text:
shop by occasion
WinterNew YearsValentines DayRosh HashanahBirthdayAnniversaryCongratulationsEngagementNew BabyNew Job/PromotionHousewarmingGraduation
shop by sentiment
RomanceThank YouIm SorryJust BecauseGet WellSympathy
shop by product
RosesSunflowersLiliesPlantsContemporaryEverydayGift BasketsCenterpieces
Whether its pure joy or pure love, this gorgeous arrangement of white roses and lilies is surely the right choice. White lilies, roses and stock delivered in a clear glass ivy bowl.Approx. 13 W x 11 H
Price: $54.99 USD
plus service fee
In most cases same day delivery available for orders placed before 2:00 PM in the recipient's time zone (noon on Saturdays)
Photo Disclaimer
Delivery Information
Substitution Policy
Add to Shopping Cart
1. Arrangement/Price
2. Recipient's Zip Code
3. Delivery Date
As Shown $54.99 Deluxe $64.99 Premium $74.99
Find a zip code
Jan 24th - Thu
Jan 25th - Fri
Jan 26th - Sat
Jan 27th - Sun
Jan 28th - Mon
Jan 29th - Tue
Jan 30th - Wed
Jan 31st - Thu
Feb 1st - Fri
Feb 2nd - Sat
Feb 3rd - Sun
Feb 4th - Mon
Feb 5th - Tue
Feb 6th - Wed
Feb 7th - Thu
Feb 8th - Fri
Feb 9th - Sat
Feb 10th - Sun
Feb 11th - Mon
Feb 12th - Tue
Feb 13th - Wed
Feb 14th - Thu
Feb 15th - Fri
Feb 16th - Sat
Feb 17th - Sun
Feb 18th - Mon
Feb 19th - Tue
Feb 20th - Wed
Feb 21st - Thu
Feb 22nd - Fri
Feb 23rd - Sat
Feb 24th - Sun
Feb 25th - Mon
Feb 26th - Tue
Feb 27th - Wed
Feb 28th - Thu
Mar 1st - Fri
Mar 2nd - Sat
Mar 3rd - Sun
Mar 4th - Mon
Mar 5th - Tue
Mar 6th - Wed
Mar 7th - Thu
Mar 8th - Fri
Mar 9th - Sat
Mar 10th - Sun
Mar 11th - Mon
Mar 12th - Tue
Mar 13th - Wed
Mar 14th - Thu
Mar 15th - Fri
Mar 16th - Sat
Mar 17th - Sun
Mar 18th - Mon
Mar 19th - Tue
Mar 20th - Wed
Mar 21st - Thu
Mar 22nd - Fri
Mar 23rd - Sat
Mar 24th - Sun
Mar 25th - Mon
Mar 26th - Tue
Mar 27th - Wed
Mar 28th - Thu
Mar 29th - Fri
Mar 30th - Sat
Mar 31st - Sun
Apr 1st - Mon
Apr 2nd - Tue
Apr 3rd - Wed
Apr 4th - Thu
Apr 5th - Fri
Apr 6th - Sat
Apr 7th - Sun
Apr 8th - Mon
Apr 9th - Tue
Apr 10th - Wed
Apr 11th - Thu
Apr 12th - Fri
Apr 13th - Sat
Apr 14th - Sun
Apr 15th - Mon
Apr 16th - Tue
Apr 17th - Wed
Apr 18th - Thu
Apr 19th - Fri
Apr 20th - Sat
Apr 21st - Sun
Apr 22nd - Mon
Apr 23rd - Tue
This item is professionally arranged and hand delivered to the recipient by our local florist. Since only the freshest and highest quality items are selected, colors and/or varieties may vary. Container may also vary.
upcoming holidays
our most popular
Home | About Us | Contact Us | FAQs | Our Guarantee | Privacy Policy | Help | My Account | Shopping Cart
Copyright © 2006 APS Foundation of America, Inc. All rights reserved.Flowers provided by flowerpetal.com


text:
Follow RFF News on your cell phone. Text follow rff to 40404 you will receive txt messages with RFF News
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Should we take bets as to who has the first verbal arguement in the opening scene on Sunday ? the **** will hit the fan ..and I hope that Chris gets it in the face
Page created in 0.061 seconds with 34 queries.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Issues over seed quality and the subsequent ability of the seed to emerge into vigorous and consistent cotton stands resulted in a "stop-sale" order on several lots of a popular cottonseed variety in Mississippi.
Four lots of Delta and Pine Land 1218 BG/RR, also known to growers as Paymaster 1218, were among 15 different lots of cotton tested by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry for quality concerns. Specifically, the seed tests included germination, cool, tetrazolium and accelerated aging tests.
Of the 15 lots, only four were determined to be below industry standards due to poor germination rates or other indications of poor seed quality. MDAC Commissioner Lester Spell issued a "stop-sale" order on the four lots April 9.
Only one of the lots, which contain multiple sacks of seed, made its way to a customer distribution site. Bags of seed from that lot are being recalled from the distribution site and from any customers who may have taken possession of the seed. The seed could result in poor plant emergence and weak stands of the plants in the fields.
Bags from the other three lots were still in the warehouse of Delta and Pine Land Co., according the D&PL Vice President Randy Dismuke.
The MDAC's Bureau of Plant Industry routinely tests thousands of bags of commercial seed sold within the state to grow multiple commodities, including soybeans, corn, wheat and vegetables, and seldom are any bags found to be substandard to quality testing, MDAC officials said.
This relatively small amount of seed does not indicate a statewide problem and should not cause concern among growers that other seed they purchase are in anyway damaged or will not emerge into healthy, viable plants, says Mike Tagert, director of MDAC's Bureau of Plant Industry.
The complaints received in late March related to "old" seed, but lot numbers indicated three of the seed lots to be two years old, which is not uncommon, and the remaining lot in question to be three years old, which occasionally approaches the seed quality borderline. However, according to MDAC, selling three-year-old seed is neither illegal nor unethical as long as performance is adequate.
"One of the seed lots tested for germination received a 71 percent rating, which is 9 points below the industry standard and the seed's labeled statement of 80 percent," says an official. Some of that seed has been sold to farmers, but is being recalled and D&PL is making full restitution and replacement of the seed.
According to Dismuke, the other three lots of seed tested by the Bureau, never left the warehouse or entered the distribution chain. The lots, bearing the numbers 350-S-2209-21H, 350-S-2209-2, 350-S-1225-2 and 350-S-2222-2, are all 1218 varieties, but lot 350-S-2222-2 was the only one distributed.
This particular round of testing was prompted by complaints from farmers concerned over the appearance and age of their cotton seed.
"Testing seed is a service we regularly provide for farmers if they are concerned there may be a problem with their seed," says Tagert. "Usually, growers are more concerned over the age of their seed than anything else. It's pretty much industry standard for all labeled seed to have a germination rate of 80 percent or higher, so that is seldom questioned,"
However, Tagert, Dismuke and Will McCarty, formerly Extension cotton specialist and now state program leader for agriculture and natural resources with Mississippi State University, agree that in some years older seed could actually be of higher quality than younger seed, if the younger seed were harvested under harsh and adverse weather conditions.
In addition to random sampling by MDAC, seed suppliers maintain current and stringent testing results on all their seed. That information is not available at the point of purchase, but a grower can ask his or her distributor for full disclosure on how the seed tested for germination, vigor and/or cold test and overall physical appearance and that information will be provided to them.
"It's the department's job to protect the farmer," said Spell. "We just want to insure that Mississippi farmers are purchasing quality seed. D&PL has been very cooperative and shares our interest of providing quality seed to farmers in Mississippi."
Dismuke says the industry requires a minimum germ test rating of 60 percent and the disclosure of that germ test rating before a product can be sold, but their standards are higher than those required with the overwhelming majority being near, at or even above 80 percent.
McCarty says growers should pay more attention to the labels on the bags of seeds they buy and attention to the conditions of storage of the bags prior to planting.
Because the MDAC tests thousands of bags of seed from all the companies that do business within Mississippi each year, the chances of a bag with poor quality seed getting into the distribution chain aren't very high. McCarty says the safeguards and testing procedures are in place to protect that seed.
"However, a bag can test high in late winter, but if it's stored in a place with high humidity and isn't kept cool and dry, the quality can deteriorate in a hurry. If that place of storage is on the farm, then the producer has to take his share of the responsibility for poor quality seed," says McCarty.
"Other factors that can adversely affect seed quality are to plant the seed too early and into cold ground, and, let me stress this point: growers are not planting enough seed," says McCarty. As growers attempt to save money on technology fees, they also tend to want to plant at lower sending rates.
"The result is a skimpy stand that can't overcome early-season adverse conditions such as too much or too little rain," says McCarty.
For more information on seed quality or testing, contact Tagert at 662-325-3391 or click on the MDAC Web site at www.mdac.state.ms.us, or DP&L's site at www.deltaandpine.com.
Eva Ann Dorris is a free lance journalist from Pontotoc, Miss., and a frequent contributor to Delta Farm Press. She can be reached at 662-419-9176 or email@example.com.


text:
Organic chemistry: Diels-Alder reaction (6)
Organic chemistry: Diels-Alder reaction. Dienes, dienophiles; s-cis, s-trans; electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents; outside vs. inside positions; endo vs. exo approaches. Molecular orbital diagram for Diels-Alder transition state (Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory); molecular orbital diagrams for endo vs. exo transition states. This is a recording of a tutoring session, posted with the students' permission. These videos are offered on a "pay-what-you-like" basis. You can pay for the use of the videos at my website: http://www.freelance-teacher.com/videos.htm For a list of all the available video series, arranged in suggested viewing order, go to my website. For a playlist containing all the videos in this series, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMqul8LmHg4&feature=PlayList&p=EE627154DC8639DB&index=0&playnext=1 (1) Basic mechanism for Diels-Alder; dienes and dienophiles; s-cis and s-trans (2) Electron-donating and -withdrawing substituents. Diels-Alder examples (3) Examples continued. Diels-Alder stereochemistry—relation between two substituents from the dienophile (4) Continued. Relation between two substituents from the diene (inside vs. outside positions) (5) Continued. A Diels-Alder synthesis problem (6) Relation between a substituent from the diene and a substituent from the dienophile—endo vs. exo (7) Continued. Cyclic dienes (8) Continued (9) Molecular orbital diagram for Diels-Alder transition state (10) Continued. Molecular orbital diagrams for endo vs. exo transition states (11) Continued
Length: 10:35


text:
Sinners and Saints Swamp BuggyPosted in Features on February 6, 2014
If you have ever picked up a copy of any biker magazine, chances are you've either heard the name or seen the work of this talented individual. The owner of this one-of-a-kind custom swamp buggy is best known for this talent as an artist and world-class airbrusher. Chris "Bones" Tolson, the 37-year-old South Floridian, grew up around all things automotive. When he's not spending time behind the airbrush gun you can find him in the woods on this custom Palm Beach–style buggy.
Bones is no stranger to the mud scene. Growing up with the everglades as his childhood playground, he has spent many a weekend on full tracks and swamp buggies chasing wild game through the palmetto heads. When it came time to build his latest creation, Bones knew that he had to get his creative juices flowing and come up with something that would blow people's mine. This buggy does just that.
With over 500 hours of custom airbrush work adorning the frame and chassis, Bones has truly brought the theme "sinners and saints" to life. Sporting a custom straight frame mounted to a set of Rockwell 2½-ton militaries, there ain't many places this buggy can't go. With over 53 inches of rubber courtesy of Titan 23.1x26 R1 tractor tires and with custom one-off rims, this machine make running through Florida's uncharted terrains seem like child's play.
For power Chris opted to use a small-block Chevy 355 mounted to a Turbo 400 transmission with a Profab gear reduction transfer case. With the gear ratios set just right, this buggy quite literally can go or float anywhere it wants. Yes, you read that correctly: This Florida wild man is known for floating the canals of South Florida in this monster.
We've seen buggies come in many shapes and sizes over the years. They started out as farm implements transformed by sheerer necessity for farmers and swamp people back in the early 1900s. Sinners & Saints is a far cry from the days of old. Staying true to the Palm Beach style of buggy with its sleek lines and aggressive appearance, Chris has built one of the most impressive buggies we have ever seen. Taking down First Place awards show after show. Bones has definitely set the par for many to follow. Check out his work online at www.facebook.com/Bonestolson
Buggy Specs
Owner: Chris "Bones" Tolson
Vehicle: Swamp Buggy
Motor: 355c.i. Chevy
Trans: Turbo 400
Transfer Case: Profab
Axles: 2½-ton militaries
Tires: 23.1x26 R1 tractor
Overall: Bad-Ass!


text:
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was the founder of psychoanalysis, an atheist and scientist. Because of the groundbreaking nature of most of his theory, Freud remains influential in the field of psychology, literary studies and history.
Jewish by birth, in 1938 he fled Vienna and persecution by the Nazis to North London, England, where he lived until his death in 1939. Sigmund Freud died of maxillary cancer at the age of 83 due to cigar smoking.
Early life
Born on May 6, 1856 as Sigismund Schlomo Freud[1] to Amalia and Jacob Freud.
Religious studies
Freud wrote two works on the psychological dimension of religion, Moses and Monotheism, and The Future of an Illusion.[2] Both, particularly the second, were attacks on religion.
Today Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression; his symbolic interpretation of dreams; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic technique, especially his understanding of transference in the therapeutic relationship and the symbolic interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires.[3]
Freud proposed that the human psyche consists of three parts -- ego, super-ego, and id—and that defense mechanisms are an attempt by the mind to resolve conflicts between the super-ego and the id. According to Freud's personality theory, the id represents the innate animal-like drives and instincts of the human being, consisting primarily of sexual and aggressive impulses. The super-ego consists of the learned rules and norms of the human being in their environment, derived from sources such as parental values, societal expectations, and religious teachings. When the id introduces impulses into the consciousness that are in conflict with the "rules" of the super-ego, anxiety can arise. For example, if one feels sexually attracted to the spouse of a family member, the super-ego promptly springs to action to remind us that these impulses are entirely unacceptable and offensive. The conflict between the id and the super-ego is thus born and the ego must resolve it or experience great anxiety.
Freud originally postulated childhood sexual abuse as the cause of neurosis.[4][5] But he retracted this theory and replaced it with the Oedipus complex in the 1890s.[6]
Science issues
Freud's theories are viewed by some as unscientific because they lack falsifiability, as claimed by Karl Popper.[7] Adolf Grünbaum disagrees with Popper's view, and argues that some of Freud's theories are falsifiable and may conceivably be correct. Grünbaum gives as an example Freud's ideas about the development of homosexuality, referring to Freud's paper "The psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in a woman."[8] Hans Eysenck has said that Freud's theories are falsifiable and therefore are a science, although an incorrect one.[9]
Freud's therapeutic methods continue to have a lasting importance in psychotherapy. As recently as 1987 approximately 75% of practicing therapists relied on Freud's psychoanalytic ideas in therapy.[10] Among the techniques instituted by Freud that are still in use today are:
- talk therapy (simply talking through problems),
- free association (allowing the client to say whatever comes to mind), and
- transference (promoting an emotional relationship between the therapist and client in order to aid in the healing process).
Psychoanalysis as a clinical method has in many cases been shown to be as effective as other talk therapies.[11] Freud may have been aware of his work being damaging and unscientific, as he mentioned to a fellow immigrant on the way to America that "[Freud] was bringing [the West/America] the plague," in reference to his work.[12]
On the other hand, Freud's debunkers declare his "cures" to be the product of wishful thinking and conscious fudging as well as to suffer from usage of circular logic. Peter D. Kramer, a psychiatrist and author of a biography of Freud maintains that every particular of Freudian psychology such as the universality of the Oedipus complex, penis envy, and infantile sexuality, is wrong. Even Freud's most orthodox adherents do not defend his entire body of work in all its details.[13]
World War II
In order to prevent Nazis from banning psychoanalysis as "Jewish science", Sigmund Freud thought he needed a non-Jewish spokesperson for the psychoanalysis movement. He choose Carl Jung, an early supporter who later partially diverged from Freud's psychiatric theories.
Freud passed away on September 23, 1939, at the age of 83.[14]
Personal life
Freud had six children. Had a vasectomy in 1923 on the belief that it would bring him physical and mental rejuvenation.[15]
See also
- Anna Freud
- Edward Bernays, nephew
External links
- ↑ Sigmund Freud: Explorer of the Unconscious
- ↑ Gregory Zilboorg, Freud and Religion: a Restatement of an Old Controversy, 49.
- ↑ See also The Unconscious Before Freud, by Lancelot Law Whyte, 1979
- ↑ Masson, J. M. (1984). The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. page 187
- ↑ Jones, E. (1953). Sigmund Freud: Life and Work. Volume 1. London: Hogarth Press, p. 289
- ↑ Gay, Peter (1988). Freud: A Life for Our Time, Norton, page 96.
- ↑ Popper, Karl R.: 'Science as Falsification', Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (London, 1963)
- ↑ Grünbaum, Adolf, Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis (pp 320-321)
- ↑ Eysenck, Hans Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire Transaction Publishers page 14
- ↑ (Pope, K.S., Tabachnick, B. & Keith-Spiegel, P. (1987). Ethics of practice: The beliefs and behaviors of psychologists as therapists. American Psychologist, 42, 993-1006).
- ↑ Different types of therapy
- ↑ "We are bringing them the plague." -Freud on his way to America in 1909. Quoted in Richard Noll, The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994), 47.
- ↑ Jerry Adler (March 26, 2006 7:00 PM). Freud in Our Midst. newsweek.com. Retrieved on December 25, 2013.
- ↑ Sigmund Freud
- ↑ http://www.theturekclinic.com/freuds-vasectomy/


text:
RIAA Calls 4th Amendment Passe: Pushes For Warrantless Searches
from the entitlement? dept
Not any more, apparently.
The RIAA has been pushing the state of California to pass a new law that would allow completely warrantless searches for law enforcement, allowing them to enter and search any CD or DVD manufacturing plant without either notice or a court order.
Yes, let's repeat that: the RIAA is pushing a law that would let law enforcement, without any oversight, without any probable cause, without any notice, enter and search any company premises that involves pressing CDs or DVDs, in order to assure that they're legal. Oh, and if said law enforcement discovers repeat violations, fines can be up to $250,000.
The RIAA claims that the 4th Amendment doesn't apply here because of all the recent attacks on the 4th Amendment by the courts:
The RIAA argued that courts had carved out 4th Amendment exceptions already. So far, it said, warrantless searches have been allowed at such businesses as automobile junkyards and repair shops, mines, gun and liquor stores, nursing homes, massage parlors, pawn shops and wholesale fish dealers.It gets worse. The RIAA's Marcus Cohen honestly makes this sound like it's no big deal:
The common trait, the trade group contended, was that the businesses were in "closely regulated" industries in which "the pervasiveness and regularity of the government's regulation reduces the owner's expectation of privacy in his business records."
"We're literally talking about walking into a plant, walking up to the line and ensuring that, indeed, the discs are in compliance," he said. "I don't think the scope of the search is something a regulator needs to be worried about."Oh really? And how about the RIAA member labels? How about, in exchange, they let some of us walk into their offices, take a look at their books and ensure that their royalty payments to artists are in compliance? I don't think the scope of such a review is anything to be worried about, right?
And, here's the crazy thing. Despite numerous legal experts saying that the bill is almost certainly unconstitutional, it sounds like it has a decent chance of passing. It's sponsored by California state Senator Alex Padilla and has already been approved by two separate committees, and will be heard on the Senate floor on Monday. If it passes there, it'll go to the Assembly. You can see the full text of the bill, SB 550 at that link, or embedded below.
It's really an astounding showing of the sense of entitlement of the RIAA that it feels that the 4th Amendment shouldn't apply. The RIAA and its member labels should be ashamed of themselves.


text:
Robbinsdale Area Schools (Independent School District 281) is an award-winning district committed to academic excellence. We take pride in the choice we have provided to our families and students for nearly a century. We serve all or parts of seven communities with more than 100,000 residents in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, Minn.
Armstrong High School has been ranked 10th on the Minnesota section of the Washington Post's "Most Challenging High Schools" list for 2017 (up from 2016), and Cooper made the list, for the first time, at number 27 in 2016. We are very pleased to see recognition of the excellence of these two schools. Read more about these prestigious rankings here.
Cooper High School also made Newsweek's "Beating the Odds List of Top 500 High Schools!" Cooper was also ranked number 7 out of high schools from the state of Minnesota. Read more here.


text:
Wells was pulled over on October 18 after a Teton County sheriff noticed her swerve across the center lines of State Highway 33 and repeatedly speeding up and slowing down. A search produced four half-smoked joints and two small cases to store marijuana -- which she blamed on hitchhikers. Even Gilligan wouldn't buy that one!
Wells is now serving


text:
April 11, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Lasell College outscored MIT, 5-2, in the second half en route a 7-6 victory in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Wednesday afternoon. Chris LaBreche and Daniel Winter led a balanced scoring attack as they each posted two points on a goal and an assist for the Lasers (3-6, 2-2 Pilgrim). For the Engineers (2-5, 0-3 Pilgrim), Jonathan Stolmeier recorded a game-high three goals and two assists.
Dylan Roden opened the scoring for MIT as he connected on a feed from Stolmeier almost four minutes into the period. Matthew Stambler tallied the equalizer after he corralled a loose ball and sprinted to the net. The Engineers regained the lead when Corey Garvey found Stolmeier with 5:41 on the clock.
Tech increased its advantage to 3-1 midway through the second quarter on Stolmeier's unassisted goal. Mike Maggio ended a 16-minute scoring drought for Lasell at the 6:08 mark. Stolmeier registered his final point of the frame when he set up Brennan Sherry to give MIT a 4-2 edge at the break.
Winter cut the Lasers' deficit in half at 11:44 of the third quarter and then set up Alex Zayac for the tying goal over four minutes later. Sherry put the Engineers ahead, 5-4, with 2:33 left, but on the ensuing face off, LaBreche found Jeffrey Scott to even the contest.
LaBreche carried the momentum into the final frame as he gave Lasell its first lead (6-5) at the 13:37 mark. Exactly nine minutes later Brian Yepez registered what proved to be the game-winning goal. On the next face off, Stolmeier completed the hat-trick and kept MIT within striking distance. The Engineers had a chance to send the game into overtime, but Lasell goalie Mark DiMieri stopped Ryan Ballentine's shot during the final seconds.
Garvey picked up a game-high six groundballs while Zach Brewer made five saves for MIT. Stambler paced Lasell with five groundballs as DiMieri collected eight saves.
Both teams will continue Pilgrim action on Saturday, April 14. MIT will travel to Norwich University while Lasell will host Wheaton College.


text:
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
PHOENIX -- Chicago-based The Boeing Company, an aerospace giant that manufactures military aircraft and commercial jetliners, has agreed to pay $380,000 and administer far-reaching injunctive measures to settle two lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In one case, filed in 2005 (EEOC v. The Boeing Company, 05cv03034 PHX FJM), the EEOC brought sex discrimination and retaliation claims against Boeing on behalf of two female engineers at Boeing's Mesa, Arizona facility. Antonia Castron complained of gender-based harassment, including sexist remarks, creating a hostile environment and, a few days later, she found herself transferred to a new unit that did not suit her skill set. Less than two months after the transfer, Boeing laid her off, purportedly because she could not perform as well as other engineers in her new unit.
"Instead of stopping the harassment or reprimanding the men who tormented me, they moved me to a unit that designed structures," said Castron. "I was skilled at electrical engineering. That's like asking a heart surgeon to do brain surgery. Then they evaluated me for layoff based on my ability to perform structural work. They set me up for layoff."
The EEOC claimed that Boeing managers harbored discriminatory and retaliatory motives when it transferred and terminated Castron. Manufacturing engineer Renee Wrede twice complained of sex-based harassment, and twice Boeing's internal investigators substantiated her complaints. Nonetheless, according to the EEOC, the company allowed her harassers to influence her layoff evaluations and reduce her scores. As a result, Wrede also received a layoff notice in October 2002. The EEOC's investigation showed that Boeing manipulated evaluation scores used in its October 2002 reduction in force to justify the terminations of Wrede and Castron.
"An employer is only setting itself up for more trouble when it punishes a worker for exercising her right to complain about unlawful activity in the workplace," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. "The EEOC is always especially concerned when we uncover this kind of unlawful retaliation. It chills witnesses and victims from reporting illegal discrimination at work, and therefore interferes dangerously with the Commission's law enforcement efforts."
In an earlier lawsuit (EEOC v. The Boeing Company, CV-03-1210-PHX-PGR), the EEOC sought relief on behalf of Kelley Miles, a female mechanic at the Mesa facility, who works on the Apache helicopter that Boeing manufactures for the U.S. Army. The EEOC charged that Boeing allowed Miles' co-workers to harass her on an ongoing basis due to her gender and allowed one or more managers to contribute to that harassment without taking appropriate steps to address the behavior. Much of the harassment directed at Miles was designed to make it more difficult for her to perform her job, the EEOC said. Male co-workers took Miles' tools and either broke them, hid them, or changed the adjustments before returning them. Other harassment was sexual in nature. Miles reported this conduct to Boeing's Human Resources Department, but the company did nothing to address it. As a result, the harassment continued.
The suit also charged that Boeing retaliated against Miles for complaining about gender-based harassment. After Miles reported her co-workers' conduct to Boeing's Human Resources Department, a manager warned several of Miles' co-workers to be careful of what they said to her because the manager had them on a list.
Boeing's alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation.
The consent decrees reached between the parties provide for $380,000 in monetary relief for Castron, Wrede and Miles and an injunction prohibiting future discrimination and retaliation. Further, the EEOC obtained curative relief, such as training, to prevent Boeing from engaging in any further discrimination and retaliation.
"The right of an employee to oppose discrimination in the workplace is fundamental," said Mary Jo O'Neill, regional attorney for the EEOC's Phoenix District Office. "Employees should be able to report discrimination without fearing that their employers will make the situation worse by retaliating against them."
Rayford Irvin, EEOC acting district director in Phoenix, added, "Covert attempts to mask discriminatory and retaliatory motives, such as Boeing employed, will fool no one."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


text:
Clark lake - storming out
Planned 3 day hike with Muriel and Christian from Silver lake to Clark lake, then day trips to other locations. The weather had a different plan for us and we had to abandon again a hike. The wind was so strong it wiped up the water from the lake, and my hot oatmeal water did not want to go into the cup to join the Oatmeal for a nice and warm breakfast. That wind was strong and furious. Christian was blown off the trail onto a rock on the way down, and that is no easy matter, Christian is no feather, he is a proper sized German. The best model in it's class for sure.Read More


text:
Jan. 28, 2006
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The No. 9 UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team (4-5 overall, 3-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) recorded its second sweep in as many days against unranked Stanford Saturday night at the Thunderdome, 30-27, 30-18, 30-19.
Evan Patak led the way for the Gauchos, recording 17 kills on 27 total attacks for a .556 hitting percentage. The junior opposite also added three assists to the UCSB effort.
Bryan Berman provided support for Patak, offering 13 kills on 18 attempts for a .667 hitting percentage.
In the first game, Stanford jumped out to a 20-16 lead on the back of Ben Reddy, who led the Cardinal with 13 kills. From there, Santa Barbara went on a 7-1 run to take a 23-21 lead and the Gauchos never looked back. Two kills from Patak, one kill from Berman and a finishing kill from Theo Brunner propelled the Gauchos to a game one victory.
In the second game, UCSB never trailed, though the teams fought to a 6-6 stalemate in the early goings. A 5-1 UCSB run separated the two teams as Stanford was plagued by two of its 12 service errors. Michael Fisher led the Gauchos in game two with six kills on nine attempts.
In the clinching game, UCSB broke a 10-10 tie with six straight points to push the lead to 16-10. UCSB pushed its lead to ten at 24-14 after a kill by Patak, allowing the Gauchos to cruise to a 30-19 game three victory.
As a team, UCSB hit .442 compared to Stanford's .110 clip.
UCSB will next travel to top-ranked Long Beach State for a 7:30 match this Wednesday.


text:
JBoss Middleware
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
Unified, real-time data access and integration
Transform data locked in silos into unified information at business speed
Organizations no longer suffer from a lack of data; they're suffering from lack of the right data, at the right time. Start treating your data less as a static warehouse and more as a dynamic supply chain. With a data supply chain, you get just-in-time processing capabilities that can bring together data from multiple sources, easily accommodate new data sources, and transform the data according to data consumers' needs.
Red Hat® JBoss® Data Virtualization is a data supply and integration solution that sits in front of multiple data sources and allows them to be treated as single source, delivering the needed data—in the required form—at the right time to any application or user.
Think agile is just for app dev?
Think again. Here's how enterprise application integration can help your business be more agile. Everything you need to know, from API to ESB.
Is your virtual infrastructure limiting your digital transformation?
Some virtual infrastructures restrict your software choices by binding you to increasingly expensive enterprise-license agreements. Migrating to open source virtualization could open your possibilities.
Rethinking data integration
The need to simplify information is driving significant change in organizations: 43% of all organizations are currently making changes to how they design and deploy information
Deriving value from analytics requires organizations to prepare data for use, but today's explosion of data volumes, types and sources makes this challenging. Moreover, information must be placed in an operational context to be acted upon. Because current integration methods cannot address all these needs, the results often are inflexible systems and data sprawl.
Now, though, data preparation tools are available that enable virtualized access to multiple data sources, making it possible to deliver information promptly and in the appropriate contexts.
And virtualization can do much more than provide quick access to relevant data
Your data, your way
Access data from multiple, heterogeneous data sources.
Easily combine and transform data into reusable, business-friendly virtual data models and views.
Make unified data easily consumable through open standards interfaces.
Product details
Data should work for you, not against you
Simplify data use
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization is a comprehensive platform that enables agile data use. It hides complexities, like the true locations of data or the mechanisms required to access or merge it. Data becomes easier for developers and users to work with.
Maximize return on assets
Gain critical business insights by making all data easily consumable by people who need it.
- Improve the use of data assets.
- Derive more value from existing hardware and storage investments.
- Complement existing integration technologies like service-oriented architecture (SOA); enterprise application integration (EAI); and extract, transform, and load (ETL).
One of the world's leading financial management and advisory companies saved US$3 million in IT costs overall while achieving more consistent data, more accurate trades, and improved accounting and risk management with JBoss Data Virtualization.
Boost agility and respond faster to change
Model-driven graphical design and development environments let you respond faster to change and improve your staff's efficiency. Your data virtualization projects are completed faster, so you realize benefits sooner.
- Better and faster than hand-coding and physically copying and moving data
- Faster and less costly than batch data movement
- Optimized development and maintenance with loose coupling
Increase employee productivity for faster time to value
JBoss Data Virtualization gives your organization the unified information it needs to increase revenue and reduce costs by:
- Delivering data in the right form, at the right time, to the right people.
- Providing decision support and greatly enhancing the value of business intelligence (BI) with a complete view of the information you need.
- Allowing the mixing of on-premise data with cloud data, and real-time operational data with historical information.
Improve information control and compliance
Data virtualization layers deliver data firewall functionality. JBoss Data Virtualization improves data quality with:
- Centralized data authentication, access control, and policy enforcement.
- Robust security infrastructure and auditing.
- Reduced risk with fewer physical copies of data.
The metadata repository catalogs enterprise data locations and the relationships between the data in various data stores, creating transparency and visibility.
We're excited about Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 and expect to enhance the way for big data analytics—in cooperation with Hadoop and NoSQL—to increase productivity, and believe it will help accelerate our R&D activities and business.Keizo Sugiyama, executive director, Green Cloud Division, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc. Learn more
Use cases
Deliver strategic technology initiatives with agility
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization lets users get the actionable, unified information they want, the way they want it, and at the speed their business needs it. Combined with ease of development, JBoss Data Virtualization allows rapid delivery for a range of IT projects and initiatives.
Agile, self-service business intelligence (BI)
Data virtualization is an excellent way to expand business analytics to sources beyond those captured in existing data warehouses and data marts. This approach gives you more complete and actionable information, and faster time to solution. The rapid, iterative data abstraction and provisioning capabilities of JBoss Data Virtualization are key to a fast-paced environment where data is created and changed at varying speeds.
If your organization struggles with uncontrollable point-to-point integration, you'll benefit from JBoss Data Virtualization. By unifying data access for analytics, JBoss Data Virtualization:
- Simplifies data access.
- Improves reuse.
- Reduces change impact.
- Achieves consistent semantics.
JBoss Data Virtualization provides user-friendly views and exposes high-quality information assets. Business users can easily access trusted data sources and perform self-service analytics using any BI tools of their choice.
Unified, 360° view
Applications often need an aggregated view of data from master data management (MDM), data warehouse (DW), and other online transaction processing (OLTP) systems to gain a complete view of data in real time.
An example of this is call center apps used by agents, which need to perform full read/write transactions for various systems. The virtual data layer serves as a unified, enterprise-wide view of business information that improves the ability of users to understand and use enterprise data.
Agile SOA data services
Data virtualization delivers the data services to SOA apps. It speeds the creation of data services that encapsulate the data access logic, and lets multiple business services acquire data from a centralized data layer.
Data virtualization combines SOA principles—like decoupling, reuse, and agility—with key information governance principles, such as abstraction, shared semantic models, and data standards. This lets IT build and deploy a layered data architecture in a simpler, faster, and more consistent and scalable way.
Data firewall and information security
- Data virtualization provides reverse proxy access to data, keeping physical data sources anonymous. This prevents unnecessary exposure.
- Get improved data quality via centralized access control, robust security infrastructure, and a reduction in physical copies of data to reduce risk.
- A metadata repository catalogs enterprise data locations, and the relationships between the data in various data stores provide transparency and visibility.
Big data integration
More and more organizations have big data stored in Hadoop and NoSQL systems. But most reporting and analytical tools can't access those database servers, because most require an SQL interface. Data virtualization provides the solution by masking these sources as SQL tables.
Big data sources, like Hadoop and NoSQL, need to integrate with existing BI and operational systems. Data virtualization provides rapid virtual integration that doesn't require replication of already "big" data sources.
Cloud data integration
Many organizations are adopting cloud computing that requires each new cloud source to be integrated with the existing IT environment. Data virtualization solves this problem, allowing enterprises to maintain a complete view of internal and external information while taking advantage of attractive cloud economics.
Services and support
We don't just sell you technology. We stand by it.
Invest in your or your team's skills
Our training courses are hands-on and role-based. This means students stay at their keyboards for up to 80% of a course, boosting the retention of skills they'll use every day. We offer several convenient ways to train and save, and training facilities around the world. Visit our student center to learn more, or read some training successes.
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization Development (JB450)
- Learn about modeling data sources and virtual entities.
Have what it takes? Prove it.
Employers notice Red Hat certifications. They know that to become Red Hat Certified Professionals, candidates must complete real-world tasks using our technologies—not just answer questions about them. Build your career by getting certified. We offer multiple exam locations and ways to train.
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Data Virtualization
The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Data Virtualization exam tests candidates' skills and knowledge in the use of Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization to integrate multiple data sources.
Rely on the experts
Let Red Hat Consulting help you successfully deploy Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization. We offer flexible engagement models to help meet your IT goals. Have unallocated end-of-year budget? Consider using Consulting Units to secure resources you'll need in the upcoming year—without committing to a specific topic up front.Learn more about Red Hat Consulting
Together, we can do more
Collaboration is a pillar of the open source community. And it's how Red Hat approaches support. Connect to Red Hat Support to access industry-leading technical resources available in our award-winning Red Hat Customer Portal anywhere, any time.
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
We're listening
In keeping with the open source way, we like to keep the lines of communication open. So whether you're a customer or just interested in learning more, connect with us. We're eager to answer questions.
- Contact sales
- Our sales representatives are knowledgeable, friendly, and always ready to help.
- Find a partner
- Find a Red Hat partner that sells Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization or related applications.
Join the conversation
Related resources
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
- Integrate with SAP using JBoss Middleware
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services
- JBoss Data Virtualization Query Performance Benchmark Study
- Step-by-step designing a data virtualization environment
- IDC InfoBrief: Agile integration for today's cloud enabled enterprise
- Designing a data virtualization environment—a step by step approach
- Making business intelligence systems more agile with data virtualization
- Enterprise democratization of big data with data virtualization
- Deploying data virtualization in business intelligence systems


text:
Finding a replacement for their top scorer is a tradition almost as old as the Columbus Crew themselves, and the search is on again after they parted with Andrés Mendoza last week following a tumultuous 15-month relationship.
The Crew declined an option on Mendoza, whose 13 goals – fourth most in MLS this season – were not enough to offset issues about his work ethic and character in the eyes of the management that made him a Designated Player in 2011.
Coach Robert Warzycha said finding an offensive center midfielder who not only scores but helps others get goals is the top priority. However, if the right striker comes along the team will not pass up the opportunity to sign him.
"If we can find the forward for what the team needs, which is commitment, work hard and score goals, then we can put more money toward that player," he said.
Crew president and general manager Mark McCullers knows the type of forward he covets.
"First and foremost we need a player who is going to be a solution on the field," he said, "from a positional standpoint, a technical standpoint and a personality standpoint."
Getting him and holding onto him are two different stories, because the Crew have a history of seeing their No. 1 marksman leave. On eight occasions, the player who led the club in goals was gone after the following season or sooner, beginning with the club's second year:
1997 – "Sneaky" Pete Marino had eight goals but was traded to Kansas City before the 1998 season.
1999 – Stern John led the club with 26 goals in 1998 and 18 the following year to earn a contract with England's Nottingham Forest.
2003 – Brian McBride, who had a team-high 17 goals in the inaugural 1996 season, scored 12 times and was signed by Fulham of the English Premier League in January 2004.
2005 – Edson Buddle was the chart topper in 2004 (11 goals) when the Crew won their first Supporters' Shield and '05 (nine) when they failed to make the playoffs. A housecleaning sent him to New York prior to the 2006 season.
2006 – Joseph Ngwenya's five goals made him the co-leader with Jason Garey. In May 2007, Ngwenya was traded to Houston for Alejandro Moreno.
2008 – Moreno was the team leader with seven goals in 2007 and nine the next. He dropped to four scores in 2009 and was grabbed by Philadelphia in the Expansion Draft that November.
2010 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto led the Crew in goals in 2009 (12) and the following season (nine) but the Crew did not re-sign him for this year.
2011 – Without Schelotto, Mendoza scored the most goals by a Crew player since Jeff Cunningham's 16 in 2002, but he didn't win over his teammates with his attitude.
Coincidentally, Cunningham's contract was also not renewed last week.
Brian Bliss, the Crew's technical director since January 2008, can't draw any conclusions from all the transactions.
"Some are in demand and go off on their own because of their goal-scoring ability," he said. "Others, sometimes because goal scorers are fickle and what not, they're just not a fit."


text:
(OR - Quit Medicine? Part II)
As a group, doctors are not very good advocates.
Not for themselves, not for their patients, and not for their profession.
Gradually (and not so subtly) everything non-medicine has played increasingly larger roles in interfering with the doctor-patient relationship. Everyone suffers (even those greedy bean-counting executives suffer when they finally succumb to their own illnesses, or as they deal with trying to navigate American healthcare for their families). And instead of demanding a seat at the table, exercising their responsibility to weigh in on all things medicine...they sit on the sidelines and complain.
But this is beside the point.
My point today is to talk about whether or not choosing emergency medicine (or even choosing a career in medicine) is what I thought it would be.
Let's start with what I thought it would be like.
I knew, as a medical student, that my role was insignificant. I knew residency was hard with long hours and physical exhaustion. I understood that college and professional school would be expensive (and accrue a large debt for a girl from a non-wealthy family) and residency would mainly serve to delay my ability to pay off these debts.
I recognized that I was socially underdeveloped, and had no practical knowledge about anything not in the lecture notes. I expected to wait to have a family, and accepted being continually absent from my own life to undergo this training program.
However, I also expected more freedom once done. I hoped for enough money (which is subjective and constantly changing) to live comfortably. I hoped to reclaim some "lost" time (and hang out with friends, read some novels, get married, have kids). I hoped to mentally *graduate* from student status, and buy a big-girl house, and big-girl clothing.
Most of all, I thought there'd be more appreciation and respect for the sacrifice doctors make in order to do what we do. I hoped for a more powerful voice as a professional. I thought doctors and patients would advocate together for the best possible health-care situation. (Vocal in a 'I am woman, hear me roar' kind of way...sorta like the nurses. I guess medicine is still too male dominated to be very vocal....)
But what I quickly realized was…
…being a physician is not quite what I expected.
But I'm a roll-with-the-punches kinda girl (or at least I try to be), and realize that physicians are *still* quite cool. Saying you're a doctor does offer a certain degree of legitimacy in conversation…and it is easier to get a 'seat at the table' if you bring a medical degree with you. I do acknowledge (and appreciate) that.
Instead of complaining (further) about all the things "wrong" with being an ER doc, let me make it clear…
…it really is a fabulous job.
Not a day goes by when I don't get some fantastic job solicitation (usually in not-quite-so-desirable places to live) begging me to consider a move to Podunk, Wherever, for crazy sums of money. And even locally, having board certification in a specialty that everyone uses makes finding decent job a small issue. There's never a shortage of 'business' as an ER doctor. As the recession progresses (and the economy slowly recovers) our 'business' just increases as people lose their health insurance along with their jobs - which is unfortunate. But single payer would allow everyone to have access to (at least minimal) medical care...and (get this) we'd actually get paid for said care. (I honestly don't know why doctors, especially primary care and first-responders, would be against getting *some* compensation from *everybody* you serve)....
...but I digress.
What I do in the ER, matters. It is meaningful work. And the pay is not bad either.
I often get asked: would you recommend this career for your children (or some variation thereof).
The answer is (still) absolutely yes!! But with caveats.
I think it's important to go early, go hard, and get done. Doing it this way, you could be done with all your training by age 29. Still plenty of time to "catch up" on everything else in life. After all, what better way to spend your twenties than setting yourself up professionally (and possibly financially) for the rest of your life. All before you have children, get married, or acquire additional responsibilities (such as elderly parents) or in society.
I think it's important to focus on the practical aspects of choosing any career, medicine included. It is not "a calling" or some sort of "special" state of being. It is a career. A way to make a living and contribute to society professionally. Just like a photographer (with better pay)….or a plumber (with equal pay).
Realize that having a fantastic career (any career) will not adequately replace loving relationships, family, and personal development. Temporary sacrifice is expected of many low-rung staff in any career…but constant/permanent sacrifice is not worth it.
If you put off having a family, miss your grandmother's funeral, miss your cousin's wedding…and then, at 35 realize that you cannot conceive…medicine would NOT have been worth it.
Everyone has their own 'balancing act' to achieve. Some of us put more emphasis on family…while others lean more towards career. That balancing act is highly personal. I will say, it's very easy to weigh career more heavily (even when you don't intend to) because of external pressures and the societal value placed on wage-earning and 'work' – especially for the "liberated woman."
If you're not careful, you'll become imbalanced, convincing yourself that you're where you want to be…even when it's not. And…discontent sets in.
But, if you are able to put "everything in its proper place" in the ranking of your life priorities, medicine can be an excellent career. And EM...allows a doctor to do this. To work a lot...or work a little.
There are days, nonetheless, when you think to yourself...
....what *else* might I be good at? Is there anything else I might want to do?


text:
What makes a movie a box office "bomb "? Just losing money doesn't make it qualify. It's the amount of loss from the production costs to ticket receipts that makes the difference. For example., 2006's Zyzzyx Road took in a shocking thirty (30) dollars at the box office, but since it cost only $1 million to make, it d didn't lose enough money to make the list. And the 2000 John Travolta vehicle Battlefield Earth made back less than half of its $73 million budget, but losing a mere $43 million makes it only a modest disaster.
However, there are plenty of films that did lose staggering amounts to qualify as a box office bomb. When adjusted for inflation many of the biggest losses exceed $100 million according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
So click ahead to see which movies, in order, are the biggest box office bombs of all time.
By Daniel Bukszpan
Updated 20 March 2012
Note: Inflation adjusted net losses are calculated as of 2008. Total cost includes the sum production budget and marketing budget for the film. Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com


text:
HAMPSTEAD � While it had three ties in the East Central 2-A Conference, Topsail had not lost a league match � until its regular-season finale Wednesday against Swansboro.
HAMPSTEAD � While it had three ties in the East Central 2-A Conference, Topsail had not lost a league match � until its regular-season finale Wednesday against Swansboro.
Turning in one of its better matches of the season and snapping a four-game losing skid in which it had scored just one goal, Swansboro defeated the Pirates 2-1 to clinch third place in the ECC heading into the NCHSAA playoffs next week.
The playoff pairings will be announced Monday by the NCHSAA.
�Big win for the boys. They played well,� coach Doug Kidd said, adding that while his Pirates had lost four games they had not been �playing terrible. We�ve been competing well and working hard. So it�s great to see the hard work pay off and we find a way to get a result and put away a couple of goals.�
Topsail (11-6-4, 8-1-3) led 1-0 at halftime on a goal by Devon Esteves, but Swansboro tied it on a goal by Austin Shedd and got the go-ahead goal by Dalton Miller later to finish the regular season 11-8-2 and 7-4-1.
Had Swansboro lost, Richlands, with its 5-1 win over Croatan, would have climbed into third while dropping the Pirates to fourth. Either way, however, both Swansboro and Richlands will be on the road for their first-round playoff game.
�We couldn�t move past third place, but we knew that we could drop into fourth place, and we really wanted to improve on that try to finish as high as we could. In comparison to last year, we finished two spots ahead (of last year�s fifth-place finish),� he said. �So a good amount of improvement.�
Kidd said the effort �ranked up there� among the better ones this season.
�We�ve played a lot of good games,� he said. �But I think it�s just a more complete game for us. We minimized our mistakes, and I think that�s crucial for us because we were making some in the previous four games.�
Swansboro 0 2� 2
Topsail 1 0� 1
GOALS�S: Shedd, Miller. T: Esteves. ASSISTS�S: Noonan. T: none. IN GOAL�S: Oswalt (2 saves). T: Swick (2 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�S 4, T 3. CORNER KICKS�S 1, T 1. RECORDS�S 11-8-2, 7-4-1, state 2-A playoffs, TBA. T 11-6-4, 8-1-3, state 2-A playoffs, TBA.
n East Duplin 4, Northside 0: William Madrigal scored two goals and East Duplin closed out the regular season by blanking Northside in an East Central 2-A Conference match.
The Panthers (10-12-1, 6-6) now must wait to see if they�ll receive a wild-card berth when the playoffs pairings are announced Monday by the NCHSAA.
Northside 0 0� 0
East Duplin 2 2� 4
GOALS�ED: Eriza, Madrigal 2, Weston. ASSISTS�ED: Stallings 1, Herrera 1, Araiza. IN GOAL�N: Hull (11 saves). ED: Corte-Real (2 saves) and Avila (0 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�N 2, ED 15. CORNER KICKS�N 2, ED 11. RECORDS�N 0-17, 0-12, season complete. ED 10-12-1, 6-6, state 2-A playoffs TBA.
n Southwest 6, Lejeune 0: Six different players scored for Southwest as the Stallions completed an undefeated season in the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference by defeating Lejeune despite a stellar effort by the Devilpups goalie.
Southwest outshot the Devilpups 24 to 2, but Lejeune goalie Jason Larcombe turned in what Southwest coach John Sweeney called an �extraordinary� effort, saying he made several �jaw-dropping acrobatic saves.�
Southwest 1 5� 6
Lejeune 0 0� 0
GOALS�SW: A. Tausch 1, Hounshell 1, Respus 1, Miltier 1, Phoebus 1, Parra 1. ASSISTS� SW: Bannerman 1, Cameron 1, N. Tausch 1. IN GOAL�SW: Matics (1 saves) and Morales (1 save). L: Larcombe (18 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�SW 24. L 2. CORNER KICKS�SW 10. L 2. RECORDS�SW 9-2-2, 6-0, state 1-A playoffs, TBA. L 1-15-1, 0-6, season completed.
n Dixon 2, East Carteret 1: Austin Billiot scored with 10 seconds left off an assist from Carter Phillips to lift Dixon past East Carteret in the regular-season finale for both Coastal Plains 1-A Conference teams.
Down 1-0 after a scoreless first half, the Bulldogs (12-8-1, 4-2) rallied to tie it on a goal by Chandler Pitz on an assist from Billiott at the 15:52 mark of the second half. It stayed that way until Billiott�s game-winner.
East Carteret 0 1� 1
Dixon 0 2� 2
GOALS�EC: DeOlivera. D: Billiott, Pitz. ASSISTS�EC: NA. D: Billiott 1, Phillips. IN GOAL�EC: McCreary (10 saves). D: Berragard (1 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL�EC 2, D 18. CORNER KICKS�EC 1, D 11. RECORDS�EC 5-7-1, 2-4, state 1-A playoffs., TBA. D 12-8-1, 4-2, state 1-A playoffs, TBA.
n Area players in individual championships: The first-round pairings for the NCHSAA individual state championships have been set at the Cary Tennis Center. The two-day, single-elimination event begins Friday morning.
Swansboro senior Morgan Sheehan will face Salisbury�s Kayla Honeycutt in the 16-player 2-A singles field. In doubles, East Duplin�s Savannah Pierson and Abigail Grady will take on Katelyn Storey and Anna Flynn of Salisbury.
Both matches are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Meanwhile, in the third round of the state dual team championships, Dixon (7-8), the No. 1 seed out of the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference, will play host to the N.C. School of Science and Math (13-3) on Monday at 4 p.m. at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation courts.
NCSSM is the No. 1 seed out of the Carolina 12 Conference.
Swansboro (18-2), the No. 2 seed out of the East Central 2-A Conference, travels to Carrboro (15-3) at 3 p.m. Monday. Carrboro is the No. 1 seed out of the Carolina 12.
n Playoff pairings: Three area schools remain alive and face road games tonight in the third round of the NCHSAA playoffs.
In the 1-A classification, Southwest (17-4), the Coastal Plains Conference co-champions and No. 1 playoff seed, travel to Princeton (15-6) for a 6 p.m. clash. Princeton is the No. 1 seed out of the Carolina Conference.
In 2-A, East Duplin (20-2) and Croatan (13-8), the No. 2 and 5 seeds out of the East Central Conference, will try to advance to the regional semifinals Saturday. East Duplin is at Providence (23-6) at 6 p.m. Providence is the No. 1 seed out of the Mid-State Conference.
Croatan faces a rematch with ECC champion Topsail (20-3) tonight at 7 p.m.
Tuesday night�s results
Croatan 3, Bartlett Yancey 1
Croatan 25 12 25 25
B-Yancey 17 25 10 22
LEADING PLAYERS� C: Perry 31 assists, 18 of 18 on serving, 12 digs; Taylor 22 of 23 serving, 13 kills; Amick 18 of 18 serving, 11 digs; Ryan 21 digs; Allen 13 digs; Stevens 11 kills. BY: NA. RECORDS�C 13-8, at Topsail tonight at 7 p.m. BY 8-16, season complete.
Swansboro d. Topsail 3-0
LEADING PLAYERS � S: Carpenter 1 goal; Ollenberger 1 goal; Hinton 1 goal. RECORDS � S: 13-1-2, 9-0-1, ECC champions. T NA,, 5-3-2.
NorthwoodsPark22, Southwest 0
LEADING PLAYERS � NWP: Pollock 2 TDs, Bennett 1 TD; Boone 2-point conversion. RECORDS � NWP 8-0, conference champion. SW 6-1, hosts Swansboro on Tuesday.


text:
Welcome to Trafalgar House Torquay
Recently refurbished Trafalgar House offers the highest standards in bed and breakfast accommodation.
We offer guests the quality they would associate with boutique hotels with the personal touches and friendly welcome of a traditional bed and breakfast on The English Riviera Torquay.
The stylish and contemporary rooms are decorated and furnished with your comfort and relaxation in mind.
We have Master and Classic rooms either double or twin all decorated to a high standard with quality furnishings and fittings. Every room has a flat screen digital television with over 50 Freeview channels, free WiFi internet connection, hot drink trays and central heating for holidays throughout the year.
Click to read about…
Situated on Bridge Road Torquay, Trafalgar House is within walking distance of the sea front, harbour, town centre and The English Riviera Conference Centre. For travel to Torquay the main line railway station and Torre station are a short distance away as is the coach station. Public transport facilities for travel throughout Torquay, Torbay, South Devon and beyond are again within walking distance from Trafalgar House.


text:
A Sandman thread
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
*Membership spots not really limited!
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
*Membership spots not really limited!
by thefourthman » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:13 pmI am in the middle of a reread (when the caped crusader doesn't interfere)... I am on The Hunt right now. I love it, and it's gets better every time I read it (the series that is)
by Keb » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:15 pm
Why are you posting here? You're gonna get fat again!
Kidding. Glad to see you.
by Zero » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:35 am
Eh. I have a couple of Gaiman's short stories adapted by Russell but Dream Hunters works so well as is I never saw the need.
by Arion » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:34 pm
That's what I love about libraries.
by Punchy » Sat Aug 03, 2013 5:45 amI read Endless Nights...
It was OK, I loved the Death and Dream chapters, but the rest of them were kind of slight. The artwork was amazing throughout though, it was weird seeing Glenn Fabry do interiors. Frank Quitely's 8-pager was beautiful.
I've now bought the Death Deluxe HC and the new Lucifer Volume 1, so I'm pretty much all caught up with the stuff worth reading, just need to get the Lucifer trades as they come out.
by Zero » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:13 am
I loved the Delirium story, gorgeous art and a great way of telling the story. Also I like as much Matthew as possible in stuff.
by Arion » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:49 pm
The second Lucifer volume was solicited last month.
by Punchy » Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:12 amI read the Death stories last night.
I really enjoyed 'High Cost Of Living', it was just a lot of fun and you can really see why it was closer to becoming a movie than Sandman itself, it would make for a great movie. The only issue would be that Death is kind of the original 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' and later stories with that archetype have ruined things and people would probably hate her now. Chris Bachalo's art was excellent, it's weird seeing how much his style has changed and evolved over the years.
'Time Of Your Life' was OK, not as good because I never really cared about Hazel and Foxglove. It felt like the most 90s comic ever too, unlike the rest of Gaiman's work, it did feel dated. The best thing about it was that one of Foxglove's songs was called 'George's Tongue', a great reference to Game Of You.
The other short stories in there were OK, I thought the safe-sex one was hilarious.
Next up for me in the Sandman-verse... Lucifer Volume 1... but I think I'm going to read some prose novels first.
by Arion » Mon Aug 05, 2013 1:14 pm
When I read 'Time Of Your Life' I had no idea who Hazel and Foxglove were. But the whole lesbian romance thing instanty grabbed my attention. And before I knew it I was deeply in love with those two girls.
'High Cost Of Living' is great too. I felt quite identified with the depressive teenager who considers suicide as an option.
by Punchy » Mon Aug 05, 2013 1:55 pm
Sexton was a dick, but that was the point.
by Arion » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:14 pm
Well, obviously I didn't feel identified with him because he was considered a dick.
By the way, did I already mention how much I loved Chris Bachalo's art in these minis? I don't know why he has changed his style so much nowadays.
leave a comment with facebook
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 35 guests


text:
7 Time World Boxing Champ Thomas Hearns Is Dead Broke (IRS Auctioning Off His Stuff To Pay Off His Tax Debt)
Thomas Hearns watching his 100+ items go
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# CH23856
Be the First to Review
OPGI Price: $9.99
Part Type: (A) Aftermarket product, usually an enhancement product
Years: 1978-1988
Sold As: EACH
2018 El Camino Catalog Page: 160
The ultimate leather cleaner. High-traffic leather interiors, convertibles with leather and essentially every other leather should be bathed regularly—it's a natural skin and needs care. The chemists at Mothers created "Leather Cleaner," a pH-balanced formula that safely lifts impregnated dirt, grime and stains from your precious leather interior. Meanwhile, when you use our Leather Cleaner you're preparing that material for Mothers "Leather Conditioner," which will ensure a long, supple life.


text:
Scripture: Revelation 12:7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 …the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
Observation: John was being shown a vision of things that would come to pass in the future. Satan was defeated at the cross when the innocent Jesus died for our sins. (Colossians 2:15) He will be defeated and thrown out of any access he has in heaven. He will end up in the lake of fire God has prepared for him and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)
Application: It is good for me to remember that Satan is a defeated foe and the One who defeated him on the cross lives in me. That should give me a positive attitude, even when going through troubled times!
Prayer: Lord, I know you are not depending on my strength to withstand the devils temptations. You have already proved yourself to be victorious and I depend on your victorious presence in my life. Amen
Pastor Leon
Making friends for time and eternity!


text:
Follow RFF News on your cell phone. Text follow rff to 40404 you will receive txt messages with RFF News
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Does anyone know if it's been uploaded to Youtube?
TPTB threw in a 18 hour pit stop which threw our timings off, but no matter they all ended up arriving in Santiago at the same time (Romber and the Chas were about 15 minutes behind) and then all bunched up again on the flight to Calama. If Joyce hadn't given the answer to Ian, he might still be trying to figure out where all the letters were or what the spelt.Drew and Kevin really got nasty on the flight to Calama; pulling other people's bags out of the overhead bins in first class (a smart move on whoever did that) as they got on the plane. It looks like Drew emptied half of his bag out, or he never could have taken it on board with him.Note the really small bags that Rob and Amber are carrying; who needs a change of clothing every day? In fact, Rob's is not a backpack at all, but a side carrying messenger bag. Smart move on the part of Romber.Amber is pretty darn good moving that front-loader around. Surprise here since Rob was on camera saying that this wouldn't be hard for him since he had been driving things like this for 10 years when he was working in construction (before his Survivor, Surviror All Stars, TAR and TARAS years!) Did he say anything when Amber climbed on board?So far the tasks haven't been all that physically challenging. Are things about to change?
Is there anything from last nights episode that they didnt show that you wish they had?Kevin: Yup, absolutely. Right from episode one, do you remember we completely destroyed our car just trying to get there? Well, the front end was destroyed so it was un-drivable. So what they did was they held us back, they made us fiddle around with the car for about 20 minutes and then we said, Okay, we cant drive it, we cant get it out of the mud, were going to try and fix the flat. And then on top of that they gave us a 15-minute penalty. So when it says that we left at such and such time, add about another half an hour, 45 minutes on that and thats when we actually left. So given the fact that we finished five minutes behind the last two teams, I mean that half hour penalty was big. I dont know why they didnt show that because its very part and partial to the story thats shown. Drew getting oxygen wasnt part and partial to the story thats shown. Youd already seen enough of him falling and nursing his various injuries and talking about his medicine. The oxygen was nothing. They should have used that time to show we had a half an hour penalty, thatd make more sense
Did any of the teams annoy you? Was there anybody that you really didnt get along with?Drew: No, we kind of got along with everybody. Even the incident with David and Mary with the luggage, they didnt show it afterwards, but that became a non-issue and Im very good friends wit Dave and Mary now.Kevin: We all laugh about it. It wasnt nearly as scandalous as it looked on TV.
Free at last! After 3 days of voir dire on a gang murder case, the defense team booted me on a preemptory challenge. I guess they just didn't like me; I'm so ashamed . Back to work.The exhibit was De Proa al Mar.
a few kilometres off San Pedro, on the right (NE) side of the road to Calama.
Ok, guessing time. This site mentions directions to Valle Muerte: Quotea few kilometres off San Pedro, on the right (NE) side of the road to Calama. During the show, there was a sign that the marked the east entrance and you could see cars driving through a defile. Unless production rented the entire park (a possibility), I'll go ahead and mark the pit stop on this small branch road.
We have a planitarium in LA; it's where you learn about them planits.
Quote from: Slowhatch on February 28, 2007, 01:28:51 AMWe have a planitarium in LA; it's where you learn about them planits. I can't make fun of Eric for spelling, because I suck at it.I actually felt a little ssorry for him. He had wrote down the letters he saw, and he looked at the pictures (including the correct one), but he didn't see the "H" on the pen and thus didn't have the letters for it. SOmeone on another board said, well if he had the Q then he should automatically have figured it out. But according to the show there were extra letters, so for all he knew the "Q" could have been an extra letter.Though, I will say, unless there was additional info restricting this. I would have just wrote down each location and then show the guard until I got I right.Nobody tried this, so I would almost say their had to be a some restriction on it.Or almost everyone who didn't figure it out immediately (like the BQ,s and Mary) are idiots.
Page created in 0.146 seconds with 33 queries.


text:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar fell against the Japanese yen Thursday as improving U.S. labor-market data were outweighed by the Federal Reserve's March minutes that suggested the market has taken a too-optimistic view of future interest-rate hikes.
U.S. jobless claims dropped by 32,000 to 300,000 in the week ended April 5, reaching the lowest level since May 2007.
The dollar USDJPY, +0.21% fell to ¥101.49 from ¥101.98 late Wednesday.
Currency investors continued to react to minutes released Wednesday from the Fed's March meeting, which made no mention of the approximate six-month period between the end of quantitative easing and the first interest-rate hike mentioned by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen. The Federal Open Market Committee minutes also laid out headwinds that could weigh on interest rates even after the first rate hike and showed concern among Fed officials that market participants would overreact to changes in short-term rate expectations as laid out in the "dot plot."
Overall, the Fed minutes showed there wasn't meant to be a change in tone on the future path of interest rates, said Camilla Sutton, chief foreign-exchange strategist at Scotiabank. The Fed decision on March 19 and subsequent press conference led to a temporary spike in the dollar, which would benefit from higher rates.
"On March 19, all of a sudden we realized that if the U.S. economy is strong enough to see rate hikes in Q2 of 2015 that could be very positive for global growth. Since then, we've realized that the FOMC didn't really mean to change its tone," she said.
Chinese trade data released Thursday showed exports dropped 6.6% in March and imports plunged 11.3% from a year earlier. The FOMC minutes and Chinese data show "global growth might be recovering but that recovery is still modest and slow," said Sutton.
The Chinese data boosted the greenback against the Canadian dollar USDCAD, -0.0301% Mexican peso USDMXN, +0.2698% and New Zealand dollar NZDUSD, -0.1183% Thursday.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.76% ended 2.1% lower at 1,833 on Thursday while the Nasdaq Composite posted its worst performance since the fall of 2011.
The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.01% which measures greenback's strength against six rivals, fell to 79.411 from 79.514 late Wednesday. The WSJ Dollar Index BUXX, +0.10% an alternate gauge of dollar strength, fell to 72.61 from 72.71.
The pound GBPUSD, -0.3080% traded at $1.6784 versus $1.6793 late Wednesday. The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 0.5%, the record low level it's stood at since March 2009. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee also left unchanged its asset-purchase program at 375 billion pounds ($629 billion).
Analysts had widely expected the central bank to stand pat in the face of low inflation and an unemployment rate that's above 7%. Inflation remains below the bank's target of 2%.
"The reality is that the BOE, just as other leading global central banks will be obliged to do, has to ensure that the recovery is deep rooted and fully established before any reversal of the rate accommodation is instigated," said Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight Ideas, in a note. "It is not in the nature of a central bank to power the economy by constantly switching from the accelerator to the brake pedal and back again."
The euro EURUSD, +0.0088% rose to $1.3886 from $1.3856 late Wednesday. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday the use of unconventional monetary policies at the European Central Bank is "only a matter of timing."
The Australian dollar AUDUSD, -0.1530% rose to 94.13 U.S. cents from 93.86 U.S. cents, boosted by March data that showed a decline in the unemployment rate to 5.8%.
More news from MarketWatch:
Cover your eyes: Jobs data are starting to get good
All Millenials need are three funds to get rich slowly
Follow stock-market action with our live blog
Providing critical information for the U.S. trading day. Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter. Sign up here.


text:
Vikings Agree to Sign Bridgewater and Barr
The Vikings agreed to sign first round draft picks quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and outside linebacker Anthony Barr. Bridgewater was selected with the 32nd pick in the 1st round while Barr was chosen #8 in the 1st round. The Vikings have also agreed to contracts with 7th round picks DT, Shamar Stephen and LB, Brandon Watts.
The Vikings have just 3 draft picks who haven't agreed to a contract yet.


text:
Grebes (order podicipediformes, family podicipedidae)
Madagascar grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii)
This bird, like all other grebes, is a specialized waterbird, that is virtually unable to move on land, but is an excellent swimmer and…
More about the madagascar grebe »
0 videos
New Zealand dabchick (Poliocephalus rufopectus)
The New Zealand dabchick is a small grebe which, like all other grebes, is a highly specialized waterbird. It has mostly dark brown plumage…
Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) is also known as the dabchick and is the smallest member of the grebe family. It is a dumpy…
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is the largest grebe in Europe. It is a graceful bird, with its long neck, long bill and…
Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
A particularly large grebe, the red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a stocky species, with a long neck and a long, straight, robust…
Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus)
Information on the Alaotra grebe is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
More about the alaotra grebe »
0 videos
Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
Australasia's smallest grebe species, the Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a dumpy waterbird with a blunt-ended body. It…
More about the australasian grebe »
0 videos
Black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Information on the black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
Clark's grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
Information on Clark's grebe is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
Junín grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii)
The small, declining population of flightless Junin grebes is found only in one lake in the Andes, and therefore faces an extremely high…
0 videos
Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi)
Information on the hooded grebe is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
0 videos
Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Also known as the Slavonian grebe, the horned grebe (Podiceps auritus) is a small waterbird that is named for the distinctive golden-yellow…


text:
The Mobile World Congress is only a day away, and already dozens of big announcements have been made from the biggest smartphone and tablet makers in the business. No matter if you're a fan of Android, Apple or Windows Phone, you'll find something to be excited about in this week's headlines. Let's get right into it, starting with Apple.
Apple - iPad 3
The biggest news this week has to do with the iPad 3, with is still rumoured for a March 7th announcement date. A new piece of the puzzle is a time (and place) for its actual launch: March 16th, at Harrods of London. The iPad 3's specifications continue to be detailed; at this point I'm confident in predicting a faster dual-core processor, a high resolution Retina display at 2048 x 1536 and a thicker shell to hold all that extra power. An Apple store is due to be finished on that date, and what better way to introduce both new store and new iPad to the public than a combination of the two?
There could be some creedence to the rumours. Just minutes ago, purported shipping documents for the iPad 3 were released, showing that the iPad 3 was shipping from Foxconn to the US from February 26th. With unusually high security around the shipments, it very well could be the iPad 3.
Above: Photo of iPad 3 shipments being loaded onto planes?
Another interesting Apple story this week was the rumour that Apple are set to ditch their iconic 30 pin dock connector. According to iMore, the move is a part of a continued miniaturisation effort by the company, having already shrunk their SIM card and externalised the iPhone 4 antenna. It won't be a micro USB port though; instead it'll be a new proprietary interface.
So, fairly interesting news for you Apple folk then - I am rather looking forward to that iPad 3 announcement. Let's move onto our Windows Phone news next, then we can tackle the glut of the Android released that have been made in the past few days.
Windows Phone - Nokia
Windows Phone has become increasingly synonymous with Nokia, and this week is no exception. Indeed, the news has come that after one quarter of trading, Nokia is already the biggest Windows Phone manufacturer. They shipped nearly 900,000 Windows Phones last quarter, good for 33.1% of all Windows Phone sales made.
Nokia have also been talked about quite a lot in the run up to the Mobile World Congress; this week we've heard that they'll be bringing three smartphones to the conference: The Nokia Lumia 610, the Nokia Lumia 900 for Europe, and the Symbian-based PureView camera phone.
The Lumia 610 is a low-spec Windows Phone that'll run the upcoming Windows Phone Tango OS, which is designed to run on slower devices. The phone will include a 3.2" display and 3 megapixel camera. The Lumia 900 has already been announced for the US, but would make its European debut without LTE. With the release of these two phones in addition to the already-released Lumia 710 and 800, Nokia will have a good spread of Windows Phones available.
They haven't completely given up on their Symbian roots though; they have also teased a PureView cameraphone that will be the successor to the N8. Called the N808, the PureView will include the best camera ever mounted on a smartphone.
That's the major Windows Phone news for the week... and now for our Android headlines. There are rather a lot of them, so I'm going to split this section up by manufacturer. Let's start with the Android leader Samsung.
It's been a hell of a week for Samsung so far. They've announced a number of tablets and smartphones in the run up to the Mobile World Congress: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, the Galaxy Beam, the Rugby Smart, and the low-tier Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2. A number of leaks have also been made, concerning the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note 10.1. Let's look at those leaks first, then the official stuff.
The Galaxy S III isn't coming out at MWC, but its beating heart - its CPU - might be. Samsung are planning to show off the Exynos 5450 quad-core chip, which runs at 2 GHz. The CPU is for tablets first and foremost, but could also find its way into a smartphone before the year is out and the Galaxy S III is a pretty good candidate for it. One tablet it won't likely appear in is the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, a supersized Galaxy Note that brings the phone/tablet firmly into the latter camp. Look for S Pen integration and a strong set of specifications on the unannounced tablet, as the Galaxy Tab 2 line takes up the mid-range.
Above: Samsung Galaxy Beam, with pico projector mounted on the top.
Samsung's other MWC offerings are looking to be quite good, particularly the rather inventive Galaxy Beam. This smartphone includes an integrated pico projector, allowing you to project up to 50 inches in HD directly from your phone. The rest of the phone's specifications aren't amazing (4" display at 480 x 800, 1 GHz dual core, 5 megapixel rear camera) but if the phone sells well then we might very well see the tech in many more phones.
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is a confusingly named successor the original Galaxy Tab 10.1, offering a small boost in processing power and Ice Cream Sandwich. The Galaxy Mini 2 and Galaxy Ace 2 are similar upgrades to Samsung's low to mid range smartphone lines, with boosts in specifications to match 2012 standards. The Rugby Smart is a new ruggidised phone from Samsung that'll compete against Motorola's Defy+ in the resist-everything space. All in all, solid upgrades but nothing worth writing too much more about.
HTC are continuing to promote (and have leaked) their One X and One S smartphones. Accoring to Greek website FullGSM.gr, the phone previously-known-as-Endeavor will come with a 4.7" S-LCD display, a quad-core 1.5GHz Tegra 3 processor and Ice Cream Sandwich - pretty much what we've heard before. Some other details are an eight megapixel rear camera that can record HD and take images simultaneously, Beats Audio, NFC and 32 GB of internal storage.
The One S (Ville) has also been leaked substantially, with photos appearing over the weekend. The phone looks set to be a stunner, with a very thin chassis and powerful dual core Snapdragon S4 processor running at 1.5 GHz. The phone only includes a qHD display though, so if you've got the lust for HD you'll need to pick up the One X.
LG have taken the rather unusual step of leaking their entire 2012 lineup before the Mobile World Congress has actually kicked off, courtesy of Italian website Telefonino.net. They've certainly got a wide raft of devices this year, with a high-fashion L series line containing the L3, L5 and L7, the 3D-packing Optimus 3D Cube/Max, the Galaxy Note competitor Optimus Vu, and even the NFC-enabled Optimus LTE Tag.
Their biggest gun is the Optimus 4X HD, the followup to the first dual-core phone, the Optimus 2X. The Optimus 4X HD, as the name suggests, will include a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and a 4.7" 720p IPS display. It runs Ice Cream Sandwich with a reportedly heavy skin.
The other announcements aren't quite as interesting - the L Series essentially copies the styling (but not the price) of the recently released LG Prada 3.0 at three price and size points: The L3 is the cheapest and a single core at 3.2", the L5 is a dual core and runs Ice Cream Sandwich at 4", and the L7 is the leader at 4.3", dual core and ICS once again.
The Optimus LTE Tag will come with some NFC-enabled tags, which'll allow automatic actions like toggling wireless, bluetooth and silent mode based on your location. The LG Optimus VU is a bit more remarkable, being another phone/tablet hybrid at 5". Unlike almost all other displays, it's a full-screen 4:3 aspect ratio, which could work well with its integrated stylus.
Finally, LG's Optimus 3D has been succeeded by a the confusingly name Optimus 3D Max (or 3D Cube). According to reports, it will include mid-range specs (1.2 GHz dual core processor, Gingerbread) and a 3D display and camera. The phone will be thinner than the clunky original, but I can't imagine it selling any better than its predecessor.
Acer marks the start of the smaller Android manufacturers, who are bringing fewer devices each to MWC. Acer's contributions will be the CloudMobile and LiquidGlow. The CloudMobile has been seen by Notebook Italia, who have said the 4.3" screen runs at 720p and will be powered by a dual core 1.5 GHz processor. The award-winning shell also includes Dolby Mobile sound, NFC and Ice Cream Sandwich (possibly the unannounced Android 4.1). The LiquidGlow is a smaller handset, running a 3.7" display and presumably slightly worse internals.
Asus should be having a fairly big MWC, but we haven't heard much from them. We know that we'll see the phone-in-a-tablet Padfone, but beyond this we have no idea. Presumably at least one smartphone will be announced, and an HD tablet may also be on the cards given their recent ads.
Sony have released a beta version of Ice Cream Sandwich for some of their handsets this week - the Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray. Beyond this small titbit, we haven't really heard from them - looks like they'll be having a smaller MWC than some of their competitors, with only the mid-ranger Xperia U being rumoured for an MWC launch.
Fujitsu, Panasonic, NEC, Huawei, ZTE
I've lumped these manufacturers together as they're all respected East Asian companies that sell primarily to their domestic markets, but are now turning their attention to the rest of the world. All are expected to announce rather exciting phones at MWC based on their previous press: Fujitsu will be bringing their quad-core monster handset, Panasonic will announce a tablet and continue to promote the recently revealed Eluga, and NEC are bringing three gadgets to MWC, including a book-style tablet with dual screens.
Huawei and ZTE are also set to bring some high-end devices despite being known as primarily being a provider of excellent budget phones. These include Huawei's quad core Ascend D Quad ("the world's fastest smartphone") and ZTE's Mimosa X, which is the first phone to come with an all-Nvidia chipset.
I'll likely be looking at how these new companies measure up to the big three of Android (HTC, Samsung & LG) in a later article, so let's leave it there for now. I'm really quite excited by these new handsets, so definitely keep an eye out for them as the week progresses.
So with that massive section of Android news finally over, we come to the end of this weekly gadget news round-up – thanks for reading! If you found the article helpful, then please hit that Kudos button – it makes me feel good inside.
Next week will be MWC proper, so stay tuned for more breaking headlines and the week's biggest smarpthone and tablet stories.
William Judd is a copywriter and technology blogger based in Bristol. If you'd like to hire me or just say hello, feel free to visit my website at williamjudd.com or chat with me on Twitter.
Thanks drlatheef, that's what I was going for I think my next phone might be from Huawei or another of these less well known companies -- they seem to be really challenging the bigger three this year.
Great blog post, thanks
No mention of the Proview lawsuit which Apple have lost in china & Proview are taking to the US?
The trademark for Internet Personal Access Device (IPAD for the confused) has seen the iPad removed from sale across China and Proview have applied to Chinese Customs for an export restriction.
oh the irony
thanx for this
You must be a registered user to add a comment here. If you've already registered, please log in. If you haven't registered yet, please register and log in.


text:
With less than 10 days to go until the Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race, Performance Bicycle is getting into gear to provide mechanical support for the riders. Each year, 2000 riders compete in one of the most grueling endurance tests in mountain biking, and this year's race marks the race's 30th anniversary.
We have lined up some of our best Spin Doctor mechanics at the Twin Lakes Dam Aid Station to offer mechanical support for all racers. Jeff and Kyle will be at the Performance tent along with our friends from Lifetime Fitness. We can promise that this year's aid station is going to have everything you need to keep you rolling on race day. After 40 miles of racing, it will be nice to see a familiar face waiting to tune up your bike.
Jeff brings 7 years of experience as a bike mechanic and countless hours on the trail. He once sold a bike to Robin Williams and is pretty funny himself. If you see him race day, ask to hear his stand-up routine. When he isn't busy finishing college, Jeff loves ripping single-track or tearing up the bike park. His tip for keeping your biking running smooth on race day? Keep your chain clean and lubed.
Kyle claims he has been a mechanic since birth. This BMX Street style king has 5 years of experience as a bike mechanic and more advanced training than an astronaut. He has trained at Barnett's Bicycle Institute, SRAM Technical College and of course, is Spin Doctor Certified. His tip: Learn how to change your own flats (unless you're tubeless, of course).
The Twin Lakes Aid Station is at Miles 40 and 60. Stop by our tent for a quick repair or adjustment and make sure to keep an eye out for the Performance kits on course worn by our associates in this year's race, Chris, David and Tom.


text: Upbeat, energetic freestyle breaks track, influenced by 80s freestyle pop-dance tracks. Bubbly arpeggios, a bouncy stacatto bassline, DJ scratching, and orchestra hits. Light and uplifting, while still dancey with solid beats. Included is the full song version (4:46) as well as a long looping version (4:14), a short looped version (0:28) and a loop of just the beats (0:28).


text:
Vincent D'Onofrio in Chained coming to DVD & Blu Ray
Anchor Bay has announced that Jennifer Lynch's "Chained" will be released to Blu Ray and DVD this October 2nd.
"Perhaps the most terrifying human relationship is the one between a serial killer and his target. But what if it starts that way, and becomes something…more? From the visionary mind of director Jennifer Lynch (Boxing Helena, Surveillance, Hisss) comes the dark fable Chained, coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD October 2nd from Anchor Bay Films. With a stellar cast including Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Men In Black, "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"), Gina Phillips (Jeepers Creepers, "Ally McBeal") Conor Leslie ("90210"), Evan Bird ("The Killing"), with Jake Weber (Dawn of the Dead, "Medium") and Julia Ormand (My Week With Marilyn, "Mad Men," The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Chained is an unforgettable ride into the darkness that can reside in the human heart – no matter what your age.
The Chained Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD also includes, as a bonus feature, the scene that prompted the MPAA give the film an NC-17 rating! SRP is $26.98 for the DVD, and $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ Combo Pack. Pre-book is September 5th. Coming home from a routine trip to the movies, eight-year-old Tim (Bird) and his mother, Sarah (Ormond) are picked up by a psychopathic cab driver named Bob (D'Onofrio). It ends up being their last ride together. Bob murders the young boy's mother and keeps Tim as his unwilling protégée, making him clean up the mess following each murder he commits. After a couple of aborted escape attempts, Bob chains Tim – now renamed Rabbit — allowing just enough length to move freely within the house. As the years pass, Bob starts instructing Rabbit, teaching him anatomy and human behavior. Now a teenager, Rabbit (Eamon Farren, X: Night of Vengeance) is slowly being pressed by Bob to start his own homicidal spree. Slowly but surely, he must soon choose whether to follow in Bob's serial killer footsteps or make one final, desperate attempt to break free… Bonus features on Chained Blu-ray™ and DVD include feature-length audio commentary by writer/director Jennifer Lynch and actor Vincent D'Onofrio; the alternated unrated version of "Mary's Murder;" and the original theatrical trailer."
Check out the Vincent D'Onofrio in Chained coming to DVD & Blu Ray.


text:
Death notices 1-11-13
Anna Marie Kelley
Jan. 7, 2013
ROCHESTER — Anna Marie Kelley, 95, of Rochester, formerly of Plymouth, died Jan. 7, 2013 at 10:03 p.m. at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.
She is survived by daughters, Mariam J. Wagenknecht of Rochester, Sheila (Larry) Shivers of Argos, Janet (Jim) Saunders of Plymouth, Sandra (Raymond) Copas of Bloomington; sons, James "Ed" (Susan) Kelley of Rochester, Richard (Marcia) Kelley of Lake Worth, Fla.; Walter E. (Deloris) Kelley of Plymouth; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Betty Taulbe of South Bend.
Private graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday Jan. 10, 2013 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Argos.
Condolences may be sent at firstname.lastname@example.com
Arrangements have been entrusted with the Earl-Grossman Funeral Home, Argos.
Donald J. Bowser
Jan. 10, 2013
PLYMOUTH — Donald J. Bowser, 85, of Plymouth died Jan. 10, 2013 at 9:49 a.m. at his home.
Services are pending at Van Gilder Funeral Home.


text:
As part of their continuing commitment to the agriculture producers of Oklahoma and to our state's natural resources, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) announced that they will again partner together in presenting the Outstanding Conservation District Director Award." This award will go to the district director judged to have done the most toward conserving our natural resources and helping the bottom line of landowners in our state.
"We are honored to have the Noble Foundation as a partner in recognizing the work of our directors," Scotty Herriman, President of OACD said. "These directors volunteer their time to conserve our natural resources and help support our communities. The support of the Noble Foundation now gives us a chance to better recognize their commitment to Oklahoma."
The Outstanding Conservation District Director Award is given annually to a Conservation District Director, chosen from the 440 directors from throughout Oklahoma for doing the most to help landowners conserve our soil, water, air and wildlife habitats through education, assistance and support. This award is presented each spring at the Governors Conservation Awards Ceremony at the Blue Room of the State Capitol during Conservation Day.
"Our founder, Lloyd Noble, created the Noble Foundation because of his concern for the land and those who manage it" said Wadell Altom, Senior Vice President and director of the Noble Foundation Agricultural Division. "It is very appropriate for us to help recognize those who are assisting land managers at the local level and to promote partnerships with all who work to conserve our natural resources."
The Noble Foundation, headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; providing grants to non-profit charitable, educational and health organizations; and assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs.
"This is a great partnership, the Noble Foundation and OACD," Clay Pope, Executive Director of OACD said. "By sponsoring this award, the Noble Foundation is helping us recognize the contributions of those district directors who volunteer their time to help conserve our natural resources. The Noble Foundation is truly committed to helping Farmers and Ranchers with the conservation and protection of our soil, water, air, and wildlife habitats."