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Senior GM executives told dealers of the company's controversial ownership plan at a Sept. 27 meeting called to respond to a "white paper" from the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Roy Roberts, group VP-GM North America sales, service and marketing, attended the meeting.
The NADA, in its document, had listed dealer concerns ranging from poorly coordinated advertising to distribution, training costs and e-commerce (AA, Aug. 9).
NADA Chairman James Willingham last week said dealers were pleased by GM's creation of a National Dealer Advisory Council and its assurance that co-op advertising funds would be continued.
GM dealers had said that advertising had been poorly coordinated in the wake of the reorganization of the GM field staff last spring, which transferred power from local dealer groups to five regional offices.
Dealers also wanted more input into advertising and vehicle development, saying GM's regional offices had been slow to set up dealer advisory groups. And Mr. Willingham, who is president of Boulevard Automotive Group in Long Beach, Calif., said GM has improved regional councils and added a national e-commerce council
However, he said dealers were disappointed that GM rebuffed attempts to bring back local dealer marketing groups.
In a written response to dealers, GM said regional ad spending will be dictated by expected return, competition and media costs.
The document said GM is trying to leverage its buying power through the regional offices to cut media rates. GM noted that the consolidated GM media operation, Local Communications, "can purchase media at 20%-25% greater cost efficiencies than traditional methods."
GM also agreed to have more roundtable meetings between its executives and dealers.
But the automaker surprised the dealers when it told them of the dealership acquisition plan. Mr. Willingham said GM developed the plan for a new subsidiary to buy dealerships without "any dealer input."
GM's plan to own dealerships in the top 130 U.S. markets dissipated much of the good will generated by the meeting, he said.
"We think it's absolutely a disaster," he said. "We were doing fairly well until we got to the end of the meeting and they dropped this bomb on us. The whole


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More Faux Crazy Patch
Had a few people message me wanting to see more of the Faux Crazy Patch Angels.
Unfortunately they haven't earned their wings yet so I can't show you the finished pieces but I can show more images of the stitching.
The pencil guidelines rinse right out at the end.
I'll also add a few bead embellishments before I make them up.
I have a few more stitched fronts to complete before I get down to the assembly stage. Sitting here isn't getting me any closer to being finished, so bye for now.
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Ricky Preddie, 24, had to be dragged away by prison guards after the unprovoked attack.
Preddie, who was sentenced to eight years for ten-year-old Damilola's manslaughter, was first freed early in September 2010. He was returned to jail after breaching his parole.
Damilola's father Richard, 63, said: "How many chances will Ricky get? He must serve every day that remains of the eight years."
Damilola was stabbed to death with a broken bottle in November 2000 in Peckham, south London. The high-profile case exposed the capital's "feral" gang youth culture.
In 2002, four youths went on trial for the killing but the case collapsed. In 2006, brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie, aged 12 and 13 at the time of the attack, were found guilty of manslaughter.
Earlier this month, Danny, now 23, was released from prison after serving five of his eight year sentence.
He was spotted walking in a park with a bottle of beer despite strict parole conditions, including a curfew order ensuring he is not out on the streets late at night.
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has now ruled that Ricky must remain inside for possibly another year. He was due to be released last Thursday.
The Prison Service declined comment.


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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Thought for the Day
Apparently, "Because I'm your husband and I said so" just isn't going to cut it tonight.
7 comments:
- Jennifer said...
I hope you have a comfy doghouse or couch.
- January 3, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- Nancy R. said...
Heh. That was funny.
- January 3, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Suz said...
It's kind of funny to see the words, "Because I'm your husband and I said so" on a computer screen....
- January 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- DaddyBear said...
No couch, but I did have a smartass smile on my face when I said it. She gave me that evil grin and arched an eyebrow.
- January 3, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Auntie J said...
The only way Hubby gets away with that is with a similar look on his face. And I'd better be in a good mood when he does, or his shins will be hurting. ;)
- January 3, 2012 at 9:49 PM
- Borepatch said...
Wait, you mean that works sometimes?
WV: boyfic. Like fan fiction, only about old husband's tales.
- January 4, 2012 at 12:32 AM
- rick said...
This one should be filed under "Last Thought....Period" LOL.
- January 4, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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With streaming music coming of age, it's time for richer more interactive experiences
We're at an interesting time in the evolution of the digital music landscape: subscription streaming appears as if it's finally about to come of age. We've spent over fifteen years getting fans used to access versus ownership; now that the audience is ready for it, how do the services stand out in an increasingly competitive crowd?
While leaked pitches of lofty,unrealized growth projections make it a stretch to say the industry is right where it'd like to be, the long haul for streaming services – beginning in 2001 with Rhapsody, Musicnet, and PressPlay - has finally produced some encouraging landmarks: 20% of music revenue now comes from streaming; Spotify has grown to 10 million paid subscribers; rumors of the Apple/Beats deal and an upcoming Amazon streaming service could signal the giants' acceptance of the end of the download era and their eventual destiny in streams; and new services from powerhouses like YouTube and Soundcloud are on the way.
Music when, where, and how we want it is more accessible than ever before - embedded into devices and living rooms and cars, bundled in family plans with other services - literally at our fingertips, everywhere. Recent numbers from ABI Research say that paid streaming subscribers will grow from roughly 30 million today to over 190 million by 2018 and the all-time revenue made from on-demand streaming music will rise from $5 billion to $41 billion, suggesting that subscription music has finally reached its tipping point.
The challenge for the market players now, both big and small, is how to ensure their future and get their piece of the pie. With consolidation on the horizon, the market may find itself with two or three major power players fighting for the limelight, but still wide open with opportunity for one of the many incumbents or a crafty newcomer to shake things up. The ecosystem is in place - devices, connectivity, bandwidth, eager users – and the prize is there for the taking for the one who gets it right.
So where do we go from here? What does it take to "get it right" at this stage in the game? That's not such an easy question in a landscape where, despite a wealth of offerings to consumers, there's very little to distinguish one premium offering from another – everyone has 20 million songs for $10/month, mobile access in some form or another is usually free, and quality doesn't seem to matter. And for many fans streaming music remains a confusing proposition if not concept; they may now know what it means to stream vs download a song now, but what service they should use, through what device, and at what price is another question. There are plenty of free options out there, but if the goal is to convert those users into paying subscribers by adding additional value, what's the secret formula? Where do services look to move the industry forward and take the market out of the doldrums?
Having had a front row seat for the ride since the early days - first helping create the original Rhapsody music service and then moving on to work with services around the world while building the independent music distributor IODA over the next decade – it's interesting to note in retrospect how not much has actually changed in the subscription service experience. While we've certainly seen dramatic changes across our digital lives – the social web has brought artists and celebrities much closer to fans, as a society we consume and create more visual content than ever, and connected screens are now ubiquitous in our lives – the services themselves are not all that different from the product experience of Rhapsody and the other early music services. Discovery has improved and become more social and personal, and software has moved from the PC to mobile and connected devices via native apps and APIs, but otherwise the role of the player and the user experience has not significantly evolved: you find the music you want to hear, press play, and leave.
This lack of an engaged experience is one area that is wide open for innovation. These screens need attention and fans want to give it; it's there for the taking. It's a lost opportunity for the platform, the label, the artist, and the fan alike once the play button is pressed and attention shifts away from the artist and the music at hand back into the background it typically occupies. The traditionally thin bio and photo artist profile that constitutes the status quo for artist identity today doesn't capture the imagination, and the static album cover as visual experience grossly under serves the fan and misses an opportunity.
True fan engagement happens in many places and many ways across the web, changing and growing every day. If the fan wants more from the artist they are driven to find it elsewhere, out of the music player and onto other sites and apps where it happens.
Digital music services can benefit from this attention, but today's content and data services offerings don't provide a way to capture it. The content is out there, fragmented and chaotic, just waiting to be unlocked, organized and presented to fans in new ways. Imagine Flipboard-style magazine experiences bringing social content, imagery, and editorial into the music platform. Gamification driving artist interaction and content consumption. Users engaged in rich, modern, interactive visual experiences that complement the audio, driving deeper artist fan connections and platform loyalty.
The music user experience has a long way to evolve in the digital world. We can capture the essence of that nostalgic gatefold LP experience and go beyond it in new ways that reflect how fans interact today while creating rich visual experiences to fill our lives. Maybe a few musicians will even make some money along the way.
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Phish will kick off its 2013 summer tour with its first-ever concert at Darlings Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor, Maine (7/3), which will be followed by a three-night stand at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (7/5-7). The outing will also include an evening at Torontos Molson Amphitheatre (7/9), marking the bands first concert in Canada in nearly 13 years, and Phishs first shows at Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island (7/19-21), which is located on a 91-acre peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan and offers a stunning view of the Chicago skyline. West Coast dates include Phishs return to The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA (7/26 & 27), the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA (8/2-4) and Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl (8/5). For the third consecutive year, the band will wrap up its summer run with a trio of Labor Day weekend shows (8/30 – 9/1) at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. An online ticket request period for the tour is currently underway at http://tickets.phish.com/. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning March 29 and 30. For details, visit http://phish.com. Ticket prices for each specific date on the tour will include a free MP3 download of the evenings entire show (a fully mixed soundboard recording) that can be redeemed at www.LivePhish.com shortly after the band steps off stage. In a 2012 live review, the SF Weekly praised Phishs undeniably infectious appeal, noting: a live Phish show is a wholly unique experience Songs like Possum, Tweezer, and perennial fan favorite Run Like An Antelope were positively thrilling rides of sonic confluence while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette observed: the lawn was absolutely packed — the usual turnout — and it was difficult to find anybody who wasn't having the time of his life. [The] quartet still has the ability to surprise The Hollywood Bowl has rarely been as ebullient as it was on Monday, said the Los Angeles in a review of a sold-out 2011 show. Rolling Stone recently named Phish as one of The New Immortals current bands that the magazine predicts will stand the test of time.
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This Agreement describes your rights and obligations as a user of the Online Banking Service. It also describes the rights and obligations of Westfield Bank. Please read this Agreement carefully. As an authorized account holder, you must abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and those provided to you at account opening.
As used herein, "Bank" refers to Westfield Bank and "Customer" means a person receiving authorization to use the personal computer (PC) and Password as an accepted access device which permits the use of the same to initiate funds transfer transactions through a PC.
The Bank will provide instructions on how to use the Online Banking Service. Customer will gain access to their online accounts through the use of your User ID and Password, and an initial Access Code. You may access your Online Banking 24 hours a day 7 days a week. However, availability of the services may be interrupted for brief periods of time for purposes of maintenance, updating and revising the software.
The Customer understands that all account holders have their own User Identification Numbers and Passwords that enable them to use this service. The Customer is responsible for the confidentiality and use of their Password. Use of this service signifies agreement to the terms and conditions set forth by Westfield Bank in the Electronic Funds Transfers Statement with the understanding that they may be amended from time to time.
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Fox releases official trailers for upcoming Gotham series. There's nothing like a highly anticipated launch for promoting highly anticipated upcoming projects; and the premiere of Fox's 24: Live Another Day made that point with a teaser trailer for Gotham, arguably the most buzz worthy show on the network's 2014-2015 schedule.
Not content to sit on their laurels, Fox then released a full trailer, expanding on the setting, plot, and character reveals of the teaser. The trailers do not give away Gotham's shooting location (there were plenty of landmark give-aways to the Dark Knight trilogy locales). They highlight the murder of the Waynes, as part of the city's ongoing crime spiral, and the determination of those intent on stopping it, even as others seek to capitalize on it. Among the former, newly arrived combat vet – but Gotham PD rookie – James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is taken under Gotham PD vet Harvey Bullock's (Donal Logue) wing, before taking newly orphaned Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) under his; while among the latter, ambitious Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) sees opportunity in the city's chaos, Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) gets caught between both sides of the law, and mischievous young Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova) gets a good look at her future nemesis/ love interest. Rounding out the cast are glimpses of Cory Michael Smith, as Edward Nygma (aka The Riddler), and Clare Foley as a very young Ivy Pepper (originally Pamela Isley, aka Poison Ivy).
I will admit, the name change to Poison Ivy's character baffles me, a bit; but personally, I'm just hoping these first real glimpses of Gotham, shedding insight on the series' premise & tone, will be enough to put all those concerned Smallville comparisons to rest. This will not be 'Gotham High,' and anyone prepared to dismiss a Batman series without Batman should reconsider it being a Batman series. Better yet, I recommend looking up Gotham Central – an acclaimed comic set in the world of Batman, without Batman.
Gotham also stars Zabryna Guevara as Captain Essen, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Sara Paxton as Bette Kane, and Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth. No premiere date has been announced, but its series commitment on Fox is set to kick-off in Fall, 2014.
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Diane Ackerman writes about the inner and outer world and has taken on some enormous topics. Her books include "Dawn Light", a scientific and poetic appreciation of the first hours of the day; "The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral"; "A Natural History of the Senses", which explored how we see/hear/feel/know the world around us and was made into a PBS science series; "A Natural History of Love" and "An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain". She is also an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. Diane lives in Ithaca and has become one of America's best-selling authors, her productivity and creativity nurtured by her author-husband Paul West. Paul is the author of more than two dozen novels as well as poetry and non-fiction; Diane calls him "a born phrasemaker" and remarks that "our household had been saturated with wordplay".
One of Paul West's books is the 1995 memoir "A Stroke of Genius: Illness and Self-Discovery" in which he tells of the "weird constellation of my symptoms" from migraines to heart disease to a mild stroke. His health had taken a turn for the worse in June of 2004 when Paul was hospitalized for the installation of a heart pacemaker and was also suffering from a kidney infection. He recovered sufficiently to be released from the hospital and was alone in his room with Diane when he was felled by a massive stroke. Because of the other drugs in his system he couldn't be safely treated with the powerful anticoagulants that, if applied in time, could reverse the condition. A man considered one of the most creative and prolific writers of his time suddenly lost the power to communicate. His wife, who had clarified for countless readers the workings of the mind, understood too well the nature of this crisis. "In nonretractable moments, whole networks of neurons had died, a lifetime's verbal skills, knacks, memories."
The effects of global aphasia reduced Paul's verbal capacity to a series of monosyllables: "mem-mem-mem". If possible (and there was no assurance that it was) his brain would have to be retrained. With rehabilitation, professional attention and the ongoing assistance of a loving and resouceful wife he began the effort, and Diane has documented their progress. It wasn't easy.
"Paul's sense of identity as a writer and a professor required words. Over a lifetime he'd clung to them for solace, worked them to earn a living, juggled them to express himself, pinned them like butterflies to capture fleeting ideas and feelings. Via letters and phone calls, words always connected him to his family, an ocean away, and to me, whether by his side or at the end of a phone line. Words were how he had always organized his world. He had chosen to live the proverbial "life of the mind" to the exclusion of all else, reserving his energy for writing and for his equally word-passionate wife. Taking words from Paul was like emptying his toy chest, rendering him a deadbeat, switching his identity, severing his umbilical to loved ones, and stealing his manna."
–from "One Hundred Names for Love"
But with patience, determination and close attention to Paul's struggles, Diane began to oversee the rewiring of Paul's brain. His "rowdy family of words" returns, sometimes in a strain and sometimes with the creativity he had shown before. Like many couples, Paul and Diane liked to compose pet names for each other. As his condition improved, Paul drew names from the jumble of his mind that Diane felt she had to catalogue in "One Hundred Names for Love". Among the 100 listed in an appendix are, "Apostle of Radiant Postage Stamps", "Parapluie of the Snowy Ecstacy" and "Patient Princess of Ever-afters." A story that began in tragedy ends with a touch of sweet silliness, and Paul is writing again. Diane also wrote about Paul's recovery and homecoming in this Times column.
Diane Ackerman joins Bill Jaker on OFF THE PAGE to speak about "One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, An Illness and the Language of Healing".


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Thursday, April 28, 2016
I don't care about your wedding...but here's what I do care about
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Yes, yes, yes, yes! When I was engaged I flirted with the idea of a fancy, traditional wedding but it wasn't worth it to us for the price. We got married out of state at the most gorgeous b&b with just 10 people. It was so perfect and let us ficus on the important part of our wedding - getting married and enjoying the day with friends and familyReplyDeleteReplies
That sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate!Delete
ameh! but change wedding to baby shower because i care about your baby but i dont care about the games, the cake and all that garbage just that you have a healthy happy baby...all my friends are married now so i have moved into the baby shower rather than wedding season of life lolReplyDeleteReplies
OMG yes. And I certainly don't need to attend a party where you reveal the gender of your unborn child.Delete
YES! I've never understood how people could get so caught up in all the tiny details to the point where the whole wedding becomes a stressful experience for them. I used to think I wanted a huge fancy wedding, but the older I get, the more I think I just want something simple and intimate.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm getting that way too. Especially the more I hear about how much all these things cost too.Delete
Oh my gosh this is awesome. I've never been involved in planning a wedding but I'm a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding this fall. I always think of the phrase "the devil is in the details" and it can be so true in this situation. Whenever I plan my wedding someday I don't ever want to give in to all the minor details that like you said, people will not remember at all. This post is great:)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm a bridesmaid in a few right now. And I swear, people keep wanting my opinion on these little details. My only opinion is that I wish you would stop asking me.Delete
oh i am such a bitter mean person because i was super mad that i was not in a certain someone's wedding.. in fact, i've never been in a wedding at all. i know everyone is like it's not all it's cracked up to be, but i would be a freaking great bridesmaid, i know it lol. but yeah i don't actually care about all the things a wedding entails, like decor and shit, i just like being there for people.ReplyDeleteReplies
Okay, so next time I get asked to be in a wedding I'm actually going to recommend you instead. Haha.Delete
Love this! You have a great way with words - When I was a bride, I worried about so much of that and how my friends/bridesmaids would feel - it's refreshing to read this from another's perspective on the other side!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sarah :)Delete
Honestly, I just want my friends to be happy & it just never seems like all the stress about centerpieces or tiny details brings joy for all the stress it causes.
Haha. This is so funny but so real. I am glad you wrote the other side with all the things you do care about instead. Great post.ReplyDelete
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Too many bridesmaid duties will make a girl a little bitter, ya know?
Lol and THIS is exactly why I'm very hesitant to even mention my wedding on my blog!! I feel the same way. I don't care about these things about my own one so why would I care about someone elses? Lol that's a quick way for me to unsubscribe :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Haha none of that talk here Gretchen!Delete
i like the idea of wedding and all that but lately, since my facebook is overloaded with wedding stuff - im starting to feel the same way too.ReplyDeleteReplies
My newsfeed is pretty much just engagements, followed by weddings, followed by babies. And I'm just over here trying to keep my house stocked with dish soap. Haha.Delete
So true! The wedding is just a day. It's the marriage and the life together afterwards that counts. :).ReplyDelete
I want to print this out & give to all my brides!!!ReplyDelete
I've seen brides cry over things that I've literally said, "Is that going to make you not become a wife at the end of the day?"... & under my breath saying, "SUCK IT UP!!!!!" :) haha
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When it comes to using Google AdWords, you can select ads in a wide range of formats. This variety is what makes AdWords superior to most ad services available but it can also be the cause of chaos and confusion. For someone who doesn't understand the ins and outs of online ads, selecting one can be a headache. This is why you need a primer on each Google ad format you have the option of choosing, from purely text-based ads to flash ads.
Make no mistake about the fact that each of the ad formats available to you is effective and can deliver the results you are looking for. The key is to use them in best way possible to improve your chances of getting more visitors to click through to your website or landing page. Still, there are certain factors which dictate which ad format is likely to produce the best results for you in a given situation. In addition, there are pros and cons of the ad formats available which can further make things difficult.
This is the main reason why web experts have been unable to decide on which Google ad format is the winner hands down. Let's look at the ad types on offer and how they work for you.
The Ads That Don't Work
Before looking at text ads and other common types of ads posted on the internet, it is important to go over the types of ads that no longer work. The foremost among these are popup ads. Put yourself in the shoes of the ordinary internet user. You are browsing around on the web and open up a page you want to visit. When you click on the link, an additional tab opens up you didn't click on and one you didn't want to see. Would you be willing to click on the ad that comes up on your screen? Obviously not!
Same goes for the interstitial ads. They are usually in the form of image ads and pop up on the screen while a page is loading. Often there is a ticker along with the ad which tells you the number of seconds you have to wait for the page to load which users often click away. Once again, this is an ineffective ad type as hardly 0.1% of the people are going to click on them. There is another ad type which has become quite ineffective though you might consider it to be a controversial pick: banner ads.
Banner ads are posted on virtually every website you visit on the internet. People have gotten so used to seeing the banner ads that they don't even acknowledge their presence anymore. This has come to be labeled as 'banner blindness'. What this means is that the money you are spending getting Google to post large ads related to your business on the websites part of the Google Display Network is more or less going down the drain. There may be some potential in mobile banner ads but not for the ones designed for desktops.
For that matter, too much of any ad type would dilute the impact on the viewer. This is particularly true for the rich media ads including animations. Bombarding your users with these types of ads can quickly wear them out and cause them to lose their effectiveness. What this means for you is that you should better stick to inline ads for targeting your audience rather than forcing them to view your ads.
The Big Three of Online Advertising
Pictures speak a thousand words. Moving images speak approximately 1.8 million words a minute. This is the reason why most marketers are moving away from purely text ads to image ads and video ads. Capturing the viewers' attention is easier with images than with plain text. However, this doesn't mean that text-based ads have lost their efficacy. In fact, a well-written text ad can get you the results you are looking for economically and more effectively than ads in other formats.
This is where SEMrush can help you improve the efficacy of your text ads considerably. SEMrush helps you discover the best keywords to incorporate in your ads. Though the keywords can be added to the copy for ads of different formats, they are most important in text-based ads. Using SEMrush, you can make a text ad much more effective and engaging than it is without the right keywords. Plus, the text ad format is still considerably cheaper when compared with video and images.
One thing here you need to realize is that visibility doesn't guarantee conversion. Just because your ad is seen by more people doesn't mean that it will deliver the results you want. Going by that theory, animated and popup ads are your best bet. However, we have seen how ineffective they can be when it comes to actually converting leads into customers. Also the cost involved in using them for your campaign further makes them one of the less preferable options.
To clarify things further, the Google text ads enjoy the higher clickthrough rate of all ad formats you can choose on AdWords. This could clear the misconception that you need to have images to capture customers online. Even without images, moving or static, you can get the results you aim for. Still, that doesn't take away from the fact that online video ads and image ads are also effective when it comes to conversions.
Final Word
The bottom-line is that there isn't any hard and fast rule when it comes to choosing a Google ad format. The best approach is to combine a number of formats to increase your chances of getting more conversions. What you have to ensure is that there is an adequate number of mobile ads posted for your campaign. With the number of mobile internet users on the rise, you need to tap into that market segment as well. Keep this in mind as mobile ads are different than the conventional online ads.


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Apple has finally unveiled its new iPads. Both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display look to be at least satisfying upgrades over their predecessors.
As exciting as the prospect of a new iPad may be for some, not everyone will share in the enthusiasm. To that end, I've compiled the top alternatives for both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.
These are all high-quality tablets that offer some unique features you won't find on Apple's slates.


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1. Re: Intel Desktop NIC drivers for Windows 7?mark_h_@intel Oct 26, 2009 1:55 PM (in response to khemmelman)
Sorry to hear you are having trouble finding the Windows 7 drivers you need. Which adapter do you have? The Windows 7 drivers are available in Download Center. Try PROWIN732.exe for 32-bit editons of Windows 7 or PROWIN7X64.exe for x64 editions. If your adapter or network connection is not supported by this file, then nothing will be updated when you try to install.
Some adapters will not have any driver updates for Windows 7 beyond the drivers provided in box with the Windows 7 install. See Is my Intel® Ethernet Adapter supported in Microsoft Windows 7*? for a list of adapters that have updated Windows 7 drivers and a list of adapters that only have the base drivers included in the box with Windows 7.
2. Re: Intel Desktop NIC drivers for Windows 7?khemmelman Oct 27, 2009 7:30 AM (in response to mark_h_@intel)
Thank you for the reply Mark. We have around 30 models of computers that I have to build a single clone to work on. In past clones with XP and Vista, I would include the Intel set of drivers for the Pro100 and Pro1000 model of NIC's from Intel to ensure we had a single source for the driver set that included the widest support for the most model cards. (A driver from the manufacturer may not support as many.) Thus, for the Windows 7 clone, I would like to do the same.
The link you provided showing the support for Intel desktop NIC adapters is very helpful in figuring out what NIC's I do, or do not, need to worry about including a driver in our clone. It appears that many Intel NIC cards will not have a specific driver from Intel and that we should use the driver that is built into Windows 7. Thanks again for the links and answer.


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2018 Membership Form now online (click here) or enter at www.clubentries.com/saffronrc
Area 8 Team Qualifier Dates 2018 (updated 27/01/18)
Sunday 25 March – Poplar Park – Area Eventer Trial Qualifier
Monday 7 May – Weeley – Area Show Jumping Qualifier
Saturday 2 June – Ashfields, Great Canfield – Area Dressage Qualifier
Sunday 10 June – Ely Eventing Centre – Area Horse Trials Qualifier
Saturday 14 July – Sparrows Hill Livery – Area Dressage To Music Qualifier
Sunday 7 October – Brook Farm – Area Winter Dressage & Combined Training Qualifier
Sunday 11 November – Wix – Area Winter Show Jumping Qualifer
BRC National Championship Dates 2018
14-15 April – Arena UK – KBIS Novice Winter Championships
27-29 April – Bury Farm Equi. Village – Equi-Thème Intermediate Winter Championships
19-20 May – Aston-le-Walls – Fibre Beet Festival of the Horse
3-5 August – Swalcliffe Park – NAF Five Star National Horse Trials Championships
1-2 September – Lincolnshire Showground – NAF Five Star National Championships
28-29 September – Bury Farm Equi. Village - SEIB Insurance Brokers Quadrille Selection 28-30 September – Bury Farm Equi. Village - TopSpec Dressage to Music Championships
03 November – Bury Farm Equi. Village – SEIB Insurance Brokers Quadrille of the Year Final
CLUB CLOTHING – SWDRC now have a new supplier for club clothing.
You can now order what you want, when you want and GGGEAR will deliver it to your door at no extra cost!
CLINICS/TRAINING – Clinics are always being added to the website – see Training and Events & Results pages
TEAM EVENTS – Team dates have been posted – see Teams page for full listing and Events & Results page for further information
MEMBERSHIP – Membership runs from 1 Dec to 30 Nov, and can be taken out at any time during the year. Forms can be found on this web site. Payment can be made by cheque payable to SWDRC or on-line at www.clubentries.com/saffronrc.
2017 Annual Membership Fees: Adults – £35; Junior – £30 (Juniors must be under 18 on the 1 Jan 2017); Foot – £15
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TEAMS – SWDRC place teams into every BRC qualifier event – dressage, combined training, show jumping, eventer trial and horse trials. To put yourself forward, simply reply to the emails that are sent out to all members to register your interest (your horse/pony MUST have a valid flu certificate). Our team managers are very knowledgeable and can help you decide what level you should compete at and whether you and/or your horse/pony are eligible.
CLUB COMPETITIONS – We organise an annual show, hunter trial, show jumping and dressage events throughout the year, members enjoy reduced entry fees and 3rd party insurance from BRC at all our events.
The SWDRC is an affiliated riding club which was established in 1980.
British Riding Clubs (BRC) exists to provide support and encouragement to amateur riders of all levels- from the dedicated competitor to the happy hacker.
Our club gives BRC members the chance to train and compete at local, area and national competitions.
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The Regime of Straits and National Security, 74 American Journal of International Law 48 (1980)
The United States military potential may be viewed in two interlocking dimensions. The first is nuclear deterrence: the maintenance of a posture designed to deter other states with nuclear military potential from nuclear adventures. The second is comprised of nuclear and more conventional capabilities, designed to communicate to the widest spectrum of adversaries a capacity and willingness to exercise coercion in different settings in order to protect vital national interests.
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SPARTA, IL (KFVS) - The last stop for the Illinois firearms group landed Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon in Sparta.
Taking aim at the concealed carry law from several angles.
"The state has important responsibilities in terms of regulation fire arms and I thought I ought to know a little bit firsthand to be involved in that conversation," said Simon.
That's the goal for lieutenant governor Sheila Simon and 15 Freshman state representatives that make up the Firearms Working Group.
"To get an idea about the sense of needs for pubic safety in urban areas, to get a sense responsible firearm ownership in rural areas and to be able to bridge some of the geographic divide," she said.
It's that effort to know more that had the group visit gun owners, law enforcement and families of gun violence victims to better tackle the gun issue for the state.
That brought Simon to the World Shooting Complex in Sparta to experience and learn about the world of competitive gun shooting-and got her hands on a rifle.
Simon and the group compiled a checklist for lawmakers to use when discussing the upcoming gun control bill.
"There are a lot more issues that we think are very significant that ought to be part of the debate," said Simon.
Funding, local input, and firearms training are just some of the topics that need to be involved in the gun control conversation.
A conversation that must result in a bill this legislative session.
Illinois is the only state in the nation with a law that bans carrying concealed firearms.
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text: Wuxi once again shot high land experts said the property market in Wuxi 70% for foreign buyers less than a week, Wuxi once again shot high land. The morning of September 12th, the total price of 4 billion 995 million yuan to competing in the Wuxi Lake plots, closing floor price of 16069 yuan per square meter, the premium rate of 169%, more than 3 billion 620 million yuan by the Wuxi Rong Chuang Chuang of the year the highest total record. Statistics show that the land is located in Wuxi Binhu District on the west side of the government, the nature of land for commercial and residential, land area of 124 thousand and 300 square meters, the volume rate of 2.5, the construction area of 310 thousand and 800 square meters, the starting price of 1 billion 860 million yuan, the starting floor price of 5984 yuan per square meter. The soil shoot attracted a total of Biguiyuan, poly, Huarun, Longhu, Xu Hui, R & F and other 13 housing prices, the scene is very competitive. After 170 rounds of bidding, which lasted 4 hours, finally see the outcome. Prior to September 8th, Wuxi has just been sold in Dingcun, new County South Landsea pipe lane two plots, the floor price reached 13582 yuan per square meter and 18050 yuan / square meters, day for two times, the highest price record refresh of land in Wuxi. "Wuxi is in Jiangsu province after Nanjing, Suzhou City, with Nanjing, Suzhou's housing prices, land prices skyrocketing, some housing prices to acquire land in the city has been difficult to price, and with the Suzhou, Wuxi city effect intensifies, Wuxi has the value of depression in housing prices, land prices, so some housing prices have to target Wuxi such a good economic strength of the three line of the city." A central enterprise investment department official said. September 10th, Wuxi, a real estate market will be opened. WeChat public number Wuxi headlines figure high land prices also led to the Wuxi real estate market is hot. According to chinanews.com reported that in September 10th, Wuxi opened a real estate will take place at the sports center can accommodate million people, too many people, I was told his wife was almost squeezed, never heard of the developers will open subscription in the sports center, there are many enthusiastic buyers as can be imagined here in Wuxi." One property buyers say. According to sources, the real estate is just push the two floor, attracted 3500 people attended, more than and 400 houses sold out, a lot of people buy more than 6 in the morning to come up. Such as the price of more than the price, buy is to earn the slogan hanging in the stadium, giving a visual impact. According to insiders, from the developers found a lot of customers, ultimately chose the opening in the sports center. The real estate 4, May, the average price of only 7000-8000 yuan square meters, this time to sell $15 thousand square meters. Market is not rational." More than the price of land prices, buy is to earn the slogan hanging in the stadium. Wuxi Housing Management Center released data show that the traditional off-season in August, Wuxi city commercial housing turnover area of 982 thousand and 100 square meters, an increase of 106.32%, an increase of 45.78%. As of the end of August this year, Wuxi city's new volume of more than 60 thousand and 400 units, has been close to 2015 annual turnover of 61 thousand and 900 sets.相关的主题文章:


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A thriving town
Dennis acquired an 1847 history of Kentucky for me: Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins. The title is short, but the subtitle goes on and on -- "Embracing History, Antiquities, and Natural Curiosities, Geographical, Statistical, and Geological Descriptions; With Anecdotes of Pioneer Life, and More Than One Hundred Biographical Sketches Of Distinguished Pioneers, Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Divines, Etc."
The book that Dennis brought home is only about 50 years old. It's a 1968 reprinting of the 1847 original. Unfortunately, it is just a loan, so I will have to give it back before long. The original version of the book can be viewed at Google Books, and it's free to download.
Here's what this book says about Hopkinsville:
Hopkinsville is the county seat; situated near the centre of [Christian County, Kentucky], on Little river, in a gently undulating, fertile valley, and presents a neat and flourishing appearance[.]
[The town] contains a large and commodious court-house, market-house, branch of the Bank of Kentucky, six churches, (Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist and Episcopalian), a part beautiful and well finished edifices; two male and two female academies; one printing office, (the Hopkinsville Gazette), eighteen dry-goods stores, three drug stores, five groceries, three hotels, with nineteen lawyers, thirteen physicians, and the following mechanics' shops, viz : four blacksmiths, four saddlers, seven tailors, six carpenters, four cabinet and chair makers, two tinners, two hatters, five shoe and boot makers, four wagon and carriage makers, two silversmiths, three house and sign painters, one gun smith, two tanneries, one barber, one carding factory, and three large tobacco factories. Population 2,000.
Immediately in the vicinity of the town is a beautiful botanic garden and nursery, containing six acres, and supplied with choice fruit, shrubbery, plants, etc., together with a fine fish pond, well stocked with fish, the water of which is conveyed five hundred yards through pipes, and flowing up in the centre, forms a beautiful fountain. This garden is a place of very general resort.
Hopkinsville was laid out in 1799, on the lands of Mr. Bartholomew Wood, and called Elizabethtown, by which name it was known for several years. It was incorporated in 1806, by its present name, in honor of General Samuel Hopkins.
Quoted from Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, p. 282.
The courthouse that is mentioned is the one that was burned during the Civil War.
I wonder if the "beautiful botanic garden and nursery" and the fish pond might have been somewhere near the intersection of modern-day South Virginia and Bryan Streets (near the "Keyhole House"; also see this article.). There was once a large pond in that area. In the early 1900s, the pond was filled in, and houses were built.
Image: A fashion plate from 1848


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Review: SuperTooth HD Voice Bluetooth Speakerphone
Company: SuperTooth
Website: www.Supertooth.net
Model: HD Voice
Price: $89
Compatible: All iPhones
From the outside, SuperTooth's HD Voice ($89) is pretty much identical to the company's earlier SuperTooth HD -- the big difference is the firmware inside. Gone is the ability to do voice-to-text messaging on any iOS device using SuperTooth's subscription-dependent Siri alternative; instead, this model just includes the same speaker and microphone systems, with simple set-up prompts that are spoken in 12 different languages. When a call comes in, HD Voice speaks the name of the caller, and all you have to do to answer is say the word "okay." HD Voice comes with a magnetic clip, as well as a charging cable and plug.
Except for the black plastic body's finish—matte on this one, as opposed to glossy on the original—and the icon on the lowest button, SuperTooth HD Voice is identical to SuperTooth HD. They share the same microphone and speaker placement, volume dial, power button, and everything else. It's a good design, so even though it's been almost two years since the first release, we wouldn't take any issue with the fact that so much has been recycled. As before, the internal battery is rated for 20 hours of talk time, and 1,000 hours of standby time.
When you first turn SuperTooth HD Voice on, it'll begin cycling through voice prompts. First is British English, then American English, and it goes down the line, including French, Japanese, Polish, and seven more. When it gets to the one you want, pressing the button in the center of the dial will select it. Then, it will walk you through pairing, and download your device's phone book for use in contact identification. Once this process is complete, it's ready to go.
Designed to be mounted on your car's sun visor, the handsfree kit provides a number of features. When a call is coming in, it'll say "call from," and speak the name of the person if it's known. Saying "OK" or pressing the center button answers the call. You can also press that button to activate Siri if using an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. The addition of the voice assistant and subsequent iOS 6 updates have reduced the need for SuperTooth HD's Dial2Do service, which was iffy from the start, and pretty much pointless now.
Acoustically, SuperTooth HD Voice is basically identical to its predecessor, and that's a good thing. From our previous review: "Where SuperTooth HD really won us over was in sound quality. Due in part to its two integrated speakers, it was the best performer in this group of Bluetooth speakerphones by a noticeable margin, delivering louder and clearer sound on both sides of our phone calls, while doing an even better job than the iPhone 4 of filtering out ambient car noises." It also supports A2DP, so you can stream music if you choose.
SuperTooth's latest speakerphone offers pretty much all the advantages of its previous edition—at least when paired with a recent generation iPhone—at a $40 lower price point. The design is attractive, the audio quality's impressive, and the battery life is more than adequate. As for the language selection, anything that broadens the usability of an accessory is a good thing. SuperTooth HD Voice remains worthy of our high recommendation. The only real thing preventing it from receiving a flat A is the lack of any real innovation since the original release.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Occupy San Diego has moved into the Civic Theater outdoor space downtown – and they're starting to get comfortable.
The movement that began as an angry cry against corporate greed has turned into a gathering of frustrated San Diegans living in small tent city, with 97 dwellings and growing. Occupy SD supporters aren't necessarily roughing it – they have access to food, entertainment and medical care.
While typical hygienic needs, such as bathrooms or showers, are hard to come by in the immediate area the Occupy SD group has plenty to offer its supporters. Food is being provided by donations from local businesses, while one woman made fresh squeezed orange juice to hand out to campers.
A community medical tent is set up to assist anyone with health issues. The group has basic medical needs, such as band aids or over the counter medicine. Located immediately next door to the people's clinic is the "comfort tent" which has clean towels, water and snacks.
Supporters seeking arts and entertainment can check out a book at the group's small library which is comprised of a few books on a movable cart. There's also a giant Monopoly game for those wishing to enjoy a board game.
The small garden outside one tent may be a testament to how long the group plans on staying. Lettuce, tomatoes and herbs were planted inside plastic containers and old coffee cans in hopes of growing something other than a movement.
For basic needs, organizer Kali Katt said people living in the downtown area have helped with bathrooms and showers. Additionally, a map has been set up to guide tent dwellers to the nearest facility.
Inspiration for supporters came in the form of a tree just outside the main tent area. The colorful branches sparkle as the group's beacon of hope. Small paper hearts tied with string contain inscriptions of the supporters' hopes for the movement. "Jobs that pay a decent salary," one heart-shaped wish shows. The wishes varied from "Destroy capitalism" to "Forgive student debt" and "I wish to legalize weed."
While it is unsure whether officials will step in, Katt said the campers plan to occupy the area "indefinitely."


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Some people believe that swaging improves the accuracy of cast bullets. The theory is that cast bullets often contain internal voids that make the bullet unbalanced, and that swaging generates enough pressure to collapse those internal voids.
There may be other benefits from swaging -- squaring up the gas check, creating a taper to match the throat, or changing the shape of the bullet nose. But I can square up the gas check and create a taper using a lubrisizer nose die at modest pressures, so I don't need to swage to do those things. For the purposes of this thread, I'm only interested in whether swaging improves accuracy by collapsing internal voids.
The plan is to compare the accuracy of swaged bullets to unswaged bullets. Both the swaged and the unswaged bullets will be final sized in the same nose die so that they both have the same fit in the throat.
My entry-level reloading press is not strong enough swaging, so I decided to use a 1 ton arbor press. I made a crude 7mm swaging die for the arbor press as shown. In hindsight, I would have made the die somewhat differently, but that's par for the course when you attempt something for the first time. If it turns out that swaging really does improve accuracy then I'll eventually make a better die and get a press more suitable for swaging. Nonetheless this crude die will get the job done for this shootout.
The punch holders slip over the die in order to guide the punch in straight. In hindsight that was not necessary because the arbor press already pushes in a straight line, but nonetheless it works. The die & punches were machined from drill rod, then heat treated and tempered.
My first test of the die for basic functioning used bullets that had already been heat treated, lubed, and nose sized, just because those were the only bullets I had on hand. It's necessary for the grooves to be filled with lube prior to swaging otherwise the grooves will collapse in the swage die and then it would not be an apples-to-apples test.
The ejector punch is 3/32" so bullets exit the swage die with a small flat point.
The bullets also ended up with a slight hiccup at the start of the ogive -- that was unintentional, due to the way I machined the die and is one of those things I would do differently next time. Nonetheless we'll live with the hiccup for this test since it doesn't change the functional aspect of the bullet much.
I'm thinking that for the shootout I'll swage air-cooled bullets in order to more easily collapse any internal voids. That means I'll have to lube prior to swaging, then after swaging remove the lube so that the bullet can be heat treated. Yes it's a lot of extra work but the idea is to end up with a bullet that is exactly like the unswaged control bullet other than having its internal voids collapsed.
How much pressure is applied by swaging? Quick and dirty measurements suggest that my 1 ton arbor press has 30:1 leverage. I can apply 100 - 150 pounds to the handle so that works out to 3000 - 4500 pounds applied to the die. A 0.285" diameter bullet has a circular area of 0.0637939 square inches, so that works out to 47,000 - 70,000 psi. A 35 BHN bullet's yield strength is roughly 17,500 psi (500 x 35) so even a heat treated bullet should yield in the swage die. Since I'm hoping to swage air-cooled shot for the shootout, they'll yield at 6000 psi.
By contrast a RCBS lubrisizer has roughly 13.3:1 leverage when sizing in a nose die. I'm guessing I typically apply 20 pounds force to the handle (if you put your weight on the lubrisizer handle you're apt to bend the handle or even break the casting as I did one time ) so that works out to 4200 psi, not necessarily enough to make the lead flow in a hard bullet.
For some reason the Idaho weather in January is not favorable to shooting so it may be quite a while before I can perform the shootout.


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When we reviewed developer A2M's first DS game, Kim Possible: Kimmunicator, we wondered where all the magic had gone after a brilliant GBA edition a few years back. We didn't think there's really be an answer to that question, but -- junkies, we found that magic, and in the most unlikely of places! The developer's new Scooby-Doo game for DS is brimming with great platform ideas and a handful of fun touchscreen moments, and if it wasn't for the gameplay being painfully unpolished, this might have been one of the best pure platformers on DS this year. Unfortunately, the loose ends unravel the game in its short run, and unless you're a very forgiving gamer, this is probably better a rental or borrowed game than something to add to your library.
Even with it's problems, I've got to give this dog his day: the creative ideas explored in this platformer are quite cool. Taking off of the console action game, Scooby is able to duck into his wardrobe of costumes and hijinks to come up with clever ways of leaving enemies bewildered and knocked out. Here, Scooby can transform into a scientist, a kung-fu master, a bat-dog superhero, and a Robin Hood archer, and each costume has its own special abilities as he hops around the game's creepy castles and haunted amusement parks. Sometimes, these costumes steal the show. Sometimes, though, they show why this game opened the show way too early. You can float all over the game as the Bat-Scoob, catching air drifts to send you soaring over danger. The archer can create platforms anywhere on a wall with his toilet plunger bolts -- a very cool ability and technically impressive that allows advanced gamers to explore parts of the game that most would never find.
... Of course, if only Scooby had learned this cool ability before the game's 3/4 mark and there was game territory worth exploring, this ability would have been worth being so cool. We love shooting arrows around and bouncing on the end sticking to the wall, but there are only few Scooby Snacks are tucked away in the corners, and even then, the game's three or four hour length is almost over. And that's the case with a lot of the game, that it's missing a lot of what it needed to have been great instead of maybe just good. The scientist costume has a cool minigame to it where Scooby breaks down the molecular structure of "Mubber", this weird flubber-like goo that is the game's main mystery (it's supposed to be for making costumes, so guess why the "ghosts" and "ghouls" in the game want this stuff?) Unfortunately, that's the one minigame, the same one every time with just a little bit of variation. There's a good deal of extra touchscreen play in the game, where you use detective tools to dust and inspect clues, but many clues are red herrings that don't do anything (if they were funny, at least that would be something), and the sensitivity of finding secrets on the clues isn't very good. We got stuck in the game for a stupid-long amount of time when we inspected a photograph a hundred times before the game finally registered that we had found the secret. Unresponsiveness can also be a problem in the special chapter ending sequences, although these are still fun to play and worth a thumbs-up. These clever and fun mini-sequence have you running through a gauntlet to lure the villains into traps set up by Fred -- as always, at great danger to Scooby and Shaggy -- and you have to draw on or stroke the touchscreen to shake unexpected calamity while the villain gives chase.
The cleverness throughout the game still can't make up for one major problem: the combat system is pure dog food. Butt bouncing rats and robot ghosts is a guessing game, as sometimes Scooby will deal damage and other times, he'll be knocked back and off a ledge. When you're hopping around on platforms, the enemy AI is mostly programmed to seek you out and do nothing else, so they'll sit there on the edge of a platform to keep bouncing you back and to your death. Sometimes, you can spin-jump and kill them, but on really high platforms, that's not always possible. And with the clumsy collision detection, you're not sure to hit them anyway. Except for Scooby's spinning attack, nothing else this dog can do is worth a dang. Even the kung fu outfit, which you would figure would be the coolest outfit to fight with, is dog crap in a fight. There's no juggling to attacks, so you'll trade blows even if you hit well, and it's a guessing game as to whether enemy attacks go through you or hit you. The game's also not at all balanced in difficulty, with lots of blind jumps and awkwardly-distanced platforms. Some parts of the game would have been great for the kids into the show, and other parts are worth playing for action fans even if they aren't into the license, but kids will be bounced around other parts until they pull their hair out, while regular gamers will be bored by this game's overall kiddie-oriented design.
The Verdict
Scooby-Doo Unmasked is undone by its lack of polish, making it hard to recommend even though there's a lot to like. If you've got a kid who's really into Scooby and can put up with a few frustrations, however, it might still be worth a shot. The 2.5D polygonal graphics are much more solid than the DS Kim Possible -- even though the effects are still often kind of budge' (what the hell are those sparkling things supposed to be in the circus?), you're not as confused by the clutter, and Scooby himself looks a little better than thanks to clearer characteristics on the dog and more interesting animation in and out of costume. Sound isn't anything to get excited about (once again with DS, no voice-over except for some yelps from Scooby) but the music is good and spooky, and the use of simple animated sequences classes up the game. It's still really short, but the levels are big and might be worth a second play-through. And the game's story brings back a bunch of classic Scooby-Doo villains -- it's always good to see that hypnotizing ghost clown is still getting gigs. A little polish to take out the blind jumps and make attacks fun, and this would have been a total sleeper hit. In this case, those meddling kids should have done some more meddling.


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Ireland's South African-born coach Adrian Birrell put aside national allegiance to admit he thinks Graeme Smith's Proteas have the heads and the hearts to win a first World Cup crown.
Birrell, speaking after watching South Africa cruise past his part-time Irish team by seven wickets in the Super Eights on Tuesday, saw enough to convince him that his compatriots can land the title in the final on April 28.
"I may be biased because they are my team, but they are a quality side and have played a great brand of one-day cricket," said Birrell, who played and coached Eastern Province before taking over as Ireland coach in 2003.
"It will all depend on their form in the coming games. If South Africa peak at the right time and play hard, quality matches they can go all the way. They have got every base covered and they do every discipline very well."
South Africa's second Super Eights win, coming on the back of their narrow one-wicket victory against Sri Lanka last week, elevated them to fourth place in the Super Eights table and a provisional semi-final spot.
While they ponder their chances of becoming champions, Ireland's main concern was to take a break ahead of their next match against New Zealand.
"The guys looked jaded against England but were sharp in the South Africa game," said Birrell whose side, playing in the World Cup for the first time, knocked out mighty Pakistan in the opening round.
"We deserve some rest now. We want to recharge the batteries and six days' rest will do us some good."
Ireland, who next meet New Zealand here on April 9, made a fighting 158-8 in Tuesday's game which was interrupted by rain and reduced to 35-overs-a-side.
They dismissed South Africa opener AB de Villiers in the first over before Jacques Kallis (66 not out), aided by unbeaten 47 by Ashwell Prince and Greame Smith's 41, rescued the situation for the world number one side.
Ireland skipper Trent Johnston believes his team has not been disgraced in the Super Eights, where they have also been beaten by England.
"We had chances in both games. We had our chances against Kallis and you have to take them against a batsman like him," said Johnston, who dropped one the two catches that Kallis allowed.
Johnston said losing the toss in the rain-shortened game was the key factor.
"It was a massive toss to lose," he said.
"I wanted to bowl first and it would have given us a better chance, but having said that full credit to Boyd Rankin who gave us another good start."
Rankin, who dismissed former Irish international Ed Joyce and Michael Vaughan against England, took the wickets of de Villiers and Herschelle Gibbs on Tuesday to finish with 2-26.
Beaten Ireland coach backs Proteas for title
Ireland's South African-born coach Adrian Birrell put aside national allegiance to admit he thinks Graeme Smith's Proteas have the heads and the hearts to win a first World Cup crown.


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Santa's Slackers Challenge
7 comments:
- Scrapper69 said...
I don't own this cartridge that you've used on both of these projects... but now I may be rethinking that... :o) The card looks wonderful! I like the extra bling on the nose... CUTE! :o)
- September 28, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- Joy said...
He is SNOW cute !!! Sorry I didnt post the sketch....I'm crazy like that sometimes. You can post it over on the new MB tho....if you can find the thread..its waaaaay back down the list now!
xoxox Joy
- September 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Janis said...
Aren't you the creative one making the Q the snowman!? You RULE! No really.... since you are a QUEEN and all. hahahaha I've been into making Halloween cards, but I ordered WINTER FROLIC today and can't wait to make some SNOW cards!! :) Janis
- September 29, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- DORCAS said...
That was really creative in using Q as the snowman. Great job!
- September 29, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- girlia said...
This card is really cute. The letter Q for the face of the snowman. Awesome (that is creative). Love the CHRISTmas ornaments, the embossing, oh heck love everything about this card. Great job!!
- October 1, 2010 at 4:06 AM
- Card Creations by C said...
Nice card...now I get what that little tiny strip of white was for...the front glass. I never even used that piece on my truck because I couldn't figure out where it went. hahaha!
- October 1, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Anna K said...
Very cute! I love snowmen!
- October 3, 2010 at 10:32 AM


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Closing arguments. Nothing really surprising here except maybe that the prosecutor didn't ask for the maximum two years of prison time. Prosecutor Roswall claims that there are 64 ad spaces on the site and at an estimated 3500sek/week The Pirate Bay has earned over 10 000 000sek. Problem with that is that there are only 4 banner spaces(sv). So income from banners is 1/16th of that. And since hardware costs are around 80 000sek/month (estimate by anakata at the press conference before the trial) on average that makes TPB a loss generating project.
But then again these lawyers don't care about the money. It's not going to the artists anyways. All they want is to label TPB illegal so they can strong arm ISPs to block it. Effectively shutting creators that take advantage of radically shorter distance between creator and consumer that file sharing allows, out of their most important market.
IFPI tried this just a week earlier in Norway, but it din't turn out so well.
Interesting to note as well is that Swedish media is talking less and less about different outfits protecting the rights of the artists. Instead they word it as protecting the rights holder. This is of course welcome.
Much much sadder, but not at all unexpected, was that the IPRED over implementation was passed into law last week. A quick run down on how this works:
- Rights holders are granted special permission to store sensitive personal information about civilians. Data that is otherwise strictly protected by law.
- A rights holder goes to the court and claims that a certain IP is infringing on their pattern privileges and the court forces the ISP to hand over the identity behind the IP. Swedish police cannot do this, so the copyright lobby are given more rights than any other authority in Sweden.
- The copyright lobby can now freeze your bank accounts and seize your property. What you need to realize here is that they will always target the owner of the account at the ISP. So the actual file sharer could be anyone at this point.
- Next they will raid your house, seizing any and all computer and IT related equipment and anything else they can motivate the need for. Have private pictures of your bf/gf/spouse, well tough luck. Unusual sexual preferences? Political views? Diaries? Anonymous blogs? Accounting for your home business? The lobby will seize it all and not only for the one named on the Internet account. Every member of that family will get their lives seized.
- Now they will hand you an extortion letter. It will demand that you hand over a large sum of money or they will drag you to court and sue you for many times this amount. With no computer, no cell phones, no access to your accounts you will be given 10 days or so to reply.
- If you for some reason choose to stand your ground you situation is as follows: You will have to go to court and prove your innocence. There will be no lawyers with experience in pattern privileges cases available to you since they are most likely being used by or have been used by the copyright lobby. Since this is civil law your insurance will most likely not cover your expenses. And what money you have is frozen.
- If you loose you have to pay for the expenses of the lobby. You will also be forced to pay for ads in newspapers detailing the crimes you were just convicted of.
This new law allows for everything detailed above. You are at the mercy of the whims of the rights holders. And considering their track records in the US, UK and Denmark they will use any legal tool they have access to with full force.
MEPs try to sooth us with promises that rights holders wont behave like this because it would generate badwill. I don't know whether to laugh or cry here. They aren't interested in avoiding badwill. They want us to fear them, so we stop developing our own society, shut up and empty our wallets in their laps.


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