text:
21 March 2008
Some people need to buy a clue or two. I get a couple of link requests most days. I don't even open them but I took a look at today's example:
I have visited your site and I think that the content could be of interest to our web site visitors.
If you feel that you would be interested in exchanging links please go to [url], here you will be able to enter your websites details into the appropiate category.
Please ensure that the reciprocal URL that is entered is working properly, otherwise the program will decline the exchange.
Our details are as follows:
Site URL: [url]
Site Title: [snip]
Site Description: [snip]
.. or use this HTML:
If you have any other cross-promotion ideas, please let me know.
Please note that the link on our website can take upto 72 hours to be visable, due to the updating of the system.
Best regards,
Dear clueless Indian link monkey,
If you took the trouble to tell me which of my 65 websites you are referring to, you might have a chance of filling your day's quota of links. How do I know you are from India? Apart from the IP address originating in India, you used the unique Indian English word "upto". The rest of the world knows it as two words "up to". Look it up in a dictionary.
The second free clue is that I have no websites concerning your client's topic. Your boss seems to conduct "linking campaigns" for clients based on quantity, not quality. However, my giving your client a link from an off-topic page will do nothing for either of us and will lessen the relevance of my page for its topic. Your boss probably knows this, but business is business, right?
The third free clue is that not all websites have a free-form "links" page where they can conveniently drop your HTML. Many of my sites use Joomla and its built-in links component gives indirect links that don't help SEO.
The fourth free clue is that the link anchor text needs to be varied, so giving others the HTML and anchor text will give your client a few identically worded links. This won't help the client.
The last free clue is that your spellings suck. Many people won't notice it, but the ones who do will be less inclined to play.


text:
Top Tennis Event Returns To Daniel Island This Saturday!
We are just days away from one of the most anticipated events each year on Daniel Island – it's time for the Volvo Car Open, formerly know as the Family Circle Cup. The tents are up, the courts are in prime condition and some of the world's top tennis stars are making their way to Daniel Island for a week of competition. Tournament ticket holders are eagerly awaiting a week of fun events and exciting tennis!
The tournament may have a new name, but it has a long history on Daniel Island, moving to the Family Circle Tennis Center from Hilton Head in 2000. In fact, it's the largest and longest-running tournament in women's tennis, and hundreds of the top players from around the world have competed on Daniel Island over the years.
The line-up for this year's Volvo Car Open will certainly not disappoint. Sloane Stephens and Eugenie Bouchard join previous Family Circle Cup winners Jelena Jankovic, Sabine Lisicki, Samantha Stosur, Venus Williams and last year's champion, Angelique Kerber.
Beyond the daily competition, the Volvo Car Open has a great array of events scheduled throughout the week, including daily happy hours, a fun 'Family Weekend' and an exciting night of championship tennis featuring legendary icons and world-renowned champions Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, James Blake and Mardy Fish.
Tickets are available and on sale now. For a full schedule of events and competition, visit www.volvocaropen.com. We hope to see you on-island at the Open soon!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Criminal Justice Technology degree at COTC prepares students for a rewarding career in criminal justice technology.
The Institute of Public Safety at COTC offers an AAS degree in EMS Technology that is composed of the EMT and Paramedic certificates as well as selected general education classes.
Secure a strong technical foundation in the strategies and tactics of firefighting, fire safety and prevention, and emergency incident management.
Technical Rescue is a highly specialized "high risk/low frequency" area of Fire Department operations that requires a disproportionate amount of training and education when compared to "low risk / high frequency" operations in Fire and Emergency Services (FES).
Forensic Science is not a career path for those that are faint of heart but the reward is the satisfaction received from helping people.
Central Ohio Technical College's Institute for Public Services and Safety offers Peace Officer Basic Training designed to prepare students to meet the requirements of the Ohio Peace Officers Training Commission.
The Law Enforcement Technology program at Central Ohio Technical College's Institute for Public Safety offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement Technology.
COTC offers a wide range of high-quality degree and certificate programs for those planning to start a career, pursue a brand-new career, prepare to continue their education at a four-year school, or even just follow a course of study for personal fulfillment.


text:
Start the conversation
Or to contact Money Morning Customer Service, click here.
As I've been warning for some time, the silver spot price was due to correct. And that's playing out this week.
Recent silver spot price action has dragged the precious metal below its narrow consolidation range and below its 50-day moving average. That certainly helps confirm correction mode.
But I've also been telling readers to watch for the gold/silver ratio to bounce back after dropping significantly in silver's favor. That's happening now, too, and we'll look at that in more detail below.
Now that U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and other Fed officials have made their speeches at Jackson Hole, Wyo., we can see what that has done to the dollar and precious metals.
Her remarks that the U.S. economy is nearing the Fed's employment and inflation goals sent the dollar higher and precious metals lower.
It seems the market saw Yellen's remarks as hawkish, which explains both the stronger U.S. Dollar Index and lower silver prices.
We're going to look at what the silver spot price correction and the gold/silver ratio move could mean for silver going forward. But first let's analyze what happened with silver prices last week…
Why the Silver Spot Price Is Correcting Now
Like gold, the silver spot price peaked in early August around $20.70. But the precious metal eventually succumbed to weakening sentiment and overbought conditions. And that trend intensified this past week.
On Monday, silver opened at $18.88, and after a quiet day of trading closed just one cent higher at $18.89.
Urgent: Despite the recent gold price slump, gold stocks are still among the best investments out there. That's why we just recommended one gold stock that could gain 49% in 12 months…
Tuesday saw silver open at $19.00 on early morning dollar weakness. But the dollar rebounded and that weighed on silver, which closed at $18.85.
Wednesday, more strength in the dollar continued to drive the silver spot price lower. Silver began trading at $18.84 but quickly dropped to $18.55 by 11 a.m. It closed even lower at $18.50.
By Thursday, these new lower levels had become entrenched. Silver opened at $18.50 and closed at that exact same price.
But after Yellen's speech on Friday is when the fireworks started. Here's how silver prices reacted:
You can see an immediate drop as Yellen's comments were made, then a strong bounce, followed by a retreat to below pre-speech levels.
Much of that can be explained by the opposing reaction in the U.S. Dollar Index. Here's how it looked:
By late morning, the DXY was higher than before Yellen's speech. That means the market interpreted it as hawkish, anticipating an eventual rate hike.
While the silver spot price continued to drop from the highs it set earlier in the year, I still see silver prices climbing higher by the end of 2016. Here's what to expect from the silver spot price over the last four months of the year…
Where the Silver Spot Price Is Headed from Here
Now let's look at some of the indicators I mentioned earlier and the impact they'll have on silver prices in 2016…
As you can see from the box drawn over the silver chart for July and August, silver has recently dropped below the bottom of its range. It has also crossed its 50-day moving average to the downside. Both of these are near-term bearish signs for the silver spot price.
Over a month ago, I told you that I thought the gold/silver ratio had corrected too much too fast. Here's what I said:
In April, the ratio dropped dramatically from 81 to 72, and did so again between late June and early July, going from 74 to 64. The entire gap, from 84 to 64, may also prove to be too much too soon. It would not surprise me to see this ratio move back around 71 before it resumes its downward trend.
Well, here's what that updated ratio looks like now:
We've clearly seen it rise from about 64 to 71, which was my target. Now, only time will tell if that's where it peaks.
In any case, I think that silver and silver stocks have a bit more downside left in them. Perhaps we'll see silver trade down to the $18 level near term.
But once this correction runs its course, I think we could well see the silver spot price rise to test $22 in 2016.
Up Next: This Country Is the Biggest Reason to Buy Gold Right Now
Follow Money Morning on Twitter.
About the Author
Peter Krauth is the Resource Specialist for Money Map Press and has contributed some of the most popular and highly regarded investing articles on Money Morning. Peter is headquartered in resource-rich Canada, but he travels around the world to dig up the very best profit opportunity, whether it's in gold, silver, oil, coal, or even potash.


text:
People think of Katrina & The Waves, and in their minds, no doubt, they see a future star in Katrina Leskanich, and a young, exciting band whose best work is yet to be heard. The band has already proven itself worthy of critical praise and attention—"Walking On Sunshine" is destined to become a classic—and the album from which it came, Katrina And The Waves, deserves almost as much acclaim. You can listen to the record, and you can like it very much, but you can't help feeling that the band's potential is greater than its present accomplishments. And that is precisely what Katrina and the boys in the band hope will happen. "No point in peaking too quick in this business," laughs Katrina backstage at a concert when approached with this very idea.
Katrina is 25 years old. Drummer Alex Cooper, however, is 34. That's a big enough difference in rock 'n' roll to assume that Cooper has some very different ideas about rock from what Katrina feels. And he does. He's got some ten years' worth of serious playing under his belt and remembers the '60s quite vividly. It's that blend of youth and experience that is one of Katrina & The Waves' keys to success.
"I think it's a perfect mixture," says Cooper. "I'm a bit older than she is, but I'm certainly not over the hill. I grew up in a different period than she did. That's particularly valuable, because I, as well as Kimberley Rew [guitar], bring into the group different rock 'n' roll influences and experiences, which, when coupled with hers, makes for a fairly interesting musical situation."
Alex Cooper, as it turns out, is one interesting drummer to speak with, not because his track record is a mile long. It isn't. But because he's wonderfully articulate, quite certain of his likes and dislikes when it comes to music and drums in particular, isn't afraid to admit and discuss his weaknesses and wishes, and doesn't hesitate to voice an opinion when one is requested of him. Spending an afternoon and evening with Cooper proved quite rewarding. He is a vivacious, energetic, eager drummer; he likes to think drums, talk drums, and play drums. On stage, his personality traits are accurately reflected in his drumming.
"I think that's the way it ought to be. Don't you think so? If nothing else, it proves that I'm being true to my artistic and creative self," he says.
Despite the fact Cooper has yet to become a "name" drummer or one instantly recognizable by a particular sound or style, what he had to say in our chat sounds like it came from someone far more used to this interviewing business than he actually is. In short, Alex Cooper is a drummer to keep an eye and ear out for. He's only begun to make his mark, and if my hunch is correct, by the time he's finished, it will be a big mark indeed.
RS: Why don't we begin by talking about how you came to meet Katrina?
AC: The story really starts when Kimberley Rew and I were at Cambridge University together. In the beginning, we each played in a different band. But in 1975, he and I hooked up in a band that we called The Waves. That lasted a few years before he went off and joined the Soft Boys. After that, I did some free-lance studio work in the Cambridge area. Then in 1979, I made the decision to get a permanent band together again. I heard that there was a great girl singer at one of the U.S. Air Force bases near Cambridge. It turned out to be Katrina. She brought her friend, Vinny De La Cruz, along when we met. He played guitar in those days. The three of us hit it off. We found a bass player and played around for about 18 months, mostly doing cover material for G.I.'s. Suddenly, in 1981, Kimberley phoned me up out of the blue and said, "What are you doing?" So I informed him that he was going to come back and play with me again, which he did. We parted ways with the old bass player, and Vinny switched over to bass. Kimberley, of course, played guitar. And that's pretty much how we got together.
RS: What were you studying at Cambridge? Was it music?
AC: I studied history with the intention of doing absolutely nothing with it. It was just a way that one finished one's education. I wanted to be a professional cricket player for most of my life. But a back injury and a realization that my ability to play the game was limited convinced me that I really had no future in the game. I actually took my drums to Cambridge to sell them. I hadn't played drums for quite a long time at that point. I got my first kit when I was 16. I always liked music, but I never took it very seriously. There were always instruments around the house.
RS: Why did you settle on the drums?
AC: I really don't know. My parents tell me that, when I was still in a pram [carriage] , I used to insist on banging a wooden spoon on a metal tray vaguely in time with the marching band outside my window. My father, you see, was in the Royal Navy. So I guess I had an urge to hit things from an early age.
RS: Is it fair to say that music was always secondary to cricket and sports as a youth, despite your interest in wooden spoons and metal trays?
AC: When I was 16, I had a strange experience. I went to the National Institute of Industrial Psychology, where I was examined in many different ways. In the end, they asked me what I wanted to be, even though they were going to tell me what I was going to be. I remember writing down professional cricketer or drummer. The gentleman there thought that was totally impracticable, so he advised me to go into advertising. But I think music was always something I considered. It has always been somewhat of a passion. I mean, I can remember Bill Haley vividly; my sister is 11 years older than me, and she was very much into Bill Haley. I can remember singing "See You Later, Alligator" and "Rock Around The Clock" to people when I was four years old. So I was aware of music, particularly rock 'n' roll, even back then.
RS: You obviously did much of your growing up in the '60s since, I believe, you're 34 years old. Do you recall any early drumming influences from that decade?
AC: My first favorite group was The Shadows. I wasn't conscious of their drummer until a few years later. It was then that I heard a long drum solo by Brian Bennett, who was The Shadows' second drummer, and I thought, "My God, that's incredible!" And then, from reading one or two interviews with Bennett, I learned about Buddy Rich. So, to try to answer your question, I wasn't initially conscious of wanting to be a drummer just before I got my first drumkit.
RS: Did you get your drumset as a gift?
AC: No, actually I had saved up some money by doing various little jobs on my father's farm. I saved around 35 pounds, and then my father and I went to the music shop. I can kill myself now every time I think of it. There was an old Radio King Slingerland kit for 20 pounds sitting in that shop. But I thought the bass drum, which was 26″, was a bit big. I didn't go for that. So I bought an Ajax kit, which was fine. But when I think back! I could have had a whole white Radio King kit. I wonder who got it.
RS: Let's jump to the present for a bit. What is your role in Katrina & The Waves, apart from that of drummer? What I'm interested in is how much musical say you have in terms of what goes onto the records you make.
AC: I'm the one who, as of yet, has not written a song that the band performs. I'm really the producer as much as anything else. We produce our own stuff; at least we have up to now. We've always worked with the same engineer—Pat Collier—who is sort of co-producer as well. If anything, I suppose I'm the guy who is the rudest about someone else's song. I'm the one usually to say if it's not working out, or I'm the one who is the most dogmatic about whether a song is good or not. I think that's really my greatest contribution to the band, apart, of course, from playing the drums.
RS: Has your outlook on the band changed any since your success here in the States?
AC: No, it hasn't changed at all. I've always had a very clear image in my mind of the band: the way we sound and the way things should develop. I've always also had a very clear understanding of the band's capabilities and qualities. When we first started, I was the only one in the band who had a house. So I was the one who put that at risk with a second mortgage to keep the band afloat. The Waves is a group that I've believed in from the beginning. It doesn't surprise me that we've experienced success. But what does surprise me—even astonishes me—is that we're having it so quickly. At the same time, I'm intensely realistic: We are right at the bottom of the ladder. I mean, we have but one foot on the bottom rung. We've got an awful long way to go to be established in any way. I sometimes think, "Well, if it's happening with the first album, what's it going to be like in three or four albums' time?" If there's one thing we have a huge abundance of, it's original material.
RS: There's a blend of English and American in The Waves. Does that have any influence on the type of music you record?
AC: I suppose it must have. Kimberley and I, both being about the same age and both being brought up on original American rock 'n' roll, relate very much to that form of music, whereas Vince and Katrina are a bit younger than us by about eight years or so. What they were able to bring to us was music from a period that Kimberley and I were almost totally unaware of.
RS: And which was that?
AC: Well, it was music by The Eagles, Heart, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and ZZ Top. These bands and artists didn't cross over very strongly in England in the mid-'70s. A lot of the music by these groups is what we played on the air force bases when we first started out. What Kimberley and I brought to the soldiers who came to hear us play was an American rock 'n' roll that many of them were not aware of, because they were much younger than us, too. But they really got into it.
RS: Was your drumming style influenced by, say, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and that whole L.A. rock scene?
AC: I think it was for a time, but I very rapidly resorted back to what my drumming style had always been.
RS: And how would you describe that style?
AC: I consider myself out of the Keith Moon-Ringo Starr, thrash-it-hard-and-keep-it-simple school of drumming. Now Keith Moon, of course, wasn't that simple, but he certainly played hard. Funny enough, a friend was asking the other day how the band arrived at the style of playing that's found on our debut album. Well, it's the only way we can sound, given our backgrounds.
RS: How long did the group play air force bases in England?
AC: We did two and a half years of touring both American and English bases. We played with tiny amplifiers, no mic's for the drums—nothing. Actually, there was no mic' amplification for anything except the vocals, which, interestingly enough, is exactly the way the bands in the '50s and '60s played. So we all devised a way of playing to audiences of up to one thousand people—without amplification in terms of anything more than our amps. My style of drumming ended up being almost a carbon copy of what was going on in the '60s. I realized that afterwards, though. In the recording studio, I realized one day that I was filling up the whole bottom end with lots of bass drum. I'd play straight fours and eights on the bass drum. On a lot of the early pop records, that's how the bass drum was played. There was also like a wash of cymbals, too.
RS: When you went into the studio for the very first time, how did you adjust your bass drum style to fit the band's needs, now that there was amplification for your drumset?
AC: It was a matter of becoming very disciplined. It was very difficult. There's an album that we recorded with our own money that ended up only being released in Canada. Well, that album has me playing bass drum in the '60s manner. I couldn't control it. It really took me a long time to get it under control.
RS: Do you enjoy studio work more than playing live?
AC: I don't really enjoy studio work; I'm one of those musicians who, when put in an artificial, controlled environment, which is what you find in a recording studio, has problems relaxing and really doing it. Now, if I could relax, I think the results could be much better. I do really prefer playing drums live. When we, as a band, have problems in the studio—and I think every band does at some point—it's because we're trying to get what we do and the way we sound live on the tape. That's always a challenge, and it's a problem that a lot of the old bands used to have. I think it's this problem that led to the development of session players. Live pop bands in the '60s couldn't play well in the studio, because they could only play live.
RS: Are there any particular songs that the group does in which you feel your drumming is quite representative of your style?
AC: I like my drumming on "Machine Gun Smith." Actually, there's a track I like even more that isn't even on the first album. It's on the record that was only released in Canada called, by the way, Walking On Sunshine. The song from it is called "Spiderman." I'm personally rather proud of the drum pattern that I devised for that tune. I haven't heard anyone else play that pattern, so it's sort of special to me.
RS: Could you describe what you do on the song?
AC: Well, instead of playing standard 8ths on the hi-hat and offbeats on the snare drum, I played 8ths on the snare and tom-tom the whole time and just rode the whole thing through on that. I don't think that's a very common technique. I'm also quite happy with the drum pattern heard on "Going Down To Liverpool." It's very sparse, and I like that sort of thing.
RS: Being, as you say, a drummer who's not easily relaxed in the recording studio, do you find it difficult to listen back to what you record?
AC: Oh, absolutely. To be quite honest, I'm actually very embarrassed about listening to myself back in the control room. I'm very critical of myself, and I have a difficult time accepting myself as a professional drummer.
RS: Why is that?
AC: Well, in my time of learning how to play the instrument, there were fabulous, incredible players around who were such natural players. And there's no way I can ever consider approaching them.
RS: But don't you think there are technically competent drummers as well as drummers who simply drum?
AC: Absolutely. And that's what I learned over the years. Some of my favorite drum sounds on record are the most primitive. The drum sound, for instance, in "Let There Be Drums" by Sandy Nelson is fabulous. And why, oh why can't we get that drum sound today? It's a fabulous drum sound, and it's great playing. I love Ringo Starr's playing. I think he's such an original player. I don't have any idea of how he thought of the drum patterns for some of The Beatles' songs. On some of them, he just really sounds great. And yet, Ringo has had a bad rap, hasn't he?
RS: For years, when people wanted to say something negative about Ringo, they'd inevitably point towards his drum playing. But I think the revisionist theory is one like yours, and I certainly ascribe to it, namely, that he was an excellent drummer and deserves much more respect than he's gotten in the past.
AC: Everyone loved The Beatles' songs, and it's a fact that you can't enjoy a song—truly enjoy a song—if the drumming on it is bad. It's the same with Charlie Watts. I mean, he's an incredibly versatile player. He's had to deal with all sorts of styles with The Stones, and it's always been there. Keith Moon's playing on the album Live At Leeds is just unbelievable. I know I tried numerous times to figure out what it is he's playing on that record, but I don't have any idea. I just know that it sounds great. And then I'm quite capable of being blown away at a Buddy Rich concert.
RS: You've been trying out a drumset made by Tryan, a West German company. What are your feelings about them?
AC: Well, it's a small factory outside Munich, where the drums are made. And they're small enough to come up to me and say, "Come and have a look at our drums and how they're made. If you like them, we'll make up a kit for you to take on the road and see how you get on with them." So I did just that. I went to the factory and had a look. They make their drums not out of plywood, but out of solid wood—strips of wood from top to bottom that are batted together in the round. They then glue them and lathe the drum. They use different sorts of woods—largely maple, but they also use cherry. They tried oak but weren't happy with the results. Mine is a maple kit. I've always used small drums; the biggest kit I ever had was a Ludwig Super Classic, which I've still got. That has a 22″ bass drum, and 12″, 13″, 14″, and 16″ tom-toms. This kit from Tryan has 10″ and 13″ toms. I love 13×9 toms! I don't know why, but it's the one tom-tom I really love. I also have a 14″ floor tom and a 20″ bass drum. Tryan gave me a 14″ wood snare drum that has a classic, modern-day, LinnDrum-type, sound. I also use an old brass-shell Ludwig, too. I love that snare drum. It's bent and bashed, but it sounds great.
Cymbals are a bit of a mixture. I use Zildjian, Paiste, and Profile cymbals. Essentially, I try to keep my kit small, because I never understood why you needed big drums and all sorts of cymbals around you. Small drums sound big and meaty in the recording studio, and I've always used them live. No one has ever complained that the drums weren't loud enough. Finally, it's an awful lot easier and cheaper to carry around a small kit. At least, that's always been my thinking.
RS: Do you ever incorporate any electronic drums into your playing?
AC: I've tried using a box that fired off a chip which had a bass drum sound on it. I had it taped on my bass drum head to reinforce the bass drum sound I got. I found that it gave a great sound, but it wasn't dynamic enough. So I wound up with a very monotonous bass drum sound that drove Vince, the bass player, and me absolutely up a wall. We eventually chucked it. In the studio, though, I've tried Simmons and triggering LinnDrums with Simmons. I certainly have no objections to that at all. But I was brought up with acoustic drums, and I find myself always going back to them. For live playing, if I found a device that would successfully trigger off chips dynamically, then I'd be very happy to use them. It does expand the range, and it does introduce an extra-high level of consistency and power to the sound of the band. When it was the right song and that chip was being fired off reasonably satisfactorily, it made for a really great bass drum sound.
RS: A drum sound is so important to a group's ability to communicate its music from the stage to the audience. Often we get wrapped up in the intricacies of the way one plays the drums, rather than the end product—the sound.
AC: That is very, very true. The meat, body, and woodiness are really what it's all about. I have an image in my mind of the way a drum should sound, which is sort of a round, woody, punchy sound. In my experiences, I've found you can get that from any drum with the right head. I honestly think, however, that the most important ingredient in a great drum sound—one that does what you said—is the drummer. Billy Cobham, Buddy Rich, or any of the other great drummers in the world can play the cheapest kit around, and they'll still sound great. It's the way they hit them. On the other hand, if you put me on Buddy Rich's kit, it wouldn't sound the same; it would sound completely different, if not incompetent, [laughs] Tuning is another thing that always pops up when talking about the intricacies of drumming, doesn't it?
RS: It usually does, yes.
AC: Well, you really learn how to tune drums one way—by tuning them yourself. You're told so many different things about tuning. You read so many different things about it. Eventually, it has to come down to your own personal preference. I like my heads to be pretty tight. I hate heads with dimples. I can't play with a head like that. It's one of the reasons why I don't get on with deep snare drums. My first snare was 2 1⁄2″ deep. Drums such as these are easier to play; there's more response from the bottom head. Whether you put the top head tighter than the bottom, or the bottom tighter than the top, or keep them both the same, it's almost totally a personal thing. For me, I have the heads fairly tight, and I try to, more or less, tune them with the same tension, especially for the toms. On the snare, the bottom head would be slightly tighter than the top. It's whatever achieves that sort of sound, which, to you, sounds like it's right and satisfying. What I can't do is play a kit that the engineer is satisfied with and I'm not. It's much more important that I'm hearing something right.
RS: You said before that Pat Collier is an engineer you've worked with quite a bit and has even assumed a co-producer's role. How much do you work with him in determining an acceptable drum sound?
AC: I listen to Pat, because we can usually arrive at a fairly satisfactory drum sound quite quickly. In the past, however, I've had many a battle with engineers because I don't like cooperating the way some engineers want you to. I try to have as much say in drum-related decisions in the studio as I possibly can. In other words, I want to play the drums in the studio the way I play them on stage; I want to get away with as much as I can concerning this. Now, of course, you have to make compromises, and I do. You have to dampen the bass drum more. You have to take the front head off the bass drum. And I love having the front head on the bass drum because it sends the sound back to me, and that way I don't have to have so much coming through the monitors. I don't like hearing my drums through the monitors. But, yes, you have to make compromises and worry about things like the snare rattling. The bottom line is that, in the studio environment, drummers aren't in as free a situation as they would be up on a stage somewhere playing live.
RS: Do your feelings about studio work, then, prevent any notions of doing session work somewhere down the road from coming into your head?
AC: I honestly don't know. If a friend of mine or an artist whom I was personally interested in came up to me and asked me to work on a project, why sure, I'd do it. But generally, I have no interest at all in being a studio drummer or doing regular session work. I certainly would not find that rewarding or satisfying. I simply don't like being involved in something I don't have a lot of say in. I find that, when I'm in a position where I have at least an equal say with the next person as to what's going down, I work much better, and I'm much happier. I couldn't even fathom being a session player, to tell you the truth. But having said that, it's great fun playing with anyone at any time.
RS: I heard, and please correct me if it isn't true, that the drums you used on the first LP, Katrina And The Waves, are homemade.
AC: That's right; they are. The whole kit was made by me. See, I have this Super Classic kit and I love it, but I've been playing it for 12 years now. So I thought, "I ought to find out about drum sizes and things." I found a shop in London where I believe they make their own drums, because they had stacks of drum parts, shells, and different woods all over the place. So I bought all these parts one day and started to put them together. I made single-headed and double-headed tom-toms. I made a whole range of drums and ended up with a kit that I found to sound quite acceptable.
RS: What kind of wood did you use?
AC: I was hoping you wouldn't ask me that question, because I don't know! [laughs]
RS: Why didn't you take this homemade kit on the road with you?
AC: Because being homemade, it really wasn't road worthy. I mean, it sounded fine, but I really had problems taking it to the States for four months. Deep down inside, I knew the kit wouldn't really stand up to the wear and tear and last the tour.
RS: What was your motivation behind making your own drums? It's not every day that a drummer who is tired of his old drumset decides to build a new one. Most drummers will simply go out and buy a new kit.
AC: I've always enjoyed doing things with my hands. I always believed, despite all we've talked about already, that a drum is a drum is a drum. I used to fantasize about a Super Classic kit when I had my original Ajax kit. But one grows tired of drums, just like one grows tired of other things. I've played other people's drums, and I thought, as I said before, a drum is a drum. And perhaps to prove that to myself, I decided to go ahead and make my own. It's a fascinating experience. It was also a way to learn about drums, plus a way to save some money in the process. It's cheaper to build your own drums than to buy them from a music store or a drum company.
RS: So, tell me what you've learned.
AC: Well, I worked for some time with single-headed tom-toms to see what that was like and ended up not liking them too much. The response with one head wasn't as good as the response with two heads.
RS: What do you plan to do with this kit? Will you keep it solely for studio work?
AC: Presently, it's sitting at home where I've got piles of homemade drums all over the place. I must possess at least 20 drums, 15 of which are homemade. I have about four homemade snare drums. One snare drum, which is made out of really thick wood, looks great with a fabulous finish, but it sounds awful! I don't know why. And then I have this really messy-looking snare drum that I ruined the finish on, and it sounds great. That's the one I used on the album. But I must say that I'm in love with the old Ludwig set, so I'll probably continue to use that one.
RS: You played a number of outdoor gigs last summer. Did that present any particular problems for you?
AC: No, on the contrary, I loved them. The sound wasn't interfered with by anything. At some of the indoor arenas we played, the sound during soundcheck would be booming all around. And then during the show, when the place was filled up with people, it was like playing in your front living room. It's really strange. You bang the hell out of your bass drum, and nothing happens. Out of doors, the sound is consistent, and that's what I like. I think an outdoor environment is actually my favorite environment in which to play.
RS: Don't you notice perhaps the loss of a little bit of depth, though?
AC: Yes, I do, but it doesn't really bother me that much. It's only very recently that I've been on stage with a decent PA and a decent monitor system. All my life, I've played in various club situations with no miking, as I've already said. It's like singing. I sing a fair amount of harmonies in The Waves. I can only sing harmonies, believe it or not, if I can't quite hear myself in the monitor. If I hear myself, I can't sing. I don't know why. I assume it's because I learned to sing with the sound coming out of the speakers up front, and that was it.
RS: Is there anything that you wish to incorporate into your style or playing that we might hear from you in the near future? Do you hear things played by other drummers that you would like to hear in your own drumming?
AC: I would really like to be consistent in getting the feel of the songs we do just right. The greatest problem I have is every night playing the song at the right tempo. According to my mood, I'll suddenly find that I've launched into a song with a tempo ten times quicker than it should be. Well, that's an exaggeration, but you know what I mean.
RS: What do you do to compensate for that, if anything?
AC: I grit my teeth and play the song to its end. I refuse to slow down, because there's nothing worse than slowing down in the middle of the song. If you start fast, what can I say? You end fast. That's the way it is. Whenever I sing, however, there's a tendency for me to slow down. But I'd really like to become consistent in capturing the proper feel of any song each and every time the band plays it. That's something to strive for and work at, isn't it? In the studio, I've noticed that, if it doesn't happen in the first two takes or maybe the third take, then forget it. Go on to another song. It gets too mechanical if you do it over and over again. The whole thing suddenly turns from a musical exercise to a technical exercise. I don't like being put in that situation.
Come to think of it, there's another aspect of my drumming I hope to improve on, and that's my ability to think of a different drum pattern for a song when it's necessary to do that. That's what I think was so great about Ringo. I could have never thought up the drum pattern for "Ticket To Ride." If I could get to the point where I could come up with something similar and do it on a fairly consistent basis, that would give me immense satisfaction.


text:
The one Group G player Liverpool should sign after the World Cup
Group G saw Germany predictably run away with the group, claiming top spot with two wins and a draw, but the United States coming in second place ahead of Ghana and Portugal was something of a surprise.
Ghana were embroiled in a row over bonus money which saw Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari sent home, whilst Portugal struggled throughout as Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't carry them through.
There were some great performances in Group G, most notably from Germany forward Thomas Muller, who hit four goals in the group stage, as well as the previously ineffectual Premier League midfielder Jermaine Jones and former Fulham hero Clint Dempsey as the drove USA in to the last 16 – but Liverpool should be looking to sign a Ghanaian attacker.
The Reds have recently endured a number of transfer nightmares, missing out on the signings of Willian, Mohamed Salah and Yevhen Konoplyanka as manager Brendan Rodgers looked to add a winger to his ranks.
Today, he finalised the signing of Adam Lallana, which goes some way to helping, but he still should look to add a natural wide man.
One player how has recently been linked with a move to Merseyside after a superb World Cup is Marseille's Andre Ayew .
The 24-year-old has been a regular goalscorer in Ligue 1 over the past four seasons, and he continued that rich goalscoring vein into the World Cup, scoring against both USA and Germany in Brazil.
He seems destined for a move away from Marseille this summer, with the French side needing to raise funds for new manager Marcelo Bielsa.
A £10m fee has been mooted, and after his superb displays at the World Cup, that could prove to be a bargain that Rodgers just can't pass up – even with the addition Lallana.
With pace, power, goalscoring ability and even an aerial threat, Ayew should definitely be on Liverpool's shopping list.


text:
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc also required the affected localities must absolutely ensure people's life and property of construction works adding that the People's Committee of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and relevant provinces to visit and help the victim families to overcome their difficulties after typhoon Damrey.
Yesterday morning, the tropical storm landed in the central provinces from Quang Nam to Binh Thuan with its powerful wind of level 11- 12, causing massive damages on people and property.
By the afternoon, 69 reported fishermen working offshore were rescued and taken to safe place.


text:
It's probably the most famous place to skate in Melbourne, where rounds and tricks by worldwide skaters have been filmed. Although there are skate stoppers on most of the obstacles, the skating doesn't stop and it continues to be one of the mosted visited spots in the city. In fact, it was thought that putting sand under the ledges would stop the skaters but the spot won as in the end, this created many gaps, which in turn made it more fun. The spot is characterised by the ledges and gaps that fill the plaza as well as its closeness to many other spots in the area. Thousands of skaters have left their mark at this spot, especially Lewis Marnell, a Melbourne local who showed his skills there with his Firing Line for Thrasher Magazine and his execution of a gnarly switch frontside flip on the sand gap. Respect.
Ledges, Manual pads
- 712 km from Melbourne Museum Sydney - New South Wales, Australia
- 7449 km from Melbourne Museum Shenzhen - Guangdong Province , China
- 8065 km from Melbourne Museum Shanghái, China
- 10352 km from Melbourne Museum Kimberley - Northern Cape Province , South Africa


text:
Arsenal's Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi admits he has already learned from the likes of Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry.
Japanese starlet has already learned new tricksArsenal's Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi admits he has already learned from the likes of Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry. The Asian forward is currently on loan at Bolton and he started his first match at the weekend in their 2-0 win at Millwall in the FA Cup. Miyaichi stole the show with a superb effort to open the scoring, and it was easy to see the comparisons with the Arsenal greats. "I like the attacking style which penetrates [from the] left flank to get into the box, like Henry," said Miyaichi. "When I was at Arsenal, I saw many times Henry score the same way during training. [Robin] Van Persie also did it, from the right flank. "They showed a very good example for me. That's why I could score like that. "The ball came to me at the perfect time, I had space in front of me and my first touch let me move inside." Miyaichi admits that scoring at the Den led to some abuse from the home fans, but he says he revelled in the atmosphere. "Just after I scored someone threw a plastic bottle and it hit me," he said. "But the crowd made it such a special atmosphere. It was my first experience of a real English cup tie and it was amazing." The 19-year-old also revealed that he has discovered a new good-luck charm: "I usually strap up my legs using white tape for fixing leg guards before the match. "But I also strapped up my right wrist because I just thought I would score perhaps. I want to continue to do the same thing next time as my lucky charm."
- Barca presidential frontrunner wants Messi, Pep reunion
- United's diamond sparkles against Leipzig
- Arteta wishes Arsenal could call on Saliba
- Burnley on verge of £200m takeover
- Defoe: My top five goals and why
- 'Usyk has got nothing to worry AJ'
- Wenger: European super league would destroy PL
- Hamilton wants contract talks after F1 title
- CL hits and misses: Chelsea turn on style, Pogba reminds
- Rashford is Man Utd's big-game specialist


text:
Doesn't it seem harder to try and fit in then just being ourselves? Think about it...Your wasting your time watching these shows you don't like in order to be up to date on the latest TV gossip. You wear all this makeup in hopes to look like the woman in the magazines. You spend all your money keeping up with the latest technology and fashion. Without those things who would you be?
If someone decides not to like you based on your beliefs and decisions to better yourself, then chances are they were never your friends in the first place. It's good for you to know now before their true colors actually show.
We have to take out the NOT so the phrase will stand as Life is Easy. The only way life can be easy is by finding our true selves. This is not going to come from a TV show or with money, but from within ourselves. The best thing about finding your true self is it's free to do!
What can we do to find our true selves?
1. Meditate- Get away from all the stresses in your world and go on a journey to find your inner self. You would be surprised how little a problem might seem after 5 minutes of meditation.
2. Listen to your Gut- That vibe and gut reaction your feeling is happening for a reason. Listen to it even if your friends and family are pulling you in a different direction. Sometimes what is good for them is not good for you.
3. Reconnect With Nature- Take a break from your schedule and enjoy the beauty that the world has to offer. We often spend too much time looking down at our phones than looking up at the sky.


text:
Café™ 30" Smart Slide-In, Front-Control, Dual-Fuel, Double-Oven Range with Convection
Explore your love of entertaining. This Dual Fuel slide-in range unites the power of a gas cooktop with the precision of an electric oven. The industry's first edge-to-edge cooktop with six versatile burners also includes an integrated griddle to easily handle large meals and family favorites. And a double oven lets you prepare different foods at different temperatures at the exact same time.
Expansive six-burner cooktop helps you entertain with ease
Entertaining for large groups is easy with the industry's first six burner, edge-to-edge cooktop that can accommodate cookware of all sizes and a cast-iron integrated griddle that provides enough room to perfectly flip crab cakes, arepas and other crowd favoritesWatch Video
Enjoy total control in the kitchen and beyond
Control your oven with your smart device or simply your voice using WiFi ConnectWatch Video
An attractive appearance at all times
Every detail of your kitchen is designed to delight, thanks to a sleek LED control panel that visually disappears when not in use and wakes up when prompted
Share favorite creations with your favorite people
Create an unforgettable dinner, using a 21K triple ring burner to do everything from searing scallops to simmering a lemon caper white wine sauce and a 15K power boil burner to boil water quickly for al dente angel hair pastaWatch Video
Everything you need for unforgettable results
Get the precision you need to pull off a multi-course dinner party with this 6.7 cu. ft. double oven dual fuel range, which boasts a gas-powered cooktop for precise heat control and electric True Convection with Precise Air in the oven for even baking results.Watch Video
Tough racks simplify loading and unloading
Easily access everything from heavy roasts to delicate desserts with heavy duty roller racks that glide smoothly on ball bearings and can stand up to the heat of self-clean


text:
Most of our sale items are ex display and discontinued products. They are all greatly reduced. Please contact us in order to purchase any of our sale items.
Tel - 0191 285 3671
Email - email@example.com
Sarah Bowen Lighting is synonymous with the highest levels of service and supply of luxurious and quality lighting fixtures and fittings. We are passionate about our products and specialise in all of your lighting requirements whether you are looking for ceiling lights, a table or floor lamp, outdoor lighting or designing and lighting your entire home. You can either choose from our wide selection of beautiful designs or we are able to provide a bespoke solution that is unique to you and your home or commercial property.
©2020 Sarah Bowen Lighting


text:
Welcome to DiffuserDoc.com
You have no items in your shopping cart.
Add some to cart or login
In stock
This is a universal disc retaining ring that fits any of our discs that require removing a ring to hold the disc down.
This is a direct replacement for Young Living and doTERRA alike This ring fits the following models.
Young Living:
Use spaces to separate tags. Use single quotes (') for phrases.


text:
Throughout my many years playing this game, I have come across a bunch of websites that specialize in fantasy sports. I saved them all and they are included in the
FANFOOD Fantasy Baseball Tools
and the
FANFOOD Fantasy Football Tools
Each week a different website, twitter feed or mobile application will be highlighted and reviewed for you before you "HIT the LINKS".
This week I ask you to check out RotoViz, along with a great recipe for BBQ Lasagna.
Their tagline is, "Seeing is believing. Value oriented fantasy football content."
FANFOOD Says:(out of 5)
While they have some good content, it's nothing that you can't find anywhere on the many sites listed in the FANFOOD Fantasy Football Tools, and better yet it's free.
BBQ Lasagna
1/2 (8 oz.) package lasagna noodles
1 – 16 oz. container cottage cheese
2 c. pork shoulder, cooked and chopped
1 egg, beaten
1 – 28 oz. your favorite BBQ Sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 c. chopped parsley + 2 T. for garnish
1 – 16 oz. package Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 – 16 oz. package Cheddar cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
Cook the lasagna noodles in the boiling water until cooked through, but still firm to the bite (approximately 12 minutes). Drain.
Add the pork to the BBQ sauce and bring to a simmer over medium heat, keeping warm at a slow simmer.
Toss the shredded cheeses together in a bowl.
Beat the cottage cheese, egg, 1/4 c. parsley, salt and pepper together in separate bowl until smooth.
Coat a large, deep baking dish lightly with cooking spray.
Spread a layer of the BBQ sauce/pork mixture into bottom of pan.
Lay enough lasagna noodles over the sauce/pork to cover bottom of dish.
Spread an even layer of the sauce/pork over the noodles; top with a layer of the cottage cheese mixture and then the shredded cheese mixture.
Repeat layering.
Finish the assembly by topping with a layer of the cottage cheese mixture, a thin layer of the sauce/pork and a light sprinkling of the shredded cheeses.
Reserve a small portion of the shredded cheese for later.
Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes.
Top lasagna with the reserved cheeses and return to oven until the cheese is bubbly (approximately 5 minutes).
Remove from oven and allow to rest for 15 min. before serving.
Garnish with chopped parsley.
|All Top
|ATHLON's Essential 11
|Awful Announcing
|Baseball Musings
|Craig Calcaterra Archives
|david Gonos
|Eye on Baseball
|FANFOOD 101 Fantasy Football Links
|FANFOOD Fantasy Football trading 101
|FANFOOD Fantasy Football Twitter List '13
|Fantasy Football NERD
|FF gator
|FF targets & Touches
|FF warehouse
|MLB Rainout Information
|MLB Waiver Wire Advice
|NFL Cheerleader Calendar Photo Shoots '13
|NFL Injury News
|Rate your FF Team
|Roster Watch
|RotoGrinders MLB Lineup Page
|Sport Spyder
|Sports Jerk Network
|The Backyard @ Yardbarker
|The Baseball Collector
|The Big Lead – Fantasy Football
|The Fake Baseball
Designed & Developed by
SilverTree Technology


text:
I've noticed that when you choose Collapse Map under the View tab on the ribbon the whole map is collapsed as expected, including sub-topics attached to floating topics. However choose any level under the Expand button on the same ribbon (including Show All Levels) and only the main map is expanded. Floating topics are not affected and have to be expanded individually using each floating topic's + button.
Does everyone have the same experience? I can't see any logical reason for this so I assume it's a bug.


text:
NEW DELHI -- BJP MPs were today asked to avoid making provocative statements amid the debate in Parliament over the issue of intolerance where controversial comments by some party leaders, including ministers, have come in handy for the opposition in its attack on the government.
In the first parliamentary party meeting during the Winter session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told the members that provocative statements are being used by the anti-BJP forces to deflect the attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said members were also briefed about the recent elections, including one in Bihar where BJP suffered a big defeat, and the need to work to spread the party ideology was stressed.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the meeting that the economic growth of 7.4 per cent in the last quarter was a positive sign for the country and will help the government take development to the poor.
"MPs were told to speak with understanding and decorum. There is a need to avoid controversy...
At a time when the Prime Minister is pushing ahead with his development agenda, many people are unable to digest it and any misstep will allow anti-BJP forces to work it to their benefit.
We should avoid making provocative statements," Naqvi said, quoting Naidu.
He said the debate on the issue of intolerance was "unmasking" those who were misleading the country and added that the party MPs were told that communal riots were controlled under the BJP-led NDA government and there was social harmony everywhere.
The "constructive discussion" between Modi and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also flagged in the meeting. We have all hopes that developmental issues will be discussed and passed, Naqvi said, apparently referring to the GST bill.
Naqvi said the parliamentary party, which includes MPs of both the Houses, expressed happiness over BJP's success in local elections in a number of states.
Asked about Bihar results, he said the party had tried hard. "We respect the people's mandate. But no mandate is final."
Speaking on the briefing in the meeting over intolerance debate, he said sarcastically that those protesting over the issue include many "great intellectuals" who had issued an appeal to the people to vote against Modi during the Lok Sabha poll.
People rejected their appeal but they have not able to get over it, he said.
Jaitley told the members that the economic growth at a good rate in India was a happy development at a time when it was weakening across the world.
Contact HuffPost India
Also On HuffPost:


text:
Smithsonian's National Zoo's Giant Panda Turns Four!
Originally uploaded by Smithsonian's National Zoo
The National Zoo never fails to amuse me with their party celebrations for the various animals in their care. St. Patrick's Day with the apes, birthday parties for the panda… Tai Shan turns four today, and keepers made him a "birthday cake" out of beets and fruit, and presenting it to him with singing.
I'm not sure if I should be weirded out by all the anthropomorphizing of the animals, or relieved that the keepers entertain themselves in this way.


text:
When you have many assets to manage, including equipment and machines, you want to be able to monitor your assets to ensure that they function well and undergo routine and necessary maintenance on time. But what if you could predict with confidence before a failure occurs. Would that change how often you pulled down a machine for routine maintenance? Knowing that over 30% of failures occur after routine maintenance, many asset owners are looking for strategies to improve the decision criteria so that routine maintenance can be delayed to "off peak" production periods to optimise business profits by reducing operating costs.
By implementing EAM solutions along with embedded predictive analytics tools, asset owners can have the capability to monitor all essential assets and make decisions based on empirical operational evidence. By using Parasyn, an Aspentech APM (MTell) Partner, you can implement solutions that cover all your bases.
What are EAM Solutions?
Enterprise asset management (EAM) includes monitoring physical assets during the whole life span of the assets, including design, commission, maintenance, and decommissioning. By managing assets based on real time and historical performance metrics rather than a time based (calendar) schedule, asset managers can greatly improve the utilization of the assets, as well as the overall performance.
Predictive analytic solutions data repositories including SCADA, Process Historians and relational databases and utilise algorithms built for machine learning. More advanced applications use pattern recognition to predict future events. This approach helps determine in advance if early maintenance is required thus reducing unplanned downtime, or delaying scheduled events to off peak times. Having a forecast of failure may also influence decisions relating to decommissioning equipment earlier than expected.
Where are Aspentech APM (MTell) Solutions used?
Aspentech APM (MTell) Solutions are used for critical infrastructure including transport, water, oil & gas and refineries. The industry of application does not pose any limits in the use of machine learning, however the data quality and access to trusted data has a significant impact on ROI. We expect to see machine learning used in almost all industries as organisations catchup and learn how to use these technologies to stay ahead of the pack. With adaptive machine learning where models of plant operation are not known, Aspentech APM is the perfect solution. After the data source is connected to the machine learning engine, you don't need to be a data scientist to use MTell. Talk Parasyn if you would like to make a difference to your asset performance using machine learning. Talk to Parasyn if you need help creating trusted data.


text:
To have community events listed in the Connection, send to  email@example.com. Deadline is Friday.
Thursday/May 7
Investing Green. 7:30 a.m., PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1800 Tysons Blvd., McLean. A panel will discuss the potential and pitfalls for Green Investing as well as the specifics of how Clear Standards is developing a new market. Free for NVTC Members, $75/non members. Visit <www.nvtc.org/events/geteventinfo.php?event=MCP-44.
Friday/May 8
Road to Independence Gala. 5:30-10 p.m., Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean. Volunteers are needed for The Northern Virginia Family Service's annual "Road to Independence Gala," a fundraising event to help low income-individuals and families to become self-sufficient, will be held. Volunteers are needed to assist staff with registration, drawings, silent auctions and setup and clean up. Sandwiches and refreshments will be available for all volunteers. Must be 16 to volunteer. Contact Monica Arispe at email@example.com or 703-219-2193.
Saturday/May 9
Community Yard Sale. 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Preschool, 711 Spring St. S.E., Vienna. Wesley United Methodist Preschool is hosting its annual Community Yard Sale. Shop for children's toys, clothing, household goods and more or rent a parking space for $20 to sell goods. Call 703-938-3970 or for space renting, e-mail Patty at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Legal Aspects of Separation and Divorce. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., The Women's Center, 127 Park St. N.E., Vienna. Jeffrey Sprowls, Esq. will provide essential information on a breadth of divorce topics, including grounds for divorce, child custody arrangements, spousal and child support, division of assets and more. $55/person, $45/Center Circle Donors. Support group available. To register go to www.thewomenscenter.org or call 703-281-2657.
Wednesday/May 13
Financial Planning for Separation and Divorce. 7-10 p.m., The Women's Center, 127 Park St. N.E., Vienna. Danny Burk, CDFA, will provide information on all financial components of the property settlement agreement from preparing documents for your attorney to the signing of your agreement. $55/person, $45/Center Circle Donors. To register go to www.thewomenscenter.org or call 703-281-2657.
Thursday/May 14
The Redskins and Octagon. 7:30 a.m., The Tower Club, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Vienna. Learn how leading sports and entertainment companies are dealing with challenging market conditions. David Donovan, General Counsel of the Washington Redskins and Ho Sik Shin, General Counsel of Octagon will be on hand. $45/NVTC members, $75/non member: Visit www.nvtc.org/events/geteventinfo.php?event=COUNSEL-11.
Spring Legislative Luncheon. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Lebanese Taverna, Tysons Galleria, 1840 G International Drive, McLean.Candidates for Virginia's 35th District seat in the House of Delegates will be on hand to speak and answer questions. Call 703-281-1333 or visit www.vtrcc.org.
Saturday/May 16
AAUW Used Book Collection. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun Trust Bank, 515 Maple Ave. E., Vienna. The McLean Branch of the American Association of University Women will start collecting used books in preparation for the 40th AAUW Used Book Sale Sept. 11-13. Gently used books, CDs tapes and software will be accepted. Children's books are needed and no records or textbooks will be accepted. Call 703-448 9195 or visit www.mcleanaauw.org.
Monday/May 18
Cocktail Networking Reception. 6-8 p.m., The Soundry, 316 Dominion Road, Vienna. Enjoy a cocktail, network with green businesses, add to your art collection and meet some of the area's sustainable artists. Free. Go to www.sbnow.org and click on the link under the "Mastermind Series Events" on the right-hand side of the homepage to register.


text:
General Information
The Federal Title V Operating Permit Program applies to major sources of air emissions; however, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues all Title V Permits in Linn County. Therefore, all rules, policies, and application materials issued by the DNR are used. These materials are available on the DNR Operating Permits website.
Facilities are subject to the Federal Title V Operating Permit Program if they emit more than 99.4 tons per year of any single criteria pollutant, 9.4 tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant (HAP), or 24.4 tons per year of combined HAPs. In addition, facilities subject to certain New Source Performance Standards or National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants may be required to apply for a Title V Operating Permit to comply with those requirements. Once a facility becomes subject to the program, they have 12 months to prepare and submit a Title V Operating Permit application to the DNR. Title V Operating Permit applications are subject to review fees according to the DNR Air Quality Fee Schedule.
Changes to Public Notice Effective April 18, 2018
Draft Title V Operating Permits are publicly available for review and comment from the DNR and the Linn County Air Quality Branch. As of April 18, 2018, the DNR now provides online publication of public notice for these draft permits in lieu of print publications. All draft Title V Operating Permit public notices will be disseminated through their EcoNewsWire, which is published every Thursday.
Linn County will follow the DNR's lead and will no longer be publishing public notices in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. We encourage all Linn County businesses and concerned citizens to sign up for the EcoNewsWire. To sign up, follow the instructions below:


text:
Q: Because I live on disability income monthly I applied for legal services. legal services advised that I represent myself
"pro se". I also went to a legal clinic and a lawyer that did not specialize in family law at that clinic advice that I also represent myself. there is a domestic violence injunction against my husband. I do not want to represent myself, but cannot afford a lawyer. it was my hope when I went to the legal clinic and legal services that I would be able to find a lawyer pro bono. I explained to legal services and the legal clinic that I wanted to find out if my husband was employed because he stated on the petition that he was not and I have heard otherwise. I feel like I am up against a brick wall. how do I find a good divorce lawyer pro bono in Florida. if I cannot get a lawyer to represent me pro bono then how do I go about finding out if my husband is employed. I have sent him notices of interrogatories but I have a feeling he will will not be truthful on them. Help!
A: I can do a payment plan with you. Contact my office for free consultation 727-446-7659.
A: It is difficult to conduct discovery and navigate yourself through a case without an attorney. That being said, many attorneys offer reasonable payment plans that may fit your needs. I don't recommend that you go about handling this case pro se. Many attorneys on here, including myself, offer free initial consultations, where you can discuss the particulars of your case as well as the attorney's payment structure. Best of luck!
Natalie Guerra-Valdes
Justia Ask a Lawyer is a forum for consumers to get answers to basic legal questions. Any information sent through Justia Ask a Lawyer is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis only.
The use of this website to ask questions or receive answers does not create an attorney–client relationship between you and Justia, or between you and any attorney who receives your information or responds to your questions, nor is it intended to create such a relationship. Additionally, no responses on this forum constitute legal advice, which must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case. You should not act upon information provided in Justia Ask a Lawyer without seeking professional counsel from an attorney admitted or authorized to practice in your jurisdiction. Justia assumes no responsibility to any person who relies on information contained on or received through this site and disclaims all liability in respect to such information.
Justia cannot guarantee that the information on this website (including any legal information provided by an attorney through this service) is accurate, complete, or up-to-date. While we intend to make every attempt to keep the information on this site current, the owners of and contributors to this site make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to from this site.


text:
This week, travel back in time to 1953 through this video showcasing a Soviet expedition to Tian Shan, a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia. The video, shared by journalist Ryskeldi Satke, shows the expedition to South Engilchek Glacier. The glacier is the sixth largest non-polar glacier in the world, at about 60.5 km in length, and the largest and fastest moving glacier in Kyrgyzstan.
The expedition was taken to name a peak after Chinese-Soviet friendship when the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance was in place during the 1950s. In time to celebrate this World Cup season, the video also shows a high-altitude soccer match, where players play to win not a cup but a cake!
Soviet expedition to Tian Shan in 1953 through Stalin ridge to South Engilchek Glacier (60km overall length back then). Soccer match in between at the altitude of 3,200 meters for a cake. Purpose of this trip was to name a peak after Chinese-Soviet friendship. cc @GlacierHub pic.twitter.com/cScsF6qtwt
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) May 24, 2018


text:
A Gaming Group Of One's Own
Gamers in search of a group may sometimes feel like Christians in ancient Rome; you have to speak in code and be careful who you talk to, or before you know it you might be standing in the Coliseum being stared down by lions with a severe case of the munchies. No matter what, it's likely that you'll have to do some work, especially in areas where the hobby is less common, and many people have no idea where they should even start.
Everyone experiences a big move at some time or another in their life, and knows all about the stresses of finding a new house, school, and job and getting settled in a new community with different people. When gamers move, I think we have an extra set of stressors when it comes to finding a new gaming group. People with more "normal" (and I use the term loosely) interests are lucky; they can just drive out to the golf course, transfer to the local Boy Scout troupe, or find a new room of the house in which to make their model airplanes. Gamers in search of a group may sometimes feel like Christians in ancient Rome; you have to speak in code and be careful who you talk to, or before you know it you might be standing in the Coliseum being stared down by lions with a severe case of the munchies. No matter what, it's likely that you'll have to do some work, especially in areas where the hobby is less common, and many people have no idea where they should even start.
I feel as though lately I've gained a lot of real-life experience in this area; when I entered college last fall, I was suddenly groupless and desperate in a place where gamers are unusually hard to come by. I'm a success story, fortunately; after searching for ages, I found two groups of wonderful gamers to play with. Because of this, and because a number of people have emailed me asking for my advice on this subject, I now present basically everything I know about how to find a gaming group in your area. (You can read my story in italics, after the advice.)
Wherever you may be, your first action should be to check the Yellow Pages for game stores in your area. In my experience, most decent-sized towns will have a game store or collectible card joint of some sort. If you're really lucky, the store will have a gamer database of some sort or weekly games you can join. If not, they might at least be able to put you in touch with GMs and players in the area. If there's no specific game place nearby, check out bookstores that sell role-playing materials and see if they have any knowledge or connections. Small, independent stores are your best bet, but chains like Barnes & Noble might be helpful, too. What happened to me: St. Olaf is in a small town, so checking the phone book revealed that there were no game stores in the immediate area. I spent an afternoon wandering through downtown, checking out used bookstores, and found that there was NOWHERE in town that sold RPGs or CCGs. Ouch. I kept looking...
Actually, when it comes to some of you I just lied about what your first action should be...sorry! (c: If you are on a high school or college campus, that should be your second action; your first action should be to get in touch with any gaming and/or science fiction clubs at your school. Many schools have something like this, especially larger ones, and if they do it's almost always a surefire line on a gaming group. Find out when meetings are. Get on their mailing list. Get to know the officers and members. Here's hoping you don't have to look any further than this. What happened to me: I went to the annual St. Olaf activities fair, made a beeline for the Games Club table, and asked the president if he knew of any gaming groups on campus. He said he didn't, but that other members might. I put my name on the mailing list, wrote a note next to it saying I was looking for other role-players, and promised to come to the first meeting. I kept looking...
As always, when your real-life channels have failed you, go to the Internet! There are a large number of online gamer databases full of people in the same boat as you. Get your name entered and do a search for other groupless people in your area. Effie Rover
No game store, no Games Club, no Internet help, no hope? No way. When all else fails, join the Society for Creative Anachronism! I'm not kidding! I got involved in the SCA
Still stuck? When even that fails, do something outrageous: Be open about being a gamer. I firmly believe that there are more gamers in this world than any of us ever know about, all of whom want to meet other gamers as badly as we do; all it takes is a little encouragement. So who cares what people think? Carry sourcebooks around with you, or work on campaigns and characters in a public place. Don't mumble something about "playing games with my friends" when people ask you what you like to do for fun. Hold your head up high, say "I am a gamer!", and see who answers back. You very well might be surprised. What happened to me: My GURPS campaign possibilities had stalled and I was going through gaming withdrawal. In one of those crazy 2 am fits of desperation, I fired off a somewhat pathos-filled email to the Games Club detailing my seemingly never-ending search for a group. And lo and behold, someone finally replied! He'd just begun a Mage campaign and said I'd be welcome to join. And when I went to the first session, I discovered that this gaming group consisted of people I had eaten lunch with a few weeks before! I'm a success story, but I can only dream about how much easier it all would have been if I hadn't been afraid and just talked about gaming whenever I got the chance.
This list is meant to be suggestive, not exhaustive. If none of these options work for you, there are plenty of other creative ways out there to find a gaming group. But if you take one overall precept away from this column, it should be this: Finding a gaming group is all about networking. The more people you make connections with, the greater the chance that one of them will lead you to the perfect group. In my case, even the angles that didn't pan out introduced me to some other gaming enthusiasts and just generally interesting people. Who knows, maybe those connections and friendships will come in handy someday for something other than gaming. That means getting to know people, being nice, and talking to anyone you can who even remotely seems to have the characteristics of a gamer. Take some of that good ol' teamwork I hope you've learned in roleplaying and apply it to the real world. Your gaming prospects, and your social life, will be all the better for it.
Excellent tips all! I've used all of them myself at one time or another. A tip I would offer to those in school is to look at the books a person carries. Many of us would be a little nervous or shy about carrying our latest sourcebook with us, but how many gamers carry whatever sci-fi or fantasy novel we're currently reading? I've had great success by walking up to people carrying a Dragonlance or similar novels and asking if they game. If they don't, it's not a problem. You can still probably sit and chat with the person about the books they like.
Too many gamers tend to be shy or anti-social. I'm not going to recommend that you charge out and introduce yourself as a gamer to every person you meet. But if you notice the right t-shirts, or the right novels, take the chance.
Great article. But why do I get the impression this was written under a caffeine high ? I believe that is 8 exclaimation points.
All kidding aside, good points. Now I just need to learn the approaching people idea. I have seen a lot of people learn Robert Jordan novels around campus.
READ.... this is why you don't post at 11:26 PM local time :D
Excelent advice Gamerchick, but I can't help wondering (what with me living in Europe and all), how is it possible that you have societies and guilds in high-school but not in university? Over here it's the opposite. In my university's Guild of students there are at least 40 societies, some cultural, some political, most social, and at least 3 game-related. Why don't you get some scieties up and going? fraternities and the like seem to be quite popular, so why not game-groups?
Anyhoo... FNORD.
Bongo, there are plenty of gaming organizations/clubs/guilds/societies at larger American universities, but Gamerchick attends a relatively small college in a relatively small town, so the existence of an RPG club might depend on whether there was a critical mass of RPG players enrolled at the same time.
But Gamerchick, why limit yourself to checking out your own school? Northfield also boasts Carleton College, which according to alums I have met is chock full of roleplayers. Also, I suspect gamers in Northfield must shop for games in Minneapolis sometimes - perhaps an ad at Phoenix Games might be helpful.
Glad to hear SCA was a good place to meet gamers. Other fruitful places for seeking gamers include sf clubs, wargame clubs, anime clubs, and local game conventions.
There is one idea that is being missed here.. PEOPLE CAN BE CONVERTED!!!! Seriously, that's how I came to gaming! Incidentially, I know the author of this article, and I play in the same circle. And out of the kitty of gamers that has accrued over a few years, about half had no previous experience role playing. Some had friends who had, but some, like myself, had really had no exposure to it at all. I was wary of it at first, but now I find my self puting it before schoolwork at times, which can be dangerous!
Of course, Internet chat-style OpenRPG is an alternative to PBEM games. A game played over Internet chat is much more like tabletop gaming than a PBEM.
SCA!! My entire House are gamers. I got into the original gaming group thanks to the SCA. :-)
My small problem: I can't drive. There's no gamers around (or game shops).
Scranton is bad like that.
What about situations like that? Some places seem just too small or out of the way to really have a gaming community of any sort, let alone any of the normal fixtures like a game shop.
Any ideas?
Penta, the best advice I can give you is simply to make friends with cars. If there is a local franchise bookstore in the vicinity you can ask them to order books from warehouses. If your situation is desperate (for players) the best course would be to convert (or subvert) other people to the hobby.
Good luck
Only two months ago I was giving advice, now I am seeking it. I am now in college and doing fine, except that there aren't any gamers that I know. I appreciate your article Gamerchick, it has been to no avail. Although I am following up on a lead to find a group since the upperclassmen have arrived. Wish me luck. Go Eckerd!
If you can absolutely find no pen-n-paper group (or none that doesn't suck), try conventions or Internet RPG chatrooms, gaming newsgroups and open mailing lists that discuss RPGs as a jumping-off point to get into a decent Play-By-Mail or chatroom game. That way, you don't need a car or to set aside weekends for gaming, you only need an internet access and email account and some free time. Personally I like the style of story-driven Play-by-Mail, in some way it helps build better mood than sitting around a table gaming, but everyone has to deceide for himself. If the first time you end up with a stupid group or bad GM, don't let that discourage you.
Gaming with people you actually see has its merits, though. if you're absolutely stuck in a village without other gamers around or cannot leave the house because you have to care for children or a cat, try to find gamers who are willing to drive to meet at *your* house. Or you are limited to having your group only meet at conventions. A continuous campaign can be run this way, but only very very slowly, and you miss out on the chance of playing something else. ::sigh:: Good luck.
I have a question:
Would a comic book store possibly have the facilities in question for finding gaming groups.
In my area most of the game nerds are also comic fans. We also have a comic shop that has expanded to include gaming and hosting games as well. So comic shops might be a good place to check out.
Wow, how did my user name get switched to that? I only used that name as a charater on the Unorthodox Tales thread. So, yeah, that was me right there, not the nhillistic kender.


text:
Outdoors Enclosures
When summer draws to a close and the scents of fall are in the air we turn our focus to winter planning. Stock up on firewood, check the seals on windows and doors, remove dead plants from the flower pots and have furnaces checked and flues cleaned. Heating bills are added to household and business budgets, and for some business owners there is the potential loss of revenue particularly for the hospitality industry.


text:
duPerier Texas Land Man
duPerier Texas Land Man
Boerne, TX
View Phone Number
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The duPerier Texas Land Man, LLC. and agents have been recognized as the top farm & ranch seller for the past 5 years. We have the ranches for sale in Texas and the most experience agents to find exactley what your looking for...Read More
duPerier Texas Land Man - Land for Sale in Boerne, TX
- 26-47 of 47 Listings
- Default
- Acres: Small to Large
- Acres: Large to Small
- Newest
- Price: Low to High
- Price: High to Low
- Price per Acre: Low to High
- Price per Acre: High to Low
- Recently Changed


text:
Investor and philanthropist Bill Miller's maverick approach to the stock market stems from his liberal arts background as a philosophy PhD student, which encouraged him to "think creatively and analytically about issues in markets that aren't always obvious."
Legendary investor Bill Miller has always been a little unorthodox. During his 35 years at Legg Mason Value Trust, he was best known for beating the returns on the benchmark S&P 500-stock index for an astounding 15 years straight, from 1991 to 2005. Now, as chairman and chief investment officer of his own investment fund, Miller Value Partners, Miller likes to draw market research from nontraditional sources like academic journals and philosophical readings. Fortune Magazine described his investment style as iconoclastic, saying: "You simply can't do what he's done in the supremely competitive, ultra-efficient world of stock picking by following the pack."
|Bill Miller
Miller's maverick approach was perhaps borne out of his liberal arts background: prior to his investment career, he completed the coursework for a PhD in philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, ultimately opting to dive into finance instead of writing a dissertation. In 2018, Miller pledged a gift of $75 million to JHU's Philosophy Department. It's thought to be the largest-ever gift to a university philosophy program, and it's definitely the largest for any humanities department at Johns Hopkins. As Miller told the American Philosophical Association in 2018, "The philosophical training I received not only greatly enriched my life, but the critical reasoning and analytical skills that are essential in philosophy proved to be enormously useful to me in my investment career."
In the following Q & A, Miller discusses the ways in which philosophy informs his investment strategy, how reading the work of philosopher John Searle made him bullish on Bitcoin, and why his best analysts have studied the humanities.
Q: Before you enrolled in a philosophy PhD program at Johns Hopkins University, you had only taken one philosophy class during your undergraduate studies. What was it about philosophy that intrigued you?
Bill Miller: It wasn't even a full-semester class! It was a six-week course on the philosophy of language at the end of my senior year, when you had find something to occupy your time. This is was back in the early 1970s, and my pre-conceived sense of philosophy was, it's a lot of navel-gazing and pontificating about things for which there's no answer. But I was headed to the military after college, and I found out the professor was a former fighter pilot, so I took the class. As it turned out, it was very rigorous and analytical, a lot of careful parsing of arguments and positions, so I got hooked on it at that.
"Philosophy steered me away from confirmation bias. In any philosophical assessment, you're trying to figure out the validity of an argument, working to pinpoint ways to make it stronger… I think that's very helpful to any profession."
Q: You've said that your philosophical studies have strongly contributed to your success in the investment world, and you're seen as a nonconformist in terms of how you pick investments. What was it about philosophy that was so helpful to you?
Miller: Philosophy steered me away from confirmation bias. In any philosophical assessment, you're trying to figure out the validity of an argument, working to pinpoint ways to make it stronger. You're not necessarily trying to win an argument, and you're not taking an adversarial position. You're really trying to look at things from a wide variety of perspectives. I think that's very helpful to any profession.
Take Amazon, which has been one of our largest investment positions for a long time. In the early days of the company, Barron's would refer to it as "Amazon dot bomb," and many thought it would fail. But in philosophy, there is a theory of descriptions, and with the case of Amazon, most people thought they understood the ways in which Amazon was similar to other retailers, but they didn't understand how and why it was different from them, especially the way in which distribution and decision-making processes separated Amazon from others. Philosophy encouraged me to think creatively and analytically about issues in markets that aren't always obvious.
Q: What made you turn to an investment career after you completed your PhD coursework at Johns Hopkins?
Miller: I had been interested the stock market since I was about nine years old, and I've maintained that interest all the way through. When I went to grad school, my wife got a job at Legg Mason, where she later spent 35 years working for one of their senior brokers, and then she became the first woman broker there. It gave me an opportunity to go in after class, pick her up, and hang around there and look at the stocks, look at the S&P tear sheets and see what was going on in the market.Financial district in New York City near Wall Street. Source: Adobe Stock.
Q: How do you think that philosophy and investment relate to each other?
Miller: Well, I'd say philosophy is about cultivating a certain habit of mind, and it's not that different from any other part of the humanities. Philosophy students are intellectually curious, and they're conceptually- and abstractedly-oriented.
If you're curious and you tend to look around corners at things that other people aren't looking for, investing is a great way to put that into practice. However, many other fields in the humanities deliver the same skill set. I think there is false dichotomy between the value of the humanities versus the value of a STEM education. I didn't go into philosophy because I thought it would make me a lot of money; I found it intellectually interesting. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had great instrumental value as well. The ability to think holistically, with a critical eye, has been critically important to me in terms of thinking through the markets.
For example, a few years ago, Bitcoin was very controversial. All the financial luminaries were dumping on Bitcoin, and they still are. They said it had no intrinsic value because governments don't back it.
When I thought about a philosophical book called The Construction of Social Reality by John Searle, it got me focused on the potential value of Bitcoin. Searle writes that there are two types of facts: "brute facts," which are facts that are true independent of whether people exist or not. One of those would be the sun is 93 million miles from the Earth. Then there are facts that are dependent on social construction and people. That would be things like property, marriage, and money. It was very helpful to understand that, and to try and think through the way in which sociological and epistemological perspectives of money have functioned in economies globally.
"I think there is false dichotomy between the value of the humanities versus the value of a STEM education."
Q: How do you feel about the strong drumbeat in recent years that undergraduates and students really ought to focus on STEM subjects in order to be successful in the future economy?
Miller: I don't have any issue with the value of STEM. But some people think that degrees in the humanities don't have much value. My personal view is that the humanities focus on everything that makes living worthwhile, and enable you to interpret and endure your existence through a variety of different perspectives. They allow you to understand the world you're in which you're living.
Ultimately, I think STEM and the humanities go hand-in-hand, and we shouldn't carve the world into two different realms. It's critical for people to be technically and analytically competent, to understand probability and statistics, that sort of thing. But they can have a much broader take on things via the humanities, which will prove both personally and professionally rewarding.
Q: What advice would you give students about areas of study and being prepared for the working world?
I was recently giving a talk at a conference, and there was a speaker there who specialized in disruptive technologies and had a PhD in computer science. He described all the different technologies that would be changing significantly over the next 10 to 20 years and would upend the work force. During the audience Q and A, somebody asked, "If that's the case, what should we advise our children to do, because so many of the things that they would be trained for might become obsolete?"
He said, "You need to think about this in a way in which an economist would think about it. Mainly, what's the scarcest resource?" The scarcest resources get more valuable, and the abundant resources get less valuable. He said, "In that kind of an environment, the scarcest resource will be critical and analytical thinking, and moral reasoning. That would indicate you might want to have them take philosophy, or other disciplines in the humanities that might encourage those habits of mind."
That was an interesting point, and I think it's exactly right.In 2018, Miller pledged a gift of $75 million to Johns Hopkins University's Philosophy Department. Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins University.
Q: What do you look for in your hires? Do the humanities at all contribute to sharpening the attributes which you are seeking?
Miller: I worked at a large public firm [Legg Mason] for over 35 years. On the analytical side, we're looking for creativity, insight, the ability to write clearly and persuasively, while also having sense of urgency, because the markets are always changing.
Looking back over those 35 years, our best people came from a humanities background. We've had analysts with business degrees and math degrees from top schools, but sometimes that kind of training makes you see right answers versus wrong answers. And in capital markets, in many cases, there is no right answer.
The best analyst that we had was a woman who was an American Studies major at Yale. I think the reason she did so well was that she was used to taking a work such as Moby Dick and looking at it from an allegorical perspective, a historical perspective, and in a pure literary perspective, and then as a study of how whaling was done in the mid-19th century. She was used to turning things around and looking at an issue through different lenses, a skill set that's really useful in capital markets.


text:
How to Divide a Matrix in MATLAB
MATLAB is a technical analysis package that is optimized for operations performed on matrices. This allows your business to group data and write less code that executes faster, reducing time needed for analysis of business data and therefore lowering costs. There are several meaningful ways to divide one matrix by another and MATLAB supports right-hand, left-hand and element-wise division of matrices in built-in functions.
Create two random matrices for testing purposes if you do not have your own data:
A = rand(20,20); B = rand(20,20);
Perform right-handed matrix division using the "mrdivide()" function or the "\" operator:
right_hand_result = mrdivide(B,A); right_hand_result = B/A;
This is equivalent to multiplying B times the inverse of A.
Perform left-handed matrix division using the "mldivide()" function or the "/" operator:
left_hand_result = mldivide(A,B); left_hand_Result = A\B;
This is equivalent to multiplying the inverse of A times B.
Perform element-wise matrix division using the "./" or ".\" operators. This divides corresponding scalar elements. A and B must be the same size or one must be a scalar for this operation to be meaningful:
left_elementwise_result = A.\B;
This is equivalent to dividing each element in B by the corresponding element in A.
right_elementwise_result = A./B;
This is equivalent to dividing each element in A by the corresponding element in B.
Photo Credits
- Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images


text:
Update 07. 04. 2018 –Tori and Mark's wedding has been published by Destination I Do Magazine blog. Here is a link to the feature. weddings in the keys
Tori and Mark's wedding has become one of my favorite weddings in the keys. They are the sweetest couple, and their wedding is no different. Their romantic wedding at Audubon House and Tropical Gardens glows with the most beautiful light. Words don't even do the beauty of this wedding justice. From the happy couple, to the stunning setting, this wedding is classic meets modern meets complete perfection.
One of my favorite moments of the day is the look on Mark's face as his bride walked down the aisle!
Tori and Mark thank you for sharing your special day with Vitalii and me. Thank you for trusting us to capture your memories. You guys are just the best ???? We wishing you joy, love and happiness as you begin your new life together!!! Please enjoy these photos from your wedding day. We love the reveal and can't wait for you to see the rest!
Big thank you goes to the amazing team who brought this day to life…
Wedding Venue: Audubon House and Tropical Gardens
Florist and Decor : Love In Bloom Florist
Officiant: Rev. Steven Torrence
Wedding Photographer :Lavryk Photography
Hair and Makeup: Isle Style
Catering: Catered Affairs


text:
This New Weekend Ladies' Cotton Blend UTK cool.logik™ Performance Polo by Ash City North End will make you look classy and chic each time you put it on. Made from a quality blend composed of two optimal fabrics, 60% cotton and 40% polyester jersey, this stylish polo shirt is also equipped with UTK cool.logik™ moisture wicking and UV protection performance properties to keep you feeling good, wear after wear, wash after wash. Additional details you'll also enjoy include a fashionable and tailored open neckline, a cap sleeve detail for a feminine fit, bust and back waist darts, as well as embroidery friendly superior screen printing quality. This model comes in four classic shades. Available in the following sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, and 2XL.
We suggest you to change it or upgrade to a higher version. Please contact us to firstname.lastname@example.com if you are seeing this message with a recent browser version.


text:
Wells Fargo is the sponsor for the MMU Alumni team. MMU were the 2017 champions and will be bringing a strong team to the 2018 Alumni tourney, under the leadership of captain Kieran Bhave.
The MMU roster is: Alec Eschholz, Brad Adair, Brent Adair, Cam Main, Jack Loud, Jake Erickson, Josh Ewing, Josh Springer, Kieran Bhave, Kyle Adams, Oliver Sloan, Peter Davis, Sean Springer, Thomas Pierce, and Wyatt Gilbert Barker.
Come and cheer your alumni team. Great soccer, great food, and silent auction with a wide variety of items. Game schedule:
- 2:55 MMU vs Essex
- 4:10 CVU vs BHS
- 5:30 Colchester vs SBHS
- 7:20 Consolation Games
- 8:40 Championship Game
Wells Fargo is located in Burlington and their financial advisers can provide a full range of financial products and services, from helping you select individual investments to developing a retirement plan. They have access to a broad array of company resources — including research analysts and economic and market experts who help them make informed investment recommendations based on your needs.


text:
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The trial for three people accused of murdering one of the suspect's father is set for February 2019.
According to Jackson County Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Markiewicz, the exact date hasn't been set yet.
Ellen Friar, 16, Gavin McFarlane, 20, and Russel Jones Jr., 22, are accused of killing Aaron Friar in October 2017. Friar died from blunt force trauma to the head, according to Medford Police.
Police say it happened in the 500 block of Benson Street in Medford. Detectives believe the three suspects then stole the victim's vehicle, along with additional property from the residence, and drove about 20 miles east to hide Friar's body. Friar's body was found dumped over a dirt embankment in the 9100 block of East Antelope Road in Eagle Point.
Police say then 19-year-old MacFarlane had a sexual relationship with then 15-year-old Ellen Friar. Detectives believe the relationship caused tension with Friar's father.
Police also say the three suspects planned to kill Russel Jones, the father of Russel Jones, Jr. but were caught before they could carry out the plan.
Friar, MacFarlane, and Jones are facing several charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and tampering with evidence.


text:
Nityananda Center
yoga * Massage * Kung Fu
Aromatherapy Massage is a holistic massage therapy modality created by Madam Maury in Europe in the 1950's.
Madam Maury was a pioneer in search of promoting skin rejuvenation through the external application of essential oils. Soon, many of her clients reported additional benefits such as better sleep, pain relief and general well being. So she created a new massage therapy that would complement the use of essential oils.
Aromatherapy massage is an invigorating treatment that not only promotes healthy elimination, but also releases toxic waste from the body. Using the flow of the lymphatic system, aromatherapy massage stimulates the body's own way of detoxifying and takes it to the next level. The use of essential oils magnify the process.
Aromatherapy massage was passed on to Madam Arcier in London.
Our massage therapists had the privilege of learning the technique directly from one of Madam Arcier students.
Copyright Nityananda Center. All rights reserved.