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The San Diego Chargers were in a tough spot when outside linebacker Melvin Ingram went down with a torn ACL at the start of organized team activities. With no proven 3-4 outside linebackers left on the free agent market, the Bolts had to turn to the best available player regardless of fit in Dwight Freeney, who fits best as a 4-3 defensive end.
Head coach Mike McCoy called Freeney a "perfect fit" for their defense, according to Pro Football Talk, but that sounds a bit of a stretch. The former Indianapolis Colt struggled a bit last season transitioning to the 3-4 after ten successful seasons at 4-3 defensive end. Earlier this offseason, Freeney stated he wanted to return to a 4-3 scheme in 2013.
Still, much like McCoy and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt have done in the past, defensive coordinator John Pagano appears ready to adapt his scheme to fit the players on his team. Freeney told Peter King of Sports Illustrated that the Chargers will run both the 3-4 and 4-3 in 2013.
"They'll run both. They're willing to feature me and free me up to make plays. And they're going to put me in good matchups in the 3-4," Freeney said.
Last season, the Chargers primarily ran a 3-4, but still showed some 4-3 looks. The Chargers are making the smart choice to tweak their scheme to fit Freeney, yet not completely scrap it – which had some success last season – for a 33-year-old player on the downside of his career. Kudos to Pagano and the Chargers organization for willing to put in more work this offseason to make it work with Freeney. Good coaches put their players in the best positions to succeed and that's exactly what McCoy, Whisenhunt and Pagano are set to do in 2013.
Kevin Chan is a San Diego Chargers writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter, "Like" him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.


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West Virginia basketball team is currently part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays in Big 12 conference and is known as the Mountaineers.
40 players coming from West Virginia has been selected in NBA draft history, 6 in first round (1 during last 10 years), 4 in second round and 4 among the top 3 picks. The last time a player out of West Virginia was selected in NBA draft was in 2010.
NBA teams with most selected players out of West Virginia: Los Angeles Lakers (6 times), Philadelphia 76ers (4), Golden State Warriors (4).

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We went 1-3-1 (on defense) and I think it caused a little bit of confusion because we hadn't shown it all year. We had to handle the ball a little bit better and knock a few shots down. I think it was just a matter of getting a stop here or there and getting a couple of scores.
They do a great job and get their hands up. I'm going to give them all the credit in the world defensively.
Having a young team that battled back, I'm really proud of these guys. I think we got something started here at the end of the year that I think we're going to be anxious to pick up on next year.
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Yesterday I originally wrote in my post "two points of view, two ways of doing things." Later, I realized how wrong that was. There are more than just TWO, so I changed it to "more than one point of view, more than one way of doing things."
However, living in Japan, it seems that there is the Japanese way and the American way. Japan is NOT a diverse country by any means. So we don't get a lot of influence here from various cultures. It's one of the things I don't like about Japan.
I'd like my son to be influenced by people and cultures of the world, not just by Japan and America.
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I'm not one for passing on junk mail, but this from my sister just struck a chord.
It's wrong on so many different levels, and yet so painfully accurate.
1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female… Any part under a car's hood.
Male… The strap fastener on a woman's bra.
2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
Female… Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
Male… Playing cricket without a box.
3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
Female… The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.
Male… Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.
4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n.
Female… A desire to get married and raise a family.
Male… Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.
5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.
Female… A good movie, concert, play or book.
Male… Anything that can be done while drinking beer.
6 MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.
Female… The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve.
Male… A Root – 30 seconds to two minutes max. Preferably during an ad break.
7. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
Female… A device for changing from one TV channel to another.
Male… A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes.


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CAIRO — An Egyptian court says besieged President Mohammed Morsi must reinstate an attorney general fired last year in another blow to his authority.
Today's ruling by the Court of Cassation further chips at Morsi's administration as he faces massive protests calling for his ouster and a 48-hour ultimatum by his army chief to work out his differences with the opposition.
If not, the military vows to enforce a political road map of its own. The ultimatum expires Wednesday, but Morsi has rejected stepping down.
Morsi's dismissal of Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid, who was appointed by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, was seen by the judiciary as an encroachment on its independence.
The opposition has long demanded the removal of Abdel-Meguid's successor, Talaat Abdullah.
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There's things they tell you about what to expect from college, and there's things they don't tell you about college. There's some things they really don't tell you about college too, but I'll only briefly touch on my experiences of the "truly untold" side of college because I myself have a limited knowledge of what goes on behind the beat up double doors of higher education.
I went to community college, primarily because I was in that niche classification that modern students would refer to as "poor as fuck" -- jobless, living with mommy, straight out of high school -- and also because I was poor in the grade department throughout Freshman and Sophomore year in high school (due to the strain of family life and growing pains, which I will go into probably many more times down the line). And, because of my fundamentalist Christian upbringing, I had close to zero knowledge of how the cold, cruel world worked. I'd like to say I had some street smarts or enough common sense to get by a lot of things on my own. This was not the case. I was that special breed of sheltered teenaged girl that truly embraced being sheltered until the bitter, bitter end of adolescence. I was married to Jesus, had only had sex with my high school sweetheart to whom I was still tethered, and my wide, doey eyes were filled like saucers with the bright and welcoming light of a hopeful, predestined future.
College... well, it knocked all that bullshit out of my head and replaced it with the grit of stark, desert-filtered, educated reality.
It's not the education itself that changed my world-view (although, yes, it too was very much that). Mainly, it was the environment -- nay, the ecosystem -- that catalyzed a change in me. I was a newborn clown fish, my gimpy fin waving lazily in the deep ocean waters beyond my coral-dense sea floor drop off. I was a young Lara Croft, venturing down from my sheltered ridge into the dark, lush jungles of an unknown world, my tight tank top clinging damply to my heaving bosom as my toned, fit arms bashed through the brambles and bushes whose sharp, pointed fingers threatened to tear my clothes away from my tight, sexy body at any moment…. I seem to have gotten quite off track here.
I was out of my depth, as it were, though I would never admit this to myself or anyone else. Because I so longed to be an adult. To break away from the overbearing embrace (more of a headlock, really) that my mother had on me and all things private in my life. She was the kind of woman who would regularly "do my laundry" so she could riffle through my belongings and read my diary. It had gotten to the point where I actually started writing outright lies in my notebooks to freak her out, so I could tell when she'd been nosing into my business. Again, I am getting off track, but this is somewhat important to why I was completely clueless in college. Because I had been so accustomed to a life that was laid out for me, scheduled and routine in every single way (read: prison), and I had zero friends since my family moved around a lot, and I was fat and unsociable… really, not a lot has changed, in the grand scheme of things, except for my attitude in all this. Well, some other things have changed too. But again, I digress. I barely even remember what my word prompt was….
Oh yeah, college.
First semester was a breeze, what with all the facts and figures from Senior year still relatively fresh in my head. I was the kind of person who actually paid attention in class, read the material, did the work (except math, I fucking hate math with a passion, which is kind of funny considering I now do math for a living). I thought I was so smart, because I loved writing and could literally push out an 8 page essay in 2.5 hours. Teachers loved me because I didn't ask questions -- I listened, and always took an interest in the subject. It took a while even for me to realize that I was just a master bullshitter living in a small barn, and I was about to enter a rodeo full of more masterful bullshitters with naught but a spoon for a shovel. Very soon, my semester full of all A's (which had, in fact, earned me a spot on the dean's list for achievement) transitioned smoothly into B's, C's and D's. I blame it on public transportation.
Okay, hear me out. From middle school onward, I lived in a small town with a population of less than 30,000. For storytelling purposes, we'll call this town "F", because it really starts with an F, and so does the word "fucktard". All the kids in my school, were all the kids in the whole town. Literally. I was somewhat lucky in that regard -- I came from somewhere else, and had been many other places before, so I knew nobody and nobody knew me. The people from this town? They knew each other since, like, birth. And they were not by any means kind to outsiders, which I swear is the beginning plot of every single horror story that takes place in a small town. Sure, they were friends with each other, but more like frienemies. Sorry, I hate that word too, but that's the only way I can describe it. People in F are only friends begrudgingly, because there's nothing to do and nobody else to be around, so fuck it. I didn't realize what it meant to have frienemies until high school, because my sheltered ass didn't know people could be two-faced. It took me a long time to find genuine friends, and accept my link in the social food chain that was the educational ecosystem.
Anyhoo, while familiarity breeds contempt, it also breeds comfort. I was comfortable walking around because everything was a few blocks from my house. The high school campus, while dilapidated and grossly under funded, at least had enough sense to host some night time college courses that would help me work toward my A.A. (Lib Arts majors REPRESENT!!) I aced that shit like a badass, all while just walking a couple blocks to and from my house. I was living the high life, grades were way up, stress levels waaayyy down (considering all the cruelest classmates from high school were either off somewhere getting jobs or living on campus at a legit college) and I was right on track to starting my future. I'd like to say this was because I was finally a responsible adult remaining accountable for my own classes and grades, but truthfully, it helps to be under the constantly vigilant eye of a controlling mother who only wants the best for you. As an aside, Asian students understand this dynamic a million times better than myself, but I can't deny the influence a parent can have on any student's grades. In any case, this was a tried and true system that I would have gladly continued well to graduation, and probably with honors.
What they don't tell you about college is that off campus classes are limited. Most of what you need is on campus. The campus of my college was an hour away from my home, and I had no car or carpooling options. Transportation to and from the campus was limited to one bus line, during very specific hours which meant I had to work the schedule of my classes around what times the bus would be stopping by. This in turn meant 3 things: 1) it was now up to me to make sure I got to my classes on time, safely, and without bus lice, 2) there was lots and lots of waiting, and therefore lots and lots of chain smoking, and 3) I was about to discover that higher education, in spite of all its merits and qualities, is not for everyone.
Let's start with the bus ride to school. There are a ridiculous amount of kids who've had to ride a bus to and from school at some point in their life; whether due to living in a secluded rural area or just being poor as fuck (REPRESENT!!). The average person has got to do it at least once in their life. I was lucky in that most of my life, by my parents' design, I could either walk to school or be driven every morning. Since we've pretty much always lived in Southern California, weather always permitted. So, when taking the bus suddenly became a regular thing for me, a necessity I couldn't escape, it was a wakeup call that slapped me in the face like a cold fish fresh from the market. The empty, dead-eyed stare of the driver was like the empty, dead-eyed stare of a tuna as its scaly mass caressed my face, leaving only the stench of the dreadful realization that this was now my life. And the worst part was, this was other people's lives, too! ALL THE TIME! So many adults had to take the bus just to run an errand or see their family or (scariest of all) go to work every day. And there were high school- and middle school-aged kids from the same town as me, who took the same bus line every morning, Monday through Friday, to get to a school in a different city because the schools in F had such a bad fucking reputation that parents would gladly send their precious offspring on a screaming metal death trap full of piss-reeking vagabonds and welfare mothers with their snot-nosed babies every day. So even in my own less than desirable situation, I could see where I had been blessed. Thank whatever gods there be for my mother's chokehold on my life, for there are horrors that should not be witnessed by the innocent. And thank Steve Jobs for the iPod, the only thing I possessed which helped me keep a grasp on my sanity through all the long, loud rides to and from school. It is a good day when you can be stuck in a cramped metal tube with complete strangers and not have to 1) make eye contact or 2) hear their stupid fucking annoying voices. I still have my bus ride mix in iTunes. I may just give it a listen, hopefully it wouldn't trigger some hideous flashback.
So, let's pretend we're at the bus stop in F, waiting for the Vista bus to come by. I'm waiting, like, an average of 5-10 minutes. That's 1.5 cigarettes there. Then from F it's a 15-20 minute ride to the neighboring town of SP. We make 2 different stops there, for a total of 10 minutes inside the town. Then we take the highway to the next stop which is a transit town. Only one stop there, so about 2-5 minutes are spent altogether. We make our way to the first stop in the city where my college is, and that's the government center. A shitload of people always had to get on/off there, so we would be waiting something like 15 minutes. In rain (which for some reason baffles Californians the way a fallen leaf will devastate a line of ants), we could tack on another 5 minutes. Then they'd tow us over to the college and my ride for the morning was complete. So if I round up the minutes, the total bus ride was 1.1 hours, and 1.5 cigarettes. Let's add on another 1.5 cigarettes before class starts and I've already had 3 cigarettes. In the first hour alone. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is where the Freshman 15 come from -- cause if you ain't smoking, you're in the cafeteria gorging yourself on their greasy and incorrigibly expensive food.
Okay, I'm on campus. Now what? Well, let me tell ya. In F High School, it took me roughly 45 seconds to get from class to class. Yes, the school grounds were small, and it helped that I had social anxiety fueling the muscles in my legs like a methamphetamine-hyped bunny rabbit. At V College, I could have literally been on methamphetamines and still would not be able to get from class to class that fast. It's not even that the campus was that enormous (although, yeah, it kinda was). It was the layout. It was so confusing and everything was so weirdly placed. Not only that, but half the rooms/buildings weren't even fucking labeled, or attached to each other. I'm positive this was mostly due to it being a crappy community college with minimal funding from the state, but on the real… how goddamn expensive can it be to commission the janitor to paint a letter and a number on the side of a building? So there I am, completely culture-shocked and standing like a zombie in front of the school map. Immediately I wanted to yell "FUCK THIS!" and peace out on the first stink-shuttle back home. But I closed my eyes and took a deep breath instead, and thought to myself, "Do this for your future. FOR SPAAARTAAAA!!" and charged ahead. Or some shit. Hey, I graduated from one of the worst rated schools in Southern California, how hard could a day in this hellhole be?
Apparently harder than I expected. There is sadly no word in English that perfectly describes the feeling you get when sitting next to strangers whom you feel would be easy to talk to, if only you were another person entirely. "Awkward" is as close as I can get, so it will have to do. When you're sitting outside the classroom waiting for the teacher (or professor, I guess) to arrive, and you're awkward next to some other folks, the easiest thing to do is just slip in some ear buds, put on some music loud enough to drown out all conscious thought, and light up a cigarette. You may have heard the phrase, "College is just high school with ash trays." This is mostly correct, although in community college, most of those ash trays have been stolen or shat in. On average, I would smoke another 1.5 cigarettes before first class started, now bringing my total to 4.5. What a great morning so far.
Getting into the classroom is not too much better. Aside from the fact that some of the buildings look like they're about to collapse from so much termite damage (while others are clinically pristine and remind you of the lab from The Human Centipede), a whole range of emotions can wash over you when on the hunt for a desk. You want to sit close enough to the professor to get a good understanding of the subject, plus the philosophy teacher is totally fucking hot. But at the same time you don't want to be front and center where all the other students can see you and silently judge you from behind their Ray Bans, while crossing their letterman-jacketed arms and shaking their side-combed heads at how lame you are. Because apparently in college, everyone is Ferris Bueller. So you end up probably somewhere way on the left, 3 rows back. You know, right in front of the door, so you can make a quick exit and run to the bathroom before you vomit from nervousness. It's close enough to read the board, but inconspicuous enough that nobody would bother looking at you. (Oh, but they're still totally judging you. Trust me.)
Now there's the challenge of staying awake in class. If it's an interesting subject, and your teacher makes it fun to learn, and they happen to also be hot, it's pretty simple to keep your eyes and mind open. But if none of those things are the case (read: math of any kind) then may God have mercy on your soul. I remember showing up to my college Algebra class pretty much every single day, and yet I could not for the life of me pay fucking attention. I literally wrote the most creative and brilliant short stories while in that class, so I guess I can say I learned something, but by golly it was not Algebra. (Funny enough, I used one of those short stories for the essay portion on a final exam for another class I was failing in, and the teacher decided to pass me with a D. SCIENCE!) Aside from boring subject matter, pulling all-nighters or partying your face off the night before class can also affect your attention span. Neither of these were things I did very often -- in college, anyway -- but they are common activities of the American teenager, and it wasn't unheard of to see a few people slumping forehead-down at their desk. In situations like these, the professors would find ways to get creative as well. Ever wake up to the sound of a 15lb hard cover book slamming full force on linoleum? It might as well be the sound of an IED blowing up your mailbox because it can be quite a rude awakening.
Speaking of books, apparently the paper that college textbooks are printed on is made of panda skin, because they're expensive. The covers are made of rhino horn or elephant tusk as well, I think. How badly do you need to learn psychology? Apparently badly enough to warrant paying $160 for a book you'll only be using for 20 weeks or so. And resale value is a flipping joke, at about $0.20 on the dollar... really, you're better off risking your life finding a buyer on Craigslist, and even then at least if you get murdered your skin will go toward the next generation of rip-off text books. It's the circle of life, in a sense. Ah, the American way. If our public schools can't turn a profit off the nation's youngest and marginally poorest demographic, what good is education at all? I mean jeez, what are you, a Commie?
Which brings me to my next point. One thing they don't tell you (but is a well-known fact in society) is that higher education will undoubtedly make you more liberal, if not socialist in your views. For example, I was a freshman in college when good ol' Al Gore dreamed up the self-aggrandizing natural terrorfest that is An Inconvenient Truth (for which he received an Academy Award… and yet poor Leo can't get a damn Oscar). We had a movie day in biology class -- yeah, they have those in college, too -- and since it also was Earth Day, we watched An Inconvenient Truth. Up until then I had been heavily brainwashed by all the conservative talk radio and other various climate denial propaganda that my parents were keen on, so the film hit me a lot harder than the average person. I wish I could say that I did a complete 180 then and there, forever changing my perspective on all things in the world, and adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle that permanently reduced my carbon footprint. Alas, it was only after a couple more years of studies in natural sciences and geopolitics that I finally realized and accepted that yes, climate change is real and mankind's contribution to it could be easily reduced to an exponential degree. But the point is, I would never have matured to even that point, had it not been for higher education. Sure, I'll grant that some of it was stuff they teach in grade school; being educated in F, however, left me mentally stunted and ill informed. Add to that the fact that I had to hide my newfound beliefs (bible thumpers call it "secularism," I call it "based on facts") from my uber conservative parents… in my case it truly was "an inconvenient truth". Aaaaand now I'm officially a tool.
Okay, so the stress of learning new and frightening things that challenge beliefs that you're raised in can have quite an impact on a student. In my case, I began adding a bit more cigarettes into my day. Let's say, probably 3 more between the end of biology class and my next class, which was German. Maybe add one more smoke for good measure before that class, since I'm a Jew. We're now up to 8.5 cigarettes.
The rest of my day would go on pretty much the same way: smoke and wait, enter classroom, bored to death, leave, repeat. On and on, for 8-10 hours a day. I would say I feel bad for the teachers, except they actually get paid to be there. It kind of makes me wonder how someone gets to the point where they decide to make a career in education. I mean, as kids everyone's always thinking, "Man, I can't wait to leave school and never come back!" But if you work there, that's your whole life! And you still get homework, only you're not doing it, you're reading through other people's, so it's like ten times worse because half the time the students themselves don't even understand or believe the bullshit they're writing. Ugh, I'm rambling again now.
Anyway, the rest of the classes I have taken in college are a big blur… U.S. History, Women's History, Film History, Music History (gosh, there's a lot of history), Music Appreciation, Art Appreciation, Beginners Art, Beginners Weight Training, Beginner's Sign Language, Italian, Spanish, English 101... Most of which I either dropped out of, failed, or passed but didn't maintain enough interest to remember anything about the subject. As many other Lib Arts majors can attest, I like a lot of things, but none of the things I like can be made into a decent career. I mean, what can you do with a degree in Geology? Languages can be useful but when will I have the money to travel? And it's so easy, yet surprising, to discover that the subjects you thought you were good at had merely been a scratched surface, and all that lies beneath is a jillion times more complicated than you care to learn. Before college, I thought I was good at writing essays. But I found that once I had to incorporate all these other elements and rules and methods into my essays, I lost all the passion behind my writing; so, while technically perfect, they were quite unreadable to the average person because they were very dry and uninteresting. You know that phrase, "jack of all trades, master of none"? That could pretty much describe my situation. I couldn't bring myself to care enough about any one thing to be bothered to learn every little detail. I couldn't bring myself to enjoy all the finite details of any single subject. So I ended up learning a little bit of a bunch of stuff, and to this day I can't say I've truly accomplished anything. But I can tell you what all the layers of the Earth are called, and in seven different languages.
I can also smoke a full pack of cigarettes in a day, although that is an arguably dubious talent.
So there's my college experience. I didn't really cover as much as I wanted to, but honestly I went on pretty long here for a one-word writing prompt. There's probably a lot of things I could add, and maybe one day I'll write a follow-up… after all, if I had been told some of these things about college, maybe I wouldn't have wasted so much time there. I probably would have just dropped everything and gotten a job, and perhaps I'd be closer to a legit career than I am now. Or maybe I would have gotten my shit together and actually made a real effort to pass and get my degree, and still be closer to a legit career than I am now. Who knows? One thing's for sure: if I had to do it all over again, I'd submit this as my final essay. At least it would have been somewhat relevant.


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During final exams, no talking is allowed in the Library Reading Room.
The Library staff maintains this quiet by letting you know when you are speaking above a whisper.
Please be considerate of your fellow students and respect the need for quiet during finals.
REMEMBER : 2 Group study rooms are available in the library for two hours at a time. Please ask at the circulation desk for availability.
Thank you for helping us keep the Library an effective study space and good luck with finals.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
FAQ: What are the advantages of well scanning?
Under normal reading conditions, most plate readers take a single measurement in the center of each well. For cell based assays where the cell distribution is uneven a single center well reading is insufficient. In some cases, a single center point reading may completely miss the material of interest in a large well format.
To overcome this problem, BMG LABTECH has added an advanced Well Scanning feature to its plate reader lines. In Well Scanning mode the microplate reader can take multiple measurements in each well with up to 30 x 30 data points. Well scanning (30 x 30 matrix) and Direct Optic Bottom reading provide the PHERAstar FS with an excellent platform for advanced high resolution cell-based analysis in 384 well plates. This enables the PHERAstar FS to perform cell-based assays that other microplate readers cannot.
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Jackson v. Earl et al
Filing 49
JUDGMENT: Consistent with 48 Order that was entered on this day, it is considered, ordered, and adjudged that this case is dismissed with prejudice. The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis appeal from the Order and Judgment dismissing this action would not be taken in good faith. Signed by Judge Kristine G. Baker on 5/28/2015. (ljb)
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Boston, MASSACHUSETTS, November 14, 2014—Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers report, which tracks in granular detail 10-, 40-, and 100-Gigabit optical transceivers sold into the optical transport, enterprise, data center, and carrier routing and switching markets.
"Major growth in the data center for 100GbE is on the horizon due to new silicon entering the market and lower-cost QSFP28 optics, including SR4 and much cheaper 2km LR4 optics," says Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for carrier transport networking at Infonetics Research. "Interest in 25GbE is also building momentum for a jump in these formats."
"In the telecom world, the market for 100G coherent equipment is controlled by five vendors—Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Cisco, Huawei, and Infinera—who are vertically integrated, and this is preventing an incursion by standalone component vendors," adds Schmitt. "We expect volumes in the metro 100G market to ramp in a year and, according to service providers, this will be led by data center and internet content providers."
Globally, 10G, 40G, and 100G transceiver revenue totaled $1.9 billion in 2013, up 18% from 2012, owing almost entirely to increased shipments of 100G WDM and 40G QSFP+
In the first half of 2014 (1H14), 10G/40G/100G transceiver revenue grew 11% from the same period a year ago, and full-year 2014 sales are expected to reach $2.1B, a 10% increase over 2013
Infonetics forecasts the coherent WDM market to double in 2014
Big growth in 40G data center interfaces is impacting 10G volumes, as QSFP+-based interfaces used for high-density 10G start encroaching; growth in the 10G datacom segment is expected to slow beginning this year
Shipments of 40GbE QSFP optics in 1H14 were lower than anticipated due to softer demand from internet content providers, whose needs remain erratic due to a lack of effective forecasting, irregular demand trends, and unpredictable order patterns
Interest in 100G data center optics is accelerating, but has yet to be turbocharged by widespread data center deployment in the way 40G QSFP optics have been


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|{These little beauties are not cheap but they get the energy going.}
|{This fabulous dinner was created with a whole wheat tortilla, fajita vegetables and cashew mixed green salad.}
|Tottenham win over Arsenal. Glorious!
|I am truly that lame that I need to take a pic of my TV.
|Making Creamy Pumpkin Soup from Women's Health.
|{organic pizza from Target's Archer Farms--excellent}


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Colmant Champagne
"Situated in the historic hamlet of Franschhoek, are the producers of this fine Méthode Cap Classique (champagne). The owners are originally from Belgium, and set up a small boutique winery, specializing in the finest Cap Classique that they could possibly produce. Strongly influenced in taste and style by some of the great champagnes of France, we proceeded to design this modern classic range of labels, and capsules."


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Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored a dramatic winner from range as England u19s won 3-2 against Germany.
With just over an hour gone England led 2-1 but were down to 10 men, having retaken their lead despite the deficit. Then Maitland-Niles crucially struck an effort from all of 25 yards to double England's lead and help the Three Lions hold on in Germany.
GOAL: What a goal by @Ains_7 to give ten-man England U19s a 3-1 lead in Germany. Right in the top corner from 25 yds on 64 mins.
— England (@england) September 4, 2015
Arsenal youth left-back Tafari Moore also started for England, who saw the other goals scored by Liverpool and Chelsea stars Sheyi Ojo and Dominic Solanke, currently on loan at Wolves and Vitesse Arnhem respectively.
Maitland-Niles was withdrawn after 83 minutes with England looking to protect their lead, and the young stars sealed victory against a highly-rated German team.
The Arsenal winger is currently spending the season on loan at Ipswich Town, where he has heavily impressed, and will look to build on what was a crucial goal on his England u19 debut.


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BevoisaSoxFan wrote:OK.... what about this.
Here's a picture of myself and Curt Schilling. I'm wearing a t-shirt jersey while Curt is decked out in a full-scale Tedy Bruschi Patriots jersey.
White trash or not?
HornFanSweetie wrote:LMQueen-Matt looks uncomfortable being hugged in that picture. I don't know if that's the best picture to have to be in favor of tshirt jerseys.
Markaholic wrote:Well if it's just a T with the teams name on the front and back OK. But if it's a T that's a replica of a football jersey, for example with the arm stripes and everything...no way.
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I found the following on the iPhone blog. Now that Verizon has the iPhone more people will have the device. Having a device that works well and functions well is key to happy technology. Apparently, there are some issues with the Autocorrect function and the blog has how to put this feature in check. I hope those who have the iPhone or are planning on purchasing one will find it helpful.
Posted by: bhalley | 02/15/2011
iPhone's Autocorrect put in Check
That is an app for a jailbroken phone only you cant get that unless you alter your phone and void the warranty. I'd personally be careful doing that especially on a new verizion phone.
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What happens when you close your eyes and your head swims with thoughts of inadequacy, failure, and shame?
What happens when you feel stuck and trapped?
When you are confused, when you don't know your next step?
When all you want to do is sell all your possessions and run away?
When you are restless in every sense of the word?
When you look around and realize you have only 1 friend?
When lonely doesn't adequately describe the depth of your solitude?
When you feel numb?
What happens when loving Jesus gets hard?
When you feel like nothing in your life has happened like you wanted (not even one thing)?
When you are tired of trying…fighting to desire a relationship with God? (hello transparency)
The truth is life is HARD. There are times where it isn't as hard as others and those times should be cherished and lived to the fullest. But so should the hard times. You should feel everything as it happens to you. Because it is a gift, the good and the bad. The simple fact that you are on this earth is a gift. Because you have a purpose, you have a story and you matter. I have been in low places, I have wanted to quit, I have wanted to run, I've even want to die. I've also been on the mountaintops, where everything is going well and life is good. But I have learned the most about myself in the low places. As much as I would prefer life to be strictly lived in the euphoria of the good times I am so thankful for the lows.
You don't need faith when life is going great and everything is daises and donuts. Faith comes or leaves you in the pit. Faith is a choice. Even when you don't understand why things are happening the way they are, just hold on. Take a deep breath because there is an end. You will be ok, even when it doesn't feel like it. Your life matters. You bring something to this world that no one else does. Give God a chance to show you what that is and grow you in that area.
When you are frustrated, confused, hurt, mad, lost or broken you make a choice. Your big choice will be a million little choices. You choose hope. It will be harder some days than others but so so worth it. Because the world needs you in your highs and in your lows. You are valued. You are cherished. You are important. You are loved.
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Við erum þetta fólk
It took less than 3 months, but we're now certified front-cover Icelandic celebrities. We're on the cover of a newsletter named Fólk! It's the publication of the Alþjóðahús, the Intercultural center. It comes out a few times year, and it's distributed for free.
Over a month ago they had an event where they were selling t-shirts with slogans (in Icelandic) such as "I am 'those people'", "I am of foreign descent", "I am the workforce", etc... This was pre-election time, after the debate on immigration had gotten a bit sour, so they were doing this as a kind of "immigrant pride" thing.
We went there because Jó wanted to buy one of the t-shirts (they had beer specials too, since it was in a cafe). So at one point they asked all the people who got shirts to go outside of the cafe for a minute to take a group picture. I was dragged along despite telling them I had not bought a shirt, and a few pictures were taken.
Then last week we saw this cover. We're in the low right corner! It's pretty easy, I'm the one with a different shirt and Jó is next to me :).
Of course, we won't really have made it into Icelandic society until we make the cover of Séð og Heyrt*.
* that's Iceland's #1 gossip magazine
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He stayed home from church today, but didn't have any seizures. He did take his 'reset' pill about midnight last night, and felt all day today like he could have a seizure, but he did not. He got up long enough to come in the living room and watch some TV with me, but otherwise stayed in bed.
When he is laying down, his arm regains some of its feeling and function, but he loses it when he gets up and about.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- Snowy conditions in central Wisconsin have contributed to a massive pileup involving about 20 vehicles. One person was hurt but no fatalities were reported.
The Marathon County sheriff's department says the crash was reported Tuesday shortly after 2 p.m. Sheriff's Lt. Ryan Weber estimates about 5 inches of snow had fallen and says windy conditions may have limited visibility.
The collisions occurred in the Township of Knowlton, near the Marathon-Portage county line. Weber says northbound Interstate 39 has been closed, and likely won't reopen before nightfall.
The majority of Wisconsin is under a winter storm warning. The National Weather Service predicted snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches in northeastern Wisconsin by Tuesday evening, with up to 9 inches expected in central Wisconsin.


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- $5,450,000 price
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- Square Feet: 1,923 sqft
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Closings beginning later this year, 2018.
Sales Gallery located at 372 West Broadway.
Unlike any other property in SoHo, 565 Broome SoHo offers the luxury and convenience of a private covered porte cochere with automated parking, expansive views and 17,000 square feet of amenities. 565 Broome SoHo provides the intimacy of a boutique SoHo building with the exceptional views and amenities of a full-service modern condominium. As the tallest residential property in SoHo, the building's design has been thoughtfully conceived to reflect the neighborhood's rich history while taking full advantage of its stunning views and light.
Keyed elevator access in the tower of the building, which is comprised of only 22 residences, provides exclusivity for all residents. Each residence features a private elevator landing opening directly into a formal entry foyer.
This gracious 1,916 SF, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom residences with10' ceilings and 6 inch wide-plank white oak floors throughout, features expansive south and east facing views of SoHo, One World Trade Center, and the downtown Manhattan skyline. A formal entry foyer leads to a breathtaking corner great room and open kitchen ideal for both entertaining and daily living. Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps this expansive 16'3 inch x 19'7 inch space allowing for abundant natural light and spectacular south and west-facing vistas through the curved façade.
The kitchen offers a rich mix of materials and textures with custom designed solid fluted white oak cabinets, center island breakfast bar, Balsatina lavastone countertops, and Zucchetti fixtures. Fully integrated, state-of-the-art Miele appliances include a 36 inch five-burner gas cooktop with built in fully vented hood, 24 inch microwave/ speed oven, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, and wine cooler.
The east and south facing master bedroom suite reveals a large walk in closet and a spacious en-suite five-fixture master bath with an elongated custom white oak vanity and integrated double sinks, a Muse by Kos deep soaking tub, a separate oversized shower and private water closet. Two additional bedrooms are generously proportioned. This wonderful home is also complete with a high capacity whirlpool washer, vented dryer, and a multi zoned heating and air conditioning system.
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(Media Release) Who's in charge of the internet? In the last 24 hours two political figures, one Chinese, the other American, have given their views on this issue. Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump clearly thinks it is time for national governments to grasp control of the internet to bend it to their own political […]
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When one hears the word collectibles one may think of antiques, figurines, baseball cards or comic books. But something many of us wear on a daily basis has also become a collectible: sneakers. Rare sneakers are now being sold through social media and at trade shows. In some cases, shoes bought at retail for $200 four years ago are now listed at close to nine times that. In some cases, sneakerheads—as buyers and sellers of rare sneakers are called—are paying more than $5,000 a pair for the most coveted styles.
In the United States, about 9 million pairs of sneakers are resold each year. Today's market size shows the estimated value of the sneaker resale market in the United States in 2016.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2016
Market size: $1.2 billion
Source: Diamond, Michael L., "Teen Finds Fortune, Heartbreak in Sneakers," Lansing State Journal, August 28, 2016, page 6B.


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You might have heard the story that eBay began as an act of love, invented by Pierre Omidyar as a way for his fiancée, Pam (now his wife), to trade Pez dispensers with other collectors. It's a nice story, and there's some truth to it, but things didn't happen in quite that way.
In 1995, Tufts University graduate Omidyar was working as a software engineer at General Magic, a Silicon Valley mobile-communications company. In his spare time, Omidyar developed Auction Web, an online auction platform. He was interested in the potential for an auction format to create a fair and open marketplace, where the market truly sets an item's value. In an auction, anyone can bid until the price reaches the highest amount someone's willing to pay. The market price changes from day to day, depending on demand and who's bidding.


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I have definitely fallen off the blogging bandwagon. I don't really know what I have been up to - probably the mundane day to day stuff that makes up life. (These include work, child care, planning for company trip, obsessing with designer bags -for now it's Balenciaga, makeup (Clea De Peau makeup base) and car shopping..)
We just got back from our 3N2D cruise to nowhere on Star Cruise Superstar Virgo and the kids had a whale of a time. In fact, upon return, C & R slept for 4 hours straight! Only J was unaffected, still keeping to her half-hour naps. Thankfully, she wakes up for at most once a night nowadays.
C's exams start tomorrow, and I have just been informed that R's excursion tomorrow to Mediacorp is cancelled due to the swine flu 'epidemic'. Poor R, he was so disappointed as he was really looking forward to it (and the fact that I would be fetching him back after the excursion.)
J is starting to babble (just today, she started with ma-ma-ma-ma and pa-pa-pa) and move (she tends to move in a circle, not really crawling yet.) Her hair is curlier than ever, and it is a mystery how it got that way. That is what most people comment on about her. :)
I am looking forward to our Melbourne trip next month, although I'm not sure if our plans will eventually fall through with the swine flu and what not! *Cross fingers & toes*.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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A little workshop update...
Ben has been working on Adam & Fayes van
Paul & Mark have been working on Clives
Marks also been working on Adrian's 57
Out and about spotted this cool Audi owned by Nick
And Ben's golf van project is getting interesting...
And here's Polish Karl's new ride, thats an awfull lot of car to polish!
Contact us for Karls wedding car service
Eeee Heeeee
Check my bad self in ULTRAAY VEEDubaY
The feature on the Tempo is out now, thanks again to Paul Knight and gwyn for a very funny midnight photo session in the churchyard!
Heres a few behind the scenes pics!
workshop action from this week
Bens been working on Adam & Fayes van
Mark's been working on Adrian's 57
And Paul's been working on Clives van
Ben's weekend golf van project is coming along well..
Goodwood Revival
A few pics from this years revival, starting with the tweed boys..


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Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
A part of the terror of this story is its vagueness. Rather than directly exploring the internal causes of the Ushers' illnesses, it presents these characters to the narrator and the reader as an impenetrable mystery. While many have tried to decipher the twin motif, this paper serves to explore how the events effect the narrator, and in turn, effect the reader. As the reader tries to interpret the story and make sense of the strange events that unfold, the reader finds himself experiencing feelings that mirror the narrator's. This is an often overlooked meaning and purpose to "The Fall of the House of Usher."
A study of the opening paragraph is a crucial element to understanding the significance of the story. The opening paragraph not only introduces the conflict between the natural and supernatural, but gives insight into the narrator's reason for telling this story. First, it sets up an opposition between the narrator's experience of a force that may be supernatural and his insistent interpretation of this experience as explainable according to obscure psychological laws or else illusory, the mere product of nerves. After struggling to rationalize his immediate "sense of insufferable gloom" upon merely glancing at the House of Usher, he acknowledges that worldly things can sometimes give shape to the mind. He tries to change his perspective to shake his gloomy feeling, but looking into the tarn and seeing the reflection of the house provides no relief and instead deepens his terror. This experience contradicts his beliefs. The conflict between the reports of his senses and his interpretations of these reports persists when he reasons that being conscious that one is giving way to superstition accelerates the speed at which one gives way. This is "the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis." Parallel to the narrator's conflict is a subtle opposition that becomes increasingly stronger and important as the story progresses.
Unlike many of Poe's other works, the opening provides no statement of the narrator's purpose in telling this story. Even though the narrator is never explicit about why he tells this story, he reveals his reasons indirectly from the very beginning. This narrator imagines a listener as conveyed by his conversational tone. The narrator mildly resists his own story, trying rhetorically to dissociate himself from it. The frequency of his assertions of the present tense increases at crucial points in his narrative: when he recounts his perception of the atmosphere, when he discusses Usher's artistic productions, and especially, when he reports Usher's belief in the sentience of all things. This resistance suggests that he is telling this story to convince himself, or rather have the reader confirm that he is not mad.
The purpose for the narrator's visit to the Usher House is to alleviate Rodrick from his suffering by means of his cheerful disposition. Upon discovering the physical similarities between Rodrick and the house, suggesting that both are essentially living corpses,...
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How to be A Good Political Party – Part II
I have written this piece a very long time ago, before I entered real world and become somehow polluted by it.
I have said here my view on why should we build our country with cooperative base more than capitalism. It is the best bridge between low class based communist system to individual based capitalism system.
I don't know how many of my ideals are still with me, but I think I'll start digging them up by trying to write this sequel.
Part I talks about how you start building your parties as representatives of network of cooperatives that you have built. By doing so, you will reduce the need to raise funds from outside of your circles, cause you already have the profitable cooperations as basis of fundings. Also you can have a strong adherence and loyalti to your party like no other parties in the world ever have. People from all of professions will join their respective cooperations, and thus will have a tendency to become member of your party.
They say trying to grow something is much more troublesome than trying to conceive them (try sex, for example, and pregnancy that results from it). Now, growing your party will be difficult. Not all will agree with your views. Some will try to use you for their own plans (it happens, so be aware). Some will try to rob your followers and make other smaller parties using the same idea you have been using. Of these, be aware that the cure may not be from your own, but from your followers. You need to know more of your followers, your fellow party members. Some of the more useful one will be hidden from plain sights. Some of those who shines will not be suitable for the survivals of your ideals. Try to mingle a lot, try to be mobile, try to touch them all while they are still small enough number to be touched. People are the keys to survival of the party.
With minor influence from the outside (namely those hypocritic businessmen and politic cowboys), you will have less obstruction to be independent. Use your independence fully. Try to be vocal from time to time, but try to keep it logical and look low profiled. If your voice is out of logic, you'll be deemed as the same as other parties. If you play it high-profiled, strong parties, business godfathers or freelancer politicians will try to stampede on you for sure. Your party is still budding, you still need to walk cautiously and act wisely, but with independency written all over your acts.
Since your base is economic (cooperative is a form of economic institution), be active in giving out ideas on how to make economic laws more feasible to your followers, and do so in good intentions. Your followers will mostly be lower class citizens, so pay more attention to their prosperity. Make your ideas suit them best. Think on how should the laws comfort the nature of the cooperatives more than the nature of pure capitalisms to get full support from your grassroot followers.
Be creative, supportive, independent, vocal, and cautious.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Unity and Diversity, EU visit, June 11 (Day 11)
Woke up feeling a bit more tired than the previous day for no obvious reason to me, but I had to get up and get out of bed, else I risked missing breakfast and that was one meal too expensive for me to miss. We had a lecture from a guest speaker from Ireland, Mr Stephen Ryan, who was head of marketing at FOTA wildlife in Cork, Ireland. He talked about how timing and the right message could make an impact in a company's marketing strategy and success, his company had used simple social media concepts such as building an online community, quick response to customers messages and simple technology tools such as smart phone to propel the company to limelight time and time again, one of their online campaigns even made it to the today show, a feat that would have cost the company $50k for thirty seconds if they ever thought of advertising on the show. The class was really "infotaining" we gained a lot and a had fun we even had a fun quiz and I won a 1000 pieces puzzle, which I loved from the minute he brought it out. After the lecture we all get dressed up to visit the EU office, we got to the EU headquarters and it wasn't the most impressive office complex, but it sure looked good.


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Product Review: The Stick
In 2006 I ran my 3rd Boston Marathon and discovered the most amazing running invention called The Stick. I thought it was a gimmick at first. I was at the expo the day before the race. Walking past a booth a man named Patrick with an Australian accent coaxed me over so he could rub out my calves with his yellow handled stick with white round beads. Oh, the pain!!! He told me it targeted knots and I believed. The next day I ran a negative split marathon and felt great at the end. Of course this was mostly due to the months of training I'd done previous but deep down inside I also had to admit my calves had never felt this good after a marathon. I was converted!
The stick is made by Intracell Technology and has been used and endorsed by top athletes in almost every sport. It has 1 inch wide spindles that spin freely around a semi flexible core. By rolling the stick along the muscle tissue it warms, relaxes, and works knots out. It flexible core and spindles wrap around and contour to the muscle targeting and reducing trouble spots without bruising.
This type of deep tissue massage releases knots or trigger points removing lactic acid and allows increased blood flow to stimulate healthy muscle growth. In simple terms; Muscle knots don't allow the muscle to flex or work properly. This can affect other muscles around it or strain its connective tissue. No matter how great your workout is, a muscle with a knot isn't going to strengthen and repair as well as a healthy relaxed muscle.
What makes it so special?
When I was in college our coach once a week would have us give deep tissue leg massages to each other. We'd slop lotion on our calves and with sometimes intense pressure run our thumbs up the leg of our poor running partner. It was excruciating but did the trick. We always left feeling like our legs were more relaxed and springier. The stick does this same thing without lotion, without a partner, and better and more precisely than our clumsy thumbs!
I've heard of other people using a rolling pin which does work to some degree but has drawbacks. Rolling pins don't contour to the muscle. Therefore they can bruise and flatten out the muscle without releasing the knot and causing unneeded pain.
The stick comes in a variety of sizes and stiffnesses. I prefer the marathon stick 20" long (yellow handle) which is more flexible than the original stick for my calves. Marathoners typically have leaner muscle and not as much therefore the stick doesn't have to penetrate as deeply to be effective. This flexibility allows greater muscle contour as well.
I also have enjoyed the original stick 24" long (blue handle) because it is longer for working back muscles and is stiffer for glutes, IT bands and quads. The Travel stick 17" long (red handle) has the same flexibility as the original but is shorter for ease of packing.
Here is what Intracell's website says about their product:
Athletes in all sports and at all levels can benefit from the Stick. Many thousands of high school, college, university and Olympic athletes follow the lead of numerous professionals including: New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres....
Some Stick benefits include:
- Warms muscle without expending vital energy stores
- Performs both general and segmental stretching procedures
- Removes trigger point barriers to peak athletic performance
- Enhances strength, flexibility and endurance
- Accelerates muscle recovery and relieves pain
Speed, Strength and Endurance
Emphasis on flexibility training by most athletes is almost non-existent. However, flexibility is crucial for developments in speed, strength and endurance. The usual approach to flexibility is less than optimal since muscle rarely stiffens uniformly. Typically, isolated segments of muscle become chronically shortened. Intracell Technology allows an athlete to perform general stretching as well as segmental stretching procedures with a high degree of precision.
Growth, Repair and Glycogen
Restricted blood flow to the muscles following exercise hinders muscle growth, muscle repair and glycogen repletion. Blood flow restrictions are due to generalized muscle tightness and barrier trigger points. Intracell Technology relaxes tight muscle to enhance muscle growth, repairs tissue and augments glycogen repletion following heavy exercise.
Enhanced Lactic Acid Removal
During exercise, lactic acid can build to critical levels where optimal performance is sacrificed, Intracell Technology expedites the discharge of lactic acid from your muscles and encourages its conversion into glucose by the liver. Intracell Technology appears to be very promising in the arena of enhanced sport performance. Look for more research along these lines in the future.
Foam Rollers: These do a great job as well with rolling out and relaxing muscles tissue. I find them harder to use on my calves but a little easier to use on my IT bands if I have ample floor space for laying down.
Pro-Tec roller Massage: A mix between the stick and foam rollers. The spindles are wider and have foam on them. I felt like this product was a knock-off and was inferior.
- Original Stick: $42.50
- Marathon Stick:$31.95
- Travel Stick: $27.50
I recommend this product to all runners old and young, elite or just starting. Using it decreases recovery time, decreases injuries, and aides recovery from injuries. It is my favorite running accessory!
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13 Reasons to Vote for Figgy!Posted by Figaro the Therapy Cat at 9:27 AM
My brother Figaro got selected as a Finalist in the PetSmart Just a Buck contest. Here are 13 reasons you better go vote for him!!! CLICK HERE TO VOTE he is Cat#4.
1. He is a THERAPY CAT and visits nursing homes and kiddies who are sad or need to learns to read, soon he will visit hospitals
2. He looks very silly and funny in this video - brothers are a constant source of entertainments
3. He does funny things to the parents like sheds on them and licks daddie's hair, which is funny for them too
4. He updates his site always about his therapy cat adventures for the world to read about him and get inspired
5. He is the reason I was finally able to get my KITTY STROLLER
6. He likes to sleep by me and keep me warm when it is cold outside
7. He is good at begging mommie to let us go outside so she finally does and then we both gets to go
8. He sheds more than me so he is always getting brushed which means there is less time for Veronica-brushings! (I do not like brushings!)
9. If mommie has some buttered bread or ice creams for us, Figaro always lets me have his share because he is only a carni-vore. It is very nice.
10. He has very good toe tufts
11. He has a great tummy even though he is not a tuxie he cannot show off his tuxie tummy
12. he gotted rescued from the animal shelter and he is very happy to be my brother!!
13. He is in the Mancat club!
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Brownie loving, crazed shopoholic, hormonal, moody and incurably romantic in life, this is where you'll find random crap, more bitching and some old nostalgia ill try to pass off as advice! Read at your own risk!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Some Venting of Overwhelming-ness.
A not so surprising birthday get together at a friends place was thrown despite my insistence otherwise. I started off being very very angry, and having a fight with Aj for having gone ahead and inviting people when I wasnt in a social mood, and not in a place to have fun yet. I was/am still in it. This is 'terrorized' in all its glory. For how I made him feel for having done no wrong except try to cheer me up, Im sorry. I was (not surprisingly) not in control of anger, frustration and quiet desperation that I had been feeling since the last week, and which hadn't yet vented.
Crying on the phone and blogging about it is a great way to feel better, but nothing compares to a long, warm, protective hug. And I got that. In the midst of me YELLING incoherently, unreasonably, I was hugged. And it was just what the doctor asked for. I gave way to what i was actually feeling, and just let go and cried. It strange, that strength I felt in crying.
I had the nicest evening since a very long time. It was a wonderful break from the tumult of the past week. Thanks Raj, Bhv, Chau and Aj for having spent Monday evening blowing up balloons, Bhv again for very good naturedly withstanding the embarrassment of travelling around holding red roses and a cake, Riz and Nuz who came in spite of being a work day, N and Ob who got me a wonderful bouquet and N specially for her incredibly warm hug, Rushi and Devang who came even tho Aj conveniently forgot to ask (ALL) my OWN friends to come. All these people didn't have to spend so much time and energy in trying to cheer me up, but they did, and I am touched.
Wednesday threw me back into the glum, with the niceness of the previous evening having worn off. Home seems different when your dad's not living with you and is parked at work day and night. For it isnt over yet, Its just begun. Investigations, Reviews, Reports, Eyewitness records...
We also needed to go pay our respects at Hemant Uncle's house. Since dad couldn't make it, Mom and I decided that we just couldn't wait anymore... and set off in the evening.
One will be amazed at the simplicity of a person of this stature. Nothing in the house speaks power, glory, position. It took all the courage and determination inside me to stop from bursting out all over again. A 2 foot long picture of him with a single garland around it, adjacent to which on a table lay the following - His Uniform ironed and neatly folded with Medals and Badges in their respective loops, Baton, Uniform cap, Belt....and the bulletproof dark green helmet television screens last showed him wearing. I cant describe in words my feelings at the time...
I barely made it past the gate after we left before I couldn't hold it in any longer... and got into a cab headed home when i noticed something that replaced my hurt with anger.
Just a stones throw from the house , streets are lined with HUGE posters saluting the courage and might of the three Mumbaikars (Karkare, Kamte, Salaskar) who lost their lives from political organisations, Leaders, Hopefuls, Private companies you name it.. Dadar the Plaza area, and the area under Tilak bridge is inundated with posters. When a person like me who was at their house for a matter of less than an hour left, and couldn't deal with seeing their faces all over the place i wonder how traumatic it would be for the family to leave home, maybe even for a short walk, to feel a little better... only to be besieges by posters/banners forming a part of political propaganda which must throw back the tragedy in their face.
Could these nincompoop, thoughtless, butt faced politicians be any less sensitive? Is letting a grieving family mourn in peace too much to ask for? First they try to en cash in on grief by offering charity (err compensation) so that they can use it in their political speeches, proclaiming how benevolent Mr. Modi is. Next they disrupt peace and sanctity of the house (and surrounding areas) BY VISITING.
Really, Mr. Deshmukh, Ms. Pratibha, do you think they're feeling any better now that your royal behinds visited them? [You will be interested to know that an hour before these two toured the hotels/ CST and the grieving houses, all venues were checked by sniffer dogs and traffic halted for security reasons]. More than a hundred people deployed for your safety? One person? What about us Millions of Indians? Whose money it actually is?On the other hand , I hope u come FACE TO FACE with terror, so maybe you'll know what it feels like. Are you too preoccupied since your ass is on fire right now to realize that taking your son and a prominent filmmaker along on an official entourage was a bad idea?
This was the not the first time mission that wives of Karkare, Kamte and Salaskar thought could probably be their last. Only like always, hoping against hope, they prayed in anticipation even as visuals of their husbands donning the gear flashed garishly repeatedly on tv screens, they prayed that they do actually come home. But im guessing your pint sized brains are far less evolved to understand what that mustve felt like. Waiting for a loved one, knowing they are surrounded by gunfighting, grenades and bombs is a feeling that goes beyond what humble English words can offer, and far greater than the money-dealing and scam-planning characters you've honed to near perfection.
Maybe one day our Prime-f*cking minister takes terrorism and understands the sentiments of the citizens so well, that he speaks impromptu, without words being fed into his mouth by a speech-writer, and sounding like the drone of a out-of-work transistor. Maybe one day, his voice will break while choking back emotions as he watched people from his country bleed and die...
Until then, God Bless us.
9 comments:
- Nirav said...
Happy Birthday
- Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:40:00 PM
- perplexed said...
oh... i know what u r talking about.. i was so upset seeing all that on tv..the sadness then turned into anger towards the ignorance of the coward netas!! It is frustrating to watch them turn this tragedy into a political drama yet again!!! so they have no sense at all..ok forget the sense/brain...do they not have a heart???...oh n happy b'day! we cannot let those terrorists or the netas spoil our lives more than they already have... you know..the show must go on n i'm happy that u had a good time on your b'day in spite of everything else!
- Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:34:00 PM
- Mumbai Diva said...
I travelled to work alone today and listened to music constantly for 45 mins and after a very long time felt peace and happiness. If I, a complete bystander to the terror could have felt so depressed, I understand what you must have been through.
Somewhere near Ghatkopar, there is a poster which pays "homage" to the officers. The photographs of the officers are bite sized. What looms out is the face of a politicain and his, hold your breath, son. DISGUSTING!!
- Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:32:00 PM
- Snow said...
I've been reading couple of your posts lately, but today I just had to write, for what its worth, can someone please do the country a favor by shutting (shooting) those bloody politicians to silence? I've never lived in India, but reading about it makes me sick to the core!
Great respect for the real heroes - your Dad.
And, wishes for your b'day!
- Friday, December 05, 2008 11:48:00 AM
- Serendipity said...
@ Nirav, Pplxd - thanks!
@ Mumbai Diva - I wonder how low they'll stoop. I really do.
Hi Snow, thanks for the hi, the wishes for dad and the birthday wishes..
I second your thought.. incompetent fools (SHOULD) have NO place in our government, judicial, or defenc systems. Unfortnately for us, they're all there. sitting pretty.
- Friday, December 05, 2008 12:01:00 PM
- "SunShine" said...
Belated happy birthday S.
I dont want to say anything abt these politicians. Disgusting and Shameful. Really GOD bless us
- Friday, December 05, 2008 12:42:00 PM
- Aditya said...
Happy Birthday to you! Now when exactly was it?!
- Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:03:00 AM
- Aroj said...
Hey Serendipity..I dont know what to say..u been through some tough times here..May God give u the strength to carry on..
And my fellow Sagittarian.. Happy Bday!
Talkin abt the politicians, I wish the terrorists had shot them down instead..
- Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:24:00 PM
- Serendipity said...
Sunshine, Ad, Aroj, Thanks! :)
- Monday, December 08, 2008 1:29:00 PM


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I have a bruised nail on my last toe which I think is pretty bad. I am just waiting for the day the nail actually comes out on its own. Of course I am not so brave to peel it off myself. If it ever comes off, you guys will be the first to see it, I promise you :)
Well, if you thought mine was bad, wait till you see Libra Boy's toe nail:
I think his will come off sooner than mine.
Again, if it does come off, we will show you.
Please be patient.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Broken Toe Nail
I have a bruised nail on my last toe which I think is pretty bad. I am just waiting for the day the nail actually comes out on its own. Of course I am not so brave to peel it off myself. If it ever comes off, you guys will be the first to see it, I promise you :)
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Saturday, 11 July 2009
Manhattan Fish Market
One of me & Libra boy's favourite - Manhattan Fish Market.
So far we have tried 2 varieties of the Seafood Platter for Two, the difference being one is served with Oysters, the other with Mussels.
The first time we went there, we couldn't finish the chips as we went for our breakfast/lunch. When we went there for dinner the second time, both of us were very hungry and was actually rushing to go buy the Transformers ticket. I think we finished the platter in record time. There were 2 girls behind our table who ordered the same thing, theirs arrived first but there's still half of the food left even after we finished ours :P
That's Libra boy purposely making his funny face.
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Thursday, 9 July 2009
An Embarassing Episode
This happened a few weeks ago...
I have about 5 - 6 pairs of shoes in my car. Some are the same style, juz different shades of colors and patterns.
On that particular day, I do not know what I was thinking, I juz slotted my 2 feet into a pair of shoes. I walked through a shopping complex with those shoes and went to meet my customer at the adjacent office building. A little while into the meeting, I got bored and started fidgeting and looking around for things to do. Upon looking down at my feet, I realise to my horror, that I was wearing 2 different type of shoes!
So embarassing! I prayed that no one else in the room saw it. I guess they didn't coz no one mentioned anything or they were too kind and were probably laughing after I left! Arrghh !
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Tuesday, 7 July 2009
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What makes a good manager?
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But definately not one that backstab you and push all the blame to you when things goes wrong.
I hate my immediate manager. I can't stand her. Not after today. Not ever since she joined actually but I tolerated. Her management skills sucks. If there is a problem, as an immediate manager, why didn't she enquire with me what actually happened, b4 she send out an email to the entire world?
To top it off, her england sucks big time. Sometimes she probably doesn't mean it that way but because of her english, it makes her sound terrible. I have ignored all the previous "blame" that was thrown to me but two weeks ago, when I was on medical leave, she complained that I was not interested to pursue a customer. This I really cannot take it. I replied an email to her in which she ignore but of course, knowing her, she will backstab me from behind which she did today.
And she even have the nerve to pretend to be the "good guy".
I can't wait for the day she leaves. She has actually resigned and her last day is end of August. Can't she leave earlier?
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Post came out rather late and rushed than usual…meh. Summer Anime 2010 had a pretty good hybrid start for me, with Yakuindomo, Mitsudomoe, Ookami-san, Strike Witches and Highschool of the Dead turning out to be top favourites of this season. But anyway, here's my overall First Impression of this hot summer season's animu.
Note: No screenshots in this post due to botherness level in uploading them…
Amagami SS
The only "normal highschool romance slice of life" anime this season huh… Well at this point of time, I'm up at episode 4 of this, and it seems to be shaping up well (You can read my full first impression here). Amagami seems to be taking the omnibus approach in basing its material off the PS2 VN game (yep, VN, not eroge) and appears to be covering the routes in the game into 4-episodic story arcs, presumibly focusing on one girl. Episode 4 saw the end of the Morishima LOVELY Haruka Arc where the ending skips 10 years into the futures and sees both Junichi and Haruka married and still "lovey-dovey" and Junichi as a failed Conan-wannabee. Thought Haruka's Arc was all well and good, but in general was downright disturbing due to the clichéd climax in episode 4 and the many fetishes Junichi seems to have (Eyebrow kissing… back of knee kissing??). The opening can get to being used to while the ending, so far the first being sung by Shizuka Itou is absolutely godly. 'Course I'll give in to anything done by Itou since she's the voice actress for Hinagiku in HnG. Needless to say, Amagami will be a interesting watch for the rest of 2010.
Asobi ni Ikuyo!
Furries aliens. Pure-pure main male character voiced by a woman. Heavy fanservice and cosplay. Obscured childhood friend that doesn't seem to be concerned over the main character's circumstance. Profit.
Still fitting into Asobi ni Ikuyo! after the first two or three episode leaving me confused as to the series' purpose and the sub-plots. But overall furry-aliens doesn't seem to be my cup of tea… But oh well, I'll watch a few more episodes to gather my senses…
Cat Shit One
Can this be even considered as an anime? Since it's animated in epic CG. Oh and pardon for the profanity, but it's necessary since it's included in the actual series' title!
I instantly fell in love with CSO straight when I saw the trailer for this several years back when Rabbits risen from the horizon and started to kick butt with their military weapons and guns and grenades and stuff, and believe me if you'll love this if you're a COD/Halo-fag. The first installment in the series sees Sergeant "Perky" Perkins and his companion, Botasky, having sent to the middle east to retrieve a pair of hostages from a group of camel terrorists. Yes, it's just what I said. The ending is obvious, so I need not say. Sad to realise the fact that the second episode will be coming out SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, but at the same time forgiven when you observe deep and closer into the animation, and the hours of motion capture and the RL motion capture actors used to create this masterpiece… but well enjoy your slow releases.
Highschool of the Dead
One word for this HoTD: AWESUM. I knew HoTD will be epic from the start straight when I heard that it'll becoming an anime. Read the first chapter back in '08 but never bother to continue for some certain reason so I just knew it was the one to watch when it'd be released. HoTD is filled with petty romances, jiggling breasts, your occasional fanservice, and ofcourse, the high-octane bloody zombie kicking-shooting guro action! Plot need not explained here due to being so memorable. Though however, HoTD is let down with all the censors censoring all the explicit gory violence in the television broadcasts co-ercing us all to buy the DVD/BD releases. But still it can be deeated with a little disturbed imanigation I guess. HoTD is the one to watch this Summer.
lol. Lolz. LOl. LOL. LOOOOOL. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Literally.
How I cannot stop laughing my ass off on the floor while a ROFLcopter circles around my house when I watch this. The first episode saw the appearance of NIPPLES the hamster, second came the buckets full of Elementart School Kid's piss, third came the suspicious fat lolicon pervert and fourth, the exploitation of a innocent 6th grade honour student. Original. If you're a simple-minded peoples person and don't mind immature tongue in cheek jokes and sexual innuendo, then Mitsudomoe might just be right up your alley. Obviously gonne be okay with this.
Legend of the Legendary Heroes
Confusing and mouthful name is confusing and mouthful. Despite me not planning to watch this from the start but somehow did after a misclick on AnimeSeason, LotLH turned out to be a pretty good anime. The plot seems rather vast that has many subplots that can be visited, main characters tad memorable due to their flashy clothing while the animation, by ZEXCS, is not that half bad. Despite still being on trial, I'll continue for another few episodes whether or not I'll drop.
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
Well, if you want to read my detailed first impression and several episodic posts, click here.
Despite Ookami-san being one of my most anticipated series this season, Ookami-san turned out to be an "alright" anime with nothing much new or old. Though delivers a sufficient amount of comedy to half-heartedly laugh at and a plot to look into. Ookami-san appears to be the only selling point in the series due to her strong resemblance to the Palm-top Taiga in Toradora!, though that seems to be it. Animation seems to be just on average on the get go but seems quite something that could consider a little TLC, opening by May'n is as awesome as ever and the ending a ripped off 70's game BGM of something, didn't really like it do I usually skip it at the end to save 90-seconds worth of time in my life. If you have spare time to lol at n then internet then Ookami might be your top choice.
Occult Academy
Overall Occult Academy seems to be alright with it's total understanding plot and delicious Maya Zeutai Ryouiki. I'm okay with this.
Seitokai Yakuindomo
WATCH THIS OR DIE- is all I can say at this point. OP/ED sure is addictive…
Truth be told, I originally didn't planned of watching this, but when I heard that this had a Higurashi/Umineko setting to the plot, I thought I'd give it shot as an excuse to watch some more etiquette compared to your usual low budger action shonen fanservice moé-blob risque anime…
After a few episodes I can say this is safe in the red for me. Had a slow and time-wasting start in my opinion but does have potential. Also kinda interested as to the mysteries display such as the mystery behind the killings of the villagers and the reason behind it. Hopefully it'll have more of a rationable reason and ending unlike Higurashi's fictional succubus micro organism crap…
OP is disturbing though…
Shukufuku no Campanella
PIMP. PIMP. PIMP. This anime is all too generic for me, but surprisingly I'm still able to watch it. Note that this is based off an eroge you anime denizens will have a feel to what this series will look like. Heck, the only reason why I'm watching this is because of the purple-haird loli-twins who don't get much screen time at all. But what the hell; I'll follow on until the end..
Strike Witches 2
YES. YES. YES. YES!!! How I've waited for this one to arrive. Strike Witches 2 is indeed one of my top favourites this season. Despite the first season did leave off a closed-ending feel to it as the neuroi had completely diappeared and the whole squad had disbanded because of it, the second season decided to reboot everything and have the neuroi return as strong as ever (also with laser beams that shoot the RIGHT way) and the team of underaged girls with no pants on reformed because of it! The first several episodes left a good impression on me and reminded myself of the awesomeness of Strike Witches that I had forgotten these years, and made me go through a little nostalgia as the end result. 'Course I'll be sticking with Strike Witches until the end of time, well until this ends at least.