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Welcome, and thanks for using Upgrademe Inc.! When you use our products and services, you're agreeing to our terms, so please read over the User Agreement below.
Note: You are concluding a legally binding agreement.
Last revised on February 6, 2014
The mission of Upgrademe, Inc (the Company) is to enable users to achieve their educational and career goals. To achieve this mission, we make services available through our website Upgrademe Inc. (the Website) and mobile applications, to help you find the right educational and professional resources to up-grade your skills and create new opportunities. We create learning and employment opportunities for you by identifying and helping you connect with best fit online as well as offline educational resources through our use of big-data technology, Artificial intelligence and personalized recommendations.
You agree that by registering on Upgrademe Inc., or by using our website, including our mobile applications, premium services, or other information provided as part of the Upgrademe Inc. services (collectively "Upgrademe" or the "Services"), you are entering into a legally binding agreement with Upgrademe, Inc, Santa Clara, CA, USA based on the terms of this User Agreement and the Upgrademe Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated by reference (collectively referred to as the "Agreement") and becoming an Upgrademe user ("User").
If you are using the Website on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you are nevertheless individually bound by this Agreement even if your company has a separate agreement with us. If you do not want to register an account and become an Upgrademe User, do not access, view, download or otherwise use any Company webpage, information or services. By using the Company Services you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that you agree to be bound by all of its provisions.
Please note that the Upgrademe User Agreement and Privacy Policy are also collectively referred to as Upgrademe's "Terms of Service."
You must comply with all applicable laws, the Agreement, as may be amended from time to time with or without advance notice, and the policies and processes explained in the following sections: Upgrademe's Privacy Policy.
You own the information you provide the Company under this Agreement, and may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or content with others and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by other users. Additionally, you grant the Company a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sublicenseable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to copy, prepare derivative works of, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, any information you provide, directly or indirectly to Upgrademe, including, but not limited to, any user generated content, ideas, concepts, techniques or data to the services, you submit to Upgrademe, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties. Any information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss as noted in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement.
By providing information to us, you represent and warrant that you are entitled to submit the information and that the information is accurate, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights. It is your responsibility to keep your Upgrademe Inc. profile information accurate and updated.
To be eligible to use the Service, you must meet the following criteria and represent and warrant that you: (1) are 13 years of age or older; (2) are not currently restricted from the Services, or not otherwise prohibited from having an Upgrademe Inc. account, (3) are not a competitor of Upgrademe or are not using the Services for reasons that are in competition with the Company; (4) will only maintain one Upgrademe Inc. account at any given time; (5) have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (6) will not violate any rights of Upgrademe, including intellectual property rights such as copyright or trademark rights; and (7) agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software, and internet access necessary to use the Services.
You agree to: (1) Keep your password secure and confidential; (2) not permit others to use your account; (3) refrain from using other Users" accounts; (4) refrain from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your Upgrademe Inc. account to another party; and (5) refrain from charging anyone for access to any portion of Upgrademe Inc., or any information therein. Further, you are responsible for anything that happens through your account until you close down your account or prove that your account security was compromised due to no fault of your own. To close your account, please visit Upgrademe's customer service site.
You indemnify us and hold us harmless for all damages, losses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneysâ fees and costs) related to all third party claims, charges, and investigations, caused by (1) your failure to comply with this Agreement, including, without limitation, your submission of content that violates third party rights or applicable laws, (2) any content you submit to the Services, and (3) any activity in which you engage on or through Upgrademe Inc..
If you purchase any paid services that we offer for a fee, either on a one-time or subscription basis ("Paid Services and Products"), you agree to Upgrademe storing your payment information. You also agree to pay the applicable fees for the Paid Services and Products (including, without limitation, periodic fees for premium accounts) as they become due plus all related taxes, and to reimburse us for all collection costs and interest for any overdue amounts. Failure to pay may result in the termination of your subscription or service. Depending on where you transact with us, the type of payment method used and where your payment method was issued, your transaction with us may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices, including fees because of exchange rates. Upgrademe does not support all payment methods, currencies or locations for payment. If the payment method you use with us, such as a credit card, reaches its expiration date and you do not edit your payment method information or cancel your account or such Paid Services and Products, you authorize us to continue billing that payment method and you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts. Your obligation to pay fees continues through the end of the subscription period during which you cancel your subscription or services. All applicable taxes are calculated based on the billing information you provide us at the time of purchase. You may cancel or suspend your Paid Services and Products here.
Upgrademe does not guarantee refunds for lack of usage or dissatisfaction. Upgrademe does not provide refunds on any fees or charges related to your Paid Services and Products, including partially used periods or services. An exception we may consider is providing a refund when weâve updated your payment information and there are good reasons to believe that you didnât intend for an update to be made.
Also, under the laws applicable in your jurisdiction, you may qualify for a refund if you request it during a short period of time after the beginning of your subscription. For example, citizens of the European Union are entitled to a full refund during the 14 days after the subscription begins. Please note that this 14-day period begins when the subscription service starts. In the event of a free trial promotion, it happens before you are first charged and there may be no fees paid to be refunded.
You also acknowledge that all Upgrademe Paid Services and Products are subject to this Agreement and any additional terms related to the provision of the paid service.
If you believe that you are entitled or obligated to act contrary to this Agreement under any mandatory law, you agree to provide us with detailed and substantiated explanation of your reasons in writing at least 30 days before you act contrary to this Agreement, to allow us to assess whether we may, at our sole discretion, provide an alternative remedy for the situation, though we are under no obligation to do so.
For purposes of service messages and notices about the Services to you, Upgrademe Inc. may place a banner notice across its pages to alert you to certain changes such as modifications to this Agreement. Alternatively, notice may consist of an email from Upgrademe to an email address associated with your account, even if we have other contact information. You also agree that the Company may communicate with you through your Upgrademe Inc. account or through other means including email, mobile number, telephone, or delivery services including the postal service about your account or Services. Please review your Settings to control what kind of messages you receive from Upgrademe Inc.. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to do so, maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the Service.
Upgrademe may offer Services through applications built using Upgrademe's platform ("Upgrademe Applications"). Examples of Upgrademe Applications may include smart phone applications (Upgrademe for Blackberry or Upgrademe for iPhone), and Upgrademe's "Share" buttons and other interactive plugins distributed on websites across the web. Upgrademe Applications are distinct from third party Platform Applications addressed in Section 4.B. If you use an Upgrademe Application or interact with a website that has deployed a plugin, you agree that information about you and your use of the Services, including, but not limited to, your device, your mobile carrier, your internet access provider, your physical location, and/or web pages containing Upgrademe plugins that load in your browser may be communicated to us. Further, by importing any of your Upgrademe data through the Upgrademe Application, you represent that you have authority to share the transferred data with your mobile carrier or other access provider. In the event you change or deactivate your mobile account, you must promptly update your Upgrademe account information to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person that acquires your old number and failure to do so is your responsibility. You acknowledge you are responsible for all charges and necessary permissions related to accessing Upgrademe through your mobile access provider. Therefore, you should check with your provider to find out if the Services are available and the terms for these services for your specific mobile devices.
Finally, by using any downloadable application to enable your use of the Services, you are explicitly confirming your acceptance of the terms of the End User License Agreement associated with the application provided at download or installation, or as may be updated from time to time.
Upgrademe offers various forums such as Upgrademe Inc. Groups, Answers, and Network Updates, where you can post your observations and comments on designated topics. Upgrademe Inc. also enables sharing of information by allowing users to post updates, including links to news articles and other information such as job opportunities, product recommendations, and other content to their profile and other parts of the site, such as Upgrademe Inc. Groups and Upgrademe Inc. Company Pages.
Please note that ideas you post and information you share may be seen and used by other Users, and Upgrademe cannot guarantee that other Users will not use the ideas and information that you share on Upgrademe Inc.. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or donât want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it to any Upgrademe Inc. Group, into your Network Updates, or elsewhere on Upgrademe Inc.. Upgrademe IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A USERâS MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST IN ANY Upgrademe COMMUNITY FORUMS SUCH AS THE Upgrademe Inc. BLOG, GROUPS OR ANSWERS.
You should carefully read our full Privacy Policy before deciding to become a User as it is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference, and governs our treatment of any information, including personally identifiable information you submit to us. Please note that certain information, statements, data, and content (such as photographs) which you may submit to Upgrademe Inc., or groups you choose to join might, or are likely to, reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, and/or other personal information about you. You acknowledge that your submission of any information, statements, data, and content to us is voluntary on your part.
Your use of Company Services, including our software, is subject to export and re-export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") maintained by the United States Department of Commerce and sanctions programs maintained by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. You shall not â directly or indirectly â sell, export, re-export, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any software or service to any end-user without obtaining the required authorizations from the appropriate government authorities. You also warrant that you are not prohibited from receiving US origin products, including services or software.
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to Upgrademe through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Upgrademe is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) Upgrademe shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Upgrademe may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) you irrevocably assign to Upgrademe all rights to your Contributions; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Upgrademe under any circumstances.
On the condition that you comply with all your obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the Do's and Don'ts listed in Section 10, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nonassignable, nonsublicenseable license and right to access the Services, through a generally available web browser, mobile device or application (but not through scraping, spidering, crawling or other technology or software used to access data without the express written consent of Upgrademe or its Users), view information and use the Services that we provide on the Website and in accordance with this Agreement. Any other use of Upgrademe contrary to our mission and purpose (such as seeking to connect to someone you do not know or trust, or to use information gathered from Upgrademe commercially unless expressly authorized by Upgrademe) is strictly prohibited and a violation of this Agreement. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in this Agreement, including, without limitation, title, ownership, intellectual property rights, and all other rights and interest in Upgrademe and all related items, including any and all copies made of the Company website.
For as long as the Company continues to offer the Services, it shall provide and seek to update, improve and expand the Services. As a result, we allow you to access the Website as it may exist and be available on any given day and have no other obligations, except as expressly stated in this Agreement. We may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue Upgrademe Inc., partially or entirely, or change and modify prices for all or part of the Services for you or for all our users in our sole discretion. All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our site or by direct communication to you unless otherwise noted. Upgrademe further reserves the right to withhold, remove and or discard any content available as part of your account, with or without notice if deemed by the Company to be contrary to this Agreement. For avoidance of doubt, Upgrademe has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content that you or other Users provide when using the Services.
The Company may include links to third party web sites ("Third Party Sites") on Upgrademe Inc. and also enables third party developers ("Platform Developers") to create applications ("Platform Applications") that provide features and functionality using data and developer tools made available by Upgrademe Inc. through its developer platform. You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use a Third Party Site or Platform Application. You should review any applicable terms and/or privacy policy of a Third Party Site or Platform Application before using it or sharing any information with it, because you may give the operator permission to use your information in ways we would not. Upgrademe is not responsible for and does not endorse any features, content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from Third Party Sites or Platform Applications. The Company also does not screen, audit, or endorse Platform Applications. Accordingly, if you decide to access Third Party Sites or use Platform Applications, you do so at your own risk and agree that your use of any Platform Application is on an "as-is" basis without any warranty as to the Platform Developerâs actions, and that this Agreement does not apply to your use of any Third Party Site or Developer Application. Please note: If you allow an Platform Application or Third Party Site to authenticate to or connect with your Upgrademe Inc. account, that application or website can access information on Upgrademe Inc. related to you and your connections.
For additional information regarding Platform Developers and Platform Applications, please refer to Upgrademe's Privacy Policy.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration and any other information you provide if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary in the Company's opinion to: (1) comply with legal process, including, but not limited to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the third party is a User, individual, or government agency; (4) respond to customer service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Upgrademe, our Users or the public.
Disclosures of User information to third parties other than those required to provide customer support, administer this agreement, or comply with legal requirements are addressed in the Privacy Policy.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. The Company may limit the number of connections you may have to other Users and may, in certain circumstances, prohibit you from contacting other Users through use of the Services or otherwise limit your use of the Services. The Company reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other members and to restrict, suspend, or close your account if the Company determines, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary to enforce this Agreement.
DO NOT RELY ON UPGRADEME, ANY INFORMATION THEREIN, OR ITS CONTINUATION. WE PROVIDE THE PLATFORM, FOR Upgrademe Inc. AND ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. UPGRADEME DOES NOT CONTROL OR VET CONTENT OR USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR ACCURACY. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY UPGRADEME OR ANYTHING RELATED TO UPGRADEME, YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR Upgrademe Inc. ACCOUNT AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 ("TERMINATION") AND SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
UPGRADEME IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANY MESSAGES (SUCH AS INMAILS, POSTING OF ANSWERS OR TRANSMISSION OF ANY OTHER USER GENERATED CONTENT) SENT THROUGH Upgrademe Inc. TO ANYONE. IN ADDITION, WE NEITHER WARRANT NOR REPRESENT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES. ANY MATERIAL, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED OR USED ON THE WEBSITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES WHO HAVE LICENSED SUCH MATERIAL, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY TO US.
UPGRADEME DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. IN PARTICULAR, THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES MAY BE INTERRUPTED DUE TO MAINTENANCE, UPDATES, OR SYSTEM OR NETWORK FAILURES. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY SUCH INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. FURTHERMORE, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONING, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, OR POOR USE CONDITIONS OF THE Upgrademe Inc. SITE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT, DISTURBANCES RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO THE SATURATION OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
Neither Upgrademe nor any of our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, employees, shareholders, or directors ("Upgrademe Affiliates") shall be cumulatively liable for (a) any damages in excess of five times the most recent monthly fee that you paid for a Premium Service, if any (b) any special, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages or loss of use, profit, revenue or data to you or any third person arising from your use of the Service, any platform applications or any of the content or other materials on, accessed through or downloaded from Upgrademe. This limitation of liability is part of the basis of the bargain between the parties and without it the terms and prices charged would be different. This limitation of liability shall:
You may terminate this Agreement, for any or no reason, at any time, with notice to the Company pursuant to Section 9.C. This notice will be effective upon the Company processing your notice. Upgrademe may terminate the Agreement and your account for any reason or no reason, at any time, with or without notice. This cancellation shall be effective immediately or as may be specified in the notice. For avoidance of doubt, only Upgrademe or the party paying for the services may terminate your access to any Premium Services. Termination of your Upgrademe account includes disabling your access to the Website and may also bar you from any future use of Services.
The Company may restrict, suspend or terminate the account of any User who abuses or misuses the Services. Misuse of the Services includes inviting other Users with whom you do not know to connect; abusing the Upgrademe messaging services; creating multiple or false profiles; using the Services commercially without Upgrademe's authorization, infringing any intellectual property rights, violating any of the Doâs and Donâts listed in Section 10, or any other behavior that the Company, in its sole discretion, deems contrary to its purpose. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, the Company has adopted a policy of terminating accounts of Users who, in the Company's sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers under the United States Copyright Act.
Upon the termination of your Upgrademe account, you lose access to the Services. The terms of this Agreement shall survive any termination, except Sections 3 ("Your Rights") and 4.a-b, and d ("Our Rights and Obligations") hereof.
This Agreement or any claim, cause of action or dispute ("claim") arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of California regardless of your country of origin or where you access Services, and notwithstanding of any conflicts of law principles and the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods. You and Upgrademe agree that all claims arising out of or related to this Agreement must be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in Santa Clara County, California, except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in the Arbitration Option paragraph below. You and Upgrademe agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Santa Clara County, California for the purpose of litigating all such claims. Notwithstanding the above, you agree that Upgrademe shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total amount of the award sought is less than $10,000, the party requesting relief may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. In the event a party elects arbitration, they shall initiate such arbitration through an established alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: (1) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration; (2) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and (3) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitrator to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be modified so as to render it enforceable and effective to the maximum extent possible in order to effect the intention of the provision; and if a court or arbitrator finds the modified provision invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement will not be affected in any way.
Where Upgrademe has provided you with a translation of the English language version of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and/or any other documentation, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, and any other documentation, including additional terms of service for Premium Services, will govern your relationship with Upgrademe.
In addition to Section 2.h. ("Notices and Service Messages"), we may notify you via postings on Upgrademe. You may contact us electronically
Additionally, Upgrademe accepts service of process at this address. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this section on Notices shall have no legal effect.
You agree that this Agreement constitutes the entire, complete and exclusive agreement between you and the Company regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, or whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Upgrademe Services, third-party content or third party software.
We reserve the right to modify, supplement or replace the terms of the Agreement, effective upon posting at Upgrademe Inc. or notifying you otherwise. For example, the Company presents a banner on the Website when we have amended this Agreement or the Privacy Policy so that you may access and review the changes prior to your continued use of the site. If you do not want to agree to changes to the Agreement, you can terminate this Agreement at any time per Section 7 (Termination).
Our failure to act with respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent similar or other breaches. Except as expressly and specifically contemplated by the Agreement, no representations, statements, consents, waivers or other acts of omissions by any Upgrademe Affiliate shall be deemed legally binding on any Upgrademe Affiliate, unless documented in a physical writing hand signed by a duly appointed officer of Upgrademe.
In no event shall you seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Service, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Services or any content or other material used or displayed through the Services.
You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Agreement. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Agreement, fully or partially without notice to you. We may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, Upgrademe, Inc for any third party that assumes our rights and obligations under this Agreement.
You may have rights or obligations under local law other than those enumerated here if you are located outside the United States.
As a condition to access Services, you agree to this User Agreement and to strictly observe the following DOs and DON'Ts:
Upgrademe, Inc (the Company) desires to offer the Upgrademe Inc. website (the Website) where our Users share truthful and accurate information. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and desire to offer a website which contains no content that violates those rights. Our User Agreement requires that information posted by Users be accurate, lawful and not in violation of the intellectual property rights of third parties. To promote these objectives, the Company provides a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by our Users. Our policy and procedures are described in the sections that follow.
In accordance with our User Agreement and these procedures, and regardless of whether the Company may be liable for any alleged violation of rights or inaccurate or unlawful content, Upgrademe may remove or disable access to specified content appearing on the Upgrademe Inc. website upon receipt of a verified notice asserting that the content infringes intellectual property rights, is inaccurate, or is otherwise unlawful. Whether or not we disable access to, or remove content, the Company may make a good faith attempt to forward the written notification, including the complainants contact information, to the User who posted the content and/or take other reasonable steps to notify the User that Upgrademe has received notice of an alleged violation of intellectual property rights or other content violation. The User may refute a claim by submitting a counter-notice as permitted in these procedures. Any counter-notice submitted may be provided to the complainant with the Users contact information. Our policies and procedures for removing or disabling access to content alleged to be infringing, inaccurate or otherwise unlawful are and remain at our sole discretion. It is also our policy, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of Users, or groups as the case may be, who may infringe or repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others, or who otherwise post inaccurate or unlawful content.
Please note that any notice or counter-notice you submit must be truthful and must be submitted under penalty of perjury. A false notice or counter-notice may give rise to personal liability. You may therefore want to seek the advice of legal counsel before submitting a notice or a counter-notice.
Notice of Copyright Infringement
Pursuant to the Digital Millennial Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. A 512), Upgrademe has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements. The Company has also designated an agent to receive notices of claimed copyright infringement. If you believe in good faith that your copyright has been infringed, you may provide a written communication that contains:
Please submit your notice to Upgrademe, Inc Copyright Agent electronically
If you believe that a notice of copyright infringement has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a Counter-Notice, pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You may provide a written communication that contains:
Please submit your Counter-Notice to Upgrademe's Copyright Agent electronically or via mail to the addresses specified above.
To notify Upgrademe that you in good faith believe that content
(Specified Content) posted by a User on our website infringes your
intellectual property rights (other than copyright -- in which case
please see Claims Regarding Copyright Infringement) or is inaccurate
or unlawful, you may submit a written complaint to Upgrademe's Content
Complaint Manager electronically or by mail as specified below. Any
assertions made by you in submitting this form are under penalty of
perjury. Upgrademe's Content Complaint Manager can be reached electronically from
within the application.
If you believe the Notice Of Content and Intellectual Property Violations was submitted in error, or if you contest the removal of the allegedly infringing, inaccurate or unlawful content, you may submit a written complaint to Upgrademe's Content Complaint Manager electronically or by mail at the addresses specified above. Any assertions made by you in submitting this form are under penalty of perjury. The Company will process the Counter-Notice in accordance with its policies and procedures which remain in our sole discretion.


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Over the last 15 years as Capital City Reprographics has evolved from a blue printer serving the construction trades to a color small and wide format digital printer, the staff here has had the opportunity to work with all sorts of artists.
Our artists run the spectrum from those that think of themselves as amateurs to those who are working full time and consider themselves as professionals.
We've been able to help them scan their original works and reproduce them digitally in all sorts of sizes and on all types of media.
Small format reproductions like note and greeting cards and different types of calendars.
And from large format Giclee prints on watercolor paper, canvas and bond to our recently added acrylic, metal and textured substrate prints.
It's been fun to help our artists try new things and see them succeed in maximizing the value of their original works. To further support and showcase our artist's clients, we thought we could help by creating an area of our web site just for them. That lead to the creation of the "our Artist" area of capcityrepro.com. We have web pages that showcase some of our artist's work, include a small biography as well as links to their own websites, galleries or events where their work can be found.
This is not something that we charge for. Cap City Repro's staff does it because we enjoy seeing our artists and their work get as much exposure as possible.
So take a look! If you are one of our artists and were not aware that we offered this service, please let us know we will work with you to gather the content we need to showcase you on "Our Artists" page!

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A Phoenix mom, who plead guilty to the second-degree murder of her 4-month-old son, was sentenced to decades in prison today in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced that 25-year-old Katherine Hatten got 37 years in prison for the murder of her infant.
In April of 2007, Phoenix police found the emaciated, dead body of Hatten's baby and found that his injuries were consistent with neglect, prompting police to take a look at Hatten and the baby's father, Thaddeus Bechtel.
When police found the body, it weighed only 4.5 pounds, and the official cause of death was listed as neglect.
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Bechtel went to trial and was found guilty of two counts of child abuse. He is serving a 22-year prison sentence.
Hatten, on the other hand, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and to one count of child abuse and was sentenced this morning.
In the wake of the sentencing, County Attorney Andrew Thomas was quick to offer one of his standard, vague statements about justice and how crime never pays:
"Phoenix Police and our prosecutors worked to give this young victim a voice and bring justice to his memory. This infant's death was not accidental. It was murder."


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If you want to save big money but don't know where to start or are already hooked on couponing but would like to take your money-saving to the next level, this class is for you!
I have two classes coming up and will be taking a break for part of the summer, so this may be your last chance to learn all there is about couponing in one, two-hour class for quite some time.
The class is $20 per person and runs from 7-9 pm.
SE Portland
Edit (6/17, pm): Only a couple of spots left!
Wednesday, June 24
Edgewood, WA
This will be one of my rare Puget Sound classes. If you're in the area and ever wanted to take a class, this is your opportunity! I have 5 spaces available at this time. Edgewood is near Puyallup, Federal Way, Fife, Tacoma (you get the picture!)
If you would like to register, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Learn to dance. Improve your hearing and memory. The 50+ Center has a lot happening in March.
Starting on March 18, there will be lessons in Ballroom and Latin Dance. Singles and couples are welcome. The cost is $52 and registration is required.
March 25, it will host a series on Coping with Hearing Loss that will be run by the University of Maryland Speech/Hearing Department and sponsored by the Spring Peer Outreach Program. Cost is $25 and the registration deadline is March 20.
March 26 will be a presentation on Radio in Baltimore at 11 a.m. and then lunch at noon. Presentation is free and for lunch donations are asked.
March 26 will be Baby Boomers: Improve Memory at Every Age. Attend a presentation by Dr. Majid Fotuhi and Neurexpand Brain Center on helping your memory.
All programs require you to register by calling 410-313-0380. All are welcome to attend.
The Fulton Elementary School Student Council visited Harmony Hall and passed out Valentine's Day cards to the residents. What a sweet way or spreading joy.
Patuxent Valley has been collecting pull tabs for many years to support the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia. Parents of sick children use the house to stay in while staying with their child. Last year they sent in 41/2 boxes of pull tabs. This year they are off to an impressive start. They have collected three boxes already. They are determined to beat last year's donation. Please help them by collecting pull tabs and donating the school. Let's help surpass their goal and support children in need and their families.
Neil Sullivan has been in Pupil Personnel working for the Howard County School system for 36 years. He worked at Reservoir High School. He is retiring, so let us all join in thanking him for his years of service to our community. He will be replaced by a familiar face, Neil Gwinn. Mr. Gwinn has worked our community and will be a wonderful asset to our students.
The Savage Boys and Girls Club is registering girls for softball this spring. Practice will start the first week in April and games will run till the end of the school year. To register, go to http://www.savagebgc.org.
Reservoir High School's Gator Academy's next session is March 23 at the North Laurel Community Center and run 2 to 4 p.m. For more information email Beth Weith at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone Miriam Cruz at 240-640-7885.
Another scam is happening in our community. The Howard County Police warn that residents have been receiving calls from someone saying they are from the IRS and that there is a warrant out against you for failure to pay back taxes. They explain that by giving them your Social Security number they can correct this matter. Do not give your personal information out over the phone. You do not know who is calling. The IRS would send you a letter not call. Please be careful. This is someone trying to steal your personal information not the IRS.


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I get a good laugh whenever I see companies announce or promote they have a service/solution that will bridge the gap between IT and Facilities. DCIM is the latest service to be promoted as bridging the gap between IT and Facilities. But, guess what there is something more at the core of bridging the gap than technology.
Can IT and Facilities communicate? The reason there is a gap, a communication gap is because they use words in different ways.
To illustrate the communication gap that can exist when groups are separated without a common dictionary check out this post on The Guardian on South Korea's efforts to create a common Korean dictionary to support the communication between the countries.
Two Koreas make strides to talk the same languageThe Korean People's Comprehensive Dictionary will iron out the differences between the North and South
Joo Yeon-ah did not realise how hard it would be to settle in South Korea. The 45-year-old defector says she was prepared for the dangerous journey out of North Korea, and the unfamiliarity of everyday devices such as mobile phones and cash machines.
But what she wasn't expecting was a communication barrier with people who spoke the same language.
"I didn't understand [what people were saying]," said Joo, who has lived in Seoul since 2009. "Everything is so different in South Korea, but I thought at least our language would be the same."
What she discovered is that after more than 60 years of division, different forms of the Korean language have evolved, with the South incorporating many words from English.
this work is not trivial.
Han says he and his South Korean colleagues have completed comprehensive definitions of more than 20,000 words. The completed dictionary is to contain more than 300,000 words.
When someone starts discussing a common dictionary between IT and Facilities then I'll spend more time discussing how they are reconciling the differences in communication between the groups.


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I missed the first one — it was last week — so I'm posting mine now. xD I'll also answer (and comment on) some of the requests on these things too. ;)
I am seeking a book I can remember the details of, but not the title.
Okay this is a book I read a long time ago. I remember most of the details, even though I read it a long time ago. Now I've been longing to read it again. >.<
1. It was an anthology. Different authors, but it had the same storyline in each story.
2. It was about some race, but humans mistake them as angels. I think what they are called starts with an E, not sure about that part though.
3. Can tell when their mate, girlfriend, whatever you want to call them, is pregnant.
4. I think there are 3 or 4 stories in this.
5. The cover was simple, I think.
6. The males of this race/species can easily get a woman pregnant – even if they are close to the age where they can't.
7. They (the males) come from a different dimension or higher Earth, something like that.
8. In one of the stories, one of the males was trapped in a temple, but a woman notices that he is one of the races that makes it easier for women to get pregnant and has fun with him – while he is tied to the ground. He gets freed, and stays with him at her apartment. Then someone from another lord comes to take his head, kidnaps the woman, man has to save. He leaves the woman when he kills the other guy, and then comes back into her life. And some point in the point a conversation like this… "Quiet, <girl's name>. I need to make sure our child is all right." This is after she has been drugged.
9. Fighting between lords/kings/something like that.
10. I think in another story that a different girl builds a time/dimension machine and brings another guy to Earth. I think that's another one of the stories
11. Most of the guys act superior over humans.
Answering Posts
"…I'd really like to finda few books featuring shapeshifter characters that are raptors (hawks, falcons, owls, etc.) either in romances or anything really. Does anyone have any they can think of? They can be secondary characters even!"
The only raptor shapeshifter book I know of is The Kiesha'ra series by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. The first book in the series is the only good one to read, but all of them feature raptor shapeshifters. All 5 books are in an omnibus called The Shapeshifters. Though, warning for the last couple of books in this series, it does have a have girl x girl themes. ;)


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StFX to Manufacture X-Ring/
All Net Profits to go to the StFX Xaverian Fund for Scholarships and Bursaries
On May 13, 2016, StFX announced that the university would begin manufacturing and selling the famous X-Ring, with all net proceeds to go to the Xaverian Fund for scholarships. This new initiative, piloted by Bob Hale, Head of Student Services, will kick off this fall with a grand unveiling in September. Both StFX and Cameron's X-Rings will be available for purchase by the Class of 2017.
The History of the X-Ring
The X-Ring, a widely recognized symbol, was created during the Second World War. There have been two providers of the X-Ring since the early 1980s. Cameron's Jewellery has been manufacturing the X-Ring since 1942, while the second provider has varied over the years. Previous makers have included Birks, Josten's, and Rideau.
Regulations on X-Ring production were introduced in the early 1980s; prior to this time, the ever-increasing number of retailers would sell X-Rings with few questions asked. To ensure that X-Rings were restricted to those who had fulfilled degree requirements at StFX, means to curb the unauthorized sale of X-Rings were introduced and all potential retailers, other than Cameron's, were obligated to submit a bid to manufacture the ring.
Given Cameron's history manufacturing the X-Ring, the company was excused from submitting a proposal and was selected as the local supplier. The other provider, the national supplier, was selected among the submitted proposals. In 2013, the university formalized its relationship with Cameron's when it requested that they submit a manufacturing proposal to be the local supplier.
As university's contracts with Cameron's and Rideau expire this summer on August 31, 2016, Hale saw an opportunity for StFX. "The contracts for Cameron's and Rideau came up this year [and] we thought it was a good time for the university to get involved, considering it is our brand," Hale reported. From now to perpetuity, StFX will be the new national supplier of the X-Ring.
The Xaverian Fund
Under StFX's mandate, all net profits from the sale of the rings will go toward the Xaverian Fund. A five-year campaign started by University President Kent MacDonald in 2014, the Xaverian Fund aims to raise $50 million for a new StFX scholarship fund. The Xaverian Weekly met with Iain Boyd, the Chief Campaign Officer of the Xaverian Fund, to find out more about the Fund itself.
The Xaverian Fund campaign has set out to collect $50 million in donations that will go toward creating scholarships and bursaries for students who would not otherwise be able to come to StFX. These donations are then invested, and it is the interest on this investment that will create the money for scholarships and bursaries every year. The Investment Committee has guaranteed a return of at least 4% each year on the Fund; once the full $50 million has been invested, $2 million will be generated each year for new scholarships and bursaries. As of May 2016, the Fund had reached $15.5 million toward its anticipated goal.
Boyd stated he was "delighted to know that the new profits of any rings that are sold are going to the Xaverian Fund [and creating] further incentive for students to purchase there [knowing] any profit will go back to help students."
The X-Ring Experience
The university is not yet at liberty to disclose the name of its selected manufacturer, although it has been confirmed that the chosen provider has a long history and uses an ethical gold piece. Hale was reluctant to disclose many other details at the time, claiming he didn't want to give too much away and ruin the surprise.
It has been confirmed that the X-Ring Store will be located in the Bloomfield Centre; another full-time university staff member told the Xaverian Weekly that the store will most likely be situated in the Book Store on the first floor. Taylor Chase, President of the Students' Union, disclosed that preliminary ideas for the X-Ring Store include opportunities to make appointments for group fittings and an area to have photos taken. In Chase's words, "They're really looking at making it an experience for students." Any and all other exceptional services offered by the StFX X-Ring Store will be announced in September.
StFX's rings are to be priced competitively with Cameron's. According to Hale, the average X-Ring is marked up by 20-50% depending on the size.
The Future for Cameron's
Despite the university's involvement, Cameron's remains optimistic about its future of manufacturing the X-Ring. "The notion that Cameron's would be denied the right to sell its own X-Ring beyond the foreseeable future is presently inconceivable," one shareholder commented. The company is confident that its reputation for quality products and services and its long history of supplying generations of alumni with X-Rings will allow Cameron's to compete in the new market.
As Cameron's is currently negotiating its new contract with StFX, stakeholders were unable to disclose details regarding the length of the new agreement between Cameron's and the university.


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Has anyone ever come up to you and said, "Hieronymous" (let's say your name is Hieronymous), "I'd really love to learn more about this C.P. Chesterfield, or whatever his name is, that you yak on about so incessantly. Is there a website you can direct me to that will give me an overview of his life and works in a series of short, fun articles?"
Well, next time that happens, you can say, "Yes, Jemima" (let's assume your friend's name is Jemima), "there is! It's called The Wit and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, and even though it's written by that twit Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh, it's quite good! Just click here!". (I'm assuming you have hyperlinked conversations with your friends.)
This site is a collection of the articles on Chesterton that I've been writing for The Open Door magazine. I intend to keep adding to it as long as my articles keep appearing in the magazine. After all, there is a near-infinity of things to write about Chesterton, since Chesterton wrote about everything....
Hope you enjoy it! Please consider sharing if you do.


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Trade Recap 5/15/16: Low Sec Market Nuance
Over the past several weeks, I have managed to maintain presence over a majority of the high sec border faction warfare markets. However, the last faction I have yet to […]
Over the past several weeks, I have managed to maintain presence over a majority of the high sec border faction warfare markets. However, the last faction I have yet to […]
Over the past several weeks, I have managed to maintain presence over a majority of the high sec border faction warfare markets. However, the last faction I have yet to seed is the Amarr side of the conflict. Using characteristics that I used to identify potential market space in the other faction zones, I thought I could do the same for the Amarr. To my surprise, the market behavior in this untapped market was unique.
The Amarr / Minmatar faction warfare space has always been different compared to their counterparts in the Caldari / Gallente war zone. Primarily, the Amarr / Minmatar war zone behaves in an oddly organized manner in that this particular war zone will see regular swings of power throughout the year. Like clockwork, loyalty point value will rise and decline much like the tides. Regardless of what this may lead players to believe, this is just something that exists and therefore must be accounted for when attempting to break into the local market.
The current state of the Amarr / Minmatar conflict sees the Amarr firmly seated at tier 4 for the last several weeks. This dominance has allowed them to once again develop their long held capital systems of Huola and Kourmonen.
With this, the vast majority of the market presence that would support war efforts are firmly seeded within these systems. The Amarr trade hub is less than 10 jumps away, making it easy to send materials via jump freighters.
Now, what does this mean for my goal of finding new markets to exploit in low sec? Currently, I feel that there is not much value in competing in a regional market that sees incredibly low volume of traded items. It is a fair assumption that the majority of the war goods used in the conflict comes from organizational SRP or other similar programs used to promote protection of the war zone. That is a market that I simply cannot compete against as an outsider.
I will continue to study the adjacent regions to see if there is a need for a particular type of market. A quick glance in Dotlan will show that Providence and Curse are not far. Perhaps there is still room for another traveling salesman in these parts.
Now let's see how we did for this trading week.
My portfolio of traded goods is getting smaller and smaller while the profits seem to be holding steady well above 100 million ISK per week for the past several weeks. I also added Villore as another newly seeded market hub.
Villore unfortunately is showing disappointingly low volume. However, I was not able to seed this station until the middle of the week. I will give it another full week to decide whether to keep the goods there or move it to nearby Dodixie just to keep things moving along.
There have been no losing trades for the week, but I imagine that will change soon as I am still holding several stocks that are trending downwards at the time of writing. Much like the Amarr FW market hub example cited above, the Gallente also behave in a similar manner. Their side of the war zone seems awfully bare as far as the open market items are concerned, so seeding stations with the hope of a relatively quick turn around for profit will be an uphill battle.
The current Gallente FW civil war will more than likely see an increase in the organizational stock of war goods throughout relevant Gallente controlled systems in the south. However, I believe this will not necessarily increase open market demand. More than likely, goods will be ferried via jump freighters and staged on site for quick access. Instead, I expect the demand to be felt from the closest major trade hub – Dodixie.
With another exciting trading week come and gone, I hope you all had a successful time in the market. Good luck and happy trading.


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Living on the finges of activity is a choice we can make. Always holding back, rather than becoming fully intimate with another is a choice we can make. It seems that there is a direct connection between creative thought and involvement in life. . .
The blanket is heavy, but my feet are light. As I float in a new direction.
As a friend said, "play the flute while you float"


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Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
Fred in Skirts wrote:It is either a skirt or it isn't. Skirts are unisex garments. There isn't anything called a "MAN SKIRT".
moonshadow wrote:Incidentally, I feel the same way about witches.... woman witches and man witches... a witch is a witch!
crfriend wrote:moonshadow wrote:Incidentally, I feel the same way about witches.... woman witches and man witches... a witch is a witch!
Do they both weigh the same as a duck and, hence, are made from wood, which is good for burning? {dives for cover so as not to be seen}
denimini wrote:?..Is that all it takes, print man-skirt on the label and men will start wearing them?...
Caultron wrote:Skirts for men might be slightly more marketable if they carried dual markings, such as, "Men's 34, Women's 16," on the size tag.
Sinned wrote:Caultron, it'll never happen. The clothing manufacturers can't even agree on what size 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 etc mean. And S, M, L, XL etc is even more vague. I have a wardrobe full of skirts varying i size from 8 ( elasticated waist ) to 20 ( a bit loose and needs a belt ) AND THEY ALL FIT!!!! I have a ( small ) number of black dresses of M, 16 and 18 in size and they all fit. Conversely I have trousers of 34 and 36 waist and they all fit, more or less. So how can they ever get together to get an agreement between men's and women's sizes.
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Handbrake tips
How to Convert avchd Videos with Handbrake
Handbrake is video transcoder software that converts video and rips DVD into two common formats i.e. MP4 and MKV. You can't use Handbrake if your video if in a format that is not supported by this software. AVCHD is one of the format that handbrake supports. You will find that most files that are supported by libavcodec and libavformat such as MOV, AVI or MKV can work well with this software. Any Bluray-like format with no copy protection does not work with handbrake.
Handbrake input formats are very many. But you will realize that it supports only two output formats which are MKV and MP4. This means that if you want to convert camcorder videos with AVCHD format to MKV or MP4 formats, you can use handbrake software. But if you want to convert videos with AVCHD format into formats like MOV or AVI, you have to use alternative handbrake software like Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate. In summary, Handbrake has the following features
- Free and open source software
- Convert video from nearly any format but the output formats are only two
- Support multi-platform operating systems I.e. Windows, Linux and Mac
How to convert avchd Videos with Handbrake
Step 1: Download handbrake software and install it into your computer to convert the AVCHD video.
Step 2: Launch Handbrake software. You will be able to access an import window that helps to locate the file that you want to import. Import the AVCHD files that you intent to convert into this software. You can do this by choosing an option of importing into Mac app. If you are unable to see the import window, go to the top left corner of your software interface and click on the Source button. Alternatively, you can click on the browse button located in the destination section. But bear in mind that Handbrake allow users to import files and convert them one by one. You can use handbrake alternative if you want to have multiple conversion.
Step 3: Select the output format. As I said earlier, Handbrake support only two output format which are MKV and MP4. If you want to convert your camcorder AVCHD video files in order to play on iPhone, you click on toggle preset located at the top left side of the handbrake interface to select iPhone preset option. But if you want your camcorder AVCHD video files to play on iPad, you have to manually adjust the output video setting. If you are using handbrake alternative software mentioned above, you are given more preset options including that of iPad.
Step 4: after selecting the output format (MKV or MP4) start to convert your AVCHD files with using this software. You can do by clicking on the 'Start button' located at the top right corner of the main handbrake.
Alternative to Handbrake-Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate
This is much more than a video converter. It is in fact software with a complete video toolbox. You can use Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate to download, edit, convert, organize, enhance, capture and watch videos in over 150 formats. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate is a more advanced software than handbrake when compare the features.
|Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate
|Multiple Conversion
|Optimize for Portable Devices
|Wireless Transferring
|Support Video Editing
|Support Downloading Online Videos
|Burn Videos DVD
|Play Video After Converting
|English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese Trad, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese
|Support only English language
My Verdict
According to the analysis above, Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate wins over Handbrake. You will realize that this software is much more than a video converter when you compare its features that that of Handbrake. It is a quick to use software with a complete video toolbox unlike Handbrake. You can use Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate to do unlimited tasks unlike Handbrake that mainly convert and rip videos. With Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate, you can download, edit, convert, organize, enhance, capture and watch videos in over 150 formats. But with Handbrake, there are only two supported output formats. In general, Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate is more advanced software with easy and quick to use features than handbrake.


text: A multimedia project addressing the denigration of women within faith traditions and focusing on religious disobedience. Within the Roman Catholic Church, priesthood is strictly forbidden to women. Since 2002, hundreds of nuns and theologians have been illicitly ordained. How would religion look if there was a true partnership between men and women?


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Due to the cyclical "feast-and-famine" nature of the construction industry, making accurate budget forecasts is crucial to guaranteeing long-term success for firms of all sizes. Without a well-calculated and reasonable prediction of expected revenues and overhead rates, builder-owners and managers at construction firms may find their enterprises with a cash shortfall, leaving the company unable to pay workers, purchase new materials or even keep the lights on.
But what does accurately forecasting annual budgets in the construction industry involve? Consider the following tips for making informed decisions and more precise financial predictions:
Review forecasts regularly
Most construction companies routinely draft an annual budget forecast that includes overhead rates, likely expenses and receipts. Unfortunately, once the forecast has been established, these predictions often end up stuffed in the bottom of a drawer and ignored. Without regularly revisiting the forecast, it's tough to determine whether the construction firm is on track and it's nearly impossible to make meaningful updates or revisions to the original prediction.
Failing to periodically review forecasts leaves construction firms vulnerable to under- or overstating rates on future proposals, ultimately impacting a project's profitability or affecting the company's competitiveness. Underbidding leaves a business at risk of potentially losing money on a particular job, while overbidding might cause the firm to lose out on the award.
Include direct and indirect costs
It's imperative that both the direct and indirect costs associated with operating a construction firm are included in the annual budget forecast. While indirect costs can be difficult to determine and even trickier to calculate, their impact on a budget is very real.
For instance, according to CLA, a professional services firm, direct labor costs include payroll taxes, union benefits, workers' compensation, general liability insurance and other related employee benefits. However, indirect labor costs include office administration, payroll supervising, safety programs and equipment and maintenance charges. While not directly associated with an individual employee the same way a health insurance fee might be, these indirect costs add to the overall overhead expenses necessary to employee workers.
Lean on historical budget comparisons
"Past is prologue" and "History repeats itself" are common, cliche phrases for a reason: They're based in truth. This is especially true in constructing budget forecasts. By sifting through the company's and industry's historical data, those tasked with creating an budget forecast can see how past trends are likely to
For example, if past budgets show that the company has either consistently fallen short or exceeded the allotted fiscal constraints, managers can use this data to either pull back on a more aggressive mentality or be more liberal in their resourcing. As noted by BKD, a national CPA and advisory firm, construction firms can use this historical data to quantify sensitive assumptions about the budget forecast, including, among others:
- Incremental volumes
- Proposed reimbursement changes
- Charge inflation
- Payor mix
- Staffing levels
- Expense inflation
It can be tempting to take last year's budget and simply plug in a factor for inflation to draft a forecast. However, this sort of incremental budgeting fails to account for other influences, whether internal company changes or external macro-economic shifts. Taking the time to build a new budget from the ground up every year avoids the mistake of assuming these changes won't impact the overall budget.
Consider alternative financing
Accurately forecasting annual budgets allows builder-owners and managers the opportunity to gain insight on how capital in- and outflows will affect the construction company throughout the year. When times are good and new orders are increasing, an executive can be more optimistic in their estimates.
On the other hand, however, an accurate forecast should also provide advanced warning of potential shortfalls, budget gaps or other financial problems that will need to be addressed. Instead of waiting until a firm's resources are dried up, advanced, accurate forecasting methods will ultimately shine a light on the potential for having to scale back operations, trim overhead costs or find another way to stretch a dollar.
While every owner or manager wants to remain optimistic about their business's prospects, an accurate budget forecast can be the canary in the coal mine that alerts the appropriate person of impending trouble. With this information at hand, construction executives can then determine when is the best time to consider alternative financing options.
Traditional banks require construction firm executives fill out extensive paperwork and navigate a labyrinth of red tape before approving a small business loan. Once this is all completed, it can still take weeks or months before the application is approved – if it's even approved at all. This can be disastrous for a construction firm that's short on cash.
Thankfully, alternative financing sources provide construction firms with the crucial capital they need, when they need it most. With an easy, no-obligation online application and funding possible within 24 hours, construction firms can find the funding necessary to pay workers or vendors and ensure the lights stay on.


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Where we left off last time, Armani was in the middle of feeding...
Armani looked over at the other two girls, who were feverishly making out with each other as their hands groped and slithered their way between clothing. As soon as he appeared before them, they stopped their festivities, smiled at each other, and wrapped their arms around Armani. They began kissing his neck and their hands now slithered between his clothing. They kept kissing his neck, taking timeouts to make out with each other. As the girls made out with each other in their current timeout, Armani felt one of them un-zipper his pants, a hand slithering its way until it found what it was looking for.
"Its so big," Armani heard one of them whisper.
"I want to feel," the other girl whispered before the girls made out again. Armani felt a second hand slithering until it met the first girl's hand.
This is how Armani feeds, he likes to play with his food first :)
The heat level is about to be turned up next week, think you can handle it? Its prep for you because if and when he finally hooks up with Karlea, their heat level will be through the roof. It will make this scene look like nothing ;)
Thanks for reading and please comment, I love reading comments!
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Friday Shirts Announces Development of Men's Interactive Online Shirt Designer
Seattle, WA -- (SBWire) -- 06/25/2012 --Friday Shirts, longtime purveyor of all styles of beach clothing is developing a brand new Mens' interactive online shirt designer. Very soon all of Friday Shirt's customers will be able to put their own spin and design on an already huge basic selection of Hawaiian, Guayamisa, Cubavera, Havana and Guayabera shirts for all shapes and sizes. It has never before been this easy to design men's custom shirts in the best and latest beach fashions.
Customers have been inquiring for some time how to customize these already classic beach designs. From specific colors and color patterns to variations of embroidery and designs, men want a personalized touch when it comes to their favorite beach, summer, and beach wedding fashions. To answer this increasing demand for personalization and men's custom shirts Friday Shirts began work on the interactive online shirt designer. The intent is not only to allow customers to customize the shirt, but to make it a fast, easy and fun process that anyone can use to create a great looking custom shirt.
Expect more news in the near future regarding this amazing development in men's custom shirt fashions. Friday Shirts has designers working around the clock to unveil this major development as timely as possible while offering as munch functionality as they can for their valued customers. In addition to beach clothes and a very successful line of movie inspired T-Shirts, Friday Shirts expects to lead the field in custom beach attire in very short order.
For more information contact Friday Shirts directly at 877-374-3299 or visit the website at http://www.fridayshirts.com
Media Relations Contact
Kevin B
Media Relations
Friday Shirts
View this press release online at: http://rwire.com/150115


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A half-remembered dream,
Fitfully had,
Plaque on the mind,
Scrubbed off in the
Sunshine and the rain
That alternates relentlessly
In this New England atmosphere
So far away
From where my heart was burned
In a conflagration
Of my own making,
Because no one breaks your heart
Except yourself,
And I would rather
I'd rather
Cinder, unmendable,
Kintsukuroi, golden-veined.
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Yao-Jen Chang and Jean-Lien C. Wu+
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan 10764, R.O.C.
+Department of Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan Institute of Technology
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
This paper concerns scheduling parallel programs in multiprocessing systems. The goal is to improve job turnaround time and speedup. As most programs are not fully parallelizable, parallel programs consisting of serial, partially parallel, and (perfectly) parallel stages are modeled by task graphs which depict the parallelism profiles. From another perspective, the study is intended to be a queueing counterpart of Amdahl's Law. In this paper, various two-stage cases are investigated with preemptive or FCFS scheduling policies, and the optimal strategy is determined. Methods of solving the queueing models encompass the z-transform approach and the state-of-the-art matrix-geometric method, whichever is appropriate. In addition, probability projection is devised to enhance the z-transform methods and handle Markov chains which have more than one boundary probability. Results indicate that, with nonhomogeneous parallelism profiles, it would be a better processor allocation policy to give preferential treatment to serial stages. This study might hopefully improve the design of parallel operating systems as well as parallel algorithms, databases, and parallelizing compilers.
Keywords: processor scheduling, parallel systems, performance modeling,workload characterization, queueing models
Received May 8, 1991; revised November 1, 1991.
Communicated by Ferng-Ching Lin.
*A previous version of this paper appeared in Supercomputing '91, November 18-22, 1991. This conference, sponsored by the ACM and the IEEE, was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. This paper also received the Supercomputing '91 best student paper award.


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Having been twice turned back by poor weather on Mount Shasta, I was especially eager this year to return and try once again. This time, I hoped to do the whole climb in a single day.
My ambitious plan was to beginning my ascent from the Bunny Flat parking lot at midnight. Since I had been up the route only two weeks earlier, I knew I'd be able to find my way to the snow. Hopefully, the only challenge I'd face this time would be my own limits—not high winds or storms.
When he was in college, my father used to drive all night, across a state line, to see my mother. Hearing of these stories, I always thought dad was crazy, but here I am now driving as far or worse to see an icy mistress who has twice rebuffed my advances.
After 590 miles on the road, I arrive in the town of Mount Shasta just before sunset. Road-weary, I stop for a quick dinner, then drive up to Bunny Flat.
At the Bunny Flat parking lot, would-be climbers quickly discover there's no such thing as going solo on Shasta's Avalanche Gulch. The parking lot is crammed with cars and people.
The human activity thankfully fades after sunset, and I try to grab a few hours' sleep. Surprisingly, with a pillow and blanket I'm quite cozy in the back of my Civic.
Midnight. My alarm goes off, though I can't say it wakes me. I've been half-awake, half-asleep, eager to get going.
I put boards on pack and ski boots on feet and begin hiking up. The switch on my headlamp chooses this moment to malfunction. The light flickers and strobes, providing a feeble glow that barely reaches my fingertips. My ski boots Ka-THUNK again and again against rocks I can't see, trying to trip me. Into the woods I go, and now I'm really missing a working headlamp.
I do my best to follow the trail, but it's just too dark to see anything. Surprisingly, for this portion of the hike I am absolutely alone, just me and the monsters circling me in the darkness. A rustling noise coming from the woods nearby makes my heart jump. I wield a ski pole menacingly in defense, but of course I can't see anything. Just blackness.
Onward. The air is very warm, and I must peel off clothing already. The trail—if I'm actually on it—seems to keep traversing west, instead of heading up the mountain. Shasta's outline has long since vanished behind thickening trees. Backtracking becomes the game of the moment. I'm frustrated with the forest, the trail, the dark, feel like I'm stumbling around in circles, burning precious time.


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Yes Humean this is a philosophic post.
Here is the thesis.
Socrates, in questioning the Athenian citizenry, relied for his punchlines and points on the substance of their characters, education and general virtue. By degrading or breaking these down with sophistic reason combined with analytical genius, by humiliating virtues, he was all to exult a certain type of reasoning, and feel somewhat alright with himself, feel "his daemon". He felt his will to power.
Since then all reason has become degrading of virtue, and there is no virtue left among he citizenry. Nothing like in Athens, for sure.
So my conclusion here is that Socrates would not survive in this climate. There is no virtue to parasite off of.
It is my conviction that he would perish of this environment.
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I got on the scale this morning…it is not something I would recommend on a Monday morning. I mean, seriously, Monday's are bad enough without stepping on the scale! But if you like to torture yourself like I apparently did this morning, then hop on there!
So I did it. I got right up on that scale…and I could have cried but I didn't. My weight today is 50 pounds more than when I was 9 months pregnant with my first child 17 years ago. So here's the thing about baby weight: I don't think it can be considered baby weight 17 years later. I also don't think the weight you gain AFTER having a baby can be considered baby weight.
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Do you want to know the reality—we're on a budget. I mean a serious budget. My weekly grocery bill HAS to stay under $50 for the 3 of us. That means I am not buying a gym membership. I'm not hiring a personal trainer or a chef. I'm not buying a ton of organic food. It means I have to be creative.
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1. Drink a full glass of water when I wake up every morning.
2. Drink a fruit and yogurt homemade smoothie every morning for breakfast.
3. Walk 1 mile twice this week.
That's it. That's where I'm starting. I bought a tub of low fat vanilla yogurt $2.78 and a bag of no sugar added Walmart brand frozen fruit $2.54. I put a cup of each in my small blender cup with 1/4 cup of OJ & mixed it up. It's just under 200 calories for breakfast and it fills me up. That means no snacking between breakfast and lunch. The yogurt lasts 4 days and the fruit will last about 6. That means it's under $1 for breakfast. Running through a drive through is about $5.
You may thing walking a total of two miles minimum this week is pretty lazy However, I'm starting from nothing. If I do more, great! I want an attainable goal that is more than I am doing now.
I'd love for you to begin this journey with me. Don't wait until the first of the month or the first of the year or tomorrow. Don't wait until after you finish all the junk food you just bought.
Start today. Right now. In the middle of the day, the middle of the evening, just start now! Comment on this post about your own journey for others to share, encourage, and be encouraged!


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