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Cross-Posted From The NonProfit Times Blog
Each year, The NonProfit Times conducts a study to determine which nonprofits are the best for which to work. Many organizations come forward to see if they can be named the best, but only one can stake the claim as the number one Best Nonprofit To Work For.
The winner for this year's report, The 50 Best Nonprofits To Work For 2013, is the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), taking home the title home for the second year in a row. The veterans nonprofit was also named the overall best large organization, meaning it has 250 or more employees. Coming in second in that category was Alzheimer's Association, followed by Natural Resources Defense Council, American Heart Association, Year Up, and Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc.
In terms of the overall rankings, WWP beat out by such well-known nonprofits as the LIVESTRONG Foundation (#19), DoSomething.org (#11), and Make-A-Wish Illinois (#30).
How do we come up with these rankings? It would seem that the things that make an organization great to work for are subjective, but there is a method to the process. Each year, NPT partners with Harrisburg, Pa.-based Best Companies Groups which conducts a survey of the nonprofits that wish to be ranked in the report. The survey studies all aspects of the organization including benefits and employment practices. Employees were also given a confidential survey of statements with which they could agree or disagree covering eight general categories: Leadership and Planning, Corporate Culture and Communications, Role Satisfaction, Work Environment, Relationship with Supervisor, Training and Development, Pay and Benefits, and Overall Employee Engagement.
The average for all nonprofits that participated was 85 percent favorable rating; for those making the Best Workplaces list the average was 89 percent. The best averages came in Work Environment, 92 percent for all nonprofits surveyed and 94 for those making the list; Relationship with Supervisor, 89 percent of all and 92 percent for those making the list; and, Role Satisfaction and Overall Employee Engagement, each with 88 percent approval for all and 90 percent for those making the list.
Now that you know how the report was compiled, you can head to our website to see the complete list of the 50 Best Nonprofits To Work For 2013.


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Let be an algebraically closed field, a algebra and a simple module with We know, by Schur's lemma, that every element of is in the form for some
Application 1. If is commutative, then
Proof. Let and be a subspace of Define the map by for all Clearly is linear and, for any and we have
That means and hence , for some Thus if , then which means that is an submodule of and so because is simple over So every non-zero subspace of is equal to Hence
Application 2. Let be the center of For every there exists (a unique) such that for all and the map defined by is a algebra homomorphism.
Proof. Define the map by for all Then because Thus for some and therefore for all The uniqueness of is trivial.
To show that is a homomorphism, let Then
and so Similarly
and so
Definition. The homomorphism is called the central character of

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So far I knitted a baby hat, a sweater (my first one!), a blanket and I'm in the process of crocheting another sweater.
But the item, I am most proud of is a baby onesie I sew this weekend during a sewing class. I was planning to also make baby harem pants that weekend but the original project took the entire class. I am just that good :D.
It was a challenge, as my sewing projects so far included pillow covers. You know, the one-square-and-two-rectangles-kind, the kind for which you only need one kind of fabric and straight seam. Onesies, on the other hand, have plenty of curvy lines, along which you need to sew the ribbing. It is also composed of a minimum of 4 elements that need to be put together and sew in a particular order. I will spare you the retelling of how many times I had to cut the seam and do it again, but it did take the entire weekend to make a onesie!
The pattern I used for the onesie was from Minikrea and I bought the fabric at CityStoffer shop in Aarhus. They have a great selection of children fabrics.
The fabric I chose for pants has a happy monkey pattern and I am going to use this pattern for it.
In any case, I had great fun and it will definitely lead to more onesies and baby clothes in the future.
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Recently I got to see a special screening of Pandorica movie
which is an British independent film our buddy Marc Zammit is in.
he plays a character called Ares.
Directed by Tom Paton
Pandorica revolves around the leadership trials of The Varosha Tribe. Eiren,
Ares and Thade are all in line to lead the next generation of their people.
They journey out of the safety of their home towards a dark forest miles away with the tribe's current leader Nus. Here they will take part in an age old tradition where Nus will choose his successor. Only but they are not the only ones in the forest that night and a battle ensues that only the toughest will survive
check out the trailer on one of their social media pages
I liked the costume design and makeup, the masks featured in the film reminded
me of Predator. the cinematography overall looks great, and it has good pacing.
kudos to the cast and crew who shot the feature on a small budget of £75,000
you can check out the facebook page HERE
and Twitter HERE
its had some great reviews from starburst magazine here
and the film is out worldwide June 15th


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Monday, September 22, 2008
I thought I should post a pic of the tree on our house. We couldn't even get the whole thing on camera!
Our house is still not fixed.....but:
We have electricity, water, food and lots of love!
If you have kids, then this is so super cool. Tyne this is a MUST for you! I found it linked on this great blog.
Posted by Vashey Fam at 5:02 PM
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- soccerRiley247 said...
ow....... hpe u get your house fixed!
- September 22, 2008 at 6:35 PM
- Chelle said...
Oh no! Praying it gets fixed very quickly.
- September 22, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Trevlyn said...
Wow! That's amazing! We had a large tree like that fall on our house in Oregon when I was a kid! Very scary! So glad you're all safe and have such a great attitude!
- September 22, 2008 at 8:16 PM
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This year, he made some masterful granola at Bear Lake and everyone loved it. It's by far the best granola I've ever had and makes all store-bought granolas seem too oily or too sweet or just plain not that great. Here's his recipe that I now make every week:
Mix the following together in Kitchen Aid mixer (or can mix by hand in a big bowl)
4 C old fashioned rolled oats (not quick oats - but quick oats will do if that's all you've got)
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
3/4 C chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts if you're Jonah and live in Hawaii, whatever you've got)
1 C wheat germ
3/4 C ground flax seed
2 C flaked dry coconut
1 C honey
1/2 C canola oil (or coconut oil - a little better that way)
Then add:
4 MORE cups old fashioned rolled oats (1/2 cup at a time until you can't fit any more in w/o it flying out of the mixer - I can fit about 3 3/4 cups)
Spread out evenly over two cookie sheets.
Bake at 275 for 30 mins, checking at 20 and 25 minutes to see if it's getting brown on the edges (every oven is different!). It's done when everything's golden and the edges are a bit brown. It'll be soft when you take it out of the oven but after cooling, it'll become quite crispy. When it's totally cooled, you can put it into a container, breaking up the big clumps as you scoop it off the cookie sheets.
Mix in 1-2 cups raisins or craisins after cooking or upon serving if you like. You can add the raisins before cooking but they puff up while cooking and can end up sort of hard in the end so we like to add them after cooking to keep them softer.
Makes the equivalent of two big boxes of store-bought granola.


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"The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit."
-Thomas Malory
Well, it's the tail-end of May, but maybe your heart is running on Pagan Standard Time ;)
This month, we're giving away a set of our handcrafted Come to Me mini spell candles!
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Science partnership comes together under one roof
1 December 2008
Scientific teams from AgResearch and the University of Otago will soon come together under one roof, in the new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) at AgResearch's Invermay campus near Dunedin.
The purpose-built building, which will be known as the Christie building (named after AgResearch's former chairman, Rick Christie) is to be the heart of research into reproduction and genomics, with a focus on livestock and human reproduction, health and disease and mammalian reproductive control.
Scientists and administration staff from AgResearch's Reproductive Biology and Animal Genomics Sections are housed in the new building. Currently the Genomics Section's Molecular Biology Unit is based at the University of Otago and together with university scientists working in the field of Reproduction and Genomics, they are all now relocating to the CRG.
The Director of the Centre is Professor Neil Gemmell, who earlier this year has been appointed to the AgResearch Chair in Reproduction and Genomics at the University of Otago. Professor Gemmell says the scope for the new centre is very broad and its strength firmly based on existing collaborations. "New Zealand is undoubtedly a world leader in the fields of animal health and breeding and genomic technology. I think we can build on that, and take information from decades of work in livestock and translate it into other areas of animal and human health," he says.
He says the Centre will provide a hub and forum for scientists to find new ways to utilise the knowledge emerging from major genomic initiatives. "We want to enhance animal and human health and reproduction, create new wealth and industry and sustain our environment. We also want to generate new knowledge and train people who are capable of utilising that knowledge."
AgResearch General Manager, Science & Technology, Dr Jimmy Suttie, says with a growing awareness of environmental sustainability, while at the same time having to provide products for expanding global markets, New Zealand is facing a major challenge. "We need to increase our productivity in terms of value rather than volume," he says. "Our pastoral industry will be required to perform at a higher level but at lower cost – and that is where the Centre for Reproduction and Genomics will play a most important role. To a large extent successful farming practices will depend on the selection of elite animals by observing phenotype and the use of a variety of genetic tools, as well as gaining more understanding of animal reproductive systems." Dr Suttie says ultimately the science that will be done at the CRG will also be translated into human health.
Animal Genomics Section Manager, Dr Theresa Wilson, agrees saying the New Zealand pastoral sector is in an ideal position for the uptake of new genomic technologies. "We face great challenges in continuing to produce high quality products that meet the needs of our export markets while at the same time juggling the growing calls for sustainability, addressing climate change and animal welfare."


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Monday, February 22, 2010
City Snapshot: Moscow
Back in 2006, my husband and I were lucky enough to travel to Moscow, and stay with our good friends Alex and Anna. If you are looking for a completely different experience when travelling to a city, look no further than Moscow.
As Moscow is not one the easiest of cities for most people to travel to, I thought I would share some of our photos with you.
The above photo is taken in a small town, about 1 hours train ride from Moscow city centre, named Sergiyev Posad. Even the train ride there is quite different from other countries... at each stop new people will come on board and try to sell to you. They will sell anything from hair combs, to toilet paper, to alcohol, to food- you name it, they probably have it- any opportunity to sell something!
The main attraction in Sergiyev Posad is the monastery. As you can see from these photos, the colours and architecture are very different to anything seen in Western Europe (and Australia for that matter). You can definitely see the Byzantine influence in the structure of the buildings- this is one of the things I truly loved about Russia.
One night was spent at a free open air concert, in the middle of Moscow city. Gotan Project were performing that night- they were fantastic!
The above photo and below were taken in the Red Square and Kremlin. If you ever get the chance to visit the Red Square, go to the Army and Military Museum. In there you will find the most amazing jewels, Fabergé eggs, and decorated books, royal robes, etc. AMAZING!
I have always liked over-the-top, highly decorated and embellished designs and artwork. It is amazing to think that the above room is basically covered in gold gilding! Imagine the work involved!
Another difference to Moscow, and Russia in general that I noticed, if you ever go there- dress up! If you go casual, you will stand out. Even when we visited parks and outdoor areas, the local women would wear heels and dresses. As Anna explained, Summer is a very short time for them, and they spend most of their time covered in coats and jackets, so while the weather is nice, they will take any opportunity to wear something nice! My kind of place!
If you have the chance to visit Russia, I recommend it. Moscow is not as tourist friendly as
St. Petersburg, but it has a distinct flavour that is certainly different to any other! Make sure you arrange either a tour guide or someone who speaks Russian to show you around- as you will need it, but it is well worth it!
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Summer often brings days which are difficult to fill – especially if it's raining, as it occasionally does in Wales – and we've come to love the National Museum of Wales for those eventualities. I am always astonished these wonderful facilities are free to enter, which makes for some really good value days out.
Our nearest is the National Wool Museum at Drefach Felindre which guides you through the process from fleece to finished garment. H8 and R6 came away with a keepsake card with various bits of wool they had carded, spun, stitched and woven. We also love St Fagans National History Museum, which has lots of fascinating old houses and buildings to investigate and some enjoyable hands on exhibition pieces inside too.
The jewel in the crown, though, is the National Museum in Cardiff, with its floors of lovely exhibitions and the added bonus of spotting the parts of the building which have been used in filming episodes of Dr Who. H8 and R6 particularly love the Evolution of Wales exhibition – complete with dinosaur skeletons – which charts the development of Wales from the Big Bang to the Ice Age.
We'll be going there again in a few weeks' time when I take part in the Cardiff Half Marathon. This is becoming a bit of a family tradition. We book a hotel for the Saturday night before Sunday's race, have dinner at Pizza Hut – where I can scoff the necessary pre-race carbs and H8 and R6 can pile into the Ice Cream Factory – and then the following day I run while Brian takes the girls to the museum.
Last year it was such a hit, H8 and R6 demanded to do exactly the same this year. The grown-ups, of course, were also delighted to find Pizza Hut has extended its Kids Eat Free offer, which has been such a success this summer. The offer, which allows children under 12 to eat for free, has now been extended until January 9th 2011.
For every adult main course or adult lunchtime buffet purchased, an accompanying child can choose from either a FREE two course kids' meal (which includes a drink) or a FREE kids' lunchtime buffet (which includes pizza, pasta and salad). For more details click here: http://bit.ly/a1DhgJ You'll also find a code on your Pizza Hut restaurant receipt which you enter at the website to get great deals on family activities and adventures including theme parks, zoos, holidays and more.
I can see it'll be busier than ever with that offer this year. Last year Pizza Hut was full of families getting ready for the half marathon and there was a happy buzz of anticipation as everybody enjoyed pizza and pasta before the following day's exertions. This year, I am sure, will be every bit as good and we're all looking forward to it.
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In preparation for my trip to the National and another Michigan shop tour, I collected the "Most Wanted" lists from several bloggers. And I managed to find a few!
These items are being packaged for mailing. I have notified the recipients already. There are a couple others that I remembered someone wanting, but can't recall who it was.
Found a couple 80's Traded cards for Dime Box Nick at the National from a dealer's box of all early 80's.
Then later, while in Clio, MI at Collectibles Unlimited, I dug these out for Night Owl.
Not high-dollar purchases by any means, but I'm just glad I remembered to look for them.
Now here are the ones I thought someone wanted, but can't figure out who. Could be that they got 'em already, but if not, let me know and I'll get them out to their new home.
It's probably been a little while, but I swear someone had this on their wanted list. I recall the reference to the hockey stick. Who was it?
This one is still current year product, so it's likely that it got knocked off whoever's want list I saw it on by pack pull, single purchase or trade. I want to say it's a Brewer collector, but it isn't the most obvious ones that I know. Is it you?


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Rate-A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity
5hours to travel 360 kilometers is about _____km/h
360\5 = 72 km per hour .
Emma saves 28 cents of every dollar that she earns. Emma earned $75 last week. How much money did Emma save last week?
· Does this seem fair? No
· With what you know about proportion look and read what is in the image above. Does it seem just and fair? yes.
· Why have you made this choice? because he gave it all back, and he was homles
· What would you have done if you were the judge? I would give him a warning because he gave it all back, but i would also make him be apart of a enviroment situation.


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PRN: London Economics' Study on Plain Packs for Cigarettes Raises Concerns About Evidence and Shows That Consumers Would Switch to Cheaper Brands
09/mar/2012 01:02:06 PR Newswire Turismo Contatta l'autore
London Economics' Study on Plain Packs for Cigarettes Raises Concerns About Evidence and Shows That Consumers Would Switch to Cheaper Brands
LONDON, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
With the UK government poised to announce a public consultation on "plain packaging" for tobacco products, UK-based London Economics today released a study sounding a note of caution to UK policymakers. The comprehensive study demonstrates that plain packaging would likely result in consumers switching from premium brands to cheaper products. London Economics also reviewed existing research on plain packaging, noting that approaches used in many of these studies do not provide reliable predictions of future outcomes. Â
The London Economics' study of 3,000 UK residents used online simulation techniques to assess consumer behavior in a plain packaging environment. Â "Our analysis suggests that packaging imagery is a source of information that helps consumers differentiate between alternative product characteristics," says Dr. Gavan Conlon, a Partner at London Economics. "If consumers can't differentiate between brands in the market, they opt for cheaper brands, whether it's beer, cigarettes or almost any other product. If manufacturers respond by competing on price to maintain market share, prices may decline. In simple economic terms, when prices decline the demand increases and that's what might occur with the introduction of plain packaging." Â
London Economics also reviewed existing research put forward as evidence that plain packaging would reduce smoking rates and found that much of the research relies on statements of intention of what people might do, rather than analysing people's actual behavior. "Statements of intention can often be very different from actual outcomes and caution should be exercised in interpreting the results from self reported surveys and focus groups" notes Dr Charlotte Duke of London Economics, who led the research funded by Philip Morris International. "Robust behavioural studies looking at actual consumer preferences can overcome several of the methodological weaknesses of stated intention research, and give a better indication of what people will actually do. This provides a sound basis for policy decisions." Â
Reducing smoking rates should be the objective of any public health policy. However, governments should base policy on robust evidence, and exercise some caution in interpreting the headline conclusions of policy-related research. This report adds to the current evidence base on plain packaging and highlights that there may be unplanned outcomes associated with the introduction of plain packaging.
The report "The role of packaging imagery on consumer preferences for experience goods: A consumer behavioural experiment" is available upon request. For further comment or information, contact London Economics (+44(0)20-7866-8185; email@example.com)
The Study
The online experiment observed consumer preferences, of smokers and non-smokers, across a range of different everyday products including crisps, cigarettes, chocolate, beer, bottled water, ice-cream and toothpaste. The analysis involved testing respondents' preferences under various scenarios in which combinations of information like price, brand name, brand imagery, product information or advertising were presented to consumers. The resulting behaviour patterns were consistent across the majority of products, for both smokers and non-smokers alike.
London Economics
London Economics is a specialist economic and public policy consultancy. We have undertaken number of studies analysing consumer issues including assessments of consumer switching behaviour, non-market valuations, assessments of consumer detriment and consumer satisfaction studies. Common for most of the projects is the notion that consumer behaviour, consumer protection and the functioning of retail markets are closely interlinked: consumer behaviour and consumer protection policies have important effects on the functioning of retail markets and, at the same time, the functioning of retail markets may have important welfare effects for consumers and lead to consumer protection issues. Our team uses a combination of several different methodologies including consumer surveys, mystery shopping exercises, stakeholder consultation, literature reviews and choice modelling. Underpinning all our work is a strong commitment delivering methodologically robust and independent analy! sis.
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Well I was just told there is no way to become a member of this credit union if you do not live in PA. I joined the parks and recreation ( separately before going to PSECU).
They said if I have a friend or family member, or live in PA.
Does anyone know how to join and or apply for their products if you dont live in PA?
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Well I was just told there is no way to become a member of this credit union if you do not live in PA. I joined the parks and recreation ( separately before going to PSECU).
They said if I have a friend or family member, or live in PA.
Does anyone know how to join and or apply for their products if you dont live in PA?
A friend or family member what?
My bad, it is a family member only related by blood. It does show if you are a member of the Parks and Recreation, but when I called they said you still have to be a PA resident.
Does anyone know a way around this? I would love to be a member of this CU. They pull EX and mine is a 795.
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My bad, it is a family member only related by blood. It does show if you are a member of the Parks and Recreation, but when I called they said you still have to be a PA resident.
Does anyone know a way around this? I would love to be a member of this CU. They pull EX and mine is a 795.
Very interesting! If you have 795 EX credit score, what do you want from PSECU? I don't think they have any good credit card (unless they recently started some good card).
I also wonder where did you get your EX score? Most people actually join PSECU to find out their EX score as there is no other easy way to do so.
maybe you have friends or family in PA?
I am interested in PSECU because I have heard they have generous credit lines and pull EX. Currently I have 2 CL with USAA and Pentagon... both 20k a piece. I would like to have 2 or 3 more CL in that range.
Another reason is because of the true EX score. I just took with EX gave me and my Vantage score from Transunion and averaged a 795. So I do not know if its accurate or not.
I know mine has to be high as I have no bad marks and 6 accounts with less that 2% revolving credit.
I wish I had a family member in PA. LOL
As a housekeeping request, would it be possible to simply lock this thread? It's well out of date and while it was applicable back in 2010, as Hauling edited on the first post, PSECU changed their policy in 6/2011 to where you're mostly stuck living in PA to get residence.
For those who don't read the fine print all the time (myself included) would it be possible to prevent the constant raising this thread from the dead? The PSECU EX offering is part of the common forum lore at this point anyway.
thanks for this info...
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edit to add: as of 06/01/2011, the PRPS membership only works if you're a resident of Pennsylvania.
Another organization has popped up that might work. You can skip to screen 43 (or later) to learn about this latest twist.
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OK, now that one's a dud. Looks like this CU will wind up being pretty much restricted to Pennsylvania residents in most cases. Skip to this post.
Edited again 6/14/2011
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PSECU has added a new qualifying organization. And I think it must be in response to all those who want to join to access their EX score, because it's a separate category on their site.
Go to www.psecu.org, click Join PSECU, click again on join PSECU (this time it's an option on a page), and click "Launch Application."
Enter your social and DOB.
I can't go farther, since I've already joined, but there is now a separate category called something like "Friend of Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society or interested in joining." Click that, and sign up. It costs $20, and it says that your membership won't start until 1/1/2011, but it seems to be enough to do the job for PSECU membership. I think I clicked that I was interested in trails or something, but my category is "friend." I entered my out-of-state home and work addresses.
Then go back to the PSECU site and do the same as above, and this time enter that you're a member of PRPS. Sign up for share (you have to do this; it's how credit unions work) and checking <--you need checking or a credit product to see your score! I also signed up for online account access. You have to authorize a $6 pull from your bank ($5 for the share/ savings account and $1 for checking) There's a hard inq (don't know which, and I don't care), and you wait, and boom, you're in.
Oh, and when it asks if you want to print out your app or have them mail it to you, write down your new membership number first, because you won't be able to get back to it. I'll have to call in the morning.
It took for-absolutely-ever for me to go through the whole process, because I'm away from home and using a hotel internet access, but I suspect also that they're already bogged down from those who've discovered this.
Just a general plea to all: after all the posts I've read over the last three (wow, three, really??) years about joining frenzies for Justice FCU and CCCU and PenFed and Alliant and all the others: things will bog down. It will take time. Be patient. Be kind to the CSR's who probably don't know what's about to hit them. Don't call and pester and beg about CC's and auto loans and whatever. Let them process all the apps through and get to you when they can. They're just chumps like you and I, making $10.50 an hour or whatever, and they don't need a bunch of hysterical phone calls. Give it time!
As long as we can FINALLY!!! see our EX FICO's again, I can certainly wait for any additional goodies.
Thumbs up to both PSECU and to Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks, who now has a handy income stream to keep their no-doubt-wonderful state park system going. Hey, California tried to legalize pot, just so they could tax it and keep the budget afloat, so it's not the oddest source of funding ever known.
And many thanks to my pm buddy who clued me in on this!
edited to fix name of qualifying org, which is Recreation and Park, not Park and Recreation.
edited again to clarify the importance of signing up for checking (or applying for credit, which didn't come up on my application process) to see your EX FICO score. Thanks to gbishere for pointing this out!
@MYBEST - Im confused, the post seemed to just be quoting information form 2011? Did you just sign up recently? Are you a state resident?


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|So much inspiration from this uncredited Tumblr image.
I see two brooches, a pair of earrings, and a hair ornament.
What do you see?
And even more than that, Pinterest can be viewed as a world wide cabinet of curiosities put together by the thousands (maybe even millions) of other pinners that inhabit the world of Pinterest. By clicking on the bulletin board thumbtacks/grey speech balloon icon to the right of your name, you can see how other pinners are attracted to the images you post. Then by clicking on those pinners, you can see what interests they have that you might not have considered before. I've been introduced to stunningly intricate and beautiful scientific micro organisms, and how some of those scientific images have been translated into art pieces by other makers, seen how people have taken iconic objects and totally transformed them; and just been totally blown away at the creativity and intellectual imagination of my compatriots.
|Vina Rust's micro organisms as jewelry
The next time you 'waste' time surfing the world of Pinterest, switch gears and be more mindful of the images you're viewing. Observe the details, zero in on the elemental structures and forms that make up the whole of what you see. Try to re imagine and re conceive seemingly trivial aspects to turn them into inspiration for future projects.


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Google started on 25th of this month, Build Your Campus in 3D Competition. You and your team, all those free loading friends can honor your campus turf as you hone your 3D design skills just by modeling your school's campus buildings in Google SketchUp, geo-reference them in Google Earth, and submit them through the competition website to earn lasting online glory. If you are the lucky winner, you (and friends) get a visit to Google, all expenses paid. I am sure you will be able eat at the famous free cafeteria's.
I don't think I will compete, I have already been to Google, a few times. So next time I guess I will stay there.
Go ahead join the crowd. Get your campus on the map. Also be aware of the judges, that includes Bobby Brooks from Walt Disney Imagineering, Ken Harsha from Electronic Arts, Janet Martin from Communication Arts Inc. Paul Seletsky from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Gary Smith from Green Mountain Geographics LTD, and Ken M Tse from HKS Architects, Inc.
Get your campus in 3D on Google Map
Google sketchup contest
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Get your University on the map, 3D, using Google Sketchup
Google started on 25th of this month, Build Your Campus in 3D Competition. You and your team, all those free loading friends can honor your campus turf as you hone your 3D design skills just by modeling your school's campus buildings in Google SketchUp, geo-reference them in Google Earth, and submit them through the competition website to earn lasting online glory. If you are the lucky winner, you (and friends) get a visit to Google, all expenses paid. I am sure you will be able eat at the famous free cafeteria's.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
M$ not enough to buy Wikipedia
Microsoft's attempt to pay someone to alter the content of Wikipedia, has back fired. I think there are many blog posts and news items that point to this saga. I think Microsoft must be getting real soft in the middle now. Trying every which way to push its agenda to the fore. But it should have thought that OSS is more than just money. There may be bloggers that sell may their souls but there are ones that do not. Would I have done it? Don't know. Money is a big attractor, and the amount makes attraction stronger.
Since there are many posts, I will direct you to the sources. But before the links, I should say some things about posts. To be fair links take you to all three camps.
Not all posts are against Microsoft, there is a whole bunch that suck up to M$
The person involved / started the whole issue is Microsoft material from my point. After reading his post, I feel he will feel at home with Microsoft. But to be fair, read his article and the comments that follows.
In his article he says that he is going to correct the wikipedia! we he is welcome as long as he is right about what he writes. But reading his article and comments, I doubt he knows too much. And the entries (if any/ if allowed) will be validated.
Everyone has his or her right to their opinion. Above is mine.
Wikipedia entry on the issue
Microsoft contacted Rick Jelliffe
Microsoft is awsome, (do I need to say more..)
Microsoft Is Awesome: Microsoft Pays Editors to improve Quality of Wikipedia Articles
Looks like M$ broke it's own rules concerning Patchgaurd
There is a debate going on about M$'s much touted PachGaurd. Microsoft has changed rules to get one of it's application working according to one researcher. The I also read a post by a M$ worshiper explaining the issue but sidestepping the real questions. The information about the patchgaurd issue came from Skywing, one of my favorite authors.
The issue and the results are typical to M$ behavior one can be sure this patchgaurd will only provide protection (prevent) from providing solutions like virus and malware, direct driver needs provided by good people. The rogues will somehow by pass this, like M$ did.
The issue and the debate is so ugly, uncertain and lengthy, (So microsoft!), I will provide you the links to posts so you can make your own mind about it.
Skywing's article at Uninformed
Skywing' weblog, A lots of windows programming info, the last article I read
Did PatchGaurd hotfix break M$'s own rules @computerworld
Skywing's new Kernel Patch Protection analysis (mind your step, a lot of M$
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
DLD '07 (Digital, Life, Design)
DLD (Digital, Life, Design) is Europe's conference for the 21st century; covering digital innovation, gaming, arts and science and bringing together thought leaders from Europe, the Middle-East, America and Asia. The third DLD will take place at HVB Forum in the center of Munich, Germany.
DLD sessions will be streamed online. For photo and video coverage, you can track the DLD aggregator.
If you blog about this event please use DLD07 to tag the post. I have seen some photos and write ups from people like Jeff Pulver.
Follow the links and immerse yourself in DLD, or DLD07
DLD aggregator
DLD07 Streeamed
Monday, January 22, 2007
The Linux Foundation is laid! Let's start building
With Linux growing and bursting at seems like my waist line, two of the top organizations that guide its growth are finally have joined forces, OSDL and FSG.
OSDL is Open Source Development Labs
FSG is Free Standards Group
Now they are the Linux Foundation
I would guess that everything goes well with the new venture as it is needed very badly for growth of Linux.
Press and Blogsphere is awash with the news but I would like to direct you to an article that I think encapsulates all very well, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' news post over at Linux-watch.com.
Steve carries you through what the two organizations are and the importance of them coming together. So without reading about my waist line, follow the link to a nice explanation.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' news post
Linux Foundation
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Does New Adsense make any sense, with Jensence help, Yes
If you are using Google Adsense to generate revenue on your website or weblog, you may have gone through the procedures and rules that Google provides. Tech support team is great and any gray area that makes you wonder, could be easily resolved with an email to them.
But it is great to read all those rules and regulations in a more readable manner over at Jensense blog. She has a post that make it easier to know what to and what not to with Google Adsense. Follow the link for a good read.
Jensense makes sense on adsense
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Apple Store before and aftr Mac World 2007!
I noticed this interesting post at a site I frequent, pligg, and thought it is worthwhile to let you in to the thread.
Pligg CMS has a long history and it has been in/on many a blog articles. Go to DIGG and do a dig for Digg clone, you will be surprised. But Pligg is more than a Digg clone. First of all it is an Open Source Project, and it is a CMS.
I will be using Pligg in an upcoming project and I already know technologically I will succeed with Pligg's help. Market domminance, I dont know.
If you want to learn more about Pligg or pictures of Apple store, follow the links.
Apple Store before and After MAC World 2007
Pligg CMS Project
Wii Undressed, an Open Wii for your pleasure
Wii Undressed, an Open Wii for your pleasure;
TechRepublic has disassembled a hard to find Wii so that you can enjoy watching the innards of a Wii.
I would say it is a brave act or they have too much money to burn. On the other hand it is a $250 web advertisement for the site. I would have "wee"ed if I have to open my Wii!
Oneway or the other, I sailed through all the photos, and you might too. Follow the link given below.
Wii undressed
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Gas Pump with WiFi dispenses MP3s
I was at Asterisk VoIP News when I noticed this article. But before going any further, let me tell you that the system depends on Windows CE! Be aware of what you might get or not. "Where do you want to go today?" Bill might actually know where you are going.
From AVN;
Fuel dispenser manufacturer Dresser Wayne demonstrated its latest Windows CE-powered gas pump at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Among other functions, the Internet-ready, WiFi-capable Ovation2 iX supports the transfer of media content to other WiFi-enabled devices.
The CES demonstration featured a Windows Automotive-enabled Alpine Electronics stereo and navigation system installed in a Lincoln Navigator. The demo showed audio files being purchased from the Dresser Wayne fuel dispenser, downloaded to a compatible media device such as a cellphone or entertainment system, and then played through the Alpine IVA-W200 stereo system located within the vehicle.
Read more at AVN.
WiFi enabled Gas Pump
Friday, January 12, 2007
iPhone runs along, with Google maps and GPS now
iPhone will surely live on. With law suits, Google maps, gps and all that jazz, read more at the Voip IP Telephony.
VOIP IP Telephony: iPhone, Demo, Google maps, and GPS
Thursday, January 11, 2007
CES Nuggets, that I will tryto get
Hitachi 1TB hard drive;
Besides the sheer capacity of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 drive, which provides 33% more storage space than the largest drive currently available on the market - Seagate's 750 GB Barracuda drive - the big news about the Terabyte drive is that it actually may be ringing in more competition for Seagate on the high-end, ultimately resulting in lower prices. Hitachi will sell the 7K1000 for about $400 retail, which compares to about $450 for Seagate's 750 GB drive.
32GB Flash Drive;
NAND flash will turn 18 years in 2007 and it could become the most important and successful year of the technology yet. Having matured mainly in applications such as memory cards, USB sticks and high-end solid state disks, NAND flash appears top be ready to take a shot at key storage applications. Following Samsung, which yesterday announced that it has begun production of 16 Gb memory chips for its 2.5" 32 GB Flash drive, Sandisk said that it will be unveiling a 1.8" 32 GB SSD, based on NAND flash memory technology at CES.
The One Laptop Per Child project computer;
The One Laptop Per Child project is inching towards final production: Prototypes are currently on display at the Consumer Electronics Show and we have used the opportunity to play around with the devices shown by Marvell, which provides the wireless chips for the device.
Tom's hardware guide has more news on CES
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
2160P comes to your TV
Tom's Hardware Guide has an article about new Westinghouse 2160P, Quad-HD TV displays.
Las Vegas (NV) - 1080p is really what you should be looking for in a new high-definition HDTV, but the next generation is just around the corner: Westinghouse showcases a 2160p - commonly referred to as a Quad HDTV.
Westinghouse has a fairly modest booth at this year's CES, but there were some things that really stood out, most notably the Quad HDTV that was announced a few days before the show. That, along with a handful of new 1080p TVs and high-definition computer monitors are headlining the first batch of new 2007 releases, underscoring the future trend for the digital division of Westinghouse.
Westinghouse at CES: Quad HDTV and 1080p ...
iphone,iTV, AppleTV and Ravenii
Ravenii beat me to the post about iPhone, iTV, AppleTV. I was too tired from Apple cider! The parties.
Head over to VoIP IP Telephony to read about apple's latest stuff.
VOIP IP Telephony: Apple's iPhone iTV (AppleTV), finally comes.
Monday, January 08, 2007
LG resolves HDDVD format war with BH100 and GGW-H10N
The LG's BH100 is the stand alone, Super Multi Blue player, the BH100 doesn't take sides and simply offers both Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback in one drive at the price of $1.199.
The GGW-H10N is a bare drive that will be meant for computer optical disk that will read both Blu-ray and HDDVD formats, as well as current DVD disks.
Other companies like Samsung also came out with newer Blu-ray disk players that would read older DVD disks but wouldn't you rather have a player that can read formats? Yeas I would and save up for that LG BH100 for my home theater and GGW-H10N for my computer. I would like to have a writer as well but I guess then I will have to buy two drives, one to write Blu-ray and the other to write HDDVD.
As Ravenii wrote earlier (see the link below), Warner brothers dual format disks also will put a damper in the format war. Now that LG out with the player option, Warner Brother can promote the dual format disk version. Also in the making, from Warner brothers is a disk that will hold all three formats, Blu-ray, HDDVD, DVD.
Wow, this is goig to be better than Betamax war.
My guess is next version of XBOX will have a built in HDDVD drive, or would it be a drive from LG?
Geemodo: The Total HD, will make it easier for you chose HD DVD player
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Toyota will stop you from driving if you are Drunk
A post in Slashdot lead me to an article about an Alcohol Detection System that can detect drunken drivers and would immobilize the car when it detects excessive alcohol consumption.
Further digging allowed me to pick this bit too; "Cars fitted with the detection system will not start if sweat sensors in the driving wheel detect high levels of alcohol in the driver's bloodstream, according to a report carried by the mass-circulation daily, Asahi Shimbun. The system could also kick in if the sensors detect abnormal steering, or if a special camera shows that the driver's pupils are not in focus. The car is then slowed to a halt, the report said.'"
So if you are a drunk, don't drive and don't buy a Toyota. The other question I have for Toyota is how are they going to manage, cross eyed people!,
Toyota Creating Alcohol Detection System from PhysOrg.com
(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption, a news report said Wednesday.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
The Total HD, will make it easier for you chose HD DVD player
The Total HD, so named by the creator, Warner Brothers, plans to announce next week a single videodisc that can play films and television programs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, the rival DVD technologies.
The CES 2007 (Geemodo: 2007 International CES� in Vegas January 8-11) will be the venue to be held in Las Vegas from 8th to 11th.
Barry M. Meyer, the chairman and chief executive of Warner Bros., said in an interview that the company came up with the Total HD disc after concluding that neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD was going the way of Betamax anytime soon.
"The next best thing is to recognize that there will be two formats and to make that not a negative for the consumer," Meyer said. "We felt that the most significant constituency for us to satisfy was the consumer first, and the retailer second. The retailer wants to sell hardware and doesn't want to be forced into stocking two formats for everything. This is ideal for them."
For now, Sony; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which is owned by private equity firms in partnership with the Comcast and Sony; 20th Century Fox, a division of the News Corp.; and Walt Disney Pictures are all exclusively releasing their DVDs in Blu-ray.
Universal Studios, which is owned by General Electric, is releasing only in HD DVD. Warner and Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, are issuing DVDs in both formats.
Other solutions include, LG releasing a DVD player with dual drives, both blu-ray and HDDVD.
Read more about the total HD at the New York Times
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Looks as if Sony trying to buy a winning in game console war
Looks as if Sony trying to buy a winning in game console war. Looking at some of the predictions by analysts like Yankee group (Which analyzed few years ago that SCO will win the war with IBM (Follow the link below) is saying that PS3 will dominate the Console Game market, by 2010-2011!, may be they are talking about PS4 which is better and cheaper.
here is the scoops;
"In August 2006 another research company forecasted that Sony's PlayStation 3 will win the gaming console battle. Boston-based research firm Yankee Group reported that the game-console war will have found a winner by 2011 and that is PlayStation 3. Xbox 360 will come second and Nintendo Wii third. The respected market research firm predicted that by 2011, which means 5 years from now, PlayStation 3 will have more than 30 million units sold, Xbox 360 will closely follow with 27 million units and Nintendo will trail the other two giants with its Wii console, with only 11 million units.
Translated in market share, that means 44% for PlayStation, which regains its dominant position, 40% for Xbox 360 and 16% for Nintendo's Wii."
Hmm. Do they have shares in Sony? In about Years, may be Wii II will win the game!
I got the information from Dvorak uncensored.
But Gizmodo asks;
"Tossing out on their asses those who forecast gaming console sales by throwing darts at a dartboard, let's take a look at the real numbers: Xbox 360 has sold 9.44 million units so far, the Wii has moved 2.2 million, compared to the measly 854,627 units of the PS3. Maybe those researchers aren't paying any attention to which gaming consoles are actually fun to play. Who's your daddy, PS3?"
You tell me!
Yankee group's Laura Didio's analysis of SCO law suite.
Dvorak uncensored
Gizmodo egg headded++ analysts
Bluetooth gives a toothache to Electronic Giants
It seems that electronic giants like Nokia, Samsung and Matsushita have been hit with a patent lawsuit over their use of Bluetooth chips in products they sell. A not-for-profit group, Washington Research Foundation based in Seattle, which commercializes technology developed at universities, alleges the chips infringe patents under its control.
The rival Bluetooth chip maker Broadcom, has licensed underlying technology developed at the University of Washington covered by patents, unlike CSR, which is based in UK.
CSR has issued a statement describing the suit as without merit and that the company intends to defend its products from the action vigorously.
Bluetooth, a wireless protocol for connecting devices within a limited range such as an office, was originally developed in Sweden in 1994 by Ericsson engineers Sven Mattison and Jaap Haartsen. Ericsson eventually made the technology open source and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group was established in 1998, of which a foundation member was Nokia, one of the defendants in this suit.
Washington Research Foundation
Monday, January 01, 2007
Geemodo's most viewed article is "Removewga released" for 2006
A lot of people, who knows what they are doing and what M$ is upto, have shown interest in removing WGA. The article received a lot of attention. Now in Vista, it is a part of the OS, and we will have to find out how to block or disable, M$ calling home, each and everyday. I am not sure what information it will send out. I do have a license for it and I will install for tech support issues. But my windows work will be done on XP running on a Mac under Parallels.
My normal work will be done on Linux.
Geemodo: removeWGA released
Have a laugh on ZUNE for the new year!, Happy New Year
I thought M$ put a lot of thought in to developing Zune. After all it was going to over take iPod in the portable music market. Well the design did not exactly win the hearts of potential users.(Bigger is not always better). Bigger and cute will do!
Well even the mediocre design could be pushed out using a good advertising and marketing campaign. M$ is even failing on that. Look at this ugly, thoughtless ad for Zune, have a laugh while loading up your iPod!
Ugly but laughable Zune Ad


text: Monetising Twitter has been a topic of much debate over the last year or two, and with it's ever increasing scope for brands to advertise using its platform, it's a hotter topic than ever. This video, hosted by UK agency (and my former employer) TBG Digital provides an interesting insight from Twitter themselves as to it's plans on advertising via the social network giant. What's interesting is their dedication to keep Twitter an enjoyable experience for the user, hence their very considered step by step approach towards advertising. Keep an eye out for promoted tweets also – I think we'll be seeing lots more of these.


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this music monday is dedicated to all the strong, independent women out there.
enjoy :]
adele ~ rolling in the deep [i know it's old, but i can't stop listening to it!]meg and dia ~ remix to ignitionyeah yeah yeahs ~ skeletonstegan and sara ~ like o, like h [fave]


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Repost from May the 14th 2008. The correct b-side scan added.
Sorry for being absent. Been moving to a new flat. Hell, that's a huge pain carrying all the sex toys and records around. After that it was time for a trip to US/Minneapolis. No Husker Du didn't get together. Saw Willful Neglect a couple times with Prince singing. Charming.
DV8 from Chicago. Not too far from Minneapolis. Still a total different sound from the Minneapolis bands. That's how it was back in the golden shower days. Learn To Say Goodbye is VERY Clash influenced but still sounds fresh to my ears. The real keeper though is the flip Guns On The Right. What a total scorcher. Leaning to hardcore. Super tight playing and a well crafted tune makes up for what we oldies call a KILLER tune.
Thanks to Martin for keeping the site alive. More post from him will come. And from me too of course.
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The 'Other Half' is the word. The 'Other Half' is an organism. Word is an organism. The presence of the 'Other Half' is a separate organism attached to your nervous system on an air line of words can now be demonstrated experimentally. One of the most common 'hallucinations' of subject during sense withdrawal is the feeling of another body sprawled through the subject's body at an angle...yes quite an angle it is the 'Other Half' worked quite some years on a symbiotic basis. From symbiosis to parasitism is a short step. The word is now a virus. The flu virus may have once been a healthy lung cell. It is now a parasitic organism that invades and damages the central nervous system. Modern man has lost the option of silence. Try halting sub-vocal speech. Try to achieve even ten seconds of inner silence. You will encounter a resisting organism that forces you to talk. That organism is the word.
- The Ticket That Exploded (1962).


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|By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas
Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News
Aug. 06, 2010--A bankruptcy court auction of 11 casinos, land holdings and American Indian gaming agreements belonging to Station Casinos could be over before the judge's gavel hits the base.
A "stalking horse" bid of $772 million by the founders of the locals gaming giant was determined Thursday to be the highest and best bid by the independent firm brought in to evaluate the process.
However, much of the mystery surrounding today's hearing at the federal courthouse in Reno was removed a week ago.
Unsecured creditors, who had opposed all aspects of Station Casinos' two-pronged Chapter 11 reorganization, reached an agreement with the company on July 28 to provide a financial investment and support for the plans in exchange for equity ownership in the reconfigured company.
Two days later, Boyd Gaming Corp., Station Casinos' chief rival in the locals gaming market, said it wasn't going to participate in the auction because the court-approved process made it difficult for qualified bidders to compete fairly.
The move left Fertitta Gaming, a business formed by Station Casinos founders Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, in position to retain an ownership stake in the company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy more than year ago with almost $6 billion in debt.
Fertitta Gaming holds the stalking horse bid of $772 million for today's auction that will be administered by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregg Zive. According to court records, the Fertitta Gaming bid includes $455 million in new debt and is supported by Station Casinos' primary lenders, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and real estate investment firm Colony Capital.
Resorts up for bid include Texas Station, Santa Fe Station and the two Fiestas, smaller casinos, certain land holdings and American Indian gaming contracts. Zive planned to sell the grouping as one entity.
Financial adviser Lazard Freres & Co. said only six qualified bids were submitted for the Station Casinos assets, but only one, an offer submitted by Boyd Gaming, covered the entire portfolio of assets offered in the auction. Other bids were submitted for just selected assets.
In an affidavit filed with the court, Lazard Managing Director Daniel Aronson said 39 parties expressed interest in participating in the auction and 26 executed confidentiality agreements.
Only eight of those parties submitted letters of intent that they would participate in the process.
"Lazard believes that the stalking horse bid is the highest and best bid for the assets available to the debtors to date," Aronson wrote in his affidavit. "Moreover, Lazard does not believe that it would be in the best interests of the debtors to terminate the sale process or extend the deadlines set forth in the bidding procedures."
Aronson said the stalking horse price was set in April following a "robust" mini auction between Fertitta Gaming and Boyd Gaming. He said the $772 million bid was an increase of $135 million over a proposed purchase price.
Aronson disputed Boyd's claims that the auction process was unfair.
"I believe that the sale and bidding process was conducted in accordance with the bidding procedures, that potential bidders were provided with fair and open access to all reasonable diligence materials and that the bidding procedures provided an open and level playing field for all potential bidders," Aronson said. "At no point during the process did any potential bidder voice any complaints to me about the bidding procedures or request that the debtors deviate from or modify the bidding procedures."
Nancy Rapoport, a professor of bankruptcy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Boyd School of Law, said the judge's primary concern is for the assets being acquired to attract reasonable value. She said that's one reason preference is given to the stalking horse bid.
"In the judge's mind, the stalking horse bid sets the real value for the assets, and anything above that bid provides additional value," she said.
Last week, Boyd CEO Keith Smith said a requirement known as the "Texas Station put," which forces an outside buyer to acquire the leased land under Texas Station for $75 million, favored insiders. Fertitta Gaming would not need to pay that since the land is owned by Victoria Fertitta, the mother of Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta.
Rapoport said the Texas Station put was not unusual in bankruptcy. She said the clause was similar to credit bidding, where bids are taken on an asset that is secured by collateral and one party might have to pay extra for the collateral.
"This bankruptcy case is bigger than life in a lot of ways," Rapoport said. "Station Casinos is a major player in the local economy."
In their agreement announced last week, the bondholders agreed to invest up to $100 million in the reorganized company in exchange for an ownership stake in the auctioned properties. The bondholders' investment could be used to support the auction process.
The agreement will give the bondholders a stake in the other properties that will be spun off into a new holding company under the reorganization proposal.
Four Station Casinos properties -- Red Rock Resort, Palace Station, Sunset Station and Boulder Station -- along with the Wild Wild West and its adjoining 110 acres, will be spun off into a new holding company owned by Colony Capital, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Fertitta Gaming.
Once today's auction is concluded, the judge is expected to confirm the reorganization plan in a hearing on Aug. 27 in Reno.
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That looks like loads of clearance available, even with 28mm tyres. What's the max it'll fit? I expected 25mm.cyclenutnz wrote:Have been meaning to post pics for a while. Built it at the start of August as soon as H11 landed here. Which turned out to be before Campag had given their distributors any education or parts lists, so it was a bit of a journey of discovery (happily it's all Magura kit for the Hydros so I had all the necessary tools).
Tyres are Conti GP4000SII 28, measuring out at ~31mm
And I weighed as I built:
After taking these pics I went for a 10min ride around the block then packed it into the Evoc bag to go to Austria for a very unpleasant triathlon (2500m climbing in 93km). Not how I usually like to do things (both racing on an untested bike and riding up big hills).
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Veterinary intervention in Maasailand: Infection-and-treatment vaccine against East Coast fever
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Homewood, K., Trench, P., Randall, S., Lynen, G . and Bishop, B. 2006. Veterinary intervention in Maasailand: Infection-and-treatment vaccine against East Coast fever. Agricultural Systems 89(2-3):248-271
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In arid and semi-arid rangelands of sub-Saharan Africa, livestock are a central component of rural livelihoods and national economies, but their production is constrained by drought and disease, and exacerbated by institutional barriers and land use restrictions among other factors. Veterinary interventions may make a major difference to production measures but as with any intervention, they can also entail complex ecological and economic implications. This paper analyses the impacts of a vaccination programme for East Coast fever (ECF). ECF is the major cause of death among calves of Maasai pastoralists and agro-pastoralists and a major constraint on the livelihoods of these people. In our study sites, overall annual mortality in the calf crop due to ECF ranges from 30% to 60% depending on the rainfall (the better the rains, the higher the ECF mortalities). Our study explores the implications of vaccination for pastoralist livestock production, development and poverty and considers the potential impacts on rangeland and wildlife. Livestock mortality, sale, slaughter and exchange were measured using a multi-round survey of 72 households and a register of 1528 cattle in two study areas of different ecology and epidemiology. Livestock performance differed between the two areas, with the highland area showing higher background levels of mortality of unvaccinated animals. The infection-and-treatment method of vaccination has a major and highly significant impact on survival in both areas. Uptake of vaccination is strongly associated with a measure of wealth that includes livestock numbers and economic security, and medium and poor pastoralist households find it hard or impossible to access the full benefits of the vaccine. In one study site, vaccination was more frequent for male animals than females, suggesting an investment in vaccination for improved terms of trade. Vaccination could therefore improve livestock production without driving increasing herd numbers. However, the degree to which increasing survival due to vaccination is offset by increasing volume of trade requires further monitoring as those calves vaccinated at the start of the project reach economic maturity. Our study shows no link between vaccine uptake (or volume of trade) and scale of cultivation, suggesting little cross-investment between these livelihood activities. Vaccination potentially holds positive implications for rangeland and wildlife ecology. However, the logistics and economics of access to the vaccine mean that, under the current system of distribution, it could be driving socio-economic differentiation, rather than alleviating poverty. Alternative systems are suggested. Government and donor promotion of this and comparable interventions need to consider the poverty impacts and take measures to widen access.
AGROVOC Keywords
SubjectsANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; LIVELIHOODS; LIVESTOCK; PASTORALISM; VACCINES; RANGELANDS;
RegionsAFRICA; EAST AFRICA
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Back again to the good ol' wordpress. Things have definitely life-changing for me. I don't even know whether I might be able to update frequently, but here I am 😀
As the theme of the blog goes, I will include everything in this blog, writing random things. Quick overview of what happened since my last post: I decided to value my social and personal life more. I might plan but the big guy up there was the ultimate decision maker, so I will still go where life takes me.
I am stranded *ahem* in the remote part of Indonesia, back to my hometown. I got married in 2012 and welcomed the most incredible baby boy in 2013. I still am a beauty addict despite the limited supply over here. However, this enables me to actually use up whatever I have in my stash. Hitting pan is a norm now. As I have become a mother and a wife, the usual beauty
routine has become a luxury to me. Kudos to all mothers who manage to raise their kids without help. Having baby sitter and domestic help is a must to metropolitan mommies. Well, not all of them but the majority do. Such thing is painstaking to get where I live right now. No complain, just trying to live each day to the fullest while enjoying every single moment with my little prince.
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Five years ago this month, I got job offers coming at me in all directions--all in the middle of the recession, and the worst financial time that my generation has experienced. I worked in a niche area of healthcare policy, and that niche area had been embedded into Obama's stimulus package of 2009. Everyone who knew anything about this was suddenly highly marketable. It was a flash in the pan moment for me and my fledgling "career" --only 6 years out of college at that time --and the likes of which I will likely ever see again my lifetime.
Five years ago this month, I took a deep breath and made the difficult decision to move back to Washington, D.C.
I've lived in my little apartment in my vibrant bustling city for longer than I've ever lived anywhere in my life. My career has skyrocketed to a level I could never have envisioned--I don't regret that decision for a minute. I am well-known in my field, and we're winding down. Mission accomplished, so to speak, in a lot of ways. It's changing, pulling me down into the depths of which I'm not sure I want to go.
I've grown more than I ever have (in more than ways than one, and I should look very seriously at Weight Watchers in my future!). I am a different person than I was--and that's life as it should be.
I'm typing this sitting on an airport floor, outside gate 38, waiting to board a plane to Louisville so that I can have a four-hour long job interview tomorrow. I think there's a good chance I'll get it (I know the woman I'd be working for, or else I wouldn't be nearly this sure), and thus a good chance my life will turn on its head and a new chapter will begin.
Or it won't. And that's ok too, but I am ready to get home. I think I am destined, as a child of divorce, to always feel torn between two homes. DC has been my home for many, many years and I will cry a lot over the next month as I pack up my life again to journey back to my Kentucky home. There is no guarantee, but I've been asking the universe (quite literally, out loud) to bring me something good. Please, let something good happen.
In an attempt to control things I can control, I decided to dye my hair brown, as it finally became clear it was turning under those blonde highlights I kept putting in. Embracing the physical changes, the emotional ones, for what's next.
Cross your fingers.
"And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before?"


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MORNING BUZZ: Burning Questions, With Friends like these, and Who Protest?
Good Morning!
Lots to talk about in the news today.
Burning Questions
An old abandoned warehouse is on fire again and it should tell you something that the guys trained to deal with hazardous fires don't want any part of this one. Seriously, Des Moines Firefighters are standing outside the building doing their best but they're not going to risk going into the place…even with portable oxygen on!
I heard from a few people, "why didn't the City just clean this up?". Lots of reasons….the first of which is they didn't own it the first time it was on fire. The second time they apparently did own it but…(and I'm guessing here) just taking this stuff out of the building is going to be a trick. I'm sure there are ridiculously complicated EPA standards for how to deal with it. It could take years for the City to get permission to go into the building…
I'm not arguing for deregulating disposal of those hazardous materials. I do think, in a case where a City, for instance, gets stuck with a mess like this…there should be some latitude on getting it to the proper storage and disposal.
With Friends Like these…
Thank You Great Britain, for talking a good game about retaliation against the Assad regime and then stepping aside and saying…"you do it". That was always going to be the case anyway. US Navy ships are in the area and would take the risk.
The fact that Parliament didn't even want to support action, in principal…is, to me, sign that Western Nations are sick of stepping in to "help" only to be vilified later by the people who asked for help. This is a damned if you do and damned if you don't. I can't imagine letting a government use Chemical weapons on innocent people. We have the ability to change the situation or at least to give someone pause about doing it again. Still, there's part of me that wants the West to let this one play out on its own.
Who's Protesting?
I saw all the stories with video of thousands of people protesting lower wages for fast food workers. Looked like a lot of people. Well it turns out there's a reason for it. NPR was the only news outlet that actually asked the people protesting if they WORKED at a fast food joint. The NPR story I heard said only about 10 percent of the people who were out there were employed at a fast food chain. The rest were Union leaders and "community organizers".
Now, I'm not saying that workers at fast food places don't want to be making more money. I'm sure they do. My problem is that Labor Unions and "community organizers" (read:professional protesters) were the bulk of the crowd. That adds context to the story and should have been reported.
My other issue with this story is that these are entry-level jobs. No doubt they don't pay well. I've said here often…my first "entry-level" job in Journalism paid me about eight or nine dollars an hour. That was after I'd turned down jobs for 11k and 14k/year. That's also after I'd spent four years in College.
I just think $15/hour for what the marketplace regards as an entry-level job is too much.
So the Postal workers Union is upset about rules that force the service to fully fund its retiree benefits out 75 years? They protested a bill to make changes to postal delivery, cutting Saturday delivery and (this is the part we don't hear about) asking Union carriers to pay more of their benefits and including a clause that allows the Postal service to lay off workers.
75 years seems like a lot, I agree. The other two provision I am all for. I love my postal carrier and he works hard. Can you imagine carrying a 50lb bag around in 99 degree heat?
I imagine, however, if those carriers asked the people they deliver to, they'd find these homeowners pay more these days for benefits and are not guaranteed a job. If I'm reading the chart right, it would appear letter carriers make anywhere from $34,000 starting to $57,000 at the top end of the scale.
I'm sure "thank you" notes are going out from across the country to the guy running against Corey Booker for mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Rumors have floated for years about Booker's sexual orientation. He's let those rumors go. His opponent seized on that saying that there were reports Booker liked to get manicures and pedicures…
"Maybe that helps to get him the gay vote, by acting ambiguous."
"It's kind of weird," Lonegan added. "As a guy, I personally like being a guy. I don't know if you saw the stories last year. They've been out for quite a bit about how he likes to go out at three o'clock in the morning for a manicure and a pedicure."
"I don't like going out in the middle of the night or any time of the day for a manicure and pedicure. It was described as his peculiar fetish, is how it was described," Lonegan said. "I have a more peculiar fetish; I like a good Scotch and a cigar; that's my fetish, but we'll just compare the two."
I'm sure those thank you notes will come in from the Republicans trying desperately to expand the pool of people who vote for conservatives. I'm sure this will erase the image some of those voters have of a racist, homophobic party of religious zealots.
When you have to revert to making your political contest about whether you're more of a "man"…you're in trouble. A real man makes a substantive argument.
Struck a Nerve
Finally, someone wrote in on Facebook to ding me for putting up the question about the tooth fairy. We ran the story about how much the TF is bringing these days on average ($3.10/tooth) As a Parent of kids whose teeth are falling out weekly, I found it interesting. It's a cultural touchpoint. One of those "when I was a kid" kind of discussions. Anyway, her beef was that we put the TF story ahead of stories on Syria. We didn't. We put the story at the end of a block of news that started with two stories on Syria. The TF story isn't important, it's not breaking news…but we didn't treat it that way.
I hope you all have a good weekend


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From the start of this calamity I have wanted to know, "What is the worst that can happen at these nuclear sites? Suppose everything that could go wrong does go wrong: what then?" ...My father, who retired many years ago, was a mechanical engineer in the British nuclear power industry. He worked on the designs of several new reactors, specialising in the handling of fuel. I vividly recall his telling me decades ago that the thing that concerned him most about nuclear power was not the reactors but the storage of spent fuel. This needed to be very carefully managed. If planners insisted on giving nuclear installations the smallest footprint, everything would be on the same site. What would happen to the spent fuel if an accident meant a site had to be evacuated? Insufficient attention was being paid to this, he said. The conversation passed through my mind as soon as the first reports of problems at Fukushima appeared. Where do they put the spent fuel?Today the New York Times tells us where: on "the top level of the reactor buildings". The piece worsens the worst-case scenario yet again, saying that this fuel may pose a bigger risk at Fukushima than the reactors themselves (reactors, plural, of course: the small-footprint approach bunches many of them together). Elsewhere one reads that hundreds of workers have already been evacuated from the site and only 50 remain, scrambling to stabilize six reactors, and to keep the storage pools replenished. What happens if and when those last workers are pulled out?
If one bunches one's nukes together is a Cluster Fukushima THE RESULT?
By Anonymous, at
Those 50 workers are already dead men.
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Since Yucca Mountain was smothered in its crib, we are doing exactly the same thing, storing all our nuclear waste right next to the reactors that produced it.
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and BTW I consider those 50 men to be true heroes of the first order, worthy of all the honor the very honor-oriented Japanese society can bestow.
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Cindy Novotny is a motivational speaker, author, personal coach and trainer that specializes in sales, customer service, and leadership. She is the author of the book "Living with No Balance and Loving It." She travels the globe 50 out of 52 weeks a year. She is a great inspiration for many people. Her passion, and no nonsense approach is what keeps many companies and individuals requesting her services.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Hurricane IKE!
I will never again be able to look at a natural disaster and not think of what my family has been through the last few weeks. September 13th brought "IKE" into Galveston where my daughter lives a few blocks from the beach. It not only destroyed the island, it left my daughter nothing to salvage but some of her clothes and pictures. She lost everything else in her apartment - but she is safe and that is what counts. My parents and sister in Houston went for 13 days without electricity. I spent a week and a half helping everyone out and the toughest part was when we were given clearance to get on Galveston Island - words will never describe what we saw when we entered Jessica's apartment. We are among so many that suffer during hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires, earthquakes and much more. Nothing is more important than family and friends - stuff is just stuff that can be replaced. Don't take for granted anything you hold dear - enjoy each day and reach out to your loved ones!
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Monday, September 1, 2008
This has been a great summer! I just returned from Alaska touring the interior. I never met more incredible women. They homestead, they race in the Iditarod, fly small planes over the "mountain" and many of these women are single or widowed. They decided to move to Alaska for their love of land and animals and they amazed me. What really caught my attention was the simplicity in their lives and the lack of stress. They get up everyday ready to enjoy "hard work." What they don't have to endure is gossip, face time, office politics, and the game playing in business. But don't misunderstand me - they are in business. They run the restaurants, the shops, the tours, the boats, etc. What they have no time for is the "b.s." I took walks up mountains (not Denali - as they natives refer to it as) but smaller mountains, and actually had grizzles's within only a few feet from me. I soon learned how to stand still, ring my "bear bell" and learn to listen to the land and the land would give me the answers. For those of you who know me, you must think I have lost my mind. Not to worry - I am not giving up life on the road staying in fabulous hotels to move to Alaska. What I am doing is starting to take more time to pay attention to the little things in life, and yes, get outside and walk more! So today, the first of September I start my new goal of getting outside to enjoy the sun, rain, warmth or cold of the day - wherever I am I will go for a walk! Enjoy the season of Autumn - a great time to prepare for the end of the year..... Cindy
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"The self and the world are not seperate".
In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the little understood phenomenon sometimes called the "Overview Effect". He describes being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness. Without warning, he says, a feeing of bliss, timelessness, and connectedness began to overwhelm him. He describes becoming instantly and profoundly aware that each of his constituent atoms were connected to the fragile planet he saw in the window and to every other atom in the Universe. He described experiencing an intense awareness that Earth, with its humans, other animal species, and systems were all one synergistic whole. He says the feeling that rushed over him was a sense of interconnected euphoria. He was not the first—nor the last—to experience this strange "cosmic connection".


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Donate it
Google the phrase "donations of old cell phones" and you will come up with pages of organizations that accept old cell phones and repurpose them to be used again. Here are just a few:
Cell Phones For Soldiers - This organization actually sells the cellphones they collect to ReCellular, and they use the money they make to buy pre-paid phone cards for American soldiers. The organization was started by by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, and they have donated over 500,000 pre-paid cards to date.
Phones for Life - This organization distributes free emergency cell phones to those over 60 years old, victims of domestic violence, and those with serious physical disabilities.
Support Network for Battered Women - Reprogrammed cell phones help victims of domestic violence call police when needed.
Recycle it
This is the option I'll be going with for the devil phone. It would be cruel to saddle someone else with a phone that doesn't want to call out when you want it to. Especially someone who would be using it in an emergency.
Old cell phones, like most electronics, are considered e-waste and should never be put in the trash to end up in a landfill. Most municipalities have e-waste recycling programs or you can go to Earth911 to find the closest place that will accept your old cell phone for recycling.
One last thing
I read over at MSN money that "A user needs to perform "an advanced hard reset," which is typically outlined in the phone's user manual, to permanently clear the memory."
If you can't find your manual, you can go to Wireless Recycling, and give them the manufacturer and model of your old cell phone along with your e-mail address. They will then e-mail you the instructions to safely erase all personal data from your phone.