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The collaboration between Puma and Sergio Rossi is flourishing, to say the least, with their new Spring 2010 collection boasting styles for both men and women.
Crafted in the Sergio Rossi factory in Italy, the new collection features the women's sneaker heel that we first got glimpse of back in February, along with high and low top models for the boys (and girls if you are really digging them :)).
Both the men's and women's Clyde and Clyde heel come in a few different colourways – differing slightly from the F/W collection and made with a satin finish, olive green and orange colours have been added to the new line in place of the navy from last season.
The First Round models have been rolled out in two different ways – satin finish and the leather finish, with the leather featuring a printed panel on each side. The leather First Round has been made in both the men and women's heeled styles, in colorways white, black and yellow.
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Illinois SBDC International Trade Center
Since 1989, the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at Bradley University has helped hundreds of Illinois companies take advantage of the potential of the international marketplace. The ITC expanded in 1994 to include specialized assistance to ensure exporters obtain the benefits associated with Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including NAFTA. We help manufacturing and service companies make the right move at the right time. Working together, more than 500 companies have expanded their export sales by more than $400 million.
Our services include:
- Assessing company readiness to export
- Identifying potential export markets
- Identifying potential foreign buyers
- Assisting with foreign market entry
- International business planning
- Export document training
- Trade-lead matching from U.S. Embassies
- Education and networking forums
- Executive courses in international business
- Export finance options
- In-house training
For more information on the ITC, call (309) 677-3075 or e-mail us.
International Trade Resources
Export Guides
Small Business Administration- Export Business Planner- A comprehensive guide to building an export plan for your business.
Export.gov- Export Guides- A resource provided by Export.gov which includes a step-by-step process on how to export, and information on how to know if your business is export ready.
Bureau of Industry and Security- Export Compliance Guidelines- Provides a detailed report on the guidelines and regulations surrounding international trade and the implications for your business.
Export.gov- Export Counseling Resources- Provides resources for businesses to contact professional export consultants.
Business USA.gov- This resource is provided by USA.gov and contains an excellent questionnaire to assess whether your business is export ready. The results of the assessment also contain great learning resources in areas your knowledge may be lacking.
Export Insurance and Financing
Export-Import Bank of the United States- Explains the importance and financial security provided by export insurance as well as how to obtain insurance through the EXIM Bank. Additional resources provide information on how to finance international trade for your business.
United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide
Guide to the HTSUS- A detailed training guide to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. This guide will explain harmonized codes, their purpose, and how to classify goods as harmonized codes.
International Trade Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau- Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics- A brief overview of the history, importance, and uses of foreign trade statistics for U.S. businesses.
U.S. Census Bureau- USA Trade Online- An up-to-date database tool to access and utilize U.S. import and export data for your business. Data is classified by the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Port-level Data, State-level data, or the NAICS codes.
UN Comtrade Database- A resource provided by the United Nations which contains import and export data for individual countries and their partners. The trade data is classified by the international harmonized code system and is available at the 6-digit level.
Datamyne- Datamyne is a trade statistic and marketing database that provides insights on many trading partners for the U.S. around the globe, as well as, market conditions in those countries and regions.
Observatory of Economic Complexity- This is a visualized breakdown of trade statistics, industries, and market conditions provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Atlas Media website.
Country and Industry Research
Export.gov- Market Intelligence- Learn about international markets, your product's potential in that market, as well as the business practices performed in those markets.
Global Edge- Michigan State University- Provides market research insights on countries, industries, and products across the globe.
Euromonitor International- An excellent source for finding statistical data, analysis, and reports on countries and industries across the globe.
World Bank- The World Bank's Open Data site provides marketing information on foreign countries, as well as, information on market indicators for those countries.
CIA World Factbook- The CIA World Factbook provides informational reports of all U.S. recognized countries. The reports include country facts on their people and society, their economy, some general information on the country as a whole and more.
International Company Information
Kompass- An international data resource company which provides information on international companies. It is an excellent resource for finding potential international partners,
Euromonitor International- Company Profiles- Euromonitor company profiles
Global Edge- Market Conditions- Shows the market conditions for industries and countries around the globe and their implications for businesses.
Export.gov- Gold Key Service- Export.gov's Gold Key Service is a paid service that finds potential partners, agents, and distributors in oversea markets. Pricing is $700 for a small business and $2,300 for a large business.
Additional Trade Resources
International Trade Shows- TradeFairDates- An excellent online resource which provides information on trade shows around the globe. Trade shows can be searched by city, industry or supplier.
Business USA.gov- Trade Events- Provided by USA.gov, this site also finds trade events that relate to your industry and location. Trade events are useful to see both potential partners or competitors abroad.
Language Translation Services- An online website provided by Consumer Affairs which ranks and offers translation services from companies based on translation needs.
U.S. Embassy.gov- For those who know what market they would potentially like to enter, this site provides an embassy search engine by country. U.S. Embassy's Foreign Commercial Services can be very helpful in contacting foreign partners, distributors, agents, or finding foreign customers local to that embassy.
Illinois-ISTEP- Illinois State Trade Export Promotion program (
Global Trade.net is a market intelligence resource that gives information on the overall economic conditions of a country, some snap-shot industry articles, as well as a search engine to find international distributors and agents.


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What do Crocs, TED and Instagram have in common?
According to Dr. Liraz Lasry, marketing professor at Recanati Business School, they all are trends that have spread from person to person, without significant interference from marketing. In this TEDx talk, Lasry explain why trends happen, how they influence us and why trends may play a large role in shaping our identities.
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New Mexico Legal Aid is now seeking a staff attorney to be based in Las Cruces. The attorney will handle a variety of cases, potentially including family law, housing law, consumer issues, public benefits cases and other issues. The attorney will be active in local bar and community activities, and will participate in community education and outreach to eligible clients. The staff attorney also will collaborate closely with staff in other NMLA offices and may be called upon to handle cases arising in other locations throughout New Mexico.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates who are passionate and strongly committed to helping NMLA better serve our client community, including development of effective team strategies to handle complex advocacy and extended representation cases.
Candidates must be licensed in New Mexico or eligible for admission by examination or licensed in another state and eligible for reciprocity admission or for New Mexico legal aid providers limited licensing. Candidates must possess excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to manage multiple tasks, manage a significant caseload and build collaborative relationships within the staff and the community. Must be willing to travel. Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
Send a current resume and a letter of interest explaining what you would like to accomplish if you are selected for this position to: [email protected]


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Steven Harrington + Target10 February 2011
Our friend, Steven Harrington, has just posted some of his latest work with Target, celebrating music and LA culture. There's also a nice little time lapse of the billboard installation at Los Angeles' "L.A. Live" concert venue for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.
That's my bro's artwork! Hardest working man I know, and also my hero! I love you Stevie!!!!


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I thought with the holidays right around the corner it may be a good time to review some of the esesntials:
1. 2 oz. of protein for breakfast, serving size of a starch, fruit, cup of fat-free milk
2. 2 oz. of protein for lunch, serving size of a starch, veggie, yogurt or cup of fat-free milk
3. Fruit
4. 4 oz. of protein for dinner, serving size of a starch, veggie, PLUS an added fat (ie. light dressing, margarine, low-fat natural peanut butter, handful of nuts)
5. 100 - 130 calorie snack
Other key components:
1. Try to stay under 700mg of sodium per meal
2. Try not to go over 9g fat for dinner and 3g - 8g for lunch as well as breakfast
3. When looking at sugar avoid anything over approximately 12g
4. Cardio, cardio, cardio (3-4 times a week)
5. Drink lots of water
6. Avoid eating out and drinking alcohol
Hope these little reminders helped!
Weight - 119.2 lbs.
Exercise - 35 mins. Billy Blanks Cardio DVD
Breakfast -
2 Kashi Waffles
1/4 cup sugar-free syrup
1 cup fat-free milk
Lunch -
Jenny Craig Turkey Panini
Carrots with fat-free ranch
sugar-free jello
fat-free yogurt
Snack -
2 clementines
Dinner -
2 oz. whole wheat pasta with 1/2 cup Healthy Choice Marinara
Broccoli with 1 tbsp. margarine
Diet pop
100 calorie pack
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The former Everton boss was named Sir Alex Ferguson's successor in May and a host of big names have since been linked with moves to Old Trafford.
After seeing his first game at the United helm end in a 1-0 defeat to the Singha All-Stars in Thailand on Saturday, Moyes revealed he is looking to bring in some new faces.
"Isn't it great that the club says, 'There's no budget here, you go get who you want to get, just go and do it'," he told reporters.
"We are looking at the best players. I do think it's important that we show people we are carrying on the traditions and trying to take the club forward."
|Manchester United are 9/4 with bet365 to win the Premier League
"I will not name anybody, but certainly we are always looking at the best players," he added. "I think we are trying to strengthen in a couple of areas. We are short in midfield.
"We are also a club which tends to invest in the youth side, so you can expect us to go for players in that age group.
"We are working hard to make sure the first signing is the right one. I have been left a really good team and I want to add to it sensibly."
The 50-year-old also admitted that while taking over the Old Trafford reins from Sir Alex is no easy task, he sees no reason why the club should alter their targets for the season.
"Our objectives for the season ahead are no different from what any Manchester United objectives would be - to win as many trophies as possible," the Scot continued.
"It's my first season as manager of Manchester United. I'm following probably the finest football manager that's ever lived. If I could even win a quarter of what he won I've done very well.
"The first thing I've got to do is settle in to the job, get to know everybody and find my own way around. Everyone at the club has been making that as easier as possible for me, the players especially have been terrific."


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The Quarter, one of the most consistent coins in our currency for over one hundred years. This coin wasn't a derivative of another coin, it didn't start out of necessity, the quarter dollar has been a cornerstone of our coinage since 1796. It was also the third largest denominations in silver coinage that we had while we were part of a bi-metallic standard, but I'm getting ahead of myself, read on for our brief history on one of our four cornerstone coins.
In 1796 The First US Quarter Appears
While 1796 is made famous for it being the year that President George Washington stepped down, it would also be the start of one of our newest denominations. The (then) fledgeling Philadelphia Mint was preparing to manufacture a new denomination, the quarter dollar, as was authorized by the Mint Act of 1792. Back then, coinage was taken seriously at a completely different level than it is today. Officials saw these first coins as a statement and as our emissaries. These coins would say that we are officially a country, and we should be taken seriously. The educated people of the day understood that a poorly designed coin would reflect badly on their country, while a well designed coin would be respected worldwide.
The design of this first quarter came about due to the public dislike of the previous copper and silver coin designs. To avoid a repeated embarrassment, Mint Director Henry DeSaussure engaged renowned artist, Gilbert Stuart to do the new design. Stuart, used a prominent Philadelphia socialite, Mrs. William Bingham, as the model for the design. However, all did not go to plan. The bland portrait that ended up on the quarters of 1796 did not resemble the beautiful model that Stuart had sketched. In fact, it had brought so much shame on Stuart, his name was practically forgotten until the late 1800′s when an article in the American Journal of Numismatics made reference to him in the design of the coin.
Only a little over 6,000 of these quarters were struck in 1796, and only two varieties are known. One with a low 6 in the date and one with a high 6. The former being the rarer of the two. While not a rare coin, it is necessary to complete a type set and as this design was only used for one year, it makes the coin extremely popular. The next quarter would not be released until 1804. Additionally, no proofs were struck from the 1796 dies, but several presentation strikings are known to exist.
The Quarter Strikes Back
Today, as I mentioned in the lead-in, the quarter is one of the cornerstones of the US coinage system. It plays a vital role in commerce, and annual production routinely tops 1 billion dollars. However, this wasn't always the case, after the fiasco of the 1796 quarter, all production of the quarter dollar was suspended for almost 10 years. Quarters were even a rarity seen in the marketplace, few were struck, and fewer were used.
The quarter wouldn't reappear until 1804. Using the same obverse as before, the reverse was replaced with the heraldic eagle used by the rest of the silver coins for the time. The coin would only have a short run of four years, and again had a miniscule production. Combined production of the four years it was minted totaled over 500,000 strikes. Additionally, no proofs were made if Mint records are correct. It is extremely rare to find the coin in mint condition, and nearly unheard of in grade levels above M-65.
After the production finished in 1807, this denomination would be shelved again for another very long break. Also, the coins that were still in circulation were being hoarded by people, because of the higher silver content than the Mexican and Spanish two reales pieces at the time.
Tune in next week for part two! Do you have either of these rarities? What do you think is the rarest quarter? Let us know in the comments below!


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Matthew Brady 11/22/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 4/4
After watching this movie I really change my opinion on Oswald for not killing John F. Kennedy yeah maybe he did do it but in the movie they showed really good and clever facts of what happen on that day. John F. Kennedy's assassination is on you tube and it is shocking, but in the movie they showed you an actually clip of he's death and this movie came out in 1991 and they was no you tube back then. the acting is brilliant with out no words and Kevin Costner shows that he is a great actor in this movie.
mpol 07/08/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
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"JFK" was another well-done movie, but the book was far better.
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Oliver Stone has always been a master of the conspiracy theories and this is his conspiratorial masterpiece. He weaves a collection of characters and ambiguous plot points together to craft an intriguing, albeit probably false, explanation for the JFK assassination. Costner blends into the background next to more bombastic portrayals from Pesci, Oldman, and Bacon.
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"JFK" by Yojimbo
District Attorney Jim Garrison looks into the shooting of president Kennedy and finds so many discrepancies and loose ends he brings a criminal case to expose those who he believes were truly responsible. The quality of Oliver Stone's various projects has varied wildly during his career, but this conspiracy thriller based on that infamous event in US history counts as one of his best. Some of the "facts" are no doubt dubious at best, but what he does create is an intense and believable drama with the aid of a superb, generation spanning all-star cast. The investigation, although very wordy and convoluted, is a lot more involving than the likes of All the President's Men and the powerful courtroom recreation of the events of that day is absolutely fascinating. At a monumental 3 hours long ...
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Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), a New Orleans District Atty., prosecutes Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones) for being part of a conspiracy to assassinate the President with an accomplices Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) and David Ferrie (Joe Pesci). One of numerous quotes I enjoyed since some lines were evident the history of my country: Jim Garrison - The Mob wouldn't have the guts or the power for something of this magnitude. Assassins need payrolls, orders, times, schedules. This was a military-style ambush from start to finish... a coup d'état, with Lyndon Johnson waiting in the wings. That good triumphs over evil. But as we get older, we know this isn't true. Individual human beings have to create justice, and this is not easy because the truth often poses a threat to power and one oft...
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A shooter from the grassy knoll??
JFK is a film directed by Oliver Stone that examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner). Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones) for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. Stone described his fictionalized film as a "counter-myth" to the "myth" of the Warren Commission. I have been a fan of Oliver Stone's ever since I saw Platoon. However I don't think Stone has ever been quite as brilliant as with JFK. It combines a great screenplay, cinematography and perfect performances from all the actors. I think Oliver Stone works best when he has a point to make ...
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These days I find that just being technical doesn't cut the mustard, back in the early days of my career I would speak to most people as if they knew what WINS and DNS was or I would explain how TCPIP works and that is why they can not connect to a server or why the business needed HSRP to improve redundancy on their WAN links. After watching many people look at me with great despair I adapted and started to speak in normal everyday laymen terms, so I learnt to dull it down and turn down the techie inside.
The funny thing is that I still see this level of communication and interaction with the business. Only yesterday I was asked by a senior manager to "translate" an e-mail from a colleague which just confused and frustrated the manager as all she wanted was a simple answer.
Another typical techie approach I see is jumping straight into the technology to see what new features it has and how the GUI has changed. Instead there are all the other questions that should be asked like;
What is the business goal or process that I am trying to implement/improve?
What is the business benefit that can be gained from said technology?
What do we do today in the business and what technology do we have to enable this function, how well does that perform?
What are the operational issues/situations?
From there you can begin to write a strategy or specification and actually have some level of focus on what you are doing. I see so many people just get lost in the technology and forget what it is they are trying to do in the first place.
Why not give it a go when your next asked to look at a solution, ask some different questions, think in a different way and translate the strategy to technology.


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Hey All,
I came across a blog and they had cleaned their oven door and it look amazing. It was so easy I had to try it out last night. If I can find something that will work other than that awful smelling and messy oven cleaner it is well worth my time to try. They used baking soda, water, and probably a little elbow grease.
While cleaning up the kitchen last night I mixed some up... 1/4 cup baking soda and just enough water to make a runny mixture... and put it all over the glass and door. I let it set while I cleaned up the kitchen and helped the little munchkin get his stuff ready for school. It sat around 25 minutes and I went to work cleaning it off. I had to apply a bit of elbow grease but it was well worth my time. It was well worth my time and effort and will be doing this more than I have been.
I hate cleaning the oven because of the oven cleaner. It smells and it is truly disgusting washing it out. It burns if it touches your skin and nasty if you get it on your sleeves. If you are like me wearing those gloves make my fingers crack and hurt for days. So lets just say the oven doesn't get cleaned as often as it should. I am going to try this on the whole oven hopefully over the weekend. It can't hurt to give it a try and if it works on the whole oven maybe my oven will get cleaned more often.
Go check out the before and after pictures of the oven door over on DIY Home Sweet Home and see the amazing results.
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BLP advises ITIS Holdings on South African joint venture
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (BLP) advised longstanding AIM-listed client ITIS Holdings plc, a leading supplier of traffic and travel information, on the creation of a 50:50 joint venture in South Africa with Altech Netstar (Pty) Ltd. Altech Netstar is the leading stolen vehicle tracking and fleet management company in Africa.
The BLP team advising ITIS Holdings was led by corporate finance partner Jonathan Morris, assisted by senior associate Sharon Potter (corporate finance) and associate director Jonathan Dickson (business and technology services).
Commenting on the transaction, Jonathan Morris said: "We were delighted to work with ITIS Holdings on their first joint venture in Africa, having previously advised them on similar deals in Australia and Israel."
BLP worked in conjunction with Jonathan Lang and Ineke Bosman of Bowman Gilfillan, one of BLP's South African preferred law firms.
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" The PHD board is correct to position themselves as the financial watchdog for San Juan Island EMS. No one seriously disputes that obligation. Financial concerns, however, are only ONE factor that will affect the ability of the agency to accomplish the mission. Repeat - it is ONLY ONE factor. What has never been understood by 3 of the board members, including the Chair, is that they are equally responsible for oversight of the FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE of the agency - the technical ability of the agency to provide emergency medical and trauma care to our citizens and visitors under any and all circumstances, including increasingly common active-shooter incidents and mass casualty incidents.
As Captain Kuetzing said in his remarks to the board, "This agency is not broken". San Juan Island EMS has continued to provide documented top-level pre-hospital care to the residents and guests of this island for two decades. During recent years, the people at the pointy end of the stick - the career medics and volunteer EMT's -have managed to maintain this national-level level of performance in spite of being poorly served by top-level management, including the current PHD board. We have operated for prolonged periods with no Chief, following the departure of Chief Cole. We have functioned without access to local medical officer training and supervision following the decision of Dr. Sullivan to drop his San Juan Island EMS supervisory role. Our present, well-qualified and soon to depart Chief, has encountered such hostility from the Chairman of the PHD that he has decided that the relationship is untenable.
Now we find ourselves with a new "interim" Chief, Rick Frazier, a personal friend of the Chairman Bill Williams, who has no 911 experience whatsoever. Many observers regard the appointment as a blatant example of cronyism. With all due credit to Mr. Frazier for his work at Island Air Ambulance, we do not need another financial manager, we already have a financial expert on board - Mr. Chris Compton. What we need is a seasoned Fire/EMS Chief who can direct our field operations. Mr. Compton has a firm hand on the agency's financial health.
San Juan Island EMS does not sell widgets. What we do is to show up for our island neighbors on the worst day of their lives to step in and handle their medical or trauma situation. Much of the ability of SJIEMS to continue to carry out this mission is dependent on having the best possible Chief in place to supervise, train, guide and provide support during incredibly difficult and stressful situations. We cannot afford this management misstep to degrade our performance.
With this concern in mind, it is imperative that the initiative to fold SJIEMS into District 3 Fire be given 100% support. The notion stated by the newest member of the PHD, Anna Lisa Lindstrom, that the merger cannot be considered until "the agencies financial house is in order" is nonsense - District 3 Fire Board will make that determination. The PHD has no basis in fact to oppose this proposed merger. The vast majority of all EMS services in the US are Fire Department based. Once the merger is completed, an appropriate EMS Chief officer could be recruited and installed and this unpleasant and dangerous episode could be put behind us.
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Our E-mail is overflowing with comments (all terribly ego-feeding), questions, tears, praise, and a little confusion. Several folks have said they are a little lost on the timeline. I (Andrew) take responsibility for that if I've not made it clear. Below are two timelines, one for Chris & Joe and one for Joe and me. I hope this helps you out. I know the "Christopher" story and the "My Buddy Andrew" story doesn't help because Joe was so new at writing. He says he worried about all the wrong things. He compressed a lot of stuff or made assumptions that he later decided wouldn't be taken correctly. That's one reason he wanted to re-write and add the detail. Being new to the Nifty Archive, he was scared of writing long documents that no one would want to read. Now we know better (though I'm still trying boldly to overcome my fear of writing in general).
If you pay more attention to the "Chris and Joe" series and then to the "My Buddy Andrew" series, the timeline will make more sense. I apologize for missed typos or goofy stuff that make you sit and scratch your head. I work 90% of the time on a laptop, which is way harder than sitting at our desktop PC with a 17" monitor where everything stares you in the face and demands immediate correction. Maybe it's time for me to learn to edit better or to sleep more and stop editing at 4:00 a.m.
August 1974 - Chris and Joe meet in college
July 1977 - Week on the farm, Chris' visit to Joe's folk's house
August 1977 - Week at Chris' in the Berkeshires
May 1978 - College graduation
July 1978 - Chris and Joe move to Boston
<< daily contented life >>
December 1985 - The Accident
July 1986 - Joe emerges from the coma
November 1986 - Joe knows Chris is gone
March 1987 - Physical Therapy begins for Joe
February 1988 - Joe released from the hospital
March 1988 to March 1989 - Joe home in NH
March 1989 - Joe returns to Boston
April 1989 - Joe moves to Philadelphia
Andrew and Joe Timeline
May 1990 - Joe meets Andrew in Boston (Andrew from Philadelphia originally)
September 1990 - Joe returns to Philadelphia
November 1990 - Joe diagnosed with bone cancer
April 1991 - Joe returns to Boston
September 1991 - Joe and Andrew move back to Philadelphia
<< Another gap - daily life >>
March 1998 - Accident #2


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"'We Waite Impatiently to Hear': The Intersections of Boundaries, Loyalties, and Commercial Activities in the Revolutionary Atlantic"
Patricia Rogers, Michigan State University
This essay focuses on Simeon Perkins (a Nova Scotian merchant during the revolutionary era), along with his commercial activities, to explore a cluster of questions surrounding the economic relationship between Nova Scotia and the original mainland colonies, as well as the colony's position within the British Atlantic empire. In general, the questions center on pre-existing commercial patterns, what became of established networks after the American Revolution, and what that says about commercial centers. In particular, I wish to explore the relationship, if any, between commercial activity and loyalty to the British empire. Within that context, how did individuals on both sides of the Atlantic view illicit commerce, such as smuggling?


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At this point, performance enhancing drugs are gaining traction even with all of the regulations against them, so rather than banning these athletes outright, it would be a perfectly logical idea to create a handicap or provide new events for those who are currently taking these drugs. It is, after all, a competition.
Yes, the IOC should establish a new set of Olympic-Style events for competitors that have taken or are taking performance enhancement drugs as this would be a fair way of showing off those competitors' skills, and it would surely be a hit amongst the general populace, who would like to see near super human displays of prowess,
Maybe they should stick to their conventional style of competitions instead of adding on more styles because they are confusing enough as it is and if they are having a problem with trying to balance out those two groups then maybe they should just make performance enhancing drugs mandatory for all athletes.
New Olympic-style events would complete with existing events and, likely, be costly. Rather, if the problem of performance enhancing drugs has become such a problem that there are enough athletes prevented from participating in traditional Olympic events, then the International Olympic Committee should re-evaluate the list of performance enhancing drugs that are permissible and consider adding a of the more widely used ones.
No, the International Olympic Committee should not establish a new set of Olympic-style events for competitors that have or are taken performance enhancing drugs, because that would be equal to endorsing the use of these substances. These substances are not good for sport. They are not in the true spirit of athletics.
I believe the Olympics are about fair competitions that elicit some of the best physical fitness known to man, this should not be sullied with performance-enhancing drugs. If someone wants events for athletes that do use these drugs, then they should create their own events or league, so as not to tarnish our current events and leagues.
The International Olympic Committee should not establish a new set of events for the users of performance enhancing drugs. These competitors should be banned from any type of professional event not rewarded with their own events. It is wrong to win by using drugs and it wrong to encourage the use of drugs by all competitors in order to compete.


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AEK are ready to make an offer to the APOEL striker Rafik Djebbour and they are confident to resign the Algerian striker.
Djebbour has already received an offer to renew his contract at APOEL as the Cypriot club has set a deadline in order to give his answer up until next Thursday.
However, reports from Cyprus claim that Djebbour are not happy with APOEL's offer and AEK are ready to take the advantage by offering him a deal to rejoin the club.
The Algerian striker is top in AEK's wishlist and the Greek club is increasingly confident that they can reach an agreement.


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Work is busy, enough said about that one.
Last night the soon to be xdh sat down with his son and explained his absences from the household. I held my breath the whole time, but it seemed to be a little ok, the boy said he thought something was going on and it explained alot of things for him. I want to sit down with him on my own and have a talk with him also. I haven't gotten any cardio in about 5 days other than the endless running of errands and some walking...I miss the elliptical. Weight routine has been changed drastically and I'm finally starting to see some results...it's been about 4-5 weeks since I've implemented the new plan so I'm quite pleased so far with the results. Getting in your 40's and having WLS your skin looses alot of elasticity, so I'm dealing with alot of those issues right now!! I've been alternating the yoga and weight routine everyday so at least the exercise is ongoing. Also, I've noticed with a pair of slacks today that they are looser, plus the scale showed a 5lb loss since last week. I can't remember having that kind of loss since early out on this whole journey!!
Life is good, I am happy, xh is actually happy now too!! things are progressing...
Almost six years ago I set out on a journey to become a healthier, happier individual and mother. Today, I am that person. My life has changed in many ways, shapes and forms over this time period.....and this is a just a tiny piece of all of that. Come with me as I have entered into my new life and all the ups and downs since have WLS in November 2006.
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2012 Nissan Quest: 15,000 Miles So Far
May 22, 2012
We cleared 15,000 miles today for our Quest. They're piled on pretty quick; we got the van just five months ago. But the Quest has been put to good use with road trips (such as Dan's trip to Oregon), hauling stuff (Kelly's 80 cases of Girl Scout cookies) and general kid and/or family shuttle duty (Caroline's family trip to Vegas).
So far we've been to the dealer twice: once for the 7,500-mile service and once to take care of a engine stalling TSB. We'll be going back to the dealer pretty quickly to get the 15K service done. The on-screen oil change reminder popped up just at the right time.
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Humans can't live under water, so we tend to overlook the fact that most life on this planet exists not on land but in the oceans. "Oceans cover 71 percent of the earth's surface area but contain 97 percent of its livable habitat," says David Helvarg, author of Blue Frontier: Dispatches From America's Ocean Wilderness. Oceans provide approximately 70 percent of the oxygen that humans breathe (like plants, oceans absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen) and most of the water we drink (evaporation from oceans forms the clouds whose rain and snow fill rivers and aquifers). In evolutionary terms, adds Helvarg, humans come from the ocean–our earliest forebears crawled out of the sea eons before our immediate ancestors, the apes, began walking on two legs–which may explain why people are so drawn to it. Half the world's population lives within fifty miles of a coastline; going to the beach is the number-one outdoor recreational activity for Americans.
Homo sapiens could not survive without oceans, but you wouldn't know it from how we have been treating them. Climate change was the big environmental story of 2006, but the alarming state of the oceans was not far behind. Topping the list was a study published in Science that projected that edible sea life will completely disappear by 2048 if current trends of overfishing and pollution continue. "Our children will see a world without seafood if we don't change things," commented Boris Worm, lead author of the study, which found three years ago that 29 percent of fish and shellfish populations had collapsed. A separate report by the United Nations Environmental Program announced there are at least 200 oxygen-starved "dead zones" in the world's seas, caused by excessive runoff of fertilizers, sewage and other land-based pollution. Further worrisome evidence came from the central Pacific Ocean, where Greenpeace researchers took samples from a swarm of floating plastic that stretched across an area the size of Texas. Suspended in a stagnant vortex of currents, the plastic came primarily from mainland consumers in Asia and North America. The Los Angeles River alone flushes enough trash each year to fill the Rose Bowl two stories high, according to a superb exposé in the Los Angeles Times.
Perhaps most ominous, human activity is altering the very chemical composition and temperature of the oceans. Scientists blame increasing emissions of carbon dioxide. The oceans absorb much of this CO2, which is fortunate in one sense; otherwise, the atmosphere would be heating up even faster than it already is. But the extra CO2 is making seawater more acidic, which in turn threatens a cascade of disturbing consequences, including the destruction of coral reefs and plankton, tiny animals that are the foundation of the marine food chain.
Nevertheless, Jane Lubchenco, a professor at Oregon State University who ranks among the most distinguished oceanographers in the world, sees reasons for hope. "We're seeing the early stages of a mutiny for the bounty, if you will," she says. "There is increasing awareness that the historic bounty of oceans is quickly disappearing but also that there's still time to reverse the degradation."
One sign of this incipient mutiny, says Lubchenco, is the similarity of recommendations made by two recent US blue-ribbon commissions on the oceans. The Pew Oceans Commission, on which Lubchenco served, was tilted toward the advocacy side of the debate; the US Commission on Ocean Policy, created by Congress, reflected establishment views. (They have since merged to form a joint commission.) But both diagnosed the state of the oceans as dire and recommended an overhaul of American policy–putting science first, respecting environmental limits and rationalizing government oversight. Current policy is schizophrenic, Lubchenco says: "Fisheries policy is handled by one agency, coastal development by another, water quality by yet another, habitat protection by still another, making it impossible to apply the holistic approach needed to foster resilient, healthy ecosystems." Both commissions urged passage of a comprehensive law on oceans–"like the Clean Air Act," says Helvarg–that would create a single entity to coordinate all federal policy on oceans and interact with state governments. The cost of the recommended reforms is relatively small: $3 billion to $4 billion a year–about what the United States spends every two weeks fighting the Iraq War.


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Adirondack Program Focuses on Fly Fishing
Series looks at natural history, culture of fly fishing
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's (ESF) Adirondack Interpretive Center here will host an educational series called The Nature of Fly Fishing beginning May 14 and continuing with monthly events through October.
The series will combine fishing-related natural history and cultural content with fly-fishing excursions at the Interpretive Center and on the Huntington Wildlife Forest, a 15,000-acre private research and educational property where the Interpretive Center is located.
The series is designed to increase participants' understanding and appreciation of Adirondack natural history, especially as it relates to fly fishing; fly-fishing knowledge and skills; understanding and appreciation of fly-fishing in Adirondack culture; and appreciation for the outdoors in general and the Adirondacks in particular.
The series will be held the second Saturday of each month through October. Sessions run from 9 a.m. to late afternoon. The schedule is:
May 14: Introduction to Fly Fishing with Adirondack fly-fishing guide Rick Kovacks
June 11: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Fish! with Dr. Neil Ringler, a fisheries biologist at ESF
July 9: Fishing for Insights about Weather with Central New York meteorologist Dave Eichorn
Aug. 13: Eye to Eye with Fish: The Naturalist's Perspective on Angling with Andy Saunders, who is retired from the ESF faculty
Sept. 10: Future Adirondack Fly Fishing? You Bet Your Bass! with Adirondack fly-fishing guide Joe Hackett
Oct. 8: Fishing the Venice of North America: Fly-fishing from the iconic Adirondack guide boat with Hackett
Advanced registration is mandatory and participation will be on a first-paid, first-reserved basis. There is a fee of $25 per person for each session; members of the Adirondack Park Institute may register for $15. A limited number of fly-fishing gear packages are available for participants to rent the day of a program. Gear rental is $15.
The fly-fishing series is being held under the auspices of ESF's Northern Forest Institute for Conservation Education and Leadership Training (NFI) and sponsored by the Adirondack Park Institute, a not-for-profit organization that supports the Interpretive Centers in Newcomb and Paul Smiths.
Those wishing to register or obtain additional information should contact Paul B. Hai (firstname.lastname@example.com) at 518-582-4551, ext. 104.
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For those who read my blog and are not on Facebook, I will share a recent experience I had.
Since Medicaid changed it's rules, and aides can't work more than 60 hours a week (which IS good for all), my Sundays are no longer free. Whether the agency finds a sub or not, I am with Mike most of the day. This weekend, we decided to get our tree. I wanted a small one, simple and easy to decorate and maintain. Realistically, I knew that with taking care of Mike AND Brandon, my time would be even more limited. Courtney and I headed to Home Depot on Saturday. Saturday, the day it was cold and rained all day. I had no choice, we didn't have Sunday.
When we got "inside" Home Depot (the trees are in fact outside under a covering) I saw a tree that looked good. It stood about 4-5 feet high, and I figured once it was put in the stand it would be even taller.Courtney wanted no part of it. She voiced her opinion immediately. She pointed to another one and I cut the string holding it together. As I stood it up, the smile that came across Courtney's face was priceless. It WAS the perfect tree. We brought it home, along with some roping for the fence and a wreath for the front door.
Courtney lugged the tree off the car by herself and together we brought it inside. She tightened the stand while I held it in place. She mentioned something about the screws in the stand not lining up right. I told her that when my brother came home from work I would ask him to check it out. That night Courtney and Brandon decorated the tree as best they could (Brandon on crutches - Yes a true Tiny Tim) and they planned on finishing it this weekend.
Fast forward to Sunday afternoon - as I walked into the dining room I looked up just in enough time to see the tree fall over, ornaments scattered all over the floor.
Our bare tree is now tied to the wall, waiting for Round Two this weekend.
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Some Standing Rock Sioux tribal members still are trying to get their voices heard in support of the University of North Dakotas Fighting Sioux nickname.
Archie Fool Bear, one of the nickname supporters, said the tribal council did not discuss a resolution from his group at its meeting Sept. 2, but he will try again to bring it up.
Nickname supporters are seeking a reservation-wide vote, but the council had rejected the idea. UND plans to retire its nickname and Indian head logo on Aug. 1, 2010, unless it can get 30-year agreements from the Standing Rock and Spirit Lake tribes by October.


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Liz Holland wasn't looking to adopt a dog when the Patterson Park Dog Park shared a photo of a 15-year-old Labrador retriever on its Facebook page a few weeks ago. Confiscated from her owner for neglect and unsanitary conditions, the elderly dog was terrified and refused to get out of her bed at the Baltimore animal shelter. That was more than Holland could stand. "It seemed unbelievable to me that she would be pulled from a bad living situation after 15 years, spend a week in an inhospitable shelter, and then be euthanized," she says. Despite living in a Baltimore rowhouse with a baby, two dogs, and three cats, Holland and her partner got in their car, drove to the shelter and brought the Lab home. Now called Libby, the dog started letting her new owners pet her after about two days, and she grunts when she wants their attention. She's also started playing ("in her old-lady way," says Holland) with the other two dogs and spends hours snoring away on her own dog bed. "I was worried when we first brought Libby home that she was so scared and broken that she'd never open up to us," Holland says. "But she's already a different dog." And that, she says, is more than enough for her. "We may only have a few weeks or months with her, but that's OK," Holland says. "I will know that Libby finally got to experience the love of a family." To have your pet -- including hamsters, snakes, horses, guinea pigs and the like -- considered for Collared, email information to firstname.lastname@example.com. -Kim Fernandez
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I make my mom paper flowers every year for Mother's Day.
I started making some paper poppies last night with crepe paper my mom actually gave me.
Craft material from the 80s.
I made a paper banner out of black cardstock and markers to add to the vase.
I ended up making twice as many poppies.
The funny thing is my mom taught me how to make these paper poppies when I was about 10 years old.
I still remember how to make them.
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Throughout National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, we want to help spread the word about how you can prepare for natural disasters in your area. Last year one natural disaster occurred over and over again, wreaking havoc across many states in our nation—tornadoes.
In November of 2013, the Midwest faced dozens of record breaking tornadoes that flattened neighborhoods, damaged homes, and sent many people into panic. Oklahoma faced the largest tornado on recordfor their area. Tornadoes even happened in Denver, CO where twisters are uncommon.
The unexpected tornado in Denver shows that it's important to know how to prepare for a tornado even if they are uncommon to your area. So think about how you would prepare for a tornado. What would you do? Where would you go?
Check out our Insight Articles "What to do During a Tornado" and "Tornado Preparedness" for tips on what you can do to keep you and your family safe. Also, learn from FEMA the importance of Developing an Emergency Response Plan for Tornadoes.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has also prepared the following videos to help you prepare for a tornado.
What to do Before a Tornado
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What to do After a Tornado
In honor of National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, consider making today your tornado preparedness day—make a plan to keep you and your family safe if a tornado passes through your town.


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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Definition of hoist in US English:
verb[with object]
1Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.'high overhead great cranes hoisted girders'
raise, raise up, lift, lift up, haul up, heave up, jack up, hike up, winch up, pull up, upraise, uplift, elevate, erectView synonyms
- 'The highest cabins will require an extension to the present crane to hoist them to Deck 12.'
- 'The vet said the best way to help him is to use an industrial winch - like the ones used to hoist engines from cars - to stand the eight-stone pig upright.'
- 'With no side access to the property, a crane was used to hoist sections of the framework over the shell and into the patio, which was used as a staging area for the assembly and installation.'
- 'To register their protest, students hoisted black flags in the University premises.'
- 'The giant bagel weighed 394 kilograms, measured 1.8 metres in diameter and required a small crane to hoist it out of its custom-built oven.'
- 'In New York City, cranes are prohibited from hoisting materials or equipment over city streets.'
- 'The one crane I saw in the streets of Baghdad was hoisting an advertising billboard.'
- 'In the United States, it is stipulated by law that public institutions such as schools will hoist the national flag.'
- 'He ordered him and another sailor to hoist the American flag.'
- 'Weighing two-and-a-half tonnes, it was hoisted over the house by crane and then the builder put the roof on.'
- 'Jeffers apprenticed himself to the home's contractors, then built Hawk Tower by hand, using ropes to hoist boulders from the cove below.'
- 'A spare breathing apparatus was hoisted to the roof and the girls took turns using it until they could be carried out through a window.'
- 'The stadium rose as a marching band triumphantly played the anthem and guards hoisted the national flag.'
- 'Just four weeks before the start of the festival 25 volunteers hoisted the arch into place using ropes.'
- 'The disused temporary school building has already been brought from Bridlington to York, and leaders are preparing to bring in engineers and a crane to hoist the four-part structure into place.'
- 'Motorists face delays this weekend as two giant cranes hoist a new bridge onto the M60.'
- 'The band played the hymns at the 10 o'clock Mass at the church and the flags were hoisted afterwards.'
- 'He managed to grab the sheep and secure it with a rope around its horns allowing inspector Hall to hoist the animal over the bank to safety.'
- 'Final victory came for Russia when Soviet soldiers hoisted the red flag over the Berlin Reichstag in April 1945.'
- 'When conditions finally permitted, it was all hands on deck as we formed teams heaving on a forest of ropes to hoist the huge sails.'
- 1.1 Raise or haul up.'she hoisted her backpack onto her shoulder'
haul, pull, lug, manhandle, drag, draw, tugView synonyms
- 'He nodded, hoisting himself onto the bunk and motioning for me to toss him the extra pillow.'
- ''Yeah, I've got it,' I answered, hoisting myself up and over the edge and back onto solid ground.'
- 'To get started, you'll hoist your pack and hike toward the Root Glacier.'
- 'Ian hoisted himself onto the countertop and looked around in amazement at the high ceilings.'
- 'Jake hoists himself up onto the hood of the car, stretching his long legs out in front of him.'
- 'When they finally boarded the airplane, Della tried to hoist her small suitcase into the overhead compartment, but she could hardly lift it.'
- 'He hoisted her up onto the front of the horse in front of himself, holding her securely as he rode out of the river.'
- 'She grabbed onto the girl's arms, and hoisted her up behind her.'
- 'A group of paramedics hoisted me up onto a stretcher and then into an ambulance.'
- 'She looked so sweet like that, hoisting herself up onto the bed, and then sitting with her legs sticking straight out in front of her.'
- 'Clutching onto the arm of the sofa, I hoisted myself up and ran down the hall to the bathroom.'
- 'At the shrine he was hoisted onto a kneeler, where he prayed before the ivy-covered grotto.'
- 'I placed my foot onto one of the knotholes on the trunk and hoisted myself up.'
- 'And, as any traveler knows, it's also a good movement to do to avoid straining your back or shoulders when hoisting a heavy bag into a small overhead compartment.'
- 'The smaller of the two, Joe, was hoisted onto his father's shoulders by his mother.'
- 'It was about four feet high, the perfect height for small people to hoist themselves onto.'
- 'He pulled himself up next to her, hoisting her onto his lap.'
- 'The company beat out rhythms with their canes, hoisting them overhead and twirling them in unison, their footwork crisp in Morse code mode.'
- 'He released my arm, hoisted himself onto the horse, and pulled me up after him.'
- 'She cleared the weight to her shoulders but could not hoist it overhead.'
1An act of raising or lifting something.
push, heave, thrust, shove, uplift, a helping handView synonyms
- 'Just as you get your side beautifully fixed, he gives it a hoist from his end, and spoils it all.'
- 'Instead, Dick persuaded Fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a hoist into the water.'
- 1.1 An apparatus for lifting or raising something.
lifting gear, crane, winch, tackle, block and tackle, pulley, windlass, davit, derrickView synonyms
- 'And we have a very helpless feeling, because we didn't have any hoists or rescue equipment on board the helicopter.'
- 'Some improvements including the installation of alarms, hoists and showers had been made but there were continuing problems which were likely to be reflected in hospitals across the country.'
- 'His aim was to raise £2,000 to buy a wheelchair hoist for a founder member of the charity, which raises funds for local people with disabilities.'
- 'The president complimented Danny for his political awareness when he requested a hoist for the swimming pool in Athy so he can use the facility.'
- 'I have four visits a day, two carers at a time, as the only way they can move me is by using a hoist.'
- 'And the really great news is that the hoist for launching boats into the harbour will still be in operation.'
- 'This enables the aircrew and the personnel on the ground to see the hoist as it is lowered to help maintain situational awareness.'
- 'I tried to counteract the swinging motion by stopping the hoist.'
- ''He was incapacitated in his chair in his room at the nursing home, at the end they had to move him around with a hoist,' he said.'
- 'We also hope to build an overhead railway system which will transport people with severe handicaps on hoists from the car park to the changing rooms to the pool.'
- 'The new ramp, together with a hoist, will make it easier for disabled people to get in and out of the saddle, while the raised area for spectators will be able to hold about 60 people.'
- 'She pulled the plug and raised the hoist to remove Miss Hourie from the water.'
- 'There was one woman, also in a wheelchair, who instead of getting out at the bottom of the stairs and walking up, insisted on a mechanical hoist to lift her, chair and all, up to the plane's door.'
- 'The lounge is like a hospital ward with a hospital bed and a hoist and a settee.'
- 'The very idea that we could look after her sooner without the benefit of hoists and medical equipment to get her moving, is absolutely stupid.'
- 'I then felt a series of bumps, which I later learned was just the rescue hoist jerking.'
- 'Mr Cooper said training had been given at the time the new equipment was introduced but supervisors had not insisted on the use of the hoists and some employees were unaware their use was mandatory.'
- 'Disability rules demand the provision of ramps and a hoist where possible.'
- 'Now the council has stepped in to try and make some of them safe by using a hoist to lift the stones and bedding them in concrete two feet deep.'
- 'The pool, equipped with hoists, will allow children to receive water therapy.'
- 1.2 An act of increasing something.'the government's interest rate hoist'
- 'But the reason I endured my spell in that job was in order to get my first hoist up the career ladder.'
- 'The biggest hoist of all, though, was the one his own career enjoyed.'
2The part of a flag nearest the staff; the vertical dimension of a flag.
- 'The Union Flag occupies the upper, hoist quarter of an otherwise red flag and the Arms are within the red field.'
- 'Visibility was always the main drawback to this medium, accentuated when steam propulsion permitted ships to ignore wind direction so that flag hoists might be end-on to those supposed to read them.'
- 'As though to help answer his query a breeze took the flag and Armand was surprised to see it was the Canadian coat-of-arms with union jack at the hoist, the flag of that country at the time.'
3A group of flags raised as a signal.
- 'In addition, flag hoists and flashing light signals were sent to try and get the ship to halt.'
- 'On Stuart's flag deck a member of the ship's company prepares a hoist.'
hoist one's flag
(of an admiral) take up command.
- 'In 1814 he briefly hoisted his flag at sea, commanding the naval escort for Louis XVIII's return to France from his English exile.'
- 'Before their plans could come to fruition, though, they had a serious falling out, and on 2nd September 1966 he and his family took control of the tower on their own and hoisted their flag.'
hoist the flag
Stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag.
- 'Iwo gave us the uplifting vision of the Marines hoisting the flag on enemy soil.'
Late 15th century: alteration of dialect hoise, probably from Dutch hijsen or Low German hiesen, but recorded earlier.
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Project background
Ad hoc networks are self organized; self operated and self configured and they can operate without any special infrastructure requirements. In general ad hoc networks can be of different types like mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks and wireless mesh networks. These entire networks operated under the basic principles of ad hoc networks and operate independently without any special configuration and infrastructure requirements.
There are different types of routing protocols across that the ad hoc networks like MANETs that can be used for the routing process across the network and they can be categorized in to three important aspects like proactive routing protocols, reactive routing protocols and hybrid routing protocols. Proactive routing protocols are table driven routing protocols, which operated under the guidance of the routing tables and in general they are static nature and the routing is fixed across the network and can't handle the dynamic topology or configuration changes.
Reactive routing protocols are on demand routing protocols and they are dynamic in nature and can handle the topology and configuration changes easily across the network. Hybrid routing protocols holds both the features of proactive and reactive routing protocols and can behave either of the ways based on the conditions of the ad hoc network to accomplish the routing task. Among these routing protocols, reactive or on demand routing protocols are widely used across the MANETs as they are dynamic in nature and can take the independent routing decisions based on the topology changes and among the on demand routing protocols Ad hoc on demand vector (AODV) is most frequently used routing protocol.
There are different performance metrics that can be considered with respect to the functionality of the AODV and the most important among them is the working nature of the protocol under various attacks across MANETs. In general there are different types of attacks on MANETs and they can be classified in to two important types like passive attacks and active attacks. Passive attacks target to steal the networking information and active attacks are similar to worm attacks, where they replicate or duplicate the data being exchanged.
Among the most common active network layer attacks black hole attacks are malicious in nature and they can propagate in to the network and damage the MANETs routing information by sending virtual and arbitrary requests to the destinations. Across the black hole attack, the malicious nodes and sends a fresh route requests to the destinations and thus the destinations drops the actual data without forwarding them. Black hole attack across the AODV can be classified in to two important types like black hole attack by RREQ and black hole attack by RREP. The main aim of this project is to evaluate the performance of AODV under the black hole attack and the detailed description of the aims and objective is as given below
Aim: To evaluate the performance of AODV under black hole attack using OPNET simulation.
Following are the research objectives
- To critically review the ad hoc networks and the corresponding routing protocols
- To analyze different types of attacks on ad hoc networks like MANETS
- To design OPNET simulation scenarios to evaluate the performance of AODV under the black hole attacks
- To develop the designed scenarios using OPNET simulation tool
- To evaluate the simulation scenarios and compare the scenarios under different attacks of black hole
- To test the simulation results and evaluate the performance of AODV under different attacks.


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1. Re: IRST Users ManualMisterIT Jan 21, 2010 2:01 PM (in response to cnchang)
According to this:
It is just a name change and the same documentation should basically apply, even though the interface has changed - it should have similar options that
work in the same way. You're right though, it's too bad they haven't updated all their docs yet - I suppose they figured it hasn't changed that much,
On the the IRST console there ia a Help menu that allows you to access the documentation, isn't there?
2. Re: IRST Users ManualElizabeth Jan 21, 2010 5:04 PM (in response to MisterIT)
Hey .. so the old User's Manual is still valid, except for any steps that refer to the user interface in Windows* - because the new user interface is totally different.
Because the new user interface seems so much more intuitive, we did not rewrite all the content that explained how to do tasks. The original content was created over a period of years, as we saw what sort of tasks users ran into problems with and subsequently needed content that told them how to perform them. That is the plan for the new user interface as well.
3. Re: procedure wise and user interface wise differencescnchang Jan 22, 2010 1:32 AM (in response to Elizabeth)
Hi, Elizabeth:
Thank you for taking my question.
Without the reference manual, it would be hard for system installers to test all RAID features because:
1). They can not tell what has been changed from IMSM 8.8/8.9 to IRST 9.5 procedure wise and user interface wise
Yes, it said in the following links briefly that you don't have to use F6 installation for IRST any more. But, does it hold true for XP, Vista, and Win 7 all alike?
comparing with IMSM procedure:
But, is this F6 driver installation method all the procedure-wise difference between IRST and IMSM?
Can IMSM or IRST users all bypass Option ROM (i.e., Ctrl + I in BIOS) and just use IMSM/IRST console to create/delete RRT/RAID for the system drive unless they choose Linux RAID? Intel China support has confirmed that. IF THE ANSWER IS TRUE, THEN THE ONLY OBVIOUS PROCEDURE DIFFERENCE IS THE DRIVER INSTALLATION METHOD.
2) Any feature differences between IMSM and IRST?
For example, will the IRST Rapid Recovery Volume automatically switch in for the failed Primary in either Continuous Mode or Update On Request Mode?
I know users can convert between RAID 1 and Rapid Recovery Volume, but what can Rapid Recovery Volume do natively?
Or, any possibility to use eSATA HDD as the Rapid Recovery Volume and then take advantage of AHCI hotswap capability to make an extra copy of Recovery Volume?
Without the feature overview and corresponding procedures, it would be hard to know what can be possibly done and how to properly do it without having system installers take any risk on the Intel boards.
4. Re: procedure wise and user interface wise differencesElizabeth Jan 22, 2010 1:41 PM (in response to cnchang)
Ok .. I think there's some confusion .. let me see if I can help ..
1). Yes, it said in the following links briefly that you don't have to use F6 installation for IRST any more. But, does it hold true for XP, Vista, and Win 7 all alike?
comparing with IMSM procedure:
But, is this F6 driver installation method all the procedure-wise difference between IRST and IMSM?
Those 3 links all apply whether you're using Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager or Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology. The only thing that changed on those pages was the name of the product. The content is the same.
This is the note you are referring to:
Note: The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows Vista* or Microsoft Windows 7*.
The text did not change. It refers to the need for the F6 procedure on Windows Vista* or Windows 7*. You do not need to use the F6 installation method to install the RAID driver on those OSes because there is a RAID driver included in the final version of the OS. This was the case when the product was called Intel Matrix Storage Manager. It is the case now that the product is called Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
In other words, the procedure applies to the operating system - it does not matter what version of the product you are using.
Can IMSM or IRST users all bypass Option ROM (i.e., Ctrl + I in BIOS) and just use IMSM/IRST console to create/delete RRT/RAID for the system drive unless they choose Linux RAID? Intel China support has confirmed that. IF THE ANSWER IS TRUE, THEN THE ONLY OBVIOUS PROCEDURE DIFFERENCE IS THE DRIVER INSTALLATION METHOD.
Yes - the option ROM is an entirely different component from the driver/software. You can always bypass it. And again, the procedure is not related to a particular version of the product (for example, version 8.x which is named Intel Matrix Storage Manager of version 9.x which is named Intel Rapid Storage Technology), it is related to the operating system that you are installing.
2) Any feature differences between IMSM and IRST?
There is a new user interface.
5. Re: procedure wise and user interface wise differencescnchang Jan 25, 2010 6:00 PM (in response to Elizabeth)
Let's see if I got it right on the IMSM/IRST installation procedure.
A. After 8.9, IMSM just changed its name to IRST, and all installation procedures are pretty much identical between the two.
B. Installation procedures are rather OS-dependent
For example,
1. For XP users, when they need to install IRST driver, they still HAVE TO use F6 installation during the Windows XP's installation after they enabled the AHCI/RAID and drive mode is set from Legacy to Enhanced in BIOS. They can neither install their XP system first nor leave their already installed XP intact, and install IRST driver afterward. They must reinstall or install a new XP image and use F6 method for the driver.
2. For Vista and Windows 7 users, they don't need to install either IRST or IMSM driver to use RAID/RRT. They just need to install the console software, and then it is ready to work as long as AHCI/RAID is enabled and drive mode is set from Legacy to Enhanced in BIOS.
3. <Ctrl and i> Option ROM can be bypassed and you can use IMSM/IRST console in the Windows environment to ceate a RAID volume for either RAID 1 or RRT Recovery Volume. But, IMSM/IRST console will give your more configuration options than Option ROM such as set Recovery Volume to "Update Continuously" or "Update on Request" mode.
C. If <Ctrl> <i> Option ROM can be bypassed to use IMSM console to create RAID volume for the system drive, then the description in IMSM 8.x user's manual p.57 Appendix A.4 as show below is no longer valid. ??
"Hard Drive Has System Files ... error message appears after selecting a hard drive as a member hard drive during the Create RAID Volume process...This hard drive has system files and cannot be used to create a RAID volume"
But, how about elaborating the feature wise difference between IMSM 8.x and IRST 9.5?
Why can't the new IRST user console be documented so that users can see whether there are some new possible mixes of configuration, such as the ones I brought up in the previous message like RAID1-like recovery volume or hot swap-able eSATA RRT?
I'd like to know the details about the Intel RRT features so that I can compare P55 chipset features with those On-Demand RAID cards. Or, simply choose setting up RAID1 instead of Rapid Recover.
This is extracted from 8_x_RAID_AHCI_Users_Manual.pdf, page 13 - [2.9 Intel® Rapid Recover Technology]
Intel® Rapid Recover Technology utilizes RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data
from a designated master drive to a designated recovery drive. The master drive data
can be copied to the recovery drive either continuously or on request.
When using the continuous update policy, changes made to the data on the master
drive while the system is not docked are automatically copied to the recovery drive
when the system is re-docked. When using the on request update policy, the master
drive data can be restored to a previous state by copying the data on the recovery
drive back to the master drive.
Table 5 provides an overview of the advantages, the disadvantages, and the typical
usage of Intel® Rapid Recover Technology.
Table 5. Recovery Volume Overview
Hard Drives
Advantage: More control over how data is copied between master and recovery drives;
fast volume updates (only changes to the master drive since the last update
are copied to the recovery drive); member hard drive data can be viewed in
Microsoft Windows Explorer*.
Disadvantage: No increase in volume capacity.
Application: Critical data protection for mobile systems; fast restoration of the master
drive to a previous or default state.
Refer to the following web site for more information on Intel® Rapid Recovery
Technology: http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-026142.htm
At the left lower corner of page 13, you can find "ver7.0 / User's Manual" in this Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.x User's Manual, date of January 2009.
Then, it proceeds to [2.10 Advanced Host Controller Interface] without elaborating the possible mixes of configurations between AHCI and RAID.
Question: Do those words like "system dock/undock" and "Critical data protection for mobile systems" imply the possible eSATA hotswapping Recovery Volume for RRT?
Based on "Benefits of Intel® Matrix Storage Technology White Paper"(Dec 2005), it said that "Intel Matrix Storage Technology allows for the 'hot swap' of any member disk of a redundant RAID array. This eliminates the need to power down the system in the event of a drive hardware failure." But, can the Recovery Volume be considered as a redundant RAID array in this case for the hot swapping feature?
Question: Is it possible to have Recovery Volume automatically switch in for the failed Primary without firstly converting it to RAID1? Now, with IRST 9.5 introduced, is there any new RAID features or mixes of configurations?
Based on the same White paper, RAID 1,5,10 all provide fault tolerance. But, does the RAID 1-like RRT provide fault tolerance in real time as well? Or. does it take manual effort to switch in the Recovery Volume for the failed Primary?


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October 31, 2010
Moore encounters low-pressure system
ST. LOUIS – There were four nice folks dressed up as Panthers' fans at our hotel Saturday night.
Nah, these were honest-to-goodness PSL holders who make one trip a year with the Panthers. The two middle-aged couples were in Boston last year, have been to San Francisco a couple times, and are in St. Louis for Halloween weekend.
Anyway, one of the men talked about how pleased he was with John Fox's decision to sit Jimmy Clausen and go back to Matt Moore at quarterback. He questioned whether Clausen ever would be a successful NFL quarterback.
We'll learn much more about Clausen in 2011. But barring injury, it looks like Moore will finish things out this year.
Moore made a damning admission this week, telling reporters that he plays better when the stakes are low and there's no pressure on him. Moore's a good guy and almost honest to a fault: Not sure a guy in a contract year should be questioning his ability to perform in the clutch.
Unless the Panthers go on some kind of a tear, it's doubtful Moore will play in any pressure games the rest of this year. It was in this same type of environment that Moore thrived last year, going 4-1 down the stretch and convincing the Panthers that he could lead a team in games that mattered.
Then he threw three end-zone interceptions at the new Meadowlands in Week 1.
Moore looked terrific last week against San Francisco. He played loose and confident while zipping passes to every part of the field, including those faraway places that Clausen couldn't reach.
Facing a 3-4 Rams team led by No. 1 draft pick Sam Bradford, don't be surprised if Moore again is the best quarterback on the field today. The Panthers are 1-5; they have nothing to lose.
But one of these days Moore must prove he can win a game when everything's on the line. Otherwise, he's likely looking at a life as a career backup.
--Joseph Person
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He's already there Joe.
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This movie genuinely emotionally impacted me. The acting was phenomenal and very little seemed unrealistic at all. It is the story of someone so damaged by a war that they no longer live in reality. Bale's character seems quite a lot like a few people I have met. Extremely underrated movie.
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Those of you who were born in Michigan or who have lived there a long time know about the great history of the state has for producing rock and rollers. Some of the more obvious are Bob Seger and Ted Nugent. But that's just the tip of the iceberg! If you're looking for classic hits, Michigan is home.
Glenn Fry – Glenn Fry of the Eagles was born in Detroit and grew up in the suburb of Royal Oak and went on to be one of the founding members of The Eagles. Their hit "Hotel California" was not only their most famous song, but was also voted the best guitar solo of all time!
Ray Parker, Jr – Ray Parker, Jr, was also born in Detroit and was the front man for a band called Raydio before embarking on a solo career that included the 80s hit theme song from the movie "Ghostbusters."
Grand Funk Railroad – GFR was famous for their 70s hit "We're An American Band", but got their start in Flint.
Bill Haley – Bill Haley was one of the early pioneers of rock and roll and was born in Detroit. His band, Bill Haley and the Comets had a number of hits in the 50s, but the most famous was "Rock Around the Clock" which was seen by many an anthem to this new form of music.
Brownsville Station – The name of the band might not be familiar–and probably even fewer people knew they got their start in Ann Arbor–but they're song is certainly one that almost every teenager who grew up in the 1970s remembers: Smokin' in the Boys Room.
Tommy James and the Shondells- Who can forget some of the hits by Tommy James and The Shondells? "I Think We're Alone Now," "Mony, Mony," and "Crimson and Clover." This 60s rock band was formed in Niles, Michigan.
Detroit is also home to Motown and we can't possibly list all the great hits that came out of that one little house in Detroit, but the list includes The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye "The Prince of Soul", Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Aretha Franklin, and Mary Wells.
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There is a lot unsaid about the Dragon Ball series in production. At least 4 series were planned individually. But after Toriyama decided he wasn't up to GT it was produced by a different project leader. He stepped in to help end it. The reason so much info was spread about AF is because the fools finished it before getting it green lighted. The teasers were rejected and AF was never officially anything. The entire project was planned from the word go. When the final series and a 5th level of Saiyan were rejected certain aspects were added into the end of GT, as it was not yet fully aired. These include SSJ4 Gogeta and Vegeta and Bulma talking of SSJ5 in GT. Extra thing to note. It was meant also to explain Saiyan genetics, i.e. why Gohan had to work for SSJ but Goten was born one. The explanation was one of the leaked bits of info, but was easy to cover up as it contradict Pan in the series. Pan was the source of this contradiction, seeing as it explained she should be SSJ from birth like Goten, because the level of her father. This was rejected with info that SSJ cannot happen for females, but this was contradicted in DBZ saying that females do have Oozaru. And it was shown that SSJ comes from Oozaru, SSJ3 takes power from the inside Oozaru, and SSJ4 cannot happen without it. The exact reason for rejection are not known. But AF cannot be April Fools, it was first advertised in May. And rejected after that advertisement, which shows SSJ5 Goku on the front of an entertainment mag. Anyway the reason it was declared but will never happen is because they were foolish enough to declare before green lighting.
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Early on in Stephen Fry's riotous "Bright Young Things," an angel on the deck of a steamship vomits on a young man's head. The young man is Adam Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore), a penniless but well-connected novelist whose fortunes flip like flapjacks, and whose on-again, off-again fiancee, the lovely and studiously jaded Nina Blount (Emily Mortimer), kindly goes along with the fantastical idea that she'll one day become his wife.
The nauseated seraph is a girl in an angel costume, either Chastity, Endeavor, Divine Discontent or another one of the morally dubious acolytes of Mrs. Melrose Ape (Stockard Channing), an American evangelist traveling to London to tend to the souls of the shallow, degenerate, but otherwise too divine upper classes.
That's a modest sampling of the characters that populate the mad whirl of fun and morning-after melancholy that is "Bright Young Things," which Fry, an accomplished actor and writer, based on Evelyn Waugh's "Vile Bodies." Published in 1930, the novel was set sometime in the "near future, when existing social tendencies have become more marked."
Of course, by now, those "social tendencies" -- tabloid culture, youth culture, celebrity culture, club culture and no culture -- are off the charts. But, happily, Fry resists the urge to update the material. Nor does he fossilize it. His "Bright Young Things" is set in an amalgam of the late 1920s and the early 1930s, so that the height of the Jazz Age is squashed up against the outbreak of World War II.


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It is Macbook Pro 17" A1297. SN: W89510R08YB. One day it just stopped booting up. Press power button once and the fron LED lids up for a second and goes away, press one more time - same thing, press the third time LED stays on for ever and fans are spinning. I took it to local Apple Service centre they quoted me for $1600 of the price of new logic board and $450 for labour. Obviously I refused. Checked for the solutions found same reports but no solutions were provided. Could you please advise what I can do to get it fixed within a budget of $400 max.
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