text:
The Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering is an intensive one year program which is taught across 48 weeks. The course is then divided into three terms, with each term building on the knowledge and skills you learnt in the previous term.
Using our progressive continuous learning method each module will cover historical and theoretical content alongside practical and technical skills so you develop a rounded knowledge and skill set within each area.
The breadth of the course means that alongside learning what equipment, techniques and microphones to use you also learn why you use them. This will help you develop your own expertise and understanding of how to create different sounds and effects.
Within the diploma we cover all of the following subject areas: Acoustics, Computer, Copyright and Legal issues, Digital Audio Technology, Electronics and Analogue Equipment, General Business (Publishing & Marketing), Management Skills, Mastering, Microphones, Mixing and Critical Listening, Music Theory and Production, Production, Recording, Sound Theory, Studio Equipment and Signal Processing, Studio Etiquette and Musicianship.
Below you can browse through the three terms and see the breakdown of the courses for each term.
Remixing teaches students to appraise the quality of commercial remixes, devise strategies for the remixing of commercial tracks, and actually remix commercial tracks.
My goal is for aspiring producers, engineers and artists to learn by direct experience. To be thrown in the middle of actual professional recording sessions and learn by doing, is the most effective, honest and responsible way of acquiring the skills needed for a career in music. I aim to guide, educate and inspire the future generations of music professionals while staying fully involved and engaged in my work as a music producer for the most important and upcoming artists of the industry.
You will never get a better opportunity to not only study in a beautiful studio but to be in a real scenario surrounded by the best in the music business. Get ready for what is coming for you, it will change your life.
There is some real visionary foresight in Abbey Road Institute being established to preserve the cultural legacy of Abbey Road.
The curriculum is fantastic, extremely comprehensive, contemporary and relevant to today's industry.
Applying for the diploma was the best thing I could have done for my career. I'm really amazed at how much I learnt in one year.
The course taught me what it means to be a producer and engineer in the industry, I learned things I couldn't have learned anywhere else.


text:
Ariens Platinum 28 Rapid Track SHO Electric Start 921057 Two Stage Snow Blower
Key Features
- 369cc Ariens AX369
- 28" Clearing Width
- Directional Snow Track
- 16"Steel Serrated Auger
- Auto Turn with axle mounted lockout
- Throws snow up to 50 ft.
- Handwarmers
- Standard Poly Skid Shoes - reversible
- Remote Trigger Activated Housing Adjustment
- Powerful In Dash LED Headlight
- 3-Year Limited Consumer Warranty
- 1-Year Limited Commercial Warranty
Model Number- 921057
Engine Rating- 369cc
Engine Type- Ariens AX
Starting System- 120V/Recoil
Clearing Width- 28''
Chute Rotation- Quick Turn
Deflector Control- Remote
Tire Size- 5.5" W
Axle System- Auto Turn with Axle Mounted Lockout
Speed- 6 Forward / 2 reverse
Gear Case- Large Cast Iron
Warranty- 3-year Limited Consumer
Other Features- LED Headlight, Handwarmers
Some companies offer lower prices only to make up for it with hidden shipping charges.
At Snow Blower Source we believe the purchase process should be simple. That's why every product we sell ships for free! Many companies charge extra for shipping insurance, not at Snow Blower Source. Shipping insurance is included with every order we ship.
Not only is shipping free, its fast! Snow Blower Source has partnered with some of the quickest and most reliable companies in the industry.
All products under 150 lbs - ship via FedEx Ground.
All products over 150 lbs - ship via FedEx Freight.
All RESIDENTIAL Freight Shipments will receive a phone call from the trucking company to schedule delivery.
Lift Gate Service is recommended - for all residential freight items where a customer does not have access to a loading dock or fork lift.. This service is offered at only $50.00. That's right; your snow blower will be safely lowered to the ground for you.
All snow blower's ordered by 1pm CST. Will ship the same day- Anything later will ship the next business day.
All orders can be tracked through your Snow Blower Source account.
All products are shipped FREE to any location in the lower 48 states.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
This game uses a different way to control our little blue friend. rnYou press and release the arrows ( left and right ) to push him. rnBob will slide to the direction you pushed and stop with the friction or with a new pushed to the opposite direction.
Date Added: 2014-06-07
Category: Adventure
Played 10201 times
Tags: None


text:
Less than six weeks after Seattle made a resounding claim to NFC supremacy with a rout of New Orleans, the Seahawks and Saints collide again on Saturday in the NFC divisional playoff.
The Saints were swarmed by an aggressive Seahawks defense in their 34-7 drubbing on Monday Night Football Dec. 2, 2013 in Seattle.
SEATTLE (AP) - After nearly two weeks of waiting, the Seattle Seahawks finally get a chance to prove they were worthy of the No. 1 seed they earned in the NFC.
After winning on the road in the postseason last week, the New Orleans Saints no longer have that stigma clouding their franchise history.
Less than six weeks after Seattle made a resounding claim to NFC supremacy with a rout of New Orleans, the Seahawks and Saints collide again on Saturday in the NFC divisional playoff. Since that Dec. 2 matchup where the Seahawks all but wrapped up home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs with a 34-7 win, both teams have seen some of their definitions changed.
Seattle has lost some of its home invincibility after losing to Arizona in Week 16 to snap a 14-game home win streak. And the Saints are no longer seeking a validating victory away from New Orleans after knocking off Philadelphia 26-24 last Saturday in the NFC wild-card game, the first road playoff win in franchise history.
"They're going to know what to expect from our crowd, they're going to know what to expect from us, and we're going to know what to expect from them," Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. "It's almost like a division game in that sense because we've just seen each other and you understand what the game is going to be and what it's going to come down to."
There's also a bit of history on the side of the Saints. Since 2005, No. 6 seeds are 5-2 against No. 1 seeds in the divisional round of the postseason.
Here are five other things to watch as Seattle tries to advance to its second NFC championship game while the Saints.
MORE THAN BREES: Drew Brees is not accustomed to being stifled, but that is what Seattle did in the first meeting. His 147 yards passing were a season-low by nearly 100 yards. His 3.87 yards per pass attempt was the third-lowest of his entire career.
But New Orleans has evolved over the past month. They're attempting to become more run dependent and less pass reliant. The Saints had 30 rushing attempts in their final two regular-season games, then ran the ball 36 times for 185 yards last week vs. Philadelphia. Mark Ingram rushed for 97 yards against Philadelphia, the second highest total in Saints postseason history.
"I was just hoping we have another opportunity," Brees said, "and here we are with that opportunity."
REDISCOVER RUSSELL: Russell Wilson had arguably the best regular-season game of his career when New Orleans visited in December. He threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another 47 yards and completed 73.3 percent of his pass attempts. For Wilson, it capped a four-week stretch where his name was thrown into the MVP conversation.
The subsequent four games led to concern the Seahawks have slumped. Wilson's numbers dipped significantly. He topped 200 yards passing only once during the stretch, had only four touchdown passes versus three interceptions and his completion rate was below 58 percent. He was also sacked 14 times.
WHERE'S JIMMY?: Jimmy Graham has been such a vital part of the Saints offense that his disappearance in the first matchup against Seattle was stunning. Seattle used a combination of linebacker K.J. Wright and strong safety Kam Chancellor to shadow Graham. He finished with just three receptions for 42 yards on nine targets.
The Saints should be better able to counter Seattle's defense against Graham this time. Wright is out with a foot injury, taking away Seattle's biggest - and one of its most athletic - linebackers. That will put more pressure on Chancellor and backup linebacker Malcolm Smith.
"For us, it's not just going not be one player that will take that job on, it'll be a variety of guys in the way that we play our coverage and our style," Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn said.
HELLO, HARVIN: Percy Harvin might own the award for player most written about with least number of snaps this season. He's been a constant question from the start of training camp until now, first about his ailing hip, then about his recovery, his Seattle debut in Week 11 and then about the complications that surfaced after. But the problems with his surgically repaired hip have subsided to the point that Harvin will play Saturday with no limitations.
"Everything worked out for the best," Harvin said, "and I'm looking forward to being out there and helping this team win."
INJURY WOES: The Saints were already without safety Kenny Vaccaro, cornerback Jabari Greer and linebacker Jonathan Vilma to injuries in the second-half of the regular season. Then linebacker Parys Haralson went down with the torn pectoral against Philadelphia and cornerback Keenan Lewis suffered a concussion. Lewis was adamant this week he intends to play against Seattle.
Meanwhile, the Seahawks might get more than Harvin back. Tight end Luke Willson could play two weeks after getting carted off the field with an ankle injury. And if the Seahawks advance, Wright could be ready next week.


text:
Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown
The appeals process for hundreds of Illinois prisoners has needlessly dragged on because the keeper of court records – the Cook County Circuit Court clerk's office – has lost or misplaced scores of critical records, the latest knock against a government agency often criticized for poor management.
The paperwork snafus got so bad earlier this year that Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown created what she described as a "S.W.A.T. team" of supervisors to try to track down the errant records – some of which have been missing for more than a year.
While progress has since been made in locating some paperwork, the Illinois appellate defender's office – the public agency that handles appeals for inmates who can't afford their own lawyers – relayed that numerous files are still outstanding, delaying work by the agency and, therefore, potentially lengthening prison stays for detainees who contend they were wrongly convicted or otherwise are entitled to new trials.
An April letter to Brown from Deputy Defender Alan Goldberg details some of the frustration, noting officials first pointed out this "major problem" in October 2011, but by April "virtually no progress has been made."
If you don't see the video above, click here and watch it on FOX32.
A July letter from Goldberg to Brown is even more blunt: "Historically, it seems that your office waits until a problem is beyond a crisis and only then works feverishly to correct it," Goldberg wrote.
The records in question deal with previous appeals cases. For the appellate defender's office to determine whether someone sitting in prison has a shot at a second (or subsequent) appeal, the office needs to see the original appeals records, which contain transcripts and other court documents.
In order to see those records, the appellate defender's office has to request them from Brown's office. In some instances, they are turned over to the appellate defender's office within a couple of weeks, which Goldberg said "is reasonable."
At the time of the July letter, the appellate defender's office had 128 outstanding requests for records with Brown's office, 18 of which had been out for more than a year, and 40 of which were out for more than six months.
While some of those records since have been found, there's a constant flow of new requests. As of this week, the appellate defender had 86 requests with Brown's office for appeals records, officials said. The appellate defender has been waiting for records from 10 cases for more than a year, and 25 for more than six months.
This means there have been people sitting in prison for more than a year, waiting to hear if their appeal can go forward, which Brown admits is a "civil liberties" issue. So far, no one who's had documents missing for a long period of time has actually gone on to win a new trial or a reversal of conviction.
Legal experts say that kind of success is rare at this level.
People making these types of appeals are generally felons in prison, with convictions for everything from murder on down, officials said. The appellate defender's office would not name the inmates with missing records, or identify those pursuing appeals through the agency.
Aside from a human cost associated with someone sitting in prison longer than necessary, there's a financial cost. Depending on the facility, it costs Illinois taxpayers between $15,000 and $32,000 a year to keep one inmate in a state prison, according to data published by the Illinois Department of Corrections.
So why are these problems occurring now?
The appellate defender's office hasn't been making any more document requests than normal, officials said.
Brown's spokeswoman acknowledged that at least part of the problem traces to the work habits of Brown's clerical employees at the various warehouses that store old records.
"It appears that in many instances the staff had not initially done a very good job of searching for the files," the spokeswoman said.
Brown said she's since "tightened up" the system used to track the files to make sure it doesn't keep happening. The office has made management changes – with reprimands to some employees – and is beginning to implement a plan to digitize criminal case records, according to Brown's spokeswoman.
"You have to make sure that you change the business process, so those kinds of things don't happen going forward," Brown said.
Late Friday, after the Better Government Association and FOX 32 inquired about record-keeping failures in the Circuit Court clerk's office, Brown put out a press release touting "dramatic procedural changes to improve [the] response time" in recouping documents. Those changes include the creation of a "S.W.A.T. team" to untangle the mess, according to the press release.
Goldberg's boss, state Appellate Defender Michael Pelletier, declined to speak publicly for this story.
Since these are "post-conviction petitions" – second appeals, in other words – there's little risk someone could win a new trial solely because of missing paperwork, although it's possible, according to University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman.
"An even not-so-enterprising attorney should be able to make powerful arguments [for the right to a new trial]," Futterman said.
Deborah Borman, a law professor at Northwestern University, disagreed, saying: "It is unlikely that a defendant would be entitled to a new trial on a post-conviction motion due to a lost or misplaced trial record."
Either way, DePaul University law professor Len Cavise said problems finding documents are all too common under Brown's watch.
"It's a patronage office. You have a lot of people who got their job through patronage and they figured they wouldn't have to work for a living," Cavise said.
This is just the latest snafu for Brown. She's been routinely criticized for not only inefficiencies in her office – with lost files and slow service virtually epidemic – but also for her political activities, including soliciting employees for campaign donations. Brown made news in 2010 when the BGA and FOX exposed her practice – since halted – of allowing employees to wear jeans to work if they donated cash toward a charity fund. The county inspector general subsequently investigated, finding: "Although there are records of managers collecting and submitting funds to the accounting department, the [inspector general] could not verify that the managers submitted all the money collected from employees."
Meanwhile, the latest revelation comes as Brown's office begins a renewed push in the Illinois General Assembly to raise court-filing fees. A bill currently sitting in a state Senate committee would hike filing fees by $20 per case in Cook County, generating millions of dollars, which Brown's office said will improve warehouse tracking.
This article was written and reported by the Better Government Association's Patrick McCraney and FOX 32's Dane Placko. They can be reached at (815) 483-1612 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Sprint and LightSquared confirm agreement, 15 years worth of LTE network sharing and more
The rumors were true, but given the long, torrid affair between these two it shouldn't be a surprise. Sprint and LightSquared have confirmed their intentions to the world, stepping into a whopping 15 year agreement that will be worth $9 billion in cash for Sprint and will save LightSquared an estimated $13 billion. LightSquared will have the right to sell access to Sprint's burgeoning LTE network, while Sprint can also piggy-back on the other's existing capacity where needed. Additionally, LightSquared will be able to roam on Sprint's current 3G network, opening new doors for one while helping the other accelerate its apparent transition to LTE. This is of course good news for Sprint and naturally for LightSquared, which is trying desperately to put the whole GPS fiasco behind it. The loser? Clearwire, we'd say -- and WiMAX in general.
Show full PR text
Sprint Nextel and LightSquared Announce Spectrum Hosting and Network Services Agreement
LightSquared enters into a Spectrum Hosting and Network Services Agreement with Sprint that is expected to result in substantial savings for LightSquared and accelerate completion of LightSquared's nationwide 4G-LTE network
Sprint has option to purchase 4G capacity from LightSquared
LightSquared enters into a nationwide 3G Roaming Agreement with Sprint
http://www.LightSquared.com (Graphic: LightSquared)
RESTON, Va. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), July 28, 2011 - LightSquared™, the nation's first wholesale-only integrated 4G-LTE wireless broadband and satellite network, and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced today they have entered into a 15-year agreement that includes spectrum hosting and network services, 4G wholesale, and 3G roaming.
This spectrum hosting arrangement leverages Sprint's investment in its innovative, multi-year Network Vision plan. Under the agreement, LightSquared will pay Sprint to deploy and operate a nationwide LTE network that hosts L-Band spectrum licensed to or available to LightSquared. As a wholesale-only carrier with separate core network operations, LightSquared can sell its 4G broadband capacity produced through this spectrum hosting relationship to Sprint, other wireless carriers, and retail partners.
Under the terms of the agreement, during an 11 year period, LightSquared will make payments to Sprint of approximately $9 billion in cash for spectrum hosting and network services as well as LTE and satellite purchase credits which are currently estimated to be valued at approximately $4.5 billion. The agreement also provides Sprint the opportunity to purchase up to 50 percent of LightSquared's expected L-Band 4G capacity. The wholesale purchase credits will provide Sprint the option to obtain cost-competitive access to 4G capacity by offsetting Sprint's purchases of 4G capacity from LightSquared, should Sprint elect to incorporate the L-Band LTE capability as part of its 4G offering.
This agreement is expected to lower network capital and operating expenses for LightSquared by more than $13 billion over the next eight years in comparison with the cost of a stand-alone network build. LightSquared expects the deployment of the nationwide 4G-LTE network to be completed more than one year ahead of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate to cover 260 million Americans by 2015.
LightSquared has also entered into a 3G nationwide roaming agreement with Sprint. With access to Sprint's 3G nationwide network, LightSquared's wholesale customers will be able to offer combined 4G/3G data services as soon as LightSquared launches its first 4G markets in 2012.
"This spectrum hosting agreement with LightSquared allows Sprint to more efficiently use its Network Vision platform," said Steve Elfman, president of Network Operations and Wholesale for Sprint. "In addition to improving our cash flow, it provides additional options and flexibility in how we meet our customers' future capacity needs."
"This agreement gives LightSquared a rapid and cost-effective radio access network build," said LightSquared Chairman and CEO Sanjiv Ahuja. "With our next generation satellite already operational and our independent core network build underway, LightSquared is now well positioned to meet the fast-growing market demand for wireless broadband services with its wholesale-only integrated 4G-LTE and satellite network."
The agreement is subject to LightSquared's obtaining resolution and FCC approval of certain interference issues involving terrestrial use of the L-Band spectrum.
"We believe LightSquared, in cooperation with the FCC and adjacent spectrum users, is taking proactive steps to address and resolve these issues in a timely manner," said Elfman.


text:
Just "weeks after the International Atomic Energy Agency referred it [to the] U.N. Security Council," reports George Jahn for the Associated Press, the Council plans to "discuss what to do about Syria's refusal to cooperate with an investigation of its alleged secret nuclear activities."
The IAEA has tried in vain since 2008 to follow up on strong evidence that a site in the Syrian desert, bombed in 2007 by Israeli warplanes, was a nearly finished reactor built with North Korea's help. [It] expressed "serious concern" over "Syria's lack of cooperation with the IAEA Director General's repeated requests for access to additional information and locations."
The Syrian government is scarcely deserving of sympathy. Just yesterday, it killed at least 14 protesters in Hama, adding more insult to injury in that city of infamy where, in 1982, President Bashir al-Assad's father, then-President Hafez al-Assad, killed10,000 of its residents. But, whether or not Syria was seeking to develop nuclear weapons, it's pretty cold, not to mention unrealistic, to ask a country that's been bombed to cooperate with forces implicated in its bombing.
Of course, Syria was investigated before it was bombed, but obviously insufficiently if the West knows little about its alleged program. Not only that, but the bombing played havoc with evidence of said program.
Once again: bombing beget bombs begets bombing begets bombs.


text:
This Specimen has been sold.
.9" Spiny Trilobite (Kettneraspis) - Black Cat Mountain, Oklahoma
This is a exquisitely detailed specimen of a spiny trilobite (Kettneraspis williamsi) from the famous Black Cat Mountain locality in Oklahoma. It was masterfully prepared by Bob Carroll. It's caramel colored shell and elegant spines contrast well against the creme colored matrix.
The Black Cat Mountain Quarry produces a limited number of arguably the most beautiful trilobites in the United States each year. Each specimen is meticulously prepared by Bob Carroll under microscope to expose the smallest details. This is a very time consuming process taking many hours but yields spectacular results.
Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet with over 25k currently described species, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to a hard exoskeleton (shell), they left an excellent fossil record.
Kettneraspis williamsi
Black Cat Mountain, Clarita, Oklahoma
Haragan Formation
.9" long (including spines), 3.9 x 2.8" limestone
We guarantee the authenticity of all of our
specimens. Read more about our
Authenticity Guarantee.
specimens. Read more about our
Authenticity Guarantee.


text:
I have a little post today of one of the 4 new a-england polishes. The new collection is called Rosetti's Goddess and every one of the polishes is so very gorgeous! To start with, I have 'Incense Burner'. This is the darkest of the bunch – perfect for the winter weather here in Auckland at the moment.
As always, this had the formula we have all come to expect and love from a-england. It was very close to needing only 1 coat, but I have done 2 in these photos to ensure I get the full rich opacity of colour.
a-england polishes can be purchased from a lot of places around the world. You can only order direct from them if you are in the UK, but be sure to check out their list of worldwide distributors to find a place close to where you live. You can also follow a-england on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to keep up with the latest news from them.
This product was provided for review. This is my personal, unbiased opinion.For more information, see my disclosure policy.


text:
Fresh off his co-starring role in "La La Land," John Legend is trying another medium: virtual reality.
Legend will executive produce and lend his voice to the title character of the upcoming Baobab Studios series "Rainbow Crow." The production company was to announce Legend's involvement Tuesday. The first installment of the series is to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month.
"A lot of the attraction to the project was being involved with a new technology that's just emerging as a new medium for creative talent," Legend said in an interview.
Inspired by Native American folklore, "Rainbow Crow" is about a bird "with the most dazzling plumage and mellifluous voice, who, after the planet turns dark and cold, must journey far from home to bring light back to the world." Says Legend: "It's about love. It's about inclusion. It's about community."
Though virtual reality remains a nascent art form, Baobab has emerged as an early leader. One of its first two VR "experiences," ''Invasion!" was nominated for an Emmy and is to be adapted into a feature film. "Rainbow Crow" is directed by Eric Darnell, co-founder and chief creative officer of Baobab.
Oscar season is still fresh on the mind of Legend, who called the Academy Awards finale "surreal."
"At the end of the day, the voters voted for 'Moonlight' and 'Moonlight' was a deserving film," says Legend. "It was a beautiful film that I loved, personally, and I'm happy for the team that created 'Moonlight.' And I'm also happy for our incredible team with 'La La Land.'"
U.S. & World
Legend is also producing the WGN America series "Underground," about slaves and abolitionists in the years before the Civil War. He recently taped a guest appearance as Frederick Douglass. At a Black History Month event in February, President Donald Trump appeared to be only somewhat familiar with the abolitionist and author, calling him "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice."
"We filmed it last year when Obama was still president," says Legend. "We had a president who actually knew something about black history — and American history for that matter. If the president sees me in the street, he might think I'm him."
Music, though, remains Legend's "primary role," he says. "And I don't see that changing." In June, Legend goes on tour to support his latest album, "Darkness and Light." As he begins preparation for the tour, politics are on his mind.
"I think about all of what's going on in the world," says Legend. "I also know that people want a night full of love and human connection, so I want the show to be inspiring and positive for people."


text:
Earthquake Shakes South Jersey
A small earthquake shook South Jersey early Friday morning.The United Geological Survey reports the quake measured 2.1 on the Richter scale and was centered near Clementon in Camden County.
A number of people reported feeling the earthquake in Wharton, Cherry Hill, Toms River, Manchester, Atco, Bellmawr, Glassboro, Manahawkin, Sweedesboro, Haddonfield, Trenton, Mt. Laurel and Moorestown among other locations reports the UGS, who places the epicenter of the quake 3.2 miles below the earth's surface.
WPVI TV says residents reported they heard explosion-like sounds and felt the ground shaking. There are no reports of injuries or damage.
It was the second earthquake to hit New Jersey this month. On Nov. 5, a 2.0-magnitude quake struck the Ringwood area in Passaic County.


text:
Become the founder
your business deserves.
Has your business outpaced you?
It has if this describes you:
You have urgent needs.
You're stuck and as a result you feel trapped.
You're buried in work and it's overwhelming.
You're spinning your wheels and it's tremendously frustrating.
You can't help but feel out of control, incapable and inept — and it didn't used to be this way.
You have unfulfilled compelling desires.
You got into business to be free, not burdened with responsibilities.
You long to be confident, productive and expansive.
You are willing to do whatever it takes to be not just capable but adept and masterful.
You intend in every way to be the qualified, enabled, empowered leader your business deserves.
From the outside, anyone would say you are already a successful entrepreneur but…
You know in your heart the success of your business has exceeded your own personal and professional growth, and you know that's not sustainable.
So now what?
If you knew what to do about your urgent needs and compelling desires, you would already be all over it. You are here because in honest self-assessment you know you need help. And if you are going to submit to such help, you are certainly going to demand results.
This is where you get the help you require.
I help you as a business owner take the lead once again and outpace the growth of your business.
It's about helping your business progress on a straight path to its next significant stage. A successful business goes from infant to toddler, toddler to child, child to adolescent, adolescent to adult. Wherever your business stands now, there is always something more.
It's about ever more maturity and ever more security.
It's time to requalify.
Why "requalify"? Because it is evident you started off qualified. After all, you got your business this far. But then success happened and you know what? The business outpaced even you: the owner, the boss, the visionary, the founder.
What do you get when you "requalify"?
What you get is more money, more time, more choices, more freedom. Want more specifics?
Let's talk about the benefits.
Financial benefits
- You will capitalize on the significant investment you have already made in your business: the money, the time, your effort and your attention.
- You will build on and enhance the reputation you have already created for your business.
- You will massively improve productivity, both your own and that of your business.
- You will make far better financial decisions from an orientation toward wealth rather than scarcity.
Emotional benefits
- Your confidence will soar.
- Your focus will be sharper than ever.
- Your clarity will rise to new heights.
- Your self-esteem will become unbeatable.
- You will possess newfound peace of mind.
- Optimism will be your common outlook.
Physical benefits
- You will literally breathe easier.
- You will avoid "businessman's indigestion".
- You will regularly get a sound night's restful sleep.
- You will feel stronger and more vibrant.
Spiritual benefits
- You will experience a real connection with your purpose.
- You will see yourself making a difference in the world.
- You will progress in achieving your dreams.
- Your work will give your life meaning.
It's time you got yourself a trusted advisor.
That's me, Kenneth Vogt.
Small businesses have become the latest and greatest power for changing the world. I'm here to help you do it.
While there are many popular voices on the entrepreneurial scene, there are some things I have learned through my own business creation experience that you never hear anywhere else. It made me realize I must be the one to impart these methods and tools, this wisdom and experience.


text:
Small hacking seconds
IWC bracelet quick-change system
Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
Day and date display
Chronograph function with hours, minutes and seconds
Watch Details
- case
- Movement
- Features
- Care For Your Watch
- Stainless steel case
- Diameter 41.0 mm
- Height 14.5 mm
- Screw in crown
- See-through sapphire glass back
- Water resistance 10.0 bar
- 69385 Calibre
- IWC-manufactured movement
- Automatic, self-winding
- 46 hours Power Reserve
- Frequency 28'800 VPH (4 Hz)
- 242 Components
- 33 Jewels
- Côtes de Genève
- Small hacking seconds
- IWC bracelet quick-change system
- Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
- Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
- Day and date display
- Chronograph function with hours, minutes and seconds
It involves a full overhaul of the timepiece and is a complex, largerly manual task that takes several hours.
Learn how to clean your watch, wind it and more in our six-part "How To…" video series.
The Concierge Service offers a selection of free and convenient delivery options in Singapore, or you may also choose to collect your order in one of our boutiques in Singapore.
Would you like to visit us? Find the IWC boutique or service centre that is closest to your location.
Register to become a member of my IWC and benefit from a 6-year extension to the standard 2-year international limited warranty.
Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41
The Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 wins you over with versatility and a sporty design.
Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41
The Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 wins you over with versatility and a sporty design.
Since 1994, chronographs have been a mainstay in IWC's Pilot's Watches collection. The dial layout with various counters not only emphasises the distinctive instrument look; the mechanical stopwatch function also offers virtually unlimited applications in everyday life. The Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 in an ergonomic 41-millimetre case size is powered by the IWC-manufactured 69385 calibre. The robust and precise chronograph movement with a column wheel can be observed through the sapphire glass back. This stainless steel model comes with a blue dial, rhodium-plated hands and a high-quality stainless steel bracelet with fine adjustment clasp and a tapered shape. The integrated EasX-CHANGE system allows the strap to be changed in no time at all. Also available are calfskin or rubber straps in various colours. In combination with the 10 bar water-resistant case, this versatility makes the chronograph the perfect companion for every adventure – not just in the cockpit.
4 Variations
This watch is available in multiple variations. Discover the different colour and material combinations here.


text:
Release Notes for Grml 2011.12 - codename Knecht Rootrecht
This release brings a downsizing and cleanup: one flavour, two architectures. The new, smaller flavour has a 350MB ISO size target, while still delivering over 1.1GB of open source software relevant for system administrators!
New features
- EFI Boot support from CD-ROM and USB keys (amd64 only)
- mDNS support (try ping grml.local with libnss-mdns and avahi-daemon or similar enabled on your host)
- NFS Client support and d-bus start automatically
- grml-debootstrap, the tool of choice to install Debian, can now directly build virtual machine images.
- grml-live, our build tool, was enhanced with new features to better integrate with Jenkins. This release, as well as the current daily images are built from within Jenkins!
Important Changes
- The live-media-path=... bootoption is mandatory now. If you're booting Grml via PXE or from harddisk (e.g. using findiso) please make sure to add live-media-path=/live/$FLAVOUR to the kernel commandline. Further details are available at the terminalserver page and the rescueboot page in the Grml-Wiki.
- Z-Shell configuration has been cleaned up. Quite a few functions have been removed from the default configuration.
- X11 environment has been downsized as well. The window manager is now fluxbox. idesk has been removed, all available software is now reachable from the fluxbox menu.
- The accessibility support now consists of shipping standard speakup and enabling sound during boot. A new beep sequence (4 tones) is sounded just before the quickconfig menu starts. The isolinux menu will beep once, and the grub menu will beep three times. (The accessibility boot options have been removed.)
- iSCSI Target is now provided by LIO. The configuration tool targetcli is included.
- xterm now uses the Terminus font, like the VT consoles.
- Virtual Machines automatically get the "noprompt" behaviour.
- Ancient config files and examples have been removed from grml-etc(-core).
- Ancient scripts have been removed from grml-scripts(-core).
- Anonymous stats are collected during boot up. This includes: Grml release name, boot media type (local or remote), a random string, used boot option keys (no values) and if your CPU is 64bit-capable. You can turn this off with the nostats boot option.
Bits & bolts
- Modem support has been removed from grml-network
- VT consoles are driven by grml-runtty, our homegrown login and getty replacement for Live CDs.
- Netboot scenarios should no longer use the "nodhcp" boot option.
- grml2hd is no longer in PATH to discourage its use even further. The related boot options have been removed.
- grml2usb: compat for releases < 2009.05, grub1 and lilo support have been removed.
- Release builds are now built from Debian's testing distribution, instead of unstable.
- Linux kernel is based on 3.1.6. No additional modules are shipped.
- Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system.
Packages are taken from Debian testing, 23rd of December 2011. More than 1700 packages have been removed, and these new packages have been added (plus dependencies):
afflib-tools atftp bacula-sd boot-info-script efibootmgr extundelete grub-efi-amd64-bin hsetroot ia32-libs imvirt ipxe libnss-myhostname lio-utils mcollective mtx multiarch-support netcat-openbsd python2.7 sipcalc targetcli
These Grml packages have been removed/replaced:
grml-debugtools grml-docs grml-files grml-files64 grml-firefox grml-laptop grml-pylib grml-rebuildfstab grml-rescueboot grml-sectools grml-templates grml-usleep grml-vpn grml grml64
Known issues
None at the time of the release!
Take a look at the known bugs list. Please report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/.
Download Grml 2011.12
Grml 2011.12 can be downloaded from grml.org/download/.
Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with the release please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and feature requests to the Grml team!
Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) Brad Cable, Christoph Biedl, Christoph Lupe, Charles A. Hewson, Hans BKK, John G. Heim, Jordan Uggla, Julius Plenz Malte Simon, Marek Malevič, Michael Gissing, Pawel Sadkowski, Ralf Moll, Richard Hartmann, Sedat Dilek, Thomas Koehler, Uli Martens for their ideas and patches - as well as to our new contributors.
More Information
You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki.
To sign up for future Grml announcements, please subscribe to Grml's announcement list.


text:
It's easy to forget — even for a Disney nerd like myself — that before Walt Disney died of lung cancer in December of 1966, EPCOT (the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) was supposed to be a real city. The code name "Project X" was given to the undertaking that would eventually become Walt Disney World, which today includes the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and the Animal Kingdom parks.
The illustration above is an aerial view of Project X, while the image below shows the thirty story hotel that was to be the centerpiece of the city of EPCOT. Both are from the excellent book Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance, edited by Karal Ann Marling.
This post originally appeared at Paleofuture.com.


text:
Fairfax Station's Top-Rated Choice for AC Repair
For same-day A/C repairs, quality installations and comprehensive maintenance service in Fairfax Station, call the air conditioning experts at Comfortable Air Services today! We are fully licensed and insured, and can handle any installation, repair and maintenance service related to your air conditioning system. Your comfort is our priority, which is why we provide the highest quality customer service and workmanship available.
Our flat-rate pricing policy provides us the ability to give our customers an upfront total price for the repairs needed in writing. After a thorough system evaluation, you will know exactly what cost to expect, and we will always allow you to accept or decline the recommendations before the work is started. We're known throughout Northern Virginia for our hard work, reliable response times, and quality workmanship.
Always Know What to Expect With Our Flat-Rate Pricing
How It Works:
Our technician will come to your home for a fee of $65.00 and he or she will thoroughly evaluate your system. You will then be provided a written proposal for the repairs, which includes the cost to fix your system problems, as well as a detailed report of what work will be completed. The technician will then allow you to accept or decline the recommendations before starting work.
24/7 Emergency A/C Repair Services in Fairfax Station, VA
There's nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night covered in sweat and realizing that your air conditioner is broken! That's why our friendly, licensed technicians are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide expert repairs on all makes and models of air conditioning systems.
Our vans come fully equipped the tools and parts needed to handle the most common repairs, and we offer fast response times, so you can rest assured knowing you won't have to go long without your ideal comfort!
Preventative Maintenance for Your Air Conditioning System
Many people don't think about getting service for their air conditioning system until something goes wrong, but by then it's too late! At Comfortable Air Services, we offer preventative maintenance visits that include a comprehensive inspection, replacement of filters, a cleaning of your unit, and a complete report on the condition of your air conditioning system. Additionally, we provide preventative maintenance contracts that include seasonal visits to ensure your equipment is always running at peak performance and efficiency!
We're Fairfax Station's First Choice for New, High-Efficiency Air Conditioners
At Comfortable Air Services, we employ highly trained, licensed technicians with years of experience performing quality AC system installations. As factory authorized dealers for Trane, Bryant, and Carrier, we can offer competitive prices and comprehensive warranties to ensure long-lasting comfort without ever having to worry about expensive repairs!
In fact, upgrading to a modern, high-efficiency air conditioning system can actually save you money! Recent technology has allowed for heating and cooling systems to provide the same comfort while consuming significantly less energy, which results in huge savings on your energy costs. Not only that, but a new system will be less prone to breakdowns and can last up to 15 years without requiring any replacement parts.
We offer competitive prices and quality installations for the leading brand name equipment.
Our customers love our service!
"The a/c unit was having a condensation leak after several months and Hugo came out several times to remedy the problem. The blower unit was too big and was causing the leak. Hugo replaced it for free and stood by his warranty. He did a great job and I highly recommend him." George H.
"Came in and installed unit. Wore covers on their feet. Very professional yet friendly. They did not try to sell any other services or upgrades." Janet L.
Call Comfortable Air Services today at (703) 590-7517 for 24/7 emergency repairs or fill out the form on this page to schedule service or request an in-home estimate!


text:
A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC's indecency rule regarding the broadcast of so-called "fleeting expletives," calling it "arbitrary and capricious" and "unconstitutionally vague," and declaring that it violates the protected right to free speech. This new ruling stems from the lawsuit filed by broadcast TV networks against the FCC in 2006, after the FCC cracked down on "unscripted expletives" uttered during awards shows and other live broadcasts. As you may recall, said unscripted expletives became subject to huge fines for the networks during that period where everyone had a big moral freakout over seeing Janet Jackson's boob. But today a three-judge panel in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York decided that the policy—which meant that networks could be responsible for up to $35 million in fines for every affiliate that accidentally broadcasts Bono saying the word "fuck"—is both unfairly defined and in violation of the First Amendment. So come on and get your cussing ya-yas out before the Supreme Court swoops in and reinstates it—like this: You should smile and fucking blow me, everybody!
We may earn a commission from links on this page.
"The Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan on auditions, and being prepared


text:
It looks as though The Pirate Bay will have to hope for the best on appeal now that a Swedish court ruled that the judge's membership with two pro-copyright organizations does not constitute bias.
While the judge overseeing the retrial case did make it clear that these affiliations should have been disclosed, he noted that Sweden has copyright laws and simply agreeing with them is not justification for a mistrial. Naturally, this verdict will result in more desperate legal posturing that will eventually border on the absurd. Speaking of that, defendant Peter Kolmisoppi Sunde responded to the decision by tweeting the following:
The Pirate Bay will now file charges against Sweden for violation for Human Rights. More info later. (The bias-judge is himself biased...)
Oh boy. [Ars Technica]


text:
- Health
Patient Care
I Want To...
I Want To...
Find Research Faculty
Enter the last name, specialty or keyword for your search below.
School of Medicine
I Want to...
Apply for Admission
Brain Cancer Blood Vessels Not Substantially Tumor-Derived - 03/08/2012
Brain Cancer Blood Vessels Not Substantially Tumor-Derived
--Study refutes research claims that call into question use of vessel-targeting, anticancer drugs
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Johns Hopkins scientists have published laboratory data refuting studies that suggest blood vessels that form within brain cancers are largely made up of cancer cells. The theory of cancer-based blood vessels calls into question the use and value of anticancer drugs that target these blood vessels, including bevacizumab (Avastin).
"We don't question whether brain cancer cells have the potential to express blood vessel markers and may occasionally find their way into blood vessels, but we do question the extent to which this happens," says Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D., chief of neuropathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "In general, we find no evidence in our study that these vessels contain substantial amounts of cancer cells."
Eberhart, professor of pathology, ophthalmology and oncology at Johns Hopkins, said he first encountered claims about the cancerous nature of tumor blood vessels about a year ago when he was invited to join students at a journal club meeting, a forum for discussing studies published in medical journals. "My first reaction to this research was 'How could this be true?'" says Eberhart. "Our clinical experience examining tissue from brain cancers does not support it."
Studies have long demonstrated that malignant brain tumors contain large numbers of blood vessels to feed their growing demand for nutrients. The blood vessels are formed when tumors pump out growth factors that increase vessel production. Such studies opened the door to treatment strategies that specifically targeted blood-vessel growth and the vessel cells themselves.
More recently, scientists in Italy and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York published results of studies suggesting that these tumor blood vessels are made by primitive types of brain cancer cells that are a form of stem cells. In their studies, they found tumor markers on blood vessel cells in 20 to 90 percent of their brain cancer samples. The U.S./Italian research teams said their findings also suggested that the cancerlike blood vessels were more prone to drug resistance, potentially explaining why drugs like bevacizumab yield tumor-shrinking responses, but only for short periods. Bevacizumab is currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in patients with colorectal, lung, kidney and brain cancers.
Eberhart said pathologists, including those who work on brain tissue, use certain tissue-based techniques to distinguish cancer cells from normal ones. When evaluating specimens of brain tissue removed during surgery for suspected cancer, he said, most pathologists agree that blood vessel cells in these specimens consistently lack the molecular changes associated with cancer cells, according to Eberhart. In fact, they often use these blood vessel cells as "normal controls" to compare with potentially cancerous ones.
After the journal club experience, Eberhart teamed up with fellow neuropathologist Fausto Rodriguez, M.D., and colleagues at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston to look more closely at the molecular features of blood vessel cells in brain cancer samples. They tested more than 100 samples from patients at Johns Hopkins and Dana Farber for EGFR and IDH1 markers, two common genes altered in brain cancer.
"We also used a marker called CD34 to differentiate vascular [blood vessel] cells from other types of cells," says Rodriguez, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins. The research teams found no more than 10 percent of their samples contained vascular cells with EGFR or IDH1 cancer markers, and in those rare tumor samples, only a few cells exhibited those markers. The Johns Hopkins-Dana Farber-Harvard team tested all parts of the vessel walls for presence of the cancer markers.
Results of the team's laboratory experiments were published in the online journal Oncotarget in January.
Although the two groups used different markers to identify vessel cells, Rodriguez says "there is no marker that is absolute for each cell."
Eberhart and Rodriguez noted that the U.S./Italian research teams focused mainly on cell-by-cell research techniques in dissociated specimens to evaluate cancer markers, losing associations that can be made by looking at a cell's shape and physical relationship within clusters of cells. The Johns Hopkins and Dana Farber researchers conducted studies examining cells in intact tissue.
"Pathologists with extensive experience in examining cells become accustomed to quickly identifying a blood vessel cell from a normal cell, and we can gain a lot of information when we look at how cells connect with other cells in real-life examples," notes Rodriguez, who says that his team's findings could potentially apply to any cancer thought to contain stem cells.
In addition to Eberhart and Rodriguez, the research team included Brent Orr from Johns Hopkins and Keith Ligon from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School.
Funding for the study was provided by a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship (T32CA067751) to Orr and a grant (5R01NS055089) to Eberhart.
For the Media
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Office of Public Affairs
Media Contact: Vanessa Wasta
[email protected], 410-614-2916


text:
Really excited with the latest post we put up today at the company blog: FeedBurner's View of the Feed Market. The gist of the post is this: for all the attention focused on subscriber numbers, they're an incomplete metric to use when evaluating a feed's audience. What good are a million subscribers if they never read your content? Don't get me wrong: subscribing to a feed is a start: it's an implicit vote of trust, it's a reader saying that your content is interesting, that they want it delivered to them as soon as it's updated. But it doesn't tell the whole story.
Publishers who want a better understanding of their audience's engagement with their content can look at how often their feed items ("posts") are rendered in feed readers, and can also use us to track click-throughs to their posts. Both of these metrics provide a way to go beyond the subscriber number – if the subscription is an indiciation of interest, then the views and clicks are a manifestation of that ongoing interest.
Anyway, we're going to put together a few more of these over the next few weeks. With the number of feeds we host (up over 600,000 – there were only 20,000 when I joined!) and the number of publishers using us (340,000, up from 12,000 when I joined), we've got a lot of data, and a few more interesting observations to share. Stay tuned!