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Here's a list of some easy and affordable door treatments that I've found to greatly improve the clarity, as well as the total bass output and low end extension of your mid/bass. If you're using high quality drivers in the doors, proper treatment and install is a must.
First thing's first. Make sure to sound deaden your door. This will make the largest difference in reducing annoying rattles. Make sure to do both the inner panel and the outer panel. Use a good 2 or 3 layers. A heat gun or even a hair dryer can be used to soften the deadener up for making it more moldable and easier to apply. Find a good asphalt based mat that is cheap, easy to work with, sticks well under room temperature, and doesn't fall off in extreme heat. I use and recommend Raamat which you can find here: http://www.raamaudio.com/
60 sqft of deadener should be more than enough for 2 doors.
As for liquid sound deadeners, I don't use them for a simple reason. They take forever to apply! You would need to clean your door, then apply a single coat. Allow it to dry, then apply another coat. With thick coats and bad weather, it can sometimes take up to a full day to dry between layers. I'd save the liquid deadener for hard to reach places, or for areas where mat doesn't stick easily such as the roof of the cabin or trunk. In my experience, the effectiveness is about the same as a decently thick asphalt based deadener.
Also, you can sometimes reduce annoying door mechanism rattles by applying a bit of thick grease to the part.
The next thing I like to do is seal up any large holes in the door panel. Doing this very noticeably increases the bass output. I like to use plexiglass since it's somewhat cheap and weatherproof... and also looks nice. It's also much sturdier than trying to stretch sound deadener over a large hole. Cut out a piece that fits your hole, use a bit of silicon, liquid nails, or other thick adhesive/sealant and then slide it in. These panels can be easily removed with a screwdriver worked into the edges if maintenance on the door is needed.
Next, I glue a large sheet of egg carton foam behind the speaker location. These do hold water, so you may want to treat it to avoid mold growth. It won't rust your door however, since the foam sits on top of the sound deadener. If you live in a more humid climate, you could use a "Deflex" pad which is sold here: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=268-242
You should notice a slight improvement to your midrange. For me, the egg carton foam was a bit more effective than the Deflex pad.
Last but not least, buy ~2lbs of non-hardening modelling clay and a small sheet of 3/4" or 1/2" mdf. Cut a ring or baffle for your speaker to sit on. Place about 5mm tall height of clay on both sides of the ring. Now mount the speaker to one side of the ring, and the ring to your door. Decoupling the speaker from the actual door itself will further reduce vibrations, and clean up your midrange and bass. As an added touch, I like to add a bit more clay around the baffle in order to add weight to the area and further dampen any vibrations.
3/4" mdf baffle with non-hardening modelling clay atop.
Seas Excel w18 with non-hardening modelling clay around the baffle.
Notice the plexiglass + liquid nails which was used to cover the hole in the door panel. Also, notice the 3 layers of deadener on the outside door panel through the glass.
Sheet of egg carton foam behind the speaker.
Deflex pad behind the speaker.
Shot of my trunk lid with asphalt based sound deadener applied.
Shot of my trunk with about a 4mm layer of liquid deadener applied.


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A biggish-name blogger has moved to create/promote a flavor of atheism that finally gets it about feminism: Atheism+.
See you there?
Views: 524
There's also a bunch of asshats who have come up with Atheism-
Yes, really.
Because Social justice and like, equal rights are baaaaad.
Clearly the civil rights movement was wrong. And needs to be repealed. for atheism.
Will also point out that there are atheists that are women, atheists that are gay, and atheists that are black.
And social justice affects them. but not white cis hetero males. But clearly their opinion is the only one that matters.
Yeah, so...I'm not going to give them airtime. These losers just prove our point exactly. Fuck 'em, ignore, and let them whine in their little corner of stupid. We already know there are lots of men who hate us, ya know? Yawn!
Surly Amy(of the Skepchicks) is making A+ themed ceramic art/jewelry, as a fundraiser for the Secular Student Alliance and Skepticon later this year. Go check out her store, and raid her lovely collection :)
ETA: Just grabbed two of my faves of the A+ pendants...can't WAIT for them to arrive! I'm a bit soured on the RDF's Out Campaign red A symbol (especially considering Dawkins is being something of an asshat right now, securely blind in his privilege of being sexist), so chose not to get any of the A+ ones that look like that.
Thanks for posting this! I love my Surly-Ramics pendant (bought it from Amy in person at an American Atheist conference, had been planning to get one for a few years)!
Yes, Mr. Dawkins is a serious disappointment. In SO many cases, people like him continue to be rewarded even when they are dickishly sexist and clearly disrespect women. That so totally needs to stop. Sexists need to be social pariahs the same way as racists are now.
Completely agree, we need to have symbols/logos that don't incorporate his (I always thought it a bit anemic anyway).
Hey all,
I have been following the stories of abuse of women in the atheist movement for a while now. It is appalling and, of course, is an attempt to exclude women from the debate/movement.
I think I have always been Atheism plus, but never had a label for it. I tended to think of myself as "atheist and" (atheist and feminist and pro-choice and pro LBGT and concerned about social justice and many more...).
I have been reading about A+ and humanism (and any apparent differences). I have never been a fan of the term "humanism" (being a trained sociologist, who is allergic to the idea of human nature).
Can anyone tell me what they think are some of the key differences between A+ and humanism?
Justin, thanks for your thoughts!
For me, the key difference between the two is that humanism doesn't necessarily explicitly recognize women as human. Believe it or not, in many spaces, we are not actually treated as if we are! It's ridiculously shocking, really, but it turns out that women still cannot safely assume we are included as either fully equal participants or beneficiaries of *any* "do-gooder" or human rights movement.
For "humanism" to work for women, we have to be included as humans first, and it turns out that quite simply, we're not, so it still must be explicitly stated that we are.
To women, I say: do NOT assume that you are included in any "good" cause either as a giver or a receiver unless it is explicit that you are. If the acknowledgment of you as a person is only implicit, it is very likely that you'll be cheated of time and money spent toward the cause, which knows that you believe you're a full partner while it tacitly considers you cattle.
In other words, it's business as usual: men cheat and lie to get what they want out of you. (Proof: the truth comes out when you speak up about being treated like the cattle they see you as. Cattle with energy, money, and time they can take from you.)
Justin, I know this isn't the answer you were looking for. But the BS about "atheism+ is unnecessary because we have humanism" is the same as "we don't need feminism because we have equalism (or humanism)." It is a clear attempt by men (yet again) to take over the conversation and tell us that we shouldn't have what WE need. Until humanism is explicitly feminist in its support of women, it's NOT ENOUGH.
What is so ridiculous about these men (and some women too) insisting we are already "covered" is that their obvious hostility toward women proves that we're not! That's aside from that fact that WE are the ones who get to say whether we feel a movement is supportive enough of us. Are they acting "humanistic" toward us? Not a bit.
Sushi Q - great post. Thank you for that.
I agree - some men in atheism are acting as though women being active in the movement in some way devalues their input.
That is garbage - it is not a zero sum game.
But I agree - the product of this purposeful action is to exclude/marginalise women (it may actually be the intention of those actions too, but that is hard to know). We have seen that in the retreat from the blogshere of Blag Hag and the continued abuse of other bloggers (I have read about this happening to Rebecca Watson and Surly Amy).
Actually, I might need to clarify the above statement:
Intellectually, the involvement of women in the atheism movement is not a zero sum game. In fact it is the opposite: the wider the range of speakers on atheism the better we can get the message out and the wider our epistemological range (we can cover a wider range of topics and understand them more thoroughly than before).
However, if an individual woman is a better speaker, writer or thinker than the men, that can be seen to be a threat.
It is a threat to book sales, speaking appointments, followers on social media and social status (fame).
This may be one (although not necessarily stated or conscious) reason why women are being targeted, especially those with a high profile.
Note: there has been talk about the differences between Atheism+ vs humanism in some podcasts (The Good Atheist special episode 107 and Ask An Atheist, "Bad News" episode published on 25 August 2012).
I should have checked in with this group before joining the Atheism+ discussion on the site forums... The anti-A+ stuff I read has left a lingering bad taste in my mouth, and this at a time when I had finally convinced myself that super-douche atheists were a dying breed. Not so, huh?
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Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer is parting ways with her top executive, an expensive setback in her effort to turn around the struggling Internet portal.
Henrique de Castro, the chief operating officer Ms. Mayer poached from Google Inc. in 2012, is departing this week. One of the highest-paid executives in Silicon Valley, Mr. de Castro exits after about a year on the job with a severance package that could be worth more than an estimated $42 million....


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Chinese Single Major
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Commencing semesters, 2019
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Learning Chinese at UQ opens a window to understanding Chinese culture and the Chinese way of life. A rapidly changing society with a history dating back to the 17th Century BC, China is also a multiethnic society consisting of 56 ethnic groups with a rich heritage of cultural diversity. In recent decades China has played an increasingly active and significant role in world culture, economy, and politics. The Chinese language is a key to understanding the redistribution of power in the Asia-Pacific region. There are separate majors for native speakers of Mandarin and other Chinese dialects. You can undertake specialist courses in literature, culture, translation, business and language teaching.
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PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl) is a toxic flame retardant used in many products, including computer cases, carpet pads and foam cushions in chairs and couches.
This recent article in the The Oregonian sums up the problems for humans:
Research has shown that the levels of PBDEs in American women are doubling every two to five years. Even low-level exposure, particularly for developing infants, poses some risks to brain development, hormone functioning, memory, learning and behavior.
It's nearly impossible to create a PBDE-free environment if the chemicals remain in broad use. However, European nations that have banned forms of PBDEs have seen the chemicals decline in the environment and in women's breast milk. California, Hawaii, New York, Michigan and Maine all have restricted these chemicals.
They article goes on to point out that PBDEs can be replaced fairly easily:
It's also clear that the use of the chemicals is not essential to fire safety, or to manufacturers of electronics and furniture. Many electronics companies — including Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Epson — have stopped using PBDEs in the face of the European Union restrictions. With California restricting the chemicals, Washington moving to do so and companies adjusting to bans elsewhere…
The Environmental Working Group says:
PBDEs are now found in house dust, sewage sludge and the water and sediments of rivers, estuaries and oceans. They've been found in the tissues of whales, seals, birds and bird eggs, moose, reindeer, mussels, eels, and dozens of species of freshwater and marine fish. Like scores of other industrial chemicals, they have also been found in human breast milk, fat and blood.
…[I]n the last few years, it has become clear that PBDEs and other brominated flame retardants have joined PCBs, DDT and dioxin on the list of persistent, bioaccumulative chemicals contaminating people, animals and the environment everywhere on Earth.
Why do we even consider using chemicals like this in the first place?
Worldwide, only eight companies manufacture PBDEs. Two of the largest are in the U.S. — they are Great Lakes Chemical Corporation and Albemarle Corporation.
In 2002, Great Lakes reported total sales for all products of $1.4 billion, up 4 percent from the previous year. Albermarle reported sales of $980 million, up 7 percent.
More details: here is a FAQ on PDBEs by the Washington State Department of Ecology.


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We are located just under a mile east of Cambridge City Centre on the A1303 (Newmarket Road) which is easily accessible from the M11, A14 and other routes. The Number 3, 10, 11 and 12 buses stop apporximately 100yards from the house making us an excellent choice for trips into Cambridge City Centre as well as Newmarket, and we're near to Cambridge airport.
By Car:
The easiest and generally the quickest way to get here from any direction is via the A14. At junction 34 (signed Fen Ditton) take the B1047 towards Cambridge. At the end of the road turn right and our bed and breakfast is on the left after about 0.3miles.
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You can take the citi 3 bus going to Fisons Road. It goes direct to Autumn House. Get off at the Ditton Walk stop and walk 25 yards further and we are on the corner.
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Friday Video – The English Beat, "Best Friend"
So get this: some neighbors of ours throw this massive Halloween party that switches houses halfway through the evening, and costumes are mandatory. They're throwing it a week early this year for some reason, which gave us one less week to come up with an idea for a costume. But finally, it came to us: new wave zombie. Hey, it's cheap and easy. Get some makeup and colored hair spray, slap on the English Beat t-shirt and Doc Martens, and it's a go.
So, in honor of the early halloween party (we'll pay a more proper salute to Halloween next week), we give you the English Beat at the height of their powers. If you get the chance to see the band singer Dave Wakeling's touring with, though, go, go, go. Most fun two hours you'll have all year, and the tickets are cheap. Rock on.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom, 12 June 2009 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, today received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Cambridge's Pembroke College – the third oldest of the Cambridge colleges.
The Aga Khan becomes the first Muslim to receive the distinction in the University's 800 year history.
"As we celebrate our eight hundredth anniversary, it is perhaps fitting that we first honour a man who traces his ancestry to the sixth century, and to the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him," said Dr Rupert Thompson, classicist and Fellow of Selwyn College, in a citation read out in Latin in keeping with the College's tradition. He went on to say: "Since becoming the fourth Aga Khan, he has worked tirelessly through his Development Network to ensure that those who are opressed by the worst poverty should enjoy a reasonable standard of healthcare, education and financial security. And this is not humanitarianism, as he says, but the requirement of his faith."
"The Honorary Doctorate of Divinity is awarded to individuals who have made a global impact through their religious leadership," said Tim Winter, Academic Secretary in the Faculty of Divinity. "I am delighted that His Highness the Aga Khan, whose charitable and spiritual leadership has a truly worldwide reach, and whose support for scholarship has impacted profoundly on Islamic Studies, should have been chosen for this well-deserved honour."
The Aga Khan was among a distinguished group of 12 people who were presented Honorary Degrees by the Chancellor of the University, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Bill and Melinda Gates, who both received Doctor of Law degrees, and Professor Amartya Sen, who received a Doctor of Letters, were among the other recipients.
Honorary Doctorates are the University's highest honour. Recent recipients of the Honorary Doctorate of Divinity include John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Desmond Tutu, the Archbishop of Cape Town, and the United Kingdom's Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks.
The award of an honorary degree to the Aga Khan coincided with the signing of a scholarship agreement between the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the University of Central Asia (UCA). The UCA will eventually comprise three campuses being built in moutnainous areas -- in Khorog, Tajikistan; Tekeli, Kazakhstan; and Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic.
The University of Central Asia Cambridge Scholarships, whichare fully funded, will enable outstanding young students from Central Asia to study for higher degrees at Cambridge. The agreement was signed by the Director of the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the Director of the University of Central Asia. The signing was witnessed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Alison Richard, and His Highness the Aga Khan.
While at Cambridge, the Aga Khan, who was accompanied by members of his family, visited the Pembroke College Library and a special exhibition of the College's treasures.
Earlier in the week, he received at Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in recognition of his efforts in improving the lives of millions of the world's poorest people and for building a global culture of tolerance.
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His Highness the Aga Khan is the 49th hereditary Imam (Spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The AKDN is a group of private, non-denominational development agencies working to empower communities and individuals to improve living conditions and opportunities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East. The Network's nine development agencies focus on social, cultural and economic development for all citizens, regardless of gender, origin or religion. The AKDN's underlying ethic is compassion for the vulnerable in society. Its annual budget for philanthropic activity is in excess of US$500 million.
The University of Central Asia (UCA) was created to offer an internationally recognized standard of higher education in Central Asia and create knowledgeable, skilled and creative graduates who will contribute leadership, ideas and innovations to the transitioning economies and communities of the region. UCA was founded in 2000 by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and His Highness the Aga Khan. It is the world's first internationally chartered institution of higher education.
Cambridge University is one of the world's leading research universities and celebrates its 800th anniversary in 2009. Its rich history reflects on the myriad achievements and world-changing ideas born within its walls, from the establishment of the fundamentals of physics to the discovery of the structure of DNA; from the transformative thinking of great Cambridge philosophers, poets and artists; to the groundbreaking work of its many Nobel Prize winners. Cambridge affiliates have won more than 80 Nobel Prizes, more than any other institution in the world. Some of the most famous scientific minds in history have studied, researched or taught here.
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Okay, I admit that I have been a PB & chocolate freak lately. I don't really know what my deal is, but I can't get enough PB & chocolate. I have been eating the Nature's Path Envirokidz Leapin Lemurs daily as a snack. I also happened upon the Envirokidz Peanut Choco Drizzle Bars, which I can't seem to get enough of either. So when I saw this recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, I couldn't resist making them. I saw the recipe on the Yahoo Group that I belong to called Silly Yaks. It was posted by a woman named Donna S. Here is a picture of the cookies on my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes Plate (fitting since buckeyes are made out of PB & chocolate 😉 ):
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups peanut butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (I omitted these b/c the kids in my house won't eat nuts unless they are well disguised)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and use an ungreased cookie sheet.
Combine peanut butter, sugar and eggs and mix well. I used my Kitchen Aid since it's a heavy mixture. Then add the chips and nuts and that's it!! Drop by rounded tablespoon and place cookies about 2 inches apart. Cook 10-12 minutes or till lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet a few minutes than transfer to wire rack
**A couple of notes. I followed the recipe as written except for omitting the nuts. The dough seems to get oily fairly quickly, so you need to get them on the cookie sheet and in the oven and not let them set at room temperature too long. Maybe you can place in the fridge while the other batches bake. I only bake 1 sheet at a time, so I probably should have placed the dough in the fridge.
The kids loved these. Jon said he still likes my regualar Chocolate Chip Cookies best, but Hannah couldn't stop talking about these. They are very good and definitely satisfy that craving for PB & chocolate together. 🙂
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It was also confirmed on the forum and nobody mentioned that it's not the official. This makes be glad I won't for a Hannspad instead, especially as the AndyPad reviews haven't been glowing.
Google Android Market fee favours big brands
Andrew Kerry, head of the company behind the Andy Pad cut-price Android tablet, has coughed to implementing the Android Market on his product without Google's permission. But, he insists, the move was forced upon him by what he claims is a tacit "tie up" between Google and "big brands" in the tablet space that has "strangled …
Wednesday 21st September 2011 09:24 GMT Jon 84
Wednesday 21st September 2011 09:28 GMT DrXym
Why would Google do this?
It's one thing to demand devices comply to some level of compatibility, but to demand money? I hope not. After all they cut of 30% of sales plus another cut from all the advertising revenue that free apps would push at people. Seems to me that Google should be handing out these apps like free sweeties to any compliant device.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 17:36 GMT Oli Wright
Interesting bit at the end here: http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html
"Once you've built a compatible device, you may wish to include Android Market to provide your users access to the third-party app ecosystem. Unfortunately, for a variety of legal and business reasons, we aren't able to automatically license Android Market to all compatible devices. To inquire about access about Android Market, you can contact us."
I'd quite like to know if there's anything beyond the monetary side of a license (especially anything technical) that prevents the automatic licensing of the Market.
I didn't realise they charged for the market for device makers (honestly hadn't seen that mentioned anywhere before ...). Ad revenue for Google isn't guaranteed on free apps btw as devs aren't limited to AdMob as a provider. There is a one off $25 dev registration fee though.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 09:30 GMT jj_0
Wednesday 21st September 2011 10:51 GMT Anonymous Coward
Its still on their website under support/apps
"Step 1 - Android Market
To install apps on the Android Market, go onto the Android Market, select an option- Applications, Games, or search.
Step 2 - Android Market
Select the chosen app and tap 'Install'.
Details about the app, functionalities and other information will load, and if the requested permissions are as expected, tap 'OK'."
I would expect after reading that to find market on the device.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 09:30 GMT a_been
Wednesday 21st September 2011 10:49 GMT Robert Carnegie
I didn't know that.
Maplin has had Android 1.x and 2.x tablet devices that aren't phones and, according to forums, have required user hacking of doubtful legality in order to get apps from Android Market. It's also apparently been an issue with CyanogenMod releases of Android OS.
But I thought it was on the basis that Google doesn't want to be associated with not-phone tablets running 2.x - I got the original Samsung Galaxy Tab, which -is- a phone and everything's fine... well, I think I'm an approved OS update behind, and the front screen is liable to freeze up for an increasingly long delay from time to tme, unless I reboot. Even worse, this may be the latest release. But my phone SIM isn't 3G or internet so it may be a sub-optimal configuration. But anyway...
I did not know that Google is also licensing Android Market to device manufacturers for a fee. A fee that Andy Pad can't afford.
I suppose that this is Google's software and they can treat the legally closed parts of it as they please, and also they don't want it put on devices where it isn't satisfactory and it makes Google look like a villain for that - but it still looks like being mean.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 12:30 GMT DZ-Jay
@Robert Carnegie
I thought it was common knowledge. I know El Reg has mentioned it before: Google provide the Android OS for free, but retain control to Google-branded apps and the Android Market, which require a license. The license is not free and further requires Google's approval of the device.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 10:53 GMT Syren Baran
@El Reg
"Kerry's comments imply Google wants rather a lot of cash for the rights to Android Market"
Did you send a mail to Google requesting more information on that topic? If thats true the new slogan for Android should be:
Android, the free and open OS*
*fees and restrictions apply where possible
Wednesday 21st September 2011 12:17 GMT flibblesan
Wednesday 21st September 2011 12:30 GMT DZ-Jay
Re: Android is open
It may be "open" in that technical sense, but it is not what is implied or expected. There is Android the "OS" and Android the ecosystem/platform. One may be useless without the other.
In this sense it's the same as those toys that claim:
"Batteries not required!"*
*A charging transformer is required for power, sold separately.
It's inaccurate at best, disingenuous at worse.
Wednesday 21st September 2011 17:16 GMT Anonymous Coward
Would people stop mixing up the OS and other services please. Similar complaints arose when Google limited access to the movie rental service to rooted devices and were equally daft. I really don't understand this assumption that once a company mentions the word "Open", everything that they do should be open! The Market is a service on top of Android. While I'm a little disappointed to see that Google are charging for manufacturers to license the market (I thought it was only limited by ability to pass the compatability tests), I'll get over that.
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A blend of highly refined micro crystalline wax.
Provides excellent protection from moisture, heat and finger marks. Dries crystal clear with a soft sheen. Will not yellow.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
December 24 - Lottie Moon, Missionary, Champion of Missions, Evangelist
Lottie Moon was easy to miss in a crowd: she was only 4'3" tall and very slender. But, her personality and passion for missions and the rights of women to be missionaries are not easy to miss when we look backward across the annals of history. She was born to a slave holding family in Virginia and lived on the 1,500 acre plantation for the early parts of her life. She was the third of seven children and showed an aptitude toward languages and education. As she grew older, she had the opportunity to continue her education at an all-female school in Charlottesville, Virginia, because her family placed a very high value upon education because of its ability to promote the affluence and influence of those who obtain it. Lottie obtained it well and soon received a Master of Arts degree--one of only a few given out to women in the south in the middle of the 19th century.
Her faith had always been a cultural thing when she was growing up but while she was in school she attended a revival meeting led by John Broadus where the preaching was different than she was used to. The convicting and passionate nature of the minister's words gripped Lottie's heart and compelled her to learn more about what he was talking about. Soon, her faith became very real and intense and her life became less simple. She began teaching in all-female schools (in Kentucky and then in Georgia) because she wasn't sure what else she would do. She was educated and was a good teacher but it didn't feel right. While Lottie was teaching, her younger sister Edmonia became a missionary to the Northern parts of China and left quickly. Lottie found herself thinking of the absurdity of Edmonia's commitment but soon she found herself envying her sister's passion and commitment. Eventually, she followed her sister to China after realizing that this was where God was calling her.
At first, China was a disappointing mission for Lottie. The culture shock was overwhelming and Lottie's own ethnocentrism caused her to avoid and reject the Chinese customs and culture. Further, as a single female missionary she was assigned to teach Chinese students but not to evangelize or venture into the interior sharing the Gospel. She wrote letters back to the United States hoping that people would "get it" and permit her to be an evangelist instead of only a teacher. Her argument became persuasive when she pointed out that Chinese women were only being reached by other women and that this group could not simply be abandoned. With the permission of the mission board, Lottie stepped further into her calling even as her sister Edmonia was returning to the United States because of deteriorating health. Lottie soon learned that she was more able to reach people if she adopted their cultural dress and appearance. Soon, Lottie was learning to love the people that she had feared and rejected shortly before. Her own redemption was being effected even as she led others to theirs.
Lottie spent 39 years in China meeting the needs of the people and sharing the Gospel message of love, forgiveness, mercy, and grace. She was forever sending back letters pleading for more missionaries--especially more female missionaries--to be sent to China. Yet, budget constraints and limited spending meant that she was also forever being rejected. She fought for missionaries furloughs so that missionaries would not simply waste away and be forgotten in their home. She organized mission societies of women in the United States and contributed significantly to the Baptist passion for international missions. When salaries of missionaries were reduced yet again because of debt and budget constraint, Lottie found ways to make do. Her fellow missionaries found out, at one point, that she had been giving away to the poor most of the food her meager salary could afford. At one point, she weighed as little as fifty pounds because of malnutrition and stress. They insisted on sending her home and she died on the way on December 24, 1912. To this day, churches across the United States collect money for international missions in the week before Christmas and have collected over 1.5 billion dollars since they started in 1888.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures settled lower Thursday, below $93 a barrel, as the dollar strengthened in the wake of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee's release of its December meeting minutes. February crude oil CLG23, -51.08% fell 20 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $92.92 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The FOMC minutes indicated that quantitative easing may be ending this calendar year, said Tariq Zahir, managing member at Tyche Capital Advisors. "This gave an instant bid to the U.S. dollar and started to pressure the energy markets," he said.
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Monday, March 14, 2011; 2:39 PM
NEW YORK -- A leading rights group says 10 countries have legalized same-sex marriage in the past decade.
But Human Rights Watch said in a survey released Monday that bias continues against people who want to marry people of the same gender in those 10 countries and many others.
Boris O. Dittrich of the group's gay rights program says that the growing number of countries legalizing same-sex marriage demonstrates progress in sexual equality around the world.
The first same-sex marriages took place in the Netherlands on April 1, 2001. The countries that followed were Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland and Argentina.


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Japan's gold-selling boom could soon turn to gold-buying, analysts say, if policy makers succeed in their goal of ending 15 years of deflation and sparking a new round of inflation. Gold is usually seen as a hedge against inflation, holding its value while the worth of other assets is eroded by rising prices.
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"Security needs to be an end-to-end thing. Security is our No. 1 priority. It will forever be our No. 1 priority. And we will always put our utomost investment in security," Vogels said.
It is difficult, and expensive, for businesses to build distributed architectures using traditional data centers, Vogels said. Data centers can fail for many reasons, such as power outages and natural catastrophes. Having a geographically distributed network means the business can successfully switch to a new data center instead of experiencing costly downtime.
"We think that in the fullness of time - and it is not going to happen immediately - but the cloud will replace owned and operated data centers," said Adam Selipsky, vice-president of sales, marketing and support at Amazon Web Services.
According to the The 451 Group, Amazon currently has an approximate 60 percent share of the infrastructure-as-a-service market, said Amazon CTO Wervner Vogels. Hundreds of thousands of companies around the world rely on Amazon Web Services to run their business, or some portion of it, Vogels said. There are over 905 billion objects stored on the Simple Storage Service cloud (S3), Vogels said.
"If we are not delivering the right quality of services, you should be able to walk away. You, the consumer of these services, should be in full control. That is core to our philosophy. And with that also comes the belief that if you help us gain economies of scale, and if we together operate to get increased efficiencies out of our platform, you should benefit from that," Vogels said.


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I get a lot of inspiration from fashion bloggers of all stripes. Oftentimes I'm reminded of their personal style when I'm out sourcing new merchandise. An era, a cut, a brand, a color… any little thing can make me flash back to an outfit post I loved. I'll take bloggers over red carpet celebs any day.
Here are a couple things I listed earlier on Goldmine Trash:
Vintage 80s jacket from Mondi, a German boutique label. Made in a lightweight navy blue wool/polyester blend. I'm in love with the birds and 'navy and white' phrase which are embroidered throughout in white and metallic gld thread!
The perfect lightweight spring jacket. The open front is just the thing for showing off a t shirt and some long metal necklaces. I'd pair this with skinny jeans to balance out it's slightly boxy cut.
This particular piece reminded me of Jane Aldridge, of Sea of Shoes fame. She wears a lot of boutique labels, cropped length jackets, and has a knack for pulling off exaggerated 80s silhouettes with grace.
Officially obsessed with this. 3pc 1950s silk dress set, in a midnight blue, coral red, and white atomic print! The dress has a squared neckline and slender cut w/ pencil skirting, and the jacket is has the coolest upturned cuffs on it's 3/4 sleeves. As if that isn't good enough, the original matching belt is intact. Most vintage dresses came with matching belts, but most of those belts have mysteriously vanished into a black hole. Score!
This dress set reminds of the Rockabilly Socialite, miss Dollie DeVille. While she's not a self proclaimed fashion blogger per say, she always looks amazing in her photos, and has some 40s and 50s dresses to die for. Silk, rayon, cotton novelty prints? The gal has it all.
If you like a head to toe vintage look, this is thee dress set for you! I like to mix old with new though. So I'd pair the dress with some newer, trendy metal jewelry and platform heels. And the jacket I'd pair with some well worn, faded and distressed jeans and wedge heels.
Two gals with totally different yet equally fabulous styles, who love vintage and are known for wearing it. Which fashion bloggers inspire you?


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My grandfather was Marland Williams. He had a twin brother named Marvin. They were born to Joseph and Leann (Prater) Williams on March 22, 1889. Joe and Leann had 4 sons: Oscar,(never married) Conn,( never married and was retarded because of lack of oxygen at birth) the twins, Marland (married Cora Esther Fletcher)and Marvin (married an Indian from Missouri named Lizzie Carr). They were parents of one daughter, Mamie (married a New). Joseph was known as a mean old man and for a period of time lived in Missouri with the Carr family. He had a brother named Jeff(Dad believes him to be Joe's brother.) We know nothing about his parents. Joe wandered in and out of his childrens' lifes and we don't know when or where he died. We know Jeff's family stayed in the Sparta,Tn. area. My grandfather was a coal miner and lived in the Whitley City, Stearns KY area as did his twin. There is a family story that somewhere in the Williams line, a female got pregnant by a man with last name of "Breeding" and no marriage occurred and the son she birthed went by his mother's maiden name of Williams. Don't know if it was Joe's mother or his grandmother? If Joe had other siblings we don't know about them. Any help would be welcome!
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TCU travels to Texas Tech Thursday to open Week 3 action in the second conference game of the young season. Seven teams continue non-conference play on Saturday while Baylor has an open date.
After going 6-1 in non-conference games last week, the Big 12 is 65-11 in non-league games since 2011 and 58-6 in the month of September since 2011.
Big 12 teams opened the season with a total of 69 first-time starters, including six quarterbacks.
The Big 12 has four teams ranked nationally and is the only league with 70 percent of its teams ranked or receiving votes in the coaches poll.
Big 12 teams are averaging 486.4 yards and 35.6 points while holding opponents to 382.3 yards and 18.3 points.
The Big 12 has scored on 61-of-70 (.87.1%) red zone attempts with 48 touchdowns (68.6 percent).
In the last two weeks, Big 12 defenses have held non-conference foes to 61 drives of three-or-less plays that have resulted in a punt or turnover.
Ten players have recorded a 100-yard receiving performance while six have totaled 100-plus rushing yards in the first two weeks of the season.
The Big 12 has 33 scoring drives of 50-plus yards in less than 2 minutes and 14 scoring plays of at least 50 yards.
Through two weeks of action, five touchdowns have been scored by special teams and defense in addition to a safety.
Through two weeks, Big 12 teams have totaled 81 touchdowns from scrimmage. 43 have been rushes, averaging 11.8 yards per TD. 38 have been passes averaging 34.9 yards per TD. Overall the 81 touchdowns from scrimmage average 22.7 yards.
Big 12 Football Players of the Week were awarded to: J.W. Walsh, Oklahoma State (offense), Gabe Lynn, Oklahoma (defense) and Tramaine Thompson, K-State (special teams).


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Ran, a western Sichuan-based commentator and literary magazine editor detained during a round-up of government critics in February, is the latest online writer to be released from jail to home surveillance. Although reports said he had been indicted for inciting subversion against the state for his wide-ranging social and political articles, his release suggests the charges have been dropped. However, security agents are restricting his movements and he has been ordered not to continue his outspoken online commentaries, conditions that leave him vulnerable to re-arrest for noncompliance, international news reports said.
"Ran Yunfei has committed no crime and should be allowed complete freedom," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. "Keeping writers and journalists under house arrest is simply an attempt to bully them into keeping quiet."
Internet writer Yang Hengjun and artist and documentary filmmaker Ai Weiwei were also released this year on the condition that they not discuss the details of their detentions, which resembled state-sponsored kidnappings and did not follow Chinese legal procedure, CPJ research showed. After his release, Yang spoke euphemistically about his disappearance in terms that supporters said indicated a secret detention. Police neglected to inform Ai's family of his detention or file criminal charges within the periods required by law.
Yang, Ai, and Ran are among dozens of high-profile writers, activists, and lawyers who were detained, harassed, or threatened in response to unsigned demands for a Chinese Arab Spring posted online in February. The whereabouts of other detainees, including Ai's freelance journalist associate Wen Tao, remain unknown.
Invasive surveillance of dissidents in their homes, sometimes combined with physical intimidation by security agents, restricts residents from communication with the outside world, CPJ research showed. Many victims and journalists have documented the experience, including lawyer and civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng and Zeng Jinyan, wife of the formerly imprisoned journalist Hu Jia. House arrest, sometimes called "soft detention," is an extrajudicial punishment that can be imposed in China even if an individual, like Ai, was never formally arrested, according to international news reports.
Some commentators ignore post-incarceration restraints and continue to speak out. Ai, who lives in Beijing, recently used his personal Twitter account to encourage his followers to call for the release of Ran and imprisoned activist Wang Lihong.


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Update: Apple has now addressed this problem with a software update. Be sure to run "Software Update" from the Apple Menu and install all the available updates. No further action will be required, unless you were infected; in that case follow the advice below to change your password. Original blog follows…
"Mac Malware" is almost an oxymoron as the virus related issues that have plagued Windows users for years have been almost unknown on the Mac.
Given the minimal problems to date, many Mac users will have been concerned about the recent news of an estimated half million or so Macs possibly infected by "Flashback", a drive-by-download attack that requires absolutely no input by users in order to install itself–apparently all you have to do is accidentally visit a malicious website. The code exploits a vulnerability in your Java runtime, an optional part of the OS that most people will have on their Macs.
However there is no need to panic: it's easy to check if you have the problem, it's easy to resolve if you have, and if you install the latest software updates from Apple (as you always should) the vulnerability is eliminated.
An excellent article on PCMag.com provides details. The first step is is to download an app to check if you are infected. If not, as will be the case for almost everyone, make sure you run 'Software Update" from your Apple menu and you are all set.
If you do find you have a problem, the article recommends the free Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition app to eliminate it. A prudent tip is then to immediately change your Mac password in System Preferences/User & Groups.
Bottom line – this current problem is not a cause for panic and to run out to buy and install anti-virus software. However it is prudent to check your Mac as noted above and keep your Mac software up to date.
Another relevant tip is to ensure your Mac is password protected. Do not leave your password blank or configure your Mac for auto-login – both of these approaches are just asking for trouble. And don't forget to back-up – with TimeMachine built in there is no excuse not to!
If you have questions or concerns about your Mac, feel free to discuss them with Peter on your next visit to West Hill House.


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The Miele S314 Red Star also features a state-of-the-art HEPA filter. This filter cleans more than just dirt as you vacuum; it pulls microscopic pathogens from the air and purifies it so that you can breathe healthier. This filter operates in tandem with a 4.5 quart dust bag in a sealed system that can capture particles as small as 0.3 micron size.
In effect, this vacuum gives you two appliances in one: it cleans your carpets like never before and it also acts as a superior air purifier. The HEPA filter is a favorite for allergy or asthma sufferers and has been certified to help relieve symptoms.
The Miele Red Star also comes with several convenient accessories including a two-piece standard suction wand, a dusting brush, upholstery nozzle, and crevice tool. You'll also find an SEB213-2 power brush, an SES105 electric hose, and a smooth floor brush that enables you to switch easily from one surface to another.
If you have varied floor surfaces in your home, you know the nuisance that a bad vacuum can cause. Especially on uprights, the floor brush is often too low and this can cause bad suction and sometimes damage to hardwood or tile floors. When you have taken the trouble to install hardwood or tile in your home, you want a vacuum that will clean these surfaces gently and thoroughly.
The Miele S314 Red Star does this in unprecedented style with its smooth floor brush. This brush is composed of soft rotating bristles that essentially do your sweeping for you as they run across your floor. You can then switch the smooth floor brush option off, and resume vacuuming your carpets. The Red Star can self-adjust and handles carpets from high-pile to low with ease.
What people enjoy about the Miele Red Star is what they tend to enjoy about most Miele canister vacuums-namely, lightweight design, practical accessories, and extreme cleaning ability-the power brush can scrub even deep-seated dirt and pet hair from your carpet. The unparalleled HEPA filter option is also a favorite.
First-time users report that getting to know this vacuum is not as intuitive as they would like and took some practice.


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Markey rails against TSA's plan to let knives on planes
TSA to lift knife ban in April
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey on Tuesday railed against the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives onto planes.
"Why would we run the risk of repeating the history of what happened here at Logan Airport?" Markey said.
Markey urged the TSA not to implement the policy, citing the opposition of flight attendants and federal law enforcement officers.
"It makes absolutely no sense to allow passengers to carry knives like this," Markey said.
Markey was joined by flight attendants and pilots at the press conference at Logan Tuesday.
"We have to stop this policy before it goes into effect. It was blades that caused the destruction of Sept. 11; it was blades that took my friends from me on Sept. 11; and it was blades that changed my profession forever," said Sara Nelson, of the Association of Flight Attendants.
"The knives that were used on 9/11 were just three-quarters of an inch long -- just simple razor knives. The knives like the Congressman was showing here are 2 5/16 inches long. That will do a lot of damage," said Capt. Steve Sevier, of the US Airline Pilots Association.
The Malden Democrat is a candidate in the state's special U.S. Senate election.
The policy goes into effect April 25. It will also allow passengers to include in their carry-on luggage novelty-size baseball bats less than 24 inches long, toy plastic bats, billiard cues, ski poles, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and two golf clubs.
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ARLINGTON, Wash. - A mountainside community waited in anguish Friday to learn the full scope of the Washington state mudslide as authorities worked to identify remains and warned that they were unlikely to find anyone alive nearly a week after the disaster.
Leslie Zylstra said everybody in town knows someone who died, and the village was coming to grips with the fact that many of the missing will never turn up.
"The people know there's no way anybody could have survived," said Zylstra, who used to work in an Arlington hardware store. "They just want to have their loved ones, to bury their loved ones."
Authorities delayed an announcement that they said would substantially raise the death toll to allow the Snohomish County medical examiner's office to continue with identification efforts.
That job, along with the work of the exhausted searchers, was complicated by the sheer magnitude of the devastation from Saturday's slide. Tons of earth and ambulance-sized boulders of clay smashed everything in their path, leaving unrecognizable remnants in their wake.
"There's a process that we have in place, and I don't want to get into too many details of that," Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots said Friday. "It's not as simple as saying this is the number of people that we have that we have recovered."
The fire chief said he expected to receive an update from the medical examiner's office by Friday evening.
In addition to bearing the stress of the disaster, townspeople were increasingly frustrated by the lack of information from authorities, said Mary Schoenfeldt, a disaster traumatologist who has been providing counseling services at schools and for public employees and volunteers.
"The anger and frustration is starting to rise," she said.
That's normal for this phase of a disaster, as is the physical toll taken by not having eaten or slept normally in days, she said.
There were also signs of resilience. Handmade signs have appeared that say "Oso strong" and "530 pride" in reference to the stricken community and state Highway 530 that runs through it.
Authorities have acknowledged the deaths of at least 25 people - with 17 bodies recovered. Reports of more bodies being found have trickled in from relatives and workers on the scene.
Searchers are working from a list of 90 missing people, which equates to about half of the population of Oso, a North Cascades foothills community some 55 miles northeast of Seattle.
That list has not been made public, but officials have said it includes not just residents who may have been in their homes but others thought to be in the area or traveling the highway when the slide struck.
Authorities have all but eliminated the possibility that some people on the list may have been out of the area and simply have not checked in. And they warned the chances of finding anyone alive amid the tons of silt and mud was slim.
"I would say there's always some hope, but," Tom Miner said Thursday, trailing off before finishing his thought. He is an urban search-and-rescue leader for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Besides the 90 missing, authorities are checking on 35 other people who may or may not have been in the area at the time of the slide.
The mudslide could go down as one of Washington's worst disasters, along with the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens that killed 57 people and a 1910 avalanche near Stevens Pass that swept away two trains and killed 96.
The deadliest landslides in history include one that killed 500 people when a dam in San Francisquito, Calif., collapsed in 1928, causing an abutment to give way, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Storms have triggered other catastrophic slides, including one that killed 150 people in Virginia in the wake of Hurricane Camille in 1969 and another that killed 129 when rain from Tropical Storm Isabel loosened tons of mud that buried the Puerto Rican community of Mameyes in 1985.
Rescuers, military personnel, volunteers and search dogs pressed on Friday, driven by the hope of finding at least one survivor. But the operation had changed, said Snohomish County fire battalion commander Steve Mason.
"It started with hasty searching," he said. Now "we want to be more methodical."
Crews that had worked for days in the rain and mud were getting some relief as replacements arrived. The Colorado National Guard sent 16 members of its fatality search-and-recovery team to Washington.
A new crew of volunteer diggers showed up in an Arlington school bus Friday and marched single file toward the debris pile.
"There are people down here digging for their loved ones," Mason said.
The county medical examiner's office has so far formally identified five victims: Christina Jefferds, 45, of Arlington; Stephen A. Neal, 55, of Darrington; Linda L. McPherson, 69, of Arlington; Kaylee B. Spillers, 5, of Arlington and William E. Welsh, 66, of Arlington.
The body of Jefferds' granddaughter, 4-month-old Sanoah Huestis, was found Thursday, said Dale Petersen, the girl's great-uncle.


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Kyle wrote:The black and dark red are too similar, in my opinion. Maybe instead of having the new post graphic be red, have it be filled in to look like a glowy button or something?
Septemris wrote:Site looks great ! Thanks for limiting the width of the display. It''s much more easier to read on a wide monitor.
I'm not sure if the header should be that big throughout the forum though.
And on a more technical note, you have an error in your style.css file.
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Anal tip : when the value of the margin / padding / etc. is 0, you don't need to write "px" after it.
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Morgan19 wrote:Here are a few things I've thought about this morning (which I hope are taken as constructive comments and not just criticism):
Will they be available at some point? (I'm guessing they're just not ready yet, since the rules and guidelines still mention them.)
Morgan19 wrote:Board style
Given that it appears to be the only one listed in the dropdown, will a "default", non-styled version of the boards ever be made available? Or will black and red always be the only option? (Not that it isn't nice-looking; I just can't think of many other community boards that don't allow a user to choose a default phpBB style instead. Just in case.)
Morgan19 wrote:Fluid vs. fixed-width
What was the rationale behind dumping the old board's fluid layout vs. this one's fixed width? Was it simply to better merge the frontpage and forum sections together?
Morgan19 wrote:WordPress login
Per my question here about logging in/registering with WordPress for commenting on news stories.
Morgan19 wrote:Sidebar size
The left-hand sidebar seems to take up an unnecessarily wide amount of space (especially now with the fixed-width layout), I think because of the timestamp on the join date. I'm not sure how critical everyone knowing exactly what minute someone joined is; are there any plans to trim that bit and reclaim some post space?
Morgan19 wrote:"Online"
The online banner graphic in the left-hand sidebar seems awkward. I think it's its overall size, placement, and color in relation to everything else, but (especially without avatars) I just see ONLINE!!! instead of the important info like the poster's name.
Morgan19 wrote:Poster's name
A poster's name in the left-side sidebar seems way too small right now: too easy to get lost in all the other page info. It looks like the old site's names were 12 pt whereas the new ones are only 10 or 11, maybe? (Names should ideally be a point or two larger than titles, join date, etc.)
Morgan19 wrote:Kyle wrote:The black and dark red are too similar, in my opinion. Maybe instead of having the new post graphic be red, have it be filled in to look like a glowy button or something?
^ Agreed, the nearly-monochrome icons are hard to tell apart to me, too.
theJudeAbides wrote:I have to admit, there are a lot of improvements here over the old boards.
First of all, I like the new forum organization. This is something I was really hoping you would do, and do well, and you did. Having one central location for all MOCs to be posted is much better than the old system of having Star Wars MOCs in one forum, and other MOCs being mixed in with other LEGO discussion.
Additionally, combining the Star Wars and Star Wars LEGO forums into one just makes sense. The old Star Wars thread didn't see that many new topics or posts, so it makes sense to mix it in with the Star Wars LEGO section. The only question remains, will a new 100+ page trivia thread emerge here? Only time will tell.
I'm also liking the fact that FBTB is expanding its LEGO horizons by adding some new forums. I think this is a step in the right direction for FBTB, expanding the core LEGO focus of the site.
It's also good to see several classic forums survive to the new site. The BCS, Suggestions, B/S/T, and Ask LEGO forums are mainstays that need to be kept alive.
I do have one question, though: How come we are not allowed to post new topics in the BCS? Is there a new restriction that you have to have been here a certain amount of time/posted so many times (much like the B/S/T section) before you can start a new topic? If this is the case, it actually seems like a good idea and could curb two separate problems: spambots registering and flooding the boards and noobs creating new threads without searching and/or obeying the proper etiquette. By forcing people to learn the lay of the land before posting, we'll hopefully see less spam and fewer noob mistakes.
The one complaint I have right now is the ad-banner that appears between the page banner and the page content. In fact, I generally don't like the ads at all, but realize you have bills to pay. I don't have a problem with the banners on the bottom, as they are easily ignored. However, the ones at the top make the banner seem disjointed and disconnected from the rest of the site. Part of the problem, too, is that it doesn't fill the gap completely and you're left with the backgrounds stars filling in the gaps (Side note: I love the new starry background). If you could resize the banners to completely fill the gap, or figure out some solution to to add some color around it, that would be much better as it would connect the banner to the rest of the site.
Yes, those suck, we're replacing them soon. And by "we" I mean Nick.Lord T wrote:I'm not quite sure about the oddly balloon shaped smilies
Can you explain what you mean by "URL thingy"?Darth Bizzle wrote:It looks pretty good. My only problem is I can't figure out the URL thingy. So maybe make a tutorial for that as this is new for me...the old one was easy though.
But overall 5/5.
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WASHINGTON – They didn't beat their rival, the Dallas Cowboys, but the Washington Redskins are No. 3 on the list of the National Football League's most valuable sports teams, according to Forbes.com.
Both the Cowboys and Redskins edged out recent Super Bowl champs, the Baltimore Ravens, on the list. The team comes in at No. 9.
The NFL also continues to be the most lucrative sports league in the world, according to Forbes. The NFL's 32 teams are worth $1.17 billion on average, 5 percent more than last year.
The Dallas Cowboys top the NFL list of moneymakers with a team value of $2.3 billion and the 2012 revenue of the team was $539 million. The team's operating income in 2012 was $250.7 million. The Washington Redskins have a team value of $1.7 billion and 2012 revenue of $381 million. The team's 2012 operating income was $104.3 million.
The Ravens have a team value of $1.2 billion. The team's revenue was $292 million and and its operating income was $48.3 million in 2012.
The top 10 moneymaking teams are:
- Dallas Cowboys
- New England Patriots
- Washington Redskins
- New York Giants
- Houston Texans
- New York Jets
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Chicago Bears
- Baltimore Ravens
- San Francisco 49ers
Marking the bottom of the list at No. 32 is the Oakland Raiders with a team value of $825 million.
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HILLSVILLE — Twin County Humane Society will hold this year's dog walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at The Carroll Wellness Center in Hillsville.
"Walk for the Animals" will be held rain or shine to raise money for spay/neuter assistance and other animal welfare programs.
Walkers must raise $25 to participate. Those who raise a minimum $50 and pre-register by Aug. 30 will receive a free event t-shirt.
Pre-register by contacting (276) 728-3203 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Or see www.twincountyhumanesociety.org and click on fundraising to print a pledge sheet.
Dogs must be current on vaccinations, on leash at all times and under control. Children younger than 16 must be accompanied by adult.
Business and individual sponsorships for the walk include: mega sponsor: PVA, Inc.—Problem Solved; corporate sponsors Galax Veterinary Clinic and Mohawk; business and individual sponsors: Carroll Veterinary Clinic, Nuckolls Drug, Grayson National Bank, Blue Ridge Pet Sitters, Lyons & Lyons Attorneys At Law, Rotenizer's Carpet, United Country Southern Virginia Real Estate, David M. Harvey dentist, Healing Springs Animal Hospital, Preston and Mattie Edwards, Rick and Jane Munsey.
Supporter sponsors: Gary's Backhoe Service, Terry and Karen Brock, McGrady & McGrady Attorneys At Law, Just Dogs, Lucille Iroler and Tastee Freeze in Memory of Rodney Sawyers.
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