text:
Quickly - Responsive Blogger Template
QUICKLY is a clean multipurpose, elegant template for blogging system – Blogspot. It is highly customizable and it is easy to navigate through the posts and of course it's written in the newest standards of HTML5 and CSS3! It's focus on user-experience, usability, and beautiful typography and it will shows you how cool and flexible Blogspot Portfolio and Photography template can be.
Fully Responsive – The theme looks great not only on desktops but also on devices, which means they are working super sleek on mobile device like ipad or iphone
WordPress Version of this Blogspot template has been released! Check out here
Requirement – Ensure all images are hosted in Blogger/Blogspot server.
Primary Features:
- Masonry Powered Grid
- Sleek design with a responsive layout
- Effective thumbnail and summary generator w/ Youtube Thumbnail
- Supports archive template
- Custom 404 error page
- Background, Color and font customization
- Documentation
Need Support? Jump into the Forums
Support is offered to verified buyer via Ticksy. From now on, all questions must be direct to our dedicated forum. Also, we're in GMT +7 ID and we respond to your question within 24 hours on business days, so please be aware of weekdays. Jump to the Forum
Related template: Demo


text:
Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH) is a hotel and leisure group, which is focused on the luxury market. The company owns and operates luxury hotels, restaurants, tourist trains, and river cruises in over 25 countries. The company earned $457 million in revenue and $69 million in net income in 2009.[1]
OEH's hotels, many operated only seasonally, target luxury travelers, while other luxury operators, such as Marriott International (MAR)'s Ritz-Carlton, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT), and FOUR SEASONS HOTEL (FS) primarily target business travelers. Since high-end luxury hotels can only be added in select locations, company has been pursuing growth by adding rooms to existing hotels and acquiring other luxury hotels. The firm is also selling private residences attached to its luxury properties.
Just as other luxury hotel chains, OEH's is impacted by threats of terrorism, contagious diseases, economic cycles, and swigns in airline travel. Owing to these problems, people either stop traveling to those areas or choose alternative destinations for travel, which has a negative impact on the company.
OEH has three main business divisions:
OEH is siginificantly smaller than its competitors in its geographic presence, but it operates higher end properties which have a higher revenue per available room or RevPAR, a key performance indicator within the hotel industry. The company competes with businesses like:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
13 May 2013
Bay Area history exhibit aided by crowdsourcing
source: ChimpLearnGood (Peter Durand), http://www.flickr.com/photos/alphachimpstudio/5021655853/sizes/l/in/photostream/
via Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
We've recently talked about crowdsourcing as a means of fund-raising, Kickstarter -- Need a genealogy project funded? This might be the way to go!, and digitizing, Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration -- Really Neat Genealogy Applications. It has also been used to identify non-labeled photographs, Library of Congress uses Flickr to crowdsource tagging and organizing its photo archive. Well, how about using it to make a display even better and/or a collection even richer? Read how the California Historical Society is doing just this in it's new experimental exhibit of San Francisco Bay history.
I find this incredibly exciting. In the past, for example, if you had a photograph and no negative and wanted to share a copy with family or an institution, you might go to a local photography store (and then later a copy shop), get a "color" copy of that photo, find a sturdy envelope, write up a note about why you are sending a copy of this photo, put the note and copy in an envelope, go to the post office to mail it, and hope that you receive some acknowledgement.
Now, you scan the image, attach it to an e-mail and voila, you have now "shared" your invaluable photo with a much larger and very appreciative audience!
What other uses might there be for crowdsourcing in the context of genealogy and family history research?
Have you been involved in a project where crowdsourcing was used successfully to make the project happen? make it better?
Editor's Note: While researching this topic a bit, I came across this neat article about continuing efforts to create crowdsourcing tools that can be used by libraries and archives, The Metadata Games Crowdsourcing Toolset for Libraries & Archives: An Interview with Mary Flanagan (The Signal: Digital Preservation blog of the Library of Congress)
copyright © National Ge
Society, 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22204-4370. http://www.ngsgenealogy.org.
Want to learn more about interacting with the blog, please read Hyperlinks, Subscribing and Comments -- How to Interact with Upfront with NGS Blog posts!
NGS does not imply endorsement of any outside advertiser or other vendors appearing in this blog.
Republication of UpFront articles is permitted and encouraged for non-commercial purposes without express permission from
NGS. Please drop us a note telling us where and
when you are using the article. Express written permission is required if you
wish to republish UpFront articles for commercial purposes.
You may send a request for express written permission to [email protected]. All republished articles may not be
edited or reworded and must contain the copyright statement found at the bottom
of each UpFront article.
Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!
Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with◦
NGS posts are always
welcome. Please send any suggested topics to [email protected]
Posted by Diane L Richard at Monday, May 13, 2013
Labels: crowdsourcing, exhibit
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
|2012-12-16, 03:15
|Link #1762
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
Your Hummingbird there is Vesta, a Russian cosplayer who also does the best non-asian Taiga I've seen, though she's probably most famous for the nude photos of her as Horo from Spice and Wolf.
Since we're on the topic of K-On! cosplays, here's the best K-On! snaps I've taken on the Vancouver convention scene:
And a couple more from Seattle's Sakuracon, which is the big regional hub con for the Pacific Northwest:
|2012-12-16, 08:07
|Link #1766
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: DP 原画 --> ヨハネ
|2012-12-16, 08:13
|Link #1767
Onani Master
|2012-12-16, 20:09
|Link #1769
Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
(Though to be fair, similar photos I've seen taken outdoors - surprisingly enough the more popular option for nude Horo cosplay in my experience - often have the same issues.)
Forgot to include one shot in yesterday's K-On set. Love the cosplay, pity about the location/lighting:
Edit: and another, since apparently I suck at keeping track of what's in my own best off collection:
|2012-12-18, 12:21
|Link #1770
a small cat
Went to Toycon 2012 last Sunday, Dec 16. It's a three day event held at SM Megamall, I attended the last day. Got there at about 11 a.m. and went home by 5 p.m.
Well, without further delay here are some of the pics that I got there.
First pic of the day.
Went out into the hallway and saw Charlotte. Mami is gone already..
Going back inside the Megatrade Hall. There's a lot of booths to buy items from because Toycon is an event for anime items.
Some cosplayers inside. The girl wearing the pink dress is a cosplay costume seller.
. . .
A cute maid and Hatsune Miku.
. .
She looks like someone from Chobits.
. .
A very young Saber.
. .
Code Geass, Zero, Kallen, C.C w/ Cheese-kun are present.
. .
Some more cosplayers that I saw in the hallway.
. .
One Piece
Bunny girl
Asked what she's cosplaying, but unfortunately I forgot what she said. Sorry.
Assassin Cross from Ragnarok Online. Said that his name is Lance Grey. Maybe that's his username in the game?
The World God Only Knows.
Louise from ZnT.
Some more cosplayers that I saw in the hallway.
. .
Chuunibyou! Dekomori and Rikka. I'm surprised and pleased to see that some Chuuni cosplayers are actually present.
. .
Anjeline cosplaying Yui. She's with a group of friends this time.
She told me yesterday that her costume would be different on the next convention.
. . . .
Ciel cosplay by Princess Alleahchim
Jenny with her version of Yui cosplay
Kareha cosplay by Netski Sabela
Sharmaine Arrojo with her Sen Tokugawa cosplay. We did more pose this time.
. .
Himeji Mizuki cosplay by Georj Mamaril
Tsurara Oikawa (Yuki Onna) cosplay by Aimee
Shall we take a little break? Here's some of the things you could find in Toycon. The anime convention with lots of goodies that can be taken home. As long as you pay for them of course.
Newtype magazines, Code Geass mousepads, mugs, shirts, and wigs.
There's a lot more things for sale at the convention, I just couldn't take a pic of them all.
. . . .
Magic the Gathering players have some things to look at as well.
Need some cosplay wigs, thigh highs, school uniforms?
By now, it's late afternoon. And I'm feeling a little tired. But never mind feeling tired, there's still cosplayers to take pics of. ",)
Does anyone know what she's cosplaying?
She's not one of the people I know. And by this time I'm already tired to ask people who they're cosplaying as.
One more cute maid.
A cute Miku cosplay. She seems to be one of the cosplayers I saw at Cosmania a few months ago.
Detective Conan
Female version of Luffie
Yuno from Mirai Nikki
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou wa Maid-sama. She's running around in the hallway playing with other cosplayers. So cute and tiny.
. . .
Some more cosplayers
Quite sure I saw these two at Cosmania 2012.
Their outfits and wigs are exactly the same.
Went back inside the Megatrade hall to look for things to buy.
Saw one more cute cosplayer inside.
Went back outside and met Black Gold Saw
Rin Tohsaka
Merry Christmas!
Special A
Some more pics before going home.
Will you accept the free hug?
Succubus from Ragnarok Online
And.. my last pic for the day.
Nice to end that day with a smile.
Goodbye Toycon 2012. Hope to attend again next year.
Some things I got at Toycon..
AKB48 mug with Watanabe Mayu, beside it is the free wristband of Toycon 2012.
Some anime bookmarks.
Well, that's it. Thanks for reading.
The next anime convention that I will attend next is Ozine Fest, it's scheduled on Dec. 28. Will also make a report about it.
Last edited by Liddo-kun; 2012-12-20 at 09:23.
|2012-12-19, 06:21
|Link #1774
a small cat
@Obelisk ze Tormentor
Thanks. Those two cosplayers hang around near the entrance. So it was easy for me to find them.
Thanks for the info. Report edited.
Last edited by Liddo-kun; 2012-12-19 at 06:38.
|2012-12-19, 21:44
|Link #1775
So damn lazy...ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
Graphic Designer
Woahhh you have made some great photos good sir! I am loving it
Here is my contribution to the thread ^^
The cosplayer: http://worldcosplay.net/member/22523/
Last edited by Mr.Raw; 2012-12-19 at 22:01.
|2012-12-19, 22:27
|Link #1776
a small cat
Thanks for the kindly comment. I saw Zero, Kallen, and CC together. Zero told me they just arrived. Actually have a few more pics of CC and Kallen cosplayers from Toycon 2012, but those did not turn out too well.. because of the sunlight at the background in the area where they're standing. Just in case you want, I'll share those extra pics on your profile. I appreciate the offer to make me a sig.
You seem to be really a One Piece fan. The next convention which will be held about a week from now is on the same venue. There's a chance the One Piece cosplayers will be there again.
The cute maid doesn't only look cute. She has a cute voice too.
The game that Misaki is playing with the other cosplayers there is a game of tag. She runs fast.
Didn't take the free hug offer. Too shy to do that.
And who knows, it might just be a joke.
Rikka cosplay that you posted is so nice.
Last edited by Liddo-kun; 2012-12-20 at 21:05.
|2012-12-20, 01:25
|Link #1777
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 42
(Offtopic) BTW, I think one of my friends would like to talk to you.
|2012-12-20, 11:03
|Link #1778
Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 30
I wish i could cosplay Sir Daniel Fortesque, from medievil.
|2012-12-28, 09:24
|Link #1780
Toji Affairs Secretary
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
Ah, Toycon 2012. I went there too, but I was with a group of friends.
And among those "group of friends" were Miss Anjeline herself and the Meido!Chii.
I can't help but notice the sudden drop of BRS cosplayers, though. I remember going to my last con last April and there were still a lot of them BRS running around.
|cosplay, photo
|Thread Tools


text:
Yoenis Cespedes is Officially a Free Agent, and May Not Love the Marlins
As expected, it didn't take long.
After achieving residency in the Dominican Republic earlier this week, and, with whisper last evening that he had reached free agency, it's now official: 26-year-old Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins are expected to be among Cespedes' most serious bidders. I never like to create unnecessary optimism, but the tea leaves look good for the Cubs:
- The Cubs have been in on Cespedes since early November. (*Cough* first reported by me *cough*)
- Cespedes, himself, has previously said the Cubs have been pursuing him the most aggressively.
- Danny Knobler says others in MLB report that Cespedes has said he would prefer not to go to Miami.
- Kevin Goldstein said, after talking to various international folks last week, that he believes the Cubs are the most likely Cespedes destination.
- The Cubs have the money to spend on someone like Cespedes.
Don't get your hopes up, because, as Prince Fielder just demonstrated, anything can happen.


text:
Operatic tenor Jay Hunter Morris has withdrawn from Los Angeles Opera's upcoming production of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman," which is scheduled to begin performances on March 9 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Morris, a Texan noted for his Wagnerian roles, has come down with "a severe case of gastroenteritis," according to the singer's agent. The illness is preventing Morris from participating in rehearsals for "Dutchman."
The tenor was to have played the role of Erik in Wagner's opera that was inspired by the legend of a ghost ship. Taking over the role will be tenor Corey Bix.
"Dutchman," conducted by L.A. Opera music director James Conlon, is to be staged in a production from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera. There will be six scheduled performances, through March 30.
Morris has gained prominence in recent seasons for his performances as Siegfried in the Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Wagner's "Ring" cycle operas. The tenor is still scheduled to perform in "Siegfried" and "Twilight of the Gods" at the Met starting in April.
Placido Domingo leads an uptempo life
Review: In 'Einstein on the Beach,' everything is grandly relative
L.A. Opera announces 'Einstein' and six other operas for 2013-14
PHOTOS: Hollywood stars on stage CHEAT SHEET: Spring arts preview 2014 PHOTOS: Arts and culture in pictures
PHOTOS: Hollywood stars on stage
CHEAT SHEET: Spring arts preview 2014
PHOTOS: Arts and culture in pictures


text:
Marcela's Vintage Wallpaper
One great way to add texture and oomph to a blah room is to add a pattern in the pillows, rugs and artwork. If you own or have a great relationship with the landlord you could even get away with wallpapering just one accent wall. Check out the vintage paper that Marcela found:
We found images of Marcela's great 70's era wallpaper in the LA Flickr pool and loved how she used the wallpaper on one wall to create an accent. With the other elements in the room the wallpaper doesn't take over or make it look granny. Marcela found this great 70's era wallpaper and covered just one wall of her home. Read more about her wallpapering adventure on her blog (it's in Spanish) Deco Marce.
For more on Vintage Wallpaper check out these posts:
70's Vintage Wallpaper Lamp Shades
Vintage Bathroom Wallpaper
Vintage Glamour Collection Wallpaper (new wallpaper, old style)
5QM Vintage Wallpaper
U Turn Vintage Wallpaper on Ebay
(Images: Marcela Conti)


text:
By Steve Shanesy
Page: 26
From the August 2005 issue #149
Buy this issue now
For turners who dream of owning a Oneway lathe, the model 1224 is a good way to make that dream a reality. While it's not the least expensive Oneway, its additional capacity (for only about $200 more than the smaller 1018) makes the choice a no-brainer.
The 1018, with 10″ swing and 18″ between centers, is in the mini-lathe category even though in every respect other than capacity it's in a class by itself. The 1224, with a 12″ swing and 24″ between centers, sufficiently increases capacity to satisfy all but the more serious bowl turners. We do wish the between-centers capacity were 6″ more to handle standard table leg lengths. A 24″ bed extension is available for an extra $275.
From the August 2005 issue #149
Buy this issue now


text:
- Bahrain Grand Prix
Week of protests planned ahead of Bahrain GP
- News:
Bahrain confident of delivering problem-free event
- News:
Jean Todt finally breaks cover over Bahrain
- News:
Bahrain pressure tells on Ecclestone and Todt
- News:
Ecclestone calls for an end to Bahrain speculation
- News:
We fully respect the FIA's decision on Bahrain - Horner
- News:
Bahrain GP will go ahead - FIA
- Race:
- Bahrain Grand Prix
Pro-democracy protestors in Bahrain are hoping to capitalise on the extra media attention surrounding next week's Bahrain Grand Prix with a week of demonstrations ahead of the race.
On Sunday Bahrain's largest Shiite opposition party, Al-Wefaq, told AFP that it is organising protests over the next seven days to "take advantage of this week's race to highlight our political and democratic demands." Although Al-Wefaq is planning peaceful demonstrations and sit-ins away from the circuit, the "Revolution of February 14" youth group has called for "three days of rage" from April 20 to 22 to coincide with the race.
The news follows more reports of violence in Bahrain over the weekend, including the shooting of a 15-year-old youth by anti-riot police at a funeral on Saturday. The Daily Telegraph reported that opposition activists said the youth was hit in the chest when police fired tear gas and live rounds at mourners.
Human rights groups Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have also passed comment on the FIA's decision to run the grand prix next weekend. An HRW statement said the race "gives Bahrain's rulers the opportunity they are seeking to obscure the seriousness of the country's human rights situation."
While an Amnesty statement said little had changed in the country since last year's Bahrain Grand Prix was postponed and eventually called off by the organisers.
"Holding the grand prix in Bahrain in 2012 risks being interpreted by the government of Bahrain as symbolising a return to business as usual," Amnesty said on Friday. "The international community must not turn a blind eye to the ongoing human rights crisis in the country. The government must understand that its half-hearted measures are not sufficient - sustained progress on real human rights reform remains essential.
"Despite the authorities' claims to the contrary, state violence against those who oppose the Al Khalifa family rule continues, and in practice, not much has changed in the country since the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in February and March 2011."
On Friday Bernie Ecclestone told reporters that the teams are happy to race, adding: "There's nothing happening. I know people who live there and it's all very quiet and peaceful."


text:
Students need to have completed one year of college by the time of participation. Applications are accepted in the fall of the year prior to travel. Freshmen are eligible to apply.
Students need to have the following:
- Cumulative grade point average of 2.5
- Approval from Student Services and Financial Services
- Recommendations from three people who can give information about character, reliability and suitability for the program.
- Interview
Please note: Space on this program is limited. Nursing majors enrolled in the course Healthcare and Missions will receive priority.


text:
GREENVILLE, Ill.-- After yesterday's win against the Beavers, the GC Panthers took the field to play Blackburn once again. This time, both teams earned a win in a close battle for the SLIAC points.
Greenville came out swinging early, earning the 6-4 win in 7 innings. GC was impressive on offense, with Ryan Smith crushing two homeruns and both Kenny Trager and Mitchell Cernek hitting a double a piece for Greenville. Smith finished the game with an impressive 5 RBIs. Tyler Mitchell and Scott Voyles shared the mound for GC, with Mitchell pitching 5 innings and Voyles pitching 2. Mitchell faced 22 batters, allowing 6 hits and 4 runs against GC. Voyles faced 8 batters and allowed just 2 hits.
Unfortunately for the Panthers, Blackburn refused to go down without a fight and took the second game 10-2. Hunter Bryan had a double for GC and Ryan Smith had another 2 RBIs. Three athletes pitched for GC; Dylan Bone, Nathan Garbe, and Jason Collingwood. Bone faced 29 batters, allowing 8 hits and 7 runs in the 5.2 innings he pitched. Garbe faced 7 batters and allowed 3 hits that all led to runs for Blackburn. Collingwood pitched for one inning and only allowed one hit.
These games brings GC to a record of 6-8 (3-2 SLIAC). They will take on Fontbonne in their next game on April 2.


text:
The world's best makers and creators - now shipping to the US!
Earn $15 towards the Christmas gift haul when you spend $150! See more >
Ships from Tweed heads, Australia
Free gift
Size: 45cm x 45cm.
The fabrics are printed with eco-friendly, water-based pigment inks on 100% natural fibre textiles. No additional chemicals are used in the printing process.
The cushions feature interchangeable backs, invisible zips and cruelty-free feather inserts.
This versatile and colourful range of cushions is designed to complement a beach house as easily as a city pad, featuring designs with a twist on classic motifs that can be mixed and matched with confidence.
Our Boheme cushions can be made with the same fabric on both sides, or a contrasting pattern back as shown. Just let us know in special instructions on checkout.
Free gift wrap
This item will be dispatched within 1 business day. Shipping options available at checkout include:


text:
[Follow-up, Thursday: Shadowrun Returns fully funded, $400k in 28 hours]
Seattle-area video-game designer Jordan Weisman has long aspired to revive his popular Shadowrun role-playing franchise, stepping back into its world of mythological creatures, machines and magic.
Several years ago he negotiated a license back from Microsoft, which had acquired FASA Interactive, where the game was originally developed. But limitations on that license prevent him from making the new game for consoles that compete with the Xbox 360, and he wasn't able to get the support from publishers to make it happen.
But it's a different world now. Today, Weisman's current company, Harebrained Schemes, put their "Shadowrun Returns" project on Kickstarter, the crowdsourced funding platform, with a goal of raising $400,000 by the end of the month to make the game happen — putting the future of the franchise in the hands of its fans.
As of this afternoon, they're more than halfway there, already.
"I have to admit, I had kind of given up hope, so it's exciting to get back into that world and bring it back to life in the way we wanted," Weisman said via phone this afternoon.
Weisman said he didn't think it would be possible, but he was convinced by his colleague Mitch Gitelman and others to give it a shot. With traditional funding mechanisms for content "under siege," crowdsourcing platforms such as Kickstarter represent a big shift in how content overall gets financed, Weisman said.
He makes his pitch in the Kickstarter video above, produced by Seattle's Bootstrapper Studios.
"We've got to ask you to dig deep, give generously," says Weisman in the video. "After all, for the cost of a handful of lattes, you could help build a virtual world in which your character could be drinking virtual lattes with a femme fatal who's probably a dragon in disguise, while blowing the crap out of everything around you with a smart gun! And isn't that what we all want?"
The game will be made for iPad, Android tablets and PCs. The company also plans to release its level editor to help fans create their own content. More details on the project on its Kickstarter page.


text:
Welcome to Opus TechnologiesWe develop and sell software, print, and braille materials for learning and using braille, especially braille music. Based in San Diego, California, we've been serving the blind and visually-impaired community in the U.S. and other countries since 1992. Our customers include blind musicians and students, braille transcribers, parents, teachers and educators, and schools and libraries.
View our Music Braille Product Guide for a quick overview and recommendations on books and software for music braille, and popular braille sheet music.
View our latest product announcements. To learn more about our products, visit our products page.
Contact our webmaster at firstname.lastname@example.com
with questions or comments about this site.
Copyright © 2001-2007 Opus Technologies
Last modified: May 17 2007


text:
XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation Review
XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation Introduction:
AMD's latest silicon used on the R9 290X has delivered that uptick in performance needed for the AMD faithful. That launch was not as smooth as it could have been due to AMD trying to make the card a one-size-fits-all product. Quiet for some and balls out and noisy for the rest. The problem was that the thermal load generated by the large core could not be adequately cooled with a reference cooler running "Quiet" fan speeds. Running constantly at 95 °C led to massive throttling in games that dropped the core clock speed, and ergo FPS performance, to levels well below the advertised results. Switching to "Uber" mode helped stabilize clock speeds, but resulted in higher fan speeds. In reality, running up to 50-55% fan speed is not that objectionable, but is noticeable. Running in vacuum cleaner mode (100% fan speed) however, is a noise nightmare that most, even with headphones on, can't stand.
Fixing the noise and thermal problems are first and foremost the way to building in stable clock speeds. XFX has done just that with the introduction of its R9 290X, equipped with Double Dissipation cooling that is designed to improve both characteristics for the end user. To eliminate the noise and thermal concerns, this card from XFX is equipped with its Double Dissipation cooling system that has standout features such as Ghost Thermal, Duratec, and Hydro Cell technologies that enhance the longevity of the card through cooler-running, high-end components.
AMD cards have been a hot commodity for the cryptocurrency miners, driving prices skyward for the rest of us looking for a deal. Currently priced at $649, the XFX R9 290X is a high-end card sitting at the top of the product stack. As such, it commands a premium due to its extensive feature set and build quality. At least I see more supply that stabilizes pricing. Let's dig into how XFX improved on AMD's design.
XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation Closer Look:
XFX does not waste a lot of money on large packaging, having one of the smallest footprint packages on the market for its product stack. Packaging costs money and increases shipping costs, so why not go with a smaller footprint when you can let the messaging and product speak for the company? The graphics on the front side of the package let you know that XFX is the company supplying the card, along with the model type, R9 290X. Further down you get some of the basic specifications, including Double Dissipation cooling, unlocked voltage, and Power Tune 2.0 Technology. On the back side, the XFX graphic theme continues and shows the feature set of the XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation card.
Inside the packaging is a two-tiered system, where the top holds the accessory bundle, while the bottom holds the video card. The packaging, while small, is robust enough to ensure that the card makes it to the end user in one piece. The accessory bundle includes not only the driver disk and a maual, but a pair of warranty cards, additional sales literature, and a pair of power adapters for use in case your power supply does not have enough native PCIe power connections.
The reference R9 290X I looked at proved to be a potent gaming card outside a few issues that initially could have been chalked up to immature drivers for the architecture. Addressing the largest problem is paramount to getting more clock speed from the GCN 2.0 Hawaii XT core. Cooling on the reference card in Quiet mode was suspect at best, with the card throttling even at stock speeds. XFX brings its Double Dissipation cooling along for the ride to eliminate this concern, so let's see just how well it does.


text:
Ads by Google
Welcome to visit our product!
We are australia NRL assigned supplier for sports clothing in china.
Our factory is very good at sublimation as well as heat transfer clothing.
There is about 10years experience in sublimated sports garment.
And we can make sample as ur design.
Using sublimation technology and environmentally friendly materials, so that clothes can be independent of each pattern.especially for sports club's logo clothing and advertising products,brightly-colored and clear pattern for all goods.
men/women heat transfer football t-shirt


text:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1825Item 11195 info
Maine Historical Society
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born and raised in Portland, became America's best-known poet in the 19th century.
Images of the poet and scholar are numerous and range from this silhouette, made when Longfellow was 18 and about to graduate from Bowdoin College, to a portrait painted by his son within a year of his death in 1882.
In the era before photography, Bowdoin College captured images of its graduating class with silhouettes.
Joining Longfellow in the "famous" Class of 1825 were Nathaniel Hawthorne and Longfellow's older brother, Stephen, and future brother-in-law George Washington Pierce.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1829Item 4119 info
Maine Historical Society
After Longfellow graduated from Bowdoin, he went to Europe to study modern languages so that he could take up a teaching position at his alma mater.
In 1829, at age 22, he became the first professor of modern languages and comparative literature at the school.
Thomas Badger (1792-1868) of Boston, who learned painting in part by copying works in the Bowdoin collection, rendered the new professor in his academic robes.
The image, like many others in this exhibit, was copied and turned into an engraving that could be reprinted many times.
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1835Item 15906 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
While at Bowdoin, Longfellow taught French, Spanish and Italian and published a number of foreign language textbooks.
In 1834, he was offered a professorship in modern languages at Harvard College.
Before beginning his new job, he and his wife, Mary Potter Longfellow, went on a European trip so he could further improve his language skills.
While in Stockholm, he sat for popular artist Maria Rohl. Longfellow was 28 years old.
A few weeks after the portrait was completed, Mary Longfellow suffered a miscarriage and died shortly thereafter.
Despite being devastated by his loss, Longfellow continued his tour.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Franquinet, 1839Item 15884 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
In 1839, the year Longfellow sat for Wilhelm Franquinet (1785-1854), he published Hyperion, an autobiographical novel based on his rejection by Fanny Appleton of Boston, whom he wished to marry.
He also published Voices in the Night, a collection of poems, the same year.
He continued to pursue the hand of Fanny Appleton, whom he had met while on his European tour.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1842Item 13294 info
Maine Historical Society
Franquinet drew several versions of his portrait of Longfellow.
This lithograph, which is based on Franquinet's earlier portrait, is dated 1842 and appeared in Graham's Magazine, which featured the works of important contemporary writers and poets.
In the 1840s, Longfellow published many more works, including Poems on Slavery (1842), the anthology The Poets and Poetry of Europe (1845), Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847) and the novel Kavanagh (1849).
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1840Item 15478 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Cephus Giovanni Thompson (1809-1888) captured a contemplative Longfellow in an 1840 oil painting.
Longfellow's fame was just beginning at the time. He was the Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard and still pursuing Fanny Appleton.
This image also was widely distributed in the form of an engraving by Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818-1904).
H.W. Longfellow, Cambridge, 1841Item 17657 info
Maine Historical Society
French silhouette artist M. Auguste Edouart (1789–1861) worked in the U.S. from 1839-1849 and cut silhouettes of notable people in government, the arts and other fields.
Edouart made this silhouette of a dapper Longfellow in 1841.
Longfellow, who reputedly preferred European fashions, was conscious of his appearance. He also was savvy about marketing his works. The many images of him could aid in this effort.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1843Item 4117 info
Maine Historical Society
Charles Octavius Cole, a popular painter from Portland, rendered this oil painting of Longfellow in 1843, the year he married Fanny Appleton. His fame as a poet was increasing.
International audiences were enthusiastic about his poetry collections Voices in the Night(1839) and Ballads and Poems (1841).
Sketch of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1844Item 15913 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Seth Wells Chaney made this portrait of Longfellow in 1843, the same year as Cole's painting.
Chaney probably drew the image as a template to be used for a print.
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Eastman Johnson, 1846Item 15896 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), a painter and printmaker who was born in Lovell, began working in Washington, D.C. in 1845, and made portraits of a number of notable Americans.
Longfellow commissioned him to do portraits of family members and friends, including Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cornelius C. Felton, his younger sisters, Anne Longfellow Pierce and Mary Longfellow Greenleaf, and his sons Charles and Ernest Longfellow.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Francis Alexander, 1852Item 16395 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Connecticut-born artist Francis Alexander, who studied with Gilbert Stuart, painted this portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1852.
The portrait hangs in Longfellow's study at the Craigie House, his long-time home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1854Item 15565 info
Bowdoin College Library
A John A. J. Wilcox engraving of a drawing by Samuel Lawrence (1817-1884).
London publisher George Routledge sent Samuel Laurence to America make a drawing for an engraving of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Wilcox, of Boston, was noted for his steel engravings of portraits.
This image of the poet was a favorite of the Longfellow family
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1859Item 16468 info
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872) painted this oil portrait of Longfellow in 1859.
By then, Longfellow had published several more popular works, The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858).
Longfellow urged Read to become a writer as well as a painter and the artist began writing poetry. Read, a native of Pennsylvania, spent much of his adult life living in Rome and Florence.
Brady's Longfellow, 1859Item 20171 info
Maine Historical Society
Noted Civil War photographer Matthew Brady took a series of photos of Longfellow in 1859.
This print of one of those images shows the poet in a standing pose.
The image was used as the frontispiece in Vol. III of the Craigie Edition of The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an eleven-volume work published in 1879 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
D'Avignon's Longfellow, 1859Item 22440 info
Maine Historical Society
Francis D'Avignon (1813-1870) was the artist for this lithograph of Longfellow, most likely drawn from a daguerreotype made by John Whipple of Whipple and Black studio in Boston.
The lithography was done by J.H. Bufford, an important lithographer who worked in Boston from 1841-1871.
Longfellow engraving, ca. 1863Item 22442 info
Maine Historical Society
This engraving is a view of Longfellow painted by Alonso Chappel (1820-1887) about 1858.
Under the signature is printed, "Likeness from the latest Photograph from life."
Johnson Fry & Co. of New York did the engraving and published it in 1863, about the time Longfellow retired from teaching. He had been talking about leaving Harvard since shortly after his arrival there in 1839.
H.W. Longfellow, Cambridge, 1860Item 22499 info
Maine Historical Society
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), a native of Portland, lived much of his adult life in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This photomechanical print is based on a photograph by John Whipple (1822-1891) of Whipple and Black studios, a noted Boston photographer who was a pioneer in daguerreotypes as well as later processes.
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1862Item 16469 info
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Publisher James T. Fields engaged George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) to paint a portrait of Longfellow.
Most editions of Longfellow's works contain images of him.
This portrait was painted about nine months after Longfellow's wife, Fanny, died, and hung in the publisher's office for a number of years. It was reportedly one of Longfellow's favorites.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, London, ca. 1868Item 4114 info
Maine Historical Society
An albumen photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, probably taken in 1868 when he was in London and had an audience with Queen Victoria.
The photo was taken by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901) of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company.
Mayall made his name as a daguerreotypist in Philadelphia, but was born in England and returned there in 1846.
In 1867, Longfellow published a translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, a work that had consumed him after his wife's death.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1870Item 4126 info
Maine Historical Society
Longfellow gave this picture, with an original signature to William Goold of Windham.
The image was used in a book published shortly after Longfellow's death, Tributes to Longfellow and Emerson, by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1870Item 4140 info
Maine Historical Society
Even though Longfellow largely stopped writing poetry after his wife's death in 1861, his popularity continued to grow.
Napoleon Sarony of New York took this photographic portrait of Longfellow that was reproduced on carte de visites such as this one.
Sarony, who began as a lithographer, made his name photographing celebrities, especially actors and actresses.
The images were publicity for the persons photographed, including Longfellow.
Painting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1876Item 15894 info
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Longfellow's son, Ernest W. Longfellow, was an artist who painted several portraits of his father.
The family thought that this one, done in 1876, it the best portrait of Longfellow ever taken, but Ernest thought another one better: the one he painted for Bowdoin College (now hanging in the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library at the College) after studying with Couture.
Henry W. Longfellow, Portland, 1878Item 22500 info
Maine Historical Society
One indication of Longfellow's fame is that his 70th birthday, in 1877, was a national celebration.
In 1878, Longfellow visited his hometown and sat for Portland photographer Joseph H. Lamson (1840-1901).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, 1878Item 22498 info
Maine Historical Society
This is another view of Longfellow taken when he sat for Portland photographer Joseph H. Lamson in 1878.
Longfellow was 71 years old. He died in 1882 at age 75.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1903Item 4118 info
Maine Historical Society
Joseph Kahill (1882-1957) of Maine painted this portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) after the poet's death.
It appears to be based on the Lamson photos taken in Portland in 1878.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1876Item 22441 info
Maine Historical Society
Photographer Frederick F. Gutekunst (1831-1917) took this phototype portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow within a few years of the poet's death March 24, 1882.
A lithograph that may have been made from this photo appears as the frontispiece of Vol. XI, the final volume of the Craigie Edition of The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1879.
The book dates the lithograph as 1879.
Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881Item 16467 info
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Longfellow's son Ernest painted this portrait of his father.
Bowdoin College, where Longfellow studied and taught, commissioned the painting.
This is one of the last portraits done of Longfellow for which he sat in person. Ernest painted it in 1881.


text:
NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partners. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
According to Mental Health America, over 19 million people are diagnosed with depression each year. But what exactly is depression? It is more than just feeling sad. In fact, it is a treatable medical condition that should not be dismissed.
There are three types of depressive d (More)
Understanding Depression
Commonly Asked Questions
Additional Information
Meet Our Experts
Nicholas A Votolato, RPh BCPP
Research and Your Health:
Get Help With ...
Related Topics and Conditions


text:
(3/25/2007 update: Fixed the incorrect parameter name the last two examples)
Parameters without Stored Procedures?
Let's assume that for some reason you are not using Stored Procedures. While I can respect your choice in that regard, that doesn't mean that you cannot still use parameters when constructing your SQL statements at the client. There are few absolutes in this world, but along with "never use RIGHT OUTER JOINS" and "Never trust someone with two first names" there is another: Always use parameters when incorporating user input or any variables into your SQL.
I expect that you know about SQL Injection, so that takes care of the security argument for Parameters -- I won't even get into that here (though that reason alone should be enough to convince any reasonably responsible programmer). My focus will be on the other advantages to using Parameters over concatenating things together into one big string. Much like other best practices which people seem to work very hard to avoid, using parameters makes things much easier on yourself and keeps your code clearer, cleaner and often shorter.
Underutilizing a SqlCommand by creating SQL Strings
Let's consider an example of doing things the wrong way, using VB.NET as our client language. This is the article for you if the following code looks familiar:
Dim ID As Integer = 12
Dim Name As String = "O'Neil"
Dim TranDate As Date = Now.Date
Dim cm As New SqlCommand("", YourConnection)
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=" & ID & " and Name= " & Name & " and TranDate=" & TranDate
First, keep in mind that the CommmandText property that we are setting is a String. Every time we use & (or +) to concatenate expressions while constructing our CommandText property, each of those expressions -- which might be Integers or Dates -- must be first be converted to a String. When doing this, we are not creating a SQL command, but simply a string. We are forcing all of our syntax and all of our input data into one long string expression that SQL Server will simply execute for us.
The example above has two implicit conversions happening: ID is an Integer, and TranDate is a Date, so both must be converted to a String before they can be concatenated with the rest of the CommandText.
Now, what happens when the Integer value of 12 is converted to a String? It becomes "12" -- a one followed by a two. This format is acceptable and pretty universal, so this will never cause a problem. However, to avoid implicit conversions which can lead to errors and sometimes unintended results, we will use the ToString() method of the Integer class to convert the integer to a string explicitly. (Many languages force us to do this or the code will not compile.) Easy enough for the integer, but what happens when TranDate is converted to a string? How is it converted?
Well, if you don't explicitly specify it, then it depends on the computer that the code is executing on. It may come out as mm/dd/yyyy, or dd/mm/yyyy, or some other variant. Even if you explicitly use the DateTime's ToShortDateString() or ToLongDateString() methods, it still depends on settings. Or, you may even wish to explicitly provide the format -- say, force it to be mm/dd/yyyy. Either way, the important thing to realize is: A conversion to a String is happening here, and formatting, by definition, must be involved in this conversion.
So, based on that information, when the CommandText property is evaluated, we get something like this:
And that is what is sent to SQL Server to be executed. As you can see, that is not a valid SQL statement. Let's see what we need to fix.
First, a common error which occurred here is that we did not delimit some our non-numeric expressions with ', which results in syntax errors. Remember, by not using parameters, SQL Server doesn't know or care that "O'Neil" came from a variable; it just knows that those characters have been added to a SQL statement that must be executed. So, we need to handle this ourselves when we construct our CommandText property. One way to do it is to include the ' characters before and after we concatenate a non-numeric values to our CommandText:
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=" & ID.ToString() & " and Name= '" & Name & "' and TranDate='" & TranDate.ToString() & "'"
A bit harder to read now, and troubleshooting extra or missing ' characters (especially when they are next to " characters) can be quite difficult, but it's necessary when building SQL strings in this manner. Evaluating that expression results in:
Next, you might have noticed that the name of "O'Neil" has an apostrophe, which means that the above SQL will still result in a syntax error. To fix this, we will need to replace all single apostrophes in all of our variables with a double apostrophe ('') while creating our SQL String, so let's add that to our CommandText expression:
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=" & ID.ToString() & " and Name= '" & Name.Replace("'", "''") & "' and TranDate='" & TranDate.ToString() & "'"
Remember, if we had 4 different string variables that we were concatenating, we'd need to do this Replace() on each of them. We could also write a helper function to do the replace and add the delimiters if we wanted.
Handling the ' with our Replace() method now results in:
OK, we are looking good now ... However, what happens if the Date format on the server is dd/mm/yyyy ? The above will cause an error -- there is no month 21. Suddenly, though it did not seem like anything we are doing should depend on date formats at the client or the server, it becomes something that we need to be aware of which we must consider and plan for. So, we need to be sure that we explicitly format our date in a format that is universally acceptable, say yyyy-mm-dd:
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=" & ID.ToString() & " and Name= '" & Name.Replace("'", "''") & "' and TranDate='" & TranDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") & "'"
Again, we would need to do this to any DateTime variable that we concatenate with our CommandText. Now, we seem to be in good shape. Our SQL String looks pretty good at this point:
Well, congratulations! You now have a working SQL statement, and you've done 5 times as much work as you needed to, dealing with non-numeric delimiters, scrubbing input data, long concatenated string expressions, both client and server date formatting, and implicit and explicit string conversions. Plus, our CommandText expression is pretty darn hard to look at and to work with -- imagine if this DELETE involved more "parameters" or if it was a complicated SELECT with several join expressions? Would this be easy to maintain?
Also, let's recap the journey of our TranDate variable. It started as a DateTime value, got converted to a string in a particular format at the client and then converted back to a DateTime from that string by SQL Server. Surely, there must be a better (and easier) way to pass that DateTime value directly to SQL Server without all this converting and formatting going on.
Using a SqlCommand to create SQL Commands
Remember, earlier I mentioned that if you are writing code in the manner presented above, you are not creating SQL Commands, but rather string expressions. Let's create an actual SQL Command with parameters. We don't need to concatenate anything, our CommandText property is clear and simple and easy to read, and there are no issues with delimiters or date formats or conversions! All we need to do is map our variables to the named parameter placeholders that we specify our CommandText property, just as you would do in a Stored Procedure.
Consider the following code:
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=@ID and Name=@Name and TranDate=@TranDate"
cm.Parameters.Add("@ID", SqlDbType.Int).Value = ID
cm.Parameters.Add("@Name", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = Name
cm.Parameters.Add("@TranDate", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = TranDate
Here, we have just added @ID, @Name and @TranDate to our SQL statement as parameters, using the @ syntax that SQL Server uses. Then, using the Parameters() property of the SqlCommand object, we are able to assign them datatypes and values.
The Add() method of the parameters class has many overloads, but this is the one I like to use. You can specify the parameter name and the datatype, and since the Add() method returns an instance of the parameter, you can immediately access the Value property and set it. Note that we are setting the parameter values directly from our variables -- no conversions, no formatting, no delimiters. We don't need to worry about any of that. Because we have created a command and not just a string, SQL Server can now deal directly with parameters values instead of parsing a big, long string.
What makes this even better is when you need to reference a parameter more than once in your SQL; you just repeat the @ParamName as many times as you like in the CommandText, but you only need to set the parameter once. With concatenation, you need to concatenate that string expression over and over.
Even if you need to create big, long complicated SQL statements dynamically with optional filters and joins based on user input or whatnot, it is still very easy to conditionally use parameters:
cm.CommandText = "DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=@ID "
If Name <> "" Then
cm.CommandText &= " And Name=@name"
cm.Parameters.Add("@Name", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = Name
End If
If TranDate <> DateTime.MinValue Then
cm.CommandText &= " And TranDate = @TranDate"
cm.Parameters.Add("@TranDate", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = TranDate
The above handles situations where you might want to build a WHERE clause dynamically by excluding optional parameters. As you can see, you are still able to assign and set parameters even in that scenario.
I hope this has given you some good things to think about when it comes to using the SqlCommand class to construct dynamic SQL statements. Even though you might not be using stored procedures, you can still make use of strongly-typed parameters in your SQL, which will make your life much easier and your code less prone to data conversion issues and SQL Injection.
ADO.NET and even older ADO and DAO all support creating parameters when constructing commands, even if you do not use stored procedures. I strongly urge you to make use of this feature.
I welcome your feedback and thoughts, especially if you feel that you can provide a situation where concatenating SQL statements with values all converted to delimited strings has an advantage over using parameters.
Print | posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 10:43 AM |
Filed Under [
Powered by:
Copyright © Jeff Smith


text:
Portishead choose Italia
Jim Barr, bassist of Portishead, bought an Italia Torino bass for the live tour in support of Portishead's new album, 3. Barr joined the increasing number of top artists who choose Italia, such as Manic Street Preachers and Kaiser Chiefs.
Barr says of his Italia bass, "My Italia Torino bass has all the tone and character of a classic vintage bass, but with some very cool new touches to the hardware and electrics. And I'm totally in love with the sexy red sparkle finish."
Italia guitars and basses are all UK designed by design legend Trev Wilkinson.


text:
For the second straight year the Hood River Valley volleyball team locked up second place in the Columbia River Conference behind the Hermiston Bulldogs.
The Eagles beat Pendleton 3-1 Tuesday night and need to have rival The Dalles beat Hermiston to have a shot at the league title. However, Hermiston dispatched TDW in three games to lock up the title.
That left Thursday's game between HRV and Hermiston in Hermiston to be played for pride and spots in the 5A rankings.
Against Hermiston the Eagles served for match point in the fifth game, but Hermiston was able to come back and get a 3-2 win over the Eagles.
The Eagles were never really threatened by the Bucks in the first two games, winning the first 25-20, and then holding off a Pendleton rally to win the second 25-21.
Neither team played particularly well in the third game, with Pendleton building an early seven-point lead only to nearly give it all back late in the game. Despite numerous errors, HRV closed to within 19-18 before Pendleton closed the game with a 6-1 run to win 25-19.
After the lackluster third game, the Eagles came out on fire in the fourth, rolling to a 6-1 lead and then getting key blocks from Kaili Duffy and Meighan Frazier to roll to a 25-14 victory.
The win over Pendleton secured the Eagles no worse than second place in the league standings, a spot that was in doubt earlier this month after the Eagles lost four consecutive league matches.
However, convincing wins over TDW and Pendleton got the Eagles back on track.
"It took a lot of inspirational talks and better attitudes," said senior setter Tracy Mok.
"We just needed to forget those games and refocus," added senior hitter Logan Bailey.
Despite winning three of four from Pendleton this season, the Eagles entered Thursday night ranked behind the Bucks in the OSAA power rankings and in the ninth position in the north region.
The Eagles were hoping for a win in Hermiston to try and pull into the top eight and host a play-in round game.
However, they would up doing that anyway even with a Pendleton win over The Dalles.
The Eagles moved up to seventh in the northern rankings following their loss in Hermiston.
However the two teams could trade positions again after the regular season finale when Pendleton plays at Hermiston and HRV hosts TDW.
The Eagles won the first two games at Hermiston, only to see the Bulldogs rally back to win games three and four. In the fifth game the Eagles led 14-11, but were outscored 6-1 by the Bulldogs during a furious stretch in which the Eagles at one point thought they had won the game, only to have Hermiston pull out a 17-15 win.
Tracy Mok had 53 assists and 15 digs for HRV in the game.
The Eagles will close out the regular season by hosting The Dalles-Wahtonka Tuesday night.
Comments are subject to moderator review and may not appear immediately on the site. A user's first several comments must be manually approved by a moderator.
Please read our commenting policy before posting.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Information from the News and our advertisers (Want to add your business to this to this feed?)


text:
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — After a half-day of deliberations, jurors in the case of two Southern California police officers accused of killing a homeless man will have a long weekend before resuming Monday.
The Orange County jury got the case late Thursday morning after five weeks of testimony and arguments, then deliberated for several hours. They'll have Friday off.
Former Fullerton police officer Manuel Ramos has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in a rare prosecution for actions taken on duty.
Former Cpl. Jay Cicinelli has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and excessive force.
The two defendants are accused of killing 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, who died five days after the July 2011confrontation.
Surveillance video that captured the incident was a key part of the trial.


text:
Obama: Politicians should stay out of women's health
President Obama launched into a defense of women being allowed to make their own health care and reproductive choices.
"These attempts to re-define rape in some way make no sense to me, and I don't think they make sense to the vast majority of women across the country," Obama said in an interview with NBC — indirectly referring to an incident where Indiana senate candidate Richard Mourdock said that babies who were the result of rape were part of God's plan.
"More broadly," Obama told Brian Williams. "I think what these episodes point to is the fact that you don't want politicians, the majority of them male, making a series of decisions about women's health care issues."
"I'm very proud of my track record when it comes to having confidence that women can make their own decisions," Obama said.
"You know, that is what I believe, that is how I govern, and those are the kinds of Supreme Court, you know, choices that I have made to remarkable women. And I think that it is important for women to have confidence that their president knows this is a set of decisions for them to make in consultations with their families, their clergy, it is not something that politicians need to get involved in," Obama said.
Obama and Mitt Romney have been locked in a furious battle for women's votes — a battle that the Obama campaign believes they have the upper hand on.


text:
PatC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 1483 designs submitted by 307 freelance designers.
Make Designed Objects
Make Designed Objects is a leading Australian retailer of over 100 major design brands including Alessi, Iittala, Marimekko, Eva Solo, Menu, Fink & Co, Rosendahl, Stelton, Eames Office and Normann Copenhagen.
To get a better understainding of who we are and what we do go to http://www.makedesignedobjects.com
Our customers don't fit any particular age or gender demographic but they are design aware. They're likely to have an interest in Scandinavian design and are more likely to respond to sleek minimalism than anything overblown.
Our new logo will be used on all our branding from the shop and company stationery to the website and advertising.
Preference will also be given to logos that are predominantly text based rather than image based. That said, we will consider high quality graphic entries. Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo. We'd also be interested to see what you can do with a logo inside a square.
Chances are the winning logo will be black and white though as you'll see on our website we occasionally use a bit of red in navigation.
Preference will be given to designs that fit well in the space reserved for our logo in the top left corner of our website (see http://www.makedesignedobjects.com )
Whilst our company is called Make Designed Objects we are generally known as Make and the visual emphasis will most likely be on the 'Make' and not the 'Designed Objects' part of the name.
Many thanks,
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
Getaway driver in pizza delivery robbery gets seven years in prison
A Buffalo man who acted as the getaway driver when he and two others robbed a pizza delivery driver of $205 was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison.
Leland Jirdon, 35, of Montclair Street, had pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery but sought to minimize his role in the robbery, telling Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio that he "basically just drove the car."
"I'm sorry for what happened," Jirdon said.
"This is clearly a violent and vicious crime," DiTullio said, adding that such crimes hurt the community's quality of life.
"If you rob innocent people who are working, you are going to go to jail and go for a long time," DiTullio said.
The pizza delivery driver was robbed April 20, 2012, after he completed a delivery on Davidson Avenue in the Kensington-Bailey neighborhood. The driver, who was knocked to the ground, was not injured.
Jirdon admitted robbing the delivery person, along with Ishamele Adams, 22, of Eggert Road, who previously pleaded guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Another suspect also recently pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery, said Assistant District Attorney Patrick B. Shanahan, who prosecuted Jirdon.
Jirdon, who had a previous violent felony conviction, had faced seven to 15 years in prison. He was not offered a plea bargain.
Police officers spotted the getaway vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee with a broken taillight, and arrested Jirdon about 10 minutes after the robbery.
email: email@example.com


text:
saint needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
LinuxWebHosting.org is a website dedicated to providing our users with the most comprehensive guide on Linux web hosting providers. We plan on:
- DEDICATED to reviewing Linux web hosting providers
- Showcase special web hosting offers for those looking to host on a Linux platform
- Provide up-to-date hosting news related to Linux
- And much more!
Visitors who are SPECIFICALLY looking for web hosting providers that offer LINUX hosting packages.
+ Looking for a professional, trustworthy logo
+ Blue, navy blue, white, orange, black are all possible colors. I'm thinking blue primarily because it has to do with Linux. Google search for inspiration.
+ I would like to see a symbol of some sort, if possible. Anything to do with Linux (think penguin or something on that level) or has to do with Web Hosting are good candidates. Google search for inspiration.
+ Logos I like:
* slickdeals.net
* ubuntu.com
* ning.com
* redhat.com
* raptr.com
* raketherake.com
* xfire.com
That's it for now! I will update this requirements section as-needed. Feel free to add in any comments/feedback.
Good luck everyone!!!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
Brown loses 84-57 at No. 22 Notre Dame
Matt Sullivan and Sean McGonagill played pretty well on a rough
night for Brown.
Sullivan scored 18 and McGonagill had 15 points, but the Bears
lost 84-57 at No. 22 Notre Dame on Saturday.
The captain guards each were 6 for 12 from the field. Sullivan
made four 3-pointers and also had six rebounds and three assists.
McGonagill made three 3s.
Sullivan and McGonagill entered the game leading the team in
scoring, averaging 15.7 and 14.9 points, respectively.
"Our guards did a fabulous job guarding their guards," Notre
Dame coach Mike Brey said. "Their guards are good. It was a
workout all night chasing them around."
Their performances were among the few positives that Brown coach
Mike Martin said he took from the game.
"I was disappointed with our team's effort for 40 minutes,"
Martin said. "I thought we showed flashes … but against a team
like this in a building like this, you've got to do it for 40
minutes, otherwise they're going to make you pay."
Freshman Cameron Biedscheid had a career-high 17 points for the
Fighting Irish (8-1), who had five players score in double figures.
Jack Cooley added 15 points and 12 rebounds, Scott Martin scored 14
and Jerian Grant finished with 12. Eric Atkins had 10 points and 12
Biedscheid missed practice this week with the flu.
"Today I was feeling a little better and I just got after it a
little bit and we came out ready to play," he said. "I'm just
really getting a lot of help from the veteran guys. They talk to me
a lot out on the floor and it helps keep me focused, and I've just
really been stepping up and knocking the shots down."
Notre Dame led 42-27 at halftime and put the game away midway
through the second half. Grant and Martin made back-to-back
3-pointers to cap a 12-0 run that gave the Irish a 71-45 lead with
6:02 to go.
Cedric Kuakumensah, who leads the Ivy League with 2.3 blocked
shots per game, had two blocks, four points and nine rebounds for
Brown (3-5).


text:
- Home
- Courses
- Members
- Discs
- Shops
- Forums
- Tournaments
- Videos
- Help / FAQ
- Store
- Contact Us
|Members List
|Social Groups
|- View All Groups
|- Your Group Messages
|Today's Posts
|Mark Forums Read
|Thread Tools
Too many mids... what to throw?
Well fellow players, I've gotten myself in a place. I'm afraid the answer's probably subjective, but what the heck, let's get some input.
I've got too many mids. I like to keep my mids in different stability slots. I've got a sweet low weight Gold Line Fuse for my understable. I love this disc, and it's a lock in my bag. On the other end of the spectrum, I have a great gummy 175 CFR 2010 Gator. If I need a disc to head left, slam dirt and stick, it's a no brainer. It's a glideless brick of a meathook mid, and is also a lock in my bag.
Now in between is where I have issues. The Core is a great, glidey stable mid. My Cores seem to have very little fade when thrown flat. Thing is, I don't like them under 200'. The glide is too hard to dial in. Off the tee, I love this disc though, it's a great disc to hyzer flip to a straight glide out to 250-275'.
I used to have an amazing Z Buzzz. Less glidey than the Core, and with the fade I could rely on, it seemed to be a great disc from anywhere from 150-250'. Held lines, whatever I asked. Fought out of anny releases to land flat, well most of the time. But I lost it, and haven't "bonded" with a new Z Buzzz since, even though I now own a couple again.
Late last season I added a Pain to the bag to complement my Gator, Core and Fuse. Seems that it lacks the glide of the Core and Fuse, and barely longer than the Gator. Has a decent fade, but it's easy for me to turn it over, and doesn't seem to fade out of that situation. Honestly, I'd rather carry a Hornet, but I don't own any. I've put my Pains up for sale, but part of me wants to keep them since they's so dang pretty. :3
The Ghost is my wild card. Lacks the glide of the Core, but that means I can just sling it and not worry about over shooting my target. Honestly though, I expected more fade. I've not had a lot of rounds with one in the bag, but it seems if I give it a fair chance I could really like it. Meanwhile, I seem to go to my Wizards anytime I'm under 200'. So I'm afraid of a ton of overlap with the Ghost and Wizard combo.
So, I put it out there. Between the Pain, Ghost, Core and Buzzz, what would you carry to fill the gap between the Gator, Fuse and Wizard? My fairways are currently Predator, Eagle X, Volt, Stalker and River, but I'll be putting the River against the Amp this spring. So, I'm not looking for distance longer than the fairways. I'd love to carry them all, but my bag's a Double Nutsac, and 12-13 discs is my hard limit, and mids take up a lot of room.
Sponsored Links
Last edited by Grungedude42; 02-11-2013 at 08:56 AM.
Definitely subjective...depending on what you are comfortable with obviously.
Personal thoughts...i would use the pain or buzz depending on your preference for stability - and then use the hell out of it. My game increased drastically when I simplified the mid-range/approach section of my bag. I found I was using 4-5 discs depending on several different factors. While the multi disc approach might work for some who have really dialed in their game over the years, I found it much easier and more consistant to use one disc until I could throw it from numerous angles. Dont get me wrong I still use different drivers off the tee, I have found mid-range/approach to be so much more sensitive though...
Just my 2 cents. Good luck.
I carry four mids - over, slight over, straight to slight under, under.
It seems like you've already decided against the Core - "glide is too hard to dial in". Ghost and Gator trajectories look pretty much the same; just the Ghost has more glide. Not sure why yours doesn't have lots of glide and fade.
So I'd go with the Buzzz and Pain.
There is another solution - buy a bigger bag!!
Have you tried an Axis? Very neutral flying disc; it'll hold whatever line you give it. Thrown flat it's laser straight and has very little fade. Good glide too I think.
This. The Axis replaced a Buzzz, Coyote, Aurora, and a couple other discs that I don't remember.
(At least for me)
Got a nice eclipse Axis beat into understable in my glow bag. Been there, nice disc, not what I'm looking for. Really need that touch of fade.
Thinking there's some mid and putter rounds in my future. The one-disc-does all approach is probably gonna leave me with a Buzzz, two disc approach might be Core/Ghost.
I recommend picking up a heavy shark. Not exotic but a great workhorse.
Don't give up on your core. Mine is the greatest pin point shooter I have.
i hate to add to your issue, but my go to mid right now is the meteor..love that thing
|Thread Tools


text:
Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement, the first step toward swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 22-time Olympic medalist will compete for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26.
Michael Phelps is coming out of retirement, the first step toward swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 22-time Olympic medalist will compete for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics at a meet in Mesa, Ariz., on April 24-26. USA Swimming said Monday that Phelps is expected to join fellow Olympians Ryan Lochte and Katie Ledecky at the Arena Grand Prix at Skyline Aquatic Center. Phelps returned to training last fall and re-entered the U.S. drug-testing program. He has completed his six-month waiting period to be eligible for competition by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Boosters salute Sharks' best
Several Sharks players were honored at Monday night's annual Booster Club Awards dinner. They included Daniil Tarasov as Best Offensive Player, Konrad Abeltshauser as Best Defensive Player, Jimmy Bonneau as Tough Guy and Fan Favorite, Troy Grosenick as Rookie of the Year, Dan DaSilva as Most Valuable Player and Best Single-Game Performance, Travis Oleksuk as Seventh Player and March Player of the Month, and Brodie Reid as February Player of the Month.
Barry Trotz, the NHL's longest tenured head coach with one team, will not be back for a 16th season with the Nashville Predators. The Predators announced Monday they have told Trotz his contract will not be renewed and that they are starting a search for a new coach immediately. Trotz has been the only coach for this franchise, and he coached 1,196 games with Nashville. That puts him second only to Greg Popovich of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs for longest active tenure in the four major sports.
T&G's Blazis takes 6 prizes
Telegram & Gazette outdoors columnist Mark Blazis received six Excellence in Craft awards, presented by the New England Outdoor Writers Association at its annual meeting Sunday at the Singletary Rod & Gun Club in Oxford. Blazis earned a first-place honor in the "best opinion" category, second-place honors in the "best opinion," "best article" and "best column" categories, and two third-place honors in the "best humor" category.
Joe Dumars is stepping down as the Detroit Pistons' president of basketball operations. The team made the move official Monday, with owner Tom Gores saying the Pistons are ''turning the page.''
Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins has been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for receiving his 16th technical foul of the season.


text:
News & Events
For the Media
Clarkson University's Regel Named Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering
Professor Liya L. Regel has been named Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering at Clarkson University. Regel is associated with both the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This recognition was recommended enthusiastically by the Coulter School of Engineering Dean's Leadership Council and by unanimous resolution from the University Board of Trustees.
Born and educated in Russia, Regel holds that country's highest academic degree, the doctor of science, in physics and mathematics, in addition to a Ph.D. in physics and mathematical sciences (solid state physics). Since 1991, Regel has served as the director of Clarkson's International Center for Gravity Material Science and Applications. She has directed 21 Ph.D. theses and 33 M.S. theses to completion, and is a member of Clarkson's Million Dollar Club in acknowledgment of more than $2.5 million in funding for her research while at Clarkson.
The international scientific community has recognized Regel as a highly innovative materials scientist. Among the many honors and awards bestowed upon her, she was elected a member of the prestigious International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and is the first materials scientist to receive IAA's Basic Science Achievement Award and its Basic Science Best Book Award. She received an honorary doctor of science degree from Clarkson in 2002 and an honorary doctor of science from Alabama A&M University in 2006.
Among her significant achievements are many successful experiments in space. Regel pioneered research on materials processing in giant centrifuges, high-energy heavy-ion implantation, fabrication of optical wave guides, and conversion of graphite to diamond at low temperature and pressure.
She has published more than 270 scientific papers, and is author and co-author of 12 monographs and proceedings published in France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has been an assiduous ambassador for Clarkson by presenting numerous keynote addresses, plenary lectures and invited papers at national and international scientific meetings, universities, companies, and government agencies around the world. She has held many leadership roles in scientific organizations and organized numerous conferences and sessions, many of these at Clarkson.
In addition to her numerous academic achievements, Regel is an accomplished artist, pianist and creative author. Her art is in private collections in Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Russia, and the United States, and on public display in the U.S., including Clarkson's library. While she chose to pursue physics over concert piano in her university studies, she continues to compose music and improvise at the piano for delighted audiences around the world. She also writes fascinating short stories and evocative poems. Recently she has given inspired lectures that include not only her science, but also her art, poetry, and sounds of her music accompanied by hypnotic colorful images.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


text:
Please welcome special guest Kay David to the virtual offices today! Kay is here to introduce her new series, Smokin' ACES. After, stick around for your chance to win some extra cool earrings!
Smokin' ACES by Kay David
TEXAS HOLD'EM is the launch book for my latest romantic suspense series, Smokin' ACES. Set on the dangerous Texas-Mexico border, the trilogy, published by Entangled Suspense, features a team of undercover Texas Rangers bound by their goals but torn by their secrets. Posing as a rogue motorcycle gang, the ACES are forced to walk a very thin line between good and evil as they search for a brutal cartel lord intent on controlling anything and everyone.
The scene below features Timothy Santos, the leader of Smokin' ACES. In the aftermath of a bar fight, Santos and his team are growing antsy and nervous; they need to make a move soon or risk the life of a confidential informant who's gone missing. The team is leaving the local biker bar, The Ice House.
(FYI–I named the establishment this because I went to high school in a very small town on the Texas Gulf coast. There was only one place in town, at that time, that sold ice, and we, naturally, called it The Ice House. The place doubled as a bar, and a very raunchy one at that. I'd never considered going there until my mother announced it was forbidden territory. Needless to say, my buddies and I checked it out the following weekend.
She was right.
We were dumb teenagers, but not that dumb. We left and never returned. But, oh, the shiny allure of illicitness… It never dulls.)
Only one woman can help ACES, and she's the one woman who has vowed she'll never have anything to do with Timothy Santos again, Sheriff Rose Renwick. The first time they loved was disaster. The second time could destroy her.
Santos know he must overcome Rose's objections, but telling her the truth will hurt her even more. He can protect his team, rescue the informant, or reunite with Rose, but doing all three might kill him—or Rose. Doing nothing could have the same result.
TEXAS HOLD'EM: Outlaw bikers, dark secrets, and hot Texas nights!
Excerpt from TEXAS HOLD'EM by Kay David for
Entangled Suspense
Some of the bikers had already pulled bottles of Jack from their saddlebags and were passing the whiskey around in the dark. As Santos and his men walked by, they made smooching sounds and mocked him.
"Hey, cowboy, ya'll going back to the ranch? Better be careful now–them Harleys buck better than your skanky-ass girlfriends!" More raucous laughter rang out. "Don't fall off and bust your butts…"
Santos's crew heard the same taunts every time they came to the Rio County dive and they waved them away with one-finger salutes, the other men shouting with laughter.
Mounting their motorcycles, Santos and his men pulled onto the highway and rumbled toward their home away from home, a rundown house on the edge of the county line. The cold wind rushing over Santos's raw face helped him stay upright, his stinging arm doing the same.
Thirty minutes later, they reached the caliche road that took them the rest of the way. Santos owned the house and the six-hundred-acre cattle ranch where it sat but for more than one reason, the name on the deed could never be traced back to him. His grandfather had turned over the property to Santos on his deathbed, the section of land in the family since Santa Anna had come and gone.
The ear-splitting roar of the Harleys echoed against the spreading mountains, a cloud of dust marking their progress. They reached the stone house after another thirty minutes and turned off their engines, the sudden silence as deep as the darkness. The mesquite trees smelled like heaven after the smoky bar, their hollow shadows leading the men toward the windows warm with light.
Santos made it to the living room and stopped before a ratty couch where he lowered himself to the cushions, every muscle in his body crying out. He was doubly glad the ranch was so isolated; if his newfound best friends could see him right now, they would have wondered just what kind of bad-ass biker he was. Of course, if they knew the real truth, more than Santos's reputation would be at stake.
Biker gangs and Texas Rangers didn't normally mix.
Timothy Santos had never been the kind of man who cared about normal, though, and even if he had, it wouldn't have stopped him now. He and his undercover team had come to Rio County to stop the violence that had taken control of west Texas-and he was there to make that happen, no matter what it took, including cutting some corners that might have made other officers uneasy. It wouldn't be the first time he'd broken one law to keep another one, and it wouldn't be the last.
That was the only way to catch someone like El Brujo.
Ready to enter for a chance to win Harley Davidson Earrings? Is that the coolest giveaway or what??
About Texas Hold 'Em:
Part law enforcement. Part criminal. And all deliciously bad…
Working undercover as part of an elite team of Rangers disguised as the Smokin' ACES biker gang, Timothy Santos walks the thin line between law-enforcer and law-breaker. With one of his informants missing—and possibly dead—at the hands of vicious cartel leader El Brujo, Santos will do whatever it takes to find justice. Even if it means heading to Rio County to look up his former lover…who's not only the sheriff, but Santos's only lead.
Rose Renwick is not happy to see Santos. In the past, their chemistry had been explosive—raw, sensual, and unforgettable—but she'd been burned. Now Santos is back in town, looking just as lethal and as irresistible as she remembered. But Santos wants something from her—and suddenly Rose's family is in danger and her town is under attack. The only way out is to trust the one man she swore never to trust again. Ante up…
A bit about Kay:
Kay David is the author of over thirty five romantic suspense novels. After enjoying a variety of careers including computer programming at NASA, custom home building and working in the oil and gas industry, Kay admits that writing has always her been her first love. Living in such diverse countries as the United Arab Emirates, Argentina and Bolivia has made Kay appreciate her own great home in Texas while allowing her to add intimate details to her books of the exotic settings she knows firsthand.
Kay's Links:
website: http://kaydavid.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayDavid
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/kay.david.5
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5819082-kay-david
Buy Link:


text:
The Compensation & Workforce Planning office administers Ithaca College's compensation program and workforce planning initatives. Our department provides assistance to various College departments with organizational design activities. We are available to assist staff and administrators in understanding and administering compensation, developmenting and reviewing organizational structures, consulting on job design and assessing overall workforce needs.
All on-going positions at Ithaca College have a written job description, intended to provide an overview of the essential job duties. We work with department supervisors to develop and maintain accurate and up to date job descriptions. Employees can request a copy of their job description from their supervisors.
If you have any questions about any element of compensation please direct them to the email on the right and a compensation representative will respond as quickly as possible.


text:
iVocalize develops online communications software for the global marketplace. Our flagship iVocalize Web Conference product enables interactive Web Conference Meetings for today's distributed workforce, online seminars, e-Learning classrooms and presentations to an audience spanning the globe. Online collaboration has never been easier.
Features at a glance:
- No Installation: Uses the latest HTML5 standards
- Multi-party audio and video
- Live Screencasting
- Interactive Whiteboard
- Presentation Recording
- Presentation Showing: PowerPoint, OpenDocument, PDF
- Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
- Multi-lingual
- Brandable login page
- Flat-rate, unlimited use
- Month-to-month, cancel at any time
- Unlimited presenter and administrator accounts
© 2018 iVocalize LLC. All rights reserved.


text:
Many people believe that the life of a famous musician is all champagne, Learjets, and a steady flow of royalty payments to pay for it all. This is certainly true for some, but there are also those who have reached the upper echelons of megastardom, only to lose it all in the blink of an eye.
Some managed their money badly. Some lost everything to the managers and promoters who were supposed to be looking after their affairs. And some spent all their money on lavish mansions, expensive cars and various addictions. However, what they all have in common was a steep plunge from household name status into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Click ahead to see the musicians who had it all and lost it all.
By Daniel Bukszpan
Posted 29 Oct 2010


text:
There's not one but two days of brews and brats taking place in Stockton next weekend.
There's not one but two days of brews and brats taking place in Stockton next weekend.
A special party area down on the waterfront will be turned into an outdoor beer garden with long tables, wooden benches and plenty of big steins reminiscent of a German Oktoberfest.
"This is the most fun event we put on. Last year we had just under 1,000 people turn out," Chris Kotsoglou of Downtown Stockton Alliance said of Stocktoberfest. "This is our 12th year and it's been so successful we thought we'd make it two days instead of one and have one day be family friendly."
Keg-lifting competitions, craft beers on tap, sausages, home brews, chicken dance dance-offs and, of course, beer stein holding competitions are highlights of the event, which is modeled after a German Oktoberfest with a Stockton twist.
Thus the name - Stocktoberfest.
"We have some brewers talking about the beer making process," Kotsoglou said.
Nearly two dozen beers will available, everything from Liberty Ale and Heineken to Newcastle and Coors Light. And Stockton's homebrew club - the Brew Angels - will be sharing their award-winning crafted specialities.
"We were invited to serve beer and to be an educational resource for people about beer," Rick Reineman of Brew Angels said. "Maybe if we're lucky we'll pick up one or two new members."
One beer fan who attended last year said he's bringing more friends and staying over.
"They had some fun contests with kegs. They had really good food. It was a nice atmosphere. It was an intimate setting - you know, a kind of get together with all your friends," Jason Pipsworth, 37, of Oakdale, said. "I brought a friend last year and I'm going this year. I'm bringing seven friends this time. There's a package deal at the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel that we are going to do, so we're taking advantage of that."
Beer isn't the only thing on tap. Food vendors will be hawking pretzels, sausage, strudel and other nom-nom treats.
While the Saturday celebration is for adults 21 and older, the Sunday add-on is full of kid-friendly activities.
"We're going to have Animal Protection League doing some stuff like puppy races. We'll also have balloon animals, face painting," Kotsoglou said. "We've added a lot of activities to make Sunday a great day for families with kids."
Admission packages are available that include a beer stein, one free beer and other amenities. Participants who wear a German-themed costume will receive a discount on beer.
Contact reporter Jo Ann Kirby at (209) 546-8256 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Transmitting high energy electrons, ESRF
A060/0017 Rights Managed
530 pixels on longest edge, unwatermarked
Request/Download high-res file
Uncompressed file size: 60.2MB
Downloadable file size: 3.0MB
Please login to use the price calculator
This image is part of the feature 21st Century Machine Shines Light Onto A Fossil World
Credit: PASCAL GOETGHELUCK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Release details: Model release not required. Property release not required.
Keywords: biological, biology, equipment, esrf, europe, european, european light source, european synchrotron radiation, facility, france, french, grenoble, high energy, laboratories, laboratory, light beam, light waves, medical, medicine, particle accelerator, particle physics, particle physics laboratory, particle physics research, physical, physics, radiography, synchrotron, synchrotron radiation, synchrotron x-ray, technological, technology, tomography, transmitting, x-rays, xray
Licence fees: A licence fee will be charged for any media (low or high resolution) used in your project.


text:
Your hint has been sent to
Diamond Dusted Curve Band
Yellow Gold & White Diamonds
- Need help? Ask us a question
Diamond Dusted Curve Band
Yellow Gold & White Diamonds
0.12ctw white diamonds set in 14k yellow gold.
This ring is made to order in 4-6 weeks. Requested modifications are subject to revised production timelines and pricing.
This gently curved band accentuates the contour of almost any engagement ring while incorporating the beauty of a classic commitment band. This band has a very versatile shape that can be worn as a perfect match to the Rosette or Bea, as a stand alone band, or stacked with multiple rings.