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Going with the Flow
Hey blog friends!! Wow, is it just me, or does it feel like a while? My blog schedule is all screwed up. But really, it's only been since Monday!
Here's what I've been doing in the interim:
Asking the hard questions.
I got to interview former Canadian New Democrat (NDP) leader Ed Broadbent after he gave a speech called "Inequality and Poverty." I really like interviewing retired politicians. Wish I could say the same about the ones still in office :P
How about some eat highlights…
There was some yogurt with a Kashi blackberry cereal bar crumbled on top.
I see a lot of my fellow bloggers do the "crumbled bar on yogurt" technique. It's something that never occurred to me before – it's delish!
There's been a lot of salami and cheese sandwiches.
One of my favourite things about eating red meat again is that there are many meals, like this one, that take me back to my childhood. Salami on pita with some melted cheddar cheese was something I ate a lot as a preteen. (back when I could eat half the kitchen and blame it on a growth spurt).
Laughing cow cheese on pear.
This was uh-mazing. Is there anything that laughing cow doesn't taste good with?
Flat waffles (aka pancakes)
The usual protein pancake recipe (found under the Eats tab) Dipped in a mix of almond butter and syrup.
A "controlled" yogurt mess.
As far as flavoured low-fat yogurts go, Source is my favourite. The ingredients aren't the best (it has Splenda), but the price is right. This is a new product to me and I just had to try it. I liked it :)
Oh, and I've been stuffing things with leftovers to the point of explosion :P
Same stuffing I used in red pepper the other day. Except this time I put it in a squash I picked up at the market. I gotta say, I liked it better in the squash! My tastebuds just go crazy over squash, they can't help it ;)
As far as my sickness, I wouldn't say I'm better, but it's at least progressing. Hoping it doesn't decide to linger for too long!
Now onto other things…
Going With The Flow
While reading Diane's post today, I realized that I am a very rigid person. I'm good at making decisions for myself, and creating plans, but when it comes to changing them, I freak out a little.
I want to talk about this in terms of taking a rest from exercise.
Today is day 4 of no exercise for me. This break was unplanned. I hurt my hip in the gym on Friday. From past experience, I knew it could turn into something a lot worse if I didn't lay off it until it was 110% better.
In the past, this would have bothered me. Even though I'm not training for anything (yet! got a half mary in May!), I still schedule out all my workouts for the week on my Google Calendar. I put a lot of energy into that plan, making sure I fit in all my runs, weight sessions and favourite group classes around my ever-changing work schedule.
When I first started doing this, I would get really anxious when something would come up that would change or delay something in that schedule. Going out of town, or a shift change at work, would throw me into a tizzy of figuring out how I would fit it all in. As a university student, I worked really hard not to let my hectic school, work and social life get in the way of my gym time. That meant I was sometimes too strict with it.
What I've learned since training for the triathlon, and taking time off from hip injury #1, is that sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
That's not to say you can blow off whole weeks of exercise because it's "too cold out" or your favourite TV shows are on :P It just means, when life happens, it's okay to skip or change a workout.
More importantly, when your body starts giving you clues that it needs a rest – take it!! There's a fine line between being too lazy and too tired to work out. It's up to you to learn the difference, and listen to your body when it needs a rest. Learning to pick up on your body's clues is more important than the perfect training plan ever will be.
I think the mental aspect of it is just as important. Even if there's nothing wrong with your physical state, sometimes we just mentally burn out from all that activity! It's okay to take a few days off just to kick back and rejuvenate. It's worth it just for the enthusiasm and dedication you'll have upon your triumphant return to the gym.
My number one rule is always that it's better to take a day off so I can put the extra effort in the next day, rather than just half-ass it because I'm hurting or don't have the energy.
So why bring all this up? I suppose because this week, instead of letting the coloured boxes in my Google Calendar dictate my decisions, I went with the flow. I listened to my body, which was both hurting and sick. I took a mental break, and didn't feel an ounce of guilt for lounging around, or even not changing my eating habits to reflect that. Hopefully my body has had the chance to heal, I know I'm already getting anxious to return to my favourite exercise classes!
Ironically, I'm going to a BodyFlow class tonight, which will be a gentle mix of tai chi, yoga and pilates. Tomorrow, I'm going to test the waters with a 3 mile run. I woke up with a Charley horse in my calf muscle last night, which is strange for me, as I usually get them as a result of too much activity. I think it was my muscle saying "Okay! I'm ready to work now!!" :P
Questions of the day:
1) Have you ever been set back by an injury?
2) How often do you take a rest?


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ZEN WRAPPED IN KARMA DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE is number five this week in the San Francisco Chronicle's Best Seller list under "Quality Paperbacks." Wooooo-hoooooo!!
I guess maybe this touring thing is good for something. I'm at my sister's place in Knoxville, TN recuperating from the first leg of the tour and hoping I survive the next onslaught. The Deep South leg should be a little better because two of the major stops are 3-day Zen retreats, which are usually pretty chill and don't involve hauling ass from one place to another each day like I've been doing for the past two weeks.
A couple things, while I'm here. As I've said a bunch of times I basically no longer read the comments on this blog. On the rare occasions I do peek in it's clear that a lot of folks who post in there don't believe that. But it's true. I know there's some intelligent discussion going on. But the way some of the haters dominate the place just makes me lose interest very quickly.
Anyhow, I looked in there the other day and some guy was going on about how he used to think what I wrote was a breath of fresh air in the Zen world but now he's seen that what I write is just creating a mass of people who don't give a shit about anything. I'd just like to say that in my observation in traveling around the country meeting the people who've read my books, that is definitely not the case at all.
These are people who, to extend the metaphor of the guy who posted, deeply give a shit about everything. I am constantly amazed by the kind of people I'm meeting as I travel. These are not people whose attitude is "fuck everything I do what I want." They are profoundly committed to something greater than themselves.
Maybe they don't look the way we've been conditioned to believe Zen people should look and maybe they don't use the same vocabulary. Hell, I find some of the people who show up to my talks pretty scary myself! But that stuff is just superficial. There's something happening here and it's pretty amazing.
I can't take credit for this at all. Sometimes I wonder what these folks have been reading! It can't be the crap I write.
Anyway, back to the comments. I've found that the Internet is sometimes like a weird alternate universe that doesn't interact with the real world very much at all. I use the Internet, obviously. But I don't really participate in the bizarre artificial social stuff that goes on there a whole lot. People on the Internet don't act or respond like they do in the real world. When Tassajara caught fire and had to be evacuated some of the people who'd lived there started a blog so they could keep in contact. The comments section of that blog quickly turned nasty in ways that could never have happened in the actual physical community.
This is why I have very little interest in so-called "cyber-sanghas." They really are not in any way shape or form the same as real face-to-face communities. Even with the most up to date technology they don't work in the same way. I know it's tough for people who feel isolated from any kind of like-minded Buddhists. But I don't believe the Internet can ever be a substitute for real life personal interaction.
ANYWAY, while I was in DC, Shawn Cartwright, who hosted me there, gave me a copy of D.T. Suzuki's paperback "Zen Buddhism," published in 1956. I've never read much of D.T. Suzuki's writings. But I'm pleasantly surprised to see that most of it isn't too bad at all. He's a very good source for the historical stuff I've kind of neglected.
But the thing that bugs me is his insistence that Zen is illogical, or beyond mere logic. On page 19 of the paperback he gives an example. He quotes a conversation in which a monk asks Master Shin of Chosa, "Where has Nansen (an ancient Buddhist master) gone after his death?" Master Shin answers, "When Sekito was still in the order of young novitiates he saw the sixth patriarch." The monk says, "I didn't ask about the young novitiate. What I want to know is where Nansen went after his death." Master Shin replied, "As to that question, it makes one think."
Suzuki says about this, "What does 'it makes one think' explain? From this it is apparent that Zen is one thing and logic another. When we fail to make this distinction and expect Zen to give us something logically consistent and intellectually illuminating, we altogether misinterpret the signification of Zen."
Reading that I was just baffled. Because to me the conversation is perfectly logically consistent and even intellectually illuminating. The monk asks the master an abstract question and the master, not wanting to discuss abstractions, answers with a concrete fact. The monk persists and the master explains the true significance of the monk's question very clearly. It is the type of question that "makes one think." And that's all it does.
Speculation on what happens after people die simply makes you think. All anyone can do in response to such a question is indulge in abstractions and fantasies. This is what turned me away from religion a long time ago. I wanted to know the answer to what happened after people died and all I got was stories and fantasies. I found the Zen answer to be perfectly logical when it said that all you can ever get from such answers is a peek into someone else's world of fantasy. And I wasn't interested in other people's fantasies.
I don't really understand how anyone can miss this, especially a guy like D.T. Suzuki who otherwise seems to have a pretty good grasp of what's real and true.
Anyway, that's my little sermon on that for today.
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The Rocket Gets To Cooperstown
This town isn't often surprised by celebrities. It has, after all, hosted every Hall of Famer not posthumously elected, and until a few years ago it used to be visited by two major league teams a year in an annual exhibition game.
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Hey Keith! Love your show and your commentary in general. I was born and raised in Coop, and was visiting this weekend and did not even know it was Induction! Perhaps I am still jaded from my youth. As an aside, I used to work at that CVS on Main Street. Not to ramble on, but I was wondering how you managed to post to your blog? Cooperstown may be the home of the Hall, but it certainly lacks wifi! Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall.
Damn. I was in Cooperstown Tuesday, at the HOF and I missed both you and Clemens…I have a couple of questions. Why, if Pete Rose is not eligible to be voted into the HOF are many of his artifacts there, as well as his numbers… his MLB record number of hits noted? And how the hell are Ryne Sandberg and Gary Carter in and Don Mattingly doesn't get a sniff? A friend told me Ryno and "Kid" were the 2nd best at their position in their era… Donny Baseball was THE best at his position in his era, hands down.
Lobby for this guy, Keith!
Keith, we all may have overestimated Bud Selig's willingness to listen to intelligent people. Letting Rose into the Hall of Fame can be done without lifting his ban on working or associating with major league baseball. And while we're at it, I think Shoeless Joe Jackson's time has come.
Keith, great article. Clemens would have been the last person I'd expect to see there.
the ultimate trade, Keith – Rose for the Rocket. gambling seems like such a petty vice compared with drug abuse….in gambling, the gambler is the 'sinner'; with drug abuse, its the abuser and an impact on the team, by potentially juicing the results. unless the gambler fixed the game, like they did in the black sox scandal – what's the big deal? so Rose bet on baseball. he's being punished for the sins of the black sox, really when you think about it.
with Rocket and Bonds – in addition to the drug abuse – they lied too. and i hope there's no lying in baseball. at least Rose owned up. the man needs to be in the Hall. since i truly believe that henry aaron is the most honorable man in sports – maybe he can prevail on his friend selig. step forward bud and do the right thing. lift the ban. he's served his penance.
Keith, I've missed you on Coutndown…hope you're enjoying yourself in Cooperstown, I live really close to there.
OK, so my 19 year old daughter–who can keep a score book and explain the infield fly rule to you–says that if Rose comes into the Hall not only does Shoeless Joe but–the entire Black Sox Team should come in as a group.
If it's about fame (as well as statistics) then let's reward fame. Black Sox? Not famous? Not deserving to be remembered for-baseball–ever?
And while you're at it, Harvey Haddix. No one else ever pitched that many perfect innings, win or lose. Not famous? Not deserving to be remembered for-baseball–ever?
Let's get on it, here.
Maybe one of my fellow baseball junkies on here can answer this question.
I was thinking about this after Buehrle threw his perfect game last week – has there ever been a pitcher who has thrown a no-hitter and lost?
lreed, Since no one responded to your post, I looked up your question as I didn't know the answer. Here's what I found – you are not going to believe who scored the winning run!
"Unlike a perfect game, in which no batters reach base, in regular no-hitters batters can reach base in other ways, such as a walk, an error, or a hit batsman. Thus it is possible to lose a no-hitter. On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s became the only pitcher to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten 1-0 by Cincinnati. The winning run was scored by Pete Rose in the top of the ninth inning via an error, groundout, and another error.[10] In 1967, Steve Barber and Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles pitched a combined no-hitter, but lost 2-1 to the Detroit Tigers.[11]"
The Houston Colt .45s? I never ever heard of them. lol!! I had to go and research the name to be sure it was correct. They are the current Houston Astros.
"(Shoeless Joe) Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." – Connie Mack
I still can't get the image out of my head of Dan Burton(R-Indiana) giving a hand job at the hearings to Clemens. What a pair of tools.
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Hey Keith. I'm looking forward to your take on today's news about Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz appearing on the 2003 list for players testing positive for PEDs. I'm no longer surprised by any of these folks and I suspect few would be. Still, I want to hear your thoughts on it.
Keith, I will be interested in your response to Canseco's claim that there is now a HOF'er who used. Who ???
We can dissect which games Rose bet on, what it means, what rules it broke, why else it was bad, etc etc ad nauseum. All of it is irrelevant as regards the HoF.
The Hall is for the standout players of the game. On that basis if Pete Rose doesn't belong there, then nobody does.
Pick a game –any game– off today's schedule and watch a runner going into a close play at second. Now watch the same play from 50 years ago and notice the difference in the slide. That's one way Rose singlehandedly changed the game. When he came up in 1963 and started that head-first sliding, everybody thought he was insane; then it became his signature; then it became the norm.
THAT is impact. And that is what the HoF is made of. To deny Pete Rose's accomplishments- which is what this silly ban does- is to deny history. By doing so the Game ignores rather than sanitizes its own accomplishments and in effect lives a lie.
All this pretentiousness about ethics and gambling and lying and egomania has less to do with ethics, more to do with PR posturing and nothing to do with the playing of the Game. It's all well and good if your purpose is to slam the barn door after the horse is gone, but this horse left long ago- and it started running, took the extra base and slid in mane-first.
If we're going to make Mr. Congeniality part of the standards, we have a lot of weeding to do, starting with Ty Cobb. I'd rather have a HoF that means what it says it means.
Really enjoying your comments from Cooperstown. After 50 years of being a baseball fan I finally got a chance for my first trip to Cooperstown three weeks ago.
It still brings tears to my eyes to think about it, but the one thing on that trip that really hit home to me was that Pete Rose belongs in the HOF. I spent years as a Dodger and Padres fan watching him play and hating everytime he came flying around those bases with his hat flying off to beat my teams. And I was secretly pleased when the gambling was discovered and he was banned.
Then three weeks ago, standing there and reading his name on on the record walls time after time it hit me. He belongs! It brought back memories of what an incredible competitor he was.
If Pete Rose, whose statistics are at a Hall of Fame level, gets an MLB pardon and permission to be admitted, then there is no longer a legitimate argument to keep Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the Hall. Rose admitted to gambling against his own team as a manager. Jackson has never been convicted of any crime at all. Granted, he received $5 thousand from Lefty Williams, which he claimed not to want and tried to give to owner Charles Comiskey after the season, but was prohibited from seeing him by Comiskey secretary Harry Grabiner who told Jackson to keep the money.
Judge Landis said Jackson tried to throw the 1919 World Series. Let's see how he tried to do that. He had 32 AB, 12 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR (the only series HR on either team), 5 R, 6 RBI and a .375 BA (Best avg. on both teams of players with more than 7 AB)
What else can be said about Jackson's HOF qualifications?
Although he never won a batting title, he has the third highest average of all time. His .356 average is exceeded only by Ty Cobb .366 and Rodgers Hornsby .358. In his first full year in the AL with the Cleveland Naps he hit .408.
Finally, two former players who might be considered baseball experts by most neutral observers, Ted Williams, and Bob Feller tried to get Jackson reinstated. It didn't work, but if Rose is allowed in the HOF and Joe Jackson isn't there is something really rotten in Cooperstown.


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Honda to debut new convertible at Tokyo motor show
The S660 Concept combines mid-engine thrills and spills with an environmental conscience and could be heading for production before 2015.
The S660 has the haunches and sharp angles of a serious roadster, but is powered by a 660cc motorcycle engine.
However, to make sure it isn't left standing at the traffic lights or passed on the finishing line, the small powerplant is force-fed via a turbocharger so that it can deliver 64bhp.
OK, that's a mere 10 percent of the current Dodge Viper's 640bhp output and a smidgen over 7 percent of what a McLaren P1 can offer, but this car will be considerably lighter (it tips the scales at around the 850kg mark) and considerably less expensive to buy or maintain. And making sure that the car is always at optimum revs, it uses a CVT gearbox all of which means that it should be fun to drive at any speed.
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The reason for Honda's preference for a motorbike engine in its native Japan is down to keijidosha, which roughly translated means 'Light Automobile' and is a class of vehicle that complies with the country's strictest tax, insurance, size and power put regulations.
Owners of cars that meet these criteria benefit from lower vehicle taxes and insurance premiums and in the 1990s inspired a spate of motorbike-engine-powered two-door, two-seat cult micro sports cars, such as the Honda Beat and Suzuki Cappuccino, which have since become collectors' items in Europe - particularly the UK where, like Japan, cars are right-hand drive making their import and daily use much simpler. All that's required is that the speedometer be updated to indicate miles per hour as well as kilometers per hour.
Some keijidosha car fans are already heralding the S660 concept as the return of the Honda Beat. But to see it in the flesh, car fans will need to be in Tokyo on November 20 when the 43rd Tokyo Motor show officially gets underway.


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Luke Bryan has been added to the list of performers on the 2013 American Music Awards along with Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Florida Georgia Line, Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons and One Direction were previously announced to perform on the show set for Nov. 24 in Los Angeles. It will air live on ABC.
Bryan, who received his first AMA trophy last year, is nominated for favorite male artist and favorite country album for Crash My Party. The nominations coincide with his first performance on the awards show.
Taylor Swift has five nominations this year while Florida Georgia Line claimed four.
Released in August, Crash My Party debuted at the top of Billboard's country albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum following sales of more than 1 million copies.
He performed to a total of 1.3 million fans this year during his Dirt Road Diaries tour and his eight-city Farm tour.
Bryan's That's My Kind of Night tour with Lee Brice and Cole Swindell begins Jan. 16 in Columbus, Ohio. A total of 18 shows are scheduled through March 8.
Bryan is also performs at the CMA Awards on Wednesday (Nov. 6).


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I bought a Samsung Smart TV about 8 months ago. It's an european model: UE78HU8500
I am not one of those hardware/software enthusiasts who "play" 24/7 with their device, so until now I simply used my TV just for watching my favourite programs after a first approximation work on the settings.
But owing to my experience with the computers world I did not put the device online: I did not feel that need and I was too lazy to implement the proper "protections", and too suspicious to leave it open to automatic updates (like firmware and so on).
So my firmware is still the original T-GFP9DEUC-1160.9
Well, some days ago I found the news (I know, it's an old news... ) that Eutelsat Hotbird 13 broadcasts 4K test programs, and so I played a little with the settings until I could tune it.
At one point I found something I liked and I pressed the "record" button.
You likely already know what I got: "UHD programs recording not allowed".
Quite crazy, given that a Samsung TV is, about the recordings, a "closed system": they cannot go out of the originating TV and be watched (officially, of course, but we are talking about official Samsung behaviors, so the rest "doesn't exist").
And double crazy if one keeps in mind that HD programs get recorded.
So, at this point I wanted to ask: in your knowledge, it's a firmware problem or a hardware problem ?
Because in the second case if for the TV it's impossible to record UHD streams,we can only wait for future hardware updates; in the second case we can hope that something else will happen (or maybe already happened but I didn't know it .
UHD programs recording not allowed
Ideas and dreaming will go this forum
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What is more, my HU6900 does not allow recording od Full HD shows when DVB-T broadcasted in HEVC (1080p) mode !!
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Could be limited by the speed writing the data to disk, considering you are writing high-bitrate data to a maybe generic usb device. When making a recording disk the tv checks the read/write rate and should complain if it's too slow. Try with a ssd attached
H6400, firmware 2602.2 downgraded to 2130
Re: UHD programs recording not allowed
There is a USB 3.0 socket with HU6900 series which is fast enough with USB 3.0 pendrive attached.
Wow, JU7000 records UHD (4k) programs on USB stick (actually I stick 128 GB SDXC flash memory card with USB 3.0 card reader)
Wow, JU7000 records UHD (4k) programs on USB stick (actually I stick 128 GB SDXC flash memory card with USB 3.0 card reader)
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History of Clarion
Mapping Out the Future as we Move from Front-Runner of In-Vehicle Device to Trailblazer of the New Era
It is no exaggeration to say that Clarion's history is closely bound to the history of the automotive industry itself. Since the earliest days of in-vehicle devices, Clarion has consistently been an industry pioneer, launching Japan's first car radio as well as Japan's first car stereo. We identify drivers' needs and support them through our sound technologies, continually drawing on our abundant creativity to deliver unique products to our customers. Having evolved from car radio and AV systems to car navigation systems and beyond, the in-vehicle device sector is now entering a new era of change, filled with exciting potential. Reflecting this change, Clarion is also evolving from being an In-Vehicle Device Manufacturer to an Solution Provider for In-Vehicle Information Systems.
1940 - 1969
|December 1940
|Established as Hakusan Wireless Electric Company in 21 Hakusanmae-cho, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; begins manufacturing battery-operated household radios. Paid-in capital: ¥180,000.
|November 1943
|Merges with Takizawa Wireless Electric Industries Co., Ltd.; renamed Teikoku Dempa Co., Ltd.
|Develops and launches Japan's first car radio and bus loudspeaker device.
|Launch of Japan's— and Clarion's— first original radio, Hino Renault's "Le Parisien."
|February 1951
|Develops and launches Japan's first car radio.
|June 1958
|Exports car radios to the US, creating the foundation for today's car audio exports from Japan.
|May 1959
|Car radio receives genuine parts designation from Nissan Motor.
|August 1962
|Teikoku Dempa listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
|October 1963
|Japan's first car stereo developed and launched in August of the following year.
|September 1967
|Saitama Office opened in Toda-shi, Saitama Prefecture.
|March 1968
|Japan's first cassette car stereo launched.
|August 1969
|Teikoku Dempa listed on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange.
1970 - 1989
|February 1970
|Teikoku Dempa upgraded from the second to first section of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges.
|April 1970
|Head Office opened in Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
|December 1970
|Trade name changed to Clarion Co., Ltd.
|December 1970
|First overseas factory (CM) established as a joint venture in Malaysia.
|June 1975
|Launch of the Clarion Girl campaign. Agnes Lum is the first Grand Prix winner.
|August 1976
|Launch of the "Karaoke 8" karaoke machine for business, and the "Dubbing X" cassette editing deck.
|October 1978
|Tohoku Office opened in Koriyama-shi, Fukushima Prefecture.
|November 1980
|Head Office relocates to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
|Launch of car stereo "City Connection."
|July 1983
|Factory established in France (CEF).
|November 1983
|Gunma Office established in Oura-gun, Gunma-ken. Manufacturing company established in Mexico (ELECLA).
|July 1987
|Launch of car CD player "CD5000."
|October 1989
|Manufacturing company established in the Philippines (CMCP).
1990 - 1999
|February 1992
|Launch of Japan's first voice-guidance car navigation system (Map Narration System) "NAC-200."
|Launch of Japan's first hybrid navigation system "NAX-700."
|April 1993
|Clarion's SS wireless modem is the first in Japan to achieve the official Certification of Conformance to Technical Standards. Simultaneous launch of the modem.
|January 1995
|Clarion Orient Co. (CHI) established in Hong Kong.
|March 1995
|ISO9001 certification obtained at all Clarion business sites.
|April 1995
|Manufacturing company (DCOE) established in China.
|Launch of first commercially available double-DIN CD/cassette unit "ADX8155."
|May 1996
|Launch of VICS-compatible car navigation system.
|Launch of single-DIN CD/DSP control, TV/AM/FM tuner-equipped 5-inch LDC amp "VRX8250."
|Launch of high-performance, high-quality CD center unit "DRX9255."
|April 1997
|Hamamatsu Sales Office established.
|October 1997
|Manufacturing company established in Hungary (CHE).
|January 1998
|In-car PC "Clarion AutoPC" jointly developed with Microsoft Corporation.
|December 1998
|Launch of the world's first in-vehicle computer "AutoPC" in the United States.
|August 1999
|Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC) jointly developed with Hitachi Ltd.
|December 1999
|OEM supply of "AutoPC" to French automaker Citroën begins.
2000 - 2018
|March 2000
|Clarion Sales Co., Ltd. established.
|April 2000
|Five Clarion offices in Japan obtain ISO14001 certification.
|December 2000
|HCX Corporation established as a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd., Clarion, and Xanavi Informatics.
|May 2001
|Head Office relocates to Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
|August 2001
|Launch of the Clarion scholarship "MEDAMA" campaign.
|October 2001
|Launch of in-vehicle device for the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETC).
|November 2001
|"AutoPC CADIAS" exhibits at Tokyo Motor Show.
|March 2002
|Launch of satellite radio receiver in North America.
|September 2002
|Head Office relocates to Toda-shi, Saitama Prefecture.
|October 2002
|Clarion Tohoku Seizo Co., Ltd. merges with Automotive Device Production Department of Clarion Co., Ltd. and Clarion Logistics Co., Ltd. and is renamed Clarion M&L Co., Ltd.
|December 2002
|Launch of Japan's first in-vehicle PC "AutoPC CADIASTM."
Windows CE for Automotive adopted as the OS.
"Access Navi" adopted as the communication system.
|February 2003
|World's first bird's-eye view camera for car rear-view system supplied to Nissan Motor.
|June 2003
|Launch of HDD (Hard Disk Drive) equipped AV car navigation system.
|August 2003
|Started supplying CD car audio to Shanghai GM, China.
|October 2003
|Launch of HDD (Hard Disk Drive) equipped AV car navigation system, compatible with "CARWINGS" of Nissan Motor Information Service.
|February 2004
|Launch of world's first in-vehicle information terminal with Linux and Java™ J2ME CDC for commercial vehicles.
|June 2004
|Launch of the industry's first double-DIN, 7-inch monitor-equipped HDD AV car navigation system.
|July 2004
|Launch of the industry's first bus FM teletext tuner used to display the names of stops along bus routes.
|January 2005
|Launch of the industry's first AV center unit with iPod® control via virtual onscreen iPod "VRX755VD" in North America.
|March 2005
|AV-Navi System developed for all Porsche Japan models.
|May 2005
|World's first iPod-compatible integrated AV-HDD Navigation Unit launched in Japan.
|June 2006
|Car navigation introduced for the first time in Chinese and North American markets.
|July 2006
|Launch of "Movieum", Japan's biggest travel and driving information website, utilizing video clips of tourist destinations nationwide.
|December 2006
|Becomes a Hitachi Group company.
|January 2007
|Xanavi Informatics Corporation becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary.
|January 2007
|Car audio supplied to Toyota Motor for the first time (production contracted to Daihatsu Motor).
|April 2007
|Start of bus location ASP service.
|April 2007
|Clarion M & L Co., Ltd. renamed Clarion Manufacturing "Protech" Co., Ltd., with production control and production engineering functions transferred from Clarion Co., Ltd.
|July 2007
|World's first car navigation system for use in commercial vehicles "Solid Navi" (CQ–8000) developed and marketed.
|August 2007
|Headquarters relocate to Saitama Shintoshin; renamed "Corporate Headquarters & Technology Center".
|December 2007
|Clarion's 7-inch wide DVD Multimedia Station "VRX935VD" and 6-disc DVD Changer "VCZ625" (both American market models) adopted by NASA and the International Space Station (ISS).
|June 2008
|Launch of terrestrial digital TV tuner, Bluetooth®-equipped 7-inch VGA 2DIN/DVD/HDD AV-Navi system "CRASVIA (NX808)."
|November 2008
|Launch of mobile communication terminal "ClarionMiND" in North America.
|April 2009
|Wholly-owned subsidiary Xanavi Informatics Corp. is absorbed and merged.
|April 2009
|Clarion Sales Co., Ltd. renamed Clarion Sales and Marketing Co., Ltd.
|July 2009
|SDD navigation system supplied for the first time to Mitsubishi Motors' "i-MiEV" electric car.
|October 2009
|Good Design Awards given to five 2009 models.
|January 2010
|Car audio supplied to Tata Motors, India for its "Nano" car.
|April 2010
|Clarion Manufacturing "Protech" Co., Ltd. and Clarion Service Co., Ltd. merge and change name to Clarion Manufacturing and Service Co., Ltd.
|May 2010
|Launch of "Smoonavi" 2010 series with Eco-Drive Advice and Save-energy Route Search functions.
|October 2010
|Registered Head Office transferred to Saitama Shintoshin; renamed "Registered Head Office/Technology Center".
|March 2011
|World's first in-vehicle full-digital speakers developed.
|April 2011
|Hakusan and Zama Offices relocate to Saitama Shintoshin. New Headquarters-Annex Office opened.
|June 2012
|"Smart Access" cloud-based information network service for vehicles launches in North America.
|June 2012
|Launch of car navigation system compatible with "Smart Access" cloud-based information network service.
|December 2012
|Launch of "01DRIVE" series, world's first Full-Digital Speaker System.
|May 2013
|Sales company (CIL) established in India.
|October 2013
|Launch of navigation system supporting "cutting-edge cloud-based voice recognition search function".
|November 2013
|Launch of "NX713" Smart Access link 7-inch VGA terrestrial digital TV/DVD/SD AV navigation system.
|April 2014
|Launch of two 2.4GHz digital wireless camera system models for commercial vehicles.
|June 2014
|Launch of "SurroundEye" safe driving support system for trucks and buses.
|June 2014
|Launch of navigation system supporting natural dialogue-type voice recognition technology "Intelligent VOICE".
|July 2014
|Full digital speaker adopted as an item in the system bathroom marketed by LIXIL Corporation.
|October 2014
|Establishment of nursing care robot joint venture company with SAINT-CARE HOLDING CORPORATION through cross-sector partnership, the first for a nursing care provider.
|February 2015
|Launch of "Medication Support Robot" as a device to support the elderly with medication administration, aimed at dispensing pharmacies and nursing care facilities.
|April 2015
|Launch of wireless IP services using industry's first in-vehicle terminal integrating car navigation system and wireless IP functionality.
|April 2015
|Launch of "SOLID AD-1" Android™ in-vehicle terminal for commercial vehicles.
|June 2015
|Launch of industry's first navigation system equipped with 7.7-inch screen.
|Launch of five navigation system models supporting "VICS WIDE".
|September 2015
|Development and release of a new Full Digital Sound System, demo exhibition held at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
|April 2016
|Launch of Full Digital Sound systems "Z3" "Z7" and "Z25W".
|May 2016
|Establishment of joint venture company Wuhan Clarion Kotei Software Technology Co., Ltd. with Chinese software developer Wuhan KOTEI Informatics Co., Ltd.
|October 2016
|Launch of Full Digital Sound Headphones "ZH700FF".
|February 2017
|Improvement of facilities at Tohoku office to strengthen SI business.
|July 2017
|Launch of "NXV977D" AV navigation system equipped with 9-inch high-definition screen and breakthrough operability realized by leading-edge HMI technology
|October 2017
|Development of in-vehicle color night vision camera that substantially improves night-time visibility
|January 2018
|Development of "Park-by-Memory" Advanced Autonomous Parking Technology that remembers the local environment around home parking spaces
|May 2018
|Launch of "SAFE-DR" fleet management services utilizing cloud-based solutions for commercial vehicles


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The set-up: With all the aerial modes of transportation on display in Stephen Schwartz's (and book writer Winnie Holtzman's) megahit musical Wicked - winged monkeys, broomstick, tornado, fairground balloon, and bubble - you'd think this theatrical juggernaut from 2003, the fourth incarnation to visit Houston via Gexa on Broadway, would have learned how to fly.
But like an unwieldy zeppelin, the show lumbers along, only dragged intermittently into fresh air by the sorcery of Hayley Podschun as Glinda. Channeling the original necromancy of Kristin Chenoweth, Podshun adds her own brand of bubblelicious charm to Munchkinland's legally blonde witch, which lifts this heavy, over-produced musical into the heavens. Whenever she's on stage, the musical floats high and light; when she's off stage, this gigantic, misguided dirigible collapses as if hit by lightning.
The execution: Based very loosely upon Gregory Maguire's adult "prequel" to L. Frank Baum's classic series of children's books, this Broadway adaptation owes whatever magic it possesses to the long-ago, golden age wizards of MGM. Wicked's creators should be on their knees in thanks, because without the cinematic references to characters, costume and set design, even lines of dialogue, this show would be nowhere.
The writers should be slapped with a lawsuit for what they've done to the Wizard himself, so peerlessly etched in the movie by veteran actor Frank Morgan. It's just obscene to turn the beloved, befuddled country fair humbug into some sort of mad scientist who experiments on animals. What were they thinking? Like everything else in the musical, Schwartz & Co. want to have it both ways. Please love him, they plead, just don't look behind the curtain to see what we've done to him. They give him an old-time vaudeville routine ("Wonderful") to soften him, but it's too late to save him. They make him intentionally wicked, and that's unforgivable. Walker Jones sleepwalks through the role anyway, so if you're expecting Morgan-like sweetness you're in for a shock.
The musical can't make up its mind what it wants to be. Themes plod in and out, while characters change motivation almost mid-scene. Is this a musical about the power of sisterhood? About being different? About being kind to animals? Or is it just the old Broadway plot of the odd girl finally getting the hunk? There's no cohesive message; it's about anything. The show drifts, using our memories of the movie to give it momentum and heft.
And has there been a bigger, more successful musical in the last two decades with a score of less distinction? Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, lyrics for Disney's Pocahontas and Dreamworks' Prince of Egypt) supplies enough anthems for an entire season of American Idol, but except for Glinda's comic "Popular" and a heartfelt duet for Glinda and Elphaba (Jennifer DiNoia), "For Good," the pop numbers come and go without touching us in the least. There's no charm in the music. Even the power ballad "Defying Gravity," which ends the long first act with blasts of stratospheric singing and blinding light cues as Elphaba ascends on her broomstick to become the Wicked Witch of the West, is surprisingly forgettable. It's the slickness of the staging we remember at intermission.
The production is rich and eye-popping, no question about it, with Eugene Lee's Tony-winning set designs and Susan Hilferty's award-winning costumes traveling well on the road. However, Wayne Cilento's stiff choreography doesn't travel at all. Has there ever been such a blockbuster with less exhilarating dancing? Or less fun? What a ponderous musical.
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Except for Podschun's delightful rendition of Glinda, no one seems to be having a good time. There's no glee on stage. The cast is competent, but seems to be marking time until this run is over. Jennifer DiNoia has played Elphaba in previous productions and brings a powerful set of lungs to the proceedings. She has her character's righteous indignation down and is a beautiful shade of emerald, but there's nothing else for her to play, and she's overshadowed by Podschum's effortless effervescence. David Nathan Perlow is a handsome Fiyero, all exterior and ringing tenor. Kathy Fitzgerald, as Madame Morrible, headmistress of magic school Shiz University, lurks about like Miss Hannigan from Annie, barking orders and being officious. Jenny Fellner, as Nessarose, Elphaba's sister, who will be the target of Dorothy's wayward house, and Alex Wyse, as Munchkin Boq, are so unnecessary and drably written that I've already forgotten them.
The verdict: The show, immensely popular and still selling out on Broadway as well as in every city it tours, is impervious to criticism. Ten years down the road, it has lost none of its power to beguile and will probably be around fifty years from now packing the house. This is family entertainment with a vengeance, and it's heartening to see young ones in the audience so thrilled by live theater. But I think they marvel at the quantity, not the quality. The message of the green outsider being true to herself, no matter the consequences, deeply resonates with the young, although the writers fuzzy up her motivation and shoehorn her turn to the dark side into a public relations ploy by the Oz powers-that-be. The show is needlessly complicated yet so superficial.
Judy and her indelible friends on the yellow brick road cast a mighty spell. Looking over their shoulder, Wicked's writers attempt to bring the backstory to life, but trip over themselves and muddy up our nostalgia. They've created a monster, a huge cash cow, but one without much courage, heart, or brains.
The Broadway behemoth about Oz lumbers through August 11 at the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby. Purchase tickets online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Houston or call 800-982-2787. $44-$174.


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BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after a weak jobs report from the U.S. unnerved some investors, although losses were stanched by Wall Street's overall sterling performance for January.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index, meanwhile, was once again energized by the yen's continued descent against the dollar. It rose 0.4 percent to 11,177.33.
On Thursday in the U.S., the government reported that weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 38,000 to a seasonally adjusted 368,000. Investors had hoped to see better results since applications plummeted in the previous two weeks to five-year lows.
Still, investors buoyed by improving U.S. housing and jobs markets and decent corporate earnings have been scooping up stocks.
Although the Dow Jones industrial average finished lower on Thursday, the index logged its best January since 1994 by finishing 5.8 percent higher for the month. The Standard & Poor's 500 finished the month 5 percent higher, its best start to the year since 1997.
"There is a general feeling in the US that markets are due for a breather, and after such a red-hot month any excuse to take profits looks likely," said Evan Lucas of IG Markets in Melbourne.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.4 percent to 23,635.99. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.7 percent to 1,948.38. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.8 percent to 4,917.70. The ASX closed at 4,879 on Thursday, capping its best January since 1995, Lucas said.
Benchmark oil for March delivery was up 6 cents to $97.54 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 45 cents to close at $97.49 a barrel on the Nymex on Thursday.
In currencies, euro rose to $1.3614 from $1.3574 late Thursday in New York. The dollar rose to 91.77 yen from 91.38 yen.
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It looks like Windows Vista SP2 will be squeezed out not too long before Windows 7 itself hits. TechARP, who originally reported to expect it in April, says its release date has slipped to May.
The first SP2 beta actually dropped last month. Here's a complete list of everything that's in it, including native Blu-ray recording and better Wi-Fi configuration. Like the last Vista service pack, it's a bunch of fixes and minor tweaks, not a feature bomb.
Vista isn't particularly aching for a service pack, so the only material effect of the delay, really, is that it further highlights Vista's impending irrelevancy—the looming moment people are waiting for to cast it off, both literally and figuratively, if unfairly—because it pushes SP2's release date to within two months of the expected final release of Windows 7.
You know, the service pack people are really waiting for. [TechARP via Wired]


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Choose Your Own Hot Blog Topic – Must-Read Special Edition – Part 1 of 2
My wife and I had a few guests over last night. Over a bottle of wine, we got into a really interesting discussion of changing gender roles, money, evolutionary biology, and societal mores. I know. Very hot.
But that got me to thinking: if you were at my home, what would YOU have contributed to that conversation? Better yet – forget about MY conversation…
I'm not looking for fair and balanced. I want to know what your viewpoint is.
Below, in the comments section, I'd like you to simply choose a TOPIC about which you're passionate – in regards to dating, relationships and sex.
More specifically, I'd like you to take a SIDE on this topic:
- Why men should always pay for women on the first date.
- Why women shouldn't have sex until they are in a relationship.
- Why monogamy is the foundation upon which we build our society.
Remember, this is YOUR angle on YOUR topic. I'm not looking for fair and balanced. I want to know what your viewpoint is. Do not write a paragraph on it. Do not compose a dissertation. I literally just want you to write a one sentence angle on a topic that, if you had a bottle of wine, you could passionately discuss all night.
Next week, I'm going to have a contest based on all of your answers, in which I'd like you all to participate. Winner will get a gift from yours truly, to be determined.
So please, think about your take on a passionate relationship topic and write it in the comments section below.
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Josh Johnson pitches Marlins past Pirates
Marlins 6, Pirates 2
Josh Johnson allowed two runs over seven innings for his first victory in more than a year, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Johnson (1-3) had gone winless in 12 starts since his most recent victory on April 19, 2011. He missed the final 4½ months of last season because of right shoulder inflammation.
Hanley Ramirez had three hits and two RBIs for the Marlins. Omar Infante tied a career high with four hits, including a two-run single, and John Buck singled home the other two runs.
The Marlins concluded a 3-2 homestand and split the two-game series.
Kevin Correia (1-4) lasted only 3 2-3 innings, his shortest outing this year, and gave up a season-high six runs. He fell to 0-4 in his past five starts.
Johnson gave up a run in the first inning, but after the first two batters singled in the third, he retired 13 of the next 14 hitters before Michael McKenry homered. He gave up six hits and struck out six.
Johnson, the 2010 NL ERA leader, was the Marlins' opening day starter this season but endured several rough outings. With the victory, he reduced his ERA to 5.36 and improved his career record to 49-26.
Edward Mujica and Randy Choate completed the six-hitter and lowered Miami's team ERA this month to 2.86.
The Marlins knocked out Correia when they scored five runs in the fourth to take a 6-1 lead. Buck drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single, Infante also had a two-run single and Ramirez doubled home a run.
Miami, which came into the game last in the majors in batting with runners in scoring position, went 4 for 12 in those situations.
The Pirates scored in the first for the second straight night. Andrew McCutchen walked with two outs, advanced on a single by Pedro Alvarez and scored on Garrett Jones' single.
Ramirez tied the score with an RBI double in the bottom of the first.
Notes: Before the game, the Marlins recalled OF Bryan Petersen from Triple-A New Orleans. ... Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton robbed Jones when he made a running, leaping catch before slamming into the fence in the fourth inning. ... Correia has an ERA of 8.39 in six starts against the Marlins. ... Miami's Emilio Bonifacio stole a base and is 19 for 19 to lead the majors. ... Marlins 1B Gaby Sanchez, batting .198, was given the night off.


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Why Take the Top Shops Survey?
Here's why it's valuable to participate in our fourth-annual Top Shops benchmarking survey this month.
Do you really know how well your machine shop stacks up against industry leaders? How does it compare in terms of machining strategies applied? What about set-up time? Spindle utilization? Quote-to-book ratio? Human resource practices? Take our fourth-annual Top Shops benchmarking survey, which runs now through February 28, and you'll have a good idea.
Top Shops aims to identify optimal shopfloor practices, as well as operational and business metrics that define world-class discrete-parts manufacturing. Participation enables you to see where your shop excels and, more importantly, where you should focus your improvement efforts.
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You can access the survey at survey.mmsonline.com/topshops. The survey prompts for equipment, process, human resource and financial information, and also includes a few open-ended questions. We do not ask for specific financial figures, such as gross sales or net income. Instead, we ask you to supply financial measures as percentages, including net income per gross sales, annual sales growth rate and capital equipment expenditure per gross sales. Our thought is that this will encourage greater participation from shops that aren't inclined (or allowed) to provide financial data. Nonetheless, all survey responses will remain confidential.
After the survey closes, we'll generate a series of free data reports that will be sent only to those who participated in the survey. These reports will separate the survey data into categories including type of machining business (job shop, contract shop or captive operation), number of employees and number of parts produced. In addition, we'll create an Executive Summary that will compare responses between the Top Shops benchmarking group and the rest of the survey participants. This benchmarking group represents the top 20 percent of machining businesses, determined by totaling the points assigned to select business- and technology-related questions.
Top Shops includes an Honors Program highlighting a successful participating company in each of the survey's four sections, identified by responses to survey questions and follow-up interviews by me. Those shops will be profiled in an upcoming issue of Modern Machine Shop.
JD Machine (Ogden, Utah) and WSI Industries (Monticello, Minn.) were two of the four Honors Program winners in 2013. Matthew Wardle, president of JD Machine, says he and his management team use the Top Shops benchmarking data to help guide change at their shop. Some of the information they closely review includes profit margin, sales per employee, spindle utilization and the lean manufacturing practices leading shops apply. In fact, they use the benchmarking data as part of their strategic planning and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis as they set goals for each new year.
Benjamin Rashleger, WSI's president, says benchmarking helps ensure that the performance level of the NASDAQ-listed contract shop is on par with its competitors. He says it also enables the shop to stay on top of ever-evolving and ever-improving machining technology and processes. Benchmarking should be part of all shops' continuous improvement efforts, he asserts.
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The Nasdaq was in blood red mode Thursday. But the big drop in tech stocks didn't hurt the performance of a red hot IPO.
No, I'm not talking about Alibaba (BABA). A company called CyberArk Software (CYBR) went public Wednesday. Shares surged nearly 90%. And they rose nearly 10% on Thursday.
So why is this stock being spared from the brutal momentum sell-off? One word: Hacking.
CyberArk develops software designed to protect companies from malicious attacks by cybercriminals, so-called "hacktivists" and even government-sponsored groups engaging in industrial espionage.
Target (TGT). JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Home Depot (HD). All of them have been in the headlines due to security breaches. So it's no wonder that a company like CyberArk would be in demand.
Related: Why Home Depot is not the next Target
The company's main product helps companies keep "privileged accounts" -- think of things such as log-in info for a big company's IT managers and passwords to social media accounts -- safe. And this looks like a very lucrative business.
Sales rose 30% in 2012 and another 40% last year. And revenue through the first six months of 2014 is up 33% from the same period in 2013.
CyberArk has also been profitable the past few years. It did lose money in the first half of 2014 -- but that was solely due to expenses tied to revaluing warrants ahead of the IPO.
Another plus for the company? It's already a worldwide player in the cybersecurity market. Nearly half of the company's sales come from outside the U.S. (CyberArk is based in Israel and has its U.S. headquarters in Newton, Mass.)
Related: How safe are you? Read CNNMoney's cybersecurity Flipboard
But investors need to be careful before they decide to board the CyberArk. Shares trade at more than 130 times last year's earnings. That's extremely expensive.
The company also faces competition from both pure-play cybersecurity firms such as Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and FireEye (FEYE) as well as subsidiaries of tech giants IBM (IBM), Oracle (ORCL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ).
Shares of the smaller pure-play cybersecurity stocks have been ridiculously volatile this year. They got a pop recently after Jennifer Lawrence and several other celebrities had their nude photos published online following a hack of their iCloud accounts.
But investors have to do their homework with these companies. Not all of them are going to thrive. Just look at how poorly FireEye's stock has done this year. Palo Alto, on the other hand, has been a Wall Street darling.
So will CyberArk turn out to be more like Palo Alto than FireEye? That's hard to say just yet.
The only thing that's clear is that CyberArk seems to have replaced Alibaba as Wall Street's favorite IPO flavor of the month.
Reader Comment of the Week! Not a good week for Apple (AAPL).
The jury's still out on whether BendGate is a real problem or not. But the company's iOS 8.0.1 update was a disaster. I thought the company was discontinuing the iPod Classic? Maybe Apple needs to give away some free music again. Oh wait. That was a PR nightmare too.
One follower said he was in the uncomfortable position of downloading iOS 8.0.1 right around the time Apple 'fessed up and pulled it. His concern about what might happen next (as well as a follow-up tweet about the Beastie Boys) win him this week's Reader Comment honors.
Ha! Hope the update went well. Go Giants, by the way.
And my advice to all of you new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners regarding that whole unintentional curve issue? Take the device out of your back pocket if you plan to Shake Your Rump!
A fake tweet from the account of the Associated Press sent stocks tumbling more than 140 points within minutes, erasing all of the day's gains and then some, before bouncing back just as rapidly.
The erroneous tweet, which was posted around 1:07 p.m. ET, said "BREAKING: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." The tweet was up for a few minutes before AP's account was suspended, and MOREHibah Yousuf - Apr 23, 2013 3:30 PM ET
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We Texted 6 Girls From Tinder 'Twin Peaks' Quotes To See If They Killed Laura Palmer
In a world where everyone dates online, it can be hard to get noticed. In honor of the legendary show, The Black Sheep let the David Lynch surreal mystery show, Twin Peaks, run our dating life in a daring attempt to solve the murder of prom queen, Laura Palmer. The results? As backwards as the red room.
6. ) The Gum Girl:
She loves her gum! But notice how quickly she changes the subject? She's dodging the interview, and turning the questions back on the investigator. Very suspicious. It's just possible that she killed Laura Palmer'
5.) Stacy, or maybe Diane:
Interestingly, Diane seems to be lying about her identity. And she refuses to acknowledge to town of Twin Peaks, and the delicious cherry pie that can be found there. Diane/Stacy is definitely a person of interest in Laura's murder.
4.) The girl who thought I called my you-know-what a log:
For the record, it's completely inappropriate to refer to your penis as a log. You might refer to it as your yogurt slinger, meat scepter, or skin flute, but never "log." That'd just be gross. Based on her confusion, clearly, Liza did not kill Laura Palmer.
3.) The girl who was too polite:
We're from Twin Peaks, obviously. Jean's ignorance is so profound and foolish that it must be genuine: it is extremely unlikely that she killed Laura Palmer.
2.) The girl who asked too many questions:
Our secrets are our own. Why does she care so much about our deductive technique? Does she want to use to undermine the investigation? Tanya is officially a suspect the murder of Laura Palmer. We'll send some boys down from the station to keep an eye on her in case she tries to skip town.
1.) Fiesta walk with me:
Leela seemed immune to our slightly racist charm. After this exchange, she ceased responding. We took the hint: She did not kill Laura Palmer, and doesn't appreciate being called a chihuahua.
The wisdom of Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry Truman can really help with your love life, and with solving decades-old crimes through dating apps. They always have something to meaningful to say. It's just too bad we never found Laura's killer, or got laid.
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First name SHARNI's origin is Irish. SHARNI means "plain of many roses". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SHARNI below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of sharni.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with SHARNI and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming SHARNI
NAMES RHYMING WITH SHARN� (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (harni) - Names That Ends with harni:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (arni) - Names That Ends with arni:tarni tiarni
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rni) - Names That Ends with rni:
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ni) - Names That Ends with ni:armani marjani muthoni nini oni shani aini amani ha'ani cuini ailani aolani kailani kalani kani keilani lani lokelani miliani nani noelani okelani nalini bhikkhuni dakini devayani dharani indrani ishani kerani rudrani shakini varunani kuni yolihuani chumani keezheekoni shimasani tiponi husani mani maskini mathani ohini poni barrani rabbani hani bomani funsani hasani khalfani makalani sekani tsekani tumaini jani keoni makani tlazohtlaloni alani angeni ani anni aponi bethani bonni brioni britani brittani brittni bryani cianni daivini dani danni denni dyani eboni eleni estefani fanni imani jayani jayni jeni jenni jinni joni kathyayini kawailani kiani kioni kyloni leiloni loni lyani milani
NAMES RHYMING WITH SHARN� (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (sharn) - Names That Begins with sharn:sharnta
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (shar) - Names That Begins with shar:sharada sharaden sharama sharanya sharayah shareef shareefa shareek sharif sharifa sharifah sharlene sharmila sharon sharongila sharufa
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sha) - Names That Begins with sha:sha-mia sha-ul shaaban shaan shabab shabaka shace shad shada shadd shaddoc shaddock shadha shadi shadia shadiyah shadoe shadrach shadwell shae shaela shaeleigh shaelynn shafeeq shafiq shahana shaheen shahrazad shai shaibya shailey shain shaina shaine shaithis shakeh shaker shakir shakira shaku shalene shalom shalott shamay shamika shamra shamus shan shanahan shanaye shandley shandon shandy shane shania shanika shaniyah shanley shann shanna shannen shannon shanta shantae shapa shashi shasti shattuck shauden shaughn shaun shauna shaundre shaunta shauntia shavana shaw shawe shawn shawna shawnasea shawnessey shawnette
First Names which starts with 'sh' and ends with 'ni':shini
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'i':sachi sadiki saffi sakari sakeri salali sami sandi sani sarai sarohildi sati satordi satyavati savitari sceaplei sciiti scilti seiji sekai serafi serhi serpuhi severi sevti sewati shelbi sherri shideezhi shiri shiriki shri shulami sicheii sinai sirpuhi sisi siti sitsi sittichai siwili stanwi subhi sucki sudi suhani sukari suki sukori sukriti sumi sunki syrai
English Words Rhyming SHARNI
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHARN� (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (harni) - English Words That Ends with harni:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (arni) - English Words That Ends with arni:
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rni) - English Words That Ends with rni:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHARN� (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (sharn) - Words That Begins with sharn:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (shar) - Words That Begins with shar:
|noun (n.) A plant; chard.
|noun (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
|noun (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
|noun (n.) A gap in a fence.
|noun (n.) A boundary; a division.
|adjective (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle.
|adjective (a.) Having, or consisting of, shards.
|noun (n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
|noun (n.) The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
|verb (v.) A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
|verb (v.) Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
|verb (v.) Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
|verb (v.) The pubes; the sharebone.
|verb (v. t.) To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
|verb (v. t.) To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
|verb (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
|verb (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Share
|noun (n.) The part of the plow to which the share is attached.
|noun (n.) The public bone.
|noun (n.) A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.
|noun (n.) One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.
|noun (n.) One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.
|noun (n.) A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shark
|noun (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
|noun (n.) One who lives by sharking.
|noun (n.) An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
|noun (n.) A sharp tool or weapon.
|noun (n.) The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
|noun (n.) A sharp tone or note.
|noun (n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
|noun (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
|noun (n.) Same as Middlings, 1.
|noun (n.) An expert.
|superlative (superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
|superlative (superl.) Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
|superlative (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
|superlative (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
|superlative (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
|superlative (superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
|superlative (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
|superlative (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
|superlative (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
|superlative (superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
|superlative (superl.) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
|superlative (superl.) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
|superlative (superl.) Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
|superlative (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
|superlative (superl.) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
|adverb (adv.) To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
|adverb (adv.) Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
|verb (v. t.) To sharpen.
|verb (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
|verb (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
|verb (v. i.) To sing above the proper pitch.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharp
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpen
|adjective (a.) To make sharp.
|adjective (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
|adjective (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
|adjective (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
|adjective (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
|adjective (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
|adjective (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.
|adjective (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
|adjective (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
|verb (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.
|noun (n.) A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
|noun (n.) A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
|noun (n.) A stickleback.
|noun (n.) The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
|noun (n.) The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
|noun (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
|noun (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.
|noun (n.) The pintail duck.
|noun (n.) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sha) - Words That Begins with sha:
|noun (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab.
|verb (v. t.) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
|verb (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shab
|adjective (a.) Shabby.
|(imp. & p. p.) of Shab
|noun (n.) The quality or state of being sghabby.
|noun (n.) Alt. of Shabble
|noun (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
|noun (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
|noun (n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
|noun (n.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
|noun (n.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
|noun (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
|noun (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.
|noun (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
|verb (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
|verb (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
|verb (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
|verb (v. i.) A hut; a shanty; a cabin.
|noun (n.) A hound.
|noun (n.) Stubble.
|noun (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
|noun (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
|noun (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
|noun (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
|noun (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
|noun (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
|verb (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
|verb (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
|verb (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shackle
|noun (n.) A sort of shackle.
|adjective (a.) Shaky; rickety.
|noun (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.
|noun (n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
|noun (n.) The common European sandpiper.
|noun (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.
|noun (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
|noun (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
|noun (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
|noun (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
|noun (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
|noun (n.) Shadow.
|noun (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
|noun (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
|noun (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
|noun (n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
|noun (n.) To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
|verb (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
|verb (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
|verb (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
|verb (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
|verb (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
|verb (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade
|noun (n.) Act or process of making a shade.
|noun (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
|adjective (a.) Full of shade; shady.
|adjective (a.) Being without shade; not shaded.
|noun (n.) One who, or that which, shades.
|noun (n.) Quality or state of being shady.
|noun (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
|noun (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
|noun (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
|noun (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
|noun (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
|noun (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
|noun (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
|noun (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
|noun (n.) A small degree; a shade.
|noun (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
|noun (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
|noun (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
|noun (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
|noun (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
|noun (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
|noun (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
|noun (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shadow
|noun (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
|noun (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
|noun (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.
|adjective (a.) Shadowy; vague.
|adjective (a.) Having no shadow.
|adjective (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
|adjective (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
|adjective (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
|adjective (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical.
|adjective (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
|noun (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
|noun (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
|noun (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
|noun (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
|noun (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
|noun (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
|noun (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
|noun (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.
|noun (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
|noun (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
|noun (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
|noun (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole.
|noun (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
|noun (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
|noun (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.
|noun (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
|noun (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
|noun (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
|noun (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
|noun (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.
|adjective (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
|adjective (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
|noun (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
|noun (n.) Alt. of Shaftment
|noun (n.) A measure of about six inches.
|noun (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
|noun (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
|noun (n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
|noun (n.) Any species of cormorant.
|adjective (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
|verb (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
|noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shag
|noun (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
|noun (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
|noun (n.) A sackbut.
|adjective (a.) Shaggy; rough.
|(imp. & p. p.) of Shag
|noun (n.) The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
|noun (n.) Rough with long hair or wool.
|noun (n.) Rough; rugged; jaggy.
|noun (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
|noun (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
|adjective (a.) Alt. of Shagreened
|verb (v. t.) To chagrin.
|adjective (a.) Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
|adjective (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
|noun (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
|noun (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
|noun (n.) See Sheik.


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Item Description
Letter, Elias Clark to S. N. Wood
Author: Clark, Elias
Date: May 4, 1860
Perhaps in response to a question about an advertisement for agents, Elias Clark of St. Louis explained that a prospective agent could buy a machine for $35 retail and test it out before trying to represent the product to others. But he was confident in the "Raymond Double Threaded Family Sewing Machine" and it had been getting good reports from agents in Illinois. Clark's letter to Wood was written on the back of printed "rules for agents" and additional information about the sewing machine business.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Collection, #548
Item Number: 100389 Number of images: 3
Keywords: Clark, Elias; Commercial agents; Sewing machines; St. Louis, Missouri; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
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