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15 Why Don't We Facts That May Surprise You
January 11, 2018
In honor of all things Why Don't We (just 'cause), let us present you with a mix of random, surprising, silly, and yes, some #basic facts about the guys who need to be on your radar right now — if they aren't already. We've compiled 15 facts that are everything you need to know to stan WDW. Because you will. It's already happening to our editors...
1. The guys say they would, in fact, date a fan. (Psst: Their fans are also known as Limelights.)Photo: Getty Images
2. The boys are also open to getting band tattoos -- they're thinking "1/5."Photo: Getty Images for iHeartRadio
3. Jack was able to take his little sister to Disney World after joining the band — a dream of hers that she had been saving up for for two years.
Isla growing up has always told my mom and dad she wants to go to Disney World. She started saving money about 2 years ago so she could eventually barely have enough to go. Now, ever since this beautiful WDW family started, it has given me the opportunity to make my little sisters dreams come true. Now today we are celebrating, and seeing the smile on this girls face is the most incredible feeling In the world. Thank you for letting me live my dreams, and helping me make other people's dreams come true as well. My family and I are so blessed. Much love. Happy Holidays. 🖤
4. The band is embarking on their 2018 "Invitation Tour" in February, going all across the country in fairly intimate-sized venues. Better see them now before they're performing in stadiums! Photo: Getty Images
5. Before he was in WDW, Daniel made the Top 10 on "American Idol."Photo: Rachel Kaplan for iHeartRadio
6. But even before that, he started out as a street performer, he revealed to iHeartRadio. Photo: Katherine Tyler for iHeartRadio
7. Corbyn is dating YouTuber Christina Marie (aka BeautyChickee).Photo: YouTube
8. One of Jonah's biggest inspirations is Ed Sheeran.Photo: Katherine Tyler for iHeartRadio/Getty Images for iHeartRadio
9. And one of Jack's biggest inspirations is Frank Ocean. Photo: Rachel Kaplan for iHeartRadio
10. As of Dec. 21, Daniel's Uber rating is a 4.78. Damn. Photo: Getty Images
11. The band officially formed on Sept. 27, 2016. Photo: Katherine Tyler for iHeartRadio
12. The guys couldn't believe it when they were performing at Madison Square Garden as part of our iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour. Photo: Getty Images for iHeartRadio
13. Jonah is a "Wizards of Waverly Place" fan. Photo: Disney Channel via Getty Images
14. Zach's go-to pick-up line is, "Are you a fart? 'Cause you just blew me away."Photo: Jordan Corey for iHeartRadio
15. If they could walk up to any celeb and serenade them, they'd all pick Selena Gomez. Photo: Getty Images


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Thursday, June 07, 2012
Oracle's Behavior Undercuts Its Own Cloud Accomplishments
Oracle held a much anticipated "Oracle Executive Strategy" update event for its Oracle Cloud services yesterday. With Larry Ellison leading the presentation, there was much thunder and lightening--but not much rain. This is unfortunate, because Oracle has put together an impressive set of cloud services. Ellison's inability to resist slamming the competition led him to overstate what Oracle has actually delivered, and to minimize the success of Oracle's competitors.
This post serves as a summary of the key points I gleaned from the webcast and from an analyst question and answer session afterwards with Thomas Kurian, Oracle's EVP of Product Development, who is always a pleasure to listen to.
Is There Anything New?On Twitter and in back channel Skype conversations with other analysts, many of us were questioning: what exactly is being announced today? Nearly everything presented had been previously been presented at Oracle Open World in 2011.
Reading carefully through the pre-event summary document and scanning through my notes, I can only come up with two things that are new:
Other than that, it's difficult to find anything that Oracle had not announced or presented earlier. So the event was largely a re-presentation of Oracle's cloud services, some demonstration, and a healthy dose of competitor-bashing.
- Oracle is announcing new Oracle Fusion cloud applications and services in addition to those announced during Open World (which were CRM, HCM, Social Network, Java Service, and Cloud Service). Larry Ellison indicated that Oracle now has 100 cloud applications and services.
- Oracle demonstrated some of the social marketing functionality from its Vitrue acquisition, which Oracle announced in March.
Essentially, the 90 minute event fell into a pattern of presentation that is becoming all too familiar in the past several Oracle Open World conferences. There are too many issues to list individually, but I'll point out what I see as some of the things I found most troubling in Oracle's presentation.
Oracle Exaggerates Its Cloud Apps AvailabilityOracle claims 100 Oracle Fusion cloud services but provides no list of the applications. Seeing that Oracle announced five during Open World, it's difficult to understand how it is now claiming 100, unless it is talking about very small pieces of functionality. During the post-event analyst briefing, I believe Tom Kurian did promise to deliver a list--so we'll have to wait for that. Update: Oracle has provided the list.
Furthermore, not all of the capabilities that Oracle showed or referred to during the event are in general release. Tom Kurian did review what products were generally available, but I was not able to capture that information. Again, we'll have to wait for some public clarity from Oracle on what customers can buy today and what is still waiting for general availability.
Oracle's Developer Cloud Still in Controlled AvailabilitySpecifically, Oracle Java Service and Database Service are not yet available via customer self-service, as shown in the screen shot below. With a public cloud infrastructure service, you should be able to walk up to the website, submit a credit card and gain instant access to a development environment, run it for a few hours or days, then shut it down. Amazon Web Services has offered this for years.
A quick test on the Oracle website shows that if you try to sign up for cloud services, you are led to a screen as shown below, where you can leave your contact information. The message on that page reads,
When you submit this form, your information will be placed into a queue for access to controlled availability services. We will be provisioning Java and Database services in batches over the next several months. Our Fusion Application services will be made available shortly after that. You will be notified by email when your instance is ready.I questioned Tom Kurian on this point and he indicated that this is a temporary measure during the ramp-up period. He said that Oracle is currently signing up about 150 development customers a week for its Java and database services and that by the end of August, the sign up process should be available entirely on a self-service basis. But today-there is still friction at the point of sale.
Ellison is Rewriting HistoryAt the beginning of his presentation, Ellison claimed that Oracle began to rebuild all of Oracle's applications for the cloud, calling it Project Fusion. But some of us have a long memory, and we've written blog posts on Oracle's Fusion program over the years.
At the beginning, Oracle did not pitch Fusion as a cloud program but as an integration strategy for its disparate applications. Fusion would be the successor to Oracle's E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards, and Siebel systems. As Oracle made many acquisitions, it needed a strategy, using middleware, to integrate these applications with one another and a successor set of applications based on the best features of each of its acquisitions.
See my many posts at the end of this post, and try to find one where Oracle ever used the word "cloud" in talking about Fusion. Oracle has not been working on cloud applications for seven years. It has only been in the past year or two, as Salesforce.com and Workday began eating Oracle's lunch that Oracle responded with its own cloud pronouncements.
I have heard off-the-record that the early leaders in the Fusion group made sure to architect the product to allow cloud deployment. But Ellison's early presentations indicated that Fusion would be a traditional sold-as-a-license product, deployed on-premises, not a cloud service. To now claim that Fusion was a 7-year cloud development effort is simply not true.
Ellison's Characterization of Competitors is Out-of-BoundsFor example, Ellison claims that SAP has done nothing in the cloud except for its acquisition of SuccessFactors, and that it will have nothing otherwise in the cloud until 2020. He conveniently overlooks SAP's five or seven year effort to develop Business ByDesign, a full-suite multi-tenant cloud ERP system, which SAP has has sold to over 1,000 customers.
Whether SAP has met its objectives for ByD is not the point: Oracle has by its own numbers claimed only 200 sales of Oracle Fusion. So, even by Oracle's own numbers, SAP has sold more cloud customers with its own developed products. (Ellison also conveniently ignores SAP's own cloud-based line-of-business applications.) SAP may have its own problems in transitioning its business to the cloud, but Ellison's mockery of SAP is simply unfair and inaccurate.
Ellison's slamming of the competition continued with a mis-characterization of Workday's in-memory technology and a straw-man argument that other SaaS providers tell customers "not to worry about security." Can Ellison point to any cloud competitor that has told its customers "not to worry about security?"
Oracle Exaggerates Adoption of Fusion AppsOracle claims just 200 sales of Oracle Fusion Apps, and it refuses to break down that number into how many are CRM, HCM, and so on. Although Oracle will not release that information, I have reason to believe that most of those sales are for HCM and that there have been few new sales of Fusion CRM.
Tellingly, there were no customers on stage with Ellison or Hurd. Except for a couple of slides with logos of companies that Oracle claimed as wins over its competitors, there were no customer mentions, no customer testimonies.
Oracle Customers Choose Cloud Because of Fusion ComplexityBack-channel discussions indicate that nearly all Oracle Fusion application sales are for cloud deployment, not on-premises. It appears that this is the case not because Fusion can only run in the cloud (like Salesforce.com or Workday) but because Fusion technical requirements are so complex that virtually no organization wants to deploy Fusion Apps on-premises. It is easier to simply turn over the infrastructure and application management activities to Oracle.
On a Positive NoteThe dissatisfaction felt by many of the event attendees is unfortunate. Oracle does have an impressive array of cloud services, although some are still in the process of roll-out.
Oracle has fallen into a pattern in its public events of overstating its successes, misrepresenting its competitors, and touting statements-of-direction as accomplishments. This is unfortunate because it causes observers to discount what is in fact some very impressive technology. I hope that, in the future, Oracle will take a more understated approach that will do justice to its people, products, and services.
- Specifically, I like the fact that Oracle is offering a full and complete IaaS platform, similar to Amazon's (although Oracle's is limited to Oracle technologies).
- I also like that everything in Oracle's cloud is based on public standards, such as SQL, Java, and HTML5.
- I like that customers can freely move applications (Oracle's apps, or custom apps) from Oracle's cloud to on-premise deployment, or to other public clouds such as Amazon's--without modification. I questioned Kurian on this point, and he confirmed that there is no intent to lock in customers to Oracle's cloud. This is, in fact, a differentiator against Salesforce.com as a development platform, which because it is based on proprietary languages, does not offer portability.
- Finally, the user interface or Oracle Fusion Application is cutting edge. From what I saw in the Ellison's demonstration, along with other Fusion apps I've seen demonstrated, Oracle has set a high bar for ease-of-use, embedded BI, and integration.
Related PostsOracle's roadmap for Fusion Apps (2009)
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Is Oracle's Fusion really half complete?
SAP slams Oracle's strategy as, Project Confusion
Labels: cloud, Fusion, Oracle, SaaS, Salesforce.com, SAP, SFDC, Workdayby Frank Scavo, 6/07/2012 12:34:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
Reader Comments:You're wrong about the history rewrite. The main goal of Fusion applications was to combine (not integrate) their acquisitions. But the original design was for a multi-tenant application suite that would run as well in the cloud (or "on demand") as it did on premise. I had a number of conversations with Oracle strategists as a customer on the Fusion strategy council, and I am 100% certain that their original intention was to enable Fusion applications to run in the cloud.
Larry was simply emphasizing a feature that he may not have emphasized in the past. He was not rewriting history.
Doesn't matter what you say you know, what matters is what LJE has put out in the public domain over time. Quite frankly, this ducking and diving between facts/fiction has got to stop. It does LJE no favors, confuses customers and does a dis-service to the many smart people the company employs.
LJE has a way of conveniently hijcking the topic to suit his latest needs.
In the recent past he defined cloud as "computers and network". Now that he has acquired a few SasS company's he found relgion in "Cloud Computing". See for yourself : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEFXaWHppE
Back at the Churchill Club on 9.21.2009 after I asked Larry Ellison about Cloud Computing and got a consultants slippy answer. Ed Zander told me LJE would be working on Cloud but would never let on to customers before he had product to sell. As the head of Oracle Development only LJE can claim to know Fusions ultimate roadmap. http://youtu.be/KmXJSeMaoTY
I am one with the commenters that say that Fusion was not an integration play. it existed before the acquisitions and it was done at the same time that SAP presented the idea of NetWeaver, PeopleSoft presented their framework (the name escapes me, but it had the coolest vision at the time)
As a matter of fact, all these frameworks were intended to pave the way to "cloudify" the existing apps (this was early days of SOA and Web Services, we did not know back then as much).
When the acquisitions were announced, the early word was that the fusion framework wold allow for easier integration between the platforms (which later turned out not to be true - mostly due to Fusion delays and architecture complexity).
Fusion was always intended to be used for cloud. Alas, I don't believe that Oracle (or even LJE) figured out what cloud meant until maybe 4-5 years ago going by their moves and development of products and such.
Clive is also making a huge point - Oracle never leads the market with released products, but they are always early on with projects and working on how to use the latest technologies: they did it with cloud, did it with social, and even with collaboration. The distinctions is between R&D and GA -- and they will never likely be first to GA: their core market is the late adopters and laggards - where most of their money is made. They don't need to be pioneers -- they need to be good followers, but also to understand the inflection points in the market -- which is why they do all these small projects to understand the market better.
of course, i could be wrong -- but that is what my notes (and memory) on the subject say...
Good read, just wanted to contribute to the timing argument on clouds.


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TechCrunch has word that iOS 5 will include an all-new, completely revamped notification system with widget support to boot.
The other big news for iOS5 — and yes, I've completely buried the lede here, thanks for reading! — two things: completely revamped notifications and widgets.
We've previously heard that Apple was planning on giving iOS notifications a major face-lift, and Apple did hire the man responsible for webOS' elegant notification system, so this really could be the next generation improvement a lot of us have been hoping for.
Throwing cold water on those holding out for new iPhone hardware, however, they once again suggested Apple has no plans of bringing a new iPhone to the party at WWDC.
Apple is pushing for journalists to come to WWDC because the software announcements will be huge (and they likely know that journalists hearing there will be no iPhone 5 announcement may choose to stay home instead this year). And the changes will be vital for all developers in the Apple ecosystem(s) to know about.
In addition, rumors that Nuance technology would be fully baked into iOS 5 doesn't sound likely according to their sources, but they're still hearing iCloud will be in full effect at the announcement.
There are plenty of great iOS notification concepts floating around, but we'll have to wait for WWDC to get a real grasp on the new system and what kind of widget support will be included.
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A professor at SMU puts three Windows 8 tablet PCs through their paces in the classroom.
I love using tablet computers in the classroom, but I have a confession to make: The iPad doesn't cut it for me. Nor, for that matter, do Android tablets. They don't run the software I use, and text input with a capacitive stylus with these devices is generally not as precise as it needs to be. Instead, I prefer tablet PCs--small portable laptops with built-in digitizers that allow users to write text directly on the computer screen with a stylus.
As a professor of mechanical engineering at Southern Methodist University (TX), tablet PCs allow me to work through complicated equations and schematics with my class using the stylus like a pencil, while still including pictures and typed text in other portions of the lecture. It also makes distance education a snap because our distance-education classrooms are set up to record whatever is projected to in-class students (in my case, the display of my tablet computer).
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Because of my background, I was excited by the release of Windows 8 because it brings together both touchscreen and stylus capabilities that are ideal for many classroom activities. Many of the Windows 8 devices on the market are convertible laptops, meaning they can be converted to a tablet by twisting, folding, or removing the keyboard. In some cases, the keyboard is wirelessly connected. For faculty, the hardest part is choosing among the vast array of offerings, especially since technical reviews rarely provide much insight into a device's classroom value. To address this shortcoming, I decided to obtain some hands-on experience by reviewing a variety of new Windows 8 devices in a classroom environment.
Over the past several months, I tested several Windows 8 tablet and convertible laptop computers (see chart on page xx). However, I focused intensively on just three: the Samsung ATIV Tab 7 (formerly the ATIV Smart PC Pro), and Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix and ThinkPad Tablet 2. These were the only models with built-in digitizers and styli, which are well suited to my in-class teaching methods (review units of Microsoft's Surface Pro and RT tablets were unavailable). In putting these three models through their paces, I hope to help educators identify the most important elements to consider when buying a tablet PC--even if it's a different make and model.
How the Reviews Were Conducted
I evaluated the different units in my everyday work setting. This included e-mail, web browsing, document writing, and lecturing--either in the classroom or in a simulated classroom environment. For most out-of-class tasks, I used stock software such as Internet Explorer and WordPad. For classroom use, though, I used PDF Annotator (Grahl Software Design) for annotating lecture slides, and Snagit or Camtasia Studio (TechSmith) for screencasting (i.e., recording the computer screen and microphone audio during lecture) and some minor video editing. I tested the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 during the spring 2013 semester and was able to use it to deliver several of my regular lectures. I tested the Samsung ATIV Tab 7 and Lenovo Helix during the summer of 2013 in a mock classroom setting, using my desktop computer screen as a stand-in for the classroom projector.
Hardware Choices
The biggest distinction among the models is the hardware configuration. Generally, there are two options: a lean configuration and a more powerful setup. The typical lean configuration consists of an Intel Atom 1.8 GHz processor with 2 GB of RAM and a 1366 x 768 screen resolution. This is the configuration used by the ThinkPad Tablet 2, for example. Conversely, Samsung's Tab 7 and Lenovo's Helix both sport the more powerful Intel Core i5 1.8 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM, and a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution. (The Helix has the option of a Core i7 processor, but this is unusual for tablet computers.) Typically, the lean configuration also sports a smaller hard drive (64 GB versus 128 GB or larger).
Both hardware configurations perform well in common tasks such as document editing, e-mail, web browsing, and playing movies. It does take the Tablet 2 a little longer to start up, resume from sleep, and open programs (specifically desktop applications), but these amount to only a few seconds' difference.
I noticed a bigger difference for tasks requiring more processing power or RAM, such as screencasting. When I used the Tablet 2 with Camtasia Studio, for example, the recording went well for about 10 minutes before the computer started to show a lot of lag in responding to the stylus. After slowing the frame-capture rate and reducing the resolution of the captured video, I was able to record about 50 minutes of lecture before the lag would reappear, suggesting the limitation was related to the available 2 GB of RAM on the computer.
In comparison, I did not observe any lag when screencasting lectures using Snagit with the Tab 7 and Helix (both with 4 GB of RAM). Similarly, when converting a 15-minute recording to MP4 format using Camtasia Studio, the Tablet 2 took about 20 minutes, whereas the Core i5 processor took only about two minutes.
Of course, the extra computing power provided by the Core i5 processor comes at a cost--shorter battery life. I was able to do six to eight hours of daily tasks on a single charge with the Tablet 2, but was able to work for only about 4.5 hours on the Tab 7. To help extend battery life with a Core i5 processor, the Lenovo Helix includes a second battery in the keyboard dock, and both batteries provided about seven to eight hours total for my typical daily usage. Obviously, though, the life of a single charge depends heavily on how you use the computer.
In the Classroom
From my perspective, a tablet PC must do two tasks well to be effective in the classroom: interface quickly with the projector to prevent class delays; and provide simple, clear stylus input to render text well on screen. To interface with the projector, the Tablet 2 and Helix both require a special VGA adapter from Lenovo. With the adapter, connecting to a projector is quick and simple, with the tablet display automatically reconfiguring to the correct resolution. Computer-resume times of only a few seconds also help speed the process. While the Tab 7 does have a micro-HDMI port, I was unable to get the correct display on a VGA monitor using a generic HDMI-to-VGA converter. A converter sold by Samsung may fix this issue, but I was unable to test one.
To test the stylus input, I used the manufacturer stylus that shipped with each unit. In all three cases, the stylus is somewhat smaller and shorter than I am used to, probably because they are designed to be stored with the tablet in a special silo. The diminutive size of the styli does make writing more difficult. This is most noticeable on the Tablet 2, whose smaller screen (10.1 inches compared with 11.6 for the Tab 7 and Helix) makes it hard to fit text on the screen and provides minimal hand support while writing.
Worse than the stylus size, however, is that none of them features an eraser button. If I need to erase anything, I have to manually select the eraser function in PDF Annotator. This tends to break up the flow of the lecture. Having a built-in small stylus is nice since it ensures you always have one, but a larger stylus with an eraser button would be more practical for lecture purposes. Fortunately, all three units use Wacom digitizers, so any tablet PC Wacom stylus with an eraser button will work: You could simply purchase a third-party stylus to carry in your computer bag for class.
I did notice a few interesting quirks while using the stylus on these computers. Because all three also have touchscreens, a touch can sometimes register as an annotation. Typically, the computer rejects input from your palm or fingers by disabling the touchscreen when the stylus is near the screen surface. But if your hand touches the screen before the stylus gets close enough, occasional stray marks may appear.
While all three computers showed minimal lag in following the motion of the stylus across the screen, there was sometimes an offset between the stylus location and its registered position on the screen. This offset even persisted after recalibrating the digitizer. The offset was largest for the Tablet 2 and smallest for the Tab 7.
During screencasting, the Tablet 2 and Tab 7 microphones both picked up the tapping of the stylus on the screen. The active noise suppression on the Helix was able to remove this, but a hiss from the cooling fan was still noticeable. For good audio during screencasting, I recommend using an external microphone with these units.
Classroom use--and screencasting in particular--puts additional strain on the computers. General classroom annotation seems to increase battery usage slightly, but screencasting is a major drain. On the Helix, for example, screencasting reduced the life of a battery by 50 percent, so it's important to have a good charge if you plan to screencast your lectures.
Port Locations
When you're researching tablet PCs, go the extra mile to find out exactly how the ports are configured. On tablet PCs that come with a keyboard, some of the ports may be situated on the keyboard, not on the tablet. (Unfortunately, manufacturer websites don't always carry this information.) The Tab 7, for example, has two USB ports on the keyboard dock and only one on the tablet. So if you bring the tablet to class without the keyboard and need to use a USB dongle for classroom feedback via clickers, you won't be able to also insert a flash drive into the computer.
In buying a tablet PC, you need to make some tradeoffs. A key decision is the choice between processor power and battery life. If long battery life is important, can you live with the lower performance of a lean hardware configuration, or do you need more RAM and processor power for screencasting or other applications? Regardless, a stylus with an eraser and an external microphone are good accessory choices.
Overall, I think the small size and light weight of Windows 8 tablet PCs--combined with their capability for stylus and touch input--make them capable partners in the classroom. Although I used mostly legacy Windows software for this review, future Windows 8 touch-based applications will undoubtedly provide additional functionality in the classroom.
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Yes, you heard right my trusty Living the Goodwill Life followers… this challenge-blog is living ON!
Well, not exactly as you might think. No, my year of "living" from just Goodwill is over but my challenge continues in my 2012 blog Parents Tested Mommy Approved (PTMA)!
-AND- there are discussions underway to keep a thrifting blog going as well!
So, follow my current adventures over on PTMA and see how I take on Parents magazine's contributors, advertisers, suggestions and ideas with my own family and I will keep you posted about my thrift-adventures as they develop.
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Five Keels
Smoker Craft have been catching fish since John Smoker built his first boat in 1934, in Goshen, Indiana. Naturally, it was a wooden boat, but since 1964 the Smoker family has been building its boats in aluminum, and building them to last. The 182 Pro Mag rides on a one-piece .125 gauge bottom, double riveted to .080 sides. Hat-shaped ribs on 10" centers provide bottom support and rigidity – Smoker Craft calls this AIRS, or Advanced Integrated Rib System. Between the structural members, injected urethane foam eliminates water collection pockets, adds buoyancy and produces a quieter ride. The deck and cockpit sole are treated XL plywood, warranted for life against warp or rot, covered with UV-stabilized marine carpet. The hull is finished in twice-baked urethane paint; black is standard.
Most aluminum boats like the 182 Pro Mag have basic V-bottoms, but Smoker Craft adds curves in just the right places to improve handling and shorten hole shots. The company's Hydra-Lift Rolled V-Hull has integrated reverse chines that add lift aft, keeping the bow down and providing better control during acceleration. On plane, the chines knock down spray and keep the ride dry. Five external keels, one on the centerline and two on each side, also improve stability and handling, and offer extra protection against whacking a snag or underwater obstruction.
Non-Fishing Options
The 182 Pro Mag comes with all the fishing gear most folks need, other than rods, tackle and bait. Most fishermen will want to add canvas, maybe a top and side curtains or just a Bimini, but otherwise the boat's ready to go fishing with just standard equipment. But not many folks fish 100% of the time – they have families who like boating, too. For them, Smoker Craft offers a few fun options, like a stereo with MP3 port; the standard boat is tunes-free. A ski-tow eye is optional, and will be welcomed by kids not into piscatorial pursuits; ditto the available swim platform. (For options prices, contact your Smoker Craft dealer.)
Power and Performance
Maximum power for the 182 Pro Mag is a single 150-hp outboard, and from what we can see that's how most boats are rigged. Capt. Bob Smith tested the boat with a 150-hp Mercury Optimax, and found her top speed to be 49.0 mph (78.9 kph), best cruise 31.3 mph (50.4 kph). Wide-open, the boat burned 13.8 gph (52.23 lph), or 3.55 mpg (1.51 kpl), but throttling back to cruise boosted economy to 4.38 mpg (1.86 kpl). That gives the boat a cruising range of 122 miles (196 k) with a 10% fuel reserve.After the test, Capt. Bob said, "It was quite windy on the inland lake we tested on, but I was impressed with the quietness of the ride in this aluminum rig. She has good turning radius with little slip or blow out and still has a boost of speed when you pour on the coals near top end."
Price and Recommendation
We canvassed several dealers and found the 182 Pro Mag for sale at around $25,000 with a 150-hp two-stroke outboard and a trailer. We think that price makes the Pro Mag a very attractive boat for both serious fishing and just plain having fun on the water. If you're looking for a family fishing rig that is stylish and comfortable, the Smoker Craft 182 Pro Mag should be on your list.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Smoker Craft 182 Pro Mag (2011-) is 49.0 mph (78.9 kph), burning 13.8 gallons per hour (gph) or 52.23 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Smoker Craft 182 Pro Mag (2011-) is 31.3 mph (50.4 kph), and the boat gets 4.38 miles per gallon (mpg) or 1.86 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 122 miles (196.34 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 150-hp Mercury Optimax.
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Company Files Notice to Explore for Gold
SAVOY, S.D. (AP) - A mining company has filed notice with the state of its intent to explore for gold and other minerals around its site near Savoy and Spearfish Canyon.
The Black Hills Pioneer reports that the South Dakota Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is expected to rule on the request from Deadwood Standard Project within 30 days.
The Valentine Mining Company, which is doing business as Deadwood Standard Project, has sought to create a 424-acre gold mine near the rim of Spearfish Canyon.
DENR engineer manager Mike Cepak says there have been many exploration sites around the Black Hills, but few turn up to have anything in them.
But he says further exploration of the site could be done to check the continuity of ore bodies and find new ones.
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Info2015 needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
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Sennell is an IT service company which provides consulting, intergration and managed services to Small to Medium Business. We pride ourselves in solving, creating and implementing simple and hassel free Information Technology systems.
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Several times before ?Heart of the Country? made its premiere Friday night at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival, you could hear a few people saying, ?This is exciting.? (View a photo gallery taken at the premiere.)
They were about to see on screen their involvement with a movie made more than a year ago. ?Heart of the Country? is a locally made movie written and directed by Wilmington native John Ward.
Many attending the movie?s premiere had contributed to it either by raising funds, donating locations or working various positions on the low-budget drama. Bambi MacRae, sitting with her husband, Hugh, said they allowed the filmmakers to use their home at the request of daughter Meg, a producer on ?Heart.?
?(Meg) came to me and said, 'Mom, we really need to use your house,'? MacRae recalled with a chuckle. ?I said no, but I got to thinking about it and said OK. I wouldn?t do it for anybody but you.?
Their daughter, along with Ward, could not attend the premiere. (Meg is completing studies for her masters in psychology), but producer Wayne Thompson was in town. A former talent manager (he?s handled Tanya Tucker and Steven Segal) who segued into television and film production, Thompson praised the crew as ?an all-star team? and thanked the community for its help in getting the film done on a small budget.
?They were tremendous at their craft, doing double, triple duties. This amazing group of people that wanted to make this movie, I think, because of John Ward being local,? Thompson said. ?We were very lucky and had tremendous support from the community. Many of the people here tonight provided us with accommodations (for locations and cast housing).?
By movie?s end you could hear sniffles throughout the room, brought on by a story about Calvin Bartlette (played by Gerald McRaney), a father reunited with his estranged daughter Faith (played by country singer and actress Jana Kramer). ?Heart? is in part a retelling of the biblical story of The Prodigal Son. Here, a daughter returns home from New York City after her Wall Street investor husband is thrown in jail and the company he works for accused of shady financial practices.
?There?s only one thing harder than forgiveness. And that?s asking for it.? That no-nonsense dialogue comes from Calvin, a widower trying to reiterate ideals of commitment to Faith, who has become unsure about her marriage.
Its one of the movie?s faith-based messages, like commitment or the sanctity of marriage, that?s done without being pushy or too obvious. Thompson has been involved with other faith-based, family friendly projects but sees ?Heart? as having longevity due to its warmth and poetential ?chick flick" status.
?The father is the one who says, 'I thought you said for better for worse,'? Thompson said. ?I feel in today?s society it?s too easy to break up. I?ve been married a long time and you have to work at it. I was very happy with the values John (Ward) brought to the script. Nothing was pushed on you, no preaching, but they?re there.?
What is obvious to anyone who's lived in Wilmington a long time will be the visibility of Southeastern N.C. in ?Heart.? Local musicians Justin Lacy and Jones Smith perform in the movie. Scenes shot on Front Street are inter-cut with New York City while interiors of homes and local businesses double for New York homes and bars. Exteriors in Forest Hills, Castle Hayne and Winnabow provide both city and country locales. Thompson stressed that Ward wrote the screenplay with hometown roots in mind.
?We were great at the fairy tale part. It?s the real life part we?re bad at,? Faith says to Calvin about her failing marriage. It's dialogue just as easily at home in a country song, fitting given Kramer?s increasing success as a singer. The former ?One Tree Hill? actress was recently nominated for two CMT music awards and the cable channel will likely air ?Heart? following the movie?s run on DVD.
20th Century Fox picked up the movie for release on home video, something Thompson said all parties are happy with. Kramer is on tour with Blake Shelton this summer and Wal-Mart is supporting the movie?s release. The movie features two songs from her successful self-titled debut and an unreleased track called ?Reeds and Wild Flowers.?
?Wherever she goes on tour with Blake we?ll be doing promotions in Wal-Mart selling the DVD,? Thompson said. ?Then we?re going to air on television. We?re banking on her success as well because more people will see this movie.?
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Endangered species, clean water protections on appropriations chopping block
House committee advances dozens of anti-environmental riders and deep funding cutsWASHINGTON (07/12/2011) -
The House Appropriations Committee advanced legislation today containing dozens of anti-environmental riders and slashing funds for protecting America's public lands, imperiled wildlife and natural resources. An "extinction rider" that would place a moratorium on new endangered species listings and critical habitat designations passed the committee as well, despite an amendment offered by the ranking Democrat on the committee, Norm Dicks (D-WA), that would have reinstated funding for these purposes. Rep. Dicks' amendment failed despite a strong bipartisan vote.
The appropriations bill also includes a provision to allow the continued poisoning of imperiled wildlife with dangerous pesticides, which are also harmful to human health. Other provisions included in the bill limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases and thus combat global warming.
The following is a statement from Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife:
"The drastic measures advanced by the House Appropriations Committee are a direct assault on the environment that sustains us. Even in times of fiscal austerity, it is the federal government's responsibility to make sure the American people have clean air, clean water and healthy fish and wildlife. Instead, this bill includes a provision that will allow agribusinesses to continue dumping toxic chemicals near our waterways where they wreak havoc on fish and wildlife and potentially human health.
"It's also truly disappointing to see that Rep. Simpson is moving forward with his Extinction Rider and trying to dismantle America's commitment to good stewardship of our wildlife and natural resources. It's because of the Endangered Species Act that we still have iconic animals such as bald eagles, American alligators and Florida manatees in our midst, and many additional imperiled species are on their way to recovery. The Extinction Rider will only delay long-overdue protections for hundreds of other plants and animals, and in some cases, will seal the fate of those already threatened with extinction.
"It was at least heartening to see Rep. Dicks take such a strong stand and to win bipartisan support for his amendment, which would continue protection for America's imperiled wildlife. Protecting all native wildlife is part of our promise to future generations to make sure that plants and animals that are part of the web of life don't go extinct on our watch. We call on all members of Congress to oppose these unprecedented attacks on our nation's great conservation legacy and wildlife heritage."
Learn more about protecting people and wildlife from dangerous pesticides
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It's March Madness time!
I don't mean the college basketball tournament, although the annual rite of collective lunacy to which I refer does involve college, and it is a tournament of sorts.
It's the anxiety-ridden, teenage acne breakout-prone, parent stress-attack month when high school seniors across the land await the final news on their college applications. The Sweet Sixteen in this case would apply to the often outrageous number of schools some kids apply to.
I could go on all day milking this metaphor — the Final Four represent the top schools in a student's bracket — but you get the picture. It's a stomach-knotting, high-stakes, profoundly whacky competition that makes a mere basketball tournament appear practically zen-like.
In the scope of the entire crazy college admissions process, which now begins in earnest somewhere around preschool, March of senior year represents the culminating moment of all the agony. The applications have long since been submitted and by month's end most, if not all, of a student's choices will be known. It's the educational equivalent of purgatory.
Here in Newport-Mesa, where expectations of success run high — and by that I mean your neighbors look like they want to send a condolence card if your kid only gets into a state school — students about to graduate endure constant grilling: Which schools did you apply to? Which have you heard from/gotten into? Have you decided? Are you excited?
Parents engage in their own stressfests and incessant discussions over their children's college prospects. Few of us can resist the urge to worry, brag, make excuses, overanalyze or second-guess as we await the big did-they-get-in news.
We fall victim to the emotional vortex of this annual ritual even though we understand logically that it has long ceased to make any sense. Our children have been subjected to all manner of psychological torture, from the ridiculous mental gymnastics of the SAT to the onslaught of mixed messages and conflicting advice. (Hey kids, make sure you take the most academically rigorous courses possible. But avoid stress!)
On Thursday, test-prep firm Princeton Review released its annual "College Hopes and Worries Survey," which found that 69% of student applicants and parents felt a high degree of stress over the college admissions process. So that's how that advice goes over.
(Parents, if you read just one book on the subject let it be the hilarious and enlightening "Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College," by Andrew Ferguson.)
Truth is, we've been told repeatedly — though I'm not sure any of us were listening — that it really isn't any harder to get into college today.
But what is happening is testament to the vast human potential to accept irrationality, and then continue feeding it until it's reached monstrous proportions. In the case of college admissions, the game appears so much harder mainly because students today apply for many more schools than their predecessors.
This practice stems from the modern notion that each student must include a few "reach schools,'' some "safety schools" and a large list somewhere in the middle. That development obscures the fact that there are just as many available seats overall — if not more — for college applicants than in decades past.
More to the point, this practice allows colleges to market the heck out of their acceptance rates, which have shrunk considerably at some institutions as applications have surged. The lower the acceptance rate, the more exclusive the school appears. Even schools that once took anyone who could fog a mirror now boast of a "world-class reputation."
As students blanket colleges with application confetti, admissions representatives are given lease to indulge in some major mind games. During one college visit after another, I was most impressed by the expert passive-aggressive marketing ploys, with messages that amounted to "We're so great you should apply here, but we're so great we might not allow you the privilege of paying $50,000 a year to join us." And cue the panic.
Do low acceptance rates equate to academic quality? We all seem to operate on that theory. But — call me a heretic — isn't it possible that the elite schools we yearn for our children to attend are as overrated as the University of Kentucky's basketball prospects this year?
Take UCLA. I wouldn't dare criticize my beloved alma mater, and my older son got a great education there. But in all honesty, UCLA's reputation is partially built on the fact that it receives more undergraduate applications than any other school in the country — this year the total was a mind-numbing 99,559, setting yet another record.
While that gives UCLA some serious bragging rights, and lends an aura of high standards, it's hardly proof that my degree is worth any more than a school with a higher acceptance rate. And this is only one means of manipulation; many of the factors on which college rankings — and parents' opinions — are based are as subjective and downright silly as People Magazine's choice of the "sexiest man alive."
I'm now on my second go-round as a parent dealing with the insanity, and I'm still flummoxed by the whole process. Thankfully, my high school senior is a flexible sort who will undoubtedly thrive whichever way the dice land.
At least that's what I keep telling myself.
PATRICE APODACA is a Newport-Mesa public school parent and former Los Angeles Times staff writer. She is also a regular contributor to Orange Coast magazine. She lives in Newport Beach.


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So, this month we showcased our production know-how in our monthly newsletter and Brad Holland put together a lovely reel of some of our content work we've done over the past year or so. From raw viral content to music videos to in-store advertising for Target's Channel Red as well as national spots for such brands as USG and Allstate…we do it all!
"It's exciting to see our clients bring jobs in that we are able to shoot right here on our green screen stage and finish the job soup to nuts. We couldn't be more proud of our team!" – Samantha Hart


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Making Made Easy: Best Sources for Metal Table Bases & Legs
Pair an existing table top with a new metal base and you get instant and affordable furniture. Five years ago I remember searching for simple, basic table legs on the internet, but came up largely empty handed. Now metal bases are widely available, which means it's easy to make your own tables without needing to weld. Three cheers for that!
1. Lou and Sarah paired a reclaimed top with industrial modern legs in their super stylish dining room, spotted on Design*Sponge. Modern Legs sells a similar, but smaller, tapered set, and also offers custom legs for a reasonable amount of money. Etsy-ite DIY Furniture Store also sells a version. Lastly, more shapes and sizes can be had through Territory Design.
2. Tanya, of Dans Le Townhouse, made this desk from metal rods with the help of her welder husband. Things are infinitely easier for you with the Habitat's small metal trestle. For you Americans, try Balasagun on Etsy instead.
3. Emma Persson Lagerberg uses a small and versatile Eames LTR table in her living room. If you like this look, but need a larger version, try making your own with the help of the cat's cradle metal bases from Popcelona.
4. Emily Henderson found this card catalog table at a flea market, but anything is possible with a set of metal hairpin legs. Easy to attach, they work with any number of table tops or cabinets. Tons of sizes are available at places like Hairpinlegs.com (how long do you think it took to come up with that name?) and Logan at onefortythree.
5. Sarah Dorsey made this herringbone table with an angled steel base, with materials purchased at her local Home Depot. Since this version requires a little more assembly, head over to Sarah's blog for the full DIY.
6. Lest you forget about our favorite Swedish furniture giant, I'm here to remind you that IKEA has a range of metal table legs that are sleek and completely affordable. You see them pop up often, like on this table seen on Creature Comforts.
7. And then there is good old-fashioned pipe, available at hardware stores everywhere. The nice thing about pipe is that it's customizable, and you can create whatever size and shape you need. For example: this metal console table from Handmaid Tales.
8. Last but not least, don't forget the humble caster, which, combined with a storage trunk or chest — or a stump like this one from A Beautiful Mess — easily becomes a versatile coffee table. You can buy casters at places like McMaster-Carr, Home Depot, and the aptly named Caster Specialists.
(Images: as linked above)
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Prince Fielder hit the deck no fewer than three times during tonight's Tigers loss in Arlington to the Rangers, but did so no more bizarrely than here in which the portly first baseman ran his way out of a rundown, waving his arms like a man fleeing a burning building along the way.
But was he safe? Watching in slow motion, it appears his girth betrays him, as one of his rolls bounces up to meet Michael Young's glove. Of course, the umpire missed this, and we have yet another entry in our Human Element series.
This is a Deadspin Video, in which strange sports moments are slowed down to ridiculous speeds and matched with indie music. This video features "How Do You Slow This Thing DOwn" by The Gothic Archies. See previous episodes here.


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Got TrustedCVS working, and wrote some new userv-based delegated namespace management utilities for it. Really need to package this lot up and remove all excuses for pserver.
Tigers have many children (Chinese proverb meaning all calamities occur coinstantaneously): I have no fewer than four speaking engagements this week. Oops. At least people are willing to listen.


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Portland commuter documents his bike commute to a Tour De France commentary. Super well done for a home video - great job. Also a nice showcase of the Portland area, check out the number of bike commuters in the early shots.
Who hasn't ridden with Paul and Phil in their head, announcing your every move. Come on - admit it!


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MegaJustice needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 83 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
RNPathways is a travel nurse company that provides our clients with access to nurses that are employed by us to serve their patients. We need a logo is professional and unique; nothing like all the other generic hospital style brands out there.
RN Pathways
Desired Style:
Modern, Personal, Professional
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
What is the product/service?
People. RNPathways provides people who care for people. RNPathways is a travel nurse company that provides our clients with access to nurses that are employed by us to serve their patients
What does the Brand need to convey?
A pathway to people. Quality care by people who are professional, competent, committed and high-end. RN Pathway is a source for high-quality, qualified, reliable, professional and committed nurses. Our nurses are not just employees, they are stock-holders.
Who Are We Talking To?
Primary: Nurses we are employing. Aged 25-50, mostly female, all ethnical backgrounds, 50k-60k income, national in location. They want to work in a professional environment and seen as first-class, reliable travel nurses who care for the people they care for. Rather than just working for a company, they want to be a part of the company, hold stock in the company and take a general interest in the company and quality of services they provide.
Secondary: The hospitals employing our nurses. The hospitals are tired of hiring second-rate, undependable travel nurses. They want quality, dependability, professionalism and an overall committed workforce.
Are There Any Creative Guidelines?
The brand needs to work in both print and web; b/w and color; small scale and large scale. It needs to be energetic and professional. Simple but rich in style. Please provide the logo in inverse (b/w) color.
Orange is a suggested preference in color.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Robert Boyle Science FestivalActivity by John Sodeau | added on Sep 15, 2011 | Ireland
Sponsor(s): RIA, UCC
A three-day event to be held at Lismore Castel to celebrate the 350th Anniversary orf the publication of Robert Boyle's, "The Sceptical Chemyst". Lectures and Discussions about the evolution of the atmosphere, climate change and the Life of Boyle will be held in addition to Astronomy Classes and Chemical Demonstrations.
2011 represents the 350th anniversary of the publication of Robert Boyle's famous scientific paper entitled, "The Sceptical Chymist". This document set the scene for the establishment of the academic topic we now call the Chemical Sciences. 2011 is also the year that has been designated the International Year of Chemistry (or more simply, IYC) and so it is appropriate that Robert Boyle's enormous contribution to the subject will be celebrated in a Science Festival hosted at his birthplace in Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford.
The Festival will take place during Science Week between Friday 18th November and Sunday 20th November, 2011. Events will be mounted by Eoin Gill (WIT) and Dr Declan Kennedy (UCC) suitable for both children and adults including lectures, demonstrations and "hands-on" experiences. An Astronomy event will take place on Friday evening with the opportunity to view the night sky through telescopes. Talks by Professor Duncan Thorburn Burns, MRIA (QUB) and Dr Allan Chapman (of Channel 4 TV fame) will emphasise material on Boyle himself and also his scientific partnership with the equally famous Robert Hooke. Due to the universal importance of Boyle's law of gases, two further lectures will be devoted to Earth's atmosphere. The first is to be presented by the Chief Scientific Officer to DEFRA in the UK, Professor Bob Watson FRS, and will provide a political perspective relevant to human activities on air pollution, climate change and agriculture. The second, by Professor Richard Wayne from Oxford University, will attempt to put the evolution of our atmosphere in proper perspective with our neighbouring planets in the Solar System and answer the question: Why Life on Earth?
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APHAM necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
NatureGuard: Protect and Heal.
Our company manufactures Resveratrol.
Resveratrol is a natural superior antioxidant compound found in abundance in red grapes, grape seed extract, red wine, peanuts and berries.
The many benefits of resveratrol include strong antioxidant properties, which means it may be capable of ridding the body of dangerous and harmful free radicals that might eventually lead to the development of cancer. Resveratrol may be of particular benefit to those who are recovering from illness, or have a compromised immune system.
Adding resveratrol to your diet may have many advantages such as weight loss by boosting the metabolism, increasing energy and stamina, lowering blood sugar, extending your lifespan, and lowering your risk for cardiovascular disease and heart disease.
Resveratrol dietary supplements have been becoming increasingly favored since they were announced on 60 Minutes in January 2009. This should appeal to all adults 40+ and a large percentage of women audience.
The Brand Label needs to look like a REAL Pharmaceutical label.
Clean and professional. A prescription drug design/label. For example- something like: Lipitor, Cialis or anything on today's market. We need you to design our COMPANY NAME (NatureGuard) and with a LOGO/ICON. The font and text should be legible and good print quality. The overall composition of the label should be well-balanced with space, sizing, and colors. Please stick with 3 'health appealing' colors (i.e. green, purple, orange) - but any 3-colors can be used.
The label will be structured for a bottle AND a box. It MUST include (at least): NatureGuard, 250mg, 60capsules.
An example file of the back-side of the label is attached.
Research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol


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Lobos Face George Mason in 2nd Round of NCAA Tournament on Sunday
The University of New Mexico Men's Lobo soccer team will play in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in a home game on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 5pm. The Lobos will host George Mason at home as a result of their 7 seed, which is the second-highest in school history. (In 2005, the Lobos received a 2 seed.)
Despite losing in the C-USA Tournament last week, the Lobos were rewarded by the selection committee for a fantastic season. The Lobos have now made the NCAA post-season 11 in the last 13 seasons.
George Mason advanced to Albuquerque by defeating William & Mary on Thursday night by a final score of 2-2 that had to be decided by penalty kicks. The PKs ended up 4-2 in GMU's favor and the match was in the books. The George Mason Patriots finished up their season with a record of 12-2-5 and were the champions of the Atlantic 10 conference.
When it comes time for the match on Sunday night, the Lobo soccer club will be positively littered with honors, both on and off the field. On Thursday, the Lobos received yet another Team Academic Award, rewarding our student-athletes for posting a cumulative team-wide 3.43 GPA. The academics are impressive, but there's no doubt that the men on the club will be looking to pick up another win to extend their season.
Tickets are available now for the match on Sunday. They can be bought at both the UNM ticket office as well as the UNM Bookstore. In addition, tickets can be purchased through Albertson's Ticket Outlets.


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As meetings go, the Southern Conservation Tillage Systems Conference will never rival the Beltwide Cotton Conferences or the soybean and corn growers' Commodity Classic in size.
Conservation Tillage Conference participants held their recent annual get-together at Clemson University's Pee Dee Research and Education Center near Florence, S.C. The Beltwide alternates between New Orleans and San Antonio with an occasional visit to Nashville's much-maligned Opryland Hotel. The last Commodity Classic was in Austin, Texas.
The Beltwide has attracted as many as 5,000 attendees and the Commodity Classic more than that; the Conservation Tillage Conference brings in a fraction of those. But what the SCTSC lacks in numbers, it more than makes up for in fervor.
Persons attending the Beltwide or the Commodity Classic may be cotton or corn and soybean farmers and researchers by vocation; those attending the Conservation Tillage Conference are more like true believers at a camp meeting.
John Hassell, executive director of the Conservation Technology Information Center in West Lafayette, Ind., touched on that aspect when he gave the keynote address during the SCTSC's opening session June 28.
Calling for a revival of the conservation ethic by all who work in the area, Hassell said, "We need to remember that conservation is more than just a word — it's a way of life — and it's forever."
The Southern Conservation Tillage Conference began in Griffin, Ga., in 1978. That was before the Milan, Tenn., No-Till Field Day or the invention of Roundup Ready crops.
Throughout its 27-year history, the conference has given scientists, educators, farmers and private industry professionals the opportunity to learn more about the latest technologies and practices associated with conservation tillage systems.
No-till and strip-till planting practices and tools that have become standard across the Mid-South and Southeast were first talked about at the Southern Conservation Tillage Conference in the early 1980s.
No-till work reported at the conference made it possible for farmers with highly erodible lands to continue farming when Congress decreed that those could no longer be planted with conventional tillage practices.
In later years, conference participants were among the first to hear about the then-new Roundup Ready technology in conservation tillage farming and ultra-narrow-row cotton production systems made possible by no-till.
Like other agricultural institutions, the conference is continuing to evolve. This year's conference featured presentations on precision farming applications in no-till farming, including one on potential energy savings with variable depth tillage. The conference also included several papers on the economics of no-till.
The 2005 conference also ventured out of the South with a paper on conservation tillage corn, cotton and tomato systems in California, delivered by University of California researcher Jeff Mitchell, who noted that the Southern Conference had helped inspire a similar conference in his state.
It's refreshing to watch an event whose participants believe in an idea so strongly they can keep a conference going for 27 years without the support of a nationwide or beltwide organization.


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Asif Ali Zardari, (born July 26, 1955, Karachi, Pakistan), politician who served as president of Pakistan (2008–13) and de facto leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) following the assassination of his wife, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on December 27, 2007.
Zardari—the son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a Sindhi landlord, businessman, and politician—was educated at Saint Patrick's School in Karachi and later studied business in London. He gained a reputation as a playboy and gadfly for his easygoing lifestyle; an avid polo player and an intense competitor, Zardari demonstrated little interest in the political scene. His betrothal to Bhutto, who was the daughter of former president (1971–73) and prime minister (1973–77) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and whom he had first met five days prior to the public announcement of their engagement, surprised many observers. On December 18, 1987, the two were married in an arranged and relatively simple ceremony, and they went on to have three children: a son, Bilawal, and two daughters, Bakhtwar and Asifa.
The couple had been married less than a year when Pres. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq was killed, ending more than a decade of military rule. Bhutto's subsequent success at the polls ushered her into office as prime minister. In 1990 her tenure was cut short by corruption-related scandal, however, and both Zardari and his wife were the focus of attacks from opposition politicians as well as disgruntled members of the PPP, Bhutto's own party. Arrested on kidnapping and extortion charges, Zardari was imprisoned in 1990, and, following his release in 1993, corruption allegations against him multiplied (some labeled him "Mr. Ten Percent," alleging he took kickbacks on large government contracts during Bhutto's tenure in office).
Zardari served as a member of the National Assembly from 1990 to 1993—during which time he was periodically released from prison to attend sessions—and from 1993 to 1996. After Bhutto's return to power in 1993, he served as minister of the environment (1993–96) and federal minister for investment (1995–96) in her government. Zardari aggressively sought control of the PPP, but he was the subject of ever-increasing criticism from opponents within and outside the party. In addition, Zardari was deeply involved in a Bhutto family feud led by Bhutto's brother, Murtaza, and mother, Nusrat; the conflict between Zardari and Murtaza over leadership of the Bhutto clan ruptured the PPP and destabilized Bhutto's government. The Murtaza-Zardari rivalry ended abruptly on September 20, 1996, when Murtaza was shot and killed by police.
Zardari was implicated in Murtaza's death, and, following the second dissolution of Bhutto's government in November 1996, he was arrested on charges that included corruption, money laundering, and murder. Although never convicted, Zardari was imprisoned from 1997 to 2004; he was elected to the Senate from his jail cell during this time. The toll exacted on Zardari's health by his imprisonment was considerable. Following his release, Zardari sought medical treatment in the United States for psychological distress. He returned to Pakistan with Bhutto's resumption of political activity in 2007 and was given amnesty for his alleged offenses. Following Bhutto's death in December 2007, Zardari named his son, Bilawal, chairman of the PPP and made himself the party's cochairman.
In the parliamentary elections of February 2008, the PPP captured one-third of the available seats, while the party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif won one-fourth of the seats. In March the two parties formed a coalition government. Although disagreements destabilized the administration in the months following its formation, in August 2008 Zardari and Sharif led the movement to impeach Pres. Pervez Musharraf. To avoid further public embarrassment, Musharraf resigned his office. Sharif and Zardari were not reconciled, however, and their sustained feuding ultimately caused Sharif to withdraw his party from the coalition. Zardari easily won the September 2008 presidential elections.
Friction between the two rivals intensified further in early 2009, when the Supreme Court voted to disqualify Sharif's brother from his position as chief minister of the Punjab and to uphold a ban prohibiting Sharif himself from holding political office (the ban stemmed from his 2000 hijacking conviction). Sharif alleged that the court's rulings were politically motivated and backed by Zardari. Meanwhile, the status of the Supreme Court judges dismissed under Musharraf who had yet to be reinstated—one of the issues that had undermined the Sharif-Zardari coalition—remained another major source of contention. Faced with the prospect of a Sharif-led protest in the capital, in March 2009 the government agreed to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and a number of other Supreme Court judges who had not yet been returned to their posts (Sharif's brother was also returned to his position shortly thereafter). The move was seen as a political victory for Sharif and a significant concession on the part of Zardari, who is thought to have opposed Chaudhry's return because of the possibility that the amnesty Zardari had enjoyed under Musharraf might be overturned. Indeed, in December 2009 the Pakistani Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the 2007 amnesty protecting politicians accused of corruption. Zardari was among the thousands of people affected by the ruling, which essentially reactivated cases against them.


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bjdesigns needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
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Five Bobas? WOW! I hope you kept them around! I had two carded ones and the last one was missing an arm by 1989. I stashed him along with Rebel Commander, Hoth Leia, and one other behind my Grandma's clothes dryer back in '83 and found them while we were moving years later. Boba Fett remains my favorite SW character and Empire my favorite film out of the six.
cool story and no doubt a lot of fans had the same reaction to empire. which was the first star wars film i saw in theatres. and had a lot of the toys and stuff but unlike you did not send away for the boba fett for did not use the proofs till later like return of the jedi.
My dear mother, God bless her, took me to see it three times that summer. I'm sure she was sick of it by the third time, but she never complained.
For me, Fett was "born" earlier when the Star Wars Holiday Special aired. That's the only part I haven't scrubbed from my mind.


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Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef Recipes
Marinated Rib-Eye Steak Recipe
Little Aria is not very picky when it comes to eating meat. As long as it's tender, boneless and juicy, she's always up for joining me and sharing the meal. Today I prepared thinly-sliced marinated rib-eye steaks and simply cook them on the grill. We enjoyed them with brown rice, bean sprout pickles and kimchi but they would also make a wonderful filling for a sandwich.
First I prepared a basic marinade made from chopped onion, garlic powder, green onions, honey, a bit of cooking wine, Worcestershire sauce and freshly grated green papaya. You can use the same marinade for other types of meat; it will be incredibly flavorful and juicy.
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Ghost Halloween Lemongrass and Ginger Beef Noodles
Boo! I have to admit I'm a little ashamed of today's Halloween-inspired meal. I prepared Vietnamese beef noodles (bún thịt bò xào xả gừng in Vietnamese) today and I had in mind that I'd be able to have fun with the rice noodles and create scary mummies. In the end, it looked neither like a mummy nor a ghost. As we were eating dinner, little Lala asked for 2 whole black peppercorns and found a solution to our mummy situation. Et voila! What do you think?
Cold beef noodle salads are very common in Vietnam and they are definitely a staple in my home. Sauteed beef in lemongrass is served with thick rice noodles and an abundance of Vietnamese greens. It might not be the creepiest meal for the Halloween season, but it sure is delicious.
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Bo Xao Xa Ot Recipe (Vietnamese Lemongrass Beef)
Bún thịt bò xào xả ớt (chile lemongrass beef noodles) is one of my favorite Vietnamese "casual" everyday meals. I like the way lemongrass is used to spice things up in this Vietnamese classic. Tender, boneless stir-fried beef is cooked with fresh lemongrass, freshly chopped chile peppers and onions. The meat is served in a bowl filled with cold vermicelli rice noodles, roasted peanuts, fresh vegetables (usually cucumber and pickled carrots), fresh Vietnamese herbs and soy bean sprouts. The entire dish is drizzled with mixed herbed fish sauce as seasoning.
The cooking time is very fast, and call me crazy but I love the sound of the sizzling pan. I stir-fried the beef, but on hotter days, you could also thread the meat into skewers and grill them.
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Manipulating User Data at the Model Layer in Swing
Most of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) developed with the Java Swing toolkit accept user input and validate it. Swing is built on the principle of the separable model architecture, a version of Model-View-Controller design where all of the graphical components have corresponding data model objects. The user's data has to be stored in the model layer before it can be accessed or presented in the view layer. It can be also manipulated, changed, or checked before it is put in the model objects. Please see my other article, "Creating Interactive GUIs with Swing's MVC Architecture," for more information about separable model architecture.
In this article, I will show how to use Java Swing data models for components that accept user input, to automatically manipulate it before it is put in the model. In particular, I will cover the limitation of its input to predefined subsets of characters, memory management for large data sets, and filtering of the input data. All of the principles are based on the object inheritance and can be applied to any component that follows the MVC paradigm.
Note that even though Swing is inheritably not thread safe, some atomic operations have been added to it. An atomic operation or code section will be finished by the current thread and not interrupted by other threads. Assignment to variables smaller than 32 bits is an atomic operation, which excludes variables of types double and long (both are 64 bits). As a result, atomic operations do not need synchronization. Because any enterprise-scale Swing program should be and often is multithreaded, data updates of the GUI are likely to be done by multiple threads. Therefore, Swing developers have added atomic components that have synchronized assignment operation already built in. But, I will assume a single thread data assignment in this article.
Limiting User Input
One of the most common problems with GUIs is limiting or filtering user entered data. For instance, consider a text field that accepts only numeric values, or a password field that accepts character values only. To solve this problem, you need to understand the data flow in the Swing framework. In general, when data comes in to the model layer from any source such as database, file, or I/O stream, it is put in the model via a public API of that object. As soon as model object's content is changed, it fires a notification event and the corresponding View object(s) update their presentation after receiving the event.
Therefore, there is a point where the public API of any model object is called to update the model. To limit character sets or establish an allowable subset, several steps need to be taken. First, you need to pre-empt the data at the place where it is entered (the call to the API). Second, you need to manipulate it before it is put in the model. For example, a JTextField uses a Document model that has a public insertString(int offset, String str, AttributeSet a) method. Please see the JDK API doc for more information on this method.
If you want to manipulate the character set that is coming into the JTextField or filter it, you can subclass the Document object or any of its sub-classes and overwrite the insertString method. For example, create a new "Document" type model and set it to a JTextField:
// PlainDocument extends Document public class NumberDocument extends PlainDocument { ... public void insertString(int offset, String stringToInsert, AttributeSet attributes) throws BadLocationException { //This rejects the entire insertion if it is not an integer //between the min and max values inclusive. try { Integer.parseInt(stringToInsert); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { return; //or beep here } if ( ((getLength()+stringToInsert.length()) >= mMinInteger) && ((getLength()+stringToInsert.length()) <= mMaxInteger)) { super.insertString(offset, stringToInsert, attributes); } } ... JTextField tf = new JTextField(); tf.setDocument(new NumberDocument(1, 10));
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This text field will essentially not let the user to type in anything but numeric characters into it. Additional checks can be done as well, such as the range, value, or sign of the number. The model can even be made to beep on incorrect data entry as is the case of the user pressing a non-numeric key on keyboard. Overwriting the insert API can be certainly extended to other components as well.
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Frédéric Boucheron is born in 1831 into a family of clothiers. He breaks with family tradition at a young age to open his jewelry shop. Having learnt much about delicacy in materials, he begins to make his gold work as supple as the fabrics and lace of his childhood. Success is immediate and soon the whole of Paris is rushing to the door of his Palais Royal boutique. In 1893, he is the first jeweler to open a boutique Place Vendôme, making this place a showcase of savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and French elegance that has no equal in the world. It is Frédéric Boucheron's unique ability to capture the zeitgeist that also leads him to invent new ways of wearing jewelry. His success spreads abroad and the order books start to include the names of members of Royal families and later of Hollywood's biggest stars.Discover all of the Boucheron moments
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Oeiras, Portugal – Top seed David Ferrer needed all three sets to win his week-opening match Wednesday at the $535,000 Portugal Open tennis event.
The world No. 4 Ferrer held off game Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in 1 hour, 49 minutes in a second-round affair at this clay-court French Open tune-up.
Ferrer, who dropped his opening match in Barcelona last week, will meet Romanian veteran Victor Hanescu in a quarterfinal matchup on Friday.
Hanescu posted Wednesday's lone upset by ousting sixth-seeded Frenchman Benoit Paire, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
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Sandy and Denny Thayer really do live the spirit of
houseboating. They started houseboating in 1998. They were originally renters
on Lake Cumberland. Denny grew up on Lake Erie which was a very different type of
houseboating. They discovered Lake
Cumberland and it changed
everything. The Thayer's bought their first house boat in 2005 and in 2008 sold
it to their best friends behind them, Kevin and Terry Stewart. They then
purchased a 2000 Horizon. They love the versatility of houseboating. They
ideally wanted a property overlooking the lake and decided to check out
houseboating. It turned out to be perfect. They dock at Conley Bottom on Lake Cumberland
in the same slip where they bought their original boat. Everyone on the pier
get's along and does something together. The Thayer's live in Cincinnati and travel three and a half hours
to get to the lake every chance they get. They own a tax business so from April
15th to November they are found on the lake. They enjoy how houseboating gives
them a long season, it's not the traditional Memorial day to Labor day type of
activity. It accommodates twice the amount any other hobby.
They started many traditions which include getting together
on new Years, and other Holiday's. The Halloween/Burn
off/Clean-up weekend is a regular event where they dress up, gather garbage and
plastic and take it back to the marina. They also gather drift wood to make
huge bonfires. They start the season off with Derby Weekend which is in early
May. They all eat, and the women wear fancy hats to kick off the official houseboating
season. Last year they started a fourth of July parade at Conley Bottom where
they decorate the boats with flags and lights, there is a lead pontoon which is
has a marching band and loud music playing.
The friendships the Thayer's have developed is their
favorite part of houseboating. They love their friends and the ability to
entertain friends and family. "Lake Cumberland is really the jewel of the nation," says Sandy. "Gorgeous lake, 85
degree weather, there is no calmer lifestyle I can imagine" says Denny. The
Thayers have traveled all over, Hawaii, Virgin
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Everyone has a good demeanor there. They are relaxed, friendly and help each
other out since houseboating requires lots of that. Their kids and grandkids
come houseboating when school is out and love the time they are there with
them.. Their boat's name is "Good" They have this interesting tradition that if
someone changes their name of the boat they have a "God of Sea Ceremony" where
they raise thee new name and toast to the North, East, South, and West of the
sea. They symbolically bury the old name in the water to get rid of the evil
Denny and Sandy
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cook meat for usually three boats and the others bring a side dish. Their trademark
is smoked ribs, brisket, and pork loin.
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We're pretty sure that the magic mirror would tell Olivia Wilde that yes, she's the fairest one of all. Check out this new portrait of Tron Legacy's siren as the Evil Queen from Snow White.
The Olivia Wilde/Snow White image is just one of a group of portraits of famous stars reenacting classic Disney animation movies, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. There's also Jeff Bridge and Penelope Cruz in Beauty and the Beast, and Queen Latifah as Ursula from The Little Mermaid. Check out the other two in our gallery, plus a few of the earlier images from 2007 and 2008.
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Closeup of Tina Fey as Tinkerbell
Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy, with Abigail Breslin as a fairy in training.
Rachel Weisz as Snow White
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