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Recruitment fair for teachers
The Monterey County Office of Education will host a teacher recruitment fair to help school districts in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties fill vacant positions. Employment opportunities for public and private school teachers, as well as other credentialed professionals, will be available and job fair participants can speak with district representatives about open positions.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Monterey County Office of Education, 901 Blanco Circle, Salinas. For a list of participating districts, visit www.montereycoe.org and click on the "teacher recruitment fair."
Cement masons seeking apprentices
The Northern California Cement Masons Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is accepting applications for apprenticeship on a continuous basis.
Applicants must bring proof of age.
To make an appointment, call the local Plasterers and Cement Masons office at 883-0186.
Wheelie Mobilee coming to market
MY Museum's Wheelie Mobilee, which provides free family fun activities, will be present at the Alisal Certified Farmers' Market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday at 632 East Alisal Street in Salinas.
For more information call 384-6961.
Orientation set on helping at-risk youth
An orientation on how to help save the lives of shelter dogs and change the lives of at-risk youth will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Marina Library, 190 Seaside Circle.
For reservations, contact Melissa at 818-8738 or email@example.com.
For information, see www.Livingunchained.org.
Author Samuels to sign his book
L.K. Samuels will sign copies of his book, "In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action" from 1 to 3p.m. Saturday, at Old Capitol Books, 559 Tyler St..
For information, see www.lksamuels.com.


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Irakli Garibashvili: Azerbaijan is a strategic partner of Georgia and our policy remains unchanged
Tbilisi, October 13, AZERTAC
"Azerbaijan is a strategic partner of Georgia and this policy remains unchanged," Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has told journalists.
The Premier described the statements of some political rivals alleging that Georgia will review its relations with Azerbaijan against the background of purchasing natural gas from Russia as "a nonsense". "There cannot be any talk about replacing Azerbaijani gas with natural gas from another country. Azerbaijan is our strategic partner. Reconsidering our mutual relations is not and cannot be a topic of discussion. Further development and strengthening of strategic partnership with Azerbaijan is a priority for the Georgian government. Our policy towards Azerbaijan remains unchanged." He noted that Azerbaijan is the main gas supplier of Georgia.
The Georgian Premier hailed the results of his recent Baku trip. "During the meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku we discussed close relations between the two countries and ways of deepening the ties even further."
Khatayi Azizov
Special Correspondent
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text: I always thought it was strange, but a bit nostalgic or timeless to just say my name, sign the ledger, and vote. It's taken me a while to form an opinion on the issue, but I've come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time and money at the moment. Voter ID isn't going to eliminate the minute amount of fraud that may exist, it only moves it into the arena of the staunch activists who have the time and money to make fake ID's. And how much time is going to be spent peering at my ID to be sure it's really me? Will I be denied my right to vote because my hair is longer than when my ID photo was taken? Maybe we want to wait until we have finger print recognition systems or ID chips embedded under our skin or DNA scanners. I think this is one of those things that we don't need to spend the money on right now. — Bill Strei, Elk River


text: Air Asia Stewardesses have always been favourite with the public in general. Awek MELAYU BOLEH! Their strut always attracts attention from the men. Girls in miniskirt and tight jacket. I guess it is supposed to bring out the femininity in a woman! I still can recall the AKSI PRAMUGARA TERLAMPAU scandal years ago. The videos had helped to boost the sexiness of the flight attendants, making it one of the most sought after career. After all, most of our celebrities such as Erra Fazira, Intan Sarafina, Ziana Zain, Normala Samsudin came from this line before their breakthroughs.air hostess, air stewardess, air stewardess flight training school, aksi pramugara terlampau, book flight online, feminine, flight attendant, flying academy, gambar pramugari airasia, makanan airsia, malaysia airlines, pramugari, pramugrai mas, pramuji, singapore airlines


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HP OpenVMS Systemsask the wizard
The Question is:
I am monitoring the system with robomon and it is constantly reporting processes with less than 5% of TQElm - does this matter and what is the solution if it does
The Answer is :
First, why ask the OpenVMS Wizard about a third-party product? If you have questions or concerns about a third-party product, please contact the third-party product maintainer directly, as stated in the introduction to the Ask The Wizard area. (The OpenVMS Wizard is not necessarily familiar with any particular third-party, Freeware, or Shareware product, and is not in a position to provide support for such products.) TQELM is the Timer Queue Entry Limit. The TQELM is the maximum number of timed events you may have outstanding. Most processes don't require many, so quotas as low as 10 can be reasonable. (Third-party software can require far more of these, of course.) The most important thing about any quota is to make sure a process has sufficient to perform its job. As long as it doesn't actually attempt to exceed the limit, there is no problem. Attempting to exceed TQELM or other similar quotas will put the process into a resource wait state, when the next scheduled TQE expires, the request will be granted, and the process will continue. So this and other similar quota-induced stall conditions are self-healing, unless the process has timer response constraints. Please set the TQELM and other process quota values appropriately for your environment, and please any discuss ROBOMON concerns you might have with the maintainers of ROBOMON.


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Filing Meeting Minutes, June 21, 2011 - HPC Cord Blood
Filing Meeting Minutes
Applicant: ClinImmune
Product: Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, cord (HPC-C)
Review Team:
Product Reviewer/Chair
Yong Fan-manufacture and process validations
301 827 6038
Lilia Bi-Testing and validations
301 827 4016
Safa Karandish-DE
301 827 2477
Fatima Abbasi-Flow
Joydeep Ghosh-Sterility validation
Pharm/Tox Reviewer
Atm S. Hoque
301 827 9071
Clinical Reviewer
Rachel Witten
301 827 9134
Ramani Sista
301 827 5152
Labeling Reviewer
Loan Nguyen/Lisa Stockbridge
301 827 6333
DMPQ Reviewer
Mohammad Heidaran/Marion Michaelis and Sean Belouin
301 827 7186
BIMO Reviewer
Dennis Cato
301 827 2588
Statistics Reviewer
Chunrong Cheng
301 827 6053
Filing Letter Action/Comments: COB, Friday, June 24, 2011
60 day: July 3, 2011 (7/1because 7/3 is Sunday)
74 day/Filing Letter: Friday, July 15, 2011
Mid-cycle Review Meeting: September 30, 2011-Draft review ready
Team Meetings: August 10 and November 16, 2011
Wrap up Meeting: January 5, 2012
Product Filling Issues:
DE (Safa)-Donor ID testing validation data was not provided
Manufacture (Yong)-No filling issues
Testing (Lilia)-Viability, HLA, ABO/Rh and (b)(4) validation data were not provided
(b)(4) (Fatima)-CD34 validation data was not provided
Sterility (Joy)-Validation submitted but deficient, not a filling issue
GMP/Facility (Mo and Marion)-No filling issues
Pre-clinical (Shamsul)-No filling issues
Clinical (Rachel)-Safety data was not submitted
Labeling (Loan)-No filling issues
Discussion of filling issues:
Two t-cons with ClinImmune were held to request the missing elements. ClinImmune agreed to submit everything except donor ID testing validation data because the contract lab is not fully cooperating with this effort.
OCTGT management indicated that we need to prepare for RTF if we don't receive the requested validation data.
Discussion of other issues:
- The NAT testing wasn't required until August 2007, therefore OCTGT management indicated that the units were not tested using NAT are not licensable. This is not a public knowledge yet. Further discussion is required.
- ClinImmune intends to license the units that have been manufactured from July 2005 onward, however, most of the validations were not completed until 2010 and some of them are retrospective validations. The review team needs to decide what can be licensed based on the validations and GMP compliance.
- There are some GMP issues which may be filling issues if we consider licensing the units before 2009/2010. We need to discuss this with ClinImmune and agree on what can be licensed.
Action Items:
1. Ramani will prepare both filling and RTF letters for the time being.
2. Reviewers need to send concurred RTF comments to Ramani by Friday, 6/24/11.
3. Ramani will schedule a t-con with ClinImmune on Monday to discuss filling issues.
4. Stephanie will discuss with legal regarding the Nat testing issue.
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Keith Wonnacott
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Mercedes Serabian
Atm S. Hoque
Stephanie Simek
Wilson Bryan
Lori Tull
Yong Fan
Lilia Bi
Safa Karandish
Fatima Abbasi
Joydeep Ghosh
Rachel Witten
Loan Nguyen
Mohammad Heidaran
Marion Michaelis
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Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy Law Questions? Ask a Bankruptcy Lawyer.
Hi - my name is Chris and I'm a Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection attorney here to assist you.
Was the person or company that filed the small claims court case listed on your Bankruptcy petition?
Also, was the small claims case listed on your Bankruptcy petition, or did you find out about the court case after your Bankruptcy was filed?
The answer to your question is you can file a motion to dismiss the small claims case now (you do not have to wait until April 29), but you may not have to file the motion if this case was listed on your Bankruptcy petition.
The reason is the Bankruptcy court will notify the small claims court if the case was listed on your Bankruptcy petition.


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CFM International continues to work "on a daily basis" with Boeing and Airbus on new engine applications for the 737 and A320 families, according to Eric Bachelet, president and CEO of the General Electric-Snecma joint venture. Offering its new Leap-X series as the basis for any contribution it would make to either of the airframer's re-engining efforts, CFM has already won a place on the Comac C919, the engine for which Bachelet said would start running by the end of 2012 or early 2013. Any time-frame projection for a Boeing or Airbus application would have to come from the OEMs themselves, however.
"I will not answer for them on that," said Bachelet, who did, however, acknowledge that the prospects of re-engining the respective single-aisle airframes have gained momentum recently. "In the last year we felt that the case for the re-engining was growing stronger, and we have had continued discussions with them around our Leap proposal. As you know very well, they have not made a decision yet, although the case seems to be pressed harder and harder, I would say, especially with Airbus, which made a public declaration."
Reports that CFM has signed an MOU with Airbus have proved premature, however. "We do not have a signed agreement with Airbus," a CFM spokesperson told AIN a little more than a week before the start of the Singapore show.
CFM finished the first phase of testing late last year in what Bachelet characterized as "a relatively long run" of the Leap-X program's first core. That testing measured performance parameters related to the combustor and high-pressure turbine. The second phase, scheduled to begin some time next month, will center on the engine's compressor.
CFM has also run a 71-inch, full-scale demonstrator of the engine's fan on the front of a CFM56-5C core. Consisting of blades made of 3-D woven composites, the fan will weigh some 1,000 pounds less than a similarly sized fan made with metallic blades. The weight savings have allowed CFM to increase the size of the fan, thereby allowing it to turn slower and double the bypass ratio now produced in a CFM56 to 10:1 on the Leap-X. As we approached the start of the show, CFM was preparing to begin running a 5,000-cycle endurance test on the fan.
Bachelet reported that the composite blades "have performed absolutely, remarkably well." The chief executive explained that perhaps the most imposing challenge related to the composite technology has centered on "downscaling" the blades from the size used in the massive GE90. At 71 inches, the blades used in the Leap-X demonstrator must absorb the same bird-strike forces over a smaller area.
"You have the area, the thickness of the blades and so on, so it's all easier [with larger blades]" said Bachelet. To achieve the same bird-strike resistance, CFM opted for a solid 3-D woven preform in place of the laminated design used for the GE90's blades.
Although CFM targets an eventual 16-percent fuel burn improvement over current generation CFM56, the company won't achieve that level of benefit for the C919 because the Leap-X, in essence, involves a series of incremental improvements as time advances. Rather, for Comac, it expects to offer somewhere between 10 and 15 percent.
By 2014, the engines for the C919 won't, for example, employ ceramic matrix composites in the low-pressure turbine blades and certain high-pressure turbine components CFM plans for later iterations. That technology will have to wait until CFM can guarantee that the material can withstand the kind of high-cycle, fast-turn environment common to CFM56-powered airplanes. "We have internal processes that do not allow us to make a solid commitment on an engine if the technology hasn't been demonstrated and the capacity to mature it has not been thoroughly evaluated," said Bachelet. "At this stage, for the ceramic matrix composite, we are not there yet."
Bachelet estimated that the company would need roughly three years to develop the technology to its satisfaction. When it does, the ceramic matrix material will help lower the weight of the low-pressure turbine by taking advantage of its lower density versus super alloys. In the high-pressure turbine, CFM expects the ceramic components to aid temperature capacity, thereby attenuating cooling requirements and adding to cycle efficiency.
Of the 16-percent fuel burn improvement CFM expects to achieve, some 7 percent would come from the performance of the core, said Bachelet. Another 7 percent would come from an improvement in propulsive efficiency by virtue of the much higher bypass ratio in the Leap-X. The final 2 percent would come from what Bachelet described as other systems contributions.


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|Sawyer Camp Trail,
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation,
San Mateo County
7 mile out and back walk on paved path along Crystal Springs Reservoir. One of the most popular recreation trails in the Bay Area
Distance, category, and difficulty:
This 7 mile out and back walk is easy. Sawyer Camp Trail stretches 6 miles. The lower section is completely flat, and the upper stretch has a few easy hills.
Mostly exposed.
Trail traffic:
Trail surfaces:
Paved trail.
Hiking time:
2 1/2 hours.
Nice any time; lovely in autumn.
Getting there:
From Interstate 280 in San Mateo County, exit #36 Hayne Road/Black Mountain Road (if you're approaching northbound, turn left at the end of the exit ramp). Drive south on Skyline Boulevard about 1.3 miles, to the trail entrance on the right (west) side of the road.
Get driving or public transit directions from Transit and Trails:
GPS Coordinates* for Trailhead:
(* based on Google Earth data, shown as degrees, minutes, seconds)
Gas, food, and lodging:
Nothing in the immediate area. No camping.
Trailhead details:
Roadside parking. No entrance or parking fees. Pit toilets just inside the entrance gate, and at several other locations along the trail. Maps available at information signboard near entrance. Pay phone near entrance. Drinking water near the trail's half-way point, at the Jepson Laurel Area. There are three designated handicapped parking spots, and the trail is wheelchair accessible. You can also access the trail from a northern trailhead, near Hillcrest Boulevard. There is no direct public transportation to this trailhead.
The trail is multi-use. Dogs are not permitted. Trail is open from sunrise to sunset.
The Official Story:
SMCP's Sawyer Camp page
Map Choices:
Use AAA's San Francisco Bay Region map to get there.
Map from SMCP.
Trails of the Coastside and Northern Peninsula (map) is a good guide (available from Pease Press).
Peninsula Trails, by Jean Rusmore, has a simple map and trail description (order this book from Amazon.com).
Tom Taber's The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Book has a simple map and trail description (order this book from Amazon.com).
Sawyer Camp Trail in a nutshell -- a printable, text-only guide to the featured walk.
View photos from the trail.
Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page
Camp Trail is one of the most popular recreation paths in the Bay Area. On any given day you are prone to encounter roller
bladers, cyclists, moms and dads with strollers, joggers, and folks looking for
easy exercise. The 6 mile paved trail stretches from the shores of Crystal
Springs Reservoir to San Andreas Lake, through protected San Francisco
Watershed lands. Sawyer Camp is as close as most of us will ever get to
the off-limits watershed property, which is a shame, since it looks pretty
from this fenced-off trail.


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- Coil-less Safety Pin-Gold-1 1/2 in
Coil-less Safety Pin-Gold-1 1/2 in
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Darice® gold, 1 1/2 inch coil-less safety pin. No coil means no place for delicate fabrics or embellishments to get stuck on these safety pins. Perfect for jewelry and beading projects, and marking your place in knitting and crochet work. 25 pieces per package.
Color: Gold
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I only wanted to correct my smiles lines, but the place I went puffed up my cheeks instead of correcting the lines. They are minimized, but the lower sides of my mouth remind me of droopy dog as the sides of my mouth are too puffy.
Also, now when I smile it is causing under eye wrinkles because there is a dip between the eye& too puffy cheeks. Also, she put more in on 1 side....so now my face looks uneven like I have one little eye on the side that ismore puffy than the other. I can't wait for this stuff to wear off! Never again unless I someday have sunken in cheeks.


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Orleans-Niagara BOCES adult literacy program earns a national boost
LOCKPORT – Adult instruction is a priority for the Orleans-Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and recently a national organization took notice in a big way.
Orleans-Niagara BOCES won a $5,000 cash prize from the American School Board Journal, the publication of the National School Boards Association, for its Literacy Zone Welcome Centers.
The Magna Award, as the prize is known, will help bolster the budget of the adult literacy program, said Susan G. Diemert, a BOCES literacy specialist.
"To receive national recognition for their outstanding achievement just highlights the thoughtful and deliberate work they do to improve the lives of our students and the community," BOCES Superintendent Clark J. Godshall said in a statement.
About 2,500 students a year take part in classes at BOCES' nine adult education centers in the two counties.
"We are thrilled that Mrs. Diemert's team's hard work has been recognized for their commitment to lifelong learning," said Rebecca Albright, president of the Orleans-Niagara BOCES board.
The Lockport program, which includes classes for adult literacy, high school equivalency diplomas, job training and English as a second language, opened last year in Christ Community Church, formerly First Baptist Church, at Pine and Genesee streets.
Kristen J. Frain, of Lockport, who lost her job at a collection agency recently, was there last week "just brushing up on basic computer skills."
Frain, who said she wants a job in customer service, said she was admitted to the free course through the Niagara County Department of Social Services.
"Anybody who applies for welfare has to come here," said Jessica L. Bush, a member of BOCES' literacy staff. "Some people are here for Social Services, but we have people who come in off the street, too."
Another free course is English as a second language, taught by Stella Gresham.
"It's an immersion philosophy," said Gresham, who is trained in French and has picked up some Spanish from her students. "I require them to speak English until they get into the elevator" to leave.
"You start out with pictures a lot," said Gresham's assistant, Kathy Carlson, a 20-year veteran. "English is very difficult, when you think about it. There are so many exceptions to the rules."
Last week, almost all of the students came from Puerto Rico, but one was from Iran and spoke that nation's language, Farsi.
That was Mandana Fekri, who won a State Department visa lottery and entered the United States seven months ago.
"My brother lives in Canada. Canada is near here," she said when asked why she is in Lockport. But Fekri said she doesn't intend to stay here long.
"No Lockport. I want to move to California," she said. Asked why, she said, "The weather is good for Iranian people. Here, it is very cold."
On the other hand, Jahaira Rodriguez said, "I like Lockport." A Puerto Rican, she moved here from Brooklyn nine months ago to live with her aunt.
Sharri L. Turk, one of three teachers working in the high school equivalency program, said the process of obtaining a belated diploma has become harder since New York implemented the Common Core curriculum. "There's a lot more that they have to learn," she said.
The equivalency certificate used to be called a General Equivalency Diploma, but Turk said New York no longer is allowed to use that term, because it is trademarked. New York's new Common Core equivalency test is called Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC.
"We were at one time a one-room schoolhouse, and one teacher taught everything," Turk said. But now, the three teachers divide up the subject matter.
"We're here all year round," Turk said. "We get new students every week."
The newcomers are thrown in wherever the class happens to be, "and we move them forward," Turk said.
Carolyn E. Graff, who teaches the reading and writing aspects, said the writing portion of the TASC test has become more demanding, requiring what she called "evidence-based writing" rather than a simpler essay on a student's personal impressions of some topic. "Slowly but surely, they're getting it," she said.
Bush said that some students in the TASC program also are studying to pass the U.S. citizenship test.
The Lockport Literacy Zone Welcome Center is patterned after a similar program that began in 2009 in Niagara Falls. "We basically have the whole church," said Diemert, a member of Christ Community Church.
Classes are offered weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and also Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Diemert said the idea is to locate the welcome center in an impoverished neighborhood with high levels of illiteracy and unemployment.
"The key to a successful Literacy Zone is partnerships within the community," Diemert said. More than 60 organizations were invited to help out.
"The best part of the initiative," Albright said, "was that it came together from entities in the community that saw how they could learn and share through the collaboration."
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Global warming likely increases the risk of kidney stones. I recently was diagnosed with stones. Coincidence? Probably!
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reported this month on a major study, "Climate Change May Bring More Kidney Stones." The news release noted, "a research team found a link between hot days and kidney stones in 60,000 patients in several U.S. cities with varying climates."
The study, published in the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, was led by Dr. Gregory Tasian, a pediatric urologist and epidemiologist. He concluded:
"Kidney stone prevalence has already been on the rise over the last 30 years, and we can expect this trend to continue, both in greater numbers and over a broader geographic area, as daily temperatures increase. With some experts predicting that extreme temperatures will become the norm in 30 years, children will bear the brunt of climate change."
While team denial was feigning injury at the mere notion that a potentially serious medical condition was being linked to warming, team reality noted that this isn't a new or surprising finding in the least. Back in May 2008, the American Urological Association summarized a new study on global warming and kidney stones this way:
Rising global temperatures could lead to an increase in kidney stones…. Dehydration has been linked to stone disease, particularly in warmer climates, and global warming will exacerbate this effect. As a result, the prevalence of stone disease may increase, along with the costs of treating the condition.
The well known alarmists at the Mayo Clinic note that "Dehydration" is one of the "Risk Factors" for stones: "Not drinking enough water each day can increase your risk of kidney stones. People who live in warm climates and those who sweat a lot may be at higher risk than others."
Dehydration reduces urine volume, which increases the chances that salt crystals will form in one's kidneys. Back in 1996, well-known alarmists at the American Journal of Epidemiology published a study, "Relation between Geographic Variability in Kidney Stones Prevalence and Risk Factors for Stones," that concluded "These results provide evidence that ambient temperature and sunlight levels are important risk factors for stones." They cited many earlier studies with similar findings.
The chart above comes from the well-known alarmists at the the official journal of the International Society of Nephrology. The review article, "Ambient temperature as a contributor to kidney stone formation: implications of global warming," concludes "a body of literature suggests a role of heat and climate as significant risk factors for lithogenesis [the creation of stones]" — especially in men.
The American Urological Association wrote six years ago:
The southern United States is considered "the stone belt" because these states have higher incidences of kidney stones. Rising global temperatures could expand this region; the fraction of the U.S. population living in high-risk stone zones is predicted to grow from 40 percent in 2000 to 50 percent by 2050.
That research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (here). It is the source of the top figure.
When I mentioned to my urologist that a recent study predicted an increase in kidney stones from global warming, he could not have been less nonplussed. I, in turn, was nonplussed, but that was before I looked at some of the vast literature on the subject.
The disinformers often push the absurd myth that action on climate change would lead us back to the Stone Age — is if slowing global growth by a mere 0.06% per year is somehow a hardship. It does, however, seem that inaction on climate change will lead to a new Age of Stones.


text: I'm having an issue with my new HTC one x plus while playing games and generally just using the phone, I've been getting these lag spikes in games like temple run 1, temple run 2, gta 3 and gta vice city. It's noticeably and shouldn't happen, because my Asus transformer prime, that has the same Cpu (even downclocked abit from) can play these games at ease with no lag. Been searching on the internet abit looking for a solution, but no luck. Why is this happening and how do i fix it?


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I had an eyeball exhausting fun-filled weekend at this year's Cinema Arts Festival. Because there was so much of it, and because I don't have credentials to know much more than my own gut reactions, the good and the bad quickly separated for me.
also by Carrie Marie Schneider
- Interview with Reginald Adams, Obama Muralist - March 3rd, 2013
- Psychographic Consumer Profiling - February 6th, 2013
- Not a Big Fan of Clifford Owens - January 17th, 2013
- Maker Faire Preview - January 16th, 2013
- Artist Profile: Aisen Caro Chacin - January 14th, 2013
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I would have liked to see both performances of Super Everything to make a comparison considering people who saw both thought they were different. This description is really on point, although I think overwhelming with a level of vagueness in the context of Data mining or social overload is an aesthetic reflection of the content and not necessarily a weakness of the performance. The strength of the visuals leave an opening for even more powerful content or dialogue similar to how prior to the show the audience comments were the first projection via twitter. Let's see what they do next, yes?


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February 26, 2014
American Eagle will introduce the HPI-10K Hydraulic Pressure Intensifier.
The unit is used to power hydraulic tools and jacks for utility and mechanics trucks.
The unit uses the hydraulic flow from a host truck or attaches to an independent hydraulic power unit.
It produces a dual circuit hydraulic flow of .5 gpm to 2 gpm at 10,000 psi to operator-selected hydraulic tools.


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Medial Thighlift, Arm Lift and Upper Back Fat & Skin removal
So after 200+ pounds lost and 9.5 years of researching plastic surgeons, and throwing the thought of having the procedures done out of the country (to save money), I FINALLY found a board certified reasonable surgeon who is AMAZING! No, he's not a Holloywood Doctor or a Flordia Doctor for the stars but him and his staff were AWESOME!
My thighs were the most jiggly things around. I would walk and because of my thighs, my body would get thrown around! And my arms had wings that were ready for flight at any given moment. And I had upper back fat that decided no matter what type of bra or other articles of clothing to hide it up, they were going to hang by any means necessary!
On 5/15 from 8am to 5:30 pm my surgeon put in a full days work. My arms, I saw results immediately. My legs while the dimples and wrinkles were gone they are still large in size but thats due to the swelling. My incisions believe it or not after 8 days post op are healing beautifuly; there is about 3 spots I'm like uggh overall on a scale of 1 to 10, I give it an 11++++ I had a C-section with my son and you can't even see the scar and my doctor and I are very hopefully in knowing that in time the scars from my procedure will fade away. I will be going back to him later on for one last surgery and that is for my breast lift/reduction and a tummy tuck (I'm trying to see if I'm going to have any more children).
Finally, After 9.5 Year of Gastric Bypass Surgery - Charlotte, NC
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The persistence in hedge fund performance: extended analysis
This study analyses and decomposes hedge fund returns to detect a systematic hedge fund selection criterion that enables investors to consistently and significantly outperform classical equities and bond indices over a full market cycle and over bullish and bearish market periods. The methodology used is adapted from Capocci and Hübner. The measures used include the returns, the volatility, the Sharpe score, the alpha, the beta, the skewness and the kurtosis. Measures incorporating the volatility display very strong ability to assist investors in creating alpha and consistently and significantly outperform classical indices. A sub-period analysis is performed to check the robustness of the results. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Kramer, Charles, 1994. " Macroeconomic Seasonality and the January Effect," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 49(5), pages 1883-1891, December.
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Star Wars in 3D is the buzz racing around the internet at the moment, it was trending on Twitter only the other day and it also seems that lots and lots of people are getting excited about the release of The Phantom Menace on the 10th February, I'm getting excited myself 😉
So the other day I popped in to @ApolloCinemas Rhyl and picked up my special Pod Racing 3D glasses, which @SlappyBear seams to have claimed for himself, cheeky little bear, I will probably have to fight him to get them back, now where did I leave my light sabre 😆
Star Wars In 3D – Got My 3D Pod Racing Glasses And My Preview Tickets!
Today, I stopped in at Apollo Cinemas Rhyl to pick up my tickets for the preview showing of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace which is on the 9th February at 8:30 pm, suffice to say I really can't wait, there are so many scenes that I'm hoping will really look really good in 3D, the trailer showing the Pod Race in 3D looked pretty awesome, so fingers crossed for the rest of the movie.
That's two premier seats, yes the comfortable leather reclining seats, what can I say you've got to have the best 😉 😉
Now the question is! Who is going with me, now I'm not too sure to be honest, I was with my wonderful mum when I picked up the tickets and I said to her, "Are you sure you want to see Star Wars?", "Yes" was her response, then after getting home she looked at me in a vacant way and said, "Star Wars! I hate Star Wars!". Seriously mother, come on!!!!!
So now that I have the two tickets I may have to put a call out to my Facebook friends and see if anyone wants to join me for it, what will probably be THE 3D movie release of 2012 😉 We will see, it all depends on what kind of generous mood I'm in 😉 😉
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D Reviewed
Look out on the 10th February for my full-blown review and experience of the first in the series of the Star Wars films to get the 3D conversion treatment and also watch my twitter, @BlazingMinds, on the 9th for tweets of the event itself 😉
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Stale NFS Handle without using NFS?
Hey guys.
I have a RedHat 9 system at work that I use to recover data from dead computers using a BASH script and various third party apps (nothing spectacular cdrecord, text2dos, etc).
My problem is that after mounting the new drive and copying data to a directory on /dev/hda2 mounted on /recovery, I get the error: STALE NFS HANDLE: could not access /t/Smith/My Documents/.
If I attempt to do a directory listing after the script runs, I get:
ls: .: Stale NFS file handle.
This machine does not use NFS. I have tried disabling NFS entirely, and this did not help.
If you unmount and remount the entire /dev/hda2 partition, it miraculously starts working again. This is a problem, however, because there are more operations that take place after file copy (inventory of files, log file generation/printing, burn cd/dvd of data files) Every operation after file copy fails.
I have been fighting this problem for weeks now and have no idea where to look for a setting that will fix it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Oh, I should probably mention that this isn't a standard ext2 filesystem. For windows compatibility issues, this partition runs FAT32.
I can post any configuration files you like (i'll star out sensitive info).
oop, never mind. Figures that as soon as I ask the question, I find the answer on my own. If you are curious, I have AVG Network Server Edition for Linux running on this machine. The problem occurs when the script runs a virus scan on the recovered data. All the operations after that fail.
Guess I have to remove and reinstall AVG.
No, apparently, I was wrong. That didn't fix it. The problem continued to occur after I had disabled AVG and created directories by hand. Mounting and Unmounting no longer works. I have to restart the entire machine for the problem to rectify. Any ideas would be of immense help.
Stale NFS Handle on local FAT32 data disk
I have just encountered the same problem (again - happened to me once before, about 6-8 months ago) under RedHat Linux 7.3 (running kernel 2.4.20-46.7), where I too have had large FAT32 hard drives mounted as data disks. Files were created (and subsequently became inaccessible) while the dual-boot machine was running Linux (data processing c shell scripts ... fast!-). After the "Stale NFS" error message (and like the previous poster, I too am not running NFS, and the FAT32 disk is mounted on localhost), file listings using /bin/ls show dozens of files with size of zero-bytes whose contents I can no longer access.
Rebooting Linux and remounting the disk does not restore access to the files. Booting the machine to Win2K, the DOS "chkdsk" or equivalent tool identifies the orphaned files as lost and recovers them, but with generic FILE0001.CHK -type names that require further (manual) effort by me to restore them to their original names+locations. Not an especially fun way to spend an evening, so before this strikes me a third time, I'd really appreciate some help.
Disk is 400Gb, parallel ATA, 16Mb cache.
The entry I'm currently using for the FAT32 disk in /etc/fstab is:
/dev/hde1 /work1 vfat noauto,user,owner,rw,exec 0 0
...meaning I mount the disk manually after logging in (which is fine, since this way at least I "own" the files have have read/write privilege from my current login account). The prior (first) time I had this problem (using another PC, and a different disk -- so I don't think problem is hardware related; furthermore disks and file-access work very reliability from Win2K, hard as that may be for some to believe :-), my /etc/fstab entry for that other FAT32 disk was specific to my Linux user id:
/dev/sdc1 /work0 vfat noauto,uid=500,gid=500,umask=000 0 0
... but despite these differences, the two incidents of lost file handles were very similar.
Can anyone offer an explanation or remedy for this problem ?
Thanks in advance for any help,
-- Jim
Large FAT32 disks -- caution with older Linux kernels
Just a followup for anyone searching and coming across this thread. The problem in my case turned out to be due to using an older Linux kernel (anything older than 2.4.25) that does not support large FAT32 disks (>128Gb), at least not without patching the kernel.
Problem is that once a disk fills up beyond a certain point (causing sectors above the 128Gb point on the disk to start being used ?), older Linux kernels will corrupt the file directories causing newer files to be reported as having zero byte filesize. It's easy at first to mistake this for a hardware problem (e.g., one or more bad sectors on the disk), but don't be fooled -- if the kernel is older than 2.4.25, it's likely a kernel FAT32 software issue.
When I encountered this problem I was running 2.4.20-46.7 ... RedHat still considers RH7.3 an officially supported distro and still provides regular patch updates for it -- addressing security issues, but apparently not addressing other critical kernel bugs like large FAT32 support ?! So I had to track-down and apply the appropriate kernel patches myself, and all is well now.
-- Jim
P.S. I just opened another LQ thread with details on where I found the patches etc. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=504892
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…the melodic world of Dream Lab
Hi Everyone, Well, it's been a very long time since our last update. Stuart has been busy with his work and Emil has been busy writing a solo CD, released on Cardamar music here: http://cardamar.com/releases.php?release=CARD016 Do check it out, it's amazing 😉 Those of you who have listened to Dream Labs Cosmotherapy CD will know the track Silver Skies, featuring Cling from the UK. Well, Another collaboration has been released called Walk On Thin Ice and you can now download it for FREE! (Yes, you heard me right, it's FREE!). Not only are you getting another quality Dream Lab / Cling release, but you will also be helping the SAL Animal Charity, as each time you download a track, Cling is donating money to this worthwhile cause! Find out more here: http://www.gimmesound.com/Cling/ Finally some BIG news! Stuart is currently in Sweden, recording the new Dream Lab album with Emil! No date has been set yet for its release, but be ready, if you enjoyed Cosmotherapy, you are going to LOVE the new CD!! We are keeping all the details a secret at the moment, but will keep you updated 😉 We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience and continued support for the Dream Lab project.
Peace, Love & Plenty of Chill Stuart & Emil aka Dream Lab
Dream Lab was born late 2004 when Emil Anderberg (soundfreak)
from Sweden and Stuart Elliott, from the UK, crossed paths whilst
using the same bulletin board on the internet. Their friendship soon
developed and inspired by each others music, they decided to
collaborate on a couple of tracks. These tracks were less chilled
than the music from their debut album, Cosmotherapy and more
orientated towards dance music. After some initial experimentation,
the Dream Lab sound soon evolved into what it is today. Their two
different styles, (Emil's dark trippy Ambient and mesmorizing rhythms,
Stuart's engaging melodies and evolving landscapes), go hand in hand
to create a unique and captivating sound that has internet listeners
wanting more.
What the listeners of the
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"Classic Classic Classic"
on I'll Guide You
"this might be my favorite chill tune
in a long time. So dark and trippy,
it's exactly my kind of stuff. If I
could create music, this is what I
would do, insane"
on Cryogenic Suspension II
"I just love this song…I'm hearing it
on DI right now and I HAVE to get it"
on Cryogenic Suspension
"…One of the best songs i've ever heard.
Dream Lab produces some amazing music
for sure….Pure Bliss"
on Cosmotherapy
"very beautiful melodic chill track"
on Chemical Karmasutra
"Man, I love those weird samples and sounds,
this has a nice unique sound to it!"
on Suspicious Minds
The future of Dream Lab
Although a long time coming, Cosmotherapy, Dream Lab's debut album is just the beginning. Watch out for new releases, exclusive remixes and live dates in the near future. Drop us a line and we'll add you to our mailing list where you'll get access to our exclusive downloads page. There are tracks in here that are not available anywhere else and are offered free by way of thank you for all your continued support for the Dream Lab project.
Dream Lab would like to thank
Their family & friends in both the UK & Sweden, Marco Sijbesma, Seka, Susi Lavender, Gerald Patient, Easily Embarrassed, Marco Torrance, Edwin & Ferdy Mulder,
their countless online buddies.
Peace, Love & Chill,
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LEWISTON, Maine -- Amherst College won its sixth straight match with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-14) NESCAC victory over the Bates College volleyball team Friday evening at Alumni Gymnasium. Amherst rose to 9-1 overall and 1-1 in NESCAC play, and Bates dropped to 5-8 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
Bates sophomore Eliza Pyne (Atherton, Calif.) had a team-high eight kills and two service aces. Junior Grace Haessler (Portland, Ore.) had 15 assists and three kills, while first-year Andrea Lauden (San Francisco, Calif.) came up with three kills and two blocks. Sophomore Caroline Gattuso (North Reading, Mass.) and sophomore Nicole Russell (Boca Raton, Fla.) led the back row defense with 14 and 12 digs, respectively.
Junior Mary Reiser (New York, N.Y.) led the Amherst attack with eight kills, and added two block assists. Sophomore Kristin Keeno (Honolulu, Hawaii) and junor Cristy Meier (San Anselmo, Calif.) added seven kills apiece, with Keeno also coming up with three service aces and Meier adding two solo blocks. Senior Jackie Berkley (Fullerton, Calif.) chipped in six kills, and senior Laura Hyman (Glencoe, Ill.) added five kills and a pair of solo blocks.
Senior Rachel Yorke (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the back row with 20 digs, followed by senior Erin Camp (Santa Monica, Calif.) with 11 and first-year Devin Pence (Los Angeles, Calif.) with eight. Sophomore Callie Neilson (Escondido, Calif.) dished out 34 assists.
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A BURST of five second-half tries propelled York Acorn ARLC 'A' to a 36-18 victory over Holderness Vikings in the Yorkshire Men's League premier division.
The Blue and Golds trailed 6-0 after ten minutes and were being held 12-12 at the break, but they turned on the style in the second period.
Scrum-half George Grassby crossed for the Thanet Road visitors on ten minutes and stand-off Lewis Suddaby converted.
However, loose forward Jordan Hyde crossed on 26 minutes and Antony Chilton goaled to level the scores.
Centre Ryan Gallacher nosed Acorn in front on 35 minutes, Chilton again adding the extras, but the Vikings equalised when Suddaby goaled hookerJohn McCloud's try.
The second half was a different story as Acorn forged ahead with a Chilton try on 42 minutes, Matthew Woods touched down on 53 minutes and Josh Thompson went over three minutes later.
A try from McCloud, converted by Suddaby, brought brief respite on 63 minutes, but Acorn substitute Nick Speck crossed four minutes later and Chilton added the extras.
A minute later full-back Joel Johnson was over the whitewash, Chilton rounding off the scoring with his fourth goal.
Heworth 'A' were 36-12 winners at Scarborough Pirates 'A' in group 2, but the result was marred by a serious neck injury to outstanding Villagers full-back Lewis Hartley.
The incident happened after 48 minutes when the teenager was tackled in possession and was unable to regain his feet.
As a result, the game was stopped for 40 minutes while paramedics gave treatment before he was taken to Scarborough Hospital.
In the first half, the young Villagers tackled well to hold a big Pirates team at bay, then showed their skill with the ball to build up a 22-6 lead at the break.
Tries came from George Wilkinson (2), Ross Varley and Joe Deighton, to which Adam Caddie added three goals.
In a subdued second period, Deighton added his second touchdown, Wilkinson completed a fine hat-trick and Mike Crossman also scored, with Caddie adding one more goal.
Heworth were well served by Johnny Marwood, Max and Sam Colley, along with Ian Hebditch.
York Lokomotives' unbeaten start to the season came to a crashing halt at the hands of hosts Dudley Hill, who won 42-18.
The Lokos opened the scoring with a try by winger Stu Dickenson, but that was the only highlight of a woeful afternoon for the visitors as Dudley Hill scored three unanswered tries to lead 14-4 at half-time.
Two Dudley Hill tries in as many minutes after the restart ended the match as a contest.
The Lokos did manage to cross the whitewash for tries by Tim Lewis and Gareth Pollock as the Bradford outfit took their foot of the gas, only for the visitors' inability to defend resulting in three further converted tries.
The Lokos grabbed a last minute consolation through Dickenson, with Tom Dunmore converting.
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Hmm. I don't see anything terribly wrong in the planner's estimates. The only estimate that's off is the # of rows in pror_org matching the qual orgt_cd = 'CHAIN', 27 estimated vs 1 actual. You could try increasing the statistics target for that column to get that estimate right. That might tip the planner to choose a plan with nested loop joins instead of hash joins. Have you played with enable_seqscan=off or enable_hashjoin=off? That's not a good long term solution, but it would be interesting to see what happens. Mouhamadou Dia wrote: > Sorry, > This output is coming from PG 8.1.19 > I'm attaching the one that is coming from 8.2.4 > Thanks and sorry for the confusion > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Heikki Linnakangas [mailto:hlinnaka(at)gmail(dot)com] De la part de Heikki Linnakangas > Envoyé : 6 août 2007 15:32 > À : Mouhamadou Dia > Cc : pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org > Objet : Re: RE : [BUGS] BUG #3519: Postgres takes the wrong query plan resulting in performance issues > > Mouhamadou Dia wrote: >> I'm sending in attachment the output of the explain analyze command and the create table statements of tables involved in the query. > > Wait, you said that the query takes 20 seconds on 8.2, but the explain > analyze output says that it actually took 50 seconds. Is this the output > from 8.2.4? > -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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Were physical copies to arrive at the same time as the digital release, Frank Ocean"s "Channel Orange" might have debuted at No. 1 this week on The Billboard 200. However, its Zac Brown Band"s "Uncaged" that earns the top spot, making it the country act"s second summit set on the album sales chart.
"Uncaged" moved 234,000 copies; "Channel Orange" sold 131,000.
ZBB"s previous high-water sales mark came with their previous "You Get What You Give" from 2010, which yielded 153,000 copies its first week. This past week"s sum, however, was aided by a sales tag of $3.99 via Amazon.
Ocean"s Def Jam debut was initially an iTunes exclusive drop, but the label told physical retailers to stock the shelves as soon as they got them. Target was not among them.
Justin Bieber"s "Believe" stays put at No. 3 with 45,000 copies, a 35% sales decrease. Chris Brown"s "Fortune" falls No. 1 to No. 5 (45,000, -67%), Maroon 5″s "Overexposed" descends No. 4 to No. 5 (44,000, -34%), Linkin Park"s "Living Things" bums No. 5 to No. 6 (37,000, -42%), One Direction"s "Up All Night" ascends No. 11 to No. 7 (36,000, +1%) and Adele"s "21" moves No. 9 to No. 8 (35,000, -14%).
Katy Perry"s "Teenage Dream" falls No. 2 to No. 9 (34,000, -58%) and Kenny Chesney"s "Welcome to the Fishbowl" dips No. 8 to No. 10 (32,000, -26%).
Sales are down 3% compared to last week and up 9% compared to the same sales week last year. Sales are down 3% for the year so far.


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Authorities charged a longtime senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands with several counts of domestic violence Thursday after he allegedly pulled a gun during a fight with a 19-year-old woman.
Senator Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg Jr., 47, turned himself in after the charges were announced, but was released pending a court appearance Friday. He did not immediately return telephone calls or e-mails requesting comment, and it was not clear if he had a lawyer.
Donastorg faces four charges, including third-degree assault and brandishing a gun, for his actions during the confrontation with the woman Jan. 28, the USVI Justice Department said.
Justice spokeswoman Sara Lezama declined to identify the woman or release details about the case. Police said only that he brandished a gun and used it to commit a crime.
Donastorg ran for governor of the U.S. Caribbean territory in 2006 and has served as senator for more than a decade. He also was chairman of the legislature's finance committee.
Donastorg is married and has six children, according to the legislature's official Web site.


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Klein out of senate race?
U.S. Rep. Ron Klein reportedly has decided not to co-sponsor the Employee Free Choice Act, a top priority for labor, despite supporting it a year ago. That certainly sounds more like a congressman gearing up for re-election in a competitive House district than a congressman gearing up for a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
The RPOF jumped on it: "Ron Klein must clarify his exact position on this controversial bill, which seeks to strip American workers of their right to vote by secret ballot," Republican Chairman Jim Greer said in a statement. "Will Klein stand up and protect Florida workers and vote against card check, or will he pacify Big Labor bosses and vote for it?"


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Orange T-Mobile UK merger may "affect competition"
Announced in September 2009, the merger between Orange UK and T-Mobile UK is not yet completed, as it awaits approval from UK authorities.
If all works out the way France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom want, the Orange – T-Mobile joint venture will become the largest British mobile carrier, with more than 30 million customers and about 37% of the UK mobile market.
However, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the proposed joint-venture "threatens significantly to affect competition in mobile telecommunications in the UK." That's why the OFT has asked for additional details about the merger from the European Commission.
Depending on the findings, the OFT might ask Britain's competition regulatory board (the Competition Commission) to intervene.
(HTC Hero as offered by T-Mobile and Orange in the UK)
Another concern was raised by 3 UK's chief executive Kevin Russell, who declared:
"The proposed merger could lead to a concentration of 84 per cent of the nation's 1800MHz radio spectrum in the hands of a single company. This spectrum is crucial for the realization of the Digital Britain initiative. For the merger to take place without significant harm to consumers and competition we believe the merged operator should be required to release at least a third of the 1800MHz spectrum it currently leases."
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Farewell Homeschooling.
didn't answer my prayer for healing and my health, well, short of a miracle and I felt cheated out of this opportunity to homeschool my babies but He blessed me with a public school that bucks the trend. That have taken my children in and loved them in my absence. We had parent-teacher interview with Maddie's teacher. read here why. The teacher gave us an example of there being a real mood in the classroom with people bickering at each other and Maddie came and sat down and said." I'm so disappointed to hear all of this disagreement". The class stopped and looked at her looked at each other and got over it with the whole atmosphere of the room changing. She said it happens time and time again. The teacher was more than teary once through the whole interview.
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Currently I'm a stay-at-home dad with a budding design studio. Over the past year I have started designing one–of-a-kind lamps, lighting fixtures and furniture mostly created from repurposed materials. I am inspired by rusty metals, woods, and materials often discarded from their prior use. Bringing new life and purpose to these items is what motivates me. I love mixing different mediums, and the old with the new, and creating something that wasn't there before.
As a stay-at-home dad it's nearly impossible to find time to get in the studio and create. My wife is a photographer running her own existing business, and a new mom as well. Currently I only have bits and pieces of time to create, and have to sell one piece to fund the next. With Go Fund Me I would be able to hire childcare, buy materials, and get into my studio to finish full collections and open pop-up stores to show and sell my work! With the little time and money I have been able to devote to my art I have had one piece featured in Colorado Homes and Lifestyles so I know there is interest and demand for what I create, I just need the help with time and funds to be able to grow! Here is my website to see past work. http://www.zacharyzorndesigns.com
The first collection I want to complete is furniture made from vintage airplane parts. Like the photo above I made from airplane flaps and transit planks. I also already have this army airplane wing just sitting and patiently waiting for the funds to be able to create what I have in mind. This collection would be titled "Grounded".
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Lazy Gal's Favorite Christmas Drinks
While making holiday drinks from scratch has its merits, sometimes I just have other priorities (like spending more time with my guests or reading that great book). Here are 5 favorite Christmas drinks that are easy to prepare and family-friendly too!
Sparkling Eggnog
If you dislike eggnog, don't skip over this one! I say this because I, too, once camped with the eggnog-is-disgusting people, but I saw the error of my ways after tasting Mr. Crane's lazy recipe:
1. A jug of store-bought eggnog, chilled
2. A 2-liter of ginger ale, chilled
Fill each glass half-full with eggnog and then top if off with ginger ale. Stir and enjoy! If you are hosting a large number of people, you can mix this in the punch bowl.
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Have on hand:
1. Your favorite hot chocolate, already prepared
2. A candy cane for each person
You can make the hot chocolate ahead of time and keep it warm in the crockpot or in a pot on the stove. Pour hot chocolate into mugs and give each person a candy cane to stir their hot chocolate. :D Why do all the work yourself?
Hot Cider
1. Enough apple cider for all your guests
2. Cinnamon sticks, 1-2 cinnamon sticks per quart of cider
Traditionally, apple cider is heated on the stove, but if you heat it in the crockpot, you don't have to babysit it as much (just be sure to start heating it at least an hour before you want to serve it). For a mildly spiced cider, throw in only 1 cinnamon stick per quart but feel free to spice it up more according to your taste.
Spice Tea
Nothing but holiday spice goodness!
1. Breakfast tea (or your favorite black or pekoe tea)
2. 2 Cinnamon sticks
3. 6 whole cloves
4. 6 allspice berries
Pour 6 cups of water into a saucepan. Turn on the burner to high heat. While the water is heating throw in tea bags (I use only 3 but feel free to add more to your taste) and the spices. Heat to near boiling and, when the tea looks brown enough to your taste, take out the tea bags. Serve hot. You can strain this tea, if you wish, or leave in the spices as a "garnish." ;-) Style through laziness is an art form.
Peppermint Tea
Although festive in flavor, this hot tea is soothing after a rich holiday meal, and it is a relief for guests with delicate digestion. Peppermint tea is available in most grocery stores next to other herbal teas. If you have a green thumb, you can even grow your own peppermint as a houseplant and harvest your own tea leaves.
How about you? What are your favorite lazy holiday drinks?
May all your holidays be delicious,
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Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor — they're all just as rich, if not richer, in death as they were in life. How come?
They're not only wealthier in death; they're also shinier than some of the biggest living names out there right now. Per Forbes, Jackson made $160 million over the past year, topping the very alive Madonna, who made about $125 million.
So why is The Gloved One able to make it rain all the way from Heaven?
Several reasons. First, he was hugely influential in life, just like Bettie Page or Jenni Rivera or Presley or Taylor or Bob Marley. So it's only natural that folks would still want to spend money on a dead star's movies or music.
"These are people who had dramatic impact on our lives and culture," says Mark Roesler, CEO of CMG Worldwide, which manages the intellectual property of celebrities both dead and alive. "Michael Jackson was the greatest entertainer of all time.
"And if you look at [the late] Jenni Rivera or Bettie Page, both of which are clients, you see people who also had dramatic impact on our culture. Bettie, as Hugh Hefner once pointed out, started the sexual revolution in our country, and she was someone at the forefront of sexuality and pushing the boundaries. She is someone that people still want relate to — almost like James Dean, a rebel in her own way."
While a good amount of Jackson's posthumous income is from his music catalog and video sales, the biggest chunk comes from the cash-generating licensing deal with Cirque du Soleil. The touring show "Immortal" has grossed more than $300 million since opening a year ago, while the Las Vegas-based "One" has been printing money at the Mandalay Bay since the curtain went up in May.
Presley, likewise, owes a chunk of his income to continuing music sales and the enduring tourist popularity of Graceland (strangely enough, Cirque's Elvis-themed Viva Preseley was never the cash cow that the troupe's Beatles or Jackson shows have been).
The Bob Marley name helps sell everything from speakers, to tote bags to, yes, coffee (apparently lots of fans crave a mug of Buffalo Soldier brew). The newcomer on the list, Rivera has doubled her career album sales since her death in a plane crash last December; her autobiography, released in July has sold 400,000 copies.
The other reason why stars like Jackson keep getting paid after death is a bit...delicate. Put it this way: Sure, the guy can no longer earn money with new recordings or concerts or personal appearances. But he also can't blow any of that money on, say, Neverland or pet monkeys or bronze statues of Peter Pan or expensive court cases involving young boys. (According to testimony at the recent wrongful death trial, Jackson was in debt for a whopping $400 million-$500 million at the time of his 2009 death; the trustees of his estate have done a remarkable job turning that around.)
Plus, when a star is dead, he or she doesn't run the risk of creating a fresh scandal that can ruin a profitable image.
"With Michael Jackson, fans can just look at his legacy that he left behind, the impact he had, and there is no new controversy that is going to surface," Roesler explains.
Lastly, a smart company like CMG can often rebrand a celebrity once he or she has passed away, essentially downplaying the less desirable parts of a celebrity's image in favor of aspects that can bring in more money in licensing deals.
"Back in the early '80s, when were representing the Presley estate, we wanted to focus only on the early Elvis," Roesler says. As a result, memories of the older, heavier Elvis faded, and we were left only with the skinnier, cuter rockabilly boy who, just in the last 12 months, earned a whopping $55 million.
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An Air Force pilot from Minnesota was killed when his aircraft went down in Afghanistan Friday, according to the Department of Defense.
The crash killed three service members and one civilian contractor. Two of the people killed have yet to be identified. The military says Maj. Randell Voas, 43, of Lakeville died when his U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed in southeastern Afghanistan.
Senior Master Sgt. James Lackey of Green Clove Springs, Fla., was also killed. Both men were assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field in Florida.
"He loved flying," Voas' father Dwaine Voas told MPR News over the phone as he made his way to Dover Air Force Base to meet his son's casket.
Randell Voas was a career military man with almost two decades of service between the Air Force and the Army, where he flew Apache helicopters.
Dwaine Voas said his son transferred to the Air Force so he could fly missions for special operations, a unit which often deploys on short notice.
Dwaine Voas said his son always tried to make the most of his time at home with his wife Jill, his daughter Madde and his son Mitchell.
"He was fortunate to delay being deployed by about a week this time," he said, "because Mitchell had his tonsils removed just two weeks ago, so he was able to be home for that. He was grateful for that."
Dwaine Voas said his son had been in Afghanistan for just over a week when his aircraft went down. This is the first crash for the Osprey, a special operations aircraft, in combat and details are still emerging.
Military officials say the Osprey went down after dark in Zabul province, about 200 miles southwest of Kabul.
The military has been using the Osprey for about four years. The aircraft takes off and lands like a helicopter, but its engines roll forward in flight, allowing it to fly like a fixed-wing plane - much farther and much faster than a standard chopper.
The Osprey, which cost nearly $70 million apiece, can carry several dozen troops or 10,000 pounds of supplies. The planes are used extensively in Afghanistan to transport and supply troops spread across remote, mountainous areas.
From the beginning of its development the aircraft sparked controversy for its cost, design flaws and other problems, which almost led to its cancellation. More recently, several fatal incidents have continued to fuel debate over the aircraft, including a crash in Arizona in 2000, which killed 19 Marines during training exercises.
"[He] loved America, he loved his family ... he loved flying."Dwaine Voas, father
Initial news reports on the latest crash indicated Taliban fighters were taking credit. These reports have since been questioned.
NATO officials say the cause of the crash is unknown and the investigation is ongoing.
Randell Voas' father Dwaine said his son knew the risks of his job, but he loved it anyway. He last spoke with his son about three weeks ago.
"It sounded like he was ready to go, that that was where his assignment was," he said. "I describe him as a person who loved America, he loved his family, he loved the Army when he was in, and the Air Force now. He loved flying the aircraft he was flying...He was just basically a good guy and he knew how to get things done."
The family has not yet decided on funeral arrangements. Dwaine Voas said Randell's wife is still in shock. He was planning to represent the family at Dover Air Force Base Saturday night, to meet his son's body.


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It's fine to start many Saints vs. Panthers
NFL.com Staff | Tags: New Orleans Saints, Chris Ivory, Darren Sproles, Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, Lance Moore, Mark Ingram, Marques Colston, pierre thomas, robert meachem, Sean Payton
Fantasy owners might be worried about the playing time that will go to many of the stars on their rosters in Week 17, there's little reason to be concerned about what the Saints will do. That's because coach Sean Payton says he has no intentions of taking his foot off the gas this week against the Panthers.
That should be a load off the minds of owners, who now know that QB Drew Brees and his receivers should be on the field for the majority of the game. Carolina's defense has been better than average against fantasy WRs this season, which could add to the already considerable consternation that comes with trying to pick the right New Orleans wideout. Marques Colston has been the most consistent this season, but with TE Jimmy Graham gobbling up so many targets, it leaves Lance Moore and Robert Meachem to fight for what's left.
However, it does look like RB Mark Ingram (turf toe) is on the shelf yet again after suffering a setback. If you were holding on to him hoping to see some production in the finale, you can officially give up on that dream. Look for another week of Darren Sproles, Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory rotating in the backfield.
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Gigabyte P34 Phantasas
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It is 33.5x23.5x1.7cm and weights 1719grams. The viewable screen is 31x17.5cm which gives the notional diagonal imperial measurement of 14inches. The screen is full HD 1920x1080.
Going round the perimeter finds a Kensington Lock port, Ethernet port, VGA out, two USB3 ports and a dual external headphone/microphone 3.5mm socket; these are all on the left. The front is clear apart from five pin hole LEDs. The right has a USB2 port, SD Card port, a further USB port, HDMI out port and DC port for charging. The rear is also clear as the lid goes partially over it reaching 45degrees beyond vertical.
The whole unit with the exception of the area around the keyboard is matt black so fingermarks do not show. While the keyboard itself is the same matt black the area around it and the trackpad is silver grey but again not mark showing.
Behind the keyboard on a 3cm strip are the adequate speakers with the all important on/off button between them. The 81 key keyboard has full size keys with the exception of the smaller function keys. There is 2mm clear between each key all around and 2.5cm clear either side of the keyboard. There is a 10.5cm strip in front of the keyboard with the 10x7cm trackpad mounted 10cm from the left and 13cm from the right.
I found that the fully charged battery lasted 4½ hours when watching streamed content full screen, a full recharge took 2hours and 20minutes when switched off.
Bootup is around 15 seconds and shutdown less than 5 seconds.
The processor on my test machine was an Intel i7-4700HQ CPU running at 2.4GHz. It had 8GB of RAM and was running Windows 8.1 64bit version.
It has what I assume was a 120GB SSD drive with 103GB usable after a few updates 35GB of that is used leaving 68.5GB available. NVIDIA graphics ensure that those keen on gaming are accommodated.
Very little bloatware is installed, there are utilities for Gigabyte, Intel and NVIDIA but little else apart from a game and a trial of Microsoft Office 365.
This of course makes you think that the amount of space on your SSD is adequate in my opinion it isn't and will fill up very quickly without the addition of an external hard drive as you have USB3 this can with care store all your large files. However finding anyone selling the exact same specification as I was sent was not possible and in this case it was good as Gigabyte surely recognise that only a small SSD is not enough. A larger SSD might do or a hybrid drive with SSD and conventional hard disc.
So I show two prices here, the first with no SSD but a 1TB drive for £984.69 including delivery and the second with the same SSD I was sent and a 1TB drive but do read their specifications thoroughly as there are other differences £1231.40 including delivery.
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Update - 9pm: I learned about the death of Osama bin Laden during last night's long baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, first via Phillies blog threads I participate in, then from the ESPN broadcast team. Soon, chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" could be heard circling the stadium, no doubt to the bemusement of the players on the field. Much was made of the notoriously difficult Philadelphia fans' ability to "get this one right". As if they would be anything other than virulently patriotic. The threads alternated between patriotic, celebratory guff and half-hearted talk about the game at hand, which for once, it was said, was meaningless in the face of Important Good News. A few voices here and there expressed some ambivalence, but for the most part, patriotism brought everyone together, rallying everyone around Obama. Post-game wraps dealt with the game in a perfunctory manner: the Phillies lost, but it's ok, it was a Good Day. I was annoyed (I wanted to talk about the game!), and I felt, renewed, my isolation from the political culture at large. Why do I still allow myself to be surprised that there is still so much distance? The persistence, ten years after the fact, in most Americans' abject ignorance of any sort of coherent explanations for why things happen is, somehow, still, dismaying for me.
"To the extent that people are euphoric over Bin Laden's death, this is a measure of the permanence of his achievement." So says Richard Estes, at American Leftist, in his excellent post on the subject: "[T]here is a perverse, unacknowledged alliance between al-Qaeda, neoliberals and neoconsevatives, as all three groups are in agreement about the urgency associated with the need to marginalize and impoverish workers even if it is in the service of strikingly different visions of the future." He also includes some updates, with useful links on the failure of the option Bin Laden represented, its irrelevance to the changes shaping the Middle East now.


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Can you name management trends that most business executives appreciate but few ever implement? Business model innovation (BMI) sure is one of them. Companies that successfully reinvent their business models may become more profitable and more sustainable. This post will discuss 4 reasons that business model innovation is so essential, and why the opportunity is big now. 1) Business models […]Read more →
A revenue model describes how a business generates revenue streams from its products and services. It is one of the key components of the business model. Existing businesses interested in expanding to new areas or adjusting to a new generation of competitors should carefully consider their revenue models. A strong revenue model is also most important for early stage startups; […]Read more →
The leading video game console firms, Microsoft and Sony, will soon find themselves in a risky position: after years of enjoying successful products, loyal customers, lucrative market shares, and high profits, they will realize that the good days are over. They will face agile competitors, substitute products, and new business models that undermine the industry. How should they react to […]Read more →
About 3 years ago, the world witnessed the geek equivalent of a cat fight between Madonna and Lady Gaga. The participants were leading digital-age celebrities: Chris Anderson (The former editor of Wired and author of The Long Tail), Malcolm Gladwell (an admired columnist at The New Yorker and a best-selling Author), Seth Godin (a well known marketing guru), and Mark […]Read more →
In a memorable episode of NBC's comedy 30 Rock, Liz Lemon (played by Tina Fey) is concerned that her profession – a TV writer – may become obsolete. She visualizes a horrible nightmare: a bunch of strange people telling her: "You are one of us – people whose professions are no longer a thing". Among these people are a travel […]Read more →