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The Good Old Hockey Game You Can Make YourselfPine Tree Post - Craft Time
If you are like some Place Under the Pine's Dads (in your mid thirties, borderline hoarder), you will have a box of hockey cards from the mid 90s in your closet/basement/storage unit. It may even be in your hands right now, headed towards the recycling box. Stop right there! You have an opportunity to get one more ounce of fun out of these cards with this idea. Here is a chance to play with your old toys again, and get away with it - just call it a craft for the kids. You will also burn a couple of hours in the process, which could be just what you need on a rainy day with two bored kids. Another plus, if you need it, is that the craft is free! All you will need is some old hockey cards (remove any Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux cards...burn the Brett Hull ones), some scissors, tape, and an old cardboard box (optional).
Last Saturday, the crafting crew of the PUTPs found themselves cooped up in the house due to the weather - a rainy day. With a couple of hours to spare in the afternoon they went to work on this Hockey card craft.
Out came the scissors, tape, and "Dad's old hockey cards".
Here is the step by step instructions "Dad" gave the craft crew:
Step One: Take a card and cut the player out. It works best if the picture is vertical. Cut along the sides to make a rectangle shape you will tape to their skates to allow them to stand, and cut a hockey stick shape out to use as their hockey stick.
|Step 1 - Cut player, Cut rectangle off of side, Cut hockey stick out of other side
|Tape rectangle piece to skates and attach stick to hand area
Step Three: Fold his foot rectangle thingy back on either side to help him stand up. This may take some finagling to find the right balance and hockey stick length.
|Fold sides back and stand them up.
A big piece of cardboard was liberated from the recycling bin by the craft crew who quickly turned it into a hockey rink. Lines were drawn and the face off circles were marked in. Even ads were cut out of the weekly flyers to paste onto the boards just like at the real arena.
Dad did not intervene in this creative time, but, instead told the craft crew to take their time. Which they did, adding another half hour on to what was later termed 'distraction time'.
Dad was seen drinking coffee while this was going on.
Awhile later, with sides taped up and adverts on the boards, the hockey team was set up for a photo op.
Then the games began!
A variety of games were invented by the craft crew.
A) The Classic - A paper ball was hit by the paper hockey player. The hand holding the player moved it anywhere on the board at anytime.
B) The Freeze - Each participant had so many 'guys'. They set them up and dropped the ball/puck. The closest player got to hit it. They moved their players around after each shot.
C) The Crunch - One participant, usually a five year old boy, took one paper player and crunched all of the other paper players. This was the most popular game by far.
|CRUNCH CREW - three down, nine to go!
Additions were added to the ice including nets and a penalty box.
|Two minutes for tripping to be served hanging upside down
|Zamboni - Lighting bolt winged version
This free craft was a great chance to use those old, highly sentimental valued, hockey cards one last time before they hit the recycling box and also an hour (or more) distraction for the kids. Win win in the world of kids crafts.
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When guitarist Dave Mustaine was booted out of Metallica early in its career, he formed Megadeth, which continued his former group's thrash-metal style with even more speed and intensity.
Mustaine was seven when his parents divorced, and his family wound up living in poverty in the Southern California suburbs. During his teens, Mustaine's mother was often away, leaving him with his sisters; he told a journalist that a brother-in-law once punched him in the face for listening to Judas Priest. Mustaine's revenge was to join a heavy-metal band, and in 1981 he became a founding member of Metallica [see entry], from which he was fired two years later in a power struggle over leadership and allegations of his drug use. Mustaine, whose reputation for outspokenness and mood swings is notorious, formed Megadeth that same year with Minnesota native Dave Ellefson.
Mustaine and Ellefson hoped to create a jazz-oriented progressive strain of heavy metal based on chops as much as emotional aggression. Megadeth's first album, Killing Is My Business…and Business Is Good, succeeded in that regard and garnered mainly positive reviews, even from critics normally hostile to heavy metal. Mustaine's drug use, meanwhile, deepened with his discovery of heroin. Still, the band's subsequent albums, Peace Sells…But Who's Buying? (#76, 1986) and So Far, So Good…So What? (#28, 1988), continued in its celebrated lightening-speed chops-heavy style.
In 1990 Mustaine was arrested for impaired driving and went into a 12-step program for his drug and alcohol problems. The same year, Megadeth released Rust in Peace, which reached #23. Mustaine's former band, meanwhile, paved the way for thrash metal when its self-titled album of 1991 skyrocketed to the top of the charts; Megadeth followed in Metallica's footsteps the next year with Countdown to Extinction, which went to #2.
Offstage, Mustaine continued getting into trouble: In 1993, Megadeth was dumped from its opening spot on Aerosmith's tour when that group tired of Mustaine's misbehavior. Megadeth returned in 1994 with Youthanasia (the album's press release was written by novelist Dean Koontz), which debuted at #4. That same year, Mustaine slipped back into drug use briefly during a tour, but has since returned to sobriety, claiming even to refuse nitrous oxide while in the dentist's chair.
Before recording 1997's Cryptic Writings (#10), Mustaine started work on a degree in business management at the University of Phoenix and began mastering Web design. He put those new skills to work when his company designed the Web site for Alice Cooper's theme restaurant, Alice Cooper'stown.
Megadeth's lineup changes continued, as former Suicidal Tendencies drummer Jimmy DeGrasso joined in time for 1999's Risk. That album's title and revamped sound were inspired by published comments from Metallica's Lars Ulrich suggesting that Megadeth take more musical risks. The subsequent album incorporated surprising industrial and Middle Eastern flavors along the edges.

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On January 17, 2016, two people were sent to the hospital after a vehicle crash left them trapped in their vehicle. The B.C. Ambulance service says the victims crashed into a pole between Dewdney Trunk Road and Cardinal street. Four ambulances and one helicopter were dispatched to help extract the driver[1] and the passenger from the vehicle before they were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Vancouver Single Vehicle Accidents
In 2013, there were 260,000 vehicle accidents[2] in British Columbia, with 34,000 of those occurring in Vancouver Island. Even though a single vehicle accident involves only one automobile, there can be instances where the driver is not liable including:
- Bad road conditions: If a driver loses control of their vehicle and hits a tree due to bad road conditions, the driver, or their family, may be able to make a claim against the governmental agency that is responsible for maintaining the road.
- Equipment defect: A driver in a single vehicle accident may avoid liability where there was a sudden equipment failure. When an auto manufacturer sells a defective car part, that part can suddenly malfunction and cause a driver to lose control of the vehicle. Brakes, tires, axles, airbags, and steering systems are all examples of defects that can lead to single-car crashes.
- Road Construction: Construction zones are everywhere throughout Vancouver. Accidents in these areas may have been caused by lack of warning signs, improperly diverted traffic, poor placement of cones and barriers, or other problems. When collisions occur in a work zone or construction area, negligent construction companies may be held accountable.
Contact a Vancouver Single Vehicle Accident Lawyer
If you or a loved one were involved in a single vehicle accident and you believe that another driver, equipment or road conditions may have caused or contributed to the accident, speak to a Vancouver single vehicle accident lawyer. The lawyers at McLarty Wolf are committed to helping victims of single vehicle accidents. To discuss your case with one of our lawyers, call our office today at 604-688-9542 or send us an email through our online contact form.
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New Spiritualized - "Soul On Fire"
March 18, 2008
J Spaceman Pierce's lazer guided melodies are pretty Flaming Lips-y on "Soul On Fire," a new tune from Spiritualized's forthcoming Songs In A&E, the first album since 2003's Amazing Grace. ("Soul On Fire" also keeps making us think of Sebadoh's "Soul And Fire," for what it's worth.) The track premiered yesterday on BBC 1's Zane Lowe show, which explains the effusive dialog toward the song's final movement (Zane kinda sounds like he has a movement, too, actually). Do you like your music to be far-reaching and epic? Yeah, us too. Step into the breeze and listen at Deaf Indie Elephants. (Thanks, YiYo.) - Source


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BASF's Construction Chemicals division expands production in Russia
New production line for MasterSeal® Waterproofing Solutions at Podolsk site
Bolshoe Tolbino, Russia, April 22, 2016 – BASF's Construction Chemicals division started with the production of waterproofing solutions from the MasterSeal® solutions range at its plant located in Bolshoe Tolbino, Podolsk District. BASF thus extends its portfolio of Master Builders Solutions® in Russia and enhances the supply network for regional markets and customers.
"We recognize the need for quicker service and delivery of construction chemical solutions in world-class quality", said Ralf Spettmann, Head of BASF's Global Construction Chemicals division. "Our solutions and our experts are where our customers are. We progressively expand our production and distribution network in Russia and other markets with excellent growth rates and prognoses", Mr. Spettmann added.
At Podolsk, BASF is already producing a large range of concrete admixtures, flooring solutions, cementitious grouts and concrete repair mortars. The new production lines for MasterSeal 550 and 588 waterproofing solutions address special needs like tolerance to very harsh conditions (up to -50°C). They are for example used to protect potable water reservoirs.
Sergey Vetlov, Managing Director of BASF Construction Systems Russia and CIS, said: "Local production allows for more flexible pricing and delivery to local customers compared to importing products from production sites abroad." Furthermore, BASF will offer shorter lead times as the plant is located in close proximity to end users.
Besides the Podolsk site, BASF is producing construction chemicals in Russia also in Kazan (Tatarstan) and is planning to construct a third plant in 2017.


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My flatmate and I just finished watching this series.
We binge watched the whole thing this evening.
Z: The Beginning of Everything is a bio-Season of the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, Southern Belle turned flapper, writer and icon of modern feminism.
I never knew about the woman behind the author, Scott Fitzgerald, who is most famous from the book The Great Gatsby.
Here is an interesting article that I read about Zelda: Zelda Wasn't 'Crazy': How What You Don't Know About Fitzgerald Tells Us Something About 'Crazy' Women, Then and Now.
"There are the stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unparalleled tolerance for alcohol. His relationships with Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker figure prominently into the ways he is remembered, too. But his marriage to Zelda Sayre is also part of Fitzgerald lore, notable for one fact in particular: Zelda was crazy. At least, that's how the story goes.
"Crazy" is a gendered trope. Arguably, calling women "crazy" is the most commonly-used strategy for stereotyping and devaluing us. (It's also a label that functions to stigmatize mental illness.) Consider Yashir Ali's "A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not 'Crazy.'" Ali explores gaslighting, a subtle process of emotional manipulation regularly used to convince women that our reaction is an overreaction. As Ali notes, "Whether gaslighting is conscious or not, it produces the same result: It renders some women emotionally mute.""
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Chu's the Right Answer!
Arthur Chu '06 wows 'Jeopardy!' aficionados with a long winning streak
Arthur Chu stands behind the Jeopardy! contestants' desk, his expression deadpan, pounding furiously on the buzzer in his hand, answering correctly question upon question. Reputedly a man of few words, here he knows just how to "chu"se the right ones to keep himself on the show.
Typically moving slowly into action for the first few minutes of a game, he revs up toward the end of the first round, pushes down on his intellectual accelerator, and morphs into a general-knowledge behemoth on a rampage. Sometimes he even interrupts show host Alex Trebek, so anxious is he to pounce on the next question, leaving his competitors standing helpless, watching in awe, their buzzers mute, as he devours question after question. Leaping from category to category, hopping skittishly from one dollar amount to another, burrowing after the daily doubles, Chu cleans up the board time after time—11 days in succession. And somehow, while playing and winning, he manages to live-tweet his experience, initiating a messaging firestorm from lovers and haters, as the #chuchutrain (a hashtag created by Chu's wife Eliza Blair '07) goes viral. His appearance—tousled, straight, black hair; rumpled shirt; impassive demeanor—and method of play are among the targets of viewers' vitriolic outbursts.
And so it went. Until early this spring, when on his 12th day, Chu was defeated by Ann Arbor graduate student Diana Peloquin, after failing to have his royal Georges in order in a Final Jeopardy! question about the British monarchy. Chu's 11-day streak on the show made him the third-"winningest" player in the game's history with a grand total just short of $300,000 for games won plus a $1,000 consolation prize. (Julia Collins knocked him into fourth place in June.) He's still a virtual shoo-in for a spot on the next Tournament of Champions.
A usually gentle soul with a beautifully deep and mellifluous voice that caught the attention of Trebek, Chu, 30, loves acting in a Cleveland-area community playhouse and doing freelance voiceover jobs and standup comedy. (In his day job, he's a compliance analyst with Family Heritage Life Insurance Co.) He also enjoys having a few drinks with friends and reading Shakespeare plays.
Reading has always been high on Arthur Chu's agenda. As a history major at Swarthmore, he spent a lot of time in the College bookstore, according to store employee Mike Harper. "He'd come in, grab a book off a shelf, and sit and read for hours, not really talking to anyone. You'd forget he was there," Harper says.
He also had a recognizable style on campus. "We used to laugh about him always running around in a T-shirt, shorts, and sandals, no matter the season or temperature," adds book manager Steve Levin. "He was a nice enough guy. Just very quiet."
Chu took his quiet contemplation to a new level the day he got the call inviting him onto the show, which was taped in late November. He had 30 days to prepare. "Until the taping, I set everything aside and went into my own little universe, studying and watching episodes and preparing for the show," he says.
He focused less on game strategy than on cramming as much general knowledge as he could, using flash cards, looking up former winners like Ken Jennings, who reigned for 74 days, and six-day champion Roger Craig, who amassed $77,000—the highest amount won in a single day—on his second show.
"I'm not a computer scientist," Chu says, "so I didn't replicate what [Craig] did, but I read about him and the way he prepared, and I learned about the existence of categories that tend to appear on the board more frequently than others—things like U.S. presidents, state nicknames, world capitals, finite lists that you can memorize easily. I put together a series of electronic flash cards and worked with them all the time. I was either doing that or watching episodes of Jeopardy!, trying to play along and get a sense of the game so I wouldn't feel off-balance or surprised when I got there."
To allay his nervousness, Chu employed a strategy that he believes may have contributed to provoking those who accused him of seeming "flat" or "robotic" or "unappreciative" of the opportunity.
He called on his experiences in community theater. "When I went up there, I said to myself, 'OK, you're going to be an actor for a while, you're going to play a character, and that character is going to be a Jeopardy champion, somebody who plays Jeopardy! all the time. So that's who people saw on the TV screen.
"Of course I felt nervous, but I believe that a lot of the time the difference between doing well or doing poorly is being able to manage emotions like that," he adds.
The 12 shows Chu appeared in were taped in groups of five shows a day over just three days in November.
"A lot of people didn't even know I was gone," Chu says of his brief sojourn in Culver City, Calif. "And you're encouraged to not publicize the date of taping as opposed to the date of your appearance, preferring that contestants help to keep up the TV magic a bit." For example, when Chu's first appearances on the show in late January were interrupted by the Tournament of the Decades in February, Trebek told viewers that Chu would now have two weeks to rest. Actually, his final two shows, aired in early March, were recorded on his third straight day of taping. "I got no rest. I was tired," he says in response to those who detected a decline in his performance during his last two games.
The return to normalcy hasn't been easy. Lasting so long on the show brought Chu an unexpected level of celebrity. Not all of it was positive. Some viewers responded to his live tweets by making cruel, even anti-Asian comments, criticizing his play strategies, accusing him of playing unfairly, although he was not the first player to take an unusual route across the game board. (Craig and Watson, the computer, played that way.) Chu's responses to viewer hostility were mostly humorous, such as, when one tweeter wrote, "This guy sucks at life." Chu responded, "Can't argue with that."
The time lag between Chu's actual dates of play in November and the airing months later was disorienting.
"People were judging me harshly or praising me effusively for things that had happened to me during taping but that were by now, months later, a blur."
The fact that many more people use Twitter now than when Craig played in 2011, added to the onslaught of comments, Chu says. "Being able to react in real time, rather than waiting an hour to blog about it, greatly strengthens people's reactions.
"It caught me off guard at the time," he continues. "Nobody likes to see hundreds of people talking about how much they hate you, but I decided to lean into it instead of away from it."
After Chu left the show, many of the hostile tweeters recanted and became sympathetic and protective of him.
In March, at the end of his run, Chu was invited by Disney/ABC to spend a night
in New York City's Millennium Broadway Hotel with friends to watch his final show over several large pizzas, followed the next day by a flurry of media interviews with Good Morning, America, LIVE With Kelly
and Michael, NPR's Here and Now, and
Inside Edition.
Now back to his routine life in northeast Ohio, Chu says, "It was a quite surreal experience."
For more about Arthur, visit his website at here.
Watch Chu's talk at Alumni Weekend here.


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· Looking for a summer job? Want to get paid while you are looking? Applications are being accepted for Summer Youth Job Connection program being run by Employment Halton now. This is 20 hours where you are paid to get help to look for work. The number of students being accepted for the program is very limited. Come down to the Library seminar room on Wednesday Feb 10th during your lunch period to learn more. Registration is required.
· Wind Ensemble members: Just a reminder that we have a guest conductor from the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra working with us today after school from 3:00 – 5:00 in preparation for Musicfest next week.
· There will be a meeting in room 197 @ 2:50 today for junior boys soccer. It's very important to attend as permission forms for the 1st practice are being distributed.
· A reminder to the senior boys rugby team that tryouts start today after school in gym AB. Junior boys tryouts start on Wednesday at 7am in gym AB. No form no play!
· Happy Chinese New Year to all of our students celebrating today! Wishing you all a great day and a bright and exciting new year.
· There will be an important Soldier On meeting today after school in room 114.
· A new semester is a great time to join a new club. If you are interested in celebrating and honouring the diversity of our staff and student body, stayed tuned for further details about a new Multi-Cultural Club at OT- first meeting will be next Tuesday Feb 16th in room 116.
· There will be a mandatory meeting for any boys interested in playing on the boys baseball team. This is a varsity team so all grades are welcome. The meeting is on Wed Feb 10th at 3:00 in room 216. If you have any questions see Ms Preiner in the Math and Science office.
· Attention ski and snowboard team: there will be a meeting today after school. Everyone must come out. Hoodies will be handed out on Monday in room 112.
· The Canadian Computing Competition is Wed Feb 17th this year. Any student interested in writing the Canadian Computing Competition see Mr Wilford to register.
· The music dept is travelling to Italy in May next year. If you play in a band, take a music course, or sing in a vocal group you can participate. There will be an information night Monday Feb 22 at 7:00 pm in the library and a full itinerary is hanging outside of the music rooms.
· Any student taking an e-learning course in semester 2 is invited to attend a meeting in the Library seminar room during lunch on Tuesday, Feb 9th to learn more about how the course will be offered and to have any questions answered.
· There will be a meeting for all students involved in the Honduras trip today after school in room 221.


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A typical 3's preschool day includes:
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3's will get acquainted with school routines, and practice using school tools like pencils, scissors and glue. The children will have lots of opportunities to care and share with their peers. Activities are designed so that the 3's gain confidence and take steps toward independence and learn to follow 2-step directions. By interacting with an engaging environment and with a child-focused curriculum each child's natural curiosity will be nurtured. Every child will know that he/she is a beloved child of God with unique and special talents.


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I had this plan to take photos of my Mesemb seedlings the first of every month so I would have a record of their growth. I was doing well with my project but fell short these past few months. I'll try to start it up again (but no promises!).
Cheiridopsis glomerata sown 3/11/2012 and badly in need of being pricked out and given their own pots. The problem is I have nowhere to put all those little pots! I am going to remedy that soon though.
Gibbaeum comptonii sown exactly a year ago today!
Muiria hortenseae also sown a year ago today. To tell the truth I am a little nervous to pot these guys up. They are supposed to be tricky and they are doing so well. I'm afraid if I mess with them they will all drop dead.
Oophytum oviforme are also said to be tricky. They are very tiny and slow-growing too so that makes me even more nervous to pot them up.
Lithops optica var. rubra
Honestly it is a miracle I have kept any Lithops alive a year and a half. I have killed more Lithops than any other mesemb.
Mitrophyllum grande (left) and Monilaria pisiformis
These are also a year old today and have been potted up and growing outside since spring. They went dormant over the summer and I am shocked that they Monilaria survived. They were all just a few millimeters tall when they went dormant and nothing was left but a few wisps of papery dried up husks. But they sprang to life with the fall rains and the one pictured and a few others are already about an inch high. This one even branched already.
The story for Dactylopsis digitata is not as happy. Another tricky one to grow they are not thriving since coming out of dormancy. Their old dead leaves are still clinging to them and they have put on little growth. This is supposedly pretty common. I expect they will just wither away.
Mitrophyllum dissitum however are doing really well. Sown 1/16/11 so almost two years old. This past summer was their first dormancy and I was surprised how huge they had become once the rains started in fall and they started growing again. For a while I was nervous about them because like the Dactylopsis their old dried skins were also clinging to them. But the wet and humidity of a few rainy days in November seemed to do the trick and the old skins washed away.
I think I need to start up some new mesembs and other succulents from seed. They are far more forgiving than regular herbaceous and woody plants so I can go out of town and not worry about them too much. People are always raving about Mesa Garden so maybe I will place an order with them when their 2013 seed list comes out.


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Writing the blogs can provide the information relating to business, latest news and the current issues which are mainly highlighted. Making use of the content, which is helpful in providing detailed insight about the company's profile and its business strategies.
But main problem is to find about who is reading the blog. The other factor which is equally important as writing the blog is about having search engine optimization which increases the traffic to the blog.
Following are few tips which can help to optimize your blog.
1. Conducting the keyword research
The main reason by which the blog does not get the required viewers is the mistake of ineffective usage of keywords which can certainly increase the traffic to the blog. The proper usage of keywords can give enough opportunity to every post. The keyword should be a small set of words or phrase which can generate interest among the readers and bring more traffic to the blog. Keywords should not be common type of phrases which reduces its competence.
It is always best to find how effective your keywords are by using the free browser toolbar like SEOBook's SEO for Firefox plugin. It not only shows the result of each keyword in each website but also on various search engines too. The keywords should be defined according to the business requirements and which should directly relate to the business needs.
2. Backlinks plays important role
The backlinks are very important and gives more options to the websites to get activated by setting its links with other websites. It is a way of indirectly getting the visitors to your websites. The high quality web sites with better quality content always attract the more traffic to your blogs when backlinked. It helps in improving the rank of the web sites.
3. Social Media Networking
The social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon. Google+, Delicious are highly used and very effective in promoting websites and blogs in the cyber world.The website or the blog posting needs more attention from the viewers. The social networking is an easy approach, which not only gives better options for directly contacting the people around and to create awareness and interest among them regarding the website or the blog post. It is the best option to get in touch with maximum persons in a shorter time.
Related: A Six-Step Survival Guide for Search Engine Updates
check out Copyblogger's resources on headline formulas.
4. Site structure
The entire structure of the website plays an important role in placing the website ranking at a higher place. There are different ways of using the structures, such as Shallow structure that always gives the option of three clicks to reach to every page. Internal links on every page improves the number of clicks on the sites giving additional benefit.The duplicate content can redirect the google crawling reducing the page rank. The duplicate content is always avoidable.To get higher ranking one needs to get the google crawling on every page, which keeps the track of the keyword density, the relevant content and the overall internal links together.
5. Long Term planning
The entire website is designed along with the effective strategies and search engine optimization procedures will keep the web site on higher ranking for longer time. The promotion of the website should be planned and carried well, making sure that the traffic to the website is increasing day by day.The blogs with business content should have unique and relevant content which is easily marketed giving the required tips and advices relating to the business and which the viewers find interesting.


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Acoustic Zen is best known for its high-end loudspeakers like the vaunted Crescendo 2, warmly reviewed by Dick Olsher in Issue 229. It's no wonder that a statement product like that could easily overshadow the fine lineup of cabling which the company also offers. However, ignoring Acoustic Zen's wire would be a big mistake.
Its Copper Series interconnect isn't the most expensive in the line—in fact by today's standards it's mid-priced. Construction is robust, and terminations are excellent. It's also fairly stiff due to its braided jacketing. The Absolute Copper uses zero-crystal ribbon copper conductors in a flexible twist array. Insulation is top-notch, utilizing hollow-core-foam Teflon tubing, not polyethylene, "that is symmetrically configured to Acoustic Zen's patented Constant Air Twist geometry." Teflon is widely considered to be second only to an air dielectric. Acoustic Zen's Absolute Copper can be ordered in any length (1 meter and up) with standard RCA or XLR terminations.
As I listened to Norah Jones' lead vocal and overdubbed harmonies during "Wish I Could" from Not Too Late [Blue Note], I found the Copper's smooth sonic performance satisfyingly close (perhaps uncomfortably so) to the best cables I had on hand, including my reference Synergistic Tesla CTS and Wireworld Platinum Eclipse Series 7, as well as the recently arrived Kimber KS6068. In comparison to these elite wires AZ Copper was very detailed but just a bit cooler in personality. Yet, it's a cable that doesn't put a foot wrong in terms of midrange tonal balance. It images well and locks in a rigid soundstage, and for the most part simply gets out the way of the music. The all-important sibilance range was seemingly unforced, but came up just shy of the rounder, sweeter voicing that is consonant with acoustic music and my reference wires. Its overall tonal neutrality and macro-dynamic energy, however, were right on par with these top wires.
The Zen has superb low bass, a bit richer and plummier than some but addictively so. It was a trait that could be instantly appreciated during cellist Pieter Wispelwey's reading of
Bruch's Kol Nidre [Channel Classics]. There was a wonderfully immersive character to the soundstage, a nice combination of depth and dimensionality. At moments there was a slight sense of top-end edge from the cello, but this was minor. More importantly, on cello Absolute Copper found the balance between mellow and melancholy, resonance and throatiness, the near-human voice that makes it such a difficult instrument to convincingly reproduce.
During the Rutter Requiem Copper easily captured the scope and inner detail of the large chorale, the intensely colorful vocal groupings of baritones and tenors, while keeping its finger on the pulse of the accompanying harp and cello—elements that are easily buried beneath the sound of the large chorus and intermittent rumblings of the pipe organ.
As I listened to solo piano performances of Evgeny Kissin and Valentina Lisitsa the Copper provided a wealth of soundstage information and placement cues whereby even the position and angle of the instrument began to materialize in the mind's eye. In Lisitsa's performance of the Thalberg Grande fantaisie [Naxos] the Copper's character was a bit more forward—detailed and quick but not entirely capable of capturing some of the softer tactile elements of the performance, the gradations of touch upon the keys, if you will.
On an absolute level, Acoustic Zen Copper misses tiny morsels of low-level resolution and articulation. And its modest forwardness provides a little less depth information on something like the soprano solo that introduces Rutter's Lux Aeterna. However, in their proper perspective such small flaws in no way impinge on the near-irresistible musicality these wires represent.
All told, the Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper is a cable so satisfying that it may very well give you pause about spending more. It certainly would give me pause. There are few serious audio rigs that would not strongly benefit from Absolute Copper's expressive musicality and real-world affordability. A cable that belongs on every audiophile's "must-audition" short list.
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Last year I shared my favorite films that were released in the past year. I thought I'd make that a yearly tradition and so here is my list of favorite films for 2016. They are in no particular order, just in the order that I can remember them from the beginning of the year until the end of the year:
Only Yesterday
Though Only Yesterday released originally in Japan in 1991, the English dubbed version came to North America this year. Only Yesterday is the story of Taeko Okajima and her life in two parts. It tells one part of her life as an 8 year old child in the late 1960s Tokyo as well as an adult in the 1980s. It was one of the last Studio Ghibli films to be dubbed into English and includes the voicework of Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel and Ashley Eckstein.
I Saw The Light
Based on the true story of country singer and legend Hank Williams Sr., I Saw The Light tells the story of his life as a singer just before his big break to right before his tragic death. Hank Williams is played in the film by Tom Hiddleston and Elisabeth Olsen plays Audrey Williams, Hank's first wife. I'm usually a fan of a good biopic and when it's a subject like that of Hank Williams I was drawn to it. I thought the performances in the film were done well especially that of Hiddleston and Olsen. It is hard to act and sing especially to play an iconic figure but Hiddleston was up to the challenge in my mind.
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is a new take on an old story. It tells the further adventures of Tarzan and how he and Jane (along with American George Washington Williams) take on some corrupt Belgians who were trying to exploit the Congo. There are several nods to the classic Tarzan character while telling a story that resonates today. And while most people this year will look at Margot Robbie's other big role in 2016 (Harley Quinn), her performance as Jane Clayton is a showstealer.
The Magnificent Seven
A remake of a classic (which in turn was a remake itself) The Magnificent Seven tells the story of a ragtag group of seven men who help to defend a mining town from a evil and corrupt businessman and his hired army. The cast for this film included Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio among others. I enjoyed the original The Magnificent Seven and to me this film honors that film while also telling it's own story.
Amanda Knox
Probably the documentary of the year for me in 2016, Amanda Knox was a Netflix film that tells the story of Amanda Know, who is most well known for being found guilty and later acquitted of the death of a fellow student in Italy in 2007. For this documentary there is lots of archive footage and interviews as well as interviews today from some of the key people including Amanda herself.
Doctor Strange
Out of the two Marvel movies that released this year, Doctor Strange was my favorite of the two. Benedict Cumberbatch did a great job as Dr. Stephen Strange. Strange went from an arrogant doctor over the course of the movie to the Sorcerer Supreme. It was a good origin story for a character that is not as well known in the Marvel Universe as others. And it didn't kill off the main villain at the end of the movie. It is a good setup for what's to come in Phase 3 of the MCU.
If there is a "Film of the Year" for me, I would say it's this film. From the first trailer to seeing it on the big screen, Arrival was interesting and compelling. With a cast that included Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forrest Whitaker, Arrival tells the story about humankind's interaction with an alien species and the key to communicating lies with a language professor (played by Adams) and a physicist (played by Renner). But it's a different take on that familiar trope. The visuals are stunning and the story makes you think. This is a film I'm interested in seeing multiple times because of seeing the all the puzzles pieces in place.
Blue Jay
An interesting film that I found on Netflix, Blue Jay is the story of two high school sweethearts that meet up some 20 years later. Jim (played by Mark Duplass, who also wrote the screenplay for the film) returns back to his hometown to settle some affairs after his mother passed away. He runs into Amanda (played by Sarah Paulson) at a grocery store and the two reminisce about old times. It is a very poignant film and one that deals with heavy issues in a thought provoking way.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Of course a list of my favorite films would have to include a Star Wars movie. Rogue One is the first Star Wars anthology film and is set right before A New Hope. It tells the story of how the Rebel Alliance stole the plans for the first Death Star and the group that did it. It had one of the best battle sequences I've seen in a Star Wars movie and there were a lot of cool references that tied into the Star Wars universe. Thought I still have the original trilogy in my top 3 of Star Wars films, this one is right there in the running for 4th along with The Force Awakens.


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Hello and welcome to our kitchen guide which is jam-packed with inspiration for your cooking and dining zones. Kitchens are no longer simply places to prepare meals; they're social spaces in which to share family life and enjoy the company of friends. Our real-life kitchen spaces starting on page 86 show how to do just that; each room has a different layout and style – whether classic, contemporary or a blend of both – you're sure to find a few ideas to take away with you. Once you have found the type of look you're after, it's all down to sourcing the right products. To help, we take an in-depth look at hobs, which are becoming increasingly innovative and versatile appliances. Find out more about the latest generation of cooktops on page 74. We also have a round-up of the best British kitchen furniture designs on page 68, a selection of taps for you to peruse on page 80, and a whole host of kitchen schemes to compare on page 82. Enjoy!
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68 BEST OF BRITISH We're celebrating the country's craftsmanship and creativity as we take a look at furniture styles from top kitchen designers in the UK
74 HOT HOBS Considering buying a new cooktop? Find out what the market has to offer in the way of innovations and new technologies
80 FEATURE FAUCETS It's probably the most-used item in your kitchen, so make sure you give it the attention it deserves. Here we have a selection of brand-new tap designs to help you find the perfect style
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I know the meme seems silly and perhaps trite, but it's true. (It's also the first meme I created myself and I'm quite proud of it.) Let me explain.
In Western society especially, it's generally seen as desirable to be masculine. The trouble is, nobody has a good definition of what masculinity means. Much of what we associate with it is not at all useful – some of it is destructive , but mostly it's irrelevant. Some tasks require a lot of physical strength, but with modern engineering and tools a healthy woman can do those jobs just as well.
We care less and less about it as time goes on. It's now acceptable for men to be camp, or gay, or show emotion, or to have jobs or hobbies traditionally associated with women: nursing, teaching, knitting, crafts. Mostly, nobody cares, and most people feel more comfortable with men who don't fit the stereotype.
Yet, the media and popular culture perpetuates a myth of masculinity: big strong men who show no fear, who do the right things and solve problems directly, often violently. These mythical men never suffer from mental illness, are rigidly cisgender and heterosexual, and usually get the girl at the end by forcing a kiss until she melts in his muscular arms.
We all know this is rubbish and that real men, like people of any gender, negotiate a complex set of social and practical problems every day. We also know that kissing anybody without consent is liable to land you in court on a sexual assault charge
But what if a man's masculinity is threatened, or in doubt? Perhaps he lacks agency in his work or relationships; maybe he is physically frail or suffers from poor body image or a small penis (I wasn't joking). He could be repressing some sexuality or gender expression issue.
At this point he might look to Hollywood role models, becoming sullen, confrontational, defensive, violent. He might take up a traditionally masculine activity, like football or heavy drinking. Perhaps he'll buy a big gun, or a powerful car that he'll drive too fast, or become controlling and abusive in his personal life.
Let's face it – if you're happy in your skin you don't need all that shit.
To sum up, the more I see you trying to prove your masculinity, the more certain I am that it's flawed, and that you have a really tiny dick.


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If you enter a hospital even once you will recognize it: the beeps, buzzing, hums, and ringing that make-up the hospital safety alarm system. These sounds are used for safety, set to make noise and alert caregivers when something might be amiss with a patient. When used properly, alarms are clearly a critical tool that can ensure fast action in the response to changes in conditions that might save lives.
But managing alarms is not necessarily a straight forward process. Identifying where alarms should be added or where some need to be taken away requires careful thought and planning. Too few alarms might mean that doctors and nurses do not react quickly enough to help a struggling patient. On the other hand, too many alarms could result in alarm fatigue such that there are so many sounds that no alert actually seems urgent. Alarm overload must be considered closely to understand the exact balance that is best for patients.
Goals for Future Years
It is in that vein that the Joint Commission is seeking information and feedback from involved parties before setting its 2014 Patient Safety Goal on Alarm Management. For the next month interested parties can answer a 15 question survey and questionnaire to provide guidance for dealing with these issues. The survey and more information about the Joint Commission's goal can be found here. It can be completed online or sent via email.
The Commission noted that properly managing these alarms is critical, but there are as of yet no national guidelines or best practices for the management. The goal is to develop a "systematic, coordinated approach to alarms."
A Becker's ASC story on the proposed guidelines notes how the guidelines list five general elements which will hopefully be a part of the final 2014 goals. First, there is a need to establish alarm management as a safety priority that needs to be addressed. Until it is an agenda item on the lists of hospitals and clinics, then nothing will actually be done to improve and save lives. Next, an inventory of alarms and alarm settings need to be identified. This provides a "lay of the land" to begin to understand what does or does not need to change. Third, the most important alarms need to be identified. What alerts matter most and why? Fourth, perhaps most importantly, the actual policies for managing these alarms need to be established. The response to these sounds should not be ad hoc. Clear protocols need to be established that can be applied in all settings. Finally, staff members need to be educated about that policies and understand when and how to apply them. Clear rules are of little value if they are disregarded in practices or not understood by those needing to apply them.
Alarm management is just one of many different issues that all combine to influence patient safety at hospitals. While it may seem tedious to deal with these issues so intricately, considering the costs of medical errors in this regard, there is little excuse for failing to act prudently to develop logical rules for managing medical alarms.
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Alright kids, this one's an inside joke that's probably only going to be funny for Uncle Frankie and a small circle of his geeky friends who do programming and web development. But I had to post it nonetheless because it fulfilled my Rule #1: it made me laugh out loud.
While employed at a certain large company in the American Southwest, Your Friend Flicka (that's me) engaged in a long-running battle with a German-born IT Director over using an a server running an open-source operating system instead of Microsoft .net, which this computer-controlling Kraut insisted on.
Believe me when I tell you, it was a six month-long corporate pissing contest of the highest order between me as the new guy and the long-established IT wonk who simply would not even consider any software or OS that didn't come from Redmond. Long story short, I won the battle but lost the war.
I apologize to all of you who don't get the humor of this one and demand to hear from that small number of you who are currently laughing your asses off.


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True Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) means watching live Digital TV (DTV) on mobile devices_RealtyGo_blog
Posted by RealtyGo.co in advertising, Android, Green Real Estate, MDTV, Mobile Advertising, mobile friendly websites, Mobile phone, Mobile Real Estate Listings, MobileURL, QR Code, RealtyGo, Smartphones, Technology, VOIP, WiFi on February 27, 2011
What mobile DTV (MDTV) is?
Which networks can deliver true DTV experience to mobile devices?
True Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) means watching live Digital TV (DTV) on mobile devices,
with a user experience similar to the one the consumers are used to on their home TV. This
means having a big variety of shows to watch, with high quality high frame rate video and
quick response time for channel switching. While there are elements in the market that try to
confuse true MDTV with other forms of TV/media distribution that offer poor quality video
and a poor offering of channels, true MDTV is distributed through a dedicated broadcast
MDTV network.
Soon real estate professionals will be able to stream their live events and seminars through MDTV channel outlets, keeping consumers up to date on current events within their general areas. Imagine getting updates from destination places around the world, Vacation rentals for lease and a tour performed by the actual owner or representative. Choosing you vacation destination in the near future may become more real than ever before. Rest assure, RealtyGo will be looking into this futuristic type channeling to deliver real estate listings and information as efficiently as possible for everyone using Mobile devices. Keep a look out for MDTV and a new technology boom; does Youtube ring a bell… .
The most common alternatives of DTV distribution to mobile devices are to get the DTV
content through the WiFi network or through the cellular network.
This article explains the different available methods, why the true MDTV experience can be
achieved only by a dedicated broadcast MDTV network and how the MDTV offering can be
broadened by wise usage of all the methods for distribution of DTV, which can provide the
best value and best user experience to the consumer.
1 Methods for Mobile DTV distribution
1.1 Distribution of Mobile DTV through the cellular network
The cellular network is conceptually a unicast network, meaning that the content is
transmitted to each receiver individually, even if several receivers are consuming the same
content simultaneously. Thus with the current deployed and used technologies, distribution
of mobile DTV content through the cellular network is no different than the distribution of any
other data through the cellular network.
There are some technologies for broadcasting content over cellular networks, including
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), and
Evolved MBMS (e-MBMS) for LTE networks. These technologies are currently either not
mature yet or not widely used (i.e. deployed). Nevertheless, though currently cellular
networks use unicast transmission for distributing DTV content, this article refers also to
optional future usage of these broadcast technologies.
The main concern that is related to mobile DTV distribution is its relatively high bandwidth
requirement. Watching live DTV content at good quality on mobile devices requires
continuous reception of streaming audio/video (A/V) content at a rate of about 500Kbps.
This reception rate enables the display of good quality video at QVGA resolution and at a
frame rate of 30 frames-per-second (FPS).
In developed countries, current cellular networks are already congested with the increase of
video consumption (YouTube, etc.), live gaming, web surfing and other data-consuming
applications over mobile devices. These networks do not have the bandwidth to provide live
DTV services with a similar user experience to stationary DTV in terms of video quality and
content variety. Recent testimonials to this problem were made public by AT&T, which is
now setting a cap for its subscribers' data usage, since they need to "ease the congestion"
consumption-for-new-smart-phone-users /).
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Verizon's wireless 911 service fails, FCC asks for answers – RealtyGo_blog
Posted by RealtyGo.co in verizon on February 22, 2011
This is a bit scary…
Verizon Wireless failed to connect around 10,000 calls to 911 during the Jan. 26 snowstorm that blanketed Maryland, according to the FCC, and the agency has requested that the carrier provided a detailed account of what went wrong and what the carrier plans to do to fix it. Importantly, the FCC said it is worried the problem may not be limited to the area, and instead is "widespread across Verizon's footprint."
Verizon noted the issue involves the company's wireline division, although the FCC said the problem specifically involved wireless callers.
"We have taken seriously the concerns about the outage that was triggered by the mass call event that occurred during the January 26th snowstorm. We have been addressing this issue directly with the counties involved, and will work cooperatively to address the FCC's questions, as well," said Verizon spokesman Harry Mitchell. "Our objective is to provide the best service to our customers, and we will continue to work with 911 centers and others to ensure that callers receive the level of service they deserve and expect when they call 911."
James Barnett, chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, sent Verizon a letter Feb. 17 detailing the problem, which he said blocked 8,300 wireless calls to 911 in Montgomery County, Maryland, and 1,700 calls to 911 in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Jan. 26. Barnett wrote that Verizon's system stopped taking 911 calls during the snowstorm and did not alert the local 911 answering stations about the problem. He noted that 911 workers only discovered the problem after they received complaints from callers.
Barnett said the trouble was not due to an overload of the system or faulty equipment, and that similar troubles have occurred in the area a number of times before.
"We are particularly concerned that this problem may be widespread across Verizon's footprint," Barnett wrote. "We therefore request that Verizon investigate the extent of the problem across its network."
The FCC requested that Verizon respond to the issue by March 10.
For more:
– see this FCC document
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Lets talk QR Codes; Why and How can they help you in your current marketing business | RealtyGo
Posted by RealtyGo.co in Green Real Estate, Mobile phone, Mobile Real Estate Listings, QR Code, Real Estate, RealtyGo, Smartphones on February 21, 2011
What is that Odd looking image?
We are referring to a QR Code. If you are not yet familiar with them, you soon will be. If you haven't seen one yet, you soon may in an area near you. The funny looking box thats black and white and looks like a pixelated patch, is a QR Code. A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave and is the most popular open 2D-Code for Mobile Tagging. The "QR" stands for "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. RealtyGo uses QR Codes to deliver dynamic real estate listings via the mobile channel using Smartphones, iPads, Tablets or any PDA device.
What does a QR Code do?
A QR Code is a bridge from the displayed QR TAG to a web URL (website address page) that has been formatted for viewing on mobile devices. Delivering dynamic information quick and efficiently to the end user. All you need is a smart phone like an Android, Blackberry or iPhone, then you simply visit your App Store of App Market to get your FREE QR Code reader, by typing in 'Free QR Code Reader' in the search bar. A QR Code reader is necessary to 'read' the QR Code. Basically, a code contains data and links to many different avenues within the internet. RealtyGo offers QR Codes as part of promoting your Mobile real estate listing(s), at no additional cost. Our Analytics also allow you to track and report on how effective the QR Codes are with consumers. Why are analytics important, well we know for sure that banks giving agents foreclosure homes to list are a huge fan of analytics and tend to give their business to agents/brokers that provide them. Once you start using QR Codes and you realize the power of how they help you business grow, you will be a fan forever. With a smart phone like an android,iPhone,Windows,etc.., you can open up the QR Code reader which will load through your phone's camera. With your camera you will snap a picture of the QR Code by selecting the scan button and then it will return the data held within the QR code, instantly to your mobile device. This might be a photo, website, video clip ect… For example, you see a QR Code on a real estate sign or within a real estate magazine. You scan the QR Code, then instantly you recieve current and relevant information about the real estate listing; pricing, square feet, bedrooms, photos, contact information of the lister, videos, as well as other listings the lister may have for sale or lease.
There are many bar codes today, why is this one different?
Well, it's made of funny little squares. Seriously, the most important thing for us (the users) is the fact that it's two dimensional. 2D barcodes contain more information than conventional one dimensional linear barcodes. Conventional barcodes get wider as more data is encoded. 2D barcodes make use of the vertical dimension to pack in more data, giving the end user more specific information about the real estate their interested in. Many experts involved in mobile marketing think that QR Codes, being one of the more versatile systems, are going to be the next mobile linking systems of the future while the rest are supported and funded by large corporations with commercialism in mind. RealtyGo goes a step further. Most QR Codes are only good for a one time use or a promotion. RealtyGo has designed our service and QR Codes to last forever. We assign a MobileURL to each QR Code, so you can continue to market and use the same code forever. This saves you time, you don't have to create a new code each time you take a listing or change the price or photos of a current listing. RealtyGo gives you a easy to use login area where you can manage your listings, add new ones, edit information, change photos,etc.. , all while using the same QR Code. This will save you money with marketing, digital and print advertising. You don't have to replace you QR Code ever. Once a company has your unique QR Code, it links back to all you current and relevant information with RealtyGo and is assigned to your Unique MobileURL, which is used to promote you real estate listings and professional business all over the web. This links all your current and archived real estate information together building you a dynamic online resume, which search engines love for SEO (search engine optimization) and give you an advantage when consumers are using engines like google, yahoo, bing to look for real estate in your area.
QR Code store more information, so how much exactly?
In short, if you stored only numeric data, you can store up to 7,089 characters within each QR Code. With binary data (8 bits), the little squares can store up to 2,953 bytes of information. Alphanumeric, 4,296 characters and Kanji/Kana up to 1,817 characters. For a little square like that, THAT is a lot.
Ok this sound great, however what's in it for me?
Here's how QR Codes can change the way we live our lives. While riding the train, you could stumble upon an advertisement for a place to rent, vacation rental, or destination area you may want to visit for vacation. There is a web URL available to type in and visit a website but you would have to wait until you get to the office or home to check it out. The problem is by the time you get home or to work, you can't for the life of you remember what the URL is anymore. In the event your fortunate enough to get the correct website and not a competitors site, then starts the agonizing process of hunting around the website for the exact listing, home or offer that originally caught your interest.
A QR Code enables you to get all the exact details in regards to that specific ad or property listing. With an android mobile or smart phone like an iPhone or a Blackberry, you can take it out, picture-scan the QR Code and there you have it – a website, a forum, message board, link to download some media files, photos,reviews, contact information, additional listings…whatever it is that the lister of real estate wants you to see!In Japan, consumers use QR Codes to find information about organic food and check out buildings or videos of homes just from scanning these QR Codes
QR Codes everyday?
You don't have to be a real estate agent or broker to use RealtyGo real estate QR Code applications. However, if you do use RealtyGo to promote your real estate profession, you can benefit drastically compared to current methods and/or traditional real estate listing promotions. RealtyGo's user friendly software walks you through an easy and self explanatory system for optimal use. You don't have to do anything, we dynamically create the QR Codes and sync them to all your other social networking sites, your professional website, ALL your real estate listings and much more. Start creating your online resume and powerful marketing platform with RealtyGo today. If you are new at QR Codes and not sure why you need to get a head start on them in the real estate industry. 5o % of home buyers in 2010 were new home buyers, medium age of 35, a generation engulfed in technology and creative thinking. Offer all modern channels of communication to potential home buyers and other professionals doing business with you and watch your online presence skyrocket to mirror your years of hard work in perfecting your off line presence in your preferred real estate community. A wave of acceptance is sure to hit this part of the world as soon as more people become aware of QR Codes and their many great uses. RealtyGo gives you an easy way to use and shows you cost effective methods to promote your listings using QR Codes and many of our other free applications all as part of your membership with us. RealtyGo is also designed to promote Green real estate communication, offering your modern clients an alternative to traditional print listings, they may just ask you to forward them the digital listing, or you may even promote your self as an environmentally friendly agent, offering a Greener way to preview listings, saving you money and helping to reduce your carbon footprint, all while giving the consumer exactly what they need and want.
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26 Billion text messages sent during China's Spring Festival!
Here's yet more proof that plain ol' text messages aren't going away any time soon. The recent Spring Festival in China (the local name for what's often referred to as Chinese New Year) saw the country send some 26 billion text messages. That's billion with a "b," mind you.
That number, 26 billion, represents a 13 percent increase over last year.
And here's one last quick stat: China has some 859 million mobile phone subscribers, which works out to 74.5 percent of the country's population.
A survey last year pegged the number of U.S. mobile phone subscribers at 285 million, or 91 percent of the country's population.
You'll recall that Deloitte said in a report last week that text messaging was as popular as ever, more so than social networks like Twitter and Facebook, largely because they're seen as more immediate and personal.
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BARCELONA, Spain–Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that its first tablet, the Android-powered Xoom, will retail for $800 when it goes on sale unsubsidized from Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ). Speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress trade show, Jha justified the price of the tablet, which is higher than a similar version of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, by saying that the Xoom's eventual upgrade to LTE gives it a leg up on the competition.
A 32 GB version of the Xoom with Verizon's EVDO data service will retail for $800. The 32 GB version of the iPad with AT&T Mobility's no-contract (NYSE:T) HSPA+ service retails for $729. "We felt that our ability to deliver 50Mb/s would justify the $799 price point," Jha said. "It is 32 GB with 3G and a free upgrade to 4G. Being competitive with iPad is important. We feel that from the hardware and capabilities we deliver we are at least competitive and in a number of ways better [than the iPad]." Verizon has said its LTE network delivers average real-world downlink performance of 5-12 Mbps.
The Xoom runs on Android 3.0, or "Honeycomb," and boasts a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. It also features a 10.1-inch widescreen HD display. The device supports 1080p HD video and HDMI output to display content on larger HD screens. Additionally, the Xoom has a front-facing, 2-megapixel camera for video chats over Wi-Fi, EVDO or or LTE, as well as a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera that captures video in 720p HD. The Xoom will be upgraded to LTE sometime in the second quarter.
Jha said that Samsung's return rate and sell-through rate with the Android-powered GalaxyTab have been "concerning," but said he was confident enough to launch the Xoom at the $800 price point. Importantly, Verizon has not yet revealed its LTE data plans for tablets or smartphones.
Jha also said that Motorola will release a Wi-Fi-only version of the Xoom. He would not be drawn on the exact price, but said it would be "meaningfully cheaper. The price is set by iPad at $599, and we will be right around there." The 32GB Wi-Fi-only version of the iPad sells for $599.
In an apparent slip, Jha also seemed to divulge the existence of Google's music service, which Google has never publicly acknowledged. Jha said that an ecosystem is composed of applications, developers and services. "Google's mobile services–and that includes music services, video services…" Then, according to the Wall Street Journal, correcting himself, he said, "There will be music service, there will be video service."
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What more can one wish for at a 'grooms' party, but a bottle of Hennessy Cognac? Hennessy has the tradition of producing cognac of the highest quality. This is a cognac house with headquarters in France. About fifty million bottles are sold worldwide. However, the special bottle we created was a cake for the bachelor party. A magnificent brick orange fondant bottle, stands tall and proud on a black fondant cloth, to epitomize the real thing. The base was covered in black fondant with gold edging. We recreated the label with the classic logo and all the correct wording. The cork was made from fondant and colored in light brown to look really authentic, just ready to be opened. A gold trim around the neck of the bottle added a perfect finishing touch. All admired this liquor free treat, but with the filling of red velvet and cream cheese, it was enjoyed and devoured in no time at all. A bachelor party is organised for the groom, shortly before his wedding day. This, to celebrate his last night of freedom. Usually the fun night is organised by the best man, or other friends of the groom. It is a time to be remembered. We are proud to admit, that our cake set the scene superbly.
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With Channel 4's recent announcement that an additional £1m will be invested in the development of new British comedy films under the Film4 banner, it seems like a good opportunity to reassess the Channel's record in this area. In a future blog we will revisit and chart 30 years of funny Films on Four, but for now it may be useful to understand what prompted this new investment.
The new slate is being commissioned by Shane Allen, C4's Head of Comedy, who has been responsible for some of the biggest comedy hits in recent years, including Facejacker, Star Stories, Friday Night Dinner, Black Mirror and Comic Strip: The Hunt for Tony Blair. Allen was also, significantly, the executive producer behind The Inbetweeners hit TV series and film, and this investment can largely be attributed to the phenomenal success of the film. C4's Annual Report, which came out on Monday, reported £44 million in pre-tax profits, which is down 19 percent from 2010's levels. However the loss was mitigated by income generated elsewhere. Significantly C4 Chief Executive David Abraham cited the success of The Inbetweeners Movie and The Irony Lady in his dispatches on the figures, and the impact of these moves beyond the UK. The biggest boost in C4 revenues was from 4Rights' DVD division, which saw an impressive increase of £21.3 million, largely thanks to The Inbetweeners Movie and other comedies. As Shane Allen recently remarked, as quoted in Televisual:
This is a fantastic adrenaline shot for more British film comedy following on from the overwhelming audience appetite we experienced last summer. The recent explosion in live comedy is because it's a very communal experience, so with the huge expertise of Film4 it's a brilliant opportunity to tap the cinematic potential of UK writing and performing talent.
What is interesting here is that Allen refers specifically to live comedy as a source for the new fund to tap into, rather than TV comedies. It's important to remember that the £1m is a development fund rather than a production fund. Indeed it may at first appear to be small beer, especially in relation to the budgets of mainstream feature films. However, it would seem that the availability of development funding from Film4, BBC Films and the BFI makes the UK a better place to get an initial project off the ground than the US, where there is instead plenty of money for production and little for development.
Therefore the comedy fund would perhaps be best utilized as a means of fostering new and original talent rather than franchising existing 'brands'. Or at least that is the impression that Allen has given in the above quote. BBC Films, for their part, responded to the success of The Inbetweeners Movie by announcing a couple of months ago that Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin are to write a film modelled on their TV sitcom Outnumbered. The comedy website Such Small Portions greeted the news as follows:
Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin, the team behind BBC TV's Outnumbered are making a movie that 'sort of is going to be like Outnumbered, but isn't going to be like Outnumbered', backed by BBC Films…It IS Outnumbered in the way that a family of two harrassed parents and their kids will take a road trip to Scotland for the grandfather's birthday. It will also be filmed using the same techniques and methods as the show. It ISN'T Outnumbered because it isn't going to actually be Outnumbered…The film is being backed by BBC Films who seem to be on a run at the moment, apart from their absolute inability to make comedy. You have to start reaching back to In The Loop, Tamara Drewe and Made in Dagenham to find any hits. We're not really sure what this means but it seems significant 'somehow'.
Aside from the fact that 'reaching back' to Tamara Drewe and Made in Dagenham is not reaching back very far, they do seem to be onto something. It is no surprise that Film4 and BBC Films are competing with each other again over similar cinematic terrain, but it also seems as if the Beeb has always tended to lag behind its 'rival' when it comes to comedy. The smash success of Four Weddings and a Funeral (penned by Richard Curtis, who scribed the BBC TV comedy Blackadder) was a major motivation behind George Faber's major restructuring and expansion of the BBC's single drama/film production in 1995. That same year Dawn Airey, Channel 4's entertainment chief, bragged about how she had snatched a £1 million comedy film about football (Eleven Men Versus Eleven Men) – scripted by Hamilton and Jenkin, in fact – from under the BBC's nose whilst the Beeb prevaricated.[1]
The idea that the BBC, with its reputation for producing much-loved and era-defining sitcoms would struggle to make really memorable successful film comedies, is somewhat perplexing. We might get a better understanding of why this might be the case by returning to Outnumbered, and the decision made not to use the same cast as the TV series in the film 'version'. Were BBC Films worried of being seen to adapt 'by numbers', especially after announcing the forthcoming Ab Fab film? Will people always associate the BBC with TV comedy only? The ghosts of the 1970s loom large here, when TV sitcoms were spun off into full-length cinema versions, often by transporting eveything to an "exotic location" (Are You Being Served? Holiday On The Buses). Such Small Portions allude to this in their blog:
Confining it to a road trip to somewhere nice and domestic is wise, as 'taking British sitcom format and putting it in somewhere foreign' is a sorely-tested film format that doesn't always work out amazingly well. The Inbetweeners managed it with pizzazz but was very much the exception. In The Loop was great, but it did have to sacrifice the wonderful Thick of It eye for political dead-ends and Whitehall backstabbing when it was largely set in someone else's political culture. See also: all seventies sitcoms taken on holiday for films/specials. Or that time that EastEnders went to France.
I'm certainly not convinced that BBC Films have an "absolute inability" to make comedy, but their films do often seem to lack the irreverence, daring, and sureness of touch that has often characterised Film4 comedies. Of course this is a generalisation, and it calls out to be contradicted. In 2006, for example, BBC Films backed 2 successful comedies – History Boys and Starter for 10 – which, interestingly, both focussed on education and the phenomenon of the scholarship boy. Both films were a very different proposition from Borat, the big comedy hit of that year (admittedly not technically a Film4 production but one that featured a character originally developed in a C4 TV programme). What comedy films did TV fund in a particular year, and can a trend be identified and extrapolated from them? In the coming months Laura Mayne will look back at the history of Film4 comedies, and Anne Woods will offer some thoughts on comedies that have emerged from the BBC Films stable (and which may offer some exceptions to the 'rule' discussed above).
[1] Lisa O'Carroll, "Channel 4 Scores with £1m Soccer Film Deal", The Evening Standard, 4th May 1995.


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M.O.P. Denies Beat Jacking
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M.O.P. has responded to rumors and accusations that they stole a beat from an emerging producer from Philadelphia.
Over the weekend, a producer named Kil sent out a mass email accusing M.O.P. member Lil' Fame, who is also a music producer, of stealing a beat submitted to the group on CD.
Its true I didnt do the beat Rude Bastards as Kil said. I heard it, it was hot and I rhymed on it. Ide never steal a beat, thats not me, Lil Fame told AllHipHop.com.
Longtime M.O.P. manager Laze Laze said everything is one big misunderstanding and that the group would never knowingly steal another person's beat.
"I understand the process of credits and turning in a record so I know that this is a clerical error [that] can easily be fixed. But Fame is hurt, being an up-and-coming producer (himself), he knows the struggle of making beats and having to almost give them away to be heard," Laze told AllHipHop.com. "We feel the pain of the kid in his crib, teaching himself how to use Reason, or his first attempt at an MPC 2000."
He explained clearly that M.O.P. "would never take a kids track without making every attempt to give him credit." He also stated that the rumor comes at an odd moment as the group's new CD is slated for released tomorrow.
"It comes at a time when all of our energy should be focused on more positive things like the release of the new M.O.P. album Foundation," he continued. "Nevertheless its our responsibility to speak on it."
Historically, M.O.P. has helped and contributed to the growth of a number of artists, producers and even video directors, Laze said, and the notion of beat-jacking is totally contrary to the legacy of the group.
"In all of our years, we have strived for the underdog, the unheard of producer (DR Period, Mahogany, Jaz-O,, Notts,) the up and coming video director (Hype Williams, Chris Robinson, Brian Luvar, Jessie Terrero). You see all these talented people were brand new, unproven prodigies when they began their respective works with works with the Mashout Posse," he said. "So it comes as a major surprise that someone would say we stole their beat and that we would address it with such disdain."
In an email sent to several sites, including AllHipHop.com's rumor section, Philadelphia-based producer levied his claim against M.O.P. and Lil Fame. Here is the email in full:
"Back in September 2008, MOP, Joe Budden, Termanology and Big Shugg came down to Sonar in Bmore and me and my peeps go to the show. I pass out beat cds to Term, Joe and during MOPs show I give it to Laze E Lazes son (some young n***a) whos the hype man. Now, fast forward to September 2009 and Im listening to MOPs Foundation album on my way home from work and when track #9 Rude Bastard comes on .its MY F***ING BEAT! Not the same sample, the SAME BEAT! Drum programming, sample, chops the whole damn beat! Then my man Mills does the knowledge for me to see who got credit for the track on the album and it says produced by Fizzy Womack! So I dont get a check, I dont get credit I dont even get co production credit! And Im not looking for no feel sorry for me or none of that hoopla Im just asking for cats to let ANYONE who yall know who loves hip hop to know who did the track so I can @ least get credit from my peers (hip hop fans and other producers grinding out there) for the beat. Ive been grinding @ this beat thing for YEARS and for my first placement for a major artist to be a jack move it just aint right but it is what it is like I said, do me this justice and @ least let the hip hop heads yall know that the bol Kil from Philly gave MOP THAT heat not no f***ing Fizzy Womack "
Also, M.O.P. denies that a statement affirming the alleged beat jacking was confirmed by Lil' Fame.
"And the quote on the net is not from me Im looking into who made that statement as me, Fame told AllHipHop.com.
M.O.P. says that statement was not sent out by the rapper/producer and they don't represent such disingenuous movements.
Laze concluded:
"We spent a lot of years making our type of music on purpose for that part of society that doesn't get represented. We left labels and sometimes financial security on sometimes our code alone. So it hurts us that any one would call the Mashout Posse thieves. Even in the robbery days it was point blank. And not from the poor."


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I am feeling pretty all-powerful right now. Like most things I discover are really easy to make, I'm totally amazed and am also asking myself "why haven't I always been making my own nut butter?! That was sooo easy!" And it really was, so so so easy.
The thing is, it's not like peanut butter or other nut butters are all that hard to come by. And with things like almond butter, I wonder whether it would be any cheaper to make it at home, because almonds can be pricy. But with peanut butter it felt so worth it, and I'll tell you why. I am ALWAYS having a dilemma about what kind of peanut butter to buy. All the brands like Kraft, etc. are delicious and I love them, but I usually don't actually want to eat peanut butter that is that sweet all the time. And I'm often thinking to myself how much bad stuff is added in to those peanut butters. But then I'll go out and buy the straight up just-peanuts natural peanut butter and be kind of bummed that there's NO salt and NO sweetener. I admit that I like a bit of salt and sweet with my nut butter! So then I'll start looking at brands like this one, which is definitely delicious, but then I'm all like "6 bucks for a tiny jar?! That's highway robbery!" and so on.
But guess what? When you make your own peanut butter, you can put exactly what you want in it. Like this one, which has a bit of salt, is sweetened with a bit of maple syrup, and has a sprinkle of cinnamon and a splash of homemade vanilla extract mixed in, for extra delicious-ness. Cinnamon-vanilla-maple peanut butter. IT IS SO GOOD.
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Houston's hottest and freshest rock band, A Rival, has definitely stood the test of time and talent. With eight world tours under their belt, these guys are without a doubt, seasoned professionals. What began as a bunch of kids playing covers in Katy, TX, has evolved into an amazingly intense group of career musicians, writing original material that is both deep and catchy. Having spent about the last year in the studio, their first CD, self titled, A RIVAL, is now available. Says Executive Producer, Mike Meeks, of To The Top Entertainment, 'It's been a huge challenge to figure out which tune to release as the first single, cause every song on the project sounds like a hit.' Ted Jensen, of Sterling Sound in NYC, who mastered the project, had this to say, 'The writing is excellent, the performances are strong, the production and mixing is high quality. Everything is there.' Ted Jensen should know, his current mastering credits include artists such as Nora Jones, Kid Rock, Dave Matthews, Evanescence, Courtney Love and Pearl Jam to name a few. A Rival consists of vocalist, Eric 'Twitch' Rodrigue, guitarist Eric Mora, bassist Adolf Alonzo and drummer Tracy Wilson. Twitch has one Grammy nomination, and Adolf, former bassist for La Mafia, has two, along with one gold and one platinum LP. But with all their successes aside, A Rival is all about chemistry. Troyboy, producer of their new LP, puts it like this, 'Individually, these guys' talents are impressive, but somehow, when you put them together, it just goes off the chart.' Their concert credits individually and as a band read like a who's who, having shared the stage with the likes of Smile Empty Soul, Stereogram, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Keith Sweat, The Who, Loverboy, Ray Charles, George Lynch and the list goes on. The first track on the CD, Lies, is currently being used at San Antonio Spurs' home games and is also featured in Seaworld San Antonio's Shamu show. A Rival's first single release is titled, BREATHE, and is currently generating a buzz on radio stations across Texas. Don't forget to check out A Rival at the iTunes music store!


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I am deeply inspired by my 99 year old father Leonard, the patriarch of the family, and my mother Norma, the quintessential Italian mother who at 95 still lovingly prepares homemade noodles, risottos, sauces and desserts. They were happily married for 74 years, until my father passed in January 2015, 3 months shy of 100. We are convinced that no one ate better than my father. My mother proudly claimed all the credit for his longevity, though good genes surely played a role!
Extra virgin olive oil is the foundation of most Italian dishes, and it's no coincidence that that beautiful country also boasts one of the planet's greatest life expectancy rates. Numerous studies have revealed the benefits of olive oil as an integral part of a healthy diet. As first generation Italians and San Francisco Bay Area residents, my parents instilled in us that "breaking bread" with family and friends is the pinnacle of a life well spent! Special occasions celebrated over a homemade meal is what life is all about!
Here's to living life to the fullest! As Norma would recommend, pour a glass of Prosecco, gather friends and family around the table, and while you're at it enjoy our oils and aged balsamics and share them with those you love!
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