet and make it into news stories around the world. Believe me, when I send out a tweet I do not expect it to turn into world news. The fact that my replacement thinks I answered a tweet "to get attention for myself" is as hilarious as his attempt to sing "I Remember You" accurately. If there is one thing I do not need, and am certainly not looking for, is 'attention'.
Another comedic factor that I must address is when someone says, "I have wanted back in that band since day one". Nothing could be further from the truth. I do not want to be in their band even now. All I ever said was that, for the fans, I could get on stage with them and sing "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild", even in the right key. I am completely happy with my new record Kicking & Screaming. I am the only musician from the original SKID ROW to place anything at all on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, with Kicking reaching #68 & Angel Down reaching #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. My record deal for Frontiers is demanding that I do another solo album right now. I am completely happy playing the main stage at festivals such as M3 while my old band plays second stage. I am completely happy with my band members in my solo band. But for the fans, I do understand their frustration at the fact that all five members of SKID ROW are still alive, but because of ego, and journalists such as Jonathan Parks, we cannot get in the same room together. It's not fair to the fans. I do not want anything more in this life than to make great music and play great shows. I do not need my old band to do that. But, for the fans, I would be willing to put my ego aside and do something that would be special for the people who put us where we are today. I do not personally want it myself. But its not always about "what I want". If the fans really want to see us together, I would do it for the fans. Sometimes you can do things for people other than yourself.
So to my old band members, if you want to try and get out of the Internet bulls*** and come together for the sake of the fans, you can give me a call.
One last gigantic 'F*** you' to Jonathan Parks for being a slimy scumbag and going around starting fights with each one of the members of the band. You are the worst kind of 'music journalist', one who would put band members against each other, and further jeapordize our already fragile relationships, just for the sake of your own personal 'gain'. One thing is for sure, if we ever do get back together, you will be banned from every single show that we do. Jonathan Parks, the fans have you to thank for completely F***ing up this years' chances for a reunion, and making it even more of a remote possibility than it already is. Way to go, stupid! F*** you, and your piece of s*** website of lies.
Yours Sincerely, Sebastian Bach.


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First Horse Show of The 2009 Season in 2 days! I'm uber excited because the judge we are going to have is awesome, he's really fun and laid back so showing for him will be a blast! what sucks though is it's a buckle series and in order to win the buckle you have to show western and western just isn't my fortay so yeah but maybe I will save some money and just enter one or two classes at least ridden I know I am going to do showmanship hehe. Anyways I figured (if you wanted) we could make a list of shows we plan to attend this year?? feel free to add yours :D NCAA/CSHA January 11th D'Alonzo Ranch January 18th D'Alonzo Ranch Feb 1st NCAA/CSHA Feb 8th NCAA/CSHA March 8th CSHA April (Don't know exact date yet) CSHA Trail Trials May 2 & 3 CSHA May CSHA R2 May CSHA June CSHA R2 June CSHA July CSHA August CSHA R2 August The shows from April - August are the buckle series that we use to qualifiy for state. I am so excited!! I can't wait to start showing agian!! hehe also one of my employeers might come to the show to watch me ride! woot I am uberly excited! the only crappy thing is I have to wash and braid D early in the morning because I work from 5pm-9:30pm and then have to drive over to my friends where I am spending the night so we can just wake-up and go to the show :D. |
Good Luck at the horse show!!!!:D We have one here in washington this weekend.Its called the Winter Woolies horse show! I know I am going to watch, but I dont think I am going to show. If I do end up taking sherman I prolly wont do much and just walk him around at lunch break and stuff. What time do you usually have to get up in the morning to go to the horse show? I usually get up at five and leave at 5:10 and just get ready at the show grounds. Your horse is more white so I assume you have to make sure he didnt get too dirty! The joys of having a white horse=) |
Sounds kinda neat.. I need to set down an easier to read and remember list of shows this year. LOL.. Now its time to go through the dreaded organizer! |
Thats awesome!!!! Is she gonna show??:D |
I love watching little kids show! Its so cute!:D There was this little girl probably about 4 or 5 and she was showing a little mini in halter! soo cute! Well good luck to you both!:D |
Thats so sweet! :-) Man I bet that was a funny picture though this huge horse and this really little girl. Thats just too cute:D |
Well today kind of sucked and also didn't. I entered D into two Halter classes just as a wake-up for showmanship. Well after not placing in my halter class the judge comes up to me and tells me "Your horse looks under the weather, and he's moving a little funny in the back." Well I was up till 12:30am braiding his main because I had to work so I don't blame him for being a little grumpy lol. D just looked grumpy and so I scratched from my second class and went on to showmanship. Then he approches me during the inspection and says "Are you sure your horse is ok? he doesn't look happy" I assure him that he's fine and was just up late last night. We ended up getting 2nd in that out of 4 though! woot. So I tack D up and we get the following: English Pleasure w/t 6th out of 11 English Pleasure 5th out of 10 English EQ 4th out of 7 Country pleasure (Didn't place) So I think the judge held a grudge for him being grumpy. Over all not too bad though :D. Then my little neice ended up with three people in her walk trot class and of course they are two adults. They didn't have any 10&Under classes so I entered her into Novice Rider and she got 3rd of out of three. She ended up getting the wrong diagonal >.< both ways >.< but then got 3rd out of 4 in her country pleasure class! she beat on adult but the guy was holding his reins wrong *sigh* but she had fun and did really well for her first show! and the judge commented on how cute she was :D everyone that always shows with me told me how wonderful D is for just packing her around :D I love him to death! so also since they are not giving out ribbons I am thinking of just entering showmanship at the next show and maybe one or two ridden classes. |
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The ambitious project takes adventure fans to the gloomy world of the Middle Ages. An old abbey is the scene of a series of mysterious murders, and only one man can put a stop to the slaughter. In the role of the Grand Inquisitor Leonardo and his assistant Bruno, the player's task is to shed light on the mystery.
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