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Antitrust experts said on Tuesday there were no guarantees that a deal to merge Office Depot Inc
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Robert Doyle, of Doyle, Barlow and Mazard PLLC, was at the FTC when the agency challenged the earlier merger and said the market has changed totally since then.
"In 1997, the Internet was irrelevant. Internet competition is rampant. Big Box retailers have grown and expanded. They now provide a lot of additional competition," he said when polled by Reuters.
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Investors bid up prices of all three companies on Tuesday. OfficeMax shares jumped almost 21 percent, Office Depot advanced 9.4 percent and Staples closed up 13.1 percent.
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We were up bright and early today, as we were heading off to Petra about 8 o'clock. Everyone was ready for breakfast and then found out that breakfast didn't start until 8. So we asked the guys if they could bring it forward a bit for us, and they did this which meant we were only about 10 mins late for the taxi drivers. We had decided yesterday rather than hiring a car to take taxis to Petra, as you get a driver and then don't have to worry about where to go and how to get there, and also the road rules etc. This made life a lot easier on Caleb, Cindy & Alvin who had done all the driving in Israel. We sorted out the various taxis and off we went, the adults all went in one bigger van, as we needed to organise for the next section of our trip, and don't often get to travel together. We had the customary stops at the friend or relies shop on the way, then we got to Petra about 10.45 - we decided we would spend the money and have a guide, this turned out to be a good move as he was very informative
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. Firstly all the girls rode horses up until the tunnel, yes even myself and Abi. The horses travel on quite a stoney road. We then had them squabbling over money (which is quite common) as we only had large notes and they had to split it. We then walk through the large chasms - these are fantastic, and it was quite amazing how advanced the Nabeans actually were - they have a aqueduct system running through which even filters the water on its way down. This area was approx 1km long - it was very spectacular and it is probably the second most photographed part of Petra. We then saw the magnificient treasury building made famous by the Indiana Jones movie - it is truly a amazing feat. It towers about 39 metres (about 13 stories high) it is carved straight into the rock and has lots of different features. They seemed to try to include all the popular beliefs at the time, Roman, Greek, Egyptian and there own. After this we travelled further on to the royal tombs - there are several of these which are also carved out of the rock face, they also have houses which were out of the rock - these were more plain than the other buildings. There was also a very large amphitheartre, and a cardo (market place) this had a lot of roman influence. All these are against a backdrop of large craggy mountains. There are off course the usual people trying to get you to buy their wares, and also the camel, horse and donkey people offering rides for a price. We decided to take the donkeys up to the monastery. This is a steep climb and it was quite hairy to start with, and the donkeys all like to squabble over who is first etc, I had a young boy who kept kicking Abi's donkey up the backside to get it to move faster, luckily for Abi the donkey was not inclined to go any faster than was necessary
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. Every so often the boy would get on the back of my donkey (which was actually a mule) as he got sick of walking. The men had climbed up and were quite had it by the time we got to the monastery. Everyone had enjoyed the donkey rides and the stories about the experiences were quite funny. Some went up to the highest view which was probably about another 100-150 steps. I stayed back with some of the girls. I had twisted my ankle falling off a step, so was feeling pretty sore. We started the trip back as time was running away and we were supposed to meet our drivers at 4 o'clock. So we headed off down the mountain, my foot was really hurting as I couldn't put much pressure on it. About half way down I ended up getting a donkey to take me as far as the bottom - Rhiannon got a free ride about half way down. Going down was scarier than going up as you have to lean backwards, and I had to put a lot of pressure on my legs (so I'm not sure if it helped or made things worse). At the bottom it is more walking, and the boys stopped and bought some sand pictures - these are really good, they use the coloured sands to make pictures in a bottle. Cindy, Jenny, Abi & I then rode a camel for a short trip - this was an interesting ride. Camels when they get up lurched you forwards and then backwards, as the saddle area was quite small Abi and I were a bit cramped but other than that it is quite a smooth ride. We then had some photos taken in front of the treasury. By this time we were running pretty late, so more walking back through the chasms
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. Then another horse ride from the tunnel back to the top. I ended up having Jenny up with me, as she was not going to get a ride and was crying her heart out, the man took pity on her and she got a free ride with me. The taxi drivers did not seem overly perturbed that we were nearly an hour and a half late. We had quite a chatty driver on the way back, and had changed around taxis - so the kids could all travel together. They even stopped so we could get some food for tea - this was really cheap and we had what they call swarmaas - which were different from the Israeli ones in that they were like a wrap with meat and potato etc. Some of the kids had chips. We also went to a pharmacy where I bought a bandage along with things for colds, as both Abi & I have caught the cold that Caleb, Jenny & Rhiannon have had. This has been especially painful today with going up the mountains the sinuses have been killing. Then back to where we are staying - most of the kids went in for a swim even though it was about 8.30 by the time we got back, Abi went straight to bed, and the adults tried to work out our next step - getting to Egypt, we were hoping to fly but it is not going to work - so we will probably be going by ferry and bus. My impressions of the Jordanian people is that overall they are very friendly and helpful, the taxi drivers, shop owners etc have been really easy to talk to and deal with - a bit of a contrast to the Israelis who didn't give you the time of day overall. If you are ever thinking of visiting Petra I would highly recommend it.
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Individual token boards are commonly used with very young students or students with limited cognitive abilities (Figure 11.5). Many teachers use poker chips, pennies, or star tokens on Velcro that are then attached to a strip that visually shows progress toward a picture of a reinforcer or a general picture that represents their reinforcement menu. Tokens are given at frequent intervals paired with behavior-specific praise, and when all the tokens are earned, the student gets a short break when he or she has access to a reinforcer of his or her choice. This type of system can easily travel with the student to various environments and provides a consistent way of providing reinforcement for all adults who work with him or her.
Contracts are an effective way to negotiate with students in a way that mirrors real life. A contract in the adult world is a written agreement between two or more parties that stipulates the responsibilities of each party. Contracting with students is much the same in that it clearly communicates exactly what both the teacher and the student are expected to do. It combines operationally defining and directly teaching the desired target behavior and outlining the consequences (both positive and negative) for choosing or not choosing this behavior.
One way to make contracts more effective is to have the students write their own contract, choosing the behaviors to work on, criteria, and consequences contingent on the stipulations of the contract and then negotiate the fine points with them to develop the final product (Figure 11.6). This is yet another way of embedding choices and giving the student some appropriate control, automatically leading to student buy-in that you may not have gotten if you had outlined the entire contract. Students can work on their self-management skills by helping to choose their criteria for success with teacher guidance, starting by examining their current level of functioning. This can be done by showing them their target behavior sheet graph (which we discuss in detail in Chapter Fifteen) that visually depicts at what percentage they are performing now and asking them what they think would be a reasonable goal.
Contracts should outline both the positive reinforcement students will experience by choosing to perform the goal at the set criteria and undesirable consequences they will experience if they choose not to. This mirrors real life: adult contracts have positive and negative ramifications for abiding or not abiding by the contract. They also leave no room for arguments or power struggles. Letting students know exactly what will happen if they choose the desired behavior or not is another way to communicate that they are charge of the things that happen to them, and consequences, both positive and negative, are not something handed out by teachers to make their life difficult.
The contract itself can act as a visual prompt. Many times we let the student choose a place to post the contract. Some want the contract in a place visible to all, and some like to post it in a private place like inside their desk or in their binder. It is helpful to include a task record on the contract itself by including a mini-calendar on the contract with the days it covers. At the end of the day, the student consults with the teacher and marks whether the criteria were met. Depending on the age and preferences of the student, this can be done with a sticker, smiley face, star, stamp, or a simple check mark. An example of this is provided in Figure 11.7.
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NYT finds 'GunOwner' of their Collectivist Dreams: a New Female Hunter who's AGAINST Guns, FOR GunControl!Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 14:22
Meet Lily Raff McCaulou, who looks like she just went and raided the Cabela's catalog and emptied out their hunting section just for this photo. Okay, that's not fair, as she's new to guns and hunting (6 years), and could just be a hypochondriacally meticulous and neurotic about keeping her gear clean shiny and new, even on hunts.
What is clear? She would like you to only have type of guns that SHE approves of, in the manner in which SHE approves of, only at the specific manner of HER choosing, and deludes gun control laws actually save lives and prevent crimes.
Behold, observe what happens when an entrenched L vs. R false paradigm subscribing left environmentalist decides to become a hunter, without first having a freedom philosophical catharsis, first:
New York Times Finds World's Only Anti-2a Hunter
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Robert Farago
I recently lauded The New York Times for publishing an article about guns that wasn't anti-gun. I pointed out that the post was a proverbial black swan. And here's proof: I Hunt, but the N.R.A. Isn't for Me. Don't get me wrong. The NRA and I have our differences. But this? This is odd. "I'm a hunter and a sportswoman. I own guns, but not for self-defense. I support gun control laws. I would happily vote to repeal the Stand Your Ground law in my home state of Oregon. In other words, the N.R.A. does not represent me." Clearly. But wait! It gets better/worse . . .
Lily Raff McCaulou [photo above, blog here] wants to reclaim guns for . . . greens. And greens alone. If I'm reading this right, the author reckons shooting animals is OK because it puts the hunter in tune with nature. But NRA members aren't OK because they don't support politicians who support a ban on domestic drilling. Or something like that.
Original NYT OpEd:
I Hunt, but the N.R.A. Isn't for Me
By LILY RAFF McCAULOU
Published: April 24, 2012
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EARLIER this month, Mitt Romney delivered a speech at the annual National Rifle Association convention, calling for a president "who will stand up for the rights of hunters, sportsmen and those seeking to protect their homes and their families," presumably with guns. I'd like to remind Mr. Romney that those are distinct groups. Too often — especially during an election year — hunters and N.R.A. members are lumped together as one and the same.
I'm a hunter and a sportswoman. I own guns, but not for self-defense. I support gun control laws. I would happily vote to repeal the Stand Your Ground law in my home state of Oregon. In other words, the N.R.A. does not represent me.
Among gun owners, I'm hardly alone. The N.R.A. has just over four million members. That sounds like a lot until you consider that about one in five American adults own one or more guns. That's nearly 50 million people. That means roughly 90 percent of gun owners do not belong to the N.R.A.
Spoken like a true collectivist statist control freak, ie. NOT someone who understands that 2nd Amendment does NOT 'give us' right to own guns, but merely codifies into law the pre-existent UNalienable Natural Right of self-defense. Because, you know, our Founders who overthrew the shackles of the world's biggest tyrannical monarch of the day, deluded that we needed to have the right to KEEP and BEAR arms, for the sole task of 'blowing heads off Bambis' on weekends.
Who are they kidding? Just check out her own blog.
Whether she is or not, she certainly comes off like the poster child for the Brady GunGrabber/Victim Disarmament Campaign, who just got a new shotgun, so that she could make the public claim that 'Hey look! Look! Look at me! I'm a gun owner who's against the NRA, against Stand Your Ground Laws, against CCW/OpenCarry, hell against use of guns for self-defense in any capacity! Yes, we're out there! See, I'm pro-Brady! Not all gun owners are pro-Gun Rights!'
Many gunowners aren't pro-NRA. But, for all the RIGHT reasons; if one wants to really join or support an organization that NRA advertises to be, but really IS? Please Join the Gun Owners of America, or equivalent no compromise pro-gun advocate groups. To her credit, at least she did look a bit into the partial origins of the NRA.
Really notable statements from that article that pretty much define and sums up her lack of understanding of natural rights? Take a gander:
For hunters like me, hunting isn't ultimately about the gun. It's about wildlife and the land that sustains it. I decided to take up hunting about six years ago, two years after I moved from New York City to rural Oregon...I decided to learn to hunt because I wanted to read landscapes and understand their secrets, too. I wanted to learn more about where my food comes from. To hunt is to become fluent enough in an ecosystem not only to watch but also to participate in it.
To hunt, yes, we need guns. We also need wildlife. We need healthy habitat that is protected from development and pollution. We need land that is open and accessible to hunters.
If Americans' hunting traditions are threatened, it isn't because of bans on rifles and shotguns. The more likely culprit is the oil and gas drilling proposed in the San Juan Mountains of New Mexico...Or the devastating effects of global warming on migratory game birds like snow geese and sandhill cranes. Or the fact that thousands of acres of United States farmland — and deer habitat — are lost to sprawling development every day.
Proper advocacy for genuine conservation of the ecosystem and flora and fauna which sustain our very livelihood? Yes.
Commendable spiritual catharsis about what it means to hunt, be connected to the natural world and the ecosystem as a whole, ie. the 'zen' of it all? YES!
But Maurice Strong's NWO anthroprogenic Climate Change fraud & ENRON enacted Al Gore's Carbon Tax scheme to address it? NO.
All through it all, as so often people do, they really are clueless on what ALL this has to do with, in the aggregate: it's FREEDOM stupid!
It's not 'choices, decisions, and policies.' It's about you as a beautiful sovereign soul making voluntary decisions to engage, respect, trade, and exchange with others, and the environment in which you reside in. It's NOT about coercion, dictating to others to limit them to what YOUR idea of specific tasks in which others are doing!
One of these days, I know these entrenched statists are gonna suddenly wake up one morning and 'get' it! One of these days in like 2,000 more years! Just you wait!
So frankly, it shouldn't come as a surprise that NYT just 'happens' to release this, granted only an OpEd, still nevertheless, at the height of Zimmerman hoopla.
Speaking of which, Reuters, for the first time in its history actually did a REALLY fine investigative journalistic work and provided a more neutral, more factual reporting by giving George Zimmerman a fair shake:
Reuters: Zimmerman Bought Gun for Pit Bull, Has Black Ancestors
So basically we're left with Lily, a WWF (World Wildlife Fund) supporting, pro-Carbon Tax, pro-UN Agenda 21 'hunter' who hypocritically only wants a gun so that she can more efficiently kill her next meal. But can careless about the 4 Ton Natural Rights Elephant in the living room?
I truly hope her quest to become more connected to the natural world allows her to re-examine her own political views as well. Hey, if learning to hunt, gut, quarter, prep game meat was new to her, shouldn't the philosophy and the reality of natural rights surrounding her activity to follow suit, as well?
Well, one would at least hope to think that one's personal catharsis, and self-enlightenment is a path, not a destination.
If that self-awareness and enlightenment process were a bit more holistic, BOTH political partisans would realize the same logic and reality applies equally. To wit:
To the entrenched L vs. R subscribing liberals:
If drug control laws don't prevent anyone from getting marijuana to the cocaine, or unfortunately as too often is the case, steal and even kill for it, what makes you think a criminal intent on doing harm, WON'T find a way to get 'illegal' guns to commit crimes with, just because you passed a feel-good, but utterly feckless, impractical, and dysfunctional 'gun control law'?
After all, you'd think it would be kinda obvious for any critical thinking person to figure that sure, junkies are impulsive, but would-be murderers are impulsive AND calculating, a far more dangerous combo; the 'prevention' of the latter yields a far more vicious outcome.
To the entrenched L vs. R subscribing RINOs/NeoCONS:
When I lived in NYC, I observed 1st hand verification of the aftermath of the oft anecdotal stories you heard: crackheads DO break into your car for a mere penny laying in your center console. And, sometimes even KILL you for it: had a friend whose friend were a victim of it.
Now, we indeed live in a reality where some would steal and kill literally for a penny, you gotta figure, whether one deludes in Govt fairytale official myth of 9/11 or not, even IF we were to go with the lunatic statists' BS childish jingoism of "they hate us for our freedoms," one would think it'd be far more logical to posit that if you're a RINO/neoCON gunowner in this country and accept the premise that gun control laws only prohibit law abiding individuals from lawfully defending themselves, WTF makes you think that the likes of Patriot Act or NDAA would prevent an 'irrational' "terrorist" who "hate you for your freedoms" AREN'T gonna figure out a way to get 'illegal' guns and bombs?
Seriously, are moronic 'laws' like 'Patriot' Act/NDAA really gonna stop someone who (for their reason: foreigners occupying them, for NeoCON's delusion: hate all those who love freedom and will kill any non-Muslims to establish a worldwide "Islamic Caliphate") are driven to blow themselves up, and figure out ways to get the ubiquitously-illegal-for-any Civilian-in-America-to-have: a Russian RPG7, are really gonna stop and go 'gee, was about to strap on that sui-vest, but guess won't because of that stupid American law called the Patriot Act & NDAA!!!' ???
Like Really?
Like shouldn't the 'irrational' drive for them to commit suicide bombings to make their point, show just how much more driven than even a crackhead junkie, they are??
If your family/friend/neighbor/stranger neoCON has a problem understanding the reality of their utterly bozo, moronic, failed foreign policy, I would ask that you take a page from our pop culture: show them the Harlem scene between Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Die Hard 3.
Ask them to watch John McClane character wearing a sign that reads "I hate N*ggers," standing in the middle of Harlem in Die Hard 3:
Die Hard With a Vengeance _ Harlem Scene: Part 2
Because that's the equivalency of what we're doing in the Central Asia/Middle East and frankly across the world, as per 1000 bases in 135+ nations: a white dude in a predominantly black neighborhood KNOWINGLY wearing a sign that invokes hatred and fear, for the precise purpose of invoking a violent response.
Should a rabbit be surprised if it knowingly hops into a Viper pit, and get bit, or swallowed for lunch?
Um, like duh??
It's like do these neoCONs honestly delude that a single narc cop is gonna be trolling a Crips or Bloods neighborhood starting fights with them, all the time, for no reason, because like in some video game he has infinite amount of ammo and 'health packs?' Like a murderous thug's suddenly gonna go 'oopsie, 9mm bursting out of my Tec9's magically NOT, not gonna like a cop, just because he dons polyester and shiny metal trinket on his chest all day, and like some light bending, go around missing him!'
Common sense should tell them: 'Why create more enemies every time you walk, or wherever and whenever you walk, for absolutely no reason, unnecessarily?' What La La Land do they live in where they believe their resources are so infinite that they can incite/provoke everyone and anyone and take on 10's of nations all at once when they can barely 'win' even ONE, just one UnConstitutional war?
Seriously. Gotta ask, got cognitive dissonance much?
We live in a world where someone who is driven to fulfill a high, would rob and/or kill you for a mere penny, yet the same people on two separate political partisan divide STILL delude equally, moronically, that drug laws and gun control laws BOTH 'work!'
LOL Don't they 'ge't that with such lack of logic, they lack any and all intellectual consistency and moral high ground on those issues?
PS. On a side note, I find it interesting that she and Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul have the same publisher! Grand Central Publishing.
Here's her new book description at Amazon.
Publication Date: June 12, 2012
When Lily Raff McCaulou traded in an indie film production career in New York for a reporting job in central Oregon, she never imagined that she'd find herself picking up a gun and learning to hunt. She'd been raised as a gun-fearing environmentalist and an animal lover, and though a meat-eater, she'd always abided by the principle that harming animals is wrong. But Raff McCaulou's perspective shifted when she began spending weekends fly-fishing and weekdays interviewing hunters for her articles, realizing that many of them were more thoughtful about animals and the environment than she was.
So she embarked upon the project of learning to hunt from square one. From attending a Hunter Safety course designed for children to field dressing an elk and serving it for dinner, she explores the sport of hunting and all it entails, and tackles the big questions surrounding one of the most misunderstood American practices and pastimes. Not just a personal memoir, this book also explores the role of the hunter in the twenty-first century, the tension (at times artificial) between hunters and environmentalists, and new models of sustainable and ethical food procurement.
PS 2. But there's one former New York City female who 'get's it.
Meet Georgia Pellegrini.
My kind of woman: she went from paper shuffling at Lehman Bros, disillusioned, before their bankruptcy, to pursue her lingering original love for epicurean nurturing, left for a new career as a classically trained French Chef, then onto a spiritual catharsis, in becoming a hunter who voluntarily wants to accept what she calls "full karmic price" for wanting to elegantly prepare and cook what she kills, from nose to tail!
Now, if a former NYC dweller had a real personal catharsis that took her into a completely unexpected life direction, to her surprised delight? Georgia's journey is what it WOULD actually look like.
Note the stark contrast between Georgia and Lily. Both similar NYC metro upbringing, both attended small elite NE liberal arts schools, had high cachet jobs in NYC post-graduation; though clearly Georgia was more 'financially successful.'
Yet, contrary to popular conception, it is Georgia who truly 'get' the growing class divide, that hunting depending on where, can either be a 'workingman accessible' to 'workingman impossible,' where what used to be a necessary sustenance activity in days of yore, has turned inaccessibly expensive for some, yet the need for healthy field-to-table sustenance never changed since our primitive days.
Georgia went from Lehman Bros to shoveling manure, voluntarily, understood what it means to pursue an authentic living, yet how is that connection to a full full life cycle of nature, what she calls 'karmic price,' NOT understood by Lily?
Even in diction alone, Georgia's words are full of 'freedom/liberation' words, where as Lily's is all about what to do, what not to do, what you should do/should not do.
Odd that authoritarian impulses often reside within the economic middle class progeny, far more than someone like Georgia who's experienced 1st hand, the full economic range of life.
Well, here' Georgia's new book, pleas check it out!
And, oh the recipes!!! http://georgiapellegrini.com/topics/recipes/
Amazon.com YouTube Trailer for her New book Girl Hunter:
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"I am an omnivore who's solved her dilemma!"
Trailer for the new book, Girl Hunter, (http://amzn.to/u0Rz5J) by acclaimed author and chef Georgia Pellegrini.
The full title is, "Girl Hunter: Revolutionizing the way we eat, one hunt at a time," and The Pioneer Woman calls it "A timeless culinary classic," Steve Rinella says "Her examination of food, hunting, and personal history reveals a lifestyle that is stylish, contemporary, exciting, and on the cutting edge of American culture."
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Thanks to the 2nd Amendment,
what Lily thinks doesn't mean a hill of sh!t.
She can take a long walk off a short pier.
you know, one could swear that reading her makes one wonder if the likes of Brady Gungrbbers are really recruiting 'Audubon' types to infiltrate pro-gun community.
hell, the Trotskyites did it to the Goldwater republicans.
Nothing would surprise me, anymore.
Predictions in due Time...
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul
If she only hunts, the N.R.A. should be fine for her
For the rest of us, G.O.A. or J.P.F.O. may be better choices.
most definitely.
pardon y'all, didn't think the thread would be that long!
LOL. I had no idea I could spill so much verbosity in a single stroke.
But, Georgia? Definitely my kind of woman. A spiritually philosophical woman, who hunts, and is a world class chef, who looks awesome holding an iron skillet as well as a twelve gauge, AT THE SAME TIME?
Where can I find one in SW?
lol. Lawd have mercy. Plus, dig her style, too. As she says, she didn't like any hunters clothes for women currently in the market, so she'll be starting her own line. Love the entrepreneurial spirit!
A girly girl who can gut and quarter a buck. Dang. Sign me up!
Predictions in due Time...
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul
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Quite liked the 94 tornament maybe could enjoy it more cos England wern't there a bit like Euro 08.
Finally a red. Send three off each ffs, open it up.
WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
"People make me happy.. not places.. people"
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Why didn't Iniesta stay on his feet, he could of got that. I really ****ing hatethat, he had a chance to get the winning goal in a World Cup final, but he goes down easily for the free--kick, ffs.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
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Did anyone ever create players in past versions of Pro Evo and give them 1 for all their attributes?
Plays exactly like Torres.
And Webb bottles it again.
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"I don't believe a word of Pietersen's book, but then I don't believe a word anyone else has said either."
- Simon Barnes renders further comment on KP's autobiography superfluous in a sentence
How was that not a corner? Webb's had an effing mare.
My mates getting abused, bastard Dutch
So the incorrect corner decision, the incorrect free kick decision have cost Holland.
****ing Barcelona players. ****ing hate the, DIAFC
Was going for the Dutch since the round of 16 but happy Spain are going to win this after tonight.
Rest In Peace Craigos
Only unbeaten team at the 2010 WC? Little New Zealand.
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KEMET Features Latest Innovations In Tantalum Technology At Electronica 2012
GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced it is featuring a variety of its most recent releases of tantalum capacitors this week at Electronica 2012 in Munich, Germany.
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"Electronica is the ideal venue in which to showcase KEMET's most recent developments in tantalum technology, which encompass a wide range of capabilities and applications," stated Cristina Mota Caetano, KEMET Technical Product Marketing Director, Tantalum Business Group. "It is especially exciting to have the opportunity to demonstrate one of the key features of the T550 Polymer Hermetic Seal Series. Come by our booth and observe the superior capacitance stability of the polymer hermetic seal versus wet tantalum when temperature is reduced and frequency is increased," continued Ms. Mota Caetano.
KEMET's T550 Polymer Hermetic Seal (PHS) Series is a tantalum capacitor with a Ta anode and Ta 2O 5 dielectric. A conductive organic polymer replaces the traditionally used MnO 2 or wet electrolyte as the cathode plate of the capacitor, which results in very low ESR and improved capacitance retention at high frequency and low temperature.The Hi-Rel Polymer Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) T540/T541 has been designed, manufactured and tested to insure high reliability and robust performance characteristics. "With ESR as low as 6 milliohms, the T540/T541 results in significantly lower capacitance roll-off at frequency and temperature," stated Mota Caetano. "Along with excellent power dissipating ability, this provides ripple current capability approximately three times higher than the equivalent MnO 2 capacitor." Another featured product in the polymer family is the T543 Polymer COTS Series , which offers over 300 discrete part numbers including options for termination finish, ESR and surge current testing with voltage ranges from 2.5 V to 50 V. The T545 High Energy Series was developed with deliverable energy in a single discrete device as the major attribute for design activity. KEMET's roadmap for this product reflects deliverable energy versus other characteristics typically associated with capacitors, such as capacitance, DF, ESR, leakage current, and ESL. "Quite simply, the T545 Series can deliver the most energy of any tantalum capacitor offered today," concluded Mota Caetano. KEMET's T513 Multiple Anode MnO2 Hi-Rel COTS product is designed as a high reliability product suitable for defense and aerospace applications. The T513 Series can be ordered with various options including Weibull Grading, termination options and surge current options. For more information on KEMET tantalum capacitors, please visit our booth at Electronica 2012 in Hall B6, Booth 442 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre.
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*June 2010 - Injured myself incline benching 265, felt a little something in my shoulder
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*August 2010 - Have X-Ray which shows no structural damage, but pain won't go away
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*September 2010 - No real issues except a constant cracking in my shoulder. I am out of the gym completely, pretty down about it.
*October 2010 - I request a second cortisone in my shoulder, just in a different spot
*November 2010 - February 2011 - Everything feels fine, shoulder is still iffy but better. I began to put size and muscle mass back on
*March 2011 - The shoulder bursitis comes back and once again I'm down about it. I stay out of the gym and make an appointment with my orthopedic
*April 2011 - May 2011 - visit with ortho about recurring issues and we both agree another cortisone won't do much. He tells me about what he could do surgically, distal clavicle resection. He tells me it's something I DON'T need, and I can live without it, which is true because the pain wasn't as bad as it was in the beginning stages. But I can't lift heavy, and basically can't lift much without feeling something in shoulder.
*June - September 2011 - Work all summer, one job as an intern. I stay out of the gym all summer as I lost about 20-25 pounds since originally injuring myself.
* October 2011 - I decide to get the surgery, and surprise myself in the process as I didn't think it would come to this, but the nagging/discomfort wouldn't go away, and the pain was low, probably 3/10, but all this prevented me from doing what I love to do, and I'm only 25 and have some prime years ahead of me still.
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- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 11:36
|You'll want to treat the water that is at your meter today rather than 2012. Water authority reports are usually a couple years behind and taken at the treatment facility not at the end of the system pipes and vales at your house.
Water tests from companies that are trying to sell you water treatment equipment can be dubious to say the least.
In order to discuss water treatment intelligently we need the results of tests from a certified independent lab. You want to test for...
hardness, iron (ferrous and ferric), manganese, pH, TDS, chlorine, sodium, and arsenic at minimum. If on a private well you'd add tests for nitrates and bacteria.
With that data and water use info (# of people, # of bathrooms, diameter of plumbing at softener, and SFR of the plumbing) we can recommend correctly sized and configured equipment .
|Thanks to both of you for responding to my post.
One of the companies that tested my water was a plumbing company that also installs water softeners although they're not wedded to any product line, etc. Are independent labs easily found? Do you recommend any one in particular? What's usual turn around time for lab testing?
As for the house, there's going to be 2 adults and 2 children (with frequent guests-grandparents), 3 bathrooms, 5/8" at main water meter.
As for "what's wrong" with the water, I'm scared about the chloramine/chlorine levels.
Thanks again
- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 14:38
|Your local environmental heath department can steer you to certified labs and so can the Yellow Pages.
Not interested in the 5/8" at the meter. What is the plumbing at the softener install location in the house... 3/4" or 1" or 1.25" ?
There is great debate regarding anti bacterials in the water but the reality is that chlorine and chloramines are in the water for a reason. I don't favor filtering them out at the POE. If they really bother you in the shower you can look into pou (point of use) filters.
You might consider an under sink RO in the kitchen for drinking and cooking water and the icemaker in the fridge. That will remove your chlorine.
|The chloramine/chlorine levels are perfectly safe in tap water. You have nothing to worry about there.
The consumer confidence report is the water quality results of over 100 possible contaminants found in public drinking water. It will also tell you the hardness, pH, tds, etc.
This is a composite sample from multiple times and locations in the water system, not just at the treatment plant or well head.
- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 17:35
|"This is a composite sample from multiple times and locations in the water system, not just at the treatment plant or well head" from 2 years ago and not after the water travels how many miles through how many year old pipes and valves and arrives at your water meter.
Water treatment is chemistry, physics, and mechanics. Disciplines that don't embrace dated or generalized or averaged data to arrive at an exact result.
If one wants to treat the water in their home today they have the water at their home tested today... but that's just me. The fact that consumer confidence reports often list ranges of results indicates that those reports are meant for a different purpose (which is to satisfy the EPA requirements) other than the treatment of the water at any specific location in the system. No control valve I've ever seen accept ranges of values for settings, but rather a specific value. If you're interested in correctly sizing a softener and setting it up for the most efficient operation then have your water tested.
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Kudos to you on such an empowering journey! I think the first step to self-actualization is prioritizing, and look how wonderfully that worked out for you. Maybe it is faith you mean that reflects in your actions towards others? If that is the case, then I agree with you. However, I do think that no religion would encourage injustice and inequality. It is just us human beings losing track of the common principles of humanity that bring us all together giving all faith traditions a bad name.
Keep up the good work!
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I've been looking around, and keep hearing that the V3-771G is very slow on the boot. I'm looking for a good solid state for extra dedicated memory to help, but I'm not really sure what else I need to watch out for as I research SSD cards.
Would anyone happen to know, for this laptop, what the best SSD card would be? Cost wise, under $150.
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Video - NVIDIA ® GeForce ® GT 650M with 2 GB of dedicated DDR3 VRAM
Processor - 3rd Generation Intel ® Core ™ i7-3632QM Processor 2.2GHZ with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.2GHz
[–]xaoq 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago* (0 children)
It seems to have mSATA slot, so go for it. Double check it, but google says so. You'll get to keep your current disk in addition to new SSD.
I have recently purchased pretty cheap ADATA XPG SX 300, 128gb, and it was the best decision I have made regarding to computers ;)
edit: Looks like newegg has it for $125
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