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After the disaster that was Melbourne, two cars in the top ten in Saturdays Sepang qualifying session came as welcome relief for McLaren. Thanks to Kimi Raikkonens grid penalty, Jenson Button will start the race seventh, with team mate Sergio Perez ninth. Button is convinced the MP4-28 is on an upward slope, and given the unpredictability of the Kuala Lumpur weather, he knows anything could happen on Sunday
Q: Have your expectations been met in todays qualifying?
Jenson Button: I dont think that we could expect anything more today, and being two-tenths off Kimi is not too bad I would say. Although these conditions usually seemed to have worked for us, up until this point I think we are doing better in the dry than we initially thought - still not quick, but the boys are getting everything possible out of the car and therefore I am very pleased for them. And having two cars in the top ten is great. Of course if you have a fast car you want it to stay dry, and if you have not such a fast car you want it to rain. I personally couldnt really find any grip on the intermediates. In terms of the long-run pace I am much happier than I was in Melbourne, and I can see where I am going, which really does help. I think we did some positive improvements already since the Australian GP only one week ago, so therefore we should be very happy that we are moving forward.
Q: So will you be hoping for a rainy race tomorrow?
JB: After the result of today and finding out that we have a better pace in the dry, actually not. I think we were seventh in Q1 and also seventh in Q2 - which we managed to finish in dry conditions - which gives us a good outlook at least for a dry race. So I do prefer a better car in the dry than a good car in the wet.
Q: In terms of the heat, how do you deal with this?
JB: It is very tough and especially in the car it is absolutely hot. You are sweating so much when you are racing. Of course we train in these conditions to be prepared as well as possible, but still it is not easy.
Q: Looking at the tyres, how careful do you need to be to not degrade them too much, and does this have any effect on the speed?
JB: In our case going slow does not help the tyre at all, as going slower is not making any difference towards the degradation. So in fact it is completely the opposite. Compared to the track in Melbourne, the Sepang circuit is a bit smoother and this helps us, although there are still a few bumps out there that are not making it much easier for us.
Q: You are having very long meetings with your engineers after the sessions - is there a lot to discuss?
JB: Yes there is, and there is quite a lot of data from the set-up that we are going to use for this weekend that needs to be analysed. We are getting better in understanding what the car is doing, although with all of these improvements that we were able to do from last week we will not find ourselves on the top of the timesheets as of yet. It is a little frustrating for us that we are not able to find the big lump of time that will make a big difference, unfortunately. We do have a few new parts already here in Malaysia that might make the car a little bit quicker, and that help us understand a bit more where we struggle as we can compare the difference to Australia. Still on Friday I had two rear punctures and therefore wasnt able to run as much as I wanted to. At the end of the day McLaren is a front-runner team, and we will do everything to fight our way back to the front, this is for sure.
Q: The Sepang circuit has been a very good track for you in the past, as you won in 2009 and also had a few other podium results. Do you have a secret to finishing at the front here?
JB: It is a great circuit, as it is fast and flowing. In terms of car set-up we have a good understanding of where we need to go. This year it is more the question whether we are able to do this with the car that we have at the moment. It is definitely a track that I enjoy a lot.
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My name is Wayne Apgar, I'm a lifelong resident of Somerset & Hunterdon Counties in Central New Jersey. I have been doing Genealogy Research on my Family since 1960. Many Thanks to everyone,(too many to mention here),who have assisted me over the years, Especially My Mom, My Dad and My Wife. Some Family names are: Apgar, Apker, Apger, Montanye, DeLaMontagne, Garnsey, Mundy, Kitchen, Schuyler, Sutton, Hoffman, Lare, Deforest, Seekins, Odenthal, Driscoll, Galvin, Lilly, Calame.
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Frances de la Montagnie Newlin
Mr. Apgar, I am a descendant of the Newlin family. In my research of the Newlins, I found a Howard Newlin married to Frances de la Montagnie or de la Montagne. According to the resource I located Frances is the daughter of William W. and Jane Graham. So, I am curious about the correct relationship.
Any information you wish to provide me in placing Frances in the right family, I will greatly appreciate it. If you wish any further clarification from me, I will be happy to share what I have found.
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Hey Wayne;
I noticed you had left a memorial note for Alvah and Mary Moke; I took photos of those headstones today and thought you may want them for your own family history. Here is the link.
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I was wondering if his brother Percy Charles Smith is Buried in Bound Brook Cemetery? I can not seem to locate him. He lived in Clarksburg NJ at time of death. He passed in 06Oct1993.
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You have an individual named MONTANYE buried at Vails Gate Cemetery in Vails Gate Cemetery, Orange County, New York. I believe you have two individuals named Bartley also listed in this cemetery. There are no church records for these individuals nor are there grave markers. Please look at this more closely as this skews the actual number of internments here and the validity of the information. Thank you for your help.
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Hi, Wayne-
Henry Apker (1829-1903) is in my family tree because he married Susanna Rosina Stark, a cousin of my husband. They had a large family together.
I was wondering if there is an Apker/Apgar Crest? I have hunted for one without success!
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Hello Wayne! I am the widow of Richard Andrew Tebow 1921-2007. His line from Jan Tiebout is: Jan, Andries [brother to your Theunis], Pieter Tibout, Ryer, Peter Tebow, Uriah, Peter, George, George C., to Richard Andrew.
You are the first person I have found that goes as far back on the Tiebout line as you do. Would it be possible for me to get Theunis' descendants from you? I will certainly be glad to share all of Andries Tiebout's descendants with you. Sadly the George C. Tebow line carrying the Tebow name died with my 92 year old brother-in-law in 2011. GrandPa Tebow [George C.] had three sons and those sons only had daughters.
My niece in Illinois, Pat Tebow Williams has done a lot of the genealogy and I have done a lot of it. Like you I have been having this life changing experience for a long time. My grandmother started tellin' me family history stories when I was around five and she never stopped until she died. I was 31. When I was about 15 the two of us started actually making our own pedigree charts using the lined 5 1/2 by 7 inch pads that the little old ladies used for letter writing. I am now 69 and those charts are my most precious possession. I smile when I think of them, and down right glow inside when I hold them! I got really into the research when I was about 29. So we have both been doing genealogy for 40 years!
Thanks for taking your time to read and respond to this. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Just wanted to let you know that we looked at the Vails Gate Cemetery in New Windsor,New York in its' entirety, and also have a copy of the record from the church of all known internments. We could not find any Charles Edgar Bartley which you have entered as being buried there. Are you certain of the cemetery?
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Charles's mother was Lilly May Lodge. Her parents were Samuel R. Lodge and Anna C. Seifert. Samuel's parents were John Harris Lodge and Hannah T. Gual. Anna's parents were George Nicholas Seifert and Margretta E. Rush (they are are buried in Kingman County, KS). John Harris Lodge's parents were James Lodge and Charlotte Harris. They immigrated to the US in 1847. James died on board ship. Charlotte arrive on July 6, 1847, pregnant, with 7 other children. After arriving in New York, she resided in Philadelphia.
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Charles's two daughters, Sarah and Lori might interested in their grandmother Lilly Lodge Apker side of the family.
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Here's something for Bermudian tech lovers to look forward to. With the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Bloomberg and Apples unofficial PR department confirming it, the new iPad mini seems like its going to happen as rumors suggesting this have abounded for quite some time. Now there is a little more proof out there.
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First the Wall Street Journal said the next iPhone will have a four-inch screen, thenReuters agreed, and now Bloomberg's sources are saying the same thing. Bloomberg are also reporting, however, that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the design process.
In some ways that's a little surprising because, back in 2010, Jobs famously criticized large phones. He didn't think anybody would ever want to carry a big phone, going as far as saying that "no one's going to buy" one. The market has since proved him wrong and, if we're to believeBloomberg's reporting, clearly Jobs had changed his mind before his death in October last year.
With so many reports floating around about Apple's shift to a four-inch screen, it's beginning to seem inevitable. If you're a small-screen fan, now might be a good time to brace yourself. [Bloomberg via The Verge]
I've got to say I find this interesting to read now, even after the hype of the last couple of days, where everyone says they are expecting a new 4″ screen. The reason I am still a bit skeptical is that Jobs himself said that a phone screen should be the size that you could hold in one hand and use your thumb to navigate the whole screen. Maybe they (Apple) will say Jobs had agreed to this to help make us feel that it is therefore OK that the screen is being enlarged, but we shall see soon enough.
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Fans of OLA, his Latin Fusion resto in The Sanctuary, are all abuzz about his forward focus on Cuban cuisine, but what they may not recall was that Rodriguez's Miami reign with Havana-esque eats began ages ago with Yuca in Coral Gables. PR reps promise his new restaurant at Hotel Astor, D. Rodriguez Cuba, will provide upscale, authentic Cuban food, traditional-style Cuban cocktails, and live salsa music Thursdays through Sundays when it opens next month. Sure sounds like the cherry on top of his Cuban culinary career sundae, right?
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New Times: If you came back in your next life as a food item, what would it be and how would you like to be served?
Douglas Rodriguez: I'd be a lollipop--whichever flavor is Megan Fox's favorite.
NT: If you could serve a meal to any famous person, alive or dead, who would it be and what would you cook for him/her?
DR: I'd ideally like to prepare a meal with my mentor, Chef Felipe Rojas-Lombardi. He's a Peruvian chef that was extremely influential in the Latin American culinary realm--he's actually credited with introducing the concept of tapas to America. I'd love for us to collaborate on a Latin American seafood dish.
Otherwise, I'd love to prepare a Cuban feast for Julia Child--Cuban roast pork, black beans, tamales--the works.
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Best Buy used to be my favourite place when I was studying in the States. At the time I have been impressed about variety of product, services and price.
Since the online retailers such as Amazon, Real retailer has been stumbled because of mainly price competiton.
Globally, same kind of thing have occurred. In japan, Rakuten, Japanese vesion of Amazon.com, has been dominating the retail market. However, still some real retail companies, especially electonics retailers such as Yamada denki, Yodobashi, have been still expanding their business though of course they struggle with price competition. The reasns may be due to Japanese customer's behaviour. They really tend to touch and see the real things and functions by their own eyes and hands.
Geek Squad may offer the only realistic path to competitiveness for Best Buy. It will never be able to compete with Amazon on price, and shouldn't try. Nor can it realistically prevent customers from comparing products in the store, and then buying from Amazon.
Best Buy should take a lesson from IBM, and shift from selling machines to selling services.
I found that their return policies are wanting. I don't need the hassle and arguments about their insistence on giving you Store credits.
> Becoming even a bit like Apple, at least in its customer-centricity, is a daunting goal.
If I'm not mistaken, Best Buy was once a leader in customer-centricity, with Harvard case studies and Business Week articles written about exactly this several years ago. It's more a matter of reviving this knowledge and leadership in a way that's more relevant to today's fast-changing market realities.
It's not quite "apples and oranges" to compare Best Buy's fall with Apple's trajectory.
Consider the troubles at Sony and others (Sony's TV division lost $10 billion over the last ten years) together with the failure of Circuit City and now Best Buy (among scores of nameless others). That whole supply chain has descended into the hell of commoditization. And again it has been a step-by-step descent over many years.
In the meantime Apple has used discipline over the last 20 meters of the supply chain and savvy about what end users value to profit.
They were all warned years ago in great detail. I heard it with my own ears.
first it was the manufacturer/wholesaler in control. then the retailer. and now it is the consumer..because of the internet. perhaps physical store shopping is in decline. on the other hand, why are Apple stores always busy? something store execs should think about.
Comparing Best Buy to Apple is both improper and irrelevant.
Exemption to on line retailers from sales tax is what can drive Best Buy out of business. The tragedy is it is the customer who shall suffer ultimately. Today, a customer can walk into a Best Buy shop, can "see" and "feel" a product and then order it on line. It is "cheating by customer" promoted by the government. Exemption of tax on any item costing upward of $100 is problematic and questionable. The fact is, even if tax exemption is withdrawn, on line retailers shall still enjoy a cost advantage.
If this unethical tax exemption is not withdrawn, Best Buy must suffer the fate of K Mart. Further, there is little hope that Best Buy can restart soon enough even if tax exemption is withdrawn after its closure. Ultimately, it is the customer who shall be denied the right to "feel" a product prior to purchasing it.
Nobody knows how long government intends to keep this monster alive. But as long as it lives, it shall be feeding on long, matured, trusted businesses.
not just the sales tax exemption. online stores also don't have to deal with various overhead costs like buying/renting property, hiring sales staff etc.
Best Buy IS an online retailer ... they just have far more brick and mortar assets which they will eventually have to leave behind. And their online business struggles just as much, apparently: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/best_buy_oops_it_our_bad_DMaTNoIEI....
With many online retailers offering postage paid to/from, getting the 'feel' of the product isn't so hard after all. Doesn't 'feel' right? Return it at no extra cost.
I am least concerned with the internal problems of Best Buy. The issue here is the government policy. Whether it is right to totally exempt on line retailers from sales tax? In my view, it is ethically wrong and disastrous for business.
Regarding the existing policy of on line retailers to accept post paid returns from customers, after "feeling" it, ponder over the following questions. Is it a better solution? Is it a convenient solution? Is it a less expensive solution irrespective of who bears the cost? Is there any guarantee that the existing practice shall not be discontinued in future when all the Best Buy outlets get shuttered? My guess is that the practice of post paid return shall be discontinued even much before the government's decision to withdraw sales tax exemption.
> Becoming even a bit like Apple, at least in its customer-centricity, is a daunting goal. But to turn itself around, Best Buy must pick as its next boss someone who believes it can be done.
This is an apples and oranges comparison. Apple sells its own products whereas Best Buy does not. Remodeling themselves based on Apple Stores would be folly.
The only way out of the mess I can think of is smaller, sleeker stores, and deals with manufactures to sell exclusive products.
Well said. The writer was found slacking a bit there I dare say old chum!
What recommended by this management guru is easy say than done. For a rather standardize product like big screen TV, consumers will naturally like to do the comparison shopping in Best Buy stores then make actual purchase online for lower price. This type of big-ticket purchase doesn't need instantaneous gratification, buyers are more than willing to delay the pleasure for a hundred bucks saving.
There is no easy way out: e-retailers are threatening the existence of conventional brick-and-mortar stores everywhere in the world....perhaps Best Buy should charge entry fee for anyone who wants to step in their stores for comparison buying but not actual purchasing.
Absolute codswallop. If you read your own comment a second time and subjected it to even a cursory appraisal, you would realize Ma'am that you have just made a perfunctory suggestion for charging a "comparison" fee which would only serve to repel customers who care to walk in with a casual purchase in mind.
nicely put.
I don't understand how Appple manages to generate revenues of $1000/feet squared where Best Buy manages only 20. Even Apple products can be purchased online.
I think comparing Best Buy with Apple is faulty. Firstly, Apple is both a manufacturer and retailer and can use spending on better quality service in its stores as a loss leader to generate higher margins on its products. Best Buy does not have this luxury as it is a mere retailer of other manufacturers' products. Secondly, Apple controls the pricing of its products not only in its stores/website but also in stores/websites of other retailers. I haven't seen price differentiation in new Apple products. Best Buy however cannot control pricing of Sony products, for example, from e-tailers, who can eaily underprice it on account of lower overheads.
The two firms have different business models and unfortunately Best Buy's model is unsustainable in the current environment. I would compare Best Buy with Barnes & Noble, rather than Apple.
Well I'd say it's because Apple sells only expensive things, like computers or iPads, while Best Buy sells a whole array of knick-knacks like cables, movies and games that are not only low margin but can be bought online for less, unlike Apple products. In Best Buy you're faced with a trade off between instant satisfaction (buying at the store) or paying significantly less (buying online). At an Apple store there is no trade off - you can either get instant satisfaction at the store or go home and pay the same amount for the same thing to arrive a week or two later.
Further, Best Buy managed to make shopping there an unpleasant experience for most. When you walk in you're usually accosted by sales people that don't know very much but still try to upsell everything. Apple stores seems to do a better job of this - the staff in general are more knowledgeable about their (smaller) inventory and they appear under no pressure to sell things there and then.
thanks for the reply. I was just making the same comparison as the one done in the article.
What i am wondering is how does selling products in its (Apple's) stores make them a loss leader. Is it because it provides more exposure of the products to customers thereby prompting them to buy Apple products in future? What i was thinking is that Apple can simply use other retailers and online stores to sell it's products. It's products are already pretty popular.
I understand the other points you made though. They make sense. Thanks for the reply.
hmm. ya, that makes sense now.
I was thinking about another thing mentioned in the article. It mentioned that Best Buy not paying salesman commission on sales as being something good. Isn't it bad to have people on fixed salaries? Does it take away the incentive for people to try to be nicer to customers and actually try to sell something.
Thanks for your reply to my post. If you could earn $200 more in gross profit per unit of the product after spending $100 more on marketing overhead (better paid service staff, their training, store ambience, free customer courses, etc.), it would make sense to do it. Hence the loss leader. I look at Apple stores more as showrooms than stores (they don't sell non-Apple products). A bit like Target vs Walmart or Lowes vs Home Depot. Spend a bit more on enhancing customer experience and recover that in a higher price. Some customers appreciate that, some don't. Apple caters to the former group.
my understanding of a loss leader is different. It is the selling of some product at a loss or a very low profit margin so as to induce the customers to buy other products.
Like supermarkets selling milk, salt, sugar etc. at discounted prices to induce customers to shop at their stores.
You said that Apple earns $200 more in gross profit/unit after spending $100 more on marketing. In effect this transaction results it getting an additional profit of $100 due to good marketing. So, are the Apple products actually making losses so as to qualify as loss leaders.
For supermarkets, selling milk, sugar etc. at a loss is also truly a marketing expense. The expectation is that the customer walks in and walks out with high-margin products. Apple uses the same strategy. Customers walk into the store, experience the friendly service and cool demos and displays and end up buying high-margin products. A mix of behavioral psychology and smart business.
ya. i guess you can consider marketing as a product on which apple is making a loss to induce customers to buy high-margin products making marketing a loss leader. that works.
personally i have never been to an apple store so i didn't know much about their customer service. you and other commentators helped clarify some things.
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[Review] Easy Flyer Creator
Posted By Ashraf On September 20, 2009 @ 12:09 AM In Giveaway of the Day Reviews | 12 Comments
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Easy Flyer Creator is easy to use desktop publishing software that help you to design, create and print flyers, brochures, leaflets, certificates, photo frames, tickets, door hangers from templates in just 5 minutes! You are provided with more then 100 Free Templates.Easy Flyer Creator is the best way to create, print and share interactive flyers, brochures, leaflets and other marketing material: after making flyers you can Print and Share the Documents via FTP and Email.
Make Flyers in Just 3 Steps:
- Select the Template
- Update Images and Text in Template
- Preview and Print
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{for="Ease of Use" value="8″}Very easy to use. Point and click for the most part. However the lack of undo/redo features can make it annoying at times. Also, whenever you try to add an image, by default the /Easy Flyer Creator/Pictures folder is opened and you must manually browse to other folders.
{for="Performance" value="7″}While I think the templates quality could be improved (i.e. make them look like they were created professionally and not just something you could get out of a simple image editor), the program works fairly well for what it does. However it can get laggy sometimes and is a pretty bad memory leaker.
{for="Usefulness" value="7″}With 120+ templates, I am sure most everyone can find atleast one which they will find useful.
{for="Arbitrary Equalizer" value="7″}This category reflects an arbitrary number that does not specifically stand for anything. Rather this number is used to reflect my overall rating/verdict of the program in which I considered all the features and free alternatives.
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Easy Flyer Creator (EFC) is a program which intends to make it very easy for you to do desktop publishing. While the name says "…Flyer…", EFC lets you easily create flyers, posters, certificates, and even those things that you hang on doorknobs (what are they called?).
This is what EFC looks like:
True to its name, makes it very easy for you to create EFC provides you with 120+ (122 to be exact) templates to chose from to create your flyer/poster/certificate/etc.:
To start creating a flyer/poster/certificate/etc. simply select the template you want to use. You may notice most of the templates are just "average" looking; the quality of them are definitely not something I would except from a program I pay for. I expect more of a "wow that is an amazing looking template" from commercial software but hey maybe that is just me.
Take note you must select a template; the developer did not add any feature to allow you to create a flyer/poster/certificate/etc. from scratch. On the bright side, the templates are fully customizable so if you really do want a flyer/poster/certificate/etc. from scratch, pick a template and delete everything on it.
After you have decided on the template you want, either double click on it or hit "Next" to start customizing the template to fit your needs:
You can add or delete images and add/edit/delete text as you please. All images in the template, regardless of it you add them or they come by default, you can modify with cool "masks" to make them look better. Just click on the image you want to add a mask to, click on the "Mask" button from the top right, and select the mask you want:
Here is an example of me adding a mask to an image:
Other customizations you can do to images is add an outline or shadow and rotate or resize them:
One thing I question is the usefulness of adding an "outline" or "shadow" to an image. As you can see from my above screenshots, they are, more or less, just solid colored shapes (black in my case) which actually make the flyer look worse than better in my opinion.
Anyway, for text you can do similar kinds of customizations:
The shadow feature for text is a lot more useful than the shadow feature for images. The one for text can actually enhance the look of the flyer instead of deter from it (if used properly of course):
Once you are happy with your flyer or whatever you are creating, you can do a few things:
If you plan on printing, saving as image, emailing, or uploading to FTP server, first hit "Next" to view a preview of the flyer to make sure it is how you want it:
Now since I am using a trial version to evaluate this software, I am unable to test to see if the flyers/whatever print, save as image, email, and upload to FTP properly because the trial blocks out those features. However I assume they should work fine because I have not run into any bugs with this program. Take note if you hit the "Save" button while you are at the template editing screen you will save the flyer/whatever as a template. If you hit the "Save" button while at the preview screen you will save the flyer/whatever as an image.
That being said, here are the major cons of this program:
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
Serif PagePlus SE [15]
Serif PagePlus SE is a free version of Serif's professional desktop publishing software. It does not have as many templates as EFC but it is more powerful in terms of features for desktop publishing.
Scribus [16]
Scribus is a program that comes to Windows from Linux. It has more features than EFC and Sarif PagePlus SE but is also more complicated to use than the other two.
OpenOffice [17]
As most everyone knows, OpenOffice is Sun's open source answer to Microsoft's Office. Never really used OpenOffice's desktop publishing features, so I can't comment much on it. However I hear the desktop publishing of OpenOffice is "ok" and nothing too special.
RagTime [18]
Now a shareware software, RagTime's v5.6.5 is the last "free for home use" version.
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{rw_verdict2}The strength of Easy Flyer Creator is in how many templates it comes with. Sure not all the templates are the most stunning looking, but they get the job done in terms of creating flyers/posters/certificates/etc. Therefore I give Easy Flyer Creator a thumbs up. Now the purpose of Easy Flyer Creator is to make it easy for you to make flyers/posters/certificates/etc. so EFC does not really have much support for creating templates of your own. In fact outside of editing the already creating templates, EFC is pretty weak compared to other desktop publishing software. If you are looking to create your own custom flyer/poster/certificate/etc. from scratch, EFC is probably not the program for you. Therefore my recommendations are as follows. Since EFC is a 70+ MB download, I suggest before you download it take a look at my screenshot above of the templates that come with EFC. If you think you can make use of some of them, feel free to go and download EFC. Otherwise I recommend Serif PagePlus SE. Serif PagePlus SE does not have as many templates as EFC but it is much more powerful in terms of features for desktop publishing.
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oooo… sorry my Lucy Desi comedy hour on the case says "I Love Lucy", but yea, iig uess it still counts.
There were 6 seasons of I Love Lucy and 3 seasons of The Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour.
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I agree! Totally worth it! Great vid of a preview of I Love Lucy.
The woman that plays Lucy's maid is i think also the voice of the fairy godmother in Disney's Cinderella.
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Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.
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Viz Launches Science Fiction Imprint
Posted in Manga News on January 27, 2009 by JohannaViz will be publishing translated Japanese science fiction and fantasy novels under the imprint Haikasoru (which means "high castle"). They plan to publish 12 books a year, beginning this July. The first two are The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa, about a time-traveling cyborg who finds love, and All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, at a cover price of $13.99 US.
That second one is described as the story of "one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he finally sees something different, something out of place–a female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch." Ok, that gives me a pass, right there.
It's good to see them doing a sensible expansion, though. SF and fantasy are likely to appeal to the audience that already knows them through manga.
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- Ed Sizemore
01/27/2009 at 9:46 PMJohanna,
That's great news. I can't wait to see what other authors they publish. I'll definitely be picking up a few of the books.
Wow. Being able to take a look at a different part of the world's literary culture excites me more than I would've expected.
Plus, novels offers more bang for your buck in terms of time which'll be great for my wallet.
That really is a great logical move, and I'm quite frankly really excited. Cover price is a little steep, but I'm perfectly willing to pay it considering they have to pay for translators.
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"Wow. Being able to take a look at a different part of the world's literary culture excites me more than I would've expected."
Locus sometimes has "International Reports" articles. :) So far, these have covered science fiction and fantasy from the Arab Gulf states, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cuba, Germany, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Sweden, the UK, etc. Meanwhile, the alternate history website Uchronia lets one search by language as well as by author, series, etc.
Anyway, while you're waiting for the Viz releases, these are already out. :)
The Island of Crimea : A Novel by Vassily Aksyonov, translated from Russian
The City Trilogy : Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather by Chang Ksi-kuo, translated from Chinese
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach, translated from German
Strange Pilgrims : Twelve Stories by Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez, translated from Spanish
Behind the Red Mist : Fiction by Hô Anh Thái, translated from Vietnamese
Crossfire by Miyabe Miyuki, translated from Japanese
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World : A Novel by Murakami Haruki, translated from Japanese
The Yellow Arrow by Victor Pelevin, translated from Russian
Dreams of the Sea and its sequel A Game of Perfection by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
Reluctant Voyagers by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
The Silent City and its sequel The Maerlande Chronicles by Élisabeth Vonarburg, translated from French
Science Fiction from China anthology edited by Wu Dingbo and Patrick D. Murphy, translated from Chinese
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Editor's note: All previous stories describing the design of FICO 08 to exclude authorized user accounts were based on information that is now outdated. FICO 08 will now include authorized user accounts in scoring.
Piggybacking, a controversial practice that involves "renting" a credit history to improve your credit score, may soon come to an end.
Fair Isaac Corp., the company responsible for FICO credit scores, has decided that when it unveils a new version of its credit score system in September, it will close the loophole that allowed piggybacking.
Angry proponents of piggybacking say they'll organize a grass-roots campaign to fight against the change.
With piggybacking, a consumer with poor credit is placed as authorized user on the credit card of a person with a stellar credit history. Authorized users benefit from having the payment history of the primary cardholders show up on their credit reports, thereby improving their credit scores.
Lenders have complained that it is fraud and distorts the credit score system.
Internet companies have created an industry by playing middleman -- paying a small sum to those with good credit to take on those with bad credit as authorized users, then collecting healthy fees from those consumers.
Now one of those Web-based firms has threatened to organize an effort to expose problems in the credit scoring system.
"Our very existence (proves) that the FICO system is so flawed," says John Coates, spokesman for Instant Credit Builders based in Largo, Fla.
Fair Isaac says that starting in September it will ignore authorized users as it calculates the renowned FICO credit score.
"Fair Isaac has become aware that Web-based services are using authorized trade lines to defraud lenders," says Craig Watts, spokesman for Fair Isaac. "While we work with the financial services industry on an industry solution, we wanted to protect lenders and FICO scores."
The FICO credit score is used by lenders to assess risk in lending money. Lenders factor this number, which can range from 300 to 850, in credit decisions. Watts says 90 percent of the largest U.S. banks base their loan decisions on FICO credit scores.
Watts says the change will prevent people from misleading lenders about their true credit risk.
Coates argues the system can't be easily changed.
"Maybe our system can definitely show you, OK, there seems like there's a loophole and there are flaws that increase the score. You know what? There are also a zillion flaws that decrease the people's scores."
He says Instant Credit Builders plans to bring to light every flaw in the credit scoring system.
"We are building a community of people that are going to stand up. We will petition against it and we are actually going to formulate plans to work together as a grassroots effort to actually create a financial revolution," he says.
Those who rent credit histories won't be the only ones suffering a loss. Often parents will attempt to give their children a jump-start on a good or improved credit history, and they'll be taking a hit as well.


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The Week in Sonoma Valley: Feb. 10-17
Forget the airfare for your next French adventure. Visit Sebastiani Theatre instead. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, the theater hosts "One Night in Paris – Gypsy Jazz!" a live show featuring Rue Manouche and surprise guests. Plan for an evening of 1930s swing and romance at 476 First St. E. Tickets: $25, 996-9756. Information: sebastianitheater.com.
Join Sonoma Valley Democrats for an evening of pizza and politics at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, as the club gathers for a State of the Union Watch Party at Round Table Pizza, 201 W. Napa St. in the Marketplace Shopping Center. Watch President Obama's address to the nation over no-host food and beverages. Information: svdemocrats.com.
Celebrate the end of the olive season Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, with a visit to Cline Cellars in Sonoma Valley's Carneros region, 24737 Arnold Drive. The winery will be open from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. for visitors to explore its history, which dates to the mission era. Sample gourmet olive oil made from historic mission olives and olive-inspired pairings with specially-selected Cline wines; free tastings. Bring home an olive tree sapling sold by Green String Farm. Information: 940-4000 or clinecellars.com.
Step back to another era as Murphy's Irish Pub presents "Old Time Radio," a live dinner-theater performance from 5:30-8:15 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Feb. 17 and 18, at the Sonoma Plaza pub, 464 First St. E. Performers will take guests to a vintage date when "My Favorite Husband" was a weekly radio show of scatterbrained schemes featuring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning. The cast includes Jeremy Berrick, Jeff Dreyer, Julia Holsworth, Sherrill Peterson, Bill Shea and Sharry Simpson. Tickets: $15 at bpt.me/326590 plus $20 at the pub for dinner. Information: 815-6159, 935-0660 or sonomapub.com.
Looking Ahead:
San Francisco-based folk-punk band Vagabondage will rock the House of Happy Walls Museum at Jack London State Historic Park from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18. The concert includes two sets, with beer and other refreshments sold at intermission at the park, 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen. Seating is limited. Tickets: $20 (includes parking) at the museum store or jacklondonpark.com. Information: 938-5216.
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Honors in History:
The Emergence of Indigenous Fascism in France and Spain 1923-1939
Fascism in France and Spain emerged out of conservative discontent with the inefficiency of the liberal establishment that had controlled France and Spain since the 1870s. French and Spanish movements evolved from Bonapartist and nationalist organizations into proto-fascist organizations that were characterized by paramilitarism. However, conservative fears of Marxism, that were supported by the resurgence of the left in the form of the Popular Front in both France and Spain, propelled the proto-fascist organizations to reorganize into fascist political parties. Fascism in France and Spain reached its pinnacle following the victories of the Popular Front in 1936; however, German aggression in France during World War II caused fascist sympathy to plummet. Spanish fascism rose to prominence after the Spanish Civil War where General Francisco Franco defeated the republicans and established a fascist state that would remain until his death in 1975. French and Spanish fascist movements were indigenous ideologies that trace their roots to conservative and nationalistic sentiments, which predate the rise of more prominent fascist movements in Germany and Italy. Moreover, fascism in France and Spain was more than an esoteric movement of the elites; it had a mass appeal that permeated the class structure of French and Spanish society.


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Hi Everyone planning to acquiere a used P-12 any comments on performance and experience?
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Never had a P-12 but I've had a LTC double stack and a Custom Nite Tac LDA. Loved them both even the strange trigger on the nite Tac.the ramped barrels on Para's are nice
No P-12 but had a P-13 Didn't trust it or come to like it-It was a "oh i think i'll buy 'n try this one" thing It's been awhile & thats all i can honestly remember about it.
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I had a Para Ordnance P14, and still own a Para Ordnance P10. Good guns, reliable, accurate. I have owned 1911's by Colt, Springfield Armory, Kimber, and AMT besides Para, and the Para performs as well as any of them. I would not hesitate about getting another.
I had a P10. I got rid of it because of a bunch of failure to feed issues. But I now realize it was a magazine issue. I am sorry I sold it. But do be aware that many of the 1911 accessories will not fit the double stack ones.
Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Thanks everyone for the input.
I have two PA's, a P13 & P14. Bought them both and they have both been great guns with no issues. Mine we made in Canada I believe. I wouldn't have any issues with buying one. I think they are great guns.
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Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests in two years
Close to 400 priests were defrocked in only two years by the former Pope Benedict XVI over claims of child abuse, the Vatican has confirmed.
The statistics for 2011 and 2012 show a dramatic increase compared with previous years, according to a document obtained by the Associated Press (AP).
The file was part of Vatican data collected for a UN hearing on Thursday.
It was the first time the Holy See was publicly confronted over the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
Church officials at the hearing in Geneva faced a barrage of hard questions covering why they were withholding data and what they were doing to prevent future abuse.
Victims' advocates complained there was still too little transparency.
Catholic Church abuse scandals
- Germany - A priest, named only as Andreas L, admitted in 2012 to 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys over a decade
- United States - Revelations about abuses in the 1990s by two Boston priests, Paul Shanley and John Geoghan, caused public outrage
- Belgium - The bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, resigned in April 2010 after admitting that he had sexually abused a boy for years
- Italy - The Catholic Church in Italy admitted in 2010 that about 100 cases of paedophile priests had been reported over 10 years
- Ireland - A report in 2009 found that sexual and psychological abuse was "endemic" in Catholic-run industrial schools and orphanages for most of the 20th century
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi initially said the AP report had been based on a mistaken reading of data.
But he later retracted his statement, confirming to the BBC that the story was correct.
The latest statistics reveal the number of priests defrocked in 2011 and 2012 was more than double the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 2009, when the Vatican first provided figures.
The Vatican also sent another 400 cases to either be tried by a Church tribunal or to be dealt with administratively, AP reports.
Benedict, who was elected in 2005, took the helm as the scandal of child sex abuse by priests was breaking.
The flood of allegations, lawsuits and official reports into clerical abuse reached a peak in 2009 and 2010, which observers say may explain the spike shown in the document.
The Holy See is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a legally binding instrument which commits it to protecting and nurturing the most vulnerable in society.
It ratified the convention in 1990 but after an implementation report in 1994 it did not submit any progress reports until 2012, following revelations of child sex abuse in Europe and beyond.
Last month, the Vatican refused a request from the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child for data on abuse, on the grounds that it only released such information if requested to do so by another country as part of legal proceedings.
In a homily on Thursday, Benedict's successor, Pope Francis, called abuse scandals "the shame of the Church".
He announced in December that a Vatican committee would be set up to fight sexual abuse of children in the Church.


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The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine circle time activities in eight Head Start classrooms. A total of 7 h of observations occurred in eight classrooms. Songs and academic activities were the most frequently occurring activities. Challenging behavior during circle time also was examined. The three activities with the highest frequency of challenging behavior were roll call, discussion, and calendar routines. Limitations of the study along with implications for research and practice are presented.
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- Circle Time: An Exploratory Study of Activities and Challenging Behavior in Head Start Classrooms
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Early Childhood Education Journal
Volume 38, Issue 6 , pp 439-448
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- 2011-03-01
- 10.1007/s10643-010-0431-z
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- 1082-3301
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- 1573-1707
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Challenging behavior
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- 1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1310 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA


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One of my favorite squads in the Warhammer 40K universe is the Inquisitor's retinue. This motley crew of various characters really allows a miniature hobbyist to stretch the limits of his/her conversion capabilities. I have collected and converted a number of miniatures that I can use to assemble a vast combination of Inquisitor retinues, some of which are from Games Workshop, while others are from several different table top game manufacturers. With only a few exceptions, I have maintained the "walking forward" theme I'm using for most of my Space Marines and other GW Imperials. For the non-GW miniatures, the captions on each of the photos provide the position the miniature would fill within the retinue as well as the manufacturer and the actual name of the miniature.
Here's a few notes on some of the miniatures I have so far:
Crusaders #1 and #2: These were created using a variety of bitz: Chaos Warrior lower body; Chaos Knight arms, torso, sword, and shoulder armor; Empire Knight head and shield, and Empire General cape and neck guard.
Close Combat Servitors #1 and #2: With these miniatures, I was really trying to step outside the box of what Warhammer 40K hobbyist have come to know as a "servitor". Instead of the usual zombie-like drones, I wanted to create a mean looking, fearsome, cyber monstrosity likely to scare the power armor right off the toughest Chaos Space Marine. OK, maybe not, but still pretty scary. My inspiration for these conversions came from Excalibur Miniature's "Jim Bob Walton", which I am also using as in this retinue as "Close Combat Servitor #3". The picture below shows "Close Combat Servitor #1" next to "Jim Bob" and a Space Marine miniature for size comparison.


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A country-by-country look at the Balkans
Current Crisis: The government has lost control in the north and is still recovering from massive riots in 1997. Rebels from Kosovo use Albania as a sanctuary and weapons source.
Ethnicity: Albanian.
Unresolved land claims: There is sentiment for a "Greater Albania," which would include parts of Yugoslavia and Macedonia.
Government: Made up of former Communists. Extremely unstable.
Infamous for: Hundreds of thousands of mushroomlike concrete bunkers built by Communist dictator Enver Hoxha.
Balkan relations: No allies.
Religion: Mostly Muslim, with Christian Orthodox and Roman Catholics.
Population: 3.3 million.
Defining moment: Mr. Hoxha's isolationist communism made Albania Europe's poorest and most backward country.
Reason to be optimistic: Albania, though supportive of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, has showed restraint in the crisis next door.
Current crisis: By agreeing to let NATO use its territory for possible action against Yugoslavia, Bulgaria risks retribution from the Serbs.
Ethnicity: Slavic Bulgarian, Turk (8.5 percent).
Unresolved land claims: Although they recognize Macedonia, radicals have claims to Macedonia.
Government: Strong parliamentary system. Hampered by corruption.
Infamous for: Europe's leading producer of pirated music and computer software.
Balkan relations: Neutral.
Religion: Christian Orthodox, Muslim (17 percent).
Population: 8.2 million.
Defining moment: Joined losing sides in both world wars.
Reason to be optimistic: Trying to join NATO and European Union, though still far away.
Current crisis: Hard-line and moderate Bosnian-Serb leaders are protesting an international ruling in which Croats, Muslims, and Serbs will control the town of Brcko. Since the outbreak of war in 1992, Brcko was ruled by Serbs, who had "ethnically cleansed" the Muslims and Croats. The hard-line president of the ethnic Serbian half of Bosnia was recently fired, and the moderate prime minister resigned.
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I have recently performed an experiment measuring the lux of a 12 volt, 36 watt, axial tungsten filament lamp with respect to distance and found a rather strange result. Instead of the expect curve of 1/R squared over the first 6 cm the lux actually increased before following the expected path. I have ruled out error and my best theory is that the opposite side of the bulb from the one I was measuring was acting as a concave mirror thus creating a focal point. I would be grateful if you could offer your opinion on the matter.
I like your theory. That 1/R^2 business presumes a point source, and you have to get well away before this bulb is going to start looking like a point source.
Tim Mooney
Lamps are often designed with specific applications in mind. It is quite possible that the one you are using has a back-reflecting surface by design, i.e., it reflects backward-going photons in the forward direction. Or the glass enclosing the filament has focusing ability (as in spot lighting lamps).
If a lens or mirror is involved in your lamp, the 1/R^2 relation will not apply. Also, if the filament is large, the 1/R^2 will not be accurate unless one moves sufficiently, say 5 to 10 times the filament size, away from the source.
You can find out what is going on by measuring the spatial distribution of flux at a few values of R. Specifications of a particular commercial lamp can also be obtained from the manufacturer.
Ali Khounsary, Ph.D.
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Argonne National Laboratory
I appreciate your surprise! What has happened to the laws of optics? Your explanation may well be true, and there is a way to test it. If you estimate the radius of curvature (R) of the lamp's rear surface, assuming it is spherical and concave, you can easily calculate the focal length (f): R/2 = f.
You can then make a "ray diagram" to see if light from the filament reflected of the rear of the bulb would come to a focus where you see the light's maximum intensity. If you get really fancy you may have to make a thin lens correction for the light passing through the front surface of the bulb too, but I think it won't be necessary. There are many web-sites, and texts on optics that can walk you through the calculation. One for example, is:
Vince Calder
Your evaluation is a very much possible. Another option is the detector itself. The detector may have a maximum reading. As the lux approached this maximum, the detector reading "levels off". Until you were 6 cm away, it is possible that the detector was receiving too much light. One more possibility is the length of the filament vs the size of your detector. If the detector is much smaller than the bulb filament, or if the detector can only receive light from one direction, the detector may not have been able to see the entire light until about 6cm away.
One way to test these theories is by adjusting the setup. If turning down the voltage on the bulb, reducing the lux, moves the peak of the curve closer to the bulb, it is likely that the detector has a maximum. If rotating the bulb to make the filament "look shorter" to the detector moves the peak closer without affecting longer-distance data, it is probable that the entire filament was not seen. If such a move does affect longer-distance data, reflection is the more likely culprit.
Dr. Ken Mellendorf
Physics Instructor
Illinois Central College
We do not have an explanation of your setup but your explanation sounds reasonable. You did not indicate how much it increased in the first 6 cm. You could get as much as 7 or 8% reflected at the bulb envelope. Have you looked at the radius of curvature to see if the focal length is reasonable? Have you tried measuring the Lux above the bulb? Presumably you wouldn't have the reflections focusing from the base of the bulb.
Greg Bradburn
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