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Comments - Tell us what you think below
03 Jul 2012, 19:16
03 Jul 2012, 19:16
Vince has been doing an awesome job for the truck I have leased to him...
Keep up the good work!
terry frederick
05 Jul 2012, 19:52
05 Jul 2012, 19:52
good evening,do you need cargo van in your fleet?i just found out that LRT
closed its doors with alot of independents money,i recently hauled a load
of yours thru LRT,i know i wont see that money,i need to get on with
another broker,if you need me please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com thank you
Thomas Cole
05 Jul 2012, 20:17
05 Jul 2012, 20:17
I live in north Alabama. Been in Expedite about 10 yrs. Do have class A,
but only run class B, ST TK. Does your Company lease Truck?
Vince Turri
11 Jul 2012, 13:25
11 Jul 2012, 13:25
We do not offer a lease purchase at this time. But please feel free to submit an online app and if a fleet owner has an opening we can let you know!
Thank You,
We do not offer a lease purchase at this time. But please feel free to submit an online app and if a fleet owner has an opening we can let you know!
Thank You,


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> Come out of the closet Again!...What was your name on CNNSI?!
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Come out of the closet Again!...What was your name on CNNSI?!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:31 PM
I will post name but later!!!:wavey:
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:33 PM
bobie, I wanted to name myself bobbie but forgot the b. I was already glad to be on after trying for two weeks anyway
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:35 PM
I miss that board sure there is worldcrossing but it's not the same without the long lost sisters even when they insulted my fav everyday;) :p
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:37 PM
well cnnsi was back from 1997 I think. there were some major battles there with hingis and venus fans calling each other all kinds of names. and hate mailing each other. everybody actually ended up getting banned 2 or 3 times so we had lots of names.
2 I used were "gatsby" and "sixlove"
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:37 PM
and david-r I could never tease him with the fact that Serena won the french :p
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:39 PM
I got haitmail from toolphia and robert1's.
of course about steffi!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:42 PM
OMG! dont mention David R (fro germany?) he had a huge stalking cruch on hingis and would write these elaborate Hingis dedication stories and also would write little stories about us to belittle us and try to make us feel bad about ourselves. He finally got banned and it was SO funny
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:42 PM
I remember sixlove!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:45 PM
david-r was not banned because I spoke him two days before it crashed and he still claimed serena would not win the french:p
I don't think he even was a Martina fan, I think he rather detested her!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:47 PM
but then he switched a lot because he also claimed to be a steffi fan but kept telling why she was not great
he disliked all players I liked!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:48 PM
toolphia was from germany and she claimed to be a monica fan but all she did was saying Steffi, da forehand and eternity suck!
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:49 PM
maybe we are talking about 2 diff people. I think the person im talking about was named David Hamilton and he is a writer in Germany and he was so mean and a Hitler-type attitude. People were afraid to say anything against Hingis bc he would write a story about you and put you down and post it on CNNSI.
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:50 PM
that was probarly before 2000 then? I only entered at the start of that year
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:53 PM
yea before 2000 i think. i left that board. do you remember sunny ray. he is one of the reasons i left. he would camp out in the venus board and write all negative things about her and call her "money for nothing williams" and stuff. i miss venus fans like m rach and jeffery
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:57 PM
yeah I do since he was a devoted anna fan and I used to post on her fanzone a lot
a lot of cnn posters went to a new forum on worldcrossing but it doesn't work right now either:(
Sep 11th, 2002, 08:58 PM
here is the link but it's down now too:(
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:02 PM
ok. some others are some people from australia that were nice. some of them even mailed me some articles from their local newspaper. I think their names were kate torrens and daniel
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:05 PM
kate was a steffi fan but totally turned around when she came together with andre. do you mean her?
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:08 PM
yea kate lives in oz i think and provided all the sydney early round scores.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:09 PM
we followed the 1998 Venus d. Hingis second round live on cnnsi and kate gave us scores and detailed reports like when venus gets injured and cries in the second set. that match is awsome. i have it on tape. i think that and steffi-gaby wimbledon are my favs.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:11 PM
yeah she was from australia and I heard she was the number 1 defender of steffi together with rave against the likes of dzenana(who I like btw) and sam nas(aka selesrules)!
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:15 PM
selesrule really gets on my nerves :rolleyes:
also i remember after the 97 us open the hingis fans were mad bc venus made the SI cover, not Hingis even tough hingis won the final 6-0, 6-4.
the cover line was something like:
venus williams shakes up tennis
with VENUS ENVY in big lettes.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:17 PM
there were not so much posters in 97 right?
I know tomo was, bashing andre of course!
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:22 PM
actually it was a lot of people there in 97 but not too many williams fans. they would make fun of us. they thought lucic and anna would be the best.
when serena turned pro and she played in chicago and was beating everybody the board was on fire. everybody wanted to see her reuslts live. she beat monica and mary I think. everybody was talking about her but nobody had seen her play.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:25 PM
serena and venus really showed them :cool:
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:28 PM
yea. there was a lot of racism against venus and serena and the admins would always complain that they had to babysite us so i think that is one reason the site shut down.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:32 PM
no it had to with cnn because they also trow the other sites(about tv and political) down.
the serena zone was very friendly in the last years. the only thread that was crap was the monica zone.
and they(the monica fans) always said it was our fault but they always started and we came to defend of course and then there was a fight again for two weeks. it was sure a kindergarten board!
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:37 PM
ok. also cnnsi got mad bc everybody talked about non-tennis stuff and they wanted only tennis talk. at least when i was there that was their attitude.
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:40 PM
I was ClayW. Not sure if you two remember me. I didnt post much after Steffis thread was closed. but i did post on Patrick Rafters and once the German thread...had some fun times on there.
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:41 PM
yeah non tennis stuf got banned because people posted porno on the venus and anna thread!
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:46 PM
clay I remember you and the german tennisthread! it was fun there.
when steffi's thread was closed, I tried to get it back but it never worked:(
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:47 PM
irma, were you bobie? Or midnight red? If you are, then surely you recall all the TOmmy Haas/feet conversations? LOL :o
Sep 11th, 2002, 09:56 PM
I was bobie, midnight red stopped posting when she started to study medicine
and yeah I remember that. Heidi was still very much involved in the boards too that time and we were always waiting till she gave us information about steffi and denied some rumour wich were in the papers!
Sep 11th, 2002, 10:28 PM
one fun thing was SF1's Pick Contest! remember that!?
Sep 11th, 2002, 10:35 PM
yeah I was always last when I played :p
Sep 11th, 2002, 10:35 PM
they still do it on wc but I am to lazy to study the draw
Sep 11th, 2002, 10:53 PM
I'll be damned. gatsby and sixlove were one and the same.
CNN/SI posters with problems: Anika, DaForehand, Sam_Nas, HeavyBlow, Ryles, luvtennis, Tomo, Alion, 'nthralled, Mountainchick, Nathaniel Alfonso, Mrs. Krispy Kreme, fp262, A Clear Day etc.
CNN/SI posters who were OK: Barbara Ann, Arishtat, TommyT, Don G, Vince, jks, Kathy Roberts, SF1, Steph, Heron5, Chrissy, Seles2000.
In all, that place was nasty-- but some of TroyTron's Monica stories were downright laugh-riots, and the whole Lleyton/Burger Boy thing was hysterical. Bobie and ClayW, we had a few good fights (esp. with you bobie). Any clue who I am?
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 10:57 PM
No, I dont have a clue as I dont recall too many of the peoples names....but i do remember Troy Trons stories, absolute, beyond belief hysterical. Loved those fake International Press articles. Do you remember the one about Lindsay Davenport crashing her Harley through a bar window? and the time amanda coezter was thrown about like a football?
SF1 was great. Loved him. And barbara Ann too....i lost her email address. I have no idea who you are...give me another hint..
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:01 PM
I guess a monica fan! not toolphia because they were women and hated america, not sam nas since he is selesrules.
helterskelter maybe?
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:03 PM
oh gosh, samnas forgot that one. Yep, thats my guess. Not one of my fave people! LOL. oh well.. I wouldnt have guess that though cause your spelling is better on here! Just joking. Arishtat was great...was he the one who did the Navratilova quizzes? i loved those
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:03 PM
a lot of monica fans went to jose's board, I sometimes post there too but not since wimbledon
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:04 PM
jks? but then we still meet on the other board:p
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:07 PM
irma, how do you remember all those names? I pretty much like everyone...all the Rafter fans were great like Doug, I liked Kate and Rave and Scotty...i dont even remember "fights" with anyone really. Maybe just samnas and those were just goofy Monica things..like laughing at a story Troy wrote or something.. thats all..
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:10 PM
I was serious addicted :eek:
and of course some like jks went over to the other board so I still talk to them.
and kate is a person who I will never forget since there was huge fight with her when the new steffi board was launched and then she and rave made a revenge board!
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:11 PM
Justin, I just re-read your post and saw you included samnas in your post so i guess thats not you. then i have NO idea....HINTS HINTS please!
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:12 PM
no samnas is selesrules. I am 100% sure about that
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:13 PM
irma what boards are you talking about? Where did Rave and kate make new threads? that world crossing thing? Kate did over-do the Steffi/Andre thingy. which i could never understand cause who really cares? I mean its not my problem. and hey, what is steffi supposed to do? Stay with someone she doesnt care for anymore just to look good? I dont care if she goes out with Andre, Stubbsy or a goat, just be happy.
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:14 PM
yeah on worldcrossing
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:15 PM
I found it all a little exaggerated too
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:16 PM
here is the link to the steffi board but there is not much action these days
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:17 PM
irma, most of the people Justin mentioned not liking, i actually liked quite a bit. Most of all MC. loved her. I wasnt crazy about the world crossing site though. Jose seemed a bit bossy and caused some personal problems with a friend of mine
you know what irma, i think i know who it is now. At first I wasnt so sure cause i was thinking i hardly ever chatted with the guys...there was only 1 or 2 and it just clicked. I'm not gonna say who it is until he says it first to see if i'm right?
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:19 PM
yeah I like mc too, she is a good moderator for worldtennis!
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:19 PM
yeah, I'm pretty sure now after reading his list of people he liked who it is....i knew who he clicked with!
wild cat was cool too.
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:22 PM
the only person I serious had problems with was 'n thralled because I found him to contradicting. I mean one day he trew bibletextes over me and the next day he said awful stuf about other players.
That's was something I could not understand!
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:22 PM
Sam_Nas was Monicamania. I don't think he is Selesrules.
Clay, we got into it once on the Monica thread so I was forced to expose you on the mary thread. But, I am so much kinder and gentler these days. :)
I missed Troy's Lindsay/biker bar story. Sounds like a good one. The Richard Williams/Samantha Stevenson press conference was classic, the Monica/Aborigines was good and the Sam_Nas interview was well done.
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:26 PM
yeah, Justin, thats who i figured it was. No problems at all anymore. And as for 'exposing' me on the Mary board, it could have been a couple situations cause i think something like that happened a few times. I dont recall all this stuff as easily as you guys seem too. its in one ear and out the other, i dont retain this stuff too well
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:27 PM
Clay- c'mon. say it.
Irma- 'nthralled was Alion
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:29 PM
gosh, now i'm not so sure, cause i only remember one or 2 times someone having a go at me one marys board. one person (and not sure who) re-posted a comment of mine that i posted on Monicas board onto Marys site, why, i dont know cause it didnt have anything to do with mary...is that the "exposure"? Cause i kinda recall that, but it didnt seem all that mind blowing cause like only 3 people posted on there anyways
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:30 PM
Damn- guess your memory is not too shabby, clay. ;)
As long as we are reminiscing, Jena was one of my faves and I always wanted to kick Chris Ip's ass. He was so irritating with his incessant Hingis bashing.
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:31 PM
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:32 PM
You are not keith right? (I mean he is chris' enemy 1)
or jks afterall
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:32 PM
or kpd
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:33 PM
ali? but then he posted her under a different name
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:34 PM
Keith was my guess as soon as I saw the list of people he liked but i was thrown by the NEW YORK locaction...i didnt think he lived there. Thought it was Wisconsin, of course people can move !:LOL
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:34 PM
oh yea and most of the fun was getting another name and then you could come back and pertend to be somebody else and everbody would try and figure out who you were and say you are so and so and of course you say you are not and then BAM you let the cat out of the bag! 1 or 2 people actually ended up getting stalked by people from CNNSI. those boards were not anything to play with. And Kathy Roberts I remember. She was funny. a big venus fan who was a bodybuilder and used to post her weblink in every msg and people did do that back then on cnnsi.
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:35 PM
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:35 PM
but keith would not say we had some big fights, afterall our last was two weeks ago since I was openly gossiping with yesh about him!
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:36 PM
another funny thing people would do was pretend to be somebody else and log on at the same time as the actual person and try to drive them crazy. like for me somebody would log on as "anton." with the little period after the name and you couldnt hardly see the period so everybody thinks it is you.
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:37 PM
HUH???????????????? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
Well then i give up cause Keith was my bet....and here i was about to post an apology to Keith cause for some reason we had this weird falling out over what, i have no idea. and i really liked keith so that made it even more baffling. he just took a dislike to me and i never understood that.
oh well, so much for the public apology!
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:37 PM
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:37 PM
Damn Clay, aren't you the investigative reporter?? Good catch on the NY thing.
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:39 PM
I still have a feeling you are jks
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:39 PM
but then I don't think he is fond of martina
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:39 PM
i dont recall a "jks"????
and its weird i got the mary pierce situation right, just not the right poster....
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:41 PM
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:42 PM
or you are david-r
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:44 PM
NO, I think hes STRAPPED. Which is odd, cause i always thought Strapped was keith cause Keith change his log in a lot. And strapped was the one who EXPOSED me cause i said "and speaking of Strapped, I'm hoping my boyfriend straps me tongiht" or something like that and he posted that on Mary pierces board, like anyone cared? that was the only time i recall a run-in with strapped. I was excited though thinking it was keith. i was gonna get all mushy.
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:45 PM
he can be keith afterall:p
that chris thing is too suspicious :p
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:46 PM
but i thought he said NOPE earlier when we mentioned Keith>?
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:47 PM
he still didn't stop(chris I mean)
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:47 PM
still wrong
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:47 PM
are you on world tennis?
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:48 PM
this is a nice way to practise my investigation skills:p
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:49 PM
well the only one i am sorry to is Keith....i always felt bad about our bashings at each other...they felt personal. I only remember some monica fans going off at me but they didnt stick in my brain. Only strapped...and maybe sometimes that sophia person
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:49 PM
nope. this board is it. the other ones got tiring and I lost interest.
I gotta hit the gym. I'll check back later and see if you got it right.
darren cahill
Sep 11th, 2002, 11:51 PM
yeah i gotta go now too. Its too time consuming. But if its Keith, sorry bud,,i always did like you a lot. and if its strapped, well i'm still hoping that hunky boy of mine gives me that strappin' i so desperately need, and feel free to post that on what ever Mary board you deem necessary!:D
Sep 12th, 2002, 12:09 AM
are you scootad?
Sep 12th, 2002, 12:27 AM
last guess are you maybe millenium?
the poster I for a long time though it was disposablehero?
man we had some fights :eek:
now I am going off to bed
Sep 12th, 2002, 12:50 AM
You got it!
well done
darren cahill
Sep 12th, 2002, 01:44 AM
wow, thats a log in i dont recall at all. How bizarre i remember all the rest of that story except the log in name. thats a bit of a letdown! LOL :fiery: fun though! LOL
Sep 12th, 2002, 02:48 AM
Yes anton!! I'm the guy who sent you those newspaper clippings:) I got you letter you sent recently, but I've been busy with school work so I'm sorry I didn't reply.
Anyway, I used to be Seles2000, and was at the CNN/SI from their beginnings in 1997 around French Open time. There were some nice posters there, Helen, gaby, ChrissyR, DavidR, Kathy, Mountainchick etc...
Sep 12th, 2002, 04:39 AM
hey seles 2002!!! You guys in Australia ARE THE BEST!!! I still have those clippings of venus and Serena and plan to use them in my magazine! The are so funny!! thanks so much! That was back in 1998 I think!!
Also I just thought of something. People used to make fun of everybody's names like people attacked Mountainchick and called her "monutaintits" :)
Sep 12th, 2002, 09:18 AM
that was fun. Now I know again why I learn what a paper is:)
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Sure you're capable, competent and a rock star woman who can handle anything, but deep down don't you long for a man to step up to the plate and take over at times?
When I was married I was always caught up in this conundrum – wanting my other half to take care of something, anything - but if I had to wait longer than a nanosecond it was too late, I was at the helm. Well this proved pretty disastrous in my relationship and when things crumbled I had to cop to the fact I'd been living in my masculine energy way more than my feminine.
After a friend pointed out I needed a refresher course in the fine art of being a woman, I realized I had to make major changes that were uncomfortable for me. Breathing life into my feminine nature became my sole focus. Even though flirting and dressing in a more girly style were good first steps, I knew that this was more than a surface job.
I had to dig deep and create a new mindset if I was going to pull this off.
Years of conditioning and choice making based in fear and doubt had left me in a vicious tug of war between "I can do this" and "This is too hard." Even though I had seen evidence that my feminine nature had a power and magic all of its own, I still reverted to my old masculine style of rigid control most of the time.
Thankfully, an idea floated up during one of my never miss meditations. Maybe I could find someone to model my behavior after. Certain I knew someone who was living out the sensual feminine life style that I craved, I searched my rolodex for help.
Two names jumped right out to me. I arranged to be at an event both of my sensuous friends were attending and I took notes. I watched their gestures, their stance, their faces and most importantly, I watched how men acted around them.
These women had an ease and comfort with themselves that I couldn't relate to. They exuded sexiness. Their flirtiness was so natural and engaging that when they came into the room, all of the men looked their way and the single men flocked to them.
With their support and counsel, I stepped gingerly into the ring. I was scared, nervous and wanted to throw up, but I was determined. If these ladies could do it, by golly, I could do it too. Although I stumbled a bit along the way, eventually I found a sense of confidence and became comfortable allowing my sensual self to awaken.
I even discovered that if I assigned my masculine side the job of organizing and expediting the birth of my feminine side, I could create an inner congruence that truly transformed my relationship with myself.
If you don't have a flirty role model, you might pick someone in pop culture who you admire. Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres are fabulous flirts. You can learn alot watching them interview their guests. I'm not suggesting you are not enough on your own or that you have to be something other than yourself; no, it is just that without a well developed feminine side, you are really only half of yourself.


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Manchester Buy-to-Let Market a Lucrative Investment
09th Aug 2012
Recent reports indicate positive upward movement in the UK rental market, with property in the North West proving particularly lucrative for landlords.
Investment firm Knight Knox International can confirm as interest in their Manchester buy-to-let properties continues to soar.
One of the largest cities in the UK, Manchester is increasingly becoming the destination of choice for tenants looking to avoid the high premiums that are an unavoidable aspect of renting in the capital, in addition to the attractiveness of a location with excellent transport links, both into and out of the city.
Knight Knox International's Sales Director Martin Copland echoes this sentiment:
"The buy-to-let market in Manchester has become increasingly popular over the last 12 months, with landlords looking for rental stock in prime locations like the city centre and Salford Quays".
The latest information reported in the LSL Property Services Buy-to-Let Index, highlights how London buyers need to supply larger cash deposits than anywhere else in the country. Couple this with a 1.7% increase in North West rents and there is a strong indication that property in cities like Manchester is a much savvier investment for landlords, particularly over the long-term.
The Manchester property market is unique to most major cities, as there has been little-to-no new-build property since the price crash. Rental prices have continued to rise over the past five years at a rate that the properties haven't, but the market is starting to turn and property prices are rising, making Manchester a great area for investment.
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The majority of CPI's Sumatran production in 2011 came from fields in the Rokan production sharing contract (PSC). Duri, the largest field, has been using steamflooding technology to improve production since 1985 and is one of the world's largest steamflood developments. In 2011, steam injection was deployed in 80 percent of the field.
On Sumatra, Chevron operates the world's largest steamflood development – Duri – and the largest oilfield discovered in Southeast Asia – Minas.
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We continue to implement projects designed to sustain production, increase recovery and improve reliability from existing reservoirs. In producing areas of the Duri Field, 212 production wells and 58 steam-injection and observation wells were drilled in 2011. Development also continued in the northern region of the field. Government approvals for construction contracts for the North Duri Development Area 13 expansion project are expected in 2012, with startup scheduled for 2013.
We also manage extensive waterflood operations at the Minas Field. In the Minas Field, 50 production wells were drilled during 2011, and work continued toward optimizing the waterflood program there. In 2011, we made progress on a pilot project for a chemical injection process that could further improve recoverability of light oil in Minas and surrounding fields.
In 2011, six successful appraisal wells were drilled in the Kulin, Duri and Bekasap fields. In addition, two exploration wells were drilled. One, in the Sangsam East Prospect, was unsuccessful, and the other, in the Jorang Field, was still being evaluated as of early 2012. Appraisal drilling is planned in the Kulin and Bekasap fields for 2012.
Crude oil from Chevron's Sumatra production fields is transported to Dumai through a pipeline system extending some 550 km, and reaches a tank farm with a storage capacity of 5.1 million barrels. From the tank farm, oil is pumped to the Pertamina refinery and oil tankers at Dumai Wharf. Using high-capacity pumps, Dumai Wharf can load four tankers simultaneously.
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This is accurate. You have the right to say whatever you want. You don't have the right to be treated the same after you have said it. Not saying I agree with the original reason for the statement,...
I finally updated the picks in green. 6 of our 9 picks visited this year. Continuing to show that this list of 30 players is the best source of who will be on selected each year.
He's off the board.
It's tuitt!!
So in the bills very deep WR depth chart....Stevie Johnson and who else....... They drafted Watkins and then....got rid of the only other good receiver they had? BRILLIANT!
Farrior played at 218 his last few years here so whats your point? Hes almost 240....
TO go along with this Farrior played at 218 his last few years here.
I don't understand why people keep saying that he needs to gain weight. Farrior played at 218....
Here is who we brought in. Have your pick.
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lol yea i was. I worked on it for about 4 hours and couldn't get it to work. I was just happy it posted.
Finally got this stupid thing to post. Nothing at all like I wanted. Everytime I tried to post the cells populated it crashed the whole site for me. Pissed me off so much I don't ever really care how...
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Wanted to post the drafts that have taken place under Tomlin. Mostly to show the alternating between Offense and Defense in the first round each year. Other than that it should have good memories...
Just a look at the draft picks under Tomlin. The main trend I wanted to point out is the alternating 1st round pick between O and D each year since he arrived. If for nothing else it is fun to look...
It is also the Offensive's turn at the first rounder this year. Alternated every year.
Odell Beckham Jr
Ranks reflect the time of the visit. I don't normally go back after that.
Steelers Depot says that it has been confirmed that Nebraska WR quincy enunwa visited with the steelers. That brings our total to 28.
My Dream draft this year? O man.....
1. Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
2. Jason Verrett, CB, TCU
3. Kareem Martin, DE, UNC
4. Charles Sims, RB, WVU
5a. Shaquille Richardson, CB, Arizona
Its an alright mock that fills needs. I think it ignores 2 things though. We have been able to determine almost 50% of the draft picks the steelers have made from the visit lists the last few years....
NFL Draft scout is what I have used every year.
Casey Hampton was a 2 down NT and a pro bowler, so I don't see a problem with that. However you can get the kid from Wisconsin in the 7th so why waste it.


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People were invited to bring their old prescriptions, over the counter medications and even vitamins to be burned in special incinerators.
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Answer: banks and payment networks would compete for customers' business, and they'd largely do this by trying to offer the most efficient, lowest-cost service. After all, if consumers actually saw the interchange fee tacked onto their bill each month, they'd gravitate toward banks and payment networks with the lowest fees.
That's what should happen in a healthy market. Credit and debit cards aren't a healthy market. That's why regulation is necessary.
Debit cards used to pass at par, like checks (which cost far more for banks to process) do, as Bloomberg reported recently.
According to this paper in the NYU Journal of Law and Business by the folks who won one of the multi-billion-dollar cases against Visa and MasterCard, when debit cards were introduced in the 1970s, banks actually paid retailers a negative-interchange fee.
If you really want to see how our "rock-jawed titans of industry don't really like free markets," you should read their 2006 paper, which shows how Visa and MasterCard manipulated markets to gain and preserve their monopoly:
Finally, at-par PIN debit threatened credit card revenues because merchants preferred the guaranteed payment and the efficiency of electronic transactions delivered by PIN debit over discounted credit card payments replete with fraud, signature verification, and myriad other rules and penalties.
To counter the economic force of PIN debit's challenge, the Associations (Visa and MasterCard) engaged in a frontal attack on PIN debit and the Regional Networks that offered the product. While the Associations took a free ride on the debit infrastructure that the Regional Networks had built, they simultaneously attacked these networks and their at-par pricing model with a dizzying array of predatory and anti-consumer tactics. The assault be gan in the 1980s as the Regional debit programs began to register double and triple-digit annual growth rates.
Visa acquired PLUS and MasterCard bought CIRRUS to prevent these two national ATM networks from emulating the Regionals and extending their networks into national POS debit systems. In 1987, Visa and MasterCard merged their nascent PIN debit operations under the ENTREE Network joint venture. The Attorneys General from a group of 14 states, led by New York, sued under the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts, alleging that ENTREE constituted an illegal merger and an attempt to monopolize the debit card market.
There's much more in there, if you're interested in learning more on the issue. And you should most definitely be reading Mike Konczal, too. For instance, his response to Yglesias is here.
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Lazarus Gets the Interchange Issue Right: In a healthy market, margins will decrease as competitors see fat profits being made and seek a share by undercutting others.
The Financial Industry's Threadbare Astroturf.
Felix Salmon: Interchange and Free Checking.
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The White Oak Society has changed domain to whiteoakhistoricalsociety.org.
The members of the White Oak Society welcome you to our web site. We are a non-profit organization providing living history interpretations of the fur trade era within the Great Lakes region. We operate The White Oak Learning Centre & White Oak Fur Post near Deer River, Minnesota.
New for this year we have expanded the time periods that we are going to portray and educate through the "Living History" medium. From the mists of the dark ages emerge the Vikings and the last remnants of the Roman Empire. The medieval period as represented by the centuries from 1200 to 1500 A.D. and the early Renaissance of the 1500′s through the 1650′s, wherein we see the colonization of the new world and the origins of the Fur Trade. Lastly the late 1800′s and early 1900′s in the form of the tractors and early equipment of the small farming community.
Housed within the White Oak Learning Centre are the The Great Hall, The Rick Balen Library, and the White Oak Society Office. Our goal is to expand today's horizons with a hands-on experience of the past.
Our goal is to research and host educational workshops, history festivals, and other events using the Living History medium. We strive to re-create the various periods of history in as authentic a manner as we are capable and to constantly improve and expand our knowledge and presentations. Each year during the first weekend in August we sponsor the White Oak Rendezvous and History Festival where through our recreation of an 18th century fur post of the North West Company, our growing camp of 15th century Willenstark Company mercenaries and a cast of authentic and colorful characters, we hope to allow reenactors and the public the opportunity to relive the vibrancy and ambiance of times gone by.


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A purely personal post today. No weddings or portraits. Just a simple, fun evening in my neighborhood with my brother, John, and my kids.
John is my Irish twin, only 20 months younger. Late night text messages and last-minute trips to hang out together are not uncommon—we have always been very close. I have always liked that if John wants to do something, he jumps right in. He will dive off the cliff and learn how to launch the parachute on the way down. He has always been this way, never afraid to take a chance when he truly believes in the outcome. And, he's a happy guy.
A funny story about John. A few years ago when he lived in Denver, his house was robbed. They took everything—his television, furniture, laundry machines, clothes, towels, you name it. He was amazed that someone had robbed him, but he was never sad about it. A few years later, he still doesn't own a television (he reads and watches TED talks on his iPhone) and sleeps on a yoga mat on the floor (he says it has been better for his back.) I think it's such a classic example of who he is: someone who almost always looks on the bright side.
Last year, John left his home in Denver to pursue his dream in Boston. He wanted to educate people about the food we grow, produce, buy, and put into our bodies. A longtime health conscious person, it makes him very sad to see that 1/4 our our nation's teens are now pre-diabetic. He and his best friend since college founded The Foodery, a company that prepares fresh and healthy meals and delivers them to homes and offices in the Boston area. John and Mike drive to visit the New England farmers who supply their food. They make sure the animals are being farmed naturally, organically and humanely. Above all, they want to encourage organic farming by buying from organic farmers and supplying organic food to their customers.
The Foodery was a big risk, but one these two special people truly believe in. I have tried to get John to bring his company to Grand Junction so I no longer have to cook. It hasn't happened yet, but I think I can bribe him eventually with his niece and nephews!


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StarTek, Inc. Sets Date To Announce Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
StarTek, Inc., a leading provider of high value business process outsourcing services, announced it will report Q2-2012 financial results on August 7, 2012, before the U.S. financial markets open. A conference call will be held on the same morning to discuss the Company's financial results. The call will begin at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). To participate in the teleconference, please call toll-free 1-866-700-7477 (or 617-213-8840 for international callers) and enter "87382588". The call may also be accessed via the Company's website at www.startek.com. A web-based replay will be available and accessible from the investor page of Company's website at www.startek.com.
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Its psych grooves oozing like a Skyline three-way, Cincinnati's Buffalo Killers weathered some slight technical difficulties to bash out numbers from its recent LP, Let It Ride at the second annual Halfway To Forecastle Festival at The Green Building (natch). Also on the bill were Squeeze-bot, The Protomen, who appeared at last year's Forecastle kickoff party, OK Deejays and DJ 2nd Nature, among others.
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The SNOMNH is a research division of the University of Oklahoma. The museum houses more than 7 million objects and specimens in 12 collections, all housed under one roof. There are 13 curators in charge of these collections, each of whom conduct independent research in their respective areas. Most curators have a professorial position in a corresponding OU academic department, and teach university classes in addition to their research and curatorial duties. Museum curators conduct fieldwork and research at sites across the United States as well as in several different countries around the world. Graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Oklahoma also participate in research activities and field study associated with the museum collections and research programs.
The Museum Registrar is the legal officer of the Museum and is responsible for the documentation, safety, and security of objects within the Museum's care. Registration Services supports accountability and legal control of collections in the Museum's custody by managing programs for acquisition and loans, collecting activities, providing object shipping and receiving services, advising on legal and ethical issues related to the collections, as well as assisting with museum exhibitions. For more information or general registration-related inquiries, please contact Elsbeth Dowd (405-325-1035) or go to Registrar's Office FAQs.
The Collections Technician oversees the Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM) and the Dermestid Facility. IPM is a museum-wide approach to avoid pest problems through pro-active measures posing the least hazard to people and the collections. The Dermestid Facility is the museum's osteological processing center that utilizes the natural methods to skeletonize specimens. For more information, please contact Emily York.
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Oscars Smoschars, Baftas Waftas, yep it is that time of the year when we host the one award ceremony that truly counts – the Telewest Shinys. Due to be held on 1st December in a glittering venue in London's fabulous West End – well that's what the club owner told us to say anyway – the Shinys salute all that's cool in gadgets, design, games and much more.
This year for the first time we are giving you dear reader the chance to vote for an award. As from tomorrow you tell us which you think is the coolest gadget of 2005 and we'll pop your name down on a bit of paper and plonk it in a rather large hat. Come the day of the awards, you could be in with a chance of winning one of 10 lovely Sony WALKMAN Bean players. Here are the nominees – send details of your favourite gadget of 2005, plus your postal address (just in case you win the prize) to [email protected]
Apple iPod nano
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Fujifilm FinePix Z1
Motorola RAZR
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Nikon D50
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Philips WACS 700
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It's impossible to comment on the May 6, 1981 McCallum rockslide, without first honouring the tragic events of August 1, 1973, when a major Harbour Breton landslide swept four homes into the water, killing four young children from the same family.
"You're right," McCallum's Liz MacDonald (Buffett) told me. "Our landslide was a big thing for us, but I don't want to sound like we suffered like those poor people in Harbour Breton did – there's no comparing. No sir, there's no comparing what happened 'down the cove', to what happened when those four young children got killed in Harbour Breton…" At which point, Liz' voice tails off. A courageous commercial fisherman for much of her life, the thought of what happened in Harbour Breton in '73, is a lot for the sensitive seafarer to think about, today. So I give her a chance to compose herself, before asking her to describe the events that occurred in McCallum, thirty years ago, when an untold number of falling rocks resulted in one home being destroyed, and four others (all MacDonald's) being forced to relocate to safer ground.
"Yes, four homes had families in them – they belonged to a father [Samuel, widowed (Victoria)], three of his sons [George (and the above mentioned Liz), Henry (Hanna Jane), and Robert (Mary)], and another one was being built, new, at the time, by one of Samuel's grandsons [Herbert (Ann)]. And that's the one that the rocks beat down – the one that was being built new. And a stage got beat down too. Then people who know about these kinds of things went up in a helicopter to take a close look at the hill, and they said it wasn't safe for us to stay 'down cove', so we all resettled someplace else.
"(George and I) went 'on road' (a different McCallum location) with our children Beverley (Riggs), Jason (both of whom still reside in McCallum), Denise (Bowles) and Brenda (MacDonald, both of St. John's). And Henry moved his family into the home he's still in behind 'hydro', but everyone else eventually left town. And it's a good thing we did (relocate), because more rocks fell later."
But it's when I ask Liz if she still thinks of that fateful day - when a torrent of granite came thundering down around her home - that she gives me a most hearty response. "Oh yes… that's what I do," she says, with a bit of a choke in her voice and some mist in her eyes, as I imagine such memories trigger all kinds of thoughts, from the events of that scary day in '81, to the loss of George in '96. "Oh yes… that's what I do."
And then Liz helps me to understand that she is also thinking about some other people – those families that lost so much more than the MacDonald's did. "But that was a much more terrible accident in Harbour Breton," she reminds me. "We were so lucky, thank God. It could have been much worse for everyone living 'down cove'. Because, just think about it, there were five families – a father, three sons, a daughter (Eliza Jane), a grandson, the son's wives, and fourteen children 'tween them. Look at that big pile of rocks out there now, David, just past Roland's stage, and imagine… Just imagine what could have happened."
I try to sometimes, Liz. I really do.
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That being said, I'm curious as to what great music is floating around that I'm completely unaware of. I saw a thread on a forum a while back about "Songs that Changed Your Life", which seemed a little dramatic to me, so I'd rather just go with... songs that are just plain good. So, if you find yourself with a couple minutes...
What are some of you guys' favorite songs? What do you like about any given song that you'd reccomend to others? If there's a story behind why you like it, feel free to share, or if you don't have the time/motivation/energy/stable internet connection for long enough to write anything, just tossing out a song and the artist is fine.
Any genre, any language, from anytime.
A few that have been stuck in my ears lately...
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Wisdom
Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
Eels - Novacaine For The Soul
Incubus - Idiot Box
Nine Inch Nails - Only
Maná - En El Muelle De San Blas
and, with this username, how could I not? South - Paint The Silence.
Let me know, guys. Music is good stuff. :)
Yeah. so true. music is life. it's everything. there's mostly always a song for an event in life. good and bad. music is just music. i lovee' it!
here's some of my songs;
All About Us; T.A.T.U
Bakit Pa Ba; JayR
Beautiful; Jim Brickman/Wayne Brady
Because I'm A Girl; KISS
Fallin'; Janno Gibbs
Forget You; LAX
Hate (I Really Don't Like You); Plain White T's
Hey Mister; Custom
It's Not Over; Chris Daughtry
Jaded (These Years); Mest
Like A Rose; A1
My Last Serenade; Joey Moe
Nanghihinayang; Jeremiah
She's Everything; Brad Paisley
Stay The Same; Joey McIntyre
The Right To Write Me Off; Amber Pacific
Time To Grow; Lemar
Wait For You; Elliot Yamin
Whiskey Lullaby; Brad Paisley/Allison Krauss
With A Smile; South Border
hehe. yeah i know kinda long. i have more on my iPod but i don't want to put everything on here lol. but here's some of the songs i have and the mix of genres.
"i am who i am, so don't judge me for being myself"
And im not kidding. seriously, silence makes me hear the things and thoughts that i would not normally hear with sounds and music everywhere.haha. but anyway, here's some of my favorite songs:
songs by keane:
we might as well be strangers
somewhere only we know
crystal ball
everybody's changing
songs by coldplay:
the scientist
fix you
songs by imogen heap/froufrou:
hide and seek
goodnight and go
breathe in
songs by muse:
a soldier's poem
our time is running out
supermassive blackhole
the map of the problematique
that's basically it: my favorite singers/bands and my favorite songs.
"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. "- Lester Burnham, American Beauty
i think you and john cage would get along quite nicely.
look it up if you havent already.
hehe. i know john cage and his 4 minutes and 33 seconds. very neat indeed.haha
"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. "- Lester Burnham, American Beauty
Kudos on Muse.
Map of the Problematique is definetely one of my favorites by them. [Most of those are off their new album, I see, which owns the others I've heard.] Hysteria is another favorite of mine by them. And Stockholm Syndrome.
artists you NEED to know about"
DJ Spooky
Aesop Rock
Frou Frou
The Bravery
"What is the purpose of life? It is to live it."
Before you start thinking I'm even crazier than I am listen to some of the famous classical music (Brandenburg Concertos, The Four Seasons, etc)with an open mind and you might find that you like it. I love stuff like that. One CD that's really good but not too famous is The Essential Harp by Sara Bullen. I love all of the songs on that CD escept for the 3rd song. I have a goal to learn all of the songs on that CD which might be kinda hard since there's 30ish songs but I've already learned 3 and they're some of my favorite songs.
Hmmm.. My favorite songs would probably be:
There's "Bachelorette" by Bjork. I adore that song. (Bjork is a genius. :D )
Pachelbel's Canon, Classical stuff. I've always adored that piece.
Ensei composed by Kajiura Yuki (another genius.)
Kopperia no Hitsugi, the opening theme to Noir. (It's wild. I love it.)
Yeah, I like a lot of stuff. But these are probably my favorite favorites. XD
"I'm Only Sleeping" -- The Beatles
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" -- The Beatles
"Strawberry Fields Forever"-- The Beatles
"Imagine" -- John Lennon
"Working Class Hero" -- John Lennon
"Nocturne in D-minor" -- Chopin
"Breathe Me" -- Sia
"When Doves Cry" -- Prince
"Kiss" -- Prince
"Rocket Man" -- Elton John
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" -- Elton John
There's my short and inconclusive list.
"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you..." John Lennon
I'd have to say "Not Gonna Get Us" and "All the Things She Said", which are both by the sexy group T.a.T.u. When I first started to realize my sexuality, these songs put my feelings to upbeat music and great lyrics that I enjoyed. Yeah, pretty sappy, but I love it.
My love for you, always forever
Just you and me, all else is nothing
Not going back, not going back there
They don't understand,
They don't understand us
-"Not gonna get us"
And I'm all mixed up, feeling cornered and rushed
They say it's my fault but I want her so much
Wanna fly her away where the sun and rain
Come in over my face, wash away all the shame
When they stop and stare - don't worry me
'Cause I'm feeling for her what she's feeling for me
I can try to pretend, I can try to forget
But it's driving me mad, going out of my head
-"All the Things She Said"
~May the spirits guide your every move...to assure you please her in all the right places XD
Heh, really? Never heard their music in my life, my lesbian friend just proposed the tatu test for straight/gayness... and hey, it was right! (Seriously, google image them.. sheeeeesh!)
Life is short: make fun of it.
mine mainly change every week, but here are the few that have stayed in my heart:
Amy Winehouse-Rehab
Amy Winehouse-Love is a Losing Game
Bob Dylan-Only a Pawn in their Game
Bob Dylan-Blowin' in the Wind
Damien Rice-Cannonball
Bright Eyes-Waste of Paint
Bright Eyes-Lua
DCFC-I Will Follow You Into the Dark
DCFC-Passenger Seat
Dresden Dolls-Sing
Gregory & The Hawk-I'm Your Puppet
HelloGoodbye-In Your Arms
Gym Class Heroes-So long Friend
Jimmy Eat World-Hear You Me
Modest Mouse-Blame it on the Tetons
Modest Mouse-The World at Large
Peter Gabriel-Digging in the Dirt
Tony Bennet-The Way You Look Tonight
The Feeling-Sewn
"Yes! No! Oh, damn!"
High five on DCFC "Passenger Seat." It is a beautiful song, and one of my favorites by them.
Duke Special-"No Cover Up"
At the moment it is my favourite song.I just think the melody and lyrics are simply beautiful.Have a listen you wil find it on youtube.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent-Eleanor Roosevelt
I love Sufjan Stevens his songs are so full of emotions. I feel silly saying that.
Modest Mouse is great, especially now that Johnny Marr is in the band.
I really like Destroyer right now, if you like The New Pornographers you will love Destroyer.
"It could be raining pandas and I would probably just say,
'Hm, wonder if there'll be a rainbow afterwards..'"
I'm mostly showtunes/choral/classical geek myself. My faves:
Water Under the Bridge (from Unsung Sondheim)
Ballad of Sweeney Todd, especially the last one
I Believe (Spring Awakening)
Dvorak symphony 9, movement 4
Mozart symphony 40, movement 4
Native American Prayer (Nolan Schmit)
All of Me (Jon Schmidt)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton)
He's a Pirate (PoTC)
^Among others. Then Iris, She's Always a Woman... various other things I've picked up from friends, esp. the one I've been crushing on forever... But, yeah. Music is good. If you want me to e-mail/link you to some good music, just drop me a line... always want to share music!!! And check out pandora.com while you're at it.
http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/sreteniye-rachael/hifi_play -- go to the second track here, it's so prettyyyyyy ^^
Life is short: make fun of it.
Oh, and Rent. I love all the music on it. Such a great soundtrack.
~May the spirits guide your every move...to assure you please her in all the right places XD
Spring Awakening, Rent, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
The soundtrack to Shortbus is also _awesome_
Putting the HEAD back into Hedonism
It's cute how you believe in things. - Slither
I think my name says it all
"Sexual intercourse began in nineteen sixty-three (which was rather too late for me)"
the first girl who really ever made me fall head over heels gave me this song -- the freshman by the verve pipe.... they were a one hit wonder back in the mid 90's... the lyrics are so perfect for the relationship we had though.....
"can't be held responsible... she fell in love in the first place... can't believe we would die for these sins.... we were merely freshman..."
paintthesilence, big kudos on Incubus "Idiot Box." That is off my favorite Incubus album.
The few songs that rank as absolute favorite [currently, anyway, it changes from time to time]:
"Minerva" by the Deftones
"A Crow Left of the Murder" by Incubus
"Beating Hearts Baby" by Head Automatica [even though I'm not a frequent listener to the band.]
"7/4 Shoreline" by Broken Social Scene
I love music so much though, I could list a bunch of songs that I love. Those are top-ranking though.
Ok so here's my list (some of these are repeats of what other people have but oh well)
Beating Heart Baby --Head Automatica
Starlight --Muse
Wow, I Can Be Sexual Too --Say Anything
Intergalactic --Beastie Boys
Sewn --The Feeling
Disconnected --Ima Robot
I Don't Want To Get Over You --The Magnetic Fields
hm..grr that's all I can think of right now.
Thumbs up on Beating Hearts Baby.
Muse is tight, for sure. Their new album is pretty down.
managed to get a hold of the album with beating hearts baby on it, since two of you recommended it (am trying to find all the others I haven't heard of, but went for that first since it was a double).
I'm kind of addicted to Please Please Please (Young Hollywood) now, hahaha. Thanks. :D
Haha, oh no problem.
"I Shot William H Macy" is a good one too. And "Dance Party Plus." I haven't listened to that album in so long.
Really, "Beating Hearts Baby" owns all
What ive done-- Linkin Park although it changes by the day
At current, I'm listening to:
Diabolical - Mindless Self Indulgence
StarFuckers Inc. - Nine Inch Nails
Mine For Life - The Sounds
Satellite - Guster
Don't Wake Me Up - The Hush Sound
Volcano (Instrumental) - Damien Rice
Nancy Boy - Placebo (I swear, it's not all about drugs. And sex. Just most of the time)
Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
And several others that I can't bring myself to mention on the internet, because I'm ashamed of them.
Okay, I wish to dispute the title of this thread, I think I've found bad music.
SexyBack. 'Nuff said ^^
Life is short: make fun of it.
here's a few of my favorites as of late:
in flames: reflect the storm, come clarity, versus terminus, pacing death's trail, TAKE THIS LIFE, our infinite struggle-Many, many others by them, a great band, u should check 'em out.
Metallica: fade to black, one, for whom the bell tolls, frayed ends of sanity, blackened, and justice for all, no remorse, the four horsemen, eye of the beholder, sad but true, the unforgiven, nothing else matters, call of ktulu, trapped under ice, a few more I can't remember.
Ozzy Osbourne: crazy train, bark at the moon, NIB, war pigs, and others.
Devildriver- pretty much the entire album fury of our makers hand
Opeth- the grand conjuration
dimmu borgir
roadrunner united- blood and flames; roads
Amon Amarth- Valhall awaits me
BLS- suicide messiah and fire it up
dio- heaven and hell, dream evil, rainbow in the dark
Rush- subdivisions and free will
hurt- falls apart
3 Days Grace- animal I have become, pain, I hate everything 'bout u
Linkin park- numb
megadeth- die dead enough.
well, those are the ones I can think of I listen to alot.
Mental wounds not healing, driving me insane, i'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train- the ozzman


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Mapping for Sustainable Communities – presentations
22 June, 2008
The Mapping for Sustainable Communities seminar that was organised by myself together with London 21, on the 17th June, was a fantastic event that I thoroughly enjoyed. With over 100 participants, coming from academia, practice and from communities across London and further afield, it was a unique opportunity for discussion between these 3 groups which, unfortunately, is rare.
The day was fairly intensive with a series of presentations from a wide range of speakers, providing a range of views and opinions. At lunch, and especially during the afternoon workshops, there was more time for discussion and exchange of experiences. It was very satisfying to see people stand and discuss the various aspects of participatory and community mapping during the reception at the end of the day, after a heavy day of listening and talking about these issues.
The seminar covered the whole range of technical options – from paper to 3D computer mapping. It also covered various views – from the more theoretical to the practical.
As a conclusion from the day, it is clear that there is a good potential for community and participatory mapping in many aspects of life in the UK. Particpatory mapping can we be used to celebrate the wonder of places, find about their history, or identify issues that are of concern to the community. We need to take into account the local organisational and governance structures, and be sensitive to the needs of the communities within which we operate. There is an ethical dimension that should not be overlooked, but it is important to find the cases where we can make an impact with these tools and use them to make places more sustainable.
In case that you have missed the seminar, or would like to see the presentations from it, here is the outline of the day, with a link to the presentations on SlideShare:
- Muki Haklay (UCL) – Participatory mapping: a conceptual framework & Introduction to the day
- Steve Cinderby (SEI York) – GIS for Participation (GIS-P) methodology
- Duncan Fuller (Northumbria University) – Participatory Geographies and the role of mapping
- Kieron Stanley (Environment Agency) – How can we map Cumulative Impacts and aspects of environmental inequalities?
- Panel Discussion: between participation and technology – The paner included 4 short presentations: Richard Kingston (The University of Manchester) discussed aspects of the digital divide; Sophie Des Clare (UCL) talked about participatory mapping in the marine environment; Andrea Berardi (Open University) focus on the aspects of 'Left' and 'Right' brain thinking for participation; and Louise Francis (London 21) highlighted the benefits of paper based mapping when combined with GIS analysis.
- Chris Church (London 21) – Introduce some of the practical aspects of community mapping
- Chris Perkins (The University of Manchester) – Community mapping with focus on cartographical and social aspects
- Colleen Whitaker (London 21) – Community mapping as a tool to identify local environmental issues and concerns
- Mike Batty (UCL) – Participation through Online Technologies: Experiences with 3D-GIS, Second Life and Multimedia in London (Mike's presentation was too interactive – so for more information about the issues that he presented, see the CASA website)
- Community Showcase, where five of the communities that we are working with talked about their experiences.
The Sustainable Suburban High Street
8 June, 2008
As part of our 'Towards Successful Suburban Town Centres' project, we have recently published the review of the literature in Geography Compass. The paper, titled 'The Sustainable Suburban High Street: A Review of Themes and Approaches' written by the project team, with Sam Griffiths leading the effort. We are already working on other papers from the project…
The paper's abstract is as follows:
'Whether suburbs are regarded as a distinctive feature of the contemporary urban landscape or as symptomatic of 'sprawl' the recent upsurge of scholarly interest in suburbia has done little to displace the dominant image of the suburb as a primarily residential phenomenon. In a wide ranging survey of the academic literature, taking account of current developments in the policy debate relating to suburban regeneration and also drawing on research conducted by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Towards Successful Suburban Town Centres project at University College London, this article argues for an approach to the suburbs that emphasises their importance as historical centres of diverse social and economic activity. The focus is on the 'typical' British suburban high street, regarded as a complex and dynamic socio-spatial entity facing particular challenges to its vitality and viability in the light of ongoing socio-economic change. It is suggested that an improved understanding of the relation between suburban society and the built form of suburban centres over time would lead to a fuller appreciation of the actual and potential contribution of the local high street to achieving sustainable built environments.'
The paper can be accessed on the Geography Compass website. If you do not have access to Geography Compass and would like to get a copy, contact the project team and we can send you a copy by email.
For a while now, I have been calling for the development of usability engineering for GIS – a set of techniques and methods that will ensure that geographical technologies are learnable, efficient, easy to memorise, error tolerant and provide a satisfactory and enjoyable experience. While general usability guidelines are as relevant for GIS as they are to other computer-based systems, the use of maps as an interface and the nature of the data require the development of specific methodologies for GIS.
An example of such a method is a snapshot study. This is a simple usability study where we ask current users of GIS to take a snapshot of their computer monitor (by pressing Print Screen), fill in a very short survey and send the results by email. It requires very limited investment from the participants, but actually reveals a lot about the software packages that they are using.
The study that I conducted with Antigoni Zafiri in the summer of 2005 helped in understanding common screen resolution, the way users set toolbars on their interface and what type of maps they are looking at.
This type of study can be effective for the revision of products, to understand how they are used. It can also be used to understand the common computing environment in which the product is used.
The study has now been published in the Cartographic Journal – and can be downloaded from here. The proper citation for it is Haklay, M., and Zafiri, A., 2008, Usability Engineering for GIS: Learning From A Screenshot, the Cartographic Journal, 45(2) 87-97.
The Experienced Noise
3 June, 2008
While the new Defra noise maps provide the results of a computerised model, the experience of noisy places can be mapped through community mapping, as was demonstrated recently in the Royal Docks area and the Pepys Estate.
Within the Mapping Change for Sustainable Communities project, and through the collaboration with London Sustainability Exchange and London 21 projects on Environmental Justice and with the help of Christian Nold, we have recently carried out studies of noise in two areas in east London. While the method is based on a systematic data collection framework, it does not intend to replace detailed acoustics studies that the authorities should carry out regarding sources of noise which influence residential areas. What it does is enable communities to get evidence about their experience, the maximum levels of noise that they are exposed to and to identify the sources of noise that influence the specific place.
The following text is taken from the press release that we have just issued:
People living in the Pepys Estate in Lewisham and in the Royal Docks area in Newham have led the way with a new way to tackle noise. The Pepys Estate currently suffers noise pollution from a scrapyard near the centre of the estate and very close to both a primary and nursery school, while Royal Docks suffers noise problems resulting from flights in and out of London City Airport (LCA), where a major expansion is threatened.
The project supplied local residents with noise meters and trained them in how to use these devices. They went on to make over 1500 measurements at all times of day and night and developed their own 'noise maps'.
The results of this 'citizen science' have been remarkable. On the Pepys Estate members of the Community Forum found disturbingly high levels of noise, often continuing outside normal working hours. This noise affected quality of life up to 350 metres from the scrapyard. They have been trying to deal with this problem for over six years, initially raising concerns with the Mayor of Lewisham and others in September 2002. Since this time the disturbance has actually escalated. Now armed with this information they called a public meeting to present their findings to the council and the Environment Agency.
Lewisham Council and the Environment Agency accept that there is a problem. After seeing the results of the survey the Agency has appointed an acoustic consultant to carry out a detailed analysis of noise in and from the scrapyard. The residents who carried out the survey will meet with the consultant to share their information, and will work with the council to agree an action plan for moving forward.
The communities surrounding London City Airport (LCA), including Virginia Quays and Thamesmead, also found troubling results. Many readings exceed levels deemed to cause serious annoyance under the World Health Organisation community noise guidelines. The measurements gathered by the community revealed a clear correlation between unacceptable levels of noise and the LCA operational hours. More interestingly, the results obtained by both communities indicate that people are quite accurate in their perceptions of noise levels and the survey enabled them to express how these affected them. One of the residents said 'the noise is irritable, I can't relax or have the window open – but I can't shut out the noise so have to turn the TV up – but everything is then so loud.'
The full press release is available here.
Noise modelling and public access
3 June, 2008
The new noise maps for England are yet another example of how environmental information is presented to the public in ways that do not make sense, and, I suspect, alienate rather than include people in understanding the state of their environment.
A few weeks ago, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) release their modelled noise maps for main urban areas of England. There is no doubt about the popular interest in these maps – the site collapsed on the first day of publicity due to demand, and the message 'Due to the popularity of the site we are currently experiencing very heavy load' is on display. This also happened to the Environment Agency when they released their 'What's in your backyard?' and flood maps in 1998.
Yet, the maps are as difficult to understand as the previous version of the London noise maps that were released in 2004 (see image below from the now defunct site).
In the new maps, the maps are smaller in size than the London test site (occupying just 29.2% of the screen at 1024×768). They are either too generalised (Rail noise) or are detailed but without street names and landmarks (Roads), and, although noise is experienced as a combination of the impacts from industry, air, rail and road, the site gives no option of seeing all the layers together!
While the site makes it clear that the data is just modelled and was produced for strategic purposes, the message that 'Users are strongly encouraged to read the explanatory information' is not immediately visible – you need to scroll down to see it! Furthermore, the site does not explain what this 'strategic assessment' is – strategy of whom? For what end?
I do have sympathy with the designers, and I know from personal experience how difficult it is to display this information with all the political and organisational pressures, but without end-user testing and improvements the release of this information in such an inaccessible form can lead people to feel even more disenfranchised about environmental information…


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The Breakdown - Company Highlights
The iWriter site features a writing service network that connects business owners to a community of freelance writers. To advertise a need for written articles, a business has to create an ad and post it on the site. The company states that they simplify the hiring process for businesses and writers using the service.
To get started, a writer has to register on the site. Registration is free. The site also says that writers have the option of choosing the topics they would like to write about, the number of articles they would like to write and the amount of money they would like to make every day.
The company says that there are thousands of writers from different parts of the world. Thestate that articles will be written professionally, with a quick turn-around time and at a low cost. For payment to be made to writers, an article needs to be submitted and presented to the requester. The requester has 3 days to reject or approve the article.
iWriter Pricing, Fees, Bonuses And Guarantees
For business owners, articles can be written for as low as $2.00 an article. The service is free for writers to use.
When an article is completed and accepted by the requester, the writer will be paid 81% of the cost of the article. The other 19% will be used to pay for Copyscape verifications. This is to ensure there is no duplicate content to be found anywhere on the web. A part of that payment will also be used to cover fees charged by PayPal.
Writers are given an extra 5% if a requester specifically seeks out the services of a that writer. The company offers optional payment schedules: monthly, bi-weekly or every week. Writers have the option of being paid when they earn a minimum of $20.00.
About The Founders
According to our research, the founder of iWriter is Brad Callen. Since 2001, he looked for ways to make money online, and he tried different online ventures- from buying products on eBay at a reduced price and selling them online, to creating digital products and software and selling them on Clickbank. He has gone on to create such products like Keyword Elite, Search Marketing Elite, Article Spinner and other applications and ebooks.
Quick Summary
The iWriter site offers a way for freelance writers to connect with business owners who need their services.
The site offers professional writing services to business owners at a reduced cost, with quick turnaround time. Writers can choose the topics of their choice, the payment schedules and the number of jobs or articles they would like to create on a daily basis.
Business owners can have articles written for as low as $2.00 per approved article. Writers are only paid when a requester approves an article, and are paid 81% of the total price paid by the business owner. The remaining percentage is used to cover PayPal and Copyscape costs.
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This kit is required to connect the X-10, X-30, X-CAN, and X-SOL core packs to the ST70 control head. Includes two T-piece connectors and two backbone terminators.