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Eggcorns, which are language behaviors, find their home in a specific communications medium. They are semantic mismappings triggered by similarities in the sounds and orthography of linguistic expressions.
When visual artists and their audience unintentionally mismap the meaning component of their work, we may have something like a visual eggcorn. If you find this argument for eggcorns in visual art a little esoteric, consider a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer done for his series to illustrate the Apocalypse of St. John. The woodcut that illustrates this passage in Revelation 9:
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, "Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates." And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
The woodcut shows four angels hacking away with swords at a cross section of sinners (Yes, that is the pope stretched out on the ground on the lower right: Dürer, a contemporary of Martin Luther, had Protestant sympathies.).
Take a close look at the depiction of God in the upper quadrants of the picture, the figure just above the altar. God is holding three trumpets. Another trumpet has already been given to "the sixth angel which had the trumpet." The four trumpets in this woodcut are clearly, to Herr Dürer, "the four horns of the golden altar" in the passage depicted in the woodcut. The word "horns" in the passage from the Apocalypse does not, however, refer to trumpets. Altar horns are projections at the four corners of certain ancient altars. These altar bumps were called horns because they were thought to resemble the horns sticking out of an animal's head. Trumpets are also called horns because of an animal connection: early trumpets were made from animal horns and the term was later broadened to cover certain kinds of brass and wind instruments that were not made from animal horn. Dürer has switched one sense of the word "horn" for another and has reimaged the passage mentioning the horns with the alternate, incorrect sense. (The switch is in German, of course, not English, but the German term, "das Horn," has the same ambiguities as the English word "horn").
To ponder: If this mistake of Dürer is not an eggcorn, then what is it? And yet it happens without the artist or the viewer uttering or writing a word.
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Kem comments:
Eggcorns, which are language behaviors, […] are semantic mismappings triggered by similarities in the sounds and orthography of linguistic expressions.
and asks:
Could the basic motions of eggcorns be replicated in media that are not language-based?
Perhaps. The example of the horns, however, while not exhibited in a linguistic medium, nevertheless must go through that medium to arrive at its conclusion.
The switch is in German, of course, not English, but the German term, "das Horn," has the same ambiguities as the English word "horn".
Exactly. This switch is not in the visual medium, and would not work in Nawatl, for instance, or most other languages of the world. It relies translators' choices relative to the linguistic structures of the closely related languages of English and German. (The original Greek text has two very different words, _σάλπιγξ_ for the trumpet(s), and _κέρας_ —from which we get keratin — for the projections; its prototypical reference is to an animal's horns, and is used for the description of various animal-like entities in the Apocalypse.)
It would seem more accurate to say that Dürer committed (or suffered) a linguistic eggcorn in misunderstanding Luther's (I suppose it was) text, and expressed that eggcornish misunderstanding in a visual medium rather than a linguistic one.
A true visual analog of an eggcorn would probably involve a person mistaking the sight of a particular pyramidal or corniform shape that "really" (in whatever sense) was one thing (like a projecting corner of an altar) for something else (e.g. a trumpet) without the linguistic boost.
(Switching topics:)
When a sculptor or painter does this context shift intentionally, the move resembles in visual arts what we might call a metaphor in language.
Or, in some cases (Escher and Magritte come to mind) a pun.
(Again switching topics:) I wonder how Dürer understood the numbering of the horn/trumpets to work out. The angel is blowing the sixth trumpet, but he shows it as the first of the four horns of the altar. The seventh trumpet is yet to be sounded, and it will be the last of the series; would that be the second of the four altar-horns? Are two of them simply not going to be sounded?
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*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
David T writes:
This switch is not in the visual medium, and would not work in Nawatl, for instance, or most other languages of the world. It relies on translators' choices relative to the linguistic structures of the closely related languages of English and German.
This occurred to me as well – that this particular visual eggcorn was linguistically mediated. But the more I thought about this, the more I realized that this was not really an objection. All visual art is filtered through language categories. When we interpret a painting, we invoke structures of cognition that are honed by—and on occasion completely created by—the particular languages through which we seize the world (Philosophers make this point by insisting that we never "see" anything tout court, we always, "see as.") The Dürer woodcut, therefore, carries its full meaning only for certain speakers of German or Dutch who lived in the early sixteenth century. Those living a few centuries later would get less of the meaning. Speakers of other northern European languages who live in later centuries and who have lost their familiarity with Judeo-Christian religious tropes take in even less – which is why I had to explain the visual eggcorn instead of just showing the picture. A Nawatl speaker with little exposure to Judaism or Christianity would get almost none of the woodcut's meaning, I suspect. The reason a Mesoamerican aboriginal would miss the woodcut's meaning is not because he can't see the physical representation – it is because the semantics of a piece of visual art are not independent of the culture and language that gave rise to the art. One picture may be worth a thousand words, but no picture is worth a billion words. Visual art is not a universal tongue.
The question about the possibility of a given eggcorn in Nawatl or in any other languages is not really relevant, is it? Almost all the eggcorns we have discussed in this forum are only possible in English. And not for all speakers of English—most of the eggcorns we acknowledge in this Forum are only eggcorns for a small fraction of a percentage of people who read and write English.
The seventh trumpet is yet to be sounded, and it will be the last of the series; would that be the second of the four altar-horns?
If I understood the Book of Revelation, do you really think I would be posting eggcorns on an Internet forum?
Last edited by kem (2013-12-21 14:31:14)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
If I understood the Book of Revelation, do you think I would be posting eggcorns on an Internet forum?
Good point! (I resemble that remark very strongly.)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .


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NEA News 2005 Volume 23, Number 2
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Evolving roles and responsibilities in radiological protection
T. Lazo*
One of the only truly consistent things in life is the knowledge that things will continue to change. In the area of radiological protection, change is not always fast, and it is not always deep, but it has clearly been present over the past 10 to 20 years. These changes will all have more or less profound effects on the roles and responsibilities of the radiological protection profession. This article presents an initial analysis of these changes, with a view to helping those concerned be better prepared to meet the challenges that may arise.
Society's approaches to protection against ionising radiation have significantly evolved over the past decades. Historically, radiological protection was introduced before the Second World War by the medical community seeking to protect itself and its researchers from the harmful, deterministic effects of ionising radiation, based on the possibility of genetic effects identified in fruit flies. In the years that followed, attention shifted, as a result of Manhattan project atomic weapons research, from medical aspects to the physical description of energy transfer and absorption, and to increasingly sensitive detection of all types of radiation. Early norms for radiation exposure were developed, with deterministic effects being the key focus. However, after the explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki , the cancer-causing potential of exposure to ionising radiation was highlighted, and this has become increasingly central to radiological protection concerns. Over all these periods, knowledge of radiation risk has increased, through both biological and epidemiological studies. Considerable uncertainty remains nevertheless.
Since the social upheavals of the 1960s, the barriers that once surrounded risk assessment and management decisions and decision-making processes, in all areas involving decisions regarding risk management, have increasingly been disappearing. The days when well-meaning public officials and technical bureaucrats could, to the best of their judgement, make public-protection decisions in isolation are gone. Today, many groups and individuals wish to be involved, at various levels of participatory democracy, in discussions and decisions affecting public health and environmental protection. Individual members of the public subject to particular risks, local and national groups and associations (of-ten called non-governmental organisations, or NGOs), and even federal, state and local government offices not directly responsible for decisions often feel that their views should be taken into account during any public decision-making process, and that their concerns need to be ad-dressed. These individuals and groups, as well as the responsible regulatory authorities, along with the risk-causing facility/process operator when applicable, have come to be known collective-ly as stakeholders. Stakeholder involvement in decision-framing and decision-making processes involving any and all public, worker and environmental risks is increasingly common in today's world. Stakeholders question the role of science and authorities in risk decision making, and demand accountability in decisions regarding the management of risks.
This growing interest in risk-related decisions reflects many different aspects of social and scientific evolution. For example, the media, and the current information-oriented society in general, have made information on risks much more available to everyone. At the same time, the technological promises of post-World War II advances have often not lived up to initial claims, breading some scepticism of science and public institutions. With this has come the growing realisation that science is only part of "the truth" with respect to judgemental decisions affecting such things as "safety", "security" and "the environment". Increasingly, social values emerge as significantly more influential than scien-tific fact with respect to such decisions. This, in tandem with technology and the availability of information, have made it possible for an individual to manage her or his own risks much more actively.
Many other structural and social changes have also contributed to shaping modern radiological protection, including:
There is a growing view that although radiological protection has for some time been fairly independent, it should rather be considered within the broader sphere of public health. In this context, the assessment and management of radiological risks are, as with environmental protection, reformulated to be addressed together with many other risks and issues and to achieve good public health in a balanced fashion.
Changing roles and responsibilities of radiation protection professionals
The slowly evolving social changes described above have formed a new picture of the role of radiological protection, the key to this new outlook being the relationship between "judgement" and "science" as applied to a particular circumstance. In this context, radiological protection (RP) can be seen in a new light.
The RP professional has always been, and continues to be, focused on the scien-tific aspects of a particular situation being considered, in order to select the "best" public, worker and environmental protection options. This can be characterised schematically as evaluating the identified radiological risks, and optimising protection to reduce risks. However, what was once a rather quantitative, numerically driven assessment of costs (e.g. of implementing protection options, of addressing health risks from any residual doses, etc.) and benefits (e.g. of saved health costs due to dose reductions), has become in some circumstances a more nuanced, qualitative assessment of the overall risks and benefits of the dose-causing activity (or dose-reducing activity in the case of existing or accident-related exposures).
This can include:
In this context, the focus of the RP specialist is the use of radiation protection science, at its highest levels, for clarifying the results, implications and nuances of various protection options. The identification of the "best" protection option, which will be recommended to the "decider" as the preferred solution, will clearly be very judgemental in nature. For this identification, the RP professional will, of course, use personal judgement. However, the judgements of the other relevant stakeholders (e.g. the exposed groups, non-decisional government offices, etc.) will equally be important. Their concerns (such as doses to children, doses to future generations, property values and policy ramifications) will in many cases be those that ultimately drive the risk and benefit assessment. Their judgements (of their benefits, of the various assessment parameters chosen, of the acceptability of any residual risks) will more than likely be those that are most highly considered by the decider in making the final decision.
This characterisation of the role of the RP professional may seem to represent a loss of responsibility in comparison to the more traditional model in which the decider relied much more directly upon the judgement of the RP professional. This new view, however, is far more challenging in the sense that the RP professional must not only bring state-of-the-art RP science to bear on the question, but must also present results in a fashion that is understandable and relevant to the stakeholders and the situation at hand. So rather than this being viewed as a loss of responsibility, it can be viewed as a broadening of responsibility, in that a wider group than just the decider will rely upon the work and judgement of the RP professional.
The refocusing of the role of the RP professional can be seen as the practical application of the theoretical distinction between the role of the decider and the role of the RP specialist. There is a clear process boundary between the decider, who is a government official or a corporate officer legally or contractually responsible for making a decision, and those providing information for the decision-making process. As discussed previously, decisions are inherently judgemental, but will be based, at least in part, on input from radiological protection specialists. In this context, the role of the RP specialist is then to provide the decider, and stakeholders, with relevant scientific information such as:
In many cases, the decider may well be an RP specialist. However, by separating the function of assessment from the function of deciding, the judgemental nature of many of the decision elements in the process will be much more transparently expressed. This will facilitate making any necessary assessment iterations by appropriately identifying the elements that could be modified to yield results that are more relevant to stakeholders.
A particular challenge that this evolution poses to the RP specialist concerns education and training. Traditional engineering and RP science training has focused on technical aspects, yet RP specialists are increasingly being called upon to interact and com-municate with diverse stakeholder groups, and to be able to provide technical information to these groups in forms and formats that address stakeholder needs and concerns. Although it will clearly not be necessary to train RP specialists to be "public relations experts", it is important that they be trained to communicate in both technical and non-technical manners such that their essential messages can be correctly assimilated in decision-making processes.
Development of radiological protection principles and policies
Beyond the clarifying effects that social changes have had on the roles and responsibilities of RP professionals, they have also had profound effects on the way that radiological protection principles are developed, interpreted and reflected in regulation and practice.
Throughout the 20th century, radiological protection principles have been developed by RP professionals, and these principles have been accepted by virtually all governments worldwide. The notion of stakeholder involvement, and of pluralism in decision making, is increasingly important, and may significantly modify the process for the development of these principles. Given the discussion of context in decision making, "prevailing circumstances" may well lead to local decisions. Such flexibility is necessary, but some level of international harmonisation is also needed to the extent that we live in an open world. The balance between international harmony and local specificity must therefore be a central issue in the future development of radiological protection principles.
The question of roles and responsibilities should be viewed in the broader context of an evolving view of international harmonisation in radiological protection. The justification of exposure-causing activities (and the optimisation of protection and restriction of exposure that go along with these activities) is seen in the context of social choices (including, but not limited to, scientific input), which are inherently focused on the situation at hand.
Until the latest discussion of new ICRP recommendations began in 1999, when the ICRP Chair published a paper discussing "Controllable Dose", the ICRP process of developing recommendations was exceptionally closed. This reflected the previous reality of radiation protection being solely seen as "good science", rather than the emerging view of radiation protection as a social judgement informed by good scientific knowledge.
Since the opening of discussions on the new ICRP recommendations, however, the process has significantly changed, in what will most likely be an irreversible fashion. Draft materials are developed by the ICRP, but these are then broadly discussed with various stakeholder groups. Comments are received, and new recommendations are developed taking these into account.
It should be recalled that the recommendations of the ICRP have always required much interpretation in order to transform them into international standards and national regulations. The discussion of draft recommendations, embodied in the new process of recommendation development, will hopefully result in final ICRP recommendations that are more easily translated into practical application in standards and regulations.
But the ICRP is only one of the key stakeholders in radiological protection. The roles and responsibilities of various organisations are essential in the development of scientifically sound, easily applicable approaches to radiological protection. Although the details of roles and responsibilities tend to evolve over time, it appears that for the coming years the key international organisations will play the following roles:
The role of the CRPPH
The NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) has been actively involved in the discussion and development of radiological protection principles, practices and consensus. Within the evolving processes that have previously been discussed, the CRPPH remains a unique resource, with many characteristics and qualities of value to its member countries. Looking both forward and back, those that stand out most significantly include:
While not fully characterising the qualities and work of the CRPPH, these attributes broadly describe the platform from which the Committee will continue its efforts. Its forward-looking, brainstorming approach will continue to evolve to best meet the needs of its members, to serve the radiological protection community, and to help to improve public, worker and environmental health.
Related links
Table of contents, NEA News No. 23.2
* Dr. Ted Lazo (email@example.com) works in the NEA Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management Division.

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Norwegian scientists have confirmed that a single celled currently surviving species of organism discovered in the sludge of a lake near Oslo evolved approximately a billion years ago. Per the article:
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Funny. It even looks like Joan Collins.
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Now that sounds like an ancestor of mine!!
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When my uncle, a Capuchin priest from Pittsburgh, stopped by the house one night for dinner, I greeted him with a plateful of teenage grievances. Why, I demanded, still smarting from the humiliation of the previous year's biweekly acne treatments, did God give one guy so much? Why couldn't I be like Hurley?
My uncle, calm and thoughtful as ever, nodded slowly. "Hmm," he said. "The distribution of talent. That's a difficult one."
"The distribution of what?" I nearly shouted in the midst of my outrage. "Must the Catholic Church have a theological construct for everything?"
My uncle proceeded with an answer that, from the distance of 20 years and possibly some additional maturity on my part, made complete sense. Snared as I was, however, in the clutches of Albert Camus, self-pity and yearning for several girls I was too shy to ask out, I nodded, dismissed his advice out of hand and continued on my bitter way.
All these years later, I do take solace in this: there was a good reason to be jealous of Bobby Hurley. He did have something I didn't have. But it wasn't any of the things I thought it was.
Lessons of Adult Life
It has taken me most of my adult life to figure that out. It was my Capuchin uncle who put me on the scent. Chatting at a family reunion several years ago, we touched on the shortage of priests. Vocations were still out there, my uncle told me, but our culture had gotten noisy and distracting, which made it harder and harder for people to hear the call. And it wasn't just potential priests who were missing out. Increasingly, people in general couldn't get a grip on who they were supposed to be. Even the simple notion of a calling, emanating from deep within and filling our day-to-day lives with meaning, seemed foreign to many.
He's right. And only recently have I understood that when you strip away the highlight reels and the championship trophies and the chants from adoring students, that was Hurley's greatest blessing: he had a vocation. When Hurley stepped on the court, he knew exactly who he was supposed to be, and he didn't want to be anyone else. He was an artist, the author of stunning no-look passes and daring drives down jam-packed lanes, uncannily threading the ball through a thicket of flailing arms and legs. That kind of self-knowledge is very rare. It is actually worthy of envy. What happened next, though, was not.
Only a few months into his pro career, Hurley got broadsided one night at a Sacramento intersection. Not wearing a seatbelt, he flew 100 feet into a ditch. His injuries were staggering: two collapsed lungs, a fractured shoulder blade, broken ribs, a damaged knee and, most seriously, a torn windpipe. He very nearly died at the scene. His grueling recovery and return to pro basketball made great headlines. But his body and his game were never the same. He was out of the N.B.A. within five years.
The time that followed wasn't easy. I would see articles now and then about Hurley. They said he lamented his lost skills. His focus had drifted. He had found some peace in training and breeding racehorses. But he still felt awkward outside the gym, one of the few spots where he had always felt comfortable and happy. That was pretty much all I knew about him, mortgage payments and deadlines having long ago crowded out my capacity for schoolboy jealousy. Then one Saturday afternoon, not long ago, Hurley seized my imagination once again.
Glancing up at the television I saw a promotional clip for March Madness. It showed footage of Hurley, skinny and jubilant, celebrating Duke's shocking upset of undefeated U.N.L.V. in the 1991 Final Four. The clip faded and suddenly there, in the center of the screen, stood the present-day, middle-aged Bobby Hurley, his dark hair thinner and his body considerably thicker. "No way!" I thought. "That's Bobby Hurley? How did he get so old?" And then moments later: "How did I?"
We finally did have something in common, though no one would envy it—a receding hairline. And that wasn't all. Poking around the Internet for hints of what Hurley was up to now, I came across a story from a Duke sports magazine, one of those "Whatever Happened to That Guy?" stories about ex-jocks, the kind that often don't end well. But this was different.
Hurley, the story said, is Catholic. He doesn't like to think too much about the accident that put him at death's door and stole his career. It was, he said, "a tough deal." But he also said: "I can't complain. I believe God brought me back for a reason." The reason, it seems, is his wife and three young children—his new and biggest source of passion and inspiration. That, of course, is the same thing a lot of people say, especially when something else, like a very promising career, hasn't panned out. In this case, though, I believe him.
With two small kids of my own, I know something about parenthood too—its pressures and payoffs and frightening stakes, the sense of hurtling headlong into chaos, improvising madly through sleepless nights and summer camps, reports from teachers that make your heart sink one day and your hopes rise the next, meltdowns and hugs you never see coming. Creativity and fearlessness are mandatory. Who better to navigate it all than a wily point guard? And who better to root for than Hurley, a Catholic guy who found his purpose and lost it and found it again? It turns out I still want to be like him, but this time, finally, for the right reasons.


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Born: May 28, 1920
Vienna, Austria
Hans was born to a Jewish family in the Austrian capital of Vienna. His parents ran a successful export shop for ladies' hats and sold their wares to many different countries. As a boy, Hans attended a private, preparatory school in which courses were taught in both English and German.
1933-39: I was attending business school when the Germans annexed Austria in 1938. We watched from my family's window as German troops, led by Hitler, goose-stepped into Vienna. I was immediately forced out of school. About two weeks later, an Austrian appointed by the Germans told us he had instructions to liquidate our business. My parents no longer believed they had a future in Germany and decided to leave. We left for Italy in 1939.
1940-45: My family settled in Genoa. One day in 1940 two Italian policemen came and told us we were to be interned because we were Jewish. "But don't worry," they said, "We're human beings. We're not animals. We're not the Germans." The Italians took us to the village of Compagna, and a month later, to Tortoreto in central Italy. We were housed in a hotel overlooking the sea and we were allowed freedom of movement. We could go to the movies and were even given pocket money. In 1943 we were liberated by the British army.
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Duct & Envelope Tightness (DET) Verifier Certification Training - Melrose Park
Illinois Association of Energy Raters & Home Performance Professionals
Friday, November 11, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CST)
Event Details
TRAINER: Joe Konopacki of Insight Property Services
This 1-day course is designed by the Midwest Home Performance Association (Formerly the IL Association of Energy Raters - IAER) to introduce the skills necessary to become a Duct and Envelope Tightness (DET) Verifier, certified to perform the diagnostic testing required for new homes by the 2015 IL Energy Code. If you've been thinking about getting BPI or HERS Certified but can't yet make the investment, this DET Verifier certification can be your bridge into offering home performance testing services.
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to test the leakage of a building envelope and duct system, and evaluate the results as measured against Illinois code requirements. Specific topics include:
-Protocols for blower door and duct leakage testing
-Calculations for ACH50 and percent duct leakage
-Tips for successfully completing the written and in-field DET Verifier certification exams (must pass with a 75% on both written and field exams)
This Training Includes:
-DET Verifier Training Workbook
-Written DET Verifier exam
-In-field DET Verifier exam
-Certificate of course completion
*Students must bring a calculator for the field and written exam.
**Price includes lunch!
- Watch the Math Basics for DET Verifiers video, to ensure your confidence with geometry and basic math calculations
- Take the DET Verifier Math Quiz (if you feel this quiz is over your head, PLEASE DO NOT waste your money on the training, only to fail your certification exams at the end of the day)
- Watch the videos for How to Use Retrotec equipment used in the course, plusBlower Door setup and Duct Tightness testing and the new DM-32 Smart Gauge
When & Where
Temperature Equipment Corporation
2055 North Ruby Street
North Entrance
Melrose Park,
Friday, November 11, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CST)
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The Illinois Association of Energy Raters & Home Performance Professionals is a non-profit association of home performance consultants and building technicians specializing in new and existing homes. The members of the IAER use a 'Whole Home' approach to analyze building comfort, energy use, durability, and occupant safety. All professional members are certified by the national organizations RESNET or BPI, and are monitored for Quality Assurance by the Association.


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Interactive007 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web codificada y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Looking to amalgamate a blog and a site into one professional wordpress type blog that can be exported to our own server later..
Hawkesfield & Co
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue and more subtle colors are preffered
Desired Style:
Professional, luxurious, Swiss Private Bank feel
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a working worpress site is prefferred
We have two sites http://www.winterman-am.blogspot.com and http://www.winterman-am.com.
We have been taken over and wish to change the sites into a blog-site (if that makes sense!) We have looked at wordpress but cannot find any themes suitable and would like a designer to come up with a professional wordpress blog-site.
The logo that the company has is here... http://www.winterman-am.com/Offshor…-arms3.GIF
Its is not particularly great and may need cleaning up.
The company name is 'Hawkesfield & Co' and is a Swiss banking operation (content can be seen by visting both of the site links above. We market our blog as 'Asset Manager' and would like to retain an element of this.
I like the look and feel of these sites:
This site has a good image 'feel'Â http://www.privatebankandtrust.com/Â
The site must be luxurious, professional have the ability to add new pages and not look like a blog...
Delivering the right site will lead to other web work. Eg we will be launching in the UK in the next month and will need a site for that, in the same style as well as additions to the project later.
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Welcome to this our latest edition of Product Review Friday. Today we feature the second of three products that came to us from a marvelous Israeli company, Joya 4U. If you somehow missed the first of our reviews you can find it HERE.
Today we welcome back Dr Dick Review Crew member, Angie. We've missed you ma'am! And we're so glad you're back with us.
Little Su Natural —— $38.41
After an all-together too long hiatus from the Dr Dick Review Crew I'm happily back where I belong. Thanks for the warm welcome back, Dr Dick.
I was absent for so long because I had a little medical issue that I needed to attend to. Actually, it was a big medical concern. I was diagnosed with lymphoma over a year ago. One of these days I'd like to do some writing about my cancer diagnosis and treatment and how these things impacted me, my husband and our sex life. But until that day comes, let's just say it was an adventure. A difficult, confusing and often painful adventure, but an adventure nonetheless.
There is precious little information about sex and sexuality available to cancer survivors. No one seemed to be capable of speaking clearly and unambiguously about how a diagnosis and treatment can impact a person's intimate life. This conspiracy of silence has got to stop!
See, don't get me started. Well, actually, this is precisely where I want to start.
The only way I knew how to work my way back to being a sexual being, for myself, and a sexual partner, for my husband, was through masturbation.
My self-loving exercises began slowly and tentatively, but I still made progress. My husband was lovingly supportive, which was a really good thing. I am so blessed.
All this gets me to my review of the Little Su Natural. This delightful insertable is my new friend. And the curious thing is, it's not a vibrator.
The beautiful packaging refers to Little Su Natural as a dildo, but I think that generic designation does it a disservice. This 100% medical grade silicone insertable is much more versatile than any other dildo I've ever used. It's so flexible; you can use it alone, or with a partner. And you can use it vaginally or anally. It relatively small as insertable go, it's only about 4.5" long with a diameter of slightly over 1.25".
I'd like to direct your attention to the user manual that comes with the Little Su Natural. Here you will find detailed written instructions and illustrations depicting various methods of using Little Su Natural. For example, when the thick bulbous end is inserted vaginally it brings the sculptured tail in contact with your clitoris. Rubbing or rocking on a bed or pillow delivers intense pleasure. The Little Su Natural is also ideal for tightening you PC (pubococcygeus) muscle. As part of my post cancer rehabilitation I've rededicated myself to doing my kegel exercises, which has revitalized the sensations I feel internally.
The Little Su Natural works just as well in partnered play. I insert it as I would when I am alone, but when I'm with my husband; I straddle his thigh and rock myself to pleasure or he will use his hand to rock it for me. This position gives me more control over the kind of stimulation I want and need. I learned that having control, like this, was particularly important to me when I was first reinvestigating my sexual response after chemo.
I hasten to add that you can only use water-based lube with this silicone toy.
Clean up is a snap! Warm water and mild soap will do for everyday cleaning. If you are looking to share your Little Su Natural, and I think you should, then you must sanitize it. This is easily done by dropping it into a pot of boiling or putting it through a cycle in the dishwasher.
As much as I admired the stylish packaging, the foam insert inside the box, which holds the Little Su Natural, has a bit of an unpleasant odor. I decided to get rid of that and replace it with folded hand towel. That way I can continue to use the box for storage.
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I consider the Year 2k+4 (2004 ;)) as the most terrible and sickening year of my life.
2004 shattered most of my hopes. Great personal shocks rocked me from May till August.
First, in April Cheicken Pox caught hold of me, that made be bed ridden for almost 2 months. Then the sudden death of my brother Bharath Srivatsan ASA Anand.
This is the final blow to me already weakened heart! I was having so much hope on him and with so much dreams for us.. everything got shattered because of irrecoverable Monday on which a Water tanker rode over him when he was going to his college.
Sorry for such a sad tone in this blog entry, cant help it .. this is why I wasn�t blogging for so many days.
Even now, suddenly a void strucks me when ever I recollect his face.
When ever a person resembling him moves on, tears rolls down my eyes..
Oh my dear brother, let your soul rest in peace.
I miss you so much da.. that of late I couldn�t concentrate on anything!
Any ways.. the fact is you are never gonna be with me again. I will try to be alrite..
I will be in B�lore this (6th and 7th) Saturday and Sunday (On Official trip).
I am planning to meet some of my friends there in B�lore on Sat evening around 9.00pm! ( I suppose I would be free then!). Let see if I could meet them this time atleastJ
Well the reason behind an official work on weekends is obvious to recruit ppl into our teams. I hope you would have noticed some ads of HCL coming today that would have given a feel as to what kinda walkin its going to be J. Nice feeling to see such huge ads of a company where you are working on. Also it�s a nice feeling to note that we would be on the dias for which the add is wetted out in the vernaculars J Generally as far as my previous experiences on Walkins are concerned they generally bring severe headache to me, lets see how this one goes!.
Why I Cant Blog frequently ?
Just was doing this insight as to why I am not blogging that regularly nowadays. I could attribute to more than one reason on my bloglessness!,
1) bit occupied with work
2) unprecedented queuing up of my cousin�s marriages, and
3) not the least all my personal work - getting queued up!
True, I am not giving enough priority for blogging when compared to other activities. Time management and especially prioritizing the work has taken a toll on my blogging activities.
I still somehow manage to visit all your blogs atleast once in every 3 days to keep in touch.. may be I don�t leave my foot prints in all of the blogs that I would visit.
I think, bloglessness comes as a part and parcel of every one�s blog�s lifecycle or atleast to me now!
I still would like to update you guys.. that I am here.. but only to be prevented by high priority events that come as a sudden thunderbolt right at top of my head! Uh..
What takes more time in my work?
Now, it�s the recruitment time for my team and the interview process which includes.. conducting interviews and coordinating related activities is taking a huge toll of my time.
I almost regularly land up in my home at 12.00pm every nite.
How does personal work gets queued up??
When you land up almost 12.pppm in the nite where would you accommodate your other personal work! No time slots left for em ;)
Do I enjoy this?
I think I do! I love to do more work. I love to work than just sitting idle ;)
How to manage friends during this time!
Well, such a difficult question to answer. May be only thru phone calls! True wasn�t able to meet any of my friends in the last two months.. mostly they contact me over phone� they call me during weekends to have an outing.. only to be answered a sweet no..! Its becoming really tougher to answer nos.. lost of nos.. and ppl are getting really angry with me. One of my friend even mailed me like this� �This is just to inform you that we are planning stroll around snowbowling @ nungambakkam this Saturday and we know that you would not be available. In case you are available contact us over phone!� This is the invitation I am getting nowadays!!!
How long this would continue?
Well.. until I break this habit! I cant quantify the time how long as I myself do not know :)
Would I come back regularly?
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has written a letter to his side's traveling supporters for their game against Liverpool on Sunday urging an end to tensions between the two clubs.
Relations have been strained over recent years, with last season's controversy surrounding racist abuse between Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra creating an unsavoury atmosphere amongst fans.
Incidents of United fans standing in the way of gangways at away visits had prompted Liverpool to reduce ticket allocations for the Red Devils, a situation about which Sir Alex had previously spoken out.
After the publication of a report earlier in September exonerating Liverpool fans of responsibility for the deaths of 96 supporters at the Hillsborough disaster of 1989, and with a history of distasteful chanting about that tragedy to taunt the Anfield side, the Scot appealed to the better judgement of his team's following.
"Our rivalry with Liverpool is based on a determination to come out on top – a wish to see us crowned the best against a team that held that honour for so long," Sir Alex wrote in a document that will be handed out to all fans in the away end at Sunday's Premier League match.
"It cannot and should never be based on personal hatred."
Sir Alex Ferguson's letter in full...
Dear Supporter,
The great support you gave the team here last season has seen our allocation back up to near-full levels. I want you to continue that progress today.
But today is about much more than not blocking gangways. Today is about thinking hard about what makes United the best club in the world.
Our rivalry with Liverpool is based on a determination to come out on top – a wish to see us crowned the best against a team that held that honour for so long.
It cannot and should never be based on personal hatred. Just 10 days ago, we heard the terrible, damning truth about the deaths of 96 fans who went to watch their team try and reach the FA Cup final and never came back.
What happened to them should wake the conscience of everyone connected with the game.
Our great club stands with our great neighbours Liverpool today to remember that loss and pay tribute to their campaign for justice. I know I can count on you to stand with us in the best traditions of the best fans in the game.


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Because we recognize that our committed supporters care about the financial responsibility of the organizations they support, we wanted to share a joint statement released this week by the leaders of the three principal organizations that monitor and rate nonprofit effectiveness.
The open letter to America's donors signed by the CEOs of GuideStar, Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance marks the beginning of a campaign to correct the common misconception that overhead — the percentage of a charity's expenses that go to administrative and fundraising costs — should be the sole measure of nonprofit performance. Studies from Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, the National Center on Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute and the Bridgespan Group back up this statement.
In response to donor expectations and funder requests, the nonprofit sector, which all three organizations provide information to and about, has often erroneously focused too heavily on overhead over the past few decades, which has prevented some nonprofits from investing in themselves as enterprises and created what the Stanford Social Innovation Review calls "The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle."
According to the letter, "Overhead costs include important investments charities make to improve their work: investments in training, planning, evaluation, and internal systems — as well as their efforts to raise money so they can operate their programs. When we focus solely or predominantly on overhead … we starve charities of the freedom they need to best help the people and communities they are trying to serve."
The message isn't new, but this is the first time the three nonprofit reporting organizations are working together to make the public aware of all the important factors in charity accountability.
"All three of our organizations — BBB Wise Giving Alliance as well as Charity Navigator and GuideStar — have been speaking publicly but separately for some time about the need to shift the conversation from overhead to impact and broad accountability standards," said Art Taylor, president and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance.
"Through this campaign, we want to encourage donors to give with their heads as well as their hearts, and consider the whole picture when determining which charities to support," added Jacob Harold, president and CEO of GuideStar. "As we wrote in our open letter to donors: 'The people and communities served by charities don't need low overhead, they need high performance.'"
Ken Berger, president and CEO of Charity Navigator, noted, "A one-dimensional focus on overhead is not the right way to assess a charity's performance. We believe that for a donor to correctly assess a charity, the organization must be viewed on three dimensions: its financial health (not just overhead), its governance practices and the results of its work."


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You won't see dour signs of the recession buzz killing anyone under these tents. The mega selling force that is New York Fashion Week puts on a fresh new look at its new elegant address in Lincoln Center. Home to the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet, the addition of high fashion fits just as snug as it did nestled in the Garment District's backyard at Bryant Park.
Carefully watching the parade of 87 collections at Lincoln Center alone are fashion editors, bloggers, buyers and press, all looking to see what's hot for Spring 2011. Here's a peek at some of the shows and events surrounding this season's week-long extravaganza.
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Relleke Farms
During October, enjoy the continual fall festival with straw bale mazes, pumpkins and great food.
The McKendree MetroRecPlex is a new, full-service, state-of-the-art sports complex. The complex offers two NHL-sized ice rinks, an aquatic center fit with a 10 lane championship swimming pool, a contemporary fitness area and many other amenities. Memberships and daily passes can be purchased for use of the facility and all its features.
Located the corner of Scott Troy Rd and Hwy 50, our address is 205 Rec Plex Drive, O'Fallon, IL 62269.
WAREHOUSE 300 is a new vintage marketplace opening soon in Trenton, IL Our retail will include home decor, rustic, shabby chic, and more!
Wine trail featuring several wineries throughout the Carlyle Lake region. More details coming soon.
New "Formula Blue" Design with indoor pool, exercise room, ExpressStart Breakfast.
Connecting to Edwardsville Township Park, Miner's Park and the Lewis & Clark College in Edwardsville, this 14-mile asphalt/limestone trail begins at Longfellow Ave. in Edwardsville and ends in Pontoon Beach.
This runs along the canal between Pontoon Road and Maryville Road.
A variety of "prototype spirits" are made here including vodka, moonshine, whiskey, gin and rum. Tours of the facility are an interesting way to see how it's all done. Don't miss the retail area and tasting room (21+ only to taste or buy alcohol). Make your tour reservation in advance Thursday – Saturday noon – 8 pm.
This 158-year-old home has displays of Civil War artifacts, an Indian collection, and 1830's furnishings.
Harmony Park is a series of outdoor musical instruments, such as chimes and drums, that are each designed to make notes in harmony with each other when played. Harmony Park can be used by boys and girls, children and adults, and is accessible to those who may have disabilities. Harmony Park gives people of all ages the opportunity to work together to create something
The Best Western Plus Pontoon Beach is just minutes from restaurants, diners – featured on The Food Network Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, bars and clubs, casinos, Historic Route 66, SIUE Campus, Tri-City Raceway, Gateway International Raceway and Cahokia Mounds Historic State Park and Museum. We offer coupons for local attractions and restaurants. We offer free parking for all our guests and have a large parking lot for all big trucks, RV's and trailers right next to the hotel. Very safe area, Police Dept. is across the street. We offer a full hot breakfast buffet including a variety of egg dishes – scrambled fresh daily, omelets, a variety of meats, biscuits and gravy, waffles, build your own burrito and sandwiches, yogurt bar, fresh fruit, a variety of oatmeal, grits, juices, gluten and lactose-free options. 24-hour coffee and tea bar. We have a large fitness center for our guests who enjoy working out. At the end of the day treat yourself to a dip in our large heated indoor pool. We also have a business center and conference room for our guests.
Travelers passing through along I-255, I-270, or IL-111 can find a comfortable pillowtop bed to rest in for the night at La Quinta Inn & Suites Pontoon. Guests are entertained with premium television programming on high definition 40 inch TV's. Convenient free high speed Internet is also available. A refrigerator and microwave is useful for storing and warming food. Other amenities include a phone with voicemail and free local calls, coffee maker, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, and alarm clock.
You will find this 1.4 mile paved trail located in Wilson Park.
Lighted softball field, 7 baseball fields, 6 lighted tennis courts, playground, swimming pool, water slide and wading pool, ice skating rink, lighted basketball court, 1.4 mile fitness trail, outdoor pavilion, stage and picnic shelters.
Book a room at our pet-friendly Super 8 Pontoon Beach/St. Louis Area hotel and enjoy easy access to I-270 and popular area attractions.
Come in and unwind in our indoor heated pool, or book a Jacuzzi room. Take advantage of our in-room microwave and refrigerator while you use free high-speed WiFi. In the morning, wake up to a free 8-item SuperStart breakfast and start your day. Our hotel features King rooms with couch chairs and work desks.
For the best value under the sun, book a room at our Days Inn Pontoon Beach hotel near Union Station. The famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis is just eight miles away from us. Accessible and non-smoking rooms are available.
This 19-mile asphalt/oil & chip trail offers spectacular views of the Mississippi River and Clark Bridge while running along the river and canal, from Russel Commons Park in Alton to 20th Street in Granite City.
Locks 26 and 27 are the largest locks in the inland waterway system. Lock 26 in Alton has a visitor's center with river displays. Lock 27 located in Granite City is the only lock on the 8.4 mile, man made canal and is the most southerly located.
Enjoy your favorite iconic American comfort food, made from scratch in-house, right here in the heart of Downtown Granite City.
Monday through Thursday: 11am – 9pm
Friday + Saturday: 11am – 11pm
Sunday: CLOSED
This venue is used by Alfresco Productions and Summerstage for performances during the year. Summerstage also performs at the Granite City High School for Performing Arts.
Showcasing an exceptional location in Pontoon Beach, thoughtfully appointed hotel rooms and suites, and friendly, attentive service, the Fairfield Inn & Suites St. Louis Pontoon Beach/Granite City, IL provides a truly modern hotel experience. Each one of our hotel rooms is outfitted with free high-speed Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV, and a mini-fridge. Extended-stay hotel guests will benefit from an ergonomic in-room workspace and a microwave. Jump-start your morning with a free hot breakfast, challenge yourself to a workout in our fitness center, or take a rejuvenating dip in our hotel's heated indoor pool.
Antique firefighting equipment and memorabilia are on display.
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Sept. 21, 2002
Riverside, Calif - A young squad of Gauchos finished 13th at the UCR Invitational Saturday, led by redshirt sophomore Jeff Gardina (Santa Rosa, Calif) in 57th place (26:30). The Gauchos ran a steady team race, enduring the dust and heat on a sweltering day in Riverside. Finishing close behind Gardina was true freshman Justin Coburn (Clovis, Calif) in 63rd (26:33), as the Gaucho 'B' squad finished 13th of 26 teams, beating fellow conference competitor Long Beach State on the flat and dusty 8200 meter course.
2001 Big West runners-up Utah State edged Cal Poly as the first collegiate team in the race, finishing second. With its top runners preparing for next weekend's Stanford Invitational, the defending Big West champion Gauchos sent a young group of five to the UCR Invitational to preview the Agricultural Operations Center course on the UCR campus, site of the 2002 Big West championships.
Other finishers for the Gauchos included freshman Ben Berkowitz (Boca Raton, Florida) in 73rd (26:41), sophomore Jason Boyce (89th, 27:01) and freshman Khalil Hallack (180th, 28:26).
The Gaucho men will return to racing next Saturday in Palo Alto at the Stanford Invitational, held on the University golf course. Host site of the 2002 Western Regional Cross Country Championships, the meet will give the Gauchos their first taste of national-class competition this season. The Gauchos will hope to gain potential at-large qualifying points as they preview the Regional course. The men's 8k race is set to go off at 5:15 pm.


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The Moab Music Festival just announced the appointment of Laura Doser Brown as its new Executive Director.
Brown previously served as executive director of the Lawton Symphony Orchestra, and worked in marketing with the Colorado Springs and Dubuque Symphonies. Brown also worked with the fundraising consultant group, Elisabeth Galley and Associates, and served as public programs director at The Western Museum of Mining & Industry. Brown is active as a performer and serves as second oboist in the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Musicology and Criticism at the University of California, Davis.
She is a native of Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Brown replaces Andrew Yarosh, who was executive director from 2007 to 2012. Yarosh will be returning to Colorado to fulfill family obligations and revitalize Summit Non-Profit Resources, his consulting firm. The Moab Music Festival's 21st season runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, 2013.


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I can agree with that assessment .. They say crack-cocaine delivers an intensity of pleasure beyond the bounds of normal human experience. Unfortunately, it delivers suffering beyond the bounds of normal human experience too. The pleasure it yields is brief. The suffering that follows may be prolonged. The brain's hedonic treadmill isn't easily cheated.
The high from crack cocaine is intensely rewarding. But the experience is short-lived. Crack's euphoric effect is so extraordinarily hard to forget. If one succumbs to curiosity, and finds out what one is missing, then the rest of one's life may pall in comparison. For there is nothing in life that's naturally so enjoyable as crack. However, the user's family and loved ones may suffer the price of pleasure almost as severely as the addict.
Indeed, crack cocaine's high is so intense that it has been described as being greater than a thousand orgasms all at once ...


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 11 Nov 2011
This week we show remarkable footage of hagfish using slime as a defence mechanism. These fishes are also active hunters. There are some great new images, plus the first sighting of 'the' undescribed anglerfish guarding its eggs.
Amazing new hagfish behaviour (2 movies)
Broadgilled Hagfish teeth
Bumphead Parrotfish pharyngeal bone
Masked Threefin, Enneapterygius similis
Phil Mercurio
Saddleback Pigfish at Muiron Islands
Triplefins and Threefins
The undescribed anglerfish has now been recorded from Shellharbour, New South Wales. This is the first sighting of the species guarding its eggs.
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Should you sell Sunoco
The decision to sell a stock you've researched and followed for months or years is never easy. If you fall in love with your stock holdings, you risk becoming vulnerable to confirmation bias -- listening only to information that supports your theories, and rejecting any contradictions.
In 2004, longtime Fool Bill Mann called confirmation bias one of the most dangerous components of investing. This warning has helped my own personal investing throughout the Great Recession. Now, I want to help you identify potential sell signs on popular stocks within our 4 million-strong Fool.com community.
Today I'm laser-focused on Sunoco, ready to evaluate its price, valuation, margins, and liquidity. Let's get started!
Don't sell on price
Over the past 12 months, Sunoco has risen 48.5% versus an S&P 500 return of 13.7%. Investors in Sunoco have every reason to be proud of their returns, but is it time to take some off the top? Not necessarily. Short-term outperformance alone is not a sell sign. The market may be just beginning to realize the true, intrinsic value of Sunoco. For historical context, let's compare Sunoco's recent price to its 52-week and five-year highs. I've also included a few other businesses in the same or related industries:
Recent Price
52-Week High
5-Year High
Marathon Oil
Murphy Oil
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Sunoco is basically at its 52-week high. This means we need to dig into the valuation to ensure that these new highs are justified.
Potential sell signs
First up, we'll get a rough idea of Sunoco's valuation. I'm comparing Sunoco's recent P/E ratio of 25.8 to where it's been over the past five years.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Sunoco's P/E is higher than its five-year average, which could indicate the stock is overvalued. A high P/E isn't always a bad sign, since the company's growth prospects may also be increasing alongside the market's valuation. However, it definitely indicates that, on a purely historical basis, Sunoco looks expensive.
Now, let's look at the gross margins trend, which represents the amount of profit a company makes for each $1 in sales, after deducting all costs directly related to that sale. A deteriorating gross margin over time can indicate that competition has forced the company to lower prices, that it can't control costs, or that its whole industry's facing tough times. Here is Sunoco's gross margin over the past five years:
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Sunoco is clearly having issues maintaining its gross margin, which tends to dictate a company's overall profitability. Sunoco investors need to keep an eye on this troubling trend over the coming quarters.
Next, let's explore what other investors think about Sunoco. We love the contrarian view here at Fool.com, but we don't mind cheating off of our neighbors every once in a while. For this, we'll examine two metrics: Motley Fool CAPS ratings and short interest. The former tells us how Fool.com's 170,000-strong community of individual analysts rate the stock. The latter shows what proportion of investors are betting that the stock will fall. I'm including other peer companies once again for context.
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
Short Interest (% of float)
|Marathon Oil
|Murphy Oil
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
The Fool community is in the middle of the road on Sunoco. We typically like to see our stocks rated at four or five stars. Anything below that is a less-than-bullish indicator. I highly recommend you visit Sunoco's stock pitch page to see the verbatim reasons behind the ratings.
Here, short interest is at a mere 4.7%. This typically indicates few large institutional investors are betting against the stock.
Now, let's study Sunoco's debt situation, with a little help from the debt-to-equity ratio. This metric tells us how much debt the company's taken on, relative to its overall capital structure.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Sunoco has been taking on some additional debt over the past five years. When we take into account increasing total equity over the same time period, this has caused debt-to-equity to remain near its five-year average, as seen in the above chart. I consider a debt-to-equity ratio below 50% to be healthy, though it varies by industry. Sunoco is currently above this level, at 87.2%.
The last metric I like to look at is the current ratio, which lets investors judge a company's short-term liquidity. If Sunoco had to convert its current assets to cash in one year, how many times over could the company cover its current liabilities? As of the last filing, Sunoco has a current ratio of 0.97. This is a bad sign for Sunoco. The company's current liabilities are greater than its current assets, which means it could have liquidity issues in the short term.
Finally, it's highly beneficial to determine whether Sunoco belongs in your portfolio -- and to know how many similar businesses already occupy your stable of investments. If you haven't already, be sure to put your tickers into Fool.com's free portfolio tracker, My Watchlist. You can get started right away by clicking here to add Sunoco.
The final recap
Sunoco has failed four of the quick tests that would make it a sell. Does it mean you should sell your Sunoco shares today solely because of this? Not necessarily, but keep your eye on these trends over the coming quarters.
If you haven't had a chance yet, be sure to read this article detailing how I missed out on more than $100,000 in gains through wrong-headed selling.
Jeremy Phillips does not own shares of the companies mentioned.
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First live photo of the Motorola Shules Android smartphone for Verizon
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1. Razeu187 (Posts: 17; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Looks a bit "stiff" but not bad.....would like to see it in action though
2. Quemical (Posts: 162; Member since: 14 Jul 2009)
*Bangs head on table!* Wha???? Its like motos not even trying. That red dpad destroys the real estate destined for the keyboard.
3. pathmarkpolice (Posts: 102; Member since: 05 Feb 2009)
Not even trying? Are you serious? 3.7 inch capacitative touch screen with full qwerty slider and an android OS, and a 5mp autofocus camera to top it all off? How is that not even trying? That red d-pad is nowhere near as annoying as the bulging chin on the G1 when I used it. The keypad layout is similar to the n97, but this has four rows instead of 3 and the d-pad is on the opposite side...I think this is going to be an awesome handset and something to get motorola out of the rut that they've been in. To release such an uncompromisingly awesome phone in the US is a great idea! Hopefuly VZW markets this thing appropriately!
5. Quemical (Posts: 162; Member since: 14 Jul 2009)
I agree except for the keyboard part, watch this be internet only like the original diamond.
9. rehnhart (Posts: 103; Member since: 27 Mar 2009)
Actually, if you look to the right of the d-pad, there is a small protrusion, but doesn't stick out as much as the G1 or Hero and the screen slides over it.
14. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
Well you can count on that, but I agree with him in a way, the D-pad seems a little pointless (atleast for me) I would rather have a full scale larger keyboard with maybe an "opticle key" in the center for navigation purposes, Kinda like to old toshiba satelite notebooks with the little "Eraser Head" for the mouse and make it opticle. I love the size of the screen, Im hoping physicle screen size is 3.7 and note the phone size...I know phonearena loves to MUCK up the stats with over compinsation. And I agree with "Path" The G1 was the largest pile of crap looking pone ever, they should have called it the JayLeno1 for its chin size. That was so unconfertable to text on and just looked unapealing. Overal I rate this handset on looks and Hypetheticle functionality a 9. Looking forward to it.
17. triplexcoast (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Aug 2009)
They put a "check spellling" button just below the area for adding comments for a reason. There is no such word as "opticle" and had you used the spell check you would have found that out.
19. PapaJay224 (Posts: 866; Member since: 08 Feb 2009)
dude seriously are you the forum moderator do you really feel the need to waiste everyones time trying to sound intellegent by commenting on spelling and not on the article? get a life...and for your information I was posting at work and they site is restricted as it is so not everything works right, I did click it for obvious reasons but it didnt take due to site restrictions...links pics, vids all that crap is missing when i reveiw the page at work...so seriously again get a life...
4. xcalibur (Posts: 49; Member since: 18 May 2009)
what to do what to do wait for the Tpro2 and compare or get this seeing it's coming out in october. then agian by the time I decide another phone will pop it's head out and i will want that one, damn technology so tempting!!!!
6. ocrummy (Posts: 1; Member since: 31 Jul 2009)
this is the type of form factor apple should use for the iphone, if they ever add a physical qwerty keyboard...
7. Sethdras (Posts: 61; Member since: 22 Jul 2009)
so i saw that the Touch Pro 2 is in Verizon's inventory already so possibly coming out soon. Which will be out sooner? and andriod vs. winmo?
8. artz1986 (Posts: 453; Member since: 11 Mar 2009)
Seeing how this is Vzw's only Android offering, I guess it's not bad, but dam, I don't care how big the screen is [which isn't even that big], it doesn't look as elegant as the renderings, and I dunno..it looks nasty. I thought it was going to have a flushed screen, but I guess not. I wonder what the UI will be like....
10. jsnika (Posts: 16; Member since: 23 Jul 2008)
hahaha and for all you haters of the chin....there is a small on on the bottom lol
11. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
God I hope they change the name of this thing... How ridiculous is everyone going to feel saying, "Yeah, I just hit up Big Red, but me this sweet new Sh-Shu-Shul-Sholes? phone, yeah, the name's stupid, but it's the greatest phone ever."
12. NerdYuki (Posts: 8; Member since: 22 Jun 2009)
There's also an additional hardware button on the front, compared to the rendering. It looks like a search button.
13. Crypto (Posts: 2; Member since: 01 Aug 2009)
I think the name is Moto's internal codename especially since it has not been released...try looking up the surname "sholes" on Wikipedia! Also remember that the new Moto phone "Morrison" which also had a much maligned name, has now passed through the FCC and is actually called the "CLIQ". Also as someone else pointed out this is an early prototype and so the colors and style are not fixed. I think that the D-Pad would be great for business users, you could use it like arrow keys. If you were editing a document and you wanted to go navigate around it, especially if it was in small print on the screen, you would not want to use your big finger to move the cursor; if you were editing a spreadsheet you could do big damage with your fingers. The morrison, or I should say CLIQ, D-pad on the left is probably aimed at a different audience, for game playing, like many games devices that have it on the left.
15. behold--me (Posts: 650; Member since: 22 Jun 2009)
why the hell is there a d pad??? isnt that the whole point of the giant touch screen???
16. puggunit (Posts: 23; Member since: 31 Jul 2009)
I just have a feeling we are going to see a lot of manufacturer defects with this device. Hopefully this will clear their name and make people forget about the Krave. Big step forward for them with the android OS and using VZW.


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Aaron Siego of KDE: "It would be very nice if our X server could use OpenGL directly for its display and composition. Because then we could have hardware accelerated effects that are not only cool looking, but also very useful. Well, there is just such a project underway, called XGL. But don't hold your breath. The development of XGL has been largely removed from the community and is being done behind closed doors. Who is this company, you ask, that would take the development of something as potentially important as this out of the community and put it behind closed doors? Novell."
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Campaign Launched To Stop School From Claiming Copyright On Student Work
from the speak-out-now dept
While this may seem like a small deal because it involves a single school district, the larger concern is that it actually becomes a bigger deal in the long term, as other school districts may follow suit:
Copyright is getting out of control. Prince George's County is one of the top 25 school systems in the country. If this policy goes into effect, it could set a terrible precedent at a time when quality education is needed more than ever. Students and teachers deserve the same rights as everyone else. With this policy, a high school student could get a takedown notice from their own school for posting a video they made for class on YouTube.Hopefully the school board realizes this would be a mistake.


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Liquid Force Kiteboarding is proud to announce the launch of the luxury sailing yaght, the Sense, to the worldwide mariners market. The Sense is the first ever sailing vessel to combine the discerning sensibilities of the luxury yachting consumer with the high technical qualities of kiteboarding's innovation and progression. The Sense is fully equipped for global cruising in style and luxury comfort with the added advantages of seamless storage and features for kiteboarding and surfing equipment. The unique deck design allows for ease of boat launching and landing of kiteboarding sails!
"The Sense vessel is a natural progression for Liquid Force Kiteboarding. It just made complete "sense" to follow and bring our dreams to our loyal Liquid Force fan base. We have the most talented designers in the world with deep history in wake boarding boats and kiteboarding sails. Couple this with Tony Finn's, founder of Liquid Force, forward vision, means you get a sailing vessel that is best in class." Says Liquid Force Kiteboarding Brand Manager, Gary Siskar
Liquid Force has the highest level of designers and engineers that have brought this revolutionary sailing vessel to life. Jimmy Redmon brings the highest expertise in hull design, Brian Dawley adds extensive boat design dynamics and Julien Fillion with his innovative sail profiles make the Sense the clear choice for the critical and demanding sailing customer looking for the best and most capable world ocean navigating vessel in the world.
Screen shot 2013-03-31 at 11.47.11 PM"I have had visions for years about this yacht. Dreaming, planning, sketching, and now finally we have arrived! This vessel goes beyond anyone's expectations," says, Julien Fillion, Lead Kite Designer and Sense project leader
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