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1Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is so lucky. She has the looks, the talent and a good figure. If I weren't her fan, I'd be so jealous of her! She's sweet, sassy, hip and edgy all at the same time. I love you Taylor Swift!
She is TAYLOR SWIFT. Her songs are marvelous like all the tunes and the way she writes the lyrics is like writing her own novel. Her songs are the bestsellers.
she is not hot, she is extreme hot and cute too
she is more hot then carrie under wood
she is more hot then carrie under wood
[Newest]Overrated and not country. Why is she here?
2Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood is by far my favorite country singer! She's beautiful, talented, and her music videos are awesome! I was so excited to see her in concert (even though I was far away) and hopefully I'll one day meet her! I don't see why she isn't #1 here... Plus she has the best legs!
She is much more beautiful than Taylor Swift. While Taylor is still great, Carrie Underwood exudes natural beauty. Her voice is amazing, and through all the fame, she still seems like any other regular person you would see on the street.
Beautiful lady inside and out. Voted by NY Blondes.com staff as the hottest blonde in 2011. Country Weekly-country fans voted Carrie as the most beautiful woman in country. Taylor came in 7th after Teri Clark.
3Shania Twain
Never get tired of hearing that voice. Has A beauty that is timeless and a talent that has and will rarely be bettered. Country or cross-over, #one in my book.
The only one with cleavage that men die for. Swift has some maturing to do and then she will be O.K. - Carrie has the face.
The hottest, most seductive female singer, period.
[Newest]Shania Twain is the lovest woman alive in my eyes.
4Tammie Davis
Way to go Tammie, glad to see you climbing the ladder to success. You are a wonderful and talented person... Also I Love your music--Keep up the great work... Love you...
Tammie is a beautiful person (inside and out) who is a great singer. Has been a pleasure meeting her and listening to her music. Hope to see and hear more.
Still holding #3 Tammie and the percentage is rising---Way to go---Love your music... OK
5Martina McBride
Marina McBride gots a good voice
6Faith Hill
Yeah lets see those youngsters on the list look as hot as Faith when they get in their 40's. Her Angelic face is timeless. She is hotter than 98% of any woman in their 20's
Twice the age of Taylor Swift, had 3 kids, and still hot.
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7Kellie Pickler
I love the song Red High Heels
8Julianne Hough
Her lovely looks makes me wants to kiss her and drives me crazy
9Miranda Lambert
One little Pistol right here. Fun, gorgeous, stunning, perfect. She is a hunter and don't take nothing from No one.
Miranda is my idol! I love her so much. I totally agree with you!
The hottest female country singer on the planet.
10Jessie James
A young, new, hot, awesome country girl. She just got married! Loves making new songs and she is so beautiful and tan.
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11Julie Roberts
12Danielle Bradbery
She is so beautiful. Won The Voice. She is a new country singer! She is only 16! But she is so gorgeous.!
Oh my god she is sooo pretty I seriously got so mad when I saw her on the list of artists that are going to ruin the music industry. She is also very sweet and wise beyond her years.
Her heart is the heart of dixie
13Gretchen Wilson
14Jennifer Nettles
Listen to 'Run' and/or 'Tonight' and tell me Jennifer doesn't have a mesmerizing and powerful voice. She is unbelieveable.
15Kimberly Perry
16Leann Rimes
17Emmylou Harris
She has two beauty sides -moon hair and black hair the one that no others have.
She has amazing voice.
She has done duets and trio.
She paired with Dolly parton, Linda Ronstadt, gram parsons and don williams.
She still hot as young
She has amazing voice.
She has done duets and trio.
She paired with Dolly parton, Linda Ronstadt, gram parsons and don williams.
She still hot as young
18Ashton Shepherd
19Dolly Parton
20Danielle Peck
22Candy Coburn
23Lauren Alaina
24Sasha Pieterse
She is in Pretty Little Liars as Alison the 1 who is dead. She sings the song 'This Country Is Badass'. She loves Country music because she grew up listening to it!
25Linda Ronstadt
26Holly Williams
27Cassadee Pope
28Jessica Simpson
29Trisha Yearwood
30Morgan Frazier
She is mostly known for making the song 'Yellow Brick Road'. She is a real gorgeous blonde. Has an amazing voice. Came to Country Stampede 2013!
31Ashley Monroe
She is a pistol too. She is best friends with Miranda & the are in the Pistol Annies! She is really sweet and has a calm soothing voice. She sang 'Like A Rose'.
32Lucy Hale
She is in Pretty Little Liars as Aria Montgomery! She just started making Country music. But her songs are really good and she's amazing and talented!
33Kristen Kelly
Gorgeous. She is funny and not afraid to show her crazy fun side! Her #1 hit is 'Ex Old Man'.
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The best way to handle little miss tink is to listen or ignore, period. Whether you're appealed by his/his story or have strong modesty/opposition, you're nothing but planet orbiting his enchanted sun. The best ya'll can do is to keep it cute and slurping your juice
I honestly think some members are just jealous, anyway.
That in fact is one of the few admissible reactions in threads like this. Everything can be filed under encouragement/love, undisguised happy jealousy (the "you lucky dog!" response), and disguised jealousy and/or hatred. Either you're on board with the love coming my way, or else seeing all the love coming my way makes you seethe with jealousy, and then you haters start hating.
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It's a beautiful thing, when you really think about it.
MOVING IMAGE: A green-skinned, side-winged gargoyle takes a few very deep bows, and hold his hands up to his face attempting to hold back tears of emotion as a huge audience springs to its feet, cheering loudly, demanding more, and throwing roses, hotel keys and underwear onto the stage.
So is this just going to devolve into a discussion about JUBber's asses?
...I'm OK with that.
MOVING IMAGE: A green-skinned, side-winged gargoyle looks knowingly over his shoulder at the viewer as he slowly unbuckles his belt.
Good grief, page 3 ???
Can't we each just use a scale of 1 – 10 to answer the damned question and be done with it?
I just think he's operating with a different set of ideas of what mean is, and I think this is a great place for someone to work it out.
What a man with wisdom and age considers wise advice is often considered raining on one's parade to other less evolved younger men. In youth there is an innocence of dreaming. To WANT a thing so badly that to interfere with the mental fantasy, often the only place where a fresh out of the closet kid has allowed himself to accept his sexuality, is considered cruelty.
The problem here is that to most people, giving honest feedback is a kindness. But there are people, and kids always go through it, that think if you are their friend, you will support their goals, no matter how unrealistic, just because it means something to them.
me hitting my prof, spread legs to haterz and bye bitches? No way! So not my value
but if he doing that
I just drink it and ask...what's next?
What about that moving image LMAOMOVING IMAGE: A green-skinned, side-winged gargoyle takes a few very deep bows, and hold his hands up to his face attempting to hold back tears of emotion as a huge audience springs to its feet, cheering loudly, demanding more, and throwing roses, hotel keys and underwear onto the stage.
This whole thing makes me reminisce a bit...
I did have a huge crush on one of my college professors during my senior year. He was a very intelligent "older" guy (maybe early fifties), very hot in an average guy, bookworm sort of way. I had several of his classes. It took ALL I had in me to keep from sending him a suggestive e-mail, or asking to meet him during his "office hours" so I could tell him how I felt.
Alas, he was straight (problem one), married (huge problem number 2), and my professor (and one I had to spend a lot of time with, because he taught a lot of upper-level classes in my major)...so it never happened. I knew better than to even go there.
Sure as hell didn't stop me from jerking off to him a couple times a week after class.
Some things are best left a fantasy. Use your imagination and use it well.
Not preaching to anyone--just felt like sharing.
ugh... what I would have given just to have had him bend my legs back and pound me into next week!
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Chicken Guy, if I can drop trou and put my ass on display, so can you. Get on it.
What - you're gonna make me do this all by feel?
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I would show mine but it has a 1944 period world map on it and you could figure out my age. (Credit to Telstra)
Well, at least I won't finish early.
Is there a there a thread for jubbers' butts? I might.
Inspired - but too tired.
Pfft -
Y'all are all talk and no action.
No one can ever see enough of your ass.
Alabaster beauty, masculine, with a hint of intriguing boldness. The kind of ass a man sees once and refers to mentally when thinking of "THE" perfect ass.
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You know... the truth is, there are very few asses I have seen that in some way haven't been either amuzing or enjoyable. Yours is one of the VERY enjoyable.... From a Butt Pirate's perspective.
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Simon Cowell Comments on American Idol Performancesby Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Simon Cowell was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly following last Tuesday night's performances. Here's some of what our favorite judge had to say:
How do you feel the show is going this season?
It's interesting. I think the audience are much more savvy than I've seen them in previous years, and much less forgiving, which I'm happy about. I've got a feeling this year something strange could happen, particularly after what happened with David Cook last night. Because, I've got to tell you, watching it back, this performance he did on "Billie Jean," in my opinion, was in a different league to anything we've heard on the season so far.
Chin up, David Cook. Simon Cowell thinks you're the one to beat. So do we.
It was so much better, [chuckles] he kind of made some of the other performances seem ridiculous. But I'm glad! He was smart — I know where he got the arrangement of the song from, but that doesn't really matter. He was brilliant! And I was concerned three or four weeks ago that this was just going to be a coronation for David Archuleta and it's just a question of who comes [in] second. I'm not so sure anymore.
And, you know, with Jason Castro last night — there's a guy who thinks he's just sailing along, and I thought it was a bad performance. You give somebody like him a kick up the ass, let's see what he can deliver now. But I thought it was, um, an interesting night last night.
To be sure. Some very odd song choices.
And very clever song choices. That "God Bless the U.S.A." [sung by Kristy Lee Cook] — smart girl. Gotta tell you [laughing] when your back's against the wall, she knew what she was doing. I thought that was very smart. I'll be amazed if she gets booted out on the back of that [song].
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Four days after nabbing two Golden Globe awards, Kate Winslet picked up a pair of nominations from the British Academy Film Awards — except this time she's up against herself.The BAFTAs — the British equivalent of the Oscars — nominated Winslet twice in lead actress for her work in Revolutionary Road and The Reader. At the Globes, she won in lead for Road and supporting for The Reader. Facing off against a double dose of Winslet are Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Meryl Streep (Doubt) and Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long).Not to be outdone by Winslet, Brad Pitt snatched two nods as well — one in lead for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and one in supporting for the Coen Brothers' Burn After Reading.Button and Oscar frontrunner Slumdog Millionaire lead the field with 11 nominations each, including best film and best director for both (David Fincher for the former; Danny Boyle, the latter).The films will vie for picture honors against Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader. Fincher and Boyle are shortlisted alongside Clint Eastwood (Changeling), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) and Stephen Daldry (The Reader).Pitt's lead actor competition includes 18-year-old Slumdog star Dev Patel, Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk) and Globe champ Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler).In supporting actor, Pitt will go up against Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) and Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight). The Dark Knight received nine nominations, most of which are in the technical categories.With Winslet not in the supporting actress race, that paved the way for heretofore unseen Freida Pinto (Slumdog) to join in on the award mentions. She's up against Doubt's Amy Adams, Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) and last year's champ Tilda Swinton (Burn After Reading).Winners will be announced Feb. 8. For a complete list of nominations, click here.
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This is an excellent location near the Redondo Beach pier and marinas. The pier is about a 5 minute walk. The strand towards Hermosa is about a 10-15 minute walk. There's a number of restaurants within walking distance. There's also a shopping plaza with a Whole Foods right up the road. The rooms are very comfortable and quiet. This was my first time at this location and probably won't be my last.
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Does this mean that home values nationwide have hit a floor? Well as much as many of us would like to think so it may not be the case. Foreclosures started to pick up again and the lack of jobs and improvements in the economy simply are not supporting the idea of a recovery right now.
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For anyone who's ever seen an emergency services vehicle speed past them and wondered what it's like to be on board during a 'blue light run', I can say from personal experience that it's exciting, exhilarating and a little scary all in equal measure. It's something that few people will ever get to experience and even though I participate in them on a weekly basis, the thrill has not yet gone.
I still remember well my first blue light run. I was one a training attachment and had been driving about with two tutor constables and some other student officers in a seven seater van.
We were driving around the Broadway when a call came in to say that someone might be under attack in Leamore. Other units called up but were making from some distance so our tutors called up, stabbed at the central console to activate the lights, stamped on the accelerator and suddenly I was making towards my first 'immediate'.
It's hard to describe how exciting this was after having waited over two and half years to join the job to find myself sitting below a blaring siren and being thrown around the back of the van, trying my best to avoid the various bags and equipment that were cascading down upon us from the racks. Looking out the tainted windows I could see the traffic ahead of us part like the Red Sea and pedestrians stopping to watch us screaming past and off into the distance.
Whilst blue light runs are fun – and they can be – they also come with a certain level of risk and can prompt some very odd behaviour in other drivers. Officers undertake a strict three week course before they are qualified to drive beyond the speed limits and are taught how to anticipate hazards before they pose a danger.
Driving at speed is only ever authorised when it is judged that there may be serious consequences in delaying police arrival at an incident and even when this is the case, all possible steps are taken to mitigate the potential risks to other road users and pedestrians.
If you hear sirens when you are driving, my advice would be first of all to stay alert and do your best to identify where the vehicle is coming from. If you notice it in your rear view mirror and you are still driving, please pull over, indicating as you do so, and allow it room to pass.
I've seen many vehicles pulling aside to let us pass but inadvertently come to a stop opposite a traffic island etc meaning that we've not been left with sufficient room to squeeze through so please bare this in mind.
Some of the trickiest blue light runs are those through rush hour traffic and any officer will appreciate that it can be nearly impossible to know where to go if you're stuck in a line of traffic at a set of lights with a police car trying to get through behind you.
Try your best where it is safe to do so to give us space and always bare in mind that once one emergency services vehicle has passed, there may well be a second following so please stay alert for this.
There's certainly no reason to panic if you see flashing lights approaching and we'd not want motorists to take unnecessary or dangerous steps to clear a path, only those that are sensible given the circumstances.
As ever feedback is appreciated and the first person to post as a reply the correct name of the artist and song title from this blog's title will receive an approving nod from myself.
P.S. There's a great video about how to respond when an emergency services vehicle is coming through called Blue Light Aware, please check it out here.


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I do have some serious things to say about ALTA 2011, which took place in Kansas City last week, but I'm trying to power through a few big things here before the Thanksgiving vacation, so I'm probably going to reserve those legit posts for next week. Instead, let's talk about riding a mechanical bull.
Kansas City is a fun place that is filled with bar-be-que, concealed weapons, and mechanical bulls. To celebrate this fine heritage, I thought it would be fun if a big group of translators went down to PBR Big Sky (the PBR stands for "Professional Bull Riding," FYI) to ride a mechanical bull and
shoot bullets into the sky try on cowboy hats.
To make this more interesting, I thought this could be the first of the "Feats of Translators" series here at Open Letter Books. See, rather than spending all this time reading and evaluating books, I think we should institute a new editorial policy whereby certain books are published based on which translators win particular contests. Like, you know, a scavenger hunt, or a Words With Friends tournament, or bull riding . . .
Based on the enticing possibility of having a book published by Open Letter, about
100 9 of us went to PBR and rode that bull. Actually, all of us rode the bull except for Scott Esposito, who decided that he wasn't "manly" enough. (Which is maybe why he overcompensates at the beginning of this video by yelling "F*&^ you, Chad Post!" Some people . . . )
There are videos of all the riders, but I thought I'd just post mine since I decided that I won. (Our "timekeeping" sort of malfunctioned, so I win by default of having gone first. Publisher's rules!)
Enjoy. And yes, "Wild Thing."
Reading a genre book—whether fantasy, science fiction, crime, thriller, etc.—which begins to seem excessively, stereotypically bad, I have to make sure to ask myself: is this parodying the flaws of the genre? Usually, this questioning takes its time coming. In. . .
The Sicilian Mafia has always been a rich subject for sensational crime fiction. The Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos worked the mob's bloody corpses and family feuds to both entertainment and artistic value. Giuseppe di Piazza's debut novel attempts this,. . .
Antoine Volodine's vast project (40 plus novels) of what he calls the post-exotic remains mostly untranslated, so for many of us, understanding it remains touched with mystery, whispers from those "who know," and guesswork. That's not to say that, were. . .
It hasn't quite neared the pitch of the waiting-in-line-at-midnight Harry Potter days, but in small bookstores and reading circles of New York City, an aura has attended the novelist Elena Ferrante and her works. One part curiosity (Who is she?),. . .
From the late 1940s to the early 1950s, Egypt was going through a period of transition. The country's people were growing unhappy with the corruption of power in the government, which had been under British rule for decades. The Egyptians'. . .
Miruna is a novella written in the voice of an adult who remembers the summer he (then, seven) and his sister, Miruna (then, six) spent in the Evil Vale with their grandfather (sometimes referred to as "Grandfather," other times as. . .
Kamal Jann by the Lebanese born author Dominique Eddé is a tale of familial and political intrigue, a murky stew of byzantine alliances, betrayals, and hostilities. It is a well-told story of revenge and, what's more, a serious novel that. . .
While looking back at an episode in his life, twenty-year-old Taguchi Hiro remembers what his friend Kumamoto Akira said about poetry.
Its perfection arises precisely from its imperfection . . . . I have an image in my head. I see. . .
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Spoiler alert: acclaimed writer Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte kill themselves at the end of Lauren Seksik's 2010 novel, The Last Days.
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Joy, determination and despair. If you had to choose three words to describe the first test of the 2013 MotoGP season, these are the words you would choose. Joy: for Valentino Rossi and his crew at finally having a bike that Rossi can ride and his team understand how to work with; for HRC, at seeing both their hopes and their expectations of Marc Marquez' ability confirmed; for Bradley Smith and Michael Laverty, at making such rapid progress on their early days in the class.
Determination: for Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, both working hard at preparing for their assault at a title, which either could win. For Marc Marquez, focused on learning everything he can to add the consistency he needs to his raw speed, if he is to match Pedrosa and Lorenzo.
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EAU CLAIRE In order to forge a stronger link with businesses in the region, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has appointed a veteran member of the College of Business staff to serve as a regional liaison for work force development.
Fred Waedt, senior lecturer in accounting and finance and former assistant dean of executive and professional programs for the College of Business, will work directly with regional employers to promote the university's educational services such as credit courses, faculty research and internships.
"Fred's appointment as work force development liaison is part of our attempt to be more responsive and interactive with businesses in the region," Chancellor Donald Mash said.
Waedt said he will work to connect the university's expertise with the local business community, something he has 20 years of experience doing. For example, he is currently helping a local company that is looking for specific training in the area of project management.
"We have a lot of resources at this university credit and noncredit courses, research, applied research and faculty experts and I will be helping local businesses connect with what they need related to education," he said.
Waedt's new role goes hand in hand with his current role as a teacher and as the coordinator for the National Technological University community site. NTU is a consortium of more than 50 universities that offer master's-level and noncredit courses via satellite communication. Master's-level courses and noncredit courses are offered to managers, engineers and technical professionals around the Chippewa Valley. UW-Eau Claire is a receive site for NTU's offerings.
Before the NTU collaboration the closest locations where people in the Chippewa Valley could enroll in engineering courses were the University of Minnesota or UW-Madison. As NTU coordinator, Waedt works with area employers to provide NTU courses and programs and serves on the NTU coordinating committee with members from Xerox, Hewlett Packard, UW-Madison, IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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by TimAdams | June 1, 2005 4:15 PM
Direct from SCOTTeVEST (if you haven't seen it already): After watching the iPod silhouette commercial, we decided to have some fun and spoof it with our own commercial. You'll notice that once the dancer puts on his SCOTTEVEST, he can enjoy his iPod without a carethe beauty of Technology Enabled Clothing®. Remember: Don't Trip Get Wired! You can check out SeV's iPod spoof here. And while you are there, be sure to check out their Father's Day sale. Some great prices on great products.
by TimAdams | May 27, 2005 7:18 PM
I was the proud owner of an Olympus m:robe 100 for just under two weeks. And while it was fun, I've returned the unit and gone to an iPod instead. Why the change? Well, while the stylings of the m:robe 100 were fantastic, there really wasn't any support to be had - even from Olympus. I had more problems than I could count in such a short period of time (anything from their software not reporting the correct size, or the volume being extremely low, to losing all the songs (causing a unit replacement), to songs not transferring on the replacement unit that were on the first unit. Not to ...
by TimAdams | May 18, 2005 12:30 PM
From Astraware: Super Wild Wild Words is a Western-themed mix of word search and hangman, based on the popular PC and online game from GameHouse. The game has two modes of play: Normal and Bonus where players aim to earn Sheriff's badges to guess a letter from the hangman word. Additional power pieces include Free Guess Keys, Gold and First Aid blocks. Super Wild Wild Words is available for Palm OS® and Windows Mobile for Pocket PC. If you are a fan of Bookworm or Wordpop, you'll get a real kick out of this twist on hangman.
by TimAdams | May 13, 2005 7:42 PM
From the folks at iriver: MILPITAS, Calif. May 10, 2005 iriver, the leading innovator in digital entertainment, today announced three additions to the award-winning portable music H10 series. Whether storing an entire music collection or providing rugged durability at the gym, the iriver H10 family has a player to accommodate. Player navigation, color display, photo viewing, FM tuner, voice recording and touch strip control are consistent experiences across the family, which comes in 20GB*, 6GB, 5GB and 1GB capacities. The stylish new players come in a variety of modern colors and ...
by TimAdams | May 10, 2005 3:00 PM
For those of you that might have missed it, On the Media ran an interesting segment on the supposed broadband gap in the US. You can listen to the segment here (RealPlayer stream - transcript is supposed to be up sometime today). Is this what is causing the US to float behind in the realm of digital convergance? I have my own thoughts on why this happened (deals with two large organization ending with AA). But we would like to hear your thoughts.
by TimAdams | May 3, 2005 12:33 AM
Engadget has part 1 of their recent Bill Gates interview up here. While there aren't any major secrets revealed here, he does give some insight into the future of the XBox and Windows Mobile. My favorite bit: With phones over time you won't have to think, okay the trade-ups are just to make this a business device or just to consumer device. And some of the really interesting stuff, like where you take a photo and it recognizes that that's a sign you want translated or that's an address you want to see a map related to, or it's an expense report so you just OCR it and get it into expense ...
by TimAdams | April 28, 2005 1:39 PM
It's been a busy couple of weeks in the Pocket PC world. Here's the short list of recently updated software that I'm currently using: Dell X50v ROM A03 Update I've been using this new update for about a week with no problems at all. I took the easy route and backed up all my data first and restored after the ROM upgrade. SOTI Pocket Controller 5.1 We use this application to take the majority of our review screenshots. WisBar Advance 188.8.131.52 One of the best (if not the best) taskbar replacement/skinning applications. Our review is here. Resco Photo Viewer 5.3 A great photo viewing ...
by TimAdams | April 21, 2005 12:51 PM
Koyono has recently released their new BlackCoat TX on the world, and in honor of those early adopters out there, they've got a fantastic sale going on for this new line. At $13 for the tank top and $17 for the short sleeve, that's a savings of over 50%! From the site: The BlackCoat-Tx solves the problem of where to put your stuff while active. The Tx is more form fitting than the original BlackCoat-T for a true athletic feel. This also helps to keep those gadgets close to you when you are on the move. One of the most exciting new features of the BlackCoat-Tx is its construction. Made from ...
by TimAdams | April 16, 2005 4:55 PM
eEye Digital Security has a free WiFi Scanner for PCs and PPCs available here (registration required). It seems to work fairly on my Dell X50v, detecting the network at my house. But I don't live in a heavy WiFi area (so some driving will needed to test further). It even has a "blute" (brute?) forcing crack (which I will try a little later). If you have a chance to try it out on your WiFi-enabled device, let us know what you think!
by TimAdams | April 12, 2005 10:50 AM
Google has taken their Local Beta one step further by combining it with their new Map Beta and THEN smashing all that data down so you can have it easily on the go. Behold Mobile Local. After a couple of quick tests, I was easily able to bring up searches on my X50v and, surprisingly, my V710 cellphone with no trouble at all. And while the map isn't as interactive as the existing Map Beta, it certainly is more than useable. Try it out for yourself and let us know what you think!
by TimAdams | March 14, 2005 3:17 PM
Scott at SCOTTeVEST has gone live with their new March deals. One deal in particular, the Hidden Cargo Pants, has certainly caught my eye: $59.99 per pair (any color, including the new black). That's a savings of over 50%. You can find the full newsletter here, and a review of the Hidden Cargo Pants here. This is a limited time offer, so get them while you can!
by TimAdams | March 14, 2005 2:08 PM
New Orleans, CTIA Wireless Show, March 14, 2005 - gate5, Socket Communications (Nasdaq: SCKT) and Tele Atlas today announce a partnership to provide a complete mobile navigation solution to US consumers. The partnership is key to gate5's launch of smart2go Mobile Navigator, an affordable, high performance GPS-driven navigation system for smartphones and PDAs that separates itself from the competition by providing functionality inside and outside of the car. The partnership will also bring useful city content to help consumers choose where they want to go. "With Socket, gate5 is able to ...
by TimAdams | March 14, 2005 8:03 AM
From our friends at PDAmill: Get ready to ogle and be boggled! PDAmill, the leading PDA game developer in cooperation with eSoft Interactive is bringing you their latest casual gaming title: SPOT! Now you can test your eye for detail with SPOT!, a crazily fun puzzle game that can leave you wanting for more! SPOT! takes your usual "spot the difference" game to a brand new level. Features: - Play hundreds of puzzles and more available as free download - Random puzzles - you''ll never play the same game twice - Three challenging game modes - Create multiple profiles, play and compete with ...
by TimAdams | March 9, 2005 3:00 PM
The folks at rebron.org have posted a couple of tasty shots of MiniMo running on a couple of portable devices. Personally, I know of at least one major developer who is helping with this project in his spare time (Thanks Alex!) and I'm sure there are others. Would you run MiniMo if you could? Share your thoughts via the Discussion link.
by TimAdams | February 28, 2005 3:01 PM
With today's recent news on California's Secretary of State and his recent PDA loss, I thought it might be interesting to poll the masses and see what sort of data protection that you use in case of a potential total loss. Backups, of course, are a must, but do you keep your sensitive data protected? Personally, I don't store anything on my PDA that I couldn't handle losing. Share your thoughts via the Discussion link below.


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THE Victoria Racing Club has taken a swipe at the AFL and Cricket Victoria amid fears its $500 million Spring Carnival will be jeopardised by the AFL's decision to stage next year's grand final in October.
While the AFL said it was still in discussions with the VRC and Cricket Australia, it appears almost certain the sport's biggest day will be pushed back a week next year to accommodate the inclusion of its 17th team, the Gold Coast.
The 22-round home-and-away season will he staged over an extra week - 24 - plus finals, with teams having two byes.
The season cannot start a week earlier than the slated Thursday, March 24 because the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney Cricket Ground and Brisbane's Gabba are contractually bound a week earlier to host the Sheffield Shield final should those states finish on top of the ladder.
The grand final, therefore, will be held on Saturday October 1, clashing with the VRC's Turnbull Stakes, the first major meet of the Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington.
VRC chief executive Dale Monteith told BackPageLead on Tuesday night that he was outraged by the plan and said it would impact Victoria in several ways.
"In case Victoria finish on top of the Sheffield Shield table, they require the MCG for the Shield final, which seems crazy to me but I am only a racing club executive," he said.
"From my perspective, the outcome of a grand final on the first Saturday of October would be a very disappointing result not only for racing but for Victoria in general.
"It goes beyond Turnbull Stakes day. That week's space we always have between the grand final and Turnbull Stakes day, it's really when the media get the chance to turn to racing.
"Well, we'll lose that free space now and so effectively the Spring Carnival will lose a week's free publicity and promotion. It has the potential to impact the results for the 2011 carnival.
"Last year and previous year's, the carnival delivered in excess of $500 million in economic benefits to Victoria.
"You don't think the government would be interested in that result as well?"
Monteith said he had recently tried to express his concerns to Victorian Racing Minister, Rob Hulls.
"I spoke to the Racing Minister's advisor and alerted them to the problem a week or so ago and haven't heard anything back," he said.
"The sports minister, the racing minister and the Premier would have to be concerned about the potential ramifications of this and the clogging up of the sporting calendar in Melbourne and the established events that have always worked well together."
Monteith said CV chief executive Tony Dodemaide had outlined why he wanted cricket's contract with the MCC to be upheld.
"Of course, remember, if they (Victoria) don't top the table, of course they won't be using the MCG," Monteith said.
"So that seems crazy that that could eventually happen with the rest of the season set in concrete even though the MCG isn't being used on the 15th of March."
CV staged this year's Shield final, which was played before a sparse crowd. Host broadcaster Fox Sports also didn't appear to be too excited by the clash with Queensland, giving viewers the "red button" choice on one channel of watching it or Australia's Test against New Zealand.
The AFL and CV each have six months use of the MCG. The MCC told BackPageLead in March it would only intervene if asked to by the AFL and CV.
AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said the league remained in discussions with Cricket Australia but "it was not expected the start of the season would be brought forward by one week".
McLachlan said the AFL did not wish to start the season without the use of three key venues, as Gold Coast Stadium at Carrara would also be unavailable in the early part of the season due to redevelopment work.
"We fully respect the commitments that Cricket Australia has in March and it was the AFL's view that it was not appropriate that we begin the season without the use of three key grounds, which are still required to be available for cricket at that time of the year," McLachlan said.
It remains to be seen whether the grand final will need to be held in October when the league's 18th franchise, Greater Western Sydney, joins in 2012.
McLachlan, however, suggested it could return to September.
"In 2012, when team GWS is set to join the competition as the 18th club, there will not be the requirement to schedule byes into the season and, as per this year, we will only require 23 weeks to play 22 rounds of matches," he said.
Monteith said if an October grand final became a "regular occurrence it would become a bad outcome for Victoria".
"I know the AFL is a national competition but the government would have to be concerned about anything that would impact the biggest event in town that is the Melbourne Cup carnival," he said.
BPL understands that despite Monteith's outrage, that the VRC will look to stage the Turnbull Stakes meeting on the Sunday in the hope that many of the interstate visitors in Melbourne for the football will attend the races the next day. Moonee Valley will also likely schedule a night meeting the night before the grand final.
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Dell has corralled several products and services into a new education initiative it's calling the "Next Generation Learning Platform." With a combination of applications and professional services, the Texas company is making a play to persuade school districts that it's the go-to source for helping schools sort out and reach their learning outcome and teaching goals.
According to Gartner education analyst Bill Rust, "A key challenge in the years ahead will be the integration and support of disparate information, instruction, and education service resources in a world of choice where students and staff are using quite personally owned or selected devices," he said in a statement. "School agencies should begin now to look for device and [operating system]-agnostic solutions that integrate and deliver resources to users regardless of what they are using to gain access."
Although the details of Dell's announcement are still forthcoming, one component of the new platform is Dell Education Data Management (EDM), a combination of software and processes for tapping into data sources such as student information systems to create a data warehouse for district analysis and reporting. Education Intelligence, which is part of EDM, is a set of services that delivers data through role-based dashboards, scorecards, and reports, with interfaces tailored for administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Another aspect of EDM is an Education Data Portal, a self-service site for users.
Dell is promoting free half-day workshops to district leaders and longitudinal data system specialists to help school systems perform a gap analysis to identify their data management maturity levels and map areas for improvement.
The company is also pushing its professional learning services, which it reported have been expanded to help districts develop customized learning programs that incorporate one-on-one instruction, coaching and modeling, and sharing sessions for teachers and administrators.
According to Dell, a services team in these engagements performs a needs assessment, and then develops a plan for the district to follow in using the results of data analysis to mold instructional practices undertaken in the classroom. The plan uses an approach adapted from standards established by Learning Forward, a membership organization focused specifically on professional development of educators. Once the plan is developed, the services team is available to work with the district in helping manage and monitor its scheduled rollout in schools.
A third aspect of Dell's newly reinvigorated focus on education is its desire to become a single source for a district's assistive systems, whether the technology comes from Dell or somebody else. Dell said it would facilitate a single purchase order for student assistive devices and provide a dedicated Dell person to oversee the outfitting of an assistive program from beginning to end. That includes on-site delivery with pre-staging of devices and software to make sure they work; availability of a training team to get students, parents, teachers, and school specialists up to speed; and a direct Dell support line.
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Breast is best
There is little doubt breast milk is the healthiest choice for babies.
Reports from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Surgeon General, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and many others all point to widespread benefits for baby, mother and society at large.
People who were exclusively breast-fed as infants are less likely to experience a host of ailments than their formula-fed counterparts, including ear infections, childhood leukemia, childhood obesity, allergies, diabetes and asthma.
Mothers who breast-feed for more than 12 months are at decreased risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and more.
There are economic effects, too. Mothers who favor breast-feeding over formula can save up to $1,500 a year, according to a report from the surgeon general. The United States could save $13 billion a year in health care costs if 90 percent of mothers breast-fed their babies exclusively for six months, according to a 2010 article in Pediatrics. The same practice would save more than 900 lives a year, mostly infants.
Pinette said there are several reasons why some mothers choose formula over breast milk.
Babies born prematurely may lack the ability to suckle, or they may be separated from their mothers during extended medical care. Older babies are generally extra hungry during growth spurts and can make mothers feel "like they don't get a moment's break," Pinette said.
Sleep is also a factor. Breast-feeding babies nurse every two to three hours, while formula-fed babies eat less often -- every four or five hours -- which can lead to longer periods of uninterrupted sleep.
Returning to work after maternity leave causes many mothers to switch to formula. Breast-feeding also can be embarrassing for some, Pinette said.
The early days of breastfeeding can be especially difficult. Latching can be painful for the mother. There's a possibility of infections, blisters and bites. Also, milk production doesn't begin in earnest for about five days after delivery, so dehydration and weight loss are common in newborns. Babies also may cry a lot during this period, which can drive some mothers to try formula, Pinette said.
"Breast-feeding takes tremendous emotional maturity and commitment by the mom," Pinette said. "If you get past the first six to eight weeks, most moms are really successful."
Maine seeks to build breastfeeding support, especially among low ...