text: Overcoming the racist state January 28, 2013 21 Comments Share tweet Kristian Davis Bailey By: Kristian Davis Bailey This quarter so far has been making me increasingly impatient about social justice and agitating for meaningful social change. Having seen structural racism, unemployment, underemployment and class inequality in such extremes, I have been at a loss for words as to how anyone can be of the mind that there's a fighting chance for a just future based on our society's current trajectory. ("Society" here refers to South Africa, but can also refer to my feelings about injustice in the United States.) It seems impossible to simply transition out of the apartheid regime and create a just society. As one of our class readings describes, the apartheid educational system – which was structurally designed to turn blacks into members of the lowest caste – was not rebuilt to suit the needs of addressing the damage of segregation. Instead, the transition sought one national curriculum that applied the same standards to all racial groups, even though members of these groups were at vastly different learning levels. Educational justice would have featured a system that re-educated the generations of blacks failed by the Bantu Education Act, a system that recognized that the most disadvantaged of the present generation of students require different pedagogical needs and approaches than their most-privileged counterparts. While we sat in a high-achieving STEM high school during our first week listening to what the program does for its learners, I was stuck pondering one big question. Why it is that, when legal barriers to structural inequality are removed (ending of apartheid and Jim Crow), structurally disadvantaged groups (blacks in South Africa and the United States) are forced to succeed in the same system that previously sought to limit them? In other words, why are these groups expected to accustom themselves to – and succeed within – structures (like primary, secondary and tertiary education) that were part of old systems of oppression? Why, instead, don't we redesign our primary, secondary and tertiary schools to accommodate the specific, historic and present needs of these structurally oppressed groups? Why don't we judge learners not by the tests they were set up to fail, nor the university attainment they were intended never to achieve, but by something else? The social problems of South Africa, while certainly specific to the context of this country's history, do not seem that far off from social problems of the United States – particularly those involving (black) minorities in the post-Jim Crow era. It has surprised me so far to hear some of my peers lament about how the educational system fails learners in the townships in ways that are incomparable to educational inequity in the United States. In some states and cities, and particularly within communities of color, there is also overcrowding, underfunding, lack of books or physical education classes (I spent about half of my seven years of NYC public education without any PE classes), issues of students joining gangs, etc. While the magnitude of inequality is different, the issues at stake are the same, as are the underlying causes of such problems. (The same goes for issues of poverty, unemployment, and underemployment.) This brings me to return to one of my initial comments: that a "just" society seems impossible to achieve under present conditions. To elaborate on this, I begin in the American context: from the country's founding moment, the United States defined blackness as something excluded from the category of humanity (i.e. "all men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights" did not apply to blacks [or women, or indigenous peoples]). By defining blackness as something non-human, slave owners were able to justify the coerced labor of one group to extract profits that fueled the development of the American state and empire of wealth (through cotton, tobacco, and sugar, among others). "Emancipation" did not place blacks on an even playing field with respect to their structural underdevelopment in education, occupational skills, property and wealth – nor did the Civil Rights Movement. As long as America simply removes barriers without recompense or altering its structure, blacks will always maintain a disadvantaged position in American society. In a similar vein, apartheid (while designed along lines of race) effectively served to police and exploit labor and profits. Systems of dehumanization and segregation provided the bulk of the working class for the sectors in which we continue to see labor issues today (namely farming and mining). Miseducating and undereducating blacks ensured they would inherit the least desirable of jobs. Relocating blacks and colored people away from the city center and into townships ensured that access to power, development and resources remained in white hands. Apartheid is no longer legal, but its geography, its structural under-education and its class exploitation remain intact. While I came into this program with a strong critical consciousness, my first three weeks traveling around have sharpened it to the point where I am incredibly impatient for social action. For me, being a "global citizen" means more than being educated or sympathetic about social issues; it is more than doing service. Global citizenship means taking up an active struggle to work with oppressed and marginalized groups around the world to address the systematic inequality and injustice we face. Recognizing that – just as with service – uncritical and unintentional activism can do more harm than good in an unfamiliar context, my challenge for the next few weeks is to figure out ways that I can meaningfully and helpfully contribute to movements of people actively fighting against the walls closing in around them every day. Contact Kristian at firstname.lastname@example.com. 2013-01-28 Kristian Davis Bailey January 28, 2013 21 Comments Share tweet Subscribe Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter of top headlines.


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For a fleeting moment this past weekend, Willie Geist thought his street cred had gone up dramatically.
The TODAY anchor was hit by a blizzard of texts and tweets saying that he may have been name-checked on the new Kanye West album, "Yeezus,'' which was officially released on Tuesday.
In the song, "I'm In It,'' a line includes the lyrics "pop a wheelie on the Zeitgeist,'' which some initially heard as "pop a Willie on the Zeitgeist,'' and thought was a reference to a video blog on MSNBC that Geist used to produce called "Zeitgeist."
After Geist was alerted, he quickly got to the bottom of the situation — but it turns out he's not as well known in the rap game as he thought.
"This weekend, I'm out with my kids, I'm getting emails and tweets going crazy saying, 'Oh my gosh, you got a shoutout on the new Kanye album,''' Geist said on TODAY Tuesday. "So I go (online) and a simple Google search reveals it has nothing to do with me. I can say definitively this morning, not only was I not shouted out, Kanye has no idea that I exist, and I'm fine with that.''
The misinterpreted lyric also raises the question of what "pop a Willie on the Zeitgeist'' would actually even mean.
"I did that once, and it's not pretty,'' Al Roker said.

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Elder Carlos E. Asay, emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and president of the Salt Lake Temple, died Saturday, April 10, 1999, at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful. He was 72 years old.
Elder Asay had been hospitalized since Monday, April 5, after suffering a severe heart attack, said Mike Otterson, director of media relations for the LDS Church. He had presided over the temple since 1996. Prior to that call, he was serving as the senior member of the Presidency of the Seventy.Asay is survived by his wife, Colleen, and their five sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Elder Asay, a Wasatch Front educator, was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 1976 and twice served in the presidency -- 1980-86 and 1989-1996. He received emeritus status at the October 1996 general conference.
Elder Asay also was president of the Europe Area from August 1986 through September 1989.
Other church assignments included executive director of the Correlation Department, executive director of the Curriculum Department and editor of the church magazines (1984-1986), executive director of the Missionary Department (1976-1984) and president of the International Mission (1979-1984) and president of the Texas North Mission (1970-1973). He also served on the Sunday School General Board.
He was a regional representative, as well as an assistant to the Presiding Bishopric prior to his call to the Seventy.
He was born Carlos Egan Asay on June 12, 1926, in Sutherland, Millard County, to A.E. Lyle Asay and Elsie Egan Asay. He was reared in Monroe and attended South Sevier High School.
Elder Asay received a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1953. He received a master's from Long Beach (Calif.) State in 1958 and a doctorate in education from the U. in 1967.
He was a four-year basketball letterman at the U. He was the sixth man on the Utes' 1947 National Invitational Tournament championship team, and, after his mission, lettered in the 1951, 1952 and 1953 seasons. He also had some professional baseball offers and received a trophy citing academic excellence by an athlete.
Elder Asay was a teacher, coach and administrator in public schools for several years before entering higher education. He was a professor of education at Brigham Young University and an assistant dean on the BYU-Hawaii campus.
Elder Asay was the first basketball coach at Olympus High.
Elder Asay married Colleen Webb in the Salt Lake Temple on Oct. 20, 1947. He served in the Army, 1942-44.
He was one of the first team of elders to open the Palestine and Syria mission, where he served from 1947-50.


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Description of Brockloch Bothy
Brockloch Bothy is situated in the heart of south west Scotland on a small, family-run working farm.
A unique architect designed eco-building, Brockloch Bothy lies in a secluded spot beside a bluebell wood with views out over the Galloway Hills.
Cleverly designed to create a modern, stylish and cosy place to stay, the Bothy will appeal to either couples enjoying a romantic glamping break or families keen to explore this gorgeous part of the country.
The Bothy is a contemporary micro timber framed building which has been sympathetically designed to complement its surroundings.
Brockloch Bothy has been filmed as part of a new Channel 4 television series on "micro design" presented by Restoration Man, George Clark.
The Bothy includes an open plan kitchen/sitting room with wood burning stove and sofa bed.
The kitchen is fully equipped with a gas hob, oven and small fridge.
The bathroom has a shower and toilet, with a separate double bedroom.
As the Bothy is "off-grid", photovoltaic panels provide 12v electricity to power low voltage lighting and a point to charge a laptop/mobile phone.
Decking at the front allows you to enjoy the panoramic views over the countryside..
South west Scotland is abundant with fine beaches, golf courses, lochs and rivers to fish.
The Bothy is accessed via a farm track (non tarmac) and is signposted up through a bluebell wood out into an open field, grazed by our black faced sheep.
The farm consists of 190 acres of beautiful unbroken scenery.
There are excellent outdoor activity centres nearby and it is a haven for wildlife including red squirrels, kites and deer.
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It has all the luxuries of a boutique cottage with contemporary kitchen, wood burning stove and wool mattress.
There is a gas powered shower and separate toilet in the cabin.
It has also featured on the first series of Channel 4's "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces."
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Ever wonder what is really going on when your send and receive lights are blinking? Even if you are one of the unlucky ones :) that has a direct network connection (and hence no cool lights to watch) you may still want to know what data your Mac is sending to and receiving from the network and/or Internet.
Just like the recent concerns about identification information being stored in Office 98 documents, TCP/IP applications may be sending data that you don't know about. Some of this information can be useful, such as the initial exchange between a web browser and web server shown below. The server can learn information about the browser's platform and customize things accordingly, and the browser can tell when the document was last updated. But some applications may have less than noble purposes.
If you want to find out what your network applications are saying, OTSessionWatcher will let you listen in. You must first drag the "OTSessionWatcher Module" and "OT AutoPush Support" files to your Extensions folder. Restart, and then launch OTSessionWatcher.
You have several options that affect which information you'd like to capture, and how you'd like it displayed. You can toggle the display of UDP and TCP packets. Each data stream can be opened in a separate window (not good for active connections) or a single window. The data display can be set to automatic (which works well) or you can choose text or binary modes. Finally, there is a selection (not explained in the documentation) which will let you view either data, important, or all packets.
Learn the myths and realities of what your Mac is saying to the world with OTSessionWatcher. You may be surprised.
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Philip, Zola's boyfriend from 150 years ago, is not nearly as dead as we thought. I really wish he was. Not only has he kidnapped Zola, but he's raising an army to scour humanity from the Earth. Hopefully the local werewolf pack will help. What could possibly go wrong?
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Exceeded expectations. Reminds me a lot of the Dresden files or the iron Druid chronicles. Can't wait for his next book
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The second installment in the Vesik series is a thrilling, hold on to the edge of your seat ride. With an emotionally supportive cast of characters who are snarky and witty and downright entertaining to listen to. The voice actor's telling of this greatly imaginative plot has the reader forever guessing what will happen next. Just like with the first book in the series, "Days Gone Bad" I was already ready for the next one before I hit the last chapter. I recommend this little trip into an amazing world of urban fantasy and warn that you will also become just as addicted and ready to re-listen just so it doesn't have to come to an end.
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I'm an addict love the store line. The only problem is there's not more on audio book yet😊. It is worth the read/listening to.
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I really enjoyed it. it reminded me of the Henry Dresden books. I can't wait to see how this series plays out.
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This is just a short note to update readers on ProBlogger.com – the ProBlogger Community area.
In the last 24 hours I've added a new area to the forum area where I'll be releasing monthly 'featured content'.
Each month I'll be releasing a podcast interview with a successful blogger – looking at how they got started, how they got their break, how they keep creating compelling content, how they monetize their blog and more.
Each of the interviewees will be given a membership of ProBlogger.com and invited to come and interact with our readers in the weeks following the podcast release.
The first interview is now posted – it's with Gala Darling from Icing.
Gala has built her blog and associated freelance writing into a business over the last couple of years. In the interview we cover all of the topics mentioned above plus we look at a new monthly podcast that she's successfully started as a way to monetize her blog.
This interview is a little over 30 minutes – others will be around this length/depth and longer.
Future interviews will be with a variety of bloggers from different niches and with different areas of expertise.
ProBlogger.com is a paid subscription area and currently has around 2300 paid up members from a large variety of niches and levels. Join us here.
PS: Members also currently receive 50% off the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook.


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I have began taking 10mg Accutane capsules and my skin is breaking out horribly. I wake up to new zits, whiteheads or small pimples that turn into massive zits the very next day. My doctor says he is giving me a low dose because he doesn't want me to "flare up" but I would rather get it over with and go back to my pre clindamycin/ cystic days for a couple of months than to deal with several months of painful breakouts. Any advice is welcome, I am going to see him again in early September.
40mg Amnesteem (Accutane)
I am officially starting my 40mg dosage today. I'm very hopeful and happy because for most people being on 40mg really helps. I was previously on 10mg and I only noticed a small difference the very last week I was taking it. I wasn't able to get an appointment for exactly one month after my start date so I was without the tane for an out four days during which I broke out. Not posting pics until I really notice a difference.
Three months later...
I can definitely say that my skin is pretty clear these days. My doc put me on 50mg and I took them all of September and I have seen a nice improvement. With that being said I can't help but wonder why I never saw a drastic improvement as most people say they do (example) "two days after my first pill my skin was clear, not a single breakout!". Either way I'm happy I think (and hope) I just had my last bit of cystic breakouts along my jawline redness from previous breakouts are finally beginning to fade. I cannot wait for them to be completely gone. I've had very few side effects, the only thing that has been noticeable has been a very small bit of dry skin on my arms and dry-ish lips. I am obsessed with using Vaseline lip balm and carmex. Before Accutane I had a very oily face, it was horrible I'm glad that my body is not as dehydrated as others have gotten.
It was ACTUALLY two months
I was wrong on my last update I had only finished my second month but I am currently on my third month, still only taking 40 mg (sigh). My face used to be super oily and over the last two months it has been pretty normal and by that I mean not terribly oily which is something that I am very happy about btw. I have not gotten dry at all on my face all this peeling and dryness that most people experience is completely missing in my experience. Which is ok but it means that my cell turnover is happening very slow and that is not very good. I have re started using my retin-a at night because of this. My acne is clearing up but the redness is still very much there not to mention some pretty gnarly scars and honestly I can only deal with one thing at a time. So hopefully this retin-a speeds up the healing process and helps with my boxcar/ ice pic scars that I have. I'm still breaking out (very disappointing) I'll have about 5-6 breakouts all over my face which is frustrating to see because they're either cystic painful ones or really cartoonish, white head ones so it is a lose lose situation.
Third month
I still think these results are happening very slow. I had the same amount of breakouts when I was on clindamycin I need to get my doc to up my dosage.
Month four
Jeez this is such a long process. I would recommend to anyone just starting out to start at the highest dosage available for your weight. I just began month four today and we're finally taking 50mg. Doc says I'll be on this for 6 more months and I just want this to speed all the way up. I can't have my laser resurfacing or px until this is done. I am very thankful for my skin not being as bad as before but I cannot wait for this to be over with. I have had very little side effects my skin was so oily before I went on Accutane that these days it's like that of a normal persons, and my lips are a little dry. One more thing that I would recommend is to stay hydrated, I stopped drinking water & I was having painful bm's had a little blood on the end. It has begun to hurt less & no more blood.
Month four
I saw my doctor last Friday (today is Monday) he increased my dose to 60mg. I noticed clearing up quicker I had two breakouts from the beginning of the month that were slowly going away and after three days of taking 10 mg more they began to dry up one of them isn't even a bump anymore. I'm excited that today especially my skin has all but one tiny bump. Keep in mind my definition of tiny to another person is probably a big giant zit. I'm very excited that my skin looks decent and I can wear makeup and not have big giant bumps.
Scar revision
So it has been a while since I updated, and now I am undergoing some scar revision. I am very excited for the results. My doctor gave me the option of two lasers; Deep FX or Palomar Icon. The Deep FX is ablative and the Palomar Icon is non ablative. He told me to think of it and strongly suggested the Palomar Icon because I live an hour away from his office and it's much less downtime. I just went and had my first go and I must say it is not as severe as the Deep FX would've been.
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The Bulldog wrestling team dominated Orange Glen in a Valley League match and coasted to a 55-18 win over the Patriots in the Dawg House.
Ray Lemon-Adams started the match in the 130 bout and pinned Brodie Barker in 2:37. Spaso Ilich beat Carlos Delgadillo by technical fall in the 135 bout and the Dawgs led 11-0 after two bouts.
Rickey Martinez (140) lost a decision to Luis Ruvalcaba. Jarod Widner pinned Adam Quick in 2:53 to add to the lead.
Brodie Chenowth recorded the fastest pin of the match in the 152-pound bout in 1:15 over Eli Perez and the Dawgs led 23-3.
Thomas Pacheco lost by fall to Jovan Rivera in the 160 bout. Devin Rhodes recorded the Bulldog's fourth pin in 2:56 over Eduardo Rojas in the 171-pound bout to give the Dawgs a 29-9 lead. Colton Houlihan (189) lost by fall to Eddie Pietrenka.
Marshal Thrasher recorded the final pin of the match in the 215 battle in 2:15 over Alex Bautista.
Jacob Kaliskis lost a decision in the heavyweight bout to Glenn Flores and Orange Glen had its final points of the bout as they trailed the Dawgs 35-18.
Zach Lane and Isaiah Ilich both won by default. Max Hughes (119) and Connor Koch (125) finished the match by posting major decisions over Alex Gonzalez and Cesar Serrano to give the Dawgs their second victory in the Valley League as they improved to 2-1 in league action.
Coach Steve Koch coached the match on crutches after suffering a knee injury in practice on Wednesday.
"I wasn't doing anything stupid like trying to wrestle with one of my athletes. I am smarter than that," joked Koch. He was standing on the edge of the practice mat when a wrestler accidently rolled into Koch's knee from behind.
"We wrestled well and with great energy and enthusiasm," said Koch. "Some wrestlers had to move in and wrestle for the varsity and they all did well. We are young but we keep on improving. We are growing up in a hurry."
The junior varsity beat Orange Glen 72-12. The Patriots had to forfeit eight bouts in the match. Brock Corbett (135), Bronson Walter (140), Andy burns (189) and Zach Berg (189) all recorded pins for the Dawgs.


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Samsung Epic 4G Review: The Fastest Android Phoneby Anand Lal Shimpi on September 6, 2010 5:28 PM EST
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The Fastest GPU in a Smartphone
One thing I've learned over the past several years is that if you're not the original manufacturer of something and are simply a glorified parts assembler, you generally have no clue how to do something right. There are obvious exceptions (Apple appears to be doing well), but this characterization applies to a lot of companies in the consumer electronics industry. They buy chips and parts from various suppliers, do a little bit of industrial design and generally don't have the engineering know-how to deliver an optimized product into the marketplace.
Samsung is quite the opposite. Samsung is a DRAM manufacturer, a NAND flash manufacturer, and an application processor manufacturer. Samsung is responsible for the DRAM, NAND and silicon that goes into every iOS device sold by Apple. The company knows a thing or two about engineering.
The SoC inside the Epic 4G and other Galaxy S parts is called Hummingbird. It's a 45nm SoC that implements a standard ARM Cortex A8 running at 1GHz and a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU. Despite Samsung's experience in silicon manufacturing, it's not much of an architecture/design company so we do see a lot of IP licensing within Hummingbird.
In this capacity Samsung is no different than TI, but what really sets Hummingbird apart is its GPU. Licensed from Imagination Technologies, the PowerVR SGX 540 is a significant improvement over the 530/535 in use in the iPhone, iPad and Motorola's Droid X.
The SGX 530 has two USSE pipes and a single texturing unit. The 535 adds a second texturing unit, and the 540 adds another two USSE pipes. It's unclear what clock speed the SGX 540 runs at inside Hummingbird, but I'd expect it's somewhere near the 200MHz of the 535 in TI's OMAP 3630.
Quake 3 Arena running on the PowerVR SGX 540
The added execution hardware does incur a power penalty, however Imagination lists it as less than double the SGX 535.
The performance improvement is tangible. Samsung's Hummingbird faster in 3D games/apps than any other SoC used in a smartphone today:
Under Quake III we saw a 44.5% increase in performance over the Droid X. Compared to Qualcomm's Snapdragon, performance improves by nearly 2x.
Even in Qualcomm's own 3D test, the PowerVR SGX 540 is more than twice as fast as the Snapdragon. We see a 30% performance advantage over the OMAP 3630. I'd expect to see about the same advantage over Apple's A4.
Unfortunately for Samsung, 3D gaming hasn't really taken off on Android as a platform. The best examples of what's to come are what we've seen from Epic and id, but both of those demos were done on iOS (although I suspect Android versions would hit at some point) and we're still pretty far away from having actual games based on those engines on mobile phones.
While the SGX 540 could be responsible for the Epic 4G's smoother than expected UI, it's mostly a waste of hardware today. Clearly you don't need this powerful of a GPU to make scrolling through menus smooth. Perhaps Samsung has grand plans for Hummingbird or simply wanted to outdo the competition on paper. Higher resolution products due out in the future will demand faster GPUs (think tablets) so it's possible that Hummingbird wasn't specifically targeted for an 800 x 480 smartphone.
General CPU performance is comparable to the OMAP 3630 and what you'd expect from a 1GHz Cortex A8. The 45nm SoC should sip power but it's unclear what Samsung is doing for power management on the SoC itself. While both Hummingbird and Apple's A4 are manufactured at the same fab at 45nm and both use the Cortex A8, there's a lot more to determine the total power consumption of an SoC.
Hummingbird's memory bus is likely a 32-bit single channel LPDDR1 interface, but overall I'd say it's safe to say that this is the fastest SoC currently shipping in a smartphone. Apple's A4 used in the iPhone doesn't run at 1GHz, and TI's OMAP3630 uses the PowerVR SGX 530 compared to Samsung's SGX 540. Unfortunately much of the performance advantage will go unused as 3D gaming simply isn't that prevalent on Android phones today.
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Dane74 - Monday, September 06, 2010 - linkMy Epic is fine but the GPS is not, and the fixes out there for the other Galaxies are irrelevant to Epic, which has new, different, and in many ways, worse, GPS problems. Samsung has issued one single recommendation for the poor GPS on Epic: turn on cellular tower location estimates. Some fix!
I am no iPhone fan. i can't stand them or the people who use them. But the GPS problems on the Epic are real. For starters look at the pics posted in this review. They are consistent with what anyone who tests the GPS finds -- the GPS reception hardware itself on Epic is weak. Look at that satellite strength.
Epic's other GPS problem is that frequent resets are required, as Epic does not discard expired GPS assistance data, and does not attempt to get new assistance data, often causing complete inability to get a GPS fix, even when many satellites are in view. Reply
Desslok - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - link<q>I am no iPhone fan. i can't stand them or the people who use them...</q>
WOW! Way to be an asshat of epic scale. Just because I have an iPhone you can't stand me? I thought only Apple users were supposed to be such arrogant asses? Reply
medi01 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkI also can't stand you. In my opinion by agreeing to use hardware with unbelievably draconian restrictions (not being able to copy stuff from my own device? not being able to copy stuff to my own device from more than one source? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?), you are asking form even more crap in the future. Reply
Desslok - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkYet again the users on this site do not understand how most people use their phones and their way is the only way. Like bearxor has said in a later post most people take the phone out of the box and start using it. They don't root it and then start tweaking it.
For what i use my phone for the iPhone works for me, am I saying it is the best phone/OS of all time of course not; it has it flaws. I am also not bashing anyone who uses any other type of phone/OS, It is a freakin phone/OS people it isn't that important.
Medi01-Hate if you want, but the iPhone works for me. Have fun judging others on material things, let me know how that works out for you in the future. Reply
ktwebb - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkI didn't say the GPS problems weren't valid. I just mentioned fixes were available. Multiple "Fixes" Unsatisfactory to ship their phones with broken GPS but that's Samsung. But once again, that's a hit on Samsung, not on the OS. Reply
bearxor - Monday, September 06, 2010 - linkWhy does everyone on sites like this think their way is the only thing people will do. Do you really think a lot of people are going to buy a phone and then root it and then tweak it?
Most people are going to buy the phone, take it out of the box and begin using it. Heck, before switching to an iPhone in 2008, I used a Treo 700wx for two years, the longest I had ever used a WinMo device at a time, because I just got so sick and tired of HTC's crap. I was always having to reset the phone. Switch out ROMs on the phone. I never knew if a phone call was going to come through on a PPC-6600 or PPC-6700. Enough already!
I know that makes me less of a "geek" but I was cooking roms and flashing devices before a lot of people even discovered regular phones with qwerty keyboards on them.
I found this review to be a great example of what I would expect of the phone if I were to march down to a Sprint store, picked one up and started using it right away. That's all I really want from my phone. For it to do the functions that it's advertised to do. Reply
nermie - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkI think you also forget what website we are at. Just last a couple weeks ago there was an article on tuning your memory using a custom made bios. Every article on computer hardware usually covers the intended consumer point of view first, and then gets right into dissecting and tweaking the hardware to squeeze every last drop of performance out of it. Seems like kind of a shame to not at least mention how much faster the phone can be if you do a few things such as overclock the cpu or a file system fix. Reply
erple2 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkNormally, I'd completely agree with you. However, taking the phone as a complete package, I think that Anand has done a good job in reviewing the phone as you get it, and not post tweaking.
While it may be common to buy a motherboard and CPU then tweak it until you squeeze the maximum amount of power out of it, it's less common to do that with a laptop.
Similarly, not very many people buy a Dell then go into overclocking options with it (since it's not necessarily as easy to do on a Dell than a home-assembled computer).
But I do agree that there's a myriad of things that can be done to the phone after the fact. I'd wager that it's possible Anandtech is coming up with a "Android tweaking" article at some point in the future that goes into some small detail of the things that are available to the end user, and how those can impact performance of the phone to the end user. Reply
ktwebb - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkThat's fair. I've said in multiple posts Samsung blew it releasing this phone before properly QA testing. I think you missed my point however. Reply
dvinnen - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - linkDon't like the fan boy accusations but he does bring up a point. With the lag fixes it does benchmark a lot faster (Look up One Click Lag Fix on the market, will root your phone and install the lag fix and GPS fix). Have to wonder how it will fly with 2.2 Reply


text: It's been awhile back, but I was buying a revolver at a gunshop in Dallas. In conversation with the owner, he told me some gun he had on the wall was legal to sell in California, but the exact gun in another finish was not. In other words, a blued Desert Eagle ( just as an example, don't really know the status of the DE in Calif ), might be okay to sell, but a stainless might not. He said firearms have to pass some tests, and manufacturers have to submit examples of the gun in every version to get every version the okay. And some makers don't submit "every" version. Sounds pretty stupid to me. But this is Calif. Is this true? Tuckerdog1


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He is home on Tuesday nights and Wednesday nights, and on the weekends until 1:30. My DD and I see him briefly in the mornings, he usually stays home with her until 8:30 and then brings her to preschool. She is home with him all day on Wednesdays.
My DD is understandably having a hard time adjusting to his new schedule and constantly asks me when Daddy is coming home. We make him pictures or write him letters for him to see when he gets home.
I have also noticed that when he is home my DD tends to act up more....she will be fine with me when its just the two of us, but begins to test us and act differently when he is home. I feel bad for my husband who says she acts like that only because he is here. I dont think that's the case and dont want him to feel that way.
My H has said a few times that this new schedule makes him feel like he did when we were seperated. ...we have very little time together as a family....more often than not its just our DD home with one of us.
I dont know what to do to make this easier for my DD. She is only 4 1/2 and doesn't understand.
Could you take her to see daddy at work during a break/lunch/dinner that would work for all of you? Not every day, but maybe half way through the longer stretches?
Could daddy call every night to say good night? Read her a book? Maybe record daddy's voice/video so she can *see* him whenever she wants/needs to?
Good luck!
It's tough. But little things like the videos of reading a book, audio of songs do help.
The other thing I would say is extremely important is to make sure she knows you two are happy and love each other when you are together in front of her. I know when we were passing each other at the door it was more of a report and hand off than anything. A hug a kiss, and finding something to laugh about is quite reassuring.
The other thing I would say is extremely important is to make sure she knows you two are happy and love each other when you are together in front of her.
This. My husband just started a job that is too far away to commute so he lives with a relative on week nights. We prepped my ds10 as best we could and thought we had it all worked out. Then he floored us by asking us very seriously if this meant we were getting a divorce. I never would have thought he was thinking that way, but clearly we had missed something.
We eased a lot of his anxiety by explaining that one.
He's older and can understand more but I still find transition days the hardest. He's kind of moody and sullen with his dad when he gets home, even though he has been dying to see him all week. I think it's just overwhelming. And the day daddy leaves to go back to work has been more of the same. He slept in our bed last night to be with him before he left. It's only been 3 weeks, but it is getting a little easier.
Dh and ds Skype at the same time every night and play together. They play an online computer game and chat while they do it, and tonight they are starting a mini work out challenge too! If you get creative, there are some good ways to make it easier.


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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: DULWICH COLLEGE, MAIN BUILDING
List entry Number: 1385418
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Greater London Authority
District: Southwark
District Type: London Borough
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Grade: II*
Date first listed: 27-Sep-1972
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TQ3373 COLLEGE ROAD 636-1/15/231 (West side) 27/09/72 Dulwich College, main building
School. 1866-70. By the younger Charles Barry. Red brick and cream terracotta, with tiled roofs. STYLE AND PLAN: 3 blocks lined by arcades in ornate North Italian Renaissance style. The larger central block is nearly square, and contains the hall and other principal rooms. The side blocks are in a more clearly Italian Renaissance style. Each is 3 storeys, 5 bays on a stubby H-plan, with hipped roofs above cornice and frieze. At the junction with the arcades are towers: that on south block with an open, arcaded top storey and pyramidal roof; that on the north with a spirelet over a clock. Otherwise blocks are similar. They contain classrooms and offices. EXTERIOR: central block: 3 storeys richly embellished with terracotta. The entrance facade is divided into 3 parts by heavy pilasters which contain niches with busts and other decorative panels; pilasters also clasp the corners. They rise to a deep cornice above which is an openwork parapet which continues over the tall central gable. Elaborate pedimented doorway beneath large hall window with free Perpendicular geometrical-type tracery but with a round head. As the hall runs across the block, there is a similar gable at the rear (the west side) but here the facade is obscured by a lower forebuilding recently extended in a compatible style. Ground-floor segmental-headed sash windows with keystones. Piano nobile with round-headed sash windows surmounted, all round the building, by busts of worthies from the World of Learning. Small square sash windows to 2nd floor. Cream plinth, sill bands and other decorative panels. Various pinnacles, small, and larger central lantern with spirelet to roofline. Arcades are round-headed, of 9 bays, and issue slightly offset from the centre of each side. They have now been glazed but were originally open. Side blocks: 3 storeys, 5 bays; banded rustication to ground-floor with central doorpiece between keystoned segmental-headed sash windows. Taller paired round-headed sashes to piano nobile beneath large round arches and with a small bust above each pair. Small paired segmental-headed sashes to 2nd floor within segmental-headed surrounds. Decorative cream plinth, sill bands and panels.
INTERIOR: central block contains Lower Hall, forming an undercroft to the Hall, which is pillared in an orthodox Classical style with pilasters to the walls and a rich coffered ceiling. Beyond this is the recent Wodehouse Library. To either side are dogleg stairs of stone with ornamental cast-iron balustrades under deep, ribbed coved ceilings. The Master's Library, off the top landing of the north stair, has 2 storeys of shelves and a ceiling of Tudor character restored after war damage. The fireplace by Barry is surmounted by a tall C17 wooden chimneypiece with coupled Doric columns and crowning pediments framing 2 panels painted with allegorical female figures of "Pietas" and "Liberalitas", said to have been acquired by Alleyn and to have come from Queen Elizabeth's state barge. The Hall has a hammer-beam roof with 2 tiers of arched braces and 5 curved barrel vaults, producing a scalloped section. The lower braces descend to fully-modelled wall shafts. The roof is intricately moulded and painted. The Board Room also said to be of interest. These buildings represent one of the most important rebuilding programmes of the period, with modern laboratories and a hall finally liberated from teaching functions. Replacing the Old College buildings further north on College Road (qv), they were planned for 600 boys and the commission made financially possible by a provision of 100,000 as compensation by the railway lines which ran through the college estate. Forms a group with Dulwich Old College (qv).
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioReliance Corporation announced today that, following its recent acquisition of Q-One Biotech Group Ltd., the Company expects to achieve annualized cost synergies in the combination of approximately $4.5 to $5.5 million, before the effect of income taxes, by the end of the first quarter of 2004. In addition to these cost structure improvements, BioReliance management expects the acquisition to create significant opportunities for revenue growth.
BioReliance's acquisition of Q-One Biotech was announced in August 2003 and the transaction was completed on September 23, 2003. For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, on a combined basis, BioReliance and Q-One had revenues of $83.9 million and assets of $177.5 million. BioReliance disclosed pro forma combined historical financial information for the companies in a report filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Based on achieving the planned cost synergies, BioReliance management expects the transaction to be accretive to earnings per share in the fourth quarter of 2003 and substantially more accretive during 2004, the first full year of combined operations. These anticipated cost savings are expected to result from reduced compensation expense associated with Q-One stock option grants, efficiencies in administration, efficiencies in sales and marketing, standardization of processes, elimination of redundant facilities and other savings opportunities.
Overall, the planned reorganization is part of creating a more capable and global service enterprise, implementing a post-acquisition strategy of serving BioReliance's international client base with integrated, worldwide service offerings and support.
This globalization builds upon new and enhanced capabilities for serving biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers. BioReliance now provides extended resources and know-how to serve the needs of its clients. The Company has increased its range of services with the continued availability of Q-One assays. It enjoys considerably greater capacities for scheduling client work, enhancing timeliness while maintaining quality. Both custom and standard services continue to be offered, and clients can better source required services in the most cost effective manner possible. The combination with Q- One also has enhanced multi-site backup capabilities for many services.
BioReliance previously announced the launch of a global Sales and Marketing organization, with which the Company is now offering biologics testing and manufacturing services on a comprehensive basis to clients around the world.
About BioReliance
BioReliance Corporation is a leading contract service organization providing testing, development and manufacturing services for biologics and other biomedical products to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The Company believes that it is the largest provider of outsourcing services focused on the expanding biologics sector of the pharmaceutical industry.
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CONTACT: John L. Coker, Senior Vice President, Finance andAdministration and Chief Financial Officer of BioReliance Corporation,+1-301-762-5260; or General Info., Marilynn Meek, +1-212-445-8451, orAnalysts, Julie Tu, +1-212-445-8456, both of Financial Relations Board


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced their latest product today, the iPad. Generally companies make sure to own the domain name of a product or service that they offer. Apple owns iPod.com and bought Me.com from a company called Snappville.com. However iPad.com is owned by a company called Enero 6 Corporation according to the website. Apple bought the domain name iSlate.com about a year ago which led people to believe that this would be the name of the new device.
At the bottom of the screenshot you will notice that the website is owned by Enero 6 Corp. Enero means January in Spanish which is the same month that the iPad was launched. Enero 6 may stand for January 6th. Coincidentally Apple and Steve Jobs had some milestones around that date:
January 6, 1998 – Steve Jobs announces that the company will show a $45 million profit for the first quarter of fiscal year 1998
January 6, 2000 – Steve Jobs announces OS X.
January 6, 2002 – Apple announced the iMac with 15″ LCD.
January 6, 2004 – Apple announced iLife 2004 and iPod Mini at Macworld
January 6, 2005 – Bill Gates was giving a presentation at CES and Windows froze.
January 5, 2009 – Steve Jobs said he would not be at MacWorld because he wanted to spend time with family.
January 6, 2009 – iTunes becomes DRM free.


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LifeCare Residences will draw on its 35 year pedigree as a healthcare and retirement village operator to unveil Battersea Place – London's first luxury retirement community.
Situated on Albert Bridge Road, opposite Battersea Park, the launch of these 109 exclusive one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses marks a new generation of retirement facilities for the capital.
Tracy Leach, at ICON interiors, who oversaw the interior design at LifeCare Residences' Battersea Place, comments:
"Much of the inspiration for the interiors at Battersea Place was taken from the green landscape of Battersea Park, as well as the contemporary design of the building itself. Natural motifs and materials are used throughout, while a pallet of fresh greens and intimate greys create a tranquil haven, underpinned by an innate sense of luxury. The warm, earthy tones of the flooring create depth and texture.
"The overall aim of the project was to create a welcoming, homely atmosphere, without feeling too corporate. We took much inspiration from the luxury hotel industry, yet comfort was at the forefront of the vision.
"The show apartments needed to reflect the refined yet aspirational nature of Battersea Place, allowing buyers to envisage living there, and to feel secure in their decision to move to a retirement community."
"The communal areas were crucial to the interior design process. Carefully arranged layouts ensure that residents can navigate the multipurpose spaces with ease, allowing them to spend time reading in the library, or to make use of the television and computers at will. The library was specially curated with Battersea Place's residents in mind. The eclectic variety of volumes available cater to the accomplished, learned minds of our clients, and has established the library as a leisure destination in its own right.
"Safety was an important consideration too; for example, the furnishings embody the elegance of a high-end residential space, while sensitively integrated features, such as seat heights, and specially crafted chair arms, offer support to residents who might need to lean heavily on furniture or a helping hand when sitting or standing.
"The attention to detail at Battersea Place is rarely found in traditional residential schemes. Hand embroidered silk wallpaper adorns the walls, while a bespoke lighting installation brings the entrance hall to life. The stain resistant ivory carpets ensure that luxury is not compromised by practicality.
"London's status as an international destination is also present in the design – iconic images of the city were chosen, which appeal to the well-travelled, cosmopolitan residents of Battersea Place. All artwork is distinctive, so that each piece can be enjoyed to its fullest. Distinguishable works on each floor aid residents when navigating their way around the scheme, ultimately affording a greater sense of independence."
Prices at Battersea Place start from £535,000 for a one-bedroom apartment. For more information, please contact the Battersea Place sales team on 020 7205 4643, or visit www.batterseaplace.co.uk


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David E. Bell; Mary Shelman
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Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated crop and livestock production system that will allow farmers and ranchers to intensify production and improve profitability. Broad adoption of the technology would provide the country with greater agricultural production, a major source of exports, without the need to convert additional areas of the Cerrado or Amazon to farmland. However, producers have been slow to adopt it due to the initial costs of the system and the fact that many of the benefits are beyond the farm gate. Embrapa's director of technology transfer must develop a plan to encourage adoption.
To illustrate the complexities of technology adoption when the technology includes benefits for both the adopter and society (externalities). To consider how a country should manage its agricultural policies and natural resources in a way to balance growth in agricultural production with the loss of virgin land and biodiversity.
Environmental protection; Globalization; Natural resources; Organizational behavior; Small & medium-sized enterprises; Strategy


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9 After Solomon finished building the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, 2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. 4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'
6 "But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods, 7 then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations. 8 This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying, 'Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?' 9 Others will then answer, 'Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.'"
10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord's temple and the royal palace, 11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted. 12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 13 Hiram asked, "Why did you give me these cities, my friend?" He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
15 Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord's temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) 17 Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon, 18 Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, 19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 20 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 21 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. 22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. 23 These men were also in charge of Solomon's work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. 24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh's daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.
25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place.
26 King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. 27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon's men. 28 They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.
10 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. 2 She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind. 3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. 4 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon's extensive wisdom, the palace he had built, 5 the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed. 6 She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true! 7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me. 8 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! 9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord's eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions." 10 She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. 11 (Hiram's fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems. 12 With the timber the king made supports for the Lord's temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.) 13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
14 Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year, 15 besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land. 16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield. 17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
21 All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time. 22 Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. 24 Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que. 29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. 16 (For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money, 19 saying, "Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money! 21 You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God! 22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. 23 For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin." 24 But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me."
25 So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.
26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot." 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?" 31 The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:
"He was led like a sheep to slaughter,
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In humiliation justice was taken from him.
Who can describe his posterity?
For his life was taken away from the earth."
34 Then the eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or someone else?" 35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. 36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?" 38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
1 From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.
2 O Lord, listen to me!
Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you?
4 But you are willing to forgive,
so that you might be honored.
5 I rely on the Lord,
I rely on him with my whole being;
I wait for his assuring word.
6 I yearn for the Lord,
more than watchmen do for the morning,
yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,
for the Lord exhibits loyal love,
and is more than willing to deliver.
8 He will deliver Israel
from all the consequences of their sins.
2 A servant who acts wisely will rule
over an heir who behaves shamefully,
and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold,
likewise the Lord tests hearts.
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Hey there everyone,
We are coming to the Forza 4 community to gauge some interest in as idea we have spoken about in the past few weeks. We are thinking about running a DGL Forza 4 Drag Racing CUP but want to get your input before we put anything down on paper.
We are opening the floor to the Forza 4 community to give us some input:
- Will you be interested in taking part?
- If so what cars would you like to see go up against each other?
- What time frame would be best to use?
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By Brady Ambrose
Caledonia Argus
The Caledonia volleyball team picked up two wins to improve their record to 7-3 in the conference and 12-16 overall last week.
On Tuesday the Warriors picked up a 25-23, 27-25, 25-21 win over St. Charles at home and then beat Kingsland 25-23, 25-9 and 25-14 on the road Thursday night.
Against the Saints, Caledonia got 12 kills from Ashley Bichel and 30 assists from Adrianna Reinhart to win in three games. "It was probably our best night this season," coach Scott Koepke said. "We were able to run a lot of middle, and I think that was the key to the match."
Caledonia had to battle through the first set as the Saints took a 14-8 lead. But the Warriors stormed back and tied the game at 18 all with a 10-4 run on a kill from McKenzie Denstad. St. Charles regained the lead at 23-22, but Lottie Augedahl and Lauren Rusert each recorded kills to give the Warriors the lead at 24-23. A kill from Bichel gave Caledonia game one 25-23.
Game two was another close one as the teams battled to a 21-21 tie when Carolyn Shanahan put down a spike for the Saints. Back-to-back kills from Shanahan and Kelsie Snyder gave the Saints a 23-21 lead, but the Warriors tied the game at 24 all and then went up 25-24 when Ashley Kreidermacher's kill sailed long for St. Charles.
But the game wasn't over yet as a kill from Rusert sailed out to tie the game again at 25-25, but Augedahl scored a point on a quick-hitter down the sideline and then served up an ace for a 27-25 win in game two.
Game three again was a battle as the teams went back-and-forth to a 12-12 tie and then a 17-17 score. An ace serve from Rusert put Caledonia up 18-17, and a kill from Denstad pushed the lead to 20-17. Leading 24-21 the Warriors won the game and the match on a kill from Reinhart for the 3-0 sweep.
"Ashley and McKenzie are both working on some specific things and had some good attacks tonight," Koepke said. "They have both been pretty efficient out there."
On Thursday the Warriors beat Kingsland in three straight. Koepke said the key was in the tempo of the game. "The girls really played at a fast speed, which was very fun to watch. We passed the ball very well out of serve receive, and Adrianna put a lot of great balls up for the hitters in serve receive and in transition. Ashley and Sam combined to hit .500 out of the middle. They had some great swings and, like I said earlier, Adrianna was setting very well. We also served very well finishing with 11 aces. Lottie had 7, which, for one player, is a very high total. I thought the bench had great energy and the circle on the floor was strong as well."
Lottie Augedahl had nine kills and Lauren Rusert eight more in the win.
On Monday Caledonia traveled to Spring Grove, and on Tuesday they hosted Fillmore Central in the final regular season match. The MSHSL volleyball tournament will begin next week across the state.


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John Joe Nevin helped Paris United secure all three points in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) with a convincing win over 2010 European quarter-finalist Selcuk Eker in Istanbul on Friday night.
Cavan bantamweight Nevin, who beat Olympic bronze medallist Vincenzo Picardi of Milan last time out, dominated all five rounds to claim a unanimous decision over the Turk.
Nevin's Paris United team-mates Arthur Schmidt and Ludovic Groghue also won in the five-bout match to lift the French side to the top of the table on a 3-2 win over Istanbul after three matches in the European group.
Twelve teams in Asia, the Americas and Europea are fighting it out over 12-matches in three WSB groups across three continents.
Ken Egan's Miami side beat Mexico City 3-2 on Thursday night in the Americas group.
Egan wasn't in the team as he is serving a 45-day medical suspension after picking up a cut over his right eye in last month's win over Los Angeles.


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NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, announced today it has initiated commercial launch in Europe.
Nanosphere received CE IVD Mark under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices for its Respiratory Virus Plus Nucleic Acid Test, CYP 2C19 Nucleic Acid Test for Clopidogrel (Plavix®) metabolism, and its Warfarin Metabolism Nucleic Acid Test, all run on the sample-to-result Verigene® System. The CE Mark allows commercial distribution in Europe as well as in all countries recognizing the CE Mark.
"The Verigene System is the first molecular system capable of performing tests for genetic, infectious diseases and protein targets on a single sample-to-result platform," said Bill Athenson, Nanosphere's vice president of International Marketing. "This system provides physicians timely and clinically actionable diagnostic information resulting in significant clinical and economic benefits."
The company has commenced distribution in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. It expects to begin marketing in most other European markets by year end. Sales and service for Nanosphere's Verigene System will be provided by distribution partnerships.
About the Tests:
Nanosphere has additional tests in development designed for the Verigene System and will continue to add menu relevant for these European markets. The distribution partners Nanosphere has selected are specifically targeted to the hospital diagnostic segment of the market, allowing for access and consultation to key decision makers, in genetic, infectious disease and protein applications.
About Nanosphere, Inc.
Nanosphere develops, manufactures and markets an advanced molecular diagnostics platform, the Verigene® System, for multiplexed infectious disease, genetic, and ultra-sensitive protein testing. This easy to use platform offers laboratories a convenient, simple, and cost-effective solution for highly sensitive nucleic acid and protein testing. Nanosphere is based in Northbrook, IL. Additional information is available at http://www.nanosphere.us.
The Nanosphere, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4344.
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements" and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) Nanosphere's ability to develop commercially viable products; (ii) Nanosphere's ability to achieve profitability; (iii) Nanosphere's ability to produce and market its products; (iv) Nanosphere's ability to obtain regulatory approval of its products; (v) Nanosphere's ability to protect its intellectual property; (vi) competition and alternative technologies; and (vii) Nanosphere's ability to obtain additional financing, if and when necessary, to support its operations. Additional risks are discussed in the Company's current filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investors: Nanosphere, Inc. Roger Moody, 847-400-9021 Media: The Torrenzano Group Ed Orgon, 212-681-1700
Nanosphere, Inc.
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Standing the test of time
15500 W. Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, California in 1984, Autry Construction begins this massive development project. A multi family luxury resort style residential complex in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California. Here's what it looked like during the development process.
Today, each unit sells separately for close to $1,000,000.00 because of the quality of craftsmanship of Autry Construction.


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text: I'm one of the unhappy in here. I'm disappointed in where we are, how we look, and what we've done. I'm a "hater" or a "whiner" if you want to call me that. I'm ready for a coaching change because in 4.5 NFL seasons I've seen enough to have come to the conclusion that we aren't getting much better. 8-8, 8-8, 9-7, and if our current pace holds again 8-8 looks to me like a certain coach & staff have hit their plateau. That begs the question "what would have made me happy?" What was I expecting and looking back at the first half of the season where do I think the Texans should be? I think the season should look like this right now. Week 1. Win over Indianapolis. Very nearly complete domination. 1-0 Week 2. Redskins comeback. A win we should have probably lost. 1-1 Week 3. Cowboys beat down. A loss we should won. 2-1 Week 4. Raiders road victory, This went as it should have. 3-1 Week 5. Giants beat down. We were destroyed in that game. 3-2 Week 6. Kansas City Chiefs. A home comeback that stands. 4-2 Week 7. Indianapolis rematch. We should have won that game. 5-2 Week 8. San Diego. We let a winnable game get away. 6-2 That's where I expect the Texans to be right now. They should be 6-2 in my opinion and the last two weeks losses have eclipsed anything that went wrong in the 6 weeks before that. Where do you think the Texans should be right now?


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The Newport Beach City Council plans to pursue a local historic designation for the Goldenrod concrete pedestrian bridge, which was built in 1928.
Rather than embark on the lengthy application process for state-level recognition, which could slow future public works projects on the bridge, council members decided Tuesday that the site should be honored on a local level.
Under council policy K-2, sites in Newport Beach can be added to the city's Register of Historical Property under five classifications: major historic landmark, historic landmark, local historic site, structure of historic interest and point of historic interest.
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Tire Installation Cost Comparison: What is the Best Place to Get New Tires?
Shopping around for the best deal on dependable, quality tires isn't as simple as comparing advertised prices. Most do not include installation, which can easily add $50 to $100 to the "out the door" cost of new tires. Some vendors include services such as disposal of the old tires, while others charge extra and try to upsell consumers. Watch out for shipping fees from online sellers such as Tire Rack, where prices quoted by local installers vary widely and may not include services or guarantees offered to customers who buy direct from the auto shop.This price comparison focuses on seven nationwide chains that sell and install tires: Walmart, Sears, Sam's Club, Pep Boys, Discount Tire, Costco, and BJ's Wholesale Club. The winner offers not only an expansive set of services for a low price but also 24/7 roadside assistance for flat tires.
7. PEP BOYS: $23/tire
At this 95-year-old parts and services chain with nearly 800 stores nationwide, installation costs about $23 a tire (about $90 for four). For customers who buy their tires from Pep Boys, installation comes with disposal of the old set, balancing, mounting, and a rebuilt TPMS kit for vehicles with a tire pressure monitoring system. All that comes at added cost if tires are brought in for installation from another seller -- $10 for disposal, $10 for the kit, and $15 for mounting and balancing. Buying tires onsite also comes with lifetime tire rotation, a three-month warranty on alignment, and warranty options on the tires. The company's website lists coupons, discounts, and deals that may bring down the price.
6. SEARS: $20/tire
Tire purchases at Sears can be paired with an installation package starting at $20 for each tire ($80 for four). This covers mounting, lifetime balancing and tire rotation, and a multi-point inspection. But there's an additional cost for some of the services included in other (often cheaper) packages, such as disposal of the old tires and a road hazard warranty, which covers tire failure under normal driving conditions. Customers typically get a replacement or prorated credit toward a new tire, depending how much tread was left on the flat.
5. DISCOUNT TIRE/AMERICA'S TIRE: $16/tire
Discount Tire and America's Tire locations (both owned by the same company) charge $16 for mounting each tire, or $64 for a set of four. The price includes lifetime balancing and rotation, flat repair, and air checks but not tire disposal, which is another $2 a tire. Installation on cars with a TPMS kit costs another $5 a set. Customers who buy tires there get a free road hazard warranty. A three-year certificate for repair, refund, or replacement based on the full value of the tire, regardless of wear, costs $9 to $30, depending on the price of the tire.
4. WALMART: $12/tire
Despite a low installation fee of $12 a tire, Walmart's package is less generous than the top competitors, parking it in fourth place in this comparison. It includes mounting, valve stems, and lifetime balance and rotation every 7,500 miles, plus tightening of the lug nuts after the first 50 miles. A road hazard warranty costs another $10 for each tire. A limited warranty for treadwear is also available for certain tires.
3. BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB: $15/tire
Like other warehouse clubs, BJ's -- an East Coast operation with more than 210 clubs in 15 states from Maine to Florida -- offers members auto services and a variety of tire brands for sale. The installation package costs $15 a tire and includes rotation, balancing, flat repairs, and inflation checks for life, as well as a road hazard warranty.
2. COSTCO: $15/tire
Costco members can buy tires at a warehouse club location or online and have them shipped to a local store (shipping and handling included). The installation package is priced at $15 a tire and includes mounting, new rubber valve stems, nitrogen tire inflation (which helps maintain better pressure than compressed air), and old tire disposal. Buyers are also entitled to rotations over the tire's lifetime, inflation and pressure checks, flat repairs, and a road hazard warranty.
1. SAM'S CLUB: $15/tire
Sam's Club emerged the winner for its rich array of included services, coupled with attractive pricing for club members. A $15 tire installation package includes mounting, new valve stems, lifetime balancing and tire rotation, flat repair, tire disposal, and road hazard protection. If the vehicle is equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system, drivers also get a free reset when the tires are serviced. But the star attraction of the Sam's Club package is 24/7 roadside tire-change service available for three years after the date of purchase.


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To Stay Or Not To Stay In This MarriageMarried 35 plus years, 60 plus years old, and sex is non existant. I've had to initiate sex 99% of the time. My wife is sexually inhibitted, and other than going down on her and the missionary position, there is nothing else involved. Any suggestions to change course is met with my being a pervert.
The only reason I stay is because she would be devastated without me as her crutch. What would she do? The guilt keeps on piling up and I did have an affair once but it faded away after we moved from that place. I'm not in love with her any more, and feel more sorry than anything else.
What would you do if you were in my place. Stay or leave??
If you think things cant get any worse, see if shes into some fantasy play,you might be surprised !
Truth be told, NONE of us are as important a factor in a relationship as we like to think we are.

I would bet that your missus would be just fine without you.

The real question is would you be fine without her ? Clearly, the answer over the past 35plus years, the answer thus far has been "no".

Tread your own path.
If you want my personal opinion I would leave many-many ears ago...if the partner was healthy... if not I would stay and have secret affair... Nobody should sacrifice his/her own life and nobody should accept this sacrifice...
I feel that way with my wife and I have just learned that I am co dependent. That s why I do not want to leave my wife. I have to get my self right in order to get it straight in my head that leaving her devastated on her own would be the right thing for my spirit. I live without for that reason and she is happy!


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This kit has been developed as pre-module for a number of audio applications where there is insufficient input signal. Applications as a microphone pre-amplifier or for level correction. Ideal for a microphone pre-amplifier or for level correction especially where insufficient input signal exists. Power supply: 10~30VDC/10mA. Output impedance: 1Kohm. Adjustable output level. Frequency range: 20Hz~20KHz -3dB. Maximum input signal: 40mV. Made in Belgium. PCB dimensions: 113/64" x 145/64".
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I have been using these kits for several years in our training programs. They have been used, abused and mishandled in almost every conceivable fashion but I have never had one fail, (without being totally diestroyed). The applications are limitless with appropriate applications in education, security and surveillance. I had been purchasing similar items professionally produced for over $150 each. This is an excellant product that if properly assembled, will work for a lifetime.
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James R. Finch, 75 of Alicia, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Finch of the home; a son, Scott Finch of Clover Bend; a daughter, Marguerite Andrews (Ronnie) of Carlisle; a brother, A. D. Finch of Henderson; a sister, Elizabeth Lacy of Walnut Ridge; four grandchildren, Preston Finch, Erin Hillman, Jana Hillman and Alexis Andrews; and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be Wednesday, May 22, at 2:30 p.m. in the Bryan Chapel. Interment will be in the Lawrence Memorial Park.
Visitation was held Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Online Registry at www.bryanfh.com