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1999 BMW Z3 User Reviews
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Cem writes:
1999 BMW Z3 Review
design and feeling
window sunroof without any curtain
A Real Sports Car — Always prefer coupe version like me, it is a classic. great engine. It looks gorgeous and it will never get old. that makes it special. maybe a six gear box makes it much better car, but there is not any.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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Vince writes:
1999 BMW Z3 Review
True sports car tradition, yet safe and reliable.
Not teutonic enough due to poor chassis rigidity. Parts bin car.
M Roadster - A True Classic Sport Roadster, But Marginal Bmw. — This was my 2nd BMW (after a '94 325i Cabriolet) and I was somewhat disappointed by its fit & finish and overall sophistications. BMW did not spend much in R&D to come up with this chassis as they are not sure about the future of 2 seater roadsters. The semi-trailer arm rear suspension was derived from an older generation of 3 series cars, and had caused some serious white knuckle moments (ie. unintended spin outs, etc.). The interior was well executed, despite having employed, again, parts from older 3 series. The chassis, even with the open top configuration was taken into consideration, was lacking in rigidity when harnesing the 240 hp from the 3.2L S series engine. Rear wheel hop was common occurance when attempts were made to produce power slides. This was also not the car of choice when navigating on gravel roads where unacceptable chassis vibration would result. Having said that, this was still a fun car to have - hand washing it was bordering erotic. Taken to the track, this car can really excel with neutral handling, wind-in-the-hair (finally adeqate ventilation in the helmet) experience, and true appreciation of the exhaust note. Driven daily, the sporty interior fitted like (leathery soft) gloves with chrome ringed guages a plenty, a true classic sport car tradition.
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1999 BMW Z3 2.3 Convertible Review
no room for golf clubs
1999 Z3 The Best Sports Car Ever Built — Like everything about the Z3. Nice ride....can drive 8 hours and stlll feel great Fast enough.....better than avg handling. Goodyear Responsedge tires are the best for comfort and snow traction.
Owner for 4 years, 6 months
Miles Driven per Year:15,000
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1999 BMW Z3 2.3 Convertible Review
Fun little car, had ample power (would have liked more though) and was blast to drive
Never felt as confident going around the corners at high speeds as I did in my old BMW
Fun Little Two-seater — For just a test drive, this car was a blast! This BMW sure did love to move and was a load of fun to blast around corners with, however the car never felt as confident going around the twisties as I would have expected from a BMW, but it made for a fun hour and a half long blast around the Bridgers on a warm early summer day!
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2002 BMW Z3 Reviews
Love The Sun!
I love this little car. Drives like a dream. No wonder BMW is THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE. This car turns heads - everywhere I go. The only drawback is I have three kids and two Mastiff dogs - obv... Read More
This car performance and great handling are hard to find in any car. It has great power to weight ratio, is not under power, and still for being a 2002, it still shocks people that have not seen a veh... Read More
2001 BMW Z3 Reviews
My Awsome Car The Bmw Z3
i love that car it was one of the bast cars i ever had is fast and nice and womans love it. if you are looking for somthing relayble you should get the z3 and during the summer time it is so nice ... Read More
Zetti 4 Ever
I absolutely love my sweet little road-star, but things never can be fast enough... or you get used to it. performance is not too bad, it's a 3 litre, it's not the M though. appearance is very nice a... Read More
2000 BMW Z3 Reviews
Summer Cruiser!
The 2.3l Z3 is a small but fun car! The 2.3 still has a little grunt but also does fairly well on gas. The car is perfect for taking a Sunday cruise or hitting a few back road's on the way home from w... Read More
A Great Driving Experience.
It looks great, fun to drive, very cool AC, Excellent sound system, electric top fast to set up,no major mechanical problems, maintenance was always done. It keeps its value, 52,000 miles in a BMW is ... Read More
1998 BMW Z3 Reviews
You Will Receive Complements All The Time!
A larger trunk would be nice but of course it would lose the beauty of the car if they did that. Gas mileage is great! My maintenance cost was hardly anything, other than oil changes. It is a very fun... Read More
Great Sports Car For The Money!
The Z3 is in the best tradition of the British sports cars of the 60, with the exception that everything about the Z3 is better than the earlier British cars, especially the electrical system and thes... Read More
1997 BMW Z3 Reviews
Fun In A Small Package
Like most everything now that I have it "fixed" up. Fun to drive. Negative: Too easy to go too fast. Gets compliments almost every time out. Takes curves like it's on a rail. Have had minimal mechanic... Read More
Fun Ride & Head Turner!
Great combination of sport and luxury all rolled into one! Unique leather interior. Has a typical stiff sport suspension, but still manages to deliver a smooth ride. Manual convertible top is easy ... Read More


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almonds dressing salad
Creamy Garlic Sauce Dressing
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The un-dairy cream sauce/dressing. You can use this on your un-pasta or as a salad dressing. The savory flavor of olive oil and almonds go so well with fresh basil and garlic. Sure to please even the pickiest.
Almond Dressing
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Challenge, At the end of Xena, most of the old gods were dead or dying. Only three made it out. Ares, Aphrodite, and Artemis. The other two got sick of 'Dite's' whining pretty quickly and banish her to Earth. And to teach her a lesson they trap her inside a human male.
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Rev. Samuel S. Dudley, a native of Sudbury, Mass., has been a Methodist minister forty-four years, seventeen of which he has preached in this county. He now resides on road 42.
Biographical Sketch of Rev. Samuel S. Dudley
MLA Source Citation:Hurd, Duane Hamilton. History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis. 1886. AccessGenealogy.com. Web. 21 December 2014. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/new-hampshire/biographical-sketch-of-rev-samuel-s-dudley.htm - Last updated on Aug 20th, 2012
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Chadian refugees go home
News Stories, 27 July 2001
GENEVA, July 27 (UNHCR) – The organized repatriation from West Africa of Chadian refugees who fled their country during civil war in the early 1980s is officially drawing to a close.
UNHCR announced Friday that 288 refugees this week left Cameroon's largest city of Douala for a two-day rail journey to the northern border, from where they were then trucked into southern Chad after being supplied with five months of food, blankets, kitchen tools and soap. UNHCR this year is also supporting and rehabilitating schooling, water and health facilities in villages of return.
One final convoy for 500 'urban' refugees from the Cameroon capital, Yaoundé, is scheduled for next week. A total of 7,000 Chadians have been officially repatriated from that country, but lack of funds has brought a halt to further operations. UNHCR estimates there are still 40,000 Chadians in Cameroon, most of whom may have integrated locally.
The return to Chad reached a peak last year, when 18,000 refugees went home from the Central African Republic and smaller numbers from Benin and Gabon.
Chad itself hosts some 17,000 refugees, the majority of them rural civilians from Sudan who settled in the east of Chad.
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Little has been reported about the humanitarian crisis in the northern part of the Central African Republic (CAR), where at least 295,000 people have been forced out of their homes since mid-2005. An estimated 197,000 are internally displaced, while 98,000 have fled to Chad, Cameroon or Sudan. They are the victims of fighting between rebel groups and government forces.
Many of the internally displaced live in the bush close to their villages. They build shelters from hay, grow vegetables and even start bush schools for their children. But access to clean water and health care remains a huge problem. Many children suffer from diarrhoea and malaria but their parents are too scared to take them to hospitals or clinics for treatment.
Cattle herders in northern CAR are menaced by the zaraguina, bandits who kidnap children for ransom. The villagers must sell off their livestock to pay.
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Crisis in the Central African Republic
Battling the Elements in Chad
More than 180,000 Sudanese refugees have fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region, crossing the border to the remote desert of eastern Chad.
It is one of the most inhospitable environments UNHCR has ever had to work in. Vast distances, extremely poor road conditions, scorching daytime temperatures, sandstorms, the scarcity of vegetation and firewood, and severe shortages of drinkable water have been major challenges since the beginning of the operation. Now, heavy seasonal rains are falling, cutting off the few usable roads, flooding areas where refugees had set up makeshift shelters, and delaying the delivery of relief supplies.
Despite the enormous environmental challenges, UNHCR has so far managed to establish nine camps and relocate the vast majority of the refugees who are willing to move from the volatile border.
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Since fighting broke out in Sudan's western region of Darfur last year, more than 110,000 Sudanese refugees have fled into Chad. They are scattered along a 600-km stretch of desert borderland under a scorching sun during the day and freezing temperatures during the night.
Access to these refugees in this inhospitable region is difficult. Staff of the UN refugee agency drive for days to locate them. Bombing in the border zone and cross-border raids by militia from Sudan put the refugees at risk and underscore the urgent need to move them to camps in the interior. In addition, the approach of the rainy season in May will make the sandy roads impassable. Aid workers are racing against time in an attempt bring emergency relief to these refugees.


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The new social insurance law introduced by the Jordanian government in 2010 was created in part to improve the likelihood of womens employment through non- and gender specific changes. ... See More + This study, which comprised individual interviews and focus groups with Jordanian women and men, employers and opinion leaders, was designed to elicit an understanding of their awareness and knowledge of the new law, designed to increase womens employment - primarily the maternity insurance provision. Those affected by the law remained largely uninformed. Many employers communicated that they did not perceive it as cost neutral for their firms. Participants who were aware of the law, viewed the changes positively and believed with the right circumstances, the law could increase female employment. See Less -
Working Paper (Numbered Series) 89187 JUN 01, 2014
Brodmann, Stefanie ; Jillson, Irene ; Hassan, Nahla
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Entrepreneurship training and self-employment among university graduates evidence from a randomized trial in Tunisia, conducted in the year between 2009/2010 school year. ... See More + The entrepreneurship track was between February-June 2010, in Tunisia. The study observed that in economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the potential to enable youth to gain skills and create their own jobs. The program had a positive effect on self-employment reported over the previous year. For those who completed the program, the program increased the likelihood of being employed by 5 percent. The program had no effect on overall probability of employment; thus there was a decrease in wage employment. Funding for the study derives from Gender Action Plan, Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund. See Less -
Brief 81317 AUG 14, 2013
Premand, Patrick; Brodmann, Stefanie; Almeida, Rita; Grun, Rebekka; Barouni, Mahdi
Jobs are crucial for individual well-being. They provide a livelihood and, equally important, a sense of dignity. They are also crucial for collective well-being and economic growth. ... See More + However, the rules and incentives that govern labor markets in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have led to in efficient and inequitable outcomes, both individually and collectively. Several underlying distortions prevent a more productive use of human capital and have led to a widespread sense of unfairness and exclusion, of which the Arab Spring was a powerful expression. The Middle East and North Africa has a large reservoir of untapped human resources, with the worldapos;s highest unemployment rate among youth and the lowest participation of females in the labor force. Desirable jobs, defined as high paying or formal jobs, are few, and private employment is overwhelmingly of low added value. Overall, the regionapos;s labor markets can be characterized as being in efficient, inequitable, and locked in low productivity equilibrium. See Less -
Publication 77229 APR 25, 2013
Gatti, Roberta; Morgandi, Matteo; Grun, Rebekka; Brodmann, Stefanie; Urdinola, Diego Angel; Moreno, Juan Manuel; Marotta, Daniela; Schiffbauer, Mar; Lorenzo, Elizabeth Mata
In economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the potential to enable youth to gain skills and create their own jobs. ... See More + This paper presents experimental evidence on a new entrepreneurship track that provides business training and personalized coaching to university students in Tunisia. Undergraduates in the final year of licence appliquee were given the opportunity to graduate with a business plan instead of following the standard curriculum. This paper relies on randomized assignment of the entrepreneurship track to identify impacts on labor market outcomes one year after graduation. The analysis finds that the entrepreneurship track was effective in increasing self-employment among applicants, but that the effects are small in absolute terms. In addition, the employment rate among participants remains unchanged, pointing to a partial substitution from wage employment to self-employment. The evidence shows that the program fostered business skills, expanded networks, and affected a range of behavioral skills. Participation in the entrepreneurship track also heightened graduates optimism toward the future shortly after the Tunisian revolution. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6285 DEC 01, 2012
Premand, Patrick; Brodmann, Stefanie; Almeida, Rita; Grun, Rebekka; Barouni, Mahdi
Young Palestinians face serious employment challenges upon graduation. In 2009, unemployment among youth 15-24 years old was 28 percent for men and 36 percent for women in West Bank and 57 percent for men and 68 percent for women in Gaza. ... See More + To better understand the reasons behind these poor labor market indicators, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) in collaboration with the World Bank conducted focus group discussions with concerned stakeholders in March 2011. This quick note provides a summary of the presentation on the patterns of education-to-work transitions of youth in the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) made by the World Bank team to the focus group meetings. It also incorporates a summary of the subsequent discussions. See Less -
Brief 67731 JAN 01, 2012
Brodmann, Stefanie; Cuadra, Ernesto P.; Allouche, Mohamad Ismail; Hillis, Samira Ahmed
Tunisia, like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, has long experienced unemployment, particularly among young university graduates. ... See More + Unfortunately, job creation in existing enterprises is not sufficient to absorb a growing stream of graduates, and this tendency is unlikely to change in the short run. A recent Health District (HD) project is therefore trying to teach university graduates to create their own jobs. The business plan thesis competition uses the undergrad thesis writing process to teach students to create an enterprise project and write a business plan. Apart from professors, private sector coaches mentor the students. Completed theses are submitted to a competition, whose winners receive financial support and further coaching to incubate the enterprise. First results from the baseline survey and accompanying qualitative interviews show the passionate take-up of the program and warrant cautious optimism regarding the emergence of an entrepreneurial culture. The recent events in the MENA region, which first unleashed in Tunisia, have side action supported by the Tunisian employment Development Policy Lending (DPL). See Less -
Brief 62234 MAR 01, 2011
Brodmann, Stefanie; Grun, Rebekka; Premand, Patrick
Increased labor mobility bears large potential benefits for human development and poverty reduction through various channels including more competitive global labor markets and increased efficiency in the matching of skills supply and demand. ... See More + Bank support for enhanced and better managed migration can complement broader efforts to reduce poverty and promote human development, similarly to how Bank projects on trade liberalization have helped in reducing market distortions and raise welfare. With Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries becoming increasingly eager to adopt a proactive approach to improve migration outcomes, cross-sectoral Bank teams are well positioned to respond to increasing demand for migration management systems. Labor mobility has proven to be a forceful driver of convergence in living standards. Estimates suggest that gains from the liberalization of migration could surpass welfare gains from trade liberalization. Currently, migration represents the main form of global and regional integration for MENA countries. In the future, increased labor mobility could foster regional economic integration, a recognized priority within the Arab World Initiative (AWI). See Less -
Brief 59406 SEP 01, 2010
Brodmann, Stefanie; Pouget, Yann; Gatti, Roberta
This note presents and analyzes the main design features of an inventory of non-publicly provided Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) in Arab-Mediterranean Countries (AMCs), with a specific focus on programs targeted at youth. ... See More + Despite considerable international evidence, there is little systematic analysis on the effectiveness of ALMPs in AMCs as most programs and investments remain largely un-assessed. Since most AMCs lack unemployment insurance systems or other safety nets for the unemployed, ALMPs constitute a relevant instrument to address the consequences of labor market frictions, such as high unemployment and slow school-to-work transition. Programs from nine countries are included in the inventory: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. Benchmarked against international best practices, assessment of the programs covered in the inventory reveals that the majority lack the necessary mix of design features that make programs effective. These findings call for urgent reforms in program design and delivery, especially given the sizeable financial investments in programs and the urgency to improve labor market outcomes among youth. This policy note constitutes a first step towards understanding and assessing provision of ALMPs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and intends to provide policy makers and financiers with options for reform to enhance efficiency of existing programs and improve the design of future interventions. In addition to specific aspects of program design and implementation, stakeholder coordination needs to be strengthened and put at the forefront of ALMP reform. See Less -
Working Paper (Numbered Series) 55673 JUL 01, 2010
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina; Brodmann, Stefanie;
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With a controversial name, rumored gang ties and often violent fans, Suicidal Tendencies, which formed in the early '80s, went from being voted Worst Band/Biggest Assholes in punk fanzine Flipside one year to Best New Band the next. Though recording was spotty at best, Suicidal Tendencies did make seminal hardcore track "Institutionalized," which appears in the cult classic Repo Man, an episode of Miami Vice (of all places) and, more recently, Iron Man. The band eventually embraced thrash metal — angering punk's purists — with future Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo performing on a pair of stellar albums, Controlled by Hatred and Lights...Cameras...Revolution! Suicidal returns to Denver armed with material from a brand-new album, 13, its first in more than a decade.
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Boston Underground Film Festival 2010
Presented by Boston Underground Film Festival at Kendall Square Cinema
March 25 - April 1, 2010
BUFF 2010 is a week-long extravaganza of cinematic mayhem unleashed at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, March 25th through April 1st. Full schedule released March 1st. Visit bostonunderground.org for up-to-the-minute details.
One Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA 02141
Admission Info:
$10 individual screening; $100 all-access festival pass
General Day and Time Info:
7:00pm on Thursday 3/25/2010
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Omaha E-Week 2014
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Alma Ramirez-Rodgers
Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week, Feb. 15-22, 2014.In February, the UNL College of Engineering in Omaha hosts activities for current students, prospective students, faculty/staff and industry members.
Our 2014 E-Week celebration includes an Industry and Student Hockey Tailgate, current student competitions and Sr. High Discovery Days.
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"Archie Digest" No. 1
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
"Transformers vs. G.I. Joe"
"Hip Hop Family Tree"
"Street Fighter" No. 0
"The Tick"
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It was a hot day in Fountain Valley, but many comic book fans found shelter from the sun on Saturday by gathering inside their local comic book stores for Free Comic Book Day, an event where anyone can pick up a free comic book simply by walking into a participating store.
Started in 2002 and run by Diamond Comic Distributors, Free Comic Book Day was created to generate interest in reading comic books by offering new readers a peek into an assortment of titles.
The event always takes place on the first Saturday in May.
Each year, publishers offer titles featuring Superman, Batman, "The Walking Dead" and even kid-friendly comics featuring Archie, "Adventure Time" and Hello Kitty.
This year, 57 free comic book titles were available from Diamond Comic Distributors, yet some stores were only able to access a small portion of the titles because of high demand.
Even with long lines, limited supplies and differing policies, Free Comic Book Day still managed to draw in droves of comic enthusiasts and novices.TRINITY COMICS
Trinity Comics, at 18814 Brookhurst St., had a line leading out the door with hungry comic book readers by the time the store opened, each looking to pick up free comics including "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Teen Titans Go!" and a special hardcover edition of "Mouse Guard."
Emily Kates of Los Angeles was well-prepared for Free Comic Book Day as she ventured to Trinity Comics dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, eagerly hunting for a free copy of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and back issues of "Batgirl."
"I love this comic store because it's nice and clean, and I've been to some gritty comic book stores," Kates said. "I love 'Deadpool,' and they always have it in stock at Trinity Comics."
Kates said she had a hard time finding a decent comic book store in her home state of New Jersey and that Trinity Comics has a large supply of back issues to add to her collection.
Ethan Hart of Fountain Valley said he likes visiting comic book stores on Free Comic Book Day because comics are getting expensive and he enjoys having the chance to get a few good comic books for free once a year.
Kent Heidelman and Ryan Campbell, co-owners of Trinity Comics, both agreed that Free Comic Book Day is a worthwhile event because it promotes literacy to young children by making reading fun.
"The No. 1 thing I like about Free Comic Book Day is giving free stuff to kids and getting them excited about reading," Campbell said.JNJ COMICS
While Free Comic Book Day usually means a free comic once a year to some, JNJ Comics owner Jeff Rogers has been running his store with a different approach for the past four years.
Instead of offering the same issues given away at other comic book stores, Free Comic Book Day instead marks the start of a monthlong sale at JNJ Comics, at 11765 Edinger Ave., where all back issues are marked down 50 percent.
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Monochromatic Layouts and Cards
Every month we challenge our designers with something fun and this month it was all about monochromatic color schemes.
Did you get the August newsletter? Well if you did then you got a FREE downloadable PDF from Designer Mary Pat Siehl featuring a quick "how to" on how to create EASY monochromatic looks with just embossing! Core makes scrapbooking easy, don't you think? By being a Hard Core Crafter you are automatically signed up for our newsletter.
Our Design Team also did some for us today as well. As you can tell our team likes blue
First up Kate Nolan-Deham…Kate used a banner to really enhance her monochromatic color scheme. And how sweet is her Glitter Silk dress form that she embellished!
And look at all this texture from Designer Gail Linder??!?! LOVE how she chose to use some yellow…a color I think a lot of scrappers struggle with:
A super simple card from Designer Ava Gavloski…monochromatic doesn't need to be complicated….
and one last card from Designer Heather Kaesgan…LOVE how she mixed in some Gemstones for her monochromatic look for that bit of shimmer….
Clare Buswell used our Core Amour Cardstock to create a unique monochromatic look:
And Tracy Gruber always creates the CUTEST cards….hippo-ray, LOL! So cuuuuute! And monochromatic doesn't need to be the exact same color. Tracy used different hues of purple for hers and added some Gemstones as well.
And how about a Pink Monochromatic layout from Designer Ava Gavloski? Look at all that gorgeous detail! Using the BasicGrey Core Impressions for her base and then just adding fabulous bits and pieces in pink and white….
Day THREE with Scor-Pal
December 12, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, May Arts Ribbon, Queen & Co., Scor Pal
Wow, this week is just flying by, isn't it?
First up we have important giveaway information. We are sponsoring DAY THREE of Scrapbook & Cards today's 12 Days of giveaways. You have until NOON Dec 22nd 2012 to post on their blog HERE to win ONE EACH of our 6×6 collection packs!
If you were here earlier then you know we are having a super fun week with SCOR PAL. Do you have one of these? Well, if you are a paper craft you better. AND if you love Core, then you BETTER! Scoring, then sanding with Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock is the only way to go.
Scoring raises the cardstock so you can sand it and release that inner Core. It's gorgeous AND both design teams are going to show you easy and fabulous ways the Scor Pal products and Core'dinations can add interested to your papercrafting projects.
Did you know we have a Scoring Video? Check out our Technique videos for some awesome ideas on what you can do with Core, including the scoring video.
PLEASE make sure you check out the Scor Pal blog for some INCREDIBLE designs this week (I think there might be a prize over there ). They SIMPLY rock. You know we always have something up our sleeve for you when we do these fun blog events so keep commenting for a chance to win some great Core'dinations Cardstock!
Today we have some gorgeous designs from Designer Shaunte Wadley. She created this beautiful flower on the card just by using some simple scoring. The flower is a Lifestyle Crafts die so you could really do this with any flower.
See how Shaunte scores from the back? That is important so the raised line is on the front of the cardstock. Especially when you are sanding.
And a close-up of it on the card. Keep in mind sanding the Gemstones will take off the shine so you may not want to sand it.
AND Shaunte created her frame on this card by scoring and using the VERY FUN Scor Bug Embosser!!! It makes these fun dots that look so great sanded.
AND she scored the woodgrain on the branch using some Vintage Cardstock. So you can see all the really amazing details you can get on your projects just by scoring and sanding. The base of the card is Whitewash.
And another card for you from Shaunte using Core Essentials and loads of scoring.
Bling is from Queen & Co and Ribbon is from May Arts.
Stampendous Day Two!
October 9, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Basic Grey, Core Blog, Queen & Co., Stampendous
Welcome to our Second Day of our week with Stampendous! We couldn't be more excited than to share gorgeous projects with you featuring Core'dinations and Stamendous products all week long!
We love Stampendous and their products so make sure you do a few things for us while you are here this week.
1.) Like them on Facebook. AND 2.) Follow them on Pinterest. Oh and if you tweat, 3.) Follow them on Twitter here.
And we have a blog hop for you, too!
Here is a list to hop along…make sure you do as we are giving away prizes ALL WEEK LONG for those that are commenting and having fun. There are chances to win every day on one of these blogs from BOTH companies!
Sorry about the technical difficulties with Lydia Jackson's blog yesterday. That was my fault SO we are letting you comment on her blog again today for a chance to win to make up for it…hope that works!!!
And for inspiration here today, we have a project from Design team Member Melissa Oliveira. You MUST check out the details on this layout. I know we were going for a bit of a fall theme here this week but Melissa just couldn't stop and had to pull out her favorite Stampendous stamp, the Stampendous Jumbo Magnolia cling stamp.
Here is a little bit about this layout from Melissa: To create the pieced flower, I stamped the flower image three times; twice on a lightly sanded piece of whitewash and once on a piece of core'dinating Gemstones Cardstock. One of the Whitewash stamped images was embossed using an embossing folder, and the other was trimmed and used as the base for the flower embellishment. Petals were cut from the embossed and Gemstone stamped flowers and layered over the matching petals on the base flower. I added some Queen&Co. pearls to the center of the layered flower for added interest and texture. Leaves were stamped onto a piece of BasicGrey Core impressions and layered beneath the completed flower.
How about that for some stamping?! Gorgeous. Gorgeous!
And a close up…
See you tomorrow!
It's the Luck of the Irish
March 15, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz
Here on the Core blog this week!
We have a special treat from Core Teacher Vicki Boutin for you today!
What a way to to show off all the amazing colors and textures of Core'dinations cardstock. Our color families core'dinate in each line so you can mix and match them easily.
Here is a little bit about this layout from Vicki:
Imaginisce Winners!
March 10, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, May Arts Ribbon, Provocraft
We have some Winners!
First up our random blog winner from commenting last week is….
I love that birthday card! I have the IRock tool…need to get some more gems!!
And from Facebook our random winner is:
Today was great just like the other days. The hop was great and feeled with a whole lot of inspiration. Thanks so much.
Please email email@example.com with your name, address, phone number (if international) with Imaginisce Winner in the subject header. We ship contest prizes twice a month so please expect a minimum of two weeks for your prize to arrive.
If you missed our blog week last week, got to play with the i-Rock!
And to celebrate St Patrick's Day this week, Design Team Andrea Amu created this gorgeous altered frame using lots of Core'dinations Vintage Cardstock, Gemstones and Core Essentials Cardstocks! Doesn't the i-Rock make the perfect accents? Oh and a touch of May Arts Ribbon.
Please note all cuts on this project were done with the Circut.
Summer Time!
July 20, 2011 by Core'dinator
Filed under Core Blog
It's summer time, right?!?!?!
Haha, yes….I know a lot of us are getting hammered with heat these days so what better way to spend
the days inside scrapping and being inspired, right?
Today's super fun Summer Themed project comes from Design Team Member Brianne Neville.
How cute are these????????
Core'dinations: Core Essentials (Snowflake), Vintage, Gemstones. Silhouette SD (glasses, umbrellas)
Have a great week!


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Added Feb 18, 2011
by Ophelia K
Japan, Japan
Made this cardigan from a book called Sukina Nonode Tsukuru Fuku. http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4579111907
I drafted the pencil skirt pattern. It has total 8 darts!!
Blogged here:http://crochetie.blogspot.com/2011/02/la-la-spring-are-you-almost-there.html
wool, cotton, polyester, zipper,
Mar 6, 2011, 07.54 AMby oinochoe
Lovely color and fabric-mix, lovely!
Feb 20, 2011, 12.29 PMby salvia
The colors make me wish, spring would be here already. Great outfit!
Feb 18, 2011, 09.25 PMby rokonela
Great outfit. Beautiful color combination.
Feb 18, 2011, 08.07 PMby aibby
It looks lovely on you. I like the spring colours. An I especially like the skirt, love pencil skirts.
Feb 18, 2011, 06.52 PMby SimplyTuTuSweet
Very nice and pretty. Well done!
Feb 18, 2011, 04.17 PMby puffling
I love your colour scheme and the rose fabric – kind of Art Nouveau / MacKintosh but modern at the same time!
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Microsoft Delivers Windows Server R2 Beta 2
Microsoft Corp. officials told beta testers on Thursday that the second beta release of its Windows Server 2003 R2 update is now available for download.
Microsoft made the R2 Beta 2 bits available on its Betaplace Web site.
R2 is a fairly minor version of Windows Server, built on the recently released Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) code base. R2 integrates a number of the myriad Windows Server 2003 feature packs that Microsoft has shipped since April 2003, plus adds a few new features.
Among the
The R2 release is slated to ship by the end of calendar 2005.
Microsoft announced
Build 1939 is the official R2 Beta 2 version number, testers said. But Microsoft recently identified R2 Build No. 1927 as the "Beta 2 Escrow Build."
According to testers, who requested anonymity, Build 1927 included a number of changes from the Beta 1 build. (These changes are still part of 1939, testers said.)
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I LOVE a clean slate!!!
My fitness goals for this coming year are:
1. Get to my goal weight!
2. Complete a set of 10 regular push ups. That means on my toes with my chest coming all the way down. There I wrote it!
How I will achieve my goals:
1. I will accept that I am not now, have never been, and will ever be perfect. I will have missteps and bad days. I will, at some point, make a less than ideal choice. When this happens I will see what I can learn, pick myself back up, and move on.
2. Tracking my food in some manner. I may use the WW online tracker, a WW paper tracker, or a tracker I design. The tracking methods may change, but I must track every day.
3. I will focus on eating foods that are as close to the way they are grown as possible. I will make a conscious effort to minimize processed foods from my diet and my house. This will have the sneaky side benefit of helping my family!
4. I will listen to my body's hunger cues. I will not eat past the "satisfied" stage.
5. I will exercise an average of 300 minutes each week. Some weeks are very busy, but I MUST make working out a priority.
6. My workouts will not be only cardio. I love strength training, especially my ChaLEAN Extreme videos, and I must accept that I will have to do those one weekend day and one day after work at the minimum. Once that is easier to manage, I will add an additional day so that I am doing strength training 3 days a week and cardio at least 3, preferably 5. I already stretch daily because of back issues, so I'm covered there.
7. I will engage in a community of like-minded, healthy people who believe that goals can be met and that people can achieve anything they put their minds to doing.
So, that looks like a lot of steps. Fortunately, I am already doing many of them. That's how I lost so much in the first place! All I need to do is use what I know works to get me to the weight I want to be.
I can do it!
This is the ever-elusive key to lasting success for me in weight loss. I lost weight by beating "perfect" on Nutrisystem. Now, I'm trying to learn how to eat regular food in my calorie range. It's still just as hard now as it was 100+ pounds ago. I think the key might be to just to keep trying and not give up. I'm certainly not going to quit trying. I know where that will get me and I gave away all the clothes that are bigger than size 12. I will NOT buy bigger ones and thankfully I don't need to!
I need to find a way to get back on the healthy eating track after an indulgence and to stop obsessing about a food I've eaten that was unplanned. I need to find out how to do that. I'm open to suggestions!
One year ago today I weighed 266 pounds. I was desperate. I had joined NS in August 2010 because I had tried everything else and had failed to lose any significant weight. At 250+, you have significant weight to lose. I've weighed as much as 310 twice in my life and had gotten down to 250 or so on Weight Watchers, but never any lower. I joined Nutrisystem because I had never tried it. I lost 30 pounds from August 2010 to sometime in March when I gave up. I quit Nutrisystem. The food was good, it wasn't that, I had not really truly committed to a healthy lifestyle. Oh, I talked a good game, but at night I'd eat extra desserts, or drink my favorite wine, enough so that I'd want a snack or two....or three before bed. My husband once told me as I was eating my third or fourth snack after wine, "At Least you're still eating the food." I told him, "It's not magic food!" I KNEW it wasn't about the food. It was about what I was thinking and feeling and how I was choosing to react to those thoughts and feelings.
By July 10, 2011 I had regained 18 of the 30 pounds I lost and was feeling very low. My size 18-20 pants were getting tight and I had given away the bigger ones when I lost weight. That evening hubby and I were having some wine and talking. I was leafing through a magazine and saw an ad for Medifast. I told him maybe I'd try that. I didn't care how I got the weight off anymore and I'd worry about keeping it off later. I started texting a friend who I knew was doing Medifast. At some point he brought up Mutrisystem. He reminded me that I liked the food and had said the plan was easy to follow. That was true. I really didn't have to think much about it, just checked off the boxes in the planner. Then he told me how sad it made him to see me give up on myself. Those words cut through my inner BS.
I decided to start Nutrisystem again the next day since I still had food. This time I would actually follow the program 100%. I realized that wine was standing in my way so I decided to give it up, at least until I got to goal. The date was July 11, 2011. I weighed 266 pounds.
I followed the plan 100% through my daughter's birthday, my birthday, our wedding anniversary, my husband's birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day was, surprisingly, the most difficult holiday. About that time I started feeling resentful, even though it was around then that I got under 200 pounds for the first time since 5th or 6th grade. After being 100% since July I started having some slips in March or April. I was losing my identity as "the fat girl" and if I wasn't the fat girl who was I?
I worked through those feelings. I realized I'm still me, just different in some ways but not in all ways. I'm still kind, funny, a good friend, a great listener, etc. I also am now someone who enjoys, for the most part, exercise. I did not regain any weight during this time.
By the end of the school year, a difficult time for teachers, I was back to NS but having a hard time regaining the 100% streaks that had been easy for me before. I kept doing the best I could, moving forward when I'd choose to have something not on plan and not berating myself for weakness and failure. I wasn't weak and I hadn't failed if I chose to eat something off plan. My food choices do not determine my worth as a person. They determine my overall health and my weight, but NOT my worth. I never got that before. That's the key. That's the magic.
On June 1 I weighed 190.9. Today I weigh 179.4. I am currently on a 20+ day streak of 100% plan adherence. I have not had any alcohol since July 10, 2011. I don't know when it will be worth it for me to have a glass of wine. It may never be. I made it through every holiday without it, so why bother? I tend towards all or nothing thinking so one glass leaves me wanting more, like one cookie leaves me wanting more. Better for me to abstain from some things.
The last year has not been easy. At times it has been extremely difficult. The results of the last year have been so worth it I can't even find the words to express it. I am now wearing size 10 or 12 pants and a medium shirt. I wear a size 11 shoe instead of a 12. I am confident that I have learned a method to maintain the weight once I reach my goal. I'm confident that I will reach my goal.
If anyone has read this far and is thinking they can't ever lose weight and learn how to keep it off I want to tell you that you can. If I can, you can. I'm no stronger than anyone else. I just made a decision to commit and I took it one day, one moment, one bite at a time. When I made a choice to eat outside my plan, I moved forward. I learned new scripts to play in my head to help nurture myself instead of tearing myself down. It's not at all easy. But it so very worth it!
Yesterday I logged 90 minutes of exercise! Now, I may have actually gotten more in a day at some point, but this is different. It's different because I've started to WANT to do it.
DD swims on Tuesdays. I'm usually the one that takes her and waits around in the tiny parent area that is too small and crowded to even walk in place. They also expect parents to stay there and not leave (DUH!) so I can't even go walk the parking lot. Yesterday while I was on the way to pick up DD, DH texted that he was home. I called and asked him of he would take her to swimming so I could exercise. He hesitated, said he was planning to finish an assignment for work but then said that it was more important that I get my workout in.
Now, isn't he sweet! Truly! I brought DD home, changed, and did the 20 minute Turbo Jam workout, 50 minutes of Walk It Out, and 20 minutes of Pilates. So, my 90 minute workout was nearly 90 consecutive minutes, not bits added in like any previous 90 minute days.
I have started to get annoyed if it looks like I won't get a workout in. I don't know who I've become, but I like her! I've lost so much weight that sometimes I feel like I'm losing myself, who I am. Turns out I'm the girl who gets antsy when she can't get her workout in! Who knew?!?!!
I am seriously thinking of switching my food plan to Weight Watchers instead of Nutrisystem. I've been thinking about this for a while. I have no idea why as I was NEVER this successful with WW before. I am losing so well with NS, having no problems following the program, know how to flex and eat my own foods instead of theirs (I haven't don'e it, but I know how to). I have at least 10 sets of WW program materials and never got below 222 and that was when the WW program was an exchange program like Nutrisystem. I have not weighed this, 194, since late elementary school. So I've examined this urge to switch.
I am scared. Scared to death. Scared I WILL reach my goal weight. Why is the next question.
My whole life I've been the fat girl. It kept me from things. I allowed my weight and my status as the fat girl to do that. It was a way to keep me from having to take risks. Not many men wanted to date me, so the risk of heartache was limited (I really believed that at the time. I later discovered that the men I was attracting for other reasons were more likely to cause heartache, but that's another blog!). I loved to sing, and was good enough to be invited to perform in a national young adult group. I allowed myself to believe that they wouldn't want a fat girl and didn't follow through. I didn't get parts I wanted in plays and musicals and I told myself it was because I was fat. I never considered that I didn't get the part because someone else was more experienced and simply better than I was at that time. If I take away "fat girl" as a reason, it has to be me.
I didn't want it to be me. I had a horrible childhood and heard the entire time about how terribly awful I was, how I didn't deserve anything good, how I just wasn't as good as ________ (insert name of someone else in the family here). I thought I had worked through a lot of that. I know my mom was powerless over her family, she did the best she could with the tools and resources she had (which were limited), and I really do believe that. The rest of the family had issues that were not ME. I was simply an easy acceptable choice to blame since my mother was unable/unwilling to speak up or act in my defense. She wanted them to love and accept her, too. They were not a a loving bunch. We are all "broken" in some way as a result of being in that environment.
They are gone now. I am an adult. I am successful. They were wrong. Their actions and words were about them, not me. If I was broken as a result of others' words and actions it is now my responsibility to fix myself. I am a kind, loving person. I have a wonderful life. I am happy. I have a wonderful husband who has always seen beauty in my soul, sometimes when I didn't know it was there. I am a good mother. Our daughter is strong and kind and funny and accepting of all others and expects others to accept her JUST AS SHE IS and if they don't she learns it the first time and moves on without being unkind. I know a lot of that is simply who she is but we have nurtured those inherent traits.
So why is the fear of success still there? I am in new territory. If I'm not the "fat girl" who am I? And how do I find out? I love the changes in myself. Is the urge to quit a program I know will get me to goal simply like the occasional urge to eat a whole bag of chips? I still have those kinds of thoughts/feelings/urges. I acknowledge them and move on. The desire to do WW instead of NS is because I know I can work in some foods I don't eat now. I also know I can't have "just a little" of those foods so I know I will not make any further progress if I consume them. That's how I know the thought of switching is based in fear of achieving my goal. Is it like an alcoholic who thinks about drinking and doesn't anyway? Is that just where I need to get in my head? I've told myself I'm not allowed to make any changes to my food plan before April. That got me through February. Do I just need to keep moving the date? Is this thought process simply my new reality?
I do NOT want to go back to where I was and I know this urge is my mind trying to get me back to what was known, since unknown is scary. Do I just acknowledge the feelings and move on, doing what I know is the healthy thing to do?
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Posted by Dale Buss on December 4, 2012 09:01 AM
Microsoft denied "Killer Instinct" trademark, as Microsoft-Google patent fight rests on "fairness" definition and Motorola is denied injuction against Microsoft in patent suit. Microsoft-Intel push to combat Apple in tablet space, meanwhile, seen as "sputtering."
American Suzuki forges ahead with incentives amid US wind down.
Apple wins six new design patents, sees increasing pricing tension with retailers and Steve Jobs bio pic starring Ashton Kutcher heading to Sundance.
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Rupert Murdoch names longtime lieutenant Robert Thomson head of global publishing unit as company's news/book publishing and entertainment assets prepare to be separated into News Corporation and Fox Group. As part of global restructuring, experimental "ipadazine" The Daily is closing.
Delta bids for 49-percent stake in Virgin Atlantic.
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CNN will strive for "must-see TV" under Jeff Zucker.Continue reading...
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Posted by Dale Buss on November 16, 2012 11:52 AM
As restaurant brand executives cut jobs and announced their intentions to raise prices in the wake of President Obama's re-election, no one can say they weren't forewarned.
Chains such as Papa John's are explicitly tying their actions to the costs of Obamacare, while other brands — including GE Healthcare and Virgin Airlines — also are announcing job cuts as a result of their expectations for a continuation of U.S. economic sluggishness in the wake of the voting results.
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter has been the most outspoken. The Mitt Romney backer has said that he'll raise the price of a pizza pie by 10 to 14 cents as well as slash employee hours — but it's not, he says, because of the two million pizzas he's giving away, but due to the cotss of Obamacare. He's not alone. A Denny's franchisee in Florida, John Metz, said that he plans to add a five-percent surcharge to his customers' bills and also to reduce his employees' hours.Continue reading...
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Lance Armstrong is stripped of titles and banned from cycling for life by international body.
Nissan joins hybrid parade.
Virgin's four-star hotels are coming to NYC.
AIG CEO defends company's "free lunch" to New York mag.
American Idol sees ad rates fall.
Ancestry.com agrees to $1.6-billion takeover deal.
Apple creates buzz with plans for smaller iPad as school sales buoy its tablet lead.
BP sells entire Russian stake to Rosneft.
Banana Republic plans to bring back Mad Men collection.Continue reading...
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Posted by Shirley Brady on October 14, 2012 05:17 PM
As the Red Bull press release states, "Mission Accomplished."
About 7.3 milion people were watching Sunday as Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner reattempted and nailed the Red Bull Stratos extreme skyjump, freefalling more than 128,000 feet to Earth at 1,342.8 kilometers per hour. He broke the sound barrier but no bones, and garnered congratulatory tweets from NASA and fellow daredevil Richard Branson, and an amusing tribute from Nestle's KitKat. (Update: YouTube reported more than 8 million concurrent livestreams, smashing all previous records, resulting in about 12.6 million viewers including Discovery Channel.)
Red Bull summed up its record-breaking, and latest, extreme sports stunt:Continue reading...
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Posted by Dale Buss on October 12, 2012 04:58 PM
After confirming his status as one of the world's best and most charismatic athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, World's Fastest Man Usain Bolt is still on a roll — or shall we sway sprint — and more brands want to ride in his lightning-fast wake.
Nissan has re-upped with Bolt, staying in the stable of brands who have tied in with him before, during and since the Olympics, including Gatorade and Virgin Media. Nissan is developing a special "Bolt" version of its GT-R performance car.
The smiling sprinter signed a deal with Nissan to extend his role as brand ambassador for the 196-mph GT-R and to become honorary "Director of Excitement" for the company's ambitious global marketing drive, prompting a flurry of photos on the Nissan Motors Facebook page and video on its global YouTube channel.Continue reading...
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Posted by Mark J. Miller on October 9, 2012 11:06 AM
Can Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner break the sound barrier by falling from the edge of space? That is the question on everyone's mind as Baumgartner, backed by Red Bull, attempts to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle.
In a huge leap (literally) for science and brand sponsorships, Red Bull is funding the historic attempt that will see Baumgartner jump out of a balloon above Roswell, New Mexico. He plans to the jump from a height of over 120,000 feet, and will be free-falling towards earth at an estimated 700mph, as soon as the high winds let him actually make the jump. Watch for updates on Twitter and live here. (Update: Today's mission was cancelled "due to strong winds" and has been rescheduled for Oct. 14.)
Like Baumgartner, the execs at Red Bull like to help folks break boundaries. Whether it is helping a few people rave into the wee hours, funding the creation of one of the most incredible Rube Goldberg-esque bits of tomfoolery ever, expanding its flavor menu or funding a daredevil's plunge nearly 23 miles to Earth, Red Bull seems game for, well, pretty much anything.Continue reading...
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Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 20, 2012 05:24 PM
Uber, the San Francisco-based startup at the intersection of mobile, car transport and logistics, is disrupting the industry and causing wide-spread regulatory reverberations.
The app for U.S. urbanites to book a cab on iPhone or Android OS smartphones has emerged as an alternative to overcrowded public transit and an escalating dearth of regular taxis, but now finds itself in the crosshairs of local taxi and limousine commissions. The key issue, is Uber a limousine service or a cab service? Answer — a bit of both.
It's pitched as "Everyone's Private Driver. Request a swanky ride in a black car with just the tap of an app! We're changing the way people are getting around by offering a convenient, cashless, and stylish on demand car request service from your mobile phone." A clever marketing tie-in just saw the Uber app used by New Yorkers to hail vintage gangster cars in a "free on demand" (a double entendre for NYC cable VOD subscribers) promotion for the third season launch of Boardwalk Empire on HBO.
This week the app launched in Boston and last week in Dallas, making it available (in theory, if not in practice) in 15 cities in total: San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego, Denver, Atlanta, and beyond the U.S., London, Paris and Toronto. But it hasn't all been smooth hailing — D.C.'s taxi commission has just proposed new rules to shut down Uber.
Uber's execs thought they had recently passed muster in Washington, following a six-month battle in the District of Columbia to legalize sedans used by its car-service partners.Continue reading...
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Perhaps projecting their passions on to me, both sides assumed that whatever I was writing about Palin was meant as a political manipulation against them. If I tried to offer balanced criticism, Palin fans accused me of "hating her from the first." When I—because I detest bullies—defended her from an unconscionable assault by supposedly "liberal" people and the press after the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, I was derided, even by progressives whom I considered real friends, as being a "secret Palin lover."
A good-faith assumption that I simply meant the exact words I wrote, in either case, and nothing more, was not permitted. It was deemed not possible.
Ms. Noonan's dictum that people could disagree and still be "decent people" began to take a real beating, and things have only gotten worse, since then. Lately, I admit, my willingness to assume good-faith of others, particularly of the administration, has collapsed, mostly thanks to the HHS mandate and the shameful willingness of some to mischaracterize the church's opposition as being about something other than a genuine concern for first-amendment freedoms, and to play along with the utterly false, media-contrived, so-called "war on women" narrative.
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Canadian natural gas rose as U.S. nuclear generation climbed from near a 10-month low and cooling demand approached double normal levels in parts of the South.
Alberta gas gained 2.8 percent after U.S. reactor output advanced 364 megawatts to 78,774, up from the lowest level since May 24, according to filings with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and data compiled by Bloomberg.
Markets are responding to a "compounded effect" of "cooling demand and spring nuclear maintenance season in the U.S., which puts more onus on natural gas," Eric Bickel, a natural gas analyst at Summit Energy Services in Louisville, Kentucky, said in a telephone interview.
Alberta gas for May delivery rose 4.75 cents to C$1.75 a gigajoule ($1.68 per million British thermal units) as of 4:15 p.m. New York time on NGX, a Canadian Internet market.
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Natural gas for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 3.5 cents to settle at $2.187 per million Btu.
The high temperature in Atlanta today may be 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius), 15 above normal, according to AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. Demand for cooling may be 91 percent above normal in the south-central U.S., said Weather Derivatives in Belton, Missouri.
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Spot gas at the Alliance delivery point near Chicago gained 12.43 cents, or 6.3 percent, to $2.1051 per million Btu on the Intercontinental Exchange. Alliance is an express line that can carry 1.5 billion cubic feet a day from western Canada.
At the Kingsgate point on the border of Idaho and British Columbia, gas rose 10.46 cents, or 5.6 percent, to $1.9751 per million Btu. At Malin, Oregon, where Canadian gas is traded for California markets, gas advanced 10.45 cents to $2.042.
Volume on TransCanada's Alberta system, which collects the output of most of the nation's gas wells, was 16.7 billion cubic feet.
Gas was flowing at a daily rate of 2.51 billion cubic feet at Empress, Alberta, where the fuel is transferred to TransCanada's main line.
At McNeil, Saskatchewan, where gas is transferred to the Northern Border Pipeline for shipment to the Chicago area, the daily flow rate was 1.9 billion cubic feet.
Available capacity on TransCanada's British Columbia system at Kingsgate was 838 million cubic feet. The system was forecast to carry 1.82 billion cubic feet today, or 68 percent of its capacity of 2.65 billion.
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Apple has sold more than 42 million iPods through the end of last year, Jobs said, giving the personal music player 78 percent of the market share. And, he noted, the iTunes Music Store has just sold more than 1 billion songs.
"We think weve done a pretty good job of handling iPods on the go," Jobs said, adding that he wants to focus on integrating iPods to more static environments.
Toward this, Jobs revealed a "home stereo quality" iPod Hi-Fi, which will use the promotional line "Home Stereo. Reinvented." and cost $349, available now. The product is compact and looks like a single speaker, but includes a dock on top for your iPod. The dock will fit adapters for all current iPod models.
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The iPod Hi-Fi will be controllable remotely with any Apple Remote, such as comes with the new Mac mini.
Jobs also announced a line of iPod leather cases for the fifth-generation iPod and iPod nano, calling it a higher-end product. They will go on sale in mid-March at a price of $99.
Talking about Apples core businesscomputersJobs debuted two models of the new Intel-based Mac mini, one with a Core Solo single-core processor, which Jobs claims will benchmark at two to four times the speed of the previous model. It will also feature GMA950 integrated graphics, a 60GB HD and 512MB RAM, at a cost of $599. A Core Duo model that Jobs said ups the speed gain to approximately fivefold, will come with a SuperDrive and an 80GB hard drive for $799. Both come bundled with the iLife 06 media application suite.
Both models also feature added Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire, four USB 2.0 ports, analog and SPDIF (5.1) audio and video outputs, and DVI.
Saying that the "Mac mini has always been BYOKDMbring your own keyboard, display and mouse," Jobs pointed out that you can hook the Mac mini up to televisions, making for, in a way, a media center.
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Toward this, Jobs announced that Apple will be adding Front Row and a remote to the Mac mini. Front Row is a media center-like front end that allows remote control and presentation of movies, music, slideshows and even streaming movie trailers from Apples own Web site.
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