text:
The new economic statistics put growth at a healthy 3.5% for the third quarter. We should be dancing in the streets. No one is, because no one has any faith in these numbers. Waves of money are sloshing through the system, creating a false rising tide that lifts all boats for the moment. The tide will recede. The boats aren't rising, they're bobbing, and will settle. No one believes the bad time is over. No one thinks we're entering a new age of abundance. No one thinks it will ever be the same as before 2008. Economists, statisticians, forecasters and market specialists will argue about what the new numbers mean, but no one believes them, either. Among the things swept away in 2008 was public confidence in the experts. The experts missed the crash. They'll miss the meaning of this moment, too.
The biggest threat to America right now is not government spending, huge deficits, foreign ownership of our debt, world terrorism, two wars, potential epidemics or nuts with nukes. The biggest long-term threat is that people are becoming and have become disheartened, that this condition is reaching critical mass, and that it afflicts most broadly and deeply those members of the American leadership class who are not in Washington, most especially those in business.
It is a story in two parts. The first: "They do not think they can make it better."
I talked this week with a guy from Big Pharma, which we used to call "the drug companies" until we decided that didn't sound menacing enough. He is middle-aged, works in a significant position, and our conversation turned to the last great recession, in the late mid- to late 1970s and early '80s. We talked about how, in terms of numbers, that recession was in some ways worse than the one we're experiencing now. Interest rates were over 20%, and inflation and unemployment hit double digits. America was in what might be called a functional depression, yet there was still a prevalent feeling of hope. Here's why. Everyone thought they could figure a way through. We knew we could find a path through the mess. In 1982 there were people saying, "If only we get rid of this guy Reagan, we can make it better!" Others said, "If we follow Reagan, he'll squeeze out inflation and lower taxes and we'll be America again, we'll be acting like Americans again." Everyone had a path through.
Now they don't. The most sophisticated Americans, experienced in how the country works on the ground, can't figure a way out. Have you heard, "If only we follow Obama and the Democrats, it will all get better"? Or, "If only we follow the Republicans, they'll make it all work again"? I bet you haven't, or not much.
This is historic. This is something new in modern political history, and I'm not sure we're fully noticing it. Americans are starting to think the problems we are facing cannot be solved.
Part of the reason is that the problems—debt, spending, war—seem too big. But a larger part is that our federal government, from the White House through Congress, and so many state and local governments, seems to be demonstrating every day that they cannot make things better. They are not offering a new path, they are only offering old paths—spend more, regulate more, tax more in an attempt to make us more healthy locally and nationally. And in the long term everyone—well, not those in government, but most everyone else—seems to know that won't work. It's not a way out. It's not a path through.
And so the disheartenedness of the leadership class, of those in business, of those who have something. This week the New York Post carried a report that 1.5 million people had left high-tax New York state between 2000 and 2008, more than a million of them from even higher-tax New York City. They took their tax dollars with them—in 2006 alone more than $4 billion.
You know what New York, both state and city, will do to make up for the lost money. They'll raise taxes.
I talked with an executive this week with what we still call "the insurance companies" and will no doubt soon be calling Big Insura. (Take it away, Democratic National Committee.) He was thoughtful, reflective about the big picture. He talked about all the new proposed regulations on the industry. Rep. Barney Frank had just said on some cable show that the Democrats of the White House and Congress "are trying on every front to increase the role of government in the regulatory area." The executive said of Washington: "They don't understand that people can just stop, get out. I have friends and colleagues who've said to me 'I'm done.' " He spoke of his own increasing tax burden and said, "They don't understand that if they start to tax me so that I'm paying 60%, 55%, I'll stop."
He felt government doesn't understand that business in America is run by people, by human beings. Mr. Frank must believe America is populated by high-achieving robots who will obey whatever command he and his friends issue. But of course they're human, and they can become disheartened. They can pack it in, go elsewhere, quit what used to be called the rat race and might as well be called that again since the government seems to think they're all rats. (That would be you, Chamber of Commerce.)
* * *
And here is the second part of the story. While Americans feel increasingly disheartened, their leaders evince a mindless . . . one almost calls it optimism, but it is not that.
It is a curious thing that those who feel most mistily affectionate toward America, and most protective toward it, are the most aware of its vulnerabilities, the most aware that it can be harmed. They don't see it as all-powerful, impregnable, unharmable. The loving have a sense of its limits.
When I see those in government, both locally and in Washington, spend and tax and come up each day with new ways to spend and tax—health care, cap and trade, etc.—I think: Why aren't they worried about the impact of what they're doing? Why do they think America is so strong it can take endless abuse?
I think I know part of the answer. It is that they've never seen things go dark. They came of age during the great abundance, circa 1980-2008 (or 1950-2008, take your pick), and they don't have the habit of worry. They talk about their "concerns"—they're big on that word. But they're not really concerned. They think America is the goose that lays the golden egg. Why not? She laid it in their laps. She laid it in grandpa's lap.
They don't feel anxious, because they never had anything to be anxious about. They grew up in an America surrounded by phrases—"strongest nation in the world," "indispensable nation," "unipolar power," "highest standard of living"—and are not bright enough, or serious enough, to imagine that they can damage that, hurt it, even fatally.
We are governed at all levels by America's luckiest children, sons and daughters of the abundance, and they call themselves optimists but they're not optimists—they're unimaginative. They don't have faith, they've just never been foreclosed on. They are stupid and they are callous, and they don't mind it when people become disheartened. They don't even notice.


text:
by Stalley
The NBA Finals and the world of hip hop have a lot in common; friendly competition that can become heated in the heart of a battle, larger than life personalities, subtle flair that distinguishes each participant, meticulous strategy, and the realization that whatever looks great on paper does not necessarily equate to a winning product.
This is the reality many teams face each season, and even more so in the off-season. Yet somehow, here we are again, Lakers vs. Celtics, some new faces, but same colors, same history, same rivalry as always, it seems. Hip hop does not mirror basketball in this sense because the music is more about the individual than the team identity. Artists like Jay-Z and Nas, who were once considered the leaders of the movement, have passed on their batons to artists who speak louder to the younger generation like Kanye and Lil' Wayne. Though Nas and Jay-Z can still be considered franchises that will always have relevance due to their historic contributions and established pedigree, their glory years are most likely in the past.
Besides the Lakers and the Celtics, the NBA has second-tier teams like the Pistons, Bulls and Spurs; teams that have had a few championships in the recent past, but are realistically nowhere near the elite level necessary to hoist the trophy again. These teams can be compared to MCs like Eminem and Nelly, who were once on top of the game, but have been reduced to second-tier artists who are constantly trying to get back to the level of success they once enjoyed.
The Pistons had a second coming in '03-04, but appear to be far away from recapturing the magic any time soon. The Spurs have kept their nucleus intact after all these years, but may be a year or two away from facing the fact that their recipe has reached its expiration date. The Bulls are not the Jordan-led, triangle offense Bulls we once knew, but they are doing a nice job of establishing a new identity with Derrick Rose & Co. and forging a new path for the young players in their franchise. The question remains, though: Can these once-elite franchises rekindle the success they once enjoyed, or has their time come and gone?
In the NBA, it's clearly easier for a franchise to revitalize and restore its relevance, but is that necessarily a good thing? Unfortunately, the NBA has very few teams that conjure the tradition and history of teams like the Lakers and Celtics. I think it's time for some new rivalries and champions in the NBA. Teams like the Suns, Magic, Cavs and Nuggets need to step up and take the reins, but when your franchise history does not include any rings, does that make it harder to get over the hump?
No one expected the Celtics to be where they are this year after the regular season, but they have players who know what it takes to win the big game and younger players whose abilities have started to catch up to their potential. The Suns, Magic, Cavs and Nuggets clearly have a lot of talent, but none of the teams have a coach who has won an NBA Championship or numerous players who have done so. These teams can be compared to artists like Drake — a promising talent who is on the cusp, but just may need a tweak or two to really get to the next level.
The NBA also has several younger teams like the Bucks, Hawks, Thunder, Blazers and Bobcats that are starting to push to the top and develop their own identities despite not having any recent tradition of winning on their side. These teams can be compared to artists like me, who fans and experts are just starting to notice as having the potential to become a successor to the champions of the past and forge their own tradition.
Though nothing is constant in hip hop or the NBA, with hard work, a winning formula and a little bit of luck, potential can become reality. Like hip hop, the NBA needs this potential to be realized so that new life can be breathed in to the tradition and history.
Check out all things Stalley at myspace.com/madstalley and download his critically acclaimed project The Autobiography. Stalley also has a show on Creative Control called "The Milq" so come see what Stalley has been up to. And if you wanna get a little more friendly, say hello to Stalley on Facebook.
Stalley has upcoming shows in Columbus, OH at Skully's June 18, in New Orleans at the 2010 NOLA Jam June 19 and in Brooklyn, NY at Brooklyn Bowl June 21.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
LED Potion Desk Lamp
Works like a charm
- Color-changing LED lamp makes your space feel magical
- Perfect for fans of RPGs of all types and fans of chemistry
- A ThinkGeek creation & exclusive
It's time to bring the potion home with you with this LED Potion Desk Lamp. This little bottle may not look like much, but it's filled with magic (Ed. note: it might technically be science and/or resin). Tap the base and invoke the word "LUMOS!" to light it up. Tap it and whisper "Colovaria" to make it magically change color. Give it a tap and say, "I don't actually have to say anything because this lamp is touch-activated" to switch colors again. That's right. It's like an old-fashioned tap-on/tap-off light except you tap this one to change modes: solid red, green, yellow, blue, or a slow fade across the spectrum. A sensor combined with an LED in the base does all the work for you. All you have to do is plug it in and let the magic happen.
Product Specifications
- Color-changing LED Potion Desk Lamp
- A ThinkGeek creation & exclusive
- Perfect for fans of RPGs of all types and fans of chemistry
- RGB LED allows you to choose red, green, yellow, or blue light or opt for the slow fade mode to glide across the spectrum
- Tap base to switch between colors/modes
- (You can also give it a solid thwack straight down on the cork)
- Area of Effect: 5 ft. radius around caster
- Apothecary - it'd be super awesome to stage a row of them all lit up
- Materials: Glass bottle, plastic base, resin "liquid," zinc alloy charm
- Powered by
manamicro-USB (cable and AC adapter included)
- Dimensions: 7" tall x 4" diameter
- Weight: 1 1/2 lbs.
- Includes bottle, base, 6 ft. micro-USB to USB charging cable, and 110-240V~50/60kHz .3A input / 5V 300mA output AC adapter for USB
- Note: You have to unplug it to turn it off. Based on your feedback, we now know to add an on/off switch as well to future models. Unplug the USB end instead of the micro-USB that goes into the base to avoid stressing it.
- Warning: Do not imbibe


text:
If you like a charity on Facebook, are you a slacktavist?
If you like a charity on Facebook, are you a slacktavist?
Join the DZone community and get the full member experience.Join For Free
With the various social networks attracting so many people, it seems hard to resist the urge to get on them and attempt to both engage with existing stakeholders, and of course attract new ones. That most networks allow organisations to do so for free only adds to the allure. Nowhere is this more so than in the non-profit sector, with charities of all types flocking to setup Facebook accounts or Twitter handles.
Could these profiles be doing more harm than good however? Are accusations of slacktavism grounded in fact or an unfair reflection of the role social media can play? These were the questions posed by some new research exploring the impact social media was having on charitable work.
The researchers invited participants to engage in an initial act of free support for a particular cause. These ranged from accepting a poppy, signing a petition, or joining the charities Facebook group. The participants were subsequently asked to donate either time or money to that same cause.
The study found that the more public was the token of endorsement, the less likely those people were to offer more substantial support later on. If the initial act was a more private one, such as signing the petition for instance, then they were actually more likely to give time or money later on.
The researchers believe this phenomenon occurs because much of our charitable behaviour is less to do with helping a good cause, and more to do with looking good in the eyes of others, and therefore the public display of support satisfies that desire, thus reducing our need to offer anything more substantial.
When the support is given in private however, it's more likely that people will perceive that their values are aligned with that of the charity and there is no need to have other people witness it.
"Charities incorrectly assume that connecting with people through social media always leads to more meaningful support," says Sauder PhD student Kirk Kristofferson, who co-authored the forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research article.
"Our research shows that if people are able to declare support for a charity publicly in social media it can actually make them less likely to donate to the cause later on."
So it seems that engaging with people on social media may be doing more harm than good for charities hoping to do more towards their chosen causes. It also underpins the rather unfortunate accusation that social media breeds slacktavism.
Opinions expressed by DZone contributors are their own.


text:
We're baaaaaaaaaaack! Me, the Unleashed pets blog and (drum roll please) Lisa the Pig!
When last we left this porcine goddess, rescued in 2010 from a frustrated and cranky owner in Washington, Lisa was happily ensconced in her new digs, enjoying belly rubs and snabbling snacks from Sanctuary Onemanager Sansa Collins.
Last year I had the happy assignment of reporting Lisa's tale of her roadside rescue to her current position as beloved belle of the ball at Sanctuary One. And I will never forget my initial astonishment when I caught my first glimpse of my now favorite Ms. Piggy. Wow! She is one humongeous porker!
But before Lisa made it to safety in the Applegate Valley, and was visited by yours truly, she was originally rescued by the kind folks a Whatcom Humane Society. And they are coming down to film Lisa's "happy ending" on Tuesday, March 15.
Pigmalion: A love story in three acts will deput in Bellingham, Wash. on April 9. The 30-minute film will tell the tale of Lisa and her quest to find a new home – and the lives she touched a long the way. Rest assured, we shall try to snabble a copy for our local viewing pleasure!


text:
Our Faith Communities
For the session to be discussed on May 7, 2017
Acts 2:42-47
What does it mean to live in Christian community? How do our individualistic "ears" hear this more communal-sounding passage? We look at the ways this passage challenges our ideas about money, having and sharing "stuff" and how our valuing of things might affect our relationships with others.
On this Podcast:
Daniel Glaze
Bert Montgomery
David Adams
Micah Spicer, Guest
- Try our small group curriculum! New subscribers can enjoy a completely free month of the premium edition of FaithElement!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:04 — 57.8MB)


text:
The word is DUSK. It was heading towards dusk as we drove into Denver from the airport. I was lucky enough to be on the right in the backseat and was in awe of the dramatic clouds hanging over the foothills of the Rockies. Shot this through the window glass of the moving car.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Week 17: Someone Working
Okay, mark this up as a job you couldn't pay me enough to do. Ever. Our pond was recently dredged to deal with years of accumulated muck. The process involves two guys and a noisy machine. They take turns day-by-day standing on the shoreline managing the long narrow eco bags the the much is siphoned into while the other guy stands in the pond up to his neck dredging up muck with a stick. They are doing this in water moccasin and alligator habitat. Eeew. The guy on the shore told me the water moccasins don't like the noise and vibration and they scamper to the other side of the pond. But he said the gators don't mind, and hang around. He said once in a while they feel a gator tail brush up against their bare legs. Eeew. I asked why the gators don't eat them and he said they are the wrong size prey. The gators prefer the turtles and other animals. But he said the non-poisonous ringneck snakes can be problematic, and he showed me a two-week-old bite mark on his calf. Eeew.
Week 16: Still Life
Week 15: Bridge
The Ritz Carlton Hotel looms behind Sarasota's signature Ringling Bridge on the John Ringling Causeway, and the Ringling Bridge looms behind the old bridge linking Coon Key to Bird Key on the causeway. The Ringling Bridge was a bone of contention in the community when it was proposed to replace the old drawbridge. The "new" bridge was built between 2001 and 2003, and now one wonders what all the fuss was about. It is used daily year round not only to move thousands of vehicles to the barrier islands, but also as an exercise route for walkers, joggers and bicyclists huffing and puffing across the 65-foot-high and 2,000-foot-long expanse. It replaces the old drawbridge that was built in 1959 and opened about 18 times a day, disrupting traffic flow to and from Bird Key, St. Armands Key and Longboat Key.


text:
Officials say the connection would relieve congestion on the I-580 corridor. The funding was secured by the recently established Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority, Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty and Tracy Mayor Pro Tem Veronica Vargas announced.
"The I-580 freeway serves the Altamont Corridor and ranks as one of the most congested freeways in the Northern California Megaregion due to high volume commuter, freight and other traffic," said Haggerty, who serves as chair for the Regional Rail Authority (RRA). "With traffic on the I-580 expected to increase 60 percent in the near future, this is a very important rail connection that will not only improve our quality of life, but will also have a positive impact on our economy and the environment."
Vargas, who serves as vice chair of the RRA, noted that the community has faced obstacles in attracting residents despite affordable housing options due to the current commute over the Altamont being "intolerable."
"This is the right time for policy makers on both sides of the Altamont to work together to deliver an important rail connection that will provide real results in reducing congestion," Vargas added.
The Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley RRA was established in 2017, when California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 758 for the planning and delivery of a connection between the BART and ACE rail systems.
So far, the RRA has adopted a project concept and has released a schedule for the work, which entails selecting a "preferred alternative" for project-level environmental clearance, officials said.
Officials said they plan to consider other options, however, the RRA's adopted project concept includes a first phase passenger rail system from River Islands, Tracy, Mountain House and locations in Livermore before connecting with BART.
Additional phases for the mega-regional line feature stops at Lathrop/Manteca and
Stockton before connecting with the first phase terminus of River Islands.
More information on the Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley RRA and the planned rail connection between the ACE and BART rail systems is available here.


text:
Upcoming Events
Corporate Involvement
Are you a company looking to show your support of SWE-WI, advertise on our website or in our newsletter, or post a job opening? If so, we want to hear from you. SWE-WI offers several tiers of advertising for corporate supporters, based on donations received within a 12-month period. If you are interested, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Any company that hosts a meeting may make one post to the website with one email notification free of charge in that year.
Website and email postings may be covered by a set fee instead of the Corporate Supporter option. An individual posting to the website and an email message to all SWE-WI members is $50. The website posting will remain in place for a 30-day period.
Postings to the website are generally completed in 3 to 7 business days after the request has been confirmed. An email notice to SWE-WI members and subscribers will follow a website posting with the same information. Requests for a large number of postings at one time may take longer to prepare and post. Postings for Gold Corporate Supporters may only be requested once every 2 weeks.
The preferred format for postings is Microsoft Word (version 2003 or higher); other text formats will be considered on an individual basis. Postings will remain on the SWE-WI website for a 30-day period. If the posting is for a job and it has not been filled in that 30-day period, a Corporate Supporter can request a 30-day extension via email.


text:
Wow, I was looking through my computer and going through old files. I came across this long "editorial" or whatever you want to call it. I don't think I've ever posted this, so here it is. Keep in mind that while I still feel the same way, a lot has changed in my life since I wrote this circa 2005. I'm not in a band right now, I don't eat ramen/Campbell's soup (because they usually have MSG), and I'm actually sick of being poor. I'm going back to school in the fall and trying to do the "real job" thing. Anyway, here it is:
Women in Rock, Groupies in Rock
As a female musician, I've always had a majority of males being my closest friends. Sure, I have hundreds of girl friends, but they're mostly acquaintances. It's been like that since I was in high school and it confused the hell out of my parents (how many guys are you dating? you're not dating them? but why do you hang out so much? how can you guys be so close if you're not "together"?)
Truth is, I can't understand how most females look at life. I don't hate. I just can't RELATE. I can't relate to their attitudes towards certain things. This didn't really come to light for me until I became a part of the Baltimore local music scene.
While I was focusing my entire life on music – turning down good jobs because it wouldn't fit with the band's schedule, living off ramen and campbell's soup, and still driving the same 93 volvo I've had since I was sixteen (but loving it because the means justified the ends), other females who swear their entire life is about music, but who mean that in a totally different way and haven't put any sacrifice into it, makes me not understand them.
I've lived and breathed music my entire life. I've always used the saying that I'm better at expressing myself with music than with words since I learned to read music before I learned to read English. I was so young when I started out that I don't even remember the learning process. While everyone else in school was going to the mall all the time, going to dances, or getting stoned every day, my life was totally different. I was taking piano lessons, theory lessons, group lessons. I missed very few days of school due to illness; the majority of the school I missed was because I had some competition or judging to attend. I've performed more often as a classical musician than I have in any rock band I've been in, and I've played probably around 100 shows in rock bands. There were times where it bothered me that I was missing out on the social aspect of growing up. The overwhelming majority of my friends were all people who were in our circle of pianists. And while that was the reason I gave up being in music school, I don't regret having been in it because I knew I was focusing on something richer. Something that I loved. Something that had meaning.
So when I became a part of the Baltimore local music scene a few years ago, I slowly got more and more annoyed by things. I got annoyed at girls who claimed that music was their life. Music wasn't their life! Hanging on to the hot band of the moment and trying to date a member of the band was their goal. I'm not talking about girls whose friends are mostly guys in bands and so by default, of course they're going to end up with guys in bands more often than not. It's those girls whose "passion" and "focus" in life is to chase down anyone in any band and to get "close" to them for superficial reasons. Those girls who, if a non-musician were to do something to her or have a certain lifestyle, immediately break up with and call a jerk. But if it's someone who's a local celebrity, it's not even an issue. It's those girls who are obsessed with darker music, so they dress "goth", but then when that's not what's big in the scene, they suddenly and overnight become an emo kid. I could never relate why a girl would focus their life on chasing down musicians when if they put even half that energy into starting their own band, they would probably fill whatever void they're trying to fill. And then they'd be fighting off their own guys who want them! I can't relate to these girls at allllll. I can't understand anyone whose only "passion" in life is who they are going to get with. They don't have any hobbies, talents, or real interests in anything of substance. It's fine to want to be with someone. But if that's all your life is about, there's something missing. Besides, what do you really have to offer someone if you don't have a good personality and traits of your own?
I know this is not all females in the music scene here, but the truth is it's definitely the overwhelming majority. I always hear girls talk about how badly they want to be in a band. But they have no dedication to it. If they actually end up to the point of being in a band, they don't want to put the work and complete sacrifice that goes into it. They don't want to be a musician, they want to be recognized. There's a difference.
It's like what Oprah Winfrey said once in one of her shows. When she was starting out and was a local news anchor, she told her agent she wanted to be an actress. And her agent said to her No, you don't want to be an actress. You want to be a celebrity. There's a difference. Do you really want to live in New York as a waitress making crappy money while constantly going to auditions and getting turned down? And Oprah said she realized her agent was right and that she stopped focusing on that. Because she realized that who she is now is what her dream was all along. That was what she loved focusing her life on at that time. But back then, there wasn't much fame in it.
And again, I know this is not the majority of females. And this is not me dissing music fans in general. I know that there would be no scene if it weren't for the fans. But it's those who I don't really consider real fans. For example, I'm a fan of great visual artwork. I have very little talent in it myself, so when I see someone else's work it fascinates me and I love it. And certain artworks can help me zone out or help me deal with someone that's going on in my own life. But I'm not going to befriend all the artists just so I can date them. Does that make any sense?
But one day, I really started to think about it. Because the few other females that I can relate to have all said to me that they've had the same issues that I have. So I know it's not me. And I started to wonder why things were the way the were.
Then I thought about the whole "women in rock" thing. Yes, there are a ton of women in rock music. It's just that most aren't mainstream. If you don't spit out superficial crap like Avril Lavigne or Gwen Stefani (who really aren't "rock" stars in my book), unfortunately there's not a big audience for you in America. But, while there's a ton of amazingly talented women in music, it's still mostly males in this industry.
It's definitely a change for me. When I was in music school, there were hardly any males. As a matter of fact, if a new guy came into the school, us girls were almost amazed. Since most of us were friends with each other more than people in school, the 2% of guys there were the only guys we knew. But then when I got into my rebellious teenage years and was in a few crappy high school bands that don't last, it was the other way around.
And I realized that a big reason there are more men in ROCK music, is because of people's attitudes, especially parents. I had a stage mother. VERY involved in every aspect of school and piano. She is an amazingly talented classical musician, but she grew up in an extremely poor, rural part of South Korea, so there weren't many opportunities for her. Her big dream for me was to become this famous concert pianist and play Carnegie Hall some day. In fact, it was her pushing me too hard that made me want to quit. Sure I wanted it, but she wanted it more than I did.
So you'd think that when I started playing out in bands, then playing solo, then playing back out in a band again – and doing well, that she'd be so happy, right? Happy that I'd once again focused my entire life on creating music. WRONG. She was so angry! Why was I doing music that wasn't "real" music? Why was I in a field that is so unstable and there is no guarantee of becoming "successful"? Why would I be so stupid to take such a huge risk when before I was headed down the path to going to like a prestigious college for music and then through that I could become a professional concert musician. Why would I give up such a stable and sure shot for something that's soooo not?
Because success to me isn't defied in money or label status or anything like that. Success to me is being happy with what you're doing. Knowing that you're touching others. And being able to be proud of what your music is and what it's about. Being able to express yourself. Even though I'd only been in a band that was "only" successful in the mid-atlantic region, to me I was accomplishing everything I had wanted and was happy as hell. We got to perform constantly to different crowds in different areas. We had a loyal fanbase. And truly the greatest thing was hearing personally from others that they could relate to us. Or that I inspired them to start taking piano lessons. Or girls telling me I inspired them to start a rock band of their own.
Sure, money is GREAT. It would certainly solve a lot of my problems. But I'd rather be poor and doing what I love than making a ton of money but hating my life. My friend Dan from a Freudian Slip put it best when he said: "I'd rather be poor and love what I'm doing. Practicing with my band, recording an album, and performing for people. There's people that work their whole lives to make a ton of money just so they can get that two weeks of vacation. For what? To go to Bermuda and hang out with old people? I'm living a vacation everyday of my life".
But parents are a lot less anxious about a male going out and living an unstable life and doing "crazy" things than with a girl. Parents are much more protective of their daughters. You can take the same parents who have a son who's sacrificing his life for whatever dream and while they might not have had that in mind for him, they're supportive. The same parents have a daughter who tells them she wants a guitar for her birthday. They think it's some kind of phase and then, like two years later when they finally decide to buy her the guitar because she's still interested in it, they think that's the end of it. But then when she starts hanging out with other musicians and jamming out, they get concerned. They want to know more about these people she's hanging out with. Then if she actually joins a band and spends all her time on that, they start to put their foot down. What about college? What about becoming a doctor? It's like they'd rather have their teenage daughter out at the mall hanging out with boys, eating Dairy Queen, and trying on the latest M-A-C Makeup products than be a musician. Oh no, that would be the death of her!
I was kicked out of the house when I was a teenager one night out of nowhere, mainly because my mother was sick and tired of the whole band thing. And while I was extremely upset, I felt free. I was like now that I've been put in this crappy situation, I'm going to make the best of it. And since I can do whatever I want, I have the freedom to focus on my music. AND I DID. I think in hindsight that getting kicked out was the best thing that ever happened to me. Because it made me realize it was the only thing I had. I was doing the music thing and going to school at the same time, but since that wasn't a possibility anymore, I just focused everything on just the music. And I wasn't under my parents strict supervision so if I wasn't kicked out, I wouldn't have networked and found the people who became my peers and who became my band mates.
So basically to sum it up, I think that the reason that a lot of females are not in bands, has a lot to do with not getting the support they deserve. Not all girls, of course, some really just don't care about the music and just care about people's status. But I think usually you can tell the ones who really know about music, but just don't know how to play it.
But I also think that's why, in my opinion, the percentage of women in rock that are so passionate and talented is higher than the percentage of men. If you have to fight off everyone getting in your way more than men, if you have to fight not just society's view of you but your loved ones as well, it means you reaaalllly, truly want it badly. And because you had to work ten times harder than the guy next to you, not only to get to where you are, but to prove that you're an above average musician and that you deserve to be doing this, you're usually going to be damn good at it.


text:
Happy Birthday America! This 4th of July let's reflect on all that is amazing about America. It's a great time to just celebrate our country. Like everything in existence it has its flaws as well as its promises, and its gifts as well as its give backs. But it is still the land of the free and the home of the brave and a melting pot of people who generally try to work together for the greater good of all Americans. America is more than a bright and shining city on a hill – it is a bright and shining spacious night sky filled with shining stars of many shapes and sizes – Americans – as amazing as fireworks in the sky.
A Tribute to All Americans
Because it takes all of us to light up the sky!
There's pretty thunder in the sky,
I'm not sure how it gets there and I don't know why.
Mommy sez its up there because it's the 4th of July.
And its as American as picnics and homemade Apple Pie.
Daddy sez its up there as a Patriotic display,
A special way to commemorate a very special day.
My Grandpa sez its up there to remind us that we're free,
And my Gramma sez its up there especially for me.
My Brother sez its up there because it's Independence Day.
My Sister sez its up there because we're allowed to pray.
The man who's on the loud speaker sez,
It's for a celebration of a free and united nation,
The man there in the uniform sez its such a beautiful sight,
Much better than light from gunfire in the darkened sky of night.
There's pretty thunder in the sky,
I'm not sure how it gets there,
But I think that maybe I now know why.
I think it's to celebrate the United States of America
And its land and its seas and it skies,
The strength and beauty of this nation,
Declared by the thunderous illuminated sky.
Excerpt From An American Holiday Patchwork
By Kate Woods
Just remember some stars in the night sky shine more brightly than others just like some Americans are more successful than others; but it takes all the stars to light up the dark night sky, the biggest, the smallest, the brightest and those that can barely be seen but are still doing their best to shine. It takes all Americans to keep America a bright and shining place for all. America is more than a bright and shining city on a hill – America is a bright and shining spacious night sky filled with shining stars of many shapes and sizes – just as amazing as the fireworks in the night sky on the Fourth of July.
Happy 4th of July to all Americans!
Until next time, have a warm heart but be COOL! Be happy, be well, and be the best you that you can be!
Kate Woods
"I Aspire To Inspire"
Subscribe To My Newsletter Here
Find me on Facebook @ Facebook.com/FaithInAvalanches
Follow me on Twitter @katewoodsonline
Amazon – Faith In Avalanches By Kate Woods
Of course, information presented on this site should never be relied on in lieu of professional consultation for problem resolution.
Your thoughts and comments on this post are welcome!
You never know if what you have to say is just what
someone else needs to hear… so what you share may be
an unexpected gift to another reader…


text:
Clients sometimes approach Web design projects with specific ideas in mind. Many of them have read an article here or there or spoken with a self-proclaimed expert who told them that one rule or another of Web design was unbreakable. And so your client comes to you insisting that everything be kept "above the fold" or that you should do something that just doesn't make sense to professional designers any more (and perhaps never did).
Enter Wee Nudge. It's a collection of helpful articles, broken down by topic, that give you the information you need to convince clients that their way isn't necessarily the only way to do things. Articles are from leading sources in the Web design and graphic design industries, including A List Apart, AIGA and more. (cc)
Read More By: http://weenudge.com/


text:
The Sohemians present Rob Young in conversation with Paul Murphy:
Our speaker Rob Young will talk about the background to his book, Electric Eden, a comprehensive study of Britain's folk music.
Rob Young will investigate how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations – song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival goers, experimental pop stars and electronic innovators.
Wednesday February 23rd, 7.30pm
The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, W1
Admission £3
First posted: Monday, February 21st, 2011.


text:
Create an account
Master a wealth of tactics to turn the tide of war against alien aggressors.
1-2 Players
Network Features
Network Play
See it in action
We use cookies to personalise your experience and ads on this site & others. For more info or to change settings, click here.


text:
Rainy Day Change of Plans
Is anyone else sick of the rain? I went into the city yesterday to find some of the pocket parks on my list. The weather forecasters said there would be scatter showers, but not the torrential rain I experienced when I walked out of Grand Central Station! I stood under an awning on 42nd Street with a bunch of other people for about 10 minutes waiting for it to let up before I gave up. I ended up going across the street to one of my favorite atriums, one of the first free spaces I found when I first moved to New York.
When it was apparent the rain was not stopping anytime soon, I decided to visit the Museum of the City of New York up on 103rd Street and 5th Avenue. I have wanted to go there for background information on Manhattan's street grid system and to find out if their museum shop might be a good place to sell my book. I'm happy to say it will be and now I have two lovely docents at the information desk ready and waiting for it to be published!
I highly recommend a visit to this museum. It explains how the streets were laid out and has several other wonderful exhibits. While I was viewing the Stories the City Tells Itself exhibit that displayed the work of Neil Goldberg, I came upon a simple video of gay men brushing their cats, each saying, "He's a talker." I have no idea why Goldberg chose that phrase, but I was touched when I read more about the display. I believe it began as a simple project of a few friends petting their cat. It ended up being a record of several men who passed during the AIDS crisis. Right after that, I went to Timescape: A Multimedia Portrait of New York. It showed us the history of the creation of New York and runs through June 19th. The best part was the three old ladies who crashed the movie, complete with walkers and loud chatter while they found their seats. 'Gotta love the elderly! They either didn't care or didn't realize that we could all hear them as they looked for seats about 5 minutes before the end of the 22-minute movie!
Despite my change of plans thanks to Mother Nature, I had a great day and learned a lot about the city I love so much.
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply.
Blog Categories


text:
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Anything Other Than Naked by Glen R.Sondag
Working in an office as a traffic manager,it's important for Gerry to maintain a corporate image.So when the opportunity came up to review the book, Anything Other Than Naked,by Glen R.Sondag, I thought it would be a perfect book for him.This book is a guide to help men dress properly for every occassion.It covers everything from the do's and don'ts of men's dress.It teaches men how to dress for success and to look more professional just by making slight adjustments with things such as colors and styles.Gerry's enjoying the book and the tips.
Some of Sondag's sartorial tips include:
- What to consider when purchasing a suit.
-How to combine the right suit, shirt and tie.
- Why your belt, hose and shoes matter.
- How to choose a collar style.
- How to build an outstanding wardrobe.
- What accessories are right for any situation. Any man who wants to look good, will enjoy this book from cover to cover.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Gather 40m or further from the wall, and demonstrate by a loud clap, or one bang of the wooden blocks together, that there is an echo. The sound of the clap/blocks, reaches the wall and bounces back to us, so that there is a delay between the initial sound made and the sound heard after it bounces off the wall.
By timing how long the delay is and measuring how far away the wall is, we can measure how fast sound travels i.e. the speed of sound.
Show students how long a metre is using the tape measure, then ask them to see how long their stride must be to measure a metre. Once their stride is calibrated to a meter, ask them to pace out the number of strides (or metres) to the wall.
Write down this number [52m and 58m for two of our students]. Double the number to find out how far the sound must travel to the wall and back [110m for us].
Meanwhile, another student needs to bang the wood blocks together so that the echo from the first bang coincides with the echo from the second bang. Ask them to keep banging the wood at this rate, so each bang coincides with the echo from the previous bang. The time between the bangs is the time it takes the sound to travel to the wall and back.
To be somewhat accurate in how long it takes the sound to travel the distance, ask the student to keep banging the blocks together at the same rate, while another students times 10 bangs of the blocks. [Our students measured 3.42 seconds for 10 bangs.]
Divide this number by 10 to find the time for one bang i.e. the time for sound to travel to the wall and back [0.342 seconds for us].
Now do some math: if the sound travels x metres to the wall and back, and takes y seconds, the sound is travelling at x/y metres in one second - this is the calculated speed of sound. [We calculated 110/0.342 = 321.6 metres per second, approximated to 320m/sec.]
The actual speed of sound in air is 343m/sec, so this method is not bad for calculating the speed of sound.


text:
Author Archives: cweissenborn
Text and Subtext
What does the Minnesota Supreme Court really care about? Consider: For his analysis of the Fourth Amendment consent issues in Brooks, Justice Stras required only 308 words, a mere two paragraphs. But he needed 21 opinion pages in February's State v. … Continue reading
The Hypothetical Warrant Rule
Now there are two published appellate decisions from which to begin a sketch of the contours of post-McNeely Minnesota. There is just one problem. What is it, exactly, that the courts in the two cases have held? Brooks purports to … Continue reading
Complete Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Scalia
It was — yup, I'm a geek — marvelous fun reading all the trial court orders that accumulated in the run-up to the Brooks decision. Credit attorney Barry Edwards for creating the catalog of these cases; in Brooks's aftermath, I hope … Continue reading
Brooks's Eve: A Hasty Part 3
Word is, the Brooks decision will be released tomorrow at 10 a.m. Though my comments here may look completely cuckoo in just a few hours, the Court's treatment of good faith at the Brooks arguments was sufficiently provocative that … Continue reading
ORAL ARGUMENT: STATE V. BROOKS, Sept. 11, 2013, Part 1
The outcome(s) of the consolidated Brooks cases will doubtless have huge practical consequences for DWI practice in Minnesota, but that is not even what is most interesting about the cases. Forget the mechanistic and uninspiring field of law that used … Continue reading


text:
Solo act
-singing and playing piano
-singing and playing acoustic or electric guitar
-playing solo piano (no vocals)
He can cover any of the following styles as a solo act: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop and Latin Styles: Latin Jazz., Salsa, Bossa Nova and Bolero, Classical piano. Holiday Music.
To book Ricardo as a solo act or with an ensemble click here.


text:
Signwriting on vans
The great thing about signwriting a van is the large flat area to display a logo or message.
For example, this Ford Transit looked quite plain without signage, so using a simple combination of vinyl lettering and digital print, we've added a logo, a few points and contact details.
Of course, it's not the boldest design out there, but it gets the message across so that when the company is installing, people know who it is.
If you have a van you need signwritten, please head to our contact page and request an obligation-free quotation.


text:
Police Looking For Missing Madison County Woman
Oneida, NY (WIBX) - State Police are asking for your help finding a Madison County woman who has been missing since Christmas Eve.
42-Year old Danielle DeLaura is five feet two inches tall, about 120 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen between 8:30pm and 9:00pm walking on Rich Road in the Town of Smithfield in Madison County.
She has friends in Syracuse and may be in the area, or headed toward the city. Anyone with information is asked to call troopers in Oneida at: (315) 366.6000.


text:
Posts Tagged 'Washington Nationals'
Requests…I get requests…
Amazing, what my YouTube "posse" asks of me sometimes…lol
So, since my "homie" Dre (you can find him here…and here) begged me for this, here is the written edition.
But first, an explanation…
As should be fairly obvious, we DC sports fans simply abhor the arrogant assclowns from Philadelphia. (Booing Santa gets you that label. Duh.) I could go on ad nauseum, but you get the picture.
So, what started this was some dumbass from Philly prattled on about how the Phillies had won 4 straight NL East titles–that is, until last season.
Whereupon I used the phrase "Philly cunt"…and used this little smiley: 😛
Oh, and the word "fucktard" to describe Philly fans in general.
You would've thought I'd just flown a jetliner into the World Trade Center, judging from the reactions from my timeline on Twitter.
Yeah, that picture sums up the reactions from these Philly blowjobs…lol
I don't apologize for this, people. (The above picture, or my opinions on sports fans outside the DC area.)
But this got me thinking. So, here is our view of the totem pole that is the American sports fan(s) as it relates to DC sports fans.
We absolutely despise: Cowturd/Penguins/(overall) Philly sports fans.
We have animosity for: (overall) Philly sports fans/(baseball) Cardinals/Braves fans.
We have tolerance for: NY sports/Pirates/Steelers/Hurricanes/Lightning fans.
Everybody else…we leave alone. I think that covers everything…lol
So, I hope my homie Dre's happy with this piece. It ain't a YouTube vid, like he wanted…but it'll do.
Meanwhile, hit me up here if you like (or not like) this.
Posted from WordPress for Android
Hell of a (sports) year in D.C., ain't it been?
As I write this, we're about an hour away from the Sunday night game involving the Redskins and the fucking Cowturds…for the winner, the NFC East title; the loser goes home. Period.
(So you'll allow me to state the obvious here…HTTR!!)
And also, the reason the Skins are even in this in the first place…
When I said back in April that Robert Griffin III was the savior of this Redskins franchise, some people laughed at my ass. Who's laughing now, clowns?
But this is just how the sports year has been in the D.C. area in 2012. The other big story…well, let this next picture give you a hint:
Yeah, I know. It's overkill for some of you, seeing Bryce Harper like this. But, he's just part of the story that is the 2012 Nationals.
So is Michael Morse. So is Jayson Werth. So's Adam LaRoche.
But, what everyone chose to obsess on the entire season…was the whole Stephen Strasburg "shutdown" non-story. I won't bore you all with this bullshit again, so let me move on…
I predicted before the season the Nats would go 85-77 (and finish 3rd in the NL East). Boy, was I surprised!!
Winning the division was a surprise, really. Watching Drew Storen have a meltdown in Game 5 of the NLDS was a nightmare for Nats fans.
(Then again, Teddy finally winning a President's Race was a shock, too…lol)
At any rate, we've shut everybody up as to the real power in the NL East now. Next year, a World Series in D.C.—just like I said 5 yrs ago, when I began my Nats blog (first for MLBlogs, and now for Blogger).
Now, the bad part(s)…
The Wizards I won't go into, and until the fucking NHL lockout is settled the Caps can wait.
But all in all, it was fun to enjoy baseball and football in the DMV this year…and as I said at the start of this entry, we ain't done with the Skins YET!!
So with that, Happy New Year people!!
Posted from WordPress for Android
The last one
Yes, it's Wednesday.
The Nationals' season ended last Friday night.
No, I didn't do this…though it would've been a good idea at the time:
I've just been trying to sort out just what the fuck happened.
The night started off so well, with Bryce Harper & Ryan Zimmerman helping the Nats get off to a 6-0 lead. Up until the top of the 7th, no one panicked.
This next story is true. At the bar I was at Friday night, when Edwin Jackson took to the mound, a fellow Nats fan…wearing (I shit you not) a "Don't Be a Clown, Bro!" T-shirt…put his head in his hands. If only I paid attention…
At any rate, we were all fine. That is, right up to the point where Drew Storen began to melt down. As the Cardinals start thinking…we have a chance?
Sadly, because of Drew…and Ian Desmond…they did. Thus, what had been an early 6-0 lead for the Nats…became instead a 9-7 Cardinals win.
And I'm left with this entry…the last one in my "sharing" format with Google+/Twitter/Blogger. Since none of you bothered to follow the links, I stop as of now. However…
If you still want to see what Friday night was like, there are a pair of videos…made w/my cellphone camera…on my YouTube channel. (The 2nd one is from when I got home, and is a postmortem to the game/night.)
So there it is. No Natitude till spring training.
Posted from WordPress for Android
Am I still breathing?
I don't have the words to say at this time, to describe what I'm feeling.
I'm still in shock…and it's been 40+ minutes since Game 4 of the NLDS ended.
Jayson Werth has officially become a sports god in DC, by depositing a ball into the LF bullpen to win it for the Nationals by a 2-1 score over the Cardinals.
But, if Ian Desmond doesn't make the catch of his life in the top of the 9th, this blog entry doesn't happen. So yeah, this is why I waited 34 fucking years for baseball to come back to Washington!!
But damn it, I missed Frank Howard throwing out the 1st pitch today. I keep hoping they'll bring in Del Unser to do it tomorrow night for Game 5.
(I have a selfish reason for it. He's the guy who coined the phrase "GO NASTY NATS!!"…which is why my Twitter account is called what it is.)
Ross Detwiler started this game…
and Drew Storen ended it. Along the way, Jordan Zimmermann and Tyler Clippard struck out 6 out of 7 Cardinals…a walk w/2 out in the 8th in-between.
Now, I just hope my cell phone holds up. Because I won't be home; I need to be in a bar for Game 5. No joke.
Posted from WordPress for Android
Turdpile of a game
Take a good look at this picture.
This is from the last Senators game on 9/30/71…and lifted by me from a story on Blogger a few years ago about that game.
(For the record, the Senators actually led the Yankees 5-2 in the top of the 9th when the crowd stormed the field. Thus, a 9-0 forfeit win for the Bombers.)
Okay. The reason for the picture? Just this…
The Nats raped their fans today, in much the same way Bob Short (and Calvin Griffith before him) raped Senators fans in moving to Minnesota/Texas, by showing 45,017 people that they're still the Jeffrey Loria-era Expos.
Let's face it, the Cardinals came to Nats Park today to play. As for the Nats…at least when the French bent over for Hitler in 1940, it was par for the course.
And already on Twitter Cards tweeps are baiting us Nats fans. But unlike Philly/Braves "fans" who troll there, I'm not falling into that trap.
There's still 2 games for the Nats to win…or one more to lose. Either way, I won't scream bloody murder.
I'll just stop this sharefest I've been doing…meaning, putting these blog entries onto Twitter/Google+/Blogger. Once the Nats' season ends, so does this.
This WordPress blog was meant for non-baseball sports blogging, anyway. Like…
Well…you get the point.
And now that you do…
Posted from WordPress for Android
Good thing I waited…
I had planned on writing an entry before Game 2 today…on my computer, and not my phone. But, issues cropped up.
Lucky me...LOL
After what I saw today, the next picture would seem so appropriate for Nats fans:
First Gio Gonzalez, and today Jordan Zimmermann. Back-to-back 2nd inning meltdowns. But unlike yesterday, no Tyler Moore to the rescue.
I actually said this on Twitter during the game…"Can they build a scale model of Auschwitz? Because there's a lot of Nats fans ready to march into the ovens after tonight."
(Hey, it ain't slow-pitch I do on there…LOL)
It's not so much the lack of effort I saw today that frustrates me…as having to endure the blatant bias on the part of Dick Stockton and Bob Brenly (working this series for TBS).
Here's what I mean. When Jon Jay made the catch in the top of the 8th to rob Danny Espinosa of extra bases, you'd think Dick was re-enacting the Carlton Fisk HR in the '75 World Series (which, btw, he did call…for NBC Sports).
But when Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche hit back-to-back homes in the 7th…NO emotion.
THAT pisses me off to no end. Thankfully, the MLB Network has Game 3 on Wednesday. Alas, TBS has Game 4 on Thursday.
No matter. The home crowd will help the Nats back to…
Just the thought of 35,000+ people all in unison singing A-ha's "Take On Me" as Michael Morse steps up to the plate…I will tell you, does have an effect. (On me, anyway…)
Onward and upward…
Posted from WordPress for Android
Wow. Just, wow…
I admit I wanted the Cardinals to win this wild card "play-in" game tonight. Just so this NLDS with the Nats would be watchable for (at least) 5 games.
So why do I feel like shit?
Blame…the umpires.
Because, for starters, the home plate ump clearly botched a clear strike three on Cody Ross of the Braves…on account of giving time out while the pitcher was already in his delivery!!!
Next pitch, in the LF seats. 2-0 Atlanta. But, then the Braves began to do their best impersonation of the Cubs/Mets and fucked up in the field.
At any rate, the final was 6-3 Cards. I'm telling you this now, because this game goes down in infamy for the LF umpire misinterpreting the infield fly rule.
By having a shortstop catch a ball…in short left field!! Thus leading to a 19 minute delay as Braves fans showed their true colors.
By throwing garbage on the field.
10-Cent Beer Night in Cleveland…Disco Demolition Night at (old) Comiskey Park in Chicago…shit, even the last Senators game in '71 all pale in comparison to this obscenity tonight in Atlanta.
Regardless of your opinion of Chipper Jones, he didn't deserve to have his career end under these circumstances. For a moment I thought the game would end in a forfeit (like the incidents I mentioned).
Shit, Fredi Gonzalez decided he'd file a protest…denied, I understand, during the delay!!
All I can tell you is this: if this umpiring crew works the Nats' series starting Sunday…
…the above-mentioned picture says it all!!
Retweet this blog; +1 it on Google Plus; do what you can to spread the word. Tonight, the joy has been taken out of the MLB postseason…by assholes masquerading as umpires.
Posted from WordPress for Android


text:
A Limerick man who won €209,241 in the Lotto plans to share his winnings among friends and family.
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, the man said, "this is an incredible amount of money just for one person.
"Since we found out about the win on Wednesday, my wife and I have been putting plans in place to divide the win among family and friends," he said. 'We know that a small amount of money would mean the world to a lot of people. It's a special feeling knowing that we will be making a huge difference,'he added.
The winner who wishes to keep his win private, purchased his winning Quick Pick selection ticket at Kelly's store on Main Street in Foynes, Co. Limerick on the day of the draw.
While the couple have made selfless plans to help others, the winning father admitted that he would allow himself to have one special indulgence to celebrate their win,
"The one and only thing I want to buy is a handbag for my wife," he laughed. "My wife took a shine to some handbags in the shops last week so I'd like to give her a special treat to celebrate our win,"he said.


text:
There's a reason "Rolling in the Deep" has been the biggest song of 2011—and you can hear it right here!
Watch Adele sing the lead tune from her smash-hit album, 21, on this sneak peek at Adele: Live From the Royal Albert Hall, out on DVD and Blu-ray today.
"Rolling in the Deep" spent seven consecutive weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100 to make it this year's longest-reigning single.
The velvety voiced chanteuse wowed the crowd at London's Royal Albert Hall back in September. She's currently on the mend after having throat surgery and won't be performing until next year. Just so long as Adele is ready to go by Grammy time in February...
We're predicting multiple wins.


text:
Our selection of Motors are primarily from our suppliers Allied Motion and Kollmorgen. We believe we this gives us the most complete range of high performance motors which are available on the market today.
Motors are used across a wide variety of industries. Some of the applications we have come across are, medical systems including life support, laser sighting, robotic systems, cryogenic cooling pumps and semiconductor processing equipment
The Motor product portfolio we have offers a tremendously wide variety of different size and package types. We also have a wide range of servo and stepper drives which are compatible with our motors. This enables us to fulfil the most demanding application requirements to ensure that machines are built faster and to a higher quality.
Stepper motors – also known as step motors or stepping motors, are named after the way that they work. They divide the full rotation into a given number of equally sized "steps". A stepper motor can be position and a load can be held at any one of these steps. They offer fast and precise positioning and many of the stepper motors we offer are maintenance free. The use of stepping technology means that an open loop controller can be used; this simplifies the machine design which will make the cost of the system lower than that of a servo motor. Make sure you contact us to find the best option for you.
Motion control becomes fast, precise and extremely cost effective with stepper motors from Heason. Our two phase motors can move at exactly 1.8° increments, which amount to 200 steps per revolution. We also have micro stepper drives which break the 1.8° increments into even smaller steps.
A servo motor is another common type of motor. These are well suited to precision velocity and positioning applications. They can be described as rotary actuators which allow for precise control of angular position. A stepper motor consists of a motor which is coupled to a sensor to provide position feedback. A servo drive, also available from Heason, is required to complete the system, we have a rage of servo drives which are compatible with our servo motors. The servo drive will use the feedback sensor to accurately control the rotary position of the motor. This is known as a closed-loop operation which allows servo motors to provide a high performance alternative to either stepper or AC induction motors.
Our range of servo motors suit many different types of environments; wash-down environments for food and beverage industries, environments which are explosion proof found in oil and gas or even environments which have extreme temperatures. Contact us to help you select the right servo motor to suit you.
Many of our Motors offer similar features;
Our full range of Motors is shown above. For more information on our motors please contact us.


text:
Winsor McCay, the originator of the "Little Nemo" comic strip that ran in newspapers in the early 1900s, was an acknowledged genius of the form. He inspired many artists to follow him, including Walt Disney, R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman.
Indeed, his story would make for a fascinating play for adults. But this play, written by David Hansen and based on McCay's characters, is meant for kids. And it's quite a treat.
As soon as Nemo (which means "no one" in Latin) nods off at night, his bed launches him into many adventures populated by the Princess of Slumberland, an Imp who speaks in a non-identifiable foreign tongue, and Flip, a fellow who keeps trying to wake up Nemo and interrupt the boy's nocturnal travels.
Director Alison Garrigan knows her audience and keeps the action fast-paced and funny. Valerie C. Kilmer is ideal as Nemo, reacting with surprise and delight as the adventures unfold. Annie Perusek is endearing as both Nemo's mom and as the Princess, and Tim Pringuangkeo makes Flip both a thorn in Nemo's side and an eventual ally.
Other roles are well-animated by the angular and amusing Bryan Ritchey, Lauren B. Smith as the irrepressible Imp and Christopher Walker as King Morpheus and Santa, among others.
It's a colorful and high-energy 45-minute show that works just fine. But one can only imagine what TCT could do with a bigger budget and an ability to show some of McCay's jaw-dropping and often hallucinatory art.
Anyhow, at the end Nemo finds that he is not "no one," he is most definitely someone. And that's a lesson we can all take to heart.
Adventures in Slumberland
Through December 22 at the Talespinner Children's Theatre, The Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Avenue, 216-264-9680


text:
I really want to download MP4 videos in my ipod. Whenever I download any video from internet then sometimes they say it is not compatible for my phone. I really want a site on the internet that has movies in mp4 that I can put onto my ipod. So can anyone help me out please?
Can you help me to find free mp4 video downloads?
With 18 Years of experience in publication, having millions of readers and half a million social media followers, we are one of the biggest, oldest and the most trusted web magazine network with 50+ web magazines. Allow us to provide the ethical marketing push to your products / services through guest posts, content marketing, focused reviews, targeted traffic, quality ranking and promotional solutions.
Connect with us for more info.


text:
It looks rather boring in here now because I'm not finished. I'll be adding light blue drapes on the window and I'm going to cover the mirrored closet doors with matching drapes. It will be a pain to open the drapes everytime I want to get in the closet but worth it I think. I love mirrors...but not big massive mirrored closet doors with shiny silver metal all around them!
I moved this small table from next to my bed to this empty space to the left of the closet and then I brought up a mirror I had at the bottom of my staircase to hang over it. I've since brought up this small chair to put in front of the table so I can use it as a vanity. That chair draped in a throw to the right of the closet is the Bergere chair that I got for $35 on craigslist. That is a project I need to get started on! It will look great there when I'm finished!
The color on the walls is Behr Paint~Sandstone Cove. In person there is more of a difference between the furniture and the wall color. I still need to paint the trim white and I think that will make the color pop more.
The toile pillows will not stay because I have those on my couch downstairs. I will be adding more blue accent color here and there. I think I'm going to go with more of a Robin's Egg Blue in here but I'm still not sure.
My dad is making me a bed crown which will go at the top of the wall close to the ceiling and I'll drape fabric from it to the outside of my headboard for a more romantic look and to fill up space on that massive wall.


text:
So I finished my next book, The Brown House. This book is not related the The Past Lives Trilogy. This is a new series I started in January. It's funny how books just come to you and you MUST get them down on paper. Anyways on Friday the 13th I finished it. YAY Pre-edting was completed last night and I sent it to my awesome editor Melissa Ringsted, last night! So I hope it will be good to go soon.
I cant wait to share my cover for this book with you! It's going to be fantastical! Now that I am done with that book I am on to a short story for my publisher's to put in an Anthology this year. There will be no rest. But that is ok. I live off of busy busy busy!


text:
Provider of Administrative Service Organization (ASO) support included to but not limited to:
- Connecting job seekers to employment opportunities
- Pre-employment services
- Improving placement probabilities through evidence based technical training and credentialing.
- Customized job training.
- Connecting business with appropriate State, Federal and Local incentives for hiring and retaining staff.
- Reducing employment turnover while increasing the economic mobility of program participants


text:
The WordPress Plugin Directory Should Make It Easier To Report Plugin Security Issues
In monitoring vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins one problem that we have noticed, which if fixed could improve the security of plugin, is the difficulty the public has in knowing where to report a security issue in a plugin on the Plugin Directory.
To show that this is an issue, here a couple of examples we ran across recently showing that people that have discovered vulnerabilities have not found the correct place to report them:
Back in February someone noticed several WordPress plugins that included malicious code in them which would lead to websites that had them installed getting hacked. That obviously is something that should be handled by the Plugin Directory right away. The discoverer then created a thread on the WordPress support forum How to report malware in plugins?, which not surprisingly is them asking how you would report that. A forum moderator then responded saying:
You will have to report it to the plugins team, just as you have done previously.
So for the people on the WordPress side it obvious how to report things, but clearly it isn't for others as the follow up from the discover:
I have not been able to find where to report it to the plugins team. All I have been able to do so far is rate it a 1 star, and review it descriptively on the plugin's page.
Another example involves a less serious issue, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, that we had noticed in the Google Language Translator plugin (a plugin that has 90,000+ active installs). We reported the vulnerability to the developer on March 28 and a week later after getting no response we notified the Plugin Directory of the issue. Once they were notified the plugin was removed pending a fix. That fix happened two weeks later and the plugin has returned to the Plugin Directory. At that point we noticed that independently of our discovery, the same vulnerability had been reported in the Plugin Directory support forum for the plugin back on January 26. Based on the response time after our reporting the same issue, the vulnerability could have been fixed long before we ran across it if it had gotten reported to right place.
How To Make It Easier To Report A Vulnerability?
So there clearly is need to make it easier for people to find where to a report a vulnerability, but that still leaves how to accomplish that.
One possibility might be to do something like Chrome Web Store, which provides a link a Report Abuse link on the main page of items on it:
Another possibility would be to add a link to the documentation on how to report a vulnerability to the tips that are show above the form to start a new forum topic for a plugin:
Got another idea? We would love to hear it.


text:
CCRES AQUAPONICSMembers
Content count44
Last visited
About CCRES AQUAPONICS
More Information
CROATIAN CENTER of RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (CCRES)
• was founded as the non-profit European Association for Renewable Energy that conducts its work independently of political parties, institutions, commercial enterprises and interest groups,
• is dedicated to the cause of completely substituting for nuclear and fossil energy through renewable energy,
• regards solar energy supply as essential to preserve the natural resources and a prerequisite for a sustainable economy,
• acts to change conventional political priorities and common infrastructures in favor of renewable energy, from the local to the international level,
• brings together expertise from the fields of politics, economy, science, and culture to promote the entry of solar energy,
• provides the opportunity to play a part in the sociocultural movement for renewable energy by joining the association for everyone,
• considers full renewable energy supply a momentous and visionary goal - the challenge of the century to humanity.
Profile Information
Jon Parr liked a gallery image: CCRES AQUAPONICS
CCRES AQUAPONICS replied to CCRES AQUAPONICS's topic in USEFUL INFORMATION#Algae gets very little respect. Most people think of it as a nuisance: something green and slimy that glops up ponds. Actually we owe algae more than a little respect. We owe our existence to algae. The first species of algae evolved about 3.7 billion years ago. At that time the atmosphere was mostly CO2 and methane. Those are the two main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They are very good at reflecting heat back toward the earth and keeping it from escaping into space. Today they are present in our atmosphere in very tiny amounts. Imagine how hot it must have been with an atmosphere that was mainly CO2 and methane. Algae was the first organism that could use the energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen. So, algae pretty much invented photosynthesis. By removing CO2 from the atmosphere and replacing it with O2, algae cleared the way for every organism on earth that breathes oxygen. Today, algae still rules the world when it comes to photosynthesis. It is responsible for about 70% of the oxygen produced on earth. "Think about that the next time you see a slimy pond", says Zeljko Serdar, President of #CCRES
CCRES AQUAPONICS replied to kellenw's topic in FAQ - AQUAPONICSWhere can money be invested today that will give the investor a reasonable rate of return and more importantly assure a safe investment that will be long lasting and be selling product into a growing and insatiable market? Go through the list of all of the possibilities you can think of, and then, add in these additional benefits to the equation: Produces food on a year round basis Can be solar powered Can use recycled water Employs local semi-skilled labor (women, men, young and old) Enhances the value of the property and surrounding property Is non-polluting Produces organic food and requires 90% to 95% less water than in-ground growing Can be installed nearly anywhere in the world Produces an organic fertilizer that can be used on any crop or plants All the food CCRES produced during the year is given to poor families. Take a look at our menu, and come visit us. Bon appétit! http://www.picocent.com/fun_page.php?fid=videos&v=EUfTaza7Vf4
CCRES AQUAPONICS replied to Matej's topic in LOUNGE AREAAll the best from Croatia. CCRES TEAM http://ccresaquaponics.yolasite.com/
CCRES AQUAPONICS started following Central European Aquaponic Jamboree 2012
CCRES AQUAPONICS started following HCOIE Projekt AQUAPONICS
HCOIE Projekt AQUAPONICS
CCRES AQUAPONICS posted a gallery image in Members Albums Category
CCRES AQUAPONICS replied to CCRES AQUAPONICS's topic in USEFUL INFORMATIONThe Effects of Astaxanthin - Weight Control Physical Endurance and Muscle Recovery Work, Sport, Leisure – in fact all physical activity will generate reactive oxygen species (ROS); the more intense the activity the greater number of free radicals. ROS are shown to have damaging effects on muscle performance and recovery. Published and on-going research, focused on improving endurance and reducing recovery time, are showing dramatic benefits linked to the potent carotenoid - astaxanthin. These findings are bringing astaxanthin to the forefront as a dietary supplement for professional athletes and physically active people. Important to physical activity are our mitochondrial cells, often referred to as the "power stations of the cell†, which provide as much as 95% of our body's pure energy (primarily by the burning of muscle glycogen and fatty acids). Unfortunately, a portion of this energy produces highly reactive and damaging ROS. ROS damage cells by triggering peroxidation of the cell membrane components, and oxidation of DNA and proteins. Furthermore, ROS continue to affect muscles even after the strenuous exercise has ceased. ROS activate the inflammation response whereby monocytes migrate into the muscle tissue causing additional cell damage. Often we will notice the onset of muscle damage during recovery in the form of tiredness and soreness. In addition to improving muscle performance through devised exercise regime, the sports research community is looking at other methods, such as nutrition to fuel and protect the body under extreme physical conditions. In the past, Vitamins E and C helped make the use of antioxidants a popular tool against oxidative damage during intense physical activity. Today, informed by current research we can point to astaxanthin as the antioxidant of choice for sports performance. Astaxanthin demonstrated 3 important physical benefits in clinical trials and supporting studies. Astaxanthin increased endurance, reduced muscle damage and improved lipid metabolism. Astaxanthin Boosts EnduranceIn a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study on healthy men supplemented with 4 mg astaxanthin per day for up to 6 months at Karolinska Institute, Sweden, standardized exercise tests demonstrated that the average number of knee bends performed increased only in the astaxanthin treated group at 3 months, and by the 6 month significant improvements were observed (Figure 1) (Malmsten & Lignell, 2008). Figure 1. Increase in strength/endurance (Malmsten & Lignell, 2008) Astaxanthin improved strength/endurance at 3 and 6 months determined by the average number of knee bends per person. Figure 2. Effect of astaxanthin on swimming time (Ikeuchi et al., 2006) Astaxanthin improves endurance in a dose-dependant manner. In another study, Aoi et al., (2008) demonstrated that astaxanthin may modify muscle metabolism by its antioxidant property and result in improved muscle performance and weight loss benefits. After 4 weeks the mice running time to exhaustion had significantly improved by up to 20 % , (2002) of Juntendo University, Japan, demonstrated by using 1200 meter track athletes, that a daily dose of 6 mg per day for 4 weeks resulted in their bodies accumulating lower levels of lactic acid (Figure 3). Ikeuchi et al., (2006) also reported the same findings and furthermore, astaxanthin efficacy had a dose-dependent response (Figure 4). Figure 3. Reduction of lactic acid build-up after astaxanthin supplementation in track subjects (Sawaki et al., 2002) Figure 4. Effect of astaxanthin on blood lactate during swimming for 15 minutes (Ikeuchi et al., 2006) Astaxanthin reduced build-up of lactic acid in a dose-dependant manner. In a double blind controlled placebo study, healthy women (n= 32; age-23-60) who ingested 12 mg of astaxanthin for 6 weeks significantly reduced their body fat (4%) when conducting routine walking exercise, compared to a placebo group. In addition, while control group increased their lactic acid by 31% compared to the astaxanthin group - only 13% The MechanismThe mechanism behind muscle endurance is based on several findings. Generally, astaxanthin protected the skeletal muscle from the increased damage of oxidative stress generated by physical activity. Furthermore, astaxanthin increased the metabolism of lipids as the main source of energy production by protecting the carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) involved in fatty acid transport into mitochondria. Aoi et al., (2003) of Kyoto Prefecture University used mice models that may partially explain the efficacy of astaxanthin; they compared control, exercise placebo, and astaxanthin treated exercise groups after intense physical activity. 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal-modified-protein (4-HNE) stain analyses of the calf (gastrocnemius) muscles revealed significantly lower peroxidation damage (Figure 5). Figure 5. Effect of astaxanthin on 4-HNE-modifed proteins in leg muscle before and after exercise (Aoi et al., 2003) Other biochemical markers for oxidative damage and inflammation such as DNA, (2003) also explained that astaxanthin directly modulates inflammation caused by the release of the pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators. In vivo and in vitro tests demonstrate that astaxanthin inhibits the IκB Kinase (IKK) dependant activation of the Nuclear Factor-kB (NF-κB) pathway, a key step in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators. Aoi et al., 2008 also demonstrated increased lipid metabolism compared to carbohydrate as the main source of energy during strenuous activity (Figure 6). Furthermore, analysis of the mitochondrial lipid transport enzyme known as carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) revealed increased fat localization (Figure 7) and reduction of oxidative damage in the presence of astaxanthin (Figure 8). CPT I is important because it regulates fatty acyl-CoA entry into the mitochondria in the oxidation of fatty acids in muscle. Exercise-induced ROS may partly limit utilization of fatty acid via diminishing CPT I activity. Figure 6. Fat substrate utilization increased with astaxanthin (Aoi et al., 2008) Calculated from the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and oxygen consumption. Values are means ± SE obtained from 8 mice. Figure 7. Increased amount of FAT/CD36 that coimmunoprecipitated with CPT I skeletal muscle after a single session of exercise at 30 m/min for 30 min (Aoi et al., 2008) Values are means ± SE obtained from 6 mice. Figure 8. Astaxanthin reduced the amount of HEL-modified CPT1 in skeletal muscle after a single session of exercise at 30m/min for 30min (Aoi et al., 2008) Values are means ± SE obtained from 6 mice. Outlook Strenuous physical activity generates high levels of ROS which affect muscle performance and metabolism of lipids. New research shows that astaxanthin can modify muscle metabolism via its antioxidant effect, resulting in the improvement of muscle function during exercise. Therefore, astaxanthin is expected to be useful for physically active people as well as athletes. References Aoi W, Naito Y, Sakuma K, Kuchide M, Tokuda H, Maoka T, Toyokuni S, Oka S, Yasuhara M, Yoshikawa T. (2003). Astaxanthin limits exercise-induced skeletal and cardiac muscle damage in mice. Antioxid Redox Signal, 5(1):139-144. Aoi W, Naito Y, Takanami Y, Ishii T, Kawai Y, Akagiri S, Kato Y, Osawa T, Yoshikawa T. (2008). Astaxanthin improves muscle lipid metabolism in exercise via inhibitory effect of oxidative CPT I modification. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com., 366:892–897. Fukamauchi, M. (2007). Food Functionality of astaxanthin-10: Synergistic effects of astaxanthin-10 intake and aerobic exercise. Food Style 21, 11(10). [in Japanese] Ikeuchi M, Koyama T, Takahashi J, Yazawa K. (2006). Effects of astaxanthin supplementation on exercise-induced fatigue in mice. Bio. Pharm. Bull., 29(10):2106-2110. Lee SJ, Bai SK, Lee KS, Namkoong S, Na HJ, Ha KS, Han JA, Yim SV, Chang K, Kwon YG, Lee SK, Kim YM. (2003). Astaxanthin Inhibits Nitric Oxide Production and Inflammatory Gene Expression by Suppressing IκB Kinase-dependent NF-κB Activation. Mol. Cells, 16(1):97-105. Malmsten C, Lignell A. (2008). Dietary supplementation with astaxanthin rich algal meal improves muscle endurance – a double blind study on male students. Carotenoid Science 13:20-22. Sawaki K, Yoshigi H, Aoki K, Koikawa N, Azumane A, Kaneko K, Yamaguchi M. (2002). Sports performance benefits from taking natural astaxanthin characterized by visual activity and muscle fatigue improvements in humans. J Clin.Therap. Med., 18(9):73- 88. CCRES special thanks to Mr. Mitsunori Nishida, President of Corporate Fuji Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES)
CCRES AQUAPONICS started following CCRES
CCRES AQUAPONICS posted a gallery image in Members Albums Category


text:
Since the time of the Apostles, men have sought to better understand God and our relationship to Him. While a cognitive understanding does not replace faith as our attachment to God's grace, the study of God and our relationship to Him is an important undertaking for several reasons. We have been given an intellect, and as good stewards, we are to use this in gratitude to Him and in service to each other. As we become more knowledgeable in God' revelation to us, we are better equipped to confess our faith and witness to others. We also become better prepared to respond to challenges to our faith that frequently arise in a largely unchristian world.
Our goal is to share from an historic perspective, a progression of challenges that arose in the life of the church and how resolution of these resulted in the development of the language of our confessions as we know them today. In the process there were numerous digressions from the truth; however, the Holy Spirit used man's desire to understand, and ultimately led him back to Scripture for the answers. We are the beneficiaries of these struggles as they uncovered underlying questions that lurk in the minds of man and led to answers that are articulated in our creeds and in the articles of our Lutheran Confessions. These continue to provide us with greater insight into our God, our relationship to Him, and His role in our salvation.
This book is available for purchase (click the button above) at $14.99 plus $5.01 shipping from the CLCC; an eBook version can be found on Amazon clicking here.
The table of contents can be found below.


text:
Introduction to the Institute
East Anglia
East Midlands
Northern Ireland
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Branches Guidance
Branches Connection Days
Branches Newsletters
Advertise with us
Find a professional
Join HESPR
Member benefits
CIfA: Free membership offer
Members fees
Fee support
Routes to entry
Professional Conduct
Professional Indemnity Insurance
SelfStarter in Conservation
IHBC recognised courses
Recognition by IHBC
IHBC CPD Providers
Annual Schools
2018 Belfast
2017 Manchester
Manchester School resources
2016 Worcester
2015 Norwich
Norwich School resources
2014 Edinburgh
Edinburgh School resources
2013 Carlisle
Carlisle School resources
2012 Winchester
Winchester School resources
Winchester presentations
2011 Llandudno
Llandudno School resources
2010 London
London School resources
2009 Buxton
Buxton School resources
2008 Guildford
Guildford School resources
2007 Liverpool
Liverpool School resources
2006 Plymouth
Plymouth School resources
2005 York
York School resources
Course Connection Days
Events calendar
Awards etc
Gus Astley Student Award
IHBC Marsh Awards
Calls for papers
Guidance for applicants
IHBC Funded
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Prosecutions DB
IHBC Research & Guidance
Local authority skills
IHBC Conservation Wiki
Caring for your home
Select Papers
Web based resources
Specialist registers
Accredited practitioners
Context Archive
Members eLetters
IHBC publications
IHBC Conservation Wiki
IHBC research
Publications by members
Global news
About us
Corporate papers
Public Benefit
IHBC Briefing Note August 2016
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation
The mark of the conservation Professional
IHBC Annual School 2008
Historic Areas managing the spaces in between Guildford
The 2008 Annual School in Guildford, Surrey examined the management of spaces, context and settings. Whilst we all acknowledge the importance of protecting and managing historic buildings, what about the bits in between? The appreciation and understanding of spaces and settings that provide the context for historic structures is vital to the proper management of the historic environment.
Guildford School Report - Context Issue 106, September 2008
Click to view
A well organised, great weekend through which I met some lovely people and learned a lot, thank you!!
I thought that the whole thing was excellent – very professional.
A good experience. Well-organised programme. Well controlled.
Delegates were also asked to rate their general view on the quality of the presentations, classes and tours at the School. Over 60% of delegates rated the various aspects of the School as good or excellent.
Delegates were asked to rate the organisation of the conference and the booking arrangements. 88% of delegates rated the organisation and aspects of the School as good or excellent.
The Annual School was a well-organised and an enjoyable event.
Extremely well organised 1 day event. Timely relevant and focused.
Another very good Annual school. The organisers had obviously worked very hard but produced a smooth and seamless series of events.
Delegates rated the overall experience they had at the conference and its usefulness very highly with 82% rating it as good or excellent. They were also very keen to point out that aside from the formal training obtained from the Annual School one of the key benefits for them were the networking opportunities.
It was useful to have the opportunity to network with other colleagues in the profession.
The networking opportunities are fantastic and the social events add greatly to this.
As with all such events, there was a positive benefit in interacting with peers and learning from the experience of others.
As an introduction to the needs of and challenges faced by conservation professionals (particularly conservation officers) it was very useful.
I found much of interest and much to learn
So much packed into the Day School
In particular it brought me up to date with current issues
Keeping up with the latest changes
Good to see schemes of excellence, learning from best practice.
Its useful that these annual schools always tackle different subjects ensuring variety
Useful to hear talks, but also to discuss with other delegates on an informal basis.
The discussions and exchange of experience and views with peer professionals is also a very valuable element in the conference experience.
© Copyright IHBC
Registered as a Charity No1061593 Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered in England No 3333780. Registered as a Charity in Scotland: No. SC041945. Registered Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA
Contact us


text:
a project of:
Dr. Björn Benken Internetprojekte
Dr. rer. pol. Björn Benken
An der Wabe 5
38104 Braunschweig
VAT-ID-Nr.: DE206555219
Tel: +49-531-3789500
Fax: +49-531-3789501
E-Mail: email@example.com
Domaincompetence.com has successfully completed many hundred domain sales and purchases.
In case you are interested in a certain domain from our portfolio, please type this very domain name into your browser. By following the "more info" link, you will find all the information you need. However, if this doesn't work and if you are only redirected to this page again, please send us your inquiry by e-mail.
German version of this website


text:
The fallout from Toyota's quality problems continues. The company is enlisting the help of outside quality experts in Japan, a sure sign of both the seriousness of the problems encountered and the need to lend additional credibility to the actions on quality being taken or proposed.
Get full access to all content, just $1 for 30 days
A Message From The Editor
just-auto gives its paid members access to the very best automotive market coverage.
And now there's just-auto plus, our premium membership that gives you exclusive component forecast data, company profiles and extended news coverage - just for premium members.
Today I can offer you 30 days access for $1 - and that includes just-auto plus.
Dave Leggett, editor of just-auto
* plus VAT if applicable
Only on


text:
Graphite was first mined in the Lake District fells of Northern England.
Scientists at The University of Manchester isolate graphene from graphite.
The Nobel Prize is awarded to the scientists for their ground-breaking experiments with graphene.
inov-8 launch the first-ever sports footwear to utilise graphene, delivering the world's toughest grip.
Ground-breaking technology
One atom thick carbon sheet
200 x stronger than steel
Thin, light, flexible, with limitless potential
inov-8 COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL GRAPHENE INSTITUTE
Previously athletes had to choose between a sticky rubber that works well in wet or sweaty conditions but wears down quicker, and a harder rubber that is more durable but not quite as grippy. Through intensive research, hundreds of prototypes and thousands of hours of testing in both the field and laboratory, athletes now no longer need to compromise. The new rubber we have developed with the National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester allows us to smash the limits of grip
The G-SERIES range is made up of three different shoes, each meticulously designed to meet the needs of athletes. Each includes graphene-enhanced rubber outsoles that deliver the world's toughest grip and Kevlar – a material used in bulletproof vests – on the uppers.
Premium range of trail running and training shoes featuring the pioneering use of wonder-material graphene – scientifically tested to be 50% stronger, 50% more elastic and 50% harder wearing.
Revolutionary range of sports shoes featuring graphene-infused rubber outsoles that deliver the world's toughest grip, with the strength and durability of graphene.


text:
For new applications as well as for existing customers, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) performs thorough laboratory-scale testing and analysis of customer-provided slurry oil and other process fluid samples. By providing comprehensive sample test data, we can help customers:
We provide data on the particle content in parts per million (ppm) from a 20-liter sample before and after electrostatic separation. Additional analysis using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) can also be performed to identify the exact individual element content of the separated particles. High temperature burn-back tests are also available to measure carbon content in ppm of the filtered oil sample particles.


text:
Fins a 31 de gener podeu aplicar al Graduate Training Programme de Doosan Power systems.
Doosan Power Systems builds, maintains and extends the life of power plants across the world. We provide clean, efficient, flexible and integrated power solutions, using the latest technologies and best-in-class engineering expertise. From advanced turbine design and a range of boiler technologies to comprehensive after-build services, we offer a wide breadth of capabilities spanning both traditional and renewable fuels, as well as the industrial and petrochemical sectors
Més informació sobre l'empresa
El programa
Our Graduate Training Programme fundamentally aims to support business growth and succession through the development of those within our early pipeline talent pool. As a Graduate Trainee you will be part of this pool! Whether it be that you have the potential to become future leaders or technical experts, you will be developed and deployed both technically and professionally to support the effective execution of our business strategy today and for tomorrow.
We are interested in recruiting graduates who are proactive and ambitious with a professional attitude. Working as a graduate trainee with Doosan Babcock you will be expected to deliver solutions and contribute to the teams you work in; so you must be able to demonstrate integrity, self motivation, initiative and excellent communication skills. Our minimum entrance requirement for our Graduate roles is a 2:2 honours degree qualification in the relevant disciplin
Més informació i aplicacions al programa
RSS d'ofertes


text:
Best gal-pals Carolina Star and Vanessa Decker knew they'd have fun signing up for a group fitness class at the Fitness Rooms, but what they didn't expect was how much Ricky the instructor would turn them on! Before the class even starts, the ladies have made up their mind: today is the day they're going to fuck Ricky! Carolina and Vanessa get in line with the rest of the ladies in the class and go through a stretching routine, never breaking eye-contact with Ricky as they angle their big tits and asses to afford him a sexy view. After the class, the rest of the ladies leave the room, but Carolina and Vanessa stay behind and jump on Ricky, pulling his pants down to give him a tandem blowjob. Turned on, Ricky fucks Carolina while Vanessa rides his face, then fucks Vanessa doggystyle so she can taste Carolina's sweet pussy. The ladies then share a facial, and kiss to celebrate a well-executed plan!
157 94587