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From gemstone jewellery to the Hermes bag to the Sotheby's auction to celebrities on the green carpet to custom made cars to table clocks we bring you the week that was at Luxpresso
Magnificent Gemstones Jewellery
Bring in this season of colourful rainbows with a stunning line up of gemstone studded jewellery. From raindrop inspired emerald drop earrings to pear shaped ruby pendants, to cushion cut sapphire and round cut emerald and diamond studded button earrings to ruby necklaces to earrings inspired by the Lily of Valley flower to cuff bracelets these trinkets are worth owning.
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The Hermes bag with its signature saddle stitch is a rage with women all around the world.
Hermes bags still continue to stitch by hand as this saddle stitch can only be executed by hand. It speaks volumes about itself and has taken names of legendary actresses like Grace Kelly and Jane Birkin. It is a work of art in an array of colours and many of their designs are limited edition and best sellers amongst art lovers.
Celebrities spotted donning extravagant, fairytale gowns at the IIFA 2016
Madrid made headlines in India as Bollywood A listers checked into the Spanish capital to attend the IIFA 2016 movie awards. Sashaying down the green carpet in their stunning ensembles they turned heads wherever they went. Aditi Rao was in a emerald green gown by Shantanu & Nikhil, Deepika Padukone was in a Sabyasachi gown, Bipasha wore a Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla creation, Shilpa Shetty looked sensational in a Shantanu & Nikhil gown, Athiya Shetty wore a Rami Kadi gown, Bhumi Pednekar was also in a Shantanu creation, Priyanka Chopra was in a Elsa Schiaparelli and Divya Khosla Kumar in a Manish Malhotra gown.
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Because there's really no point spending thousands of dollars on fine jewellery and then leaving them looking despondent in a drawer (it's like having a beautiful collection of bags but all stashed under the bed), you could most definitely consider Chanel's new F/W15 Quilted Leather Jewellery Box, the perfect combination of quilted leather on the exterior and nubuck suede lining all its trays for a finish that's both luxurious and luxurious-to-the-touch as well.
Technically more treasure chest than a simple jewellery box, additional touches include the pearl-tipped drawer pulls that you'll want to keep running your fingers over while you decide which jewellery pieces it will be for the day. Available for pre-order now via your local Chanel boutique (and because you should really do it anyway before they stop taking orders if you really want it), this, along with your fine jewellery, will become a treasured heirloom too in time to come.
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Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour
University of California Press, 2009 - Nature - 311 pages
Life, the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, Life focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer's library. From the familiar to the rare—polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls—this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre.
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As the UK's largest port operator, the group has had the opportunity to develop expertise and competence in a range of activities connected to port development and operations. In some cases we have identified opportunities to use port capacity to expand the group's portfolio with the development of marinas for the leisure industry at four of our ports. These facilities have been awarded some of the highest accolades in the leisure boating industry.
In terms of people, ABP had a pool of professionals with expertise in marine environmental research but, with increasing pressures both regulatory and environmental, opportunities became available to develop this wealth of knowledge into what is today ABPmer, the UK's leading marine consultancy, which now offers its services to other port companies in the UK and beyond.
The company's involvement at Hams Hall Railfreight Terminal in the West Midlands is another natural progression of using a core competence, with the result that today Hams Hall is the busiest inland rail terminal in the UK because of its dedication to service - again reflected in the number of awards the terminal and its staff have received from the rail industry at large. It has also been used as a case study by the Department for Transport as a benchmark in rail terminal operations.
Finally, UK Dredging has become the largest independent UK-owned dredging operation serving the needs of not only ABP ports but also providing dredging services to other port operating companies in the UK and beyond. The success of UK Dredging is reflected in the £16 million investment by ABP in 2010 in the commissioning of the trailing suction hopper dredger, UKD Orca, increasing the fleet to six vessels.


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At St. Mike's, learning is not confined to the walls of your classrooms. Think research. Study abroad. Internships. Service learning. You have countless options to blend your passions into your academic experience. Interested in global health issues? Spend a summer in Ghana studying sustainable healthcare delivery. Research the economics of immunizations. Intern with a health-focused nonprofit. Join the Student Global AIDS Campaign.
Whatever your passion, there are virtually endless opportunities to enhance your studies with firsthand, hands-on experience at Saint Michael's.


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Mrs. Maxine M. Baggs, age 74 of Jasper, Ga., died Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper following a period of declining health.
Born March 15, 1936 in Gilmer County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Norman Holt. Mrs. Baggs had taught school and was employed by the Pickens County Board of Education. She was a member of the Cool Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Lawton Baggs, Jasper; sons and daughters-in-law, Norman and Brennice Baggs, Sugar Hill, Ga., and Kenton and Stephanie Baggs, Jasper; mother, Marie D. Holt, Ellijay, Ga.; grandchildren, Thor, Karina and Alexa Baggs; great-grandchildren, Kasey Mangum, Hannah and Lucia Cash; sisters and brothers-in-law, Vivian and Jack McDougald, Kennesaw, Ga., and Belda and Steve Payne, Ellijay, Ga.; brothers and sisters-in-law, James and Judy Holt, Morganton, Ga.; Dan and Elaine Sanford, Greenfield, Tn.; and Rex and Christian Holt, Hoschton, Ga. Many in-laws, nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 29 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Billy Emmett and Von J. Hinton officiating. Interment followed in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family did accept flowers; however, donations may be made to the charity of one?s choice. www.roperfuneralhome.com
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Mr. Jack Howard, age 86 of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Edgel Howard, Jasper; sons and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Debra Howard, Panama City Beach, Fl., and Greg Howard, Jasper; brothers, Ernest (Pap), Clifford (Crook) and Billy Howard, all of Jasper, Fay Howard, Tate, George Howard, Nelson, and the Rev. Ben Howard, Jr., Dawsonville; and sisters, Stella Mae Mulkey, Dawsonville, Jeannie Howard and JoAnn Hayes, both of Jasper, and Lois Howard, Canton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben, Sr. and Eva Brown Howard; brothers, James and Homer (Fuzz); and sister, Mary Lou Bowers.
The funeral service was held at 4 p.m. Friday, July 30 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Ben Howard, Jr. officiating. Interment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were: Terry, Timmy and Mickey Howard, Donnie and Kenny Byess and Gary Young. The family did accept flowers but prefer donations to help with the funeral expenses.
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Mrs. Brenda Callahan Adams, age 61 of Tate, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Select Specialty (Emory Crawford Long) in Atlanta.
Survivors include her husband, Alan Adams, Tate; father of the children, Bobby Callahan, Tate; son and daughter-in-law, Shane and Rhonda Callahan, Talking Rock; son at heart, Bill Wood, Ball Ground; daughters and sons-in-law, Shannon and Brandon Pettit, Tate, Shandra and David Shirley, Jasper; and Michelle and Jeffrey Satterfield, Tate; and brother, Bob Bryan, Acworth. Twelve grandchildren, one great-grandchild and nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 30 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Curtis Roland and Terry Dean officiating. Interment followed in Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Damon Fitts, Dan Burns, Daniel Walker, Walker Giambra, James Potter and Glenn Brannon.
Mrs. Muriel Mowery Hollingshead, age 87 of Jasper, passed away Monday, July 26, 2010 at her residence.
Survivors include her son, Rex Carlisle Mowery; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Herman, Sr. and Pat Hollingshead and Johnny and Mary Hollingshead, both of Jasper; and special niece and nephew, Cindy and Alan Timms, Jasper.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 7 from Bible Way House of Worship in Talking Rock with the Rev. Johnny Hollingshead and Cindy and Alan Timms officiating. Interment of the cremains will be at Sunrise Memorial Gardens at a later date. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Cagle Funeral Home to help with the funeral expenses. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Mr. Albert Padgett, age 70 of Talking Rock, passed away Friday, July 30, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Padgett, Talking Rock; son and daughter-in-law, Tony and Pam Padgett, Talking Rock; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Howard Banks, Jasper; brothers, Huey Padgett, Ball Ground, and Donas Padgett, Jasper; and sisters, Lois Trout, Acworth, and Flaudie Duncan, Marble Hill. Nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, August 2 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert Allen and Gene Childers officiating. Interment followed in Price Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Bo Ingram, Charlie Carver, Chris Buchanan, Roger Pendley, Eric Duncan, Carlton Trout, Howard Brooks and Tim Duncan. Honorary pallbearer was Johnny Tanner. The family did accept flowers or make donations to Cagle Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses.
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Mr. Robert C. Collis, age 72 of Fairmount, passed away at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital on Sunday, July 18, 2010.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Collis, Fairmount; sons, Dwight and Jason Joe Collis, Fairmount; daughter, Viviaen Hurt, Fairmount; brother, Rembert Collis, Talking Rock; and sister, Shirley Townsend, Jerusalem. Three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
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Tim Harmsen of the Arcadis engineering firm is well aware of financial challenges ahead for Fayette to pay for planned upgrades to the sewer system. He believes some help is needed from a source that doesn't yet exist.
"The only way you're going to be able to pay for this plan is if you grow," he told council members Thursday.
There's a catch hiding in that statement.
"To grow, you need additional treatment capacity."
The village sewer treatment system can't handle more growth. If a new housing development or industry were proposed for Fayette, the treatment system wouldn't be able to accept the additional waste.
Harmsen's long term control plan for the village includes a seven-year break from sewer separation projects beginning 2010, during which time a new sewage treatment system would be constructed.
"By placing the treatment system early," he said, "it allows the village to collect some capital and it will allow you to grow."
He estimates the cost at $3.2 million. If the new plant allows industrial growth, new revenue from income taxes and water and sewer fees could help pay for the sewer separation project.
Arcadis considered other options for handling excess flow and decided a packaged treatment system makes the most financial sense. The system would allow continuous discharge of treated water.
The long term control plan that will be submitted to the Ohio EPA for approval doesn't commit the village to installing a new treatment system nor to a specific type of plant.
Harmsen has some concerns about the Ohio EPA allowing the village to take a seven-year break from the separation project.
Village administrator Tom Spiess thinks the village should be given credit for the $1.5 million of sewer separation work done in the past.
Spiess said he intends to work on economic development issues after he leaves his administrator post at the end of this year.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has mandated that all employers pick up health coverage that includes coverage for contraception.
There are exemptions for religious organizations, but these orgs are very narrowly defined, so that while a church is exempt, a hospital or social services agency that is sponsored by a church body is not.
These orgs will either have to buy contraception coverage for their employees or else pay hefty fines that will run them out of business.
The administration has offered a compromise that in effect passed the cost from employers to the insurance companies, but this compromise is flawed in that by passing the burden to insurance companies, those companies would just jack up premiums for everybody and the religious orgs would still be paying.
This compromise is also flawed in that the original mandate is already on the books and it would take an act of Congress to alter the regulations, so the administration is offering a compromise it cannot easily deliver on even if it was made in good faith.
1. Is contraception some kind of right? Why?
2. If it is, why does that right outweigh a right that is specifically mentioned in the Bill of Rights: freedom of religion?
3. If the government can order private companies to have to buy certain services, is this not just another step down the slippery slope to tyranny?
4. If the administration truly wanted to offer a good faith compromise, why not just disentangle health insurance from employment so that employers can pass on the savings to employees who can then buy their own coverage that includes or does not include contraception according their own religious beliefs?


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Access Ancestry.com for FREE at any Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Library
Recently, I discovered that ABC Libraries are offering free access to the library version of Ancestry.com. You can use the computers at the library, or bring your own computer and access it through wifi.
Once you are on a computer at one of the libraries, go to the ABC Library website at http://www.cabq.gov/library . Click on the "Genealogy Research Center" link on the left side box under the heading "Research Assistance. On the next page, look at the top right hand corner box that says "Available in the Library". Click on "Ancestry Library Edition" and begin searching Ancestry.com and downloading the records offered by this site!
Remember, this service is only offered at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Libraries themselves. You must be inside one of their libraries and be able to access their wifi. Speak to your librarian if you have any questions regarding this service!
P.S.: If you discover that this service does not work at any of the ABC libraries, please let me know so that I can post the information on this blog. My email is email@example.com. If you are unable to access Ancestry.com, you may wish to ask your librarian if they can help you access it at your library.
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Does the victim-offender relationship remain an important predictor of the likelihood of police notification in rape cases? An NIJ-funded study
[1] examined this question and found that police notification rates by third parties and by victims who had been raped by an acquaintance or intimate partner increased significantly between 1973 and 2000. Using data from the National Crime Survey (NCS) from 1973–1991 and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) from 1992–2000, Baumer found that overall reporting rates continued to increase during the 1990s, and that differences in rates of reporting between stranger and non-stranger rapes diminished.
These changes coincided with large-scale media and social campaigns that focused attention on "hidden" rapes. Legal reforms and the growth in services available to rape victims have been influential in increasing the likelihood that women will report a rape to police.
The most recent research, however, indicates that a majority of rape victims still do not report their attacks to police. Further study is needed to understand what impact various policies and practices have on reporting behavior and system response and to precisely identify the practices that would facilitate higher rates of notification.
For more about rape reporting, see "Has Rape Reporting Increased Over Time?" from the
NIJ Journal.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that the majority of rapes and sexual assaults perpetrated against women and girls in the United States between 1992 and 2000 were not reported to the police. Only 36 percent of rapes, 34 percent of attempted rapes, and 26 percent of sexual assaults were reported.
[3] Reasons for not reporting assault vary among individuals, but one study identified the following as common:
In the NIJ funded Sexual Assault Among Latinas Study (SALAS), it was found that victims did not commonly seek help from the criminal justice system, but did seek informal sources of help such as family and friends. However, one third of the women included in the study did not report their victimization to anyone.
Learn more from the complete report Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study (pdf, 188 pages).
Next Section: Sexual Assault on College Campuses.
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[note 2] Baumer, E.P.
Temporal Variation in the Likelihood of Police Notification by Victims of Rapes, 1973–2000. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, November 2004, NCJ 207497.
[note 3] Rennison, C.M.
Rape and Sexual Assault: Reporting to Police and Medical Attention, 1992–2000. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, August 2002, NCJ 194530.
[note 4] Du Mont, J., K.L. Miller, and T.L. Myhr. "The Role of 'Real Rape' and 'Real Victim' Stereotypes in the Police Reporting Practices of Sexually Assaulted Women." Violence Against Women 9(4)(April 2003): 466–486.
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The Putin-Obama deep freeze
President Barack Obama couldn't have been clearer when he warned Russia not to send troops into Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn't have been clearer in his response: Watch me.
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And just like that, an already toxic relationship got even worse, and the two countries — and the rest of the world — veered closer to an unprecedented showdown.
The two leaders spoke Saturday for 90 minutes about the situation in Ukraine, the White House said.
Obama started his presidency pushing for a "reset" in Russian relations. Instead, Putin has essentially pulled the plug.
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Critics have been complaining for years that Obama hasn't figured out what to do about Putin, but it's not clear there's figuring out to do.
"I don't think it's a question of not being able to understand Putin," said Steve Pifer, one of President Bill Clinton's ambassadors to Ukraine. "It's a question of what tools do you have to respond."
"Part of the problem here is the strength of the motivations on the Russian side," Pifer added. Putin "cares a whole lot more about losing Ukraine than the West cares about keeping it."
When Obama issued his warning at the White House late Friday, he was relying, as he said, only on reports of troop movements in Crimea. Many of those were coming from the Ukrainian prime minister, who'd spent the day demanding Russia recall its forces, both in public statements and in an afternoon phone conversation with Vice President Joe Biden.
The White House woke up Saturday morning to more definitive news: Putin asked for, and received, approval from Parliament for "using the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine pending the normalization of the socio-political situation in that country," according to an Associated Press translation of his request. The upper house of Parliament also recommended the recall of the Russian ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Obama's comments Friday.
( Also on POLITICO: Putin's reckless Ukraine gambit)
For hours after the Parliament vote Saturday, the White House stayed silent, trying to figure out what to do next. For now, no one seems to know the answer, though after a national security team meeting Saturday afternoon, which a White House official said Obama did not attend but Biden joined by video conference from Arizona, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke with his Russian counterpart Saturday about the lack of American military movement.
Obama was on the phone with various world leaders during the meeting and was later briefed by National Security Adviser Susan Rice, the official said.
For personal, geopolitical and domestic reasons, Putin is determined to assert Russia's place as a major global power, and facing off with an American president only helps that. As long as he's around — he's just 61 years old, and has already figured out how to maneuver around his country's constitution to stay in control for 14 years straight, so he'll probably be around a while — this isn't likely to change.
Obama, of course, has his own personal, geopolitical and domestic concerns. Those have driven decisions that haven't helped relations, from knocking Russia for its human rights record to coyly including several open LGBT members in the American delegation to the Sochi Olympics, which Obama said "speaks for itself" when asked if it was a deliberate rebuff to the Putin-backed anti-gay laws.
That capped off the worst year of Washington-Moscow relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Putin let NSA leaker Edward Snowden take refuge in Russia, Obama canceled a planned bilateral summit in September, and they rammed into each other over what to do in Syria, before warily — and so far unsuccessfully — saying they'd work together to try to find a resolution.
Obama's unspoken support of the Ukrainian revolution, while completely in line with longstanding American policy, seemed only to provoke Putin more. Other American politicians arguing that Obama has never been rough enough on Putin — like House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who issued a statement Friday condemning Putin's "hegemonic ambitions" — has, according to Russia experts, likely aggravated Moscow even more.


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Whether or not you put up a tree in your home (or office) in December or compose an e-mail that begins Dear Santa, the end of the year is a time for a tradition even older than stockings hung by the fire with carewishing for new stuff.
In keeping with this tradition, we asked Wi-Fi Planets contributors to tell us which Wi-Fi-related things they would each like to have someone wrap up and deliver via FedEx or chimney, whichever worked best this year. We hope they didnt get the impression that gifts would then be forthcoming Heres what they said:
Troy Dreier, writer/reviewer
- Netgear RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Access Point ($139.99; below): I love my 802.11n network and I'd love it more if it reached all the way through my house. This access point is what I need to extend the range.
- Chumby One ($99.95): I dug the original Chumby and I can't wait to see what the next model will bring. It's due out soon. [See? Wishing works. Look for Troy's review of the new Chumby next week.]
- Apple TV ($229): I keep hoping Apple will upgrade the specs on the Apple TV and lower the price. Maybe then it will catch on. Of course, if I got it as a gift price wouldn't matter.
- iPhone 3GS ($199+): While I'd enjoy having video recording on my iPhone, I'm not eligible for an discounted upgrade until next summer.
- DirecTV HD Plus DVR ($179.99): If I upgrade my DirecTV DVR to this model, I can get on-demand content wirelessly through my home network. Of course, the upgrade price is $199, there's a $50 installation charge, and I'd have to pay an extra $10 per month for HD channels that I don't want. Okay, I'm not sure I want this, after all.
Gerry Blackwell, writer/reviewer
- iPhone 3GS ($199+): For all the usual reasons--apps, elegance, cool quotient--but also because its the best thing to hit mobile Wi-Fi since the USB dongle.
- Squeezebox Touch ($299.99, available in December): The latest Wi-Fi-powered digital-music-through-your-stereo device from Logitech: touch screen interface and high-end DAC (digital-analog converter).
- Zune HD ($289): The new flag ship product in Microsofts vastly under-rated Zune line of iPod busters: new touch screen interface, HD video out, slick Wi-Fi functionality.
- EyeFi 4GB ($79.99): Very cool use of Wi-Fi to simplify a universal task transferring digital shots from digicam to PC, and tracking where pics were taken: new larger capacity.
- 13-inch MacBook Pro ($1199+): For when you need to do serious computing at a Wi-Fi hotspot (and iPhone wont cut it)--its another objet de technologie from Apple.
Joseph Moran, reviewer (pictured right)
- D-Link DAP-1522 Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access point ($118): The DAP-1522 wireless bridge sports four Gigabit LAN ports, 802.11 b/g/n support, and the ability to work in either 2.4 or 5 GHz modes, all of which make it a great way to connect a cabinet full of AV components, such as game consoles, DVR/set-top boxes, or similar devices to your home Wi-Fi network.
- iPod touch (starting at $199): The built-in Wi-Fi, combined with the excellent Web browser and seemingly endless array of free or inexpensive apps, make the iPod touch the next best thing to walking around the house with a netbook in tow.
- Wii ($199): The Wii may not have the razor-sharp graphics or the same selection of familiar games as other consoles, but you won't find a game system that's more fun to play. Plus, connecting the Wii to the Internet via Wi-Fi gives you the option to play games online, download new (and classic) game titles, keep tabs on news and weather, and more.
- Squeezebox Radio ($199): The new Squeezebox Radio, which now sports a 2.4 inch color LCD screen, lets you stream your digital music collection--or access online content from Pandora to podcasts--from any room sans PC or the need to wear headphones.
- MSI Wind Top AE2200 ($800): The MSI Wind Top PC is a sleek all-in-one PC with some pretty impressive specs, including integrated 802.11b/g/n, a dual-core Pentium CPU, 4 GB of RAM, DVD drive, 21.6-inch 1,900 x 1,080 touchscreen display, and Windows 7.
- The Roku Digital Video Player ($99): It connects to your Wi-Fi network and delivers Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand content directly to your TV, which sure beats watching it on a PC. Rumor has it that an upgraded "XR" with 802.11n and a USB port (for watching your own video) is being readied for a Holiday launch.
- A ticket on Virgin America: Flying--especially for the holidays--is seldom much fun, but if you have no choice, see if Virgin America is going your way. The airline offers in-flight Wi-Fi on all its planes, and it's teamed up with Google to offer the service (which normally costs between $6 and $13 depending on the length of the flight) gratis for passengers traveling between 11/10/09 and 1/15/10.
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- Mole Stand-Alone Internet Camera from Astak ($299): This standalone Internet camera can be connected via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. You can log in from anywhere, including a mobile phone, to keep tabs on your business, home, kids, or pets while youre away. Whether you're a parent, pet owner, or home security seeker, you can watch what's going on in your home or your office. Watch your video from any Web browser or mobile device. The on-board, Wi-Fi-enabled software auto-uploads to YouTube and Twitter. Users can also receive real-time alerts via e-mail or Twitter sent to their mobile phone or any IP-enabled device. The camera includes motion detection activation, night vision, two-way audio, and a built-in DVR.
- Livio Radio ($199.99): Not only can you enjoy Pandora Internet Radio with this Wi-Fi device, but it also features more than 11,000 free Internet radio stations from around the world. The device has the dedicated Thumbs up, Thumbs down controls on front panel and a remote control as well to customize your music tastes.
- Broadband2Go ($99 for the device; $10-$60/month for the service): Virgin Mobiles Broadband2Go is a must-have for business travelers and vacationers alike. Just plug it into the USB port on your laptop and get Internet access anywhere. Unlike most other carriers, you aren't tied to a long-term contract so you can pay-as-you go with plans starting at just $10 for 100MB of datagreat for users who dont want to pay exorbitant hotel Internet fees or spend time searching for Wi-Fi access at cafes.
- Wi-Fi Detector Shirt ($19.99): We came across this neat little item while browsing for gift ideas. Its the perfect gift for the geek inside all of usa Wi-Fi Detector Shirt from ThinkGeek. Looking for a Wi-Fi signal? Keep your laptop in your bag and follow your shirt for the closet hotspot. The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding Wi-Fi signal strength fluctuates.
- Nikon COOLPIX S610c ($219): The Nikon COOLPIX S610c is a 10-megapixel compact digital camera with built-in Wi-Fi with a 4x wide-angle zoon. It can connect to any open Wi-Fi hotspot so you can send images directly from the camera to your Flickr account, blog, or an email address. Its a wonderful convenience for mobile workers who need to zap an image to someone immediately. One of its cool features is the Smile Shutter that automatically fires the shutter when it detects the smile of the person youre shooting. It also shoots video, giving you instant home movies.
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Yes, that's me (right), waiting for Santa to arrive, circa 1966. Back then, all I wanted was an Easy-Bake Oven or Barbie. Nowadays, I'd much rather receive...
- Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 (Prices vary by carrier): With a paid year of service, of course. Can't beat this when it comes to getting fuss-free on-the-go Internet access for all of my other Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets.
- HTC Hero ($179.99 after rebate, with 2-year plan): Speaking of which, my next Wi-Fi-enabled phone might just be an HTC Hero. Finally, an easy-to-use 3G/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth capable smartphone that can be customized to do exactly what I want--while delivering usable coverage and a decent selection of apps. [Read Lisa's review of the Hero here. Hint: she liked it.]
- SlingPlayer Mobile ($29.99): If Santa's feeling generous, he can bring me a SlingBox to make the video content I'm already paying for at home readily accessible on the road, along with SlingPlayer Mobile to watch that content from over Wi-Fi from my iPod (or any BlackBerry, iPhone, WinMo, Palm, or Symbian smartphone).
- Powermat Wireless Charging Portable Mat ($99.99): Of course, all of these power-hungry Wi-Fi gadgets are going to need some serious juice. I'd love to replace my tangle of cabled charging devices with one "wireless" Powermat that could magically refresh all of the Wi-Fi gadgets that I laid on top of it.
- Control4 Home Control System (pricing available through dealers): My shoot-for-the-stars gift list would start with a Control4 system for my next home. The Wi-Fi-enabled table-top controller shown here delivers access to audio/video, heating/cooling, lighting, security, and other wirelessly-remoted devices throughout a home. Just sit back and flick through all available music and video, then launch your selection with one click--Control4 finds and fires up components for playback to any room.
Jeff Goldman, writer
For me, Wi-Fi is all about mobility and flexibility, so...
- MacBook Air ($1499+): Adds to the freedom of movement inherent in any laptop by making it as light as possible. The Air still demands something of a tradeoff in terms of storage, etc.--but oh, would it be a beautiful toy to have...
- MiFi mobile hotspot (prices vary by carrier): Only as long as, oh, a year of two of service is included with it -- the cost of the service makes the cost of the device itself kind of irrelevant...
- 802.11n USB dongle for my TiVo: This doesn't exist yet (as far as I can tell), but I'm dying for one: my TiVo is the only device on my home network that isn't n-compliant, so I'm being forced to downgrade the entire network just to keep it happy...
- iPhone 3GS ($199+): I've got the 3G and can't justify paying for the upgrade, but since this is a wish list, the compass functionality sure would be nice to have :-)
- 802.11n-enabled webcam: Just to see exactly what it is that my cat spends all day doing when I'm away... [Read our review of the D-Link DCS-1130 Wireless N Network Camera here.]
Naomi Graychase, Managing Editor
I'll just take two of everything--except maybe that tee shirt--plus a FON La Fonera 2n router ($109), so that I can make a buck or two off my Wi-Fi deprived neighbors.
And since we're wishing, why not throw in a Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry from Verizon Wireless (because it has the best coverage in my area) complete with lifetime unlimited voice and data service. That should do it. For this year, anyway.
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Summerlike temperatures struck Kansas ahead of schedule this week, but that didn't stop Forrest Kelsey from planting flowers in his yard Monday afternoon as temperatures surpassed 90 degrees.
"Every now and then I take a break and come sit in the shade," Kelsey said of his strategy for staying cool. "At 85, you take all the breaks you can get."
He was planting moss rose, the last of his spring planting projects after getting in five hibiscus plants, two Boston ferns, as well as petunias, geraniums, and tomato plants.
Kelsey said he was trying to avoid turning on his air conditioning as long as possible to avoid higher city bills. Marion City Council voted in March to raise the base electrical rate and add a monthly adjustment based on fuel costs for the Kansas Power Pool.
Kelsey and his wife, Bea, are relying on ceiling fans, which they have in almost every room of their house in Marion, but they aren't sure how long they can hold out.
"It has changed so fast from winter to summer," Bea Kelsey said.
Unlike the Kelseys, Marion Middle School turned on its air conditioning to deal with the heat Monday. Principal Missy Stubenhofer called Superintendent Lee Leiker about turning on the air conditioning as soon as she got back from a morning meeting.
"I just called Lee and said it's unbearably hot," Stubenhofer said. "There's not much else you can do."
The middle school's windows open, but not in a way that allows air to circulate well. When Stubenhofer got back from her meeting, places in the middle school were as hot as 84 degrees. Even with air conditioning on, visitors could feel the temperature rise with every couple of steps up the stairs.
At sports practices, coaches said they would be sure athletes got plenty of opportunities to hydrate, but they needed to acclimate to the heat before Tuesday's games.
One Marion resident declined to give his name while mowing in the heat but offered advice or people to beat the heat.
"Drink a little cold beer," he said.
It should be noted that alcohol can actually cause a person to feel warmer by dilating blood vessels.
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Sunday's high temperature reached 99 degrees, 27 degrees above the average for May 4 and 13 degrees above the record.
Monday's high was 93 degrees. The average for May 5 in Marion is 72, and the previous record was 90. Tuesday's temperatures reached the upper 90s. The average for May 6 in Marion is 72, and the previous record was 86.
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Usually when we do a Many Bags of feature, it's a deep dive into celebrity's handbag collection, but sometimes we're lucky enough to visit fashion brands or companies to investigate what their very stylish employees carry to work. A couple of weeks ago, we headed to one of the most iconic stores in NYC, Bergdorf Goodman, to see what their team carries to work.
Bergdorf Goodman was not only incredibly fun to work with, but the team had some of the best style we've seen--not surprising for one of the most luxurious stores in the world. If you haven't been to Bergdorf Gooman in NYC, you have to make it a priority on your next trip to the city. The location sits right on 5th Avenue and Central Park, the store's restaurant gives you a beautiful view of the city with a perfect ladies-who-lunch vibe, and the handbag floor greets you right as you walk in. From the highly influential SVP of the Fashion Office, Linda Fargo, to the VP of Handbags and Accessories, here is the team at Bergdorf Goodman, showing off their favorite handbags in and around the legendary store.
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As the investor relations function has grown more strategic and complex, IR professionals are seeking ways to measure how well they're doing.
On one hand, potential yardsticks abound for measuring overall IR success: stock price, the shareholder mix, analyst ratings, and financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratios. But on the other hand, IR professionals often lack meaningful ways to measure how the wide array of individual corporate practices and processes entrusted to them stack up against other companies' practices.
"Best practices for IR has a lot of different dimensions," explains Kurt Fawkes, vice president of investor relations for Sprint Corp., based in Overland Park, Kansas. When quantifying best practices, Fawkes points to two measures: the cost to operate the investor relations department, and a maximum premium for the stock. However, he maintains that "the responsibility of the investor relations officer is to make sure that the investment community is fully informed [about] the pluses and the minuses of investing in a company's equity. That's an intangible goal that's tough to measure."
Amy Goodman, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney, offers a legally oriented approach that takes into account the practicality of daily operations and realities. "Best practices to me are practices that a large majority of companies use because they are effective [in complying with the law]," says Goodman, who is of counsel to law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. "IR is all about interfacing with your investors. So you want to have an effective program that's going to do both."
Why is it so hard to determine how well a company's investor-relations practices stack up?
For starters, it's difficult to aggregate even broad information about specific corporate practices. Moreover, what constitutes "best practices" for one company or group of companies may not work for another with a different market cap, industry, or shareholder base.
"There's nothing specifically published that says 'this is the way you should do it,' " says Leonard F. Griehs, senior vice president of investor relations for Camden, New Jersey-based Campbell Soup Co. "Every company defines [best practices] for themselves, based on the level of commitment of their own management." For example, if a peer company's CEO is present at all investor meetings, that may be a best practice, but not every CEO is willing and able to commit to such a schedule. Furthermore, notes Griehs, resources in the form of money, time, and staff can make an enormous difference in what a particular company can accomplish.
Determining a set of "best practice" prescriptions or guidelines is useful for any company, but is particularly critical for companies in flux, such as companies building an IR function for the first time, undergoing a radical change, or embroiled in crises.
"A 'best practice' is dictated by a company's status at any one point in time,' " says Campbell's Griehs, who also is a former chairman of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). "Let's say you have a major change in management because the company stumbled. You may change the practices you use to go to the investment community in a way that you wouldn't do if you had a stable management and earnings growth for the past five years."
"Gold Standard" or Merely Standard
To establish their own investor-relations standards, most companies rely on an unscientific amalgam of talking to other IR professionals, examining surveys and studies issued by trade organizations and consulting firms, and soliciting feedback from institutional investors and sell-side analysts. In the end, many companies walk a fine line between "best practices" and widely used practices — in other words, between the gold standard and the merely standard.
A worthwhile starting point suggested by many experts is to participate in organizations such as the NIRI, Financial Executives International (FEI), or the Investor Relations Association, which can serve as resources for gathering information about other companies' practices. Sprint's Fawkes, however, recommends that investor relations officers go straight to the source.
"We talk to the investment community all the time," he says. "We ask investors, are we giving you the right information to make an informed judgment about [our company's] investment merits? Are we disclosing the right metrics? Is it timely, and so forth? We rely on the investment community to drive best practices for us. They're the customer."
Conference calls are one area where Sprint and Campbell Soup have implemented innovative practices gleaned from such methods. At Sprint, the IR team recently added a "deck," or slide presentation, to quarterly conference calls. "Investors can see graphically what we are describing in words," explains Fawkes. "That was something we saw other leading companies doing, and not just within our industry."
For its part, Campbell responded to requests by institutional investors to include the company's CEO on conference calls. And for webcasts, Campbell, too, has added slides and video to what were once audio-only presentations, because other companies were fast adopting this as a practice. "It forced us all to say, you've got to do as complete a job as you can," recalls Griehs.
A Snapshot of Current Practices
So, what practices are on their way to becoming the gold standard for conscientious investor relations departments? According to a recent Thomson Financial survey of more than 250 IR professionals, here's a snapshot of how investor relations officers (IROs) are handling some major responsibilities associated with reaching out to the buy side and the sell side.
- 24 percent of all IROs surveyed said they travel quarterly to meet with investors; 36 percent travel monthly. However, at mega-cap companies, fully half of IROs travel to meet with investors every month.
- More than 64 percent of IROs said they plan on holding an "analyst day" during the next year. Within that group, 55 percent now host a half-day. A whopping 94 percent said attendees include both the buy side and the sell side, but not fixed-income participants. Only 35 percent of IROs said they schedule small group meetings at analyst days, and 23 percent schedule one-on-one meetings. Nearly 90 percent of respondents said that Regulation FD has not affected the number of one-on-ones that they hold.
- 84 percent of IROs said they host group investor meetings (other than a formal analyst day) with management at company headquarters. Nearly 40 percent of respondents said these meetings take place each quarter; almost 30 percent host them once a month.
- A majority of respondents — 68 percent — feel that sell-side conferences are effective, although mid-cap, small-cap, and micro-cap companies were most likely to express this sentiment. Fully 78 percent of IROs said they are pursuing alternatives to sell-side conferences, such as analyst days, road shows, and trade or industry conferences. Fixed-income investors are out of luck, however: More than 74 percent of respondents said they will not be attending fixed-income conferences during the next year.
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I met with Brent and Ravi, and they left me with a good first impression. They asked good, relevant questions. It was clear they had read the presentation beforehand and weren't coming into the meeting cold. I will definitely ping them when the time comes to raise more money.
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If the Cleveland Browns are as interested in drafting Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel as reports indicate, the beleaguered club could be lining up the most exciting player in college football to turn its fortunes around with a new coach, a new offense, and a true ticket-seller at the game's most important position.
But at what cost?
Indications that the Browns want Manziel now come from three sources: First Sports Illustrated, then cbssports.com, and NFL Media insider Ian Rapoport put his thumbprint on both reports Monday morning:
They are RT @NFL_CFB: Another report surfaces indicating #Browns very interested in drafting Johnny Manziel. http://t.co/Y2hPP7V1ogâ Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
January 13, 2014
The Browns hold the No. 4 and No. 26 overall picks in the draft, the latter of which the club acquired from the Indianapolis Colts in an early-season trade for running back Trent Richardson. If the club wants Manziel at No. 4, it will have to sit through two of the first three picks with one eye closed. The Houston Texans, drafting No. 1 overall, and the Jacksonville Jaguars at No. 3 both have a strong need for a quarterback. The St. Louis Rams, picking at No. 2, figure to target a different position, given general manager Les Snead's confidence in quarterback Sam Bradford.
So is Manziel's draft stock truly rising fast enough that the No. 4 overall pick might not even be enough to get him? Consider this:
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January 13, 2014
Of course, the Browns could always package its two first-round picks in a trade to move up and get Manziel with a higher pick. Both the Texans and Rams have indicated that they may be willing dance partners for clubs who want to move up in the first round. Texans owner Bob McNair said as much a couple of weeks ago, as did the Rams' Snead.
And, of course, there is always the possibility that the Browns are floating the idea that Manziel is their guy to drum up interest from other clubs wanting to move up and get the former Aggies star themselves. After all, it's not as if Cleveland couldn't trade down and make good use of a couple of extra picks itself, coming off a 4-12 season. If the Browns would be happy with another quarterback drafted later in the round, or even the second round, they could parlay Manziel Mania into a windfall of picks with which to rebuild the roster.
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• Google wins EU okay for Motorola buy – European Union regulators give their blessing to Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
• Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn and Result of iPhone factory outrage: Apple sends more inspectors to Foxconn – Here's hoping scrutiny does the trick and improves the lot of workers. The big question: What happens when the inspection teams leave?
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: Android 4.0 tab with old specs – The hardware is mediocre, but it's running Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Motorola Droid 4 Teardown – iFixit looks inside.
• Coming in 2012: Firefox for Windows 8's Metro – This should be very interesting. Hey, Google, how 'bout Chrome for Metro?
• Anonymous take down Greece government and police websites
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• Twitter Breaks News of Whitney Houston Death 27 Minutes Before Press – The first tweet appears to be from a relative of someone who worked for Houston. The Associated Press didn't report it until much later.
• Steve Jobs wins posthumous Grammy, accepted by Apple iTunes chief Eddy Cue – Jobs receives a Grammy Trustees Award for his work in advancing digital media.
• Report: Apple iPads are being removed from stores in China following trademark ruling [Updated] – It turns out this happened in just one city. Will it spread?
• Apple beating Samsung on its home turf as the iPad passes 1 million sales in Korea
• Breaking: Microsoft Store India has been hacked! (Update: Database hacked, Passwords exposed) – Apparently passwords for users of the site had been stored in plain text.
• Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink – MG Siegler discovers that most writing about tech on the Web is b.s., thanks to even the best writers having to pander for page views and write quickly. This is a long post, and he takes way too long to get to his point, but if you read a lot of tech news, you should read this.
• Reddit bans sexually suggestive images of children – Child porn had been dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
• Google has intriguing plans at the Googleplex – Google's adding some expensive new, secret testing labs at its Mountain View headquarters.
• YouTube for Google TV Gets Faster, Easier to Navigate – Most of the YouTube apps on "smart TV" platforms I've seen are frustrating to use. Here's hoping this one is an improvement (and leads to fixes in the others).
• The Age of Big Data – Collecting huge amounts of data and massaging it for answers to important questions is becoming big business.
• Acta criticised after thousands protest in Europe and The Internet Society wants ACTA reconsidered
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Sophomore Trey Paris was nominated by Ms. Puckett. "Trey is an excellent student who has the drive to succeed. Trey starred in a performance at the Kentucky Center for The Arts for Christmas." In addition to his professional acting responsibilities, Trey is also involved in Beta Club, drama club, pep-club, and is Sophomore Class Vice President. He plans to get a masters in dramatic arts and pursue an acting career, hopefully on Broadway some day.
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Using ink on watercolour paper in the form of a concertina book, I have explored the struggles that 'Ella' faces in her battle with anorexia nervosa. The artwork reflects the nature of this condition and challenges the audience's perceptions of mental illness. The bittersweet ending reflects the sense of hope and desperate wish for recovery, as well as the sense of fear that Ella faces as a result of the grip which this illness has over her.


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|Dell desktop LCD monitors have long been hailed as one of the best displays you can get and some swear by them. Their latest '07' series of widescreen displays continue to show excellent performance and build quality. They are also one of the most proven and well-known entertainment monitors with HDCP through DVI support.
|2006 is certainly a year for Intel. Not only have they launched two of the best and most powerful processors back to back, their corresponding 'Broadwater' 965 series chipsets, which was initially supposed to be the mainstream update of the Intel 945P Express turned out to be a huge enthusiast hit with incredible overclocking potential when used with the Core 2 Duo CPUs.
|After a few years of financial uncertainty, abit returns with this incredible Intel 975X Express motherboard, which is a powerful all rounder with solid build quality and well-optimized performance that holds true to the ABIT spirit of old. If anything, the AW9D-MAX should be considered the comeback board for Universal abit in 2006.
|The ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 has our vote for the best 'value' Core 2 ready motherboard of the year. And by value, we don't only mean its price. This 945P Express board easily matches up against any of the newer enthusiast Core 2 ready chipsets and motherboards in terms of features, hardware support and performance.
|If you're looking for the best performance in an Intel P965 motherboard, our vote will have to go to the ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi-AP. This board has been tweaked for speed and maximum overclocking without sacrificing on features or price. ASUS has also taken steps to ensure that the board stays robust and stable under the most extreme conditions.
|The ASUS P5W DH Deluxe makes the grade as the best Intel 975X Express motherboard to be launched in 2006 with dedicated features focused on digital home entertainment like the DH Remote and MP3-In. Quiet operation, stable power, strong performance and extensive storage features make the board an equally good choice for a high-end home entertainment PC, server or enthusiast system.
|Gigabyte's most over-engineered motherboard to date is the flagship GA-965P-DQ6 (6-Quad) board based on the Intel P965 chipset. With an over-the-top 12-phase PWM, crazy cooling and features that includes the kitchen sink thrown in, the GA-965P-DQ6 will appeal to the truly hardcore who want nothing but the best.
|While the GA-965P-DQ6 may be crowned king of the hill for Intel P965 motherboards, the GA-965P-DS3 sneaks into our list as well because of its widely hailed overclocking capabilities and mainstream pricing. It even handles high frequencies better than the GA-965P-DQ6, which is why the board is one of the most well loved shoestring budget overclocker of 2006.
|The ASUS Striker Extreme is a late entry that just managed to squeeze into our 2006 lineup. Based on the nForce 680i SLI chipset and some excellent engineering work at ASUS, the Striker Extreme can be said the be the best Core 2 board you can get your hands on this year, if you have the cash to burn that is.
|The Shuttle XPC X100 is Shuttle's finest SFF casing that we've seen this year. Unlike the normal XPC though, the X100 is an even more compact chassis perfect for a classy HTPC system. The best part is that it doesn't suffer from upgrade problems like other compact PCs (Apple Mac mini, AOpen mini PC and others) as it has a deeper chassis and more room for upgrading the HDD and graphics when required.


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The Banks County High School Leopards and the North Oconee Titans went toe-to-toe in an old-fashioned defensive battle Friday night.
In the end, visiting North Oconee held on for a 12-7 win in a contest which saw both teams limited offensively. The BCHS defense held the Titans to just 129 yards overall as defensive coordinator Paul Hoch's squad play its best game of the season.
See this Thursday's edition of The Banks County News for a complete wrapup of the North Oconee contest and a preview of this Friday's key Region 8-AA game at East Jackson.


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One of the most important aspects of presentation is alignment and placement of controls. Its theoretical foundation is based on Gestalt psychology. Human perception tends to order experience in a manner that is regular, orderly, symmetric, and simple. Visual impression is generated to an emergent whole based on several principles, called Gestalt laws. Two basic laws are:
Placement of controls should be carefully done according to Gestalt theory.


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I have recently restarted my Middle Earth Lore series, and have restarted it with focusing on Gollum.
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New School for Newtown Students Renamed Sandy Hook
MONROE, Conn. (AP) - Sandy Hook Elementary School parent Vinny Alvarez says he took advantage of an open house at his daughter's new school to thank a teacher who helped protect her class from a rampaging gunman.
Alvarez says the teacher, Courtney Martin, locked her classroom door and kept the children in a corner until it was safe to leave the building.
He was visiting the school in the neighboring town of Monroe, Conn., where Sandy Hook children are resuming classes Thursday for the first time since the Dec. 14 shooting that left 20 children and six educators dead.
Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson announced that the Sandy Hook staff decided that the students' new school, the former Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe, would be renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School.


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