text:
jjbunn AudioTool v6.3.2 Android-P2P
Soft / Mobile Applications 10-09-2015
AudioTool - SPL (deciBel) Meter featuring RT60, Leq, Spectrum Analyzer, Spectrogram, Chart Recorder, Signal Generator, Polarity Checker. Two methods of Mic calibration are offered.
1/1, 1/3 & 1/6 octave RTA modes
Leq (wideband, Octave, variable duration)
RT60 (wideband, Octave)
Peak frequency
Fast, Medium & Slow filters
Flat & A/C Weighting and film industry X Curve
SPL Chart Recorder
Noise Criteria
White/Pink Noise, Sine, Square, Triangle, Sweep, Ramp and Impulse signals & loudspeaker polarity checker
L/R select
RTA Store & Load
Hann windows
"Keep Screen On"
pinch to zoom
scroll to center
Exclusive ISO 1/3 Octave Calibration - correct for your phone's microphone response. Octave calibration discs are moved up or down to obtain a flat response, and match the overall SPL to that of an external meter. Save/Restore of Cal files (Dayton Audio iMM-6 also supported).
Use: home theater, audio engineer, car audio, etc
AudioTool FFTs sets of samples recorded at the microphone. Aliasing reduced by Hann windowing. SPL calculated in realtime. Spectra may be saved as files on the SD card, then loaded and displayed with the live spectrum. The "Store" button stores the current live spectrum - "Load" shows a list of stored spectra to select.
To hide the buttons, tap the screen. To restore them, tap again. To zoom the scale, pinch the screen. To move the scale, drag it up or down (left or right).
The deciBel meter uses IIR filters and exponential averaging to calculate Flat, A and C weighted response at speeds of Fast, Medium and Slow speeds.
A pair of cursors can be shown on the RTA and Chart Recorder displays: each can be moved to any position, and will display the SPL & time/frequency values there. Initially, both cursors are positioned mid-screen - simply drag them to a new position with the fingertip. The cursors can be turned on and off in the Menu.
The loudspeaker polarity checker can be used to check whether a loudspeaker is wired in phase: connect the AudioTool output to the speaker under test, select "Polarity" from the signal generator screen, then return to the RTA screen. If the speaker is out of phase (polarity reversed) AudioTool will show "Pol ---", otherwise "Pol +++" if the speaker is in phase.
The Noise Criteria (available from the Menu) function shows a set of NC contours overlaid on the 1/1 Octave RTA display and the calculated real time current NC value is also shown.
The Chart Recorder shows a moving trace of the SPL measurements over the last few minutes.
RT60 measurements can be made by starting the RT60 component using the "RT60" button, and then using a loud clap (or similar) to trigger the measurement. RT60 can also be used with Pink Noise from the AudioTool generator. RT60 times measure how much reverberation or echo there is in a room or auditorium.
The Signal Generator generates White and Pink Noise, Sine, Square, Triangle and Ramp waves, Sine Wave Sweeps and Impulses. The generator uses multiple cycled buffers, refreshed randomly so ensuring truly random White/Pink noise. Pink Noise algorithm uses Kemmet's method to adjust White into Pink.
The frequency accuracy of the generated periodic signals is typically around 1%. Sine wave fidelity is good throughout most of the audio range. Other signals' leading and trailing edges show ringing and decreasing frequency response artifacts in the upper ranges, depending on the Android used.
Related articles
Arctic ProSynth 1.5.2 iOS
Soft / Mobile Applications 22-09-2015
Be rude. Be rough. Be bold. Be tough!
Arctic Pro Synthesizer / Vocoder is a modern subtractive synthesizer. It does not aim to accurately model or re-create vintage synths of yesteryear. Instead Arctic Pro offers the contemporary synthesist a rude, rough, bold and tough palette of sound to get stuck into. Including two massively fat HyperOscillators, dual filters, and easy to re-order master effects. While the Vocoder, used in conjunction with a suitable microphone, adds an extra dimension to your musical performance.
Combine two HyperOscillators and one Sub Oscillator for some seriously fat sounds. Layer up to 8 oscillators in unison to create very thick and powerful tones. Spread detune and Mix these separate oscillators in real-time. More than just a "SuperSaw" - it's also a Super-square and Super-triangle.
Powerful Presets
Legendary sound designer John 'Skippy' Lehmkuhl has exclusively designed the factory presets. John has worked as a professional sound designer since 1988 for Korg - making patches, combinations, drum kits as well as creating the sample data for almost every synth Korg has released since the M1. If you have owned one of these historic synthesizers you have heard John's presets.
Arctic Pro includes everything you need to record and share your audio and MIDI with others. Live record to WAV and MIDI files. Use AudioCopy, open audio directly in apps, or share with Kymatica AudioShare. Presets and Banks can be emailed and transferred via Wi-Fi and iTunes Files Sharing. And of course we also support Audiobus.
• Synthesis: analog modelling
• Polyphony: up to 4 voices
• HyperOscillators: 2 per voice, alias free, saw, triangle and square with pulse width, hard sync, ring mod, noise generator, sub-oscillator
• Filter: 2 multi-mode resonating filter with 4 filter types and variable routing
• Envelopes: mod, filter and amp ADSR envelopes with adjust curve
• Modulation: 2 LFOs with multiple wave shapes, sample and hold, 3 routable destinations per LFO, independently sync-able
• Effects: stereo master effect processors with adjustable order: 3-band EQ, Distortion, Chorus, Phaser, Vocoder, Delay, Reverb
• Arpeggiator: classic arpeggiator with octave shift, MIDI-sync-able
• Sequencer: 16 x 4 gated step sequencer with multiple modulation destinations, MIDI-sync-able
• Keyboard: glissando, scroll, multi-touch poly pitch bend and aftertouch
• Works with Wizdom Music's Geo Synthesizer continuous pitch bend
• Polyphonic Aftertouch for use with CME Xkey
• Inter-App Audio for iOS 7
• Audiobus
• AudioCopy 2.0
• MIDI Learn
• Live phrase recorder with audio and MIDI export
• File and patch sharing via iTunes File Sharing, e-mail and Wi-Fi
• Supports external MIDI in and out via CoreMIDI Networking and USB with the Camera Connection Kit
• Audio background operation
• Virtual MIDI Ports
• Open Music App Collaboration compliant
iPad 2 or later recommended
iOS 7.0 or later
What's New
- Audiobus 2.2.1 for iOS 9
- AudioCopy 3.0
CMP Grand Piano 1.11.20
Soft / Mobile Applications 20-09-2015
The best sounding piano app in the App Store! Convince yourself by watching and listening to the demo video on our product website!
This app supports "Audiobus" (requires iOS 7), Apple's "Inter-App Audio" System (requires iOS 7) and the "JACK Audio Connection Kit" (up to iOS 6.1.3) for audio & MIDI connections from/to other audio apps!
CMP Grand Piano is a high quality virtual piano sound module for your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. It is designed for professional usage on stage by connecting an external MIDI keyboard to the iPad / iPhone / iPod touch by using the Apple USB camera adapter or another adapter supported by Apple.¹
CMP Grand Piano provides a very realistic sound by using a very large collection of audio samples of more than 1.7 GB (uncompressed) in size. Various articulations of each key of a real piano were sampled in full length and high quality to assemble this realistic sound. Real-time disk streaming is utilized to playback the respective audio samples with very low latency.
Sound Features:
- Two high quality base sounds ("Grand Piano" and "Jazz Piano") with more than 1.7 GB in size.
- Two additional sounds available as in-app purchase ("Concert Grand" and "Upright Pianino") with additional 1.6 GB and 1.1 GB respectively in size.
- Polyphony up to 140 stereo voices.²
- Configurable audio latency down to 5ms.
- Integrated effects with 17 presets.
- MIDI velocity response curve editor to fine tune the feeling of your MIDI keyboard, save them as presets if you use more than one keyboard.
- App can keep running in the background, so you can play piano while e.g. using Safari or another app to display scores or surfing the Internet.
- Hermode Tuning: Makes the sound more brilliant by controlling the pitch of the notes in multivoiced music to better frequency ratios than with fixed tuning. This dynamic tuning imitates the tuning behavior of well educated musicians with string and wind instruments and of singers in professional choirs.
- Audiobus support (iOS 7).
- Supports Apple's "Inter-App Audio" system for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps (iOS 7).
- Supports "JACK Audio Connection Kit" for audio & MIDI streaming between other apps (up to iOS 6.1.3).
MIDI Player / Recorder:
- Record, save and load your songs in standard MIDI file format.
- Unlimited amount of tracks.
- Unlimited recording and playback length.
- Open MIDI (.mid) files directly from other apps (i.e. from Safari, Mail).
- Download or upload MIDI files with iTunes.
- Load your favorite songs as MIDI files from the Internet, and watch at the virtual keyboard how to play it.
- Metronome.
- Use the "Tempo Zoom" dial knob to i.e. slow down playback at any time and learn your favorite songs more easily.
Note: This app requires quite some hardware resources from the device. In case there are problems with this app, please close apps in the background by double pressing the device's home button, the list of active apps appears on the bottom of the screen, tap and hold one app icon in the list, then press the respective app icon "minus" corner to quit those apps.
¹ For more informations about supported adapters and MIDI keyboard devices, please visit our product website.
² Polyphony depends on the exact device model being used. You find a polyphony table on our product website.
Anti-Spy Commitment: We take your privacy very seriously. None of our apps contain so called "spy" behaviors and we committed ourself to a very high privacy standard. For more informations about our privacy commitment, read our "Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps".
What's New
• Fixed an issue with MIDI channel combo box.
NOTE: If you are updating from a version prior than 1.11.19; due to technical changes, you need to re-download your in-app purchase sounds after updating to this version. To do so, tap on "Restore in-app purchases" from the settings screen.
Xynthesizr v1.4.2 iOS-P2P
Soft / Mobile Applications 20-09-2015
Xynthesizr is a streamlined yet capable 32-step matrix sequencer/monotimbral synthesizer with generative features and MIDI.
Whether you are a musician who wants to get inspired and realize their ideas, or a person who enjoys easily creating electronic tunes, this app is for you.
Create patterns and modify them in real time, or let Xynthesizr do it for you using its morphing algorithms. Change scale and key, or transpose within a scale on-the-fly. Tweak parameters of the internal synthesizer or output MIDI to your favorite apps and devices. Record and share your creations.
General features:
MIDI support for syncing and sending notes to synths, samplers and drum machines
Notes to MIDI channel mapping for driving multiple apps or devices simultaneously
Audiobus 2 support
Inter-App Audio support
Background audio support
40+ bundled presets
Save your own patterns and presets
Record and export audio via AudioCopy, AudioShare, SoundCloud®, Mail and iTunes file sharing
Sequencer features:
Gestures to easily edit patterns on-the-fly
[Conway's Game of] Life-like cellular automata and probability-based pattern morphing
Limit pattern morphing to a selected area of the grid
Variable tempo, step length subdivision and pattern length
Variable velocity per step
Selectable keys and scales with ability to transpose in real time
An option to tie consecutive notes of same pitch to make longer notes
Shift and flip patterns
Create and use your own scales and Life-like cellular automata rules
Extended range (26 notes for 4-inch screen devices, 22 notes for 3.5-inch)
Color-coded octaves
Synthesizer and FX feature:
32-bit floating point sound engine
16 voice polyphony
2 antialiased oscillators per voice
4 waveforms (sine, triangle, sawtooth, square)
4-pole (24 dB/oct) low-pass resonant filter
2 ADSR envelope generators (amplitude and filter cutoff frequency)
2 LFOs to modulate 4 selectable LFO targets (filter frequency, pitch, amplitude, second oscillator detune)
Stereo delay, reverb and randomized panner
Waldorf Nave 1.6.2 for iPad
Soft / Mobile Applications 31-08-2015
Nave - next generation Wavetable Synthesis
Nave is Waldorf's first synthesizer App development – created by chief engineer and director Stefan Stenzel, NLog mastermind Rolf Wöhrmann and Design Guru Axel Hartmann.
The Nave sound engine includes two novel Wavetable oscillators, leaving every previous attempt in wavetable synthesis far behind. The spectrum of a sound can be transposed independently of its pitch. The waves are being rendered periodically to noisy. Especially sounds with an accent on formants can be reproduced easily, which made us integrate a speech synthesizer for the easy creation of wavetables.
The clearly structured UI invites both beginners and advanced users to experiment, and the large display of the iPad makes Wavetable creation and editing a blast. Besides Speech Synthesis, Wavetables can also be made by analysing audio files. Further stretching, rotating and shifting in spectral domain allows Wavetables to be further refined or distorted.
All factory Wavetables from Microwave, Wave and Blofeld are included, complemented by new ones that make extensive useof the enhanced possibilities.
In addition to the Wavetable Oscillators, Nave offers an oscillator module featuring the novel Überwave that can fatten your sound by up to eight detuned oscillators.
The filter offers the familiar outstanding Waldorf sound, featuring lowpass, bandpass and highpass with either 12dB or 24dB slope.
The Drive section offers different characteristics, and it can be positioned in the signal path: before or after the filter, or as a summing overdrive before or after the equalizer - for those who prefer harsh screaming sounds over delicate Wavetable sweeps.
An extended modulation matrix and diverse real time control functionality is waiting for animating Nave sounds in any desired direction.
Besides the classic virtual chromatic keyboard, Nave can be played with the "Blades" that allow for dynamic triggering of polyphonic modulation by sliding the fingers in x or y direction.
The 4-track recorder can be used to build your own Nave songs or to simply sketch your music, inspired by the sounds of Nave.
Audio Demos:
Nave Specifications per Voice:
· Two independent advanced Wavetable Oscillators
· Osc module with up to 8 oscillator Überosc with sawtooth, triangle, PWM, white or pink noise
· Two Ring Modulators
· Multimode Filter with LP,BP and HP, each either 12 dB or 24 dB
· 3 Envelopes
· 10 Modulation Matrix Entries
· Drive with adjustable curve, depth and position
· Modulation Effect with either Chorus, Flanger or Phaser
· Modulation Delay
· High Quality Reverb
· Three band parametric Equalizer
· Compressor
Additional Features:
· Keyboard with adjustable size, scrolling and glissando modes
· Blades with musical scales and optional chord mode
· Polyphonic X/Y finger modulation on keyboard and blades
· Modulation Wheel and Pitch Bender
· Up to 3 X/Y Control Pads
· Four Track Recorder with clip based editing
· Core MIDI in / out support
· MIDI device manager for external hardware and virtual connections
· Sync to MIDI Clock or WIST
· MIDI Learn
· Audiobus compatible
· Background Audio
· Arpeggiator
· Polyphonic Unisono
· Speech Synthesizer for Wavetables
· 3D Wavetable Editing
· Generation of Wavetables from external audio files
· BeatMaker & Sonoma Audio Copy / Paste Support
· Patch Management with unlimited user banks and categories
· Import / Export audio and sound patches from iTunes
Requires iOS 6 or later
What's New
- MIDI device bug fix
Ultimate Guitar Tabs & Chords v4.1.2
Soft / Mobile Applications 27-08-2015
Throw away your song books and start jamming with GuitarTapp today! Search and view 500,000+ guitar tabs, chords, power tabs, bass tabs and drum tabs. Has autoscroll feature, large chords dictionary with diagrams and variations, save, open and edit tabs on SD card, transpose songs, create setlists, jam along with YouTube videos and local MP3's and watch video lessons. Free app updates included!
GuitarTapp is the only tab viewer capable of adjusting tabs to fit your screen's width, using the innovative IntelliWrap technique: this eliminates the need to scroll horizontally.
Quickly find chords, guitar tabs, power tabs, bass tabs and drum tabs for 350,000+ songs
Shows predictive search suggestions .
Autoscroll: play along from the screen, using the song's duration to determine scroll speed
On-board chord dictionary: view chord diagrams and fingering alternatives for hundreds of guitar and ukulele chords, includes left-handed support and German chords mode. ★ Able to play the chords for reference.
Transpose: quickly change the song key by transposing the chords up or down
IntelliWrap: eliminates horizontal scrolling by intelligently breaking up tabs and chords into screen-sized pieces.
NEW: Able to play text tablature for quick reference!
Favorites: save tabs on your SD card
Setlists: create and manage setlists for live performances
Power Tab support (are converted to text tabs)
Rate tabs and share on Facebook and Twitter
Find songs or video lessons on YouTube, watch them from within GuitarTapp and jam along!
Save and load tabs to/from SD card, and edit them!
Open your own files
'White on black' option available for tab viewing; reduces battery consumption for some screens
Portrait and landscape modes supported
Adjustable tabs font size
Supports tablets: very useful as teleprompter / autocue for live performances on stage
Send to e-mail feature
- bug fixing
This app has no advertisements
Note: Unlocked
Easy Voice Recorder Pro v126.96.36.199 for Android
Soft / Mobile Applications 20-08-2015
Easy Voice Recorder Pro is a fun, simple and easy to use audio & voice recorder. Use it to reliably record your meetings, personal notes, classes, songs, and more, with no time limits or ads!
Main features
Record to high-quality PCM and AAC, or use AMR to save space.
Share and manage your recordings easily, and transfer them to your computer.
Record in the background and control the recorder with a home screen widget.
You can also use powerful audio filters on supported devices, rename and delete your recordings, save them as a ringtone, integrate with Tasker and Locale, and much more.
Pro features
Here are just some of the additional features, available on supported devices:
Record in stereo.
Record with a Bluetooth microphone.
Boost input volume with microphone software gain.
Skip silent parts.
Manage and organize your recordings with folders, and save recordings to your SD card.
Control the recorder from anywhere using the status bar. Recordings can also be pinned to the status bar.
What's New
- Tune the recorder for voice notes, meetings, or music recordings with optimized settings.
- Pro version: Bluetooth is now selectable from Settings > Tuning > Microphone, for devices that support it.
- Android 4.3+: Pause/resume & filters with MP4 AAC.
- Many other bug fixes and improvements.
Requires Android
Varies with device


text:
Latest News from the University of Maine at Fort Kent
Displaying 1 to 1 of 1 Results
In a recent address to Maine's 128th Legislature, University of Maine System Chancellor Dr. James Page, highlighted the importance of early college education.
Didn't find what you were looking for? Refine your search and try again.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Bill Gates
Three of Microsoft's top shareholders—representing some 5 percent of the company's outstanding shares—want company cofounder Bill Gates to step down as chairman. In an exclusive report, Reuters said that Mr. Gates's presence at the head of Big Redmond's board will inhibit the adoption of new strategies and products and limit the power of the company's next CEO to make changes.
The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Bill Gates is enormously well respected by most of the world. Today he is the head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a US$38 billion charity that is tackling some of the world's biggest problems and making headway against several of them.
He earned a vast personal fortune founding and leading Microsoft into a corporate hegemony that utterly controlled the PC industry for decades. Under his stewardship, Microsoft ruthlessly went after competitors using a variety of brilliant—if sometimes illegal—methods to turn Windows and Office into cash cows that were the envy of the world...
...until Apple came and upset the apple cart in mobile.
He stepped down from the CEO spot at Microsoft in 2000 and handed the reins of the company to marketing man Steve Ballmer. For the last 10 years, Microsoft's stock has stood at a virtual standstill as Mr. Ballmer pursued strategies to maximize Windows and Office revenues, but failed to make an impact in any new markets (save for console gaming, where Microsoft is indeed a powerhouse).
Trouble in Paradise Redmond
Microsoft has had a series of whiffs in the mobile market, in particular—markets that Microsoft pioneered but never made mainstream, as their Windows-branded smartphones and Windows-based tablets have failed to catch on. Apple and Google/Samsung have taken Microsoft behind the bleachers, beaten it up, taken its lunch money, stepped on its lunch, and left it hanging by a corporate wedgy that's going to require a visit to a doctor.
All the while, Mr. Gates stood as Chairman of the company, effectively putting a stamp of approval on Mr. Ballmer's actions. Steve Ballmer himself announced in September that he was stepping down as CEO within 12 months, and that's apparently when the above-mentioned, but unnamed shareholders began thinking about a Microsoft without its founder, too.
Corporate Politics
The Reuters story said that it's only three of the top 20 investors who are cranky. They represent 5 percent of Microsoft's shares. That's nowhere near enough to force a change—Bill Gates himself owns 4.5 percent of the company—but it's interesting that a man whose record has largely been unassailable is getting any pressure to step down from the company he founded—a company that is still printing money.
According to the unnamed sources, the investors' concern is that Mr. Gates is selling his stock at a long-known and publicly announced clip that will see him without a stake in the company by 2018. He's selling 80 million shares per year. As such, they believe his power and influence is disproportionate to his holdings, especially considering how much time he spends on his true passion, the (frankly awesome) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
They also believe he could be an impediment to Microsoft changing directions. That's a justifiable concern. Mr. Gates has long resisted any and all changes that didn't emphasize Windows, and that mindset has played a major role in the Surface debacle and Windows Phone being a non-player in the smartphone industry.
Will Mr. Gates be forced out? Not a chance. Momentum, tradition, and legacy are all on his side. Might the concerns of these investors yield some much-needed change at Microsoft? Maybe.
I certainly hope so. A healthy and vibrant Microsoft innovating and developing new technologies would be a great thing for shareholders (of which I am not one), but it would be even better for technology consumers.


text:
Hair Transplant Treatments for Correcting Genetic and Physiological Hair Loss
Baldness occurs in both men and women for genetic and physiological reasons. Living with the condition can cause lack of self-confidence and other unsettling feelings. Hair transplant treatments can correct the problem in most individuals.
What are the benefits of hair transplant treatments?
The benefits of hair transplant treatments allow an individual to experience what it is like to have a full head of hair again. Hair transplant treatments aren't just for the head either. The treatments are useful for correcting eyelash loss and missing eyebrows. The amount of treatments and individual needs varies, but once they are all completed confidence in appearance is had again leaving a person feeling beautiful again.
Are there other benefits received from a hair transplant procedure?
A full head of hair can help change the way others see an individual, which can drastically change their life for the better. For example, a person with hair loss walks into a place of business asking for a job and is refused one simply based on appearance. Sadly, the people of this world are judgmental at times. Thankfully though, with hair transplant treatments that individual can gain a full head of hair, eyebrows and eyelash, and that job once denied in the past could be gained all because the employer now sees that person in a different light. It's amazing how changing one's appearance can change the relationships and outcomes of life.
How do hair transplants occur?
Hair transplants occur by surgically removing hair follicles from one area of the body and relocating them to the area of the body with hair loss. This form of treating baldness whether it be on the head or face is typically a last resort, but it is one of the most effective treatments for ridding baldness that occurs from hereditary or physiological factors.
Do hair transplants require any sedation?
Hair transplants require little sedation depending on the type of grafting techniques most useful for correcting hair loss. Strip harvesting is a treatment that involves taking hair bearing tissues from a donor's head and grafting it onto the patient's area of baldness. This procedure does require sedition. Follicle extraction is a minimally invasive surgery that requires little sedation. The procedure involves taking hair follicles from one area of the body and inserting them into the scalp. Both treatments are effective, but most people prefer the follicle extraction simply because it is less invasive, less painful and most effective leaving an individual with lifelong results that leave an one feeling satisfied and confident.
Conclusion for the Benefits of Hair Transplants
The benefits of hair transplants are countless and life changing. The procedures allow a person to receive hair in as little as a day. Best of all, the treatments do not effect a person's daily life schedule because you can go in for a procedure and walk out the same day with little to no pain at all. Within a few treatments, baldness will be a thing of the past and a full head or face of hair can be enjoyed again.


text:
By appealing to the modern consumer through the use of social media, Best Buy Insurance expects to bring a more modern feel to the way the agency engages with and markets to its surrounding community.
Ontario, California (PRWEB) April 14, 2012
Local California insurance agency, Best Buy Insurance, has proudly launched an interactive social media strategy geared toward strengthening both business and personal bonds within its local community. With the unveiling of the agency's California insurance blog, the team at Best Buy Insurance hopes to better serve both the insurance and social needs of its neighbors.
The fresh new blog will allow members of the surrounding California community to conveniently access relevant insurance advice as well as local community news. From video clips and accompanying links to personal greetings and insurance tips, the innovative Best Buy Insurance blog is bound to provide California residents with truly valuable information. The blog includes access to content regarding both general and specific insurance requirements. Whether individuals are looking to protect themselves with car accident insurance or are in need of complex commercial policies, Best Buy Insurance will use its expertise to effectively address these needs.
This revitalized approach to connecting with local consumers coincides with the agency's mission to not only continue to serve their loyal customers but to expand its service for all of those in need of reliable coverage. The fresh, new blog also comes with collaborative links to the agency's various other social accounts, such as those on Facebook and Twitter, while allowing visitors to grab hold of some advanced insurance knowledge by subscribing to the Best Buy Insurance RSS feed. Current and potential customers can now receive in-depth, community-centered insurance information right at their fingertips.
By appealing to the modern consumer through the use of social media, Best Buy Insurance expects to bring a more modern feel to the way the agency engages with and markets to its surrounding community. Whether individuals are in need of California insurance or simply want to know what's going on in their neighborhood, they can find the answers they are looking for with Best Buy Insurance.
About Best Buy Insurance:
In order to earn the clients' business, the agents at Best Buy Insurance focus on five guiding themes. First, they focus on providing customers with a California insurance agent with the right expertise. The agency has a long standing commitment to providing top-notch customer service, and prides itself on providing each of its clients with customized insurance solutions. Most importantly, Best Buy's customer relationship doesn't stop after customers get a quote! The agents are always available to help their clients report claims, and since the agency has 12 offices, its licensed professionals are always just around the corner and able to meet with clients face-to-face. Best Buy Insurance believes in long term partnerships with clients, and as an agency, does everything in its power to make customers' experience with Best Buy Insurance outstanding.


text:
Create an Account - Increase your productivity, customize your experience, and engage in information you care about.
View all calendars is the default. Choose Select a Calendar to view a specific calendar.Select the arrows on either side of the current month to change the month.
January 25, 2018, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
January 25, 2018, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Board Room


text:
Earlier in the week a broken pipe caused around 200 gallons of raw sewage to be released into Lake Norman via a storm water pipe. After crews finally fixed the broken pipe, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Service enlisted Biota to help analyze the water to ensure that bacteria counts were within safe limits before they could lift the no swim ban. (See Article Below)
No Swim Ban Lifted at Lake Norman
Thanks to the rapid response from Mecklenburg County the issue was resolved and the negative consequences were minimal. It is imperative that citizens remain vigilant in combating water pollution because in most cases, the citizens are the first line of defense. If you suspect water pollution or observe pollution first hand, contact your local storm water department to report it immediately. You can also contact Biota Diagnostics if you would like to perform independent testing on water or soil that you believe might be contaminated and we will assist you in collecting and analyzing the samples to find the source and level of pollution.


text:
October 1, 1988. Donnie is on the hill, looking at the sky, laughing. He rides his bike home and goes to sleep.
October 2, After midnight, Donnie is woken up by Frank-Bunny, saving him from a jet-engine crashing into his room. The jet-engine is actually from October 30, disappearing through a time corruption 28 days into the past. This catastrophic event distorts spacetime and creates a Tangent universe (TU). In the Tangent Universe, Frank-Bunny guides Donnie Darko on a 28 day journey through this alternate tangent dimension to save the universe:
October 30, Tangent universe: After his journey through the TU, which we witness in the movie, the jet-engine breaks off the plane (that his mother and sister are coincidentally on), and from the Tangent universe, Donnie using a wormhole sends it back to the Primary universe (PU), giving it a reason for being. The only object that went back in time from the tangent universe to the primary universe was the jet-engine. In doing so the tangent universe and everything in it is replaced by the primary universe, and time is reset to:
October 2, Primary universe: Jet-engine appears in the Primary Universe (without explanation to everyone but the viewer), Donnie and everyone else are reset and repositioned. Primary-Donnie, back in bed, is killed by the Jet Engine.
The theatrical release of "Donnie Darko" offers very few answers. However, the directors cut DVD is much clearer, with specific explanations about events taken from the book "The Philosophy of Time Travel", written by the character in the movie Roberta Sparrow aka Grandma Death.
The Jet-Engine from the future is the Artifact: "If an Artifact occurs, the Living will retrieve it with great interest and curiosity. Artifacts are formed from metal"
Donnie Darko becomes the Living Receiver: "The Living Receiver is chosen to guide the Artifact into position for its journey back to the Primary Universe." Donnie is chosen because he is the person most affected by the Artifact, hence he is the center of the tangent universe and the only one who can close it. Donnie's job is to return the artifact to the primary universe. "If the Ensurance Trap is succesful, the Living Receiver is left with no choice but to use his Fourth Dimensional Power to send the Artifact back in time into the Primary Universe before the Black Hole collapses upon itself. The paradox that must be created is Donnie sending the engine back in time through a wormhole, to prevent the other paradox, a second jet-engine in the tangent universe.
Frank-Bunny is the Manipulated Dead: "The Manipulated Dead. If a person dies within the Tangent Dimension, they are able to contact the Living Receiver through the Fourth Dimensional Construct...The Manipulated Dead will often set an Ensurance Trap for the Living Receiver to ensure that the Artifact is returned safely to the Primary Universe."
Returning the Artifact: At the focal point in the paradox as the tangent universe winds down, a wormhole (a tear or hole in spacetime) appears. It is at this moment that Donnie must guide the jet engine out of the tangent universe, as we see succesfully preventing the paradox for the first time. Otherwise this tangent is destroyed, reset, and the cycle repeats.
When the Tangent universe is reset: "When the Manipulated awaken from their Journey into the Tangent Universe, they are often haunted by the experience in their dreams. Many of them will not remember. Those who do remember the Journey are often overcome with profound remorse for the regretful actions buried within their Dreams".
The movie "Donnie Darko" is about Donnie's first successful quest in ending the temporal paradox cycle or "time-loop" which he is caught in (not unlike Bill Murray in the movie "Groundhog Day".)
When the engine from the Oct. 30 PU drops (into the past), the PU is gone, the TU is created. Similarly, when the engine in the Oct. 30 TU drops (when the LR/Donnie fails), the TU collapses, and the PU is reset, at the point we see in the beginning of the movie. This is the loop, and it continues until the engine does not drop in the TU because it is sent back to the PU by Donnie. Ending this repeating time-loop is directly how he saves the universe.
At the intro, Donnie is laughing as if he remembers something, specifically his own survival in the previous tangent loop, when looking at the sky. This is where the movie begins, and it is also where the tangent is reset and the loop begins when Donnie is NOT successful. Then the loop continues as we see when the engine drops into the past via a time corruption to create the tangent universe. On that previous previous quest , Donnie did not send the artifact back. When he does and the time loop finally ends, he dies alone as he always feared, but with a sense of completion and relief hence the laughter and the accomplishment of saving his family and friends and the entire universe because he is finally successful in ending the looping time paradox by preventing the jet-engine from landing where it already exists.
when the time loop finally ends, he dies alone -as he always feared to- but with a sense of completion and relief (hence the laughter) and the accomplishment of saving the world, along with his family and friends.
More evidence that Donnie Darko is caught within a repeating time-loop.
1. In the classroom, Donnie states: "Well, earlier in the book, they say destruction is a form of creation. So the fact that they burn the money is ironic; they just wanna see what happens when they tear the world apart." When the world is torn apart in 28 days, when Donnie fails, it is destroyed but then re-created, reset. This is the time-loop, this form of "destruction" when Donnie fails is not unlike the "destruction" of the jet-engine in the PU, re-appearing in the TU (or vice-versa). On a larger scale, the destruction of all current existence, by being repositioned and reset in a different timeline, specifically the Primary Universe when Donnie is laughing on the hill looking at the sky.
2. When the engine crashed through the house, an alternate universe had been created by the falling jet-engine; however Frank-Bunny appeared BEFORE the engine crashed, before the Tangent Universe was created; therefore Frank-bunny must have traveled from another point in time ie a previous tangent universe in the repeating cycle.
3.In his bathroom mirror, Donnie sees Frank and starts stabbing Frank's eye through liquid. Evidence that Donnie knows / remembers something about Frank's injured eye from a previous TU.
4. In the theater when Frank-bunny has taken of his mask, Donnie asks what has happened to his eye. Frank turns his head and stares, and Donnie looks at the screen and starts to smile. Another clue that Donnie has done all of this before in the previous timeloops.
5. Also in the theater, Donnie asks Frank about his name, he responds with "Its the name of my father, and his father before me." another implication that they are separate entities but connected/related.
6. The only way Frank could have been killed by Donnie at the end of the movie was if Frank-Bunny had already saved Donnie at the beginning of the movie. The Manipulated Dead Frank-rabbit appears before he himself is assumed to be created when Frank is shot by Donnie, it follows that this Manipulated Dead Frank-rabbit could not have come from the Frank seen in the movie, but the Frank, shot by Donnie, in an unseen previous Tangent Universe. Clearly, this was not the same entity, as an existing thing cannot create itself for the first time. - see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/board/inline/28323929 - Each different Manipulated Dead entity has expired in the FAILED quest to guide Donnie to "use his Fourth Dimensional Power to send the Artifact back in time into the Primary Universe before the Black Hole collapses upon itself." Frank had to die in a previous tangent before coming back to rescue (and guide) Donnie. Since the tangent universe is eventually destroyed by being reset, this is how Frank initially died and then returned in the next tangent universe as the Manipulated Dead and guided Donnie to eventually shoot him (part of the Ensurance Trap set for Donnie to send the engine back).
7. The repeated time loop theory also explains why many of the central charaters in the film (Mrs Pomeroy, Gretchen, Grandma Death, Dr. Thurman), all seem to have some kind of inside knowledge and a sense of what's going on as though they are all merely acting their lives as in a well rehearsed play, especially Grandma Death and her endless trips back and forth to the mailbox looking for Donnie's letter, and Mrs Pomeroy bringing Gretchen and Donnie together and writing "cellardoor" on the blackboard.
Stopping this looping cycle revolves around the free will of Donnie Darko. As the Living Receiver in the Tangent Universe, he will either be motivated and learn enough to be able to choose to send the engine back to the past, which closes the loop and prevents the engine from falling on October 31, or he will fail and the time loop will restart itself, the jet-engine will fall. With the evidence that this has happened many times previous, the Manipulated Dead has failed in all previous attempts to prevent the paradox, failed to get Donnie to send the engine back, failed because Donnie would either not survive long enough to send the engine back, or he would choose to not send the engine back knowing it would mean his own death. The Manipulated Dead and the Manipulated Living persuaded Donnie in many ways: Grandma Death (Sparrow), Dr. Monnitoff who gives him the Philosophy of Time Travel and explains his paradox theory with "chain reaction that could destroy the universe", Frank-Bunny, meeting and becoming close with Gretchen, Frank killing Gretchen, everything was part of the ensurance trap, so Donnie would a) know how, know why, and want to change things so that Gretchen will live again. Donnie finally realizes enough to prevent the paradox from taking place by sending the engine back. This time the universe resets to the PU with Donnie in his bedroom.
Donnie laughs for the same reason the other characters were reflective at the end. As explained in the POTT, they have some memory, if not of details than of a feeling. And since Donnie saved the world by finally preventing the recurring timeloop, it makes sense he feels great (even if he doesn't understand why, and especially since he doesn't realize he is about to die).
After the engine crashes and kills Donnie, the OTHER (identical) engine that already exists in that timeline will be investigated thoroughly, and will not fly, or crash, on this October 30th timeline, hence no tangent will be created, the cycle is over, that is how Donnies action saved the future.


text:
Which stock will outperform all others in 2010? The answer may surprise you: UPS
This recession has not been kind to UPS, or to its employees. When bastions of American manufacturing such as Ford
Things are tough all over
And employees aren't the only ones feeling the pain. UPS shares underperformed the S&P 500 by almost 20 percentage points over the last year -- and they still don't look much like an obvious bargain. The stock's selling for 35 times trailing earnings, and 22 times what analysts expect it to earn next year. Meanwhile, these same analysts fear that even an economic recovery won't help UPS grow earnings so much as 8% per year over the next five years.
Well, I've got just one word for 'em…
As this year's lockstep rate increases at FedEx
It seems to me, therefore, that 8% growth is "in the bag." The real question is how much faster than 8% UPS can grow.
Well? How much faster can it grow?
Predicting the future is a Fool's game ... so I'll volunteer to take a swing at it. Over the past 12 months, UPS netted only $0.036 for every dollar of revenue that flowed through its business -- $1.64 per share over the past year. But the company has averaged something closer to a 7.4% margin over the last decade -- more than twice as much as it's earning right now.
Posit a "return to normal," therefore, and it seems reasonable to believe UPS can earn around $3.35 a share or more in the near future just based on current revenue. In which case, we would see the firm's P/E ratio shrink to something like 17 at current stock prices. Alternatively, should the firm maintain its current earnings multiple, the stock would have to double in price -- a fate few shareholders would lament.
How long might we have to await this happy day? I hesitate to guess -- the last time UPS booked less than $45 billion in annual revenues (the amount that analysts predict it will end up with in 2009) was 2005. And yet that year, UPS boasted net profit margins of 9.1% -- well above the decade's average. So I suspect UPS can return to its profit margins of yesteryear in relatively short order. All it really needs is for customers to begin buying and selling again, so that UPS can leverage the scale of its operations to earn more profit from its delivery routes.
How would this work? Well, think about it: Delivering two packages to a given street tomorrow involves only marginally more cost for UPS than delivering one package to the same street today. The truck uses a few fluid ounces more gas to haul the extra cargo. The driver idles a few seconds longer while he delivers the second package and rings the second doorbell. But all else being equal, revenue doubles -- and because the variable costs are so low, the vast bulk of any additional revenue UPS makes from greater shipping volume drops right to the bottom line.
Foolish minds think alike
I'm not the only investor thinking along these lines, either. A few months ago, JP Morgan
How short? Lacking any better yardstick, I'll defer to JP and its guess at two years from trough to peak as a likely scenario. But however long it takes to materialize, I think the bull thesis on this stock is crystal clear -- leaving investors with little to do but sit back, cash their 3.1% dividend checks, and wait for UPS to deliver.
Why, I do declare ... I think can hear the truck pulling in now.
Now tell us what you think. Vote in the poll below and let us know if you think UPS is the best stock for 2010.
Which is the best stock for 2010? See all 13 candidates here.
United Parcel Service is a Motley Fool Income Investor recommendation. Amazon.com and FedEx are Motley Fool Stock Advisor selections.
Fool contributor Rich Smith does not owns shares of any company named above. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text:
|Many more of these...
|...than these.
With this observation, I'd love your input because I'm a little stumped. Do you think that this availability is solely linked to the popular "buffet" cleavage? Why do North Americans buy so many full cups?
|Many more of these...
|...than these.
In principle, I wouldn't have anything against full-cup bras if they didn't spread my breasts out so wide. In the smaller cup sizes Fantasie bras do that for me but in the higher cup sizes they go out too wide.
As for plunges, they just don't work as well on my shape and tend to give me a lot of spillage towards the center gore. I think they really only work best on women with firmer breasts (so a younger crowd). That being said I love half cups if they are designed well. Then they actually can do well on softer breast tissue and that's one big reason the Polish bras stand out. At least with Ewa Michalak they keep my breasts enclosed in the cups without being a lot of bra. Ironically, often times British full cups end up being too much bra due to soft, bottom heavy breasts so I get gaping underneath the straps because my breasts are too tall.
So long story short, for me it's not much about personal preference but more fit issues that arrive if I get certain styles. I think British brands haven't perfected the shape of half-cups well at all in higher cup sizes (honestly I see pretty much zero effort there since none of them even carry half cups in large cup sizes!!) so they use the lazy option of just making full-cup bras in the higher cup sizes.
June, I agree with you. When Sweets and I were hanging at Curve, we met with a professional lingerie lady and I told her that there was no half cup bra on the British market for me. The Fauve ones stop at an F, Freya's are padded, Masquerade has the Orla coming out soon but it looks like it's intended for bridal. She told me to check out Bravissimo and when I checked online, they had one layered half cup with a wide side panel. Side panels are the death of me. Anyhoo, the British companies do seem to ignore that entire type of style in larger cups and it seems very strange (Ha, or lazy!).
When I got to Poland and saw half cup demis everywhere, I thought I was dreaming. You're right, they're great for soft tissue and equally awesome for us with high chests who don't like that nasty 3rd part of the cup -- plunge, full, or what have you.
It's gonna go on my "lingerie wishlist"!
in the UK Fauve do the half-cups up to a G, and a 'real' G not a teeny one like some brands but ... they are not at all well engineered, so real boobs tend to pop out. I suspect they are intended for women with implants. I tried them, and even doing really un-athletic things like sitting down, or walking ten feet, didn't work in them ...Delete
Hmmm, again - I've not tried the Polish brands (though certain of my readers have recommended Kris Line) - but I don't think the round shape, full cup look is an attractive. Full cup and pointy go together well, IMO, hence the Doreen (so ugly it's gorgeous). I'm pretty true in my love of the balconette (and sometimes a plunge). One of the fascinating things about the Polish bras is that they all look SO huge. My husband was looking over my shoulder a minute ago and suggested that the bra cups look larger than the model's head (of course, it's likely the angle of the photo). One other thing that photo really brings my attention to is how fundamentally unappealing the Polish marketing is to my North American sensibility (which isn't puritanical, I assure you). The Polish campaigns and modeled shots often seem, to be honest, trashy - like cheap soft core porn. Note that I'm not suggesting the bras look that way on real people! I'm sure they are lovely when styled differently.ReplyDelete
K. Line, I know precisely what you're talking about and when I showed my mom these catalogs, she was like, "Uh, are you sure you want to meet with these companies? How reputable are they?". Hahahaha, but I'd like to explore that more...which companies are presenting their merchandise that is appealing to North American consumers? Which ones aren't and why might that be? I hope we can dive into those questions in the posts ahead because I do believe it's another area where the Polish lingerie is being "lost in translation".Delete
Have to agree with the marketting and now I'm wondering if I buy off Avocado because theirs isn't trashy but instead chic and Western-appealing ....Delete
I'm Polish and believe me, we do found some of catalogues trashy and silly. I like Bravissimo style photos, with happy, comfortable looking women hanging around in places looking like their bedrooms etc. As far as I can see, most other customers of 'bra-fitting' brands think similar.
I think the reason behind those trashy photo shoots are actually bad marketing decisions or bad choices of photographers...
I quite like Effuniak's style of photographing - minimal, if any retouch, models in various sizes and general style, but frankly I like Bravissimo's photos nicer.
Another thought... I just took a look at Gossard's site and I thought about this discussion - Gossard is a good example of overly sexy way of photographing lingerie and it's British brand. So I think it's just a marketing choice. Gossard usually use the same, Barbie-like model and her breasts are always squished, also the poses and set is always more or less sexy. Frankly, I don't like anything about it - the model looks cheap to me, her squished bust doesn't represent the brand's good fit and I have to ignore it and try to imagine how the bra really looks like or google it to see on reviewers. Seriously, their bras fit really well and have wide range of sizes, but you wouldn't know it from their site.Delete
I think that the American retailers believe their customers prefer something a bit more covering, it must have something to do with the Victoria's Secret -culture. You know, "anything above dd cup is ginormous and must be covered". I know to some people the full cup is a great option for good support but I can't imagine it to be the only option. To me a good half-cup in a right size can be as supporive and ten times more attractive.ReplyDelete
Exactly! What I forgot to mention here is that one of my favorite bras, the Panache Andorra, is a full cup. However, if I had a drawer full of them I think I'd want to scream...and so would Mr. Underpinnings. Sometimes, yeah - I like how my breasts FEEL in full cups (compact, restricted movement, contained) but I LOVE how my boobs look in half cups. And I'm on board, the best ones are just as supportive as the full styles! :)Delete
Andorra is called a full cup, but in appearance and coverage, it's a balconet. It gives an uplifted, forward shape, with a very open, low neckline that is cut almost straight across.
I was actually turned onto it when I was at a bra shop and insisted on no full cups. The SA had few options for me, but Andorra was a winner. For awhile it was the only bra that really fit me. I do have a drawer full of them.
From personal experience, I always went for full cup bras as I thought they were the only things that fitted. They hid the terrible spillage and gaping caused by wearing the wrong size. I thought DD was huge, and felt like I had to wear minimiser bras to hide my boobs. Since finding my real size (32H, not 36DD) I love plunge and balconette bras! I love (tastefully :P )showing off my boobs :)ReplyDelete
I agree with unsureinloveandlife.
Look how often you see (bad) advice to wear a full cup to control your boobs. I personally hate full cups. I will say my beloved Fantasie Florence is close to a full cup on me but it fits well enough and is open enough at top it's not an issue... but the moment I start getting fit issues it starts cutting in because I have a smaller underbust than waist and my bra will slide down.
A full cup bra can hide a myriad of fitting sins. Given the terrible state of bra fitting in the States, why should we be surprised? It's sort of the thing minimizer mentality. Also, look at how popular molded cups are. They also hide many many fitting sins.
I usually refuse to wear full cups. I hate having my bra come up so high. Give me a balconette or plunge or half cup any day. I need to get brave and actually buy a polish bra to try out!
I think it's funny that they consider Kris Line their "full cup". I have 1 Kris Line bra and it has about the same amount of coverage as any British balconette, and waaaayyyy less coverage than anything that is described as "full cup". I love my one Kris Line bra, and it's actually the only unpadded bra I'll wear, but generally I agree with Poland- less coverage please! My boobs work best in a plunge, and I have a lot of revealing clothes, so I'm usually struggling with bras being too full coverage.ReplyDelete
I like the way EM PL bras *look* on me, but I can't stand the jello-on-top feeling I get when I try to walk with any kind of speed in them. So for me, fuller coverage isn't about modesty at all; it's about comfort! (I haven't yet found a true full cup bra that works for my size and shape, so generally wear balconettes or bras with similar coverage.)ReplyDelete
i have nothing constructive to add to the conversation, but had to let you know that the second picture made me gasp so loudly the dog came over to see what was wrong. where have you been all my life you dotty frilly confection?ReplyDelete
Oh, and I don't know why Americans like full cups so much - I know some people like it, especially when they don't know their proper size, but seriously - full cups are impractical - unless you wear roll-necks or buttoned up shirts they just cover too much and stick out from almost any top.ReplyDelete
I wear plenty of V neck tees and full cups are fine...in fact i cant wear anything but full cups in them.Delete


text:
Ishqbaaz 13th February 2017 Written Episode Update
Ishqbaaz 13th February 2017 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
Tia asks Anika to return her phone. Anika says I m calling Dushyant. Shivaye asks who is Dushyant. Tia says no one. Shwetlana says relax Tia, you are worrying as if Robin will answer, he is dead, let her call. Some time before, Anika sees the buffalo. Everyone smile. Rudra asks Shakti how did Shivaye get the black KOW cow. Shakti says firstly, its COW, not KOW, and this is not a cow, its buffalo. Dadi asks what's happening. Shivaye says this is for Anika. Anika asks did you get buffalo for me, but why, I said I will get fresh milk and cow milk is better. He says its not for milk. She says buffalo is for milk. He says I got something else also. He asks Khannna to get that, I can't say it. Khanna says fine, I will get it.
He gets cow dung in a trolley. Anika asks did you get cow dung for me.
Khanna says I shot it too. Shivaye says ya. She says even then you married me. He says leave it, you throw cow dung on me. She refuses and says how can I throw this on Pati Parmeshwar. Shivaye and everyone ask her to throw it. Anika throws the cow dung at him. He bends and gets saved. He goes to her and asks did you remember anything. She says no. Rudra says you are forgetting continuity, you have to get same buffalo then she will remember. Anika apologizes to buffalo for the trouble and goes. Shivaye asks Khanna to take it away.
Anika wipes hands. She sees Tia and says Shivaye said I have thrown cow dung at him. Tia asks do you think you can do this. Anika says no. Tia says exactly, its their plan to convince him. Anika asks are you fine now, you were missing your friend yesterday, what was his name. Tia says no one. Anika says Dushyant. Tia says no, I m fine, take care of yourself. She goes. Anika says I think she has a fight with Dushyant. She asks Priyanka what happened. Priyanka says don't know where Soumya went. Anika says Soumya….
Rudra says I don't know where did Soumya go. Shivaye asks did you tell her anything, you both are in same collage, you should take care of her. Dadi says don't know where she went. Anika says I got this from Soumya's room. Shivaye reads…. Rudra I never expected you to accept our marriage, what you said that day, I don't think I should stay here after that humiliation, if you think I m responsible for all the problems, I don't have right to stay here, I don't want you to have any problem, you are lucky to have such family, take care of your lovely family. Shivaye shouts Rudra what's this, don't you know.
Tia says its fun to see them like this. Shwetlana says this is just the start. Tia says what will happen ahead, Anika lost memory, Jhanvi is injured, Tej feels his family is his enemy, Om is arranging money to give you, and now Rudra and Soumya's problem, poor Oberois, there are many problems and not a single solution. They smile.
Rudra calls Reyaan and asks is Soumya with you. Reyaan says no, I did not talk to her since many days, is there any problem. Rudra says no, if she calls you, tell her to urgently call Shivaye. He ends call. Anika says you care for Soumya a lot, why did you hurt her heart. He says I wish I could explain you, this situation and relation are complicated, yes we had a fight, I did not think she will leave home, she is duffer.
Shivaye asks Rudra about Soumya. Rudra says I called her friends and could not know. Priyanka says Jhanvi has fever, call doctor. Shivaye goes. Shakti asks Dadi about Tej, since Om and Shwetlana got engaged, Tej is nowhere, he did not come for office meetings too. Dadi says don't know whose bad sight caught this house. Anika says we have to face problems, we have to start by small problems. Shivaye says you don't know anything, don't get into it. Anika says I know, but I m bahu of this house, I will do what I can, everyone is worried and everyone's problem is very big, Rudra's marriage, Om's business, Jhanvi's health. Tej's anger, if big problem's solution is not found, we should find small problem's solution, it gives courage. He asks which problem is small in these. She says Tia's. Tia asks what.
Anika says none thinks for Tia, she is restless to meet her love. Tia says what nonsense. Aniak says I m saying what I have seen and felt. Shivaye asks Tia what is she saying. Tia says I don't know, just stop it. Anika says no, you helped me, its my duty to help you, I know you are missing your love, you should call him, this is that phone which has his number, I will call him and say you miss him, I will solve everything. Shivaye asks about whom is Anika saying. Tia says I don't know, return my phone. Anika says don't worry, you did love, don't be scared, don't have annoyance. Shivaye asks about whom are you talking. Anika says Dushyant. Rudra smiles. Shakti asks Tia who is this Dushyant. Tia says I don't know, give my phone back. Shivaye asks Anika what are you doing, who is Dushyant. Tia says no one. Shwetlana says relax Tia, let her call. Tia says she is calling Robin. Shwetlana says you are saying as if Robin will answer, Robin died, who will answer the call, relax. Anika calls Dushyant. She puts phone on speaker. Someone answers and says hello. Anika says Dushyant….. Tia gets shocked. She recalls Robin's death and says Robin. She thinks how can Robin be on call. She screams and faints. Everyone rush.
Shivaye calls doctor and says nothing happened, don't know how she fainted, she is resting, come for checkup. Dadi says I will get food for you Tia and goes with Anika. Tia says how answered Robin's phone, I have to find out. She calls. Mrs. Kapoor answers. Tia says mom, you have this number. Mrs. Kapoor says yes, why. Tia says Anika called on this number, a man answered, I thought Robin…. Mrs. Kapoor says are you mad Tia, I was busy on another call, my assistant answered. Tia says I felt…. Shivaye comes and asks what did you feel.
Anika and Shivay argue over Tia and Dushyant's child. He asks her to stop it. She asks why are you angry. He says because I….
Update Credit to: Amena


text:
- Restaurants - Services -
Anagni, the city of the popes, a name which derives from the fact that it was during the middle ages the birthplace and the seat of many popes: Innocent III, Gregory IX, Alexander IV and Boniface VIII, the grerat pope to whom in 1300 we the setting up of the Giubileo or Holy Year.
The Cathedral was built in 1074 and rises on the site of the ancient Acropolis. Also of great interest are the Town Hall, which dates back to 1200, the Palace of Boniface VIII and the picturesque Barnekow House of the 14th century.
Anagni accommodation in Hotel Farm House Farm Holiday Bed&Breakfast Camping Holiday Home Rooms for rent Residence Tourist Village Camp site.
Anagni holiday in Hotel
Hotels Ciociaria


text:
|Home > Towards Multi-Robot Inspection of Industrial Machinery - From Distributed Coverage Algorithms to Experiments with Miniature Robotic Swarms
Inspection of aircraft and power generation machinery using a swarm of miniature robots is a promising application both from an intellectual and a commercial perspective. Our research is motivated by a case study concerned with the inspection of a jet turbine engine by a swarm of miniature robots. This article summarizes our efforts that include multi-robot path planning, modeling of self-organized robotic systems, and implementation of proof-of-concept experiments with real miniature robots. While other research tackles challenges that arise from moving within 3D structured environments at the level of the individual robotic node, the emphasis of our work is on explicitly incorporating the potential limitations of the individual robotic platform in terms of sensor and actuator noise into the modeling and design process of collaborative inspection systems. We highlight difficulties and further challenges on the (lengthy) path towards truly autonomous parallel robotic inspection of complex engineered structures.


text:
HotStar App is the latest TV Shows, Movies and LIVE sports on your Android device completely free of charge! No sign up fees, or registration required. Access full-length episodes of your favourite shows, full-length Bollywood, English, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali movies in addition to live cricket streaming. You can also watch free streaming of all matches of Pepsi IPL 2015.
Latest, full-length episodes: Catch full episodes of your favourite TV Shows across Comedy, Drama, Romance, Crime, Family Drama, Fantasy, Mythology, Reality and Teen Drama.
Latest Bollywood Blockbusters: We also update our Movie catalogue regularly with the biggest Bollywood blockbusters from Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif and others - all full length, available to stream for free!
What's New
1. Access to content which is certified for users above 18 years of age. You need to be registered to be able to view this content
2. We have taken your feedback and made changes to improve the performance of the app
3. A new 'All Movies' section to help you filter movies by genre and language
4. Hate bugs ? We hate them too. We have fixed them in this version.
5. The app now occupies lesser memory on your phone
6. The all-new 'International' section for fans of English shows and movies


text:
Result for Air King Combo 6ft Pool Table With Dining Top
Air King Combo 6ft Pool Table With Dining Top
The Air King Combo 6ft Pool Table With Dining Top Is A Professional Quality Table Beautifully Finished And Made From High-quality Mdf,...read more
Retailer: Sport and Leisure UK
Brand: Air King
Category: Snooker Pool Billiards
Availability: Check Stock Levels
Description - The Air King Combo 6ft Pool Table With Dining Top Is A Professional Quality Table Beautifully Finished And Made From High-quality Mdf, Ideal For Home Use. It's An Excellent Table, Designed To Play A Superb Game. It Has A Dining Table Top Cover And Looks Great With It On Or Off. It Has A Heavy 20mm Thick Slate Bed Covered By A High-quality Cloth That Comes In Blue Or Green Or Red Colour, And A Choice Of Either Oak Or Mahogany Effect Finish. The Cloth Is Of 70% Wool And 30% Nylon Giving Superb Durability And Exactly The Right Pace, Combined With The Flatness Of Slate And Superb Cushions It's A Combination Designed To Give The Most Consistent Play. The Cushions On This Table Have Been Developed To Give Consistent Bounce At The Angle And Velocity You Would Expect From Each Shot. The Overall Construction Of This Table Is Excellent: Heavy; Stable; Strong; Durable; Great Looks. A Full Set Of Pool & Snooker Balls Are Also Included, Along With Two Cues, A Triangle And A Box Of Chalks. A Brush Is Also Included To Help You Keep The High-quality Cloth In Great Condition. With All These Characteristics And Lasting Performance This Air King Table Is An Excellent Table That Will Continuously Satisfy Even The Most Demanding Player.
Dispatch - dispatched from and sold by Sport and Leisure UK. See Amazon website direct for products listed under Amazon Results, as they may be dispatched by Amazon or one of the Amazon third party retailers.
Shipping - Please consult retailers website direct for their up to date shipping information and prices.
The best price we currently have listed for is £639.99 . Sport and Leisure UK are currently offering it at this price. We want you to have at the best possible price we can find and only from retailers we know we can trust.
You can check out the other products available from Sport and Leisure UK by CLICKING HERE.
Legal Disclaimer: - Unless expressly indicated otherwise, Niall-Quinn is not the manufacturer or direct seller of the products that are listed on this site. Actual product packaging and materials may contain more and different information than what is shown on our website. We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented on our website. Please read the information provided directly by the retailer you make your purchasde from and please always read labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming the product.
Pricing - All information shown is brought to you via Niall-Quinn services that are frequently updated. However, it is technically not possible to update information in real-time, therefore the product prices and other information may have changed since the last update and the price may now be higher or lower. The actual price and shipping cost you would pay, would be as displayed on the retailers website at the time of purchase.
All images displayed on Niall-Quinn are copyright of their respective owners. All rights reserved.


text:
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 23: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial memorial, a tribute to the civil rights leader, is located on the Tidal Basin. The memorial is open to viewing by the public and the official dedication ceremony will take place on August 28. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call)
Copyright © Roll Call Group


text:
This blue and white wedding is so fresh and pretty, I could stare at it all.day.long. I love how it's traditional yet playful, and there's just a hint of whimsy, which, in my opinion, every wedding totally needs. Szarmack Photography captured all the lovely details down to the fun striped ribbon on the bride's bouquet. Want to see more? I don't blame you one bit! Click right here.
Click here for the FULL wedding!
From the Bride... Alex and I got engaged in May 2011. Having met in law school in Tallahassee, Florida, we knew we wanted to be married in northern Florida. The Ribault Club was an easy choice as it was my dream wedding venue. I love the plantation feel and also liked that we were able to get married in a state park and historical destination. We also chose Fort George Island because of its proximity to Jacksonville. I have a lot of out-of-town family and friends, and we wanted it to be easy for them to travel to the wedding. Additionally, Alex is from Atlantic Beach and his family (and grandparents) lives there, so it was nice to have people familiar with the city during the planning process.
Alex was the best groom a girl could ask for and was helpful and involved in every decision. He even thought up a very special and unique idea for our table numbers. During our first year of dating (about a year before we got engaged), we traveled to Germany and Poland together. We both adore traveling, and Alex came up with the idea of taking a "proposal photo" in every city we visited together as a fun memory from our travels. I collected various white frames to hold the photos, and we named each table after the city in the photo. Some of the cities were: Nashville, Gainesville, Krakow, Berlin, Seaside, and Vail. It was actually hard to narrow it down to 11 photos because we had so many more from our travels!
I have always dreamed of planning my wedding day, and knew I wanted to be highly involved in the design and decision-making, so we hired a day-of coordinator at our venue to run the show and make sure everything went smoothly. We were really happy with this decision because while we still felt in charge of the look of our wedding, we didn't have to worry about a thing on the big day! Since we were on a budget, I did a lot of DIY projects for decorations and recruited my wonderful friends and bridesmaids for help! We made sure that all of our details were the same color scheme and style to stay cohesive. We worked really hard to choose vendors that we felt were talented and fit our style, but were affordable because we had to stay on our budget. One way we saved money was by working with the florist to come up with creative options to reuse flowers from the ceremony to the reception. I also found lanterns that I filled and surrounded with candles for some of the table centerpieces. Another way we saved money was by purchasing all of our invitations online, rather than at a stationery shop. We also found our band at a bar in Jacksonville Beach on my birthday. By not hiring a "wedding band" we saved thousands of dollars and had an incredible band that our guests loved.
Finding the looks for ourselves and the wedding party was a cinch! We knew we wanted the groomsmen to wear navy blue and the bridesmaids to wear seersucker dresses in the classic seersucker blue color. I found two lines of bridesmaid dresses that could be made in seersucker and chose the one my bridesmaids liked best. I let them choose the neckline and skirt of the dresses so they'd feel comfortable. We then found a perfectly matching seersucker pattern at The Tie Bar and bought all the bow ties, pocket squares, and ties for our dads and grandfather. Alex also found complementary-colored argyle socks for his groomsmen, while I had my bridesmaids accessorize with pearls to look similar to me.
Wedding Photography: Adam Szarmack of Szarmack Photography / Wedding Venue: The Ribault Club in Fort George Island, Florida / Floral Design: Lynette Self of Rose of Sharon / Wedding Day Coordination: Lorna Meehan + Chrissy Sladek of The Ribault Club / Officiant: Rev. Gabe Goodman / Wedding Cinematography: Pure Life Videos / Catering: Rachel Deremer of The Perfect Pear Catering Co. / Wedding Cake: Angie Roberts of Angie's Cakes / Groom's Cake: Mindy Stover of Stover's Custom Cakes / Ceremony Music: Jordan Mixson + Brittany Maroney / Reception Music: Cloud Nine / Mr. and Mr. Signs, "Eat Cake and Be Married" Bunting, Moss Monogram, Programs, Cocktail & Bathroom Napkin Embossing, Thank You Photo + Outside Table Decor: DIY / Dance Floor + Cake Stand: Beachview Event Rentals & Design / Lighting: Wayne McCoy / Transportation: Tommy Entenza / Wedding Dress: Christos via CC's Boutique / Bridesmaids' Dresses: LulaKate via Bella Bridesmaid / Groomsmen's Tuxedos: Black Tie Formals / Men's Ties, Bow Ties + Pocket Squares: The Tie Bar


text:
Sign In
Blackjack Strategy
never take even money ?
January 2006
actually any exception case
in case of Bj vs dealer A , he have 4/13 chance to draw me
i know i can earn a bit more in long term
but if i m not counting cards , and i m betting
in a way of 400 us then 800 us , and 400 us then 800 us in such way
do u think i still worth to take the full money each time ?
January 2006
If you are not counting,it is almost always best not to take even money.However,certain circumstances can change that.For example-you are playing in a DD game that is dealt face-up.You remember that your last hand was a 4 or 5 card loser/winner to the dealers 4 or 5 card hand. Your current hand,and the cards on the board are OVERWHELMINGLY non-10 cards.Now,without counting,your observation tells you there should be more tens in the deck than normal.Its not a hunch,its an observation.This is one example of the type of
circumstance that dictates you should take even money.
Just because you are not counting doesn't mean you shouldn't be observing.
January 2006
Hmm now you got me thinking...
I forget how it works because they do not offer even money in A.C. but they do in Las Vegas. When playing in Vegas wouldn't be better NEVER to take even money reguardless and place insurance bets based on the count? Using my counting method it says on +3 or better to take insurance.
I forget how insurance payouts work though. You get paid for your insurance bet and your origional bet on the bet circle also right??? So if I take insurance on my blackjack hand and the dealer has bj, then is my bj a push and I just get paid my insurance bet? For some reason I am forgetting how it works in Vegas. Do all blackjacks get paid 3:2 regardless if the dealer has blackjack or is it a push? In A.C. all blackjacks are a push if the dealer turns over blackjack. Braincramp! Help! haha.
stainless steel rat
January 2006
insurance and even money are the same thing.
You bet $10. If you insure a dealer A, and he doesn't have a 10, you lose the $5 and keep playing. If he does have the 10, insurance pays 2:1 so your insurance bet wins $10. But you lose your original bet which means this is a break even (you bet a total of $15, you won $10 on the insurance and lost $10 on your original hand).
When you have a 21 and the dealer has an A up, insurance or even money is the same bet. If you insure your $10 bet for another $5, and the dealer doesn't have the 10, you lose that $5 and then get paid 3:2 on your original 21. 3:2 means you get $15 on your original $10 bet, but you gave up the $5 insurance bet, netting $10, which is "even money".
"even money" is just easier for the dealer to pay off, rather than having to pay off the insurance bet and pushing on the original bet, he just pays you an amount equal to your original bet which saves time.
January 2006
Ok, thanx for the review on insurance/even money.
January 2006
but I always betting 2x1 , bet 100 then 200 ,..
that will be a very great pressure for the opportunity that I will be give up my winning hand
and may be i will lost the 2x1 totally $300 US , seems not worth
January 2006
If you have BlackJack, you cannot lose... only tie. For a $400 bet, you make $20 more if NO EVEN MONEY.
January 2006
i dont mean lost that hand
if the game draw , then i bet the same amount in the next bet
then if it become lost , then i will lost my 2x1 bet
stainless steel rat
January 2006
then don't do that (bet the same on the next hand if the current hand is a push) if it worries you. This is a "cover play" that damages your EV but enhances your longevity in the casino. You have to decide which is more important.
January 2006
Remember this the next time you're tempted to take Even Money: The bigger the bet, the biigger the mistake!
November 2006
If you are playing blackjack where a blackjack pays 3 to 2 than insurance and even money are the same if you have a blackjack and do not count cards or have any knowledge of the cards taking even money cost you an average of 8% for single deck games less for multidecks. Insurance is only a bet on weather or not if the dealer has blackjack and you are not trying to protect your hand when taking insurance. If you are trying to protect your hand you are playing it wrong and will usually lose the insurance bet.
Add a Comment
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Sign In
Apply for Membership
All Discussions
The Hit or Stand Forum
↳ Announcements & Forum Issu
↳ Blackjack Strategy
↳ The Hit or Stand Game
↳ Blackjack Experiences & Fu
Powered by Vanilla


text:
Result Pages:| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
View Results: Sorted by supplier | All matches unsorted
Rockey Trading Co.
Red Hats, headwear, hair
accessories, jewelry, dollar
store, MUCH MUCH More!
See all 5 matches for Soap
R&M Wholesale
Dollar Store Items including
Housewares, Tools, Toys, Gifts
Fash Access., Pet Prods & More
See all 1 matches for Soap
Four Seasons-10,000+items
**Dollar Store & Gen. Merch.**
Party Supplies,Office/School!
See all 33 matches for Soap


text:
One of the many things I love about Thanksgiving and Christmas is the availability of fresh cranberries, those gorgeous red globes of goodness that make turkey SO FUN! I don't really care for turkey, but you dollop some cranberry relish on it, and I'm hooked. Turkey coma here I come!!!
Cranberries are one of the worlds healthiest foods (click here to read why), and they're also a time-honored aid for bladder health. If you are prone to urinary tract infections (UTIs), you've probably taken cranberry supplements or dosed up on cranberry juice since a component of cranberries can help prevent bacteria from "sticking" to the urinary tract walls.
Even if you aren't prone to UTIs, you can still jump on the current availability of cranberries to boost your immune system and prophylactically amp up your bladder health! Purchase several containers of fresh cranberries, wash and dry them, and freeze them for later use. You'll be glad you did… Especially if you feel a UTI coming on.
My recent UTI story:
I haven't had a bladder infection in years… But last week, I knew I was developing one. I constantly had to urinate, and as soon as I was done I felt like I had to go again. I also felt a sensation that's hard to describe… not really PAIN, but rather that "something was up" in my bladder and urethra. (It just felt FUNKY. You know what I mean???)
What I did:
The most important thing I did was to trust my intuition and act FAST. Rather then hem and haw and waste time, I began treating myself EARLY — at home — before getting an "official" UTI diagnosis from my doc.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am not saying to avoid your doc… If you think there's a problem with ANYTHING related to your health, by all means, have a medical professional evaluate and treat you. However, there's an element of personal responsibility and empowerment that I think we can ALL "take back" by creating a FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE using natural home solutions. If your intuition tells you to try a home treatment first, then do it! You've got nothing to lose if your symptoms are mild and if you are otherwise healthy and strong. When trying home remedies, monitor yourself closely and seek medical care if your symptoms don't improve or if they worsen.
The first thing I did was to go to my "natural medicine cabinet" and grab my protective essential oil blend (OnGuard, from doTERRA). This blend is a wonderful way to boost the immune system and halt the "bad guys" (bad bacteria) in their tracks.
Three times per day, for three days, I applied a single drop of OnGuard directly over my bladder region, and then another drop directly over my kidney regions (on my back).
Then I whipped up this cranberry-orange smoothie recipe.
As soon as I realized that a UTI was (likely) in the works, my mind went to cranberries. I didn't have any juice, but I did have a freezer full of frozen cranberries to prepare for Thanksgiving and my family's favorite raw cranberry relish.
I added orange juice for vitamin C and to boost circulation, OnGuard essential oil for antioxidants and immune support, and probiotic-filled non-dairy yogurt to boost the "good bacteria" in my gut. Balancing your gut flora via probiotic-rich food is great for your health in general, but I specifically used yogurt in this UTI-friendly recipe with the possibility in mind that a round of antibiotics might be in my future if my natural remedies didn't work.
Thankfully, they worked!
After three days of applying OnGuard directly over my urinary organs and drinking one serving of this cranberry-orange smoothie each day — plus pumping loads of water through my system — my UTI symptoms disappeared.
In the end, who knows?? Maybe I never had a UTI brewing to begin with… But then again, maybe I did!
Either way, I'm glad I had natural solutions on-hand to help me through the discomfort of bladder pressure and frequent urination. These natural solutions prevented a time-consuming trip to the doctor, and might have prevented a course of gut-busting antibiotics. I've done so much to improve my gut health over the years (via changing my diet and managing my stress), that I choose to avoid antibiotics whenever possible.
Enjoy this immune-boosting cranberry orange smoothie for bladder health!
Dairy-Free Cranberry Orange Smoothie
Makes one serving. Tart and tangy, and a great mid-afternoon pick-me-up!
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup non-dairy yogurt (try my homemade coconut yogurt!)
- 1/2 cup (handful) ice cubes
- 1/2 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 soft, plump Medjool date (pit removed)
- 2 drops OnGuard essential oil blend from doTERRA (if you don't have OnGuard or choose not to use it, substitute 1 tsp finely grated orange zest, a pinch of ground cloves, and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon)
Place all ingredients in a blender. Start on low and then increase speed to high. Serve immediately.
Interested in essential oils?
Want to learn how to use safe and gentle natural supplements?
Click here…
More cranberry recipes from my archives:
Cranberry Studded Paleo (AIP-Friendly) Pancakes
My family's favorite raw cranberry relish (Thanskgiving Recap)
Try my cranberry-orange n'oatmeal (pictured below)! Add dried cranberries, orange zest, and a small spoonful of orange juice concentrate to my N'Oatmeal recipe.
You might also like these women's health posts:
Avoid urinary urgency: Avoid going "just in case!"'
Thanks for reading. Until next time… Shine on!


text:
McLeod Racing is a leading global supplier of clutch kits, clutch components, hydraulic bearings, flywheels, bellhousings and other performance driveline products. McLeod is proud to provide cutting edge products and industry leading service to the world's foremost performance automotive, light truck and racing enthusiasts since 1971.
Product # 564111
McLeod flywheels are designed to have counterweights simply bolted on to accommodate various engine applications. Counter weight sets are the perfect solution for a externally balanced engine. Includes all the supplied...
View Product Details


text:
Some exercises that help strengthen the hips include the single leg hip lift, hip flexion and standing hip abduction. Many hip strengthening exercises, such as lateral walks and hip extensions, involve the use of bands.
To perform a single leg hip lift, lie down on the floor with the legs bent, and raise one foot off the floor. Make sure the knee goes toward the chest, and contract the glutes. Perform this action several times, and then perform it with the other leg.
To perform a hip flexion, grab onto a chair, keep your back straight and bring your knee up in the air. Hold this for a few seconds, and then perform it with the other leg. For a standing hip abduction, keep holding onto the chair, but slightly swing your leg to the side while clenching your muscles.
For those who want to add more resistance to their hip strengthening workouts, the use of bands is perfect. To perform lateral walks, place a band around the ankles, get into a squat position, then shuffle the feet laterally for several repetitions. For hip extensions using a band, keep the band around the ankles while standing straight up, and then slowly move one leg back. Perform several repetitions on each leg.


text:
12 Year-Old Boy Saves & Raises Orphaned Sparrow
Most little kids love puppies and kittens, but this boy from Siberia has a best animal friend you'd never expect: a sparrow. 12 year-old Vadim Veligurov found an orphaned sparrow, minutes after she hatched. She was all alone, exposed and easy prey for many animals, so he took pity on her.
Little did he know, taking care of her would transform into one of the most beautiful friendships we've ever seen.
Vadim found little Abi shortly after she hatched from an egg. She was helpless, but he was there to save her.
Her life hasn't been that of a normal sparrow.
Vadim wanted to raise her until she was old enough to fly away, but she refuses to leave his side.
Friendships like this one make the world go round.
Vadim wanted to release her into the wild when she was old enough to fly, but she refused to leave his side. True friendships are forever, and Abi the sparrow teaches us that.
Read more: http://viralnova.com/12-year-old-orphan-sparrow/


text:
Last spring, The Nation launched its biweekly student movement dispatch. As part of the StudentNation blog, each dispatch hosts first-person updates on youth organizing—from established student unions, to emerging national networks, to ad hoc campaigns that don't yet have a name. For recent dispatches, check out January 27 and February 10. For an archive of earlier editions, see the New Year's dispatch.
Contact email@example.com with any questions, tips or proposals. Edited by James Cersonsky (@cersonsky).
1. As Napolitano Hits Berkeley, Hundreds Mass, Eleven Occupy
On Thursday, February 13, hundreds of students came out to protest University of California President Janet Napolitano at Berkeley during her "listening and learning" tour. The action, organized by the Students of Color Solidarity Coalition, started with a rally at Sproul Plaza, followed by a campus march to receive students who walked out of a meeting with Napolitano in Sutardja Dai Hall. Meanwhile, a group of eleven students occupied the Blum Center to bring visibility to regent Richard Blum, a central figure in selecting Napolitano and pushing for the privatization of the UC system. The SCSC opposes Napolitano's appointment as president on the grounds that she oversaw human rights violations as secretary of homeland security—she created the Secure Communities program, which has terrorized, incarcerated and deported almost 2 million migrants—and because of the undemocratic process through which the regents selected her, not to mention her lack of experience in education policy and administration. The events of February 13 have opened cross-university organizing opportunities and brought national attention to the critics of Napolitano's appointment.
—Students of Color Solidarity Coalition
2. As Michigan Sits on Racial Justice, 1,000 Take the Library


text:
On the Rocks1 season, 16 episodes
From pendants to bracelets, watches to rings, jewelry is the ultimate flex. Our favorite stars show off their favorite pieces, talk through the inspiration behind the ice, and reveal the work that went into the big purchases.
Season 1
Fashion & StyleWhether it's the gold Mercedes chain he bought his chauffeur or the Patek watch set to London time, the New Jersey rapper honestly might have it all.
Fashion & StyleJ Balvin says in Colombia he likes to "keep it on the low." But he gives GQ an exclusive look at his awesome necklaces and earrings.
Fashion & StyleThe Atlanta rapper runs through almost an half-million dollars' worth of pendants, rings, and chains—and that's just the pieces he hasn't lost
Fashion & StyleThe Harlem rapper shows us his 10 favorite pieces, including a chain that says, "You fuck with the bull you get the horns."
Fashion & StyleThe producer tours GQ through his personal collection of pendants, bracelets, and necklaces—some inspired by Migos, others by emoji.
Fashion & StyleYou truly won't believe some of the pieces the rapper has in his collection.
Fashion & StyleIn this episode of On the Rocks, the Houston Rockets superstar shows off his best pieces, laments a lost Rolex, and talks about shady fake jewelry.
Celebrities"If you're a rapper, you gotta have a chain, you know what I'm saying?"
Fashion & Style"I get the best stones, definitely the best stones."
Fashion & StyleFrom a custom Yankee Stadium chain to his disco ball/snow-cone ring, the rapper is ready for the jewelry big leagues.
Fashion & StyleYou've never seen watches like these ones before.
Fashion & Style"You asked for the King of Jewelry? You got the King."
Fashion & StyleBut that won't stop them from buying more. Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee walk GQ through their favorite chains, bracelets, and rings.
Fashion & StyleThe "Gucci Gang" rapper shares his collection of ice with GQ.
Fashion & StylePlus the rest of the SoCal rapper's crazy jewelry collection.
Fashion & StyleThe brashest third of Migos shows off his jewelry, from his busted-down glasses to his bold Crash Bandicoot piece, proving that no one can compete with the Atlanta rapper's collection.