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(This is part one of a two-part feature. This first half focuses on Verizon's own deployment. On Friday January 6, we'll shed light on how Verizon's customers are doing the same.)
As we see more and more large-scale tablet deployments in corporations around the world, TabTimes thought it would be interesting to explore how an organization that sells tablets actually uses them in its own organization.
With this in mind, we spoke to two Verizon Wireless employees: Mike Schaefer, Executive Director of Verizon Wireless Business Marketing and Ed Gaughan, Associate Director of IT Enterprise Mobility. Schaefer manages sales teams across the country; Gaughan helps to manage the company's internal mobile initiatives.
The insights both professionals shared conveyed not only some potential best practices around deployment and maintenance but, we think will also make managers, workers and IT professionals feel better about your own tablet programs and initiatives.
It turns out that Verizon is experiencing the same challenges and growing pains around tablets and BYOD that you are.
Verizon's deployment: Corporate devices only (for now)
For Verizon, deploying over 4,000 tablets across its corporate sales organization was a no-brainer. Yes, it would be counter-productive to have a laptop-equipped sales force selling tablets to businesses. But the underlying truth is that, just like for everyone else, for Verizon, tablets are simply a more effective mobile solution.
Equally important: This kind of mass deployment offered Verizon Wireless the opportunity to essentially focus-test the large-scale deployment, maintenance, and ongoing use of tablets in the same kind of corporate environment the company is selling its products into.
"Tablets are a big part of what Verizon does from a device perspective, Schaefer told TabTimes. "We wanted to make sure that as we're talking to customers every day, we're eating our own dogfood."
To wit, Verizon Wireless put a mix of working Android and iPad tablets (not samples) in the hands of all of its salespeople in the field. The sales team uses these devices for everything from basic productivity to accessing sales training to reviewing presentation decks for its customers.
Schaefer, who's on the road two weeks out of every month, admits that it took him a few weeks to get used to not having a laptop. But as he got more accustomed to it, he found a surprising residual benefit in not having to pull his laptop out of his bag at airport security. "It's therapeutic," he joked.
No BYOD
Interestingly, but perhaps not surprising given that the first wave of deployment was the sales team tasked with selling Verizon-equipped tablets to corporate customers, Verizon's IT does not support employees who want to bring their own devices to work.
"The way our security works, we only support corporate-owned devices," enterprise mobility IT director Ed Gaughan explained. "But what's happened with this project is that it's provided the foundation for us to look at how we would do BYOD going forward."
Like a lot of other companies, Verizon Wireless' current no-BYOD policy will probably change over time. "When tablets came out, it pushed the envelope of how we looked internally from an IT perspective, Mike Schaefer said. "Whether it's a five-person firm, or a 500-employee regional bank…or a large enterprise of several thousand lines or government related entities, what we're hearing every day is that BYOD is huge."
"Certainly from our perspective, the cost-benefit of not having to deploy devices when it would be a duplicative device for an employee, there are significant gains.
'We're hearing the same things from our customers that we're living internally."
The wireless provider uses Citrix' desktop virtualization app to allow its employees access to the corporate network, printers, and desktop-only applications like Microsoft Outlook. "When we deployed Citrix and virtualized the desktop, having this connected environment allowed us to mobilize applications that we didn't have as native clients on the devices," Gaughan explained.
However, while Gaughan agreed that BYOD would probably be allowed at some point, he added that going forward, Verizon Wireless mobility-oriented IT would look to "provide different classes of services for corporate-owned devices and personal-owned devices." This is consistent with what TabTimes is hearing about other large corporate tablet deployments.
The golden path of self-provisioning
Verizon made its initial deployment of 4,000 tablets fairly rapidly over the course of six weeks. Incredibly, during the first two months of supporting tablets across the organization, Gaughan reports that IT only received 40 help requests.
The secret sauce, he says, was the self-service model Verizon used for provisioning, which not only walked employees through the whole set-up process, but also allowed workers to do so at their own leisure.
The deployed tablets included every device Verizon sells. "We try to have the latest devices in our employees hands," Mike Schaefer said. "It's important for our employees to understand the different operating systems so we can meet all our customers' needs." (As an aside, Verizon has a tablet leasing program that allows its SMB customers the ability to constantly cycle through the newest tablets as well.)
Verizon uses all the protections afforded by its MDM client – Sybase Afaria – with only a few exceptions. Encrypted connectivity, device wiping, and enforced complex passwords are all active on all deployed devices.
Despite the ability to do so, the company has not enforced or used the ability to lock down the cameras as of yet.
Verizon Wireless also automatically grants provisioned employees access to a proprietary app store, where the team can download apps for Sales Force integration and more.
TabTimes' assumption was that Verizon would dole out unlimited 3G and 4G network plans to all of its employees with tablets, but that's not the case. "We use the same plans that anyone has," Schaefer explains. "Our goal at Verizon Wireless is that you need to be able to put yourself in the position of the customers every day, so we manage our use just as if we were a normal business customer."
For Schaefer, the benefits of an always-connected tablet are indisputable, however. "When you have that kind of connectivity, it brings businesses closer. The ability to have a face—to-face conversation with anyone in the world at any time, is invaluable.
"I have direct reports all over the country. They may not always like it," he laughed. "But I love it."
"It's a constant feedback loop"
Feedback and iteration is an important aspect of Verizon Wireless' tablet program. After launch, the company surveyed all of its employees with tablets to find out what they liked and didn't like. (Verizon does this with everything it launches internally.)
Beyond this, the support teams conduct monthly surveys with users in the field around usage. And management works with the IT group to make sure the program continues to continue to evolve and enhance the program.
"We recognize that this isn't a static effort, says Schaefer. "We'll continue to make sure we have the latest devices and the latest applications and that we have the right processes in place.
It's a constant feedback loop."
Android vs. iPad
From Verizon's virtualization-oriented perspective, Android offers more for business customers. "With Android we're seeing better functionality because we can use a Bluetooth mouse vs. a finger or stylus in iOS," Gaughan stated, "but we're working very closely with Citrix on functionality they can add to the client to make it more desktop like."
For Schaefer, the stylus paired with the ability to annotate documents on the fly has quickly become indispensable. "Being able to take a PDF and annotate to a presentation on the fly and then being able to shoot it out to his sales team to make the following changes is a huge time saver."
At the end of the day, Verizon's deployment isn't just helping on the sales end. It's also resulting in heightened productivity. "For good or bad, the answer is absolutely yes—our sales team is working more hours," Schaefer says.
"A perfect example is my own use case, which drives my wife crazy. On a Sunday if we're watching a movie and I pull out my laptop, it feels like I'm working. If I pull out my tablet, it just feels less onerous.
"My team doesn't feel like we're working a lot harder. They feel like they're working a lot smarter."


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The Top 10 Tallest & Shortest Rock Stars!
Gene Simmons of KISS Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.
Metal Sludge's Top 10 Tallest & Shortest Rock Stars
According to many studies, the average American man is 5'10" tall. According to our studies, some Rock Stars are much shorter, and some much taller.
We did a little research and have pulled up stats on several rock stars and their height. Many of the findings very by an inch or two, but the general idea is there. If someone is short, they usually try to add an inch or two. Oddly, if someone is tall – like in the sporting world, they still add an inch or two. And if you're in the band KISS, then you add 7 inches when you get dressed and take the stage!
1. Gene Simmons of KISS in stage boots is 6'9" without he is 6'2"
2. Krist Novaselic of Nirvana is 6'7"
3. Corey Parks former Nashville Pussy is 6'7"
4. Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. is 6'5"
5. Chris Holmes former W.A.S.P. is 6'4"
6. Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big & Racer X is 6'4"
7. Sebastian Bach former Skid Row is 6'3"
8. Zakk Wylde Black Label Society is 6'2"
9. Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is 6'2"
10. Chip Z'nuff of Enuff Z'nuff is 6'2"
Corey Parks pictured with Nashville Pussy is our #3 Tallest Rock Star
Tommy is only #9 on our height list, but his dong would likely land him #1
Chip Z'nuff is tall Z'nuff Paul Gilbert is definitely Mr. Big
Angry Anderson frontman of Rose Tattoo is only 5'1"
Metal Sludge's Top 10 Shortest Rock Stars
2. Angus Young of AC/DC is 5'2"
3. Sully Erna of Godsmack is 5'3"
4. Doro Pesch of Warlock is 5'3"
5. Russ Dwarf of the Killer Dwarfs is 5'4"
6. Udo Dirkschneider former Accept singer is 5'5"
7. Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth is 5'5"
8. Steve Stevens of Billy Idol Band is 5'5"
9. Eric Singer of KISS is 5'6"
10. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 5'6"
Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth is 5'5" and looks like a Goth fire hydrant
Eric Singer of KISS looks to be more than a foot shorter than the Demon.
Steven Stevens is very short, or his wife Josie is taller than Shaquille O'Neil
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I know halloween isn't over yet, but Christmas is knocking on our doors. Here is a neat site a friend sent to me. Money is very tight this year so I'm making a lot of my gifts.
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That looks like a really good site! I bookmarked it so I could go back and browse some more. Did it REALLY say 63 days till Christmas? Oh, my, it just comes around so fast--where does the time go? I like to make gifts too, before I retired, the girls I worked with always said that if I drew their name--they wanted a painted item. Luvs |
That was my same reaction 63 days!!! I also crochet and have been working on some goodies for the kids for Christmas, I also have an eBay store to keep up with and boy am I behind LOL There are just not enough hours in a day...they go by too fast. I loved what I saw so far at that site. Glad you liked it too. |
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If you have money, you can subcontract somebody and make money a lot faster and easier, but if your budget is reduced you'll have to work hard and dedicate it all the needed time. There are no shortcuts on the road to success, "work" is the keyword.
You can make money with SMS Premium and SMS Micropayment. This service's purpose is to make profitable some content in particular (ringtones, games, protect a section of your website, receive donations, etc.). Recursos Moviles is one of the best companies for this kind of gains. It has several methods of payment. This is what makes it stand out among other micropayment companies.
Another way to make some extra cash either on the side, or to make enough to quit your full-time job, is to simply set up a landing page. If you have a blog (if not, create one) or are starting up an affiliate marketing campaign, this is definitely for you. The purpose of a landing page is really to get personal information on whoever is visiting your site. You can ask for an e-mail address on a landing page, or a name and an e-mail address. Some landing pages ask for phone numbers and addresses, though people aren't likely to give that information. The benefit of this is that when a person who provided you their e-mail address leaves your web page, you then have the ability to contact them again. You can send them daily specials, follow-up emails, deals, etc. You can send them whatever you think it's best and increase your potential sales as a result.
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Eventually, Mickey Drexler and his fashion fairy dust turned me into a corduroy-wearing, puffer vest-clad Gap devotee. I said goodbye to the hippie duds in 1998, and my style hasn't really changed much since then. I still enjoy preppy, boyish clothes: JW Anderson sweaters, APC button-ups, and Carven blazers. Not a bit of batik in sight.
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I have recently designed a Jewellery line in collaboration with Unibox, recycling off cuts from their range of aluminium extrusions.
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The results were then anodised in a range of metallic finishes to further enhance the unique properties of the material.
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I am looking for Chamaecereus of different colors. I would like any unique or more uncommon kinds espec. I would prefer plants, cuttings/starts will do just fine too.
Check out my trade page and let me know if there is anything you like. (I need to add a few more things on there such as Trich hybrid seeds and I also have cuttings of a few types as well I can offer. If not interested in Trichs or Trich seeds let me know if something else appeals to you on the list.) Thanks! -Nathan I would also be interested in trading for Trich hybrids too. |
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Fri, May 13, 11 at 8:31
I have absolutely no mental health issues. So this is why I feel so strange. I just celebrated a most wonderful anniversary occasion. I did the planning and everything was beautiful and went exactly as I had hoped. We were surrounded by friends and family. comments to me afterward we: fabulous, special, perfect, etc. i had a wonderful time. So for the next few days I am feeling sad. I am feeling like: what did I do during the party? Did I talk to people--- I can't remember the music! There was paid help at the party, I was not busy with any chores during the party. I don't want to discuss this with anyone in the family, don't want them to feel bad. Is this just normal letdown after being busy with the planning? Help. |
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This is something that happens to brides quite frequently: you get caught up in your mind in planning, the food, the music, the details, and then, when it is over, you feel alone because you don't have that celebration to look forward to anymore. My best suggestion is to start planning another party! It doesn't need to be as big or as fancy as the one you just had, but the planning will help you with the "post-partum" feeling of your party being over. Best of luck, and, if everything you say is true, you might have a future as an event planner! |
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I had reunions at my house every year,150 people,I did everything..I felt that way too 1 is youre done its over all the worry,stress etc is over your body doesnt know yet, |
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The Zen isn't the fastest computer around but it's quite a nifty little piece of hardware. This is the kind of computer that would be great in a home theater situation but we still don't see anything exceptionally handy which has become a bit of a gripe recently with the XPC's. The Zen ST62K is a beautiful XPC - it's small, very quiet and nice and easy to get around - all of which make it perfect for a home theater situation.
The external power supply was a nice touch as it gave the overall size a slight shrinking and the weight of the XPC a little drop. While the weight reduction is a nice addition, competition is extremely fierce these days in the SFF market. MSI have a number of SFF computers with an LCD and remote control and Epox have a giant screen on the front reading out information and ABIT have the vast amount of space to do more inside their DigiDice - heck, Iwill even have a dual processor SFF on the way. All these things make each stand out and while Shuttle still would have one of the highest quality SFF units around, they are being left behind due to other companies using the idea and adding something extra to separate it from the others.
The overclocking power of this unit isn't the best but we really didn't expect too much as it isn't designed with the enthusiast in mind. The most disappointing stand out from the Zen was the lack of Serial ATA. Serial ATA has really become the mainstream standard and it would have been much nicer to use a SATA cable instead of a big ugly IDE alternative.
That said the Zen does what it is supposed to do - it's quiet, small, looks good and runs well. It isn't the best performer but it doesn't have to be for the market segment it is focused toward.
Shuttle has done a great job with the Zen ST62K XPC and it's good to see that they have done something a little different with the XPC this time around. We will look forward to even more changes from the normal in times ahead.
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After a closely contested game to open the season between Thomas Dale and L.C. Bird in the Battle of Chester, a game that Bird won 14-7, the two teams circled their second match-up on the calendar. Bird was able to jump out early and dominate the Knights throughout and earn their fifth straight win in the series defeating Dale by a score of 42-3 last Friday night.
"This is a great win against a great team," said Bird's Head Coach David Bedwell to his team after the win. "Unfortunately this game doesn't count in the standings, but to play the way we did against a team like Thomas Dale, we should be proud of ourselves."
The two teams came into week nine in very different circumstances, with the Skyhawks surprising some critics and poised to run the table in the Dominion District again and gain their 12th straight title. The Knights' season has been marred by injuries and not living up to the expectation of challenging for a Central District title this season.
"These guys have fought through a lot all season," said Dale head coach Kevin Tucker. "We are proud of our team and the way they have fought."
The Skyhawks would score on their first three possessions of the game. The first drive exclusively employed running back Paul Robertson, who would score on a 25-yard touchdown run to make it 7-0 Bird. On the second and third drives, it would be Terrance Ervin hitting Rasheed Worsham over the middle for an 80-yard touchdown reception on a beautiful throw, and then another touchdown on a throw from running back J.C. Thompson to Shawn Payne for 30 yards.
"Dale kept walking their safeties over to defend the run," said Ervin. "That left the middle of the field open and we were able to capitalize."
The Knights would score their only points of the game in the second quarter on a 28-yard field goal by kicker Matthew Mangano. Off of the first of three Bird interceptions of the evening and the first of two for safety J'Quan Clay, Bird's Robertson would score again from five yards out, making it 28-3 at the half.
In the second half, Ervin would hit Payne for a second touchdown for 64 yards and hit Worsham for a third on an acrobatic catch in the end zone – that play traveled for 32 yards. Both of the scores came directly after interceptions- Clay finished with two interceptions and Payne also picked off an A.J. Holliday pass. It was another overall dominant effort on defense for the Skyhawks.
"We have a lot of leaders on this defense," said Bird linebacker Jeffrey Pointer. "We have worked very hard to play together as a unit and set high goals for ourselves."
Ervin finished with 233 yards passing on the night which set a school record. The junior also reset his own school record with 1,145 passing yards this season with one game remaining on the schedule. The Henrico transfer has thrown for 17 touchdowns this season. Robertson turned in another stellar performance with 184 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
"People seem surprised at how we play offense this season," said Bedwell. "This is how we've always done it- it's just that we have someone throwing the ball better than we usually do."
With the win, Bird is now 9-0 and 7-0 in the Dominion District. They will finish the season at Clover Hill this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Thomas Dale fell to 3-6 overall and 3-3 in the Central District, and will finish their season this Friday at Colonial Heights at 7 p.m. Bird has clinched a playoff and their 12th straight Dominion District title.
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Alexander Gardner American, Kansas, 1867 Albumen print 13 x 18 11/16 in. 84.XM.1027.14
A young girl in a prim white dress stands out in this seemingly spontaneous group portrait of passengers disembarking from railroad cars on a prairie in the midwest. The lack of a proper station platform, however, suggests that some passengers remained aboard the train and that this was a momentary stop to produce a contrived image. The conspicuous absence of women in the image is also a reminder that pioneering was primarily done by men: in 1850 only 7,000 of California's 94,000 residents were women. Alexander Gardner made this photograph two years before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, when the railroad companies were investing heavily in advertising. Many companies hired photographers to produce large images such as this one along their routes for documentary and promotional purposes. To create a sense of movement echoing the exciting advance of the train across the landscape, Gardner positioned his camera directly on top of the rails, with the Union Pacific train boldly emerging from the left and receding across the picture plane.


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Cabrillo High graduate Duane Solomon, Jr. remains in contention for his first career national outdoor title as a professional. Solomon finished second in his 800 meter semifinal heat to advance to the final at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday night.
The 28 year old led his heat into the final 50 meters, but was passed at the end by Brandon Johnson, who crossed in 1:44.78. Solomon finished second in 1:45.07. The top four finishers automatically advanced to the final, which is on Sunday at 1:13 pm and airs live on KSBY.
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Durham has some great little restaurants and I love the emphasis on farm to table food. But, let's be honest, the restaurant selection here will never rival Boston's!
So, on our last night in beantown, we got to try one more swanky south end gem: Sibling Rivalry. The dinner was compliments of a giftcard from none other than my sibling:)
Sibling Rivalry is unique because the menu was created by two brothers who each interpreted a certain ingredient to create different appetizers, salads, and entrees. For example, curry was the ingredient that our appetizer was based on.
These Prince Edward Island mussels were prepared with a chili-ginger-coconut milk curry sauce with cilantro and lime. The flavor was incredible, not to mention the mussels were huge!
These were probably the best mussels I've had while living in the Northeast. Oh, and there was a breadbasket with french bread and raisin and chive scones! Perfect for soaking up the extra mussel sauce.
Once I decided on a seafood entree, I ordered with a semi-sweet riesling.
The main event was based on chilies – jumbo Cape scallops with an Anaheim chili relleno, chorizo, black beans, and and a tomatillo relish.
Can we just talk about this flavor combination? ALL of the entrees had really unique ingredients and it was tough to choose. I wouldn't say this was my favorite entree in Boston, but it was up there, and the menu was definitely the most creative menu I've seen in Boston.
The scallops were perfect and a nice compliment to the spicy chili. I was expecting more of a flavor punch in the chili and black beans, but I still enjoyed them.
And that, my friends, was my last dinner in Boston:(
Today is a very special someone's birthday, so I'm off to make pancakes and celebrate for the rest of the day.
Happy Birthday Matt!
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Happy Birthday to Matt! And I've never been to NC but I bet it wouldn't rival Boston either. That place does look pretty cool, I've never even heard of it – so nice of Kath to get you guys a gift card there.
Happy Birthday Matt. I will make you a cake to the next time you come to dinner! For real! Love, Barbara
shout out to the durham restaurants – i think you'll be happy w/ them! and, a bonus is the price – definitely a little cheaper here
if you two are up for it, we'd love to have you over for dinner once you get settled! i think your sister sent you my email, so just let me know!
— your next-building-over-neighbor!
Yes! I was very happy with Parizade:) We're headed out of town for 10 days, but would love to try and get together when we get back!
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Ladies and gentleman, meet a real life Regina George, all grown up, and the real, actual, insane vitriolic screed this member of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Maryland sent to her fellow sorority sisters. It's not a nice letter, because, as Regina George sees it, the Delta Gamma sisters are so totally fucking it up with their brother frat. The sorority, it turns out, is not about fostering sisterhood amongst its members, but rather, about entertaining the dudes at Sigma Nu.
The sorority's website (which features the rousing music of Phillip Phillips), notes that its "primary purpose is to foster high ideals of friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense of social responsibility and develop the finest qualities of character."
And clearly the best way to do that, according to this lovely lady — since identified as Rebecca Martinson — is to call her sisters "retarded" — as in "are you people fucking retarded?" But also! "I do not give a flying fuck, and Sigma Nu does not give a flying fuck," she writes in her missive, "about how much you fucking love to talk to your sisters. You have 361 days out of the fucking year to talk to sisters, and this week is NOT, I fucking repeat NOT ONE OF THEM." Apparently the sisters are not only not entertaining the Sigma Nu bros, but they're also being weird. And as anyone between the ages of five and 40 can tell you, being called "weird" is a terrifying insult, and it makes you "faggots." Witness: "I would rather have 40 girls that are fun, talk to boys, and not fucking awkward than 80 that are fucking faggots."
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An elderly man, serving as a deacon at a Texas church, slugged it out with three robbers to protect the proceeds of his church's Sunday offering.
Bill Hammett, 77, serves as a deacon at First Baptist Church in Sunnyvale, Texas.
On Sunday, he was attacked by three men demanding money as he was locking up thousands of dollars in church collections.
The men assaulted him with a club and punched him, but the elderly deacon said he got in a few punches of his own during the confrontation.
Hammett was later found unconscious and taken to the hospital where was treated for minor injuries. The robbers escaped with his wallet and some cash, but not the offering
"I'm not going to go down without a fight," Hammond said. "I mean, church is not a place for a fight, but sometimes you have to defend yourself where you're at."
Police are investigating the incident.
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When it comes to fashion, I'm a very girly girl (except when I'm in bum mode), but I'm slowly acquiring an appreciation for edgy elements in my style and the Pour La Victoire premiere bag line is the perfect place to start.
This predominantly black bag collection has all the trimmings attached with the words 'badass,' 'edgy,' and 'punk.' Just take a look at the Pour La Victoire images above. Each bag has some sort of stud, buckle or chain detailing that will take your outfit to the next level.


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Online Safety: Top 10 Things NOT To Post Online
Sometimes it's easy to forget that when you post a photo or a comment online it's not just your friends you're sharing it with. Kidzworld gives you the lowdown on online safety with the Top 10 Things NOT To Post. Check em out! Back to Article
Always post pictures of whats inside your pants and include your name, address and ##### ######
these peeps forgot something, no online dating or proposing
My friend has had a facebook since she was 8. She was just taken out of school this year because she was being stalked by an online pervert.
True, I saw this Newsround special about the internet, there was this 11 year old girl who lied about her age on the internet to a boy who she didn't know about, he was 40 years old and they chatted online everynight until the night where they go to a gig called The Poison Apple. Her name online was called Lost Princess and he was called White Knight. It was also about a girl who was bullied and hacked online, it was about a boy named Kieran too, scary but intresting... it's about keeping safe.
At KW we strip out all of the background code from every pic before it goes on the site. There is no way for anyone to track you from your pic. Also, no one can see your pics unless they are a KW user and logged in. For added privacy, change your privacy settings to high. That way only your friends can see your pics.
for me i put anime picture of myself. like this here is naruto
People always put pictures of themselves. As long as nothing else is given away I think they'll be fine. Keep things private to yourself. You never know who is out there. Good advice, kw.
Everyone puts pictures of themsleves online, it's not a big deal if you don't say where you live...
people upload there picture on here all the time, this is the other reason i dont show my face online, some people can find out who you are just by your photo of you.
Number 10. But than again I think only everyone does that, so like...What?


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The good news on the Senate financial reform bill these days is that we have a few provisions worth fighting for. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has introduced one of the most important – a bold section in the Dodd bank reform bill (Section 106) that will force the biggest banks to spin off their swaps (or derivatives) desks into a separate entity. That entity will be regulated and can remain part of the bank holding company, but it no longer has access to the Federal Reserve's flow of funds, FDIC insurance and the taxpayer guarantee. Supporters include legendary economists and public policy experts such as Robert Reich, Joseph Stiglitz, Nouriel Roubini, and Michael Greenberger.
In one fell swoop, Lincoln's measure will effectively protect taxpayers, downsize the behemoth banks, and end the federal guarantees behind big bank gambling. It's the strongest structural reform measure in the bill. These swaps have previously helped the 5 largest banks grow to mega-size and then take down the country. The 5 of them – J.P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley – account for 90 percent of these derivatives. Lincoln's amendment will go right after the deals that Goldman Sachs is now being officially investigated for and Lincoln's language is #1 on their hit list.
But the problem of course is that the Goldman Gang in Congress, like Senators Gregg and Chambliss, are lining up to strip this provision one way or other. They are being aided and abetted by conservative democrats like Indiana Senator Evan Bayh. Watch this smug interview where he talks about his hopes to defeat every good amendment. I, for one, am thrilled that he announced he will be retiring this year.
We have a right to know if our Senators will vote to end the federal funding of the Wall Street casino or vote to take Blanche Lincoln's language out of the bill.
We know what we need to do — it's time for a whip count and a little push and shove. We need to find out which senators will support real reform and which ones won't. Just follow these three easy steps to make sure Senators work on our behalf. Please make your call today. It takes two minutes to reach out to two Senators.
1. Call (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senators representing your state.
2. Ask them: "Does Senator XXXX support Blanche Lincoln's proposal for spinning off swap desks?" and you can follow up with something like "I expect my Senator to support the Lincoln language and to reject any amendments that weaken derivatives reform in the bill, such as Senator Gregg's amendment to kill Lincoln's language."
3. Report back if your Senator is for, against, undecided, leaning one way or the other, on Bankster or here in the comments. Details are really helpful. As soon as we hear from you, we'll update our whip count. Or contact Tiffiniy on our staff privately at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Current whip count for Lincoln's Section 106, please make your call now:
Good (Supports Lincoln's language):
Lincoln (D, AR)
Durbin (D, IL)
Cantwell (D, WA)
Grassley (R, IA)
Snowe (R, ME)
Leahy (D, VT)
Conrad (D, ND)
Baucus (D, MT)
Stabenow (D, MI)
Ben Nelson (D, NE)
Sherrod Brown, (D, OH)
Casey (D, PA)
Klobuchar (D, MN)
Bennett (D, CO)
Leaning Good (One more call might be the tipping point):
(There must be some leaning goods; we just don't know about them yet.)
Undecided (One more call might be the tipping point):
Gillibrand (D, NY)
Leaning Bad (Needs to hear from you):
Warner (D, VA)
Shelby (R, AL)
Bennett (R, UT)
Cochran (R, MS)
Cornyn (R, TX)
Crapo (R, ID)
Hutchison (R, TX)
McConnell (R, KY)
Roberts (R, KS)
Thune (R, SD)
Vitter (R, LA)
Bad (Time to start spanking):
Bayh (D, IN)
Johanns (R, NE)
Chambliss (R, GA) (co-sponsor)
Gregg(R, NH) (co-sponsor)
Corker (R, TN) (co-sponsor)
"In my view, banks were never intended to perform these activities, which have been the single largest factor in these institutions growing so large that taxpayers had no choice but to bail them out in order to prevent total economic ruin," says Lincoln.


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It has also been challenging to establish the identity of our 200,000th subscriber.
Anyway, it appears number 200,000 may have been this person!
Kathryn lives in Broomall, Pennsylvania (just outside Philadelphia).
She said: "I happened to come across your channel a few days ago. I'm horrible at math, but for some reason your channel just puts me in a better mood."
When not watching Numberphile, she is into musical theatre.
Number 200k may also have been Travis from Italy.
He's 14 years old and said: "You're lucky because I'm good with English despite my young age. Even though I'm not perfect yet."
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With processors and video boards getting more powerful, they are also getting considerably hotter. Anyone with a computer needs to take a look at cooling. But there is more to this topic than just a good heatsink. There also has to be a manner to transfer the heat built up from the processor TO that good heatsink. This is where a good Thermal Interface Material (TIM) comes into play.
Since enthusiasts started cooking their processors at record speeds and temperatures, there has been Arctic Silver. Since the first iteration of this venerable TIM it has become the standard of which all other compounds are measured. But there are more players in the arena nowadays.
Today we will take a look at three hot products in this realm of goop; the vaunted Arctic Silver III, the newest AS product Arctic Silver Ceramique, and a silver based TIM from OCZ Technologies called OCZ Ultra II. We're going to try to test these compounds to see if they have what it takes to be a contender to protect your own precious processor.


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Yani Tseng has captured four of her five career LPGA victories by coming from behind. With a final-round 65, Tseng turned a three-stroke deficit into a one-stroke victory Sunday at the P&G NW Arkansas Championship Presented by Walmart. Earlier this year, she came from one behind with a final-round 68 to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Tseng shot a final-round 67 to win the 2009 Corning LPGA Classic, and she came from four strokes back to win the 2008 LPGA Championship with a final-round 68. She averaged scores of 67 in the final-rounds of her four come-from-behind victories.


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Nothing worked today... 2 good rides in the beginning, only waist high, only ten second rides at best...
The rest of the session I couldn't stop pearling. I swear I have bad luck when I'm wearing a leash. I put it on cause it was getting a little crowded which isn't usually a big deal (my friend insisted we surf at probably the most crowded jetty in south jersey) but for whatever reason a couple people were standing next to their boards in the middle of the break not doing anything and I was afraid of drilling them if I kept on eating sh*t.
Waves started closing out. I couldn't make the drops consistently. It was like I never surfed before. Then after finally catching a wave... as I was kicking out I flip my f*cking board right into my eye socket. Probably because the stinking leash was wrapped up. Black eye to end the day.
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Just bought Vlad, wondering if this item would be a good first buy on Vladimir (after boots of course), since it's cost has been reduced. Getting it first is obviously so it snowballs sooner. I'm thinking of Warmogs, then Rylai's, followed by a Zhonya's, does this seem like a decent core build?
Warmogs is still imo a fairly bad item, it's not so brutally inefficient anymore but it still takes a very long time to build and charge up; and having only +hp and +hp regen actually makes you very squishy. To be durable you really need reduction effects (mr and armour). Core builds for vlads seems to always be haunting guise-rylais-zhonyas
Its not my favorite way to go (I prefer an AP heavy build), but its definitely viable. You just run into trouble if anyone on the other team rushes Bloodrazor (or is Kog'Maw =P), because you'll be stuck midgame with lower AP, no mitigation and just health to save you and they'll rip you apart.
I think Spirit Visage is the better first buy. All the stats on it drastically improves Vlad's early-mid game, and the components used to make it are both cheap and effective. Warmogs, truthfully, I wouldn't even really consider buying.
I would honestly have only considered warmog before the old patch. The loss of health regen makes it a more lackluster item in my opinion, and more health is a double edge sword with vlads pool to begin with.
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I love the new Warmog's on Vlad. I generayy rush it but buy boots somewhere in between. Then I go Rylai's. Gives you about 3k+ health and 170 AP.
Warmogs is a terrible item for almost every champion in the game. All it gives you is raw hp (and hp regen, but this is a minor aspect of the item imo), and it takes FOREVER to fill it up. Vlad gets very little AP from hp through his passive. And even with a ton of hp, he is still squishy without armor or magic resist to go with it. Just being a big fat sack of hitpoints doesn't make you tanky, and anyone with a bloodrazor is going to eat you up in a fingersnap. Rylai's is just so much more useful than Warmogs that I can't see why you'd ever want to consider doing it any other way. edit - lol @ downvotes from mad warmog vlads. Care to explain how I'm wrong and you're right?
K guys, thanks for the tips.
100 minion kills -10 for each champ kill or assist you get is certainly not forever. I have prucahsed it before 10 min and fully farmed it in 15-20 many many many games since its remake. The loss of regen is a concern, but the value it provided in survivability at that the early/mid stage of the game is insane. No one is safe under towers once you get it, and it is so easy to farm late game with ToB and pool, it's not even mandatory to grab it as your first item anymore. The added benift of granting gains form assist and assists from your ult, even when it doesnt pop enemes for damage, means a single team fight can easily net you close to half the buff if not half of it with 5 kills/assists from single ace. People who dog this item, ecspeically on Vlad have... A. Never even bothered to try using it, because some chump theory-crafted how it was bad for everyone...(which for some champs is true, but not all) B. Still think its not cost effective...which after the remake isn't true at all. It is far more cost effective than many items in its price range, ecspecially on champs who benifit from HP in some way. C. Still dont understand that stacking HP is the most effective way to buff champions survivabilty in the early/mid game...and even late game it can offer cost effective gains if your have a champ who benifits from HP like Vlad and his free AP, over many of the AR/MR items that are usually encouraged instead. There are a number of guides that encourage Warmog's use on Vladimir, and the builds they suggest have been very successful for many players who try them. Keep looking for guides if you havnt found any yet, and try it out for yourself to see if you like the playstyle it encourages...which is a bit different than the vanilla Vlad everyone else preaches as the only way to play him...a theory i strongly disagree with.
Visage or Haunting guise first. I typically go with Haunting Guise unless there is a healer on my team. Oh going on Warmog's, Rylai's is only 105 more gold. There is absolutely no reason to get Warmog's before Rylai's. And if you consider getting Warmog's after Rylai's you may as well just get Zring for 400~ more. Essentially unless you are building a tank vlad, Warmog's isn't worth getting.


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JINGLE bowls, jingle balls, jingle all the way. Here is one Santa Claus who cannot wait to help give England the Christmas present they want most — a Fourth Test victory that will see The Ashes wrapped up.
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Natasha Leggero is "not sorry" for her offensive joke she made towards World War II veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, while discussing SpaghettiO's on 'New Year's Eve with Carson Daly.
Leggero's joke amused very few on NBC's "New Year's Eve with Carson Daly."
She joked about World War II veterans, who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, when discussing a tweet SpaghettiOs posted on Pearl Harbor Day, which read, "Take a moment to remember #PearlHarbor with us."
While talking about the odd tweet with very funny Jane Lynch, who quipped that equating Spaghetti-Os to pasta was a sacrilege, and Carson Daly, Leggero said, "I mean, it sucks that the only survivors of Pearl Harbor are being mocked by the only food they can still chew."
Daly visibly flinched at the remark.
Leggero finally responded to the offensive joke in a blog post this past Friday (Jan 3rd).
"It's been a busy few days but rest assured, I have received all of your messages and have been busy sifting through the different creatively misspelled death threats, rape fantasies and most of all repeated use of the the C word. In the past few days I have been called a c**t so much I felt like I was in a British pub rooting for the wrong soccer team," she wrote.
"I wish I could apologize, but do you really want another insincere apology that you know is just an attempt at damage control and not a real admission of guilt? Let me just try instead to be honest."
Natasha added: I'm not sorry. I don't think the amazing courage of American veterans and specifically those who survived Pearl Harbor is in any way diminished by a comedian making a joke about dentures on television."
"Do we really believe that the people who fought and defended our freedom against Nazis and the Axis powers will find a joke about Spaghetti O's too much to bear? Sorry, I have more respect for Veterans than to think their honor can be impugned by a glamorous, charming comedian in a fur hat."
She concluded, "Where do you think your outrage and action would be better served, calling me a c*nt or doing something about the above problems?"