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Once upon a time, the Texans were a good team, and Andre Johnson was a valuable part thereof.
"We suck," Johnson said, via Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com. After a pause, he added: "As an offense. That's pretty much it."
It's actually beyond that, as the Texans have lost nine straight, including today's embarrassing 13-6 decision to the Jaguars.
That had Johnson dispensing brutal truth afterward, when asked if this one made them the worst team in the league.
"I think our record shows it," he said. "Yeah, if you look at our record, yeah, we're the worst team."
That kind of play has Texans fans apoplectic, but Johnson said they deserve to hear it.
"You're not going to play perfect every single game, but I mean, it's been bad, you know?" Johnson said. "They were booing us last week. They booed us before. I said it before, if we're not putting good stuff on the field, we ain't giving them nothing to cheer about. They booed. They should boo."


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UPDATE: Mickey D's earnings are out.
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The fast-food giant reported earnings of $1.38 per share and $6.95 billion in revenues, both above Wall Street estimates.
The company also reported global comp sales up 0.1 percent in Q4. Analysts were looking for a 0.3 percent decline.
While the main numbers look pretty good, McDonald's also noted that it sees top and bottom line growth remaining pressured going forward and that it expects January same-store sales growth to be negative.
The stock is unchanged from yesterday's close in pre-market trading.
Below is the full text from the release:
OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's Corporation today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, reflecting higher revenues, operating income and earnings per share compared with the prior year.
"Throughout 2012 we concentrated our efforts behind the global priorities that represent our greatest opportunities under the Plan to Win — optimizing our menu, modernizing the customer experience and broadening accessibility to our Brand," said McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Don Thompson. "McDonald's continued to grow by remaining focused on what matters most to our customers, although our results reflect the impact of the challenging global operating, economic and competitive environment. Our overall performance is a testament to the underlying strength of our business and our dedicated System of franchisees, suppliers and employees who continue to drive toward our mission to become our customers' favorite place and way to eat and drink."
Full year 2012 highlights included:
- Global comparable sales increased 3.1%, with the U.S. up 3.3%, Europe up 2.4% and Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) up 1.4%
- Consolidated revenues up 2% (5% in constant currencies)
- Consolidated operating income increase of 1% (4% in constant currencies), with the U.S. up 2%, Europe down 1% (up 6% in constant currencies) and APMEA up 3% (3% in constant currencies)
- Diluted earnings per share of $5.36, up 2% (5% in constant currencies)
- Returned $5.5 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases
Fourth Quarter highlights included:
- Global comparable sales increased 0.1%
- Consolidated revenues increased 2% (2% in constant currencies)
- Consolidated operating income increase of 4% (4% in constant currencies)
- Diluted earnings per share of $1.38, up 4% (5% in constant currencies)
McDonald's U.S. generated positive comparable sales and operating income results for the year despite ongoing economic and competitive pressures. Fourth quarter comparable sales increased 0.3% and operating income was relatively flat against strong prior year results. During the quarter, the U.S. focused on enhancing its value leadership position by balancing strong everyday value messaging with affordable and compelling premium menu options.
For the year, Europe delivered comparable sales and constant currency operating income growth despite ongoing economic uncertainty throughout the segment. During the fourth quarter, Europe's operating income rose 5% (up 7% in constant currencies) while comparable sales were down 0.6% due to negative comparable guest counts and strong prior year performance. The U.K. and Russia were key contributors to the segment's operating income performance for both periods. Emphasis on unique promotional food events, expanded value offerings and restaurant reimaging continued to provide an appealing customer experience and supported the segment's results.
For the year, APMEA generated positive comparable sales and operating income growth. APMEA's fourth quarter comparable sales declined 1.7% and operating income was flat (down 1% in constant currencies) against strong prior year results. Positive quarterly sales and operating results in Australia were more than offset by ongoing weakness in Japan and other markets. Throughout APMEA, consumers continued to respond to the segment's compelling value platforms, great tasting premium menu selections and relevant convenience.
Don Thompson continued, "As we begin the new year, our average annual long-term targets in constant currency remain intact: Systemwide sales growth of 3% to 5%, operating income growth of 6% to 7%, and return on incremental invested capital in the high teens. We believe these targets remain realistic and sustainable for a company of our size and maturity. In 2013, we plan to invest about $3.2 billion of capital to open between 1,500 - 1,600 new McDonald's restaurants and to reinvest in our existing locations, including reimaging more than 1,600 locations worldwide. We are confident that now is an opportune time to invest in our restaurant portfolio in ways that will yield value for all stakeholders in the future."
Don Thompson concluded, "Moving forward, we remain focused on seizing the long-term opportunities in the global marketplace by leveraging our competitive advantages. We have a brand advantage in convenience, menu variety and value, a resilient business model, and the experience and alignment throughout the McDonald's System to navigate the current environment. For the near-term we expect top and bottom-line growth to remain pressured, with January's global comparable sales expected to be negative."
ORIGINAL: Minutes away from the release of the McDonald's fourth quarter earnings report, due out at 7:58 AM ET.
Analysts expect the fast-food giant to report earnings of $1.33 per share, down from $1.43 per share in the previous quarter.
Fourth-quarter sales are expected to come in at $6.898 billion, down from $7.152 billion in Q3.
In an earnings preview, Morgan Stanley analysts John Glass and Sushama Dasari write:
We're not wild-eyed optimists, but do think we're edging closer to an inflection point. Much like the last two Qs, the 4Q will have its challenges, including possible neg comps and commensurate margin pressure. However, with this Q and likely Jan comp outlook, we are now closer to the last known bad data points (Feb & Mar facing ~7.5% compares globally); then comparisons progressively ease, setting the stage for potential accelerated sales momentum. MCD still faces material challenges and must prove its new value efforts here and in Europe work, but the risk reward is becoming more positive.
Glass and Dasari have an "Equal-Weight" rating on the stock.
Deutsche Bank analysts Jason West and Justin Marshall raised their price target on McDonald's shares last week ahead of earnings to $101.00 from $91.76.
The analysts, who have a "Buy" rating on the stock, wrote:
We believe MCD's absolute and relative performance will improve in 2013. Big Mac faced a "perfect storm" of headwinds in 2012, many of which are unlikely to repeat. These included a significant (and planned) step-up in G&A spend, an ~18c f/x headwind, limited new product intros in the US, and a broad-based retrenchment in consumer spending (globally) against difficult SSS compares. While it's never easy sledding in fast food, we believe MCD's EPS growth is posted to accelerate starting in 2Q as SSS, G&A, and f/x compares improve simultaneously. Buy.
Oppenheimer analysts Brian Bittner and Michael Tamas are not quite as optimistic. In an earnings preview, they write:
4Q12 results and the "tough" data points we envision through 1Q13 are unlikely to coat MCD with the secret sauce needed for material stock appreciation. The consensus "buy" argument is based on easing comparisons that begin in 2Q13. We agree with the logic, but '13 estimates still lack identifiable catalysts for upside, in our view. Even as sales laps will ease, concerning headwinds such as margin pressures, limited sales slack and lack of major share drivers remain a constraint to earnings growth. We will re-evaluate our thesis if probability and conviction for earnings upside improve in 2H13, but for now we remain confident in our "Perform" rating.
We will have the full release at 7:58 AM ET. Click here to refresh for LIVE updates >
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Total Savings: $341,149,000 as identified by the client.
Over the course of a six-year engagement at a manufacturing Fortune 500 company, ROI member consultants worked on a number of projects. At the end of the engagement, the company calculated bottom-line contributions of these projects. A matrix was generated to show these projects, the cost savings, and the technique used to capture the savings.
This matrix has been re-coded to hide the actual project and department names to protect our client. Projects are listed across the top by department while the left side lists the targeted areas for improvement. The intersection of the rows and columns shows which targeted areas were impacted by each project. The methodologies used to complete the projects are shown on the bottom.
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Lately, I've been getting a lot of mail from semi-professional and aspiring cartoonists, in which the same plea for more detailed scam on the avaricious art of selling advertising cartoons is repeated — over and over.Although I've pretty well switched completely into the humor-writing field, I still have plenty of cartoony blood oozing through my veins — and I am greatly interested in seeing a lot of potentially successful ad-cartoonists make the grade. Especially since there is about 10 times the money and a thousand times the chance of making instant sales in the fascinating business of supplying fresh ad cartoons to businessmen, commercial houses and general industry — all of whom are ready and eager to fling money at the cartoonist who can offer them exactly the right advertising artwork they need for their products and services.
What is an Advertising Cartoon?
Any drawing in which either the cartoon or the gag line carries a commercial message — and the best kind slathers a commercial message in both gag line copy and in the picture.
Must I Work Through an Agency?
Hell, no. When you sell ad cartoons you are your own agency, in a sense. Although there is a lot of very nice gold to be gotten by accepting ad cartoon assignments from agencies, the easiest (and, in my opinion, the best) way is to simply contact your own clients, sell them on your ideas for drawing public attention to their service or product — and collect your own fee.
Must I be Liscensed?
Yes, if you plan to set up a regular ad cartoon service and operate as fully as any other type of advertising agency. In most cities and towns this license fee rarely amounts to much more than a standard 25 dollar commercial selling permit and having it is more than worth the cost. Possession of the license keeps the Merchants Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the other local associations very happy with you. It may also pave your way into businessmen's luncheons, etc. and you will want all the recognition and acceptance you can get. Leave rebellion of convention to the starving magazine freelancers.
Should I Advertise My Service?
If you think it will help — but there has never been a more successful method of getting clients than by going out and cornering them, in person, with cartoons or a sketch pad in your hot little hand. Men who cannot draw look upon artists with a strange admiration. You impress them and — if you can impress them favorably — you've got the campaign half-won. The other, remaining half is providing material that will please the client.
Should I Have a Phone?
Yes, if at all possible. You'll find yourself getting a lot more repeat orders if your clients can easily contact you. Contrary to freelance magazine cartoonists' thinking, few of today's buyers like to bother writing letters.
How Much Should I Ask?
Well, that should hang upon the outfit that is buying your work, how much they're buying and how often they will be buying it. A good, safe base rate for a straight line cartoon without tone is $10. If you have developed your style to the point where your magazine sales prove you to be a real pro, I'd make my base rate $20. Remember, there's more money floating around in the advertising field than there is to be had in the entertainment-cartooning (if there is such a thing since cartoons in magazines are indirectly there for the advertisers) field. I think $10 should be absolute minimum, even if your client has a small business. This is 1957, not 1931.
Should I Have Letterhead Statements?
Definitely. It not only looks more businesslike (something in which your clients believe and will, therefore, judge you upon), it tends to help the client remember you. And that's important.
What if I'm Not a Very Talkative-Type Guy?
You don't have to be. If you've studied your client's business before approaching him and have gotten some real punch in your samples, you can be a deaf-mute and still make plenty of good sales: The ad cartoon should be good enough, in its own right, to make the sale. Contrary to most conceptions of salesmanship, you aren't selling yourself. You're offering the opportunity for a client to purchase a hot idea, conveyed in an unbeatable medium, for the right price. Never succumb to the notion your client is doing you a favor. Quite the opposite. Idea men are actually rare. Which is why they are so sought after. You're doing the favor — even if you do expect to be paid for doing it. Great business, eh?
Should I Charge Extra for Redraws?
That's entirely up to you. In some cases, it's better business to redraw without extra charge. In others, you'll lose money without charging additional for any changes in the artwork. You'll just have to learn how to tell the difference by gaining your own experience. And don't let a few mistakes or failures worry you: If I had one cent for every job I've goofed, I'd be a very rich pinhead. Remember this: The more you give for the price charged, the more clients you'll have.
Do I Need Fancy Paper and Supplies?
No. You can successfully sell ad cartoons on the very same type of 20 pound bond paper used in doing magazine cartoons. Stay away from impressive matt jobs. A cartoon looks better the simpler it's drawn and presented. You'll make much more profit (in most cases) if you stay out of the color bit, too.
How Do I Start?
You pick up a phone directory, pick 10 potential clients, study their ads, make some fine, slanted, commercial-type gags, draw 'em up cleanly, carefully, put on your hat and ... Do it!


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Experts Debate Cleansing Blood
The giants of America's blood-banking world, along with the makers of medical devices and federal regulators, convened Wednesday at the National Institutes of Health for a workshop on cleaning blood of HIV, hepatitis C and a host of viruses, bacteria and parasites. The meeting comes on the heels of an announcement by Florida Blood Services that HIV-positive blood went undetected and infected two transfusion recipients.
Since 1999, American blood banks using highly sensitive nucleic acid have tested for HIV in donated blood, cutting the transfusion transmission risk to just 1 in 2 million. The procedure works very well except when a donor gives blood up to ten days after becoming infected, as is believed to have happened in the Florida Blood Services case. Within that window there may not be enough virus in the sample for the test to detect.
Over 100 deaths and hundreds of illnesses each year stem from transfusions due to a wide array of bacteria, from staphylococcus to streptococcus. Most susceptible are platelets, the blood's clotting agent. Unlike other blood products, which are chilled or frozen, platelets must be stored at room temperature, allowing bacteria to grow.
"This is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality from blood transfusion, way more than HIV, way more than hepatitis, way more than anything you've heard of," said Dr. Rosalyn Yomtovian, director of the blood bank and transfusion medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Experts are turning to a new procedure called pathogen inactivation. The process works by infusing blood products with chemicals that make pathogens vulnerable to destruction. The goal is not to filter the blood, but to destroy the DNA of any bugs in it, rendering them inert.
Experts from the United States, Europe and Canada, however, have misgivings about pathogen inactivation. Cleansing could double or triple blood processing costs. Also, the treatment damages blood cells, meaning more blood would have to be collected. And it will take years of testing to determine the procedure's safety.
Cerus Corp.-Baxter Healthcare has cleared the first of several regulatory hurdles for approval of its Helix pathogen inactivation system in the European Union. And three companies have submitted early test results to the FDA. FDA licensing of one system or another will likely lead to its becoming the de facto standard of care.


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In the Wudang Mountains this particular uniform is handmade and custom tailored from devoted Taoists living in the high mountain peaks. Fair Service! Support the Taoists in the Wudang Mountains with every purchase.
100% Natural linen blend material without chemical coloring!
- This product includes shirt and pants.
- Pants are with elastics on the bottoms.
- Colors may vary due to different monitor calibration.


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APX7500 P25 Multi-Band Mobile Two-Way Radio
The APX7500 multi-band radio delivers instant interoperability into the hands of mission critical first responders. Motorola's fourth generation P25 mobile radio is capable of multi-band interoperability and can operate in any two of the following frequency bands (700/800 MHz ,VHF, UHF Range 1, and UHF Range 2). It provides backwards and forwards compatibility (FDMA and TDMA) and integrated GPS for outdoor location tracking. The APX7500 offers a complete control head portfolio with 5 options, giving users the flexibility to choose the control head that best meets their operational needs. Designed with mission critical technology, the radio amplifies public safety officials' ability to keep the community safer than ever before.
Due to the FCC Narrowbanding mandate in the United States, product specifications and brochures for Motorola Solutions two-way radio products may indicate 25 kHz/12.5 kHz analog/digital operation which may not be the standard mode of operation at the time of shipment after Jan. 1st 2013.
Intelligent Lighting
Uses color alerts to notify you of the radio mode, potential emergencies and specific events.
Radio Profiles
Configure radios to adjust audio level, lighting and tones through user-selected or automated options. Whether on surveillance or working in bright sunlight, you can customize settings as needed.
Text Messaging
Offers a free form or canned messaging solution so you can efficiently and discreetly send and receive messages to and from subscribers or dispatch operators.
Unified Call List
Consolidates all call lists to make all information about a particular contact easily accessible.
Voice Announcement
Navigate through channels/talkgroups and zones while an audible, pre-recorded voice file provides a description of the selected channel or zone.
P25 Phase 2 Capbale
Provides twice the voice capacity so you can add more users to your system without adding frequencies or infrastructure.
GPS Location
With its integrated GPS receiver, the outdoor location of a vehicle can be transmitted to map-based location software.
Multi-Band Operation
Multiple frequency bands supported with best-in-class transceiver specifications and performance.
Seamless Scan
Scan multiple protocols, including FDMA and TDMA systems and multiple RF bands.
Equipped with FIPS certified encryption hardware for secure communications.
Expansion Slot
Add option cards and data applications to upgrade to the latest functionality.
Expandable memory slot lets you store future data applications. Increased memory is available as your technology needs grow.
Frequency Band: VHF, UHF, 700 MHz, 800 MHz
Frequency Range:
700/800 (764-870 MHz)
VHF (136-174 MHz)
UHF R1 (380-470 MHz)
Power Levels:
10-35 watts/700/800 MHz
25-110 watts/VHF
25-110 watts/UHF R1
Encryption: Yes
Encryption Type / Algorithms: AES, DES, DES-XL, DES-OFB, Advanced Digital Privacy (ADP)
Channel Spacing: 6.25, 12.5, 25
Configurations: Consolette
Dimensions (H x W x D): 2.0" x 7.0" x 9.6"
Weight: 7 lbs
Display: Alphanumeric
Keypad: Yes
Channels: 1250
Integrated Voice and Data: Yes
Text Messaging Capable: Yes
Advanced Software Features: Over the Air Programming (OTAP), Over the Air Rekeying (OTAR)
Digital Technology: Yes
System Type: Conventional, SmartZone trunking, SMARTNET trunking


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Signs & Signage
44 Jamaica Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 0AF
Tel: 0151 707 2737
Fax: 0151 707 2737
About Us:
A B Screenprint have been National Supplier of P.O.S. to the pub trade for over 10 years. We pride ourselves on quick turn around and fast distribution. Our printed medias such as full colour digital Banners & Posters are suitable for external & internal use, all at very competitave prices e.g. A2 Full colour digital Poster Ł7.00 A1 Full colour digital Poster Ł13.00 A0 Full colour digital Poster Ł26.00 2' x 10' full colour digital banner Ł65.00 3' x 10' full colour digital banner Ł100.00 Basic poster / banner Design only Ł25.00 Posters, Banners, Flyers, Window Graphics, Stickers, Correx Boards are made to any size to suit your needs.
What We Offer:
Posters, Banners, Flyers, A Boards, Window Graphics, Stickers, Double Sided Correx Boards, Signs, Menus, A Full Design & Proofing Service, Customers can visit our web site, enquire on line, over the telephone, via fax or in person.
Contact name:
Kevin Baker
Akro Ltd
85 Gregory Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7DF
Tel: 01638 712522
Fax: 01638 712769
About Us:
Akro Catering Equipment & Hygiene Supplies is one of the most respected catering equipment & janitorial supplies distributors in the UK. We provide fast, reliable and professional service to all our customers. We have grown into one of the largest suppliers of equipment online by giving not only the products our customers require but the hands-on technical advice when needed. We provide key products from major brands to form core ranges that appeal directly to the licensed trade, catering and hospitality sectors. Akro has many years experience within these markets and has identified product ranges that give an even better cleaning performance.
What We Offer:
Akro offers a complete range of products ranging from equipment, chemicals, furniture, and a complete line of paper products, whether you're in a catering, healthcare, industrial or a janitorial environment. The range guarantees to meet the tasks and is high quality so that it will do the job to the right specification, minimizing cost and maximizing performance. Our services include: Sales. Consulancy. Design. Support.
Contact name:
Kelvin Phillips
Alliance Online
Alliance House, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 8UY
Tel: 0844 499 5400
Fax: 0844 844 0400
About Us:
Alliance is one of the leading suppliers of non-food
catering equipment
and catering disposables in the UK. Our customers include hotels, pubs, health and leisure clubs, care homes, restaurants and catering establishments of all shapes and sizes from major national hotel chains to small high street cafes. We have our own national fleet of delivery vehicles and 8 depots across the UK.
What We Offer:
Over 20,000 products on offer including a comprehensive selection of catering equipment, catering disposables, paper hygiene, cleaning materials and chemicals, guest supplies, janitorial equipment, crockery and glassware products. All items are available to buy online and a free catalogue is available on request.
Contact name:
Customer Service
Art Department
Pentagon House, London Road, NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire NG2 3AX
Tel: 0115 986 5386
Fax: 0115 986 2500
About Us:
Established for over 20 years, The Art Department supply a wide variety of imaging and display products from our base in central Nottingham.
What We Offer:
Items include banners, building wraps, general signing for interior and exterior use and wallcoverings - in particular digital wallpaper, a revolutionary state of the art design concept.
Contact name:
BHMA Limited
Unit 1, Greenham Park, Common Road, Witchford, Cambridgeshire CB6 2HF
Tel: 01353 665141
Fax: 01353 665253
About Us:
BHMA was established in 1991 and exists today because are passionate about giving our customers the service they deserve. We listen to our customers, providing them with service and products which in turn benefit their businesses as well. Our customers include major breweries, pub operating companies, leisure companies, fast food chains, restaurants chains, bars, clubs, hotels, supermarket chains and of course the newly starting 'sole trader' or partnership too. We hold a stock of most items, and also have a comprehensive chain of suppliers worldwide, which allows us to deliver almost anything in any quantity within days. Personalisation is available too. This includes, sign writing, chalkboard art, screen printing, and laser cut vinyl lettering.
What We Offer:
Marketing Store: 3D Lettering for Signs, A-Boards & Pavement Boards, Acrylic Menu & Leaflet Holders, Banners, Flags & Pop Ups, Barriers and Queuing Systems, Beer & Wine Display Fridges, Blackboard Writing Tools, Chalkboards & Blackboards, Drywipe Notice & Peg Boards, Exhibition Panels, External Signs, Hotel & Guest House Products, Illuminated Menu Cases, Information Stands, Key Fobs, LED Signs, Menu Covers & Wine Lists, Menu Holders, Merchandising Equipment, Notice Board Accessories, Placemats & Coasters, Poster Frames, Reserved Table Signs, Signs & Notices, Table Numbers. Print Store: Business Card Templates, Compliment Slip Templates, Empty Belly Posters, Full Colour Printed Banners / Foamex Signs / Posters / Correx Signs, Personalised Flyers & Letterheads, Seasonal Posters.
Contact name:
Patrick Huggins,Nikki Slade,Steph Dack or her team
Cater Equipment
Casseva House, 4 Withdean Court Avenue, Brighton, Sussex (East) BN1 6YF
Tel: 0845 8385308
About Us:
Cater Equipment are a National Catering Equipment Supplier. The services are offered to the whole Food Service Industry including restaurants, pubs, hotels, cafes and canteens. Cater Equipment offer supply only or full project management including procurement, design and installation. Service contracts are also on offer for new and used catering equipment. We offer the UK's widest variety of new and used catering equipment at excellent rates. Some of the major product lines have up to 75% discount from published list prices.
What We Offer:
We offer new and used catering equipment, commercial refrigeration, commercial dishwashers, glasswashers and barware from major brand names and budget lines. We have huge stocks of both new and used equipment and offer free next day deliveryon all orders over Ł30. We will not be beaten on price and offer our price match promise guarantee, where we will beat any published price by 5%.
Contact name:
Karl Joseph
Clikframes Limited
8 Alder Close, Devon TQ12 4TJ
Tel: 08450577847
Fax: 08450577846
About Us:
We have been supplying into the Pub, Restaurant, Hotel and POS industry for 3years and have extensive experience in the industry. We are constantly looking to provide new products for our clients and will also work with you to design items specifically for you if required. Some of our clients include Greene King, Hilton Hotels and British Airways to name a few. We have worked in the hospitality industry for over 8 years and have a very good relationship with all of our manufacturing partners.
What We Offer:
A Boards, Chalkboards, Menu Cases, Menu Holders, Poster Frames, Snapframes, Chalkpens, Stainless Steel Cases, Brass Cases, Aluminium Cases, Drywipe Whiteboard, Felt Noticeboards, Cork Noticeboards, Lockers, Acrylic displays, Printed Banners, Cafe Banner Systems, Signage, LED displays, Freestanding Displays, Wall Mounted Displays, Leaflet Dispensers, Menu Holders, Tabletop Displays, Chrome Snapframes, Black Snapframes, Wooden Poster Holders, Pavement Boards, Bespoke Items, Printed Items
Contact name:
Robin Griffin
Display Developments Ltd
Trim House, Church Manorway, Erith, Kent DA8 1EX
Tel: 07802 267342
About Us:
DISPLAYLINES was established in 1987 and continues to specialise in the design, manufacture and distribution of Advertising & Information Display equipment. Considerable experience has been acquired in presentation and display of leaflets, brochures and posters. Our stockholding allows speedy turnaround of orders. Customisation does however take a little longer. Please visit our website to see our range and to place orders. Alternatively please call us and our catalogue will be sent.
What We Offer:
Leaflet Dispensers, Sign & Poster Holders, Sign Holders, Card Holders, Suggestion / Comment Boxes.
Contact name:
Malcolm Chester
Global Foodservice Equipment
104-108 School Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire RG31 5AX
Tel: 0870 600 4333
Fax: 0870 243 4334
About Us:
Global Foodservice Equipment are a National Supplier of Catering Equipment, Janitorial & Disposables. We are an independent company with values of offering Quality Products,Competative Prices,backed by a team that offer Excellent Service. From experienced Telesales to Field Sales Advisers ensures we offer our clients the best advise and support in the market.
What We Offer:
We offer over 11,000 products lines covering, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, Bar Equipment, Tableservice Equipment, Kitchen Utensils, Heavy Cooking Equipment,Furniture, Disposables & Janitorial. A Free Full Colour 240 page Catalogue. A Full Online Secure Ordering Website with discounts of up to 25% for Online Ordering. State of the Art Technology offering A Virtual Catalogue Online to see everything you require with links to all sections for Online Ordering. Field Sales Assistance Nationally to help you specify the right piece of equipment to do the job. Global Foodservice Equipment truely offer the "One Stop Shop For All Your Non Food Purchases".
Contact name:
Mike McDonald
Unit 3 & 4 Wortley Business Park, Leeds, Yorkshire (West) LS12 4WE
Tel: 0113 2631193
Fax: 0113 3224631
About Us:
Hotelware has been supplying quality Catering Supplies for over 30 years and we are pleased to welcome you to our online store where we are sure you will find your Catering Equipment requirements at very competitive pricing, so there's no need to shop around. Our prices are checked daily against our competitors and our mission is to ensure that our professional catering equipment is the cheapest available. With over 30 years of service to the private and public sectors, Hotelware has earned its reputation for quality and value. We have established excellent relationships with many catering equipment manufacturers and have strong buying power, enabling us to pass big discounts on to you. Just look at our prices and special promotional offers and see for yourself.
What We Offer:
See an identical product priced cheaper elsewhere and we will match it, we will not be beaten on price, and that's guaranteed. LEEDS TRADE COUNTER OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY FROM 9AM UNTIL 5PM Visit our new on-line store with over 18,000 items available same/next day. Our website shows all our stock levels in "real time" and has a fast order facility, and very reliable delivery service by our own employed drivers. We also have special offers on our Facebook Page which are always up to date. You can also follow Hotelware on Twitter!
Unit 7, Kiln Acre Business Centre, Wickham Road, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 7JS
Tel: 01329 282826
Fax: 01329 282824
About Us:
We are Specialist Suppliers of Pictures, Artefacts & themed Bric-a-brac for Public Houses, Bars, Hotels, Restaurants, Leisure Clubs & Offices throughout the U.K. We are very proud to be associated with some of the U.K.'s leading licensed trade operators, designers, architects and also corporate leaders in other market sectors. Our skilled personnel, installation teams and on-site project managers work to exceptionally high standards using the latest computerised technology at our well-equipped workshop & design studio. We continue to supply high quality products at very attractive and competitive prices. These will meet all budgets large or small without compromise on quality, value for money or our reputation for providing high levels of service to all our clients.
What We Offer:
Mussellwhites offer a creative solution to the leisure and commercial industries from concept and design ideas, through to the installation of Pictures, Canvases, Mirrors, promotional display boards, Signwriting, Artefacts, and themed Bric-a-brac from a single resource.
Contact name:
Kent Hartley
Packpro Displays
Noakes Cold Stores, Horsmonden, Kent TN12 8AY
Tel: 01892725344
Fax: 08456448288
About Us:
Packpro Displays supplies display products for Pubs, Clubs, Restaurants, Hotels, Offices & shops. We supply these from our warehouse facility in Kent where we also have full pick and pack facilities for clients who require this service. We can also manufacture and supply bespoke signage and other products that you may require.
What We Offer:
Snapframes, Poster Displays, Menu Cases, Chalkboards, Whiteboards, Banners, Signage, Tabletop Displays, Acrylic Poster Displays, Satellite Poster/Menu Holders, A-Boards, Pavement Signs, Forecourt Signs, Illuminated Cases, Packing Services, Distribution Services, External Signage, External Menu Cases, Stainless Steel Menu Cases, Menu Holders, Barriers and Queuing Systems, Chalkpens, Grooved Letterboards, Grooveboard Push In Letters & Numbers.
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Technology has advanced and the time has come to put up a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA is well on the way to a next generation space telescope but to my horror, they've chosen to call it the James Webb Space Telescope!
"Who the hell is James Webb?" you might ask. Well, he was a lawyer and a bureaucrat. He happened to be the top administrator of NASA through the glory years of Gemini and Apollo, but he was not a scientist.
Is anyone else offended by having a piece of advanced technology named after a bureaucrat? I'm fine with putting his name on a government building, but I think the next generation space telescope should be named after a scientist - perhaps Carl Sagan.
Should we protest?
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I think Sagan is the perfect choice. If you'd like to start a petition, I could possibly help with that.
The Orgasmatron, Blaine?
Wasn't that the device used in the early Jane Fonda movie, "Barbarella"? As I recall, she burned out its circuits --
Especially Lee Marvin and his horse!
Ahhh, the comforting sound of whispering bones creaking with antiquity fills my imagination as you venerable historical giants reminisce...
Yo Mama wears Army boots --
Yes, Arch - let's start a petition, however that is done.
I completely agree with designating it the Sagan Space Telescope.
It does not seem that we are at the stage of a signature collection, but I would be willing sign the petition, when it appears. Actually I would be willing to consider a petition to fund a Mars habitat project, or asteroid mining. I would rather listen to a space, heavy breathing scandal any day.
For all you space freaks out there the latest issue (Dec) of the Smithsonian mag has an interesting article on the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk. It is astounding what this South African has accomplished thus far! And he does it on a shoestring budget that makes the US government and NASA look extremely inefficient when it comes to getting metal into space .
According to Wikipedia (which is never wrong):
Einstein and others considered (quantum entanglement) to be impossible, as it violated the local realist view of causality (Einstein referring to it as "spooky action at a distance")[4] and argued that the accepted formulation of quantum mechanics must therefore be incomplete.
That's arguing the way the creationists do, referring to initial impressions or quotes, and ignoring later changes and discoveries.
In his later years, a different Einstein emerged. The mainstream of physics followed the course of the quantum theory of the mid 1920's. Einstein recognized that this new quantum theory enjoyed remarkable empirical successes, so that it clearly had something very right. However he did not believe that future fundamental physics should be to build upon it. Rather he thought the way ahead was to develop the geometrical approach of general relativity into an all encompassing "unified field theory" within which the results of the new quantum theory would be derived. While he had contributed to its development, Einstein became the most prominent critic of the new quantum theory. (source)


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Nature Notes: Too Much of a Good Thing
We cannot sustain ourselves without oxygen, and we can't exist without nitrogen either, but too much nitrogen, and the balance of nature is seriously out of whack: Think red tide, brown tide, and other algae blooms.
Psychologists and physiologists tell us that there are four primitive drives propelling us through life: food, sleep, reproduction, and shelter. For humans, shelter is protection from rain, snow, cold, high winds, very hot weather, and would-be enemies and attackers. These drives are rooted in our genes; all animal life forms have them, even single-cell animals, the protozoans such as amoebas and paramecia, are driven by these powerful urges. They exist in green plants, too, but much more passively. Plants don't forage for food, they make it, and while plants may not sleep, they often become dormant.
The genes that give rise to and shape these basic needs are made up of DNA and RNA nucleotides, composed of sugar and protein molecules. All life has the ability to reproduce itself. The most microscopic quasi-life forms, such as viruses, use the genes and enzymes of their hosts to reproduce themselves. The blueprints for life are in the arrangements of the proteinaceous nucleotides.
Amino acids are the simplest of proteinaceous materials and amino acids all contain nitrogen atoms. The atmosphere is 78 percent nitrogen gas. Life can't sustain itself on nitrogen gas the way it can on oxygen. We owe our existence to oxygen. We respire it. Plants respire oxygen, too, especially when it is dark and they are not photosynthesizing, or converting carbon dioxide into carbohydrates.
On the other hand we can't exist without the nitrogen atoms, either, but for it to be of any use to us, it first has to be "fixed," i.e. combined with hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon atoms so that we can assimilate it into genes, enzymes, and the other proteinaceous materials.
Too much oxygen is rarely a problem; it makes up about 20 percent of the atmosphere. Too much fixed nitrogen, however, can be a big problem. Salts of nitrogen such as nitrates, a common ingredient in just about all fertilizers, ammonia, which we secrete in our urine, and nitrites, are all important growth inducers. They are converted in one way or another by protoplasmic processes into amino acids, nucleotides, enzymes, hormones, and animal tissue building blocks.
The threshold for potable water is no more than 10 parts of nitrogen in a million parts of water. Modern research is discovering that this level is much too generous, and the drinking water standard for nitrogen compounds will undoubtedly be lowered in the future.
While we animals also make structural tissues such as skin, hair, fur, muscles, flagella, and cilia out of protein, plants synthesize the majority of their structural parts out of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon, turning them into lignin and cellulose (the wood that we burn in our fireplaces, the paper we write on, etc.). However, they need the nitrogen to make genes and enzymes, and for respiration and energy production, just as we do.
Too much of a good thing is not a good thing. While atmospheric nitrogen, N2, is not very soluble in water, the bottom level of the aquatic food chain, the phytoplankton and other microbes, get their nitrogen from organic and inorganic nitrogen compounds reaching the water by various means. Urea from mammals and uric acid from birds — including pets — is one source, atmospheric pollution in the form of nitrogen compounds (nitrogen dioxide, for example) is another. Some of that comes all the way from China, brought here by weather systems moving from west to east. Human septic systems are another source of dissolved nitrogen, and soluble fertilizers used by humans are a fourth source.
Dissolved nitrogen gets to the aquatic system, say Lake Montauk or Georgica Pond, in rain or by way of runoff from roads and lawns or by welling up from the underlying water table, which is the main route for septic system nitrogen contributions. Think of it. There are 7 billion of us and we all urinate several times a day. Much of that goes into the groundwater untreated.
These waste nitrogen compounds, whether they be from the air, the land, or underground, are many times more common than they were, say, 100 years ago. Certain phytoplankton suck it up and go amok. The result is extensive "blooms," such as the reddish one that covered much of the western half of the Peconic Estuary in the late spring and early summer of 2010, no doubt at least partially driven by the runoff and upwelling from the record rainfall that March.
Phytoplankton can divide and double in number once every hour if conditions are right, and it doesn't take two of them to tango. A single one can get the ball rolling downhill and speeding up as it goes. Too much turkey today might give us a stomachache that might last until the next morning. Too much nitrogen in the water will give the Peconics a stomachache that could last for months.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Enabler to join KeyRing in Oldham. This is a zero hours post with a salary of £8.12 per hour.
KeyRing are a not for profit organisation and their aim is to support vulnerable people to live independently. We provide support to over 850+ people across England and Wales, from KeyRing networks to Self-Advocacy.
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The Purpose of this role is to provide support to KeyRing Members in an enabling way so that people take control of their lives and develop, use and share their skills and talents. The role will include supporting people to achieve their aspirations, share their skills and talents, utilise and develop
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Don't mess with folks who wield long, pointy sticks. The U.S. Olympic Committee learned that lesson the hard way after it called an Olympic-themed knitting marathon "denigrating" to real-life athletes. "We believe using the name 'Ravelympics' for a competition that involves an afghan marathon, scarf hockey, and sweater triathlon, among anothers, tends to denigrate the true nature of the Olympic Games," read a cease-and-desist letter to Casey Forbes, co-founder of Ravelry, a knitting-and-crocheting social network with more than 2 million members. "In a sense, it is disrespectful to our country's finest athletes and fails to recognize or appreciate their hard work." The ensuing tempest forced the USOC to recant its statement not just once, but twice in 24 hours.
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Hell hath no fury like a needleworker scorned. In a move straight from the Anonymous playbook, hundreds of knitters took to their keyboards, flooding the USOC's email inbox, attacking the group's Facebook page, and launching thousands of vitriolic missives on Twitter. Some knitters swore to withhold donations to the organization; others demanded a boycott of the Olympics. At least one person, according to the New York Times, tried to organize a "knit-in" at the USOC headquarters in Colorado Springs.
In a move straight from the Anonymous playbook, hundreds of knitters took to their keyboards.
In a move straight from the Anonymous playbook, hundreds of knitters took to their keyboards.
"Will you also be asking organizations such as churches and schools to rename or stop community events such as BBQ Olympics, Fun Olympics, and Math Olympics? Just askin,'" wrote Jessica Fung on Facebook. "I mean some people run, and jump, and swim. Some people knit and purl and bobble. We support the athletes by pushing ourselves to do our best work while they are pushing themselves to do their best work. Now, how is that offensive?" Sandra Lowe Murray asked. "I'll be watching Netflix this summer," said Roanne Farrell.
The USOC couldn't backpedal fast enough. "Rest assured, as an organization that has many passionate knitters, we never intended to make this a personal attack on the knitting community or to suggest that knitters are not supportive of Team U.S.A.," wrote spokesman Patrick Sandusky in a statement on the group's website. "We apologize for any insult and appreciate your support…To show our support of the Ravelry community, we would welcome any handmade items that you would like to create to travel with, and motivate, our team at the 2012 Games."
The knitters were less than amused.
"Wait, you want us to give you presents for insulting us? I don't think so," Melanie Teabird sniffed on Facebook. "I only knit for people who are nice to me," added Natalie Strong.
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New Asus Chromebox Sports Shiny $179 Price
Feb 5, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Asus on Tuesday announced a new Chromebox device priced at just US$179, a full $150 less than the Samsung product that's currently its principal competition.
Powered by either a fourth-generation Celeron 2955U chip or an Intel Core i3, the diminutive Chrome OS device offers integrated Intel HD graphics, 2 GB or 4 GB of DDR3 memory, HDMI and DisplayPort for dual display support and up to 4K playback, and 100 GB of free Google Drive space for two years.
The instant-on Asus Chromebox also comes with high-performance 802.11 b/g/n dual-band wireless, four USB 3.0 ports, 16 GB SSD local storage and an SD card reader. Measuring just 4.88 x 4.88 x 1.65 inches, it's slated to be available in March.
A version available outside North America reportedly will sport an i7 processor.
'You Can Staple It to a Desk'
"This is obviously a dual-headed play," John Blossom, president of Shore Communications, told TechNewsWorld. "Part of the marketing strategy here is to target the smart living room with a unit that is set-top-box sized, 4K video-capable, etc. Yet at same time, it's a full Chrome OS device and fully capable for desktops as well."
Particularly interesting is that the Asus Chromebox is equipped with a Kensington lock, Blossom noted.
"You can staple it to a desk, basically," he explained. "This means it really is a dual-purpose unit for desktop and home entertainment and able to do either cost-effectively."
Another likely use for the device might be in-store kiosks: "If you wanted a high-resolution display, this is an inexpensive, Web-capable way to get high-quality video and also be able to tap Chrome OS' enterprise-oriented features," Blossom suggested.
'A Really Cheap Way to Upgrade'
"The basic question is, how will people react to a Chrome desktop?" Bob O'Donnell, founder and chief analyst at TECHnalysis Research, told TechNewsWorld. "There are very few of them, so it's not just about the product but about the category as a whole."
From a hardware perspective, it's "hard to argue" with the device's $179 price, O'Donnell said. "Of course, you're going to spend almost as much on a monitor, keyboard and mouse to go with it."
Education might be a particularly likely market for the Asus Chromebox, he suggested.
"A lot of schools do have old monitors and keyboards sitting around, so $179 could be a really cheap way to upgrade," O'Donnell explained.
'It Comes Down to Price and Flexibility'
There are so many over-the-top Internet solutions these days that "it's becoming difficult to determine which one is better," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst with Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld.
"You have solutions like Roku that are really Internet OTT set-top boxes for content and select applications; you have smart TVs with many of the features built right into the TV," McGregor explained.
"You have small form factor PCs; entertainment gaming consoles like the XBox One that can do just about everything; Chromecast from Google that links your TV to the Internet through your smartphone; and now Chromebox, which is essentially a Chromebook without the display, keyboard and touchpad."
In many cases, these devices do essentially the same thing with a few minor tweaks, so "choosing one really comes down to what interface you want to use -- your smartphone, an intelligent remote, your game controller or a traditional mouse and keyboard," McGregor suggested.
A hybrid solution that combines the Roku 3 remote with a keyboard and mouse would be "the best of all worlds, but no one offers that yet," he added.
"So, it really comes down to price and flexibility," McGregor concluded. "I think if you really want a cheap alternative to a desktop PC, the Chromebox may be for you, but for an entertainment solution, it is too expensive when you have other solutions under $100."


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Christians Overseas Watchful after bin Laden's Death
- Russ Jones Christian Press
- 2011 6 May
Christians in volatile parts of the world were already under attack before the death of Osama bin Laden. Now organizations and missionaries are on high alert for signs of more attacks and retaliation. Christians are not openly celebrating the end the terrorist mastermind, especially in nations with large Islamic populations. Instead, several organizations have issued warnings to Christians living or working on those areas, urging caution.
Bin Laden's terrorist network has made no secret of its plans to retaliate. Squelching rumors that bin Laden had not actually been killed by US armed forces, al-Qaeda confirmed the death of its leader on Friday. On jihadist Internet sites al-Qaida promised continued attacks on the U.S. and its "agents."
"If the Americans succeeded in killing Osama, that is no shame or disgrace. Are not men and heroes killed but on the battlefields? But can the Americans, with their media, agents, tools, soldiers, and apparatus kill what Sheikh Osama lived and died for? Alas! The sheikh did not found an organisation that lives with his life and dies with his death," wrote the al-Qauda General Command dated May 3.
Further in the statement under the heading 'Blood 'a curse' al-Qauda leaders write, "Based on this understanding, we in al-Qaeda vow to God the Exalted and seek His support to help us go forward on the path of jihad that was trekked by our leaders, headed by Sheikh Osama."
Christians in Pakistan Hide Out
As a precautionary measure, many Christian churches and schools closed when news came of bin Laden's death. Pastors and administrators have since reopened their facilities to continue the various ministries, but some are still hiding out in their homes.
According to UCANews, an Asian Catholic news service, the former head of the Catholic Church in Pakistan issued a statement warning that Pakistani Christians could suffer a backlash after the death of the 9/11 mastermind.
"We are a soft target, as they cannot attack America. We demand security; the government should control any retaliation," Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore said. He was, however, cautiously optimistic that the development could bring peace. "Despite the risk of short-term retaliation against Christians, bin Laden's killing could return balance to the war-torn society of Pakistan," he added.
Just days before bin Laden's death, a Christian seminary in Gujranwala was attacked after accusations surfaced of a defiled Quran found in a Christian cemetery. In response to that assault and as a precaution to possible retaliation following bin Laden's killing, the Pakistan Christian Congress has urged the government of Pakistan to adopt necessary security measures and protections for Christians.
"The Pakistan administration must beef up security of churches, Christian institutions, Christian colonies and life of common Christians after the death of Osama Bin Laden," said Nazir S. Bhatti, president of the Pakistan Christian Congress told the Pakistan Christian Post.
Church leaders in the West have also tried to raise awareness of the danger their fellow believers face.
The World Mission Council, the overseas department for the Church of Scotland, has already received reports from its partners in Pakistan that communities have been under siege, with many unable to leave their homes for fear of reprisals.
Reverend John Chalmers, Principal Clerk of the Church of Scotland, has written to the Bishop of Lahore assuring him of the Church's prayers at this difficult time.
"I write today following this event and other events of recent days to express our solidarity and support for the Church of Pakistan and stand together with you, your congregations and the whole Christian community in Pakistan," said Chambers. "We are aware of your increased vulnerability at this time and are praying for your safety and security. As members of one family, when you are troubled, we too feel your pain."
Fear of Retribution Spread to Africa
Christians in Northern Nigeria, who have recently been targeted in post-election violence, are also braced for reprisals after hundreds of Muslims staged a protest in Kaduna denouncing the killing of bin Laden. Many Christians fled to military barracks and police stations seeking protection.
"Many Christians are fleeing because Muslims in the past have reacted with killing of Christians and the destruction of their properties when there is a problem affecting Muslims somewhere else, explained Reverend Murpala Bambora, pastor of an evangelical church in Kanu. "When there is a problem against the Muslim community elsewhere, they [the Muslims in northern Nigeria] want to retaliate to Christians in [Nigeria]."
Jonathan Racho, regional manager of African and Asia for International Christian Concern, says officials in Nigeria, a country populated almost evenly by Christians and Muslims, spoke with the Christians for hours to convince them it was safe enough for them to return home.
"There are still several Christians remaining in the barracks, choosing not to take any chance until the situation calms down," Racho said. "I'm glad nothing has happened so far, and we hope and pray that there will not be any backlash," Racho said.
As reported by the United Kingdom-based Barnabas Fund, Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, who has written extensively about the Taliban and al-Qaeda, explains, the organization's nature has evolved from "a highly centralized hierarchy - with recruiting, training and orders all scrutinized by its top leaders - to something much more loose and amorphous.
Rashid warns of world-wide revenge attacks by bin Laden followers, in particular suicide attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East.
"The jihad he espoused will not disappear, for it has taken root in far too many fringe groups. Its political ambitions have been curtailed, but at a wider level it is breeding intolerance in some Muslim societies against Christians, Jews and other minority religious groups, and even beliefs within Islam such as the Sufis."
Photos Could Incite Violence
In recent days President Obama has chosen not to make public post-mortem photos of the al-Qaida leader. White House spokesman Jay Carney announced that the president believes the photos might be used as "an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool."
A spokesman for Bible League International, who remains unnamed for his protection, agrees with Mr. Obama's decision.
"I think that it could just stir up more trouble and it could make Osama bin Laden into more of a martyr than he already is," said the Director of Muslim Ministries. "Some have said 'give us proof.' There is a saying, 'your enemies won't believe you anyway.'"
Islamists are already inflamed with bin Laden's killing. The spokesman contends Muslim nations who harbor extremists like Pakistan need little encouragement to persecute Christians. But Bible League International isn't alone in its concern.
Praying for Those Who Hate
While recognizing the human, political and military significance of bin Laden's death, especially for those who have suffered at the hand of al-Qaida's violent acts, Open Doors says it recognizes the biblical call to pray for those who persecute.
For several years Brother Andrew, founder of Open Doors and author of the autobiography "God's Smuggler," has challenged Christians with this question, "Have you prayed for Osama bin Laden today?"
Upon learning of bin Laden's death, Brother Andrew said, "I'm still praying. There are other leaders (of Al-Qaeda) who are even more dangerous. It's a movement. The question we have to answer is: are we revenge-driven or forgiveness-driven? This is a time for honest reflection. God's call is for us to pursue righteousness."
This article published on May 6, 2011; updated on May 9, 2011.
Russ Jones is a twenty-year award winning journalist and correspondent. He is co-publisher of ChristianPress.com and media consultant. Jones holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia and St. Paul School of Theology. As a former NBC TV reporter he enjoys reporting where evangelical Christian faith and news of the day intersect. Jones is a frequent freelance reporter for Crosswalk.com as well as the Christian Broadcasting Network, Total Living Network and American Family Radio. He has also been published in The Washington Times. He may be reached at email@example.com. For more information see russjones.me.


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if the parks and rec can't mow this course any better why even mess with ever getting tee pads put in??the kite flyers need to stay off #8 fairway also. everytime i go up there they are in the way and thats one of the only nice open holes up there. also its said to be more of a family course? how can it be that when the grass is almost taller then my kids. we come out of there with ticks and bug bites everytime.


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With homosexuals now free to serve openly in the U.S. military it didn't take long for a gay officer to climb to the top of the commissioned ranks. Star and Stripes, the Defense Department's semi-official newspaper, proudly reported that the Army has promoted its first homosexual officer to general status. "Army reserve officer Tammy Smith calls her recent promotion to brigadier general exciting and humbling, saying it gives her a chance to be a leader in advancing Army values and excellence," reported the military newspaper. The paper added that the ceremony August 10, at which Smith was officially promoted, "marks an important milestone for gay rights advocates, giving the movement its most senior public military figure. She has already been assigned as deputy chief at the Office of the Chief at the Army Reserve, and spent much of 2011 serving in Afghanistan."
In its report on the story, the Los Angeles Times noted that during Smith's promotion ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, her "proud wife placed a star insignia on her spouse's uniformed shoulder — the official mark of an Army brigadier general." According to the New York Times, Smith, a 26-year Army veteran, married homosexual activist Tracey Hepner in March 2011, after they had dated for nine years. The Times reported that Hepner is the founder of an organization called Military Partners and Families Coalition, which, its website explains, exists to provide "support, resources, education, and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender military partners and their families."
While the Army made Smith unavailable for comment on the singular occasion, in a press release the Defense Department quoted her as explaining her wife's presence by saying that "participating with family in traditional ceremonies such as the promotion is both common and expected of a leader."
Stars and Stripes pointed out that Smith has attempted to downplay her notoriety as the first openly homosexual general in the U.S armed forces. Smith insisted that such a fact is "irrelevant. I don't think I need to be focused on that. What is relevant is upholding Army values and the responsibility this carries."
The irony of that comment is that, up until the dismantling of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) in 2011, homosexual behavior had been considered a violation of the values of America's fighting force since the nation's founding. But the Defense Department has somehow turned homosexuality into a lifestyle worthy of celebration among pockets of the military. For example, as reported by The New American, in June Defense Secretary Leon Panetta released a video thanking homosexual military personnel for their service to the nation — both during and since the repeal of DADT. "As we recognize pride month, I want to personally thank all of our gay and lesbian service members, LGBT civilians and their families for their dedicated service to our country," Panetta said. "Before the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell,' you faithfully served your country with professionalism and courage. And just like your fellow service members, you put your country before yourself. And now after the repeal, you can be proud of serving your country and be proud of who you are in uniform."
In July, as reported by The New American, Panetta followed up that congratulations by allowing military personnel to march in uniform in a San Diego "gay pride parade," an act that is banned by military regulations. After the event U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, fired off a letter to Panetta asking him why he offered a waiver of that prohibition to homosexual personnel, while at the same time allowing a Navy chaplain to be punished for wearing his uniform to a pro-life event, or a Marine for attending a Ron Paul campaign event in his uniform.
"If the Navy can punish a chaplain for participating in a pro-life event or a Marine for participating in a political rally, it stands to reason that the Defense Department should maintain the same standard and preclude service members in uniform from marching in a gay pride parade," Inhofe challenged Panetta.
In a separate statement, Inhofe expressed his concern that the Obama administration "continues to force its liberal social agenda on the military by promoting the homosexual agenda, mandating the use of high-cost green energy initiatives, pursuing abortion rights, and suppressing the free exercise of religious liberties."
Commenting on the Defense Department's double standard, Col. Ron Ray, USMC (Ret.), a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration, noted that there is a "two-hundred-year history of Christian prayer as an edifying and educational foundation for our combat troops. Chaplains are now warned that they cannot pray in Jesus' name, and combat leaders are instructed not to pray with their troops." By contrast, said Ray, "there is a two month history of open homosexual political activity in the military, and senior Pentagon officials are calling this grand social experiment 'participating with family in traditional ceremonies.' Soldiers in uniform continue to be officially banned from political activity, but the standards appear to change based on whether we are talking about sodomy or religious liberty."


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SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 15, 2003 – New Mexico Tech's first ever endowed professorships have been established at the research university in memory of the late Patrick Kirpatrick Orr, a computer science professor who taught at Tech in the late-1970s and early 1980s.
The Dr. Patrick Kirpatrick Orr Memorial Endowed Professorships in Computer Science were made possible by a gift of $500,000 from New Mexico Tech alumna Susan Packard Orr, and her husband, Dr. Franklin M. Orr, Jr., in conjunction with the university's recently completed Commitment to Excellence capital campaign.
After having been fully funded with matching state funds, income generated from the memorial endowment will now be used to enhance salaries of New Mexico Tech faculty members named to serve as Orr Memorial Endowed Professors.
Even though they share the same last name, the benefactors of the new endowment are not related to the late New Mexico Tech computer science professor, although Susan Packard Orr was a student at Tech during the time Professor Orr was teaching at the university. She was an acquaintance of Orr's and took several graduate-level courses from him just prior to his untimely death in early September 1981.
"Dr. Orr was totally committed to his role as a teacher," Packard Orr relates. "Not only did he make great contributions to learning in his classroom, but he was always available in his office to answer questions or discuss ideas."
Packard Orr describes Orr, who was a popular professor with many New Mexico Tech students of that era, as being "a very dynamic and energetic teacher" who often liberally seasoned his lectures with healthy dosages of humor.
"His classes were always fun, not only because of his teaching technique, but because he always gave us hard problems and challenged us to think," Packard Orr says. "His take-home exams were killers, and, to my knowledge, no one ever got a perfect score on them. He loved to put in impossible questions on his exams, and, in testament to his teaching skills, the students loved to try to solve them."
Packard Orr calls to mind that there were often friendly competitions waged among Orr's students to see who might finally be able to attain that 100 percent mark on those infamous exams.
"At one point, I managed to solve one those tough problems he often threw in, and he was as excited about that as I was," Packard Orr recalls. "But, I still didn't get that perfect score since I missed one of the easier problems. . . . It's amazing that to this day I still remember both problems."
"Patrick Orr was a very bright, very energetic young faculty member, who was very popular with the students," relates Tom Nartker, a fellow computer science professor at New Mexico Tech during Orr's tenure and chairman of the computer science department at the time. "He — along with Professor Al Stavely and myself — was largely responsible for contributing new courses and upgrading the undergraduate curriculum. We were doing an advanced type of education at that time, doing courses that would only be attempted as graduate courses elsewhere."
"During my days at New Mexico Tech, I fell in love with the topic of computer science," Packard Orr says. "While Patrick was still alive, I took most of my classes from him. When he died, I really felt that everything I knew about the subject, I had learned from him. . . . It was a terrible blow to lose him."
According to local newspaper accounts, Patrick K. Orr died in an Albuquerque hospital three days after he collapsed while riding his bicycle south of Socorro, on his way back from having lunch in San Antonio.
After Orr's death, Packard Orr continued on with her graduate studies at New Mexico Tech and finished up her master of science degree in computer science, "working with some other wonderful professors," she says.
" I learned a tremendous amount during my time at Tech," Packard Orr says. "And, I'm now hoping that this endowment will help the university's computer science department continue to grow and thrive as it teaches future generations of budding computer scientists. . . . I also am pleased to provide a permanent memorial to a great teacher who left us far, far too early."


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Since the QC City Hall is just a walk away, I decided to drop by at the TESDA Office to get some information about the national competency exam scheduled in June. Unfortunately, it was already lunch break so there was no one to talk to.
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Mirova finalizes the closing of its third renewable energy fund, with 350M€ commitment
Mirova, Natixis Asset Management' responsible investment manager, announced the final closing of its renewable energy fund Mirova-Eurofideme 3, with 350M€ commitment, well above its 200M€ initial target.
The fundraising has benefited from support by both existing and new institutional investors from several European countries, including the European Investment Bank which invested 40M€.
Mirova-Eurofideme 3 has already made 8 investments to date for close to 100M€, in partnership with independent power producers and developers, financing more than 300MW of solar, wind and hydro projects across Europe, with France and the Nordics being its key markets.
This is the third investment fund managed by Mirova dedicated to investing in equity in greenfield renewable energy assets in Europe, since the launch of the dedicated Mirova renewable activity in 2002. Its first two funds, Fideme and Eurofideme 2, already contributed to finance more than 700MW of renewable energy assets. Mirova Renewable Energy team received the 2015 award for "Best Green Strategy" at the SIATI Infrastructure Summit at year-end 2015. Mirova-Eurofideme 3 was one of the first infrastructure funds to receive the new "Energy and Ecological Transition for Climate" label promoted by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy since May 2016 to reward investors active in financing the energy and ecological transition. Mirova has also received the LuxFLAG label, for the quality of ESG implementation and reporting to investors.
Raphael Lance, Head of Renewable Energy Funds at Mirova, commented: "We are very proud to strengthen the relationship we have built over time with our existing investors. Reinvesting with us is a true vote of confidence. We are also thrilled that so many renown investors, coming from different geographies and so many different profiles, have decided to entrust Mirova for the first time to deploy their capital in renewable energy projects. We will continue to actively search for the best opportunities in this growing market, leveraging on our network of high quality industrial partners."
Philippe Zaouati, CEO of Mirova, added: "The success of Mirova-Eurofideme 3's fundraising is a positive feedback to our continuous effort to offer to institutional investors solutions which address climate issues and to introduce ESG criteria into diversified asset classes, including green bonds, thematic listed equity strategies, and in particularly sustainable infrastructure, in which assets under management are fast growing, now reaching 1.6 Mds€".
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1 Source: IPE Top 400 Asset Managers 2015 ranked Natixis Asset Management as the 46th largest asset manager based on global assets under management, and by the country of the main headquarters and/or main European domicile, as of 31 December 2014.
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LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump won't be on the ballot in November, but he is shaping up to be at the center of two important campaigns in Nevada as Democrats hope to reclaim the governor's mansion for the first time in 20 years and Republicans work to keep a U.S. Senate seat.
With primary races settled in the battleground state Tuesday, Democrats are betting an anti-Trump backlash will carry them to victory in November and are portraying GOP nominees as boosters of Trump, not Nevada — a state Hillary Clinton won in 2016.
But Nevada Republicans contend that predictions of a "blue wave" are overblown and enthusiasm among their base is strong. They've cast GOP candidates as a guard against California-style liberalism and the potential impeachment of the president.
"They know that I'm the one person standing in the way of their Trump impeachment strategy, tax cut repeals and reinstatement of Obama-era regulations," Nevada GOP Sen. Dean Heller said in a campaign email after his primary win Tuesday night.
His campaign has pointed to efforts of California billionaire Tom Steyer, who is running ads in Nevada and around the country pushing to impeach Trump. Steyer, who is scheduled to hold an impeachment town hall in Reno on Wednesday night, has separately pledged to spend $2 million in Nevada to defeat Heller and state Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the GOP candidate for governor.
Laxalt, who will face Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak, hasn't linked his election to the president but acknowledged in his victory speech Tuesday night that Democrats will make that case.
"They're going to say I'm a puppet for the president. They're already saying that. But Donald Trump did not fail Clark County for decades," he said.
His comments came hours after Trump tweeted his support for Laxalt.
Sisolak, the chairman of a powerful council overseeing the Las Vegas Strip, has repeatedly campaigned on a pledge to stand up to Trump.
The races, which have already started drawing in millions in outside spending, are high stakes battles for both parties.
The governor's race is one of eight targeted in a $20 million effort from the Democratic Governors Association with the hope that governors could improve the party's chances of winning congressional seats. The next governor will have the power to approve or reject Nevada's next congressional maps drawn after the 2020 census —changes that could help set control of Congress for the following decade.
The Senate seat held by Heller is the only one in the country where a GOP incumbent is running in a state that Clinton carried. Democrats face long odds of taking control of the U.S. Senate in November but to do so, they'd need to take Heller's seat while winning elsewhere.
His opponent, U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, calls Heller a "rubber stamp" for the president.
"The outcome of this race could decide the future of everything from Obamacare and Medicare to the Supreme Court," she said in a campaign email to supporters Wednesday.
The swing state was a standout for Democratic victories in 2016 and the party has more registered voters than Republicans.
Democrats are also favored by a historical pattern of the president's party losing seats in a midterm — but they must also contend with turnout rates that tend to lag behind Republicans in non-presidential election years.
Heller, a past critic of Trump, has turned the president into a political ally. Trump, in turn, gifted him a huge favor in March by persuading Heller's main primary challenger to drop out.
The senator estimated Trump's move saved him $3 million to $5 million in campaign funds that he would have had to spend fighting off the challenge. Instead, he's got $5 million ready for the general election battle, according to his most recent fundraising reports.
Rosen, a former computer programmer and synagogue president, reported having about half that amount, though she's been bringing in more money in recent months than Heller. The first-term congresswoman from southern Nevada isn't as well-known as Heller and will have to work to boost her name recognition outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Republicans are likewise well-financed in the governor's race.
Laxalt, the grandson of former U.S. Sen. and Nevada Gov. Paul Laxalt and son of former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, breezed through his primary battle with more than $4 million on hand in his campaign account.
The 39-year-old U.S. Navy lieutenant is backed in his bid for governor by billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson and Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group funded by the wealthy Koch brothers.
Sisolak, meanwhile, spent more than $5 million to overcome a bruising primary against his Clark County Commission colleague Christina Giunchigliani, who pushed him to the left.
Giunchigliani said in her concession speech that she'd work to help Sisolak defeat Laxalt, but pledged to hold the Democrat to the positions he took in the campaign, including a vow to fight the National Rifle Association.
"You think you're progressive? You damn well better be progressive," she said.


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When looking at ways that the Cowboys can solve their salary cap woes without causing too much damage to their chances of winning, it's hard not to turn your attention to right tackle Doug Free.
Free was awful in 2011 as both a run and pass blocker while tying for the lead for the most penalties in the NFL. By the end of the season, he was splitting time with undrafted one-time defensive end Jermey Parnell and the Cowboys didn't suffer at all from his absence. All of that comes with a $7 million salary and a cap hit of a little more than $10 million, a combination of factors that doesn't add up to a guy you'd expect to see back in Dallas.
The Cowboys might not see things the same way. The Dallas Morning News reports that executive vice president Stephen Jones said Wednesday that he "wouldn't rule Doug out" for the 2013 season and that it is "speculative" to suggest that they'd cut Free two years after giving him a four-year, $32 million extension.
There's no trade value to protect, so it's not like Jones is trying to find a buyer for Free's services by feigning interest in keeping him around. That leaves a pay cut, but it would have to be a pretty severe one since it is hard to believe the Cowboys couldn't find someone to do even a little bit better for a fraction of the cost.


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A Florida task force charged with reviewing the state's `Stand Your Ground' law is held its final meeting in Pensacola.
Task force members agreed they want Florida residents to continue having the right to defend themselves against a threat.
The task force was created after the shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin, by Sanford neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder, claiming he was defending himself under the 'Stand Your Ground' law.
One of the men who drafted the original legislation, former State Senator Dr. Durell Peaden, says it does not apply.
"In this case, the shooter did not receive protection under this particular law. They might use other defenses, but certainly under the law that I authored, the shooter should not receive the protection of Stand Your Ground," said Peaden.
The judge will have to determine if the law applies to this case.
Despite the Zimmerman controversy, many task force members believe the majority of the law should remain in tact.
"You do not detain them. They're doing what they're supposed to do as a good citizen. They're stopping a violent act and that's what I want this statute to do at the end of the day," said State Representative Dennis Baxley.
Other recommendations include additional prosecutor training on the law, and new standards for neighborhood watch groups.
The Lieutenant Governor will take the recommendations to Governor Rick Scott.


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After upgrading to Oneiric I want to tweak some Unity settings, but changing anything with CompizConfig Settings Manager has no effect. I tried to relogin or reboot but it didn't help.
In Natty I used only gnome (unity didn't started because of a driver issue).
Also, when I first started ccsm, Ubuntu Unity Plugin was not enabled, which seemed strange to me. I enabled it, resolving some conflicts to make sure that each setting is enabled for Unity and not the conflicting plugin.