text:
Album Summary
Notes & Reviews:
Oberto was Verdi's first staged operas and was heard for the first time at La Scala, Milan in November 1839. As a young and unknown composer, Verdi was subject to the rules governing the opera industry in Italy. Even so, there are many scenes in this early work that reveal unmistakable signs of the composer's individual style.
Notes & Reviews:Run Time: 153 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean
There are currently no reviews, be the first one!Also Purchased
Works Details
Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello- Performers: Aleksandrs Antonenko; Marina Poplavskaia; Carlos Alvarez; Barbara Castri; Stephen Costello; Antonello Ceron; Mikhail Petrenko
- Conductor: Riccardo Muti
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 153 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1887
- Studio/Live: Live


text:
What does FWF mean in Military?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand FWF in the Governmental field in general and in the Military terminology in particular.
Former Warring Factions
Find a translation for FWF in other languages:
Select another language:
Discuss this FWF abbreviation with the community:
Use the citation below to add this abbreviation to your bibliography:
"FWF." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2015. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. <http://www.abbreviations.com/term/591046>.
FWF also stands for:
- Fair Wear Foundation
- Fantasy Wrestling Federation
- Fence With Fun
- Fiordland Wapiti Foundation
... and 15 more »
Nearby & related abbreviations:
Alternative search:
- Search Former Warring Factions on Amazon
- Search Former Warring Factions on Google

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Jaguar Heritage
Celebrating Jaguar's tradition of excellence
Jaguar has always stood for engineering excellence and beautiful design. Here you can explore some of the many highlights in its distinguished history.
Jaguar through the decades
The milestones in Jaguar's extraordinary history. More >
The men behind the marque
Read about the talents that made Jaguar great. More >


text:
RecipeTaster's dishfolio
Science has given me a common sense, a way to approach cooking hard to get otherwise but only the acceptance of my true vocation put me back in contact with my Sicilian roots. So here I am, exploring new flavor combinations, ingredients and techniques with yo
Last Seen on: Nov 13, 2012 at 4:34PM
Received Favorite Votes: 3
Last Posted Recipe: Nov 27, 2012
Italian Christmas trifle
Italian Christmas trifle with Ricotta cream, Mandarin and Vin Santo wine
by RecipeTasterCoffee-Quark cheesecake pudding in Spiced
Coffee-Quark cheesecake pudding with caramelized Pumpkin in Spiced nuts bowl
by RecipeTasterEarthy Pasta e Broccoli Sicilian style
A staple of Sicilian cuisine, this Earthy Pasta e Broccoli will be you next best comfort food!
by RecipeTasterDishfolio's Better Photography eBook
Increase traffic to your site and get your submissions approved every time!
Magic Wintery Gazpacho
With the sweet richness of Pumpkin and the simple technique I will explain you; you will be ready to have this Gazpacho as Thanksgiving cocktail!
by RecipeTasterBuckwheat-Quinoa veggie muffins
Buckwheat-Quinoa veggie muffins with lime-vanilla cream-cheese frosting
by RecipeTasterEgg gratin alla Norma
An earthy egg-gratin inspired by one of the classic of Sicilian cuisine
by RecipeTasterLotta-garlic chicken with quinoa risotto
Lotta-garlic chicken with coffee-cardamom quinoa and amaranth risotto
by RecipeTasterGoat cheese verrines & spiced apple-jelly
Goat cheese verrines with blue-cheese crumbles, toasted walnuts and spiced apple-jelly
by RecipeTasterMussels jelly-dome à la nage Asiatique
Mussels jelly-dome à la nage Asiatique with crispy-fried seaweeds and orange poached celeriac
by RecipeTasterCrispy baked Eggplants with Tomato sauce
Crispy baked Eggplants with fragrant Tomato sauce
by RecipeTasterPasta with fried Zucchini and Fresh oregan
Pasta with fried Zucchini and Fresh oregano
by RecipeTasterKaffir-lime risotto with saffron mussels
Kaffir-lime risotto with saffron mussels and roasted hazelnuts
by RecipeTasterPork-fillet with tangy peanut butter sauce
Peppered pork-fillet with tangy peanut-butter-pomegranate sauce with just enough roasted sesame oil to make it sing!
by RecipeTasterCoco-nutty crepes-cake à la Nelly
Coconut crepes cake with amaretto-almond-hazelnut filling and coconut-rum caramel sauce
by RecipeTasterWhite and golden tea
A cup of Milk Oolong tea to make you feel like floating in a cloud
by RecipeTasterPoached eggs with spiced butter
Poached eggs with Lebkuchen-spiced butter over rice noodles in a cocoa-cardamom duck consommé
by RecipeTasterLazy chocolate mousse tarte with Amarena
Lazy chocolate mousse tarte with Amarena Cherries
by RecipeTasterPumpkin-seeds pesto over Salmon
Pumpkin-seeds pesto over Salmon, rice-noodles and white beans
by RecipeTasterDuck over Sicilian toasted breadcrumbs
Pan-fried Duck breast over spiced toasted breadcrumbs and served with sweet-sour celery and raisins
by RecipeTasterDuck à l'orange Sicilian Style
Duck breast with dark-caramelized onions & a green olives-orange sauce
by RecipeTasterMediterranean onion-squash & sausage soup
Mediterranean onion-squash and sausage soup
by RecipeTasterHealthy Sicilian spring-rolls
A Sicilian take on Vietnamese spring-rolls, healthy and zingy with flavor!
by RecipeTasterAromatic peanut sauce over pasta
Aromatic peanut sauce over pasta with lemon melissa and pomegranate molasses
by RecipeTasterApricots & red tuna salad
Apricots & red tuna salad with red-currant coulis ans benzaldehyde vinaigrette.
by RecipeTasterDark chocolate-eggplant sweet dome
Dark chocolate-eggplant dome with lime marinated strawberries
by RecipeTasterCrispy pork belly gyros of many traditions
Crispy pork belly gyros served with fried eggplant and garlicky tzatziki in a fragrant potato-onion flatbread
by RecipeTaster


text:
Vegetable Chili with Garlic Rice
From Food & Wine
Here are two recipes for the price of one: a garlicky rice side dish that's also delicious with chicken or shrimp, and a hearty black-bean chili that puts meatier versions to shame. Make enough chili for leftovers; it's even better the next day.
Be the first to rate this recipe
Save this recipe
Submit your version
You must be logged in to use this feature.
Username: | |
Password: | |
Forgot your username or password? |
Not a member? Register
Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories | 0 |
Total Fat | 0 |
Saturated Fat | 0 |
Cholesterol | 0 |
Sodium | 0 |
Total Carbohydrate | 0 |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 0 |
Calcium | 0 |
Melanie Acevedo
Serves: 4
U.S. | Metric | Conversion chart |
- 3 tablespoon(s) cooking oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 5 clove(s) garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon(s) chili powder
- 2 teaspoon(s) ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) cayenne
- 2 red or green bell peppers, cut into 3/4-inch squares
- 1 zucchini, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 1 yellow squash, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) salt
- 2 can(s) (15 ounces each) diced tomatoes with their juice
- 1 can(s) (15-ounce) black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1.5 cup(s) long-grain rice
- 3 cup(s) canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock
- 3 tablespoon(s) chopped cilantro (optional)
- In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over moderately low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in one third of the garlic, the chili powder, cumin, and cayenne and cook until fragrant, stirring, about 1 minute. Add the bell peppers, zucchini, yellow squash and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Stir in the beans and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes longer.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil over moderately low heat. Add the remaining garlic and the rice. Cook, stirring, until the rice is almost opaque, about 2 minutes. Add the broth and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Stir the cilantro into the chili and serve atop the rice.
- Wine Recommendation: A soft and spicy red Côtes du Rhône is just the thing for this chili. Its roasted raspberry and herb flavors and light tannins will highlight the various vegetables.
Loading photos...
Here are some alternate versions of this recipe created by our wonderful community of chefs!
More from Food & Wine


text:
7 Social Media Trends for Consumers: New Research
Are you wondering what the changing social trends are for consumers?
If so, look no further.
In Nielsen and McKinsey's Social Media Report, consumers were surveyed to discover how they use social networks.
Here are seven key findings from that report.
#1: More Time Invested in Mobile
The survey found that consumers are increasingly looking to their smartphones and tablets to access social media.
While the PC is still the most widely used device when it comes to social media consumption, the study found that time spent on mobile apps and mobile websites accounted for a 63% increase (compared to 2011) in total time spent.
Additionally, 43% of users said they use smartphones to access social media, while 16% connect using a tablet.
Key Takeaway: When it comes to consuming social content, it's all about mobile. For marketers, that means that mobile has to be your top content priority this year.
If you haven't done so already, here are some ideas to get you started:
- Set up a mobile website (there's a free WordPress plugin for this)
- Register your business on location-based services such as Foursquare, WHERE or SCVNGR
- Use SMS and MMS to attract customers
- Build your own app (even if you're not a developer) using GENWI, Mippin, MobiCart or ShoutEm
- Get more mobile marketing tips in Jamie Turner's excellent book, Go Mobile!
#2: Pinterest Usage Continues to Rise
Pinterest continues to experience exponential growth since its launch in 2011. The platform had the highest increase in audience and time spent of any social network across all devices such as PC, mobile web and apps.
In addition, a May 2012 Harvard Business Review article titled, "Moving customers from pinning to purchase," states that:
"Pinterest users reported a surprisingly high correlation between pinning and subsequent purchasing: more than 1 in 5 Pinterest users has pinned an item that they later purchased. In the social world, this is a high conversion rate."
Key Takeaway: As a marketer, remember that product photography is more important than ever when trying to persuade Pinterest shoppers to pin and buy your hottest-looking items. Capitalize on their shopping experience and make your profile as creative and visually engaging as possible.
Also, don't forget to engage with people who have pinned your items to see if you could nudge them into buying something!
#3: Social Networking Generates Positive Sentiments
One of the most interesting findings in this survey was that 76% of participants said they experienced positive feelings after engaging in social networking.
Some of the words used to describe how they felt were: informed, energized, excited, connected and amused. However, 21% reported negative sentiments after social networking; examples are overwhelmed, anxious and wasted time. 24% remained neutral.
Key Takeaway: Social media is saturated with sentiment-rich data. Every update, tweet, blog comment or online review is a critical source of data that can inform your CRM program. As a marketer, you should be very interested in gathering and analyzing sentiment data to see if your social messages are producing the desirable outcomes you're looking for.
#4: Twitter Drives Social TV
Twitter has emerged as the most powerful driver of 'social TV' interaction. That means when people are watching the Super Bowl, American Idol or the elections, they are simultaneously using Twitter to share their thoughts and experiences with friends.
In June 2012, a third of active Twitter users tweeted about TV-related content, which was up from 26% at the beginning of the year.
Key Takeaway: Social TV is still a new concept for marketers. However, considering that an average of 43 minutes are spent each day watching TV (HubSpot), and that many of those viewers are then sharing their experiences online, marketers should find ways to align any TV advertising with their online strategies (e.g., incorporating hashtags or tweetable sound bites in their TV commercials). This prolongs the conversation about brands beyond the TV, while allowing for extended word-of-mouth marketing.
#5: Social Care is the New Customer Care
Social care is a way for companies to provide regular customer service through social media platforms. The study revealed that one in three social media users prefers social care to contacting a company by phone.
Consumers use a variety of channels for social care. For example, they are most likely to comment or ask a question about a company's products or services on the company's Facebook page (29%), on their own personal Facebook profile (28%), on official company blogs (15%), on Twitter (personal handle – no mention of company, 14%) and on Twitter (company's handle, 13%).
Key Takeaway: Social media has conditioned consumers to get immediate feedback. As a marketer, the risk of failing to meet such high expectations is not just losing customers, but having negative comments about your brand blasted around the user's network and their friends' networks. If you can get social care right, you will create a wide gap between your brand and your competition.
#6: Mixed Feelings about Social Ads
Another interesting finding was how people react to social ads. While 33% of people surveyed find ads on social networks to be annoying, 26% are more likely to pay attention to an ad posted by a friend.
Generally a Like is the most common action taken after seeing a social ad (26%), followed by a share (15%) and a product purchase (14%). As far as demographics go, the study found that Asian-American consumers were the most likely to respond positively to social ads, while white consumers were the most likely to be turned off by social media advertising.
Key Takeaway: Because advertising on social media is more annoying than other digital areas, marketers should proceed with caution and make sure their ads are highly relevant and targeted. On the bright side, many people don't mind social ads if they're tailored to suit personal tastes and interests. This presents a great opportunity for marketers to raise brand visibility.
#7: Social Listening a Key Consumer Activity
Social media is transforming the way consumers around the globe make purchasing decisions. Consumers are using social media to listen and learn about other consumers' experiences (70%); find more information about brands, products and services (65%); and compliment brands (53%).
Key takeaway: We tend to think of social listening as something only marketers and research analysts do. However, it's interesting to see that consumers are also active listeners. This is an opportunity for marketers to educate consumers through compelling content, improve customer experiences (using social care) and maintain strong customer relationships to uphold a positive brand image.
Your Turn
What do you think? Which of these trends did you find most enlightening? Please share your thoughts and comments in the box below.
Image from iStockPhoto.
Related Posts
Patricia Redsicker writes research reviews for Social Media Examiner. She is the Social Media Manager at US Pharmacopeia, a public standards setting organization. Follow her on Twitter at @predsicker. Other posts by Patricia Redsicker »
- http://www.EntrepreneurOnFire.com/
- http://www.EntrepreneurOnFire.com/
- http://www.theownerbuildernetwork.com.au
- http://chrisendresmarketing.com/
- http://chrisendresmarketing.com/
- http://GrowMap.com/
- http://GrowMap.com/
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.facebook.com/theanitaclub
- http://www.sagarmandal.wordpress.com/
- http://www.sagarmandal.wordpress.com/
- http://www.facebook.com/rajatgarg
- http://www.facebook.com/rajatgarg
- http://www.ydeveloper.com/e-smart-ecommerce-suite.html
- http://www.ydeveloper.com/e-smart-ecommerce-suite.html
- http://www.facebook.com/RichardNgHS
- http://www.facebook.com/RichardNgHS
- http://roarmkting.com
- http://roarmkting.com
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=590537006
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=590537006
Pingback: 7 Social Media Trends for Consumers: New Research | digitalnews2000()
Pingback: Search and Social Weekly (1.3) | Social Media, Internet Marketing, and Life connected | Josh S Peters()
Pingback: The New Social Search And Your Engagement()
- http://twitter.com/s_verdonschot
Pingback: More Mobile Marketing…Maybe « Advertise in Calgary | Tyler Zeck – Market For Success, Advertising Ideas()
Pingback: Weekly Link Round Up – 01-18-13 | Social Media Marketing()
Pingback: Seven Social Media Trends for Consumers » Ardara Media()
- http://www.callbox.com.my/
Pingback: New Research on Social Media Trends for Consumers()
Pingback: 7 social media trends for consumers. « Digital Proclamation()
Pingback: Social Media Landscape | jacksonjerome()
Pingback: 7 Social Media Trends for Consumers: Research Article | Patricia Redsicker()
Pingback: 7 Social Media Trends for Consumers | Trends in Social Media and Blogs()
Pingback: How to Make Your Blog Mobile-Friendly | Social Media Examiner()
Pingback: marketing – social media, the visual, video content and more | f4mmedia()
Pingback: Trendy Trends | Media as we know it()
Pingback: 24/7 Mobile Life | Media as we know it()


text:
2009 Pacific Northwest Nationals photo galleries now available! www.pacificnorthwestnats.com
3 galleries to view (600+ photos) – Event | Award Winners | Friday Night Drags
All photos for purchase are high-resolution quality prints shot by the Goodguys Photo crew at the event. Check 'em out or take a shot home today!


text:
Results 6 to 10 of 12
Thread: A twin for Cordelia
April 23rd, 2014 03:43 PM #6Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
- Posts
- 1,585
April 23rd, 2014 04:38 PM #8Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2010
- Posts
- 1,547
April 23rd, 2014 07:21 PM #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- Nov 2013
- Posts
- 114
April 23rd, 2014 07:28 PM #12Emily • Nineteen • United States
♂ | Samuel ◊ Edward ◊ George ◊ Arthur ◊ Ezra ◊ James ◊ Theodore ◊ Simon
♀ | Jane ◊ Helen ◊ Anne ◊ Caroline ◊ Cordelia ◊ Gwen ◊ Georgia ◊ Arya
April 24th, 2014 12:27 PM #14
I'm loving all of the replies. I don't have time quite yet to go through all of the replies but I do have a few quick notes.
I fought DH for a long time to nn Felicity Flicka but he will not budge. He associates it with the horse movie and nothing else. Right now she is almost two and goes by Felicity/Lissy/Sissy/Sissity/Lissity. I'm sure her choice of nn will evolve as she gets older. My son Elijah goes by Elijah/Lija but never Eli and he is almost 5.
I love love love Evangeline but I keep running into them. I almost named Felicity Evangeline and now I have run into two her age and one my age. Also it would be nice not to repeat initials.
My husband does seem to love the letter P but he hates Penelope because of a bad association. Similarly He love Phoebe but regardless of the fact that it is everything I love in a name I hate the sound of the name itself.Mommy to Elijah Michael & Felicity Elizabeth Louise
My Girls: Opal, Freya, Genevieve, Evangeline, Cordelia, Theodosia
DH Girls: Laura, Elora, Coco, Phoebe, Piper, Paige, Tillie, Avalon
My Boys: Viggo, Hugo, Arthur, Bartholomew, Archer, Atlas, Phineas, Milo
DH Boys: Sebastian, Gabriel, Alden, Jesse, Asher, Gideon, Spencer, Isaiah
GP: Tempest, Indigo, Magnolia, Calico, Spirit, Persephone, Ransom, Euphemia
Current Favorites: Harvey Archer & Cordelia Sylvie Antoinette


text:
↑*Frozen pink: As for the race blouse, this place skirt is reference product ↓* crocus: One piece is this one | |||||||||||||||||
↑*Oh, it is cru: Reference product ↓* pink is beige blouse & culottes together: The one piece is a reference product | |||||||||||||||||
↑*Orange Sor べ: It is reference product ↓* pink by color a T-shirt, short pants together: It is a reference product race camisole & jeans together | |||||||||||||||||
↑*Cocoa: It is reference product ↓* navy tank top & skinny pants together: It is a reference product blouse & skirt together | |||||||||||||||||
↑*Gray: It is reference product ↓* black inner & skirt together: It is a reference product inner & floral design underwear together | |||||||||||||||||
JP Post EMS | Your order will be shipped to you via Japan Post EMS. Japan Post is a speedy delivery service that delivers to more than 120 countries. With an effective tracking system and insurance program, EMS is able to offer a secure delivery worldwide. You can track your package with the tracking code provided and it will be delivered within a week. See estimated shipping fee |
Credit Card | We accept credit and debit cards. The following credit and debit cards can be used: •Visa •MasterCard •American Express •JCB •others |
This product cannot be shipped to United States from the store.
Please contact the store for further information.


text:
See Special "Pinkalicious" Song Performance at Kapolei Library Sept. 7 | Arts & Culture
Title (Max 100 Characters)
Students from the Performing Arts Center of Kapolei (PACK) will present a special performance of songs from their upcoming musical "Pinkalicious" at Kapolei Public Library on Saturday, September 7 at 10:30 a.m. The free event will be conducted in the Children's Section.
"Pinkalicious," based on the popular children's book by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann, is the story of a young girl who loves the color pink and can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. The 30-minute performance will be followed by photo opportunities with cast members.
The Friends of the Library Kapolei is sponsoring this one-hour program which is suitable for all ages. All keiki must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.
The Performing Arts Center of Kapolei is an after school theatre program created by a partnership of parents, schools, and businesses of Kapolei. PACK began as the Kapolei Complex Drama Club in 1999. The Club was renamed the Performing Arts Center of Kapolei in 2004 when it combined with Kapolei High School to create a program that serves the entire community.
Contact the Library as soon as possible if a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation is needed.
Kapolei Public Library is located at 1020 Manawai Street. For more information, please call the Library at 693-7050.


text:
Thriller, DramaRelease Date
April 18, 2008MPAA Rating
95 min.Production Budget
$30 millionsStudio
TriStar PicturesOfficial Site
click hereREVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]
Cast and Crew
Jon AvnetProducer
Jon Avnet, Gary Scott Thompson, Randall Emmett, Michael P. Flannigan, George Furla, Avi LernerScreenwriter
Gary Scott ThompsonStarring
- Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm
- Alicia Witt as Kim Cummings
- Amy Brenneman as Shelly Barnes
- Leelee Sobieski as Lauren Douglas
- William Forsythe
- Deborah Kara Unger
- Benjamin McKenzie as Mike Stempt
- Neal McDonough
- Stephen Moyer as Guy LaForge
- Brendan Fletcher
In "88 Minutes," Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out.
No pictures available


text:
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Chandler police are asking for the public's help in identifying two suspects who burglarized an elementary school last month.
Detective Seth Tyler said the suspects stole and damaged various items at the Chandler Traditional Academy - Goodman Campus near Dobson and Ray roads at around 9:45 p.m. on April 1.
Tyler said the suspects appear to be white or Hispanic males between the ages of 16 and 20.
Anyone with information regarding the suspects' identities is asked to contact the Chandler Police Department at 480-782-4130 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
Silent Witness is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest or indictment of the suspects.


text:
See your colors on these designs right now!
Enter your colors here, then click the icon below any design to preview it in your colors.
Recommended Just For You
Customer Raves & Reviews
tea length programs
Floral Lace Tea-length Programs I ordered these a little over a week before my wedding. Not only did I get them in time, but they also called to make sure they would make it as needed (I had left a note in the order comments about needing them by Wednesday after I had ordered them) and they made the appropriate changes to shipping address with a small, affordable shipping upgrade. The design process was great b/c you could completely customize or use a color palette from previous couples. You had options for bolding, dragging text, font size, etc. which was nice I also liked the feature that allowed you to email the design to other folks.
Flower Enchantment Tea-length Programs I could not have choosen a better company other than magnet street to work with. Our programs were amzaing.
One Sweet Day Tea-length Programs We love them. They are perfect for our wedding. It was very easy to customize. We've never seen anything like them.
Beautiful and feels like high quality
Fanciful Flowers Tea-length Programs I've used Magnet Street for Save the Dates, invites, response cards, and programs now and used a promotion code every time -- each product has been exactly what I wanted at a reasonable cost.
Gorgeous Programs
Modern Honeycomb Lace Tea-length Programs These were the prettiest wedding programs I have ever seen! My daughter,the bride,said she got chills when she saw them. Mission accomplished! I used your online tools to design them, you had our custom colors,chocolate and champagne,and I also used those color fonts. Your quality work made them perfectly! Thanks again.


text:
Bayern Munich Football Club
- Nickname:Reds
- Founded:1900
- Manager:Pep Guardiola
- Ground:-
- Capacity:0
- Last Game: 19-Feb-2013 19:45
- Arsenal
Bayern Munich - Full match report
- Bayern Munich News
- Fixtures
- Results
- Information
- League Table
- News Archive
- Statistics
- Squad
- German Bundesliga News
Jurgen fires Bayern warning
07 Apr 2009 - 07:36:31
Bayern Munich coach Jurgen Klinsmann has warned his side not to repeat their weekend performance against Wolfsburg in the Champions League clash with Barcelona.
Bayern were routed 5-1 by their Bundesliga rivals, leaving Klinsmann to issue a dire warning to his under-performing side ahead of their trip to the Camp Nou.
He told the club's official website: "It was deja vu, we again lacked an element of resolve.
"The clear message was for everyone to go home and take a good look at himself. Every player needs to look in the mirror and ask whether he gave his all for Bayern Munich.
"The alarm bells are ringing. I urgently need everyone to grasp what's at stake here - the whole of the year 2009 for Bayern and the future of the club.
"It's purely a question of desire. I see this desire in every Champions League match and also in plenty of Bundesliga games, but not all of them.
"The players need to be aware there'll be consequences at some point. At the end of the season, we'll sit down with every player and ask 'what's he given on behalf of Bayern Munich?'.
"However, I'm not scared of Barcelona. My players know the world will be watching. They'll want to prove themselves and show what they can do."
Related Bayern Munich News
Related Bayern Munich News


text:
Danielson helps Team USA win Junior Ryder Cup
Casey Danielson's life is a golf whirlwind.
Today (Thursday) she is playing in the WIAA Osceola Division 2 regional tournament, beginning her quest for her fourth straight WIAA individual state championship.
Earlier in the week, Danielson helped the United States defeat Europe in the 2012 Junior Ryder Cup. The 2012 Junior Ryder Cup was played Monday and Tuesday at Olympia Fields, Ill. This was the third straight victory for the United States Team in Junior Ryder Cup play.


text:
Jump to navigation
TARHEEL BLUESNorth Carolina is the latest state to investigate a new set of standards to replace the Common Core, a move that Michael Petrilli warns won't be so easy. The state has organized a commission to review and potentially replace the Common Core. As this NPR article explains, the debate is split. The commission is set to reach its decision in December 2015.
STICKER SHOCKThe White House has released the price tag for President Obama's proposal to make two years of community college free to qualifying students. The initiative is projected to cost the federal government $60 billion over the course of a decade. It will certainly be interesting to see how the administration plans to foot this bill in the president's budget proposal, which is scheduled for release in early February.
DOUBLE PLUS UNGOODThe Atlantic's Alia Wong asks the question we've all faced at one time or another: Why is education reporting so boring? The answer, according to Wong, lies in the dense forest of jargon, acronyms, and buzzwords that combine to baffle and anesthetize everyone who comes in contact with education writing. From "holistic mastery" to "the experiential-based learning process," the piece is an amusing sendup of both educationese and the unfortunate folks who have to become fluent in it.
STEEL STANDINGAn unlikely leader in the technological learning revolution is Pittsburgh, according to Education Week. Now decades into its gradual recovery from the industrial...
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at National Review Online.
It has taken liberal school reformers almost no time at all to throw the race card into the debate about reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.
Eager to retain an expansive federal role, but finding it tough to argue this position on the merits, liberal reformers have rushed to charge that the current effort to dial back the federal role is a thinly veiled attack on minority children.
Perhaps the best example of this phenomenon was provided just the other day by a Daily Beast column penned by Jonah Edelman, CEO of the education advocacy group Stand for Children. Edelman is the scion of two liberal icons: Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Peter Edelman, a Clinton administration official who famously resigned to protest welfare reform. Jonah is also a friend and a smart guy, and Stand for Children has done some laudable work.
Unfortunately, that's what makes his column so notable when it denounces any effort to reduce the federal role as a surrender to the forces of "racism, politics, ignorance, [and] indifference." Edelman perfectly illustrates the problems with liberal-flavored school reform and its hollow calls for "bipartisanship."
In the piece, Edelman denounces efforts to shed some of No Child Left Behind's more onerous and unworkable provisions as a "threat" to "your kids' future." He then recounts a parade of horribles from the last century. "Linda...
Monday afternoon, a Washington, D.C., metro rail train stopped in a tunnel not far from a major station, and the car began filling with smoke. Soon the lights went off and, though many passengers were struggling to breathe, they were told by metro employees to stay put. A spokesman for first responders disputes the timeline, but the Washington Post spoke with passengers who said they were waiting as much as an hour before help arrived. The paper also quotes a fire department spokesman who admitted that, even once they arrived on the scene, "firefighters did not immediately enter the tunnel to help the riders because they were not sure whether the subway's electrified third rail had been deactivated."
All told, one woman lost her life and eighty-four were hospitalized. In the coming weeks and months we will learn more about how this happened, whether the response was adequate, and whether the accident and subsequent loss of life could have been prevented.
To many riders, accidents like this are not surprising. A 2009 train collision killed nine people. There are also years' worth of examples documented by bloggers, everyday riders, and journalists of seldom-enforced rules, sloppy workmanship, and bafflingly onerous collectively bargained work rules that sacrifice quality and safety in the interest of other union priorities.
To top it off, system leadership will often downplay the problems to make it seem like everything is under control. A post from Cato's Walter Olson after...
Last week, I explained the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (a.k.a. No Child Left Behind) in a single table:
Now that Senator Alexander, chairman of the HELP Committee, has released a draft bill, let's take a look at where it stands on these various issues (items that moved are in bold):
In brief, most of my "yellow" items went to red—as in, they got left on the cutting room floor. Just testing in science and a version of School Improvement Grants made it to the "green" territory.[1] And most intriguingly, annual testing—the star of the current debate—stays in yellow thanks to Alexander's equivocation on the issue. (He included two options in his bill—either keep the current annual testing requirements or let states propose something that is similar in spirit.)
To be sure, this is just the opening bid. Conservatives will aim to shrink the green list, and liberals will aim to grow it. What's still not known is where the president's "red line" may fall. Stay tuned!
[1] As several readers noted, the School Improvement Grants program is officially gone, though the bill does include a large state set-aside for school improvement activities.
THE DRAFT BILL IS HERE...ALMOSTReporters are gathering details on Senator Lamar Alexander's much-awaited draft bill for reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. The bill is more than 400 pages long and outlines two roads for standardized testing: A Choose Your Own (Testing) Adventure or "stick with the assessment language we pretty much already have," note the Politics K–12 duo.
WALKER: TESTING RANGEREducation Week's excellent State Edwatch blog has an in-depth examination of Wisconsin Republicans' new state education plan, called for by Governor Scott Walker during last year's reelection campaign, which would convert persistently failing public schools into charter schools. Also included in the legislation is a proposal to grant broad leeway to public, charter, and private schools to select from a menu of competing standardized tests.
BOARD TO DEATHAmerican University's WAMU takes a look at the responsibilities of charter board members in Washington, D.C., a city in which nearly half of all children attend charter schools. Carrie Irvin, head of a nonprofit that seeks to train the volunteer board members, says that the duties of the position can be demanding: "Serving on a public charter school board is not 'I'll show up twice a year, vote like the guy next to me because he looks smart and put it on my resume.' It's a serious leadership responsibility."
INTEGRATION AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPThe Supreme Court will be hearing a case next week concerning disparate impact of housing policies on racial...
The president may have stiffed the French at the big solidarity rally that many other world leaders attended over the weekend, but when it comes to domestic policy, he is in love with the universe—and universality.
First, of course, came universal health care. But it was followed in short order by his plea for universal preschool education and, last week, for universal community-college education. All free, of course, at least for the consumer. (Not, obviously, for the taxpayer.)
In health care, there's at least a rational basis for demanding universal insurance coverage: to apply the "savings" from healthy people who don't need medical care to subsidize the care of those who need lots of it. (Social Security and Medicare run the same way, except their "do get" and "don't get" populations are demarcated explicitly by age rather than health status.)
In education, though, the trade-offs tucked into universality are more insidious—and actually harmful to authentic "need lots" people, while conferring taxpayer-financed windfalls on the "don't need" population.
Most American four-year-olds and many three-year-olds already take part in preschool of some kind, and a great many of their parents have figured out how to pay for it with the help of employers, local school systems, private philanthropy, and others. Many other little kids are satisfactorily looked after by family members and caregivers in their own homes. And lots of them enter kindergarten ready to succeed there. Children like these do not need a "universal" program. For their families, it's just...
BLENDED LEARNING UPDATESchools across the country are experimenting with the blended learning model in which classrooms feature a mix of human capital and online tools to deliver lessons. This NPR profile of a Coney Island middle school is a revealing examination of the approach. While the integration of technology can ease the "administrative" duties of teachers, such as tracking student progress, researchers say that there is still no concrete evidence for academic or developmental gains. The key takeaway is that blended learning is not a silver bullet.
UNTRUE GRITThe New York Times wades into the character-education debate with an overview of different views and voices. While some research (and a host of different schooling models, most notably that of the KIPP schools) emphasizes the value of skills like grit, curiosity, and self-control, other experts argue that obsessive perseverance can be stifling and that overweening focus on character growth will obscure the debate over school quality. No less an eminence than friend-of-Fordham Laurence Steinberg took to Flypaper last year to air his misgivings about the practice.
CHANGING THE CHARTER NARRATIVEThe conventional wisdom on charter schools, Forbes's Adam Ozimek observes, is that their performance essentially mirrors that of public schools, barring a few outstanding exceptions. After reviewing the most recent studies conducted by CREDO and Mathematica, however, he concludes that charters' value to poor and minority students and English language learners is actually greater than their district equivalents....
Overachieving Andy already beat me to the punch with ten thoughts about the secretary's speech today. Rather than try to compete, I'm going to keep it simple and stick to three. Anyway, who has time for ten of anything?
As I wrote last week, with the ESEA reauthorization process heating up, lots of advocates are now trying to influence the congressional deliberations. Secretary Duncan weighed in this morning. Here are ten things you should know about his speech.
In AEI's latest Vision Talks video, Arthur Brooks, its president and the happiest man in the think-tank world, argues that public-policy advocates need to make a better case: one that is moral, about people, and to the point. This talk could not be better suited for conservatives, especially as presidential hopefuls are (sigh) already campaigning. Many acknowledge that conservatives must talk about issues in a better way if they plan on expanding their base to young voters and minorities. But Arthur Brooks would have made a better case for conservatives if he hadn't used education reform as his example.
Brooks makes some very valid points: Public policy advocates should discuss moral (not a materialistic or economic) goals; public policy is about helping people; and ideas should be communicated quickly. (And he adds in some the nifty fact that communicators have seven seconds to win someone over before the listener's brain tells him move on.) But this doesn't work with ed reform because, for the most part, we're already there. From "A Nation at Risk" to "content, character, and choice" to having the "right to rise," politicians have made that to-the-point and emotional leap. Blogger Alexander Russo rightly noted that this is "something that pretty much everyone in education advocacy has come to understand at this point." Some groups, including the PIE Network and Education Cities, have been on that case for years with messaging advice to...


text:
BOX 2-5 Space-Based Remote Sensing of Debris: An Example In late 1987, NASA began work on a proposal to detect 1-mm to 1-cm debris in LEO with a space-based electro-optical sensor. The project was called ''Quicksat" because, to obtain a free rocket launch, the instrument had to be constructed rapidly. To obtain an expected detection rate (in a 500-km, sun-synchronous orbit) of about 200 objects per year, the initial design incorporated two 40-cm-diameter, F/1.0 telescopes using 500 by 500 CCD pixel arrays and separated by 1 meter to obtain usable parallax data. However, without on-board data processing, data transmission for this design was much too high. Consequently, fewer and larger pixels were required; however, this significantly increased the separation distance required for the two sensors to make parallax measurements. By optimizing the size, position and readout rate of the pixels, Quicksat was redesigned into two 25-cm-diameter, F/1.0 optics with 9 by 16 pixel arrays, decreasing the spacecraft mass by 200 kg and increasing the expected detection rate by a factor of 10. However, the cost of building and integrating the Quicksat satellite was estimated at more than $100 million; by 1988, the free rocket was unavailable and the project was canceled. |
(Utkin et al., 1993); German experts, who proposed flying optical sensors on a space station or the U.S. Space Shuttle (Bendisch et al., 1993); and U.S. experts. In the United States, NASA (working with Ball Corporation) has done extensive work on an infrared system for debris detection and collision warning for the Space Station and has proposed a spacecraft (see Box 2-5) with two small telescopes capable of monitoring the 1-mm and larger environment (Portree and Loftus, 1993). In addition, Kaman Sciences Corporation has proposed an optical (visible and infrared) debris detection and characterization system for use on the U.S. Space Shuttle, and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratories (specifically Sandia, Los Alamos, and Livermore), along with several companies, have each proposed various sensors (including radar, infrared, optical, and LIDAR) as potential space-based debris detection sensors. In early 1995, the U.S. Department of Defense plans to launch its MSX (Midcourse Space Experiment) spacecraft, which will use ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light sensors developed for other purposes to search for uncataloged debris.
Both passive or active remote sensors in orbit could theoretically be used to detect debris. Passive sensors (such as telescopes) detect objects by using existing illumination (such as reflected sunlight or the infrared radiation emitted by heated objects). Active sensors (such as LIDAR or radar) illuminate an object and detect the reflected illumination. One advantage of active sensors is that a single active sensor can accurately


text:
Chronic Wasting Disease was first recognized as a clinical "wasting" syndrome in 1967 in mule deer in a wildlife research facility in Northern Colorado. It was identified as a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in 1978. In 1981, CWD was detected in a wild elk and in 1985 it was detected in a wild mule deer in Colorado. Further surveillance showed the disease was present in wild deer and elk in northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. For many years CWD in wildlife was thought to only occur in this region, referred to as the "CWD endemic area." However, wildlife surveillance begun in earnest in 1997 by wildlife agencies led to detection of CWD outside of the historic endemic area. APHIS provided assistance to the wildlife agencies for much of this surveillance.
From 2002-2011, APHIS supported surveillance in wild, free-ranging deer and elk providing CWD testing for an average of 90,000 samples collected yearly on a nationwide basis. By January 2012, CWD had been identified in free-ranging, wild deer, elk, and moose in multiple states to include: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. View a map depicting states with CWD in the free-ranging cervid populations.
CWD was detected in a farmed elk herd in South Dakota in 1997. Since then, additional positive farmed elk and deer herds have been identified in other states to include: Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. View a map depicting states with CWD in farmed/captive cervid herds.


text:
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Carrie on A Jenny McCarthy reader, Pt. 4: The real dangers in following Jenny's advice
- Sears and Gordon: Should Misleading Vaccine Advice Have Professional Consequences? « Malaysia Daily News on Bob Sears: Bald-faced liar, devious dissembler, or both?
- Lindsay on The whole cell pertussis vaccine, media malpractice, and the long-term effects of avoiding difficult conversations
- Jenny McCarthy: anti-vaxxer, public menace on A Jenny McCarthy Reader, Pt. 1: The birth of a star and an embrace of "Crystal Children"
- Measles Is Horrible | The Global Memo on Bob Sears: Bald-faced liar, devious dissembler, or both?
Blog Archives
SciWriteLabs #6: BMJ editor Fiona Godlee on the Wakefield-MMR fiasco, the problems with peer review, and research oversight boards
Category: Media, science, SciWriteLabs, Vaccine safety, Vaccines
Tagged Andrew Wakefield, Ben Goldacre, Brian Deer, British Medical Journal, Daily Mail, David Lewis, Ingvar Bjarnason, measles, Melanie Phillips, MMR, Molecular Pathology, Nature, Pace University, Paul Offit, peer review, Private Eye, research oversight boards, Richard Horton, Royal Free Hospital, The Lancet, The Panic Virus, University College London
19 Comments


text:
We want to ensure that making a return is as easy and hassle-free as possible! If for any reason you decide that your purchase just isn't for you, simply return the item within 30 days of receipt and we'll cover the return shipping when you choose our FREE Pre-Paid Return Shipping Label. Learn more about our return policy.
Shop now and get Free Value Shipping on most orders over $49 to contiguous 48 states, DC and to all U.S. Military APO/FPO/DPO addresses.
These Burris Targets Reviews happen to be a great way to get an impartial opinion on Burris Targets. Customer opinions are a powerful way to compare several Targets from Burris quick and easy. These customer written product reviews include consumer ratings, recommendations and feedback. Read the pros and cons from people who have knowledge and experience using each Burris Targets. We have the best Burris products here at OpticsPlanet for example, Burris Targets. We fully grasp the need for finding the knowledge and an overall understanding of everything you buy, so make time to read what buyers like you are saying about all our leading Burris Targets within our on-line product reviews. If you would like to take part in a discussion about Burris Targets, visit our OpticsPlanet discussion forum.


text:
Path is simple, personal social networking.
Designed with the people you love, your closest friends and family, in mind. Path is a trusted, intimate environment like your dinner table at home.
Capture Moments: With Path you can capture and share all of life's most important moments: photos, videos, thoughts, places, music, TV shows, movies, books, workouts, and sleep.
Be Yourself: Create and edit beautiful photos and videos with our world-class creative tools and filters.
Control Privacy: You're always in control of your privacy on Path with settings that are simple and easy-to-understand.
Get More Than Likes: With Path Emotions you'll get more than likes from your family and close friends —smiles, frowns, laughs, gasps, or loves. Also: never again wonder if a friend saw your post, because with Path you can see everyone who has.
Search Moments: Revisit any of your Moments by searching for friends, birthdays, places, cities, holidays, months, seasons, and more.
Share Everywhere: Easily share any of your Path Moments to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Wordpress, and email.
Apps & More: Your favorite apps work with Path too. Share your Nike runs, Strava workouts, VSCOcam photos, Wordpress posts, and more.
What's New in Version 4.3
- Stickers in Thoughts: Use more stickers in more places. Bring your Thought moments to life by sharing any sticker directly in your Path.
- Stickers on Photos: Add some personality to your photos. Pick any sticker (or stickers!) and place it on any photo, then move it around, resize it, even flip it upside down. Be creative!
- Share Extension: Got something in another app you want to share with your friends on Path? Now you can quickly share photos and other stuff from countless apps.
- Today Extension: Easily check in or share a new moment from the Today tab on your iPhone.
- Message a Place: Want to make a reservation at a place you see on Path? Quickly send a message with a shortcut to Path Talk.
- Hide Stickers: Improved sticker pack management allows you to hide the packs you don't use as often.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Customer Reviews
No User Base
I love Path, but the user base isn't there. I've had limited success with getting other friends to use it. And you can't use a social network alone.
I love the fact that you see everything, and it's in chronological order. It's simple, clean and well designed.
I don't know what it would take to make Path a major player, without changing what Path is. And I don't want Path to change what it is.
Going from a mobile only service to a desktop service, also, might help. I would like to see sharing to Instagram. Just advertising in general would help. How many non tech people have heard of Path?
Just whatever you do, don't become Facebook. I hate Facebook with a passion. It's a mess and privacy is nonexistent.
(Update, I have quit Path. It's dead, and as I mentioned before, I can't use it alone.)
The perfect personal social network
I've always loved the Apple-esque design ethos that permeates Path. The devs and designers really place an emphasis on delighting and surprising their users.
Because they respect your privacy and don't inundate you with ads, Path is the perfect place to share with those whom you care for the most.
A great place for memories.
Looking for an app truly designed to be mobile, I found Path. I love it it's so personal and I can really share those memories with close friends.
Compared to the Facebook app this blows it out of the water. It was built with UX in mind and as well as design. Give it a try!
As a social network, it's great and not a meme center like Facebook has become.
-----------4.0 review--------
I've been using Path since 2.0. I'm not sure what to say about the new one. Had previously given it 5 stars, but separating it into two apps just doesn't make sense.
I'm giving it a 3.
- Free
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Feb 25, 2015
- Version: 4.3
- Size: 29.8 MB
- Languages: Arabic, Bokmål, Norwegian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Ko, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese
- Seller: Path Inc.
- © 2014 Path, Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus.
Top In-App Purchases
- Premium Subscription for 3 months$4.99
- Old Time$0.99
- The Grid$0.99
- Premium Subscription for 1 Year (12 Months)$9.99
- Loko$0.99
- Sketch$0.99
- Woodstock$0.99
- 8-Bit$0.99
- Fluffie Sticker Pack$1.99


text:
Allan Donald
Neil Adcock
Allan Donald
Neil Adcock
Aus. XI
Simpson^ | Hayden | Bradman | Chappell^ | Ponting | Border* | Gilchrist+ | Davidson3 | Warne4^ | Lillee1 | McGrath2
Greenidge | Hunte | Richards^ | Headley* | Lara^ | Sobers5^ | Walcott+ | Marshall1 | Ambrose2 | Holding3 | Garner4
Richards^ | Smith*^ | Amla | Pollock | Kallis5^ | Nourse | Cameron+ | Procter3 | Steyn1 | Tayfield4 | Donald2
Eng. XI
Hobbs | Hutton*^ | Hammond^ | Compton | Barrington | Botham5^ | Knott | Trueman1 | Laker4 | Larwood2 | Barnes3
Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick
This one is pretty clear cut
Donald - 22
Steyn - 13
Pollock - 3
Procter - 3
Adcock - 2
LeRoux - 1
Team so far:
Barry Richards
Graeme Smith
Jacques Kallis
Dudley Nourse
Graeme Pollock
Dale Steyn
Allan Donald
No.6 Slot
Kindly choose one of the below players or one of your choosing
Herbie Taylor
Hashim Amla
A.B de Villiers
Aubrey Faulkner
Brian Mcmillan
Trevor Goddard
Eddie Barlow
Batting order can be adjusted based on this selection
This is a very tough one.
So much depends on the balance of the side. I'm tempted to go with Faulkner and play 4 specialist quicks.
Aubrey Faulkner
Very simple one for me.
~ Cribbertarian ~
Rejecting 'analysis by checklist' and 'skill absolutism' since Dec '09
Originally Posted by John Singleton
Great champion of the old 'uns that I usually am I do think Faulkner is a tad over-rated round these parts - through no fault of his own he only played 12 of his 25 Tests against full strength opposition so, fine player that he undoubtedly was, I'm going to go for Mike Procter again - best all rounder the game has seen, through my rose-tinted glasses anyway
Procter was a top class batsman - you don't get six consecutive first class centuries by being a fast bowler with a good eye - he was quality
I see Kallis as the second best ever all rounder and good enough for that role. Deciding btwn Taylor and Amla.
Aubrey Faulkner is the obvious choice.
That way we get 3 x quicks, 1 x offie, and a highly competent leg-break googly bowler in the side to secure the ultimate bowling attack.
And with Waite and Procter to follow it doesn't matter too much that Faulkner is probably not as good as Amla et al.
01. Adam Gilchrist - 02. Sachin Tendulkar - 03. Brian Lara - 04. Viv Richards - 05. AB De Villiers - 06. Michael Bevan - 07. Kapil Dev - 08. Richard Hadlee - 09. Wasim Akram - 10. Saqlain Mushtaq - 11. Joel Garner
you can just vote for procter next round can't you
Brad McNamara @bbuzzmc
Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.
Yeah, Faulkner.
What a ****ing ridiculously OP batting line up/deep bowling line-up if what I'm envisaging goes through.
Both Procter and Pollock should play, really.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
Log In
Not a Subscriber?
December 4, 2014
View Slideshow
December 2014: Salma Hayek attends the U.K. Premiere of "Gods and Kings" wearing towering Saint Laurent pumps with a lucite block heel. The actress also wore a clutch and suited look by the label.
Photo By Getty Images
More Articles By
See what celebs are wearing to industry events and about town.
Sign upSign up for WWD and FN newsletters to receive daily headlines, breaking news alerts and weekly industry wrap-ups.


text:
Jan 23, 2011, 08:52 AM | |
Brunswick, OH
Joined Nov 2005
5,547 Posts
Telemetry over audio requires modems on both ends. If you have the hardware, the program doesn't care how it gets there. The most tested method is in through a serial port. So if your modem on the ground connects to a COM port then no problem. If you've got some other method like TCP or UDP those are kind-of supported right now. They need a bunch more work.
So the easiest way to do it is over an X-Bee. It will cost between $100 and $150 to go to X-Bee's depending upon the range you want. If you already have the hardware for telemetry over audio, then the only requirement is your modem on the ground has to do serial on a COM, TCP or UDP. |
Jan 23, 2011, 09:08 AM | |
Joined Feb 2005
494 Posts
I've been toying around with Melih's audio protocol, but it would need to be expanded to include IMU data for better GCS integration. This approach would eliminate the ground modem, and instead just decipher the EasyCAP audio. I would very much like to see this as an option down the road.
Again, nice work! EDIT: I think I found a more elegant solution for my needs. The FrSky telemetry system looks like it will support 'piggybacking' a serial signal back to the Tx, and from there a simple 232 cable to the laptop! Are you aware of anyone using this approach in lieu of X-Bee modules? |
Jan 27, 2011, 04:53 AM | |
Joined May 2008
127 Posts
Hi HK,
I have been following your progress with interest for a long time. I had a stroke a while back and while rehab and determination have helped consideraby, unfortunatly I have not yet regained the tactile ability in my right hand needed to fly the way I would like. After talking to Dean I am buying an ATTO this week and hope to begin flying using the Atto Assist mode soon. I was totally psyched to see your progress last week as you started working on joystick control for the Atto. While I am not handicapped or disabled in any way I do struggle with motor skills on my right side, I really think between the Atto and your GCS I will be able to have a bird in the air on a regular basis and get back to a hobby I really enjoy. Keep up the good work. Thanks Bill |
Jan 27, 2011, 08:03 AM | |
Brunswick, OH
Joined Nov 2005
5,547 Posts
cass, that's on my future "To-Do" list. A guy named Fab actually started a GCS with that look and feel where the instruments were along the bottom as an overlay on the video stream. I've been thinking about giving the option to do the same... the trouble is the amount of time it takes to write the "resize" function that actually places and sized all the controls on the left... I'd have to do the same on the bottom. I just haven't had time. But thank you for reminding me. I'll make sure I add it to my list.
billh, that's amazing! It's fantastic that you're getting back in the air! Yes, Dean's Atto will help stabilize the plane. With my GCS you can specify the joystick layout you want (in your case I would select "Mode 3") . Here's an overview of what the different modes are: http://www.brunswickrc.com/faq.asp#70. I've never seen an actually Mode 3 radio for sale. We had a guy at our field that had limited use of his right hand. He had an interesting way to hold the radio and mostly used a Parkzone 3 channel radio with a slider style throttle. So he would usually have to take his hand off the stick to move the throttle which made for some dicey moments in the air. But he did seem to manage. Let me know if there's anything I can do on the GCS to make things work better for you! Congrats on getting back up there! |
Jan 27, 2011, 09:55 PM | ||
Adelaide, Australia
Joined Jan 2007
327 Posts
Hey Cass, are you using attopilot? I'm writing an attopilot specific GCS which allows you to arrange things in various windows. Its not released yet, but if anyone is interested in beta testing it let me know via PM. |
Jan 28, 2011, 01:28 PM | |
Brunswick, OH
Joined Nov 2005
5,547 Posts
tclaridge, you can have them side by side...what's missing is being able to see the instruments at the same time.
billh, that I can't say. I think I've got 8 axis selections available. I'm assuming that everything from the Mircosoft Flight Yoke would translate into those selections. I've also got a bunch of buttons available....but I'm currently not doing anything with them. |
Jan 30, 2011, 09:07 PM | |
3D model and MAVLINK issues.
Also in .29 compared to .28, the Reaper 3D model in google earth has vanished. EasyStar is ok. Correction: the 3D model did rebuild somehow after a few runs of the GCS. It looks as the installation temporarily makes the planes invisible, but it heals by itself. v1.2.29, the sound accompaniyng MAVLINK red alert box: 'warning, link lost for 3s' pops up at 3s and then 'danger link lost for 6s' are scheduled in orer, but the result is that the second phrase starts well after 6th second. Maybe change to: 'link weak' and 'link lost' so they will be pronounced faster. Actual roll and pitch decoding from MAVLINK is opposite to what QGCS uses. Of course you can invert it using the options, but then when you switch to ARDU protocol, it is inverted again. When simulating with MAVLINK, I got message 'GLUONPILOT, singal lost' a few times, even if I never sent GLUONPILOT messages (it occured once every 3 min). There are problems of contradictory yaw/heading/course meanings when usign MAVLINK, but this has to be clarified in QGCS as well so we have to wait. There is a bug in decoding 64bit UNIX epoch time, if I send anything but 0, the decoding function crashes together with GCS. |
Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads | |||||
Category | Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Discussion | Show Us Your Ground Station !!!! FPV Ground Station Design and Idea's found here :) | JettPilot | FPV Equipment | 4222 | Today 02:18 AM |
Discussion | Ground station wiring harness | ziomatrixacs | FPV Talk | 3 | Oct 07, 2010 06:48 PM |
Discussion | DIY Continuous Rotating FPV Ground Station | Moosthegoose | FPV Talk | 37 | Sep 29, 2010 05:27 AM |
Discussion | Aerial Photography request an Autopilot system & Ground Control Station | Atflying | Aerial Photography | 7 | Jun 27, 2010 03:13 AM |


text:
Sunny Day, Finally, for Your 'For Sale' Sign
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's an avalanche of housing data coming out this week. Pulled together, it offers one conclusion to homeowners:
Go ahead and pop that "for sale" sign on your front lawn.
As always, there are caveats.
If you're itching to sell, it's the best time in years to do so. If not, go ahead and take the calculated risk that the economy will grow healthier and that your home value will rise accordingly, making that periodic trip to Zillow.com to estimate what your home is worth that much more enjoyable.
But data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that sales of new single-family U.S. homes rose 12.3% from February 2012 to last month. That signals increasingly aggressive buyers coming out of the woodwork, anxious to cut a deal before home prices really take off -- if that even happens. One sour note from the Census Bureau data: the February numbers show an actual decline of 4.6% in terms of home sales from January 2013. But that may well be due to lousy weather in February in the upper half of the U.S. compared with a relatively milder and dryer January, keeping home shoppers in doors. S&P/Case Shiller also weighed in this week, with its home price index estimating a 7.3% rise in U.S. home prices for its 10-city composite, and 8.1% for its 20-city composite. That index covered January 2012 through January 2013. All 20 cities in the Case Shiller Index -- even Detroit -- showed year-over year gains, although the Motor City was the only one of the 20 to clock in at a lower home price growth rate. Phoenix, Ariz., led the way in terms of average price gains, at 23.2%. Those growth rates are fairly remarkable in the opinion of Case-Shiller analysts. "The two headline composites posted their highest year-over-year increases since summer 2006," says David M. Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "This marks the highest increase since the housing bubble burst." Every major U.S. city, Blitzer says, has a sunnier story to tell.
"After more than two years of consecutive year-over-year declines, New York reversed trend and posted a positive return in January," he says. "The Southwest (Phoenix and Las Vegas) plus San Francisco posted the highest annual increases; they were also among the hardest hit by the housing bust. Atlanta and Dallas recorded their highest year-over-year gains." The long-term picture is healthy, too, as a grab bag of housing data demonstrate a genuine recovery. "Economic data continue to support the housing recovery," Blitzer says. "Single-family home-building permits and housing starts posted double-digit year-over-year increases in February 2013. Despite a slight uptick in foreclosure filings, numbers are still down 25% year over year. Steady employment and low borrowing rates pushed inventories down to their lowest post-recession levels."
Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
Action Alerts PLUS
Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer and Director of Research Jack Mohr reveal their investment tactics while giving advanced notice before every trade.
Product Features:
- $2.5+ million portfolio
- Large-cap and dividend focus
- Intraday trade alerts from Cramer
Quant Ratings
Access the tool that DOMINATES the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500.
Product Features:
- Buy, hold, or sell recommendations for over 4,300 stocks
- Unlimited research reports on your favorite stocks
- A custom stock screener
Stocks Under $10
David Peltier uncovers low dollar stocks with serious upside potential that are flying under Wall Street's radar.
Product Features:
- Model portfolio
- Stocks trading below $10
- Intraday trade alerts
Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
Dividend Stock Advisor
David Peltier identifies the best of breed dividend stocks that will pay a reliable AND significant income stream.
Product Features:
- Diversified model portfolio of dividend stocks
- Updates with exact steps to take - BUY, HOLD, SELL
Trifecta Stocks
Every recommendation goes through 3 layers of intense scrutinyquantitative, fundamental and technical analysisto maximize profit potential and minimize risk.
Product Features:
- Model Portfolio
- Intra Day Trade alerts
- Access to Quant Ratings
Options Profits
Our options trading pros provide over 100 monthly option trading ideas and strategies to help you become a well-seasoned trader.
Product Features:
- Actionable options commentary and news
- Real-time trading community


text:
"contemporary humor with a regency hero"
I have exhausted the fantasy/paranormal romance genre and all the books are just bleeding together so it was refreshing to have something NEW and FUN with endearing characters in this little family like Jack... the authors must have kids. I actually went back to my Audible library and lowered my ratings on previous books in comparison to this one.
"Addicting series"
I was thinking about skipping this second book in the series because the next one seems to be everyone's favorite- but I'm glad I didn't jump. It is a necessary step in the series because the relationship between Bella and Z starts here.
I found myself more interested in the orphaned, almost vampire kid they adopt rather than the actual romance between Rage and his woman. I wouldn't have wanted to miss any of the ongoing story.
"Julie Garwood has better"
You will find these characters basically repeated in Garwood's The Prize and The Bride, except their stories are more interesting than Gentle Warrior's. It feels like she wrote this book and later improved upon it.
"Why is this in the romance category?"
Because the heroine was apathetic about her every situation- I was too. I just couldn't get excited about it. Perhaps there is a romance going on later in the series, but not in this opener.
"Fun ride"
This was a really entertaining listen, I had a grin on my face the whole time. It started off cheesey and the whole great granddaughter plot didn't sound like it would be a very hot romance- but it did not disappoint.
"great book! great narrator! too much torture"
This book is enthralling- I couldn't get anything else done while I was listening to it. And the narrator was fantastic. But I have a weak stomach for torture and it cast a dark shadow over the whole story.


text:
Paget Foundation and University of Michigan School of Medicine
Last Modified: March 11, 2007
Conference Dates: October 25-27, 2007
Conference Location: Sheraton at Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsoring Group: Paget Foundation and University of Michigan School of Medicine
Conference Web Page URL: www.paget.org
Topics Covered: Cancer Stem Cells and Bone, Cancer Cell Dormancy and Bone Metastasis, Novel Targets for Bone Metastasis, Imaging of Skeletal Complications, Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis, Osteonecrosis of the Jaw.
Who Should Attend: Anyone with an interest in the skeletal complications of cancer which has metastasized to the bone. Scientists with a particular in bone biology and cancer.
Conference Agenda: Complete details and program available online.
Registration Information: Online at www.paget.org
Conference Fees: $300 (inquire about special rates for students/fellows)
Continuing Education: Yes
Miscellany: Up to 14.5 AMA PRA Category I credits
Aug 18, 2011 - The administration of an adenoviral vector containing the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene, plus valacyclovir, is safe and can be delivered with surgery and accelerated radiation in patients with newly diagnosed malignant gliomas, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


text:
Mesa Safe Co. 30" Commercial Depository Safe
When dealing with your company's deposits, don't leave anything up to chance! The front loading door will enable quick deposits without actual access inside the safe. A 0.5'' steel door with three chrome plated steel bolts coupled with an internal re-locking device is the perfect combination to put any mind at ease.
Mesa Safe Co. 30" Commercial Depository Safe
Weights & Dimensions
Product Type: Depository safe | Exterior Finish: Black and grey |
Interior Finish: Black | Powder Coated Finish: Yes |
Material: Metal
| Water Resistant: No |
Fire Resistant: No | Scratch Resistant: Yes |
Drill Resistant: Yes | Tamper Proof: Yes |
Impact Resistant: Yes | Key Required: No |
Finger Scan Lock Included: No | Gun Safe: No |
Shelves Included: Yes
| Drawers Included: Yes
Tray Included: No | Bolt Down: Yes
Batteries Required: Yes
| Interior Light: No |
Humidity Control: No | Drop Box Included: Yes |
Wheels: No | Capacity: 3.6 Cubic Feet |
Commercial Use: Yes | Eco-Friendly: No |
Product Care: Wipe with a damp cloth | Country of Manufacture: China |
Lock Type (Electronic Lock Lock Type): Electronic | Lock Type (Combination Dial Lock Lock Type): Dial |
Keypad Lock Included (Combination Dial Lock Lock Type): No | Keypad Lock Included (Electronic Lock Lock Type): Yes
Combination Lock (Combination Dial Lock Lock Type): Yes
Assembly Required: No | Additional Parts Required: No |
Product Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty |
UL Listed: No | GSA Approved: No |
About the Manufacturer
Based in Southern California, Mesa Safe Co. has been a major manufacturer of high quality safes for decades. With their strong vision and commitment towards customer satisfaction, Mesa Safe Co. strives to bring you high-quality safes at an affordable price. Choose from durable depository safes to high security gun safes - with a wide variety of styles, it's easy to find the perfect safe for your personal or business needs. Quality burglary and data safes for security and peace of mind with Mesa Safe!Mesa Safe Co. 30" Commercial Depository Safe
Still have questions about this product? We're here to help
Customer Reviews
5 star | 5 | |
4 star | 2 | |
3 star | 0 | |
2 star | 0 | |
1 star | 0 |
Mesa safe Melissa from Jackson, TN– Verified Buyer This was exactly what I was looking for. The safe is great for my restaurant. There is a top drop so only the managers have access on e deposits are dropped. Great product and would recommend. |
Worth the money Melissa from Durham, NC– Verified Buyer We got this for our retail business. It's very easy to use and is great for preventing theft from outsiders and employees. |
DO Jean from Juno Beach, FL– Verified Buyer This safe is solid, great support and service, digital lock very easy to change the combination and capable of multiple combination/users |
safe Tim from Spearfish, SD– Verified Buyer I have ordered from Wayfair before and have always received exactly what I ordered and on time. |
LOVED IT! Abeer from Fredericksburg, VA– Verified Buyer I bought this for one of my busniesses and needed another for a different location. GREAT BUY. fast shipping, and great customer service. i will be back to buy more! |
Valued Customer from Texas– Verified Buyer |
Valued Customer from Pennsylvania– Verified Buyer |
30" Commercial Depository Safe is also sometimes listed under the following manufacturer numbers: MFL3020CC, MFL3020EE


text:
We had a really busy day at the gun store today. I was waddling from customer to customer showing Sigs, 1911s, Glocks, XDs, Walther PPKs, finding ammo, explaining ammo, demonstrating disassemblies and reassemblies, talking about triggers, explaining the difference between DA/SA, DAO, SAO, and striker-fired, going over brief gun histories and ideals behind certain designs.
But it wasn't until I was called in to show, not only the customer but the clerk working with me, how to disassemble and reassemble a Kimber that I finally got to appreciate just how much I've learned and how far I've come in the last, oh, two years.
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that I was asking JD why he kept calling so many different guns 1911s and why those numbers were important (yeah, you should have seen the look on his face).
I remember trying to reassemble my Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry for the first time. I COULD NOT get that stupid slide stop into the take-down notch to save my life and it was a good thing we bought it used with a good "stupid scratch" on the slide already because I just made it deeper the first couple of times.
I didn't know a Glock from a Sig and I certainly couldn't distinguish between a 21 and a 19 or a 23 and a 36.
I didn't know a majority of gun manufacturers even existed. If you had told me you had bought a Stoeger I would have assumed you just picked up a new exotic pet. A Benelli sounded like a cool car and when my husband said I should get a Kimber I said, "What do they make?"
I thought Ruger and Luger were synonymous.
I constantly confused double-action and single-action.
I was AMAZED to find you could put .38 spls into a revolver chambered for .357 Magnum, and I would have been the idiot who tried to stuff those magnums into a .357 Sig. Aren't all .357s created equal?
I have by no means arrived anywhere. I still know much less about rifles and shotguns than I'd like and some calibers really confuse the living fire out of me; especially when you get to talking about muzzle energy, velocity, grain weight and all that jazz.
I still don't know the inner workings of a LOT of handguns and what actually happens when you press the trigger to result in the firing of said handgun, not to mention how their safeties, decockers and internal locking systems work.
And then there's all the new stuff pouring out every day, it seems.
But I find myself being pulled in to counsel about this gun or that one, giving advice on a personal, rather than hear-say, level and generally being happy to have a working blanket knowledge of how things work when it comes to firearms.
And I owe it all to the people who were, and still are, willing to graciously answer all of my questions and show me what I don't even know I don't know.
My old manager used to say he loved working with me because I wanted to know how EVERYTHING worked and I was never done learning something new. He knew that if he came around the corner and said, "Hey, do you want to learn something?" I'd respond with an enthusiastic, "YEAH!" and follow after him to learn how to break down a Ruger MK I or learn the difference between smooth bore and rifled shotguns and what ammo they can and can't take and so on.
By the time I was on my fourth run through explaining the technique on just how to get that slide stop into the take down notch of an Ultra CDP II I wanted to find anyone who'd every patiently taught me and give them a hug. I wouldn't be standing there passing on my knowledge without them.
We all start somewhere, and sometimes it takes a few of us some trial and error before we understand, but it's the people who can patiently repeat steps 1 through 6 for the fourteenth time that really stand out and move us all forward.


text:
This thread is for anyone who has ever ate something gross or a gross amount of something ... I will start .... I ate 4 double whoppers a large fry and large sprite from burger king
Join FirearmsTalk.com Today - It's Free!
Are you a firearms enthusiast? Then we hope you will join the community. You will gain access to post, create threads, private message, upload images, join groups and more. Firearms Talk is owned and operated by fellow firearms enthusiasts. We strive to offer a non-commercial community to learn and share information.
Join FirearmsTalk.com Today! - Click Here
I've big amounts and weird stuff. But the nastiest in my book, was lamb fries and a burger I had with goat cheese on it. NASTY. However I love BBQ mutton.
Oh dern.... Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
My Mother's Tuna Fish Casserole, served up once a week back in the sixties.
Edo roll, sushi made from catfish; I still gag a little when I think of it, but damn those waitresses were hot.
Dead Bears, the only good kind.
Lamb fries .... sounds gross .. my father used to make me eat lamb when I was a kid .... gross
In our teens, we used to play a card game called Rat F**k, we used to wager the grossest 3 item edible combo if you lost. We made a friend eat 1/2 of a grapefruit, skin and all. I remember having to eat a peanut butter, Crisco & Tabasco sauce sandwich. NASTY!
Dog poo. I hit it with a weedeater. Not like I put it in the casserole or anything... Had my mouth open (it was HOT out that day, over 100°)
Raw chipmunk brain. I was clearing my paintball gun into a wood pile right beside me and he poppedout at just the wrong moment and got his head popped. To be honest it wasn't terrible tasting or anything (I'd eat it cooked) it was more the shock of the whole thing.
I don't need No stinking signature.
HOT Indian food in London, Italian food in Derbyshire, UK, and Yorkshire Pudding in York, Yorkshire, UK. Sense a pattern here!!!
Eskimo village in Alaska, whale blubber,, enough tobacco, it don't matter.
What we have here is... failure- to communicate.


text:
Oakland Hood Rat Crashes Her Punk Ass Moped Lisa crashes her punk ass moped. 12/16/2014 12:58:23 PM 19,163 44
Why NOT To Speed On Black Ice When there is black ice you should slow down. These people didn't. 12/15/2014 10:06:35 AM 15,941 52
Lightning Strikes Tree Which Then Falls On Driver Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 12/8/2014 10:53:57 AM 4,050 17
Helmet Saves Man's Life In Freak Accident During Interview And that's why you wear a helmet! 12/5/2014 9:45:53 AM 17,810 66
Drunk Friend Shats Himself And Doesn't Know It His friends make him stick his hand down his pants and then its mayhem... 12/2/2014 12:53:07 PM 15,193 52
Car Hits Barrier And Unbuckled Passenger Goes Flying Wearing your seat belt is so important! Buckle up! 12/1/2014 11:57:18 AM 20,951 38
Huge Head On Car Crash At Chicago Stop Light That doesn't look good! 11/26/2014 12:35:05 PM 11,030 15
Man On Scooter Incredibly Lucky To Be Alive Talk about lucky!!!! Holy crap! 11/24/2014 11:15:49 AM 6,721 34
Impatient Driver Squeezes Out Into Traffic And Pays For It Patience is virtue. 11/20/2014 10:29:13 AM 12,778 48


text: [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kristen_Stewart_300_3750.jpg]]The chick from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Known for looking moody, biting her lip, and getting to kiss RobertPattinson.Prior to ''Twilight'', Stewart was a little-known actress who appeared mostly in independent films, occasionally getting supporting roles in studio films. At age ten, she had her first major role playing Creator/JodieFoster's daughter in ''Film/PanicRoom''. During this period, she was generally considered to be an up-and-coming talent by those who were aware of her.However, after her role in ''Twilight'', public opinion of her has deteriorated a bit. Stewart, who comes off as a bit of a ShrinkingViolet, makes it pretty clear that she does not enjoy being famous, doesn't like the series and generally preferred her pre-''Twilight'' life.She has also played Literature/SnowWhite in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''. She has also been approached for a role in the upcoming live-action Manga/{{Akira}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/11/29-1/akira-live-action-plot-and-preliminary-casting-revealed movie]]. Her acting fortunes appear to be looking up in 2015, as she became the first-ever American actress to win a César(the French version of the Academy Awards), Best Supporting Actress for ''Clouds of Sils Maria''.----!!Filmography:* ''Film/PanicRoom''* ''{{Film/Zathura}}''* ''Literature/{{Speak}}''* ''Film/FiercePeople''* ''In the Land of Women''* ''Film/IntoTheWild''* ''Film/{{Adventureland}}''* ''Film/TheMessengers''* ''Film/{{Jumper}}''* ''Film/TheRunaways''* ''Film/WelcomeToTheRileys''* ''The Yellow Handkerchief''* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman''* ''Film/{{Twilight}}''* ''Literature/OnTheRoad''* ''Film/StillAlice''----!!This actress provides examples of:%%%%%% Don't trope her life or character. Add tropes relating to her work.%%%* CharacterTics: She has a habit of biting her lower lip, which she shares with Bella Swan.* ClusterFBomb: She has been known to drop these on set when she messes up a take. She also curses like a sailor in interviews.* TheDanza: In ''Cold Creek Manor'', she played a character called Kristen Tilson.* DullSurprise: A common complaint against her acting.* DoingItForTheArt: She agreed to a salary of less than $200,000 for her role as Marylou in the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad'' after its budget was drastically cut, purely out of love for the novel.* DoesNotLikeShoes: fond of going barefoot on and off camera.* DyeingForYourArt: For her role as a runaway teenage stripper in ''Welcome to the Rileys'', she learned how to pole dance, deprived herself of sleep, chain-smoked, and ate mostly junk food. As a result her body and legs were covered with bruises, her skin was blemished, and she constantly looked tired.* FakeBrit: Her accent in ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' holds up rather well.* FanDisservice: Recently revealed this is why she rarely - if ever - smiles when being photographed, on the grounds that she believes she'll somehow be a sellout to her fans for doing so.* NamesTheSame: Her father's name is [[GreenLantern John]] [[TheDailyShow Stewart]]* TheStoic: Isn't generally known for her emotive acting. [[TropesAreNotBad That said]], it's worked well for her in some roles, such as the one she played in ''Speak''.%%Please do not add any personal tropes. This page is for her works.----


text:
Alas, regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond today
"Ode On A Distant Prospect of Eton College"
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray lamented in his poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" that young carefree students at the prestigious school had no idea of harsh reality that would greet them despite their lot in life and great education. Life isn't carefree for any of us beyond a certain day and for some that could be the date of their birth. Nonetheless, this thing called life has its ups and downs so maybe frolicking on the Eton campus is better than thinking of doom ahead. As adults, ways are found to play with little regard to a current status of victim.
Ills of life in such circumstances are often muted with sympathy, hope and charity. But this witch's brew can also mean getting stuck in a permanent state of doom. In those cases people find a way to play anyway.
Rahm Emanuel - Racist
Scores of states have voter identification laws and more are putting them on the books. In a world of increased security it's an idea whose time has come. Not only does it deter cheating but adds to the sanctity of voting, perhaps the most important of all our rights. Despite this legal and commonsense approach to protecting election outcomes there has been spin that these laws are racist. Most recently the Justice Department of the United States has gone after a number of states including Texas because of the audacity to establish their own rules on voting including identification requirements.
Eric Holder says Texas' voting requirements, which apply to all citizens of the state, are specifically aimed at harming blacks, Hispanics and the elderly.
There are cries that it's unreasonable to think blacks, Hispanics and the elderly would have automobiles to get to places where they could obtain a valid form of Identification. It presupposes that every person at the mall drove in their own cars or trucks. It's the flimsiest of cop outs, and yet the Attorney General of the United States is using this logic as the crux of his argument that states are violating the Voting Rights Act, 14th and 15th Amendments. It would seem to me those accused of lacking resourcefulness and resolve should actually be offended but they're being coddled in the process so accept the world's view of them as victims.
Taxing Blacks, Hispanics and the Elderly
President Obama is fond of saying he will not correct the nation's economic problems "on the backs of the poor" and yet he wanted to hike the federal tax on cigarettes by $0.94 to raise $78.0 billion over ten years. This on top of a previous tax hike (this was the very first tax increased under the current administration). Now his former right hand man, Rahm Emanuel, is preparing to hike cigarette taxes in the city of Chicago by $0.75 bringing total taxes to $7.42 a pack! Recently Cook County hiked taxes by $1.00 claiming it wasn't economic but to curb smoking. Talk about corporal punishment!
The mayor is saying he needs to raise $100.0 million to pay for safety at schools and parks. Here's the rub, a large swath of Chicagoans already head to Wisconsin or Indiana to evade paying the extraordinary tax on cigarettes. They simply hop in their cars and pick up a few packs. Wait a minute... what if they don't have cars?
According to Reynolds America the median household income for smokers is $27,700 versus $45,761 (2011) for non-smokers. According to the CDC 29% of smokers live under the poverty line.
The less education, the more likely one is to smoke, drop out of the job market and be unemployed. More than a third of high school dropouts smoke and two thirds aren't even in the job market. Conversely, only five percent of postgraduates are smokers.
Taking Black Crumbs for Greater Good
Getting off cigarettes by raising taxes is somewhat a dubious claim as I suspect greater knowledge of damage from long term smoking has been the largest deterrent to lighting up. On that note, most effective cessation programs cost up to $22 day or $660 a month, and that's obviously out of the reach of poor people. It's clear, hiking taxes on cigarettes is an attack on the poor.
In a piece in the Chicago Reporter titled "Second City or Dead Last? Income Apartheid in Chicago" it's pointed out the average white person in Chicago earns $63,635 annually compared to just $28,725 for the average black person, or 45% less. According to the author of the piece, this is the second worst disparity in the country falling only behind Dallas - see table. (Note all these are progressive cities and most have high taxes, unemployment and crime rates.)
Here's the Rub
If it's racist to expect blacks and others to find a ride to motor vehicle once every three years, then it's certainly racist to expect blacks and others to get a ride out of Chicago into Wisconsin or Indiana every other day for a few packs of cigarettes.
At the end of the day, whining about having to get voter ID's is a giant cop out while quietly accepting another blow to your limited income is inconceivable. The taxes collected from poor smokers in Chicago after Rahm gets his way adds up big time. A two pack a day parent will dish out $162,751 ($97,231 for taxes) over eighteen years. That's the kind of money that sends kids to school and changes the trajectory of a family. It gets future generations off the plantation and into the game of life. Of course this presumes people didn't smoke. But even for those that do, taxes alone seal their fate and limits options of their children.
Alas, regardless of their doom
The little victims play


text:
Its official. First Fassbender gets Assassins Creed, then Aaron Paul gets Need for Speed......now this. Is it me or has the casting for videogame movies taken a turn for the A list? Hopefully no more of this type of casting : |
"The worst part is, I'll have to have the break-up sex with myself!"


text:
Concern for the well-being of children is the cornerstone of Compassion International's ministry. We do everything within our power to ensure that no harm comes to any child registered in our program and to protect our children from any form of child abuse or exploitation. We believe the vast majority of our sponsors and donors share these values. Regrettably, some people might possibly seek to use Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program for wrong motives.
Therefore, consider these guidelines during your visit: 1. A certified Compassion representative will accompany visitors at all times during any visit. 2. A visitor may go to a child's home for a meal or a visit, if invited,and a Compassion representative accompanies them. 3. Visitors may not stay overnight with children, whether in a staff member's home or elsewhere. 4. Visitors may not ask for or accept accommodations the child development center or with the family of the sponsored child. 5. Visitors should show respect to the children they meet. They should avoid flirting, unwelcome flattery, or making suggestive comments. 6. Visitors will be educated on how to be culturally sensitive in expressing affection to their sponsored child. 7. Visitors may not give any personal contact information to a sponsored child and may not ask or record a sponsored child's personal contact information. These guidelines are intended to protect children in Compassion child development centers, as well as Compassion sponsors, from abuse and wrongful allegations of abuse. For everyone's protection, it is important that sponsors avoid even the appearance of inappropriate conduct. They should be concerned about perception and appearances in their relationships with minors and children.
Please call us at (800) 336-7542, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT, to speak with a Compassion representative.
Still have questions? E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
We're here to serve you. See the many ways to reach us or choose from the three options below to contact us online:
Community-Powered Support Network
Forgot your password?
If this is your first time logging in:
Click here to set up your account
A trustworthy organization since 1952
Yes, I would recommend Compassion to a friend.
"I have enjoyed sponsoring two children over the last 15 years. I do not have daughters; but I feel that in Heaven, I will have a special relationship with these young women that I helped to sponsor. I am blessed to be part of what God is doing through Compassion."
Facts About Our Program
mothers & babies in our program
mothers came to know Christ through Compassion
successful births
Facts About Child Birth in Poverty
"I would like my baby to study and to dedicate her life to God."
Compassion has been a trusted charity since 1952.
Numerous financial accountability groups and accrediting agencies have recognized Compassion for superior integrity.
"partnering with god to raise up a leader in el salvador has been one of my greatest joys." -- brianne
Your donation to the Where Most Needed fund will help Compassion better serve children in extreme poverty.
"Thanks for fixing my heart!" - Fatao, a Compassion-assisted child from Burkina Faso


text:
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund Announces A New Share Repurchase Plan
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE: AOD) (the "Fund") today announced that its Board of Trustees (the "Board"), as part of an ongoing evaluation of strategic options focusing on enhancing shareholder value, has authorized a share repurchase plan (the "Repurchase Plan"). Under the Repurchase Plan the Fund may purchase, in the open market, its outstanding common shares. The amount and timing of repurchases will be at the discretion of the Fund's investment adviser, Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC (the "Adviser"), and subject to market conditions and investment considerations.
The decision to authorize the Repurchase Plan reflects the Board's belief that a period of time has passed since the reduction in the Fund's distribution level and that the market continues to undervalue the Fund's shares relative to its NAV (which was $4.57 as of February 26, 2013). In reaching its decision, the Board considered that the discount to NAV at which Fund shares have recently traded and the Fund's approximate 8.24% market price yield (on a market price of $3.93 as of February 26, 2013), in combination with what the Adviser believes to be the prospective global growth potential, diminished excess pessimism and gradual improvement of the macro economic situation, make acquiring Fund shares under the Repurchase Plan an attractive opportunity for the Fund.
The Repurchase Plan allows the Fund to acquire shares in the open market at a discount to NAV, which benefits remaining shareholders by increasing the NAV per share. The Board remains focused on actions that may increase value for long-term Fund shareholders.
The Fund's repurchase activity will be disclosed in its shareholder report for the relevant fiscal period. There is no assurance that the Fund will repurchase shares at any specific discount levels or in any specific amounts. There is also no assurance that the market price of the Fund's shares, either absolute or relative to NAV, will increase as a result of any share repurchases, or that the Repurchase Plan will enhance shareholder value over the long-term. The Board will continue to monitor the Repurchase Plan, which can be terminated at any time.
Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
Action Alerts PLUS
Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer and Director of Research Jack Mohr reveal their investment tactics while giving advanced notice before every trade.
Product Features:
- $2.5+ million portfolio
- Large-cap and dividend focus
- Intraday trade alerts from Cramer
Quant Ratings
Access the tool that DOMINATES the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500.
Product Features:
- Buy, hold, or sell recommendations for over 4,300 stocks
- Unlimited research reports on your favorite stocks
- A custom stock screener
Stocks Under $10
David Peltier uncovers low dollar stocks with serious upside potential that are flying under Wall Street's radar.
Product Features:
- Model portfolio
- Stocks trading below $10
- Intraday trade alerts
Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
Dividend Stock Advisor
David Peltier identifies the best of breed dividend stocks that will pay a reliable AND significant income stream.
Product Features:
- Diversified model portfolio of dividend stocks
- Updates with exact steps to take - BUY, HOLD, SELL
Trifecta Stocks
Every recommendation goes through 3 layers of intense scrutinyquantitative, fundamental and technical analysisto maximize profit potential and minimize risk.
Product Features:
- Model Portfolio
- Intra Day Trade alerts
- Access to Quant Ratings
Options Profits
Our options trading pros provide over 100 monthly option trading ideas and strategies to help you become a well-seasoned trader.
Product Features:
- Actionable options commentary and news
- Real-time trading community


text:
Miss Venezuela: women and men treated equally
In a bid for the Miss Universe title, which Venezuela-born Stefania Fernandez eventually clenched, the brunette beauty said, "women have overcome many obstacles and have reached the same level as men."
Is anyone else surprised that this answer won Ms. Fernandez the crown? I'm wondering if Germaine Greer attempted to reach through the television and asphyxiate this statuesque beauty, while somewhere in the dressing rooms, a scantily clad Heidi Montag, who served as entertainment during the show, probably began to take credit by shamelessly promoting her recent Playboy spread.
Miss Venezuela's answer is commendable; to answer candidly with an opinion that may not align itself with the popular social view is quite haphazard (see: Prejean, Carrie and homophobic implosion). Props to Miss Universe judges, some F-list ex-reality show celebuwannabes, for awarding such a forward-thinking answer.
It seems a little backward that Miss Venezuela's answer came on the heels of her bathing suit competition, which has beat out the defunct "talent" competition to keep its position in the pageant. As the crown-winning answer stated, women have overcome obstacles to be held in the same esteem as men. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a dazzling smile and dress slit up to the get up, either.