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Leadtek WinFast PX9800GTX+ 512MB Graphics Card (Page 5)
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
Developer Homepage: http://en.akella.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.pt-boats.net/
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is a naval action simulator that places gamers in charge of a mosquito fleet of the Allied Forces, Russia or Germany during the height of World War II.
Using the latest Direct X 10 technology PT Boards - Knights of the Sea manages to apply a lot of stress to the components of today which in turn gives us quite an intensive benchmark.
We see the Leadtek 9800GTX+ comes out a fair bit in front here. This is nothing too unusual, though, since PT Boats tends to favor NVIDIA based cards.
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The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents' Association (MORA) has welcomed the granting of a court order that has removed the threat of crippling legal bills from over their head.
A Protective Cost Order was granted by Judge Seamus Treacy in the High Court on Tuesday, which means that MORA can proceed with its judicial review of the Casement Park redevelopment plan without fear of being handed a ruinous bill for costs this autumn should the case go against them.
The judicial review, scheduled for September, is the latest step in the campaign led by MORA to stop plans for the 38,000-seater stadium. The legal action was brought by residents amid concerns about the scale of the stadium and the impact on traffic in a residential neighbourhood, among other worries.
Welcoming the news, Vice-Chair of MORA, Dominic McSherry, explained the significance to the Andersonstown News.
"This places a £10,000 threshold on any financial liability for the other side's costs that would fall on the committee of MORA should we fail in our attempt to have the DoE's planning decision overturned," he said.
"Furthermore, the judge agreed a threshold of £36,000 that would be payable to MORA by the DoE, should we succeed, to cover our costs.
"As we are acting as a group, and not an individual, we are unable to access Legal Aid. So this was an extremely important and welcome decision, as without this protection MORA would simply not have been financially able to pursue the judicial review, due to the potentially very high costs that would be incurred if we were to lose the case, particularly as there are now legal teams from both the DoE and the GAA contesting the application.
"Raising the funds necessary to pay our own legal team continues to be challenging, as might be expected in the current financial situation, so having this protection on the costs of the other side is a major relief for the committee.
"We can now focus purely on raising the additional money for our own legal costs, and we are very confident that, on the basis of the incredible generosity we have witnessed from the local community to date, we will raise all that we need to fight the case in the High Court in September, and hopefully get an outcome that will meet the needs of everyone in our community."

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Nick Alexander's Pee Wee Reese and jockey Joseph Talamo win the Grade III, $ 100,000 American Stakes, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia CA.
If the late Dodger Hall of Famer, Harold "Pee Wee" Reese were still alive, he'd be grinning from ear to ear, as his namesake, a 4-year-old California-bred colt named Pee Wee Reese, stole home today at Santa Anita, taking the track's closing day Grade III, $ 100,000 American Stakes by 1 ¾ lengths under Joe Talamo. Trained by Phil D'Amato and owned by his breeder, Nick Alexander, "Pee Wee" scampered a flat mile on turf in a rapid 1:32.26.
"I saw Gary (Stevens, aboard favored Om) was riding to stay with me (heading into the far turn) and I was very happy," said Talamo, who picked up his third win on the afternoon and his fifth American win in the last seven years. "I was loaded the whole way. I knew we were going pretty quick but this horse had his ears up, doing it pretty easy. The last horse I rode that did that was Obviously (multiple Grade I winner also trained by D'Amato.
Fresh off a big second behind highly regarded What a View in the one mile turf Crystal Water Stakes here on May 20, Pee Wee Reese tried graded stakes competition for the first time today. Off at 5-1 in a field of eight 3-year-olds and up, he paid $ 12.40, $ 4.20 and $ 3.00.
By Tribal Rule and out of Alexander's Unbridled's Song mare Bluegrass Belle, Pee Wee Reese is now 9-5-2-0. With the winner's share of $ 60,000, he now has earnings of $ 259,990.
"At the three eighths pole, when (Stevens) was pushing and shoving and we had a length on him, I could see that Joe sensed Om was all-out and he was just trying to give Pee Wee a little breather. When we opened up a little bit of daylight I thought we had a chance but you never know with those fast fractions if someone will come and try to run you down.
"It's reminiscent of Obviously and it couldn't have come at a better time. We retired the big guy and we've got another nice prospect on our hands."
D'Amato also related that Alexander, who is also the Chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC), watched the race from Montana.
Idle since Nov. 26, multiple graded stakes winner Om, who tracked the winner throughout, could never get on terms and had to settle for second money, 1 ¼ lengths in front of Alert Bay. The heavy favorite at even money, Om paid $ 2.80 and $ 2.20.
Handled patiently by Tyler Baze, Alert Bay out-gamed French-bred Flamboyant by a nose for the show. Off at 6-1, Alert Bay paid $ 3.00.
Fractions on the American, all set by the winner, were 22.13, 45.22, 1:08.50 and 1:20.31.
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Dairy Herd Management Market Current Trends and Future Aspect Analysis 2024
Global Dairy Herd Management Market: Overview
The global market for dairy herd management will expand at a significant rate, owing to numerous benefits offered by the management system, coupled with rising adoption rates. Dairy herd management is a smart farming technique developed to increase overall efficiency and productivity. Dairy herd management enables the managers of dairy farms to keep count of the animals, record their conception rates, births, calf age, and detect health related issues faced by the cattle. Unlike traditional dairy herd farming practices that require more time, labor, and money, dairy herd management systems offer high outputs with reduced costs and lesser time.
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The global market for dairy herd management has been segmented on the basis of application, geography, and product type. By application, feeding management, animal comfort, milk harvesting, heat stress management, reproduction management, calf management and others such as decision support, financial management, weighing, genetic management, cattle sorting, weighing, and data analysis are the key applications.
Based on product type, standalone software system and hardware system are the two major categories. The standalone segment has further been classified into cloud-based, on-premise, and web-based. Fertility management system, feeding management system, cattle management system, milk management system, and other accessories are the key segments of the hardware system segment.
The report offers a detailed analysis of the key market factors such as growth drivers, restraints, opportunities, and trends in the global market for dairy herd management. The major segments of the market have been discussed along with relevant statistical data. The leading market players have been described, wherein their key business strategies, market shares, and product portfolios have been studied.
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On the contrary, the market will face obstruction in growth because of the prevalence of traditional systems, particularly in emerging economies such as India. Another factor affecting the expansion of the global dairy herd management market is the inadequate number of skilled personnel.
By application, the inclination toward automatic milk harvesting system has been high, whereas on the basis of product type, the hardware system segment is likely to lead the market in terms of revenue.
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On the basis of geography, the key segments of the global dairy herd management market are Europe, Latin America, North America, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. Europe held the leading share in the global market for dairy herd management, owing to the increasing popularity of the system in this region. The developing countries in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific are slated to exhibit rapid growth over the next few years, due to rising awareness about dairy herd management.
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The major companies operating in the global market for dairy herd management mentioned in the report include Dairymaster, GEA Group, Lely S.a.r.l., Alta Genetics, Infovet, Allflex Group, DeLaval Inc., FarmWizard, Sum-It Computer Systems Ltd., Valley Agricultural Software, and Afimilk Ltd.
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RE: st: Collapse with sum function and missing values
"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
RE: st: Collapse with sum function and missing values
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:25:37 -0000
Something like this?
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local call `call' (sum) `v' (count) nonmiss`i' = `v'
local ++i
collapse `call', by(group)
local i = 1
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replace `v' = . if nonmiss`i' == 0
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Michael Mitchell
Thanks all, both for the general thoughts on the underlying rationale
for this, as well as the practical suggestions. As some noted, I could
do this...
. collapse (sum) x (count) nonmiss=x, by(group)
. replace x=. if nonmiss==0
I have about 100 "x" values, and there is no pattern to the names. All
methods I can think of for ensuring that the "x" values are . when all
members of the group are . involve either substantial typing or a fair
amount of programming. Am I overlooking a simple solution for this?
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Maximum Energy is an Australian energy solutions company. We are leading the way by providing the knowledge, strategy and solutions for electricity consumers, electricity networks and government right across Australia. We focus everything we do around 3 key principles that are crucial to a healthy future in the Australian Energy Industry; 1. Affordability 2. Reliability 3. Efficiency We use these principles whether we are developing strategies and planning for the future with our clients, or designing and implementing energy solution projects, or managing performance data and reporting. Maximum Energy have a strong relationship with Indi Services Construction & Engineering an Indigenous owned business commencing in 2019 with a focus on creating indigenous employment and small business opportunities in the mining, renewable energy and defence sectors.
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Neelamega perumal temple, veera singa perumal as principal deity- tanjavure
Neelamega perumal kovil, one among the 108 divya desams for lord vishnu
Neelamega perumal kovil is famous for worshiping lord krishna with more prominence as vishnu is a main deity. so that it pancha kanan temple. there total five temples in tamil nadu counted as pancha kannan temples. it also popular for one among the 108 divya desams. neelamega perumal kovil also known as thanjai mamani kovil. it located near to kubhakoanam. lord vishnu in the temple as veera singa perumal and narasimha swami in a sitting posture. yoga narasimha installed in front of mandapa. there are five installations for lord narasimha in five different modes. it located at the outskirts of nagapattanam.
Thirukkannapura nayagi is the main installation for goddess lakshmi. neelamega perumal kovil has great architecture which is built by following Davida style. there is a huge raja gopuram belongs to the temple, it is a seven tier architecture, it sprawling an area about 1.5 acrs. mahamandapa in the temple structure leads to the sanctum. it also houses the idols of sri devi and bhoomi devi. senai mudhaliar, azhwars, Krishna are the main sub deities of neelamega perumal kovil. it also hosts the holy temple tank. temple has fifteen vimanas, it also known as soundarya vimanam. There is an idol for lord narasimha in the temple which made by bronze with eight hands, omn oe handlord secures his devotee prahlada and other hand is killing hiranya.
Narasimha is the fifth incarnation of lord vishnu, it is a furious shrine, at the same time protects the devotees. brahmotsavam in tamil month vaigasi is the main festival which lasts for 12 days. birth day of lord krishna celebrated as janmashtami. ten day margazhi festival, tamil new year and panguni uthram are the other main festivals in neelamega perumal kovil. tanjavure is the nearest city having the rail head and also a bus station which connects to other main cities. it is only 4 km far away. trichy is the nearest airport at a distance of 50 km.
pooja timings:-
morning- 7.00 am to 12.30 pm
evening- 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm


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Why did you need to make 3 seperate posts to say the same thing?
Dan, i think some topics are becoming chat-rooms, can we get a dansdeals.com/chatroom or maybe have it all on one page.
That actually sounds like a pretty cool idea, except that it takes a lot of work to set up and moniter.I like forums, it's fine for me.
The old inspiron? It was a brick, that's all I know.
no the nokia 9300 os symbian series 80
just out of curiousity Eli, is it halachically acceptable to keep that money?


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On the 21st of November our residents were invited to St. Mary's school for a Senior Citizens tea , while being entertained by their school choir with lovely Christmas carols.The room was full of smiles and laughter our residents really had a great day.
Mr. Alec and Mrs Margaret Beattie
Mrs Betty Haughton (left) and Mrs Irene Jarman(right)
Ms Dina Van Holthoon (left) accompanied by her care-worker Priscilla and Mr.Richard Nebe (right)
Ms. Muriel Tintinger (right) with Ms. Colleen Daly on her Left enjoying her pudding
Cecily Ryder(left)and Ms. Aletha de Klerk(right) embracing the Christmas spirit with their pink and blue hats
Rosalind Benjamin(left) and Ms. Heather Zipp (right)
Isabella Pirie fulls of smiles and laughter with the St Mary's school girls
Mr. Gordon and Mrs Joy Smith with St Mary's school girls
Ms. Kitty Venn (left) and Rob Wilson(far right) accompanied by St Mary's girls
Our Residents had an amazing day out at St. Mary's school Senior Citizens tea and would like to extend a warm and big Thank you to the school for all their hard work and for making our residents feel so loved and special.
Thank You St Mary's School!


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This really IS Ronnie Reagan's recipe. The recipe clip has been in my binder for ages, and it's darn good stuff. Mac 'n Cheese has become a signature family dish, thanks to my sister-in-law, Lynne (who I call "Sissy"). Last Thanksgiving, she brought a whopping slab of it to my sister Gretchen's big feast; Sissy apparently made way too much for another need and this one was a spare. (Seriously?? A SPARE mac 'n cheese!) Huge hit of the holiday, and subsequent family functions now expect some of the good stuff.
In my recipe binder, it appears I have more Mac 'n Cheeses than any other item. If it weren't for the fact that it's loaded with fat and sodium, I'd make it a lot more often. Supposedly, the Martha Stewart version is THE most downloaded of all the universe, but we don't like a breadcrumb topping and hers calls for fancier cheeses than my staples.
This is crispy, tasty and very cheeeeezy:
Ronald Reagan's Macaroni and Cheese
1/2 lb. uncooked macaroni
1 tsp. butter
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 cup warm milk
3 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese (3/4 lb.), reserve 1/4 cup for topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 2 quart casserole dish with non-stick coating. Cook macaroni in a pot of salted water until tender, drain. In a large mixing bowl, mix butter, egg, mustard and milk. Add cooked macaroni to mix and stir to coat. Add cheese, combine. Pour into casserole dish and sprinkle with additional shredded cheese. Bake 45 minutes or until custard is set and top is crusty. Makes 4 to 6 servings.


text: Florence's location within the heart of the Oregon Coast offers access to clean air, abundant water, and sustainable energy. In locating a company for maximum growth, all long-term competitive advantages must be considered – including the availability of natural resources and environmental attributes. The Oregon Coast provides a variety of locational advantages including abundant recreation opportunities, a mild climate, and unique resources that attract skilled talent. These assets allow salaries to go far in Oregon, benefited by low cost of living, social amenities and public wealth in outdoor access. For these reasons not only do companies attract the talent they seek, they keep it.


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|Kvadrat "Cloud" Sculpture Designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
via Viteri Style Mgmt.
Some days just seem harder to get thru than others. I am in a fog, a lazy, hazy fog. Too much work, too little time, violence in the world, a ton of juggling, and the house needs work and it won't fix itself. I am coveting anything cloud-like right now. Don't know why, don't care. When a feeling sweeps over you (or thru you, which is more cloud-like) you need go with it; envelop yourself in the ethereal, dream like-feeling. It really does transcend the space
|Fornasetti wallpaper,ph: Lisa Romerein
|Ryan Studio
Real nimbus clouds created in unlikely places, then photographed. Strangely surreal and beautiful.
|Berndnaut Smilde
|Celerie Kimble for Schumacher
|Ueli Berger via 1st Dibs
This reminds me of clouds or skipping stones in a lake. Either way, it elicits the same feeling.
|Brunschwig & Fils, Alto velvet
|Asler Valero
|Rosen Fine Art
|Garden stool @ HSN
That's what I call "living on (in) a Cloud"
|Cloud House by McBrideCharles Ryanin
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Inspiration and Desperation
I listened to 10 hours of streaming, on-demand radio and podcasts. Non-stop. I didn't seek out fringe offerings. I was doing due diligence to hear what some consider to be the best news and talk offerings the U.S. has to offer.
I was duly impressed with the juggernaut that is WTOP – "Washington's TOP News." Always a ratings and revenue winner. The powers that be, and I assume Jim Farley is to credit, have found the delicate balance between authoritative and approachable, credible in content and casual or accessible in delivery. They make it seem natural and easy. It's not. All radio news folk should listen to the morning drive team as inspiration.
That's the good news.
What I encountered for most of my 10 hours of sensory assault was racist, xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, thoughtless garbage. Some of America's iconic radio stations and shows are stuck in the past. They are unaware, unstructured, unprepared, and undermining radio's credibility and relevance. It makes me wonder who is minding the store. Who is coaching talent, air-checking, providing vision and evolving the product to exceed the expectations of the listeners? From offensive Asian accents and decades old stereotypes to provoking coworkers to assault each other with racist and sexist insults. It really is the worst that radio has to offer.
And apparently iHeartMedia and Cumulus don't care, because… why? The shows/talent are generating too much revenue, they don't scrutinize content only numbers, or they really don't care what people think. It is a shame that radio has to suffer for these fools. There are too many pros doing remarkable radio that the industry should be defined by lazy, uninspired, reactionary, out of touch offerings like I experienced.
We must expect more from our peers.
I was Kidnapped by Burger King for 45 Minutes
On Friday, after a day of travel I pulled into a Burger King drive-thru. I was 30 minutes into my 2 1/2 hour drive from the airport to home. I didn't eat on the plane and needed a quick fueling. The man with the headset took my order and told me to pull up to the first window. I could see him in through the drive-thru window ahead. As always the speaker quality was questionable, but I know this routine.
I thought.
It took 30 minutes to creep 20 feet from the speaker to the first window. The guy was racing around and explaining his cook ran out midway through his shift. He was by himself running drive-thru, front counter and grill.
The problem for me was that I was trapped. Everyone in the drive-thru was trapped. There was no warning of the issues inside the King's castle: no sign, no notice, and no way out. Once I cued up there were high curbs and shrubbery on either side. Trust me, I contemplated an escape.
When I pulled up for my food, it had been 45 minutes since I ordered. I kindly suggested they might have warned us it would be that long before placing the order.
(wait for it…)
He suggested that wouldn't be good for business.
Feel free to share your lessons from this story in the comments below.
Where is the Outrage Over PPM?
This week I went down the PPM rabbit hole and it is worse than I ever imagined.
After talking at length with researcher Richard Harker (hear the interview here), watching this 25 minute video on the science of watermarking audio, reading blogs and articles and then comparing it all to my personal experiences with PPM data, I believe the issues with PPM are nearing DEFCON1 for our industry.
Some things all radio broadcasters should know about PPM
The PPM tones are encoded and masked by other audio. If there is no audio on your radio station, there is no PPM encoding. If you are a spoken word radio station every time the host stops talking, takes a breath or a dramatic pause – the PPM tone stops encoding.
The PPM tones encode at certain frequencies (1 to 3 kilohertz), much higher frequencies than a typical male radio announcer, meaning higher pitched voices and music actually be decoded more consistently.
There has been no test results, at least released to the radio industry, how loud the radio station must be playing or how close to the radio the PPM device needs to be in order for the masked tone to be recognized and decoded. Though it is noteworthy that background radio station formats, like smooth jazz, have suffered greatly in the PPM era.
Audio watermarking technology can be wobbly leaving gaps (some small, some giant) in decoding and unknown amounts of unreported listening.
PPM encoding on internet streams is even less reliable. Just like a .jpg or .mp3 is compressed to make smaller files, your internet stream is compressed too, which means there is even less audio to mask the tone behind.
Because of these factors, some radio stations may only be encoding 50% of the time or sometimes even less and receiving greatly reduced credit in listening compared to what is actually happening.
My Conclusions
Radio should be mad as hell. This is costing people jobs, livelihoods, and impacting radio families across the country. Programmers, myself included, have made "strategic" adjustments to shows, personalities, and formatics based on inaccurate PPM data.
If I'm Premiere Radio or really any big radio company I'm lawyering up. With the hit talk radio has taken in recent years (see: Rush) could it be that the audience likes it fine, but PPM doesn't?
Fight back. The Voltair seems to be a worthy investment for some stations. It essentially makes your watermarked audio easier for the PPM to recognize and decode.
Also, and this goes against my better judgement, if you're News/Talk or Sports I would seriously consider adding a music bed or crowd noise at all times so the encoding never stops.
VIDEO: Ask Larry! Episode 11
Larry Gifford answers 3 questions about radio; What do you do when news breaks? What do I think of the Doug & Wolf segment that almost came to blows? and Should the FCC ban the word "Redskins?
How Not To Network
Okay folks we all know networking is key in getting your next gig and advancing your radio career. However, there are right ways to network and wrong ways to network. This is an example of a wrong way. The conversation is real. The names and pictures have been changed to protect them from ridicule. Look at the time stamps.
This guy waited 90 minutes before assuming "Jane" was blowing him off. Poor form. Be patient. People are busy. The only person who considers you top priority is you. Sometimes it takes me a week to get back to someone. I wish it didn't, but it's reality.
Jane eventually did offer Dick some good advice.
Radio Stuff "Radio News Quiz" – Week 2
The Weekly Radio Stuff "Radio News Quiz." Each week in the Radio Stuff podcast I offer up 10 questions about this week in radio news. You can listen to the quiz and answers here or read them below and click on links to stories to reveal the answers. Good Luck!
1. What superstar singer decided to release his first new song in a longtime on RADIO first this week? (A: Click here)
2. At one point, he was the most listened to morning man in the U-S, this week his Spanish language show on SiriusXM was canceled. Who is he? (A: Click here)
3. The Mike Calta Show debuted this week on 102.5 The Bone in Tampa. What controversial host did he replace? (A: Click here)
4. KIIS 106.5, the home of Australia's Kyle & Jackie O, removed WHAT from the station website this week, but may face legal challenges anyway? (A: Click here)
5. For 32 years, he's been David Letterman's band leader. At the end of this year Letterman is retiring, but this man promises to keep doing his radio show "Day in Rock." Who is he? (A: Click here)
6. Over Labor Day weekend, Radio Station WDRC-FM in Hartford gave away hundreds of dollars away in a unique promotion. No one knew that a radio station was involved, until it was over. What did they do? (A: Click here)
7, What lightning rod ESPN TV host left his ESPN Radio Show in New York to join SiriusXM's Mad Dog Radio this week? (A: Click here)
8. Which interview conducted by Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1 this week went viral? (A: Click here)
9. What former Playboy centerfold, who just married Donnie Wahlberg last weekend, now has her own show on SiriusXM titled "Dirty, Sexy, Funny?" (A: Click here)
10. For several minutes Scottish radio host Robin Galloway thought he was off air, he couldn't hear his co-host and his producer feared for his job. What happened? (A: Click here)
How many did you get correct?
1-3 – A participation certificate
4-6 – A gold star!
7-8 – You're pretty smart
9-10 – Way to go! (virtual pat on the back)


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ECLECTIC RANT: Fox News is here to entertain you, not to inform you
Fox News is not, and never has been, a legitimate news network. They began as a project by right-wing propagandist Rupert Murdoch and Republican media strategist Roger Ailes (1940 – 2017) to spread disinformation and promote GOP politicians. (Ailes, as you may remember, resigned in 2016 from Fox News amid allegations of sexual misconduct.)
Ailes, the late Fox News chairman and CEO, once confessed that his network, despite its name, is not actually in the news business, stating: "We're competing with TNT and USA and ESPN." In short, Ailes regarded channels that are plainly entertainment and sports as Fox News competition, not other news outlets.
Now Fox News provides Trump and the GOP with a television channel to distribute their "alternative facts" to entertain their loyal followers. To further this symbiosis, Trump looks to Fox News personnel for his staff and advice.
For example, National Security Adviser John Bolton is a former Fox News talking head; state department member Heather Nauert is a former Fox News anchor; communications adviser Mercedes Schlapp and Treasury Department spokesman Tony Sayegh are former Fox commentators; and, of course, on-air personalities Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham are favorites of the president, who also speaks to them privately. And this month the former Fox News executive Bill Shine, who was pushed out over his handling of sexual harassment scandals at the network, was named the White House deputy chief of staff for communications.
How do we distinguish real news from fake news, speculation, and rumor mongering that seem to proliferate our lives? Perhaps we should start by heeding Ailes' advice and look to Fox News only for entertainment, if that's your idea of entertainment, but look to MSNBC or CNN or other reputable news outlets for actual news.


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Check out the artwork and tracklist for Neako's debut album, These Are The Times, which is set to hit stores on November 27th. Read More
Live from The Infamous Bradley Courts Housing Projects in Newark NJ. Neako drops a visual from his new mixtape Michael 4 & Fourth installment of the LOUDpack: Series. Be sure to pick it up 9/24 Via DATPIFF.Com. Read More


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Enduring cognitive, emotional and neurogenic alterations induced by alcohol and methamphetamine exposure in adolescent rats. (2016)
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Thesis DisciplinePsychology
Degree NameMaster of Science
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury
AuthorsLoxton, David A.show all
A high proportion of young methamphetamine (MA) users simultaneously consume alcohol. However, the potential neurological and behavioural alterations induced by such a drug combination have not been systematically examined. Here, we studied in adolescent rats the long-term effects of alcohol, MA, and an alcohol-MA combination on anxiety-like behaviour, memory, and neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus. Rats received saline (control), ethanol (ETOH, 1.5 g/kg), MA (MA, 2 mg/kg), or ethanol and MA combined (ETHOH-MA, 1.5 g/kg ethanol plus 2 mg/kg MA) via oral gavage, once daily for 5 consecutive days. Open field (OF), elevated plus maze (EPM) and radial arm maze (RAM) tests were conducted following a 15-day withdrawal period. The results showed alterations in exploratory behaviour in the OF in the MA and ETOH-MA groups, and anxiety-like effects in the EPM in all three drug treatment groups. Further, all three drug groups exhibited reference memory deficits in the RAM, but only the combination treatment group displayed alterations in working memory performance. Neurogenesis was assessed by measuring the number of doublecortin(DCX)-void gaps, the length of such gaps and the pattern of arborisation of DCX+ neurons in the dentate gyrus (DG). Both MA and ETOH-MA treatments increased the length of DCX-void gaps in the DG but only ETOH-MA treatment increased the number of such gaps. An increased occurrence and length of the DCX-void gaps correlated with decreased exploratory activity in the OF, and impaired working memory in the RAM was associated with an augmented number of gaps. These findings suggest that persistent behavioural deficits are linked to the alterations in adult hippocampal neurogenesis produced by alcohol and MA exposure, and highlight the potential mental health risks associated with the simultaneous use of both substances.


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Story of Rackham (company) and Confrontation (game). I found this on the net when I started digging for an answer. The question: what happened to all those gorgeous models? This was of intense interest to me. Apparently, you can't even reliably get the pre-paint plastics anymore. (This was not written by me). Enjoy.
There is a success formula in business: if you don't have several million dollars to start with and make a pretty big company from the get-go, then you start small and do something you have a real interest in; you do it well, better than anyone else; better still – you do something no one has done yet. This in no way guarantees success. In fact, most businesses that start like this shut down after a couple of years of struggling. But, if there is a chance to become big, quickly and from nothing, this is it. That's what Rackham attempted to do with Confrontation. Jean Bey, the founder of the company, is not a businessman. As some of his colleagues indicate, he is not even a gamer. But he is crazy about design. And he is damn good at designing beautiful, gorgeous things. So, it seems to me, the original idea behind Confrontation back in late 1990s was simple: create a top-quality miniature game with absolutely gorgeous miniatures. Make them so beautiful, that people will want to buy them even if they're not sure about playing the game. Make them look like sculptures, not comic book characters. On top of that, create a ruleset that will be notably different and actually innovative – thus, differentiating the system from the land of stagnation that is GW. In terms of business, this means creating a premium product for a very small but potentially loyal market of visual perfectionists and painting junkies; this being the case, you create a product with a high value added, thus, hopefully, ensuring the viability of the business with small sales volumes.
This line of reasoning makes sense and, it seems, it was working out for a while; but Rackham was not really about business. It was about pretty, pretty things. Have you held a Cadwallon rulebook in your hands? If design means anything to you, this book makes you salivate just looking at it. You don't even have to read it. It's the design that makes you want to have it. Hold it. Smell it… And that's a fifty euro book, by the way. Same thing with Cry Havoc. Ok, those weren't just about design, but also the writing. But the two were closely intertwined: Cry Havoc was a magazine produced for those who wanted to savour their gaming universe. (And those, too, were twenty euro per issue; that's no print-it-yourself PDF for you; but for the passionate audience, that was perfectly fine; furthermore, I really doubt, even with these prices, Rackham was making much, if any, profit, on publications – it was fan service more than anything else.) I'll bet you anything that a large portion of the people who bought Confrontation, and Cry Havocs, and Hybrid, and Cadwallon with its supplements, and every other piece of anything visual produced by Rackham did not even play the game – much or at all. The universe was fascinating. And I'm not just talking about the universe of Aarklash. It was the universe of Rackham: the universe of beautiful fantasy design and captivating stories told through books, and magazines, and miniatures, and cards, and maps… It was loyal market built on passion, indeed. Apparently, it didn't work out all that well financially in the long run. So, things started to change.
By mid-2000s Rackham was already under considerable financial pressure. Early in 2007 Rackham was under bankruptcy proceedings, and soon afterwards – became public. Looks like the latter was the direct implication of the former and was probably one of the things that was planned to get the company back on its feet. Another big move in 2007 relating to bankruptcy was scrapping Confrontation and launching Age o Ragnarok.
Rackham is a small company, so of course, even when public, it is not actually traded in the open market. Going public in such cases means finding an investor who is ready to give some money in exchange for a share in the company's profits and, more importantly, a degree of control over the company's business model. The launch of Age o Ragnarok was the result of the influence of the new management. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the shareholder that decided to invest in Rackham in 2007 was the same company that later bought the whole studio in 2008 and now develops AoR. But, whoever it was, Jean Bey was demoted from CEO to Art Director, meaning that the new shareholder put someone they were more comfortable with in charge of Rackham. The launch of AoR, of course, had to be discussed well before the deal was closed: realizing that they can't survive on their own, Rackham had to come up with a new business plan that the new investor would like. What this means is that, in terms of business and marketing philosophy, the 2007 Rackham was no longer the Rackham that Jean Bey had founded. It was no longer about making pretty miniatures. It was solely about money now. The immediate problem with that change was that pretty much all of the old Confrontation players renounced Rackham right then and there. It was more than just switching to plastic. It was the collapse of the universe that was Rackham (however small it was): no more mind-blowing design, no more books so pretty you want to cry, no more Cry Havoc, no more Legendary range, no more Hybrids, no more Cadwallons… (not all of these things happened right away, but the trend has been clear ever since 2007).
The next step was only reasonable and should have been expected: in 2008 Jean Bey sold the rest of his shares in Rackham to Entrepreneur Ventures, a French venture fund, which, it seems now, is Rackham's sole owner. Jean Bey himself was fired soon afterwards, and has nothing to do with Rackham any longer. According to some employees of new Rackham Entertainment (renamed by the new owner; re-branding and repositioning is, of course, the name of the game now) who realized that making money is much better than making pretty miniatures, having Jean Bey leave was not such a bad thing: his vision had never been very good for business; the new owners, on the other hand, really "get it" and want to make Rackham profitable while leaving the staff enough creative freedom to make plastic armies and downloadable PDF books.
And now let us imagine for a second the world through the eyes of Entrepreneur Ventures. They acquire an asset, Rackham Entertainment, and they need it to be profitable. Not tomorrow, not next week, but soon. Being a venture fund, they realize, of course, that risky assets sometimes fail to become profitable – that's why they are risky. In which case they are just liquidated. Nothing personal, just business. But it hasn't come to that just yet. Yes, AT-43 seems to be selling worse than expected, AoR is somewhat struggling, but nothing is lost yet. Since the model catering to a premium small niche had failed, the attempt is now being made to make AoR more mass-market. In fact, some things indicate that they may now be thinking "Battlelore-mass-market" or even, god forbid, "Catan-mass-market". Have you seen the new website? You know what AoR is, according to this just-launched website? It's "a medieval fantasy strategy game with miniatures. It plays like chess, but involves some randomness and bluff as in poker. It is easy to learn and ready to play". Now, that's some powerful stuff right here. Apparently, the only table-top gaming references that the new Rackham can reasonably rely on its intended customer to know are chess and poker. That's some truly awe-inspiring target audience. It's hard to say how serious the new Rackham is about all this. But it's definitely something to think about.
What else do we see through the eyes of the new investor? Miniature gaming business is based on intellectual properties. As far as each individual miniature is concerned, the bulk of your investment goes into designing it. So, to maximize your returns, you'll obviously want to sell the same design as many times as possible. And that's where the new approach to Confrontation comes in very handy. We gamers consider the lack of diversity in the now-in-PPP-form miniatures a temporary inconvenience. Not necessarily so for the publisher. AoR is not really marketed towards collectors. It is made for gamers who want somewhat pretty soldiers to go with their rulesets. As such, what matters is how your miniatures affect game mechanics. Sure, you'll still want diversity for that, but in this case it can wait. What you do as a gamer is buy an army box, play it, get into it, decide that you like it. You go out and buy some more minis choosing from those that are available. There aren't many, but, lucky you, the new rules force you to field swarms of regular infantry before you can deploy any non-standard units. And it's not like the game became much cheaper having gone to plastic. Boxes, some of them containing as many as one miniature, are officially priced at thirty-odd euro. So, as a semi-casual gamer, you'll run out of money set out for your next AoR purchase well before you've bought every mini available for your faction. And when you decide to buy more, there will be new ones available. And, from the business point of view, you've bought many, many copies of the same minis, helping the new Rackham to be profitable by maximizing their returns per mini.
If you are a not-so-casual gamer, then what will keep you coming back to the store is the rules themselves. One of Rackham's employees confessed that the system is really designed for 5000-point armies. So, diversity or not, you kinda need to have lots of minis just to get everything out of your already made investment. You have 3000 points? Well, how much more is it really going to cost you to bump it up to 4000-5000 to get a really impressive army? Everyone wins. Sort of…
If this looks like your kind of approach, I don't see any real red flags at this point on the technical side of things. Just some minor alarm bells. For example, have you ever wondered why the Griffin Army Book is called "Temple" and not "Griffin"? That's because there will be three of them: Temple, Inquisition and The Lodge of Hod. In itself – not a crime, especially if they remain freely downloadable. But, if the three end up being different, even if allied, factions, which you can't freely deploy in any combination, that would be a very different story. Another potentially worrying thing – overall marketing strategy. I mean, what if they're really serious about selling the game to chess and poker lovers? Do you really want to be in that crowd? As it stands now, it shouldn't influence your purchase decisions. But as things develop, the kind of support the game gets from the publisher will largely depend on who primarily buys it. Furthermore, it may be innovative and potentially groundbreaking to try to create a real mass-market miniature game, but if that strategy fails, the new Rackham will end up like the old Rackham. Only this time there won't be anyone willing to buy it – it will be too screwed up a trademark.
Since making money is now the official motto, there's a danger that we will get a new GW with a French twist. That's bad enough on its own, but especially sad when you think what Rackham used to be. There may be a sad lesson taught by the old Rackham to industry newcomers – that you can't create a really buyer-oriented miniature game, with no army books, no artificial deployment limitations, no miniatures going out of date with rule updates, with tons of diversity in terms of game experience for your investment (there were at least five games – five! – you could play with Confrontation metal miniatures). I hope that's not really the case. I hope it's a false lesson, and Rackham shut down because it made a few specific mistakes, not because the market doesn't allow what it attempted to do at all. Whatever the case, the new Rackham is very different. A buyer is now just that – a buyer; not a fellow artist; not a fellow gamer; not a fellow enthusiast. You bring us money – we bring you entertainment. Then you bring us more money.
At the end of the day, it is, of course, a matter of taste. But there is some profoundly rotten feeling I get when looking at the new product line of AoR. It feels like the buyer is being taken advantage of. Look at the army books. You won't find almost a single picture of the new plastic figures (in case of the factions I know well, I could count two or three pictures of plastic – out of sixty four goddamn pages!), it's all metal on new round bases. Is Rackham ashamed to show what you're actually buying? Or is it simply trying to take you for a ride by showing you pictures of what you could have been buying, but actually can't because the new management insisted on shutting down the production of the last minis in the metal range? Rackham has never been good at communicating with the public and never really bothered to explain why it does what it does; but now, without such an explanation (and I'm not sure there can even be one that would be good enough), it looks like the new Rackham is downright exploiting what isn't really theirs. This is where – for me – the "business point of view" goes out the window and "ethics" becomes an issue: Aarklash, the background, the designs, the aesthetics, the approach – were all developed by the old Rackham. They made some mistakes, screwed up and almost went out of business. Granted, being purchased by someone else is better than disappearing altogether. But what do the new owners do? They strip mine the franchise: instead of giving you something to be passionate about, they put you on the money conveyor belt, constrict you by rules, release schedules, packaging, army books and then try to present the few buying choices that you have as a perfectly natural and good thing. I mean, army boxes really seem like a good value. And, once you've invested in them, you don't really want to stop there, right? So go out and buy some more. Sure, the miniature aren't as pretty as they used to be, sure you can't build and deploy any army you want, sure you don't have a lot of units to choose from, but, hey, you've already jumped on the bandwagon – so just go with the flow. And, in the meantime, why don't you appreciate the depth of the gaming universe and its background? Sure, all of it was created by the old Rackham and the new one doesn't bother investing in it because books and magazines don't bring any profit and are of little importance to chess lovers anyway, but since what is already there is already there – go ahead and enjoy it.
Then again, I guess if the game is fun, none of this matters anyway. Money for entertainment. That's all there is to it. That's all there should be. Right?
Disclaimer: Facts on which this article is based were all found in the public domain and primarily come from statements, official and private, made by Rackham employees on public internet forums and in interviews. The interpretation of these facts and the narrative arranging them are my own. The purpose of this article is to gather as many facts about Rackham that are scattered out there in one place as possible. My hope is that a good deal of these facts will come from contributions by those who are interested in Rackham as a company and are willing to discuss it. The practical purpose – to give those who are planning to invest into Rackham's products a sense of where the company is coming from and where it is going. I bet, many people who bought GW products back in the day would have had real second thoughts about it if they had known more about GW's marketing philosophy. But some wouldn't. Forewarned is forearmed.


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Three words: I smell talent. Sweden's Hour of Anguish may be a little rough around the edges when it comes to production and composition, but there is just something about this melodeath crew. If I were to put my finger on the one element that kept me listening, it was the clean vocals. We get plenty of harsh-clean-harsh, rinse and repeat melodeath bands these days, but there is something unique about how they are presented on Solace of Sorrow. When your album has that little extra special quality that catches the ear and inspires, say, someone making sure to share it on their latest review roundup...you can't put a price tag on that. And aside from the vocals, for a band only a year old and consisting of just two people the instrumentation is pretty strong. Enough so that I am confident in saying that if this duo sticks with it they will be going places. Good luck, guys. One track streaming below, several others also available on Youtube.
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Gordon in the morning: A half-cooked takeaway
We're firmly back in the era when anything Take That does is treated like it's part of the run-up to the That/Gurner redocking. Even when they've not really done anything, like Jason Orange's 40th birthday party.
Guy Patrick is dispatched from Team Gordon to cover the celebrations, which were fitting for a man entering middle-age. Actually, they were fitting for a man about to enter sheltered accommodation, but Patrick does his best:
Bandmate HOWARD DONALD, 42, arrived at around 6pm carrying a spare set of clothes - and the rest of the lads were due to arrive later.Man staying overnight in hotel turns up with suitcase. Possibility of the ones that people care about turning up later on.
Last night a source close to the star said: "Jason and Justin are up for a mad one.Why would there be 80 candles? Am I missing something? Does Orange age twice as fast as ordinary people? Has he been lying about his age? Or is the idea of twice-as-many-candles just an indication of how KER-AZZZY things might get?
"Everybody's wondering whether there will be 40 or 80 candles!"
One odd thing, though - Patrick clearly is writing before much has happened - Barlow and Owen haven't turned up, the food is going to be this and that, people are up for it being 'mad'. And yet:
Even No Regrets by ROBBIE WILLIAMS was played - in a tribute to the singer who is rejoining the band for a tour and new album.That's written in the past tense. Curious.


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A gaming retailer in Australia has just opened pre-orders for Nintendo's next console, the 'NX'. You know, the one that was barely announced this week, and which we probably won't see for two years.
Nintendo promised to tell us more about its new home console next year. Even if it's revealed at, say, E3 2016, the console probably won't arrive for some while after.
Plus, we have no idea what it's even going to look like - it could be a donut, for crying out loud. Normally we wouldn't care so much, but EB Games, the retailer in question, is pretty big.
So just don't do it, yeah? We're sure Nintendo will cook up something awesome to make up for the faults of the Wii U, but we wouldn't be so silly as to literally put money on it right now - even if it's refundable.
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Loudwire.com has posted a news story online reporting that Opeth front man Mikael Akerfeldt has left death metal supergroup Bloodbath. Opeth's latest album "Heritage" (reviewed here) saw a change in style for the band, switching entirely to clean vocals and prog rock.
Loudwire.com reports:
When we asked Akerfeldt — who by his own admittance has recently been struggling to maintain the power and tone of his screaming — if that would affect future Bloodbath projects, the vocalist dropped the news on us.
"I'm not in Bloodbath," says Akerfeldt. "They have a new singer, which I can't say who it is. Bloodbath for me was never a serious project, it was just something I did for fun. We did a few songs on the last North American tour, we did two songs at the very last show because we were touring with Katatonia, so the whole Bloodbath band was there. It's still fun you know? But I think that some of the other guys in Bloodbath want to take it to the next level, which I don't really want to do because I'm so busy anyways."
He continued, "It doesn't really have to do with anything with my screaming vocals, it's just that it's not a progressive project for me. It's just paying tribute to death metal and I've done it for such a long time. And when it stops being fun, I don't really want to participate. We do things so rarely it's always been fun. The shows we've done have been fun, but I don't feel the need to do it."
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Following reports of two US drone bombings in Yemen on Wednesday, a deeper look at the situation in the country reveals just how little critical reporting is done in the aftermath of such airstrikes in a country that few Western readers well understand.
While prominent news outlets reported that "unnamed officials" speaking "on the condition of anonymity" claim the bombings killed "suspected Al Qaeda operatives," more critical observers of the developments—and the press treatment they received—used the episode to make deeper comments about the role of the US drone program abroad.
According to a widely reprinted Associated Press report:
Four were killed in the first strike while riding a vehicle in the desert area of Oussab al-Ali, about 90 miles south of Sana, the official said.
The second strike killed a fifth suspected jihadist, Hamed Radman. A drone bombed his house, the official said.
Radman is known to security authorities as an influential al Qaeda member and played a role in recruitment, he said.
A witness in a nearby village said he saw columns of smoke rising after two explosions rocked the area.
The region south of the Yemeni capital has become a hideout for the militants.
He said that US drones have been flying over his village for three days and are still in the sky.
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Responding to the news, however, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill tweeted:
After a lull, the US is drone bombing #Yemen again
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) April 17, 2013
Scahill has been a vocal critic of the US drone program in Yemen and elsewhere. His upcoming book, Dirty Wars, is an in-depth look at the covert wars of the US military and intelligence agencies in the post-9/11 era.
In addition, Scahill retweeted this from Farea Al-muslimi, a English-speaking Yemeni who lives in the village where the strikes took place:
Wessab, my village, is no doubt th most peaceful ppls and one of th poorest areas in Yemen. congrats, u jst made violence attractive to them
— Farea Al-muslimi (@almuslimi) April 17, 2013
Giving a Yemeni perspective on the events, Al-muslimi continued to tweet from Wednesday into Thursday, responding to online chatter about the attacks and pointing out inconsistencies of official accounts and commenting on the manner in which the details of the story were being conveyed in Western circles:


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Whether you might be making plans your very personal dream wedding ceremony or serving to out a chum, you'll by no means run out of excellent concepts to make the day highest. One option to honor this momentous day is to find out about, and observe positive wedding ceremony traditions that may make this present day of team spirit memorable for the a long time to return! You can, in fact, modify to those traditions and feature a pick out of the ones which have compatibility your wedding ceremony theme. Whether you need to make use of one custom or if you wish to use they all, they'll lend a hand to create a really perfect wedding ceremony day that will probably be remembered perpetually!
1. Something previous, one thing new, one thing borrowed and one thing blue… This widespread rhyme is among the many wedding ceremony traditions adopted by way of maximum brides in spite of tradition or race. To use one thing previous (like a work of knickknack handed on from the bride's circle of relatives) is to tie the bond with members of the family. To use one thing new (wedding ceremony get dressed, a tiara, or perhaps a ring) is to welcome the bride and groom's new existence in combination. To borrow a thankfully married girl's merchandise (earrings, a unique pin, a necklace) passes at the just right success for a contented marriage. And to make use of one thing blue (a treasured stone on a hoop, plants) brings constancy to the wedding.
2. First piece of the marriage cake… This is regularly shared by way of the couple as proven within the ceremonious reducing of the marriage cake. The newlyweds are regularly observed to offer each and every different their first chew of the cake. This is finished to characterize the sharing of existence in combination and of making bonds with each and every different. The wheat used to bake the marriage cake symbolizes fertility and the wonder symbolizes the candy and glad union of the couple.
three. The white bridal get dressed… While an increasing number of brides choose to include colour to their wedding ceremony clothes, the use of a white bridal get dressed is still one of the crucial dominant wedding ceremony traditions in all places the arena. Mary Queen of Scots was once identified to be the primary royal bride to put on white on her wedding ceremony. White is understood to characterize the purity and virginity of the bride. While this concept will also be somewhat unfitting for most present girls, white is still the favourite colour for weddings. The colour may be believed to push back evil spirits that can hang-out the newlyweds' union. Despite those ideals, some brides merely glance wonderful on white wedding ceremony clothes.
four. Throwing of rice… Throwing rice grains at the newlyweds proper after the marriage rite is understood to characterize just right success and prosperity for the newlyweds. While some church buildings have already banned this actual wedding ceremony custom, there are nonetheless many that observe it, ensuring to do the entirety to hope the bride and groom the most productive.
five. The throwing of the marriage bouquet… This is among the many wedding ceremony traditions this is observed in maximum weddings. After the marriage rite, all unmarried girls acquire around the bride. The bride turns her again to the singles crown and throws away her wedding ceremony bouquet. The unmarried girl who catches the bouquet is alleged to be the following in line to get the great tidings of marriage.


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2 Cows and a Chicken by Steve Skelton
Type: Comic Strip
Frequency: Daily
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Steve Skelton
Steve Skelton is a longtime illustrator and cartoonist whose clients include Hallmark Cards, Nickelodeon Magazine, Hewlett-Packard, Haagen Dazs, the U.S. Postal Service, and Ceaco, for whom he created a series of Tooniverse puzzles. In 2004 he was awarded the Washington Post Writers Group FineToon Fellowship. He launched 2 Cows and a Chicken on Comicssherpa.com in 2008. "For years I have had spirits appearing before my bed begging me to do a strip about cows," he notes. "The chicken was my idea." He and his family live in Longmont, Colorado
Meet the Cast of 2 Cows and a Chicken
2 Cows and a Chicken combines hilarious illustrations with a sharp, funny writing style. The overarching storyline allows readers to get to know the characters from week to week, and Skelton has a deft touch when it comes to a punchline.


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2014 has been a great year. The best of my life. I successfully applied to begin teacher training, I gathered useful experience in schools, I moved to Bristol for 3 months to improve my French, I began my teacher training, and most important of all, I got married and also discovered that I am going to be a dad this spring.
Much of this got in the way of my model making and wargaming goals for the year. I only managed to play Bolt Action once, and that was with myself. I didn't take Flying Lead for a spin until December, but that was thoroughly enjoyable. I suppose I played more than in 2013. Thanks to Flying Lead, I imagine I will be playing more wargames in 2015.
In terms of model making, I had a good start to the year, but from May onwards it was a struggle to find the time or space. I hope to keep a steady trickle of projects on the go during the course of 2015, but I do not expect to get much done. The final half of my training, having a baby, and beginning (hopefully) a new job in a school will really take over most of my time.
I think the purpose of this blog will become more diverse this year: I am very muh enjoying more boardgames recently, I am LOVING Marvel Dice Masters, and I have recently rekindled my love for Star Wars Miniatures and Pirates of the Spanish Main too. I think there may be battle reports of these games finding there way here, and possible pictures of some of my miniature customisations.
I hope to see you around this year. Keep on modelling and inspiring me.


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The Essentials of Resources – Breaking Down the Basics
How Having A Logo Creates Team Spirit In A Sport's Team
When one is a supporter of certain sports there are three things that they can identify the sports team and also helps them relate to the sports team; the team's logo, the main players that feature for the team and also the feeling that one develops when they cheer their beloved team from the stands. It is usual for team supporters to have the team's logo attached to a t-shirt or a cap, our homes and even on our cars and in such we appear like advertising the team we support to others. Sports teams thus need custom logos as they serve to boost and build a team's visibility and recognition respectively which works to forge a community wide team spirit.
When a sports team have a custom logo designed it aims at adding an image to the name of the team which helps one to visualize the club on the sight of the logo. When a logo is designed for a team it becomes synonymous with the sport itself where through the design one has memories that they associate with their team such as one's favorite NCAA free picks or their family's tailgate tradition. A logo even without a name gives a sports team identity, and it is thus important for any team to have their logo correctly designed. Having a well-designed logo that stands out from the rest will attract the attention of the sport's lovers. A logo not only gives a team an identity but it also pulls a team's players together where they become loyal to their team as they can identify with a given team.
A sports team's credibility also increases with the team acquiring a well-designed logo as the logo puts the team among other professional teams as they all possess a logo. A logo also works to show the seriousness of the club to attract players with high abilities thus placing ones' belief to the community about the club. With the increased credibility the players are recognized as part of a genuine group thus gaining respect from opponents. After the players gain respect from their opponents and also develop a sense of belonging they also increase their levels of dedication towards helping their team to achieve their set standards of success.
The importance of a logo to the marketing campaigns can be highlighted through researches which have shown that even young children can identify different brands through their logos. For a team, developing a logo helps market the team to the local as they can easily identify the team in the case of sponsorship events or game announcements where they will be willing to offer their support.


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It's been a while since I last wrote but I don't think I'm alone in saying I haven't written much these past few months. Life it seems, is shifting our focus elsewhere, or even just within, prompting us to slow down and contemplate where we are and where we're going on this evolutionary path.
There's been so much happening it's been hard to focus on any one thing. This evolutionary dance has been different for each of us but since my last post, we have been through the opening of the Dec Solstice, the crossover to the New Year and the first Full Moon of 2015 all while being constantly bombarded with the new Light coming through various forces to help us engage with the process of releasing the old energy we carry in order to integrate the new we are receiving.
Now, as we move through this high vibrational day of the 11th, we are seeing the old ways falling away faster than ever and it is becoming increasingly difficult to have connections with anything we don't resonate with. It's an awkward clash of incompatibility that grates and grinds. But even so, we are still in transition and are coming to realize it's a long road ahead.
But where the past year was one of repositioning and restructuring, we are now moving into a year of positive growth. This year we are consolidating with like-minded souls, building solid foundations to support our true purpose, our Soul work. We can already feel the urge rising within to focus only on what is true to our inner most desires, what is relevant within the union of relationship and the work we are all here to pursue. This year is for stepping into the shoes we came here to fill and if we are ready to embrace our own talents, life could take on a very different feel in the months ahead.
After reaching what felt like a place of stillness, a plateau in my own process, there is a re-emergence now into what feels like the next stage of this return to our true state of being. Our navigational tools are in understanding energy and the concept of our own energetic vibration which helps us to see the big picture, make sense of ongoing difficulties and see purpose in any turmoil and upheaval. By regularly tuning in to our own energetic wavelength it becomes easier to observe what is happening around us and reconnect with our balance when we lose sight of it.


text: The story of Avandra and how their sophomore effort, Descender, came to be on Blood Music is one filled with strife and a fairy tale turn of events. The album was written in the wake of Puerto Rico's devastation caused by Hurricane Maria and due to the huge response from their debut, one fan wrote to Blood Music and the rest, as they say, is history. Or at least, how they ended up where they are now. Avandra's music is progressive in nature, epic in scope and sound, and overall a pleasure to listen to with just enough bite to cut through the otherwise majestic atmosphere. Just ahead of the album's release we had the chance to pose our Profile questions to mastermind Christian Ayala Cruz, who also takes care of vocals, guitars, and synths, so head below to see how it went down. Continue reading


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- Tennessee officials say a man drew a hatchet and pepper spray to injure three moviegoers in Nashville Wednesday afternoon, he was killed when charging a SWAT team with an air pistol.
- New Hampshire Republicans have cut a third from the state's funding for Planned Parenthood clinics in response to several videos of employees discussing fetal tissue donations.
- Malaysian officials are confirming that wing debris washed up on Reunion Island matches part numbers for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared over the ocean last summer.
- Four years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster mothballed the country's nuclear power plants, Japan is bringing the first reactors back online with additional safety standards.
- Google says it will push the "largest software update in history" to correct a critical text messaging flaw in Android smartphones that could give hackers instant control over phones.
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A Listening Session/Town Hall Meeting is scheduled with Representative Scott Tipton on the proposed San Juan Wilderness bill, for Sept. 30, 5:30 pm at OURAY COMMUNITY CENTER (new location). Arriving early is suggested. Just got this press release this morning from a newspaper reporter -- I'm modifying the location to reflect the phone call I just got.
Repeat: The meeting will be at 5:30pm at Ouray Community Center on Friday, September 30. Arrive early to sign in. Those wishing to speak should know that (according to Tipton's staff) speakers will be chosen in the order they sign in.
Text and maps of the bill reintroduced this week by Senator Udall and co-sponsor Senator Bennet can be found here:
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**PRESS RELEASE by Joshua Green, Press Secretary for Represenative Tipton*** 9/27
Congressman Tipton to Hold Public Meetings on San Juan Wilderness Proposal
Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) will hold public meetings to gather feedback on the San Juan Wilderness proposal beginning this week.
"My office has been meeting with various stakeholders in the district around Hidden Gems, Chimney Rock, San Juan and Thompson Divide. Preserving our environment, protecting our state's treasures, and ensuring that people have the ability to enjoy Colorado's beauty is important to me. I appreciate all of the work that Senator Udall and his staff have done on San Juan and I am anxious to gather feedback from my constituents on this issue. My office will be holding a series of public meetings to gather feedback on the San Juan Wilderness proposal and I encourage all sides to continue their dialogue."—Rep. Scott Tipton
If unable to attend the public meetings, Rep. Tipton encourages constituents to provide feedback by emailing or mailing his office.
Mailing address:
Office of Congressman Scott Tipton
218 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tentative Meeting Schedule
· September 30, Friday, from 5:30-7:00 pm, OURAY Community Center
· October 18, Tuesday, from 5:30-7:00 pm, location TBA


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Fitch Says CMBS Cumulative Defaults Up to 9.5 Percent
- Jul 30, 2010
July 30, 2010
By Allison Landa, News Editor
Fitch Ratings is reporting that defaults on fixed-rate conduit U.S. CMBS loans are continuing at a record pace, with cumulative defaults rising to 9.5 percent through June 2010.
According to Fitch, the 133-basis-point climb from the first quarter is consistent with the firm's expectation of an 11 percent cumulative default rate by the end of the year.
"Not surprisingly," the firm wrote in a report on Friday, "recent vintages are driving the pace of defaults. … Loans are considered defaulted if they have been reported 60+ days delinquent at least once."
Fitch managing director Mary MacNeill said in the report that large, highly leveraged loans are adding to the rising rate of defaults, with 14 loans greater than 100 million defaulted in 2010.


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Biological farmhouse Il Castagnolino
Carmela and Ivan are happy to welcome you to their farmhouse, let's spend a pleasant and relaxing holiday in San Gimignano!
The Farmhouse "Il Castagnolino" is located at only 3 km far from San Gimignano, on the ancient way called "Via Francigena".
The rural building, lovingly restored, surrounded by olive trees, offers a unique view over the Towers of San Gimignano, over the hills of Chianti and the Valdelsa valley. Our farm was built using environment-friendly techniques and materials: heating and hot water are provided by renewable energy, walls are painted with natural earth colors. We produce extra virgin olive oil, saffron of San Gimignano - Protected Destination of Origin, we also grow aromatic and medical plants and the Certaldo onion.
For our guests, a swimming pool surrounded by the olive trees, where to spend some relaxing and well-being hours enjoying the silence that characterize the house.
Six comfortable rooms, one wheelchair accessible, with wooden beams roof and tiled floors. All rooms have a private bathroom with shower, independent entrance and WI-FI connection.
Breakfast and Restaurant
Every morning we prepare delicious sweet or savoury breakfasts, including eggs, meats and cheeses as swell as fresh home baked cakes and cookies, and cereals, fresh fruits, yogurt, milk, tea, juices, coffee or cappuccino. In the evening, on reservation, we serve typical Tuscan dinners cooked with genuine products coming directly from our own organic farm or from other farms working in the area.We also arrange cooking classes where you can learn how to prepare home made pasta, sourdough bread, pizza and focaccia with the yeast base.
The special location between Siena, Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Volterra allows you easily to reach the most beautiful cities of Tuscany. Our guests can use our mountain-bikes to explore the many natural and artistic beauty of the area or simply stroll in a beautiful natural setting among woods, vineyards and olive groves. Let's walk through the small botanical path of the farm, discovering wild aromatic plants as well as medical and culinary herbs grown on the farm. Silence and relax are valuable to us, so we chose not to install televisions in the rooms, while we assure the WI-FI connection throughout the hotel.


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Cooling position control - MultiControl
The MultiControl is a control cabinet with integrated controller. Every MultiChiller is controlled by a MultiControl. Thus, the systems run independently and maximum redundancy is ensured.
The connection to the chiller and the control cabinet is made using a plug-in system in order to make both assembly and connection as easy as possible. Thus, the machine can be assembled and replaced quickly and easily.
There is a control for the MultiPump, which both controls the pumps and takes over a higher-level management for the chillers.
All controllers can communicate with each other via a BUS system.
Do you have any questions?
If you have questions regarding the accessories in general or in particular, e.g. what you exactly need or whether you can continue using your existing devices or you prefer a manufacturer of your choice, just give us a call. We look forward to your call.
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Rapid Deployment of Surveillance Camera System Across Large Public Transit Authority
Project Description
A major City's transit authority committed to increasing their surveillance camera coverage to better impact the transit system's security, with a Mayoral mandate of doubling their camera count on train lines by year-end. The transit authority's team of over 11 contracted vendors – ranging from local electrical engineers to national product manufacturers – differed in their experience, system knowledge, and capacity to deploy the 1,500 needed cameras in the time required. Additionally, the Transit Authority's internal team on the project was significantly challenged by staff and resource constraints, exacerbated by key leadership changes which included a newly appointed CIO.
Client Objectives
The Transit Authority's executive management and the Mayor's Office mandated rapid deployment of the additional surveillance cameras, without any disruption to the 78 stations targeted for installations. 1,500 surveillance cameras were to be installed, including conduit and cabling and connection with the Transit Authority's internal network infrastructure.
Services Delivered:
- Overall Project Management
- Re-engineered and maintained a comprehensive Project Plan
- Scheduled Project resources to identify upcoming issues
- Drove key meetings with Transit executives, internal staff and sub-contractors to improve coordination
- Vendor management across the entire Project Team – in excess of 100 personnel and 16 deployment teams – including orientation for new vendors with the Transit Authority work processes
- SDI managed and coordinated Safety and Security/Flagger Infrastructure – over 200 flagger man days per week
- Hired Construction Managers to review and support work in the field
- Prepared effective and consistent reporting to multiple stakeholder groups, including Transit Authority executive and working teams, sub-contractors and the Mayor's Office
- Assisted the internal Transit Authority team in the most efficient allocation of their time and resources to support the installation teams
Project Results
Under SDI's direction, the project was completed ahead of schedule exceeding the Transit Authority's deployment expectations. SDI oversaw the upgrade of over 1,500 surveillance cameras in 78 passenger stations.


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We are OPEN to a new way of shopping!
Olang Mara Ankle Boot with Pivoting Ice Cleats In Black
$290.00 $87.70
Olang snow boots with pivoting cleats, combine European design and winter function. These boots are easy to maintain, they are light and ideal for Canadian winters.
- The wool lining also equipped with WINTHERM multilayer membrane
- Italian sole designed to increase grip on snow and ice
- Mid-sole guaranteeing impact and compression resistance (certified UNI EN 12568, as required by the security footwear regulations)
- Removable insole allows an orthopedic expert to replace it with a foot orthosis, modify and improve the fit of the boot
- Easy fitting
- BREATHTEX waterproof membrane
- Comfort zone up to -30°C


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Hello All,
I have been writing a lot, but have done a terrible job of updating LJ. I haven't done much on woodworking though, so I haven't been around. The Henry Wood is coming along, in fact, I just posted chapter 64. So that means there are about 19 more chapters, if you haven't been checking my site daily. I believe the last one was 45.
I think most people from LJ who have been reading Henry Wood, do stop in daily, so I haven't felt like clogging up the blog posts with my daily links.
I do appreciate everyone's support and encouragement, as it has made writing fun. The novel is nearly done and when it is, I will do a rewrite and polish it up a bit. I have also decided to rewrite the 1st Henry Wood, add another 18K words, fill it out some, and get move it from novella to novel.
Thanks again for reading my drivel,
-- Brian Meeks, http://extremelyaverage.com


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3rd Annual 17th Street Festival
Saturday, September 22nd
12:00pm - 6:00pm
The 3rd Annual 17th Street Festival is a free community event that celebrates the 17th Street Corridor. Enjoy local vendors and view and buy works by local artist. There will also be a stage for entertainment and a kids zone at Ross Elementary School and many local businesses will be offering specials.
City Dogs Rescue Petzone Adoption will be there throughout the day. Stop by to chat with folks from CDR and meet some of the doggies available for adoption. The festival is produced by the Urban Neighborhood Alliance & Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets.
Along 17th Street, NW
Riggs Place to P St
Metro: Dupont Circle
Free in DC is an arts, culture, and consciousness resource dedicated to all the cool, free, low-cost things to do in Washington, DC… proving you don't need to spend a lot to live a rich life in this town! See DC through the eyes of a local who lives in the city and is plugged into the scene. All events are free, donation-based, or $10 or less and accessible by Metro or bus in VA, MD or DC.
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PAST: FESTIVAL: It's the 3rd Annual 17th Street Festival SAT, Sept 22nd from 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Free
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By Richard Reep
Noted architect Daniel Liebeskind, teaching at Yale in the early 1990s, proclaimed "Public space is dead". A provocative notion at the time, he was simply observing American cultural phenomena, and our evolution away from Main Street into the mall, away from the downtown church to the suburban megachurch, and away from common space into private space. While all this is true, it misses a countercyclical element in our cities, and in the Orlando area, public space is very much alive and assuming a new role in the neighborhoods. read more »


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Hussyclub "Straight Girl" (2012)
In honor of this year's Pride Month, the Amoeblog is running a series of posts celebrating various aspects of the LGBT community. This one salutes the talented new Bay Area queer electronic-pop duo Hussyclub, comprised of singer Glitterus and producer Critical Akklaim, who recently produced and unveiled the above song and video "Straight Girl." The self-described "San Francisco Dark Pop Fantasy Group" tag this dark fun video, which was directed by the group's singer with cameos from Zoe Bender and East Oakland turf dancers Jeriel Bey, Slow Motion, and Bam Ba of the Architekz fame, as a "3-D 80's Queer Matrix Sex Dance Spectaculum!!!!--about unleashing our truest desire, no matter how 'straight' you appear." Meanwhile they describe Hussyclub as, "a place for everyone to grind; queers, breeders, freqs, straight girls, hopefully simultaneously and wrapped in aluminum foil."
Yesterday, via email, I caught up with the two members of Hussyclub find out more about their unique new group.
Amoeblog: I could only find the "Straight Girl" song/video for Hussyclub. Is there more music available or on the way?
Hussyclub: "Straight Girl" is but the first desperation love-story you'll hear at the Hussyclub. We have songs of porno dreaming, ass smackin, alimony, husband snubbing, and lady loving all coming your way.
Amoeblog: Do you have to wear 3D glasses to fully appreciate the video?
Hussyclub: The 3D Body Motional Capture Footage in our video is pre-morphed pre-porno for your viewing pleasure and was created by visual artist Kiki Seror. But we recommend wearing 3-D glasses all the time because its pervy.
Amoeblog: What kind of feedback has the video and/or song gotten since released a month ago?
Hussyclub: The song has touched San Francisco deep in the glitterus. Many of the super freaks love "Straight Girl" for the beatz, the glitter eyebrows, and the emotional wittery of the song. Many have cried in unison for the conundrum of fallin for the "Straight Girl." Apparently this crush happens every night of the week on Valencia.
Amoeblog: What did the turf dancers think of the finished production?
Hussyclub: They loved it! The Architeckz love a sexy beat and were excited to do something more conceptual and character based. In the video they got to be the competition for Glitterus, vying the the Straight Girl. We had so much more footage of ground breaking 3-D Turf that we're gonna release another video all about their dancing to a Hussyclub remix.
Amoeblog: What are your and your partner Glitterus' musical backgrounds?
Critical Akklaim: Growing up in Hartford CT, I was a glee club/drama/choir kid and then played the viola, marimba, and later the steel pan. My love for vocal expression-singing, rapping, random noise, and impersonations plays a large role in creation of his sound. In 2007, I released an EP called Souls of Rap Folks-And this too shall pass in response to a documentary I saw called Beyond Beats and Rhymes by Bryon Hurt, which deals with the modeling of gender roles and attitudes in modern day hip-hop culture. I am deeply influenced by West African rhythms and drum philosophy, Dancehall, and experimental music theory. Glitterus found her siren voice one summer after graduating from Berkeley with a theater and dance degree. She says she* was rolling around her glitter covered garage listening to Digital Mystiks, and when the music stopped, she just kept singing. When Glit heard my beats, she was inspired to write a whole album about hussies who think about more than just telephones and boyfriends.
Amoeblog: I like your retro electronic style. What instrumentation or production tools do you utilize and who are your personal musical heroes?
Critical Akklaim: I've always been a gear slut, not throwing away any instrument or sound device unless its definitively broken. My favorite hardware includes the Akai 4000 beat sampler, Kurtzweil K2500 synth keyboard, and the Ultra Proteus synth Sound Module. I sample live drums, bass, guitars, percussion, Rhodes, old analog mixers, field sound recordings to clash elements in time and space of the sound. I have a killer falsetto, and love to layer my vocals with Glit's, to bring that early 90's Family Style sound to Hussyclub. I am deeply influenced by Grand Master Flash, Cameo, Prince and the Revolution, and Newcleus. Glitterus is a believer in Kate Bush, Peaches, No Doubt, and Brian Eno.
Amoeblog: Do you have any shows coming up?
Critical Akklaim: Hussyclub is hosting and playing Milk Bar on July 11th at a killer weekly dance party Spilt Milk put on by our darlings Mother Records, along with more shows to be announced this summer in the Bay.


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Dark. Leafy. Green. Vegetables.
Spinach. Kale. Swiss Chard.
Not usually one's favorite food, these are packed with powerhouse nutrients! Try them in a smoothie and this may disguise the flavor a bit, and also make them easier to digest while still offering the fiber benefits.
Here's one to try:
1 scoop protein powder (any flavor)
1 tablespoon flax seeds
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1/4 cup frozen berries (blueberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries – take your pick!)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup spinach (or more!)
1/2 – 3/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened)
1/4 – 1/2 cup water
You may need to alter the liquid depending upon how think you like your smoothie.
Cheers to good health and greater energy!