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The Day After Super TuesdayBy
A few thoughts on yesterday's Super Tuesday results.
Voters are throwing their support to the candidate they believe is most likely to beat Trump, placing less weight on their actual platform. In the eyes of many, Joe is the safe bet. They seem to be signaling their most pressing desire is to end the crazy.
Most voters are not falling in line for a revolution, regardless of whether one is needed (I personally think one is badly needed). A revolution is not a return to normal; it's seen as a continuation of the chaos.
The millennials, the folks most favoring a revolution, did not show up. Not sure why but they did not turn out in the waves predicted and expected by the Sanders camp.
The socialist brand is hurting Bernie with older voters, especially the less educated. He could have done himself a real favor had he actually branded himself a progressive democrat years ago.
His issues are our issues but he has handicapped himself with the democratic socialist tag he tied around his own neck. The millennials, yes… the ones who were absent in large number… are the only demographic seemingly unconcerned by the term.
More specifically, they are the only ones who don't seem concerned the republicans will use the term to brand Sanders a socialist or a communist at every chance during the general election. Most Americans don't know the difference so of course they will.
Bloomberg underperformed because he was seen as Trump-lite. Another arrogant billionaire who treats women terribly and who would be a poor voice for those falling behind in society. His history of supporting republicans and golfing with Trump didn't help his case.
Misogyny in the voting booth hurt Warren and Klobuchar. History tells us voters will choose strong and wrong over weak and right. With Trump, voters are looking for strength to parry strength which sadly continues to place women at a disadvantage.
It's exasperating. Maybe we need a tatted up, nasty mouthed, street brawler next time. Maybe someone who would punch Trump in the nose, do the 30 days for assault then continue on the campaign trail. I mean, GEEZ! What do the women have to do???
I will vote "blue no matter who" but right now I'd say it's Biden's to lose. That said, should Biden win the nomination and Bernie fail to adequately rally his base in support, we will see Trump reelected.


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Automotive Part Search , 15 reviews
Great app. Very helpful in organizing a large product base. Robert is extremely responsive and offers excellent support in setting up and modifying the filter. This app is a no brainer if you are selling a large catalog of automotive parts.
Robert is fantastic!!! This YMM app isn't perfect, but it is close! Robert's customer service more than makes up for any that the app itself is lacking!
Thank you for your review!
The app works great and Robert was a great help and he cared to make sure everything works well
Really recommend it
Thank you very much for your review!
This is an excellent App for our "Vehicle Fitment" product detail display requirement. We needed a small customization which Robert carried out quickly and for a fair price. Highly recommended.
Thank you for your review, Chris! I'm glad to hear how well the app is working out for your requirements. I'm always happy to assist with customizations.
Not enough words to describe my postive experience. This application is beyond your average YMM search engine! The owner Robert is not only extremely patient with any questions I've had, but also the communication was A+. To the point where he even set it up for my exact desire, I couldn't recommend it enough.
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Thank you so much for your review, Mark! I am thrilled to hear your positive experience with the app and with my services. We had some unique requirements getting the app setup on your store, and I'm glad you contacted me with those requests. I'm always available and happy to assist.
This app is top-notch and the team behind it are even better. If you are looking for a simple yet sophisticated application to manage the specificity of your manufactured products - I highly recommend this app. You will not be disappointed.
Great product and support is awesome! We've been using the plugin for a few months now, and it works great. It allows you to show part specific items for the vehicle select and now they added a feature where univeral products will show as well. They also allow you to use tags when adding products which makes it easier to add them to the Automotive Part Search plugin. Highly recommend it.
We only had a small hiccup with the app, but the company was right on it about getting it fixed up for us. Definitely recommend this app for anyone looking to add a Year Make Model search to their site.
Hi Josh, sorry to have to learn about the concerns through this review. I wasn't able to find any emails, open tickets, or voice messages. I also checked your store, and the app seems to be working without any apparent issues.
The last email I have from you was on February 19, which I replied back to on the same day. I sent you an email shortly after you left this review, but have not heard back. Not sure if your experiencing any issues with email?
I'm glad to hear the app has been working without issue for over a year. As far as I can tell, it seems to still be working.
I'm available by phone or email, to assist with any questions or concerns you may have.
Strong product can't wait to see his future products. If you have issues contact Robert he is really easy to work with and cares about his customers.
Did I understood correctly, here is no models, no cross-references, this is clean windows where I need to build every think by myself? How it's possibly on Automotive side? I have 300 000 products by producer number and on tecdoc I can only import my numbers and it crossing them to vehicle model year and OE-numbers. Can somebody give advice which App is like TecDoc?

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Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art, lightweight and flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions ("Ascent" or the "Company") announces that the Company had participated in the "By Invitation Only" US Special Operations Command's (SOCOM) Technical Experimentation, held on July 27-29, 2021, at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in North Jordan, IN (TE 21-3).
SOCOM customarily conducts TE's annually to provide a platform for the SOCOM personnel to interact with the private sector's advanced technology developers to understand how the Special Operations Forces (SOF) can be better supported. The focus of TE 21-3 was to highlight See-Through-The-Wall (STTW) technologies, intended to determine whether a structure is occupied and to enable "situational awareness" of friendly and adversary personnel, a critical asset on the battlefield to help keep our warfighters well prepared.
Ascent's lightweight, rugged and portable CIGS PV system, designed to reduce the reliance of heavy and bulky batteries, was able to demonstrate its high suitability-for-purpose in providing expeditionary/mobile power solution for these STTW systems — which can be vehicle-mounted, Unmanned Ground Vehicle-mounted, Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS)-mounted, tripod-mounted, or handheld – which will provide our warfighters with a critical advantage on the battlefield.
Of the 30+ technology vendors selected for participation in TE 21-3, Ascent was the only one not specifically demonstrating STTW technology, a reflection on the importance of expeditionary and austere power in the DoD's next-generation strategies. Getting selected for TE 21-3 marks the 4th consecutive year – no event held in 2020 due to COVID — that Ascent has been chosen to support SOCOM TE's, continued acknowledgment that Ascent's CIGS PV provides the DoD with an unparalleled breadth of capability.
"We are honored to be invited as part of SOCOM's continued effort to assess technologies that will provide the Special Operations Forces (SOF) operator with the most operationally efficient and resilient tools to ensure success when engaged with adversaries," stated Joe Kigin, CRO / SVP of Government Relations for Ascent. "In a time when the primary method of engagement is increasingly asymmetric and unconventional, we believe that our XD-12 and XD-48, and eventually our FeatherLight (FL16) and MilPak 60E will help provide our SOF operators with a critical advantage when leveraging STTW technologies to maintain, and again, a sustainable competitive advantage on the battlefield."
"We look forward to assisting SOCOM as they seek to utilize critical technologies such as See-Through-the-Wall to help keep our warfighters safe and operating in optimum efficiency," said Victor Lee, President and CEO of Ascent Solar. "Developing state-of-the-art and potentially disruptive PV technology capable of integrating seamlessly into handheld, vehicle-mounted, and even on SUAS, separates Ascent from the competition and puts us in a very unique position to be a key partner to SOCOM and the primary Branches of the DoD."
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. is a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules using flexible substrate materials that are more versatile and rugged than traditional solar panels. Ascent Solar modules were named one of the top 100 technologies in both 2010 and 2015 by R&D Magazine, and one of TIME Magazine's 50 best inventions for 2011. The technology described above represents the cutting edge of flexible power and can be directly integrated into consumer products and off-grid applications, as well as other aerospace applications. Ascent Solar is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado


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David Chipperfield restores Mies van der Rohe designed Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
by Devanshi ShahMay 16, 2021
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by Devanshi ShahPublished on : Mar 27, 2021
The impact and influence of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture know no bounds. As one of the most important architects of the 20th century, his work still resonates with our contemporary understanding of design and architecture. While the phrase 'less is more' is often associated with the ideology of his work, people often forget that he elaborated on that adding, "It is important not to confuse simple with simplistic". Lemke House may seem like an unassuming structure in the grander scheme of Mies' work, however it is an important link between his earlier work in Germany and later works in America. He was the director of the Bauhaus school at the time the Lemke House was built, which speaks to its chronological importance. Since 2002 the structure has been home to the Mies van der Rohe Haus, and this year the curatorial project of the Mies van der Rohe Haus has envisioned a unique exhibition, titled Mies goes Future. The exhibition pays homage to the core values of Mies, and are a true tribute to his ideas.
The adaptive nature of the centre and exhibition captures the zeitgeist of Mies. In an exclusive correspondence with STIR, Wita Noack, Director at the Mies van der Rohe Haus, offers a short history of Lemke House and how the foundation got to using it.
Devanshi Shah (DS):Can you tell us a little bit about the history of how the Mies van der Rohe Haus came to be set up at the Lemke House?
Wita Noack (WN): The Lemke House is the last house designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany, before his emigration to the United States in 1938. Mies designed the house for Karl and Martha Lemke, who lived there until 1945, before their home was seized by the Red Army and converted into a garage. From the 1960s until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the East German secret police used the home for various purposes such as a laundry storage area, a kitchen, and as janitor's living quarters, all of which necessitated a number of renovations and modifications to the house and garden. In 1977 the house was declared a protected landmark by the East Berlin Magistrate. During the political upheaval and reunification in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the house remained under the jurisdiction of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen district. It was later opened to the public and its use was tailored to contemporary needs. From 2000 to 2002, a complete and landmark-worthy restoration of the house and garden was carried out according to historic plans. Since then, the house serves as an exhibition pavilion for modern art, attracting visitors from all over the world, who are interested to see and explore the architecture of Mies van der Rohe.
DS:Also tell us about your overall vision for the cultural and curatorial programmes at Mies van der Rohe Haus?
WN: Over the years the focus of the programmes at the Mies van der Rohe Haus (Lemke House) lies on the house itself and its history as well as the culture of modernism; architects and artists are invited to engage with the architecture of Mies van der Rohe while creating art pieces that correspond with the house. Each year together with Ingolf Kern, Chairman of the Board at the Mies van der Rohe House, we create themes and the programmes for the institution.
DS: Anything in particular we can look forward to this year?
WN: Particularly this year, since we are celebrating the 135th birthday of Mies van der Rohe, we have put together additional programmes including new research projects, exhibitions and educational programmes as well as a birthday party in the garden on August 8. The film and exhibition project titled Mies Goes Future is a different format than usual. With the digital forum consisting of films and exhibitions inviting artists, architectural historians and architects, we would like to create a broad platform where the protagonists can think freely about the future of the institution, especially since the house becomes too small to host all the guests visiting and so much can be offered for them in a separate setting such as a visitor service or an extension building.
DS: What are some of the other programmes we can look forward to seeing?
WN: In the summer we show the American artist and minimalist, Tadaaki Kuwayama, and of course the Mies Goes Future project is designed as a long-term study and we look forward to the protagonists who will be part of this ongoing exploration of ideas.
Mies goes Future as an exhibition is completely different. The format itself extends over a year and is in a constant state of change, and evolves based on the contemporary conversations about Mies and this work. In its early stages the exhibition already features a sketch by Alvaro Siza. Curator Esenija Bannan helped STIR to understand the minutiae of this engaging and elaborate project.
DS: Can you talk us through how you conceived the idea of Mies goes Future as a long-term exhibition project?
Esenija Bannan (EB): The future of the Mies van der Rohe House in Berlin (Lemke House) has been part of an ongoing conversation. Due to the big visitor flow the historical structure needs to be relieved and a visitor centre accommodating all important functions of the museum including a research centre, bookstore, museums shop, a checkroom and a café, is much needed. Over the years this conversation received numerous support and exchange of ideas. The Portuguese architect, Álvaro Siza, created a sketch as an impulse for the extension building for the director of the house, Wita Noack, during his visit in February 2019.
I was invited to participate in this ongoing conversation as a curator and to create an exhibition concept. Mies van der Rohe's architecture inspires and raises questions for many architects and architectural historians, curators and artists. We saw a lot of potential in inviting protagonists from various disciplines and engaging in a conversation with them about how they can envision the future of Mies, we wanted to explore the possibilities.
DS: Please tell us how the project will be presented in the space itself.
EB: The film and exhibition project consist of a digital forum and a selected exhibition. The exhibition will be installed in the same spot at the Lemke House, where it coincides with the ongoing exhibition programme in the other three exhibition spaces inside the home. The installation will range from artworks created by various conceptual artists on site and a film presenting the creative process. This way the visitor has a chance to see what kind of artwork can be created in dialogue with the space and the architecture of Mies. Each of the presentations will be filmed and presented in the digital forum as well.
DS: Who are some of the different individuals invited to participate? Who can we look forward to seeing in the future?
EB: We have invited Fritz Neumeyer, I like to call him the Godfather of Mies van der Rohe. He has written so many books about Mies and is absolutely fascinating to listen to. I am honoured and grateful that the French architect and architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen accepted our invitation. We will speak with and film Anna Ramos, director of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona and David Chipperfield, who will talk about Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin he just finished restoring; a masterpiece, Mies completed when he returned to Berlin in 1968. The conceptual Berlin artist, Katrin Guenther, and the Brazilian artist, Isabel Borges.
The first film of the series featuring Fritz Neumeyer can be viewed below.
by Sunena V Maju Jun 08, 2023
The book Brutalist Paris by Nigel Green and Robin Wilson, published by Blue Crow Media, presents the first cohesive study of brutalist architecture in Paris.
by Zohra Khan Jun 05, 2023
In an ongoing exhibition titled London Calling, the Berlin-based architectural illustrator presents a series of drawings that allow the city to speak for itself.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Jun 03, 2023
The landscape and its accompanying architecture for the project is designed to be experienced as a walkthrough with serendipitous encounters with submerged masses.
by Almas Sadique May 31, 2023
The Chinese architect Xu Tiantian's works are on display at the Auditorium of Teatro dell'architettura Mendrisio as part of the Swiss Architectural Award 2022 exhibition.
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Missy: Paint Pony Stuffed Animal Horse Knitted Paint Girl's Waldorf Toy All Natural Wool
Missy is a babysitter horse. She loves the sound of children's laughter and going on slow strolls through the forest. She loves food.
Personality: Lazy
Breed: Paint
Sex: Mare
Coloring: Paint. White, brown spots, tail and hooves
Special Feature: Multi-colored mane.
Your pony will be made upon purchase and may have subtle differences to the one shown, as with all things handmade. Please allow me 7-14 days to knit your pony for you!
Ponies measure approx. 8" long by 7" high. They are firm enough to stand on their own and squishy enough to take to bed! All pieces securely stitched--ponies are friendly companions for every age!
All ponies are hand knit with 100% soft Peruvian Highland wool and stuffed with wool from my own sheep, which I have carefully washed, cleaned and fluffed.
Wool is the perfect choice for toys, as it warms up against body heat and is slightly heavier, making the toy feel more life like. Wool also naturally healthy and clean: repelling dust and mites. It never needs to be cleaned, unless your pony is involved in a messy accident. If an accident occurs, hand wash with love: Soak in warm soapy water, then in clean rinse water. Gently squeeze out water and reshape pony. Lay flat to dry.


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The Buccaneers signed Tom Brady to an extension a couple days ago, locking him in through the 2022 season and saving $19.3 million in salary cap room this year. Brady may not be the same QB he was at his peak a decade ago, but he was good enough to lead an insanely-talented Tampa team to a Super Bowl win at 43 years old.
Combined with a decline by Drew Brees, it's hard to argue that there's a better QB in the division. Let's review where each team stands at the game's most important position heading into free agency by ranking their starters.
Tom Brady - Buccaneers starter - for at least 2 more years
2020 stats: 11-5 record, 401/610 (65.7%), 4,633 yards, 40 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 11.6 yards per completion, 102.2 passer rating, won SB
2021 cap number: $28,375,000 (No. 6 in NFL)
Brady has shown some signs of the inevitable physical decline the last few seasons. Still, he's doing a far better job of staving it off than Brees has. Going from one of the league's worst offensive skill groups in New England to one of its best in Tampa didn't hurt. The Bucs offense was so loaded that bringing in star wide receiver Antonio Brown was almost an afterthought.
That said, Brady put his weapons to excellent use. He adjusted his game and embraced Byron Leftwich and Bruce Arians' aggressive downfield concepts, proving he can throw a solid long ball while avoiding turnovers. Brady placed in the middle of the pack (No. 16) in the deep ball project and we have him ranked at No. 7 overall at the position.
Eventually Brady will look like Brees and Ben Roethlisberger did this past season, or Peyton Manning in 2015. Based on what we just saw, that may not come for a few more years, though. Until somebody drafts, signs or trades for someone better, Brady will likely remain QB1 in this division.
Matt Ryan - Falcons starter - for how long?
2020 stats: 4-12 record, 407/626 (65.0%), 4,581 yards, 26 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 11.3 yards per completion, 93.3 passer rating
2021 cap number: $40,912,500 (Highest in NFL)
Aging veterans on the decline seems to be a theme around these parts. While he's not quite at Philip Rivers' level just yet, there's an obvious trend downward for Matt Ryan, as well. In Ryan's defense, it's hard to tell how much of it is his fault and how much is the ineffective playcalling of former offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. Help is on the way in that department, at least. Ryan Tannehill became a borderline-elite QB after trading in Adam Gase for Arthur Smith, who is now Ryan's head coach.
With the right playcalling, Ryan has been a special QB in the past – he won MVP in 2016 when Kyle Shanahan was his OC. That said, even if Atlanta expects Ryan to bounce back from a mediocre couple of seasons, he'll turn 36 years old soon and his contract is becoming problematic.
Team owner Arthur Blank says they aren't releasing Ryan, but it makes a lot of sense for the Falcons to draft a new potential franchise QB with the No. 4 overall pick. That will most likely either be Justin Fields from Ohio State or Trey Lance of North Dakota State.
Drew Brees - Saints starter - probably retiring
2020 stats: 9-3 record, 275/390 (70.5%), 2,942 yards, 24 touchdowns, six interceptions, 10.7 yards per completion, 106.4 passer rating
2021 cap number: $12,225,000 (No. 17 in NFL)
His trophy case can't compare with Brady's, but Brees has had a tremendous two-decade run at the highest level in the sport. That said, it became clear this year that Brees' time is coming to an end. All reports seem to indicate that he's going to announce his retirement soon. The contract restructure that Brees recently agreed to is the best evidence of that.
However, we will believe it when we see it. Brees hasn't been a great athlete for a long time and has still managed to run Sean Payton's offense effectively. He might still be their best option to do so too – that is if the Saints can't find a way to re-sign backup QB Jameis Winston. Especially if the New Orleans offense is going to continue mostly consisting of dumping the ball off to Alvin Kamara in space or throwing slants to Michael Thomas, there's nobody who can do that better than Brees.
Teddy Bridgewater - Panthers starter - for now
2020 stats: 4-11 record, 340/492 (69.1%), 3,733 yards, 15 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 11.0 yards per completion, 92.1 passer rating
2021 cap number: $22,953,125 (No. 11 in NFL)
Bridgewater showed flashes of a solid starting quarterback early in the season and hit his peak in the middle of it. He made smart, quick decisions with the ball against the Saints Week 7 and the Chiefs in Week 9, both close losses that could have gone either way. Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there for Bridgewater. Whether it was an injury suffered the next week against Tampa or just a loss of confidence, Teddy never regained his rhythm and by the end of the year he couldn't even perform as a game manager.
While Panthers coach Matt Rhule and general manager Scott Fitterer called Bridgewater "our QB" earlier this week, that's pretty much meaningless knowing that they tried to trade him to the Lions and have been involved in almost every other veteran quarterback deal. Even if he's still on the roster in 2021 because they can't offload his contract, the writing is on the wall. It's clear this team is ready to start over with a new QB1, whether by trade or in the NFL draft.


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When I was in treatment in a morning group the facilitator would have us participate in what is called "Guided Relaxation"
Basically it is a person taking you through some steps to help you to relax. It is usually with light background music.
I found it quite effective, sometimes some would nod off which wasn't frowned on.
With a simple Google search thousands of sites were given. I cannot recommend anything because I do not remember any of the ones used while in treatment.
I found some on Amazon with the average price around $20.00.
So, I just thought that maybe if you are looking for some way to relax Guided Relaxation (Meditation), go ahead do some research and maybe give it a try.


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With Donald Trump racking up wins in three more states (possibly four) on Tuesday, it's looking much more likely he could be the GOP's nominee, though whether he could win the general election is a different story.
If that were to happen, however, The Economist believes a Trump presidency poses a serious global risk. So serious, in fact, that the magazine has ranked it among its top 10 global risks for April.
"In the event of a Trump victory, his hostile attitude to free trade, and alienation of Mexico and China in particular, could escalate rapidly into a trade war - and at the least scupper the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and 11 other American and Asian states signed in February 2016," the report states.
It also included his "exceptionally right-wing stance on the Middle East and jiadhi terrorism" as a reason a Trump presidency poses such a grave international risk.
"His militaristic tendencies towards the Middle East (and ban on all Muslim travel to the US) would be a potent recruitment tool for jihadi groups, increasing their threat both within the region and beyond," the report continues.
While acknowledging they do not believe he could beat Hillary Clinton, significant events like a terrorist attack or sudden economic downturn could turn the tide for Trump.
"It is worth noting that the innate hostility within the Republican hierarchy towards Mr Trump, combined with the inevitable virulent Democratic opposition, will see many of his more radical policies blocked in Congress - albeit such internal bickering will also undermine the coherence of domestic and foreign policymaking," the report states in conclusion.
Among the more serious global risks ranked above Trump include a hard economic downturn in China, a new cold war, and a 'Grexit' which in turn triggers a break up of the Eurozone.


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The LG HU85LA and the Optoma CinemaX P1 are two of the most impressive laser projectors on the current market. Comparing the LG HU85LA vs Optoma P1, they seem very similar at first glance. Both offer improved color accuracy and stunningly sharp 4K resolution. So where do they differ—and which one is better?
When we looked at all the factors, the LG HU85LA is the better projector by a hair—but we'd likely buy the Optoma CinemaX P1. >>> Check price on Amazon Why the discrepancy? Let's look at key features that differ between the LG and the Optoma before we dive into the full reviews.
LG HU85LA vs Optoma P1 Side by Side Comparison:
|Optoma P1
|Brightness (Lumens)
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|Throw Ratio
|Screen size
|90" - 120"
|Input lag
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Throw Ratio
Both the Optoma and the LG have an ultra-short throw ratio. This means both of them can be placed within just inches of the wall and still give you a large picture. The difference between them is slight but noticeable. The LG HU85LA should be placed 2"-7" from the screen, which is definitely within the range you can put it on an entertainment center. The Optoma's throw distance is 5"-15" from the screen—still very short, but you may need to make a few adjustments to your space.
Projector with the shorter throw ratio: LG HU85LA
The Optoma P1 comes with a NuForce soundbar built-in. With 40-watts of power, it can get plenty loud for TV watching. It's especially solid in the mid-range, ideal for crisp dialogue. In contrast, the two 5-watt speakers on the LG have comparable volume and sound quality to a TV's speakers.
Projector with the better sound: Optoma CinemaX P1
Smart Features
The LG HU85LA uses a smart on-board navigation system, and also comes with Google Assistant. The Optoma P1 offers this and then some. Compatibility with Alexa and IFTTT mean you can integrate it into any smart home set-up, regardless of which system and devices you use.
Projector with better smart features: Optoma CinemaX P1
A projector isn't much good if you can't use it to watch your content. The LG HU85LA has two HDMI ports for devices. It can also connect to speakers via Bluetooth and stream content from iOS devices using Miracast. With the Optoma CinemaX P1, you'll get two HDMI ports as well as a USB port for content. This makes it a bit easier to hook up wired devices and allows playing content from a portable drive. The Optoma also has Bluetooth for sound, though it lacks streaming ability.
Better wireless connectivity: LG HU85LA
Better wired connectivity: Optoma CinemaX P1
The picture quality of the LG HU85LA is unarguably beautiful. The color accuracy is where it really impressed us. The colors popped off the screen, even though the lamp itself is on the dimmer side. It uses tone mapping to optimize the image, and this helps give each frame the same vibrant detail. With a 4K resolution, the image is detailed and sharp even at the full 120" size. (Find guide of top projectors with 4k resolution here)
The throw ratio on the LG HU85LA is short, even for a laser projector. A 120" screen needs just over 7 inches of distance. You can put this projector on the entertainment center right next to your gaming system. >>> Find on Amazon
While the initial set-up of the projector is easy, we did find the image alignment to be a bit tricky. The LG HU85LA does give you a lot more options for adjusting the picture than many laser projectors, so it's a good choice for people who are picky about their picture.
The LG HU85LA can replace a TV in every sense. Its input lag is in the "good enough" range—not exceptional, but low enough for most gamers. It also has decent built-in sound, at least on par with a flatscreen. The big question in our minds is value. At over $5,000, it's a pretty big investment for even a serious movie watcher. Click for full LG HU85LA Review
- Easy to set up and navigate
- Lots of options for adjusting the picture
- Ultra-short throw ratio easily works in any space
- Smart functions with built-in Google Assistant control
- Stunning, accurate colors
- TruMotion technology for a smooth viewing experience
- Allows connection of speakers through Bluetooth
- Lack of lens shift can make picture alignment tricky
- Cost is high, even for a laser projector
Optoma P1
The Optoma CinemaX P1 is a smart laser projector built to integrate easily into any home. The throw ratio is longer than on the LG above—you'll need about 15" to get a 120" image. This still makes the Optoma P1 very flexible in terms of installation, though. >>> Find on Amazon
We love the ease of the Optoma P1. Set-up is a breeze, and the SmartFIT app is very helpful in getting the picture just right. The Optoma P1 also integrates easily into an existing smart home set-up. You can use it with either Google Assistant or Alexa, and it supports IFTTT for writing your own smart programs and routines.
The picture on the Optoma CinemaX is stunning and sharp, with no washing out even in bright rooms. We love how even the Optoma picture is, with the same brightness on white spaces and colors, and the same amount of detail in dark and light parts of the image.
The built-in sound is impressive, as well. It's one of the few projectors that sounds better than most televisions, especially in the mid-range. Dialogue has nice clarity, though audiophiles will still want to connect their own speakers to get more bass. (Check full review of Optoma Cinemax P1 here)
- Compatible with both Alexa and Google Assistant
- Supports IFTTT for smart home integration
- SmartFIT app makes aligning picture easier
- Ultra-short throw ratio can be used in any space
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In the world of archery, there is seldom a dull moment. On any given week, competition is taking place at every level, archery related events are being held, and news from within the industry begins to develop. This keeps the true archery enthusiast on their toes and provides further validation that archery itself is a 24/7, 365 day per year activity.
Thus far, the month of October has been no exception to this rule. As concerns over COVID-19 linger, the archery world has been left to make concessions in an attempt to reclaim its grasp on normalcy, though this has come at some expense.
Antalya Competition Proves Successful
In the past couple of months, many archery organizations have returned to competition, with significant precautionary measures in place. To this point, such precautions have proven successful in preventing the spread of COVID-19 at such events.
However, many have awaited a large scale test of such protocols, in a bid to gauge the viability of these efforts.
In what was possibly the most sizable of all archery competitions to take place since the onset of COVID, Antalya, Turkey, recently hosted a 3-day world-ranking tournament.
This tournament, which took place on October 2-4, hosted a total of 107 archers from 13 individual countries, all of whom hoped to take home winning honors in their individual classes.
Many stringent safety protocols were in place during the event, including a regulated mask mandate, and policies meant to enforce social distancing.
Additionally, each competitor was given their own individual target, as opposed to allowing multi-party usage, as had been the previous standard.
To date, there have been no confirmed COVID cases related to the event.
Indoor Archery World Series To Be Held Virtually
To circumvent COVID-19 related health concerns, it was recently announced that all Indoor Archery World Series competitions will take place virtually, during the 2021 season.
In the past, competitors have gathered at various venues in order to face off against fellow archers. However, these competitions will now take place at local clubs, tournaments, and ranges.
Scores will be kept and entered through the use of the Lanseo Scorekeeper application, where they will then be tabulated to qualify for series' open rankings.
All qualifying events will be sanctioned by World Archery and noted on the organization's calendar. Series winners will be determined during a live, remote final, which is to be broadcast across World Archery's media channels.
"The ongoing travel restrictions make holding on-site mass participation events difficult, but we've learned from the countless virtual archery tournaments run throughout 2020" World Archery secretary general Tom Dielen
"Harnessing that ingenuity and everyone's enthusiasm to return to competition, we aim to bring our worldwide community together this winter in the largest online archery event ever held." said World Archery secretary general Tom Dielen
USA Archery Awards JOAD Grant To New Club for Adaptive Archery
USA Archery, which governs all Olympic archery in the United States, recently announced the recipient of their JOAD (Junior Olympic Archery Development) Grant. This prestigious award was presented to STRIDE Adaptive Sports, a facility dedicated to the training of young adaptive athletes, located in West Lake, New York.
"When STRIDE Adaptive Sports was looking for safe ways to get Capital Region kids with disabilities out of the house and back to doing physical activities, the nonprofit organization realized archery hits the mark in more ways than one"STRIDE Founder & CEO, Mary Ellen
"Archery is one of the truest forms of an individual lifetime sport that everyone can participate in. It will be easy for everyone to socially distance at the competitive archery range we built on STRIDE's 85-acre camping retreat in Chatham. We are ready to get our youth athletes with disabilities back to play, and archery is one of the many ways STRIDE can safely make this happen," Ellen continued.
The club's archery program will be led by combat-injured war veteran, Tim McDonough, who will also hire five additional instructors with the assistance of the JOAD grant.
The club will utilize a dedicated archery range, with targets positioned at 10, 20, and 30 meters. Specialized equipment will also be purchased for use by seated or visually impaired archers.
New Bowhunters United Organization Launches
In a bid to advocate for the rights of bowhunters across the nation, a new bowhunting organization has sprung into existence. Bowhunters United officially formed on October 1st and is now accepting new members. This organization grew from a common mission to build a strong future for current and potential bowhunters.
Bowhunters United received assistance from the ATA (Archery Trade Association), leading up to their official launch earlier this month.
In fact, Bowhunters United was born out of 2018 talks within the ATA, over the potential value of a consumer-based bowhunting organization. After a feasibility study related to the endeavor was conducted, a plan was put into action.
Interested archers can join Bowhunters United for a $25 per year membership fee. Members will receive a window decal, vinyl sticker, membership gift, and membership card.
Money yielded from membership purchases will be used to advocate for bowhunting, conserve public lands, and provide education/training for upcoming generations of young bowhunters.
2021 ATA Trade Show Canceled
After much deliberation, the decision was made on Wednesday, October 14th, to cancel what would have been the ATA's (Archery Trade Association) 25th-anniversary trade show.
This decision came on the heels of constant concerns related to COVID-19. The sport show was to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the month of January.
"Despite the combined efforts of the Archery Trade Association Board of Directors, staff, and the city of Indianapolis, your ATA Board of Directors made the tough decision to cancel the in-person 2021 ATA Trade Show, scheduled to take place Jan. 7-9, 2021, in Indianapolis"ATA President and CEO, Matt Kormann
However, it was also announced that the ATA is currently working to put together a virtual show, that is to be held at approximately the same time as was set for the show in its standard format.
While the details of such a virtual event are still unclear, the ATA has stated that information would be released in the coming days, as it becomes available.
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Child custody or child support orders that made sense at the time of divorce may no longer apply. Parents change jobs or move away. People experience unemployment or health crises. Children's needs change as the years go by.
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Fluoroscopic time and contrast media volume were significantly reduced when fellows received one year of formalized training.
Interventional radiology fellows were able to significantly reduce their fluoroscopic time and contrast media volume during uterine artery embolization during the course of one year of fellowship training, according to the results of a single-center study.
The learning curve during the year for formalized training resulted, on average, in a 33 percent reduction in overall radiation use and a significant reduction in contrast utilization.
"In the era of performance-based metrics and the need for credentialing, data such as this is critical to maintain our leadership role in establishing the quality and safety metrics associated with uterine artery embolization," study author David Liu, MD, associate clinical professor, department of radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, told Diagnostic Imaging. "Although retrospective in nature, the large patient population and consistent improvement of our trainees over the course of a year of training further validates the need for formalized interventional radiology fellowships."
According to Liu and colleagues uterine artery embolization is a diagnostically and technically challenging procedure. In the past, they have used fluoroscopy time and contrast media volume as a measure of skill in operators, and reductions in these measures have been linked to reduction in procedural risk.
To evaluate whether or not a formalized training program would reduce these two metrics, Liu and colleagues performed a retrospective study between July 2009 and July 2012 in 323 consecutive women treated with uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine leiomyomas. Twelve interventional fellows performed the procedures under the supervision of experienced radiologists. The results of this study were published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
During the one-year training fellowship, the median number of uterine artery embolization procedures performed per fellow was 27. For all of the procedures, the mean fluoroscopic time was 24.6 minutes per study and the mean contrast media volume per procedure was 190 mL. Technical success was achieved in all but four patients who had failure of bilateral embolization.
Results indicated that interventional fellows decreased their fluoroscopic time by 56 seconds per month of their training (P<.001). In addition, uterine volume had no significant effect on fluoroscopic time; however, it did significantly increase contrast volume use, with an increase of 0.02 mL per cubic centimeter of uterus (P<.001). With each month of fellowship training, there was a significant decrease in contrast media volume (P=.05).
Overall, there was a training effect that correlated to a significant decrease in fluoroscopic time (P<.001) and contrast media volume (P=.02) throughout the one-year training, which equated to a decrease of 12 minutes of fluoroscopy time and a 17 mL decrease in contrast.
"The notable reduction in overall radiation and contrast is further testimony to the need for formal training and observation in order to ensure safety to the patient and efficiency in performance," said Liu. "Advanced procedures such as uterine artery embolization require formalized training and without expertise in diagnostic and interventional radiology, the safety and ethics of non-radiologists performing this procedure come into question."


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Tower of Time
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DeveloperEvent Horizon
Release date12 Apr 2018
ABOUT TOWER OF TIMETower of Time is a unimaginable experience that offers over 50 hours of fun, carefully assembled levels and a holding story told through enlivened successions. Tower of Time takes great RPG interactivity to the following level with adaptable character advancement, a huge number of plunder and gear things and a perplexing and strategic constant battle framework. Dazzling story of amazing magnitude sink into a reality where innovation and enchantment meet up with pulverizing results. Accumulate a gathering of various victors and guide them through the tower. Several books loaded with foundation information and dispersed data gradually uncover the historical backdrop of Artara as your gathering of explorers face their destiny each battle. Plan ahead and utilize your gathering where it will have a definitive impact. Use Arrow-Time to react to new dangers, utilize destroying new spells or assaults, and counter adversary assaults. No fight resembles the other. 7 remarkable character classes, each with various qualities and shortcomings. Complex expertise framework with two elite improvement trees and an assortment of choices. Enchantment signals - draw a few spells voluntarily. Control of gravity - push your rivals separated with enormous hops or draw in them. Rich hardware framework. 150 adversaries with interesting aptitudes and strategies. 50 managers with a various arms stockpile of aptitudes and spells Five trouble levels, including "Epic" (not suggested for new players). Diverse battle modes that ensure a lot of assortment and in every case new difficulties. Travel high quality levels - every one of them a deliberately planned test. New character progression framework. Remarkable gathering arrangement framework. Battle difficulties that put your strategic and gathering building abilities under a magnifying glass. Art, charm, incredible things. Expandable city. - - - OUR NEXT PROJECT - https:/store.steampowered .com/application/945770/Dark_Envoy/
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Tower of Time is released by Event Horizon in 12 Apr 2018. The game is designed by Event Horizon. Tower of Time is a typical representative of the Role-playing (RPG) genre. Playing Tower of Time is a pleasure. It does not matter whether it is the first or a millionth hour in Role-playing (RPG), there will always be room for something new and interesting. Thrilling levels and gameplay Tower of Time will not leave anyone indifferent. The complexity of gameplay increases with each new level and does not let any player get bored.
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Are you okay? Really okay?
The world can be chaotic and exhausting. When we think things can't get any crazier, they do. When we think we will work together to find solutions for the world's ills, we create more problems. When we think we can't get any wearier, there's always something that proves otherwise.
Sometimes things are a little too much, so we vacillate between a strong desire to set the world on fire and a simple wish to spend our remaining days in our beds contemplating color. It is during these maddening, tiresome moments that we must "find the heavenly spots" and "show [our] neighbors where they are."
The poem below by Cleo Wade provides a formula for dealing with the world's ills. She reminds us that we choose our responses, and there's a whole lot between setting the world on fire and giving up.
Cleo Wade
I was tired of worrying
so I gave myself my peace back
I was tired of feeling intimidated by what I should do
so I pulled up my sleeves
got to work on what I could do
I was tired of not knowing
so I found out—about myself, my family, my
ancestors, my government, and the struggles of others
I was tired of seeing evil everywhere
so I found the heavenly spots and showed my
neighbors where they
I was tired
of looking at the world as one big mess
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more than anything
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Clinical isolated of multiply antibiotic-resistant strains of Staphlococcus aureus were divided into three groups by phage typing. The most prevalent type, which is usually cloxacillin resistant, was found to be moderately sensitive to minocycline. Unfortunately the degree of sensitivity is not sufficient to warrant the use of the antibiotic in severe staphlococcal infection.
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The part-privatization of PPC, the Public Power Corporation – locally dubbed "Little PPC" – may not be dominating the energy sector's news, and questions have been raised about the schedule's time frame as well as the overall effort's feasibility, but progress is gradually being made. According to energypress sources, an international tender for the appointment of a consulting firm to prepare the part-privatization plan, leading to the establishment of a new enterprise to be comprised of 30 percent of PPC's equity share, has reached its final stage.
Of the numerous consulting firms that submitted bids, three applicants have been shortlisted for further assessment ahead of the final selection. Booz and Company, which has been acquired by PwC, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting are the three applicants shortlisted, according to the sources.
The objective of the government and PPC is to have established the break-away company by the summer of 2015, before launching its sale procedure. This time frame puts the process behind schedule, based on the initial plan. If a winning consulting firm is selected during the current month, then a plan for the part-privatization could be delivered by early 2015, assuming no mishaps.
As has been previously reported, the assets of "Little PPC" will include lignite and hydropower stations with a total capacity of 2,768 MW, as well as a gas-powered electricity plant with a 400 MW capacity. Also included in the part-privatization's package will be production permit for a new lignite-fired station – Melitis 2 – in Florina, northern Greece, mines in Amyndeo, as well as an additional five mines. The portfolio of the new company, to be offered to the private sector through an international tender, also includes 30 percent of PPC's customers and approximately 2,500 PPC employees.


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No sooner had Ryan posted his essay about whether or not comic book companies like Marvel or DC actually need readers anymore then I came over here to type up my review of Moon Knight.
Why is that relevant? Well, Moon Knight is a 6-episode miniseries based on a character who made his debut in the pages of Marvel comics. The character has a loyal following of readers but the Disney miniseries has introduced him to a whole new group of people, many of whom have never even held a comic book, let alone read one. I'm one of those people. If not for the miniseries, I wouldn't have the slightest idea who Moon Knight is because, for the most part, I've never been a comic book reader. I would have to imagine that if I was a comic book reader, it would bug the Hell out of me that people who have never read a comic book are now suddenly acting as if they're experts on all of the various costumed characters who have been published by Marvel and DC over the past few decades. I can remember how upset I was when everyone suddenly decided that they were an expert on Dario Argento and Italian horror just because they had read some lame article on the remake of Suspiria. No, I wanted to say, you haven't done the work!
Unfortunately, that's the way of the world now. With the current pop cultural dominance of the MCU and the DCEU, everyone's a super hero fan regardless of whether or not they've ever read a comic book. And, with the explosion of social media over the past decade, everyone is now in a position to present themselves as being an expert regardless of whether they're tweeting their own thoughts or just plagiarizing what they've read on Wikipedia. It doesn't matter whether the topic is politics, television, history, science, religion, or comic books. Everyone now claims to be an expert and, as the old saying goes, when everyone's an expert, no one's an expert. Again, if that annoys the Hell out of you, I sympathize.
Perhaps you can take some consolation in the fact that, even though I watched all six episode of Moon Knight today, I hardly feel like an expert as far as the character is concerned. For the most part, I enjoyed Moon Knight but I would be lying if I said that I was always able to follow what was going on. Oscar Isaac plays Marc Spector, a mercenary who is mortally wounded in Egypt but who is revived by Khonshu (voiced by F. Murray Abraham), the Egyptian God of the Moon, who tasks Spector with protecting humanity from evil or something like that. Sometimes, however, Spector becomes Steven Grant, a mild-mannered and neurotic Brit who works in a museum gift shop and who is haunted by strange dreams. When Grant discovers that he's actually Spector, this leads to him meeting Spector's wife, Layla (May Calamawy) and also having to battle Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), a fanatical cult leader who is trying to get his hands on ancient scarab that will …. let him do stuff, I guess. Harrow's evil, Moon Knight's good, and I guess that's all we really need to know. Moon Knight is basically a typical MCU "let's all fight over the artifact" story, with the main twist being that all of the Gods are Egyptian instead of Norse and the hero has dissociative identity disorder and might actually very well be a patient at psychiatric hospital.
With all that in mind, Moon Knight is actually pretty entertaining. It's biggest strength, not surprisingly, is Oscar Isaac, who appears to be having a ball playing several different versions of the same character. When he's Marc Spector, he gets to play at being a grim and serious action hero. When he's Steve Grant, he gets to play a comedic bumbler who gets the chance to prove that he's stronger and more capable than anyone gave him credit for. Isaac does a good job with both roles and the show is at its best when it's just Isaac arguing with himself. Playing a villain in an MCU production is often a thankless task but Hawke's brings the right edge of fanaticism to Arthur Harrow and F. Murray Abraham voices Khonshu with the just the right combination of righteous indignation and weary frustration. The show makes good use of its Egyptian setting and the fourth and fifth episodes are enjoyably surreal as they delve into the corners of Spector's mind.
Unfortunately, the show's conclusion leaves a bit to be desired. After all that build-up, it all pretty much leads to a standard MCU street battle and the possibility of more Moon Knight action in the future. That said, I enjoyed the show for what it was. Turn off your mind, relax, and float across the Duat, as the old saying goes.


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As it stands today, the Cowboys have three backup quarterback options on their roster. Cooper Rush, Garrett Gilbert, and Ben DiNucci.
We saw two of these guys in action last year in the miserable stretch of backup quarterback starts the team had after Dak Prescott went down with his injury. Ben DiNucci's start against the Eagles was as ugly as it gets. Completing just 53.5% of his passes, taking seven sacks, and posting a quarterback rating of 13.5, DiNucci quickly received his welcome to the NFL moment.
Garrett Gilbert, on the other hand, wasn't all that bad. In a close game loss to a good Pittsburgh Steelers team, Gilbert gave the team a chance to win that football game, but just couldn't quite do enough. Completing 55.3% of his passes, throwing for 243 passing yards, including a touchdown, and posting a respectable 64.1 QBR, Gilbert showed some signs of promise as a backup for the Cowboys.
Cooper Rush did not get a start for the Cowboys in 2020, and has yet to get any chance of starting or playing time in his 3.5 years with the team. If the Cowboys are deciding between these three players as the team QB2 behind Dak Prescott, the résumé heavily points to Garrett Gilbert. But what if there are better options available in free agency?
The two names that pop out that are currently free agents are Robert Griffin III and Matt Barkley. With reports out there that Robert Griffin III is nearing a deal with ESPN to start his analyst career, Matt Barkley could be the last ditch effort to improve the backup quarterback position in Dallas before the start of the season.
While we're by no means saying Matt Barkley is some massive upgrade at backup quarterback, he does have experience in the NFL, and has played in a handful of games over the last few seasons in Buffalo. Barkley, who was drafted in the fourth round by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2013 NFL Draft, has bounced around the league since being released in 2014. Barkley started six games in 2015 for the Chicago Bears, and completed 59.7% of his passes, threw eight touchdowns, 14 interceptions, and threw for 1,611 passing yards. Barkley has spent the last three seasons in Buffalo where he's yet to collect a start but has seen action in eight games in that span.
While Barkley won't have Cowboys Nation doing backflips, he'll at least provide some quality competition as a experienced backup QB option, to compete for that job in training camp.


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WASHINGTON – A Federal Reserve official who played a key role in the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis says the government should do more to prevent a repeat of that crisis, including considering whether the nation's biggest banks need to be broken up.
Neel Kashkari, the president of the Fed's Minneapolis regional bank, said Tuesday that while significant progress has been made to strengthen the financial system since the 2008 crisis, Congress did not go far enough in making changes.
"I believe the biggest banks are still too big to fail and continue to pose a significant, ongoing risk to our economy," Kashkari said in a speech to a conference at the Brookings Institution.
Kashkari, as an adviser to then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, was a key architect of the Bush administration's effort to deal with the 2008 financial crisis. He served as the first head of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the $700 billion bailout program that Congress created at the urging of the Bush administration.
His comments about breaking up the nation's biggest banks addressed a proposal Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been pushing in his Democratic presidential campaign.
Kashkari did not endorse such a move but he said the idea of breaking up the largest banks into smaller, less connected, less important entities should be studied.
He also suggested studying proposals to turn large banks essentially into the equivalent of public utilities by forcing them to hold so much capital that they virtually could not fail. He compared this approach to the type of regulations that govern nuclear power plants.
Given the millions of people who lost jobs and the trillions of dollars in wealth that were wiped out during the 2008 crisis, it is critical that the country do more to prevent a repeat of what was the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, he said.
Kashkari said he planned to direct staff at the Minneapolis Fed bank to conduct a study in coming months on these ideas and produce a report with recommendations by the end of this year for consideration by banking regulators and Congress.
Before being tapped last year for the Minneapolis Fed job, Kashkari had been a managing director at bond giant PIMCO. A Republican, Kashkari ran unsuccessfully in 2014 for governor of California against Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
Kashkari said that the Dodd-Frank Act passed by Congress in 2010 in response to the financial crisis had made a number of significant improvements in banking regulation, but he said the law did not go far enough.
"I believe we must seriously consider bolder, transformational options," he said. "The risks of not doing so are just too great."
Republicans in Congress, supported by the financial industry, have launched a number of efforts to roll back different sections of the Dodd-Frank law. Lawmakers in both parties have contended that Dodd-Frank did not adequately address the problem of institutions that are considered too big to fail, thus forcing taxpayers to rescue them rather than face catastrophic consequences to the entire financial system similar to what occurred when Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008.


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We're two games into Sigi's new diamond formation, and even some of the biggest critics of the Sounders are impressed with the results.
The 2013 Latino del Año award voting begins next Monday, and Osvaldo Alonso is grouped with Claudio Bieler, Michel and Hendry Thomas.
Our favorite Colombian is rolling on the league in Portugal this season. There's already a compilation of his best goals and bits of skill with Sporting on Youtube.
More importantly, Fredy Montero is now a father. He posted a picture of his newborn daughter on Twitter yesterday.
Yesterday, KJR's Dick Fain discussed the MLS playoffs with our own Dave Clark.
In an interview with MLS ExtraTime Radio, Brad Evans called the Sounders underdogs in the upcoming playoff series against Portland.
Pro Soccer Talk has compiled a list of the top 5 head coaching candidates that are presumed to be available to MLS teams. They also have a list of coaches who have been fired or are in danger of losing their job.
A state senator in Florida has proposed a tax break in order to attract the MLS All-Star Game at some point in the future. Florida already has tax exemptions on ticketing for MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL all-star games.
Count New York Red Bulls head coach Mike Petke as a critic of the tightly packed MLS playoff schedule.
It was rumored the other night that part of the reason that Frank Yallop chose Chicago over Vancouver was control over transactions involving players. His official title with the Chicago Fire is head coach and director of soccer.
Colorado midfielder Vicente Sanchez played the playoff game against the Sounders with a fractured bone in his right shoulder. His inclusion in the lineup was a game time decision.
The Crew have cut their first ever Homegrown signing, releasing 21 year-old forward Aaron Horton. Horton spent 3 seasons with Columbus, only making one appearance with the first team.
Columbus leading scorer Dominic Oduro says he wants to return to the team in 2014, but the team is going to have to make him a good offer.
In a move nobody saw coming, Eddie Gaven has announced his retirement as a soccer player after an 11 year career in MLS that began when he was 16. Gaven won the MLS Cup under Sigi Schmid in 2008, along with current Sounders Brad Evans and Adam Moffat.
We don't know exactly who will replace Schellas Hyndmand at FC Dallas just yet, but it reportedly won't be Eric Wynalda. The team's technical director has also said that he isn't interested in the job. Colorado head coach and former FC Dallas youth academy director Óscar Pareja is staying quiet as rumors persist that he could take over head coaching duties in Dallas.
DC United
A day after cutting ties with 4 players, DC United is making changes in the front office. The team's ownership is also considering whether the team will retain GM Dave Kasper and head coach Ben Olsen.
After taking a team that posted the third worst record in MLS in 2012 to finishing at the top of the Western Conference in the 2013 regular season, Caleb Porter has signed a 5 year extension with the Portland Timbers.
Perhaps out of jealousy of the excellent "American Football" documentary about the Sounders, a teaser has been released for "Tifo: Inside the Timbers Army".
Toronto appears to be interested in 30 year old Juventus striker Fabio Quagliarella, in addition to their reported offers for Alberto Gilardino and Jermain Defoe. Quagliarella's agent, who also represents Gilardino says that other MLS teams are interested, but that the player is focused of playing the entire season for Juventus.
Waking the Red examines whether head coach Ryan Nelson should be retained. The consensus seems to be that he deserves at least another season.
After scoring a hat trick on the last day of the season that earned him the MLS Golden Boot, Camilo Sanvezzo was named MLS Player of the Month for October.
US Soccer
In terms of youth development, the United States has a U17 team and a U20 team, but aside from Olympic qualifying once every four years, there is no U23 team. Brian Sciaretta proposes fielding a permanent U23 squad that would serve as a bridge for players from the youth squads to the senior national team.
When it was announced that Bayern Munich reserve midfielder Julian Green would be training with the US national team later this month, there was a good deal of excitement over the possibility of Green making the switch to the United States. A lot of the excitement turned out to be a bit overwhelming for Green, so he has chosen to focus on his responsibilities with his club for now.
Steve Cherundolo's most recent setback in his recovery from his knee injury is bad news for the player, his club and possibly even the national team, but it only increases the chances of Brad Evans making the World Cup roster.
2014 expansion team Ottawa Fury has announced its season ticket prices for the team's inaugural season.
Another team that begins play in 2014 is Virginia Cavalry FC, which is based in Virginia's Loudoun County, 30 miles west of Washington, DC. VCFC is in talks with former USMNT midfielder John Harkes to coach the team beginning next season.
The list of finalists for FIFA's Ballon d'Or award has been released, and for the first time in years, the frontrunner isn't named Lionel Messi. Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery holds a slight edge over Messi in the betting market.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter probably wishes he hadn't commented on the Messi vs. Ronaldo debate. In doing so, he insulted and angered Ronaldo. He promptly apologized to Ronaldo, but that didn't stop Real Madrid's star from sending a message to Blatter with a recent goal celebration.
Cairo has been approved by FIFA to host the second leg of Egypt's World Cup qualifying playoff against Ghana, after the Black Stars expressed concerns over security.
AS Roma has set a new Serie A record by winning its first 10 matches of the 2013/14 season, with a 1-0 win over Chievo Verona yesterday.
Racism in Russia
The issue of racism in Russia has emerged far too often in the world of soccer recently. At the root of the issue is a lack of education concerning racism within the nation's borders.
UEFA handed out CSKA Moscow's punishment this week for racist abuse of Manchester City's Yaya Touré by CSKA supporters in a Champions League match last week. CSKA will have to close part of its stadium in its next Champions League home match against Bayern Munich. There seems to be a general consensus that the punishment is too light, even if it is applied according to UEFA's standards.


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A look at the 2021 @NFL Draft compensatory selections pic.twitter.com/PMhApYhe6D
— Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) March 10, 2021
The NFL has released the list of compensatory picks awarded for the 2021 draft.
Comp picks are given out based on a formula that calculates each team's free agent losses and additions from the prior offseason. A new rule also awards additional picks for teams that develop minority candidates for head coach and general manager positions who are hired by other teams.
A rarity, no seventh-round comp picks were awarded this year.


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It seemed, at the time, like a useless acquisition. The Cubs signed Gary Gaetti, who had been released by the Cardinals, on his 40th birthday, August 19, 1998. Gaetti had hit decently for St. Louis -- .265/.339/.454 -- but appeared mostly done, and had had only one really good year (1995) in the previous ten.
Suddenly, those ten years melted away. In 37 games as a Cub in August and September 1998, Gaetti hit .320/.397/.594 with 8 HR in 128 AB. He even looked less statue-like at third base than he had for the past several seasons.
And on the night of September 28, he broke up a scoreless tie in the fifth inning with a home run after Henry Rodriguez had singled. Steve Trachsel still had a no-hitter going (despite six walks), although that was broken up in the 7th. For a while, it appeared the two runs would be all the Cubs would need to win the game and make the playoffs. In true Cub fashion, though, what appeared to be an easy 5-0 win into a nailbiter; the first four Giants reached base in the 9th inning and after a long fly ball by Barry Bonds put a scare into all of us who were there (it wound up caught for a sacrifice fly, making the score 5-3), Rod Beck was summoned to retire Jeff Kent and Joe Carter for the final two outs and the Cubs won what was at the time, the first winner-take-all game at Wrigley Field since Game 7 of the 1945 World Series.
The mistake then-GM Ed Lynch made was thinking that Gaetti (and the other oldsters who wheezed into the postseason with the 1998 Cubs) could do it again in 1999. Lynch kept most of that team together, and they played well for 1/3 of a season; after beating Arizona on June 8 they were 32-23 and a game out of first place. The next day, Lance Johnson got picked off first base to end the game, and that seemed to unravel the 1999 Cubs; they went 33-74 (yes, .308 ball, a 112-loss pace for a full season) the rest of the year. Gaetti hit .204/.260/.339 for the 1999 Cubs, and was released at season's end.
But for about five weeks, and especially in the 1998 tiebreaker game, Gary Gaetti was a Cub hero.


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Tag: @lakewaterpress
Hey guys! I'm so excited to reveal the cover for Butterfly Blood, as well as the new series cover for Butterfly Bones. They are gorgeous, and I have to give kudos to Emma Wicker, the amazing creative designer for Lakewater Press, who takes my ideas and turns them into works of art. I can't stop looking at them!
Without further ado, here they are!
Butterfly Blood (Metamorphosis #2)
by Rebecca L. Carpenter
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Release Date: August 2018
Lakewater Press
A sixteen-year-old girl who cheated death continues her fight for survival as she goes up against real-life monsters, desperate for her unique blood, while risking everything to reunite with the love of her life, who is battling his own soul-sucking demons.
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An excerpt from BUTTERFLY BLOOD:
Darkness consumes him.
His lungs burn as if they've been lit on fire.
He reaches out for something.
But nothing is familiar.
The smells.
The sounds.
The voices.
And he can't feel anything.
Except numbness.
Someone speaks.
But it's a foreign language.
Foreign and muffled.
Light enters his brain, blinding and as painful as staring into the sun.
The brightness grows, with it the sharpness of a thousand needles.
He wants to scream.
He opens his mouth to scream.
But only a weak cry slips over his parched lips.
So dry.
So dry.
The light retracts.
Darkness slithers toward him, coiling up his leg …
Moving ever so slowly until it reaches his mouth and slips inside.
And all he wants to do is drink it up.
So thirsty.
So thirsty.
The first book in the Metamorphosis series, Butterfly Bones, has a cover redesign!
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About the Author
Rebecca Carpenter is a native of western Colorado. She is married with two grown children and has been blessed with five amazing grandchildren. She owns and directs a large childcare center where she shares her love for books. In her spare time, she freelances as a copy editor, helping others attain their writing dreams. She self-published a memoir about her teen pregnancy in 2012, and her award winning, science fiction young adult novel, Butterfly Bones, was released on Nov. 28th, 2016 by Lakewater Press, with the second book in the Metamorphosis series, Butterfly Blood, scheduled for release in late August of 2018.
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Pierced Ears, Blue Shoes, and a Punch to the Gut
It's Lakewater Press's 2nd birthday, so to help celebrate my awesome publisher's big day, we have been asked to share our favorite birthday memories.
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm naked without my earrings. And I'm not a studs girl. What's the point of wearing something you can barely see? I'm a "the bigger the better" hoops girl.
So my most memorable birthday is my 14th, the day I anticipated from the time I was little—the day I could join the throng of girls with pierced ears. In my eyes, earrings were a symbol of maturity, beauty, and a little defiance too. Putting holes in one's body was still considered taboo to many people, a downright sin to others. But I didn't care what other people thought, this was my right-of-passage to endless ear fashion, and I couldn't wait.
Lucky for me, my 14th birthday fell on a weekday, so Mom took me to the mall the weekend before to indulge in some early birthday shopping and to receive the present I had waited for my whole life. Not only was I getting my ears pierced, the coveted act was happening four days early. The anticipation I felt while I sat in the chair, waiting for "the gun" to shoot a piercing stud through my lobes, rivaled any Christmas morning. I was gonna rock those earrings, right along with my 80s hair and Levi's 501, buttonfly jeans. Life was good.
Waltzing in the door to my home, I never felt prettier. I had on new blue flats, just like my older sister's, a new outfit in a bag, and bling in my earlobes. I tucked my hair behind my ears, strode up the stairs to the upper level, and was met by a glaring sister. She took one look at my shoes and punched me in the gut.
"Get those off," she cried. "I never gave you permission to wear my shoes."
With tears streaming down my cheeks, I clutched my stomach and yelled that these were my shoes, just bought for my birthday.
She took one look at my ears and glared. "Well that's what you get for getting your ears pierced early."
I don't remember if she got into trouble, but she definitely felt justice was served. The pain was worth it. I had joined the ranks of women all over the world who donned glorious earrings. My life would forever be changed, my lobes forever decorated in metallic glory.
Happy birthday to me! And a very special happy birthday to Lakewater Press!
Rebecca Carpenter
Author of the award winning YA, Butterfly Bones