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Since early last year, approximately 200 conferences have been held, according to the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP).
The growing number of events contributes both to Panama's international recognition and its national economy. The ATP cites that conventions that took place in the country in 2012 generated from 45 to 50 million dollars in foreign exchange.
Each person who enters the country to attend a conference or convention injects an estimated $300 dollars daily into the Panamanian economy in transportation, dining, lodging, and shopping.
Several hotel executives agreed that many foreigners who enter the country to attend a convention extend their average three-day stay to go sightseeing. "We're seeing that the client sticks around to see more of the country and enjoy all of Panama's bounty and beauty," reported the sales coordinator for the hotel Sheraton Panama, Antonio Mansredonio.
The executive added that all of this activity automatically permeates the country's economy through the tourists' spending.
Flight connectivity, security, and affordable prices are some of the features that attract companies to bring their gatherings to Panama. "Diverse and attractive accomodation options, the international banking system, extraordinary shopping, worldwide-famous attractions like the Panama Canal, and a modern city" are the assets the ATP mentioned when explaining why the Isthmus is on its way to becoming a hub for conventions.
Furthermore, Panama provides a medical insurance valued at $7,000 for free to everyone who enters the country as a tourist, covering any sickness and accident that may occur to them in Panamanian territory for up to 30 days.
Panama City has more than 12,000 hotel rooms, counting the large hotel chains in operation like Riu Plaza Panama, Miramar Intercontinental, Sheraton Panama, Hard Rock Hotel, and Hotel El Panama.
Thanks to its vast supply of lodging, the isthmus can serve as a venue for large-scale conventions, as was the case with the recent World Missionary Movement Convention, which reunited 10,000 people and spiked hotel occupancy levels up to 90%.
In addition, the Expocomer event, the largest annual fair dedicated to promoting business meetings and commerce among the industrial and service sectors in America, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean, brought together more than 5,000 people.
This year's agenda also includes the first Summit of the Organization of American Firefighters, which is expected to bring in 1,500 people for a three-day event in July, informed the country's tourism institution.
Site selection
The wide selection of hotels established in Panama has spurred competition among them to be chosen as the headquarters of the bigger conventions.
"Usually it is up to each company to choose its event venue, according to its needs and taking into account the hotel's location, conference rooms, furnishings, staff, rooms, pricing and extras offered," explained Laura Robles of the hotel Riu Plaza Panama.
Nevertheless, the ATP said that another way to select the appropriate venue is for the organizers to seek advice and information on the country's supply of hotels, since "there is always one hotel venue and other alternatives."
The client defines their needs to the ATP: exhibition and meeting size, number of participants, hotel quality and rate, rooms and meals.
The hotels then submit their proposals for the client to select the most suitable option. Generally, several hotels end up providing their services.
Antonio Mansredonio, at the Sheraton, commented that "when the company is searching for an event venue, it has to choose a space that duly meets all of its client needs."
Such levels of competition has urged private enterprise and government to continually expand their infrastructure. The Megápolis Convention Center, which holds 4,000 people, is one such new development. In addition, government institutions have announced a project to build a convention center with capacity for 20,000 people in the Amador area.
Source: www.panamaamerica.com.pa


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has anyone gotten the portable battery charger from verizon or one off ebay. are they any good. i saw a 8000mah one and was wondering if its any good or just hype. should i get the one from verizon which is only i think 1750?
has anyone gotten the portable battery charger from verizon or one off ebay. are they any good. i saw a 8000mah one and was wondering if its any good or just hype. should i get the one from verizon which is only i think 1750?
I used my corporate discount to get the Motorola Portable Powerpack P893 from Verizon. It is 1800 mAh. I am happy with it and it fits my needs. The nicest thing about it is that it is pretty small and thin. Given it is not nearly as small as an extra battery, which i was used to carrying around when I had the DX, but it will fit comfortably in your pocket and you can easily still hold the phone in your hand with the battery pack right behind it. It is about as thick as the Razr is at the top where the camera is and is about the size of the area where the Kevlar is, but a little bit more narrow. When fully charged it will give you an extra 60-70% charge. It takes a while (30 min? maybe, I never really timed it) to fully discharge the battery pack, so it gives you a little extra time of charge. I can't say anything about how well the other battery packs that you can find on Amazon or ebay work, but if you get one that is 5000 or 8000 mAh it will be much larger than this battery pack. So they would provide a lot more extra charge, but would not fit in your pocket and would be really awkward to hold onto if you need to use the phone while it is charging. So it really comes down to what you plan on using the battery pack for. Do you need to have more than extra 60% charge or do you want something portable that you can easily carry around in your pocket with your phone. The only times I have needed to use my battery pack was when I was outside or somewhere I am not near an outlet for an extended period of time, so I need to be able to carry the battery pack in my pocket with my phone.
i have the zagg sparq and so far its ok but i look like a retard when i pull it out in public praticly looks like a damn bomb LOL
Yeah... so what if I am a country boy? Ill take whine over beer.... but i prefer Jack or Jim id take either of them over the others... so what just cause i wear boots doesn't mean i don't listen to rock and metal... and yes i live on a farm and own a tractor bigger than my truck (: got a prob?
I just ordered the Anker Astro 5600mAh External Battery Pac from Amazon for $40 incl shipping. Should give me about 3 charges and is pretty small (3.66*1.69*0.87 inch). USB output, micro USB input and can double as a LED flashlight.
I get a 25% discount on accessories so I think I paid $30.
Just ordered the Ankar Astro, that Sally recommended. I am so tired of Verizon's lies and pushy sales people. They 'pushed' an iGo Charge Anywhere on me. It is a worthless piece of crap! $40.00, down the drain. Then they lied and told me I had 30 days to return my Razr, when I only had 14! They LIE! I like my Razr, but would really LOVE the Razr Maxx. And I wouldn't have to buying a battery pack! Sheesh! Anyway, have a nice day! My Razr is still, by far, the best phone I have ever owned!

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no you are not reading it right, the 6.5million number is the hypothtical average.
$78 is the TOTAL TV PIE for the B12 according to any source I could find.
That amount is split unequally.
A portion goes to a pool ('Pot A') split evenly by the 12 teams
The rest goes to another pool ('Pot B') that gets divvied up based on number of national tv appearance.
Texas' total for 2009 (again according to any source I could find) of combined 'Pot A + Pot B' was $12 million. EVERY B10 team got $22million.
If you can find a source that says different I'm listening.


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Antigone (Myths and Legends of the World)
In Greek mythology, Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes, and Jocasta. A faithful daughter and sister, Antigone was the main character in a tragedy by the Greek playwright Sophocles(ca. 496-406 B.C.) Greek playwright who wrote many tragedies. Euripides(ca. 480-406 B.C.) Greek playwright who wrote many tragedies, another dramatist of ancient Greece, presented a different, and happier, version of her life. In more recent times, Antigone has been the inspiration for several playwrights and composers.
Background to the Story. In Sophocles' earlier play, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus had unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother, Jocasta. When they discovered what they had done, Jocasta hanged herself and Oedipus blinded himself. His sons, Eteocles and Polynices, drove Oedipus from Thebes and took over the kingdom.
Antigone and her sister Ismene accompanied their blind father during his wanderings around Greece. Meanwhile, Eteocles broke his promise to share power with Polynices and drove him from the kingdom as well. Polynices decided to lead an army against Thebes to regain the throne.
Their uncle, Creon, supported Eteocles in the conflict with his brother. An oraclepriest or priestess or other creature through whom a god is believed to speak; also the location (such as a shrine) where such words are spoken told Creon that whoever gave shelter to Oedipus would win the battle for Thebes. Creon therefore asked Oedipus, who had taken refuge in the city of Colonus, to return. When Oedipus refused, Creon sent soldiers to seize Antigone and Ismene to force their father to come back. TheseusGreek hero who killed the Minotaur of Crete with...
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Pandora battery is generally created by using a regular PSP and magic memory stick. What makes this memory stick thrilling if it's just the regular PSP memory stick? Well! The real magic is that you can upload files on it in a specific format. The particular magic stick along with the regular PSP battery is particularly configured to help the Pandora battery work. Pandora battery is the modification of some of the particular files of a regular PSP battery. These modifications and changes are soft alterations in the content of PSP which alters the serial number of the battery.
Moreover, Pandora batteries enable PSP to work as third party Software because as it remains no more restrained to play Sony movies and games. You can buy PSP battery and turn it into a magical Pandora battery by changing some of its content because these alterations as a result give you capability to boot your PSP in a special mode. Clearly, it's not the hardware alterations because hardware modification needs actually opening up a battery. However, it's advised to buy Pandora battery instead of making it on your own as the latter case has a tendency to go wrong somewhere as a result of which PSP can catch fire.


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Michigan set the standard for 2014 defensive back Parrker Westhpal (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) on his initial visit to Ann Arbor, and that feeling remains after his trip on Sunday. Westphal took in the basketball game against Penn State with his brother Brandon and father Brian, and says the Wolverines still stick out.
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This museum occupies a former public school building built in 1927. Permanent exhibits portray the plantation economy, the Civil War period, the Reconstruction period, the schools that once existed here, and Polish immigration to the area. Open 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wed.–Fri., 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sat. and 1–...
This scenic cemetery contains grave sites of heroes from the Texas Republic and the Confederacy, as well as children of William B. Travis, Jacob Haller (town founder) and other early Texas pioneers. North of town near 10500 Old Chappell Hill Road. 979/337-9910.
F.M. 1155 north to Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site winds through beautiful pastoral landscapes of Brazos River Valley, along a historic route used by early settlers.
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NFC ecosystem players are moving to simplify the costly and complex process for putting payment applications on secure elements, as they face mounting frustration at the pace of rollouts–and growing threats from such alternatives as host-card emulation.
NFC Times Exclusive: France's Bouygues Telecom, a pioneer in the NFC ecosystem, has frozen its NFC program, just months before the French market plans to roll out the technology nationally, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive: As 2014 unfolds, the NFC ecosystem appears as unsettled as ever, with embedded secure chips expected to compete with NFC SIMs in several markets to store applications, and Google throwing its weight behind an alternative that could eventually enable service providers to avoid secure elements altogether.
Chris Bierbaum, who played a role in early development of the U.S. telco joint venture that would become Isis, has left Sprint as head of mobile commerce to lead mobile initiatives globally for UK-based directories and Internet services company hibü.
Mobile operator France Telecom-Orange has launched an NFC awards contest for developers, seeking to spur developers to create innovative NFC applications for the French market.
France Telecom-Orange and China Mobile, the largest mobile operators in their respective home markets, have signed a memo of understanding to work together to speed the commercialization of NFC SIM cards.
French mobile operators have announced they will more than double the number of NFC-enabled phones rolled out to subscribers by the end of 2012, to 2.5 million, the most of any country in Europe, they predict.
Seeking to encourage service providers to introduce NFC applications, France Telecom-Orange group said it plans to roll out 3 million SIM-based NFC phones this year and 10 million in 2013.
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE – France's largest mobile operator, France Telecom-Orange, has announced it will introduce the NFC version of the popular Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone next month.
France Telecom-Orange Group is seeking to hire a trusted service manager for its mobile group, focusing first on Orange branch operators in Poland, Spain and Romania, NFC Times has learned.
BARCELONA, Spain – It's an oft-repeated goal by NFC backers–to enable customers to use a variety of NFC services when they roam in different countries by downloading the local applications when they arrive at the airport or at the point of service.
BARCELONA, Spain– MasterCard Worldwide announced it has acquired U.S.-based mobile wallet vendor C-SAM, a company in which it had made a sizable investment in late 2012.
BARCELONA, Spain – MasterCard Worldwide is seeking to expand its little-used service provider TSM aggregation service from Poland to Germany, planning to announce a deal to connect a TSM platform to three major German telcos.
BARCELONA, Spain – Samsung Electronics today unveiled its fifth-generation Galaxy S flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, which will support NFC, as expected, and also feature a fingerprint sensor in the home button that can secure mobile payments. PayPal has announced it will be the first payments company to support the fingerprint authentication feature on the device.
France-based Inside Secure reported smaller operating losses for 2013, though mainly on an adjusted basis, and wrote off $3.6 million in NFC controller chips it had on hand as it continues to exit the market for the chips.
Visa and MasterCard Worldwide have announced support for host-card emulation and cloud-based payments, with Visa saying it already has initial standards ready and noted endorsements from banks in the U.S., Australia and Canada.
NFC Times Exclusive: The major payments schemes have kept a low public profile in their work on host-card emulation, but they have been quietly fast-tracking the drafting of specifications for the technology for use with their NFC-mobile payments applications, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive: Spanish bank Bankinter has announced it plans to launch its long-anticipated host-card emulation service commercially in the second or third quarter, following a security evaluation by a Germany-based lab.
Gemalto today announced a contract, awarded last year, to supply a TSM platform to Hong Kong ATM and interbank group Jetco.
Incipio's Cashwrap NFC case to enable iPhone owners to use the Isis Mobile Wallet is available for Verizon Wireless, the accessories maker announced Thursday.
NXP Semiconductors, as expected, reported a slowdown in revenue growth in 2013 for NFC, but the chip maker expressed optimism that its NFC business would pick up again around the middle of 2014.
NFC Times Exclusive: RBC Secure Cloud Explained: As one of the first commercial launches of cloud-based open-loop payments using NFC, observers will be watching closely how well Royal Bank of Canada's RBC Secure Cloud service does in the market.


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Online credit card frauds have come into focus once again after some fraudsters targeted 60 bank customers in Mumbai a few days ago.
The Reserve Bank of India has reported 6,034 cases of frauds involving credit cards and debit cards in 2013.
Experts say that there has been a surge in the number of POS terminals that use internet protocol to enable wireless features.
Target said criminals gained access to its customer information on November 27, the day before Thanksgiving and just ahead of one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
A majority of companies in the payment card industry (PCI) have failed to meet the Data Security Standard, communications giant Verizon said.
Indian banks are increasingly seeking insurance cover against fraudulent online transactions, including those involving credit cards.
Not all shopping portals are safe and when the user enters his credit card details he is exposing the entire credit limit to online fraudsters.
If a credit card is lost or misused, the holder is compensated through the insurance arrangement of the card issuing bank.


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Soros reshuffles funds
October 27, 1998: 12:28 p.m. ET
Quantum Emerging Growth being closed, Quasar Int'l being merged
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Poor returns in emerging markets have forced billionaire financier George Soros to restructure his $20 billion Quantum hedge funds, including closing one altogether.
In a letter to shareholders Friday, Soros said he will close the Quantum Emerging Growth Fund, which has lost almost a third of its value this year alone. It has a current net asset value of $1.5 billion.
It was the emerging growth fund, along with the $969 million Quasar International Fund, that accounted for most of the losses incurred by the Quantum group when the ruble was devalued earlier this year. The Quantum group took on $2 billion in losses from its Russian investments.
The international fund, whose value has fallen 18 percent this year, also faces overhaul. It will be merged with the Quantum Industrial Holdings Funds, which is worth $2 billion.
The group's Quota Fund won't escape turmoil, either.
Along with the international fund, it is managed by London-based fund manager Nick Roditi, who is to step down temporarily due to illness. Soros Fund Management wouldn't disclose the timetable for his return.
In his absence, the fund's chief investment strategist Stanley Druckenmiller will take over.
"Mr. Druckenmiller and his team of emerging market specialists will continue to explore investments in emerging markets as we have always done here at Soros on an opportunistic basis," said Soros Fund spokesman Sean Pattison.
Shareholders will have the option to receive cash or a special class of shares in Quantum Fund, Soros's flagship fund, the letter said.
In the past four months, the Quota fund, which has a current net assets under management of $1.7 billion, has gone from gains of 32 percent to a loss of 13 percent. Since its inception in 1992, the fund has recorded an average return of 48 percent.
As recently as 1995 it returned an incredible 159.4 percent.
Investors in the emerging markets fund will be offered cash or shares in the $8.7 billion Quantum Fund.
The minimum investment in Quantum funds normally runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Soros, famous as the man who broke the Bank of England in 1992 and forced the U.K. out of the European exchange rate mechanism, is reviled by Asian leaders like Mahathir Mohamad who blame him and other speculators for causing the financial crisis in the region.
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Cocktails For Picnics 11 Picnic-Perfect Cocktails by Camilla Salem 7/20/13 8 Reactions 92 Shares Print 28 36 28 0 0 It's picnic season, and that means long, warm afternoons sprawled out on a blanket with good company, good food, and of course, good drinks. Keep things simple by choosing drinks that don't require a lot of complicated preparation like muddling. These 11 options can be made ahead of time, put in a pretty bottle or container, and enjoyed in the sunshine. Click through for the recipes. — Additional reporting by Nicole Perry Start Bloody Marys What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunday picnics call for a big pitcher of Bloody Marys. Keep it simple with a classic recipe, and sip the day away. 1 / 11 Tamarind Dark and Stormy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Meet our unofficial Summer drink, the tamarind dark and stormy. Tangy, fizzy, and just sweet enough, it'll keep you cool while you lounge away your afternoon. Mix a batch pre-picnic and pack it into a travel thermos or swing-top glass bottle. 2 / 11 Gin and Citrus Soda Fizz What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lime and orange soda (we prefer Dry Soda's less-sweet formula here) combine with gin and a few dashes of bitters for a easy-to-prepare cocktail. Pack it into a few mason jars for mess-free travel, festive red, white, and blue ice cubes optional. 3 / 11 Mango-Raspberry White Wine Sangria What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Make-ahead types will appreciate that this crisp, fruity white wine sangria can (and should be) prepped long before your picnic in order to allow the flavors to meld. Mangos and raspberries not your thing? Try other seasonal fruit like nectarines, blackberries, or strawberries. 4 / 11 Mionetto Il Spr!z What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Like an aperol spritz — the cocktail after which it's modeled — Mionetto Il Spr!z is bitter, sweet, and fizzy. What's more it's both easy to tote along (just tuck a chilled bottle into your picnic basket) and great for day drinking, as it won't knock you off your feet. 6 / 11 Classic Margarita What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 While a classic margarita, like this recipe from San Francisco's iconic Tommy's Mexican Restaurant, is more potent than the majority of our picnic picks, we'd be loathe to leave it off the list. (Few drinks seem more enticing on Summer days.) Shake it up to perfection, pour it into a leak-proof bottle, and bring it along to kickstart your picnic fun. 6 / 11 Grapefruit Mimosas What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Take a bunch of grapefruit juice (fresh or store-bought), put it in a bottle, and pop a bottle of Champagne once you get to the picnic for delicious mimosas. 7 / 11 Redheaded Ginger What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 While a bottle of well-chilled Lillet Rouge — a fruity red-wine based aperitif — would make for a great picnic sipper in its own right, this easy-to-love cocktail kicks it up a notch. To simplify matters of transport and preserve its fizz, bring its ingredients and mix it just before enjoying. 8 / 11 Mionetto Il Ugo! What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mionetto Il Ugo!, a semisparkling white wine and elderflower concoction, is another pre-bottled option that you and your al fresco dining companions are sure to imbibe almost too easily. 9 / 11 Irish Buck What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Irish know how to enjoy themselves. Follow suit with an ultra-simple whiskey cocktail like an Irish buck! It's refreshing, but it sure packs a punch. 11 / 11 Cocktail Mixers What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cocktail mixers will inevitably make your picnic life easier. Just add booze, and you'll have yourself a really good time. 11 / 11 28 36 28 0 0 Back to Homepage Read More PicnicSummerSpringParty PlanningRecipesCocktails summer What to Skip, What to Sip: Starbucks Creamy, Icy Drinks 2 weeks ago A Tasty Tour of McDonald's International Menu Options 2/05 Dress Up Your Ice Cubes With Fruit and Flowers 1/20 How to Make a Next-Level Fruit Salad 1/15 A Sophisticated Take on Taco Salad — No Cooking Required 1/13 High-Fiber Munchies to Keep Things Moving While on the Road 12/21/13 Get a Personalized Living Newsletter! Help us customize your newsletter by selecting your interests (optional): Summer Cocktails Food Home What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Reactions Link Love The secret to shatteringly crisp chicken skin — America's Test Kitchen Feed Why your cold-pressed juice is so darn expensive — HuffPost Taste Kick off daylight saving time with a free Krispy Kreme doughnut — Delish Bartenders weigh in on the most over- and underrated cocktails — Eater A simple soup to get you through Winter's last days — Food52 Your guide to the globe's spiciest foods — Lonely Planet LA juice bar uses anniversary of Notorious B.I.G.'s death to sell juice — Grub Street Source: America's Test Kitchen Feed
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While shopping at the pharmacy last week, I couldn't help notice they were selling home security cameras. These cameras are to be installed outside of one's home to monitor any activity day and night for security purposes. Some cameras were expensive and some were very cheap. I took a closer look at both options and noticed that the much cheaper security cameras were exact replicas of the expensive cameras, but they weren't able to monitor or record anything at all. Even though they looked exactly the same as their expensive counterparts, and were made by the same company, there were in fact just decoys — empty cameras. A very interesting chance to take. As a rabbi, I started thinking about the first home security system used by the Jewish people. They were first installed on the Jewish homes in Egypt. The upside of these primitive yet very effective units was their simplicity of installation. Lamb blood on the door posts with hyssop branches. The downside of these units was that they were in service and effective for one night only, known as the beginning of "yetziat Mitzrayim," the rapid exodus from Egyptian slavery. The Angel of Death just couldn't penetrate these force fields of security and was forced to pass over onto the next domicile. It is interesting to note that the Jewish people might normally have thought of keeping themselves secure by hiding their Jewish identity and especially not bringing any attention to their homes. During Passover, it was quite the opposite. God commanded them to proudly identify themselves as a group and stand up (or, more accurately, stay home) and be counted as one. Their security came via an identification with the community at large. Fast forward some years, and the system was upgraded with the commandment of mezuzah. The Biblical source for the commandment of mezuzah is found twice in Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Torah. The Torah states in two entire paragraphs: "And you shall write these words on the entryways of your dwellings and your gates." The Oral Law, which God taught Moshe at Mount Sinai, teaches that these first two paragraphs of the shema are to be affixed to the right side of the doorpost. The two paragraphs of the shema contained in the mezuzah, include the declaration of God's Oneness and the basics of reward and punishment, two fundamentals of the Jewish faith. The mezuzah is finally affixed to each doorway of our homes, schools, synagogues, and some place them on their businesses. These parchments are to be written by a traditional "God-fearing" scribe, according to strict codes of Jewish law. They must be written with special black ink and with a quill on one piece of specially prepared and scored parchment. The mezuzah is carefully checked for textual errors and incorrectly formed letters by an expert who knows the strict laws of tefillin and mezuzot. It is carefully rolled and inserted into the mezuzah case. How does the mezuzah provide us with the sense of security we so desire from our high-tech monitoring gadgetry? The great sage, rabbi, doctor and philosopher, Maimonides writes in his magnum opus, the Mishne Torah, "Every time a person enters and exits (and encounters the mezuzah) one automatically contemplates the Singularity of the Name of God. He recalls his affection for Him. He will then awake from his sleep and his obsession with the daily grind, and come to realize that there is nothing that lasts for eternity except for the knowledge of the Creator of the world. This will motivate him to regain full awareness and follow the paths of the upright. Tefillin, tzitzit and mezuzah are one's true reminders and security guards." In reality then, it is not only the mezuzah that watches over us, but it is our watching of the mezuzah that can bring us to a level of consciousness like no other, which can empower us to decipher the secrets of the universe. So, how does the mezuzah compare to the modern-day security-monitoring camera system I stumbled upon at the pharmacy? For one, there are also two models. A mezuzah that contains a kosher parchment is connected to a recording system and actually writes the data to a spiritual hard-drive, which some refer to nowadays as "The cloud." There is also a much cheaper model, from the same company, but it's only the case. It might look serious, but it's just a decoy. This too is a very interesting chance to take, especially during this time of the year. For the High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, many people do a lot of soul searching and introspection for an increased level of consciousness. Though I don't install security cameras, I do install and check the parchments of mezuzot. Feel free to contact me if you would like additional monitoring systems.
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Definitely weird but intriguing nevertheless: wouldn't you totally see a live-action "Simpsons" movie? Here's who we'd cast in all the major roles should such a flick ever come to pass. Just give 'em all jaundice and set 'em loose in Springfield.
If we cast a live-action 'The Simpsons' movie
Cowabunga, dude!
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William H. Macy as Ned Flanders. HELL-LO!Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
Jack M.August 10, 2013 at 9:59PM EST Reply to Comment
Actually, I think you missed the mark on a couple. One, everybody knows that William H. Macy (even an old William H. Macy) is the only actor who can play Ned and I'm sorry but I'll take Dan Fogler over Jack Black for Comic Book Guy every day of the week.Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
TylerAugust 10, 2013 at 10:47PM EST Reply to Comment
Chris Lloyd as Mr. Burns?
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Donald KaufmanAugust 11, 2013 at 10:40AM EST Reply to Comment
Cmon, Paul Giamatti as Homer. Go ahead tell me I'm wrong. You just didn't think of it first.Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
actionmoviefreakAugust 11, 2013 at 12:07PM EST Reply to Comment
All genius picks! John C. Reilly is an incredible actor. The only thing I noticed was your choice for groundskeeper Willie is not buff. I would pick someone really muscular (like Jason Statham) who can do a Scottish accent. It's just that rips off his shirt/temper moment would be too perfect!! And of course, he could wear a fake wig and beard. I've always wanted to see a movie where Groundskeeper Willie is really a secret agent (cool like Statham).Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
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I feel like a lot of the actual voice actors could play one of their characters. You could have Hank Azaria as Dr. Nick, Harry Shearer as either Mr. Burns or Principal Skinner, Dan Castellaneta as Krusty, and Marcia Wallace as Ms. Krabappel. I also agree that William H. Macy would have to be Ned.Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
mridge1August 11, 2013 at 1:53PM EST Reply to Comment
Great picks for the most part although Macy would be perfect as Flanders (don't hate Sudekis though).
Gotta ask, what the hell would this look like? Do you hyper realistic with just similar costumes or do you digitally alter them to appear cartoony ala 'Sin City'. I honestly think this is could happen, perhaps not as a feature but as an episode of the series since really, the show has done EVERYTHING.Like (0)This comment has no likes--be the first! -
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Not even one that comes close. Santa's Little Helper wasn't even a greyhound!!!
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Have you seen these live-action opening credits?
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All eyes are on a prized recruit, but the Trojans really need their Taj to be monumental To see how important forward Taj Gibson had become to the Trojans last season, all that's necessary is a quick playback of USC's second-half collapse against North Carolina in the East Regional semifinals. After Gibson picked up his fourth foul, with 12:25 left, the Tar Heels dominated inside, cutting the Trojans' 10-point lead to one in the nearly four minutes Gibson was off the floor. Southern California was never the same, despite Gibson's best efforts (16 points and 12 rebounds), and Carolina cruised to victory. It's a cautionary tale that's worth invoking in the excitement over the arrival of superrecruit guard O.J. Mayo: If the Trojans hope to finish near the top of a hypercompetitive Pac-10, they'll need to rely almost as much on Gibson, a 6' 9", 220-pound double double machine. "Taj blocked shots at a higher level than any freshman in this school's history," says USC coach Tim Floyd. "He can make a 15-footer facing up, but he can also post and pass the ball out of the post. He's driven like O.J. to be as good as he can be, and he spent all summer working on his strength." The Trojans may be a little inexperienced -- Floyd lost his top three scorers from last season -- but their two most important players aren't as young as their class status might indicate. Mayo is a 20-year-old freshman, and Gibson is a 22-year-old sophomore from Brooklyn who spent two years at a prep school in California after his hometown school board denied him promotion because it wouldn't accept two years of homeschool credits. Floyd compares having older youngsters with the advantage enjoyed by teams whose players have returned from Mormon missions; with a brutal first-month schedule USC will need that maturity from the start. Moreover, "everyone has to be healthy," says Gibson, who appears to be recovered from a sprained left ankle he suffered on Oct. 22, "or we could start off 0-4 and hurt our RPI. Anything can happen." Those three words might be the best slogan available for a team that could finish anywhere from first to ninth in the nation's top conference. -- Grant Wahl Issue date: November 19, 2007 |


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The makers of World of Tanks snaps up studio behind Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander.
The ongoing turmoil surrounding Gas Powered Games continued survival ended today as the MMO developer and publisher Wargaming confirmed that they have snapped up Chris Taylor's studio for an unspecified amount.
The makers of World of Tanks has been very active in the acquisition stakes recently, gobbling up Day 1 Studios and middleware provider Big World. It seems as though this is part of their continued push to expand into other genres of games aside from MMOs.
Gas Powered Games has produced a litany of beloved games including Total Annihalation, Dungeon Siege, Supreme Commander and Space Siege.
"Gas Powered Games' heritage and development pedigree shows us just how valuable an addition Chris and his company will make to the Wargaming family," said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. "Gas Powered Games has a long track record of providing incredibly engaging AAA gaming experiences and we can't wait to start working with them."
"Wargaming growth in recent years has been tremendous, and we're looking forward to joining one of the fastest growing gaming companies in the world," added Chris Taylor, CEO of Gas Powered Games. "I'm sure our experience and expertise will help us contribute even more to Wargaming's global success."
Chris Taylor has been in the headlines a bunch recently due to his big Kickstarter gamble Wildstarman not accrueing enough funding to guarentee Gas Powered Games survival, but today's announcement puts an end to those problems.
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This statement astounds me:"Before counting the signatures from two petitions, the comments were 48 percent for a build alternative and 50 percent for the no-build alternative.
Those results tell me that, while their voices have not been as loud, there are people who back this project."
That's actually saying I counted the money flowing into my account and that was a majority in favor of building something the people are actually against.
The only "green" option is the NO build option.
An officer killed an innocent man. He will have to live with that just as the family will. My heart goes out to both. What is needed now is an open investigation with a free flow of information and an honest impartial assessment of training and procedures. If history is any guide that is highly unlikely to happen unless the community demands it. We've seen more than one similar instance in Roane County where an "internal investigation" is conducted with no information released to the public except the eventual pronouncement that "procedures were followed" and no additional training to protect the public is announced. This is not acceptable. An officer's first responsibility should be to protect everyone, including the guilty as much as possible. What is clear is that a good man is dead and the one ingredient that cannot be argued against as a contributing cause?...The aggressive conduct of an officer of the law. The public must be assured that everything was done to prevent that or that corrective training and measures will be put in place in the future, so that the motto "To Protect and Serve" has meaning beyond being a marketing slogan.
Tnvarmit cherry picks the info to make a false case. The solar plant under consideration would draw a little less electricity than the VW plant in Chattanooga, but would be producing solar panels that would be offsetting its own power usage and far more. In addition the cost of bring that solar plant in would have been far less than the couple of hundred million in subsidies and offsets that were given to recruit VW.
Solar power is already cheaper than nuclear and is actually cheaper than coal if the total environmental and health problems created are added in. How do you even calculate the cost of global warming, which will pretty much destroy our way of life down the road?
It's time to end the subsides to fossil fuels and turn to the future. Solar power is the only way that makes sense for the future.
At the end of the day and after much indecision and many missteps, TVA and the EPA have done a good job in the clean up and restoration in Roane County. Roane County will in fact be better than it was from a TVA impacted environmental standpoint.
It will have taken five years out of the lives the people who were affected that can never be given back. TVA still refuses to make everyone affected whole. TVA's public promise to make everyone whole whose lives and property values it's willful misconduct damaged is unfulfilled and likely to stay that way. TVA continues to this day to drag its feet and use every legal maneuver available to it to delay living up to its promises and responsibilities to make Roane County citizens whole. Even though we will see the lake and its environment reach a condition even better than it was before the disaster, we are not seeing property values catch up and recover compared to other lake communities not affected by TVA. Other than the homes along the lake at ground zero TVA has refused to face up to and make whole the economic damage it caused to everyone else. Estimates place this at $150 million on the low end to as much as half a billion dollars on the high end. Add to that the fact that TVA does not have to even consider the pain and suffering it caused and legally will not be required to compensate any of the people for any of the disruption, havoc, and emotional burdens they have suffered and continue to suffer because of its incompetence.
Roane County is a beautiful area full of good people who deserve better than TVA has given. Let's hope the promise of a culture change to make them whole is one promise TVA lives up to.
This move cost Roane County millions of dollars and very few jobs have been created. Don't do it, Oak Ridge!
Alexander talks about Germany's "failed energy policy" but fails to mention that Germany is a net exporter of electric power. He also fails to mention that the nuclear industry is a major contributor for him.
So why does he hate windmills? Could it have to do with him having to see them from his mountain top mansions? Either that or the fact that windpower is now cheaper than coal or nuclear and doesn't make massive campaign contributions to his coffers.
in response to rk40977#297843: Nothing to see here, folks - just some Democrats behaving badly. And breaking the law. And neglecting national security. And trying to hide it.
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Nothing to see here, folks - just some Democrats behaving badly. And breaking the law. And neglecting national security.
And trying to hide it.
It was a Bush appointee that was the IRS head at the time this was done. I realize facts are tough on conservatives.
Johnson's group violated campaign finance laws with their anti Obama billboard on I 40. I don't understand how they can still have tax exempt status? Anybody who has looked into this already knows that conservative groups made up only a third of those targeted and that the only group that lost tax exempt status was Progress Texas, and then for doing far less than what Mr. Johnson's group has done. His anti tax organization meets in a tax supported Community Center. The hypocrisy oozes out of these folks from every pore.
I hope some Congressman grills Johnson on his group's tactics.
"There are a lot of agriculture people who feel like this isn't just about people who mistreat animals; this is really about people who really aren't fans of cattle growers and other livestock producers" That statement by Haslam is a dead giveaway that this bill is about protecting people who mistreat animals and not protecting animals as the authors of the bill suggest.
I'm in!
"I don't ever threaten anybody with firing," she said.
Tell that to J T Woods.
70% of Atlanta water usage is for lawns, golf courses, and car washes. They will never have enough water until they face their problems. I say we claim the border is actually just south of Atlanta and start the negotiations.
If only this were satire...
This tragic accidental death was not in the Sinks. It was a foot entrapment which can happen almost anywhere there is moving water and rocks. Whitewater paddlers spend a tremendous amount of time preparing and learning skills for rescue and the avoidance of the need for rescue. Every accident is put into a database and analyzed with distance and time and objectivity. We know the risks and accept them, though none of us has any semblance of a death wish. All in all I think we live better and healthier lives as a result of our activity. From time to time we experience a loss such as this one. We grieve and celebrate a life well lived and move on.
Remember when Republicans were a serious political party? Me neither.
Since when does it require driving anywhere to send a file to Nashville? This is simply stonewalling, and not a very good job of it.
Let's not let Campfield's pathological need for attention obscure what we should be talking about. Why should anybody buy into the hatred and demonization of any class of human beings? Campfield's tactics are un-Christian on their face and reprehensible in fact. I guess open racism being still out of vogue leads Stacey to choose homophobia as his main thrust at the moment.
Ah the usual suspects proclaiming left wing ideology in everything that doesn't support right wing extremism. Look..."clear and direct...accurate, timely, well-written and well-researched" does not describe "ideology". They describe science.
Those who continue to try and prevent accurate information from being taught to our next generation of scientists, engineers, and decision makers are nothing more than goons working for the armageddonists and are traitors to the human race.
So, how much do you guys get paid to post inane incorrect negative drivel on every article that has anything to do with helping American citizens? Is selling your country out worth the money?
So We the People would no longer get a say in who our Senators are. Senators would only have to answer to the political machine and not us. Yeah, that should be good for working people, schools and a healthy environment.
Yager said he would delete those counties where an objection was raised. I hereby raise an objection to Roane County Planning Commission members being exempt from ethics rules. I want people who will make decisions based on what's good for Roane County as opposed to what's good for their own real estate holdings.
I mean really...Who wants a buzzkill that close to a place of serenity and fellowship? And in the interest of fair play, Shouldn't there be a law against preaching during Happy hour?
President Obama has been a great statesman trying to work with a Republican House that holds power, not through legitimate votes, but gerrymandering. Let's hope We the People shame them into getting this country running again for the 99% and not just the GOP puppet masters. Obama needs to go from statesman to warrior for all our sakes.
Barack Obama has been a great statesman in his first term. Let's hope he turns into a Progressive warrior in his second. Today's speech makes it look like that could happen.
Why do conservatives have to lie to make their case? Well it's because they don't have one.
Adolph Hitler did not win a Nobel prize. In fact he banned even the mention of Nobel in the German press.
Our friends on the right seem to think Swift Boating good people will drive them out and leave only the bad ones in place.
It looks like Greg Johnson has his marching orders. It's pretty amazing how he can ignore the fact that it was conscienceless corporate decisions to cut costs that gave us the TVA Ash disaster, and stunning corporate incompetence that keeps the TVA Nuke program in the news. Actually every one of the nominees has needed expertise for TVA. Most of all, let's hope a couple of them have a conscience. Greg Johnson doesn't seem to.
Pretty wimpy piece there, KNS. How about standing up for the people of Tennessee every now and then. Dr. Brown is exactly who we need on the TVA Board. Someone who uses science and facts to make decisions that could cost us billions of dollars and thousands of lives if TVA continues on its current path. There is a call for President Obama to renominate Marilyn Brown. How about growing a spine and standing up for that?
So the Senator who blocked the renomination to the TVA Board of Nobel Laureate Marilyn Brown, a climate change and energy efficiency expert, gets to make energy policy?
Shouldn't this story mention that Nobel Laureate energy efficiency and climate change expert Marilyn Brown's re-nomination to the TVA board is being blocked by Senator's Corker and Alexander?
After four years of delay and obfuscation this is TVA's chance to do the right thing and make Roane County whole again. Will they?
Wouldn't it be nice if TVA would just do what they are supposed to do under the law so we wouldn't have to sue them?
Don't trolls ever take a holiday? Oh wait...you must be getting overtime pay for that drivel.
Why is a President's very short visit home to his family and relatives at Christmas referred to as a vacation? The predictable foaming blather from Obama haters stands in stark contrast to the massive time on vacation spent by their beloved W, the most in history.
It's interesting to watch the "nut jobs" call the scientifically inclined "nut jobs". Problem is that we're talking about the end of life on this planet as we know it with millions maybe billions of people dying. Essentially ALL climate scientists think human activities related to burning fossil fuels are the cause and will have devastating consequences for life on this planet.
Republicans have gotten away with obstructing anything that doesn't put more money in their bosses pockets, even if it would help 99% of Americans. It's a rare day when media calls them out. Thanks you, KNS, for doing your job. This is refreshing.
Irony alert: It yields questionable results when Japanese scientists do it, but it's OK for UT to have an industry funded study on fracking?
In my personal experience as an employer this is going to get some people killed. All a disgruntled employee has to do is walk out to his vehicle and begin a rampage. If an employee doesn't want to obey employer policy they should work somewhere else.
Dang, Tom...This is an amazing piece. More like this!
With plenty of spots where fracking is already occurring to study, why do they have to pick a spot in a natural area to see if it degrades the environment? And they want to be funded by corporations who have a vested interest in a particular outcome? Are they that cynical, that stupid, or just that oblivious?
Isn't calling someone a "good" conservative something of an oxymoron?
Thank you, Ina.
Harwell will need to give back the government guaranteed pension that he currently lives on. He's an ungrateful man since President Obama saved that for him by saving the automotive industry he worked for. Anyone with an ounce of integrity would give it back now.
Jettoomey, good job. I was afraid you people would be so in the dumps about losing that you wouldn't be able to blow your dog whistles. You probably even believe the stupid headline that meth labs haven't been reduced even though the article's numbers show a 14% reduction.
Religious texts don't have much of a track record of dealing with future things. I'm sticking with the science.
So the guy has a history of mismanaging nuclear projects and lying to his board about it...Looks like a perfect fit for TVA.
Jack, Let's meet in a public forum and discuss this. I just put a couple of hundred acres in greenbelt and a couple of hundred more in a conservation easement. My income last year would be about what a construction worker makes. These exemptions allow me to protect land for the future that would otherwise be taxed into the development market. Think about it before you go spouting the latest directive from on high.
Capitalist, since you are sacred of natural things you should be far more afraid of deer than fish. The only sturgeon related fatality on the Suwannee River was due to someone falling out of the boat when it swerved quickly to miss the sturgeon. Those are Gulf sturgeon anyway and not the same fish in the Tennessee.
I really hope this project restores this vital creature to its rightful habitat.
We need a fact checker for these fact checkers. Why didn't they fact check Romney's claim that corporations don't get tax breaks for sending jobs over seas, which is patently false? I add the numbers up on the very first Obama fact check and I get almost exactly the $4 trillion Obama claimed. This is weird, coming from the liberal media and all.
More GOP feigned outrage. I feel for their delicate sensibilities....Not! This is political hypocrisy at its worst.
Mike Turner is the best Dem in the House and good to the core.
This is silly. The Community center is a City of Kingston building. Kingston could easily have provided space in the new Kingston Municipal building which was just recently purchased, or any of several buildings near the Courthouse that are sitting empty. There doesn't even seem to be an attempt to comply with the law.
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There are over 5,000 food additives on the market but less than half have been through toxicology testing. Food journalist Melanie Warner uncovers shocking details about processed food, and investigative reporter Michael Moss talks to KCRW's Warren Olney about how the junk food industry hooked consumers with an addicting cocktail of salt, sugar and fat. Canadian doctor David Bailey explains why grapefruit can be a health hazard when mixed with some medications. Cookbook author Martha Holmberg says you can make a homemade vinaigrette in less than a minute and cheese expert Laura Werlin lays out the foundation for a delicious mac & cheese. On the restaurant front, Jonathan Gold enjoys David Myers' new restaurant Hinoki & The Bird, and independent producer Gideon Brower laments the closing of the cult-favorite tiki joint Bahooka. At the market Laura Avery talks to Corina Weibel of Canele restaurant, and farmer Robin Smith says her pomelos and grapefruits and sweeter than ever before.
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Salt, Sugar & Fat ()
KCRW's Warren Olney talks to investigative reporter Michael Moss about his new book, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. This interview first aired on To the Point on February 27.
You can read more about the book in this article in the New York Times Magazine.
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Laura Werlin is a veteran cookbook author and cheese expert. Her latest book is Mac & Cheese, Please! 50 Super Cheesy Recipes.Check out her recipes for Zesty Kale Two Ways and Fontina Mac n Cheese.
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Pandora's Lunchbox ()
Melanie Warner is a food journalist. Her new book is the Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal.
Music Bed: "Waiting" by Danny Elfman
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Vinaigrette at Home ()
Martha Holmberg is the author of Modern Sauces: More than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day. Find a recipe for her Raspberry Thyme Vinaigrette on the Good Food blog.
Music Bed: "Number One" by Pharrell, featuring Kanye West
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Lobster Rolls and Singapore Crab at Hinoki & The Bird ()
Jonathan Gold reviews Hinoki & The Bird, the newest restaurant from celebrated chef David Myers. Jonathan suggests the "rule of five" when eating dinner for two: order two small plates, two vegetable plates and one protein dish. His favorite dishes include the lobster roll, chili crab toast, sambal skate, beef tartare and hinoki scented black cod.
Hinoki & The Bird
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All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food restaurant map.
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Corina Weibel is the chef and owner of Canele in Atwater Village. She has been a weekly fixture at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market for years, and this week she is picking up spring vegetables for a soup.
Robin Smith and her husband Steven own Mud Creek Ranch. Pomelos are in peak season and grapefruit are coming into season right now. As the weather warms the fruit will get sweeter.
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Dr. David Bailey is a clinical pharmacologist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada. He discovered that relationship between grapefruit and medications by chance nearly 20 years ago. We were inspired to talk to him after seeing this article in the New York Times.
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Gideon Brower is an independent producer. He bids farewell to Bahooka Family Restaurant. The beloved tiki bar in Rosemead that will close it's doors forever at the end of service on Sunday, March 10.
This segment was made possible by KCRW's Independent Producer Program.
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This is a nice team. I have a few things, though. -Change Dark Pulse to Hidden Power [Ice] on Ninetales, and consider Will-O-Wisp in place of Confuse Ray. Dark Pulse handles Ghost types, but HP Ice let's Ninetales go against Dragon types such as Salamence and Dragonite, something Ninetales has more struggle with. It also gives Ninetales more coverage. WoW helps Ninetales make up for its lacking defenses, as it lowers the foes Atk. Though, if that doesn't bother you, Confuse Ray works fine. -Growth > Sludge Bomb on Venusaur. Sludge Bomb is STAB, though it has very poor coverage; HP Fire can cover the Grass types Venusaur can't touch with Giga Drain. Also, it lets Venusaur set up with +2 in Sun. Also, if you are having trouble with Heatran (which you will most likely have) You can consider Earthquake > Synthesis. You have Giga Drain and Black Sludge, your HP gain won't be that much of an issue, as no other moves can handle Heatran (par it doesn't hold Air Balloon, whereas you just switch out.) -There is also an obvious weakness to Ice types in your team, I suggest Jirachi > Salamence for that reason, so you have an easier time checking those pesky dragons. Here is the set I recommend: Jirachi @ Leftovers Trait: Serene Grace EVs: 224 SDef / 252 HP / 32 Spd Careful Nature - Body Slam - Iron Head - Wish - U-turn This set is also good for healing your teammates, as well as deal with any Ice type encounters. Jirachi can also go against Dragon types, which your team has trouble facing as well, and potentially paralyze it with Body Slam. The EV's could go to speed if you wish to have that Iron Head flinch effect. -Also, this leaves your team without a Scarfer, which is vital for any OU team. I suggest Choice Scarf Infernape. It has the power, and that extra speed can outspeed Celebi, Starmie, and tie speed with Choice Scarf Keldeo, all of which bothers your team. . Good luck with the team! :)
Donphan in sun is really good. I wouldn't run max attack evs though because he is still netting 2HKOs on most dragons regardless. donphan@ leftovers sturdy 252 HP 76 attack 182 def stealth rock ice shard earthquake rapid spin This will help with keeping him alive and those 1v1s against gliscor(with no toxic) as well. I would also try a scarf set for ape because you don't have a revenge killer. Also try out this victreebell set over saur. @leftovers/life orb chlorophyll sleep powder/substitute/growth giga drain/leaf blade/solar beam weather ball hidden power ice/sucker punch A lot of options here. Without three attacks its walled by a lot of things but you could go with sleep powder and growth late game to guarantee a boost.


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Easy question. I got some AD700's, and they sound amazing for gaming, but I just cant get comfortable in them. I love the headband, but the pads are just too big and hot. I have tried a few padding mods and they just arent really working for me, any ideas? I really like my UR-40's from a comfort perspective, for reference. I have worn some ATH-M50's and the headband killed my head, I really do like the headband on the 700's.
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AD900 (pads are more comfortable)
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Ouch. Thanks for the suggestions but I probably should have said, looking to stay around the same price as the 700's.
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Quote:Originally Posted by FinalJenembaEasy question. I got some AD700's, and they sound amazing for gaming, but I just cant get comfortable in them. I love the headband, but the pads are just too big and hot. I have tried a few padding mods and they just arent really working for me, any ideas? I really like my UR-40's from a comfort perspective, for reference. I have worn some ATH-M50's and the headband killed my head, I really do like the headband on the 700's.
AKG 701.I have the AD500 and the K701. The AD500 is exactly like the AD700. I find both comfortable. But I find the K701's feel more solid on my head and I don't even notice the bumps (some people do, dunno how, maybe if you're bald). Huge sound stage. Great sound. The pads are well formed, fine, firm, and velour padded. Less hot than the velvet stuff on the AD500/700. Check 'em.
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I also have really enjoyed my Jump to AKG from my Audio Technica AD700. I just bought a pair of Q701s. They really do solve any lingering comfort problems I had with the AD700; though those were pretty comfortable and light, especially more comfortable now that my earpads are well broken in so the bottom edge doesn't press more on my jaw than evenly around my ear, my the Q701 actually rests on my head with my ear not being pressed down by any part of the pad. The Q701 is truly circumaural. It is also more even through the frequencies. The only thing is that it's still just about as warm as the AD700s... Probably can't do any better with any headphone than these two thermally, so just remember that it's summer and give your ears and headphones a few minutes of break every hour. You don't want to damage your hearing anyway.
The Q701 was about twice the price of the AD700, there's no denying that the AD700 is a great value, but the upgrade has been worth it to me. The comfort and SQ quality increase is noticable, but not 2x as good. For me, however, it reached a level where every checkbox on my list (besides "good for train/Airplane commute") is checked. I dont make much money, but I simply saved up for a month. In your case, if you don't think spending 2-3x as much money is worth it, then perhaps consider a model lower on AKG's full-size lineup like the k240 series (K240MKII comes w/ spare cable & 2 earpad types) or a Beyerdynamic 770. The general consensus from what I read when I bought my AD700 was that it and the Beyer's were the kings of fit comfort.
Knowing what I do now and if I wanted a "first high-quality headphone," I would get an AKG 240 MKII. It's semi-open, so it'll leak less sound as a bonus compared to your AD700, while still sounding quite airy. It also doesn't require a dedicated amp, though it would benefit from one if you want to upgrade your sound in the future. So many producers mixed their albums using these headphones and their predecessors that you're going to hear what you were intended to hear. The only possible downside is, frequency wise, it has a bit of a bass boost from neutral - nothing extreme, but at max +9 Db which I find is the limit before bass starts getting muddy and overpowering. You may actually really enjoy the fuller sound in contrast to the AD700.Return HomeBack to Forum: Headphones (full-size)- Similar to the AD700's but more comfortable?
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Getty ImagesPeople have been worrying for a long time about mixing business and pleasure on Facebook. Much of the conversation centers around how much of their personal lives people want to reveal to colleagues and bosses. But lately I've been interested in the flip side of this. How and how much should people talk about their businesses, their work, or their causes on Facebook or other social networking sites?
The answer depends on how interesting your work, your business and your causes are to your friends. If what you post is interesting or useful, your friends will view you as a trusted source, someone they turn to for inside information, much like a personal news service. But if it's all self-promotional blather, your friends will vote with their mice by either silencing you (using the handy Facebook "hide" feature), or worse, hitting the "unfriend" button on the bottom left of the page.
It's one thing to see friends promoting their own interests, but now companies are paying people with large social networks to tout their brands on Twitter.
One of the reasons I hang out on Facebook and Twitter is to learn about the cool things my friends post about their work. And if a friend has a business, I expect to see occasional news or plugs for the business as well. The key is the occasional part, unless it's a business I want or need information about on a regular basis, like Van Leeuwen, an artisan ice cream truck that posts its whereabouts on its Twitter page. If the friend is posting only posts relating to a business or cause, then it's probably time to start a fan page. But when my friends start renting themselves out to corporate sponsors, that's when I'll be rushing right to the unfriend button.
What's your take? Do you like learning about your friends businesses, causes, and working lives online or do you find that you're tuning out more than listening? And what's your view about people tweeting for hire?
Facebook: Are your friends trusted sources or naggy noisemakers?
By Marci Alboher, Working the New Economy | Work + Money – Tue, Nov 24, 2009 12:16 AM ESTMOST POPULAR
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Hey Rick,
We stopped at the Log Cabine store for a few supplies while we were there. The fishing was poor to say the least. We only kept 6 Northerns for diner because the rest were too small. I think next year we will stay north of the bridge somewhere because the fishing seemed better than in the south part of the lake and the long run up there is a killer when it's cold. Any suggestions where to stay in the north part of the lake?