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Last week, I was lucky enough to attend the ASUS Holiday Preview event for 2016, and got to check out some of the latest and greatest gadgets coming from ASUS.
Here are some of the devices that definitely caught my eye!
ZenWatch 3
Price: $349 CAD
Availability: Exclusive through Best Buy
Shedding the old, square watch face of the ZenWatch 2, ASUS has managed to create a completely rounded circular watch face that is 100% used. Sporting quite the fashionable exterior and a fast charging battery, it's definitely a step up from many smartwatches available on the market.
The main watch body itself is a little thicker than I'd like on my watches, but would not look out of place while worn with almost any outfit.
Filed Under: Interested
ROG G752VS OC Edition
Price: $3,999
I'm not so huge on gaming laptops, but this monster is too ludicrous to not be interested in.
Inside is an unlocked Intel Core i7-6820HK CPU and an unlocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, which necessitates the large bulge on the bottom and an air intake / exhaust section on the back that's more fitting on a Dodge Challenger than a laptop.
For those who don't need to overclock their gaming laptops, the ASUS ROG G701VI is also available, which has an i7 and GTX 1080 on board, but without having to look like a laptop that identifies as a sports car. (Didn't take a photo, sorry!)
Filed Under: Interested
ZenPhone 3 Laser
Price: $279 CAD
Sadly, I didn't take a photo of this device either, but it definitely caught my eye because of how it was described to me.
One of the more affordable ASUS mobile offerings, being sold at $279 CAD, it also doubled as a battery bank thanks to its very large battery (3000mAh!) for a device that's not extremely demanding. Reportedly 22 days standby on 3G.
Altogether, it's great to see products come out that aren't so laser focused (hah) on providing top of the line this and that, and providing a greater level of utility for those who'd like a longer battery life for their mobile devices. (What's next, we start adding removable batteries back into the mix?)
Filed Under: Enjoyed
ZenPhone 3 Deluxe
Price: $669 CAD
What caught my eye about the ZenPhone 3 Deluxe was its 5.7" AMOLED screen, the 23MP Sony Exmor camera sensor onboard, as well as its all metal exterior.
At the $669 CAD price point for the phone, it actually clocks in $380 less than both the lowest iPhone 7 Plus, and Google Pixel 5.5". ASUS has actually created a compelling alternative for price-conscious mobile buyers, who still wish to have high-end tech specs.
Performance of the phone itself is still out for the jury, but I'd certainly want to give one a shot and compare it against similar phones.
Filed Under: Want
Price: $6,499
I probably spent more time ogling this monster battleship of a rig more than (almost) anything else.
My gaming rig is getting a little old, and it was also custom-built for what I could afford at the time, so you can imagine how much I drooled when hearing about what's inside. A 6th gen Intel Core i7-6700K processor, a pair of SLI'd NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 cards, and lord knows what else.
I sat there and watched DOOM 2016 hit a consistent 125fps on a gigantic 34" curved, ultrawide monitor, and what I could only guess was max settings and on the highest resolution. I'm not sure how long I was there for, I just know that they left me to my devices and that was my happy place.
That said, it's got one hell of a price tag, and the entire setup with the monitor and gaming peripherals is definitely outside of my price range.
That said...
Filed Under: WANT
Transformer 3 Pro + ROG XG Station 2
Transformer 3 Pro Price: $1,599
ROG XG Station 2 Price: No Price (Yet)
The only thing that kept me longer than the GT51CA was this setup that they had in what I dubbed: "The University Student's Dream Setup" (Or at least it would have been mine.)
When I entered the room, I remember being somewhat perplexed by the random, glowing black box sitting on the table next to the Transformer 3 Pro. My initial questions revolved around the Transformer 3 Pro, which is packed with some high-end internals for a laptop / tablet: 6th gen Intel Core i7 6500U CPU, up to 16GB of 2133MHz RAM, and up to 512GB SSD of storage.
But then I asked about the box. "Tell me what's in the box!" I blurted out, like some moron on a game show.
"Oh, that's the ASUS ROG XG Station 2." said Colin, the ASUS rep who was giving me a tour of the products being previewed. And then he opened it.
In short, the XG Station 2 is an external PCI-e enclosure. They had an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 sitting inside, which connected to the Transformer 3 Pro via USB Thunderbolt Type-C port.
Filed Under: WANT!
Thanks to ASUS Canada for having me at their Holiday Preview event, and showing me around. Also, for letting me sit there and stare at the 34" ultrawide monitor, and for cleaning up the drool when the XG Station 2 was opened.
I'd love to get my hands on some of these products to really kick the tires!


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Michael graduated cum laude from Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where he sharpened his trial skills as a member of Drexel's award winning mock trial team. Michael won the Texas Young Lawyer's Association Regional Competition two years in a row, receiving the honor of Best Advocate each time. Since graduating Michael continues to teach trial advocacy to current law students, as a coach of the mock trial team at Drexel. Michael tried hundreds of cases as an Assistant Defender at the nationally recognized Defender Association of Philadelphia, before starting his own private criminal defense practice.
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December 13, 2013
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Day-for-night is a technique that makes a scene filmed in daylight look like it's in the nighttime. It was used extensively in the 1960s and 1970s before lighting techniques evolved that created the same look with more finesse, or perhaps just to save time and money. You see it in Clint Eastwood westerns like High Plains Drifter and The Outlaw Josey Wales. You also see it in the land-based scenes before the underwater dives in the Peter Yates film The Deep. It is still used today, and you can easily create this same day-for-night effect yourself.
Manual Exposure
Set all of your camera's image controls, iris or aperture, shutter and ISO to manual. This should be standard practice anyway to achieve professional-looking cinematography. When one or all of the camera's image controls are set to automatic, the image lightens or darkens every time an object passes in front of the frame or when you're shooting into a light source like a window with brighter light outside. Lock all image controls to manual.
Now close the iris or aperture by two T-stops. If you're shooting at T-5.6, close the iris or aperture to T-11. The image is now underexposed. It is much darker.
Closing the iris or aperture will result in an increase in depth-of-field. Images near and far will be in sharp focus. If you desire more shallow depth-of-field and wish your background behind your subject to be blurry, instead of closing the iris or aperture, put a 2-stop neutral density or ND filter over the lens. It'll darken the image without you having to close the iris or aperture.
Change the White-Balance Preset
The daylight, sun icon or 5500K-6500K setting would be the normal white-balance preset for shooting in daylight. Change it to the incandescent , bulb icon or 3200K setting. The image now looks a dark cobalt blue.
If your camera doesn't have white-balance presets, manually white-balance off a yellow-orange card instead of a white one. Zoom in on the card so that it fills the whole frame and then press the white-balance button located on the camera's body. This will achieve the same result—making everything look blue.
Shooting in bright sunlight will yield the most visible image when darkened, because there is still some contrast between highlights and shadows. If you try this technique on an overcast day, the image will have a tendency to be very murky and you won't see anything.
Add Some Warm Light
You can always augment the cool-blue daylight with some bright 1000-watt halogen floodlights inside nearby buildings to simulate house lamps and complete the illusion that your scene is in the nighttime. Tell your actors to try not to squint—which is difficult in bright sunshine, of course—because that destroys the illusion that the day-for-night scene is in the nighttime. Have one actor backlit by the sun, and use a reflector to reflect the sun's light and add fill so you can see into the shadows.
Experiment and have fun!
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text: Slow and steady really does win, according to University of Rochester researchers. The group slowed images carried on photon pulses in a hot gas of atoms and then showed that the image information was preserved. As described in the Jan. 26 issue of Applied Physics Letters, this go-slow, all-optical image delay could find use in image processing, holography, optical pattern correlation, remote sensing and quantum information.For example, image processing requires a buffer. One solution is to convert the image to its electronic equivalent, but because that demands lots of light, information is lost. Another solution is a long delay line, but that suffers from diffraction and space limitations. A small all-optical buffer, which the investigators' technique enables, would solve these problems.The researchers made use of the atomic resonances of cesium to slow light of a particular frequency. Such slow-light materials have a slow group velocity, the speed at which energy travels, because they are highly dispersive due to frequency-dependent absorption. An advantage to the cesium-based approach is that it requires only a single laser, unlike the multiple sources needed for other slow-light methods.In one experiment, the scientists sent 2-ns light pulses with, on average, less than one photon each through a mask and a lens-based imaging system. Between the lenses sat a 10-cm cell full of hot cesium vapor. By changing the cesium's temperature, the researchers produced a variable delay of up to 10 ns.After the light pulses traversed the setup, the group captured them with a scanning optical fiber and a camera, taking many seconds to move across the entire array of positions. They did this for a delayed and nondelayed two-dimensional image of a pair of letters, demonstrating similar image fidelity and resolution no matter the delay.So far, the group has achieved delays of up to 100 ns. Immediate plans are to slow dozens of pulses several milliseconds, but the eventual goal is to achieve far longer delays.


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"Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you shall be satisfied."
Luke 6:21
Do I allow my physical hunger to point me to God? Do I have a deep, aching down in my depths for Living Bread? If not, what have I filled myself with so that I am not hungry for Him?
There is much to be said about hungering for God. May I ask your grace for leaving the saying to those much wiser than I?
In his book, A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer, John Piper has these challenging words to say about hunger and God...
"One might think that those who feast most often on communion with God are least hungry. They turn often from the innocent pleasures of the world to linger more directly in the presence of God through the revelation of his Word. And there they eat the Bread of Heaven and drink the Living Water by meditation and faith. But, paradoxically, it is not so that they are the least hungry saints. The opposite is the case. The strongest, most mature Christians I have ever met are the hungriest for God. (cont'd)
...It might seem that those who eat most would be least hungry. But that's not the way it works with an inexhaustible fountain, and an infinite feast, and a glorious Lord. When you take your stand on the finished work of God in Christ, and begin to drink at the River of Life and eat the Bread of Heaven, and know that you have found the end of all your longings, you only get hungrier for God. The more satisfaction you experience from God, while still in this world, the greater your desire for the next. For, as C. S. Lewis said, "Our best havings are wantings." (cont'd)
...The more deeply you walk with Christ,
the hungrier you get for Christ ...
the more homesick you get for heaven...
the more you want "all the fullness of God"...
the more you want to be done with sin...
the more you want the Bridegroom to come again ...
the more you want the Church revived and purified with the beauty of Jesus...
the more you want a great awakening to God's reality in the cities...
the more you want to see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ penetrate the darkness of all the unreached peoples of the world...
the more you want to see false worldviews yield to the force of Truth...
the more you want to see pain relieved and tears wiped away and
death destroyed...
the more you long for every wrong to be made right
and the justice and grace of God
to fill the earth like the waters cover the sea. (cont'd)
...If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.
God did not create you for this. There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast: "This much, O God, I want you." (cont'd)
Fasting is an offering of emptiness to show where fullness can be found.
It is a sacrifice of need and hunger.
It says, by its very nature,
"Father, I am empty, but you are full.
I am hungry, but you are the Bread of Heaven.
I am thirsty, but you are the Fountain of Life.
I am weak, but you are strong.
I am poor, but you are rich.
I am foolish, but you are wise.
I am broken, but you are whole.
I am dying, but your steadfast love is better than life (Psalm 63:3)." (end Piper)
Oh, thank you, Lord for using Dr. Piper to show me that I so often stuff myself from the table of the world that I am dull to the ache of longing for You.
Change me from someone who is:
"so much attached to the pleasures of sense, so negligent of things spiritual:
so prompt to gratify my body, so slow to nourish my soul:
so greedy for present delight, so indifferent to lasting blessedness." Baillie
into a person who desires the nourishment of You above all.
photos: physical food shots from last summer
John Piper's book, A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer, is available (graciously) FREE as a pdf here!


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Bruce Latimer: Etchings - Art Collector
|Bruce Latimer, Fluroescence 1, etching with hand colouring, 75 x 50cm, edition of 18. Courtesy: the artist and Beaver Galleries, Canberra
|The etchings of Bruce Latimer explore evidence of human presence within the natural world in all of its varied manifestations. From signs of gentle transit in the landscape through to significant domination of the natural world, Latimer looks for a potent narrative where often incongruous elements collide. His etchings are both ethereal and captivating with poignant details that await discovery by the viewer. Latimer's work is represented in many collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the state galleries of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, and many Australian regional galleries.
|Opening: 6pm Thursday 28 February 2013
|Exhibition closes: 19 March 2013
|Location: Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin ACT 2600
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The next day I was off to the Yungus road, known as the "Most dangerous Road in the World". Aka the road of death, la via de muerte, north of the capital of Laz Paz towards the town of Corico.
Here's a little bit of what I caught on film
The route there was freezing cold passing through snow capped mountains and lakes. Again up to 15,000ft and more.
After passing some military check points and such I saw a sign that said Road Yungas, but didn't realize it said south Yungas, and I needed to take the north Yungas. So I drove off into the distance for a few hours and got lost going the wrong way.
I eventually found my way back to the road I deterred from, but road conditions had severely deteriorated and it was getting very nasty. So I drove on for a while but my visibility diminished to about 3 feet in front of me I was able to see.
It was getting late so I called it quits and turned back to La Paz.
I've been driving on a street tire since Mexico and I've had a spare dual sport tire I've been carrying all the way from Ecuador to Peru and now to Bolivia. It still had some life to it, another 5000 miles I estimate, but after seeing the road conditions trying to find the Yungus road, I knew it was time to switch over to some more off road grip.
So what does Alex decide to do at 1am when he wakes up in a cold sweat from a dream of falling off the side of the Yungus road, that's right, change a tire. Needless to say the other inhabitants of the hostel didn't like the sounds of banging and tools clicking and hitting the floor at 1 am.
Finished at 4am due to some mechanical issues and went to bed.
Woke up at 7am to retrace my foot steps and find the real Yungus road.
I went all the way to the town of Corico without finding the entrance. Corico is the end of the Yungus road. But luckily I talked to some people and caught it on the way back.
So how do you make the world's most dangerous road more dangerous? Well you drive it backwards going uphill climbing from 4000ft to 14,000ft in elevation while dodging tourist mountain bikers coming down the hill at high speeds. I sure do like to make things difficult for myself don't I?
So I went from jungle rainforest to freezing mountain tops on this road. It was awesome!
It was not the most technical of roads to drive but any small miscalculation and your toast!
Apparently 300 to 400 people died every year on this road until a new paved road was opened just 5 years ago.
Going through this amazing road was majestic.
As I focused on driving, I occasionally looked off 2 feet next to me to look over the edge of death where so many have lost their lives. The whole way up I could imagine crazy bus drivers going down this thing and losing control, toppling over the side and killing countless people, which is what usually happened.
There were lots of crosses everywhere mourning the dead.
|Crazy feeling when you see bunches of these along the road your currently driving
Regardless this road turned out to be one of the most beautiful roads I've ever driven. I don't know if it was the danger or the beauty, or perhaps a combination of both, just the right balance of beauty and danger, it was awesome.
The whole ride is now engraved in my mind for the years to come as one of the most exhilarating roads I've ever driven.
The whole ride is now engraved in my mind for the years to come as one of the most exhilarating roads I've ever driven.
So finally hit asphalt again, and I looked back to see the entrance. It was ridiculous, how would I ever find that going in. So for those of you wanting to visit this road, it is the first off road entrance to the right after you pass the only gas station after the military narcotics check point going from La Paz to Corico.
I headed back to La Paz and found a nice $12 hostel with adequate parking….well sort of….
And a good bed...finally...
As I got in I noticed quite a lot of girls hanging around the area. To my surprise there were 7 girls working at the hostel at the same time.
I was captain popular….again….the curse of the cool looking motorcycle continues.
So as I set off the next day, I noticed the highway was a little too empty for a capital city. I thought well it's Friday, there should be plenty of traffic, but there wasn't.
So I moved on, passed through down town with little traffic on the streets and headed out towards the world's largest salt flat of Uyuni, my next destination.
People were out on the major highway playing soccer, burning tires, putting rocks on the street, stopping traffic, demonstrating, chanting and more.
Turns out every bus driver, micro bus driver, or anyone doing anything with transportation was on strike! It made travel impossible for backpackers, but not for me.
The entire capital city if not the entire country of Bolivia was on strike! That would explain the empty streets.
As I passed the burning tires and people trying to stop me and possibly stone me, I suppose to make a point to the government to receive higher wages, I got an eerie sense of Armageddon. Its like those movies we see where the world is about to end and people are out on the street looting and such. And urban free for all is what it felt like.
It was a crazy feeling knowing that everyone was out to get you, to stop you on the road and not let you pass.
The burning tires and people yelling at me put some notions and feelings of, this mob of people has the capacity to kill you, drive faster!
The burning tires and people yelling at me put some notions and feelings of, this mob of people has the capacity to kill you, drive faster!
So for about an hour I was swerving through the mass mob and gang of people running for my life! It was like playing a really messed up video game. This was probably the most hostile area I've been in besides that one area in Mexico, difference is that here everyone was a potential threat.
Here's a little bit of what I caught on film
So finally out of the crazy, dangerous, life threatening mess I headed out to Uyuni, where the world's largest salt flat exists.


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Brattahlíð was Erik the Red's estate in the Viking colony he established on south western Greenland at the end of the 10th century. Brattahlíð probably had the first church in the New World. A reconstruction of this chapel now stands near the original site, along with a replica of a Viking longhouse.
City Council of Catoira. CATOIRA was one of the towns visited by the Vikings during the early Middle Ages. In 1960, a group of intellectuals launched the Romería Vikinga, a festival that recalls the Viking raids in Galicia and the defensive role played by Catoira, town twinned with Frederikssund since 1997.
A living history museum in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the Viking and Medieval history of the city. See what life was like on board a Viking ship, learn of their voyages, weaponry and skills. Try on clothes, become a slave and stroll down a noisy street. Visit a smokey and cramped Viking house, learn the runic alphabet, hear the poetry and sagas and more.
Foteviken Museum with its Viking town is an archaeological open air museum, with experimental archeology and living history as the main task. Founded in 1995, it is a public institution and a municipal museum in Vellinge Municipality. The museum is a referral body of archaeological affairs in the municipality.
GuideCompaniet is a tour company located in Stavanger, Norway. The company offers several Viking themed tours in Stavanger, Haugesund and also in other destinations in Norway. The aim of the tours is to spread knowledge about the Viking Age and the Vikings in a fun and interactive way through great storytelling and different activities.
A collaboration between Stockholm County Museum and the Täby and Vallentuna municipalities, the tour area Runriket shows the history of the runestones at 9 sites located around the Vallentuna lake. The gateway is located at Jarlabankes bro with an information centre, outdoor exhibition, experience park and a reconstruction of the Viking Age monument.
Sagnlandet Lejre is an atmospheric and exciting open air park with houses and settings from the Stone Age, Iron Age, Viking Age and 1800th century and historic workshops, located in the historic landscape near Roskilde. It is also a pionering institution in the field of experimental archaeology and communication of knowledge.
Trelleborgs Kommuns Utvecklings AB is a company wholly owned by Trelleborg municipality. It works with marketing the municipality to increase its attractiveness to companies, investments, inhabitants and visitors. The company has been tasked by the city council to work with economy, trade, industry and tourism.
Vikingaliv is based on historical facts combined with the very latest academic research into the history of the vikings. Facts that are presented to you in an instructive and interactive way. Vikingaliv offers illusions, fantasy and exciting tales. Get to know our vikings and learn about Ragnfrid´s saga.
Destination Viking Association has already involved partners both in the Scandinavian 'home lands' of the Vikings in the Nordic countries as well as in a number of the lands in the west where Scandinavians settled (the Isle of Man, Orkney and Shetland, Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland) and some of the Baltic Sea areas with strong Scandinavian impact during the Viking Age (Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Russia). The partnership is open to new partners and new countries.


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Five Closet Alternatives in the 'Tween Bedroom
I was spoiled. I had an entire, large closet all to myself in our bedroom in one of the houses I grew up in. We would use it for all of our clothing, toys and I still managed to have enough room for a private little fort. When we moved, our storage situation radically changed. Space was a prized possession -- especially when sharing with a sister.
Our new bedroom had no closet, so our mother had to get quite creative with her storage solutions -- a dresser could only hold so much, you know. Perhaps if these had been around when I was 11, our lives would have been so much easier. And they are cool to boot!
• Wright's Peak Wire Horizontal Storage, $375
• Blue Roll-Away Bin by PB Teen, $39-59. We love the one for under the bed storage.
• Odda Storage unit with clothes tree by IKEA, $199.
• Perf Boxes by Offi, $299.
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May 29, 2009
Missed the Bus?Dont miss the Flight
Almost all Mutual Funds (supposed to be managed by smart money managers) were sitting idle all these months. Mutual Fund data shows that funds were sitting on a cash pile of upto Rs 20,000 crore !!! as of April-end. They were waiting for the market to correct post-election. But just the opposite happened. The election results were un-expectedly positive, the market zoomed and everyone were a mere spectator to the rally. But money managers should have realized that valuations had already hit the bottom. Unsystematic Risk was still there and there was no strong reason enough to be optimistic but it was clear that many stocks were dirt cheap and the path from thereon was north-wards towards their fair price even though at a slow pace. But they totally missed it. What are these funds doing now? They are waiting again as they think valuations are too high now ! to enter so they want to wait before prices correct again. These Investment Mangers advise investors not to time their Investment and have a long-term horizon to achieve decent returns. But what they themselves do is the opposite.
Individual and Institutional Investors may have missed the bus by not getting in the market. I think, if they continue to wait further, they might miss the Flight towards the next rally.
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- Manindra said...
Mak bhai I still think valuations in India are quite on upper side. There is too much irrational exuberance and people don't look to fundamentals at all. I may be wrong in short run but there is hardly any stock with good fundamentals aka good financials & good management which is also available @ not too high price. Having said that, I would recommend to look for low P/E ratio companies with sound financials of at least last 5 yrs and I am sure there are few bargains left in the market!!
- Makarand Prabhune said...
Thanks for the valuable comment Manindra Bhai. I agree that people behave irrationally a lot many times. Not all stocks are a screaming buy at current levels but i am positive that there are good value picks at the moment and you correctly mentioned as to how to identify them.


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Nashville's Friendliest Gay Bars
Posted by Gary Ashton RE/MAX Advantage on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at 1:22pm.
Thanks to its reputation as a somewhat wild kind of party town, Music City is also one of the most gay friendly cities in the country. From state-of-the-art show bars and dance clubs, too outrageous drag shows and cabaret Queens, Nashville is home to some of the hottest and most happening GLBT parts, clubs and bars that you will find anywhere.
Club Blu
Club Blu is one of the newest GLBT venues in the city, having only opened its doors back in 2004. Even so, its location is by no means new to Nashville's GLBT community as its housed in the same building where The World's End and Jaded Mary's used to be. Club Blu can be found in the heart of Church Street, which is Nashville's most prominent gay district. The club itself is wild, with an awesome sound system and plenty of dance tracks including hip-hop and urban - guaranteed to satisfy Nashville's African American crowd
Blue Genes 37203
Located right next door to the iconic Club Blu, Blue Genes is nevertheless miles apart from its near neighbor when it comes to atmosphere and style. Here, you'll find a much more relaxed environment within its pub style setting. Blue Genes offers the usual – a long bar, standard all tables, dark balls, TV sets showing live sports, as well as a small stage for the occasional live performance. If you're looking for somewhere to hang out after work, or you just want a few quiet drink somewhere without any pretence, Blue Genes is the place to come.
Canvas Lounge
If you want to be made to feel special, you'll fit right in at the Canvas Lounge. The ambience at this venue is second to none, with its funky the core and bright colors, great music and friendly clientele, there are few places easier to relax and soak up the good vibes.
The Lipstick Lounge
The Lipstick Lounge has a reputation for being no ordinary GLTG hangout. With walls painted a rich and deep red, lined with weird and wonderful contemporary art, this place is easily one of the more eclectic hangouts in the East Nashville. For the most part, the lipstick lounge is geared towards a female lesbian crowd, however, the climate is very sociable and hip, the clientele extremely friendly, with lots of entertainment going on in the form of live performers and DJs.
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Relevant, and inspirational as well. Interesting blog by a writer that I really enjoy 🙂
I'm working on an exciting new project. It's awesome, really, because I get to do something that I love.
I get to teach college students about leadership and about success at work.
Yes, I'm currently in the midst of trying to be productive…even though this is me on most days…
Alright… so in an effort to find the right topics to discuss and the right stories to share with these students, I've had to reflect a lot on my experiences in the workplace.
And well…that hasn't been fun.
It hasn't been fun because I've realized something.
I've realized that although there are a lot of things that I can teach these students, there's no way that I can control the hardships that they'll continue to face as young professionals.
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The state of today's economic crisis has people scared, confused, cautious, and certainly frustrated. When I tell people what I do for a living, they either respond with laughter or pity. In a sense, they are both saying the same thing, "Wow, are people really still buying real estate?" or "Can anybody get a loan these days?" The answer to both questions is "Actually, yes!"
Now please let me rephrase. Not just anybody can get a loan. The days of simply "fogging up a mirror" in order to qualify are long gone, and isn't that for the better? There are some basics that you must have in order to qualify:
- Down Payment
- Good Credit
For the most part, for a jumbo loan, which the majority of San Francisco loans are, you need a minimum of 10% down. I say for the most part, because there are also FHA loans which only require 3% if you qualify. We are currently representing buyers who are in contract for a house in the Sunnyside district (right next to Glen Park) for just under $600,000. They are using an FHA loan and have put 5% down. Many people are under the impression that FHA loans have more guidelines and conditions than a regular loan. The only difference that we have seen so far is that they required a second appraisal.
Another client of ours has just checked in with his credit union, who is offering 5% down on conforming loans. Our advice is always to check with your credit union first, if you are a member of one. They have always offered the lowest rates, and although they do indeed have more conditions to meet, it can be worth it in the end. There was a story on the news the other night that put credit unions and small local banks above the larger banks in terms of safety. Credit unions and local banks tend to be more conservative in their lending practices, and therefore are not facing the trouble that some of the larger banks are in.
You do also need to have good credit. If your FICO score is 700 or above you are fine. Below that, you will need to shop around a bit and see what the various lenders are offering. Do not assume you won't qualify, and make sure you talk to more than one lender as they all offer different loan programs. I have seen advertisements from banks offering very low fees in order to bring people through the door.
Of course, we don't know what will happen tomorrow. It seems that there is huge news every day, and it always seems worse than the day before. Today, there was "the rate cut heard around the world" where the fed cute the rate by half a percentage along with Canada, England, Sweden, and Switzerland. Unfortunately, in spite of their efforts, stocks and oil both fell sharply.
For today, here are the facts:
- Yes, there is still financing available
- Interest rates are relatively low
- You can get a loan for as low as 3%, and definitely with 10% down payment
- Yes, people are still buying and selling houses
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The life of a wooden shutter does not have to end when it is taken off the exterior of a house. It may be weathered and worn but this is the exact look that is perfect for interior decorating! That is, of course, if you are in to shabby chic or rustic decor. Decorating with shutters is a popular design choice and there are several ways to incorporate them into a room.
For example, I needed a window covering for the small bathroom window in our cabin. I didn't want to go with traditional curtains or blinds so when I found a set of bright orange shutters, I knew I found the perfect solution. They were a perfect size to simply sit on the window ledge, offering privacy with a little bit of rustic whimsy.
There are plenty of other ways to decorate with shutters, though, that don't even involve windows. I found some of the best ideas to share with you. All you need to do is find yourself some shutters! Many can be found at antique stores, flea markets, Craigslist and estate sales.
Decorating With Shutters:
1. Shutter Headboard – I love unique headboards and these shutters make up a headboard that is full of interest. Using two different colors creates a fun pattern and added style.
2. Shutter Shelf – Make a great looking shelf by incorporating a shutter into the design! This is a fun look especially with the fresh coat of green paint.
3. Shutters On The Wall – Simply hanging shutters on the wall as is, stained or painted adds tons of textural interest. They work great to break up a large bare wall.
4. Use a shutter as a table top for a sofa table! This fun idea can be easily made with the tutorial provided by HGTV. Just click on the photo for full instructions.
Have you used shutters in your decorating? Share your ideas with us!
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Mel Odom | Moore, OK USA | 11/01/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"When Rose (Helen Mirren, PRIME SUSPECT), a professional hitwoman, decides to renege on a contract and let an intended corpse and her baby live, her partner Mikey (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) knows their world is about to change drastically. They've been partners since he was a kid and she was the woman who partnered with his father on professional killings. She taught him everything about the art of killing. Clayton (Stephen Dorff), the crime boss who hired them to kill his wife and unborn child, is a truly psychotic animal. The problem is, Rose is dying of cancer and wants to leave something good behind. And she believes it will be this child.
Lee Daniels directed the movie as well as MONSTER'S BALL, another ethnic thriller that slammed audiences with sex and violence and gave Halle Berry the chance to win an Academy Award. Helen Mirren starred in the PRIME SUSPECT seasons on the BBC as well as THE QUEEN. Cuba Gooding, Jr. has been in several movies, including JERRY MAGUIRE, MEN OF HONOR, and SNOW DOGS. Stephen Dorff starred in BLADE and COVERT ONE: THE HADES FACTOR.
The film showcased developing characters and a telescoped plot that spread over years. Viewers are forced to read between the lines on some of the continuity, and to make judgment calls where the characters and action are concerned. The fascinating thing about the film is the dichotomy of how caring and how cold-blooded Rose and Mikey are, and the horror of Vickie's situation, never truly able to take care of herself or her child. Normally a film like this carries the views along on action alone, but there was a depth of character that allowed for fascination to set it. I simply couldn't stop watching to see how things came out, and on more than one occasion I didn't see a twist coming till it slammed me between the eyes.
There is a lot of sexuality, nudity, and violence in the movie, but it's genuine and real. Not gratuitious. This is a world of violent people, and it's presented with the carnality that's in that world.
SHADOWBOXER is a different kind of crime film. It has a lot of film noir elements, but they're presented in a different mix. If you liked A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, you'll probably enjoy SHADOWBOXER."
Best Twisted Love Story!!!
C. Herron | Oklahoma | 11/14/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It blows my mind how such an excellent action packed twisted movie came through the theaters without a trace. I was glued to my seat throughout the entire movie. I was just blown away with the twisted love relationship between Cuba Goodin and Helen Mirren. All I can say is see it for yourself and you be the judge. This movie will go into my collection..."
Outrageous, preposterous and not believable. But I couldn't
Linda Linguvic | New York City | 01/20/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This 2005 film has all my favorite elements - sex and violence. It's also fast paced and exciting and, even though the plot is absolutely preposterous, I had no trouble following the twists and turns and constant surprises. It packs a lot of wallop into its 90 minutes of pure wild story, and I was involved and intrigued the entire time.
Hats off to a great cast too! Helen Mirrin, cast as Rose, is paired with Cuba Gooding cast as Mikey, as the most unlikely couple in the world. Not only is the relationship interracial, but she is 22 years older than him and he is her stepson. The screen sizzles with their romantic interludes and there is no doubt they love each other. To top off the outrageousness of it all, they make their living as contract killers. She just happens to be dying of cancer though and has agreed to do one last job.
Enter the crime lord bad guy played by Stephen Dorff who we first see torturing a man he thinks is having an affair with his wife. His wife, played by Vanessa Ferlito, is the one that he wants murdered and of course it is Rose and Mikey who he hires to do the job. Rose, dressed in black, enters the wife's bedroom with the intent of killing her. But the wife just happens to be 9 months pregnant and Helen and Mikey wind up delivering the baby and running away with the mother and child to hide. That's the basis of the plot and it gets even more outrageous as the story goes on. I loved it because it was different and that it dared to show one particular explicit coupling of Rose and Mike that will long be remembered.
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The Effects of Weekly Administration of 40 mg Pegvisomant or Placebo on Quality of Life and Insulin Sensitivity in Acromegalic Patients With Normal IGF-I Concentrations During Long-Term Treatment With Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogs
Introduction Both lanreotide (Somatulin Autosolution ™ (SL)) and octreotide (Sandostatin LAR
™ (LAR)) are equally effective in controlling disease activity in acromegalic subjects with
a normalization of serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels in roughly 65%.
However, SL is injected as a deep intramuscular injection, while LA is injected as a deep
subcutaneous injection. Physicians, involved in the treatment of acromegalic patients know
that biochemical control of the disease in their patients not necessarily means that all
those patients stop complaining. To address these issues, Sonino and co-workers studied with
several symptom questionnaires the effects on quality of life (QoL) of SL. Together with a
significant decrease in growth hormone (GH) and IGF-I, treatment with SL significantly
improved psychological distress, well-being and social fears (1). In another study on the
efficacy of the novel GH receptor antagonist pegvisomant to lower serum IGF-I
concentrations a questionnaire evaluating five clinical signs and symptoms of acromegaly
showed dose dependent significant differences from placebo (2). Recently, Webb and
co-workers reported the successful development of a disease-specific questionnaire suitable
to measure health-related quality of life in acromegaly (ACROQOL) (3).
No clear biochemical parameter appears to be available that correlates well with disease
activity related quality of life (4). At the same time, serum GH concentrations and serum
total IGF-I levels, but not QoL, are used as parameters to determine dosing of Sandostatin
LAR, or any of the available medical therapies for acromegaly (5-8).
The growth hormone receptor antagonist pegvisomant as monotherapy once daily normalizes
IGF-I in virtually all acromegalics (9;10), but pegvisomant monotherapy is also very costly.
Recently, we reported the results of a 42-week dose-finding study on the efficacy of the
combination of long-acting somatostatin analogues once monthly and pegvisomant once weekly
in 26 patients with active acromegaly. Pegvisomant dose was increased until IGF-I levels
normalized or until a weekly dose of 80 mg was reached. IGF-I levels normalized in 25 (95 %)
with a median weekly dose of 60 mg pegvisomant. There were no signs of pituitary tumor
growth but mild elevations in liver enzymes were observed in 10 patients (38%) (11). One of
the potential advantages of combining pegvisomant with somatostatin analogues is that
pegvisomant monotherapy improves insulin sensitivity compared to somatostatin analogues
(12;13), although it is unclear yet whether or not long-term pegvisomant administration
would improve insulin sensitivity in normal subjects (13;14). Therefore, one might expect
that pegvisomant monotherapy has beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity, compared to the
combination of both pegvisomant and somatostatin analogues, as the latter ones decrease
insulin sensitivity by several mechanisms (13;15).
- So-called biochemically well controlled acromegalic subjects with normal serum IGF-I
concentrations frequently still have an impaired QoL.
- These subjects, when controlled by long-acting somatostatin analogs have impaired
insulin sensitivity because of the pharmacological properties of these somatostatin
- We postulate that co-administration of the growth hormone receptor antagonist
pegvisomant will improve QoL and insulin sensitivity
1. To determine whether the addition of weekly pegvisomant administrations improves
quality of life
2. To determine whether the addition of weekly pegvisomant administrations improves
insulin sensitivity
Description of procedures:
- Patients on treatment with Sandostatin LAR (SL) 20 - 30 mg per months i.m. or patients
treated with Lanreotide autosolution (LA) 90 - 120 mg deep s.c. will be enrolled.
- For 4 months, and after randomization, all subjects will also receive weekly s.c.
injections of either placebo or a fixed dose of 40 mg pegvisomant
- After a 4 weeks wash-out period, patients will switch from either placebo to
pegvisomant or from pegvisomant to placebo
- Before, and after 2 and 4 months of each treatment period, serum efficacy parameters
and quality of life (AcroQol ™ , general QoL questionaire and PASQ Signs and Symptoms)
will be assessed.
- Before and after 4 months of each treatment period, pituitary tumor size and insulin
sensitivity (HOMA/SIGMA model (16)) will be assessed.
Subjects Twenty acromegalic subjects who are seen at regular intervals at our out-patient
facilities will be asked to participate. All subjects will be seen at the Clinical Research
Inclusion criteria:
- Active acromegaly.
- Serum total IGF-I levels must have been normalized during long-term treatment with
long-acting somatostatin analogs
- Age between 18 and 80
Exclusion criteria:
- Any contra-indication for the use of long-acting somatostatin analogs, as e.g. the use
of anti-coagulants.
- Subjects with pituitary tumors that compress the optic chiasm
- Patients with insulin dependent diabetes
- Patients with cancer
- Patients with kidney- or liver function disturbances
- Fertile female patients that refuse to take contraceptives during the study
Study procedures Visit 1; baseline (week 0; 1 day prior to next monthly injection of
long-acting SRIF analog))
- Review inclusion and exclusion criteria
- Obtain written informed consent
- Conduct a medical history and physical examination; record vital signs.
- Blood sampling: fasting IGF-I, insulin, GH, glucose, HbA1c, liver functions, lipid
profile, free fatty acids, pegvisomant levels, pregnancy test in females.
- QoL assessment (AcroQol™/PASQ ™)
- MRI (recent MRI of < 3 months is also acceptable)
- Injection of the usual SL or LA dose
- randomization
- Start of weekly injections of 40 mg pegvisomant or placebo (16 injections in total)
Visit 2, 3 (week 8 and 16; one day prior of weekly study drug/placebo injection)
- Blood sampling: fasting IGF-I, insulin, GH, glucose, HbA1c, liver functions, lipid
profile, free fatty acids, pegvisomant levels
- QoL assessment (AcroQol™/PASQ ™)
- After week 16, all patients have their 4 weeks wash-out period
Visit 4 (week 20; end of wash-out)
- Blood sampling: fasting IGF-I, insulin, GH, glucose, HbA1c, liver functions, lipid
profile, free fatty acids, pegvisomant levels
- Return of study medication for drug accountability
- QoL assessment (AcroQol™/PASQ ™)
- Start of second co-treatment period with weekly s.c injections of either placebo or 40
mg fixed-dose pegvisomant (16 weekly injections)
Visit 5, 6 (week 28 and 36; one day prior of weekly study drug/placebo injection)
- Blood sampling: fasting IGF-I, insulin, GH, glucose, HbA1c, liver functions, lipid
profile, free fatty acids, pegvisomant levels
- Return of study medication for drug accountability
- QoL assessment (AcroQol™/PASQ ™)
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment
To assess if the addition of pegvisomant weekly will improve Quality of life (QoL). QoL will be assessed by the PASQ and AcroQol questionnaires
at 8 and 16 weeks of treatment
Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO)
October 2006
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How to Make a Sand Cast Bronze Sculpture
Bronze casting is an ancient and complex process used to create objects of bronze. Bronze is an alloy much stronger than copper, but not as strong as iron or steel. The two basic types of casting are solid cast or lost wax (hollow casting).
1Use coke, charcoal, or propane to create enough heat to melt a small amount of bronze. Start out with a small piece a few inches tall to practice.
2Make an object in clay or dry wood and pack dry sand around it.
3Prepare your area for work by clearing unneeded objects.
4Put a layer of dry sand on the floor. This prevents the molten bronze or the crucible from exploding, which it will do if it touches concrete or any surface that has moisture in it.
5Remove your clay object from the dry sand (or, if you used wood, it can be left in the mold to burn up) and then put the sand mold in a kiln.
6Heat the kiln up to 1,000 °F (538 °C).
7Heat the bronze in the crucible to about 2,100 °F (1,150 °C), or until it is obviously liquid.
8Using tongs, carefully pour the bronze into the sand mold (the mold should be preheated to 1000 degrees F).
9Let it cool for a few hours, then take the bronze piece out of the mold.
10File and sand the piece until it is how you want it.
11Polish the bronze to whatever finish you desire. You may also paint it with a patina or regular paint.
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- There are a variety of ways to cast, so read a few books or articles before starting.
- Always wear protective clothing and goggles
- DO NOT put water on hot bronze or it will explode.
- In case of injury, submerge the injured body part into ice water until you get to the hospital
- Always have a spotter with you to call the emergency services or take you to the hospital in case of injury.
- Always have dry fire extinguishers and water around your workplace in case of fire.
- Casting is dangerous, so keep all kids and animals out of the area.
- Never set or spill crucible or bronze onto any surface except dry sand as it may catch fire or explode.
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I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2000 with a BA(Hons) in Ceramics, and formed We Make Pots in 2004 with my husband Simon.
Following a period of time in Ayrshire, family life brought me back to my home of Kirkpatrick Durham where I have lived and worked since 2008.
My aim is to make useful pots that are well crafted and a pleasure to use. Bowls, cups, mugs and jugs are the foundation of my practice and provide infinite possibilities in exploring clarity of form and functionality.
My recent work has focused on creating small groups of pots, all different but united with a balanced set of glazes. The use of matt and shiny surfaces and subtle colour changes created through layering of the glazes and sometimes multiple firings has led me to explore decoration quietly evocative of local landscapes.
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Rewild Your Life
I'm Rewilding my life! This great idea came from We Are Wildness, a website encouraging folks to spend time in the natural world; studying, enjoying and learning our place within it.
It's the 4th day of September so this is about 5 days late. Sometimes I forget to share things in a timely manner. I do not have a blog calendar no matter how many times I've been told that it's the only way to be organized about writing. I'd rather live my life like a rabid squirrel, constantly looking for nuts but being too distracted to actually pick them up and hide them.
The Rewild Your Life challenge is to spend 30 minutes each day in a natural setting without electronics except to take pictures. Days One and Two were easy, it was the holiday weekend and we were camping by the lake.
Day Three I had to search but not too far because my workplace is set in the middle of a rural area and we're surrounded by forest. I'm going to call getting to the treelined edge of campus a win in this situation. Today will most likely be the same, with a 10 hour workday in a concrete bunker followed by the needs of the family: school open house, errands and a hot meal on the table. There is a part of me that would like to claim reading about being outside as reaching the goal but I know in my soul, it is not the same as being there. The goal remains the same: to do something each day that reminds me where I find my peace.


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Read this: John Whittingdale to force BBC to reveal stars' pay
Summary: The BBC currently publishes a limited amount of information about how much it pays its stars, disclosing only how many performers sit within a variety of financial bands, ranging from 50,000 up to 5 million. The new government proposals will apply to all BBC employees and freelancers above the 150,000 threshold. - www.telegraph.co.ukRead full article: John Whittingdale to force BBC to reveal…
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Making Everyone's Vote Count
By now it is typical for people to wish the campaign were over and complain about all the ads and robocalls. But if you live in states such as Texas, New York, Oklahoma, or Vermont, you've barely experienced the presidential campaign. In fact, you'd be excused if you thought President Obama and Governor Romney were running for President of Ohio. Rep. Steve Israel has a plan to correct this:
The head of the House Democratic campaign arm this week proposed a constitutional amendment that would give the winner of the popular vote in the presidential race an additional 29 electoral votes.
Now, this is not a particularly elegant solution (why 29 votes?) and I prefer this one, but at least it brings us closer to a true democracy. Maybe if (unlikely though it may be) President Obama loses the popular vote but wins the electoral one, we can start to move toward bipartisan support for weakening or doing away with the electoral college.Click here for reuse options!
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After months of protests, phone calls and civil disobedience from anti-power plant activists and Burrillville residents, Governor Raimondo has scheduled a visit to Burrillville for an open community meeting. The open meeting, which will be held at the Burrillville High School on July 18th from 6-9pm, will focus on Invenergy's proposed fracked-gas and diesel fuel power plant.
"Since the power plant proposal was first announced last August, we have been asking the Governor to come meet with Burrillville residents. We are happy that the Governor has agreed to this and hear from the people who would be most impacted by the power plant project". Kathy Martley who lives a quarter mile from the proposed power plant site.
BASE (Burrillville Against Spectra Expansion), The FANG Collective and others have been targeting the Governor for several months over her support of the plant. The groups have shown up at dozens of the Governor's public events with "Save Burrillville: No New Power Plant" signs and have led multiple call-in days to the Governor's office. On April 19th the groups held a sit-in at the Governor's office where one person was arrested after refusing to leave. One of the demands of the sit-in was that the Governor travel to Burrillville and meet with residents.
But activists say that tone of the visit to Burrillville will largely be dependent on whether the Governor vetoes or signs into law a Bill moving through the State House that would give residents more control of the power plant approval process. The Bill is being championed by Representative Cale Keable and Senator Paul Fogarty, both of Burrillville.
"We want the Governor's visit to Burrillville to be informative but also be a celebration of the Keable/Fogarty bill becoming law. This is the Governor's climate legacy moment. To veto this bill, and take away the voice of Burrillville residents, would forever tarnish her environmental record". Nick Katkevich of the FANG Collective.
The Bill, which would let Burrillville residents vote on any tax agreement made between the power plant company and the town council, passed the House of Representatives 64-7 and is scheduled for second hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
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By Molly Parker
Published June 19, 2009
Donning suits and hard hats, politicians joined officials from MeadWestvaco Crop. and Rockefeller Group on Thursday afternoon as the two companies broke ground on their joint-venture logistics park near Jedburg.
Initial work will begin on road improvements to a one-mile stretch of Drop Off Drive in an effort to make that frontage road ready to handle truck traffic. The groundbreaking also kicks off work on the site pad for the first of four planned buildings. The goal is to create a plot where a building could be erected in a matter of months if a tenant is secured.
"It really — especially today, in today's financial environment, it takes collaboration to pull off a project like this," Ken Seeger, president of MeadWestvaco's Community Development and Land Management Group, said after the groundbreaking during a ceremony at High Cotton in downtown Charleston.
MeadWestvaco originally planned to sell its land there to Rockefeller, but the two groups announced in May that they were partnering on the development. Through its land division, headquartered in Summerville, Virginia-based MeadWestvaco has shifted its real estate focus in recent years and has now entered the development business.
This deal marks the first of its development efforts to get under way.
Ed Guiltinan, vice president and regional director of Rockefeller Group, called the groundbreaking a "significant step" after three years of planning and negotiations with other area developers and Berkeley County officials.
The road work will be done by Banks Construction, the site work by Landmark Construction. Colliers Kennan is handling the leasing for the project.
MeadWestvaco and Rockefeller Group plan to eventually build 2.7 million square feet of warehousing and light industrial space on a 400-acre plot.
Dallas-based Hillwood Development Co. and Trammell Crow Co. also are planning commerce parks in Jedburg, in addition to the facilities already operating there that are owned or have been sold off by Spartanburg-based Johnson Development Associates. In total, the area — considered a prime location because of its proximity to the Port of Charleston and Interstates 26 and 95 — is expected to eventually house a combined 17 million square feet of industrial space.
Hillwood, Trammell Crow and Rockefeller had planned to have speculative buildings out of the ground by now, but the economy has slowed those plans. Guiltinan said that several companies are eyeing the property, though competition for new business is stiff.
Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis called the deal "very exciting," especially considering the amount of work it took to iron out the details. Those details include a deal in which the four developers, in conjunction with the county and state, agreed to help pay for road improvements.
"This is going to help us out of the doldrums," Davis said.
In the short term, the road project and site preparation work are expected to create about 45 jobs. But state and local leaders say the buildout of all four industrial parks could create thousands of jobs in the long run.
"We're going to try to load up the port again," said Sen. Paul Campbell, R-Goose Creek. "We're going to try to grow business, and we're going to try to grow employment."
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I think cool uniforms are important for marketing a sports team but in the NFL they spend too much on new uniforms that may only get used for one game. For example, this week for Veterans Day all the teams had camo gear, hats, Bose headphones. This week on Thursday night football, the Jets and the Bills have all new bright red and green uniforms. This is one reason I can't afford a ticket to a football game.
College sports teams have almost become a kind of branding in my opinion. The uniform is a large part of this because it is what everyone sees when the games are played. More expensive uniform, more funding. It's almost like a showing off of how much funding is given to the school. Colleges shouldn't be known for sports; they should be known for education.
Without a doubt, NFL teams (and college teams and high teams and little league teams) spend too much on uniforms. It is hard to hear how much money is poured into gaming clothing when people are starving all over the world. Add to that, what a team is wearing has very little bearing on how they play the game and whether they win the game or not.
By creating new uniforms you catch the attention of the media which helps to get your team recognized. A perfect example of this is when the Seatle Seahawks changed their uniforms. Sports enthusiasts heard about it all over ESPN, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Also, by creating new uniforms you create new merchandise that fans will want to purchase. Everyone will want to be sporting the new logo or color scheme.
Forbes ranked NFL teams for their money worth in 2010 and the range was 725 million on the low end up to 1.8 billion at the top. Fans spend hundreds of dollars on team paraphernalia, tickets to see the games, and for premium cable channels to see the games televised. The NFL is loaded because people regularly hand them tons of cash.
Fans pay to see a show. Many fans pay for team gear. Each athlete makes at least $400,000 a year. This is all paid for by the fans who watch the sport. So, when I am asked "Do NFL teams spend too much money on uniforms?" I say no. Uniforms make the show better to watch. They pay for themselves.


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I offer this scripture as an encouragement today, to those who have been falsely accused. "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11-12."
It seems we have all suffered rumors, gossip and slander at some point in our lives. Some more severe than others. And it hurts no matter what. But when it comes from people you care about, or people who say they care about you, it seems to cut a little deeper. Why are Christians so quick to judge one another?
Why do some go to church with a pretend happy face and while they are hugging you or shaking your hand they say, "oh sister or brother its so good to see you God Bless you." But behind that mask, they are saying all kinds of evil against you?
You know those people, we have all met them, perhaps we have even been them. This simply amazes me, I expected it in Jr. High and High School, but not from those who claim to be 'Christ-like.' When are we going to grow up? When are we going to really be the example that Christ set before us? We are here on earth to Represent Christ, is this the best we can do? I'm certainly not saying that I have never been guilty of this sin, but when God brought conviction on me it began a new work in me. Am I perfect? Absolutely not! I love what Joyce Meyer's says, "I'm not where I need to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be!" Amen Sister!
But growth will only come from true repentance. Recognizing that you have an issue and letting God deal with it, even when its painful. If we don't get this, I mean really get this we are not going to grow personally and neither will our churches. This is one of the biggest reasons people don't stay in church. Because to them, we are a bunch of hypocrites. I looked up what a hypocrite actually is; Somebody feigning high principles: somebody who gives a false appearance of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings.
The Greek word for hypocrite is "actor or pretender." How can we truly love a new believer or an unsaved person, if we are only pretending to love those who are already in our church? Something needs to change. We need to change! I'm not saying there are not genuine Christians who really do love with the love of Christ, there are many. But there are many who only pretend to.
I want to come to the place that I can look beyond a persons appearance and see their heart. And love them right where they are, flaws and all, on a consistent basis, not just when I feel spiritual. The Word says, "Do not judge or you to will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you to will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Matthew 7:1.NIV Ouch!
I encourage you today to be an example and accept others. Not just the parts you like, but all of them. Give them grace and forgive them when they mess up. If we will begin to do this than we will see God move in our lives and in the lives of others in a powerful way. And we can begin to change the way the world views the church, not as Hypocrites but as true Representatives of Christ.


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(Freedom Forum/IFEX) - 11 October 2012 - Freedom Forum has recently become informed of two press freedom violations.
On 9 October 2012, Bikas Agrawal, a reporter with the local Bypass daily from Rautahat, a district in the southern plain of the country, was threatened by a district level leader of the Sadbhavana Party. Agrawal received the threat in connection with a news story about an obstruction and a protest against a minister.
Talking to Freedom Forum's Media Monitoring Desk, journalist Agrawal said that district leader Shekh Jadsed threatened him, saying, "Why did you write about Health Minister Rajendra Mahato? It is not good news. So, I'll attack you."
Agrawal said he had reported on the fact that some youth organisations had waived black flags in protest against Minister Mahato when the minister travelled to the district.
In a separate case, journalist Kabiraj BC received a death threat over the telephone.
According to the journalist, the unknown caller said, "Aren't you a journalist? I'm a don. I'll slit your throat and finish you."
The threat was received on 9 October for no apparent reason, said BC, a reporter with the Gorkhapatra daily and ABC television from Dailekh, a far western district of the country.
According to Freedom Forum, the first incident is an indication of political leaders' hostility towards media freedom as they do not want to see anything negative being reported about their parties and leaders. Agrawal came under attack even though he was simply conveying facts.
Similarly, BC received the threat merely because he works for the media. Nepalese journalists are targeted time and again by different sectors and work under a lot of pressure which can result in self-censorship.
Freedom Forum condemns both incidents and strongly urges the Sadbhavana Party to be aware and respectful of media freedom, journalists' rights and people's right to information. Similarly, the concerned security bodies in both cases need to seek the persons involved in issuing the threats and mete out the appropriate action.
Nepalese politician threatens journalist over news report
(Freedom Forum/IFEX) - 11 October 2012 - Freedom Forum has recently become informed of two press freedom violations.


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As we learn we grow, hopefully more knowledge will encourage people to abandon their stupid beliefs about an afterlife or god.
People used to worship the sun, think the world was flat and thought disease was a work of god, surely greater discoveries in the world of biology and physics will deepen our understanding, transferring to general knowledge overtime.
Realistically there has to be some structure to people's philosophy in life.
Part of that philosophy is what is beyond the physical plane/world
That in itself entails religion. If we stopped believing in religion and focused only on the world who knows where we'd end up in the afterlife. Our life is very short and the afterlife is for eternity.
We should strike a balance focusing on both religion and the modern world today.
1: It is a substitution for science. I see this most in Greek/Roman mythology. It was easier for them to believe that crops didn't grow in the winter because Demeter was upset that to try to understand the rotation of Earth around the sun and the subsequent changing of the seasons.
2: Somebody is looking for power/money. This is evident in almost all religions, including Christianity. For example, King Henry VIII created his own branch of Christianity and made himself the Pope of it because his old religion would not allow him to divorce his wife. He forced his entire country to convert to it (I think it was England), and that form of Christianity is widely practiced today. Also, many greedy Popes have added on to the Bible while translating it into new languages to empower themselves more.
3: It makes people feel better. It reassures people to think that there is someone watching over them and taking care of them, and it also makes death less scary if they believe in an afterlife.
There are still greedy people, people that need the company of a god, and people who don't like the complication of science. As long as these three types of people exist, religion will too.
And also, because young children are completely dependent on their parents, they will blindly believe whatever their parents tell them.
Humans need a myth to survive. Humans need a story to live. That was partly why religion developed; taking the Marxian view, the poor material economic conditions of one society may lead to the creation of religion with the need to justify these horrible material economic conditions. An example of this is India; the majority of the population lives in poverty, which has led to a huge increase of religiousness of the masses (shown by the voting in of Mr. Modi. BJP forever).
But atheism is a growing force in many countries whose material economic decisions are satisfactory; countries like the US, the UK and France whose developing material economic positions put them in a favorable place for the development of science and other humanistic fields, atheism seems to be a force necessary to deal with.
Atheists seem to provoke more hateful opinions and force their opinions far more than most religions that I know of. I'm not even saying religion or faith is a good thing or not. But every single religion ending will never happen, I wouldn't be surprised if there was even more in the future. Not worth debating further.


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Apparently I need to explain my previous "Tapping Out" commentary because it seems a large number of those who read it, did not understand it. Since posting the article I've been inundated with email and facebook posts accusing me of being a hypocrite for taking a stand to no longer support MMA as a fan, and not also boycotting pro-wrestling. It seems people think I am required to treat all sports and business exactly the same regardless of my relationship with them, or the result of those actions.
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Sure, Extinction basically requires teamwork, but later on in zombies rounds it's really helpful to have a wingman or two.
Zombies is the funnest when you play with others, and thus requires team work later on in the rounds due to the extreme difficulty of the zombies.
Building up your perks, and your favorite weapons is just amazing. Camping with your friends warding off zombies like a firing squad is also the best. Team work is a needed variable in zombies in my opinion because you need a buddy to revive you when you get down, and to be your zombie distraction, or extra sidearm.
And there are a large variety of maps, and game types in zombies. Extinction lacks variety.Min extinction you can level up your hard earned perks, and get new skills, but you have to restart on something that was so hard to work for in the first place. In zombies, it's fun every time even if you just can't make it to where you were before. There's just so many possibilities for weaponry on zombies as well. Extinction has weapons around the map but you just can't pack a punch them or do anything special.
Extinction just gets repetitive and boring.
Quick moving, annoying aliens are way less entertaining to kill then a slow moving hoard of flesh hungry two-legged carnivores.
In zombies you find yourself shooting more and screaming due to the intensity of all those zombies. In extinction you find yourself frustrated by how you can't get shots off on the mass of aliens running around in all directions.
The zombies from the previous Call of Duty games are much better than extinction in Call of Duty Ghosts. The zombies that were in the previous games of Call of Duty were the reason why everyone played it. Now that they are not there, Call of Duty will be played less.
Zombies are from the previous Call of Duty games better than extinction in Call of Duty Ghosts. I prefer zombies over the ghosts in these games because they are just more fun to play with. I think the advanced game play of Call of Duty and the graphics are better in the latest version.
I do think the zombies in the previous Call of Duty games were better than the extinction in Call of Duty Ghosts. I do like both but if I had to choose would choose the zombies. The Call of Duty franchise hit a home run in the past with their zombies and it will be hard to beat in the future.
From the start of gaming, zombies have been around and they bring many good ideas like Left 4 Dead, Dead Rising, and Resident Evil. When these game concepts were inserted into the call of duty series it really changed the whole concept of the game, revolutionizing the COD generation entirely. Aliens couldn't compete at all with zombies and it was kind of a turnoff! Nobody likes aliens and they don't provide the horror factor that all zombie/call of duty fans were hoping for.
The extinctions mode is the most boring thing ever created in Call of Duty. Zombies are way cooler. It is true that some zombie maps were horrible, but they are still much better than the extintion. In zombies mode the main objective is to survive and it is way easier to understand the game than in the extinction mode.
I think extinction in ghosts is an okay game mode, but i've had way more fun on zombies. In zombies I like the fact that its not always complicated and it can be just survival and thats the only thing you do. But I think the mystery box, repairing windows, the soda perks, etc are just way better and funner.
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Everyone really hated Extinction, but I didn't see any problem with it. It was an idea that was rejected for being different. Look, the story actually made sense, and it actually had an objective. Yes, I know it isn't endless like zombies, but zombies strategy just relied on gathering and shooting. Nothing to counter you. But Extinction didn't follow this. Instead, it made you think through with how you would get that hive out of the way. You couldn't just run around in a circle or sit in the corner, you have to strategize against all the varieties of enemies.
Look, I could go on and on, but now isn't the time. I'm just hoping Call of Duty Ghosts 2 happens.
It's almost 2016 and I'm still playing Extinction. What makes extinction better.
1. The story is amazing
2. Co-op orientated
3. Loadout, customizations, teeth, abilities.
4. Huge dramatic bosses and amazing maps.
5. Variety: scouts, hunter, scorpions, Rinos, Phantoms, the breeder, seekers, seeders, mammoths, Kraken, boomers, Goblins, and the ancestors; So many different and cool enemies that zombies just can't even compare.
6. The relics and hardcore mode for the elite players
In extinction you have to work out what you need to equip what, weapon you would like to get, what ammo you use, what equalizer, if you would like to use the sentry or I.M.S and what map. Zombies and extinction have in common is that you need to kill the enemy, what weapon you use and perks. Extinction also has a bigger map, more things to do, a level up system that makes sense, skill points that you would need to think about and there is variety with more than 10 aliens in all of extinction.
All in all extinction is extremely underrated.
The zombies from the previous Call of Duty games are not better than extinction in Call of Duty Ghosts. The main thing that makes extinction better than zombies is that it's more teamwork oriented. You really have to work with your teammates to be successful in extinction and this is great if you play co-op. Another good thing is that it's something new and not the same old zombie mode which can get boring very quickly.
I have honestly never played Call of Duty Extinction, but I have played Zombies on Call of Duty many times. That being said, I am not going to biased and give my opinion, which is; there's really no way to pick which one is better then the other. It's all up to the consumer.


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There is a bit of anticipation coming into this year's American Securitization Forum conference in Las Vegas, because the rules around mortgages are finally beginning to become clearer. As such there seems to be some optimism that the private-label market, in some form, may start producing some volume.
The session I attended on Sunday focused on how mortgage servicing impacts a deals performance, which is a relevant concern to both legacy portfolios and any new issues. Understanding the role mortgage servicing will play in any, future private RMBS issuance is now a key target for investors.
And, as the first day of ASF indicates, technology now provides enough power to help fuel this progress.
Allow me to sum the discussion of such that took place during the panel Methods of RMBS and CMBS Deal Performance Analysis, led by Evan Firestone from CoreLogic and Dan Gottlieb from Trepp.
Here is today's mortgage bond investor checklist:
Data? Check.
Analytics? Check.
Forecasting? Check.
Cash Flow Analysis? Check.
Option-adjusted spread analysis? Check.
So if I do these things, I'm covered when it comes to evaluating RMBS performance, right?
Well… there's that whole mortgage servicing thing which creates an undercurrent of uncertainly when predicting and estimating bond cash flows, which becomes even trickier the farther down the tranche seniority the investor sits.
Here are a few ways in which mortgage servicing affects the underlying value of an RMBS:
1. Principal, Interest, and Advance Payments. Each servicer performs differently simply because of business practices. Their individual approach and risk tolerance to advancing cash flows for delinquent loans varies from servicer to servicer.
2. MSRs. Billion dollar MSR pools are moving around regularly since the second half of 2012. Each time these MSRs trade, the advances and cash flow payments through to these RMBS changes, and when the MSRs trade, remember that market only sees the primary servicer on the note. What about the sub servicer that also changes behind the primary servicer? Their care for loans also differs from firm to firm, all rolling into RMBS cash flow performance.
When the servicer changes, so does the underlying bond cash flows because of servicer practices. Not only does this change when the servicer changes, but also when there is the hidden subservicer below the surface that might change, which also affects cash flow performance.
3. Government Refinance Programs. With close to 2 million loans refinanced through HARP 1 and 2 — HARP 3 could add another million refinanced mortgages to the tally according to some estimates.
4. The CFPB. Remember those new rules just announced for servicing delinquent loans? These mortgage servicing rules will affect which servicers are able to meet these new requirements, and ultimately affect the cash flows to the RMBS.
While oversight on servicing practices are introduced, such as the Servicer Alignment Initiative and the recent CFPB rules, each servicer practices differently.
Mitigating mortgage servicer risk remains a primary target for the GSEs. Ginnie Mae cares deeply about issuer and mortgage servicer risk because they are responsible for backing these securities. While Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have the added focus of about borrower credit risk and interest rate risk, servicer risk remains a primary risk driver as well.
RMBS valuation comes down to cash flows, collections, and payments. While investors narrow the assumptions placed on this critical point in the cash flow supply chain, bond valuations will become much more predictable.
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In Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, we've seen the Sabotage, Continuum, and Absolution DLC Packs, which have each added a brand-new zombies adventure based on the macabre world of twisted horror director Willard Wyler, along with 12 additional maps for multiplayer.
Now, prepare yourself for the fourth DLC Pack – Retribution. Available first on PS4 beginning September 12, Retribution takes players across four new epic multiplayer maps, and also launches you into the final Infinite Warfare zombies co-op experience titled The Beast from Beyond.
Four new multiplayer maps in Sabotage feature unique layouts, various lanes for frenetic engagements and a ton of very cool art. Here's a rundown of what you'll be
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Could this year be any bigger? Not only are we launching out on a bold and exciting direction for the franchise with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare but, with help from our good friends at Raven Software, we're releasing a lovingly, painstakingly remastered version of our studio's classic game in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. It's a fantastic year to be a gamer and even better year to be, or become, a Call of Duty player.
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Almost nine years after its release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's influence continues to reverberate. In many ways, Modern Warfare popularized what we think of as the modern multiplayer shooter: selectable character traits, extensive weapon modifications, and an XP-based ranking system are all widely adopted standards in current multiplayer shooters.
So it was no surprise to see the widespread excitement surrounding the announcement of Modern Warfare Remastered at E3 2016. Remastered is a PS4 upgrade of the classic original game supervised by veteran studio Raven Software, with an emphasis on faithfully translating the 2007 classic into the PS4 generation.
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Much has been said about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's space-faring single-player campaign, but we haven't gotten a good look at its multiplayer mode — arguably the bread and butter of any FPS worth its salt — until now.
Treyarch built a loyal fan base since its first Zombies outing in 2008's Call of Duty: World At War. And it's easy to see why — the strategic teamwork, countless secrets, and hidden lore add up to an endlessly replayable co-op gem. It's been a favorite of mine for years.
But now, Infinity Ward is taking the concept for a spin in this November's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and the results are sure to intrigue veteran Zombies fans.
Attention all zombies dudes and dudettes: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's 'Zombies in Spaceland' has officially been revealed, and it's nothing short of radical. The all-new undead survival co-op mode launching with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is set in the '80s, where you'll play in a space-themed amusement park full of games, rides, and of course a cadre of deadly zombies.
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