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TULARE, Calif. — The San Joaquin Valley's infamous Tule Fog still hung in the air at mid-morning the final day of the World Ag Expo in early February. It was cold, and the ground fog made it even colder.
It was a short walk from the parking lot into the show grounds, but I was walking briskly toward the relative warmth of the tent where the Western Farm Show booth was set up.
Someone called my name.
It was Danny Locke, a local farmer I have known for several years, riding shotgun on the Clark Brothers Draft Horse Trolley.
"Climb aboard," Danny invited. Teamster Allan Clark reined in the horses and I joined Danny and Allan on the wagon seat.
The invitation was ironic and readily accepted. Clark and his Draft Horses have been on my to-do story list for a long time. However, the time was never there during busy farm show week.
Allan has trailered his Draft Horses and trolley to the farm show for 15 years. Natchez, the larger of the two Draft Horses in the hitch on a cold Thursday morning, had been there for 14 years. His hitch mate was Mariah. It was her first year at the show. Her head was always slightly tilted toward Natchez, making sure she followed his lead.
"Natchez knows where he is on the show grounds all the time. Watch him whenever we turn toward the back of the grounds where we have the corral. He'll pick up his head and start prancing his feet," said Allan.
Natchez is a renown showman with the West Coast Draft Horse crowd. "People who come to the shows walk into the barn and say, 'Where Natchez?'" Allan said.
"Step Out!" Allan calls out firmly to the team of horses weighing a combined 3,700 pounds resuming their serpentine journey through the show grounds.
Milk horses knew
"You know when they used to deliver milk with horses, the horses would know which day of the week it was and which houses to stop at on each day of the week," smiled Allan.
Allan and Danny are history buffs. That is how Allan got into draft horses. He started buying antique carriages and wagons 20 years ago. After a few years he decided to buy horses to pull the collection.
Danny is 67, and Allan is 64. They are cousins. Their mothers were sisters. Allan's father died in a plane crash on the Locke ranch when Allan was 9 years old.
They grew up on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley. Allan in Dos Palos. Danny in Firebaugh. Danny has always been the cowboy. Allan's only cowboying growing up was in the summer at Danny's family place, always getting stuck with the mean Shetland pony.
"He was so mean if you went bare footed he'd try to bite your toes," chuckled Allan.
"And he would try to drag you off anyway he could."
Danny laughed at Allan's story. Older cousins are like that.
Allan's girlfriend normally helps out at the farm show where Allan brings his horses and every year free. Signs, "Clark Bros, Inc. Dos Palos, CA." are painted on the trolley advertising Allan's family-owned earth moving business. However, Allan doesn't spend a week at the farm show for advertising purposes. It would be a lot less work and cheaper to buy an ad in the show program. He brings his horses and trolley to the show because he enjoys driving his team and letting people experience a little of California's history amid all the brightly colored steel of a modern day farm show.
It's a lot of work guiding the huge horses through the show grounds where as many as 100,000 people are meandering about. Many of them families with children. The looks on the children's faces as they see his gentle, powerful giants makes Allan smile.
Walk up quietly
The horses walk right up behind several people, and amazingly they do not even know it until Allan called out, "Excuse me." The team stops inches from the pedestrians. When they would hear Allan, the people almost jumped out of the way, startled at the sight almost 2 tons of horses right over their shoulder.
Allan has an OOGA-horn mounted on the footboard on the wagon in case they did not hear his voice. That seemed a last resort. He doesn't want to startle them.
"Excuse me, I am making a turn," Allan calls out politely as he swings the wagon wide to make the turn down one of the narrow farm show alleys. People step back and are in awe of the horseman and his horses.
"Can I pet the horses," people ask when Allan stops to pick up or discharge passengers.
"Sure," Allan responds.
Natchez likes the attention.
Danny is as big a history buff as Allan. A week before Allan had asked him to help at the farm show, Danny returned to California from an adventure wrangling wagon, horses and sixth grade students from Madera, Calif., on a wagon train trip through West Texas, tracing the path of a Texan turned California 49er who wrote a dairy about his journey.
"Did you go through Castle Gap?" I asked Danny. He looked surprised, wondering what an agricultural journalist from Fresno knew about a gap through hills in the far reaches of West Texas. Castle Gap was a major overland route near Crane, Texas, where for decades hundreds of wagon trains, cattle drives, outlaws, soldiers and anyone else traveling overland east or west passed through. He had been through the infamous gap on his trip with the kids.
Maxmillian's Gold
"Did you look for Maxmillian's Gold in Castle Gap?" I asked. Danny did not hear the tale about Maxmillian's buried gold supposedly buried somewhere around Castle Gap and Horsehead Crossing across the Pecos River. I told him the story about an old metal witcher I had written an article about years ago. The old gentleman had spent his life with a gold piece hung from a string he used looking for that the former Mexican Emperor's gold.
He shared the stories of the wagon train and I had been to many of the places he had visited.
Natchez started to lather under the load of probably 30 folks reliving a little California history in a rubber-tired trolley. Steam encircled him as he stepped out on Allan's command on a cold winter morning.
Surely Allan had a story or two about past journeys through the farm show.
Only one. Allan's horses were hitched to a smaller wagon one year. As the wagon was turned, a man stepped up to get into the wagon. The wagon tipped over. Allan was flipped into the horses and the wagon came down on Natchez's hocks. Natchez did not move. Allan was unhurt.
More talk about their families; growing up in the San Joaquin Valley; horses and hot rods. Allan is building a hot rod like someone else I know.
The talk distracts us from the cold. Allan turns the wagon into a wide alley bordering the show grounds. It is noticeably colder headed toward the northwest. I notice water on my coat. Reaching up find out where it was coming from, I discovered my mustache was soaked from the damp air.
Horses build roads
Danny shares more stories about his Draft Horses, like going to the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles each year to demonstrate how roads were built using horse-drawn earth moving and shaping equipment.
Easter weekend each year Allan hosts Red Top Draft Horse Days in Dos Palos. Fifty teams of horses show up for the weekend, capped with Easter Services.
Allan stops the wagon in front of livestock handling equipment exhibit. Danny was asked if he had had a chance to check out the farm show for the latest and best for his farm. "Been too busy helping Allan. Lot of the family is here, and they tell me about a lot of stuff I can do without. Don't like going into debt," he said.
Allan turns the team back south, toward the corral where he beds down the horses each evening. Champion, a spare in case Natchez or Mariah needs a rest, along with Mariah's colt is at the corral.
Of course, Natchez struts his stuff, He is going to lunch just like Allan and Danny.
A big crowd of relatives, including plenty of youngsters, is waiting at the corral. Lunch will be later this day as Allan and Danny offer rides to the excited kids. The families load up, and Allan turns Natchez and Mariah back toward the show grounds. Natchez is not prancing. Danny is back riding shotgun alone.
I thank Danny and Allan for riding along and visiting. The Allan Clark/Clark Brothers Draft Horse Trolley at the farm show story is off my to-do story list.
I eventually made it to the Farm Press booth an hour and a half later than planned with more than a story in hand. With it is an added appreciation for the folks in this business we call California agriculture.


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This article provides internetworking design and implementation information and helps you identify and implement practical internetworking strategies that are both flexible and scalable.
This article was developed to assist professionals preparing for Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) candidacy, though it is a valuable resource for all internetworking professionals. It is designed for use in conjunction with other Cisco manuals or as a standalone reference. You may find it helpful to refer to the Internetworking Case Studies, which provides case studies and examples of the network design strategies described in this article.
Internetworking Design Basics
Internetworking-the communication between two or more networks-encompasses every aspect of connecting computers together. Internetworks have grown to support vastly disparate end-system communication requirements. An internetwork requires many protocols and features to permit scalability and manageability without constant manual intervention. Large internetworks can consist of the following three distinct components:
- Campus networks, which consist of locally connected users in a building or group of buildings
- Wide-area networks (WANs), which connect campuses together
- Remote connections, which link branch offices and single users (mobile users and/or telecommuters) to a local campus or the Internet
The following articles provide information about internetworking design basics:
Designing various internetworks
Designing an internetwork can be a challenging task. An internetwork that consists of only 50 meshed routing nodes can pose complex problems that lead to unpredictable results. Attempting to optimize internetworks that feature thousands of nodes can pose even more complex problems.
Despite improvements in equipment performance and media capabilities, internetwork design is becoming more difficult. The trend is toward increasingly complex environments involving multiple media, multiple protocols, and interconnection to networks outside any single organization's dominion of control. Carefully designing internetworks can reduce the hardships associated with growth as a networking environment evolves.
The following articles provide information about designing various internetworks:
- Designing Large-Scale IP Internetworks
- Designing SRB Internetworks
- Designing SDLC, SDLLC, and QLLC Internetworks
- Designing APPN Internetworks
- Designing DLSw+ Internetworks
- Designing ATM Internetworks
- Designing Packet Service Internetworks
- Designing DDR Internetworks
- Designing ISDN Internetworks
- Designing Switched LAN Internetworks
- Designing Internetworks for Multimedia
Network Enhancements
In network management, functions such as security, monitoring, control, allocation, deployment, coordination and planning are executed. Network management is governed by a large number of protocols that exist for its support, including SNMP, CMIP, WBEM, Common Information Model, Java Management Extensions, Transaction Language 1, and Netconf.
The following articles provide information about enhancing a network:
- Increasing Security on IP Networks
- Integrating Enhanced IGRP into Existing Networks
- Reducing SAP Traffic in Novell IPX Networks
- STUN for Front-End Processors
- Multicasting in IP and AppleTalk Networks
- Using ISDN Effectively in Multiprotocol Networks
- Broadcasts in Switched LAN Internetworks
- SNA Host Configuration for SRB Networks
- SNA Host Configuration for SDLC Networks
IP Routing Concepts
IP Routing is an umbrella term for the set of protocols that determine the path that data follows in order to travel across multiple networks from its source to its destination. Data is routed from its source to its destination through a series of routers, and across multiple networks. The IP Routing protocols enable routers to build up a forwarding table that correlates final destinations with next hop addresses.
Following articles provide information about diferrent IP routing concepts:
- RIP and OSPF Redistribution
- Dial-on-Demand Routing
- Scaling Dial-on-Demand Routing
- Using HSRP for Fault-Tolerant IP Routing
UDP Broadcast Flooding
A broadcast is a data packet that is destined for multiple hosts. Broadcasts can occur at the data link layer and the network layer. Data-link broadcasts are sent to all hosts attached to a particular physical network. Network layer broadcasts are sent to all hosts attached to a particular logical network. The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) supports the following types of broadcast packets:
- All ones-By setting the broadcast address to all ones (255.255.255.255), all hosts on the network receive the broadcast.
- Network-By setting the broadcast address to a specific network number in the network portion of the IP address and setting all ones in the host portion of the broadcast address, all hosts on the specified network receive the broadcast. For example, when a broadcast packet is sent with the broadcast address of 126.96.36.199, all hosts on network number 131.108 receive the broadcast.
- Subnet-By setting the broadcast address to a specific network number and a specific subnet number, all hosts on the specified subnet receive the broadcast. For example, when a broadcast packet is set with the broadcast address of 18.104.22.168, all hosts on subnet 4 of network 131.108 receive the broadcast.
The following article provides information about UDP Broadcast Flooding:
Large-Scale H.323 Network Design for Service Providers
In today's highly competitive communications industry, service providers must find new ways to increase revenue and leverage their existing network infrastructure. Many service providers have already deployed networks consisting of Cisco solutions to provide data services to their subscribers. For them, packet telephony is a readily deployable, value-added, revenue-generating application that leverages the Cisco technology's data-handling capabilities.
The following article provides information about Large-Scale H.323 Network Design for Service Providers:
LAN Switching
Today's local-area networks (LANs) are becoming increasingly congested and overburdened. In addition to an ever-growing population of network users, several factors have combined to stress the capabilities of traditional LANs:
- Faster CPUs-In the mid-1980s, the most common desktop workstation was a PC. At the time, most PCs could execute 1 million instructions per second (MIPS). Today, workstations with 50 to 75 MIPS of processing power are common, and I/O speeds have increased accordingly. Two modern engineering workstations on the same LAN can easily saturate it.
- Faster operating systems-Until recently, operating system design had constrained network access. Of the three most common desktop operating systems (DOS/Windows, the UNIX operating system, and the Mac OS), only the UNIX operating system could multitask. Multitasking allows users to initiate simultaneous network transactions. With the release of Windows 95, which reflected a redesign of DOS/Windows that included multitasking, PC users could increase their demands for network resources.
- Network-intensive applications-Use of client-server applications, such as Network File System (NFS), LAN Manager, NetWare, and World Wide Web is increasing. Client-server applications allow administrators to centralize information, thus making it easy to maintain and protect. Client-server applications free users from the burden of maintaining information and the cost of providing enough hard disk space to store it. Given the cost benefit of client-server applications, such applications are likely to become even more widely used in the future.
The following article provides information about LAN Switching:
Subnetting an IP Address Space
The following article provides a partial listing of a Class B area intended to be divided into approximately 500 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) areas. For the purposes of this example, the network is assumed to be a Class B network with the address 18.104.22.168:
IBM Serial Link Implementation Notes
Half-duplex and full-duplex serial links can often be confusing. One reason for the confusion is that there are several different contexts in which these two terms are used. These contexts include asynchronous line implementations, IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA)-specific implementations, and data communications equipment (DCE) implementations.
The following article clarify some common misconceptions and points of confusion associated with half-duplex, full-duplex, and multipoint connections:
References and Recommended Reading
The following article provides a list of reference books for further reading on internetworking design:

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Bradley Cooper suits up for the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 2012 Governors Awards held at Hollywood and Highland on Saturday evening (December 1) in Hollywood.
The 37-year-old Silver Linings Playbook star was joined on the red carpet by Amy Adams, who looked stunning in Jenny Packham. Also hitting up the star studded event was Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Leslie Mann with hubby Judd Apatow, John Krasinski, Ewan McGregor, Helen Hunt with her The Sessions co-star John Hawkes, Quentin Tarantino, Seth MacFarlane, Nia Vardalos, Richard Gere, and Virginia Madsen.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) announced its All-Division honorees this past weekend, and MIT garnered three spots in the Northern Division ranks. Head coach Felix Mercado earned the CWPA Northern Division Coach of the Year crown, while senior Kevin Amendt and sophomore Mike Smith Bronstein were named to the All-Division Second Team.
Mercado, who was named CWPA Division III Coach of the Year less than a month ago, led the Engineers to an overall record of 11-20 in his second year at the helm. Under Mercado's guidance, Tech landed a spot in the Eastern Championship for just the third time in program history.
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Damn. Are they really trying to bury the first 11 seasons by naming the next returning-racers season "All Stars". I hope they change that, but that doesn't seem likely.
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Try a few of these tips to help best utilize your limited space and make your room look – and feel -- bigger.
Color your room bigger. Just like in painting and make-up artistry, light colors make things appear bigger. Choose light-colored paint, like the color-reflective creams or light blues or a lighter variation of your favorite color, for your walls and furniture. If your furniture and walls are a similar color, they blend in together, creating the illusion of less furniture and more space. Even consider painting a portion of the ceiling – about around the edge. This can make the walls seem taller.
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Along these lines, make sure the room has good lighting.
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Get as many things off the floor as possible. Maximize floor space by getting rid of end tables and coffee tables that you don't actively use. Instead, opt for a cute fold-up table that you can pull out of the closet or from behind the couch, if needed. Push the big pieces of furniture against the wall so they don't break up the room or interfere with the walkways.
Look for furniture with multiple purposes and storage. For example, instead of an open, free-standing entertainment system, choose one with storage underneath. Many furniture showrooms offer special sections for apartments and space-limited living. Glass-top tables maintain an airy, spacious feeling. So do couches and chairs with exposed legs and open arms.
Get rid of unnecessary decorations (including wall décor and pictures), books, trinkets and papers.
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Man, I'm just lovin' all of the caricatures you've been putting up! So amazing!
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An empirically based checklist to assess teaching quality: development and attempt of validation
Empirisch basierte Checkliste zur Messung von Unterrichtsqualität: Entwicklung und Validierungsansatz
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Background: Empirically based methods to assess quality in clinical teaching, providing the basis of various studies in educational research and feedback for teachers, do not yet exist.
Methods: Ten empirically based criteria with evidence in school teaching were identified and transferred into a 33-item-checklist using 5-point-Likert-scales:
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- amount of true learning time,
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- climate facilitating learning,
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- clarity of content,
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- clear structure,
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- meaningful communication,
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- diversity of methods,
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- individual promotion,
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- intelligent practicing,
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- transparent expectations,
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- prepared setting.
An external observer used the checklist analysing 28 clinical teaching sessions (bedside teaching and seminars). Results were compared to evaluation questionnaires from students, presenting the bare (non-operationalised) 10 criteria, each beeing explanied by sufficient examples.
For comparison the Bland-Altman-method was used by calculating the differences between the two percentages of each method. Equivalence was proposed if the difference layed within a predefined range from - =-1 to + =+1.
Results: Six criteria of clinical teaching sessions layed within the range of equivalence (≥89%), criterion four, five, eight, ten in ≤82%. Generally, there was no significant difference between bedside teaching and seminars, but they differed significantly in four criteria (p<0,05).
Conclusions: The Checklist is an empirically based, validated 33-item instrument to measure quality of teaching sessions.
Checklist and evaluation questionnaire agree sufficiently well concerning six criteria. The operationalization of criteria four, seven, eight and ten might be improved. The checklist is applicable to different teaching methods.
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- Brophy JE. Teaching. Genf: International Bureau of Education (IBE), Educational Practices Series; 2000. Zugänglich unter: http://www.ibe.unesco.org.
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- Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical method for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986;1(8476):307-310.
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- Bland JM, Altman DG. Measuring agreement in method comparison studies. Stat Methods Med Res. 1999;8(2):135-160. DOI: 10.1191/096228099673819272.


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A new administration means a new beginning – for voters and investors. Its new policies will change the economic landscape, creating new winners and losers among companies and industries. What should ethical investors look for? To find out, the Monitor's Laurent Belsie spoke recently with two experts: Jack Robinson, president of Winslow Management, which runs two green-investment mutual funds, and David Wood, director of the Institute for Responsible Investment at Boston College. Here is an edited version of their conversation. (The views expressed here are for informational purposes and do not represent an endorsement by The Christian Science Monitor.)
The economy looks dreary. Can investments thrive during the Obama administration?
Mr. Robinson: Unequivocally yes.... The way we view it is that in many instances many stocks have already seen their lows, particularly ones that are well managed and leaders in their industry and, from our point of view as green investors, the leaders in particular green areas, many of which are the focal point of the new administration. So we're seeing a lot of interest, a lot of excitement, and increasing volume in buying activity in a broad range of what we call green companies offering green solutions.
So things are looking up.
Robinson: The daily news continues to be very bad.... But again, markets anticipate better news.... That is what the market is saying – that this, too, will pass, probably later this year.
How much impact can a change in president have?
Mr. Wood: I don't think we're going to know for some time, really, how the Obama administration is going to change what the responsible investment community is concerned with. We've certainly seen a lot more talk about corporate transparency, about a sterner hand over corporate disclosure. These are issues of longstanding concern for responsible investors. We've seen, slowly, an increase in attention toward the successes of community development finance institutions, which seem to have outperformed their larger peers in the banking industry.
Mr. Obama wants to double alternative-energy production in three years. What does that mean to green investors?
Robinson: Certainly, the lowest-cost, lowest-carbon renewable-energy producers are going to be beneficiaries no matter what happens. So, if you look carefully at the solar and wind and geothermal spaces on the production side, they will benefit – and already have benefited, frankly – from things going on in regional areas, in states, in cities.... There was a wonderful stimulus part of [the congressional spending package] that extends the life of tax credits, which may get turned into cash rebates, based on the way it's going. So on the production side, it's very positive. And the other side, what we'd call the low-hanging fruit or the energy-efficiency or conservation side, as well, they're going to be beneficiaries, too.
You mentioned that community-based financial institutions had done better than their larger brethren. How much better?
Wood: They weren't packaging off their mortgages. They tended to use 30-year fixed rate mortgages instead of adjustable-rate mortgages that would explode on people. They're notorious for doing due diligence on the people they lend to, and they've proven there is a model for lending to low-income people that is sound. That's the upside. The downside is that the communities they've lent to are going to be extremely affected by this downturn.
Are there specific companies that will thrive?
Robinson: In the solar space, the leading company is a company called First Solar. They have the leading technology. They are two years ahead, really, of the typical silicon panels that are being installed.... In the wind space, unfortunately there are no direct plays in the US, because most of the wind technologies are offshore. But I think the leader in that space is a company called Vestas, which does do a lot of turbines here in the US and is building a plant. In the geothermal space, and by geothermal I'm talking about small-scale geothermal, shallow geothermal, which is used for residential and commercial, there is a company in Fort Wayne, Ind., called WaterFurnace. It's a very small, wonderful little company that continues to grow and pays a dividend and has no debt.... On the efficiency side, there's a broad range of ways to do that. But I think one of the most interesting ones is in the metering. As you know, you can't manage what you can't measure. And so, meters are increasingly important. And the leading company in that space is Itron.
What industries should ethical investors avoid?
Wood: Coal is certainly going to face significant scrutiny going forward.... I think the price on carbon is going to determine a lot of the shakeout and what happens to the markets under the Obama administration.
Robinson: You want to avoid, in my opinion, most fossil fuels because the price is going to continue to go up. Coal is the worst offender. But oil isn't far behind. And there will be others. I would think that defense companies wouldn't thrive under the new administration. If we're going to reduce our presence in the Mideast, or at least try to, that means we'll reduce some of our spending.... So that would be an area that I'd be very careful not to be involved in.
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Fishing Kings Review
We've seen a handful of fishing games on the App Store, but Gameloft's Fishing Kings is probably the most console-like experience of them all. The game contains some setbacks that keep it from achieving greatness, but we'd still bite at $2.99.
At the start of Fishing Kings, you are an amateur in the fishing scene whose aspiration is to become world-renowned for hooking the biggest and baddest sea-dwellers in the ocean. Through a long string of missions that bring you across five locations and fifteen fishing spots, you'll work towards achieving your dream.
Fishing in paradise.
Different mission types include timed tournaments to catch the largest fish and orders from local stores asking for a certain amount of a species. To make things less confusing, missions are accepted via emails on your virtual PDA and bring you right to where you need to be. In the email there is also information about which of the five types of tackle to use. With 33 different fish species to catch, it's nice not to have to memorize which fish favor which tackle.
As you complete missions, you'll earn money. This can be spent to upgrade your tackle, line, reel, and fishing rod. There isn't much explanation of what these upgrades actually do, but each does come with a new look.
Where Fishing Kings falters is in the gameplay. Casting out is easy, in that you get to pick exactly where your line will hit the water and all you need to do is flick the device forward. Once you hit the water, you're brought to an underwater view where you can tap on fish to see their species and favorite tackle (although some fish will bite any of them, regardless). However, you'll notice some buggy fish, along with poor camera controls that snap back to the original position almost instantly after you try to move it, which can break the sense of realism.
These fish smile all the way in.
Reeling in a fish is a chore. Once you shake the phone to hook a biting fish, power meters pop up. Much like in Flick Fishing, your goal is to keep the power meter from hitting the red area. Besides being way too forgiving, the real problem is the tilt controls. The hooked fish will randomly swing back and forth, causing you to turn the phone at one of three angles. This leads to some uncomfortable playing positions that kill the relaxation associated with fishing.
Still, Fishing Kings has beautiful graphics and enough content to justify a purchase. Plus, the price is right. If you can't get out to a real fishing spot, this is a pretty good alternative.


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In the six decades since its 1942 release, Casablanca has grown into such a legend that it almost transcends mere cinema. Its lines of dialogue can be quoted by people who have not even seen the film: "Here's looking at you, kid," "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and the oft-misquoted "Play it, Sam."
The production design of Casablanca has come to represent the aesthetics of romantic longing. Its smoky casino, fog-shrouded runway, trench coats, potted palms and gruff-voiced pianist repeatedly surface in contemporary films, commercials, television programs and even restaurant decor as respects are paid to this quintessential Hollywood classic.
If Citizen Kane (1941) represents the pinnacle of artistic derring-do and Gone With the Wind (1939) epitomizes the colorful bombast of the American epic, then Casablanca is surely the film that defines cinematic cool.
The plot revolves around "Rick's Cafe Americain", a bar and casino in Northern Africa which serves as a way station for expatriates and political refugees at the dawn of World War II. Rick (Humphrey Bogart) refuses to take sides with any nationality, but when a former lover (Ingrid Bergman) and her new husband (Paul Henried) arrive in Casablanca, desperate for visas, he is drawn into the volatile web of political and romantic espionage.
The ingredients that have made Casablanca such a timeless classic are not easy to pinpoint. Produced by Warner Bros. at the height of the Hollywood studio system, Casablanca embraced what is now known as "invisible style." Rather than dazzling the eye with eye-catching visuals and histrionic acting, it seduces the viewer by creating a seamless, lush universe that gradually envelops the audience. Hardly an effortless accomplishment, "invisible style" required an absolute mastery of the various cinematic elements by its collaborators, including Hungarian director Michael Curtiz (Mildred Pierce, 1945), director of photography Arthur Edeson (The Maltese Falcon, 1941), Art Director Carl Jules Weyl (The Big Sleep, 1946), composer Max Steiner (Gone With the Wind) and soon-to-be-director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, 1972), whose dynamic opening montage invests the film with a sense of political urgency.
It took no less than six writers to transform Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's into Casablanca, taking a conventional exotic romance (patterned after Algiers (1938) and Only Angels Have Wings, 1939) and investing it with a subtle, richly-textured brand of drama all its own.
Although George Raft and Ronald Reagan were rumored to have been considered for the starring role, only Humphrey Bogart could have endowed the character with such emotional depth in so few words. Tight-lipped and tough on the outside, while wounded and sentimental within, Bogart's nuanced performance as Rick Blaine is the capstone to this extraordinary cinematic achievement that shows no sign of succumbing to the frailties of age.
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Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
Costume Design: Orry-Kelly
Film Editing: Owen Marks
Original Music: Max Steiner
Principal Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Richard "Rick" Blaine), Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa Lund Laszlo), Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo), Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault), Conrad Veidt (Maj. Heinrich Strasser), Sydney Greenstreet (Senor Ferrari), Peter Lorre (Ugarte)
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Mary Timman 9/27/2010 5:21:15 AMThis is just way too cute! #1312076
Jojie F. Alcantara 9/27/2010 5:26:52 AMThank you, Mary! #8932104
Gina Cormier 9/27/2010 5:29:37 AMOMG!!! This is just fabulous!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!! #8932116
Jojie F. Alcantara 9/27/2010 5:39:44 AMAhh, another dog lover! Haha! #8932144
Mary K. Robison 10/15/2010 3:27:31 AMCONGRATULATIONS on this sweet and colorful POTD, Jojie! #8967644
Katarina Mansson 10/15/2010 3:48:19 AMLOL this is excellent! Congratulations on your POTD! #8967681
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/15/2010 3:48:28 AMthank you so much, mary! #8967682
Chris Ebben 10/15/2010 3:50:50 AMYou couldn't have set this up any better! Yes, another animal lover. Great shot & congratulations on the POTD=^..^= #8967685
Nikki McDonald 10/15/2010 4:20:06 AMCongratulations on the POTD, Jojie -- great capture that would have brought a smile to my face even if it hadn't been Friday :) #8967734
Jane Hirst 10/15/2010 4:20:58 AMLove it, love it, love it........Congratulations on a Real Winner!!! It got me laughing. #8967738
Usman M. Bajwa 10/15/2010 4:30:42 AMLove the colors and the expression of the dog, too good, Jojie. CONGRATZ on the POTD!
Joy Rector 10/15/2010 4:32:32 AMcongrats on the POTD #8967763
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/15/2010 4:40:09 AMThank you so much! He wasn't originally my subject, there were five puppy chows I was trying to shoot, but he kept trying to get my attention. In the end, his antics caught both of us. #8967783
Tiffany Whisler 10/15/2010 5:15:10 AMSOOOO funny!!!! :) What a great shot - congrats on the POTD!!! It's well deserved!!!! #8967866
Virginia L. Allison 10/15/2010 5:20:16 AMPriceless! #8967873
Christine Lobsinger 10/15/2010 5:21:41 AMCongrats Jojie!!! This little one is adorable! Well deserved POTD!!!
Linda D. Lester 10/15/2010 5:22:30 AMThis is just way to cute....Congratulations on this awesome POTD!! #8967878
Cathy Barrows 10/15/2010 5:28:22 AMCongrats on your POTD...too darn cute...dontcha just hate when this happens...lol #8967889
Richard M. Waas 10/15/2010 6:16:57 AMVery Cute and the colors are awesome. Congrats on a well deserved POTD!! #8967976
Pamela Koch 10/15/2010 6:31:05 AMJojie, Love, love, love this photo. I opened my email and it made me smile. A big Congratulations on a adorable POTD! P.S. Your gallery is beautiful. I can't wait to have more time to spend visiting it. Thanks for sharing it with BetterPhoto.
Jeffrey R. Bange 10/15/2010 6:57:06 AMFantastic capture Jojie, love the colors and expression on the little guys face, well deserved POTD. #8968032
Brenda Colfelt Meyers 10/15/2010 7:38:44 AMThis is so adorable! What a great picture to start my day with. Thanks for sharing it.
Debra R. Harder 10/15/2010 9:08:49 AMI agree...this is a wonderful way to start the day! I absolutely LOVE this, Jojie!!! Huge congratulations on your precious POTD!! Deb #8968201
Sheri Camarda 10/15/2010 9:15:49 AMToo adorable. Great capture for sure. Congratulations on your POTD!!! #8968206
JO ANN CLEVELAND 10/15/2010 10:23:32 AMWayyyyyy too cute!
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Donna La Mattino Pagakis 10/15/2010 1:09:07 PMAwe, what a cutie. Congratulations on your POTD Jojie! #8969809
Cindy Bendush 10/15/2010 1:59:23 PMA smile maker -- too cute Jojie - congrats on your POTD! #8970130
Shirley A. Kinney 10/15/2010 2:17:13 PMAhhh! This is just priceless. That expression is just too cute. #8970227
Kathleen R. Struckle 10/15/2010 2:32:01 PMAdorable!!C0ngrats on POTD!! #8970314
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Rolando Rosito 10/15/2010 3:44:48 PMGreat POTD Jojie, congratulations! #8970684
Daniella Puente 10/15/2010 4:49:02 PMReally cool, congrats :))))))) #8971203
Holly Hitchcock 10/15/2010 6:45:44 PMToo cute for words!!! Congratulations on your POTD. #8971738
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/15/2010 8:40:22 PMThank you all! Appreciate the messages you send my way! It cheers me up as well. #8972170
Lindley Johnson 10/16/2010 11:35:40 AMCongratulations on your very cute POTD, Jojie! #8974242
Dianna Murphy 10/16/2010 1:17:18 PMCongratulations on you very cutr POTD #8974596
Patti Coblentz 10/17/2010 5:49:00 AMHe really worked to get your attention, didn't he??!...so darned cute...love this, Jojie! Congratulations on your POTD! #8976140
Nancyj E. Hovey 10/17/2010 7:11:20 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/17/2010 7:26:30 AMthank you, thank you, thank you! #8976410
Richard D. Love 10/25/2010 5:15:31 AMCongratulations, Jojie. The timing was perfect and the expression is priceless. Well done.
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Carolyn McIntosh 10/27/2010 8:38:28 AMAwww . . .. what a great photo #8999309
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 10/27/2010 5:47:44 PMHUGE congrats on this awesome POTD!
Lisa J. Boulden 8/5/2012 6:01:20 AMLove this!
JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/24/2012 1:59:08 PMCongrats on this adorable finalist Joie! Too funny, perfect timing !!
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Jojie F. Alcantara 9/24/2012 7:14:48 PMThank you very much, appreciate your nice comments. :-) #10338821
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 9/24/2012 7:27:48 PMToo cute! You clicked the shutter at just the right time. #10338871
Katarina Mansson 9/25/2012 3:25:34 AMLove it! Superb capture! Congratulations! #10339572
Christine Lobsinger 9/25/2012 3:41:39 AMLOVE HIM,
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/2/2012 9:59:27 AMThanks so much! #10350719
Gail Vitikacs 10/2/2012 10:21:43 AMClever, creative, and colorful...congrats! #10350814
JudyAnn Rector 10/2/2012 1:03:08 PMAbsolutely precious and SO well done, Jojie... Congratulations! #10351329
Lisa J. Boulden 10/2/2012 1:16:18 PMSuch a delightful winner!
Christine Lobsinger 10/2/2012 7:04:50 PMSo happy for you Jojie!!
Patti Coblentz 10/3/2012 6:06:27 AMSuch a determined little fellow, vying for your attention. A little star in the making :)
So pleased to see this well deserved GOLD Award Jojie!
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Jojie F. Alcantara 10/3/2012 8:41:39 PMThe pug thanks you for all the attention! :-) #10354207
Patrick Rouzes 10/7/2012 9:10:59 AMCONGRATS on this amazing WINNER, Jojie! WTG!
Usman M. Bajwa 10/8/2012 4:00:39 AMBig CONGRATZ on the Gold Winner, Jojie!!
Merna L. Nobile 10/19/2012 10:28:33 AM
I heard the good news and could not be happier for you! CONGRATULATIONS, Merna
He wasn't originally my subject, there were five puppy chows I was trying to shoot, but he kept trying to get my attention. In the end, his antics caught both of us by surprise.
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Kirk Cameron Defends His Anti-Gay Statements Like a Boss
For someone who hasn't had a hit anything since the turn of the century, Kirk Cameron sure has a lot of opinions about things. And while of course he's allowed to think what he thinks -- no matter how ignorant -- he should maybe consider closing his mouth and opening his mind.
Last March, the 'Growing Pains' actor stirred the media pot when he made anti-gay statements during an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, saying homosexuality was "unnatural" and "detrimental and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization." He also said that he didn't support gay marriage because marriage itself was defined in the Garden of Eden as being "one man, one woman for life till death do you part."
It sounds to us like he's more against gay divorce than he is against gay marriage, but we weren't there so we didn't get to ask that follow-up.
Anyway, even after sending a letter of apology to ABC News, Cameron is back at it again.
In a recent speech at Liberty University in Virginia, he played his self-righteous persecution card and told the like-minded audience, "Sometimes, when a Christian is asked a question and has a conviction about not backing down and wussing out ... it can get you into some hot water."
For his next move, he plunked down the sympathy card with cries of being "drug out to the public square" and "stoned, so to speak" and even "crucified" like the big JC himself. But, you know, without the horrific torture and miraculous rise from the dead and stuff.
For someone who claims that it's his life's mission to love all people, he certainly has turned a rather cold shoulder to a large segment of the population. Maybe he wants to love all people, he just doesn't want to LOVE all people.
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Allgaier to Drive No. 51 for Phoenix Racing
Phoenix Racing announced today that Justin Allgaier will be the driver of the No. 51 BRANDT Chevrolet SS during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Allgaier, who finished fifth in the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship points, will be a candidate for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award.
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I intend to make the most of it," said Allgaier. "I am very grateful to Harry Scott and BRANDT for having faith in me to compete against the best drivers in the world."
"Justin has worked extremely hard to get to this level and he is ready to take the next step," said team owner Harry Scott Jr. "Working with competition director and crew chief Steve Addington, I think the No. 51 can turn some heads this year."
BRANDT will be the primary sponsor for the No. 51 for 21 races during the 2014 season. The agriculture retailer and manufacturer of agricultural specialty products has been active in NASCAR since 2011 and sponsored the No. 51 for four races in 2013.
"The entire BRANDT team is excited about moving to the next level," explained Rick Brandt, company president and CEO. "We looked long and hard at this opportunity and ultimately we decided that we needed the broader footprint that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series affords us to drive our business forward. This is about taking our brand to the millions of fans who watch the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series."
Joining BRANDT on the car are The National FFA, TradeMark Nitrogen, Nutrients for Life Foundation, Precision Tank and Grigg Brothers. Together, these partners are supporting the only true ag-focused car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
"We are proud to help field the 'Ag' car," said Brandt. "This is an effort to raise awareness and build a positive reputation for agriculture of all kinds. We believe passionately that agriculture is the essential industry and we're doing our part to get that message out."
"I could not be more proud to represent BRANDT, a leading company that's headquartered about 13 miles from where I grew up, as we make the leap to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series," said Allgaier.
Allgaier, 27, joins Bobby Labonte as teammates at Phoenix Racing. Labonte will drive the No. 52 for several races in 2014, including the season-opening Daytona 500. Labonte has won 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in his 22-year career and won the series championship in 2000.


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Man Places Ridiculous Craigslist Ad Asking Woman To Have A Baby For Him
Craigslist.org is quite a handy site. In addition to finding a job or an apartment, readers can also find a man seeking a woman to have his child with no strings attached. That's right: an ad placed to the Washington, D.C. Craigslist seeks a woman who can give a man a child. After the man gets his baby, he doesn't care if the woman stays and "sits around (his) house all day long doing nothing" or "leaves if (she) wants."
The Craigslist ad is entitled "Have a baby for me," and it's spectacularly weird. Here it is below in its entirety:
Have a baby for me
I want to have a child. I will take care of and support any woman who can give me a child. After I get you pregnant you can sit around my house all day long doing nothing, living in my house rent free. I will support your interest weather that be sitting around watching TV all day or going back to college for a degree. I can even support financially or any other way i am able to. After the child is born you can even leave if you want or you can stay, i just want to have a child to raise. Get in to contact with me if you want to talk about this. This will be very negotiable.
Very negotiable, indeed! While this ad could certainly have been placed by some well-intentioned guy who is just hearing his biological clock ticking, the presumptions and condescension included in the ad copy are not going to get him a willing baby mama anytime soon. It's probably why he's struggled to get laid in the first place. We'd love to read the responses he's received since placing the ad. The Internet is usually very understanding of this sort of request.


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Php price update script jobs
I'm needed double sided 8.5x11 double sided price insert for commercial playgrounds. I'd like it to fit with our current price sheet (attached) - essentially your going to copy what we have done, but for our new items. SIDE 1 - 3 wooden commercial images and title - SIDE 2 metal commercial units I have pricing for 9 BUT not all need to be pictured perhaps
...works ok but the aesthetic design is terrible. The site is designed to offer customers a free script for their telephone system (On Hold Message) We have the logo this is good but the site layout and colours are not good. here is the list of items we want to update: - General home screen design - 3 Home page screens with messages and appropriate images
Good day! It is required to develop and implement a price calculator for an eCommerce store of the window blinds on Shopify. In order for each product to have a variety of design options available, depending on the parameters (for example length, width, color, etc.), the user must select a certain type of fabric to calculate the final cost of the
add ages for children, and button for children, fixed price too in tour section add ages for children and add price for ages fixed price should be seen in the last booking with selected ( for example 2 adults 1 child)
I have a point of sale website and I want to duplicate the price field and call it "PV". the field will be exactly the same as the price field (Same calculations, and everything else)
- ghostwriter - NO COPY - PASTE !!! - the book I wish to have must have quotes from the famous people; - the moment you r...without affecting your time; - I'm waiting for some suggestions for the eventual title of the book; Inspirational, motivational ebook - amazon format !!! 150 - 200 usd (fixed price, so is the budget) no extra money !!! THANKS !
I need an Android app. I would like it designed and built.
I need a 3D model of something.
I search for a virtual assistent, who can analyse prices and factories ( whosalers) in China for 3D led christmas decorations , must be exactly like on video [login to view URL] it is posible to find for me this?
I am trying to price out the cost to charge for stickers. I have the dimensions laid out in this Excel spreadsheet in columns and rows - 2", 2.25", 2.5", etc... And I have some of the prices filled in. I didn't anticipate this getting so complicated, and I need someone to build me a pricelist using this data. If you think you can see a formula,
I am looking for an expert who has some deep knowledge in machine learning to help me set up an algorithm for stock price prediction. Technology : Python using Sklearn module or similar ( Preferred ) Currently, I am using four different trading strategies : 1. Linear regression strategy with HL_PCT and PCT_CHNG. 2. MACD Trading Strategy. 3. MACD
We need to make a site which can get prices of Indian stock markets and mutual funds (using API) from free sources like bse / nse / google finance etc and one can also make portfolio there .. example: ET Portfolio ([login to view URL]) Please bid only if you have made similar sites in past.
We are looking for someone to design our website using the WebFlow platform. We want the site to give users a test and based on their answers redirect them to a page with a list of political candidates that match their beliefs.
Need to let buyer add in the price instead of admin to set the price in Opencart front end. 1) User add in the price in a text box on a particular product 2) User add to cart 3) User checkout like normal as per price 4) Direct to payment gateway 5) Send notification through email to user and admin once done Item 2 to 4 is basically Opencart basic function
Develop a php script would be used like a API from Magento 1.9. I need create products (simple, configurable...), update price and stock, get orders, add invoice, add tracking. I already have a simple version, I need a new with all features would be based on this script.
1. Cluster stocks based on the price momentum by generating association rules 2. Use the clusters or association rules to determine the price momentum pattern 3. Develop a predictive model using SVM
I need a external php script for magento 2.2.1 store where the store catalog can be updated with a csv trough a cronjob. The catalog update has to update products name, descriptions, price, custom attributes, image. Add products if doesnt exist in the catalog and set to disable if the status column in the csv is set to 0. I already have something working
Develop a php script would be used like a API from Magento 1.9. I need create products (simple, configurable...), update price and stock, get orders, add invoice, add tracking. I already have a simple version, I need a new with all features would be based on this script.
Develop a php script would be used like a API from Magento 1.9. I need create products (simple, configurable...), update price and stock, get orders, add invoice, add tracking. I already have a simple version, I need a new with all features would be based on this script
...to be implemented for a price comparison webpage: == Upload the prices of >7000 products in 15 shops during the last 12 months (we will provide the information via .xls) to SQL RDS. == Develop a mechanism that saves all products and prices on our plataforma every day automatically (custom posts). The best and worst price need to be identified and
Smm Panel 1) Panel must have a great pages it must have admin page as well as well user page registeration page login page price list page then this all must have a great design and on the home page we need the best design that attracts the coustmers to buy our services and use great bootstrap and our design must be unique which must not be copied
Smm Panel 1) Panel must have a great pages it must have admin page as well as well user page registeration page login page price list page then this all must have a great design and on the home page we need the best design that attracts the coustmers to buy our services and use great bootstrap and our design must be unique which must not be copied
Script is working now on server. But installed Google widget seems to be old one. It translate not so correctly, like in original Google (translator site) or in Chrome menu right click mouse). It is nessesary to modify PHP code, to update it to newer version. So far in .tpl file I found a code chapter: </div> {if $hooks->apply_filters('get_setting'
HI, I am looking for a skilled developer to create a price scraper! The scaper will operate by posting a list of barcodes to the site Music Magpie: [login to view URL] After each post the result will be parsed and saved in t Json file The Scraper myst be able to run from command line
Unfortunately, I am on a tight budget for this month and that is all that I can afford to pay at the moment! I don't need research extensive articles, I would just like some quality somewhat informative articles about the topic. Send me a message if you'd like to work on this project!
...CSV file that has almost 1 million ASIN. I need you to the results to know if they are in stock by putting "1" next to it and "0" if its not in stock. I would also need the price. The results output file should come back as a CSV file. I want this to be hosted on a website where I can just go to download it. The results needs to be scrapped once every
...ABLE TO START WORK IMMEDIATELY Budget: $35 Type: WooCommerce Wordpress PHP - Checkout Page Modification Number of PHP Modifications: 5 1) Curl a specific script on our server on page load 2) Use the woocommerce_before_calculate_totals action to amend the checkout price 3) Update placeholder text values on our Checkout page with dynamic data retrieved
I would like 2 price list brochures for our company. We need 1 brochure for our private label price list and 1 brochure for our wholesale price list. We would like a cover page as well as additional pages for the price list. The price list are in excel so you will need to add these prices to the brochure in an organized fashion. Please view our
I have codes i just need help in writing out .
Price comparison website like [login to view URL] 100% same responsive design for mobile and desktop, same features, powerful admin panel with all options, clean code and url's, seo friendly.
...You must be able to start work immediatey Budget: $30 Type: WooCommerce PHP - Checkout Page Modification Number of PHP Modifications: 5 1) Curl a specific script on our server on page load 2) Use the woocommerce_before_calculate_totals action to amend the checkout price 3) Update placeholder text values on our Checkout page with dynamic data retrieved
I need my plugin name your price to function and be wc vendor compatible. I will need this to display as a type of product and link it to my vendors accounts. This would have to display nicely on the front end. More info: Woocommerce name your price allows customers to enter the amount that they will pay for a product or service. At the current moment
Needing price book put together
I need a new website. I need you to design and build a website for my small business.
We are building a pricing tool for our WP-website which will be extended later on. The tool shoul...different pages for the pricing section also include an calendar-booking add-on. The calculations should build on a square meter x price/sqm which needs to be on file in order for us to update it. Please give your price based on the sketches attached.
Hindi voice over for my project. You should be crystal clear at speaking. We prefer Female vocal.
We are a football website who look to serve the UK football betting industry by writing and digitally marketing SEO content for them. We need someone with sales experience who can close 3 to 5 clients in the UK only. These clients must be ready to order the service; we don't have time to pitch them.
We need you to write and permanently publish an article for us on main-steam media. Such as: Huffinton post, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, etc. This is a very serious offer! So, any non-native speaker may not to apply. ( *Especially people from African, India and Pakistan. We have received many applications from these regions. Please do not say you can do that, which will definitely wasting both of ...
...shop we need to show the base price of our configurable and simple products on the catalog page. The base price on the details page of the product is already existing and working and needs to extended to catalog page. Expected behaviour: Show the base price of a configurable/simple product underneath the actual price. E.g. Configurable product has
hi i need a drop shipping website for online business in lowest price in PHP platrom
...have about 2500 products on Amazon, Ebay, and Etsy. I would like to be able to open up excel and have daily updated information for all of my items regarding price, quantity, and shipping price. I have uploaded files to show the format and example of what I'm looking for. You need to be able to pull all of the items without me having to provide a list
I Need MLM Software Binary with Simple features as follow : 1. Registration using generated PIN 2. Referral website 3. Bonus : Sponsor Bonus, Generation Bonus, Matching Bonus 4. Member Area : Add Referral, View Bonus Report, View Tree, View Member Data Report 5. Admin Area : Setting Level and Bonus, Generate Pin, View Reports
I'm looking for NATIVE ENGLISH WRITERS AT LOW PRICE FOR BULK WORK! $2.5-$3.5 per 500 words. If you are successful, this will be a task of at least 30-40 articles of 500 words each every month. Good writers please apply.
Hi, Wanting to add a finance calculator to each product AND also have the option to list a per week price.
Automatic delivery price calculating Magento 2.2
I am looking for someone with experience in building price comparison sites in retail. scripts and much more. if successful there will be more projects in the future for you to complete with the possibility of ongoing work. please contact me to discuss the project and talk about what needs to be done.
Hi, I want Quiz app - With admin panel. must be this features: - user login (with facebook. google plus) -user profile (follow, profile image, Leadership, socaile link.) -quiz can support images, videos and mp3 -rating system() -random or ordinary system/ -google ads(banner, Interstitial) -PUSH NITIFICATION every features can be manager admin panel. like this but a lot of features. apk- [login ...
Hi, I am looking for a developer to code a simple web app and develop APIs to access NSE listed company's share price with given conditions. Detailed project document will be given upon request during interview. It's a short and simple project.
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Quote from: KurtS on July 22, 2007, 05:45:03 AMQuoteI own block V0109DZ which came out of 19L518297.Umm, do you realize this car is still out there?Well I've owned the block close to 10 years, where's the car?
QuoteI own block V0109DZ which came out of 19L518297.Umm, do you realize this car is still out there?
I own block V0109DZ which came out of 19L518297.
it would certainly have a value. not sure how much, but if it is THE original motor, it should go back in it. all the date codes would obviously be correct.
The engine and trans partial VINs were stamped before the alternator was installed, so it was not a matter of having to go back and remove the alternator but more of a consideration of being able to read it once the alternator was mounted. Norwood used the pad up to around December 68 and Van Nuys varied between the pad and oil filter area thoughout the model year. http://www.camaros.org/drivetrain.shtml#PadStamps


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Zombies and Mutants
Both zombies fire on the Nomad Last Man Standing, but neither do damage.
Honda-Ziplok Clan
The Last Man Standing opens up with his flamethrower, and thanks to a colossal damage roll the Nomad Hero goes down along with the HMG Zombie. The Flail zombie is now the Last Zombie Standing.
Overwatch. The Flail Skeleton has two hit points vs. my single hit point, but I have stronger weapons. I wonder how it will end?...
Awaiting orders, Birdman. Let's finish this.


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June 25, 2005
School Board members looked at options within the Local Option Wednesday before deciding on levying $1 per assessed valuation to help restore programs in the 2005-06 Hood River County School District budget.
Board member Mike Oates cast the sole dissenting vote against Board Resolution 04-05/24, to adopt the $47.9 million budget and make appropriations and impose taxes.
The board chose to levy $1 out of a possible $1.50 per thousand, under the Local Option passed by voters in November 2001. Oates had lobbied for a levy of 50 cents per thousand, which he called a "compromise" amount.
"I can't personally support doing the opposite of what we said we would do," Oates said, referring to district pledge not to use Local Option money for facilities or land purchases.
Hood River resident Dave Dockham, the only person to comment on the budget, told the board that levying $1 per thousand would go against the spirit of what the district told the community in requesting the Local Option.
"You said you would not use the Local Option for buildings," Dockham said.
Board member Jan Veldhuisen Virk replied, "We said we'd restore the cuts. We did restore the cuts. Before that we had totally eliminated that (land acquisition) fund."
Technically, the Local Option revenue, projected at $800,000, will be used for staffing and instructional programs, including adding back teaching and classified positions cut from the district budget a year ago.
However, the district recently came into State School Funding money totalling about $1.1 million, which the state allotted the district based on the 2003-04 school year. At its June 8 meeting, the school board decided to allot $1 million of that belated money to the district land acquisition fund, which had stood at $500,000 until two years ago when it was tapped out in order to sustain programs.
Including the state money in the 2005-06 budget enables the district to restore the land acquisition fund, and to make the payment of $400,000 for four portables, which the board approved in May.
But Oates argued that the district could cut the Local Option to 50 cents and afford the portables, revive the land acquisition fund, and restore jobs. One way to do that would be to pay for the portables out of the 2001 bond construction funds, which was the district's initial plan before the infusion of the 2003-04 funds.
Board member Ramona Ropek stated that the budget as adopted "is an opportunity to invest for the students. People who live in the area want a quality school district."
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text: There are upskirt views and there are shots like these, what would be correct term for a view like this? An upshorts view? Is there such a term? I have seen views like this before, usually in the summer, sitting in a park, a girl wearing shorts a few feet away decides to move her legs and crotch of her shorts falls wide open revealing a beautiful panty peek. I have seen some beautiful panty covered pussy mounds that way. Here Lola is not giving us a full on shot of her panty crotch, but the pretty panties peeking out from the side of the leg of her shorts look absolutely adorable. They look like pink and white cotton panties. I am sure they are soaked with her teen pussy juices and smell and taste delicious.


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Methodist is the defending champion of the Intercollegiate golf tournament aboard Camp Lejeune, but Oglethorpe showed Friday why it is the reigning NCAA Division III national champion.
Methodist is the defending champion of the Intercollegiate golf tournament aboard Camp Lejeune, but Oglethorpe showed Friday why it is the reigning NCAA Division III national champion.
Oglethorpe carded a 285 on the par-72 gold course � the harder course at Paradise Point on base � in the first round of the 42nd annual Intercollegiate tournament.
Methodist, last year�s tournament champion, is nine shots back at 294, followed by Guilford and SCAD-Savannah each at 295.
The Camp Lejeune team is officially the leader at 275, but played in the par-70, 5,865-yard scarlet course, which is 992 yards shorter than the gold course. Webber International and St. Thomas each sit at 279 after playing scarlet.
Simply put, Oglethorpe put itself in a good position Friday in the 32-team tournament. The team will play in the scarlet course today.
�The 285 is the all-time lowest round for Oglethorpe on the gold course in our 16 years here,� Oglethorpe coach Jim Owen said. �We set it on probably the coldest day we�ve ever had here. So that�s something. When we teed off, it was probably hovering around 32 degrees.�
Marty Martinez led the Camp Lejeune team at 67. Two-time defending individual champion Omar Tejeira of St. Thomas was at 69 after playing scarlet.
Oglethorpe previously won the Intercollegiate in 2002, �04, �07. The Stormy Petrels also won national titles in 2009 and 2012. Oglethorpe hopes to add more hardware this weekend while in the Intercollegiate.
�I brought back four guys from last year�s trip here. So these guys have very good expectations about how difficult the courses here are,� Owen said. �With the experience we brought back, I feel like everybody had pretty good expectations that this was going to be a tough day.�
Indeed, the day started rough for the Stormy Petrels,� Owen said.
�We got off to a shaky start, believe it or not,� he said. �We had a double bogey on the second hole and two more bogeys on one and two, which was not a good start. But by the time we got to No. 9, we completely turned it around and had three guys under par. All of a sudden, we were rolling after that.�
Hayden Jones, Anthony Amodeo and Brandon Baer each carded a 1-under par 71 for the Stormy Petrels while reigning NCAA Division III individual national champion Anthony Maccaglia was at 72.
�We kept going and going and turned it around and got back to playing good golf,� Owen said. �Our goal today was to hit as many greens as possible and to try to get 13 apiece. If you hit 13 greens, it�s hard to have too many bad things happen.
�We made probably a few more putts than we should have today. That�s what happens when you get 13.�
So what�s Oglethorpe�s approach today at scarlet?
�We start out on the back side on No. 10, which is easier of the two nines. We can�t lose our patience and start panicking,� Owen said. �We try to average 15 greens over there (at scarlet). That�s 75 greens between five guys. If you can do that over there, then you can make a lot of birdies.�
Meanwhile, Methodist coach Steve Conley hopes his team rebounds from what he said was an �average� day by the Monarchs.
�We went really early and it was cold. It took us a while to get going,� Conley said. �We just didn�t quite execute. Typically we try to be patient. If we are behind, we have to be more aggressive to make up a little bit.�
Tejeira was also not too thrilled with his effort on scarlet.
�I was scrambling a lot today and I was a little off,� he said. �It was one of those days where not everything was in sync. The greens are OK, but you can see that the cold affected them a little bit.�
Tejeira, though, is looking forward to the harder gold course because he said it benefits his game more.
�I�m a long hitter,� he said. �I like to take a lot of risks and on that course I feel more comfortable to do that. I think it�s going to be a good day and a good round.�


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Friday afternoon at 3 the Lady Bisons will be in Muncie, Ind., to face Ball State. Sunday afternoon at 1 they will face IUPUI in Indianapolis.
The Lady Bisons, who have lost their last three games, enter the Ball State game with a 2-4 record. Ball State is 1-5 with all five losses on the road. They beat SIU-Edwardsville 3-2 Sunday in their home opener.
This will be the first time the Lady Bisons have met Ball State in women's soccer.
"We want to win every game we are playing, but our real goal is the Atlantic Sun Conference," said Lady Bisons coach Jon Ireland. "We have two games to try to correct a lot of stuff and make sure we are all on the same page.
"We know what we need to do so we can go into conference games with some confidence. Our main goal this weekend is to cut down on some of the mistakes we have made in first few games and that we start seeing some improvement in some areas."
The Lady Bisons will open the conference portion of the season Sept. 24 at Campbell.
"Once we get into the conference anything can happen," said Ireland. "I think there is a lot more parity in the conference this year than ever before. The key is that we continue to get better and that we are prepared when we get into the conference."
Ireland could start as many as eight freshmen in this weekend's games. He refuses to let the youth of the team be an excuse for poor play.
"It doesn't matter how old you are or what classification you are," said Ireland. "When you are out there you have a job to do and you have to do it. Players have to understand that and take responsibility."
Ireland admits there is a "huge" learning curve for the freshmen who have to make a number of adjustments in their lives in the transition to college. He knows that sometimes younger players might be reluctant to correct the play or attitude of a teammate, especially if the teammate is an upperclassman.
"The more that these freshmen play, the more confident they are going to get," said Ireland. "That is the real key.
"They are going to make mistakes. And we let them know that is O.K. as long as we correct those mistakes. We don't want to talk about the same problems week after week."
Despite the youth and inexperience of the team Ireland likes the way the team is playing at this stage of the season despite the lack of goals being scored.
"We are going through some ups and downs, but without a doubt we are playing so much better as a team than we ever have," said Ireland. "In terms of possession and the way we want to play they are doing everything. That is the encouraging thing."
Ireland expects a strong challenge from Ball State, the Mid-America Conference champion in 2006 and 2007.
"Ball State has beaten some really good teams," said Ireland. "They play very well at home. It is a step up in competition.
"IUPUI is also a very, very good team. What you want to do before starting the conference is to play two very, very good teams."
The games in Indiana are a homecoming for freshmen Martika Powe, a midfielder, and Courtney Williams, a defender. Both played at North Central High School in Indianapolis.
The game can be heard at www.ballstatesports.com. Live stats will also be available.


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DailyDirt: Colorful Burgers Because Why Not?
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- Burger King Japan is going to sell bright red burgers in two varieties: Aka ("red") Samurai Chicken burgers and Aka Samurai Beef burgers. The red buns and red cheese will come from added tomato powder, and the ketchup will just be ketchup -- or red hot sauce made from miso and hot pepper. [url]
- Burger King also has an all black burger in Japan. It comes with black buns, black cheese and a black sauce -- not just black buns like the Darth Vader ("Dark Vador") burger offered by French fast food chain Quick a few years ago. The Kuro ("black") Pearl burger and Kuro Diamond burgers were first introduced in 2012 and have been offered in limited quantities ever since. [url]
- McDonald's Japan also sold a black burger it called the 'Squid Ink Burger' for a limited time around Halloween. It wasn't actually that black, though, and the cheese was just normal. McD's sold 'black and white' burgers in China in 2012, but unsurprisingly these burgers aren't permanent menu items. [url]


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Hollywood came to Westchester this week, as the cast and crew of Amazon's "Sneaky Pete" returned to Westchester for filming.
Camera crews were busy at Mount Vernon City Hall all week, as Giovanni Ribisi and the stars of "Sneaky Pete" filmed scenes from an episode of their second season after the show was renewed earlier this year.
This isn't the first foray into Westchester for "Sneaky Pete." Last month, the stars were spotted filming along Cortlandt and Rockland Avenue in Mamaroneck and in White Plains.
On Twitter, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas praised the show and thanked Amazon and the cast for "making Mount Vernon a destination for the entertainment business."
Starring Ribisi and Bryan Cranston, "Sneaky Pete" depicts "a con man on the run from a vicious gangster who takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate," according to Amazon's description.
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SYCAMORE – A DeKalb teenager has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery of a child under the age of 7.
Jason A. Kidd, 18, of the 1400 block of Lewis Street, is being held on $100,000 bond after the Department of Children and Family Services contacted DeKalb Police about a suspicious injury to Kidd's child. By Tuesday afternoon, he had not posted the $10,000 required to for release while the case was pending.
DeKalb police lieutenant Jason Leverton said Kidd and the mother brought their child to the hospital for medical attention after an incident early Friday morning in which Kidd "moved the child in such a way to cause injury."
Leverton said Kidd did not strike the child and is not believed to have acted with intent to injure the child, but acted out of frustration and moved the child in an unreasonable manner.
If convicted of the more serious charge, Kidd could be sentenced to between six and 30 years in prison; probation is not an option. He is next due in court Feb. 20.