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I don't think there's anybody left who doesn't know that any use of tobacco, whether it be smoked, chewed, or rolled around in, may cause cancer. That's no longer a mystery at this point, no matter what the soccer-mom juries decide in the next people v. tobacco class action lawsuit.
What is still a mystery, at least to me, is how dangerous cigars actually are, especially in comparison to cigarettes. Nearly all the bad, scary stuff you hear about tobacco assumes the tobacco in question comes in the form of a cigarette. It would seem to me that cigars must be less dangerous than cigarettes for three reasons:
- Cigar smokers typically don't inhale the smoke. The ones that do are often also cigarette smokers and have a higher tolerance for inhaled smoke. (I don't know this for sure, but I suspect inhaling cigars frequently might be the fast train to emphysema-land.)
- The tobacco used in cigars is less chemically processed and more natural than the tobacco used in cigarettes.
- Cigar smokers tend to smoke with less frequency than cigarette smokers.
If I left off here, I probably wouldn't have said anything you haven't heard before. And both of us would leave this blog with a nice warm fuzzy and go make that fuzzy a bit warmer by lighting up a good cigar. But since I'm not any sort of medical professional, you should know the above reasons are just a combination of my own crackpot theories, and the second hand information I have picked up in my years of stogie puffing.
Since I'm all about adding value, I decided to do a little leg work. So here, in no particular order are some tidbits I picked up from reputable sources online regarding the health risks of cigars:
Cigar Health Tidbits
- One cigar a week is unlikely to have serious health consequences. (4)
- In terms of health risks, puffing on a stogie but not inhaling is roughly the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes. Inhaling boosts the exposure to the equivalent of as many as three cigarettes. (4)
- Smoking one to two cigars per day doubles the risk for oral and esophageal cancers. Smoking three to four cigars daily can increase the risk of oral cancers to more than eight times. (1)
- "The health risks associated with occasional cigar smoking (less than daily) are not known." (1)(3)
- Cigar smokers who have a history of cigarette smoking are more likely to inhale cigar smoke. (1)
- Cigarettes are generally contain less than 1 gram of tobacco each. Large cigars can contain between 5 and 17 grams of tobacco. Some premium cigars contain the tobacco equivalent of an entire pack of cigarettes. (1)(2)
- The lung cancer risk from moderately inhaling smoke from five cigars a day is comparable to the risk from smoking up to one pack of cigarettes a day. (1)
- "The measurements of the carbon monoxide (CO) concentration at a cigar party and a cigar banquet in a restaurant showed indoor CO levels comparable to those measured on a crowded California freeway." (1)
- Cigar consumption declined by about 66 percent from 1973 through 1993, but has increased more than 50 percent since 1993. (1)
- "Studies show that men who smoke at least five cigars a day and report moderate inhalation, experience lung cancer deaths at about two-thirds the rate of men who smoke one pack of cigarettes a day." (2)
- "Secondhand cigar smoke has much higher concentrations of toxins and carcinogens than do cigarettes." (2)
- "The sharp rise in the popularity of in gourmet coffee and microbrewery beers has led to a large increase in cigar smoking particularly among young and middle-aged white men (ages 18 to 44) with higher than average incomes and education." (3)
- The risk of death from lung cancer for cigar smokers that do not inhale is not as high as it is for cigarette smokers, but is still three times higher than the risk for nonsmokers. (3)
The Verdict
It looks like I was actually not too far off with the three impressions I mentioned earlier. The key to enjoying cigars and and minimizing your potential health risks seems to be not inhaling the smoke. Since very few cigar smokers do that, it's my opinion that there's more hype than health risk to cigar smoking. (Something tells me that the late centenarian George Burns would agree with me on this.)
The thing I find troubling is that some of the statistics give the odds for various health issues, without ever identifying how many cigars a day they're basing their facts on. Based on repeated references to the impacts of five cigars a day, I'm thinking that five is assumed to be average. I just have to ask, who the heck has the time and the money to smoke five cigars a day? That's the problem with statistics like these, they're assembled by non-smokers. 🙂
And finally, I didn't see any information on the comparison of the quality and purity of the tobacco between cigars and cigarettes. So my idea that the tobacco in a cigar is actually less damaging due to chemicals used in cigarette tobacco may just be a crackpot theory I made up while smoking a cigar. If you happen to come across information one way or the other on this, feel free to leave a comment and let me know!
OK, there's a cigar waiting for me with my name on it… 🙂
My Sources
- National Cancer Institute: Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer
- American Lung Association: Cigar Smoking Fact Sheet
- American Cancer Society: Cigar Smoking: Growing Popularity Amoung Young Adults
- University of Southern California: Cigar Smoking Remains Serious Health Risk (via CigarLife)
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The 2012-13 season may have come to a disappointing end, but the King University men's golf team still had a successful campaign, winning two tournaments and finishing second in two others. King should be experienced this year, returning five golfers that appeared in at least 10 rounds a season ago, including three that competed in every event.
In the middle of the season last year, the Tornado finished in the top two in four of five tournaments, winning the Lincoln Memorial University State Farm Invitational and the Barton Intercollegiate. Head coach Brian Kamm also led the Tornado to second place finishes at the King Invitational and the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate. However, the success didn't continue at the Conference Carolinas Championship where the Tornado finished in eighth place, leaving room for improvement in 2013-14.
Kamm returns nearly everyone from last season's squad, but will have to replace NCAA Men's Golf Championship qualifier Richard Powell. Powell became the first King men's golfer to qualify for an NCAA Men's Golf Regional, and was named second team all-conference during his senior campaign.
King returns a very talented group, led by a quartet of juniors. Ross Maietta led this group with a stroke average of 74.79 while posting three top-10s a season ago. Taylor Gouge wasn't far behind with his 75.11 stroke average, also placing in the top-10 three times. Gouge also recorded two top-5s and won the King Invitational after shooting 68-69 in the two round event.
"We have four juniors coming back, and three of them had significant playing time, played every tournament for me last year," Kamm said. "I'm really looking forward to see who is going to step up, who is going to be the player to get better this year. When a player has a chance to be a leader, I think they look forward to doing that."
John Scott and Michael Chua return after successful 2012-13 seasons. Scott posted a stroke average of 75.47 to rank fourth on the team, and set the school record when he shot a 66 in the second round of the Richard Rendleman Invitational. Chua only appeared in six rounds a season ago and posted a stroke average of 83.33.
Leennawat Numpituckchaikul and Sam Hobday each appeared in 11 rounds as freshman a season ago, and will look to crack the lineup again this season. Numpituckchaikul posted a scoring average of 76.82 while Hobday averaged 78.91 strokes per round.
This returning core will be joined by a group of five freshmen that will also compete for time.
King tees off the 2013-14 campaign on September 9-10 at the Smoky Mountain Intercollegiate hosted by Carson-Newman University. The Tornado then host their annual event on September 30-October 1 at Bristol Country Club in Bristol, Tenn.


text: Oliver Peck: On the Road in Ireland at Allstar Tattoo By Oliver Peck(er) Last week I continued my journey and went from Stockholm, Sweden to Limerick, Ireland to meet up with Ross Nagle and Dale Turner at Allstar Tattoo. Ross is one of my favorite tattooers and his business partner and shop manager Dale is a one-of-a-kind-guy, I love them both! I have guest-spotted there a few times in the last year or so. I love it there it is an awesome shop and all the guys are the best! Ross Nagle is an amazing tattooer, if you are not familiar with him you should definitely check him out and get a tattoo if possible, he will be coming through the States a few times this year. Ross is coming to Dallas in late April to work with me a few days at Elm St. then we are heading out to the Fresno tattoo convention, he will also be working the State of Grace convention in October... This trip to Ireland was especially great, the people of Limerick are friendly like no other and business there is always good. The shop is well know in town and also a hot spot for guest tattooers such as, Nick Colella, Chad Koeplinger, Grant Cobb and more have been passing through there for some time now. Ross had two surprises for me this trip one that my buddy Jordan Teear from London (tattooer at Frith St.) showed up to hang out. So Jordan, Ross and myself did a colab-tattoo on Barry that works at the shop (B-TAT as we call him now). We picked out a sweet Sailor Jerry tattoo that we all liked and I did the outline, Jordan did the shading and Ross did the color and it came out sweet! Old-school assembly line tattoos, just as back in the day many high volume shops would work this way, where one artist would just outline everything and so on... This was very fast and efficient, especially since they weren't changing needles or any of that stuff. The second surprise was that we were all going to Dublin for a day to hang out with Tommy the Truth at Classic Ink! It was fuckin' sweet! I did a few tattoos at the shop and I got Tommy to put his stamp on my arm, a lil' TTT! The shop there is small... But packed full of great flash, mostly painted by Tommy! And some by Walter the guy that has been workin for Tommy for about five years. Wal, or Wally as he is called, paints some incredible flash and I was lucky to get a hand full of sheets off of him in trade for a small tat. Tommy and his shop are probably the best known tattoo shop in Ireland for good reason! So back to Limerick, (we get home at like 3 a.m.) and back to work at Allstar at the crack of noon the next day where me and Ross pumped out great fun-to-do tattoos! This is one of my favorite places to guest spot! Super fun, lots of cool tattoos to do and the best people to hang out with. I am also in the progress of doing some serious tattoos on Ross and Dale, last trip I outlined a big tattoo as the start of Ross' backpiece, he had some previous work at the top of his back that he is gonna hit with the laser a few times before we cover that part up, anyhow this trip we tackled the black shading on his back in about three hours or so... On Dale's leg I have done about four sessions so far and we are planning on finishing up the entire leg in the next three or four sessions, both of these are some of my favorite tattoos I have done in a long time. I worked four days at Allstar this trip and it was pretty rad. I ended my last day by getting Ross to tattoo a lil' S/C on my hand, for Stab City, Limericks nick name. It was a bummer this trip was a lil' short but I gotta get back to Dallas in time to get ready or Friday the 13th coming up. Also I was in Sweden and Finland right before this so it's time to get home for a bit. So next time I will tell you all about how our Friday the 13th marathon came out, I should also mention the we did a 24 hour marathon at True Tattoo in Hollywood as well for this Friday the 13th with lots of good guest artists! Sweet! -Oliver (Oliver Peck can be found at Elm St. Tattoo in Dallas and True Tattoo in Hollywood.) Purchase the digital version of Oliver's 50 page article as featured in TAM issue 12 for your hand held device or computer. CLICK HERE: $1.50 (Note: Technical info has been removed.) Check out more of Oliver Peck here on the TAM Video Downloads $.99 cents each... Peck World Record Oliver Peck Video Oliver Peck is featured in Tattoo Artist Magazine #12. If you're a professional tattooer, and you'd like to purchase a copy of the magazine, check out the store HERE.


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DEARBORN, MI (WWJ) — For the first time in five years, an American brand vehicle has topped Cars.com's annual "Most American" list.
Ford's F-150 regained the honor, dethroning the Toyota Camry, which topped the list for the last four years.
"Ford's top ranking this year is a good indicator of how pickup trucks are dominating auto sales so far in 2013, and how the domestic automakers are bouncing back," said Cars.com Editor-In-Chief Patrick Olsen.
Brand is not one of the indicators that Cars.com uses to judge which vehicle is most American. The formula takes into account domestic parts content, domestic sales and manufacturing location.
Cars.com has stirred up a lot of controversy by putting foreign brand cars on a "Most American" list. But, Olsen says that was the point.
"There are a lot of cars that we felt because they had such a big manufacturing presence in the U.S., we weren't sure consumers were aware how many of these cars were being built here."
For the first time ever, two of the top three vehicles on the list are from an American brand. The Dodge avenger is third on the list, immediately following the Camry, which fell to second place this year.
The F-150 has led the list in the past. Olsen says it fell in ranking as its domestic parts content fell.
"There were a couple of years where it dropped as low as 55 percent domestic parts," he said. "But, for the last two years it's hit 75 percent. And, pickup truck sales in the last few years have really taken off."
Toyota remains the brand with the most vehicles on the top 10 list. Other than that, the list is pretty well split between domestic and foreign auto brands.
- Ford F-150
- Toyota Camry
- Dodge Avenger
- Honda Odyssey
- Toyota Sienna
- Chevrolet Traverse
- Toyota Tundra
- GMC Acadia
- Buick Enclave
- Toyota Avalon
You can find more information about the list on the Cars.com website. Olsen says their intention is to get people talking about the idea of just what it takes to make a product American.
"Buying American isn't necessarily the key decision maker for every car shopper; however a study we conducted in 2012 indicated that 25 percent of shoppers surveyed preferred to buy American."
Written by Jeff Gilbert. Connect with Jeff at firstname.lastname@example.com, facebook.com/carchronicles and @jefferygilbert.


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In-Die Tapping Heads Designed for Simplified Maintenance
Hutchison Tool Sales, Bensenville, IL, has launched a new line of in-die tapping heads that can be removed from the die without pulling the die from the press. This feature promises to reduce press downtime by eliminating multiple die setups.
Features in the new heads—available in Series 3000 and 6000 styles—include an adjustable coolant ring and an enhanced leadscrew/tap-collet design. Single- and multiple-spindle units handle strip 1⁄8 in. and thinner.
Model 3000 can tap #2-56 to ¼-20 or M2 to M6; maximum press stroke is 16 in., maximum run rate is 250 strokes/min. Model 6000 can tap #6-32 to ½-20 or M3.5 to M12; maximum press stroke is 20 in., max. run rate is 100 strokes/min.
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Air-Filled Silver Hashtag Balloon, 13in
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Customize your party decorations with an Air-Filled Silver Hashtag Balloon! This silver foil balloon is shaped like the "#" symbol and can be used to display fun anniversary or birthday messages such as "#cheers" or "#hbd" at your party. Combine it with other letter and number balloons using the premade holes to create a balloon banner for a unique photo backdrop. There's no need for helium — just inflate the Air-Filled Silver Hashtag Balloon with the included straw for an easy party decoration.
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The AOR TVA1 is designed for use with the AR5000 or AR5000+. It demodulates audio and video signals. The signal is tapped from the 10.7 MHz IF output of the receiver. There is a switch on the front to select either conventional broadcast NTSC TV [AM] or security camera TV [FM]. (The European PAL format is not supported). There is a second switch to select 5.5 MHz or 6.5 MHz FM subcarrier frequency. The TVA1 operates from 12 VDC external power. A 39 inch (1 m) coaxial jumper cable with a male BNC at each end is supplied to connect the TVA1 to the receiver. There is an RCA phono jack for video and an RCA phono jack for audio. These jacks would typically connect to a composite video monitor (not supplied). Most newer televisions also have separate video and audio inputs, and could be used. (Please note that a VGA computer monitor will not work). This product has a six month manufacturer's limited warranty.
(If you have an AOR AR5000A and require an internal TV adapter please see the TV5000A).
Please note that American broadcast television converted to a digital format on 02/17/09. After this date you cannot view broadcast television with this device.
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I instantly knew that EDHEC was for me because of its balance between theory and practice, its business focus and its international environment.EDHEC has given me concrete knowledge on how to be a manager in the real world, as opposed to theoretical, international business world."
The courses are extremely varied and enriching, covering family business governance, strategy and marketing, but also design thinking and leadership development. Our exchanges with our classmates are the cornerstone of the programme, both during classes and outside them. We learn from our reciprocal experiences every day."
One of EDHEC's main contributions to my professional development has been to increase my willingness to step out of my comfort zone. This experience forced me to adapt quickly and helped me to become comfortable with new challenges"
For me, EDHEC's strengths lie in its Career Centre, its powerful Alumni network and its faculty. I knew I had made the right decision by choosing EDHEC because from the offset we are surrounded by a support network whose aim is to train and help us in every possible way to secure positions within leading global financial institutions.


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What I remembered most about that 1 ½ hour musical adventure was the way the band used an up-beat tempo and a catchy set of guitar riffs to keep the crowd motivated and dancing throughout the concert. What I got that night was one of the greatest memories with my then pre-teen daughter, plus a bit of flirting with a girl dressed up in a flamingo costume. The woman flirting with me was great, but the smile on my daughter's face was priceless that night, and that memory still warms me up today.
So when the Tampa Bay Rays announced that the BNL were going to be part of the 2010 Rays/Hess Express Saturday Night Concert Series, I was immediately transformed back to that time, with hope of not only reliving that great evening in Orlando, but to expand on it and make it burst with a musical explosion. The band did not disappoint me that evening as they were just as exciting and as exuberant as the first moment I saw then stroll onto stage what seemed so long ago. Some people call BNL a Canadian alternative band, but they are of a musical fusion all their own.
Their music is tempered with bits of Jazz and Blues and mixed vigorously with plenty of different string instruments from electric guitars to the authentic bass to becoming the first band to use technology to promote themselves. Barenaked Ladies were the first band to use a floppy disc as a "Interactive Press Kit".
In 2003, they initiated a band blog, with band member Ed Robertson also providing pod casts to the website to keep their fans informed on some of the bands antics and travels, including the band's first trip on a cruise.But BNL were also at the forefront of the social network revolution having a Myspace, Facebook and Twitter account to keep the juices flowing with their fans with multiple updates and ideas thrown out there for the fans to interact with the band.
They were also one of the first recording artists to utilize the USB technology by offering their 2004 "Barenaked For the Holidays" album on a customized flash drive in the MP3 format. Even if they might be considered a technology savvy band, it is their stage presence that has mesmerized their faithful fans for so long.
This moment was perfectly captured on Saturday night when BNL lead singer ED Robinson let the crowd know that the Rays needed a win, and who did they call, but the Barenaked Ladies to the rescue. That classic moment had me laughing and really enjoying the whole Barenaked experience, the band, not the unclothed part.
There were other hits I heard that night that had escaped my mind when reviewing them in April like "The Old Apartment" and "Pinch Me", but the night was made for good natured fun and frolicking, and BNL achieved that and more. The set really did not seem that long, but it did flood my mind with a great collection of instant video flashbacks and memorable moments. Bass Guitarist Jim Creegan is still one of the best in the business, and the talents of Kevin Hearn from the piano to the keyboards to the guitar simply made the evening a success.
But it was the vocals of Robertson, who took over the lead singer gig after one of the founding members, Steven Page left the band that sealed the deal for me that night. Even with a active storm front about to hit the Tampa Bay region right as the concert ended, the band kept the crowd into the music and totally forgetting about some of the things going on around them. And that is what great music is suppose to be about. It is suppose to make you leave your everyday struggles and trails for a few moments and relax, stress-free and enjoy the times of your life.
The last time I saw the band my daughter and I lost her mother a short time later to melanoma cancer,but every time I hear the band's music since then, it has reminded me of that special day with my daughter. One I will never get back, but one that was based in Barenaked Ladies music.
There are more Rays/Hess Express Saturday Night Concert Series photos on my new Flickr.com page under Rays Renegade. All photos are selected for the public, and feel free to download or even print them if you desire. I did this to give people an additional way to enjoy the Rays concert series this season.
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What a special concert for you with all the memories the music brought back and because it sounded like so much fun. Lucky you!
You know me by now…I could have fun in a library or a church and still not make a ruckus.
It did have a genuine gift of some good and bad memories, but my Daughter Tracey knows it was just fun with Dad.
It was a moment I will never forget.
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I wish the Pirates could get the Rays concert promoters! Im sick of having to deal with rare sell-out crowds to see washed up acts. It's also cool how close you were able to get to the bands. At PNC they just park the stage in shallow center kind of far from everyone. By the way I still have faith the Rays can pull through this swoon. Good luck, and beat those damn Sox and Yanks!
I actually get a lot closer than most people because I have photographer credentials issued for the concert series.
Been a Rays fan for a long time, and they know I have positive motives and do not intend or look for negative items to throw out to the masses.
I am not sure who was in control of the musical acts, but if I find out, I will definitely shake his hand a few dozen times.
Even though I only get two songs for my photos, it has been a wild time so far in 2010, and we are not even half way done with the game…or the concerts yet.
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Funny that I was checking out concerts here in the LA area and ran into a Barenaked Ladies concert special.
Hey! You would love the Pepsi special I found! Check it in my blog. Well, you would take advantage of it If you were here.
The concert was sweet. The jokes were great and the music was heaven. These guys are one of my favorite bands of all time and I had an amazing time hanging out under the orange roof and listening to some great music.
It is not crazy. I have that kind of power to make people read myblog anout concerts when they were looking for thing to do in their own locale…..I wish!
I will definitely check out the Pepsi promo on your blog.
I am more a Dr. Pepper fanatic,but I still drink Pepsi over that four letter drink that begins with a "C".
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Wow… nice. Again, the Rays and their concert series…being all hip and cool and stuff. I'll tell ya what's not hip and cool though: BJ Upton. Dude needs his bell rung, to come back down to earth. Maybe Evan will do that for us.
It was another great gig put on by the Rays and their Sr. Director of promotions, Brian Killingsworth.
Seriously, I sometimes think no one give the Promotions arm of the Eays any credit besides the Carlos Pena Toothbrush holder.
It is a hugething to coordinate a event and concert. I did it for years with Pepsi, and I can relate tothe stress, sweat and even the joy of seeing it pulled off without a major hitch.
And we are only about half way through the 2010 version of cancerts.
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I spoke to B J Upton at the Rays SEason Ticket party that night, and it was just steam being taken o0ff the pot to me.
Both players have frustrations and anxious moments until one finally broke the barrier and exploded.
It is over, but the media and fans are making it into an issue.
If Upton had hit that Walk-off shot into the stands, this would have been tossed aside, but since the Rays lost…it is news….plain and simple
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A federal judge ordered a Montana newlywed released from jail Thursday as she awaits trial on charges that she pushed her husband to his death over a cliff in Glacier National Park because she was having second thoughts about marriage.
Prosecutors immediately sought to reverse Thursday's order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch, saying 22-year-old Jordan Linn Graham of Kalispell was a risk to the community and had lied to investigators.
But Lynch said the government had not shown that Graham was a danger to the community nor a flight risk – the two main factors in deciding whether someone should be released. He ordered her into home detention at her parents' house in Kalispell, and to undergo a mental health evaluation.
The fact that Graham allegedly admitted to her actions in July yet authorities did not file charges until this week suggests she was not as dangerous as prosecutors have described, Lynch said.
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Two months after such volunteer groups won widespread praise for delivering urgent quake relief, the government has not adjusted its restrictive policies toward them, as people in the field had hoped.
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Tray.com beat me to the punch, but Karen Carter and William Jefferson both filed their latest campaign finance reports today. This is the last full report before the run-off on December 9.
First things first, Karen Carter out-raised Congressman Jefferson by nearly a five to one margin in the month between 10/19 and 11/19. Carter netted $320,741, while Jefferson brought in a meager $72,485. That said, the report shows Jefferson with a healthy cash on hand advantage: $117k to $58k. All signs point to Carter narrowing that margin significantly -- the first signal being that Carter has reported $17,500 in mandated 48-hour reports. Those are disclosures candidates must file for every contribution over $1,000 in the two weeks before an election. Finally, the netroots have almost hit the $30,000 mark for Carter's campaign, most of that coming after the closing date for reporting funds raised. Obviously money is still coming and going into and out of campaigns, but all things equal, this would decrease the CoH margin from to around $59k to $12k.
Basically, it's going to be netroots contributions that close the gap between Carter and Jefferson in the final days before the election.
As a side note, small dollar contributions have totally changed the way campaigns are able to (or unable to) track the amount of cash an opponent has right before an election. The 48-hour reports used to allow campaigns to monitor cash coming in for their opponents, giving them a rough estimate of what they are going up against down-the-stretch. Since you don't have to report small dollar contributions on a 48-hour report, it can create a situation where the opposition is totally caught off-guard.
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As much as Silicon Valley's ethos is the constant pursuit of creating value, eventually the byproduct of this process (and the stakeholders involved) will also require the creation of revenue.
In the past year, we have seen these dynamics play out in the social networking sector across a variety of companies at different stages of growth, maturity, and monetization.
While the early phases of social media success tend to focus on metrics around user growth and engagement, every social media company must eventually figure out some sort of revenue stream (unless they prefer to go the acquisition route).
Most social networking companies eventually monetize through advertising, and more specifically through "native advertising" – or non-standard ad units that are specific to the platform and are organically integrated into the content experience.
Facebook and Twitter, both mature, publicly traded companies with well-established revenue streams, have been the pace-setters in social by effectively monetizing their respective native ad units, Sponsored Stories for Facebook and Promoted Tweets for Twitter.
Linkedin also introduced their Sponsored Content ads, and while its advertising business has not yet monetized to the same degree as Facebook and Twitter, it also has a strong value proposition to advertisers given the quality of its business-oriented audience.
Other established players like Tumblr and Pinterest are in the earlier days of monetizing through advertising, but they too have native ad units that integrate into their content experience.
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But all of these networks are children of the desktop web. True, they are all in various phases of transition towards mobile as the dominant medium for consumption, but their networks were all built around a fixed Internet experience.
Fast forward to today, and we've seen another evolution in the social networking space that centers around "mobile-first" networks. Social brands such as Instagram, SnapChat, and Vine are all recent examples of mobile-first success stories, which represent an evolution in social media by focusing on the single core utility of capturing and disseminating interesting content captured through mobile phone cameras.
Each of these services has built massive audiences in a very short period of time (70 million users age 18+ for Instagram, 25 million for Vine and 21 million for Snapchat), something that has clearly been enabled by being mobile-first.
With people carrying their smartphones around with them 24/7, the opportunity to capture a slice of life on camera is always within arm's reach. This has created an environment of fast and simple content creation that is fueling the experience of these networks and driving their rapid growth.
Consider that Instagram already has an audience the size of Twitter in the U.S., and both Vine and Snapchat have reached audiences about half that of Tumblr and Pinterest in little more than a year of existence.
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While these newer networks aren't necessarily under extreme pressure to monetize just yet, all are beginning to work with brands in experimenting around marketing. In each case, they will likely be looking to native advertising models to pave the way toward monetization.
The trick with native advertising is that the ad units, by definition, are not one-size-fits-all. Such ad models typically only work for companies who can deliver ad impressions at significant scale.
Because the popular social networks not only amass a large number of users, but those users are also highly engaged, this affords the opportunity to deliver billions of ad impressions every month. It is this sort of scale needed for advertisers and marketers to want to play ball with an individual media company.
Native ads also dovetail particularly well with the mobile environment because they are typically delivered within the content stream. Hence, the mobile-first networks have a built-in monetization advantage, providedthey can reach a level of scale to become viable peddlers of native ad inventory.
Since Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine all provide visually rich environments that reach strategic audience segments (read: young people), they offer platforms that are clearly compelling to marketers. These mobile-first networks are rapidly changing the social networking space and creating a significant amount of value very quickly for their users.
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The Intermountain Mustang and All-Ford Stampede in Salt Lake City, Utah, is this year's new kid on the block for Pony Trails. We'll tip our hats to Mike and Joyce Epperson from the Northern Utah Mustang Owners Association. With their diligence, they have earned a trail at their event. Between the tag team of Mike and Joyce, who were willing to do just about anything to get a trail, we decided we would head to an area of the country where we haven't been before. So get ready-here we come. Salt Lake City may never be the same. Joyce and Mike, don't say we didn't warn you.
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With journalist murders going unsolved, Nepal is among the worst nations worldwide in combating impunity, CPJ's Impunity Index shows.
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The Constituent Assembly was tasked in 2008 with drafting a constitution and an electoral system for the new democratic republic. But the assembly has foundered, and successive leaders have failed to secure cross-coalition support.
Local courts sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for the unrelated murders of Birendra Shah and Uma Singh. In both cases, though, masterminds evaded detention and trial.
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In 2007, armed men abducted Prakash Singh Thakuri, a Kanchanpur district freelancer, in retaliation for perceived pro-monarchy reporting. Many press advocates presume him to have been killed. Maoists in government blocked investigations of three youth cadres, according to the local press freedom group Freedom Forum.
A case on and off track:
2006: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement ended the civil war.
2007: Thakuri was abducted. His wife, Janaki, filed a report with Kanchanpur police.
2009: The Maoist-led government directed authorities to drop the case, saying the peace agreement precluded prosecution, according to Freedom Forum.
2011: Nepal's Supreme Court overturned the decision, and a Kanchanpur court reinstated the case.
Youth members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) assaulted Nagarik journalist Khilanath Dhakal in June in reprisal for his coverage of political violence, news reports said. The assailants broke Dhakal's nose in multiple places. The newspaper itself faced retaliation for its reporting.


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- Test samples – Low thermal mass1 euro sized pallets, each protected with a different cover
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- Temperatures measured at top center, south face center, & top southwest corner (hot spots)
- Test conducted at weather station in Florida, March 2013.
- Full sun exposure with ambient high temperature of 32°C (90°F).
- Solar energy measured at 26° north latitude per ASTM G7.
- Solar wattage data when clouds obscured sun not shown to remove noise from graph.
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- Solar energy exposure can create temperatures under the cover well in excess of ambient.
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- Clear stretch film performed worst, with peak temperatures under the cover/wrap reaching 76°C (169°F) → a full 44°C (79°F) above ambient. Clear wraps turn your pallet into a "greenhouse".
- Black stretch film also performed poorly (52°C or 126°F), as it absorbs energy and transmits it via conduction to the palletized load.
- White films perform somewhat better at 43°C (109°F) but still transmit significant absorbed energy via conduction to the palletized load resulting in peak temperatures well in excess of ambient temperature.
- Metallized bubble wrap pre-formed covers protected loads better than the film based wraps at 37°C (99°F), but do NOT reflect solar radiation as effectively as Tyvek® Cargo Covers, which delivered the best protection at 33°C (91°F), nearly ambient conditions 32°C (90°F).
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- Low emissivity Tyvek® Cargo Covers shown. These covers have a proprietary coating which further enhances their ability protect your products against the threat of solar radiation. We recommend low emissivity covers for your most demanding applications.
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Assassination (II)
There have been two distinct, related arguments going on concerning the administration's claim to have the authority to assassinate U.S. citizens. The first, more important argument is over the administration's refusal to allow review or accountability for the power being claimed. The problem here is obviously that the administration is claiming the authority to order the death of a citizen on the basis of evidence that the public cannot see as part of a process that allows for no legal remedy if this power is abused. If someone tries to sue, the government will shut down the lawsuit by invoking secrecy and national security. This is the very definition of unaccountable, lawless government. Defending the particular instance of targeting al-Awlaki for assassination doesn't even address the main question, which is the administration's effective claim to be beyond the law.
In al-Awlaki's case, there may be ample evidence in the public domain to persuade us that he has committed treason and has sided with the declared enemies of the United States, but the administration is claiming that it would have the authority to order a citizen's death solely on the basis of evidence not available to the public, and it could theoretically carry out that order anywhere. We have to trust that this does not apply to potential targets in the U.S. because there are more "practical" ways of apprehending them, and because it is formally against the law, but who exactly would hold a future administration accountable if it violated the law?
It is the outrageous nature of the claim and the enormous potential for abuse that provoke outraged complaints against tyrannical government. If this actually were just a narrow claim about the authority to kill a handful of enemy operatives, the debate would be a lot less heated and it would be rather less important. What we're talking about is the executive's ability to create unchecked authority for itself to kill citizens it deems guilty as part of an essentially undefined, open-ended, global conflict that has no apparent end.
The second, related argument concerns the name defenders of the administration's claim give to the action of killing these individuals. The word assassination evokes many negative associations, so there is an instinctive reaction against using it, but it is the proper word to describe what happens when someone gives an order to eliminate a key member of another state/army/organization.
Andrew doesn't want to call it that, because he seems to think that calling it assassination undermines the argument that it is a legitimate act of war, but it is often during wartime when key members of the other side are targeted for assassination. Andrew defines assassination in a sufficiently narrow way that it can't ever apply in wartime. The Assassins were engaged in warfare against their enemies. Killing by stealth and surprise was their preferred tactic, because it was effective and compensated for their military weakness. Essentially, Andrew has been repeatedly making the argument that killing al-Awlaki is legitimate because he is a key member of Al Qaeda, but then furiously denies that killing him would be an assassination. If he weren't a key member of Al Qaeda, it wouldn't be an asassination, but would simply be a murder. Most critics of this outrageous power-grab are willing to concede that al-Awlaki is what the government claims that he is, but it doesn't follow that the government gets to have unreviewable authority to order the assassination.
In my last post, I compared the unwillingness to call assassination by its proper name with the refusal to call torture by its proper name. That still makes sense to me, but it confused things a bit. Defenders of torture were never really willing to defend torture by name, so they had to keep re-defining torture to include fewer and fewer things. What we have in the current debate is a preference to avoid using a word because it has associations with illicit killing, but at the same time the act is not necessarily illicit in the context of war. So in this debate the correct word has to be avoided because it makes the administration's claim sound worse. It is the nature of the claim to unreviewable authority to order deaths on secret evidence rather than the name of the type of killing that is truly outrageous.
My insistence on calling such killings assassinations comes from a weariness with our culture's habit of dressing up everything with euphemisms. Even though it was/is a war of aggression, the invasion of Iraq is not called a war of aggression, our continued combat presence in Iraq is re-defined as "residual forces" because we have decided to declare an end to combat operations, and occupation is called nation-building. People use euphemisms for two main reasons: to put others at ease, or to put oneself at ease with something that is genuinely disturbing. Calling these killings assassinations doesn't concede all that much, which is why it is all the more remarkable that supporters of the administration's power-grab keep rejecting it.
We should all be able to agree that it is the power-grab, rather than the specific reason for the power-grab, that is troubling and outrageous. Indeed, the more legitimate of a target al-Awlaki is, the less justifiable the administration's claim becomes.


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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, Like the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.' --- 2 Samuel 23:3, 4
Barack Hussein Obama is seeking a second term as president of the United States of America. Will he win the election? Ardent supporters are not hesitant to affirm that he will. There are those, of course, who support Mitt Romney in his bid for that high office.
Mr. Obama has at least 3 strikes against him in terms of experiencing favor and blessing from Almighty God. God's special revelation (the holy Scriptures) to the human race is crystal clear on the solemn responsibilities that fall on those who are at the head of the governments of nations. They are to carry out their responsibilities in the fear of God -- that is, to have proper acknowledgement of and reverence for the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Further, that responsibility also involves exhibiting a humble spirit and seeking daily guidance from God as one governs.
What are these three strikes against Mr. Obama?
Strike One: Mr. Obama is a staunch supporter of the practice of mutilating and murdering children before they are born! As a member of the Illinois legislature he successfully stonewalled efforts to protect and do all that was necessary to protect a baby that survived an abortion attempt to end its life. In some very rare circumstances it has happened. So what do you do when there happens to be a survivor of the United States' unique version of "Holocaust?" In Illinois there was a concerted effort to pass legislation that would make it mandatory to do all that was necessary to protect and preserve the life of an infant that miraculously survived an attempt to take its life before being born. Mr. Obama was the main player in organizing and successfully arranging for the defeat of that legislation! In his view, you just let the surviving baby lay on a table without any care given until it dies! Or speed the process up a bit and just toss it immediately into a dumpster.
As president Mr. Obama is clearly on record as supporting the present policy which results in the mutilation and murders of thousands of unborn children each week. He will oppose all legislation that seeks to restrict the process of destroying unborn children in any way.
God's view and purpose for conceived humans is in sharp conflict with that of Mr. Obama and consequently it means that the president has a major strike against him as a result. It also means a forfeiture of blessings which God has the power to bestow upon him and the nation he claims to lead!
Strike Two: Mr. Obama has now gone on record as supporting sodomites marrying each other and lesbians marrying each other. This is as deadly a move as the one cited above when he in great ignorance chose to support the destruction of unborn children! God has explicitly addressed the issue of human sexuality in His special revelation to us. Marriage, as God established it, is strictly limited to the uniting of one male and one female in a holy covenant. This covenant is to last until death separates the husband and wife. Early in the book of Genesis God reveals that a man will leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and the two will become one flesh. Jesus, in the Gospel accounts, confirms this sacred union and makes reference to the Genesis statement. No where is there even a hint of approval of same gender coupling. In the strongest terms possible same gender sexual activity is condemned. But unregenerate human nature being what it is, and under the guise of "scholarship," the Scriptures have been twisted, distorted, and perverted on such an issue as this. At the present time in our culture it is almost a sin for a male and a female to marry and the greatest and most noble thing for a couple of persons of the same gender to get married in those states that now permit such a union to take place "legally!" So the president forfeits further blessings and favor from God for sanctioning that which God considers nothing short of an abomination!
Strike Three: Mr. Obama has been showing a shift in his attitude toward Israel. He is more at home with and supportive of the Muslim nations than he is with the nation of Israel. His treatment of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, in recent months has been deplorable. Most recently as the Prime Minister visited the United States, Mr. Obama had no time to meet with him but was able to schedule a time to be with David Letterman on his program! To abandon support for Israel is something akin to committing national suicide. Under terms of the covenant God made with Abraham a blessing is in store for those who are positive in relating to the descendants of Abraham and a curse in store for those who relate in a negative way (see Genesis 12 on this). There is specifically a blessing pronounced on those who pray for the peace of Jerusalem and love the people (see Psalm 122).
Most important is the fact that God has great plans for the Israelite people and the city of Jerusalem in the future. It also needs to be noted that no people have been more hated and despised throughout the history of the human race than have been those descended from Abraham through his son, Isaac. For some time in the past the United States has been strongly supportive of Israel and at times the only nation standing by this country which some want to see wiped off the face of this planet! But there has been a decided shift in attitude and support since Mr. Obama has set up shop in the Oval Office located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. In his book, Audacity of Hope, Mr. Obama made the statement, "I will stand with the Muslims, should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." (P. 261). He also made a more recent statement, "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."
Other things could be also noted which are taking our republic down the road toward disaster, but the three just mentioned will absolutely guarantee that we cannot prosper nor can we survive much longer because the blessings of God are being obviously withdrawn. Deuteronomy 28 provides ample evidence that this is how it is right now!
Yes, Virginia, when you have had 3 strikes you are actually out -- you are done - finished - no longer up at the plate!
Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. --- 2 Kings 21:16
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. Thus they were defiled by their own works, and played the harlot by their own deeds. Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people, so that He abhorred His own inheritance. And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, and those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. Many times He delivered them; but they rebelled against Him by their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. --- Psalm 106:37-43


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Microsoft readies VM Manager beta
Microsoft's foray into virtual machine management came closer to reality today with the release of the first beta for its Virtual Machine Manager.
Microsoft took a small step forward today to improve the ability of IT administrators to manage virtual machines with the initial beta release of its own VM management software.
The System Center Virtual Machine Manager, which was introduced at the Microsoft Management Summit 2006 in April, is available for download to registered public beta 1 users, the company said. This trial is for test/lab environment deployments only and is available at Microsoft downloads.
When completed sometime in late 2007, the software will have virtual machine provisioning features that let administrators create and install new virtual machine features with an OS and application fully installed in the desired configuration. The software, which is a standalone server application, also lets managers put virtual machines on the physical server with the best combination of resources and performance for a particular application.
Experts have observed that the ability to configure and manage virtual machines dynamically is still hard to do, and technologies on the market today still handle the problem in a manual fashion. "What we are seeing is still the first generation from all parties," said Jon Collins, a principal analyst at Macehiter Ward-Dutton, a Cambridge, U.K.-based consulting firm.
"We are trying to build a distributed operating system that runs across machines in the same way today as if I ran an application and it needed more memory," Collins said.
In May, virtualization market leader VMware Inc. released its Infrastructure 3 package, which added new levels of automation, resource management and capacity planning for servers and storage.
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