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The Hope College Great Performance Series (GPS) is returning for the 2013-14 season with a range of cultural events highlighting the best in dance, music and theatre.
From the unique movements of Ballet X to the sounds of the three-time Grammy winning "eighth blackbird," the series features a range of events suitable for anyone and everyone to experience.
The season will open on Thursday-Friday, Sept. 19-20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre with Ballet X, a Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company that pushes the boundaries of classical ballet by combining experimentation with rigorous technique. "The New York Times" has called the company "especially refreshing."
On Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m., the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble (CALJE) will bring its dynamic sound to Dimnent Memorial Chapel. CALJE incorporates a range of styles, including Argentinean Tango, Dominican Meringue, Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena, and more. "Allaboutjazz.com" has called the 10-piece ensemble, "marvelously entertaining."
A premier piano trio (piano, cello, and violin), Trio Solisti, will perform on Friday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. The classical ensemble was called "the most exciting piano trio in America" by "The New Yorker Magazine," and has drawn praise from various newspapers, including "The New York Times" ("consistently brilliant") and "The Washington Post" ("unrelenting passion and zealous abandon in a transcendent performance").
The second half of the season will open on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel, when the three-time Grammy winning contemporary classical ensemble "eighth blackbird" will perform. The sextet, which won its most recent Grammy this year, aims to convince audiences that contemporary music is not for just a select few. The "L.A. Times" has called the group "super-musicians," while the "BBC, London" reviewed a recent performance by saying that the members of the sextet "play like musicians possessed… they take wing, soaring on an upthrust of precision-tooled virtuosity."
Aquila Theatre will return to the series in February with its unique take on great drama. The company will present Ray Bradbury's own dramatic version of his novel, "Fahrenheit 451," on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and Shakespeare's comedy, "Twelfth Night," on Wednesday, Feb. 19. A favorite of GPS audiences, Aquila Theatre has been called "unmistakable fun" by the "Los Angeles Times," and described as "a classically trained, modernly hip troupe" by "The New York Times." Both performances will be in the Knickerbocker Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
The season will close with upbeat Irish band, Cherish the Ladies, with a Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. performance at the Knickerbocker Theatre. The all-female band has broken stereotypes and become the most sought after Irish-American Celtic ensemble. Combining instrumental performance, vocals and step dancing, the group presents all facets of Irish culture in humorous and entertaining package. "It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn't enjoy what they do," "The Boston Globe" has said.
Season tickets are now available. Season subscriptions are $65 for adults, $50 for senior citizens, and $140 for a family (no matter how many children). The subscriptions are such a savings that they are equivalent to seeing two shows for free. Individual tickets go on sale on Monday, Aug. 26, and are $18 for regular admission, $13 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under.
Tickets are available at the ticket offices in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse (222 Fairbanks Ave.) and the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center (100 E. Eighth St.). Both offices are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
More information about the season may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/gps/.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Jeremy Lin's underdog story has been well documented recently, with the Knicks star rising from relative (or perhaps complete) obscurity to the first name on the minds of NBA fans everywhere in roughly one week of action.
But we're here today to take the heat off of NBA scouts, coaches and executives who missed on Lin coming out of Harvard. All they did was continue a trend started by their college counterparts.
Mark Viera of The New York Times tells an intriguing tale of a player that has embodied the underdog role from the very start, and we're talking about all the way back to his high school days:
The story of Lin's college recruitment illustrates how talent evaluators overlooked his ability even when Lin was young. It is something that was repeated in the professional ranks as he moved from Golden State to Houston to New York, where he has infected Knicks fans with Linsanity, becoming a sensation over five transcendent games.
… All of that would have been hard for some college coaches to have predicted while watching film of Lin as a skinny, average-shooting guard at Palo Alto High School, even though he was a standout for the modest program, leading it to a 32-1 record and an upset of the powerhouse Mater Dei in the 2006 California Division II championship game.
"He was a good student, a good player and, yeah, it's amazing what he was doing," said Steve Donahue, now the coach at Boston College, said in a recent telephone interview. "But he didn't look that athletic and he didn't shoot it all that well. Even after his freshman year at Harvard, you didn't give it a second thought that we made a mistake."
Now we're not suggesting that Lin's surprising rise is cause for a complete restructuring of the scouting process. It's going to take more than one stunner to do that.
But it should be a lesson to college recruiters and NBA scouts alike, to trust more than the measurables when evaluating talent. If nothing else, Lin will make them pause the next time they see a guy that doesn't fit the mold.

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Caroline Ketchum described it as �personal stupidity� � but with erratic electrical power outages in the wake of Monday�s storm, forgetting to turn stoves and other appliances off is not surprising.
Ms. Ketchum, returning around 12:30 p.m. yesterday from walking her dogs, found her kitchen filled with smoke.
When she left her house at 24 Rigby Road around noon, the power had been off all night, and the soup she had been making was half done.
While she moved the pot of soup to a propane stove, there were three lighted candles on an electric stove, which had been on when the power went out Monday night.
When the electricity was restored after she went out, the candles melted and caused a fire that drew fire companies from three towns.
No injuries were reported, and both dogs were safe in a car as firefighters battled the blaze.
Ms. Ketchum, after discovering the fire, ran to a next-door neighbor�s home to call 911.
Firefighters from Clinton, Lancaster and Sterling were on hand. After the fire was out, Ms. Ketchum asked Clinton Fire Chief Richard J. Hart to retrieve her address book from the kitchen, which he did.
Lancaster Deputy Fire Chief Michael J. Hanson said the fire caused smoke and heat damage estimated at more than $100,000 to the two-and-one-half story house.
He said roads in Lancaster that were closed because of the storm resulted in Lancaster engines being detoured through Sterling.
The call came in as an oven fire at 12:32 p.m. yesterday, but when firefighters arrived it was a �well-involved kitchen fire,� Deputy Chief Hanson said.
He said the fire was caused by items on the stove that ignited when the power came back on.
Jennifer L. Mieth, spokeswoman for state Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan, said it is important to turn off all appliances during power outages, and to use flashlights and battery-operated candles.
If flame candles must be used, they should be placed inside a one-foot circle away from anything that can burn, or on a non-combustible surface, or in the sink.
Candles should be blown out when one leaves the room, she said.
Mr. Coan also warned about using ovens for heat, bringing gas grills or hibachis inside for cooking, and using propane or charcoal grills or generators inside garages, even with the door open, because they pose serious risks of carbon monoxide poisoning.
�This early season storm has caused extended widespread power outages,� Mr. Coan said. �Carbon monoxide poisoning is a great risk at times like these. After last year�s Halloween storm, the number of carbon monoxide incidents that fire departments responded to spiked.�


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I had a christian tell me last week that according to christian belief, those afflicted with mental illness go to hell. I felt this was seriously out of line and informed the christian of a mental health clinic not far away that would accept his insurance. Of course he won't go because that would almost certainly damn his soul for all eternity. Is this really in their bible?
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If during biblical times people knew what mental illness was, wouldn't Jesus and all the prophets have been considered crazy people? Hearing voices from a man in the sky, being born of a virgin and the son of god, etc.? These days they would definitely be locked away in a mental asylum!
Good point. I think I read once that shamans have schizophrenic tendencies...it's been studied. Usually a tribe welcomes this person's contributions to the tribe's spirituality but only up to a point--there can only be so many shamans.
These days they would definitely be locked away in a mental asylum?
Angela, they might run for public office...and be elected!
According to the Bible, you have Spiritual Death (Emotional Agony, Misery= what "Hell" represents) OR Spiritual Life (Happiness, Peace= what "Heaven" represents) right now within you.
1 John 3:14
14We know that we have passed from death ("spiritual death") to life ("spiritual life"), because we LOVE our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death ("spiritual death" or "unhappiness, agony, etc").
Also, the Greek word, aionios, that the English word, eternal, replaced doesn't mean "forever," but is an adjective describing the state of a period of time.
Check this link out if you're interested: "Eternal" Doesn't Mean Forever
Finally, tell him that he should do what he feels is "right" for him and not allow the Church or any other humans decide what is "right" for him.
Romans 14: 22
Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
Luke 12: 57
(Jesus speaking) "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?"
@Shay.. What I think is interesting is that all of us here on TA have done exactly what Luke 12:57 has suggested.. So in becoming Atheists we have judged what was right..
Well, what is "right" for you may be "wrong" for someone else and vice-versa. For example, homosexuality would be "wrong" or "sinful" for me because I'm naturally heterosexual. On the contrary, heterosexuality would be "wrong" or "sinful" for someone that is naturally homosexual. The only thing we should judge other people on is how they act and treat others.
That was my point, that we as individuals have judged what is right for us.. Now, as for homosexuality, not my thing, but I don't see it as my place to condemn someone for that.
My grandpa thinks mental illness is caused by demons. Yeah. He's a chemical engineer, too. Don't ask how or why, he's West Virginian. J/K, j/k, fellow WVians! He has his own demons but I don't think he makes the connection there either. BIG SIGH. If you believe it's the cause of demonic possession, I can imagine why you would condemn that person...I've heard other Christians say that sin or weakness allows a demon to take hold of you. This is some really out there theology. I don't think many modern day believers, besides literalists and those in backwoodsy-sects, would agree with this way of thinking. I hope. I had to wonder if Grandpa thinks I'm possessed when I learned of his beliefs. I have depression.
Did you know Kairan, that the reason some say "Bless you" when you sneeze, is that in times past, people believed that you were at a weakened point when you sneezed, and that at that instant, demons could fly up your nose and possess you, but invoking "god's" blessing could ward them off.
pax vobiscum,
I had heard that the myth was your soul could be dislodged and come flying out during a sneeze - thus the "Bless you".
Or are both myths "correct" with the people/culture/locale determining which one was believed?
Ward - I think it would be safer to say that both myths are BS, with the people/culture/locale determining which one was believed?
pax vobiscum,


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We have been enjoying the mama birds in our yard
with their noisy nestlings and all-day worm feeding marathons.
We decided to make our own
nests and baby birds
to celebrate spring!
You can find detailed directions
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First we pre-made the nests with
yarn and watered-down elmer's glue.
You have to do this a day or two ahead of time.
(Note: You can use liquid startch
but the yarn soaks so much up
that it's hard to get it to dry and stick!)
We added bits
of silk leaves and flower petals
for a bit of "fancy" and we had our sweet
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I had an idea to write a series about bullying, so I came up with the idea for The Walk a Mile in My Shoes book series. The series teaches children 6 to 10 about bullying in a way that shows them rather than tells them by letting them see first hand what their victims go through.
The first book is called Mike and the Deaf Student, and it can be found on Amazon. http://amzn.to/1ArfU7b
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Last night I picked up a retail pack of Topps 206. I've been having a great weekend, which is following a horrible week, the low point of which was a near-snow day. Almost every school in the state was closed on Wednesday, but Milwaukee was caught in a narrow band of rain that just made the three inches of snow heavier to remove from what ultimately is city property. Baseball cards make me happy, and I'll let you know what percentage out of 100 each card makes me smile.
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
62 Dan Haren (2%: Nobody receiving this card is happy. Haren is a collecting black hole. Even when his mom opens packs and gets one of his cards, she checks it against her want list and then shakes her head in disgust if she already has it.)
108 Alex Rios (71%: I like his chain, and I like that he's playing a game somewhere in hell, judging from the background.)
293 Troy Tulowitzki (49%: Troy has a goofy, constipated look on his face. I enjoyed the comeback he had in 2009.)
13 Bobby Parnell Mini - Piedmont back (3%: Common ad back, plus a guy I've never heard of. I wish it was a card of Chris Parnell. A state of disillusionment persists.)
159 Rick Ankiel Gold (1%: Not a big fan of the guy.)
46 Cliff Lee (50%: Love the guy, just wish he was still on the Indians.)
OK, so I guess that pack didn't make me that happy after all. But it the proper perspective, a bad day opening a pack of cards beats the hell out of a good day at work. Or shoveling. And having wet feet all day.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
3 comments:
- Sharpe said...
If I post anyone that you love more than 49% and want to trade the Tulo card, that would be fantastic. I should have a 2nd pack break up today and a couple more to follow.
- Jeffrey Wolfe said...
I'm busting a blaster of Heritage High Numbers LIVE on Blog TV right now, check it out
- White Sox Cards said...
Rios playing in a White Sox uniform in Hell? Pick almost any game that he played center field for the Sox last year.
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Red Curry with Shrimp, Zucchini, and Carrot Recipe
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- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:20 minutes
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- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
- 4 tablespoons red curry paste
- 2 small zucchini, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
- 2 small carrots, peeled, ends trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
- 1 to 2 jalapeños, stemmed, seeded, and sliced (optional)
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons palm sugar or brown sugar
- 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken stock or water
- 8 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Handful cilantro, stems removed, chopped
- Handful mint leaves, stems removed, half chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, from about 2 limes
Open the coconut milk can and scoop off 1/4 cup of the thick cream. Add this to a large 12-inch non-stick skillet set over medium-high heat, and cook until liquid starts to bubble furiously. Add the red curry paste, reduce heat to medium-low, and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the curry paste is very fragrant, about three minutes.
Add the zucchini and carrots, turn the heat to medium, and stir until the pieces are completely covered in the paste. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables just start to soften, about 3 minutes.
Pour in the remaining coconut milk, and stir well. Bring to a boil over high heat, and then reduce heat to maintain a steady simmer. If using jalapeños, add them now. Cook until vegetables are completely tender, about 7 minutes. Add shrimp and peas, and cook until shrimp are pink and plump, about 2 minutes.
In a medium sized bowl, stir together the fish sauce, chicken stock, and sugar. When sugar has dissolved, pour this into the skillet. Stir well and simmer for a minute. Turn off the heat, add cilantro, chopped mint, and lime juice. Serve the curry with the whole mint leaves as a garnish and a side of white rice.
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Troops of the 55 division have breached the 3rd and final LTTE defence line at Challai and have advanced into LTTE's last remaining major sea tiger base. Fighting has been going on this area ever since SLA units breached LTTE's second 'earth bund' about a week ago. Soldiers of the 7 VIR (Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment) attached to 55 division today overran the 3rd and final earth bund at Challai and moved further into LTTE held territory. Heaviest fighting in this area was reported in the past two days, specially during the night. The bund captured today and the one captured last week were located about 2km apart from each other.
According to military intelligence, several senior sea tiger wing members have perished in Challai fighting. A deputy sea tiger leader identified as Vinayagam, a sea tiger special commander identified as Kannan and several other regional leaders are said to be killed in yesterday and today's fighting.


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HOUSTON – Caleb Porter has come under fire for plenty of reasons following the US Under-23 national team's briefer than expected Olympic experience, including his in-game tactics and man management.
But the current University of Akron coach has his fair share of supporters, too – especially the players who know him best.
"Caleb's always had the same type of attacking football philosophy," US U-23 defender and Akron alum Kofie Sarkodie told MLSsoccer.com by phone on Friday morning. "Those are the same qualities he implemented with the national team and, as a coach, he believes the same things he preaches."
The coach's approach to Olympic qualifying was no surprise to Sarkodie – one of four US U-23s who played under Porter at Akron. The Houston Dynamo defender said before the tournament that he expected Porter to install a possession and high-pressure attacking system.
And while the end result didn't go their way, the team's recent performances show that Porter's attacking style – which is based in the 4-3-3 formation – can have success on the international level.
"If you look at the results … it's hard to say the style doesn't work when there's only one loss in that span of games," said Sarkodie, referencing the 2-0 defeat to Canada. "It just happened to be very costly. It was disappointing and an unfortunate end, but that's soccer. It was tough for everyone in the locker room, it was just unfortunate."
Now Sarkodie and his US teammates have returned to their clubs, where their focus will transition back to their individual situations while pundits continue to debate Porter's ability to win on the international level.
Having seen it first hand at the college and now the international level, Sarkodie is confident that his college coach has the skill to be successful with any group, professional or college alike.
"Every guy had a great deal of respect for Caleb and wanted to play in and liked his philosophy," Sarkodie said. "From what I know, the guys liked him and everyone bought into the style. We played for him and we played as a team.
"Coach Porter put together a great team. It's unfortunate how things ended, but it's one of those things where we have to move on and hopefully guys get opportunities again down the line."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com and can be reached for comment at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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President Obama set the bar high in 2009 when he vowed to lead the most transparent administration in history, but an absence of follow-through to change agency culture will require new White House action during his second term, a panel of transparency activists agreed on Thursday.
After a first-day-in-office executive order promoting open government, the Obama team, "good intentions side, got distracted, and some officials later admitted that they had no idea how difficult and massive an undertaking this is," said Patrice McDermott, executive director of the nonprofit coalition Openthegovernment.org. She spoke alongside allies in the transparency community at series of panels on transparency under Obama Thursday at American University law school.
"The culture varies dramatically at agencies, and the technology too," McDermott said. "We should encourage the administration to think about their legacy, since the media will make or break the legacy."
The problem, she said, is that there is "no one in the executive branch with clear accepted authority to ensure compliance," noting the key role played initially by since-departed White House ethics czar Norm Eisen. Neither the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy nor the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of Government Information Services have the necessary resources or clout, she said, and many of the agency inspectors general are "not good on open government."
Obama should involve the transparency community in formalizing a set of best practices, McDermott said. "Something that's doable by the White House would work better for the public and for the agencies. If agencies had been updating and following the FOIA law, a lot of the litigation would become unnecessary."
Tom Blanton, director of the private, nonprofit National Security Archive, said, "A little White House follow-through goes a long way." After Obama's first year, when the National Security Archive reported that only 13 of some 90 agencies had revised their FOIA processes, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Counsel Bob Bauer sent a joint memo to agencies and the next year's total of agencies revising FOIA practices rose to 49, he said.
The kind of standards Blanton envisions in centralized guidance would alter the deadlines agencies work under to make them more favorable to the outsider who filed the request. "The clock has to start ticking when the request arrives, and the onus shouldn't be on the requester," Blanton said. Requesters should be allowed more time for appeals of decisions, and fees should be forgiven if the agency can point to a public purpose for the document search, as in requests from the media or students. "In planning a template of best practices, we have to end this daisy chain of endless delay and referral," he said. "The core conundrum of our request-driven information system is that it is antagonistic."
Sean Moulton, director of federal information policy at the Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch), said that FOIA would be less needed if the government improved on the broader issues of transparency. "It isn't a single policy or aspect of government implementation, but a way we want government to be, how it perceives its way of doing business," he said, referring to declassification policies, access to electronic records, websites updating procurement information, and cooperation from "project managers further down the food chain" from FOIA officials.
For agencies, "It's messy, it may be `gotcha' journalism, it's embarrassing and it hurts," he said. "But in long run the agency benefits by correcting problems. And the public benefits from better outcomes. Too many officials focus on the short term, and transparency becomes a check-the-box thing. Some agencies see the public as their audience, other are more insular."
Daniel Schuman, policy counsel at the Sunlight Foundation, spoke of "two Obamas, one who is a great transparency advocate and another who is a great defender of America. The two shouldn't be in conflict," he said. Obama initially rolled out a groundbreaking lobbying reform and achieved transparency on the 2009 Recovery Act stimulus spending, he said, "but a lot then fell by the wayside."
Negative examples Shuman pointed to included not identifying donors to the presidential inauguration, not disclosing more about campaign gifts, and prosecution of some whistleblowers. Some disclosed document sets are incomplete, or are available only at obscure libraries and for a fee, he said. "Secrecy through obscurity is inimical to democratic process" he said. "Even if you have the right people, agencies still do what they want," Schuman said, which is why the White House should codify best practices.
Josh Gerstein, White House reporter for Politico, praised Obama for regularly releasing the White House visitors log, but he criticized the absence of documents from military court martials and the administration's decisions to prosecute some national security leaks cases in ways that challenge reporters' privileged access. "I don't understand some of the fights they pick if their No. 1 priority is transparency," he said. He also frowned on the administration's use of "loopholes" that allow secrecy of some meetings -- via conference call, for example -- of federal advisory committees. "Most political types," Gerstein said, "were never onboard with transparency ever being more than a sales point."
Mark Tapscott, executive editor of the Washington Examiner, also described a change in the Obama approach. "After the stimulus program and the media coverage of some of that waste, suddenly some officials had second thoughts and were even more doubtful about transparency," Tapscott said. On FOIA, he'd like to know who makes the decision not to release documents. "As government gets bigger and more involved in our lives, political necessity creates greater pressure in government to be less transparent," Tapscott said. "The next four years will be most important on FOIA since 1967," the year FOIA was enacted.
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Get the customer involved
Whether they're making coffee mugs or carbide drill bits, manufacturers of consumer and industrial goods see immense opportunity to transform product development with 3D printing.
However, some businesses are overlooking ways to pull customer influence directly into the product development process and enable mass customization. Customers generally have strong opinions about products, but few options to communicate these ideas directly to manufacturers.
Manufacturers that tap the power of 3D printing and customer interaction channels will be better prepared to produce highly-personalized products at scale.
The Digital Product Ecosystem developed by Accenture Technology Labs integrates with 3D printing services in the cloud and allows manufacturers to deepen customer engagement.
Read on for details on how Tech Labs' proof-of-concept strengthens internal and external digital collaboration, while speeding up the manufacturing process.
The rapid evolution of the product design life cycle
To remain competitive, consumer and industrial goods manufacturers must expedite each and every step in the product design process.
The success of new product launches now hinges on improving collaboration within and across companies, enabling rapid, cost-effective prototyping, leveraging cloud capabilities for 3D printing and aggregating customer feedback into the product design cycle prior to mass production.
We see a number of critical elements for success:
Enabling better and faster communication.
Supporting less costly and quicker prototyping.
Accessing 3D printing in the cloud.
Incorporating customers' opinions into design process.
How it works, where the value lies or discovering value
The proof of concept developed by Accenture Technology Labs aims to address the needs of the market.
Using Tech Labs' multi-faceted platform, manufacturers can improve internal digital collaboration, speed up the product conception process and more easily loop in external customer opinions before mass production.
We mapped out a scenario in which a large consumer appliance manufacturer develops a new attachment for its stand mixer, and broke it down into a few key steps:
Ubiquitous information center
Communication channel
3D printing technology integration
Version control
Channel for customer engagement & ultra-postponement
Monetize on brand-wrapped customer designs
Manufacturers must make bold decisions to speed processes and encourage early customer participation in product designs. Using a product lifecycle management platform with built-in 3D printing capabilities is a vital step. Learn more about how it works.


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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed its position on screening for oral cancer in asymptomatic adults(www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org), issuing a draft recommendation statement that indicates current evidence remains insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of testing.
This indurated enlargement of the ventral tongue shows an associated ulcer that later was diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma. Photo courtesy of Michael Finkelstein, Gilbert Lilly and Hardin Health Sciences Library, University of Iowa.
Specifically, a lack of evidence regarding the following three aspects of screening precluded task force members from making an overall recommendation:
- Can the oral cancer screening exam detect oral cancer accurately?
- Can screening for oral cancer and treating screen-detected oral cancer improve morbidity or mortality?
- What are the harms of screening?
Family physician and USPSTF member Mark Ebell, M.D., of Athens, Ga., who also serves as deputy editor of American Family Physician, says family physicians should continue to evaluate thoroughly all adult patients who complain of oral lesions but notes that the evidence does not support routine testing for those who have no such symptoms.
- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft statement indicating that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for oral cancer in asymptomatic adults.
- Family physicians should continue to evaluate thoroughly all adult patients who complain of oral lesions.
- More research on oral cancer screening in the primary care setting is needed, with a special focus on human papillomavirus-related oral cancer.
"For patients who are asymptomatic, the evidence is insufficient to recommend that family physicians spend time routinely screening them," says Ebell. "As is the case for many conditions, we need more research in the primary care setting to answer this question (of whether to screen patients with no symptoms), especially since HPV (human papillomavirus) is emerging as an important risk factor for oral cancer."
Although as much as 75 percent of oral cancer cases can be attributed to tobacco and alcohol use, data suggest the number of such cases is beginning to decline. On the other hand, there was a threefold increase in HPV-related oral cancer cases documented from 1998 to 2004.
According to the USPSTF draft statement, the current prevalence of oral HPV infection in the United States is estimated to be nearly 7 percent in people ages 14-69 years but is thought to increase to as much as 20 percent for a subset of people who have had 20 or more sexual partners in their lifetime or who use tobacco at a rate of more than one pack of cigarettes per day.
"The prevalence of type-specific HPV-16 is 1 percent in adults ages 14 to 69 years (an estimated 2.13 million infected individuals)," says the draft statement. "HPV-16 accounts for at least 90 percent of all HPV-related cancer cases. Therefore, the rising role of HPV oral infection as a risk factor for oral cancer may warrant future assessment of the independent effect of HPV-16 on incidence and outcomes of oral cancer and the effects of screening individuals who are positive for HPV-16."
The USPSTF currently recommends that family physicians and other health professionals screen all adults for tobacco use, recommend against its use and provide tobacco cessation interventions for those who use tobacco products. The task force also recommends the use of screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care settings to reduce alcohol misuse by adults.
The draft recommendation statement is available for comment until May 6 at 5 p.m. EDT.
The AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and Science is reviewing the USPSTF draft recommendation and evidence report and will comment on the draft statement and make recommendations to the Academy's Board of Directors regarding any indicated changes in current AAFP policy.
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The Supreme Court of Iow unanimously voted that the legislation that started only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized by the State of Iowa was illegal and violated the Constitution of Iowa. It is illegal because it violates the Equal Rights Provision in the Iowa Constitution. It stands to reason that popular opinion should not be the test for equal rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Think what would happen if voting rights for Negroes, Jew, Paupers, Muslims, Indians, and other minorities were put up for popular vote. Equal rights are guaranteed by the Constitution!
Mr. Loeschen was so proud that the people of Iowa drop kicked the three justices from the Supreme Court, but the misinformation campaign waged by money from the outside and inside the state was deplorable. The people that supported the justice's decision were not active in getting the facts out to the public. The Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution in the only way they could as responsible jurists.
There are some facts about homosexuality that need to be clarified. First of all, it is not a chosen life style. It is caused by genetic difference from the usual development of an individual. About 5% or more of the population have this difference, so in a school of 1000 students, it is expected there could be as many as 5 students affected. Many students are bullied and suffer harassment to the point they choose suicide, such as the normal boy from Primghar that received national attention. Homosexuality is not abnormal. Many of our creative and famous citizens such as Leonard Bernstein, Barney Frank, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, and King James (version of the Bible) to name a few.
Larry Loeschen says he is too old to be fooled, but I'm convinced he has fooled himself by not searching for the truth. We can't rely on our bias and prejudice.
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Geriatrics or geriatric medicine[1] is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs, and the availability of a specialist. It is important to note the difference between geriatrics, the care of aged people.
UCLA Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)
Division Geriatric Psychiatry
Huntington Geriatric Medical Group
California Council on Gerontology & Geriatrics
S+AGE Geriatric Evaluation Clinic
King Drew Medical Center: Joaquin Arnel MD
Center For Geriatric Health
Stop Cancer: Read Stephen L MD
American Geriatric Care Management LLC
Dr. Lon S. Schneider, MD
Ucla: Davis James MD
Wang Robert MD
Dr. Cathy A. Alessi, MD
Dr. Grace I. Chen, MD
Dr. David B. Reuben, MD
Dr. Peifeng Hu, MD
UCLA Medical Specialists: Koretz Brandon MD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
David W Trader Inc
Dohwa Kim, M.D.
Comprehensive and Mobile Dental Care
UCLA Medical Specialists: Charette Susan MD
Ucla Internal Medicine: Sarkisian Catherine MD
Ucla Internal Medicine: Ferrell Bruce MD
David B. Reuben MD
Hyun Moses MD
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Lucia L. Dattoma, MD
Liu John T MD
Ucla Internal Medicine: Reuben David MD
Barry Alan Kramer, M.D.
Ucla Internal Medicine: Eslami Michele MD
Shah Tariq MD
Plotkin Daniel A MD
Dr. Alia T. Tuqan, MD
Geriatric Neurobehavior Center
Dr. Diana C. Homeier, MD
Harris Patricia F MD
UCLA Internal Medicine: Moore Alison A MD
White Memorial Medical Center
La Physicians Group: Choi Seung-Ho MD
Leonard Susan D MD
Ucla Neuropsychiatric Hospital: Lavretsky Helen MD
Bob Hope Health Center: Watson Blanche MD
Tan Zaldy S MD
Samadi Farzin MD
Silverstein Laurence MD
Dr. Isaac Gorbaty, MD
Kaufman Aaron H MD
Martin Luther King Jr-Macc: Yoshikawa Thomas MD
Iris Cantor Women's Health Center: Greendale Gail MD
Ucla Medical Specialists: Karlamangla Arun S MD
UCLA Medical Specialists: Chodosh Joshua MD
Filart Marcel S MD
Ucla Department-Medicine Pro Group: Wanagat Jonathan MD
Hernandez Michael DO
Dr. Mafa R. Kamal, MD
Dr. Inez Cheng, MD
Dr. Matthew G. Lefferman, DO
Dr. Hong-Phuc T. Tran, MD
For more results of Geriatrics in Los Angeles,California click here: http://us.wowcity.com/losangeles/?what=Geriatrics
Therefore geriatrics is concerned about looking after the old people in terms of problems such as those stated above. It also deals with looking at the living conditions of these elderly people. Some of these people may have dependents that need caring, yet some do not have any one to look after. A positive attitude is a very important aspect of aging. Many older people have the same negative stereotypes about aging that young people do.


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Shares Rookie Of Week Award
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Kelly Johnson, who tallied 24 kills, 38 assists and 16 digs as the Yale volleyball team extended its winning streak to 11 consecutive matches with victories over Columbia and Cornell over the weekend, has been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
Johnson, who has now won or shared Rookie of the Week honors four times this season, hit .333 for the weekend and committed just four errors. In a four-set win over Columbia, she had her fourth triple-double of the year with 13 kills, 17 assists and 11 digs. Johnson followed that up with 11 kills and 21 assists in a four-set win over Cornell.
In addition, Mollie Rogers and Haley Wessels were named to the Honor Roll. Rogers had 21 kills and 30 digs in the two wins, while Wessels tallied 12 kills, hit .524 and added nine blocks in the win over Columbia.
The first-place Bulldogs (14-5, 10-0 Ivy) travel to Penn on Friday and are at Princeton on Saturday.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Cedars-Sinai is proud of its nurses. In 2013-14, Cedars-Sinai was the only medical center in the Los Angeles area to win the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award for the Best Nurses.
Cedars-Sinai has received its fourth consecutive Magnet® designation for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), becoming the hospital with the longest-running Magnet designation in California.
As the first Southern California hospital to earn the Magnet honor in 2000, Cedars-Sinai also has earned the distinction of becoming one of only 9 hospitals worldwide to receive this designation four times. The ANCC found that Cedars-Sinai's nursing services "represent the highest standards in the nation and internationally."
As a nurse at Cedars-Sinai, you will benefit from a number of educational programs and career paths. We are committed to the career development of our nurses. Our educational, mentoring and internal career growth opportunities can help you expand your supervisory and management skills, develop your career in highly specialized clinical tracks and involve you in research programs.
In addition, you will find that all Cedars-Sinai nurses are respected for their science, compassion, skill and expertise. Nurses collaborate with physicians on numerous projects, lead project teams and manage service lines. They drive leading edge technology programs that have a positive impact to the nursing profession at the national level. In addition, our nurses are a vital part of Cedars-Sinai's many community services programs, which touch the lives of over 60,000 underserved people each year.
Join our award-winning nursing team today.
For more information about a career opportunity with Cedars-Sinai, call our Jobs Hotline at (310) 423-8230.
Patient Safety Through EHR and Infusion Integration
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, describes how Nursing, together with physicians and pharmacists are making advances in patient safety through cutting edge technology integration


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Channing Tatum's Gambit Will Debut in X-Men: Apocalypse
We've known for a while that Fox has been courting Channing Tatum to star as Gambit in their ever-growing X-Men franchise, and now it's confirmed. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner had this to say at Monday Night's Days of Future Past premiere:
And now, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that audiences ill first see the Magic Mike star flinging explosive cards, in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse. Soon after, audiences will be treated to a Gambit stand-alone film which is still in the very early stages of development.
Personally I feel that seeing the iconic 90's X-Man rubbing elbows with young Magneto and Professor X will be a little weird, but he's the type of character that will play both sides in the mutant debate. Where do you think Gambit will fit in?
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Dense knots of gas and dust located in the center of NGC 281 form jagged structures that are exquisitely resolved by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. This zoom dives deep into the Cassiopeia constellation, then dissolves into a wide view of NGC 281. Pushing deeper with the zoom reveals dark globules of gas and dust near the center of the star-forming region.
These globules are named after astronomer Bart Bok, who proposed their existence in the 1940's. Bok hypothesized that giant molecular clouds, on the order of hundreds of light-years in size, can become perturbed and form small pockets where the dust and gas are highly concentrated. If they capture enough mass, they have the potential of creating stars in their cores.
NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
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Moray-online.com is using 3 services which we detected on its website. The major ones are 1and1-dns.co.uk for DNS management, 1&1 internet se as Registrar and 1 and 1 for email services The site was offline when this report was compiled on 17 May 2019 21:00. moray-online.com is hosted in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and owned by 1&1 Internet Limited ().
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October 19, 2011
U.S. Representative Todd Rokita '92 recently honored the late Dr. Ed McLean by reading into the Congressional Record a salute to his former professor.
A scholar, teacher, and lawyer, McLean began his tenure at Wabash in 1968 after earning his undergraduate degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington. He previously taught political science at the University of Florida and Presbyterian College.
McLean passed away Monday, September 12 at the age of 82.


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Happy Scrapping,
September 16, 2010
Altered Recipe Clothespin Tutorial, again!
I LOVE to alter things! I really get a kick out of taking something good from the craft store and turning it into something GREAT! Here, I took a plain wooden clothespin and turned it into a fantastic recipe card holder that I use in my kitchen all the time! For those of you that read the Cookbookin' Blog, this tutorial should look very familiar;)
I began altering my clothespin by spritzing it with some brown Maya Mist. I have also made them using paints and other stains but this is the quickest and the messiest;)
Next up I found some paper that I wanted to cover it with. For this clothespin I chose Cookbookin's Preserving Memories line.
I cut out the cute little truck to use later on a card and then I grabbed my pencil and made myself a little cutting line.
Once I had cut out my papers I used my distressing tool to rough up the edges a bit. I love the distressed look and it goes just perfectly with the Preserving Memories papers.
Once the edges were nice and rough I used a little ink on them. Then I was ready to adhere the paper with some Mod Podge, another fun and messy craft staple at my house!
On this project I decided to paper over the entire side of the clothespin, sometimes I use two papers so the metal spring shows but since I knew I was going to cover that up with embellishments I took the easy road;) And THEN I decided to use a different paper on each side. Of course I decided that AFTER I had glued BOTH sides down. I just consider that part of my creative process. I am always doing and undoing and doing again. ;)
So now I am using some of Cookbookin's Cookin' Up Memories collection. This is one of my FAVORITE papers, Farmhouse Kitchen. I just adore all the little roosters!!! I'm ready to embellish...
To begin this side I tied a bow with my favorite red gingham ribbon and grabbed an old "inked for another project but didn't make the cut" Prima flower. Now, for attaching anything fabric, I like to use Felt Glue:
It just seems to hold the best.
Cute already but not even close to being finished!I wanted to use some of these cute little kitchen chips from Maya Road. I decided to cover them with coordinating papers but since I was going to glue them a bit off center I inked the backs a bit so they would look good from both sides.
I glued the chipboard to some patterned paper, here I chose Sweet Summertime, Sunflower Fields paper. OH!!! By the way, Scrapbook.com has LOTS of Cookbookin' goodies in stock and ready to ship!!!
After the glue dried I carefully cut the excess paper off with a craft knife.
Yes, things were getting pretty messy on my craft desk...
But look how it turned out!
To finish this side I added a few Maya Road Leaf pins, some tiny red ric rack and some itsy bitsy letter stickers. Now on to the OTHER side~
I decided to use different papers on each side so I could flip the clothespin around and have a bit of a different look. For this side I simply gathered some of the same ribbon {since the bow from the other side shows} and then I used one of my favorite dimensional stickers from Cookbookin's Preserving Memories line.
There, all done!
Here is another example that I made using red paint on the clothespin:
Happy Scrapping,
Labels: Tutorials
6 comments:
- mustangkayla on September 16, 2010 at 10:03 AM said...
Oh, your so darn smart! Spritzing would be way easier than painting! Thanks for the great idea!
- Mireille on September 18, 2010 at 4:46 PM said...
I love the way this turned out!! Great tutorial too!
- Frk. Toft on September 21, 2010 at 3:45 AM said...
Wow that's so amazing! I was wondering how big is the clothespin? Because it looks big where it's standing up! Because I would like to se if I can find some here in Denmark. Also the paper where it says Recipe for and Serves. Where have you gotten that from. I have been searching for many years for paper like that for my recipe collection (I'm a chef and need some to get more organized)
Best regards
- Cori on September 28, 2010 at 5:24 PM said...
So cute Kristie! Love your tutorial! :)
- Tara on September 29, 2010 at 6:10 AM said...
Super cute Kristie, just love it.
- Suzanne on October 3, 2010 at 9:17 PM said...
Cute clip and great tip on misting! Duh! I've always painted. LOL
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Gwen Stefani's Sons Dine With No Doubt! They Are Such Rock Royalty!
Kingston and Zuma are already rock stars. Thanks to mom, they're BFFs with the No Doubt crew! We're jealous!
Considering their mom Gwen Stefani is the lead singer of the band, Kingston and Zuma Rossdale are already in cahoots with No Doubt's bassist Tony Kanal, 40, and guitarist Tom Dumont, 43. How awesome is that? Gwen, 41, and the band took the tiny trendsetters out to dinner at Chi Dynasty in Los Angeles yesterday (Jan. 20) and there's no doubt they had a fun time.
Gwen and Zuma are a perfect pair!
Hey baby hey baby hey! The friends and bandmates were probably celebrating the upcoming arrival of two new groupies who will join the band's family tree — Tony's first child with girlfriend Erin Lokitz and Tom's third child with his wife Mieke!
Kingston and Zuma are popular kids in Hollywood
But the group definitely needs some chicks, so far, the band's babies are a brood of boys! Of course they have Zuma, 2, and Kingston, 4, Tom's boys Rio, 2, and Ace, 4, and Adrian Young's son Mason, 8½. Gwen needs a little chickadee to chill with — maybe she'll try to welcome one of her own with Gavin Rossdale? We hope so!


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Colonial Courtship
The anvil confers strength to bonds forged above it.
Interpreter Steve Mankowski officiates as blacksmith.
Groom Cash Arehart awaits his bride.
Kara Ernst as a vessel of purity on her wedding day.
Advice is murmured between wives Pat Mahon and Ellen Knecht.
Ellen Knecht beams as a new bride.
Matrimony unites Ben and Ellen Knecht.
Wordless farewells are exchanged between Christina Lane and Ellen Knecht.
Betrothed Alex Jakubow and Maggie McDonald test their compatibility with the aid of a bundling board.
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John Kerry just called. He said the election was full of fraud. Votes were lost. Some were torn up. A nice little old church lady tore mine right in front of me; all for the good of the cause. Fraud plays a huge role in elections, but we programmers want better than that. A fraud-proof voting system can help ensure that the outcome of polls or contests on your site are evidence of what voting is about, determining popular demand.
At United Bands (http://unitedbands.com/), I run a monthly contest. Fans come to the site and vote for songs they would like to hear on the United Bands play list. The obvious purpose of the system is to determine which songs people like and want to hear more often. Without a fraud-proof system though, skewed results are the norm.
When a fan browses the band profiles at United Bands, they listen to songs and vote for songs they like. If the system was so basic as to let users just click a button to vote, some people would click it all day or set up a script to run and cast millions of votes for the same song. This type of fraud needs to be eliminated to make the feature enjoyable for people other than those with too much time on their hands or the know-how to run an automated script.
The process for voting at United Bands is simple enough. Fans can click a link on bands' profile pages, then enter an email address. If the address and vote are legitimate, it counts as a vote. What is a legitimate vote? Fans are allowed to vote for an individual song once per day. However, the same person can vote for as many songs as they like. So Dick Cheney, or Dick, as I like to call him can come to the site and vote for his favorite band, Vibralux Trans-Mission (http://www.unitedbands.com/bands/Vibralux_trans-mission/), one time on Monday, one time on Tuesday and so on. He can also vote for other bands each day, but again, only one vote per day for each individual band. When Dick submits the form, an email is sent to his posted email address. When Dick checks his email, he clicks the URL in the email as verification of his vote. Then the vote is counted.
{mospagebreak title=One Person, Multiple Addresses, Still One Vote}
Sending the email is only the first step for fraud prevention because some people have a thousand email addresses. Someone could (and would) vote for the same song using all of their email addresses and skew the results in that way. Because of situations like that, the system also needs to verify that fans aren't using multiple email addresses. The verification email also needs some sort of key so that the verification script cannot be easily hacked.
Two scripts comprise the bulk of the system. One script, vote.php, casts the vote and sends the verification email. Another script, verify.php sets the vote as valid after Dick clicks the link in his inbox. A table in the database will need to be created to store votes.
First, we'll setup the table in the database to store the votes that are cast. We need a basic primary key called ID. We'll store the email address of the voter. We'll timestamp the vote. We need a column that shows whether the vote has been verified. It will be a Boolean flag. We'll store the ID of the band receiving the vote. We'll store the song name and finally the IP address of the voter.
CREATE TABLE `votes` (
`ID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`email` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '0',
`time` timestamp(14) NOT NULL,
`pending` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`bandID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`song` varchar(255) default NULL,
`IP` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '0',
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=0;
{mospagebreak title=One Vote.php, Two States}
Next, we'll examine vote.php. Vote.php has two states: one when a user clicks on a link to vote for a song and one when they have submitted an email address and posted the form. In the first state, Vote.php has one parameter passed to it: the band's id. The first chunk of code checks that the band's ID is passed to the script. If it is, the script goes to the database and grabs the name of the band and the name of the song.
//Check if the band's ID is sent as a parameter
if (isset($_GET["profile"])) {
//Select the database
mysql_select_db($database, $db);
//escape parameters to avoid tampering
$ID = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_GET['profile'] : addslashes($_GET['profile']);
//select the band's name and song name from the database
$query_tracks = sprintf("SELECT t1.track, t2.band FROM songs as t1, bands as t2 WHERE t1.CCID = %s and t2.CCID=%s", $ID, $ID);
$tracks = @mysql_query($query_tracks, $db);
$row_tracks = @mysql_fetch_assoc($tracks);
The second state of the script is more involved. When the form is posted, it checks for two conditions: that the same address hasn't been used to vote for that song that day and that the same computer hasn't been used to vote for that song that day. If both test pass, then an email is sent to the address for the user to click for verification.
//Check that the form has been posted.
if ((isset($_POST["insert"])) && ($_POST["insert"] == "form1")) {
//select the database
mysql_select_db($database, $db);
//get today's month and day
$date = date("md");
//initialize variables that were posted from the form
$email = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_POST['email'] : addslashes($_POST['email']);
$song = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_POST['song'] : addslashes($_POST['song']);
$ID = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_POST['bandID'] : addslashes($_POST['bandID']);
//Setup data for test #1. Has the same email been used today to vote for this song?
$query_Votes = sprintf("SELECT time FROM votes WHERE email = %s AND bandID = %s ORDER BY time DESC", GetSQLValueString($email, "text"),
GetSQLValueString($ID, "int"));
$Votes = @mysql_query($query_Votes, $db);
$row_Votes = @mysql_fetch_array($Votes);
$current_time = $row_Votes['time'];
$month2 = substr($current_time, 4, 2);
$day2 = substr($current_time, 6, 2);
$date2 = $month2.$day2;
//Setup data for test#2. Has the same computer been used today to vote for this song?
$query_Votes = sprintf("SELECT time FROM votes WHERE IP = %s AND bandID = %s ORDER BY time DESC", GetSQLValueString($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], "text"), GetSQLValueString($ID, "int"));
$Votes = @mysql_query($query_Votes, $db);
$row_Votes = @mysql_fetch_array($Votes);
$current_time = $row_Votes['time'];
$month3 = substr($current_time, 4, 2);
$day3 = substr($current_time, 6, 2);
$date3 = $month3.$day3;
//Does the vote pass both test? If so, insert the vote into the database.
if ( ($date > $date2) && ($date > $date3) ) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO votes (email, pending, song, bandID, IP) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
GetSQLValueString($email, "text"),
GetSQLValueString('0', "int"),
GetSQLValueString($song, "text"),
GetSQLValueString($ID, "int"), GetSQLValueString(strip_tags($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), "text"));
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $db);
//retrieve the ID of the vote
$id = mysql_insert_id();
//Get the time it was entered
$selectSQL = sprintf("SELECT time FROM votes where id = %s", GetSQLValueString($id, "int"));
$Result2 = mysql_query($selectSQL, $db);
$row_Time = @mysql_fetch_array($Result2);
//Send an email for use for verification using the timestamp as a key
mailPending($_POST['email'], $_POST['bandID'], $row_Time['time']);
$'message = "Thanks for your vote. Come back tomorrow, vote again and keep listening to your favorite bands on United Bands.";
//If the vote doesn't pass the test notify the user that they have to wait until tomorrow.
else {
$message = "You have to wait until tomorrow to vote again for this song. You can vote for other songs you haven't voted for today.";
//Mails the voter a verification email.
function mailPending($to, $bandID, $time) {
$message .='Thanks for voting. Please click this link to verify your vote. http://unitedbands.com/verify.php?band='.$bandID.'&time='.$time.'&email='.$to;
$subject = "Thanks for Voting at UnitedBands.com";
$mailResult=send_email($to, $subject, $message);
{mospagebreak title=Trust but Verify}
Now that there is a vote in the system, we need a simple verification script that will determine if the vote is legitimate. We'll call this script, Verify.php. It looks like this:
//Select the database
mysql_select_db($database, $db);
//Update the record to set the Boolean flag to true if the timestamp in the verification email matches the timestamp in the database record.
$selectSQL = sprintf("UPDATE votes set pending=1 where bandID=%s AND email=%s AND time=%s", GetSQLValueString($_GET['band'], "int"),
GetSQLValueString($_GET['email'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_GET['time'], "text"));
$Result2 = mysql_query($selectSQL, $UB_DATA);
//Message for voter.
$messages = "Thanks for voting. Remember, you can only vote once a day for a band , but you can vote for as many bands a day as you want.";
This completes the general design of a fraud-proof voting system. There are a few ways to get around this system. 'Fraud-proof' is used in the general sense. Dick could obviously go around from computer to computer in the White House and keep voting for his favorite band. There's some other ways around this system too, but I'll let you figure that out. However, with this basic design, a voting system that prevents the basest level of fraud can be setup to your specific purpose relatively simply. Happy voting


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St. Louis' bullpen situation seemed a bit shaky heading into the postseason following the late-September demotion of closer Edward Mujica. Matheny, though, has entrusted hard-throwing rookie Trevor Rosenthal, left, with the ninth inning. He is also relying on two other youngsters in lefty Kevin Siegrist and righty Carlos Martinez. In 30 innings this postseason, the Cardinals' bullpen has a 1.80 ERA and a .177 batting average against. As good as St. Louis' bullpen has been, it pales in comparison to Boston's relief corps, specifically ALCS MVP Koji Uehara, right, who has been the best closer in the league since assuming the role after injuries to both Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey. Uehara, whose ERA was the best in the majors of any pitcher with 50 or more innings, also posted a mind-blowing 0.57 walks plus hits per nine innings -- the lowest WHIP in baseball history by a pitcher who logged at least 50 innings, surpassing by a considerable margin the 0.61 standard set by Dennis Eckersley in 1989. He also hasn't walked a batter in his last 30 appearances and has pitched to a 0.61 ERA in his save chances. It's been more of the same for Uehara here in the postseason, as he has saved five games to go along with a 1.00 ERA. The only run he allowed was a walk-off home run in his ALDS Game 3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Uehara has had some help, too. Junichi Tazawa, Craig Breslow, Brandon Workman, Franklin Morales, Ryan Dempster and Felix Doubront have combined for a 0.84 ERA, 28 strikeouts and a .209 batting average against in 32 innings of relief this postseason. EDGE: RED SOX
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6 Responses to Why I'm Walking
SJ Tuohy says:
Certainly was an amazing night. Our recap of the evening also: http://nypndaily.com/2013/06/04/out-of-the-darkness-overnight-walk-recap/
Bobby says:
I am glad you walked!
Kathy says:
You are courageous to do the walk again and even to face up to the tragedy. I've started a film project to help prevent suicide among teens. Our film project, "What You Don't See" is an intense comedy/drama written with the help of young people to help prevent suicide. It is our goal to get this project filmed and distributed to as many young people, middle and high schools, as possible in hopes of preventing this tragedy.
Scott Hildreth says:
My new novel, Broken People is a book about a bulimic suicidal teen. It has been described by early reviews as being "a life changing eye-opener".
Having lost four loved ones to suicide, I though this book was an appropriate debut novel.
It may change the way you look at life.
Ronald Frederick Madigan says:
Well hello. I am new to blogging . . but I have some important information to share. I saw a photo of a young suicide victim in the paper and it hurts. I am sick of it! If I could have spoken to that individual they would be alive today . . and God knows how many more. You see these vulnerable people suffer from incorrect thinking. In the main there is nothing wrong with them. Nothing!
Here is an idea! Go to a quiet place and meditate. Imagine you are in a forest . . listen to the wind in the trees, the birds, and block out all thoughts. Now visualize three doors in you mind and look at the thoughts coming in the first door, these thoughts are from the adult you are, and they come with thoughts and ideas of fairness, honesty, compassion and caring, now look at the thoughts pouring in the second door,; they are bright thoughts from the happy child, thoughts of carefree play, laughter and fun. Now look at the third door, see the thoughts flowing in from the frightened child, thoughts of worry, of worthlessness, fear and fret, thoughts that depress and make you feel life isn't worth living. Now go and slam that door shut . . and now slide the bolt home. Repeat this meditation until those negative thoughts disappear altogether, and eventually they will. I know. I was there.
Author of 'The Suicide Hour' available on Amazon.
Ronald Frederick Madigan says:
I want to help!
I have been trying to get my message across for some time with little success. When someone is suffering it is their 'thought pattern' that must be intercepted. It is their thoughts that must be disrupted, because it is their thoughts that are tricking them, leading them down a dangerous path. If you want to be a good singer your must practise, if you want to be a good thinker . . . the same applies!
Ronald Frederick Madigan
Author of The Suicide Hour, available on Amazon.
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What I was told by his family is that his Great Grandmother was a Chisholm. Well she was in a way a Chisholm. However, her last name was that of her father COOKE. Until I was able to decipher that incorrect information I was unable to make the connection.
Here is the Chisholm family going back to 1755. They were Scottish however, I have yet to find when they migrated to the USA.
Descendants of John D Chisholm
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN D1 CHISHOLM was born 1755, and died 1818. He married (1) BETSY FAULING. She was born Abt. 1760. He married (2) UNKNOWN. He married (3) MARTHA HOLMES. She was born Abt. 1770. He married (4) PATSY BROWN. She was born Abt. 1760.
Children of JOHN CHISHOLM and BETSY FAULING are:
2. i. IGNATIUS2 CHISHOLM, b. 1778.
ii. JOHN D CHISHOLM, b. 1776.
iii. ELIZABETH CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1780.
iv. DEBORAH CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1782.
v. ELIJAH CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1784.
Child of JOHN CHISHOLM and UNKNOWN is:
vi. JAMES2 CHISHOLM, b. 1770.
Child of JOHN CHISHOLM and MARTHA HOLMES is:
vii. THOMAS2 CHISHOLM, b. 1793.
Generation No. 2
2. IGNATIUS2 CHISHOLM (JOHN D1)1 was born 1778. He married SISTER OF CORN TASSEL, daughter of CORN TASSEL SR.. She was born Abt. 1780.
Notes for IGNATIUS CHISHOLM:
Ignatius was of Scottish descent. He worked as a merchant and slave trader in the Knoxville area in the 1790's.
Sometime around 1800 Ignatius married a Cherokee woman, the sister of Corn Tassel. Her name is unknown. They had three sons. The last child William was born in 1815, and sometime after Ignatius separated from his mother and moved to Arkansas Territory. When Tahlonteskee's group moved west to Arkansas in 1810, Jesse's mother joined them.
No one is quite sure what happened to Ignatius.
Children of IGNATIUS CHISHOLM and SISTER TASSEL are:
3. i. JESSE3 CHISHOLM, b. 1805; d. 04 Apr 1868.
ii. JOHN CHISHOLM, b. 1810.
iii. WILLIAM CHISHOLM, b. 1815.
Generation No. 3
3. JESSE3 CHISHOLM (IGNATIUS2, JOHN D1)2 was born 1805, and died 04 Apr 1868. He married (1) NANNIE BOWLES. He married (2) SAH-KAH-KEE SARI MCQUEEN. She was born Abt. 1810. He married (3) ELIZA EDWARDS 1836, daughter of JAMES EDWARDS. She was born 1810, and died 1845.
Notes for JESSE CHISHOLM:
Jesse came to Arkansas with his mother and two brothers in 1810. He moved to the Cherokee nation in the late 1820's and settled near Fort Gibson in what is now eastern Oklahoma.
Jesse married Eliza, the daughter of James Edwards in 1836. Jesse's father in law ran the trading post near what is now Hughes Co., OK. Jesse took supplies into the plains. He learned many languages and was highly sought after as a guide and interpreter. He interpreted treaties for the Indians in Texas, Indian Territory, and Kansas.
He was known as an honest Trader and peace maker. He was respected by the US Army and the Indians. He was adopted into many tribes. The Comanche's knew they could sell children they had captured in Texas to Jesse. He would then try to find their families, and if he couldn't he'd adopt them himself.
Jesse died of food poisoning after eating buffalo meat that had been cooked in a copper kettle at Left Hand Spring, near present day Geary, OK on April 4, 1868
His tomb stone says a lot about who he was. It reads:
"No one ever left his home cold or hungry"
Child of JESSE CHISHOLM and NANNIE BOWLES is:
4. i. JOSEPH4 CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1835.
Child of JESSE CHISHOLM and SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN is:
ii. JENNIE4 CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1830.
Child of JESSE CHISHOLM and ELIZA EDWARDS is:
5. iii. WILLIAM EDWARD4 CHISHOLM, b. 15 Sep 1837; d. 19 Nov 1880.
Generation No. 4
4. JOSEPH4 CHISHOLM (JESSE3, IGNATIUS2, JOHN D1) was born Abt. 1835.
Child of JOSEPH CHISHOLM is:
i. JOHN5 CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1875; m. MARY MURPHY; b. Abt. 1880.
5. WILLIAM EDWARD4 CHISHOLM (JESSE3, IGNATIUS2, JOHN D1) was born 15 Sep 1837, and died 19 Nov 1880. He married (1) JULIA ANN MCLISH. She was born 1846, and died 1883. He married (2) HESTER BUTLER COCHRAN. She was born Abt. 1847, and died Bet. 1894 - 1896.
Notes for JULIA ANN MCLISH:
It is noted by Chris Robbins in the Robbin/Saunders Family Tree that Julia was Cherokee Indian.
Children of WILLIAM CHISHOLM and JULIA MCLISH are:
i. MARY A5 CHISHOLM, b. 01 Jan 1868; d. 30 Mar 1946; m. WILLIAM VAUGHN COOKE, 09 Mar 1887; b. 1859.
ii. ELIZA E CHISHOLM, b. 29 Mar 1864; d. 18 Feb 1886.
iii. ANGELINE BIDDIE CHISHOLM, b. 14 Jan 1866; d. Feb 1894; m. SAM SILAS LEE; b. 21 Sep 1866; d. 03 Jan 1921.
iv. ALICE CHISHOLM, b. 12 Feb 1870; d. 19 Oct 1911; m. ALLEN STOKE ASBURY; b. 25 Apr 1867; d. 22 Apr 1950.
v. CORA ANN CHISHOLM, b. 23 Sep 1872; d. 06 Jan 1926; m. JOHN F MCKEEL.
vi. STELLA "ESTELLE" CHISHOLM, b. 06 Jun 1875; d. 1946; m. WILLIAM THOMAS WARD; b. 23 Oct 1870; d. 1936.
vii. JULIA ANN CHISHOLM, b. 15 Jan 1878.
viii. WILLIAM CHISHOLM, b. 1880.
Child of WILLIAM CHISHOLM and HESTER COCHRAN is:
ix. CAROLINE5 CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1860.
1. Geocities.com Chapter Bio of Jesse Chisholm.
2. Handbook of Texas Online, Jesse Chisholm III.
And as they say the rest is history. Mary Chisholm married William Cooke. They had a daughter, Stella Cooke (my husbands great grandmother). Stella married James Rubin Ward, and they had my husbands grandmother, Ruth Ann Ward. She married Earl"Porter" Crooks. (Hince the Crooks name I have today) Well I'll pick up the history of the Ward and Crooks lines another time. We could probably write a book about Porter alone. LOL. He was a character.
Keep in mind when searching for your family. Names change spelling, our elderly realtives don't always have the most reliable memory, records can be incorrectly maintained, and there are many other things that can get you off track or keep you from pursuing a correct lead. It's like putting together a puzzle. You have to try the information several different ways until it fits or you know for sure it doesn't fit.
Happy Hunting
My interest in genealogy started when I was a child. My dad's mom use to tell me that the family history book had been burned in a fire, but she knew we were related to Daniel Boone. I never forgot that, nor have I ever found the connection haha. Along with doing genealogy I spend a lot of my time doing photo restorations, namely for victims of Sandy through Care for Sandy, and also of family photos that I add to the books I write on our family history.
08 August 2006
Our Jesse Chisholm Connection
What I was told by his family is that his Great Grandmother was a Chisholm. Well she was in a way a Chisholm. However, her last name was that of her father COOKE. Until I was able to decipher that incorrect information I was unable to make the connection.
15 comments:
- Pam said...
My grandmother's (Lela Mae Chism Garner) (name shortened along the way) father's (Jim Chism) father (name unknown) was a brother to Jesse Chisholm. Do you have any information on Jesse Chisholm's brothers and their families? Thanks
- amyrebba said...
All I have is what I posted here that his brothers were John and William. I've not taken the time to find out anything more on them. If I do discover anything though, I'll sure let you know.
- katherine said...
my family are descendents of jesse chisholm. i am very curious about the directions that we have come from and would like to get information,ie: dates, places, names my email
I am from Oklahoma/Texas
- katherine said...
my family is from oklahoma and texas. we are direct descendents of jesse chisholm. i am curious of the directions our paths have crossed. i would like to exchange information, ie: dates, places, names. thanks
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Our Indian heritage is sometimes so difficult to trace, so I'm pleased to see you have finally been able to connect the dots, so to speak.
Enjoyed seeing your name pop up on my Chisholm Trail post mention at Bill West's poetry challenge. I didn't realize you had the name Chisholm in your husband's line.
Enjoyed reading about your Chisholms.
- Judith Richards Shubert said...
Our Indian heritage is sometimes so difficult to trace, so I'm pleased to
see you have finally been able to connect the dots, so to speak.
Enjoyed seeing your name pop up on my Chisholm Trail post mention at Bill
West's poetry challenge. I didn't realize you had the name Chisholm in your
husband's line.
Enjoyed reading about your Chisholms.
- Cindi Sanchez said...
Jesse Chisholm was my great-great-great grandfather. My great-great grandparents were William and Julia McLish Chisholm. My great grandfather, Allen Stokes Asbury who married, I believe, Alice Chisholm their daughter and granddaughter of Jesse. My grandparents were Edgar Allen Asbury, Sr. and Sybill Bagwell Asbury. My dad was Edgar Allen Asbury, Jr. I grew up going to the Chisholm/Cooke family home for reunions and visiting cousins who lived there. If any one can help I would like to find more information on Julia Ann McLish's and Allen Stokes Asbuy's heritage.
- Unknown said...
Leland Shawn Pack (my fiance) is grandson to Ruth Ann Ward, Jesse Chisholm was his great,great, great grandfather.
- Tammy Rowsey said...
I'm also related to Jesse Chisholm. Margaret (Redrick) Kellyd. dec 19, 1929 spouse unknown had a child Nanci Lee Kelly d. oct 7, 1930 married Martin Lee Atwood their child Sadie/Urie Beatrice Atwood(Indian)b. july 12, 1891 d. may 1971 Married Harrison Samuel Chisholm their child Geraldine Redrick Chisholm b. march 30, 1917 d. 2005??? married Bruce Brown their child Donna Brown b. oct 18 1946-47 married James Fanning their child me... Tammy Fanning Rowsey b. oct 15, 1970 (((this is just my direct line....not including any other children that were conceived))))
- Debra said...
My first cousin 3 times removed married Henry McLish- he was a half brother to Julia McLish Chisolm.
- Debra said...
My first cousin 3 times removed married Henry F McLish- the half brother of Julia McLish Chisolm.
- Michael Murphy said...
My Grandmother's maiden name was Bobbie Chisholm, (my fathers mother). I'm told Jessie was my 5x great grandfather. I would have to check with my family to be able to run down my family tree back to Jessie.
- Michael Murphy said...
My father's mother maiden name was Bobbie Chisholm, I'm told Jessie Chisholm is my 5x great grandfather.
- Michael Murphy said...
Jessie is suppose to be my 5'x great Grandfather. My Grandmother's on my Fathers side maiden name is Chisholm. She could would tell me things as a young man, that I would look up in later years (when information hwy went mainstream) and her stories where close to historical fact about Jesse Chisholm.
- Unknown said...
I was told that we are related to Jesse Chisholm also, I have some pictures I would like to share with you. I got them from my grandpa before he past away. I also have some amazing art work from Andy Bell. I would be interested in trying to trace our families blood line.


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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Shamar: The Rascal
Next up is Shamar Thomas. Shamar is a 27 year old Iraq War Veteran with a tattoo collection to rival one of Mr. Lil Hantz. Let's hope Shamar is a better speller. Many things annoy Shamar including: people who chew with their mouths open, ignorant people, and civilians who aren't passionate about their jobs. Oh, he's going to be a total pain in the ass. Holier than thou. I'm better than you. The whole bit.
If I dive further into his CBS.com bio, I'll discover that Shamar looks up to Rupert because he "played the game with honor." *rolls eyes* If I've said it once, I've said it a million times - honor and integrity have no place on Survivor. Honor and integrity are BORING. Honor and integrity are the perfect recipe for you not getting invited back.
I'll bet he talks nonstop about being in the military and wants to make the world a better place. Please to enjoy:
Well, looky here. Hel-lo Shamar! Welcome. Come to mama, lover. Nestle yourself into my bosom. You've done well and you've shown me that you've come to play a game of hijinks and shenanigans. Bless your humongous arms for wanting everyone to suffer. You had me fooled with all that crap about Rupert in your bio. And the parts about wanting to help your community? You tease!
If Shamar doesn't come across as too bossy and overbearing from the start, he could be an interesting guy to watch. Can you imagine if both Shamar and Phillip make it to the Merge? Phillip will be screaming "Mayday! Mayday! Langley, send reinforcements!" into his twig and shell walkie talkie before you can say "pink panties."
So, what do you think of Shamar? Can he last as a covert villain or will his bunk checks drive his tribe mad?
Posted by Colette Lala at 3:17 PM
Labels: shamar thomas, survivor, survivor 26, survivor blog, survivor caramoan
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I like him too. He does seem like he could be fun. Hopefully he isn't too militant in the beginning barking orders about how the shelter should be built, etc. According to his video, he should want a crappy shelter so everyone is wet and uncomfortable.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2013 at 1:44 PM
I must admit Lala that I AM looking forward to you writing about Mr. Sheppard again. Some of your best work, I feel.ReplyDelete
Guys is a embarrassment , to the marine corps..seems to be suffering from PTSD...never wear battle ribbons while wearing utilities...ReplyDelete
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ConclusionAs you can see in our testing the 8800 GTX SLI is bottlenecked by the CPU in nearly every test we ran. This is where the added cost that I mentioned in the beginning of the article co...
The launch of the latest flagship 8800 GTX has many drooling at incredible frame rates the card provides in today's games and the future DirectX 10 prowess the card promises. When the GeForce 8800 GTX was released in November we had one card available to benchmark and found that it was the fastest card around. The very next day LR publied an editorial that showed a few benchmarks on a $4,000+ dream machine with a pair of XFX 8800 GTX graphics card running SLI. It was in this review we showed that a pair of 8800 GTX graphics cards would destroy ATI's X1950 XTX Crossfire setup in games like F.E.A.R. and Quake 4, but was limited by BIOS issues as quad-core processors wouldn't work on the NVIDIA 680i SLI motherboard. A few days later an article on the 8800 GTX resistor change was published, which found that many enthusiasts had video cards that needed to be RMA'd. Last month we were benchmarking a system with BIOS issues uses cards that were fixed by hand on older drivers. Today we are taking a look at what kind of performance you can expect to get from 2 of these bad boys linked together using an older AMD Socket 939 platform, which is something more along the lines of what people are running.
While most will only be able to dream of a pair of 8800 GTX in SLI, a lucky few will be able to afford them. Being able to afford the graphics cards is only part of the battle as NVIDIA strongly suggest using a power supply with at least an output of 750W to power dual GeForce 8800 GTX. The need for a new power supply is required because it must be capable of delivering at least 30 Amps on the +12V rail and have 4 PCI-E connectors because two of these beasts eat up gobs of power. We strongly suggest looking at 13 certified SLI-Ready that have passed testing by NVIDIA and are known to power a system like this. For those of you that just recently upgraded their power supply don't worry as it might still work. When we last talked to Corsair's product manager about their modular HX620W power supply he informed us that those that already bougt one can get additional 6-pin PCIe power headers and be able to use this PSU on a system with 8800 GTX's. This is because the power supply is modular and the fact that it has a 50Amp rating on the +12V rail. The take home message here is make sure you have to run out and buy a new $300-$500 PSU or just pick up a set of modular cables. Unfortunately those aren't the only expenses for getting the most out of this kind of set up, but we'll get to that later.
The cards that are being used today have been provided by the good guys at XFX and have the updated resistor and came in the retail box. All standard cards come at the same 575MHz Core and 1.8 GHz Memory clock speeds and almost all have identical heat sink/fan combos. In our initial review of the 8800 GTX we praised the heat sink but after running them in SLI you quickly find out that any other add-in cards become heat magnets because of the three vent holes in the top of the 8800 series heat sink. That is something you X-Fi and PhysX owners should take note of. Also of note is just how much heat is being exhausted. An idle temp of 50c and load in the low 70c mean that you need exceptional cooling not just in your case, but also the room your computer is in!
When it comes to price you're looking at roughly $620 a piece for these monsters. Fortunately XFX provides a double lifetime warranty for those wanting a little piece of mind for their ~$1200 investment. XFX has recognized just how many early adopters are out there and the 8800 GTX is a perfect example of a card that someone that lives on the bleeding edge has to have. With the purchase of an XFX card you can be sure that you and the person you decide to sell it to will be well covered.
Enough with all of the reality talk, let's get to the benchmarks!


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hawkfan1975 wrote:Zebulon Dak wrote:hawkfan1975 wrote:denial permeates this thread.
flynn looked good, threw some very good passes even with a quarter of play in for the first time (on a wide birth score). sharp passes complete and some bobbled by wrs.
*add: and I still say he beats phx and stl away games prior.
I think given the same games he throws better than RW, but ....we're going with RW for the youth and wheels (I can live with that, 3 games now and I like what RWs doing and there's more to come).
we may be able to retain flynn but I doubt it highly.
there's something wrong with you.
didn't you try this posts earlier? the witty, one-off in an attempt to seem the know it all. it didn't work then, what makes you think another try will fare better?
look, if flynn bashing makes you feel safe then great, but how about limiting repeats and letting others talk on this forum as well?
ok with you?
I don't bash Flynn. And there's still something wrong with you.


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- Works with Ford Motor Company to ensure that future Mustangs live up to the rich heritage and spirit of Mustang's past.
- Encourages Regional Groups to provide educational and fun activities for their members.
- has contributed thousands of dollars and labor to charities to help local communities through Regional Groups and members.
- Publishes the monthly magazine Mustang Times for its members. Included free for members are non-business classified ads in the magazine as well as on the website. The publication lists National and Regional Club shows and activities, keeps members informed of club happenings, and features articles on Mustangs of all vintages.
Please join the world's largest Mustang enthusiast organization to continue to honor and promote the Mustang and its fans.
Steve Prewitt
MCA President 2019-2020


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