text:
Second day of INSPIRE 2014 – open and linked data
19 June, 2014
Opening geodata is an interesting issue for INSPIRE directive. INSPIRE was set before the hype of Government 2.0 was growing and pressure on opening data became apparent, so it was not designed with these aspects in mind explicitly. Therefore the way in which the organisations that are implementing INSPIRE are dealing with the provision of open and linked data is bound to bring up interesting challenges.
Dealing with open and linked data was the topic that I followed on the second day of INSPIRE 2014 conference. The notes below are my interpretation of some of the talks.
Tina Svan Colding discussed the Danish attempt to estimate the value (mostly economically) of open geographic data. The study was done in collaboration with Deloitte, and they started with a change theory – expectations that they will see increase demands from existing customers and new ones. The next assumption is that there will be new products, companies and lower prices and then that will lead to efficiency and better decision making across the public and private sector, but also increase transparency to citizens. In short, trying to capture the monetary value with a bit on the side. They have used statistics, interviews with key people in the public and private sector and follow that with a wider survey – all with existing users of data. The number of users of their data increased from 800 users to over 10,000 within a year. The Danish system require users to register to get the data, so this are balk numbers, but they could also contacted them to ask further questions. The new users – many are citizens (66%) and NGO (3%). There are further 6% in the public sector which had access in principle in the past but the accessibility to the data made it more usable to new people in this sector. In the private sector, construction, utilities and many other companies are using the data. The environmental bodies are aiming to use data in new ways to make environmental consultation more engaging to audience (is this is another Deficit Model? assumption that people don't engage because it's difficult to access data?). Issues that people experienced are accessibility to users who don't know that they need to use GIS and other datasets. They also identified requests for further data release. In the public sector, 80% identified potential for saving with the data (though that is the type of expectation that they live within!).
Roope Tervo, from the Finish Meteorological Institute talked about the implementation of open data portal. Their methodology was very much with users in mind and is a nice example of user-centred data application. They hold a lot of data – from meteorological observations to air quality data (of course, it all depends on the role of the institute). They have chose to use WFS download data, with GML as the data format and coverage data in meteorological formats (e.g. grib). He showed that selection of data models (which can be all compatible with the legislation) can have very different outcomes in file size and complexity of parsing the information. Nice to see that they considered user needs – though not formally. They created an open source JavaScript library that make it is to use the data- so go beyond just releasing the data to how it is used. They have API keys that are based on registration. They had to limit the number of requests per day and the same for the view service. After a year, they have 5000 users, and 100,000 data downloads per day and they are increasing. Increasing slowly. They are considering how to help clients with complex data models.
Panagiotis Tziachris was exploring the clash between 'heavy duty' and complex INSPIRE standards and the usual light weight approaches that are common in Open Data portal (I think that he intended in the commercial sector that allow some reuse of data). This is a project of 13 Mediterranean regions in Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus and Malta. The HOMER project (website http://homerproject.eu/) used different mechanism, including using hackathons to share knowledge and experience between more experienced players and those that are new to the area. They found them to be a good way to share practical knowledge between partners. This is an interesting side of purposeful hackathon within a known people in a project and I think that it can be useful for other cases. Interestingly, from the legal side, they had to go beyond the usual documents that are provided in an EU consortium, and in order to allow partners to share information they created a memorandum of understanding for the partners as this is needed to deal with IP and similar issues. Also practices of open data – such as CKAN API which is a common one for open data websites were used. They noticed separation between central administration and local or regional administration – the competency of the more local organisations (municipality or region) is sometimes limited because knowledge is elsewhere (in central government) or they are in different stages of implementation and disagreements on releasing the data can arise. Antoehr issue is that open data is sometime provided at regional portals while another organisation at the national level (environment ministry or cadastre body) is the responsible to INSPIRE. The lack of capabilities at different governmental levels is adding to the challenges of setting open data systems. Sometime Open Data legislation are only about the final stage of the process and not abour how to get there, while INPIRE is all about the preparation, and not about the release of data – this also creates mismatching.
Adam Iwaniak discussed how "over-engineering" make the INSPIRE directive inoperable or relevant to users, on the basis of his experience in Poland. He asks "what are the user needs?" and demonstrated it by pointing that after half term of teaching students about the importance of metadata, when it came to actively searching for metadata in an assignment, the students didn't used any of the specialist portals but just Google. Based on this and similar experiences, he suggested the creation of a thesaurus that describe keywords and features in the products so it allows searching according to user needs. Of course, the implementation is more complex and therefore he suggests an approach that is working within the semantic web and use RDF definitions. By making the data searchable and index-able in search engines so they can be found. The core message was to adapt the delivery of information to the way the user is most likely to search it – so metadata is relevant when the producer make sure that a search in Google find it.
Jesus Estrada Vilegas from the SmartOpenData project http://www.smartopendata.eu/ discussed the implementation of some ideas that can work within INSPIRE context while providing open data. In particular, he discussed a Spanish and Portuguese data sharing. Within the project, they are providing access to the data by harmonizing the data and then making it linked data. Not all the data is open, and the focus of their pilot is in agroforestry land management. They are testing delivery of the data in both INSPIRE compliant formats and the internal organisation format to see which is more efficient and useful. INSPIRE is a good point to start developing linked data, but there is also a need to compare it to other ways of linked the data
Massimo Zotti talked about linked open data from earth observations in the context of business activities, since he's working in a company that provide software for data portals. He explored the business model of open data, INSPIRE and the Copernicus programme. From the data that come from earth observation, we can turn it into information – for example, identifying the part of the soil that get sealed and doesn't allow the water to be absorbed, or information about forest fires or floods etc. These are the bits of useful information that are needed for decision making. Once there is the information, it is possible to identify increase in land use or other aspects that can inform policy. However, we need to notice that when dealing with open data mean that a lot of work is put into bringing datasets together. The standarisation of data transfer and development of approaches that helps in machine-to-machine analysis are important for this aim. By fusing data they are becoming more useful and relevant to knowledge production process. A dashboard approach to display the information and the processing can help end users to access the linked data 'cloud'. Standarisation of data is very important to facilitate such automatic analysis, and also having standard ontologies is necessary. From my view, this is not a business model, but a typical one to the operations in the earth observations area where there is a lot of energy spend on justification that it can be useful and important to decision making – but lacking quantification of the effort that is required to go through the process and also the speed in which these can be achieved (will the answer come in time for the decision?). A member of the audience also raised the point that assumption of machine to machine automatic models that will produce valuable information all by themselves is questionable.
Maria Jose Vale talked about the Portuguese experience in delivering open data. The organisation that she works in deal with cadastre and land use information. She was also discussing on activities of the SmartOpenData project. She describe the principles of open data that they considered which are: data must be complete, primary, timely, accessible, processable; data formats must be well known, should be permanence and addressing properly usage costs. For good governance need to know the quality of the data and the reliability of delivery over time. So to have automatic ways for the data that will propagate to users is within these principles. The benefits of open data that she identified are mostly technical but also the economic values (and are mentioned many times – but you need evidence similar to the Danish case to prove it!). The issues or challenges of open data is how to deal with fuzzy data when releasing (my view: tell people that it need cleaning), safety is also important as there are both national and personal issues, financial sustainability for the producers of the data, rates of updates and addressing user and government needs properly. In a case study that she described, they looked at land use and land cover changes to assess changes in river use in a river watershed. They needed about 15 datasets for the analysis, and have used different information from CORINE land cover from different years. For example, they have seen change from forest that change to woodland because of fire. It does influence water quality too. Data interoperability and linking data allow the integrated modelling of the evolution of the watershed.
Francisco Lopez-Pelicer covered the Spanish experience and the PlanetData project http://www.planet-data.eu/ which look at large scale public data management. Specifically looking in a pilot on VGI and Linked data with a background on SDI and INSPIRE. There is big potential, but many GI producers don't do it yet. The issue is legacy GIS approaches such as WMS and WFS which are standards that are endorsed in INSPIRE, but not necessarily fit into linked data framework. In the work that he was involved in, they try to address complex GI problem with linked data . To do that, they try to convert WMS to a linked data server and do that by adding URI and POST/PUT/DELETE resources. The semantic client see this as a linked data server even through it can be compliant with other standards. To try it they use the open national map as authoritative source and OpenStreetMap as VGI source and release them as linked data. They are exploring how to convert large authoritative GI dataset into linked data and also link it to other sources. They are also using it as an experiment in crowdsourcing platform development – creating a tool that help to assess the quality of each data set. The aim is to do quality experiments and measure data quality trade-offs associated with use of authoritative or crowdsourced information. Their service can behave as both WMS and "Linked Map Server". The LinkedMap, which is the name of this service, provide the ability to edit the data and explore OpenStreetMap and thegovernment data – they aim to run the experiment in the summer so this can be found at http://linkedmap.unizar.es/. The reason to choose WMS as a delivery standard is due to previous crawl over the web which showed that WMS is the most widely available service, so it assumed to be relevant to users or one that most users can capture.
Paul van Genuchten talked about the GeoCat experience in a range of projects which include support to Environment Canada and other activities. INSPIRE meeting open data can be a clash of cultures and he was highlighting neogeography as the term that he use to describe the open data culture (going back to the neogeo and paleogeo debate which I thought is over and done – but clearly it is relevant in this context). INSPIRE recommend to publish data open and this is important to ensure that it get big potential audience, as well as 'innovation energy' that exist among the 'neogeo'/'open data' people. The common things within this culture are expectations that APIs are easy to use, clean interfaces etc. But under the hood there are similarities in the way things work. There is a perceived complexity by the community of open data users towards INSPIRE datasets. Many of Open Data people are focused and interested in OpenStreetMap, and also look at companies such as MapBox as a role model, but also formats such as GeoJSON and TopoJSON. Data is versions and managed in git like process. The projection that is very common is web mercator. There are now not only raster tiles, but also vector tiles. So these characteristics of the audience can be used by data providers to provide help in using their data, but also there are intermediaries that deliver the data and convert it to more 'digestible' forms. He noted CitySDK by Waag.org which they grab from INSPIRE and then deliver it to users in ways that suite open data practices.He demonstrated the case of Environment Canada where they created a set of files that are suitable for human and machine use.
Ed Parsons finished the set of talks of the day (talk link goo.gl/9uOy5N) , with a talk about multi-channel approach to maximise the benefits of INSPIRE. He highlighted that it's not about linked data, although linked data it is part of the solution to make data accessibility. Accessibility always wins online – and people make compromises (e.g. sound quality in CD and Spotify). Google Earth can be seen as a new channel that make things accessible, and while the back-end is not new in technology the ease of access made a big difference. The example of Denmark use of minecraft to release GI is an example of another channel. Notice the change over the past 10 years in video delivery, for example, so the early days of the video delivery was complex and require many steps and expensive software and infrastructure, and this is somewhat comparable to current practice within geographic information. Making things accessible through channels like YouTube and the whole ability around it changed the way video is used, uploaded and consumed, and of course changes in devices (e.g. recording on the phone) made it even easier. Focusing on the aspects of maps themselves, people might want different things that are maps and not only the latest searchable map that Google provide – e.g. the administrative map of medieval Denmark, or maps of flood, or something that is specific and not part of general web mapping. In some cases people that are searching for something and you want to give them maps for some queries, and sometime images (as in searching Yosemite trails vs. Yosemite). There are plenty of maps that people find useful, and for that Google now promoting Google Maps Gallery – with tools to upload, manage and display maps. It is also important to consider that mapping information need to be accessible to people who are using mobile devices. The web infrastructure of Google (or ArcGIS Online) provide the scalability to deal with many users and the ability to deliver to different platforms such as mobile. The gallery allows people to brand their maps. Google want to identify authoritative data that comes from official bodies, and then to have additional information that is displayed differently. But separation of facts and authoritative information from commentary is difficult and that where semantics play an important role. He also noted that Google Maps Engine is just maps – just a visual representation without an aim to provide GIS analysis tools.
How geoweb fossils become unusable
29 January, 2014
Once upon a time, Streetmap.co.uk was one of the most popular Web Mapping sites in the UK, competing successfully with the biggest rival at the time, Multimap. Moreover, it was ranked second in The Daily Telegraph list of leading mapping sites in October 2000 and described at 'Must be one of the most useful services on the web – and it's completely free. Zoom in on any UK area by entering a place name, postcode, Ordnance Survey grid reference or telephone code.' It's still running and because of its legacy, it's around the 1250 popular website in the UK (though 4 years ago it was among the top 350).
So far, nothing is especially noteworthy – popular website a decade ago replaced by a newer website, Google Maps, which provide better search results, more information and is the de facto standard for web mapping. Moreover, already in 2006 Artemis Skaraltidou demonstrated that of the UK Web Mapping crop, Streetmap scored lowest on usability with only MapQuest, which largely ignored the UK, being worse.
However, recently, while running a practical session introducing User-Centred Design principles to our MSc in GIS students, I have noticed an interesting implication of the changes in the environment of Web Mapping – Streetmap has stopped being usable just because it didn't bother to update its interaction. By doing nothing, while the environment around it changed, it became unusable, with users failing to perform even the most basic of tasks.
The students explored the mapping offering from Google, Bing, Here and Streetmap. It was fairly obvious that across this cohort (early to mid 20s), Google Maps were the default, against which other systems were compared. It was not surprising to find impressions that Streetmap is 'very old fashioned' or 'archaic'. However, more interesting was to notice people getting frustrated that the 'natural' interaction of zooming in and out using the mouse wheel just didn't worked. Or failing to find the zoom in and out buttons. At some point in the past 10 years, people internalised the interaction mode of using the mouse and stopped using the zoom in and out button on the application, which explains the design decision in the new Google Maps interface to eliminate the dominant zoom slider from the left side of the map. Of course, Streetmap interface is also not responsive to touch screen interactions which are also learned across applications.
I experienced a similar, and somewhat amusing incident during the registration process of SXSW Eco, when I handed over my obviously old laptop at the registration desk to provide some detail, and the woman was trying to 'pinch' the screen in an attempt to zoom in. Considering that she was likely to be interacting with tablets most of the day (it was, after all, SXSW), this was not surprising. Interactions are learned and internalised, and we expect to experience them across devices and systems.
So what's to learn? while this is another example of 'Jacob's Law of Internet User Experience' which states that 'Users spend most of their time on other sites', it is very relevant to many websites that use Web Mapping APIs to present information – from our own communitymaps.org.uk to the Environment Agency What's in Your Backyard. In all these cases, it is critical to notice the basic map exploration interactions (pan, zoom, search) and make sure that they match common practices across the web. Otherwise, you might end like Streetmap.
Looking across the range of crowdsourced geographic information activities, some regular patterns are emerging and it might be useful to start notice them as a way to think about what is possible or not possible to do in this area. Since I don't like the concept of 'laws' – as in Tobler's first law of geography which is stated as 'Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.' – I would call them assertions. There is also something nice about using the word 'assertion' in the context of crowdsourced geographic information, as it echos Mike Goodchild's differentiation between asserted and authoritative information. So not laws, just assertions or even observations.
The first one, is rephrasing a famous quote:
'you can be supported by a huge crowd for a very short time, or by few for a long time, but you can't have a huge crowd all of the time (unless data collection is passive)'
So the Christmas Bird Count can have tens of thousands of participants for a short time, while the number of people who operate weather observation stations will be much smaller. Same thing is true for OpenStreetMap – for crisis mapping, which is a short term task, you can get many contributors but for the regular updating of an area under usual conditions, there will be only few.
The exception for the assertion is the case for passive data collection, where information is collected automatically through the logging of information from a sensor – for example the recording of GPS track to improve navigation information.
Kindle Maps and E Ink properties
26 June, 2013
CHI 2013 and GeoHCI workshop highlighted to me the importance of understanding media for maps. During CHI, the 'Paper Tab' demonstration used E-Ink displays to demonstrate multiple displays interaction. I found the interactions non-intuitive and not mapping very well to what you would expect to do with paper, so a source for confusion – especially when they will eventually be mixed with papers on a desk. Anyhow, it is an interesting exploration.
E Ink displays are very interesting in terms of the potential use for mapping. The image below shows one of the early prototypes of maps that are designed specifically for the Kindle, or, more accurately, to the E Ink technology that is at heart of the Kindle. From a point of view of usability of geographical information technologies, the E Ink is especially interesting. There are several reasons for that.
First, the resolution of the Kindle display is especially high (close to 170 Pixels Per Inch) when the size of screen is considered. The Apple Retina display provide even better resolution and in colour and that makes maps on the iPad also interesting, as they are starting to get closer to the resolution that we are familiar with from paper maps (which is usually between 600 and 1200 Dot Per Inch). The reason that resolution matter especially when displaying maps, because the users need to see the context of the location that they are exploring. Think of the physiology of scanning the map, and the fact that capturing more information in one screen can help in understanding the relationships of different features. Notice that when the resolution is high but the screen area is limited (for example the screen of a smartphone) the limitations on the area that is displayed are quite severe and that reduce the usability of the map – scrolling require you to maintain in your memory where you came from.
Secondly, E Ink can be easily read even in direct sunlight because they are reflective and do not use backlight. This make them very useful for outdoor use, while other displays don't do that very well.
Thirdly, they use less energy and can be used for long term display of the map while using it as a reference, whereas with most active displays (e.g. smartphone) continuous use will cause a rapid battery drain.
On the downside, E Ink refresh rates are slow, and they are more suitable for static display and not for dynamic and interactive display.
During the summer of 2011 and 2012, several MSc students at UCL explore the potential of E Ink for mapping in detail. Nat Evatt (who's map is shown above) worked on the cartographic representation and shown that it is possible to create highly detailed and readable maps even with the limitation of 16 levels of grey that are available. The surprising aspects that he found is that while some maps are available in the Amazon Kindle store (the most likely place for e-book maps), it looks like the maps where just converted to shades of grey without careful attention to the device, which reduce their usability.
The work of Bing Cui and Xiaoyan Yu (in a case of collaboration between MSc students at UCLIC and GIScience) included survey in the field (luckily on a fairly sunny day near the Tower of London) and they explored which scales work best in terms of navigation and readability. The work shows that maps at scale of 1:4000 are effective – and considering that with E Ink the best user experience is when the number of refreshes are minimised that could be a useful guideline for e-book map designers.
As I've noted in the previous post, I have just attended CHI (Computer-Human Interaction) conference for the first time. It's a fairly big conference, with over 3000 participants, multiple tracks that evolved over the 30 years that CHI have been going, including the familiar paper presentations, panels, posters and courses, but also the less familiar 'interactivity areas', various student competitions, alt.CHI or Special Interest Groups meetings. It's all fairly daunting even with all my existing experience in academic conferences. During the GeoHCI workshop I have discovered the MyCHI application, which helps in identifying interesting papers and sessions (including social recommendations) and setting up a conference schedule from these papers. It is a useful and effective app that I used throughout the conference (and wish that something similar can be made available in other large conferences, such as the AAG annual meeting).
With MyCHI in hand, while the fog started to lift and I could see a way through the programme, the trepidation about the relevance of CHI to my interests remained and even somewhat increased, after a quick search of the words 'geog','marginal','disadvantage' returned nothing. The conference video preview (below) also made me somewhat uncomfortable. I have a general cautious approach to the understanding and development of digital technologies, and a strong dislike to the breathless excitement from new innovations that are not necessarily making the world a better place.
Luckily, after few more attempts I have found papers about 'environment', 'development' and 'sustainability'. Moreover, I discovered the special interest groups (SIG) that are dedicated to HCI for Development (HCI4D) and HCI for Sustainability and the programme started to build up. The sessions of these two SIGs were an excellent occasion to meet other people who are active in similar topics, and even to learn about the fascinating concept of 'Collapse Informatics' which is clearly inspired by Jared Diamond book and explores "the study, design, and development of sociotechnical systems in the abundant present for use in a future of scarcity".
Beyond the discussions, meeting people with shared interests and seeing that there is a scope within CHI to technology analysis and development that matches my approach, several papers and sessions were especially memorable. The studies by Elaine Massung an colleagues about community activism in encouraging shops to close the doors (and therefore waste less heating energy) and Kate Starbird on the use of social media in passing information between first responders during the Haiti earthquake, explored how volunteered, 'crowd' information can be used in crisis and environmental activism.
Other valuable papers in the area of HCI for development and sustainability include the excellent longitudinal study by Susan Wyche and Laura Murphy on the way mobile charging technology is used in Kenya , a study by Adrian Clear and colleagues about energy use and cooking practices of university students in Lancaster, a longitudinal study of responses to indoor air pollution monitoring by Sunyoung Kim and colleagues, and an interesting study of 8-bit, $10 computers that are common in many countries across the world by Derek Lomas and colleagues.
The 'CHI at the Barricades – an activist agenda?' was one of the high points of the conference, with a showcase of the ways in which researchers in HCI can take a more active role in their research and lead to social or environmental change, and considering how the role of interactions in enabling or promoting such changes can be used to achieve positive outcomes. The discussions that followed the short interventions from the panel covered issues from accessibility to ethics to ways of acting and leading changes. Interestingly, while some presenters were comfortable with their activist role, the term 'action-research' was not mentioned. It was also illuminating to hear Ben Shneiderman emphasising his view that HCI is about representing and empowering the people who use the technologies that are being developed. His call for 'activist HCI' provides a way to interpret 'universal usability' as an ethical and moral imperative.
It was good to see the work of the Citizen Sort team getting into the finalists of the students game competition, and to hear about their development of citizen science games.
So despite the early concerned, CHI was a conference worth attending and the specific jargon of CHI now seem more understandable. I wish that there was on the conference website a big sign 'new to CHI? Start here…'
Usability, SatNavs and Which?
18 March, 2013
The Consumers' Association Which? magazine is probably not the first place to turn to when you look for usability studies. Especially not if you're interested in computer technology – for that, there are sources such as PC Magazine on the consumer side, and professional magazines such as Interactions from Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI).
And yet…
Over the past few years, Which? is reviewing, testing and recommending Satnavs (also known Personal Navigation Devices – PNDs). Which? is an interesting case because it reaches over 600,000 households and because of the level of trust that it enjoys. If you look at their methodology for testing satnavs , you'll find that it does resemble usability testing – click on the image to see the video from Which? about their methodology. The methodology is more about everyday use and the opinion of the assessors seems to play an important role.
Professionals in geographical information science or human-computer interaction might dismiss the study as unrepresentative, or not fitting their ways of evaluating technologies, but we need to remember that Which? is providing an insight into the experience of the people who are outside our usual professional and social context – people who go to a high street shop or download an app and start using it straightaway. Therefore, it's worth understanding how they review the different systems and what the experience is like when you try to think like a consumer, with limited technical knowledge and understanding of maps.
There are also aspects that puncture the 'filter bubble' of geoweb people – Google Maps are now probably the most used maps on the web, but the satnav application using Google Maps was described as 'bad, useful for getting around on foot, but traffic information and audio instructions are limited and there's no speed limit or speed camera data'. Waze, the crowdsourced application received especially low marks and the magazine noted that it 'lets users share traffic and road info, but we found its routes and maps are inaccurate and audio is poor' (both citations from Which? Nov 2012, p. 38). It is also worth reading their description of OpenStreetMap when discussing map updates, and also the opinions on the willingness to pay for map updates.
There are many ways to receive information about the usability and the nature of interaction with geographical technologies, and some of them, while not traditional, can provide useful insights.
The value of "analog" user experience
26 November, 2012
I've been using 37Signals' Basecamp now for over 5 years. I'm involved in many projects with people from multiple departments and organisations. In the first large project that I run in 2007 – Mapping Change for Sustainable Communities – Basecamp was recommended to us by Nick Black (just before he co-founded CloudMade), so we've started using it. Since then, it was used for 33 projects and activities which range from coordinating writing an academic paper to running a large multidisciplinary group. In some projects it was used a lot in other it didn't work as well. As with any other information system, the use of it depends on needs and habits of different users and not only on the tool itself.
It is generally an excellent tool to organise messages, information and documents about projects and activities and act well as a repository of project related information – but project management software is not what this post is about.
I'm sure that in the scheme of things, we are a fairly small users of Basecamp. Therefore, I was somewhat surprised to receive a card from 37Signals.
I'm fairly passive user of Basecamp as far as 37Signals are concerned – I'm please with what it does, but I have not contacted them with requests or anything like that. So getting this hand-written card was a very nice touch from a company that could very easily wrote the code to send me an email with the same information – but that wouldn't be the same in terms of emotional impact.
As Sherry Turkle is noting in her recent book, the human contact is valuable and appreciated. This is important and lots of times undervalued aspect of communication and interaction – the analog channels are there and can be very effective. This blog post – and praising 37Signals for making this small effort, is an example of why it is worth doing it.


text:
What does På mean in Libraries?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand På in the Academic & Science field in general and in the Libraries terminology in particular.
at, in [Norwegian]
Find a translation for På in other languages:
Select another language:
What does På mean?
- pa(n.)
- father.
Discuss this På abbreviation with the community:
Use the citation below to add this abbreviation to your bibliography:
"På." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2014. Web. 21 Dec. 2014. <http://www.abbreviations.com/term/1445785>.
På also stands for:
- IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
- Pad Abort
- Paging and Area Warning
- Pakistan Army
- Palaeopathology Association
... and 230 more »
Nearby & related abbreviations:
Alternative search:
- Search at, in [Norwegian] on Amazon.com
- Search at, in [Norwegian] on Google

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Newegg.com - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service - once you know, you Newegg.
If you are reading this message, Please click this link to reload this page.(Do not use your browser's "Refresh" button). Please email us if you're running the latest version of your browser and you still see this message.
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, HDTVs, Digital Cameras and More!
Lexar 32GB microSDHC
32GB Capacity
Class 10 Speed
Card Reader included
SD Adapter included
*OEM bulk package in plastic protective case
Filter Results
This review is from: Lexar 32GB microSDHC 32G microSD Card Class 10 with USB Card Reader
Pros: It's cheap. It's fast, I tested it before using, and I'm getting Class 10 speeds. I bought this for my new HTC EVO 4G LTE. Popped it in, and it works like a charm.
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts: No problems whatsoever with this card.
Did you find this review helpful?
This item is eligible for Newegg Premier benefits. Are you a Newegg Premier Member? If not, sign up today and get:
Your request will be processed within the next 24 hours.
Please add "email@example.com" to your address book to ensure delivery.See Today's E-Blast Promo


text:
Thank you for your interest in the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program offered by the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Please help us improve your experience on our website by completing a brief survey
Yes, I'll give feedback No, Thanks
Your browser does not support iframes.
Copyright © 2014 The University of Iowa. All Rights Reserved.


text:
You must log in to access this feature. Sign in with Twellow or Facebook to get started.
By signing in to Twellow, you indicate your agreement to our terms of service.
Simply connect with Facebook and kiss those password blues away,
or go here to reset your password.
Biracial multilingual quick-witted worldtraveler, Yoga, F1 & NBA junky, hopeful romantic, on an important caring mission, writing my first NY Times bestseller


text:
Mon, Apr 27, 2009
Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed
Martin Company, a number of other industry teammates and the US
Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests
with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL
ABL, a heavily modified Boeing 747-400F aircraft, completed its
functional check flight April 21 from Edwards Air Force Base with
the beam control/fire control system and the high-energy laser
onboard, confirming the aircraft is airworthy, ready for more
airborne tests, and on track for its missile-intercept
demonstration this year.
The current flight test campaign follows the successful
completion of a year-long effort to integrate and test the Chemical
Oxygen Iodine Laser on board the highly modified 747-400 freighter
aircraft. This phase of the development program will demonstrate
ABL's ability to detect, track, target and engage
progressively more difficult targets, culminating with a lethal
demonstration against a boosting, threat-representative missile
planned for later this year.
"With ABL's return to flight, we are on the verge of fully
demonstrating the unprecedented speed, mobility, precision and
lethality that ABL could provide to America's warfighters," said
Michael Rinn, Boeing vice president and ABL program director.
ABL would deter potential adversaries and provide speed-of-light
capability to destroy all classes of ballistic missiles in their
boost phase of flight. Eliminating missiles in their boost phase
would reduce the number of shots required by other elements of the
layered ballistic missile defense system. ABL also has the
potential to be employed for other missions, including destroying
aircraft and surface-to-air missiles.
The program has logged many accomplishments over the past
several years. In 2007, ABL completed almost 50 flight tests that
demonstrated its ability to track an airborne target, measure and
compensate for atmospheric conditions, and deliver a surrogate
high-energy laser beam on the target. In 2008, the team completed
installing the high-energy laser onboard the aircraft and, for the
first time, operated the entire weapon system at high power
Boeing is the prime contractor and overall systems integrator
for ABL, and provides the modified aircraft and battle management
system. Northrop Grumman supplies the high-energy laser, and
Lockheed Martin provides the beam control/fire control system.
Airborne 12.19.14: Falcon 8X Unveiled, Sporty's 172LITE, Bizarre CA AvGas Lawsuit Settled
Aero-TV: Redbird's Roger Sharp -- Pushing The Aero-Educational Envelope
Airborne 12.17.14: Evergreen Woes, Foolish Pilot Tricks, No 757 Replacement -- Yet
See All
©2014 All Rights Reserved.
© 2007 - 2014 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC


text:
Struggling to find a valentine's message in Hallmark's 1,400-card collection? The romantics over at the Republican National Committee have you covered. The RNC recently released a series of eight Valentine's Day cardstaking aim at prominent Democrats.
"If you like this Valentine, you can keep it," quips the Barack Obama card — an allusion to the president's now-infamous promise, "if you like your plan, you can keep it."
Another card mocks Democrats' decision to change Senate filibuster rules: "Can we take this to the nuclear level?" asks the valentine picturing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"I'd never flip-flop on our love," says a card featuring former Florida Gov. Charlie Christ, who defected from the Republican party in 2012.
The RNC collection also included a valentine inspired by one of the world's most intimidating "tough guys," Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I'm Putin the moves on you," it says.
Of course, if you're trying to woo a left-leaning paramour, the RNC valentines may not be the way to go. A little more non-partisan, the Supreme Court valentines released last year by Georgetown University's Law Weekly are sure to sweep that special someone right off his or her feet.
One pictures the ever-saucy Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and reads, "You violated the 5th Amendment when you took my heart without due process."
Another shows Clarence Thomas asking, "Who needs this Valentine? My love for you is res ipsa loquitur," which is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself."
News website Mashable released 11 "House of Cards" valentines sure to make your Netflix-addicted sweetheart swoon.
"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'd totally kill a congressman for you."
"I love you, you love me, let's extort the next VP."
"I'll be your majority whip if you let me bang your gavel."
A warning to those with beaus who love political intrigue: you may not get much attention on Feb. 14 — Netflix is set to release the entire "House of Cards" Season Two on Valentine's Day.


text:
Solid Steel Radio 28-03-14 - DK, Maribou State
First listen to a brand new Machinedrum remix of Kelis in this week's Solid Steel session, followed by Maribou State in the guest mix slot - listen and enjoy.Read More
Technicolour outfit IG Culture and Alex Phountzi (Bugz in the Attic) aka NameBrandSound drop their debut EP this week, available on 12" and digitally from the Ninjashop, iTunes and Amazon.
The duo - pioneers of the broken beat scene and key players in it's flagship night at Plastic People, Co-Op - return to the fold under their latest incarnation with a sound replete with all the influences you might expect; dancehall, '80s soul, jungle, juke and house. What emerges, though, is more than the sum of its parts. Nowadays Pressure, a hugely invigorated EP with a distinct electronic twist. Pick it up, you won't regret it.
First listen to a brand new Machinedrum remix of Kelis in this week's Solid Steel session, followed by Maribou State in the guest mix slot - listen and enjoy.Read More
London music legends IG Culture and Alex Phountzi share the first track from their upcoming EP for Technicolour - pre-order your copy from the Ninjashop / iTunes / AmazonRead More
A lot has happened this year, so much so it's hard to do it all justice in one news piece, but here's to trying. Listen to the sound of Ninja Tune (and the extended label family) in 2014 via our Spotify, YouTube and SoundCloud playlists; check out our visual wrap-up here.Read More
You may or may not have known that we like to impart the office stereo selections to you via our Spotify Staff Picks playlist. In any case, here's our run-down of 2014's Top 20 Albums and Top 20 Singles, in no particular order, below the drop.Read More
The Ninjashop will be closed from 12pm GMT on Friday 19th Dec, reopening 10am GMT on Monday 5th Jan - any physical orders placed after closing time will be shipped in the new year.
UK orders placed before 19th Dec should arrive before Christmas - EU & ROW orders will now arrive after the Christmas period.
Digital orders will be available immediately throughout the holiday period.Read More
Fortunately Wiley has rescheduled his Snakes & Ladders tour for early next year with a newly upgraded London venue, Scala, making way for some extra tickets if you missed out the first time round - more info here.Read More
© 2014 Ninja Tune


text:
Andrea Bocelli Fresno Tickets: Andrea Bocelli is one of the most famous tenors in the world. Since 1992 he has released over twenty albums, selling 65 million of them world-wide. Bocelli was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998.
Andrea Bocelli Fresno tickets are accessible below. If they are currently unavailable, sign up and be among the first who are notified once they are. By providing your name and e-mail address below, you will be added to our Andrea Bocelli Tour priority mailing list!!


text:
57 Downloads
Item is not compatible with your phone.
The official app for CAR Convention 2010. Visit http://car2010.sched.org/ for event information on the web. Features: Full Schedule: Browse the entire event schedule offline. My Sched: Add events to your schedule on your device or the web and sync. View Friends' Scheds: View the schedules Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn friends have created.
sms apps communication apps conventio colorado association realtors iphone itouch downloaded awesome social networking social community


text:
LOCAL 12 - Search Results
Kilpatrick Named to USA Basketball's World University Games Team
University of Cincinnati senior guard Sean Kilpatrick (Yonkers, N.Y./Notre Dame Prep) has been named to USA Basketballs World University Games Team. The 12-member squad was announced by the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team Committee on Saturday.
The team is currently training in Colorado Springs, Colo., through June 30 before departing for Russia on July 1. The USA team will practice on July 3-6 in Kazan, Russia, including scrimmages on July 4 against Russian basketball club UNICS and on July 5 against the Russia World University Games Team. Competition at the World University Games runs July 7-16.
Kilpatrick becomes the fourth UC player to compete for the U.S. team at the World University Games, joining Eric Hicks (2005), Kenyon Martin (1999) and Pete Mickeal (1999). Martin and Mickeal led the U.S. to a gold medal and 8-0 record. Martin led the team in scoring (13.9) and rebounding (6.6) while Mickeal led the squad in steals (3.3) and was third in scoring (9.1). Hicks 2005 team also went 8-0 and claimed the gold medal. He averaged 6.6 points and 3.1 rebounds.
Representing the 2013 USA team alongside Kilpatrick will be: Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado/Woodland Hills, Calif.); Yogi Ferrell (Indiana/Indianapolis, Ind.); Treveon Graham (Virginia Commonwealth/Temple Hills, Md.); Luke Hancock (Louisville/ Roanoke, Va.); Tyler Haws (BYU/Alpine, Utah); Cory Jefferson (Baylor/ Killeen, Texas); Alex Kirk (New Mexico/Los Alamos, N.M.); Doug McDermott (Creighton/Ames, Iowa); Adreian Payne (Michigan State/Dayton, Ohio); Will Sheehey (Indiana/Stuart, Fla.); and Aaron White (Iowa/Strongsville, Ohio).
The USA has drawn preliminary round Group C for the 2013 World University Games mens basketball competition, along with Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Sweden and United Arab Emirates. Playing in Group A are Estonia, Germany, Oman, Russia, Ukraine and South Korea. Playing in Group B are Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, Romania and Serbia. Group D includes Brazil, Chile, China, Finland, Lithuania and Norway.
The USA will take on UAE at 6:30 p.m. (times listed are local; Kazan, Russia, is 8 hours from EDT) on July 7; followed by Czech Republic at 1 p.m. on July 8; and Sweden at 9 p.m. on July 10; Australia at 6:30 p.m. on July 11; and Canada at 1 p.m. on July 12.
Following the preliminary round, the top two teams in each of the four pools advance to the medal quarterfinals on July 14 to compete for first through eighth places; while the remaining teams will play out for ninth to 24th places. The semifinals will be played on July 15, and the finals will be contested on July 16.
Clearly versatility, we have guys that can play more than one position, thats one of the great strengths we have, said USA head coach Bob McKillop (Davidson College). I think we shoot the ball particularly well from a number of positions, and weve got guys who want to be teammates. Those two things, to me, are the biggest advantages that we have, or the biggest strengths for our team.
Assisting McKillop on the USA sideline are John Beilein of the University of Michigan and Frank Martin of the University of South Carolina. Martin was an assistant at Cincinnati from 2004-06.
The players were selected by the 2013-16 USA Basketball Mens Junior National Team Committee. Chaired by Jim Boeheim (Syracuse University), the committee includes NCAA appointees McKillop, Matt Painter (Purdue University) and Lorenzo Romar (University of Washington), as well as athlete representative Curtis Sumpter, a member of the 2011 USA Pan American Games Team and the 2004 USA U20 National Team.
World University Games
The United States has claimed 19 medals in the World University Games since beginning play in 1965, and has captured a record 13 golds, three silvers and three bronze medals in the 20 WUGs in which a USA Basketball mens squad has competed. The USA men own a stellar 138-9 record in WUGs play, and the U.S. captured six of the first seven gold medals awarded in the WUGs basketball competition, including six consecutive gold medals from 1989 through 1999. In 2001 the USA fell to host China, which featured half of its 2000 Olympic team, including Yao Ming, Menk Bateer and Wang ZhiZhi, by a single point in the semifinal and finished with the bronze. The USA again captured the gold medal in 2005 and most recently, finished in fifth place with a 7-1 record after falling to Lithuania 76-74 in the 2011 quarterfinals.
Eighteen players who have represented the USA in the WUGs have gone on to compete in the Olympic Games, including Ray Allen (1995), Stacey Augmon (1989), Charles Barkley (1983), Larry Bird (1977), Bill Bradley (1965), Quinn Buckner (1973), Tom Burleson (1973), Ken Davis (1970), Tim Duncan (1995), Phil Hubbard (1977), Allen Iverson (1995), Mitch Kupchak (1973), Karl Malone (1983), Michael Redd (1999), Mitch Richmond (1987), Michael Silliman (1967), Steve Smith (1989) and Jo Jo White (1967).


text:
Oh hello
Borrowed LC-A+ RL from nigelk, this roll worked quite well!This photo was shot on film. Taken by natalieerachel with a Lomo LC-A+ RL (available in our Online Shop) loaded with Lomography X-PRO Chrome 100 film in Honolulu, United States. These tags describe this photo: lc-a, natalieerachel, xpro, blue, and chrome. Date: 2011-05-24. Time: Noon. This photo can also be found in the album Bright.
Please login to get more out of this site
You are currently not logged in, do so now to add comments, like articles as well as photos, submit to competitions, translate articles and gain access to unlimited photo upload! If you are not registered yet, go here to find out more about Lomography and join now! If you just want a limited account for now you can use Twitter or Facebook. We would love to have you as a member here!
93 people like this photo
Liking photos helps us to present the best ones to you and others. 93 people like this photo. 93 people like this photo: mariskaviska, zoezo, pepper-b, zwensen, analogmonolog, clickiemcpete, b0rn2b1ush, nigelk, vicuna, adi_totp, gladys, boredbone, mral, bulletofmine, valennano, pussylove, amirulshahrom, dabai, carousel-fish, vgzalez, saidseni, rotte, javihacefotos, chapoteo, farbenmann, istionojr, bal_lomero, susielomovitz, charly, gomi11, guitarleo, moodification, iaki, 1minute1second, emkei, rake, ccwu, earlybird, street_smile, stouf, ripsta, jojo8785, t0m7, merder, kobkob, werriston, neja, bao_wei, nadinadu, felipete3, rik041, jennson, chippo, reneg88, sye, apophisv, lightblue, dannyedwards, troch, herr_zeit, cararah, anpank, mczoum, -adrien-, qrro, oskar73, h_hache, jetnz81, opal, anathea, narkalen, antiqueblush, benjaminolivares, hollywooddino, zamorathec, mikahsupageek, 12_12, dasjuerg, bsmart, ganeshnamozhno, badjuju, drlaporksha, sondyy, mylatehope, nilard12, artichekt, mango_man16, 13thfloor, ironsymphony, theorangekid93, fruchtzwerg_hh, bloomchen, and adzfar.
6 comments
I love this photo!
Me too, hahaha
Woo~ this angle look so wide!!
Great shot =)
Whoa! Cooooool~
Where is this?
Nearby popular photos – see more
Nearby LomoLocations
Kiddie Funzies
We held a kid's mini carnival at our local church! Tons of games, balloons, smiles, and food…
Koko Head Crater Trail
Hike on a historic World War II remnant and get a great workout with a view. Koko Head Crate…
A Local Favorite
At Kokonuts, they serve crepes, shaved ice, candy, ice cream, bubble drinks, and a lot more.…
Mariner's Ridge
A perfect place to relax, enjoy the vast scenery, and...have a Lomo photoshoot!


text:
Join NCRA | Store | NCRA Online Sourcebook | FAQ | Pressroom | Contact Us
Officialship - Johnson County
Immediate Opening for Reporter in Johnson CountyKansas
Immediate court reporter position opening, 10th Judicial District, Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas. Position is semi-pool covering busy criminal, civil and family dockets. Kansas CSR, equivalent state certification or RPR certification required. Benefits include 13 paid holidays; paid sick/vacation leave; medical, dental plans and retirement plans. Must have CAT software and be willing to write realtime stream. All equipment provided. Please contact email@example.com


text:
Skip to content, or skip to search.
Skip to content, or skip to search.
We don't make the news, we just report it.
Apparently she has actually spoken to them and was not trying to demean them.
"Like, when I go down to Venice beach and I see the homeless, like, I'm like 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pulled shit out of like garbage cans.' "


text:
Login | Join
Interviews Featured Content
All Interviews Articles
Lessons RSS
Lessons Featured Content
All Lessons Articles
Gear RSS
Gear Featured Content
All Gear Articles
Girls Featured Content
All Girls Articles
Acoustic Nation RSS
Acoustic Nation Featured Content
All Acoustic Nation Articles
Guitarist Keith Richards recalls the making of the Rolling Stones' 1972 masterpiece.
Insight live from the Americana Music Festival.
A spot on performance by this prolific guitarist.
In a new video that has gone absolutely viral, Alex Chadwick takes on the challenge of playing 100 riffs that add up to a chronological history of rock and roll. Check it out below.
I know what you're thinking: What the hell is a "near-Led Zeppelin moment"? Good question. A near-Led Zeppelin moment is a post-1980 live performance by one -- or two -- members of Led Zeppelin that captures -- in any number of ways -- some intangible spark of a classic Led Zeppelin performance.
Just because a song is long doesn't mean it's epic. In this week's Friday List, we take a look at some of the best guitar songs to ever eclipse the ten-minute mark.
TheFW recently tracked down the kids who appeared on the cover of Led Zeppelin's classic 1973 album, Houses of the Holy.
A new book, Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World, is set to be released November 6.
UMG and Artists Den Entertainment have set a July 10 release date for a new DVD from Robert Plant & The Band of Joy.
It could very well be argued that Jimmy Page's performance at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics — performing the Led Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love" next to a red double-decker bus — was an integral part of London snagging the hosting gig for the 2012 games.
Jimmy Page has announced the release of the official Jimmy Page Fine Art Photographic Print Collection.
The Dark Shadows premiere party took place Monday night, May 7, in Los Angeles.
According to new statistics from the US Department of Labor, nearly one In 1,000 Americans is a working musician.
Buy it now!
Now on the iPad
Copyright 2014 © NewBay Media, LLC. 28 East 28th Street, 12th floor, New York, NY 10016 T (212) 378-0400 F (917) 281-4704


text:
Wave Switch
Night Light w/ Duplex 15A Tamper-Resistant Outlets & Adjustable Light Levels, White
Touch Switch
Flat Screen TV Cord and Cable Power Kit
Pop-Out Outlet, 1-Gang, Magnesium
Digital Audio Amplified Keypad - White
USB Outlet
P3500 Professional Series Player
Vista Point5 USB Pedestal
Decorator 15A Half-Controlled Plug Load Duplex Receptacle, White
2000USB Steel Plugmold® Multioutlet System
2-Grip, Standard Depth Rubber Portable Outlet Box, Black
Wall Assemblies
SC PC reusable connector, field-installable, 50/125 LOMF
Evolution Series Ceiling Box, ECB2S
Distributes four audio sources to eight different locations. The lyriQ Four Source, Eight-Zone Distribution Module and Triple Source Input retrofit with existing lyriQ Audio components to expand a single source system into a multi-source system. Homeowners can choose the room and the audio source connected to what they want to hear — digital music, a CD, XM Satellite Radio and the tuner or stereo.
This Unity Home System provides four rooms of audio, a full Selective Call Intercom System, two cameras, lighting control and two versatile viewing options
Amp up the Unity Home System with four rooms of high-performance audio, a full Selective Call Intercom System, full RF Lighting Control, four cameras, and two versatile viewing options.
Crank up the volume with this high performance audio solution. This solution lets homeowners entertain throughout the house without missing a single riff of their favorite high fidelity audio.
Now the family doesn't have to share the same music over the whole house system. Homeowners can listen to any one of four audio sources in up to eight different locations at the same time.
1. Thanks for visiting Legrand. How would you rate your overall experience with the Legrand website today?
Thank you for your input. We truly value your opinion.
As we design to be better at everything we do, we could use your help improving the Legrand website:
Thank you for taking our survey and helping Legrand serve you better.
Thank you for your time!


text:
Join our network of non-profits, companies and individuals who believe social change can happen through design.Become A Member
Popular Blogs
- Korby Dore
1 Votes / 1 Posts
- LogicGateOne Corp
0 Votes / 6 Posts
- Rica Morrison
0 Votes / 6 Posts
- lloyf thomas
0 Votes / 5 Posts
Most Active Members
- Kate Andrews
321 Recent Posts
- v-neeta
305 Recent Posts
- steven landau
157 Recent Posts
- Douglas Best
126 Recent Posts
Recent Work Samples
- HeatherRose Studios
Designer (Illustration)
Designer (Graphic Design)
- Vicky Theodoreli
Designer (Graphic Design)
- April Befort
Branding and Design Coordinator
ryan martin
Califorlia, USA, United States
Member since November 02, 2012
US immigration law is not a simple one to understand for anyone who is inexperienced about it properly, and the law is changing continuously with the passing of time. If someone is unaware of the continuous changes, then it is not possible for them to get to know about what to do at the time of emergency immigration related problems. Us immigration law demands some expert immigration lawyer US to understand them clearly and apply them properly at the exact time. It is required on the part of an US immigration lawyer to make understand the common people about the laws of immigration. Immigration laws are complicated enough for anyone, and it could turn into a nightmare at anytime, when you are unaware of the application of them. But a professional immigration attorney can make a real difference in your immigration related case and can make justice to you. A proficient immigration lawyer US deals with the foreign nationals that want to enter to US, maybe it is temporarily or permanently. US immigration lawyer helps people to understand the legal rights of them who are entering to US, and their obligations as well to the province. It does not matter anyhow if you are entering US with your family or alone, you can by any chance get the assistance from the Immigration Attorney, when you are into US. While you are in California, it is possible to get the help of immigration attorney to get the know-how about California immigration. California immigration law is changing day by day and you can procure relevant information from the proficient immigration lawyer US. There are numerous benefits of hiring an immigration attorney, for they not only help you for your immigration related problems, but also assist students and workers those are seeking to get visas, and they also help to complete the application procedure properly so that one can get the chance to become an US citizen. A professional US Immigration Lawyer is skilled enough to solve out the immigration related problems that can occur anytime during the immigration procedure and sort out the complicated troubles that may arise at any point in your immigration to US. It can be a good experience for you to meet a US Immigration Lawyer, when you are applying for a visa. It is important on your part to employ an immigration attorney to explain your case in a better way to the immigration authority. If you are in Los Angeles, then it is suggested to take the help of Los Angeles Immigration Lawyer who will make you up to date with the relevant information about the immigration laws of the place so that you can overcome the immigration hurdles. Only a Los Angeles Immigration Attorney can realize each and every case innately to give it a good end result, while you are in Los Angeles. Individual case requires individual attention and strategy, which can be applied only by a professional immigration lawyer US, so be specific when discussing your problem with an immigration attorney. Choose someone who have already dealt with relevant cases and have a good success rate in immigration cases. Click on www.californiaimmigration.us to get proficient immigration attorney at your service.
Los Angeles Immigration AttorneyContact ryan martin
My Interests
- Industrial Design
- Environmental Design
- Communication Design
- Fashion Design
- Audio/Visual Design


text:
Please log in or register to manage your account
Model: DSR250N Item: DLIDSR250N
This secure, high-performance network solution is ideal for the mid-sized office. Integrated high-speed N technology with advanced network security including IPSec, VPN tunneling, PPTP, L2TP and SSL. Supports up to 25 simultaneous VPN tunnels. Provides firewall throughput up to 45 Mbps and VPN throughput up to 35 Mbps. Network Types: 802.11n; Number of Ports: 8 LAN; 1 WAN.
D-Link® Cloud Camera 5000 Indoor HD Network Camera
$251.43$18103 / each
D-Link® 8-Port Fast Ethernet Desktop Switch, 4 PoE Ports, Unmanaged
$111.08$6776 / each
D-Link® DSR-250N Wireless Services Router, 8 LAN/1 WAN, 25 VPN
$320.48$20831 / each


text:
You must log in to access this feature. Sign in with Twellow or Facebook to get started.
By signing in to Twellow, you indicate your agreement to our terms of service.
Simply connect with Facebook and kiss those password blues away,
or go here to reset your password.
Husband and Runner for fun. Founding Partner & Brainstorm Chaser for Digital Performance Marketing Agency, Netx (formerly NETexponent) for fun too.


text:
Be the first to review this item
This item is no longer available
This item ships for FREE with 2-Day Shipping on orders over $50. (Details)
Want it delivered on Wed, Dec 24? Order in-stock items in the next 20 hrs 14 mins and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.
Shipping Weight:
0.04 pounds
Package Size: 13.7 x 8.4 x 0.03 inches
Elastic bunion sleeve with the gel pad shields the painful and sensitive bony protrusion of the forefoot. Triblock polymer gel pad is infused with medical grade mineral oil that moisturizes and softens the skin while helping to relieve shoe pressure, friction and shear forces on the bunion. Thin and compact, it is perfect for everyday use and can be used with most dress, casual or athletic shoes with or without hosiery. Dermatologically tested, diabetic friendly, latex-free, washable and reusable. One size fits most.
How can we improve our Product Description?
There are no customer reviews yet.Be the first to review this item


text:
|New King James Version (NKJV)
|New International Version (NIV)
|5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
|5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
|6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
|6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
|7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
|7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
|Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version)
|Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)


text:
Harnessing the power of both sea and wind, five kite-surfers are attempting to cross the Bristol Channel in a world's first, while their competitors aim to reach the same destination overland by car. The team's unique kitesurfing boards were produced by 3D printing using a Fortus 3D Productio … [Read more...]
Streamlined Kitesurfing Board Uses Stratasys 3D Printed Parts To Attempt Record Channel Crossing
GE Affiliate, FirstBuild, Improving Home Appliance Design with Crowdsourcing and 3D Printing
FirstBuild was created from collaboration between GE Appliances, a subsidiary of GE, and Local Motors with the goal of creating a new innovation model for the consumer appliance industry. An industry first, FirstBuild is combining micro-manufacturing with 3D printing to design the next generation of … [Read more...]
3D Printed Daniel Hilldrup Lampshade Shines with 46 Colors, Multiple Material Properties
Creative artist Daniel Hilldrup is hard at work putting the Objet500 Connex 3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer by Stratasys through its paces with TRIG – a fully 3D printed, multi-color lampshade in the style of Gaudi. Hilldrup is unusually gifted at pushing the envelope of 3D printed art applicat … [Read more...]
Wearable Tech Prototype Costs Reduced by 85% with Stratasys 3D Printing
3D printing gives clients a true sense of the finished product in this marriage of fashion and technology A recent analysis by ResearchMoz, as quoted by Geektime, predicts that, "The global Wearable Technology Market…is expected to reach USD 5.8 billion in 2018…" To keep up with this rapidly … [Read more...]
3D Printed Record by Bacardi Beginnings Makes Music for British Charity
A super-cool engineering project, featuring a 3D printed LP record created on a Stratasys Objet500 Connex Multi-material 3D Printer, hit the streets of London in December 2013. A two-day-only pop-up shop, sponsored by Bacardi Beginnings, sold a 3D printed single as a fundraiser for the British music … [Read more...]
3D Printing Unleashes Creativity at UMN's Toy Product Design Class Hosted by MIT Alumnus Barry Kudrowitz
Every year, the Toy Product Design class at the University of Minnesota, taught by MIT alumnus and inventor Barry Kudrowitz, hosts an event called Playsentations. The Playsentations are a set of presentations that combine theatrical and live demonstrations of toys created by students at the Unive … [Read more...]
3D Printing Sounds Great to Audiowings' Wireless Headphone Design Team
British product design house, Ignitec, has designed and manufactured a new generation of wireless headphones for the technology start-up and luxury goods company Audiowings, using its Objet30 Pro 3D Printer by Stratasys. Audiowings are luxury wireless headphones that sync with online music servic … [Read more...]
Silicone Molding 2.0 – A New Pattern of Savings with Additive Manufacturing
Like many other manufacturing techniques, silicone molding is getting a 3D printing makeover with big resulting savings in production time and costs. Also known as Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV), silicone molding is a very efficient, economical solution for producing relatively small volumes … [Read more...]
Amazing Auto-Follow Sports Drone Flies With Stratasys 3D Printing
Extreme sports enthusiasts will never miss a flip, turn or jump again with the new AirDog and AirLeash products from Latvia-based Helico Aerospace Industries. The AirDog is a programmable "quadcopter" drone that works with the AirLeash (a remote tracker worn on the wrist) to follow you while … [Read more...]
Spanish Automotive and Aeronautics Industries Getting a Lift with 3D Printed Functional Prototypes
Providing tangible models for clients to use in their own presentations and sales pitches is a terrific niche for Spanish service provider Lupeon 3D. Founded early in 2013 by two engineers (industrial and mechanical), Lupeon is now 3D printing with Objet PolyJet 3D printing technology and creating t … [Read more...]


text:
October 2008
Call for Pricing
Hardcover: £32.00/40,00€/A$54.00
Despite the growth of interest in the study of terrorism since 9/11, terrorism analysts rarely take a multidisciplinary approach to the subject. This leaves a number of terrorism's characteristics to be explored in new and unique ways. Terrorism's Unanswered Questions brings together scholars from the fields of criminology, international relations, law, political science, security studies, and sociology to answer several important questions where consensus has yet to be reached. Each chapter offers a new approach to the question asked that is both unique and challenges popular thought. The result is an original work appealing to a broad audience of scholars and students who desire to develop a better understanding of terrorism's characteristics.In the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States terrorism became a topic for the masses to explore, rather than the hidden purview of analysts and scholars tucked away at the CIA or in the ivory tower. Now, more than five years later, there remains much to be discovered about terrorism and its causes. This volume takes a look at some of terrorism's unanswered questions. How do we define terrorism? What threat does the United States face from weapons of mass destruction? Why has international law failed to stop terrorism? These are but three of the questions addressed in this volume. While the editors do not claim to have all of the answers, they do promise a view of terrorism not seen before.
Chapter 1: Introduction (Adam Lowther)SECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF TERRORISMChapter 2: Terrorism: Its Goals, Targets, and Strategies (Craig Stapley)Chapter 3: Measuring the Enemy: Social Support for Islamist Terrorism (Gordon Bowen)Chapter 4: Terrorism and International Law: Past, Present, and Future (John Czarnetzky)SECTION TWO: THE TACTICS OF TERRORChapter 5: Targeting: Terrorism and Non-Governmental Organizations Collide (Craig Stapley)Chapter 6: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat to the United States (Adam Lowther)Chapter 7: Purifying the Heart: Suicideor Jihadi Acts? (Russ Rodgers)SECTION THREE: SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VARIABLESChapter 8: A Social Psychological Perspective on Terrorist Behavior (Daniel Kennedy & Robert Homant)Chapter 9: Democracy, Terrorism, and University Engagement (Beverly Lindsay)SECTION FOUR: MOVING TOWARD THE FUTUREChapter 10: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Research on Terrorism: Creating Authentic Solutions or Lingering Intellectual Debates (Beverly Lindsay)BibliographyAbout the Contributors
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Reference
ABC-CLIO Solutions
Libraries Unlimited
Need Help? Try our Search Tips
Topics (Reference/Praeger)
American History
Current Events and Issues
Geography and World Cultures
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Health & Wellness
The Arts
Race and Ethnicity
Military History
Popular Culture
Politics, Law, and Government
Security Studies
World History
Women's Studies
Topics (Libraries Unlimited)
Librarianship: Philosophy, Values, and Issues
Management and Administration
Organization of Information and Knowledge Management
Acquisitions and Collection Management
Archives and Records Management
Information Systems and Technology
Adult Services and Programs
Reference and Information Services and Tools
Research Methods, Statistics, and Data
Librarian's Instructional Role
Educational Technology and Instructional Design
Children's and Young Adult Collection Management
Children's and Young Adult Services
Children's and Young Adult Programs
ABC-CLIO Solutions Academic Editions
ABC-CLIO Solutions School Editions
Across the Aisle
All Things
Best Books
Biographies of Disease
Contemporary Debates
Crash Course
Crossroads in World History
Cultures and Customs of the World
Cultures of the American Mosaic
Daily Life
Daily Life through Artifacts
Defining Moments
Documentary and Reference Guides
Documents Decoded
Empires of the World
Energy Resources, Technology, and Policy
Entertainment and Society around the World
Ethnic Groups of the World
Genreflecting Advisory Series
Greenwood Biographies
Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports
Greenwood Icons
Guides to Historic Events in America
Guides to Subcultures and Countercultures
Health and Medical Issues Today
Health and Wellness in Daily Life
Historical Explorations of Literature
Innovative Librarian's Guide
Inquiry into History
Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Just the Basics
Landmarks of the American Mosaic
Libraries Unlimited Guided Inquiry
Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection
Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series
Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship
Library and Information Science Text Series
Mapping the World through Primary Documents
Movements of the American Mosaic
Nations in Focus
Praeger Security International
Racism in American Institutions
Read On Series
Reader's Theater Downloadables
Real Stories
The American Dance Floor
The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization
The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection
The Psychology of Everyday Life
The Story of a Drug
Third Millennium Cataloging
Understanding Modern Nations
Voices of an Era
Women's Roles through History
World Folklore Series
Award Winner
Reviewed Content


text:
China: Rights defender Mao Hengfeng detained
China: Rights defender Mao Hengfeng detained
Date Published: 4 October 2012
Categories: China
Mao Hengfeng, a housing rights and reproductive rights defender, was taken away by men in plain clothes believed to be Shanghai police officers in Beijing on 30 September. She was subsequently taken from Beijing to Shanghai, and is now detained in the Yangpu district police detention centre. She is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.


text:
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Follow us:
Capital Region
Time Warner Cable video customers:Sign in with your TWC ID to access our video clips.
Sign in
To view our videos, you need to
install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now.
Then come back here and refresh the page.
A local woman who ran in the Boston Marathon last year says nothing will keep her from the starting line next week. Reporter Emily DeFeciani sat down with Tina Greene to hear her story.
"We were sitting there eating and we heard what sounded like a garbage truck going over bumps, like that metal sound, two consecutive metal sounds though," Boston Marathon runner Tina Greene said.
She had crossed the finish line less than an hour before 2:49 p.m. that day, and was just a block away with her husband.
"One of the patrons in the restaurant had said to me 'a bomb just went off at the finish,' and I was just shocked. It was at that point that I went to the window and saw all these emergency vehicles showing up. I had never seen so many ambulances in my life just lined up. I have never seen anything like that, it was just incredible," Green said.
An employee turned on a television and what she saw, was haunting.
"I remember me going across the finish line and some of the people, I think they had white jackets on, I think they were EMS guys, and I remember them saying good job, then I remember seeing on the screen that same guy helping somebody who was missing limbs," she said.
She and her husband were instructed by law enforcement to leave the city as soon as possible.
"All transportation was shut down. There was no other way to get out of the city other than to walk in one direction. We just kept on walking as far as we could until somebody could pick us up and bring us back to our car," Greene said.
She still vividly remembers those around her on that walk.
"People were crying," she said. "People were crying because they were just right there."
And though she will never forget what she saw, it's not going to stop her from living her life.
"We are going to come back. You're not going to deter us from doing things we love. And we can't live like that, we can't live in fear," Greene said.
She'll run again this year in Boston.
"To go to that race on Monday along with all those other people, I think it's going to be a positive experience. We're all there for a cause this year. I think everybody's going to be standing there and I think everybody's going to be proud of themselves for doing this," she said. "I think the finish is going to be even harder, running past the finish line knowing what happened at that point."
This year's Boston Marathon is scheduled for Monday. Security will be tight, with more than 100 cameras and 50 observation points along the marathon route.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
© 1999-2014 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Web design and web development by Tipit.


text:
This is part of a series of blog posts written by the 2014 Peace Scholars as they experience their summer program in Norway. This post was written by Amy Delo from Pacific Lutheran University.
People around the world come together over coffee. Trust me, as a Seattleite I know the importance of a good cup of coffee on a rainy Monday. However, going to a Starbucks is just not the same as experiencing European café culture. Today after class I decided to pack up my homework and head out to a coffee shop where I could sit, work and chat all afternoon.
I got on the T-bane with a few friends and headed out to Grønland, a neighborhood in East Oslo. We found a café and claimed a spot outside with our drinks. We had been told in class and by past Peace Scholars that East Oslo is the more diverse part of the city, where more immigrants and non-ethnic Norwegians live. This was readily apparent. Upon sitting down we heard two men at the table next to ours having a conversation in Serbian. Looking down the street there was a store selling fabric to make saris, a fruit and spice market, many women wearing the hijab, and many men wearing thawbs. In a homogenous society, like Norway, it was startling and refreshing to observe passersby from every different ethnic, linguistic, and national background imaginable while enjoying my latte. The people-watching from the café terrace was so fascinating that my homework never left my backpack.
Immigration and the changing makeup of Norwegian society have been a prominent topics of discussion in the class I am taking in Scandinavian Politics and Government at the International Summer School in Oslo. It has only been in the last 30 years that immigration to Norway has become significant and the large influx of people (relative to the overall population size) has created a more diverse population, especially in Oslo. This change in demographics has caused negative sentiment towards 'others' and an increase in Norwegian nationalism. This fact is unfortunately supported by the 22 July terrorist attack by Anders Behring Breivik, thought to have been undertaken as a response to the Labour government's pro-immigration position destroying the Norwegian nation (among other reasons).
While some scholars, like Samuel Huntington in his Clash of Civilizations, would insist this xenophobic action was carried out because different cultures are destined to fight for the rest of time due to their irreconcilable differences, as a Peace Scholar that idea is utterly ridiculous. Bridging the gap between different cultures while respecting the integrity of each is a challenge, however, creating an understanding and appreciation for those who are different than yourself- the 'other'- is a possible and worthwhile endeavor. So if you have the chance, grab a cup of coffee in Grønland. You will observe a community of people from all over the world rushing down the street, chatting with friends over coffee, and going about their everyday lives. When you take the time to look around, Grønland doesn't seem as different from the rest of Oslo as it did by first glance.


text:
National Cancer Organizations Issue Joint Statement On Devastating Impact Of Sequestration
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), in conjunction with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), International Oncology Network/AmerisourceBergen, and the US Oncology Network, issued a joint statement on the crippling effects of sequestration cuts to cancer drugs and services which began April 1, 2013. The organizations also sent letters to Health and Human Services (HHS), the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Sequestration cuts will apply not only to services physicians and others provide, but also to the fixed, pass-through costs of chemotherapy and related cancer-fighting drugs. Community cancer care providers are struggling to survive in this unsustainable environment.
Unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exercises its authority to modify implementation of sequestration to exclude Part B drugs, sequestration – a move intended to reduce federal spending – will actually jeopardize patient access to cancer care. A recent survey indicates the sequester cut will force 72 percent of cancer clinics to deny new Medicare patients or send all Medicare patients to the hospital for treatment. Access problems will multiply and costs will increase for both seniors fighting cancer and Medicare. This will result in higher overall costs for both seniors and the Medicare program by forcing patients into costlier, institutional treatment settings.
"Never before have I been forced to consider financial concerns when deciding which patients to treat," commented Dr. Mark Thompson, president of COA and an oncologist with the Zangmeister Center in Columbus, Ohio. "Oncologists should not be put in the untenable position of continuing to treat patients at a loss -- which will result in clinic closings -- or being unable to treat Medicare seniors fighting cancer in order to keep the clinic doors open."
"Most frustrating is that this did not have to happen. There are several ways that the Administration and Congress can act to avoid the most devastating of sequestration impacts," explained Ted Okon, COA's executive director. "However the cuts are addressed, it must be done immediately. In the absence of government action to stop sequestration cuts, practices will have no choice but to adopt emergency measures to deal with the sequester cuts to cancer drugs."Since 2008, more than 1,200 community cancer care centers have closed, consolidated, or reported financial problems. The result has been patient access problems, increased costs to seniors, Medicare, and taxpayers due to the migration of Medicare patients to costlier care settings, and new barriers to care for elderly patients in remote areas. When community cancer clinics close their doors, access to cancer care is compromised for all cancer patients, but especially vulnerable seniors. The full text of the joint statement and the letters to HHS, CMS, the Senate and the House are available at www.CommunityOncology.org. About Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Celebrating its 10 th anniversary during 2013, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) is a non-profit organization dedicated solely to community cancer care, where four out of five Americans with cancer are treated. Since its formation, COA has helped community cancer clinics navigate an increasingly hostile environment by working together to become more efficient, advocating for their patients, and proactively providing solutions to the Congress and policy makers. COA members have testified before both chambers of Congress, authored cancer care demonstration projects, and been instrumental in the passage of oral cancer drug parity legislation, among many other initiatives. COA is leading a multi-stakeholder group that is developing and implementing an Oncology Medical Home cancer care model and is advancing payment reform for cancer care. More information can be found at www.CommunityOncology.org. The COA Patient Advocacy Network (CPAN) was created in 2010 to advocate for access to local affordable care for all cancer patients. More information can be found at www.COAadvocacy.org. SOURCE Community Oncology Alliance
Select the service that is right for you!COMPARE ALL SERVICES
Action Alerts PLUSTry it NOW
Jim Cramer and Stephanie Link actively manage a real portfolio and reveal their money management tactics while giving advanced notice before every trade.
Product Features:
- $2.5+ million portfolio
- Large-cap and dividend focus
- Intraday trade alerts from Cramer
- Weekly roundups
TheStreet Quant RatingsTry it NOW
Only $49.95/yr
Access the tool that DOMINATES the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500.
Product Features:
- Buy, hold, or sell recommendations for over 4,300 stocks
- Unlimited research reports on your favorite stocks
- A custom stock screener
- Upgrade/downgrade alerts
Stocks Under $10Try it NOW
David Peltier, uncovers low dollar stocks with extraordinary upside potential that are flying under Wall Street's radar.
Product Features:
- Model portfolio
- Stocks trading below $10
- Intraday trade alerts
- Weekly roundups
Dividend Stock AdvisorTry it NOW
Jim Cramer's protege, David Peltier, identifies the best of breed dividend stocks that will pay a reliable AND significant income stream.
Product Features:
- Diversified model portfolio of dividend stocks
- Alerts when market news affect the portfolio
- Bi-weekly updates with exact steps to take - BUY, HOLD, SELL
Real Money ProTry it NOW
All of Real Money, plus 15 more of Wall Street's sharpest minds delivering actionable trading ideas, a comprehensive look at the market, and fundamental and technical analysis.
Product Features:
- Real Money + Doug Kass Plus 15 more Wall Street Pros
- Intraday commentary & news
- Ultra-actionable trading ideas
Options ProfitsTry it NOW
Our options trading pros provide daily market commentary and over 100 monthly option trading ideas and strategies to help you become a well-seasoned trader.
Product Features:
- 100+ monthly options trading ideas
- Actionable options commentary & news
- Real-time trading community
- Options TV


text:
Genesis News
Similar Artist News
Ring In 2015 With Our All-Night New Years Playlist
Live it up this NYE by blasting our Spotify / YouTube playlist featuring 2014's best hits + party favorites
Our Pop Xmas Playlist Might Make You Drop Your Shopping List & Dance
Don't say we didn't warn you. Here's our ultimate Christmas pop playlist on Spotify and YouTube!
Your Guide To The Best New Releases Dropping December & Beyond
Brought to you by Pause & Play, here's a list of forthcoming music you'd be crazy to miss out on
Year of the Booty: The 10 Best Songs About Buns, Hun
These ten tracks give love to the derriere like nobody's business. My Anaconda don't!
15 Dollar-Dropping Songs for Black Friday
Today is all about the Benjamins, baby!
Watch Band Aid 30's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Help Stop Ebola
Can you spot all the stars in the latest Band Aid roundup? Listen to the reworked song and help fight the Ebola virus
David Bowie Shares 'Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)' Music Video
Watch the latest video from the rock legend.
Find Out The 20 Most Catchy Songs Of All Time
Can you guess which ones made the list?
Channel Your Inner Frankenstein With These 15 Monster Jams
It's ALIVE!!! Fire up your Spotify & YouTube players to get your monster groove on...
Watch BBC Music's Star-Studded "God Only Knows" Cover
Pharrell, Lorde, One Direction, Florence Welch, Chris Martin & more take on the Beach Boys' classic hit
Fleetwood Mac Returns! Co-Founder Mick Fleetwood Dishes On Reunion Tour
Tune in to CBS Sunday Morning on Sept. 28th to get the details on the legendary rock band's comeback
Stand Up To Cancer with Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, The Who and Many More Stars
Friday, September 5th marks the charity telecast: when we all come together, cancer doesn't stand a chance!
The 5 Most Iconic Pink Floyd Lyrics Of All Time
We're celebrating the news of the psychedelic rockers' surprise LP 'The Endless River' with their most influential…
What Songs Would You Put On A Late Night Playlist?
We've curated our own Spotify playlist for those bedtime blues, inspired by the Late Night compilation series.
15 BBQ Anthems For Your Upcoming Summer Weekend
Got a BBQ stain on your white t-shirt? Tim McGraw feels you. Check out our playlist for your cookout!
We Heart Our Mamas: 15 Songs For Mother's Day
From the Spice Girls to 2Pac, all the best Mother's Day tracks are right here on our Spotify playlist!
15 Easter-Ready Tracks To Kick Off Your Long Weekend
Hoppy Easter! Celebrate with our Spotify playlist on your Easter long weekend.
10 Songs That Will INSTANTLY Put You In A Good Mood: Part Two
You asked, and we delivered! Part two of our popular "good mood" playlist has arrived...
All The Musical Moments at the 2014 Oscars
The 86th annual Academy Awards just went down -- who were the big music winners / performers?
The Best 15 Songs About Being Happy
Because we're happy! Pharrell's cheerful track inspired us to make a "Happy" playlist of our own.
One Direction, Arctic Monkeys Clean Up At 2014 BRIT Awards
See who else won big & performed at Britain's biggest music night!
Paramore, Little Mix, and J.Lo Top Our Trending Tuesday List
These 10 #TrendingTuesday songs are on our radar this week!
Watch The Flaming Lips & Sean Lennon Perform Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Seriously psychedelic!
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan: 50 Years Later
CBS News is covering the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four appearing on the legendary show: relive these iconic Beatles…
Catch A Preview Of 'The Night That Changed America'
The 50th anniversary of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show is nigh: watch the preview for the special!
Broken Bells Perform with Ringo Starr on The Late Show
But not in the way you'd expect. See the Shins frontman and the Gnarls Barkley producer pump out "And I Love Her"...
The Best Songs From Super Bowl Halftime Performers
Go from present (Bruno Mars) to past (No Doubt) performers in our Spotify playlist for the 2014 Super Bowl.
Get The Set List to the All-Star Beatles Tribute Special
See what Beatles classics stars like Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, and Maroon 5 belted out for the prestigious event...
15 Songs From 2013's Best Movies
Just in time for the Oscar nominations, we've put together a movie-magic playlist just for you.
All The 'Best Original Song' Nominees at the 2014 Oscars
Check out who's up for an Oscar thanks to their songwriting skills!
Bruce Springsteen To Debut New Music On CBS's The Good Wife
The Boss is back!
Best Albums of 2013: Amanda's Top 10
Our editorial staff member's top picks for the best albums of 2013: do you agree?
The 5 Best Lyric Videos of 2013
This year was jam-packed with some of the best lyric vids we've ever seen...
Get The Nominations to the 2014 GRAMMY Awards
Macklemore is just one of the big names nominated: see who made the cut!
The 2014 GRAMMY Awards: Album Of The Year Predictions
The nominees for the 56th annual GRAMMY awards are almost here: could one these picks be Album Of The Year?
The Boss Is Back! Watch Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes" Lyric Video
Get to know the words to Springsteen's latest heavy-hitting hit.
Paint It Black: The Ultimate Black Friday Playlist
It's the day after Thanksgiving, and you know what that means...Black Friday!
The 3 Best Getaway Lyrics From Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run"
Celebrate The Boss's classic lyrics with us!
U2's New Song "Ordinary Love" Gets An Extraordinary Lyric Video
The band's first new track in four years comes with a gorgeous new lyric clip.


text:
The White Urkel is a strong indica dominate cannabis strain.
|White Urkle up close
This is a great looking strain with dark green nugs mixed with large orange hairs.
The white urkle smells good almost like lemons and a dark wine mixed together.
The taste is deep and lung expanding. Very pungent and pine after taste.
White urkle is a cross between the famous White widow x Purple Urkle.
Medical Uses
This is perfect for night time use or just to relax your muscles in general.


text:
Gear Review
Great Looking Hat
Member since
I got this hat for my brother and he loves it but I was disappointed cause I wanted him to give it back to me and I would just give him the money for it haha. The hat is REALLY warm and fits really well.
View More Details on Coal Yukon Brim Beanie


text:
Roca, Patron's New Tequila, Now Available in Miami
By David Minsky
Top Chef Talks Pizza and Siena Tavern Miami
By Jen Mangham
Closer Look: AQ by Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach
By Bill Wisser
Kris Wessel to Open New Bar A.I.R.
By Laine Doss
Closer Look: Buns & Buns in South Miami
By Bill Wisser
Traditional Eats for the World Cup Semifinals
By Dana De Greff
Potato Salad Kickstarter Raises Over $50,000 So Far
By Laine Doss
N by NAOE opens on Brickell Key
By Zachary Fagenson
Veal was tasty too, a pair of generously sized cutlets with fresh porcini mushrooms and champagne-based brown sauce. The accompanying vegetable, which comes with many of the main courses, was a medley of steamed carrots, green beans, yellow squash, and zucchini -- unseasoned, undercooked, fat-free, and flavor-free.
Whenever I eat prime rib I feel as though I'm at somebody's wedding, or, worse, a bar mitzvah. Maybe that's why I don't order it much, though the real reason would probably be that non-steak houses rarely offer it.
Associations with tasteless catering halls aside, I've always been partial to this cut of beef. I see the difference between a sirloin strip steak and prime rib as being like that between a futon mattress and Sealy Posturepedic -- the extra depth provides a lot more comfort. I opted for the 14- to 16-ounce serving, brought to the table an impeccable medium-rare (defined by the menu as "red, warm center"), a moistening marbling meandering through the meat.
3101 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Category: Restaurant > Steakhouse
Region: Coral Gables/South Miami
Seafood selections are limited to a balsamic- and honey mustard-glazed salmon, a couple of shrimp treatments (scampi and fried), fish du jour, and herb-crusted fillet of sea bass that actually contained just a mere sprinkling of parsley on top. That was all right, as a horseradish sauce broiled into the sizable fillet provided more than enough spunk. Grilled asparagus came alongside, with, again, the baked potato -- you can substitute mashed potatoes upon request and, for that matter, ask for your fish to be blackened, grilled, sautéed au meunière, and so on. Christy's is big on being accommodating.
We have scientist Benjamin Thompson to thank for baked Alaska, his studies on the resistance of egg whites to heat laying the groundwork for the browned meringue topping that crowns this renowned dessert. Christy's version, billed as "for two" but hefty enough for four, is classically prepared with vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream with a thin layer of sponge cake, covered in meringue, browned in the oven, and finished tableside, where the waiter pours a glass of cherry liqueur over the mound and ignites it in a crowd-pleasing show. Blackout cake was less impressive visually, but the dark chocolate cake, layered with equally dark chocolate ganache and topped with darker chocolate icing, was darkly scrumptious.
Christy's may not have been around during the fabled Gables of long ago, but the food and ambiance evoke the time when men were men, a steak was a steak, and McCarthy and Nixon were plotting against us. Ah, things change yet remain the same. Christy's just remains the same, which is what makes it so very charming.
Sponsor Content