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|2011-02-02, 13:22
|Link #16121
Left for TFF
How about this for a possibility?
The Eclipse was made before the Bureau, during the wars by planets who had no mages and were tired of the fighting that happened by mages that spilled onto their planets, doing massive harm.
Then the Bureau gets made, ends the wars, and sucks up most of the mages.
Unfortunately, the Eclipse users were from planets that HATE mages in all forms.
They tend to avoid going near Bureau space because they want to kill everyone on those worlds.
So, in short, they don't like the Bureau because they come from places that hates magic users and the Bureau did nothing to help out those worlds after the wars were settled.
|2011-02-02, 13:26
|Link #16123
Writer, Jester, MtG nerd
I don't think we got to see anyone hit by one yet. Only good thing we saw was Subaru did break a sword.
Not working so far is just an execution issue. Like saying a glock is better than a rocket launcher.
|2011-02-02, 13:30
|Link #16124
Ultimately, the shadow people don't really care, since the Hucks seem to operate outside the Bureau and don't seem to have a Zest-level thirst for coming after them. If RF6 and the AEC weapons work, good. If they don't, they at least get some data. A win/win situation. But they are betting on RF6 coming through. Given their track record, it's a good bet.
|2011-02-02, 13:35
|Link #16125
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
I liked the previous theory of the AEC being protoptypes of future Alt-modes for the real devices, i know this is very unlikely but it will be cool.
Btw, if i remember correct War Hammer's NEXT design says something about the lines of being a prototype for mass production ....somehow the mental image of a regular TSAB soldier wielding a Vita-style giant hammer cracks me up xDDDD!!!
|2011-02-02, 13:38
|Link #16126
Plasma Pile punctured a few holes in the ship, with just Vita as the wielder. Equip a few dozen mages with the weapon, and you could easily bring down the ship, even if the production version is less powerful. Quantity over quality (Hey, that describes my writing!).
|2011-02-02, 13:48
|Link #16127
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
Just wonder if they have the strenght and body structure necessary to wield such a thing and to be fair the War Hammer blew a single hole on the ship but yeah i take our point.
Hayate goes a little overkill with the colossal iceberg xD.
|2011-02-02, 14:08
|Link #16128
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New Jersey, USA
Age: 55
A single scientist with a dozen cyborgs and a few dozen drones wouldn't be much of a threat. And without the Cradle and the opportunity it represented Jail might not have gone rogue.
Just saying.
Also - "escudo" means "shield" in latin based languages and the kanji don't say battleship which surprised me. The last character is "small boat" so it says "Flying war boat". Nice to know the designers consider that "small". Each of the red squares that are pointed out is a laser and the big round one is the center is the main cannon.
|2011-02-02, 14:09
|Link #16129
Mastermind Rational
|2011-02-02, 14:23
|Link #16130
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Hayate complained about it once, and then iirc in the epilogue/soundstage she admitted they might have been right.
|2011-02-02, 22:47
|Link #16131
物語は、もう、おしまい ?
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In the Horizon
Age: 37
Despite the series' repeated hints of universal unrest, Administrated Space with Midchilda at its centre is shown to be more or less peaceful. In a nation blessed/cursed with a long period of peace, without any wars as a catalyst, the only way to promote officers is via length of service period (your rank rises with each period of years spent working there) and certifications. Note that it's certifications, which may or may not equate to real ability in the requested field. So as long you've passed the test and have a piece of offical acknowledgement certifying that you're eligible for this position, this job, it's yours. This is how a military that has become a bureaucracy works, and which is imho how the Bureau works.
In this light, Hayate is a good example of how this system works. She was dragged into this business since the age of nine and with the (dubious) advantage of being the inheritor of the Tome's legacy and her own personal guard that has proved to be good fighters that have rapport with each other. This pretty much gives her a fairly good headstart despite her connection to the BoD Incident. After she become a Bureau employee, she also spent much of her time going through officer training that would prepare her for a leadership position. Given her circumstances (and her complaints about RS users being convenient tools in chapter 3 of the A's to StrikerS manga), she should have seen a fair deal more action than most other employees of her same age (remember Teana's comments in the same manga about the absurdity of a 9yo doing the kind of things the Aces have done; apparently Nanoha and co are the exception and not the norm). This field experience, even just a little, serves as a bonus to further boost her career, especially if she manage to complete her tasks with expected if not exceeded results. This too can be applied to Fate and Nanoha.
So in short what do we have here? People who (to be fair to them) may have potential for greatness, have spent a good deal of time in a bureaucracy, come with the right certification(s) and a fair amount of field experience. In the eyes of a peace-time establishment that appears to have fading memories of widespread warfare directly involving/affecting itself, this is enough to heap promotion after promotion on their way, regardless whether they are actually ready for their positions. This is the chief problem with a bureaucratic para/military; while the people assigned look good on paper, whether they have the actual experience and/or talent to pull through is another thing. Peace has a crippling effect on military efficiency if not guarded against and considering the Bureau's blunders and the Aces' not-all-impressive track records so far, I guess they've already fallen victim to that effect.
Imho, if Tsuzuki understood the failings of the Bureau and ficitional society he has created, and adjusted his story to show those failings and how his characters struggle with each other, this problem might not have existed, or at least be not as glaring as it is now. Unfortunately it seems that his enthusiaism in SRW (and perhaps fan and corporate pressure) has weakened his storytelling to showing off new mecha parts (where now art thou, magic?) and one-on-one show-downs, instead of developing better tactics (I want my group fights, thank you very much, since the Bureau is an enforcement group afterall and should place teamwork over individual heroism/show-offs) and a more complex, engaging story (I refrain from accusing him of totally ignoring complexity in human character and relationships and social issues, since imho he has at least try to work on this area with Force). Take a page from Shirow Masamune, Tsuzuki-san, and learn.
|2011-02-02, 23:16
|Link #16132
~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
Regarding TSAB's possible skeletons in the closet, note that the ones most likely for establishing those hundreds of skeletons in the closet are already dead.
But considering how the High Council seems to have the 'set-up' of middle-men or a multi-layered supervision over their less ethical projects, it wouldn't be strange if projects continued on anyway, or if the cells involved with 'Experiment ##' have no direct knowledge that they're actually secretly working for TSAB. Or possess the ability to press forward even with the primary beneficiaries dead.
Assuming TSAB's responsible for the some dastardly things, it doesn't mean the ones who are charged to take care of their dirty secret are privy to the ways to deal with them.
|2011-02-03, 02:33
|Link #16135
Mastermind Rational
|2011-02-03, 02:38
|Link #16136
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
By the way, Tsuzuki has definetly topped himself with the dark hour of the heroes this time ...the comeback must be glorious xD.
|2011-02-03, 03:11
|Link #16137
One PUNCH!
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Exposed: Stratfor's 3-Step Plan to Conquer & Divide Activists
Part 1 of this exclusive Mint Press News investigation examined the strategies employed by Stratfor precursor Pagan International. So named for its founder Rafael Pagan, corporate clients hired the company with the aim of diffusing grassroots movements mobilized against them around the world.
Part 2 takes a closer look at how Pagan International's successor, Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin (MBD), revised and refined these strategies — and how what began as a corporate public-relations firm evolved into the private intelligence agency Stratfor, which wages information warfare against today's activists and organizers.
Rafael Pagan — who died in 1993 — was not invited to be a part of his former associate's new firm, Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin. His tactic of conquering and dividing activist movements and isolating the "fanatic activist leaders" lived on, though, through his former business partner, Jack Mongoven.
Mongoven teamed up with Alvin Biscoe and Ronald Duchin to create MBD in 1988. While "Biscoe appears to have been a largely silent partner at MBD," according to the Center for Media and Democracy, Mongoven and Duchin played public-facing starring roles for the firm.
Duchin, like Pagan, had a military background. A graduate of the U.S. Army War College and "one of the original members of [Army] DELTA" — part of the broader Joint Special Operations Command that killed Osama Bin Laden — Duchin had jobs as a special assistant to the secretary of defense and as spokesman for Veterans for Foreign Wars prior to coming to Pagan.
Duchin served as head of the Pentagon's news division during "Operation Eagle Claw," President Jimmy Carter's failed 1980 mission to use special forces to capture the hostages held in Iran.
Referred to by The Atlantic as the "Desert One Debacle" in a story Duchin served as a key confidential source for — as revealed in an email in the "Global Intelligence Files" announcing Duchin's 2010 death — "Eagle Claw" ended with eight U.S. troops dying, four wounded, one helicopter destroyed, and President Carter's reputation in the tank. The failed and lethal mission served as the impetus for the creation of the U.S. Special Operations.
Largely avoiding the limelight while working as Pagan's vice president for Issue management and strategy — the brains of the operation — Duchin became a notorious figure among dedicated critical observers of the public relations industry while co-heading MBD. During MBD's 15 years of existence, its clients included Big Tobacco, the chemical industry, Big Agriculture and probably many other industries never identified due to MBD's secretive nature.
MBD worked on behalf of Big Tobacco to fend off any and all regulatory efforts aimed in its direction. Philip Morris paid Jack Mongoven $85,000 for his intelligence-gathering prowess in 1993.
"Get Government Off Our Back," an RJ Reynolds front group created in 1994 by MBD for the price of $14,000 per month, serves as a case in point of the type of work MBD was hired to do by Big Tobacco.
"The firm has developed initiatives for RJ Reynolds that advocate pro-tobacco goals through outside organizations; among other projects, the firm organized veterans organizations to oppose the workplace smoking regulation proposed by OSHA," explains a 2007 study appearing in the American Journal of Public Health. "[It] was created to combat increasing numbers of proposed federal and state regulations on the use and sale of tobacco products."
Paralleling the Koch Family Foundations-funded Americans for Prosperity groups of today, "Get Government Off Our Back" held rallies nationwide in March 1995 as part of "Regulatory Revolt Month."
"Get Government Off Our Back" dovetailed perfectly with the Republican Party's 1994 "Contract with America" that froze new federal regulations. The text of the "Contract" matched "Get Government Off Our Back" "nearly verbatim," according to the American Journal of Public Health study. [cont'd.]

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Nationally Ranked Football Team Reports to Camp• August 8, 2007 Share:
The Wabash College football team — ranked seventh in Street & Smith's, 16th in Lindy's College Football Preview, and 22nd in D3Football.com's preseason polls — hopes veteran offensive and defensive units can lead the 2007 Little Giants to their fourth conference championship in six seasons. Seniors Adrian Pynenberg (right), a two-time All-America and consensus preseason All-America selection at linebacker, and quarterback Dustin Huff, the Division III leader in passing efficiency in 2006, will attempt to take Wabash back to the playoffs with a third-straight conference championship.
The Little Giants won the 2005 championship with a 10-0, undefeated regular season, and shared the 2006 NCAC championship with Wittenberg after both teams posted 6-1 league records.
Anchored by Pynenberg, the Wabash defense returns nine starters from the 2006 team. With the return of defensive end Darryl Kennon, a football letter winner in 2003 and 2004, and Jared Lange at nose guard, the Little Giants have 11 experienced veterans ready to line up on the field in the season opener.
Kennon (SR, 6-3, 250) returned to Wabash in the spring of 2007 after a year away from school. He recorded 13-1/2 tackles for losses totaling 57 yards in 2004, including nine sacks for 49 yards. Lange (SR, 5-11, 252 — pictured left) missed most of the 2006 season after breaking a leg in the season opener against Franklin. A starter in 11 games in 2005, he tallied 55 tackles, 14-1/2 tackles for losses, and 4-1/2 sacks. Lange was an All-NCAC selection as a sophomore.
Joining Kennon and Lange up front will be Justin Gardiner (SR, 6-0, 235) and Joshua Gangloff (JR, 6-4, 265). Gardiner started eight games at defensive end last year with 31 tackles and 2-1/2 sacks. Gangloff earned nine starts at nose guard, finishing with 37 tackles, five TFLs, and two sacks. Senior Wes Anderson (5-11, 237) played in nine games last year, including three starts at defensive end. Sophomore Craig Morrison (6-2, 257) also returns after seeing action in six games in 2006.
Pynenberg (SR, 5-10, 213), one of four co-captains in 2007 after earning the same honor in 2006, leads the Wabash defense for his final season. A three-year starter at inside linebacker, he earned NCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2006. Pynenberg is fourth in Wabash history in tackles with 283 after posting a season-best 101 last year. He enters the 2007 campaign in the Wabash top-10 in career tackles for losses (47) and sacks (18-1/2). Fellow senior and co-captain Andy Deig (SR, 5-11, 211) joins Pynenberg at inside linebacker. Deig was third in tackles in 2006 with 71. He also had two interceptions and four tackles for losses of 11 yards.
Junior Matt Kraft (5-11, 196) was second on the team in tackles with 78 at strong safety. Joining Kraft at the other strong safety spot will be converted quarterback Rich Lehmann (JR, 6-3, 215). Lehmann made the transition from offense to defense last year, grabbing his first career interception in his first start against Earlham. Lehmann finished the year with 28 tackles in nine games.
All three starting defensive backs return for Wabash, as well. Cornerbacks Richard Roomes (SR, 5-11, 203) and Thomas Bell (SR, 5-9, 182 — pictured left) and free safety Chad Peterman (JR, 5-11, 180) combined for 111 tackles and seven interceptions in 2006. Peterman led the way with four picks and 42 tackles. Roomes, a 2007 co-captain, also made 42 stops for the season and picked off a pass against Wittenberg. Bell added 27 tackles and two interceptions.
Addrian Frederick (SO, 5-9,170) was a key reserve in the defensive backfield last season.
The Wabash offense hopes to continue at the pace it set in 2006. The Little Giants finished third in the nation in passing offense, averaging 301 yards a game. Wabash was also ninth in total offense (423.1 ypg) and 11th in scoring (35.6 ppg), but hopes for a better pass-run balance in 2007.
Huff (SR, 6-0, 219 — pictured right) returns for his final season after leading the nation in passing efficiency with a rating of 170.9. He threw for 2,961 yards and 29 touchdowns and completed 69.3 percent of his passes (215-of-318 with 8 interceptions). Huff earned First Team All-NCAC honors and was a solid candidate for NCAC Offensive Player of the Year honors after passing for more than 300 yards in half of his starts, including a 416-yard effort at Earlham.
Sophomore Kyle Augustinovicz (6-2, 195) is the only other quarterback on the roster with any varsity experience, joining the team after playing quarterback at Quincy University in Illinois as a freshman. Sophomores Matt Hudson (6-4, 226) and Ben Humphreys (5-11, 197), along with six freshmen, will join Augustinovicz in the battle for the backup role.
The quarterbacks will have plenty of targets returning in the receiving corps, led by preseason All-American Mike Russell (SR, 6-2, 180 — pictured below left). The wideout caught 60 passes for 1,052 yards and 13 TDs in 2006.
Russell will be joined once again by fellow seniors Ray Green (5-10, 182), Bart Banach (6-2, 194), and Gabe Guerrero (5-11, 180), along with junior Andrew Rode (6-4, 173). Green finished the 2006 season with 26 receptions for 274 yards and two TDs. Banach posted 18 catches for 146 yards and two TDs, while Guerrero had six catches for 121 yards. Rode made 15 catches for 225 yards and two TDs in six games.
J-back Brock Graham (SO, 6-0, 190) was the team's Freshman of the Year after hauling in nine passes for 99 yards and rushing for 75 yards and one score in seven attempts. He should see more playing time as a sophomore with the departure of tight ends Graham Nelson and Tim Shirack. Junior Scott Liska (6-6, 254) could also see varsity playing time at tight end.
Billy King and Don Juan Brown combined for nearly half of the team's 2006 rushing attempts and a third of the total rushing yards before graduating in May. Huff was the second-leading rusher last season with 326 yards and four TDs in 85 attempts. Graham had 75 yards and a touchdown on just seven carries, while Evan Sobecki (SO, 5-10, 191) showed promise as a freshman after missing most of his senior season in high school due to an injury. He finished his rookie season at Wabash with 73 yards on 11 carries. Juniors Bobby Kimp (5-7, 154) and Adam Pilli (5-10, 197) could also see varsity action in the backfield this season. Sophomore running back Fenton Blew joins the Little Giants after a year at the United States Air Force Academy.
The Little Giants lose two all-conference offensive players up front, but have a third returning in 2007. All-NCAC Honorable Mention senior lineman Brian Hilts (6-6, 276 — pictured right) will be joined by junior Erik Shaver (6-4, 290) as returning starters in the trenches for the offense. Hilts started all 10 games last year for Wabash at left tackle, while Shaver started the final five games of the year and played in all ten games. Junior center Tony Neymeiyer (5-10, 245) earned one start in his eight games in 2006. Nate Powell (JR, 6-5, 274) and Pat Long (JR, 6-3, 282) will battle for spots in the starting lineup after injuries kept both players sidelined much of last year.
Second Team All-NCAC kicker Chad Finley (5-11, 200) returns for his senior season as the Little Giants' placekicker and punter. Finley set a Wabash record with 41 extra point kicks in 2006. He also averaged 35 yards per punt in 31 attempts. Drew Oehler (JR, 5-11, 182) handled kickoffs last season, averaging 52.6 yards with a net of 37.4 in his first season at Wabash. Kimp is the only experienced kick returner back from 2006. He averaged 16.9 yards per return in seven attempts.
The Little Giants open the 2007 campaign at home against Franklin College, one of the preseason favorites to win the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference title and one of two teams to defeat Wabash last year. Conference home games include Earlham, Oberlin, Denison, and key matchup against Wittenberg on October 13. The Little Giants travel to Millikin for the second game of the season, then head to Ohio Wesleyan, Allegheny, and Wooster in league play before concluding the season on the road at DePauw in the 114th Monon Bell Classic.


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by Jim Harris
There are a lot of people clamoring for their rights these days. In order to decipher who's getting what and who's not, I am starting my own monitoring organization, "Rights-Watch-O-Rama," and accepting charitable donations. Here's my first report:
As Americans, our legal rights are enumerated by the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as Bill of Rights, written by and for a bunch of slave-owning, powdered wig-wearing white dudes over 200 years ago. Just to keep things relevant and up-to-date, these amendments are regularly re-interpreted for us ordinary folk by black-robed political appointees.
And thank goodness for those wise, impartial black-robed political appointees. My own favorite decision by the U.S. Supreme Court over the last year was the one in which they extended the rights of senior citizens to have a complete steak dinner in South Florida as long as they show up at the restaurant before 7:30 a.m. — and don't eat more than 10 ounces of meat.
Getting back to the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment guarantees free speech. No problems there. It's a great time to be a fanatic. Seems like everyone alive is either shouting into a cell phone, "Tweeting," pontificating on some website or blog, or causing a ruckus in the town square. Andy Warhol underestimated. These days, all of us can be famous all the time, not just for 15 minutes.
Of course, once you have freedom of speech, then you need the right to shoot people with whom you disagree. Thus, the Second Amendment. This right seems to be the most important one in the minds of many Americans. They claim that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is by having a good guy with a gun. Unless the bad guy is a better shot, in which case you need two good guys with guns, or one good guy with a much bigger gun. Guns are also used for protecting one's God-given stuff and for killing defenseless animals, although the latter does not rise to the level of a "right" but is merely a "sport," like badminton or volleyball.
Not everyone, however, believes that civilization requires guns. Some people actually want the right to live in a society free from guns. They say that if the powers-that-be can make things as ubiquitous as VHS tapes, rotary phones and analog TV disappear overnight, they should be able to similarly get rid of guns. Unfortunately, these folks have no constitutional amendment to lean on, so they're out of luck.
Let's see, the Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizure. I guess that would be like if detectives stole money from a suspect, or if cops impounded someone's car for having an expired registration. Welcome to Philadelphia.
The Fifth Amendment — mostly used by colorful mobsters — is designed to prevent interrogators from using intimidating tactics to get suspects to testify. And we all know that never happens in America. The Sixth Amendment guarantees a speedy trial. Okay, I guess "speedy" is a relative term.
Another rights issue much in the news lately involves the Boy Scouts of America, who were apparently not "prepared" to deal with the backlash in response to their ban on accepting gays. In a recent statement, BSA headquarters declared that they would leave the issue up to local chapters to decide. The local chapters in turn replied that they would probably abide by the national organization's decision not to decide.
Observers are opining that the Boy Scouts will eventually expand to include gay scouts, "bi" scouts and undecideds but not atheists. Lost in all this rights-wrangling is the individual's right to privacy, since everyone is now expected to disclose his/her sexual orientation and religious affiliation in order to participate. Not to mention, we're all being tracked and followed by security cameras, satellites and digital devices 24/7.
And at the bottom of the heap, devoid of any rights whatsoever (drum roll, please), are the animals. Poked, prodded, poisoned and put upon unmercifully, theirs is a hopeless plight. Humans seemed determined to use their animal brethren for every unpleasant purpose imaginable.
For example, Iran just announced that they sent a monkey into space, and that they had previously sent a mouse, a turtle and a worm. Come on, was this really necessary? The Boy Scouts could send a worm into space. In fact, that's one of their merit badges. If Iranians want to go into space, let them hop on the damn rocket themselves!
Oy vey. All this monitoring has got me burned out, like a garage band in a Viagra TV commercial or a bad case of The Mondays. I'm disbanding "Rights-Watch-O-Rama" and moving to Tahiti, but you can still send me money if you want to. I'm also on a waiting list for a monastery in France just in case the Tahiti thing doesn't work out.


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If you're planning on playing Sunday you might want to preregister today.There are only 18 spots left as of this morning.
Are you guys still looking for help on Sunday? An injury prevents me from playing, but I'd love to help out with whatever you might need. I've played the past two years, since I can't this year I'd like to be involved on the other side of the tournament if you need anything, just let me know. Jeff Kinsella#51403
Good show yesterday! Things ran smoothly even with a full field. Player packs were nice. Lunch on site is always a great bonus. Awards/prize distribution went quickly.I have to admit, it was nice for a change to play an event without being involved in running one.Thanks to all of the staff/volunteers that made it a great day.


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Oct. 21, 2007
The Lady Bisons should adopt the "never on Sunday" approach to scheduling next season.
Sunday afternoon at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex the Lady Bisons fell 4-0 to Florida Gulf Coast in an Atlantic Sun Conference game. It was the fourth time the Lady Bisons have been shut out on a Sunday and their fifth loss on a Sunday.
Florida Gulf Coast struck for three goals in the first half and added another in the second.
The Lady Bisons managed only two shots on goal with freshman forward Halie Proffitt and junior defender Leisli Lopez each getting one. The Lady Bisons were credited with four shots, two by Lopez.
Lady Bisons goaltender Katie Shelton added to her conference-leading saves total with eight. Florida Gulf Coast made 12 shots on goal, with a game-leading six by Lindsay Haw who also scored two goals. Florida Gulf Coast had 25 shots overall.
Kelly Sherriff and Kelli Haemmelmann also scored for Florida Gulf Coast.
Florida Gulf Coast goalkeepers Kirsi Keenan and Jen Delater combined for the shutout. Keenan made both saves for Florida Gulf Coast. Delater played the final 4:31.
The Lady Bisons are 3-11-1, 1-5-1 in the A-Sun. Florida Gulf Coast is 9-5-0, 5-2 in the conference.


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scottaxa necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 362 diseños de 100 diseñadores freelance.
SEO Mission Control
logo should have "SEO Mission Control" and be professional and stand out from the crowd, i am open to the idea of an icon in the logo but this is not a must - the logo will be used on many reports as well as the website so the logo must have a very strong brand
i am also considering a tag line / slogan but i have not thought of any that i really like yet, some of my ideas where "SEO Professionals" and then maybe some play on the mission control using words like "out of this world" etc, so any ideas on this would be useful but not a must ie an amazing design without this could still win.
to explain a little about SEO Mission Control, we have another web business that provides SEO / software dev etc direct to the public, the business plan behind SEO Mission Control is that a number of medium to large web development companies want to offer our SEO services under their own brand, so SEO Mission Control will not sell direct to the user but will only provide the services for example, if you owned ABC Design Corp, you can charge your customers for professional SEO services and inform them that the SEO experts, reports etc will be from their SEO Dept, SEO Mission Control - we really do all the work but the end user believes it was ABC Design Corp. Informing you of this in case you have any ideas on the type of logo that will fit best on this.
I like logos that have great attention to detail, for example shadow, colour, reflections etc.
looking forward to seeing what you come up with
businesses that have a website and want to increase their profit via search engine marketing
logo design
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potentially an icon with it - but not a must if you think it takes away from the theme
most important = to create a clear brand people will remember that gives them confidence in our seo abilities and trust in our company
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Senate passes Drug Quality and Security Act
NEW YORK — A bill that would implement federal tracking and tracing of drugs and strengthen federal regulations on pharmacy compounding has passed in the Senate and will go to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The Senate passed via voice vote the Drug Quality and Security Act, which would give the Food and Drug Administration new authority in the so-called downstream supply chain, which refers to the path drugs take from manufacturers to providers and patients, complementing the agency's regulatory power over the upstream supply chain, the path they take from raw materials to finished products.
Another provision of the bill would grant the FDA new power to regulate compounding pharmacies that produce large volumes of drugs without individual prescriptions, while distinguishing between sterile compounding of injected drugs and traditional compounding of products like mouthwashes and topical ointments. That provision was designed to address the safety issues in compounding pharmacies that came to the public's attention with last year's fungal meningitis outbreak linked to the New England Compounding Center, in which hundreds of patients were sickened and dozens died.
The bill's passage received praise from Washington-based trade organizations.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores noted that the bill "establishes one national standard for supply-chain regulation as opposed to an unworkable patchwork of state laws and regulations," and noted the "significant investments" chain pharmacy retailers have made in the safety of the U.S. drug distribution system.
"The passage of this bill will help ensure the health and safety of patients," NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson said. "This is a large step in helping avoid such tragedies as last year's national meningitis outbreak."
Meanwhile, the HDMA, which represents primary healthcare distributors, also praised the replacement of a 50-state patchwork of regulations with a single federal one.
"Today, the Senate voted to establish a national traceability framework for prescription medicines," HDMA president and CEO John Gray said. "The federal preemption of state laws to further strengthen the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain represents one of the most significant legislative accomplishments for our industry and is especially important for the healthcare providers and pharmacies and their patients who count on the safe and efficient distribution of prescription medicines."
The National Community Pharmacists Association highlighted the bill's compounding provisions.
"When manufactured drugs are not an option, community pharmacists prepare, or compound, customized medications to meet a variety of individual health needs. H.R. 3204 leaves regulation of this vital and long-accepted practice by independent community pharmacies to state boards of pharmacy, where it should be," NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey said. "It also establishes a voluntary, regulatory pathway for companies to register as outsourcing facilities subject to standards and inspection by the Food and Drug Administration. Thus, the legislation should help prevent a recurrence of the tragic meningitis outbreak linked to the NECC, while preserving patient access to individual medications compounded by local pharmacies in response to a doctor's request."
The Generic Pharmaceutical Association, a trade group representing generic drug manufacturers, also praised the bill.
"Establishing a predictable, reliable national standard for electronic prescription medicine tracking further safeguards our nation's prescription drug supply and protects patients," GPhA president and CEO Ralph Neas said. "This bipartisan bill is the culmination of years of hard work from Congress and stakeholders at every level of the supply chain. Modernizing the nation's prescription drug tracking system enhances the ability of regulators to limit risks posed by counterfeit or adulterated products and reassures patients that the generic medicines they receive are secure from the manufacturer all the way to the pharmacy."
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2012-13: Solid first-year player that will look to gain some court time ... went 2-6 in singles and 3-6 in doubles during the fall season.
High School: Earned six letters as a member of the tennis team at Isidore Newman School ... helped lead the tennis team to state runner-up finishes as a junior and senior ... named the team's MVP as a first-year and sophomore ... was a state semifinalist as a first-year, sophomore, junior and senior.
Off the Court: Mother, Sarah, was a member of the crew team at Rutgers ... undeclared major.


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How did your moduled cotton fare during the frequent rains of the 2006 harvest? It probably depended on how well the module was built and the condition of the tarp used to protect it.
Reports of wet cotton modules due to worn out covers usually surface somewhere in the Cotton Belt each harvest season, especially in the presence of heavy wind and rain. Cotton damaged by worn out tarps and/or poorly-built modules can result in losses in yield and quality, and can slow ginning.
According to Shay Simpson, research associate at Texas A&M University, the problem can be exacerbated by a large or bumper crop "when tarps are hard to find and ginners pull out their old inventory of tarps they haven't thrown away, but should have. Then you see the problem escalate."
A Texas A&M study showed that lint value can be reduced as much as $400 per module when poor tarps are used. A poorly-built module can reduce value an additional $200.
In addition, gin turnout in the study was reduced from 34 percent with well built modules and good tarps to 26 percent with poorly built modules under poor tarps.
Ginning rate was cut from 42 bales per hour with good modules and good tarps to 19 bales per hour with both poor modules and poor tarps.
Producers and ginners can stop these revenue losses with just a few simple steps. First step, think bread loaf. "Half of all cotton modules are built incorrectly so that water ponds in depressions on top," Simpson said.
"If the tarp has pinholes that allow water to leak through, the cotton can be damaged. When building a module, the cotton should be tightly compacted, with more in the middle of the module so that the module is rounded both along the length and across the width. It should be shaped like a loaf of bread.
"A tarp cannot do its job if it is worn out or has pinholes or tears. When receiving a load of tarps, the producer should inspect them before use and ask for replacements for any that are in poor condition.
"If it is necessary to add extra tie-downs to keep the tarp secured, put them through the existing grommets in the tarp. Do not put ties over the top of the module because this will wear out the tarp prematurely."
After the ginning season, all tarps should be thoroughly cleaned and dried. Module cover supply companies and module cover repair companies provide services for sorting through inventories. Covers that cannot be repaired are disposed of properly.
Covers that can be repaired are sewn, taped, re-corded, etc. Costs for repair are lower than costs of purchasing new covers. Benefits to repair may be on a cover-by-cover basis.
Research at Texas A&M University has shown that vinyl and film tarps resist water penetration after significant exposure. The performance of woven poly tarps varied from good to poor water resistance with the same exposure.
When buying new, make sure tarps are inspected, but remember, tarp condition is more important than age.
A study by west Texas researchers shows significant economic loss if proper steps are not taken to protect cotton stored in a module. In the test, all the modules were constructed prior to a rainy period.
Modules that were ginned prior to rains showed good color grades and profits above local base loan value. Modules that were well-built and had good covers on them, but not ginned until after the rains, still had good color grades and profits.
Modules that were well-built, had poor covers on them and were ginned after the rains resulted in duller and more yellow color grades and large losses.
Modules that were poorly built, had good covers on them and were ginned after the rains resulted in poorer color grades, but only small losses.
However, modules that were poorly built, had poor covers on them and were ginned after the rains resulted in the worst color grades and the largest losses.
Losses in discounts due to the reduced value of seed cotton in modules that were poorly built and/or covered with a poor cover ranged on average from $30 to $478.
Fortunately for the cotton industry, quite the opposite is experienced in modules well-built and covered properly. Profits due to the premiums brought from preserving the seed cotton quality averaged over $200.
Simpson noted that gin managers and owners are beginning module cover management programs where a third of the gin module cover inventory replaced each year. New covers are bought to replace those that are discarded. This practice ensures less damage to seed cotton due to older, worn covers.
Simpson also noted that the risk of rainfall may be greater in gulf-region gins, therefore, making the benefits to replacing covers greater. However, arid-region gins may be at even greater risk if worn covers continue to remain in inventories until an unseasonable rain occurs during harvest and ginning season.
Unfortunately, Simpson says, many gin owners, gin managers, cotton producers and their employees "believe that module covers will continue to protect seed cotton for numerous years and as long as they are not falling apart at the seams, have numerous obvious holes, or are destroyed by mechanical force.
"This thinking can lead to significant financial cost. Sunlight damages coatings and scrims. Wind causes the cover to abrade. Cold temperatures can cause cracking. Over time, materials used to make tarps break down — even in normal environmental conditions."


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|2012-11-08, 14:46
|Link #8022
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Yes, but you'll be legendary.
Finally or MoP (or actually it was a gift from my guild leader). I'm liking Pandaria so far. It is about as pretty as Nagrand. The music is good in most places. The questing is different, or at least seems different. A lot less generic kill quests, or if there are they are hidden under a device mechanic.
I was questing with Chen last night and those were mostly fun or entertaining. I laughed during the brewing quest as it sets up for one of those Northrend "toss me this thing quickly" quests, then he fakes you out and you don't have to do anything because he's the best brewmaster on three continents. I also like that there is voice acting in a lot of place and that is changes as you go along. It isn't as intensive as The Old Republic was (you don't have to make interactive choices every mission with full dialogue), but it is a nice change from the usually quest turn ins I was use to from Burning Crusade and before.
Questing is much more story like now than originally. Wrath seemed to have stated that direction (more so than the original and TBC, though the original tale of Dorrowshire still pulls at the heart at the end) and CATA's redo of all the old world questing zones made those areas more enjoyable (I redid all the quests to my old Loremaster is legit again). With the heavy use of phasing, NPCs that act and move as well as talk for the questline, it seems more cinematic that it use to, even though you can still go around a do just about anything while questing.
|2012-11-10, 13:36
|Link #8023
~Official Slacker~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
Ever since Wrath and its overuse of cinematic quests/more involving quests. As well as the zone cinematics that you occasionally see like The Wrath Gate. I kind of knew from then that Blizzard wanted to make questing 10x more fun then what Burning Crusade or Vanilla had.
Probably seeing that people were dying of boredom completing Vanilla quests. They decided to remodel all of Azeroth with the Cataclysm, making it even more fun to level from 1-60. Burning Crusade is just going to remind you of the old days basically. I like the new turn ever since Wrath, and I always have loved the raids in WoW.
|2012-11-11, 14:27
|Link #8024
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Perhaps in a future expansion (one that again deals with the Burning Legion, because you know we will have to deal with them again), they will revamp Outland as well. Especially since TBC is now considered part of the starting package when one investing on World of Warcraft.
Today a new player can go from 1-70 and even up to Sunwell raiding without an expansion of any kind.
There are still a few older zones that were not changed all that much. Dustwillow Marsh is getting changed thanks to the Fall of Theramore. Means the Alliance will need a new questing hub and a new set of quests (assuming they don't remove the zone from the Alliance rotation like they did with the area around Southshore). And a new end location for the boat from Menethil Harbor (which could use some serious repair following the Cataclysm. Silithis needs a total revamp. One can looks on the Loremaster sections and see there are only 19 quests out there...and a portal to the Dark Portal (as if to say, turn back, go to Outland were we have content....ignore this waste of server space). Plus they have AQ as a zone you can fly over, but there is nothing there.
Lastly there is the areas north of the Eastern Plaguelands. That invisible wall is a little annoying. There is basically one unmarked zone there and then Ghostlands and Silvermoon. While I can see the Bloodmist Isles and such still being seperate since they are way off the coast, the Blood Elf zones don't need to be seperate save for time spend regrafting all that onto CATA's Azeroth. And redoing on all so that you could fly without seeing the shortcuts they took.
But as I said, maybe they will redo that in a future expansion for the Burning Legion.
|2012-11-12, 21:49
|Link #8025
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
|2012-11-13, 04:36
|Link #8026
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Middle of TBC when they added that goblin town in the south. It had a minor rewrite in Wrath after Wrynn returned to Stormwind.. But aside from the last quest of that chain everything was pretty much the same from TBC to the present. So much so that when CATA hit I think I have only two quests to do there to get the achievement, if that. They still had the desenters trying to get people to join them for a war against the Horde...when there is a road to the South Barrens to suppy said war...with tanks and troops all over it.
What was worse was that there were no quests that dealt with that road on the Alliance side at all. No questgivers...mobs...nothing. It made it easier to get from the South Barrens to Theramore and that was about it. That would have been handy back in the old days when I was running a warlock quest were I had to go to someplace in the Barrens to take to the quest giver. I went via Theramore...at level 21. It was a nice death run in he swamps past the towers. Later when I was actually questing, that one were you have to confront a private about his treason (endig with jaina teleporting out personally to take him away), fighting him instantly marks you to PVP, even on a PVE server. I was having diffuculty was going to run off to reset him when I could figure it out later...when I ran into a skull boss! (well actually I was probably a Blood Elf Shadow Priest that had Reigns of the Death Charger or whatever that was from Strathome. I don't think it was a warlock, but the horse was scary looking, shadowy and I died in about two hits. Since it was a PVE server I was not use to being attack by the Horde players at all at level 36. He was gone by the time I returned, though I left that quest to later as I had trouble dealing with quests at my level at that time. (As I was still unsure how to play).
Also hit 90 last night.
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|2012-11-14, 12:37
|Link #8028
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Did some (Cloud Serpent and Golden Lotus) then headed back out to the Dread Wastes to finish questing for Loremaster (even though I already have the title from back in Wrath). After that I might go back to the Tillers., though that nest of blue exclaimation marks in the Market looked rather intimidating.
|2012-11-14, 16:50
|Link #8029
Don't Call Me Bro
Tillers dailies are amongst the fastest to get done in a day. Don't let the number of quests fool you. Most of them either coincide for drop targets or take 90 seconds or less. Only the goatsteak one takes a while. You should get Golden Lotus going ASAP since you can't even do Shado-Pan or August Celestials until you hit reverred with GL. Klaxxi...they can be damn annoying...
|2012-11-16, 04:20
|Link #8030
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
With all the Loremaster stuff I "made it" to "It's Over Nine Thousand!", even though I am only at 8800. My guess is that it is also accounting for the Feats of Strength, as I have a bunch of those going back to 2007, including things that were achievements that were removed from the game later (400 skill in all viable weapons? 400 Skill in unarmed combat? Yes I punched a lot of Murlocs just East of Stormwind for that one. They couldn't hurt me and level 8 murlocs hold up under 3 point fist hits for a while.)
|2012-11-25, 14:33
|Link #8031
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
It seems that even on PVE servers, the spirit of the Southshore Wars continues in Halfhill.
Skeletons everywhere.
Also we did a "speed run" of ICC 25 heroic and absolutely slaughtered the place. It would have been faster if some people were not going for achievements or Shadowbane infusions.
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|2012-11-26, 08:30
|Link #8034
Witch of Betrayal
Join Date: Jan 2006
The raid instances are really well done in MoP, fun and challenging on both 10 and 25 man.
The problem with this expansion is the amount of grinding. Not only are there ludricrous amounts of daily quests to do, but also LFR. These things are not fun, but I feel obligated to do them in order to get epics and perform well in raids...
|2012-11-26, 15:03
|Link #8035
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I've see Horde members flagged having a tendency to stand (mounted on a travel yak) in the Market near or on quest givers. Or if they are a pet owning class, standing on one and having their pet stand on another.
The Alliance might be doing this as well, but I take notice of yellow and red much easier than green. Though on that night there seems to have been a larger fight going on than usual, since a pack of Horde and Alliance fighting around the Market and the Farm (which phasing allows for a convinient escape route). There was a bunch of complaining going on during it, and huge amounts of questions after as people arrived later to see dozens of skeletons all over the place. I know either a goblin or a gnome died from a DOT within the phased area because I had a small skeleton next to my scarecrow.
|2012-11-28, 03:26
|Link #8036
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Patch 5.1 is live.
It is interesting so far. I image the coast would be a slaughter house on a PVP server.
One thing of note is that killing the opposing faction NPCs grants Black Prince rep (about 25 or so each).
Also for the first time since the Wrath Gate, I have been really impressed with the Alliance as a military power. The Seventh Fleet coming to Pandaria was impressive. So far King Wrynn has earns some respect in this campaign. A far cry from the hot head we saw in Wrath.
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|2012-11-29, 01:55
|Link #8038
The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I don't know. What are you into?
I have discovered that when dealing with large packs of small mobs a destruction warlock is rather survivable due to the burning embers/shadowburn mechanics along with the heal that used burning embers. As I can use Fel Flame, and Conflagrate to burn down the light mobs quickly to a low precentage to hit them with shadownburn and thus rapidly increase the number of Burning Embers I have, I can easily, keep my health up, using healthstones if the mobs thin out or get slightly tougher (or I run out of mana from too much Fel Flame spam that I have to switch to Incenerate, whcih is slower to cast).
Add a voidwalker or the upgraded version and I can survive even more as long as it isn't multiple elites with normals and small mobs (had that problem every once in a while in some dailiy questing areas when mobs keep respawning due to heavy player traffic).
There is also rumors of a Warlock Quest Chain for 5.2 to get Green Fire. Though I have no idea what or why that is coming.
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|2012-12-02, 05:13
|Link #8039
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Also lmao @ how they gated nearly everything behind dailies yet this expansion made so many things account wide so you can play any characters you want instead of just one!
|2012-12-02, 06:42
|Link #8040
Don't Call Me Bro
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Printable pirate hat pattern.
Make a simple Pirate hat for the pirate in your house. Quick and easy to make. Kids pirate hat.
Items needed:
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- Print pirate hat.
- Glue to construction paper and cut out. This will make the hat more durable.
- Measure your childs head and then cut a 1 1/2 in. strip from construction paper that is about 2 inches longer than your measurement.
- Glue the band to the size of your childs head.
- When dry, glue the band to the pirate hat, but do not glue the sides of the hat down, as the ends should stick out like a real pirate hat.


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The Audi Q7 is a full-size crossover luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer, Audi AG. Audi introduced the SUV at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show, and began production in Slovakia later that year.
The Audi Q7 marks the first SUV in the German luxury carmaker's lineup, followed by the Q5 in 2009 and the Q3 in 2011. The Q7 uses a modified Volkswagen PL71 platform and was first introduced as the Audi Pikes Peak Quattro concept.
Although it is an SUV, the Audi Q7 prefers a softer road, meaning that it is more suitable on paved surfaces than off-road. As a luxury SUV, the car comes with all the qualities expected from the reputed German carmaker. The interior of the car is signature Audi and the overall aesthetics, both inside and out, reach the highest quality, as you would expect from a German-made luxury car.
However, the Audi Q7 does have its share of cons. The large number of luxury features, along with the height and size of an SUV, results in a significantly high curb weight. This, in turn, results in dull and delayed acceleration and a poor fuel economy.
The 2012 model Audi Q7 carries forward the facelift from 2009 as well as some changes from 2011 and 2012. The exterior features newly designed front and rear lights with better LED lighting for daytime running lights and turn signals. The interior of the car includes a new instrument panel from the pre-2009 models, new leather seat covers, interior color choices, and trim.
The 2012 Audi Q7 maintains some changes from 2011, including optional LED headlights, an eight-speed transmission, a reduced CO2 rating (195 g/km), a wraparound tailgate, and start/stop fuel-saving technology. The vehicle also offers two new engine options. Both of these options are supercharged engines with 3.0-liter displacements. One of them delivers 272 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque, while the other produces 333 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque.
The 2012 Audi Q7 also features a brand new Audio Connect system along with the third generation MMI control system. This feature is new to the 2012 model and offers internet-driven POI search through voice control system, or user input. The Audi Connect system in the Q7 also offers online access to information such as local weather, news, and fuel prices. The system also comes with Wi-Fi connectivity. Like all other models before it, the 2012 Audi Q7 only offers an eight-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission.
The Audi Q7 comes in four trim levels, with the TDI Premium at the top and the 3.0T Premium as the base model. The standard features available on all models of the Q7 include leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, a power lift gate, and heated front seats. The high-end model of the Audi Q7 includes additional features such as a rearview camera, navigation system, surround-sound audio system, and xenon headlights. The topmost model also offers options such as a panoramic sunroof, adaptive cruise control, and an air suspension system.
The cabin of the Audi Q7 is high-tech, but still features classic touches like the burled wood on the display panel. The navigation, audio system, and climate control are accessible through the Audi MMI. Third row seating remains quite constricted, but this shows no difference from other luxury SUVs. This row, along with the second row of seats, can fold down to create 88.7 cubic feet of cargo space, quite impressive for a luxury SUV.
The Audi Q7 includes the Audi Music Interface (AMI), which allows the user to control an iPod or an MP3 music player. The Q7 also marks the first vehicle produced by Audi that includes a Side Assist system for blind spot detection and warning.
Audi initially offered the Q7 with a 3.0-liter V-6 turbo engine, producing 230 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque. This engine remained until 2007, when Audi updated it to deliver 237 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. 2008 saw the introduction of two new engines: the 3.5-liter VR-6 FSI engine that gives 280 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque, and the 4.1-liter V-8 FSI engine that delivers 350 hp and 320 lb-ft of torque.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gives the Audi Q7 a five-star rating on safety tests for front and side impact safety. Audi first released the car as the 2007 model in the U.S. market. Other models available in the U.S. market include the Audi Q7 3.6 FSI Quattro, 3.0 TDI Clean Diesel Quattro, and 4.2 FSI Quattro.
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The 2013 Audi Q7 delivers luxury, comfort, and cutting-edge technology.
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The supercharged V-6 introduced last year gets an 8-hp boost to 280 hp. New 19-inch wheels are standard on the TDI and optional on the 3.0T. An S-line Plus model upgrades the Prestige trim, and adds 21-inch wheels and matte black exterior accents. Two new paint colors are added for 2012.
2011 Audi Q7
Most of the work done to the 2011 Audi Q7comes under the hood with a new supercharged V-6 engine in two levels of performance and a new 8-speed automatic transmission across the line. Top trims for both the gasoline and diesel models get adaptive headlights, ventilated front seats and a panoramic sunroof standard. The 6-CD changer is gone, but HD Radio is now standard across the line.
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The 2009 Audi Q7 is Audi's luxury crossover SUV that can seat from five to seven passengers (depending upon model).
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The 2008 Q7 tries to revive the original interpretation of a full-size crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) through elegant style and amazing appeal.
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Audi arrived rather late to the luxury SUV party.


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UK Gov't's Response To Petition Against Disconnections: We've Redefined Disconnection
from the it's-still-a-disconnection dept
It is clear that online copyright infringement inflicts considerable damage on the UK's creative economy including music, TV and film, games, sports and software. Industry estimates place this harm at £400m pa.First off, that first sentence is silly. The government should never cite an industry's own stats when that industry is asking for protectionism -- especially when tons of independent studies have shown that such industry estimates are completely inaccurate. Second, pretending that "limiting or restricting infringers' access to the internet" does "not include disconnection" is playing a rather obnoxious game of semantics. If you're blocked from accessing the internet, you've lost your connection, and thus have been disconnected. This isn't the first time it's done so. During the run up to the vote on the bill, we noted that the politicians supporting it had decided to make sure not to call account suspensions disconnections. Effectively, they're trying to redefine "disconnection" to only mean a permanent disconnection. A "temporary suspension," is not a disconnection in their book of misleading propaganda.
The Digital Economy Act includes a number of measures to tackle the problem and we expect these to be successful in significantly reducing online copyright infringement. However this is an area of rapid technological change and developing consumer behaviour. The Act therefore includes a reserve power to introduce further "technical" measures if the initial measures do not succeed. These technical measures would limit or restrict an infringers' access to the internet. They do not include disconnection.
Of course, to anyone who loses their internet connection, no matter what the length of time, it certainly is a disconnection. Calling it something different doesn't change that. It's pretty sad when the UK government officials can't even be intellectually honest on such a straightforward issue.


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Three challenges must be overcome for state and local governments to realize the promise of PFS deals. First, attracting investment through the valuation of outcomes, and budgeting for results. Second, re-tuning procurement practices (which are not generally designed to facilitate an innovative approach where government is contracting for an outcome, not a prescribed service). And third, rethinking what's needed to support an outcomes-based model that requires rigorous measurement to validate results.
Up to now, to establish early footholds in a potentially large new market, the small number of commercial investors in PFS projects has been willing to accept higher levels of risk than would typically be accepted in commercial markets. However, as more states and other jurisdictions enter the market, competition for these risk-tolerant dollars is likely to increase. By moving now to address and mitigate investor risk, governments will enhance their attractiveness for new and expanded investment.
PFS deals represent an exciting field of innovative finance. However, they need to be addressed thoughtfully and in a structured way. As more state and local governments across the US move to explore what PFS contracts have to offer, there is still much work to be done.
Highest priority is addressing the three principal challenges arising from this new method of collaboration between government and private sectors: valuing outcomes and ensuring future payment for investors, adapting government procurement practice, and establishing rigorous processes for measuring and validating outcomes. Consistent PFS legislation nationwide will also be key to realizing the full potential of PFS, with practical guidance needed on how to draft and implement PFS contracts.


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The Manchester City goalkeeper dislocated his left shoulder and also suffered tendon and ligament damage when saving Abou Diaby's shot during the goalless draw at Arsenal in late April.
The setback saw City bring in Sunderland's Marton Fulop as cover on an emergency loan basis, but 34-year-old Given expects to be ready to reclaim his place in August after a summer of conditioning work.
"I saw the specialist on Thursday and he was pleased with my progress. He said if anything I'm ahead of schedule so that's good news," he told Sky Sports News.
"I've been training all week in Manchester with the physios. It'll be a different summer for me but the most important thing for me is to get back for the new season and that's my target.
"That's the plan and after yesterday's meeting I should be okay."
Given kept 13 clean sheets and conceded 52 goals in his 44 appearances for City last season.
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Ian Martin's iconic tower gets a new nickname
MONDAY I despair, I really do, again. Why can't people and stakeholders and consumers of the delivered environment just get along? The key to civic harmony has always been about maintaining 'good neighbourliness' between buildings. When basic politeness goes out of the window, well - urbanism may as well just pack its bags and migrate to a country where they DO appreciate architectural genius and public order. Kazhakstan, say.
Admittedly the construction of my landmark London office tower wasn't without incident. I acknowledge there were several maimings, some casual racism in the scaffolders' shouted conversations, permanent traffic chaos and occasional rubble bouncing around. But that doesn't excuse the latest bout of sheer bloody-mindedness from certain local businesses. Encouraged by the gutter press, they have RE-NICKNAMED my iconic tower. It's completely unacceptable. The building was officially entitled the Fenestrated Parabola at a very early sketch stage, to reflect its curved facade of polished steel and glass. 'Oh, it certainly reflects all right,' said the manager of a nearby bespoke umbrella boutique, sarcastically, to online blog hub Qubble. 'I would say it positively dazzles. By late lunchtime there's like this fat laser beam penetrating the shop and, you know, melting everything. We had this brilliant window display. An autumn scene with all different umbrellas and that, dancing through piles of artfully arranged crispy golden leaves. It took me and Darren ages. It was, to be fair to myself, both "classic" and "classy" at the same time. Then the whole scenario got totally fried by THAT monstrosity.'
Cue synthetically outraged Umbrella Man pointing at the Fenestrated Parabola in a very poor picture, clearly taken without enthusiasm by the Qubble correspondent on his stupid phone. First a meme did the rounds: Umbrella Man frying an egg on the pavement. Frying an egg on the bonnet of a Ford Focus. Frying an egg amid the macabre, blackened aftermath of the autumn umbrella inferno. Now, in an act of sheer malice, the Fenestrated Parabola has been 'dubbed' the Melty Fucklump by Qubble's editorial team.
TUESDAY I consult my lawyers, who agree there's a prima facie case for disruption of intellectual purchase, application of false nickname with intent to wound emotionally, and calumny with aggravated disparagement via named third parties, to wit: Umbrella Man and his bloody business owner mates in the shadow of the Fenestrated Parabola.
WEDNESDAY Settle out of court. Luckily the Parabola's owners - Qatari Space Invaders Corporation - haven't been unduly upset by all this unpleasantness and have generously undertaken not to flounce out of the London buy-to-let market, a move which might have triggered an acute shortage of affordable homes.
Meanwhile, the 'offending' elevation has been covered by temporary sheeting bearing the message 'We would love to be able to show you our amazing facade for the Fenestrated Parabola that everyone's talking about but apparently certain people simply don't like sunshine! We hope you're happy now!' It'll only be up for a fortnight, after which the trajectory of the Sun (the real culprit here, let's not forget) will render things non-controversial again.
THURSDAY Unbelieveable. Qubble has a follow-up piece,illustrated by a photo of Umbrella Man pointing at the temporary sheeting and laughing at the 'clumsy passive-aggressive tone' of our public apology. I call Hisham from Qatari Space Invaders. Once I explain exactly how Qubble and Umbrella Guy are disrespecting his honour, the honour of his kingdom and of his financial subsidiary, he too hits the roof. 'This will not stand,' he rasps. I can hear something snapping in the background.
FRIDAY I consult my lawyers, who agree there's a prima facie case for besmirchment of standing, articulated ridicule and vexatious libel (inferred, occasioning actual psychological harm). Plus, Qatari Space Invaders have now announced they're mounting a hostile takeover bid for Qubble, with a view to moving operations overseas. The settlement fee is waived in lieu of Qubble's mental capital.
Umbrella Man's been given his marching orders, too. QSI are buying up the whole street as part of a ruthless and ingenious plan to excavate and then build an underground Dickens World.
Obviously I'll be pitching some initial ideas, including a Fagin's Cellar silk handkerchieferie and an online merch cluster provisionally called The New Curiosity Shop.
SATURDAY Five-a-side theoretical football. Steroidal Parabolicism 5, Calibrated Hystericism 0 after extra legal advice.
SUNDAY Achieve inverted parabolic status in the recliner.
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Yolo Causeway
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Yolo Causeway
Has anyone kitesurfed the flooded areas south of the causeway between Davis and Sacramento? It is currently flooded from the rain.
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I saw a guy poleboarding on the east side once
Riding used and closeout kites and boards from e-bay,craigslist,ikitesurf, and local surf shops.
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We had two windsurfers trying about 2 years ago. They were promptly collected by fish and game and cited. There are some lines and shitty obstacles there.
Closest thing to it is (I'm still laying claim with pictures and witnesses) the port of Sacramento that I believe I have been the first to kite 3 years ago.
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Wednesday, I checked it out from the West side but there was a lot of debris near shore so I decided to kite in a pond adjacent to the levee next to the Yolo Fruit Stand and Highway 80.
Later on I saw 1 or 2 guys in the middle of the bypass, I think they launched from the east side.
Really fun, local (Davis) session!
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March 30, 2008
Nashville, TN - The Lady Bisons used clutch pitching from sophomore Alaina Jacobson to defeat the Hatters of Stetson University 2-0 Sunday afternoon at Draper Diamond.
The game was the second part of a doubleheader originally scheduled to be played Saturday. It was rescheduled due to heavy rains.
Jacobson, a transfer from the University of Missouri, pitched all seven innings for the Lady Bisons, allowing only two hits and striking out four batters.
The game was scoreless through the bottom of the fourth inning when sophomore designated player Kellie Sirus hit a double to left field. She advanced and eventually scored on two successive wild pitches by Hatter pitcher Amanda Lindsey.
Sophomore center fielder Lauren Dortwegt added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning when she sent a triple flying to the center field fence. She scored two batters later when Kellie Sirus grounded out to first base for the RBI.
The Lady Bisons completed the weekend with a 14-19 overall record and a 6-4 Atlantic Sun Record.
The Lady Bisons continue their home stand against Austin Peay on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. at Draper Diamond.


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Character displacement
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Explain why adaptations of particular organisms to interspecific competition may not necessarily represent instances of character displacement. What would a researcher have to demonstrate about two competing species to make a convincing case for character displacement?
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OK, I have the same exact question here on my homework for an essay question and I don't know the answer. Since character displacement comes from adaptations to competition, I don't see how if it's an adaptation to competition it's not character displacement. If it's an adaptation to competition, it will affect only the species living in the same environment as it's competition. I have the last part of the question though, a researcher would have to show graphs of the two species together and each species in the same environment with the exception of the other species being there.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
~Barcelona Baby~
13 comments:
- Hines-Sight said...
That is delightful.
- December 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- the cape on the corner said...
wow-love the surprise of the map, i would never think of that. great idea!
- December 16, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Hartwood Roses said...
What a transformation!!! Chairs are tough, especially spindle chairs, and I know how much work went into this. No wonder you were painting till 4am.
Perhaps I will sneak up to see what Shumate's is all about.
- December 16, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Joy@aVintageGreen said...
Delicious like sherbet. What a transformation.
- December 16, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
Janet, I love it. Love the added paper to the seat. I am not an orange kind of gal, but can appreciate it in other homes.
- December 17, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Aprons and More said...
What a conversation piece this is! Imagine someone reminiscing about their recent trip to London...and find this chair. It would be a great addition to any home!
Katy :)
- December 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Jennifer Juniper said...
I love anything bright and colorful - this is right up my alley!
- December 19, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Love the idea! I lived in London for 5 years, I carry the city in my heart! Thank you for the inspiration. Xox
- December 19, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Hueology said...
LOVE your chair!!! Thanks for all your visits and comments throughout the year!!!
- December 20, 2011 at 12:51 AM
- Sue said...
Your chair is so darn cool, Janet!! Love that color and the decoupaged insert. Enjoy a special time w/your secret agent guy this Christmas! Merry, merry, Sue
- December 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...
Hey, Janet, that does look great! Even though I'm not an orange lover, I can appreciate a good pop of color. I did an orange pillow in my old guestroom and it really did add some fun. Love talking about color. Great job on your project.
- January 8, 2012 at 7:43 PM
- The Bizzi B said...
LOVE this!!! I was painting with Barcelona Orange last night....so fun!
- July 8, 2012 at 9:02 AM
- Nunez said...
wow-love the surprise of the map, i would never think of that. great idea!
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An Evening Of Jazz To Honor Quincy Jones And Schmitt
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will celebrate its sixth annual GRAMMY Week event titled An Evening Of Jazz honoring 27-time GRAMMY-winning producer Quincy Jones and 18-time GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Al Schmitt for their commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music. The event will be held during GRAMMY Week on Feb. 6, 2013, at the Village Recording Studios in West Los Angeles.
"The tireless efforts of the P&E Wing continue to raise awareness of the ever-evolving climate of sound quality and the increasing interest in the preservation and integrity of recorded music," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "This year, it is with great honor that we pay tribute to two industry pioneers who also continue to raise awareness in the field of recording and who have set precedents of excellence within the music community. The contributions of both Quincy Jones and Al Schmitt reflect incomparable bodies of work and we look forward to an unforgettable evening with these two icons."
With a career spanning more than six decades and encompassing the roles of composer; film, record and TV producer; artist; arranger; conductor; record company executive; magazine founder; multimedia entrepreneur; and humanitarian, Jones is an entertainment impresario. While working as a jazz musician in the '50s, Jones quickly realized his gift for musical arrangement, which led him to work with artists such as Count Basie, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington. Throughout the '60s and '70s he arranged music for legendary artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra. With a total of 33 major motion picture scores to date, Jones became the first African-American to break into the world of film scoring. In the '80s, Jones produced Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad, which went on to sell more than 200 million copies worldwide collectively. He has received numerous international awards and accolades, among them 27 GRAMMY Awards, a Recording Academy Trustees Award (1989) and a GRAMMY Legend Award (1991). A longtime humanitarian and activist, Jones is the founder of the Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium, which celebrates and preserves the history of American popular music through music education programs in schools across the country.
Schmitt was introduced to the studio world at age 7 by his uncle, an engineer at Brunswick Records. At 19, he was employed at Apex Studios and mentored by Tom Dowd, who provided a well-rounded schooling that would serve Schmitt for more than four decades as an engineer and producer. From renowned studios Nola to Fulton Recording, where he learned the art of engineering for large orchestras from Bob Doherty, to his move to Radio Recorders in Hollywood, Calif., Schmitt's engineering prowess continued to grow through innovative recording techniques and an impressive discography of jazz artists. Throughout his career at RCA he engineered for Henry Mancini, garnering him his first GRAMMY in 1962 for Hatari! While Schmitt's engineering roster included Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Horace Silver, Cal Tjader, and Ike and Tina Turner, among others, in 1966 he switched his aspirations to become a producer. As a producer, Schmitt worked with such artists as Jefferson Airplane, Jackson Browne, Sam Cooke, and Neil Young. He ultimately returned to engineering and went on to make sonically exquisite and highly influential recordings for artists such as George Benson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Natalie Cole, Kurt Elling, Diana Krall, Shelby Lynne, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Toto, among others. Schmitt has recorded more than 150 gold and platinum albums and has won 18 GRAMMY Awards and two Latin GRAMMYs. In 2006 he was honored with a Recording Academy Trustees Award.
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St. Louis, Mo., September 17, 2011 – No. 21 ranked Wittenberg University extended its regular-season winning streak to 23 games with a 20-17 victory at Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday afternoon at Francis Field in St. Louis, Mo.
Wittenberg (3-0) broke open a 10-10 game with 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to snap the Bears' seven-game home winning streak dating back to the 2009 season.
Sean Williams booted a 22-yard field goal with 14:18 remaining in the fourth quarter giving Wittenberg the 13-10 lead. The Bears drove into Wittenberg territory on the ensuing possession, but the Tiger defense stopped the Bears on 4th-and-1.
Wittenberg took advantage of great field position, and tacked on a touchdown with 6:28 to play following a five-yard TD pass from quarterback Reed Florence to Brendon Cunningham pushing the lead to 20-10. The big play of the drive was a 22-yard pass from Ben Zoeller to Josh McKee on 3rd-and-21 at the Washington U. 29-yard line.
The Bears would not go away, as junior quarterback Dan Burkett connected with senior Easton Knott on 4th-and-5 for a 30-yard touchdown pass to make it 20-17 with 4:13 to play. Washington U.'s defense forced on a turnover on downs on its five-yard line with eight seconds to play, but WUSTL's screen pass to junior Chris Castelluccio was downed at the 31-yard line after five laterals.
The Bears outgained Wittenberg 298-251 in total offense, and limited the Tigers to 103 yards on the ground. Senior Nick Hillard led the defensive unit with 10 tackles, while sophomore Tate Byers added nine tackles and two pass break-ups.
Burkett finished the day 10-of-18 for 130 yards and a two touchdowns, while junior quarterback Adam Banks was 7-of-14 for 60 yards. Sophomore John Hagemann led the rushing attack with eight carries for 62 yards, Castelluccio had 44 yards on 13 carries.
An unsuccessful fake punt by Washington U. led to the first score of the game for Wittenberg. The Tigers took advantage of great field position on the WU-30 yard line, and then got on the scoreboard following a 28-yard field goal by Williams.
Wittenberg took advantage of another Washington U. mistake, this time following an interception by Burkett. The Tigers responded with a 13-play, 62-yard drive that took up 6:56, highlighted by a four-yard TD pass from Florence to Michael Cooper.
Washington U. responded with a 13-play, 67-yard drive with Banks under center. Banks drove the Bears all the way down to the Wittenberg three-yard line, but could only muster a 20-yard field goal by junior Eric Chalifour following a defense stop by the Tigers. Wittenberg's Desi Kirkman fumbled the ensuing kickoff giving Washington U. the ball at the Tiger 28-yard line, but Karlos Marshall picked off Banks on the first play of the drive.
The Bears defense slowed down the Wittenberg offense in the first half, allowing just 113 yards on 32 total plays. Washington U. picked up 136 yards (94 passing, 42 rushing) of total offense in the first half.
WUSTL's defense picked up where it left off in the first half, forcing a punt on Wittenberg's opening possession of the third quarter. The Bears' offense responded with a seven-play, 61-yard drive with Burkett back at quarterback, and he capped the drive with a 11-yard TD pass to senior tight end Brennan Fox. Burkett scrambled around in the pocket before sending a pass into the end zone that Fox dove for and hauled in.
Washington University (2-1) returns to the field at North Park University on Saturday, Sept. 24. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. in Chicago, Ill. Washington U. and North Park will be meeting for the first time in school history.
Bear Notebook: Wittenberg leads the all-time series with Washington U., 3-1, and has won the last three meetings … The Bears were 5-of-13 on third down and 1-of-4 on fourth down in the defeat … The Tigers had a 32:35-27:25 time of possession advantage, and ran nine more plays (70-61) than Washington U … Wittenberg came into the contest averaging 39.5 points per game and 493.0 yards of total offense.


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Nov. 8, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the third year in a row, MIT collected a pair of NEWMAC Field Hockey All-Conference honors. Senior co-captains Anna Ayuso and Sharon Prange were both selected to the Second Team.
Ayuso earned her second consecutive Second-Team pick after posting four goals, including two game-winners, and six assists for 14 points. She finished her career ranking third all-time in assists with 22 and tied for eighth in points with 64.
Prange picked up her first All-Conference accolade after notching six assists and two goals for 10 points, and a defensive save. She closed her career tied for seventh in defensive saves (five) and tied for ninth in assists (10).


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Aubrey & Lindsay's Beautiful DIY Basement Studio Desk
Unplggd reader Lindsay wrote in to share their DIY desk project, constructed from common materials sourced from IKEA and Home Depot, alongside the addition of plenty of elbow grease. The customized and spacious workspace was inspired by the Bedford Collection from Pottery Barn, but we think Aubrey & Lindsay's DIY version trumps the store option in storage and finish. More details below.
For my new studio in our new basement, I needed a bigger desk. For a few weeks I was considering systems like the Bedford Collection from Pottery Barn but when I started to add it all up, it was going to be over $1,000, possibly closer to $2,000 considering the lengh of desk that I needed/wanted. Ouch! I didn't want to break the bank for the desk, however, I also didn't want to sacrifice style, or function. Instead of multiple digits for this size of a desk, it worked out to be $300.00.
Instead of drawers, I added Ikea baskets that fit perfectly. In each basket, "like items" are sorted together. Right beside my chair is a little basket with pens and pencils. Other baskets hold paint chip decks, camera cords, and items that I need on a regular basis.
The Ikea base unit serves as awesome storage for all of that computer stuff I wanted to keep off my desk. It holds my CPU unit, my subwoofer, battery backup…all the stuff that you need, but don't want to see. I put the top shelf higher on this unit, allowing room for the CPU unit, but the top shelf holds my graphic tablet and scanner, that I pull out when I need to use it.
Aubrey and Lindsay documented the whole process, from cutting, sanding, staining, up till they secured all their cables/wires underneath and behind the desk over at their blog for those of you who want to follow in their DIY footsteps.
Thanks for sharing, Aubrey and Lindsay!