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My friend Fred Gleeck wrote a great article in the most recent issue of his Fred Gleeck Insights ezine. I think you should read it. He's got some great things to say that I've also been saying. Every once in awhile, it's good to hear it from someone else. Here's Fred:
For the last almost 10 years I've been trying to tell authors that the money is NOT in the book. It's in EVERYTHING that comes AFTER the book. Most traditional authors (and aspiring authors) don't seem to understand this model.
That better change if authors want to make writing their full time occupation. If not, they're going to want to find a bartending job. If you know an author or someone who is thinking of writing a book, PLEASE send them a copy of this email.
I believe even more strongly than before that you can only make serious money as an author if you structure your business in a way that your book becomes the beginning and not the end of the process.
I've referred to my own books as negative cost lead generators. By this I mean that when I sell a book I make a few bucks but my REAL goal is to capture the email address of the person who buys it.
Take a sale I make on Amazon for one of my many books. Let's say the book sells for $14.95. After Amazon takes its cut I make around $6.50 per book. Since I get them printed for $3.50 a piece, I end up making $3 a book.
In the books I've got an offer on every page, trying to get people to give me their name and email address in exchange for an appropriate digital bribe.
Every author has got to understand that the sale of a book or two or two thousand does not make a BUSINESS. Smart authors build their business by building and cultivating their LIST. Your business becomes LIST BUILDING. A list that is created from making attractive offers to readers of the book between the pages of the book itself. The list that you create of people who have an interest in your topic area becomes a gold mine that you can continuously tap if you cultivate them correctly.
I was prompted to write about this topic (again) after reading Chris Anderson's most recent article in Wired magazine. Chris, if you don't know him is the author of the prescient Long Tail. In that book he explains why ITunes works. He explains that because the cost of distributing music has fallen to virtually ZERO, even the most obscure singer/songwriter can sell a download or two every month or so and have it work financially for both parties.
Similar things are happening in the book publishing business. Traditional books are now being transformed into e-books and the new e-book readers are getting better and better.
A recent book by Jeff Gomez (Print is Dead) talks about the imminent demise of physical books. It's mandatory reading if you are an author and suggested reading for EVERY info marketer. His premise is that that eventually people will become accustomed to getting their information directly from the computer and the need for a physical book will no longer be necessary.
I'm not sure I buy his premise completely, but he makes a very solid argument. In another 50 years it is entirely possible (for me) to envision a world where (new) physical books no longer exist. If we even partially buy into the argument, it becomes imperative for authors to look for other revenue sources than books themselves. Why? Because the effective COST of a book will be ZERO!
That's WHY I'm an information marketer. That's WHY every speaker, author and consultant should be building a list and creating ancillary products and services in their topic areas to sell to that list.
I spend an inordinate amount of my time reading and thinking. I consider this time well spent. I mainly think about how I can generate more revenue for myself and my clients through novel and creative ways.
Going back to Chris Anderson's article in Wired, he talks about a very interesting concept. He references a venture capitalist named Josh Kopelman. He talks about what he calls the penny gap. He postulates that FREE is one market and ANY other price is an entirely different market.
As an information marketer I'm constantly thinking about what price point a product should be released at. According to Kopelman's argument the question is really binary: FREE OR NOT?
I would suggest that you need to ask this question of yourself all the time when you produce any kind of intellectual property. It's really the FIRST question you should ask before you even produce a product. IF you decide you'll be giving it away, THEN all of your marketing efforts will be completely different.
In Fred's ezine, he attached an article he had previously written about the seven deadly sins authors make. I'll post that article as well tomorrow.
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The identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for root traits can provide useful indications on their genetic basis and the associated effects on grain yield under different water regimes. Furthermore, the availability of molecular markers linked to QTLs controlling variation for root traits and grain yield will allow for the implementation of marker-assisted selection to improve productivity. In maize (Zea mays L.), four mapping populations have been investigated to locate QTLs for root traits under controlled conditions and/or in the field. A comparative analysis of the QTL results was carried out based on the availability of molecular markers common to the investigated populations and the UMC maize reference map. Several chromosome regions affected root traits in two or even three populations. A number of these regions also affected grain yield under well-watered and/or drought-stressed conditions. The most important QTL effects were detected on chromosome bins 1.03, 1.06, 1.08, 2.03, 2.04, 7.02, 8.06 and 10.04. Exploiting the syntenic information available for maize and rice, a number of QTLs for root traits described in rice were found to map in regions syntenic to a number of the listed maize chromosome bins (e.g., bin 2.04). The development of near isogenic lines (NILs) for the most important QTLs will allow to investigate whether the concomitant effects of the QTLs on root traits and grain yield are due to linkage and/or pleiotropy and, ultimately, may offer the opportunity to clone the genes underlying such QTLs. Although QTL analysis remains a resource-demanding undertaking, its integration with genomics and post-genomics approaches will play an increasingly important role for the identification of genes affecting root characteristics and grain yield in maize and for harnessing the favourable allelic variation at such loci.


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The Penang Sugar Mill in Rakiraki has produced only 300 kilograms of sugar from a minimum of 640 tonnes of cane on a single day last week, it has been revealed.
Sources say this was the amount of sugar extracted from 80 loads of cane delivered by lorries to the mill. They say if each lorry was carting a minimum average of 8 tonnes of cane , then the total amount of cane delivered and crushed by the mill would be 640 tonnes.
According to sources, even if the mill used 10 tonnes of cane to make one tonne of sugar, it should have produced 64 tonnes of sugar.
But sources have established only 6 bags of sugar totaling 300kg were produced. Each bag's weight is 50 kg.
Meanwhile the Penang Mill's forecast total crop for 2009 has been reduced from 228,000 tonnes to a meagre 174,000 tonnes, the lowest crop in recent memory.
Sources say this is a further sign of the state of decline and decay of Fiji's sugar industry since the military backed regime came into power following the December 2006 coup.
This blog is a result of the heavy censoring of the media by the military dictatorship regime.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Mill produces only 300kg of sugar
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And these incompetents are now talking about moving their attention to the Dreketi Rice Mill.
- September 25, 2009 at 7:24 AM
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The Cal Leandros series is an ongoing series of The New York Times Best Selling novels by American author Rob Thurman about the fictional character of Caliban "Cal" Leandros.[1][2][3] The first novel, Nightlife, was published on March 7, 2006 through Roc Fantasy.
The series follows Cal, a man that is half-monster and half-human. His mother was impregnated by an Auphe, a bloodthirsty creature also referred to as a "Grendel". The series begins with Cal and his brother Niko living in New York City, struggling to keep Cal's heritage a secret as they battle to survive those that would see them dead. Later novels deal more heavily with Cal's attempts to balance the dark nature of his father's race with his impulse to protect and defend others against the supernatural.[4]
Major Characters[edit]
- Caliban "Cal" Leandros
Caliban is the result of his mother mating with an otherworldly creature, a Grendel (Auphe). He is, as Thurman describes him, "half-human, half-monster, and all attitude."[5] Cal inherited his Greek-Romani mother's raven hair, but has the pale skin of his father. Technically, Cal begins the books as 17 years old, but he was once kidnapped by the Auphe and spent two years in their home dimension called Tumulus, making him 19, since time in that placed follows different laws than on Earth.
- Niko Leandros
Niko is Cal's older half-brother and only sibling. He is described as being handsome, with the nose of a Roman soldier. Because of this he is often referred to by Cal as Cyrano, which is a nickname given as a reference to Niko's nose. As their mother was neglectful and really didn't pay much attention to them, Niko took to looking out for his younger brother at a young age. Considered the "practical" one of the pair, Niko is calm, and enjoys meditation and natural foods. Although Niko has no relation to the Auphe, he is as tough as nails and practices many types of martial arts. Thurman compares him to Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Caesar, and Sun-Tzu.[5]
- Robin Goodfellow
Robin Goodfellow, also known as Rob Fellows, is one of the last known Pucks in existence. He poses as a car salesman and due to his sly, sneaky nature, fits in very naturally. Having been alive for an extremely long time, he has made his way through history, and crossed paths with the likes of Caligula, Salome, Bacchus, and Sigmund Freud to name a few.[5] Although seemingly hedonistic and selfish, he eventually proves to be useful to the brothers and becomes a good friend.
- Promise Nottinger
Promise is a vampire. She is an otherworldly beauty with an ageless quality. In several books her age is alluded to, but never explicitly given. She has had five rich, older husbands whose fortunes she inherited after their deaths. Caliban and Niko meet up with her after one of her husbands' descendants attempts to kill her. She denies having drunk blood for many years and instead relies on iron supplements. Promise has a romantic relationship with Niko.
Minor Characters[edit]
- Georgina "George"
George is a human female, who is a psychic. In numerous instances she has helped the Leandros brothers out by seeing events in their futures. She refuses to look far into her own future or to try to change future events. She is also capable of seeing certain past events. Her romantic attraction to Caliban was never fully reciprocated, due to Cal's fear of how his Auphe heritage would affect any relationship they could have.
- Nightlife (2006)[6]
- Moonshine (2007)
- Madhouse (2008)
- Deathwish (2009)
- Roadkill (2010)
- Blackout (2011)
- Doubletake (2012)[7][8]
- Slashback (2013)
- DownFall (2014)
- Nevermore (2015)
- Everwar (Uncertain - Publisher cancelled)
Critical reception for the series has been mostly positive,[9][10][11] with RT Book Reviews rating several of the books highly and nominating Blackout for their 2011 Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Urban Fantasy Novel.[12] Sales for the series have been good, with several of the novels placing on The New York Times Best Seller list for mass market paperbacks.[13][14]
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- ^ "Exclusive Interview: "Doubletake" Author Rob Thurman". Fear Net. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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- ^ ""Doubletake" by Rob Thurman". News and Sentinel. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Book Review: 'Doubletake' by Rob Thurman". FearNet. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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There are, however, some issues when it comes to low voter turnout. True, some people (particularly those with middle incomes) tend to not vote as a sign of being okay with direction of Canada. But there are other groups of nonvoters who consistently don't turn out.
Take, for instance, aboriginal voters - who tend to vote at lower rates than the general population. While the data tends to be a bit thin, there's been waves of indigenous activism and internationally documented horrible living conditions in First Nations communities. This would seem to show that at least some aboriginal Canadians aren't satisfied with the direction of Canada, yet this fails to translate into ballot box activity.
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Monday, 6 January 2014
New Year's Resolution - A Progressive City Hall (Guest Post)
|Will Sam Katz be laughing his way to reelection
this year?
For the sake of Winnipeg, let's hope not.Image Source: Borris Minkevich/Winnipeg Free Press
As Sam Katz approaches the last year of his current mandate, he has continually run into difficulty since being re-elected. These difficulties include:
An ill-advised plan to build a water park near The Forks.
Controversy over the alignment of the second phase of rapid transit.
Budget controversies and the loss of allies Justin Swandel and Paula Havixbeck from the EPC
Being accused (and later acquitted) of conflict-of-interest in court.
Facing these challenges, if Katz decides to run again, he is certain to be re-elected
This is not a typo. Sam Katz could easily win again.
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Could a left progressive beat Katz or another business
backed conservative this year?Image Source: Borris Minkevich/Winnipeg Free Press
You may be wondering how this could be, considering his unpopularity and the perception of him being corrupt. Yes, people may not like Sam Katz, but people also don't like politicians in general. Interest in municipal politics is quite low generally, which confers an advantage to incumbents, especially incumbents with money. And pointing out Katz shortcomings will not necessarily inspire people to vote for someone else.
People were in the mood for a new vision in the last civic election, but as Judy Wasylicia-Leis failed to communicate exactly what that new vision was, people either voted for "the devil they knew" in Sam Katz, or more of them simply disengaged. The left cannot expect to coast to victory on Sam Katz unpopularity, especially if the interests who backed Katz back a different mayoral candidate with a similar agenda.
There is little evidence to show that the left has learned the lessons of 2010 and is prepared for 2014, but there is still hope. Here is what needs to be done:
1) Party's Over For The NDP
|Vision Vancouver: A model
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The current process of NDP-endorsed candidates is deeply flawed. As political parties have no official standing at city hall, this gives opponents a perfect target to claim that "NDP insiders" are trying to "hijack" the elections. This strategy has not only been ineffective at electing members in areas that are not already staunchly NDP, but NDP-endorsed candidates could not win in their traditional strongholds of Daniel Macyntire and Elmwood. It also excludes a large share of progressive voters. For example, John Orlikow can be counted as one of council's progressives, but would not have been elected in his ward if he had run under the traditional NDP banner.
The left needs to broaden the base, and can look to Vancouver as an example, even though municipal parties in Vancouver have official standing. Instead of the rigid partisan alliances that exist provincially and federally, the left in Vancouver has organized itself into looser coalitions manifesting as COPE and Vision Vancouver. This does not rule out NDP participation, as any left-of-centre project will inevitably have NDP fingerprints, but the NDP must give up its need to be in control.
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An important aspect of reaching out to voters is identifying issues, and having a plan, because this is something tangible voters can hold someone accountable to. This also gives voters the confidence to take the risk of electing a new person over the incumbent. It is not merely enough to campaign on transparency and accountability. Every politician campaigns on these things, even Stephen Harper campaigned on these things while in Opposition.
3) Pick Your Team
|Be it scandals or low quality city services,
epitomized by iced in roads and brown water,
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Image Source: "Winnipegger sunited against
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In order for a progressive agenda to be realized, we need to elect progressive people to municipal government. To do that, we need to know the background of each candidate, and if applicable, the candidate's voting record while on council. The Winnipeg Citizen's Coalition released a report card during the last municipal election grading each councillor on particular issues, and assigned each a letter grade. Unfortunately, if you lived in a ward whose councillor did not pass or where your incumbent councillor was not running again, this guide was no use to you. A strategy like this needs to be well researched, and provide information about each candidate (record of community service, statements to the media, platform items, etc), and ideally endorse candidates, so that voters have an idea of which candidates will do what.
4 Early Bird Gets The Worm
Even though the official campaign period begins in May, whomever progressives back for Mayor needs to be chosen well in advance. This allows time to build the networks and connections that are needed to overcome the disadvantage of being a challenger. Brandon Mayor Shari Decter-Hirst announced her intention to run about one year ahead of the 2010 election. Whoever steps forward to challenge Sam Katz will need at least that much time, given that Winnipeg is that much larger and more challenging for someone without built-in name recognition.
Progressives in Winnipeg face an uphill road to 2014, but it is a challenge that can be met.
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Background: Vitamin E and beta-carotene affect various measures of immune function and accordingly might influence the predisposition of humans to infections. However, only few controlled trials have tested this hypothesis.
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Print and Cut Heat Transfer Onsie and Bib
Labels: baby, heat transfer, print and cut, sewing, Silhouette Cutter
Ways to re-use Wine Corks
I have a wine problem.....its actually a wine cork problem I love them, I have saved them for about 8 years and even take the cork when I haven't had any of the wine myself sometimes. I think they are so pretty and rustic so I have made several trivets (hot-plates) and used them in apothecary jars with candles or around the base of candles in wide decorative bowls.
Labels: corks, tips, tricks, wine, wine corks
Ambigram sweatshirt
Here is my latest creation with the Silhouette Cutter. Pretty excited about this one!
It is still to big for Karsyn but better too big than too small.
Labels: ambigram, Silhouette Cutter, Tutorial
Felt PB and J
2 pieces of tan felt for the Peanut Butter, 2 pieces of Purple for Grape Jelly (just cut fun shapes about the size of the bread) The bread I drew the shape of a piece of wonder bread (you could even trace a slice of bread if you wanted). I found a great felt color that looked just like wheat bread.
Welcome Harry
My fellow pharmacist co-worker friend just had a baby so I made him a baby gown similar to the one seen here and a baby hat I made from a pattern here . After I sewed both I cut out his name with my silhouette machine on fuzzy heat transfer material and ironed it onto the hat. Super cute and simple.
Labels: baby, hat, newborn gown, sewing, Silhouette Cutter
Felt Sugar Cookies
Another super easy felt food item...SUGAR COOKIES!
(Sorry for the horrible picture)
They are just 2 pieces of tan felt (these I sewed on the machine and turned so they seam was on the inside), a small amount of stuffing and I added pink "frosting" and "sprinkles". Make sure you sew the beads on really well so little mouths don't swallow them.
Labels: felt, felt food, sewing, sugar cookies, Tutorial
Tea Anyone?? Felt Tea Bag
Similar to the ravioli, I cut 2 pieces of cream felt, Sew closed (small amount of fiberfill inside). Cut 2 pieces of white felt into a tag shape.
Felt Ravioli
These ravioli's were super easy to make, I cut squares of cream felt with Pinking shears (about 2-3 in square) then sew with the sewing machine around 3 sides, fill with filberfill and then sew the last side closed.
Felt pancakes
To make the pancakes you will need:
- 2 tan circles (I used the top of a coffee cup)
- 2 cream circles (slightly larger than the tan circles)
- brown felt cut into a random "syrup" shape you like
- 1 yellow square felt piece the size of a dollop of butter.
- brown, tan and yellow embroidery floss
Felt Food 1
Labels: banana slices, cookies, eggs, felt, felt food, pancakes, sewing, swiss cheese, waffles
White Chocolate Cupcakes w/ White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Labels: Baking, cupcakes, dogwood, flower, white chocolate
Valentine's Day Decor
I made more glitter letters like I did for the Christmas "Joy" frames, I reused the frames, grabbed 4 new letters and glittered them and cut 2 pieces of scrapbook paper into 5x7 sheets for the frames the whole project was ~$7. I had the wreath in storage from when I got married a few years ago.
Labels: decorations, frames, glitter, Home
Baby Shower Cupcakes for Betse
Football Cake
Here is a cake I made for the big National College Football Game, the laces etc. were made out of fondant. Eventhough I am a Beaver Fan I rooted for Oregon to win, rivalry or not they are still the home team in the game. To bad they lost.
Labels: Baking, cake, cakes, football, super bowl
Diaper changing pad cover
I saw a tutorial for a contour changing pad cover and since I felt the sheets were pretty straight forward I thought I would give this changing pad cover a shot as well since they are pretty pricy and not always exactly the color or pattern you want. I chose a nice soft fannel material and got 1 yard of 45"wide fabric and 4 8"pieces of 3/8" elastic (* I used the left over from the sheets*)
Labels: baby, camera strap cover, diaper changing clutch, pad, sewing, Tutorial
Snuggly Owl Pillow
I saw this tutorial over at Make it and Love it and knew I had to make one for Karsyn. I just used scraps from previous projects so the cost was $0 out of pocket. I love being thrifty when I can.
Rose and Begonia Cupcakes
Labels: Baking, buttercream, cupcakes, flower, roses
King of the Jungle Baby Shower Cake
Its been a slow craft week for me so here is a baby shower cake I made over the summer for a friend. She was doing the king of the jungle theme so I attempted to make a 3-D lion. The head and legs were made out of rice krispie treats and the eyes are white gumballs painted with black food coloring. I painted edible glitter on the crown for sparkle.
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Amazing ship
Sail Date: January 21, 2012
Reviewed: 5 years ago
Traveled As: Couple
Room Type: Balcony
Pros: Variety of trivia contests
Cons: Small-ish balcony cabin, tiny shower, slow elevators, serve-yourself buffet (more likely to spread virus)
Recommends Oasis of the Seas? Yes!
Category Ratings
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|Food and Dining
|Nothing special. No baked Alaska night or midnight chocolate buffet or anything like that. Breakfast at Johnny Rockets was bad -- cold food and surly waitress. Coffee was way too strong for me -- I had to add half hot water.
|Cabin / Stateroom
|Seemed smaller than most balcony cabins. Bed was comfortable. Temperature was bad -- too warm.
|Ship Quality
|Easy to get to wherever we needed to be except for the slow, crowded elevators.
|Service and Staff
|Although some things overlapped with others -- like trivia overlapping bingo. Seems like things for older people should be scheduled so as not to overlap.


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BetaCast Ep: #87
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No Mod Sky
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The one with Pizza
This one's on a timer because the pizza has been ordered. So lets talk about all the games... All of themListen Download
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Red Luigi and Green Mario
Special guest Shane joins us in the studio to talk about the word of games, non games and all things game like.And how the world is going to end because of the Pokemon GO update.Listen Download
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August 01 2016
America ya'll need to calm down
Today it's more Pokemon, more Firewatch and well, it's more BetaCast.With a special Inside spoilerCast at the end.Listen Download
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July 24 2016
I did not get them all
The Beta crew is back with a new member Tahlia! After many months of nagging we finally got her into the studio to talk about all things game related. Also Pokemon Go.Listen Download
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July 17 2016
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Special guest Emre in the studio to talk about all things VR with a healthy splash of Pokemon GO and computer updates.Listen Download
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Super Smash U Bro
Part 2 of our E3 coverage, This time we talk Sony and Nintendo.Also we realise we have been doing this for 2 years, when are we meant to get famous?Listen Download
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June 20 2016
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June 05 2016
That was so cool, when I was 14
Doom, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Neko Atsume, and educational dice games from the 60's. What more could your little heart want in an episode of the BetaCast? So my friends, why don't you stay a while...Listen Download
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May 29 2016
All three D's
It's been months but the work in beta team is back and boy do we have a lot of games to talk about. It's got to be a crime that there are so many good ones out currently.Don't worry we are back for...Listen Download
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February 08 2016
Fight me bro, I bet you suck at Pokemon
We are back! Full studio and all we can do it try and not talk about the witnessDid-ja miss us?We missed you!Listen Download
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December 11 2015
72 - I've got a really dumb question
It's the second to last BetaCast before the end of the year and we are here for your listening pleasure to talk about all things video games.Listen Download
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November 30 2015
Most of us remember Pong – the primitive yet effective two player game that featured simple controls and minimal graphics. For those of you that don't, the aim of the game was to bounce a ball with...
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November 27 2015
Fine tuned for maximum voluptuousness
Games are out and they continue to come out. Full studio here again and the Beta crew talk about Project Zero, Dead or alive xtreame 3 fortune, Fallout 4, and more Neko Atsume... Oh and alex tries to...Listen Download
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November 20 2015
That f#!k face said my name!
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The latest opinion poll shows his approval rating on Iraq has risen by 10% since early November to 46%. On the economy, his rating has jumped 11 points, to 47%, the Washington Post reports.
His overall approval rating has risen to 47%, from 39% in early November. Some 52% say they disapprove of how he is handling his job.
The poll found that approval over Mr Bush's handling of the fight against terrorism had risen to 56%, from 48% last month.
Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, an early presidential candidate for the Democrats in last year's election, recently reported on his latest trip to Iraq in the Wall Street Journal. He says: "The Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood." The progress in Iraq is "visible and practical". In the largely Kurdish north, security and prosperity are increasing. The primarily Shiite south remains largely free of terrorism and is experiencing greater economic activity. Even in the Sunni triangle, between Baghdad, Tikrit and Ramadi, where most of the terrorist enemy attacks occur, progress is being made: Despite the daily examples of brutal violence, Sunni candidates were able to carry out energetic election campaigns.
"It is a war between 27 million and 10,000" Lieberman wrote. "Twenty-seven million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam "revengists," Iraqi Islamic extremists, or al-Qaida foreign fighters."
(é uma guerra entre 27 milhões de iraquianos e 10 000 terroristas. 27 milhões de iraquianos que querem uma vida com liberdade, oportunidades e prosperidade, e apenas 10 000 terroristas que, ou querem vingar Saddam, ou são extremistas islâmicos iraquianos ou são combatentes estrangeiros da Al Qaeda)
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Bangladesh lead 2-0 in the five-match series.
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (capt), Shahriar Nafees, Mehrab Hossain, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak and Shahadat Hossain.
Zimbabwe: Prosper Utseya (capt), Sean Williams, Hamilton Masakadza, Elton Chigumbura, Keith Dabengwa, Gary Brent, Ed Rainsford, Brendan Taylor, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Chamu Chibhabha and Christopher Mpofu.
Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
TV umpire: Ziaul Islam (Ban)
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London: Australia's Greg Blewett finished the third day of Nottinghamshire's second division county championship match against Worcestershire on a frustrating 99 not out.His teammates will hope he goes to three figures on Monday and, just as importantly, stays at the crease as his team pursues an unlikely victory.Set an imposing 458 to win, Nottinghamshire is currently well placed at 367 for two.Western Australia's Mike Hussey made a championship best of 159 for Northamptonshire but that was not enough to prevent it from following on against Glamorgan. At the close the run-hungry Hussey was 50 not out.In the First Division leaders Yorkshire, once the powerhouse of English cricket but without a championship title since 1968, kept itself on top with a three day innings and 227 runs victory over third-placed Leicestershire.The win was in no small part due to a match return of 12 for 72 from seamer Steve Kirby, only recently awarded a three-year contract after a career as a flooring salesman.Kirby took seven for 50 on his debut and could be forgiven for wishing that the current season does not end. Yorkshire has now won five of its eight matches at the halfway stage of the season.At The Oval champions Surrey built up a lead of 257 against Lancashire thanks to 86 from Mark Butcher and 73 from captain Adam Hollioake.
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THE LETTERS on the European Union from MJ Knight and Heon Stevenson (4 July) reflect a clarity of thought rarely evident in the muddled media mumblings of the politicians they rightly criticise. However, M J Knight commits a similar offence when she/he mentions "Britain's" influence in the EU. What can this phrase mean?
Britain is a piece of rock and soil and I don't think that can have political influence. Could it mean the influence of British citizens? Well, my influence on any decision of the British Government - calculated through the size of a constituency electorate and the number of MPs in the Commons, with a conservative allowance for the anti-democratic "noise" in the system - is about 1 in 100 million. On decisions at EU level, it would go out to 1 in 870 million, plus more noise. Double the size of the EU and it is 1 in 1,740 million.
All of these numbers are sufficiently close to zero that the difference between them is of no significance. In practical terms, none of us ordinary voters has any influence on either the British Government or the EU.
Could the politicians be talking about the influence of the British Government on the EU, rather than the influence of the people? If so, I've no reason to believe that this Government's influence will be any more in favour of what I consider right than that of any other EU government.
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Internal Medicine, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
SESSION TITLE: Cancer Student/Resident Case Report Posters II
SESSION TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Report
PRESENTED ON: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
INTRODUCTION: Prostate adenocarcinoma commonly metastasizes to the axial skeleton, lungs, and liver. Isolated metastasis to the thyroid gland is rare. We describe a patient with a sudden onset of neck swelling accompanied by clinical features of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS), who later was found to have thyroid metastasis from prostate adenocarcinoma.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and bipolar disorder, presented with the complaint of neck swelling, shortness of breath and hoarseness of voice. His symptoms started suddenly a few weeks back and accompanied by dysphagia to solid foods. The patient did not report any fever, chills, cough, hemoptysis, nausea/vomiting, change in appetite, weight loss, altered bowel movements, or dysuria. He had a 50 pack-year smoking history and a recovered alcoholic. Initial vital signs were stable and on physical examination, he had a moderate to large size swelling in the anterior part of the neck, palpable cervical and supraclavicular lymphadenopathy with telangiectasia and visible veins on the anterior neck. The Ultrasound of thyroid and soft tissue neck showed enlarged thyroid gland with no discrete nodules and multiple soft tissue masses/lymph nodes in the neck. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed small bilateral pleural effusion, cervical, supraclavicular and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, non-specific thyromegaly, and early side-to-side narrowing of the airways. Next, an Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration & biopsy of thyroid gland and lymph nodes was done. The pathology came back positive for immunostaining with PSA and prostatic acid phosphatase; this was consistent with metastatic poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
DISCUSSION: Prostate Cancer is the most common malignancy in men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Prostate cancer with solitary metastasis to the thyroid gland and causing SVCS is very rare, to date there have been only six documented cases in the published literature. Patients presenting with a neck mass are commonly presumed to have a thyroid malignancy, less often is metastatic prostate cancer included in the differential diagnosis. Approximately 10-15% of patients with prostate cancer present with metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis.
CONCLUSIONS: Our case demonstrates that prostate cancer has the ability to uncommonly metastasize to the thyroid gland with neck swelling and SVCS being the sole clinical manifestation.
Reference #1: Albsoul N, Obeidat F, Azmy H, et al. Isolated Multiple Bilateral Thyroid Metastases from Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review. Endocr Pathol (2013) 24:36-39
DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Muhammad Khawar, Minh Phan, Tauseef Ali
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How much is my hard top worth?
Im selling my hard top off my 05 tj and I have no idea how muh i should be asking.
It's worth about $45.00 and I'll be over next week to pick it up. I can give you a $10 retainer fee to hold it till then.
I'm only kidding. Hard tops generally sell between $500 and $1500 depending on the condition, features, and year. Just a plain hard top in good condition off of an 05.... meh, maybe $900-$1100 depending on the local area.
Thanks man, I was figuring a little lower, glad i asked.
There's a Idaho local guy selling his tan hardtop & sliding half-door uppers for 1400.
I don't know the condition, it's on CL.
Wait until winter to sell if you can, prices usually spike then.
^ Screwing some one isn't one of my intentions. Getting top dollar for what something is really worth is worth the wait. Why sell it for $900 when they sell for $1200 other times of the year?
x3. The guy selling his for 1400 will probably be sitting on it for a while. It's not going to sell very fast at that price.
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Exclusive - Spain girding for ECB board seat fight
Spain is preparing to battle several smaller and economically fitter northern countries to hang on to its seat on the European Central Bank's influential executive board, well placed euro zone sources told Reuters.
Spain's seat on the six-member board is under threat from, among others, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Finland, as the euro zone's northern core, unsettled by recent changes which have left Italy and Portugal holding the ECB's top two posts, seek to restore a regional balance at the bank.
The eight-year term of Spain's incumbent, Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo, ends on May 31, opening the door for another country to take the spot if euro zone leaders who will make the decision opt to oust Spain.
Sources say the issue could be discussed at meetings of euro zone finance ministers on February 20-21 or even earlier.
These countries want to take advantage of the weakness of Spain to try and get a place on the (ECB) board, one euro zone central bank source, who requested anonymity, told Reuters.
Spain must make every diplomatic effort to try and save its place on the Executive Board, he said, adding that countries yet to have held an ECB board seat may also stake a claim.
While ECB decisions are made by a larger group of 23 -- which alongside the board includes the 17 euro zone national central bank heads -- the board is particularly influential as it sets the agenda for policy meetings and can vote as a bloc.
Traditionally Spain, like all of the euro zone's top four economies, has always held an executive board seat.
But the country's heavy exposure to the debt crisis, combined with the recent personnel changes, has driven some in the healthier northern euro zone core to push for changes to try to restore a better balance between traditional and activist policy styles.
In the wake of the ECB board changes there has been a pronounced shift towards pragmatism, without a doubt, a second euro zone central bank source, who also requested anonymity, said.
There is already public debate over the north-south balance (on the ECB board)... Spain...is not in a strong position. If Germany said it wanted someone from the Netherlands or somewhere like that (on the ECB board), then I doubt they would be in a position to resist.
Much has been made of the shift away from the ECB's Bundesbank-style conservatism since Mario Draghi took over as president in November and following the departures of arch hawks Juergen Stark and Axel Weber, who once dominated ECB policy discussions.
The bank has cut interest rates for two months running to take them back to a record low of 1 percent, loosened its lending rules and, in an unprecedented move last month, firehosed euro zone banks with almost half a trillion euros of ultra-cheap and three-year cash to prop them up.
Regardless of what happens in the race, the departure of Gonzalez-Paramo will be the final change in a complete overhaul of the ECB's Executive Board over the last two years.
The Netherlands opened the debate on ousting Spain from the ECB board in May last year when it voiced its worries about the policy balance among the six members.
Lex Hoogduin, a former Dutch central bank board member, has been touted as one potential candidate to replace Gonzalez-Paramo, although media reports that he does not get along with the country's Prime Minister Mark Rutte may reduce his chances.
Erkki Liikanen and Yves Mersch, the respective heads of Finland and Luxembourg's central banks, are also seen as frontrunners. As two of the longest serving ECB policymakers, they might be seen as sensible appointees following the joint arrival on the board of inexperienced new faces Joerg Asmussen and Benoit Coeure.
However, Spain also has a standout candidate in its former central bank governor Jaime Caruana who is currently the head of the Bank for International Settlements.
(Writing by Marc Jones; Editing by John Stonestreet)