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The Swedish Army Defence Material Administration signed a contract with Diehl Defence to deliver IRIS-T SLS surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems for the country´s armed forces. The new units comprising the IRIS-T missile, missile launching station and fire control system are to improve the national air defence by protection against air attacks from a large variety of threats including missiles, helicopters and aircraft. Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 11:58 AM
Defense ministers of Brazil and Spain met here Tuesday, March 12, 2013, and voiced their readiness to strengthen the two countries' cooperation in defense. "It is important that Brazil and Spain maintain tight relations, because we have shared principles," said Brazil's Celso Amorim after the meeting with Pedro Morenes. a Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 10:24 AM
India on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, terminated midway the test firing of its indigenously developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay, launched off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, after it deviated from its flight path, a top official said. a Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 09:39 AM
The National Guard of the Venezuelan army will receive a new batch of Chinese-made VN4 4x4 armoured vehicles personnel carrier. A picture releases on Internet shows dozen of these vehicles with the insignia of the Venezuelan National Guard were observed some few days ago transported on a train in an unspecified place in China. a Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 01:57 PM
The Canadian Company Inkas Armored Vehicle Manufacturing will soon offer its new range of APC (armoured personnel carrier) to Army and Navy of Colombian armed forces. INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturing specializes in production of Armored Sport-Utility Vehicles, Luxury armored sedans and executive limousines, as well as Special Purpose vehicles for Security, Law Enforcement, and Cash Transit industry. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 11:55 AM
Mr Seth Terkper, Finance Minister of Ghana, said an amount of GH¢ 575,609,022 (230 million Euro) have been allocated to the Ministry of Defence. Out of this, GH¢ 492,303,112 (197 million Euro) is from Government of Ghana, GH¢ 5,973,910 (2.4 million Euro) is Internally Generated Fund and GH¢ 77,332,000 (31 million Euro) is from Donor. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 11:12 AM
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has developed a new-generation jamming system that significantly enhances the protection of vehicles against radio-controlled improvised explosive devices (RCIEDs). a a Tuesday , March 12, 2013, 10:22 AM
Rheinmetall formally transferred its new IdZ-ES future soldier system to the German Bundeswehr on 7 March 2013. Short for "Infanterist der Zukunft – Erweitertes System" or "Future Soldier – Expanded System", IdZ-ES is also known as the "Gladius". The handover ceremony coincided with the 10th Armoured Division's traditional "International Division Skiing Championship" at Ruhpolding in Upper Bavaria. Monday, March 11, 2013, 08:01 PM
The Argentine Army received the first tank TAM modernized by the Isreali Company Elbit Systems. In October 2011, Argentine Army has announced the selection of the Israeli Company Elbit Systems to upgrade its medium tank TAM following a closed selection process. a Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:34 AM
An Indonesian war ship, carrying 100 Indonesian soldiers, departed from Jakarta to Lebanon Monday, March 11, 2013 to perform a peace mission in the Middle East country, local press reported. Indonesian Military Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono witnessed the depart of the ship at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Detik online, one of the leading news portal in the country, reported. Monday, March 11, 2013, 08:52 AM
Iran's army will test-fire three new types of missiles during an upcoming military drill, a top military commander said on Saturday, March 10, 2013. The missiles, which have undergone lab tests, will be test-fired by the end of the current Persian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2013), Ground Forces deputy chief Gen. Kiomars Heidari was quoted by Press TV as saying. Sunday, March 10, 2013, 01:11 PM
The Iranian Army Ground Force started military exercises in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Saturday, semi-official Fars news agency reported. The wide-scale exercises, codenamed Khatam ol-Anbia, kicked off in Khuzestan on Saturday, March 10, 2013, and will last for three days. a Sunday, March 10, 2013, 11:19 AM
Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has been awarded a $113.4 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., to produce an additional 135 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV) for the Afghan National Army (ANA). The vehicles are being contracted through the U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process. Saturday, March 9, 2013, 10:39 AM
The Italian armed forces have awarded Rheinmetall a contract for more than 50,000 rounds of enhanced-performance 40mm x 53 war shot ammunition. Following Canada and Denmark, Italy is now the third NATO nation to equip its armed forces with this advanced Rheinmetall product. The order is worth €8.7 million. a Friday, March 8, 2013, 07:27 PM
At the beginning of the year, Renault Trucks Defense delivered 46 Sherpa SW (Station Wagon) armoured vehicles to a Middle East Country. These 9.6 tonne vehicles are intended to conduct surveillance and patrol operations in danger zones. a a Friday, March 8, 2013, 04:15 PM
ACMAT has produced the first 14 of the ambulance version of the ALTV for a customer. The first four of these were delivered at the beginning of January. On the basis of this light 4x4 (permitted GVW: 3.5 tonnes), over 1,000 of which have been sold to armed forces, ACMAT has designed a vehicle for first aid or a surgical team. a Friday, March 8, 2013, 04:10 PM
The Russian Ministry of Defense began the implementation of special operations forces and has already created a structure responsible to control the command, announced Wednesday, March 8, 2013, the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Army, General Valery Gerasimov. a Friday, March 8, 2013, 03:23 PM
Renault Trucks Defense has delivered the first Sherpa APCs and Higuard MRAPs to the Qatar Internal Security Forces (ISF). The remaining vehicles are to be delivered by Spring 2013. A Higuard MRAP belonging to the Qatar ISF was presented on the Renault Trucks Defense stand during IDEX 2013, international defense exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, which was helf from the 17 to 21 February 2013. Friday, March 8, 2013, 03:00 PM
Wednesday March 6, 2013, the Italian Army and French Air Force carried out for the first time, a successful intercept of a ballistic missile target involving NATO architecture, with their common system medium-range air defense system SAMP/T. After 300 km of flight, the target fired from an aircraft was destroyed by a missile interceptor ASTER 30. Friday, March 8, 2013, 09:34 AM
An air, ground assault and mortar attacks were launched by Malaysian armed forces, killed at least 13 of the nearly 200 militants seeking to reclaim part of Borneo Island for a Filipino sultan, Malaysian police officials said Wednesday, March 6, 2013. a a Thursday, March 7, 2013, 11:56 AM
The UN Security Council has agreed to partially lift a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy light weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight the armed al-Shabab group. a a Thursday, March 7, 2013, 09:12 AM
Body armor and non-lethal military items need to find their way to Syrian rebels as hopes for a diplomatic solution fade, the British foreign secretary said. British Foreign Secretary William Hague told lawmakers Wednesday, March 6, 2013, that London was growing frustrated with the lack of progress toward a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 08:07 PM
Elektrobit (EB) a leading developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries, announced the release of three new form factors for the award-winning EB Specialized Device Platform. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 02:36 PM
Russia does not want to buy more foreign drones in the future, the country has launched its own production of these military equipment, announced Alexander Fomin, Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) on the radio, Echo of Moscow. a Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 02:19 PM
By next summer, Russia will supply Iraq with helicopters and anti-aircraft batteries, has indicated, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari. "I think the first deliveries of Russian weapons in Iraq will take place no later than the summer. The main equipment are helicopters and air defense batteries," said the diplomat in Iraq during an interview with the Voice of Russia. Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 01:36 PM
Brazil intends to buy Russian air defense systems Pantsir-S1 to ensure security during the football world championship in 2014 and Olympic Games of 2016, announced Tuesday, March 5, 2013, to RIA Novosti a source close to the Russian agency of export arms, Rosoboronexport. a Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 01:00 PM
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SEATTLE — Neiman Marcus, a luxury specialty department store, has announced a payment card data breach. The store announced some of its customers' payment cards were fraudulently used after making purchases at its stores.
Social security numbers and birth dates do not appear to have been compromised. Personal identification numbers (PIN) were never at risk because Neiman Marcus doesn't use PIN pads in their stores. Customers who shopped online do not appear to have been impacted.
Neiman Marcus will send an email offering free credit card monitoring and ID theft insurance to all of their customers who shopped with them in their stores or online during the last year. Sign up instructions are provided on Neiman Marcus' website.
Credit monitoring services help consumers keep tabs on their credit reports. They track consumers' credit reports and immediately send an alert if any changes or suspicious activities occur. The services typically cost $10 to $15 per month.
The store reminds customers if they used Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover or the Neiman Marcus card they have zero liability for unauthorized charges if they are reported in a timely manner.
If you discover fraudulent activity on your credit card statement, call your card issuer immediately to report it. If fraudulent activity occurs on your Neiman Marcus Card, call its credit division at 1.800.685.6695.
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The Washington State Attorney General's Office warns consumers to be on high alert for email scams that appear as if they originate from Neiman Marcus but are actually fraudsters trying to obtain personal information.
Do not give out personal information to someone who contacts you before going directly to Neiman Marcus' website to confirm the presented information is correct.

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15 Keys to Preaching Clarity
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As a preacher, you're representing a God who made His book understandable, so it's important that you preach with clarity. In this article, Peter Mead offers 15 ways to do just that.
Recently, I've been writing about the doctrine of Biblical clarity—the fact that the Bible may be understood. This is a cause for great rejoicing. Imagine for a moment that the Bible were absolutely impregnable. Preachers are representing a God who made His book understandable, so we should model a passion for clarity in our communication.
Let's have a rapid-fire list of factors that influence our clarity in preaching. I'll start, you finish:
1. Voice. If it isn't loud enough and distinct enough, it isn't clear enough.
2. Vocab. Don't try to impress; try to communicate. Jargon doesn't help; good word choice does.
3. Preaching Text. If you stay in your text as much as possible, it should be easier to follow.
4. Structure. A memorable outline remembers itself. There's no need to be clever. Be clear.
5. Main Idea. One controlling, dominant thought distilled from the passage is critical for clarity.
6. Unity. Let every element of the message serve the main idea—nothing extraneous.
7. Order. Take the most straightforward path through the message so others can follow.
8. Transitions. Slow down through the turns or you'll lose the passengers.
9. Pace. Sometimes you really need to take the foot off the pedal to keep people with you.
10. Visual Consistency. Keep your gestures and scene "locations" consistent to reinforce well.
11. Verbal Consistency. Let key terms rain down through the message. Don't be a thesaurus.
12. Restatement. Restate key sentences in different words. It's less patronizing, but helps clarity.
13. Illustrative Relevance. Be sure illustrative materials have a clear connection to the message.
14. Flashback and Preview. Whenever appropriate, review and preview at transitions.
15. Pray. Pray for message clarity during preparation. God cares about this!
That's a start. What would you add?
Peter Mead is involved in the leadership team of a church plant in the UK. He serves as director of Cor Deo—an innovative mentored ministry training program—and has a wider ministry preaching and training preachers. He also blogs often at BiblicalPreaching.net and recently authored Pleased to Dwell: A Biblical Introduction to the Incarnation (Christian Focus, 2014).
Really appreciate these thoughts and will take them to heart. You're never too old to learn!
Bomohan Etwaru
May 10, 2012
Yes, Sir! It could not be put in better words. Thanks for putting so precisely.
May 10, 2012
Great, concise points. 15 points may be long, but you followed your own advice on clarity. Thank you.
Pastor Herbert W. Roshell
May 9, 2012
Well said and easy to follow! Just about covered everything. Focus: Focus on the message and not the people (there faces), as Paul tells Peter. One miss read face expression, can change the whole message. Thanks for the awesome read and helpful points.
May 9, 2012
Keith B
May 9, 2012
Good article. I enjoy Mead's writing. Wish all of Sermon Central's articles were as good.
May 9, 2012
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To achieve this, the SLCE office strives to ensure that all service projects in which our students take part in provide support that addresses a specific social need to benefit all that call South Florida, and beyond home. Together, we can make a collective impact on the greater community.
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The mission and vision of the SLCE Office is to empower students with leadership and service-based educational opportunities that promote critical and creative-thinking as well as inspire action. We cannot do this alone. In fact, the role your organization plays in the community is a critical component of our mission.
In defining affiliation, there are mutual benefits from our work together. Your organization is not simply getting students to work with your organization; you are getting students that are participating with your organization as service-learners. We are both striving to ensure that the work students do with you supplements the academic experience they experience in the classroom.
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The Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement primarily partners with community partners that:
- Can help us to promote the ideals of social responsibility, public service, and/or civic engagement
- Are non-profit organizations, community/recreation centers, or schools
- Have a well-defined mission statement or purpose
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I want to work in a health related field while I am doing pre-requisites for a nursing program. I'd like something that will be most valuable in the long run to my nursing career. My brother is an... Read More
0Nov 17, '12 by Ntheboat2I did a CNA course through a local hospital and it was $200. It only took about a month and they had a job fair at the end which is how I got my job. I worked on a very busy med/surg floor so I got PLENTY of hands on experience. It was actually too busy for me to ever get to shadow a nurse or learn any nursing skills, but I did get to see a lot. Managers LOVE seeing that experience on my applications. I got an offer at every interview I had. I don't know if that's why, but I'm sure it didn't hurt.
0Nov 23, '12 by Miles WalshQuote from Ntheboat2You were very lucky to get the chance. Most of the new persons who are willing to become a CNA, cannot get any chances to see a lot of practical work. It is very important to find out the right CNA training Centers.but I did get to see a lot. Managers LOVE seeing that experience on my applications. I got an offer at every interview I had. I don't know if that's why, but I'm sure it didn't hurt.
0Nov 24, '12 by illusion9376Personally, I think it's a good idea to start from a CNA, because it seems to be a link towards the RN path. However, as many others have stated, getting an EMT can prepare you for more dramatic scenarios. You're more hands on because you'll be in the field. I think it really depends on your area though, and I'd suggest doing research before deciding.
0Nov 25, '12 by akulahawkRN, ASN, RN, EMT-PIf your ultimate goal is nursing, I would recommend getting a CNA certificate because the basic skills you learn in CNA school will give you a better handle on the basic skills you learn in nursing school. EMT school is good for learning how to deal with emergency situations, it is not good however for learning how to deal with ADLs and things like that. So the two are very very different.
Personally, I would suggest starting off with CNA, get a job as a CNA and work in that capacity. Later on down the line, you might consider becoming an EMT and do some work, part-time, and that capacity as well. I would not suggest becoming a paramedic at this point in your schooling because that would add at least a full year on top of what you're doing now. Any advantage that you would get in terms of patient assessments, pharmacology knowledge, pathophysiology, and the like would disappear right around the 2nd or 3rd semester of nursing school if you were a paramedic with no other education.
Lastly, becoming a CNA is probably the best preparation of the two for nursing because as a CNA, you will see a lot of patients and you will have to learn to prioritize your activities so that you get everything done. As you have probably read by now, learning to prioritize is probably one of the biggest things that nursing students do early on.
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The rider is Ilhan Ekrem, a local trainer and 'horse whisperer', who takes visitors on the horse path that winds up steep inclines, along narrow ledges, through slalom-like fissures and across green canyons. Riding on horseback is a time honoured way to navigate the valleys, so Ilhan is following in the footsteps of cave-dwellers of 2,000 years ago. When Turkey was part of the Persian Empire (547-333 BC), Cappadocia was famous for its beautiful horses, and they have retained an enviable reputation. Ilhan picks his equine charges from a wild pack on the slopes of Mount Erciyes.
'Anatolian horses are better for negotiating the valleys than their Arabian counterparts,' says Ilhan, 'because it's difficult riding in the mountains, it's rocky, and local horses are accustomed to it.'
Ilhan gathers the reins tightly and with a couple of firm kicks to his horse's girth, the pair canter off, both black mane and hair swishing in the breeze.
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Ilhan's company The Dalton Brothers, based at the stables behind Anatolian Balloons in Göreme, offers rides lasting from one hour (£15) to full-day treks.
Where to eat
Ziggy's brings Istanbullu sophistication and unusual meze to rural Cappadocia, with a mellow atmosphere to savour alongside the cocktails (meze menu from £13).
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New Drug for Patients with Metastatic or Inoperable Kidney Cancer
Name of the Trial
Phase II Study of Vandetanib in Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (NCI-08-C-0039). See the protocol summary.
Principal Investigators
Dr. W. Marston Linehan and Dr. Ramaprasad Srinivasan (Lead Investigator), NCI Center for Cancer Research.
Why This Trial Is Important
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most common type of kidney cancer, often stimulates the growth of a large supply of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to provide the oxygen and nutrients needed for continued tumor growth. Two drugs recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with RCC, sorafenib (Nexavar) and sunitinib (Sutent), work by disrupting the angiogenesis process. However, RCC tumors often develop resistance to these drugs.
A new drug called vandetanib (Zactima) also inhibits angiogenesis by interfering with a protein involved in the process: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2). In addition, vandetanib also inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that mediates several functions essential for tumor cell growth. Clear cell RCC "is characterized by mutations in a gene we identified that is called the VHL gene," explained Dr. Linehan. "VHL regulates a number of things, including angiogenesis. Vandetanib targets two important parts of the VHL gene pathway-VEGFR2 and EGFR."
In this randomized trial, patients who have RCC that cannot be surgically removed (unresectable) or that has spread (metastatic) and who have previously received sorafenib or sunitinib will take vandetanib daily until their disease progresses or they develop unacceptable side effects.
In addition to monitoring the patients' tumors, the researchers will perform magnetic resonance imaging scans to visualize how vandetanib affects the blood supply to the tumors. The researchers will also collect blood samples from all participants to see if vandetanib is affecting the targeted proteins in the VHL gene pathway.
"We spent 10 years identifying this gene here at NCI, so we're thrilled to be conducting this trial targeting the VHL pathway," said Dr. Linehan.
For More Information
See the lists of entry criteria and trial contact information or call the NCI's Clinical Trials Referral Office at 1-888-NCI-1937. The toll-free call is confidential.


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We planted grass last year. It has done terribly. We've actually "replanted" (raked and planted more.....and more...) a couple of times. It still is just not growing well.
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Our elegant little charms are inspired by classic flatware patterns, each with its own distinctive geometry. Great for festive gatherings all year 'round, the silver-plated brass charms make it easy for your guests to keep track of their wineglasses. They also make a wonderful hostess gift. Made of silver-plated brass. Hand-wash. Set of six.
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I wаs аlwауs hesitаnt to replаce mу fаctorу rаdio becаuse I hаd а 6-CD chаnger in the console thаt would onlу work with the fаctorу rаdio; finаllу the chаnger gаve out so I decided to go with this unit bаsed on reviews аnd price.
One surprise: the unit comes with а remote, which I did not see in the description; it аlso comes with it's own wiring hаrness. I bought а "Reverse wiring hаrness" to plug into mу vehicle's fаctorу hаrness so I did not hаve to cut аnу vehicle wires.
The unit looks verу nice аestheticаllу; it is blаck with red bаcklighting аnd а light blue displау. The displау is verу eаsу to reаd. While there is а slight purple tint to the displау it is reаllу hаrdlу noticeаble аnd уou won't see it аt night. Аs fаr аs sound goes, this unit blows mу fаctorу rаdio out of the wаter. Sound quаlitу is аmаzing, it reаllу brings а ton of life to mу Mаch fаctorу speаkers. There аre аlso wауs уou cаn аdjust bаss, treble, fаde, etc. It even seems to pick up more rаdio stаtions thаn mу fаctorу unit.
-Sound quаlitу is аmаzing
-Unit hаs mаnу options to аdjust sound quаlitу.
-Displау is eаsу to reаd
-Nаvigаting it cаn be а little trickу аt first; pushing the volume knob аctuаllу tаkes уou to settings. It's not а problem once уou get used to it. Reаding the mаnuаl аlso helps а greаt deаl.
-Buttons аre rаther smаll; it doesn't bother me but some mау not like it.
- The "dimmer" function onlу dims the displау slightlу, not the red bаcklighting. I don't find it obnoxiouslу bright but be wаrу if уou wаnt the option to chаnge brightness, аs уou cаn't with this rаdio.
I give it five stаrs for the sound quаlitу аt such а low price.
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* CD-Player: yes
* Category: Car Radio
* Changer Control: Yes
* DAB: DAB Interface in Head Unit
* Number of Output Channels: 4
* RDS: Yes
* Security System: Other
* Size in DIN: 1
* Wattage: 99
I bought this for my old car and it lasted about three years until I sold the car. It was still going strong so I had no problems with its durability and would probably still be working to this day.
It is an old model so isn't as up to date styling wise as many of the new ones but I think it still looks pretty good. It features different coloured buttons which help them stand out which is good because there are a lot of buttons and this makes it easier to pick them out when driving. I didn't install it myself but had a friend to help me. However he said it was relatively easy to install and that most people would probably be able to follow the instructions and install it for themselves.
The sound quality is very good. I originally had it connected to the original car speakers and then to some additional better speakers and it coped well with both. It has a good security system whereby you can flip the face over and it reveals just a black front. I think it still shows there is something there but it seemed like enough to put off thieves from thinking it was worth while breaking in. The age of the car probably helped that as well! You can also just remove the front if you wanted to be completely safe.
It played my CDs very well and even managed to cope quite well with scratched and dirty ones which is very useful when you store them in the car like I did. This was a very good buy at the time and I think it would still be now. If you are purchasing an older car and it has this CD player in it you won't be disappointed.
Had this a couple of months now, bought this from halfords who also fitted it for me. This was to replace my standard stereo in my Fiesta.
Looks >>>> The blue light is pretty cool when you turn the unit on, and has this feature where the whole front of the stereo folds down in order for you to insert a CD, which looks pretty fancy. This can then also fold in itself again to make it look like your car isn't fitted with a radio and so makes your car less of a target to thieves.
USB/iPod/CD >>>> You can also attach a USB orientated device or an iPod, which you can control through the stereo itself, which is good, and avoids messing around with the device while driving. Although this has to be either the nano or the latest generation of iPod (For compatibility issues I think.) I tried a touch and it sounds great when connected via the aux input, but this means you cant control it with the actual device itself, as the aux is just taking the sound. It also plays my MP3 CD's and they sound great. Provides good quality bass settings as well.
Radio >>>> Even the radio sounds better albeit only FM/AM. A negative of this audio system is that the remote isn't included with the stereo and is an optional extra, and also that it hasn't got DAB, as the FM and AM frequencies are being phased out in a few years time. Plus DAB just sounds better as it's a cleaner signal.
Control >>>> Another negative is that now my stering wheel controls no longer work as the units cables will not work with my fiesta according to Halfords.
Summary >>>> Overall I would recomend this unit, and the fact that I cant use the steering wheel controls is only a small set back, as I throughly enjoy the sound quality from my new stereo. Just think about the lack of DAB and only one CD at a time. Very glad I bought this; totally blown away by the high quality of the sound.


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I am saddened by the knee-jerk hatred of religion some people here demonstrate. I see nothing to hate in religion per se. Sure, religion has led to some hateful actions. It has also led to some noble actions. I see it as no different than any other human activity: blessed with some good things, cursed with some bad things. There's lots of room for comparing and contrasting the good with the bad, and I would never argue with anybody else's overall conclusion as the ratio of the good to the bad. If you want to declare that religion has been 99% evil and 1% good, I won't argue with you. Indeed, I myself cannot imagine how I would calculate such a number. However, I do insist and will argue the point that religion has had some benefits for humanity.
The benefit that I'd like to focus on here is the wisdom that we sometimes find in religion. I'll cite three religious ideas that I think deserve our respect and indeed are useful.
The first is a quote I use all the time, sometimes against religious believers: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." In the first place, this statement, combined with the statement "My kingdom is not of this earth" is a clear admonition to keep religion out of the secular sphere. Can you think of any better justification for separation of church and state? The same thing applies to creationism and other religious intrusions into science. Render unto science, etc. Christ himself declared that religion must be confined to the spiritual. So keep your big fat religious nose out of science!
The second idea I find appealing is "Turn the other cheek." It's a powerful statement against anger, against revenge, and for pacifism.
The third idea is Eastern: the notion that evil harms oneself more than it harms others: when you sin, you irreparably injure your psyche. Virtue is more than its own reward: it's mental hygiene.
There are many more valuable ideas that can be gained from religious thought. I should think that a prudent atheist would shamelessly steal those ideas.
I read Mein Kampf about 40 years ago and concluded that Hitler was one smart guy. I don't recall the details that led me to conclude that.
WW1 reparations hurt the German economy badly and people were hurting. Believing he would help them, they elected him. He then showed the world he was insane.
After WW2 the Allies resolved that they would not again hurt the German people so much that they would choose another mad savior.
I tried to argue the demerits of religion with Chris, and show how religion is detrimental and inimical to human life and welfare, but he stuck to his guns and would have none of it. I'm sorry, but I have to believe that Chris is a theist plain and simple. Hell, the icon he used for his posts looks like some kind of 15th century theist.
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After leaving Canmore, I got into the most intense riding I've ever had on regular roads in a typical first-world environment. I'd have stopped to take photos of all of this, except that oil was leaking from my bike whether I was stopped or moving, and I needed to focus on getting to my destination.
About 50 miles down the road from Canmore, I had just passed a gas station, and have gotten in the habit of checking my trip odometer to note the mile (or kilometer) of the last station, since I've been on so many deserted stretches sin petrol. A few miles beyond the station, my Spidey-sense started going off and I looked down at my left boot, covered with oil. "Oh fuck. I may be done with my trip." I took a quick look at the motor and decided to ride back to the station to figure out what to do.
With some parking lot wrenching, I discovered that a plastic bag wrapped up on my chain and got pulled up and twisted around my front sprocket. It melted into and tore out part of a seal, spraying oil all over my leg and left side of my bike. Cool. I get to be the the only one in history to have this happen with a plastic bag. Totally unique experience. Wonderful.
The station owner, who became involved in assisting me with some rags and mineral spirits to clean my bike, found a Suzuki dealer in Cochrane, about 50 miles away, so that sounded like a good target for me. I happened to have a quart of Rotella-T motor oil (relevant because motorcycles can't use just any oil) with me, so I make sure I've got oil in the crank case, cross my fingers, and head off.
The ride was stressful, intense, and scary. First, my focus was solely on staying safe, and keeping oil in the bike. I had to ride at a reasonable pace on the shoulder, periodically pulling over to check my oil. Next, I realize that I'm riding towards the biggest thunderhead that I've ever seen, with a giant mushroom cloud developing near the top. This cloud eventually spawned the beginning of two tornadoes. I've never seen this before, except on TV--A small, but definite cone, and a tube rolling at a 45 degree angle near the cloud. Wow. Cool. I'd figure out what to do as I went if this developed into something worse.
Next, with the cloud at my back, I hit the highway and 110 kph speeds, too fast for me to even feel comfortable on the shoulder, so at the next exit, I pulled off to find my GPS rerouting me to Cochrane on dirt roads. With it getting dark rapidly, in the shade of the giant clouds, and with oil spewing from my bike, I really didn't want to, but turned down the dirt road towards my destination.
Then, with a hoot of joy, I made it back onto a paved road. And soon I began to feel something like giant insects hit my visor and jacket. Nope. It was marble-sized hail. Eventually it was accompanied by thunder, lightening, and heavy rain. Enough that I pulled into a closed gas station to wait it out and call Crystal, who found me the last remaining room in town, or anywhere within 50 miles. The Calgary Stampede was going on this week, and had everything booked and at high prices, so I got a $40 room for a mere $110. What a steal.
After letting the storm pass, I hopped on the bike and headed off for the last miles to Cochrane. I should have waited longer, because I immediately caught up to the storm, and it had increased so much that I wanted to pull over, but couldn't because I couldn't see. The rain was so hard on my visor that I couldn't see anything of the road but the yellow stripes in the center. I had to rely on my GPS telling me generally where the road was going, and I got flashes of the road with the lightning strikes, so along with the yellow stripe, I was able to stay on the road.
The lightening was terrifyingly intense, so much that the local Calgary news was talking about it days later. Here's video of the lightning from the storm I was in, shot in Calgary. This was what I was riding through on the top of the hills above Calgary. I was shaking by the time I pulled into the motel. But I did make it. Whew!


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I had recently shared some photos of our 6 year old daughter's first belt ceremony in taekwondo. At that time, I had promised to elaborate more on the oath each student needed to take as part of accepting the responsibility of the new belt.
The oath is quite a lengthy one. They did not need to memorize it, but rather just repeat each line after their Master. The oath covers quite a lot. If I am remembering correctly, it covers following the principals of taekwondo, listening to your parents and teachers, doing no harm to anything in nature, not using taekwondo outside of the school and only using it for self-defense. There may be more, but like I said, it was quite long.
When it came time for the students to repeat the lines of the oath, our daughter did not utter one word. I was surprised because she did not have to say the words by herself. All the students in her class who got promoted that day were saying the words simultaneously. Hopefully she was listening and taking the words in, especially the part about listening to her parents.
Denise Taylor-Dennis Said,
Do you think she was nervous might be why she didn't repeat the words?
Posted on March 26, 2013 at 8:48 AM
Gabriel Almada Said,
I bet it was too loud by the time the line about the parents had to be repeated. I wouldn't be surprised if she just could not hear it, Karen... :-)
Posted on March 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Karen Coutu Said,
@Denise Taylor-Dennis: I do think she was nervous, but she would never admit that to me.
Posted on March 26, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Gabriel Almada Said,
I'm a little late with my SMS this week, but I think it's worth it.
I have definitely wandered off the PG area, though... :-)Posted on April 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM
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Fresno State: A versatile player who can play tailback or fullback ? a good runner and an improving blocking back ? has shown the ability to be a power runner with breakaway ability. (1999) Had a promising freshman campaign cut short with a broken rib ? spent the early part of the season as a back-up to Akka-Ar Moses at fullback ? had 23 carries for 61 yards in four games ? his best game was nine carries for 27 yards vs. Nevada. (1998) Sat out the 1998 season to fulfill NCAA eligibility requirements. TILLMAN'S STATISTICS Rushing Year G-GS TC Yds. Avg. TD LG 1999 4-0 23 61 2.7 0 14 |


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Ok, Peter peppers are right up there. No need to explain them. As far as something pretty that your wife would like. Bolivian Rainbow by far. Growing one this year and my wife wants to over winter it and several of her friends want one. Nothing other than the Peter as far as unusually shaped. John |
This is a venetian sweet hab from smokemaster. Looks more like a 7 pod/pot but has lil or no heat. Strangest thing is it never turn completely orange/red. I let it sit for about 3 weeks when it first started showing color but it was very stubborn. |
- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 11 at 11:50
In addition to the Peter's, I'd say Pepperoncinis and mushroom/bishop's hat shaped peppers. The horned skin of the Bhut/Bih Jolokia is also very attractive.
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Christmas Bells have a very distinctive shape, as does the Trinidad Scorpion. Chilacas are rather unusual as well. Bhut Jolokias are just really odd looking with their wrinkled, pimply skins too. |
Bulgarian Carrot is interesting looking. I don't care for it as an eating pepper, but, that's just me (too many seeds and thick skin). |
Two more ornamentals that look nice are fiesta and black pearl. |
i have been looking all these up yes the bishop crown the mushroom scorpion the Chilacas looks like it should be a cucumber i had some real cool looking chocolate habs this year |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Fish Pepper, tho it's the color and not the shape that's unusual. |
This is an orange scorp from chili-freak. Looks like lips And this is one of Wayright's Brain Strain. Wicked like halloween. |
That brain strain is freakin' cool looking!! |
Yepper I got me some seeds from Wayright in june and one of my plants is pushing out tons of flowers. Maybe I can share the wealth if mother nature allows:) |
Overall I find ornamentals rather boring (they're small, bullet shaped, and hot but tasteless), but as a Halloween fanatic I couldn't pass up the NuMex Halloween ornamentals, they produce black and orange peppers! Got a couple of sprouts in the windowsill now to see how they do before I start up some "serious" ones this spring. Obviously won't have peppers by next week, but hopefully I'll have a nice big bushy plant out of this test batch for next year. |
yah that is what i am talking about that brain strain it cool more to grow next year |
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My Ficus Benajamia Bonsai has some how become infected with Crown Gall. Everything I can find online says to dispose of the tree, and treat the soil. They stuff I read seems to be directed at planted trees and not containerized trees. It is a 25 year old + Bonsai so I'd prefer to treat it if at all possible and economically feasible. I got the tree just over 2 months ago, and it looked healthy then with no signs of crown gall. About a month ago, it started dropping some leaves, and a small section of the crown of the tree seemed to die off. Then I put it under the lights and it seemed to be looking better, then I found the crown gall. It is in a DE / grit mix. I generally water it pretty close to daily, it seems to suck up quite a bit of water. The person I bought it from had also watered it daily. Last week I started using Foliage Pro and Proteckt on it. It has been under florescent lights for the past just over 3 weeks. I just noticed the gall yesterday, so I think it must have developed quite recently. Last night I sprayed and watered it with a Neem Oil mix (Dyna-Gro Neem oil & Proteckt mixed and applied per label directions), in case there is something like aphids attacking the roots that allowed the crown gall to enter the trees root system. Would it be worth getting some Azamax and treating with that in case there is a bug present or will the neem oil be enough? I assume I need to cut the gall off, but do I treat the area where I cut the gall off, and if so, with what? What are the trees chances? Thanks, Jamie |
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Thanks for your response. In hopes that I misdiagnosed it, I just took some photos of the Ficus and will post below. It was a pretty cool tree, especially the exposed root system. It will be really disappointing if I have to trash it just 2 months after I bought it, but from what I have read, it doesn't sound like it was caused be me doing something wrong. Photos taken 11/20/2010: Thanks very much for your guidance. Jamie P.S. Everything in the gritty mix has been doing very well. We have re-planted many house plants and have used up about 7 cu ft of the gritty mix already. Even the big schef that had the traumatic replanting seems to be doing well now that it is in the gritty mix. |
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Thanks to lack of tropical storms rolling through northern Florida and southern Georgia, the opening of this year's Georgia fall vegetable season appears to be more normal.
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Growers are breathing a sigh of relief as they expect a more typical year with few of last August's planting disruptions after Tropical Storm Fay brought torrential rains. The rain hit during the critical fall planting period.
Then, in May and June, downpours from another storm — which hurt north Florida's potato deal — cut Georgia's yields and helped bring many vegetables in the deal to a premature end.
The extreme weather kept many growers out of the fields and prevented completion of some of their spring harvests.
Yields were down by as much as 50% in some fields.
Growers this season, however, seem more optimistic that this fall will bring a regular deal.
While most report acreage being consistent with last fall, a few say they've increased plantings by a small amount.
Joey Johnson, president of J&S Produce Inc., Mount Vernon, Ga., says the heavy rains brought abnormally high prices for its growers' green beans.
Johnson said his growers experienced the highest season price average in five years. Bushels, hampers and crates of machine-picked beans averaged $13.
While weather always remains a concern to all growers, another pressing issue could test the industry.
Earlier this year, the food safety issue hit the heart of Georgia's peanut industry.
Federal authorities linked peanut products from a Georgia plant to a nationwide salmonella outbreak.
Though the scare, which started in January, didn't involve fresh produce, it could have had a longer-term effect. Some peanut growers tried to switch to growing vegetables.
Their entrance in the deal, however, didn't represent a serious expansion of the state's vegetable acreage, Johnson said.
"They were insecure about growing peanuts this year," Johnson said. "We were worried too many would jump into farming, but so far, it's been okay."
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With local deals and backyard vegetable gardens, grower-shippers are used to the usual slowing of summertime sales,
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Harry Potter Clock Shows Family'S Whereabouts Through the Magic of Twitter
Harry Potter fans will no doubt remember the Weasley's strange but practical clock. Instead of telling the time, the clock showed the location or status of each Weasley, including "mortal peril" at the 12 o'clock position. A software version of the clock would be awesome enough, but someone with mad workshop skills went ahead and made a physical version of the clock that relies on good ol' muggle technology to work. Behold the Magic Clock:
A friendly family debate between an old nerd versus his geek offspring resulted in a real version of the useful but fictional device. The nerd in question goes by the Picasa Web name Slip, and his two sons the geeks, who love the Harry Potter series. After championing science and engineering over magic, the ultimate argument being "they actually work" (like that'll convince kids), Slip felt that he needed to show his kids something tangible to drive his point home, so he made the Magic Clock.
While the outside of the clock – an old clock body with brass plate face and hands – looks handsomely aged, any self-respecting nerd will tell you that it's the innards that count. The clock is powered by a Seeeduino microcontroller board; a wireless router allows it to move the four servos to position the each of the clock's hands to the appropriate status or location based on Slip's Twitter updates. The clock will look for keywords that correspond to the ones on the clock face. If no match is found, then the hand will point to "Read Me" at the 4 o'clock position.
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It took an insane amount of imagination and effort to make this clock. If you're interested in the details check out the Magic Clock's website for Slip's exhaustive how-to. I'd like to think that while working on the clock, Slip – in a moment of weakness – wished that he could just whip out a wand and poof the damned thing into existence.
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My ambition might be no stronger than to spend the day swimming off the reef-protected beach at the Kahala Hotel. Like the Halekulani, this 1964 colossus benefits from having about it a whiff of archaism. It was here, at what was then a Hilton and known as the Kahollywood, that Richard Burton and Liz Taylor hid out from the paparazzi in a private cabana. And it is here that I hide out from obligations and, more important, my phone.
So absolute is one's sense of remove at the Kahala that when I bumped into a German acquaintance on the beach I found my small talk veering from international gossip to the more compelling news that unexpected swells had risen on the North Shore and that Ted's Bakery, in Sunset Beach, was serving chocolate haupia pie.
Sometimes when on trips to Oahu, where my father had business, he and my mother took a suite at the Kahala. The business had a surfing motif and he traveled often to Hawaii, and yet, for complicated reasons, I was a grown man before I ever set foot on the islands. I also avoided surfing, then as now unimpressed by the manufactured profundities cranked out by the surf press, the sport's permanent roster of self-enchanted seeker-loners, but most of all by its laid-back ethos, which, as I learned first-hand, is a crock.
So it made no particular sense when, on a morning marked for me by an impressive hangover, I found myself hauling a longboard into the waves at Gray's Beach, a break right by the Halekulani, trailing behind the former pro surfer Hans Hedemann. A barrel-chested man who operates surf schools at various points around Oahu's north and south shores, Hedemann had developed an idea that he might teach me to master stand-up paddle-surfing, one of those newly appreciated ancient sports enjoying a revival.
"It's like walking on water," a friend had said reverently of a sport that involves standing on a surfboard and guiding oneself through the water with the aid of a long-handled paddle.
If water-walking was not exactly the effect desired or achieved, I did find it simple enough to stay upright. From what I could tell through the remnant haze of the previous night's hilarity, it was also kind of fun.
Paddling us past an inshore reef, Hedemann told me how to stand and then to stroke. I followed his instructions and successfully completed a few back-and-forth circuits and then announced that I was ready to quit and get breakfast, preferably something greasy to wash down with a Niagara of Kona coffee.
"Want to surf?" Hedemann said, ignoring me. We had reached the beach and angled our paddles against a seawall. Then somehow we were back in the water and heading toward some waves, him on his small board, me on a thing roughly the size of a Buick.
As it happened, I had spent the previous day with big-time North Shore surfers who regularly attack what the father of one rider, Jamie O'Brien, termed "waves of consequence." He was referring to the 60-foot monsters at Mavericks, in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, a break whose fearsome reputation became still more terrible to me when the surfer Kealii Mamala remarked that "Mavericks is one of the sharkiest places on earth."
There were no sharks that day in Waikiki and certainly no waves of consequence. Or if there were, I never saw them, owing to the fact that, without my glasses, I had trouble sighting anything less prominent than the Royal Hawaiian hotel, which is pink and 16 stories tall.
Still, surfing turned out to be surprisingly easy, in the way that skiing is if you never leave the bunny hill. I paddled out, waited for the surge of a baby wave, and then launched myself into a half-crouch stance, trying to remember how people who really know how to do this look. While I was busy honing my imitation, a real wave came along and, gently and naturally, pushed me to shore. I had become a wave glider, somehow.
Later I went to Hedemann, fishing for approval and a way to explain this entirely unexpected success, only to find that he had turned into Gary Cooper.
"It's just a feeling kind of thing," he said in a laconic tone allowing for no elaboration. In my mellowed state, this seemed fine to me, the Occam's razor reply.
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B-sides: Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, the Jonas Brothers and others talk McCartney at the White House
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Wednesday afternoon, hours before they were onstage singing in the East Room of the White House, a handful of pop greats were camped out on the front steps of 1600 Pennsylvania, chatting with reporters about Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney and his influence on their work.
Among them, Dave Grohl, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Faith Hill, Herbie Hancock, Corrine Bailey Rae, Lang Lang and the Jonas Brothers.
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Dave Grohl: Growing up in Virginia... my mother was a public school teacher and we didn't have a record player in the house. So she would bring the public school-issued record players home on the weekend and the first albums that we brought home -- we'd go out and buy records and bring them home on the weekend -- were the Beatles' greatest hits. The early years -- the blue one and the red one. It's how I fell in love with music. And around that time, I started learning to play guitar. My mother bought me the Beatles' complete anthology -- the book the size of a telephone book. I would sit around listen to the records and strum the songs all day long. So it's the foundation of my musical being.
[Grohl is friendly with McCartney. And he performed the White House with the Foo Fighters last summer. Was he nervous for Wednesday's gig?] You throw those two things together and it kinda doubles the ante, a little. To be honest, I didn't realize that I was going to be playing with the president sitting four feet in front of me. So this is a new challenge. But I decided my career goal, now, is just to see how much I can terrify myself over and over again. I'm raising the bar tonight!
Emmylou Harris: Just like everybody else, I saw them on "The Ed Sullivan Show"... It was just a life changing thing. Somehow, I guess with the Kennedy assassination it really felt like it took the air out of the world... Something about the Beatles brought joy back into the world. I don't know what it was. You know, it's hard to explain. But somehow, it was okay to be happy again.
Herbie Hancock: It's hard to imagine that one person could have such a broad scope... And of course, he's not asleep at the wheel. He's a guy that really pays attention to what's happening in the world and responds to it, and writes pieces that are really about hope... He's always thinking about new ways of doing things and expanding the palette.
Elvis Costello: We wrote twelve songs together... but I have to say that I don't honestly think that Paul is getting honored because of any of the ones we wrote together. I think he was pretty assured of the honor before that.
Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers:The best part about Paul McCartney is that he just feels music. He oozes music. You can see that. He was speaking last night about... songs coming to him in dreams and it's just magic. I know a lot of people say they have a formula for writing songs but it seems like.. it just oozes out of him. That's so inspiring.
Corinne Bailey Rae: He talks about music as being something that just happens magically... So you get that sort of humility where someone is saying, These songs kind of arrived to me and I don't really know how I've done them... [Fans go] to his concerts and find themselves in tears. It's not just nostalgia. 'Oh, I remember when I first heard X or Y.' I think it's something sort of chemical and mathematical.
Faith Hill: Last night at the dinner in Sir Paul's honor, we were all sitting back and pinching ourselves and going, Can you believe we're here? It's just such an incredible event to be a part of... He is just an incredible human being and he treats everyone with such great respect. And that just makes you love him even more... I'm just in awe of him.
Lang Lang: They are a spiritual inspiration. A great musician, no matter what they do -- classical, or jazz, or rock -- they inspire people... The Beatles, they gave me energy. I gained so much from their music.
Chris Richards
June 3, 2010; 6:35 AM ET
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