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Celebrity Film Star Tera Patrick Becomes Spokesperson for Clavine'(TM) Natural Male Enhancement Formula.
DAYTON, N.J. -- AM Nutritionals, Inc., a leading producer of all-natural herbal supplements, announces Tera Patrick, celebrity film star, model and businesswoman, as the official spokesperson for Clavine'[TM], its newly-introduced male enhancement formula.Ms. Patrick's endorsement of Clavine'[TM] will include appearances in television and print advertisements, including other videos, product packaging, internet placements, personal appearances and other placements to yet be identified.
AM Nutritionals is launching Clavine'[TM] in the United States following significant success in Europe. Clavine'[TM] is a leading male enhancement formula, a combination of all-natural ingredients known to enhance sexual performance in conjunction with sexual stimulation. Unlike most herbal formulations designed for this purpose which improve performance slowly over time, Clavine'[TM] creates an almost immediate "period of opportunity" similar to costly prescription formulas, but without their possible side effects*. As an herbal product Clavine'[TM] does not require a prescription and sells for a notably less cost than its prescription counterpart.
To support the confidence AM Nutritionals has in Clavine'[TM] they have extended a guarantee to all of its North American customers, "We guarantee that Clavine'[TM] will result in a more pleasurable experience than prescription Viagra or your money back." The company has further extended the guarantee period to a full 90 days from date of purchase.
About AM Nutritionals - AM Nutritionals makes a growing line of herbal, advanced health and nutrition products for people on the go. The firm is a leader in the dietary supplement industry by demanding truth in labeling, ingredient safety, and product potency, all while remaining on the cutting edge of nutritional science.
For additional contact with the company visit www.clavineusa.com or www.amnutritionals.com
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1 of the 3 LHBS here sells pacman yeast. The most successful of the three gave me a lecture about how the sole source of pacman yeast smack-packs doesn't like to ship them with cold packs and they got tired of selling dead yeast and getting angry customers. Whatever. I made 800ml of 1.030 wort w/ DME and boiling water in my 1L flask and waited for it to cool to room temperature before pitching the pacman yeast in it. It's spinning now. I'll pitch that into the fermenter tomorrow night i suppose. Oh, and i inoculated 7 slants. Because paying $7 for liquid yeast pushes my cheap bastard buttons.
How'd it turn out? Did you ever figure out if Rogue uses a different yeast in bottle? I'm looking at doing this same recipe. And which LHBS sells pacman? last time i was in beernut they didn't have any.
Well, i cracked open one of the 12oz bottles i made, and, it's good! one way or another it worked out in the end. Not enough hazelnut in the bottles - they got 2 drops each from a disposable pipette. Dunno how it's going in the keg, but I'm looking forward to it.

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quote:Last Thursday, representatives of three of the nation's largest unions fired off a letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, warning that Obamacare would "shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class."
quote: will come out and vote R in 2014.
quote:Labor Unions: "Obamacare will shatter our health benefits
quote:They destroyed manufacturing. They destroyed education. They destroyed local, state and federal budgets. They deserve anything bad that happens to them.
quote: last time i checked a union as a whole doesn't vote
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okay... i have heard many many definitions of love and i was wondering what your definition of love.... How do you define love?
I most common one that I have heard is:
Love is when you like someone so much that you want to spend the rest of your life with them.
Now for me that pretty much covers it but then i take into consideration the fact that you can love someone on different levels. You can love someone so much that you want to spend the rest of your life with them but then you could also love someone so much that you would die for them... to me that is two different kinds of love... you also have the first-time love and and a love for a brother or sister, and alot of other reason or ways... so what is your thoughts on the subject???


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The 1923 Leica was purchased at a recent auction for $551,151 by an unidentified European collector. This is about 100 times the cost of any contemporary digital camera!
The portable black camera becomes the world's most expensive small camera and the second most expensive camera ever sold at an auction.
Leica happened to be the seventh of a series made in Germany to analyze the market for portable cameras, designed for export to New York.
For the reader's information, the world's most expensive camera sold at an auction was the Daguerrotype early camera, created by the Susse brothers, which dated back to 1839 and went off for $951,598.
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Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.
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Alachisoft StorageEdge - Online Documentation
Introduction to StorageEdge
What's new in StorageEdge?
Feature Highlights
What gets installed?
Installation of StorageEdge
Product Requirements
StorageEdge Installation
Setting up Access Rights
Wizard Based Activation
Online StorageEdge Activation
Manual StorageEdge Activation
Extending Evaluation Period
Command Line Activation
Getting Started
Quickly Configure and Use StorageEdge
Quickly Configure BLOB Store Database
Start a Cache Cluster
Create a New Cache Cluster
Cache Connection Problem
Quick Start Guide
Creating Storage Pool
Creating Externalizer Profile
Creating Arhiver Profile
Creating Linker Profile
Using List Caching
Step 1: Enable List Caching
Step 2: Configure Control Adapter
Step 3: Test List Caching
Using Session Caching
Enable Session Caching
Using Content Optimization
Step 1: Enable Content Optimization
Step 2: Configure Control Adapter
Step 3: Test Content Optimization
Working with StorageEdge
Storage Optimization
General Settings
EBS/RBS Configuration
External BLOB Storage (EBS)
Step 1: Configure BLOB Store Database
Step 2: Plugging EBS in SharePoint
Step 3: Unplugging EBS from SharePoint
Step 4: Test EBS
Remote BLOB Storage (RBS)
Step 1: Configure BLOB Store Database
Step 2: Provision RBS
Step 3: Install RBS
Step 4: Test RBS
Storage Pools
Adding a New Storage Pool
Editing Storage Pool Settings
Removing a Storage Pool
Externalizer Profiles
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Revert Content
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Archiver Profiles
Adding Storage Profile
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Job Throttling is the process of regulating the data transfer rate in any system. It can be used in a situation where it is required to limit the amount of data that can be transfer per unit time. Long running jobs like Offload/Revert/Garbage Clean/BLOB Transfer/EBS to RBS Convert, should run in time slots to make sure that website is not under continuous job processing load.
StorageEdge provides you the facility to configure these jobs to be run at different speeds during different timings. To configure throttling for a job (Offload/Revert/Garbage Clean/BLOB Transfer/EBS to RBS Convert), follow the steps given below:
Go to the Central Administration page of SharePoint and click on the Application Management tab.
Click on Storage Optimization under StorageEdge Management.
Click on Job Throttling under Storage Optimization.
Job Throttling page will show you the list of jobs that can be throttle with their Title, Type and Description.
Click on the job you want to configure.
The next page that opens contain the Job Title, Job Description and the Time Slots information. Specify the "Start time" and "End time" for a job.
User can either pause the job for the specified period of time or mention the speed for BLOB transfer.
Set the "Speed" of the job by entering number of BLOBs and the number of Seconds to run the job.
User can also extend the span of a job speed over a week days by selecting the days.
Click "Add Slot" button to add the time slot.
User can see the list of time slots added for the job in
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section, here user can also remove any of the time slot using Remove option from the drop down list.
Job Throttling for a specific time can be delayed up to 5 minutes.
All StorageEdge Jobs on startup checks the 'Time Slices' for a given job after every 5 minutes. For example if a throttling time slice is '5:00 am' and a job starts at '4:59 am', in this case throttling can be delayed for few minutes. So instead of '5:00 am', throttling will start at '5:04 am' or at '5:05 am'.
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Archiver Profiles
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3 Popular eBook Reader Applications For Android Phones
If you are a bookworm, you will know how difficult it is to keep your hands off the book you were reading last night.
You may get a free hour during the day when you wonder that you could have continued reading the book had you brought your eBook reader along with you. But now you can continue reading your book on your reader or on your Smartphone, wherever you go. You just need to install an eBook reader app on your app on your android phone. The best part is most of these eBook reading apps can be downloaded to your phone completely free of cost.
In this article, the three of the world's most popular eBook reading apps are listed for your consideration.
1. The Amazon Kindle Android eBook App
With the Amazon Kindle app installed on your android Smartphone, you can read any of the eBooks present on your Kindle eBook Reader. If you are reading a book on your Kindle and want to continue reading it later on your Android phone, or vice versa, you just need to sync your progress. Reading progress can be easily synced with the help of Amazon's Whispersinc feature. This way you can start reading your novel on the subway in your android phone, right where you left off the story last night on your Kindle. The Kindle app still works if you do not own an Amazon Kindle eBook Reader; all content will be accessible to you after a small payment of $10. To download the Amazon Kindle app, scan the barcode on the Kindle Android webpage with your android phone camera or simply search for it in the Android Market. The app supports phones with Android OS 1.6 and higher. However, the reader will only display Amazon Kindle eBooks in the AZW format.
2. Sony Reader eBook Android App
The special features of Sony Reader app is that it gives you free access to three classic novels and three excerpts from currently bestselling eBooks. To download the Sony Reader App, simply search the Android Market. The app supports phones with Android OS 2.2 and higher. However, the reader only supports eBooks bought from the Sony's Reader store.
3. The Barnes & Noble Nook Android eBook App
As with Kindle app, the Android Nook App from Barnes & Noble also allows you to read all the eBooks you own on your Nook reader, on your Android Smartphone. You can use this cool app even if you do not own an actual Nook reader device at home. A sporting feature of Nook reader app is its LendMe feature that allows you to interchange eBooks with your family and friends. Barnes & Noble also provides you the option of sampling any of the Nook eBooks for free before actually paying for them. To download the Android Nook App, scan the barcode on the B&N's Nook for Android page with your android phone camera or simply search for Nook on the Android Market. The app supports phones with Android OS 1.6 and higher. However, the reader only supports eBooks bought from the Barnes & Noble's Nook store.
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By By Jill Meier
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October 29. 2013 6:00AM
A night of mingling next month in the banquet room of the Brandon Municipal Golf Course is expected to pad the coffers of the Brandon Community Foundation.
Were toasting our blessings, said Gary Maassen, president of the BCF Board of Directors. In a sense, it is that.
The second annual Oak & Vine event is planned for Saturday evening, Nov. 9.
Its our signature fundraising event, Maassen said, and purpose of the event is to continue to the build the endowment, and the purpose of the endowment is to give back to Brandon because were a quality of life organization thats our focus.
The casual Oak & Vine evening will offer hors doeuvres, a variety of wines, a short program consisting of presentations of the BCFs fall grant awards and the fist annual Gene Johnson Family Community Service Award.
Maassen said the BCF created this award for a person(s) that have given to the community.
The Gene Johnson Family name was used to recognize Gene, who had the vision to get the Foundation started, Maassen said.
This year, the BCF has secured two matching donors, The First National Bank in Sioux Falls-Brandon Branch, and Pam and Tony Bosch. Combined, the two entities will match up to $17,500 of funds raised at the Oak & Vine event.
We so appreciative that theyve stepped forward to be matching donors, Maassen said. Obviously, its very significant in the amount raised.
Although everyone is welcome to attend, Maassen said invitations have been mailed out to those who have donated to the BCF in the past or attended last years Oak & Vine.
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Following several months of discussion, the BCFs Big Projects Committee has narrowed its options down to three projects: a gazebo at McHardy Park, a picnic shelter at the Big Sioux Recreatoion Area dog park, and helping to secure a new home for the Brandon Historical Society and its museum.
According to Big Project Committee member, Lisa VandeVoort, the Committee has determined they would like the Foundation would like to support all three projects by partnering with the stakeholders and securing an outside partner to help fund the projects to completion.
All of the projects are preliminary, VandeVoort stressed.
The Foundation is a way to show your thankfulness to the community by giving back, Maassen said.
While the Oak & Vine has developed into an annual opportunity to give to the BCF, Maassen reminds residents that donations can be made anytime.
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What: Brandon Community Foundations second Annual Oak & Vine
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Where: Brandon Municipal Golf Course banquet room
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All spring Kentucky's defensive players have talked about how much simpler the scheme is this year, but defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot says it is not that simple.
So who is right? Today I asked coach Mark Stoops, a former defensive coordinator. Enjoy his answer:
"It's just a mindset. Believe me, we could be as complex as we want to be. It's getting your players…it's not what we know. We could sit in there on the board and come up with a lot of good defenses. There are a lot of good ways to do things but it's up to you to get your team to understand it and teach it and get them to execute it, that's the bottom line.
"Nobody really cares how much I know or we know on Saturdays, it's a matter of what the players know and execute and play. I think that's a big part of our philosophy defensively, to make it simple, make them understand it, know who they are and have tweaks and a lot of changes off of it. We'll never stop defensively, we'll always continue to install but that takes time."
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Patrick-Murray Administration Secures Vessel No Discharge Area Designation for Pleasant Bay on Cape Cod
Latest designation makes more than half of the Massachusetts coastline a no dumping zone
This latest designation, submitted by EEA earlier this year, prohibits the discharge of any treated or untreated waste, protecting one of the most diverse and productive marine habitats on the East Coast. There are now 13 such areas along the Massachusetts coast.
"Cape Cod is a jewel in the Commonwealth's crown of natural resources and a sought-after destination for people around the world," Governor Deval Patrick said. "I am thrilled to announce the protection of another section of the Cape's coastal waters, and proud of the public-private partnership that made the Pleasant Bay No Discharge Area a reality."
"Pleasant Bay and its extraordinary natural resources - from salt marshes to clam flats to the outstanding bay waters themselves - are worthy of the highest levels of environmental protection," said Secretary Bowles. "We are well on our way to meeting Governor Patrick's goal of a statewide coastal No Discharge Area."
Pleasant Bay is a 14-square-mile region with waters in Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, and Brewster. EEA submitted the Pleasant Bay NDA application through its Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) on March 18, capping a year-long effort involving extensive work by the Pleasant Bay Resource Management Alliance in conjunction with the four communities.
The Pleasant Bay NDA joins a growing list of protected state waters. The 12 previously designated NDAs include the following areas:
• coastal waters of Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Nahant, and Swampscott, including the Pines and Saugus Rivers;
• all of Cape Cod Bay;
• Boston Harbor - the coastal waters of Winthrop, Chelsea, Everett, Boston, Quincy, Milton, Weymouth, Braintree, Hingham, and Hull, including the Charles River in Watertown, Newton, and Cambridge;
• Salem Sound - the coastal waters of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Danvers, Salem, and Marblehead;
• coastal waters of Cohasset, Scituate, and Marshfield;
• coastal waters of Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury;
• all of Buzzards Bay.
• Waquoit Bay in Falmouth;
• coastal waters of Harwich;
• Three Bays/Centerville Harbor in Barnstable;
• Stage Harbor in Chatham; and
• coastal waters of Nantucket from Muskeget Island to Great Point, including Nantucket Harbor.
EPA is also currently reviewing EEA's nomination of an NDA for the North Shore from Gloucester to Salisbury. Related efforts to authorize NDAs are underway for Nantucket Sound, Mt. Hope Bay and the outer Cape from Chatham to Provincetown.
"Like all NDA designations, this effort effectively brought together local, state, and federal partners to protect our coastal waters while also making it easy for boaters to properly dispose of their sewage at convenient and strategically located pumpout facilities," said Deerin Babb-Brott, EEA Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Zone Management and CZM Director. "I'd like to thank Carole Ridley and the Pleasant Bay Resource Management Alliance, as well as the communities of Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, and Brewster, for all of their hard work with us to make this NDA designation a reality."
Pleasant Bay is the largest estuary on Cape Cod and is one of the most biologically diverse and productive marine habitats on the East Coast of the United States. In 1987, the Commonwealth approved a nomination from the towns surrounding the Bay to designate the roughly 9,000-acre estuary an Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
The Pleasant Bay NDA covers an area that supports over 2,100 recreational and commercial vessels. To comply with the NDA designation, these vessels are now required to make use of the onshore sewage pumpout facilities located in Ryder's Cove, Chatham and Nauset Marine East in Orleans, and the Harwich pumpout boat that services Round Cove.
"With so many Cape-wide efforts to protect our pristine natural resources, this designation of Pleasant Bay as a No Discharge Area is a perfect complement to years of hard work," said Senator Robert O'Leary. "I applaud the administration for working so well with our local and Cape-wide stakeholders in ensuring the future preservation of Pleasant Bay."
"Declaring Pleasant Bay a no discharge zone is a big win for all of us who love this beautiful and unique estuary. This designation is critically important because Pleasant Bay is a nursery for a wide variety of fish and marine life. This is a critical step in keeping the bay healthy," said Representative Sarah Peake.
"I join with the Governor and other Cape delegation members in applauding the addition of Pleasant Bay as a No Discharge Area and look forward to the time when all Massachusetts coastal waters are designated as No Discharge Areas," said Representative Cleon H. Turner
NDAs protect water quality and aquatic life from pathogens, nutrients, and chemical products contained in discharged sewage, and also reduce the risk of human illness, making it safer to swim, boat, fish, and eat shellfish from protected waters. NDAs can also help reduce the growth of harmful algae that occurs due to high nutrient levels in sewage discharge.
Under the Clean Water Act, a body of water can be designated an NDA if local, state, and federal authorities determine that the area is ecologically and recreationally important enough to merit protection above and beyond that provided by existing state and federal laws. In Massachusetts, CZM works closely with communities and the EPA to establish NDAs as part of a comprehensive regional water quality approach.
For more information on No Discharge Areas in New England, visit: www.mass.gov/czm/nda and www.epa.gov/region01/eco/nodiscrg.
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Be not afraid of your life.
Really that's the time that I woke up, my body refusing to go back to sleep, unable to let go of the creepy dream (another day, another blog). But then my mind began its race, more of a caged gerbil in a spinning wheel than anything that might actually get me somewhere. Sometimes I wake up, for no discernible reason, and find myself locked into that same horrifying thought:
I am going into credit card debt and I have absolutely no way to get out.
My new job pays $8 an hour. My last job, with a 4 month hiatus in between, paid $12.60. I was unbelievably relieved to have gotten a job at all. My last job was comparable to my job as a substitute teacher, making $85 a day. When I was subbing, I had marveled that I actually made about half of what a real teacher made.
Sometimes I marvel that teachers make so little in comparison to other educated professionals, all nasty joking (those that can't do, teach) aside.
My neighbor (late sixties, early seventies; no job history that I've ever heard of, a true housewife, married to a man that does odd jobs and may or may not have ever worked a good job in his life) has often complained how teachers make so much money. Which is true?
I guess it depends on your perspective.
Since I only work 21 hours per week, as a children's librarian, I make about $168 a week, or $672 a month, and theoretically just over $8,000 a year.
The poverty line is around $19,000.
As the single parent of 2 beautiful daughters, I find it unfathomable that I could somehow squeeze another job in there. It's not the hours, it's the timing. Who's going to hire me to work only 2 weekdays each week? I want to be home in the evenings and on weekends. That's when I need to be a parent.
Even if I find that mythical job, it'll likely pay only about what I make as a librarian (as anything that isn't full time and works around another job is likely to be). What I need is a full time job, with benefits. Real librarians make good money--when they can find work.
My car payment is $325 a month. My student loan is $197. (Housing is monetarily free--nothing is truly free--since I live with family.)
Now, without even taking out taxes, I am down to $150 each month. Oh, don't forget my big spender Ex, throwing in $93 per month in child support. He works as a prison guard (I hope your wheels are turning and you are now wondering why he pays so little).
That's money for luxury items such as:
- GAS to go to work
- CAR INSURANCE (legally required)
I can already hear the naysayers: Just get a job, Shannon. Suck it up. What. . .do you think live OWES you something?
Amazingly, I have tried. I've put in the effort. I've sent out resumes (I cringe at the thought of the cost of all that postage, paper, envelopes, and beyond, all that time). I've educated myself. What did I forget? Where did I go wrong?
And which is more important, not putting food on my credit card or buying my daughter a new pair of shoes (maybe I could bind her feet so that they stop growing)? Are those luxuries, or necessities? Don't good parents provide for their children? Isn't it my job to provide, no matter what, even if it means working during the only hours I could possibly see them?
And in the back of my mind, I think to myself: when will I write?
Oh, to dream.
I keep thinking, maybe I should go back to subbing. It might take up to a month to be (re)approved by the school board (are my clearances up to date? that's another $100 for all 3). But then, what if I get an grad assistantship (already applied for) next spring (working, one class at a time, on my Master's in Library Science)? It'd just be a waste of time and money to put my name back on the sub list. I know from experience that my local school district fulfills their daily sub needs by having the secretary call them on the phone, and if you don't work full time as a sub, you are the last to be called. In fact, I might not get called at all.
Should I try waitressing again? I often made between $10 and $15 an hour doing that (if I refused to work during the day and only on weekends). Could I do that to myself again? Do I have it in me, physically and emotionally? I honestly don't know. I'm a lot older now.
I don't have an answer to any of these questions. For now, I can only lie there, dollar bills floating through my mind, symbols of what I owe. It terrifies me. It wakes me up. It keeps me awake.
They get away with this because they've corrupted and virtually eliminated democracy and obtained enormous amount of market power and because the public has been complacent.
That complacency is clearly beginning to change but it is just the beginning!
Right now I am reading Lawrance Lessig's "Republic, Lost". I am so enthralled that I refuse to send it back, even though it is late (to interlibrary loan). It's a fantastic read, all about how we're all being screwed by special interests.
My family has been telling how the revolution is coming. I can't wait. I hope it's peaceful. I am a strong believer in non-violence. But the fact remains, no matter how much they get away with. . .no matter how much they steal. . .eventually the bill will come due. Eventually, the wealth that they have gotten by taking it from everyone else, well, someone's going to take it back. I just hope they survive. But, according to the proclaimers of revolution I've heard. . .just a few dead ones are all that is needed. I may disagree with the violence in their words, but I also fear their truth.
Thanks for commenting.
Lessig is good as well the new one is on my list!
The Lessig book is a good read, I just finished it and find myself ready to go out and join the protest. "Where do I sign up??"
We (collected/impersonal we) keep talking about how awful things are and saying that we should do something, but it seems like we keep waiting for someone else to pick up the mantle first and charge on, so that we can tag along. I am guilty of this as well. I have no excuse, unless you count working and going to school and raising my family as an excuse. But then, the dark voice in my head whispers, "That's what 'they' want." Could there be a they that wants to keep us so busy fighting to surviving that we forget that we have a duty to reform a broken system of gov't?


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Help! We are currently building a house and I thought we were going to be receiving jeld wen builders vinyl single hung windows... Instead we received ykk ap windows? What's the difference? I feel like jeld wen is top line and ykk ap may not be? They are energy star certified with a ufactor of .34. Please help!! Any info will be great,y appreciated! |
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- Posted by niteshadepromises (My Page) on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 16:48
If you do a bit of searching jeld-wen is not highly regarded in any way shape or form on this forum, especially anything builder grade. I have never heard of the other name mentioned however, so can't comment on that. |
- Posted by HomeSealed (My Page) on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 18:22
Neither is anywhere close to top line by any measure. Do you have time to do some research on this, or are the windows a done deal already? |
- Posted by millworkman (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 20:19
Like HS said, six of one half dozen of the other. Both are mediocre at best. Unfortunately it sounds like you already own the YKK (think zippers). |
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Yes they are being installed Wednesday. Well maybe, I'm going to research tonight and get back with my gc! Nothing is a "done deal" since I'm not happy :) thanks for feedback! I'm sure I will need a lot more soon!! |
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Jeldwen is about in the same class quality wise in my opinion, so maybe investigate other brands. |
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If you have any say at this point, put it on hold until you can make a choice that you are comfortable with... Only problem is that you'll probably set the project back a few weeks as the new windows are produced. Builder grade windows (wood or vinyl) have a life expectancy of about 10-15 years in my experience, and even at that, you could be dealing with glass seal failures and air leakage throughout that life span. |
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The more parents talk to their children, the faster those children's vocabularies grow and the better their intelligence develops. This observation has profound implications for policies about babies and their parents. It suggests that sending children to pre-school at the age of four — a favored step among policymakers — comes too late to compensate for educational shortcomings at home. Happily, understanding of how children's vocabularies develop is growing, as several presentations at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science showed. One of the most striking revelations came from Anne Fernald of Stanford University, who has found that the disparity appears well before a child is three.
In the beginning was the word: how babbling to babies can boost their brains
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Helter Skelter (2004) Horror Movie Review
Horror movies Review
Jeremy Davies stars as convicted killer Charles Manson in this new television movie based on the true story of the August 1969 Tate/LaBianca murders, as chronicled in the bestselling book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi. Almost 35 years ago Manson's followers, at his instruction, brutally massacred seven people over two consecutive nights in Los Angeles and scrawled bloody messages on the walls of the crime scenes. The first night, director Roman Polanski's wife, eight-month-pregnant actress Sharon Tate, was murdered along with coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski and Steven Parent. The second night, supermarket chain president Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, were found stabbed to death in their home.
A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself. |
About Helter Skelter (2004)
Year: 2004
Starring: Robert Joy, Kirk B.R. Woller, Chris Ellis, Clea DuVall, Rick Gomez, Allison Smith, Nick Jameson, Robert Pine, Keith Szarabajka, Susan Ruttan, Whitney Dylan, Marguerite Moreau, Eric Dane, Hal Ozsan, Graham Beckel, Robert Costanzo, John Pleshette, Jeremy Davies, Bruno Kirby, Catherine Wadkins, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kai Lennox, Michael Weston, Hopwood DePree, Matthew J. Williamson, Wolf Muser, Isabella Hofmann, Marek Probosz, Yvonne Delarosa, Cheselka Leigh
Runtime: 180 minutes
Director: John Gray
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Sounds Perfect Car Audio is an award winning car audio Sales and Installation shop. Call Sounds Perfect Car Audio today, and learn how our experienced experts can improve your vehicle's look, sound quality, and even safety and vehicle security. Offering quality installations on a huge range of mobile electronics.
Gionino's Pizzeria serves up Italian and American eats ranging from pizza and pasta to fried chicken and wings. Specialty pizzas include the mediterranean, topped with spinach, feta, and roasted red peppers, and Gionino's Best, a signature pie with nine toppings, including four meats and veggies such as black olives, banana peppers, and mushrooms. Fried chicken is prepared in peanut oil, and unbreaded chicken wings are slathered in a choice of seven sauces, including hot, honey mustard, or spicy garlic.
Led by dive master Scuba Steve, Buckeye Diving School's professional instructors have certified more than 9,000 divers since 1964—including Ohio celebrities Stefanie Schaeffer and Kenny Crumpton. Students can enroll in an open-water certification sequence to kick-start future careers as oceanic explorers or unsuccessful dunk-tank sitters. An orientation and four three-hour courses impart such fundamentals as buoyancy control, air sharing, and how to control ascents and descents. Each class divvies its time evenly between landlocked lessons and pool dives, and requires pupils bring or purchase their own mask, snorkel, boots, and fins (not included in this Groupon).
Frameworks brings custom aesthetic closure to unframed artwork and peddles already framed photography, lithographs, posters, and more. The prices of custom-framed pieces can fluctuate based on specific customer requests, but a 16"x20" framed double matt with glass or mounted poster or print generally costs around $45. The same treatment can be applied to 24"x36" prints ($59) and 32"x40" Ghostbusters II posters ($75). For former athletes looking to commemorate a career or owners of an untrammeled Michael Jordan jersey, Frameworks can lock a jersey away in a double-matted 32"x40" frame ($125; frames available in larger sizes). This Groupon is also good for pre-framed pieces on Frameworks' website, so be sure to browse its collection before making any set-in-wood commitments.
Fashions for men, women, and kids fill the floor at Finders Keepers Consignment Shop, alongside furnishings and other home accents. The shopkeepers make sure that items are in pristine condition when they enter the store, stocking shelves with current trend pieces and vintage looks alike that are appropriate for the workplace and special events.
During the days of antiquity, artisans often recorded major cultural and historical events on the sides of their intricate pots. Although books and computers took over most of the archiving duties, the practice of painting ceramics as a means of commemoration continues today. At Kiln Pottery, shelves of uncolored pieces await the inspiration of local artists and artists-to-be. After grabbing the necessary supplies, guests add their touch to one of the hundreds of available pieces, including platters, mugs, and bowls. Those interested in building their own creations can opt for a class in hand building clay or pottery wheel throwing. A series of workshops focuses on specific projects, such as fusing glass night-lights, weaving clay baskets, or exploring where ceramic babies come from. Sessions are open to kids and adults, and can be reserved for groups or parties.


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About a year ago my buddy, my girlfriend and I were eating at the Pink Taco restaurant in Las Vegas and Dana White sat right next to us. So we talked to him for a little bit and eventually asked for a pic and at the end he shook our hands and we went on with our day.
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Coyotes (Canis latrans) are intelligent and adaptable. They can be found throughout North and Central America, thriving in major urban areas as well as in remote wilderness. This adaptability helped coyotes resist widespread efforts early in the 1900s to exterminate them in the West, including Yellowstone National Park, where other mid-size and large carnivores such as cougars and wolves were eradicated. The coyote is a common predator in Greater Yellowstone, often seen traveling through open meadows and valleys, alone or in packs. Learn More... Quick Facts about Coyotes in Yellowstone
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Language: Hungarian
Capital City: Budapest
Population: 10 million
Area: 35,900 square miles
Telephone Calling Code(s): 36
Electricity: 230V, 50 Hz
Currency: As of Nov 22, 2011:
1 Hungary Forint = $0.00 US Calculate Other Amounts
Entry Requirements:
Hungary, a member of the EU, does not require visas for citizens of the United States. A valid passport is sufficient for a three-month stay.
Books and Movies
Hungary's long-standing literary tradition has never gained much international recognition, likely because the language doesn't translate well. Two classic travelogues to prepare you for a little time with the Magyars are Patrick Leigh Fermor's Between the Woods and the Water, tracing the author's 1933 walk through Hungary en route to Constantinople, and Brian Hall's Stealing from a Deep Place, describing Hall's tempered love affair with 1980s Eastern Bloc Budapest.
In the 1999 film Sunshine, Academy Award–winning director István Szabó sets the story of a Jewish family's struggles during the Holocaust in his native city of Budapest.
Hungarian cuisine is not for vegetarians or the health-conscious. Dishes rely heavily on beef and pork, smothered in sour cream–based sauces. Paprika is more of a national obsession than a seasoning—in Hungary, they even put it next to salt and pepper on restaurant tables. The most familiar uses of paprika are in goulash, a beef soup that is much thinner in Hungary than elsewhere, and in aptly named paprikash, a dish that sometimes seems more paprika than chicken. For something sweet, head for one of the terrific Hungarian cafés or coffee shops, where you can savor some of the best coffee in Europe and indulge in flaky fruit-filled pastries and rich chocolate cake.
Good Buys
Until 2010, when Hungary adopts the Euro, this country will remain a bargain for travelers. Exquisite porcelain costs a fraction of the usual price if you buy direct from manufacturers like Herend and Zsolnay. Food products are also great buys. Obviously, you can find the finest—and cheapest—paprika in the world. Another bargain is Hungarian goose foie gras. Sadly, it's illegal to import this pâté into the United States, so gobble it up along your way in Europe or you'll risk getting into some serious trouble at U.S. Customs.
A value-added tax (VAT) of 15 to 25 percent is factored into all prices. Foreign travelers are entitled to refunds at the airport or by mail.
Tipping is a norm throughout Hungarian society. Service industry workers such as restaurant waiters, taxi drivers, and even gas station attendants all appreciate a tip. One note: As in Germany, waiters at most restaurants consider it rude to leave your gratuity on the table. Notify your waiter of how much money you would like to pay in addition to the bill at the end of the meal.
Did You Know?
Hungarians introduce themselves by telling you their last name first and first name last—just like James Bond.
January: 1, New Year's Day
April: 25, Liberation Day
May: 1, May Day
June: 2, Republic Day
August: 20, St. Stephen's Day/Constitution Day
November: 1, All Saints' Day; 7, Socialist Revolution Day
December: 6, St. Nicholas Day; 25, Christmas Day; 26, Boxing Day
Spring: Easter; day after Easter, Easter Monday; seventh Sunday after Easter, Pentecost


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Muse Creative Diffusion - Designer Shaders for Vray4C4D v2.0
DIFFUSION is a collection of high quality, seamless textures for VRay in Cinema 4D. With high attention to detail, these 4K textures are production ready and promise to elevate and enhance your renders. An exciting add-on is that 10 high quality, new shaders will be added to the pack every month throughout 2014, ensuring your renders stay fresh!
Whose smart idea was this?
This premier texture pack is made possible by myself and Yunal Zobu (Total C4D lover, who has been tweaking sliders and checking boxes for about 5 years now). With strict quality control and pushing to deliver a better product, you can rest assured that you're getting the best.
Vray Mats-of-the-Month Club
We're not stopping here! Throughout 2014 we're going to be adding a minimum of 10 fresh textures per month to your library at no extra cost! If there is something specific you'd like in your DIFFUSION pack, drop us an email and we'll do our best to include it in a future release.
As the pack expands with more textures, the price will go up slightly for first time buyers, however, all monthly updates to the pack are totally on us! As of July, we have a total of 100 shaders!
Textures for the future
Given the exponential growth in technology, we've designed all the bitmap textures at a staggering, seamless 4k resolution [4096px X 4096px] to ensure even the smallest details come out perfectly in every render.
October 2014 Added Shaders
Over the past 2 months DIFFUSION has undergone a total face-lift and we've really been working hard, not only to provide a more realistic shader pack, but also to make it the best shader pack in every regard. Here are some of the newest key features:
This might sound like a generic topic, but we've really gone under the hood of Diffusion and made it run a lot smoother and faster, optimising not only the shaders themselves but also the assets and overall performance.
DR Shaders
This is a massive one… In order to make the shaders more accessible and easier to use, we've rebuilt 97/130 shaders to make them VRay DR shaders, which means these shaders aren't going to be converted on-the-fly but they're purposefully built with the correct VRay shaders to ensure they render out perfectly over DR.
Over the coming updates, more and more of the shaders will be converted until the entire pack is DR compatible.
New content browser:
Our new content browser is beautifully laid out with previews of each shader. Once you start working with the shader, and if you have the advanced VRay preview scenes, you'll see every shader more accurately than ever before.
Custom Installers:
To help you correctly install the assets, we've packaged Diffusion into custom installers for Mac and PC. This is a significant upgrade to the pack, especially for future updates.
New shaders:
We've added 20 brand new shaders to the pack, which range from the humble bamboo, to the extravagant Polished Marble. A range of awesome new metal shaders including Metal Armor and Grunge Metal and some new creative shaders like Creepy Flesh, Organic Web and Sci-fi Metal to name a few.
These new shaders are invaluable to the pack and will definitely make their way into your renders soon.
Heres a look at the latest additions to the family:
Added August, 2014
Kitchen Worktop |
Brezent Fabric |
Pavement |
Rustic Fabric |
Melted White Chocolate |
Moist Chocolate Cake |
Gold Wrapping |
Stone Paving |
Dock Planks |
Winchester Oak |
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Concrete Arch |
Islamic Arch |
Car Roof Fabric |
Red Air Mesh |
Melted Dark Chocolate |
Raspberry Jelly |
Warm Caramel |
Red Wine |
Wood Laminate |
Pressed Wood |
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Lambo Orange |
Blue Towel |
Houndstooth [Procedural] |
Monster Fur |
Gothic Metal |
Industrial Metal |
Ice Cube |
Wet Ice |
Bark |
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Miami Dolphins practice report: Poor tackling a point of emphasis, Jimmy Wilson says
The Dolphins returned to work following their exhibition loss to Atlanta on Friday night with a mix of sizzling mid-afternoon conditions followed by nearby lightning that chased everyone inside, but there was one constant.
Tackling was a major issue with the 2013 Dolphins. Against Atlanta, the defense showed signs of picking up right where it left off. Safety Jimmy Wilson said that must cease.
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They've got nothing against college cafeteria cuisine, say former frat brothers Scott Sassoon and Laurence Rubin, both 24. "[It's just that] most students are no longer satisfied with the quality of food at the institutional level," says Sassoon. So after graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1996, the two set out to build a meal-plan business for starving students in the Boston area, based on a debit card system they'd seen friends use at their alma mater.
"[We] thought it was a pretty sexy concept--innovative and unique," says Sassoon. They launched VersaComm Inc. in 1997, offering university students a choice of meals from 37 restaurants in the Boston area; the debit cards can also be used to have food delivered from another 64 restaurants. Parents buy Swipe It Meal Cards at the start of each semester; all purchases, from an order of fries to a steak dinner, are then debited from the account.
"We really had no idea how to go about it," recalls Sassoon of their start-up. "We were at square negative-one!" Turning to the Yellow Pages, the partners located a software developer they hoped could set up the operating system. The fledgling entrepreneurs were amazed to discover he was the same developer who'd designed the software for the meal-plan company at UMass-Amherst. "From that lucky break, things started to snowball," says Sassoon.
Financial backing from family and friends (and a small commercial loan) provided the roughly $45,000 required to purchase the hardware participating restaurants need to use when debiting the Swipe It Meal Cards. Next, the partners found a list broker and purchased a home address list of students for the upcoming semester, then timed their advertising mailer to coincide with the tuition bills parents received.
"We really didn't plan. We just had a good idea and went with it," says Sassoon of VersaComm's trial-and-error early days. But first-year sales of more than $100,000 seem to indicate the duo learned their lessons well. "Our concept is marketed to kids, but parents love it," Sassoon says. "They sleep better at night knowing their kids are well-fed and aren't blowing all their money on things like CDs. They enjoy the control."
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At each of its seven locations across Michigan, Seung-Ni Fit Club helps clients of all ability reach peak physical condition through kickboxing, bootcamps, and the studio's proprietary body-sculpting and slimming regimens. Core workouts build strong abdominal and lower-back muscles with targeted movements, while kickboxing sessions burn up to 1,000 calories per hour as participants fight against the resistance of heavy bags and invisible bad guys. Zumba classes get bodies moving to infectious Latin rhythms, and BodySculpt classes build dense, well-defined musculature through high-intensity dumbbell workouts.
For a more defense-based workout, exercisers can turn to Seung Ni's comprehensive martial arts program. Classes include Brazilian jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, and kids' programs for children as young as three.
The Holly Mill & Company offers shoppers wares that are born and raised in Michigan, and lets them customize beauty products to their own sniffing standards inside the historic 1917 Holly Mill. Design your own smellable destiny with more than 500 scents to mix and match, or go with a pre-blended bouquet of aromas, which can be applied to a covey of products. Custom fragrant oils (1 dram for $10, 2 dram for $15, .5 oz. for $25) or Himalayan bath salt crystals ($7–$15) kick fresh aromas into washtubs, and lotions, soaps, and massage oils (8 oz. for $16, 16 oz. for $22) keep skin smelling and feeling clean. Make memories at the office by lining your work hat with smoldering incense, which comes in custom scented (100 sticks for $25) or prescented varieties (100 for $15). Spicy up a Sunday afternoon or settle a rowdy stomach with the English-produced Mad Hatter tea blend ($14 for a box), which inspires patrons to shout "Tea Time!" and ask their friend a riddle after every sip.
With locations throughout the Midwest, Vision Center At Meijer's eye mavens outfit more than 700 frames with lenses carefully crafted in their own laboratory to specifically suit the eyes and face of each patient. Doctors demonstrate their care for patients' eyes by making sure all of them have a precise, up-to-date prescription. The center also works to keep frame prices low to help more patients find pairs of glasses within their price ranges.
The Michigan Brewers Guild wanted something very specific when it turned 15: it asked the state's breweries to concoct a 15th-anniversary ale for its summer beer fest. Chef and home brewer Amy Sherman, host of Great American Brew Trail, went behind the scenes at the celebration, where she interviewed local breweries' staff members about their celebratory brews. Reports like these are typical of her show, Great American Brew Trail, for which she travels to microbreweries across the country and unveils the creative and culinary processes behind beer.
The smell of chocolate-chip cookies baking in the oven has a tendency to unleash waves of childhood memories, especially when those cookies are iconic Nestl? Toll House creations. At Nestl? Toll House Caf? by Chip, passionate bakers coax out these memories by using Nestl? products to create decadent desserts that taste just as satisfying as they did years ago.
The bakery's signature Toll House cookies appear prominently on the menu, with oversized versions serving as customizable cookie cakes. However, there's also an indulgent selection of oven-fresh brownies, macaroons, cupcakes, chocolate-dipped fruit, and ice cream sundaes, as well as other homestyle treats. Beverages, meanwhile, run the gamut from milkshakes to piping-hot espresso drinks made using premium coffees and steam harvested from Old Faithful. Whatever they choose, Nestl? Toll House Caf? by Chip encourages visitors to settle in, relax, and treat themselves for just a little bit.
The knowledgeable staff at BetterHealth Store helps visitors to navigate a vast inventory of products for natural and nutritious living ranging from aromatherapy oils to gluten-free cookies. Natural, organic, and raw groceries from brands such as Amy's Kitchen and Nature's Path keep home cooking flavorful and wholesome, and a range of supplements, vitamins, and minerals helps to ease health issues, increase energy, or incinerate burritos that have overstayed their welcome. A wide variety of teas and coffees offers options such as fair-trade beans and yerba mate to healthfully wash down each nourishing morsel. Customers can peruse the prepared foods department, which includes salad bars, fresh raw juices, all natural smoothies, specialty sandwiches, and salads.


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Autistic Children and Adults Find Calm in "Snoezelen" Room
Tampa Bay Times
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August 27, 2013
A multisensory room, known as the Snoezelen room, in an Autism Behavioral Center in St. Petersburg, FL is helping individuals with developmental disabilities by allowing them to regulate how much sensory stimulation they experience while in the room. The light up ball pit, patterns of light projected on the wall, and other forms of sensory stimulation are all controlled by a remote given to the individual. There are 1,200 rooms like this in the United States providing a calming experience for people with autism by giving them an escape from an overstimulating world.


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Are TSA pat-downs and full-body scans unconstitutional?
The TSA says the pat-downs and full body scans are necessary to keep airliners safe. But critics ask if such intimate searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
Eduardo Contreras/San Diego Union Tribune/AP
As the debate about the Transportation Security Administration's screening procedures pings across the Internet, a growing chorus of critics is asserting that electronic imaging scans and "enhanced pat-downs" both represent an unconstitutional violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches.
"Enough is enough. I should not have to submit to a digital strip search or being groped by a glorified security guard," writes commenter vrwc1 in a typical post on cnet.com. "This is the largest violation of personal privacy we've ever seen."
The choice to get on an airplane, the argument goes, is not probable cause for such invasive searches, nor does buying a ticket constitute consent to be subjected to a "virtual strip search" and "groping," as critics call the two searches.
For the courts, however, it is a matter of balancing personal privacy rights against public safety.
"Are the conditions that you're consenting to so draconian and so unreasonable that there's a Fourth Amendment problem?" asks William Schroeder, a professor of law at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. "I don't think that argument is going to carry the day, given that people have hidden bombs on their bodies in ways that cannot be found through less invasive searches."
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go213mph---what I meant about the DOG!
I meant that if somebody committed suicide, he/she would NEVER have killed their pet. I know this from the experience of a friend who works for a police department. He said he's never seen this happen ever. A person commits suicide, or homicide/suicide, and the pets are never killed.
Sorry for the mix-up. The dog obviously was barking, whether the killer arrived before OR after the family came home. Finding out the TIME OF DEATH would tell us something about that. If they died in the middle of the night, then the intruder broke and entered, and all were murdered at that time, but my guess is that he entered the facility under the guise of being an electrician, or something like that. It was a GATED COMMUNITY.
The killer had to have used a gun-silencer, too.
What a tragedy.
And, are we all here at risk, too, when the drones come? We need to fight the drone invasion from state to state. We must, or move to a state where they aren't allowed. These are dangerous, and anybody who is killed by them will obviously be accused of having been a terrorist whatever----ALL LIES.
I just don't know if we can fight this, folks. We worry about our country, and we pray for her...
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Haldia Petrochemicals shut for six months now on revival mode
Company officials say production would begin in 20 days
Drop in jet fuel prices will mean lower operating costs and improved profitability
Company officials say production would begin in 20 days
The film bagged six honours in total including best film, best director and best actress
Several former colleagues say Arvind Kejriwal is undemocratic. But his loyalists stand stoutly behind him
Of the total projects, the Environment Ministry has cleared 37 non-coal mining projects worth Rs 4.5 lakh cr
Party veteran says voter is given the impression that in a Congress-led govt, decisions are taken by high command, not elected head
Japan's PM denounced the act as 'heinous and despicable'
Market analysts attributed the huge inflow to low inflation levels and rate cut by RBI
Two former Indian diplomats provide two different viewpoints on how the president's recent official trip moved India-US relations forward
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also address a rally at Meethapur Chowk in Badarpur
Open architecture in mutual funds versus a completely-closed structure in insurance. Still, penetration is suffering
The digitisation of the world's second largest TV market will take Bollywood-like quantities of angst before it is done
If revenues are not forthcoming, it is inevitable that Jaitley will have to enforce massive spending cuts
From being a juggernaut in the Licence Raj, turning to ACs helped it survive
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Two former Indian diplomats provide two different viewpoints on how the president's recent official trip moved India-US relations forward
When it comes to initiatives taken by the new government, they can be counted on two fingers
I'm the first American President to come to your country twice, but I predict I will not be the last
The country would be doing very well if it managed to repeat that growth rate over the next six years
Defending the right to offend using the free speech argument, but circumscribed by the sensibilities of religious beliefs, is tricky
The 'allrounder' got a ticket on the World Cup bus yesterday. Abhishek Jha points out why this selection is biased in more than one way
Is Jayanthi Natarajan a victim of Rahul Gandhi's 'shift' from being pro-poor to pro-industry?
This columnist has been fortunate in having privilege of viewing several private collections that represent the personalities of their owners
Dollar revenue up 4% q-o-q, with a number of new big deals
Performance, lower than expected, needs to be looked at in the context of a challenging environment
Gautam Parikh provides a comprehensive view on the evolution of the stock market
It has also shelved plans to raise another Rs 750 crore through an issue of equity shares to qualified institutional investors to next fiscal
Coal workers, however, called off their nationwide strike after government assurances that their interest would be safeguarded
It was refused because the drug was found incapable of industrial application
Company had posted consolidated net profit of Rs 82.28 crore during the October-December quarter of last fiscal
Company's net sales during the quarter under review increased 7.63% to Rs 884.29 crore
Its consolidated net sales in third quarter of current fiscal grew by 9.16%
Supreme Court does not allow state-run banks to go for campus recruitment to these premier institutions
Will use it to augment Tier-I capital, capital adequacy ratio
Even here, the eligibilty will apply only if IDFC has matching long-term deposits
Vodafone mum about venue of meeting, which will have Group CEO Vittorio Colao and all other board members
Vodafone-YES Bank, Future-IDFC in talks; Idea Cellular may go solo
Meanwhile, the company reported a standalone net loss of Rs 169 cr for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2014
Sequentially, the net profit was up 2.3% and revenues 6.3%
Consistent management commentary for CY15; digital spends gaining traction
Interview with Chief executive officer and president, HCL Technologies
It was refused because the drug was found incapable of industrial application
The Bengaluru-based company has spent Rs 47 cr on R&D in third quarter of this fiscal, an increase of 124% over the corresponding period a ...
Torrent to buy Ranbaxy's anti-bacterial generic; Gujarat company also in the fray for India assets
The debut of the air car (Airpod) is expected in the second half of 2015 in Hawaii
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 77.52 crore in the same period last fiscal
The country's largest exporter of grapes is Mahindra & Mahindra. The author finds out how it happened
It has also shelved plans to raise another Rs 750 crore through an issue of equity shares to qualified institutional investors to next fiscal
The NTPC has reported negative profit growth in three quarters
Sebi had barred the company and key officials from acessing the stock market for three years, in a matter relating to disclosures made at the ...
Airline pilots have also decided to adhere to 'all stabilised approach' in operations and FDTL norms
Airline has liabilities of Rs 1,400 cr to airports and vendors, and accumulated losses of Rs 3,000 cr
New investors to infuse around Rs 1,400 crore till April 30
Pune-based industrial energy solutions provider Thermax today reported increase of 13 per cent in its net profit at Rs 76.2 crore as compared ...
Profit from sale of metal technologies business was Rs 704 cr
Nifty, Bank Nifty, Coal India, Ambuja Cement & BHEL
The company reported consolidated net sales of Rs 7,888 cr in the period against Rs 7,063 cr last year
The company's turnover grew 10 per cent
Nifty, Bank Nifty, Coal India, Ambuja Cement & BHEL
Coal workers, however, called off their nationwide strike after government assurances that their interest would be safeguarded
The valuation of CIL dropped by Rs 20,875 cr to Rs 2,27,926 cr
The coal PSU planning to bring a big push to production of 1 bn tonne coal by 2020
Now part of Tata Global Beverages, second Indian product to go global
The company had a consolidated net profit of Rs 119.5 cr the previous year
The Rs 4 cr facility has 107 lockers in which germplasms will be stored from 5-40 years under minus 20 degrees temperature
Stock rises 1.25%; analysts remain bullish on the scrip
FIIs acquired 886,270 shares representing 3.26% stake in Shemaroo Entertainment in past two trading sessions.
The stock up 4% at Rs 77.50 on BSE after reported net loss of Rs 2.87 in December quarter against loss of Rs 38 crore in year ago quarter.
Most big offers hitting the market saw the broader indices correct 2-4%
Out of the 12 companies that raised funds via this route, six stocks are trading up to 46% higher, while four stocks have recorded negative ...
Company over the past decade has seen its output dip by at least 2-3% annually
Company plans to launch four new brands in the footwear segment
The group's transmission company will be listed on stock exchanges
Unsurprisingly, Adani Power closed marginally up (0.68%) at Rs 51.90 on bourses, while Adani Ports and SEZ closed 0.9 per cent down at Rs 340.50
Panel says the agreement is within fundamental policy and legal architecture, including Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damage Act
Officials say growth in TDS collections less by 50% this time as compared to last period
With them not being allowed to lend, these banks will be mostly dependent on fees and income earned from Treasury operations
Former minister lashes out at Rahul Gandhi, leadership; party hits back, alleging corruption and other charges
Plunging oil and a strengthening dollar are wreaking havoc on earnings this month
The city is becoming more democratic as the past embraces the future
With capes, garara pants and dungarees, three designers are taking khadi to luxurious heights
The digitisation of the world's second largest TV market will take Bollywood-like quantities of angst before it is done
Shanta Kumar Committee on restructuring FCI has suggested the reach of the National Food Security Act be curtailed to 40% of the population
Besides making property more expensive, the rates also affect existing owners with higher taxes
From being a juggernaut in the Licence Raj, turning to ACs helped it survive
If earlier digital advertising could be mistaken for an afterthought, increasing senior appointments suggest it is not so anymore
To start with, at its Hyderabad campus, it would take 50 foreign students for its more than a dozen undergraduate programmes from next year
Research says negative effects of sitting time on health are more pronounced among those who do little or no exercise