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Current Development Projects
Sand Hill Wind Project - Application No. PLN2013-13, by Ogin, Inc./New Dimension Energy Company, LLC (formerly FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.)
Ogin, Inc. (formerly FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation) applied in early 2013 for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the repowering (i.e., removal and replacement) of 70-80 existing wind turbines equivalent to 4 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity with 40 shrouded wind turbines (a new wind turbine technology, also referred to as mixer-ejector wind turbines or MEWTs) with a combined generating capacity of 4 MWs, to assess the functionality of the new turbine design and the extent to which it could reduce impacts on birds and bats compared to the existing turbines. The project includes an avian impact validation study funded by a grant from the California Energy Commission. The CUP application is for only the 40 shrouded turbines; however, the impacts of future repowering of an additional 320 to 330 existing turbines with the shrouded turbine design for a total, combined generating capacity of 34 MW has been evaluated on a programmatic basis in the EIR.
Public hearings were held on March 27, April 24 and May 22, 2014 before the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments to consider the approval of Sand Hill Wind Project and certify the Environmental Impact Report. The EIR was certified on March 27, 2014; however, the Board continued consideration of the CUP itself to April and May to obtain additional information regarding the avian validation study and to address some other considerations. On May 22, 2014 the Board voted unanimously to approve the CUP for the 40 shrouded turbines.
Staff Reports
- Staff Report, March 27, 2014 (PDF 216kb) *
- Graphic Attachments (PDF 3506kb) *
- Staff Report Update, April 24, 2014 (PDF - 2081kb) *
- Staff Report 2nd Update, with Attached Correspondence, May 22, 2014 (PDF - 1777kb) *
- Graphic Attachments (PDF - 1057kb) *
- Altamont Scientific Review Committee - Related Meeting Summary Excerpts (PDF - 2801kb) *
Approved Resolutions and Exhibits
- Resolution Z-14-16, to Certify Environmental Impact Report (PDF - 18kb) *
- Exhibit A - Findings of Significant Impact (PDF 1254kb) *
- Exhibit B - Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (PDF 717kb) *
- Exhibit C - Statement of Overriding Considerations (PDF 122kb) *
- Resolution Z-14-19, to Approve Conditional Use Permit PLN2013-00013 (PDF 83kb) *
CEQA Documents
- Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (PDF 593kb) *
- Notice of Preparation (PDF 396kb) *
- Initial Study (PDF 55.2kb) *
- Location and Parcel Maps (PDF 1.1mb) *
- Notice of Completion (PDF 1148kb) *
- Notice of Determination (PDF 176kb) *
Final Environmental Impact Report
- Sand Hill Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Report (PDF 5450kb) *
Draft Environmental Impact Report
- Title (PDF 121kb)*
- Executive Summary (PDF 4.47mb)*
- Contents (PDF 124kb) *
- Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF 178kb)*
- Chapter 2: Project Description (PDF 5.48mb)*
- Chapter 3-00: Impact Analysis (PDF 9.99kb)*
- Chapter 3-01: Aesthetics (PDF 3.43mb) *
- Chapter 3-02: Agricultural and Forestry Resources (PDF 2.40mb)*
- Chapter 3-03: Air Quality (PDF 935kb)*
- Chapter 3-04: Biological Resources (PDF 3.80mb)*
- Chapter 3-05: Cultural Resources (PDF 285kb)*
- Chapter 3-06: Geology, Soils, and Paleontological Resources (PDF 3.46mb)*
- Chapter 3-07: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF 534kb)*
- Chapter 3-08: Hazards and Hazardous Materials (PDF 312kb) *
- Chapter 3-09: Hydrology and Water Quality (PDF 380kb)*
- Chapter 3-10: Noise (PDF 569kb) *
- Chapter 3-11: Transportation/Traffic (PDF 1.78mb)*
- Chapter 3-12: Utilities and Service Systems (PDF 171kb)*
- Chapter 4: Alternatives Analysis (PDF 418kb)*
- Chapter 5: Other CEQA Considerations (PDF 2.16mb)*
- Chapter 6: Report Preparers (PDF 138kb)*
Sand Hill Wind Project - Appendices
- Appendix A: Notice of Preparation (PDF 4.63mb)*
- Appendix B: Avian Study Design (PDF 4.64mb)*
- Appendix C: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Report (PDF 1.92mb)*
- Appendix D: Focused Spring Botanical Survey (PDF 2.42mb)*
- Appendix E: Avian Baseline Report (PDF 3.97mb)*
- Appendix F: Representative Photographs (PDF 3.94mb)*
- Appendix G: Native American Consultation (PDF 741kb)*
- Appendix H: Desk Top Geologic Assessment (PDF 2.44mb)*
- Appendix I: Environmental Site Assessment Update (PDF 9.97mb)*
- Appendix J: Noise Technical Report (PDF 5.07mb)*
- Appendix K: Radio Frequency Impact Report (PDF 4.49mb)*
Staff Contacts
Sandra Rivera, Assistant Deputy Director
(510) 670-6526
Andrew Young, Project Planner
(510) 670-5400
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Testing:
Temperature testing will be accomplished by loading the video card to 100% using Unigine's Heaven Benchmark Version 4.0, with MSI's Afterburner overclocking utility for temperature monitoring. I will be using a resolution of 1920x1200 using 8xAA and a five-run sequence to run the test, ensuring that the maximum thermal threshold is reached. The fan speed will be left in the control of the driver package and video card's BIOS for the stock load test, with the fan moved to 100% to see the best possible cooling scenario for the overclocked load test. The idle test will involve a 20-minute cool-down, with the fan speeds left on automatic in the stock speed testing and bumped up to 100% when running overclocked.
- Monitoring with MSI Afterburner
- Unigine Heaven 4.0 1920x1080 8x AA
- 5-run sequence
- 20-minute idle duration
- Temperature measured in degrees Celsius
The temperatures delivered by the HD 7970 comparison card are going to be lower due to the cooling solution employed by that card. What you see with the GTX 780 though are temperatures that are identical to the GTX 680 it is replacing in the product stack. When you overclock and overvolt the GTX 780 that uses the same cooling solution employed on the GTX Titan, it shows that less hardware in the core equates to better temperatures when the fan speed is maxed out. The GTX 780 was easily able to stay within thermal boundaries that maximize core clock speeds. One of the benefits of the GTX 780 is the ongoing work to improve acoustics as well as cooling. Normally you will hear the fans on the cooling solution speed up and slow down dynamically as you game. It's a fact of life, however NVIDIA has worked in a new adaptive temperature controller that aims to limit the up and down spikes in fan noise while keeping temperatures constant.

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The NSW Brain Tissue Resource Centre is a research facility for the collection, characterisation, storage and distribution of human brain and spinal cord tissue for research. The tissues provided to the neuroscientific research community include investigations on understanding the framework, composition and functioning of the human brain and the nature of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
Many neurologic and psychiatric conditions affect only humans, such as schizophrenia and alcohol related brain disorders. There are few animal models available that can accurately replicate these conditions particularly in the case of schizophrenia. Along with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease these health issues impact upon society, including economic burden for both an individual and community.
Brains from people with these illnesses are essential for research devoted to finding treatments and cures. Progress can be made towards finding the cause of neurological and psychiatric conditions if researchers can compare brains from those affected with brains from those who were not affected by such conditions. Normal brain tissue can also be used to study ageing of the human brain. Normal brain tissue is known as 'control' tissue and is extremely important to identify physiological and chemical differences between healthy tissue and 'abnormal' changes.


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Tonix E-Liquid's branding is reminiscent of vintage pill bottles and medicines, but these e-liquids are just the tonic. This premium line of liquids offers a high 73% VG mix which delivers a flavour explosion with every vape. Shop the range below:
Tonix Sub-Atomic Compounds are a premium range of e-liquids produced by Element. The powerful punch each flavour of Tonix offers has led them to become very popular very quickly. They are complex in character, with many ingredients building on top of each other to create some truly original and moreish flavours. The flavour mixes all have an American feel as it is a US based company and there's a sweetness to many of their liquids which keeps fans coming back for more.
Element e-Liquids is a leading vaping company headquartered in South Florida. They pride themselves on their all-American purity of their products, with all their liquids made in the States. They are also committed to the highest quality ingredients including superior nicotine. The design of Element products also stands out, and they invest considerable time and energy to creating brands which are memorable.
The Tonix E-Liquid range is one of the premium collections at The Electric Tobacconist®. It is one of many exceptional varieties in our collection, and others include Liberty Flights and Vampire Vape. Find out more about some of the popular Tonix E-Liquid flavours below:
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If you're in the market for premium e-liquids, either for a special occasion or as an all-day vape, then Tonix offer some fantastic options. The flavours are all of a sweeter nature which satisfies anyone who leans towards fruity, dessert or sugary liquids. The quality is evident in every single bottle of Tonix E-Liquid which is one of the reasons it is so popular.
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When Inland and the Southern Newspaper Publisher Association hold their first-ever joint Annual Meeting in September, everything will revolve around "Building Your Future" for member newspapers and organizations.
The Rocky Mountains setting for the joint Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs is an appropriate metaphor for a newspaper industry that at times faces a steep climb-but with the prospect of stunning vistas and room to grow in the future.
Several of the sessions, in fact, explicitly echo the meeting's, "Building" theme as some of the industry's top figures examine the role of structure in achieving success.
For example, in the session How to Build and Maintain Your Sales Team, Maroon Ventures Managing Partner Charity Huff will showcase the structures and sales strategies that produce a productive sales team and culture, maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified sales professionals-and reach new customers with compelling marketing tactics designed to make them loyal customers to a newspaper brand.
The goal is to show the ways a skilled sales manager can achieve and sustain a competitive edge over the growing number of competitors for local SMB dollars.
Similarly, at the session entitled The Future of Newsrooms: When Change is Not Enough, Bill Church, senior vice president of news for GateHouse Media, will lead a deep dive into how newsrooms must be organized-or more correctly, re-organized-to meet the challenges of the digital age.
His presentation takes its starting point from American Society of News Editor surveys showing that despite shrinking staffs, the percentage of supervisors and the overall makeup of newsrooms has changed remarkably little.
Church's presentation will look at why newspapers need to rethink the way their newsrooms are organized, how to reset newsroom priorities to match resources, and what metrics to consider for changing newsroom staffing.
Like many of the presenters at the 2017 Annual Convention, Church brings real-life experience to bear on his analysis of newsroom structure. Before taking his present position, he was executive editor of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune and Southeast regional editor for GateHouse. During his time at the Herald-Tribune, the paper won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a project reported in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Times.
Meeting the Challenge: The Shifting Nature of Our Business
This session takes a 30,000-foot look at the newspaper industry to orient attendees to the challenges and opportunities of this media environment
Marketing the Strength of Our Brand
Our audience and advertisers tell us repeatedly that they respect the local newspaper brand, but too many organizations aren't doing enough to capitalize on that strength. This session lays out how newspapers can maximize the return on the decades spent building their brand.
The Future Structures of News Organizations and Community Journalism
In an increasingly crowd-sourcing world, how should newspapers organize their newsrooms, newsgathering processes and engagement with their audience? Learn what's ahead for your organization.
12 Ideas that Drive Revenue
Inland and SNPA keep a laser focus on building revenue opportunities for their members. Expect specific ideas that can be implemented immediately back at your company.
What Newspapers Must Do to Keep Public Notices
The threat to legal requirements that public notices be published in print has never been more dire. Learn what publishers around the nation are facing-and how they are successfully responding to the siege on printed public notices.
Recruiting and Retaining Sales People
Publishers say this is their number one challenge. Learn how newspapers of all sizes are assembling effective sales teams who succeed in selling across all platforms.
Digital Agencies - Where is the Money?
This session is all about what it takes to structure a digital services agency that can thrive in the face of numerous digital-only competitors.
Why Video Is Important
Video allows newspapers to be the disruptor rather than the disrupted in their local markets. See how news organizations are producing engaging content that commands the price legacy broadcasters have enjoyed without serious competition.
Circulation Pricing and Elasticity
When it comes to subscription and single-copy pricing, one size should not fit all in your market. Learn the science behind pricing that maximizes your circulation revenue.
Hot Tech Companies
Meet the startups and re-invented legacy companies that offer tremendous digital revenue potential.
Pay Walls and Digital Subscriptions - Yes or No
A look at the specific factors that go into this still-unsettled debate about access pricing.
Using Data to Understand and Grow Your Business
Big Data isn't just for the Google's or Amazon's of the world-you've got a treasure trove of information right inside your organization. This session shows how to harness the power of data you are already generating.
Efficiency Trends You Need to Know
This session looks beyond the "we've always done it that way" mindset to demonstrate specific ways your organization can be more effective at jobs to be done.


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The nutrition toolkit
This dvm360 toolkit focuses on nutrition. The special package of articles, tips, handouts, videos and tools is designed to make it easy for your team to educate pet owners about the importance of nutritional care for dogs and cats.
Articles and tips
> The perks of proactive feeding
> Healthy eats: Pet nutrition is a team effort
> 3 nutrition tips for diabetic pets
Recommended resources
Kickstart your nutrition know-how with this list of websites and books to get you started in your quest for nutrition success.
The dvm360 social media marketing kit
Use these pre-written Facebook posts and tweets to educate your clients about nutrition and the importance of keeping pets in a healthy weight range. (That's right. It's social media outreach made easy!)
Keeping nutrition at the forefront of patient care is a necessity. Watch these videos for the latest information on nutrition and weight management in dogs and cats.
> Pointers on when and how to feed sick cats
> Watch what's new in veterinary nutrition
Ready-to-use handouts
Serve up these handouts as supplements to your exam room conversations with clients about pet nutrition and weight loss.
> 4 tips for weight loss in cats
> Nutrition questionnaire
Does your team do a great job discussing the importance of good pet nutrition with clients? We'd love to share your winning strategies with your colleagues. Did you try one of these tools? We'd love to know what your experience was like. Any other feedback? Let us know.


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Here is my first build, I dont know if it's good, only every time I play with Kog'Maw with this build, I win and got a lot of kills and assists,this build centralizes in attack speed and critical chance.Here im explaining every attack of Kog'Maw and passive skill.And I put the story.
Story: When the prophet Malzahar was reborn in Icathia, he was led there by an ominous voice which thereafter anchored itself to his psyche. From within, this voice bestowed upon him terrible purpose, and though Malzahar was no longer tormented by its call, the voice did not cease its unrelenting summons. This baleful beacon's gentle flicker -- now fastened to Runeterra -- drew forth a putrid beast that ambled across a threshold it did not understand, widening a fissure between the spaces which were never meant to meet. There amongst the haunting ruins of Icathia, Kog'Maw manifested in Valoran with unsettling curiosity. The spark which led him to Runeterra teased him still, urging him gently towards Malzahar. It also encouraged him to familiarize himself with his new environment, to the stark horror of everything he encountered on his journey.
The enchanting colors and aromas of Runeterra intoxicated Kog'Maw, and he explored the fruits of the strange world the only way he knew how: by devouring them. At first he sampled only the wild flora and fauna he happened across. As he traversed the parched Tempest Flats, however, he came upon a tribe of nomads. Seemingly unhampered by conventional rules of physics, Kog'Maw consumed every nomad and any obstacles they put in his way, amounting to many times his own mass and volume. The most composed of his victims may have had time to wonder if this was due to the caustic enzymes which stung the ground as they dripped from his gaping mouth, although such musings were abruptly concluded. When his wake of catastrophe reached the Institute of War, an enthusiastic Malzahar greeted him with an enticing prospect: taste the best Runeterra could offer...on the Fields of Justice.
'If that's just hungry, I don't want to see angry.' --Tryndamere, the Barbarian King
Icathian Surprise: When Kog'Maw die, goes into a chain reaction and his movement speed is increased for 4 seconds, when that time pass, Kog'Maw explode dealing damage.
Caustic Spittle: Passive:It increases the attack speed of Kog'Maw, Active: Kog'Maw launches an acid that chase the enemy and inflicts Magic Damage, it's a good combination if you use this skill with Void Ooze, because you will slow the enemy and you can attack him as your choice.
Bio-Arcane Barrage: It increases your range of attack and you deal a percent of the maximum health of your enemy as magic damage. It's useful in ganks
Void Ooze: Kog'Maw launches a Ooze that deals damage and slows enemies, it can be useful in chases.
Living Artillery: Kog'Maw launches a missile from the sky that deals really good damage. It can be useful in chases.
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Faculty & Staff » Physical Education
Physical Education
Mr. Nick Anderson
Physical education provides students with the unique opportunity to practice and develop the many skills that will be found in the athletic, recreational, and social activities that they will engage in throughout the course of their lives.
This physical education program will seek to foster the development of a positive attitude regarding physical activity among students by providing successful experiences in a wide range of activities. The ultimate goal of this program is to facilitate the development of a healthy mind, body, and spirit among students.


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Toni Cade Bambara: Artist as Tutor
Michael Timko
In the current political, social, and racial setting, it seems fitting to turn to art to seek possible solutions to the problems created by these forces. One possible avenue is fiction, especially that written by authors who in their works show both the problems and provide possible answers to those problems. One such writer is Tony Cade Bambara, who provides in her short story �The Lesson,� both one specific problem and one possible solution.
Toni Cade Barbara, novelist, short-story author, essayist, reviewer, and teacher, was born in New York City, grew up in Harlem, and in 1970 changed her name to Barbara, the name of a West African ethnic group. She graduated from Queens College, City University of New York, with a degree in Theater Arts and English Literature in 1959. She also studied film dance before getting an M.A. degree at City College, CUNY, in 1964. She also taught at Rutgers University, Emory University, and Stephens College, Columbia University, and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta she helped form the Southern Collective of African American Writers. She died in 1995.
Bambara was a prolific writer. Her many publications include: Gorilla, My Love. New York: Vintage, 1972; War of the Walls 1976; The Sea Birds Are Still Alive: Collected Stories. New York: Random House, 1977; The Salt Eaters. New York: Random House, 1980; and Those Bones Are Not My Child. New York: Pantheon, 1999. She also wrote the script for Louis Massiah's film The Bombing of Osage Avenue, a work that won much acclaim.
�The Lesson� appeared in Gorilla, a collection of short stories. It represents Bambara�s quintessential qualities as an author and her major interests as author and tutor. In approaching a work of fiction one looks at several aspects: action, protagonist and antagonist, characterization, conflict, dialogue, diction, point of view, setting, structure, and theme. Bambara�s �Lesson� contains, as one might expect from an accomplished writer, all of these, but those that strike the reader immediately are dialogue, conflict, character, and theme. These reveal immediately and forcefully Bambara ultimate objective in this particular story, the milieu in which the characters live, the various inequalities that exist in their lives, the issues they face, the manner in which they face them, and the aptness of the resolution.
There are three crucial scenes in the story, ones that reveal Bambara�s artistry. The first is the opening, which reveals immediately the milieu, the various characters, and the issues they face. Sylvia, the main character, tells the reader what she thinks about �this lady� Miss Moore; she is one of the �old and stupid ones,� in contrast to her and Sugar, her friend, who were the only ones �just right.� Miss Moore is �the only woman on with no first name.� She has �nappy hair and proper speech and no makeup.� In addition �she was always planning those boring-ass things for us to do.� She had been to college, which immediately indicates that she is quite different from everything and everyone that Sylvia knows. Even the grown-ups, the parents, talk about Miss Moore behind her back, but they seem to respect her. �They would,� Sylvia tells us, �yank our heads into some kinda shape and crisp our clothes so we�d be presentable for travel with Miss Moore.�
The second vital scene occurs at F.A.O Schwarz, the fabulous toy store on Fifth Avenue. The students need two taxis to go to the story, and Miss Moore puts Sylvia in charge of one of them, giving her a five-dollar bill and telling her to give 10 per cent for the tip. Sylvia thinks of just keeping the money, but the cab arrives at the toy store before she can decide what to do. Sylvia decides she needs the tip money more than the cab driver does.
It is here, the second crucial scene, that the reader begins to understand the author�s thematic purpose. �This is the place,� Miss Moore tells them. �Let�s look in the windows before we go in.� Then they go in and and see more toys and their prices. Seeing these prices the students finally begin to learn the �lesson� that Miss Moore wants them to learn: the economic inequality that exists and the difference in social classes, the different ways that people live. The prices of the toys are a revelation and a challenge: a sailboat costs $1, 195; a paperweight, the use of which Miss Moore has to explain, costs $480; a microscope costs $300. The reaction of the children shows that Miss Moore has had some success. Sylvia�s comments are especially telling. Looking at the paperweight, she thinks: �My eyes tell me it�s a chunk of glass cracked with something heavy, and different-color inks dripped into the splits, then the whole thing put into a oven or something. But for $480 it don�t make sense.� She is also overwhelmed by the price of the sailboat. ��Unbelievable, I hear myself say and am really stunned. I read it again for myself just in case the class recitation put me in a trance. Same thing. For some reason this pisses me off. We look at Miss Moore and she lookin at us, waiting for I dunno what.�
Sylvia goes on: �Who�d pay all that when you can buy a sailboat set for a quarter at Pop�s, a tube of glue for a dime, and a ball of string for eight cents? It must have a motor and a whole lot besides. My sailboat costs me about fifty cents.� Even the other children are overwhelmed at the price and what appears to be wasteful. Even the other children chime in, some making astute comments regarding the price. Little Q.T, staring hard at the boat, asks, �This boat for kids, Miss Moore?� Rosie Giraffe, another student, chimes in, �Parents silly to buy something like that just to get all broke up. That much money it should last forever.� Q.T. responds, � Must be rich-people shop here.� Sylvia again, although she really doesn�t like to talk to Miss Moore, says, �What I want to know is how much a real boat costs? I figure a thousand�d get you a yacht any day.� Miss Moore responds: �Why don�t you check that out and report back to the group?� Bambara ends this particular section by having Sylvia imagine what her mother would say if she asked her to buy a clown for her birthday. �Thirty-five dollars could buy new bunk beds for Junior and Gretchen�s boy. Thirty-five dollars and the whole household could go visit Granddaddy Nelson in the country. Who are these people that spend that much for performing clowns and $1,000 for toy sailboats? What kinda work do they do and how do they live and how come we ain�t in on it?� Then Sylvia remembers Miss Moore saying that it don�t necessarily have to be way, poor people have to wake up and demand their share of the pie.
The denouement or resolution of the story emphasizes the effect this visit has on on Sylvia, the main character. Barbara emphasizes the �lesson� she has attempted to convey to her class. Sugar, Sylvia�s close friend, tells Miss Moore, �You know, Miss Moore, I don�t think all of us here put together eat in a year what that sailboat costs.� Miss Moore �lights up like somebody goosed her.� She asks Sugar what she thinks about that. Sugar responds, �I think that this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don�t it?� Sylvia�s response to this exchange summarizes the impact of the author�s thesis on the main character. The story ends with the focus on Sylvia�s final thoughts on the day: We start down the block and she [Sugar] gets ahead which is O.K. by me cause I�m going to the West End and then over to the Drive to think this day through. No matter what conclusion Sylvia may arrive at after she thinks the day through, the reader can fully understand Miss Moore�s attempt to convey to her students that they need not simply give in to the system. The should work towards gaining, n Sugar�s words, an �equal chance at the dough.�
Michael Timko is Professor Emeritus (City University of New York). His major interests are 19th-cetury literature and drama. He has published and lectured widely on both scholarly and popular subjects and is currently one of the editors of Dickens Studies Annual . He has published many articles on various subjects in The World & I over the past years.
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Adele - MTV VMAs 2011 Red Carpet
Adele waves to her fans on the black carpet at the 2011 MTV VMAs on Sunday (August 28) at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
The 23-year-old British singer is nominated for seven awards during the show tonight!
Adele's video for "Rolling in the Deep" is nominated for Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Art Direction in a Video, Best Editing in a Video, and Best Cinematography in a Video.
FYI: Adele is wearing a Burberry dress with Suzanne Felsen earrings.
The 2011 MTV VMAs airs live TONIGHT at 9/8c!


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Saturday, 27 November 2010 07:59 AM
Shoppers snapped up 500 gift cards in 15 minutes yesterday at the Mall at Robinson, a shopping center about 10 miles outside Pittsburgh.
Last year, it took two hours to hand them out, said Shema Krinsky, the mall's marketing director, who added that the parking lot was 90 percent full by 8:30 a.m.
"We expect this to be what the rest of the holiday has in store," Krinsky said in a telephone interview.
Across the U.S., stores reported heavier traffic than last year as Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, got off to its earliest start yet. Foot traffic at the Mall at Robinson increased the most in five years, Krinsky said. At Macy's Inc.'s flagship store in New York's Herald Square, many people were shopping for themselves for the first time in two years, Chief Executive Officer Terry Lundgren said.
After denying themselves in the wake of the recession, many American consumers seem ready to spend this holiday season, says Neil Stern, senior partner at Chicago-based consultancy McMillan Doolittle.
"There's no question that there is pent-up consumer demand that will drive retail growth this season," he said in an interview yesterday. "America is still a consumer-driven society, we just haven't had the means to indulge."
Shoppers are taking advantage of deals as they face down a slower economic recovery than projected. Retailers view Black Friday -- so named because that's when many stores become profitable -- as a bellwether for the entire holiday season.
'Bad Crowds'
Dawn Vero, 39, and her twin sister, Denise Pascia, started their Black Friday at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday at Toys "R" Us Inc., where they waited in the rain for an hour to get in the store and then spent another three hours shopping.
They visited Wal-Mart Stores Inc. around 2:30 a.m. and then Bed, Bath and Beyond before arriving at a Target Corp. store, where at 7:30 a.m. they had already spent an hour waiting in a line of a couple hundred people snaking throughout the store. Their shopping carts brimmed with clothes and toys.
"I don't remember the crowds being this bad last year," said Vero, a lawyer with two children from Hopewell, Pennsylvania.
More than 700 people waited for Best Buy Co.'s store to open in New York's Union Square at 5 a.m. today. Among its doorbuster specials, the world's largest electronics retailer offered a Sony Corp. Vaio laptop with a built-in Blu-Ray player, Karate Kid disc and carry bag for $500, a 32 percent savings.
'Good News'
Doorbusters demand was strong for computers and televisions and "incredibly strong" for e-readers, Mike Vitelli, Best Buy's North America president, said by telephone from the store.
"The good news for us is, I'm seeing lines," said Jim Fielding, president of Walt Disney Co.'s retail division, who had already visited three of his company's stores in California by 5:30 a.m. local time yesterday. Parking lots at one mall were 10 percent to 15 percent fuller than last year, he estimated. Disney, based in Burbank, California, opened some stores at midnight again this year.
Sharon Mazzocco, a 47-year-old nurse from Cecil, Pennsylvania, plans to spend 50 percent more this year because her husband's business renting fork lifts and heavy shipping equipment has been "booming."
The stores were packed and people were spending more this year, she said. "More high-end stores are crowded. The past couple of years, Old Navy would be crowded and now Banana Republic is packed.''
Analysts' estimates for holiday sales vary from little changed to increases of as much as 4.5 percent. The Washington- based National Retail Federation predicts a gain of 2.3 percent to $447.1 billion after an uptick of 0.4 percent last year and a 3.9 percent drop in 2008.
Spending Rebound
Those forecasts coincided with a rebound in U.S. consumer spending this year as the economy began adding jobs. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, increased at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department. That was the fastest since the final three months of 2006.
Same-store sales, a key indicator because new and closed locations are excluded, rose for 14 straight months through October. Same-store sales for November and December may advance as much as 3.5 percent, the largest increase since 2006, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Black Friday was the largest shopping day in 2009, with $18.6 billion in sales, according to MasterCard Spending Pulse, which is based in Purchase, New York. That may climb this year since 31 percent of consumers plan to shop that day, up from 26 percent a year earlier, according to the shopping centers group.
Melanie Devontino, 26, plans to spend $1,500 on holiday gifts, more than triple what she spent last year. At a Wal-Mart in Greensboro, North Carolina, she opened a pallet full of Hewlett-Packard Co. printers even before store workers had given shoppers the green light. They asked people to put the merchandise back. Devontino ignored them.
"I'm running hard," she said.
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Criminals may be having a field day in the Millennium City but the city's roads have turned out to be the bigger killers. Sample this: 158 people have been killed and 340 injured in 380 accidents in the first five months of this year against 39 murders in the same period.india Updated: May 29, 2013 01:19 IST
Criminals may be having a field day in the Millennium City but the city's roads have turned out to be the bigger killers. Sample this: 158 people have been killed and 340 injured in 380 accidents in the first five months of this year against 39 murders in the same period.
The numbers speak volumes about road safety standards in the IT hub.
Over the last few years, hundreds of people have lost their lives to road accidents.
There has been a 50% rise in fatalities in the last two years. While around 250 people died on Gurgaon's roads in 2011 and 2012, the toll has already crossed 158 this year.
There has also been a sharp spurt in the number of non-fatal accidents. While 211 cases were reported in 2011, there has been a 20% jump this year with 234 cases.
Lack of facilities, manpower shortage and poor infrastructure are some of the reasons behind the sorry state of affairs.
"Poor traffic management and the lack of police presence have led to a rise in the number of accidents. The city's infrastructure lags way behind what its citizens need. The roads are a bane for pedestrians and cyclists. The lack of crossover facilities, zebra crossings, cycle ramps and pavements is another problem. Open ditches are also a major hazard for pedestrians," said VD Maheshwari, a resident of Gurgaon.
In a city like Gurgaon, which boasts of a number of fast and signal-free expressways and where vehicles are driven at an average speed of 100 kmph despite the 80kmph limit, motorists are often caught ignoring safety norms and gears like seatbelts and helmets.
Apart from the traffic police department, the civic agencies are equally responsible for the high number of road fatalities as they have failed to provide adequate crossover facilities such as footover bridges, subways and underpasses on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway stretches.
While traffic management needs to be streamlined in a better manner, civic bodies such as the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda), Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and Public Works Department (PWD) have to work on widening roads to support the ever-increasing volume of traffic and providing required crossover facilities at major intersections.
Ironically, Gurgaon has wide expressways for high-end luxury cars from across the world but it does not have pavements for its citizens.
The city has witnessed almost 50% rise in cases where pedestrians are involved in mishaps since 2011.
Though authorities claim to have constructed more than 40km of pedestrian walkways, it is not enough for Gurgaon.
"We have tried to cope with traffic problems by bettering our road network. We have been working with the police to identify problem areas and have built several kilometres of slip and arterial roads," claimed Huda administrator Praveen Kumar.
Shortage of police personnel is also a hurdle.
A Huda official claimed that the traffic police department needs 800-1000 officials but they have to manage with less than 300.
Joint commissioner of police Maheshwar Dayal admitted to working with skeletal staff.
"At present, we are short-staffed and have only 290 police personnel on traffic duty which I agree is on the lower side. We have tried to regulate traffic in the city by removing a number of roundabouts and cracking down on drunk driving. We have also introduced a system of clamping tyres of illegally parked vehicles, an example that Delhi is now emulating," he said.
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xoxoxoBruce Saturday Nov 20 03:07 AM
Nov 20, 2010: Dia de Los Muertos
Dia de Los Muertos, day of the dead, is an important holiday in Mexico. It's also a holiday in the American southwest, for obvious reasons.
Trilby Saturday Nov 20 05:15 AM
I like any holiday that celebrates death. It's so human.
DanaC Saturday Nov 20 06:02 AM
nicely put Bri.
Sundae Saturday Nov 20 08:39 AM
I'd like to big up the Cellar for making me aware of this tradition.
monster Saturday Nov 20 09:01 AM
At our school you got to choose between Spanish and German. I chose German, so now I can't help the kids with their homework.
Clodfobble Monday Nov 22 04:14 PM
My stepdaughter was vehemently against taking Spanish, because she has had several Hispanic bullies and is prejudiced. Since grades are already an issue without defiance being thrown into the mix, we happily encouraged her to choose French instead.


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Cloud management software startup OnApp said today that it has raised $20 million in funding, cash it hopes will help expand its product offerings into more countries.
OnApp claims to power public cloud services for more than 500 providers in 39 countries. OnApp says 40 percent of its revenue currently comes from the U.S. companies, but it is also seeing strong growth in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
The company's most popular product is OnApp Cloud, which provides "everything you need to build a fully featured cloud hosting service" and can be deployed in a matter of days. It has also launched OnApp CDN, OnApp Marketplace, and OnApp Storage to diversify its offerings.
"In 2010, we set out to build a turnkey platform to make it easy for service providers to create profitable cloud services," OnApp CEO Ditlev Bredahl said in a statement. "Our customers now run some of the fastest growing cloud services out there, with an average annual growth rate of over 80 percent. We've also seen a new breed of Virtual Service Providers emerge, who are creating a wide range of cloud-based businesses on top of the OnApp Marketplace. This round of funding gives us a solid financial base from which we will continue creating products that make OnApp-powered service providers the most successful in their markets."
London-based OnApp was launched in July 2010 and has more than 115 employees across Europe, the U.S., and Asia. The new funding was led by U.K.-based private equity firm LDC.
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OR: How to Tick Off a Democrat
Parents, how many of you have had kids throw temper tantrums when they didn't get their way? I would say most of us. I recall when I was little and threw a temper tantrum, I got my butt spanked and quickly learned not to do that again. When my kids were little, one of them started throwing temper tantrums and she got her butt spanked. When my granddaughter was little and threw a temper tantrum, she got her butt spanked.
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"Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him." (Proverbs 13:24)
This week, liberal Democrats in the US House of Representatives threw a temper tantrum over the Republicans refusing to bring the gun control bills to a vote. When Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tried to restore order and adjourn the House for the July 4 holiday, the Democrats tried to shout him down. Their actions were identical to those of a two-year-old throwing a temper tantrum and therefore should be turned over the knee of House Sergeant-at-Arms and have their butts spanked for acting like a spoiled child.
They claim that the issue behind their sit-in protest is that House Republicans won't bring gun control bills to the floor for a vote. If that's true, then let's look at what Democrats have done in the past.
When the Democrats controlled the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid refused to allow 12 job bills passed by the Republican-controlled House. Reid reportedly gave only 1 of the 12 bills a fleeting glance before refusing to allow them to ever be considered. The other 11 House jobs bill were tossed in the trash without ever being looked at. At the time, millions of Americans were out of work and the unemployment levels were still high, but Reid wouldn't even look at the jobs bills passed by the House because they were Obama's plans.
Now when House Republicans refuse to allow the Democrats' gun control bills from going to a vote, the Dems get all bent out shape and throw a temper tantrum.
It's the same thing when it comes to filibusters. Last year when Senator Rand Paul held his filibuster, the Democrats were all up in arms and even the liberal media was slamming him for what they called a childish stunt. The same thing happened with Ted Cruz launched a filibuster back in 2013. As a result, Reid illegally attempted to change the Senate rules to block Republican filibusters, ignoring the fact that a number of Democrats have used filibusters in the past.
What about the infamous Sequestration of 2013? To begin with, the idea of the Sequestration came straight from Barack Obama who thought he could use it to force Republicans to do things his way. Legally, that's called extortion. When Republicans refused to compromise and give in to Obama's demands, Democrats and the media immediately blamed the whole the thing on the Republicans when it was Obama's fault.
Now Republicans are taking the high road and making a stand for their political views and the Democrats are responding by throwing a temper tantrum. The bottom line is that Democrats insist on having everything their way with no compromise while expecting Republicans to constantly give in. Democrats only play by the rules when it suits them, not when it suits others.
One lesson in all of this is that the best way to tick off a Democrat is to lower yourself and act just like they do. They can't tolerate anyone saying and doing the same things they do and they get really mad really fast.


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My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 at the age of seven. After one episode of ketoacidosis, the doctor put her on 2 units of NPH every morning. After three years, we moved out of state and were unable to get a doctor specializing in diabetes. Her regular physician said to discontinue the insulin. After years of fighting lows, we did stop it. Now, several years later, she continues to test her sugars on a regular basis. Her highest sugar was about 155 mg/dl [8.6 mmol/L]. Her doctor never would perform an antibody test to determine her exact type. I have read this forum for years and no concrete answers are available to explain her type. What damage do the 120-150 mg/dl [6.7-8.3 mmol/L] readings do to her body, if any?
Her aunt died of type 1 diabetes complications at the age of 26. She had gastroparesis as well as other neuropathies. Recently, my husband was informed of an irregular glucose reading after two work-required physicals, leading me to believe my daughter's condition could possibly be inherited.
The most common form of new-onset diabetes in children in North America is due to a disorder of the immune system and is now called type 1A (autoimmune). In about 5% of Caucasian families and in more than half the new onset cases in African Americans or Hispanics, there doesn't appear to be an autoimmune problem and the antibody tests are negative. In these type 1B cases, there is acute insulin dependence to start with, but, after a few weeks or months insulin, may no longer be required. There is not much known so far as to the underlying cause of type 1B. Some are linked to chromosomal abnormalities, but it is thought that there is an underlying insulin deficiency in many, if not all, cases so that insulin may be again required at some time later in life.
If the blood sugar levels that you report were taken fasting then they are abnormal, and it is quite possible that your daughter does have this mild type 1B form of diabetes. Even though she doesn't require insulin, she may still need to control her blood sugars with diet and exercise or even with the help of drugs like Glucophage [metformin]. You should ask her doctor about this. Meticulous control of blood sugars can go a long way in forestalling long-term complications.
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Women and girls are extremely underrepresented in science and technology in the developing and developed world. In an effort to encourage more women to consider careers in information and communication technology (ICT) fields, Microsoft is supporting the International Telecommunications Union for its annual Girls in ICT Day on April 25. Girls in ICT Day brings together girls, young women and university students to attend events hosted by ICT companies, NGOs and government agencies around the world.
Microsoft believes that in order to build the most innovative technology solutions and solve the world's toughest problems, we need teams that are diverse. To achieve that, we must not only ensure that Microsoft Research is a great place for women researchers and engineers to work, we must also join with others to help bridge the gender gap in technology careers. View a video on bridging the gender gap in IT.
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|On January 27th, 2016, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended the scholarship presentation ceremony at the Swedish Royal Opera organized by Micael Bindefeld Foundation in memory of Holocaust victims. (Holocaust is the Swedish word that refers to the genocide that occured during the World War and resulted in the death of nearly six million Jews by German Nazis. In English, it is the same word Holocaust meaning a fire causing death of many people. In Hebrew, the word "Shoah" is used meaning disaster)
Princess Victoria attended the scholarship presentation ceremony of Micael Bindefeld Foundation
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Her skin is doing really bad during her pregnancy. Soon she's giving birth! So exited!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 27, 2016 at 10:39 PM
She looks so worn. Outfit is ok, but she looks really bad. Sorry to say this.ReplyDeleteReplies
Are you looking at the same photos I am looking at? She looks great. She has charisma, is sweet, warm and friendly.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 7:13 AM
How do you know? Are you a personal friend or perhaps her PR? Is this why you are always so sugary sweet about her and nasty about Sofia.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 12:26 PM
ATL January 28, 2016 at 12:25 AMDelete
Be sure: I do.
Please let people express THEIR opinion. It's not necessary that it matches with yours.
- AnonymousJanuary 27, 2016 at 11:08 PM
Wow i love her hairstyle, so flattering!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 12:16 AM
...10/10...well done Victoria!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 3:25 AM
I think she's having a boy. Her skin is bad and she looks ugly just like the time I was having my boy. I remember very well how ugly I was during the time my son was almost due.ReplyDeleteReplies
that is how its done, you work not hiding and using your pregnancy to stay out of work, like duchess kate, after giving birth she still on maternity leave upto today!!!!Delete
I am currently pregnant (34 weeks) with a boy, and my skin is absolutly flawless. It was never ever like that.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 11:12 AM
No - the old tale is that having a GIRL steals the mother's beauty.Delete
E.g. Princess Madeleine looked gorgeous when she was expecting Nicolas (think of how glowing she looked at the wedding of Carl Philip&Sofia even though she was so near to the labour).
I guess that in Victoria's case, she just need to rest more. Take things easier. Take better care of her skin. Frankly its much easier to go through the pregnancy when you are in your 20s/early 30s than when you are in your late 30s (in 2017 she'll be 40!).
Anyway, I wish the best health for her and her baby! That is the most important!
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 12:28 PM
That's right. She lost her spark. It's obvious. Hope the spark will return. It's sad being 38 and to look like 50.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 1:07 PM
Not true, Victoria had just as bad skin with Estelle. And I guess I'm not allowed to say anything about your ugly message since I din't make it true the censorhsip...hmmmDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 9:06 AM
I'm gonna give her some slack since she is pregnant, but no I don't like her outfit and particularly these kind of shoes when you are wearing a dress.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 3:58 PM
Princess Victoria is a lovely princess - always friendly and hard working even through her pregnancyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 4:02 PM
I just cannot keep from wondering how your faces would look like, if photographed fairly close up with a flash? She could conceal more, but to put on one of those masks that some women wear would be horribly wrong for Victoria, I think.ReplyDelete
she is so beautiful, her tight chignon gives me headache each photo, curls around her face and a loose style would be less harsh. Her skin looks good but black and tight tight hair, not pleasant.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2016 at 11:34 PM
I sure hope she's having twins, even though I doubt it. I don't understand how they've been thinking with waiting so long to have children and so long in between as well. She's soon 40!and it shows. Maybe it hasn't been a choice (except late marriage) it's just strange to me. But I still think Victoria is one of the most genuine royals today.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Her grandfather was a member of SS....really strong of her to show us that relatives have another opinion about Holicaust victims and that awful killing of millions people.ReplyDelete
Her skin problem is not the imported thing here.....she is fine as beeing her.
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Show Them the Money: the Highest Paid Accountants in the USA
© 2011 by Aurelio Locsin
Accountants manage the money of companies or individuals by keeping records of finances, following government regulations and paying taxes on time. They can also analyze budgets, plan investments and recommend number-crunching technology. Their salaries vary according to job, location and employer. Information is from the March 27, 2012 update of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Accountant can specialize in four major fields. Public accountants handle general accounting matters for clients ranging from individuals to corporations. Management accountants analyze financial information for the companies in which they work. Their duties can include budgeting, asset management and financial reports to the stockholders. Government accountants and auditors manage the records of government agencies, and audit the financial records of businesses or individuals who fall under government regulations. Finally, internal auditors ensure that the financial controls of their companies are effective, and that all procedures and government regulations are followed.
As of 2011, over a million accountants work in the USA, earning a mean annual wage of $33.72 per hour or $70.130 per year. The lowest ten percent make $19.06 per hour or $39,640 per year, while the highest 10 percent receive $52.82 per hour or $109,870 per year.
Over a third of all accountants work for accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services, where they make slightly better than average pay of $36.09 per hour or $75,060 per year. This grouping also includes those who work for themselves. The employers paying the highest salary are dry cleaning and laundry services at $43.88 per hour or $91,260 per year but with only 310 positions. The next highest paying employers is the federal government at $43.24 per hour or $89,930 per year, but it only contains slightly over two percent of the accounting jobs.
The state with the highest employment for the profession is California, with 121,590 positions paying a mean $36.02 per hour or $74,910 per year. Following it are New York, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. New York has the highest mean pay at $40.90 per hour or $85,070 per year for its 92,630 professionals. It leads the highest paying states, which are clustered in the Northeast and include the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Maryland and Massachusetts. Though not a state, the Labor Department classifies DC as such in its reports.
The city with the highest employment is New York with 64,450 accountants. It also has the highest mean pay at $43.13 per hour or $89,720 per year. Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago and Houston have the next highest levels of employment. As for the other top paying metropolitan areas, they include Newark, New Jersey, at $41.88 per hour or $87,120 per year, and Nassau-Suffolk Counties, New York, at $41.67 per hour or $86,670 per year. San Francisco, California, follows with means at $41.46 per hour or $86,230 per year.
Rural Areas
For non-metropolitan areas, Kansas has the highest level of employment at 1,930 jobs, but only has mean wages of $26.12 per hour or $54,330 per year, which is lower than the national mean pay for accountants. The other rural areas with the highest levels of employment are Eastern Texas, West Northwestern Ohio, rural North Carolina and part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The highest paying rural area belongs to Western Central Nevada at $39.61 per hour or $82,390 per year but with only 160 jobs. Southwest Massachusetts is next at $37.09 per hour or $77,150 per year, but with only 80 jobs.
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The accounting field is not for everyone but it is a stable field that can support yourself and your family. Very well done article.
Any guidance on what an Accounting degree combined with an MBA will bring as an average salary?
The world going global, I believe the next decade will offer up more standardization of the reporting.
Interesting Hub, Alocsin, Lots of useful and iIformative Information. We've had our Accountant many years and really respect her judgement for Taxes. We could never keep up with all the new laws and regulations.


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NARCS/Forever Cult - Blue Bags/Together (Clue Records)
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Release Date: International Cassette Store Day
Now, I'm a big fan of Clue Records and their whole roster but they are only releasing 29 copies of this split single which means they have probably already sold out by the time I'm writing this. Which is fine but I always like to imagine that for every review I write at least one person goes out and purchases the thing I've written about so your chances are limited, people. And this is a shame because NARCS are awesome and their half of this single, 'Blue Bags', is smack-you-in-the-face-and-spit-in-your-ear astounding. A brooding, building opening is crudely stitched together by the trademark gravelly tones of frontman Wilko before properly kicking in around half way through. These guys should be a mainstay of the indie touring circuit and I fully expect, nay demand, that they be more popular by this time next year. The guitars alone go on a journey from rock to indie to prog before being cut down in their prime.
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The second half of this football match of a single belongs to Forever Cult and their offering, 'Together'. Some urgent, Cable meets Biffy-esque guitars get things off to a twitchy, itchy start and the drums try their best to fill in the gaps in between. This is a perfectly good indie-rock single with power, quirk and attitude but the problem with split singles is you are always going to open yourself up to comparison. On this evidence, NARCS win this on a bloody eyebrow and a groggy showing from Forever Cult but there wasn't a huge amount in it. Not that it matters, copies of this single are already akin to gold dust I would think.
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23rd November - Think Tank, Newcastle
24th November - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
25th November - Bar Bloc, Glasgow
26th November - The Green Room, Perth
27th November - Maguire's Pizza Bar, Liverpool
28th November - The New Adelphi Club, Hull
2nd December - The Old Blue Last, London
3rd December - The Lemon Factory, Swansea
4th December - Le Pub, Newport
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Printed on high gloss paper this book provides an evocative look back to a time when London Transport had not totally standardised its passenger transport vehicles and was still running some pre-war, utility and other non-standard types in its fleet. The decade was to see a wholesome change to the RT and the book captures the type in different guises and locations during its heyday. Also featured are examples of the early Routemaster and for those who have a soft-spot for the single deckers there are T types and RFs as well as some others. Apart from the class aspect T, TD, RT, RT, RM, RTL, RTW, RL, RFW, RLHs GS, STL and others the book also has features such as Trips to Uxbridge, Reigate Remembered, Green and Red in Sunhill, A Day at Hertford amongst others. All in all a thoroughly interesting book with informative body text and detailed captioning which not appeals to those more into the subject but to others such the writer of this piece as it opens the windows of time back to a period so fondly remembered of a time living in Uxbridge in the early 1950s. 104 pages, hardback. Approx 150 colour and b/w images.
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Ray Avery, 82, a jazz photographer, collector and retailer whose work brought him into close contact with such artists as Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, died of a heart attack Nov. 17 at UCLA Medical Center.
Avery began collecting jazz recordings as a student at Big Bear Lake High School. He opened his first jazz record store, the Record Roundup, on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1936. He relocated a few times, eventually opening Rare Records and New in Glendale.
His stock included rare or obscure selections by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Holiday, Bing Crosby and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, one of the first bands to make jazz recordings, about 1920. He closed the store in 1992.
His photographs documented the birth of West Coast jazz in the 1950s and the artists who defined the period. His early work appeared on album covers for musicians such as Shelly Manne and Clifford Brown.


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Mega Jump 2
- Activate the crazy Mega Fever Mode!
- Hundreds of awesome Missions!
- Secret characters to collect with special powers!
- Grab Lucky Prizes to win awesome items!
- So much more!
It's Back!
The spectacular sequel to the #1 hit Mega Jump! Bigger, better and more mega than ever before!
With over 4 million downloads and counting, hitting #1 on iPhone in 38 countries and #1 on iPad in 54 countries, Mega Jump 2 is soaring through the charts!
"The definition of a wonderfully fun and simple arcade game that perfects the addictive 'just one more go' mentality"
– Gamezebo
"Possibly the most fun I've had in an endless jumping game. Mega Jump 2 certainly doesn't disappoint in the entertainment department"
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"Fantastic graphics and addictive gameplay"
"The vibrant graphics, new endless gameplay and adventures, and well-priced store items in the app … make it a pleasure"
Jump 2 It!
Redford and his well-loved forest friends make a return in Mega Jump 2, along with some adorable new characters. Mega Jump 2 features a brand new game engine in which players jump, bounce and boost through beautiful landscapes grabbing coins, collecting tokens and dodging hazards. Get enough tokens and you'll activate the all new Mega Mode, blasting the player gloriously through oceans of treasure.
Its All About Skill
One of the biggest and most requested new features in Mega Jump 2 gives characters their own skills and powers, helping players collect more coins, save themselves from danger or boost further and faster than before.
"Colorful level design, likable characters and upbeat music … If you liked the original – or you just want to see what Mega Mode can do for you – hop on in."
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"Controls are ultra-responsive … it won't take long until you're hooked"
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Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It…
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I Have the Power!
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Fernando Alonso: "it was a good day even if in the morning we lost time because of the rain so in the afternoon we had double work to do.Before drawing conclusions we are expecting the analysis of the acquired data this afternoon on two cars, as Massa and I have tried different aerodynamic configurations with more or less supports what will be the real key to the race, taking account of the weather.With regard to our time, we are closer to the leader but I am not sure what weather I want to have because it is true that cards can be redistributed in the rain but there is so much to gain or to lose.It will be also important to have a good understanding of the tyres on the dry track and understand what has happened to Vettel and Van der Garde even though I do not think that it is a problem similar to that of Silverstone, it is without doubt a set of random circumstances but there should be a thorough analysis."
Felipe Massa: "rather capricious weather has had a great impact on the conduct of free practice with a minimal operation in the morning, but lot of work in the afternoon and we want to see it as a half full glass , because we managed to do important tricks in the morning to get an idea of the behaviour of the car on wet track which is always helpful here. In the afternoon, on dry track we have completed the program and tested the new parts as well as the two types of Pirelli tyres. The result of the racing simulations is that we need still more pace and we will do our possible to properly qualify tomorrow."


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Thank Guru It's First Friday (TGIFF)-THIS Friday Aug 5th 2016
For this month's TGIFF (Thank Guru It's First Friday) program we are blessed to have Jagraj Singh from the Everythings 13 - Basics of Sikhi team here. The seminar will be in English at the Gurdwara Dashmesh Culture Centre gallery this Friday, August. 5th from 7-830pm. Benti to sangat to spread the word and to attend. Check out the poster for more information!


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Copyright Statutory Instrument *Update
March 6, 2012
ISPAI is disappointed that the Government chose to ignore the ISP industry, many legal practioners and the large number of Internet users who asked that the Copyright SI should not be signed in its present form. However, he has done so and with Ireland being the European headquarters for many multinational Internet businesses, we are now just waiting for the first few test cases to be lodged.
We believe the SI was not necessary at this time, especially as Minister Bruton last year established the Copyright Review Committee to thoroughly examine the Copyright law in relation to innovation – a move that ISPAI welcomed as a very positive initiative.
After the SI has been signed into effect this reply was received from Minister Bruton's office to address the concerns we raised in our letter of January 27th.
ISPAI attended the Committee's consultation meeting held in TCD last July to provide our preliminary input. We will be making a submission to the consultation which has just been opened to provide our views on their initial report.


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text: One percent of the human genome has been sequenced. I have updated my "How Much of the Human Genome Has Been Sequenced?" web page to reflect this. The provisional figure that I had on my page for the last two weeks was in error and has been corrected. The web page is located at: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~roach/human_genome_progress2.html Best Wishes to All, Jared


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Last week, I received the following e-mail, which I will paraphrase:
My Mom inherited thousands of stamps about a year ago. We spent months looking them up in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalog. After a couple of months of research, we came to the conclusion that in this very, very, old collection of stamps are some very rare stamps.
Once I read about you and studied your web pages, I decided to take a chance in contacting you. None of us collect stamps. And although I have thoroughly enjoyed studying and learning about them, we would like for them to find a home where they can be enjoyed and not shut up in a bank vault.
After responding privately to the e-mail's author and receiving permission from her, I have decided to make portions on my reply public since this is the second request from a non-collector on what to do with inherited stamps in just the last few months. I've also been asked a similar question from one of my regular readers who has also taken the time and effort to send me an envelope full of duplicate stamps as a donation.
My paraphrased reply is recorded below. Hopefully, it can be used to help readers that find themselves in a situation where they want to dispose of a stamp collection, when they themselves have limited knowledge of the philately hobby.
There are a few things that a non-collector can do to dispose of a stamp collection. The one thing you have tried -- valuing your stamps using a stamp catalog -- is often the most frustrating and can lead to disappointment. Be forewarned that you almost never get anywhere near the catalog value of stamps when they sell. Here's why.
The value listed in most stamp catalogs represent what a dealer would charge you if you went to them to purchase that stamp. It is their selling price, not their buying price. It does not take into account volume discounts, past business dealings with the dealer, or any other thing that establishes you as a frequent customer. For example, most of the 20 cent catalog values that you see in Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalog, for example, are the minimum value and are simply for the dealer's time and effort to secure that one stamp. In reality, many of these minimum value stamps are worth much less, sometimes only a penny or two. But a dealer has to stock them, take up space with their inventory, pay the light bill with them, etc.
When it comes to stamps that have a higher catalog value, a dealer's offering price will be closer to the catalog value, simply because their catalog value is due more to their rarity than for recouping the dealer's overhead.
Extremely rare stamps in great condition can and do yield a premium value over the catalog value. However, these types of stamps are very rare.
By the way, I would not recommend selling just a few stamps here and there, as a "cherry-picked" collection drops in value rapidly, once the higher-valued stamps are gone.
It's helpful to remember that the dealer can only stay in business by selling stamps. He can have the rarest stamp of all, but if he can't put food on his table with his business, he's soon out of work. So the dealer naturally wants to buy as cheap as he possibly can and sell as high as he possibly can.
This is not to suggest that a dealer will automatically take advantage of your lack of knowledge of stamps and offer a ridiculously low price for your collection. Yes, a few unscrupulous dealers might lowball their offer, but I think most dealers, especially those that have been in business for a long time and are members of recognized philatelic organizations, will offer you a fair price. However, the name of the game is to buy low and sell high.
Another thing that works someone trying to sell a stamp collections is that stamp collecting as a hobby has been in retreat for a number of years. I wish it wasn't so, but there are fewer and fewer stamp collectors, so the market is over-saturated with stamp sellers and under-saturated with stamp buyers. This, of course, is the supply and demand cycle of economics; there are lots of sellers, but few buyers.
Still another thing that hurts a non-collector who tries to sell a collection is that they tend to over-estimate the condition of the stamps they are trying to sell. Many stamps have to be in perfect condition to be anywhere close to their catalog value. That would include things like how well-centered the stamp is, if there are any damaged perforations, if the cancellation mark on a used stamp is light, etc. A stamp can quickly lose half of its value, if there is the slightest disturbance of the gum on the back of the stamp. It's like the old saw about real estate ("location!, location!, location!") except that for stamp collecting it is condition!, condition!, condition!
Now that I've shared the "bad" news, let me give a few pointers on what you may be able to do..
- Consider using the collection as a starting point for your own collection. The stamp collecting hobby is not for everyone, but it does have its benefits. One of those is that it can fit anyone's budget. Another is that you can usually collect stamps well into your golden years because it is not as physically demanding as many other hobbies.
- If you are determined to sell the collection, you can always accept any amount of money that was offered by a dealer. If it was an inherited collection, you have zero invested in it, so any amount you get will be better than no amount. I'd try to get quotes from at least two sources before I would close the deal, since you might just happen upon one of the few unscrupulous dealers in the business.
- If you think the collection has one or more rare stamps .... for instance, one that catalog over $250 or so, you could send them off to be expertized. Expertizing is the process in which a philatelic expert will evaluate the stamp by determining if it is a genuine stamp. There are many forgeries in the history of stamp collecting, so this is an important step. Some services will also grade the stamp by evaluating key aspects of the stamp: is it centered on the paper, is the paper in good condition, are the colors bold, etc. Most will not give an estimate of its value, just its condition and whether it is a forgery or not.
There are sometimes substantial fees for this process so you would have to determine which stamps you can afford to have expertized and graded. Typically, it is only justified for higher-valued stamps.
Once you are armed with a grade and condition of a stamp, it would be a simple matter to e-mail some dealers, see if they are interested, and try to sell the entire collection to them.
- Sell the collection on a stamp auction site. It might be a good thing for you to do, or it might be something that you can consign someone to do for you. However, non-collectors have to be careful in this venue. Having a poor description or an improperly labeled stamp will just result in missed opportunities, frustrated buyers, and a generally negative experience.
- Did the deceased person have close friends that were stamp collectors? If so, maybe they will help you establish a value, or possibly offer to buy the collection from you. You might could even set up an installment plan with the deceased person's close friends where you receive more money than a dealer would offer, but over a period of months.
- Re-evaluate whether you really want to sell them. If the collection is of some sentimental value, such as a deceased parent's collection, maybe it would be worth more in sentimental value to see that a child or grandchild keep them in the family. A decision such as this would depend on tangible factors, such as what a dealer might pay, as well as intangible factors, such as their value as a sentimental object or the closeness of the recipient.
- Consider donating them to a charity. Many stamp magazines have a few ads from recognized charities that request donations of stamps. Other charities might be more local to you and your family, such as nearby veterans' hospitals, schools, or senior citizen centers.
Be sure to check with a tax consultant as to tax implications of such a donation. Some donations are tax-deductible, some are not, and some may trigger additional taxes; it all depends on your individual tax situation.
Best wishes in finding a new home for your inherited collection!


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The listing also mentions that the device is unlocked, meaning it can function with practically any GSM carrier in the U.S. (no CDMA support). Overall, the Galaxy S5 for $144.99 seems like a very good value and well worth your consideration if you're in the market for a flagship device but don't want to shell out big.
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Main → Afghanistan → Zabul Province → Mir `Ali
Map of Mir `Ali Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Other Names: Mir `Ali,Mīr 'Ali,Mīr 'Alī,مير علی,میرعلی, Mīr 'Alī
Mir `Ali
Welcome to the Mir `Ali google satellite map! This populated place is situated in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Original name (with diacritics) of the place is Mīr 'Alī. See Mir `Ali photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Mīr 'Alī area. This placemark was added 2010-08-03.
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- Province: Zabul Province
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Ridiculous processing time for licence plate remake
Ridiculous processing time for licence plate remake
This is an open letter to Tax Administration Jamaica.
On August 29, 2014, I was advised during a vehicle checkpoint that my motor vehicle registration plates were obscured and the person driving or using a motor vehicle with an obscured registration plate shall be guilty of an offence and the motor vehicle shall be liable to be seized and kept in the possession of the police until the requirements of the Road Traffic Act had been complied with.
It is important to note that I originally purchased my registration plates in 2003, which have been affixed to a motor vehicle in use from that time to date. Although the blue paint on the numbers and letters has faded and the white background now appears metallic, the registration plates were easily distinguishable and were not obscured.
Nevertheless, I proceeded to the Constant Spring tax office to purchase a remake of my existing licence plate, at a fee of $3,500. I was advised by the cashier that I should allow up to six months for processing and delivery time for the remake of an existing plate. This processing and delivery time of six months is ridiculous!!
Subsequently, on December 3, 2014, I contacted the Constant Spring tax office to ascertain if the registration plates were ready. I was advised that the request was sent off from the tax office to 'Procurement' on September 17, 2014, and the request was still at Procurement for processing as at the time of my call and was not yet sent to the 'Stores'.
My concerns are:
i) Why did it take 12 working days for the Constant Spring tax office to send off the request for a remake of my registration plates?
ii) Why after 55 working days, the request for remake of the registration plates was still at Procurement and not sent to Stores for the plates to be printed?
These highlight several
deficiencies in the system to procure a remake of an existing licence plate. I trust Tax Administration Jamaica will seek to revise the processing time for remake of an existing plate.


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Pnar people
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|Related ethnic groups
|Khasi people and Garos .
The Pnar, also known as Jaintia, are a tribal group in Meghalaya, India.[1] The Jaintias are matrilineal.
The name "Pnar" is an endonym, while "Jaintia" and "Synteng" are exonyms (used by the outsiders).[1] The word "Jaintia" is derived from the name of a former kingdom, the Jaintia Kingdom, whose rulers were Syntengs. One theory says that the word "Jaintia" is ultimately derived from the name of the shrine of Jayanti Devi or Jainteswari, an incarnation of the Hindu goddess Durga. Another theory says that the name is derived via Synteng from Sutnuga, a former settlement; the myth of Jayanti Devi was probably created after the Hinduisation of the Jaintia kingdom.[1]
The Pnar tribals have no recorded history of their own. However, they are mentioned in the Buranji chronicles of Assam and the British records.[2]
Like the Khasi tribe, the Jaintia people claim descent from Ki Hynniew Trep (seven mothers or seven families).[1]
The rulers of the medieval Jaintia Kingdom belonged to the Synteng community.[1] The Kingdom was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835, and merged into the Assam province. The Jaintia Hills district was established in the region after the establishment of the Meghalaya state in independent India, in 1972. There are Pnar people in the Jaintapur upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh.<re
Hinduism and Christianity was not widespread among the Jaintias, although the royals and the nobles had adopted Hinduism.[3]
The original tribal religion of the Jaintias is known as Niamtre.[4] The Jaintia tribals believe that their religion is God-given (not founded by man) and comes to this world by God's decree. The three cardinal principles dictated by God are kamai yei hok, tipbru tipblai and tipkur tipkha. They signify right living and practice based on right livelihood; fulfillment of duties toward fellow men to reach God; and showing respect to the members of one's father's and mother's clans. Therefore, Niamtre stresses equal weight to be given to fellow humans to attain God realisation.
- ^ a b c d e Soumen Sen (2004). Khasi-Jaintia folklore: context, discourse, and history. NFSC. p. 56. ISBN 978-81-901481-3-9. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ Hamlet Bareh. Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Meghalaya. Mittal Publications. p. 307. ISBN 978-81-7099-791-7.
- ^ Colonel Ved Prakash (2007). Encyclopedia of North-East India. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. pp. 1615–. ISBN 978-81-269-0706-9.
- ^ Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (1994). People of India: Meghalaya. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 12. ISBN 978-81-7046-123-4.


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Microsoft seems not to care enough about designing their software.
2 incidents noticed by me recently on windows vista ENTERPRISE edition
1. a limited account user can shutdown the system and render other (more important) logged users with administrative accouts got terminated and thus corrupt their files and programs.
2. Turn windows defender off by an administrator and switch to another limited account user and you will find that "security center" gives false indicators that your security is on! now click on it and you will see that a message will popup to tell you that windows defender is off! (so an indicator that doesn't reflect the real state of your system on an enterprise machine! how comfortable!)
stay tuned for other annoynaces to be discovered


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Lack of State support for undocumented 'hypocritical,' says MRCI
Migrant rights group says failure to address plight of undocumented is 'scandalous'
The Government needs to introduce regularisation schemes for the undocumented in Ireland and end the hypocrisy of providing support to the Irish undocumented in the US while ignoring those facing similar problems on our own shores, the migrant rights centre has said.
Edel McGinley, director of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, described as "scandalous" the State's failure to address the plight of the 20-26,000 undocumented workers across Ireland, saying the Government had "consistently ignored" calls for regularisation programmes which would give people the chance to legalise their immigration status.
Ms McGinley's comments followed the announcement that US president Donald Trump has ended the Daca programme which gives temporary legal immigration status to people who arrived in the US illegally as children.
The programme, which was introduced in 2012 under Barack Obama, granted immigration approval to nearly 800,000 young people known as 'Dreamers'.
Those eligible for the scheme needed to be students or have completed school or military service.
"I want to be really clear, there is nothing like Daca in Ireland," Ms McGinley told The Irish Times, adding that an estimated 3-5,000 young people and children living in Ireland are undocumented.
"We have had no measures put in place to regularise any children or young people. The Government has consistently ignored and not acknowledged undocumented people in the State and it's absolutely ludicrous and scandalous."
In June 2017 an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar appointed Waterford TD John Deasy as a special envoy to the United States Congress to work for the undocumented Irish, highlighting people's concern over the immigration policies being pursued by the Trump administration.
However, the Taoiseach has failed to take any steps to support the thousands of undocumented people here in Ireland.
Young people without official status are forced into working in the "grey economy" where they face exploitation, says Ms McGinley.
"There's a massive impact on children's mental health because they hide their undocumented status. They lie to their friends and that impacts massively on wellbeing and can impact in the long term on people's lives.
"They can't see a future for themselves beyond the age of 18.
"Absolutely we should have an outcry about what's happened in the United States but we should also have an outcry about what's happening to children and young people here."
"We have a duty of care to people who have been in the State for a long time. We're shirking and ignoring our responsibilities and the Government is absolutely hypocritical in the way it's treating the undocumented population here when it's out advocating for the rights of the Irish undocumented in the United States."


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This app is mainly displayed in Japanese language. this appThis is a Quiz app through which you can get basic knowledge about various sports. Questions are about the name of sports.Guess what the name of the sport is with some hints we give. Each of the 10 sections has 5 questions (10 X 5 =50 questions in total). You are given three hints for each question, but the second and the third one are hidden under cover.If you uncover them, your score is down, so we want you to try to answer without uncovering these hints. When you answer correctly, then the comment button is revealed. You can push the button, and you will get further information. 10 sections1.Sports/Events old or new2.Sports/Events traditional3.Sports/Events Japanese athletes4.Sports/Events pulmonary respiration5.Sports/Events gravity vs. muscle6.Sports/Events Chase a ball7.Sports/Events fashonable8.Sports/Events A moment of the match9.Sports/Events Stay cool10.Sports/Events bold but delicate
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