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Dale Jarrett's not yet sure what he'll be celebrating come New Year's Eve. But it's a good bet that for the second straight year, he'll be welcoming the new year with open arms and big plans.
Even if Jarrett doesn't end up chasing the inaugural Nextel Cup championship come September, those who do qualify will at least know Jarrett's been in the hunt. If a similar format had existed a year ago, Jarrett would have been an afterthought -- as he was for most of that 2003 campaign.
Yet to win this season, as he heads to Watkins Glen, Jarrett sits 13th in points -- only 55 points behind 10th-place Ryan Newman, the last driver currently eligible for the 10-race season-ending playoff. Thirteenth still is not up to the standards the 1999 champion sets for himself, but it's a far cry from last year.
Jarrett won the second race of the '03 season, but it was all downhill from there as he ended up 26th in points, the lowest finish of any season in which he's run the full schedule. Back in January, he did his best to put the year in perspective.
"Last year was a trying time, but when that clock rang 12 midnight, there wasn't anyone in this United States happier to see 2004 get here than what I was," Jarrett said. "I kind of decided right then that I made it through the year, I lived through it and I'm putting it behind me."
Jarrett's done just that with a resurrected Robert Yates Racing team. Crew chief Mike Ford rejoined the operation after heading up Bill Elliott's team the past few years and helped reorganize a team that was no longer atop its game.
Progress came in fits and starts early on, but has been more noticeable of late. It may not pay off in a championship this year, but at least Jarrett's laying a solid foundation for next season.
So when Dec. 31 rolls around this year, Jarrett will greet it with a smile. How wide the smile is to be determined, but he's satisfied with how things are going thus far.
"We started off probably just average, we hit a little bit of a spell where we didn't have much good fortune and along with not-so-good fortune we had a few races that we just didn't compete well at," Jarrett says. "The last two months have been much better competing-wise. We've at least been competitive.
"A little above average, I would say, but we've made great strides from where we were and I think that our team is headed in the right direction. It's a far cry from last year. You have to commend Mike Ford for what he's done. We're competing on a much higher level than what we have been."
Ford, who worked under then-crew chief Todd Parrott when Jarrett won his championship, knew better than to count on being a top-10 team at the season's outset. He realized a lot had gone wrong for Jarrett to end a year 26th in points and figured it would take time to get things back on track.
That it's happening quicker than expected is a bonus, but Ford's not yet satisfied.
"We started the season off pretty much as a rebuilding season, we had a long way to go to get competitive," Ford says. "We've made progress over the season. We made a lot of mistakes, particularly early, and we're still making a few but they're getting further and fewer between.
"The main objective starting the year was to gain some consistency and work on building the team and we've done that to an extent. We're in the top-10 chase here and I didn't foresee us being a top-10 team at the beginning of the season. We've got that in front of us, but our main focus is still to continue building the race team."
" | I think that our team is headed in the right direction. It's a far cry from last year. You have to commend Mike Ford for what he's done. We're competing on a much higher level than what we have been. " | |
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Initially, Jarrett wasn't a fan of the new concept that will see 10 drivers battling for the championship over the final 10 races. But his perspective changed even before the season began and he soon saw the positives that could emerge from the system.
Now that he's in the thick of things, so much the better. If nothing else, he knows the next five races are going to be more interesting than if he were 13th in the standings at this point a year ago.
"It's going to be crazy because everybody's trying to get there, but there's nothing more that you can do other than race hard and let it kind of take care of itself," Jarrett says. "Everybody wants to be in that top 10 for those last 10 races, but it's going to change each and every week. You'll drive yourself crazy trying to look at it and analyze it and see and speculate as to what could happen and what might happen. & The real battle is from sixth back to 15th, so it's very entertaining."
Not satisfied with his 18th-place finish at Infineon Raceway in June, Jarrett recently tested at Watkins Glen. Ford says the goal was to simply get Jarrett track time to make sure he's in a "road-racing frame of mind."
That shouldn't be hard for Jarrett, who greatly prefers The Glen to Infineon Raceway.
"Of all the road courses we visit on the schedule or for testing purposes, Watkins Glen is more conducive to our type of cars. It always allowed us to race hard and pass," Jarrett says. "The road courses bring out all of a drivers' ability. I've had good days and really bad days at Watkins Glen. One thing has always been the same at the Glen though and that is if you're going to be successful, you pretty much have to drive 90 laps out of control.
"We know going in that qualifying is going to be important although it didn't always used to be that way. We used to be able to use different strategies, but that's not really the case anymore. You know how far you can make it on fuel and you pretty much want to get in as soon as you get in the window to where you can make it on distance. But it is important to get a good start because the competition is just so close."
Jarrett just believes he'll be ahead of more of his competitors than he was in Sonoma seven weeks ago. The testing he's done at the Glen over the years has helped his confidence and he thinks it will pay dividends once again. In his last six starts at the track, the 47-year-old has four top-seven finishes.
While Jarrett hopes the next five races set the stage for a come-from-behind championship, he knows it might take until next year before his team is truly back. The thing is, he's prepared to take the rebuilding in stride no matter what transpires.
"If we weren't getting anywhere in our rebuilding here, I would probably be frustrated, but I feel like we've made great strides this year," Jarrett says. "Again, unless you're right there on the inside and know how far down we've gone, I'm not sure that you can really appreciate where we're at.
"Even though there are still areas we have to improve in, I think that we're working hard to make those improvements and I see those improvements coming slowing in some areas, but I do have some time here. And because I love to compete and because I understand the nature of the business and being a part of it for such a long time, I understand that these things as quickly as we want them to happen don't always happen like that. So I'm very upbeat."
Mark Ashenfelter is an associate editor at NASCAR Scene magazine and a contributor to ESPN.com.
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Spotlight will shine brighter on Ivanovic at Wimbledon
Pam ShriverJustine Henin is trying to win her first Wimbledon title and Amelie Mauresmo is trying to repeat. But what other story lines are worth watching next week at The Championships?
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Serena a favorite going forward
Pam ShriverSerena Williams won her eighth Grand Slam title in dominating fashion at the Australian Open. Pam Shriver writes how Williams proved she's the best total package in the game.
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Signs of life from Serena in straight-sets win
Pam ShriverIt was only one match, but Pam Shriver writes she was impressed by what she saw from Serena Williams in the first round.
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A memorable match that took its toll
Pam ShriverLast year, Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams played the longest final in the history of Wimbledon. While Williams won the final, Pam Shriver explains the epic match took its toll on both players.
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Interesting scenarios in top-heavy draw
Pam ShriverThe Open draw looks familiar, but Pam Shriver says Justine Henin-Hardenne is one of the clear favorites.
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Davenport has tough draw for a top seed
Pam ShriverWith three consecutive clay-court tournaments, Justine Henin-Hardenne proved she can win the French Open again.
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Serena should enjoy seventh major title
Pam ShriverThe women's final turned on a dime with first Serena injured and then Davenport just crumbling.
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Serena has no intention of losing a third matchup
Pam ShriverSerena doesn't like to lose three matches in a row to anybody, so Sharapova probably won't reach the final.
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Sharapova showed champion's mindset
Pam ShriverMaria Sharapova came out strong against Serena Williams at the start.
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Serena should win third title
Pam ShriverSerena Williams should win this final, but Maria Sharapova should make it interesting.
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Serena's on one of those rolls
Pam ShriverTaking this year's Wimbledon title is crucial for a recovering Serena Williams. And she knows it.
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Serena, Mauresmo should advance
Pam ShriverSerena Williams has the edge against Jennifer Capriati on a grass court.
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Davenport needs to use experience
Pam ShriverSerena Williams and Jennifer Capriati should both advance to a quarterfinals meeting.
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Sharapova's chance to break out
Pam ShriverDramatic storylines lead off the second week of play at Wimbledon.
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Summary: ''Peking Man,'' a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire, was actually a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of the giant cave hyena. Researching the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China, scientists Noel T. Boaz and Russell L. Ciochon retell the story of the cave's unique species of early human, Homo erectus. Boaz and Ciochon take readers on a gripping scientific odyssey. New ...show more evidence shows that Homo erectus was an opportunist who rode a tide of environmental change out Africa and into Eurasia, puddle-jumping from one gene pool to the next. Armed with a shaky hold on fire and some sharp rocks, Homo erectus incredibly survived for over 1.5 million years, much longer than our own species Homo sapiens has been on Earth. Tell-tale marks on fossil bones show that the lives of these early humans were brutal, ruled by hunger and who could strike the hardest blow, yet there are fleeting glimpses of human compassion as well. The small brain of Homo erectus and its strangely unchanging culture indicate that the species could not talk. Part of that primitive culture included ritualized aggression, to which the extremely thick skulls of Homo erectus bear mute witness. Both a vivid recreation of the unimagined way of life of a prehistoric species, so similar yet so unlike us, and a fascinating exposition of how modern multidisciplinary research can test hypotheses in human evolution, Dragon Bone Hill is science writing at its best. ...show less
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Then why sign on the dotted line. GT Adv wants to keep the money without following through on the contract. The CEO needs to be run out. Don't blame Apple because GT Adv couldn't hold up their end of a contract. This is why Apple does manufacturing in China and other countries and not the US. American companies do dirty things like this forcing Apple into the arms of communist business environments because they do have their merits.


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Saudi king to undergo operation, reforms in place
Discussion of power transfer turns to the question of whether his reforms will be kept in place by throne successor, as Saudi's King is scheduled to undergo an operation.
October 12, 2011 11:11 by Reuters
Saudi King Abdullah, who underwent surgery last year for back-related problems, will undergo an operation in the coming days, Saudi Arabia's state news agency reported on Tuesday.
The health of the ruler of the world's leading oil exporter is of keen interest, given his age — thought to be 88 — and uncertainty over how power would be transferred within Saudi Arabia's ruling royal family. The family governs Saudi Arabia in consultation with conservative clerics adhering to the Wahhabi school of Islam.
"In continuation of the scheduled medical follow up of King Abdullah, the king will undergo an operation in the coming days in Riyadh," news agency SPA reported, citing a statement from the royal court.
Details of the planned operation were not disclosed.
King Abdullah was absent for three months late in 2010 while he underwent treatment for a herniated disc that caused blood to accumulate around his spine. He underwent surgery in New York and convalesced in Morocco, leaving his brother Crown Prince Sultan in charge.
Sultan, who is slightly younger than Abdullah, has also been treated for health issues in the past few years and was in the US in the summer for medical tests.
Interior Minister Prince Nayef is poised to step in if anything happens to indispose both Abdullah and Sultan. The king appointed Nayef second deputy prime minister in 2009 — a move that puts him in a strong position to one day take over.
So far only sons of the Kingdom's founder, Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud, have ascended to the throne, and eventually it will have to pass to a new generation. An "allegiance council" of sons and grandsons of the Kingdom's founder was established to guide succession, but how it will work has not been made clear.
Nayef, who is in his late 70s, is considered to be a conservative who might put the brakes on some reforms introduced by Abdullah.
Last month, the King unveiled greater representation for women in Saudi Arabia, granting them the right to vote and stand in local elections. Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive and require a male relative's permission to work or leave the country.
Religious instruction is an integral part of education in the Sunni monarchy, but with a growing population, the Kingdom is trying to create jobs for its 19 million people, of whom 70 percent are under the age of 30.
After returning to the Kingdom in February, King Abdullah unveiled $130 billion worth of job-creating projects for infrastructure, housing, security and other areas.
Despite the upheaval seen across the Arab world, and the toppling of autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, Saudi Arabia saw only small protests flare up in the oil-rich Eastern Province, where there is a higher concentration of Muslim Shi'ites. After relative quiet since March, protests erupted again last week but were quickly stamped out. (By Asma Alsharif; Writing by Reed Stevenson; Editing by Rosalind Russell)
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M 077 MODEL PAPER B.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION. Fourth Semester Electrical and Electronics Engineering EC 254 — ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A — (10 2 = 20 marks) 1. With the small signal equivalent circuit, define the parameters of a JFET. 2. Draw the circuit diagram of a Darlington Emitter follower. What are the advantages of this amplifier? 3. What are the advantages of using FET input stages? 4. Draw a single tuned amplifier circuit diagram and its frequency response characteristics. 5. With a block diagram, obtain the closed loop transfer gain of a feedback system. 6. Draw the circuit of a Wien Bridge Oscillator. 7. Sketch the output waveform of a Schmitt Trigger with UTP = 5 V and LTP = 3 V for a 12 V peak to peak 1 kHz sinewave input. 8. Why the RC circuit given in fig. 1 is called a High Pass filter? C R Fig. 1 9. Draw the circuit schematic of a simple 3 phase Half Wave Rectifier. 10. Give a functional block diagram of a switched Mode Voltage Regulators. PART B — (5 16 = 80 marks) 11. With differential mode and common mode small signal equivalent circuits, calculate CMRR for the differential amplifier with double ended output having the following specifications : R C = 1 k , R EE = 10 k , h ie = 1 k , h fe = 200, h re h oe 0 . 12. (a) Using Miller's theorem, calculate A V , A VS , R in and R o of the Common Emitter amplifier shown in fig. 2. VCC RC 10 K R CC Rs 200 K + 10 K Vo VS – R in Ro Fig. 2 The BJT has the following parameters : h ie = 1.1 k h fe = 50 1 = 40 k h oe h re = 0. Or 2 M 077 (b) (i) With a suitable circuit diagram and waveforms, explain the operation of a class B power amplifier using complementary symmetry transistors. (12) (ii) Draw the circuit diagram of a class C power amplifier. Indicate the base and collector voltage waveforms. (4) 13. (a) (i) Derive R if and R of of a voltage series feedback amplifier. (8) (ii) Compare the frequency response characteristics of an amplifier with and without feedback. (4) (iii) Draw the circuits of single stage voltage series and current series feedback amplifiers. (4) Or (b) (i) Draw the circuit of a transistor Hartley Oscillator. Obtain the frequency of oscillation. (12) (ii) What are the advantages of crystal oscillators? Draw a crystal oscillator circuit. (4) 14. (a) Design and draw a Monostable Multivibrator for the following specifications : VCC = 12 V; VBB = 6 V; IC(on) = 1 mA; duration of output pulse 10 m seconds; h FEmin = 100; ICBO 0 , VBE(off) –0.5 V. Or (b) (i) With circuit diagram and output voltage waveform, derive an expression for the period of oscillation of a UJT relaxation oscillator. (10) (ii) Sketch the output waveforms of the following non linear RC wave shaping circuits given in fig. 3 and fig. 4. (6) R C 1 kHz D 1 kHz D R v0 v0 10 VPP 10 VPP 2V 2V Fig. 3 Fig. 4 3 M 077 15. (a) With circuit diagram explain the operation of a transistor series voltage regulator with short circuit overload protection and current preregulation. Or (b) (i) Obtain an expression for the ripple factor of a capacitor input (RC) filter that follows a full wave rectifier, using the voltage waveforms. (10) (ii) Show that the maximum rectification efficiency R of a full wave rectifier is 81%. (6) —————— 4 M 077


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This church is located at the bottom of the Santa Barbara castle, is one of the oldest in Alicante and one of the most beautiful. Small and welcoming, mass every day at 19.30 if you want to have a real Spanish Catholic experience.
This church is located at the bottom of the Santa Barbara castle, is one of the oldest in Alicante and one of the most beautiful. Small and welcoming, mass every day at 19.30 if you want to have a real Spanish Catholic experience.
Nice architecture, quite small but visit it anyway if you're in old town. We stumbled upon in by accident.
It's feels amazing when you see it. Great work of art, amazing for your soul. We've discovered by chance, one of the thinks I like the most in Alicante - surprises everywhere - GREAT ones.
lovely architecture and a nice area to spend a few hours visiting.lovely scenery around alicante even tho was only there for a few days it was all thoroughly enjoyable.
I have been to Spain so many times but have never visited this place till last summer. I'm not a religious person nor my friends but still thought to visit here. Incredible architecture built in Gothic style that may be the reason some find it bit scary looking. But for me it was fabulous and interesting. I think it is... More
We have been here on a number of occasions. It is located in a little square and even the outside space feels peaceful. It is a beautiful church, fabulous architecture and always worth a visit
Not being a church religious person I was amazed at this stunning church. The architecture of this church is stunning and spectacular. They definitely don't build building or structures like these anymore. Worth visiting
Just a very old and beautiful Basillica, very easy to get to, and a must if you like old church's. The architecture is fabulous although the history is all in Spanish, i just looked up history on internet.
The church is often open to visitors and must be seen to be fully appreciated. The building is beautiful and it is in the most wonderful location.
Strolling past Santa Maria Church, we walked straight into the festival parade, people dancing in full Spanish dress, castinets going, it was a delight to see
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Less than a week after Live Nation's acquisition of BigChampagne was announced comes the news that former Warner Music digital exec Ethan Kaplan will be joining the company.
"And away we go. I landed!" Kaplan tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/ethank early today. "Happy to announce my new gig as VP Product at Live Nation," with a link leading to a Fast Company article announcing his appointment.
Live Nation To Acquire BigChampagne
"We're extending what we know about people, relevant experiences--in this case, live events--and proximity for things happening near by you, and we're going to apply our real-time analytics engine to solving those fan problems," Garland says in the article. "Right now we're on the hunt for superstar talent in the product areas, and my first superstar is Ethan Kaplan, who looks like a walking Eric Ries book in black rim glasses."
Kaplan, a former SVP for emerging technologies at Warner Music Group who left the company in January, is highly regarded for being forward-thinking and acutely aware of technology trends. With the recent acquisition of media measurement firm BigChampagne, Kaplan joints a suddenly data-driven Live Nation intent on using analytics to drive revenue through improved customer experiences.


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This exercise marks the end of this project and I'm thinking, I'm going to knock your socks off. This is really impressive what's about to happen here. We are going to go ahead and take this perspective gradient that we just got done creating in the previous exercise and we are going to transform it from being a layer into a layer mask that's going to mitigate this Reflections layer and it's going to look just so good. Anyway, I have gone ahead and saved my progress as Moby gradient.psd, because I felt like I had to wrestle Moby Dick to the ground there with that big rotation that we had to apply. Or not maybe you didn't have to apply it. It was looking touch and go there for a little while. Currently we have got a layer, we have got to turn it into a layer mask, how in the world do we do that? Because you can't just do like a drag and drop into a layer mask from a layer, just no miracle cure for this. Instead what you do, it's kind of two part thing.
You go to the Channels palette and you want to make sure that you are seeing that perspective gradient right there and inside the Channels palette I want you to go ahead and Ctrl-click or Command-click on any one of these channels. Anything but Rear wall works just fine. So I'm just going to go ahead and Ctrl-click on RGB. That's a Command- click on the Mac and that goes ahead and loads that gradient as the selection outline that we can then turn around and convert back into a layer mask. So we are going from the world of masks here inside the Channels palette to a selection and then to a layer mask.
But currently we have got too much of the image selected. We just want this area inside the gradient to be selected. So go over to the Layers palette, there is the Perspective grad layer right there. I want you to press Ctrl+Shift+Alt. That would be Command+ Shift+Option on the Mac. Move your cursor over the thumbnail. You will see a little pointing finger with an inset x and click. So Ctrl+Shift+Alt-click on the PC, Command+Shift+Option-click on the Mac. Now you have just got the gradient selected. Nothing more, turn it off, we are done with it. Go to the Reflections layer right there and this is going to be much more impressive if the Reflections layer is set to 100% Opacity. So I'm going to switch back to my Marquee tool by pressing the M key and then I'm going to press the 0 key, in order to restore 100% Opacity here. And now drum roll please. Go down to the bottom of the Layers palette to add a layer mask and click on it and check that out.
In true perspective I tell you, not only are the paintings in the Reflections and Perspective, but the drop-off is in Perspective as well. Now then I would say let's back off the effect to 60% by pressing the 6 key, or even 50% by pressing the 5 key. That looks pretty good me and there you have it friends. That is the finished version of this wacky project. I'm going to go ahead and press the F key a couple of times in order to hide the interface and then I'll go ahead and zoom in on my scene and this is the final version of this spruced up subway. Thanks to the power of Perspective modifications inside Vanishing Point.
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cpa2biz Puts Senior Leadership Team in Place.
cpa2biz, the profession's Internet portal scheduled to launch by early summer, has assembled an accomplished senior leadership team with a depth of experience in accounting, information technology and business development. The management team's diverse and successful record of accomplishment weds traditional and Internet disciplines to advance the cpa2biz goal of positioning the CPA as the e-commerce problem solver for small business.President & CEO Brett L. Prager has been a catalyst for successful business ventures for more than a decade. In addition, he regularly lectures at the Columbia Business School on a range of business and entrepreneurial leadership subjects.
Four CPAs join Prager on the senior leadership team: William L. Reeb, Vice President, CPA Network, leads the effort to educate CPAs about the portfolio of cpa2biz offerings; Mark Herman, Chief Financial Officer, previously served as CFO at Caminus Corporation, a leading provider of software solutions and strategic consulting to the energy industry; Wayne Harding, Director, Head of Product Strategy, was vice president for outsourcing for Great Plains Software Inc., a leading supplier of mid-market business applications; and John F. Hudson, Director, Head of Marketing Strategy, was with KPMG Peat Marwick for 15 years before joining the AICPA in 1989 as chief knowledge officer and vice president of strategic planning and knowledge management.
Rounding out the cpa2biz senior leadership team are several business management and e-commerce experts: Charles L. Cohn, Chief Strategy Officer, was a vice president at First Fidelity Bank and at Bank of America, and most recently served as vice president of marketing and sales for the AICPA: Mike Mitchell, Chief Technology Officer, helped launch BrightLane.com, an ASP hub providing essential products and services to small businesses; Erik Asgeirsson, Vice President, Professional Markets, most recently was vice president of business operations for Rethinkinc, an Internet health services company; Srinivasa Murali, Vice President of Product Development, was a principal in the Financial Services practice at CSC, managing engagements for large clients such as AIG, Swiss Reinsurance and Mutual of New York; K. Sridharan, Vice President of Technology, from AIG Inc., the largest underwriter of industrial and commercial insurance in the United States where he directed the development of AIG's e-business initiative; and Neil Wusu, Vice President of Technology, a director and lead architect with Cambridge Technology Partners where he designed enterprise application integration software that delivered e-business solutions.
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True! I do not have 2+hours of transcription ahead of me!! IBTNP wishes they had a running buddy that lived closer for those early morning miles!
True! I do not have 2+hours of transcription ahead of me!!
IBTNP wishes they had a running buddy that lived closer for those early morning miles!
IBTNP ran 6+ miles today.
True, I have been working on getting my wife to run, so that I have someone to run with. IBTNP ran 6+ miles today.
No, 4.5 miles first thing this morning and it was raining for the last 3.5 miles. It was great!
IBTNP needs some new running gear.
"Don't feel like running today...suck it up and run ...you're an athlete." (John Stanton, founder & owner of The Running Room)
Three half marathons later, I got a number. Half Fanatic #9292. :)
Yep, I need another pair of trail running shoes. Just bought a pair of road, and have another pair on order.
IBTNP is already looking forward to the weekend.
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Jan 31 - Clam Beach Run (8 3/4 mile); April 4 - Peterson Ridge Rumble (40m); June 20 & 21 - Double FatAss 50k; July 25 & 26 - Lake of Death 24 Hour; Oct 10 - Dick Collins Firetrails 50.
"The farther you go outside, the farther you go inside." (Unknown) Ultrarunnerpodcast
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true.. Race on sunday 8/22
IBTNP feels like they should of run harder in their last workout.
I have not dropped out of a Marathon.
I bet the next person sings while running.
True I sometimes do. I really will when I am bored or have my music playing. The other day I running along the Sea Wall up on it and found myself really jamming complete with arms pumping and all. I get lost in my own little world when running so not too much is out of the question.
IBTNP really likes to eat ice cream
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" Davy Crockett
IBTNP recently bought a bike and is considering a Tri in the future.
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True! IBTNP recently bought a bike and is considering a Tri in the future.
Never will I. Wait... nevermind, I think I once said that about running a marathon as well. I haven't bought a bike recently and it doesn't look like one, or a tri, is in the near future, but I know better to never say never...
IBTNP is looking forward to the cooler and more comfortable fall running temps.
Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobbyrunningforcassy.blogspot.com
True!! Fall is my favorite time of year.
IBTNP's needs some new cool weather running pants as the ones they have are looking a little worn out.
False. I live in sunny Orlando, Florida. There is one week (usually in February) when it gets cold enough to wear pants while running. I've had the same 2 pair of running pants for a few years and they are practically new! I am, however, in constant need of running shorts.
IBTNP currently has a growling stomach.
True, all I brought for an afternoon snack was a banana...and it's not cutting it.
IBTNP is excited for Octoberfest beers to be on tap very soon...
This is why I run
Very True I love OctoberFest brews....
IBTNP is just starting back running after recovering from an injury
Almost true. Will be starting up again in 10 days.
IBTNP thinks Ryan Hall will win Chicago.
False. I would like him to win but think Sammy will win.
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Roger Schank wrote a book, The Creative Attitude: Learning to Ask and Answer the Right Questions: a few years ago that still is one of the better books that I have found on asking the right questions. From an Amazon review, "He describes how we think unconsciously using scripts. It is when this script fails do we consciously start to think. He calls this an anomaly. It is by asking questions and using "remindings" as inputs to questions that we can develop creative solutions to these anomalies. Anomalies + Explanations = Creative Thought."
I re-visited the book recently to create a template on how to use the results of open-ended questions, we all ask them, into meaningful dialogue. In the process, I updated my mind-map on the book and thought I would share it. I spent most of my time in the area of question transformation.
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We're back in the world of dreams.
I am not a die-hard Sandman fan I've only read the first volume, but when this was announced I was immediately interested and even the first volume is enough to grab your attention, it's a beautiful comic filled with more imagination that most comics out at the minute by a mile and the prospect of more grabbed my attention and then there's the fact it's drawn by J.H Williams. This is a prequel and there is always a lot of stigma towards prequels in comics and prequels in general because there generally a cash in, but this isn't this is a whole new story that introduces a whole load of new plotlines and while it will eventually lead up to Sandman #1 you don't get a proper idea of how that is going to happen yet and you just are pulled into this fantastical world again, but you begin to see a plot emerging although parts of it aren't clear yet. I would like to say that this issue is overpriced, the quality is outstanding, but it's only four pages extra (foldout) and it's an extra pound (I'm English), it's worth it in terms of quality, but I still feel a bit miffed about the higher price tag.
Sandman was always famed for breaking boundaries and trying something new to convey the story and in the first sequence it does something rather interesting. Morpheus has many forms which is a definite theme to this issue and in the opening there is the flower version of Morpheus as seen by a plant character called Quorian. It's a beautiful way of presenting Morpheus as a plant it looks like him you can tell who he is, but then it doesn't look like the human Morpheus, I think a lot of credit has to go to Williams for the design, but I love Gaiman putting it in anyway as it is an incredibly weird and abstract idea that fits Sandman very well. The scene also presents a very interesting way to start the series and it starts with a bang for sure as well as a real mystery, as well. The first page as well I would just add is very word, but just about the most illiterate description of a planet I've ever read, so beautifully done.
I am not familiar with the character known as the "Corinthian" I have not go to that volume yet, so this was my first encounter with the character. I think he pretty much steals most of the scenes he is in, the air of mystery he has around him and also the fact he has Teeth for eyes which is one of the creepiest ideas I've read in comics for a while. I particularly liked how his dialogue would come from his mouths as well and how it jumped between them, it's a clever idea and I think the letterer Todd Klein really, is the best in the industry especially with other things he does in this issue. This issue would also see the return for two of the endless other than Morpheus which were Destiny and Death. Death is her usual chirpy self even though she has the grimmest job in all of existence, although slightly grimmer than what she has been like. Destiny would also make an appearance in this issue and I am not familiar with him, but he's an interesting character and I love how he embodies what he represents same as all the Endless, but Destiny being tethered to his book which tells the story is a very good representation of Destiny. This issue loud also see a few cameos from famous Sandman characters like Lucien the librarian and Mervyn Pumpkinhead, Lucien I am familiar with Mervyn I am not and I liked both of their brief appearances.
The plot of the story only develops towards the end and it remains a mystery mostly as this issue really just re-establishes some of the characters and a few plotlines it will have going forward like with the Corinthian, it doesn't necessarily at first feel like a Morpheus book even it's only until part way through that the version we know and love appears. Although I think that's part of what Gaiman has done Morpheus's world was just, possibly even more interesting than the character himself, so returning to that is a very smart move, but I feel as if the book's a little on the slow side in the middle of the book, but it's 25 years since this world last appeared and I think a bit of setup is worth it and it's incredibly engaging anyway and who doesn't want to see more of the Endless? And other characters. The story; however, does look to be very interesting and the four page foldout at the end is suitably glorious.
So you thought J.H Williams III was good? If you've seen any of his work you'll know it's pretty much above most comic book artwork, by a country mile, Batwoman is a prime example of that. Yet J.H Williams III does it again and may have just produced the best looking comic of the year. The opening sequence of the issue has a lot of style to it, but it's also very, very beautiful and the flower version of Morpheus is just beautiful and you can tell it is him even when it doesn't have any human look to it. Williams handles all of Morpheus's many versions very well, because you see a lot in this issue and each one holds some of his many features, whether it may be colours, face, or just general body language, because there are some you may not expect like a robot version. Williams is always well known for extremely wacky page layouts and some of them work in this issue (I slightly question the one framed with Corinthian's teeth though), but the one with Destiny's book where the page flows through that is just incredible. I also like Williams uses of different styles as there are some that look quite old fashioned where everything had to be very straight lined and every house had to have lines showing you it's three dimensions and that looks incredible as well, and there's a bit of Jack Kirby thrown in there as well in one panel.
I think I've talked enough about all aspects of this issue, but it's a very literate comic that reads almost like poetry at certain points, but it's certainly very readable for anyone. It takes a while to get its plot going, but you're pulled into the story regardless and past Sandman fans will love all the characters making an appearance in this story and I think people who haven't read the series will like this, but I think maybe some research will be required for some of these characters.
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Stoke too good for Rochdale
Bojan Krkic and Victor Moses scored breathtaking goals as Stoke recorded a 4-1 FA Cup victory over Rochdale on Monday night.
Bojan Krkic and Victor Moses scored breathtaking goals as Stoke recorded a 4-1 FA Cup victory over Rochdale on Monday night.
Bradford co-chairman Mark Lawn is backing his FA Cup heroes to beat either Sunderland or Fulham in the fifth round.
Arsenal and Manchester United hardened as the clear market-leaders for the FA Cup after dodging tough fifth-round ties.
Chelsea are hot favourites to beat Liverpool and Ian Ogg doesn't expect them to capitulate for a second time in four days.
Newcastle have confirmed John Carver has been appointed head coach for the rest of the season.
A review of Monday night's action in the Italian Serie A as Napoli moved back up to third thanks a 2-1 win over Genoa.
Getafe finally ended their nine-game winless streak in the Primera Division with a 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo on Monday.
Fabian Delph has revealed he would never have left Aston Villa on a free transfer and values loyalty over money.
Robin van Persie admits he has no idea whether he will sign a contract extension at Manchester United.
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Angelina Jolie arrived in LA yesterday following a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda this week. She wore an all-black ensemble and carried a backpack on her shoulder as she made her way through the airport crowd. Angelina was still sporting the gold band on her ring finger, though she denied that it was an engagement ring before hopping into her car.
While in Africa, Angelina was joined by Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague. The two activists spoke to rape victims at a refugee camp and laid wreaths at the Gisozi genocide memorial in Rwanda while publicizing their joint campaign for international action against sexual violence in war zones.
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