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A leading music photographer, Robert Alford has had his work featured in Creem, Rolling Stone and People magazines and on television, album covers and liner notes. The extensive list of musicians he has photographed reads like a "who's who" of popular music, from AC/DC to ZZ Top. In this interview, Alford shares the story of his trip to Mexico with ZZ Top singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons, and the misadventures they shared along the way all to get the perfect photo. Robert Alford's photos are the subject of Just Can't Get Enough, an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland,Ohio.
I've been asked to write about some of my images on display in the Rock Hall's ACL exhibit. It is a pleasure to do so; photographing performing musicians, it appears, has become my life's work, and I have a lot to say. This is my 32nd year as ACL's official staff photographer, and the performers I've seen are many, the types of music various and varied.
But always, to my way of seeing, the task is the same: to convey the spirit that motivates the performing artist; to slice away the extraneous and come up with an image that conveys as much as possible of what the experience was like, who the performer was, and what the energy and essence were like, on our stage, during the performance. All of this with one final image, rendered into two dimensions of height and breadth, and unlike video, without the benefit of time and moving images. Oh, and most importantly, to come up with a good likeness that the artist and his management will approve of.
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on wool sweaters to turn in to wool longies and soakers.
The thirft store was having a sale so all of these were 50% off, I spent less then $12 on all of these and I think if I cut them just right I can get 1 soaker and 1 pair of longies out of each sweater. I'm going to use Katrina's free soaker pattern for the bodies and the Bum Sweater directions for the legs of the longies. I think a couple of these I'm going to mix and match the legs and bodies.
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1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways! | 1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. |
2 You will surely eat what your hands have worked for. You will be happy, and it will go well for you. | 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. |
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your sons, like young olive trees around your table. | 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. |
4 In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed. | 4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. |
5 May the Lord bless you from Zion, so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life, | 5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, |
6 and will see your children's children! Peace be with Israel. | 6 and may you live to see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. |
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I have a small basement (500 sf. max.) that I'm finishing and am wondering what size dehumidifier I need. In the midst of this sultry heat wave the temp. is 68 while the humidity is 71%. I'll have it placed next to an unvented bathroom whose shower will rarely if ever be used.
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Certificates Of Deposit: Maturity And Strategies
The strategy an investor uses in choosing a particular CD from all of the available options has to do with how the money in the CD will be used and what place it has in the investor's overall portfolio.
Buying One Safe CD
One of the most common strategies involves purchasing a single CD as a safe, short-term place to store cash to fund a purchase or investment in the near future. Short-term CDs can have a time frame as brief as 28 days. There are also one-month, three-month and six-month CDs in this category, for example. With these CDs, investors plan an appropriate maturity date when they will need the money. It makes no sense to select a CD that matures a long time afterward, even though the interest rate may be higher on a longer-term CD. Timing is essential to this strategy.
Another strategy is to purchase a single CD as a conservative place to store money for the long-term. Some investors do not want to put their money into stocks, for fear of a decline in value. Instead, they put their money into a long-term CD that is insured against loss and that offers a rate of return that meets their investment goals. The longer the term, the higher the interest rate, in general. There are terms of one, two, three, four and five years – up to 10 years, with various half increments, such as 18 months and 30 months. The point is to earn as much return as possible for the length of time the money is invested.
Customizing the maturity schedule helps investors meet a need for the money long-term. With this method, investors put money into a long-term CD but reinvest the money in a short-term CD after the first CD matures. In this way, the investor can keep the money invested until right before it is actually needed.
Setting Up a CD Ladder
Sometimes, investors want to receive a CD's interest in a regular check, instead of reinvesting the interest into the account. With the income generation strategy, investors receive periodic payments that help them reach other financial goals. This strategy can also be implemented by purchasing multiple CDs that generate income. Staggering the different CDs' dates of interest payment can be beneficial, too.
Staggering the maturity dates of multiple CD accounts creates a CD ladder, with each CD as a "rung" of increasing term lengths. As time passes and the CDs mature, each bottom rung continually becomes the top rung. An investor might choose CDs lasting three months, six months, one year, and two years, for example. When the three-month CD matures, the money is invested in another CD account that will mature after the two-year CD. Then, the six-month CD is reinvested (at the end of its term) for a later maturity than that of the new CD, and the one-year CD (when it comes due) even later than that. In this way, the ladder continues on and on. This can provide investors with the security of knowing that cash will be accessible at regular intervals if they need it for something unplanned. It also allows income generation at staggered dates of interest payment.
If the investor had instead put the entire $100,000 into one short-term account, the account would have calculated only one interest payment per year, quarter or whatever schedule applies. The payments would be spread out; the investor might go for long stretches of time without receiving an interest check. And, the interest would not be as high as with the laddered plan. Investors who are willing to keep pace with changing income needs and changing interest rates can certainly benefit from designing and maintaining an appropriate CD ladder. (Step Up Your Income With A CD Ladder provides more information about how these instruments offer safe capital, predictable cash flow and simplicity.)
A CD as Part of a Growth Strategy
CDs can also be used as part of a conservative growth strategy. Investing in an index-linked CD, such as a bull or bear CD, provides opportunity for greater returns than those associated with traditional CDs, while still offering insurance protection. This strategy allows investors to take advantage of stock market changes without facing the losses that can be involved in the market. With this method, the CD investment can grow beyond the potential of a traditional CD.
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CDs can even be used in speculation and hedging strategies. With speculation, investors plan for an increase (or decrease) in the market by purchasing CDs that will increase in value under certain, expected circumstances. With hedging, investors buy CDs that work opposite other investments so they can avoid an overall loss if one part of the market declines.
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The Washington Redskins were named the Green Business of the Year by the Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce.
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All told, the three different types of solar panels installed will generate two megawatts of electricity.
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RE: Garden hose to fill pool, 1 or 2 ? (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: smogtek on 07.06.2006 at 11:51 pm in Pools & Spas Forum Two hoses. One from the front and one from the back for 25,000 gallons. Took about 18-20 hours.
Put a sock over the end and duct tape the hose to a capped water bottle and it will float up to the top for you and not drag on the plaster. Matt NOTES: <none>
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RE: Garden hose to fill pool, 1 or 2 ? (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: hoostat on 07.06.2006 at 11:36 pm in Pools & Spas Forum I used 3 from my house (two regular spigots plus my landscaping spigot). I started the third after about 12 hours with two.
A fire hydrant would have been nice. Our pool is 35,000 gallons and it took about 36 hours (maybe a bit more, I can't remember). NOTES: <none>
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RE: Pebble Sheen Cracking? (Follow-Up #10)
posted by: lindsey_ca on 08.24.2006 at 11:12 pm in Pools & Spas Forum You will love the Pebble Sheen«. :-) We've got Black Onyx Pebble Sheen« and wouldn't do another pool without it.
There are so many great pool tiles that don't look like the traditional pool tiles of the "olden days." I think one important thing to remember when choosing a more natural looking tile is to use a colored grout. Take another look at Padre Fan's close-up photo and you'll see what I mean. The colored grout makes the tile blend in better with the rock coping. Here's a photo of our tile the day it was being installed. It hadn't been fully cleaned when this photo was taken, but you can tell that there is colored grout (Winter Grey is the color): And in this one you can see how the tile blends in better with the colored grout than it would have with white grout: NOTES: Lindsey in Sac
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RE: Pebble Sheen Choice............Second try at post (Follow-Up #15)
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3 Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. | 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. |
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Former GameStop VP of corporate communications Frank Christopher Olivera has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $2 million from the retailer.
Olivera was charged with mail fraud when investigators allegedly discovered that he was funneling money from GameStop to his personal account via a fictitious firm he created in Nevada.
According to the guilty plea, Olivera had set up a fake PR agency called Cloud Communications, through which he would bill GameStop for fake work, and this cash would eventually find its way back into Olivera's personal account.
Olivera reportedly embezzled over $1.9 million between July 2009 and April 2011, before being caught out. Following his guilty plea to one count of mail fraud on Thursday, he faces up to 20 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.


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Scheduling a Parallel Sparse Direct Solver to Multiple GPUs
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
The 14th IEEE Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing, 2013
title={Scheduling a Parallel Sparse Direct Solver to Multiple GPUs},
author={Kim, Kyungjoo and Eijkhout, Victor},
We present a sparse direct solver using multilevel task scheduling on a modern heterogeneous compute node consisting of a multi-core host processor and multiple GPU accelerators. Our direct solver is based on the multifrontal method, which is characterized by exploiting dense subproblems (fronts) related in an assembly tree. Critical to high performance of the solver is dynamic task allocation to account for the asymmetric performance of heterogeneous devices. Device-specific tasks are generated and adapted to different devices on the course of multifrontal factorization using multi-level matrix partitioning. Large blocks are used to provide coarse grain tasks for fast devices, and some of the blocks are recursively partitioned to supply fine-grained tasks for the next available (slower) devices. Experimental results are obtained from particular problems arising from a high order Finite Element Method.
February 21, 2013 by hgpu
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- Parallel Sparse Linear Algebra for Multi-core and Many-core Platforms: Parallel Solvers and Preconditioners


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Posted: Sep 24, 2009 5:29 AM by John Pastorek
Updated: Sep 24, 2009 10:46 AM
Source: Associated Press
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The Emperor Has Spoken!
The Venues for the Emperor's Decree Are Announced |
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Taxing [S]
( Luke 2:2 ; RSV, "enrolment"), "when Cyrenius was governor of Syria," is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occasion of Joseph and Mary's going up to Bethlehem. It has been argued by some that Cyrenius (q.v.) was governor of Cilicia and Syria both at the time of our Lord's birth and some years afterwards. This decree for the taxing referred to the whole Roman world, and not to Judea alone. (See CENSUS .)
Taxing. [E]
The English word now conveys to us more distinctly the notion of a tax or tribute actually levied; but it appears to have been used in the sixteenth century for the simple assessment of a subsidy upon the property of a given county, or the registration of the people for the purpose of a poll-tax. Two distinct registrations, or taxings, are mentioned in the New Testament, both of them by St. Luke. The first is said to have been the result of an edict of the emperor Augustus, that "all the world (i.e. the Roman empire) should be taxed," ( Luke 2:1 ) and is connected by the evangelist with the name of Cyrenius Quirinus. [CYRENIUS] The second and more important, ( Acts 6:37 ) is distinctly associated, in point of time, with the revolt of Judas of Galilee. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary


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Gentlemen…Start Your Engines!
November 3, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sumayyah Meehan, TMO
"Automobiles are not ferocious…. it is man who is to be feared."
~Robbins B. Stoeckel
As further evidence that the global economic turndown has not affected most wealthy Arab nations, give or take a couple of debt-riddled locales, a new endurance motoring activity will be taking place in Kuwait City at the end of this month (November 24-26). Courtesy of "Gulf Run", who has brought some of the most mind-jarring motor races to the region, the newest moto-sport is called "The 26 Hour Endurance Gulf Run Karting" Race. Basically, it pits man against machine in a breathtaking 26 hours around the track to see who can withstand the endless circling, keep up pace with other drivers without crashing and go on to claim that checkered flag.
With a $4,300 price tag per team, the karting race is neither for the financially challenged nor the faint hearted. Registration is currently open for teams and the ticket price includes the use of a twin engine Honda Pro Kart for the duration of the race, spare parts, pit crew area, gas and other fluids, use of the track and access to a full-equipped medical team on site as well as the fire brigade just in case of any mishaps on the track. Teams can be made up of up to 12 drivers with a minimum of 4 drivers per team. Each team is allowed to wear their own logo emblazoned t-shirts and can even cover the car with sponsor's decals, however such marketing efforts count as "out of pocket" costs.
Safety during the course of the event is of the utmost importance to Gulf Run organizers. The rules stipulate that all drivers must be 18 years old and have a valid driver's license. Each driver will also be given special instructions regarding safety features, the rules and proper conduct expected during the race. The UK Marshalls will oversee the event in accordance with current FIA regulations. Teams who ignore safety rules or intentionally interfere with the course of the race will be disqualified.
The course will be set up at the Mishref fairgrounds and a special village will be ready by race day to tend to the needs of both drivers and spectators alike. According to the Gulf Run website the 26 hour endurance race will require, "… mental and physical preparation and of course a good strategy within your team is the key to success. If you join to have fun, to do something new, or to compete professionally, it will be an amazing adventure you will never forget. See you at the track." Blogs and local media outlets will be covering the event, which is the first of its kind in Kuwait.
YSR's Death Raises Questions
September 10, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nilofar Suhrawardy, Muslim Media News Service (MMNS)
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The sudden passing away of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (60) in a chopper crash last Wednesday (September 2) has raised intriguing questions about certain crucial issues. One is instantly forced to deliberate on loopholes present in the security actually provided to political VVIPs and apparent negligence displayed towards ensuring that helicopters used by them have no technical flaws and are capable of handling weather problems. If as initial reports indicate that the helicopter had technical problems, why was it retained in service to be used leading to Reddy's death and of four others on board? The same helicopter had developed a technical snag earlier this year, while Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was flying from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) to Gulbarga in Karnataka. The Dalai Lama was told during the flight that the helicopter was experiencing technical problems. The pilot managed to land the Bell-430 chopper safely at its destination. The Dalai Lama used a different chopper on his return flight.
If the concerned aviation staff was aware of the technical problem in chopper, why was it made available for use by Reddy? The helicopter crashed over Nallamala while flying to Chittor from Hyderabad. It has also been said that chopper ran into rough weather and then crashed. This implies that the chopper may have crashed because the pilot was not given the right information about weather problems, he may have over-estimated the plane's weather-handling capacity and/or despite being aware of these risks he took the chance, as he did not want to refuse on flying the VVIPs. The pilots face the risk of losing jobs on refusing to fly top dignitaries, even if their stand is backed by strong reasons such as bad weather.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is looking into whether the local Met office gave the correct weather report before the VVIP flight took off. The hard fact of weather being unpredictable cannot be ignored. Nevertheless, this does not minimize importance given to checking vital air safety checks of helicopters being used in India. It may be noted here that DGCA has only one part-time inspector to conduct safety checks of more than 200 helicopters deployed across the country. Even if this inspector was engaged full-time in conducting safety checks, it is certainly not a one man's job to thoroughly inspect 200 helicopters all over the country. As it takes two days to thoroughly inspect one helicopter, it would be impossible for him to inspect all 200 helicopters even in a year's time. Considering the new importance being given by politicians to use helicopters, isn't it time that they paid some attention to safety of choppers they use and weather conditions. Not too long ago, an angry state chief minister ordered the transfer of a pilot simply because the latter had refused to fly the VVIP because of bad weather.
Reddy's death has also exposed a dark side of Indian political culture once again. Though there is nothing surprising about it but one is certainly amazed at how chaotic and stormy Indian politics can get in the race for political chairs. This has been exposed with Reddy's death being followed by confusion and political battling on who would succeed him as the chief minister. While the confusion has ended for the time being, with swearing in of Reddy's Financial Minister K. Rosaiah as the caretaker chief minister (September 3), the political heat has not yet settled down. A new set of ministers was sworn in to form the state's new cabinet (September 6). But the battle is still on with their being a heated campaign in favor of Reddy's son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as the next chief minister. A letter signed by 36 ministers in the late Reddy's cabinet has urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to consider him for the post. The letter said: "Just like Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Jaganmohan Reddy has a good following among the masses from grass-roots level and is acceptable to all sections, particularly the downtrodden and weaker sections, for the post of chief minister."
Several former ministers stated that they would join the cabinet only if Jaganmohan was made the chief minister. It is pathetic that supporters of Jaganmohan have even disrupted condolence meetings being held in his father's memory. Shouting shrill slogans they forced early end of a condolence meeting being held in Hyderabad in the presence of acting Chief Minister Rosaiah, Union Minister Jaipal Reddy and state Congress president D. Srinivas. The three leaders had to be quickly escorted to safety by security personnel as Jaganmohan's supporters tried to mob them (September 6). Considering that Jaganmohan's entry into Lok Sabha this year is only his first step onto the Indian political stage, one is forced to wonder whether his supporters are considering him as the "right" candidate only because he happens to be late Reddy's son? Shouldn't he be first given time to prove his political mantle as his father did?
Circumstances leading to Reddy's death and the political storm over who would be next chief minister have exposed two dark sides of Indian politics. One is negligence of needed air safety measures even for political VVIPs. The second is inherent instability leading to confusion and chaos when leader at the top suddenly moves off the political stage. If entering Indian politics is being treated like a cakewalk, as Jaganmohan's supporters seem to, it would certainly provide rivals of Congress enough political ground to rise again in the state!
Chaos on Cairo Streets
May 7, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sumayyah Meehan MMNS Middle East Correspondent
Cars on bustling Cairo streets compete with pedestrians, donkey carts, buses and motorcycles as they make their way down the ever congested and polluted roadways. And that's in addition to sharing the street with countless other vehicles. As a result of the chaos, Egypt is ranked as 2nd in the world for traffic fatalities. According to a World Health Organization report, there were an estimated 7,000 road fatalities in Egypt last year alone. The reasons for the deaths can be chalked up to several factors such as poor driving skills by motorists, a failing infrastructure with poor roadways and a general indifference by a population who is one of the poorest in the world.
Most drivers in Egypt do not even have to pass a driver's education course before they are licensed to hit the road. This is evident the moment you pull onto any street in Cairo. Driver's weave in and out of traffic and get off at exits without even turning on their blinkers. Since bus stops are few and far between, buses often stop in the middle of the roadway to dispense their passengers, who just might get hit by a speeding motorist the minute they get off the bus. The speed limit is too often ignored and even traffic stoplights serve as mere road ornaments as driver after driver blow through the red lights.
Taking a look inside a typical vehicle driven by an Egyptian citizen reveals a whole new world of hazards and violations. For one thing, most seatbelts are either missing or tucked down into the seat without even a thought to their purpose being taken into consideration. The occupants of the car are jostled about unrestrained, which includes children who often use the car as an excuse to jump around and play. A children's carseat in an Egyptian car is an unfortunate rarity. There are also countless distractions that cause the driver to keep his eyes off of the road, which includes hot beverages like tea, cell phones and the all too common cigarette balanced between fingers.
There are an estimated 4.4 million cars on Egyptian streets and the number is growing. The Egyptian government is fighting an uphill battle in combating the roadway mayhem. However, parliament has recently taken measures to punish those who break traffic safety laws and hopefully send a message to others that reckless driving is no longer acceptable. Last year a new traffic safety code was adopted in Egypt. Simple traffic transgressions, such as not yielding to pedestrians or driving in the opposite direction on a one-way street, are now punishable by jail time and a hefty fine.
The government has shrewdly turned to technology to maintain some level of road safety. Egyptian roads are now monitored by cameras, which are remotely manned by a control center that operates around the clock. A system of radars has also been established at congested intersections to catch traffic violators in the act. Policemen have also been equipped with portable digital devices to quickly issue citations. And the government plans to study traffic accident patterns to prevent future calamities.
The Ministry of Interior has also launched a media campaign to educate the public about the importance of road safety. This month the ministry plans to launch a monthly documentary about specific traffic accidents that resulted in one or more fatalities. The documentary will show viewers, up close and personal, the reason for the accident and how it could have been prevented. The ministry also plans to go a step further by interviewing family members of the deceased to see how traumatic their loss has been. The Egyptian government hopes that the programming will wake its' populous out of their slumber to take road safety seriously.